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CONTENTS
SCENE STAFF
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Associate Publisher
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L10
L18
COVER STORY
L4 Race the Lake
FINE ARTS
R8 Foxy Finds
R22 Trout Museum
FOOD & DRINK
R2 Barrel Aged Bigfoot Ale
R2 Yankee Buzzard
R4 A Taste For It
R6 The Wine Cave
R6 Tricia’s Table
ENTERTAINMENT
R10 Life Is Fair
R18 Buddhist Adviser
R24 CD Review
R26 Lawrence Dream Team
R28 Postcards from Milwaukee
R30 The Guess Who
R32 Just Another Band
R34 Concert Watch
L18 Live from Japan
L19 Take a Journey
NEWS & VIEWS
L16 Rohn’s Rants
R12 Divided We Stand
R14 Right Wing Nut
R16 Another Milestone
L20 Open Records
SPORTS
L10 Hall of Fame
OUTDOORS
R20 Apartment Gardening
EVENT CALENDARS
R35 Live Music
L24 The Big Events
George Halas
Jean Detjen
Jamie Lee Rake
Kimberely Fisher
Steve Lonsway
Dobie Maxwell
Tony Palmeri
Robert Meyer
Denis Riley
John Price
Rob Zimmer
Will Stahl
Blaine Schultz
Jane Spietz
Michael Casper
Trish Derge
Rohn Bishop
James Page
Michael Mentzer
CONTRIBUTORS
August means heat, the State Fair, a long bike ride, inductions
into the softball hall of fame, and everything ripening in the garden!
We feature all of that, and more in your SCENE this month.
Every event Gloria West becomes involved with seems to flourish,
and Race the Lake is no exception, boasting more than 2000 bicyclists who will circle Lake
Winnebago in as short a time span as possible.
Kenny Herr has another stellar list of inductees going into Fondy’s Softball Hall of Fame.
Darndest thing...my name was glaringly not on the list yet again. In fact, another year is
going by with no mention whatsoever of the legendary Cream City Scales team.
There’s a lot of music to be enjoyed this month, from Buttermilk Creek Park to Appleton’s
Mile of Music, to the Weidner Center, the State Fair, the Dodge County Fair, and oodles
of small venues throughout the region. Get out there and enjoy all Wisconsin has to offer
before the dreaded phrase “back-to-school” becomes part of our daily discourse, and store
aisles become jammed with frantic parents searching for the correct pink erasures and prop-
erly ruled loose leaf paper. (Are those items even on school supply lists any longer, or has
everything been replaced with a wireless gizmo?)
Of course we feature beer, wine, and food in this edition, and a smattering of politics,
humor, and fashion.
Enjoy!
Michael, Editor
Fond du Lac
and surrounding
south valley
FROM THE EDITOR // MICHAEL CASPER

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BY MICHAEL CASPER
Back in the 90’s there was a 100 mile bike race
named The Bago 100 that was a ride around Lake
Winnebago.
Some cyclists treated it like a race; others as a ride.
Either way, there has always been excitement about
riding the crest of the mighty Lake Winnebago.
Gloria West is the executive director of what the
Bago 100 has transformed into today.
“When we decided to resurrect the Bago 100,”
Gloria said “we wanted to make sure it could be done
as a race or a ride. So, the new name is ever so appropri-
ate: Race the Lake. You can ‘Race’ the lake competing
side by side with others, or you can ‘Ride’ the lake like
a companion by your side who does not care how fast
you go. This makes for part of its uniqueness.”
Gloria is an old hand at these sort of events, having
founded the Green Bay Marathon, the Fox Cities
Marathon, and the Oshkosh Half Marathon.
“I wanted Fond du Lac to have a true icon for their
city,” she said.
Race the Lake is the only U.S. long distance, timed
bike race with “closed” intersections open to cyclists of
all levels.
“Being a timed event, yes you could go 24 mph or
12 mph,” Gloria said. “You could whiz by the bottle
exchange stations or stop at each of the food stations to
enjoy the delights from fresh squeezed orange juice and
bagels, ham and turkey sandwiches or brownies. You
really only need sustain around 12 miles an hour to
finish in a reasonable amount of time.”
It took two and a half years to make Race the Lake
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viable, wading through the permitting process,
as the event crosses through several counties.
“Race the Lake strived for a new defini-
tion for a bike event,” Gloria said “to combine
professional, triathlon, recreational and newbie
cyclists into a unity of bike lovers...with an early
start time. The beauty at sunrise is really some-
thing. Cyclists are used to starting races later
in the morning, but having organized triathlons
and such over the last thirty years, I knew we
would want to beat the heat.”
There are several categories of competition
from individuals to teams with all ranges of age.
“We’ve had competitors from 9 years old to
82,” Gloria said, “and we stagger the start times
because you can’t have 2000 racers, who are all
at different levels of ability, all leave at the same
time.”
There are about three hundred support
people along the 90 mile route.
“For even those who wanted to trail at a very
slow pace,” Gloria said “the County Sheriff and
Police Departments, and the ARES Club stay at
their posts until everyone finishes.”
Some iron souls can do the 90 mile event in
less than 4 hours.
“Most cyclists finish in about 5 1⁄2 hours,”
Gloria said “but there are some who take up
to eight hours to complete the tour, and that’s
fine. Most of the time there’s a southwest wind
that blows across the lake, and it pushes people
along the course. One year that I competed I
thought I’d broken my odometer and speedom-
eter because I was making such good time, but
in reality it was the wind carrying my through
(laugh).”
Prize money is involved, and equipment
varies.
“It’s a great event that celebrates cyclists at
all levels,” Gloria said “we allow the triathlete
handle bars, mountain bikes...in fact last year
there was a group of something like ten guys
who wanted to try the race on their ‘fat bikes,’
the bikes with the real fat tires that you nor-
mally ride in the winter. I gave them a half hour
head start, and amazingly, they finished the 90
miles!”
There are six aid-stations along the route,
the first part of which is fairly flat.
“When you get to around High Cliff Park
you run into some rolling hills,” Gloria said
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towards the Malone area. But the saving grace
is once you start back towards Peebles and Lake
Winnebago, it’s nearly all down hill!”
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SPORTS // HALL OF FAME
BY MICHAEL CASPER
Every other summer a banquet is held
honoring Fond du Lac’s best softball play-
ers. This is that summer, and founding
father of the hall’s organization, Kenny
Herr gave me a short history of the organi-
zation and its inception.
“It was 1998 when Dick Bestor, Tom
Rausch, Bob Rundle and I got together,”
Ken said “thinking it was time to put
together a hall of fame. We created some
bylaws, policies on how we would elect
people into the hall, and so on.”
The “Hall” didn’t really start out as a
hall.
“We had a kiosk,” Ken said “in the
Forest Mall. But we quickly ran out of
room. We then took over the west hallway
wall that had a mural painted on it. We
came up with a design, and built it.”
In 1999 the first class boasted the larg-
est number of inductees.
“We had it set up for thirty the first
year,” Ken said “the second year twenty, the
third year ten, and then after that it was a
maximum of six, and a minimum of one.
The male players had have played for at
least ten years, and be at least 40 years old.
For the women they had to have played for
eight years, and be at least 35 years old to
be eligible.”
There are special exemptions, and
exceptions.
“If there was anyone who was of all-star
caliber,” Ken explained “who maybe had
passed away, or had some other extenuat-
ing circumstance, who we think may have
reached the level of ‘hall of fame,’ if they
could have continued playing. We have
one player so far, who fell into that cat-
egory who was killed in a car accident.”
It’s not only players who are considered.
“We have umpires, managers, spon-
sors. We have contributors, those who are
directly involved with the program. And
we have another group under the ‘meri-
torious service’ heading. Those who are
indirectly involved, for instance Bob
Rundle from the Recreation Depart-
ment, Curly Klaetsche from Klaetsch’s
Sporting Goods, and so on.”
Ken says that softball is still a popu-
lar recreational team sport.
“Numbers are still very good. But it’s
become more of a ‘participation’ sport,
rather than a ‘competitive’ sport. Back in
the day, people wanted to be good, and
wanted to play at the top level against good
teams. These days the interest in playing
on weekends, and traveling to tourna-
ments, and playing at high levels isn’t quite
as much a priority as it once was. Over
the years it’s become more a sport for
something to do, ‘participate in’ instead of
it being played at a high level of competi-
tion.”
The dinner is open to the public, and
will be held at the Knights of Columbus
Hall in Fond du Lac, and only $20 per
person.
“It’s an amazing banquet,” Ken said.
“Dale and Helen Fridley run the banquet,
and it’s really first class.”
The Fond du Lac Softball Hall of Fame
dinner and induction ceremony will be
Friday night, August 14th. Cocktails
begin at 5, dinner at 6:30. It’s open to the
public, and tickets can be purchased in
advance at the Rec Department, 85 Morn-
ingside Drive in Fond du Lac. For more
information, call 920-929-2885.
Fondy Softball Hall Makes
Another Call
Growing up in a sports-minded
family, Todd started his career in Little
League Baseball followed by playing
baseball at Fond du Lac High School
and the University of Wisconsin Stevens
Point. After his baseball career was over
he switched to softball and reached very
lofty levels of success at the local, state
and national level of competition.
In the Fond du Lac Softball Leagues
he played for The King and I, Carol’s
Korners,
Ramjets, Cheers, Clubbers, Maurys
on Main, Googles, Sports Page,
Frenchies, Dillingers and The Press-
box . While playing on these teams he
was a powerhouse hitter and an excellent
defensive first base man. He and his
teammates won many League Cham-
pionships and as well as a host of local
tournaments during his playing career.
His greatest softball accomplish-
ments were at the State and National
To u r n a m e n t s .
Todd has played
on an unprec-
edented 3 ASA
10-Man National
Championship
Teams with Dill-
ingers in 2002,
2003 and 2006. He was named to the
1st Team All American Modified Team
in 1995, 2001, 2003 and 2006. He also
earned the Batting Championship at the
2003 Tournament. His latest highlight
was playing with The Press Box and
winning the national title at the 2014
National Tournament held in Fond du
Lac.
His Dillinger’s manager, Tom
Rausch, said Todd is considered “the best
overall 1st baseman in the State of Wis-
consin and at the National level, in his
generation, to play modified softball.”
Todd Bonlander
In 1988 Dave Gross pursued his
dream of being the owner of a local
tavern. He bought into Cheers on Third
Street and was in business at that loca-
tion until 1995. Following that venture
he had a full time job with General
Beverage, but he still had the strong
desire to be in the tavern business. He
bought the former Thatchers Tavern at
the entrance to Lakeside Park. He called
his new business Cheers II, and operated
that location from 2002 through 2009.
Dave sponsored 68 teams in 1993-
94-95 and at Cheers II he sponsored 93
teams from 2004 through 2007. Those
two periods of his ownership were the
highest involvement in sponsorship
coupled with the other years of opera-
tion brought his sponsorship total to an
amazing 240 teams.
With most tavern owners in Fond
du Lac the deci-
sion to sponsor
sports teams is a
business decision
first and foremost
with the hope
that the fees spent on sponsoring
would bring clients into the tavern and
boost income for the business. This was
not the only driving force in Dave’s deci-
sion making process. He had a love of
baseball from his early childhood days
that transformed into a love of softball
in his adult years. Dave played in the
softball leagues from 1981-2004 with
Caddy Shack, Bases Loaded, and his
Cheers and Cheers II teams.
Dave Gross

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ENTERTAINMENT // SERIOUSLY FUNNY
As a player, his father always said,
“Play at a level where players, coaches
and fans take notice of your ability to
play the game.” Tuffy considers himself
lucky to have had his wife Kathy and
his children Haley, Weston and Sam at
almost every game he played. His fam-
ily’s lives evolved around baseball and
softball and they are very proud to be a
part of the Softball Family.
During his playing career which
started in 1978, he played for: The Fond
du Lac All Star Team, Jim’s 8 Ball Inn,
Rocky’s Bar, Ironside Batteries, Led-
geview Lanes, Bug Haus, Strooks, Ber-
nward Hall, Terry’s Bar, Irishs, Miller’s
Bar, Buffalo Bills, The 4 Mile House,
Vans, Sullys, Klotz’s Bar, Wally’s Pub,
Bovee’s Bar and Tesch & Associates. In
1992 Tuffy suffered a very serious, near-
career ending accident at his workplace
and that injury involved an extensive
6-year rehabilita-
tion. In 1999 he
resumed playing
for Sully’s Bar
and retired due to
the effects of his
injury in 2001.
Tuffy played in more than 1500
games and maintained a career batting
average of approximately 690. He
accrued two County Home Run Derby
Championships, 49 League Champion-
ships, 80 wins in USSSA Tournaments,
125 total tournament wins, and 23
times he was named the Tournament
MVP.
Because of the things he learned
while playing, he was able to coach his
sons and help them to achieve a level of
play that allowed them to be drafted by
the Milwaukee Brewers and the Atlanta
Braves.
Tuffy Munson
George participated in organized
softball from 1975 thru 2004, playing
in the Northern, Classic, Eastern, and
Olympic Slow Pitch leagues. As a first
base man, George played for Wirtz Dec-
orating, Lorenzen Agency, Jim’s 8 Ball,
Googles, and Sully’s in the Fond du Lac
leagues and with Wisconsin Aluminum
from Manitowoc at select tournaments.
A Fond du Lac fan favorite, George
hit for average as well as big power in the
slow pitch game. He held a batting aver-
age of just over .550 for his career and
his teams sported a win/loss record of
over .750. His hitting power was evident
by the following examples: On four dif-
ferent occasions he hit five homer runs in
a game and on eight different occasions
he hit four home runs in a game. During
his years in softball, George hit over
1500 home runs in league and tourna-
ment play.
George was
an outstanding
first base man
who covered a lot of ground with his
exceptional long reach and stretch. In
league play, George’s teams were: Clas-
sic League Champions 12 times. This
was considered the highest level and
competitive league in the city. He also
captured Northern League and Olympic
League Champions 8 times, each, and
Eastern League Champions 7 times. On
the tournament trail, Wirtz Decorating
won a State Championship in 1981,
and annually played in Regional and
National Tournaments. Playing in local
and area tournaments under the banner
of various sponsors listed above, he and
his teammates won over 50 different
tournaments.
George “The
Bear” Riese
Dan began his umpiring career when
an assigned umpire failed to show up
for a game in the “Country Gentleman’s
League” in the late 1970’s. Although he
only worked one game that year, some-
thing clicked and he became interested
in that aspect of the game.
Working as an umpire took him to a
variety of area softball hotspots includ-
ing Fond du Lac, North Fond du Lac,
Lomira, St. Peter, Theresa, Eden and
Campbellsport for league softball. He
also worked in many tournaments
hosted by the same cities and towns.
Some of his favorite tournaments were
the Women’s Slow Pitch and the Men’s
Moderate Pitch Tournaments held each
year in St. Peter. On a larger scale, Dan
worked many state qualifiers and state
tournaments on the United States Slow
Pitch Association circuit which included
both Men’s and Women’s Tournaments.
He also worked
the Borderline
Bash Tourna-
ment that was
held in North Fond du Lac and Fond du
Lac.
Dan’s desire to become a better
umpire required him to attend National
Umpire Clinics in Chicago, Indianapo-
lis, Louisville and Milwaukee. Attend-
ing these clinics enhanced one of his
strongest assets as an umpire---his
knowledge of the rules of the game and
how to apply them.
In 1991, the umpiring crew he
worked with received the Wisconsin
USSSA Award of Merit for the work that
they did at State and National Tourna-
ments held in Wisconsin. In 1994 he
was recognized by Fond du Lac Softball,
Inc. for his contributions to softball in
the Fond du Lac area.
Dan Sweet -
Umpire Mike was raised on a cotton farm
owned by his grandfather until he was
11 years old. On the farm is where his
grandfather taught him how to pitch,
throw, and bat. In little league Mike
got his start by hitting home runs and
striking out batters. He then moved to
Wisconsin, and when of age, enlisted in
the military.
After his discharge from the military,
he happened into Dr. Joe’s Tavern and
that’s where his outstanding softball
career began.
During his career, Mike “Cazzy”
Casillas earned MVP awards at 16 dif-
ferent tournaments which included
the following state tournaments: 1987
Class B, 1989 USSSA State, 1991 State
Major, 1993 Class A State, and 2006
Class C State.
In 1987 State ASA Commissioner
Bob Splam presented Mike with awards
for outstanding
achievement as an
MVP and out-
standing Achieve-
ment as a pitcher.
Other pitching
accomplishments include
2 no-hit games and many 1-5 hitters.
“Cazzy” was not a one-dimensional
player -- He could hit for average and
had over 100 home runs in his career.
Because of his reputation as a great
pitcher, Mike played on 28 teams in the
area during his career. Because of his
knowledge of the game, he coached his
son’s little league team for many years
and his daughter’s team for two years.
He was also hired by the Markesan
School District as a pitching coach for
their girl’s fast pitch team. He held that
position for three years.
Mike Casillas

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SPORTS // HALL OF FAME
From from 1973 to 1986, Mark
“Bones” Lefeber was a premier shortstop
who played that position as well as any
shortstop in the Fond du Lac Softball
League’s proud history. He competed in
the Classic Slow Pitch League, the Busi-
nessman’s League, the Morning Moder-
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ing Roadhouse Pizza, Strohs, Soo Line,
McGray’s, Dr. Joes, Sportshop, Groe-
schel’s Excavating, Rocky’s, and North
Aluminum.
As a leadoff hitter, Mark maintained
a very good batting average. He did not
keep personal statistics during his career
but during a period of a few years with
the Soo Line team, records were kept
and Mark’s batting average was .600
or better each year. A highlight of his
career centered around one year when
he played Monday
and Wednesday
in the Business-
man’s league with
Roadhouse, the
Tuesday Mod-
erate Pitch League in
North Fond du Lac with Groeschel’s,
and the Soo Line in the Thursday Night
Industrial League. Including tourna-
ments and all league games in that year,
the combined record of the three teams
was 109 wins and 3 losses.
Mark’s skills on defense and offense
lead him to being named MVP in sev-
eral tournaments and on the All Tour-
nament Team in the State Industrial
Tournament. When his team was not
playing in a tournament, Mark was in
high demand to play shortstop and be
the leadoff hitter for many other teams.
Mark Lefeber
Kelly’s softball career began long
before she was ever on a softball team.
It began in her backyard at an early age
with her brothers, neighbors, cousins
and her dad, who was her first coach.
Kelly played softball at Campbell-
sport High School and went on to play
at UW Fond du Lac for two years. She
started playing in Fond du Lac for Mau-
ry’s On Main and was playing ball five
nights a week and nearly every weekend
in a tournament. She played for Hop-
per’s, Jack’s Team Sports, Cheers, Club-
bers, Press Box, Green Acres, Woody’s,
Culley’s, K.B. Lettering and Health Hut.
Her national resume includes ASA
and USSSA Tournaments in 1992,
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002 at
Athens, Tennessee
where her team
finished 2nd,
2004 in Auburn-
dale, Florida
placing 7th, 2005
and 2006 at Disney Wide World
of Sports in Florida where they finished
in 3rd place. Kelly won numerous
tournament team awards, but one of
her biggest accomplishments was at the
2002 Women’s Class C Tournament in
Athens, Tennessee where she received
the Batting Champion Award for an
amazing batting average of .833 along
with All-American Honors.
Kelly O’Brien
Dale grew up at the ballpark watch-
ing several of his father, Gordon Jr’s
teams play over the years. Dale’s career
started in 1988 playing slow pitch for
the Press Box, followed by stints with
Ramjets, and & Caddy Shack (where
they won the USSSA 1995 Ohio Valley
Regional Class E Championship) and
Taco Bell.
He was the ultimate throw back
player as he excelled at playing modi-
fied equally as well as slow pitch. On
the modified side, he enjoyed his most
success while playing for state and
national powerhouse, Dillinger’s. Dale
also played for Sports Page, Arbuckle’s,
and Subway/Frenchies. Rock was a
member of the Fond du Lac’s first ASA
state championship winning team while
playing for Arbuckle’s in 1993.
Rock was a manager’s dream.
Although he wasn’t one of the bigger
guys on the field, he hit for power, aver-
age, stole bases and when you needed a
bunt, he was more than capable. It also
didn’t hurt to have
range, speed, with
a strong and accu-
rate arm. He was
an outspoken,
aggressive, and
fierce competitor who’s
will to win didn’t always translate to the
casual observer/fan, but those who truly
understand him, know him as support-
ive teammate and fun loving guy.
In 2003, Dale played on Dillinger’s
Slow Pitch team in its record setting
63-22 playoff victory. In 2006, he won
a national championship while play-
ing for Dillinger’s. In 2007 at the ASA
National Championships, he earned All-
American honors as an outfielder help-
ing Dillinger’s to a second place finish.
Dale has played for five state champion-
ship teams, two national championship
teams, two national runner-up teams
and several league and local tournament
champions.
Dale Rock
Paul’s Fond du Lac Softball career
began as a 3 year old bat boy for the
two-time FdL County Moderate Pitch
Champs, Green Acres Supper Club. As
a kid growing up in Dotyville, he always
dreamt of playing in Fond du Lac under
the lights at Lakeside Park as his father
had.
Paul received his first call to play at
the park from his cousin Todd Jahns and
his partner in crime, Sara Mietzel. As a
19 year old he played for Pat Lloyd and
the Sports Page softball team and the
rest, as they say, is history.
He played for Irish’s Pub, Arden
Wendt and Ellison Electric, Dave “Dad”
Gross and Cheers before making what
he calls “the best decision of my life,”
to play for Tom “The Rat” Rausch and
the Greatest show on Dirt...Dillinger’s
of Fond du Lac. He committed to Tom
Rausch and the
gang the summer
of 1994 and
decided to call it a
career in 2009.
In the 17 year
span, they won 10 WISAS State
Championships in 11 years and three
ASA National Modified Championships
with two runners-up and several league
championships at the Park.
Some of Paul’s many memories of
playing at the park include winning
state championships, hitting a tourna-
ment walk-off home run, winning a
National Tournament, being inducted
into the WISAS Hall of Fame....All of
which took place at Lakeside Park. Not
too bad for a kid from the Holyland!!
Paul Wagner

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NEWS & VIEWS // ROHN’S RANTS
BY ROHN W. BISHOP
When I was a kid “Back to the Future”
came out, and was an instant 80’s clas-
sic. American’s enjoyed the adventures of
Marty McFly traveling back in time to
1955, then to 2015-when the Cubs win
the World Series- before heading back to
1855, and finally the movie’s end when
Marty returns to 1985. What a ride!
Today, politicos are firing up the DeLo-
rean to head back in time to 1992! Clin-
ton vs. Bush for the Presidency and a guy
named Russ Feingold is going to challenge
the incumbent Republican Senator. Now
all we need is “Saved by the Bell” and “The
Real Ghostbusters” to make a return to
Saturday morning TV.
That said, I don’t believe Bush would
select Dan Quayle as his running mate,
ditto for Mrs. Clinton selecting Al Gore,
but maybe Barack Obama will start
wearing colorful balloon pants to inform
Americans that he’s “too legit to quit!”
Is Russ Feingold really the Frontrunner?
Yes! This election should be a cakewalk
for Russ Feingold, after all Wisconsin hasn’t
elected a Republican to the senate during a
presidential election since “Landslide” Bob
Kasten squeaked out a win over Gaylord
Nelson in 1980.
Wisconsin now has two electorates. The
first electorate is the electorate that votes in
every election. They’re well informed and
passionate about issues, they lean Republi-
can, having elected a Republican Governor
in 1978, 86, 90, 94, 98, 10, 14, and twice
elected a Republican Senator in 1986 and
2010.
The second electorate is the electorate
that votes only in presidential elections,
and usually only votes for the first two or
so offices on the ballot. These voters are
low information-getting their news from
TMZ, and the Daily Show. They’re not
all that passionate about the issues, have
never read the Constitution, don’t know
American history, and need to be reminded
to get out of bed, put on pants, and go
vote; but they do vote, and these voters
do seem to know which political party
will give them other
people’s stuff; and
they vote accordingly-
overwhelming Demo-
cratic- and that’s why
since 1988 Wisconsin
has been a solid blue
state, having voted for
Michael Dukakis in
1988, Bill Clinton in
1992-96, Al Gore in
2000, John Kerry in
2004, and President
Obama in 2008-12.
In 2008 Demo-
crats won everything
here, and in 2012
Democrats did well
enough to elect
Tammy Baldwin into
the senate.
Assuming the low
information voters
stop by to vote on
their way home from
cashing the disability
check while buying Cheetos and beer with
a SNAP card paid for by us working folk,
Feingold should have no problem winning.
Does Ron Johnson work too hard?
Yes, and that’s not good!
A huge problem for Senator Ron John-
son is he’s been a busy and effective senator,
and in Wisconsin we hate that! Sure, we
tell pollsters we want a “maverick” who’s
going to Washington to “shake things up”
and try to “fix” Washington, but the truth
is we Wisconsinites hate it.
Historically, Wisconsinites prefer sena-
tors like Herb Kohl, Gaylord Nelson and
William Proxmire, men who spent decades
in Washington without any tangible
accomplishments to their names. We seem
to like Senator Tammy Baldwin, who liter-
ally did nothing to help when she learned
about opiate abuses at the Tomah VA
Center, and then when the scandal broke,
Baldwin fired a staffer and paid her hush
money to stay quiet!
Has there been any negative fallout to
Baldwin? No!
In Wisconsin, we’re actually pretty
cool with senators doing nothing.
Can Feingold blow it?
Yes! Feingold’s taking his election back
to the senate for granted, that’s why he
announced his run for Wisconsin’s Senate
seat from California! Feingold then flew to
Wisconsin to address the Democrat Party’s
state convention, before heading back to
California, where he will teach at Stanford
for the fall semester, as he prioritizes hang-
ing with rich Californians, over listening to
working Wisconsinites!
I can’t say I blame him, for if he was
talking with Wisconsinites he may be
asked uncomfortable questions, like:
“Why were you the deciding vote for
Obamacare?” “Why do you think it’s okay
to abort a baby on its birthday?” or the
really uncomfortable, “So you’re a lying
crapweasel when it comes to campaign
finance reform?”
Feingold’s PAC Scandal
Mr. Clean Government, Mr. Campaign
Finance Reform, was lining his pockets,
and his closest advisor’s pockets, from the
coffers of his Political Action Committee
(PAC) titled “Progressives United.”
“Progressives United” was set up by
Feingold in 2011, shortly after losing his
Senate seat, with the aim of “directly and
indirectly supporting candidates who stand
up for our progressive ideals.”
As first reported by Dan Bice for the
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, we learned
the PAC did very little to support progres-
sive candidates for office, less than 5% of
the expenses supported candidates, but
did a lot to take care of Feingold and his
cronies, who manipulated the PAC.
Feingold staffers were given no show
jobs with big salaries and good benefits;
a way for Feingold to keep his people on
“retainer.” The PAC was used to buy copies
of Feingold’s unreadable book, pay for
Feingold’s extensive travel, luxury hotel
stays, and high dollar restaurant stops.
All perfectly legal, if not a bit scummy,
but it’s really scummy when your career
and reputation are built on being “Mr.
McCain-Feingold” campaign finance
reform, and getting money out of politics
while outlawing PAC’s .
Russ Feingold, a holier than thou, sanc-
timonious hypocrite!
The question for 2016 is, will any of
these issues matter with a presidential elec-
tion turnout?
Let’s be honest here, if taxpayers are
providing you with ObamaCare, an
ObamaPhone, a SNAP card, a disability
check, subsidized housing-with air condi-
tioning, or free college, are you gonna vote
for the Republican talking about personal
responsibility, or for Feingold, who’ll give
you more, more, MORE!?
It’s Feingold’s race to lose.
Rohn W. Bishop is a monthly contributor to
the Scene. A former member of the Waupun
City Council, Bishop has served as treasurer
for the Republican Party of Fond du Lac
County since 2011
Contact Rohn:
rohnnyb@msn.com
Twitter: @RohnWBishop
Feingold’s race to lose

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FOOD & DRINK // BREWMASTER
BY STEVE LONSWAY
When we were first presented the
opportunity to write beer articles, my
mind immediately went to the many (and I
mean MANY) wonderful beers I have had
from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.
The problem is I think people would get
bored reading about them every single
month. So my approach was to wait it out
and give us the opportunity to search out
their next extra special release. Fortunately
Stone Arch Brew House is somewhat of a
magnet for unique beers. Whether one of
our guys shot across state for a kayak trip
or a member of our mug club just returned
from vacation, interesting beers appear in
our laboratory refrigerator quite frequently.
This is where we found the Barrel Aged
Bigfoot Barleywine from Sierra Nevada
Brewing Company.
This rare find is housed in a 22 ounce
bomber bottle boasting a screen printed
label. Sierra Nevada’s use of packaging
is as diverse as their beers. We have seen
their products available in all sorts of beer
vessels, from 12 ounce bottles, 12 ounce
cans, 16 ounce cans, 22 once bombers,
750 ml wine-style bottles, and specialty
bottles as well. Typically their offerings
come with very vibrant colored labels; this
one is really on the bland side with the use
of only two pale colors. It is easy enough
to spot though with the all-familiar Sierra
logo.
After a brief warming period, our team
poured the samples into snifters. The color
was a very welcoming deep copper/ruby
and was topped with nice lacing of tight
bubbles. As the glasses were raised, words
explaining the nose starting flying faster
than I could write. Dark fruit, whiskey,
tobacco, caramel, toffee, oak, dark malts,
baker’s chocolate, alcohol, piney are the
few words I managed to scribble down.
Yes, this beer has an amazing nose, with all
the above descriptors popping out simul-
taneously.
The flavor of bourbon is upfront with
an oaky finish. Dark fruit, plum and brown
sugar sweetness is evident as the pungent
hop character sends in the bitterness to
round it all off. The alcohol content leaves
a warming sensation as the sip subsides. A
slightly bitter/dry finish awaits. The finish
lingers on the palette for a while which is a
good indicator that this beer will pair well
with hearty meats and strong cheeses (yet
to be verified). Overall the Barrel Aged
Bigfoot carries a lot of flavors from start to
finish and creates a challenge to pinpoint
all of the characteristics. An extremely
interesting brew!
Now let’s look into the history of this
very inspirational brewery. First opened at
a time where Pale Ales, Porters and Stouts
were unheard of in the sea of American
lagers. 1980 was the year and Ken Gross-
man was the man. Boasting the name
of Ken’s favorite hiking grounds, Sierra
Nevada Brewing Company was born.
With a brewery masterfully cobbled
from scrap dairy equipment and hops
purchased directly from hop farms after
long drives to Yakima, Washington, and
a keen eye on consistency and quality, the
American craft beer movement had begun.
Sierra Nevada calls Chico, California home
and rewards the state with an absolutely
beautiful brewery, restaurant, pub and 350
seat auditorium. Renewable resources sets
their tone right from the get-go. From their
Solar panel parking garage with panels that
rotate to follow the suns path to gather as
much sun light as possible, to having the
nation’s largest private solar panel array and
of course their four massive co-generation
hydrogen fuel cells. Plus the fact that they
are able to divert 99.8% of their waste
from landfills! This cutting-edge care for
the earth has inspired the entire brewing
industry to find more ways to lessen our
carbon footprint.
Being located in a college town really
helped the initial growth of the brand and
sales gradually grew. Eventually distribu-
tion made it to the San Francisco Bay area
and caught the eye, or should I say palette,
of Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia.
When word got out about Jerry’s affection
for Sierra Nevada’s Porter, the many loyal
Dead fans made it a point to search out
these wonderful craft beers. Followed up
by a pair of magazine articles, demand
increased from both coasts. Through
extremely hard work, persistence and a
relentless approach to quality and consis-
tency, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
was here to stay and craft beer became a
destination for beer drinkers united.
Distribution growth has ever since been
growing for Sierra Nevada to the point of
outgrowing their brewery in Chico. A
second brewery was recently added near
Asheville, North Carolina and rumor
states that it is as beautiful and sustainable
as their original brewery.
Final word: You will never be disap-
pointed with any beer that Sierra Nevada
Brewing Company is involved in. Whether
it be a collaboration with Dogfish Head
Brewing or a project with the Trappist-
Cistercian Abbey, or their own seasonal
releases throughout the year, Sierra Nevada
is synonymous with top-notched craft beer.
The Bigfoot Barleywine release is always
outstanding especially this rare find that
was aged in whiskey barrels. SEARCH IT
OUT!
BARREL AGED BIGFOOT ALE
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico, CA & Asheville, NC
Some say history repeats itself, but it always
leaves a trail of people, places and things that
serve as the impetus for the stories we will tell
next. Sometimes the story is a song. Or maybe
a piece of art. And sometimes it’s a craft beer.
Wisconsin Brewing Company Brewmaster,
Kirby Nelson, is a storyteller. His medium isn’t
a canvas or lyrics penned to a tune, but rather
Nelson tells his stories with his beer. And like his
beers, his stories are inspired by the great state
of Wisconsin. And his American I.P.A., Yankee
Buzzard, is no exception.
Nestled in a serene and picturesque space
on the outskirts of Verona, Wis., a few miles
from the hustle and bustle of Madison, Nelson’s
brewery is guarded under the watchful eye of an
American bald eagle keeping perch nearby.
The sight of WBC’s resident eagle prompted
Nelson to brew the story of Old Abe, an orphaned
American bald eagle raised by a Wisconsin sol-
ider during the Civil War. As the mascot of the
Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment,
Old Abe rallied Union troops while soaring over
30 battles. Loathed by Confederate soldiers, they
set bounties on the bird and coined him with
the spiteful nickname of Yankee Buzzard.
And like Old Abe, Nelson’s Yankee Buz-
zard boasts a quiet confidence. Columbus,
Chinook, Centennial and Cascade hops form
an artful blend of floral notes and bitterness
that soar across a malty playground lending a
Midwestern flair to this hoppy brew.
And while Old Abe may no longer soar the
battlefield, his story and resilient spirit lives in
every pint of Yankee Buzzard.
Yankee Buzzard

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FOOD & DRINK // PINE CONE TRAVEL PLAZA
BY JAMIE LEE RAKE
“Don’t go there if you don’t like big
desserts,” said a friend, with her husband’s
concurring, of Pine Cone Travel Plaza
Restaurant & Bakery (685 W. Linmar
Lane, Johnson Creek, near the outlet mall
around the juncture of Highways 26 and
94;920-699-2767, http://www.pinecone-
johnsoncreek.com/) of where they had
recently enjoyed dining while engaging
in church picnic conversation. The girth
of my abdomen should be sufficient testi-
mony that, yes and probably alas, I enjoy
an occasional oversize last, sweet course
of a meal. Getting to Pine Cone had just
become a culinary imperative.
If you couldn’t guess from its name,
we’re talking about an eatery in a truck
stop. Technically, it’s attached to a truck
stop;attempting to grab a seat and some
grub by way of the Shell station with semi
drivers’ amenities will only result in leav-
ing one hungry and bumping into a wall.
Upon entering the proper set of doors,
however, the sight of a long glass case lined
with goodies galore greets the eyes. Not far
therefrom lies a classically homey dining
room in medium blues and plenty wood, if
not an abundance of pine cones.
Among the silly things I may do, driv-
ing between 40 and 50 minutes (yup, it’s
that second of Wisconsin’s two seasons:
road construction) merely for dessert isn’t
one of them. So, with supper time beckon-
ing, the one unique thing on Pine Cone’s
menu harkened as well.
And it seems most every truck stop
diner has at least one thing a body would
be hard pressed to fins within 100 miles
of it, or at all elsewhere. At Pine Cone,
apart from its desserts, that one thing must
be the Philadelphia chicken sandwich.
Familiarity with the more common Philly
steak sammy gives a near parallel to its fowl
counterpart: something like an especially
lengthy, unbreaded chicken tender, topped
with sauteed green pepper and onion slices
and Swiss cheese, all on what’s something
akin to a double-wide hotdog bun.
The subtle combination of a white
cheese on white meat with white onion
on white bread with a hint of piquant
earthiness provided by the pepper works
well, though there was a bit more bun than
filling upon my last bite. Compensating
for that, however, was the cole slaw. Cab-
bage and carrot gets minced so finely that
it was difficult to glean whether it was
prepared in vinegarette or in creamy style
with mayo’ or salad dressing. Either way,
its empty bowl left no discernible a trace
of moisture. Pine Cone’s menu declares its
slaw “special”; righto, that.
Ah, now for dessert. And for a place
that includes “bakery” in its name (here’s
assuming that the $1.49 half-pound
cookies-such a deal!-sold on the other side
of the building are made on-premises, too),
it might be fair to assume that there may
be a distinctive treat with which to end
my repast. And certainly, never had the
words “cream cheese boat” ever entered my
vocabulary in that order until my initial
eying of Pine Cone’s dessert menu. So, a
blueberry cream cheese boat it would be.
Pie filling adorned with a couple of ribbons
of not overly sweet dairy frosting rests in a
pastry shell something like that of a cream
puff, but sturdier and shaped something
like a banana split bowl. And though on
the gargantuan side, as my friends had
inferred, the lightness of the pastry, flavoful
berries and heaviness of the topping put it
in the vicinity of Goldilocks’ “just right”
assessment of satiation. Sooner than later
I’d like to try the cherry variation of the
boat. From there, maybe Pine Cone’s cara-
mel apple? We’ll see...
ALSO RECENTLY EATEN
The last time my town had anywhere to
order hot pastrami, it was one of Subway’s
limited-time promotions, so when A&W
(numerous locations, but you knew) intro-
duced its Deli Burger with that aforemen-
tioned brined, spiced beef sharing space a
couple of its signature patties, mushrooms,
onions, mustard and, here it is again-Swiss
cheese, I had to give it a go. The pastrami
arguably may more texture than taste to
what is otherwise a glorified mushroom &
Swiss burger, but it’s worth the price. That
will be especially the case if the home of
the Root Bear makes it a short-time run
as Jared Fogle’s former benefactor made its
sandwich.
So, you’ve just seen the great Biz Markie
DJ and rap in Sheboygan for the city’s free
summer concert series, you’re hungry. At
least I did and was, so I was grateful for the
sight of Fountain Park Family Restau-
rant (922 N. 8th St;920-452-3009, http://
fountainparkfamilyrestaurant.com/) on
the walk back to the Rakemobile. All the
more was I thankful for its expertly pre-
pared chicken cacciatora, proportionally
tomatotoey and olive oily to the artistic
presentation of the penne pasta beneath
it all. Tapioca pudding to top it all off?
Of course. So satisfying was the fare that
I fairly took the cantankerous ‘tide of the
owner/manger in stride. Hey, I know you
have to wash the cup from which I only
drank hot water and lemon, but nothing’s
stopping you from charging me a little
something for the fruit, right, guy?!
Wouldn’t it figure that on my way to
Pine Cone there was on the path a new
frozen confection parlor? City Service Ice
Cream (205 N. Main St,, Juneau;920-386-
8084) looks to be housed in an abandoned
gas station, repleted with a wooden
stand-up of an old-time smiling attendant
holding a cone to tempt passers-by. Its
assortment of ice creams comes from long
standing downtown Watertown staple,
Mullen’s Dairy Bar & Eatery. Cones,
dishes, sundaes, etc. are made by fresh-
faced youths, one of whom fixed me up a
splendid butter pecan shake. city Service
also offers hot dogs in with all the Chicago
fixings, for which I may have to splurge
my sodium count some time. It will likely
have to be by summer’s end, though, as
no indoor seating and a few tables outside
gives the appearance of a seasonal business.
May it last for many more.
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22. R6 | SceneNewspaper.com | August 2015
BY KIMBERLY FISHER
What makes a wine a WINE? Many
characteristics and attributes contribute
to this luscious drink, but understanding
more of how it becomes what it is will help
you appreciate more of what wine is.
APPEARANCE AND COLOR:
Wine can be red, white or rose. If a wine
appears cloudy, there could be something
wrong with it; we often call this a “flaw”
in the wine. Whatever its color, the wine
must be clear. Red wine is produced from
black grapes meaning the skins of which
are allowed to be present for all or part of
the fermentation process. Young wines
are usually purple in color where older red
wines can have a reddish-brown outer rim
variation as an indication of age.
White wine can be produced from
black grapes, white grapes or a blend of the
two. The red coloring pigment is contained
in the skins of black grapes and not in the
pulp or juice, therefore if black grapes are
pressed, the juices run off the skins straight
away and white wine will result. White
wine can vary in color from almost color-
less to shades of yellow or gold. Young
wines tend to have a greenish tinge while
older whites can turn brown with age.
Rose wines are made is several ways.
The classic method involves commencing
the fermentation as for red wine, then to
remove the partly fermented juice from the
skins after the correct degree of coloration
is achieved. Fermentation then continues
off the skins. Another method includes
blending a small quantity of red wine with
a large quantity of white wine. It is also
possible to blend black and white grapes
together with the fermentation taking
place on the skins of the black grapes.
BOUQUET: The smell of the wine
is often the best indicator of its origin,
its content, its quality, age and character.
Wine should always smell like wine, or
smell clean. If the wine smells of vinegar,
any decayed vegetables or cork, then there
could be a “flaw” in it. Something is not
right.
TASTE: The taste of the wine confirms
the impressions formed by the wines
appearance and bouquet. Does the wine
taste sweet or dry? Then, does the wine
have acidity, vinosity, tannin, weight or
body? Often times the alcohol content
could be an indicator of the type of wine
that it is.
AGING POTENTIAL: Some wines
are meant for early consumption such as
Beaujolais and Muscadet, which means
the wine will not improve with cellaring.
Others are made for letting some time
lapse to allow the wine to come into its
full element. Red wines such as Cabernet
Sauvignon and Nebbiolo, are often made
to age. They contain tannin, which acts as a
preservative, and it softens as the wine ages.
You can be a great wine taster no matter
how much or how little you know about
wine. Tasting is, in its essence, a subjec-
tive experience. Understanding a little bit
more along the way, will help you have a
better appreciation and hopefully lead you
down the path of wanting to learn more.
Kimberly Fisher is Director of Fine Wine
Sales for Badger Liquor & Spirits
The Wine Cave
FOOD & DRINK // THE WINE CAVE
FOOD & DRINK // TRICIA’S TABLE
BY TRISH DERGE
I know...it’s August. Who wants to
even think about making or eating hot
soup?
But the yellow beans are in!
And what better way to enjoy them
than in a soup?
I found a generation’s old recipe from
a long since passed dear woman from the
Holyland who raised and fed seven kids,
and a few farm hands over the years on her
soup which I’m told was a welcome dinner
after chores, milking, and baling the third
crop.
After you’ve heated up your already
hot kitchen, making Theresa’s Yellow Bean
Soup, enjoy your bowl with a half teaspoon
of vinegar (her German pronunciation was
“winn-a-gar”) added to it...it’s delightful!
INGREDIENTS
1 small bone-in ham
2 quarts water
4 medium sized potatoes - peeled and
diced
3 small onions - chopped
3 stalks of celery - diced
3 carrots - diced
3 - 4 cups yellow beans - diced
1/2 cup flour - browned
1/4 stick butter
vinegar, salt and pepper
1. In a large pot, simmer the ham in the
water for about 2 hours.
2. Remove the ham, keeping the water.
3. Dice the ham into chunks.
4. Give the ham bone to the dog.
5. Put diced ham, onions, celery, carrots,
and yellow beans into the kettle of ham
water.
6. Bring to a boil, then simmer until veg-
etables are tender (approx 1 hour)
7. While the ham and vegetables are sim-
mering, brown your flour.
8. To brown flour: Place flour in saute
pan over medium heat, and stir until
lightly browned being careful not to
burn it. Lower heat, add butter, con-
tinue stirring until blended, add to pot.
9. If you’re not up to browning the flour,
or if it catches fire...put the fire out,
and substitute burned flour and butter
mixture with a cup of milk.
10. When serving by the bowl, add 1/4 to
1/2 teaspoon of vinegar (winn-a-gar)
and salt and pepper to taste.
Theresa
Langenfeld’s
Yellow Bean
Soup

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FINE ARTS // FOXY FINDS
Foxy FindsBY JEAN DETJEN,ARTFUL LIVING
R8 | SceneNewspaper.com | August 2015
Cheers to living
artFULLY in the
heart of Wisconsin!
Send your sugges-
tions for Jean’s Foxy
Finds to jdetjen@
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The dramatic
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in this handmade, beaded signature
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designer Jessica Theresa. Chunky
and bold with fiercely feminine style.
$105. Available at Studio Pink,
Neenah. Many more stunning styles
and color combinations available.
Find your own unique statement and
“embrace your inner sparkle!” Custom
orders available. Studio Pink also hosts jewelry parties, creative workshops, and ladies night
out events.
Art glass spheres of light to
brighten your home and delight
special people in your life. Choose
from Friendship Balls, Fairy
Balls and Witches Balls. No two
are alike. Most are of European
origin, made in small communi-
ties, or family crafted. Each one
is unique with small variances
in design, color, weight, and
size. Prices range from $34.99
- $42.99. Find one (or more
- look great hung in clusters!)
that catches your eye at Angels
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downtown Appleton.
Gypsy-esque “Festival Beltbag”
from Lakhays. Adjustable
waist strap, multiple zippers,
and snap pockets. Just the
right amount of hip slung
storage for your phone and
other essentials for hands-free
freedom and comfort. Sturdy
cotton fabric with ties, lace,
and brass grommet detailing. Available in black, brown and maroon.
$32. Form, function, and definite foxy factor! Found at Vagabond
Imports, downtown Appleton.
Experience the art of sound with your very own uPhonium, an all acoustic
sound amplifier for the iPhone 4, 5, or 6. Crafted from an antique
Magnavox radio speaker horn and a vintage telephone ringer box. Custom
design by Brad Brautigam | B. Brad Creations, “elegantly bringing new
life and function to the everlasting forms of a bygone era.” $595. Other
unique styles available, prices vary. Check out the artist website to see full
range of uPhoniums and repurposed lamps: http://www.bbradcreations.com/.
JB Leather Wallet $25 found at Teak & Soxy,
Princeton. Artist Jason Bowey uses his hands
in nearly every process when creating his hand
punched and stitched leather goods, working
exclusively with natural materials. This small
profile wallet/card holder sells for $25. Other
styles and colors available. Teak & Soxy is a home
design shop featuring an offbeat mix of new and
vintage accessories brimming with color, character
and wit. Owner and designer Matt Trotter is the
fourth generation to occupy his property: a late
19th-century hotel and later a leather and textile
manufacturer. Teak & Soxy were
his family’s notoriously tricky horses
that often escaped their confines to
wander Water Street, the eclectic
street where Trotter’s shop resides.
On trend button-up distressed denim jacket by Chiqle,
Los Angeles. Cotton blend with stretch for great fit and
comfort. Cool tribal print back fabric panel detail takes
this chic piece to a level that’s beyond basic. Women’s
sizes S-M-L. $47. Find this and other fun, fresh fash-
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breathable Gore-Tex Tretorn sneakers for men. This
Swedish brand prides themselves on creating a durable,
long lasting shoe combined with a very casual and stylish
look for any occasion. Visit Spruce Boutique in Fish
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eye. Spruce is inspired by Door County and the things,
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Their hip selections of casual clothing, natural beauty
products and accessories are definitely road trip worthy.
Spruce offers on-trend brands for men and women with
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26. R10 | SceneNewspaper.com | August 2015
BY DOBIE MAXWELL
Try as I might, as life goes on I just
can’t shake my intense fascination with all
things freakish. I am obviously not alone,
or run of the mill human parasites with
no particular identifiable set of marketable
skills or talents like Jerry Springer or Maury
Povich wouldn’t have been able to rake in
more than a comfortable living showcasing
said freakishness for multiple decades now.
Freaky people…freaky places…freaky
events – I love them all! Anywhere I can
sit off to the side and observe a conscious
gathering of weirdos, wackos, oddballs,
goofballs, mooks, kooks, flukes, flakes or all
around idiots – and the dumber the better –
I like it. It keeps me entertained.
It also gives a crystal clear perspective
and assures me that no matter how deeply
my personal situation happens to slide into
the abyss at any time at least I’m not one
of “them.” I don’t claim to be better than
“them,” but I do think I was given at least
a few more tools in my box from the fac-
tory than a frighteningly large percentage
of fellow planet walkers. I am not at the
bottom.
Is it wrong to proudly walk among
countless hordes of unwashed lowlifes at
any random event silently beaming inwardly
that I’m not them? Then declare me guilty.
How much worse will my punishment be
than having to live on a planet where “they”
rule the roost? I’m just an onlooker.
The first experience that ever rocked my
world with Richter scale proportions was at
about age six when my uncle and aunt took
me to the Wisconsin State Fair. Why they
wanted to subject me to this environment at
such an impressionable age still baffles me,
but I had no choice. I was in a place I didn’t
ask to be with no foreseeable way out. All I
could do was try to act like I belonged.
But I didn’t. And I knew I didn’t, even
at such a tender age. Something inside
screamed loudly that I was a stranger in a
strange land and wasn’t where I had ever
been before – kind of like that stray bug that
gets smuggled in on a load of bananas at the
supermarket. There’s no going back.
Walking through the State Fair with my
uncle, aunt and cousins was a symphony for
the senses at every turn. I could barely take
in all that was going on around me, but I
knew it was something I was not prepared
for. Nobody told me anything other than I
needed to stay close to our group or I would
have to go home with somebody else’s
family. I think it was a joke but I’m still not
sure.
The most vivid memory I have all these
years later oddly enough is the
aroma. Nothing smells
quite like a State
Fair, and I have
to believe the
Wisconsin
State Fair
t a k e s
a back
s e a t t o
none of the
other 49 in
the stomach
curdling stench
department. Countless tons
of fresh from the factory manure combined
with roasting meat and corn on a humid 94
degree day spell two letters – P U.
The first whiff of that putrid odor on
my six year old nostrils put me down for the
count with a single punch. I knew I couldn’t
hold my breath the entire day and attempt-
ing to breathe through my ears wasn’t work-
ing. Going into the bathroom stall later
ended up being a breath of fresh air.
The next experience that busts out
from the confines of my memory like El
Chapo out of a Mexican prison is seeing the
midway for the first time. It was the best
and the worst of times simultaneously. On
the good side I remember how bright and
colorful the lights were and how scary yet
enticing the rides looked. I had never been
on one before but I knew I wanted to tilt,
whirl, spin, flip, rock, roll and/or Ferris.
On the ugly side, I got my first gander
of what a carny looks like. That was like
witnessing the landing of a UFO. It was ter-
rifying on one hand but absolutely fascinat-
ing on the other. All of the people I had seen
previous to that day in the world in which I
lived had teeth basically one color.
The only comparison I could make with
what I saw was the ear of Indian corn that
hung behind our first grade teacher Mrs.
Molter’s desk at school. I was only six, but
even with the significant amount of teeth I
happened to be missing at the time I still
had a few up on these dental midgets.
Next on the agony agenda was being
forced to sit through not just one but two
types of music I took a hating to from the
get go and learned to loathe even more
as life has gone on – polka
and old time country.
I had never seen
any live music
played to that
date with
the possible
exceptions
of the lady
at church
who played the
organ and the ice
cream truck that was in
our neighborhood.
Halfway through the first set of polkas
that all sounded the same played by four or
five fat old farts ridiculously decked out in
leather lederhosen I was ready to barf up the
burnt bratwurst I’d just eaten, sauerkraut
and all. But my uncle and aunt were lifelong
Milwaukeeans, and polkas are right up there
with cribbage and duck pin bowling on the
list of holy things never to make fun of.
After the tent full of Pabst smeared
Schlitz kickers tapped their last toe I
thought I was finally off the hook, but NO.
After waiting in line for a cream puff – a
tiny taste of heaven – we walked through
the buildings where people were pitching
products like vegetable slicers and floor wax.
Six year olds aren’t the target market for that
stuff, so again I sat back and watched the
masses.
There were examples everywhere of
every size, shape and circumference wad-
dling through the barn with blank looks
on their faces. These were not the kind
of people that lived anywhere near my
neighborhood, even though we did have
a few nut cases lurking in the weeds. But
everybody knew where they lived and we
stayed away from those people. The Fair was
loaded with them.
By this time I recall being overwhelmed
with sensory overload and wanting to go
home. Ha! It wasn’t to be for at least a few
more hours as we trudged our way to yet
another tent to watch yet another concert
of yet another style of music that made my
tonsils ache. I couldn’t decide which was
worse, the polka or the country – but does it
matter? It’s like picking a favorite way to die.
That day at the State Fair seemed
like it would never end. Then I got roped
into going the next year and it was pretty
much the same only this time we had to sit
through a clown show. I never thought there
would be anything that would make me
pine for a polka, but watching a bald man
with enormous yellow shoes and a sponge
nose twist balloon animals for an hour made
me flip like a funnel cake. I vowed from that
moment on I never wanted to set foot in a
State Fair again.
But as the years have gone by and I’m
now older than my aunt and uncle were
when they took me to that first State Fair,
I find myself looking forward to the experi-
ence whenever I can get it. I have been lucky
enough to have spent my entire adult life on
the road and have seen everything up to and
including State Fairs, County Fairs, craft
fairs, carnivals, festivals, flea markets, flea
circuses and everything in between. I enjoy
the assortment of mixed nuts that come
with the deal.
And I even find myself tapping a toe
to a polka or country song once in a while.
What kind of a seed was planted all those
years ago that something I found so repul-
sive at first now has a charm that makes me
wax nostalgic. And that smell. Manure and
meat mixed make my mouth moist.
I absolutely believe that aliens exist and
that they have visited us in person. If you
don’t think so, take a walk down the midway
at any carnival or fair. They’re here…and
they’re operating the Tilt-a-Whirl.
Dobie is a stand up comedian and writer
from Milwaukee. To see him on stage at
his next hell-gig, find his schedule and other
rants at dobiemaxwell.com
Life Is Fair
ENTERTAINMENT // DOBIE MAXWELL

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28. R12 | SceneNewspaper.com | August 2015
NEWS & VIEWS // MEDIA RANTS
BY TONY PALMERI
The night Scott Walker officially
announced his presidential candidacy, I
had a dream (nightmare?) I was watch-
ing his inaugural address on Fox News
in January of 2017. In the dream Walker
became the first incoming president to ride
a Harley in the inaugural parade. Below
are his remarks as they were spoken in my
dream:
Chief Justice Roberts, all Real Ameri-
cans, and others: today we continue an
inaugural tradition as old as the Republic
itself. What we do today is possible only
because our Founders had the wisdom and
courage to articulate and fight for Big and
Bold ideas.
I thank President Obama for his ser-
vice. I also thank him for resisting calls
from so called environmentalists that he
boycott this inauguration due to my pledge
to make good on my campaign promise
to issue as my first Executive order the
removal of solar panels from the White
House. Thank you President Obama.
Wisdom in our time requires recogniz-
ing that our 21st century challenges are
not significantly different from what our
Founders faced in the 18th. Political cour-
age in our time requires the audacity to
assert and fight for 18th century solutions
to 21st century problems.
You see our Founders did not bother
with climate change, but they did change
the political climate from hot tyranny to
cool liberty. So much did they love liberty
that they were willing to legally define
nonwhite southern workers as 3/5 of a
person to get it. That controversial 3/5
compromise was what I call 18th century
cool; a Big and Bold idea proving that our
Founders respected the sovereignty of each
of the 13 original states more than they did
any dictates from Washington.
Big and Bold ideas like the 3/5 com-
promise, or the Manifest Destiny resettle-
ment of natives to make room for our Real
American ancestors, or the expansion of
American power and influence abroad, or
President Reagan’s refusal to back down in
his confrontation with arrogant striking
air traffic controllers, or my own state’s
abridgment of the tyranny of collective
bargaining, have been lambasted by critics
as divisive. Such critics do not understand
the profound role division plays in acceler-
ating the progress of the states.
Indeed, our Founders and all Real
American leaders since are often pictured
as standing for some kind of vague prin-
ciple of national unity. You don’t need a
college degree to know what’s wrong with
that picture: vague unity is undependable,
puts mushy cooperation ahead of vigor-
ous competition, and ultimately makes us
weak.
Division is dependable. Division works.
It creates a critical mass of US always
wary of and willing to fight the attempts
of THEM to transform our traditional
American values.
Our first Republican President, Abra-
ham Lincoln, is a remarkable example of a
decisively divisive leader frequently miscast
as obsessed with unity. Two years before
becoming president, Lincoln said, “I do
not expect the Union to be dissolved -- I
do not expect the house to fall -- but I do
expect it will cease to be divided.” Yet he
then went on to become the most divisive
chief executive in history, presiding over a
civil war that killed hundreds of thousands
of Real Americans over an issue that deeply
divided the nation for many generations.
What the Civil War could not kill was
the 18th century idea of state sovereignty.
That is why today I say ask not what your
country can for you, ask what your country
can do for your state.
Does your state want to define what
marriage is and who can participate in that
most sacred of unions? You now have a
well-wisher in Washington.
Does your state want to be freed from
onerous federal regulations of air and water
quality that degrade the desire of job cre-
ators to compete in the global economy?
You now have a well-wisher in Washington.
Does your state want complete control
over voting rights, including the power to
pass the strictest possible voter identifica-
tion laws? You now have a well-wisher in
Washington.
Does your state want to expand gun
ownership rights to any and all people the
state sees fit? You now have a well-wisher in
Washington.
As regards to foreign policy, there too
we call on the 18th century for guidance.
In the Declaration of Independence Jef-
ferson condemns King George III for not
protecting the colonists against what he
called “the merciless Indian Savages, whose
known rule of warfare is an undistin-
guished destruction of all ages, sexes and
conditions.”
Today’s merciless Indian Savages
are ISIS and their sympathizers. Our
administration will reject any attempts to
rationalize ISIS as somehow a product of
the actions of American behavior in the
Middle East or some other alleged injustice
that creates terrorism. Our administration
will stand for the principle that terrorism is
caused by terrorists. Period. We will wage
a liberty crusade ready and able to pit our
well-armed 18th century principles against
ISIS’s twisted dreams of a 7th century style
caliphate. We will win. They will lose.
Will the liberty crusade be divisive? Yes,
as will our Big and Bold domestic reforms.
But fear not, because following in the
tradition of our most noble ancestors, we
draw inspiration from the knowledge that
Divided We Stand, United We Fall.
Thank you and God Bless America.
Tony Palmeri (palmeri.tony@gmail.com) is
a professor of communication studies at UW
Oshkosh.
Divided We Stand, United We Fall

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NEWS & VIEWS // RIGHT WING NUT
BY ROBERT MEYER
Several editorial works have appeared
recently, once again addressing the give
and take of global warming/climate change
concerns.
Few of us have the specialized
knowledge necessary to make absolute
pronouncements on this topic, yet all of
us have a right, or even an obligation, to
philosophically cross-examine the argu-
ments presented for rational consistency.
The most arresting observation about
this controversy, is that it’s highly polarized
along the lines of political partisanship.
The people who advocate for it are gener-
ally liberal, while those who are skeptical
are predominately conservative.
Were that likewise the case for belief in
the Law of Gravity, I’d say it was no big
deal. But this should be a stark indication
that more is it play than mere disagreement
over the implications of the data. For me
this is a huge stumbling block toward
embracing alarmism, hook, line and sinker.
We should realize that evidence never
exists in a vacuum. All evidence requires
interpretation, and all too often the inter-
pretation of evidence is influenced by pre-
existing ideology, not ruthless objectivity.
A second observation is what I call
“the fallacy of appealing to expertise.” Let’s
develop this point. It goes something like
this: A consensus of credentialed scientists
nearly all believe a certain thing, therefore
it is true. This reasoning assumes that
someone must be objective in the same
proportion that they are an expert, or said
another way, an expert can never be biased
or affected by groupthink.
Suppose you go in for a dental exami-
nation with a new dentist, and while exam-
ining your mouth, your dentist says, “have
you considered taking out a loan?” Now,
are you dealing with an oral hygiene expert
speaking objectively, or a businessperson
speaking out of self-interest? You have to
use your own judgment to discern the dif-
ference. In that case you have no difficulty
seeing how bias can work contrary to
knowledge. The appeal to expertise is not
as strong an argument as it would appear
to be, because specialized knowledge is not
necessarily tantamount to pure objectivity.
Or take an example from our legal
system. In a court case both the defense
and prosecution may provide testimony
from expert witnesses. But the opinions of
equally qualified people are often in dia-
metric opposition. What accounts for this?
As a juror you must discern who is best at
offering the more plausible explanation,
though you are not a specialized expert on
the topic in question.
So what am I saying? Are all these
experts liars? Of course not. I am saying
that I doubt every expert comes to their
own conclusions independently from
scratch, and that reputations and careers
are sometimes of primary consideration
when such persons publicly take a position.
In general, people confuse two con-
cepts: expertise and objectivity. Having
great intelligence or specialized knowledge
isn’t assurance against a person remaining
unbiased in their public opinions. Persons
of all stripes are generally loyal to their
source of income. We shouldn’t assume
that every expert begins their search tabula
rasa, that is to say, without an agenda or
wholly independent of prevailing consen-
sus.
That is why appeals to credentials or
expertise are never as conclusive as they
ought to be.
Still another observation is that Cli-
mate Change has ramifications on at least
three separate levels. First is the question
of whether the global temperature is actu-
ally increasing. Secondly, the question
of whether the alleged phenomenon is a
natural or human caused event. Finally,
whether the dire predictions about the
impending consequences of Climate
Change are actually plausible, or merely
hysterical assertions.
One reason people might be skeptical
is that they lived through the 1970’s, when
warnings of “global cooling” were being
touted. That thinking was commonplace
after the commemoration of the first
“Earth Day” back in 1970. Furthermore,
many of us who were in school at that
time remember Paul Ehrlich’s 1968 book
“The Population Bomb,” and realize how
alarmist prognostications can be way off
the mark.
One might reasonably ask why Al
Gore built a mansion on an oceanfront
property, considering his dire pronounce-
ments about rising sea levels? Skepticism
occurring regarding points two and three,
technically doesn’t qualify as “denial” as
regards changes in the climate, but rather,
how connected the phenomenon is to
human causation. Too often, “deniers”
are inappropriately tagged with that label
for demurring on any of the three distinct
levels, and given the respect worthy of any
Flat-Earth Society charter member.
It should be noted that historically
normative Christian theology has always
embraced the idea of environmental
stewardship in principle, in the sense of a
discipline previously referred to as “conser-
vation.” The nature of the opposition to
contemporary progressive environmental
movements by some evangelical Christians
and other conservatives, is that “environ-
mentalists” seem to espouse philosophies
placing emphasis on worshipping and dei-
fying the creation more than the Creator.
Often people who advocate for legisla-
tion curtailing greenhouse gasses offer us
an argument tantamount to the theological
implications of Pascal’s Wager; “What if we
don’t act, but Climate Change is a reality?
When we know for sure it will be already
too late.”
But the point is easily reversible. We
may pass unnecessary legislative measures
that irretrievably harm economic and
technological development, as well as for-
feiting national sovereignty and restraining
individual liberties. Consider everything
carefully.
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32. R16 | SceneNewspaper.com | August 2015
NEWS & VIEWS // THE VIEW FROM THE LEFT-FIELD SEATS
Another Milestone
on the Path to Equality”
BY DENIS RILEY
On June 26th the U.S. Supreme Court
held that the 14th amendment guarantees
of due process and equal protection of the
laws meant that no state could ban mar-
riages between members of the same sex,
just as it had held almost 50 years earlier
that no state could ban marriages between
individuals of different races. Reaction was
fast from those who supported the deci-
sion, and fast and furious from those who
opposed it. Six weeks will have gone by
by the time you read this, but I am willing
to bet that the issues I am about to discuss
will not have been resolved by that time.
Some of those fast and furious reac-
tions seem pretty much the political
equivalent of Shakespeare’s “sound and
fury, signifying nothing.” There will not be
a Constitutional amendment to restore the
right of the states to define marriage (Scott
Walker and Ted Cruz), nor an “all-out
assault against the religious freedom rights
of those Christians who disagree” (Gover-
nor Bobby Jindahl of Louisiana). Amend-
ments to the U.S. Constitution are hard to
pull off – the Equal Rights Amendment
died in the ratification process and there is
still no personhood amendment – and so
far all the political bluster has been aimed
at protecting, not assaulting, the rights of
Christians bothered by gay marriage.
But there have been furious responses
that require very serious thought.
First, no Supreme Court decision is
self-executing. People, especially people
with “executive power” in state and local
governments have to implement many of
these decisions. To the ear of a nearly 72
year old Political Science professor, the
words coming out of the mouths of public
officials in the immediate aftermath of the
gay marriage decision seem to echo those
of politicians reacting to the 1954 Supreme
Court decision in Brown v. Board of
Education. Texas Governor Greg Abbot’s
assertion that, “No Texan is required to
act contrary to his or her religious beliefs
regarding marriage,” was followed quickly
by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s
assurance to county clerks throughout
the state that their religious beliefs could
trump the Supreme Court’s decision and
that he, his office, and an army of Texas
attorneys would be behind them in the
decision to refuse to issue marriage licenses
to gay couples. Louisiana Parish (county)
clerks are refusing to issue licenses and one
Alabama judge has refused to issue mar-
riage licenses to any couples in his county.
Equal protection at work.
But under the 14th amendment,
all states are required to provide equal
protection of the
laws – along with
due process protec-
tions – to all of
its citizens and
the U.S. Supreme
Court – which the
last time I looked
had the authority
to interpret those
provisions – had
declared that issu-
i n g m a r r i a g e
licenses to same
sex couples was a
duty of state and
local authorities. I
don’t have any idea
if what seems to
be shaping up as a
battle over gay mar-
riage could ever produce anything like the
battles over school integration. The South
was a great deal more invested in Jim Crow
than it is in protecting religious liberties,
and Mark Twain was probably right that
history doesn’t really repeat itself, but it
surely does rhyme. I have no formula for
addressing the state-federal confrontation
that seems to be looming, but we had
better come up with one.
I have a good bit more sympathy for
the bakers, the florists, and the musicians,
who believe their artistry would somehow
be offensive to their God if put in the
service of a gay wedding. This would have
to be particularly painful for those who
believe their artistry to be a gift from their
God. Talk about ungrateful. But I sympa-
thize more with the gay men and women
simply trying to assert a right they have
finally been granted. Besides, the bakers,
florists, and musicians are also business
people, and once you go into business you
are obligated by a combination of law and
human decency to treat customers equally.
But it is precisely here where this question
gets a little complicated.
The U.S. Supreme Court can tell
county clerks in Texas that they have to
issue a marriage license to a gay couple,
but can’t tell a baker that he or she must
provide that couple a wedding cake. The
14th amendment due process and equal
protection clauses do not apply to private
citizens and their actions. Congress, a
state legislature, and probably even a city
council can tell a baker he or she must
provide that cake, but the Supreme Court
cannot and has not. The mandate for pri-
vate businesses to stop discriminating on
the basis of race, gender, etc., remember,
is embedded in the Civil Rights Act of
1964. No such protection resides in that
statute for victims of discrimination based
on sexual orientation. Can you imagine
this Congress doing that? How about the
Texas state legislature?
Finally, there are genuinely religious
organizations worried about the impact
of the ruling on their ability to preach and
practice their faith. The chairman of the
religious liberty committee of the U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops, who also
serves as the Archbishop of the Diocese of
Baltimore, was particularly fearful about
being, “silenced or penalized or losing our
tax exemption,” if the Church continues
to “operate our ministries and to live our
lives according to the truth about mar-
riage.” Again, thinking about this political
climate, this Congress and state legislatures
of a majority of the states, and even the
Supreme Court ruling on the right of the
members of the Westboro Baptist Church
to protest at military funerals by excoriat-
ing gay men and women, I think the Arch-
bishop has little to worry about.
There are however, dozens of specific
questions that will have to be litigated.
To borrow just one from Chief Justice
Roberts, what about a religiously based
university that provides housing for mar-
ried couples and refuses to house a same
sex couple?
See you in court. That’s where we bal-
ance conflicting rights.
Enough out of me.

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BY JOHN PRICE - KABHIR,THE
BUDDHIST ADVISER
Readers of this column might perceive
me as dark and negative. If you feel that
way, it’s because my deepest soul-baring
thoughts juxtapose the pain of coming
to grips with truth while inhabiting this
human being. But truly, although deepest
truths are elusive and painful to confront,
doing so is a courageous thing, and it pays
off in the long run.
As I write this, we’re in the transition
time between our Wisconsin spring and
summer. Meteorologists say that June
1 is the beginning of a weatherperson’s
summer. Whatever, the birds are chirp-
ing; the flower beds and potted plants are
showing their birth. I used to dread being
awake when the birds wake up. Now I am
at peace if I’m awake at this time and wel-
come their morning hellos. Lately, the first
ones start chirping around 3:00 am. Other
than the cats wanting me to awake at that
time when I’m not ready, I welcome their
welcomes and feel a deep peace when they
start to wake up to greet the day; that is,
unless it’s raining, then they’re silent. But
I also truly love rainy mornings, and those
days provide a profound solace as the drops
resonate on the roof.
Why is “hiding from myself” in the
title? Well, truth be told, discovering our-
selves is a frightening thing, as in doing so,
we must shed much of the conditioning
that forms our personalities. Buddhists
call this “letting go,” as practice. Truly, if
you embrace the idea of impermanence
as letting go, as we get closer to actually
doing that, it is a challenging way to live.
Embracing that way is not really about
rejecting the ego and personality, but it
most definitely is a way of life having one’s
entire conditioned reality backed up to
the wall, facing (hopefully) a gentle firing
squad.
A few years back, I found myself the
“victim” of a robbery, a serious auto acci-
dent, and a crippling orthopedic matter.
This after nine eye surgeries in the 1990s,
with five occular implants and cranial
nerve damage. I recall sitting in my hall-
way, wondering what to do: Should I sur-
render to a life in a nursing home? What
should I do? As it turned out at the time,
I simply applied myself to what I knew to
be effective practice. Each day, one breath
following the previous. I re-learned just
sitting. I’d known this worked from many
years of past experience. It was either that
or give up, and giving up wasn’t in my rep-
ertoire. Mind you, I lived alone in a small
apartment. I was damn poor, and I had few
distractions, which was ironically a good
thing. Instinct and some Zen training told
me that just sitting would be a good thing,
under the circumstances. Sure enough,
with the financial challenges, the orthope-
dic problems, and an accompanying return
to health, I found myself newly accepting
life’s former pain and loneliness as positive
things. Good practice.
So, as life has gone on since then, I’ve
had a few more problems of the same ilk as
those challenging me previously. Each time
lately, now, I look back and re-create the
matters of that crisis time of my life. If I do
so sincerely, I pull up and out of the malais
and into the acceptance of the times past.
When making a significant change in
lifestyle about ten years ago, I began call-
ing myself, “Mr. Nobody,” signifying my
giving up the former life labels and replac-
ing them with “no label.” Thus, for a time,
Mr. Nobody roamed my house. Now,
as I’ve lived these additional years, I’ve
come to realize it’s not about rejecting my
individual existence. Instead of rejection of
ego, I favor of integrating my personality
with all the things we cannot see. I am a
spiritual empiricist: Thus I do not believe
in things I cannot see or perceive. That’s
not about rejecting God or any forms of
energy manifested.
A lineage I’m very fond of, because it
might just unweave back to pure truth is
encapsulated in a book titled No Mind-I
Am The Self. The book by David Godman
explains simple beliefs tracing back to the
mid-20th Century Indian sage Ramana
Maharshi, about the lives and teachings
of Sri Lakshmana Swamy and Mathru Sri
Sarada (who are both alive and in residence
at a small ashram in southern India).
Ramana Maharshi, who pretty much
stayed out of the public eye, manifested
his enlightenment through a monastic life-
style. He was truly a man of few words, but
later in life he responded to devotees pleas
and set down his ideas. If his readers of his
words really concentrate on what truth
means, he offers us what cannot be grasped
through mere words. But nonetheless, like
all great sages, he offers truth is as directly
as possible in a book. He tells us not to
reject human existence, but to shed layers
of our social conditioning like we shed
our clothing before bathing. Although
we define ourselves by what we wear, but
obviously it’s not nearly to the extent we do
with our sense of self.
When first I called myself Mr. Nobody,
I look back and realize now that doing so
was part of my own elaborate scheme to
put armor over who I really am. It feels
much better to accept me, all the time
working to make my presentation less
about getting rid of my personality and
more about making it a better fit for all of
who I am.
So then it’s really all about integration.
If we begin to deeply understand our
personal conditioning, we can grow in
a healthier way than if we were oblivious
to the personality baubles we use to cover,
yes cover, who we truly are. Meditation is
about acceptance and letting go. Just sit.
Just be. And if you do, you can enter the
truth of who you truly are.
John Price-Kabhir is a former public school
educator and an ordained Zen Buddhist
householder. He welcomes you input at
920-558-3076.
Even When Hiding from Myself
I Am
Happy

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