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Changing “Seasons”of Life May Require Changes in Investment Strategy

Dorie Johnson , AAMS Financial Advisor Edward Jones 1209 Church Street Stevens Point, WI 54481 (715)344-1112

As we make the transition from winter to spring, you may be reminded that seasons don’t just change on the calendar — they also change in your life. And as you move from one season of your life to another, you’ll find that some of your goals may have changed.

Consequently, as time goes by, you may need to adjust your financial strategies as well. To illustrate the “seasonal” nature of your investment strategies, let’s quickly go through a typical life cycle and look at the differing financial goals at each stage: • Starting out — When you are beginning your career, you may not have a lot of money with which to invest, but it’s important to try to put away something each month.

If you have a 401(k) where you work, take advantage of it — your money is deducted, pretax, from your paychecks, so it’s an easy way to start investing.

And at this stage of your life, consider investing primarily for growth. Of course, when you invest in growth oriented vehicles, you typically assume 5001089896

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an above-average degree of risk because the price of these investments can fluctuate greatly over time. However, if you buy quality investments and hold them for many years, you may be able to overcome the “blips” along the way and benefit from the growth prospects these vehicles can offer.

• Middle years — During this season of your life, things have likely changed. Your kids may have already graduated from college or otherwise left home, so you may need to re-evaluate your life insurance needs. You’re likely earning more money and have more available to invest — which means, among other things, that you should consider “maxing out” on your IRA and also putting as much as you afford into your 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan. Because you may have a decade or more until you retire, you still may need considerable growth potential from your investments. At the same time, though, you might not want to invest quite as aggressively as

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you did when you started out, so you may want to increase the percentage of bonds and other fixed income vehicles in your portfolio.

• Retirement years — Many people assume their expenses will drop when they retire. And some will drop — but others, such as health care, will increase. Furthermore, it’s not at all unusual for people to spend two, or even three, decades in an active retirement — and during those years, inflation can be a factor.

Consequently, even as a retiree, you’ll find that growth-oriented investments are important, balanced with others that provide income.

Furthermore, you’ll want to manage the withdrawals you take from your IRA, 401(k) or other employersponsored retirement plan to help make sure you don’t outlive your resources. At the same time, you should consider exploring estate-

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planning techniques, such as life insurance trusts, that can help you leave the legacy you want without burdening your heirs with heavy estate taxes.

To help you meet these needs, work with your tax advisor and estate-planning professional.

The seasons of the year change every three months. The seasons of your life change much more slowly, but these changes can have a big impact on your financial situation.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

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Being “mom” is a big responsibility, great gift

Webster defines “mother” as “a female parent” or “to care for or protect like a mother.”

Wikipedia describes a mother as “a woman who has, conceives, gives birth to, or raises a child.”

When I asked my 4-yearold daughter what a mommy does, she said, “They cook you food, keep you healthy and take care of you.” (And then she proceeded to tell me that I’m a lot like her favorite Disney princess, Cinderella, because I do all of the chores, too.)

But being a mother is so much more than that.

A mother shares in your excitement when you finally get to walk across the “big”

balance beam, or you keep your head underwater for the full 10 seconds in the swimming pool, or you figure out that the “4” and the “5” on the speed limit sign means “45.”

A mother gets tears in her eyes when you and your preschool friends take the stage for your first Christmas concert.

(Whether you actually sing or not.)

A mother comes up with creative ways to explain “the birds and the bees” to you without making up silly stories or necessitating a call home from your teachers at day care. (By the way, if you have a good way to explain to a 4-year-old how God puts

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a baby in a mommy’s tummy, please let me know.)

A mother trades in her career to help her daughter pursue her dream of making it to the Olympics, supporting her every step of the way.

(Be sure to read our cover story in this issue about Jean Buckley and her daughter Hailey Thompson of Stevens Point.)

My mom tells me a mother also sits up many nights waiting for the car’s headlights to appear at the end of the driveway, signifying a safe end to the evening. And takes that same car away when the hands on the clock move past midnight, and you’re not tucked soundly in bed. And

that the worrying never stops, even long after you’ve moved out.

Being a mother is one of the greatest responsibilities and one of the greatest gifts.

And although sometimes we make mistakes or feel underappreciated, all it takes is a simple, unexpected, “I really love you, Mommy,” to remind us why it’s all worth it.

So happy Mother’s Day to my mom and all of the other mothers out there. (And kids, make sure you thank your mom for all of the selfless things she has done for you this year. I know she’ll appreciate it!)

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Mom turns helping daughter fulfill dream into full-time job

By Nicole Strittmater

Sixteen-year-old world class athlete Hailey Thompson and her mother, Jean Buckley, of Stevens Point, have a secret signal they give each other before every whitewater slalom canoe race.

While Thompson is at the starting gate at her competitions, she always needs to see her mother to ease her nerves.

They point to their eyes, their hearts and then to each other to say “I love you.” And before every race to ease the pressure, Buckley tells her daughter to “have fun and splash and giggle.”

And then Thompson, with a boost of confidence, maneuvers through gates over a whitewater river, something she’s been doing since she was 12.

The two are clearly not just a mother-daughter team.

They’re also friends.

Sacrifice But this isn’t just a hobby.

Thompson has her eye on the Olympics — and so does her mother. Thompson is so serious — and talented — about the sport that she made the U.S. National Whitewater Slalom Team (www.usack. org) in 2008 at age 14 and again in 2009. Last year, Buckley quit her job as a physician assistant in the emergency room at St. Michael’s 4

Hospital to travel with her daughter as she trained and raced in Switzerland, Slovenia and Spain.

“To become a true slalom gypsy. That’s my new career title,” Buckley, 50, joked. “It’s a risky sport. We wanted to be there. We’re (Hailey’s parents) both health care providers (and we could help if needed).

We both felt we didn’t want to miss (her competitions).”

Buckley said she especially wanted to be there in case there were any troubles when Thompson was younger.

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“You think of your 12- or 13-year-old daughter going down (the whitewater) it’s really scary,” Buckley said.

“The great thing now is I’m not terrified anymore. She’s become accomplished. She’s a far better paddler than I am or ever was. She should worry about me more than I worry about her.”

Accolades Hailey has been the Junior Olympics Overall Champion three times. She’s won the Junior Olympics freestyle, extreme slalom and boater

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cross events and has been the Junior Midwest Freestyle Champion.

She won the U.S. Open, a slalom race, in 2009 and 2010, after she took third place in 2008.

In 2008 she placed second at the Olympic trials and fourth at pre-Worlds in Tacen, Slovenia in 2009.

“I’ll never forget it. I was actually shopping at the grocery store. I got a call from the Olympic coach (who) said ‘Jean, Hailey needs to come to the Olympic trials.’ I laughed

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(because she was) 14 years old,” Buckley said.

On a mission But they went to Charlotte, N.C., at the National Whitewater Center and she came in second. Unfortunately at that time she couldn’t go to the Olympics, because women’s canoe wasn’t an Olympic event.

The International Canoe Federation has said it wants women’scanoeintheOlympics, and the International Olympic Committee has indicated it is going to try to have complete gender equity, Buckley said.

But no one knows if that will happen. So, Thompson and her parents have taken it upon themselves to make it happen.

They have gathered more than 1,200 signatures from people saying it should be an event, and they will send the petition to the two committees.

“We think it’s wrong to have men in this sport and not women.

Let’s just even the playing field,” Buckley said.

“All you have to do is just put good energy forward and be positive and hopefully things will change. Wisconsin has a huge tradition of canoeing.

That’s why it’s sort of neat

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that a girl from this state is really kind of being a lot of the movement to get women’s canoeing in the Olympics.”

While they hope to be at the Olympics one day, they have a larger picture in mind.

“It’s not about us. What it is about is these young women in Saudi Arabia, Egypt. It’s about gender equality in general,” Buckley said.

Support system The abundance of support Thompson receives doesn’t go unnoticed.

“It’s huge being an athlete and having the whole-hearted support of the family,” Thompson said. “A lot of people that I compete with, I don’t know their parents (because they’re never at competitions). It’s really nice to be in the thick of competition and being stressed out and go to see your mom.”

Thompson not only has the “whole-hearted” support

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from her mother. Her father, Michael Thompson, 60, lights up around his daughter. He proudly shows off thousands of photos he’s taken of her competing and has handmade canoe paddles hanging on their living room wall.

In fact, Hailey lives in a perfect place to train. Her parents, who also canoe, bought their home in Stevens Point along the Plover River, and they hang gates up along the water so she can practice.

They even received permission to place large rocks along parts of the river to help fish — and create more of a whitewater feel. Her parents help coach her at home, but she also has coaches in North Carolina and Colorado.

“It’s great to have such a talented dad and such a supportive mom,” Hailey said.

“They understand what I do.

They’re passionate about it, too.”

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There are also other kinds of love in this latest story, including a case of puppy love that develops into mindless, murderous rage. There may have been consequences, too, from the whim of a sensitive woman who loves her husband — moderately — but falls into a short, meaningless affair. What she recalls from the affair most sharply is the livid brand on her thigh from a gypsum wallboard nail in an unfinished garage.

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Only in the second half does the disaster artfully emerge, and the dimensions of the grief it evokes.

This isn’t a novel of entertainment, though the first half has some wry and amusing comment on American family life with a dog named Ginger.

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almost entirely to the grief of a mother, Mary Beth. She tells the story herself, gradually revealing the disaster. Her mourning is never resolved, but that doesn’t make the story dull. If you pick up “Every Last One” to read a few pages after dinner, you’ll want to read another chapter, and another and another, until you get to bed late, feeling sad for her.

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Reviewed by Carl Hartman This is a novel on oldfashioned themes: mother’s love and, perhaps even deeper, mother’s grief. In the first half of Anna Quindlen’s “Every Last One,” the many characters, some lightly sketched, live ordinary lives in a contemporary atmosphere of mundane concerns: What can stop whole colonies of bees from disappearing? What wages should be paid to illegal Mexican immigrants?

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Burnett dishes on showbiz identity when trying to pay a bill with a personal check.

Readers will learn how a teenager named Vicki Lawrence went from sending Burnett a fan letter to playing her younger sister — and later her mother — on “The Carol Burnett Show.”

And she writes about her strong friendship with legendary actress Lucille Ball, who was something of a mentor.

Ball taught Burnett that it was OK to have a voice in the workplace.

One laugh-out-loud moment occurs when Burnett relates how she schemed with Julie Andrews to play a joke on director Mike Nichols at a Washington hotel. Andrews and Burnett decided to dress in pajamas and kiss as a way of greeting Nichols as he got out of an elevator. Instead of Nichols, they were surprised by former first lady Lady Bird Johnson.

Burnett gets serious when writing about the death of her daughter Carrie

Hamilton, who died of cancer in 2002 at 38. But she provides one of her favorite anecdotes about her daughter as a young girl being disciplined for lying.

Burnett is touring the U.S. in a traveling stage show where she answers questions from the audience. If you can’t make it to the show, the book is an opportunity to learn about some of the moments in her life — and feel like you’re sharing quality time with Burnett.

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Have you read a good book lately?

We are starting a You magazine book corner, and we need your help.

You are invited to share reviews of books you have read recently (mystery, romance, biographies, children’s books, and more). Tell us what you liked, what you didn’t and why (or why not) you would encourage others to read it.

Reviews should be no more than 200 words and should include title, author, genre and what age the book is geared toward. Reviews can be e-mailed to Jamie Jung at jamie. jung@cwnews.net or mailed to Stevens Point Journal, Attn: Jamie Jung, 1200 Third Court, Stevens Point, WI 54481.

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• Sapphire Xtreme Impatiens Mix — Sapphire Mix includes shades of lavender, violet and pink. Vigorous 8- to 10-inch plants resist stretching and produce more blooms per plant than any other impatiens.

• Mixture Antigua Hybrid Marigold — Mixture of daylength neutral marigolds in orange, gold and yellow.

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• Flag Mix Easy Wave Hybrid Petunia — A patriotic mix of red, white and blue. A more compact, mounding habit with a spread of 3 feet or less and height of 8 to 10 inches makes this petunia an excellent choice for containers and small-space gardens.

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• Red Orbit Hybrid Geranium — Amazing numbers of huge red blooms are produced on compact, 14-inch plants.

• Blue Wave Trailing Hybrid Petunia — Growing only 6 inches tall the plants spread 4 feet or more and are continuously covered with masses of 3-inch bluish-purple flowers. Their exceptional weather tolerance makes them ideal for cascading over banks and for borders and hanging baskets.

• Double Click Rose Bonbon Cosmos — Blooms are fully double, rare for a cosmos, and are a bright shade of lavender-rose that adds brights splashes to the flower border. Strongstemmed plants grow 24 to 36 inches tall.

• Starlight Rose Zahara Zinnia — Disease resistant, drought tolerant, the most forgiving zinnia you can grow. A natural for borders, containers and mass plantings. Compact, bushy plants grow 12 to 18 inches tall and wide.

• Versa Hybrid Coleus — Low maintenance and high impact in sun or shade. They tolerate heat and humidity and come in a wide range of colors with heights varying from 20 to 32 inches.

Spectacular colors include lime green, deep wine-red and combinations of rose, cherry, cream and gold.

• Cherry Brandy Gloriosa Daisy — Big 3- to 4-inch flowers are hues of deep cherry red with chocolate brown centers. Plants are 18 to 24 inches tall.

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By Brittany Linenberg Since the recession gardening centers have seen a significant growth in people planting gardens to grow their own food and save at the grocery store.

“In the last two years we have sold a lot more vegetables and I do believe it is because of the economy,” said Gary Flugaur owner of Lynn’s Greenhouses and Garden Center in Stevens Point.

Warren Lensmire, owner of Lensmire’s Village Gardens in Plover, said he also saw a spike in his vegetable sales last year.

“It think it is partly because of the recession and partly because of wanting to know your food source,” said Lensmire.

Recently there has been a trend toward scaling back from big gardens in yards to ones in smaller spaces, he said.

If you have limited outdoor

space or do not have the time to maintain a large garden, container or squarefoot gardening may be your solution to producing fresh vegetables and herbs.

Container gardening There are minimal supplies necessary to create a successful container garden.

A container, soil, fertilizer, plants and a sunny area are the basic requirements. An apartment deck or patio are the perfect places for container gardening.

“It is good for those who want to enjoy fresh vegetables but don’t have the yard space for it,” said Flugaur.

Tomato plants and pepper plants are popular choices, but there is a variety of plants that do well in containers.

“A lot of people do herbs in conjunction with flower plants,” said Lensmire.

It is an inexpensive and lowmaintenance way to plant a

garden and add a bit of interest to a small area.

Gardeners can select colored plants and containers to match the current decor of their home.

Square-foot gardening If you want to maximize the output of a small outdoor space, try square-foot gardening.

You can grow as many as 64 different varieties of plants in an 8-by-8 foot space.

The concept is to grow a different plant every square foot to provide an array of products including vegetables, herb and flowers.

“We’re real big on combining the look of flower and vegetable gardening,” said Lensmire. “There is a lot of plant material that can be used for color and eating.”

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of garden you plant, Flugaur recommends starting your garden in mid-May. You also should grow vegetables you like to eat, Lensmire said.

It also is important to weed your garden regularly. You should have a plan to control weeds before you begin planting, Lensmire said.

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The sixth annual Walk Wisconsin is on its way, and with a planned sculpture park on the route, changes to the Kids Walk Wisconsin and an expanded use of technology, it won’t be the same as last year.

Participants in the noncompetitive walk June 5 will be some of the first to see the sculpture park in the city on a bit of a different route, said Brant Bergeron, a Walk Wisconsin planning committee member.

“The whole goal behind Walk Wisconsin was to get people out and get them active,” said Sara Brish, a planning committee member.

“At a time when obesity rates are rising, I think it’s more important now than ever to get out and get active.”

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Bergeron said organizers are expecting a lot of repeat participants, but new walkers always are welcome.

Children also will have an opportunity to participate in the full experience of the day.

The Kids Walk Wisconsin will now be on the same day as the marathon event. To ease congestion, the start of the quarter marathon was moved, Bergeron said.

Technology also plays a bigger role in the event.

Walk Wisconsin now has an expanded Web site and a fan presence on Facebook, where participants can interact and discuss items such as training.

Participants also can register online.

Training schedules and registration are available on the Web site at www. walkwisconsin.com.

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“Come to the woods, where nature’s peace will flow into you.”

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This season, take time for

As human beings, we are created to be social creatures.

Women, especially, tend to define ourselves by the relationships we maintain with others.

In May, we celebrate Mother’s Day and acknowledge those women that have chosen to take responsibility for the little ones of the world. Be it biological, through adoption or just a matter of the heart, women are the caretakers of the generations to come.

However, a woman does not need to have children to manifest the instinct to nurture others. We do it in every day conversations and interactions. We give more than we receive. We support, guide, instruct, plan, dream, work and play.

And we do it all in relationship with the world and people around us.

This May, I suggest we celebrate women in general, as well as those that have made the decision to raise the youth of our society.

Too often, women burn the candle at both ends and “me” time is put on the back burner.

We feel guilty for taking time to ourselves. We feel pressure to be in control of every situation. We fill so many roles, from mother and wife, sister and friend to employee, that there is little time left to simply be.

How would our lives be different if we dared to dream of the “what if”? What if, for

one day, we took time out to rest, rejuvenate and renew?

After all, we cannot give what we do not first receive.

We may find ourselves recharged and rested. We may find ourselves dreaming again and getting out of the places in which we find ourselves stuck. What else might happen if we dare to ask the question, “what if”?

• What if we took back our right to dream?

• What if we spent just 15 minutes a day praying, meditating or otherwise connecting with something bigger than ourselves?

• What if we searched for happiness somewhere other than in a store?

• What if we took on a project that was important for reasons other than money?

• What if our kids, family and friends saw us put ourselves first for a change?

• What if we started dating our significant other again?

What change might you see in your life if the truly important took over instead of all those things that, in the end, don’t add up to who we are?

I suspect we would feel lighter, less bogged down.

Relationships would get stronger. Life would have meaning outside of 9 to 5. And we would teach those around us that in order to be there for them, we have to first be there for us.

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• Gather a team of friends, • Have a lunch date at your some great music, snacks and favorite restaurant. Better so a little spring cleaning. Get yet, cook a gourmet meal with rid of items you don’t need some friends and enjoy at and donate unused items to home. a charity.

You’ll be amazed at • Go for a hike or bike how light you feel when you ride. Get outside and enjoy some fresh air and the spring lose the clutter!

• Start a book club. Reading sunshine. is a great way to escape!

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Walk Wisconsin helps 65-year-old fulfill dream of finishing

By Jamie Jung Pearl Larson, 65, of Marquette, Mich., knew running a marathon was not an option for her. But she still wanted to fulfill a dream of completing a 26.2-mile event.

So she set out to find a walking marathon.

“Last January I thought, ‘Pearl, you’ll be 65 in July, and if you don’t do it now, you’ll never do it’,” she said. “My whole goal was just to finish a marathon.”

That’s when Larson went online and found Walk Wisconsin, a walking marathon on the Green Circle Trail in Stevens Point and surrounding areas. She chose the event because it was noncompetitive, and the route was open for a long period of time.

“I made up my mind that I was going to do this and I did the easy training schedule,” said Larson, a mother of four adult children. “I followed it to a tee. When I had an 8-mile walk on the schedule, I did an 8-mile walk.”

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“During the walk, at mile 22, I was still feeling so great,” Larson said. “I was still averaging 4 miles an hour.

I crossed the finish line in 6 hours and 45 minutes, way under my original goal. I was so elated about the whole thing.”

Larson credits following the training schedule — available on the Web at www. walkwisconsin.com — for her success in last year’s walk.

“It’s amazing what you find when training — little pains here, a little pain there,” she said. “It’s so important to find a way to deal with those pains before the race. I felt so prepared. When I finished I felt like I could go another 10 miles.”

Larson noted that before she started training last year she did not walk regularly.

“I had no athletic training and I never did anything athletic in my life,” she said. “I always believed in the benefits of walking, but I never made time to do it. Walk Wisconsin made me do it.”

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“I guess I’m just doing (Walk Wisconsin) again because of the health benefits,” she said. “I hope to keep doing it once a year, God willing, until I’m 90.”

Sign up for Walk Wisconsin The sixth annual Walk Wisconsin is scheduled for June 5 along the Green Circle Trail in Stevens Point and surrounding areas. Full-, half- and quarter-marathon walking events are offered.

Participants will receive a T-shirt and sports sack. There will be rest stops along the way where nutrition, fluid and restrooms will be available. A finish-line celebration also is planned.

The registration fee is $25 through May 1, then $35 thereafter. No registrations will be accepted after June 1. To register, go to the Web site at www.walkwisconsin.com.

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Create one-of-a-kind spring

By Brittany Linenberg

Looking for a special accessory to accent your spring outfit? Why not design it yourself.

Creating beaded jewelry is an easy way to put your artistic ability to work and produce something different from anything you can buy already made.

The Blue Bead Trading Co. on Main Street and Herrschners on Hoover Road carry all of the supplies necessary for beginner to intermediate beading.

“Most people are looking to make simple pieces, like a pair of earrings,” said Carol Micheloni, assistant supervisor at Herrschners.

Whether you want to make earrings, a necklace or a bracelet, the stores carry popular items as well as unique pieces for beading.

Swarovski crystals have become one of the most popular items at both local stores. They are one of the more expensive beads, but they are great for elegant pieces, such as wedding jewelry.

Aside from crystals, the Blue Bead offers a wide variety of loose beads that are sure to please any beading enthusiast.

Beads from all over the world including Africa and the Czech Republic are featured in the store said Jenny Gausmann, a 30

Blue Bead employee.

With an array of colors and shapes, finding beading materials to match an outfit is easy.

Large cording, U.S produced hardware such the metal parts used to string the beads like earring loops, and large-hole glass and semi-precious stones are some of the other specialized items available at the Blue Bead.

Herrschners is another great place to look for beading materials in the area. They carry a large selection of glass seed beads and a variety of beading wire.

They also have an assortment of tools for beading, some of which work well for specialized beading projects.

Some supplies can be expensive, but the cost of beading depends on how large of a collection you want to build and how elaborate the pieces are that you want to make.

The Blue Bead’s assortment of loose beads is great for those who want a smaller collection and a lower cost.

With loose beads you can buy beads by the quantity, instead of buying a whole pack or strand of beads. Prices for loose beads can range from 10 cents a bead to more than $100 for a single Moldavite bead.

Herrschners carries packages of beads that range

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from $1.99 to $20 a pack.

“You can get as simple or as elaborate as you want to,” said Micheloni.

There also are a variety of materials available to assist those who are just beginning to bead from books to tools.

Herrschners and the Blue Bead carry books and magazines to provide some helpful instruction and tips for beading.

The Blue Bead also offers a variety of classes on beading techniques.

Each class is two hours and focuses on making a specific piece of jewelry.

Those interested can come into the Blue Bead during the Krazy Days event downtown in July to take advantage of bead sales and $1 basic beading classes.

This is a great opportunity

to learn simple beading skills, such as how to string a necklace.

The Blue Bead sees a large amount of people who continue to come in for help with their beading projects.

“When they come in they know they are going to get help,” said Gausmann. “They know they will get that oneon-one time.”

With all of the materials and information readily available, take the time to test your creativity this spring and learn how to produce a one-of-akind piece of jewelry.

Find beads Herrschners 2800 Hoover Road, Stevens Point 715-341-8686 Website: www.herrschners.com Hours: 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Saturday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.

Blue Bead Trading Co. 1043 Main St., Stevens Point 715-344-1998 Website: www.blue-bead.com Hours: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

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