Fish Creek News

Peninsula Centennial Painting on Display at local banks: An original painting celebrating Peninsula State Park's 100th year is on display at local banks.

A big, all-day celebration, the largest of its kind, will be held in Forestville on July 15, when the new Forestville dam and lake is dedicated.

Happy Fourth of July. There will be a Venetian Boat Parade on the waterfront at around 9 p.m. today, July 4, with decorated boats.

Nationally known jeweler Elizabeth Garvin holds a trunk show from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Sunday, July 3-5, at Edgewood Orchard Galleries.

People might be in the dark about buying green. That's why owners of a new local store are putting eco-friendly products to a kind of 10-point test before they sell them.

Bay Marine in Sturgeon Bay, Inc., has opened TowBoatU.S. Sturgeon Bay, WI, an on-the-water towing company that recreational boaters and anglers can call to get reliable assistance and tows back to a launch ramp, marina or service facility.

The traditional Claflin's Cousins Club gathering was held last week in Claflin Park.

Zion United Methodist Church invites all children in the area to Vacation Bible School.

Lake Michigan has risen two feet since Dec '07 and is now only 6" below its long-term average.

FISH CREEK - President Obama continues to say that overhauling our health-care system is one of his top three priorities.

The Door County Art League will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Fire Station on County F. David Franke of Egg Harbor will demonstrate how to paint on Yupo paper with watercolors.

Celebrating the centennial of Peninsula State Park last Saturday meant a little something more to the almost 100 descendants of A.E. Doolittle, the first park superintendent.

Fox Valley folk group The 5 Milers are in Door County for two concerts this weekend.

The fourth annual Parade of Ponds will take place June 27 and will showcase various types of water features created by WaterScape Designs, as well as several water gardens created and installed by homeowners.

The Door County Art League opening reception of the 23rd annual juried exhibit will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Link Gallery in the Door Community Auditorium, 3926 Wisconsin 42, Fish Creek.

The Cookery Restaurant has reopened after closing due to a fire in May 2008. Dick and Carol Skare have owned the business since 1977.

The 16th annual Door County Lighthouse Walk takes place Saturday and Sunday, June 13-14. The popular event, which draws lighthouse enthusiasts from across the country, has moved from its traditional mid-May dates to the second weekend in June.

In honor of this year's Peninsula State Park centennial celebration, the Gibraltar Historical Association is dedicating Heritage Days 2009 to Door County's emerald treasure.

For those who are wondering where Tina the horse that resides on the corner of Wisconsin 42 and County A has gone, she is well and is at a different location, where she is very happy.

The exhibit "Flickers of Recognition: Technology and the Self Portrait" opens June 5 in the Guenzel Gallery at Peninsula School of Art.