In Jacksonport - Door County!
A friendly place where Door County Locals and DoorCountyNavigator.com will post info and ideas about Door County Wisconsin that can enhance your next trip here! If you'd like to make a comment, please do so - keep it light and fun! All content on this site is Copyrighted, and may not be copied or used by anyone else without written permission from DCN LLC.
Showing posts with label Jacksonport Wisconsin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jacksonport Wisconsin. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Thanksgiving Day Parade!
Sunday, August 11, 2013
DoorCountyNavigator.com Found a Great Home for you to Rent!
The Enchanted Forest, for rent!
Check out this great home, on the "Quiet Side" too! It's called The Enchanted Forest, and it is charming indeed!
This is a great home to rent for a family or a couple . . . and small dogs are welcome as well. Check out our Trusted Review !
Friday, May 28, 2010
Week 19 May 28 2010 Door County Happenings Podcast is up!
Listen in to all 19 Door County Happenings podcasts, including this weeks, Cool Town, Fine Arts and Maifest! Listen to them all at http://bit.ly/52IxnGHave a great Memorial Day weekend, and at DoorCountyNavigator.com, we remember our armed forces and are thankful.
Friday, February 26, 2010
New Podcast Up: Snow, Parks and What's Open!
We just posted our Week 7 audio podcast which covers Snow, Parks and What's Open now in Door County Wisconsin!This is a quick and easy way to discover interesting things about Door County and information that is relevant now. So listen in! Check it out at http://bit.ly/52IxnG and let us know what you think! Listen to all the podcasts from Week 1 on to learn and discover!
Thanks - leave a Comment here!
Friday, January 29, 2010
Whitefish Dunes State Park Candlelight Ski Cancelled for Jan 30th
According to the Peninsula Pulse, the scheduled candlelight ski event for January 30th in Whitefish Dunes State Park has been cancelled due to icy and bare trails. Not to be rescheduled. Full story on the Peninsula Pulse website.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Thanksgiving Day Parade - Jacksonport!
Here is a fun and meaningful event - we love this little parade! This press release just in!
_______
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeri Taylor, 920.823.2075
Jorna Taylor, 603.296.5305
Annual Jacksonport Thanksgiving Parade
Tradition of “neighbors helping neighbors” continues into 13th year
Jacksonport, WI – While thousands of Wisconsin families gather at the dining room table for a home-cooked meal or around the big screen TV to watch the Packers take on the Lions, one local boy and his family will spend it in the ICU. However, his struggle will not go unnoticed at Jacksonport’s Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade and Fund Raiser, now entering its 13th year. The parade kicks off at noon from the Jacksonport Fire Department.
Since 1997, the Jacksonport Thanksgiving Parade has delighted spectators with its quirky local flavor as well as collecting money for a family in need. Parade organizers didn’t have to look too far this year to find a member of our community who could use a helping hand. Rafael Phillips, the three year old son of Amy & Dave Phillips, remains hospitalized suffering from complications due to viral meningitis and encephalitis. Rafael has been in a Green Bay hospital since early September, and his family is struggling with the new challenges.
The Jacksonport Thanksgiving Parade, a fun-loving tradition started by Jeri Taylor and Verlin Kiehnau, grounds itself in the notion of neighbors helping neighbors, while getting together to have a good time. “The first year that we held the parade, we threw bird seed because we didn’t think anyone would come,” said Taylor, “but every year it gets bigger, in participation, spectators and “heart”.
Realizing what they could do for their community, the parade committee decided they would choose a local charity or family in need every year. Past parades have raised money for “Feed My People,” breast cancer research, to help the Jacksonport Fire Department purchase a new defibulator, and a young mother with stage four brain cancer. The committee also makes it a priority every year to adopt a family for Christmas, delighting not only in the spirit of the season but knowing that for at least one family, the world will look a little brighter that morning.
Parade viewers can expect the same blend of eclectic floats and characters mixed with a traditional Jacksonport fire truck, color guard, maybe a camel and of course Santa. Participation in the parade is encouraged!
The Phillips family was chosen as this year’s recipient of Jacksonport Parade’s fund raising proceeds because their story exemplifies the spirit in which this parade was founded. The parade starts at the Jacksonport Fire Station, takes a right on Highway 57 to Mike’s Port Pub where it turns around and heads down to the Square Rigger and then finally ends up at J.J.’s of Jacksonport. J.J.’s will be open during and after the parade. One of the best things about the parade is that as a spectator you can see it up to three times in its 4 block journey.
Anyone wishing to participate in the parade should be at the Jacksonport Fire Station by 11:30 on the 26th. For more information please contact Jeri Taylor 920-823-2075.
_______
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeri Taylor, 920.823.2075
Jorna Taylor, 603.296.5305
Annual Jacksonport Thanksgiving Parade
Tradition of “neighbors helping neighbors” continues into 13th year
Jacksonport, WI – While thousands of Wisconsin families gather at the dining room table for a home-cooked meal or around the big screen TV to watch the Packers take on the Lions, one local boy and his family will spend it in the ICU. However, his struggle will not go unnoticed at Jacksonport’s Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade and Fund Raiser, now entering its 13th year. The parade kicks off at noon from the Jacksonport Fire Department.
Since 1997, the Jacksonport Thanksgiving Parade has delighted spectators with its quirky local flavor as well as collecting money for a family in need. Parade organizers didn’t have to look too far this year to find a member of our community who could use a helping hand. Rafael Phillips, the three year old son of Amy & Dave Phillips, remains hospitalized suffering from complications due to viral meningitis and encephalitis. Rafael has been in a Green Bay hospital since early September, and his family is struggling with the new challenges.
The Jacksonport Thanksgiving Parade, a fun-loving tradition started by Jeri Taylor and Verlin Kiehnau, grounds itself in the notion of neighbors helping neighbors, while getting together to have a good time. “The first year that we held the parade, we threw bird seed because we didn’t think anyone would come,” said Taylor, “but every year it gets bigger, in participation, spectators and “heart”.
Realizing what they could do for their community, the parade committee decided they would choose a local charity or family in need every year. Past parades have raised money for “Feed My People,” breast cancer research, to help the Jacksonport Fire Department purchase a new defibulator, and a young mother with stage four brain cancer. The committee also makes it a priority every year to adopt a family for Christmas, delighting not only in the spirit of the season but knowing that for at least one family, the world will look a little brighter that morning.
Parade viewers can expect the same blend of eclectic floats and characters mixed with a traditional Jacksonport fire truck, color guard, maybe a camel and of course Santa. Participation in the parade is encouraged!
The Phillips family was chosen as this year’s recipient of Jacksonport Parade’s fund raising proceeds because their story exemplifies the spirit in which this parade was founded. The parade starts at the Jacksonport Fire Station, takes a right on Highway 57 to Mike’s Port Pub where it turns around and heads down to the Square Rigger and then finally ends up at J.J.’s of Jacksonport. J.J.’s will be open during and after the parade. One of the best things about the parade is that as a spectator you can see it up to three times in its 4 block journey.
Anyone wishing to participate in the parade should be at the Jacksonport Fire Station by 11:30 on the 26th. For more information please contact Jeri Taylor 920-823-2075.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
At the new JJ's in Jacksonport
We are lunching at JJ's in Jacksonport! JJ's/La Puerta/The WaterfronT owners purchased what was in the old days The Tundra House on HWY 57.
Great, fun place and these guys know how to do it.
JJ's/La Puerta in Sister Bay had a kitchen fire and is currently closed. More later.
Dan/ DOORCOUNTYNAVIGATOR.COM
Sent from my DoorCountyNavigator.com Wireless BlackBerry
Friday, November 14, 2008
Jacksonport Thanksgiving Day Parade!
If you are in Door County for Thanksgiving (which is always fun) make sure to check out the Thanksgiving Day Parade in Jacksonport! We just received the pressreleae below:
____________
Wisconsin Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton Serves as the Grand Marshall
of the 12th Annual Jacksonport Thanksgiving Day Parade
Before the turkey is carved and the pumpkin pie sliced, everyone is invited to the only Thanksgiving Day parade in Wisconsin. And it’s right here in Door County. This year the Annual Jacksonport Thanksgiving Day Parade will step off at noon on Thursday, November 27th with Wisconsin Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton serving as Grand Marshall.
“The parade is fun and funky. Floats are often simple; cars or trucks decorated with freezer paper banners that are colored with magic markers and paint,” said parade organizer Jeri Taylor. But entertaining as it is, what began as a simple community activity has turned into a major fundraising event.
“The parade actually started when I suggested the idea to my neighbor Verlin Kiehnau. He thought it sounded like fun and agreed to ask some horseback riders to ride in the parade. The first year we didn’t think anyone to come out and watch so we threw bird seed instead of candy,” recalled Taylor. “But much to our surprise several people did show up, and we decided to make it a fundraiser.”
Each year since the inaugural parade in 1997, participants have collected contributions along the route to benefit an organization and/or Christmas family. “Some of the charities have been a local person or family that is going through hard times or medical problems,” explained Taylor. Past recipients have included the Jacksonport First Responders, Sunshine House, and Breast Cancer Awareness.
“This year as we have done every year, we are adopting a family in need of Christmas through Feed My People,” said Taylor. “This event is about neighbor helping neighbor on Thanksgiving Day. We will be accepting donations during the parade, but contributions can be made any time.”
Stepping off from the Jacksonport Fire Station at the intersection of Highway 57 and County V, the parade proceeds south, turns at Mike’s Port Pub, and heads north to the Square Rigger Lodge & Restaurant, where participants return to the parade “head.” “It starts and ends in the same place; what a deal! Spectators can actually watch the parade go by three times if they’re standing in the right place,” Taylor noted.
“People just show up; everyone loves a parade. We have well-mannered pets and some exotics, horses, kazoo bands, cars and trucks and a baton twirler—me! We’ve had Santa, Irv Johnson, arrive in my little black Jeep, an easy chair on a flat bed trailer, and finally in John Mayberry’s horse drawn carriage. Everyone is welcome to participate in the parade.”
“This is a wonderful way to celebrate the holiday season of giving,” Taylor smiled. “The parade has become a real family tradition,” Taylor emphasized. “It truly is the ‘little parade that could.’”
Everyone is invited to the pre-parade banner party at Pen Pub on Sunday, November 23rd at 5 pm. Parade participants are asked to begin lining up at 11:30 am on Thanksgiving Day. Mike’s Port Pub will be open from 11 – 2 pm on Thanksgiving Day in honor of the parade.
For additional information contact Jeri Taylor at 823.2075 or 559.0586.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Here and there
I really admire how hard Door County shop owners work at creating such unique and pleasant retail environments. The backdrops are almost as intriguing as the merchandise. And there are so many examples of artists who have worked hard to restore old buildings, too. And they all know just how to put it all together to make you want to shop there for like hours!
City Farmer comes quickly to mind. The old 1886 dairy barn that houses City Farmer at 10432 Hwy. 42 Ephraim was nearly empty at the end of last year; I was there shopping the sale (everything remaining after a certain date was marked down 50 percent).
When I went back in May to see what was new, the store was absolutely transformed. It’s filled again and looks stunning—furnishings, pottery, linens and more. I especially enjoyed the new garden room (formerly holding books) and bought a cement sculpture for the garden as well as a skin care product made in Italy for me. The outdoor courtyard garden is filled with new pieces as well.
Artists have carved out gallery and studio space from buildings in dire condition. Sandra and Wence Martinez, fiber artists, have turned an old garage into a fantastic studio and gallery for Wence’s one-of-a-kind tapestries and Sandra’s art—scarves, handbags, paintings and more. And it's easy to find; the house on the property is bright green—5877 Hwy. 57, Jacksonport.
Another place to put on your list is Woodwalk Gallery. Painter Margaret Lockwood and her husband Allin Walker have created an outstanding gallery in a vintage barn in Egg Harbor, 6746 Cty Rd. G. You’ll really enjoy this space, which presents Margaret’s paintings as well as art by 30 regional artists in a variety of price points. Until next time, see you here and there on the Door Peninsula, Donna Marie Pocius, freelance writer
City Farmer comes quickly to mind. The old 1886 dairy barn that houses City Farmer at 10432 Hwy. 42 Ephraim was nearly empty at the end of last year; I was there shopping the sale (everything remaining after a certain date was marked down 50 percent).
When I went back in May to see what was new, the store was absolutely transformed. It’s filled again and looks stunning—furnishings, pottery, linens and more. I especially enjoyed the new garden room (formerly holding books) and bought a cement sculpture for the garden as well as a skin care product made in Italy for me. The outdoor courtyard garden is filled with new pieces as well.
Artists have carved out gallery and studio space from buildings in dire condition. Sandra and Wence Martinez, fiber artists, have turned an old garage into a fantastic studio and gallery for Wence’s one-of-a-kind tapestries and Sandra’s art—scarves, handbags, paintings and more. And it's easy to find; the house on the property is bright green—5877 Hwy. 57, Jacksonport.
Another place to put on your list is Woodwalk Gallery. Painter Margaret Lockwood and her husband Allin Walker have created an outstanding gallery in a vintage barn in Egg Harbor, 6746 Cty Rd. G. You’ll really enjoy this space, which presents Margaret’s paintings as well as art by 30 regional artists in a variety of price points. Until next time, see you here and there on the Door Peninsula, Donna Marie Pocius, freelance writer
Friday, May 23, 2008
Here and there
So much is going on, so many voices have been heard from, so sorry I haven’t written on the blog. Let’s see, I’m going to the Sturgeon Bay Fine Art fair this weekend. This fair (open 10 am to 4 pm. May 24 and 25) moved from the market square a couple years ago to Sunset Park, Third Ave. and Florida St.; it’s close to the shipbuilders.
I love the grassy area, the historic setting for this event and the art by qualified people. Last year, I bought an oil painting by Shan Bryan-Hanson, a wonderful Door County-based painter, who also works at the Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, Sturgeon Bay. If enough time allows, we may head to Maifest, Jacksonport, too. The crafts are nice, and the setting is the lakeside.
Some people are kind of worried about those trademark Door County cherries. A harsh winter and dry conditions have affected amount of blossoms, but Loretta Robertoy, owner of Hyline Orchard, Fish Creek, told me that good pollinating weather (nice and warm as blossoms arrive) can help make it a good crop even though there are fewer blossoms overall. So keep a lookout for those pretty cherry blossoms on trees now, and we’ll have cherries in July, yes?
The Savory Spoon Cooking School, Ellison Bay, is offering a record 80 classes this year, so if you’re the culinary kind, be sure to get updated on all going on there. Even if you don’t cook, they have some tempting offerings like Tapas Tuesdays and Wine Wednesdays. On the former, they are making the tapas for tastings, and the latter comes with tips by a wine expert. The adjacent marketplace is focusing on locally made, grown and organic.
See you here and there on the Door Peninsula, Donna Marie Pocius, freelance writer.
I love the grassy area, the historic setting for this event and the art by qualified people. Last year, I bought an oil painting by Shan Bryan-Hanson, a wonderful Door County-based painter, who also works at the Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, Sturgeon Bay. If enough time allows, we may head to Maifest, Jacksonport, too. The crafts are nice, and the setting is the lakeside.
Some people are kind of worried about those trademark Door County cherries. A harsh winter and dry conditions have affected amount of blossoms, but Loretta Robertoy, owner of Hyline Orchard, Fish Creek, told me that good pollinating weather (nice and warm as blossoms arrive) can help make it a good crop even though there are fewer blossoms overall. So keep a lookout for those pretty cherry blossoms on trees now, and we’ll have cherries in July, yes?
The Savory Spoon Cooking School, Ellison Bay, is offering a record 80 classes this year, so if you’re the culinary kind, be sure to get updated on all going on there. Even if you don’t cook, they have some tempting offerings like Tapas Tuesdays and Wine Wednesdays. On the former, they are making the tapas for tastings, and the latter comes with tips by a wine expert. The adjacent marketplace is focusing on locally made, grown and organic.
See you here and there on the Door Peninsula, Donna Marie Pocius, freelance writer.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Two New Videos Released this Week!
DoorCountyNavigator.com just released two new videos this week! Cave Point's Spring Thaw (which we BLOGGed about when we were filming it below!) and A Door County Sampler.
Cave Point's Spring Thaw is full video of Lake Michigan waves crashing and melting the icy covered coastline - very cool - you'll even see ducks in the icy waters!
A Door County Sampler gives you a bunch of shots of Door County - kinda like, well, "a sampler!"
See all of our videos in our Sights & Sounds section!
Please take a look by clicking the links above, and please tell us what you think by clicking the Comments button below - you can leave a message anonymously, or use your name.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)