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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De Pere Couple Wins NDCC Raffle
• Sister Bay’s Northern Door Children’s Center (NDCC) has raffled an automobile donated by Judith Blazer annually since 2004. This year’s raffle featured a copper 2012 Fiat 500 valued at $21,000.
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Article posted Wednesday, November 9, 2011 1:03pm
There’s a veteran cat named Virgil who often perches at the entrance door, staring intently as visitors enter the shelter. He’s been waiting since early February for that family or single person who wants a spunky cat and will never, ever in a million years, have a dog.
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Harvest Festival Car Show Donates Proceeds
Trudy Herbst (left), development director at the Door County Maritime Museum, and Laura Moeller (right), executive director of the Community Clinic of Door County received checks from Mike Gilson, treasurer of the Old Bolts Car Club.
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The Language of Sexual Misconduct
First off, it must be pointed out that in order to understand the language of sexual misconduct, context is everything. Depending upon where you hear the word or phrase, its meaning may be radically different.
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“You’re lucky,” Annika Johnson tells her son, Bo.
He has been diagnosed with leukemia. He’ll be stuck in the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin for the next six months, undergoing four rounds of chemotherapy.
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Halloween is Lurking Around the Corner
As ghosts and vampires get ready to roam the streets, the American Red Cross has tips to make this a frightfully safe Halloween.
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Cellcom Presents Green Gift to Whitefish Dunes and Ridges Sanctuary
• Cellcom presented The Ridges Sanctuary a green gift of $1,500 and Whitefish Dunes State Park a green gift of $2,500. The Ridges Sanctuary will use the gift to support their “No Family Left Inside” programs.
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Article posted Wednesday, October 26, 2011 1:56pm
The newest cat to be granted lobby-roving privileges is Trillby from Forestville. With an emphasis on the “tri” in her name, Trillby is now a three-legged tortoiseshell.
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When the call came to help clear a beech tree that had fallen on a deer enclosure cage in Peninsula State Park, volunteers (left to right) Bill Schaars, Jon Viste, Gail Anderson, Jo Schaars, Pat Arnold, Jim Arnold, and Nick Anderson were quick to respond.
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YMCA Offers Water Safety Program Sunday
The Door County YMCA is offering a free opportunity for local youth to learn crucial skills that will help them be safe in and around our local waters at a Community Water Safety Program.
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Feed and Clothe My People Accepting Donations and Applications
• Feed and Clothe My People, located at 204 N. 14th Ave in Sturgeon Bay, is now accepting applications from families who need help purchasing Christmas presents and food this holiday season.
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Is There a Doctor in the House?
It’s not often that a theater is fortunate enough to have a retired director come knocking on its door, but when Arthur “Doc” Hopper retired from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point in 2005, that’s exactly what he did.
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Article posted Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:43am
Named for one of the kindest Door County Humane Society (DCHS) volunteers, Loretta embodies the same sweetness as her namesake. This is a pure white shorthair female cat that was trapped along Highway DK in Brussels and brought into the DCHS in late June.
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Door County Triathlon Donates $60,000 to Charity
The Door County Triathlon made $60,000 in donations to county non-profits. The triathlon’s board voted to donate $30,000 each to Door County YMCA and to the Friends of Door County Parks.
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United Way of Door County Hosts 16th Annual Chefs for a Day
• The 16th Annual Chefs for a Day event will take place October 15 at Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club. Doors will open at 6 pm and volunteer servers will be distributing hors d’oeuvres from 6:30 – 7:15 pm.
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Father Hillman recently blessed two beautiful alpacas at The Episcopal Church of Christ the King in downtown Sturgeon Bay. Photo submitted by Cathy Laba.
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Article posted Wednesday, October 5, 2011 10:53am
It’s Pumpkin Patch weekend, so sharing the spotlight are two stray cats from the Town of Egg Harbor. Hippa arrived at the shelter in June 2010, where she has made herself known as a socially sassy cat.
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Sturgeon Bay Teen Tells Her Story of Domestic Violence
“There was always a lot of fighting before one of the biggest [fights] when we left the first time,” Jane* recalls. “That was when my mom tricked me into leaving home with her for the shelter.”