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Local woman takes on human trafficking
By Tracy Ouellette EDITOR
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or Dawn Heath-Fiedler, education is the answer. The question? How to stop human trafficking in the community. “I want every person to know this at a community level,” Heath-Fiedler said. “We need the whole community to come together to learn about what’s going on. If we don’t know what we’re looking for, if we can’t identify it, how can we stop it?” Heath-Fiedler founded Join the Movement to Stop Human Trafficking in 2017 to bring awareness to a hidden problem. It’s a problem she says most people don’t even know exists in the community. “Social media has made it so much easier to gain access to children,” she said. “It’s coming into our homes, into our living rooms, into our bedrooms through our phones and people don’t know what to look for.” From law enforcement and emergency services to hospital personnel and educators, schools and churches, Heath-Fiedler has spent the last five years teaching workshops and giving presentations in an effort to get the needed information out to people. “I want people to know what to look for,” she said. “What is social media used for – I get into the schools to show them what to be watching for. The best defense we have is to teach the kids what to look for but the whole community needs to understand what’s happening. The more the community knows, then the traffickers are going to know we’re on to them.” Heath-Fiedler said the COVID-19 pandemic slowed things down for the organization, but they are ramping up again. “We formed in 2017 and were just getting up to speed when COVID hit a few years later,” she said. “Everything shut down and we went virtual with Zoom but the response was huge. And now, with things starting to open up again, we’re looking at increasing our offerings and are fundraising to do it.” Gala held to raise funds Because Join the Movement is privately funded
Dawn Heath-Fiedler, founder and president of Join the Movement to Stop Human Trafficking, gives a presentation on recognizing the signs of trafficking in the community. She offers several different workshops in an effort to help raise awareness about human trafficking. SUBMITTED PHOTO Wonders of Walworth County
What is human trafficking? Human Trafficking is modern-day slavery and involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. Millions of men, women and children are trafficked into forced labor situations and into the sex trade worldwide. Human Trafficking is: sex exploitation, forced labor, debt bondage, child bride, child soldier and organ harvesting. It’s different from human smuggling. Human trafficking is exploitation-based and does not require movement across borders or any type of transportation. Who are victims? Who is at risk? Trafficking victims can be any age, race, gender or nationality. Trafficking victims can be men or women, young or old, American or from abroad, and with or without legal status. Traffickers prey on victims who have little or no social safety net. They look for victims who are vulnerable because of their illegal immigration status, limited English proficiency, and those who may be in vulnerable situations due to economic hardship, political instability, natural disasters, or other causes. (Referenced from The Blue Campaign, Homeland Security)
and most of the training and workshops it offers are free of charge, the need to fundraise is always present, Heath-Fiedler said. “Ninety-five percent of the trainings we do we don’t charge for,” she said. “There are some fees at times, for speakers or honorariums or gifts, but we don’t force anybody to come up with money because we want this information out there.” Join the Movement organized a gala to provide community education and raise money for the cause. The event was held at Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan April 8. “We originally planned it for Jan. 11, National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. A week before the event we had a huge omicron surge and the board met and decided it was safer for everyone to postpone the event. Lake Lawn agreed and we rescheduled for April,” Heath-Fiedler said. Trafficking survivor and author Theresa Flores was the guest speaker at the gala. She shared her experience of being blackmailed into sex trafficking at night while attending high school during the day in Michigan. Sex trafficking of teen girls has filled international headlines in recent weeks as the former girlfriend of financier Jeffrey Epstein was tried in New York on charges of helping him find girls as young as 14 to provide massages that eventually turned into sex. British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who befriended the girls and introduced them to Epstein, was convicted Dec. 29 of five of the six charges against her. “The Maxwell case put the spotlight on how predators take advantage of vulnerable people,” Heath-Fiedler said. “That case happened in metropolitan New York, but human trafficking also happens right here in rural Wisconsin. We want people to learn the signs of trafficking and how they can help stop it. Join the Movement focuses our education on what human trafficking looks like in the rural areas.” Presenting sponsors for the gala were Kunes RV/ Auto/Trucks/Commercial and Lake Lawn Resort. For more information about Join the Movement, contact Heath-Fiedler at dawn@jtme.org.
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Join the Movement offers workshops for the workplace, organizations and individual groups. The movement’s website lists these available workshops:
SOCIAL MEDIA WORKSHOP The greatest risk facing youth online is access. Social media is the new “mall” and is widely used by predators to groom and exploit their victims. As a result, education, awareness and teaching youth and the community is increasingly helpful in recognizing the role youth can play in preventing and disrupting this crime among their peers. Traffickers are capitalizing on the lack of awareness around this issue within our youth and the adults not recognizing the key indicators. All too often, they continue to exploit their victims unchecked because we as a community do not know what to look for. This workshop is for all community members. Adults and youth can be combined in one workshop or JTME can visit a school to educate youth directly at a level they understand.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOP This workshop is designed specifically for those who are working in the medical field. The workshop begins with the local EMS department or the patrol officer, they have their boots on the ground and first to see something. What are they looking for specifically? As our first responders what do they do next?
HOSPITALITY PROFESSIONALS WORKSHOP Hotels are one of many venues that traffickers use to exploit their victims. As a result, industry leaders are increasingly recognizing the unique role they can play in preventing and disrupting this crime. Traffickers are capitalizing on the lack of awareness around this issue within the hotel industry. All too often, they continue to exploit their victims unchecked because staff, managers, and executives do not know what to look for.
SENIOR EXPLOITATION WORKSHOP This workshop is designed for social workers working in ADRC and Health and Human Services who have clients that are at risk. Financial exploitation is a fast-growing form of abuse of seniors and adults with disabilities. Situations of financial exploitation commonly involve trusted persons in the life of the vulnerable adult, who do you think would do this? Adult Protective Services report that the number and complexity of reports involving financial abuse of vulnerable and older adults has grown significantly over the past decade. Recent research has found that elder financial exploitation is widespread, expensive and even deadly. Learn what indicators to look for and who is most vulnerable.
WHO SHOULD I TRUST? This workshop is designed for parents of young children from the ages of 2 to 12. It is no longer, stranger danger that we need to teach our children. 97% of children who are trafficked are brought into it by someone they know. This workshop is based from the book “Who Should I Trust?” by Jeanne King, an interactive book that the parent/guardian works on with each child. Parents show their child who they have in their life right now that they can trust.
TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Join the Movement recognizes that truck drivers, train conductors and airplane personnel see so much in their day and offers training to educate them of the indicators of victims being trafficked that may come across their work day. Workshops can be attended in person or virtually. Questions addressed include: Do you know what to look for? What chatter do you hear on your CB? Do you see a traveler who does not appear to have control over their ID (documents) or even allowed to answer your questions? What can you do? How do you report something you see? We will provide you with the training to look for red flags, help you set up a protocol for your business. For more information or to schedule a workshop, go to www. jtme.org/workshops.
A brighter course for Yerkes SPRING 2022
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Foundation takes over, launches improvements at historic observatory by Sandra Landen Machaj CORRESPONDENT
In 1897, the Yerkes Observatory housing the largest lens-type telescope in the world, made its appearance on the shore of Geneva Lake in the Village of Williams Bay. Since that time the Observatory has become the symbol of the village with its likeness appearing on the village seal and the Williams Bay Police Department patch. It is the most recognized building in Williams Bay. The observatory was built for use by the University of Chicago, with money donated by Chicago millionaire Charles Tyson Yerkes. It was the dream of first University of Chicago President William Rainey Harper and associate professor of astrophysics George Hale to create a prestigious astronomy program at the University of Chicago. At the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, a 40-inch refracting telescope
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had been introduced. Harper and Hale began to envision a research facility, complete with the latest in the technology of the time, which would become Yerkes Observatory. Hale hired architect Henry Ives Cobb to build the structure. The unique structure was built by Cobb to house the largest lens-type telescope. This building became the center of the new emerging field of modern astrophysics. A tower 112 feet high and 90 feet in diameter was required to hold the 64-foot telescope tube. The telescope contained two lenses, which together weigh close to 500 pounds. The lenses were cast in Paris by the optical glass manufacturer Mantois in the 1880s and ground and polished by the American optical firm of Alvan Clark and Sons of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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top: The Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay as it looked in 2020 when it was deeded to the Yerkes Future Foundation by the University of Chicago. above: Dennis Kois, Executive Director of Yerkes Observatory, at the Yerkes display at the Geneva Lake Museum.
The right location The new telescope, located about 100 miles away from the main University of Chicago campus – which would be known for its astrophysics work by many of the most important scientists of the time – was given the name Yerkes in honor of the principal donor. Many wondered why it was not built on the campus of the University of Chicago, but that was never considered to be an option. There was too much coal dust and other pollution in the air in Chicago to allow a good view of the night sky. The school also wanted somewhere that was not more than 100 miles from the campus to allow for travel back and forth between the campuses. According to Dennis Kois, executive director of the Yerkes Observatory, the shores of Geneva Lake, met the criteria for the perfect spot for the telescope, with clear air and dark skies, away from the pollution of the city. It also had a close connection with the Chicago donors, many of whom were also residents of the area with summer homes on Geneva Lake. The Yerkes campus quickly became the birthplace of the new growing field of
astrophysics and attracted both students and known scientists from around the world. Edwin Hubble spent two years at Yerkes working on his dissertation. Carl Sagan also spent time there. The most famous visitor to Yerkes was Albert Einstein, but he only spent two hours visiting. Nancy Grace Roman, an astronomer, made important contributions to the classification of stars. She worked on her graduate degree at the University of Chicago campus in Williams Bay. She would become the first female executive at NASA, serving as NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy and played a role in planning the Hubble Space Telescope. “A new space telescope going up in 2025 is being named for her,” said Kois. A change for the future In spite of all the work accomplished
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here, rumors began to circulate that the University of Chicago was going to close the campus. In October 2018 the rumors became reality when the University of Chicago decided to close the Yerkes facility. Concern about the fate of this special building, with its Olmstead designed grounds – important both historically and architecturally to the area – would be lost. Local residents did not give up as they fought to develop a plan to preserve the property and the building. Working with volunteers and teaming up with local businesses, the Yerkes Future Foundation was formed. The mission of the Yerkes Future Foundation is stated to be “to preserve and protect the Yerkes Observatory, celebrate its history and continue to foster its goals of research, education and astronomical observation by providing the opportunity to all interested.” The Yerkes Future Foundation was successful in working with the University of Chicago and on May 1, 2020, the University of Chicago deeded the Observatory along with 50 acres of land to the Yerkes Future Foundation. “While they donated the Observatory, the 50 acres of land, the main telescope and included the two modernized telescopes, they did not provide any funds to repair or restore the building,” said Kois. The Yerkes Future Foundation has been and continues to be involved in fundraising, necessary to repair and sustain the building. It is an ongoing project that continues to be a priority. Clearing out the space, both indoors and out, was another job that required volunteers to help. Everything had to be carefully looked at to determine if it was important. “The building contained a large number
of books and papers left by previous residents here,” said Kois. “We have spent weeks going through books and papers with the help of Judy Baisch, our librarian, to determine what should be kept. We even uncovered the original front page of Hubble’s dissertation.” One of the large tasks is to restore the brick walls, some of which have deteriorated over the years. Funds were raised to accomplish this. Bricks were removed in some areas to allow the walls to dry out. “The walls dry at the rate of 1 inch per month. The walls themselves are 28 inches thick so they were heated through the winter to encourage drying,” Kois said. Making progress Much work has been accomplished in 2021 according to the Yerkes website. Here are a few of the projects that have been completed: • A new roof with 83 solar panels which will generate power for the observatory and provide charging stations in the parking lot for automobiles. • A new parking lot where rainwater runoff passes through water-filtering retention ponds filled with native plants. Dark skies compliant lighting has been added to the parking lot. • Bluebird habitat houses have been placed across the 50 acres of land. • A Frederick Law Olmsted room was created in celebration of his 200th birthday. The Yerkes Observatory has become a partner in the Olmsted 200 campaign, a nationwide celebration honoring the bicentennial celebration of the birth of Olmsted. Since the grounds were originally designed by Olmsted’s architectural firm
The outside of the building covered with scaffolding as repairs continue. COURTESY OF YERKES OBSERVATORY Wonders of Walworth County
there are plans to try to recapture the design using the original plans. They have already removed many dead and diseased trees and have begun planting new ones. New deer-resistant daffodil bulbs have been planted and a welcome garden is set to bloom in the spring along Geneva Street. One thing that is not being replanted is buckthorn. Originally the Olmstead group planted a lot of it on the grounds. It is not native to this area and is more of a nuisance as it is invasive. Other projects are being worked on including restoration and cleaning of the Travertine marble on the walls in the entryways, rotunda, and main corridors. What is the future for the Yerkes Observatory? According to Kois they will
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Rock Central helps people of all ages learn the fine art of rock and roll By Sandra Landen Machaj CORRESPONDENT
ost children dream of playing a musical instrument at some point in their lives. But a dream that is not fulfilled in childhood may continue into adulthood. If it is the dream of a child in your home or maybe the dream of the child still in you, Rock Central can help turn them into reality. Located on the east side of Lake Geneva, Rock Central is a vibrant and exciting music school for people of all ages that aims to create a warm learning environment. It offers a unique method of learning that focuses not only on learning to play a specific musical instrument but encourages on-stage performances and provides the opportunity to do so for all students. Rock Central offers classes on a variety of musical instruments and also offers vocal lessons. Their teachers do not just teach but are also professional musicians who are active in the music scene. Some have their own bands while others have appeared with well-known performers.
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Jamo Van De Bogert is one such teacher. He grew up in Walworth and is a graduate of Big Foot High School. He became interested in music at the age of 5, when he began drumming on any surface. “By fifth grade I was in the school band and music became my life,” he said. “I continued to play drums through high school and college and traveled with many musical groups.” Among the musicians he has accompanied or with whom he has done production work are the Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, Bon Jovi, Ricky Martin and the group Phish. He began teaching drum lessons after returning to the area in 2010, which led to the opening of a School of Rock franchise in Williams Bay with friends Lisa and Dave Sharpe. “We found that working as a franchise was not accomplishing our goals for the music studio. So, we closed the studio, formed a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and moved to Lake Geneva where we opened Rock Central,” said Van De Bogert, who in addition to teaching drums, serves as vice president of Rock Central’s governing board. “We do not just teach music lessons but we also focus on performance. Every student has the opportunity to perform,” he said. “We provide opportunities for them to play in the community by performing at local festivals and at various music venues in the area.”
After visiting Rock Central there is no doubt music is the center of its universe. With a performance stage visible when entering the main room and a number of private lesson studios located throughout the venue, it offers a professional vibe. Musical instruments adorn the stage and microphones are just waiting for someone to bring them to life. “The school offers many genres of music but they are focused around rock and roll and other music from the past,” said Rickie Wetzel, manager of Rock Central. “We are a performance-based program. Each student receives one private lesson of 45 minutes each week and a second lesson of an hour and a half with their group, working on musical pieces they will be playing for their show.” Before she became manager for the studio, Wetzel was a student here. “I sing professionally for my husband’s band, the Big Al Wetzel Band. I took some classes to improve my voice and later was offered the job of manager of the studio,” shared Wetzel. It has now become a family affair as her husband teaches a variety of instruments at Rock Central along with writing music and playing professionally.
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who range from 11 to 15 years of age. The high school group is known as the Show Rockers. There is also an adult group for those over 19 years of age. The separate House Band consists of four or five of the best musicians in the school. They always have a set list and are available to perform for community events. They may be seen and heard at local fests and fundraisers. Performance is considered an important part of the student’s education in music. While some students may be reticent about performing in public, they often become more comfortable as they play together with other students. Their weekly sessions can help them overcome any shyness before they play for the public. Their quarterly performances before an audience adds to their stage presence as they build confidence in both their musical ability and stage confidence. “The earlier one gets into music the better,” said Alex Vino, bass teacher at Rock Central. “Young children – even younger than 3 years of age – love to dance and follow the rhythm of the music and sing along. Rhythm is so natural to the child. We do also offer classes in rhythm and movement to very young children. And you are never too old to start classes.”
Variety is celebrated Alex Vina is another locally grown musician. He spent his youth here in Lake Geneva and started playing the upright bass at the age of 8. During his school years he was a member of the Badger High School Jazz Band. After spending some time in Florida, he returned home to Lake Geneva to continue his musical career. He currently appears with his band Bodhicitta, known for playing a variety of music including rock, jazz fusion, and bluegrass. To keep students interested, the school offers a variety of music to introduce the students to different genres in an effort to help them discover music that they love to play. Recently, students worked on the music from the video game Guitar Hero. That game, according to Vino, had a lot of good music that the kids enjoyed playing. “The purpose is to keep the students motivated. By playing together it motivates them to continue to work on their music,” said Vina. “We also encourage them by allowing them to choose some of the set material.” Students have performed a wide range of styles from the work of The Beatles to classical pieces. The 101 group has recently been working on the Women of Rock including Joan Jett and Blondie while the 201 group has been learning music of the Rolling Stones. Every three months or so a show is held to showcase the talent of the students. They are often taken to local venues to play or participate in local festivals. Students have participated in events like Rock the Lake and some have been the opening act for well known musical groups including Kansas and the Guess Who.
All comers welcome One of the advantages of the show program, according to Vina, is that the students not only learn to play an instrument but they learn more about the history of music. By performing they also learn skills such as setting up and taking down the microphones and sound systems and the importance of performing a sound check before each performance. “We encourage students with challenges such as ADHD, Asperger’s syndrome or other conditions to speak with us first before ruling music out,” added Wetzel. “Sometimes music helps them to overcome their challenges and gives them confidence as they develop social skills with their group.” A free trial lesson where the teacher works with the student to evaluate how best to pursue that student’s musical education is available for any student before signing up for classes. Rock Central is dedicated to enriching the quality of life for children and adults through accessible music education and experiences. They offer limited scholarships for students who may not have the means to pay for classes and raises money to help families and kids participate. Donations to support Rock Central come from a variety of businesses and individuals. The school does some fundraising such as the monthly meat raffle held at Endzone Sports Bar and Grill in Delavan. Check the website calendar for dates. Rock Central strives to make sure every kid with a desire or passion for music is given the opportunity to pursue it. Rock Central is at 750 Veterans Parkway, Lake Geneva. Contact the school by phone at 262-374-0182. To arrange an appointment contact Manager Rickie Wetzel at rickie@ rockcentral.org or visit them online at www.rockcentral.org. Rock Central is usually open Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Weekend hours are limited because the faculty consists of professional musicians who generally are performing on weekends. top: Student Vaughn Schramm (left) works with guitar teacher Chase Albrecht. Albrecht is a former student who has since joined the faculty. middle: Members of the 201 class (11 to 15 years of age) display their talents during a performance at The Ridge Hotel. The performers shown are (from left) Bennett Ades, Nicky Cudnik and Trentyn Gibbs.above left: Guitarist Tommy McEneany (left photo) a member of the House Band, displays his skills as he jams on the guitar at the Ridge Hotel. above right: Veda Kazmierski and Mila Brockmann, members of the 101 level group, practice songs at rehearsal. They are focusing on the music of women rockers. PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROCK CENTRAL Wonders of Walworth County
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