Ellison Bay News

This weekend, take a drive north and visit the tip of Door County, in Gills Rock, for the big Fourth of July celebration.

Gravity Trails, a multirecreational activity center, is opening today at the Wagon Trail Resort.

Greetings! My name is Karen Corekin. As your new community correspondent, I am very excited to share news about the people and happenings in beautiful Sister Bay.

This is the big weekend of the year for Ellison Bay/Gills Rock. Olde Ellison Bay Days runs through Sunday.

A pair of popular community festivals takes place this weekend in Door County. The Friday fun features a talent show, ice cream social and "Third World Marketplace" at Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church, 11836 State 42.

Robert C. Davis was voted Ephraim's 1999 Fyr Bal chieftain and was crowned Saturday night at the official ceremony in front of the downtown Village Hall.

The Billy Weiss American Legion Post 527 of Sister Bay will sponsor Sam Kahr and Elizabeth 'Liz' Stubenvoll of Gibraltar High School as state representatives at Badger Boys and Badger Girls this year.

The following are recent accidents involving injury, according to reports filed with the Door County Sheriff's Department: At 3:08 p.m. June 10 in the town of Nasewaupee, Jana M. Suriano, 14, Sturgeon Bay, was transported to the hospital with injuries she received as a passenger in a car driven by Justin G. Suriano, 17, Forestville.

Olde Ellison Bay Days will kick off next weekend, at 6 p.m. Friday through June 28, with the Friday night talent show and ice cream social at Shepherd of the Bay Church.

Celebrating its 13th season of operation, the "Corner of the Past" historic museum opens this weekend, with docents providing information and tours from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays for the rest of the month.

Under the direction of county nurse Marion Writt, a vaccination drive to prevent the spread of smallpox to Door County is being organized.

The Liberty Grove Historical Society will sponsor its annual fundraiser, Taste of Northern Door, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at the Wagon Trail on Rowleys Bay.

The Van Milk Co. of Sawyer has contracted with the Evangeline Milk Co. to supply a huge annual amount of condensed milk to 2,800 First National stores in the New England states.

The summer season unofficially opened last week with Memorial Day, and Door County is really in bloom.

The Liberty Grove Town Board will hold its meetings this summer at the Women's Club in Ellison Bay.

The Liberty Grove Town Board unanimously approved a resolution to separate plans to buy shorefront parcels at Gills Rock from plans to establish a marina there, along with a harbor of refuse and related facilities.

On Memorial Day, Billy Weiss American Legion Post 527, Sister Bay, and VFW Post 8337, Ellison Bay, will meet at 8 a.m. at the Town Hall and proceed to Henderson Park by the Veterans Memorial to honor veterans.

Fox Valley Technical College graduate Carolyn Brandt considers herself one of the lucky ones in a recession-riddled economy.

The vast Norwegian population of Door County is anxiously awaiting Syttende Mai, Norwegian Independence Day, on Sunday.

A lot of times when I'm sitting at my computer, I have the machine play music while I'm putting words together into coherent sentences.