I would like to know if "The Johnson Family Chandelier" is made by the same person, or the same group, that made the glass sculpture in the Milwaukee Art Museum.

"The Johnson Family Chandelier" and "End of the Day" are both by Tacoma, Wash.-based glass artist Dale Chihuly.

"The Johnson Family Chandelier" hangs in the lobby of The Johnson Building in Downtown Racine. "End of the Day" is in Windhover Hall, the reception area of Milwaukee Art Museum's Santiago Calatrava-designed Quadracci Pavilion.

Chihuly is proof beauty can be prolific. His work is included in more than 200 museum collections worldwide, and he's been bestowed with seven honorary doctorates and two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.

And his roots trace to Wisconsin. Chihuly attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1966 as a graduate student in the country's first glass-blowing curriculum.

Pieces of his work are on display at Madison's Kohl Center, the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University in Milwaukee and at Wausau's Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum.

Chihuly's work has graced the White House on numerous occasions, and he also created installations for the Olympic Arts Festival at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City.

He's instructed and sculpted worldwide, and is an interesting read. Learn more at:

http://www.chihuly.com

What is the difference between a passed ball and a wild pitch?

Both are errors. A passed ball is charged to the catcher, and a wild pitch is charged to the pitcher.

A catcher is charged with a passed ball when he fails to control a legally pitched ball which should have been controlled with no extraordinary effort. The play is scored as a passed ball only if a runner or runners advance.

A wild pitch occurs when the pitcher throws a pitch that is too high, low or wide of home plate for the catcher to control. The catcher usually gets the benefit of the doubt in most situations, meaning there are more wild pitches than passed balls.

Whether a pitch that eludes the catcher is a passed ball or wild pitch is decided by the official scorer.

Does the City of Racine have a burning law, or ordinance, as far as portable fire pits are concerned?

Yes. Section 18-369 of Racine's municipal code deals with outdoor fireplaces and outdoor cooking facilities.

We found the ordinance at the municipal codes page on the City of Racine Web site:

http://www.cityofracine.org

We'll paraphrase:

Permanent grills and other similar equipment used to cook food must be located and constructed in a manner approved by the fire chief. They may be used in a location where they aren't hazardous to anyone or their property. They may not be used on or under combustible balconies or rescue platform.

Your permanent fireplace must be approved by the fire chief and building inspector. The portable fireplace, if intended for recreational use, must be approved by Underwriters Laboratory, Factory Mutual, or other suitable testing agency authorized by the chief of the fire department. They may only be used on noncombustible surfaces, such as dirt, grass, or concrete.

Outdoors fireplaces they may not be used when local circumstances make the fires potentially hazardous. This refers to thermal invasions, wind ozone alerts and dry conditions, among other things.

You may not burn garbage, rubbish, trash or construction waste in your outdoor fireplace, nor may you burn anything coated with rubber, plastic, leather hazardous chemicals, petroleum-based materials or anything else that might cause offensive smoke or odors.

And any fire in an outdoor fireplace or cooking facility which a reasonable person might think is too smoky or offensive may be ordered extinguished by a police officer or member of the Fire Department.

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