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A Natural Transition, W.D.N.R. Educator  Scharfenberg will Embrace Active Retirement

A Natural Transition, W.D.N.R. Educator Scharfenberg will Embrace Active Retirement


A Natural Transition, W.D.N.R. Educator Scharfenberg will Embrace Active Retirement Jackie Scharfenberg has served as a naturalist at the Ice Age Center for more than two decades, and she’s eager to start her new role as a citizen nature advocate when she officially retires next week MITCHELL BRADLEY KELLER EDITOR “I knew since middle school that I wanted to be a naturalist,” said

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$4,000 M.P.T.C.  Scholarships Awarded  to Emilia Lang

$4,000 M.P.T.C. Scholarships Awarded to Emilia Lang


$4,000 M.P.T.C. Scholarships Awarded to Emilia Lang MLODZIK FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP The fourth annual Don and Corrine Mlodzik Family Scholarship will be awarded to Emilia Lang, a soon to be 2023 graduate of Kewaskum High School (KHS). Emilia is the daughter of Shelly and Brian Lang. According to KHS counselor Rebecca Bryant, “It is clear in all of Emilia’s interactions that she is passionate

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‘What’s a Newspaper?’ P. III

‘What’s a Newspaper?’ P. III


| ENJOY EVERY SANDWICH | ‘What’s a Newspaper?’ P. III MITCHELL BRADLEY KELLER EDITOR A media archeology exercise continues this week, as I ask readers to ponder, “What is a newspaper?” Last week, we scratched the surface on the foundational basics of newspapers and news reporting: freedom of the press and how publishing is intertwined with transparent government. This week,

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She Lived in a Wigwam

She Lived in a Wigwam


| WHAT WAS LOST | She Lived in a Wigwam KARL MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR “There were wigwams in Ashford,” Kenny Schaefer (1931-2021) said at Hope Nursing Home and Rehabilitation in Lomira a couple of years ago. His memory was fading; it was an offhand comment after Audrey Ruplinger finished leading the rosary with some of the residents. Sandwiched in a conversation about the old days of Ashford

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RURAL WRITES

RURAL WRITES


| RURAL WRITES | G.A. SCHEINOHA CONTRIBUTOR Perhaps nothing else puts more truth to the expression, tempus fugit. Often printed on the face of grandfather clocks. Time indeed has wings. As Steve Miller sang, it “keeps slipping into the future.” A tomorrow, just a few decades ago, which none of us could imagine. Much less, expect to live long enough to see. For example, in the 45 years

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Kettle Moraine Players Win State Championship

Kettle Moraine Players Win State Championship


Kettle Moraine Players Win State Championship The Kettle Moraine Players, originally organized in Campbellsport, participated in the 2023 Wisconsin AACTfest at Beaver Dam on January 20-22. They presented a cutting of Three Viewings by Jeffrey Hatcher. The play consisted of two monologues and featured Christy Miceli and Jovon Serrano. It was directed by Robb Bessey (directed Miceli) and John

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