VILAS COUNTY
NEWS-REVIEW EAGLE RIVER, WI 54521
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ARTARAMA 2012
(715) 479-4421 WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2012
Blues Fest set Saturday The 14th annual Joe Bucher Blues Fest is scheduled for this Saturday, July 28, at the St. Germain pavilion. This year’s blues fest will begin at 3 p.m. and will run until 10 p.m. Tickets cost $13 in advance and are available at several outlets, including Trig’s and WRJO radio. They will cost $15 at the door. The Joe Bucher Blues Fest will feature blues music and a smoked barbecue dinner. Guests will get an authentic taste of Memphis smoked ribs, butts, sausage, roasted corn and baked beans. “We also kick it up a notch by including hourly raffles and a silent auction,” said Bucher. Blues bands will entertain the crowd starting at 3 p.m., including Bucher’s own blues band, The TopRaiders, as well as other blues acts from around the area.
ART IN THE PARK — The 40th annual Artarama was held at Riverside Park in Eagle River Saturday, offering a variety of art for the thousands of visitors who strolled the grounds. Some of the scenes included: above, Ben Gober of Eagle River displays his original acrylic works in the Young at Art tent; below, Della Pleski works on one of her custom baskets made from antlers; bottom, Artarama shoppers head back to their vehicle with their purchases; bottom left, fest visitors and an exhibitor discuss his paintings; and left, Bruce Howard of Chicago displays one of his canvas prints from an original oil painting titled “North Woods Moments.” —Staff Photos By KURT KRUEGER and GARY RIDDERBUSCH
“Blues music can be very diverse. I try to mix it up a lot,” said Bucher. “It’s all blues, but it is played a lot of different ways.” All proceeds from the festival go toward the Northland Pines youth football and cheerleading organization. “Running a youth football program at any level costs money,” said Bucher, a longtime supporter of the program. “A tough economy and shrinking budgets don’t make the fundraising job any easier, yet this event brings the entire football community together. I’m very excited that we’re on one team now and this event supports our football program from the first day a kid suits up until he graduates from high school.” For more information on Joe Bucher Blues Fest, visit joebucher.com or call blues fest Chairman Andy Skarbeck at (715) 891-0248.
Conover Fire & Rescue plans 11th auto show Conover Volunteer Fire & Rescue and Emergency Medical Services will hold its 11th annual auto show this Sunday, July 29, at Conover Town Park, located on Highway K East. The show will begin at 9 a.m. and more than 30 trophies for the various class competitions will be awarded at 3 p.m. There will be many
classes offered for autos, trucks and motorcycles. The event also will include a craft show, farmers market and swap meet on the grounds. Space is available and vendors may register at the gate. Food and refreshments will be available. For additional information, call (715) 479-4928.
Grass drags, swap show planned this Saturday The Vintage Thunder Grass Drags, Snowmobile Show and Swap will return to Three Lakes this Saturday, July 28, at Don Burnside Park. New this year will be a radar run on grass for any sled that wants to run. The event is sponsored by Three Lakes Trails and Northern Lights Snowmobile Club and will be held on the site of the Summer World Championship races held in the late 1960s and early
1970s. Drag races will run on a newly improved four-lane, 320-foot track. Don Burnside Park is located on the west side of Three Lakes on Highway A. Race rules are available online at NVRS.com. The cost for the Swap Meet and Show is free, while $5 will be requested for a parking fee. For more information, contact Mark Kirby at (715) 8912928 or Jim Nykolayko at (715) 546-8372.
Reflections By Mary Friedel-Hunt
The wounded healer My niece is celebrating her 37th birthday today. I remember when she was born. It seems like yesterday. Today she is a lovely woman, a clinical social worker with many skills and a generous and caring heart. Like most of us, she has walked through her own pain and come out stronger and more compassionate for having done so. She, like many of us, is a wounded healer. The term wounded healer was originally coined by Carl Jung, whose colleague, Kerenyi, elucidated the archetype which refers to one who is willing to face, consciously experience, embrace, assent, and say “yes” to the mysteriously painful new place in themselves where a wound has led them. Going through a wound re-creates the wounded one. It teaches us something about ourselves and leads us to the realization that we will never again be the same when we get to the other side of the process. Going through our wound is a genuine death experience, as our old self “dies” in the process, while a new, more expansive and empowered part of ourselves is potentially born. Going through and embracing our wound as a part of ourselves is radically different than circumnavigating and avoiding it or getting stuck in it and endlessly, obsessively being taken over by our wound. (reali tysandwich.com) In short, if we truly accept, embrace and grow from those events that deeply wound us, we come out stronger and more able to help heal others who are wounded. As Robert Frost said so well, “The best way out is always through.” When we choose to allow our pain to foster inner growth, we become a wounded healer. As I have walked through this most recent and To FRIEDEL-HUNT, Pg. 2B