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A complicated reimbursement A new report sheds light on the Michael Loy resignation — and on a confusing committee structure When all attention was on Ralph Illick resigning last May, another area leader was placed on administrative leave, quiety: Michael Loy, CEO of North Central Health Care.

While Illick’s resignation was well covered, Loy’s was less so. (City Pages did cover the meeting.) Why he was placed on administrative leave was a mystery at the time.

That mystery was let out of the bag recently. An investigative report from law firm von Briesen and Roper detailed an employee student loan program that was approved by the NCHC Board, but not the Retained County Authority Committee. The RCA, as it is called, no longer exists. It’s been folded into the NCHC Executive Committee because member counties wanted more direct representation at NCHC, Marathon County Administrator Lance Leonhard told City Pages.

North Central Health Care is a quasi-governmental health care agency that provides state-mandated medical services for Marathon, Lincoln and Langlade counties.

The agency was nearly disbanded in favor of a county-run human services department over complaints about communication and how it was handling mentally ill people — law enforcement accused them of sending people to jail instead of treating them for mental illness.

Part of the resolution was to form the Retained County Authority committee, or RCA. That committee would provide oversight to ensure that NCHC and the counties worked well together. Micheal Loy was named interim CEO after Gary Bezucha retired, and later made permanent CEO.

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Marathon County Board narrowly votes down A Community for All Michael Loy

Loy had been praised for turning things around financially at NCHC, as the county sought to lower its levy allotment to the health care organization. Even the multi-phase remodel of NCHC was supposed to have been revenue neutral because of all the savings involved in modernizing the environment. That remodeling project is ongoing.

But according to reports requested by City Pages, NCHC lost $3.9 million in 2020, and is on track to lose millions this year as well. Pay needed to be increased to retain people, something more difficult in a medical environment during COVID-19, and at the top level, loan programs for many professions are common. Psychiatry candidates won’t even take an interview if student loan reimbursement isn’t on the table, according to the report.

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Loy, along with Jeff Zriny, then chair of the NCHC Board, developed a school loan program for employees, and Zriny approved one for Loy. CFO Brenda Glodowski received $12,200; NCHC Information Technology Executive Tom Boutain received loans of $23,210.22 and $19,778.00; NCHC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robert Gouthro received $100,000.00; and NCHC Operations Executive Jarret Nickel received $7,200.00. Zriny approved Loy getting a $60,000 loan. In 2019, Loy was also given a vehicle stipend, which Zriny approved but wasn’t approved by any board. (It apparently had been an old policy.)

The conflict? The NCHC Board approved the program, but the RCA did not, according to the report. Loy offered to pay back the money and even the vehicle stipend when RCA members inquired about the program; neither offer was responded to, Loy says in his response to the report.

Loy resigned in July, in an agreement that provided him $25,000. Loy took a job with Geared Equity as its manager. Jill Meschke was named interim CEO. Meschke told City Pages the NCCSP Board will work to clarify the employee retention policy and to ensure it is considered as part of the total compensation program.

“The NCCSP Board and NCHC understand the need to employ all necessary recruitment tools to attract and retain highly-skilled positions that are of significant demand in the marketplace,” Meschke says.

The Marathon County in a tight vote turned down the latest version of the A Community for All resolution, bringing a cap to what has been a year and a half process.

The board voted 18-18, an exact split, on the resolution Tuesday night, following more than one and a half hours of debate. That doesn’t count public comment, which was heard the previous Thursday. Without a majority in favor, the resolution failed.

The initial resolution came out of the county’s Diversity Affairs commission in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer. The county’s Executive Committee rejected an early version, which the New York Times wrote about, adding to the controversy.

The Executive Committee earlier this month approved a version of the resolution, which excluded the word equity.

The word equity became a hot button topic as to some it signaled a marxist ideology.

County Board Member William Harris said sending a signal that the county is welcoming is important because young people are leaving and that can hurt future county growth.

“It was heart-breaking to hear from one 17-yearold that she couldn’t wait to leave this community,” Harris says. “We can create more technical schools, more jobs incentives, tout our low cost of living and build William Harris more housing, but if we can’t express that all are welcome here, how can we hope for them to come back here and raise a family?”

But Marathon County Board Member Brent Jacobson, also Mosinee’s mayor, said the area is already welcoming.

He relayed a story about a Filipino woman he dated while

in law school and how she was treated with nothing but welcoming when she visited him here. “My bit of advice to those younger folks is you’ve got a little life learning to do,” Jacobson says. “Some other places aren’t as great as here, and not as welcoming as here.”

Marathon County Brent Jacobson Board Chair Kurt Gibbs says he received more than 300 emails since the Monday before the meeting, and said they were almost perfectly split between for and against. He said the fallout is that the Marathon County Board is split almost perfectly down the middle, divided by the controversy.

“Is that what we want?” Gibbs asked rhetorically. “Is that what is in the best interest of the county?”

Wausau growth reversed in 2020, estimates show

Wausau reversed its trend in growth in 2020, according to early estimates from the Department of Revenue.

The estimates for new growth were -5.53% in 2020, according to the state agency’s August estimates. That’s compared to 2019, where new growth was 10.47%.

That information was shared by Wausau School District Financial Director Bob Tess in a presentation about the 2022 Wausau School District budget. Tess says the mill rates for the school district should stay the same in 2022, though the levy will decrease. That’s thanks to a debt retirement plan the district has employed, Tess says.

The August figures are an estimate and the final numbers are released in October, Tess says.

New health officer named

A new health officer, replacing the retiring Joan Theurer, has been appointed by the county board Tuesday.

Laura Scudiere was named the interim health officer on Monday, and now is officially Marathon County’s next health officer. Scudiere officially takes over the role Sept. 2.

Scudiere replaces Theurer, who presided over the health department during the COVID-19 pandemic. The office often became the target of political virtriol, with one person carrying a sign at a county meeting referring to her as a “Fuhrer.” Judy Burrows, who served as as the county’s Coronavirus Information Officer during the pandemic, also retired recently.

Scudiere is currently the community health improvement director at the county health department, and previously served as the human service operations director at North Central Health Laura Scudiere Care, led an overhaul of the Bridge Community Health Clinic and was director of programs at TPAN. She’ll replace Theurer, who has served as the health officer for over 30 years.

Regional morgue idea becoming more concrete

The idea of a regional morgue in Marathon County is starting to finally solidify — but it’s likely to be bigger and more expensive than previously thought.

Estimates for the cost of a new regional morgue are now coming in at between $6.5-6.8 million — much higher than previous estimates of 4.5 million, says Marathon County Medical Examiner Jessica Blahnik.

The needed facility would also be bigger than previously thought — 13,000 square feet would be needed for a regional morgue.

Marathon County is pursuing a regional morgue, news first reported by City Pages in 2015, because there are few facilities in the state for performing forensic autopsies and the ones that exist — in Madison, Milwaukee and Fond du Lac — are becoming increasingly overbooked and even in the best of times, driving bodies for autopsy to those areas takes up a lot of staff time from law enforcement and the medical examiner’s office, says Marathon County Administrator Lance Leonhard. That comes as death investigations continue to rise in the county.

A regional morgue located in Marathon County has a lot of support from other counties in the state, as well

as in Michigan, Leonhard says. A need for the service is growing as medical groups are also increasingly getting away from performing forensic autopsies, which puts medical staff in the position of needing to testify in court, taking them away from their hospital duties.

Public Safety Chair Craig McEwen applauded everyone involved for sticking with the idea after it seemed stalled for some time. “There was a time when I thought this wasn’t going anywhere,” McEwen says. “They deserve kudos that they got it done.”

Weston couple arrested in child injury investigation

Police arrested a Weston couple follow an investigation into how a child sustained a brain injury.

Jonathan and Sumitra Stolp of Weston face charges of physical abuse of a child (recklessly causing bodily harm), child neglect, and obstruction of an officer after Everest Metro Police investigated an infant with a brain injury taken to Marshfield Medical Center in Marshfield.

The investigation is still ongoing and the child’s condition is still being monitored. The child is still hospitalized, police say.

The Stolps are scheduled to make a court appearance on Sept. 1. Neither appears to have a prior criminal record, according to a search on CCAP.

State investigating officer-involved shooting from earlier August

State police agencies are investigating an officer-involved shooting in the village of Maine earlier this month that left two injured.

Department of Criminal Investigation officials say Marathon County Deputy Nathan Olig, a 12-year veteran, observed a vehicle on Aug. 13 in the village of Maine that had been involved in a chase earlier in Lincoln County.

Olig ordered the vehicle’s driver to stop, but the driver got out of the driver’s side of the vehicle and fired at Olig.

Olig fired back, injuring the shooter and another woman inside the vehicle, which investigators say Olig didn’t know about until right before the shooting.

Both the man and woman were injured in the gunfight, and remain hospitalized. No one else was injured, police say.

DCI is investigating the incident and will turn over its report to the District Attorney for a final determination.

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Nothing charging No new criminal charges in National Guard sex assault investigation The state Department of Justice says no new criminal charges will be filed after an agency review of more than 30 sexual assault cases that had previously been investigated by the Wisconsin National Guard between 2009-2019.

Still, the agency recommended several policy changes on fraternization and the consumption of alcohol, improvements in how the National Guard investigates sexual assault allegations, and changes in how survivors are kept apprised of a probe.

Maj. Gen. Don Dunbar, who had been the state’s adjutant general since 2007, resigned at the request of Gov. Tony Evers in December 2019 after a review found the Wisconsin National Guard created its own arm to investigate allegations of sexual harassment and assault in violation of state and federal law.

Evers signed an executive order that month ordering changes recommended in a report by the National Guard Bureau’s Office of Complex Investigations that detailed the missteps.

Breakthrough cases in WI have increased

New numbers released by the state Department of Health Services illustrate how COVID-19 vaccines provide protection against infection, hospitalization and death. But they also show that breakthrough cases among fully vaccinated people have increased between February and July of this year.

The data for July 2021 show 125.4 cases per 100,000 fully vaccinated people, compared to 369.2 cases per 100,000 unvaccinated people. Hospitalizations were also much lower for those who are vaccinated, at 4.9 per 100,000, compared to 18.2 per 100,000 for the unvaccinated.

The greatest difference is shown in death rates, with more than 10 times as many deaths for unvaccinated people in July -- 0.1 per 100,000 fully vaccinated people,

versus 1.1 per 100,000 unvaccinated.

The DHS dashboard also shows breakthrough COVID-19 cases among fully vaccinated people increasing from 56.6 per 100,000 in February to 125.4 per 100,000 in July. Over the same period, cases among the unvaccinated remained at a much higher level but didn’t see a similar increase.

In a call with reporters, state health officials noted that breakthrough cases are expected and emphasized the benefits of getting vaccinated. They attributed the increase in breakthrough cases to the more infectious nature of the delta variant.

group used Department of Revenue data from financial statements that look backward. Because of the perspective, the group states the analysis cannot be used to determine which municipalities would have been penalized by legislation Gov. Tony Evers vetoed earlier this summer.

SB 119 sought to reduce shared revenue for certain municipalities if they decreased budgeted spending on police, fire departments and emergency medical responders, or if they decreased the number of people employed in those areas. The bill only focused on budgetary changes to areas dedicated to hiring, training and retaining those workers.

State unemployment rate remains 3.9 percent

Waukesha county exec now also state GOP chair

The state’s unemployment rate in July remained at 3.9 percent, marking the fourth month in a row the rate hasn’t changed.

That’s according to the latest federal figures released by the state Department of Workforce Development. Wisconsin’s unemployment rate remains below the national rate of 5.4 percent.

The DWD release shows 12,400 private-sector jobs were added over the month, driven by gains in wholesale trade, educational services, and leisure and hospitality. Most industries are seeing substantial recovery over job numbers from July 2020.

Some decreased police spending before George Floyd

At least 253 municipalities decreased total police spending before George Floyd was killed by a police officer last year, according to a recent analysis.

A Wisconsin Policy Forum analysis of 1,854 municipalities showed over 250 local governments, including large cities such as Milwaukee and Green Bay, as well as 144 municipalities with under 2,000 residents, decreased the dollar amount they spent on police from 2018 to 2019. The

The state GOP Executive Committee unanimously elected Waukesha County Exec Paul Farrow to be the next party chair.

Farrow, a former state lawmaker, immediately takes over for Andrew Hitt, who announced last month he was stepping down to spend more time with his young family.

Farrow will serve out the remainder of Hitt’s term, which ends just after the 2022 election.

Farrow told WisPolitics.com he will continue to serve as county exec while working in the volunteer role as state chair, saying the new position won’t affect his work leading Waukesha County.

“Since my first election as county executive, I have worked hard to keep our county tax levy low, support public safety, including our sheriff’s department, courts system, 9-1-1 dispatch services, and improve our county roads,” said Farrow, who was unopposed for state chair.

“I will continue to support our county in this way and will keep working hard to serve the people of Waukesha County.”

Farrow, who previously served in the state Legislature, had been the party’s finance chair before being elevated to chair.

Nass seeking to sue over UW COVID policy A key Republican lawmaker says he’s seeking permission to sue the UW System after President Tommy Thompson vowed to reject a JCRAR request to submit COVID-19 policies as rules by Sept. 2.

The committee’s Co-chair Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, said he will ask Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, to take legal action against the System after the deadline.

“It is sad that Interim President Tommy Thompson has once again shown his belief in big government control over the rights of individuals to make their own health related decisions,” Nass said in a statement Tuesday.

He accused the System of attempting to “banish” unvaccinated people from campuses despite Thompson’s comments today doubling down on his refusal to require immunizations against COVID-19. Nass also said different rules apply to those attending football games, though UW-Madison is requiring masks for attendees while they are indoors.

Thompson during a call Tuesday said the UW System is a “separate entity” and has the authority to manage its buildings and the safety of students under Wisconsin statutes and administrative rules. Despite his confidence that the System will win any potential battle in court, Thompson said an unfavorable ruling could be costly for universities. Removing testing, masking and vaccination protocols would drive students and faculty away, he said.

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how in the hell would you run it?” Thompson said. “The university could not function with the Legislature overruling on all decisions.”

But Thompson added that he won’t be intimidated by efforts to strike down the System’s COVID-19 mitigation policies.

“We will contest it aggressively, whether it be in the circuit court, Court of Appeals, or the Supreme Court,” Thompson said. “I’m going to use public health science in order to make my decisions. I’m not going to abdicate my responsibility. I’m not going to deviate.”

“I understand he has a responsibility and I hope he understands we do too,” Neylon said. “JCRAR has a responsibility to make sure that state agencies are following the law when issuing emergency orders. We have oversight responsibilities and must protect the rule of law.”

Amid likelihood of impasse, lawsuits ask courts to prepare to draw new district lines

Competing redistricting suits are before the courts as the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty asked the state Supreme Court to step in and several nonpartisan groups went to federal court.

The actions follow a suit from a half-dozen Dem voters asking a federal court earlier this month to set a deadline

for GOP lawmakers and Dem Gov. Tony Evers to pass a map before taking over to draw the lines.

All three suits have one thing in common: they argue the likelihood of Evers and GOP lawmakers reaching a deal on new legislative and congressional boundaries is extremely low.

They want the courts to declare the current lines are unconstitutional due to population shifts and to put in place plans to draw lines on their own if the Legislature and Evers fail to reach a deal in a timely fashion.

On Monday, WILL asked the conservative-leaning state Supreme Court to take original jurisdiction in the case, arguing the states have primary responsibility for drawing new lines.

In addition to seeking a declaration that the current boundaries are unconstitutional, the suit then asks the court to stay the matter until the Legislature has adopted a new plan. If that happens, the suit wants the justices to weigh in on the constitutionality of those lines. If the Legislature and guv fail to reach an agreement, the suit asks the court to draw new districts.

GOP lawmakers last week filed a motion seeking to dismiss the suit filed by the Dems voters. They called it “wildly premature” and argued lawmakers should be first given the opportunity to draw new lines.

The WILL filing acknowledges that suit. Noting that federal and state courts have concurrent jurisdiction, WILL argues the state’s role is “primary” in redistricting suits.

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Taking a geographic lens to the decline in public school enrollment shows it was not uniform across the state. The 10 largest school districts in Wisconsin, all of which serve large urban centers, account for 25% of total statewide enrollment, but their enrollment drop was 38% of the total decline in the state. Reasons for the difference could range from the greater use of virtual and hybrid learning by urban schools to higher levels of concern about COVID-19 in those areas.

It is impossible to predict how the pandemic will impact enrollment during the 2021-22 school year, except to say the financial implications for public school districts will be considerable. For now, federal relief aid may carry districts through at least some of these difficulties. Yet if enrollment declines persist in 2021 and beyond, it could

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At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a historic drop in Wisconsin public school enrollment in the 2020-21 school year was accompanied by a smaller but still notable decline in private school enrollment, with both concentrated at the lowest grade levels. Meanwhile, homeschool and virtual charter school enrollment rose substantially.

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction data shows private school enrollment declined 1.5% in the 2020-21 school year, which began during the COVID-19 pandemic that triggered school closures and a shift to remote learning in March 2020.

This occurred alongside a larger and more widely publicized decline in public school enrollment of 2.9% in 2020-21. However, the figures offer at least a partial counterpoint to speculation about a potential surge in private school enrollment during the pandemic as many public schools continued remote instruction through the fall and winter.

Yet some schooling options did see sizable enrollment increases: homeschool enrollment increased by 47% in the 2020-21 school year. This increase was the largest since at least 1984, the earliest year for which data is available, and likely the largest single-year increase ever.

Wisconsin charter schools also saw enrollment rise nearly 14% in the 2020-21 school year, after years of remaining roughly flat. This trend appears to have been driven by an explosion of enrollment at virtual charters — not surprising given the widespread shift to remote instruction. Virtual charter enrollment shot up 84% in 2020-21, from 8,696 to 16,020.

These trends appear to have mirrored in large part what took place across the country, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Last year’s changes in school enrollment differed across grade levels. Pre-K and kindergarten public school enrollment plunged in 2020-21, while grades 1-8 declined far more modestly and high school enrollment actually increased slightly. The same pattern held in private school enrollment. Private pre-K and 4K enrollment declined

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by B.C. Kowalski

The good fight How Lah Thao transitioned from fighter to fight trainer, and found peace along the way Lah Thao found himself in a triangle choke in one of the biggest fights of his life, in Colorado more than 10 years ago.

For anyone who has trained in Brazilian Jujitsu, this is not a pleasant place to be.

He’d arrived in a limousine, made the aisle walk before 8,000 fans. Most of them booed (since he was fighting the hometown hero in Colorado). He’d stepped into the cage undefeated, adrenaline pumping through his body as he warmed up, ready for the fight. None of the booing bothered him. “I’m here to jack your champ up,” Thao says of his thoughts at the time. “It pumped me up.”

He was the underdog of the fight. His opponent, Christian “Relentless” Allen, trained with fighting legend Duane “The Bang” Ludwig; Thao was basically training in his basement, as he put it.

But, Thao also had not been beaten in his MMA career. He was only an underdog because being from the middle of Wisconsin, the oddsmakers didn’t know much about him. Surely the oddsmakers were satisfied with their picks after seeing Thao spend a couple of minutes in a triangle choke, in which an opponent’s head and arm are trapped between the choker’s legs.

But that’s not how things went. Thao was determined not to pass out, and he sure as heck wasn’t going to tap. Thao against all odds survived the triangle choke, and found a submission of his own.

The official fight record calls it a Kimura choke but Thao explains from his west side gym, Rising Son, that it was an Americana from a headlock position, a variation on the move that Thao says is one of his favorites. He didn’t just submit Allen, he broke his arm. “He didn’t want to tap either,” Thao explains.

Today Thao runs Rising Son on Pardee Street on Wausau’s West side. He is running out of space and plans to move to a bigger location soon. He trains fighters and has had one make it to Bellator, a mixed martial arts organization similar to the UFC. He has a boxing tournament coming up at the Central Wisconsin Convention Center in November and plans on hosting local MMA fights as well.

That win in Colorado proved to be one of the biggest fights of Thao’s life. It also proved to be a pivotal moment for Thao but not in the way you might think.

Early life

Thao started wrestling as a young child on advice of a friend, and joined Tae Kwon Do after Wausau TKD teacher Master Vu approached his mother and asked if she

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was interested in enrolling her boys in his school.

Thao trained there for five years, and he and a couple of others students eventually took over for Master Vu to help keep the school going after Vu retired from teaching the art. Soon he and others were traveling to tournaments, including the national tournament in Tae Kwon Do. Around the time Thao was 20, he heard about a local mixed martial tournament and decided to check it out. Thao laughs that he didn’t know much about MMA at the time — he thought it was fixed entertainment like professional wrestling. But after the first fight he quickly realized it was anything but. “What better way to test yourself, if you really want to challenge yourself?” he thought. Of course he’d have to prepare for a fight of his own.

Thao took a year to train, found some local fighters who took him under their wing, trained by running up and down Rib Mountain, sometimes pushing his daughter in the stroller. He trained his wrestling and his Tae Kwon Do skills. He also started traveling to Appleton to work with a Brazilian Jujitsu school there.

Thao also went to school to be a gym teacher, and now has his masters degree.

Studying kinesiology helped a lot, he says.

All that training helped him get in shape to fight at 135 (he fought in the 135 and 145 weight classes throughout his career).

Thao in 2004 won his first of an undefeated career record - three rounds, “going the distance” as they call it. Thao won by decision, the last time any of his fights would make it to the final bell. After that he always won either by knockout or submission, in three amateur fights and four professional fights.

He and his brother also tried out for Dana White’s Contender Series, a show that highlights up and coming fighters.

Fighters that make the cut get a fight on the show, and a good enough performance can earn them a UFC contract.

Thao described the process to a City Pages reporter — there are a series of phases one must go through to make it to the show. The first is them making sure you have a winning record and are a pro fighter; in the next, fighters hit pads to show their striking skills. They move the fighters they like at that point on to grappling. The grappling happened in front of a long table of people, with Dana White front and center. On the table in front of White stood a large stack of $100 bills, and anyone who got a submission was instantly given one of them. Thao went for it, but while he dominated his oppo-

▲ Lah Thao looks back on a career fighting in the cage - and a future in developing young fighters.

nent in positions enough to make it to the next round, he couldn’t quite pull off the submission.

The next step would do Thao in. The remaining fighters were brought into the media room where someone yelled “I don’t care how good of a fighter you are! We want personality!” Thao could only laugh.

“That’s not me,” Thao says. It’s easy to see why. Thao is friendly and humble, always ready with a smile and a friendly greeting. He’s quick to say he’s only undefeated because he didn’t fight long enough. Not the bravado one typically ses in the UFC to build up hype for a fight (although Smiling Sam Alvey somehow pulled it off).

Transition to coach

Thao stood with his arm raised in the center of the octagon in Colorado. It should have been the highlight of his career.

Fighters who won at this particular tournament often got the call up to the UFC. Instead, he had a moment of clarity.

“When the owner was putting the belt around me, all I could think was ‘this was it? All this, for what?’” Thao says he realized he had more joy singing in church than he had in that moment, in what should have been a crowning achievement.

Thao started focusing on Rising Son, which he opened right around that time.

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Thao’s fighting days might be over, but there is plenty on his plate. The Central Wisconsin Convention and Expo Center will host a boxing tournament. They’re working with USA Boxing but also working on spicing it up a little compared to a typical amateur fight, with walkout music and fanfare. Mixed martial arts fights are also in the works, something Thao would like to see in central Wisconsin again.

And they’re finally looking at moving Rising Son. Space has become cramped, especially in the parking lot. Thao says they adjusted schedules to make sure there is 15 minutes between classes so there isn’t a mad scramble in the parking lot between classes.

Thao says he’s satisfied with his career and the work he’s done to train other fighters. There have been times when he’s watched UFC matches post-fight career and felt sure he could take someone on.

But training fighters, spreading the martial arts to others — regardless of whether they choose to step into the cage or just want to learn the martial arts for what they provide in terms of confidence, physical health, discipline and endurance — gives him more satisfaction.

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martial arts — but also has a sense of humor and often breaks the tension with a well-timed “dad joke.”

Either way, working with Thao has changed his life, Writz says. “ I came to the gym at a time where I didn’t have any direction in which I wanted to go in life,” Writz says. “He helped me recognize my goals (being a MMA champ) and helped me on the path to those goals. He is always checking in and making sure that I keep taking the right steps in and outside of the gym.”

Thao helps create well-rounded individuals and even those who don’t compete benefit from his training, Writz says.

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trained several people wherever they could find space to train. He said he needed commitment from his students - he’d need a decent base of students to make the gym work.

At this point Thao has trained dozens of students, who have collectively entered hundreds of fights in mixed martial arts, both as amateurs and pros.

It might surprise you to learn that of all the students at Rising Son, he has only two MMA fighters. People are gravitating toward individual arts such as Brazilian Jujitsu, Muy Thai (a striking art from Thailand), boxing and wrestling.

Occasionally someone comes in to challenge him. It’s never someone with experience, because those who train in the arts respect them enough not disrespect someone who has had such a career in the cage. Usually Thao goes easy on them. Though he’s reluctant to talk about it, let’s just say they usually leave regretting having challenged the master.

Among his students, one in particular — Scott Writz — had his first fight in Bellator a couple of years ago. Writz lost the fight, but they are working to build up a winning record to get back into the promotion.

Writz told City Pages that Thao is great at breaking down techniques and has a wealth of experience in the

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How to make the Ultimate S’more I created the Ultimate S’more over a decade ago, long before I’d come across any s’mores cookbooks. I created the concoction when I was in a peanut butter and banana phase. Each day, I’d have a banana with peanut butter for a mid-morning (and sometimes afternoon snack).

One week I went through an entire jar of peanut butter at work!

In my opinion, the mixture of chocolate and marshmallow further enhance the peanut butter and banana duo. I recommend complimenting the Ultimate S’more with a glass of milk.

Beyond the campfire

I’ll admit, the best s’mores are made in a microwave. I can perfectly melt the chocolate, plus monitor my marshmallow,

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At a low power setting, I can guarantee a perfectly melted marshmallow without a single burnt spot.

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My husband and I discovered the perfect campfire s’more at 10,000 feet camping above Breckenridge, CO, about a decade ago: Once the campfire had died down (preferably no flame, but just smoldering), place aluminum foil on a grate above the heat (we prefer a tripod to adjust the grate height). Place the graham cracker with chocolate (and peanut butter) on the foil and cover the s’mores in a foil pyramid.

After about 10-15 minutes, raise up the tripod and after cooled, crack open the aluminum foil. Carefully extract the s’more and place the top graham cracker (and peanut butter and banana) on top and enjoy.

and banana between two graham crackers, best of luck biting down! When you squeeze down, be ready for the banana slices covered in a sticky goo to sneak out. The secret is to slice the bananas thin to reduce your odds of such a calamity. Also beware of warm peanut butter and melted chocolate oozing out from all sides! Consequently, I have reconsidered renaming what I call the “Ultimate S’more”, to the “Ultimate Mess”.

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Have a damp paper towel ready! With kids, graham cracker crumbs on the floor (unless you’re around the campfire), marshmallow in the hair, and chocolate smeared on the face is part of the s’more experience.

Now throw in a few more ingredients! Consider eating the Ultimate S’more a challenge, comparable to eating a one pound Briq’s ice cream cone on a hot day! If you can manage to squeeze in the chocolate, marshmallow, peanut butter,

The Ultimate S’more Recipe • One graham cracker, split • Six chocolate chips • One marshmallow • 1 t peanut butter • Four thin slices of banana

Spread the peanut butter on each half of graham cracker. Place the bananas on top of the peanut butter on one half. Place the chocolate chips on one half of the other graham cracker. Roast (or microwave the marshmallow on the graham cracker with the chocolate on low power). Carefully place the graham cracker cover on the marshmallow half and bite into the oozing scrumptiousness! Be prepared with a damp paper towel for clean up!

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What you’re saying without saying it The Behavior Panel | YouTube As far as I know, City Pages has never featured a YouTube show before. But this one is just too good to not share.

Ever wanted to know what those little ticks mean, those eyebrow raises or slight shoulder shrugs, or glances down to the left or right while someone is speaking? The Behavior Panel has you covered.

Comprised of four panelists, all who are experts in interrogation and body language, The Behavior Panel takes a speech or interview and breaks it down bit by bit, as each of the four experts go over what they observed in that segment. It’s particularly effective because they play the segment, offer analysis, then play that segment again before moving on to the next one. It allows the viewer a chance to see if they can see what the experts see, both before they comment and then afterwards, helping to reinforce observation.

The panelists — Mark Bowden, Scott Rouse, Greg Hartley, and Chase Hughes — all have experience in either the military, FBI or other law enforcement and in the corporate world coaching people to interrogate, or coaching them on how to be aware of their individual ticks and what their behaviors are revealing about them. That experience shows: It’s amazing what they pick up on.

The first video I pulled up was Oprah Winfrey’s interview of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. I’ve never particularly cared about either of them one way or another, and mostly it happened to be the episode that came up when I looked the show up.

It didn’t take long for me to move from my iPhone to my TV (well, my laptop playing through my TV) — it’s impossible not to get sucked into the show, it’s so fascinating. One show was more than enough to start picking up some body language cues. The eye flutter is interesting, for example: A higher than usual blink rate means someone is

nervous or excited. A lower than usual rate typically means an unusual amount of focus and attention.

That brings up one of the points the panelists are careful to point out: these things can vary by individual and you need to establish a baseline first. If someone naturally blinks a lot, it’s not telling unless they blink faster than that even. And another point they bring up throughout the show: one sign is just that. Look for clusters of signs.

One of the things that surprised me about the show, especially when I moved on to the Andrew Cuomo apology, is that I often picked up the clues the panelists did, but just didn’t know what they meant. Although there were plenty that I didn’t pick up. These guys are the experts, after all.

One of the impressive aspects of the show is that the panelists keep completely neutral - none of what they say is politically motivated - their whole goal is to analyze what they’re saying and how they’re saying it, and whether they think the interviewee or speaker is being honest or not. That doesn’t mean they don’t draw conclusions — they point out a lot of signs of narcissism with Prince Harry and Meghan, for instance (they talk a lot about locus of control, and how making everything someone else’s fault tends to signal narcissism). But they come into each segment with an open mind and it’s clear there is no axe to grind. It’s pure analysis, and it’s a blast.

If you have the means to watch YouTube on your TV, that might be the ultimate way because this is a podcast-length show — and it’s one you probably won’t be able to stop watching. And if you see me observing you a little too intently, don’t worry, I’m not analyzing your behavior or anything. Promise.

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Central Wisconsin State Fair THURS.-SUN. 8/24-29 | MARSHFIELD FAIRGROUNDS

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This fair has been going on for over a century at the historic Marshfield fairgrounds! The festivities kicked off Tuesday and continue throughout the week with fun for all ages. Enjoy carnival rides, exhibits, family entertainment, a horse show, cornhole tournaments and more.

There will also be tons of delicious fair food to enjoy along with a beer tent. $10 day pass for adults, $5 day pass for children, $30 season pass for adults, $15 season pass for children, and free for children 5 and under. Details and ticket information at CentralWisconsinStateFair.com.

SATURDAY 8/28 | MARATHON PARK, WAUSAU

In 2020, the Marathon County Parks Department turned 100 years old! Since they couldn’t celebrate last year, they’re throwing a celebration this year with a 100+1 party. The day will be full of fun for the entire family with tons of activities such as a petting zoo, wagon rides, inflatables, historical displays, human foosball, games and more. Curds of Wisconsin, Urban St. Bistro, Hula Hut, Hanuman Express, Mitch’s Tacos and more will be on site serving delicious food if you work up an appetite from all the fun. Event held 3-9:30 pm. Free. Details on Facebook, 715-261-1550, or co.marathon.wi.us.

Grandstand Entertainment: Thurs. Hairball | Rock and roll experience pays homage to some of the biggest arena acts in the world like Van Halen, KISS, Queen, and more. 7:30 pm. Grandstand seating: $10 adults, $5 children; Track-side: $15 adults, $5 children; VIP Tickets: $20.

Schedule: Food Trucks 3-9 pm Free Train & Splash Pad 3-7 pm Touch-a-Truck Guided Tour 3:30 pm and 4:30 pm

Fri. Jordan Davis | Chart-topping contemporary country artist blends in elements of pop, modern R&B and hip-hop. 7:30 pm. Grandstand seating: $10 adults, $5 children; Track-side: $15 adults, $5 children; VIP Tickets: $20.

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Sat. Monster Truck Shows | Thrilling show with trucks leaping over jumps and smashing cars. Ear plugs recommended. 2 pm and 7:30 pm. $12 adults, $5 ages 5-12, free 5 and under.

Sun. Demolition Derby | Smashing good time with drivers seeing who can outlast the rest as the cars smash into each other. 2 pm. $10 adults, $5 children.

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You’ll see hundreds of antique tractors, machinery, engines, a sawmill and more, with working demos daily at this 48th annual show. Family-friendly activities happen across the farm, including historical re-creations of an old gas station, a blacksmith shop, a rural schoolhouse and more. A huge flea market with over 350 vendors runs daily 8 am-5 pm, there’s an antique machine parade Sunday at 1 pm, and you won’t want to miss the spark show Saturday night—like mini fireworks when operators rev up the engines in a special way. This year features the grand opening of their 1916 fully restored dairy barn and music hall. Live country, rock and polka music plays throughout the weekend and if you get hungry, enjoy food and beverage vendors are on site. If you want to stay all weekend, camping is available. Gates open at 6 am. $10 per day, $25 weekend pass, free for kids 12 and under. Details and live music schedule at EdgarSteamShow.com.

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Saturday September 4

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Local Heroes Acoustic Duo · Bull Falls Brewery, Wausau.

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The Vibe Center · The Hiawatha Restaurant and Lounge, Wausau. Chill out music. 5 pm. 715-848-5166 Cherry Pie · Tiki Beach Bar and Grill, Mosinee. Rock. 6:30 pm.

715-342-2232 Christy Anna · Backcountry Brewing, Plover. Country & original. 7 pm. 715-310-2474 Erin Krebs & Jeff Johnston · Mosinee Brewing Company, Mosinee. R&B, blues. 7 pm. 715-693-2739 Tom Mijal & Polka Access · Gorski’s Bar & Grill, Mosinee.

Polka. 7 pm. 715-693-4001 Latin Night · Nightschool Nightclub, Schofield. Latin music.

8 pm. 715-600-0996 Brad Emanuel · Otto’s Beer & Brat Garden, Minocqua.

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Friday August 27

Jesse & The Medicine Men · Sawmill Brewing Company, Merrill. Country. 5 pm. 715-722-0230 Anthony Lux · Stoney Acres Farm, Athens. Piano variety.

5 pm. 715-432-6285 The People’s Choice · Bull Falls Brewery, Wausau. 60’s rock.

6 pm. 715-842-2337 Thompson Station · District 1 Brewing Company, Stevens Point. Acoustic variety. 6:30 pm. 715-544-6707 Shades of Blooze · Backcountry Brewing, Plover. Blues. 7 pm.

715-310-2474 Max Koepke · Rookies Sportspub, Stevens Point. Classic rock/ original. 7 pm. 715-344-7026 Kyle Megna & Dave Leblanc · Mosinee Brewing Company, Mosinee. Indie folk rock. 7 pm. 715-693-2739 The Big Scuba Duo · Elbow Room, Stevens Point. Acoustic.

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oldies & blues. 8 pm. 715-843-7555 DJ Deville · Nightschool Nightclub, Schofield. Electronic, dance. 8 pm. 715-600-0996 Falling Flat, Wilted and Radio for Pets · Intermission, Wausau. Punk. 9 pm. 715-849-9377

Thursday September 9

Austin & Sage · District 1 Brewing Company, Stevens Point.

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Friday September 10

Jackson Taylor · District 1 Brewing Company, Stevens Point.

Country. 6:30 pm. 715-544-6707 Joe G. · Elbow Room, Stevens Point. Variety. 8 pm.

715-344-9840 The Driftless Revelers · Speakeasy, Schofield. Folk. 8 pm.

715-298-6303 DJ Stylz · Nightschool Nightclub, Schofield. Electronic, dance.

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Derek Lind · O’so Brewing Company, Plover. Original country, folk, variety. 3 pm. 715-254-2163 Slab · Tiki Beach Bar and Grill, Mosinee. Pop and rock. 5 pm.

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Acoustic, rock. 7 pm. 715-544-6707 Save Point · Whitewater Musical Hall, Wausau. Folk, indie, rock, variety. 7 pm. 715-292-3202 The Dukes · Bullheads Bar & Grill, Stevens Point. Classic rock.

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Jack Greenwood · Bull Falls Brewery, Wausau. Wausau singer/songwriter. 7 pm. 715-842-2337

Road Trip · Tiki Beach Bar and Grill, Mosinee. Variety.

6:30 pm. 715-342-2232 Christy Anna · Bull Falls Brewery, Wausau. Classic country & original. 7 pm. 715-842-2337

Friday September 17

StripT · Rock Island, Merrill. Acoustic classic rock & variety.

2 pm. 715-536-8560 The Drovers · Bull Falls Brewery, Wausau. Classic rock. 6 pm.

715-842-2337 Northwoods Skitchers · Sawmill Brewing Company, Merrill.

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715-722-0230 Christy Anna with Miss Erica · Arrow Sports Club, Weston.

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Friday September 3

Thompson Station · Stoney Acres Farm, Athens. Acoustic variety. 5 pm. 715-432-6285 Jackson Taylor · Rhinelander Brewing Company, Rhinelander.

Country. 6 pm. 715-550-2337 Austin Skalecki · District 1 Brewing Company, Stevens Point.

Acoustic, blues, rock. 6:30 pm. 715-544-6707 Max Koepke · Sawmill Brewing Company, Merrill. Classic rock/original. 7 pm. 715-722-0230 DJ D’Jae Dynamix · Nightschool Nightclub, Schofield.

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Big Road Band · Rock Island, Merrill. Classic rock, funk, blues, variety. 2 pm. 715-536-8560

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Aaron Lee Kaplan · Rhinelander Brewing Company, Rhinelander. Folk, blues. 6 pm. 715-550-2337 Nick Foytik · Sawmill Brewing Company, Merrill. Blues, soul, rock n’ roll. 7 pm. 715-722-0230 String Cheese · Arrow Sports Club, Weston. Variety. 9 pm.

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Trivia@MBCo · Wednesdays, hosted at Mosinee Brewing Company, 401 4th St, Mosinee. Trivia starts at 7 pm each Wednesday. Masks required. Limit team size to 6 people. http://www.mosineebrewing.com/ Team Trivia Nights at Sawmill Brewing Company · Wednesdays, hosted at Sawmill Brewing Company, 1110 E 10th St, Merrill. The games start at 6 pm each Wednesday. Social distancing in place. Make reservations online for your team of 2-4 people. http://www.sawmillbrewing.net/ Happy Hour Hootenany · Thursdays, Sconni’s Alehouse and Eatery, Schofield. Music on the patio every Thursday thru September. Starts at 4 pm. 715-241-7665 Highway 51 Wood and Wire Sessions · Thursdays, Whitewater Music Hall, Wausau. Americana music played live by regional musicians and guests. Starts at 7 pm. $5.

715-298-3202 West Side Tasty Treat Presents: Live at Westside, The Westside Tasty Beats · Thursdays, West Side Tasty Treat, 118 S 3rd Ave, Wausau. Outdoor dining and live music every Thursday all summer. Starts at 6 pm. 715-298-0726 Open Mic at Sawmill Brewing Company · Thursdays, hosted at Sawmill Brewing Company, 1110 E 10th St, Merrill. Open mic every Thursday for anyone who wants to perform comedy, music or poetry. Starts at 6:30 pm. http://www.sawmillbrewing.net/

TOP 10 BEST-SELLING ALBUMS FROM INNER SLEEVE 1. Black Keys ‘Delta Kream’ 2. Billie Eilish ‘Happier Than Ever’ 3. Buckcherry ‘Hellbound’ 4. Gojira ‘Fortitude’ 5. Yngwie Malmsteen ‘Parabellum’ 6. Drive-By Truckers ‘Plan 9 Records 7/13/06’ 7. Tedeschi-Trucks Band ‘Layla Revisited’ 8. Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram ‘662’ 9. Helloween ‘Helloween’ 10. Heavy Temple ‘Lupi Amoris’

ON SCREEN THIS WEEK Cosmo Theater, Merrill, 715-536-4473

Movie times thru 9/2 Reminiscence (PG13): Every day 7 pm, Fri. 8/27 1 pm, Fri. & Sat. 7 pm & 9:15 pm, Sat. & Sun. 1 pm & 3:15 pm Paw Patrol (G): Every day 7 pm, Fri. 8/27 1 pm, Fri. & Sat. 7 pm & 9 pm, Sat. & Sun. 1 pm & 3 pm Free Guy (PG13): Every day 7 pm, Fri. 8/27 1 pm, Fri. & Sat. 7 pm & 9:15 pm, Sat. & Sun. 1 pm & 3:15 pm

Cedar Creek Cinema, Rothschild, 715-355-5094

Movie times: Thurs.-Wed. 8/26-9/1 Free Guy (PG13): Thurs. 1:30 pm, 4:10 pm, 6:50 pm, 9:30 pm (HeatedDreamLounger); Fri., Sat. & Sun. 12:40 pm, 3:30 pm, 6:20 pm, 7 pm, 8:30 pm, 9:40 pm; Mon. & Wed. 1:10 pm, 2:30 pm, 4 pm, 5:40 pm, 6:40 pm, 8:20 pm; Tues. 12 pm, 12:50 pm, 3 pm, 3:40 pm, 6:20 pm, 7 pm, 8:30 pm, 9:40 pm Candyman (R): Thurs. 7 pm, 9:20 pm; Fri., Sat., Sun. & Tues.

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DreamLounger), 6 pm, 9 pm; Mon. & Wed. 1:30 pm, 3:50 pm, 6:20 pm, 8:40 pm (HeatedDreamLounger), 5:20 pm, 7:50 pm Paw Patrol: The Movie (G): Thurs. 1 pm, 2:20 pm, 3:40 pm, 4:40 pm, 7 pm, 8:40 pm; Fri., Sat., Sun. & Tues. 12:10 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:50 pm, 4:50 pm, 6:30 pm, 8:40 pm; Sun. 12:20 pm, 3:50 pm; Mon. & Wed. 1:20 pm, 2 pm, 3:30 pm, 4:20 pm, 6:30 pm, 8:40 pm Reminiscence (PG13): Thurs. 1:50 pm, 4:40 pm, 7:30 pm; Fri., Sat. & Sun. 12:50 pm, 3:40 pm; Mon. & Wed. 1:40 pm, 4:30 pm; Tues. 12:40 pm, 3:30 pm The Protégé (R): Thurs. 1:10 pm, 3:50 pm, 6:30 pm, 9:10 pm; Fri., Sat., Sun. & Tues. 1:10 pm, 3:50 pm, 6:30 pm, 9:40 pm; Mon. & Wed. 2:10 pm, 4:50 pm, 7:30 pm The Night House (R): Thurs. 1:30 pm, 4:10 pm, 6:50 pm, 9:30 pm; Fri., Sat. & Sun. 1:20 pm, 4 pm, 7:20 pm, 9:20 pm; Mon. & Wed. 2:20 pm, 5 pm, 7:40 pm; Tues. 1:20 pm, 4:05 pm, 7:20 pm, 9:20 pm Don’t Breathe 2 (R): Thurs. 1:10 pm, 3:40 pm, 6:10 pm, 9:20 pm; Fri., Sat. & Sun. 12 pm, 2:40 pm, 6:50 pm, 10 pm; Mon. & Wed. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm; Tues. 11:50 am, 2:15 pm, 4:40 pm, 6:50 pm, 10 pm Respect (PG13): Thurs. 1:40 pm, 5 pm, 8:20 pm The Suicide Squad (R): Thurs. 1 pm, 4 pm, 6:20 pm, 9:15 pm; Fri., Sat., Sun. & Tues. 6:40 pm, 9:10 pm; Mon. & Wed. 7:20 pm Jungle Cruise (PG13): Thurs. 12:50 pm, 3:30 pm, 6 pm, 9 pm; Fri., Sat., Sun. & Tues. 12:20 pm, 3:20 pm, 6:10 pm, 9:10 pm; Mon. & Wed. 1 pm, 4:10 pm, 7 pm

Local Music Highlight

Got new, local music to highlight? Shoot us an email at entertainment@mmclocal.com with a link to your work.

We highlight local work produced professionally, whether a single, EP or album. (That includes home recording if it’s of at least close to professional quality.)

ON STAGE Gazebo Nights: Winchester · Thurs. 8/26, Normal Park, Merrill. Acoustic variety. 5 pm. 715-536-6972 Gazebo Nights: Copper Box · Thurs. 8/26, Normal Park, Merrill. Zydeco, rock, Americana. 6 pm. 715-536-6972 Aurora. The Borealis · Fri. 8/27, Whitewater Music Hall, Wausau. Indie/alternative rock. 7 pm. 715-298-3202 On the Town · Sat. 8/28, hosted by the Central Wisconsin Symphonic Orchestra at Village Gardens formerly Lensmire’s, 2811 Porter Ct, Plover. Listen to CSWO musicians play chamber music. Bring lawn chair. Starts at 3 pm. Free but donations welcomed. http://www.cwso.org/ Antigo Music in the Park: Max Koepke · Mon. 8/30, City Park Bandstand, Antigo. Classic rock/original. 6 pm. https://www.langladecounty.org/calendars/ events_calendar/2021-08/music-in-the-park-2021antigo-2021-08-30/ Nicolas King · Mon. 8/30, Mosinee Brewing Company, Mosinee. Jazz. 7 pm. $15. https://www.jazzcoterie.com/ Notes at Night: Steve Strasman · Wed. 9/1 Mathias Mitchell Public Park, Stevens Point. Variety. 5:30 pm.

Stevenspoint.com Dining on the Street: Max Koepke · Wed. 9/1, downtown Wausau, 3rd Street. Classic rock/original. 7 pm. wausauriverdistrict.org/dining-on-the-street Jackpine Jamboree · Thurs.-Sun. 9/2-9/5, Wildlife Campground, Birnamwood. Folk, bluegrass, blues, Americana and rock music festival. Lineup: Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, The High Hawks, Jon Stickley Trio, The Tillers, Sloppy Joe, Armchair Boogie, The Yankee Coalition, Joseph Huber, Tuck

Beauty and spirit is on full display at the Wausau Festival of Arts, and you’re invited! We’re preserving a legacy of art and togetherness that has lasted over 55 years in downtown Wausau. After a year off, we are excited to return, getting together to celebrate the joy of art and the comfort of our community.

Peruse a colorful harvest of beautiful offerings, from paintings and jewelry to sculptures, ceramics, and September 11th & 12th woven goods.

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Pence, Dig Deep, Art Stevenson & The Foragers, Insomniac Gypsy, Scott Kirby, Old Pine Road Band, Burnt Toast & Jam, The Low Crows, Vanesky/Pruett, Hand Picked Bluegrass, Star Valley Ramblers, Ukelyptus, Kevin Troestler, and The New Hope HayBalers. Starts at 10 am. $80 advance, $100 at the gate for the weekend or $40 per day. Free for ages 12 and under. https://www.jackpinejamboree.com/ The Wildwoods in the Beer Garden · Fri. 9/3, Whitewater Music Hall, Wausau. Folk/Americana. 7 pm. $5.

715-298-3202 Turning Point · Sat. 9/4, Rosholt Fair, Rosholt. Rock, country, oldies & blues. 1 pm. https://www.stevenspointarea.com/ event/portage-county-fair-rosholt/16325/ Riverfront Jazz Festival 2021 · Sat.-Sun. 9/4-9/5, Pfiffner Park, Stevens Point. Lineup: Buchman-Robinson Quintet featuring Lexie Lakmann, Lucia Newell, Donny McCaslin Trio, Sullivan Fortner, Shades of Blue, and Victor Garcia Septet. Starts at 3 pm. Free. http://www.riverfrontjazzfestival.org/ Notes at Night: Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra · Wed. 9/8, Mathias Mitchell Public Park, Stevens Point.

5:30 pm. Stevenspoint.com The Sound of Music · Thurs.-Sat. 9/9-9/11, hosted by the Wausau Community Theatre at the Grand Theater, Wausau.

Rodgers and Hammerstein arranged musical. Starts at 6:30 pm on 9/9, 7:30 pm on 7/16, and two performances on 9/11 at 2 pm and 7:30 pm. $22 for adults, $18 seniors, $14 youth. www.wausaucommunitytheatre.org Living River Free Concert in the Park · Fri. 9/10, Normal Park, 500 N Center Ave, Merrill. Food available for purchase. Rain location at Trinity Lutheran Church, 107 N State St, Merrill.

6 pm. http://www.livingriverquartet.com/ Good Morning Bedlam · Sat. 9/10, Whitewater Music Hall, Wausau. Folk. 7 pm. $10. Tickets available at www.eventbrite.com/e/good-morning-bedlam-tickets-161859310555.

Festival of Arts Concert · Sat.-Sun. 9/11 & 9/12, The 400 Block, Wausau. Music performed by the Wausau Concert Band. Starts at 10 am. 715-369-0681 Notes at Night: Never 2 Late · Wed. 9/15 Mathias Mitchell Public Park, Stevens Point. Classic rock and blues. 5:30 pm.

Stevenspoint.com Tuba Skinny · Thurs. 9/16, hosted by the Grand Theater, 401 N 4th St, Wausau. Listen to a tuba ensemble play music ranging from jazz to blues. Starts at 8 pm. $10 general admission. Tickets.grandtheater.org Ron White · Fri. 9/17, hosted by the Grand Theater, 401 N 4th St, Wausau. Blue collar comedy. Starts at 7 pm and 10 pm. $46. Tickets.grandtheater.org Movie Magic with CWSO · Sat. 9/18, hosted by the Central Wisconsin Symphonic Orchestra at the 400 Block Stage, 401 N 3rd St, Wausau. Listen to the Central Wisconsin Symphonic Orchestra perform music from movies such as the Sound of Music, Home Alone, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and more.

Starts at 2 pm. Free but donations welcomed. http://www.cwso.org/ Horace Greene · Sat. 9/18, Whitewater Music Hall, Wausau.

Indie rock. Doors open at 6 pm. Music starts at 7 pm. $5 cover. 715-298-3202 Notes at Night: Aaron Kaplan · Wed. 9/22, Mathias Mitchell Public Park, Stevens Point. Folk, blues. 5:30 pm.

Stevenspoint.com I Am, He Said: A Neil Diamond Celebration · Thurs. 9/23, Lucille Tack Center for the Arts, Spencer. Listen to Neil Diamond’s music performed by Matt Vee. Starts at 7 pm. $45. https://lucilletackcenter.com/buy/ All American Music · Thurs., Fri. & Sat. 9/23-9/25 hosted

by Centerstage Band and Show Choir at Grand Theater, Wausau. Singing and dancing show with songs by American

artists. Starts at 7:30 pm. Free but donations welcomed.

Centerstagelive.org Cat & Nat · Tues. 9/28, hosted by the Grand Theater, 401 N 4th St, Wausau. Duo comedy show. Starts at 7:30 pm. $25-$60. Tickets.grandtheater.org Notes at Night: Garth Engelbright and the Shantyowners · Wed. 9/29 Mathias Mitchell Public Park, Stevens Point.

Acoustic. 5:30 pm. Stevenspoint.com The Price is Right · Wed. 9/29, hosted by the Grand Theater, 401 N 4th St, Wausau. Live stage performance of the famous game show The Price is Right. Starts at 7:30 pm. $39.50-$64.50. Tickets.grandtheater.org

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Book club forming to discuss A New View of Being Human · Online via Zoom or at Kinlein Offices, 408 3rd St, Wausau.

Book that provides a platform to consider the power of being human and a way of building human’s strengths from the profession of kinlein. Dates and times to be determined.

For more info, call 715-842-7399 Stevens Point Farmers Market · Every day from May thru Oct. Located at Mathias Mitchell Public Square, Stevens Point.

Opens 6:30 am. https://www.stevenspointfarmersmarket.com Rothschild Farmers Market · Daily thru Sept. Located at Rothschild Pavilion, Rothschild. Starts at 3 pm.

920-639-0293 Mosinee Farmers Market · Tuesdays from June thru Oct. Located at River Park, Mosinee. Starts at 11 am. www.mosineechamber.org Wausau Farmers Market · Wednesdays and Saturdays from May thru Oct. Located on River Drive, Wausau. Opens 7 am. www.farmersmarketofwausau.com Aspirus Wausau Farmers Market · Every Thursday, Located at Aspirus Corporate Parking Lot, 2200 Westwood Dr, Wausau.

Opens 9 am. Aspirus.org Good News Project Laptop E-cycle · Fridays throughout the year. Safely recycle your old laptop for free at 1106 N 5th St, Wausau. All laptop recycling free for 2021 only! 9 am to 4 pm. 715-843-5985 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 CWOCC Group Rides · Thursdays, hosted by the Central Wisconsin Offroad Cycling Coalition at Nine Mile Country Forest, Wausau. Go for a group bike ride. Event takes place throughout the summer every Thursday evening. Starts at 6 pm. Free. Cwocc.org 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 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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Recycling Education Kiosk in the Park · Every day thru Labor Day weekend, located at the Green Circle trail near the Wisconsin River between Pfiffner Park and Bukolt Park. Use the kiosk to learn about waste reduction and tips on recycling. https://www.recyclingconnections.org/ Wednesday Night Pokémon · Wednesdays, The Gaming Emporium, 4317 Stewart Ave, Wausau. Pokémon trading card game night every Wednesday. Starts at 5 pm. Free.

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In addition to over a hundred artists, 1. LET WATERCOLOR PAINT ITSELF - Diane Shabino the square will be filled with live Sat., Sep. 11, 10:00-12:00 - Learn wet watercolor music, good food and cold drinks techniques. Create paintings and note cards. along with these favorites: 2. THE PAINTED PAGE - Connie Graham • Family Art - Many creative activities Sat., Sep. 11, 1:30-3:30 - Experiment with painting, for children with their parents. texturing and printing papers and create a collage.

• Young Collector Market - Children 12 and up can view and purchase donated art.

3. FOOLPROOF PASTEL PAINTING - Andy Fenner Sun., Sep.12, 10:00-12:00 - Complete a pastel painting of a glorious sunset.

• Scholarship Silent Auction - Place 4. LIVE CREATIVELY WITH SKETCHBOOK your silent bids for art donated by JOURNALING - Nancy Laliberte participating artists.

Sun., Sep.12, 1:30-3:30 - Use fun techniques with ink and watercolor in your journaling.

• Still Young at Art - Reserve a space in one of these classes taught by Classes are limited. Each class is $25. professional artists in the upper To register & for more information go to: classroom area of the CVA next to www.wausaufoa.org/still-young-at.art the Grand Theater:

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EVENTS/SPECTATOR SPORTS “Bloomin’ Greenhouse Tour”-2021 · Sat. 5/15 thru Sun. 10/31, hosted by the Clark County Economic Development Corporation & Tourism Bureau at the Garden Center Headquarters, Clark County, WI. Enjoy a tour in 21 gigantic greenhouses throughout Clark County consisting of over 100,000 plants of many varieties. No cost. For a brochure, call 715-255-9100 or visit www.clarkcountywi.org Central Wisconsin Water Ski Shows · Tuesdays 6/1-8/31 and Thursdays 6/3-8/26, enjoy water ski performances and free popcorn. Free but donations welcomed. Tuesdays at DC Everest Park, 1800 S 3rd Ave, Wausau. Thursdays at South Beach Bay, 4480 Park Road, Mosinee. Shows start at 6:30 pm. Cwwaterwalkers.com or 715-409-9276 2021 Lunch by the River · Every Thurs. 6/3-8/26, hosted by the Heart of Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce at Veterans’ Memorial Park, Wisconsin Rapids. Enjoy live entertainment and lunch from local restaurants and food trucks. Starts at 11:30 am. Free. More info at Wisconsinrapidschamber.com Cop Shoppe Polka Sundays · Sun. 6/6-8/29, Cop Shoppe, Wausau. Polka music every Sunday until Labor Day. Listen to Pam & Scott, R&R Band, and Mijal & Son. Events start at

1 pm. No cost. 715-845-2030 Dining on the Street · Wed. and Sat. 6/9-9/15, hosted by Wausau River District at downtown Wausau, 3rd Street.

Dine outdoors at participating restaurants downtown and enjoy live music. Event starts at 5 pm. Free. wausauriverdistrict.org/dining-on-the-street Book-of-the-Month-Club: “In Five Years” by Rebecca Serle · Mon. 8/2-8/31, hosted by the Marathon County Public Library at MCPL Athens. Pick up a copy of the book and some questions and comments. Call 715-257-7292 for more info Grab & Go Macramé Keychain for Adults · Mon. 8/2-8/31, hosted by the Marathon County Public Library at all MCPL locations. Grab a kit to make a macramé keychain. Free.

Call 715-261-7230 for more info Central Wisconsin State Fair · Tues. 8/24-Sun. 8/29, fairgrounds in Marshfield. Many rides, food vendors, art contests, entertainment and more. Entertainment as follows: Tues: Main Conservatory of Dance performance, Johnny Wad; Wed: Eagles Club Bingo, Magic Matt’s Family Fun Shows, The Memories, Chris Kroeze; Thurs: Hairball; Fri: Diamonds and Whiskey, Reis Martial Arts Academy Presentation, Jordan Davis; Sat: All Star Monster Trucks Show, Red Higgins & Freedom Train; Sun: Demolition Derby. $10 day pass for adults, $5 day pass for children, $30 season pass for

adults, $15 season pass for children, and free for children 5 and under. Centralwisconsinstatefair.com State Park Speedway · Thurs. 8/26, State Park Speedway, Wausau. SLM & Support Divisions. Fan gate opens at 4:30 pm, race starts at 7 pm. Stateparkspeedway.com Side Quests: Family Board Game Night · Thurs. 8/26, hosted

by Evercon Gaming Convention at The Gaming Emporium, 4317 Stewart Ave, Wausau. Play some board games. Starts at 5:30 pm. Free. 715-298-4073 Poetry Reading at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art · Thurs. 8/26, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau. Listen to poetry reading by William Stobbs and talk with one of the artists during the ICONIC show. Starts at 6 pm. Free. 715-298-4470 Bluegrass in the Pines · Thurs.-Sat. 8/26-8/28, Rosholt Fair Park, Rosholt. Camping, bluegrass, food and drinks at the show. Starts at 8 pm on Thurs. and noon to midnight on Fri. and Sat. $10 Thurs. admission, $20 Fri. admission, $20 Sat. admission, $5 per night camping. www.highwatermusic.com/BluegrassInThePines.html Edgar Steam Show 2021 · Fri. 8/27-Sun 8/29, hosted by Edgar Steam Show, Edgar. Take a look at and learn about steam engines. Vendors and musical entertainment will also be present. Starts at 6 am. $10 per day, $25 weekend pass,

free for kids 12 and under. www.edgarsteamshow.com Dinner in the Gardens · Fri. 8/27, hosted by Monk Botanical Gardens at 1800 N 1st Ave, Wausau. Enjoy dinner made from ingredients from the garden. Masks and social distancing required when not seated. Starts at 6 pm. For members, $40 for family of 4 with $8 per additional person.

Non-members $45 for family of 4 with $8 per additional person. www.monkgardens.org/dinner-gardens Color Me For A Cure 5k walk/run · Sat. 8/28, hosted by The Breanne Sleater Memorial Foundation at Rib Mountain Taphouse, Wausau. Go for a 5k run/walk. After the run/ walk, go to the Taphouse for food, drinks and silent auction/ raffle. Proceeds go to the Adrenal Cortical Cancer research team led by Dr. Gary Hammer at the University of Michigan.

Starts at 3 pm. $25. https://www.breannesmemorialfoundation.com/ Marathon County 100+1 Anniversary Celebration · Sat. 8/28, Marathon Park, Wausau. Enjoy several activities such as arts & crafts, yard games, train rides, petting zoo, splash pads, touch-a-truck, horse wagon rides, and more. Food trucks also onsite. Music and fireworks at dusk. Starts at 3 pm.

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Event starts at 4 pm on 8/28 and 10:10 am on 8/29. Bingo at 1 pm on Sun. Free admission. 715-446-3060 Tractor Pull & Pancakes · Sun. 8/29, Willow Springs Garden, Wausau. Enjoy all you can eat pancakes and watch the tractor pull. Bring lawn chairs. Pancake breakfast starts at 8:30 am and tractor pull starts at 11 am. Free admission but $8 per person for the pancake breakfast. 715-675-1171 Green Bay Northern Wisconsin Reptile Expo · Sun 8/29, hosted by the Northern Wisconsin Reptile Expo at 2040 Airport Dr, Green Bay. Check out the variety of different reptiles.

Starts at 11 am. $5 for adults, $2 for children 4-12 and free for children 3 and under. northernwireptileexpo@gmail.com Free Movie Sunday · Sun 8/29, Jensen Community Center, 487 N Main Street, Amherst. Watch A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood for free. Snacks and water for sale onsite.

Starts at 2 pm. Free. Lettiejensencenter.org Book-of-the-Month-Club: “Driving Miss Norma” by Tim Bauerschmidt · Wed. 9/1-9/30, hosted by the Marathon County Public Library at MCPL Athens. Discuss Bauerschmidt’s story about a cross-country trip with his 90 year old mother.

Call 715-257-7292 for more info ArtsWalk & the Night Market · Wed. 9/1, hosted by CREATE Portage County, Stevens Point. Take a walk downtown and check out the artwork and music playing during Notes at Night. Starts at 5 pm. No cost. Createportagecounty.org Pizza Nights on the Patio · Wed. 9/1, hosted by Willow Springs Garden, Wausau. Have some all you can eat pizza, salad, bread, lemonade, dessert, milk and water. Starts at 6 pm. $12 per person ages 11 and older, $4 for ages 6-10 and 5 and under free. 715-675-1171 Dinner in the Gardens · Thurs. 9/2, hosted by Monk Botanical Gardens at 1800 N 1st Ave, Wausau. Enjoy dinner made with ingredients from the garden. Masks and social distancing required when not seated. Starts at 6 pm. For members, $40 for family of 4 with $8 per additional person. Nonmembers $45 for family of 4 with $8 per additional person. www.monkgardens.org/dinner-gardens LincCon 2021 · Sat. 9/4, Les & Jim’s Lincoln Lanes, Merrill.

Video game convention with old and new consoles, RPGs, tabletop, vendors, and more. This year, event will be hybrid (online via Facebook or Twitch as well as in-person). Starts at 11 am. Badges are $10. https://tabletop.events/conventions/linc-con-2021 Ribs, Wine and Barleyfest · Sun. 9/5, Willow Springs Garden, Wausau. Tour the vineyard on a wagon ride, enjoy ribs & briskets, wine and cheese, beer tasting and live music.

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Pizza Nights on the Patio · Wed. 9/8, hosted by Willow Springs Garden, Wausau. Have some all you can eat pizza, salad, bread, lemonade, dessert, milk and water. Starts at 6 pm. $12 per person ages 11 and older, $4 for ages 6-10 and 5 and under free. 715-675-1171 Surge Business Expo · Thurs. 9/9, hosted by CREATE Portage County at 1800 Plover Rd, Plover. Check out new businesses from the Surge business creating competition. Starts at 5 pm. Free. https://www.createportagecounty.org/ Parade of Homes · Fri.-Mon. 9/10-9/13, hosted by Golden Sands Home Builders Association. Tour custom crafted homes. Starts at 4 pm on Fri. and Mon. and 11 am Sat. and Sun. Tickets $10 in advance or $15 at the door for adults, free for infants. More info at https://gshba.org/parade-of-homes Dinner in the Gardens · Fri. 9/10, hosted by Monk Botanical Gardens at 1800 N 1st Ave, Wausau. Enjoy dinner made with ingredients from the garden. Masks and social distancing required when not seated. Starts at 6 pm. For members, $40 for family of 4 with $8 per additional person. Nonmembers $45 for family of 4 with $8 per additional person. www.monkgardens.org/dinner-gardens 29th Annual Colorama Arts & Crafts · Sat. 9/11, Boulder

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Arts and crafts show, farmers market, and crafted items for sale. Starts at 9 am. Free. Boulderjct.org Small Business Saturday Vendor Event · Sat. 9/11, hosted at the Cedar Creek Mall, 10101 Market St, Rothschild. Shop at small businesses. Starts at 9 am. No Cost. 715-298-3811 Old-Fashioned Chicken Dinner and Polka Dance · Sun. 9/12, Willow Springs Garden, Wausau. Enjoy a chicken dinner buffet and polka dancing in the barn. Dinner starts at 11 am and dance starts at noon. $10 per person dinner buffet, $4 for ages 6-11, $5 dance only, $12 for both dance and dinner per adult. 715-675-1171 Marathon City Book Club: “Miss Benson’s Beetle” by Rachel Joyce · Mon. 9/13, hosted by the Marathon County Public Library at MCPL Marathon City. Discuss Joyce’s story about friendship and womanhood. Starts at 5:45 pm.

Call 715-443-2775 for more info Edgar Book Club: “Normal People” by Sally Rooney · Tues.

9/14, hosted by the Marathon County Public Library at Scotch Creek Park, Edgar. Discuss Rooney’s story outdoors at Scotch Creek Park, Edgar. Starts at 12 pm.

Call 715-352-2891 for more info Hatley Book Club: “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald ·

Tues. 9/14, hosted by the Marathon County Public Library at MCPL Hatley. Discuss F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book. Starts at 1 pm. Call 715-446-3537 for more info Watercolor Painting For Beginners to Advanced · Tuesdays 9/14-10/19, Chestnut Center for the Arts, 208 S Chestnut Ave, Marshfield. Learn the basics of watercolor painting.

Starts at 6 pm. $140. Chestnutarts.org Hands on Plants-Grapevine Wreaths · Tues. 9/14, Monk Botanical Gardens, Wausau. Enjoy wine, refreshments and crafting wreaths from grapevines found in the gardens. For ages 21 and older. Starts at 6 pm. $40 members, $45 nonmembers. https://givebutter.com/HandsOnPlants Stratford Book Club: “102 Minutes” by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn · Wed. 9/15, hosted by the Marathon County Public Library at MCPL Stratford. Discuss the book about the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Starts at 1 pm. Call 715-687-4420 for more info Big Taste 2021 · Thurs. 9/16, hosted by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northcentral Wisconsin at Granite Peak Ski Resort, Wausau. Enjoy food and drinks. Benefits help local children.

Starts at 5 pm. $75. https://bbbsncw.org/ 29th Annual Maple Fall Fest · Sat. 9/18 and Sun. 9/19, hosted

by Visit Marshfield at Wildwood Park, 1800 S Roddis Ave. Shop at over 100 vendors, taste food from local vendors and experience entertainment for all ages. Starts at 9 am on 9/18 and 10 am on 9/19. No cost. Visitmarshfield.com Seed and Stick Art “Family Art Party” · Sat. 9/18, Chestnut Center for the Arts, 208 S Chestnut Ave, Marshfield. Make your own artwork with seeds and plant parts mounted on wood. Starts at 9 am. $5. Chestnutarts.org Art in the Park Stevens Point · Sat. 9/18, hosted at Pfiffner Park, Stevens Point. Adults can shop for artwork and children can participate in art projects. Starts at 10 am. Free. www.artintheparkstevenspoint.org Pork in the Park Ribs and More · Sat. 9/18, hosted by the Merrill Area Chamber of Commerce at Merrill Festival Grounds, Merrill. Enjoy cooked ribs along with other food, craft/vendor sale, and gun show. Starts at 11 am. Free. merrillchamber.org Pointober Fest & Blubber Run 2021 · Sat. 9/18, Point Brewery, Stevens Point. Enjoy a variety of beer, German food and music from Stetsin & Lace. For the Blubber Run, run a 5k run and enjoy polka. Dress up for a costume contest.

21+ event. Pointober Fest starts at 4 pm and the run starts at 3 pm. $25 advance, $30 day of, $8 designated driver for the Pointober Fest and $30 advance or $40 day of for the run event. https://www.pointbeer.com/event/pointoberfest-2021/ 61st Colorama Dinner · Sat. 9/18, hosted by the Boulder Junctions Lions Club at Camp Manito-wish YMCA, Boulder Junction. Enjoy wild game stew and other foods and des-

LECTURES/WORKSHOPS Wheel-Throwing with Ben Wendt · Tues. 8/31, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau. Learn how to make a mug or bowl in a beginning to intermediate wheel-throwing class. All supplies provided. Starts at 6:30 pm. $165. https://www.cvawausau.org/ Babysitting Rocks! · Sat. 9/11, hosted by YWCA 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. Event starts at 10 am. $40. www.ywcawausau.org Mental Health First Aid Training · Mon. 9/20, hosted online

by Extension Wood County. Learn how to identify mental illness and provide care. Starts at 9 am. Free. tinyurl.com/UW21MHFA Mental Health First Aid Training · Wed. 10/6, hosted online

by Extension Wood County. Learn how to identify mental illness and provide care. Starts at 9 am. Free. tinyurl.com/UW21MHFA Babysitting Rocks! · Thurs. 10/28, hosted by YWCA Wausau.

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by Extension Wood County. Learn how to identify mental illness and provide care. Starts at 9 am. Free. tinyurl.com/UW21MHFA 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. Uwsp.edu

ARTS/EXHIBITS Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau · Free. Gallery hours Wed. 11 am-4 pm; Thurs-Fri. 11 am-4 pm; Sat. noon–4 pm.

715-842-4545, cvawausau.org. Exhibits on display: Endophage, Now you see me too, and Indiana Green from 7/23-9/12. Inspired by activities and events.

Woodson Art Museum, Wausau · Free. Open Tues-Fri 9 am4 pm, first Thurs. of each month 9 am-7:30 pm, Sat-Sun noon-5 pm and closed Mon. and holidays. Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts available from 6/12-8/29.

Exhibit showing quilt creations from early America. Pacific Quilt on view from 6/12-8/29. Giant quilt depicting the Pacific Ocean. Avian Celebrations a new exhibit comprised of different mediums depicting birds in the wild. Facemasks and social distancing required. lywam.org Q Artists Cooperative, Stevens Point · Facemasks optional.

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Merrill History & Cultural Center · Open Mon., Weds. and Fri. From 9 am to 1 pm. Appointments can be made for other days. 715-536-5652, preservethefuture.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 noon-2 pm. 715-443-2221. www.marathoncity.org Motorama Auto Museum, Aniwa · Open Weds.-Sat. 9 am to 5 pm from May to Oct. Check out 400+ rare, vintage vehicles. $10 for adults, free for kids. 715-449-2141.

Alfaheaven.com Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art · Open noon-5 pm Tues-Sat. Exhibit on display: Iconic-A Poets Artists exhibit on display from 7/1-8/28. Face masks required. Wmoca.org Healing through Art · Thurs.-Tues. 7/24-9/28, The Highground Museum, W7031 Ridge Rd, Neillsville. View artwork designed by veterans with PTSD. Starts at 10 am. Free. https:// www.thehighground.us/events/exploring-ptsd-exhibit/ August Gallery Show-“Transfigurations” by Victoria Maidhof · Thurs. 8/5-8/26, Chestnut Center for the Arts, 208 S Chestnut Ave, Marshfield. “Transfigurations” by Victoria Maidhof will be on display through August. Gallery hours are Mon.-Thurs. 10 am-3 pm. Free. Chestnutarts.org Artrageous Weekend · Sat. and Sun. 9/11-9/12, located in Wausau. Annual art tour festival at four locations. Shuttles and admission are free: Art in the Park: located at Marathon Park. More than 120 exhibitors with arts and crafts such as pottery, painting, photography and other works. Opens 9 am to 5 pm Sat. and 9 am to 4 pm Sun. wivalleyart. org Festival of Arts: located on Third Street and the 400 block. Over 120 juried art pieces. Art activities available for children. Silent auction, food and beverages available. Open Sat. 10 am to 5 pm and Sun. 10 am to 4 pm. Wausaufoa.org Center for the Visual Arts: located at 427 N. Fourth Street, check out artwork from four gallery spaces and participate

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KIDS/TEENS Summer at the Y Day Camp · Mon.-Fri. 6/14-8/27, held at the Stevens Point Area YMCA. Day camp for ages 5-7. Starts at 7 am. www.spymca.org Camp Glacier Hollow Day Camp · Mon.-Fri. 6/14-8/27, held at YMCA Camp Glacier Hollow in Amherst Junction. Outdoor camp for ages 7-12. Starts at 7 am. www.spymca.org Community Rock Hunt! · Thurs. 6/17-8/31, hosted by the Family Resource Centers of Marathon County. Search outdoors all over Marathon County for a rock and win prizes. Message on the Family Resource Centers of Marathon County’s Facebook where you found the rock.

Starts at 12 pm. Free. 715-660-8103 Tots in the Gardens · Tuesdays 6/29-8/31, hosted by Monk Botanical Gardens at 1800 N 1st Ave, Wausau. Each week for an hour, children ages 3-5 can learn about nature through story-telling and nature themed activities. Event starts at 2 pm on even days and 10 am on odd days. $2 members or $4 nonmembers. Fee is for children only. www. monkgardens.org/tots-gardens Grab & Go Craft for Kids: Feathered Magpie Magnet · Mon.Tues. 8/2-8/31, hosted by Marathon County Public Library at all MCPL locations. Pick up a kit and make a feathered magpie magnet. Available any time the library is open. Free.

715-261-7220 Sidewalk Chalk Art · Mon.-Fri. 8/23-8/27, hosted by the Marathon County Public Library at Hatley Branch, 435 Curtis Ave, Hatley. Kids and teens can draw on the sidewalk with chalk. Chalk provided by the library. Call 715-446-3537 for more info Minecraft Designers · Mon.-Fri. 8/23-8/27, hosted online by UWSP. Children can learn how to make their own worlds

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715-261-6309 Gardens Tours · Saturdays 6/5 thru 9/25, hosted by Monk Botanical Gardens at 1800 N 1st Ave, Wausau. Every Saturday, garden tours will be available for guests. Starts at 10 am or 2 pm. $2 for non members and free for members.

715-261-6309 Self- Guided Interpretative Hikes—Wildlife of the Native Prairies · Fri.-Thurs. 8/13-9/9, hosted at Mead Wildlife Area, Milladore. Explore wildlife from native prairies. Daylight Hours. Free. Meadwildlife.org Bicycle Adventure Extravaganza VIII · Mon.-Sat. 8/23-8/28, hosted by PABS Point Area Bicycle Service at 1311 Strongs Ave, Stevens Point. Go on a bicycle scavenger hunt from 8/23-8/27. Online awards and prize drawing on 8/28. Starts at 7 am. Free. www.pointareabicycleservice.com/community-rides Family Fall Fishing · Sun. 8/29, hosted by Boulder Junction Chamber of Commerce at the Lions Pavilion behind the Community Center on Hwy M, Boulder Junction. Learn how to catch fish during the fall. Starts at 7 pm. Free. https://boulderjct.org David Stokes-Laughing with Animals · Tues. 8/31, Helen’s Zoo House, 1911 Gaynor Ave, Wisconsin Rapids. Learn about animals through stories, songs and riddles.

Starts at 11 am and 1 pm. Free. 715-423-3863 Fall Musky Fishing · Sun. 9/5, hosted by Boulder Junction Chamber of Commerce at the Lions Pavilion behind the Community Center on Hwy M, Boulder Junction. Learn about musky fishing during the fall. Starts at 7 pm. Free. https://boulderjct.org Self- Guided Interpretative Hikes—Tree ID & Leaves · Fri.Thurs. 9/10-10/14, hosted at Mead Wildlife Area, Milladore. Learn how to identify trees. Daylight Hours. Free.

Meadwildlife.org Ecology Hike · Sat. 9/11, Rib Mountain, Wausau. Go hiking and observe plants, fungi and forests in the park. Starts at 10 am. Free. https://www.ribmountain.org/events Birkie Trail Run Festival · Fri. & Sat. 9/24-9/25, hosted by the

American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation at Cable, WI. Choose between several races to participate in. Register online by 7 pm on 9/24. First race starts at 5:30 am. Ticket prices online. https://www.birkie.com/run/events/birkie-trail-run/ Hard Rocks Hiking Challenge · Sat. 9/25, hosted by Active Portage County at 7695 Standing Rocks Road, Stevens Point.

Go for an 8k, 13k or 16k hike over rocky terrain at Standing Rocks County Park. Starts at 7 am. $30. http://activeportagecounty.com/index.cfm Third Annual Ice Age Hike-a-thon · Sat. 9/25, hosted by Central Moraines Chapter at the Dells of Eau Claire, Aniwa.

Create your own round trip hike or choose between two options: self-paced hike along the Dells Segment or guided loop hike along the Ice Age trail. Snacks bar, breakfast foods and drinks available. T-shirts available for $5 donation.

Starts at 8 am. $20 adults, free for ages 18 and under. https://www.iceagetrail.org/event/hike-a-thon-centralmoraines-chapter/ 2021 Ultra Trail 15k/50k · Sat. 10/2, hosted by IronBull at State Park Speedway, 147711 N Mountain Rd, Wausau. Put your body to the test with a 15k or 50k race along the Rib Mountain trail. Starts at 6 am. From now to 8/31, 85$ for 15k race and $125 for 50k race. For more details on pricing, additional information and registration go to https://www.ironbull.org/ultra-marathon-details Red Granite Grinder · Sat. 10/16, hosted by IronBull at downtown Wausau on the 400 Block. Choose between 85 miles, 50 miles, 144 miles and 12 miles and ride along the gravel trails through the Wausau area. 12 mile ride is recreational, timed, non-competitive and great for the family. Starts at 6 am. Costs $90 for 144 miles, $70 for 85 miles or 50 miles, and $35 for 12 miles (free for ages 18 and under). For more info or registration visit https://www.ironbull.org/red-granite-grinder-details Group Hike · Sat. 11/13, hosted by the Friends of Rib Mountain State Park, Rib Mountain. Go on a group hike. Starts at 10 am. Free. Ribmountain.org/events Turkey Trot 2021 · Thurs. 11/25, hosted by United Way of Marathon County at 111 S. 1st Ave, Wausau. Walk or run for Marathon County’s hunger coalition. Food proceeds get distributed to pantries and grocers all over Marathon County.

Event starts at 8:30 am. No cost. www.unitedwaymc.org Group Hike · Sat. 12/11, hosted by the Friends of Rib Mountain State Park, Rib Mountain. Go on a group hike. Starts at 10 am. Free. Ribmountain.org/events

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Enjoy illuminated sculptures, live dance and a film debut.

Bring a flashlight. Starts at 8 pm. Free. stevenspointsculpturepark.org Virtual Mosinee Book Club: “A Stranger in the House” by Shari Lapena · Mon 9/20, hosted online by the Marathon County Public Library. Virtual discussion about Lapena’s book. Starts at 2 pm. Call 715-687-4420 for more info.

GoToMeeting (Online) Group Drumming “Exploring the Arts” For Adults · Mon. 9/20, Chestnut Center for the Arts, 208 S Chestnut Ave, Marshfield. Play drums with other people. Starts at 6 pm. $20. Chestnutarts.org 2021 CWIMA Manufacturing Expo · Thurs. 9/30, hosted

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Tuition is $169. More info online at www.uwsp.edu Reality: The Future is Now · Mon.-Fri. 8/23-8/27, hosted online by UWSP. Children can learn about virtual reality and how to make their own virtual worlds. For ages 8-14. Starts at 8:30 am or 12:30 pm. Tuition is $169. More info on www. uwsp.edu Youtube FX Masters · Mon.-Fri. 8/23-8/27, hosted online by UWSP. Children can learn how to create their own special effects for their Youtube content. For ages 8-14. Starts at 8:30 am or 12:30 pm. Tuition is $169. More info on www.uwsp.edu Toy Box Artventure Camp · Mon.-Fri. 8/23-8/27, hosted by Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau. For children ages 6-12 who are interested in creating toy themed artwork. Starts at 9 am. $115. www.cvawausau.org 5th Annual Wisconsin Rubber Duck Race and Wonderful Water Bash · Sat. 8/28, hosted by Central Wisconsin Children’s Museum at Iverson Park, Stevens Point. Enjoy water games, fire truck demo, kayak demo, food, drinks, and rubber duck race. Event starts at 10 am and duck race starts at 1:30 pm. $10 for wristband for the events and $5 each for rubber duck or $20 for 5 ducks. http://www.cwchildrensmuseum.org/ Family Story Time: Get Outside! · Tues. 8/31, hosted online

by Marathon County Public Library. Listen to some stories about the outdoors. Starts at 10 am. Free. Available on MCPL’s Youtube.

Grab & Go Craft for Kids: Straw Rockets (All Locations) · Wed. 9/1-9/30, hosted by Marathon County Public Library.

Pick up materials to make a straw rocket. Kits can be picked up whenever MCPL opens. Free. 715-261-7220 Family Story Time: Counting! · Tues. 9/7, hosted online by Marathon County Public Library. Listen to a story about counting. Starts at 10 am. Free. Watch on MCPL’s Youtube channel.

Family Story Time: Oktoberfest! · Tues. 9/14, hosted online

by Marathon County Public Library. Listen to a story about things relating to Oktoberfest. Starts at 10 am. Free. Watch on MCPL’s Youtube channel.

Outdoor Story Time (MCPL Hatley) · Tues. 9/14, hosted by Marathon County Public Library, 435 Curtis Ave, Hatley.

Listen to a story outdoors. Bring a chair, blanket or snacks if you wish. Starts at 10:30 am. Free. 715-446-3537 for more info Fabulous Fall Story Time (MCPL Rothschild) · Tues. 9/14,

by Marathon County Public Library at 211 Grand Ave, Rothschild. Listen to a story outdoors. Bring a chair, blanket or snacks if you wish. Starts at 11:30 am. Free.

715-359-6208 Family Story Time: Apples and Applesauce · Tues. 9/21, hosted online by Marathon County Public Library. Listen to a story about apples and applesauce and learn how to make applesauce. Starts at 10 am. Free. Watch on MCPL’s Youtube channel.

Family Story Time: Going to the Zoo! · Tues. 9/28, hosted online by Marathon County Public Library. Listen to a story about animals at the zoo. Starts at 10 am. Free. Watch on MCPL’s Youtube channel.

Wednesday Learning Centers · Every Weds., hosted by the Stevens Point Area YMCA and Boys & Girls Club of Portage County. Available for students in K thru 6th grade. Young learners will get the chance to socialize and learn after school. Centers are open all day. $10 per child. More info at https://www.bgclubpc.org/

LIFELINES Aging Mastery Program · Tuesdays and Thursdays 9/7-10/7, hosted online by UW-Madison Extension North Central WI & Sheboygan Counties. Virtual program that can help you

improve your health, well-being and strengthen ties within your community. Pre-register by 8/30. Starts at 10 am. Free.

715-421-8437 Blood Drive (Wisconsin Rapids) · Tues. & Mon. 9/21 & 9/27, hosted by the Blood Center of Northcentral Wisconsin and Aspirus Health at 311 Lincoln St, Wisconsin Rapids. Donate plasma in order to aid those critically ill with Covid-19.

Starts at 10 am on 9/21 and 2 pm on 9/27. 866-566-5900 Blood Drive (The Landing Wausau) · Fri. 9/24, 707 Third St, Wausau. Blood drive at The Landing. Starts at 10 am.

Redcrossblood.org Medicare options through Security Health Plan · hosted weekly, hosted online by the Marshfield Clinic. Learn how Medicare plans offered by Security Health Plan of Wisconsin can help you afford quality insurance.

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VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES Volunteer Opportunities for the Week of August 23rd, 2021 Response to COVID-19. For safety guidelines, see United Way of Marathon County’s website and the Volunteer Connection section at https://www.unitedwaymc.org/.

Please adhere to all recommendations from the Federal Government, Center for Disease Control and Marathon County Health Department.

Outreach and Relationship Building: American Red Cross.

Make a real difference in your Community. The Red Cross is looking for individuals with leadership and relationship building skills. An ideal candidate has a deep understanding of their community and can assist the Chapter Executive in building capacity and ensure that the community can respond to any emergency. The title of this position is called Community Volunteer Leader. Contact Lee at

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Health Equipment Sanitization & Restocking: Good News Project. Health Equipment Sanitization & Restocking Volunteers are needed 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. Good News Project requires covid-19 vaccination card proof of all volunteers, interns and staff. Contact 715-843-5985 or susie@goodnewswi.com.

Kitchen Assistance. The Salvation Army. Help prepare and cook the lunch time meal along with clean up and prep for the next day meal. Volunteer one to five days a week.

Contact 715-370-3431 or Colleen.hilber@usc.salvationarmy.org.

More Opportunities! Go to the United Way Volunteer Connection volunteer website at www.unitedwaymc. galaxydigital.com to find opportunities YOU can fill!

In-Kind Donated Items Needed Furniture Needed: North Central Health Care. In search of two new or gently used dressers. Contact 715-848-4450 or volunteer@norcen.org.

Pillows, Bedsheets, and Towels Needed: The Women’s Community. The Women’s Community is looking for new or lightly used pillows, full sheet sets, and towel sets and washcloths. Donations can be dropped off M-F between 8 am and 4:30 pm at 3220 Hilltop Ave in Wausau. Please contact Allie at allie@womenscommunity.org or 715-842-5663 if you have a donation to make.

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1504 W Main Street • Merrill

57575

300 N. 3rd Street Ste 109, Wausau, WI 54403

Mon - Fri 9am - 7pm • Sat - Sun 10am - 5pm Call Mark at 715-218-3277 for curbside pick up!

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HUGE SELECTION OF GLUTEN FREE PRODUCTS! A SUPPLEMENT TO SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION

Immediate Openings At Both Locations!!

(Dependent on preferences & your availability)

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Heide & Dave’s Pet Care Store

Hiring School Bus Drivers 53045

Labor Day Sale - September 4 Store Hours are 10am-1pm Next Saturday Sales Day September 18th • 10am-1pm

$1500 Sign On Bonus Wausau, WI Starting pay $17.25/HR

Uff Da! Signs are a perfect gift for the rec room, bar area, garage, Man Cave, She Shed, etc.

Open 7 days a week 11-5 1103 East Grand Ave, Rothschild WI 54474 (Near Harbor Freight) 715-298-9339

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Heide & Dave’s Pet Care

Apply online at:

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www.uffdahhh.com

Check out Facebook for additional weekday hours.

*Paid Training *Part-Time - Flexible Schedule *Take Your Child to Work - Save $$$ *No Experience Necessary - We Train! *Trips and Extra Work Available

We are now hiring OTR Drivers for the Marathon Cheese Private Fleet.

• 60% of Fleet miles in Wisconsin and Minnesota with the rest of Primary Lanes running into Indiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Idaho, and Texas. • No East Coast.

• Home weekends and some week nights.

• Great Pay. • Great Benefits.

(715) 842-2268

Hiring 2nd and 3rd shift production positions at the Marathon City location

MARATHON CHEESE CORPORATION

5407 Westfair Ave. #1, Weston, WI

715.571.1252

Visit us in person or check out our website: heidespetcare.com and Facebook page: H.R. Max, LLC

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for current openings and get your application in today. Equal Opportunity Employer