JANUARY 2104 The ofcial news magazine serving Kenneth and Barbara Loberg Take a Trip Down Memory Lane Photo: Boutique Photographer Linda Gumieny BestVersionMedia.com 1 BAY LEAVES I can help you protect your snowmobile. A snowmobile accident costs an average of $2,300. But for around 39¢ a day, you can protect yourself and your sled with Allstate snowmobile insurance. Call me today. McCabe Agency (414) 961-1166 4010 N. Oakland Ave. Shorewood, WI 53211 [email protected] If you don’t have insurance, you’re riding on thin ice. Insurance is subject to terms, conditions and availability. Discount is subject to qualifications and availability and amount may be lower. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company: Northbrook, IL. © 2009 Allstate Insurance Company. Essam Elsafy Broker Associate MAKING GOOD THINGS HAPPEN That’s what it’s all about. Strong negotiating, market knowledge and creative marketing gets homes sold. 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In the article, you will learn a little Whitefish Bay School District ..............................963-3921 bit about what Kenneth and Barbara remember PUBLICatION TEAM: about Whitefish Bay over the last 40 years. They Publisher: Michael Wingertzahn Content Coordinator: Sarah Blankenheim share how many things have changed, but with Designer: Colleen Cullerton Dunkel all the changes, they have always enjoyed living DEADLINES: here and still do! Maybe you will remember some Content Due: Edition Date: January 23rd: March of the things Barbara and Kenneth remember, February 23rd: April March 23rd: May or maybe you will learn something about your April 23rd: June May 23rd: July village. Grab a cup of coffee or hot cocoa, snuggle June 23rd: August July 23rd: September up with a blanket, and enjoy this month’s issue. August 23rd: October September 23rd: November Stay warm WFB! October 23rd: December November 23rd: January Happy New Year! 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BVM is not responsible for the reliability, suitability or more details and find us on Facebook to timeliness of any content submitted by residents, city/village and advertisers. All content submitted is done so at the sole discretion of the submitting party. join the fun! BestVersionMedia.com 3 BAY LEAVES Winter Snow and Ice Operations You may have noticed • Reduced loss of salt from bonded to pavement. have budgeted for approxi- this winter new strategies bounce and scatter. (Sav- • Application can be made mately $60,000 to $75,000 being used to maintain ings up to 30%.) during regular working per year for road salt. In streets in the Village. Dur- • Quicker melting. hours, reducing overtime addition, pre-planning ing 2012 the Department of • Better salt penetration into costs. for weather condition can Public Works invested in ice and snow pack. Existing Village salt- reduce the amount of after- equipment to manufacture • Melts at a lower tempera- ers already have saddle hours labor and overtime and distribute salt brine. The ture if wetted with other tanks for pre-wetting of because the street is treated brine is made by dissolving deicing chemicals. salt. They have been used and melting occurs when- sodium chloride, (rock salt), previously primarily when ever the event begins. In with water to a precise con- Anti-Icing: temperatures are low, for some cases, road condi- centration of 23%. Liquid ap- Anti-icing is a proac- pre-wetting salt with cal- tions will be stabilized until plication is the most recent tive snow and ice control cium chloride because salt normal work hours begin. technology used to improve strategy. A small amount of alone becomes increasingly Depending on salt costs safety and effectiveness of liquid chemical is applied to ineffective as the ambient alone, these operations winter street maintenance, pavements before a storm temperature goes below could yield full payback in with expected cost savings to prevent ice from bonding 20° F. Pre-wetting with three years or less, and re- and less impact to the envi- with the surface. By contrast, sodium chloride solution duced overtime will result ronment. This liquid is used the more commonly used can be done routinely for in an even shorter return. in two primary methods of strategy is deicing, which is more effective and efficient Service provided will also application. applying chemical during or operations. be improved as anti-icing after a storm to break the ice Municipalities conduct- can be efficiently and inex- Pre-wetting: to pavement bond, so plows ing brine making opera- pensively applied to more Pre-wetting is a strategy can clear the road. Special- tions and pre-wetting and miles of secondary streets of applying a liquid deicing ized equipment is used to anti-icing operations have and alleys, which are not chemical to a dry solid be- apply liquid chemicals. reported that over a normal typically fully salted. fore or during its application An anti-icing strategy season, salt usage can be Dan Naze, P.E. to the pavement. When a liq- can produce significant significantly decreased. In Public Works Director/ uid is applied to a rock salt benefits: our case, in recent years we Village Engineer particle, the particle absorbs • Better pavement condi- a minor amount of the liquid tions (improved friction) which increases its density. can be achieved, reducing The liquid also encapsulates, the number of accidents. softens, and begins dissolv- • Less chemical is required ing the salt particle. The to prevent ice bonding wet salt stays on the road than to remove ice after it surface better, bouncing less has bonded to the pave- and resisting traffic action. ment. Saddle tanks on the truck • Anti-icing applications are contain the salt brine which reported to last for sev- is distributed to the rock salt eral days, particularly in as it is distributed from the preventing frost on bridge truck. decks. 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Police Department, in conjunc- and walk to meet them at a spe- Election inspectors earn $8.00 per hour and tion with school staff at Richard’s cific school entrance. No one likes Elementary, would like to provide to leave the warm surroundings are able to work partial shifts or full day parents with some enforcement of their car for a short walk to the shifts. In 2014 there is a potential of four information and safety tips re- school, but creating a safe school elections. If you would like further informa- garding foreseeable traffic conges- environment for our children tion or are interested in becoming an election tion during student drop-off and should be a number one priority.