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Door County League of Women Voters seeks new members
Posted on 02. Sep, 2008 by Stephen Kastner.
Dear Editor: I am writing to shed some light on an issue that has come to the fore with this elections cycle. It has long been the policy of the Door County League of Women Voters to conduct one candidate forum per race. If there is a primary, all candidates are invited to a forum [...]
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Remembering John Hollister…
Posted on 02. Sep, 2008 by Stephen Kastner.
He was the kid who was lightning fast on any and every video game, back when Missile Command was all the rage. Somehow, John managed to trademark never, ever wearing a coat, hat or gloves all winter, and that was when we had real winters in Door County. John was apparently operating on a different [...]
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Off the couch…
Posted on 30. Aug, 2008 by Stephen Kastner.
Yesterday, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writer Tom Held posted an article on bicycling in Wisconsin. Among other events, he points to the upcoming Door County Century Ride that takes place next weekend on September 7. Two thousand riders will gather in Sevastopol to ride distances of 30, 64, 75 or 100 miles. Someday, I look forward [...]
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Doing the 20-mile Rory Loop…
Posted on 28. Aug, 2008 by Stephen Kastner.
Getting in my last bike training push before the duathlon on Saturday morning, I have been thinking about Rory Walter on and off all day. I received two angry e-mail responses to the articles published about her in Wednesday’s e-News. I simply can’t understand how people who live in a small rural community can become [...]
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Rory Walter in the news again…
Posted on 21. Aug, 2008 by Stephen Kastner.
The “greening” of Door County continues to put pressure on the people and places that make this Peninsula distinctive. Every now and again some newcomer(s) take it upon themselves to “clean up” the neighborhood. It’s all too typical to see someone buy their 5-20 acres, bulldoze in a road and then decide to continue to [...]
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Living on Karst, a soap and water solution…
Posted on 19. Aug, 2008 by Stephen Kastner.
Ok, there is no obvious reason to post these two things together but, if you get a case of poison ivy, the one sure-cure is washing it regularly with a bar of Fels-naptha soap. It’s really all about washing away all traces of the plant toxins carried by the fluids that come from its blistering [...]
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From Mozart to Valmy in 59.44 seconds
Posted on 17. Aug, 2008 by Stephen Kastner.
Under the reflection of a full moon and a warm summer evening breeze the delicious tones of one of Mozart’s most famous operas graced my senses Saturdey evening at the Peninsula Music Festival‘s first ever presentation of Così fan tutte. The title may be roughly translated to “Women are like that…” a story about infidelity [...]
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HELP… The Cupboards Are Bare!
Posted on 15. Aug, 2008 by Stephen Kastner.
HELP’s supply of personal care items is running very low and the United Way of Door County is asking you to do what you can to help re-build the inventory. The following items are needed: shampoo, conditioner, shaving cream (for men or women), deodorant (for men or women), razors (for men and women), paper toweling, [...]
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DCCF’s Environmental Fund Now Accepting Applications from Door County Charities
Posted on 12. Aug, 2008 by Stephen Kastner.
Sturgeon Bay, WI – The Door County Community Foundation (DCCF) announced today that it is inviting local charities to submit applications for financial support from the Community Foundation’s Environmental Fund. This is just one of several new granting initiatives that were recently launched by the DCCF. Thanks to the generosity of both year-round and seasonal [...]
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Take your pick, Oil? or Water?
Posted on 12. Aug, 2008 by Stephen Kastner.
In 1985, Wisconsin Governor Tony Earl signed the following “Statement of Principle Against Oil Drilling in the Great Lakes” along with the governors of Michigan (James J. Blanchard), Pennsylvania (Dick Thornburgh), Minnesota (Rudy Perpich), Indiana (Robert D. Orr), Ohio (Richard F. Celeste), Illinois (James R. Thompson), and New York (Mario M. Cuomo): “The Great Lakes [...]
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