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Lauderdale Landings, a popular restaurant at W5625 Westshore Dr., Elkhorn, has sold for $2.7 million. That is an estimated 10% off the list price of $2.995 million. The buyer is Middle Green Holdings LLC, a Wisconsin limited-liability company. Karen Ostermeier, a lakefront real estate specialist with Compass, represented both the buyer and the seller. You can see her ad, with the lising, on page 2. According to public records, the family-owned waterfront restaurant was last sold on Nov. 30, 2009, for $925,000. Lauderdale Landings is known for its half-price pizza night every Thursday. It also hosts events like the Kid’s Fishing Jamboree each summer, as well as the Lauderdale-LaGrange Fire Department steak fry, which was held Aug. 13.
disabilities hit the water By Heather Ruenz STAFF WRITER
One man dead after jet ski crash on Lake Beulah By Tracy Ouellette STAFF WRITER
A 36-year-old Mount Pleasant man died July 9 after his jet ski crashed on Lake Beulah. According to a news release from the Town of East Troy Police Department, Rickey A. Madsen died after first responders attempted life-saving measures. According to the release, the Town of East Troy Police Department, along with East Troy Area Fire Department, were dispatched to a jet ski crash on Lake Beulah in the Town of East Troy just before 4 p.m. July 9. On arrival to the scene, first responders found the injured 36-year-old man from Mount Pleasant and rendered aid. “Two jet skies were involved in the accident, Town of East Troy Interim Chief Jagielski said Monday. “One fatality and the other was not injured.” He added that witnesses were still being interviewed and he couldn’t comment further on the suspected cause of the crash, but said that it was a “tragic accident.” “Unfortunately, the male was later pronounced deceased by the Walworth County Medical Examiner’s Office,” Jagielski stated in the release. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family during this time of grief.” The crash remains under investigation by the Town of East Troy Police Department and the Wisconsin Department of Natural • CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
Adaptive Adventures, a program that provides outdoor sports opportunities to children, adults and veterans with disabilities, can be found making waves on Lauderdale Lakes several times each summer. PHOTOS COURTESY BILL SHULTE Lauderdale Lakes Breeze
Man dies after incident on Whitewater Lake A 72-year-old Whitewater Lake resident died in early July after an incident on the lake. The man was identified as Timothy Glander, 72. According to the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department, deputies and the Whitewater EMS were dispatched about 3:30 p.m. Monday, July 10, for a water rescue in progress. According to Sheriff’s Captain Robert Hall, the man had been pulled from the lake by a good
Samaritan and life-saving measures were started on the boat. Hall said EMS took over those efforts when Glander was brought to the pier. He was then transported to Mercy Hospital in Janesville. Glander died the next day. It is unknown whether medical issues played a part in the death. Hall said the sheriff’s department was waiting on the report from the medical examiner’s office.
Several years ago, Julie Davis of Lauderdale Lakes and a volunteer with Adaptive Adventures, offered her lake house to start an adaptive waterski program in the area. Adaptive Adventures aims to “provide progressive outdoor sports opportunities to improve quality of life for children, adults and veterans with disabilities and their families,” according to its website. It features programs, clinics and camps throughout the country in cycling, climbing, dragon boat racing and a variety of watersports. Not long after the program started being offered locally, Davis and Greg Zbrzezny, the Chicago program director for Adaptive Adventures who had teamed up with Davis when it began, spent time brainstorming about how they could expand it. As a result, a group now gathers on Lauderdale Lakes several times each summer, initially at Lutherdale Conference Center and currently, at Lauderdale Landing. The program relies heavily on volunteers. “Our volunteers are a big part of what we do,” Zbrzezny said in a previous interview. Zbrzezny said in addition to Lauderdale Lakes area residents, the program also boasts volunteers who travel up to two hours from Illinois to be part of the program. Each program features participants from various groups, hospitals and organizations. “We work with individuals with physical disabilities and primarily disabled veterans,” Zbrzezny said. In addition to veterans – usually from Chicago and Milwaukee – other groups that have taken part in Adaptive Adventures on Lauderdale Lakes include Shriner’s Children’s Hospital, Synergy Adaptive Athletics and Lincolnway Special Recreation Association. • CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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BREEZE Elkhorn contractor pleads guilty to theft By Deborah Cruger CORRESPONDENT
John Roberts
In August 2014, Jeffrey and Kelly Adams hired Elkhorn contractor John D. Roberts to work on the Deakin House on Lauderdale Lakes. The couple wanted the home to be torn down and rebuilt, so they hired Roberts’ business, Roberts Design Corp. The couple claimed that Roberts left, leaving the house with damages and that
it appeared that he was not using much of the money that they provided him for the rebuilding of their house. Jeffrey and Kelly realized later that Roberts was on probation for theft by contractor while working on their house. It turned out that his construction company was the defendant in 21 separate civil cases in Illinois. John Roberts wrote more than $360,000 • CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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