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Wisconsin Club hosts Court of Honor restoration fundraiser - October 16, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

The Wisconsin Club will host a History Night Fundraiser on Tuesday, Oct. 21 with proceeds benefiting the restoration of the Court of Honor monuments on West Wisconsin Avenue.

Just outside the front gates of the Wisconsin Club on West Wisconsin Avenue is a boulevard median called the "Court of Honor." The median is home to three priceless bronze monuments Those monuments include a bronze woman and child at the feet of George Washington dedicated in 1885. The boulevard became known as the Court of Honor after the erection of the bronze Civil War monument, the "Victorious Charge" in 1898. Later the area gained even more significance with the addition of a 65 foot stone column in 1900 and another bronze monument to a Spanish American War Hero in 1932.

These valuable monuments to United States history show the ravages of time and deterioration and need improvements to make them relevant to the 21st century and fit in with the planned redevelopment of West Wisconsin Avenue. The Westown Association, along with other key downtown stakeholders, is spearheading a campaign to raise $100,000 for restoration of these monuments.

On Tuesday, Oct. 21 the Grand Ballroom at the Wisconsin Club will be transformed into an evening filled with history to benefit the restoration of the monuments. Featured at the event will be:

Milwaukee-born writer, historian and eight-time winner of the Wisconsin Historical Society's Award of Merit, John Gurda will share interesting insights about Westown "the gateway to downtown" from its beginning until today.

Director of Development and Senior Historian of the Pabst Mansion, John C. Eastberg will take you down the avenue from its "Grand" days to when and why it became Wisconsin Avenue. Museum educator, Diane Buck will reveal the story behind the Court of Honor statues, the importance of retaining our community's history and culture through the monument, and the restoration needs.

The cost for this event is $100 per person, which is fully tax-deductible. 100% of the donation will go toward the Court of Honor Restoration Project-dinner is donated on behalf of the Wisconsin Club. Passed hors d'oeuvres & Cash Bar at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. with Guest Speakers at 7:15 p.m.

To learn more about or to donate to the Court of Honor Restoration, please visit westown.org/courtofhonor.

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Dexter Historical Society pays off Gordon Hall, burns mortgage in effigy (PHOTOS) - October 16, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

By Jennifer Eberbach Special to The Dexter Leader

Members of the Dexter Area Historical Society held a special ceremony on Sunday to mark the recent ownership of Dexter's famed Gordon Hall. JENNIFER EBERBACH--WASHTENAW NOW

The historical society brought its last payment to the bank, this September.

At a ceremony on Sunday, Oct. 12, the mortgage was burned -- at least in effigy.

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The historical society has been paying down a $900,000 mortgage, plus interest, since purchasing the 1840s Greek Revival home and surrounds from the University of Michigan, in 2006.

This year, Wally Fusilier, whose wife Bene is DAHS board president, posed a fundraising challenge to pay off the last $200,000. Donors contributed $100,000, which the Fusiliers matched dollar-for-dollar.

This is a dream come true, and now we are ready to move on, Bene Fusilier said after watching the mortgage burn.

With the loan out of the way, fundraising efforts can turn to restoring Gordon Hall to how Judge Dexter left it, in 1863, the year he passed away.

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Wales Blue Star Memorial to be Dedicated on Veterans Day - October 16, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

At its Sept. 23 work session, the Wales Town Board authorized Highway Superintendent Michael Zywar to install a Blue Star Memorial marker along Route 20A adjacent to the Sgt. Mark Rademacher Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post #7795 in Wales Center. The town board previously approved the marker's installation.

The Blue Star Memorial program, begun shortly after the conclusion of World War II, is a tribute to the service members of the US military, according to the two women instrumental in bringing the memorial markers to Wales. Coordinated under the auspices of the National Federation of Garden Clubs across the United States, the Wales Town Board was approached by East Aurora Garden Club member Elaine DiPietro and Holland Garden Club member Christine Hausauer at a previous board workshop. The two asked permission to have a Blue Star Memorial marker installed along Big Tree Road in Wales Center in front of Edmund Bud Bogucki Town Park and the VFW Post. The town board granted permission for the marker's installation.

Memorial markers now exist on Route 16 heading into the Town of Holland, as well as in Elma, DiPietro previously told the Wales board. Blue Star Memorial markers are traditionally placed in front of national cemeteries, gardens, parks and veterans facilities, officials noted.

A ceremony commemorating the installation of the Blue Star Memorial marker will be observed Nov. 11, Veterans Day, in Wales Center along Route 20A, and Zywar has been directed to have the marker in place by that date at Bogucki's request. Bogucki has served in many leadership roles as a member of the VFW post in Wales, and as a town board member for 24 years.

In other news, the board received an update from Councilman Michael Simon and Town Attorney Ronald P. Bennett on the recent ruling handed down by the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court in Albany The appellate justices upheld a previous State Supreme Court ruling permitting a local jurisdiction to ban gas well hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, as it is commonly referred to, within its own borders. The ruling was all encompassing, Bennett said, and has far-reaching ramifications for communities such as Wales, which has a similar law on its books.

In this case, the eastern Southern Tier community of Dryden passed a law almost two years ago that forbade any person or corporation from fracking within the town's borders for public health reasons. The legislation, passed by the Dryden Town Board and challenged in Albany by pro-fracking forces, pre-empted state law that maintained it was the sole responsibility of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to define and implement legislation regulating the industry, and declared it was the town's prerogative to allow home rule. State law should take precedence over local legislation, opponents argued before the justices.

The issue came down to an interpretation of state DEC law, Bennett said, with the high court siding with the Town of Dryden in upholding the lower court's decision banning hydraulic fracturing if a local community so chooses.

Dryden didn't have 'fracking' as a permitted use in its zoning ordinances, Bennett told board members, leaving the door open for its town board to act. He also noted that the Town of Wales code (fully) complies with state law, under the high court's ruling.

We'll' do anything that we have to do to protect this community, Simon said of his disdain for the practice of hydraulic fracturing. He also said the intent of the Wales law not allowing fracking was clear and concise.

Simon, with a major assist from councilwoman Jude Hartrich, authored the local legislation banning hydraulic fracturing in Wales two years ago.

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