Category: Door County News
Door County news from the pages of the Peninsula Pulse and Door County Living, the peninsula’s trusted, local sources for information about Door County, Wisconsin.
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• Crystal Burke of Sevastopol High School won the 2010 Miss Door County Crown at the Southern Door Community Auditorium Feb. 12. Six young women were awarded $12,500 in scholarship money at the event.
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• The League of Women Voters of Door County is sponsoring a candidate forum for the four candidates running for Baileys Harbor Town Supervisor. The forum is Tuesday, March 2 from 7 – 9 pm at the Baileys Harbor Town Hall.
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Big County Schools Competing for Students
The two biggest school districts in Door County are no longer competing with each other only on sports fields and with academic teams. Southern Door School District and Sturgeon Bay School District are now competing publicly for students and the tax dollars that follow those students through the open enrollment process.
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Some believe that creativity is inherent in a person; others believe that creativity can be learned. Whatever the stance, one thing is certain – the benefits of a creative society are plentiful, and Destination ImagiNation (DI) challenges students to experience problem solving, teamwork, and creativity.
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Birmingham, Allmann Will Square Off for Mayor
Sturgeon Bay voters have chosen Thad Birmingham and Barbara Allmann to square off in the race to become the city’s next mayor. Birmingham received 425 votes to lead balloting in last night’s primary election, while Allman garnered 354.
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Baileys Harbor Candidate Forum March 2
The League of Women Voters of Door County is sponsoring a candidate forum for the four candidates running for Baileys Harbor Town Supervisor. The forum is Tuesday, March 2 from 7 – 9 pm at the Baileys Harbor Town Hall.
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Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is accepting applications for three positions on its board of trustees. Each appointment carries a three-year term beginning July 1.
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Filling in Door County’s Age Gap
Door County is losing its young people rapidly. Students, young adults, and young families are going the way of the Dodo on our peninsula.
But our sad future as the Door County Shady Shores Retirement -
Nelson Takes Door County Idol Crown
Gibraltar’s Lilli Nelson took home the 2010 Door County Idol crown at the Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek. The competition featured eight of the county’s best young performers, including runner-up Monica Lenius of Southern Door.
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A Shrinking Population: Door County Losing Young Families
Though we live in the age of the Blackberry, dominated by electronic media and social networking Web sites, Tara and Aaron LeClair were drawn back to their hometown through the most traditional of networking methods.
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Re-thinking Education: Focus on University Students Comes at Expense of Everyone Else
Every child deserves a chance at a college education, but does every child need one? It’s not a popular question to ask in policy circles, but it’s one that one author argues must be asked if we’re going to keep America’s small towns alive.
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• The Door County Tourism Zone Commission decided to take six lodging properties to small claims court for non-compliance with the countywide room tax at its Jan.
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• Sturgeon Bay mayoral candidate John Wade will host an Open House at Applebees restaurant in Sturgeon Bay Feb. 11 from 6 – 9 pm. Wade said the event will be an opportunity for citizens to meet and discuss issues in an informal town hall setting.
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Door County’s Own Hope for Haiti
For weeks the world has been inundated with images of the death and destruction from Haiti’s Jan. 12 earthquake. A plea for help has been heard, one that reached even our geographically isolated peninsula.
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Mayoral Candidates Stump Jobs for City
Voters in the City of Sturgeon Bay got a taste of what five of the six mayoral candidates bring to the leadership table at a forum Jan. 25. The primary is Feb.
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While some people feel content leading one full life, Dr. William Perloff is well into his third. After a first career as an engineer and a second as a physician, he is now fully involved in a third: retirement.
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Sturgeon Bay High School graduate and University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman John Parent was recently awarded the county’s first Chick Evans Caddie Scholarship.
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Green Drinks at Glas Coffeehouse
Green Drinks, a cooperatively sponsored event by Glas Coffeehouse and Sustain Door, held their first meeting on Wednesday, January 27. Green Drinks will continue with a regular monthly social/salon style meeting to discuss sustainability-related issues at an informal gathering.
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“If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher.
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107 Million tons of grain that went to ethanol production in 2009, enough to feed 330 million people for a year 25 Percent of the U.S. grain crop that went to produce ethanol to fuel cars in 2009 Source: Earth Policy Institute