Memorial Day Services in Hobart. Veteran organizations: American Legion Post 54, VFW Post 5365, Howlin Mad Marine Corps League and the Junior ROTC Unit will hold a Memorial Day program honoring veterans at 10 a.m. May 26 at the Hobart Doughboy Monument at 7th and Main Street.

Wreaths will be placed at the monument by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5365 and its auxiliary units, American Legion Post 54 and its auxiliary and Sons of the Legion, Howlin Mad Marine Corps League, and the Jr. ROTC Unit of Hobart High School to honor our veterans who gave the ultimate sacrifice and the service men and women now serving our country. The main speakers will be Don Westbury, VFW chaplain and Hobart Mayor Brian Snedecor.

Concerts in the park

Hobart's City Improvement Committee will start the summer concert season at 7 p.m. Thursday at Revelli Band shell, 111 E. Old Ridge Road. The year's first performance will be given by the Hobart Middle School Band.

A healing touch

Guided Meditation and Healing Touch sessions are offered from 6 to 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday in Conference Room 3A at St. Mary Medical Center, 1500 S. Lake Park Ave.

Experience stress reduction and relaxation to benefit mind, body, and spirit. Fee is $10 per session. The room is accessible from the west, main patient tower entrance. Registration is necessary.

For more information, call (219) 836-3477 or toll-free (866) 836-3477.

Give blood

Heartland Blood Centers will hold a blood drive from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Augustana Lutheran Church, 207 Kelly St. Every donor will receive an Oberweis Dairy "moola card" valued at $11 as a "thank you."

To schedule an appointment, call the church at (219) 942-3574.

A trip to Door County

My daughter, Debra, and I recently spent a restful week in beautiful Door County, Wisc.

This 75-mile-long peninsula is home to five state parks, 10 lighthouses and more than 300 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. It is at the 45th Latitude, exactly halfway between the equator and the North Pole.

We stayed at the Newport Resort in Egg Harbor within a short walk of the harbor on the Green Bay side. Historical accounts record an 1825 landing of a trade flotilla in the harbor. A good-natured war broke out among the landing party and ended in a huge egg fight that left the traders and spectators covered with eggs and the shoreline littered with egg shells .

These days, the homes and gardens are well groomed and visitors are welcomed in the many shops, a brewery named Shipwrecked that offered five specialty brews and excellent food, and a nearby winery.

We covered all 300 miles of shoreline, visited parks, walked on the Lake Michigan shore and found many of the lighthouses that can be reached by land. Others are only accessible by boat or on the Annual Lighthouse Walk.

There is just too much to see in one week, so next year we hope to return to see the rest.

With information about family or event in Hobart, contact June Kegebein at (219) 942-4062 or juneNgerry@aol.com