Washington Island Observer

Award-winning Washington Island community newspaper, in business for 36 years, providing local news,
community information, & advertising.

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High school Student Essay winners Aidan Purinton, Colin Verboomen, & Spencer Johnson assisted in the Memorial Day ceremonies by placing a wreath at the cemetery flagpole, & then at SchoolHouse Beach.

Photo by Jim Morris.
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Happy Father's Day!

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On May 16 the #WashingtonIsland Women’s Club honored the #graduatingseniors & their moms at their dinner meeting.
L to R: Katie & Breanna McGrane, Beth & Joseph Lux, Marlene & Spencer Johnson, Danelle Nickchen, & Jake Kooiker (Aiden Purinton missing).
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This photo from the #AmericanLegion Archives shows Jake Ellefson reading the Roll Call of #veterans buried at the Island Cemetery, during a #MemorialDay Program perhaps 20 years ago.
Today there are over 290 names of veterans on that list.
Photo by Jim Morris
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During #ClickItorTicket May 22 - June 4, officers will keep an eye out for unbuckled motorists – not to simply write tickets, but to prevent needless tragedies.
In WI, you can be stopped & cited for not wearing a seat belt. Be safe, be smart. Buckle up. Every trip, every time."

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Birchwood Farms hopes their tagline “Naked Barley Running WildSM on #WashingtonIsland” catches the attention, curiosity, and imagination of consumers for a potential new Island crop - “Naked” (hulless) food barley.
Read more in the #WashingtonIslandObserver.
#doorcounty #barley

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This beauty, the Berylune, was constructed by William Jepson and Walter Koken at the
shipyard in Detroit Harbor and launched in August 1917. It is beautifully restored and on display in the #GillsRockMuseum.
Photo by Dick Purinton
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Have you made plans to join this year's #WashingtonIslandBirdingFestival on May 12th - May 14th, 2023?
For details and registration information visit the #WashingtonIslandArtandNatureCenter website.

#washingtonislandwi #doorcounty #birdingfestival

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On April 4 & 5, five Island representatives attended an #AirportOperationsandLandUseSeminar, sponsored by the #WisconsinDOT/ #BureauofAeronautics.
Attending the Conference were:
Seated: Donnelly, Airport Manager; Lux, Town Chairman:
Standing, L to R: Larsen, Roach, & Sownie.

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Middle school art students pose next to their Door County landscape paintings that are hanging at WIS-CO.
Photos submitted by: Melanie Jones
#washingtonislandwi #washingtonislandmiddleshoolers #art #doorcounty

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It has been a long time since Jim Rose has seen an airplane on the ferry. Here's Rod Gordon with one, on a trailer, in pieces. Some assembly will be required.

Photo by Jim Rose
#washingtonislandferry #washingtonisland #islandlife #doorcounty

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Who's excited for Door County League Baseball?!

#baseballseason #doorcounty #washingtonislandwi

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Sandhill cranes obligingly line up at the Birchwood-Jaeger preserve to be counted in the International Crane Foundation Annual Midwest Crane Count, Saturday, April 15, 2023.
#sandhillcranes #spring #washingtonislandwi

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The #SeniorMealSite option of carryout will be concluding as of May 1st. We invite you to dine in at our meal site in the #RutledgeRoom every M/W/F by calling 24 hrs in advance: 920-847-2522.
If you feel you qualify for #MealsonWheels, please contact #WICHP: 920-847-2108.

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In preparation for Earth Day Saturday, April 22, we would love to hear your plans!
#earthday2023 #washingtonislandwi #doorcounty

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The Art and Nature’s Birding Festival returns this year on May 12-14.
Photos by Kristin Wegner
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Jim Rose observes signs of spring at #Northport.
Here is the first ore boat he saw going through the Door this year. It may not necessarily be the first, just the first he saw. It is the Mark W. Barker. It was built last year in Sturgeon Bay, the first in over 30 years.

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Students at #WashingtonIslandSchool celebrated upon learning that Island SeaPerch
teams had swept the top three spots in the regional Seaperch underwater robotics competition in Green Bay on April 1.
#seaperchunderwaterroboticscompetition #success #doorcounty

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Where in the world is the Observer now?
Jim Rose and his granddaughter Nellie Rose at Kartchner Caverns in AZ, not too far from Tuscon.

#washingtonislandobserver #whereintheworld #doorcounty #arizona

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Don't miss out on the opportunity to apply for the Mary Marik Community Grant Program. Applications are now open!
#washingtonislandwi #marymarikcommunitygrant #community #grant