Saturday, February 13, 2021

Then and now: Airport Road in Middleton

 

1987



Today


Related post:
Beltline and University Avenue.  (5/3/2018)

Wisconsin Covid cases mapped, listed and graphed (2/13/2021)

 


Saturday, February 13.   Total tests (positive and negative):  3,115,640.  One-day increase of 4,505 (752 positive; 17%)

Total positive Covid 19 cases:  554,800

Counties with largest numerical gains = 39 of 72

  • 3 with 50 or more new cases
  • 7 with 20 to 49
  • 10 with 10 to 19
  • 19 with 5 to 9

The 37
  • Milwaukee (107)
  • Dane (88)
  • Waukesha (58)
  • Outagamie (37)
  • Brown, Racine (28 each)
  • Marathon (24)
  • Kenosha (23)
  • Green (22)
  • Rock (21)
    • Washington (19)
    • Portage, Wood (14 each)
    • Fond du Lac, Jefferson (13 each)
    • Barron, Eau Claire, Winnebago (11 each)
    • Calumet, Trempealeau (10 each)
    • Dodge, Oneida, Ozaukee (9 each)
    • Dunn, Monroe, Polk (8 each)
    • Burnett, Chippewa, Oconto, St. Croix (7 each)
    • Grant, Pepin, Sawyer, Sheboygan (6 each) 
    • Columbia, Juneau, Pierce, Sauk, Vilas (5 each)
    Link to other WI COVID posts:

    Related posts:
    Alabama.  (2/1/2021)
    Arizona.  (2/1/2021)
    Arkansas.  (2/4/2021)
    California.  (2/7/2021)
    Connecticut.  (8/21/2020)
    Florida.  (2/1/2021)
    Georgia.  (2/1/2021)
    Idaho.  (2/7/2021)
    Illinois.  (2/2/2021)
    Indiana.  (2/6/2021)
    Iowa.  (2/6/2021)
    Kansas.  (2/4/2021)
    Kentucky.  (2/4/2021)
    Louisiana.  (2/6/2021)
    Maryland.  (1/27/2021)
    Massachusetts.  (2/2/2021)
    Michigan.  (2/2/2021)
    Minnesota.  (2/4/2021)
    Mississippi.  (2/1/2021)
    Montana. (2/5/2021)
    Nebraska.  (2/4/2021)
    Nevada.  (2/3/2021)
    New Jersey,  (2/2/2021)
    New York.  (2/2/2021)
    North Carolina.  (2/7/2021)
    North Dakota.  (2/7/2021)
    Ohio.  (2/6/2021)
    Pennsylvania.  (2/2/2021)
    South Carolina.  (2/5/2021)
    South Dakota.  (2/4/2021)
    Tennessee.  (2/5/2021)
    Texas   (2/6/2021)
    Utah.  (2/3/2021)
    Virginia.  (1/22/2021)
    Washington State.  (6/12/2020)
    West Virginia.  (2/3/2021)

    Madison Central Library at night

     

    Photo by Retiring Guy

    Information about currently available services at Central and branches is found here.

    Retiring Guy is revisiting his love of the Central Library's clippings files thanks to photos stored on his iPhone.

    Likely the topic of his next 'clippings' post.



    Office Depot has plenty of binders to fill with whatever

     

    Photo by Retiring Guy

    Related reading:

    Whether you’re a student, a professional or a homemaker, a binder can come in handy for keeping your documents organized and compartmentalized. Even with the increased amount of electronic and cloud storage, three-ring binders are still useful for carrying papers and physical copies of documents.
    Washington Post, 4/10/2017

    "Remember Then" debuted at # on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending December 15, 1962.  It spent 9 weeks aon the chart, peaking #24 in its 7th week.  It was the Earls' only appearance on the Hot 100, which makes them modestly qualified for 'one-hit wonder' status.   Mitt Romney was 14 at the time, his dad having recently been elected as the Governor of Michigan.


    Greetings from Trump's America: Burnett County, Wisconsin, 90% white, Trumpier than it was in 2016, and sicker with the virus since Election Day



    Source: 
     Wikipedia
    3rd-party candidates received 25.9% of vote in 1992, 15.2% of vote in 1996, 4.3% in 2016;
    Segregationist George Wallace received a 9.4% of the vote in 1968

    Trump received 1,052 more votes than he did in 2016, a 19% increase,  Biden received 620 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 21%.

    Trump's share of the vote increased by 1.8 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 1.4 percentage points.

    And where a few Grantsburg High School students put their personal whims over Covid public health mitigation efforts.

    “We the students, are tired of not being heard or asked what we think. We don’t think the government should have the power to tell us what we should wear or how we should live, so we are going to do something about it,” she [Kaitlyn Rombach] told the board members during their meeting Monday evening. 
    “We also think that it isn’t fair for adults to make all the decisions for this when we, the kids and teens in the United States, have not been asked what we think, and we are the most affected by what is going on."


    % of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:
    • 20.8% - Burnett County
    • 30.1% - Wisconsin
    • 32.1% - U.S.
    % of population 65 and older:
    • 29.4% - Burnett County
    • 17.5% - Wisconsin
    • 16.5% - U.S.
    % of population living in poverty:
    • 12.6% - Burnett County
    • 10.4% - Wisconsin
    • 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

    Trump's America: White, rural, declining population, less educated, less well-off, much older, gullible.

    Burnett experienced a big spike in Covid cases in the weeks following the 2020 election, and its 7-day average is still above what it was at the start of the 2020-21 school year.

     New York Times (arrow added)



    Original 2/24/2018 post starts here.

    Burnett County's approximate location is marked with the red highlight.  (Note that the brown extends into Douglas County, where voters gave Clinton 51.1% of the vote to Trump's 43.5%.  Clearly, though, some township voters got their wish.  We'll take a closer look at this shift in a subsequent post.)



    Source:  Wikipedia





    Other Trump's America posts:

    Alabama
    Autauga County.  (6/29/2017)
    Bibb County.  (11/10/2017)
    Covington County. (11/11/2017)
    Dale County.  (12/12/2017)
    Geneva County.  (11/11/2017)
    Marion County.  (11/11/2017)

    Arizona
    8th congressional district.  (4/25/2018)

    Arkansas
    Faulkner County.  (3/20/2018)
    Mississippi County.  (3/19/2018)
    Woodruff County.  (3/26/2018)

    California
    Mesa County.  (7/20/2017)
    Shasta County.  (7/4/2017

    Colorado
    Morgan County.  (4/25/2017)

    Florida
    Citrus County.  (3/5/2017)
    DeSoto County,.  (9/9/2017)

    Georgia
    Hall County.  (1/31)

    Idaho
    Benewah County.  (12/24/2020)

    Kootenai County.  (9/25/2017)

    Illinois
    Effingham County.  (2/15/2018)
    Franklin County.  (2/27/2017)
    Jo Daviess County.  (5/13/2018)
    Knox County.  (5/13/2018)
    McHenry County.  (2/5/2017)
    Perry County.  (5/8/2017)
    Stephenson County.  (5/13/2018)
    Whiteside County.  (5/13/2018)
    16th Congressional District.  (3/26/2017)

    Indiana
    Granger.  (3/26/2017)
    Hendricks County.  (10/1/2017)
    Huntington County.  (4/27/2017)
    Jefferson County.  (3/10/2018)
    Jennings County.  (12/26/2020)
    Posey County.  (10/21/2017)
    Scott County,.  (12/26/2020 update)

    Iowa
    Adair County.  (9/16/2018)
    Adams County.  (9/16/2018)
    Allamakee County.  (7/31/2018)
    Appanoose County.  (8/4/2018)
    Benton County.  (8/2/2018)
    Boone County.  (1/15/2017)
    Bremer County.  (8/2/2018)
    Buchanan County.  (8/2/2018)
    Butler County. (8/6/2018)
    Calhoun County.  (9/6/2018)
    Cass County.  (4/3/2018)
    Cedar County.  (7/31/2018)
    Cerro Gordo County.  (8/6/2018)
    Chickasaw County.  (8/2/2018)
    Clarke County.  (8/8/2018)
    Clayton County.  (7/31/2018)
    Clinton County.   (10/15/2017)
    Davis County.  (8/3/2018)
    Decatur County.  ( 7/5/2018)
    Delaware County.  (7/31/2018)
    Des Moines County.  (8/1/2018)
    Emmet County.  (8/19/2018)
    Fayette County.  (8/2/2018)
    Floyd County.  (9/25/2018 update)
    Franklin County, (8/14/2017)
    Greene County.  (9/6/2018)
    Guthrie County.  (9/16/2018)
    Hamilton County.  (4/2/2018)
    Hancock County. (8/7/2018)
    Hardin County.  (4/2/2018)
    Henry County.  (7/9/2018)
    Howard County.  (8/2/2018)
    Iowa County.  (8/2/2018)
    Jasper County.  (8/5/2018)
    Jefferson County.  (8/1/2018)
    Keokuk County.  (8/2/2018)
    Kossuth County.  (8/18/2018)
    Lee County.  (8/1/2018)
    Louisa County.  (8/1/2018)
    Lucas County.  (8/5/2018)
    Lyon County.  (12/3/2020 update)
    Madison County.  (8/8/2018)
    Marion County.  (5/23/2017)
    Mitchell County.  (8/7/2018)
    Monticello County.  (1/13/2017)
    Muscatine County.  (8/1/2018)
    Palo Alto County.  (9/6/2018)
    Pocahontas County.  (9/6/2018)
    Poweshiek and Webster counties.  (2/7/2017)
    Ringgold County.  (8/8/2018)
    Sioux County.  (8/26/2018 update)
    Tama County.  (7/6/2018)
    Taylor County.  (9/16/2018)
    Union County.  (9/10/2017)
    Wapello County.  (8/3/2018)
    Washington County.  (4/2/2018)
    Wayne County.  (8/5/2018)
    Webster County.  (8/9/2018)
    Winnebago County. (12/17/2017)
    Winneshiek County.  (8/2/2018)
    Worth County. (8/7/2018)
    Wright County.  (8/8/2017)

    Kansas
    Clark County.  (3/21/2017)
    Comanche County. (1/28/2021 update)
    Mitchell County.  (1/29/2017)
    Rice County.  (12/29/2020)
    Sumner County.  (10/1/2017)

    Kentucky
    Bell County.  (12/29/2020 update)
    Hancock County,.  (1/4/2021 update)
    Jackson County.  (12/9/2017)
    Knox and Whitley counties.  (2/17/2017)
    Lee County.  (12/9/2017)
    Letcher County.  (6/29/2017)
    Martin County.  (3/22/2018)
    Perry County.  (12/29/2020 update)
    Rowan County.  (6/4/2018)

    Louisiana
    Calcasieu Parish,.  (5/22/2017)
    St. Martin Parish.  (4/26/2017)

    Maine
    Piscataquis County.  (7/3/2017)

    Michigan
    Lake County.  (9/16/2018)
    Macomb County.  (11/29/2017)
    St. Joseph County.  (6/5/2017)

    Minnesota
    Chisago County.  (6/20/2018)
    Itasca County.  (5/12/2018)
    Lac qui Parle County.  (7/2/2017)
    Mower County.  (5/12/2018)
    Nobles County.  (1/26/2018)

    Mississippi
    Pontotoc County.  (7/19/2017)

    Missouri
    Butler County.  (7/22/2018)

    Nebraska
    Merrick County.  (2/9/2021)
    Sioux County.  (12/22/2018)

    New Jersey
    7th Congressional District.  (4/14/2017)

    New York
    Broome County.  (2/14/2019)
    Cayuga County.  (2/13/2019)
    Cortland County.  (2/14/2019)
    Essex County.  (11/29/2017 update)
    Franklin County. (2/9/2019)
    Fulton County.  (2/10/2019)
    Herkimer County.  (2/10/2019)
    Orange County.  (2/15/2019)
    Oswego County.  (2/11/2019)
    Otsego County.  (2/12/2019)
    Putnam County.  (2/27/2018)
    Renssalaer County.  (2/13/2019)
    St. Lawrrence County.  (2/8/2019)
    Seneca County.  (2/14/2019)
    Sullivan County.  (2/15/2019)
    Warren County.  (2/11/2019)
    Washington County.  (2/11/2019)
    19th Congressional District.  (3/26/2017)

    North Carolina
    Robeson County.  (12/1/2017)
    Union County.  (3/9/2017)

    North Dakota
    Sargent County.  (10/22/2017)

    Ohio
    Adams County.  (12/9/2020 update)
    Ashtabula County.  (2/18/2019)
    Belmont County.  (12/9/2020 update)
    Columbiana County,  (12/9/2020 update)
    Defiance County.  (3/21/2017)
    Gallia County.  (12/6/2020 update)
    Guernsey County.  (12/8/2020 update)
    Highland County.   (12/9/2020 update)
    Huron County.  12/10/2020 update)
    Jackson County.  (12/6/2020 update)
    Jefferson County.  (2/20/2019)
    Lawrence County.  (2/25/2018)
    Marion County.  (12/12/2020 update)
    Meigs County.  (12/13/2020 update)
    Morgan County.  (12/8/2020 update)
    Muskingum County.  (12/8/2020 update)
    Shelby County.  (12/12/2020 update)
    Trumbull County.  (4/3/2017)
    Van Wert County.  (12/12/2020 update)
    Vinton County.  (12/6/2020)
    Wayne County.  (12/12/2020 update)
    Williams County.  (12/10/2020 update)
    Wyandot County.  (12/8/2020 update)

    Oklahoma
    Bryan County.  (5/5/2017)
    Nowata County.  (5/5/2018)

    Oregon
    Douglas County.  (5/17/2017)

    Pennsylvania
    Beaver County.  (2/8/2019)
    Cambria County (Johnstown).  (12/28/2020 update)
    Dauphin County. (4/22/2017)
    Erie County.  (10/11/2018 update)
    Fayette County.  (7/25/2018)
    Greene County.  (12/28/2020 update)
    Indiana County.  (12/28/2020)
    Lawrence County.  (2/5/2019)
    UPDATE. Luzerne County.  (1/14/2017)
    Mercer County.  (2/9/2019)
    Northampton County.  (7/20/2017)
    Wayne County.  (3/1/2018)
    Williamsport.  (1/24/2017)

    South Carolina
    Spartanburg County.  (6/5/2017)

    South Dakota
    Lawrence County,.  (4/27/2017)

    Tennessee
    Campbell County.  (12/10/2017)
    Lake County.  (12/22/2018)
    Marion County.  (4/1/2017)
    Maury County.  (10/31/2017)
    Roane County.  (5/1/2018)
    Union County.  (5/30/2017)

    Texas
    Gaines County.  (4/26/2017)
    Shackelford County.  (2/26/2018)

    Virginia
    Alleghany County.  (3/4/2020)
    Bath County.  (3/6/2020)
    Bland County.  (12/20/2020 update)
    Buchanan County.  (12/13/2019)
    Carroll County.  (2/28/2020)
    Craig County.  (3/3/2020)
    Dickenson County.  (2/15/2020)
    Floyd County.  (8/14/2020 update)
    Franklin County.  (3/2/2020)
    Frederick County.  (2/15/2020)
    Giles County.  (2/26/2020)
    Grayson County.  (2/27/2020)
    Henry County.  (3/12/2020)
    Highland County.  (3/10/2020)
    Lee County.  (2/15/2020)
    Patrick County.  (2/29/2020)
    Pulaski County.  (2/26/2020)
    Russell County.  (12/20/2020 update)
    Scott County.  (2/16/2020)
    Smyth County.  (12/20/2020 update)
    Tazewell County.  (12/20/2020 update)
    Washington County.  (2/16/2020)
    Wise County.  (11/9/2019)

    Washington
    Grays Harbor County.  (8/20/2017)

    West Virginia
    Berkeley County.  (3/25/2018)
    Boone County.  (3/23/2018)
    Cabell County.  (8/4/2017)
    Fayette County.  (1/24/2017)
    Greenbrief County.  (12/14/2018)
    Jackson County.  (6/18/2017)
    Marshall County.  (2/7/2018)
    Mason County.  (12/16/2017)
    McDowell County.  (7/10/2017)
    Mingo County.  (3/25/2018)
    Summers County.  (3/25/2018)
    Wayne County.  (3/24/2018)
    Wood County.  (1/15/2019)

    Wisconsin
    6th congressional district.  (1/27/2018)
    Adams County.  (2/6/2017)
    Buffalo County.  (3/19/2017)
    Burnett County.  (2/13/2021 update)
    Clark County,.  (8/13/2018)
    Crawford County.  (5/14/2018)
    Fond du Lac County.  (3/7/2018)
    Grant County.  (5/16/2018)
    Green Lake County.  (1/26/2018)
    Jackson County.  (1/6/2021)
    Johnson Creek.  (1/21/2017)
    Juneau County.  (2/23/2017)
    Kewaunee County.  (1/4/2021)
    Lafayette County.  (5/16/2018)
    Manitowoc County.  (8/10/2017)
    Marinette County.  (1/6/2021)
    Monroe County.  (1/9/2021 update)
    Oconto County.  (1/4/2021 update)
    Oneida County.  (4/24/2017)
    Pepin County.  (12/21/2017)
    Price County.  (12/23/2018 update)
    Richland County.  (11/10/2017)
    Sauk County.  (5/14/2018)
    Sawyer County.  (3/20/2017)
    Taylor County.  (12/23/2018 update)
    Vernon County.  (5/14/2018)
    Waushara County.  (2/6/2017)
    Winnebago County.  (11/27/2017)
    Wood County.  (3/8/2018)


    Bridget Michele Smith (1943-2021) Warren Area High School class of 1961

     


    1961 Dragon yearbook

    1967 Warren City Directory

    • Smith Bridget M office secretary National Forge r500 West Fifth Avenue
    • Smith Kathleen K Mrs h500 West Fifth Avenue
    1983 Warren City Directory
    The popularity of Bridget as a baby name is graphed here.  Let's take a look at family member Hunter.


    Hunter spent the first 70 years of the 20th century bouncing on and off the bottom third of the baby names chart.  He gained some serious momentum in the 1970s and has now spent the past 27 years in the top 100, peaking at #35 in 2000.

    Other members of the class of '61 (22):
    2020
    Michael Long.  (10/22)

    Friday, February 12, 2021

    Greener pastures for Democrats in two "Green" Milwaukee County suburbs

     

    In 2016, Trump beat Clinton by 4.2 percentage points in Greendale.  In 2020, he lost to Biden by 3 percentage points.

    In 2016 Trump beat Clinton by 2.8 percentage points in Greenfield.  In 2020, he lost to Biden by 4.4 percentage points.

    Milwaukee 11/4/2020



    "Green Green" by the New Christy Minstrels debuted at #on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending June 29, 1963.  It spent 12 weeks on the chart, peaking at #14. 


    From the Madison Public Library clippings files: CUNA Mutual moves to its new Madison west-side location (1960)

     



    A recent aerial view of the expanded campus (Google maps)



    CUNA Mutual is located in the southeastern corner of Madison's Faircrest neighborhood.  Its northern border is Driftwood Avenue, where two the first two houses of the new development (upper left of newspaper photo) are under construction.

    Faircrest (inside the dotted lines)

    O Pioneers!  5905 Driftwood today.


    O Pioneers!  5909 Driftwood today


    Faircrest auto tour


    Find out what's going on at CUNA now.

    More from the Madison Public Library clippings files:

    April 2019
    Dane County Memorial Coliseum (1967 grand opening).  (4/18/2019)
    Somewhat misleading headline from 1967.  (4/14/2019)
    Vilas Park Zoo worker attacked by elephant (1977). (4/8/2019)
    Middleton High School student survey on drinking and drugs (1969).  (4/6/2019)
    The deaths of Annie and Annette, Vilas Park Zoo elephants (1948-49).  (4/5/2019)
    State Street, that great street for teens hanging out. (1959)  (4/4/2019)
    Coffee house scene (1967).  (4/3/2017)
    Racial animosities mar teen dances (1967-1968).  (4/2/2019)

    March 2019
    Then and now, 7219 Franklin Avenue, Middleton WI.  (3/20/2019)
    Middleton post-World War II population boom.  (3/18/2019)

    February 2019
    Residents don't want Willy Street to lose its unique character (1994-2002). (2/21/2019)
    A time traveler from 1956 wouldn't recognize the place now.  (2/21/2019)
    Remembering the hot-rodders of East Wash (1980-1999).  (2/19/2019)
    UPDATE,  Eventually, we'll work our way back to the horse and buggy era.  (2/18/2019)
    The Battle of Stonefield in Middleton (1986).  (2/18/2019)
    An expressway like a dagger through the heart.  (2/7/2019)
    Not to worry, folks, Wisconsin public television survived.  (2/5/2019)

    Janaury 2019
    Downtown/University area urban renewal, 1971-1981 (1/28/2019)
    Madison urban renewal, part 3, the Triangle, 1970-1979.  (1/27/2019)
    Madison urban renewal, part 2, the Triangle, 1964-1969 . (1/27/2019)
    Madison urban renewal, part 1, 1962-1964.  (1/27/2019) 
    Downtown Madison parking ramps, 1956-1971.  (1/22/2019)

    2018
    History of the Dane County airport.  (12/21/2018)

    2017
    City's first skywalk opens in 1966.  (10/9/2017)
    Typewriter art.  (10/9/2017)
    Proudfit and Regent streets widening, 1955.  (9/30/2017)
    Northport Connector project, 1960.  (9/30/2017)
    Regent Street extension beyond Rosa Road, another bad idea left on the drawing board.  (5/27/2017)