Forest & Lakes Monthly June 2018

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June 2018 Brule River Kayak and Canoe Rental

Continuing a Family Tradition on the Brule River!

Thank You, Dear Stranger

The first column in our volunteer series - a personal look at blood donation!

Adventures in Living with Maralene The Diving Bell & the Butterfly

Exploring Wisconsin with Mary Celebrate Summertime in Wisconsin!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

4 Brule River Canoe

Rental - Continuing a

5 Thank you, Dear

Family Tradition 03

Stranger-A Personal

look at Blood Donation

Hello and Welcome to June!

20Exploring Wisconsin

the Butterfly

10 Tech Talk - Hackers, Hackers, Everywhere

Town of Solon Springs Ad Page Pastors Corner with Pastor Phil 20 Exploring Wisconsin with Mary Motiff

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Nettles with Yulia

with Mary-Celebrating Summer !

The Bat Boy with John Weber

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For the Love of Art with Sara Balbin

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09 Natural Connections with Emily Stone 16

ing-The Diving Bell &

Monthly Columns and Business Listings

07 Advertiser’s Corner (p. 11, 12 13, 21) 08

6 Adventures in Liv-

Town and Local Events

Church Directory

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18 Regional and Community Notes & Events

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Food & Fun

June’s Sudoku Puzzle Recipe Corner - Fresh Spring Fav’s

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Author’s Corner - James Brakken June Crossword Puzzle

Forest & Lakes Column Contributors

Maralene Strom - Adventures in Living

Yulia Welk - Natural Living

Dr. Leo Carlson - Tech Talk

Bill Kokan - Car Care with Sparkey

Emily Stone - Natural Connections Emily is an author and the Naturalist/Education Director at the Cable Natural History Museum.

Mary Motiff - Explore Wisconsin

Maralene grew up in the northwoods of WI. She is a business consultant and author.

Leo is a member of the executive team at Norvado in Cable, WI, and a professor at Maranatha Baptist University.

Pastor’s Corner

The Pastor’s Corner is comprised of guest pastor’s from around our region.

Christie Carlson - Business

Christie Carlson lives in Drummond, WI with her husband, Leo, and 3 children, Emma, Isaac, and Noah.

Maureen Palmer - Redbery Book Corner

Maureen is the owner of Redbery Books in Cable, WI

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Yulia is the owner of Yulia’s Natural Skin Care products. She teaches classes about herbs, mushrooms, and natural living.

Yulia’s: www.yulias.net

Bill is the owner of Bills Garage in Drummond, WI. He has over 35 years of automotive maintenance and repair experience.

Mary Motiff is the Director of the Bayfield County Tourism department. She manages the Bayfield County Fair and serves on local boards including the Friends of the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center and Chequamegon Bay Chapter of the WI Alumni Association. Motiff lives in Washburn with her husband, 2 teenagers and 2 poodles.

John Weber - Outdoors

John Weber has lived in the Hayward area for over 35 years. He’s authored Hot toms and Saucy Hens, Tales from the Turkey Blind, Stray Shots, Tales from the Turkey Blind and Beyond, Bait Wars.

His latest novel, Past Indiscretions will be out next fall. Email: hottomsandcoldbeer@hotmail.com

Sara Balbin - For the Love of Art

Sara Balbin is the owner of Dragonfly Studio in Drummond, WI. She is also an art therapist and author.

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HELLO AND WELCOME

Hello and Welcome, Dear Reader!

I hope this edition finds you well and enjoying the beautiful spring/summer that is unfolding around us. I have been enjoying watching the leaves unfold around us, and seeing the forest come to life. I was driving home and pulled to the side of the road to watch a family of geese guide 5 newly hatched little ones down the middle of the road for a morning stroll. We’ve had the yearly bear in the garbage/eat the bird feeder days, and the hummingbirds are busy having turf wars over whose turn it is to stand on top of the feeder stand. What do I love the most about this time of year? It may be simple and silly to some, but I absolutely love the dandelion bouquets that my sons, Isaac and Noah, so lovingly pick for me. It’s such a simple gesture, yet one of love and care that every mother can appreciate.

This month’s featured business is Brule River Canoe Rental in Brule, WI. I had the opportunity to visit with Aaron Carlson about his family’s long history of sharing the beauty and uniqueness of the Brule River with locals and visitors alike to Northern Wisconsin. Whether you are an expert on the water, or have never put a foot in a canoe, there is a trip along the Brule river that is sure to fit your comfort level, and experience. Brule River Canoe Rental offers many opportunities to experience the river with a variety of kayak, canoe, and paddle boarding options. I hope you enjoy reading about the fun to be had along this local gem!

This month I am starting a series on volunteerism. Over the next few months, I’ll be visiting with local organizations and individuals, and sharing opportunities that allow us all opportunities to give back. We all have unique talents - something that gives us joy, something that fulfills us. For some, maybe its sharing a skill, for others, maybe it’s sports, cooking or quilting. It could be just coming alongside a neighbor and lending a hand or helping a friend in a way you know they could benefit from. You never know how your actions could be a blessing to those around you.

The first opportunity in our series is blood donation. June 14, 2018 is World Blood Donor Day. My reasoning for choosing blood donation is twofold. The first being, we all have blood, and we all need blood to live. Race, religion, socio-economic status, location – none of this matter when you are talking about blood donation. Blood is something that costs us nothing more than a bit of our time to donate, yet the impact is profound, and immediate. This brings me to my second reason for choosing blood donation to kick off our series. On April 28, 2015, at the age of 5, my son Isaac was diagnosed with leukemia – a blood cancer.

Over the past 3 years, we have seen firsthand the impact that blood donation has in the context of treating his cancer. Isaac has had over 20 blood and/or platelet transfusions. The last being just a week ago, in fact. I have watched my anemic, ghostly pale son’s ears, toes, fingers, and cheeks turn gloriously pink, as lifesaving blood from a stranger we will never meet, work to allow his cancer treatment to continue, and ultimately save his life. “Transfusion of blood and blood products helps save millions of lives every year. It can help patients suffering from life-threatening conditions live longer and with a higher quality of life and supports complex medical and surgical procedures. It also has an essential, life-saving role in maternal and child care and during the emergency response to manmade and natural disasters.” (www.who.org). So, with that, I’m going to introduce you to my son and share a bit of our experience, as well as resources where you too, can help save those, like Isaac, who have benefit from donated blood.

With that dear reader, I hope you enjoy this month’s edition. Until next time, Christie

Deadline for the July 2018 Edition: June 25th July Publication Dates: 07/06/18 - 08/03/2018

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Distribution Locations in Our Region

Cable: Cable Chamber Forest Lodge Library Redbery Books Cable Cafe Cable Natural History Museum Norvado Andry Rasmussen & Son’s King Realty Cable Lumber and Home

Iron River: Iron River Chamber White Winter Winery Lumbermen’s Inn Bayfield Electric Evelyn Goldberg Briggs Memorial Library Solon Springs: Merchantile KD’s Family Restaurant Higgins Lakeview Lodge The Little Gift House & Coffee Shop St. Croix Inn Franny’s Grocery Poplar: Poplar Hardware Mobile Convenience Store/Gas Village Market Gravel Pit Tavern

Barnes: Barnes Town Office Barnes Com. Church PJ’s Cabin Store Buck n Bass Resort Jim’s Bait

Seeley/S. Hwy 63: Calvary Baptist Church Sawmill Saloon Wayside Inn R Place Restaurant Drummond: Drummond Library Bear Country KD’s Bear Den Grand View: Choppers GrandView Food & Fuel Brule: Round Up North Brule Presbyterian The Kro Bar Twin Gables

Ashland: Great Lakes Visitors Center The Stove & Fireplace Works Vaugn Public Library Ashland Chamber Lake Nebagamon: Cenex/Midland Station Patti’s Dockside Imogene McGrath Memorial Library Sidelines Minong: Minong Town Office Minong Community Library

Submitted by: Kate Lawler Perry Kate Lawler Perry spent her summers in Gordon, WI. Her Great Grandparents, Grandparents, and Parents all have their roots in Gordon. Kate’s roots are deeply embedded in the area. Thusly, she was inspired to paint this “Chief Kabemabe’s Village” as it may have been pictured in the 1820’s. Kate has also completed several other paintings pertaining to the history of Gordon, including her “Great Grandfather’s Barn” which is still standing on the property once owned by her Great Grandparents. This painting now hangs in the Perry Dental office in Wabasha, MN. Another very popular painting by Kate is the “Tom and Jerry” painting that is pictured in several historical magazines and a soon to be book on Gordon, WI. Thank you, Kate, for sharing your wonderful talent with us!

Show our region through your eyes - Send your photos!

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Gordon: ICO Station McNamara’s Bar Y Go By Gordon Museum Buckhorn Hawthorne: The Covered Wagon

Hayward: Main Street Tacos Hole in the Wall Books Sherman and Ruth Weiss Library

Maple: Aroma’s Bistro Maple Hill Feed & Farm

Spooner: Spooner Mem. Library

Superior: KD’s Family Restaurant

Wascott: Shell Lake: Wascott Town Hall Shell Lake Public Library Stop A Sec Conv. Store www.forestandlakesmonthly.com

June Photo Credit - Chief Kabemabes Village Circa 1820

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BRULE RIVER CANOE RENTAL

Brule River Canoe Rental - Continuing a Family Tradition Submitted by Christie Carlson, Owner/Operator of Forest & Lakes Monthly Magazine

I had a great opportunity to visit with Aaron Carlson as he prepared to kick off the tourist season here in the Northwoods at Brule River Canoe Rental. I must confess, I have not taken the opportunity to canoe or kayak in any body of water. However, after visiting with Aaron, and seeing the beauty of the area and learning about the history of the Brule river, it will definitely be on our to do list this summer!

The Carlson Family began offering canoe tours as Brule Canoe Rental in 1962 with just one canoe. The business has grown over the years and now offers over 100 canoes, kayaks and stand up boards. With such a long history of helping others explore its unique beauty and history, Aaron and his family are no strangers to the Bois Brule River and the variety of fascinating information about it. My visit was a great opportunity to learn a lot of new facts I was unaware of. For instance, did you know that the Bois Brule River is spring fed, and offers a wide variety of fishing opportunities like rainbow, brook, and brown trout? Did you know that it flows 50 miles north into Lake Superior? Or that it is called the “River of Presidents” as it has been visited by 5 Presidents - Grant, Cleveland, Coolidge, Hoover, and Eisenhower? The river was also a main transportation route for the Chippewa Native Americans, fur traders, and French explorers.

The Brule river offers adventurers and novices alike a wonderful opportunity to experience the forest up close, and Brule River Canoe Rental’s focus is just that.

“Our goal is to introduce a unique recreation opportunity while showcasing the beauty and pristine environment of the Brule River. We work hard to emphasize customer service, safety, and, most importantly fun!”

(Aaron Carlson)

Over the course of the summer, Brule River Canoe Rental will serve between 6,000 – 10,000 customers. With more than 21 different trip options available to experience the river, ranging from beginner to advanced, you are sure to find an experience that is to your liking and skill level at Brule River Canoe Rental. Some trips are a few hours, while others span over 3 days. Showcasing 240 distinct rapids, the Brule river has an upper and lower section. The upper section lends itself to a more relaxed, slower paced experience, while the lower section offers over 80 exciting white-water class II and III rapids.

The four most popular trip options are the A1, A2, B1, and D2. The A1 trip runs from the Stones Bridge to Winneboujou and spans 12 miles over 4 hours. This is the easiest trip, and will take you by Cedar Island, a favorite stop of 5 US Presidents, which would ultimately give the river it’s nickname. Trip A2 runs from the Stones Bridge into the town of Brule. It is an extension of the A1 trip and offers class II rapids. It spans 16 miles over 6 hours. Trip B1 runs from Winneboujou into the town of Brule. It includes class II rapids and will take you past the DNR headquarters and campgrounds. It spans 4 miles over 1.5 hours and is great for kayaking or an afternoon canoe outing. Trip D2 runs from Pine Tree Landing to Highway 13 and spans 10 miles over 4 hours. This trip is labelled as the most challenging, as it offers class III rapids as well as the Lenroot and Mays Ledges.

It is recommended that you make reservations in advance, at the website – www.brulerivercanoerental.com, or by calling 715-372-4983.

Should you forget something, Brule River Canoe Rental also has a gift and supply shop that is fully stocked with often-forgotten items and necessities, as well as local artwork and creations.

So, if you are like me, and have never stepped foot in a kayak or canoe, or are an expert at riding the rapids, I would highly recommend stopping

by Brule River Canoe Rental. With their wealth of knowledge and expertise, and friendly and welcoming demeanor, I am certain that Aaron and everyone at Brule River Canoe Rental will make you feel right at home as you experience this hidden gem of the Brule River State Forest.

For more information about Brule River Canoe Rental, please visit their website at www. Bruleriverccanoerental.com, or call 715-372-4983. You can also email them at info@brulerivercanoerental.com.

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VOLUNTEERISM - BLOOD DONATION

Thank You, Dear Stranger.

Submitted by Christie Carlson, Owner/Operator of Forest & Lakes Monthly

Dear Stranger, I’ll never meet you, but you saved my son, Isaac’s, (we call him Isa) life again today. We’ve been fighting leukemia for the past 3 years. Over the course of that time, our little boy has had over 20 blood and platelet transfusions. Your time and donation have made it possible for Isa, who is going to be 9 in August, to survive the many phases of harsh chemo poured into his body – every day for the past three years. The chemo that has caused his hair to fall out 3 different times. The chemo that has caused his body to weaken. The chemo that destroys both good and bad cells, including red blood cells and platelets. The chemo that has made your blood donation literally lifesaving.

I’ve watched your blood flow into my son many times, a stranger’s blood, going right through the port in his chest, and into his heart, and all around his body. I see it fill his ghostly white fingers, toes, ears, and cheeks with rich pink color again. I see it relax his labored breathing (you see, red blood cells carry oxygen around the body). I see it give him energy that had since drained. We’ve come to call donor blood super juice, because for a little while afterward, he is his old self again, full of wild energy, rather than feeling just “ok”.

You see Dear Stranger, without you, Isaac’s treatments would have been stalled, or halted altogether. When hemoglobin and platelet counts are low, chemo can’t be given, and we must wait for his body to recover on its own. Your donation was vital in keeping his body strong enough for him to keep fighting. Your donation was vital in helping his body recover from the effects of the chemo that would kill the cancer flowing throughout his body. Leukemia is after all a blood cancer. Your donation was vital to keeping this little boy alive through nearly three and a half years of treatment.

I know we will never meet Dear Stranger, but with all my heart I thank you. You have saved my son’s life – time and again. We are forever grateful to you. Though we may never meet, and you may never hear our sincerest gratitude expressed in words, please know that your gift of blood donation was the best gift you could have given us. Why? Because our son is alive today. Because Isa only has 2.5 more months of treatment left. Because you made it possible for a little boy to overcome cancer.

Though it will never be enough, Dear Stranger, Thank you.

-Christie (Isa’s Mommy) Did you know that every 2 seconds someone in America needs blood?

Did you know that one blood donation can potentially save 3 lives? (Americanredcross.org).

Our family has been blessed by blood donation, and that is why I chose to share our experience. We’ve seen it save lives, particularly our 8 year old son, Isaac (Isa). He was diagnosed with leukemia on April 28, 2015, and donated blood has become just as common to his overcoming cancer as the chemo itself. But, without it, our journey would have been much more difficult.

This was why I chose to feature blood donation as the first in the volunteerism series. Blood is a common denominator, an equalizer of sorts. It sees no color, race, religion, or politic. It is life, and it is life giving, pure and simple. It is something that we all have, and it is something that we all can give. It takes very little time, and the impact is profound and immediate. That, honestly, is putting it lightly.

I know that there are some that simply can not donate blood due to health or religious reasons. However, there are ways you can help. You can sponsor a blood drive, make baked goods for those that donate, or volunteer at the registration table to assist those that come in to donate.

If you would like to sponsor a blood drive, or donate blood, you can find more information at the American Red Cross’ website – www.redcrossblood.org or by calling 800-RED-CROSS. www.forestandlakesmonthly.com

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ADVENTURES IN LIVING - THE DIVING BELL & THE BUTTERFLY

Adventures in Living - The Diving Bell & The Butterfly Submitted by Maralene Strom. Maralene C Strom is a freelance writer, photographer, consultant.

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Sometime ago I watched a remarkable piece about a movie called “The Diving Bell & The Butterfly” based on the book by the same name written

by Jean-Dominique Bauby. The film received a Golden Globe and was nominated for the Oscar in Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Cinematography It also won the Best Director award at 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

Jean-Dominique-Bauby wrote the book based on his own experience. Bauby, managing editor of Elle magazine in Paris, suffered a stroke at age 43 which subsequently resulted in living his life with locked-in syndrome. Totally paralyzed except for the ability to blink his left eye, he blinked the letters to every word in the book to an editor from the publishing house.

It seemed imperative to read the book before allowing myself to watch the movie. I wanted to see each word on the page with the full awareness of each blink of his eye to tell the story I was reading. The book has 131 pages informing the readers of Bauby’s life held within the symbolism of a diving bell and how his world looks from the confinement of lock-in syndrome.

He says in the prologue, “My heels hurt, my head weighs a ton, and something like a giant diving bell holds my whole-body prisoner.” Later he describes, “My diving bell becomes less oppressive, and my mind takes flight like a butterfly…You can wander off in space or in time…”

Photo Courtesy of www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Dominique_

Bauby takes the reader into the caverns of his experience with poignant grace and cutting Bauby realism of a world we, who take life with all our faculties, for granted. He gives us a glimpse of how helpless a human can become despite a brain that is acutely aware but misunderstood by those around him. The carelessness of medical providers carrying out their duties, without regard to his cognizance with their off-handed conversations, made me nearly lose consciousness from fear wondering if it were me laying in that bed. He describes how miserable he was from burning sensations in his limbs or pain from careless handling when he was transferred or turned in his bed.

He calls his speech therapist his guardian angel. The speech therapist that recognized there had to be a way to bring Bauby out of complete isolation with a communication tool. He says, “She is the one who set up the communication code without which I would be cut off from the world.”

He laments however, that only two members of the hospital personnel bothered to learn to use the code thereby cutting off direct communication to ask for simple things like lowering the volume of the television or shut off the dripping faucet.

Reading this book, I felt a certain dread of what would happen to me if unexpectedly I would be confronted with a physical disaster which cut off my ability to communicate. It reminded me of my mother after her stroke and her stay in a rehab hospital. My sister walked into her room and found her on the floor beside her bed. With tears flowing from my mother’s eyes and anger in confused word syllables, my sister, helped my mother back into her bed. With great patience she was able to get the story from our partially paralyzed, aphasic mother who also was a nurse.

She had tried to get the nurse to help her for toileting, and the nurse did not bother to stay.

Bauby described his experience with professionals this way, “As the weeks go by, this forced solitude has allowed me to acquire a certain stoicism and to realize that the hospital staff are two kinds: the majority, who would not dream of leaving the room without first attempting to decipher my SOS messages: and the less conscientious minority, who make their getaway pretending not to notice my distress signals.

His relationship with the speech therapist and the transcriber of his book are depicted with great respect and an avenue where he is heard. He wonders about the ophthalmologist who appears with a curtness and detachment as if he is working on a non-person as he sews Bauby’s right eyelid shut without explanation. Bauby wonders how a man who peers into people’s eyes daily has not the depth of perception to see the terror in their eyes.

The doctor announces “six months” as if a sentence for the offending eye and neglects to answer the signals emitted from Bauby for more information. He writes, “I wondered whether the hospital employed such an ungracious character deliberately—to serve as a focal point for the veiled mistrust the medical profession always arouses in long-term patients.”

The tragedy of humankind is the assumptions people make when someone is severely disabled. People tend to talk in their presence as if they do not know what is being said. Assumptions are made because the communication has stilled, so must be their minds. I learned from my mother to remember that no matter what state of consciousness a person was in to never assume they did not hear what people said around them.

Bauby describes overhearing some gossipers “as greedy as vultures who have just discovered a disemboweled antelope. Did you know that Bauby is now a total vegetable? The tone of voice left no doubt that I belonged on a vegetable stall and not to the human race…I would have to rely on myself if I wanted to prove that my IQ was higher than a turnips.”

Bauby’s book is a must read for medical professionals, caregivers, family, and onlookers who detach themselves with a sense they know what is going on within the active mind of someone who cannot easily speak if speak at all. This book is a sharp reminder that there but by the grace of God could we become locked-into a diving bell with only those flights of the butterfly to take us out of the reality of confinement. It should shake us to the core of our compassion to take no one for granted that they feel, hear, and are affected by the touch and actions of those who are caregivers. ©Maralene C Strom (June 2018) Forest & Lakes Monthly June 2018 p. 6

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NETTLES WITH YULIA

Nettles

Submitted by Yulia Welk of Yulia’s Natural Skincare. Yulia Welk lives in Cable, WI. Check out her website at: www.yulias.net or call 715-798-3175

Stinging nettle Why does it sting? Is it to protect itself from herbivores, or may be to serve humans?

Right now (before blooming actually) is a perfect time to collect nettles. When I pick them barehanded, I don’t mind an occasional sting, it feels good, it feels medicinal. In fact, some people use the “urtication” method, when they deliberately whip themselves with nettle plant to achieve therapeutic effects. The blood circulation increases and becomes more efficient. Stagnation goes away and toxins get cleaned out faster. It is especially great for joints, backs and numb muscles.

So, what exactly stings?

The stem and underside of the leaves are covered in tiny long sharp, hollow hairs, or silica needles (they are made of glass for real). When you brush against them, they break, pierce thin clothing or skin and inject the juice. The juice is primarily formic acid (the same that ants have, lemony flavored), histamines and B4 vitamin.

It can cause temporary irritation and is generally very safe. On very rare occasions some people show allergic reactions.

How to safely collect nettles If you are new to nettles, I would recommend using cloth or leather gloves for collecting. I cut the stem off and use the whole thing for eating.

My favorite way to prepare them this year is to heat up some olive oil, and throw nettle bunches in to a pan, stir fry for couple minutes stirring.

The sting goes away, the leaves brown and toast. Those things taste amazing! You can eat them straight, as a side dish, wrap them in tortilla with scrambled egg, cooked hamburger, and cheese.

Why is it a good idea to eat nettles?

Nettles have a long tradition of use as food and nutrition. Every spring my mom and I collected nettles for soup. We just mixed onions, carrots, potatoes, boiled egg and nettles. Delicious! Full of chlorophyll, they build up and cleanse your blood, enriching it with vitamins A, C, iron, potassium, calcium and manganese. If you have low blood iron, try nettle tea. In 2-3 weeks and you will have more energy. In Ancient Greece they were used on sores and cuts, helping them to heal quicker. Julius Caesar’s soldiers whipped each other with nettles for warming up. Nettle wine is made in England, and they even have a competition on who will eat the most of raw nettles. Those British are so tough!

Drink your tea!

Nettles work with metabolic disorders, when metabolism is mixed up, in cases of allergies, arthritis and gout. It is my favorite for seasonal allergies. Some years ago I was drinking nettle tea for three weeks or so and was very surprised when a kidney stone came out! I did not even know I had a kidney stone (all that hard city water in Russia while growing up!) This kidneys’ friend is also blood cleansing, restoring and nourishing (eczema cases).

Sauna nettle massage Nettles are used in saunas, where the bundle whips the body parts. We have a saying in Russia, “you come out of the sauna, and you are newly born again”! Well, nettles will really clean your skin and blood. Interestingly, if a person gets red skin and itches from this massage, he/she needs more vitamins. If not, the balance of vitamins is OK. Nettles for hair I make nettle bar shampoo, because the nettles are excellent for hair due to their high silica content. You can just brew up some tea from your patch and rinse your hair. I know this one Russian girl with amazingly long, thick hair – to her ankles! Twice a week for years her mom was rinsing her hair with nettles and burdock. If you have any trouble with hair health or hair loss, give the nettles a try (inside and out)!

Nettle folklore Growing up in Russia we dared and pushed each other in to the nettle patch for a “swim”. My boys sting their hands and watch the blisters raise on the skin. In Germany the phrase “to sit in nettles” means to get into trouble. In France they say: “Do not push grandma into the nettles” if you don’t want to make matters worse. People have wrapped meat and fish in nettle leaves for successful food preservation. In England this one kind of cheese is wrapped in nettle leaves to achieve a special flavor and cheese aging process.

Green eggs and ham for real?

People have been feeding their cows, goats, pigs and chickens the dried nettles. They are up to 25% protein, very nutritious and similar to alfalfa hay. If you feed your laying hens enough nettles (6.5 grams per 2 pounds of feed), they say it is possible to achieve GREEN egg yolk.

Where would you find this green magic?

It likes areas of high fertility with disturbed (walked on or tilled) soil, rich in nitrogen and phosphate. A little wetness is good, also look for it on the edge of the forest or field or in the meadows.

Textile For 2000 years humans have made bags, clothes, ship sails, rugs and ropes with nettle fiber. It is very similar to flax, but smoother. Nowadays you can order nettle fabric or yarn on Etsy. In Russia they are selling nettle socks and people swear their feet and legs don’t ache...

G.H. Andersen wrote an inspiring story called Wild Swans, where this girl needs to save her 11 brothers from the evil witch by knitting 11 sweaters from the stinging nettle fibers.

Germans at one point in WWI switched to nettle fiber for their uniforms, because of lack of cotton at the time. Nettles grow wild and are prolific in any weather and don’t require pesticides like cotton. May be just a thought for the future?

If you would like to try working with it, search online for Nettles for Textiles and you will find great videos on how to process this weed to get to the yarn stage. By the way, the roots are used as a yellow dye, and leaves as a green. Sometimes I dye my eggs green for Easter using strong nettle solution with a little vinegar.

Some butterflies use nettles for food. Red Admiral and beautiful Peacock eyes. The latter one, I only spotted in Russia, it is so beautiful.

Yulia lives in Cable, WI and has been teaching about herbs and natural living for 8 years. You can contact her at 715-7983175 or on her website: www.yulias.net Forest & Lakes Monthly June 2018 p. 8

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NATURAL CONNECTIONS

Natural Connections - Tide Pools

Submitted by Emily Stone, a Naturalist/Education Director at the Cable Natural History Museum

I took the scenic route along the coast from Anacortes, Washington, up to my friends’ house in Bellingham. Even though I’d just returned to the mainland from a couple days on Orcas Island, every glimpse of ocean through the trees was thrilling. With so many deep green islands dotting the sparkling blue, the view felt strangely similar to my beloved Boundary Waters—on a much larger scale. I’d enjoyed being out on the ferry, too, weaving among the San Juan Islands in a grander version of navigating the granite knobs of Saganaga Lake.

Photo by Emily Stone.

So much of this landscape feels familiar—but with a twist. Western species of hemlocks, firs, and cedars are much bigger than their Midwestern cousins. The towhees who call among those trees have prominent white wing spots, and the Pacific wrens—only recently recognized as a separate species from winter wrens—sing such a rapid-fire steam of notes that I couldn’t pretend to tell the two apart. The Pacific starflowers who glow in the understory are rounder and pinker than their cousins who are probably blooming along my Wisconsin driveway without me.

My excitement at seeing all of these sort-of-familiar species may seem odd, but their friendly faces provide stabilizing anchors as I navigate new trails and recover from driving new freeways. Plus, when viewed from a certain angle, they are thrilling testaments to the steady march of evolution, adaptation, and the connectedness of life. It’s no accident that they look alike, and there are probably good reasons for them to be slightly different.

One scenic pullout along the Chuckanut Drive seemed especially promising, with dirt paths disappearing over the steep bank. A young man with a dog on a leash bounded up out of the woods, exuberant about the beautiful, sunny weather. “Where does this trail go?” I asked. “To the beach!” he responded, so I set out through the forest in the direction he’d come from.

The trail soon became a bit of a bushwhack among lush thickets of sword fern and the holly-like leaves of Oregon grape. Finally, through the cedar boughs, I spotted the ocean. From deep shade I entered bright sun on a stretch of beach intersected by toes of bedrock and strewn with giant boulders. After taking in the view of misty islands and blue waves, a sliver of bright purple shell in the wrack line caught my eye. The little ridge of debris pushed up by waves is an important resource for scavengers, and I scanned it for interesting bits, too. The bright reddish-purple shell of a shore crab contrasted brilliantly with a heap of vivid green seaweed. It wasn’t food for my belly, but nourishment for my eyes.

Soon I saw an odd pattern of sunken circles in the sand. Puzzling for a second, a half-formed thought nudged me to look around. Anemones! Of course! A flood of memories from teaching at an outdoor school in California washed over me. I’d stumbled on tidepools. This zone of constant flux is no day at the beach for the critters who must adapt to the see-saw of wet-dry, dark-light, warm-cold, and more or less saline conditions.

Those who have adapted to this environment are amazing.

Aggregating anemones, for instance, grow in colonies of genetically identical clones. They can reproduce asexually through binary fission, and over time one anemone can generate a carpet of replicas. The light green skin on the soft plop of their bodies is tinted by symbiotic algae who provide sugars and oxygen in return for carbon dioxide and a safe place in the sun. The algae also create sunscreen to protect them both from excess rays. Pink tentacles waving in the center of a submerged anemone shoot deadly, harpoon-like nematocyst cells at small fish, snails or crabs.

The exposed anemones had pulled their tentacles in and covered themselves with sand and shells to help prevent desiccation. Higher up, in a bowl in one of the rocks, I found a true tidepool bustling with waving anemones and other life.

From my perch above, I watched as an entire colony of fingertip-sized acorn barnacles licked the water in unison. Not tongues, but feathery legs ducked in and out of shells to sweep the mini currents for plankton and detritus.

In the aquatic jungle, bushes of algae rustled with the action of crabs. Small snails crept over every surface. . . but not all of them were truly snails. After watching for several minutes I couldn’t resist. Scooping gently, I captured one of the dark, twisted shells in the palm of my hand.

After just a second of hesitation, the cream and tan-striped legs and black-tipped eyestalks of a tiny hermit crab emerged. He righted himself, scuttled sideways, rolled again, and got back up. With soft, twisted bodies, hermit crabs need the protection of a borrowed shell to survive.

The tide was returning by then, creeping up over the beds of anemones and pushing the wrack line higher. I giggled at the clown in my hand before putting him back and scrambling up to the forest. This juxtaposition of semi-familiar and completely peculiar is what makes travel so fun.

Next stop: ALASKA! Emily is on her way to Alaska for the summer! Follow the journey in this column, and at her blog: http://cablemuseum.org/connect/. For 50 years, the Cable Natural History Museum has served to connect you to the Northwoods. Come visit us in Cable, WI! Our new exhibit: “Bee Amazed!” is open.

Annual Country Store and Thrift Shop Sale June 21st Submitted by Diana Randolph on behalf of the UCC Church in Cable, WI

The public is invited to attend the annual Country Store and 2nd Chapter Thrift Shop sale at Cable United Church of Christ on Thursday, June 21,2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. There will be homemade crafts, jam, a bake sale, and a garage sale. This event will also feature a salad bar luncheon with bread, dessert and a beverage served from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for a ten-dollar fee. Take-outs will be available.

Cable UCC is located at 13445 County Highway M in downtown Cable. For more information, please phone 715-798-3066. (Photo Courtesy of Carol Elliker) www.forestandlakesmonthly.com

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TECH TALK

Tech Talk - Hackers, Hackers, Everywhere!

Submitted by Dr. Leo Carlson, Business & Technology Director at Norvado

Last month the US Department of Homeland Security, FBI, the UK’s National Cyber Security Center, and researchers from Cisco, released a very scary press release about a certain kind of Malware that infected home and small office routers. This was made even more scary by the fact that Russian hackers were specifically implicated this attack. (It is fascinating to me that the term “Russian Hackers” somehow makes this terrifically scary bit of malware even more terrifying.)

Some of you might be asking, what makes one more piece of malware so scary? Why are we making such a big deal out of this one? Is it just because it was used by “Russian” hackers that makes this so important? Well… I am glad you asked!

Malware in general should not be taken lightly but this little beauty, dubbed VPNFilter, is really an interesting piece of work. In my opinion it is much more serious than traditional malware because it specifically affects routers and not the PC like a typical virus or malware would. This is important to note because most of us run virus protection on our PCs but routers typically do not have that kind of protection. A router usually has a direct connection to the Internet and often acts as the firewall for PCs and devices inside the home. Remember that in previous Tech Talk articles we talked about hacking, viruses, and malware, being driven by money? Consider this, a router, touches every device in the home that connects to the internet. This means that a compromised router can gather and send all kinds of personal information to the attacker and that makes it a very high value target for hackers and malware designers.

So, what can be done about this nifty bit of malware? The security release suggests a couple of good things to do. The first is to reboot your router. VPNFilter is a three-stage malware, the first stage is the infection. Once your router is infected, it reaches out to servers controlled by the hackers and initiates stage 2 and 3. Rebooting your router, disconnects and clears the cache. This will disrupt stage 1 but if stage 2 or 3 have been initiated, this will not help, at least, not for long. The other recommendations, updating your router firmware and changing your default passwords will have a similar affect. In short, if you have been infected, you should undoubtedly follow the recommendations but there is no guarantee that a stage 2 or 3 infection will be fixed or even slowed down by these actions. If you are completely certain that you are infected and you have followed the recommendations but are still not feeling good about it, replace your router with a model that is not listed in the security bulletin.

I hate leaving you all with such an open ended and frankly, weak solution but the research into VPNFilter is on-going and when I hear more I will be sure to post an update in a future Tech Talk article.

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PASTOR’S CORNER

The Beatitudes - “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness” Submitted by Pastor Phil Markel of Calvary Baptist Church of Hayward, WI

Eating and drinking are two natural human desires that everyone enjoys. When anyone is left without food and water for an extended period of time, it can become a most distressing situation. As is the case of those shipwrecked and doomed to wander for weeks over burning sands, with scarecely any food or drink. The most important need in their lives is something to eat and drink. An ardent desire for anything is often represented in the Scripture by hunger and thirst. Isaiah 55:1-2 (NKJV) states, Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat.

Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price.

Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy?

Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance.

Jesus Christ came that we “might have life, and...have it more abundantly. (John 10:10) The Lord is the only One who can fulfill your spiritual desire. Are you longing for the blessings of pardon from sin and peace with God? The Savior promises to satifsfy your every need.

The Bible says in John 6:35, “I am the Bread of Life; he that comes to Me shall never hunger; and he that believes on Me shall never thirst.” Yes, once you receive Jesus Christ into your heart, (See John 1:12, and Romans 10:9-13), then the Lord will satisfy your every need, as a hungry man is when supplied with food, or a thirsty soul when given water.

Remember, C.H. Spurgeon once said, “God’s inexhaustible fullness is treasured up where all the needy may reach it - in Christ.”

Pastor Phil Markel is the Senior Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church at 13713 W Thannum Fire Lane, Hayward, WI. Worship times are 10:00am Sundays, and 6:30pm on Wednesdays. Nursery and youth groups are available. We would love to have you join us. Everyone is welcome!

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June 2018 Bible Reading Schedule June 1 - 2 Chronicles 1-3, John 12: 1-19 June 2 - 2 Chronicles 4-6, John 12: 20-50 June 3 - 2 Chronicles 7-9, John 13:1-17 June 4 - 2 Chronicles 10-12, John 13:18-38 June 5 - 2 Chronicles 13-16, John 14 June 6 - 2 Chronicles 17-19, John 15 June 7 - 2 Chronicles 20-22, John 16:1-15 June 8 - 2 Chronicles 23-25, John 16:16-33 June 9 - 2 Chronicles 26-28, John 17 June 10 - 2 Chronicles 29-31, John 18:1-23 June 11 - 2 Chronicles 32-33, John 18:24-40 June 12 - 2 Chronicles 34-36, John 19:1-22 June 13 - Ezra 1-2, John 19:23-42 June 14 - Ezra 3-5, John 20 June 15 - Ezra 6-8, John 21 June 16 - Ezra 9-10, Acts 1 June 17 - Nehemiah 1-3, Acts 2:1-13 June 18 - Nehemiah 4-6, Acts 2:14-47 June 19 - Nehemiah 7-8, Acts 3 June 20 - Nehemiah 9-11, Acts 4:1-22 June 21 - Nehemiah 12-13, Acts 4:23-37 June 22 - Esther 1-3, Acts 5:1-16 June 23 - Esther 4-6, Acts 5:17-42 June 24 - Esther 7-10, Acts 6 June 25 - Job 1-3, Acts 7:1-19 June 26 - Job 4-6, Acts 7:20-43 June 27 - Job 7-9, Acts 7:44-60 June 28 - Job 10-12, Acts 8:1-25 June 29 - Job 13-15, Acts 8:26-40 June 30 - Job 16-18, Acts 9:1-22

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CHURCH DIRECTORY

Local Church Directory St. Ann’s Catholic Church

Country Peace Presbyterian Church

Trinity Lutheran Chapel

Gordon First Presbyterian

Brule Presbyterian Church

Living Hope Community Church

Solon Springs First Presbyterian

Lake Nebagamon First Presbyterian

St. Anthony Catholic Church

Rev Richard Blood 6880 S. 1st Avenue W. Lake Nebagamon, WI Rev. Blood: 218-343-4850 Leslie Anderson (Lay Preacher) 715-790-1863

Fr. Andrew Ricci Pastor, Fr. Adam Laski Parochial Vicar 11648 E Cty Rd B Lake Nebagamon, WI Office 715-374-3570

Calvary Baptist Church

Barnes Community Church

Cable United Church of Christ

First Lutheran Church

Hayward Wesleyan Church

Mission Covenant Church

Joel Bacon, Senior Pastor 10655 Nyman Ave, Hayward, WI 54843 Church Office: 715- 634-4613

Rev. Darrell Nelson 5161 South County Road P, Poplar, WI 64864 Church Office: 715-364-2738

Trinity Lutheran Church

Bethany Baptist Church Pastor John Dudley

St. Paul’s United Church of Christ Delta Rev. Phil Milam 61190 Pike River Rd. Mason, WI Phone 262-470-0736

The Oaks Community Church

Our Saviors Lutheran Church

14695 County Hwy N Drummond, WI 54832 Church Office: 715-739-6344

Rev. Jason Clifton 11405 51st Street, Solon Springs, WI 54873 Church Office: 715-378-2252

St. Mary’s Catholic Church

The River Wesleyan Church N13205 Rice Lake Road Minong, WI 54859 Phone: 715-466-2844

New Hope Lutheran Church Pastor Jeff Vesta Home Phone: 715-939-1367 Church Phone: 715-466-4112 801 Houston Ave, Minong, WI 54859 Calvary Lutheran Church 675 Shell Creed Road Minong, WI, 54859 Phone: 715-466-2366

St. Pius Catholic Church

St. Anthony Catholic Church 9718 County Rd Y Gordon, WI 54838 Phone: 715-378-4431

If you would like your church information featured in our directory, please contact Christie at 715-798-3572 or via email at ccarlson@cheqnet.net

Father Gerald Willger 13645 County Highway M, Cable, WI 54821 Church Office: 715-798-3855 (Cable) 715-634-2867 (Hayward) Rev Richard Blood 14465 S. Antoine Circle, Gordon, WI 54838 Rev. Blood: 218-343-4850 Leslie Anderson 715-790-1863 Rev Richard Blood 9243 E. Evergreen Solon Springs, WI 54873 Rev. Blood: 218-343-4850 Leslie Anderson 715-790-1863 Phil Markel, Pastor 13713 W Thannum Fire Lane Hayward, WI Church Office: 715-934-5000 Home: 715-634-0506 10680 Main St, Hayward, WI Church Office: 715-634-2141 Website: www.firstlutheranhaywardwi.org Pastor Mark D. Triplett 10576 Gresylon Dr, Hayward, WI 54843 Church office: (715) 634-2260

506 Main Street Minong, WI 54859 Phone: 715-378-4431

11651 Business Hwy 53 Solon Springs, WI 54873 Phone: 715-378-4431

Rev Richard Blood 4694 S. County Rd. A Superior, WI 54880 Rev. Blood: 218-343-4850 Leslie Anderson 715-790-1863 Rev Richard Blood 5810 S. Country Rd. H Brule, WI 54820 Rev. Blood: 218-343-4850 Leslie Anderson 715-790-1863

Reverend Jon Hartman, Pastor 3200 County Rd. N Barnes, WI 54873 Church Office: 715 795 2195

21020 Co Hwy E, Mason, WI 54856 Church Office: 715-746-2442

Pastor Arleigh vonSeggern 13520 Spruce Street, Cable, WI 54821 Church Office: 715-798-3417

43170 Highway 63, Cable, WI 54821 Church Office: 715-798-3712 Rev. Ken Cluck

Rev. Phil Milam 13445 County Highway M Cable, WI 54821 Church office: 715-798-3066 Home: 262-470-0736

Whispering Pines EFC Pastor Tom Lindberg

7523 S County Rd E

Hawthorne, WI Phone: 715-372-5037

Hope Lutheran Church Pastor Scott Stai 2500 County Hwy B Brule, WI 54820 Phone: 715-372-4780 Website: www.hopeinoulu.org

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AUTHOR’S CORNER - JAMES BRAKKEN

Midnight Marksmen

Submitted by James Brakken, 1st place winner of the 2014 Wisconsin Writers Association Jade Ring Award.

This tale is from James Brakken’s The Moose & Wilbur P. Dilby plus 36 Fairly True Tales from Up North, stories based on actual events from “way back when.” Brakken’s 2018 book is Billyboy, the Corner Bar Bear plus 36 Fairly True Tales from Up North. Both short story collections are available at BadgerValley.com and preferred local outlets.

Midnight Marksmen ©2018 James A. Brakken I think it happened late at night on the opening day of deer season sometime back in the fifties.

Although any writer worthy of the lead in his pencil will tell you it is a mistake to begin with such a sentence, I’ll risk it, knowing it will help set the scene. The scene, by the way, is the Corner Bar, a block from downtown Cable, Wisconsin, population 198 back then.

Notice I chose the term, “downtown.” The few who lived on the south side used “uptown” when referring to the village center. North side folks called it “downtown.” Whether you chose to go uptown or downtown, you knew you wouldn’t be long, as the whole of either consisted of a gas station, a drugstore, two taverns, and a general store. Oh, yes, and the school, closed for Thanksgiving vacation. Or deer season. Your choice.

This was our quiet, downtown or uptown. Again, your choice.

The Corner Bar’s owner, Harvey Wilkes, tended bar that night. The only others in the tavern, Sonny Petersen and Willie Forsythe, crowded the Jungers oil heater after a long day in the woods. Neither had seen a deer and both spent the night drinking beer and making plans for day two of the season.

“Say, fellas,” Harvey said as he wiped down the bar, “all your plotting and planning won’t be worth a plug nickel if you don’t get some sleep.”

“Ain’t tired,” mumbled Sonny. “’Sides, sunup don’t come till ’bout seven. Right Willie?”

“Two more beers, Harv. Three, if you’ll join us.”

“Thanks, Willie, but no thanks. I’m taking tomorrow off to do some hunting, myself.”

“That don’t mean you can’t be sociable. Have one.”

“All right. But just one.”

That brief conversation led to several more bottles and a boisterous discussion about the pride and joy of each of the three men.

Now, during trout season, that pride and joy would be a fly rod. Mid-summer? A baseball mitt. Tip-ups took the honors during the winter. But, this being hunting season, the men spoke of their deer rifles.

“Dang it, Willie,” said Harvey, “don’t you try tellin’ me that your .32 Winchester Special is any better than my ought-six. Why, I can shoot the fleas off of your dog at a hundred yards.”

“Neither of you can tell soap from Shinola,” said Sonny. “Nothin’s better than a .30-30 for deer. I bet I shot more bucks with …”

“My .32 will outshoot both of your gol-dang rifles. I’ll put money on it.”

Now, anyone who has spent time in a tavern knows those last five words, “I’ll put money on it,” bump the discussion up to a higher level. This time, the words came from Willie. And, sure enough, three five-spots soon lay on the bar.

“How we gonna do this?” asked Sonny. “I ain’t wastin’ my deer-huntin’ time tomorrow just to show you dumbbells how to shoot.”

“Tomorrow? Heck no,” blurted Harvey. “We’re gonna settle this right now.”

“Tonight?”

“Tonight!”

“How?” “We’ll shoot right off the front steps of my tavern.”

“At what?” asked Sonny.

Harvey pointed outside. “That light.”

“The downtown streetlight?”

Willie grinned. “Uptown.”

“Uptown, downtown, we can’t be shootin’ out streetlights,” said Sonny.

“Just one,” Harvey replied. “That one. Over by the drug store.”

“Okay,” said Sonny. “He who puts it out, takes the pot. Let’s draw straws to see who goes first.”

The concrete steps of the Corner Bar curved around the north end of the building, making a fine platform for the midnight marksmen. A blinding flash and the crack from Sonny’s .30-30 split the silence of the night and reverberated off buildings. The streetlight, some 200 yards away, stayed lit. Next, the report from Willie’s .32 Special sounded about the same and brought him the same disappointment. But the flash and blast of Harvey’s .30-06 was something to behold, shaking the windows of the bar and echoing off the hills. Several windows lit up around town.

Round two came next.

Sonny raised his rifle. The hammer clicked back. He squeezed the trigger, taking a chunk of wood out of the power pole two feet under the lamp.

Seeing this, Willie aimed high and missed again. Harvey did the same. More windows lit up around town.

Round three and four only served to light up a few more homes and fill the air with the odor of burnt gunpowder.

Sonny raised his rifle to start round five. “All right, fellas, say so-long to our friendly nightlight.” With that, he squeezed the trigger bringing another crack from his rifle. The globe shattered, glass falling to the street below, but the bulb stayed lit. “Got it! Pot’s mine.”

“Not so fast, Sonny boy,” said Harvey. “Rules say you gotta put the light out.”

“Who said?”

“You did!”

“Oh, ya. Guess I did. Close, though.”

“Not close enough. You missed the bulb. All you did is clear the way for me.”

Three more rounds brought nothing but noise and gunsmoke.

Then, in round nine, the light finally went dark and the three mighty marksmen stumbled back into the bar for a nightcap.

And that would end of our story, if not for three details: First, nobody around town learned which sharpshooter pocketed the fifteen-dollar-pot. It seems the shooters swore an oath of secrecy when they realized the winner would probably have to pay for the damages.

Second, Harvey never did make it out to the woods the next day. He overslept, then had a flat after his tire picked up some glass when he drove past the drugstore.

The third detail? Sonny Petersen had a buck come past on the run. His first shot missed. So did his second and third. Suddenly, a second buck, a dandy ten-point, crashed through the brush behind the first. It stopped broadside, not thirty yards away. Sonny raised his .30-30, took close aim and squeezed the trigger. Click. And the buck walked away.

Out of shells, Sonny headed downtown for more. Or uptown. Your choice.

Award-winning Bayfield County author, James Brakken, writes fact-based, historical fiction set in northwestern Wisconsin. To see all nine of his books and several he has published for other authors, visit BadgerValley.com where books ship free. www.forestandlakesmonthly.com

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COMMUNITY NOTES & EVENTS

Community Notes, News, & Events for June 2018

Add your event or announcement to our directory! Email Christie at ccarlson@cheqnet.net Northwestern HS Reunion

The Northwestern High School reuntion for classes 1950-1958 will be held on July 21, 2018 at the Norwood Golf Course in Lake Nebagamon from 5:00pm - 9:00pm.

For information, please call Mary Anne Gronquist at 715-398-5493

UFO Craft Meeting

Meetings are held at the Barnes Town Hall on the 2nd and 4th Monday. Please contact Judy at 715-795-3247 for details.

Barnes Book Club

At 9:30 A.M. on Monday, June 25, in the library of the Barnes Community Church, we will discuss The Old Man and the Sea by Nobel Prize Winning author Ernest Hemingway.

This short but powerful novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature.

We welcome all who are interested in literature, fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. Please join us on the fourth Monday of any month except December. You will be made welcome.

Movies in Barnes

June Area Food Shelf/Holiday Meals, Drives, Dates & Sites

Cable Food Shelf

Thursday, June 28, 2018 from 11:00am - 6:00pm at the Cable Professional Bldg. at the corner of US Hwy 63 and Spruce Street in Cable

Barnes Food Shelf

Wednesday June 13th from 9:00am - 11:00am at the Barnes Community Church located at 3200 Highway N in Barnes

Ruby’s Pantry in Hayward

Thursday, June 21st at the Hayward Wesleyan Church. Food shares are $20.00. Doors open at 5:00pm.

www.rubyspantry.org Sharing One’s Surplus

SOS Food Share meets the 2nd Saturday of the Month at the Mission Covenant Church in Poplar. Shares go on sale at 9:30am. $30

Movies and discussion facilitated by John Rusch at the Barnes Community Church starts Wednesday, April 18th from 1:00-pm- to 4:00pm and continues every other Wednesday for six sessions, ending June 27th.

Lake Nebagamon Community Events for June

Solon Springs Community Events for June

June 8 - Fish Fry at Dockside from 11:00am - 10:00pm June 10 - Bloody Mary Bar at Bridges (All Day) June 11- DJ Trivia at Dockside at 7:00pm / Free Pool at Bridges (All Day) June 12 - Taco Tuesday at Bridges (All Day)/ Free Pool at Dockside (All Day) June 13 - OpinionNation at Bridges at 7:00pm June 15 - Fish Fry at Dockside from 11:00am - 10:00pm June 17 - Bloody Mary Bar at Bridges (All Day) June 18 - DJ Trivia at Dockside at 7:00pm / Free Pool at Bridges (All Day) June 19 - Taco Tuesday at Bridges (All Day) / Free Pool at Dockside (All Day) June 20- OpinionNation at Bridges at 7:00pm June 22- Fish Fry at Dockside from 11:00am - 10:00pm June 24 - Bloody mary Bar at Bridges (All Day) June 25- DJ Trivia at Dockside at 7:00pm / Free Pool at Bridges (All Day) June 26 - Taco Tuesday at Bridges (All Day) / Free Pool at Brideges (All Day) June 27 - OpinionNation at Bridges (All Day) June 29 - Fish Fry at Dockside from 11:00am - 10:00pm

Submitted by the local area businesses in Solon Springs June 9 - From 9:00am -12noon Kids’ Fishing Contest on the Trout Pond June 30 – Lucius Woods Summer Concert Series - The Fractals June 30 - July 1 Community Rummage Sales

Barnes Community Events for June

Submitted by the Town of Barnes Clerk/Treasurer Judy Bourassa June 9 - PPOA Firewise Chipping Day 715-795-2542 June 9 - VFW Post 8329/Auxiliary Splatter Board and 22 Shoot and Bake

Sale. Shoot begins at noon at VFW Hall with food & Beverages

available. Smoking pavilion. Bake sale begins at 9:00am until

gone inside VFW hall.

June 11 - Friends of Eau Claire Lakes Area Board Meeting 1:30pm - 4:00pm

at the Barnes Town Hall June 17 - Father’s Day Service at 9:30am at the Barnes Community Church June 18 - Eau Claire Laeks Conservation Club meeting at 7:00pm at the

VFW Post June 19 - Regular Town Board Meeting at 6:30pm at the Barnes Town Hall June 21 - BAHA Meeting at 9:00am at the Museum. 715-795-2145 June 23 - BAHA Flea Market & Pie Social 9:00am - 2:00pm at the Barnes

VFW Hall on Laek Rd. Food and beverages available. Vendors

are welcome. Sponsored by BAHA. 715-795-2145. www.baha museum.org June 23 - PPOA Board of Directors meeting at 9:00am at the Wannigan June 26 - VFW Post 8329/Auxiliary meeting at 6:00pm at the VFW Hall June 30 - Friends of Eau Claire Lakes Area Beer Tasting Social from 3:00pm

- 6:00pm June 30 - Music at the Cabin Store from 10:00pm - ?

June 30 - VFW Post 8329 Event TBD. Chicken BBQ at noon. Smoking

pavillion. Auxiliary meat raffle.

Town of Drummond Events for June

Submitted Courtesy of the Town of Drummond Website June 12 Town Board Meeting will be held at 6:30 pm in the Drummond

Civic Center June 14 - Board of Review for the Town of Drummond from Noon -

2:00pm at the Drummond Civic Center

Town of Cable Events for June

Submitted Courtesy of the Town of Cable Website June 1 - Town Board Work Meeting at 4:00 pm at the Town Offices June 6 - Plan Commission Meeting at 5:30 pm at the Community Centre June 11 - Cable Tomorrow Work Meeting – Connect Communities/Eco

nomic Development Group Meeting at 9:00am at the Cable Natu

ral History Museum June 21 - Regular Town Board Meeting at 6:00 pm at the Community

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Submitted by Patti Coughlin and the Village of Lake Nebagamon Website

Cable Natural History Events for June Submitted by the Cable Natural History Museum

Please call 715-798-3890 or visit www.cablemuseum.org for more info.

June 11 - Hatha Yoga at the Cable Natural History Museum

Tai Chi Practice Group at the Cable Community Farm June 14 - Arrow Basket Class (Adult Naturalist Program) June 15- Native Seed Ball Party June 16 - Hatch Day Party and Talon Talk June 18 - Hatha Yoga at the Cable Natural History Museum

Tai Chi Practice Group at the Cable Community Farm June 19 - Junior Naturalist Program: Wisconsin Mammals / The River Revealed June 20 - Junior Naturalist Program: Water Water Everywhere

Talon Talk Live Raptor Program June 21 - Kayak the Namekagon River June 22 - The Art of Natural Play June 23 - Snake Feeding / The Art of Natural Play June 25 - Tai Chi Practice Group at the Cable Community Farm / Hatha Yoga at

the Cable Natural History Museum June 26 - Junior Naturalist Program: Slither, Hiss, and Hop / The River Revealed June 27 - Forest Lodge Tour / Junior Naturalist Program: Flower Frenzy

Talon Talk Live Raptor Program June 28 - Kayak the Namekagon River / Loon Pontoon Tour on Lake Namakagon June 29 - The Art of Natural Play / Nature Lab: Make a Native Bee Home!

June 29 - Rivers Are Alive / Namekagon Birthday Party / Family Owl Prowl June 30 - Snake Feeding / The Art of Natural Play / Pond Party at the Hayward

Library / Biodiversity Tour at the Cable Community Farm

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Recipe Corner - Summer Fun!

Spinach Tomato Burgers Courtesy of www.tasteofhome.com

Ingredients:

1 large egg, lightly beaten 2 tablespoons fat-free milk 1/2 cup soft bread crumbs 1 teaspoon dried basil 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean) 4 whole wheat hamburger buns, split 1/4 cup spinach dip 1/4 cup julienned soft sun-dried tomatoes (not packed in oil) Lettuce leaves

Directions: Combine first six ingredients. Add beef; mix lightly but

thoroughly. Shape into four 1/2-in.-thick patties.

Place burgers on an oiled grill rack or in a greased 15x1x1-in. pan. Grill, covered, over medium heat or broil 4-5 in. from heat until a thermometer reads 160°, 4-5 minutes per side. Grill buns, cut side down, over medium heat until toasted. Serve burgers on buns; top with spinach dip, tomatoes and lettuce. Yield: 4 servings

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Heirloom Tomato and Chicken Toss Courtesy of www.myrecipes.com

Ingredients:

4 T white wine vinegar 3 T extra-virgin olive oil 2 1/2 tsp granulated sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 3 cups shredded cooked chicken 2 pounds heirloom tomatoes, cut into 1/2- to 1-inch wedges 1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh chives 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme

Directions: Whisk together vinegar, olive oil, sugar, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Gently toss together chicken, tomatoes, onion, basil, chives, parsley, and thyme in a large bowl. Add vinegar mixture, and gently toss until thoroughly combined. Serve immediately, or cover and let stand at room temperature for up to 1 hour.

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EXPLORING WISCONSIN WITH MARY

Summer Celebration Submitted by Mary Motiff, Director of Bayfield County Tourism

It’s time to celebrate summer!

So many additional opportunities for outdoor adventures open up when the weather is nice.

You don’t have to own a boat to be able to enjoy a relaxing pontoon boat trip on one of our many inland lakes - did you know that you can rent one and have it brought to the lake? That is one of the many helpful services provided by businesses like Runamuk Rides. There are also canoe and kayak outfitters to help you get out on the Namekagon or Brule Rivers. If you’re looking to get out on the Big Lake, there are lots of options ranging from kayaking adventures to cruises and everything in between. There are sailing charters that take you out around the Apostle Islands for a day trip or you can sleep on the boat! Another great way to get out on the water without investing a lot of time is to do the sea caves tour with Good Earth Outfitters out of Cornucopia; in just 90 minutes you’ll get up close and personal with some incredible sea Photo courtesy of Mary Motiff. caves along the mainland with a knowledgeable guide. Find out about all of these adventures and more with our interactive maps at www.travelbayfieldcounty.com.

Another exciting thing about the warmer weather is that there are more opportunities to see live music outdoors. Many local bars, restaurants and cafes feature live music including the Rookery Pub in Cable which has a beautiful outdoor space where you can enjoy the patio grill menu during the Sunday Serenades from 2-5 every Sunday from mid-June through September. Of course, the biggest outdoor venue of all is the Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua which features national acts in addition to house shows with the Blue Canvas Orchestra. This year you can see Jackson Browne, Buddy Guy, Kenny G, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Blues Traveler, Arlo Guthrie and many more. If you’ve never been to the Big Top, you must go and experience the intimate setting and phenomenal acoustics. The house shows are all original and tie in the history and culture of the area with music and bigger than life visuals to weave together an unforgettable story told in song. There is nothing quite like it. Come early and get a bite to eat and a beverage to support the ski hill which runs the concessions. See the full schedule at www.bigtop.org.

Events also kick into high gear and you won’t have time to do it all, but if you are looking for some fun at the Top of Wisconsin, check the Bayfield County Tourism Facebook page or the community calendar at www.travelbayfieldcounty.com. Listen in on some insider conversations on our monthly podcast, Bayfield County Wild. Our June topic is Hiking, Waterfalls and the North Country National Scenic Trail.

Now get out there and have some fun!

Mary Motiff has been the Director of the Bayfield County Tourism department since 2007 where she works with area communities to promote all of the incredible things to see and do at the “top of Wisconsin.” She also manages the Bayfield County Fair and serves on many local boards including the Friends of the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center and the Chequamegon Bay Chapter of the WI Alumni Association. Motiff lives in Washburn with her family which includes a husband, 2 teenagers and 2 poodles.

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THE BAT BOY

The Bat Boy

Submitted by John Weber. John has lived in the Hayward area for the past 35 years. He’s an avid outdoorsman and author.

Baseball is lot like life. There are winners and losers in both. Some games and days are better than others. Good intentions rarely count for much. And bad hops and lucky breaks abound in both. So do excuses, but I’m getting ahead of myself.

It was late April in 1959. Opening day of the Land o Lakes Baseball League in our rural southern Wisconsin farming community had arrived. My dad was the starting catcher and coach of Merton, the hometown team. Arch rival Monches was in town for the opener.

I was a baseball junkie, just finishing up my first year of grade school and waiting not so patiently for the little league season to commence. No Tee Ball leagues back then, we started playing against live pitching right from the start. Thrown directly into the fire as it were, and I could hardly wait.

My dad had made me the team’s batboy. It was an honor that had me giddy with anticipation. As batboy my duties were fairly simple, pick up the bats and helmets, give the umpire fresh baseballs when needed, and sit on the far end of the bench and stay out of the way.

Sit on the far end of the bench. That was the part of my duties that had my chest puffed out with pride; on the bench with the players, my heroes. Oh sure they were really just farmers, truck drivers, car salesmen and such, but to me when they put their uniforms on they were ballplayers. Role models

to be revered and admired.

Opening Day in Merton was picture perfect, blue skies, warm temperatures and a slight breeze blowing out towards left field. It was 355 feet to the left field corner, 400 feet to dead center and 307 to the right field foul pole. Merton was home to a vast array of left-handed power hitters and the snow fence stationed around the outfield was set up to take advantage of that fact.

I sat on the far end of the bench in my Milwaukee Brave’s tee shirt and an old pair of baseball pants my mom had stitched up. I was a little on the chunky side as a kid, so mom didn’t have to alter the waistline any, she only had to shorten the pants to make me look like I belonged on the bench with the ballplayers.

Rudy was the coach of the Monches team and a good friend of my dad off the baseball diamond. I knew Rudy because my dad would sometimes take us to the bar that Rudy and his wife, Ony, owned for a Friday night fish fry. Fish fries were, and still are big business in rural Wisconsin. Any tavern that served a good plate of fish on a Friday night was sure to have a good business, and The Hilltop, as the Monches bar was called, served a good plate of fish.

The rivalry between Merton and Monches was as friendly as it was intense. The two towns were the smallest towns in the western division of the Land o Lakes, with Monches’ population estimated in the low 90s and Merton’s at a posted 107. Actually Merton’s population was up to 110 at game time. My younger brother, sister, and I were all born after the 1950 census was taken but apparently nobody bothered to notify the man in charge of changing the sign on the outskirts of town. A fact that has nothing to do with the rest of the story, but I mention in the interest of full disclosure.

As I mentioned, my dad and Rudy were good friends off the baseball diamond. On it, I found out over the years, was a different story. Both men hated to lose. Both men really hated to lose to each other. And it seemed just winning the game was never enough for either man. There was always a side wager.

A straight up, ice cold, extremely dry gin martini, with two olives and a pickled mushroom in a frosted martini glass; the Holy Grail of alcoholic beverages in Southeastern Wisconsin. Not only would the loser of the game have to buy for the winner, but the loser would have to wait and watch the winner enjoy his drink before the loser could drink his own, thus assuring the frost would melt from his glass before the loser’s lips ever touched it. It was a bet neither man wanted to lose.

I didn’t know about the bet at the time, and even if I did I’m sure I wouldn’t have been able to grasp the significance of it. All I knew was that after seven innings Monches was leading Merton 2-1. I had held up my end of the bargain by retrieving all the bats and helmets that hit the ground, getting balls to the umpire when he needed them and for the most part by staying out of everybody’s way. And as the game wore on I had gradually worked my way down the bench and was now seated on the home plate end of the bench right in front of the action where all the world could see.

Monches went out quietly in the top of the eighth and Merton was just coming up to bat when I got back from the concession stand with a grape soda. The first batter got a hit and I quickly set my soda down and ran out and retrieved his bat. The next two batters struck out and brought their own bats back to the bench as I sat there drinking my drink and kicking dirt up with my shoes.

Larry, one of the best hitters on the team was the next batter and while I was emptying sand from one of my shoes, he hit a long drive into the right centerfield gap. Larry’s brother, Joe, was the runner on first and was off with the swing of the bat. The Monches centerfielder had a long run to get to the ball and Joe was already heading for third by the time the fielder picked up the ball. With Joe’s speed he was certain to score the tying run before the throw could get to the plate.

I had just gotten my shoe back on when I noticed there was a bat lying on the third base side of home plate and a runner barreling towards third. Remembering the first part of my duties, but completely forgetting the part about staying out of the way, I knocked over what was left of my soda as I scrambled off the bench and headed for the bat lying next to home plate.

If I’d have been on the far end of the bench where I was supposed to be, my dad or one of the other players might have seen what was about to happen and been able to cut me off. But from the home plate end of the bench I was too close to the action and too quick for anybody to do anything but watch the train wreck that was about to occur.

They say timing is everything in life and this was no exception as the ball and Joe reached the plate at roughly the same time the Monches catcher saw me bent over picking up the bat just inches from the plate. Trying to backhand the ball with his glove the catcher lunged towards me and quickly lifted me off the ground with his bare hand swinging me out of the way of the hustling base runner.

Joe tried to avoid a collision, cutting his slide short but caught his spikes in the dirt, propelling himself face first on top of home plate. The catcher stuck a foot out trying to knock the ball down before it got past him, but instead sent it bouncing up into the umpire’s groin. Protective cups aren’t all that protective when the ball comes up from below. The umpire dropped like a rock.

With my weight swinging the catcher around in a circle, as he searched for the ball, Larry rounded third and hustled down the line, stepping around his laid out brother and onto home plate. As I swung around in the catcher’s arm, I could see both dad and Rudy screaming and running towards home plate and the umpire trying to struggle to his knees.

The ensuing argument was long and intense and as far as anybody knows resulted in the first time a runner was called out because of batboy interference. I was banished to the far end of the bench before both Merton runs were disallowed and my dad and Larry were tossed from the game. I was also not allowed to resume my batboy duties when Merton went out meekly in the ninth, nor was I allowed to accept the grape soda Rudy offered to buy me after the game. (Continued on p. 23) Forest & Lakes Monthly June 2018 p. 22

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FOR THE LOVE OF ART

A Fun Dance Begins with Great Music!

Submitted by Sara Balbin of Dragonfly Studio. Sara is an artist, author, and art therapist.

Join See My Art, Inc. (SMART) for a festive Gala Dance and Sing-along! The Ukuladies and Lads will perform at our home gallery, The Rivers Eatery, on Thursday, June 14th from 10:00a.m. – 1:00p.m. The event will include SMART’s Keynote Speaker, Shannon Kocka, author of “Wings”, as well as many original SMART artworks for sale. Spectacular news, Wisconsin Public Television is doing a documentary on SMART, and images from this event will be included.

SMART is a not-for-profit corporation that inspires, empowers, validates, and supports people with disabilities through art. SMART seeks to open doors and unlock minds by providing public venues on land and online for displaying and selling art produced by individuals with all disabilities, and by educating the public about the health benefits of artistic expression. Our community keeps SMART strong by coming out and getting to know the artists at this Gala Dance and Sing-along, as well as seven other SMART sponsored festivals in the Cable-Hayward area held for SMART artists throughout the year.

The Ukuladies, founded by Sharon Kuhns in 2008, celebrate their 10th anniversary this year with 20+ players on the roster, including five original members. Although, originally known as the Ukuladies, the addition of two gentlemen resulted in the name change Ukuladies and Lads. They are dedicated musicians who live in Spooner, Winter, Spring Brook, Stone Lake, Hayward, Cable, and Ashland, Wisconsin.

They practice weekly on Wednesday morning from 9:00 - 10:30a.m.at the Hayward Wesleyan Church, and play a variety of instruments: concert, soprano, tenor, and baritone ukes, banjo-uke, bass uke, and a mandolin and 12-string guitar. Most of the members are retired, and they welcome anyone that has the ukulele spirit! Band member Ruth Anne stated “It’s the joy of playing and singing with friends, and the joy of sharing the music and fun with others.” This lively musical ministry performs “free” at community events, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and health care centers for a variety of fundraisers and parties. Donations are appreciated to cover the cost of travel and meals.

Usual performances last approximately an hour, but can last as long as the event dictates and include a variety of music: 1950’s oldies, classic country, ballads, polkas, gospel, and soft R&R. According to band member Renee Young, “The audience always loves our music! They smile, sing along, do a lot of tapping to the rhythms, and dance!” Please join us for this special event and be part of the documentation of our artists and neighborhood. The new Director of the Ukuladies and Lads is Carol Sheehan. Please call 715-634-5220 if you are interested in sponsoring, or inviting them to perform.

In case you miss them at the SMART event on June 14th. they will also be playing at the first annual Regional Hospice Music and Park fundraiser at the Cable Community Park on Thursday, June 28th beginning at 5:30p.m.

SMART author, and Keynote speaker Shannon Kocka is reading from her book “Wings” and will discuss her Aspergers Syndrome (part of the autism spectrum). She states: “If I had the choice to get rid of my autism, though, I wouldn’t take it. Autism and Aspergers isn’t a disease, it’s made me who I am today, and so it’s a part of me.

Without it, I think I would be much less imaginative or interesting.”

Shannon Kocka, Giizhik Klawitter, and SMART Board Member Sara Balbin were interviewed and filmed for “Wisconsin Life” by Producer Trevor Keller of Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) this spring. The story will be online at www.wisconsinlife.org this Fall and on Channel 21 https://wpt.org/. Stay tuned for the date of the documentary release on the SMART website and Facebook page.

WPT tells stories of people and organizations all around Wisconsin. It is an honor for SMART to have been selected and recognized throughout the state for their efforts to promote the creative talents of individuals with other abilities living in Northwest Wisconsin. Bring your smile, happy feet, and friends to the fun SMART Gala Event!

Please visit the following websites for education, art events, and much more!

See My Art, Inc. www.seemyart.us Cable Hayward Area Arts Council: www.cablehaywardarts.org Chequamegon Bay Arts Council: www.cbayarts.org Spooner Artists in Hand: www.artsinhand.com/places/artists/page North Country Trail Wisconsin www.northcountrytrail.org La Pointe Center for the Art Center: www.lapointecenter.org

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On the plus side, the photographer from the bi-monthly local paper took a remarkable picture of me swinging in the air as Joe landed on the plate and the umpire crumbled to the ground. Although all you could see was my backside and the paper misspelled my name. Still, to be mentioned in a home talent baseball article is not something many seven year olds achieve. And when I reached legal drinking age, Rudy always bought me a beer when reminiscing about the best martini he ever had. Of course my dad always had to be in the room when Rudy brought the subject up. Like I said, both men really hated to lose, and apparently neither one was willing to let the other forget a time when they had.

Life and baseball, not always fair, but always entertaining.

John Weber has lived in the Hayward area for the past 35 years. He’s authored two turkey hunting books, Hot toms and Saucy Hens, Tales from the Turkey Blind, and Stray Shots, Tales from the Turkey Blind and Beyond. He’s also published the novel Bait Wars and his latest novel Past Indiscretions will be out next fall. He can be reached by email at hottomsandcoldbeer@hotmail.com www.forestandlakesmonthly.com

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