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Heritage Hall, across from the Webster House Museum in Elkhorn, is among the Walworth County Historical Society’s attractions that are open for the summer.

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The Walworth County Historical Society in Elkhorn opened its doors for the summer season in mid-June.

The Webster House Museum and the Veteran’s Museum in Heritage Hall across the street are open for their summer hours from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday until early October. Both are at the corner of Rockwell and South Washington streets two blocks south of the center of Elkhorn.

The Webster House Museum is in the home of Joseph P. Webster, a Civil War era musician and composer, whose most famous works were “The Sweet By and By” and the

love song “Lorena” that was featured in the film “Gone with the Wind.” The museum can be reached at (262) 7234248 for information or appointments during open hours.

The home is filled with pieces that belonged to Webster and his family who occupied the house from 1857 until the early 1950s when one of the last survivors died. An annex to the house was added after the Historical Society gained possession that houses other collections including Howard Cook’s wildlife bird, the original elk horns that gave Elkhorn its name, Potawatomie Indian artifacts, a Civil War room and heirlooms from the county’s pioneer families.

Adjacent to the Webster House is the Boyd Carriage House, an 1850s hand-hewn oak beam barn that houses General Boyd’s carriage that transported him between Lake Geneva and Madison for his senatorial duties in the early days of Wisconsin statehood.

In addition to a collection of Boyd family artifacts, the barn also houses a collection of antique tools and agricultural implements, including ice-harvesting equipment that drew ice from area lakes in the days before refrigerators and freezers.

Across the street in Heritage Hall is the Veterans Museum that is staffed by county veterans and displays uniforms, weapons, airplane models, pictures and documents from veterans of World Wars I and II, Korea and Vietnam and will soon add displays from the most recent conflicts.

Also adjacent to the Webster House at 210 S. Washington St. is the Doris Reinke Resource Center that houses records, maps, journals, newspapers, scrapbooks, county SUBMITTED PHOTO Wonders of Walworth County Historical artifacts are on display at the Webster House Muse- family genealogies and other documents available for public research. The center is um in Elkhorn, which opened May 20 for the season.

open year round from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, or with an appointment by calling (262) 7237848.

Other sites operated by the society are the Sharon Town Hall and the Blooming Prairie one-room school at the fairgrounds that are open mostly during fair time, except for the school that hosts special tours for area elementary schools in the spring and fall.

Other special events the society will sponsor are a Civil War encampment on the Webster House grounds June 27 and 28, annual rummage sale, the yearly free ice cream social in July, the annual book sale at the fair, and appearances by speakers with knowledge of historic figures or events, all of which will be announced closer to their dates.

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Fran Achen photo competition approaching Amateur and professional artists are invited to exhibit their photography at the Sixth Annual Fran Achen Photography Competition to be displayed from July 9 to July 26 at the Whitewater Arts Alliance’s Cultural Arts Center on 402 W. Main Street in Whitewater.

Entries are due June 18 though entries received later will be accepted if space allows. An awards ceremony is slated Sunday, July 12 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the CAC. “The Fran Achen Photography Contest has become a favorite exhibit of our photographers and visitors alike. My hope is that we continue to expand the participation to honor a truly wonderful community member,” Linda Long, president of the Whitewater Arts Alliance said. “Fran would be delighted to have beginning and professional photographers take a critical eye to the world around them. So get out those cameras now.”

Achen was a long-time Whitewater resident, teacher, and local photographer.

However, he is best remembered for his photographic collection chronicling the history of Whitewater.

Individuals who wish to submit photos should complete an entry form and send it to the Whitewater Arts Alliance, P.O. Box 311, Whitewater, WI 53190.

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Area photographers are invited to submit their photos for the Annual Fran Achen Photography Competition to be on display July 9 through July 26 at the Whitewater Arts Alliance’s Cultural Arts Center, 402 W. Main St. Achen (above) was a longtime Whitewater resident, teacher and photographer.

at local banks, the public library, the CAC and at www.whitewaterarts.org.

Entries fees are as follows for up to three photos: Youth (ages 5 to 12), $5; Teen (ages 13 – 18), $10 with

sponsorships available for youth and teen photographers; amateur (19 and up) $25, and; accomplished, $25.

Prizes will be awarded for Best of Show Award ($125); in the adult division

prizes are $100 for first place, $50 for second and $25 for third; in the youth and teen divisions prizes awarded are $25 for first place; $15 for second; $10 for third. Awards will be presented at the July 12 opening reception at about 2 p.m.

“The Fran Achen show is truly one of the highlights of the year and the Cultural Arts Center is one of Whitewater’s gems. Together they provide a showcase for outstanding work created by both established and aspiring area photographers,” Jeff McDonald, chair of the show and WAA board member said.

“It is exciting to see the many ways these artists interpret the world through their images… I eagerly await this year’s event,” he said.

For those who wish to sell their photos, both the photographers and the Whitewater Arts Alliance will benefit from their creative talents with the alliance receiving 20 percent of the sale from member photographers; 30 percent from non-members.

Photographers should drop entries off between 4 and 7 p.m., July 2 at the CAC and pick them up after the exhibit closes from 3 and 5 p.m., July 26. Photos left past the deadline will be considered a donation to the WAA. For more information contact McDonald at (262) 473-5086 or jeff. mcdonald@gaelicarts.com.

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The Geneva Lake Museum’s “Main Street” allows visitors to see historical stores, homes, a school room and other places in the 19th and 20th century. Visitors can not only look, but actually walk into the displays for a close up look at furniture, clothing, tools, machines, merchandise, photos and other artifacts of daily living. The museum is at 255 Mill St. in downtown Lake Geneva.

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red brick road runs through the center of the Geneva Lake Museum.

Volunteers laid the bricks to create the thoroughfare, and volunteers painted the walls on the faux buildings that line the street.

Volunteers also help run the museum, including Museum Director Karen Jo Walsh.

Walsh’s volunteer work at the museum started with a phone call.

After Walsh retired from her job as principal at the Chicago school she owned and operated, she called the museum because she wanted to donate some antiques from her Chicago school.

The museum accepted the donations, and – after talking with museum volunteer Vern Magee – Walsh agreed to work on a display shelf at the museum.

That shelf quickly became a room, which Walsh transformed in three days.

“And then we just kept doing rooms,” Walsh said.

Magee, who has been a museum volunteer for 15 years, added, “It was a whirlwind.”

Then the museum lost its director, so the museum board asked Walsh if she would

consider being the interim director.

“No, I don’t do interim, but I could be your director,” Walsh said.

Walsh made the stipulation that she wanted to do the full-time job on a volunteer basis, and would not accept any pay.

“I think it’s good because when you’re a volunteer person, then other people don’t mind giving one hour or two hours or a half a day to a cause,” Walsh said.

Museum history

When the museum was founded in 1983, it was housed in a small building in downtown Lake Geneva.

The museum quickly outgrew its 2,000 square feet, and in 2004 moved to its current location at 255 Mill St. in Lake Geneva.

“With the old museum, we had run out of room and it wasn’t handicapped accessible,” said Helen Brandt, head curator for the museum. “Some of us had regrets, not exactly knowing what this building would be for us, because it was left quite a mess.”

The new building, which had formerly housed the Wisconsin Power and Light Company, was owned by the city.

“We rent it for a dollar,” Walsh said. “We own nothing. The objects in here belong to the museum...we are called the stewards of our collection. We are only here as caretakers.

It is our responsibility to take care of them for

Take a trip in the Time Travel Machine

The Geneva Lake Museum is offering patrons the opportunity to look at different periods of the nation’s history using its magical “Time Travel Machine.”

Using classic films, the museum will give visitors a chance to step back into events that have helped shape American history and meet the “movers” and “shakers” of the times.

Hear the music and see “life” as people lived it with films “1776” and “How the West was Won.” Or watch the events that led up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor unfold in “Tora! Tora! Tora!”

The workshop is being conducted by Docent Noel C. Payne. Noel has a Bachelor of Arts in speech/performing arts, English and secondary education. She has taught classes through the Continuing Education Department of the University of NevadaLas Vegas.

Because of the mature themes, students taking part must be at least 14 years old.

The second session of movies will be shown at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays, July 14 to Aug. 4. Movies range from 90 minutes to 3 hours in length.

Cost is $15 for student, $35 for adults and $20 for senior. Cost for Geneva Lake Museum members is $5. your children’s children, and so on.”

Volunteer workforce

A volunteer board of directors oversees the museum. Other than two part-time paid employees, it is run by volunteers, and almost everything in the museum was put there by volunteers.

To create the outdoors feel, volunteer

Tom York cut down trees from his farm and brought them into the museum.

The next day, Walsh talked to a group of volunteers.

“You know how they have quilting parties, we’re having a leafing party,” Walsh told them.

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Longtime East Troy greenhouse carved out a niche selling plants

By Tracy Ouellette STAFF WRITER

Next year, many area gardeners are going to have to find a new greenhouse to supply them with their plants. Gerry Urbaniak, owner of Gerry’s Geenhouse in East Troy, is closing up shop at the end of the growing season and won’t be reopening in 2016.

Urbaniak, who is 73, has been providing bedding plants for the community since 1982 and said it’s time to wrap things up.

“I need to listen to what my body is telling me,” she said.

But the decision wasn’t an easy one because she will miss the customers she’s come to know so well over the decades.

“You get to know the people who come back, you hear their hardships when they come in to buy flowers,” Urbaniak said.

And she’s had the chance to help bring them joy.

“When they pick their flowers out they’re so happy,” she said. “It picks up their spirit.”

Urbaniak said it all started more than 40 years ago when she wanted to save some money on the bedding plants she was buying for her own use.

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That was 1976 and Urbaniak said it just took off from there.

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Gerry Urbaniak, owner of Gerry’s Greenhouse in East Troy, reorganizes a geranium display in one of her greenhouses. Urbaniak is closing the greenhouse at the end of this season and says she is looking forward to retirement.

to the fair and was selling out of the business she created on Highway N in East Troy.

Urbaniak said she never felt threatened by the garden centers at the big box stores and didn’t think they affected her bottom line.

“I figure there’s plenty for everybody,” she said. “It comes down to quality vs. price and I think my prices are in the ballpark, but I don’t really compare.”

Gerry and Mel Urbaniak also own the Palmyra True Value, which their daughter Chris runs for them, and they have a stand at the hardware store for the plants.

“She takes fresh flowers out there every day,” Urbaniak said.

She said she couldn’t have done it without the help of her husband, who maintains the greenhouses and equipment for her, and longtime employee Cheryl Mysliwski.

“I couldn’t do it without Cheryl,” she said.

“She does all the heavy lifting, organizing and planning.”

Mysliwski has worked at the greenhouse for 12 seasons, but “I shopped here for 10 years before that,” she said.

Urbaniak said she will continue to grow flowers for herself and is keeping one of the smaller greenhouses, but will liquidate the rest of her equipment.

“I can’t stand to go into another greenhouse,” she said.

Gerry’s Greenhouse is at N7947 Highway N in East Troy. The greenhouse is open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. until the end of the growing season. For more information, call (262) 642-5946.

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So a group of about eight ladies gathered for a leafing party. They sat with a tree lying on its side before them as they attached fallcolored leaves on the bare branches.

“Volunteers help us do everything,” Walsh said.

They haul the rocks strategically placed throughout the museum from nearby cornfields. They sew the clothes, hang curtains and do research.

“We had volunteers who put this together, because we can’t afford to pay for all those different kinds of services, and I think then people become a part of the museum because it belongs to them. So it’s not just because we want their help, it’s like a family,” Walsh said.

Hundreds of people – including electricians, plumbers and carpenters – have worked on the museum from time to time.

Some help keep the place clean. People dust, vacuum and clean windows.

Volunteers are all ages. Betty Less, who will be 90 in June, irons, mends, sews and labels items for the museum. High school students have logged countless hours working on service projects at the museum.

Volunteers created videos, and even a model train set.

“We love all our volunteers,” Walsh said.

Free fun

Volunteers like to come and hang out and joke with one another, Walsh said.

One day, when a worker was on a ladder working on a wall, he said to Walsh, “Lady, don’t you have a stud on this wall?”

Walsh grabbed his leg and said, “I found one.”

“He almost fell off the ladder, but that is how it is around here,” Walsh said. “We have added a layer of laughter because we

are all volunteering and it’s more fun to laugh and do something.

“We want to have fun.”

Museum offerings

More than 18,000 people came through the museum last year, Educational Consultant Marsha Engquist said.

The museum is arranged by a timeline, starting with Native Americans in the area in 1831. “That way when people come in, especially the children, we try to get everyone to understand that the Native Americans were here before the other people,” Magee said.

Like the other displays, volunteers created the wigwam that is exhibited at the museum’s entrance.

All of the displays are user friendly, and people are encouraged to touch the items.

“We are really big into touching and feeling because if you don’t touch history, it won’t touch you back,” Magee said.

“We do museum tours, we do bus tours, we do individual tours, but what is fun is for anybody who comes, all ages, you can touch history and make it come alive,” Walsh said.

There is a special exhibit entitled “Undressed” going down the middle of “Main Street” in the museum. The exhibit shows the history of women’s undergarments.

“Undressed” will be displayed through Feb. 14, 2016.

In addition, museum volunteers run the “Antique Road Share,” in which they bring objects from the past to senior centers, free of charge.

“They can touch the objects and recall things from the past, and that generates memories for them,” Walsh said.

The healing

Firefighter, EMT brigade accompanies cancer patient after last chemo treatment

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hen Anna Leitzke emerged from Aurora Lakeland Medical Center after her last chemotherapy treatment April 23, a pink fire truck signed by thousands of cancer patients was waiting to take her home.

“This was very much a surprise to her,” said the 20-year-old’s mom, Kathy Leitzke, of Delavan. “She had no idea. She was speechless.”

Standing with the pink truck outside the clinic door were about 50 people that the hospital emergency medical technician coordinator had invited to see Anna Leitzke off. Tears welled at that point.

A little farther down the road, Anna Leitzke saw firefighters, EMTs and police officers from the town and city of Delavan waiting to join the brigade.

“She just turned and looked at me like, ‘What did you do?’” Kathy Leitzke said.

Members of the Town of Delavan department wore their dress blues, and the Leitzkes rode home to Delavan in the pink truck escorted by four more fire trucks and an ambulance.

When they arrived in Delavan, the trucks turned on their sirens and the Leitzkes greeted about 30 more friends waiting in their front yard for Anna’s arrival.

The escort was a first for Pink Heals – a non-profit organization founded in 2007 by retired firefighter and former professional athlete Dave Graybill, of Phoenix.

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Graybill started Pink Heals with one truck eight years ago. The organization now has about 180 trucks in chapters in three countries.

Leitzke was escorted by the Lake Country Chapter, which was founded by a member of the Lake Country Fire Department in Delafield in 2012 and houses its pink truck in Nashotah, said Sandy Rosch, a member of the founding board of the Lake Country Chapter.

Wisconsin also has Pink Heals chapters

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Anna Leitzke, of Delavan, stands next to the Pink Heals fire truck after her last round of chemotherapy at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn on April 23.

in Sheboygan and Mishicot, according to the Pink Heals website.

The group raises money for women undergoing treatment for all types of cancers and raises awareness.

Rosch said in Lake Country’s first two years of existence, it focused on raising funds and generated $33,000 for local cancer organizations and patients. It contributed to Stillwaters Cancer Support Services in Waukesha, which provides counseling to cancer patients and their families without accepting insurance or patient payments, Rosch said.

It also provided transportation and funding for people undergoing treatment at ProHealth Care and Aurora facilities who needed financial assistance.

This year, however, Rosch said, the chapter is shifting its focus to conducting more home visits – bringing the fire truck to the homes of cancer patients to brighten their days and increase visibility in their communities.

The escort from the hospital, however, was a first, said retired Lake Country firefighter Dave Godgluck, who drove the pink truck.

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Godgluck met the Leitzkes – a family of firefighters and EMTs – at the Wisconsin EMS Association convention in January in Milwaukee. Anna’s dad, Brian, is a retired Delavan firefighter, Kathy Leitzke has

been a Town of Delavan EMT for 21 years, Anna Leitzke has been with the township department for a year, and her brother Andrew Leitzke, 17, is getting ready to join, Kathy Leitzke said.

Godgluck was at the convention with the Pink Heals truck, which Anna Leitzke signed. Godgluck pulled Kathy Leitzke aside and explained what the organization does.

When Kathy Leitzke mentioned Anna’s last chemo treatment scheduled for April, “I said why don’t we pick her up at the

hospital and bring her home from the hospital for a party?” Godgluck said.

The Leitzkes got their EMT and firefighter friends to join them.

“Everybody was on board and just jumped at the chance to be along with us,” Godgluck said.

Three departments were lined up to escort Anna home, but the City of Elkhorn department was dispatched to a fire call on its way to the hospital, Kathy Leitzke said.

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Sending out love

Letters from students given to veteran during return trip of Honor Flight

By Kellen Olshefski • STAFF WRITER

hanks to the help of students of West Side Elementary School, a local veteran of the Korean War recently received a pleasant surprise.

John Samuelson, an Elkhorn resident who served in the United States Army during the war, was accepted to participate in April’s Honor Flight – which takes veterans to Washington, D.C. to see the various memorial sites.

While returning home, Samuelson received a whole slew of mail during the flight’s mail call.

Samuelson’s daughter, Ann White, teaches at West Side Elementary. After watching a clip from a movie about the Honor Flight that depicts the mail call – the part in the flight home reminiscent of when soldiers serving overseas would receive their letters from families back home – she knew it was something that would be incredibly important to the veterans.

“They don’t know this is coming and in their day, this was the biggest part of their day, to have the mail call – the letters from home,” she said.

While her job was to collect an envelope of letters from family members, she decided it just wasn’t enough.

With letters from family being delivered by Honor Flight personnel on the flight during the mail call, White packed her bags with letters from the students of West Side Elementary to share with her father on the flight.

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“It’s very, very touching and very rewarding, especially when the children have done it,” she said.

“In order to have our story told, we need to have a grass roots effort and this is my home and the kids supported me.”

White said teachers told her that students poured their heart and souls into the project, being positively motivated to produce a piece of artwork to share with Samuelson.

“It’s events like these that bring out the beauty in life,” she said about the students’ diligent work on the project. “The kids have put their hearts so into this product.”

White said working on this project was important for students, giving them an opportunity to tie what’s an abstract concept for many students into something more concrete – the idea of loved ones fighting overseas.

In addition to producing letters for Samuelson’s return trip, West Side Elementary held a Red, White and Blue day prior to the Honor Flight in honor of veterans – something that White said made the abstract concept for children concrete, giving the students a way to connect.

White said with the multitude of letters and drawings that poured in from the students, she wasn’t able to take them all on the flight, though she made sure Samuelson received each and every one.

She said he’s been going through the letters a stack at a time ever since the flight.

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KELLEN OLSHEFSKI Wonders of Walworth County

Upper photo: Students at West Side Elementary School share their letters for John Samuelson, an Elkhorn resident who received the letters while returning from Washington, D.C., on the Honor Flight last month.

Students wrote the letters to Samuelson as part of a project to thank veterans. They shared letters with each other during a Red, White and Blue day they held the Friday before the Honor Flight. Above: West Side Elementary School teacher Ann White (above) joins her father John Samuelson in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., during the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight trip held in April. White coordinated with the school to develop the student letter-writing project.

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Anna Leitzke’s family of emergency medical technicians and firefighters is composed of (from left) her brother, Andrew Leitzke, 17, Anna Leitzke, her mom, Kathy Leitzke, and dad, Brian Leitzke.

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Anna Leitzke’s April 23 treatment was the last of six out-patient chemotherapy sessions at the Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic in Elkhorn since being diagnosed with ovarian cancer less than six months ago, Kathy Leitzke said.

She said Anna began having symptoms when she went back to school last fall at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater where she is in her second year of veterinary school. Doctors diagnosed Anna’s complaints as constipation and other gastrointestinal disturbances, Kathy Leitzke said.

Then on Nov. 29, Anna Leitzke was on a rescue call for the Town of Delavan and had sudden, severe abdominal pain “like somebody punched her,” Kathy Leitzke said.

Anna Leitzke was taken to Aurora Lakeland Medical Center where she underwent surgery to remove a 20-by-20

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centimeter – football-sized – cyst from her abdomen. Kathy Leitzke said the cyst was beginning to rupture, which caused the pain. She said Anna had chalked her bulging abdomen up to gas and bloating.

“She looked like she was in the early stages of pregnancy,” Kathy Leitzke said.

Three days after the cyst was removed, Anna Leitzke had a pulmonary embolism – a blood clot in her lungs, and, at that point, the family received the pathology report that showed the cyst contained some cancer cells.

The diagnosis was Stage 1 ovarian cancer – an illness most often found in women older than 63 years old, not a 20-year-old woman.

“We all were very nervous about it, including Anna,” Kathy Leitzke said. “We had the same questions. We never thought we’d hear those words for one thing, and didn’t know what this meant, where we were headed.

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The movement and the “Cares Enough to Wear Pink” motto are about raising money and awareness for all types of cancers that women face.

The group raises money by selling Pink Heals merchandise, and the money stays in the community where it’s raised.

The organization has no paid staff. It is operated solely by volunteers, so all of its proceeds go to people battling cancer, to maintain and buy gas for its 180 pink fire trucks and to bring its program to local elected leaders.

Pink Heals has a national tour each year, which began June 14 this year in Jacksonville, S.C. For the tour, volunteer drivers sign up for 21 days at a time to drive pink fire trucks and police cars across America and deliver the Pink Heals program to local leaders.

Retired Hartland firefighter Dave Godgluck drove a truck to North The Pink Heals organization with its motto “Cares Enough to Wear Pink” raises money for cancer programs and patients primarily through the sale of its merchandise.

Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida for a past national tour and will join this year’s tour in August.

“Our local chapters use pink fire trucks and police cars as a visual reminder to keep fund-raising monies local and will assist with delivering funds to local charities when requested,” according to the organization’s website.

The Lake Country Pink Heals chapter hosted the Town of Delavan fire and rescue department’s pancake breakfast on May 24 with all proceeds going to help Anna Leitzke, a 2013 Delavan-Darien High School graduate, pay her hospital expenses, Godgluck said.

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“I locked up. I couldn’t move. I couldn’t talk.”

Anna Leitzke saw a gynecological oncologist at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee and underwent six rounds of chemotherapy – one full day every three weeks – at Lakeland.

One of her ovaries was removed, and she will have one more surgery to remove her appendix, but she is expected to be able to have children, Kathy Leitzke said.

“She should come out with a clean bill of health, and have a normal family life,” she said.

breaking out the photos, his medals and even his uniform.

Following the Honor Flight in April, White said it was like being royalty for a day, with police escorts and parades

awaiting the veterans, and described it as one of those “take your breath away kind of days.”

“We still can’t believe we actually did it,” she said.

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Following April’s Honor Flight, White said the students at West Side Elementary continued to show curiosity and support.

“They were so kind after,” she said.

White said after returning from the flight, students were coming up to her all day long, curious to see how the flight went and what the experience was like.

The Honor Flight White said they started the process of applying for the Honor Flight two years ago after a family friend had taken their grandfather.

“It was described to me at their training that this would be one of the best days of their lives,” White said prior to the flight.

“It’s ranked up there with being able to get married and have children.”

White said her father was excited he had been accepted for the flight, noting it was “almost like he won the lottery.”

White said her father learned he had been accepted the day before they returned to Wisconsin from their winter home in Florida.

“Like my mom said, he just floated home,” she said. “He’s 82 years old and they drove home in two days.”

White said she was told many of the veterans returning from foreign

wars came home one day, hung up their uniforms and returned to living a normal life, leaving their stories untold.

“This is just a way that we can turn around and show the veterans just how much their service to their country meant to all of us,” she said.

Through the process, White said Samuelson has begun to tell his story,

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Above: Letters from students pile up during the Red, White and Blue day at West Side Elementary School in Elkhorn. At left: Gianna Longoria works on her letter to John Samuelson, the father of teacher Ann White. He was among the veterans who took the Honor Flight.

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26 Burlington Kiwanis Civic Band Concert Series. 7-9 p.m., Echo Park, Burlington. Info: (262) 763-6044 28 Antique Flea Market – at 7 a.m. at the Walworth County Fairgrounds, Highway 11, 7 a.m. Cost is $5. (414) 5250820 or www.nlpromotionsllc.com

JULY 1-31 The World of Little House – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Old World Wisconsin, S103 W37890 Highway 67, Eagle. Daily activities that let visitors live like Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Ingalls family and friends. Dress as a character from one of the Little House on the Prairie books and receive a discount on admission. (262) 594-6300 or www. oldworldwisconsin.wisconsinhistory.org 1, 15, 29 Limber Timbers Square Dance Club – dancing from 7:30-10 p.m. at the Darien Senior Center, 37 Park St., Darien. Cost is $5 per adult, $2 per child. (262) 275-6373 or www. limbertimbers.org 2-5 The East Troy Lions Club annual Fourth of July Celebration at the Amusement Park, 2072 Graydon Ave. (next to the East Troy Lions Public Library) with a carnival on the midway, beer tent featuring live music daily and multiple food stands all four days.

3, 10, 17, 24 Burlington Kiwanis Civic Band Concert Series. 7-9 p.m., Echo Park, Burlington. Info: (262) 763-6044 4 Lake Geneva Independence Day parade and costume contest at 10 a.m., sponsored by the Frank Kresen American Legion Post 24 Ladies

Auxiliary are hosting their annual Independence Day parade and costume contest on July 4th, 2014 at 10 am. Participants should gather at Eastview Elementary School, 535 Sage St., at 9:30 a.m. The parade route will travel on Dodge Street from the Eastview parking lot north on Center and then up Henry to the Legion Hall.

Following the judging, popsicles will be served. In the event of rain, the parade will be canceled. www.post24lgwi.org 4 The East Troy Lions 14th annual car show, staffed by the Kettle Moraine Classic Car Club, will run 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 4 at 3143 Graydon Ave. Fireworks are scheduled for Saturday at dark. The parade will start at 1 p.m. on Sunday, July 5. For more information, call (262) 366-1765.

2-4 Franklin Civic Celebration – July 3, 5 p.m. to midnight; July 4, 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.; July 5, to noon to 11:30 p.m. at Lions Legend Park on Highway 36. Children’s Parade at 10:30 a.m.

July 4; Main Parade at 11 a.m. www. franklinwi.gov 2-5 Whitewater’s 4th of July Festival, Cravath Lakefront, 312 Whitewater St. Midway, beer tent, food vendors and more. July 2 – Miss Whitewater Pageant (5 p.m.); July 3 – kids, decorate bikes for Saturday’s parade, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Bicyclewise, 1130 W. Main St.,) fireworks (10 p.m.;) July 4 – car show featuring 17 classes (8 a.m. to 3 p.m.,) Whippet City Mile Run (9:50 a.m.,) annual parade (begins at Lincoln School and travels Prince to Main to Whitewater streets, ending at Fremont Street, 10 a.m.,) ski show (noon,) and fireworks (10 p.m.;) July 5 – children’s petting zoo (noon to 4 p.m.,) Kindschi Pedal Pulls (new kids event,) 2 p.m. www.ww4th.com

adise!” The fair, which is the biggest county fair in the state, runs Sept. 2 to 7 on the county fairgrounds in Elkhorn. It is celebrating its 166th year.

4 Minneiska Ski Team Fourth of July Show – after parade at Cravath Lake Park, 341 S. Fremont St., Whitewater 4 Town of Delavan Fourth of July celebration in Community Park on Delavan Lake, noon to 11 p.m.

Fireworks, 9 p.m.

4 City of Delavan Fourth of July Let Freedom Ring celebration. Pancake breakfast, 7 a.m., followed by the Carp-O-Rama and the parade at 3 p.m. in downtown Delavan. Family and kids activities from 4 to 7 p.m. at Veteran’s Park, food and drink tents and live music. Fireworks, 9:30 p.m.

4 Waterford Fourth of July celebration – 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., 5K Run at Whitford Park at 8 a.m. Kids Bike Parade, 10:15 a.m. Main Parade, 11 a.m. Concert at Ten Club Park sponsored by Burlington Kiwanis Civic Band. The Waterford Lions Club Great Duck Raffle will also be held at Ten Club Park at 1:30 p.m. Raffle proceeds help pay for the parade.

4 Union Grove’s Fourth of July parade and children’s parade with “This Land is Your Land” theme, 9:15-11:30 a.m. Info: www.uniongrovechamber.org 3-5 Libertyfest at Lance Park, Twin Lakes. Parade, bands, cardboard boat races, food, games, Aquanut waterski show and fireworks at dusk. Info: www. twinlakeschamber.com 3-5 An Old World Fourth of July – from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. visitors can celebrate as people did in the 19th and 20th centuries with a “through the ages” parade, band concert and spirited competitions at Old World Wisconsin, W372 S9727 Highway 67, Eagle. (262) 594-6301 or www.oldworldwisconsin.

wisconsinhistory.org 4, 11, 18, 25 Walworth County farmers market – Veterans Park on the courthouse square, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.

(262) 741-4961 11 Vintage Base Ball: Eagle Diamonds – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. with game at 1:30 p.m. Celebrate America’s favorite pastime and enjoy an old-fashioned game at Old World Wisconsin, S103 W37890 Highway 67, Eagle. (262) 594-6300 or www.oldworldwisconsin. wisconsinhistory.org 12 The Cars that Time Forgot, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lake Lawn Resort, 2400 E. Geneva St., Delavan. Custom cars, stock cars, trucks and motorcycles, Merchants Choice Awards, road tours, food, live music, awards and vendors.

Spectator parking with shuttle service at Lake Lawn Airstrip, $5. Day of show registration to show vehicle, $15 ($10 in advance). First 200 registered vehicles receive dash plaques; first 100 Dodge registrations will receive a Dodge 100th anniversary collector’s dash plaque.

Info: carstimeforgot.com 12 Burlington Area Garden Club 2015 Walk and Raffle, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., visit picturesque and unique gardens in the Burlington and surrounding areas.

Tickets will be sold for $10 the day of the walk at Wehmhoff Square, corner of Pine and Washington streets near the Burlington Public Library. Info: www. burlingtonareagardenclub.com 17 Relay For Life – 7 p.m. at Walworth County Fairgrounds, Walworth County Fairgrounds, Highway 11. (262) 7233228 www.relayforlife.org • see THINGS TO

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17-19 Waterford Balloonfest on the grounds of Evergreen Elementary School, 817 W. Main St. New this year, balloonist flight competitions and classic evening balloon glows for Friday and Saturday nights. Craft and business vendors, food, beverages, kids’ area with games, activities and entertainment.

Helicopter rides, 5K run/walk, helicopter rides and more. Friday, 4-9 p.m.; Saturday, sunrise to 9 p.m.; Sunday, sunrise to 10 a.m. Info: www. waterford-wi-org

25 Frank Kresen American Legion Post 24 annual Car Show at 9 a.m., 735 Henry St., Lake Geneva.

18-19 Maxwell Street Days Flea Market, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Field Park, highways 83 and NN, Mukwonago. More than 650 sellers offering a variety of goods.

Food and refreshments available on the grounds. Reasonable off-site parking available. Pets, bicycles and skateboards are prohibited. Info: www. maxwellstreetdays.net

31-Aug. 1 Whitewater Maxwell Street Days and Brat Festival

18-19 SMILES horse show, Walworth County Fairgrounds, 411 E. Court St., Elkhorn. Info: www. smilestherapeuticriding.org 18-19 Old Fashioned Farm Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Elegant Farmer, on the corner of highways ES and J, Mukwonago. Kids can play games like clothespin in a bottle, needle in a haystack or participate in the everpopular pie-eating contest. Enjoy the fair’s farm-fresh roasted corn, grilled brats and hot dogs, ice cream in hand rolled waffle cones, caramel corn and much more. Info: www.elegantfarmer. com

27-28 Burlington Kennel Club Dog Show, Walworth County Fair Grounds, 411 E. Court St., Elkhorn 29-Aug. 2 Racine County Fair, 19805 Durand Ave, Union Grove. Headliners Uncle Kracker, and the Charlie Daniels Band. Don’t forget to visit the Chamber’s Corn Booth. Info: www. racinecountyfair.com

31 Lutherdale Fish Fry – 4:30-7:30 p.m. at Lutherdale Camp, N7891 Highway 12, Elkhorn. Ticket cost for adults is $12, $7 for children 12 and younger. (262) 742-2352

AUGUST 1 Full Moon Four Miler Run and Half Moon Mini Miler in Waterford.

Registration opens for Full Moon run at 6:30 p.m. the race begins at Village Hall Park at 8:30 p.m. Mini Miler race for ages 2 to 12 check in is at the Waterford High School track field, 100 Field Drive, at 3 p.m. with the run beginning at 4 p.m.

Info: www.waterford-wi.org 1 Whitewater Maxwell Street Days and Brat Festival 1-2 Madison Classic Car Show & Swap, Walworth County Fair Grounds, 411 E. Court St., Elkhorn

24-25 Burlington Maxwell Street Days, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sidewalk and community-wide rummage sales throughout Burlington. Vendors will be also located in Wehmhoff Square, by the Burlington Public Library. Ice cream social at the Pioneer Cabin. Music in downtown Burlington and Wehmhoff Square. Friends of the Burlington Public Library Used Book Sale. Info: www. burlingtonchamber.org

1-31 Game On! – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Old World Wisconsin, S103 W37890 Highway 67, Eagle. Experience the games of the 1800s ranging from rounders, cricket, early soccer and croquet, to marbles and more. Playing field is large and so is the scope, ranging from indoor and outdoor games, early sports and board and card games. (262) 594-6300 or www.oldworldwisconsin.wisconsinhistory. org

24-26 Baroque Horse Show, Walworth County Fairgrounds, 411 E. Court St., Elkhorn.

1 Vintage Base Ball: Eagle Diamonds – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. with game at 1:30 p.m.

Celebrate America’s favorite pastime and enjoy an old-fashioned game at Old World Wisconsin, S103 W37890 Highway 67, Eagle. (262) 594-6300 or www. oldworldwisconsin.wisconsinhistory.org

24-26 Knights of Columbus will host a Corn & Brat Roast, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, on the East Troy village square. The event will feature brats, hamburgers, roasted sweet corn and live music. Info: (262) 642-5198 24-26, 31-Aug. 2 “Godspell” at the Christian Arts Centre of Chapel on the Hill. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday matinees are at 3 p.m. Cost: $10 (Visa/MasterCard accepted) and may be purchased on www.brownpapertickets.com or at the door. www.chapelonthehill.net 24-27 Country Thunder at 2305 Lance Drive, Twin Lakes. Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Brantley Gilbert, Gary Allan, Sawyer Brown, Craig Morgan, Mark Chesnutt, Joe Diffie, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Colt Ford, Charlie Worsham, Will Hoge, Chad Brownlee and more. Info: wisconsin. countrythunder.com

Area farmers markets Burlington The Burlington Farmers Market is every Thursday until October from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wehmhoff Square in downtown Burlington. Fresh, locally grown produce, vendors, music and more. (262) 210-6360 East Troy The East Troy Farmers Market is every Friday, from 3 to 7 p.m., May 22 through Oct. 2, on the downtown village square. Vendors, fresh produce, live entertainment and more. (262) 642-3770 Elkhorn The Walworth County Farmers Market is every Saturday, starting June 6, from 8 a.m. to noon in Veterans Park, on the courthouse square in Elkhorn. (262) 741-4961 Kenosha Kenosha HarborMarket is open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. until October at 56th Street and 2nd Avenue. www.kenoshaharbormarket.com Lake Geneva The Lake Geneva Farmers Market is 7 Lutherdale Quilt Preview and Fish Fry – 4:30-8 p.m. at Lutherdale Camp, N7891 Highway 12, Elkhorn. Ticket cost for adults is $12, $7 for children 12 and younger. (262) 742-2352 8 Lutherdale Fest and Quilt Auction – from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., hand-made quilts and other items will be auctioned off to support summer camp, lunch at 11 a.m. at Lutherdale, N7891 Highway 12. Event will also include children’s programming and a men’s lounge. (262) 742-2352 8-9 35th annual Art in the Park, Flat Iron Park, 201 Wrigley Drive, Lake Geneva. Juried show spotlights original fine art from more than 80 artists from throughout the United States featuring paintings, photography, pottery, graphics, sculptures, jewelry and more.

The event will also feature a silent auction, live entertainment, food and beverage and a children’s activity tent.

Sponsored by the Lake Geneva Arts Foundation. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Info: www. genevalakeart.org

1, 2 Madison Classic Car Show and Swap – spectators and vendors welcome. Cost is $7. Event is from 6 a.m.-4 p.m., 6 a.m.-3 p.m. on Aug. 3, at the Walworth County Fairgrounds, Highway 11. (608) 244-8416 or www. madisonclassics.com

9 Corn and Brat Fest – Knights of Columbus, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Echo Park, 589 Milwaukee Ave., Burlington. Corn, brats, hot dogs and hamburgers. There will also be soda, beer, and water.

Come see arts and crafts and enter our raffle. Raffle drawing, 6 p.m. Info: (262) 763-8068

1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Walworth County farmers market – Veterans Park on the courthouse square, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. (262) 741-4961

9 Antique Flea Market – 7 a.m. at the Walworth County Fairgrounds, Highway 11, Cost is $5. (414) 525-0820 www.nlpromotionsllc.com

4 Whitewater National Night Out, 5-8 p.m. Cravath Lakefront Park, 341 S. Fremont St., Whitewater.

15-16 Maxwell Street Days Flea Market, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Field Park, highways 83 and NN, Mukwonago. More than 650 sellers offering a variety of goods.

Food and refreshments available on the grounds. Reasonable off-site parking available. Pets, bicycles and skateboards are prohibited. Info: www. maxwellstreetdays.net

5, 19 Limber Timbers Square Dance Club, dancing from 7:30-10 p.m. at the Darien Senior Center, 37 Park St., Darien.

Cost is $5 per adult, $2 per child. (262) 275-6373 or www.limbertimbers.org

8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thursday, May through October at Horticultural Hall, 330 Broad St. (414) 759-5615

Mukwonago The Mukwonago Area Farmers Market is every Wednesday until Oct. 14 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Field Park (highways 83 and NN). Seasonal fruits and vegetable, herbs, annuals and perennials even fresh-cut flowers, eggs, bakery, jellies, jams, kettle corn and much more. (262) 363-7758 Whitewater The Whitewater Farmers’ Market is every Saturday from 8 a.m. until sell out, May through November, rain or shine, in the parking lot at the Winchester True Value Hardware, 1415 W. Main St. Union Grove The Union Grove Farmers Market is every Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the village square on Highway 45.

Seasonal fresh fruits and vegetables, homemade fudge, apples and cider, pumpkins fall decorations, kettle corn and more. Bake sales on selected dates.

19-23 Venetian Festival, Flat Iron Park, 201 Wrigley Drive, Lake Geneva.

Carnival, craft fair, water ski show, musical entertainment, local cuisine and the festival’s traditional lighted boat parade Sunday evening followed by a firework display high above Geneva Lake. Sponsored by The Lake Geneva Jaycees. Wednesday through Friday, 5 p.m. to midnight; Saturday and Sunday, noon to midnight.

Fireworks Sunday, 9 p.m. Info: www. venetianfest.com

19-23 Kenosha County Fair, 30820 111th St, Wilmot www.kenoshacofair.com 28 Lutherdale Fish Fry, 4:30-7:30 p.m. at Lutherdale Camp, N7891 Highway 12. Ticket cost for adults is $12, $7 for children 12 and younger. (262) 7422352 28-30 Maxwell Street Days in downtown Lake Geneva. Info: www. lakegenevawi.com

SEPTEMBER 1-7 Game On!, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Old World Wisconsin, S103 W37890 Highway 67, Eagle. Experience the games of the 1800s ranging from rounders, cricket, early soccer and croquet, to marbles and more. Playing field is large and so is the scope, ranging from indoor and outdoor games, early sports and board and card games. (262) 594-6300 or www.oldworldwisconsin. wisconsinhistory.org 2-7 The 166th Walworth County Fair, 411 E. Court St., Elkhorn. Special discounts offered throughout the fair. Info: www. walworthcountyfair.com Although we make every attempt to provide accurate information regarding area events, dates and times may change or events may be canceled.

We suggest you confirm events before you finalize your travel plans.

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