Category: People
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A Life Doula’s Perspective on Death
Most people prefer not to think about death, but Algoma-based life doula Marggie Moertl wants to change that. Rather than fearing death or finding it sad, she looks upon it as a joyous process that brings loved ones together and prompts self-reflection. “I’m so comfortable with death,” she said. “I can see the joy in […]
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Up on the Rooftop: Jauregui brothers built reputation job by job
The first roofing job Chewy Jauregui ever took almost made him walk away from the profession. Someone Jauregui knew did roofing part time and hired him for one job. But after a week of working on a problematic steep incline that was hard to walk on, let alone roof, it wasn’t an experience he wanted […]
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Eat, Pray, Sail: One woman’s journey into the open seas
Born in Milwaukee to a working-class family that never sailed, Gwen Whitney was unlikely to become a sailor. Still, she put her sails to the wind, obtained her captain’s license, bought a fixer-upper in an auction and has spent the last three years refurbishing her vessel, Squall, with the help of sailors throughout Door County. […]
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Gibraltar graduate Makayla Swain is No Stranger to Adventure
Even at age 25, Makayla Swain is no stranger to adventure. The biologist and 2015 Gibraltar High School graduate has worked near and far in her quest to better understand the living species on our planet, conducting research projects in Panama, the Arctic, both coasts of Canada and here in Door County. Swain was born […]
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Giving Thanks by Sharing Meals
For Geoff Pinney and Leslie Youngsteadt, Thanksgiving starts especially early. Pinney organizes the community Thanksgiving meal delivery at Sturgeon Bay’s Henry S. Baird Masonic Lodge, which feeds about 300 people; and Youngsteadt puts together the Thanksgiving meal at the Sturgeon Bay United Methodist Church, which feeds about 375. With that many diners, meal preparation is […]
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Thanksgiving Memory: Grandma’s Restaurant
by MARGARET PHILBRICK In the 1960s, my grandma opened a “hot dog stand,” which today is the Summer Kitchen restaurant on Highway 42 in Ephraim. My parents came to Door County on their honeymoon in 1961, and they stayed in some pretty swanky spots, like Gordon Lodge and the White Gull Inn. When they returned […]
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First Female Pastor Arrives at Hope United Church of Christ
Carol Reynolds worked in book publishing for two decades, and every few years during these two decades, she would experience a kind of existential crisis, feeling as though she was supposed to be in a role that helped people more directly. “It feels like nothing I do matters,” she recalled telling a friend. “Then what […]
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Marietta Paschke Tanck Recalls Egg Harbor History
In a recorded interview with Sandra Dirks of the Egg Harbor Historical Society, Marietta Paschke Tanck shared that she was born above George LeMere’s barber shop in downtown Egg Harbor; that her parents later moved up the hill, where she grew up in the log house on the corner of Highway 42 and County E; […]
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For Kristen Peil, a Love of History Is in the Genes
Kristen Peil said she was born an old soul. “I’ve always gravitated to older people and older things, and I blame genetics for that,” she said. “My mother, Annie Peil, had the antiques business Orphan Annie’s, and when I was a little kid, she dragged me to auctions all over Door County. Those auctions introduced […]
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Local Artist Named Fearless Female
The day before the Bellin Women’s Half Marathon and 5K on Oct. 1, local artist Lynn Gilchrist received the 2022 Fearless Female award during the event’s opening dinner. Gilchrist’s daughter, Julia Anderson Feltheim, ran the 13.1-mile race with her mother. Both of the runs benefit local female-focused causes through the Women’s Fund of Greater Green […]
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The Functional Art of Richard Rose Culinary
Manufacturing Month: Made In Door County There are 65 manufacturers up and down Door County making everything from machine parts to candles, ships to coffee. They may be a top employer or a small shop with a big reach. One of the latter is Richard Rose Culinary. It’s a woodworking shop located in the Door […]
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The Egg Harbor Historical Society (EHHS) will present a video interview, “An Hour with Ruby,” on Oct. 20, 1:30 pm, at the Kress Pavilion. Ruby Demmin has experienced a lot and now shares her recollections of Egg Harbor, Sunny Point, Horseshoe Bay and more: the people she met growing up, her childhood adventures and experiences, […]
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IN MEMORIAM: Patty Williamson Still Had Stories to Tell
Patty Williamson was 74 years old when she wrote her first story for the Peninsula Pulse – a piece about the history of Ellison Bay’s Pioneer Store, published back in 2008. At the time, I thought it was a one-off effort. Over my 18 years at the Pulse, a lot of people have told me they […]
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Four Generations at Hickey Brothers Fishery
The largest crowd to attend a meeting of the Baileys Harbor Historical Society in several years recently heard an entertaining and educational presentation by Dennis Hickey about the history of commercial fishing in Door County. Before there were roads – and certainly no bridges – connecting the peninsula with the mainland, boats carried everything: goods […]
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Celebrating the person behind 25 years of PFLAG Door County This summer toward the end of June, among the smell of fried food, sounds of live music and the sight of bright rainbow flags waving throughout Martin Park in Sturgeon Bay, Open Door Pride awarded the City of Sturgeon Bay the fifth annual Sandy Brown […]
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America’s Greatest Unknown Poet: Lorine Niedecker
Lorine Niedecker (1903-70), who has been called “America’s greatest unknown poet,” lived almost her entire life in Wisconsin. Many of her poems were inspired by the wildlife, the water and the people in and around her home on Blackhawk Island (which is not actually an island, but a flood-prone peninsula near Lake Koshkonong, southeast of […]
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At Twisted Tree, Shannon Mough Curates Connections and Community
As with trees, sometimes the biggest dreams can grow from the smallest seed. For Shannon Mough, her daily yoga and meditation practice planted the seed for a new home and a new career. “I was living in Chicago, doing meditation and yoga, and somewhere along the way, I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll open a yoga studio […]
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Norma Bramsen Honored for 60 Years in P.E.O.
During the recent Wisconsin state convention of P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization), Norma Bramsen of Chapter EJ in Sister Bay was recognized for her 60 years of service and leadership, working relentlessly to raise scholarship and loan money for women to pursue their educational dreams in college, technical schools or certification programs. P.E.O. started as a […]
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On the Road with a Lens: Luca Fagundes
There seems to be a pattern in Luca Fagundes’ life in which his childhood experiences directly influence his interests and direction as an adult, from his career to his hobbies, cycling included. “When I was very young, I was a gymnast,” Fagundes said, but a torn meniscus in his left knee put an early end […]
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Golf Takes Nick Kwaterski to New Places — and Now Back Home
Few golfers can successfully hoist a 317-yard drive over the woods and onto the green, cutting off the dogleg on the 353-yard 10th hole at Peninsula State Park Golf Course. But, it’s a feat that Peninsula general manager Jason Daubner has seen Nick Kwaterski pull off. “I’ve never seen a player with as much raw […]