Retiring Guy's Digest

Friday, November 7, 2014

Waupaca County: Public Library Circulation and Program Attendance, 1996-2013

2010 population: 52,410

Public libraries in Waupaca County

Outagamie Waupaca Library System

% change (1996-2013)

Circulation: 53.6%
Program attendance: 132%

Line graphs data source: Wisconsin Public Library Service Data

Related posts: (with 1996-2013 % changes)

Adams County. (9/1/2014)

Circulation: 320%
Program attendance: 132%

Ashland County (9/2/2014)

Circulation: 13.5%
Program attendance: 116%

Barron County (9/3/2014)

Circulation: 32.1%
Program attendance: 237%

Bayfield County (9/4/2014)

Circulation: 127%
Program attendance: (7.2%)

Brown County (9/5/2014)

Circulation: 35.2%
Program attendance: (22.3%)

Buffalo County (9/6/2014)

Circulation: 1.9%
Program attendance: 812%

Burnett County (9/7/2014)

Circulation: 104%
Program attendance 466%

Calumet County (9/8/2014)

Circulation: (32.7%)
Program attendance 20.0%

Chippewa County (9/9/2014)

Circulation: 24.6%
Program attendance 28.8%

Clark County (9/10/2014)

Circulation: 21.6%
Program attendance 86.5%

Columbia County (9/11/2014)

Circulation: 40.5%
Program attendance 84.2%

Crawford County (9/12/2014)

Circulation: 58.1%
Program attendance (28.3%)

Dane County (9/13/2014)

Circulation: 83.0%
Program attendance 246%

Dodge County (9/14/2014)

Circulation: 53.9%
Program attendance 186%

Door County (9/15/2014)

Circulation: 23.2%
Program attendance (7.1%)

Douglas County (9/16/2014)

Circulation: 81.1%
Program attendance: 33.9%

Dunn County (9/17/2014)

Circulation: 14.2%
Program attendance: 178%

Eau Claire County (9/18/2014)

Circulation: 23.7%
Program attendance: 86.6%

Florence County (9/19/2014)

Circulation: 251%
Program attendance: 195%

Fond du Lac County (9/20/2014)

Circulation: 24.2%
Program attendance: 72.6%

Forest County (9/21/2014)

Circulation: 68.4%
Program attendance: 261%

Grant County (9/22/2014)

Circulation: 44.3%
Program attendance: 87.9%

Green County (9/23/2014)

Circulation: 14.4%
Program attendance: 111%

Green Lake County (9/24/2014)

Circulation: 33.8%
Program attendance: 125%

Iowa County (9/25/2014)

Circulation: 39.8%
Program attendance: 122%

Iron County (9/26/2014)

Circulation: 5.4%
Program attendance: 121%

Jackson County (9/27/2014)

Circulation: 57.3%
Program attendance: 52.3%

Jefferson County (9/28/2014)

Circulation: 19.9%
Program attendance: 68.3%

Juneau County (9/29/2014)

Circulation: 41.9%
Program attendance: 166%

Kenosha Public Library (9/30/2014)

Circulation: 10.7%
Program attendance: 62.5%

Kewaunee County (10/1/2014)

Circulation: (3.4%)
Program attendance: 186%

La Crosse County (10/2/2014)

Circulation: 54.6%
Program attendance: 31.9%

Lafayette County (10/3/2014)

Circulation: 55.2%
Program attendance: 67.0%

Langlade County (10/4/2014)

Circulation: 13.4%
Program attendance: 136%

Lincoln County (10/5/2014)

Circulation: (22.5%)
Program attendance: (35.3%)

Manitowoc County (10/6/2014)

Circulation: (11.6%)
Program attendance: 74.5%

Marathon County (10/7/2014)

Circulation: 29.7%
Program attendance: (2.4%)

Marinette County (10/8/2014)

Circulation: (14.3%)
Program attendance: (5.8%)

Marquette County (10/9/2014)

Circulation: 78.6%
Program attendance: 17.2%

Menominee County (10/10/2014)
Milwaukee County (10/11/2014)

Circulation: 3.6%
Program attendance: 28.4%

Monroe County (10/12/2013)

Circulation: (28.2%)
Program attendance: 19.7%

Oconto County (10/13/2014)

Circulation: 102%
Program attendance: 214%

Oneida County (10/14/2014)

Circulation: 33.5%
Program attendance: 162%

Outagamie County (10/15/2014)

Circulation: 50.8%
Program attendance: 79.6%

Ozaukee County (10/16/2014)

Circulation: 20.7%
Program attendance: 157%

Pepin County (10/17/2014)

Circulation: (4.0%)
Program attendance: 346%

Pierce County (10/18/2014)

Circulation: 80.6%
Program attendance: 91.5%

Polk County (10/19/2014)

Circulation: 10.3%
Program attendance: 221%

Portage County (10/20/2014)

Circulation: 5.4%
Program attendance: 63.4%

Price County (10/21/2014)

Circulation: 8.9%
Program attendance: 83.0%

Racine County (10/22/2014)

Circulation: 18.4%
Program attendance: 65.1%

Richland County (10/23/2014)

Circulation: 22.9%
Program attendance: (74.4%)

Rock County (10/24/2014)

Circulation: 18.6%
Program attendance: 167%

Sauk County (10/25/2014)

Circulation: 70.9%
Program attendance: 195%

Sawyer County (10/26/2014)

Circulation: 77.8%
Program attendance: 25.3%

Shawano County (10/28/2014)

Circulation: 22.3%
Program attendance: (47.1%)

Sheboygan County (10/27/2014)

Circulation: 1.5%
Program attendance: 65.9%

St. Croix County (10/29/2014)

Circulation: 156%
Program attendance: 172%

Taylor County (10/30/2014)

Circulation: 73.9%
Program attendance: 132%

Trempealeau County (10/31/2014)

Circulation: 73.9%
Program attendance: 132%

Vernon County (11/1/2014)

Circulation: 111%
Program attendance: 294%

Vilas County (11/2/2014)

Circulation: 0.5%
Program attendance: (11.6%)

Walworth County (11/3/2014)

Circulation: 68.9%
Program attendance: 170%

Washburn County (11/4/2014)

Circulation: 105%
Program attendance: 220%

Washington County (11/5/2014)

Circulation: 43.5%
Program attendance: 17.3%

Waukesha County (11/6/2014)

Circulation: 35.8%
Program attendance: 179%

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Early Door County Results Disappoint in Wisconsin Governor's Race

Wisconsin Gov. Walker Race Too Close To Call. (CBS Minnesota, 11/4/2014)

You should have contacted me.

The race was too close to call based on unofficial results as of 9 p.m.

Here's a portion of the "bellwether" analysis I offered in a blog post from election day morning -- 9:55 a.m., to be exact.

Mary Burke needs to win Door County in order for me to maintain an acceptable overall level of confidence throughout the rest of the evening. I need to see an indication that a majority of voters there believe that Wisconsin is not moving forward.

45 minutes of the closing of the polls, at 8:45 p.m., Door County reported a 57%/43% split of the vote, advantage Walker, with more than 30% of precincts reporting. (Door was among the first counties to report its 2012 recall results.) At this point, my level of confidence plummeted, smashing into little pieces in my gut.

The Door County returns never came close to the threshold I had set. Walker ended up receiving 53.8% of the vote, Burke 45.1%.

My second bellwether, Trempealeau County, in the west-central portion of the state, didn't report any results until shortly after 9:00. But I already knew they wouldn't provide any relief to the sick feeling in my stomach. In fact, early returns there only added to my distress.

Any insights? my wife texted me from a election watch party at a few minutes before 9.

Based on my bellwether counties, it's all over but the cryin', I replied.

It's a favorite expression of mine, usually uttered ironically. Not this time.

In the final, yet to be certified, 2014 election results, Scott Walker bested his 2010 tally by 714 votes. Mary Burke exceeded Tom Barrett's total by just 44 votes.

So much for the idea of frac sand mining as an election day game-changer.

Have Trailer Will No Longer Travel

Cuddle Up in This. (The New York Times, 11/6/2014)

In the video, Kelle says the trailer is "approximately 11 feet long and weighs 1500 pounds."

“It’s hard to describe the feeling of being inside here,” Ms. Arvay said. “It’s comfortable. It’s a real safe-feeling space.”

Ms. Arvay wasn’t describing her two-story house just north of Toledo, Ohio, which she said she finds too big. Instead, she had invited a visitor into her little domestic getaway: a 1955 Bellwood travel trailer. The 13-foot-long trailer sits under a carport in Ms. Arvay’s side yard, its rounded aluminum shell exemplifying all that is sleek and sturdy about midcentury design.

Little Vintage Trailer is Kelle's blog.

A 1969 Aistream International is also featured in this article.

The Heckmans hired a crane to airlift their trailer over two neighboring houses and into their yard, and Ms. Heckman’s son and husband, Floyd, a retired contractor, gut renovated the dingy interior, while she handled the décor.

“I have decorated other people’s houses and I never, ever had so much fun,” Ms. Heckman said. “I could do exactly what I wanted. I did a red kitchen, because every girl wants red shoes and, once in her life, a red kitchen.”