Article posted Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:52pm

• The Sturgeon Bay Noon Rotary presented a check in the amount of $500 to Pam Busch, Mobility Manager for Door-Tran on June 3. Funds received from the Rotary will support the voucher program and support Door-Tran’s fundraising campaign.

Beginning in November 2008, the half-price travel voucher program has served over 170 individuals and has subsidized over 7,000 rides to date. Trips taken have been to local businesses, health care facilities, work and social events.

To date, Door-Tran has operated under the wings of United Way of Door County as fiscal agent. Since Door-Tran was granted 501(c)3 status, Door-Tran is fundraising to become fiscally independent from United Way.

Door-Tran’s mission is to make transportation more affordable, available, and accessible to all residents of Door County. Door-Tran also offers transportation information, referral and free countywide car pool matching for individuals interested in sharing rides.

For more information call 920.743.9999 or 877.330.6333

or visit http://www.door-tran.com.

• The Miller Family Music Education Scholarship has been awarded to Gibraltar High School Senior, Curtis Massad. The substantial scholarship will cover tuition, books, and room and board for four years, as long as Curtis maintains a 2.5 grade point average. He will attend UW-Milwaukee in the fall.

Curtis Massad.

“I passed up a $26,000 scholarship in football for this,” explained Massad. “I figured I could do a lot more with a career in music.”

In 6th grade Curtis wanted to play the clarinet, but when he approached Charlie Eckhardt, the instrumental music teacher at Gibraltar Schools, Eckhardt said, “You look like a tuba player.”

“I was the 1st person at GHS to start on a tuba,” said Curtis. “In order to practice I was given a miniature tuba to use at home. In the 7th grade, Brendan Regnier and I started a polka band – the first one in the school’s history.”

Eventually Curtis was provided with a $12,000 instrument to use in concert performances, but it will remain behind as part of the school’s assets. To save for a new tuba, Curtis is waiting tables at the Summertime Restaurant in Fish Creek.

For more information about the Miller Family Music Education Scholarship, call 920.830.1290.

• The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey D. Lee, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, will preach at 8 and 10 am, Sunday, July 11 and 18, at the Church of the Atonement, Fish Creek.

Bishop Lee, formerly the rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Medina, Washington, was consecrated as the 12th Bishop of Chicago in 2008. He is the author of Opening the Prayer Book in the New Church’s Teaching Series and a member of the faculty of CREDO Institute. He has served on the boards of the North American Association of the Diaconate, the Council of Associated Parishes and Affirming Catholicism, and as deputy to the 2000 and 2006 General Convention of The Episcopal Church. In 2008 he became an associate of the Society of St. John the Evangelist.

The Church of the Atonement, a summer Episcopal mission that serves full-time residents as well as vacationers, has held services since 1877.

For more information, visit http://www.atonement-fishcreek.org.

• Coastie visited the Algoma Library for the “Make A Splash” Summer Reading Program. He entertained the children and adults, while interactively teaching water and boating safety. Area USCG Auxiliary personnel Dan Presslein, John Presslein, Jerry Haegele, and Kathy Haegele, accompanied US Coast Guard Coastie.

Coastie will also visit other Door County Libraries: Sister Bay, July 6; Baileys Harbor, July 7; Forestville, July 14; Ephraim, July 15; Egg Harbor, July 28; Fish Creek, August 4;and Sturgeon Bay, August 12.