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 Taking
a stand
On
a clear morning in early May, Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. sits astride
his horse, his posture firm, in MacArthur Square in downtown
Milwaukee. While a photographer snaps his picture, a news crew appears
and begins filming. Shortly after the shoot wraps up, a reporter
swoops in to ask Clarke how the photo session is benefiting taxpayers.
Clarke looks the reporter squarely in the eye and says, "What
kind of question is that?" |
 Brave
in the Face of Danger
There are heroes among us.
Every year, at its Brave Hearts Awards celebration, the Southeastern
Wisconsin Chapter of the American Red Cross makes sure that they do
not go unnoticed. The Brave Hearts Awards recognize the life-saving
achievements of people who have stepped up under extraordinary
circumstances to come to the aid of others. The 2013 honorees, in
six categories, have all had their mettle tested in life-threatening
situations and prevailed. The Hero of the Year, Cristal Wilson, is
just 10 years old. |
 Neo
expression
The crowd of
kids and adults gathered around Ben Seidman as his fingers fluttered
around the deck of cards. His lean digits were like a hummingbird
about to land in the courtyard of Lynden Sculpture Garden. After a few
waves and moves in a shuffle that would make a chemin de fer croupier
envious, out pops the correct card previously selected by one of the
youngsters. Applause all around.
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 Beautiful
heart
The Steinway
piano is out of proportion in the modest Mequon apartment, but
right-sized for its place in Sigrid Gullickson’s existence. |
 Neo
expression
Growing up in a
large family in Fox Point, Peter Kudlata quickly learned that he could
earn extra cash by cutting grass in his neighborhood. So, even as an
English major at St. Norbert College, he’d hitchhike home on
weekends to keep up with a growing lawn care gig that helped pay for
school. |
 Celluloid
Adventures
If anybody can
spell "Oconomowoc," it has to be Andy Gillies and Joe Haas,
two rising young Wisconsin filmmakers. The reason why their spelling
is on target is obvious. Their most recent production is a comedy of
the same name as the Waukesha County community.
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 Indie
Impresario
Michael Raisler’s love of
making movies harkens back to his childhood in Wauwatosa. Today,
Raisler has realized his movie-making dreams, as executive producer
of "Beasts of the Southern Wild" — this summer’s blockbuster indie
film — which tells the story a young girl dealing with the aftermath
of a hurricane that turns her Louisiana island world upside down. |
 Living
the dream
One of Peter Shelley’s earliest
memories is crossing the Pyrenees Mountains on foot with his mother,
Ruth, and his little brother, George.
Poor little George had to be gagged so he wouldn’t make any noises
that would give away their location. Little did young Peter know
that years later, his courageous journey would earn him an Ellis
Island Medal of Honor.
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 Redemption
song
His friends and
family know him by his birth name, Mark Phillips Jr., but Milwaukee
recording artist MP Luciano — who adapted his stage name after
gangster Charlie "Lucky" Luciano — is a master of
transformation. Now, at 31, he’s feeling mighty lucky himself. |
Strumming
success
Nora Collins
launched her songwriting career when she was 14, just to break the
monotony.
"I was
bored that summer and had an old guitar laying around my room,"
she says. "I only knew four chords." |
 Scholastic
achievement
Amy Mrotek is
holding her breath. Her Pius XI High School creative writing teacher,
Dan Martin, has handed back her short story, "Oil and
Water," not with a grade, but a note: "See me." She
wonders what she’s done wrong. After class, Martin explains.
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 On
the fast track
When
Laura Bray decided to pursue her master’s degree in 2002, she was
working full time for Milwaukee’s Department of City Development and
juggling a heavy extracurricular schedule. But the urban redevelopment
advocate recognized that an MBA was necessary to advance her career,
so she enrolled in Marquette University’s accelerated MBA program.
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 Changing
lives through music
If
music is the universal language, music education should know no
boundaries. Thanks to a community effort, students at Hadfield
Elementary School in Waukesha are learning to play classical music
using "El Sistema," or "The System" — an
approach to teaching music that originated in South America. |
 What
a feeling
Two photo albums
dramatically show the "before" and "after" of the
heart surgeries that saved Helen Kraklow’s life.
The first holds
snapshots taken when Helen was a baby, even more helpless than most
infants. She’s hooked up to an assortment of tubes and monitors, and
bandages protect an incision across her tiny chest. "I still get
choked up," says her dad, Tom Kraklow. |
 Leader
of the pack
To say Bernice Larson is an
excellent bridge player is an understatement. Larson plays a style
of bridge known as duplicate bridge, in which you don’t win by
playing the hand dealt to you. Instead, you play the same cards as
your opponents — but play them better.
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Words with
friends
Both novice and
seasoned writers, at one point or another, have what
Nobel-prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee calls the "bout with the
page." It’s that drought when the words can’t find their
natural rhythm, or don’t show up at all.
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 Here
comes Kitty
It’s
often said that great art runs in the family. And Kitty Sturrock is
proving that to be true. The Mequon
resident, whose mother was an artist and grandfather an architect, has
been chosen as one of the featured artists for this year’s Channel
10 Auction, which airs April 27-May 5. |
 An
idea that stuck
Like many of his
fellow sixth-graders at Swallow Elementary in the town of Merton,
Greyson MacLean has always liked messing around with Legos. He just
wasn’t a fan of the stickers that came with them. They were
semi-permanent, he says, and left a sticky residue on the plastic
blocks. |
 London
calling
Gwen
Jorgensen never dreamed of becoming an Olympic athlete. Even during
college, when she reached All-American status in track, she didn’t
have her sites set on representing the United States at the games. |
Live,
learn and pass it on
The area's top educators share
from-the-heart insight
for making the most of your family's educational experience. |
 The
talk
When older adults and their children talk
about the senior possibly moving, things can get heated. "We tend to
play the conversation over and over in our head, ahead of time, and
prepare our arguments," says Adele Lund, director of community
relations for the Laureate Group of senior residences. |
 To
hell and back
William
Rossman was a fresh-faced boy of 19 when he enlisted in the Army Air
Force in January 1943, eager to see action in World War II. Soon he
would be in the thick of some of the most ferocious air battles in the
European Theater. |
 Living
proof
On
a Wednesday morning five summers ago, Mary Schneider’s bed at
Froedtert Hospital was rolled into a surgical holding area. Nearby was
another bed where Schneider’s sister, Amy Sanner, lay waiting for
the biggest day of their lives. |
 A
win-win-win
For an hour each
Saturday, Kevin Tock proudly watches his 5-year-old son, Bryce, smile
and laugh as he plays soccer, though Tock has a different perspective
on the game than most parents. |
Flying solo
M reveals Milwaukee's 20
hottest singles - and what makes them tick. |
Frozen in time
In
August 2010, Milwaukee conservator Cricket Harbeck boarded a C17
cargo plane in Christchurch, New Zealand, and headed for Antarctica
as a contractor for the Antarctic Heritage Trust, sponsored by the
Natural History Museum in London. |
 Urban
renewal
The Rev. David Shields believes
he has experienced a bit of divine intervention. Without a
debilitating disease that struck him about two decades ago, the
Jesuit priest might never have come to Milwaukee and created Casa
Romero Renewal Center, a bilingual retreat on Bruce Street that
offers spiritual programs to the Latino community.
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All things
mommy
For an hour each
Saturday, Kevin Tock proudly watches his 5-year-old son, Bryce, smile
and laugh as he plays soccer, though Tock has a different perspective
on the game than most parents. |
Band of
brothers
As a co-founder
of Guitars for Vets Inc., vice president and executive director
Patrick Nettesheim sees something amazing happen when a veteran picks
up a guitar.
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 Science
guy
Science,
says Elm Grove teenager Liam McCarty, "isn’t static."
McCarty may be
poised to make his own contributions to the changing world of science
after winning a recent nationwide competition. |
 Glee,
Milwaukee style
"Hey,
kids, let’s sing and dance!" That’s just what First Stage
Children’s Theater has a hard-working group of kids doing for fun
... and learning. Founded in 1987, the company has blossomed from a
small theater for young audiences to a nationally renowned
organization. |
Making a
180
Read about three Milwaukee area
residents and how they changed their lives to become an Ironman
triathlete, a heart attack survivor who now lives for the gym, and a
once morbidly obese mom who lost 110 pounds by walking, eating
better and a yoga habit that still won’t quit. |
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