In this issue
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Employers Lining Up for Palmer Johnson Workers
While it is hard to imagine a silver lining to last week’s announcement that Palmer Johnson Yachts is closing its Sturgeon Bay facilities and letting 105 workers go, there is considering they are entering a robust economy. “They are going to have job offers up the wazoo,” said James Golembeski, executive director of the Bay […]
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Pulse Gas and Commodities Price Report, Sept. 11
Crop prices (Sept. 7) Rio Creek Feed Mill – Algoma Commodity Price Basis Corn $3.23/bushel -0.40 Soybeans $8.36/bushel -0.31 Wheat (SRW) $4.13/bushel -0.55 Fox River Valley Ethanol – Green Bay Corn $3.34/bushel -0.29 New-Corn Crop $3.28/bushel -0.35 Basis: The difference between the local cash price for a commodity and the Chicago cash price (where the […]
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Letter: Learn from Other Countries
Societies improve by using the experiences and the discoveries of others. It’s true in government, medicine, the humanities, etc. Why can’t we apply this reasoning to solve America’s out of control homicide by firearms problem? In response to a 1996 gun massacre, Australia enacted a program of prohibition on the sale of rapid fire and […]
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Historic Ownership Maps for Sale at Liberty Grove’s Vintage Market
Historic Ownership Maps of Door County will be on sale at Liberty Grove Historical Society’s final 2015 Vintage Market Day on Sept. 12. As usual, the market will open at Century Farm barn atop the Grand View grade in Ellison Bay at 10 am. Liberty Grove historian Karen Moran will be on hand to help […]
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The Climate Corner: Invest in Healthy Great Lakes Region
By Todd Ambs If you live in one of the eight Great Lakes states or two Great Lakes Canadian provinces you are in the water belt of North America. Many challenges threaten these magnificent water bodies and, of course, the most significant by far is climate change. I believe that recent conservation initiatives in our […]
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Door County Board of Realtors Holds Home Buyer Education Program
Door County Board of Realtors presents the Home Buyer Education Grant Program on Oct. 7 at Stone Harbor Resort and Conference Center in Sturgeon Bay. Home buyers: this is an opportunity to learn about all the available programs for purchasing a new home or rehabbing your current home. Presenters include: Leann Nguyen, Bank of Luxemburg; […]
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Eleven-Week-Old Puppies Up for Adoption at Humane Society
Puppy love anyone? This week the Door County Humane Society (DCHS) is proud to introduce not one featured animal, but eight featured animals. Currently in house there are eight 11-week-old puppies that are German Shepherd and Plott Hound mixes. All of the adorable puppies have black coats and some of them have white markings or […]
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While Door County residents may have fierce and strict opinions on what defines a person as a local, local food is a little grayer. Before we try to define what local food really means, we first have to understand why the local food movement is so hip in the first place. Beyond the fact […]
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HELP of Door County Introduces New Campaign, Purple Light Nights
HELP of Door County is excited to announce a new campaign for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. The purpose of this campaign, Purple Light Nights, is to provide a greater awareness of domestic violence issues, while we remember the victims and continue to spread the message that “Domestic Violence Has No Place In Our […]
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Obituary for Joan Lucile Isaksen
Joan Lucile Isaksen, 58, formerly of Sturgeon Bay, recently passed away at her home in St. Nazianz. She had been battling cancer the past four years. She was born October 2, 1956, in Sturgeon Bay, the daughter of the late Harold Asbjorn and Lucile (Shorter) Isaksen. Joan attended Sturgeon Bay High School through her junior […]
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Palmer Johnson Closure Means More Empty Buildings in Sturgeon Bay
News of the impending closure of Palmer Johnson Yachts’ Sturgeon Bay facilities arrived via a Sept. 2 email from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. Attached to that announcement was a letter to Bill Zillmer, rapid response coordinator with the Department of Workforce Development, from Timur Mohamed, the former cricket player who bought Palmer Johnson […]
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Andy and Lana Alger, Sturgeon Bay, are the parents of a daughter born on Aug. 31, 2015, at Ministry Door County Medical Center, Sturgeon Bay. Maternal grandparents are Kathie and Bryan Burwell, Sturgeon Bay, and Dave Alger, Sparta, Wis. Paternal grandparents are Frank and Toni Mclain, Sturgeon Bay, and Nancy Mclain, Berlin, Wis.
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Municipal News, Sept. 11: Jacksonport Host Informational Session on Water Quality
Town of Jacksonport: The Environmental Committee is hosting a public information session on water quality and manure handling at 6 pm on Sept. 14, with Gregory T. Kleinheinz, R.S., Ph.D.,Viessmann Chair of Sustainable Technology, Professor, Environmental Engineering Technology from the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh; Bill Schuster and Dale Konkol from the Door County Soil […]
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Door County Coffee & Tea Seeks Your Recipes
For the second consecutive year, Door County Coffee and Tea Co. is seeking recipes made with Door County Coffee from the public with their 2nd Annual Door County Coffee Recipe contest. Anyone who has a recipe creation of their own that uses at least one of the more than 100 varieties of Door County Coffee […]
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Cost Reduced for Infinite Boundaries Egg Harbor Retreat for Breast Cancer Survivors
The cost has recently been reduced for the Oct. 15 – 18 Infinite Boundaries Retreat for Breast Cancer Recovery. A donor offered to pay a portion of the registration fee for this retreat only. The cost is usually $400, but for a limited time the fee has been reduced to $300. Register now to get […]
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New Fall Quilts at Jacksonport Craft Cottage
Fall Amish quilt designs have arrived at Jacksonport Craft Cottage Gifts. Owners Sue and Joe Jarosh are pleased to feature more than 90 new Amish-made quilts, many with rich fall colors and themes. Amish-made wall hangings, table runners, rugs and placemats are also featured. More than 100 local artists are also featured. Most styles of […]
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Baylake Bank Moving to Sister Bay Trading Company Building
The rumor mill is a bit like playing a game of telephone, where someone whispers a sentence to one person and that whispered message is passed around a group. Inevitably, the message is badly mangled by the time it gets to the last person. Such was the case with last week’s announcement that Baylake Bank […]
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Silent Sports Column: Ironman Isn’t Everything
This weekend I am in Madison racing in Ironman Wisconsin. The race is considered by the uninitiated as one of the toughest of all endurance events, with Madison’s bike course boasting one of the hilliest on the Ironman circuit. It will be roughly a 12-hour day consisting of a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and […]
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Neighbor to Neighbor Receives Donation from Dentistry by Design
The Dentistry by Design Sister Bay Dental team chose to donate the money from their recent workday to Neighbor to Neighbor Volunteer Caregivers of Door County. Each quarter, the Dentistry by Design team has a volunteer workday. On that day, their team volunteers their time and expertise to provide dental services to their patients. They […]
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Legislators Concerned about Waukesha Diversion of Great Lakes Water
A broad, bipartisan group of state legislators from all eight Great Lake States sent a letter to Wisconsin DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp to express concerns about the proposed Waukesha diversion of Great Lakes water. The City of Waukesha is applying for an exemption from the ban on diversions of Great Lakes water outside the Great […]
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By the Numbers: Poverty in Door County
Did you know that… • More than 30 percent of female-led households in Door County have incomes below the poverty level. • In Wisconsin, nearly two-thirds of all households in poverty are headed by single-women. (Institute for Women’s Policy Research) • In 2012, the food insecurity rate in Door County was 12 percent. Statewide, […]
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Harbor Ridge Winery Releases 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon
Harbor Ridge Winery in Egg Harbor has released its 2013 vintage of Cabernet Sauvignon. This medium-bodied wine has been aged 16 months in young French and weathered American oak barrels. It has a toasty soft tannin and smooth finish, sure to delight any red wine aficionado. Come in for a complementary wine tasting Monday through […]
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Family Service for Julie Elizabeth Gradowski
Julie Elizabeth (Hunt) Gradowski, 58, of Jacksonville, Fla., died July 14, 2015. She was born Jan. 13, 1957, in Chicago, to Donald and Elizabeth (Dean) Hunt. Julie attended two years of college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied art, photography, painting, drawing and visual arts. She was an adept collector of sculpture, furniture, […]
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Obituary for Marion Florence Saulig
Marion Florence Saulig, 85, of Sister Bay, was called Home to be with the Lord on September 3, 2015, and was reunited with her husband, Richard. She was a resident at Hearthside CBRF, where she had been living the past two years. She was born May 22, 1930, in Milwaukee, the daughter of the late […]
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Letter: Feingold Wants More Days in D.C.
Headline in the Sept. 4 issue of the Peninsula Pulse read “Feingold Wants To Represent Wisconsin.” Surely, the headline writer jests! Russell Feingold spent 6,570 days in the Washington, D.C., senate chambers and never lifted a finger for Wisconsin. For 18 years, Mr. Feingold represented big labor, voted for every spending bill that was within […]
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Commentary: Wisconsin Needs Balanced Approach to Groundwater Management
By Mark Redsten, Denny Caneff and Kerry Schumann Tuesday, Sept. 8, brought us Protect your Groundwater Day, a national groundwater awareness day. And it couldn’t have come at a better time. In Wisconsin, lakes are drying up. Once beautiful waterfront property has become mudfront property. Neighbors are pitted against each other over the use of […]
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Obituary for Bernadine Bircher
Bernadine “Bea” Bircher, 94, Jacksonport, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 surrounded by her family. Born Oct. 6, 1920 in Robinson, Ill., she is the daughter of the late Harry and Bernice (Newlin) Beabout of Oblong, Ill. She graduated in 1942 from St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago and served as a […]
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Science Snippet: Hopeful Findings in AD Clinical Trials
Finding drugs to stop the progression of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) continues to challenge researchers. More than 400 clinical trials of 250 drug compounds have, for all practical purposes, failed. A few drugs are on the market that may temporarily slow dementia, but after about a year of treatment the patient continues his or her slide […]
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Construction Update, Sept. 11-18
Hwy. 57 and County Road C Work will begin Monday, Sept. 14, on a $1.04 million safety improvement at the intersection of Hwy. 57 and County C with the construction of a J-turn intersection. Peters Concrete Company, Green Bay, is the prime contractor. The project involves constructing a J-turn intersection at Hwy. 57 and County […]
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Baylake Merges with Nicolet Bankshares
Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. and Baylake Corp. announce the signing of a merger agreement under which Nicolet and Baylake will merge to create the largest community bank north of Milwaukee. Based on the financial results as of June 30, 2015, the combined company would have total assets of $2.2 billion, deposits of $1.8 billion and loans […]
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Bulletin: Deer Hunting Archery Season Opens Sept. 12
WHAT HAPPENED • Have you ever had a question for a cop and you were afraid to ask or weren’t sure where to go to ask? You can email your questions to [email protected] and the question will be answered and posted on the blog (sturgeonbaypolicedepartment.blogspot.com). There will be an “Ask a Cop” blog posted weekly […]
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FUN Event at Fun Park to Benefit Door-Tran
This year the Egg Harbor Fun Park will be the host of Door-Tran’s FUN Event on Sept. 26, 2 – 5 pm. Door-Tran is a nonprofit, 501c3 organization and is happy to partner with the Fun Park for its signature fundraiser of the year to support affordable, available, and accessible transportation services to Door County […]
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Inaugural “Day for Kids” Saturday in Sturgeon Bay
The Boys & Girls Club of Door County will host its inaugural “Day for Kids” event on Sept. 12, 9am – 1 pm, at the club’s Third Avenue location in downtown Sturgeon Bay. The event will include an open house to highlight the new renovations which have taken place during the past several months, including […]
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Congrats to Kewaunee Clerks for Checking IDs
Congratulations to the many clerks and retailers throughout Kewaunee County for consistently requesting and checking IDs. Every year in Wisconsin more than 7,000 new kids below the age of 18 become daily smokers, according to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Re:TH!NK, the Lakeshore Tobacco Prevention Network and Wisconsin WINS, a program working to prevent tobacco […]
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An Outlook: The Final Standings For This Year’s NFL Season
Years ago, when my father was writing regularly for Chan Harris’ Door County Advocate he often wrote about sports and, at appropriate times of the year, he would make predictions for the coming season. Maybe it was the Bears – Packers match-up this Sunday to start the NFL season for both teams that reminded […]
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Lucille Miller, 85, of Sturgeon Bay, passed away on September 7, 2015, at Golden Living Center-Dorchester. She was born on May 16, 1930, in the town of Egg Harbor to Herman and Edna (Paschke) Wilke. On October 29, 1949, she married Reuben Miller at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. In her earlier years, Lucille was a […]
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Boys & Girls Club’s Inaugural “Day for Kids” Open to Everyone
The Boys & Girls Club of Door County will host its inaugural “Day for Kids” event on Sept. 12, 9am – 1 pm, at the club’s Third Avenue location in downtown Sturgeon Bay. The event will include an open house to highlight the new renovations which have taken place during the past several months, including […]
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This week’s question: Lambeau Field has been sold out on a season ticket basis since what year? Answer: In next week’s issue. Last week’s question: Which state was first to celebrate Labor Day as a legal holiday, and in what year? Answer: Oregon, 1887.
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OVERHEARD Are there tid-bits of conversations you’ve heard while standing in line at the grocery store, serving a table, or walking down the sidewalk that make you smile, cringe or laugh out loud? “Retractable … that’s fun!” “A Ficus losing its leaves? That’s like me popping a Xanax.” “He ate a goldfish to impress a […]
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A Novel Idea: Bjorklunden Offers Seminar on Writing Fiction & Novels
From Oct. 4 until Oct. 9, Lawrence University’s Björklunden is offering the seminar “Visions and Revisions: Starting Your Novel or Story and Revising It” with Dwight Allen. This seminar will take place at Björklunden’s lodge, just south of Baileys Harbor. This workshop is designed for both those who are just beginning to try their hands […]
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Glass-Blowing Event To Support Alzheimers Programs at Scandia Village
Two of artist Keith Clayton’s biggest passions are glass and music, and from Sept. 11 – 13, the owner of K. Allen Gallery in Sister Bay will fuse those passions to benefit memory loss patients in Northern Door. “The Great Glass Escape,” an all-glass event of exhibitions, demonstrations, artist lectures, food and music, will launch […]
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Peninsula Pulse staffers Alyssa Skiba and Jess Farley enjoyed taking their taste buds “South of the Border” during the recent Mexico/Southwest themed cooking class led by Janice Thomas at Savory Spoon Cooking School in Ellison Bay.
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SERVER OF THE WEEK: Mikaela Rose of Base Camp Coffee Bar
Mikaela is always ready to brighten your day with a smile. She takes the time to do your favorite drink just right with a sweet bit of conversation while you wait. ~ submitted by Linda Lorenz
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Heritage Village at Crossroads Holds Gospel Sing
The Door County Historical Society’s Sept. 13 program at the Heritage Village at Big Creek features a Gospel Sing with the music of Pamela Parks and Dan Phillips in the Village Chapel at 2 pm. The gospel music experience cannot be told in a short story, or even in a melody of songs, for it […]
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GOLF LEAGUE RESULTS, Sept. 1 – 3
ALPINE Alpine Men’s Golf League (Sept. 1) • Low Gross: A Flight – John Borycki & Paul Wiesner Jr. 36; B Flight – Tom Weisensel 42; C Flight – Paul Lucas 44; D Flight – Greg Miller 45. • Low Net: A Flight – Paul Wiesner Jr. 27; B Flight – Tom Weisensel 31; C […]
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Peninsula Players Presents “Nunsense”
Peninsula Players Theatre continues its 80th season with the hilarious musical comedy Nunsense, with book, music and lyrics by Dan Goggin. The lighthearted musical has a six-week run starting Sept. 9 through Oct. 18. Nunsense received the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical, Best Book, Best Music and Best Off-Broadway Musical. The zany Little […]
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Readers Rampant Select October Book
Readers Rampant Book Club of the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library will next meet Oct. 13 to discuss First Impressions by Charles C. Lovett. Once again, Lovett has agreed to join the group via Skype during the meeting. All are welcome and light refreshments will be available. Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each […]
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Bassmasters, Old Bolts and More at Sturgeon Bay’s Harvest Fest
The Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center is excited to announce this year’s Harvest Festival and Street Art Auction will be held in partnership with the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship on Sept. 19. All the fun begins at 9 am on Third Avenue with a variety of art and craft vendors as well as […]
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Local Artist Rick Brawner Shows New Door County-Themed Paintings
Rick Brawner, Fish Creek resident and oil painter, is one of the featured artists at Bay Art Gallery’s upcoming reception on Sept. 12, 4 – 6 pm. He will show many new Door County-themed original sea and landscape paintings. Artist and blacksmith Jeff Benson will also give a blacksmithing demonstration from 4 to 6 pm. […]
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UUF Offers New Nature Programs for All Ages
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County will offer three programs for children during the school year based on the theme Our Natural World. Every Monday (except when Gibraltar Area Schools are closed) infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their caregivers from the entire community are invited for stories, songs, crafts and social time. Preschool story time […]
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Service Industry Night at Mr. G’s
Mr. G’s Logan Creek Grille and Ballroom, two miles south of Jacksonport on Hwy. 57, is sponsoring their inaugural S.I.N. night on Sept. 19. This S.I.N. (service industry night) features the music of WIFEE and the HUZz BAND. Ruby James and Stephen Cooper front this 10-piece band. Their story begins with the chance meeting of […]
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Two Solo September Shows at Lost Moth Gallery
Lost Moth Gallery is pleased to announce the performances of two solo musicians new to Lost Moth will be held in September. On Sept. 19 at 7 pm, Aaron English will take the Lost Moth stage. English, a Seattle-based performer and acclaimed pianist and singer songwriter, will perform solo. Having spent April and May in […]
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Turtle Ridge Hosts Heinz Brummel Trunk Show
Turtle Ridge Gallery is hosting a trunk show of Heinz Brummel’s clean, bold, engineered jewelry on Sept. 11 & 12, 10 am – 5 pm. Meet the award-winning jeweler and savor some cherries or whitefish, local specialties on their new patio/gazebo garden space. Introducing a new line of classic artisan-made alpaca and wool separates. Pair […]
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New Horizons Band Holds Kickoff Party for New & Interested Students
As more Door County adults retire and find time on their hands, they are frequently rediscovering old hobbies and pastimes. The Peninsula New Horizons Band program was developed for adults who wish to learn to play a band instrument, or re-learn an instrument they used to play. Band director Paula Eggert and Kathy Krauss have […]
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5 O’Clock Somewhere: Golden Glove
Twenty-two years ago James (Skip) Sheedy took a ragtag group of Little Leaguers to the Arizona Little League Finals. A win against the mighty Chandler National would earn them a spot in the West Region Championship, from where they could qualify for the Little League Baseball World Series. Skip was certain they would win the […]
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Peninsula Players Company Members Receive Award Nominations
Company members of Peninsula Players Theatre celebrated the announcement of Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award nominations with the listing of several current and past company members. The Joseph Jefferson Awards are Chicago theater’s equivalent to Broadway’s Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards. “The Peninsula Players extends its congratulations to the numerous past and current company members on their […]
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Prior to packing her bags for a semester abroad in Florence, Italy, the Peninsula Pulse’s summer 2015 Arts & Entertainment Intern Abigail Edmonds put together a back-to-school playlist that would keep her spirits high as the study sessions and exams roll in. 1.) “The Boys of Summer” by Don Henley Included for the baby boomers, […]
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Come to Plum Bottom Pottery and Gallery to see their newest jeweler, Hanna Wong. Based in Madison, Wong works in an array of precious metals and techniques to create contemporary yet classic pieces. Visit the gallery this week and see the latest work by this Wisconsin artist. Plum Bottom Pottery & Gallery is open daily […]
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Michael Perry to Speak at WWA Conference
Humorist, best-selling author, musician, and radio personality, Wisconsin native Michael Perry will bring his off-beat yet folksy charm to the 66th annual Wisconsin Writers Conference Oct. 2-4 at the Mead Hotel & Conference Center in Wisconsin Rapids, sponsored by the Wisconsin Writers Association (WWA). Perry will share his experiences “Writing from the Middle of Nowhere” […]
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TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. The Martian, by Andy Weir 2. Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel 3. Euphoria, by Lily King 4. A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman 5. Big Little Lies, by Liane Moriarty TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. The Boys […]
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Egg Harbor AleFest Returns Sept. 19
Egg Harbor AleFest is returning for the fourth time on Sept. 19. Once again this year there will be more than 40 brewers and 120 different crafts beers represented. It draws many of the small and independent Wisconsin brewers, like O’so Brewing, Wisconsin Brewing Co., Stone Cellar Brewing, Stillmank and Badger State. The number of […]
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Modern Day Drifters to Perform at Corn Fest
The 13th annual Corn Fest will be held Sept. 12 from 9 am to 4 pm at Schopf’s Hilltop Dairy at 5169 County Road I, just one mile east of Carlsville. This festival is fun for the whole family with a corn maze, pie eating contest, corn eating contest, kids’ games, prizes, delicious food and […]
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Ridges to Host Asters & Goldenrods Field Trip
Botanist Gary Fewless will lead an Asters & Goldenrods Field Trip on Sept. 12 at 9 am. The Asteraceae family represents the second largest family of flowering plants in the world, present everywhere from polar regions to the tropics and colonizing equally well in highly disturbed and ecologically rich habitats. Fewless will lead hikers to […]
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Door County Community Foundation Features Works of Kristi Roenning
The community is invited to attend a reception on Sept. 12 from 5 to 7 pm at the Door County Community Foundation to open its Fall Exhibition featuring works by artist Kristi Roenning. Roenning is a Door County artist and art educator. She was born, raised and educated in Milwaukee. A Door County resident for […]
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Local Photographers Talk Inspiration
Love nature? And photography? Got questions about how to improve your camera skills? Then focus on “A Is for Aperture,” a set of programs scheduled for Sept. 18 and Sept. 19 that will offer the opportunity to listen and learn from three of the county’s most noted photographers: Len Villano, Heather Harle Frykman and Lucas […]
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Dear Mary Pat, My husband and I are new to the county. We’ve made friends and are adjusting pretty well considering we are starting from scratch. There have been a couple of people, however, who are a little too curious about us. One asked me why we don’t have children and another asked my […]
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The UU Fellowship & Write On, Door County Hold Writing Workshop
The UU Fellowship and Write On, Door County are co-sponsoring a writing workshop, “Writing and Living on the Threshold,” on Sept. 27, 1:30 – 3:30 pm. Karen Hering, workshop presenter, explains the focus: “A threshold, whether physical or emotional, is a place of great vitality and exchange, where new greets old, where outside meets inside, […]
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The UU Fellowship Screens “Blackfish”
The documentary Blackfish will be shown at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Ephraim on Sept. 15 at 4:30 pm. The public is welcome and there is no charge. In 2010, Dawn Brancheau, a veteran trainer at the well-known Orlando, Florida water park SeaWorld, lost her life when she was attacked by Tilikum, a bull orca […]
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Rogue Theater Brings Back “Policy”
Rogue Theater is bringing back the show they had the honor of performing its world premiere (the English version) last November. Policy, a powerfully moving, thought-provoking play starring Rogue’s founders Lola DeVillers and Stuart Champeau, will play at two different venues the second and third weeks of September. Policy includes a cast of two: the […]
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Scott Cook Makes First County Appearance at The Cookery
Canadian roots balladeer Scott Cook will make his first appearance in Door County on Sept. 16, joining well-known local folksinger Katie Dahl at her weekly show at The Cookery in Fish Creek. Cook and Dahl will play from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Cook has been touring for more than a decade across North America, Europe, […]
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Ephraim Nonprofits Team Up to Benefit Northern Door Children
The Peninsula Preschool and the Hardy Gallery are pleased to announce their partnership for 2015’s “Art from the Heart.” This summer and fall, both nonprofit organizations will sell raffle tickets to win an original painting by well-known Door County artist Bonnie Paruch. The painting, titled “Breezy Day at Eagle Harbor,” is valued at $3,600 and […]
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Jan Forkert Offers Special Sale on Art
Represented by Woodwalk Gallery in Egg Harbor, Door County Master Artist Jan Forkert will offer her exceptional jewelry and artwork with special prices for one day only, Sept. 13, 4 – 6 pm. She will also demonstrate etching techniques during the show. Forkert is past director of the Peninsula School of Art, and is known […]
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Sept. 24: Leadership Door County Mini Golf Masters, Egg Harbor Fun Park, 5 – 8 pm. Sept. 27: 2nd Annual Little Eddie Big Cup Scramble, Peninsula State Park Golf Course
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Student Exhibit at Windmill Farm
Watercolor artist and instructor Ed Fenendael and several of his students will exhibit their work at his Morning Mist Studio at Windmill Farm. The public exhibit and reception is Sept. 12, 4 – 7 pm. Join the artists for this celebration of creativity and to congratulate all of them for their accomplishments. Many of the […]
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Katie Dahl Hits Top of Folk Radio Charts
Door County’s own Katie Dahl is accustomed to drawing crowds in northeast Wisconsin, but since releasing her latest album, Ordinary Band, earlier this year, she’s been garnering acclaim from much farther afield. “Crowns,” the first track on Ordinary Band, hit number one on the national folk radio charts in July, meaning it was the most-played […]
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Pluto Club at Crossroads Begins Sept. 11
Named for Crossroads at Big Creek’s favorite dwarf planet, Pluto Club is geared for very small learners, ages 4 – 6 (though first and second graders are welcome, as are older siblings and adults). Pluto Club will meet Sept. 11 at 3:30 pm. The topic for this meeting is “Planets.” This free, 45-minute program includes […]
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Mini Golf Masters Hosted by Egg Harbor Fun Park
The Egg Harbor Fun Park will be the site for this year’s Leadership Door County (LDC) Mini Golf Masters event on Sept. 24 from 5 to 8 pm. The Mini Golf Masters is LDC’s only fundraising event and benefits a number of area organizations by having each of the mini-golf teams raise money for both […]