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WHAT HAPPENED

• Boilermakers Local 449 held on informational picket at Bay Shipbuilding Co. in Sturgeon Bay on Oct. 23. The union contract with the company expired on Sept. 12, and the bargaining team reports that it has been in negotiations with the company for more than a month without a contract being reached. The informational picket was held to seek public support in solidarity with the union’s requests.

• The Southern Door School District reports that a case of pertussis (whooping cough) has been identified in a student at the school. Pertussis is a highly contagious illness that affects the respiratory tract.

Parents are asked to watch their children for any symptoms of pertussis (mild, cold-like symptoms) in the next several weeks. In infants and young children, the disease begins much like a cold with a runny nose, possible low-grade fever and a mild but irritating cough. The illness progresses to spells of explosive coughing that can interrupt breathing, eating and sleeping and is commonly followed by vomiting and exhaustion.

If you notice the symptoms, notify your child’s physician as well as the Southern Door County School District as soon as possible.

The Door County Health Department offers Tdap, the pertussis booster, to all members of the community free of charge. The contact number to make an appointment is 920.746.2234.

• The statewide Friends of Wisconsin State Parks organization runs the Gold Seal Award program each year to highlight Wisconsin’s parks, trails, and forests. The award winners were presented Oct. 11 at the annual Friends of Wisconsin State Parks Awards Banquet and annual meeting at the Monona Terrace and Convention Center in Madison. Other award winners were:  Best concessions at a park, Peninsula State Park; Best place to kayak/canoe, Mirror Lake State Park; Best place for quiet recreating, Newport State Park; Best self-guided nature trail, Kettle Moraine State Forest, Southern Unit; Best place to hike with children, Kettle Moraine State Forest – Lapham Peak; Best family friendly bike trail, Elroy Sparta State Trail; Best place to see a variety of birds, Richard Bong State Recreation Area; Best view from park/trail bench, Wyalusing State Park; Best place to see fireflies while camping, Governor Thompson State Park.

COMING UP

• Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary John Scocos will hold a town hall listening session at 6 pm on Oct. 30 at the Sister Bay Village Hall. American Legion Department of Wisconsin Commander Bob Shappell will also be participating. The event is open to the public, with a focus on veterans’ issues. Veterans and other interested parties are encouraged to attend and share their questions, concerns and feedback on issues, as well as department benefits and services.

• The public is invited to take part in one of two meetings to be held in Kewaunee County addressing the new law Wisconsin Act 377, to discuss what the recently enacted Implements of Husbandry (IoH) law entails. Hosted by Kewaunee County UW-Extension, two programs will take place, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 7 pm and Thursday, Nov. 6, at 10 am. Both programs will be held at the Kewaunee County Fair Grounds, 625 3^rd St., Luxemburg. The program will be held in the Exhibition Hall. The IoH legislation outlines guidelines and rules moving forward that individuals will need to abide by to ensure they are operating their equipment in a safe and legal manner. Cheryl Skjolaas, Youth Agricultural Safety Specialist with UW-Extension, Lieutenant Michael Klingenberg, Wisconsin State Patrol, and Rob Richard, Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation will be the keynote speakers. Presentations will help farmers better understand what they need to do to make sure their equipment is in compliance with the newly passed regulations. Town officials are also encouraged to attend. There will also be a time for questions and answers. For more information, call the Kewaunee County Extension office at 920.388.7138.

• Former Door County resident and daughter of Judge Todd and Cindy Ehlers, Cameryn Ehlers will be appearing as a contestant on The Wheel of Fortune on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. The show will air at 6:30 pm that evening on FOX 11. Cameryn is a 2009 graduate of Sturgeon Bay High School and a 2013 graduate of UW-Madison. She is currently residing in Calabash, North Carolina, and is in her second year of teaching middle school math in Marion County, South Carolina, through Teach for America.

• Curt Campbell, CEO of The Oilerie, appears on ABC’s Shark Tank at 8 pm on Friday, Oct. 24. Recipient of the 2014 Emmy Award for Outstanding Structured Reality Program, Shark Tank features entrepreneurs such as Campbell who pitch their business ideas to a panel of potential investors, the “sharks.”