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volunteer!

Volunteer opportunities throughout Door County are limitless, fun, and rewarding.

You can be a volunteer. Please contact: Volunteer Center of Door County for further information regarding these and other volunteer opportunities. The Volunteer Center is located at 62 S. Third Avenue, P.O. Box 441, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-746-7704; www.VolunteerDoorCounty.com; email: volunteercenter@doorcounty.com.

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IMPACT Business & Industry 2014-15

Welcome to Impact 2014-15,

the second edition of the Door County Advocate’s annual look at the people and organizations that are making a difference on the Peninsula.

The business and industry of Door County is varied, from manufacturing and health care to farming, leisure and the arts. For this year’s Impact, we profile an organization that has helped businesses form, grow and succeed in the county for 25 years, along with an educational program helping students at risk of not graduating get the help they need to earn their diplomas and become part of our community.

We also have seven local leaders answer questions that shed a little light on them and their organizations in a fun way. Plus, business, tourism, charitable and real estate leaders write about recent happenings and future prospects in these pages.

Finally, we again provide a one-stop guide to business, government and services resources to allow you to find the information and help you need.

That’s what you’ll find in Impact 2014-15. The Door County Advocate invites you to read it, learn from it, use it – and above all, enjoy it.

Warren Bluhm, news editor, Door County Advocate Christopher Clough, Impact editor

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4 DCEDC celebrates its 25th anniversary 6 SOAR helps credit-deficient students earn diplomas

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14 Bob Desh Todd Trimberger 16 Cassandra Cibik-Moeller Matt Dixner Young & 18 Jim Berkenstock Laurel Hauser 20 George Evenson

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22 Door County Visitor Bureau: 24 Door County Economic

Marketing to reach visitors of Development Corp.: It’s today and tomorrow been a busy, fruitful 2014

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40 United Way of Door Realtors: County’s Realtors County: Goals getting raise funds for local groups closer, but more still needed

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26 zip codes

26 information & referral

26 animal shelters & pet services

26 voting registration & polling places

27 polling places

27 department of transportation

27 information centers & business associations

28 post offices

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county supervisors and districts county offices and department heads emergency numbers fire departments non-emergency numbers crises & intervention city, town & village information state and federal elected officials

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33 public schools 34 higher education 36 libraries

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37 volunteer opportunities

39 volunteering can add years to your life!

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46 211: general information

46 drivers examiners

46 financial assistance

47 housing 47 food

47 community services

48 legal assistance

48 behavioral health services

48 senior services

48 durable medical equipment

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55 door county economic development corporation 57 door county business development center 58 door county’s largest employers

On the Cover: Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center executive director Todd Trimberger stands on the sidewalk of the Maple-Oregon Bridge, with the historic Michigan Street Bridge in the background.

Trimberger is one of the local leaders who is making an impact on Door County, and who took the time to answer 10 questions that give some insight into them and their organizations. Read their answers inside. Tina M. Gohr/Door County Advocate Scott Johnson / Publisher Terrie Haen / Operations Manager Leah Clover / Advertising Sales Manager Warren Bluhm / Advocate/Star-News News Editor Christopher Clough / Section Editor Ruth Johnson / Section Coordinator Kristy Gnadt / Graphic Artist

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One the most significant contributions of the Door County Economic Development Corp. was effectively lobbying to move up the date of construction of Wisconsin 57 to four lanes heading into Door County. This 1992 photo shows, from left, DCEDC executive director Bill Chaudoir; Door County Board Chairman Lyle Hill; Door County Chamber of Commerce executive director Bob Hastings; Door County Clerk Bob Papke; state Sen. Alan Lasee; Ellsworth Peterson (holding banner), owner of Peterson Builders Inc.; Gov. Tommy Thompson; Norb Schartner, mayor of Sturgeon Bay; and John Collins, owner of C & S Manufacturing Corp.

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Keeping the economy going for 25 years DCEDC helps Door County weather highs and lows as it celebrates its 25th anniversary

By Ramelle Bintz | Door County Advocate

Just 25 years ago, shipbuilding had steered the city of Sturgeon Bay and the county into expansive growth. But it ran aground shortly after President Ronald Reagan took office and changed tax laws, abolishing large shipbuilding incentives.

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“Prior to that, this was one of the fastestgrowing communities in the state,” said Bill Chaudoir, executive director of Door County Economic Development Corporation.

In the 1980s, Chaudoir was working in the Door County Planning Office, helping design streetscapes for the city of Sturgeon Bay, establishing the historic district downtown. Bay Shipbuilding had grown its workforce to 2,000 employees and there was little need for an organization like DCEDC, he said.

But when the last big ocean-going container ship was finished in 1987, Bay Ship’s workforce plummeted from 2,000 to 200, Chaudoir said. The county’s unemployment levels rose to 18 percent.

Door County Board Chairman Harry Malzahn launched a task force to deal with the aftermath, and the next year a daylong economic summit was held in Sturgeon Bay, with then-Gov. Tommy Thompson and his entire cabinet in Door County. A private/ public partnership model was recommend-

ed to try to bring jobs back to Door County.

By February 1989, the DCEDC was born with Chaudoir at the helm and he’s been guiding the organization ever since.

Before DCEDC, there was an organization called the Door County Industrial Development Corp. with a board but no staff, helped by the Chamber of Commerce — a precursor to what is now the Door County Visitor Bureau.

The industrial park in the city of Sturgeon Bay was roughly one-third the size it is now, said DCEDC economic development manager Sam Perlman, who joined the organization in 2003. Earlier that year marked the beginning of the county’s first Legislative Days, bringing 100 volunteer delegates to the state capitol. Both Chaudoir and Perlman said that was an important start to educating state legislators about issues affecting businesses in Door County.

While the DCEDC cannot lobby, it can provide nonpartisan delegates to advocate for local issues. Large among those accomplishments was securing funding in 2005 for a new $30 million downtown bridge in Sturgeon Bay — the Maple-Oregon Bridge.

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Over his tenure, Chaudoir said one of the most important roles DCEDC played was organizing support to move up the conversion of Wisconsin 57, carrying visitors and goods into the Peninsula from the south, from two lanes to four. It wasn’t supposed to happen until the year 2020, but after many visits to Madison and Washington D.C, it opened in 2008. That stands out as both one of the difficult and most gratifying, he said, because every delay meant more accidents, serious injury and loss of life.

“It was a bloodbath,” he said of the former road. “That was a long, hard commitment by a lot of people.”

When they didn’t get the approval in Madison and didn’t have money in state government from the federal government, John Collins, owner of C & S in the Sturgeon Bay industrial park, flew several people to Washington D.C. in his private plane back in 1993 to show those in state government how important it was to Door County, he said. It still took several more hard-fought battles with the help of then-state Sen. Alan Lasee to make it happen.

When asked how difficult it is to talk with legislators now compared to the past, Chaudoir said despite the difficulty for legislators to agree, in his experience it has become easier over the years.

“It has to do with building relationships,” he said. “I think that’s why we’ve had more success. Legislators would tell us, ‘Don’t just come to us when you need something.’”

That is how what is now Door-Kewaunee Legislative Days began bringing community delegates to the state capitol every other year.

Networks, waterfront among major improvements

Perlman said technology infrastructure and expansion of broadband in Door County is one of the largest improvements since he began at DCEDC. In 2000 a software support company considered locating here and liked the county for the quality of life, he said, but withdrew its interest due to unreliable telecommunication networks at that time. Now, though, there are high-speed Internet and improved wireless networks in the Sturgeon Bay Industrial Park and continued improvements throughout the county.

The Sturgeon Bay waterfront redevelopment is another marked difference over the past 25 years, Chaudoir said. Private and

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What’s in the future?

Door County is unique and maintaining the quality of life and natural beauty is vital, Chaudoir said.

“Certainly the competition for tourism spending will continue,” he said. “And that attracts entrepreneurs. They have that spirit. I bet you can’t show me another county Door County Economic Development Corp. executive director Bill in the state that has the Chaudoir addresses its annual meeting April 14 at Stone Harbor entrepreneurial spirit we Resort & Conference Center in Sturgeon Bay, where Gov. Scott have.”

Walker was the keynote speaker at its special 25th celebration.

Tina M. Gohr/Door County Advocate Many visit, then decide to relocate to Door County to set up shop. Much time is spent one-onone with individuals in classes and training public development helped reshape how programs. That means more bootstrapping the city looks with the Stone Harbor Resort of small business owners rather than large conference center and marina replacing companies opening, Chaudoir predicted. fishing shacks.

Perlman said technology will continue to Even after Bay Shipbuilding lost employbe a driving factor with new job titles not yet ees, Peterson Builders in Sturgeon Bay imagined. was still building minesweepers and other boats. But hundreds lost their jobs after “Social media marketing did not exist defense cutbacks in 1993. By 1995 the as a career five years ago,” he said. “Now company closed. there are thousands of people doing it.

That’s why we need to continue to work on The DCEDC and city again worked hand our infrastructure for non-location bound in hand to redevelop the site, secure grants careers for people who have clients all over and develop a business incubator. Again, in the world -- all of their communication is 1996, Gov. Thompson moved state governelectronic (online).” ment to Door County for the day.

That will mean more towers and antenA federal grant helped start a new nas, a controversial topic that intersects DCEDC revolving loan fund to help finance both the desire for beauty and demand for startup and expansion projects in 1997. worldwide communication. Visitors and Millions of grants have been secured for entrepreneurs have an expectation to be Door County by DCEDC to help boost connected to their businesses and home businesses, projects and jobs. A $750,000 offices, Perlman said, as everyone now carloan fund was extended to Palmer Johnson ries their workplace with them. for major expansion in 1996.

Another future challenge for DCEDC is One of the more time-consuming but an old one – the weather. The three legs of important tasks for DCEDC is mentoring Door County’s economy are manufacturing, already established businesses in times recreation or tourism, and agriculture, and of crisis with advice and expertise. The two of them rely on the weather. organization also recognizes industries and entrepreneurs every year at an awards Seasonality has always driven up the ceremony as part of the DCEDC’s annual unemployment rate in the tourism industry. meeting.

But events like last year’s brutal winter or Lake Michigan’s low water levels throws Also important under the DCEDC umboth tourism and agriculture a curve ball. brella is the Door/Kewaunee Business and Education Partnership that encourages “We can’t make it rain for the farmers and young people to continue their education we can’t make it sunny for tourists,” Perland join the local workforce. Many local man said with a smile. employers offer on-the-job training, but an ongoing problem employers tell them is a Contact Ramelle Bintz at lack of qualified applicants. rbintz@doorcountyadvocate.com.

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SOARing beyond their grades Southern Door program helps credit-deficient students earn diplomas, prepare for life afterward

By Samantha Hernandez | Door County Advocate The Southern Door School District’s Student Opportunities for an Alternative to Regular education (SOAR) program aims to impact its students by giving them every opportunity to earn a high school diploma.

Southern Door started its SOAR program during the 2008-09 school year after receiving an Alternative Education grant from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. SOAR was started after the Door County Challenge Program, an alternative school program, ended in 2008 due to lack of funds. The Challenge Program was similar to SOAR, except it was open to students at the four mainland schools.

Students who are credit deficient for any number of reasons can apply to be in the SOAR program.

The DPI’s grant funded SOAR in varying amounts until the 2011-12 school year, during which the Southern Door School Board cut funding to the program by 50 percent.

The district began funding the program at 100 percent during the 2012-13 school year to help meet students’ needs.

SOAR gives credit-deficient students several ways to catch up, including a combination of attending regular classes, taking online courses or taking part in the DPI’s GED Option No. 2 program. The GED-O2 allows students to graduate with a high school diploma.

There is a growing waiting list of students interested in joining the program, said Josh Rankin, SOAR coordinator.

Twenty-three students are looking to participate in SOAR this year, Rankin said, including 15 seniors. The program has about a 90 percent success rate.

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Key to success

fies potential local leaders and helps those people strengthen their skills over a period of several months.

After meeting with school officials and SOAR students, the group created SOAR promotional materials and an advisory group consisting of business representa-

SOAR is more than just making sure students study and pass tests.

“I think some of our students just need a place to call a home, a place that they can check in,” Rankin said.

Mark Hill, a social worker for Door County Child and Family Services Unit-Intake who ran the Challenge Program for 16 years, said he has had almost 10 kids go through the SOAR program. Most who graduated with the help of SOAR have become successful socially, don’t generally re-offend or have issues with the community.

“It starts with the people who work with the program. You can’t just plugin Mr. Teacher into that program and expect it Southern Door High School SOAR (Student Opportunity to work,” he said. for an Alternative to Regular education) instructor Josh He commended Rankin Rankin leads a discussion with program students. and part-time associate Tina M. Gohr/Door County Advocate Amy Volkman, SOAR’s only staff members, on their work reaching out tives and people passionate about helping to the students and their willingness to go students succeed, Superintendent Patti beyond academics.

Vickman said. The group met once last “They are wonderful. They connect year and plans to meet more regularly this with the kids ... they know how to confront year. the kids without belittling them,” Hill said.

“We really want to keep growing the pro“That’s the key to their success.” gram,” said Steve Bousley, Southern Door High School principal.

This will involve bringing more commuThe SOAR program gained notice after nity members and businesses aboard.

Leadership Door County’s Class of 2013 “There is no greater difference that we visited and made it the focus of its class can be as an educator than to be there project. Leadership Door County is a every single moment and every single day group with a civic duty element that identifor a child,” Vickman said.

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SOAR (Student Opportunity for an Alternative to Regular education) is a program that provides the opportunity for instruction of students who are at risk of not graduating. Tina M. Gohr/Door County Advocate

Ready for the world

To date, 30 students have graduated who might not have in the past, Rankin said. The vast majority of those graduates, between 75 and 80 percent, go directly into the workforce. “(A) high school diploma is the first thing we really want to focus on,” Rankin said.

“Now let’s find you a job.”

During the 2013-14 school year, SOAR began working with We Are HOPE, Inc., a local organization that helps people with employment, energy conservation and home improvement, to help students learn about job search services in the county. HOPE offers job fairs and guidance for resume building.

“It was great even going to the Job Center and starting the process with them because some of the students didn’t even know it was there,” Rankin said.

We Are Hope CEO Sandy Duckett said SOAR students visited twice. They took part in exercises that included looking at where they wanted to be in five years.

“It’s important for us to understand what our own personal goals are and what

we want to be and how we want to get there,” Duckett said.

Several of the students have visited HOPE on their own since visiting with SOAR, she said.

A smaller number of students, between 20 to 25 percent, go on to a two-year college or a training program.

Jackson Wery, 20, of Sturgeon Bay, graduated in June 2012 and now attends the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He entered SOAR as a credit-deficient junior.

“It was pretty much my parents were going through a very messy divorce and I felt like I didn’t want to do anything,” Wery said.

He used SOAR more for emotional support as he worked to graduate on time.

“I think it is a great program and it does kind of give students a second chance that otherwise might be unable to make something of themselves,” he said. “They don’t give up on them for things that have happened in the past, and I think that is very important.”

Contact Samantha Hernandez at svhernande@ doorcountyadvocate.com or (920) 743-3321, Ext. 112.

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Greg Vinkler Peninsula Players Theatre artistic director Greg Vinkler. The sign “Love And Be Loved’’ was painted in the 1960s and moved to its current location on the theater building.

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Greg Vinkler is the artistic director at Peninsula Players Theatre; he first joined the company in 1988 and became artistic director in 1993, continuing to perform in and direct shows as well. He received the inaugural Door County Artist of the Year Award. A winner of three Joseph Jefferson (“Jeff”) Awards for Chicago-area theater, Vinkler also played Doc in the Tony Awardwinning 2009 Broadway revival of “West Side Story” and performed in 2006 with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon Avon, England.

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What does your business or organization do, and for how long?

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Peninsula Players Theatre is America’s oldest professional resident summer theater, founded in 1935. Next year (2015) we celebrate our 80th anniversary. We do a season of five consecutive shows which runs from mid-June to mid-October in an all-weather theater. The season is composed of a variety of shows, including musicals, dramas, comedies, mysteries, farces, classics, and new plays. I am also happy to say that the Players received the 2014 Governor’s Award for Arts, Culture and Heritage.

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I believe Peninsula Players is special in several ways. It is the granddaddy of arts organizations in Door County and has helped to attract many visitors to the area over these many years who make it part of their annual Door County experience. Because of our special setting – an all-weather facility on the shores of Green Bay in a cedar forest – audience members can enjoy a theater experience that is particularly unique.

My goal as artistic director has been to treat the Players as a venue whose work is comparable to the best regional theater you can find across the country. I believe our productions maintain that standard and greatly contribute to the wonderful cultural diversity found here in Door County.

How many people work for your business or organization?

There are four full-time, year-round employees. During the season, the company comprises about 50 to 65 people at its height. That includes staff for administration, box office, scene shop, costume shop, electric/sound shop, props shop, kitchen, bar and custodial work, as well as our interns, production manager and the artistic company – directors, actors, musicians, designers, choreographers and stage managers. That doesn’t include volunteers who usher, help with spring cleaning, participate in changeovers from one show to the next and serve on our board of directors.

What makes your business or organization special in Door County?

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What books would you recommend?

“The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman, “The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery, “For the Time Being” by Annie Dillard, “The Bridge of San Luis Rey” by Thornton Wilder, “When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi” by David Maraniss.

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What is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?

My mom gave birth to me. I thought that was pretty nifty.

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What one place in Door County do you love or stands out for you?

I have always loved the peace and tranquility of Claflin Pond in Fish Creek.

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Love and be loved.

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If you weren’t doing what you’re doing now, what would you do?

I would be a writer.

What one piece of advice would you like to share with others?

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What is your “at-bat” or ring entrance song?

It would be the very beginning of “La Primavera” from the “Trittico Botticelliano” by Respighi. It’s beautiful, theatrical, triumphant, ecstatic. I listen to that little section sometimes just for inspiration and used it once for the beginning of a production of “The Enchanted Cottage,” one of my favorite plays, that I directed.

What is your favorite food?

I like almost everything – except liver and anchovies! But my absolutely current favorite food is a curried-cashew cauliflower that the Players’ cook, Lori Van Laanen, has been making for dinner. I could eat pounds of it.

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Todd Trimberger is currently the executive director of the Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center and co-owner of Bliss, a retail shop in Sturgeon Bay. He is leaving his post at the visitor center in late 2014 to concentrate on Bliss.

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What does your business or organization do?

I have been at the visitor center for 7 ½ years. It has been an incredible experience. I have never worked for a not-for-profit and only once reported to a board of directors. I consider our 225-plus business members to also be my bosses.

My other position is as the owner for 13 years of Bliss, co-owner for 10 years with the addition of Kelton in my life. Bliss is a year-round home accessory store that carries very cool but also sometimes very classic accessories for you and your home. We have everything from barware, pillows, lamps, art to purses, scarves and fun jewelry. We make house calls to accessorize homes. We enjoy working a customer’s existing accents in with the new to give it a fresh look. During the holidays, we transform the store into a holiday wonderland much like the departments stores years ago.

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Todd Trimberger Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center executive director Todd Trimberger at the foot of the historic Michigan Street Bridge.

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How many people work for your business or organization?

The visitor center has two full-time, three part-time and one seasonal employee. The store has four employees, including myself, and one on call – Kelton.

What makes your business or organization special in Door County?

The visitor center works year-round to make Sturgeon Bay a charming and vibrant community where people desire to live in or visit. We are also here to support and promote the member businesses. We do all of major city events as well as operate two visitor centers, seasonal flowers, holiday lights, publish an annual guidebook, maintain our website and much more.

Bliss is just a very unique store filled with unusual treasures. It is a place that is to be explored. We literally get new stuff in almost every day.

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What one piece of advice would you like to share with others?

Try your damndest to do what you love. Life can change in a heartbeat. You can’t keep waiting for the future to find your balance or your happiness. I also firmly believe that sometimes, where you are in a lifetime of events is where you are supposed to be in order to lead you to the next chapter or story. People come and go from our lives but they have also left an impression of some sort – good or bad – that helps us as we move forward in the chapters and stories.

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What books would you recommend?

I am not a big reader.

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If you weren’t doing what you’re doing now, what would you do?

I love what I do in both places. I am in the process of leaving the visitor center. I am going to focus on the store for a while and breathe for six months. I worked full-time through college and have pretty much had two or more things on my professional plate ever since. I suspect this will be a challenge for me, but I have promised Kelton six6 months to regroup, travel a bit and get caught up on our life and balance.

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What is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?

When I met Kelton on a beach in Puerto Vallarta – he coincidentally lived in Chicago. As the relationship grew, we knew one of us needed to move, or we both needed to move and start together. I was not really in a position to sell my stores and had made a commitment to an older friend that I would be here for him.

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Kelton decided to sell out of his private practice and become employed as a physician at Ministry Door County Medical Center. We were in a local pub, and I told him not to go and talk to my friend, the CEO of the hospital, Jerry Worrick. He thought I said to go talk to Jerry. It was one of those life changing moments – a new story began.

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What one place in Door County do you love or stands out for you?

The cottage! It was our friend Homer’s. It is a place that has seen much love and laughter over the many years. Homer owned it for at least 50 years and was only the second owner. We are the third stewards of this spiritual place.

What is your “at-bat” or ring entrance song?

I’d try to make it “Happy” by Pharrell Williams. I definitely don’t succeed every day, but I do try. Kelton is a very happy person. As I have matured, I have much less patience for having negativity around me or in our life … It is also important to have your “chosen” family to walk through life with you, the friends and family that you write your chapters with as you go through life.

What is your favorite food?

Pizza, followed very closely by a good New York strip or ribeye steak.

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Matt Dixner Young and Laurel Hauser are cochairs of the Sturgeon Bay Skatepark Initiative, which led the drive to create a safe place for skateboarding and BMX biking in Door County.

The new skatepark opened Sept. 6 on the West Side of Sturgeon Bay. Young also is the general manager at Young Automotive, and Hauser spent a good part of the last 10 years as the Director of Charitable Giving for the Door County Land Trust, retiring earlier this year to pursue writing.

Young: Age on Aug. 1, 2014: 44 Family: Wife, Kirsten; son, Benjamin City of residence: Sturgeon Bay Hauser: Age on Aug. 1, 2014: 50 Family: Husband, John; children, Sylvia and Tom City of residence: Sturgeon Bay

Matt Dixner Young & Laurel Hauser Matt Young and Laurel Hauser, co-chairs of the Sturgeon Bay StatePark Initiative, at the new park on corner of Green Bay Road and Spruce Street. Tina M. Gohr/Door County Advocate

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What do you do, and for how long?

The Sturgeon Bay Skatepark Initiative is a group of skateboarders, BMX bikers, parents, business owners and community leaders and generous donors whose common goal has been to create a safe public place to skateboard and BMX bike in Sturgeon Bay. We have been working on this since the spring of 2011.

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How many people work for your business or organization?

Our group size ebbs and flows with all kinds of people helping out when they can, but the core group consists of about a dozen to 20 people, mainly teenage boys. They have stayed focused on doing anything they could to get this skatepark built. They volunteered at community events, created a crowdfunding website, held skate clinics, went to donor meetings, wrote thank-you letters. They truly dedicated themselves to this cause. Anyone that says kids don’t have a very long attention span should meet these kids.

There are also 20 parents and other adults that are active with the group at this time – they have also been very dedicated to the cause. Our group partnered with other groups along the way to help them with their events: Door County Triathlon, Door County DOOR COUNTY ADVOCATE | IMPACT 2014-15

Matt Dixner Young & Laurel Hauser Half-Marathon, the Door County Century, the Door County YMCA, the Sturgeon Bay Kiwanis, the Sturgeon Bay Masonic Temple and Eastern Star, the Hope Church, Pirates in the Harbor, to name a few.

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What makes your business or organization special in Door County?

Hauser: I think the Sturgeon Bay Skatepark Initiative is special in that we’re just a small group of people that got together to get something done. We developed strong partnerships with the Door County Community Foundation and the city of Sturgeon Bay, among others. We can’t thank our partners and donors enough for supporting our vision and for being committed to the kids in our community.

We’re also unique in the role young adults have played in our effort.

They’ve done everything from help with the skatepark design to speaking in front of the City Council or civic group to going on fundraising visits to major donors.

It’s been interesting to see people’s perceptions of skateboarders change. We made sure that every kid went on at least one donor visit and got a chance to speak up and answer questions. For a while, I kept a bag of collared shirts in the back of my car. I’d pick the kids up at school, they’d change into a nice shirt and we’d go on a visit. All visits were followed up by a trip for ice cream or to a coffee shop.

Young: I think it’s pretty special that our group raised enough money to fund a major public works project in less than four years. Our donors also deserve much credit in this respect.

Every one of them saw the need and responded. No public funds were used to pay for the construction of this park, though without the early and enthusiastic support of the city of Sturgeon Bay, it is safe to say it would not have happened.

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Young: If you are in business in this community, find a nonprofit organization that interests you and get involved! The personal relationships that have developed through my involvement with the Skatepark Initiative have had a direct impact on

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our business. Interestingly, it works both ways; I have been able to use my work relationships to accomplish the Skatepark Initiative’s goals as well.

myself and allowed me to work with the best board, staff and volunteers ever, and to contribute every day to a mission I believe in strongly. My decision this spring to leave the Land Trust to pursue a career in writing was supported by my husband and family. Their support will always be “the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me.” After I moved to Door County, my mom, Carol Duffin, and my sisters, Tracy Vreeke and Jacinda Duffin, eventually moved here, too. That ranks high on my list of things to be grateful for, also.

Hauser: Do things for the right reasons, align yourself with people who take the high road and work hard. Two other critical components: communicate your vision well and have fun along the way.

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Young: For pleasure, Juice Magazine. For business, “The Curriculum” by Stanley Bing.

Hauser: Two of my all-time favorite works of fiction are “I Capture the Castle” by Dodie Smith and “Rules of Civility” by Amor Towles.

Nonfiction: “River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey” by Candice Millard and “Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage” by Alfred Lansing.

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If you weren’t doing what you’re doing now, what would you do?

Young: Skate!

Hauser: I would be “on assignment” on the west shore of Ireland for The Atlantic or The New Yorker.

Writing would be going well and I’d be ahead of deadline. A bagpiper would be playing “Danny Boy” in the distance, and friends and family, one of whom would be an aspiring sushi chef needing practice, would be arriving soon to stay in my sparsely-furnished cottage.

We’d celebrate the completion of my soon-to-be-well-received article with dirty martinis and lavender pound cake.

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What is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?

Young: Dreamland Skateparks came to town and thoughtfully enhanced the design of our skatepark and then went to work building it. These guys are concrete artists. Their low bid left us with enough seed money to get a head start on park amenities, such as a viewing platform and sidewalks around the perimeter of the park.

Hauser: One was being hired by the Door County Land Trust. My position there taught me a lot about

What one place in Door County do you love or stands out for you?

Young: The Stavekirke, Washington Island. Here is another amazing piece of craftsmanship, created by the few for the benefit of many.

You don’t have to be religious to appreciate the work that went into creating it, but for me the quiet power that surrounds the property is a real, living thing.

Hauser: Gibson’s West Harbor Resort on Washington Island and the Door County Land Trust’s Oak Road Nature Preserve.

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What is your “at-bat” or ring entrance song?

Young: “Ball and a Biscuit” by the White Stripes Hauser: I’m sort of a folk music and church hymns kind of person. My “feel good” songs include “Good Night Irene,” “Amazing Grace” and “King of the Road.”

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What is your favorite food?

Young: This is the question that I struggled with the most. I really love barbecued ribs. I have experimented with smoking meats for many years. I have a small smoker at home that I like to use on pork, turkey and fish. My best friend, Scott Fittshur, and I are going to compete at Ribfest, an annual fundraiser put on by Neighborto-Neighbor Volunteer Caregivers of Door County on Nov. 1 at the Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club. Scott has the technique down and we are tuning the rub for maximum flavor impact.

Hauser: These days, zucchini carpaccio. It’s amazing.

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Bob Desh is retiring in December 2014 as executive director of the Door County Maritime Museum, which includes its main facility in Sturgeon Bay, the historic Cana Island Lighthouse and a smaller museum in Gills Rock. Desh also served for over 36 years with the U.S. Coast Guard, serves as a member of the Sturgeon Bay Coast Guard Committee and helped spearhead the city’s successful effort to be officially designated a Coast Guard City. He plans to continue working with the museum as a volunteer.

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bob desh Door County Maritime Museum executive director Bob Desh looks over the Sturgeon Bay Canal from aboard the tug John Purves, which is docked at the Sturgeon Bay museum and hosts tours there. Tina M. Gohr/Door County Advocate

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Age on Aug. 1, 2014: 61 Family: Spouse, Barbara; children, daughter Kerry Lathrop, son-in-law Gregg Lathrop and grandson Ian Lathrop of Auburn, Maine; son Chris Desh and daughter-in-law Tina (Rivatuso) Desh of Freemont, Ohio City of residence: Luxemburg

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What does your business or organization do, and for how long?

The Door County Maritime Museum is dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich maritime heritage of the Door Peninsula. I became the museum’s executive director in 2008.

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bob desh In the late 1960s, a group of divers and commercial fishermen in the Gills Rock area began planning the creation of a maritime museum. With the signing of incorporation documents on July 5, 1969, the Door County Maritime Museum was born. With the support of local businessmen, civic groups and individual citizens, these pioneers began assembling the artifacts that would become the foundation of the museum’s collection. They also raised the funds necessary for construction of the museum’s first building, in Gills Rock.

The paid staff is wonderful, but the museum could never accomplish the good work it does without the 175-plus dedicated volunteers that do everything from guiding tours on the historic tugboat John Purves to staffing the food and beverage tent at the Classic & Wooden Boat Festival. Our volunteers are extraordinary folks.

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Shortly thereafter, Ray Christianson, the retired president of the Christy Corp., proposed that a branch of the museum be organized to collect and house artifacts chronicling the area’s extraordinary shipbuilding history.

The former Roen Steamship Co. office adjacent to Sturgeon Bay’s working waterfront became this new branch’s first home.

During these years, the museum also acquired the lease to the historic Cana Island Light Station from the U.S. Coast Guard, allowing the museum to open the island and lighthouse to the public each summer.

From these humble beginnings, the Door County Maritime Museum and Lighthouse Preservation Society has grown to become a world-class maritime museum headquartered in its 20,000-square-foot flagship facility on Sturgeon Bay’s waterfront.

This facility includes the restored historic tugboat John Purves.

The museum’s original facility in Gills Rock has been improved and expanded and now includes a unique wing housing the classic wooden fish-tug Hope. The museum remains the “keeper” at Cana Island through a highly successful partnership with the county that received formal transfer of the property from the Bureau of Land Management in 2007.

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How many people work for your business or organization?

The Maritime Museum employees 25 people. Six are full-time, eight are part-time and 11 are seasonal.

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What makes your business or organization special in Door County?

Door County is on a peninsula surrounded by “big water.” Its maritime history is its history. The diversity of the county’s nautical heritage is extraordinary — it is filled with fabulous tales of bold ship captains, brave seamen, rugged fishermen, innovative shipbuilders, stalwart lighthouse keepers and courageous lifesavers. The county’s coastline is dotted with small port towns, lighthouses and the remains of scores of unfortunate vessels that met their demise along its rocky shores.

More importantly, maritime history continues to be made in Door County every day.

It is the Maritime Museum’s job to ensure this wonderful maritime heritage, past, present and future, is preserved and celebrated. Once you understand its maritime history, everything else you do in Door County is more special.

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Assume the best of intent in the actions of others — always look for a reason to say yes, but never be afraid to say no. And have fun – life is too short not to!

O’Brian — I’ve read all 20 a couple of times.

For nonfiction, I’d recommend “Alexander Hamilton” by Ron Chernow — when you finish it, you can use it as a door-stop. “George Washington’s Coast Guard” by Irving H. King is another personal favorite.

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This is always a dangerous question to ask a history geek. I’ll try not to be too nerdy in my recommendations.

For pure enjoyment, I recommend “The Cuckoo’s Calling” by J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. “Ice Brothers” by Sloan Wilson is also a good read — it would have made a great movie! I’m also a big fan of the Aubrey-Maturin series (“Master and Commander”, etc.) by Patrick

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If you weren’t doing what you’re doing now, what would you do?

I’d probably be researching and writing maritime history books. I might also try to make the PGA Champions Golf Tour, aka the old guys. I just need to cut about 30 strokes off my handicap.

What is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?

Bear my children. I’ll never be able to thank my bride of 40-plus years, Barb, enough for bringing to life the two wonderful humans that are our kids. We have a great family!

What one place in Door County do you love or stands out for you?

Wow, that is a tough question. If forced to choose, I guess I’d say the 11th hole at the Peninsula State Park Golf Course. Challenging golf hole and the view is spectacular. My favorite bar stool at the Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club is a close second — also a spectacular view and includes good friends, great friends and a fine glass of red wine.

What is your “at-bat” or ring entrance song?

“A Pirate Looks at Forty” by Jimmy Buffett. The opening line says it all.

“Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call/Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall/ You’ve seen it all, you’ve seen it all.”

Yes, I am a pirate.

What is your favorite food?

Another tough question. I guess I’d say banana cream pie. My wife inherited the ability to make a great banana cream pie from her mother. I even eat if for breakfast.

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Cassandra “Cassie” Cibik-Moeller taught physical education to middle and high school students at Sevastopol School for 37 years, until her retirement this past June. She also coached two state championship high school volleyball teams at Sevastopol. As an advocate for health and fitness, Cibik-Moeller organized the annual Door County Turkey Trot run/walk in Institute and started the Snow Ugly skiing and snowboarding club.

Age on Aug. 1, 2014: 60 Family: Husband, Dave; daughter, Haley; son, Max Place of residence: Township of Sevastopol

What do you do, and for how long?

I have taught physical education grades 6-12 at Sevastopol School for 37 of the greatest years of my life. In addition, I coached many sports, including track and field, basketball, and cross-country, as well as being cheerleading advisor and gymnastic club advisor.

My main coaching has been volleyball.

I had great teams for 15 years and had the pleasure of appearing at the state championships several times, bringing home a championship trophy twice.

In addition, I was the Junior Class advisor and had a blast helping kids plan their Sadie Hawkins and prom dances. I loved to boogie with my students.

As a way to positively impact our local community, I developed the Door County Turkey Trot run/walk, organized and ran the Sevastopol Ski Swap, and started the “Snow Ugly” Ski/Snowboard Club, which provided many trips to downhill slopes available to all friends and families of Door County.

Cassandra Cibik-Moeller Now-retired Sevastopol School physical education teacher and youthcredit health advocate Cassie Cibik-Moeller in front of the school photo building. Tina M. Gohr/Door County Advocate

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This past year, my middle school students helped put on Sevastopol School’s first candlelight ski and snowshoe hike, complete with campfire fun and including delicious soup and sandwiches donated from Door County’s most popular restaurants. It was a great night for all.

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and families. We are all one family. Everyone knows and supports each other. Sure, we have our few ups and downs, but I can truly say my biggest discipline problem was someone forgetting their PE uniform. No big deal – play in school clothes and spray some deodorant so you don’t stink.

What makes your business or organization special in Door County?

Sevastopol School is a small, country school with emphasis on academics. It takes pride in offering a wide variety of opportunities for students and community to get involved. Our students consistently achieve high honors and championships in many sports, math team, art showcases, yearbook awards, DI world champions, plays, musicals and concerts.

The list of positive activities, extracurricular activities and ways in which the staff constantly works to provide a variety of opportunities for students is never ending and the entire faculty takes pride in promoting all subject areas.

This is a typical environment of great small schools like Sevastopol School and as a staff, we accept that we all bring different and unique qualities to our students and we truly support one another.

The collaborative atmosphere that exists at Sevastopol School makes it easy for all the students to find that special mentor person that they can connect with personally. Did you know that Sevastopol High School was ranked one of Americas Best High Schools according to U.S. News and World Report in spring of 2014 for the second year in a row? Door County Daily News also recently reported that Sevastopol led all Door County and Kewaunee schools in ACT test scores. I like to toot these horns to show what a great school Sevastopol is.

What really makes Sevastopol School the best are the students

Our community can be described in two words – simply amazing!

If I needed help with any project or event, all I had to do was ask.

Believe me, I did my share of asking and was always welcomed with an open smile. Last February’s Candlelight Ski was an example of the community support for our school district. Over 20 famous restaurants donated their finest soups to warm up the community from a fun, winter night of playing outside.

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Be nice to everyone you meet and you will be happy.

What books would you recommend?

“The Holy Man” by Susan Trott, “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” by Mitch Albom, and my favorite, “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” by Rebecca Wells.

If you weren’t doing what you’re doing now, what would you do?

I wish I had a place on Clark Lake that I could start a summer business by taking kids all day on

outdoor adventures including hiking, biking, exploring trails, skiing, wakeboarding, kayaking, outdoor movie fun, campfires, and sleeping in tents. No beep-beep (digital) machines allowed.

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What is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?

My surprise retirement party bicycle ride flash mob, organized by my family, fellow staff members, students and parents, including food and a very fun roast that followed at Roxanne Schopf’s Hilltop Dairy. The greatest retirement gift was a book my daughter made which included personal comments and memories of my former students and their parents.

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What one place in Door County do you love or stands out for you?

Whitefish Bay Sand Dunes: the trails, lookout tower, the beach, the wildlife, and the serenity.

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What is your “at-bat” or ring entrance song?

Jimi Hendrix, “Wild Thing.”

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What is your favorite food?

“Cassie” McMuffin: egg sandwich with fresh farm eggs from Door County Meats, Welsing’s Foodland amazing ham, sharp cheddar cheese, on a toasted onion bagel. I’ll have one morning, noon, night or after midnight.

Gotta have a cup of Door County Coffee and Tea coffee to top it off.

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Jim Berkenstock

Jim Berkenstock is the co-founder (with his wife, Jean) and artistic director of Midsummer’s Music Festival, which has brought classical chamber music in smaller, intimate settings to Door County since 1990. He also is a bassoonist for the festival and the Chicago Philharmonic, as well as principal bassoon for Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Age on Aug. 1, 2014: 71 Family: Wife, Jean; three grown children; six grandchildren City of residence: Evanston, Ill., and Gills Rock

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Midsummer Music artistic director and bassoonist Jim Berkenstock.

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What does your business or organization do, and for how long?

Midsummer’s Music is about to enter its 25th year performing chamber music throughout Door County. My wife, Jean, and I, as founders of the organization, have, of course, been around since the very beginning. Over those years we have grown from a one-week summer festival in the first year to a year-round organization presenting more than 30 concerts a year, including additional performances in the fall, winter and spring.

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We have two full-time staff employees. Our rosters of performing artists varies, but probably average about 25 over the course of a year. During the peak summer months we usually engage about 16 to 18 musicians.

What makes your business or organization special in Door County?

We are a premiere musical organization with few equals. I believe you would likely have to travel to the very best musical capitals of the world to find anything even comparable.

However, what makes us unique, not only in Door County but across the country, is the community interface our business model engenders. We have no home venue of our own. Instead, we are invited into the homes of organizations, institutions, and individuals all over the county and beyond. We have performed in churches, museums, learning retreat centers, galleries, barns, mansions, and the DOOR COUNTY ADVOCATE | IMPACT 2014-15

Jim Berkenstock music when we get to a certain age … By making our offerings as accessible and intimate as possible, we try to encourage that inclination. One of the unexpected sources of gratification for me in this whole process has been the number of people who have said, “I can’t believe how much I have come to love chamber music.”

homes of over 50 owners.

While we enjoy the hospitality of our hosts, we, like all good guests, try to bring something in return. We draw attention to, and enrich, the offerings of our partners and demonstrate the unique quality chamber music has to enhance virtually any surrounding.

Over the years, we have been involved in joint benefits with the Door County Land Trust, the YMCA, The Clearing, Birch Creek Performance Center, HELP of Door County, The Ridges Sanctuary, Write On, Door County and many more too numerous to mention. In addition to extolling the wonderful qualities of great chamber music, we act as musical ambassadors, a catalyst in the county, bringing people together in so many of the truly extraordinary facets of this beautiful and richly inviting county.

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Treat people well. What goes around, usually comes around. Don’t sweat the little stuff. It’s easy to be “big” over a small matter. It’s amazing to me how often some people will draw a line in the sand over something of minimal importance.

Try to work with people who have qualities or virtues you can learn from, and try to find people to work with who are fun and aren’t too wrapped up in themselves. In music, especially chamber music, you are only as good as the person next to you. Plus, you can really learn from extraordinary players. Also, since chamber music has no leader, you have to arrive at a consensus in order to be on the same page both technically and interpretively. You might as well start with people who know how to get along.

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The book on music I find myself most often recommending is “The Piano Shop on the Left Bank” by Thad Carhart. It is a very entertaining read that involves a writer living in Paris who decides to take up the piano again as he approaches his 40s after a very long hiatus.

Central to the story is his particularly unusual approach to finding a piano for his apartment. In a way, this story is a kind of metaphor for so many of our Midsummer’s Music audience members. We often find ourselves discovering, or rediscovering, classical

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look forward to spending yet more time here. But, even when I am travelling about the county, I continue to revel in what it has to offer.

What a great place to do anything – or nothing!

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If you weren’t doing what you’re doing now, what would you do?

I’d be pretty sad, I guess. Being a musician all my life has been great.

I’ve often said I’ve never worked a day in my life, especially since we always say we “play” an instrument. It is hard work, but when you’re doing something you love, it seems much more bearable.

In that symphony, Beethoven added a huge chorus and four vocal soloists to the orchestra for the first time ever. They don’t do anything in the first three movements, but when the chorus erupts part way through the last movement, they are practically shouting the words “Freude, Freude” (“Joy, Joy”).

Remember when the Berlin Wall came down and Leonard Bernstein conducted an outdoor concert there in celebration? They did the Beethoven Ninth but changed those words to “Friede, Friede” (“Free, Free”). Pretty powerful stuff.

Maybe too much for a ring tone, but if I’m ever announced over a loud speaker, I want the works!

That said, I would probably either do something with words, since I enjoy writing, or I would do something spatially. I am fascinated with architecture. I enjoy doing masonry and landscaping. These enterprises all require a certain amount of rightbrain activity. Since a strong rightside brain component is necessary in music, that’s probably why I’m drawn to these disciplines as well.

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What is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?

A really exceptionally talented, intelligent, understanding, and beautiful woman decided she wanted to spend the rest of her life with me. Her participation in my life has been a great blessing for over 40 years now. I definitely “married up.”

However, from a more Door County perspective, another great blessing has been the overwhelming generosity of support and interest that has been shown to our efforts over the years in creating Midsummers’ Music.

I never dreamed when we started all this, that a community could be so supportive of an idea.

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What one place in Door County do you love or stands out for you?

Our home on the Niagara Escarpment, high on a bluff between Gills Rock and Northport with a view of part of Washington Island and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, continues to enthrall and fascinate me, even after more than 30 years. I just wish I could enjoy it even more … When I retire from Lyric Opera in Chicago, I

What is your “at-bat” or ring entrance song?

Being a musician, there are so many very special themes or tunes I could easily be happy with, but just pulling something out of the hat, I come up with “Ode to Joy.” It is such a great tune – so majestic and positive, and it comes from such a monumental work, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

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When I was a kid, it was, believe it or not, liver! I still love liver but avoid it most times because of concern over the toxic residue it might contain. But when I was little, we didn’t know anything about that stuff, and my Mother made it fairly often. When we had it in the school cafeteria, I was in seventh heaven.

In those days, we would often trade items on our plate with one another – my peach cobbler for your hamburger, etc. When we had liver, I didn’t have to trade anything. Other kids would practically give me their cobbler if I would take their liver just so they could get it off their plate.

Nowadays, anything that says osso bucco gets my attention. I am also a sucker for good meatloaf, and any Saturday I can get to the Shoreline Restaurant, I have to have Grandma’s Veggie Lasagna. It’s too bad they only have it on Saturday because we often have performances those evenings.

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George Evenson is in his 14th year as president of the Door County Historical Society, which operates and staffs the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse Museum in Peninsula State Park and Heritage Village at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay. A longtime dairy farmer and cherry grower, Evenson served on the Door County Board from 1970-78 and was chairman of the Door County Resources Planning Committee. He also was appointed to Wisconsin Coastal Management Council by Govs. Tony Earl and Lee Dreyfus and played an important role in establishing Mink River sanctuary. He was elected the first president of the Crossroads at Big Creek board.

Age on Aug. 1, 2014: 85 Family: Married 65 years, four children, 11 grandchildren and 18 great- grandchildren City of residence: Sturgeon Bay Livelihood: Farming

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What does your business or organization do, and for how long?

The Door County Historical Society was founded in 1926, by H.R. Holand. Since that time it has operated continuously and held true to its founding mission – it strives to collect, maintain and share the history of Door County through preservation, education and programming.

The society has operated Eagle Bluff Lighthouse for over 50 years, cooperating with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to create and maintain the grounds and buildings as they were when the U.S. Coast Guard converted it to a unmanned facility. Today it has the reputation as one of the outstanding facilities on the Great Lakes.

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What makes your business or organization special in Door County?

The society represents an important part of our community by keeping alive our heritage and the uniqueness of Door County and its people. Very few rural communities have more history then Door County because of our varied past.

My role in all of this is based upon my love for this community and its people.

Having lived here all my life, my recollection goes back a long while, witnessing the hard work and devotion to build what we have today – these people should never be forgotten.

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What one piece of advice would you would like to share with others?

Be of service to your community.

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If you weren’t doing what you’re doing now, what would you do?

Very likely taking a nap.

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What is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?

Marry me 66 years ago.

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What one place in Door County do you love or stands out for you?

My farm.

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Faith, Revolution and the Birth of Heritage Village at Big Creek. It Barbecued ribs.

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Also, I own Cherrydale Farm Dairy and Fruit Farm, with 70 head of cattle and 475 acres of land. Family-owned since 1929.

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How many people work for your business or organization?

The historical society has maintained over 200 active members, providing regular monthly meetings and newsletters.

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Marketing to reach visitors of today and tomorrow

By Jack Moneypenny Door County Visitor Bureau

Door County visitors.

The children of today are called the “Digital Generation” because there has never been a time in their lives that they did not have cell phones, iPads and computers readily at their disposal. This means that in 10 years or so, we will be talking to an audience of the digital elite. We can’t disregard these generational influencers, and we need to continue to build a marketing plan that addresses all of the needs of today’s travelers and also look to tomorrow.

In addition to using these taxgenerated dollars for marketing efforts outside of Door County, we have a fund in place called the Strategic Community Partnership (SCP) program.

It became apparent that with the growth of more visitors, the local communities were charged with taking care of them once they were in Door County. To assist in these efforts, either through staffing or in-county marketing of events, the SCP fund was developed.

The money is a percentageshare program. If a community puts 10 percent into the overall

tax collections, that community is given 10 percent of the SCP fund. The more they collect, the bigger their share of the pot.

We have pledged that 11 percent of the 66 percent of the tax dollars we receive will be allocated to this fund. In 2014, that amount is $264,870. These funds are given to the business association in each community, and quarterly reports need to be filed on where the funds are spent to make sure they are in line with the state statute on room tax regulations.

Every day, the DCVB looks at how we can increase travel to Door County, give the traveler relevant information in a content-rich environment, and offer experiential travel to them as we help businesses develop and become more financially secure.

Jack Moneypenny is president/ CEO of the Door County Visitor Bureau.

For more information, call (920) 743-4456 or (800) 527-3529, go to www.doorcounty.com or email info@doorcounty.com.

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The Door County Visitor Bureau, in partnership with the Door County Tourism Zone Commission (TZC), markets Door County to visitors throughout the Midwest.

Ninety-five percent of our visitors come from the midwestern states. We reach the other five percent through a media marketing program that we participate in. We have had the privilege of being selected to utilize 66 percent of the county’s room tax income for these marketing efforts. 30 percent of the tax collection is returned to the municipality in which it was collected, and four percent is used by the TZC for administrative costs associated with collecting, distributing and enforcing the room tax collection.

The DCVB reaches out through various mediums that

allow us to tell our story and direct people to the Doorcounty. com website as the call to action. In 2013, 1,236,727 people visited our website. We are on track to hit 1.3 million visitors to the website this year.

With the advent of social media, marketing today has gotten more complex than 10 years ago. To work out the balance of online marketing to print marketing and electronic media (TV) marketing seems to be a balancing act to make sure we are developing well-thought-out integrated marketing plans.

The typical Door County visitor has a level demographic that doesn’t change rapidly: ages 35 to 54, women typically making the buying decisions, and household incomes of $70,000plus annually.

However, as the generational influence continues to grow – from Matures, born in 1945 or before, to Baby Boomers, born 1946-64, to Gen X, born 196578, to Millennials, born 1979-94 – we need to make sure that we are reaching them in a way that is significant to them and begin growing that next generation of

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Door County Board of Realtors

County’s Realtors raise funds for local groups

By Gretchen Porten Door County Board of Realtors The Door County Board of Realtors is a very active association year-round, particularly in the summer months, like most residents of Door County. Local Realtors keep busy not only listing and selling real estate but also are engaged in many fundraising efforts to benefit nonprofit groups year around.

One of our most ambitious events is the annual charity golf outing. In July the association for the first time invited the public to join the real estate agents at Horseshoe Bay Golf Club in the annual outing, which this year benefitted the Go Bo! Foundation for children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.

We were lucky enough to have former Green Bay Packers player Bill Schroeder join us as our charity celebrity this year.

In addition to playing golf, Bill donated Packers footballs for

the fundraising raffle following the outing. The success of the raffle, also held at Horseshoe Bay, depends on the generosity of many local businesses that donate a wide variety of items ranging from gift certificates to professional services.

Over the years, the Board of Realtors has raised funds for Habitat for Humanity, DOOR CANcer, Sunshine House, the Door County Humane Society, the Sherriff’s Department (for purchasing defibrillators), DoorKewaunee Business Education for high school building projects, Altrusa’s backpack drive, and the Jim Larsen Boys and Girls Club, to name a few.

Year after year, the nearly 200 Door and Kewaunee county members of the Door County Board of Realtors have done a wonderful job serving the community beyond their chosen field, not only with the golf outing but the annual children’s Christmas toy drive and also by providing large contributions to area food pantries.

In addition to the organized board fundraising events, individual Realtors and their agencies also contribute greatly to the

wellbeing of the community by their individual volunteer efforts serving a wide variety of nonprofit boards and foundations.

Aside from having fun at the annual outings, selling real estate is a fulltime business for our Realtors, who begin gearing up for the prime selling season in the early months of the year by working hard to increase listing inventories and getting marketing in place for the secondary home clients.

The Door County primary home market is active throughout the year and, despite the recession, is now showing signs of steady growth. As of August, the board’s statistics show 208 homes sales for 2014. Residential inland home median selling price this year is currently $155,250, while the waterfront home median selling price is $354,950. Higher-end waterfront sales seem to be a bit more elusive this season, with 44 waterfront home sales posted year to date.

Vacant land continues to be a challenging market but has picked up this year, with 74 inland vacant lots sold and 10 waterfront land sales. Total

condominium sales continue to make up a large part of our market, with 86 condo sales posted year-to-date. While the residential condos accounted for most of the sales, for the first time since the recession there is renewed interest in hotel condominiums as well. Condominiums provide buyers an easier life style while staying in a home setting.

Local real estate professionals can help with “real time” real estate services such as pricing a property correctly, marketing, negotiating and facilitating many other steps in the sale process.

As lending, zoning, appraisal and DNR regulations continue to change and become more restrictive, contacting a local Realtor to help navigate through the sale of a property only makes sense. The knowledge and professionalism agents strive to attain benefits both buyers and sellers. Contact the Door County Board office at (920) 743-9651 or go to www. dcbr.org for a list of Realtors in the area.

Gretchen Porten is president of the Door County Board of Realtors.

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Door County Economic Development Corp.

By Bill Chaudoir Door County Economic Development Corp.

It’s been a busy, fruitful 2014

As the Door County Economic Development Corp. has celebrated its 25th anniversary of service to our community during 2014, we have enjoyed the opportunity to reflect back on some of our accomplishments and successes over the years. Of course, our focus remains on our work with local community and business leaders on the next projects and initiatives that will provide positive impact to Door County for many years to come.

In summer of 2014, DCEDC welcomed Cadence, Inc. to the Door County business community. Cadence is a leading manufacturer of complex components and sub-assemblies for medical device and life sciences companies worldwide, and the company recently acquired Plainfield Precision

(formerly Overland-Bowling) of Sturgeon Bay as part of an aggressive vertical integration.

“This business has been here for over 40 years and we need to insure it survives for another 40,” said Carl Palermo, executive vice-president for strategy and corporate development with Cadence. We look forward to working with Cadence as it implements its plans to grow their company in Door County.

Pro Products, Inc., a precision CNC machine shop in the Sturgeon Bay Industrial Park, recently purchased a new lot from the city of Sturgeon Bay at the corner of Neenah and Jib Streets and began construction of its new, 38,000-square-foot facility, which is expected to be completed by December 2014.

Additionally, the company has secured an option from the city on an adjoining property, which means it is already anticipating further growth.

As companies grow in our community, attracting a skilled workforce will remain a challenge that our local businesses will continue to face. DCEDC has been meeting with a focus group of local employers to discuss the development of a variety of potential talent attraction initiatives, include web resources, video production and printed materials.

Since 2003, DCEDC has been one of the leaders of the biennial Legislative Days events that bring local issues to legislative leaders and key state agencies in Madison.

Over past trips to Madison, our volunteer delegates have successfully lobbied on a number of issues, including the impacts of low Lake Michigan water levels, establishing a statewide propane line registry in the wake of the Pioneer Store disaster, and the construction of the new Maple-Oregon Bridge before renovation of the historic Michigan Street Bridge.

We will begin planning for our

spring 2015 legislative trip to Madison shortly.

For quite a while, DCEDC has been working with a number of Door County municipalities on redevelopment plans. We provided assistance to Sturgeon Bay, Sister Bay, Liberty Grove and Washington Island as they worked with constituents and consultants to plan for their community’s future. Ephraim recently worked with a consultant to develop a streetscape design and landscape architectural plan.

DCEDC and the city of Sturgeon Bay are well on the way toward implementation of the Westside Waterfront plan, including a boutique hotel, brew pub and potential workforce housing. Sister Bay and Egg Harbor are actively seeking partners for implementation of their development strategies and priorities, including both commercial development and workforce housing initiatives.

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DCEDC has led a Technology Council that has been a strong advocate for improved telecommunications throughout Door County. Nsight, Charter and Frontier continue to improve their networks in Door County. AT&T has been working with local municipalities to find locations for cellular towers to improve coverage to their customers who visit Door County.

We are especially excited to have a new local service provider, Door County Broadband, which is aggressively expanding its point-to-point wireless broadband service, providing connectivity further into the hard-to-reach areas of the Peninsula. Telecommunications and technology will continue to drive economic development and job growth for the county

for the foreseeable future, and DCEDC will continue to work to assure that our community has the best connectivity available.

We are very excited to partner with the Door County Community Foundation, Inc. for the start of the Door County Community Opportunity Investment Network, also known as COIN, an innovative effort that is using private philanthropic dollars to create a microloan fund that will lend to entrepreneurs, stimulating economic activity and ultimately creating jobs.

Door County COIN is a fund of the Community Foundation and administered by DCEDC. COIN and DCEDC also offer a business mentoring program that taps into the experience of Door County’s active, seasonal and retired business leaders to

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help new entrepreneurs succeed. We are actively seeking potential loan applicants as well as mentors for the COIN program, to grow more successful small businesses in the County.

In support of local entrepreneurs, DCEDC has co-sponsored a Door County Entrepreneurial Training Program course, which takes participants through a step-by-step process to research and write a comprehensive business plan.

Over the 13 years we have held the classes in Door County, nearly 175 entrepreneurs and existing business owners representing at least 60 local businesses have completed the course, and we have been able to award a $1,000 cash

prize to the best plan from the class each year. The 2015 edition of the course will begin Jan. 26 at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College-Sturgeon Bay. Contact the DCEDC office to receive notification when registration for the course opens this November.

DCEDC is excited for the next chapter in the growth of our community and is committed to ensure that the Door County business community remains strong, vibrant and diversified for the next 25 years and beyond.

Bill Chaudoir is executive director of the Door County Economic Development Corp.

For more information, call (920) 743-3113 or go to www. doorcountybusiness.com.

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newcomers

A Door County resident casts a ballot in the April 2014 elections. Tina M. Gohr/ Door County Advocate

information & referral Nicolet Promotions Welcome Service. If you’ve moved to Door County or bought a second home within the last year, Nicolet Promotions Welcome Service has free gift certificates for you. Contact Arlene at 920743-8686 for more details. Sponsored by businesses in Door County.

animal shelters & pet services

American Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA): website: www.aspca.org.

Animal Control: Door County Sheriff’s Department, 920-746-2416.

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Animal Poison Control Center Hotline: 888-426-4435; www.aspca. org/pet-care/poison-control.

Door County Humane Society:

3475 County PD, P.O. Box 93, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-746-1111; fax, 920746-4681; www.dooranimals.com. The Door County Humane Society provides a haven for lost or homeless pets while working to reunite them with their owners or place them with a new family. If you would like to adopt a pet from the shelter, and would like to have the application filled out prior to coming, visit the website. Photos and profiles of all adopt-

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able animals as well as their adoption fees are on the website. Adoption fees are posted on the website: Cats and Kittens: $90, Dogs and Puppies $150. The society encourages responsible pet ownership through education, training and spay/neutering. DCHS also offers pet cremation services, please call for more information. Office hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Visitation and adoption: M-W-F-S-S, noon-4 p.m.

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newcomers at the polls on Election Day. Residents must provide proof of residency, such as a driver’s license with current address, a utility bill, phone bill or bank statement. Voters may register before Election Day with the clerk in the municipality where they reside; the same clerk has appropriate forms for absentee voting.

In Door County, all polling places are open from 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. on Election Day, and results are posted on the county government website: www.co.door.wi.gov.

For most voter information, contact County Clerk Jill Lau at 920-746-2200.

Sturgeon Bay: Knights of Columbus Hall, 692 Tacoma Beach Rd.

Union: YMCA Camp Wabansi, 1242 Bay Shore Rd.

Washington Island: Washington Island Community Center, 910 Main Rd.

villages: Egg Harbor: Bertschinger Community Center, 7860 State Hwy 42

Forestville: Village Hall,

city of sturgeon bay:

Baileys Harbor: Town Hall,

Wards 1-6, 22 - 24 & 29: City Munici-

2392 County F

Brussels: Brussels Community Center, 1366 Junction Rd.

Clay Banks: Town Hall, 6098 County OO Egg Harbor: Town Hall, 5242 County I Forestville: Town Hall, 7705 County H,

pal Facility, 421 Michigan St.

Wards 11-17 & 28: Jaycee Hall, 340 Jaycee Ct.

Wards 7-10, 18-21, 25- 27, & 30:

Gibraltar: Community Building,

4097 Main St., Fish Creek.

Jacksonport: Town Hall, 3365 County V Liberty Grove: Town Hall, 11161 Old Stage Rd.

department of transportation Driver Licensing and Road Test Appointment – 800-924-3570.

DOT location in Door County:

Nasewaupee: Town Hall,

1009 Egg Harbor Rd, Sturgeon Bay www.dot.wisconsin.gov.

3388 County PD

Sevastopol: Town Hall,

4528 State Hwy 57

information centers & business associations Door County Visitor Bureau:

Bay View Lutheran Social Hall, 340 W. Maple St.

Maplewood

Gardner: Town Hall, 2344 County C

1300 Egg Harbor Rd., Ste. 124 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-743-7273, 800-9244191; www.wearehopeink.org.

57 N 12th. Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-743-4543: Hours: Mon - Thurs., 8-5 (closed for lunch noon - 1), sturgeonbay@ abrjobs.com; www.abrjobs.com.

10005 Norway St. (Cty Q)

Sister Bay: Fire Station, 2258 Mill Rd

towns:

Door County Job Center:

A B R Employment Services:

Ephraim: Administrative Office,

123 S. Forestville Ave. (State 42)

polling places:

job services

1015 Green Bay Rd., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-743-4456; www.doorcounty. com.

Baileys Harbor Community Association: 2392 County Highway F

at State Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor, WI 54202; 920-839-2366; www.baileysharbor.com.

Carlsville Business Association:

located seven miles north of Sturgeon Bay on Hwy. 42.; www.carlsvilledoorcounty. com.

Egg Harbor: 4666 Orchard Rd. Egg Harbor, WI 54209; 920-868-3717; www. eggharbordoorcounty.org.

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Ephraim: 10049 Water St.,

Ephraim, WI 54211; 920-8544989; Winter, 9996 Water St.; P.O. Box 203. www.ephraimdoorcounty.com.

Fish Creek: 4097 Hwy.42,

Walnut St., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-743-3113; 800450-3113; www.doorcounty business.com.

Jacksonport: 6275 State Hwy. 57, Jacksonport, WI 54235; 920-823-2288; www.jacksonport.net.

post offices

Fish Creek, WI 54212; 920868-2316; www.visitfishcreek. com.

Sister Bay: 2380 Gateway Dr., Sister Bay, 54234; 920854-2812; www.cometo sisterbay.com.

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2398 Bluff Rd.

Brussels:

1366 County Rd. DK

Egg Harbor:

Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-743-6246; www. sturgeonbay.net.

Door County North Association: Hwy 42 in

Ephraim: 3043 Cedar St.

Ellison Bay:

12055 Garrett Bay Rd.

downtown Ellison Bay (across from the Viking Restaurant) WI 54210; 920-854-5448 (mid-May through end of October) or 920-854-4450; doorcountynorth@gmail.com; www.doorcountynorth.org.

Fish Creek: 4097 Hwy. 42

Washington Island:

359 Louisiana St.

Detroit Harbor and Northport Ferry Docks, 920-847-2546; Washington Island Chamber, 2206 West Harbor Rd., www. washingtonisland-wi.com.

Forestville:

137 W Main St.

Sister Bay:

10685 N Bay Shore

Sturgeon Bay: Washington Island: 1889 Detroit Harbor

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government

The Door County Justice Center, on County S in Sturgeon Bay. Tina M. Gohr/Door County Advocate

county government Door County government, established in 1851, provides services to the 30,000 yearround residents, plus a seasonal population that fluctuates throughout the year. Door County covers 492 square miles of the Door Peninsula. The city of Sturgeon Bay is the county seat, home to the Government Center, 421 Nebraska St., and the Justice Center, 1201 S. Duluth Ave. County Website: www.co.door.wi.gov.

county supervisors and districts District 1: Town of Union and Town of Brussels - Ward 1: John Bur, 345

Breezy Acres, Brussels, WI 54204; 920-3628021; e-mail: district1@co.door.wi.us.

District 2: Town of Brussels - Ward 2, Town of Forestville - Ward 1: John H. Neinas, DOOR COUNTY ADVOCATE | IMPACT 2014-15

8674 County Rd. H, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235, 920-825-7618; e-mail: district2@ co.door.wi.us.

District 7: City of Sturgeon Bay - Wards 1 & 2, 29: Ben Meyer, 725 Georgia St., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-746-5580; e-mail: district7@co.door.wi.us.

District 3: Town of Forestville - Ward 2, Town of Clay Banks and Village of Forestville: Roy Englebert, 7290 Geier Rd, Forestville, WI 54213; 920-856-6706; e-mail: district 3@co.door.wi.us.

District 8: City of Sturgeon Bay - Wards 3 & 4: County Board Chairman, Dan Austad, 942 Memorial Dr., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-743-6773; e-mail: district8@co.door.wi.us.

District 4: Town of Gardner - Ward 1, Town of Nasewaupee - Ward 3: Jon Koch, 9238 Lovers Lane, Brussels, WI 54214; 920825-7567; e-mail: district4@co.door.wi.us.

District 9: City of Sturgeon Bay - Wards 5, 6, 22-24: Richard Haines, 1126 S. 18th Pl., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-743-6853; email: district9@co.door.wi.us.

District 5: Town of Gardener - Ward 2; Town Nasewaupee - Ward1: Tim Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor, 4094 Larson Rd., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-743-4715; e-mail: district5@co.door. wi.us.

District 10: City of Sturgeon Bay Wards 7, 8, 20, 21: Kenneth F. Fisher, 967 S. Douglas Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920743-9660; e-mail: district10@co.door.wi.us.

District 6: Town of Nasewaupee - Ward 2 & Town of Sturgeon Bay: Susan Kohout, 2099 Sunrise Shore Rd., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-743-1527; e-mail: district6@ co.door.wi.us.

District 11: City of Sturgeon Bay Wards 9, 10, 18, 19, 25-27, 30: Charles G. Brann, 207 N. Fulton Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-743-6876; e-mail: district11@ co.door.wi.us.

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District 12: City of Sturgeon Bay - Wards 11, 12, 15, 16, 17 & 28: Mark Moeller, 916 N. 8th Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-746-1609; e-mail: district12@ co.door.wi.us.

District 13: City of Sturgeon Bay Wards 13 & 14: Kathy Schultz, 423 N 12th Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-7432543; e-mail: district13@co.door.wi.us.

District 14: Town of Sevastopol Wards 2, 3, 4: Leo Zipperer, 3850 Bay Shore Drive, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920743-6355; e-mail: district14@co.door.wi.us.

District 15: Town of Sevastopol Wards 1 & 5: Richard Virlee, 3959 Glidden Dr., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-7437040; e-mail: district15@co.door.wi.us.

District 16: Town of Egg Harbor Ward 1 and Town of Jacksonport - Ward 1: Randy Halstead, 3693 Cty. Rd, V., Egg Harbor, WI 54209; 920-823-2303; e-mail: district16@co.door.wi.us.

District 17: Town of Egg Harbor Wards 2 & 3, Town of Jacksonport - Ward 2, Town of Baileys Harbor - Ward 1 and Village of Egg Harbor: David M Enigl, 7807 Memorial Dr., Egg Harbor, WI 54209; 920493-2294; e-mail: district17@co.door.wi.us.

District 18: Town of Gibraltar & Village of Ephraim: Holly Runquist, 8488 State Hwy 42, Fish Creek, WI 54212; 920868-3043; e-mail: district18@co.door.wi.us.

District 19: Town of Baileys Harbor - Ward 2 & Town of Liberty Grove - Ward 3: Donald A. Sitte, P.O. Box 275, Baileys Harbor, WI, 54202; 920-421-0481; e-mail: district19@co.door.wi.us.

*Circuit Court:

Circuit Judge D. Todd Ehlers, Branch 1, 920-746-2280; Circuit Judge Peter C. Diltz, Branch 2; 920-746-2280

*Clerk of Circuit Courts:

Nancy Robillard, 920-746-2205; nancy.robillard@wicourts.gov

Corporation Counsel:

District 20: Town of Liberty Grove - Ward 2 & Village of Sister Bay: David Lienau, 10611 Chalet Ln, P.O. Box 823, Sister Bay, WI 54234; 920-634-5372; e-mail: district20@co.door.wi.us.

Grant P. Thomas, 920-746-2228; gthomas1@co.door.wi.us

District 21: Town of Liberty Grove Ward 1 & Town of Washington: Joel Gunnlaugsson, 1423 Townline Rd., Washington Island, I 54246; 920-847-3456; cell# 920847-3456; e-mail: district21@co.door.wi.us.

Community Programs:

county offices and department heads

Emergency Services:

(* = Elected officials)

Shirley Scalish, 920-746-2209; sscalish@co.door.wi.us

County Administrator:

*County Clerk:

Jill Lau, 920-746-2200; jlau@co.door.wi.us Joseph Krebsbach, 920-746-7155; dcp@co.door.wi.us

*District Attorney:

Raymond Pelrine, 920-746-2284 Dan Williams, 920-743-5461; dwilliams@co.door.wi.us

Finance:

Maureen Murphy, 920-746-2552; mmurphy@co.door.wi.us

Highway:

Building & Grounds:

Human Resources:

Wayne Spritka, 920-746-2211; wspritka@co.door.wi.us or sbaker@co.door.wi.us

Child Support:

Rodney Dequaine, 920-746-2231; dequaine@co.door.wi.us

Cherryland Airport:

Keith Kasbohm, 743-3636; kkasbohm@co.door.wi.us

Commissioner John Kolodziej, 920-746-2500; kolodzie@co.door.wi.us Kelly Hendee, 920-746-2305; hr@co.door.wi.us

Human Services (Social Services): Joe Krebsbach, 920-746-7155; dhs@co.door.wi.us

Information Systems:

Tim Ullman, 920-746-2498; is@co.door.wi.us

Library:

Becca Berger, 920-743-6578; dclweb@mail.nfls.lib.wi.us

Medical Examiner:

One complimentary copy of the Official Directory can be picked up at the County Clerk’s office, 421 Nebraska St., Sturgeon Bay. Additional copies may be purchased for $2 each.

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Brown County Medical Examiner’s Office, 920-448-4185; BC_Medical_ Examiner@co.brown.wi.us

Museum:

Margaret Wier, 920-743-5809; DCMuseum@co.door.wi.us

Parks:

Erik Aleson, 920-746-9959; dcparks@co.door.wi.us

Planning & Zoning:

Mariah Goode, 920-746-2323

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government Public Health:

Rhonda Kolberg, 920-746-2234; rkolberg@co.door.wi.us

Real Property Listings:

fire departments

Holly Hansen, 920-746-2287; hollyhansen@co.door.wi.us

STURGEON BAY FIRE DEPARTMENT

Register in Probate:

SISTER BAY-LIBERTY GROVE FIRE DEPARTMENT 920-854-4021

Jennifer Moeller, 920-746-2482; jennifer.moeller@wicourts.gov

*Register of Deeds:

Carey Petersilka, 920-746-2270; cpetersilka@co.door.wi.us

Sanitarian:

John Teichtler, 920-746-2309; sanitarian@co.door.wi.us

Senior Resource Center: 920-746-2542 See Human Services

General Information 746-2916

920-746-8996

HELP OF DOOR COUNTY crisis hotline 920-743-8818

SISTER BAY, RESCUE-AMBULANCE 920-854-4333

Volunteer fire departments operate in Baileys Harbor, Brussels-Union-Gardner, Southern Door, Egg Harbor, Gibraltar-Fish Creek, Jacksonport, Ephraim and Washington Island, but typically have no on-duty staff. For information about non-emergency matters in those areas, contact the Door County Sheriff’s Department at 920-746-2400.

*Treasurer:

Jay Zahn, 920-746-2285; jzahn@co.door.wi.us

University of Wisconsin Extension Service:

Dean Volenberg, 920-746-2260; dean.volenberg@ces.uwex.edu

Veterans Services:

Scott McFarlane, 920-746-2226; veterans@co.door.wi.us

emergency numbers FOR ALL EMERGENCIES REQUIRING ASSISTANCE FROM FIRE, POLICE, SHERIFF’S OR AMBULANCE DEPARTMENTS - DIAL 911 U.S. COAST GUARD SEARCH AND RESCUE Sturgeon Bay, 920743-3366

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nonemergency numbers

BRUSSELS Est. 1858. Pop. 1142. Equal-

DOOR COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

ized: $76,198,200. Chairman: Joe Wautier, 1469 County Road DK, Brussels, 54204; 920-825-7277, bevjoewautier@gmail.com.

General Information 920-746-2400 Drug tip line 746-2444 Crime tip line 746-2436 www.doorcountysheriff.org

CLAY BANKS Est. 1859. Pop. 385.

Equalized: $67,492,000. Chairman: Myron Johnson, 6188 Midway Rd., Algoma, 54201, 920-743-9004. townofclaybanks@ gmail.com.

STURGEON BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT General Information 746-2450 www.sturgeonbaypolice.com

EGG HARBOR TOWN Est. 1861. Pop.

1,356. Equalized value: $526,093,300.

Town office (M-T-Th): 920-743-6141 (phone), 920-743-1102 (fax) or e-mail: townegg harbor@newwis.com. Chairman: Paul Peterson P.O. Box 133, Egg Harbor, 54209, 920-493-0528.

U.S. COAST GUARD

Sturgeon Bay Canal Station 920-743-3366 Mobile Bay, city dock 920-743-2646

FORESTVILLE Est. 1858. Pop. 1,102.

Marine Safety Detachment 57 N 12th Ave., Suite 108, Sturgeon Bay, 920-743-9448

Equalized: $81,527,900. Chairman: Roy Englebert, 7290 Geier Rd., Forestville, 920856-6706. englefarm@centurylink.net or rkerscher@centurytel.net.

WISCONSIN STATE PATROL U.S. SECRET SERVICE

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Fond du Lac, 920-929-3700 Milwaukee, 414-297-3587

the towns

Population (2013 Census): 1,034. Equalized valuation, 2012: $465,555,600. Town office: P.O. Box 308, 2392 County F, E Baileys Harbor, 54202; 920-839-9509; e-mail: tbaileysharbor@dcwis.com. Chairman: Don Sitte, PO Box 308, 8480 Ridgeview Dr., Baileys Harbor.

crises & intervention

800-222-1222

city, town & village information BAILEYS HARBOR Established 1848.

Soil & Water Conservation: William Schuster, 920-746-2214; swcd@co.door.wi.us

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GARDNER Est. 1862. Pop. 1,210. Equalized: $215,101,200. Town phone and fax numbers: 920-825-1137; e-mail: togclerk@ townofgardner.org. Chairman: Jon Koch, 9238 Lovers Ln., Brussels, 920-825-7567.

800-996-3784

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GIBRALTAR Est. 1862. Pop. 1,036.

Equalized: $703,846,900. Town office: Community Center, Fish Creek, 920-868-1714, email: clerk@town ofgibraltar.us chairman: Brian Merkel, 9242 Gibraltar Bluff Rd, Fish Creek, 920-868-2335.

JACKSONPORT Est. 1869. Pop.

709. Equalized: $262,114,400. Town Phone: 920-823-8136; e-mail: jtown clerk@jportfd.com. Chairperson: Alvin Birnschein, 6103 Cty. Rd. T, Sturgeon Bay, 54235, 920-493-7467.

LIBERTY GROVE Est. 1859. Pop. 1,751. Equalized: $985,679,300. Town Office: 11161 Old Stage Rd., Sister Bay 54234, 920-854-2934; Fax: 920-854-7366; e-mail: tlibertygrove@ dcwis.com. Chairman: John Lowry, 11587 Beach Rd., Sister Bay, 54234, 920-421-1158.

NASEWAUPEE Est. 1859. Pop.

2090. Equalized: $343,385,500.

E-mail: nasewaupeeclerk@gmail. com Chairman: Steven Sullivan, 7044 County Rd. C, Sturgeon Bay 54235, 920-743-9391.

SEVASTOPOL Est. 1859. Pop. 2,655. Equalized: $714,741,500. Town Office: Sevastopol town hall, 4528 State Hwy. 57, Sturgeon Bay, 54235; 920-746-1230; fax, 920-746-1245; e-mail, office@townofsevastopol.com; Website, www.townofsevastopol.com.

Chairman: Leo Zipperer, 3850, Bay Shore Dr., Sturgeon Bay, 54235, 920743-6355.

STURGEON BAY Est. 1857. Pop.

819. Equalized: $181,105,400. E-mail: nancy.anschutz@townofsturgeonbay. us. Chairman: Daniel Cihlar, 1976 County U, Sturgeon Bay, 920-7437844.

UNION Est. 1865. Pop. 1002. Equalized 133,154,000. www.townofuniondoor.com Town e-mail: laluzerne@ centurytel.net. Chairman: Dennis Counard, 275 Breezy Acres Rd., Luxemburg 54217, 920-866-2774, dlcounard@gmailcom.

WASHINGTON ISLAND Est. 1849.

Pop. 714. Equalized: $318,147,800.

Town Office: 920-847-2522; e-mail: townoffice@washingtonisland-wi.gov.

Chairman: Joel Gunnlaugsson, 1423 Town Line Rd., Washington Island, 54246, 920-883-6601, joelgunnlaugsson@gmail.com.

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the villages EGG HARBOR Est. 1861. Pop.

203. Equalized: $343,035,000.

Village Office: P.O. Box 175, 7860 State Hwy 42, Egg Harbor 54209, 920-868-3334; Fax: 920-868-9507. e-mail: lohnesorge@villageofegg harbor.org. Village Administrator, Josh VanLieshout, jvanlieshout@ villageofeggharbor.org President: Joe Smith, PO Box 412, Egg Harbor, 920-819-9741. www.villageof eggharbor.org.

EPHRAIM Est. 1853. Pop. 290.

Equalized: $335,084,700. Village office: P.O. Box 138, 10005 Norway, Ephraim, 54211, 920-854-5501; Fax: 920-854-2072; e-mail: office@ ephraim-wisconsin.com. President: Michael McCutcheon, P.O. Box 255, Ephraim, 920-854-3218.

FORESTVILLE Est. 1858. Pop.

428. Equalized: $19,153,700. Village office: P.O. Box 6, Forestville 54213, 920-856-6886 or 920-366-3640; e-mail: villageclerk@centurylink.net.

President: Terry McNulty, 300 E Park St., Forestville, 920-495-0402.

SISTER BAY Est. 1912. Pop.

903. Equalized: $402,020,200.

Village office: P.O. Box 769, 421 Maple Dr. Sister Bay, WI 54234; 920-854-4118; Fax: 920-8549637. Village Administrator: Zeke Jackson, 920-421-4457. Village President: David Lienau, P.O. Box 823, Sister Bay, 920-854-5627; email: dave.lienau@sisterbaywi.gov; Tourist Information Center, 2380 Gateway Dr., 920-854-2812; Sister Bay Historical Society/Corner of the Past Museum, 10310 Fieldcrest Rd., 920-854-7680.

the city STURGEON BAY Incorporated April 7, 1883. Pop. 9,137. Equalized: $813,698,400. City Hall: 421 Michigan St., 920-746-2900, Fax: 920-746-2905; Website: www. sturgeonbaywi.org. Mayor: Thad Birmingham, 421 Michigan St., 920-746-2900; email: mayor@ sturgeonbay,wi.org. City Administrator: Steve B. McNeil, 421 Michigan St. 920-746-2900, email: smcneil@sturgeonbaywi.org.

government state & federal elected officials State Senator

1st Senate District 4-year term, expires January 2015 Frank Lasee (R), De Pere - representing Door, Kewaunee and parts of Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Fond du Lac and Winnebago Counties Room 20 South, State Capitol P.O. Box 7882 • Madison, WI 53707-7882 Phone: (608) 266-3512; Fax: (608) 267-6792 Email: sen.lasee@legis.wisconsin.gov Website: legis.wisconsin.gov/senate.lasee

State Representative

1st Assembly District 2-year term, expires January 2015 Garey Bies (R), Sister Bay - representing Door, Kewaunee and part of Brown counties Room 216 North, State Capitol, P.O. Box 8952 • Madison, WI 53708-8952 Phone: (608) 266-5359; Fax: (608) 282-3601 Email: rep.bies@legis.wisconsin.gov Website: legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly.bies

U.S. Senator

6-year term, expires January 2017 Ron Johnson (R), Oshkosh

386 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-5323; Fax: (202) 224-2725 Email: ron_johnson@ronjohnson.senate.gov Website: www.ronjohnson.senate.gov

U.S. Senator

6-year term, expires January 2019

Tammy Baldwin (D)

1 Russell Courtyard, Washington, DC 20510-4903 202-224-5653 or 608-264-5338 Website: www.baldwin.senate.gov

U.S. Congressman

8th Congressional District 2-year term, expires January 2015 Reid Ribble (R), Appleton representing Door, Kewaunee, Brown, Shawano, Waupaca, Oconto, Menominee, Marinette, Forest, Florence, Vilas and parts of Calumet, Outagamie, Oneida and Langlade counties 1513 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515-4908 Phone: (202) 225-5665; Fax: (202) 225-5729 Website: http://ribble.house.gov

Governor

4-year term, expires January 2015 Scott Walker (R), Milwaukee

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education

Windsor McCutcheon reads holiday books to a rapt audience at the Door County Library branch in Ephraim. Tina M. Gohr/Door County Advocate

public schools gibraltar area schools

3924 Hwy. 42, Fish Creek, WI 54212; 920868-3284. Gibraltar Area School District is a pre-kindergarten through 12th grade public school. It serves the communities of Gills Rock, Ellison Bay, Sister Bay, Ephraim, Fish Creek, Egg Harbor, and Baileys Harbor, all of which reflect a tradition of support for academic, athletic, and cultural achievement. Governed by its own Board of Education, the school district serves approximately 580 students, www.gasd.new. rschooltoday.com.

sevastopol school district 4550 Hwy 57, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-743-6282. The district serves the towns of Sevastopol, Egg Harbor, Jacksonport and Sturgeon Bay and part of the city of Sturgeon Bay. www.sevastopol.k12.wi.us.

southern door school district 2073 County DK, Brussels, WI 54204; 920825-7311. Southern Door is a rural area serving the towns of Brussels, Clay Banks, Forestville, Gardner, Sturgeon Bay, Nasewaupee and Union, the village of Forestville, and a portion of the city of Sturgeon Bay. Located on a beautiful 129 acre site on Highway 57, six miles north of Brussels and seven miles south of Sturgeon Bay,

the school district is known for its strong traditions of academic and co-curricular excellence, â&#x20AC;&#x153;familyâ&#x20AC;? like atmosphere, community service learning projects and business partnerships. www.southerndoor.k12.wi.us.

sturgeon bay school district 1230 Michigan St., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-746-2800. The district serves the city of Sturgeon Bay and a portion of the town of Sevastopol with district offices and high school (Gr. 9-12) at 1230 Michigan St.; a middle school at 19 N. 14th Ave. (Gr. 6-8), 920-746-2810; elementary schools at 1414 Rhode Island St. (Gr. 3-5), 920-7462814 and 60 Willow Drive (Gr. 1-2), 920-7462817 and an early learning center at 827 N. Eighth Ave., 920-746-2811. www.sturbay. k12.wi.us. education continued on page 34 >>>

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education Adaline Nelson and Quin Schram, foreground, are among the students reading George Orwell’s classic “Animal Farm’’ in Heather Spetz’s English class at Sevastopol High School. Tina M. Gohr/Door County Advocate

washington island Wisconsin’s smallest public K-12 school district, 888 Main Rd., Washington Island, WI 54246; 920 847-2507; fax: 920-847-2865, Website: www.island.k12.wi.us.

parochial schools Peninsula Christian School, 1715

Michigan St., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920743-6065; a non-denominational Christian

school located at the Family Worship Center (1715 Michigan St.); gr. 3-12.

St. John Bosco Catholic School, 15 N. Elgin Ave, Sturgeon

Bay, is a cooperative district operated by the parishes of St. Joseph, 130 N. Fifth Ave. and Corpus Christi, 25 N. Elgin Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235, and SS. Peter and Paul, 4761 E. Dunn Rd., Sevastopol. Contact 920-7434144. www.johnboscoschool.org.

St. Peters Lutheran School, (WELS), 108 W. Maple St., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920743-4432; Paul Lutze, principal; gr. Pre-K - 8. www.stpeterslutheran.net.

Zion Lutheran School and Early Childhood Center (WELS), 3937 County

Rd V, Egg Harbor, WI 54209; 920-743-2325.

Contact Early Childcare Center directly at 920743-2325, ext 1#. www.zioneggharbor.com.

higher education

local & commuter schools Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, 2740 W. Mason St., P.O. Box 19042,

Green Bay, WI 54307-9042, 800-422-NWTC;

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St. Norbert College, 100 Grant Street, De Pere, WI 541152099. Dedicated to making a private education affordable, St. Norbert helps students connect their passions with the needs of the world through more than 40 challenging programs of study, global service opportunities, study abroad, collaborative research, internships and much more. 800-236-4878, admit@ snc.edu, www.snc.edu.

The University of Wisconsin–Green Bay is a

When Southern Door graduate Jared Spude returned from active duty with the National Guard he found a perfect opportunity to continue his education at a university with big-school opportunities and expectations, and just a ‘stone’s throw’ from the community he loves.

“UWGB has been everything I hoped for and more. It is extremely competitive, but offers more personalized instruction with faculty always willing to go the extra mile. I was hesitant about the return to school but with the help of the professors in my first couple of semesters, I felt confident and comfortable.

public university located in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System and offers both bachelor and master degrees. 2420 Nicolet Dr, Green Bay, WI 54311, (920) 4652000, www.uwgb.edu.

libraries Visitor or resident, everyone is eligible for a library card; there are no age or residence restrictions. Present an ID and fill out a

simple application. Borrowers under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian sign for their card. Original cards are free.

The largest of eight Door County community libraries is in Sturgeon Bay, at 107 S 4th Ave., 920-743-6578.

This is also the location of the library offices and the Miller Art Museum, 920746-0707. Branch libraries are located in: Baileys Harbor, 2392 County F, 920-839-2210; Egg Harbor, 7860 Hwy. 42, 920868-2664; Ephraim, 9996 Water St., 920-854-2014; Fish Creek, 4097 Hwy. 42, 920-868-3471; Forestville, 123 Hwy 42 S, 920-8566886; Sister Bay/Liberty Grove, 2323 Mill Rd., Sister Bay, 920-854-2721; Washington Island, Main & Lakeview Roads, 920847-2323. The Door County Library is affiliated with over fifty other northeast Wisconsin libraries in the Nicolet Federated Library System (NFLS) and the Outagamie Waupaca Library System (OWLS). www.Door CountyLibrary.org.

“When people ask why UWGB, I tell them it has big college advantages with a small town, safe, learning environment dedicated 100% to making students successful. I would not want to be going to school anywhere else!”

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volunteer

Volunteer Katie Jandrain of the 4-H Horse and Pony Project helps Krista Jacobson of Sister Bay ride a horse during the annual Maifest community celebration in Jacksonport. Tina M. Gohr/Door County Advocate

Altrusa Club of Door County

American Folklore Theatre

The mission of this local chapter of an international community service organization is to advance literacy through opportunities. Projects include reading and presenting books to young children and outfitting disadvantaged children with school supplies, backpacks, gym shoes and other new things at the annual Backto-School Fair in August. Altrusa builds leadership skills amongst its members and offers friendship and fellowship at meetings and fundraising activities.

The mission of American Folklore Theatre is to create, develop and present professional musical and dramatic productions which will further the knowledge and appreciation of the culture and heritage of the United States. The theater is dedicated to maintaining standards of artistic excellence; celebrating and illuminating the human condition; reaching a large audience of all ages, including families; and fostering a humanistic work environment with adequate and appropriate emotional, financial and creative support for all those associated with us.

Email: altrusaofdoor@gmail.com PO Box 523 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Contact: Ann Birnschein Phone: (920) 854-6117 www.folkloretheatre.com Email: volunteer@folkloretheatre.com PO Box 273 â&#x20AC;˘ Fish Creek, WI 54212

Volunteer opportunities throughout Door County as compiled through the Volunteer Center of Door County.

Please contact: Volunteer Center of Door County for further information regarding these and other volunteer opportunities. The Volunteer Center is located at 62 S. Third Avenue, P.O. Box 441, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-746-7704; www.

VolunteerDoorCounty.com; email: volunteercenter@ doorcounty.com.

American Red Cross of Northeast Wisconsin

Contact: Jody Weyers Phone: (920) 468-8535 www.redcross.org Email: jody.weyers@redcross.org 2131 Deckner Avenue â&#x20AC;˘ Green Bay, WI 54302 The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.

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Baileys Harbor Women’s Club

who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Volunteer organization for Baileys Harbor full or part-time residents. Annual July 4th Strawberry Fest raises funds for scholarships and community projects/improvements.

Christ Child Society

Contact: Beckie Hawker Phone: (920) 839-2903 Email: hawkeye@greenbaynet.com

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeastern Wisconsin

Contact: Main Office 1345 W. Mason Street Green Bay, WI 54303 Southern Door Schools: Patti O’Rourke Phone: (920) 559-1250 • www.bbbsnew.org Email: porourke@southerndoor.k12.wi.us Sturgeon Bay Schools: Kelly Allen Phone: (920) 559-6117 • www.bbbsnew.org Email: kellya@bbbsnew.org Our mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring professionally supported 1-to-1 relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

Birch Creek Music Performance Center, Inc.

Contact: Donna Johnson Phone: (920) 868-3763 www.birchcreek.org Email: donna@birchcreek.org 3821 County Hwy. E • Egg Harbor, WI 54209 Birch Creek’s mission is to provide intensive, performance-based instruction to promising young musicians by immersing them in a professional, mentoring environment.

Boys and Girls Club of Door County Contact: Jessica Heck Phone: (920) 495-5124 www.bgcdoorcounty.org Email: jheck@bgcdoorcounty.org 55 S. Third Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

To inspire all young people, especially those

Contact: Jill Cavanaugh Phone: (920) 743-9555 Email: jcavana1@yahoo.com 6030 Bay Shore Drive Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

The Clearing Folk School

Contact: Tammy Musiel Phone: (920) 854-4088 www.theclearing.org Email: clearing@theclearing.org 12171 Garrett Bay Road PO Box 65 • Ellison Bay, WI 54210

Community Clinic of Door County

The mission of The Community’s Garden is to showcase the connection between a community’s well-being and nature. The Garden will be a laboratory for learning that will provide access to gardening, a place for healing and camaraderie, an opportunity for education and a way for the community to work together to be good stewards of our land.

Phone: (920) 746-5895 www.crossroadsatbigcreek.org Email: info@crossroadsatbigcreek.org 2041 Michigan Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Crossroads at Big Creek provides life-long, experience-based, learning which will nurture historical and cultural appreciation, scientific curiosity and environmental awareness.

Contact: Jane Herlitz Phone: (920) 746-8989 www.communityclinicofdoorcounty.org Email: jane@ccofdc.org 1623 Rhode Island Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Door CANcer, Inc.

The Community Clinic of Door County, Inc. is a compassionate, community based, non-profit organization that provides primary health care, mental health counseling, integrative health services

DOOR CANcer, Inc is a community-based voluntary organization dedicated to help serve Door County families with cancer in times of financial need.

Contact: Barb Herdina Phone: (920) 743-8492 www.doorcancer.com Email: medusa1@charter.net PO Box 423 • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

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Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc.

The Mission of The Clearing is to provide diverse educational experiences in the folk school tradition, in a setting of quiet forests, meadows and water. The Clearing is a place where adults who share an interest in nature, arts or humanities can learn, reflect and wonder.

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Christ Child Society is a national nonprofit organization of volunteers embracing members of all denominations expressing their love of the Christ Child by service to God’s children regardless of race or creed.

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Door Community Auditorium

Door County Community Support Program

Phone: (920) 868-2728 www.dcauditorium.org Email: boxoffice@ dcauditorium.org 3926 Highway 42 Fish Creek, WI 54212

Phone: (920) 746-2340 Email: sflores@co.door.wi.us 421 Nebraska Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Door Community Auditorium serves as a center to enrich, entertain, and challenge through a balanced combination of performing, visual, and literary arts; and to provide opportunities for social, educational, and cultural growth.

Door County 4-H

Phone: (920) 746-2260 www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/door Email: dawn.kuelz@ ces.uwex.edu Door County 4-H and UW-Extension Youth Programs integrate research, education and community-based partnerships, enabling youth to learn and practice skills to be productive citizens.

Door County Child Care Services, Inc. Phone: (920) 743-2833 Email: kidscountdccc@ yahoo.com

Door County Child Care Center strives to meet the childcare needs identified by the people of Door County. The Center also strives to provide a program that is affordable and accessible, abiding by the established philosophy and objectives of the Center.

Our mission is to provide comprehensive support services to all personas living with severe and persistent mental illness. This is achieved by providing every manner of service in both traditional and non-traditional formats which are deemed necessary to support and maintain independent, community based living among identified consumer.

Door County Economic Development Corporation Contact: Sam Perlman Phone: (920) 743-3113 www.doorcountybusiness.com Email: sam@doorcounty business.com 185 East Walnut Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

The Door County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) is a public/private partnership dedicated to improving the economic vitality of the county and its residents.

Door County Habitat for Humanity and ReStore

Contact: Executive Director Phone: (920) 743-2869 www.doorcountyhabitat.org Email: doorhabitat@sbcglobal.net 410 N. 14th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Door County Habitat for Humanity is a Christian organization striving to provide to all who participate

Volunteering Can Add Years to Your LIFE!

• Volunteers have improved physical and mental health.

• Volunteers have lower rates of depression.

• Volunteers report higher levels of happiness, self-esteem and a sense of control over their lives.

• Volunteering not only can help your health, but it is proven to add quality to the live you’re living!

• Volunteers experience greater functional ability and better health outcomes later in life.

• Volunteers live longer!

It’s no surprise that helping someone out can make us feel good, yet study after study show that volunteering provides more than just emotional benefits--it can actually make us healthier, and even add on some extra birthdays!

Volunteering can also be a mental pick-meup, since it helps reduce anxiety and depression. When you see what other people are dealing with on a day to day basis, it helps to put your problems into perspective.

The key is to expect nothing in return.

People who volunteer for selfless reasons and to create relationships, on average, decrease their risk of mortality. On the other hand, those who volunteered just because it “looked good”, didn’t experience the same benefits.

Just remember that the reason for volunteering, not just simply doing it, matters too.

So leave obligation behind and volunteer if there’s a genuine desire — it’s a win-win!

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United Way of Door County

Goals getting closer, but more still needed

By Amy Kohnle United Way of Door County United Way of Door County works behind the scenes daily to

empower people to build better lives. Why do we do this?

The answer varies from volunteer to volunteer, as we found out at a recent board retreat. After a great discussion, the answer that was agreed upon is that we want to ensure a stronger community for today and tomorrow.

Door County is a fabulous place to live, work and vacation but as many of us know there is the “other side of the door.”

This side is the harsh reality that some of our neighbors are facing daily. They are challenged with finding affordable mental health care, finding educational resources for their children, deciding which bills get paid when, and the list goes on.

Our mission is to empower people to build better lives. We identify community needs and foster synergy between business, government, individuals and nonprofits to improve lives and thereby strengthen the entire community.

In 2012, we changed the focus of our work to the following four areas: Basic Needs; Community Wellness; Health Care and Healthy Lifestyles; and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment. The programs that we fund are working with us to achieve measureable results within each of these areas. The work that we are doing is called Community Impact or Collective Impact, depending on who you talk to. Our United Way board defines our Impact Work PAGE 40

as improving lives by mobilizing community resources to create meaningful, lasting results in our community.

You are those community resources that help to make Door County a stronger community.

You have time, talent and financial resources that you choose to contribute to our community to help us create those lasting changes. And we thank you for that. We call that “Living United.”

We challenge our organization to constantly be looking for new individuals, organizations, government entities and businesses to partner with to help achieve the goals that the community set for us in 2011. We have only been formally working on these goals since 2012. We know that some of them will take 10 or more years to achieve and others we will be able to show progress sooner.

I would like to highlight just a few of our Impact Goals and the work that is being done in those areas.

• One of our goals in the area of Health is to increase available hours of affordable dental care for adults and children in Door County. The Ministry Door County Medical Center Dental Clinic is a great partner for helping to achieve this goal.

A small group of dedicated community members started this clinic over 10 years ago, and it continues to grow to meet the needs of many who are in need of dental care. During the past two years the Public Health Department, the clinic, United Way and many others worked to grow the clinic so that they could now serve adults in addition to children.

In 2013, the Dental Clinic saw

over 1,000 patients with about 2,900 appointments. Its goal for 2014 is to see over 1,600 patients by adding services for adults.

Another goal in the area of Health is to ensure the provision of affordable, accessible and available mental health care.

The Community Clinic of Door County offers mental health services on a sliding fee scale with two part-time mental health providers.

There continues to be a high demand for affordable mental health care in our county. This means that most of the time there is a wait for mental health services. As you can imagine, this is not the type service that people should have to wait weeks to receive.

In 2012, this program saw 19 new patients and the wait for their first appointment was under three weeks. In 2013, this program saw 48 new patients and decreased the wait for the first appointment to less than two weeks.

• A goal that we have in the area of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Education is to promote programs to support individuals and their families recovering from substance abuse.

One of the programs that we partner with in this area is Kimberley House, a transitional living program for people recovering from substance abuse. The staff at Kimberley House works with the residents to help them stay clean and sober and find employment and a stable living environment.

In 2013, seven people completed the three-month program at Kimberley House. At the end of their stays, five had secured

stable housing and four had secured an adequate income stream.

• A goal in the area of Basic Needs is to increase access to mentoring programs. Two programs that we are partnering with in this area are Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Boys and Girls Club of Door County. These programs are working to bring mentors to the children who need them, making them more accessible to the children. The mentors meet with the students at their school or at the after school program.

In 2012, eight new mentors were trained and matched. In 2013, 35 new mentors were trained and matched.

These results give us quite a bit to be proud of as a community. They also demonstrate that there is still room for improvement and growth. This is why you are asked to “Live United” every year, and often times more frequently than that.

We will continue to need people’s time, talents and financial resources to make changes such as the ones highlighted above an ongoing and lasting reality. Each year we move a little closer to creating lasting these changes which will ensure a stronger community. Please consider this your invitation to be part of the change. Please don’t hesitate to contact me. Information on our Impact Goals can be found on our website, www. unitedwaydc.com.

Amy Kohnle is the executive director of United Way of Door County.

For more information, call (920) 746-9645, go to www. unitedwaydc.com or email amy@unitedwaydc.com.

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Door County Humane Society

Door County Historical Society

Door County Humane Society provides a safe haven for lost or homeless pets, while working to reunite them with their owners or place them with new, loving homes.

Contact: Mary Gilbert Phone: (920) 421-2332 www.doorcountyhistoricalsociety.org Email: dchistoricalsociety1@gmail.com 2041 Michigan Street PO Box 71 • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 The Door Count Historical Society strives to collect, maintain, and share the history and heritage of Door County through preservation, education and programming.

Door County Home & Community Education Contact: Elizabeth LeClair Phone: (920) 823-2404 6332 Hwy. 57 • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

To provide educational opportunities, improve leadership abilities of members and offer service to communities.

Door County Human Services

Phone: (920) 746-7155 www.co.door.wi.us Email: dhs@co.door.wi.us 421 Nebraska Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

The Department of Human Services provides an array of services and programs that literally cover the lifespan of Door County citizens. More specifically, we serve children, families, adults, and the elderly who are challenged by alcohol and other drug abuse / mental illness / physical and developmental disabilities / the infirmities of aging / children & adults at risk of abuse or neglect / and financial issues relating to health care, child care, energy assistance, and some limited work programs.

Contact: Sarah Ewaskowitz Phone: (920) 746-1111 www.dooranimals.com Email: volunteer@dooranimals.com 3475 County PD • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Door County Land Trust

Contact: Kristi Rice Phone: (920) 746-1359 www.doorcountylandtrust.org Email: volunteer@doorcountylandtrust.org 23 N. 5th Avenue • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 The mission of the Door County Land Trust is to preserve, maintain, and enhance lands that contribute significantly to the scenic beauty open space, and ecological integrity of Door County.

Door County Maritime Museum

Contact: Jon Gast Phone: (920) 743-5958 • www.dcmm.org Email: jgast@dcmm.org 120 N. Madison Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 It is the vision of the Door County Maritime Museum to provide and perpetuate the best maritime museum experiences on the Great Lakes.

Door County Medical Center Foundation Contact: Robin Hamm-Jackson Phone: (920) 746-1071 www.ministryhealth.org Email: robin.hamm-jackson@ ministryhealth.org 1843 Michigan Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Provides various volunteer services for

Ministry Door County Medical Center by assisting with the following: Foundation, Auxiliary, Skilled Nursing Facility, Lifeline, Gift Shop, Plant operations, Clerical Duties, Hospitality Services, Beauty Shop, Fund-raising, Clinic Services Area, Oncology Services, Outpatient Surgery Unit, Medical records, Rehab Services, Hospital Tours, Garden maintenance, Special Events.

Door County Renaissance Development Group, Inc.

Contact: Sandra Stetler Phone: (920) 746-6773 www.doorcowirenaissance.com Email: dcrff@att.net 914 South Fulton Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Our mission is to reach out to families and disabled, disadvantaged or at risk youths with the goal of inspiring, educating and enriching their lives by providing insight and appreciation for music, art, history, literacy and life during the era known as the Renaissance.

Door County Senior Resource Center

Contact: Judy Dobbins Phone: (920) 746-2542 www.co.door.wi.gov Email: DCSRC@co.door.wi.gov 832 N. 14th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 The mission of the Senior Resource Center is to help older persons live with dignity, independence and safety. We are dedicated to enhancing the ability of older adults to maintain a high level of health and independence.

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Kiehnau’s Service Since 1952

HEARTHSIDE Assisted Living Home for the Elderly

Total Assistance with Personal Care Total Assistance with Daily Living and Incontinence Assistance with Medication

Domestic and Imported Computerized Car Repair For all your Small Engine needs

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Wheelchairs Welcome Transportation Available Homemade Meals

Serving Northern Door County for over 50 years.

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Door County UW Extension

Contact: Dean Volenberg Phone: (920) 746-2260 • door.uwex.edu/ Email: jhanson@co.door.wi.us 421 Nebraska Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 We teach, learn, lead and serve, connecting people with the University of Wisconsin, and engaging with them in transforming lives and communities.

Door County YMCA

Contact: Molly Schroeder Phone: (920) 743-4949 www.doorcountyymca.org Email: mschroeder@doorcountyymca.org 1900 Michigan Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 The mission of the Door County YMCA is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. At the YMCA, we are for youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.

Door Shakespeare

Contact: Amy Ludwigsen Phone: (920) 839-1500 www.doorshakespeare.com Email: info@doorshakespeare.com 8093 State Hwy. 57 Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 Our mission is to provide relevant and entertaining productions of the works of William Shakespeare and other classical playwrights through artistic excellence in both the conception and performance of our plays, and to enhance the theatrical experience through interactive educational opportunities designed for audiences of all ages, thereby creating a common ground to experience these celebrated traditions.

Door-Tran

Contact: Pam Busch Phone: (920) 743-9999 • www.door-tran.com Email: info@door-tran.com PO Box 181 • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Door-Tran is a creative community network dedicated to connecting people to transportation services that are affordable, available, and accessible.

Ephraim Historical Foundation & Ephraim Village Museums

Phone: (920) 854-9688 • www.ephraim.org Email: info@ephraim.org Ephraim Village Museums are the public face of the Ephraim Historical Foundation with a goal to sustain the beauty of Ephraim and to foster preservation, restore of historical sites, documents and relics; to foster development of cultural education and activities in Ephraim and the larger community.

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Family Centers of Door County

Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Contact: Sara Paye Phone: (920) 825-1430 www.familycentersdc.com Email: sara@familycentersdc.com 130 N. 5th Avenue • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

To eliminate domestic abuse through prevention and intervention services and to advocate for social change.

The mission of the Family Centers of Door County is to strengthen and support families and communities. The objective of the organization is to bring people of all ages together for fun, friendship and learning. Community celebrations, social gatherings, children’s activities, and educational workshops provide the means to meet our overall goals of outreach, collaboration, and education.

Phone: (920) 746-9224 33 N. Joliet • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Feed and Clothe My People

Contact: Stella Huff Phone: (920) 743-9053 www.feedmypeopledoorcounty.com E-Mail: e.huff@feedmypeopledoorcounty.com 204 N. 14th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 To help those in need of food and clothing.

Friends of the Door County Parks System, Inc.

Phone: (920) 746-9959 www.map.co.door.wi.us/parks E-Mail: friendsofdcparks@gmail.com Mission Is to protect and preserve the beauty and splendor of the Door County parks, to provide educational materials for park users and, to continue park acquisition, development and recreational activities in the county parks.

Good Samaritan SocietyScandia Village

Contact: Nicki Scharrig Phone: (920) 854-2317 • www.good-sam.com Email: nscharri@good-sam.com 10560 Applewood Road Sister Bay, WI 54234 The mission of The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society is to share God’s love in word and deed by providing shelter and supportive services to the elderly and others in need believing that “In Christ’s Love, Everyone Is Someone.”

The Hardy Gallery

Phone: (920) 854-2210 • www.thehardy.org Email: info@thehardy.org The historic Hardy Gallery is a non-profit organization enriching the vibrancy of the Door County community by promoting and fostering local art and artists.

HELP of Door County

Contact: Tina Gray-Siebers Phone: (920) 743-8785 www.helpofdoorcounty.org Email: resourcedev@helpofdoorcounty.org 291 Green Bay Road

Kimberley House

Kimberley House provides a structured, transitional living arrangement for adults in the early stages of alcohol and/or drug abuse recovery in preparation for returning to an independent lifestyle.

Lakeshore Community Action Program, Inc. Contact: Sandi Soik Phone: (920) 743-0192 www.lakeshorecap.org Email: sandis@lakeshorecap.org 131 S. Third Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Lakeshore Community Action Program promotes self-sufficiency and well-being with individuals and families through results based programs, services, and partnerships delivered by an understanding staff with resources to provide appropriate solutions.

Leadership Door County

Contact: Anni Lampert Phone: (920) 255-7233 www.leadershipdoorcounty.com Email: leadershipdoorcounty@gmail.com 62 S. Third Avenue PO Box 874 • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Leadership Door County brings together community members with diverse viewpoints to become stronger leaders and to understand community issues through experiential education.

League of Women Voters Door County

Contact: Sandy Brown Phone: (920) 743-8146 www.doorcounty.wi.lwvnet.org Email: lwvdcprez@gmail.com PO Box 306 • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization encouraging informed and active participation in government. It influences public policy through education and advocacy. We never support or oppose any political party or candidate.

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society – Wisconsin Chapter Contact: Stephanie Livingston Phone: (262) 785-4272 www.scenicshore150.org E-Mail: scenicshore150@lls.org 200 S. Executive Drive • Suite 203 Brookfield, WI 53005

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volunteer The mission of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Loaves & Fishes Community Meals Ministry Contact: Jan Evers Phone: (920) 493-4142 www.sbmoravian.org/loaves Email: jtwe41@gmail.com

Serves meals on the 1st, 3rd and 4th Fridays in Sturgeon Bay and the 4th Tuesday in Sister Bay.

Matthew House Thrift Shop Contact: Marilyn Beyer Phone: (920) 868-2731 Email: friz1995@charter.net 7896 Hwy. 42 • PO Box 140 Egg Harbor, WI 54209

Matthew House Thrift Shop sells donated items which are used to raise funds for a developmentally disabled respite care home in Egg Harbor.

Midsummer’s Music Festival

Contact: Mark Kunstman Phone: (920) 854-7088 www.midsummersmusic.com Email: mk.midsummers@gmail.com 10568 Country Walk Lane • Suite 109 PO Box 1004 • Sister Bay, WI 54234-1004

107 S. 4th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Mission Statement - Midsummer’s Music has a threefold mission: 1. To develop, enthuse, and educate audiences of all ages by emphasizing chamber music’s strongest assets (intimacy, vitality, quality, variety, portability) through the most powerful experiences highly professional performers can generate; 2. To marry these strengths with the unique and diverse cultural, historical, and scenic opportunities in Door County by working in a mutually beneficial collaboration with other charitable arts and social organizations; 3. To serve the Door County community by enhancing the quality of life for visitor and resident alike.

Ministry Door County Medical Center Dental Clinic

The Miller Art Museum was established to foster and inspire the creative life of the community through its permanent collection and changing exhibitions; to be a catalyst for enrichment through cultural, educational, and art appreciation programming for people of all ages.

Contact: Tanya Fischer Phone: (920) 493-1300 www.ministryhealth.org/DCMH/Services/ DentalClinic.nws Email: Tanya.fischer@ministryhealth.org 1843 Michigan Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Miller Art Museum

Mission is to serve and treat youth in Door and Kewaunee Counties that are on Medicaid, Badger Care or are low income, disabled, under-insured or have no dentist.

Contact: Bonnie Hartmann Phone: (920) 746-0707 www.millerartmuseum.org Email: bmam@dcwis.com

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Money Management Counselors powered by FI$C CCCS

Contact: Gay Pustaver Phone: (920) 743-1862 www.moneymanagementcounselors.com Email: fiscdk@sbcglobal.net 57 No. 12th Avenue • Suite 104 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Money Management Counselors powered

by FI$C CCCS is a community organization that helps families and individuals improve the quality of their lives by teaching financial literacy and providing tools to promote the application of sound financial principles.

NAMI Door County – JAK’s Place

Contact: Marlys Trunkhill Phone: (920) 818-0525 www.jaks-place.com Email: jaksplace2006@gmail.com 820 Egg Harbor Road Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

National Alliance on Mental Illness is devoted to increasing awareness of mental illness and helping individuals, their family, and friends cope with it. JAK’s Place, a project of NAMI Door County, is a community resource center with an inviting, encouraging and caring atmosphere focused on the needs, hopes, goals and gifts of everyone who comes in our door.

National Multiple Sclerosis Society Contact: Ashley Wissinger Phone: (262) 369-4426 www.nationalmssociety.org/Chapters/WIG Email: ashley.wissinger@nmss.org 1120 James Drive • Suite A Hartland, WI 53029 We mobilize people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected by MS.

Neighbor-to-Neighbor Volunteer Caregivers of Door County

Contact: Ann Bennett Phone: (920) 743-7800 www.neighbor-to-neighbor.org Email: director@neighbor-to-neighbor.org 62 S. 3rd Avenue • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Neighbor to Neighbor strives to assist and comfort persons experiencing problems arising from conditions or limitations that lead to a deterioration in their quality of life.

Northern Door Children’s Center Contact: Karen Corekin Phone: (920) 854-4244 www.northerndoorchildrenscenter.org Email: office@ndcc.me 10520 Judith Blazer Drive Sister Bay, WI 54234

Northern Door Children’s Center is a notfor-profit organization dedicated to providing quality primary care in a safe, secure environ-

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ment that enhances personal growth and educational development for the young citizens of Northern Door County in partnership with parents and the community.

audiences; to foster future generations of theatre professionals through the internship program; and to maintain fiscal policies that ensure the future security of the theatre.

Northern Door Health and Wellness Ministry

Peninsula School of Art

Contact: Jan Liss Phone: (920) 839-2630 www.northerndoorhealthwellness.com Email: ndhwministry@gmail.com 8510 E. Bues Point Road Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 The Northern Door Health & Wellness Ministry serves the people of the Northern Door Community through Education, Collaboration and Advocacy.

Partners Cares 4 Kids Program Contact: Saleen Yang/Paula Rojas Phone: (920) 946-2795 www.partners4cd.com Email: saleen@partners4cd.com 1407 South 13th Street Sheboygan, WI 53081

Phone: (920) 868-3455 www.PeninsulaSchoolofArt.com Email: events@peninsulaschoolofart.com 3900 County Road F • Fish Creek, WI 54212 Center for education and exploration in the visual arts. We offer year-round programming, including one to five day workshops.

Host of the Door County Plein Air Festival.

PFLAG (Parents, Family, Friends of Lesbians and Gays) Contact: Richard Gardiner Phone: (920) 421-8815 www.pflagdoorcounty.org Email: pflagsturgeonbay@gmail.com PO Box 213 • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Partners Cares 4 Kids is a program of Partners for Community Development, Inc. where we seek to enroll and retain eligible underserved children under the age of 19 in Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus, focusing on the Latino and Hmong population.

We assist everyone regardless of race or ethnicity.

PFLAG promotes the health and wellbeing of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through SUPPORT, to cope with adverse society, EDUCATION, to enlighten an ill-informed public, and ADVOCACY to end discrimination and to secure equal rights. PFLAG provides the opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.

Peninsula Music Festival

The Ridges Sanctuary

The Peninsula Music Festival (PMF) is committed to the presentation of excellent performances by a professional symphony orchestra and the enhancement of music appreciation and education in Door County, Wisconsin.

The mission of The Ridges Sanctuary is to protect the Sanctuary and inspire stewardship of natural areas through programs of education, outreach and research.

Contact: Chris Risch Phone: (920) 854-4060 www.musicfestival.com Email: musicfestival@musicfestival.com 10347 N. Water Street • Unit B Ephraim, WI 54211

Peninsula Players Theatre

Contact: Audra Baakari Boyle Phone: (920) 868-3287 www.peninsulaplayers.com Email: audra@peninsulaplayers.com 4351 Peninsula Players Road Fish Creek, WI 54212 Peninsula Players Theatre is committed to preserving America’s oldest resident summer theatre in its unique setting along the cedar-lined shores of Green Bay. The theatre’s mission is to support, without reservation, the most exciting theatre company possible; to preserve the Theatre in a Garden’s natural beauty; to provide artists the freedom, tools, and facilities they require to entertain, uplift, and inform our

Contact: Kate LeRoy Phone: (920) 839-2802 www.RidgesSanctuary.org Email: kate@ridgessanctuary.org 8270 State Highway 57 Baileys Harbor, WI 54202

Salvation Army Service Extension Contact: Nancy Kexel-Calaabresa Phone: (920) 883-7886 www.samilwaukee.org Email: nakc@dcwis.com

Encouraging staff and volunteers to grow in Christ as they serve others In His name.

Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center Contact: Brenda Paschke Phone: (920) 743-6246 www.sturgeonbay.net Email: vacation@sturgeonbay.net 36 S. Third Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

The mission of the Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center is to market Sturgeon Bay as a yearround destination & promote our city as a premier community to live, shop & play.

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volunteer Sunshine House Inc.

Contact: Marsha Petersilka Phone: (920) 743-7943 www.sunshinehouseinc.org Email: mpetersilka@sunshinehouseinc.org 55 W. Yew Street • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 A diverse community service organization whose purpose is to achieve full participation in the community of people with special needs.

Sustain Door

Contact: Dave Lea Phone: (920) 868-9698 www.sustaindoor.org Email: sustaindoor@gmail.com 4037 Main Street • PO Box 698 Fish Creek, WI 54212

Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 United Way of Door County’s mission is to empower people to build better lives.

Unity Hospice and Palliative Care

Contact: Randy Johnson Phone: (920) 338-1111 www.unityhospice.org Email: rjohnson@unityhospice.org 2366 Oak Ridge Circle De Pere, WI 54115

Honoring life by providing comfort, care and compassion to patients and families.

Volunteer Center of Door County

The mission of Sustain Door is to promote the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of Door County.

Contact: Pam Seiler Phone: (920) 746-7704 www.volunteerdoorcounty.com Email: volunteercenter@doorcounty.com 62 S. Third Avenue • PO Box 441 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

United Way of Door County

To build and strengthen volunteerism; creating solutions for community needs.

Contact: Executive Director Phone: (920) 746-9645 www.unitedwaydc.com Email: info@unitedwaydc.com 57 N. Third Avenue • Lower Level

We Are HOPE, Inc. Contact: Kim Carley Phone: (920) 743-7273

www.WeAreHopeInc.org Email: kcarley@WeAreHopeInc.org 1300 Egg Harbor Road • Suite 124 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 We Are HOPE, Inc. (formerly Women’s Employment Project, Inc.); home of the Door County Job Center and Energy Programs, supports residents and businesses in Northeast Wisconsin by providing opportunities in the areas of employment, energy conservation and home improvement that promotes self-sufficiency.

Women’s Fund of Door County

Contact: Door County Community Foundation Phone: (920) 746-1786 www.womensfunddoorcounty.org Email: kacie@doorcounty communityfoundation.org PO Box 802 • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 To build, enrich, and nurture the lives of women and girls through collective wisdom and philanthropy.

The Perfect Climate for Business

t’s about helping the whole person live the whole of life.

The Door County Peninsula may be best known for its natural beauty and hospitality, but it’s also an appealing place to make a living. With a business development center, financial incentives, angel investors and a dedicated workforce, it’s the perfect place to start or expand a business.

To learn more about our continuum of care services, call (920) 854-2317.

And at the end of every workday, you can enjoy outstanding arts, culture and recreation, right outside your back door.

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The Door County Peninsula.

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human services

Sevastopol Elementary School’s Destination Imagination AKB team purchased supplies through fundraisers to fill handcrafted bags for the Foster Care of Door County program and presented the bags to Door County Human Services. Team members were, from left, Caitlin Chartier, Alvera Bolanos-Bautista, Madi Volkmann, Brooklyn Brauner, Alexis Kugel, Kiana Sargent and Rori Krueger. Tina M. Gohr/Door County Advocate

community resources 211: general information

2-1-1 – need non-emergency help? 2-1-1

is where you begin. This non-emergency, informational free service helps individuals in search of information. Whether you need to find an after-school program, counseling, elder care, etc., 2-1-1 provides confidential, easy-to-use, free access to the information you might need. www.211.org.

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Harbor Rd., Sturgeon Bay; 800-924-3570 or 608-264-7447; Office hours 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Tuesday & Thursday. www.dot.wisconsin.gov.

financial assistance Bay View Lutheran Church Emergency Fund, 920-743-4705. An

emergency fund for prescriptions, medical procedures, rent payments, and food for people whose need does not qualify for other assistance programs. Referrals must be made by an organization on behalf of the potential recipient.

Door County Department of Human Services, 421 Nebraska St., Sturgeon Bay,

WI 54235; 920-746-7155. Email: dhs@co.door. wi.us ; provides an array of services and programs that literally cover the lifespan of Door County citizens. www.co.wi.gov.

Door County Job Center, operated

by We Are Hope Inc., Cherry Point Mall, 1300 Egg Harbor Road, Sturgeon Bay; 920-743-6915. The Door County Job Center offers employment, career exploration and training services along with access to community resources to everyone. Website: www.WeAreHopeInc.org Email: dcjc@ WeAreHopeInc.org.

Ministry Door County Medical Center (MDCMC), 920-743-5566.

Ministry Health Care provides health care services to all patients regardless of ability to pay. Community Care financial assistance is granted based upon the patient’s inability to pay and is available to insured and uninsured patients.

Door County Veteran’s Service Office, 421 Nebraska St., Rm C203.,

Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-746-2226.

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human services Door County department, this office provides services and access to benefits primarily administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) (VA) and the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA). www.co.door.wi.gov.

The program, administered by We Are HOPE, Inc., seeks to reduce energy costs by making homes more energy efficient. Eligibility is tied to the Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program. www.WeAreHopeInc. org, info@WeAreHopeInc.org.

Money Management Counselors FI$C/CCCS 57 No. 12th Ave. Sturgeon

Lakeshore Community Action Program, Inc. (Lakeshore CAP), 131 S.

St. Joseph Parish Care Fund, 526

Lakeshore Community Action Program, Inc. (Lakeshore CAP), 131 S.

Bay (920) 743-1862. Helps families and individuals improve the quality of their lives by teaching financial literacy and providing tools to promote the application of sound financial principals.

Louisiana St., Sturgeon Bay, 920-743-2062.

Assistance in emergency situations.

Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program (WHEAP), Cherry Point

Mall, 1300 Egg Harbor Road, Sturgeon Bay; 920-743-7273. This program administered

by We Are HOPE, Inc. a subcontractor for DCHS, seeks to assist eligible low-income individuals and families in Door County with energy assistance, emergency furnace repairs/replacement, and energy crises. www.

WeAreHopeInc.org, info@WeAreHopeInc.org.

We Are HOPE, Inc. Cherry Point Mall, 1300 Egg Harbor Road, Sturgeon Bay; 920-743-7273. We Are HOPE, Inc. provides programs for employment (as lead agency for the Door County Job Center), energy, and weatherization services to eligible individuals and families in Door, Kewaunee and Brown Counties. www.WeAreHopeInc.org, info@ WeAreHopeInc.org.

FamilyWize – has partnered with United

Way agencies nationwide to offer FREE prescription discount cards that help people who either don’t have insurance or who have to purchase medicine not covered by their insurance benefits. FamilyWize prescription cards are accepted at area pharmacies. Contact United Way of Door County at (920)746-9645 or info@unitedwaydc.com and we will be happy to send you one. www.unitedwaydc. com/our-work/familywize.

housing Door County Housing Authority, 57 N. 12th Ave., Sturgeon Bay 54235; 920-7432545. Provides long-term, regular monthly rental assistance to qualifying individuals or families that rent in Door County. You must be income eligible and there is a waiting list; there is no immediate assistance available.

Door County Weatherization Program, Cherry Point Mall, 1300 Egg

Harbor Road, Sturgeon Bay; 920-743-7273.

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3rd Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, 920-743-0192 Project Hope – intensive case management for homeless individuals to assist with housing, employment, income stability and independent living skills.

3rd Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, 920-743-0192 Home Buyer Program - Assists eligible households with direct loans for down payment, closing costs and acquisition.

Lakeshore Community Action Program, Inc. (Lakeshore CAP),

131 S. 3rd Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, 920-7430192 Home Buyer Education – Helps ensure that buyers understand the home purchase process through counseling and education.

food Door County Community Resource PROGRAM - Feed My People/ Clothe My People OF DOOR COUNTY, 204 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay 54235; 920-7439053. A sharing program that belongs to the community makes available free food, and clothing at very low cost. Hours and days are Monday and Thursday 2 pm to 6 pm, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 10 am to 2 pm. www.feedmypeopledoorcounty.com.

Koinonia Kupboard, 2622 S. Bay

Shore Dr., Sister Bay 54234; 920-854-2544.

A food pantry operated by the First Baptist Church of Sister Bay; open 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Tuesday through Thursday. Available to Northern Door County residents.

Holy Name of Mary Parish, Maplewood, 920-856-6440. A food pantry for people in need. Open 10 a.m.-noon 1st, 3rd and 5th Saturdays. Most accessible to residents of southern Door County.

Lakeshore Community Action Program, Inc. (Lakeshore CAP),

131 S. 3rd Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, 920743-0192. A client choice food pantry for individuals and families in need of basic nutritional food; eligibility is based on monthly household income.

Loaves & Fishes Community

Meals Ministry, 920-743-6218. A community-based program provides hot meals to hungry people and families in Door County.

Meals are served in Sturgeon Bay: at NWTC on the 1st, 3rd & 4th Fridays of the month from 5:30PM to 7:00PM. In Sister Bay at St. Rosalia’s on the 4th Tuesday of the month from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM.

community services Door-Tran, 920-743-9999, 877-330-6333 email: info@door-tran.com or website: www. door-tran.com. Door-Tran is a transportation information and referral system for people needing to travel within and out of Door County. Door-Tran maintains a local transportation resource guide, operates a half-price travel voucher program, Veteran and CountyWide Volunteer transportation programs and a Vehicle Purchase/Repair Loan Program.

Family Centers of Door County.

The agency provides a variety of activities, events and programs for families and people of all ages at several locations throughout the county. The main office is located 130 N 5th Avenue (the St. Joe’s School) in Sturgeon Bay, with event and program sites located throughout the county - Southern Door (Forestville Town Hall), Sturgeon Bay (various sites check event information), Northern Door (Northern Door Child Care Center), and Washington Island (Findlays Holiday Inn, and other various sites). For a rotating schedule of events call 920-825-1430 or check out their website www.familycentersdc.com.

Lakeshore Community Action Program, Inc. (Lakeshore CAP), 131

S. 3rd Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, 920-743-0192.

Juvenile Restitution Program – Rehabilitative program serving offenders between the ages of 10 and 17, holding youth accountable for actions in the community.

Lakeshore Community Action Program, Inc. (Lakeshore CAP), 131

S. 3rd Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, 920-743-0192.

Independent Living Skills – Education and training in life skills for foster youth with the goal of helping the youth make a successful transition to independence.

Lakeshore Community Action Program, Inc. (Lakeshore CAP), 131

S. 3rd Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, 920-743-0192.

Skills Enhancement Program – Provides opportunities to explore career options and

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increase earning potential. Offers financial assistance for tuition, books, travel, and child care to eligible individuals.

United Way of Door County’s mission

is to empower people to build better lives.

This non-profit agency partners with area non-profits in their efforts to support individuals with needs in the areas of Basic Needs, Community, Health, and Alcohol and Drug Abuse. www.unitedwaydc.com.

legal assistance Legal Services of Northeastern Wisconsin Inc., 800-236-1127 or 920432-4645. Door County is served by the Green Bay office.

Legal Aid Of Door County, 920-7433934. Legal services for financially and case eligible clients. 131 S. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI.

behavioral health services Door County Department of Human Services, Community Programs, 421 Nebraska St., Sturgeon Bay, 920-746-7155.

This publicly funded human service agency provides comprehensive services to assist Door County residents who are dealing with emotional problems, mental Illness, substance use issues including the family who cares for them. www.co.door.wi.gov.

senior resources durable medical equipment

Bayside Home Medical, 1300 Egg

Harbor Rd., Ste. 112, Sturgeon Bay, 54235, 920-746-2158. Sells and/or rents a variety of durable medical equipment including walkers, wheelchairs, commodes, CPAP and biPAP machines, oxygen concentrators, power scooters, patient lifts and lift chairs; sells specialized medical supplies such as graduated compression stockings, orthopedic braces, grab bars, sleep apnea supplies, post mastectomy products, reacher’s and assistive devices. Will bill Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance where appropriate.

Brussels Lions Club, Jim Wautier,

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short-term loans of durable medical equipment.

Neighbor to Neighbor Medical Equipment Loan Closet, Sturgeon

Bay, WI 54235; 920-743-7800. Free equipment - wheelchairs, lift chairs, hospital beds, walkers, commodes, etc. - on loan to people in need. Northern Door Contact: Sheila, 920-868-3648; Washington Island contact: Janet 920-535-0021.

health Ministry Home Care; 920-743-7983. A

home health agency that provides services to individuals in their own homes. The agency is certified to bill Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance.

Wisconsin’s Lifeline & Link-Up.

Lifeline is a Wisconsin Universal Service Fund program that makes essential telecommunications more affordable for lowincome households by reducing monthly telephone charges. Most telephone companies that provide local residential service in Wisconsin are required to offer this program to their residential customers.

Customers must apply for Lifeline through their local telephone company provider.

For details, call AT&T/SBC 800-440-9853; CenturyLink, 800-201-4099; Frontier Communications, 800-515-0203; TDS Telecom, 800-255-5837. http://psc.wi.gov/utilityinfo/ tele/usf/programs/lifeline.htm.

housing Subsidized Housing for The Elderly: contact the Door County

Housing Authority at 920-743-2545.

Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority: 1-800-334-6873.

independent living apartments: Meadows at Scandia Village, 10554 Applewood Rd., Sister Bay; 920-854-2317.

community-based residential facilities (cbrf): Annas Healthcare, Inc, 839 S. 18th Ave., Sturgeon Bay, 920-818-1200.

Cardinal Ridge Residential Care,

817 Circle Ridge Place, Sturgeon Bay, 920743-9289.

Gathering of Door County, 204 N.

Duluth Ave., Sturgeon Bay, 920-746-7550.

Hearthside Cordial Care, 10569 Fieldcrest Road, Sister Bay, 920-854-7225.

Whispering Heights, 1704 Georgia St.,

920-746-8998.

Whispering Pines, 1610 Georgia St., Sturgeon Bay, 920-746-7080.

Woodview of Scandia Village, 2311 Meadow Wood Dr., Sister Bay; 920-8542317.

skilled nursing facilities: Ministry Door County Medical Center, Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), 323 S. 18th Ave., Sturgeon Bay; 920-746-3719, 800-522-8919. www.minstryhealth.org.

Golden Living Center - Dorchester,

200 N. Seventh Ave., Sturgeon Bay; 920743-6274; goldenlivingcenters.com. Skilled nursing and Rehab (pt/ot/st and outpatient) facilities.

Good Samaritan Society - Scandia

Village, 10560 Applewood Rd., Sister Bay; 920-854-2317.

residential care apartment complex (rcac): Pine Crest Village, LLC, 1241 N 18th Ave., Sturgeon Bay, 920-746-1280.

in-home supportive services Advocates for Independent Living II, 920-746-2000. In-home care personal-

ized to meet the needs of those requiring assistance. Experience working with individuals who are elderly or have physical, emotional or developmental disabilities or mental illness. Dedicated team of service providers offers assistance with daily living activities, housekeeping, personal care, medication monitoring, respite and companionship. www.advocatesforindependentliving.org.

Door County Wraparound Program, 920-593-3516. Operated by N. E.W. Curative and offers trained personnel to provide a variety of services from housekeeping, meal preparation, companionship, transportation, shopping, medication monitoring, respite care and personal care assistance.

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information, referral & support Door County Department of Human Services, 421 Ne-

braska St., Sturgeon Bay; 920-7462300; dhs@dc.door.wi.us; www. co.wi.gov.

Door County Senior Resource Center / ADRC,

832 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay; 920-746-2542 provides nutritious meals at noon and a soup and salad bar open from 11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. and 3:30-6:00 p.m. Information and assistance is available as well as an elderly benefit specialist, disability specialist and social workers. A variety of exercise programs, an exercise room and great entertainment is always available. Hours of operation are Monday – Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Food, Fun, and The Facts of Later Life Luncheon on Washington Island, 920-

847-2679. This program offers an opportunity to enjoy a nutritious lunch, socialize, and learn about community resources from various guest speakers. It is held by Family Centers of Door County at Findlay’s Holiday Inn, at 12 p.m. Noon - 1:30 p.m., every 3rd Thursday of the month. Reservations are required, call 920-847-2679. All residents 50 and over welcome. Bring a friend! $6.50 includes lunch, tip and speaker. For more informa-

Cowboy Church of Door County meets every Sunday from Memorial Day to Labor Day in the Tidball Horse Barn located at

Ministry Memory Clinic Door County. This is a com-

prehensive diagnostic service for patients with memory impairment and a resource of information and care management for families dealing with dementia. The memory clinic is located at North Shore Medical Clinic in Sturgeon Bay. For more information or to schedule a pre-screen assessment, call Christy Wisniewski, Outreach Specialist for the memory clinic, at (920) 493-0339 or email: Christine.

Wisniewski@MinistryHealth.Org.

12376 Timberline Rd., Ellison Bay

One mile north of Uncle Tom’s candy store.

cowboychurchdoorcounty.com 920-421-1327

Older Adult Breakfast Social, 920-825-1430. This pro-

gram offers an opportunity to all adults ages 55 and older to enjoy a homemade breakfast, socialize and learn about community resources as various speakers from around the area share their expertise - every month is different! It is held the 1st Wednesday of every month by The Family Centers of Door County at The Forestville Town Hall, located in Maplewood - 7705 Cty. Rd. H. Reservations are required and should be called in the Friday before the breakfast. $5 donation. www.familycenters dc.com.

2014 Our 132nd Year Seasonal 9:30 a.m.

Sunday worship Services continue through October 19, 2014; Services begin again Memorial Day Sunday, May 24, 2015.

BETHANY

CHRISTIAN CHURCH Sunday Praise & Worship

10:00am Pastor Ed House

On the Hill Overlooking Sister Bay • 2731 Highway 42

(920) 421-1525 • www.dooroflife.org

First Baptist Church of Sister Bay

Elder Law Center is a public interest legal services program operated under the umbrella of the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups (CWAG). Call 800-3662990.

Legal Aid of Door County,

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Visitors always welcome.

Bethany services streamed LUTHERAN CHURCH “live”over the Internet at 3028 Church St. (Cty Hwy Q) www.BethanyLutheranEphraim.org Ephraim, WI 54211-0707

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legal assistance

920-743-3934. Legal services for financially and case eligible clients.

131 S. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI.

108 W. Maple St. Sturgeon Bay

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Neighbor to Neighbor, 920743-7800. A non-profit organization with the following programs: Short-term medical equipment loans, Peer Companions, Respite Care, and the Lemonade Club Cancer Survivors Support Group.

ST. PETERS LUTHERAN, WELS

www.stpeterslutheran.net 743-4431

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Bay (Oasis Center of Prince of Peace Lutheran church), 920-2172961. A state certified personal care agency that provides ADL assistance, supportive care, and companionship services supporting independence, freedom, and quality of life for individuals that wish to remain in the comfort of their own home. www.helping handswi.com.

Rd., Sturgeon Bay; 920-818-0525.

A community resource center for people whose lives have been affected by mental illness.

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Helping Hands Caregivers LLC, 1756 Michigan St., Sturgeon

churches

JAK’s Place, 820 Egg Harbor

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cery delivery provided throughout Door County.

tion check out our website www. familycentersdc.com.

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Econo Foods Grocery Delivery, 920-743-8896. Gro-

Worship Service 10:30AM Adventure Club (4 yr. - 6th) 6PM Sunday Evening Bible Study Youth Program (7th - 12th) Koinonia Kupboard Food Pantry TeamKID & Nursery during the 10:30 Service Small Group Bible Studies BRIDGES - an Outreach to Handicapped Accessible International Students 2622 S. Bay Shore Drive. • (920) 854-2544 Dr. Mark Billington, Pastor • Andrew Billington, Youth Director www.firstbaptistsisterbay.com PAGE 49

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prescription drug assistance The Aurora Health Care Nor-Door Clinic on Wisconsin 42 in Sister Bay. Tina M. Gohr/Door County Advocate

hospitals & clinics Aurora Health Center, 1910 Alabama St. Sturgeon Bay 54235; 920-746-7200; Sister Bay, 920-854-2347; and Green Bay, 888-211-8866. Wide array of health services. www.aurorahealthcare.org.

Community Clinic of Door County,

1623 Rhode Island St., Sturgeon Bay, 920746-8989; and Country Walk Mall (Upper Level), Sister Bay. Primary (non-emergency) health care, mental health counseling, family planning and reproductive health services and integrative health care for those in need in our community. Appointments are required. www.communityclinicofdoorcounty.org.

Ministry Door County Medical Center, 323 S. 18th Ave., Sturgeon Bay

54235; 920-743-5566 or 800-522-8919. Full service medical facility. www.ministryhealth.org.

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Door County Public Health Department, 421 Nebraska St.,

Sturgeon Bay 54235; 920-746-2234.

An array of community services, screening clinics, immunization/flu clinics and community education. www.co.door.wi.gov.

Ministry North Shore Medical Clinic, 323 S. 18th

Ave.; 920-746-0510 with branches in Algoma, 920-487-3496; Fish Creek, 920-868-3511; and Washington Island, 920-847-2424.

NurseDirect, 800-746-0003. A

24-hour toll-free health information call-in service provided by Ministry Door County Memorial Center. The service is FREE. Call anytime of the day or night and speak directly to one of NurseDirectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s registered nurses.

Door County Benefit Specialist, Senior Resource Center, Sturgeon Bay, 920-746-2546.

Urgent Care, 323 S 18th Avenue, Sturgeon

Bay, 54235. 920-746-3800 or www.doorcounty urgentcare.com.

hospice Unity, 920-743-6440. Not-for-profit provider of compassionate, comfort care for anyone with an advanced disease or terminal illness. Care involves a core team of experts offering a wide range of services including pain control, symptom management, emotional/spiritual support and counseling to both the patient and family. Care is provided wherever the patient calls home and is centered around the wishes and needs of the patient and family through coordination with the patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s physician. Community support is available for those with limited resources. Learn more at www.unityhospice.org. health care continued on page 52 >>> DOOR COUNTY ADVOCATE | IMPACT 2014-15

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personal emergency response systems Ministry Door County Medical Center offers Ministry LifeDirect, an easy-to-use personal response service. Older adults living at home can summon quick assistance whenever they need it—24 hours a day, 365 days a year. For more information call Sandy Sievert, Ministry LifeDirect representative, at (920) 746-3578.

Aurora VNA Lifeline, the program provides a means for people who are elderly, disabled or impaired by significant health issues to access immediate help when needed.

Call 800-508-5527 for information. aurorahealthcare.org.

SUPPORT GROUPS AND HELPLINES Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Wisconsin Helpline, 800-272-3900.

Toll-free 24-hour helpline provides information and support to people who have Alzheimer’s Disease and related disorders. www.alz.org.

Caregiver Support Group of Door County, provides an avenue of support for anyone caring for a loved one or friend. The Southern Door Group meets 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of every month at the St. Francis and St. Mary’s Church Rectory, 9716 Cemetery Rd., Brussels. The Sturgeon Bay group meets 1-2:30 p.m. the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every

month at the Door County Senior Resource Center, 832 N 14th Ave. The Sister Bay group meets 1-2:30 p.m. the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of every month at the Sister Bay-Liberty Grove Library, 2323 Mill Rd., Sister Bay; 920-746-2542 for details. Washington Island meets the 1st of every month, 10:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. at the Trinity church Fellowship Office, Christine Andersen WICHP, director.

All groups are facilitated by professionals.

Contact: Judy Dobbins, Door County Senior Resource Center at 920-746-2545, 832 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. Dementia Caregiver’s Support Group, sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association, the group provides support and education to caregivers of people who have Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. Meets at 1:30 p.m. the 1st Monday of the month at Scandia Village Good Samaritan in Sister Bay. Call 920-854-2317.

DivorceCare, 14-week divorce recovery meetings that consists of group discussion, prayer and videos featuring the nation’s foremost expert on divorce and recovery. These weekly DivorceCare groups are designed to become an “oasis” for divorced or separated individuals. Contact: 920-743-4431 for schedule information; St. Peters Lutheran Church, 108 W. Maple St., Sturgeon Bay. Door County Stroke Support Group, for people who have experienced a stroke, and their families and friends. Meets the second Thursday of each month, at 11:50 a.m. at Door County Senior Resource Center, 832 N. 14th Ave. Contact Rhawn Lampkins at 920-858-1874.

GriefShare, a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences.

GriefShare seminars and support groups are led by people who understand what you are going through and want to help. Everyone is welcome. Contact: St. Peters Lutheran Church for schedule, 108 W. Maple St., Sturgeon Bay; 920-743-4431.

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Heart to Heart Cancer Support Group is intended for people affected by cancer and their loved ones.

Meetings are held from 6-7:30 p.m. the 1st Monday of the month in the conference center, room 3, at Ministry Door

County Medical Center. Contact Pauline at 920-493-3600, or Mary at 743-5050.

Domestic Violence HOTline, a 24-hour hotline for domestic abuse victims. Call 920743-8818 or 800-914-3571.

THE DOOR OF HOPE. Grief and Loss Support with fellow sojourners who understand and care. A transformational journey into healing and wholeness. When we experience loss, self-identity is scattered. Open the door into a renewed self-identity of meaning and hope. Join us at the BLESSING WOOD, 5004 Beachview Lane, Egg Harbor, 3rd Tuesday of each month beginning October 15, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Directions- 8689471. Facilitated by Chaplain Joan Carlson.

Contact Joan at 920-868-9471 for one on one support if needed.

HELP, Family Access Solutions, provides supervised visits and monitored exchanges as well as supportive parenting and a fathers group. Call HELP 743-8819.

Healthy Relationships Support Group, a supportive and confidential group for women that discusses the dynamics of healthy and unhealthy relationships. If you are Interested In attending please call HELP at 920-743-8818.

JAK’s Place, 820 Egg Harbor Rd., Sturgeon Bay; 920-818-0525. A community resource center for people whose lives have been affected by mental illness.

The Lemonade Club Cancer Survivors Support Group, the group is intended for people afflicted by cancer and their loved ones. Meets 2nd Wednesday of each month. For meeting locations call Neighbor-to-Neighbor, 920-743-7800.

Parkinson’s Support Group, for people with Parkinson Disease and their support people. Meets the 1st Thursday of the month from 12:30-2 p.m. at United Methodist Church, Sturgeon Bay. Call Carol Moellenberndt, 920-743-3476.

Sexual Abuse call the Door County Sexual Assault Center, 920-746-8996.

Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG), 920-421-8815; pflag@doorcounty.com; P.O. Box 213, Sturgeon Bay 54235; www.pflagdoorcounty.org.

Unity, leaders in hospice and palliative care, offers a variety of support programs to meet the needs of our patients’ families and friends, as well as grieving adults and children in Northeast Wisconsin. For additional information, call Unity at 920-743-6440 or 800990-9249, or visit www.unityhospice.org.

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Here for every fall.

And every scrape, break and bruise, too.

Walk in, walk out, feel better.

Urgent Care at Aurora Health Center 1910 Alabama Street • Sturgeon Bay • 920-746-7200 Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. • Sat - Sun 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Walk-in Care at Aurora Nor-Door Clinic 2521 S. Bay Shore Drive • Sister Bay • 920-854-2347 Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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Platform Supply Vessel 771 is moored at its berth inside Bay Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, where it was constructed. From Bay Ship, the 771 headed to the Gulf of Mexico for the Tidewater Marine Co. Tina M. Gohr/Door County Advocate

industrial park Bay Electric Systems, 230 Keel Court, 920-743-7680; http://www. bayelectricsystems.net/ Residential, commercial and industrial electrical contracting. Number of employees: 7 full time and 3 part time.

Bissen Asphalt and Sturgeon Bay Sand & Gravel, 934 Shiloh Road, 920-746-8850, bissenasphalt@

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sbcglobal.net. Gravel, sand, topsoil, and decorative stone.

Number of employees: 14.

C & S Manufacturing Corporation, 1052 South Neenah Avenue, 920-743-6941, www. bassetproducts.com; C & S manufactures a wide variety of products for the HVAC and Plumbing industry under the familiar Basset brand name. Number of employees: 60.

Cadence, Inc. 512 South Columbia Avenue, 920-743-6544, Medical device

The following businesses are located in or near the Sturgeon Bay Industrial Park. The industrial area, managed by the Door County Economic Development Corporation, offers a variety of incentives to encourage industry to invest in the park and for existing businesses to expand.

Incentives essentially are based on employment and added tax value. For details, contact DCEDC at 920-743-3113.

manufacturer. Number of employees: 45 Door County Economic Development Corporation, 185 East Walnut Street, 920-7433113, www.doorcountybusiness.com, Business development services and

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A Jewel on Sturgeon Bay’s West side

Door County Economic Development Corporation

Located on the greater West Side of Sturgeon Bay, T. Simon Jewelers is known as Door County’s colored gemstone source. Celebrating almost 20 years of excellence; offering bold beautiful stones in an array of colors. Featuring many one-ofa-kind designer pieces exclusive to the store.

The Door County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) provides resources to anyone thinking about starting a new business or expanding an existing business in Door County. DCEDC can assist with locations, financing, incentives and other information to help your Door County business grow. DCEDC provides local companies of all sizes with programs and information geared to create positive growth for the Door County economy.

The Door County Economic Development Corporation is a public/private partnership dedicated to improving the economic vitality of the county and its residents. Founded in 1989, DCEDC has a successful track record, of helping businesses create and retain thousands of jobs through a myriad of programs and initiatives. DCEDC partners with companies and entrepreneurs to help build successful businesses in Door County and continuously improve the area’s economic climate. It’s a relationship that allows businesses to tap into the expertise of area leaders, and provides them with access to a variety of local, state and federal resources.

For more information, contact: Door County Economic Development Corporation, 185 East Walnut Street, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235. 920-743-3113 or 800-450-3113. www.doorcounty business.com. info@doorcountybusiness.com.

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Designer Engagement Rings Unique custom designs and all repairs are done on-site by goldsmith and owner Tricia Hanson. As an accredited GIA professional, Tricia will assist you through the process of choosing the perfect piece or turn your old gold and jewelry into a custom design created just for you!

The staff prides themselves in attentive and sincere customer service and a comfortable, fun atmosphere.

Browse through an exquisite collection of diamond engagement rings, with hundreds of styles, choose from contemporary to more traditional. Let T. Simon Jewelers custom design the perfect

business incubator. Number of employees: 3 full time and 1 part time.

Door County Overhead Door, 1525 Shiloh Road, 920-746-0377, www.doorcountyoverheaddoor.com, Door repair and replacement. Number of employees: 1 full time and 1 part time.

Door County YMCA Child Care Center, 876 South Lansing, 920-818-0796, Child care. Number of employees: 10.

engagement ring or wedding band of your dreams.

The knowledgeable girls take satisfaction in helping customers find jewelry they can not only treasure for a lifetime, but pass on from generation to generation.

Door Kewaunee Business & Education Partnership, 185 East Walnut Street, 920-743-3113, ext. 205, www.dkbep.com. Career awareness services for youth and career education support for businesses.

Number of employees: 1.5.

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Eagle Mechanical, 850 South Lansing Avenue, 920-746-9200; www.eaglemiwi.com. Plumbing and heating contractor. Number of employees: 19.

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Hatco Corp., 1118 South Neenah Avenue, 920-743-5595, www.hatcocorp.com; Custom food service equipment for restaurants and other businesses. Number of employees: 347.

Hill Building Maintenance, Ahnapee Hill Cleaning Service, Sunrise Hill Restoration and Just Floors, 1555 Shiloh Road, 920-743-8312. Commercial and residential cleaning and restoration. Number of employees: Hill has 4 businesses with 93 employees.

Hi-Tec Fabrication (a division of Wulf Brothers), 811 South Neenah Avenue, 920-746-0925, www.htfab.com; Metal fabrication. Number of employees: 19.

HTF Inc., 1447 Shiloh Road, (920) 746-9850, www.heattreat furnaces.com; Custom-made thermal process, waste reclamation and other equipment. Number of employees: 10 full time and 2 part time.

Just In Time Corporation, 36 West Yew Street, 920-7436771, www.justintimecorp.com, stocking and shipping of inventory for businesses. Number of employees: 21 full time.

Key Industrial Plastics, 228 Keel Court, 920-746-1362, www.keyindustrialplastics.com; Plastic fabrication. Number of employees: 6.

Linen Press, 224 Keel Court, 920-746-4034 or 800407-7667, jjungr@charter.net; Commercial laundry, rental and process linens for hotels and restaurants. Number of employees 10 - 30 seasonal.

Little Hoppers/Door County Waste & Recycling, 1509 Division Road, 920-743-7434, http:// www.little-hoppers.com/ Residential and commercial garbage and recycling. Number of employees 10.

Mann Machine, 1411 Shiloh Road. Machining services.

Number of employees: N/A. Marine Travelift/ExacTech, 49 East Yew Street, 920-743-8650, www.marinetravelift.com. Manufacturer of large mobile boat hoists used in marinas, shipyards, fishing ports and navel stations. Number of employees at ExacTech and Marine Travelift combined: 160.

Midwest Wire Products, LLC, 649 South Lansing Avenue, 920-743-6591, www.wireforming.com. Wire custom forms and parts, and metal stamping. Number of employees: 73.

Murrockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Yard, Maintenance, 203 Keel Court, 920-743-9358, Residential and commercial landscape maintenance and snow removal. Number of employees 6 - 1 seasonal.

N.E.W. Industries, 905 South Neenah Avenue, 920743-8575, www.new-industries.com; CNC machining services. Number of employees: 203.

Northland Steel, 1052 South Neenah Avenue, 920743-7410, www.northlandsteel.net. Steel supply. Number of employees: 10.

Peninsula Creations, 201 Yew Street, 920-7469744, www.peninsulacreations.com; Custom and semi-custom cabinetry and furnishings. Number of employees: 3.

Portside Properties, 810 South Lansing Avenue, 920-746-1092, www.portsidebuilders.com; Design, construction, and remodeling of residential and commercial properties. Number of employees: 51.

Pro Products Inc, 918 South Lansing Avenue, 920743-1575, www.proproducts-inc.com; CNC machining, small fabrications, welding and parts assembly services to original equipment manufacturers. Number of employees: 41.

S & R Truck Center, 1027 Shiloh Road, 920-7460715, automotive repair. Number of employees: 4.

Skipper Buds, 705 Quarterdeck Lane, 920-743-8985, www.skipperbuds.com; Full service marina, including boat storage and sales. Number of employees: 16.

Sturgeon Bay Cold Storage and Danâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fish, 152 Jib Street, 920-743-4354, www.fullfish.net. Cold storage services. Number of employees: 10.62.

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business & services of aluminum and other metals; recycling of tires, electronics, refrigerators, and microwaves. Number of employees: 12.

Sunshine House Inc., 55 West Yew Street, 920-743-7943, www.sunshinehouseinc.org, Bulk mailing, small assembly and other sub-contracted services to provide jobs for people with developmental disabilities. Serves as a collection site for Goodwill Industries. Number of employees: 80.

Therma-Tron-X Inc., 1155 South Neenah Avenue, 920-7436568, www.therma-tron-x.com; sales@ttxinc.com; Industrial paint and finishing systems. Number of employees: 186.

T.R. Cochart Tire Center, 911 Shiloh Road, 920-743-1500, Tire repair and replacement. Number of employees: 6.

Valley Cabinet, Inc., 966 Green Bay Road, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235, 920-743-2243, www. valleycabinetinc.com Full-service custom cabinet manufacturer with three showroom locations. Number of employees: 2.

Viking Electric (formerly Anchor Electric Supply), 1416 South Neenah Avenue, 920-743-5505, www.vikingelectric.com; Electric supplies for construction and business. Number of employees: 3.

Warner-Wexel LLC, 210 Jib Street, 920-746-1700, www.warnerwexel.com; Distributor of pool, janitorial and non-perishable products for hotels, taverns, restaurants, stores and other small businesses.

Number of employees: 10.

WireTech Fabricators, 124 East Leeward Street, 920-7437201, www.wiretechfab.com; wire form solution provider since 1963.

Number of employees: 82.

Wulf Brothers, 155 East Walnut Street, 920-743-5587, www. wulfbrothers.com; Heating and ventilation systems, air conditioning, spas, fireplaces and stone products.

Number of employees: 54.

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Find a partner in the Business Development Center New and expanding businesses find an enthusiastic, nurturing partner at the Door County Business Development Center, a small business incubator located in the Sturgeon Bay Industrial Park, operated and managed by the Door County Economic Development Corporation. With 32,000 square feet, the Center can accommodate a variety of different businesses, including office, service, assembly, distribution or light manufacturing. Tenants, paying competitive rents, share services and equipment, which allows them to keep overhead costs low and get off to a strong start in business. Center tenants may also qualify for special business incentive and finance programs; low interest loans; business consulting; and financing eligibility and application assistance. Tenants typically graduate from the Center within three to five years. The center is currently home to eleven businesses with 50 full time equivalent employees. Eighteen businesses have graduated from the Center to date, creating 80 jobs.

For more information regarding the available space in the Door County Business Development Center, contact Paula Sullivan, DCEDC Operations Manager at 920-743-3113, Ext. 202 or paula@doorcountybusiness.com.

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servicing all your marble and granite needs. Luke Peterson and Jeff Tebo 920-746-0063.

Dust Free Sanders, Inc. Dust

Jim Conley provide all available services to individuals with disabilities as a vendor for the state Department of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR). DVR is a program funded by the federal government to assist people with disabilities to obtain gainful and appropriate employment.

Jim and Hope Conley 920-743-8110. betteravenues4u@gmail.com.

Free Sanders is a family owned construction company based out of Sturgeon Bay. We are the “wood floor experts” of Door County. Our services include installing new hardwood floors and refinishing existing wood floors with the best dust collection available.

Our finishes are Green Guard certified for your family’s health. “No dust, no toxic fumes.” You can see our work at the Blue Dolphin House, the Black Smith Inn, Peninsula Pulse, Fish Market Restaurant, and JJ’s LaPuerta Restaurant. Jason Kust 920-660-6428. www. dustfreesanders.com.

Chapman Technical Services John

HTF, Inc. HTF is a manufacturer of

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provides engineering and technical services for new builds or ship repairs as well as marine surveys and inspections. John Chapman 920743-4540 john@chaptech.us.

Door County Natural Stone Surfaces LLC Door County Natural Stone Surfaces is a

full-service marble and granite fabrication company, providing custom-cut stone countertops for kitchens, bathrooms and fireplaces in residential and commercial applications. We can source thousands of different styles and types of granite and marble, providing homeowners with the perfect fit for new home or renovation projects. D.C. Natural Stone Surfaces is the peninsula’s only local stone fabrication shop,

custom-built industrial thermal processing equipment such as heat treat furnaces, aluminum melters and wastewater evaporators. David and Prisca Smith started HTF in January of 1996 with three craftsmen previously employed

by PBI. The company currently employs ten people, and builds equipment for a nationwide industrial customer base.

The main manufacturing facility is located at 210 E. Yew, Sturgeon Bay. The administrative office is housed in the Business Development Center. Prisca and David Smith 920-746-9850. www. heattreatfurnaces.com.

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Type of Business # of Employees Ministry Door County Medical Center...............................Health Care.............................................................................650 Bay Shipbuilding.................................................................Ship Repair & Construction.................................................... 612 Hatco Corporation..............................................................Commercial Kitchen Equipment............................................. 347 County of Door....................................................................County Government...............................................................329 NEW Industries...................................................................Custom Machining..................................................................203 Door County YMCA............................................................Civic & Social Organization....................................................200 School District of Sturgeon Bay .......................................Elementary & Secondary Schools ......................................... 193 Therma-Tron-X....................................................................Industrial Finishing Systems................................................... 186 Baylake Bank......................................................................Commercial Banking.............................................................. 166 Southern Door Public School............................................Elementary & Secondary Schools.......................................... 165 Marine Travelift/ExecTech..................................................Boat & Industrial Hoists.......................................................... 160 Palmer Johnson Yachts......................................................Luxury Boat Building.............................................................. 150 Econo Foods.......................................................................Grocery................................................................................... 105 Hill Building Maintenance..................................................Cleaning & Restoration.............................................................90 Pick N Save.........................................................................Grocery.....................................................................................85 WireTech Fabricators..........................................................Wire Products........................................................................... 82

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Peninsula Building Systems, Inc,

PBS has been serving our customers’ design and construction needs throughout the Midwest for twenty two years. We think that Door County has “The perfect climate to do business”. PBS’ choice to locate our Wisconsin office in Sturgeon Bay allows us to strategically and effectively serve Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc and Brown Counties. PBS is proud that we are locally owned and staffed with construction specialists living and paying taxes in Door County. PBS specializes in the design, renovation and construction of commercial, industrial, municipal, recreational, agricultural, and religious buildings. We are experienced as well in designing buildings for our customers personal storage needs.

As an additional resource to our customers, our Door County office is supported by

our hard working building and design teams in our Illinois and Texas offices. We look forward to working with you. Dale Reiser 920-868-2229 www.peninsulabuilding systems.com.

Peninsula Land Consultants LLC

Owner Joe Schroedl, a registered land surveyor, has over 30 years of industry experience. He is able to help in all aspects of construction and developmental needs; and provides expertise and practical experience in the surveying and construction disciplines.

Services include property surveys, condominium plats, topographies, subdivisions, wetland delineations, floodplain determinations, certified survey maps, lot line locations, soil tests, land divisions, site locations for planning purposes and zoning interpretations. Joe Schroedl 920-743-3863 www. penlandcon1@ hotmail.com.

Sallinen Distributing

Warehouse storage space for the distribution of Pepperidge Farm products and other assorted snack products in Door and Kewaunee Counties. Dan Sallinen 920737-4639.

Specialized Services, LLC Specialized Services, LLC is a privately owned company established in Door County, Wisconsin serving as fiduciary agent for individuals and government offices at the county level, specific to Assisted Living, social services and community support programs. As a fiduciary agent, Specialized Services, LLC employs individuals as Caregivers, which are then contracted to our customers. Specialized Services, LLC handles all aspects of hiring an employee such as background screening, payroll deductions and recruiting. Cory Diehm or Amy Weckler 920-743-8316. amyweckler@ gmail.com.

Trillium Herbal Company Trillium

Herbal Company moved their headquarters from California. They manufacture and sell organic body cleansing and moisturizing products to luxury spas and distributors throughout the country. Karen Ciesar 920-746-5207. www.trilliumorganics.com.

Viewpoint Construction Software

With a long-standing focus on the issues and challenges facing contractors, Viewpoint Construction Software has carved out a unique position in the construction management software marketplace.

Instead of pointing our resources towards the development of generic business solutions, we have focused our attention on solving the unique needs of construction professionals. John-Eric Andersson 920-495-2933. www.viewpointcs.com.

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