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Next Twin Lakes Movies in the Parks is Friday
The next Twin Lakes Movies in the Park will be screened Friday, Sept. 3 at West Side Park.
The movie will be Field of Dreams.
The movie will begin around 8:15 p.m.
More information about the series is available at the village's website.
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Randall to replace water patrol boats
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The Randall Town Board approved the purchase of two new water patrol boats at Thursday's Town Board meeting.
One of the boats will be used for Powers Lake and the other for Lake Benedict.
Water Patrol member Darrell J. Borger presented several quotes he obtained for different boats -- one set for a Powers Lake boat and a different set for a Benedict Lake boat.
The boat recommended by… Continue reading
“After Dark in the Park” set for Silver Lake Park
Kenosha County Parks is hosting an "After Dark in the Park" at Silver Lake Park, Area 6/Beach, on Aug. 20.
The event includes an evening of camping, a bonfire and an outdoor movie showing of "WALL-E."
Admission is $5 per person and includes one complimentary soda and a box of popcorn. Children aged 6 and under are free. Tickets will be available at the door. Please be sure to… Continue readingPringle to host green landscaping talk
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol, will be holding a Saturday Night Campfire Talk: Green Landscaping on Saturday, Aug. 14, at 5:30 p.m.
Bring a lawn chair or blanket and listen to a talk about different ways to create green yards -- from rain gardens to prairie lawns.
In case of inclement weather, the talk will be held inside the nature center.
Friends: Free/General Public: $2… Continue reading
Paddock Lake Picnic in the Park coverage
Paddock Lake held its second Picnic in the Park today at Senior Citizens Park on the lake's west side.
Those who attended enjoyed a free hot dog lunch, socializing with neighbors and the park's amenities.
Virtual tour of Paddock Lake’s Lake Walk
Have you had a chance yet to hit the trail of Paddock Lake's new 3.4 mile Lake Walk?
Karen and I did recently. Above is a video of our tour. We hope it will give you an idea of what the walk is like and maybe encourage you to see it first hand… Continue reading
Registration for County Open golf tournament under way
Brighton Dale Links will play host to the 2010 Kenosha County Men’s Open Golf Tournament, Aug. 6-8.
The tournament will kick off with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. on Friday Aug. 6 on the Red Pines and the back nine of the White Birch course. On Saturday, Aug. 8, the shotgun start will be at 7 a.m. on the Blue Spruce Course. And, finally, on Sunday Aug. 9, the… Continue reading
Pringle to host program on green cleaning products
Pringle Nature Center , 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a Saturday Night Campfire Talk: Green and Homemade Cleaning Products on Saturday, July 10, at 5:30 p.m.
Participants will sit around the campfire ring to learn how to make their own cleansers using simple ingredients you may already have as well as discussing the green products already available. Suggestions and recipes for non-toxic cleaning supplies will be shared… Continue reading
County Dog Park in Randall to open Friday afternoon
The Warren Close Bark Park, located at 35610 89th St. (Highway F), Randall, will open Friday afternoon, according to County Executive Jim Kreuser.
Construction on the parking lot is being completed, but the dog park is ready for use, Kreuser said.
The Warren Close Bark Park is subdivided into two areas: One for large dogs and one for small dogs 14 inches… Continue reading Beaver hike set at Pringle Nature Center
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a Nature Story Time Hike Beaver Stream by Marilyn F. Holmer on Saturday, July 3, 10 to 11 a.m.
Participants will hear how during the cool weather, Beaver searches for a home, flees a coyote, and finds a special beaver. After the story, participants will go on a hike with activities tied to the story.
For more information call 262-857-8008… Continue reading
DeWitt Park Beach closed due to high bacteria count
Yesterday, Silver Lake Trustee Chris Willkomm was picking up geese waste at DeWitt Park Beach.
Today, the beach has been closed until further notice due to high bacteria counts in the water there, village staff reports.
Willkomm said high water from recent rains has caused more geese waste to wash up on the beach lately… Silver Lake trustee pitches in on poop patrol
Recent rainy weather has had the unpleasant effect of washing a lot of geese waste from Silver Lake onto DeWitt Park beach.
With the village Public Works Department already short-handed, Trustee Chris Willkomm decided Thursday to take the matter into his own hands. Well not exactly his hands, but you get the idea. Willkomm went down to the beach Thursday afternoon to scoop waste off the beach.
The effort no doubt made it more pleasant for the many users of the beach there… Continue reading
Paddock Lake Picnics in the Park to start June 15
Paddock Lake's free Picnics in the Park will start again on Tuesday, June 15 at noon at McAlonan Park on the corner of 248th Avenue and 72nd Street.
There will be free hot dogs, chips, drinks and fun. Residents are invited to eat, drink and meet their neighbors.
If you have any questions please call Trustee Karen Harris at 843-2713… Continue reading
Pringle to host campfire talk on composting
Pringle Nature Center , 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol, will be holding "Saturday Night Campfire Talk: Home Composting & Vermiculture" on Saturday, June 12, at 5:30 p.m.
Grab your lawn chair or blanket as we gather around the campfire to talk about composting at home and how to get started.
In case of inclement weather, the talk will be held inside the nature center.
Friends are free; General public is $2.
For more… Continue reading
Seno receives Wisconsin Environmental Education Board grant
The Seno Woodland Education Center has been awarded a grant by the Wisconsin Environmental Education Board (WEEB) to offer expanded programming to Boy Scouts and landowners in Racine and Kenosha counties.
The $19,357 grant will provide training to 60 Boy Scout leaders from the Southeast Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and 20 woodland owners from southeast Wisconsin. Training will focus on Project Learning Tree, Project WILD (Wildlife in Learning… Continue reading
No Joke golf outing on June 11 will benefit Make-A-Wish and Westosha Kiwanis
The 8th annual No Joke at Bristol Oaks Golf Outing will take place June 11.
The event benefits the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Westosha Kiwanis Club. It is organized by the Kiwanis Club.
Registration is at 10 a.m., play begins at 11 a.m. and dinner is at 4:30 p.m.
Entry fees are $90 per golfer before June 1 and $100 after that until June 1.
Contests and prizes include:
- Hole in one.
- 50/50.
- Longest drive.
- Closest to pin.
- Longest putt.
- Door prizes.
- Tons of
American Legion Post 293 to host Silver Lake Memorial Day parade
The Schulz–Hahn American Legion Post 293 will be holding its annual Silver Lake Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 31 beginning at 9 a.m.
The parade will start out from Riverview School and will head towards Cogswell Avenue (Hwy B). It will then proceed south to First Street and then west on Lake Street ending at the parking lot of the American Legion Hall.
A ceremony will be held in the… Continue reading
Walking the Lake Walk
Paddock Lake's new Lake Walk got it's official opening today with a village-organized kick-off walk.
The designated route starts at 72nd Street just across 248th Avenue from McAlonan Park and follows a route around the lake for 3.4 miles, ending at the same spot. Blue signs mark the route throughout… Continue reading
New disc golf course gets official opening
County Executive Jim Kreuser cut the ribbon on the new 18 hole Grey Fox disc golf course in Fox River Park this morning.
County Supervisor Erin Decker of Silver Lake and her son were on hand as was the disc golf course designer Terry Miller and his daughter, staff members from the Parks Division and Planning and Development who were involved in the construction, GPS work, scorecard and signs. The course was built by… Continue reading
Ribbon cut for Salem Community Park
The new Salem Community Park saw its official coming out Saturday with a ribbon cutting ceremony overseen by town officials.
The park, under development for much of last year, includes structured areas such as a playground, softball fields and pavilion with rest rooms but also a natural area.
The park is located on 256th avenue south of Highway AH.
Refreshments were served after the ceremony, which was open to the public.
The park has already been seeing steady… Continue reading
Pringle to host Mother’s Day brunch and walk
Pringle Nature Center , 9800 160th Ave., Bristol will be holding a Mother's Day Ephemeral Brunch and Wildflower Walk on Sunday, May 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Celebrate Mother's Day at Pringle as the spring wildflowers bloom. The day includes a small brunch and on the hour a naturalist will lead a spring wildflower hike.
Registration by May 7 is required.
Fee for Friends of the Pringle Nature Center is $10. General public is $12.
For… Continue reading
Pringle Nature Center program to explore wild edibles
Ever get the munchies out in the woods?
If so you might want to check out the the Pringle Nature Center's Saturday Night Campfire Talk: Wild Edibles on Saturday, May 8 at 5:30 p.m.
Participants will sit around the campfire and learn about what in nature is safe to eat and what isn't. From rose hips to pine needles, you'll learn what it looks like and what might be something pretending to… Continue reading
Pringle Nature Center to host bird walk
The Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a bird walk on Saturday, May 8 at 8 a.m.
Participants will join Rick Fare from Hoy Audubon to look for the spring migrants in Bristol Woods.
Bring your own binoculars; Pringle has a limited number of binoculars to check out and you can… Continue reading
Pringle to host Nature Story Time
The Pringle Nature Center , 9800 160th Ave. , Bristol will be holding a Nature Story Time Hike: A Tree's Tale by Lark Carrier on Saturday, May 1, from 10 to 11 a.m.
Participants will hear a story about a tree's life as it covers a broad sweep of history -- from when the Native… Continue reading Seno Center to host invasive species workshop
A workshop to help people learn to identify and control forest pests, diseases and invasive plants will he held at the Seno Woodland Education Center on Saturday, May 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
This one day workshop will give attendees information they need to recognize and control the invasives in their woods. The workshop will address invasive species in woodlands, grasslands and wetlands, emerald ash borer and gypsy moth and… Continue reading
Paddock Lake celebrates Arbor Day and gets new Tree City USA flag
Paddock Lake celebrated Arbor Day Saturday with a tree planting in Pathway Glen Park.
The ceremony helps the village retain its Tree City USA designation. This is the 11th year the village has earned that honor. It was presented with a new Tree City USA flag by Kim Sebastian of the state Department of Natural Resources.
The ceremony was co-ordinated by village Trustee Karen Harris. The Autumn Blaze Red Maple planted at the park… Continue reading
Paddock Lake to conduct Arbor Day ceremony
Paddock Lake will celebrate Arbor Day, and its ongoing status as a Tree City USA, on Saturday, April 24, at 10 a.m. at Pathway Glen Park in the 6100 block of 248th Avenue.
Ludwig Nursery, Brighton, is donating the tree to be planted by Cub Scout Pack 328. Also expected to attend are state Rep. Samantha Kerkman and Kim Sebastion from the state Department of Natural Resources, said village Trustee Karen Harris, who organized the event.
Light refreshments… Continue reading
Seno Center to host pioneer rendezvous
Experience life of the 1700s and 1800s at Woodland Pioneer Rendezvous at the Seno Woodland Education Center, on May 22 and 23.
By visiting presenters' camps, attendees can view demonstrations of cooking, natural dyes, hunting, sewing, medicine, music and camp life.
The event will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday. Admission fees are adults $3, children 12 and under $1.
The Seno Woodland Education Center, is… Continue reading
Volunteers plant trees at Seno Woodland Education Center
It was a good day for tree planting at the Seno Woodland Education Center in Wheatland Sunday morning.
The center is a tree farm and an outdoors education facility, said Ron Rasmussen, president of the center's board. In the course of a year, about 800 school children will come through for educational programs.
Getting children involved in the outdoors is a key part of the center's mission.
"We don't want this generation of children to be the… Continue reading
Boaters safety course to be held in Silver Lake
A boater's safety course will be held April 24 and 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Silver Lake Village Hall.
The course, sponsored by the Village of Silver Lake Water Patrol and the state Department of Natural Resources, will teach the basics of boating and relevant laws and regulations.
Wisconsin boating safety certification or out of state equivalent certification is required for operators born on or after Jan. 1, 1989 and at least 16… Continue reading
