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Feeding the multitude during the Delavan Lions Club St. Patrick’s Day corned
beef, cabbage and roast chicken fundraiser at The Village Supper Club on Sunday,
March 17 are (from left) Diane Morrison, Dick Hummel and Cindy Bickle. (Beacon)
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It encourages participants to develop a positive
attitude about the future and discuss common
concerns after being treated for breast
cancer. Contact Leann Kuhlemeyer at 741-
2677 for more information.
Stroke Support Group provides emotional
support through opportunities to interact
with others who have experienced stroke.
Informational programs will also be provided
on topics related to stroke/brain attack. The
group welcomes individuals newly diagnosed
and those with a history of stroke. Family,
friends and caregivers are also encouraged to
join. The group meets the third Monday of
every month from 6 – 7:30 p.m. Call Pat
Positano at 741-2402 for further informantion.
Free blood pressure screening, courtesy
of The Walworth County Public Health
Department on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of
every month from 9 – 10 a.m. at the
Walworth County Public Health office, located
at the east entrance of the Department of
Health and Human Services building,
W4051 County Road NN, Elkhorn. The
screenings are open to all. Contact the Health
Department at 741-3140 for more information.
Free blood pressure screening, last
Friday of every month, 2 - 4 p.m., Williams
Bay Care Center, 146 Clover St., Williams
Bay.
Narcotics Anonymous meetings in the
southern lakes area. Call (877) 434-4346
(toll free) for times and locations.
White River Cycle Club, 7 p.m., VIP
Services, 811 E. Geneva St., Elkhorn, second
Tuesday of each month. Contact Mike Lange
for more information at 723-5666.
Lake Geneva Alzheimer’s support
group, 6:30 p.m., third Wednesday of the
month. Arbor Village of Geneva Crossing,
201 Townline Road, Lake Geneva. Call
Andy Kerwin at 248-4558.
Alzheimer's/Dementia support group,
third Wednesday of the month at 4 p.m.,
Delavan Community Bank Community
Center located at 826 E. Geneva Street in
Delavan. Call Bob Holland at 472-0958 or
Arlene Torrenga at 728-6393 with questions.
Alzheimer’s Support Group, first
Thursday of the month, 1:30 p.m.,
Hearthstone/Fairhaven, 426 W. North Street,
Whitewater. Facilitators: Janet Hardt,
Darlene Zeise 473-8052. Respite care is
available with no advance notice.
Clinton, Wisconsin • 800-895-3270
Parkinson’s Disease support group, 1
p.m., second Monday of every month, Lower
level conference room, Fairhaven Retirement
Community, 435 W. Starin Road,
Whitewater. Contact Julie Hollenbeck, 431-
4772, or by email at jhollenbeck2
@wi.rr.com.
Huntington’s Disease Support Group
for anyone affected by Huntington’s Disease,
meets the third Saturday of the month on the
lower level, conference rooms A and B, of
Froedtert Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave,
Milwaukee. Call (414) 257-9499 or go to
www.hdsawi.org for more information.
Harbor of Hope grief support group,
first Thursday of each month, 3 - 4:30 p.m.,
Aurora VNA of Wisconsin, 500 Interchange
North, Lake Geneva. 249-5860.
NAMI, The National Alliance on Mental
Illness, Support Group, first and third
Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. at the Health and
Human Services building on Co. NN,
Elkhorn. Call 495-2439 for more info.
A support group called “Entouch,”
(Encouraging others Touched by suicide),
meets at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of
the month at Riverwood Church, 6919
McHenry St., Burlington. The group is for
those who have lost a loved one to suicide.
Attendees do not need to attend the church
or, indeed, have any religious affiliation.
Everyone is welcome. Call 758-0886 for
more information.
Families Anonymous (FA), a 12-Step,
self-help support program for parents, grandparents,
relatives, and friends who are concerned
about, and affected by, the substance
abuse or behavioral problems of a loved one,
meets every Thursday evening at 7 p.m. at
the First Congregational United Church of
Christ, 76 S. Wisconsin St., Elkhorn. Enter
through the double glass doors on W. Geneva
St. Parking is available on the street or the
parking lot west of the church. Additional
information may be obtained by calling
(262)215-6893, Maureen at 723-8227 or
through the Families Anonymous website:
www.FamiliesAnonymous.org.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS),
Tuesdays 8-9 a.m. Community Center, 820 E
Geneva St., Delavan. Encourages nutrition
and exercise with a positive attitude. Guests
are welcome, no weekly meeting fee.
Contact Marilyn Wilkin at 249-0304.
T.O.P.S. (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly)
Tuesdays 9:15 - 9:35 a.m., Community
Center, U.S. Bank, 101 E. Walworth St.,
Elkhorn (call 723-3791 with questions) and
Tuesdays 5:30 - 6 p.m., United Methodist
Church, corner of 2nd and Washington
Streets, Delavan.
Jim Peck
AAUW to present ‘Much Ado
About the English Renaissance’
The Geneva Lake Branch of the
American Association of University
Women invites the public to attend
“Much Ado About the English
Renaissance,” the second program in the
AAUW Speaker’s Series.
Tickets are now available for the
event to be held at Horticultural Hall,
330 Broad Street, Lake Geneva, on
Thursday, April 18 at 7 p.m.
The program provides a return to the
Renaissance with Lady Anne Bacon,
attendant to Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth, portrayed by Lake Geneva
historical performer Chris Brookes, who
has arrived from the court of Queen
Elizabeth to describe life in sixteenthcentury
England from clothes, customs,
and entertainments to mayhap e’en some
secrets and scandals.
From the royal schoolroom to the
formal presence chamber, Lady Bacon
has seen it all. She educated her son
Francis Bacon, traveled with the Queen
on Progress, and lived during the times
of Shakespeare, Raleigh, Drake, and
Walsingham. Dressed in period clothing
and using her traveling basket full of
necessaries, Chris Brookes captures the
essence of a Renaissance courtier's life.
Chris Brookes, a Lake Geneva
native, performs one-woman, research -
based shows for schools, clubs, organizations,
libraries, and senior centers. She
owns more costumes than clothes in
order to bring history and literature to
life for her recreations of literary and
historical figures from a variety of time
periods: the Dark Ages, the Renaissance,
Victorian times, and the 1860’s to the
1960’s.
She has performed as Lady Bacon at
the Bristol Renaissance Faire and has
played a variety of characters with several
community theater companies. In
her other life, she taught literature and
social studies at Lake Geneva Middle
School.
Delavan Chamber of Commerce
to sponsor Easter basket hunt
The Delavan – Delavan Lake Area
Chamber of Commerce will host an
Easter Basket Hunt. Easter Baskets will
be placed in Delavan businesses the
week of March 25. The baskets will
have numbers assigned to them.
Children ages 3-9 years need to register
at the Delavan Chamber office, 52
E Walworth Ave. or call the office 728-
5095 to receive a number corresponding
to a business Easter Basket. Once the
child receives a number and a list of
~ ART, LITERATURE THEATER, MUSIC ~
Live entertainment, Saturday and
Sunday 2-5 p.m., Village Supper Club, 1725
South Shore Drive, Delavan. 728-6360.
Live Music Fridays 9 p.m. to midnight,
Champs Sports Bar & Grill, 747 W Main St.,
Lake Geneva. No cover charge. Call 248-6008,
or log on to www.foodspot.com/champs.
Karaoke, 9 p.m. - 12 a.m., Snug Harbor
Lakefront Campground Pub and Restaurant,
Highway A and P (not the food store)
Richmond, Wis. Call (608) 883-6999 or log
on to www.snugharborwi.com for details.
Live Entertainment, 9 p.m. - midnight
Fridays and Saturdays, Hemingway’s,
N3270 County Hwy H, Lake Geneva. Call
348-1200, www.hemingwaysportofcall.com.
Live Entertainment, Fridays and
Saturdays, 7:30 - 11 p.m., Bella Vista Suites,
335 Wrigley Drive, Lake Geneva. 248-2100,
Chris Brookes as Lady Bacon
In 2008, she produced an educational
DVD, “Introduction to the
Elizabethan Age,” and in 2012, after
years of study, she co-authored and published
an alternative history of the legend
of King Arthur, “Arthur of the
Gododdin,” with Michael Ferenz. Both
the DVD and book will be available for
sale and signing following the program
or through www.litlady.com.
Brookes serves on the Lake Geneva
Public Library Board of Trustees and is
secretary of the Friends of the LGPL.
She teaches for Road Scholar and
Cardinal Stritch University, and is a
member of the Wisconsin Humanities
Council and DPI Speakers Bureaus,
Northlands Storytelling Network,
AAUW, DAR, Walworth County
Genealogical Society, and The Friends
of the Geneva Theater.
Call 348-9510 to reserve tickets or
order online from brownpapertick
ets.com. Adults $15, students $5.
Money raised at the event will benefit
the scholarship fund and other activities
of the Branch.
businesses with the baskets, he/she will
go to the businesses in search of the basket.
There are a limited number of baskets
available. It will be a first come first
serve basis for children to sign up to
receive numbers. There is no cost to participate,
but there is a limit of two per
household.
For more information, call the
Delavan Chamber of Commerce at 728-
5095 Monday through Friday from 9
a.m. - 3 p.m.
www.bellavistasuites.com
Fireside Dinner Theater in Fort
Atkinson presents “Footloose,” through April
14. When Chicago teenager Ren McCormack
moves to the small town of Bomont he is
shocked to find a gloomy place where dancing
has been outlawed by the city fathers. He
sets out to change the law and the minds of
the town council and bring laughter and fun
back to the town. His journey is the basis for
a vibrant and entertaining musical. First a
popular film and then a fabulous Broadway
show, “Footloose” is filled with high energy
singing, heart-pounding rhythms, and some
of Broadway’s most spectacular dancing. It is
a show that features such hit songs as “Let’s
Hear it For the Boy,” “I Need a Hero” and the
well known title song. Call 800-477-9505 or
log on to www.firesidetheatre.com for complete
information .
“An optimist is a person who
starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.”
Irv Kupcinet