#Door County Wi

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Car Spot: Checker Marathon

It roamed the streets of NYC for decades. This week's car spot, the Checker Marathon.

The pride of Kalamazoo created by a Russian immigrant Nothing screams New York City more than the bright yellow Checker Cab. The spacious taxi served New Yorkers in the Big Apple from the 60’s into the latter part of the 20th century before being replaced mostly by the Ford Crown Victoria and Chevy Caprice. It all started in 1961 by Morris Markin who founded the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company…

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Photo: Door County, Wisconsin

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Eagle Bluff (Lighthouse), Door County, Wisconsin (USA)

8 of spades

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Some of my favorite photos I took in 2024. (13 instead of 12, because October had Chicago and aurora borealis, so I had to give it two.)

steam fog on the lake, North Bay (Racine), WI - January 16

hoarfrost on the dead sunflowers, Egg Harbor (Door County), WI - February 4

Bird Keeper by Janice Lowry, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI - March 14

blue walls at the diner, Frank’s Diner, Kenosha, WI - April 4

moon jellies, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL - May 15

golden hour, Kenosha, WI - June 8

fallen tree, Petrifying Springs Park, Kenosha, WI - July 11

fire pit, Fish Creek (Door County), WI - August 14

Norwegian Rosemaling, Old World Wisconsin, Eagle, WI - September 21

dusk comes on, Chicago, IL - October 5

aurora borealis, Racine, WI - October 10

orange before the rain, Racine, WI - November 18

you are as strong as you are honest, Racine, WI - December 15

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Door County, WI

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In Door County, WI, genetic engineering has achieved spectacular results.

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Corvette in Door County WI

Ilford HP5+ | Pentax Spotmatic SP1 | Takumar 28mm f/3.5

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PSA- Don’t Buy Tesla’s

“She told NBC6 that her husband would be still alive if the Model S door handles simply opened the car. That did not happen in Jutha’s Model Y, because its doors work with electronic actuators. If an electrical failure occurs, they demand a mechanical manual release.”

“Tesla has transitioned to an electromechanical door latch system on its vehicles, which means the doors are not physically connected to the door opening handles. Instead, these are electrical switches that trigger the electric door release system to open the door. Because there is no physical connection between the door handles and the door latching mechanism, it doesn’t work when the 12-volt electrical system is down for some reason.

This usually happens in the case of a crash. At least two car crashes ended with fatalities because people got trapped inside a Tesla.”

“‘Uggh, it's a Tesla. We can't get in these cars,’ one firefighter reportedly said. Despite the difficulty, they acted swiftly, using an ax to smash a window and rescue the child.”

“The Hyundai Venue compact SUV topped iSeeCars’ review of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System data for most dangerous cars, while Tesla topped its list of most dangerous car brands.”

“These fires burn at much higher temperatures and require a lot more water to fight than conventional car fires. There also isn’t an established consensus on the best firefighting strategies for EVs, experts told Vox.”

Seriously- no matter what your political leanings are- DON’T BUY TESLA’S; the fact that no one is widely discussing a very blatant safety risk that people can’t reliably get out of their cars during a car accident is HORRIBLE…

If you KNOW someone who owns a Tesla- make sure they are AWARE of this flaw in certain vehicles and that they should possibly purchase a window breaker to be safe.

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Door County WI Oct 2022

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Spacious Pet Friendly - 7 miles to Eagle MTN Lake

Experience the fusion of modern living and spacious pet friendly — where style, space, and tech converge for a unique stay with smart features and ample relaxation.

The space

Sleeping Arrangements:

✔ Primary Bedroom - Queen-sized bed with memory foam mattress (Sleeps 2) ✔ Second Bedroom - Queen-sized bed with memory foam mattress (Sleeps 2) ✔ Living Room - Queen Sofa Bed (Sleeps 2)

Key Features:

✔ Professionally Cleaned & Sanitized ✔ Easy Self Check-in w/ Keypad ✔ Smart TVs in Living Room & Bedrooms ✔ Fast Wi-Fi ✔ Laptop Friendly Workspace ✔ Plenty of fresh towels, linens, and bathroom essentials ✔ In-home washer and dryer ✔ Fully equipped gourmet kitchen (cookware, silverware, drinkware) ✔ Fully stocked Keurig coffee station ✔ Custom Guidebook w/ Local Recommendations and Tips ✔ In-unit Washer & Dryer ✔ Pet Friendly

Nearby Attractions:

• 3 miles to Tarrant County College NW Campus • 7 miles to Eagle Mountain Lake • 7.6 miles from Fort Worth Stockyards • 11 miles to downtown Fort Worth • 18 miles to Dickies Arena • 26 miles from DFW airport • Close proximity to shopping, restaurants and major thoroughfares

Guest access

The rental property includes 2 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and fully equipped kitchens. You will have access the whole house during your stay.

Other things to note

Our home offers a fully equipped kitchen, complete with all the necessary cookware and utensils, as well as a cozy living room with a flat screen tv. We also provide complimentary Wi-Fi, keyless entry, free private parking and pets are welcomed.

Important: Please note that before before you receive access to the property, you will need to complete all of the following pre-check-in requirements:

✔ Complete Check-in Form ✔ $100 security deposit (refundable) for incidentals ✔ Sign Lease Agreement

Pet Policy: Pets are welcomed, with the first pet staying free of charge. Each additional pet will incur a fee of $75. Pets must be placed in a kennel when no one is home.

Mailbox: We recommend all packages and mail be sent to the door as mailbox access isn't available.

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Door County, WI

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"The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love."

--Zephaniah 3:17

Photo: Door County, Wisconsin

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A woman who pleaded guilty to dressing as a clown and in 1990 murdering the wife of a man she later married was released from prison Saturday, ending a case that has been strange even by Florida standards.

Sheila Keen-Warren, 61, was released 18 months after she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the shooting of Marlene Warren, Florida Department of Corrections records show. The plea deal came shortly before her trial would have started.

Keen-Warren, who has maintained her innocence even after her plea, was sentenced to 12 years in prison. But she had been in custody for seven years since her arrest in 2017, and Florida's law in 1990 allowed significant credit for good behavior. It had been expected she would be released in about two years.

“Sheila Keen-Warren will always be an admitted convicted murderer and will wear that stain for every day for the rest of her life," Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg said in a statement Saturday.

Greg Rosenfeld, Keen-Warren's attorney, has said she only took the plea deal because she would be released in less than two years and had been facing a life sentence if convicted at trial.

“We are absolutely thrilled that Ms. Keen-Warren has been released from prison and is returning to her family. As we’ve stated from the beginning, she did not commit this crime," he said Saturday in a text message.

Marlene Warren’s son, Joseph Ahrens, and his friends were at home when they said a person dressed as a clown rang the door bell. He said that when his mom answered, the clown handed her some balloons. After she responded, “How nice,” the clown pulled a gun and shot her in the face before fleeing.

Palm Beach County sheriff's investigators had long suspected Keen-Warren in the slaying, but she wasn't arrested until 27 years later when they said improved DNA testing tied her to evidence found in the getaway car. Rosenfeld has called that evidence weak.

At the time of the shooting, Keen-Warren was an employee of Marlene Warren’s husband, Michael, at his used car lot. Since 2002, she has been his wife — they eventually moved to Abingdon, Virginia, where they ran a restaurant just across the Tennessee border.

Witnesses told investigators in 1990 that the then-Sheila Keen and Michael Warren were having an affair, though both denied it.

Over the years, detectives said, costume shop employees identified Sheila Warren as the woman who had bought a clown suit a few days before the killing.

And one of the two balloons — a silver one that read, “You’re the Greatest” — was sold at only one store, a Publix supermarket near Keen-Warren's home. Employees told detectives a woman who looked like Keen-Warren had bought the balloons an hour before the shooting.

The presumed getaway car was found abandoned with orange, hair-like fibers inside. The white Chrysler convertible had been reported stolen from Michael Warren’s car lot a month before the shooting. Keen-Warren and her then-husband repossessed cars for him.

Relatives told The Palm Beach Post in 2000 that Marlene Warren, who was 40 when she died, suspected her husband was having an affair and wanted to leave him. But the car lot and other properties were in her name, and she feared what might happen if she did.

She allegedly told her mother, “If anything happens to me, Mike done it.” He has never been charged and has denied involvement.

But Rosenfeld said last year that the state’s case was falling apart. One DNA sample somehow showed both male and female genes, he said, and the other could have come from one out of every 20 women.

And even if that hair did come from Keen-Warren, it could have been deposited before the car was reported stolen. He said Marlene Warren's son and another witness also told detectives that the car deputies found wasn’t the killer’s, though investigators insisted it was.

Aronberg last year conceded that there were holes in the case, saying they were caused by the three decades it took to get it to trial, including the death of key witnesses.

Michael Warren was convicted in 1994 of grand theft, racketeering and odometer tampering. He served almost four years in prison — a punishment his then-attorneys said was disproportionately long because of suspicions he was involved in his wife’s death.

He did not respond to a phone message left for him Saturday.

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My favorite poem from the Poetry Trail:

Something to Crow About

g. Susanna Eckl

I left him some chicken

He gave me a thistle

Here is a green bean

In return an acorn

Do you like sweet potatoes?

I love my bottlecap

I’m not quite sure but I think I may have a boyfriend

(August 18 // Newport State Park, Door County, WI)

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very 50s type diner in door county WI