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Dear Reader, Let’s assume for a moment that we know with certainty that there is a God. (I’m saying it this way to invite agnostics and atheists to join in this train of thought.) Let’s pretend that at times He looks in on His creations and hears all human thoughts, catches all human words, and sees all human interactions.

He witnesses the suffering we inflict on one another – ~ World Wars I and II, as nations invaded other nations. ~ The persecution of Jews, Roma and Sinti (sometimes referred to as “Gypsies”), blacks, gays, Poles and other Slavs, and Catholics. ~ The Armenian genocide at the hands of Turkey. ~ The starvation of millions of Russians after WWII. ~ The Rwandan genocide against Tutsis. ~ The murder of tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians, including children. ~ The Chinese genocide against the Uighers. ~ The Taliban’s ubiquitous oppression of women. ~ The starvation of millions of North Koreans. ~ The wanton massacre of innocent American school children, as well as many others who have the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Is it just me, or do you also wonder whether He is bowing His head in sorrow? Perhaps He is saying, “I gave them gifts beyond measure, all they could possibly need or even imagine, and yet they can’t find the compassion to share with one another. They hurt each other for land, power, and wealth, causing millions of pointless deaths.”

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METRO BRiEFS

by B.C. Kowalski

FILTERING dissent

Residents are asking for filter replacements — turns out the city already has some

Residents received filters in April to filter out PFAS from the city water.

Residents have been asking city officials about getting more filters to help filter PFAS from city water — but now city officials say they’ve already got some left over from residents not claiming theirs.

The city’s Finance Committee directed staff to separate filters from some 2,000 pitchers that haven’t been claimed by city residents from the initial order. More than 4,000 people did claim their pitchers.

The city used pandemic relief dollars to purchase pitchers and filters for residents as a temporary way to filter PFAS from city water. The city announced in January that all six of the city’s wells tested higher than 20 parts per trillion in PFAS, which is the new recommendation from the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Health Services.

Finance Committee Chair Lisa Rasmussen says the latest news from Public Works is that the new drinking water facility will filter out PFAS to levels below 20 parts per trillion, meeting new recommendations from the state. PFAS can have harmful effects on human health.

But not so fast, says City Council President Becky McElhaney.

Many residents have contacted her saying they haven’t gotten their pitchers, waiting months for them.

Many of the emails apparently have gone to spam folders, and some residents who don’t use the internet aren’t sure how they’re supposed to be notified at all, McElhaney says.

City leaders should be working on reaching out again to residents to get filters. In the meantime,

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residents received a spare filter with their pitchers and those filters will be separated to be used as replacement filters for those who need it. The city can order more, and Finance Director Maryanne Groat says new ones could be ordered and delivered pretty quickly.

Affordable housing project delayed after tax credit falls through Gorman and Company’s proposal for an affordable housing complex on the city-owned Westside Battery property has been delayed, city officials announced last week.

The reason? Tax credits.

Gorman and Company needed the tax credits to make the finances behind the project work. The company proposed last year to build a 50-unit, four-story building on the property. Gorman’s proposal was chosen over one from mall redevelopment company Wausau Opportunity Zone, which proposed to leave the property empty.

The city announced earlier this year that Gorman would receive $1.75 million as part of the state’s Neighborhood Investment Fund (the Community Partners Campus would get $1.5 million, according to that same announcement).

City Community Development Director Liz Brodek says Gorman started applying too late in the game because of the timing of the RFP, so they weren’t able to get the tax credit from the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority they needed to make the project work.

Gorman will apply again in September, and expects with more time they will be able to get the credits.

Developing the Westside Battery and former L&S Printing site has been a challenge for the city. A plan to turn it into a restaurant for food truck business Urban Street Bistro fell through because of financing, and a plan by the owners of Sixth Street Filling Station was withdrawn because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The city has owned the property since 2016.

City approves loans for two west side projects City leaders last week approved rehabilitation loans for two different projects — one an improvement of a near west-side pub and another for a neighborhood transformation.

Wausau’s Economic Development Committee last week approved an $82,000 commercial rehabilitation project for 101 Pub. Owner Matt Brewer, whose new ownership of the pub and plans for it were covered in City Pages last year, plans a patio/beer garden area outside the pub. The

loan represents about 14% of the project.

The committee also approved a $114,000 loan for a neighborhood rehabilitation area along Third Avenue. Project developer Tyler Vogt, owner of Malarkey’s Pub, has been working on the former cafe at the site for years, and plans improvements in that area as well. Replacing the brickwork is part of that redevelopment.

The building will also have rooftop seating, Vogt told the committee.

The city hasn’t had an application for a commercial rehabilitation loan for three years, says Community Development Manager Tammy Stratz. The program is a revolving loan fund, so borrowers pay back with interest, which grows the fund for future projects to borrow from. Committee Member Lisa Rasmussen says that means it doesn’t use any new money from the tax levy.

Marathon County tourism rebounded in 2021 It might not be much of a surprise considering the previous year was the start of COVID-19 pandemic, but tourism and the economy rebounded in Marathon County, according to a report from the state’s tourism arm.

Marathon County visitor spending grew 20.5% in 2021 compared to 2020, according to the State Department of Tourism’s 2021 Economic Impact Report.

That lagged the state, which saw a 31.1% increase in tourist spending.

The county saw only a 3% increase in jobs, compared to the state’s 12.9% increase, and a 12.9% increase in labor income, slightly outpacing the state’s increase of 12.7%.

Sauk County saw the biggest visitor spending increase, 54.4% over 2020.

Sauk County has the Wisconsin Dells and Baraboo, with a major hiking/rock climbing destination. The smallest increase was in Rusk County, which saw a 14% increase.

Portage County increased 21% year over year, Lincoln County increased 21.2% and Wood County increased 21.9%.

The Central Wisconsin Convention and Visitors Bureau went most of 2021 without a director and without contracts in place with area municipalities. Those contracts were restored after the CVB hired its new director, Tim White.

Mall developer releases further details on first development, still no timeline Mall developer Wausau Opportunity Zone released further details about the first mall development, but not on when construction would start.

WOZ says the first development in

block 4, which is south of Washington Street and east of Third Street, will be completed by T.Wall Enterprise. The Madison firm will invest $44 million into the initial phase and start with the first mixed-use development on the site. Ultimately that block will have more than 500 downtown units of housing.

The 7.5-acre site will have — in addition to housing — retail, dining, green space and bike paths. It will also involve city investment into the street infrastructure.

But when that will start is still up in the air. No construction start date has been announced.

Do wolves improve oak tree chances?

Cornell University researchers are looking into whether oak tree populations, seen as desirable in forest management plans, do better when whitetail deer populations are kept in check by predators such as wolves. And two of their research sites are planned for Marathon County.

Suspicion regarding the research came from Mike Lane of Mosinee, chair of the Marathon County Forest Citizens Advisory Sub-committee, at a meeting of the body June 8. Lane, who represents hunting interests on the sub-committee, says he thinks the research is aimed at making a case for allowing higher wolf populations in the state. “This is a scam,” he said,

but county staff already approved the research and it’s underway, probably for two years.

The professor spearheading the research, Bernd Blossy, denies any pro-wolf bias. He says his goal is to add to the scientific knowledge of whether wolves “drive” deer populations and whether high deer numbers interfere with hardwood forest regeneration.

County Forest Administrator Tom Lovlien says the two Marathon County sites of the 50 sites in Wisconsin will each have 40 oak tree seedlings that will be monitored for the first year of their lives to see how many are killed by browsing deer. One site will be at the Hewitt- Harrison County Forest and the other at Nine Mile County Forest and Recreation Area. (P.P.)

Nearing an OK for fat bikes in snow Assuming approval at the July 5 meeting of the Marathon County Forest and Recreation Committee, there will be a trial season for fat-biking at Nine Mile County Forest and Recreation Area over the winter of 2022-23.

Endorsement of the experiment hit a bump at the June 8 meeting of the Marathon County Forest Citizens Advisory Sub-Committee. Skepticism of the idea came from Sandi Cihlar, a former county board supervisor who describes herself as an avid snowshoeing grandmother. She said she was snowshoeing last winter when someone on a fat bike

suddenly appeared behind her group. It was more frightening, she says, than the time she spotted a bear while out on the trail. She never wants to repeat that.

Approval came, though, on a 6-2 vote, earning the gratitude of Aaron Ruff, president of the Central Wisconsin Off-Road Cycling Coalition (CWOCC). Ruff says it’s the question members ask him the most, “When are we going to be able to ride in the snow at Nine Mile?”

County Forest Administrator Tom Lovlien says he estimates support for winter fat-biking to be about 85% among the varied users at the property. Concerns are mixing snowshoers and bikers and, for Nordic skiers, the chance that bikers would stray from designated trails and damage crosscountry ski tracks.

Ruff says he realizes if there are problems, fat bikes could be banned after the trial season. He pledges a big effort at education and signage at the club’s expense. Less than a quarter-mile of the fat bike trails would follow the same route as a snowshoe trail, Ruff says, and the plan is to have those two trails run parallel to avoid messing up the ski trail.

Ruff said the fat bike season won’t start without groomable snow and would likely coincide with when Nordic skiing opens. (P.P.)

Additional reporting this week came from freelancer and retired City Pages staffer Pat Peckham.

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INVESTIGATION Attorney General Josh Kaul talks about the investigation of the shooting of a retired judge Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul says the suspect accused of shooting and killing retired Juneau County Judge John Roemer on June 3 illegally possessed the firearm used in the killing.

“My understanding is he was prohibited from legally possessing a firearm based on having been convicted of a felony, so one of the issues is going to be how he was able to do that,” Kaul said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com.

Investigators say 56-year-old Douglas Uhde shot and killed Roemer inside his home before shooting himself.

Roemer sentenced Uhde to six years in prison in 2005.

Kaul said no other known connections

between the two have surfaced.

“The judge was one of the folks who was the target of the suspect, and the obvious connection here is that court case,” Kaul said. “So it certainly appears that court case was a motivating factor, if not the sole reason this happened.”

A law enforcement source said Uhde had a hit list in his vehicle with as many as 13 names including Gov. Tony Evers, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

“There does appear to be some sort of connection to one or more cases,” Kaul said. “There are some other folks who have some sort of connection to the legal

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Along with WTMJ-TV and Marquette University, WisPolitics.com, WTMJ-AM and the Milwaukee Business Journal are organizing the debates, which are to be broadcast statewide.

Dem, GOP candidates commit to televised debates

WI Congressional delegation vote party lines in House gun bill

WTMJ-TV announced qualifying candidates in the Dem U.S. Senate and GOP gubernatorial primaries have committed to televised summer debates.

Meanwhile, the Milwaukee station announced NBC News Political Director and “Meet the Press”‘ host Chuck Todd will help moderate the Dem U.S. Senate primary debate July 17.

The candidates who have qualified and committed to the Dem Senate primary debate are: Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes; state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski; Alex Lasry, on leave from the Milwaukee Bucks; and Outagamie County Exec Tom Nelson.

Along with Todd, WMTJ-TV’s Charles Benson and Shannon Sims will moderate the debate at Marquette University next month.

Benson and Sims will moderate the GOP guv primary debate July 24 at Marquette.

The candidates who have qualified and committed are: former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch; businessman Tim Michels; former Marine and U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson; and state Rep. Tim Ramthun.

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U.S. Rep Gwen Moore applauded last night as legislation to create red flag laws, increase the minimum age to buy a semi-automatic gun and ban high-capacity magazines cleared the House.

Wisconsin’s delegation voted along party lines as part of the 223-204 final tally. The package, which would also create requirements for safe gun storage and criminal penalties for those who violate safe storage laws, now faces the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster rule. Moore, D-Milwaukee, in a release said it’s past time for legislation to curb shootings in her district and referenced a shooting last week that left five wounded at a funeral in Racine, her birthplace.

“Every day, we see gun violence being all too common in Milwaukee. We are all tied to the souls we have lost in these tragedies,” she said. “Each loss means a family and community left to grieve and pick up the pieces. This epidemic is taking away fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters, and our precious babies.”

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Three Assembly candidates won’t face challengers

The UW Board of Regents has voted to back President Jay Rothman’s call to keep tuition frozen for the upcoming school year.

Republicans put a tuition freeze in place starting in the 2013-14 school year, but the current state budget returned to the regents the power to set tuition.

Still, Dem Gov. Tony Evers earlier this year announced he was sending $25 million in federal COVID funds to the System to keep the freeze in place through the end of this biennium in mid-2023.

According to the System, the average cost of attending a four-year UW school for a typical resident undergrad will rise 1.7 percent, or $273, for 2022-23. That includes tuition, fees, and room and board.

With the final ballot now set, three Assembly candidates vying for open seats will face no major party candidate in either the primary or the general election.

Meanwhile, there are 31 seats in the Legislature where only one major party qualified candidates for the ballot.

In addition to ruling on challenges to nomination papers on Friday, the Elections Commission also gave final approval to those who will appear on the Aug. 9 ballot. The agency early Saturday posted the final roster for each office, including the order in which candidates will appear.

Along with having to file nomination papers by June 1 to qualify for the ballot, candidates had to turn in statements of economic interest by last week’s deadline.

The three Assembly candidates who won’t face a major party challenge for an open seat are: • Republican Dave Maxey, a New Berlin alderman, in the open 15th AD. • Dem Ryan Clancy, a Milwaukee County supervisor, in the open 19th AD. • Republican Amy Binsfield, who works for her family-owned appliance, furniture and mattress business, in the open 26th AD. Altogether, Dems didn’t field a candidate in 16 state Assembly seats, five state Senate seats and two congressional districts, the 6th and 8th CDs. Republicans don’t have a candidate in 10 Assembly seats.

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By B.C. Kowalski

SCHOOL CHOICES New educational styles are popping up in the Wausau area

Emily Schuler, Education and Events Manager at Monk Gardens, shows off the yurt children learn in as part of the Sprouts pre-school program.

On a bright and sunny day on June 3 a number of families celebrated their children’s preschool graduation.

If you’re envisioning this happened in a stuffy indoor space — perhaps a small auditorium or library — that vision couldn’t be further from reality. This graduation took place in the outdoors, and frankly, so did the school.

The evening wasn’t just a graduation for the pre-school students, but it was also a graduation of sorts for Monk Gardens, which celebrated the first full year of its pre-school program, Sprouts, at the gardens.

The program is a bit of an alternative to traditional classrooms — Sprouts is an outdoors-based learning program. Kids spend a lot of time outside, exploring nature, learning not just by reading about trees and bugs and stars but actually going out and seeing and discovering those things. The Monk Gardens grounds, full of nature to explore, accommodates this mission well.

That’s in nearly all weather, by the way.

“We’re outside as much as we possibly can while keeping the kids safe and happy,” says Monk Gardens Education and Events Manager Elise Schuler. “Figuring out the weather policies was a learning curve.”

The old phrase is something Monk Gardens in general lived by: There’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing. It’s not uncommon in Nordic countries to see the bicycle rack at an elementary school full even in the most challenging winter conditions. The pre-school kids at Monk Gardens seemed to have adopted that spirit for the most part.

Of course, there are options for lessons in the yurt built on the grounds as well.

Something of a modern version of a little red school house, it provides a bit of refuge from the elements for some lessons.

It’s not just Monk Gardens. A Wausau physician is working on developing a larger outdoor school at the Wausau School Forest. Dr. Meghan Hughes pitched the idea of an outdoor school that ultimately would range from 4k to eighth grade. The

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plan so far has gotten some interest and the Wausau School District is currently conducting a survey to find out just how much community interest there is in such an outdoors school.

Other alternative preschools have popped up in the area too. Stephanie Stella and Patrik Kasper started a preschool housed at the Ballet School in Wausau. It’s now folded into the ballet school but attracted some interest when it operated as a separate school.

There’s some precedent for the outdoors-based school. The Tomorrow River Community Charter School has been around for awhile now, and is so popular there is a rather lengthy waiting list to get in. The school is attracting students from as far away as Wausau to the outdoorsbased curriculum, and it’s inspiring other similar schools — including Dr. Hughes’s vision for Wausau’s outdoors school.

The Wausau School District is also putting more resources into its Montessori schools, another alterative to traditional education. The interest in Montessori seems to be growing in the district.

All this points to an interesting trend: There seems to be a growing interest in alternative forms of education. The days of young students sitting in a classroom staring at a teacher and then doing busywork for most of the day seem to be regressing into the past. Today many parents want something different for their children.

And those schools are starting to pop up to offer alternatives.

New schools ‘sprouting’ The idea to build an outdoor school at Monk Gardens dated back before the pandemic. The idea was floating around the Monk Gardens since 2017-18, Schuler tells City Pages from the verdant grounds in front of the round, red yurt.

The idea really took off when Darcie Howard became executive director, Schuler says. She’d started a similar program in Montana and so had some experience in that regard. Monk staff also talked to some others around the state, including in

Milwaukee and Sheboygan.

A lot of people expressed interest in the school when it was announced, though many of them had 1- to 2-year-olds, and were thinking ahead in the future. When it opened last fall, the classes were roughly half full; by graduation last month, they were completely full.

And the classes beginning this fall are already booked up, Schuler says.

Figuring out the weather was a bit of a challenge at first. At first they followed the Wausau School District’s declarations for weather cancellations, but found it wasn’t always practical. Going from the bus to the classroom in forty below is one thing, but making the long hike to the yurt in those temperatures could be dangerous for kids.

That said, even in the winter, kids spend much of their time at Sprouts outside. The saying goes, there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing.

Right now, the school operates half days, but one of the goals of the Monk Gardens is to extend that to full days. But pre-school is where the Monk Gardens curriculum will end; there was talk about expanding further, but ultimately it would take too much away from the rest of the park.

Right now, children wander the gardens while older volunteers work on various parts of the grounds, creating a mix of generations on the grounds at any given time.

Sprouts has had a positive impact on the kids, Schuler says. It can be surprising what they retain, and many become used to being outside for long periods of time, when it might have been a challenge at first, she says. While some children learn better in the classroom, others learn best outside.

A new school proposed One day, that might be available for more age ranges. One of the parents who sent her children to Sprouts is Dr. Meghan Hughes, a physician with Aspirus. Hughes last month proposed a brand new outdoorsbased tuition-free public charter school, one that would be located at the Wausau

Children in the Sprouts pre-school program learn about plants at Monk Gardens.

Children in the Sprouts pre-school program learn about aquatic life at Monk Gardens.

School Forest and use its own facilities.

Like Sprouts, it would heavily use the outdoors in its teaching, but expands that to children ultimately up to 8th grade.

Under the proposal, if it’s ultimately adopted, the school would start with pre-K to fourth grade and expand until it included up to eighth grade.

The school would be modeled after the Tomorrow River Charter School, which has been one of the state’s biggest successes in outdoor-style classroom experiences.

Based on the Waldorf pedagogy, which emphasizes a holistic and developmentally-approprite approach to learning, there are now more than 60 such schools around the country. The Tomorrow River school went from 50 students in 2013 to 275 students today, says former Tomorrow River Charter School Director Chamomile Nusz.

There are even a few children from Wausau making the trek to attend the school. The school also has a virtual program.

Hughes says the success of such a school is based on neurological science. Children aren’t developmentally ready to sit in a classroom and stare at a teacher all day at younger ages. It’s much more neurologically appropriate for children to be allowed to explore and learn, with some guidance.

That’s essentially the Sprout model and it’s one Hughes wants to adapt for her school.

The Wausau School District is currently conducting a needs assessment survey through its consultant to find out if there is budding interest among parents in sending their children there.

Assuming that assessment comes back with a positive response, it would be used in part to apply for a DPI Charter School Grant that, if successful, would provide $700,000 toward building the foundation of the school. That would happen in February 2023. Following that would be town hall meetings, a website, and other outreach efforts. If all goes according to plan, the school would start taking students in 2024.

Hughes says she was very happy with Monk Garden’s Sprouts program, which her twins attended. And one of the benefits of Tomorrow River’s success if the new Wausau outdoor school could adopt their curriculum. “That curriculum has been time-tested,” Hughes says. “The kids coming out of that school are performing well.”

School of the arts City Pages also caught up with Stephanie Stella and Patrik Kasper. Stella and Kasper started Preschool of the Arts at the Central Wisconsin School of Ballet in 2020, the fall following the start of the pandemic.

The idea was to offer an alternative type of pre-school based on the Reggio-Emilia pedagogy, which emphasizes learning based on exploration, discovery and play.

It’s named for the village Reggio-Emilia in Italy. The couple wanted to incorporate movement and the arts into this style of learning, offering an alternative for parents in pre-school choice.

The school went pretty well, Stella says.

By the end of the first year, enrollment was at capacity. But it ultimately hit a tipping point, as enrollment dropped the

second year. The school only offered two days per week, and many parents wanted a five-day per week pre-school. That presented a choice: Either expand the school, or that was that.

Instead, the couple decided to roll in the pre-school with the ballet school’s main programing. So the school still exists in essence, Stella says, but now is part of the ballet school.

School choice School Board Member Karen Vandenberg asked in the question and answer part of Hughes’s presentation about whether or not there was a need for such a school.

Would it pull from other programs such as Montessori?

Hughes replied that it was less about need rather than choice. Schools such as the one that Hughes is proposing offer parents a choice for their children. It’s not about pitting Montessori against Sprouts or the outdoor program — it’s about having different styles of learning, each which might work better for one type of student than another.

There was once a time not too long ago in which even very young students stared ahead at a teacher or performed busy work for most of the day. While Hughes would argue that some of that has been replaced with staring at screens, the educational experience even in public school is very different.

More school styles gives parents more choice. So far parents seem to be taking to that choice.

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That’s very different than today. The franchise has been wholly commercialized (a funny thing to say considering one of founder George Lucas’ best moves was to retain merchandising rights to the series, which proved extremely lucrative for him). There are now three trilogies spanning nine movies, spinoff movies and numerous TV shows among other bits and pieces.

Oddly, I think the TV shows have been the brighter point in the whole affair.

That brings us to Disney+’s latest installment, simply called Obi-Wan Kenobi. The series takes place pretty much right after the Clone Wars, which saw Anakin Skywalker turn to the dark side, becoming Darth Vader. Meanwhile, the rest of the remaining Jedi are being hunted to the ends of the galaxy by the Empire’s inquisitors.

And that’s how we find Obi-Wan Kenobi, played brilliantly by Ewan McGregor (quite a departure from the characters he’s played in Trainspotting and Four Rooms).

Kenobi is now working on an assembly line on Tatooine, hiding out in a cave and keeping a low profile. Meanwhile,

he’s keeping an eye on young Luke Skywalker, who is living with his Uncle Owen.

And that sounds like a pretty boring TV show, but all that changes when Luke’s sister Leia (sorry if I’m spoiling Return of the Jedi for you, but you had nearly 40 years by now) is kidnapped from her royal adopted family’s home by an ambitious inquisitor who hopes to lure Obi-Wan out. Darth Vader is quite interested in seeing the final demise of his old master, Obi-Wan, and she figures to make some ground in the Empire by delivering him.

Although Obi-Wan has committed to living like a normal person, leaving his Jedi past behind, he eventually accepts Princess Leia’s adopted father’s pleas to go rescue her, and so Jedi mind tricks and cool lightsaber battles ensue.

Obi-Wan is very bingeable, so it’s frustrating that these episodes are being drip-fed. It seems like a new technique to keep subscribers from watching everything they want and then unsubscribing (if only network television had figured this out years ago! Oh wait…). Though overly precocious kids in TV shows usually annoy me, young Leia is just Baby Yoda-level cute. She’s smart, and a little naive about the world. Kenobi tries to instill that people aren’t always what they seem and you often can’t rely on their words.

The harshest criticisms in the Star Wars world came

against the prequel trilogies. There’s a reason for that.

Part of what made Star Wars so incredible is the amount of mystery and legend it built. You wondered just what those Clone Wars were like. What the Jedi order was like in its heyday. And just what did go wrong when Anakin turned to the dark side?

After decades of fans building that up in their mind, no real film could ever live up to what fans imagined. Even the best version can’t live up to the space people fill in their minds. And what we got was not the best version (Jar Jar Binx, really?).

With that in mind, Obi-Wan Kenobi breaks my rule of thumb. Generally, my favorite Star Wars additions haven’t involved the original trilogy’s characters or timelines, or at least only loosely. The Mandalorian could have stood on its own as a fascinating series.

Part of that is that filling in this space erodes the mystery, and the other is that it’s limited by existing events.

Obviously nothing is going to happen to Obi-Wan or Leia, since we know they exist later in the timeline.

So far, Obi-Wan Kenobi has done a pretty good job within these confines. They’ve introduced other characters to care about, to whom something bad could happen.

And the interplay between Kenobi and young Leia is well done.

Here’s to hoping they keep it up.

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With characters loosely based on real-life figures from the Middle Ages, the musical Pippin tells the story of a young prince and his journey to be extraordinary. Heir to the Frankish throne, the young prince Pippin is in search of the secret to true happiness and fulfillment. He seeks it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh, and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father, King Charlemagne the Great). In the end, though, Pippin finds that happiness lies not in extraordinary endeavors, but rather in the unextraordinary moments that happen every day. The infectiously unforgettable score from four-time Grammy winner, three-time Oscar winner and musical theatre giant, Stephen Schwartz, captivates and appeals to the young at heart. Presented by Wausau Community Theater. Starts at 6:30 pm on Thurs., 7:30 pm on Fri., and 2 pm & 7:30 pm on Sat. $22 adults, $18 seniors, college and active military and $14 youth.

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Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon defies all expectations. The blistering guitarist, soulful vocalist, singular songwriter and city bus driver fuses his muscular, rockinspired blues guitar playing with his original, keenly detailed slice-of-life songs, blazing his own blues trail. His live performances unfailingly earn him heaps of critical praise and hordes of wildly enthusiastic fans. He is opened

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715-550-2337 String Cheese Band · Bull Falls Brewery, Wausau. Variety. 6 pm. 715-842-2337 Trivia Night · Sunset Point Winery, Stevens Point. 6:30 pm. 715-544-1262 Jenna Jane · District 1 Brewing Company, Stevens Point. Country & rock. 7 pm.

715-544-6707 Kevin Troestler · Rookies Sportspub, Stevens Point. Country/blues. 8 pm.

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Starts at 8 pm. 715-253-3190 Jeff E · Otto’s Beer & Brat Garden, Minocqua. Variety. 9 pm. 715-356-6134 Sam Ness · Hiawatha Restaurant and Lounge, Wausau. Folk/Americana roots.

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715-342-2232 Friday June 24 October Tree · O’so Brewing Company, Plover. Acoustic. 6 pm. 715-254-2163 Mark Wayne · Rookies Sportspub, Stevens Point. Variety. 6:30 pm. 715-344-7026 Strategic · District 1 Brewing Company, Stevens Point. Acoustic. 7 pm. 715-5446707 Aaron Lee Kaplan · Timekeeper Distillery, Wausau. Folk, blues. 7 pm. 715-6793777 Eric Hagen & Red River Revival · Sawmill Brewing Company, Merrill. Americana. 6 pm. 715-722-0230

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Polka. 1 pm. 715-845-2030 Chad Brecke · The Bar-Wausau, Rothschild. Acoustic. 3 pm. 715-3557001 Wednesday June 29 Lexi Lakmann Quintet · Guu’s on Main, Stevens Point. Jazz. 6:30 pm. 715-3443200 Thursday June 30 JIRF · Hiawatha Restaurant and Lounge, Wausau. One man band. 5:30 pm. 715848-5166 Spicy Tie Band · Tiki Beach Bar and Grill, Mosinee. Rock n’ roll. 6 pm. 715-3422232 Friday July 1 The Station · Stoney Acres, Athens.

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Trivia starts at 7 pm. https://www. malarkeyspub.com/ Trivia · Wednesdays, O’so Brewing Company, Plover. Trivia starts at 7 pm. https://www.osobrewing.com/ Karaoke · Wednesdays, The Garage, Wausau. Starts at 8 pm. 715-393-4495 Open Mic Night · Wednesdays, Wausau Labor Temple, (LT Club), Wausau. Starts at 9 pm. Hosted by Jerry Duginski.

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Movie times thru 6/23 Lightyear: Fri. 1 pm, 7 pm & 9:30 pm, Sat. 1 pm, 3:45 pm, 7 pm & 9:30 pm, Sun. 1 pm, 3:45 pm & 7 pm, Mon. & Wed. 1 pm & 7 pm, Tues. & Thurs. 7 pm Jurassic World: Dominion (PG13): Fri. 1 pm, 7 pm & 9:15 pm, Sat. 1 pm, 3:15 pm, 7 pm & 9:15 pm, Sun. 1 pm, 3:15 pm & 7 pm, Mon. & Wed. 1 pm & 7 pm, Tues. & Thurs. 7 pm Top Gun: Maverick (PG13): Fri. 1 pm, 7 pm & 9:30 pm, Sat. 1 pm, 3:30 pm, 7 pm & 9:30 pm, Sun. 1 pm, 3:30 pm & 7 pm, Mon. & Wed. 1 pm & 7 pm, Tues. & Thurs. 7 pm Cedar Creek Cinema, Rothschild, 715355-5094 Movie times thru 6/16-6/22 Lightyear (PG): Thurs. 3 pm, 3:50 pm, 5:40 pm, 6:30 pm, 7:20 pm, 8:20 pm, 9:10 pm, 10 pm; Fri., Sat., Sun. & Tues. 11 am, 1:40 pm, 4:20 pm (HeatedDreamLounger), 10 am, 10:30 am, 12:40 pm, 2 pm, 2:40 pm, 3:20 pm, 5:10 pm, 6 pm, 6:45 pm, 8:40 pm, 9:20 pm, 10:30 pm; Mon. 1:20 pm, 4 pm (HeatedDreamLounger), 12 pm, 12:40 pm, 2:40 pm, 3:20 pm, 4:55 pm, 6 pm, 6:35 pm, 8:40 pm, 9:20 pm, 10 pm; Wed. 1:20 pm, 4 pm (HeatedDreamLounger), 12 pm, 12:40 pm, 2:40 pm, 3:20 pm, 4:55 pm, 6 pm, 7 pm, 8:40 pm, 9:20 pm, 10 pm Jurassic World: Dominion (PG13): Thurs. 12 pm, 3:20 pm, 6:40 pm, 10 pm (HeatedDreamLounger), 12:20 pm, 12:40 pm, 2:40 pm, 4 pm, 6 pm, 9:20 pm, 3:30 pm; Fri., Sat., Sun. & Tues. 7 pm, 10:15 pm (HeatedDreamLounger), 10:10 am, 6:20 pm, 10:40 am, 11:15 am, 12:50 pm, 2:30 pm, 5:45 pm, 9 pm, 9:40 pm; Mon. & Wed. 6:45 pm, 10 pm

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10:30 am, 11:40 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm, 4:30 pm, 5:20 pm, 6:30 pm, 7:30 pm, 8:20 pm, 9:30 pm, 10:30 pm; Sun. 10:30 am, 11:40 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm, 4:30 pm, 5:20 pm, 7:30 pm, 8:20 pm, 9:45 pm, 10:30 pm; Mon. 12:10 pm, 1 pm, 3:10 pm, 4 pm, 5:20 pm, 7 pm, 8:20 pm, 9:10 pm, 10 pm; Wed. 12:10 pm, 1 pm, 3:10 pm, 4 pm, 5:20 pm, 6:10 pm, 8:20 pm, 9:10 pm, 10 pm The Bob’s Burgers Movie (PG13): Thurs.

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Stevens Point City Band Concerts · Wednesdays 6/15-8/3, Pfiffner Park Bandshell, Stevens Point. In event of rain, concerts will be held at St. Paul’s Lutheran School, 1919 Wyatt Ave. Starts at 7 pm. https://stevenspoint.com/428/ City-Band-Concerts Footloose the Musical · Wed.-Sat. 6/86/11, hosted by the Playhouse Theatre Group at Ben Franklin Jr High Theater, Stevens Point. Enjoy an 80s themed show full of dancing and rock n’ roll.

Starts at 7 pm on Wed.-Fri. & 1 pm on Sat. $15 reserved seating. https://www. playhousetheatergroup.com/

Marshfield Civic Band · Wednesdays 6/15-7/27, Columbia Park, Marshfield.

Concerts start at 7:30 pm unless noted otherwise. Grand Sousa concert on 7/27 starts at 7 pm at Oak. Ave Community Center gymnasium. Free. www. marshfieldcivicband.org Levitt Amp Concert Series: Toronzo Cannon · Thurs. 6/16, Pfiffner Park, Stevens Point. Rock/blues. Starts at 7 pm. Createportagecounty.org Hub City Concert Series: Motherwind · Fri. 6/17, Wenzel Family Plaza, Marshfield. Alternative rock. Starts at 7 pm. https://visitmarshfield.com/ Brewery Comedy Tour · Sat. 6/18, Mosinee Brewing Company, Mosinee. Comedy. Starts at 8 pm. $16. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ the-brewery-comedy-tour-at-mosineetickets-225689612707 Mass Guitar Incident · Tues. 6/21, Mathias Mitchell Public Square, Stevens Point. Variety. Starts at 7 pm. https:// www.createportagecounty.org/ calendar/2022/6/21/make-music-daymass-guitar-incident Notes at Night: Cory Dr. DJ Ninja · Wed. 6/22, Mathias Mitchell Public Square, Stevens Point. Acoustic. Starts at 5:30 pm. https://www.downtownpointwi. com/notesatnight PJ’s Live Summer Lineup: Road Trip Band · Wed. 6/22, PJ’s-SentryWorld, Stevens Point. Pop, rock, country, dance. Starts at 6 pm. 866-479-6753 Concerts on the Square: Brad Emanuel Band · Wed. 6/22, 400 Block, downtown Wausau. Country. Free. Starts at 6 pm.

Wausauevents.org Tomahawk Music on the River: The Cougars · Wed. 6/22, Veterans Memorial Park, 101 E River St, Tomahawk. Rock ‘n roll. Bring a lawn chair. In the event of rain, will be held in Sara Park’s indoor arena. Starts at 6 pm. Free. 715-499-4404 Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country · Wed. 6/22, Lamplight Sessions, 224 Main St, Mosinee. Americana, country-western, rock. Doors open at 6 pm. Show starts at 7 pm. $35. https://pinetraveler.com/ Levitt Amp Concert Series: JoJo Green · Thurs. 6/23, Pfiffner Park, Stevens Point. Jazz/funk pop. Starts at 6 pm.

Createportagecounty.org Pippin · Thurs.-Sat. 6/23-6/25, hosted by the Wausau Community Theatre at

Grand Theater, Wausau. Story about a young prince and his journey to be extraordinary. Starts at 6:30 pm on Thurs., 7:30 pm on Fri., and both 2 pm & 7:30 pm on Sat. $22 adults, $18 seniors, college and active military and $14 youth. Grandtheater.org Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra · Fri. 6/24, Stoney Acres, Athens. Starts at 6 pm. www.stoneyacresfarm.net Hub City Concert Series: Billy Bronsted & the Loot · Fri. 6/24, Wenzel Family Plaza, Marshfield. Country. Starts at 7 pm. https://visitmarshfield.com/ Cinderella · Fri. & Sat. 6/24-6/25, McComb/Bruchs Performing Arts Center, Wautoma. Original musical production featuring area youth in the Prairie Fire Children Theatre. Starts at 7 pm on Fri. & 2 pm on Sat. $5/adult, $3 students. https://mccombbruchspac. com/auditions-for-childrens-theatreproduction-of-cinderella-on-mondayjune-20th/ Notes at Night: Steve Strasman · Wed. 6/29, Mathias Mitchell Public Square, Stevens Point. Acoustic. Starts at 5:30 pm. https://www.downtownpointwi. com/notesatnight PJ’s Live Summer Lineup: The Britins · Wed. 6/29, PJ’s-SentryWorld, Stevens Point. Beatles tribute. Starts at 6 pm.

866-479-6753 Concerts on the Square: Hip Pocket · Wed. 6/29, 400 Block, downtown Wausau. Classic rock, top 40s, R&B, Latin infusion, jazz, pop, modern. Free. Starts at 6 pm. Wausauevents.org Tomahawk Music on the River: The Jerry Schmitt Band · Wed. 6/29, Veterans Memorial Park, 101 E River St, Tomahawk. Country/rockabilly. Bring a lawn chair. In the event of rain, will be held in Sara Park’s indoor arena. Starts at 6 pm. Free. 715-499-4404 Alive Again · Thurs. 6/30, Campanile Center for the Arts, Minocqua. 10 piece tribute band that plays music from the band Chicago. Starts at 7 pm. $25 adult, $15 student. https://campanilecenter. vbotickets.com/event/alive_again_the_ chicago_project/71396 Riverfront Rendezvous · Fri.-Sun. 7/17/3, Pfiffner Pioneer Park, Stevens Point. Live music, family activities & fireworks. Fri. lineup: Cousin Curtiss, Kevin Troestler Band, New Polish Sounds

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Starts at 5:30 pm. https://www. downtownpointwi.com/notesatnight PJ’s Live Summer Lineup: Bradley Sperger · Wed. 7/6, PJ’s-SentryWorld, Stevens Point. Variety. Starts at 6 pm. 866-4796753 Concerts on the Square: The Northern Lights · Wed. 7/6, 400 Block, downtown Wausau. Rock, country, pop. Free. Starts at 6 pm. Wausauevents.org Tomahawk Music on the River: Unity…The Band · Wed. 7/6, Veterans Memorial Park, 101 E River St, Tomahawk. Reggae rock.

Bring a lawn chair. In the event of rain, will be held in Sara Park’s indoor arena. Starts at 6 pm. Free. 715-499-4404 Hodag Country Festival 2022 · Thurs.-Sun. 7/7-7/10, 4270 River Road, Rhinelander.

Thurs. lineup: Jon Pardi, Neal McCoy, The Northern Lights, Brestgrove; Fri. lineup: Kip Moore, Lauren Alaina, Larry Fleet; Sat. lineup: Sam Hunt, Russell Dickerson, Clay Walker, Jo Dee Messina, Callista Clark; Sun. lineup: Chris Janson, Sawyer Brown, Tracy Byrd, Elvie Shane, Laci Kaye Booth. More info at http://www.hodag. com/country-music/ The Yawpers · Sat. 7/9, Pine Traveler, 224 Main St, Mosinee. Indie, alternative, rock & roll. Doors open at 6 pm. Show starts at 7 pm. $30. https://pinetraveler.com/ Jeff Foxworthy · Sat. 7/9, North Star Mohican Casino Resort, Bowler. Comedy.

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Book club forming to discuss A New View of Being Human · with kinleiners Nancy Kohorn Henricks and Loretta Ulmschneider. Book that provides a platform to consider the power of being human and the value of each person’s contribution to the world. Authored by pioneers in the profession of kinlein which assists persons in building on their strengths. Meetings on Fridays starting Feb. 11 from 3 pm-4:30 pm via Zoom.

For more info, call 715-842-7399 Donate your Deer Hide · drop off your hide at Wisconsin Lions Camp. Money raised from deer hides go to the Lions Camp to help serve others. Go to https:// wlf.info/deer-hide-collection/ to find a drop-off location near you.

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Health Equipment Sanitization and Restocking: Good News Project currently needs volunteers on a weekly basis to assist with the turn-around of donated medical equipment. Items need to be sanitized, reassembled, and the coordination of inventory is required to meet ongoing client needs. We attempt to help volunteers find a 2–3-hour shift that fits best within their schedule during our regular business hours, Mon. – Fri. from 9-4. Call 715-843-5985, M-F 9 am - 4 pm, or email Susie at Susie@ goodnewswi.com for inquires. e-CYCLING Volunteers: Good News Project has an ongoing need for volunteers to help with the e-CYCLING program. Volunteers are needed on Fridays between the hours of 9-4.

Our scheduling is very flexible; you can choose to volunteer every Friday or once or twice a month, full days, half days, or just a couple of hours.

We recommend that new volunteers come in and do a trial shift to see if e-CYCLING is a good fit for you, as this position requires moderate lifting (50 lbs) on occasion. Volunteers unload cars, weigh electronics, and sort them into the appropriate containers. Also, this is warehouse work, please dress for the weather and wear closed toe shoes.

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Marshfield Pickleball · Every Mon., Tues., Weds., and Fri., hosted by the city of Marshfield. Located at the Oak Ave. Community Center, 201 S. Oak Ave. Advanced ticket discounts available through the Parks & Rec department.

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Farmers’ Fresh Market · Mondays from 6/6-10/31, River Park, Mosinee. Opens 11 am until items sell out. http://www. mosineechamber.org/events-festivals/ farmers-fresh-market/ Werle Park Plus Neighborhoods of Wausau · 2nd Monday of most months, Grace United Church of Christ, 535 S 3rd Ave, Wausau. Meet and discuss neighborhood issues. Use basement entrance off back of church. Starts at 6 pm. 715-845-7051.

Senior Bingo · Every Tuesday, hosted by the Marshfield Parks & Recreational Department at Drendel Room, 211 E 2nd St, Marshfield. Starts at 1 pm. $1 for 2 cards. 715-486-2041 Village of Weston Farmer’s Market · Tuesdays & Saturdays from AprilOctober, 3910 Schofield Ave, Schofield.

Located next to Dunkin’ Donuts. Open from 8 am-2 pm. http://www.westonwi. gov/305/Farmers-Market AARP Chapter 272 Monthly Meeting · 3rd Mon. of each month. Schofield City Hall, 200 Park St, Schofield. Each month will have a speaker discuss a current topic in the news or in the area as well as legislation being proposed that affects those over age 50. In June, Gary Gisselman from the Marathon County Historical Society will discuss what Wausau used to look like in the 1980s.

AARP membership encouraged but not required to attend. Starts at 1:30 pm.

715-571-6189 The Landing Literacy Book Club · 4th Wed. of each month. Book club at the Landing YMCA, Wausau. Book notices at YMCA, Literacy Council and Janke Bookstore.

715-841-1855 “Bloomin’ Greenhouse Tour”-2022 · Tues.-Mon. 4/15-10/31, hosted by the Clark County Economic Development Corporation & Tourism Bureau at the Garden Center Headquarters, Clark County, WI. Enjoy a tour throughout Clark County and check out greenhouses consisting of 100,000 plants of many varieties. No cost. For a brochure, call 715-255-9100 or visit www. clarkcountywi.org Wausau Farmer’s Market · Wednesdays & Saturdays from May-Oct., 200 River Dr, Wausau. Opens 7 am until items sell out. https://www.farmersmarketofwausau. com/ Romaine Calm & Garden On: Choosing the Site and Varieties · Every first & third Wednesday 3/2-9/21, hosted online by Extension Marathon County & Marathon County Public Library. Learn how to plant a garden, improve quality of soil, how to manage pests and disease and more.

Starts at 10 am & 6 pm. Free. https:// www.mcpl.us/events/10731 Veterans Weekly Cup-of-Coffee at a Glance · Wednesdays, Denny’s, Rothschild. Veterans can meet and enjoy a cup of coffee and meal. Starts at 10 am. More info at https://mikeheil123. wixsite.com/website Aspirus Wausau Farmers Market · Every Thursday, Located at Aspirus Corporate Parking Lot, 2200 Westwood Dr, Wausau.

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715-261-7220 Book of the Month Club: “The Light Through the Leaves” by Glendy Vanderah · Wed.-Thurs. 6/1-6/30, Marathon County Public Library, Athens.

Pick up the book of the month for June along with questions and comments about the book. 715-257-7292 Central Wisconsin Water Ski Shows · Tuesdays and Thursdays 6/7-8/30, enjoy water ski performance, popcorn and other concessions. Bring a chair or blanket. Free but donations appreciated.

Shows on Tuesdays located at DC Everest Park, 1800 S. 3rd Ave on Lake Wausau & shows on Thursdays located at South Bay Beach Park, 4480 Park Road, Mosinee on Lake Dubay. Starts at 6:30 pm. More info at Cwwaterwalkers.com Grill Master Steak Cookout · Thurs. 6/16,

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4:30 pm-6 pm. 715-848-6120 UW-Stevens Point Planetarium Shows · Mondays & Wednesdays 5/30-7/20, UW-Stevens Point Allen F. Blocher Planetarium and Arthur J. Pejsa Observatories, 2001 Fourth Ave, Stevens Point. Shows held at 6:30 pm on select Mondays and 7:30 pm on Mondays & Wednesdays. Closed 7/4. Shows are free. https://www3.uwsp.edu/physastr/ plan_obs/Pages/Public-Programs.aspx for more info

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Willow Springs Garden, Wausau. Enjoy music, a drink, appetizers, Rib Eye steak, mashed potatoes, salad, cheese, fruit, veggies & dessert. Starts at 5:30 pm. $60/person. 715-675-1171 to preregister State Park Speedway · Thurs. 6/16, State Park Speedway, Wausau. Flip Merwin Memorial, SLM, Bandos & Support. Fan gate opens at 4:30 pm, race starts at 7 pm. Stateparkspeedway.com Wausau Woodchucks · Fri. 6/17, Athletic Park, 324 E Wausau Ave, Wausau.

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Starts at 6:35 pm. $10-$15. Woodchucks. com Friends of MCPL Book Sale-Members Only Sale · Sat. 6/18, hosted by Friends of MCPL at 300 N First St, Wausau.

Books, CDs, TV movies, artwork, board games and puzzles for sale. Open to members but nonmembers can join on the spot for $10. Starts at 9:30 am.

715-261-7230 Holi-Festival of Colors · Sat. 6/18, Monk Botanical Gardens, Wausau. Enjoy playing with dry colors, kite flying, open dance floor and Indian street food. Starts at 12 pm. $15 at the gate. https://www. monkgardens.org/tots-gardens Wausau Woodchucks · Sat. 6/18, Athletic Park, 324 E Wausau Ave, Wausau.

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Starts at 6:05 pm. $10-$15. Woodchucks. com Summer Dance · Sun. 6/19, hosted by the Central Wisconsin Polka Club at Schmidt’s Ballroom, 7085 County Road A, Wausau. Music provided by the Mark Jirikovec Band from Denmark, WI. Starts at 1 pm. $10 admission. 715-845-9192 Mosinee Book Club: “Things You Save in a Fire” by Katherine Center · Mon. 6/20, Marathon County Public Library, Mosinee. Discuss Center’s story with others. Starts at 2 pm. Call 715-693-2144 for more info

Tail Waggin’ Tutors · Wed. 6/22 & 6/29, T.B. Scott Free Library, 106 W. First St, Merrill. Read a book to two therapy dogs, Kiva and Tucker. Preregistration required. Starts at 10 am. www. tbscottlibrary.org Rothschild Book Club: “The Last Thing He Told Me” by Laura Dave · Wed. 6/22, Marathon County Public Library, Rothschild. Discuss Dave’s story with others. Starts at 11 am. Call 715-3596208 for more info Pizza Nights on the Patio · Wed. 6/22, Willow Springs Garden, Wausau. Enjoy all you can eat homemade pizza, salad, bread, dessert, lemonade, milk and water. Starts at 6 pm. $15/person ages 11 and older, $5/person ages 6-10, free for ages 5 and under. 715-675-1171 Wausau Woodchucks · Wed. 6/22, Athletic Park, 324 E Wausau Ave, Wausau. Woodchucks vs. Madison Mallards. Starts at 6:35 pm. $10-$15.

Woodchucks.com Pizza in the Orchard · Thurs. 6/23, Rock Ridge Orchard, Edgar. Enjoy pizza buffet and country music from Red Higgins & Freedom Train. Bring a lawn chair. Starts at 5:30 pm. $14 adults, $5 children 11 and under. 715-370-4083 State Park Speedway · Thurs. 6/23, State Park Speedway, Wausau. SLM & Support Divisions. Fan gate opens at 4:30 pm, race starts at 7 pm. Stateparkspeedway. com Community Garage Sale Weekend · Fri.Sun. 6/24-6/26, hosted by the Village of Kronenwetter. Kronenwetter will be holding a community garage sale for the weekend open to the public and vending for residents. Starts at 8 am. kronenwetter.org The 31st Annual Energy Fair · Fri.-Sun. 6/24-6/26, The Midwest Renewable Association, 7558 Deer Rd, Custer.

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live music, family events, food and beverages, workshops, solar-brewed beer and more. Starts at 9 am. $45 adult weekend pass, $20 weekend pass for 65+ and youth, $15 one day pass adults, $10 one day 65+ and youth, free for members. https://www.midwestrenew. org/ Wings Over Wausau & Wausau’s BIG Weekend · Fri.-Sat. 6/24-6/25, Wausau Downtown Airport, Wausau. Watch a professional air show and enjoy several other activities such as vintage car show, drone races, kid’s activities, food vendors, beer tent, live entertainment, fireworks and more. Starts at 4 pm. $5 admission or free with nonperishable food donation. https://www. wausauevents.org/ Wausau Woodchucks · Fri. 6/24, Athletic Park, 324 E Wausau Ave, Wausau.

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Starts at 6:35 pm. $10-$15. Woodchucks. com Chalkfest 2022 · Sat.-Sun. 6/25-6/26, 400 block downtown Wausau. Check out chalk artwork or create your own.

Starts at 8 am. Free viewing. More info at https://www.wausauevents.org/ chalkfest.html 32nd Annual Event in Bevent · Sat.Sun. 6/25-6/26, St. Ladislaus Parish, Bevent. Indoor Polka Mass w/the New Generation at 4 pm, The New Generation from 5 pm-8 pm and music from Southbound 8 pm-midnight on Sat. Indoor Polka Mass w/The Maroszek Bros at 10:10 am, music from 11 am-6 pm with Maroszek Bros and Steve Burclaw’s New Polish Sounds, food, refreshments, games, cherry tree, kountry kafe, cashmini-ATV raffles, inflatable bounce slide and more on Sun. Bingo at noon on Sun. Free admission. 715-446-3060 Wausau Woodchucks · Sat. 6/25, Athletic Park, 324 E Wausau Ave, Wausau.

Woodchucks vs. Fond du Lac Dock Spiders. Starts at 6:05 pm. $10-$15.

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Pick up the book of the month for July along with questions and comments about the book. 715-257-7292 Pizza Nights on the Patio · Wed. 7/6, Willow Springs Garden, Wausau. Enjoy all you can eat homemade pizza, salad, bread, dessert, lemonade, milk and water. Starts at 6 pm. $15/person ages 11 and older, $5/person ages 6-10, free for ages 5 and under. 715-675-1171 Iola Car Show 2022-50th Anniversary · Thurs.-Sat. 7/7-7/9, hosted by Iola Car Show at 350 Chrome Place, Iola. See over 2,500 show cars and enjoy some

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Woodchucks vs. Wisconsin Rapids Rafters. Starts at 6:35 pm. $10-$15.

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OUTDOORS/SPORTS Essential Gravel Bike Ride · Fri.-Sun. 6/3-6/19, hosted by IronBull at 172900 State Hwy 29, Ringle. Go for a 10, 20 or 44 mile bike ride. Complete the route any time you want. Free. https://www. ironbull.org/essential-gravel-ride-details Yoga in the Gardens · Mondays 6/6-8/29, Monk Botanical Gardens, Wausau. Bring a mat and do some yoga. No class on 7/4 & 7/25. Starts at 6 pm. $5 cash only.

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Wisconsin Valley Golf Association Tournament · Sun. 6/19, Glacier Wood Golf Course, Iola. Individual stroke golf tournament open to those who enjoy golf. Starts at 8 am. $50. https://www. wivalleygolf.org/ Tour de Willow 5k Trail Race Benefit Run/ Walk · Sun. 6/19, Willow Springs Garden, Wausau. Go on a 5k run from the Round Barn on the trails around the grounds, past the vineyard and across fields. Race benefits the Lincoln County Humane Society and the Village of Maine Fire Department. Starts at 9 am. $30. https:// runsignup.com/Race/WI/Wausau/ willowsprings5k 3rd Annual Wine Walk · Fri. 6/24, hosted by the Tomorrow River Business Association in Amherst. Go on a walk through downtown Amherst, stop at several businesses on the way, and enjoy some wine and appetizers. Check in at the Jenson Community Center for a map and glass. Starts at 3:30 pm.

Tickets are $45. https://www.eventbrite. com/o/tomorrow-river-businessassociation-29844043109 2022 CWOCC Women’s Mountain Bike Weekend · Fri.-Sun. 6/24-6/26, hosted by the Central Wisconsin Offroad Cycling Coalition at Nine Mile Country Forest Chalet, Wausau. Women can go for a group bike ride for the weekend. Starts at 4 pm. $295. https://www.eventbrite. com/e/2022-cwocc-womens-mountainbike-weekend-tickets-234017682187 Sculpture Garden Yoga · Thurs. 7/7, hosted by 5 Koshas Yoga & Wellness at Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau. Bring a yoga mat, bottle watered and props and do some yoga.

Apply bug repellant and sunscreen before class. Starts at 5:30 pm. Free. www.5koshasyoga.com

LECTURES/WORKSHOPS Guitar Lessons with Adam Greuel · Running now, hosted online through UWSP. Learn how to play guitar with Adam Greuel of Horseshoes and Hand Grenades. Lessons times vary. Available to all levels. $69 for 30 minutes, $114 for 60 minutes. www.uwsp.edu LENA Start · Wednesdays 6/15-8/24, Riverside Park, 140 E Sherman St, Wausau. 10 week program for parents of children ages 0-33 months that will help the child improve verbal interactions and develop the baby’s brain. Registration required. Dinner served at 5:30 pm.

Program starts at 6 pm. Free. Register at https://www.lenastartmc.org/ History Chat: Vilas Machmueller · Thurs. 6/16, hosted by the Marathon County Historical Society online or at the Woodson History Center, 410 McIndoe St, Wausau. Learn about the career and accomplishments of Vilas Machmueller. Starts at 12:30 pm. Free.

On Facebook Live or https://www. marathoncountyhistory.org/ Babysitting Rocks! · Sat. 6/18, YWCA, 613 N 5th St, Wausau. Learn how to babysit with lessons about handling emergencies, stress that comes from babysitting, planning activities for children, communication with children and parents and more. Starts at 10 am. $40. www.ywcawausau.org History Chat: Theodore Mayer · Thurs.

6/23, hosted by the Marathon County Historical Society online or at the Woodson History Center, 410 McIndoe St, Wausau. Learn about shoe business owner Theodore Mayer and how he uses art for advertising. Starts at 12:30 pm.

Free. On Facebook Live or https://www. marathoncountyhistory.org/ History Chat: Secret Special Guest ·

Thurs. 6/30, hosted by the Marathon County Historical Society online or at the Woodson History Center, 410 McIndoe St, Wausau. A special guest will join in discussion about people you should know from Marathon County’s history. Starts at 12:30 pm.

Free. On Facebook Live or https://www. marathoncountyhistory.org/ Seminar on Lakes & Wakes with Guest Speaker John Bates · Thurs. 6/30, North Lakeland Discovery Center, Manitowish Waters. Meet local naturalist and author John Bates and learn about hazardous wakes, types of boats, environmental effects, Wisconsin statutes, and scientific studies of the lakes in the Midwest.

Starts at 5:30 pm. Free admission with donations appreciated. https:// lastwildernessalliance.org/

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Merrill History & Cultural Center · Open Mon., Weds. and Fri. From 9 am to 1 pm.

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715-536-5652, preservethefuture.org Q Artists Cooperative, Stevens Point · Facemasks optional. Gallery open Mon.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm, Sun. 11 am-3 pm. https://qartistscooperative.com/ Vessels · Fri. 5/1-6/24. Containers made from wood, clay, basketry and metal. Masks optional. https:// qartistscooperative.com/ Riverfront Arts Center, Stevens Point · Open Wed.-Fri. 11 am to 6 pm. Sat. & Sun. 11 am to 3 pm. stevenspoint.com/rac Woodson Art Museum, Wausau · Free. Open Tues.-Fri. 9 am-4 pm, first Thurs. of each month 9 am-7:30 pm, Sat.-Sun. noon-5 pm and closed Mon. and holidays. Facemasks and social distancing required. lywam.org Molten: 30 Years of American Glass · now-8/14. Glass artworks with origins in

Wisconsin that spread from East Coast to West Coast. lywam.org Abundant Future: Cultivating Diversity in Garden, Farm and Field · now-8/28.

Curated by the American Society of Botanical Artists and the New York Botanical Garden. lywam.org Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art · Open noon-5 pm Tues-Sat. Face masks required. Wmoca.org Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau · Free.

Gallery hours Wed.-Fri. 10 am-4 pm; Sat. 12 pm–4 pm. Closed Sun.-Tues. 715842-4545, cvawausau.org. Inspired by activities and events.

Pulp: Wood, Paper and Print · Fri.-Sat. 5/6-7/2. Printmaking from paper arts, wood art and craft, and basketry.

Cvawausau.org Marathon City Heritage Center · Open from noon to 2 pm on the second Sunday of each month from Oct. to April, Open Sun. 4/5 noon-2 pm and 5/3 noon2 pm. 715-443-2221. www.marathoncity. org Marathon County Historical Society · Open Tues.-Fri. 9 am-4:30 pm. Sat.Sun. 1 pm-4:30 pm. https://www. marathoncountyhistory.org/facilities/ exhibits.

Milking Time: The Evolution of the Dairy Industry in Marathon County · Jan. 2022 thru Dec. 2023. Exhibit that features development of the dairy industry through innovations such as herd improvement and electrification. https://www.marathoncountyhistory. org/facilities/exhibits Preserved for Generations: A Century of Marathon County Parks System · Jan. 2022 thru Dec. 2023. Exhibit that shows how parks were preserved for many years. https://www. marathoncountyhistory.org/facilities/ exhibits

Our Stories: The History of Marathon County · Jan. 2022 thru Dec. 2025. Learn about the stories of people who lived in Marathon County for a long time.

Themes include arriving here, making a living and having fun. https://www. marathoncountyhistory.org/facilities/ exhibits Motorama Auto Museum, Aniwa · Open Weds.-Sat. 9 am to 5 pm from May to Oct. Check out over 500 rare, vintage vehicles. $10 admission, free for kids under 16. 715-449-2141. Alfaheaven. com Little Art Show · Mon. 6/13-6/27, Marathon County Public Library, Athens.

Check out traveling display of artwork from members of the public. Free. 715257-2792 Little Art Show · Tues.-Mon. 7/5-7/18, Marathon County Public Library, Spencer.

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Tots in the Gardens · Tuesdays 5/3-9/27, Monk Botanical Gardens, Wausau. Each week, children ages 3-5 can learn about nature through story-telling and nature themed activities. Meet at Kitchen Potager and dress for the weather. Starts at 10 am. $5 per child, free for members. https://www.monkgardens.org/ tots-gardens Outdoor Family Story Time · Wednesdays & Thursdays 6/1-9/1, Marathon County Public Library, Wausau. Listen to stories outdoors. Starts at 10 am. Free. 715261-7220 Trail Tales · Wed. 6/1-8/31, Oak Island Park, Wausau. Go for a walk through Oak Island Park and read stories such as “Chirp” and “The Bad Seed”. Free.

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The pizza/ orchard experience Pizza in the Orchard events at the Rock Ridge Orchard are the latest farm dining experience

Jason McNabb Duo. The bulk of acts who come to the orchard are in the country genre, but Daniel adds they are doing rock and blues, trying to get a nice blend of different things. Julie says it is a very pleasing thing so far.

“As this has grown we have gotten bigger requests from musicians,” she says.

“Larger bands and more kinds of music have contacted us and asked if they can play in our orchard. We did all the legwork to try to get this and so people reaching out is a nice compliment from the community.”

Of course, the tunes would not be complete without the food and in this area Daniel says the program is pulling its weight also. They have had to hire staff to meet the demand and moved to a buffet model from a kitchen-to-table delivery due to early delays; but even the bumps and grumbling tied to them has helped to make their service an even better one for the public.

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looking for a fusion of their past and the program’s present and future, options are also on the table there as well.

“As fruit ripens and comes in locally we do make fruit pizzas,” Julie says. “They are a hit for sure. They are sliced and put on the buffet. This has just been really fun and so pleasant.”

The next Pizza in the Orchard takes place Thursday and begins at 4 p.m. The buffet being offered includes pizzas, salad

and desert. It costs $14 for adults, $5 for children 11 and under and more information can be found by visiting the Rock Ridge Orchard, LLC page on Facebook.

Evan J. Pretzer is a contributor to City Pages.

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Daniel and Julie Knetter have called the land on which their 7,000-strong apple tree orchard sits home for years, established the business end of it in 2004 and introduced their now-annual Pizza in the Orchard series last year. The evenings of food and live music start each May, run throughout the summer and Daniel says this idea came due to COVID-19 like many have.

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