Category: Community
Door County community news from the Peninsula Pulse. Find information about health programs, fundraisers, announcements, and more to keep you in the loop in your community.
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A Day Away from the Classroom: Exposing Students to the Creative Community
by Ann Soderlund For one day during the school year students step away from the black and white of their curriculum and spend six hours exercising their right brain in unique ways. Through the efforts of Gibraltar High School and Friends of Gibraltar (FOG) Program, in partnership with The Francis Hardy Center for the Arts, […]
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Remembering Those Generous to Us
Although Memorial Day didn’t become an official United States holiday until 1971, this day of remembrance is rooted in traditions that go back more than a thousand years. The first well documented public tribute to those who died in battle was given in 431 B.C. Pericles, the fabled “first citizen” of democratic Athens, offered a […]
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Pet Talk: Watch for Signs of Petting-Induced Aggression
Q: My cat will be sitting on my lap purring and enjoying being petted when all of a sudden he turns and bites me, then runs off and stops to groom himself. I am starting to be leery of petting him because of this happening. Is there anything I can do to stop this? A: […]
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Server of the Week: Sara Michelsen @ Cellcom
Sara at Cellcom helps so much to show you how to keep in touch. With patience and skill she handles it all Troubles using your phone? She’s the one to call! – Submitted by Dorothy Lindsey
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Gills Rock Maritime Museum Now Open
The Door County Maritime Museum at Gills Rock is now open for the season. The museum will be open daily through Oct. 15. After taking the scenic trip to the tip of Door County, visitors will find a wealth of maritime history awaiting them at the Door County Maritime Museum at Gills Rock. The museum […]
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A Barn and A Vision: Birch Creek’s Fledgling Early Days
James Dutton was at a loss. It was 1978 and the Birch Creek Farm Academy for the Performing Arts that he founded just a couple years earlier was short on cash, as young arts organizations tend to be, and he and his wife Fran didn’t know how they were going to cover costs for next […]
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Cory Vandertie Fills Vacancy As Southern Door Elementary Principal
The Southern door County School District announced that Cory Vandertie has been approved by the Board of Education as the district’s elementary principal, a vacancy created by the retirement of Mrs. Laurie Connell. A Meet & Greet reception will be hosted by the Southern Door Elementary PIE on Wednesday, June 7, from 5:30-6:30 pm in […]
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In honor of the 2017 Milwaukee Brewers season, this week’s featured pet from the Door County Humane Society (DCHS) was named Brewer. He came to DCHS as a stray before spring training even started and now baseball season is well underway, but Brewer still hasn’t found a home. Even though he’s been at the shelter […]
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Back Porch Sessions Adds New Musical Lineup, Charity Garden to Second Year
Few music venues in Door County can claim a concert finale as spectacular as that of a rising harvest moon or boast of the acoustics provided by repurposed tree trunks on a rustic stage amid the ambiance only a cornfield can provide. Welcome to one of the peninsula’s newest music series: Kim Souther’s Back Porch […]
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Obituary: Clarence Roy Destree
Clarence Roy Destree, 90, of Luxemburg, passed away at his home in the Town of Union on May 30, 2017. He was born on March 18, 1927 to John and Clemintine (Englebert) Destree. On May 22, 1946 he married Marion Parins at Namur, she preceded him in death on October 1, 2013. They live and […]
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Obituary: Norman Raymond Becker
Norman Raymond Becker, 71, of Baileys Harbor, passed away Tuesday morning, May 30, 2017 at Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village in Sister Bay. He was born November 26, 1945 in Port Washington, the son of Clarence and Barbara (Lanser) Becker. Norm graduated from Port Washington High School in 1964. He went on to study at the […]
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Alice Sautebin, 94, a resident at Pine Crest Village, Sturgeon Bay, WI, was called Home to be with the Lord on May 29, 2017, and was re-united with her husband, Warren. She was born in Lake Mills on Christmas Day in 1922, the daughter of Rudolph Schultz and Alice (Reidenbach) Schultz. Alice graduated from Lake […]
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Leroy Liebe, 83, of Sturgeon Bay, passed away at home on May 28, 2017, after a 5 month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born April 23, 1934 in Nasewaupee to Ernest and Helen Liebe. After graduating from Sturgeon Bay High School in 1954, Leroy went to work for Peterson Builders Inc. and the Lantern […]
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Arthur Ficks, 81, of Bailey Harbor, died May 26, 2017 at Door County Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept 8, 1935 in Sturgeon Bay to the late Charles Ficks and Alfreda (Johns) Frost. He worked for Parent Construction as a crane operator, loved working outside and around the farm. He worked side by side with […]
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Jeanne Ruth Ploor, 76, of Sturgeon Bay, died Wednesday morning, May 24, 2017 at Atrium Post Acute Care in Kewaunee due to diabetes and kidney failure. She was born March 18, 1941, the daughter of Olaf and Hartha (Lenius) Nelson. Jeanne was a 1959 graduate of Sturgeon Bay High School. On September 25, 1959, she […]
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Obituary: Georgiana Gordon Bourgouin
Georgiana Gordon Bourgouin, 84, of Sturgeon Bay, fell asleep in the loving arms of her husband, Joseph, and awoke in the arms of the Lord, Wednesday afternoon, May 24, 2017 at Door County Medical Center in Sturgeon Bay. She was born February 1, 1933 in Sturgeon Bay, the daughter of Dr. Roderick Gordon, DDS and […]
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Obituary: Robert ‘Happy Bob’ Madoche
Robert “Happy Bob” Madoche, 63, of Little Sturgeon, passed away on May 24, 2017, at Bellin Hospital in Green Bay. He was born May 12, 1954, in Sturgeon Bay to Alan and Betty (Claflin) Madoche. On February 13, 1976, he married Paula Ann Viste in Sturgeon Bay. Bob served his country in the U.S. Navy […]
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Obituary: Margaret Mary Morrison
Margaret Mary Morrison (nee Kiernan) 87 years old a resident since 2013 of Anna’s Healthcare of Sturgeon Bay died May 22, 2017 with her daughters by her side. She was born to the late Arthur and Julia (nee Murphy) Kiernan of Jersey City, NJ. Margaret loved her Catholic faith and regularly attended the Masses […]
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Memorial Service: Judi Ann Erickson
April 11, 1941 – Nov. 21, 2016 Judith Ann Erickson was born in Door County to parents Lloyd and Ella Ostran. She married her husband, Don, in March 1960. Judi was a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She enjoyed time with family and friends, gardening, weaving, crocheting, playing cards, and cooking. But most of all, […]
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Memorial Service: Virginia Eva Stellwagen & Edward Lawrence Stellwagen
Comforted by the loving presence of his wife, Virginia, Edward Lawrence Stellwagen, 93, of Green Bay, formerly of Sturgeon Bay, died June 19, 2014, at the assisted living facility of Kindred Hearts, where he and his wife had been living since October 2013. Virginia Eva Stellwagen, 93, of Green Bay, formerly of Sturgeon Bay, died Dec. […]