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  • Article posted Thursday, July 29, 2010 8:03pm

    • Can taking ginkgo biloba as a dietary supplement really enhance brain function in older people? A U. of Virginia study of 3,000 seniors aged 72 – 96, conducted over a six-year period, indicated that the supplement “was no better than a placebo at slowing cognitive decline in older adults.” Whether younger individuals can benefit […]

  • Article posted Thursday, July 29, 2010 7:57pm

    $2 billion Amount in bonuses doled out by troubled banks after accepting billions in taxpayer bailout money in 2008 80 Percent of those bonuses that were unmerited, according to a federal report 789 Number of dealerships closed by Chrysler in 2009 1,454 Number of dealerships that General Motors plans to close by October 0 Number […]

  • Notes from the Grove: Well Testing

    Welcome to the Notes from the Grove, providing Liberty Grove residents and visitors tid bits of information about goings on in town government. • The Town Board has reserved time in the summer of 2011 for a Community Well Testing Program that will be co-coordinated with the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. We are seeking between […]

  • Gray Tree Frog Pal

    One of the most wonderful adventures of my life occurred from July 10 – 27, 1958 when I backpacked by myself for 17 days on Isle Royale National Park located in northern Lake Superior.

  • The Definition of Philanthropist

    How exactly do you define a philanthropist? Certainly donating to charity is a necessary part of being a philanthropist. Over my 15 years of working in philanthropy, I’ve been involved with contributions and estate commitments of more than $150 million.

  • Mosquito Hawks

    It was around the middle of this month that my friend Joe and I spent five or six glorious hours on a “mosquito hawk safari,” hunting dragonflies and damselflies while armed only with our cameras.

  • Looking Inside the Sales Tax Numbers

    As regular readers know, I enjoy looking at numbers and statistics and then extrapolating trends, themes, or truths whenever possible. One set of numbers I regularly track in this column is the county sales tax figures.

  • Talk Away Back Pain?

    • Talk away back pain? Maybe that’s possible. Over 700 back-pain sufferers were divided into two groups. One group received talk (behavioral) therapy for a year, while the other group received pain-management advice.

  • Why Not Cheat? The Goldman Settlement

    $550 million The fine that Goldman Sachs agreed to pay to settle the lawsuit brought against it for securities fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission $15 million Income in fees that Goldman made from the deals in question 25 Minimum number of similar deals Goldman made 2 Weeks worth of profit the settlement represents for Goldman (Goldman reported $3.

  • Tannic vs. Dry with Chef Bryan Bradley from the Mission Grille

    One of the most misapplied terms some people use when describing wines they (do or don’t) like is the word “dry.” The term “dry” is very specific when used in reference to wine, indicating the wine has a residual sugar content of less than 1.

  • Congratulations to Scott Holbrook!

    At a place called Waterfront Mary, there’s a bartender who’s not at all scary. He has a smile on his face and a whole lotta grace, though you’ll never see him wearing any lace.

  • Horoscopes

    This week’s horoscopes.

  • Peninsula Players Theatre Celebrates 75 Years

    Peninsula Players Theatre, America’s oldest professional resident summer theater, celebrates its 75th anniversary season in 2010. The Players, a cornerstone in the foundation of Door County arts, was founded in 1935 by the brother and sister team of Richard and Caroline Fisher.

  • Article posted Friday, July 16, 2010 11:33am

    Dear Mary Pat, Do you get as steamed as I do when a perfectly healthy person hops out of a vehicle that has just zipped into a handicapped parking space? Seems as though it is more blatant these days.

  • Liberty Grove Starts Bike Planning

    Welcome to the Notes from the Grove, providing Liberty Grove residents and visitors tid bits of information about goings on in town government. • The Neptune Dive Club has been in contact with the town with a proposal to construct a staircase down to the water for divers to access Deaths Door from Port Des Morts Park.

  • Making millions from financial aid

    500,000 Number of students enrolled in the University of Phoenix $130 million The amount spent on advertising by the University of Phoenix in 2009 10 Percent of all students who attend for-profit universities 25 Percent of all federal student aid that goes to students attending for-profit universities 44 Percent of all student loan defaults that come from students at for-profit universities 86 Percent of revenue that the University of Phoenix gets from federal student loans $31,190 Median student debt at for-profit colleges, compared to $17,040 at private schools and $7,960 at public universities $750 billion Outstanding college loans in the U.

  • Student Mission to Reservation Makes Impression

    On Friday, June 18, 10 Gibraltar High School students and two adult leaders began a life-changing experience. In a mission trip sponsored by Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church and led by Dick and Jane Burress, the 10 of us – Billy Appel, Cody Becker, Brandon Bogenschutz, Peter Burress, Kimberly Craig, Afton Greenwood, Jed Omernick, Devan Schultz, Logan Thomas and I – served for one week on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

  • Deforestation Declines

    • Now for some good news about the environment. An article in The Week (April 9, 2010), noted that “For the first time on record, the worldwide rate of deforestation has declined.

  • Solitaire, a game of patience

    [Due to a variety of additional responsibilities that came my way during the past week, I am resorting to reprinting a column from my distant past. The following originally appeared in print on April 8, 1997.

  • Phantoms of the woods

    It was on the last Saturday of June, during the highly interesting and informative Bioblitz within the northern part of Newport State Park, that we came upon quite a few Partridgeberry wildflowers in bloom.