Category: Community

Recent graduates and instructors from the DNR Snowmobile Class smile for the camera after completing the course at the Sister Bay Fire Station. Students learned how to safely and responsibly handle a snowmobile, in a discussion that also covered ice safety and the role that speed, alcohol, and night riding play in the cause of most accidents.

• To help boost the local economy, fm 106.9 the Lodge held their annual “Shop Door County” promotion with 30 local businesses sponsoring registration boxes for the public to come in and sign up for a chance to win $1,069 in cash.

Early on December 11, a morning staff worker approached the shelter driveway on Park Drive. She noticed a Rubbermaid® storage container resting against the mailbox, highly unusual as the shelter’s mail goes to a PO box.

The Pamida Foundation recently donated $1,000 to the Ministry Door County Medical Center (MDCMD) Dental Clinic. Sarah Wood of Pamida in Sister Bay (left) passed the donation on to Mary Ann Zjala of MDCMC Dental Clinic.

On Dec. 4 a few of the bed & breakfasts in Sturgeon Bay participated in the Annual B&B Christmas Walk, with all proceeds going to United Way of Door County.

On Dec. 22 the students at Sturgeon Bay High School participated in a Talent Show. Prior to the show, the Student Council was required to raise money to support local charities.

Door County’s premier performing arts venue hasn’t gone silent. This winter, the Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek presents a series of events sure to stimulate the mind, the heart and the funny bone.

Door 2 Door Rides is expanding from its original three-mile radius service area to reach more of Door County, effective Jan. 2, 2012. The public shared ride taxi service is affordable and wheelchair accessible and will now accommodate a larger Sturgeon Bay service area as well as select portions of Northern Door County.

• Egg Harbor Marina is Wisconsin’s newest Clean Marina recognized by the Wisconsin Marina Association. The newly renovated $6 million municipal harbor of refuge was honored on Dec. 6.

Cats are often characterized by their standoffishness or apparent disdain for affection. Well, let us introduce Cheetah and Caden, a brother and sister returned to the Humane Society because they wanted “too much attention.”

Wisconsin’s “thumb” is lending a helping hand this winter by getting involved in the Great Lakes Mitten Campaign. The Door County Visitor Bureau (DCVB) is inviting the public to donate new or gently used mittens now through January 15.

• Edgewood Orchard Galleries’ benefit cookbook, An Artist’s Food for the Soul, just passed the $100,000 mark in money raised to benefit not-for profit organizations working with children.

Many wonderful things are happening in our world and our community to make a change and stop violence. One example of this is the effort put forth by 11 Sturgeon Bay High School Students after learning about people being exposed to multiple types of abuse.

Cheeko is a Beagle mix boy who has personality with a capital “P.” He is one to three years old, a surrendered dog who is pals with all the other dogs at the shelter.

When I look back over this past year and see all of the names and faces of the people who have given of their time and energy volunteering with causes that they are passionate about, I can only think, “We are blessed.”

Bill Becker, commander of Billy Weiss American Legion Post 527, presents Marsha Wiesner, Toys for Kids coordinator for the Sturgeon Bay Jaycees, a check for $200.

The volunteers of Baileys Harbor’s free Thanksgiving dinner take a moment before serving a meal. Over 50 people attended the dinner, which was hosted by Baileys Harbor Cornerstone Pub and sponsored by the Baileys Harbor Community Association (BHCA).

Peninsula Friends members Dan Engelke, Nick Anderson (center) and Bill Schaars secure a new pole at the Middle Road deer enclosure. Whitetails Unlimited awarded a grant to Friends of Peninsula State Park (FPSP) in November.

Gibraltar Schools and the Gibraltar High School Student Council will host their annual Senior Citizen Holiday Dinner Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 11 am. Guests will be seated starting at 10:30 am.

Southern Door School is among the winners of Wisconsin Public Service Foundation’s 2011-12 Innovative Educator Grant Program. The school received a grant for involvement and competition in Formula High School: Racing to Learn, in which students design, fabricate, assemble, test and race a real car in competition with other schools Since the Innovative Educator Grant Program’s inception five years ago, 53 projects have received more than $48,000 in Foundation grants.