Category: Features

SaddleBrooke Photographer of the Month – Mark Guinn

Barbara Wilder and Mark Guinn Most of us have moved here from some other state, so it was like going home to see Mark’s slideshow at the December general meeting of the SaddleBrooke Photography Club, titled: “Travels to the Midwest.” He started with the concept of finding colored leaves as he left Rapid City, South…

Thank you, Friends

Unit 29 steps up big time Unit 29 recently participated in SaddleBrooke’s “I Don’t Want It Anymore” sale. Not unique…lots of people did. However, what they did with their sale proceeds was unique. Unit 29 donated $1400, 100% of their “I Don’t Want It Anymore” sale proceeds, to SaddleBrooke Troop Support (STS), a 501(c)(3) non-profit…

Love your heart with these foods

Nancy Teeter, RDN (Registered Dietitian Nutritionist National Heart Month, February, is just a couple of weeks away. This month serves as a reminder that what we eat has a significant impact on systemic inflammation which in turn influences the risk of cardiovascular disease. If you have not already incorporated all eight tips listed below, consider…

Snow, sleds and a cow

Stuart Watkins My brother Bill, my cousin Bobby and I grew up at 166 Rugby Road in Charlottesville, Virginia. (This is now a parking lot.) Whenever it snowed, we got out the sleds and went everywhere youngsters probably should not have gone. One day, and I am not sure if Bobby was with Bill and…

This I have learned

Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg And, now, it’s time to set our sights toward this new year, the 19th year of the 21st Century! And, speaking of centuries… A few months ago, I was typing something at my computer and I inadvertently typed 2319, not 2019! I sat at my computer and said to myself how…

Artist of the Month: Train your eye to see

LaVerne Kyriss When Mary Bubla was growing up in Neillsville, Wisconsin, she had two loves, math and art. As the only girl in her senior math class, she decided on math teacher as her preferred career path. But dissuaded by a guidance counselor who told her there was no career in math for a woman…

In Passing

Paul Michael Karcher died peacefully December 6, 2018 in Tucson, Arizona after a courageous twelve-year battle against cancer. He had a passion for Wisconsin sports, Canadian fishing trips with his boys, golf and racquetball that were shared with his many friends and colleagues. Paul leaves behind his best friend and constant companion, his wife Cynthia.…

Gracie wins a quilt

Diane Aaron Sandy and Bob Bulakowski were the official grand winners of a special Dog Park quilt made by Kelly Rospond, but it turns out the real winner was Gracie, their mini Aussie Shepherd. Trudy Rossi, chairperson of the fundraising event, said it was especially fitting that the Bulakowskis won as Bob was the very…