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Clockwise from right: The first wave of polar plungers heads into Geneva Lake Jan. 1, providing entertainment for those taking a tour on a boat; three men were dressed as new year’s babies for the plunge; Pier 290 provides a warm place for plungers to change and have a drink following the event; and Jim Barton and his son, Jack Barton, of Williams Bay, are among the first to show up for the annual event at Pier 290 in Williams Bay this year. This was their fourth year participating.
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Carving the perfect pair of dolphins requires patience and precision at last year’s U.S. National Snow Sculpting competition in Lake Geneva.
U.S. Snow Sculpting Championship to again highlight Lake Geneva’s Winterfest by Sandra
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As the month of January moves along, downtown Lake Geneva comes alive with anticipation of the start of Winterfest. Winterfest, Jan. 27 through Feb. 4, is a celebration of all things winter and has been highlighted for more than 20 years by the annual U.S. Championship Snow Sculpting competition held in front of the Riviera and now spilling into Flat Iron Park. Over the years the festival has grown to include a variety of other activities, including but not limited to, the Abominable Snow Race, Lake Geneva Chili Cookoff, Winterfest Showcase at the Riviera, human dog sled race, the Amazing Yeti Race, helicopter rides, historic teas and tours, and a variety of special activities at businesses throughout the City of Lake Geneva.
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A group of participants make their way back to shore while another group heads into the water Jan. 1 during the annual Polar Plunge at Pier 290 in Williams Bay. (Penny Gruetzmacher photo)
Gina Delberti is a Milwaukee resident who has fallen in love with ice sculpting. With some artistic training, she said she was always interested in creating and making new forms, beginning with the snow on the front lawn throughout her childhood. “I saw an ad in the newspaper about the Lake Geneva snow sculpture carving competition and was intrigued,” Delberti said. “I drove to Lake Geneva, introduced myself to all the sculptors I could find and asked a lot of questions.” She shared her interest in being on a team and, to her surprise, she was called by one of the teams to compete with them for the state championship. “It took eight years to win a state championship to qualify for the Lake Geneva U.S. Championship
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Winning a state championship is needed to participate in Lake Geneva. Fifteen teams, each consisting of three sculptors, compete for the national title, said Don Berg, co-founder with Fred Raasch of Winter Fun, the organization that created and runs the competition. “Each state that holds a sanctioned state competition is allowed to send its winning team, although Alaska is allowed to send two teams,” he said. “In addition the winner of the previous year’s national competition is also invited to return.” This year the 2017 winning team is not able to return because of other engagements, so the second-place team will be at the competition. That is the team Delberti is a member of. She said they are looking forward to another exciting competition and hopefully a first place finish this year. The snow sculptures begin with a round, compacted pile of snow 8-feet by 10-feet high. Because of the large amount of snow needed to form the blocks, snow is trucked in from the Grand Geneva Resort and poured into the forms. Then the snow is packed to form a solid block. The blocks
are produced on Monday and Tuesday, this year Jan. 29 and 30. The actual sculpting competition begins on Wednesday and continues until 11 a.m. Saturday morning. At that time all tools are down and no further changes can be made to the sculpture. Some sculptors are out late at night or working through the night, putting their design into final form. Sometimes the need to work late at night or all night is because of weather conditions, while others just need the extra time because of the intricacy of their design.
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The sculptures are out in the open and visitors are free to watch the artists turn the block of snow into the finished product. The sculptures are judged by the members of the teams in the contest. No one is allowed to vote for their own work. The sculptures are judged on creativity (50 percent), technique (30 percent) and message or visual force (20 percent). Three awards are given: Gold, the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Champion Award; Silver, the State of Wisconsin Award; and Bronze, the City of Lake Geneva Award. In addition, visitors to the competition are allowed to vote for the People’s Choice
The 2017 winning team of sculptor Dave Andrews and team members Steve Bateman and Kevin Sawicki pose with their snow structure.
Award. The award ceremony is at 3 p.m. on Saturday Feb. 3. “Being a member of a team is often difficult since the competitions usually require several days attendance to create the sculpture. Many of us have full-time jobs and have to use vacation time to compete. But it is a great use of that time,” Delberti said. “Sculptors come from many fields. Some are artists who want a platform for their artwork. Others are dentists, lawyers, firemen, teachers or from trades. Many of us, we just like to play in the snow.” Each snow sculpture takes about 100 man or woman hours to complete and during that time it is estimated each team will consume about 30 mugs of coffee and hot cocoa. “We really don’t get cold,” Delberti said. “We dress in layers and as we get involved in the work of sculpting often have to remove some of our outer layers. Our favorite weather is a crisp, cold day with a little cloud cover so the sun doesn’t melt the blocks.” Last year’s national champion, sculpted by David Andrews, Steve Bateman and Kevin Sawicki was a sculpture titled “Myrtha and the Dance of the Willis.”
No power tools allowed
Carving the sculptures is done with four major tools and no power tools are allowed. The sculptors may use their own equipment or equipment will be provided to complete their work. An ice chopper is used to chop away large chunks of snow from the block. A snow saw is needed to cut through the thick parts of the block. For cutting through the smaller parts of the snow and creating curves the machete is the tool of choice. Lastly a chisel is used to remove
small amounts of snow to create the many details that are seen on the finished sculptures. The snow sculpting competition draws more than 20,000 people each year to Lake Geneva, making parking somewhat difficult. But thanks to the City of Lake Geneva, free parking will be available downtown throughout the festival, because the meters will be turned off. The free parking will continue through the end of February. For those who are too late to grab a parking spot in downtown Lake Geneva can head over to the Home Depot parking lot at 550 Edwards Blvd. to park in the northeast corner and take advantage of the free shuttle to downtown. Drop off and pick up is at Center and Geneva streets. The bus will run Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 3 and 4, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., with one bus leaving every 20 minutes. The city highly recommends not parking on the lake.
Other activities
While in the area viewing the snow sculptures, be sure to visit the kids snow blocks in Flat Iron Park to view the work of future sculptors. Then head into the Riviera to view the Marketplace, grab a seat to listen to the music while enjoying a place to warm up, take a rest and enjoy some food and drinks. Visitors also may like to take some time to visit the sponsors’ exhibits and purchase some souvenirs. Last year a new activity was introduced at the Mountain Top of the Grand Geneva Resort. The Abominable Snow Race is a 4- to 6-mile run through a winter obstacle course with 20-plus obstacles to overcome. The event includes a timed Elite race and a Hero race (military fire and police) and open heats. Register early as there are a limited number of participants allowed. The Abominable
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A family watches as a snow sculptor puts the finishing touches on his work.
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Below: To complete the Abominable Snow Race, participants must make their way through 20 or more obstacles to reach the finish line. The participants will find their way along a trail of 4-6 miles. The race is held at the Mountain Top at Grand Geneva Resort on Jan. 27. At right: The snow sculptures are created from blocks of compacted snow measuring 8 feet in diameter by 10 feet high. PHOTOS COURTESY OF VISIT LAKE GENEVA Wonders of Walworth County
Snow Race will be held at Grand Geneva Resort on Saturday, Jan. 27. Yeti’s Lodge will have fresh craft beer and live music, dancing and photos with Yeti. The Baker House will have Historic Teas and tours. The Grand Geneva Chophouse brunch will be on Sundays, Jan. 28 and Feb. 4. Harbor Shores offers a treat for families. Attend the Souper Family Fun Night also on Jan. 28. Share some soup and then enjoy an evening of family games and entertainment. Winter is always time for chili, and Winterfest means it is time for the annual chili cook off. On Saturday, Feb. 3, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., it is sponsored by Lake Geneva Country Meats and Hawk’s View Golf Club. The event is held at Hawk’s View and is a family friendly activity. Chili sampling, live music, indoor golf competition and children’s activities will make this a fun afternoon. Go to VisitLakeGeneva.com/ winterfest for a complete look at all the activities and to register for any of the events. With a smile on their faces this couple carries logs as they progress along the Abominable Snow Race route.
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Founder Pam Patterson (left) and Sophia Erzumiah complete the Agape House’s 5K event, themed ‘Run the Race With Love’ in support of Child Abuse Prevention Month last April.
“We love them right where they are...” ~ Pam Patterson SUBMITTED PHOTO Wonders of Walworth County
Agape House offers acceptance, healing by Heather
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am Patterson said she and her husband, Ben, started Agape House for Girls 20 years ago because God led them to do so. The couple had been foster parents for 10 years prior. “By being foster parents, we saw that kids had to be extreme to get support, and if kids were with us and did well, usually about six months, they were sent home,” Patterson said, adding that the girls often had not healed. After starting Agape House, they quickly discovered the girls also needed specialized education. “Ten years after starting Agape House, we added the school, which meets them at their academic levels but also offers emotional support,” she said. Agape House offers a variety of services including counseling, mentoring and tutoring, a day program that includes schooling, and teen and transitional living homes. “In residential, where they live here, every evening there’s a group or activity geared toward healing or wholeness,” Patterson said. “We also work on the emotional, spiritual as well as physical
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— eating, activity and getting a good night’s sleep.” The girls that come to Agape House may have been cutting themselves or battling depression, anxiety, eating disorders, anger or addictions. “We don’t just change the behavior but bring healing,” Patterson said. “Every girl that comes here has a story. When teens get into things over their heads, there’s a story and there’s trauma.”
A faithful path Patterson said a lot of the girls have lost hope, and one of the biggest changes she sees is that they come to believe in God — or believe in him again, and in mankind. “The great volunteers and staff just love them and point them to God’s love. It’s all about love and grace, not punishment,” she said. Patterson said the purpose of bringing Christ into the conversation isn’t about forcing it on anyone — it’s about having faith in what works. “When I interview them, I tell them while we won’t force them to believe, they do need to be open to listening to what we have to share. It’s what works,” she said. “It’s all about love. We love
them right where they are and don’t force anything on them or tell them they have to do anything. We’re all in a process, and we all struggle and sin.” As a testament to that philosophy, Laken Love is one of several people featured in a series of videos on Agape House’s website. She came to Agape when she was 13 years old and spent about three years there. She had been sexually and physically abused by her stepfather and is now 27. “I’ve been on quite a journey with God … it’s been a good 14 years for me,” Love said. “I would say the role God has played is a huge one, and that God loves me and I’m fully covered in everything that I do. And it doesn’t matter that I come from a broken home or I’ve made mistakes throughout my teens, even after the abuse that I’ve endured. “I hope that anyone I come across or that walks into my life, I impact them in no other ways but love because when you share love, it’s everything,” she added.
How you can help
Agape House accepts girls from within a one-hour radius, from northern Illinois to Kenosha, Racine, Waukesha, Milton
and Madison. However, about 50 percent of the girls in the program are from Walworth County. Seventy-five percent of its budget comes from donations, and the program is designed to be available for what a family can afford. “No one is turned away, and if they can’t pay we try to get them to invest in the program,” Patterson said. “There are countless ways people can do so.” Agape House always accepts donations of food, gift cards (Burger King, Target, Subway and Wal-Mart, for example) and personal hygiene and feminine products. She said Agape always can use volunteers in a variety of ways, including one-on-one mentoring and tutoring in school classes. “The list is really endless as far as how people can help,” she said. “If they want to volunteer, we’ll find a way for them to do so.” Patterson said the nonprofit plans to expand, and a campaign is underway to open another home, this one for boys. Agape House is the only one of its kind in the state, and Patterson said she continues to hope other communities will be inspired to help the healing. “Every girl that leaves here has improved academically,” she said.
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“Emotionally is harder to gauge, but most come here unable to function on some level and many have been hospitalized multiple times. They are in the process but have a better handle on it and have improved.” In one of Agape House’s videos, Patterson poignantly reminds viewers about the purpose behind the mission. “Everywhere you look there’s hurting children, children that need someone to believe in them, someone to love them, and most importantly, someone to point them to God, who can love them way beyond what we can.” For more information about Agape House, located at 215 S. Main St., Walworth, call 262-275-6466, follow Agape House on Facebook or visit agapehouseheals.org.
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As part of the Outdoor Wisconsin Leadership School, Haylee (in front), El (standing, from the left), Vanna, Megan, Hannah, Anna, an OWLS representative (not named), and Emma spend two days at Holiday Home Camp in Williams Bay. At left: Dennis Teichow, a retired math and science teacher, shares his expertise with Agape House residents, including Savanah.
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wo families who live by Tracy on the Pickerel Lake Ouellette Fen in the East Troy EDITOR area are working hard to restore the land to its presettlement condition and recently donated large property easements to a land conservation organization to ensure the land is never developed. Gerry and Signe Emmerich and Jack and Marcia Boeing made land easement donations to The Nature Conservancy this winter. “By doing this we’re really sealing up the fen and it will never be developed and I sleep so much better at night now,” Jack Boeing said. “For us, this started 30 years ago when we donated almost 13 acres to the Nature Conservancy in 1985,” Gerry Emmerich said. “At the same time, we also donated a big conservation easement on our property to restrict the amount of development on the property that would endanger the fen.” According to the conservancy, Pickerel Lake Fen is home to pitcher plants and other showy species like marsh blue violet and Joe-pye weed.
Rare turtles use the site as do sandhill cranes and other wildlife. According to the Southeast Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, the fen is tied for first place with Ottawa Lake Fen as the most biologically diverse fen in southeast Wisconsin. The Boeings donated a conservation easement on a little more than 153 acres of land, which encompasses the entire east side of Pickerel Lake Fen. About 75 acres is high ground where many new homes could have been built. The Emmerichs updated their easement on 7.5 acres, which they had donated to the conservancy in 1985, with an amended and restated easement that also protects an additional 15 acres, eliminating the potential to build three new residences on the property. Gerry Emmerich has volunteered with the Nature Conservancy for years and said he and his wife were extremely grateful for the conservancy’s assistance and willingness to work with them on the easement donation. “It’s a complicated situation,” he said. “But they were quite happy to deal with us on that basis, so
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Above: Signe and Gerry Emmerich have donated land and easements to the Pickerel Lake Fen Preserve. The Nature Conservancy established the preserve in December 1985, when Emmerichs donated their first easement; they also donated another 12.8 acres outright at that time. A week later, their neighbors, Roy and Eleanor Muth, donated 27 acres to the conservancy. Since 1985, the conservancy has protected a little more than 381 acres in and around the fen and lake. Upper photo: Gerry Emmerich took this photo of the Pickerel Lake Fen Preserve.
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we would still own the land, but know it was protected from future development.” Jack Boeing also said working with the conservancy was a positive experience and was looking forward to a continued relationship with the organizations. “When we bought the property I was always interested in the nature but didn’t know what this land really is and the Nature Conservancy has been so helpful. I’ve cleared areas over the years and Hannah Spaul from the conservancy has been out here and so impressed with what we have and very helpful with teaching me what to do. “I’m like a sponge, just show me and I’ll do it.” Spaul is the conservancy’s land management director and said the donations from the two families are going to make it possible for the conservancy to conduct controlled burns to eliminate some of the invasive plants and continue to restore the land. According to a press release from the conservancy, non-native shrubs, including buckthorn and honeysuckle, rimmed the edges of the fen and were slowly advancing on the interior. Left unchecked, they threatened to outcompete the native vegetation and eventually take over completely. “We needed to burn the entire fen to keep the invasive shrubs in check,” Spaul said in the press release. “But eight other private landowners owned portions of it, so the challenge we faced was how to gain their support for burning the fen, which is right in their backyards.” Gerry Emmerich said he has performed a couple of controlled burns on his property,
with the assistance of the conservancy, over the years and has worked on restoring his land to what he called a “pre-European settlement” state. “We’re working on getting it back to what we think it was back then,” he said. “When I first started I talked to some people who knew what this was, a biologist and others. About 15 years ago, we wanted to do some controlled burns to help with the invasive plants and Jack was interested in that too. “We did a controlled burn on our property but we found putting in a fire break in the middle of the deep marsh was very difficult and the only way to manage the fen effectively was to do a controlled burn on the whole thing. That’s why this is such a good thing, now we can manage the fen as a whole.” Emmerich went on to explain why burns are a great way to manage the invasive species overtaking the fen. He said burns are part of the natural process of land areas like the fen, but with the practice of fire suppression in modern times natural burns that would have been created by lightning or other natural ways aren’t there to burn off the woody plants in the fen anymore. “Burns are a natural thing, but we don’t have them naturally anymore, HOLIDAY so we have to create them so the native plants aren’t overcompeted with by the invasives. Another burn is planned for this spring.” Since 2004, the conservancy and its neighbors on the fen have burned the fen two more times “We’ve done a good job of keeping the shrubs from taking over the fen,” Spaul said in the press release, “but this is an ongoing process. We look forward to continuing to
work with our neighbors to carefully apply fire to the fen to keep it healthy.” For Jack Boeing, working to restore his land has become a labor of love. Marcia Boeing said they purchased their East Troy farm near Booth Lake more than 30 years ago because her husband wanted a fishing lake nearby. “We also had two horses we wanted to keep on our property. We were driving home from Whitewater Lake one day and did some driving around off Highway 20 and found this property. We wanted to look at the house and the lake it was on.” The Boeings liked the property and spoke to the owner about possibly purchasing 10 acres of adjoining land with the house.
Marcia Boeing said the owner liked that they wanted the extra land to keep horses and agreed to sell it to them. “And we’ve enjoyed every minute of it since,” she said. Jack Boeing said they’ve changed things on the property over the years, but now his main job is to restore the property and is outside on a daily basis doing just that. “My wife sometimes says I’m working too hard when I’m out there spraying the invasives, but I say to her ‘Look at the smile on my face, I’m having the time of my life,’” he said with a laugh. “I thank the Lord I’ve been blessed with the ability to restore this. “It’s been a labor of love.”
The Boeing family has donated a conservation easement on a little more than 153 acres of land, which encompasses the entire east side of Pickerel Lake Fen. Pictured (from left are): Jack Boeing, Jill Boeing, Karen Boeing and Marcia Boeing.
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Alternative High School a partnership to reduce number of dropouts by Heather
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At left: A class of students at the Alternative High School work on a project recently. The school is credited with helping 90 students graduate last year. Most students spend two years in the program but some finish in a shorter time span. Below: Debbie Bartholomay, who started the Alternative High School in Elkhorn in 1990, teaches English to a class at the school, which includes a consortium involving Badger, Delavan-Darien and Elkhorn high schools as well as Lakeland School and Gateway Technical College.
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Debbie Bartholomay said she and other area educators were disheartened at the number of kids who weren’t graduating from high school in Walworth County – and she believed they could successfully do so in a different setting – so she came up with the idea of the Alternative High School. At the time, Bartholomay said, a consortium was formed to tackle school-towork issues. “We noticed kids not graduating and wanted to design a program to meet their needs and see if we could improve those numbers,” Bartholomay said. Walworth County Educational Consortium Alternative High School was formed in 1990 as a collaborative effort between Badger, Delavan-Darien and Elkhorn high schools, Lakeland School and Gateway Technical College. Big Foot and Williams Bay joined in 1994. The school is on the Gateway campus in Elkhorn. Most students spend two years in the alternative program, some less, and the program is working. “We have graduations in June and December and had 90 kids last year that would not have graduated otherwise,” Bartholomay said. Kelly Demerath, principal at AHS, said students who attend the school are either not eligible to graduate from their high school or the traditional high school environment isn’t working for them. “We also meet with guidance counselors at schools and talk about kids who may be interested or who we think might be a good fit,” Demerath said. Students from districts outside the consortium also attend AHS, Demerath said, after they’ve enrolled in one of the partner schools to become eligible. One of the reasons AHS students are successful is the shorter days and year-round calendar the school follows, according to Bartholomay. “It’s the same number of days but shorter amounts of time at school and more frequent breaks. The kids love it, the staff love it and the parents love it,” Bartholomay said. AHS is overseen by two governing boards. The first is comprised of the superintendents from the five partner school districts, which meet annually to discuss budget, enrollment, staffing and policy changes. The second is representatives from the five districts with oversight by the county’s Health and Human Services Department and Elkhorn Area School
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District Superintendent Jason Tadlock to discuss the vision for the school and initiate policy changes and curriculum. Some districts provide transportation and in other cases it’s the responsibility of the students, but AHS helps set up carpooling. And Demerath said the VIP transport service has helped tremendously. Students who attend AHS are still students in their own high schools. “It really says something that a kid who may not graduate from their school can go on to graduate and be thankful to their school for making that happen,” Demerath said. Demerath said AHS could expand but has chosen to stay with five schools, for now at least, to keep the small class sizes because of the success of the program. “We’re thankful for the support of our districts and we’re involved in community programs. It’s good for the kids to not only give of themselves but also to interact with and meet new people,” Demerath said. Those community programs include: staffing the Walworth County Safety Fair; a partnership with The Tree House to clean the facility, make blankets and do public service announcements; United Way’s Day of Action; and a variety of others
such as cleaning up the White River Trail, landscaping at a senior center and helping with a flower sale at a local church. “We teach that giving back to the community is important and we want our students to have experience with it. A lot of kids are doers, so if they can go out and realize the useful skills they have, it’s pretty amazing,” Demerath said. What’s also amazing, she said, is the commitment of staff at AHS. “They take that responsibility of being the last train stop, so to speak, to heart. If the kids want it, we’re going to make it happen – that’s the mindset,” Demerath said. The school also gives kids a fresh start, allowing them to leave the drama or struggles they had in their schools and be part of a program where all the students have the same goal – to graduate. “They’re focused and on track with the goal at the forefront at all times,” she said. Two seniors at the AHS, Emilee Wellman and Brayden Furrer, said the environment at the school is different than what they experienced before. “The staff are more understanding and have time to spend with us because of
the smaller classes. They don’t leave you behind,” Furrer said. “I like the shorter days and longer breaks because you get done faster but also have time to work or take college classes,” Wellman said. The community projects allow the students to “actually play a role in the community,” Furrer said. Wellman said she wouldn’t have graduated if she hadn’t enrolled at AHS. “I liked being a kid and I didn’t care what anyone said, but I need to be able to move out some day and not live off my parents,” she said. “I have goals now. I walk into the building with a smile on my face and look forward to school every day.” The students also agreed they’re more comfortable talking to their parents and many of the relationships in their lives have improved. “We all enjoy doing the community service with them. It’s great to see them growing and thriving while helping others,” Green said. For more information about the WCEC Alternative High School, 400 Highway H, Elkhorn, call 262-741-8138 or visit elkhornahs.ss5.sharpschool.com.
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Though Libby Walbrandt and her fiancé, Klint Grover, liked the name Aurora several years ago, they were able to make it official early in the morning Jan. 1 when their daughter was born at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn. Aurora Kate Grover was the first baby of 2018 born at Aurora Lakeland. She weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces and was 19 inches long. Walbrandt is from Elkhorn, where the couple lived but just a week or so prior to giving birth, they had moved to Oregon (Wi.), where Klint is from. Her due date was Dec. 29 but Aurora wasn’t ready to make her grand entrance yet, according to her mom. “I started contractions about 9 a.m. the morning before and went into labor that night. I had Lakeland picked out as the hospital we wanted to have the baby at because my whole family is in Elkhorn. We drove back from Oregon around 7 p.m. and it only took five hours from the time I went into labor and she was out,” Walbrandt said. Aurora is the first child for both parents and all are doing well, Walbrandt said. “She’s great. She barely cries and is always sleeping. She’s a very good baby,” she said. Walbrandt said despite naming their baby Aurora, the couple had chosen the name years ago. “We picked it out about five years ago, shortly after we first met. We both liked the name and then ended up having her at
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an Aurora hospital,” she said. The couple is engaged and plans to be married next year, she said. For Walbrandt’s parents, Greg and Annette Walbrandt, Aurora Kate is their sixth grandchild and fifth granddaughter. “They’re old pros at this,” Walbrandt said. For Klint’s parents, Eric and Martha Grover, however, Aurora is their first grandchild. “They were pretty happy,” Walbrandt said. She said Aurora has had no shortage of visitors, from the Grover family as well as the Walbrandt family, many of whom have been making the trek to Oregon, which is just over an hour away from Elkhorn.
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Parents Libby Walbrandt and Klint Grover are shown with their daughter, Aurora Kate Grover, the first baby of 2018 born at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn. She was born at 1:20 a.m., Jan. 1, weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces and was 19 inches long.
Dr. Scott Beatse delivered Aurora and Walbrandt said she was in the hospital for just over 24 hours. She said she and Klint are surprised at how well it’s been going with Aurora. “Maybe I’m saying that too soon and it’ll get challenging, but so far it’s been
great,” she said. Walbrandt, though a new mom herself, has a bit of advice for others on the verge of becoming parents. “It’s all worth it. Being pregnant isn’t too fun but as soon as I had her, all of that was forgotten. She’s perfect,” she said.
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GRADE SCHOOLERS CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS WITH COOKIE MAKING by Tracy
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The kids at Little Prairie Primary School had a mission this month that began in the SmartLab and ended with a sweet delivery to the residents at The Heritage in East Troy. SmartLab Facilitator Jenny Ledin said she had been looking for a project for the first and second graders at Little Prairie where they could use the SmartLab. “I wanted to use the 3D printer and normally there is a lot of measuring and math involved in that and it’s kind of challenging. I was looking for something the little ones could use and another teacher told me about a website, cookiecaster.com, which was perfect.” Ledin said the website was “very user friendly” and she brought the idea of having all the kids in the school make cookie cutters to Principal Lindsey Harris. “Mrs. Harris thought it was a great idea and asked if someone could maybe come in and bake the cookies with this kids and then
I loved frosting the cookies and then eating the frosting off my fingers at the end.”
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suggested we could take the cookies over to The Heritage,” Ledin said. The kids worked in the SmartLab and each created their own cookie cutter. “I liked making the cookie cutters,” second-grader Jonah Fredlund told Ledin when asked what his favorite part of the project was. After the cutters were all printed, Ledin said the next step was to ask for some help, so she contacted retired elementary school teacher Vicki Ksobiech to see if she had time to come to Little Prairie and help out with the baking. “She was more than willing to help us,” Ledin said. “I made the dough prior to baking day and we gave each kid a scoop
of dough and they pressed it out with their hands and used the cookie cutter they had made with the 3D printer.” Ledin said all the classes worked in shifts throughout the first day of baking last week, and the second day of frosting. “One morning class didn’t get to frost, but most of the kids did,” she said. “I loved frosting the cookies and then eating the frosting off my fingers at the end,” second-grader Archer Stoychoff said. Ledin said they were very careful to make sure none of the frosting eating was done while the cookies were being made. “We brought out only six at a time and we had a parent helper, Nicole Chapman, and we kept a sharp watch out for that,” Ledin said. “We model the ‘Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Safe and Be Caring’ district initiative and it was a teaching moment to use that to demonstrate how we could do that with the cookie making.” Ledin said the kids had a blast making and frosting the sweet treats and she found their deep engagement and excitement heart
warming. “I loved cutting the cookies,” Noah Bong told her. On Monday morning, Laurie Fitch’s firstgrade class took the cookies to The Heritage for the residents. “Mrs. Fitch’s class already partners with The Heritage in a pen pal program where they write back and forth throughout the year and they delivered the cookies when they went to visit,” Ledin said. And that was what Lachlan Hartje said was his favorite part of the project, “I liked giving them to others.” Ledin said while the project used math and other skills taught in school, it was the community connection she thought was the most important thing about the cookie making. “It gave them the chance to make something real, something they’ve used before, and turn around and use it for others,” she said. “The more we can connect and be involved in the community, the more we show the kids how important that connection is.”
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