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Following approval from the City of Elkhorn Common Council May 4, the Lauderdale Aqua Skiers, who have long performed on Don Jean Bay, look to expand their horizons this summer by branching out to Elkhorn Lake in Babe Mann Park.

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Skiers aim to expand performance area Lauderdale Aqua Skiers hope to perform on Elkhorn Lake as well By Kellen Olshefski STAFF WRITER

he Lauderdale Aqua Skiers are hoping to expand their horizons this summer, branching out to other lakes in addition to their current site in the hopes of attracting more spectators and becoming

a more integral part of the community. The City of Elkhorn Common Council voted May 4 in favor of an ordinance amendment that will once again allow powerboats on Elkhorn Lake in Babe Mann Park, but only on a permit basis for special events. Previously, powerboats were banned from the lake

due to Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources regulations, though through steps taken by the City of Elkhorn, the lake has become a private lake, now owned by the city, City Administrator Sam Tapson said. Thus, Tapson added, the city is capable of amending ordinances regarding the use of powerboats on the lake.

While this proves to be a good outlook for the ski team, it’s not a final decision and being allowed to perform and practice on the lake would be contingent on city approval of a permit filed by the club. Representatives of the ski club were in attendance at an April meeting of the City of Elkhorn Legislative and

A GRAND RESTORATION Family launches ambitious project to revive lake landmark By Kathryn Ingle Calkins CONTRIBUTOR

Jeff and Kelly Adams, owners of one of the most recognized landmark homes on Lauderdale lakes, are bringing her back, reviving her former party hostess grandeur in time for their daughter’s wedding in August. Aspects of the home date back to the 1880s. Expanded by Earl Deakin in 1906, the home kept fashionable – and even questionable – company in the 1920s and 30s according to accounts uncovered by Adams, who researched the house as part of a bid to place it on Wisconsin’s register of historic buildings. While the status was deferred, the new owners plan to restore some lost details of the house and preserve original fixtures and its famous maple ballroom floor. Adams found an unexpected interest in the history of Lauderdale when he learned that his paternal grandmother was herself a Lauderdale of our lakes. As her firstborn, Adams’s father had been given the middle name

of Lauderdale, and his father gave it to him. “I did not know about this connection when we originally purchased a home on the lakes 10 years ago,” Adams said. Thus, purchasing and restoring Earl Deakin’s house has taken on additional value as a part of the lakes’ history he can reconstruct for his family. Some history Earl Deakin was the son of James Deakin, a successful retailer and importer of gems, fine art and Japanese products. James and his wife, Julia Ann, had purchased most of Deakin Island by 1902 and lived in the large house called Lakeview on the south end of the channel, between Green and Middle Lakes. Known locally as a playboy, their son Earl also loved racing speedboats and owned a 26-foot hydroplane boat called Hydro Bullet that he raced in

West Palm Beach, Fla., and on Lake Michigan. According to one longtime lake resident, the boat moved so fast that its front end lifted out of the water, and Lauderdale boaters feared it. The resident recalled that one family, the Lyons, even renamed their own boat “Hydro Phobia” in response. Earl raced competitively from 1913 through the mid-twenties; his most notable win was at the Southern Championship in 1914. When Earl married Florence McCutcheon, of Whitewater, James Deakin gave the couple a small cottage on Deakin Island – LL 53 – originally owned by James Lauderdale and later by Judge Charles Bishop. According to Adams’s history, Earl and Florence began to expand the cottage in 1906. Earl was a friend of Flo Ziegfeld in Chicago and sponsored his “Follies” dancers. LL 53 seems to reflect this See REVIVE LAKE • Page 2

Regulatory Committee, as the topic stemmed from hopes the club could once again ski on the lake, as they have in the past. Bill Simo, president of the Lauderdale Aqua Skiers, said in April he thinks the possibility of skiing on Elkhorn Lake is a gigantic opportunity for the club. “We’re a small club, but it will attract people from all over because it’s a good site,” he said. Simo said while the club would eventually love to have Elkhorn Lake as a home site, the key thing to note is the Lauderdale Aqua Skiers have no intention of abandoning Lauderdale Lakes. The club leaders hope to build relationships at both Lauderdale Landing and Elkhorn Lake, allowing the group to perform more where they can draw larger crowds. “It’s a great setup for us,” Simo said during the April 9 meeting. “We think we can help the community, as much as you tell us what we should do and can do for you, we will do. Our benefit is we

have a really nice show site and a practice site, hopefully, as well.” Several ideas were presented during the April 9 meeting, including the possibility of the ski club working with the city’s Parks and Recreation department to set up youth programming. “We want to work with the town and attract people, attract business,” Simo said. Jeff Auberger, corresponding secretary of the ski club, said the club hopes to work well with the City of Elkhorn, making it an integral part of the community rather than just a ski club. Simo said Elkhorn Lake also provides an extra level of safety for spectators, noting the Lauderdale Lakes site isn’t necessarily unsafe, though getting to the Elkhorn Lake site on foot would be easier for crowds of all ages and physical abilities. Additionally, skiing on Elkhorn Lake would be a safer alternative for both See AQUA SKIERS • Page 4

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REVIVE LAKE • from Front Page relationship as well as Earl’s interest in boats. Atop the boathouse, which is attached to the house, sits a large, windowed room with a maple floor for dancing and parties. Ziegfeld did bring his dancers to Lauderdale, and they practiced in that room, Adams’s history notes. An “opium den” opens off this room, and the boat basin connected to the house was actually built as a private swimming pool fed by lake water. Parties and gangsters Adams also writes that the house gives some hints of the colorful parties and pleasures it witnessed in the 1920s. Some oral histories that Adams gathered list Chicago gangster Al Capone among the many guests who visited the lakeside house with the ballroom during the Prohibition Era. “In one of the upstairs bedrooms there is a secret panel with the remnants of an old telegraph machine that was rumored to be connected to a house on the other side of the bridge (that provides access to the island),” Adams writes. “If there was a police raid, the boathouse could be warned via the telegraph. Capone could escape down a wall ladder (cut into a corner of the room) to the boat basin and escape across the lake. “Although we have not been able to confirm these stories, you can clearly see where the floors in the corner of both the bedroom and directly below on the first floor have been patched.” Further, when workmen removed the ballroom floor, they uncovered a secret room located behind the boat basin

and beneath the patched floor. A video on Adams’s blog shows the bottom rung of the rumored wall ladder ending in this small room. Also, the room has a door leading out to the boat basin that locks from the inside. On the exterior wall inside the boat basin, no visible handle or hinges give away the room’s existence. Adams will continue updating work on the house at the blog: http:// jeffadams2u.tumblr.com A centerpiece home The house was certainly a centerpiece of social life on Lauderdale. Long-time summer resident Sarah (Sally) Ingle recalls that when she first visited the lakes in 1939 from her home in Evansville, Ind., most of the lakeside homes were simple summer fishing cottages. Earl Deakin’s house “certainly stood out” compared with its neighbors. She recalls going over to try several diving boards the Deakins had set up in the water near the house. Her late husband, William Ingle, was good friends with Earl’s sons, Earl Jr. and Devereaux, but Mrs. Ingle recalled that the Deakins weren’t around the lakes much by the 1940s. After the Deakins modified it, LL 53 had a third floor that Adams plans to rebuild. This floor has been missing since before the 1930s, according to photographs that Adams has located. Some stories about the house speculate that Earl tore down the third floor while looking for a rare freshwater pearl from the Mississippi that his father had obtained and that is rumored to be hidden in the house still.

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Historic photos capture the centerpiece presence of the Deakin Island house expanded by Earl Deakin beginning in 1906.

Another story suggests that Earl, who suffered from some form of dementia, may have watched from the third floor for Japanese soldiers that he was convinced would invade the U.S. through our lakes. Valuable visitor Adams recently had the good fortune to entice the daughter of the Hansens, who owned LL 53 after the Deakins, to visit him at the house from her home in Milwaukee. Ms. Hansen was helpful in recalling the placement of an upstairs atrium that her bedroom looked onto. Standing on the main stairs, she paused

for a moment, and when Adams asked what she was remembering she answered that the last time she had stood on that stair, she had been tossing her wedding bouquet. Hansen also remembered the Japanese garden fixtures that had been converted into lighting in the house and that Adams will preserve. She saw an original mosaic table and asked Adams to follow her to her car, where she produced a matching mosaic table with an iron base that she had kept when she left the house. She returned the table to the house. As part of the reconstruction, the house

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was raised off its foundation and the foundation was replaced and expanded to include the center of the house that formerly rested on tree stumps. The Adamses are also addressing the compromised seawall and matching original exterior siding as well as replacing the third floor. John Roberts of Premier Design Corp. will assist the Adamses in restoring the home. Roberts has a home on Mill Lake. Travis Schroeder, water management specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Stacy L. Marshall, biologist/

project manager with the United States Army Corps of Engineers have helped greatly with the project, Adams noted. The family’s goal is to complete the project before the middle of the summer. The Adamses are interested in collecting additional stories about the house. Anyone with stories or information should feel free to contact the author at kathryn.calkins@gmail.com Kathryn Ingle Calkins writes a history column for the Lauderdale Lakes Improvement Association Shorelines publication where this story originally appeared.

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Firefighters left breathless to fight lung cancer Lauderdale-LaGrange team exceeds $10K fundraising goal in Fight for Air Climb By Vicky Wedig STAFF WRITER

irefighter Frank Taylor figures climbing 94 flights of stairs carrying 70 pounds of equipment is like childbirth – after the memory of the pain fades, one is willing to do it again. Taylor, of the LauderdaleLaGrange Fire Department, filled in for his son, James Taylor, when the younger Taylor couldn’t make it to the Fight for Air Climb in Milwaukee two years ago. Taylor made it up the 47 floors at the U.S. Bank building in about 16 minutes – twice the time of the fastest climber, a West Allis firefighter who made it in eight minutes. “I made myself a promise when I got to the top,” said Taylor, chairman of the LaGrange Town Board. “I promised I’d never do it again.” But – like a second-time expectant mother who vowed in the delivery room to stop at one – he did it again. The 10-member Lauderdale-LaGrange team was among about 200 other teams of firefighters and first responders who took part in the seventh annual American Lung Association in Wisconsin Fight for Air Climb on March 21. The Milwaukee climb is the No. 1 Fight for Air Climb in the nation with a goal of raising $700,000 to help fight lung disease. The Lauderdale-LaGrange team worked hard to defend its title of the highest-fundraising firefighter, fending off the Eagle Fire Department, with a goal of raising $10,000. “We have a bit of a rivalry with Eagle because we’ve actually had the top firefighter

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Lauderdale-LaGrange firefighters (front, from left) Brian Duerst, Owen Taylor, Maddie Taylor, Tim Morse, Chris Dunham; and (back, from left) James Taylor, Frank Taylor, Eric Taylor, Chris Tump and Jeff Markham are seen after completing the Fight for Air Climb on March 21. The event raises money to help fight lung disease and involves climbing 94 flights of stairs at the U.S. Bank building in Milwaukee wearing nearly 70 pounds of gear. The team exceeded its fundraising goal of $10,000 – the highest goal of any team in the state – by $25.01, and retained its title of the highest fundraising firefighter team for the third year in a row. The team finished 10th out of 44 firefighter teams for time.

team fund raising for the last two years,” Taylor said. The department exceeded its goal of raising $5,000 last year by bringing in about $7,000 – more than any other fire department team in the state. Team captain Eric Taylor, Frank Taylor’s oldest son, decided to “go big or go home” and set a goal of $10,000, Taylor said.

Lauderdale Lakes NEWS BRIEFS TD’S SPORTS BAR CLOSES TD’s, a sports bar on Highway 12/67 near Lauderdale Lakes closed last fall. Troy Strand, owner of TD’s Sports Bar was leasing the building, which is now for sale. Troy Strand’s father and stepmother, Dave and Andrea Strand purchased his other establishment, The Grist Mill in East Troy after the closing of TD’s Sports Bar. UPDATE ON SUGAR CREEK INN SITE Sugar Creek Inn located at N7073 Highways 12/67 near Lauderdale Lakes ceased operations in 2012. John Roberts, the new owner of the building requested a conditional use approval to expand the footprint of the old outdoor food and beverage patio by greater than 25 percent of the area approved when the Garecht family owned the site. The old Sugar Creek Inn was famous for its country breakfast and Friday fish fry specials. An opening date for the remodeled restaurant has not

been announced. BOAT FIRE An older Ski Nautique caught fire in a Mill Lake boathouse last August. The Nautique operator reportedly suffered only minor injuries, after pushing the boat into Mill Lake to avoid fire damage to the boathouse according to a story in the November 2014 issue of Shorelines. The cause of the fire was reportedly gas fumes that were trapped inside the engine cover and ignited by starting the boat. All inboard owners are reminded to run the engine blower long enough to exhaust all gas fumes before starting the engine. GOLF CART ALERT The Walworth County Sheriff’s Department will be on the lookout for anyone driving golf carts on public roads and will issue citations. Residents of Pebble Beach are encouraged to use the easement private roads to avoid being ticketed.

Each firefighter is required to raise at least $100 to participate in the challenge. Lauderdale LaGrange exceeded their $10,000 goal by $25.01 and retained its title of the highest fundraising firefighter team for the third year in a row. Veterans and freshmen Firefighters from the Palmyra, BloomfieldGenoa City, Lyons, Town of Burlington and fire departments also competed. Bloomfield-Genoa City firefighters have competed for five years, and this is the third year for the Lauderdale-LaGrange team. But, Lyons firefighters competed for the first time this year after a friendly wager

from their Burlington cohorts. “They kind of bet us,” said Lyons team captain Amanda Moeller, an emergency medical technician. “We took the challenge and got a couple of us together.” The five-member team set a first-year goal of raising $500, and also made wagers among team members. “We’re betting who will be the

slowest,” said Moeller just prior to the event, who said she’s confident she will finish before team member Frank Moeller, her husband and a Lyons firefighter. Moeller said Lyons firefighters and EMTs trained wearing weight vests and doing stair-climbing activities to prepare for the challenge in the U.S. Bank stairwell. “It’s a small stairway going up, so you really do run out of air from what I’ve been told,” she said. The Lauderdale-LaGrange firefighters train on steps at the University of WisconsinWhitewater.

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Lauderdale-LaGrange Fire Department team captain Eric Taylor is seen after the Fight for Air Climb last year in Milwaukee with his twin 4-year-olds, Maddie and Owen. The Lauderdale-LaGrange team has been the highest-fundraising firefighter team for the past three years for the American Lung Association event and finished 10th for speed the past two years.

The teams that participate are predominantly from fire departments throughout the state, according to the American Lung Association. However, the popularity of the event has grown to include other first responders, including several police departments and the Wisconsin National Guard. The teams compete against each other in three categories – fastest team score, fastest individual score and highest fundraising team. “Firefighters experience every day what it means to fight to breathe. They are such an important part of this event, and of our mission,” said Linda Witucki, executive director of the American Lung Association in Wisconsin. Moeller said the firefighters and EMTs climb the stairs wearing the National Fire Association approved fire gear, which includes fire resistant boots, pants and jackets with the liners inside of them, and an oxygen tank and harness. She said her teammates trained for times of 20 to 25 minutes and has heard of friends completing the climb in 12 to 25 minutes. The Lauderdale-LaGrange team finished 10th in the fastest-team category the past two years, Taylor said. Team times are calculated by averaging the times of the top five finishers on each team, he said. The event is a family affair for the Taylors with Frank Taylor, two of his sons and a nephew on the firefighters team and two of Taylor’s daughters-in-law, a granddaughter, a niece and a great-niece climbing in the non-firefighter event. About the climb Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin is the Fight for Air Climb’s presenting sponsor and the title sponsor of the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Firefighter Challenge. “Things are shaping up for another exciting Anthem Firefighter Challenge,” said Michael Jaeger, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield senior clinical officer and chairman of the American Lung Association in Wisconsin Leadership Board in the days leading up to the event. “A true highlight of the day, the firefighters and first responders take on the stairs in full uniform to remind us of how hard some people have to struggle to breathe, and to raise money to support health-improving research and programs. Their commitment to improving health is truly remarkable and we’re honored to have their participation grow with the event,” he said. “Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is proud to support the American Lung Association and its programs,” Jaeger added. “We’ve been a part of every Fight for Air Climb since the event started seven years ago.”

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• OBITUARY RUSSELL D. HELWIG

Russell “Russ” Dor Helwig, 75, of Whitewater, died March 10, 2015 at Fairhaven. Russell was born in Eau Claire on Jan. 26, 1940, the son of Lester William and Elsie Mae (Holcomb) Helwig, and grew up in the woods and on the farm. He attended Kaiser School, a one-room country school. Russ graduated from Eau Claire Senior High School in 1957, also working on construction of one of the area’s largest dairy barns. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the Wisconsin State College at River Falls, and while there was baptized January 18, 1959, at the River Falls Methodist Church. He worked summers at the National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C., and later received his Master’s degree from the University of Nebraska and his Doctorate in physics from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1973. Russ was a physics teacher for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater from 1965 until retiring in 1998. On June 25, 1966, Russ married Karen Ann Honisky in the Wilber Methodist Church in Wilber, Neb. Russ was a member of the Whitewater Gourmet Club since 1966, a charter member of the Wisconsin

Vintners Association, a member and volunteer of the Ice Age Trail Alliance Walworth/Jefferson County Chapter also having been Chapter Coordinator, a member of Better Investing (formerly NAIC) serving as a past South Central Wisconsin Chapter Director, and was a member of several genealogy associations. He was a past member of Les Amis du Vin, the Whitewater Investment Club serving as treasurer, and the American Association of Physics Teachers, and many others. Russ played piano and occasionally drums in 4- or 5-member polka bands in his later high school years, often playing for town dances. Russ’s hobbies included: hiking, fishing, bicycling, genealogy, gardening, wine and winemaking, and was DNR chain saw certified for trail work. He hiked in Alaska, New Zealand, Argentine Patagonia, Peru ending at Machu Pichu, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. Since 2003 he led yearround Tuesday and Wednesday hikes on the Ice Age National Scenic Trail and other local Walworth, Jefferson, and Waukesha County trails. He also led National Trail Day Hikes and corporate hikes in the Kettle Moraine for the Uline Corporation. Russ summarized the weekly hikes in an e-mail sent to over 200 interested hikers. This led to additional publication in the Walworth County Week, and his column later appeared in the

online community blogs of the Walworth County Today. Most recently, Russ’ column appears in the Sunday Walworth County Shopper, Janesville Messenger and the Stateline News. In 1957, while in high school, Russ was awarded the Bausch and Lomb Science Award. In 2014, Russ was honored with the 4,000 hour “President’s Call to Service” Lifetime Award. On February 26, 2015, Russ was awarded the Spirit Stick Award in a pre-conference presentation at Fairhaven by Mike Wollmer, the Executive Director of the Ice Age Trail Alliance, with about 20 Executive Board and local chapter hikers attending. It is a prestigious award given to one person in the State each year with a carved walking stick forwarded to each year’s honoree. Surviving are: wife, Karen Helwig, Whitewater; sister, Jean Chaput, Eau Claire; many nieces and nephews, and special friend, Janet Bryant. Russ was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Lester Aaron Helwig who was born and died in 1922; a sister, Edna Mae Eliason, 1914-2003; a brother, Walter Allen Helwig, 1925-2006; and a sister, Irene Adelaide Willy, 1926-2011. Funeral and visitation services were held in March. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider a memorial to the Ice Age Trail Alliance or to the UW-River Falls Physics Department.

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hile some operate only seasonally, Jeff Halpin, who owns Annie’s Burger Town in Elkhorn with his wife, said the decision to keep their drive-in open year-round was driven by many factors. Closing in the winter gave the family an opportunity to travel, Halpin said. Now, with their children being older and more involved in school, they decided they might as well be open yearround. “A little bit coming in is better than nothing coming in,” he said. The Halpins have owned Annie’s Burger Town for

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likes that. Halpin said he’s often thought about offering drive-through service – something that would help them in the winter months – but fears it would detract from the carhops in the summer. “In the summer, that’s our thing, and that’s why we’ve always stuck to it and promoted it.” Halpin said the drivein typically starts carhop service around May, when extra help is available from local high school and college students. He said they get a lot of people coming in from area lakes during the summer. “It’s fun to see…I have people coming in that worked for me as kids bring their kids in,” he said. Halpin said they also get a fair amount of walkin traffic and crowds coming from events such as baseball games. Halpin said the business has stuck with a traditional American-style drive-in menu, selling ice cream, various sundaes, shakes, malts and even continuing to make it’s own root beer. With prices of food rising and quality seeming to drop, the Halpins are taking more control, roasting and slicing their own Italian beef, smoking their own pulled-pork barbecue and even using their own homemade breading on onion rings and chicken strips, for example,

Halpin said. “So we’ve taken control of our selling more,” he said. With peoples’ eating habits changing the drive-in has also adapted by adding healthier alternatives, such as salads and wraps, to the menu. “But in the summers we have run some specials and we’ve done like a grilled salmon, or a grilled tuna wrap, we roast our own turkey so we do a turkey wrap and a club wrap,” he said. “We try to provide other options.” Halpin said Annie’s used to host classic car shows on Sunday nights, straying away from Saturdays when their friends, who owned Michael’s Drive-in in East Troy (now Gus’s Drive-in) hosted classic cars. “We didn’t want to take anything away from them, so we were Sunday nights, and then Sunday nights kind of got to be a rougher night to do things,” he said. Halpin said he now tries to focus one or two big car shows each year, pairing with the classic car swap meet at the fairgrounds and the high school auto club. Annie’s Burger Town, at 645 N. Lincoln St., in Elkhorn, is open daily at 11 a.m., and stays open until 8 p.m. As the weather improves and school ends for the year, Halpin said business hours get later, running as late as 9-10 p.m.

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The ins and outs of Lauderdale Lakes Size • Green Lake is 311 acres • Middle Lake is 259 acres • Mill Lake is 271 acres

Lauderdale Lakes consists of Green Lake, Middle Lake and Mill Lake and is located in La Grange Township a few miles north of the City of Elkhorn, west of highways 12 and 67. For more information contact the Lauderdale Lakes Marina at (262) 495-8200 or www.lauderdalelakesmarina.com.

Fish species Lauderdale Lakes offers a wide array of fish with the predominant species being: • Largemouth bass • Smallmouth bass • Northern pike • Walleye • Panfish

Maximum depth • Green Lake: 55 feet • Middle Lake: 42 feet • Mill Lake: 44 feet

Access Lauderdale Lakes is accessible via a paved ramp on Sterlingworth Road off of Highways 12/67. Additionally, unimproved landings are located off of Bubbling Springs Road and Westshore Drive.

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Rising tide lifts all boats MARINE INDUSTRY IS ENJOYING AN UPSWING STAFF WRITER

he National Marine Manufacturers Association has reported the boating and marina industry continues to see healthy growth following the recession with retail expenditures increasing 3.2 percent in 2013 and expected growth of 8 percent last year, representing a new all-time high. In 2013, recreational boating contributed $36.7 billion in direct sales of products and services to the nation’s economy, marking the industry’s third year of growth since the industry’s low point of the recession in 2010 of $30.4 billion in sales, according to the association’s 2013 statistical abstract. The industry’s high point of $39.5 billion was set in 2006. Dalton Waldeck, sales manager at The Boat House of Lauderdale Lakes, said the slow rise out of the recession broke into a full sprint earlier this year. “It’s been a good year,” he said. “The boat shows were a good indicator of that.” Waldeck said sales and orders of boats taken at the boat shows in Chicago, Milwaukee and northern Illinois are usually a reliable barometer of the type of season ahead. And, so far, the 2015 spring has lived up to that billing. Dalton surmises that even though the economy emerged

from the recession two years ago, consumers were still a bit hesitant. “(Consumers) are going to put food on the table or buy a car way before they spend on luxury items,” he said, referring to the mode most people were in during the recession. And even when conditions begin to improve, there’s a lag before people start spending on boats and other luxury items again. “Those scars are still fresh, so it takes some time for them to regain their confidence,” he said. Dalton said many people were ready to spend last year, but slow-to-warm weather in 2014 kept a chill on sales to a certain degree. “Last year the boating season was terrible,” he said. “It really didn’t get going until mid July. I think a lot of people were on the fence last year and when we got that first wave of warm weather in March, they started buying again.” Jeremy Anderson, sales manager at Gage Marine in Williams Bay, said though he wasn’t with the company during the recession, historical figures show it took a hit during the 2008-09 recession. Anderson said the market as a whole changed and the business at Gage Marine changed with it. Anderson said buying patterns changed with the recession. “I think that people took a step back,” he said. “Some of them just chose to hold off purchases or not make them.”

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On the other hand, Anderson said, some buyers took advantage of the better pricing The recession even proved to have a silver lining for Gage Marine, putting the company in a position to buy out another boat dealership. “So we actually took advantage of the slower times,” Anderson said. Anderson said he thinks this is partly because of low interest rates and people determining their money isn’t as good of an investment as they once thought and they might as well spend it with their family, like what he saw in the early 2000s. “So, they were able to maybe finally purchase the boat or the lake home that they’d been holding off on thinking that maybe their money was making money in the market,” he said.

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The main house at Penwern is pictured from the side facing Delavan Lake. The 10-acre parcel boasts 600 feet of lake frontage.

Author digs for real story of Penwern Frank Lloyd Wright designed four-building estate on Delavan Lake’s south shore of Chicago that made things like bicycles and brass eaders today might beds, Hertzberg said. But chuckle at the social its biggest business was news that graced the hardware for railroad cars pages of newspapers at the - lanterns, door handles turn of the century. and the like. Pullman, the The columns detailed who company that made sleeper was calling upon whom, coaches, was a big customer when lake residents were in of Adams & Westlake. town and even when they Jones started out as a would be away. stock clerk – making the It’s not fare one equivalent of $138 a week commonly finds on today, and within 15 years news pages today. But was a managing director photojournalist and author of the company, Hertzberg Mark Hertzberg, who has said. By 1901, Jones was pored over page after page secretary of the company, of microfilm of 100-yearand he retired as vice old issues of the Delavan president in 1908 at the age Enterprise and the Delavan of 50. Republican, said that kind “Quite a career,” of news – what he called Hertzberg said. “chicken-dinner news” – was invaluable in his Escape from Chicago research for his latest book. Jones was among Chicago Hertzberg, of Racine, is businessmen looking to writing a yet-untitled book escape the stagnant city – his fourth involving the during the hot months. architecture of Frank Lloyd “Chicago was a terrible Wright – about Penwern, a place to be in the summer Delavan estate designed by at the turn of the century,” the famous architect. Hertzberg said. The heat Penwern owners Sue and – coupled with the lack of John Major commissioned air conditioning, the use of Hertzberg to write the book coal to cook, the stench of and expressed their desire thousands of horses in the to learn as much about its streets and Jones’ corpulence original owner, Fred B. – made for unpleasant Jones, as possible. conditions. “The Majors’ primary That fall, Hertzberg said, interest is that I learn as Jones acquired the property much as possible and get where Penwern sits – along as complete a story as the south shore of Delavan possible,” Hertzberg said. Lake on 10 acres with 600 Hertzberg began his feet of shore line – in nine research in June 2013 and or 10 acquisitions, most of along the way has dispelled them from Henry Wallis. erroneous information Wright connection previously disseminated Henry H. Wallis was a and continues to learn new Chicago man who married things about Jones and the a Delavan woman, Minnie estate. Shulz, Hertzberg said. A tidbit Hertzberg He operated a hardware learned a few weeks ago – business in Chicago but in by perusing Pittsfield, Ill., 1887 opened a real estate newspapers from the 1870s office in Chicago to sell at the library there – is that property on the south shore after Jones graduated from of Delavan Lake in his high school in southern wife’s hometown. Illinois in 1877, he went “To a large extent, it you to work for $6 a week as were going to buy property a stock clerk for Adams & on the south shore, you Westlake. Adams & Westlake was a bought it from Henry H. company in what is now the Wallis,” Hertzberg said. Wallis’ clients were River North neighborhood By Vicky Wedig STAFF WRITER

businessmen like Jones looking for a getaway from Chicago. “They were among the summer cottage clients,” Hertzberg said. “These socalled cottages are large enough to be homes in and of themselves.” Wallis, he said, was friends with Frank Lloyd Wright and is the probable connection to the Wrightdesigned structures on Delavan Lake. Wright designs Wright designed five homes on Delavan Lake – all on South Shore Drive – between 1900 and 1905. “I think it’s incredibly unique to have five houses on a lake designed by a world-renowned architect,” said Penwern owner Sue Major, of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., near San Diego. “It still amazes me how few people in the area know that.” Major said she and her husband, John Major, also were unaware of the Wrightdesigned houses during their search for a summer home in the area when they were living in Barrington Hills, Ill. Wright also designed the original Delavan Lake Yacht Club in 1904, but the

building was demolished in 1916, Hertzberg said. Another home on South Shore Drive called the Wallis Gate House has a plaque on it that says Wright remodeled it, but Hertzberg has found no documentation of that. Myths In his research, Hertzberg is taking care not to build on previously reported inaccuracies. It has been written that Wallis, who also had a home at 3301 South Shore Drive, never lived in his Wright house because of the death of his only child. In fact, Wallis’ daughter was born in 1903 and died in 1927, according to an article by Hertzberg. Hertzberg is also trying to track down the meaning of the name Penwern as Wright intended it. “It has been written that it’s Gaelic for great house,” Hertzberg said. However, the word is either Welsh or Cornish and does not mean “great house,” he said. One of the meanings for the word is the head of a grove of alder trees, which might have been native to the area. Another possible tie is Wright’s heritage. Wright’s

Stewards of Penwern Penwern owners since the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed estate was built on South Shore Drive beginning in 1900 are: Fred B. Jones – 1900 to 1933 The property could not be sold for five years after Jones’ death in 1933 while his will was contested. Burr and Peg (Margaret) Robbins – 1938 to 1980 The Robbins renamed Penwern “Robbinswood.” The boathouse was destroyed in an arson fire in September 1978. Ross Robbins – 1980 to 1989 Ross Robbins was the son of Burr and Peg Robbins. John O’Shea – 1989 to 1994 O’Shea owned the property except the gate lodge, which was owned by Terry Canty, Burr and Peg Robbins’ daughter, from 1980 to 2001. Sue and John Major – 1994 to present The Majors also bought the gate lodge in 2001 and used Wright’s plans to rebuilt the boathouse from 2002 to 2005. Source: penwern.com

mother was Welsh, and his mother’s uncle lived in a cottage named Penwern in Wales, Hertzberg said. The estate The 10-acre Penwern estate has four buildings that Wright designed – the main house, designed in 1900; a boat house, also thought to be designed in 1900; and a gate house and a barn, both of which date to 1903, Hertzberg said. He said the Delavan Enterprise chronicled construction of the barn and gate lodge in 1903. The

boathouse burned in 1978 – an apparent arson, Hertzberg said. “Apparently people know who did it, but the individual was never charged,” Hertzberg said. The boathouse lay in ruins when current owners Sue and John Major bought the estate in 1994, he said. The Majors used Wright’s plans to rebuild the boathouse in 2002 and have won preservation awards for their work on the property, See PENWERN • Page 10

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PENWERN • from Page 9 according to Wright in Wisconsin – a Frank Lloyd Wright historian group. Sue Major said the couple had great friends who introduced them to Delavan Lake during their search for a summer spot within an hour or two of their Barrington Hills, Ill., home. She said the couple were looking for a home on the lake when their children

Wright homes on Delavan Lake Five homes on the south shore of Delavan Lake were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The homes’ original owners, locations and years of construction are: • Henry H. Wallis, 3407 South Shore Drive, 1900; • Fred B. Jones, 3335 South Shore Drive, 1900; • Charles and Mary Ross, 3211 South Shore Drive, 1902; • Carrie and George Spencer, the Ross’ daughter and son-in-law, 3209 South Shore Drive, 1902; and • Arthur P. Johnson, 3455 South Shore Drive, 1905. Source: Article by Mark Hertzberg for At the Lake magazine in fall 2014

were small and saw an array of homes on the lake including Penwern, which was called Robbinswood at the time. Hertzberg said Burr and Peg Robbins, who owned the home from 1938 to 1980 after Jones’ death in 1933, renamed the home. Major said the home fit the Majors’ fondness for antiques, older things and renovation. “Our home in Barrington Hills was a renovation as well,” she said. “We learned about Frank Lloyd Wright,

and we felt we could renovate.” “They rescued the house,” Hertzberg said. “The house was not in perfect shape when they bought it.” The Majors based their renovations on Wright’s original design and purchased the gate lodge when it became available. The lodge had been separated from the rest of the estate and owned by Terry Canty, the daughter of Burr and Peg Robbins, until 2001, according to the

Penwern website. Major said her favorite thing about Penwern is the open feeling upon entering the property. “I love, as you’re coming in, the feel of the countryside around the lake,” she said. Major said she also loves the garden, and the view of the lake that is unobstructed by the boathouse. “The alignment was thought through in such detail that (a) person sitting on the porch and looking out over the lake would have

an unobstructed view of the opposite shore,” Hertzberg wrote on the Penwern website. “Had the boathouse been just one foot higher, that view would have been disrupted. That it was done in a time before computers showcases Wright’s genius.” The Majors – John, an investor, and Sue, who operates an executive search firm – still spend summers at their Delavan Lake home. Sue Major said those summers are getting longer now that their children are grown.

She said her hope for Hertzberg’s book is to get an understanding of the person who built the house – understand what his thoughts were, how he met Frank Lloyd Wright and why the house was designed the way it was. “I really like the design of the house and how it fits on the property,” she said. While Hertzberg has learned many interesting things about Jones, the original question of how he met Wright hasn’t been cracked, Major said.

The dining room of Penwern is seen in the early 1900s when Chicago businessman Fred B. Jones commissioned its construction on South Shore Drive.

The living room of Penwern is seen as it was when Chicago businessman Fred B. Jones vacationed at the South Shore Drive estate from 1900 to 1933. PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN HIME Lauderdale Lakes Breeze

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The living room in the main house at Penwern, a four-building estate designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is seen as it looks today.

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The dining room of Penwern is seen as it is today under the stewardship of Sue and John Major.

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Bulls player sells Lauderdale Lakes house Chicago Bulls guard, Kirk Hinrich sold his vacation home located at W5486 West Shore Drive. The four bedroom, four bath house was built in 1950, but was extensively updated by Hinrich shortly after he purchased the home in 2005 for $1.25 million. The 3,379 square foot

contemporary gated retreat sits on 92 feet of Green Lake frontage. The property was originally listed for just under $1.6 million in 2012. The most recent list price was $1.39 million. The sale closed on Jan. 23, 2015 at $1.28 million. Hinrich currently lives in a 9,270 square foot French country mansion in Bannockburn, Ill.

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This home, W5486 West Shore Drive in Lauderdale Lakes was sold by Chicago Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich in January for $1.28 million according to real estate

records. Hinrich had purchased the Lauderdale Lakes vacation home in 2005. He currently lives in a 9,270 square foot mansion in Bannockburn, Ill.

Home sales, prices increase in March Average home sales numbers and median prices were both up by double digits in the area that encompasses Walworth, Kenosha and Racine counties, according to figures released recently by the Wisconsin Realtors Association. The median price of homes in the three-county area was up a robust 24 percent. “The market is definitely heating up, and it couldn’t come at a better time as we move into the prime homebuying season,” said Dan Kruse, WRA board chairman. “The economic fundamentals of the housing market have been good for the last several months, and we were expecting solid growth this spring, but double-digit sales growth is impressive.” In Walworth County, which is traditionally insulated from the volatile market influences of the cities of Racine and Kenosha, the number of home sales in March was 97, up 19 from 78 in March of 2014 – a 24

percent increase. Median prices, however, were up a modest $3,500 in the March 2014-vs.-March 2015 comparison, an increase of just 2.4 percent. In Racine and Kenosha counties, median prices leapt 42 and 35 percent, respectively. In Racine County the median price shot up from $104,500 in March 2014 to $148,900 last month. In Kenosha County, the median price increased $37,900 from $107,100 to $145,000 in the same comparison. “We’ve seen consistent upward movement in home prices this year, and March was the strongest so far,” said WRA President and CEO Michael Theo. Statewide, home prices were up nearly 9 percent. By comparison, existing home prices statewide rose just 3.1 percent during 2014 compared to 2013. Price appreciation statewide so far this year has been more than twice the pace of last year, rising 7.6 percent during the

first quarter. “Clearly the high pace of sales fuels these price increases, but fewer foreclosures have helped to stabilize inventories statewide,” Theo said. First quarter foreclosures are down 13.5 percent from last year and down 33.7 percent from the first quarter two years ago. This decline brought March inventory levels down to the lowest level since the WRA began tracking these figures in 2011. “Luckily new listings increased significantly this month, or market inventories would have been even tighter,” said Theo, who noted that new listings are up 15.1 percent compared to March 2014. The number of homes sold in Racine County was up by 29, while home sales in Kenosha County declined by five in the March 2014-vs.March 2015 comparison. Despite the tighter home inventory and resulting higher prices, the WRA said

affordability remains good. The association’s Wisconsin Housing Affordability Index was at 245 in March, which was essentially unchanged from last year. The index shows

the portion of a medianpriced home that a household with a median family income can afford to buy, assuming 20 percent down on a 30-year mortgage financed at current rates.

“Although prices are obviously up, mortgage rates are over a half a percent lower, and family incomes are up slightly, which has kept Wisconsin housing affordable,” Theo said.

REALTOR EARNS SPECIALIST DESIGNATION Connie Poggensee, a real estate broker-agent with the Rauland Agency, Walworth, has been designated a Certified Residential Specialist by the Council of Residential Specialists, the largest not-for-profit affiliate of the National Association of Realtors. Realtors who receive the designation have completed professional training and demonstrated outstanding achievement in residential real estate. Only 37,000 Realtors nationwide have earned the credential, according to the association. Those who have achieved the designation have been trained to use the latest tactics and technologies. Poggensee was the sales leader for The Rauland Agency in 2014. She is also a member of the Lakes Area Realtors Association. “I chose to earn the designation of CRS because the education and sales needed to achieve it is like having your master’s degree in real estate,” Poggensee said.

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N8517 Tamarack Rd Whitewater, Wisconsin 53190-4023 Turn Key kennel located on 4 fenced acres with beautiful 3+ bedroom, 3.5 bath home and in-ground pool. This facility is sparkly clean and a great opportunity. Beautifully designed reception/retail area, 37 indoor/outdoor runs, grooming room with grooming table and stainless steel tub. Whelping room with heated floor. Furnished apartment insulated for noise, 2 furnaces, laundry, large workshop with overhead door. Equipment and inventory included with sale. See MLS 1401239 for more details about the home. MLS#:1401274. ..... $435,000

N8517 Tamarack Rd Whitewater, Wisconsin 53190-4023 Beautiful 3+ Bedroom, 3.5 Bath Home and Turn Key Boarding Kennel with 37 indoor/outdoor runs located on 4 fenced acres with a view. The home is marvelously maintained with beautifully updated bathrooms. The family room has a classy bar and walkout to the nicely landscaped poolside with the 20x40 in-ground pool. Enjoy other gardens and water features on the property. Kennel has a separate entrance for customers and additional living quarters. See MLS#1401274 for more details about the Boarding Kennel. MLS#:1401239....$435,000

March 24, 2014 W5666 Ridge Rd. Sharon Morien to Jeffery & Mary Graul $615,000 202346

LT17 Joni Ln Elkhorn, Wisconsin 53121-2618 Build your dream home on this .95 Acre lot with Lauderdale Lakes Access through Cool Hill Park Association MLS #: 1416097 ...................................................................... $69,900

Dec. 13, 2013 W5324 Lauderdale Dr. Joan D. Trust Bradley to Geoff & Lu-Bonn Eva Bonn $470,000

April 18, 2014 N7947 Surfwood Dr. Ockwen Loan Servicing $460,101 May 16, 2014 W5470 Lost Naiton Rd. $550,000 May 23, 2014 W5566 Westshore Dr. $522,000 Aug. 11, 2014 W5114 Plantation Rd. $624,000 Aug. 22, 2014 5482 W Lost Nation Rd. $375,000 Aug. 29, 2014 N7405 Country Club Dr. $617,500 Sep. 9, 2014 N7404 Country Club Dr. $320,000 Sep. 11, 2014 N7701 Laura Ln. $381,500 Sep. 19, 2014 W5595 Oriole Dr. $319,000 Oct. 17, 2014 N7467 Bay Dr. $500,000 Nov. 21, 2014 W5635 Forest Rd. $1,075,000 Nov. 25, 2014 N7791 Asta Dr. $1,750,000 Dec. 19, 2014 W5591 Oak Park Rd. $730,000 Jan. 23, 2015 W5486 Westshore Dr. $1,280,000 Jan. 29, 2015 W5665 Ridge Rd. $399,500 Feb. 13, 2015 W5483 Rocky Rd. $500,000 Feb. 27, 2015 W5417 Lost Nation Rd. $435,000 March 6, 2015 W5207 Stewart Dr. $740,000 April 10, 2015 W5429 Lost Nation Dr. $310,000

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BY THE NUMBERS Waterfront Homes for Sale in Lauderdale Lakes

$295,000............... W 5804 W North Dr $349,900......W5746 Bubbling Springs Dr $375,000............ W5539 West Shore Dr $389,000..........N7631 Pleasant Point Cir $389,900.....................W5713 Ridge Rd $399,000.............W5421 Lost Nation Rd $399,500................ W5525 Oak Park Rd $399,900.....................W5774 North Dr $400,000.................. W5439 Acorn Way $424,000............ N7406 Country Club Dr $449,900.....................W5828 North Dr $449,900...............N7420 Arrowhead Ln $479,900.................... W5495 Rocky Rd $489,000.................... W5489 Rocky Rd $499,900.................. W5435 Acron Way $519,000...............W5135 Bay Shore Dr $519,900.....................W5693 Ridge Rd $524,900....................W5609 Forest Rd $579,000..................W5602 Cool Hill Dr $585,000............ W5358 West Shore Dr $595,700.................. W5384 Island Way $599,000......W5684 Bubbling Springs Dr $599,000...........W5229 Sterlingworth Ct $664,900...........W5193 Sterlingworth Ct $669,900................ W5507 Oak Park Rd $685,000.............W5361 Lost Nation Rd $695,000.............W5455 Lost Nation Rd $699,000..............W5251 Lauderdale Dr $765,000.............. N7860 Westshore Dr $768,000...............W5258 Plantation Rd $799,900................ W5495 Oak Park Rd $869,900..............W5292 Lauderdale Dr $929,900...............N7382 Arrowhead Ln $949,000.............W5462 Lost Nation Rd $1,099,000..........W5406 Lost Nation Rd $1,195,000....... W5312 Pebble Beach Dr $1,595,000........... N7838 Westshore Dr $1,689,000.................W5647 Forest Rd

Tips to keep up with home maintenance After a busy workweek, it can be hard to get motivated to complete chores and tasks around the house. And knowing what tasks to do and when to do them may not come intuitively for everyone. But neglecting home maintenance is a mistake, say experts. “Regular home maintenance can benefit your family’s health, safety and pocketbook,” says Elizabeth Dodson, Co-Founder of HomeZada, a digital hub to store pertinent information about your home. “Consider creating a home maintenance schedule to stay organized and motivated.” With this in mind, here are several examples of how to maintain your home and why it’s important:

ducts is flammable and a common cause of house fires. An annual cleaning eliminates this dangerous situation. You should also regularly clean your dryer’s lint filter after every couple of loads. Likewise, you can prevent fires with checks on electrical and gas equipment and fireplaces. • Maintain the air quality of your home by replacing or cleaning the filters on your home’s heating system quarterly, or as needed. • A regular schedule of battery replacement in your home’s smoke and carbon monoxide detectors could be life-saving.

Improve safety • Lint build-up in dryer

Improve value A house in worn condition

Reduce utility bills • Periodically ensuring that your home is properly sealed and insulated can lower utility bills. Use weatherstripping to Avoid replacements close gaps around windows • Mineral deposit build-up and doors. in your refrigerator’s ice maker • On an annual basis, can eventually cause a leak that inspect heating and cooling could damage the refrigerator equipment to ensure it’s and its contents. Annually running optimally. clean water lines to prevent • Ensure your fireplace the need for a major appliance damper closes and opens replacement. properly. When your fireplace • Lubricate your garage is not in use, keep the door for smooth operation damper closed to maximize and to delay the need for parts your climate-controlled replacement. environment.

can lose 10 percent of its previous appraised value, whereas proactive maintenance can increase the appraised value each year by one percent, according to the National Association of Realtors. And you don’t have to invest a ton to improve your home’s value. Plenty of projects offer great returns on investment. This becomes especially important if your home is on the market. From replacing elements of your home’s exterior to updating your kitchen, your realtor can offer suggestions for updates that can help you sell. Consider new tools to help you track home improvement projects in one place. For example, by signing up for HomeZada, you will automatically receive comprehensive home maintenance checklists, as well as automated alerts and reminders when it’s time to complete a task, so you never miss anything important. Additionally, the site provides how-to videos and other free resources for do-ityourselfers. For more information, visit www.HomeZada.com. Don’t let key maintenance tasks fall by the wayside. Let new tools help you keep your home safe and up-to-date.

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Improving safety and home value are just two of the many reasons to keep up with home maintenance.

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Free fishing weekend is June 6 and 7

How much does a fish Fish anywhere in Wisconsin for free weigh?

Plan a fishing clinic Plan your own fishing

Attend a fishing clinic Dozens of free fishing clinics are offered on Free Fishing Weekend by many fishing clubs, local parks departments, community centers and civic organizations. Learn the basics and fish using equipment provided at most of these events. The DNR has Free Fishing Weekend clinics posted on its website. For more information about fishing in Wisconsin visit dnr.wi.gov.

clinic to usher in a summer of fishing fun. Use these events to kick off summertime youth fishing clubs and get anglers of all ages out to the water’s edge. Download the General Event Planning Form at the Department of Natural Resources website (drn. wi.gov) to be used anytime. Return the completed form to the Angler Education Office at the DNR. Contact Kim Anderson, (608) 261-6431, to have a planning form sent in the mail.

Learn the state fishing regulations

Fishing regulations are used as a tool to ensure good fishing exists into the future. The Department of Natural Resources uses different types SUBMITTED PHOTO Lauderdale Lakes Breeze Wisconsin’s free fishing weekend is June 6 and of fishing regulations to: 7 where anyone is invited and encouraged to fish, no • control angler impacts on fish populations; license or trout stamp required. • maintain numbers and

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