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• By Emily Small –

On Tuesday July 28th, the Door County Board of Supervisors met in regular session. The board also voted unanimously to approve Resolution 2020-61, requesting to pursue the purchase of the Historic Island Dairy property on Washington Island for $800K, and turn it into a county EMS facility.

According to a memo from Aaron LeClair, Director of Door County Emergency Services, “Emergency Services has been researching a new facility on Washington Island since 2014…numerous properties were evaluated. The Samuel’s Group (the company hired to draw up plans) along with staff recommended the purchase and remodel of the “Dairy” project. After discussion, direction was given to the Samuel’s Group to give an additional option of removing the deck and adding on a garage.”

The purchase was approved pending a zoning variance needed for driveway access and a conditional use permit request.

Read the full story and a story of the history behind the decision in this week’s issue of the Observer

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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Carolyn Stanford Taylor visited the Washington Island school district, meeting with teachers, students, administrators and parents. Stanford Taylor arrived May 21, spending the school day touring classrooms along with her Chief of Staff Dr. Scott Jones. At the end of the day, Stanford Taylor posed with the entire school before heading back on the ferry and a trip back to Madison.

By Jim Rose

On Dec. 27 and 28, our girls basketball team participated in a girls tournament in Kiel, Wis. Our team was not originally invited but got a chance to play when one of the other JV teams could not make it. They did also have a varsity bracket. The first night our team played the host team, Kiel, and was defeated handily. I was not there for that game, but was able to make the next game, against the Kewaskum, Wis., JV team. This was a much closer match and made for an interesting game to watch. Our girls were ahead for almost the entire first half, until Kewaskum pulled ahead with seven seconds left in the half. Kewaskum pulled further ahead in the second half, but our girls did not give up, catching up to within one point twice in that half. But, by the end of the game, our girls were down by ten, and ended up losing with the final score being 39-49.

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