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Woodwork exhibit open in Stockholm If a tree falls in the forest, does a Midwestern woodworker make art out of it? The answer is yes, as evidenced by the new “Wood” exhibit at Abode Gallery in Stockholm. Five area woodwork artists will display new work in an exhibit open now through May 23 at Abode. The exhibit includes tables, wall hangings, bowls and other handcrafted items by regional artists Tim Brudnicki of Eau Claire; John Capper of Stockholm; Jamie Schell of Winona, Minn.; Fred Schmidt of Ellsworth; and and Lars Stromayer of “Artists who work with wood are very conscious of where their materials come from,” said Abode Gallery owner and curator Alan Nugent. “They can tell you the
ture and wall hanging art. “It’s seen a lot of life. I want to share the tree’s story through my work.” Stromayer uses hardwood from logs that he acquires from neighbors and local tree services in and around his studio: “Many of these logs would have become stead, they become something that adds lasting enjoyment to people’s lives.” The wood in Brudnicki’s art comes from lumber he acquires from local Amish sawyers, and the tree nursery on his land more than replenishes the volume of wood used in his shop. In
uses in his wall pieces, cutting boards and furniture, he incorporates pebbles from Lake Superior, creating tables with rivers and streams across the top. they used in each piece of “Wood” is the second in a work. Whether it’s a simple series of six themed artist bowl or an intricate table, shows at Abode that will run that tree lives on, transthroughout the summer and formed by the artist’s hand.” fall. Upcoming shows will Each artist in the “Wood” be “Fiber” (May 27-July 5), exhibit has his own special “Animal” (July 8-Aug. 15), approach to harvesting the “Word” (Aug. 19-Sept. 26) trees he uses. and “Earth” (Sept. 30-Nov. “An old tree may have 7). All will feature the work been with a family over gen- of local and regional artists. erations,” said Schell, who For more information, call creates furniture, custom ar- 715-442-2266 or email chitectural features, sculpalan@abodegallery.com.
Birders to hike in national forest The Cable Natural History Museum will lead a group to hike trails in search of birds in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest on Thursday, May 19. Participants will meet at the museum in Cable at 7:15 a.m. and return by 11 a.m. The group can expect to see Blackburnian warblers and scarlet tanagers, walk through a northern
hardwood forest and skirt the edge of a bog and wetland. Space is limited. Registration is required by May 18. The cost is $5 for CNHM members, $10 for non-members and free for registered Chequamegon Bay Birding and Nature Festival particior to register, call 715-7983890.
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By Nate Jackson
If you go
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What: Great Alma Fishing Float. Where: On the Mississippi River just off Highway 37 in downtown Alma. Look for
Every summer, anglers of all experience levels make their way to Alma for one of riences they can have on the Mississippi River. The Great Alma Fishing Float, which is on the Minnesota shore across from Alma in Buffalo County, is open every day from late March until late October. It sits below Lock and Dam No. 4. Brothers Tim and Jim Lodermeier, who have owned the Alma Fishing Float for 30 across the river from Alma in an 18-person boat. and easy to get on and off the ferry.” daily.
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The Great Alma Fishing Float, which is on the Minnesota shore across from Alma in Buffalo County, is open every day from late March until late October. It sits below Lock and Dam No. 4.
better in the mornings and then again in the evenings,” here when it warms up.” Anglers can also get to the
on dike roads connected to the Minnesota shore after things dry out in the spring, Jim said. “It’s good for families and not too hard to catch, so that makes it more fun for everybody.” can also be arranged. The accommodate 10 people. serves breakfast and lunch. It also has a bait shop. “We’ve got new people coming every day,” Jim said. “We’ll help people out
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were in their 20s. “We’ve got families and groups who’ll come out here known four generations of some families. Every year they’ll come out and make a day of it. You get to know a lot of people when you’ve been at it this long.” The brothers are starting to think about the next phase of their lives. “We’ve been looking for someone to take over,” Jim
fore. We try to help get everybody situated.” year or so if someone wants us to show them about the Minnesota-Wisconsin bound- day-to-day operation.” ary waters. Residents age 16 For more information about and older of either state need a Non-residents of Minnesota ing license from either state, Minnesota side of the main Mississippi channel, Minnesota laws and rules apply. tion since 1947, and the Lo-
also tries to post fairly regularly on Facebook, which helps anglers get an idea of “Facebook has worked really well for us,” Jim know what’s biting, so people can decide they want to sneak away and get out here.”
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Muir farm a tribute to national parks By Sara Bredesen
consin land in 1849, where 10year-old John discovered the wonders of woodlands and Wisconsin may not have a grass prairie “beside a small Mount Rushmore or Grand glacier lake bordered with Canyon, but guests can visit the white pond lilies,” as he deplace that many consider the scribed later in his autobiogragenesis of the country’s Naphy, “The Story of My Boytional Park System at the Foun- hood and Youth.” tain Lake Farm childhood After seven years of backhome of Scot- breaking clearing, planting and tish immibuilding, the elder Muir moved grant John Muir in Mar- what he hoped would be better quette land, leaving the homestead to County. his son-in-law. When John was It was old enough, he attended UWMuir, a Madison and often returned to botanist, conservationist, botany lessons. Muir inventor, “Saving bits of pure wilderphilosopher and world traveler, ness was a fond, favorite notion who co-founded the Sierra of mine long before I heard of Club and dedicated his adultnational parks,” Muir wrote in hood to exploring and passion- his autobiography. “When I ate support for preservation of was about to wander away on some of the nation’s most spec- my long rambles, I was sorry to tacular wilderness lands. leave the precious meadow unNow called the father of the protected.” National Park System, it was He tried several times, unsucMuir who inspired President cessfully, to buy the 40-acre Theodore Roosevelt to push lake meadow so he could fence through the creation of 148 mil- out cattle and hogs, “to keep it untrampled for the sake of its national parks and 23 national monuments. Muir’s outspoken The biological and historic love of nature and wilderness directly helped create The Farm was not lost on WisconGrand Canyon, Yosemite, sin conservationist Aldo Mount Rainier, Sequoia and Leopold, whose “A Sand County Almanac” was written The National Park System in a shack just 30 miles to the celebrates its centennial this west. A week before Leopold’s year. death in 1948, he proposed that Muir’s father settled on 160 Muir’s original 80 acres be desacres of marginal, sandy WisRegional Editor | stbrede@gmail.com
state natural area. It wasn’t until 1957 that 40 acres were dedicated as Muir Memorial County Park and in natural area. The park has grown to 172 acres on what is now called Ennis Lake. In 1991, the original 80-acre homestead, including the Muir building sites, was dedicated as Fountain Lake Farm National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service. In 1986, Erik Brynildson, a Green Lake ecologist and landscape architect, bought 17.11 acres, which is now the only portion of the landmark not publicly held. His home is on the original Muir home footprint. any American conceived the notion of preserving nature for its own sake,” Brynildson said. “We’re used to thinking of hisarchitecture; Victorians and
Queen Annes. Here it’s the living ingredients of the landscape that are important.” In 2014, the Natural Heritage Land Trust acquired 198 acres, including 40 of the original farm, which is planned to become part of a 1,400-acre protected landscape. It includes the John Muir Memorial Park/Muir Park State Natural Area and the Fox River National Wildlife Refuge. Much of the land is already open to the public for hiking, bird-watching, cross-counThe land trust plans to donate the eastern 78 acres to the Ice Age Trail Alliance, which has a trail circling the lake. John Muir Memorial Park and the natural area can be reached from County Road F, seven miles south of Montello. Visitor information is available through the Ice Age Trail Alliance or http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/ Lands/naturalareas/index.asp? SNA=96.
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Beaver Creek Reserve busy with remodel — The grouse seemed suspiciously calm considering a fox posed only inches away. And that was nothing compared to the duck apparently trying to perfect a headstand on top of a bookshelf. Odd sights, but perfectly understandable considering the circumstances: After a more than three-decade run, the Discovery Room at Beaver Creek Reserve was being dismantled in preparation for a $450,000 makeover. The stuffed grouse, fox and duck were only temporarily askew while awaiting their own relocation. “With the renovation, some things will be the same — our live animals, most of the taxidermy, the beehive will be back — but the rest is going to be very, very different. This will be a major change,” said Brianne Markin, marketing and development coordinator at
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room, expertly built, for 1984 really ahead of its time. But it had seen a million visitors, and those visitors took a toll.” While pondering a physical update, the Beaver Creek staff and others also contemplated a bit of a change in focus. “The original room was kind of a homage to all things nature,” she said. “We wanted to hone that focus more on what people will actually see here, at Beaver Creek Reserve, when they walk along the nature trails. So the Discovery Room then becomes not just a place to learn about nature, but a starting point for them to learn we have that they might see when they visit our trails.” An example is the old Discovery Room’s venerable beaver lodge. Accurate to a T — the original builders used many real beaver-gnawed sticks and actual mud in its construction — but unfortunately Beaver Creek’s beavers don’t build lodges; they build
Looking over the artist’s renditions of the emerging Discovery Room, Markin marvels at the change visitors will see. “Our naturalists, our citizen scientists, everyone knew what we wanted to do, and the Split Rock people were able to take our wishes and wants and hopes and dreams and our budget and make them all align,” she said. But she also noted the task of fundraising to pay for the project continues. The Friends Submitted illustration of Beaver Creek Reserve organization still needs to close a The remodeled Discovery Room at Beaver Creek $40,000 to $50,000 funding Reserve will include a new live animal tank wall that will appear to be composed of manufactured giant gap before May 31. wings. The new tank wall is part of a $450,000 remodel “We’ll take a $5 bill in the mail, and if you happen to have $50,000, you can have dens in river and stream banks. covery Room. The project plan naming rights for a section in “We’re on a river, not a and design is now far enough the Discovery Room; we still lake, so most of the beavers in along to begin the tear-down. have a couple of those,” she our area build beaver banks,” The newly created Discov- said. Markin said. “So we’ll have a ery Room will be under con“I think people recognize the beaver bank that kids will actu- struction until late May or need for the project and the ally be able to crawl into and early June, with a formal grand importance of this place to the see the inside and may also opening scheduled for June 29. community.” have a chance to see one when walking the trails.” When a $200,000 matching grant from Scheels of Eau Claire for the remodel became a reality, reserve staff began the fundraising to earn the match. “Once people heard about JULY 1-3, 2016 what we were trying to do, ROMY’S NITINGALE • Black Creek, WI they really responded,” Markin said. FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2016 Local foundations and busiSchedule MOLLIE B from RFD-TV with the JIM BUSTA BAND Subject nesses came on board and and KARL from the COUNTRY DUTCHMEN – 6–10 p.m. To within a couple of months the Change SATURDAY, JULY 2, 2016 reserve earned enough pledges JON DIETZ and the TWIN LAKES TRIO to begin the project in earnest. Featuring Zack Dietz (age 12) & Greg Laabs – 12:30–2:30 and 4:30–6:30 p.m. They brought on board Split DAVE DUESCHER’S MUSICAL BRASS – 2:30–4:30 and 6:30–8:30 p.m. Rock Studios of St. Paul, SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2016 GARY’S RIDGELAND DUTCHMEN – Polka Mass at 10:00 AM museum and exhibit industry 11:30–1:30 and 3:30–5:00 whose previous clients include HAUSER’S HOTSHOTS – 1:30–3:30 and 5:00–6:30 p.m. the Carlsbad Caverns National This event is a charitable fundraiser to benefit Altrusa community service projects. Monument and the displays at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, • Daily Theme Basket Raffles D.C. • Air-Conditioned Hall • Raised Hardwood Floor • Buffet, Light Food & Refreshments Available For Purchase The Split Rock professionals (No Carry-Ins – Food or Beverage) worked with Beaver Creek • Overnight RV Parking on Grounds – Donations Appreciated folks to understand what reDaily Admission Charge – Save with a Discounted 3-Day Pass – Tickets Available at the Door sources were available, (for Directions: 10 miles north of Appleton on Highway 47 to example, a total of 244 taxiCounty Highway A – then west on A for 1 mile. dermy specimens), and the For More Information Visit our Web site at http://appleton.altrusa.org overall goals for the new Dis-
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wild and scenic rivers. Eight “Paddle with a Ranger” programs will be offered in 2016, with topics ranging from Ojibwe connections to the St. Croix to the summer solstice. Paddles begin on June 5 and are scheduled throughout the summer. Kayaks and other equipment, including a life jacket, are provided. A 30-minute paddling instruction and safety session will occur prior to departure and must be attended by all participants. Participants must be 18 or older. The cost is $45 per person and space is limited to eight people. Due to limited space and number of programs, participants will only be allowed to register
for one “Paddle with a Ranger” program. For more information and to register, visit www. stcroixriverassociation.org/ events/category/paddles or call 715-483-3300. This year’s paddles are also a great opportunity to celebrate the centennial of the NPS and participate in the Centennial Paddle Challenge sponsored by the SCRA. Can you paddle 200 Riverway the NPS — in 2016? Visit www.stcroixriverassociation. org/centennial to learn more. The St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, a unit of the National Park System, was established by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act in 1968. It is one of a group of eight rivers in the ceived this recognition. For more than 200 miles, the St. Croix and its tributary, through some of the most scenic and least developed country in the Upper Midwest. Learn more at www.nps.gov/sacn.
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History a drawing card for Portage By Jim Massey
The Historic Indian Agency and Surgeons’ Quarters are open from late May until mid-October. The Indian Agency can be reached at 608-742-6362 and the Surgeons’ Quarters can be reached at 608-742-2949.
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If there’s one thing that can be said about the city of Portage, it’s that it is a city steeped in history. The city was named for the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway, a natural portage between the Fox River and the Wisconsin River, which was recognized by Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet during their discovery of a route to the Mississippi River in 1673. By the end of the 17th century, Portage was a major fur trade thoroughfare between Green Bay and Prairie du Chien. Much of that history is preserved in two historic sites that sit on opposite sides of the Fox River. The Historic Indian Agency House is considered by some people to be
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The Historic Indian Agency House was built by the U.S. government for John Kinzie in 1832. Kinzie was the Indian agentto the Ho-Chunk Nation, and he and his wife, Juliette Magill Kinzie, lived at the portage from 1832-1834.
Surgeons’ Quarters Much of Fort Winnebago
but the lot cabin at the site remained outside the fort and became the quarters for the U.S. Army surgeons. story is not just that of John said Lisa Thomas, the facilKaren Broman, the volunteer and Juliette Kinzie, Indian agents to the Winnebago Indi- started expanding, the portage curator at the Surgeons’ Quarters, said the facility is one of ans in the 1830s, or even Fort was an important way to get the oldest French Colonial log Winnebago. It is the story of there for people traveling the opening of the West and west. That included explorers, structures in Wisconsin. The facility is owned and opthe ending of the native way fur traders and trappers.” erated by the Wisconsin Sociof life. ety of the Daughters of the “The Indian Agency House explorers and the Native site in Wisconsin and the Up- was there before Wisconsin Americans, U.S. government American Revolution. Broman said a number of per Midwest. The facility’s was even part of the U.S.,” surgical procedures were carby building a fort, known as ried out at the site. Fort Winnebago, between “The Winnebago Indians 1828 and 1830. The Indian paid a fee to be inoculated evAgency House and the Fort Winnebago Surgeons’ Quar- ery year and they avoided many ters, another historic site open of the diseases that were prevato the public in Portage, were lent during the time,” Broman said. part of the fort. The building was in disrepair Juliette Kinzie recorded 45th Annual Show many of the happenings dur- when the DAR purchased the ing the time, and her writings facilities in 1939, Broman said. August 5, 6 & 7, 2016 It was renovated and opened as have become somewhat faa museum in 1954. 2 miles North of Westby, WI mous. The Kinzie family is A one-room school was also also known as being one of Featuring: Minneapolis Moline, Oliver, relocated to the site, she said, to the founding families of White & Cockshutt Tractors & Equip. allow people an opportunity to Chicago. see a school building that was Also: Vintage Motorcycles “(The Indian Agency used from 1850 to 1960. House) is really this little site Tractor Pull (Friday 6 PM) • Flea Market Brad Conrad, marketing coin this really tiny community, Gas Engines • Threshing ordinator at the Portage Chambut there are many layers of Show Confirmation: ber of Commerce, said the hishistory going on there,” Dan Klinkner 608-317-2446 toric sites are among the biggest Thomas said. www.couleeantiqueengineclub.com Thomas has been the facil- draws that bring people to the ity’s director for a little more community each year. “They can visit the historic than a year. The Historic Indian Agency sites, we have a real nice World War II history museum, and House was restored by the National Society of the Colo- people also come to see the Amish community about 10 nial Dames of America in miles northeast of here,” Con1932 and was placed on the National Register of Historic rad said. “Portage is a pretty nice hub for the area.” Places in 1972.
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People continue to come to Field of Dreams By Jim Massey
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It has been 28 years since the iconic family movie “Field of Dreams” was and hog farm near Dyersville, Iowa. No one could have imagined that a two-hour movie could create such a lasting impact on a community. People still stream to the farming community on the border of Dubuque and Delaware counties to
banned as a result of a 1919 baseball scandal and Ray’s father, too, returns to reconcile with his son. The movie site has been kept intact for 28 years by Submitted photo the family that owned the In the movie, members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox farm before and after the
come out of the to play ball on the baseball that Ray Kinsella built on his Iowa farm.
carved out of the middle of his father, John Kinsella, who had been a devoted some of the magic of the baseball fan. While walking Field of Dreams is a fantasy drama adapting W.P.
evening, Ray hears a voice
Joe.” It features an Iowa
he will come.” Ray continues hearing the voice before
Kevin Costner, who had a troubled relationship with
baseball diamond in his
He eventually builds a well-manicured baseball
by a businesswoman from Chicago who purchased the site. Betty Boeckenstedt, a sister to Don Lansing, who owned the farm at the time
many of his neighbors to think he has gone crazy, but eventually Shoeless Joe the gift shop on the farm. Jackson, a deceased base“The site is pretty much ball player idolized by what it was like when the Ray’s father, appears on movie was made,” Boeckenstedt said. “That’s what peowith seven other players ple want to see.”
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In the 27 years since the theatrical release of “Field of Dreams,” more than 1.5 million people have visited the movie site.
A Fam il y Tradi ti on of Ex cel l ence
WI D M E R ’ S CHE E SE CE L L A R S SINCE 1922 P roduci ng
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What’s up, Doc?
Smithsonian traveling exhibit on Chuck Jones’s animation to open in St. Paul By Heidi Clausen
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Annie Johnson has been watching cartoons at her desk at work a lot lately. “It’s been the best week ever,” she said. Jones, who works at the Minnesota History Center, has a good excuse: She’s getting ready for the opening of the traveling Smithsonian exhibit “What’s Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones,” which will run through the summer at the center. “We are so excited to bring this exhibit to the History Center,” she said. “We thought it had such a wide appeal.” From the wisecracking Bugs Bunny to Wile E. Coyote with his nine-plus
What: Smithsonian traveling exhibit “What’s Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones.” When: April 30-Aug. 14. Where: Minnesota History Center, 345 Kellogg Blvd. W., St. Paul, Minn. Information: 651259-3000, http:// tinyurl.com/h29lyfs or Submitted photo
In the cartoon masterpiece “Duck Amuck,” a rogue animator tortures Daffy Duck by constantly changing the background around him. The ending reveals Bugs Bunny as the animator.
lives, Jones’s drawings ters in animation history. brought to life some of the Many of his characters most iconic cartoon charac- are “timeless” and in-
on Twitter.
stantly recognizable to audiences young and old, whether they grew up watching the cartoons on television or not, Johnson said.
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She said Jones’s use of music and storytelling was unique; The Road Runner and the coyote, for example, interacted without any dialogue, and while the desert scenes for many of their cartoons were similar, there always was a “surprise.” “The exhibit touches on the real thought that Chuck Jones put into creating these characters and the world ... which they inhabit,” she said. The exhibit, a partnership among the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity and the Museum of the Moving Image, features 23 of more than 136 original sketches and drawings, storyboards, production backgrounds, animation cels and photographs. Films are shown as large wall projections and on monitors throughout the exhibit. In an interactive experi-
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tion.” Visitors can make a draw cartoons and enjoy Indian American music and In a career dancing. spanning • History Flirt: Looney seven Tunes, 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, decades, June 7. Exhibit-related Chuck Jones hands-on activities are made more planned. than 300 • Tuesday Talks: The Hisanimated tory of Animation, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 12. of which Phil Anderson, professor won emeritus at the Minnesota Academy College of Art and Design, Awards. will discuss the history of anSubmitted photo imation, including the major studios and animators that ence, visitors can take on and pet live bunnies. brought the art form into the the role of animation direc“We’ve really tried to modern age. tor to manipulate character think fun, think summer, • Saturday Morning Carmovement and timing. A think that family experitoons with the Chuck Jones listening station features be- ence,” Johnson said. Family, 10:30 a.m. to noon hind-the-scenes audio of Special events will include: Saturday, July 30. Jones directing Mel Blanc • Bugs Bunny and Beyond • ACME Inventions: A (the voice of Bugs Bunny) Bollywood Mash-Up Family Chuck Jones Center for and Arthur Q. Bryan (the Day, noon to 4 p.m. SaturCreativity Workshop, 1:30 to voice of Elmer Fudd) and day, May 14. “What’s Up, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 30. excerpts from interviews Doc?” will combine with anOther related programming with Jones. other Smithsonian exhibit, at the center will include Visitors will be able to par- “Beyond Bollywood: Indian summer art projects, lectures ticipate in carrot cake-tasting Americans Shape the Naand artist demonstrations.
18th Mid-Lakes Thresheree & Tractor Show Saturday & Sunday September 10 & 11, 2016 Pinecrest Historical Village - 924 Pinecrest Lane, Manitowoc, WI
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New exhibits, events on tap for Pioneer Village Museum By Heidi Clausen
everything together each season, staff buildings and serve as interpreters, Ket— Some tner said. new things are happening at All hands will be on deck an old favorite of tourists for spring clean-up week, May 2-7, which will conand locals alike in Barron clude with a “barn-raising County. without the barn.” Food, An exhibit about the hismusic and door prizes will tory of the Barron County be provided that Saturday. dairy industry, a life-sized That activity will be folreplica of a horse-drawn lowed by the welcoming of Watkins wagon and a remore than 1,000 fourthbuilt buckboard for rides graders from throughout will be among the new atPhoto by Heidi Clausen northwest Wisconsin in May. tractions when the Barron Heritage Days, set July 9County Historical Society’s The old gas station at the Pioneer Village Museum will 10, is the biggest event of Pioneer Village Museum get a new look this year in an effort to make it appear the season, drawing about more authentic. opens its gates for the sea1,500 people. Demonstrason this May. Carol the country who say it’s one tions, crafters, a working A covered patio area will Kettner, a of the most interesting mu- blacksmith shop, live mutake shape this spring just retired seums they’ve ever visited.” sic, heritage garden talks outside of Jerome Hall, and teacher who As president of the Barron and kids’ games are on the plans are in place to add a began volCounty Master Gardeners, docket. caboose to the Soo Line unteering in Kettner heads up maintenance Dates for other special railroad display. 2010, said of the rain garden, which fea- events this year include a The 2016 lineup of events the museum tures plants native to the Upwill include three new hapgets better per Midwest, and the heritage show, June 25-26; voyageur penings — a celebration of Kettner every year, vegetable garden. encampment, July 29-30; all things strawberry on and she enIn past years, this garden classic car show, Aug. 6; Saturday, June 25; a Local courages those who haven’t has highlighted certain im- vintage baseball, Aug. 21; and Author and Artist Day and bluegrass festival, Sept. on Saturday, July 17, where been there in a while to stop migrant groups. On the by again. heels of last year’s World 9-11. visitors can meet local “Many people say they War II victory garden, the New this season, one artists and authors, partici2016 vegetable garden will Sunday will be designated pate in writing and painting haven’t been here since fourth grade or have driven highlight companion plant- for each zip code in Barron activities and buy original ings, showing how and why County; with proof of resiart work and signed books; past it a thousand times,” she said. “We get comNative Americans grouped dence, visitors from those and an Old-Fashioned ments from people all over plants together. communities can get in for County Fair Aug 20-21. With historic log houses, half-price that day. a farmstead, a jail, a general Pioneer Village Museum is store, the Ebenezer Church 1½ miles west of Cameron and more, the pioneer vilon County Highway W (Mulage is always a big draw. Other points of interest, in- opens on Memorial Day clude the toy shop brimweekend and is open Thursming with antique pedal days through Sundays cars, the restored antique through the weekend after tractors and the historic Labor Day. Regular hours Joliet one-room school. are 1 to 5 p.m., but it also is “Those can get the stories open by appointment for prigoing,” Kettner said. Led by a new director, lar admission is $10 for Tammy Schutz, BCHS adults, $5 for children ages members and collaborators 5-12 and free for ages 4 and are working on many new under. initiatives, with a focus on For more information, the county’s rich heritage in call 715-458-2080, email Submitted photo agriculture and industry. museum1@chibardun.net or After a short hiatus, vintage baseball will return this August It takes at least a couple visit www.barroncounty to the Pioneer Village Museum. hundred volunteers to pull museum.com. Regional Editor | clausen@amerytel.net
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Animal rehab is also teaching opportunity By Sara Bredesen
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The mission of the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary in Green Bay is to rehabilitate orphaned and injured animals and return them to the wild, but if for some reason that can’t happen, they will become teachers, said Kim Dietrich, chief naturalist at Bay Beach. “They’re not pets, but they are here and will live out the rest of their lives here with us,” Dietrich said. “So, we are going to use them to teach people about them.” The urban wildlife refuge is on part of 250 acres purchased in 1929 by the city of Green Bay for a golf course to be built adjacent to the immensely popular Bay Beach Amusement Park. The Great Depression intervened. In 1935, a group of concerned residents, with the help of conservationist Aldo Leopold, developed the concept for a wildlife refuge to rehabilitate injured waterfowl that were found on area lakes and rivers after the hunting season. A year later, the city set aside 5 acres for that purpose. Membership dues
What: Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary. Where: 1660 E. Shore Drive, Green Bay. Activities: Hiking, scheduled wildlife programming, education center displays, wild animal rehabilitation, gift shop. Cost: Free. Information: 920391-3671 or www. baybeachwildlife.com. Photo by Sara Bredesen
can meet and pet some of the wildlife education ambassadors that can’t be released to the wild. The sanctuary is now the Displays and viewing ar- work, manage trails and in- second largest wildlife reeas give visitors a look at vasive species, work in the habilitation program in the lives of waterfowl, birds gift shop, count and band Wisconsin and has the birds, and work at the Crit- longest-running banding otter, bobcat, raccoon, ter Counter where visitors program in the state. Naturalists at the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary in Green Bay introduced an owl to students during a recent program. The injured raptor could not be returned to the wild and is one of several animals used for wildlife education.
deer and native plant species that support them. The sanctuary is part of the Green Bay Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department and is its largest public park. It is partially funded by the city but depends in large part on the Friends of the Sanctuary group formed in 1978. The Friends have projects. raised money to build the “We started with a hand- Nature/Education Center, dug half-acre lagoon, Diet- Woodland Building, Obserrich said. “We now have 55 vation/Rehabilitation acres of water here and Building, landscaped island about 700 acres of prophabitats, handicap-accessierty. We have about six miles of trail system here sive system of maintained as well, and there are three trails. buildings on site.” The facility takes in By 1956, an estimated more than 4,500 injured 3,500 ducks and geese and orphaned animals anwere wintering at the facil- nually and has about a 60 ity, but it has gone far bepercent survival rate, Dietyond harboring just injured rich said. waterfowl. A handful of full-time “We basically will take employees are assisted by in any native Wisconsin volunteers who clean pens, wildlife,” Dietrich said. share in rehabilitation
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Located in the heart of Wisconsin between Eau Claire and Wausau, Clark County is a hidden gem for those who enjoy small towns, history, unique dining and shops, and a country landscape. “We are rural, but we have a lot of unique things to do,” said Sheila Nyberg, executive director of the Clark County Economic Development Corp. and Tourism dairy stores along the way. Nyberg said people are something for everyone, and known to leave the county it’s not as hectic to visit.” with loads of hanging baskets Clark County boasts more and garden plants. “I have friends who bring enclosed trailers and spend the state. Marieke Gouda in the weekend shopping for Thorp is one of the most pop- their spring plants,” she said. ular stops, where visitors can Another annual tour is watch cheese being made, Spring into the Arts, which tour the on-site dairy farm and features 34 artists at 16 locatry a grilled Gouda sandwich. tions in late April from paintFor gardeners, the area is ing to woodworking to glass known as the place to go for to metal art. Some locations plants. The county is home to are open year-round while about 35 greenhouses open other artists show their talents seasonally. The Clark County for that weekend only. Bloomin’ Greenhouse Tour History buffs will enjoy a from April to October offers a stop to The Highground map to 15 greenhouses, and Veterans Memorial Park on does double duty by also Highway 10 west of marking the county’s many Neillsville. The 140-acre park
34th Anniversary
in the county seat of Neillsville. Those looking to spend time outdoors can check out the one of the county’s many parks. Fishing hot spots include Rock Dam, Lake Arbutus, Emerson Lake, Snyder Lake, Mead Lake, Sherwood Lake and Sportsman Lake. Clark County is a mecca for ATV and off-road motorcycle riders. The Clark County ForSubmitted photo est includes 135 miles of ATV trails open spring, sumpays tribute to the dead and mer and fall and 16 miles of honors the survivors, their ser- looped trails for off-road motorcycles. Five campgrounds the highest point on the plaza, encourage visitors to spend visitors can see a half-million the weekend there. acres of Wisconsin woodland Horseback riders can enjoy and glacial moraine. 40 miles of trails through a With its rural roots, Clark portion of the Clark County County boasts many speForest ranging from easy to cialty shops, from roadside stands with maple syrup and and season trail passes are produce to downtown quiltavailable. Wild Rock County ing shops and diners. The Park provides convenient trail supper club culture remains access with overnight camping at 25 sites. Picket lines and manure bunkers are availthe county’s communities. able for horse campers. Other historical sites in the To request a visitors guide county include the 1897 or Bloomin’ Greenhouse Tour Clark County Jail built in a map, call 715-255-9100. A Romanesque style and the guide and maps can also be 1964 World’s Fair Wisconsin downloaded at www. Pavilion. Both can be found clarkcountytourism-wi.org. Chatty Belle, located in Neillsville, is a fun roadside attraction in Clark County. The county boasts the most dairy farms in Wisconsin, along with many greenhouses, outdoor recreation areas and specialty shops.
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Located: 5005 Country View Road • Sturgeon Bay, WI North of Sturgeon Bay on Hwy. 42 to Whitefish Bay Rd. East 2 Miles To Country View Rd., North to 5005 Kids Activities: Kids Tractor Pull, Games, Little Farmer Dress-Up Competition. Vendor Displays & Antique Machinery Demos will run Sat. & Sun. Admission $8.00 FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 8:30 a.m. – Lutheran Worship Service 6:00 p.m. – Gates Open 10:00 a.m. – Kids’ Tractor Pull 7:00-11:00 p.m. – Live Country Music 10:00 a.m. – Lena Area Garden Tractor by “The Bittorf Brothers” Pullers Assoc. Inc. SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 12:00 Noon – “Cavalcade of Power” 9:30 a.m. – Chainsaw Competition (Reg. 8:30 am) Parade of Antique Machines 11:30 a.m. – Antique Tractor Pull 12:00 Noon to 3:00 pm. – Country Music by (Weigh in 9:00-11:15 am) “Paint The Wagon” Will Be Playing In The Barn Pavilion 12:45 p.m. – Lena Tractors Pullers, Finals 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. – Jerry Voelker Orchestra th 3:30 p.m. – Mud Pig Wrestling Competition 5:30 p.m. Polka Mass 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight: The Modern Day Drifters Food & refreshments are served all weekend. The Thresheree is held annually the third weekend in August. For More Info: www.valmythresheree.org • General Show Contact – Ralph at 920-559-0466 803374 • 4-27-16
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Budweiser Dairyland
Super Nat’l Pull
Tomah WI
ADMISSION: •COMMERCIAL BOOTHS •FOOD VENDORS
FREE Admission to Grounds & Pit Area
MILITARY APPRECIATION DAY $15 ticket per show with Military ID
www.tomahtractorpull.com
FEATURE
FEATURE FEATURE FEATURE
Modified TWD Trucks Pro Stock Light SST
Unlimited FWD Trucks Pro Stock Mini Super Stock Diesel
A SALUTE TO THE FARMER!
SUNDAY, JUNE 26 12 NOON
Sunday
FRIDAY, JUNE 24 – 6:00 PM
Modified Semi TWD Trucks Super Stock Open
Saturday
9:00 AM
Meet the Drivers • Get Autographs • Lunch for the Kids •Age 14 & under receive a FREE 11 AM show ticket w/paid Adult
SATURDAY, JUNE 25 11:00 AM
SATURDAY, JUNE 25 – 6:00 PM
KIDS KLUB
Friday
Light Unlimited Super Stock Diesel 4x4 Super Farm Mini
mail@tomahtractorpull.com
Thursday
FRIDAY, JUNE 24 11:00 AM
FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT Receive a $5 discount off one ticket with a receipt dated June 1st-22nd – Businesses TBA!
For general camping & vending information: www.tomahtractorpull.com 608-372-2081
4 Days 6 Shows Two Pull Tracks
Thursday•Friday•Saturday•Sunday
Light Unlimited Super Stock Diesel 4x4 Light SST Super Stock Open
ABSOLUTELY NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES
•CAMPING
JUNE 23-26, 2016 41 Years and Still Pulling Strong! THURS. JUNE 23 – 7:00 PM
$22/show Age 7 & under FREE All Day ticket: $40 Season Ticket: $115
Unlimited • FWD Trucks Super Farm Semi Super Stock Diesel
2017 TRACTOR PULL DATES: JUNE 22-25 NO DRONES, OR SIMILAR DEVICES ALLOWED IN THE EVENT. 786587_4-27-16