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June 22, 2018 • Milwaukee County Post • 5 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 6204 S. HOWELL AVE., MILWAUKEE 768-0126 (At the Greenhouse, 1/2 mile S. of Mitchell International) owned for 50 years F amil Y ANNUALS, VEGETABLE & HERB PLANTS 50% OFF HUGE SELECTION OF PERENNIALS ROSES facebook.com/PlantLandInc CELEBRATING 50 YEARS We are now accepting Memorials, Obituaries and Death Notices. Now for only $85 (Includes up to 300 words.) For an extra $10 Add a Photo. Or a short notice for only $25 (Includes 150 words.) All notices prepaid. For more information call Dan Muckelbauer @ 262-513-2626 and leave a message or email dmuck@conleynet.com Let your friends and relatives know about the passing of a loved one. Place a memorial in the Milwaukee County Post newspaper. DEADLINES ARE TUESDAY (2pm) FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND PAPER. 260647103 By KELLY SMITH Special to Conley News Service DELAFIELD — This city will have its leg- endary, iconic landmark — The Smiley Barn — back at its home near the inter- change of Highway 83 and Interstate 94 by this fall. Maria Luther, owner of the Smiley Barn toy store, said she hopes to have the big smile and its large pair of eyes on the east and west ends of the yellow barn by early August. "We don't have the date pinned down with the con- tractor, yet. We are hoping for the first or second week in August," she told Conley News Service. Meanwhile, she hopes to have the barn painted yellow in July. Luther said the city has notified her that the Common Council will not have to ratify action taken by the Plan Commission last month that will enable her to put the smile back on the barn. Luther was among many people who thought the commission's action had to be approved by the Common Council. Not so, City Planner Roger Dupler said before Monday night's council meeting. Dupler said he con- ferred with City Attorney James Hammes and they both agreed that the com- mission had determined at its May 30 meeting that the big smile was a work of art, not a sign. Therefore, no Common Council action was necessary, Dupler added. The legendary land- mark existed from the late 1970s until the early 2000s when a new owner bought the barn-shaped building and removed the smile. Luther recently pur- chased the building and received permission from the Plan Commission to use thin aluminum fabric and black texture paint to restore the giant smile. Smiley Barn to return in the fall No Delafield council approval needed Conley News Service file photo The Smiley Barn will be back at its home near the interchange of Highway 83 and Interstate 94 in Delafield by fall.