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FOND DU LAC EDITION

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L6 CONTENTS COVER STORY L6 Trewyn Colors FINE ARTS

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FOOD & DRINK L12 A Taste for It R2 Brewmaster R4 From the Wine Cave R4 Tricia’s Table

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Fond du Lac and surrounding south valley You’ve found another spectacular issue of the SCENE, and within you’ll enjoy the story of a splendid artist who resides in Green Lake. Years ago Leslie Trewyn taught art to hundred’s of students that went through the Hustiford School system, and has for many years traveled the world, and Wisconsin which has inspired her to create some of the most colorful, fantastical, and sometimes whimsical imagery you’ll ever lay eyes upon. Mike Mentzer tells the story of an old Elm Tree that made my eyes well up. How does that happen? It’s a tree for gosh sakes! Mentzer is as eloquent with the written word as they come. Marty-in-the-Morning of B-104 Radio is again climbing to the roof of his studio located at OshVegas Palms Resort in a selfless effort to raise money. The broadcast spectacle if referred to as Hallow-Ian, named for a young man who has been fighting the good fight against cancer for some six years now, and it involves Marty doing a radio broadcast marathon for as long as it takes to reach a set goal in dollars raised from the roof in all of Mother Nature’s late October elements. Plus there’s wine, beer, and pumpkin pancakes, politics, music and more!

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ENTERTAINMENT // SERIOUSLY FUNNY

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Leslie Trewyn explains her triptych of paintings depicting the blighting of the environment.

Leslie Trewyn paints what she feels BY MICHAEL CASPER Leslie Trewyn knew what she was destined to be from the very start. An artist. Born Leslie Christenson in Wausau, Wisconsin it was her aunt Louise Mayhall who was an early inspiration. Aunt Louise was an art teacher and artist. And Leslie made up her mind upon graduating high school and heading off to college at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, that she too would follow the same creative career path. “My aunt, as an artist was a weaver,”

Leslie said “not much older than me, and a real influence when I was young. She had a beautiful contemporary house when nobody else did in the 50’s, I patterned my whole life after her. I never varied. I went to college, and was determined to be an artist and an art teacher, and that was it, I never looked either way.” In 7th grade Leslie was already painting murals on the walls of her mother’s friends homes, and at her dentist’s office. “We grew up on a farm,” Leslie said “so you see a lot of chickens, sheep and cows in my works. The red barn series is based on a

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mill in the town of Nelsonville, Wisconsin which is where my dad grew up, and it always meant a lot to me.” She has different versions of the red barn. “Sometimes is has a water wheel, sometimes it doesn’t. At times the wheel counterbalances the architectural straight lines.” The Christenson’s moved near Green Bay. “My dad was a teacher in DePere,” Leslie said “but also wanted a farm, so we lived on a farm, and I took lessons from anyone who was supposed to be an artist.

Six kids in our family, I was the oldest, and I was the artist, my sister was the smart one, my brother was the runner, and we on down the line we each had our designations...so I had to live up being an ‘artist.’ (laugh) I majored in art at Madison, then taught art for thirty eight years in Hustisford, first grade through twelfth.” Leslie met her future husband while in high school. “I was a senior,” she said “and when we first started going together he had Continue on Page L8

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COVER STORY // TREWYN COLORS

Continued from Page L6 never been on a farm. And he just loved it, thought it was the most romantic thing, just like my father. I bought a calf for him, put a big bow around his neck, set him on his front porch, and gave it to him. That started it. We eventually got married, bought a farm just outside of Waupun, both taught and ran the farm and raised the kids.” After Leslie’s husband suddenly passed away at the age of 49, Leslie stayed in the contemporary home they’d built together for another eleven years. “Until one day while driving through Green Lake,” Leslie said “I thought I could live here. There was a lot of art happening here, and a lot of people interested in art. So I sold the farm, bought this home, and built this studio.” The colors Leslie uses are vibrant. “The painting is the thing,” Leslie said “I just need something to inspire me. After my husband passed away, and going on by myself, I did a

whole series I called ‘the strong woman,’ reflecting on being alone, but being strong. It’s something that gets me going. I don’t try to reproduce something that I saw, but rather I’m inspired

by what I saw. I graduated from Madison in the 60’s, and everyone was painting very abstractly, and I was influenced by that style, like that of Albert Burri who worked with collage, putting burlap, papers and metals into the canvasses...I really loved that. Eventually I got to meet Fritz Sholder who was a well known artist Native American artist from Santa Fe, his works are very large, figurative pieces.” Ten years ago, Leslie met Tom Detweiler, who is a retired professor of environmental studies at the University of Michigan. “Tom and I went on an eighteen day walking trip through the Cotswold’s in England which inspired another series of landscapes and farm animals. Not long ago we went to Croatia, and I painted several works based on Dubrovnik which is a walled city on the Adriatic Sea. It was attacked during the Serbian Continue on Page L10

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Continued from Page L8 War, bombed from the mountains.” Leslie paints approximately 50 works every year. “About one a week,” Leslie said. “This has been going on for five decades. When I was teaching I didn’t get as much done, but I was showing my work all over from Chicago to Denver to Ann Arbor. We just got back from Door County, and I couldn’t wait to get back! To get into the studio and get to work.”

a lot adult art classes, but if you don’t ever ‘get’ what makes it work or not work, what makes it come to life. You can’t teach that. The painting has to come to life. I think it has to begin to breathe. And sometimes it just doesn’t. And you start over, and over again. But when it does work, sometimes I have to leave the studio (laugh) I get so excited!” Back to ‘square-one’ is without fail, an option. “I love to paint, I have time to do it,” Leslie says “if I ruin something, or if I do

something to a painting that isn’t working, I feel perfectly fine starting over. I’ll paint over what I’d done, then start drawing into it again until I start to get something that looks interesting.” Her dog, Gus is always underfoot in the studio. “He and his ball were an inspiration on a painting I started a year or so ago,” Leslie said “it tells about how I work...or don’t work. The dog and the ball, and I just let the painting alone for a long while. I didn’t think I would paint over it, but it

wasn’t working, and I didn’t know what to do with it. Then part of a poem by Raymond Carver came to me, and a few of its verses are, ‘And did you get what you wanted from this life even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself loved, to feel myself loved on the earth.’ I had always loved the poem. The line, ‘did you get what you wanted from this life?’ and all Gus wanted in life was the ball. And I was finally able to finish the painting.” leslietrewyn.net

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Over the years Leslie has done several triptychs, or a sequence of three paintings. “I’ve started work on a series that will eventually have six pieces to it,” Leslie said “whose theme is the destruction of the environment. I’ll get back to it eventually, but I have to do what I feel like doing at that moment.” Traveling the world has inspired her different successions of works. “We went to eastern Europe,” Leslie said pointing to other works on her studio walls. “Those are influenced by, and are my interpretations of Prague. When we went to Portugal I thought the patterns of the landscape looked just like my paintings (laugh) rather than the other way around. We went to Scotland, and I painted this particular town, but of course it’s not really that specific place, but rather my interpretation. It’s the painting. I have to balance the blacks, and whites, and shapes, and get enough curving line.” Not every painting Leslie creates just flows. “Some I’ve nearly worried to death,” she said “because it just wasn’t working, I kept changing it, and changing it. That’s the thing. You have to know when it’s working. You can teach art, and I’ve taught L10 | SceneNewspaper.com | Fond Du Lac | October 2015

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FOOD & DRINK // 11:11 COMFORT FOOD

A Taste For It BY JAMIE LEE RAKE So what if we’re a mite late getting to the party when it comes to 11:11 Comfort Food (417 S. Main, Fond du Lac; 920933-6566)? Readers of another paper serving its home town have awarded the eatery specializing in hamburgers and beignets numerous readers choice awards in its first year of operation. Good for them, really. But the place hasn’t come under yours truly’s scrutiny, has it? Not until now, anyway. Yes, generous, if imprecisely allotted ground beef patties (the large variation of which I was told could have a two or three ounce variation by an enthusiastic cook/ clerk at my latest visit) may be 11:11’s savory calling card. But sometimes the contrarian in me gets the better of my culinary senses, such as my first time at 11:11, when a veggie burger seemed like the thing to try. Think of it this way: if the place can do right with its sandwich option by carniphobes, they must be doing spectacularly well by the sammies they serve with actual moo meat, right? That theory proved correct. Whether or not the veg’ patty was a store-bought Garden Burger, another commercial variety, or one of 11:11’s own concoction, it’s a winner. Neither with that weird, overtly faux taste and texture combo of Boca products nor a crumbly morsel lacking heft when encountering teeth, it’s worth a meatless return trip for that reason alone. Then there’s the bun. The fluffy, hearty wonderful bun. With that and the assortment of free condiments - ketchup, yellow mustard, pickle chips, onions (give me them both raw and fried, thanks) and mayalong with some sautee’d mushrooms and a hard fried egg, my server thought my creation to be one especially apt for breakfast. He was partly right. I’d eat it again at any time of day. The traditionalist in me still wanted to try 11:11’s French fries. Double fried, says the signage. One might think that going into the bubbling breach twice would render the skins-on strands of potato

greasy to the second power. Perhaps amazingly, that’s not really the case. Julienned with the same sort of disregard for proportional propriety as the burgers, they may be Fondy’s most generous portion of pomme frites, too. What some establishments would call their large is what 11:11 calls its small. Not overly salty, they’re worth the caloric splurge. A couple of subsequent visits led me to the their bovine flesh specialty. Lest you’re famished as the day is long or have a metabolism that makes hummingbirds envious, a single burger may suffice for most patrons. Especially if said patrons have eaten early the same day and may plan to do so later in the same 24-hour period. The same array of toppings that festooned my veggie patty complemented my burger at least as well as they did my first 11:11 entree’. I must have been close to starvation to order the Hump Burger, a hamburger topped with a heap of smoky pulled pork. As if I wouldn’t down the whole thing? Of course, I did! The same option is available for the slit and flat-top grilled Nathan’s Beef Frankfurters they serve by the vaguely perverse name of the Hump Dog. The same treatment could likely be had for their crispy chicken sandwich, B.L.T., Patty Melt, fried fish sammitch and, if one desires being a contrarian to the point of contradiction, the veggie burger. My next visit will likely be for one of 11:11’s inverted bun specialties. Yup, the proper top and bottom of the bun are put in the middle, so the flatter insides can be grilled. Apart from the Patty Melt with its Provolone and fried onions, that includes an assortment of increasingly complex grilled cheeses. Adding bacon, a thin burger and egg doubles the price of the original model, but it’s still under $8. And if you wanted to add some pulled pork, that shouldn’t be any trouble, either. And the beignets? A Fondian friend who has visited 11:11 both with his children and alone tells me that he wishes the French, fried, pillowy pastries that resemble the love children of doughnut holes and ravioli were made on premises. Maybe that would make them better, but the ones they import from New Orleans’ Cafe’ Du

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Monde are still tasty as they ought to be by my taste buds. The black raspberry, hot fudge and salted caramel dipping sauces (one comes with an order) differently enhance the crunch, doughy, chewy morsels covered in cinnamon & sugar, or powdered sugar. A small order is a big-enough-for-two, eight pieces. Sauce cups could be wider to facilitate dipping a beignet’s entire side, however. Special mention must be made of 11:11’s restrooms, gender-coded with Popeye and Olive Oyl. Not only do the paintings of the cartoon sailor and his best gal fit within the Hollywood theme of the

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NEWS & VIEWS // HALLOW-IAN

Hallow-Ian Raises Money from the Roof BY MICHAEL CASPER One would think that, when it comes to fundraising, there aren’t that many “new tricks” relative to being creative and thinking outside of the box. And you would probably be right. So the question begs, “If a Morning Radio Show host climbs up on a roof, in the challenging weather period known as late October, will anybody hear him?” “Thankfully,” says Marty in the Morning from B-104.7 Radio, “they have, and with an even higher goal this year than last, we hope they continue to open their hearts, and their wallets. Our listeners, our advertisers, and even people off the street who just plain care, have continued to step up in a huge way these past 2 years. I get

a lot of looks from people driving by off Highway 41, and just stop to see why a guy in a parka is sitting at a picnic table on top of the roof at OshVegas Palms. Quite frankly, even my family says the same thing!” 2015 will mark the 6th year of B-104.7’s “Hallow-Ian” campaign. “The first few years were truly a labor of love,” Marty said “back in the first 3 years, we would take over the Cow Palace (I mean, with a name like that, how could you go wrong?) on the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds, and spend the better part of the week turning it into a true, lightly-haunted attraction. Back then, the school’s typically had the last two days of the month off for Teacher’s Conferences, so it was a natural to hold grade school and

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middle school dances on Thursday night, a dance for the high school’s on Friday night, and then an adult-driven event on Saturday, ranging from bands to comedians, to a Dean Martin impersonator. It all was received very well, but it was also a ton of work.” That first year, Ian Locke was chosen as not only the recipient of the fund raiser, but it was also his name that was used for the event, and it’s stuck ever since. “For those that don’t know,” Marty explained “Ian was a sophomore in high school that first year. He was injured in a football game, taken in for X-rays, and it was then they diagnosed him with bone cancer in the leg. My daughter Sydney, who was in Ian’s class, came home that day from school and was just torn up about it. She asked if B-104 could assist in helping promote the brat fry cookout that was being coordinated, and I said we could. I helped out that weekend, and was just amazed at the outpouring of support from the community. And it was also that night when I realized, we needed to not only do something bigger, but also something that might have traction and be able to thrive for years to come. And that’s when we decided to have the inaugural ‘Hallow-Ian’ event.” The Cow Palace in Fond du Lac was already reserved for dances, so turning the 3 nights into a fund raiser was an easy

choice. “I will admit before Ian was diagnosed with bone cancer,” Marty said “I was looking at a way to offer kids something to do with two days off, give parents a break, and maybe make some money in the

meantime. But when Syd came home, and I saw the tears in her eyes, and I saw the hundreds and hundreds of people come out for the brat fry...that’s when I kind of felt God slapped me up side the head and said ‘this money-making idea will now be a fundraiser.’” It’s been a labor of love ever since, and a real source of pride for Marty and B-104, and their partners. “The neat part for me this year has been running into the Locke family,” Marty said “and hearing how great Ian has been doing (now a Junior in college). I’ve also run into Amy and Aiden, the parents of Baby Mateo, who was our 2nd year recipient. I can’t believe how big he has gotten, and how much Amy and Aiden are doing with him. We saw them on at least three occasions this year at various fundraising walks and runs that we are a part of, and it’s the three of them, and it’s just cool to see.” It was after the 3rd year of spearheading Hallow-Ian that Marty decided he had to do something different. “I knew I was never going to be able to build a huge committee to move HallowIan forward,” Marty said “and I really wasn’t relishing the thought of asking people who had given so much already of their time and talents, to give even more.” The 3rd year involved Terah Bowe and her family, and we were raising money for Baby Clay. Not only was Terah and her family a very deserving family, Baby Clay was truly in need and as Marty said, “at the end of the week, when it came to writing the check, it just seemed like so much work, and just too little payoff.” “There was never any family or individual that ever said anything,” Marty said “but it was my own personal affirmation that we were fighting a forest fire with a squirt gun. And that’s when I came up with the idea to get up on the roof.” One could argue that sitting on a roof, raising money, is not all that novel. “But, not only am I on the roof,” he explained “but I’m also broadcasting live from there. I do my show from 5a-10a, then I cut in with live breaks when Jen, Skye and Stevie V are on. Continue on Page L16

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Continued form Page L14 It’s actually a lot of fun. As long as I don’t have to repeat the length I did the first year length, I think we’ll be good.” That first year on the roof, in 2013, Marty set a goal to raise $10,000. “I looked at the checks we were able to write the first 3 ye a r s ,” h e said “and I wanted to at least match that in our first year on the roof. I wasn’t concerned that we could raise it, as I knew folks in our area love a challenge. And once people knew that 100% of what we raised was going back into the local communities, and with zero expense, I just thought we couldn’t lose. My only concern was how long it would take.” And that first year? “33 hours,” Marty laughed. “Which I can tell you not only sounds like a long time, it was a long time. It was the first time on the roof, the only things I was really concerned about were weather and bathroom facilities. The weather kicked my butt a bit, as it was cold, windy, rainy, some snow flakes. We had it all. I was most proud of the fact that I didn’t have to come off the roof for any bathroom breaks. I just waited to pee until it was dark!” 33 hours of broadcasting later, and Marty’s goal of $10,000 was achieved. And the fun was just beginning. Now came the chance to give the money back…to food pantries, where he teamed up with Webster’s Pick and Save in Ripon to purchase pallets of canned food items. He then transferred those cans to places like Farmer’s and Merchants Bank in Berlin, where for every can of food donated, they would match it with a $1 cash donation. “I remember calling them, just to confirm,” Marty said “I mean, I was sitting on 1,047 cans of food, and was hoping there was not some type of limit I couldn’t go over. Thankfully there wasn’t, and we have

been working with them ever since.” As Marty points out, raising the money locally, expense-free, and then being able to give it all back again locally, really hits home with so many people. “We realized there were so many great

fund raisers and charitable events,” he said “and so many deserving individuals and families. I just knew to stand out from the crowd, we had to be different. I don’t have a committee. We don’t do raffles. It’s pretty simple. I go up on the roof, and I broadcast live until we reach the total for the year. Last year I raised our goal to $15,000. I was a bit nervous. We started out very slow. Then again, the weather was not great. I think folks loved hearing the wind whip me around on air, and they wanted to see where my breaking point was. And that breaking point happened when Cary McGrath climbed the ladder to drop off a check, and scared the long underwear right off my backside! But it was all worth it the end of the day when Kevin Michels from Michels Pipeline called on the phone and asked, ‘how much longer are going to be up there? I’d kind of like to get you down from there, but we are having way too much fun listening to your teeth rattle on air.’” The wildest moment of the Hallow-Ian 2014 Roof Top Marathon was when attor-

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ney Nate Olson, normally reserved, usually in a suit and tie, showed up. “He was wearing a Captain America costume,” Marty laughed “he and his wife Carla had the kids out for a party or trick or treating. He pops out of the car, walks right to the building, and simply asked what number was needed to get me off the roof. We were close at the time, but I also knew time was not on my side. I was wet from the rain, I was cold, I was hungry, I was tired. Bear Grylls would not have liked my mindset. But Nate wrote a check for the balance to get to the goal, and off the roof I came. Our goal of $15,000 was achieved in just over 15 hours.” And the goal this year? “I haven’t decided yet,” Marty said “It’s got to be bigger, obviously. I’m just not sure how much bigger I want to make it this

year. $20,000 seems logical, then again…” Marty does a number of things that allows everyone a chance to get involved. Donors can “sponsor” an Hour of Music while he broadcasts; you can also “pay to play” meaning, you may just hear the Carpenters or Metallica on B-104 during the marathon; and you can also sponsor an appearance during the Marathon, and join Marty on the air, on the roof, or send an employee, a family member, et cetera. “The one thing I wanted to accomplish,” Marty said “was being able to help a great many more people, and try to make a difference within more communities. I

remember sitting in a meeting back in February, at an auto repair shop. A young mom with 3 young children was at the counter, in tears. Her van had just been fixed, and she was looking at the bill. The mechanic was struggling, but he managed to tell her that, while fixing the original issue, they found one other item that really needed attention. That set off another round of tears. The mom was doing all she could to keep it together. But she had done all she could to round up enough money to get the first repair done. While she was trying to figure out what to do, I called the mechanic over and asked what the additional repair was going to cost. It wasn’t a huge amount, but at that time the additional $348 seemed like a mountain. I told the mechanic to go ahead and fix it, and that we would write the check for it. When he went to tell the Mom, another round of tears broke out. It was unreal, but it’s the reason we do what we dd... helping others.” For Marty in the Morning, it’s really what he believes his and B-104.7’s main purpose is. “There are a ton of great radio stations, and great media outlets in the area,” he said “we all need to make money to survive. I just think how you choose to do that is our biggest difference. We could probably make more money, doing it the way others do, but it wouldn’t be as much fun. I’d have to wear shirts and ties every week, and I’m pretty sure most of the other companies would frown on me for peeing off the side of the building. There are perks to owning your own building!” Find out more about Hallow-Ian 2015 at www.B104online.com or to contact Marty in the Morning directly to donate or help out, call the studios at 920-230-1047. Hallow-Ian 2015 Roof Top Marathon takes place Friday, October 30th, at OshVegas Palms Resort in Oshkosh.

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Our Marvelous Elm Tree... BY MICHAEL MENTZER The second Titan of the Dutch Gap in Fond du Lac is about to follow the smoky destiny of the first. Already, its outermost branches have been chewed to tiny pieces and chips by fearsome blades and funneled into the bed of a truck to be used as mulch for other trees and shrubs throughout the Fox Valley and beyond. The massive stump, 18 feet in circumference and six-feet, four-inches in diameter, has encountered a similar fate at the mechanical hands of relentless grinding technology that reduced the massive American elm platform in the ground to tiny pieces of valuable hardwood mulch. A mound of black dirt and newly emerging weeds mark the place where the massive elm took root and stood for an estimated 180 years — seven generations in human terms. Massive logs and limbs await chainsaws and splitters at the end of Elizabeth Street, a one-block dead-end roadway that nudges the bank of the Dutch Gap and opens the door to the footbridge that connects with one-block Guinette Avenue on the other side, where the first titan, a 170 to 180-year-old bur oak crashed under its own weight in July of 2010 on the Mike and Paula Sergi property. Much of the stately elm will be cut into firewood — 10 cords or more or about 1,280 cubic feet, according to one estimate (similar to the Sergi oak) — and some of it hopefully will be set aside for loftier purposes that could preserve the memory for a generation or two. Citified wildness incarnate We were blessed to know the Big Elm well for more than 30 years. Our children and grandchildren ran circles around it and freed cicadas from crevices in its bark. The tree anchored our front yard and the south end of Elizabeth Street and encompassed all the natural beauty that it shared with the citified wildness around it. We marveled at its stature (nearly 90 feet) and its dominance. Its majes-

tic canopy served as an environmental umbrella and as a resting place and home to countless birds. It was a favored place for great horned owls to exchange their haunting mating calls on cold dark December nights. It was the kind of living, breathing creature that could never be taken for granted. Even though some people cursed its piles of leaves on their lawns, driveways and roofs in fall, and the seemingly millions of tiny elm seeds in their gutters and downspouts in spring. I never did. I enjoyed living in its shadow. I was glad it was there, but I knew deep down for years

it whenever the wind howled or thunderstorms passed by. I blindly trusted that we would be safe. Fortunately, that’s the way it played out. Thanks to Bob and Jane I was thankful then and ever since for the foresight of Bob and Jane Flaherty who owned our house before we did. They took steps to add steel cables to the Big Elm and chemically treat it to buy time in its fight against elm bark beetles and the Dutch Elm Disease fungus that the beetles transmit.

They took root on the frontier in a slow and deliberate era and departed in the lickety-split age of the Internet... that its days were numbered. I remember a particular winter night standing beneath the tree in the grip of a howling wind in the aftermath of a sleet storm that must have coated the limbs in a ton or more of ice. In the gale, the Big Elm flailed its limbs and shattered the icy cast into splinters of ice that rained down to form a sparkling layer of crystals on the street. In an instant, amid the tree’s distinctive groans there came a deep, resounding, twisting, giant walnut crack that meant only one thing to me — a monstrous limb crashing to the pavement and crushing me like an owl squeezing the life out of a rabbit. Running for my life I ran away like a little kid, stumbling in my panic until I was beyond the canopy. There were no broken limbs (the tree’s or mine) but I’m sure that particular night was the time when one of two braided steel cables that bolstered the elm’s stability snapped like a piece of brittle string. I realized that the double-trunked tree could someday split in two and crash down on our house. I admit it: I worried about

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We watched over the tree and contacted Brian Weed, the city’s arborist, with questions and observations about the elm. He did his best to safeguard it, and twice in recent years treated it chemically in the hope of holding off the inevitable. He warned us that age and disease were working against it. On top of that, reconstruction of the street several years ago, deep excavation and installation of a new water main resulted in extensive cutting of major roots. No doubt, street construction also worked against the elm. Despite all of that, the Big Elm emerged in spring with seeming strength and vitality. By mid-summer, though, the telltale signs were visible in the shriveled leaves and several leafless branches. By late summer, the tree wore the look of winter. The inevitable was at hand, but still it seemed like death came too quickly. We’re never quite ready, no matter what the mind tells us, for the emotional ending. A four-man crew from Neenah arrived early in the morning a few weeks ago to cut the tree down. “They told us it was big but not this big,” the lead man said as he leaned back

to look toward the top of the tree. “This is going to take a while.” In fact, it took the crew about 10 hours to cut the tree down, strap the trunk in pieces to a flatbed and clean up the street. It took nearly 180 years for the venerable old tree to reach its zenith and 40 man hours to cut it almost even with the ground. A few days later, one man with a grinder spent a few hours erasing the stump from the landscape. A tug on the heartstrings It’s not pleasant to witness the end of a once living entity of such natural beauty, grace and power. Watching the inevitable take place tugs at the heartstrings. That was evident in the reaction of virtually everyone who knew of the tree. Friends and neighbors and many people we didn’t know arrived to take pictures and pay their respects. It was almost like a funeral visitation for an esteemed member of the community. I was anxious to know if the distinctive elm might be in fact two trees that had grown together early on. The crew confirmed that it indeed was one tree. The main trunk rose to a height of about six feet, then split into two additional trunks, giving the impression of two trees and spawning the fear that they could split in two and fall in two different directions, flattening anything in its descent. I also wanted to know if insects and rotting were at the heart of the main trunk. That was not the case. The trunk was solid and viable within its entire 18-foot circumference. I had hoped to count the rings but I never got the chance. I’ve often thought about those two titans of the Dutch Gap, two wood-making pillars of power a mere 50 feet or so apart. A buffalo connection If the estimates are correct, they were here when Native Americans and buffalo Continue on Page L20

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Continued from Page L18 trod the oak openings of Fond du Lac prairie, and when settlers in covered wagons inched westward along the Military Road. Those trees took root in the thicket and the brambles leading eastward from the Fond du Lac River about the time Colwert and Fanna Pier, the first white settlers here, were carving out a homestead far from their native Vermont. Somehow the bur oak and the American elm were spared when lumberman Uriah Mihills bought acres and acres of land south of the present-day Dutch Gap after his arrival here in 1865 at the close of the Civil War. Uriah and his wife Caroline had nine children, including a son Guindon who became a prominent local businessman. Guindon Boulevard is named in his honor. Guindon and his wife Mary Lee had two daughters, Grace and Guinette. Grace and Guinette avenues are named for them. The oak on Guinette and the elm on Elizabeth towered over the countryside far from the city’s downtown in the 1880s and ’90s. Anyone standing near the trees enjoyed an unobstructed view of Lake Winnebago and the plumes of smoke from steamboats during that time in local history. Rooted in river clay The trees sent roots deep into the river clay around them and fortified their ability to withstand almost anything the forces of nature could throw at them. That same clay was prized by a brickmaking company that grew up, thrived and disintegrated across the river not far from where Pick ’n Save now stands. Bricks from that company were used to build at least two homes on our street a hundred years ago. The trees had a century of longevity to their credit when our house in the Eichmeyer Addition was built in 1941, shortly before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In the space of five years, they are gone, and a flood of light fills the void. Their tenure was marked by monumental societal and technological changes that accelerated over time at a faster and faster pace. They took root on the frontier in a slow and deliberate era and departed in the lickety-split age of the Internet and the search for another Earth in the far reaches of the universe.

A Greek proverb Now, I have a responsibility I want to be a part of. Thanks to the city’s tree replacement program and the sharing of cost by the city and our family, an Autumn Blaze Maple will be planted just beyond the perimeter of where once there was a massive elm trunk. I can only envision how the maple will carry on the tradition of that special location. It calls to mind a Greek proverb that has remained with me since the first time I heard it: “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they shall never sit in.”

It’s my turn to be the old man now. I won’t be around to enjoy the shade the new tree creates, but someone will…someday. In the scheme of things, that’s what is really important. An incense of oak and elm At some point in the next few months I hope to place splits of wood from that old elm on the fireplace grate and savor the penetrating warmth and fragrance of nearly two centuries of wood making that occurred not far from our front door. We’ll do it on a Sunday night when we’re together for dinner — children, grandchil-

dren, sons-in-law and their dogs, because dogs have an innate appreciation for what a fireplace means. Maybe we can burn a chunk of Sergi oak and Mentzer elm together and let the smoky incense from the fireplace chimney drift on a northerly breeze and sanctify the land set aside for this current generation of Fond du Lac residents … and perhaps wonder what the next 180 years holds in store for the succeeding seven generations. Michael Mentzer, now retired after a 40-year newspaper career, writes a monthly column for Scene.

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October 1 Searl Pickett Chamber Music Series 41 E. Follett Street, Fond du Lac 7:30pm Price: Single tickets are sold at the door at $15 each, and students are admitted free. Now in its 20th year, the music series was organized especially for the greater Fond du Lac community and features the finest soloists and chamber ensembles in Wisconsin and the Midwest. The Series is affiliated with the Fond du Lac Symphonic Band, which provides production support and tax-exempt status for contributions. Clarinetist Todd Levy and Friends will perform compositions for one and two clarinets and piano. Levy is Principal Clarinetist of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and in demand as a soloist, recitalist and clinician throughout the United States.

October 1 – 4 Nicci & Nina Share Fine Art Galleries, 228 S. Military Road, Fond du Lac Thursdays-Saturdays 1-8pm Sundays 1-5pm Price: Free Admission! Share Fine Art Galleries is excited to have these two talented local Fond du Lac artists in one show. The opening reception will be during Tour the Town Fond du Lac Sept. 18th from 5-8pm

October 2 Lego Night 75 W. Scott Street, Fond du Lac 4-7pm Price: $6 The first Friday of every month, enjoy our giant supply of LEGOs, demonstrate creative building and be inspired by a monthly theme and fellow builders. Program is included with general admission.

October 2 – 3 Warriors Haunted Asylum N5758 County Highway W, Dotyville 7 pm to 10 pm Price: $12.00 Haunted house with 3 levels of scary goodness.

October 3 Farmers Market 18-28 South Main Street, Fond du Lac 8am-Noon Price: Free Admission! Step away from so-called social media and get face-to-face with local vendors, fresh food, live music, art and more at Downtown Fond du Lac Farmers Market every Saturday from 8 to noon. Sponsored by Agnesian Healthcare, the farmers market now features a new pedestrianonly zone on Main Street, extending from Sheboygan Street to Western Avenue. www.downtownfdl.com

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Oktoberfest 2015 Knights of Columbus Hall, 795 Fond du Lac Avenue, Fond du Lac 6:15 Pre-dinner entertainmentSinatra favorites-Paul Rosenfeldt and silent auction 7:00 German dinner 8:00 Musical celebration- Hope German Band performing polkas and German waltzes Price: $29/ticket The Music Ministry of Hope Lutheran Church, Fond du Lac, will be holding an Oktoberfest Dinner on Saturday, Oct.3 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 795 Fond Du Lac Ave., Fond du Lac Proceeds from this event will be donated to Julie Duffy, a member of our church, who is fighting stage four cancer, is unable to work, and needs money for her mortgage, food, travel expenses to Froedert Medical Center, and other expenses.

Walk To End Alzheimer’s 235 N. National Avenue, Fond du Lac 8:30 AM (registration) Alzheimer’s disease - the nation’s sixth-leading cause of death - is destroying our families, our finances and our future. But you can do something to stop it. Join us for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s® at Moraine Park Technical College in Fond du Lac on October 3rd. Register today and fundraise online at www.alz.org/ walk. In-person registration on October 3rd begins at 8:30 a.m. with the Walk kicking off at 10

a.m. The End of Alzheimer’s starts with you. Call the Alzheimer’s Association at 800-272-3900 for more information.

Wisconsin Fall Food Fest 976 E. Johnson Street Suite 800, Fond du Lac 9:00 am. to 3:00 p.m. Price: Free Admission! Wisconsin Fall Food Fest: The Season for Cooking Help The Spice Crate celebrate Wisconsin food & recipes! FREE spice samples with purchase! FREE food bites – Wisconsin recipes with Wisconsin ingredients! SALES on FALL SPICES!

& Collected Poems. Valentine lives in New York City. The following day, Valentine will conduct a hands-on workshop with 10 Marian University students at THELMA. Her visit is made possible by the generous support of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes. THELMA’s Foot of the Lake Reading Series is regularly held the first Tuesday of the month in Cafe 1906. This free event includes a guest writer, open mic and a cash bar. Readings begin at 7 pm and the doors open at 6:30 pm.

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336 Old Pioneer Road, Fond du Lac 7:00pm Tickets sold till 10:00 pm 51 Sheboygan Street, Fond du Lac Price: $10 7pm A FAST PASS is available for $20 Price: Free Admission! to jump the line | Same night repeat In partnership with Marian admission is $5 (must stand in line University, the recipient of the again to re-enter Haunted Village) 2009 Wallace Stevens Award from Each year, the quaint Galloway the Academy of American Poets, House village is transformed into Jean Valentine, opens the season. a spooky haunted village tour. In 1965 Valentine won the Yale Join us for your privately-led Younger Poets Award for her first group tour as you run through book, Dream Barker, and in 2004 buildings and get frightened by she won the National Book Award our cast of ghoulish and spooky for Door in the Mountain: New characters. Open Fridays and

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W7965 Highway 23, Greenbush 10-5pm Price: Adults $11; Children (5-17) $5.50; Students (valid ID) & Seniors (65+) $9.25, Children under 5-Free, Family (2 adults & children through age 17) $30 Learn about the origins of American Halloween customs, play seasonal games of the period, enjoy hot cider in the stagecoach hotel, take a two mile open-air horse-drawn wagon ride, carve pumpkins and turnips and listen to classic renditions of scary (but family-friendly) stories in the candlelit Herrling sawmill.

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Something for everybody! Car lovers-come check out the awesome cars and trucks! Great craft, gift and goody vendors inside for the ladies. Enjoy music from the 50’s and 60’s and DJ Entertainment from 10-3pm.

Forest Mall Community Bazaar 835 W. Johnson Street, Fond du Lac 10am-8pm Price: Free Admission! With fall in the air and school back in session, now is the perfect time for residents of Fond du Lac to connect with the community and learn about area non-profit organizations. Forest Mall will host a Community Bazaar to raise awareness and funds for several area non-profit organizations. We still space available, contact the mall office for more information.

Moon Shadow Painting Class 228 S. Military Road, Fond du Lac 1 pm - 3:30 pm Price: $35 No painting experience necessary! Join us to paint this cute Halloween inspired piece entitled “Moon Shadow”. Class will start promptly at 1 pm and will last approximately 2 1/2 hours. All materials supplied. Light refreshments will be served. Kids welcome with an adult! Limited space! Please contact Mindy at 921-3693 or email mindy@wallartbymindy. com to register and save your spot.

October 13 Books Between Bites

120 Sheboygan Street, Fond du Lac 12:10 - 12:50 PM Price: Free Admission! DRACULA by Bram Stoker (Fond du Lac Reads! selection) The original modern horror novel, Dracula is a story ingrained in popular culture since first written in 1897. Our reviewer, Jon Mark Bolthouse, is the Director of the Fond du Lac Public Library; he has lived in Fond du Lac for eleven years with his wife and daughter.

make more OR you may place a $15.00 minimum order for products and your class and cards are free! Three sessions to choose from: 3:15 or 5:15 or 7 pm. RSVP at least 24 hours in advance so materials can be prepared. All materials are supplied except for double-sided adhesive - please bring with you. Call or email stampinjana@charter.net. NO Children under 10 please.

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130 Southlake Circle, Fond du Lac 3:15 or 5:15 or 7 pm Price: $6.00 or a minimum $15.00 product order Make three cards/learn at least one new technique and use one new product each month. $6.00 gets you the class and three cards to mail out or use as samples to

October 15 – 18 72 W. 9th Street, Fond du Lac 7:30pm (2pm Sunday matinee) They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky! This musical comedy brings the beloved and bizarre Addams Family to life complete with show-stopping musical numbers. This glitzy-gloomy musical is based on the drawings by Charles

Addams. In the show, Wednesday Addams is grown up and has fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family, but everything will change on the fateful night The Addams host a dinner for Wednesday’s ‘normal’ boyfriend and his parents. Come see Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester, Lurch and more.

October 16 Andy’s Automatics 51 Sheboygan Street, Fond du Lac Bar Opens 7:00 pm - Performance 8:00 pm Price: $15; Pub for 2: $50; Bistro for 4: $80 (40% off for Friends of THELMA) Smooth country western tones of Andy’s Automatics are sure to create one unique concert experience! Help us celebrate local arts with these local musicians and

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our local visual artists! During the concert intermission, we will announce the Viewer’s Choice winner for the 2015 Membership Exhibition.

Tour the Town Art Walk - Fond du Lac 130 S. Main St, Fond du Lac 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. Price: Free Admission! Stroll historic downtown Fond du Lac during Tour the Town, held the third Friday of every month from 5-8 p.m. All manner of artists - from painters, to jewelry makers, to mixed media artists, to cheese artisans, and every medium in between - grace our downtown’s venues with their wares for purchase. This event is always free!

Hikes N3450 Division Road Campbellsport 6:30-9:30pm Price: Free Admission! Beware of Alien Invaders! Let’s join the battle to take down the alien invaders including the lethal emerald ash border, the tenacious garlic mustard, the bully house sparrow and the slimy earthworm. It’s sure to be an awesome adventure through the dark autumn woods! The final hike starts at 8:30pm. Each hike lasts about 1 hour. Enjoy playing funfilled games or creating a clever craft before or after your hike. Long Lake Recreation Area-off Division Road north of Highway F near Dundee.

October 17 October 16 – 17 Halloween Nature

The Great Pink Pumpkin 5K Run/ Walk

235 N. National Avenue Fond du Lac 10:00am Price: Varies by entry date Participants will enjoy the fall colors as they wind through Fond du Lac, starting from the Moraine Park Technical College campus. Leaves in scarlet, orange and gold will crunch underfoot, but this run/walk will also feature a unique autumn hue - pink! This first annual event made it possible for women battling breast cancer to attend the Infinite Boundaries Wellness Retreat, organized by Breast Cancer Recovery.

Wag - N - Walk N9438 Highway 151, Malone 10:00AM Price: Free Admission! The Little Farmer is hosting Fond du Lac’s Humane Society annual Wag-n-Walk. Drawings, costume contest, dog walk around the

farm, nail trimming, micro chipping, and so much more. Bring your fur friends out and come have a great time.

October 23 - 24 Halloween Candlelight Cave Tours W2348 Short Road, Chilton Fri 5:30-8:30 pm Sat 4:308:30pm Price: $6/person. (Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.) Enjoy a family-oriented evening visiting Ledge View’s trails and caves by candelight and meet some some unusual personalities with strange stories. Educational rather than scary. Minimum recommended age is five years old with parent. No strollers please. Wear old clothes-you may get dirty. Caves are accessed by stairs and ladders. Tour will depart

every half hour. First come, first served. No reservations taken.

October 23 Searl Pickett Chamber Music Series 363 South Main St., Fond du Lac 7:30 pm Price: Single tickets are sold at the door at $15 each, and students are admitted free. Now in its 20th year, the music series was organized especially for the greater Fond du Lac community and features the finest soloists and chamber ensembles in Wisconsin and the Midwest. The Series is affiliated with the Fond du Lac Symphonic Band, which provides production support and taxexempt status for contributions. The Wisconsin Brass Quintet, chamber ensemble-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin-

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October 24 Rock, Roll & Remember Concert featuring the Avalons Historic City Hall Auditorium 201 E. Main St. Waupun, WI 53963 US 7:30pm Prepare to be swept away on a memorable journey through the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s through the music, comedy and crazy antics of The Avalons during their Rock, Roll & Remember concert! This performance is the finale in the 3 show Fall Entertainment Series brought to you by Homan Auto Sales.

Oct 28 – Nov 1

UW-Fond du Lac Fall Play “Rash Acts” 400 University Drive, Fond du Lac “Rash Acts” is a collection of short plays - unique comedies, nightmares and quirky dramatic portraits. It will be directed by Richard Gustin, UW-FDL communications and theater arts professor.

October 29 Trick or Treat Forest Mall 835 W. Johnson Street, Fond du Lac 5:30-7pm Price: Free Admission! Forest Mall will be every trick-ortreater’s dream with participating retailers handing out candy and providing lots of spooky fun. Children are invited to dress up in their Halloween best and show

off their costumes as they collect candy throughout the mall.

October 30 – 31 Ghost of Galloway Haunted Village 336 Old Pioneer Road, Fond du Lac 7:00 pm | Tickets sold till 10:00 pm Price: $10 | A FAST PASS is available for $20 to jump the line | Same night repeat admission is $5 (must stand in line again to re-enter Haunted Village) Each year, the quaint Galloway House village is transformed into a spooky haunted village tour. Join us for your privately-led group tour as you run through buildings and get frightened by our cast of ghoulish and spooky characters. This event is not for the weak-kneed and is not recommended for young children. Open Fridays and Saturdays in

October beginning October 9th, guests enjoy a 20-30 minute (this depends on whether or not you walk or run) tour for only $10 per person. A FastPass is available for $20 per person to jump the line.

October 31 Monster March 10:00-noon Price: Free Admission! Trick or Treat on Main Street in downtown Fond du Lac at participating businesses and Farmers Market vendors. Kids of all ages are invited to trick or treat down Main Street, if accompanied by an adult.

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Farmers Market 18-28 South Main Street, Fond du Lac 8am-noon Free Admission! Get face-to-face with local vendors, fresh food, live music, art and more at Downtown Fond du Lac Farmers Market every Saturday from 8 to noon. Sponsored by Agnesian Healthcare, the farmers market now features a new pedestrian-only zone on Main Street, extending from Sheboygan Street to Western Avenue. More information at www. downtownfdl.com. Get social. Buy local at the Downtown Fond du Lac Farmers Market.

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