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Cemeteries ..................... ....................... ...................... ......59

Chambers of Commerce ....................... ...................... ......57

Churches ..................... ...................... ...................... ..........27Conservation...................... ....................... ...................... ..70

Day-Care Centers ...................... ...................... .................69

Education .................... ...................... ...................... ..........17

Events .................................................................................7

Forest County .................................................................100

Groups..................... ...................... ...................... ..............35

GUIDE TO SHOPS, SERVICES...............................98 & 98

Help Lines.........................................................................69

Hospitals ..................... ...................... ...................... ..........45

Industry.............................................................................77

Lakefront...........................................................................25

Lawmakers........................................................................60

Libraries............................................................................43

Licenses...........................................................................100Media.................................................................................68

Museums..................... ...................... ....................... .........31

Oneida County..................................................................86

Public Forests ...................................................................72

Recreation ................... ...................... ....................... .........63

Seniors...............................................................................76

Services ................... ....................... ...................... .............41

Transportation..................................................................21

Utilities .............................................................................23

Vilas County .....................................................................78

ZIP Codes.................... ...................... ....................... .........22

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17EDUCATION

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The land of wildlife

The Headwaters Country of Vilas, Oneida and Forest countiesharbors the highest concentration of endangered and unique

wildlife found anywhere in Wisconsin, from eagles and ospreysto the common loon. The pair of northern river otters gracing

this year’s cover were photographed on a small lake near Land

O’ Lakes as they paused from their playful shoreline activitiesto grunt and hiss with curiosity at the stationary photographer

sitting in a canoe. They had been busy crunching on crayfish

and exploring holes in the bank.--Staff Photo By KURT KRUEGER

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The North Woods is recognized across the Midwestas a recreation paradise, offering boating, hiking andbicycling, camping and golfing in the summer; hunt-ing in the fall; snowmobiling, cross-country skiingand snowshoeing in the winter; and, of course, fish-ing the year-round.

Besides the many recreational activities, mostcommunities and nonprofit organizations in Vilasand Oneida counties plan family-oriented events forresidents and vacationers throughout the year.

The activities range from art, antique and quiltshows to summer, fall and winter festivals. Most of the events include fun for all ages, plus plenty of food

and refreshments.The following list of activities was compiled by theVilas County Tourism & Publicity Department. Seemore detailed stories in this publication or the VilasCounty News-Review as the event approaches, orcheck with local information bureaus for moredetails (dates and times are subject to change).

APRILApril 2, Fools Run — The Only Fools Run at

Midnight 5-kilometer run will be held throughdowntown Minocqua and on the Bearskin Trail.Phone (715) 356-5266.

April 9, Dinner Theater — The Phelps School will

host an arts festival, musical performances anddinner theater. The art show is planned from 1 to5 p.m., with the dinner served at 5 p.m., followedby the one-act play. Phone (715) 545-3728.

April 9-10, Silver Blades Ice Show — The annu-al figure skating show will be held at the EagleRiver Sports Arena Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m. andSunday at 2 p.m. Phone (715) 479-1312.

April 10, Meat Raffle — The American LegionRiders will host this fundraising event atSmugglers Lounge in Eagle River at 1 p.m. Phone(715) 477-2163.

April 11, Easter Party — A community Easter egghunt and party will be held at Land O’ Lakes

Elementary School from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Youthscan enjoy an Easter egg hunt, play games, winprizes and enjoy snacks. Phone (715) 547-3432.

April 16, Dance Recital — The 19th annualDanceworks Unlimited recital will be held atNorthland Pines High School from 1:30 to 6 p.m.Phone (715) 479-1346.

April 17, Easter Bunny Sunday — TheNorthwoods Children’s Museum will host the freeevent from noon to 3 p.m. with games, crafts anda visit from the Easter Bunny. Phone (715) 479-4623.

April 23, Easter Cache Hunt — The fourth annu-al hunt for 12 geocaches will start at 10 a.m. at

Boulder Junction Winter Park. There also will belunch, prizes and wagon rides. Phone (715) 385-2400.

April 23, Easter Egg Hunt — The Three LakesLions Club will host its annual Easter Egg Huntfrom 9 to 11 a.m. at The Northernaire Resort.Phone (715) 546-3344.

April 28, Taste of the North — The Waters of Minocqua will host the event starting at 6 p.m.featuring signature dishes of area chefs. Phone(715) 356-5266.

April 30, Health Fair — North LakelandElementary School will host the free health fairfrom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., featuring screenings anddemonstrations. Phone (715) 358-9777.

April 30, Live Lobster Dinner — The PresqueIsle Lions Club will host this annual fundraisinglobster and prime rib dinner at Sky-View Lodge &Supper Club from 4 to 9 p.m. Phone (715) 686-7257.

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MAYMay 7, Opening Weekend Breakfast — The all-

you-can-eat breakfast will be held at SunriseLodge in Land O’ Lakes from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m.,with proceeds used for fish stocking and lakeimprovements. Phone (715) 545-3864.

May 7, Art Show — The Wisconsin Regional ArtShow will be held at Olson Memorial Library inEagle River during regular business hours inMay. Phone (715) 479-8070.

May 7, Spring Stampede — The Sayner/StarLake Lioness Club will host its 14th annual eventfrom 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the community building inSayner, featuring rubber art stamp and scrap-booking exhibits. Phone (715) 542-2055.

May 13-15, Walleye Tournament — The PresqueIsle Chamber will host the tourney on PresqueIsle area lakes. Phone (715) 686-2910.

May 14, Journeys Marathon — The 15th annualJourneys Marathon will be held, along with a

half-marathon, power walk and 5-kilometer funrun. Race festivities will take place at RiverviewPark in Eagle River. Phone (715) 479-6400.

May 14, Sweet Taste of Spring — DowntownEagle River businesses will have special saleswith a “sweet” theme from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone(715) 479-7656.

May 18-22, Sporting Clays Shoot — The annualspring shoot will be held at Gateway Lodge inLand O’ Lakes. Phone (715) 547-3915.

May 20-21, Birding Festival — The seventh annu-al Birding Festival will be held at North LakelandDiscovery Center in Manitowish Waters. Phone(715) 543-2085.

May 27-29, Garage Sale — A townwide garagesale will be held in Boulder Junction (maps avail-able at chamber). Phone (715) 385-2400.

May 27-29, Gun Show — The Eagle River GunShow will be held at the Sports Arena from 3 to 8p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.to 3 p.m. Sunday. Phone (608) 752-6677.

May 28, Sidewalk Sale — The special sale will beheld in downtown Eagle River from 9 a.m. to 4p.m., along with a pig roast at BBT’s. Phone (715)479-7656.

May 28, 5K Trail Run — Camp Luther in ThreeLakes will host the Happy Camper 5K Trail Runstarting at 10 a.m. Phone (715) 546-3647.

May 28, Garage Sale — A communitywide garagesale will be held at the Sayner Community Centerfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with approximately 20 ven-dors at one site. Phone (715) 542-4363.

May 28-29, Craft Fest — Strawberry Fest CraftShow will be held at the Vilas CountyFairgrounds in Eagle River from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30p.m. each day. Phone (715) 675-6201.

May 29, Community Garage Sale — The sale willbe held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is open to allarea residents. Phone (715) 546-3344.

May 29, Sled Roundup — The Classic SledRoundup Show and Swap will be held at St.

Germain Community Park, with registration at 8a.m. It will feature vintage snowmobiles andaccessories, swap meet, music and food all day.Phone (715) 542-4488.

May 29, Water Ski Show — The Chain SkimmersWater Ski Club will hold a holiday show at Lake

Pleasant north of Conover at 5 p.m. Phone (715)891-1087.

May 30, Memorial Day — Communities across theNorth Woods will have public services to recog-nize soldiers who lost their lives in the line of dutyto this country. Phone local chambers of commerceto confirm times and locations.

JUNEJune 3-5, Fishing Outing — The 18th annual

Fishing Has No Boundaries will be held on theEagle River Chain of Lakes for people with dis-abilities, with headquarters at Wild Eagle Lodge.Phone (715) 479-9309.

June 4-5, Walleye Tournament — The BoulderJunction Chamber will host the tourney on fourarea lakes. Phone (715) 385-2400.

June 4-5, Walleye Classic — The walleye tourna-ment will be held on the Sugar Camp Chain of Lakes, with headquarters at Pitlik’s Sand BeachResort. Phone (715) 479-7488.

June 10, Golf Outing — The 15th annual AngelOn My Shoulder Golf Spectacular will be held atSt. Germain Golf Club starting at 9:30 a.m., ben-efiting Angel On My Shoulder programs. Phone(715) 542-2614.

June 10-11, Sport/Home Show — The EagleRiver Sport and Home Show, sponsored by

WERL/WRJO Radio, will be from 4 to 8 p.m.Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday atNorthland Pines High School. Phone (715) 479-4451.

June 11, Arts & Crafts Show — A spring arts andcrafts show will be held at Torpy Park inMinocqua starting at 9 a.m. Phone (715) 356-5266.

June 11, Beer Festival — Eagle River’s GreatNorthern Beer Festival will be held from 2 to 6p.m. at Hi-Pines Campground on Highway 45North. Phone (715) 891-0421.

June 11, Museum Party — The NorthwoodsChildren’s Museum will have its 13th Birthday

Party from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Phone (715) 479-4623.

June 11, Health Fair — The Partners of MinistryEagle River Memorial Hospital Auxiliary HealthFair will be held at the hospital from 7:30 a.m. tonoon. Phone (715) 479-7336.

June 11, Rummage Sale — The PhelpsCommunity Rummage-A-Rama will be held from9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at various locations throughoutPhelps. Maps will be available at the chamberoffice. Phone (715) 545-3800.

June 11, Woods Art Fair — The fourth annual

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Walk in the Woods Art Fair will be held at the St.Germain Town Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone(715) 477-2205.

June 11-12, Spring Classic — The 31st annualSpring Classic Muskie Invitational will be held onthe Eagle River Chain of Lakes. Headquarterswill be Wild Eagle Lodge. Phone (715) 477-2667.

June 11-12, Canoe Race — The seventh annualCallie Rohr Memorial Canoe Race will be held onthe Wisconsin River, based at Rohr’s WildernessTours in Conover. Proceeds benefit the AmericanBrain Tumor Association. Phone (715) 547-3639.

June 12, Ice Cream Social — Cathy’s 13th annu-al Ice Cream Social from 2 to 5 p.m. will benefitCamp Angel. There will be raffle prizes, gamesand 32 flavors of ice cream. Phone (715) 479-3492.

June 13-24, Figure Skating School — The EagleRiver Summer Figure Skating School will be heldat the Sports Arena from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.Phone (715) 477-1981.

June 15, Artist Demo — The Presque Isle Librarywill host an art gallery and art demonstrationsfrom 1 to 4 p.m. There also will be a vintage cot-tage walk at 10 a.m. Phone (715) 686-2910.

June 18, Car Show — The “Cars with Art-itude”auto show will be held at the Petroleum Museumin Three Lakes, sponsored by the Center for theArts. Phone (715) 546-3344.

June 18, Classic Boat Show — Wild Eagle Lodgewill host this seventh annual show in Eagle Riverfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone (715) 479-5778.

June 19, Airport Fly-In — The Eagle RiverAirport will host a Father’s Day Fly-In and Air-

port Day from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a pancakebreakfast, dedication of new ramp, aircraft dis-plays, airplane and helicopter rides, radio-con-trolled models and a chicken dinner. Phone (715)479-7442.

June 19, Kids Fishing Day — The Take-A-KidFishing event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 4p.m. in the Conover Town Park. Phone (715) 479-4928.

June 24-25, Boat Shootout & Fly-In — The boatradar runs will be held on Big Stone Lake from 11a.m. to 8 p.m. and the fly-in will be held at ThreeLakes Airport. Phone (715) 546-3344.

June 24-26, Softball Tournament — Three Lakes

will host its annual men’s softball tournament atDon Burnside Recreation Park. Phone (715) 546-3344.

June 25, Kickball Tournament — The PhelpsChamber of Commerce will host its fourth annualkickball tournament at Wavering Park starting at9 a.m. Phone (715) 545-3800.

June 25, Lakesfest — The 15th annual event willheld at the Indian Bowl in Lake du Flambeau,from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring displays andactivities for those who share the waters. Phone(877) 588-3346.

June 25-26, Muskie Tournament — TheProfessional Musky Tournament Trail will host a

tournament on the Eagle River Chain of Lakes.Phone (715) 479-6400.

June 26, Country Fair — The Presque IsleChamber of Commerce will host its 34th annualCountry Fair on Main Street from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. The day will be filled with music, games,races, food, crafts and more. The Last WildernessFun Run/Walk will start at 9 a.m. at Sky-ViewLodge & Supper Club. Phone (715) 686-2910.

June 26, Taste of Conover — The fifth annualTaste of Conover will be held at the park pavilionfrom 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with food samples fromConover establishments. Phone (715) 479-4928.

June 27-July 29, Hockey School — The NorthernFreeze Hockey School will be held at the EagleRiver Sports Arena starting at 8 a.m. each day.Phone (715) 891-1153.

JULYJuly 1-3, Antique Show — The show will be held

at Lakeland High School in Minocqua from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. each day. Phone (715) 588-3665.

July 2, Hockey Tourney — The 11th annual OAM

Alumni 3x3 hockey tournament will be held at theEagle River Sports Arena starting at 9 a.m. Phone(715) 479-4401.

July 2, Chicken Barbecue — The BoulderJunction Fire Department will hold its annualdinner from noon to 6 p.m. at the fire station.Phone (715) 385-2880.

July 2, Phelps Fireworks — The Phelps Chamberof Commerce will hold fireworks over North TwinLake at dusk. Phone (715) 545-3800.

July 2-3, Antique Show — The Eagle RiverAntique Show will be held at Northland Pines

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High School from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Phone (608) 385-3598.

July 2-3, Craft Fest — Watermelon Days CraftFest will be held at the Vilas County Fairgroundsin Eagle River from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. eachday. Phone (715) 675-6201.

July 3, Independence Day Celebration —Festivities at St. Germain will include the sev-enth annual Freedom 5K Fun Run at 8:30 a.m.,rides and games for all ages, a parade at 1 p.m.,food booths and fireworks at dusk. Phone (715)542-2323.

July 3, Land O’ Lakes Fireworks — Land O’Lakes will have its fireworks display at the air-port at 10:15 p.m. It’s billed as “the best in theNorth.” Phone (715) 547-3432.

July 3, Water Ski Show — The Chain Skimmerswill hold a special Fourth of July show under thelights starting at 11:30 p.m. at Lake Pleasant,north of Conover. There also will be a show July 4at 7 p.m. Phone (715) 891-1087.

July 4, Fourth of July Parades — Communitiesacross the North Woods will host parades, picnicsand fireworks. Parades will be at 9 a.m. in ThreeLakes, 11 a.m. in Eagle River, noon in Land O’Lakes and Phelps, 1 p.m. in Conover, 3 p.m. inSayner and 4 p.m. in Minocqua. Phone localchambers to confirm times and activities.

July 4, Indian Powwow — A special powwow willbe held at the Indian Bowl in Lac du Flambeau at7 p.m. Phone (715) 588-3346.

July 7, Christmas in July — St. Germain’s largestarts and crafts show will be held at theCommunity Center and Park from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.There will be children’s attractions, a pet parade,food and a visit from Santa. Phone (715) 477-2205.

July 8-9, Antique Show — The Boulder JunctionLioness Club antique show will be at the commu-nity center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Phone(715) 588-3665.

July 8-10, Powwow — The Bear River Powwowbrings tribes from across the nation to Lac duFlambeau to share crafts, food and dancing.

Grand entries are planned at 7 p.m. Friday, 1 and7 p.m. Saturday, and 1 p.m. Sunday. Phone (715)588-3333.

July 9, Moonshine Run — The YMCA will hostthis 5-kilometer run/walk through the streets of Eagle River starting at midnight. Phone (715)479-9500.

July 9, Old-Fashioned Summerfest — The ThreeLakes Historical Society and Genealogical Societywill host the annual event featuring a CemeteryWalk at 9:45 a.m. and barbecue at the museumfrom 4 to 8 p.m. Phone (715) 546-2295.

July 9, Flea Market/Brat Fry — The KalmarCenter in Eagle River will host the event from 9a.m. to 3 p.m., with grilled brats, beverages, rum-mage items and crafts. Phone (715) 479-5850.

July 10, Pancake Breakfast — The ConoverVolunteer Fire Department/EMS will host itsannual Blueberry Pancake Breakfast from 8 a.m.to 1 p.m. at the community center. Phone (715)477-2036.

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July 10, Water Ski Tournament — TheNorthwoods Invitational will be held on LakePleasant starting at 9 a.m. Phone (715) 547-6156.

July 14, Guides/Kids Day — Youths will have theopportunity to fish with a North Woods guide.Registration will be at the Vilas County

Fairgrounds in Eagle River at 10 a.m. Phone (715)479-6400.

July 14, Midsummer Madness — The specialshopping hours and entertainment will be from 9a.m. to 4 p.m. in downtown Eagle River. Phone(715) 479-7656.

July 14-17, Manito Art Show — The Manito ArtLeague will sponsor this 46th annual show at theManitowish Waters Community Center from 10a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 5p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.Phone (715) 282-6198.

July 15-16, Gem and Mineral Show — The 43rdannual show will be held at Lakeland Union HighSchool in Minocqua from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridayand 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Phone (715) 356-5266.

July 16, Artarama — The annual show will beheld from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Riverside Park nearthe fairgrounds in Eagle River. Phone (715) 525-2100.

July 16, Car Show — The St. GermainPrimeTimers will host a car and crafts show atthe park and pavilion from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Therealso will be a children’s carnival from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. Phone (715) 479-6310.

July 16, Taste of Manitowish Waters — Thechamber will host this tasty event at the LionsPavilion from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There also will besidewalk sales from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., an art show,live music and a water-ski show at 7 p.m. Phone(888) 626-9877.

July 17, Street Fair — The Superior Street Fairwill be held in downtown Three Lakes from 10a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring crafts, food, music andgames. Phone (715) 546-3344.

July 18, Wine/Cheese Tasting — The Eagle RiverRotary Club will host the 18th annual eventstarting at 6 p.m. at Eagle Waters Resort. Phone(715) 479-0230.

July 19, Sidewalk Sales Days — The Boulder

Junction Chamber will host the sale downtown.Phone (715) 385-2400.July 20, Steak in the Park — The Phelps Lions

Club will hold the annual dinner at WaveringPark starting at 5 p.m. to benefit the PhelpsPublic Library. Phone (715) 545-4008.

July 23, Art Impressions — This annual art showwill be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Land O’Lakes Town Hall grounds. Food and refreshmentswill be available. Phone (715) 547-3432.

July 23, Airport Day — The Land O’ LakesAirport will have events, including a pancakebreakfast from 8 to 10 a.m., aircraft displays,radio-controlled planes and more. Phone (715)

547-3337.July 23, Northwoods Has Talent — The Conover

Chamber will host the unique musical talent of area residents and visitors from 2 to 9 p.m. in thetown park. Phone (715) 479-4928.

July 24, Lions Club Auction — The Three LakesLions Club will have its annual benefit auction atthe club’s storage shed on Railroad Street inThree Lakes. Phone (715) 546-3344.

July 26-28, POP’s River Revival — Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Eagle River will hostthe musical concert featuring 100 local voices at 7

p.m. each night with selections from the Revivaland Great Awakening eras. Phone (715) 479-9236.July 29-30, Antique Show — The antique show

and sale will be held at the Manitowish WatersCommunity Center and Lions Pavilion from 9a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Phone (715) 588-3665.

July 29-31, Summer Art Tour — The self-guidedNorthwoods Summer Art Tour will be held at var-ious local studios from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.Phone (715) 385-3334.

July 30, Blues Fest — The Joe Bucher Blues Festwill be held at the St. Germain Pavilion startingat 3 p.m. and featuring music and smoked ribs tobenefit Northland Pines Youth Football and

Cheerleading. Phone (715) 891-1943.July 30, Brewfest — The fest will be held at TorpyPark in Minocqua from 1 to 5 p.m., with specialtyand micro breweries offering samples. The eventsupports Lions Club charities. Phone (715) 588-9245.

July 31, Auto Show — The Conover FireDepartment/EMS will sponsor its 10th annualauto show and craft market at the town park from9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone (715) 477-2036.

July 31, Gun Show — The Manitowish Watersshow will be held at the community center from 8a.m. to 4 p.m., with guns, knives, ammunition and

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sporting collectibles. Phone (715) 588-1373.

AUGUSTAug. 2, Benefit Auction — The Northwoods

Children’s Museum will have the annual fund-raising auction at Eagle Waters Resort from 5:30

to 8:30 p.m. with live and silent auctions. Phone(715) 479-2017.

Aug. 4-6, Rib Fest — The seventh annual Pig inthe Pines Rib Fest will be held at the St. GermainCommunity Park from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.,with Midwest rib vendors and live entertainment.Phone (715) 477-2205.

Aug. 5-6, Relay For Life — The American CancerSociety fundraiser will be held at NorthlandPines High School in Eagle River from 4 p.m.Friday to 10 a.m. Saturday. Phone (715) 479-7724.

Aug. 5-6, Rotary Antique Show — The EagleRiver Rotary Club will host its 51st annual showand sale at the Derby Track expo hall from 9 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.Phone (715) 479-6592.

Aug. 5-7, Antique Show — The Minocqua showwill be held at Ruelands Convention Center from9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Phone (715) 588-3665.

Aug. 6, Garage Sale — The Land O’ Lakes areawill have its communitywide garage sale from 8a.m. to 4 p.m. with a map available at the cham-

ber office. Phone (715) 547-3432.Aug. 6, Picnic/Pig Roast — The Phelps Fire

Department will have its annual picnic atWavering Park from 1 to 9 p.m., featuring a pigroast, refreshments, music and games. Phone(715) 545-3012.

Aug. 6, Doll Show — The 33rd annual EnchantedDoll Show and Sale will be held at Kalmar SeniorCenter from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone (715) 479-7132.

Aug. 7, Firemen’s Picnic — The Three Lakes FireDepartment will hold its annual fund-raising pic-nic at Cy Williams Park from noon to 5 p.m., withfood and refreshments, music, games and prizes.Phone (715) 546-3344.

Aug. 7, August Fest — Hillside Resort in Land O’Lakes will host the event from noon to 4 p.m.,including crayfish gumbo, refreshments, chil-dren’s games, raffles and karaoke. It’s a benefitfor the Lac Vieux Desert Lake Association. Phone

(715) 547-3646.Aug. 11, Street Sale — The Eagle River Business

Association will hold its annual Street Sale andpig and corn roast downtown from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Phone (715) 479-7656.

Aug. 11-14, Vilas County Fair — The annualevent will be held at the fairgrounds in EagleRiver, featuring 4-H exhibits, midway rides andgames, food, live entertainment, horseshoe tour-nament, horse judging and refreshments. Phone(715) 479-2057.

Aug. 13, Polish Boat Regatta — The 11th annualboat regatta will start at 1 p.m. with homemadeboat races at Pitlik’s Sand Beach Resort in Sugar

Camp. Phone (715) 479-7488.Aug. 13, Trash N’ Treasure Sale — The Kalmar

Center in Eagle River will host the event from 9a.m. to 3 p.m., including rummage items, crafts,brats and beverages. Phone (715) 479-5850.

Aug. 14, Musky Jamboree — The 55th annualMusky Jamboree in Boulder Junction will featurean arts and crafts fair, antique auto show, fun run,food booths, casting contest, flea market, liveentertainment and more. Phone (715) 385-2400.

Aug. 14, Art Show — Three Lakes will host Art onMain in the downtown area from 10 a.m. to 3p.m., with local artists displaying and demon-strating their work. Phone (715) 546-3344.

Aug. 14, Wakeboard Tournament — The fifthannual event will be held at Camp Nicolet onFranklin Lake east of Eagle River off Highway 70starting at 9 a.m. Phone (715) 617-0522.

Aug. 15-19, Summer Art Camp — The secondannual art camp for ages 6 through adult will beheld at the Presque Isle Library. The finishedworks will be on display Sunday, Aug. 21. Phone(715)686-7946.

Aug. 17, Paul Bunyan Fest — The fest will featurean arts and crafts show in downtown Eagle River,roast beef sandwiches and chain-saw carving

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from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone (715) 479-6400.Aug. 19-20, Youth Days Auction — The annual

fundraiser for the Eagle River RecreationAssociation will be held at the Sports Arena start-ing at 6:30 p.m. each night. There will be a live

auction, silent auction and wheel-and-deal corner.Phone (715) 479-4858.Aug. 19-21, Musky Open — The 26th annual

National Championship Musky Open will be heldon more than 60 area lakes. Headquarters will beat the Vilas County Fairgrounds in Eagle River.Phone (715) 479-6400.

Aug. 21, Fine Art Show — The eighth annualPresque Isle art show will be held from 10 a.m. to3 p.m. at the community building and park.Phone (715) 686-7946.

Aug. 21, Museum Chicken Dinner — The VilasCounty Historical Museum in Sayner will host adinner at the community building from noon to 3

p.m. for $12. Phone (715) 542-3547.Aug. 27-28, Festival of Flavors — Area restau-rants, culinary artisans, artists and health profes-sionals will offer special items at Riverview Parkin Eagle River from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.Phone (715) 479-8467.

SEPTEMBERSept. 2-4, Gun Show — The Eagle River Gun

Show will be held at the Sports Arena from 3 to 8p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m.to 3 p.m. Sunday. Phone (608) 752-6677.

Sept. 3-4, Apple Harvest Craft Fest — AppleHarvest Craft Fest will be held at the Vilas

County Fairgrounds in Eagle River from 9:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. Phone (715) 675-6201.

Sept. 4, Bike Tour — The 20th annual NicoletWheel-A-Way will feature a 18- or 36.5-mile bikeroute through the Chequamegon-Nicolet NationalForest, starting and ending at Don BurnsideRecreational Park in Three Lakes at 9 a.m. Phone(715) 546-3344.

Sept. 9-11, World Championship Musky Classic— The 35th annual event will be headquarteredat the Manitowish Waters Community Center.Phone (715) 543-7657.

Sept. 10, Formal Ball — Three Lakes will host theAffair of the Arts Ball at the Reiter Center, afundraiser for the Three Lakes Center for theArts in the Northwoods. Phone (715) 546-3344.

Sept. 10, Colorama Craft Fair — The 19th annu-al Colorama arts and crafts fair at the BoulderJunction Community Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.also will feature wild-game sandwiches and afarmers market. Phone (715) 385-2400.

Sept. 16-17, Snowmobile Show — The Reunion atthe Derby Track in Eagle River will feature vin-tage snowmobile displays and awards, grass dragsand a swap meet.The drags inside the oval will beheld under the lights Friday night and again at 10a.m. Saturday. Phone (715) 479-4424.

Sept. 17, Colorama — St. Germain, the“Birthplace of Colorama,” will host its 52nd annu-al Colorama festival with arts and crafts, pump-kin painting for children, farmers market, scare-crow contest, flower sale and wine tasting at thecommunity center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone(715) 477-2205.

Sept. 17, Oktoberfest — The Colorama event willbe held at Conover Community Center from at 5to 10 p.m. with a beer tent outside and will fea-ture live music, dancing, food, prizes and raffles.Phone (715) 479-4928.

Sept. 17-18, Muskie Tournament — Paul’s Pro-Am will be held on the Eagle River Chain of Lakes, with headquarters at Wild Eagle Lodgestarting at 7 a.m. both days. Phone (715) 477-2667.

Sept. 18, Colorama Walk/Brunch — The PhelpsChamber of Commerce will host a 5-K walk andrun starting at 8 a.m. at the school, followed by abrunch at the school from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Phone(715) 545-3800.

Sept. 23-25, Colorama Weekend — A Coloramaweekend is planned at Sayner, with specials from

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9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. A brunchand indoor craft show will be held at the SaynerCommunity Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.There also will be food and raffles. Phone (715)542-3789.

Sept. 24, Classic Car Rally — The classic automo-

bile show will be held in downtown Eagle Riverfrom 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Spectators can vote for thePeople’s Choice Award. Phone (715) 479-7656.

Sept. 24, Beef-A-Rama — The 46th annual eventwill be held in downtown Minocqua from 9 a.m. to6 p.m., featuring roast beef judging and arts andcrafts booths. Phone (715) 356-5266.

Sept. 24-25, Colorama Celebration — The cele-bration will be held throughout the Land O’ Lakeswith decorating and scarecrow contests, food,games and a barn dance. A Colorama dinner willbe at St. Albert Catholic Church Hall from 11 a.m.to 1 p.m. Sunday. The Wilderness Lakes Fall Bike

Tour is planned Sunday. Phone (715) 547-3432.Sept. 24-25, Cranberry Colorama — TheColorama celebration will feature marsh tours, acooking contest, live music, crafts, pontoon cruisesand the “Taste of Harvest” from area restaurants.Headquartered at the Manitowish WatersCommunity Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Therewill be a pancake breakfast at the center Sunday

from 8 a.m. to noon. and the fire department willhold an open house and Harley-Davidson rafflefrom noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. Phone (715) 543-8488.

Sept. 25, Wild Game Cook-off — The Presque IsleChamber cook-off will be held from 11 a.m. to 2

p.m. at the community center. Sample the foodentries and wines. Phone (715) 686-2910.

OCTOBEROct. 1-2, Cranberry Fest — Cranberry Fest and

Fitness Weekend will be held at the Vilas CountyFairgrounds in Eagle River from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.The event will include arts and crafts, food, music,exhibits, fitness events, antique show and farmersmarket downtown, bog and winery tours in ThreeLakes and much more. Phone (715) 479-6400.

Oct. 1-2, Fall Muskie Classic — The Three Lakes

Fall Muskie Classic of Champions will be held onthe Three Lakes Chain of Lakes with fishing from7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 7:30 a.m. to noonSunday. Phone (715) 546-3344.

Oct. 1-2, Muskie Tournament — The 23rd annu-al Greater Wisconsin Muskie Tournament will beheld on 10 St. Germain area lakes. Phone (715)477-2205.

Oct. 1-2, Midwest Musky Classic — The 31stannual fishing tournament will be held on Phelpsarea lakes, sponsored by the Phelps Chamber of Commerce. Phone (715) 545-3800.

Oct. 7-9, Fall Art Tour — The self-guidedNorthwoods Falls Art Tour is planned throughout

Vilas, Oneida, Iron and Langlade counties from 10a.m. to 5 p.m. Brochures available at chamberoffices. Phone (715) 385-3334.

Oct. 8, Pumpkin Fest — The Three Lakes FireDepartment Auxiliary will sponsor this annualevent at the high school from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Itwill include arts and crafts with more than 100exhibitors, lots of food, recipe book and PumpkinFest shirt sales, and a farmers market and chain-saw carvers outside. Phone (715) 546-3344.

Oct. 8, Harvest Fest — The 16th annual event willbe held in downtown Boulder Junction from 10a.m. to 3 p.m., with children’s games, fall treats,costume parade and hayrides. Phone (715) 385-

2400.Oct. 28, Night at the Museum — The Northwoods

Children’s Museum in Eagle River will haveexhibits with interesting characters from 5 to 9p.m. Phone (715) 479-4623.

Oct. 29, “Oktobearfest” — The 12th annual fallfestival will be held at Black Bear Lodge in St.Germain from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring a craftshow, food and beverages, hayrides, pumpkinpainting and German music. Phone (715) 479-5778.

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will sponsor the annual children’s Halloweenparty at Northland Pines Middle School from 6 to7:30 p.m. Phone (715) 479-4679.

Oct. 31, Lions Halloween Party — The ThreeLakes Lions Club will host the party and paradefor youths starting at 6 p.m. at The Winery park-ing lot. The festivities will then move to the schoolwhere there will be costume contests and a pump-kin-carving contest. Phone (715) 546-3344.

Oct. 31, Halloween Party — The Conover eventwill be at the community center from 6 to 8 p.m.,featuring games, costume judging, prizes andrefreshments. Phone (715) 479-6673.

NOVEMBERNov. 11, Veterans Day — Veterans organizations,

schools and other groups will observe VeteransDay with a variety of programs. Contact localchambers of commerce for times and locations.

Nov. 12, Christmas Bazaar — The craft show atthe St. Germain Community Center will be heldfrom 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will have a Christmasemphasis. There will be a visit from Santa Claus.Phone (715) 542-2881.

Nov. 12, Christmas Fest — The Plum LakeWoman’s Club will host the holiday event at thecommunity building from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. featur-ing crafts, homemade pies and soups, pecans, raf-fles and more. Open to the public. Phone (715)542-3547.

Nov. 15, Christmas Walk — The 23rd annualevent in Boulder Junction from 5 to 8 p.m. willinclude the lighting of the Christmas tree, a visit

from Santa, a cookie walk, carolers, sleigh ridesand treats for shoppers. Phone (715) 385-2400.

Nov. 19, Holiday Bazaar — The Kalmar Center inEagle River will host the event from 9 a.m. to 3p.m., including a craft sale, Christmas cookie sale,greeting cards, jewelry and more. Phone (715)479-5850.

Nov. 25-26, Santa Comes to Town — Santa Clauswill arrive in Land O’ Lakes at 1 p.m., followed byhorse-drawn wagon rides and a tree-lighting cere-mony. There will be a Christmas Walk downtownfrom 5 to 8 p.m. A Christmas Craft Sale will beheld at 1938 North from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 26.Phone (715) 547-3432.

Nov. 25, Light Festival — This festive event willkick off the holiday season in downtown ThreeLakes. It will include a parade from The Winery toCy Williams Park at 6 p.m., the lighting of thegazebo and Christmas tree and a visit from SantaClaus. Phone (715) 546-3344.

Nov. 26, Christmas Kickoff — The Eagle RiverBusiness Association will host a parade and visitfrom Santa Claus starting at 1 p.m. Phone (715)479-7656.

Nov. 26, Breakfast With Santa — The Land O’Lakes chamber will host the event at GatewayLodge Restaurant from 9 to 11 a.m. Children can

have their picture taken with Santa. Phone (715)547-3432.

Nov. 26, Tree Lighting — St. Germain will haveits 17th annual lighting of the town Christmastree at 6:30 p.m. at the chamber. There also will bea decorating contest, cookies and hot chocolate.

Phone (715) 477-2205.

DECEMBERDec. 2, Santa Coming to Town — The Phelps

Chamber of Commerce will host Santa’s arrivaldowntown at 6:30 p.m. Santa will light the towntree and visit with children. Phone (715) 545-3800.

Dec. 2-3, Live Nativity — Christ Lutheran Churchin Eagle River will host a living nativity on thechurch school grounds from 6 to 8 p.m. eachevening, with presentations every 20 minutes.Phone (715) 479-8307.

Dec. 3, Santa Saturday — The Northwoods

Children’s Museum in Eagle River will featureworkshops for children from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,treats and visit from Santa from noon to 1 p.m.Phone (715) 479-4623.

Dec. 3, Kids Christmas Party — The Three LakesLions Club will host the party at Bonnie’sLakeside from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., with lunchserved, sleigh rides, hot chocolate and visit fromSanta. Phone (715) 546-3344.

Dec. 3, Jingle Bell Jog — The Three Lakes HealthFoundation will host this fun run/walk at the highschool track at 2 p.m. Phone (715) 546-3344.

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Dec. 29, Winter Celebration — The fifth annualfestival at Boulder Junction Winter Park from 4 to6:30 p.m. will include a chili dump, bonfire, music,ice skating, cross-country skiing and fireworks.Phone (715) 385-2400.

Dec. 31, Fireworks Display — New Year’s Evefireworks will be held in downtown Woodruff at atime to be announced. Phone (715) 356-5266.

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Jan. 7, Polar Bear Plunge — The 13th annualPolar Bear Plunge will be held on Big St. GermainLake at Fibber’s Bar & Restaurant at noon as afundraiser for Angel On My Shoulder. Phone (715)542-3433.

Jan. 12-15, Vintage Weekend — The Woody’sClassic Vintage Weekend of oval snowmobile rac-ing will be held at the AMSOIL Eagle River DerbyTrack with sleds from the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s.Phone (715) 479-4424.

Jan. 19-22, Snowmobile Derby — The 49th annu-al World Championship Snowmobile Derby willtake place at the AMSOIL Derby Track startingat 9 a.m. each day. The event will include trailrides, parties, Oval and Sno-Cross racing, withchampionship races Sunday, Jan. 22. Phone (715)479-4424.

FEBRUARYFeb. 4-5, Sled Dog Races — The Three Bear Sled

Dog Races will be held in Land O’ Lakes, with two

days of sled-dog racing, children’s games, craftshow, pancake breakfast and dance. Phone (715)547-3004 to confirm date.

Feb. 10-12, Pond Hockey — The seventh annualLaBatt Blue USA Hockey National Pond HockeyChampionship will be held on Dollar Lake inEagle River. Phone (715) 479-6400.

Feb. 25, Fishing Jamboree — The Three LakesLions Club will sponsor its 59th annual ice fish-ing jamboree on Maple Lake from 10 a.m. to 3:30p.m. There will be prizes and food available.Phone (715) 546-3344.

MARCHMarch 3-4, Klondike Days — (please confirm

date) The 22nd annual Trig’s Klondike Days willbe held at Northland Pines High School andRocking W Stable. The event features the LivingHistory Encounter with re-enactors, a dog weightpull, music and entertainment, historical dis-plays, a trappers camp and Rendezvous, lumber-jack contests, a Native American cultural demon-stration, a horse pull, dog-sled rides, chain-sawcarving, snowshoe races and refreshments. Phone(715) 477-2810.

For more information on these or other events, or

to confirm dates or times, contact the followingchambers of commerce:

Eagle River

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Three Lakes(715) 546-3344

Boulder Junction

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Conover

(715) 479-4928

Lac du Flambeau

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Land O’ Lakes

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Manitowish Waters

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Phelps

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Presque Isle

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Northland PinesSchool District

Dr. Mike Richie is the district administrator of theNorthland Pines School District. The district office isat 1800 Pleasure Island Road, Eagle River, (715)479-6487. The district enrollment is 1,428.

School board members include Tim Gaffney, pres-ident; Mike Sealander, vice president; Jim Mulleady,clerk; John Sarama, treasurer; Holly McCormack,deputy clerk; and members Mike Jovanovic and EricNeff.

Schools within the district include Northland

Pines High School, Northland Pines Middle Schooland Northland Pines Elementary schools in EagleRiver, Land O’ Lakes and St. Germain. There is oneparochial school in Eagle River — Christ LutheranSchool.

Northland Pines High School is located at 1800Pleasure Island Rd., Eagle River, (715) 479-4473.The high school enrollment is 510. Principal isScott Foster. The Northland Pines Eagles are inthe Great Northern Conference.

Northland Pines Middle School is located at1700 Pleasure Island Rd., Eagle River, (715) 479-6479. The middle school enrollment is 312 for

grades six, seven and eight. Principal is JackieCoghlan.Northland Pines Elementary School-Eagle

River is located at 1700 Pleasure Island Rd.,Eagle River, (715) 479-6471. The school enroll-ment is 389 for kindergarten through grade five.Principal is Duane Frey.

Northland Pines Elementary School-Land O’Lakes is located at 6485 Town Hall Rd., Land O’Lakes, (715) 547-3619. The school enrollment is79 for kindergarten through grade five. Principalis Duane Frey.

Northland Pines Elementary School-St.Germain is located at 8234 Hwy. 70 W., St.

Germain, (715) 542-3632. The school enrollmentis 138 for kindergarten through grade five.Principal is Duane Frey.

Christ Lutheran School is located at 201 N. 3rdSt., Eagle River, (715) 479-8284. The preK-8school enrollment is 46, including preschool.Chris Mueller, principal. www.christ-eagleriver.org.

Three LakesSchool District

Dr. George J. Karling is the district administrator

of the Three Lakes School District. William Greb isassistant superintendent for curriculum/technology.

The district office is at 6930 W. School St., ThreeLakes, (715) 546-3496.The district enrollment is 648.

School board members include Randy Ingram,president; Mike Kwaterski, vice president; John

Olkowski Jr., treasurer; Tom Rulseh, clerk; and mem-ber Terry McCloskey. Schools within the districtinclude Three Lakes High School and Junior High,Three Lakes Elementary School and Sugar CampElementary School.

Three Lakes High School and Junior High islocated at 6930 W. School St., Three Lakes, (715)546-3321. The enrollment is 233 in the highschool and 92 in the junior high. Principal is BillGreb. The Three Lakes Bluejays are in theNorthern Lakes Conference.

Three Lakes Elementary School is located at6930 W. School St., Three Lakes, (715) 546-3323.

The preK-6 enrollment is 197. Principal is JimKuchenbecker.

Sugar Camp Elementary School is located at4066 Camp Four Rd., Sugar Camp, (715) 272-1105. The preK-6 enrollment is 136. Principal isWilliam Lanford.

PhelpsSchool District

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School District. The district office is located at 4451Old School Rd., Phelps, (715) 545-2724. The districtenrollment is 139.

School board members are Randy Samuelson,president; Mary Rideout, vice president; SherryBierman, treasurer; Tabitha Buckmaster, clerk; and

member Mark Grmick. Schools within the districtinclude Phelps High School and Phelps Elementaryand Junior High School.

Phelps High School is located at 4451 Old SchoolRd., Phelps, (715) 545-2724. The enrollment is 37.The Phelps Knights are in the Northern LakesConference.

Phelps Elementary and Junior High School islocated at 4451 Old School Rd., Phelps, (715) 545-2724. The enrollment is 102.

Minocqua

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Lakeland Union High School is located at 9573Hwy. 70 W., Minocqua, (715) 356-5252. ToddKleinhans is the district administrator. JamesBouché is principal. Enrollment is 789. School

board members are John Lisowski, president;Edward Schaub Jr., vice president; ShariAnderson, clerk; Dr. Tom Gabert, treasurer; andmembers Joe Handrick, Shari Nimsgern, BarbPeck, Gary Smith and Jonathan Berg. TheLakeland Thunderbirds are in the GreatNorthern Conference.

Elementary Schools, all K-8, which feed into theLakeland Union High School are the Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary School, Woodruff, (715) 356-3282, Administrator Rick Morgan, PrincipalSteve Holt, 568 students; Flambeau SchoolDistrict No. 1, Lac du Flambeau, (715) 588-3838,Administrator Larry Ouimette, Principal Ron

Grams, Special Education Director TrishTeichmiller, 433 students; North LakelandElementary School, Boulder Junction, (715) 543-8417, Superintendent Rich Vought, 181 students;Minocqua-Hazelhurst and Lake TomahawkElementary School, Minocqua, (715) 356-5206,Administrator Jim Ellis, Principal Rob Way, 580students; Trinity Lutheran School, Minocqua,(715) 356-2255, Administrator and PrincipalPeter Micheel, 54 K-8 students. Each elementaryhas its own school board.

Rhinelander Area

SchoolsRhinelander area schools include Rhinelander

High School, James Williams Middle School, threepublic elementary schools, an elementary charterschool, a secondary charter school, three parochialschools and Nicolet Area Technical College.

Dr. Roger Erdahl is superintendent of schools forthe School District of Rhinelander. The district officeis located at 665 Coolidge Ave., Suite B, Rhinelander,(715) 365-9700. School board members are RonCounter, president; Debra Durchslag, vice president;Rick Barcal, treasurer; Mary Peterson, board clerk;and members Judith Conlin, Jody Doro, TimThorsen, Mike Roberts and Jim Winkler. Enrollmentin the School District of Rhinelander is 2,700.

Rhinelander High School is located at 665Coolidge Ave., Rhinelander, (715) 365-9500.Principal is Terry Fondow. Enrollment is 995. TheRhinelander Hodags are in the Wisconsin ValleyConference.

Northwoods Community Secondary School islocated at 511 S. Pelham St., Rhinelander, (715)365-9660. Administrator is Teri Phalin.Enrollment is 85 for grades six through 12.

James Williams Middle School is located at 915Acacia Ln., Rhinelander, (715) 365-9220.

Principal is Paul Johnson. The enrollment is 526for grades six through eight.

Elementary Schools are as follows: CentralIntermediate School, 418 N. Pelham St.,Rhinelander, (715) 365-9600; Crescent School,3319 Boyce Dr., Rhinelander, (715) 365-9120;Pelican School, 3350 V. Hickey Rd., Rhinelander,(715) 365-9160; Northwoods CommunityElementary School, 9086 Hwy. K, Harshaw, (715)282-8200.

Parochial Schools in the Rhinelander areainclude Rhinelander Nativity of Our Lord, NorthBuilding, 1360 N. Stevens St., (715) 362-3366, orSouth Building (main office), 103 E. King St.,(715) 362-5588; and Zion Evangelical LutheranSchool, 26 W. Frederick St., Rhinelander, (715)365-6300.

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ing to the North Woods nationally acclaimed actsand speakers and the Nicolet College Art Gallery,which features the prestigious Northern NationalArt Competition, as well as new exhibits monthly.

Nicolet College is structured around two main cam-puses — the scenic Lake Julia Campus, the maincampus located one mile south of Rhinelander justoff of Hwy. G. The college also operates numerousoutreach centers in smaller communities through-out the district, including in the three tribal com-munities in the district. For more detailed informa-tion about opportunities and events at Nicolet, con-tact the Rhinelander campus at (715) 365-4493, 1-(800) 544-3039, TDD (715) 365-4558, 711 relay; Box

518, Rhinelander, WI 54501; or visit the college’sWebsite at www.nicoletcollege.edu.

Conserve SchoolConserve School is a 17-week semester school for

students who feel a strong attachment to the natu-ral world and who are motivated to conserve it.Designed primarily for high school juniors,Conserve School incorporates the flexibility toaccommodate seniors and advanced sophomores.Conserve School works with students’ sendingschools so that students are still able to return totheir regular schools for graduation. The

Lowenstine Honors Scholarship program covers thefull tuition for students admitted through thespring of 2013. Families are responsible only for asupply fee, incidental costs and transportation tothe school. The school is located at 5400 N. BlackOak Lake Road in Land O’ Lakes. (715) 547-1300;www.conserveschool.org.

UW-ExtensionUniversity of Wisconsin-Extension (UWEX),

Vilas County’s link to resources of the University of Wisconsin (UW) system, offers programs to meetthe educational needs of residents. Local UW facul-

ty and staff provide expertise in family living,nutri-tion, youth development,natural resources and eco-nomic development. Family living programs aredesigned to promote family strengths and help com-munities become positive environments for familylife. Programs focus on creating strong familiesthrough enhancing family relationships, parenting,child-development and community coalitions thatpromote family well-being, as well as financial-management education to help families manageday-to-day expenses and address the basics of spending, saving, investing and housing issues.Nutrition education is available to families andindividuals with limited income. Education is

offered, both at community sites and in homes.

Youth Development programs focus on education,leadership training and support. There is anemphasis on youth and adult partnerships to buildthe community, as well as 4-H and other youth ser-vice groups. The youth educator facilitates TeenCourt in Vilas County. The Community EconomicDevelopment educator provides assistance to com-munity groups on a variety of community and eco-nomic-development topics. Assistance includesresearch support, group facilitation, planning andresource identification. UWEX offers the VILASVision Leadership program, with topics coveringeconomic, social and political issues. Emphasis isplaced on hands-on and practical learning experi-

ences by providing tools which participants mayuse to address community issues as leaders.Recycling programs include Bog Frog public-serviceannouncements and coordination of pharmaceuti-cal, electronics, hazardous waste and tire amnestyprograms in Vilas County. Soil and water testing isavailable through the UWEX office in Vilas County.UWEX offices are located in the Vilas CountyCourthouse at 330 Court St. in Eagle River. YouthDevelopment and Community EconomicDevelopment educators can be reached at (715)479-3648. Family Living and Nutrition educatorscan be reached at (715) 479-3653. More informationis available online at www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/vilas,

the UWEX Web site.

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AirportsEagle River Union Airport, Eagle River, (715)

479-7442.Land O’ Lakes Municipal Airport, Land O’

Lakes, (715) 547-3337.Manitowish Waters Airport, Manitowish Waters,

(715) 543-8320.Noble F. Lee Memorial Field/Lakeland Airport,

Woodruff, (715) 356-3891.Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport,

Rhinelander, (715) 365-3416.Three Lakes Airport, Three Lakes, (715) 546-

3759. Open May 1 through Dec. 1; weather per-mitting after that. Contact NODAM.

Aircraft CharterRhinelander Flying Service, Rhinelander, 1-

(800) 236-3131.Trans North Aviation Ltd., Eagle River, (715)

479-6777.

Bus LinesLakeland Area Bus Service Inc., Woodruff, (715)

356-5984.Schilleman’s Bus Service, Eagle River, (715) 479-

2565.

TaxicabsRapid Cab Co., Rhinelander, (715) 365-7433.

Medical TransportOneida Co. Emergency Service, dial 911.Vilas Co. Emergency Service, dial 911.

Nonemergency Service:Abby Vans, 1-(800) 236-8438.

Disabled American Veterans Van, service to IronMountain Medical Center, (715) 369-7509,Rhinelander.

Trans North Aviation Ltd., Eagle River, (715)479-6777.




Conover Calendar of Events 2011April 17 Volunteer Fire & Rescue & EMS Car Wash

Conover Fire Station, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 715-477-2036

June 19 Take-a-Kid Fishing, Town Park, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.Bait & poles provided — prizes. 715-479-4928

June 26 5th Annual Conover Chamber Taste of ConoverA unique sampling of area food establishments.Conover Town Park, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 715-479-4928

July 4 Parade and Family Picnic, 1 p.m., south onTown Road to CTH K E and then east to town park.Following parade, the Conover Lions hold their annual FamilyPicnic in the park with music, food, drink, games and races.

July 10 Conover Volunteer & Rescue & EMS Blueberry PancakeBreakfast, Conover Center, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.715-477-2036

July 23 Northwoods Has Talent, Conover Town Park, 2-9 p.m.715-479-4928

July 31 Volunteer Fire & Rescue & EMS Auto Show andCraft Market, Conover Town Park, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

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Sept. 17 Conover Chamber Oktoberfest, Conover Center, 5-10 p.m.715-479-4928

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Vilas County ZIP Codes,Postmasters & Phone Numbers

Rates and information ..............1-(800) 275-8777Boulder Junction ..........................................54512

(715) 385-2110

Conover ..........................................................54519(715) 477-1354

Eagle River ....................................................54521

(715) 479-8981Lac du Flambeau ..........................................54538

(715) 588-3122

Land O’ Lakes ................................................54540

(715) 547-3640Manitowish Waters ......................................54545

(715) 543-8322Phelps ..............................................................54554

(715) 545-2548

Presque Isle ....................................................54557

(715) 686-2240St. Germain ....................................................54558

(715) 479-4091Sayner ..............................................................54560

(715) 542-3360Star Lake ........................................................54561

Community Postal Unit at Star Lake Store, (715)

542-3464

Winchester ......................................................54557Goes through Presque Isle and Manitowish

Waters

Oneida County ZIP Codes,

Postmasters & Phone NumbersHarshaw ..........................................................54529

1-(800) 275-8777Hazelhurst ......................................................54531

1-(800) 275-8777Lake Tomahawk ............................................54539

1-(800) 275-8777

McNaughton-CPO ........................................54543

1-(800) 275-8777Minocqua ........................................................54548

1-(800) 275-8777Pelican Lake ..................................................54463

1-(800) 275-8777

Rhinelander....................................................545011-(800) 275-8777

Sugar Camp ....................................................54501Rhinelander and Eagle River

Three Lakes ....................................................54562

1-(800) 275-8777Woodruff/Arbor Vitae ..................................54568

1-(800) 275-8777

ZIP CODES




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Charter Communications, Vilas and Oneidacounties, 1-(800) 581-0081.

Karban TV Systems Inc., Boulder Junction,ThreeLakes, Mercer, Land O’ Lakes, 1-(800) 236-0233;www.ktvs.net.

Lakeland Cablevision, Sayner, St. Germain, LakeTomahawk, P.O. Box 8, Bonduel, WI 54107, 1-(800) 236-1313.

Upper Peninsula Communications & CountryCable Inc., serves Phelps area. P.O. Box 66,Carney, MI 49812, (906) 639-2194.

ElectricEagle River Light & Water Dept., 525 E. Maple

St., P.O. Box 1269, Eagle River, WI 54521, (715)479-8121.

We energies, customer services, 1-(800) 242-9137;emergency services-lights out, 1-(800) 662-4797;Wisconsin diggers’ hot line locating service, 1-(800) 242-8511; corporate office, 1-(800) 558-3303.

Wisconsin Public Service Corp., 1030 E. WallSt., P.O. Box 1119, Eagle River, WI 54521; cus-tomer service, 1-(800) 450-7260; emergencies or

outages — 24 hours — electric, 1-(800) 450-7240,gas, 1-(800) 450-7280; diggers’ hot line, 1-(800)242-8511; 111 E. Davenport St., Rhinelander, WI54501; general information, 1-(800) 450-7260.

TelegraphWestern Union, 925 E. Wall St., Eagle River, WI

54521, (715) 479-6411 or 1-(800) 325-6000.

TelephoneAT&T Co., long-distance services — residence,

business, maintenance and repair service, 1-(800)222-3000.Frontier Communications Solutions, 53 N.

Stevens St., Rhinelander, WI 54501, 365-7777.MCI, customer service, 1-(800) 444-3333.McLeod USA, 1-(800) 500-3453.Northern Communications, 3449 Lakota,

Cononver, WI 54519. Tom Mason, (715) 479-9733.Sprint, customer service, 1-(800) 877-4646.Upper Peninsula Telephone Co., business office,

(906) 639-2111 or 1-(800) 950-8506; repair ser-vice, (906) 639-2110 or 1-(800) 950-8798.

Verizon, repair service, billing inquiries, service(new or changes), 1-(800) 483-1000.

Waste and RecyclingEagle Waste & Recyling Inc., serving Eagle River,

Three Lakes, Land O’ Lakes, Phelps, Conover, St.

Germain, Sayner, Star Lake, Arbor Vitae,Woodruff, Minocqua and Tomahawk. Located at604 Jack Frost Street, Eagle River, WI 54521,(715) 477-0077.

WaterEagle River Light & Water Dept., 525 E. Maple

St., Eagle River, WI 54521, (715) 479-8121, dig-gers’ hot line, 1-(800) 242-8511.

Lake Tomahawk Sanitary District, 7848 PineRd., P.O. Box 383, Lake Tomahawk, WI 54539,(715) 277-3896.

Lakeland Sanitary District 1, (serving Arbor

Vitae, Minocqua and Woodruff), 8780 Morgan Rd.,Minocqua, WI 54548, (715) 356-4454.Land O’ Lakes Sanitary District 1, (715) 547-

3775 (plant) or (715) 547-3429 (office).Phelps Sanitary District, P.O. Box 227, Phelps,

WI 54554, (715) 545-3222.Rhinelander Wastewater Treatment Plant, 869

Boyce Dr., Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715) 362-2125.Rhinelander Water Utility, 135 S. Stevens St.,

Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715) 365-8600; fax (715)365-8630.

Three Lakes Sanitary District WastewaterTreatment Plant, operating inquiries, (715) 546-3748. P.O. Box 325, Three Lakes, WI 54562.

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Lake AssociationsVilas CountyAdelaide Lake, Don Madden, (715) 686-2838.Annabelle Lake Property Owners, David Vogt,

(715) 686-7418.Anvil Lake, Judith Hintzman, (715) 470-7408.Armour Lake, Friends of, Merrill Horswill, (715)

686-2874.Ballard, Irving, White Birch Lakes, Nancy

Atwater, (715) 542-4901.Big Bass Lake Owners, Joan Ploetz, (715) 479-

4302.Big Lake Property Owners Inc., Douglas Klink,

(715) 547-3997.Bills Lake, Wally Obermann, (715) 588-2903.Birch Lake, Joe Osfar, (715) 686-7164.Black Oak Lake Riparian Owners, Walt Bates,

(715) 547-3660.Boot Lake, Roger Gerds, (715) 479-3586.Boulder Lake, Roger Christensen, (715) 385-3237.Carlin Lake, Chuck Hayes, (715) 686-7257.Carpenter Lake, Doug Malinsky, (715) 479-1723.Catfish Lake, Lois Derrick, (715) 479-2540.Cisco Chain Riparian Owners, Kully Rohline,

(906) 358-4460.Crab Lake Property Owners, Charlie Gray, (715)

686-2771.

Cranberry Lake, Gil Rosenthal, (715) 477-1544.Crawling Stone, Norm Wetzel, 11268 MaplewoodAve., Huntley, IL 60142.

Dead Pike Lake, Pete Guzzetta, (715) 543-2594.Deerskin Lake, Jerry Best, (715) 479-7773.Diamond Lake Property Owners, Jo Duller,

(715) 385-2410.Eagle River Chain of Lakes Association Inc.,

Gil Rosenthal, (715) 477-1544.Fence Lake, Larry Krull, (715) 588-3066.Finger Lake, Charlie Wolfer, (715) 479-8485.Found Lake Property Owners, Chuck Thier,

(715) 542-2063.Forest Lake, Thomas Macak, (715) 344-5426.

Gresham Lakes, Rich Larson, (715) 385-0255.Harmony Lake, Ken Giordan, (301) 460-5519.Harris Lake, Bill Heins, (715) 686-7977.Hiawatha Lake, Rolf Ethun, (715) 686-2139.Horsehead Lake, Anna Delabarre, (715) 686-7449.Hunter Lake, Pete Knobel, (715) 477-0320.Ike Walton Lake, John Spickerman, (715) 588-3413.Imogene Lake, Rollie Alger, (715) 545-2711.Indian Lake, Richard Wollak, (715) 272-1591.Lac Vieux Desert, Robbie Anderson, (715) 547-

3646.Lake of the Hills, Wil Campbell, (715) 479-9309.Little Crooked Lake, Donald Bayer, (715) 385-

2695.

Little Portage Lake, Cindy Drees, (715) 547-3423.Little Spider, Pat Genrich, 920-779-9879.Lost Lake Community Club, Jack Peil, (715) 542-

4318.Lynx Lake Property Owners, George Nash, (715)

385-3222.Manitowish Waters Chain of Lakes, Karen

Dixon, (715) 543-8141.McDonald Lake Property Owners, Tom Rulseh,

(715) 546-8032.Moccasin Lake, Steve Graf, (715) 547-3360.Muskellunge Lake, Tom Cerull, (715) 479-7866.Natural Lakes Property Owners, Richard

Cerull, (715) 385-2567.Nelson Lake Homeowners, James Lynn, (715)

479-2108.North & South Twin Lakes Riparian, Joe

Wallace, (715) 479-8083.Oxbow Lake, Otto Novak, (715) 686-2628.Papoose Lake, Cheryl Bower, (715) 686-7208.Pardee Lake, Helen Rossmiller, (715) 686-7353.Pickerel Lake, Chuck Spitz, (715) 367-8025.Plum Lake Homeowners, Dodd Millar, (612) 545-

2163.Presque Isle Lake, Alan Hatfield, (715) 686-2172.Rainbow Lake, Jan Scalpone, (715) 686-2328.Silver Lake, Gary Fawcett, (715) 479-2678.Smoky Lake Property Owners, William Koski,

(906) 548-9443.Snipe Lake, Marty Ketterer, (715) 479-9426.Squaw Lake, Jeff Zanski, (715) 892-2255.Star/Little Star Lakes, Jim Haberle, (715) 542-

3559.Stormy Lake, Ron Van Swol, (715) 477-1852.Sunset Lake, Barb Zima, (715) 479-4669.Tambling Lake, Tim Marisch, (715) 479-8747.Trout Lake Property Owners, F.E. Wickeham,

(715) 675-6150.Turtle Lakes Chain, Mark Schuelke, (715) 686-2328.Van Vliet Lake, Jeff Burke, (715) 686-2557.Vilas County Lakes, Rollie Alger, (715) 545-2711.White Sand Lake, Phil Powell, (715) 588-2747.

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Lake AssociationsOneida County

Big Bearskin Lake, Dale Schmidt, (715) 277-3357.Blue Lake Preservation, Greg Anastos (847) 680-

1185.

Bolger Lake, Kathy Roe, (715) 356-7060.Buckskin Lake, Todd Anderson, (262) 498-6416.Cassian Long Lake, Tannya Hodek, (715) 277-

2491.Crescent Lake, James Gehrke, (715) 282-5924.Foster Lake, Woody Hagge, (715) 356-2075.Garth Lake, Dale Hoesly, (715) 842-7721.Green Bass Lake, Bob Martini, (715) 282-5896.Hasbrook Lake, Paul Swanson, (715) 277-3441.Indian Lake, Barbara Martinkow, (715) 272-1664.Killarney Lake, Lew Kollmansberger, (715) 288-

8557.Lake George Community Club, Charles Faber,

(715) 369-1894.

Lake Katherine, Robert Hagge, (715) 356-9660.Lake Nokomis Concerned Citizens, Russell

Wadzinski, (715) 453-7445.Lake Seventeen, Jon Hollander, (715) 356-1727.Lake Tomahawk, Margo Oppeheim, (715) 356-

3722.Little Bearskin Lake, Dana Andrews, (262) 966-

7099.Manson Lake, Kurt Oterson, (715) 224-6294.Miller Lake, Larry Koltz, (262) 628-9241.Minocqua/Kawaguesaga Lakes Protection,

Sally Murwin, (715) 356-1149.Moen Lake, Walt Gager, (715) 369-9142.Pelican Lake Property Owners, Kirby Ament,

P.O. Box 96, Pelican Lake, WI, 54463.Pickerel Lake, Mike Roach, (715) 614-3140.Seven Mile Lake, John Klein, (715) 477-1130.Shishebogama Lake, Tom Koenen, (715) 356-3007.Squirrel Lake, Scott Jansen, (262) 242-3886.Stella Lake, Jim Franson, (715) 369-0322.Swamp Lake, Anita Gerber, (715) 453-5610.Three Lakes Waterfront, Tom Harris, (715) 546-

4004.Two Sisters Lake, Chuck Wood, 3700 Wesport

Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, 57106.

Upper Kaubashine, Steve Shanesy, (608) 831-6472.

Willow Region Sportsmen Club, Nancy Van

Dreel, (715) 564-3118.

Lake DistrictsVilas County

Alma-Moon Lake, Glenn Svetnicka, (715) 470-8255.

Big St. Germain Lake, Jim Harold, (715) 572-2873.

Kentuck Lake, Tom Carlsteadt, (715) 545-2245.Little Arbor Vitae Lake, Richard Zagrzebski,

(715) 356-2542.Little St. Germain Lake, Paul Abbott, (608) 836-

8494.Long Lake, Joel McClure, (715) 545-3600.Spectacle Lake, Dick Ryan, (715) 545-3542.Stella Lake, William Higgins, (608) 835-5175.

Lake DistrictsOneida County

Mid Lake, Claire Jewett (715) 358-0181.Post Lake, Jerry Burns, (715) 275-4070.Thunder Lake, Greg Weinfurter, (715) 546-8188.

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Boulder JunctionCommunity Church of Boulder Junction,

10445 Main St., Timothy Hawkinson, pastor, (715)385-2146.

St. Anne Catholic Church, 10315 Main St., Rev.Michael T. Hayden, (715) 385-2390.

Trinity Lutheran Church Missouri Synod,10289 Old K Rd., Rev. D.J. Dominkowski, (715)385-2267.

Clearwater LakeClearwater Lake Seventh-day Adventist

Church, 3770 O’Neil Rd., Charles Kohley, pastor,(715) 477-0274 (first elder).

ConoverConover Evangelical Free Church, 3725 Hwy.

45, Rev. Joseph Mlaker and Rev. Rob Erickson,(715) 479-4327.

Pioneer Lake Lutheran Church ELCA, 3675Church Rd., John Kuziej, pastor, (715) 479-4966.

Eagle RiverAbundant Life Outreach Center, 210 Capich Dr.,

Gary and Cheryl Dixon, pastors, (715) 477-2080.

Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church Wis-consin Synod, 121 N. Third St., Rev. PhilipGieschen, (715) 479-8307.

Community Bible Church, 101 S. 2nd St., DaveJohnson, pastor, (715) 479-4759.

Eagle River Baptist Church, 1016 Hwy. 45 S.,Rev. Don Hawkins, (715) 479-7870.

First Congregational United Church of Christ,105 N. First St., Rev. Patricia Tucker, (715) 479-8501.

Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witnesses, 1165Overlook Dr., Larry Phifer, coordinator, (715) 479-7262; (715) 479-8953 (home).

Northwoods Assembly of God Church, 926 Hwy.45 S., Bradford Davison, pastor, (715) 479-7022.Our Savior Lutheran Church, 223 Silver Lake

Rd., Rev. William J. Trosien, (715) 479-6226.Prince of Peace Lutheran Church ELCA, 5030

Hwy. 70 W., Rev. Lloyd Luedeman, (715) 479-9263;[email protected]; www.princeof-peace-eagleriver.org.

St. Mary of the Snows Anglican Church, 120Silver Lake Rd., Jim Fosdick, pastor, (715) 479-8921.

St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church, 5001Hwy. G, Rev. Robert Koszarek, (715) 479-8704;www.stpeterseagleriver.org.

Lac du FlambeauCommunity Presbyterian Church, Hwy. 47,

William Anderson, pastor, (715) 588-7150.Lac du Flambeau Bible Baptist Church, Hwy.

47, Rick Hunt, pastor, (715) 588-7005.St. Anthony Catholic Church, Hwy. 47, P.O. Box

38, Rev. Lourdu Mandapati, (715) 588-3148.

Land O’ LakesEly Memorial United Church of Christ, 4302

County Road B, P.O. Box 810, (715) 547-3890. Rev.Nancy Zorn Micke.

Hope Lutheran Church, 1756 Hwy. 45 N., Rev.Mark Mischnick, (906) 544-2259.

Land O’ Lakes Bible Church, 5937 Hwy. 45,Frank Puffer, pastor, (715) 547-3183.

St. Albert’s Catholic Church, 4351 Hwy. B,Michele Rein, parish director, (715) 547-3558.

Manitowish WatersManitowish Waters Community Presbyterian

Church, Hwy. 51 North 49, Rev. Chips Paulson,(715) 543-2998.

Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, 193N. Hwy. 51, south of County W, P.O. Box 325, Rev.Lourdu Mandapati, (715) 543-8428, [email protected].

MinocquaAscension Lutheran Church ELCA, 7937 Hwy.

51, Rev. Dr. David E. Jensen, (715) 356-4426.

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Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church, 8632Hwy. 51, P.O. Box 63, Maxine Gray, pastor, (715)356-5080.

Christian Science Reading Room, 212Milwaukee St., P.O. Box 613, (715) 356-5991.

Lakeland Assembly, 9127 Hwy. J, Rev. Wendell

Anderson; Kellen Anderson, youth pastor, (715)356-7385. www.lakelandassembly.org.

Rock of Ages Evangelical Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod, 10441 Hwy. 70 W., Rev.Kenneth Albers, (715) 356-3848.

St. Matthias Episcopal Church, 403 ChicagoAve., P.O. Box 936, Rev. Edgar Wallace, (715) 356-6758.

Trinity Lutheran Church and School, 8781Brunswick Rd., Joel Otto, pastor, (715) 356-2255or (715) 358-7482 (res.).

United Methodist Church of the Pines, 415Chippewa, P.O. Box 144, Rev. Gary W. Cole, (715)356-3041.

PhelpsPhelps Congregational United Church of

Christ, Hwy. 17, downtown, P.O. Box 124, (715)547-3890. Rev. Nancy Zorn Micke.

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran ChurchWisconsin Synod, 2216 Hwy. 17 E., Rev. PhilipGieschen, (715) 479-8307.

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St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 4494 Town Hall Rd.,Michele Rein, parish director, (715) 547-3558.

Twin Lakes Bible Church, 3245 Hwy. 17, CraigKirsteatter, pastor, (715) 545-2791.

Presque IsleBethel Lutheran Chapel, 11625 Church St., Rev.

D.J. Dominkowski, (Father’s Day to Labor Day),(715) 385-2267.

St. Rita Catholic Church, end of Lake Street, Rev.Michael T. Hayden, (715) 385-2390.

RhinelanderCalvary Baptist Church, 320 Lincoln St., Rev.

James Mickelson, (715) 362-4792.Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,

780 Iverson, Bishop John Lindner, (715) 369-2153(home) or (715) 362-7830.

Faith Baptist Church, 23 E. Timber Dr., Mark

Ring, pastor, (715) 362-3523.First Congregational United Church of Christ,135 E. Larch, Dale Bishop, pastor, (715) 365-1535.

First United Methodist Church, 724 Arbutus St.,Rebecca Neal-Niese, pastor, (715) 362-2091.

Grace Foursquare Gospel Church, 4360 Hwy. 17N., Robert Messerli, pastor; Michael Messerli,

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youth director; Julie Wilcox, children’s director. (715)362-5431.

Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, 21 W.Timber Dr., Rev. Norman C. Peterson, pastor, (715)362-5910.

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 1980

Winnebago, (715) 369-3904.Nativity of Our Lord Parish, St. Joseph’s

Catholic Church, 1360 N. Stevens St., Rev. JohnGerritts, (715) 362-3169.

Nativity of Our Lord Parish, St. Mary’sCatholic Church, 133 E. King St., Rev. JohnGerritts, (715) 362-3169.

Northern Lights Church of God, Kyle Spencer,pastor, (715) 360-1083 (home) or (715) 369-3266.126 E. Timber Dr.

Pine Grove Community Church, 5840 ForestLn., Darrell Boomer, pastor; Family LifeDiscipleship pastor, Jeff O’Malley, (715) 369-5404,www.pgcc.us.

Rhinelander Apostolic Fellowship UPC, 4780Ohlson Ln., Martin Tipton, pastor, (715) 369-3229.

St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, 39 S. Pelham,Rev. Dean Einerson, (715) 362-3184.

St. Mark Lutheran Church, 21 S. Baird Ave.,(715) 362-2470.

Seventh-day Adventist Church, 203 E. Monico,Charles Kohley, pastor, (715) 369-2098.

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 235 N.Stevens St., Timothy Vadis and Kari Vadis, pas-tors, (715) 362-4258.

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church WisconsinSynod, 160 N. Brown St., Peter Korthals andMatthew Schoell, pastors, (715) 365-9357, offices.

SaynerSt. Mary Catholic Church, 2820 E. Hwy. N, Rev.

Michael T. Hayden, (715) 385-2390.Sayner Community Church, in town, Rev.

Wendell Anderson, (715) 356-7385.Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran Church

ELCA, 2903 Hwy. 155, Rev. Dorothy Lindstrom,(715) 542-3701.

St. GermainCommunity United Church of Christ, 1315

Hwy. 155, Dan Borchers, interim pastor, (715) 542-

3114.St. Germain Evangelical Free Church, 6065

Hwy. 70 East, (715) 479-2173, Josh Reese, seniorpastor; Dan Shields, youth pastor, (715) 477-0595(home).

Sugar CampSt. Kunegunda Catholic Church, 6895 Hwy. 17

N., Rev. William Horath, (715) 272-1191.

Three LakesChapel in the Pines, 7739 Preacher’s Point Rd.,

Three Lakes, (715) 546-3173 (summer).

Faith Lutheran Church ELCA, 6995 Hwy. 45 S.,Barb Girod, pastor, (715) 546-2770.

Grace Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, 6948E. School St., P.O. Box 216, Rev. Dr. Larry A. Jost,(715) 546-2262.

St. Theresa Catholic Church, 1701 Superior St.,P.O. Box 8, Rev. William Horath, (715) 546-2159.

Three Lakes Evangelical Free Church, 1614Hwy. 32, Brian Thorstad and Eli Shackelford, pas-tors, (715) 546-2000.

Union Congregational Church United Church

of Christ, 6993 Forest St., P.O. Box 876, PastorGary Gilbert, (715) 546-2169.

Woodruff Faith Evangelical Free Church, 9035

Blumenstein Rd., Rick Goff, pastor, (715) 356-4311. Jason Schafbuch, youth pastor.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, 134 S. TownLine Road; clerk, Ginny Whitney, P.O. Box 613,Minocqua, (715) 356-5991.

Holy Family Catholic Church, 8950 Hwy. J,Woodruff, Rev. Bernard Byrne, (715) 356-6284.

Lakeland Assembly, 9127 Hwy. J, Rev. Wendell

Anderson; Kellen Anderson, youth pastor, (715)356-7385. www.lakelandassembly.org.

Lakeland Church of Christ, 1111 First Ave., 356-4828, Thomas R. Curtis, minister, (715) 277-3929(home).

Northwoods Unitarian UniversalistFellowship, 8625 Peggy’s Ln., rotating speakers,(715) 356-4123.

Woodruff Baptist Church, 1200 Third Ave., ScottSmith, pastor, (715) 356-5015.

Woodruff Congregation of Jehovah’sWitnesses, 3656 Hwy. 47, Cliff Parson, presidingoverseer, (715) 356-5581.




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Camp Five Museum, The Lumberjack SteamTrain to the Camp 5 Museum Complex is locatedone-third mile west of Laona at 5068 Hwy. 8 justone hour from Eagle River and Three Lakes. Openrain or shine from June 22 through Aug. 27,Mondays through Saturdays, closed Sundays.Cowboy Re-enactment July 9 and Oct. 1. FallFestival, Sept. 17 and 24 and Oct. 1. Recognized asa “Discover Wisconsin” Choice Destination andalso listed in the Register of Historic Places.Phone (715) 674-3414, website www.lumberjack-steamtrain.com.

The Lumberjack Steam Train departs daily at 11a.m., noon, 1 and 2 p.m. to the Camp 5 complex,

which features the Wisconsin Forestry Museumwith audiovisuals and an active blacksmith shop,1900s gift shop, nature center with wildlife diora-ma, animal barn and petting corral, guided GreenTreasure Forest Tour, Choo Choo snack hut andoptional hayrack/pontoon boat ride.

The Lumberjack Steam Train has individual, familyand group rates. Free admission to active-dutymilitary and their immediate family. The trainand complex is operated by the Camp FiveMuseum Foundation Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofitorganization.

Dr. Kate Newcomb Museum, located at 923 2ndAve. in Woodruff. The museum is open the second

Monday in June until Labor Day, from 11 a.m.-4p.m. Monday through Friday. Special arrange-ments for tour groups and field trips are welcome.Admission is by donation. Call Shirley Jacoby,treasurer, (715) 356-3437; Marsha Doud, curator,(715) 356-5562; Louise Colman, secretary, (715)356-2041; or Cy Timmens, president, (715) 356-2128 for information.

The Dr. Kate Museum is named for Kate PelhamNewcomb, M.D., whose contribution to the NorthWoods is documented by her appearance on the1954 Ralph Edwards telecast of “Dr. Kate, This IsYour Life”; the best-selling biography titled “Dr.Kate, Angel on Snowshoes”; memorabilia from the

1953 and 1954 Penny Parades;and a replica of hermedical office. The World’s Largest Penny is dis-played nearby. The museum also features chang-ing theme exhibits and area history. Enjoy the2007 Prohibition-era display with historic memo-rabilia from the time of flappers, bootleggers andthe Charleston.

Eagle River Depot Museum, located at 116 S.Railroad St., (715) 479-9384. Open Mondaysthrough Saturdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Memorial Daythrough the first weekend in October. After that,Fridays, noon-4 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 3p.m.

Displays of early Eagle River artifacts and sou-

venirs. Histories and pictures of early resorts andcamps, Chicago & Northwestern railroad memo-rabilia, ice castle history displays, early EagleRiver plat map, display of locals who served in themilitary and a display of early family historiesand resorts on the Chain of Lakes.

George W. Brown Jr. Ojibwe Museum &Cultural Center, located in downtown Lac duFlambeau. The museum celebrates culture with afour-season diorama and other exhibits, includinga 24-foot Ojibwe dugout canoe, smaller birch-bark

canoes, Ojibwe arts and crafts, traditional cloth-ing, a French fur trading post and a world-recordsturgeon taken from one of Flambeau’s manylakes. Year-round programs and classes are avail-able, as well as other special events. Visitor hours:March through October, Mondays throughFridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; November throughFebruary, Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10 a.m.-2p.m. Other times by appointment. Call (715) 588-3333 for more information. Admission is $4 foradults, $3 for seniors and children 5-15, with chil-dren younger than 5 admitted free.

Land O’ Lakes Historical Society/Northern-Waters Museum. The museum is housed in the

Gateway Ski Lodge, once part of the King’sGateway Hotel complex. It was moved from a sitejust south of Land O’ Lakes to the Town Park onHwy. B Operated by the Land O’ Lakes HistoricalSociety, the museum features changing exhibitsshowcasing the history of the area. Museum hoursare 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays andSaturdays from July through Colorama weekendin September. Free admission. Group tours can bearranged. Phone Sally Schlack, president, (715)547-3954 or visit landolakeshistory.org.

Minocqua Museum, located at 503 Flambeau St.

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in Minocqua. Hours are Mondays through Fridaysfrom 10 a.m.-4 p.m. or by appointment, Junethrough Labor Day. The Minocqua Museum fea-tures the history of the “Island City” of Minocqua,with rich logging chronicles and a gallery of pho-tos and antiques. Call (715) 356-7666 for more

information.Northwoods Children’s Museum, located at 346

W. Division St. in Eagle River, offers 23 perma-nent hands-on exhibits and a rotating theme areato provide each guest with a variety of experi-ences.

Exhibits are designed to encourage children to usecreativity and ambition to become a part of some-thing outside of their everyday world. Areas arebased on the concepts of science, history, nature,and cultures. Exploration is a must when visitingthe museum and the more exploring that is done,the more a child can learn and grow from experi-ences that may not be available to them at home.

In addition to the exhibits, the museum has a num-ber of programs and special events that appeal toall ages, both children and adults. Some of theseevents include its annual birthday party the sec-ond Saturday in June and a benefit auction thefirst Tuesday in August. For more information onprograms, events, hours and prices, visit

Train Runs Monday-Saturday11 a.m., Noon, 1 & 2 p.m.

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Northwoods Petroleum Museum, located twomiles north of Three Lakes and six miles south of Eagle River on Highway 45. Open daily noon to 4p.m.; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is

free. The museum features more than 2,800petroleum-related items of a bygone era. Call EdJacobsen, (715) 617-0566 or visit Northwoodspetroleummuseum.org.

Rhinelander Pioneer Park Historical MuseumComplex, located in Pioneer Park at the intersec-tion of Kemp St./Hwy. 8 and Oneida Ave. inRhinelander. Phone (715) 369-5004.

The museum complex offers six museums highlight-ing historical reproductions and displays relatedto logging, railroad, rural schoolhouse, antiqueoutboard boat motor, Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC), firefighting and sawmill operations. TheLogging and Sawmill Museums offer a reproduc-

tion of a logging camp and historic sawmill opera-tion, including displays of tools and equipmentused by original lumberjack crews. One of Rhinelander’s first one-room schoolhouses is alsoopen to the public at the Pioneer Park location,displaying photographs of schoolchildren wholater played an important role in Rhinelander’sdevelopment, along with their textbooks, desksand maps. A museum filled with CCC memorabil-ia is just a step away from both the LoggingMuseum and Schoolhouse. From bunkhouse andmedical facilities to photos and records of the late1930s, the CCC museum offers a personal accountof the men who planted trees, built roads and

made other improvements throughout the coun-tryside. Also located at Pioneer Park is the 100-year-old restored Soo Line railroad depot.

The museum complex is open from Memorial Day toLabor Day, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days aweek. Admission is free, but donations are appre-ciated. Someone is always on hand to offer infor-mation, answer questions or to recall a memory.Tour groups are welcome by reservation.

Snowmobile Hall of Fame and Museum, 8481Hwy. 70 W., P.O. Box 720, St. Germain, (715) 542-4463; snowmobilehalloffame.com. Hours of opera-tion: (call ahead),Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.All volunteer.

Donations are appreciated. Admission is free. Inwinter, the museum is accessible by snowmobiletrails that run to the back of the building. Thereare exhibits of vintage sleds and displays of racinghistory. The actual sleds raced by Hall of Famerslike Jim Bernat and Duane Frandsen, both worldchampions, are on display.

A unique Ski-Doo display shows four generations of racing sleds from the 1940s to the 2000s. Thereare more than 100 sleds on display, including sev-eral sleds from past race winners. Clothing wornby racers down through the years is also on dis-

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play.An annual Ride With The Champs will be Feb. 19.

The daylong trail ride will end with the inductionbanquet for the Hall of Fame. In addition, theClassic Sled Roundup will take place May 30.

Three Lakes Historical Museum, located at 1798

Huron St., P.O. Box 250, Three Lakes, WI 54562,(715) 546-2295. The museum is open Tuesdaysthrough Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Memorial Day through Labor Day.

The museum is dedicated to preserving area history,supporting community development and promot-ing area tourism. It houses artifacts from the pre-historic past to the logging era and into the pre-sent. It features cultural displays, pioneer musicalinstruments and sporting goods, old maps, etc.

Special displays feature local authors including SamCampbell, “The Philosopher of the Forest”; CyWilliams, architect and one of baseball’s home runkings; and Carl Marty and the Northernaire. The

100-year-old Johnson House and a second build-ing, constructed in 1989 with lumber from pinetrees planted by the Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC) in the 1930s, is the re-creation of a CCCbarracks.

A reconstructed log cabin on the grounds is fur-nished as a one-room school, plus two other build-ings — a general store and a granary. The muse-um sponsored and developed the Sam CampbellForest Hiking Trail, located on Old Military Road,in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service. It ispart of the Heritage Trail, a national scenicbyway.

Museum funding is solely through donations and

fund-raising endeavors throughout the year. Forinformation on monthly meetings or activities,call the number listed above.

Vilas County Historical Museum, Hwy. 155,Sayner. (715) 542-3388 or e-mail [email protected]. The museum is open daily 10 a.m. to4 p.m. from Memorial Day weekend through Sept.30. The cost is $3 for everyone 10 and older.Director/curator is Nancy Minx.

The museum has an extensive collection of historicartifacts from northern Wisconsin dating back tothe turn of the century. Exhibits include wildbirds from the area; antique snowmobiles, includ-ing the world’s first one built in 1924; a player

piano and other antique instruments; a wild ani-mal display; game warden display; turn-of-thecentury logging equipment; birch-bark canoes; apioneer room with all the furnishings; Indianbeadwork and clothing; an extensive fishing andguiding exhibit from the early days; a large dollcollection; clothing from the turn of the century;photos and stories from the early years.

World Snowmobile Headquarters, 1521 Hwy. 45N., Eagle River, (715) 479-2186. The facility isopen Mondays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to4 p.m. from Dec. 10 through March 15 and fromMay 15 through Oct. 15. Admission is free. In win-ter, the facility is also accessible by a snowmobile.

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The headquarters features the InternationalSnowmobile Hall of Fame, honoring 74 pioneers,volunteers, industry leaders and promoters whoseefforts and dedication to the sport have madesnowmobiling one of the pinnacles of winter recre-ation.

In addition, the World Championship Derby Hall of Fame traces the 48-year history of snowmobiling’smost famous race from Dollar Lake to the presentDerby Track, just 250 feet to the north. Visitors

will see championship sleds on display along withphotos and stories of the racers who made theDerby Track famous.

The Antique Snowmobile Club of America has asnowmobile museum at the headquarters, featur-ing five decades of historic snowmobiles. Sledsfrom the 1950s through the 2000 models show andtrace the mechanical development of the snowmo-bile.

Other highlights of the facility include displays forthe Iron Dog Brigade, the Thirsty Dogs,Women onSnow and Kitty Cat racing. There’s also a largegift shop offering unique gift items for snowmobil-ers.




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Alzheimer’s Family Caregivers SupportProgram (AFCSP), (715) 479-3625.DayBreak Adult Center, meets Thursdays from 10

a.m. to 3 p.m. at Prince of Peace LutheranChurch in Eagle River. For information, call(715) 617-0584.

American Association of Retired Persons,Rhinelander Chapter 1076, Lily Kongslien, presi-dent, (715) 362-5613.

American Legion:Boulder Junction: Richardson-Michaud Post 451,

James Hamilton, commander, (715) 385-2302.Eagle River: Frederick J. Walsh Post 114, 520

Hwy. 45 S., (715) 479-3983. Charles L.

Tienhaara, commander, (715) 479-5009; DougBreit, adjutant, (715) 477-2163.Lac du Flambeau: Chicog-Skye Post 374, John

Johnson, commander, (715) 588-2275.Land O’ Lakes: Soquist-Binder-Kirk Post 464,

Brannon Mayer, commander; Charles LaBelle,adjutant, (715) 547-3748.

Lake Tomahawk: Colin F. Shultz Post 318,LaVerne Schroeder, adjutant, (715) 277-2741

Minocqua: Post 89, (715) 356-7081, Jim Clark,commander.

Phelps: Albertson-Esque Post 548, GeorgeSchofield, commander, (715) 545-2570.

Presque Isle: Winegar Post 480, Sulo Wainio, com-

mander, (715) 543-2110.Rhinelander: Dahlberg-Makris Post 7, CindyPitts, commander.

Three Lakes: Post 431 and Auxiliary, P.O. Box 103,Three Lakes, WI 54562, (715) 546-3431, MikeSilber, commander.

Vilas County Council District 11, James R. Lynn,commander, (715) 477-0775.

American Legion Auxiliary, Eagle River, SharonMcFaul, president, (715) 477-2163; BoulderJunction, Jayne Blaisdell, president, (715) 385-2292; Phelps, Donna Lepisto, president, (715) 545-2673.

American Legion Riders Association of Wisconsin, District 11, P.O. Box 662, Eagle River,WI 54521. (715) 477-2163. Doug Breit, president.

Aqua Devils Water-ski Club, Jordan Gensler,president, (715) 360-00631; www.aquadevils.com.

Auxiliary-Partners of Eagle River MemorialHospital, Mickey Barricklow, (715) 479-8090.

Barbershop Quartet Singing, LakelandBarbershop Chorus, Pete, (715) 362-7383 or (715)493-7608.

Boulder Junction Community Church Clubs,Goodwill Society and Men’s Bible Study, (715)385-2146.

Boy Scouts:Samoset Council, Boy Scouts of America,

Northwoods and Crystal Lake districts,Michael Pazdernik, unit serving executive, 1-(800) 303-2195. Serving boys 11-18 in BoulderJunction, Eagle River, Harshaw, Land O’ Lakes,McNaughton, Minocqua, Newbold, Phelps,Rhinelander, St. Germain, Three Lakes,Tomahawk and Woodruff.

Bridge Groups:Badger Bridge, Eagle River, Ed Stoever, (715) 362-

8933.Duplicate Bridge, Eagle River, Robert and Mary

Ellen Peterman, (715) 546-3021.Couples Marathon Bridge, Eagle River, Joy Hol-

perin, (715) 479-8783.Rhinelander Duplicate Bridge, William Murphy,

(715) 362-6751.Camp Fire USA-Oneida Council, 135 S. Stevens

St., Ste.A, Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715) 362-3513.Chain Skimmers Water-ski Team, Kristyn

Kuzniar, president, (847) 542-1742.Cub Scouts:

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fifth grade in Boulder Junction, Eagle River,Harshaw, Land O’ Lakes, McNaughton,Minocqua, Newbold, Phelps, Rhinelander, St.Germain,Three Lakes,Tomahawk and Woodruff.

Venturing:Samoset Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1-(800)

303-2195. Serving boys and girls 14-21 inBoulder Junction, Eagle River, Harshaw, LandO’ Lakes, McNaughton, Minocqua, Newbold,Phelps, Rhinelander, St. Germain,Three Lakes,Tomahawk and Woodruff.

Compassionate Friends-Wildwoods Chapter,Ann Kemmeter, 410 Iverson St., Rhinelander, WI54501, (715) 362-3395.

Concerts on the Riverwalk, Jan Leschke, 340 N.Baird Ave., Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715) 362-7157.

Co-op in the Woods Food Buying Group, SarahBorkenhagen, coordinator, (715) 479-6030.

Cranberry Country Quilters Inc. of Eagle

River, Joan, (715) 479-4302.Creative Homemakers, first Tuesday of everymonth, October thru April, Kalmar Center. Co-Presidents Marge Bacic, (715) 479-4567 andElaine Peter, (715) 479-5339.

Disabled American Veterans: Chapter 56,American Legion Post 114 Clubhouse, EagleRiver, James Lynn, commander, (715) 477-0775;Chapter 62, Rhinelander, Don Reed, commander;Rick Patton, 6th district commander; LaVerneSchroeder, adjutant, (715) 277-2741.

Eagle River Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization, c/o ERES, 1700 PleasureIsland Rd., Eagle River, WI 54521, (715) 479-6471.

Eagle River Figure Skating Club, Jacqui Monge,president, (715) 891-1452, P.O. Box 2027, EagleRiver, WI 54521.

Eagle River Historical Society & Museum, 519Sheridan St., located on the Trees For Tomorrowcampus, Eagle River. Call (715) 479-2396 for moreinformation. Open end of May thru first weekend of Oct., Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Eagle River Masonic Lodge 248, Scott Bishop,(715) 891-6116.

Easy Eagles, Charlie Eggers, (715) 479-1799.Enchanted Doll Club, Arlene Vlies, (715) 487-

5466 or Judy Wainwright, (715) 479-7132.First Congregational United Church of Christ

Youth Group, Eagle River, Kathy Holperin, coor-dinator, (715) 479-8501.4-H Clubs:

Hodag Horseman, Rhinelander, Richelle Beene,(715) 282-5619.

Lakeland Eagles, Mary Congdon (715) 356-9574.Lakewood, Tammy Martin, (715) 369-3598.Woodland Wranglers, Sally Krusick, (715) 479-

3648.Friends of the Library:

Boulder Junction, Judy Giles, president, (715)385-2879.

Eagle River, Walter Olson Library Friends, (715)479-8070.

Land O’ Lakes, Anthony Zoars, president, (715)547-6006.

Minocqua, Mary Louise Hansen, president, (715)356-7403.

Plum Lake, Sayner, Jean Joyce and MelodyKysiak, co-presidents, (715) 542-4616.

Rhinelander District Library Foundation Inc.,Linda Davidson, president, (715) 369-1136.Three Lakes, Sarah Ewing, president. Used book

sale fourth Saturday of every month, lowerlevel of library, (715) 546-3391.

Girl Scouts:Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes Inc.,

3511 Camp Phillips Rd., Schofield, WI 54476,1-(888) 747-6945 or (715) 355-9850;www.gsnwgl.org.

Service Unit Managers:Lakeland Service Area (Mercer, Manitowish,

Manitowish Waters, Presque Isle, BoulderJunction, Lac du Flambeau, Arbor Vitae, Lake

Tomahawk, Hazelhurst, Minocqua, Woodruff,Winchester, Butternut). Service area manager,Sarah Steele, (715) 358-2749.

Northern Lakes Service Area (Star Lake, Sayner,Sugar Camp, St. Germain, Eagle River,Conover, Phelps, Land O’ Lakes, Nelma, Alvin,Three Lakes). Service area manager, CathyResch, (715) 547-3430.

Northwoods Service Area (Clearwater Lake,Sugar Camp, Rhinelander, McNaughton,Woodboro, Harshaw, Starks, Hiles, Newald,Blackwell, Wabeno, Carter, Crandon, Laona,Mole Lake, Argonne, Monico, Cavour,Enterprise, Pelican Lake, Lennox). Service area

manager, Tina Crofoot, (715) 360-2046.Greater Eagle River Tennis Association, CallaAlbaugh, (715) 479-9829.

Great Wisconsin Headwaters Trail SystemFoundation, Jeff Currie, president, (715) 617-0080, [email protected].

Headwaters Art League, Eleanor Lapp, (715) 547-3595.

Headwaters Christian Youth, P.O. Box 662,Rhinelander, WI 54501; Mike Prom, executivedirector, (715) 369-2500 or (715) 369-1199 (home).

Headwaters Council for the Performing Arts,P.O. Box 1481, Eagle River, WI 54521; SteveKolling, president, (715) 479-5055.

Headwaters Reading Council, 513 Pelican St.,Rhinelander, Colleen Konicek, president, (715)358-3098.

Headwaters Youth Soccer Association, PattiGill, president, (715) 617-2285; St. Germain/ Sayner, Steve Gilbert, (715) 477-2065; SugarCamp, Dean Hoger, (715) 272-1812; Three Lakes,Rob Ribbe, (715) 479-3407; Phelps, Todd Bierman,(715) 545-2529; Land O’ Lakes/Conover, CynthiaSpiess, (715) 479-8544 and Holly McCormack,(715) 547-6100.

Hodag Little League, Rhinelander, John

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Reinthaler, president, (715) 362-3314.Hodag Sports Club, Speck DeByle, (715) 362-4406

or Tom O’Rourke, (715) 362-6534.Hodag Water Ski Club, Rhinelander, Rod Olson,

(715) 362-0625.Jaycees:

Eagle River Area, Michelle Albaugh, president,(715) 617-6384, [email protected] of Columbus:

Eagle River: Father J. Trantow Council 5415,Walter Prien, financial secretary, (715) 479-6800;U.J. Gregoire, treasurer, (715) 479-4476; BrianHabersetzer, grand knight, (715) 477-1396.

Lac du Flambeau-Minocqua: Council 3557, JimStrasburg, grand knight, (715) 356-6311.

Rhinelander: McDonald-O’Neill Council 2032,Pete Centner, grand knight, (715) 362-7383.

Lakeland Art League, Betty Lutzka, (715) 546-2881.

Lakeland Gem Club, Kathy Peterson, (715) 272-

1619.Lakeland Hawks Ice Association, P.O. Box 290,Minocqua, WI 54548, (715) 356-6762.

Lake Superior Bi-National Forum, (715) 682-1489.

Land O’ Lakes Genealogical Society, JanGeronime, (906) 358-4625.

Land O’ Lakes Historical Society Northern-Waters Museum, Hwy. B, Land O’ Lakes.President Sally Schlack, (715) 547-3954.

Lioness Clubs:Boulder Junction, Linda Revolinski, president

(715) 385-3256.Lake Tomahawk, Diane Larson, president, (715)

277-2706.Manitowish Waters, Marla Sukow, (715) 543-8748.

Presque Isle, Elaine Kuehnl, (715) 686-2245.St. Germain, Mary Johnson, president, (715) 542-

3878.Sayner-Star Lake, Kathy McCaughn, president,

(715) 542-2055.Lions Clubs:

Boulder Junction, Jim Tait, president, (715) 385-2077.

Conover, Roger Flaherty, president, (715) 479-6673.

Eagle River, Robert Merz, president, (715) 479-

4431; Vince Wagner, Secretary, 479-6423; MattKluetz, treasurer, 479-6959.Hazelhurst, Jim Norsen, president, (715) 356-

6250.Lac du Flambeau, Bill Herschauer, president,

(715) 588-3230.Lake Tomahawk, David Wallace, president, (715)

356-2546.Manitowish Waters, Henry Bauers, president,

(715) 543-2808.Minocqua, James Meek, president, (715) 356-9873.Phelps, Dick Martin, president, (715) 545-3327.Presque Isle, Tim Merker, president, (715) 686-

2615.

Rhinelander, Mike Romportl, president, (715) 362-4850.

St. Germain, Jim Keksey, president, (715) 542-2323.

Sayner/Star Lake, Gary Errington, president,(715) 542-2145.Sugar Camp, Emmy Lorbetske, president, (715)

272-1356.Three Lakes, Bob Borek, president, (715) 546-3457.Winchester, Rick Politoski, president, (715) 543-

2592.Literary Eagles Book Club, Eagle River.

Elizabeth Purtell, (715) 546-3555 or CarolynEaglesham, (715) 546-3104.

Manito Art League, Betty Lutzka, (715) 546-2881.Martha Society of Our Savior Lutheran

Church, 223 Silver Lake Rd., Eagle River, WI54521, Linda Cook, coordinator, (715) 272-1849.

Min-Aqua Bats Water Ski Club, (715) 356-4549.Newcomers Club, Dawn Rog, 324 N. Baird Ave.,

Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 362-1829.

Nicolet Welcome Service, Welcome to newcomers,1-(800) 513-1350.

Nordic Ski Club, Ron Teclaw, (715) 282-6111.Nordmarka Cross Country Ski Club, P.O. Box

703, Eagle River, WI 54521; Perry Sippl, (715) 477-2023 or (715) 479-6631.

North Lakeland Ice Hockey Association, ChuckBenson, (715) 476-3560.

Northern Wisconsin Decorative Artists, Betty

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Lutzka, (715) 546-2881.Northland Pines Youth Football &

Cheerleading, Dave Bricco, (715) 479-2505;www.npyfc.org.

Northwinds Toastmasters 5960, David Hoffman,president.

Northwoods Alzheimer’s Support Group, OnePenny Place, 820 3rd Ave., Woodruff, WI 54568;First Thursday of each month. Joan Hauer, (715)356-6540.

Northwoods Genealogical Society, Joy Vancos,(715) 369-3092; P.O. Box 1132, Rhinelander, WI54501.

Northwoods Patriots, meets second Tuesday of each month, Wild Eagle Lodge, Eagle River, 6:30p.m., Shirley Kufeldt, (715) 479-9187,[email protected].

Northwoods Singers, Eagle River, Norma Yaeger,(715) 477-1984.

Northwoods Singers, Land O’ Lakes, Barbara

Nehring, (715) 547-3333.Northwoods Youth Choir, Barbara Nehring, (715)547-3333.

Northwoods Woodcarving Club, Dan Haack,Eagle River, (715) 369-5756.

Oneida County Democratic Party, Paul Knuth,(715) 369-2615.

Order of Eastern Star, Eagle River MasonicTemple, Carolyn Eaglesham, (715) 546-3104;Patricia Kollauf, (715) 542-1106.

Outdoor Women’s Group, Norma Yaeger, (715)477-1984.

Plum Lake Volunteer Fire Department, KevinRasmussen, chief, (715) 892-1877. Non-emergen-

cies, (715) 542-3395.Plum Lake Emergency Medical Service, KevinRasmussen, chief, (715) 892-1877.

Plum Ski-Ters Water Ski Club, P.O. Box 149,Sayner, WI 54560.

Recreation Associations:Eagle River, Bob McDonald, president, (715) 479-

4858.Phelps, Shelly Ray, president, (715) 545-2723

Sherry Bierman, treasurer, (715) 545-2529.Republican Women of the North, Diane Misina

(715) 891-0048, [email protected] Area Community Band, Jan

Leschke, 340 N. Baird Ave., Rhinelander, WI

54501, (715) 362-7157.Rhinelander Area Retired EducatorsAssociation, John Bigley, president, (715) 272-1044.

Rhinelander Babe Ruth League, BonnieMarquardt, 615 Evergreen Ct., Rhinelander, WI54501; (715) 369-3213.

Rhinelander Ice Association, Buck Kipper, presi-dent, P.O. Box 1188, Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715)369-1416 (ice rink).

Rhinelander Kiwanis Club, Bob Abel, (715) 282-5515; e-mail [email protected].

Rhinelander Masonic Lodge 242, 23 E. Davenport,Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 362-3080; Don

Riemenschneider, master, (715) 282-6146.Rhinelander-Northwoods Branch American

Association of University Women, BarbaraGallant and Jenice Voelker, co-presidents.

Rock of Ages Evangelical Lutheran ChurchLadies Guild, Sharron Ziemer, president, (715)762-2697.

Rotary Clubs:Eagle River, Christine Caz, president, (715) 479-

2423.Rhinelander, Jim Brown, (715) 282-5730.

St. Germain Firefighters Association, BrianRepenshek, (715) 892-4923.

St. Mary’s Altar Society, Sayner, Monica Fath,

president, (715) 542-2351.Scarlet O’Hatters of the Northwoods, Red HatSociety’s E.R. chapter, Judy Rechlitz, (715) 479-6113.

School-Community Organizations (SCO):Sugar Camp, Jen Metzger, president, (715) 479-

9358 or school, (715) 272-1105.Three Lakes, Peggy Bennett, president, (715) 546-

3773, school, (715) 546-3323.

Sky Barrons Radio Controlled Model AirplaneClub, Paul Gerhart Jr., club contact, (715) 479-9963.

Snowmobile Clubs:Association of Wisconsin Snowmobile Clubs,

Oneida County director, Steve Moran, (715)453-3324; Vilas County director, TomTomlanovich, (715) 479-1411.

Bo-Boen, St. Germain, Al Clemmensen, president,(847) 490-7418.

Boulder Junction, Dick Steiro, president, (715)385-2369.

Conover Sno-Buddies, Bob Payseur, president,(715) 479-8968.

Cross Country Cruisers, Minocqua/Arbor Vitae/ Woodruff,Scott Cisney, president, (715) 892-2291.

Frosty Club, Land O’ Lakes, Ralph Sitzberger,

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president, (715) 547-1141.Hodag Snow Trails, Rhinelander, Scott Hetland,

president, (715) 362-8040.Minocqua Forest Riders, Mike Deutscher, presi-

dent, (715) 356-3883.New-Tom Sno-Fleas, Lake Tomahawk, Jim Haigh,

president, (715) 277-2358.Northern Hornshoe, Lac du Flambeau, JoeNapoli, (715) 356-2729.

Northern Lights, Three Lakes, Joe Terlizzi, presi-dent, (715) 546-3726.

Northwoods Passage, Tomahawk, Bob McGinnis,president, (715) 453-2306.

Northwoods Riders, Tomahawk, Ken Kurtzweil,president, (715) 453-1080.

Northern Trails Unlimited, Steve Moran, presi-dent, (715) 453-3324.

Phelps Snowmobile Club, Phelps, Dick Schultz,president, (715) 545-3910.

Presque Isle-Winchester Sno-Bunnies, Leo Craw-

ley, president, (715) 686-2018.Sayner Barnstormers, Jim Krieck, president,(715) 542-3885.

Sno-Eagles Inc., P.O. Box 866, Eagle River, WI54521; Ken Storms, president, (715) 479-5599.

Sno-Skeeters, Manitowish Waters, BarryHopkins, president, (715) 543-2499.

Sugar Camp, Jack Kalies, president, (715) 272-1314.

Three Lakes Trails Inc., Joe Terlizzi, president(715) 546-3726.

Willow Region Sportsman’s Club, David Witthun,(715) 564-2629.

Sons of Norway, Nordlandet Lodge 5-620, Edward

Stomner, (715) 479-3148.Square Dance Clubs:Rhinelander, Hodag Twirlers, Tom and Judy

Hogan, (715) 282-5714.Woodruff, Levis and Lace, Sharon Albright, presi-

dent, (715) 356-9266.Sugar Camp Youth Club, Bryan Kral, president,

(715) 272-1400.Three Lakes Fish & Wildlife Improvement

Association, Jim Bollmann, (715) 546-3588.Trinity Lutheran Church Ladies Guild, Boulder

Junction, Karen Walbruck, president, (715) 356-3902.

Twin Lakes Yacht Club, Phelps, Ron Hettwer,

commodore, (715) 545-2132.United Methodist Women, Minocqua, PattyFrandy, (715) 356-2172.

United Northwoods Soccer, Eagle River, ChrisDroes, (715) 542-2539.

Veterans of Foreign Wars:Eagle River Trinka-Weber-Rogers Post 8637 and

Auxiliary, 624 W. Pine St., Eagle River, WI54521; (715) 479-8810; Thomas Unti, comman-der.

Lac du Flambeau Post 8341, 3051 Oberland Dr.,Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538.

Land O’ Lakes State Line and Boulder JunctionPost 8400, (715) 547-3314.

Manitowish Waters Post 9536, Box 126,Manitowish Waters, WI 54545.

Rhinelander Post 3143, 120 Park St., Rhinelander,WI 54501; (715) 369-3143.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, ConnieJurkowski, president, (715) 477-2576.

Vilas Area Silent Sport Association, P.O. Box912, Eagle River, Mike Robillard, president, (920)312-8937, Jeff Currie, secretary, (715) 479-2108,vassa-trails.org.

Vilas County Animal Shelter, 2477 Hwy. 45 N.,Eagle River, WI 54521, (715) 479-9777. JenPrimich, director, certified humane officer forVilas County.

Vilas County Democratic Party, Sarah Kemp,[email protected].

Vilas County Republican Party, meets thirdMonday each month, Wild Eagle Lodge, EagleRiver, James Maillette, chairman, Hake (715) 479-8224.

Vilas County Tavern League, Glen Miller, presi-dent, (715) 479-4510.

Woman’s Clubs:Plum Lake, Alice Grosskreuz, president, (715)

542-2067.Phelps, Lola Sobieck, president, (920) 227-5561.Rhinelander, Mary Fortier, president, (715) 282-

5027.Three Lakes, Jan Hintz, president, (715) 546-

2712.Women’s Service Club:

St. Germain, Pat Nolte, president, (715) 542-2454.

YMCA of the Northwoods, Eagle River, NancyEllis, (715) 479-9500; Rhinelander, (715) 362-9622.




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Al-Anon:Eagle River, meets Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., Eagle

River Memorial Hospital.Rhinelander, meets Mondays at 7:30 p.m. at

Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church;Thursdays, 4 p.m., Koinonia Treatment Center;Saturdays, 10:30 a.m., Trinity EvangelicalLutheran Church; Sundays, 6:30 p.m., FirstUnited Methodist Church.

AlaTeen:Woodruff, meets Sundays at 6 p.m. at Howard Young

Medical Center.For other meetings, call Koller Behavioral Health

Services at (715) 356-8540.Alcohol or Drug Addiction:Rhinelander, Koinonia Treatment Facility, 1991

Winnebago St., Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 362-5745.

Alcoholics Anonymous:Boulder Junction, Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Community

Church annex, closed discussion.Eagle River, closed discussion Mondays and closed

step Fridays, 7:30 p.m., First CongregationalUnited Church of Christ.

Lac du Flambeau, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., FamilyResource Center, closed discussion.

Land O’ Lakes, Sundays, 2 p.m., Land O’ Lakes

Town Hall, closed step discussion.Minocqua, Fridays, 8 p.m., Calvary LutheranChurch, closed discussion.

Three Lakes, Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., closed discussion;Thursdays, 7 p.m., closed Women’s Big Book, St.Theresa’s Catholic Church.

St. Germain, Thursdays, 7 p.m., closed discussion,Community United Church of Christ.

For meetings in Rhinelander and other areas, callthe Alcoholics Anonymous hot line at 367-7920 ornorthwoodsaa.org.

American Cancer Society, (715) 848-2881American Red Cross, 902 Boyce Dr., P.O. Box

1103, Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 362-5456

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-3p.m.; or (715) 344-4052, 1-(800) 939-4052.Arthritis Foundation, Wisconsin Chapter, 1650 S.

108 St., West Allis, WI 53214, 1-(800) 242-9945.Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Northwoods

Inc., Vilas County and Oneida County; www.bbb-snorthwoods.org; Kathy Schroeder, (715) 892-2673.

Birth to Three Program, Headwaters Inc.,Maureen Juras, 1441 E. Timber Dr., Rhinelander,WI 54501; (715) 369-1337.

Family Resource Connection, Eagle River PlayShoppe, Thursdays, 9:30 to 11 a.m., FirstCongregational United Church of Christ, Eagle

River, (715) 361-2890 or 1-(888) 266-0028.Food Pantries: Headwaters Pantry (Land O’

Lakes, Conover and Phelps), open first and thirdWednesdays, 9 a.m. to noon, 6516 Olympic 76Drive, Land O’ Lakes, (715) 547-3153; NorthwoodsEmergency Food Pantry, Rhinelander, (715) 365-1535; Vilas Food Pantry, open second and fourthTuesdays from 3:30-5:15 p.m. and Wednesdaysfrom 8:30-10 a.m. at Kalmar Senior Center, Hwy.45 N., Eagle River, (715) 479-4522, 479-3388 or(715) 477-1165; Three Lakes Christian FoodPantry, Dick Turner, (715) 479-5381.

Gamblers Anonymous, meets Wednesdays at 7p.m. at Lac Vieux Desert Transfer Station Road,Watersmeet, Mich.

GED Preparation, through Nicolet College, avail-able at Walter E. Olson Memorial Library, EagleRiver. Joe Crownhart, instructor. Mondays,Tuesdays and Fridays, 8 a.m.-noon, and Tuesdays,4-8 p.m. Call Nicolet College at 1-(800) 544-3039,ext. 4455.

Headwaters Search & Rescue Unit, TonyCampion, member, (715) 545-2220.

Hearing Loss Assoc., meets April throughNovember, second Tuesday, 1 p.m. at AscensionLutheran Church, Minocqua, Ellen Baumann,(715) 358-5006.

The Human Service Center, P.O. Box 897, 705 E.Timber Dr., Rhinelander, WI 54501; servingOneida, Vilas and Forest counties, (715) 369-2215.

KIN Inc. (Kids In Need), 1-(800) 622-9120; freeservices for teens and families.

Koller Behavioral Health Services, P.O. Box470, 311 Elm St., Howard Young Medical Center,Woodruff, WI 54568; 356-8540. 150 Hospital Rd.,P.O. Box 446, Eagle River, WI 54521; (715) 479-

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4585. 622 Mason St., Rhinelander, WI 54501;(715) 369-2210. P.O. Box 464, Crandon, WI 54520;(715) 478-3524.

Memory Support Group, meets the fourthTuesday of each month at 1 p.m., Medical ArtsBuilding, Eagle River, Alzheimer’s Association

(715) 362-7779.Narcotics Anonymous, meets Mondays at 7 p.m.

at Koinonia Treatment Facility, 1991 WinnebagoSt., Rhinelander.

Northwest Connection Family Resources, serv-ing 14 counties, 16076 W. Hwy. 63, Hayward, WI54843, 1-(800) 733-5437, [email protected].

Northwoods Birthright Inc., 24-hour toll-free hotline, 1-(800) 550-4900; 1-(800) 848-LOVE, Natl.Life Center referrals for pregnancy tests and helpto keep babies.

Northwoods Guidance Center, 705 E. TimberDr., Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715) 362-7463.

Northwoods United Way, serving Vilas, Oneida

and Forest counties;Tracy Beckman,Rhinelander,(715) 369-0440.

Oneida County Health Department,Courthouse, Rhinelander, (715) 369-6111.

Oneida County Reproductive Health Clinic,Courthouse, Rhinelander, (715) 369-6116.

Oneida County Veterans Service Office,Courthouse, Rhinelander, (715) 369-6127.

Pregnancy Counseling, Saint Mary’s Hospital,Madison, 1-(800) 362-3382.

Project Lifesaver, providing technology to keepindividuals safe who might wander. Vilas CountySheriff’s Department, (715) 479-4441.

Salvation Army, Jackie Schmieder, Vilas & Oneida

counties, (715) 365-1539; Betty Jo Graveen, Lacdu Flambeau area, (715) 588-4204.

Tax Listing Department, Eagle River. SherryBierman, coordinator, (715) 479-3696.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly):WI 87, Eagle River, meets Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at

Eagle River City Hall; Darlene Damitz, (715) 477-2193.

WI 985, Woodruff, meets Thursdays at noon atWoodruff Senior Center; Barb, (715) 356-5088.

Tri-County Council on Domestic Violence &

Sexual Assault, serving Vilas, Oneida andForest counties, Eagle River, (715) 479-2912; P.O.Box 233, Rhinelander, WI 54501; Crandon, 478-3780. 24-hour hot line, 1-(800) 236-1222 or (715)362-6841.

Vilas County American Cancer Society, MaryKaye Sergent, (715) 479-9635 or (715) 479-0279.

Vilas County Health Department, 330 Court St.,Courthouse, Eagle River, WI 54521; (715) 479-3656.

Vilas County Nurse, Gina Egan, Courthouse,Eagle River, (715) 479-3656.

Vilas County Veterans Service Office,

Courthouse, Eagle River, (715) 479-3629.Visually Impaired Persons Support Group,

Eagle River, meetings held the fourth Tuesday of each month at Kalmar Senior Center, (715) 479-2633.

Weight Watchers, Eagle River, meetings heldTuesdays, 5:30 p.m., Riverstone Restaurant, 1-(800) 651-6000.

Women’s Health Services of 1, serving VilasCounty, 226 Hwy. 70, P.O. Box 21, St. Germain,(715) 479-7565 or (715) 479-3357.

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LIBRARIES

Boulder Junction Public Library, CommunityBuilding, Highway M, P.O. Box 9, BoulderJunction; (715) 385-2050. Member NorthernWaters Library Service (NWLS).

Library hours: Mondays, Wednesday, Fridays andSaturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Tuesdays andThursdays, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Library board: Susan Fehlandt, president; AlgarSaulic, vice president; Irene Gravelle, treasurer;Eric Johnson, secretary; and Gigi Bohm, memberat large.

Edward U. Demmer Memorial Library, 6961 W.School St., P.O. Box 760, Three Lakes, (715) 546-3391, fax: (715) 546-2930; www.demmerlibrary.org;

e-mail: [email protected]. Janet Dixon,director. Wireless Internet access available.Member Wisconsin Valley Library Service.

Library hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-8p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m.-5p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Library board: Steve Garbowicz, John Roberts,Catherine Marshall, Kathleen Olkowski, DiannaBlicharz, Sarah Ewing and Vicki Reuling.

Eleanor Ellis Public Library, 4495 Town HallRd., P.O. Box 8, Phelps, (715) 545-2887. JuneFranzen, library director; Kaye Petts, libraryclerk. Member NWLS.

Library hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and

Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Wednesdays, 2-6 p.m.;Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon.Library board: Ginny Parker, president; Luanne

Gregas, Laura Myszka, Angela Kummerow andDiane Moline.

Frank B. Koller Memorial Library, Hwy. 51between the fire station and the community cen-ter, Manitowish Waters, Box 100, (715) 543-2700.Janelle Kohl, library director; Donna Fowler,assistant librarian. Member NWLS.

Library hours (June 1-Sept. 30): Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Tuesdaysand Thursdays, noon-8 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1p.m. Library hours (Oct. 1-May 31): Mondays,

Wednesdays and Fridays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.;Saturdays, 9 a.m.-noon; Tuesdays and Thursdays,3-7 p.m.

Library board: Dick Henske, president; PaulLehmkuhl, treasurer; Helen Schmitt Erickson,Annette Tellefson, Patricia Stonehouse, JeanEales.

Lac du Flambeau Public Library, Peacepipe Rd.,P.O. Box 368, Lac du Flambeau; (715) 588-7001.Mary M. Mann, director; Barbara Vincent andRita Philemon, circulation; and AntoinetteBeaudry and Evelyn Brown, staff-assisted com-puter aides and interlibrary clerks. MemberNWLS.

Library hours: Mondays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.;Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:30-7 p.m.;

Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.and 1:30-5 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.Library board: Brenda Saglin, president; Al

Bauman, secretary-treasurer; Mary Ann Miller,Johnna Clah, Linda Sache and school representa-tive Laverne Poupart.

Wireless Internet access available.Land O’ Lakes Public Library, 4242 Hwy. B, P.O.

Box 450, Land O’ Lakes; (715) 547-6006. JulieZelten, director; Karen Weber-Mendham, chil-dren’s services; and Frisk Miller, technical ser-vices. Member NWLS.

Library hours: Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays,9 a.m.-noon; Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays,

9 a.m.-5 p.m.Library board: Cindy Geib, president; William Rose,Orlando Alfonso, Rosalie Forassiepi, GordonJohnson, Peter Dring and Shelley Petersen.

Minocqua Public Library, 415 Menominee St.,Suite B, Minocqua; (715) 356-4437; fax (715) 358-2873; e-mail [email protected]; Web siteminocqualibrary.org. Cindy Wendt, adult services;and Mary Taylor, director and children’s services.Library board: Jack Hallock, president; CatherineGelinas, Pat Pechura, Jean Mejerle, RobertEckert, Tom Garry and Laura Mendez. MemberWVLS.

Library hours: Mondays,Tuesdays, Wednesdays and

Thursdays, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.;Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Closed some holidayweekends, call to inquire.

Northern Waters Library Service, 3200 E.Lakeshore Dr., Ashland, WI 54806, (715) 682-2365.

Serving the libraries and residents of Vilas,Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Sawyerand Washburn counties.

Walter E. Olson Memorial Library, 203 N. MainSt., P.O. Box 69, Eagle River, (715) 479-8070,Diana Anderson, director; Patricia Lamon, techni-cal services/children’s services; Mickee

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Stuckemeyer, interlibrary loan/volunteers/techni-cal services/administrative assistant; Don Barlou,maintenance. Member NWLS.

Library hours: Mondays, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Tuesdays,Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.;Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Library board: Pamela Heeg, Jim Croker, GeorgeZima, Tina Koller, Sandra Slagle, EdithKukanich, Jill Kunes, Ed Johnston, Dennis Doud,Jill Burns and Richard Held.

Plum Lake Public Library, 239 Hwy. 155, Sayner,(715) 542-2020. Ida Nemec, director; Nancy Minx,technical librarian.

Summer hours: Mondays, Wednesdays andThursdays, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Tuesdays, Fridays andSaturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Winter hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-7p.m.; Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays andSaturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; closed Sundays.

Library board: Charles Figer, president; Dan Sukow,

Sue Kurth, Nancy Nagel and Jennifer Raatz.Presque Isle Community Library, P.O. Box 200,

8306 School Loop Rd., Presque Isle, (715) 686-7613. Pam Eschenbauch, librarian/director.

Library hours: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4-9 p.m.;Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Closed Sundays.

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Health Care NeedsResidents of and visitors to Headwaters Country

have three hospitals and several community ambu-lance services to take care of their immediate health-care needs.

Serving the area are:• Ministry Eagle River Memorial Hospital, 201

Hospital Road, Eagle River, (715) 479-7411.• Howard Young Medical Center, 240 Maple St.,

Woodruff, 356-8000.• Ministry Saint Mary’s Hospital, 2251 North

Shore Drive, Rhinelander, (715) 361-2000.Also serving north-central Wisconsin is Aspirus

Wausau Hospital, 333 Pine Ridge Blvd., Wausau.Phone (715) 847-2121 or 1-(800) 283-2881 for gener-al information.

Special health-care needs are also providedthrough nursing homes, private medical clinics, den-tal offices, optometrists and other specialists.

Ministry Eagle RiverMemorial Hospital

Data: Located at 201 Hospital Rd., Eagle River,phone (715) 479-7411. Ministry Eagle RiverMemorial Hospital (MERMH) is a 25-bed facility.

It was built in 1961 and affiliated with HowardYoung Health Care (HYHC) in 1987. ThroughHoward Young, the hospital is affiliated with theMedical College of Wisconsin. Housed inside thehospital building is the Kalmar Clinic, whichincludes Northwoods Family Orthopedics,Cardiovascular Associates of Northern Wisconsin,Northern Wisconsin Bone & Joint Center,Northern Orthotic and Prosthetic Center,Gastrointestinal Associates SC, ComprehensiveFoot and Ankle Care and Beltone HearingServices. In 2001, Eagle River Memorial Hospitalbecame part of Ministry Healthcare to form theNorthern Region, made up of MERMH, Howard

Young Medical Center, Ministry Saint Mary’sHospital in Rhinelander, Ministry Sacred Heart inTomahawk and Ministry Medical Groups.

Services Offered: Laboratory (general lab testing,pathology, cytology, transfusion medicine), outpa-tient care (cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation,day surgery, orthopedic surgery, diabetes manage-ment, 24-hour emergency services, occupationalhealth, pulmonary function testing), radiology(general radiology, mammography, ultrasound,mobile MRI, bone density, CT, vascular ultra-sound), physical rehabilitation (physical therapy,occupational therapy, speech and languagepathology) and support services (dietary and

nutrition, pain management, lifeline, spiritualservices, palliative care, respiratory therapy).

History: In the 1950s, the need for a modern hospi-tal in Eagle River was rapidly becoming apparent.

H.S. Tuttle, an Eagle River resident, came for-ward and donated the property where the hospitalwas built and a building fund was established tosecure $355,000. On Sept. 20, 1961, Eagle RiverMemorial Hospital opened its doors. In 1977, dueto the generosity of Col. Norman C. Kalmar, hiswife, Ethel, and the Walter Olson Foundation, thehospital was updated to include a new emergencyroom, medical library, cardiopulmonary rehabili-tation, an ambulance port and the addition of theKalmar Clinic with physician suites.

Marshfield ClinicEagle River Center

Data: Marshfield Clinic Eagle River Center, 500Commerce Loop (Tamarack Business Park), EagleRiver, joined the Marshfield Clinic system in 1998and is staffed by a family practice physician, Afamily health physician assistant, as well ashealth-care specialists from Marshfield ClinicMinocqua Center in Minocqua. The center is openfrom 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.For appointments, call (715) 479-0400 or 1-(800)782-8581.

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Services Offered: Family health, obstetrics andgynecology, urology, pediatrics, orthopaedics,nutrition and weight-management services. Lab,radiology and EKG services, mobile bone densityand mammography. Cardiology services areoffered by Dr. Richard Reinhart in Eagle River atthe Ministry Medical Group Eagle River Centerand Ministry Eagle River Memorial Hospital.

Staff Members: Diane Hrdina, M.D., familymedicine; Jill Brunstad, physician assistant, fam-ily practice; John Twelmeyer, OB/GYN; JenniferDodge, physician assistant, urology; JoannaGudel, M.D., pediatrics; Hugh Bogumill, M.D.,orthopaedics; Diane Johnson, clinical dietitian,certified diabetes educator; Renee Trapp, nutri-tion education, weight management.

Family Health ClinicsAspirus has four locations in the North Woods. Land O’ Lakes — 4348 Hwy. B. Clinic hours: Mon.-

Fri., 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (715) 547-6118. Phelps — 2383 Hwy. 17. Clinic hours: Mon.-Fri., 8

a.m.-5 p.m. (715) 545-2710. Rhinelander — 1630 N. Chippewa Dr. Clinic

hours: Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (715) 361-5480. Three Lakes — 6951 S. Michigan St. Clinic hours:

8 a.m.-4 :30 p.m. (715) 546-2543.Services Offered: Family physicians and nurse

practitioners provide health care for the entirefamily.

Staff: William Raduege, M.D., Land O’ Lakes; HollyBeede-McKinney, nurse practitioner, Land O’Lakes; James Zelinski, M.D., Phelps; DebraSchepker, nurse practitioner, Phelps; WilliamGustafson, M.D., Rhinelander; Thomas Marren,M.D., Rhinelander; Jolene Kopplin, nurse practi-

tioner, Rhinelander; Brian Erdmann, M.D.; KimErdmann, M.D., Three Lakes.

Special Features: As part of the CommunityHealth Care system, the clinics have access to theresources of a comprehensive network of physi-cians, nurse practitioners, clinics, hospitals andhome-care agencies to provide contemporary, cost-effective health care.

Howard YoungMedical Center

Data: Located at 240 Maple Street, P.O. Box 470,Woodruff. Phone (715) 356-8000. Howard Young

Medical Center (HYMC), a 99-bed acute-carefacility, is part of the Ministry Health Care (MHC)System and is affiliated with the Medical Collegeof Wisconsin.

Services Offered: Laboratory (comprehensive lab-oratory testing, pathology, cytology, transfusionmedicine, microbiology), radiology (mammogra-phy, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, mobile MRI,bone density, CT, stereotactic breast procedures,interventional procedures), obstetrical services

(birthing center, prenatal classes, lactation educa-tion), surgical services (general surgery, podiatry,ENT (ear, nose and throat), obstetrics, gynecology,orthopedic (including total joint replacement),vascular ultrasound, urology, pacemaker inser-

tion), support services (dietary and nutrition, dia-betes education, pain management, lifeline, pal-liative care, spiritual services, respiratory thera-py, sleep lab), outpatient care (day surgery, dia-betes management, cardiac and pulmonary reha-bilitation, 24-hour emergency services, hemodial-ysis, occupational health, pulmonary functiontesting, wound ostomy and continence program),physical rehabilitation (physical therapy, occupa-tional therapy, speech and language pathology,prosthetics, orthopedics), Ministry home care(home health and hospice).

History: This medical complex, built in the ruralsetting of Wisconsin’s North Woods, was madepossible by the late Howard Young, multimillion-

aire. He was an art dealer in New York, as well asa visitor to Minocqua and a summer home ownerfor 65 years. Young died June 23, 1972, at the ageof 94. In his will, he left $20 million to build a newhospital if the name would be changed fromLakeland Memorial Hospital to the HowardYoung Medical Center. Howard Young MedicalCenter opened its doors in 1977. Elizabeth Taylor,

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actress and great-niece of Howard Young was inattendance at the grand opening. One of televi-sion’s best-known hosts, Ralph Edwards, was alsothere. Edwards helped in the original fundrais-ing building campaign for Lakeland MemorialHospital. In 1954, Edwards had heard the story of

Dr. Kate, the Penny Parade, the hospital and thecommunity’s outpouring of help. He featured Dr.Kate Pelham Newcomb on his television program.Within a few days of the appeal on his popularshow, 60 sacks of mail had arrived at the Woodruff

Post Office — sacks of letters and postcards all con-taining pennies and other forms of money.Remarkably, $106,000 had been donated (10.6million pennies) throughout the country and frompeople around the world.

Ministry

Medical GroupData: Ministry Medical Group (MMG) is a part of Ministry Health Care’s Physician Division, amajor multispecialty health-care provider in theNorth Woods. There are seven satellite offices:Eagle River, 930 E. Wall St., (715) 477-3000;Rhinelander, 2251 North Shore Dr., (715) 361-4700; Rhinelander-Riverside, 1020 Kabel Ave.,361-4700; Crandon, 400 W. Glen St., (715) 478-3318; Tomahawk, 401 W. Mohawk Dr., (715) 453-7200; and Woodruff, 240 Maple St., (715) 356-8920; and Laona, 4876 Mill St., (715) 674-5233.

Services Offered: Multispeciality services offeredin Eagle River include two full-time family prac-

tice physicians, one part-time pediatrician andone full-time nurse practitioner. Specialists whoroutinely rotate to Eagle River include general,peripheral, vascular and thoracic surgery; inter-nal medicine; rheumatology; audiology; ears, noseand throat (ENT); behavioral health and women’shealth. Specialists available for referral at MMGinclude OB/GYN, urology, behavioral health andorthopedics.

History: MMG’s roots began in the early 1900swhen two early pioneers, Dr. Irving Schiek Sr. andDr. Warner Bump, came to northern Wisconsin,each establishing their own clinics, which mergedin 1985. An affiliation took place with Ministry

Health Care in 1998. Ministry Health Care hashospitals in Eagle River, Woodruff,Tomahawk andRhinelander.

MinistrySaint Mary’s Hospital

Data: The facility is located at 2251 North ShoreDrive (east side of Rhinelander off Hwy. C andLincoln St.), phone (715) 361-2000 or 1-(800) 578-0840. Ministry Saint Mary’s Hospital, a 73-bedsecondary-care facility is a member of theMinistry Health Care System, with hospitals and

clinics located in Wisconsin and Minnesota.Services Offered: 24-hour emergency room with

hospital-based ambulance service; urgent careavailable Mondays through Fridays, 7:30 a.m.-7p.m. and Saturdays, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; compre-hensive secondary-care services including estab-lished regional cancer treatment center, withapproval by the Department of Health & SocialServices and Cooperative Oncology Group; radia-tion therapy center; rehabilitation center offeringphysical therapy, speech therapy, occupationaltherapy, athletic trainers and “Return-To-Work”program and occupational health services; car-diopulmonary rehabilitation; patient and familyservices; 100% digital imaging, including ACR-approved mammography service, fixed based CT,

and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); diabetescenter; Lifeline; pain clinic; outpatient and inpa-tient behavioral health care. Community services:Community Link Coordinator — 361-2040 or 1-(800) 242-9252; Palliative Care Coordinator —(715) 361-2105 or 1-(800) 242-9252.

Medical Services: The hospital’s medical staff pro-vides the following physician specialties: internalmedicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics,oncology, anesthesiology, cardiology, dermatology,ENT, family practice, general and vascularsurgery, neurology, orthopedic surgery, pain man-

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agement, pathology, physiatry (physicalmedicine), psychiatry, radiation oncology, radiolo-gy, rheumatology and urology.

Lillian Kerr Healthcare

Center by RennesData: Lillian Kerr Healthcare Center is located

across from North Twin Lake in Phelps. Thisunique facility is the site of Lillian Kerr Health-care Center, Aspirus Pharmacy, Phelps Clinic,Lillian Kerr Outpatient Rehabilitation Centerand Phelps Senior/Community Center. The facili-ty serves residents of Vilas and sur-roundingcounties in Wisconsin and Iron, Ontonagon andGogebic counties in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Services: Lillian Kerr Healthcare Center is an 64-bed, Medicare-certified skilled nursing facility.

Physical, occupational and speech therapy areoffered five days a week for outpatients of all agesand skilled nursing home residents. The facility isthe only Medicare-certified nursing home in VilasCounty. Lillian Kerr offers a variety of roomarrangements, several gardens and a large reha-bilitation wing.

Employees: Lillian Kerr Healthcare Center pro-vides employment for approximately 90 people.

Special Features: Lillian Kerr HealthcareCenter’s Secure Care Unit specializes in the careof people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or adementia-related illness. Respite care has alsobecome popular for family caregivers who need a

break or who are temporarily unable to care fortheir loved ones at home. Being the onlyMedicare-certified facility in Vilas County allowsarea residents to utilize their Medicare benefitsfor nursing care,as well as inpatient or outpatientrehabilitation for occupational, physical andspeech therapy needs.

Veterans AffairsMedical Center

Data: The Department of Veterans Affairs MedicalCenter (VAMC) is located at 325 East H St., Iron

Mountain, Mich., phone (906) 774-3300 or 1-(800)215-8262. Dedicated March 5, 1950, the VAMC islocated on a 26-acre tract along the Michigan-Wisconsin border. Total counties served are 15 inthe Upper Peninsula of Michigan and 11 countiesin northeastern Wisconsin. VAMC Iron Mountainhas the largest PSA east of the Mississippi River.

The VA Medical Center is combined with a 40-bedRehabilitation and extended-care center/nursinghome care unit. The VAMC also has community-based outpatient clinics in Michigan in Ironwood,Hancock, Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie,Menomonie and in Rhinelander, Wis., and a veter-an outreach clinic in Manistique, Mich.

Services Offered: A VHA primary- and secondary-level care facility with 11 medical, one surgicaland five ICU operating beds, the VAMC is locatedin a rural, geographically remote, sparsely popu-lated area of the northern Midwest United States.

The VAMC is a part of Veterans IntegratedServices Network (VISN) 12, which includes facil-ities in Chicago and North Chicago, Ill.,Milwaukee, Madison and Tomah, Wis., and IronMountain, Mich. It provides limited emergencyand acute inpatient care, and relies heavily ontertiary facilities in VISN 12 (particularlyZablocki VAMC in Milwaukee and MiddletonVAMC in Madison) to provide higher-level emer-gency and specialty services. VAMC IronMountain employs state-of-the-art telemedicinetechnology and is a leader in rural health-caredelivery in VHA. Ambulatory and acute primaryand secondary health care is provided in areas of

medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicineand rehabilitation, neurology, oncology, dentistry,geriatrics and extended care.

Employees: The medical center has more than 600employees. The staff is complimented by approxi-mately 250 regularly scheduled volunteers whoprovide outstanding support to the patients andstaff. Many volunteers are members of veteranservice organizations.

Executive Leadership Team: William J. Caron,PT, MHA, acting medical center director; WilliamJ. Caron, PT, MHA, associate medical centerdirector; Bilal Chardhry, M.D., chief of staff; andAndrea Collins, RN, nurse executive.




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Church Church Directory Directory SHEPHERD OF THE LAKES

LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA

SHEPHERD OF THE LAKESLUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA

EAGLE RIVERBAPTIST CHURCH

EAGLE RIVERBAPTIST CHURCH

COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCHCOMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH

LAND O’ LAKESBIBLE CHURCH

LAND O’ LAKESBIBLE CHURCH

Saturday 5:30 p.m.Sunday 9 a.m.

Holy Communionat every service

Dorothy Lindstrom, Pastor

715-542-3701

2903 Main St. (Hwy. 155)Sayner

Proclaiming The Living Word

Sunday 9:45 a.m. Sunday School — all ages

11:00 a.m. Morning Worship Service7:00 p.m. Bible Study

Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting “Hour of Power”

Dave Johnson — Pastor

Second & Division St., Eagle River715-479-4986 & 715-479-4759

LAKELAND ASSEMBLY CHURCH& JC1 STUDENT MINISTRIES

LAKELAND ASSEMBLY CHURCH& JC1 STUDENT MINISTRIES

9127 Cty. Hwy. J / Woodruff / 715.356.7385

Sunday Service 10 a.m.Wednesday Activities 6:30 p.m.

Pastor Wendell Anderson • Youth Pastor Kellen Anderson

www.lakelandassembly.org

HOPE LUTHERANCHURCH

HOPE LUTHERANCHURCH

Land O’ LakesJust north of County B

on U.S. 45

5937 Hwy. 45 NorthLand O’ Lakes, Wis.

Sunday School 9 a.m.Worship Service 10 a.m.& Evening Service 6 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer 7 p.m.

Pastor Frank Puffer

715-547-3183

PIONEER LAKELUTHERAN CHURCH

PIONEER LAKELUTHERAN CHURCH

“Jesus still teaches by the water” 3675 Church Rd., Conover

PRINCE OF PEACELUTHERAN

CHURCH, ELCA

PRINCE OF PEACELUTHERAN

CHURCH, ELCA5030 Hwy. 70 West

Eagle River, WI 54521www.princeofpeace-eagleriver.org

Everyone is welcome to join us for Worship with Holy Communion

every Sunday morning at 9 a.m.Nov. - Palm Sunday and 8 a.m.

& 10 a.m. Easter day - Oct.Rev. Lloyd Leo Luedeman, Pastor

715-479-9263

DIVINE SERVICE

Sun. 9:30 a.m.

Office 906-544-2259Home 906-544-2339

Rev. John Kuziej, Pastor Phone: 715-479-4966

Sunday Worship Service9 a.m.

Holy Communionat every service.

Coffee & lunch fellowship follows worship service.

SERVICE TIMESSunday School 10 a.m.Sunday Worship 11 a.m.Sunday Eve 5 p.m.Wednesday EveBible Study & Youth Mtg. 7 p.m.

1016 Hwy. 45 South, Eagle River, WI 54521

eagleriverbaptistchurch.org

715-479-7870 Pastor Don Hawkins

PROCLAIMING “THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD” . . .

TO THE WORLD!

www.christeagleriver.org/church 715-479-8307

Service Times:Sundays: 8 and 10:45 a.m.

Summer Service Times:Sundays 8 and 10:15 a.m.

Mondays 6:30 p.m.

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EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH

THREE LAKES

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH

Sunday Worship Service 9 a.m.

Sunday School Classes for all ages 10:30 a.m.(Staffed nursry is provided for both hours)

Clear and practical Bible teaching

Dynamic youth ministries

1614 Hwy. 32, Three Lakes715-546-2000

www.tlevfree.org

St. Theresa of AvilaCatholic Church

ST. PETER THE FISHERMAN

CATHOLIC CHURCH

ST. PETER THE FISHERMAN

CATHOLIC CHURCH

St. Theresa of AvilaCatholic Church

Across from the Information Bureau

Three Lakes, Wisconsin

St. Kunegunda of Poland Catholic Church

St. Kunegunda of Poland Catholic ChurchIn Sugar Camp, Wisconsin

across from Sugar Camp Lake

Established in 1898WEEKEND MASS TIMES

Saturday 4 p.m. • Sunday 9 a.m.

RECONCILIATION

Saturday 3:15 to 3:45 p.m.

WEEKDAY MASS TIMES

Tuesday thru Friday 8 a.m.

P.O. Box 8, Three Lakes, WI 54562

715-546-2159 Fr. William G. Horath, Pastor

5001 County Hwy. G, Eagle River715-479-8704

Hwy. 45 North to Cty. Hwy. G, 1 Mile West

Saturday Mass: 4 p.m.Sunday Mass: 10 a.m.

Sunday Masses June 19 - Sept. 4, 2011

8 and 10 a.m.

OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH

MISSOURI SYNOD

OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH

MISSOURI SYNOD

“Come Worship the Living Lord”

WORSHIP TIMESSat. 7 p.m. &

Sun. 7:30 and 10 a.m.Memorial Day thru Labor Day

Rev. William J. Trosien223 Silver Lake Rd., Eagle River

715-479-6226

FAITH LUTHERAN

CHURCH ELCA

FAITH LUTHERAN

CHURCH ELCA

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday 6 p.m. • Sunday 10:30 a.m.

RECONCILIATIONSaturday 5:15 to 5:45 p.m.

NO WEEKDAY MASSES

P.O. Box 8, Three Lakes, WI 54562

715-272-1191 Fr. William G. Horath, Pastor

3245 Hwy. 17, P.O. Box 65, Phelps, WI 54554 715-545-2791

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BIBLE CHURCH

TWIN LAKES

BIBLE CHURCHA ministry of grace and truth to all through Jesus Christ, our Savior. --John 1:17

Worship Services:Sunday

Sunday School 8:45 a.m.Sunday Worship Service 10 a.m.Sunday Evening 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Evening:

Adult Bible Study/Prayer Service 6 p.m.Children/Youth Bible Study & Activity 5:30 p.m.

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6995 Hwy. 45 SouthThree Lakes, Wis.Pastor Barb Girod

Worship Sundays 9 a.m.Holy Communion is celebrated every SundaySunday School follows the Children’s Sermon

No Sunday School on first Sundays of themonth so that families can worship together.

715-546-2770 • (H) 715-546-2795

Worship Service:Sunday 8:30 & 10 a.m.

9035 Blumenstein Rd.Woodruff, WI 54568

Directions: Hwy. 70, Blumenstein Roadbetween Trig’s & Walmart

Pastor Rick GoffPhone: 715-356-4311 www.faithwoodruff.com

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Vilas CountyBoulder Junction, 5352 Cty. Hwy. M, P.O. Box286W, Boulder Junction, WI 54512; e-mail, boul-derjct@ boulderjct.org; www.boulderjct.org; 1-(800) 466-8759, (715) 385-2400.

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Eagle River Area Chamber of Commerce &Visitors Center, 201 N. Railroad St., P.O. Box1917, Eagle River, WI 54521; (715) 479-6400 or 1-(800) 359-6315; www.eagleriver.org; e-mail,[email protected].

Lac du Flambeau, 602 Peace Pipe Rd., P.O. Box456, Lac du Flambeau, WI 54558; (715) 588-3346or 1-(877) 588-3346; fax, (715) 588-9408;www.lacduflambeauchamber.com; e-mail, [email protected].

Land O’ Lakes, 6484 Hwy. 45, P.O. Box 599, LandO’ Lakes, WI 54540; (715) 547-3432 or 1-(800)236-3432; fax, (715) 547-8010; e-mail, [email protected]; www.landolakes-wi.org.

Manitowish Waters, Hwy. 51 and Airport Rd., P.O.Box 251, Manitowish Waters, WI 54545; (715) 543-8488 or 1-(888) 626-9877; fax, (715) 543-2519;e-mail, [email protected];www.mani-towishwaters.org.

Minocqua Area Chamber of Commerce, 8216Hwy. 51, P.O. Box 1006, 8216 Hwy. 51, Minocqua,WI 54548; (715) 356-5266, 1-(800) 44-NORTH;fax, (715) 358-2446; www.minocqua.org.

Phelps, 2299 Hwy. 17, P.O. Box 217, Phelps,WI 54554; (715) 545-3800 or 1-(877) 669-7077;www.phelpscofc.org; e-mail, [email protected].

Presque Isle, 8305 Main St., P.O. Box 135, PresqueIsle, WI 54557; (715) 686-2910; 1-(888) 835-6508;e-mail, [email protected], www.presqueisle.com.

St. Germain, 473 Hwy 70 E, P.O. Box 155, St.Germain, WI 54558; (715) 477-2205 or 1-(800)

727-7203; fax (715) 542-3423; www.st-germain.com; e-mail, [email protected] Lake, 325 Main St., P.O. Box 191,

Sayner, WI 54560; (715) 542-3789; e-mail, [email protected], www.sayner-starlake.org;

Vilas County Chamber of Commerce, 330 CourtSt., Courthouse, Eagle River, WI 54521; (715) 479-3649.

Vilas County Tourism & Publicity, 330 Court St.,Courthouse, Eagle River, WI 54521; 1-(800) 236-3649 or (715) 479-3649; www.vilas.org; e-mail,[email protected].

Winchester, 10315 County Hwy. W, HC2 Box 483,Winchester, WI 54557; (715) 686-2232; www.winch-

ester-wi.org; e-mail, [email protected].

Oneida CountyMinocqua-Arbor Vitae-Woodruff, P.O. Box 1006,

Minocqua, WI 54548; (715) 356-5266; 1-(800) 44-NORTH; www.minocqua.org.

Oneida County Tourism Council, P.O. Box 795,Rhinelander, WI 54501; 1-(800) 236-3006;www.oneidacountywi.com; e-mail, [email protected].

Pelican Lake Chamber of Commerce, ConnieBrayton, president, P.O. Box 45, Pelican Lake, WI54463; (715) 487-5222; www.pelicanlakewi.org; e-mail, [email protected].

Rhinelander Area Chamber of Commerce, P.O.Box 795, Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 365-7464;1-(800) 236-4-FUN (4386); fax (715) 365-7467;www.rhinelanderchamber.com; e-mail, [email protected].

Three Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce andWelcome Center Inc., 1704 Superior St., P.O. Box268, Three Lakes, WI 54562; (715) 546-3344 or 1-(800) 972-6103; www.threelakes.com; e-mail, [email protected]; Director, Skip Brunswick.




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Alvin — Alvin Cemetery, Arnold Stapelton, (715)545-2745.

Arbor Vitae — Sunset Memorial MunicipalCemetery, S. Farming Rd., town offices, (715) 356-3120.

Boulder Junction — Cemetery of the Pines, Hwy.K, Bob Ohlsson, (715) 385-2474.

Cassian — Union Grove Cemetery, Lakewood Rd.,Mike Winter, (715) 282-7537.

Clearwater Lake — Clearwater Lake Cemetery,Viola “Tuss” Platzke, (715) 479-7015.

Conover — Hildegard Cemetery, Hwy. K, Alvin orRita Hogenmiller, (715) 479-4959.

Eagle River — Eagle River Cemetery, E. Wall St.,

Tom Lorch, (715) 479-8169; St. Peter’s Cemetery,E. Wall St., Art Zyhowski, (715) 479-8194.

Hazelhurst — Whispering Pines Cemetery andLakeside Cemetery, Paul Fuhrman, (715) 356-3823 or town office, (715) 356-5800.

Lac du Flambeau — Memorial Cemetery, Hwy. 47,town clerk, (715) 588-3358.

Lake Tomahawk — Wilderness Rest Cemetery,Hwy. 47, Jeff Bowen, (715) 277-2306.

Land O’ Lakes — Oak Hill Cemetery, Hwy. B, SamOtterpohl, (715) 547-6714.

Manitowish Waters — Pine Lawn Cemetery, Hwy.51, Chuck Kramer, (715) 543-2707.

Minocqua — Minocqua Memorial Cemetery, BlueLake Rd., Willard Strasburg, (715) 356-3625.Monico — Monico Cemetery, Robert Briggs, (715)

487-5209.Newbold — Newbold Memorial Cemetery, Black

Lake Rd., Jeff Bowen, (715) 277-2306.Phelps — Phelps Cemetery, Hwy. 17 N., town shop,

(715) 545-2471.Plum Lake — Plum Lake Municipal Cemetery,

Sayner site — Lake Street; Plum Lake MunicipalCemetery, Star Lake site — intersection of hwys.N and K, Doug McKay, (715) 542-3302.

Presque Isle — Evergreen Cemetery, Hwy. W,Frank Jirikowic, (715) 686-2810.

Rhinelander — Forest Home Cemetery, Newelland Coon streets, Gunder Paulsen, sexton, (715)362-4174 or (715) 493-7443; Northland GardensChapel Mausoleum and Northland MemorialPark, corner of Lake Thompson Rd. and North

Shore Dr., town of Pelican, Greg Umland, (715)369-2504; St. Mary’s-St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Hwy.8, Greg Umland, (715) 369-2504.

St. Germain — St. Germain Cemetery, Hwy. 70 W.,Jerry Eliason, (715) 542-3604.

Star Lake — Star Lake Cemetery, Doug McKay,(715) 542-3302.

Sugar Camp — St. Kunegunda Cemetery, 6895Hwy. 17 N., Joe Thorn, (715) 272-1473; SugarCamp Memorial Cemetery, Mike Kortenhof, sex-tant, (715) 482-4447.

Three Lakes — Three Lakes Cemetery, Hwy. 45,town offices, (715) 546-3316.

Winchester — Winchester Cemetery, Harris Lake

Rd., Norbert Baeseman, (715) 686-2531(evenings).

Woodruff — St. Patrick’s Cemetery-Woodruff, HolyFamily Church, Rev. Bernard Byrne or Karen,(715) 356-6284; Evergreen Cemetery, hwys. 51and J, Evelyn Lee, town clerk, (715) 356-9421 or(715) 356-2037; Forest Garden Cemetery, N. TownLine Rd., Pete Blazkowski (715) 356-6715.

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Elected State OfficialsGovernor Scott Walker, Office of the Governor,

P.O. Box 7863, Madison, WI 53707; (608) 266-1212; fax (608) 267-8983.

Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, Officeof the Lieutenant Governor, P.O. Box 2043,Madison, WI 53701; (608) 266-3516; fax (608) 267-3571.

Secretary of State Douglas LaFollette, P.O. Box7848, Madison, WI 53707; (608) 266-8888; fax(608) 266-3159.

State Treasurer Kurt Schuller, P.O. Box 7871,Madison, WI 53707; (608) 266-1714; fax (608) 266-

2647.Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, P.O. Box7857, Madison, WI 53707; (608) 266-1221; fax(608) 267-2779.

State Superintendent of Public InstructionTony Evers, P.O. Box 7841, Madison, WI 53707;(608) 266-1771; fax (608) 266-5188.

“Know Your Lawmakers”President of the United States Barack H.

Obama, The White House, 1600 PennsylvaniaAve. NW, Washington, D.C. 20500; (202) 456-1414.

United States Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510;(202) 224-3121.

U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, 330 Hart Senate OfficeBuilding,Washington, D.C. 20510; (202) 224-5653;1-(800) 247-5645.

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, 2 Russell Courtyard,Washington, D.C. 20510; (202) 224-5323.

United States House of Representatives,Washington, D.C. 20515; (202) 224-3121.

U.S. Representative Sean Duffy, 1208 Long-worth House Office Building, Washington, D.C.20515; (202) 225-3365; district office (715) 298-9344.

U.S. Representative Reid Ribble, 1513 Long-worth House Office Building, Washington, D.C.20515; (202) 225-5665; district office (920) 380-0061.

Wisconsin Senate, P.O. Box 7882, Madison, WI53707; (608) 266-2517.

State Senator Jim Holperin, P.O. Box 7882,Madison, WI 53707; (608) 266-2509; fax (608) 267-0309.

Wisconsin Assembly, P.O. Box 8952 (letters A-L);or P.O. Box 8953 (letters M-Z), Madison, WI53708; (608) 266-1501.

State Representative Dan Meyer, P.O. Box 8953,Madison, WI 53708; (608) 266-7141; fax (608) 282-3634.

State Legislative Hot Line, 1-(800) 362-9472.

State Departments,Bureaus & Agencies

Administration, Department of, Mike Huebsch,secretary; 101 E. Wilson St., Madison, WI 53703;(608) 266-1741; fax (608) 267-3842.

Aging and Long-Term Care, Board on, HeatherBruemmer, executive director; 1402 Pankratz St.,Ste. 111, Madison, WI 53704; (715) 246-7014; fax(608) 246-7001.

Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection,Department of, Ben Brancel, secretary; P.O. Box8911, Madison, WI 53708; (608) 224-5015; fax(608) 224-5013.

Better Business Bureau, (414) 847-6000; (800)273-1002.

Commerce, Department of, Paul Jadin, secre-tary;P.O.Box 7970, Madison, WI 53707; (608) 266-7088; fax (608) 266-3447.

Consumer Protection Hot Line, 1-(800) 422-7128.

Court of Appeals, John Voelker, clerk; P.O. Box1688, Madison, WI 53701; (608) 266-1880; fax(608) 267-0640.

Elections Division, Government Account-ability Board, Nathaniel Robinson, administra-tor; P.O. Box 7984, Madison, WI 53707; (608) 267-0715; fax (608) 267-0500.

Gaming, Division of, Steve Knudson, administra-tor; P.O. Box 8979, Madison, WI 53708; (608) 270-2534; fax (608) 270-2579.

Health Services, Department of, Dennis Smith,secretary; P.O. Box 7850, Madison, WI 53707;(608) 266-9622; fax (608) 266-7882.

Historical Society, Wisconsin, Ellsworth Brown,director; 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706; (608)264-6400; fax (608) 264-6542.

Insurance Commissioner, Office of, TheodoreNickel, commissioner; P.O. Box 7873, Madison, WI

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53707; (608) 267-3782; fax (608) 261-8579.

Justice, Department of, J.B. Van Hollen, attorney

general; P.O. Box 7857, Madison, WI 53707; (608)

266-1221; fax (608) 267-2779.

Lawyer Regulation, Office of , Keith Sellen,

director; 110 E. Main St., Ste. 315, Madison, WI53703; (608) 267-7400; fax (608) 267-1959.

Military Affairs, Department of, Brig. Gen.

Donald Dunbar, adjutant general; P.O. Box 14587,

Madison, WI 53708; (608) 242-3001; fax (608) 242-

3111.

Natural Resources, Department of, Cathy

Stepp, secretary; P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI

53707; (608) 267-7556; fax (608) 266-6983.

Public Defender, Office of the State, Nicholas

Chiarkas, state public defender; P.O. Box 7923,

Madison, WI 53707; (608) 266-0087; fax (608) 267-

0584.

Public Service Commission, Eric Callisto, chair-

man; P.O. Box 7854, Madison, WI 53707; (608)

267-7897; fax (608) 266-1401.

Regulation and Licensing, Department of,

Dave Ross, secretary; P.O. Box 8935, Madison, WI

53708; (608) 266-1352; fax (608) 261-2381.

Revenue, Department of, Rick Chandler, secre-

tary;P.O. Box 8933, Madison,WI 53708; (608) 266-

6466; fax (608) 266-5718.

Supreme Court, Shirley Abrahamson, chief jus-

tice; P.O. Box 1688, Madison, WI 53701; (608) 266-

1885; fax (608) 261-8299.

Tourism, Department of, Stephanie Klett, secre-

tary;P.O. Box 8690, Madison,WI 53708; (608) 266-

2345; fax (608) 266-3403.

Transportation, Department of, Mark Gottlieb,

secretary; P.O. Box 7910, Madison, WI 53707;

(608) 266-1114; fax (608) 266-9912.

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Wisconsin Congressional Districts

SenatorsU.S. Senate

Washington, D.C. 20510

Herbert H. Kohl (D),Milwaukee

Ron Johnson (R),

Milwaukee

District1. Paul Ryan (R), Janesville2. Tammy Baldwin (D), Madison3. Ron Kind (D), La Crosse4. Gwendolynne Moore (D), Milwaukee5. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R), Menomonee Falls6. Thomas Petri (R), Fond du Lac7. Sean Duffy (R), Wausau8. Reid Ribble (R), Appleton

RepresentativesU.S. House of Representatives

Washington, D.C. 20515

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University of Wisconsin System, Kevin Reilly,president; 1720 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Dr.,Madison, WI 53706; (608) 262-2321; fax (608) 262-3985.

Veterans Affairs, Department of, KennethBlack, secretary; P.O. Box 7843, Madison, WI53707; (608) 266-4838; fax (608) 264-7616.

Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, 401 N. LawnAve., Madison, WI 53704; (608) 241-9789; fax(608) 241-5807.

Wisconsin Technical College System, DanielClancy, president; P.O. Box 7874, Madison, WI53707; (608) 266-7983; fax (608) 266-1285.

Workforce Development, Department of,Manny Perez, secretary; P.O. Box 7946, Madison,WI 53707; (608) 267-1410; fax (608) 266-1784. SEN. JIM HOLPERIN REP.. DAN MEYER

34th AssemblyDistrict

Rep. Dan Meyer(R-Eagle River)

12th Senate DistrictSen. Jim Holperin

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Recreation Aboundsin Headwaters Region

The Headwaters Country is one of the most out-standing recreational regions in the Midwest. Thenatural resources, featuring beautiful lakes, vastforests and great scenery, attract thousands of vaca-tioners each year to Vilas and Oneida counties.

Vilas County boasts more than 500 named lakes,about 800 other lakes dotting the countryside and 73named streams and rivers. In addition, OneidaCounty has more than 400 named lakes, 800 otherlakes and 51 named streams.

Fishing and other water-oriented sports, such as

boating, canoeing, sailing, waterskiing and swim-ming are the main attractions to this land of lakes.Fishing for walleye and muskie get the top bill here,but there are also northern pike, large- and small-mouth bass, trout and many species of panfish.

If it’s walleye you’re after, 389 of the 1,207 (32%)walleye lakes in Wisconsin are located in Vilas andOneida counties. This is also the place to fish formuskie, as 368 of the state’s 703 (52%) muskie lakesare located in Vilas and Oneida counties.

The streams and rivers offer some of the best troutfishing and canoeing in the Midwest. The mightyWisconsin River, which has its source at Lac VieuxDesert near Phelps, winds its way through both

counties.Besides water recreation, this huge parkland

boasts hundreds of miles of hiking trails, more than1,000 miles of scenic hard-surfaced roads for bikers,dozens of cross-country ski trails and more than1,000 miles of groomed snowmobile trails.

This is a complete recreational vacation land, asthere are also 17 golf courses (15 public) in Vilas andOneida counties, tennis courts, community parks,picnic areas and ball fields.

The following is a list of lakes over 1,000 and 500acres, golf courses, parks and beaches, and winterrecreational opportunities in Oneida and Vilas coun-ties.

Lakes and StreamsOneida County Lakes Over 1,000 Acres: Clear

(1,049), Minocqua (1,285), Nokomis (1,950),Pelican (3,585), Planting Ground (1,014), RainbowFlowage (2,035), Rhinelander Flowage (1,326),Rice Flowage (1,150), Squirrel (1,352), Thunder(1,768), Tomahawk (3,627) and Willow Flowage(5,134).

Oneida County Lakes Over 500 Acres: Big (866),Big Fork (624), Big Stone (567), Buckskin (634),Columbus (670), Crescent (612), Dam (716),Katherine (555), Kewaguesaga (801), Long (588),

Sand (544), Shishebogama (716), Squaw (785),

Sugar Camp (545) and Two Sisters (705).Vilas County Lakes Over 1,000 Acres: Big ArborVitae (1,090), Big St. Germain (1,617), Big Sand(1,408), Catfish (1,012), Crawling Stone (1,466),Fence (3,555), Flambeau (1,176), Ike Walton(1,424), Island (1,023), Lac Vieux Desert (4,300),Plum (1,108), Pokegama (1,052), Presque Isle(1,280), Star (1,150), Trout (3,816), North Twin(2,788) and White Sand (1,229).

Vilas County Lakes Over 500 Acres: Ballard(505), Big (850), Big Crooked (682), BigMuskellunge (930), Big Portage (638), Birch (528),Black Oak (584), Boulder (524), Clear (555), Crab(949), Cranberry (956), Eagle (572), Harris (507),

High (734), Kentuck (957), Laura (599), LittleArbor Vitae (534), Little St. Germain (980), LittleTrout (978), Long (872), Lost (544), ManitowishWaters (506), Ninemile (646), Oxbow (511),Palmer (635), Rest (640), Smoky (610), Stormy(522), South Twin (642) and White Sand (728).

Streams: Oneida County has 51 trout streams andVilas County has 73 streams, with a majority of the streams boasting high numbers of brook trout,average numbers of brown trout and some rain-bow trout. Some of the larger rivers and streams— such as the Deerskin and Manitowish rivers in




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Vilas County, the Tomahawk and Pelican rivers inOneida County, and the Wisconsin River in bothcounties — offer excellent canoeing.

Golf Courses19th Hole Par-3 Golf Course, 9067 Hwy. 70 W., St.

Germain, (715) 542-4042, nine-hole public par-3course.

Big Sand Lake Golf Course, 4710 Airport Ln.,Phelps, (715) 545-2484, nine-hole public course.

Big Stone Golf and Country Club, 846 Golf Course Loop, Three Lakes, (715) 546-2880, nine-hole public course.

Eagle River Municipal Golf Course, 527McKinley Blvd., Eagle River, (715) 479-8111, 18-hole public course.

Gateway Golf Course, 2146 Hwy. B, Land O’Lakes, (715) 547-3929, nine-hole public course.

George Young Recreational Complex, Young’sLane, Iron River, Mich., (906) 265-3401, 18-hole

public course.Lac Vieux Desert Golf Course, N-5383 Hwy. 45,

Watersmeet, Mich., (906) 358-0303, 18-hole publiccourse.

Lake Forest Recreation Area, Golf View Rd.,Eagle River, (715) 479-4211, nine-hole publiccourse.

Minocqua Country Club, 9229 Country Club Rd.,Minocqua, (715) 356-5217, private course.

Pinewood Golf & Country Club, 4705 LakewoodRd., Harshaw, (715) 282-5500, 18-hole publiccourse.

Plum Lake Golf Club, 3160 Clubhouse Rd.,Sayner, (715) 542-2598, nine-hole public course.

Rhinelander Country Club, Hwy. W,Rhinelander, 362-2046, 18-hole private course.

Rhinelander Northwoods Golf Course, 6301Hwy. 8 W., Rhinelander, (715) 282-6565, 18-holepublic course.

St. Germain Golf Club, Hwy. 70 W., St. Germain,(715) 542-2614, 18-hole public course.

Timber Ridge Golf Club, 10030 Timber RidgeRd., Minocqua, (715) 356-9502, 18-hole publiccourse.

Trout Lake Golf Club, AV3800 Hwy. 51 N.,Woodruff, (715) 385-2730, 18-hole public course.

Wildwood Golf Course, 10080 Hwy. 70 W.,Minocqua, (715) 356-3477, nine-hole public

course.

Parks and BeachesAlman Recreation Area, Rhinelander, located

south of the city on Buck Lake off Hwy. G, facilityincludes a beach, picnic area and hiking trails.

Big Arbor Vitae Park and Beach, Arbor Vitae,located on the north end of Big Arbor Vitae Lake,state facility includes picnic tables and grills, boatlanding, swimming beach, rest rooms and drink-ing water.

Black Oak Lake Park and Beach, Land O’ Lakes,located five miles west of town on Hwy. B, facility

includes swimming beach, boat landing, picnictables, drinking water and rest rooms.

Boulder Junction Community Ballpark,Boulder Junction, located on Hwy. M, parkincludes ball diamond, two tennis courts, sandvolleyball court, skateboard area and rest rooms.

Brandy Lake Park, Woodruff, located north of Woodruff on Lemma Creek Rd., facility includes a

public beach with lifeguards on Brandy Lake, aball diamond, tennis courts, changing room, restrooms and picnic facilities.

Don Burnside Recreational Park, Three Lakes,located west of town along Hwy. A, includes fourball fields for softball, Little League and baseball,a volleyball court, three tennis courts with lights,soccer fields, playground, shelter, rest rooms,grills and picnic tables.

Clear Lake Park and Beach, Woodruff, locatedeast of town off Hwy. J, state facility includes pic-nic tables and grills, swimming area, rest roomsand drinking water.

Conover Town Park, Conover, located east of town

on Hwy. K, park includes shelter, ballpark, soccerfields, horseshoe pits, picnic tables, concessionbuilding and playground equipment.

Crystal Lake Park and Beach, Sayner, locatedwest of town on Hwy. N, state facility includes pic-nic tables and grills, swimming beach, drinkingwater and toilets.

Donald “Pike” Dyer Park, (known as the T-Docks)located in the city of Eagle River on Yellow BirchLake, part of the Eagle River Chain of Lakes,includes a boat landing and parking area, restrooms, picnic tables, grills, walk paths and a bar-rier-free pier.

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Eagle Lake County Park and Beach, located justoff of Chain O’ Lakes Rd. north of Eagle River,facility includes boat landing and dock, beach (nolifeguards), shelter, picnic tables, grills and restrooms.

Eagle River Skateboard Park, located behind the

Eagle River City Hall. The park area behind cityhall also includes a youth football field, T-ball/softball field, ice skating rink and play-ground.

Eagle River Tennis Courts, Eagle River, locatedat the corner of Division and Forest streets, fea-tures four tennis courts with cyclone fencing andlights. Administered by Greater Eagle RiverTennis Association (GERTA).

Hodag Park and Public Beach, Rhinelander,located on Boom Lake, facility includes publicbeach with lifeguards, boat landing, tennis courts,ball fields, playground, pavilion, picnic tables andgrills and rest rooms.

Hunter Lake Park and Beach, Conover, locatedfour miles southwest of Conover, county facilityincludes a beach, boat landing, picnic tables andtoilets.

Indian Mounds Park and Beach, located onIsland Lake just east of Manitowish Waters, statefacility includes picnic tables and grills, restrooms, beach and drinking water.

Kiwanis Park, Eagle River, located on MinnesotaSt. on city’s northwest side, includes playgroundequipment for youngsters and basketball court.

Lake Tomahawk Park and Beach, LakeTomahawk, located northwest of Lake Tomahawkjust off Hwy. 47, state facility includes swimming

area, picnic tables and grills, rest rooms, boatlanding and drinking water.

Land O’ Lakes Memorial Park, Land O’ Lakes,located west of town on Bluebird Ln., includesCurt Sparks Pavilion with kitchen facilities,Grubel Field, Rev. Fred I. Babcock Kiddie Park,paved tennis courts, ball field, horseshoe pits, pic-nic tables and rest rooms.

Little Star Lake Park and Beach, ManitowishWaters, state facility is located just east of Manitowish Waters off Hwy. 51, includes swim-ming area, picnic table and grills, drinking waterand rest rooms.

Nichols Lake Park and Beach, Boulder Junction,

located just off Hwy. H west of the community,state facility includes swimming area, picnictables, grills, drinking water and rest rooms.

Oldenburg Sports Park, Eagle River, located onHighway G, facility includes youth soccer fields,Little League baseball, softball fields and conces-sion building.

Pioneer Park, Rhinelander, located on OneidaAve., facility includes a softball field, tenniscourts, playground equipment, museum, picnicarea, rest rooms and an ice rink in the winter.

Fran Richter Memorial Ball Fields, Eagle River,located along Hwy. 70 W., area includes two ball

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fields for men’s and women’s softball (one withlights), and Little League baseball, rest roomsand concession stand.

Riverview Park, Eagle River, located just west of Hwy. 45 along the Eagle River, park includes shel-ter, bandstand, two tennis courts, playgroundequipment, rest rooms, boat tie-ups and fishingpier, and a boat landing one block west.

St. Germain Community Park, St. Germain,located at intersection of hwys. 70 and 155, facili-

ty includes shelters, two ball fields (one withlights), soccer fields, picnic tables, shelter, grills,playground equipment, skateboard area and restrooms.

Sayner Community Park, Sayner, located justeast of the intersection of hwys. 155 and N, facili-ty includes a ball field with lights, pavilion, horse-shoe pits, two tennis courts, playground, grillsand picnic tables, concession building, rest roomsand an ice skating rink in winter.

Silver Lake Park and Beach, Eagle River, locatedon Lake Shore Dr., facility includes beach, restrooms and changing rooms, picnic tables, grills,playground and panfishing pier.

Sugar Camp Town Park, Sugar Camp, locatedjust off Camp Four Road, town facility includesball fields, soccer fields, disc golf course, play-ground equipment and concession stand.

Torch Lake Park and Beach, Conover, locatedtwo miles south of town on Torch Lake Rd., coun-ty facility includes beach, grills, tables and restrooms.

Torpy Park, Minocqua, located along Hwy. 51, facil-ity includes swimming area with lifeguards, pic-nic tables and grills, playground equipment and apavilion.

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Town Line Lake Public Beach, Rhinelander,located west of Rhinelander off Hwy. K, facilityincludes a beach and picnic area.

Trout Lake Point Park and Beach, BoulderJunction, located west of Hwy. M south of BoulderJunction, state facility includes a swimming area,

picnic tables and grills, rest rooms and drinkingwater.

Vandervort Memorial Park, St. Germain, locatedon Lost Lake on Lost Lake Dr., includes shelter,picnic tables and ball field.

Vilas County Fairgrounds, Eagle River, locatedon Hwy. 70 W. in city, includes ball fields, tenniscourts, display buildings, shelters, rest rooms andgrandstand.

Wavering Park, Phelps, located on Old School Rd.,facility includes two ballparks (one with lights),two soccer fields, tennis and basketball courts,playground, pavilion, veterans memorial, picnictables and rest rooms.

West Side Park, Rhinelander, located on PhillipsSt., park includes a ball field, playground equip-ment, ice skating rinks in winter and rest rooms.

Cy Williams Park and Maple Lake Beach, ThreeLakes, located just off Superior St. near down-town, facility includes a shelter, picnic tables,beach with lifeguards, changing room, rest roomsand playground. The park is the site of the annu-al Three Lakes Firemen’s Picnic.

Winchester Community Park, Winchester, locat-ed on S. Turtle Rd. along the Turtle River, facilityincludes picnic tables and grills, pavilion, play-ground equipment, horseshoes and rest rooms.

Winter RecreationSnowmobiling: More than 600 miles of groomed

and marked trails await visitors to Vilas County.Add to that an additional 400 miles of trails inOneida County. It gives snowmobile enthusiastswell over 1,000 miles of scenic trails which linkcommunities in the two counties. The trails areboth state and club funded. Local trail maps areavailable at most chambers of commerce. For amap of Vilas County snowmobile trails, writeVilas County Tourism & Publicity, 330 Court St.,Eagle River, WI 54521 or phone (715) 479-3649 or1-(800) 236-3649. The county tourism Web site is

www.vilas.org. For a map of Oneida County snow-mobile trails, write Oneida County Department of Advertising and Publicity, P.O. Box 400, OneidaAve., Rhinelander, WI 54501, or phone (715) 369-6126 or 1-(800) 236-3006. The county Web site iswww.oneida.wi.gov. For information on Wisconsinsnowmobile clubs, contact the Association of Wisconsin Snowmobile Clubs, 5497 Waterford La.Suite B, Appleton, WI 54913, or phone (920) 734-5530. Eagle River is billed the “SnowmobileCapitol of the World” and is also home of theWorld Championship Snowmobile Derby heldeach January. The Derby Track is located on thenorth side of town on Hwy. 45, (715) 479-4424.

The Snowmobile Hall of Fame and Museum islocated just west of St. Germain on Hwy. 70 and isopen year-round. Phone (715) 542-4488. TheWorld Snowmobile Headquarters is located at1521 Hwy. 45 N. in Eagle River. Phone (715) 479-2186.

Cross-Country Skiing: Nordic skiers will findmore groomed and tracked trails, old loggingroads and developed hiking trails for skiing thanin any other area in the state. Between the twocounties, there are more than 30 public trailswhich are regularly groomed. There are severalski clubs in the area. For information on trail con-ditions or maps, contact either county advertisingdepartment listed under snowmobiling.

Ice Fishing: There are 900 named lakes here, plushundreds of other smaller lakes, which offer fish-ing during the winter for walleye, northern, bassand panfish. For information on fishing regula-tions, call fish managers at the Rhinelander DNR

office, Northern Region Headquarters, (715) 362-7616.

Hockey: One of the most popular winter sports inthis area is ice hockey, attracting players and fansof all ages. Hundreds of games — including youth,high school and men’s — are played each winterat the historic Eagle River Sports Arena. TheSports Arena is also the headquarters of theWisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame honoring thosepeople in the state who have been important tothe sport of hockey. Eagle River has earned thetitle as the “Hockey Capital of Wisconsin.” TheSports Arena, with two indoor rinks, and the hallof fame are located just east of Eagle River on

Hwy. 70, (715) 479-4858.Other Sports: Ice skating, snowshoeing, toboggan-

ing, tubing, downhill skiing (many UpperPeninsula of Michigan ski resorts are less thanone hour’s drive away) and hunting (check DNRhunting regulations) are all options available towinter sports enthusiasts.

Fishing LicensesFishing licenses are sold at most DNR offices, all

county clerk offices, and at many bait shops, sportinggoods stores and marinas. Anglers may make a vol-untary contribution of $1 when purchasing a fishing

license. This contribution will be used for lakeresearch to determine methods of improving thequality of the lakes in Wisconsin. The followinglicenses are available for anglers.Resident Individual (Annual) Fishing License

— Fee $20. Valid April 1 to March 31.Resident Combination (Husband and Wife)

License — Fee $31. Valid April 1 to March 31.Issued to a legally married husband and wife whomeet residence requirements.

Resident Sports License — Minimum fee $60.Valid from April 1 through March 31. This license

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allows fishing and hunting (but only for certaintypes of game). The minimum fee is $60, but moremay be given as a donation to natural resourcesmanagement.

Resident Reduced Fishing License — Fee $7.For 16- and 17-year-olds and senior citizens age

65 years and older.Resident Disabled Fishing License — Fee $7.

Resident Veteran Disabled Fishing License —Fee $3.

Resident Conservation Patron License —Minimum fee $165. Valid April 1 through March31. This license serves as a substitute for separatelicenses and stamps for hunting small game, deer,bear, waterfowl, archer hunting, annual fishing,sturgeon spearing, inland trout fishing, GreatLakes trout and salmon fishing and trapping.Includes an admission sticker for state parks,state forests and state trails and a one-year sub-

scription to Wisconsin Natural Resources maga-zine.

Nonresident Individual (Annual) FishingLicense — Fee $50.

Nonresident 4-Day Individual License — Fee$24.

Nonresident 15-Day Individual License — Fee$28.

Nonresident 15-Day Family License — Fee $40.Includes children younger than 18.

Nonresident Annual Family License — Fee$65. Includes children 16 and 17 years of age.

Two-day Great Lakes Fishing License — Fee$14 (stamp included). Resident and nonresident.

Senior Citizen Annual Fishing License — Fee$7. Resident; 65 years or older.

Annual Inland Trout Stamp for Residents andNonresidents — Fee $10. Valid for the calendaryear. Anyone who needs to buy a fishing licenseand who intends to fish for trout in inland waters(including streams flowing into Lake Superior)must purchase an inland trout stamp.

Great Lakes Salmon and Trout Stamp — Fee$10.

Duplicate Fishing License — Fee $10. Available

at county clerk’s offices.No fishing license is required for Wisconsin res-

idents who are younger than 16 years old.

Nonresidents who are 16 or older need a nonres-ident fishing license to fish in Wisconsinwaters with a hook and line. Nonresidents alsoneed a fishing license to take smelt and spearfish, or to take rough fish and minnows usingnets and seines of legal size, but not to taketurtles, frogs and crayfish. Nonresidents maynot sell smelt.

Establishing Residency — You are eligible toobtain a resident license if you:

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live at a permanent address in Wisconsin for30 consecutive days immediately before you applyfor a license and you vote in Wisconsin, payWisconsin income taxes or have a Wisconsin driver’slicense; or

you are on active military duty stationed inWisconsin; or

you are a full-time undergraduate student liv-ing at a college or university in Wisconsin offering abachelor’s degree.

Key Season Openers

The lakes and forests of Vilas and Oneida countiesare big draws for anglers and hunters. Check theWisconsin Department of Natural Resources Web siteat www.dnr.wi.gov for information on all the 2011seasons. A few of the key dates follow.

Fishing — General game fish, May 7; muskie, May28; bass, June 18.

Deer hunting — Gun, Nov. 19-27; bow, early —Sept. 17-Nov. 17, late — Nov. 28-Jan. 8; muz-zleloader, Nov. 28-Dec. 7; statewide antlerless,Dec. 8-11; youth, Oct. 8-9; October antlerless, Oct.13-16.

Small game — Ruffed grouse and squirrel, Sept.17-Jan. 31; woodcock, Sept. 24-Nov. 7.

Waterfowl — Season dates vary annually; EarlyCanada goose, Sept. 1-15.

Trapping — Season dates vary by species.




NewspapersVilas County News-Review and The ThreeLakes News (weekly), P.O. Box 1929, EagleRiver, WI 54521; (715) 479-4421; fax (715) 479-6242; e-mail [email protected]; www.vcnewsre-view.com.

FYI Northwoods (bimonthly), P.O. Box 238,Presque Isle, WI 54557; (715) 686-2126; deliveredfree on second and fourth Thursdays of eachmonth. Sarah Johnson, publisher; www.-fyinorthwoods.com.

Hodag Buyers’ Guide (weekly), P.O. Box 558,Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 369-3331; fax (715)369-2691; www.rhinelanderinfo.com.

Iron County Reporter and Shopper’s Guide(weekly), P.O. Box 311, Iron River, MI 49935; (906)265-9927; www.ironcountyreporter.com.

Lakeland Times (biweekly), P.O. Box 790,Minocqua, WI 54548; (715) 356-5236; fax (715)358-2121; www.lakelandtimes.com.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Inc., (daily) json-line.com; customer service, 1-(800) 759-6397; P.O.Box 371, Milwaukee, WI 53201.

Northstar Journal (Sunday weekly), P.O. Box 558,Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 369-1022; fax (715)369-2691.

Northwoods Media-The Daily News (daily), P.O.Box 778, Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 365-6397

or 1-(888) 886-8135; www.rhinelanderdailynews.-com.

Tomahawk Leader (weekly), P.O. Box 345,Tomahawk, WI 54487; (715) 453-2151; www.tomahawkleader.com.

Radio StationsWCQM — 98.3FM, P.O. Box 309, Park Falls, WI

54552; (715) 762-3221; fax (715) 762-2358.WCYE — 93.7FM, 38 W. Davenport St.,

Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 369-9575; fax (715)369-9475.

WDEZ — 101.9FM, 557 Scott St., Wausau, WI54403; (715) 842-1672; fax (715) 842-1672.

WERL — 950AM, P.O. Box 309, Eagle River, WI54521; (715) 479-4451, fax (715) 479-6511.

WHBM — 90.3FM, (Wisconsin public radio), ParkFalls, WI 54552; (608) 263-4199, 1-(800) 747-7444.

WHDG — 97.3FM, 3616 Hwy. 47 N., Rhinelander,WI 54501; (715) 362-1975; fax (715) 362-1973.

WIFC — 95.5FM, 557 Scott St., Wausau, WI 54403;(715) 842-1672; fax (715) 848-3158.

WIKB — 99.1FM, 1230AM, 809 Genesee St., IronRiver, MI 49935; (906) 265-5104 or 1-(800) 562-7166; fax (906) 265-3486.

WIMK — 93.1FM, 101 E. Kent St., Iron Mountain,MI 49801; (906) 774-4321; fax (906) 774-7799.

WLKD — 1570AM, 3616 Hwy. 47 N., Rhinelander,WI 54501; (715) 362-1975; fax (715) 362-1973.

WMIQ — 1450AM, talk; 101 E. Kent St., Iron

Mountain, MI 49801; (906) 774-4321; fax (906)779-7799.WMQA — 95.9FM, 3616 Hwy. 47 N., Rhinelander,

WI 54501; (888) 362-0096, (715) 362-1975; fax(715) 362-1973.

WOBT — 1240AM, 3616 Hwy. 47 N., Rhinelander,WI 54501; (715) 362-6140; fax (715) 362-4200.

WOFM — 94.7FM, P.O. Box 2048, 557 Scott St.,Wausau, WI 54403. (715) 842-1672; fax (715) 842-1672.

WRHN — 100.1FM, 3616 Hwy. 47 N., Rhinelander,WI 54501; (715) 362-1975; fax (715) 362-1973.

WRJO — 94.5FM, P.O.Box 309, 909 N. Railroad St.,Eagle River, WI 54521; (715) 479-3292, (800) 450-

3292.WRLO — 105.3FM, 3616 Hwy. 47 N., Rhinelander,WI 54501; (715) 362-1975; fax (715) 362-1973.

WRVM — Translator stations 107.1FM EagleRiver, 106.3FM Land O’ Lakes and 103.9FMPhelps, P.O. Box 212, Suring WI, 54174; (920) 842-2900.

WSAU — 550AM, P.O. Box 2048, 557 Scott St.,Wausau, WI 54403; (715) 842-1672; fax (715) 842-1642.

WXPR — 91.7FM, (public radio), 303 W. Prospect,Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 362-6000, 1-(800)236-8292; fax (715) 362-6007.

WZNL — Star 94.3FM, 101 E. Kent St., Iron

Mountain, MI 49801; (906) 774-4321.Wisconsin Public Radio, audience services, 821University Ave., Madison, WI 53706; 1-(800) 747-7444.

Television StationsWAOW — Channel 9 — ABC, 1908 Grand Ave.,

Wausau, WI 54403-6897; (715) 842-9293; fax (715)848-0195.

WJFW — Channel 12, Channel 27 (UHF) —NBC, P.O. Box 858, 3217 Hwy. G, Rhinelander, WI54501; (715) 369-4700; fax (715) 365-8810.

WLEF — Channel 36 — WPT, Park FallsTransmitter, 821 University Ave., Madison, WI53706; 1-(800) 422-9707 (viewer services).

WLUC — Channel 6 — NBC, 177 U.S. 41 E.,Negaunee, MI 49866; (906) 475-4161.

WSAW — Channel 7, Channel 57 (UHF) — CBS,1114 Grand Ave., Wausau, WI 54403; P.O. Box1247, Wausau, WI 54402; (715) 845-4211.

WYOW — Northwoods 34 — ABC, 528 W. PineSt., P.O. Box 2705, Eagle River, WI 54521; (715)477-2020, (715) 842-9293; fax (715) 848-0195;www. wyowtv34.com.

Wisconsin Public Television, viewer services, 1-(800) 422-9707.

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Vilas CountyAdamovich’s Day Care Center, Eagle River,

Katie Adamovich, (715) 479-6013.April’s Family Day Care and Preschool, Eagle

River, April Gander, (715) 479-4143.Camp Jorn, YMCA Child Care Center,

Manitowish Waters, Dawn Holt, child-care direc-tor, (715) 543-8390; Dennis Lipp, executive direc-tor, 543-8808.

Eagle River Head Start, Barb Menting, (715) 479-7602.

Humpty Dumpty Preschool, 105 N. First St.,Eagle River, Donna Montezon, Joan Montezonand Andrea Baughman, (715) 479-3830.

Kids Are Us Child Care Center Inc., Land O’Lakes, Kelly Pyne, (715) 547-3078.

Little Acorn Lodge Child Development CenterLLC, Early Head Start, Head Start, 564 Hwy.155, St. Germain. Sharon Goller, (715) 542-2273.

Little Pine Cones Lodge Child DevelopmentCenter LLC, Early Head Start, Head Start,1165 Hwy. 45 S., Eagle River. Sharon Goller, (715)477-2273.

St. Germain Family Child Care Center, 1539Highway 155, St. Germain, Suzanne Wirth, (715)542-2905.

Terri’s Tree House Childcare Center, Arbor

Vitae, Terri Caywood, (715) 356-4686.

Oneida CountyHeadwaters Birth to Three Program,

Rhinelander, Maureen Juras, (715) 369-1337.Nicolet Child Development Lab, Nicolet College,

Rhinelander, Michelle Conrath, (715) 365-4488.North Country Montessori, Candice Henderson,

Woodruff, (715) 356-4678.Rhinelander Head Start, Rhinelander, Billie Jo

Swanson, (715) 369-3050, and Jodi Bellile, (715)369-0791.

American Red Cross, 7 N. Brown St.,Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 362-5456, Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; emer-gency, 1-(800) 939-4052. Serving Vilas, Oneida,Forest and Iron counties.

CDC Info (Center for Disease Control &Prevention), 1-(800) 232-4636.

Coroner/Medical Examiner, Vilas County, PaulTirpe, (715) 543-2232; chief deputy coroner, MikeGough, (715) 479-6596; deputy coroners, DianePrice, (715) 479-6824; Signe Baake, (715) 547-3403; and Heather Tirpe, (715) 543-2232; OneidaCounty, Traci England, (715) 369-6155.

DNR Violation Hot Line, 1-(800) 847-9367 (TIP-WDNR).

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Wausau, (715)842-2666 or (414) 276-4684.

Forest Fires, Vilas: 911; Oneida: 911; Cell phones: 911.

KIN Inc. (Kids In Need), 1-(800) 622-9120.

Koller Behavioral Health Services, a depart-ment of Ministry Saint Mary’s Hospital, 930 E.Wall St., Eagle River, (715) 479-4585.

Medicare Part D, Commission on Aging benefitsspecialist, Eagle River, (715) 479-3625.

Poison Center, (414) 266-2222; 1-(800) 815-8855.Road Conditions Information, 511, 1-(866) 511-

9472.

Tri-County Council on Domestic Violence &Sexual Assault, Eagle River, (715) 479-2912; 24-hour hot line, 1-(800) 236-1222.

Weather Report, Green Bay, (920) 494-2363;National Weather Service, (262) 965-2074.

Wisconsin HIV, STD & Hepatitis CInformation, 1-(800) 334-2437.

Wisconsin State Patrol, Wausau, (715) 845-1143.

U.S. Secret Service, Madison, (608) 264-5191.

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Resource ConservationConservation and resource protection is a key

issue for the residents of Vilas and Oneida countiesbecause the area harbors some of the most plentifuland diversified natural resources found anywhere inthe United States.

Thousands of lakes, more than a million acres of public forest, hundreds of miles of rivers and creeks,game fish, small- and big-game animals, endan-gered wildlife, uncontaminated groundwater andclean air are just some of the resources that makeconservation so important here.

At the forefront of resource protection lies theDepartment of Natural Resources, which is responsi-ble for controlling the forces of pollution, poaching,overdevelopment and wildlife habitat destruction, toname just a few. They are charged with protectingand enhancing Wisconsin’s air, land, water, wildlife,fish and forests. Guiding them is the voice of theaverage citizen, and the sportsmen, through theWisconsin Conservation Congress.

Next in line are local conservation organizationswhich work to protect the resources through habitatimprovement projects of their own or by raisingfunds for state and national projects. They includegroups such as Muskies Inc., Trout Unlimited,Whitetails Unlimited and local fish and game clubs.

Dept. of Natural ResourcesState Offices are located at 101 S. Webster St.,

Madison. The mailing address is P.O. Box 7921,Madison, WI 53707-7921; (608) 266-2621; call cen-ter 1-888-936-7463 seven days a week 7 to 10p.m.; toll-free Poacher Hot Line 1-(800) TIP-WDNR (847-9367) or cell #367; burning conditions1-888-947-2757. Secretary of Natural Resources,Cathy Stepp, (608) 266-2252; www.dnr.state.wi.us.

Natural Resources Board, Jonathan Ela, chair;David Clausen, vice chair; Christine Thomas, sec-retary; board members Preston Cole, Gary Rohde,

John Welter, Jane Wiley.DNR Northern Region Headquarters, 107Sutliff Ave., Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 365-8900. John Gozdzialski, regional director inSpooner, (715) 635-4002. Program leaders: TomJerow, water, (715) 365-8901; Dave Zebro, lawenforcement, (715) 635-4093; Bill Smith, land,(715) 635-4057; Connie Antonuk, air and waste,(715) 365-8946; and Steve Petersen, NHAL StateForest, (715) 385-9225.

Woodruff Service Center, 8770 Hwy. J, Woodruff,WI 54568; (715) 356-5211, service center open topublic Tuesday and Friday 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.and 1:30 to 4 p.m..Steve Gilbert,Vilas County fish

biologist, (715) 358-9229; John Kubisiak, OneidaCounty fish biologist, (715) 365-8919; ChuckMcCullough, wildlife biologist, (715) 623-4190;Tom Wrasse, warden supervisor, (715) 358-9203.

Eagle River DNR Ranger Station, (715) 479-4771 or (715) 479-8870.

Rhinelander Ranger Station, (715) 365-2633 or(715) 365-2634.

Trout Lake Forestry Hdqtrs., (715) 385-2727.

Crandon Ranger Station, (715) 478-3717.Madison License Section, (608) 266-2621, (877)945-4236.

USDA Wildlife Services District Office (prob-lem bears, wolves, beavers, birds), 1-(800)228-1368.

Wis. Conservation CongressExecutive Council officers are Chairman Edgar

Harvey Jr. of Waldo; Vice Chairman RobertBohmann of Racine;Secretary Rich Kirchmeyer of Prentice. Northern Wisconsin council membersinclude Roger Sabota, (715) 369-2283, and MikeRiggle, (715) 748-5634. Mailing address is:

Department of Natural Resources, Attn.: CCLiaison, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707.

Vilas County Delegates to the Congress areChairman Ken Anderson, P.O. Box 294, EagleRiver, WI 54521, (715) 479-2394; Vice ChairmanRuss Warye, P.O. Box 128, Presque Isle, WI 54557;Art Anderson, 635 Bond Blvd., Eagle River, WI54521, (715) 479-1758; Walter Camp, P.O. Box 54,St. Germain, WI, 54558, (715) 542-3856; RonWaller, 3795 Meta Lake Rd., Eagle River, WI54521, (715) 479-9078.

Oneida County Delegates to the Congress are

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Chairman Roger Sabota, 5000 Isle View Dr.,Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715) 369-2283. Delegatesare: Ben Loma, 4526 Bayview Dr., Rhinelander,WI 54501, (715) 362-4573; Jim Heffner, 7645 Hwy.D, Eagle River, WI 54521, (715) 477-2667; EdSchonski, 6891 Gypsy Lake Rd., Lake Tomahawk,WI 54539, (715) 227-4269; Lee Bastian, 41 S.Monico St., Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715) 369-3827.

Trees For TomorrowTrees For Tomorrow in Eagle River is a specialty

school that focuses on the wise use and conserva-tion of all natural resources. Thousands of stu-dents, teachers and outdoor enthusiasts attendworkshops and seminars annually. The center islocated at 519 Sheridan St. E., Eagle River, WI54521. Contact Director Maggie Bishop at (715)479-6456; e-mail [email protected];Web site www.treesfortomorrow.com.

Ducks Unlimited ChaptersDU Senior Regional Director, Steve Kresl, Eagle

River, (715) 477-2508, serving northern Wisconsinand the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Eagle River Ladies Chapter, Mary Horant, (715)479-8716.

Headwaters Chapter, Eagle River, Jim Kauzlaric,(715) 479-9386.

Iron River Chapter, Dan French, (906) 265-5725.Lake Katherine Chapter, Hazelhurst, Richard

Buhs, (715) 277-3794.Mercer-Manitowish Chapter, Mary Beth

Kolarcheck, (715) 543-2534.

Northern Lakes Chapter, Crandon, Chuck Sekel,(715) 478-3767.

Northern Lites Chapter, including Land O’Lakes, Conover and Phelps, Roger Jensen, (715)479-8427.

Plum Creek Chapter, including Sayner and StarLake, Will Maines, (715) 542-3501.

Rhinelander Chapter, Ron Wiedeman, (715) 493-1232.

St. Germain Chapter, Kirk Keck, (715) 356-2508.Three Lakes Chapter, Janine Norton, (715) 546-

3843.Trout Lake Chapter, Boulder Junction, Ken

Brousil, (715) 686-2487.

Other OrganizationsHeadwaters Chapter Muskies Inc., P.O. Box 652,

Eagle River, WI 54521; Bill Jacobs, (715) 477-2913.

Land O’ Lakes Fish and Game Club, Wes Kiley,(715) 547-3283.

Northwoods Wildlife Center, Beth Burns, execu-tive director, (715) 356-7400.

Sayner-St. Germain Fish and Wildlife Club,Rich Polaski, president, (715) 479-4718.

Three Lakes Fish and Wildlife ImprovementAssociation, P.O. Box 659, Three Lakes, WI

54562; James Bollmann, president, (715) 546-3588; www.tlfw.org.

Trout Unlimited, Northwoods Chapter, BrianHegge, (715) 362-3244, days; (715) 282-5706,evenings.

Whitetails Unlimited Inc., North CountryChapter, Eagle River/Three Lakes, MarkHartman, (715) 479-5067.

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Federal forests include Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest

State forests include Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest

County forests include Vilas County Forest and Oneida County Forest




Some of Wisconsin’s largest public forest reservesare located in Vilas and Oneida counties, providingthe key ingredients for the North’s two major indus-tries — timber products and tourism.

National, state and county forests in or near thetwo counties harbor nearly 2 million acres of pub-licly owned land. There is the 1.5 million-acre Che-quamegon-Nicolet National Forest, the 226,000-acreNorthern Highland-American Legion State Forest,the 82,000-acre Oneida County Forest and the40,894.83-acre Vilas County Forest.

Loggers cut millions of board feet of timber fromthe public forests each year, bringing jobs to not onlynorthern Wisconsin loggers and mill operators, but to

many paper mills throughout the state. Forestersestimate that there are 4 billion board feet of grow-ing timber reserves.

The recreation, scenery and wilderness solitudeoffered by public forests is of great value to thetourism industry. The forests are dotted with lakesand crisscrossed by rivers that offer some of thestate’s best fishing opportunities.There are unendingforests filled with white-tailed deer, ruffed grouse,bald eagles and other wildlife.

For the adventurer, there are miles of backwoodshiking trails and 33,000 acres of designated wilder-ness where nothing motorized is allowed.

Chequamegon-NicoletNational Forest

The approximately 1.5 million-acre Chequa-megon-Nicolet National Forest is Wisconsin’slargest chunk of public land. Established in the1930s and administered as two separate nationalforests until 1998, the Chequamegon-Nicolet spans11 counties.

Overseeing the forest is Forest Supervisor PaulStrong. District Ranger Harv Skjerven administersthe programs on the Eagle River-Florence RangerDistrict in parts of Vilas, Oneida, Forest andFlorence counties.

The forest is highly accessible with about 6,800miles of roads ranging from paved highways to two-track woods roads. Hundreds of miles of motorizedand nonmotorized trails provide ample recreationopportunities.

Some trails are associated with destinations of historic, ecological or scenic value. Solitude can befound in the five wilderness and 19 semi-primitive,nonmotorized areas. Developed recreation sites nearwater abound with campgrounds, picnic areas,swimming beaches and boat ramps.

Fishing and hunting spots are plentiful. Hunter-walking trails and logging roads beckon grouse and

deer hunters. The more than 2,000 lakes (609 morethan 10 acres in size) offer game and panfish. Troutfishing can be had on more than 1,200 miles of cold-water streams.

Wildlife viewing opportunities include 10 watch-able wildlife areas and 40 impounded wetlandswhich support duck and goose populations, as wellas many nongame species, such as great blueherons, bald eagles and osprey.

The forest helps support local economies and com-munities through the sale of forest products, includ-ing timber, evergreen boughs, firewood and decora-tive greens. In 2010, the forest sold just over 67 mil-lion board feet of timber at a value of more than $5.3million.Approximately 71.5 million board feet of tim-ber valued at $5.3 million, was harvested in 2009.

The Chequamegon-Nicolet is a mix of differentecosystems.The Forest Service conducts activities tohelp restore degraded natural communities anduses timber harvest, prescribed fire and other prac-tices to maintain some ecosystem types.

Recreation information about the forest can beobtained by calling (715) 362-1300 or by calling orstopping at the Eagle River-Florence District officesat (715) 479-2827 and (715) 528-4464. Persons withdisabilities who require alternative means for com-munication of program information (Braille, largeprint, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TAR-GET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). Theforest maintains an Internet site with information

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on numerous topics. The Web site is www.fs.fed.us/r9/cnnf.

Northern Highland-AmericanLegion State Forest

The 231,000-acre Northern Highland-AmericanLegion State Forest stretches from its northernmostboundary in the towns of Land O’ Lakes, PresqueIsle and Boulder Junction in Vilas County to itssouthern boundary in the towns of Lake Tomahawk,Newbold and Sugar Camp in Oneida County.

Steve Petersen, forest superintendent, (715) 356-5211, ext. 225, Woodruff DNR Service Center.

Jeff Olsen, forest management, Trout Lake, (715)385-3355, ext. 110.

Brett Bockhop, ranger supervisor of law enforce-ment, (715) 356-4752.

Sustainable Forest Management

State statutes provide that the forest be managedfor dynamic forest ecosystems to provide ecological,economic and cultural benefits for present andfuture generations. The current master plan pro-vides guidance on all state forest management. Allstate forests are certified by independent organiza-tions to be managed sustainable.

Timber ManagementTimber management operations work within the

confines of the sustainable management concept.Timber harvest is big business on the forest. Thestate forest produced 104,000 cords of pulpwood in2010 and 2.2 million board feet of sawlogs and 1,482

tons of fuel wood.Taxpayers should note that more than $4 millionwas grossed and turned into the forestry fund inMadison. Some economic studies show that someraw products’ income dollars multiply 20 times bythe time they get to the sale of a final product.

Approximately 147,000 state nursery pines wereplanted on 163 acres in 2010 on the forest. Otherharvested areas will be reforested with naturalregeneration.

Tree regeneration, planting site preparation, for-est inventory and mapping, tree cultural activitiesand insect and disease work are also forestry workprograms on the forest.

Foresters strive to integrate all projects with theexpertise of wildlife biologists, endangeredresources ecologists, fish managers, forest ecologists,soil scientists, water-quality experts and recreationmanagers.

RecreationFishing and boating opportunities are available

on hundreds of lakes. Some of Wisconsin’s highestlake concentrations are found here, harboringmuskie, walleye, northern pike, bass, trout and pan-fish. Backpacking is permitted on more than 30miles of marked trails. In winter, the forest providesmarked and unmarked cross-country ski trails, a

network of county and club snowmobile trails, andwinter camping.

There are 18 family campgrounds on the forest

and five of these have reservable campsites, withboat landings provided within each campground.There are two group campgrounds that can bereserved in advance for groups numbering up to 50people. There are about 70 canoe campsites locatedalong miles of lakes and rivers, and also some indi-vidual wilderness campsites.

Beaches, picnic areas and waysides dot the forestproviding excellent swimming and picnicking facili-ties. Tables, grills and toilets are available at thesesites. The Bearskin State Park Trail, running southof Minocqua for 18 miles, provides a scenic tour forbicycle enthusiasts.

Vilas County ForestOverseeing the 41,047.91 acre forest is Forest

Administrator Lawrence L. Stevens, CertifiedForester, along with Assistant Forest AdministratorJohn P. Gagnon, Certified Forester. The VilasCounty Forestry, Recreation, & Land Department islocated at 2112 N. Railroad St., Eagle River, with amailing address of 330 Court St., Eagle River, WI54521; phone (715) 479-5160; fax (715) 479-5573; e-mail [email protected].

County supervisors comprising the Forestry,Recreation, & Land Committee include Chairman

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Steve Favorite, Vice Chairman Bob Egan, LeonKukanich, Sig Hjemvick and Jack Harrison.

Vilas County Forest management policies andpractices have been audited and certified as being inconformance with the standards of the SustainableForestry Initiative.

In 2010, 18 tracts of timber were sold at an esti-mated value of $338,638.05, affecting 625 acres. Inspring of 2010, tree seedlings were planted on 305acres of county forest. On these acres, seedlings of the following species were planted: jack pine —212,000 and red pine — 29,000.

The county forest is located in the towns of Cloverland, Conover, Land O’ Lakes, Plum Lake andLincoln. There are 12 walking trail systems totaling95.7 miles and 67 improved wildlife openings bene-fiting the habitat of both game and nongamespecies. There is also a disabled hunter access areanear Langley Lake with 1.5 miles of driveable road.A key for the gate to this portion of the trail may be

obtained at the forestry office upon presentation of aClass A or B disabled hunter permit and a $20refundable deposit. There are barrier-free panfish-ing piers at Deep Lake, Cook’s Lake, Dr. OldfieldMemorial Park (Wisconsin River), UpperBuckatabon Lake and Muskellunge Lake.

The Forestry, Recreation, & Land Departmentmaintains a forest road system of 48.42 miles toaccess the county forest. The cross-country ski trailat Langley Lake is groomed during the snow seasonas necessary.

The Vilas County Shooting Range is located justeast of Highway 45 approximately five miles northof Eagle River in the town of Conover. The ShootingRange was renovated in 2009, and includes ADApathways and shooting benches.

Permits are required for firewood gathering(free), camping (use the self-pay station atTamarack Springs) and Christmas tree ($5/tree)and bough gathering ($40/ton). Permits issued in2010 included 80 for firewood gathering, 50 forcamping, 55 for Christmas trees and six for boughgathering.

The department maintains 11 boat landings, 13fishing piers, one shooting range, a nine-unit camp-ground at Tamarack Springs, three canoe campsiteson the Wisconsin River, 15 picnic areas, two primi-

tive campsites and three swimming beaches.State funding for the 482-mile state-funded snow-mobile trail system is obtained through theForestry, Recreation & Land Department. The trailsystem is maintained by the 11 Vilas County snow-mobile clubs. There are 35 snowmobile bridgescrossing streams and rivers.

Oneida County ForestOverseeing the 82,250-acre Oneida County

Forest is Forest Director John Bilogan. The Forestry,Land and Outdoor Recreation Office is located in theOneida County Courthouse, Room 28B, at 1 N.

Oneida Ave., Rhinelander, WI 54501-0400; phone(715) 369-6140.

The forest is an income producer for the county,as well as vast acreage for recreational opportuni-ties. Forest timber income for 2010 on 68 timbersales was $1,377,203.54. In addition, the countyforestry department sold $1,037,608.50 in 18 newtimber sales that will be harvested in the next twoto four years. Forest management activities aresupervised by Assistant Forest Director Paul Fiene.

For snowmobiling, a major recreational andfinancial activity in Oneida County, the departmentworks with local snowmobile clubs to overseeapproximately 391 miles of state-funded trails inthe countywide snowmobile trail system.

Members of the Forestry, Land and OutdoorRecreation Committee are Chairman Gary Baier,Thomas Rudolph, Dennis Thompson, Greg Berardand Jack Martinson.




AARP, AARP has branches in Rhinelander,Minocqua and Woodruff. 1-(888) 687-2277. Localcontact, Lily Kongslien, (715) 362-5613.

Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups, The coali-tion has political concerns and expresses itself inthe political arena. It has no partisan affiliationand addresses its concerns to all elected represen-tatives. Legal backup for benefit specialists pro-gram, training and education for legal aspects of the elderly. State office — 2850 Dairy Dr., Suite100, Madison, WI 53718; 1-(800) 488-2596.

Community Link, Four-county (Oneida, Vilas,Lincoln and Forest) coverage for people in thecommunity in need of hooking up with communi-ty resources. Contact Sue Kirby, (715) 361-2040 or1-(800) 242-9252.

Community Options Program, Vilas CountyDepartment of Social Services, (715) 479-3668;Oneida County Department of Social Services,intake officer, (715) 362-5695.

Headwaters Senior Emergency Food Pantry,6516 Olympic 76 Dr., Land O’ Lakes, DaveGundersen, president, (715) 547-3153; Conover,Land O’ Lakes and Phelps residents.

Human Service Center, Rhinelander, servingVilas, Oneida and Forest counties, (715) 369-2215

or 1-(800) 236-8787.

Kalmar Senior Center, 1011 N. Railroad St.,Eagle River, WI 54521; (715) 479-2633 or 479-4877.

Lakeland Senior Center, Second and Balsamstreets, Woodruff, (715) 356-9118; for van serviceto doctor appointments Mon. thru Thurs., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Medicare Hot Line, 1-(800) 633-4227.

Oneida County Department on Aging, OneidaCounty Senior Center, 1103 Thayer St.,Rhinelander, WI 54501, Dianne Jacobson, director

of aging programs, (715) 369-6170.Oneida County Nutrition Sites, Woodruff,

Lakeland Senior Center, call a day in advance toreserve a noon meal, (715) 356-9118; Rhinelander,Oneida Senior Center, (715) 369-6170; ThreeLakes, Reiter Center, (715) 546-2959; SugarCamp, town hall, (715) 490-1710.

Oneida Senior Center, 1103 Thayer St.,Rhinelander, (715) 369-6170, activities/volunteercoordinator, Stephanie Schroeder.

Phelps Senior Center, 2383 Hwy. 17, Phelps, WI54554, located at Lillian Kerr Healthcare ByRennes, (715) 545-3983.

Phelps Senior Citizens Club, Lillian KerrHealthcare By Rennes, Hwy. 17 S., Phelps, 545-2313. Gloria Ellingham, president, (715) 545-8306.

Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP),

1835 N. Stevens, Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715)369-1919.

Senior Craft Shop, 211 E. Wall St., Eagle River(across from theater). (715) 891-7519 or (715) 356-2749. Hours: Daily, summer, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; winter,10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Senior Eagle River Volunteer Enterprise Inc.(SERVE), 1011 N. Railroad St., Eagle River, DonAnderson, president, (715) 479-4877.

Social Security Administration, 2023 NavajoSt., Rhinelander, 1-(800) 772-1213, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.,Monday-Friday. Serving Oneida, Vilas and Forestcounties. Helps with any questions or problems

relating to Social Security benefits, Medicare,Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income(SSI), Web site, www.socialsecurity.gov.

Special-Interest Classes, Nicolet College, nearly400 credit and continuing-education courses areheld in Vilas and Oneida county communitieseach year. Older adult learners are eligible forreduced tuition. Call for more details. Lakelandcampus, Minocqua, 1-(800) 585-9304 or (715) 356-6753. Rhinelander campus, 1-(800) 544-3039 or(715) 365-4410.

Vilas County Commission on Aging, VilasCounty Courthouse, 330 Court St., Eagle River,

(715) 479-3625. Services include nutrition pro-gram with six locations, including home deliveryto homebound people throughout Vilas County,benefit specialists program, an Alzheimer’s familycaregiver support program, health and wellness,in-home support for caregivers, chore services,grandparents raising grandchildren and handy-man program and transportation services.

Vilas County Nutrition Sites, Eagle River,Kalmar Senior Center, (715) 479-2633; Land O’Lakes, 1938 North Supper Club, (715) 547-6071;Phelps, Lillian Kerr Healthcare By Rennes, (715)545-3983; St. Germain/Sayner, Fibbers Bar &Restaurant, (715) 542-2951; Winchester/ Mani-

towish Waters/Presque Isle/Boulder Junction,Boulder Beer Bar, (715) 479-8771; Lac du Flam-beau, Senior Center, (715) 588-4360. Call between11 a.m. and 1 p.m. the day before to make reser-vations for the meal. Meals are delivered to thehomebound from each site based on eligibility.

ilas-Oneida Inter-County Elder Services(VOICES), Vilas County Commission on Aging,479-3625; Sue Piazza, (715) 369-6170.

Visually Impaired Support Group, DougMartens, (715) 365-2804. Transportation is avail-able through the Vilas County Commission onAging at (715) 479-3625.

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INDUSTRY

Industry & DevelopmentTourism is the lifeblood of the economy in Vilasand Oneida counties, with the lakes and forestsattracting thousands of vacationers here for thescenery, the fishing and the water-based recreation.

Hundreds of resorts and some major condomini-um projects are located on the lakes, while most com-munities have motels and hotels closer to town.Besides accommodations, vacationers pour money,whether directly or indirectly, into almost every busi-ness. Restaurants, rec centers, wildlife zoos, marinas,sporting goods stores and taverns are just a few of the businesses that survive on tourism.

Providing year-round jobs is the wood products

industry, from loggers in the forests to sawmill oper-ators and furniture manufacturers. In addition tothe more than 1 million acres of public forests locat-ed here, several Wisconsin paper mills own vastquantities of forest cropland.

Boosting the year-round stability of the economyin several communities here are light industrial jobs,involving woodwork, sheet-fed printing, machineassembly, papermaking and manufacturing of drillbits, cutting blades and bellows.

Agriculture, though not a dominant industry, doesprovide some year-round jobs and hundreds of sea-sonal jobs. Cranberries and seed potatoes, in thatorder, are the biggest crops.

Major Industrial EmployersBurton Industries

Hazelhurst (715) 356-5767Custom Millworking Inc.

Eagle River (715) 479-9200Eagle Fuel Cell ETC Inc.

Eagle River (715) 479-6149Enterprise Wood Products

Rhinelander (866) 464-4627Drs. Foster & Smith

Rhinelander (715) 369-9312Hahn Printing Inc.

Eagle River (715) 479-4313Hillestad Pharmaceuticals

Woodruff (715) 358-2113HyPro North

Rhinelander (715) 362-3790Kwaterski Bros. Wood Products Inc.

Eagle River (715) 479-5559Lakes Precision

Three Lakes (715) 546-3070Laser Pros International Corp.

Rhinelander (715) 369-5995Nimsgern Steel Corp.

Minocqua (715) 356-5919Northstar Steel Fabricating Inc.

Rhinelander (715) 365-4033Oldenburg Group Inc.

Rhinelander (715) 362-1400Oneida Tool & Machine

Rhinelander (715) 369-3232Pitlik & Wick Inc.

Sugar Camp (715) 479-7488Ponsse North America Inc.

Rhinelander (715) 369-4833Printpack Inc.

Rhinelander (715) 361-7100Pukall Lumber Co.

Woodruff (715) 356-3252Red Arrow Products

Rhinelander (715) 365-5500Superior Diesel

Rhinelander (715) 365-0500Wausau Paper Corp.

Rhinelander (715) 369-4100

Development Groups

Eagle River Revitalization Program, Rita Fritz,executive director, (715) 477-0645.

Grow North Regional Economic DevelopmentCorp. Inc., serving Vilas, Oneida, Forest andLincoln counties. 100 W. Keenan St., Rhinelander,WI 54501, (715) 361-1421.

Oneida County Economic Development Corp.,3375 Airport Rd., P.O. Box 682, Rhinelander, WI54501, (715) 369-9110.

Vilas County Economic Development Corp.,123 N. Main St., P.O. Box 1621, Eagle River, WI54521, Ken Stubbe, executive director, (715) 479-4100 or toll free (866) 306-3690, Web site: vilas-countyedc.org or e-mail [email protected].




Vilas CountyHistory, Government

On April 12, 2003, Vilas County celebrated its110th birthday. It was named after William F. Vilasof Madison, who came to Wisconsin from Vermontwhen he was 11 and graduated from the Universityof Wisconsin in 1858. Vilas attained the rank of lieu-tenant colonel during the Civil War, was postmastergeneral of the United States from 1885-’88, was sec-retary of the interior from 1888-’91 and a U.S. sena-tor from 1891-’97.

Before Jan. 1, 1875, Vilas County was part of Marathon County; from 1875 to 1885, part of

Lincoln County; from 1885 to 1893, part of OneidaCounty; then was set off as Vilas County in 1893.When Vilas was set off, it contained the two towns

of Eagle River and Minocqua, with Arbor Vitae beingthe third added about 1899. Minocqua would laterbecome a part of Oneida County.

Fourteen towns and the city of Eagle River wereeventually carved from the dense pine forests of VilasCounty. The towns include Arbor Vitae, BoulderJunction, Cloverland, Conover, Lac du Flambeau,Land O’ Lakes, Lincoln, Manitowish Waters, Phelps,Plum Lake, Presque Isle, St. Germain, Washingtonand Winchester.

In 1899, the property valuations in the three towns

totaled $2.9 million. Today, the equalized propertyvaluations in the 14 towns and one city that com-prise Vilas County total $7.6 billion.

The county is approximately 652,067 acres in size,with 555,374 acres of land and 93,923 acres of water.The county harbors 563 named lakes and 757 unnamed lakes. It is located in northern Wisconsinagainst the Upper Michigan border.

The first county officials were appointed by thegovernor. The county almost uniformly aligned withthe Republican Party, according to a book compiledby George Jones and Norman McVean. Residentscast their first vote for president in the 1896 cam-paign between Republican William McKinley and

Democrat William J. Bryan.The county population in 1890 was 1,706. Thecounty grew to 3,801 in 1895 and 4,929 in 1900. Thepopulation was 5,649 in 1920. In 2007, Vilas’ popu-lation was 22,545.

Though the fur trade led some whites to VilasCounty before the 1870s, the region did not reach theattention of white settlers until the demand for lum-ber arose around 1880. Large sawmills grew up atArbor Vitae, Winegar (Presque Isle), Eagle River,Conover, Phelps and Winchester. The first railroadswere constructed to haul out the lumber.

In 1878, the lumbermen of the Wisconsin Valleyerected and built a dam on the Wisconsin River at

the head of Otter Rapids. Shortly after, dams werebuilt between Long and Cranberry lakes and threeon the Deerskin River, all for transportation of tim-ber to market.

When the demand for pine lumber declined, muchland was then converted to farming and an auxiliarysummer resort industry arose. Farming has sincedeclined and second-growth forests now cover 85% of the county.

The written word has always been a part of lifehere. The Eagle River Vindicator was established in1886, the Eagle River Review in 1890 and the VilasCounty News in 1892. The Minocqua Times beganpublishing in 1891. It was renamed to The Lakeland

Times in 1939.County Government

The county is governed by 21 supervisors repre-senting 21 districts. The county board’s job is tooversee county departments, establish policies andordinances, and assess a property tax levy in accor-dance with an annual budget to run all operations.The 2011 county budget was set at $27.6 million, of which the local property tax will pay $13.09 million.Vilas County property owners will pay a full-valuetax rate of $1.74 per $1,000 of equalized valuation(at market value). Vilas County has a 0.5% countysales tax that generated about $1.77 million in rev-

enue last year. The board meets the third Tuesday inJanuary, March, April, June, August and September.The annual budget meeting is held the secondTuesday in November. The courthouse is located at330 Court St. in Eagle River. The mailing address isVilas County Courthouse, 330 Court St., EagleRiver, WI 54521. Office hours are Mondays throughFridays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

County Supervisors• District 1 — Land O’ Lakes and Ward 3 of

Conover, Ralph Sitzberger, 6258 Hwy. S, Land O’Lakes, WI 54540; (715) 547-1141.

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• District 2 — Presque Isle and Winchester, JackHarrison, P.O. Box 197, Presque Isle, WI 54557;(715) 686-7408.

• District 3 — Ward 2 of Boulder Junction,Manitowish Waters and Ward 4 of Arbor Vitae,Charles Rayala Jr., P.O. Box 226, Manitowish

Waters, WI 54545; (715) 543-8300.• District 4 — Ward 1 of Boulder Junction andWard 1 of Plum Lake, Dennis Nielsen, 191Kurtzweil Rd., Sayner, WI 54560; (715) 542-2234.

• District 5 — Ward 1 of Arbor Vitae, Emil Bakka,2528 Rux Rd., Arbor Vitae, WI 54568; (715) 356-2463.

• District 6 — Ward 2 of Arbor Vitae, ErvTeichmiller, 1273 E. Harbor Dr., Arbor Vitae, WI54568; (715) 356-9219.

• District 7 — Ward 3 of Arbor Vitae, RonaldDeBruyne, 1147 Johnson Creek Rd.,Arbor Vitae,WI54568; (715) 356-2222.

• District 8 — Ward 3 of Lac du Flambeau,Christopher Mayer, 14465 Hwy. 70 W., Lac du

Flambeau, WI 54538; (715) 588-3367.• District 9 — Ward 1 of Lac du Flambeau, Gene

Ciszek, P.O. Box 265, Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538-(715) 356-3429.

• District 10 — Ward 2 of Lac du Flambeau,Alden Bauman, P.O. Box 92, Lac du Flambeau, WI54538; (715) 588-3708.

• District 11 — Ward 1 of St. Germain, FredRadtke, 8265 Sunrise Ln., St. Germain, WI 54558;(715) 479-6310.

• District 12 — Ward 2 of St. Germain, MaryPlatner, 7290 Thunderhill Ln., St. Germain, WI54558; (715) 479-9091.

• District 13 — Cloverland and Ward 2 of PlumLake, Stephen Favorite, 1326 Sunset Ln., EagleRiver, WI 54521; (715) 477-2860.

• District 14 — Ward 1 of Conover, MaynardBedish, 3870 Columbus Rd., Eagle River, WI 54521;(715) 479-5486.

• District 15 — Ward 2 of Conover and Ward 2 of Phelps, Sig Hjemvick, 5390 Sugar Maple Rd.,Phelps, WI 54554; (715) 545-4014.

• District 16 — Ward 1 of Phelps and Ward 2 of Washington, Bob Egan, 1948 Military Rd., EagleRiver, WI 54521; (715) 479-6857.

• District 17 — Ward 1 of Washington and Ward3 of Lincoln, James Behling, 3936 Hwy. 17 N., Eagle

River, WI 54521; (715) 479-2343.

• District 18 — Wards 4 and 5 of Eagle River, andWard 2 of Lincoln, Leon Kukanich, 2116 Boot LakeRd., Eagle River, WI 54521; (715) 479-3301.

• District 19 — Wards 1, 2 and 3 of Eagle River,Linda Thorpe, P.O. Box 712, Eagle River, WI 54521;(715) 479-9421.

• District 20 — Ward 4 of Lincoln and Ward 3 of Washington, Edward Bluthardt Jr., 1447 EverettRd., Eagle River, WI 54521; (715) 479-8898.

• District 21 — Ward 1 of Lincoln, KathleenRushlow, 5267 Hwy. 70 W., Eagle River, WI 54521;(715) 479-4053.

VILAS COUNTY

Elected County OfficialsCounty Clerk — David Alleman, (715) 479-3600Treasurer — Jerri Radtke, (715) 479-3609Clerk of Circuit Court — Jean Numrich, (715)

479-3632Sheriff — Frank Tomlanovich, (715) 479-4441Surveyor — Tom Boettcher, (715) 479-9610 or (715)

479-3684District Attorney — Al Moustakis, (715) 479-3614Coroner — Paul Tirpe, (715) 543-2232Register of Deeds — Joan Hansen, (715) 479-3660

Circuit Court of the 9th Judicial DistrictJudge — Neal “Chip” Nielsen IIICourt Reporter — Michelle Livingston

Appointed Department HeadsSocial Services — Kathryn Gardner, (715) 479-3668Forestry, Recreation and Land — Larry Stevens,

(715) 479-5160

Commission on Aging — Joe Fortmann, (715)479-3625Child Support — Eljean Benson, (715) 479-3705Highway — James Fischer, (715) 479-4641Public Health — Regina Egan, (715) 479-3656University Extension — Nancy Miller, (715) 479-3648Veterans Service — Scott Jensen, (715) 479-3629Zoning — Dawn Schmidt, (715) 479-3620Civil Air Patrol — Craig Moore, (715) 479-9197Animal Shelter — Humane Society of Vilas

County, (715) 479-9777Probation/Parole Office — (715) 479-8105Emergency Management — Jim Galloway, (715)

479-3690

Land and Water Conservation — Carolyn Scholl,(715) 479-3747Tourism & Publicity — Cindy Burzinski, (715)

479-3649

Law EnforcementThe department is headed by Sheriff Frank

Tomlanovich. The administrative staff consists of Chief Deputy Joseph Fath, Jail Administrator TimEvenson and Communications Supervisor Lt. GaryPeske. James Galloway is emergency managementdirector. In addition, the department has five lieu-tenants, five detective sergeants, 21 deputies, four jailsergeants, 11 telecommunicators, one telecommunica-

tions sergeant, 17 corrections officers, four jailsergeants and four law enforcement clerks.In 2010, the number of law enforcement-related

calls received was 15,302. Of the calls received, 4,659were 911 calls. There were 616 fire-related calls and2,488 emergency medical services-related calls. Thedepartment received 1,208 reports of traffic accidents.Deer were responsible for 372 accidents and therewere nine reported bear accidents. The county report-ed two traffic fatalities in 2010, which was lower thanthe five reported in 2009. A total of 1,677 inmateswere booked into the Vilas County Jail. The sheriff’sdepartment dispatches law enforcement and emer-gency services to 14 towns and the city of Eagle River.




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Arbor VitaeArbor Vitae is one of the older towns in VilasCounty, having been established in the 1890s shortlyafter Vilas became a county in 1893.

Arbor Vitae started, as did the rest of the county, asa logging center. At the height of the logging opera-tions, the village of Arbor Vitae contained some 200families with a total population of more than 1,200.The timber was vanishing as early as 1908 and fam-ilies began to leave the area, as it no longer affordedthe opportunity to earn a living.

Today, Arbor Vitae is the center of a flourishingtourist industry which runs year-round.

Area: 61.5 square milesPopulation: 3,371Valuation: $567,883,500Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Arbor Vitae residents werelevied a gross tax of $7.71 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $1.63 for county, $1.22 for townand $.20 for state, for a total gross tax of $11.81.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $10.40.

Town Government: Frank Bauers, chairman;Jeffrey Hunter, Steven Perry, Richard Held andBrian Nerdahl, supervisors; Mary Reuland, clerk;Peggy Sawle, treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department,Frank Bauers, chief, (715) 356-6820.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 479-4441; animal control offi-cer, Al Spatz, (715) 356-3042.

Volunteer EMS Department: Stan Lewis, EMScoordinator, (715) 614-2164.

Boulder JunctionBoulder Junction, once a part of Arbor Vitae, was

the center of an extensive logging operation from thelate 1800s. The first recorded town meeting was heldin 1928.

The village of Boulder Junction, much older than

the town, grew up at the site of a station on the rail-road line, first called Boulder.

Known as the “Musky Capital of the World” since1950, the town hosts the annual Musky Jamboree,where thousands of residents and visitors are serveda free meal of muskie from fish donated by areaanglers and guides.

Today, tourism and the recreation industry as awhole are the mainstays of the economy for most res-idents of Boulder Junction.

Area: 77.9 square milesPopulation: 1,021Valuation: $584,949,600

Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of market value property, Boulder Junction resi-dents were levied a gross tax of $3.75 for school,$1.06 for Nicolet College, $1.63 for county, $1.26

for town and $.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $7.86. After state credits, the total effective taxrate paid was $7.25.

Town Government: Jeffrey Long, chairman; DavidSchuenmann and Charles Spencer, supervisors;Cindy Howard, clerk/treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department,John Titel, chief, (715) 385-2880.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 479-4441; animal control offi-cer, James Hansen, (715) 892-4926.

Volunteer EMS Department: John Titel, EMScoordinator, (715) 385-2880.

CloverlandThe town of Cloverland was founded in 1921 from

parts of Conover, Lincoln and Farmington (nowcalled St. Germain).

Since the new town was originally in Farmington,the name Cloverland seemed appropriate.

Area: 32 square milesPopulation: 1,054Valuation: $268,871,000Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Cloverland residents were

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levied a gross tax of $5.90 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $1.63 for county, $1.05 for townand $.19 for state, for a total gross tax of $9.82.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $8.83.

Town Government: Scott Maciosek, chairman; E.

Francine Gough, Joe Eisele, Marty Ketterer andSteve Favorite, supervisors; Millie Ritzer, clerk;Gay Ketterer, treasurer.

Emergency Services: Eagle River Area FireDepartment, Pat Weber, chief, (715) 479-8912.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 479-4441; animal control offi-cer, Bob Lass, (715) 891-3787.

ConoverConover, close to excellent fishing lakes such as

North Twin, Stormy and Upper and LowerBuckatabon lakes, was set aside from the town of

Eagle River Jan. 3, 1907. The old town of Conoverwas just south of Highway K, along the railroadtracks.

More land was added to the town in 1914, andduring 1920, Twin Lake property was taken into thetown of Conover from Phelps.

Conover once had some of the best white pinestands in northern Wisconsin, and the town startedas a lumbering town before becoming a winter andsummer vacationland.

The town was named for Seth Conover, owner of Lakota Resort.

Area: 79.5 square milesPopulation: 1,262

Valuation: $420,401,800Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of market value property, Conover residents werelevied a gross tax of $5.96 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $1.63 for county, $1.05 for townand $.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $9.80.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $8.78.

Town Government: Steve Rhode, chairman;George Champeny and Karl Jennrich, supervi-sors; James Hedberg, clerk/treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department,Gary Vold, chief, (715) 479-4881.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff’s

Department, (715) 479-4441; animal control offi-cer, Ed Evert, (715) 891-6195.Volunteer EMS Department: Nancy Vold, EMS

coordinator, (715) 479-4881.

Eagle RiverEagle River became an outpost for the booming fur

trade and a center for logging activity starting in1857. Stories written about that era showed thatDutch Pete had a log cabin built on Yellow BirchLake at that time, near its outlet to the Eagle River.Also living here were “Hi Polar” (Hiram B. Polar)and another man called “Kentuck” (Charles L.

Perry).The first log drive in the upper Wisconsin Valley

took place in the spring of 1858 when Fox and Helmsran their winter’s cutting from Eagle River down theWisconsin River to Mosinee.

Growth came more rapidly with the completion of the military road in 1872 and the building of theMilwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad (laterthe Chicago and North Western) in 1883.

Finn Lawler arrived here in 1875 and became thefirst town chairman in 1885. By the turn of the cen-tury, tourism became a second major industry thatdeveloped rapidly in the early 1900s.


market value property, Eagle River residentswere levied a gross tax of $5.68 for school, $1.02for Nicolet College, $1.57 for county, $6.32 for cityand $.74 for state, for a total gross tax of $15.32.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $14.42.

City Government: Jeff Hyslop, mayor; DebraBrown, clerk/treasurer; Hoffman Appraisal, asses-sor; city council: District 1, George Meadows;District 2, Jerry Burkett; District 3, Kim Schaffer;District 4, Carol Hendricks.


Police Protection: Eagle River Police Department,nonemergency, (715) 479-1941; emergency, 911;chief, Mark Vander Bloomen. Vilas CountySheriff’s Department, (715) 479-4441.

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coordinator, (715) 479-8912.

Lac du FlambeauThe village of Lac du Flambeau is located in the

extreme southwest part of Vilas County and within

the Indian reservation of the same name. The reser-vation covers about 144 square miles, with 34 squaremiles being located in Iron County and two squaremiles being located in Oneida County.

About 1885, the area was a great logging center.The Lac du Flambeau Lumber Co., organized byHerrick & Stearns from Michigan, closed business in1914.

Area: 100.8 square milesPopulation: 3,299Valuation: $1,030,953,500Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Lac du Flambeau resi-dents were levied a gross tax of $7.26 for school,$1.06 for Nicolet College, $1.63 for county, $.71 fortown and $.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $10.83. After state credits, the total effective taxrate paid was $9.55.

Town Government: Francis Chartier, chairman;Mike Christensen and Mathew Gaulke, supervi-sors; Ginger Schwanebeck, clerk; Dave Peterman,

treasurer.Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department,

Tom Wegner, chief, (715) 356-6204.Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff’s

Department, (715) 479-4441; animal control offi-cer, Ginger Schwanebeck, (715) 588-3358.

Volunteer EMS Department: Tom Wegner, EMScoordinator, (715) 356-6204.

Land O’ LakesLand O’ Lakes, originally known as State Line,

was set off from Eagle River Jan. 3, 1907. The firsttown meeting was held April 1, 1907. Located on theWisconsin-Michigan border, Land O’ Lakes is hometo the Gateway Lodge, built in 1939 and known thenas the Gateway Hotel.

The schools were first built in the town of Donaldson, about two miles west of Land O’Lakes,where the dump is now located.

With the post office address still State Line, by1930 most residents said they lived in “Land O’ Lakes,” and the title stuck. State Line was officiallychanged to Land O’ Lakes in 1948.

Area: 83.8 square milesPopulation: 955Valuation: $517,965,700Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Land O’ Lakes residentswere levied a gross tax of $5.81 for school, $1.06for Nicolet College, $1.63 for county, $1.66 for townand $.26 for state, for a total gross tax of $10.41.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $9.44.

Town Government: Daniel Balog, chairman;Samuel Otterpohl and Michael Stopczynski,supervisors; Flossie Knoth, clerk/treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department,Sam Otterpohl, chief, (715) 547-3216.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 479-4441; animal control, towngarage, (715) 547-6904.

Volunteer EMS Department: Signe Baake, EMScoordinator, (715) 547-3403.

LincolnThe town of Lincoln, at one time, was part of the

city of Eagle River. It was separated May 12, 1914,and in September 1917, slight changes were made inthe town of Lincoln when some government lots insections 23, 24 and 26 were transferred to the town of Washington.


market value property, Lincoln residents werelevied a gross tax of $5.90 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $1.63 for county, $.74 for town and

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$.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $9.49. Afterstate credits, the total effective tax rate paid was$8.51.

Town Government: Dick Stoegbauer, chairman;James Croker, Brian Uttech, Leon Kukanich andBruce Richter, supervisors; Shelly Sauvola,

clerk/treasurer.Emergency Services: Eagle River Area FireDepartment, Pat Weber, chief, (715) 479-8912.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 479-4441; animal control offi-cer, Robin Vold, (715) 479-7580.

Manitowish WatersManitowish Waters is located on the western edge

of Vilas County, and is surrounded by lakes. Builtalong a chain of lakes, Manitowish Waters is idealfor fishermen and water sports enthusiasts.

Originally belonging to the town of Flambeau,

area residents succeeded in having the stateLegislature pass a bill creating the new town of Spider Lake. The name of the town was changedfrom Spider Lake to Manitowish Waters in 1937.

Desperado John Dillinger brought the areainstant notoriety in 1934. Detected hiding out atLittle Bohemia, he fled lawmen in a shootout thatresulted in the deaths of two people.

Area: 36 square milesPopulation: 703Valuation: $640,055,800Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Manitowish Waters resi-dents were levied a gross tax of $3.75 for school,

$1.06 for Nicolet College, $1.63 for county, $1.15for town and $.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $7.75. After state credits, the total effective taxrate paid was $7.14.

Town Government: John Hanson, chairman;Michael Bartling and Henry Bauers, supervisors;Susan Patterson, clerk/treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department,Leonard “Skip” Skrobot Jr., chief, (715) 543-2373.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 479-4441; animal control offi-cer, Henry Bauers, (715) 543-2888.

Volunteer EMS Department: Daryll Behnke,EMS coordinator, (715) 543-8160.

PhelpsThe village of Phelps grew on Big Twin Lake,

which was on the route of the Military Road, a roadcreated by the U.S. Congress between Wilkins inKeweenaw County, Mich., to Fort Howard in GreenBay. The town had its biggest growth from about1908-’12, when people of the Finnish race moved tothe area to farm.

While Eagle River and other Vilas County townswere past their peaks in logging, Phelps was just open-ing up. Sawyers and lumberjacks from closed millsthroughout the county headed for the lumber camp on

the east shore of Big Twin Lake. In those days, it wascalled Hackley. It was renamed Phelps in 1912, andthe town grew up around the logging camp.


market value property, Phelps residents werelevied a gross tax of $7.06 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $1.63 for county, $1.76 for townand $.36 for state, for a total gross tax of $11.86.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $10.58.

Town Government: Peter Albrecht, chairman;Steve Waier, Donna Brand, Dorothy Kimmerlingand Eugene McCaslin, supervisors; Marge Hiller,clerk/treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department,Steve Waier, chief, (715) 545-3012.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff’s Depart-ment, (715) 479-4441; animal control officer, RickBrown, (715) 891-7263.

Volunteer EMS Department: Carole Selin, EMScoordinator, (715) 545-3538.

Plum LakeThe town of Plum Lake, encompassing the two towns

of Sayner and Star Lake,had its modest beginnings onApril 11, 1911, when it was created out of territorydetached from the town of Arbor Vitae. The first townmeeting was held in Sayner April 14, 1911.

Sayner got its name from Orrin W. Sayner, who set-tled the area in 1891, two years before any other set-tlers took up homes in the town.

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in memory of Harry Starr, who was killed whileworking on the construction of a railroad bridgeacross the mill hot pond. The lake was named Star,also.

Area: 85.7 square milesPopulation: 544

Valuation: $294,665,900Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Plum Lake residents werelevied a gross tax of $5.90 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $1.63 for county, $.94 for town and$.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $9.70. Afterstate credits, the total effective tax rate paid was$8.80.

Town Government: Jerry Keller, chairman;Michael Olson and Will Maines, supervisors;Sharon Brooker, clerk/treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department,Kevin Rasmussen, chief, (715) 542-3004.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff’s

Department, (715) 479-4441; animal control offi-cer, Dennis Nielsen, (715) 542-2234.

Volunteer EMS Department: Kevin Rasmussen,EMS coordinator, (715) 542-3004.

Presque IslePresque Isle started out as a logging village named

Fosterville, named for Fred Foster, who was superin-

tendent of the lumber company. The company soldout to W.S. Winegar, owner of Vilas County LumberCo., and the name was changed to Winegar.

The village continued to be a lumber town untilpeople started buying property and building summerhomes. The area became more populated andWinegar was called a resort town.

In 1955, the village name was changed to PresqueIsle, to be the same as the town, and it is now strict-ly a resort town.


market value property, Presque Isle residentswere levied a gross tax of $3.75 for school, $1.06for Nicolet College, $1.63 for county, $1.54 for townand $.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $8.14.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $7.51.

Town Government: Jack Harrison, chairman;Charles Hayes and Adam Johnson, supervisors;Lorine Walters, clerk; Kathy Sitkiewitz, treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department,Jim Nelson, chief, (715) 686-2326.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 479-4441; animal control offi-cer, Howard Meyer, (715) 686-7155.

Volunteer EMS Department: Donna Jukich, EMscoordinator, (715) 686-2313.

St. GermainThe town of Farmington was established by the

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A big change from logging and the lumberjackdays to the vacationland promotions happened at theturn of the 20th century. The cut-over lands were pur-

chased at reasonable prices and the housekeepingcottage plan was started in the 1920s, which provedto be a popular success.


market value property, St. Germain residents werelevied a gross tax of $5.90 for school,$1.06 for NicoletCollege, $1.63 for county, $1.23 for town and $.34 forstate, for a total gross tax of $10.15.After state cred-its, the total effective tax rate paid was $9.11.

Town Government: Peggy Nimz, chairwoman;John Vojta, Fred Radtke, Lee Christensen and

Walter Camp, supervisors; Thomas Martens,clerk; Marion Janssen, treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department,Tim Ebert, chief, (715) 479-4016.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 479-4441; animal control offi-cer, Dennis Nagel, (715) 542-3890.

Volunteer EMS Department: Tim Ebert, EMScoordinator, (715) 479-4016.

WashingtonPrior to 1893, the land area that now comprises the

town of Washington was a part of Oneida County

and, in May 1899, it was known as part of the newlycreated town of Eagle River. On May 12, 1914, thetown of Washington was established. Five years later,more changes were made when section 25 and somegovernment lots in sections 23, 24 and 26 were trans-ferred from the town of Lincoln to Washington.

The first chairman elected in the town was WilliamSaltenberg Sr. He served, with the exception of oneterm, until his death July 16, 1923. He was succeed-ed by George Mayo.Area: 41.6 square milesPopulation: 1,637Valuation: $625,503,900Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Washington residents werelevied a gross tax of $5.90 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $1.63 for county, $1.00 for townand $.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $9.75.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $8.75.

Town Government: James Spring, chairman; KeithNumrich and David Alleman, supervisors; MicheleSanborn, clerk; Lanae Slizewski, treasurer.


Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 479-4441; animal control offi-cer, Robin Vold, (715) 479-7580.

WinchesterLocated just four miles from the Wisconsin-

Michigan border, Winchester offers great fishing,hunting and privacy to vacationers. The communitydates back to 1902, when several individuals orga-nized the Turtle Lake Lumber Co.

Even before the lumber company started their set-tlement, a vacation and fishing resort was beingbuilt on a site that became known as Divide, at the

narrows between North and South Turtle lakes. Thiswas in the mid-1890s.

After the organization of the Turtle Lake LumberCo., Winchester became a great logging district. In1905, the company built a sawmill and began lum-bering operations. When the company built a largermill in 1907, the post office was transferred fromDivide to Winchester, named after Walter Winchester.


market value property, Winchester residents were

levied a gross tax of $3.75 for school,$1.06 for NicoletCollege, $1.63 for county, $1.92 for town and $.17 forstate, for a total gross tax of $8.52. After state cred-its, the total effective tax rate paid was $7.92.

Town Government: Lawrence Sturgeon, chair-man;Tom Misiak and Joe Osfar, supervisors; RuthAllis, clerk; Geri Sell, treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department,Bill Sell, chief, (715) 686-2300.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 479-4441; animal control offi-cer, Robert Schmidt, (715) 686-7759.

Volunteer EMS Department: Ginger Brousil,EMS coordinator, (715) 604-7382.




ONEIDA COUNTY

Oneida CountyHistory, GovernmentOneida County was created from Lincoln County

in 1885 under Chapter 411 Laws. The originalboundaries comprised a large area of what is todayOneida, Vilas and part of Iron counties. Vilas was setoff from Oneida in 1893.

Oneida County is said to have been named for theNew York Indian tribe of that name, a branch of theIroquois, who moved to Wisconsin early in the 19thcentury. The name is said to signify “granite people.”

Rhinelander was made the county seat and thefirst officers were appointed by Gov. Jeremiah M.

Rusk in 1886, according to a 1924 history book writ-ten by George Jones. Officers were Chris Eby, trea-surer; J.W. McCormich, judge; F.W. McIntyre, clerk of court; W.L. Boers, county clerk; A. Sievwright, sheriff;Ole Oleson, register of deeds; and Jacob Jewell, coro-ner.

The first official meeting of the board of supervi-sors was Jan. 3, 1887. On Jan. 11, the board selectedfor temporary quarters rooms in the building on thesouthwest corner of King and Stevens streets.Proceedings of the board were to be printed in areanewspapers, including the New North, OneidaHerald and Eagle River Vindicator.

In 1887, when Pelican and Eagle River were the

only two towns in the county, the total property valuewas $152,248. Today, equalized property valuationwithin the now much smaller Oneida County totals$7.2 billion. The total property value in the town of Three Lakes alone is more than $993 million.

The population of Oneida was 8,875 in 1900; in1905 it was 11,234; in 1910 it was 11,433; and in1920 it was 13,996. In 2007, Oneida’s populationwas 38,600.

The settlement and development of Oneida, andall of northern Wisconsin in general, has been dueprimarily to the lumber industry. It was the lumber-men who cleared away the primeval forest whichcovered nearly the whole vast territory and opened

up a way for the farmer.The first logging that was done north of the

Tomahawk River was in the winter of 1857-’58 atRhinelander. In the fall of 1857, Helms & Co. cut outthe “tote road” from Grandfather Bull’s Falls toEagle Lake on the Eagle River in what is now VilasCounty.

After billions of board feet of lumber wereremoved, the farmers moved into Oneida soon after.More than one-half of the soil in the county, or about500,000 acres, is tillable land that is adaptable toagriculture.

The earliest settler in the immediate vicinity of Rhinelander was John C. Curran, who arrived on

the spot as early as 1855 and lived for many yearsjust south of the Pelican River where it flows into theWisconsin. He was engaged in buying furs from theIndians and, to a smaller extent, in logging.

Besides the city of Rhinelander, 20 towns werecarved from the county. These are Cassian, Crescent,Enterprise, Hazelhurst, Lake Tomahawk, Little Rice,Lynne, Minocqua, Monico, Newbold, Nokomis,Pelican, Piehl, Pine Lake, Schoepke, Stella, SugarCamp, Three Lakes, Woodboro and Woodruff.

County GovernmentThe county is governed by 21 supervisors repre-

senting 21 districts. The county board’s job is tooversee county departments, establish policies andordinances, and assess a property tax levy in accor-dance with an annual budget to run all operations.The 2011 budget was set at $52.1 million in totalexpenses, though the local property tax levy pays for$15.03 million of that amount. Oneida County prop-erty owners will pay a full-value tax rate of $2.06per $1,000 of equalized valuation (at market value).The Board of Supervisors meets the third Tuesdayin January, February, March, April, May, June,August, September and October. The annual budgetmeeting is held the first Tuesday following the sec-ond Monday in November. The courthouse is locatedat 1 S. Oneida Ave. in Rhinelander, P.O. Box 400,Rhinelander, WI 54501. Courthouse office hours areMondays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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County Supervisors• District 1 — Wards 1, 2, 3 and 10 of

Rhinelander, Sonny Paszak, 15 Edgewater Homes,Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 369-4835.

• District 2 — Wards 4, 6, 8 and 9 of Rhinelander,Greg Berard, 721 Thayer St., Rhinelander, WI54501; (715) 362-3354.

• District 3 — Wards 5, 7, 12, 13 and 14 of Rhinelander, Romelle Vandervest, 1218 Tracy St.,Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 369-5089.

• District 4 — Wards 15, 16, 18, 19 and 20 of Rhinelander, David O’Melia, 823 Margaret St.,Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 369-4777.

• District 5 — Wards 11 and 17 of Rhinelanderand Wards 3 and 5 of Pelican, Carol Pederson, 4242Island View Rd., Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 362-5731.

• District 6 — Wards 1, 2 and 4 of Pelican, JohnHoffman, 4530 Old 8 Rd., Rhinelander, WI 54501;(715) 369-9099.

• District 7 — Enterprise, Schoepke, Monico,Piehl and Ward 3 of Three Lakes, Jim Sharon, 1009Weaver Rd., Pelican Lake, WI 54463; (715) 487-5473.

• District 8 — Wards 3 and 4 of Pine Lake andStella, Paul Dean, 3543 Sunset Ln., Rhinelander, WI54501; (715) 369-3621.

• District 9 — Wards 1 and 2 of Pine Lake, Orvin“Matt” Matteson, 5359 Manor Rd., Rhinelander, WI54501; (715) 369-9082.

• District 10 — Wards 1, 2 and 5 of Newbold, TomRudolph, 1740 Larsen Dr., Rhinelander, WI 54501;(715) 362-6222.

• District 11 — Wards 1 and 2 of Crescent, John

Young, 7201 Long Lake Rd., Rhinelander, WI 54501;(715) 282-5851.• District 12 — Woodboro, Ward 1 of Cassian,

Ward 3 of Crescent and Ward 2 of Lake Tomahawk,Denny Thompson, 8859 Art Thompson Rd.,Harshaw, WI 54529; (715) 277-2070.

• District 13 — Wards 1 and 2 of Three Lakes,Dave Hintz, 1144 Medicine Lake Lodge Rd., ThreeLakes, WI 54562; (715) 546-2712.

• District 14 — Wards 1 and 2 of Sugar Camp,Scott Holewinski, 7729 Channel Rd., Eagle River,WI 54521; (715) 479-4219.

• District 15 — Wards 3 and 4 of Newbold andWard 1 of Lake Tomahawk, Bob Metropulos, 6218

Ridgeway Dr., Lake Tomahawk, WI 54539; (715)277-3646.• District 16 — Wards 1 and 2 of Woodruff, Billy

Fried, 7797 Agawak Rd., Woodruff, WI 54568; (715)892-1694.

• District 17 — Wards 2 and 3 of Minocqua,Charles Wickman, P.O. Box 183, Minocqua, WI54548; (715) 356-5816.

• District 18 — Wards 1 and 4 of Minocqua andWard 3 of Woodruff, Peter Wolk, P.O. Box 970,Minocqua, WI 54548; (715) 356-1874.

• District 19 — Wards 5 and 6 of Minocqua, JackMartinson, 6570 Swamsauger Hts. Rd., Tripoli, WI54564; (715) 564-3357.

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• District 20 — Lynne, Little Rice and Wards 1and 2 of Nokomis, Gary Baier, 9378 Norway Ln.,Tomahawk, WI 54487; (715) 453-4581.

• District 21 — Wards 1 and 2 of Hazelhurst,Ward 2 of Cassian, Ted Cushing, P.O. Box 121,Hazelhurst, WI 54531; (715) 356-5887.

Elected Department HeadsCounty Clerk — Robert Bruso, (715) 369-6144.

Treasurer — Kristina Ostermann, (715) 369-6137.

Clerk of Circuit Courts — Gina Olson, (715) 369-6120.

Sheriff — Jeff Hoffman, (715) 361-5100.

District Attorney — Michael Bloom, (715) 369-6133.

Medical Examiner — Traci England, (715) 362-4785.

Register of Deeds — Thomas Leighton, (715) 369-6150.

Circuit Court of the 9th Judicial DistrictJudge (Branch I) — Patrick O’Melia, (715) 369-

6157.

Judge (Branch II) — Mark Mangerson, (715) 369-6200.

Court Reporter (Branch I) — Jean Wood, (715)369-6178.

Court Reporters (Branch II) — Paula Anderson,and Sherri Apel, (715) 369-6214.

Appointed Department HeadsSocial Services — Paul Spencer Jr., (715) 362-

5695.

Forestry, Land and Outdoor Recreation —John Bilogan, (715) 369-6140.

Department on Aging — Dianne Jacobson, (715)369-6170.

Child Support Office — Victoria Voss, (715) 362-1550.

Highway Department — Nick Scholtes, (715) 369-6184.

Public Health Department — Linda Conlon,(715) 369-6111.

University Extension — Erica Brewster, (715)365-2750.

Planning and Zoning Department — KarlJennrich, (715) 369-6130.

Emergency Management — Ken Kortenhof, (715)361-5167.

Law Enforcement

Under Sheriff Jeff Hoffman, there is one chief deputy, three lieutenants, five detective sergeants,one office manager, one evidence technician, onefinance technician, one payroll technician, fivepatrol sergeants, 23 deputies, two lead telecommu-nicators, 13 telecommunicators, a jail administrator,an assistant jail administrator, four correctionssergeants, 20 corrections officers and five depart-ment secretaries.




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CassianThe earliest record found of Cassian, which was

originally a part of Woodboro, is the record of anordinance passed by the county board Feb. 12, 1903.The ordinance detached property from the town of Woodboro and created the town of Cassian fromTownships 36 and 37, Range 6 East, and Township37 North, Range 7 East.

The first town meeting held to transact businesswas held at the Cassian School April 7, 1903, withIra E. Smith chairing the meeting.

Settlers were lured from great distances by glow-ing accounts published in newspapers of large cities,

telling of great opportunities to get started with verylittle investment in an ideal farming region.

About the end of World War II, discontent devel-oped within the township. Steps were taken in 1948to separate the “lower” township and form a newtownship — Nokomis.

The Cassian-Woodboro School was constructed in1944-’45 and the Fernwood School then became townproperty and was used as the Cassian Town Hall. In1971, a new town hall was built, and in 1986, anaddition was built on the firehouse.Area: 68 square milesPopulation: 1,041Valuation: $270,065,000

Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of market value property, Cassian residents werelevied a gross tax of $8.44 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $2.09 for county, $1.41 for townand $.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $13.17.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $11.70.

Town Government: Larry Hendrickson, chair-man; Forrest Black and Gail Winnie, supervisors;Mary Thompson, clerk; Denny Thompson, trea-surer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, EdTadych, chief, (715) 282-5177.

Police Protection: Oneida County Sheriff’s

Department, (715) 361-5100.

CrescentLocated west of the city of Rhinelander, the town-

ship of Crescent is bordered roughly by Highway K on the north,Highway A on the south, Boyce Drive onthe east and Washburn Road on the west.

Most of the settlers in the area were homesteaders.Bountiful forests, good farmland and lakes luredpeople from many places.

There were no roads to the city, and people had totravel a footpath along the Wisconsin River to get towork or purchase supplies. In 1904, a power dam

was built on the river at what is now Hat RapidsRoad and a bridge was constructed to give access tothe road leading into Rhinelander.

An 1898 school census showed 18 families in

Crescent responsible for schooling children ages 4through 20. There were five one-room schoolhousesin the township.

The present Crescent Town Hall was built on HatRapids Road in 1925. It was moved to River Road in1979, where it stands today.

The Crescent Volunteer Fire Department wasformed May 10, 1971, with 40 members under theguidance of Al Deitz.Area: 36 square milesPopulation: 2,144Valuation: $288,040,800Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Crescent residents were


Town Governnent: Bill Treder, chairman; GradyHartman and Adrian Turgeon Sr., supervisors;Tracy Hartman, clerk; Carla Fletcher, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, KenOrton, chief, (715) 282-5178.

Police Protection: Oneida County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 361-5100; humane officer, Tim




Zeske, (715) 362-7744.

EnterpriseEnterprise is located in southeastern Oneida

County on the south and west sides of Pelican Lake.

At present, only a bar and grocery store combinationand a few homes remain in the immediate village,but at one time a school, church, general store, postoffice, saloon and sawmill, as well as several homes,were all located within the few blocks of the villageitself.

The first residents of Enterprise were Indians —both Chippewa and Potawatomi. The first white manto settle in what is now Enterprise was George Keeler— in 1884.

The building of a railroad through Enterprise toopen up the timber lands for logging helped bring inmore settlers.Around 1898, Enterprise was known asRobert’s Siding.

The township of Enterprise was created by legisla-tive act by separation from Schoepke March 29,1905. In 1906, Schoepke re-annexed it, howeverEnterprise was re-established as a separate town-ship March 23, 1907.Area: 60 square miles.Population: 283Valuation: $107,549,400Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Enterprise residents werelevied a gross tax of $6.35 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $2.09 for county, $1.37 for townand $.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $11.04.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paid

was $10.12.Town Government: Leonard Guth III, chairman;

Scott Krueger and Arnold Schauer, supervisors;Debra Christian, clerk; Robert Vlies, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Pelican Lake Volunteer FireDepartment, Wayne Sparks, chief, (715) 487-5406.

Police Protection: Oneida County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 361-5100.

HazelhurstHazelhurst had its origin in 1882, when C.C.

Yawkey and a timber cruiser arrived in the area andpurchased large tracts of land. The village was

begun in 1887 with the construction of Yawkey-LeighLumber Co.Hazelhurst was named by Mrs. Yawkey upon her

arrival in 1888. “Hazel” for the large amounts of hazel brush and “hurst,” which means grove inGerman.

Yawkey-Leigh Co. owned the entire village of Hazelhurst — a sawmill, box factory, planing mill,sawdust burner, all the workers’ dwellings, a board-ing house, barber shop, general store, post office,blacksmith shop, church, school and the Hazelhurstand Southern Railroad. Mr. Yawkey was chairmanof the town board and the first postmaster of Hazelhurst.

Area: 36 square milesPopulation: 1,382Valuation: $417,924,000Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000

of market value property, Hazelhurst residentswere levied a gross tax of $4.67 for school, $1.06for Nicolet College, $2.09 for county, $.93 for townand $.18 for state, for a total gross tax of $8.92.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $8.12.

Town Government: Ted Cushing, chairman;Gilbert Kettner and Woody Hagge, supervisors;Betty Cushing, clerk; Gail Hoover, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department,JerryRyden, chief, (715) 356-3419.


Lake TomahawkTomahawk Lake became a township in 1914, with

Charles Gahler as its first town chairman. Its namewas changed to Lake Tomahawk in the early 1930s.

Gasoline and kerosene lamps and gasoline gener-ators were the sources of light and power before1929, when electricity came to town.

The Chicago and North Western Railroad was thechief economic support of the town. Passenger servicewas discontinued and in the early 1980s, freight ser-vice was also discontinued and the tracks wereremoved.Area: 40 square milesPopulation: 1,221Valuation: $238,734,300Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Lake Tomahawk residentswere levied a gross tax of $4.67 for school, $1.06for Nicolet College, $2.09 for county, $2.94 fortown and $.24 for state, for a total gross tax of $10.99. After state credits, the total effective tax

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rate paid was $10.11.Town Government: Richard Mazurczak, chair-

man; Jack Dunbar and Shawn Tingley, supervi-sors; Patricia Christy, clerk; Michael Lynch, trea-surer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, Doug

Rehm, chief, (715) 277-3541.Police Protection: Oneida County Sheriff”s

Department, (715) 361-5100.

Little RiceOn Nov. 10, 1909, the town of Little Rice was

formed of territory detached from the town of Lynne,mainly, Townships 36 and 37 of Range 5 East except-ing Sections 31 and 32 of Township 36. On March22-24, 1910, that part of Township 37 of Range 7 East, situated in the town of Hazelhurst wasdetached from said town of Hazelhurst and attachedto the town of Cassian; and Sections 31 and 32,

Township 36 North of Range 5 East, were detachedfrom the town of Lynne and attached to the town of Little Rice.Area: 72 square milesPopulation: 315Valuation: $73,463,100Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Little Rice residents were


Town Government: Steve Margitan, chairman;

Tom Tiffany and Dennis Kelly, supervisors; JanicePokorny, clerk; Sally Tremel, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department,Larry Mathein, chief, (715) 453-5134.


LynneThe town of Lynne is composed of Township 36

North, Range 4 East and Township 37 North, Range4 East, reaching from Highway 8 in Tripoli toTownship 38 in Minocqua.

The first logging camp was operated in 1866 by

Israel Stone, who was one-quarter Indian. The settle-ment, however, was due largely to H.H. Stolle, whopurchased acreage in 1899 and moved his family tothe area in 1900. The Soo Line Railroad also playedan important part in the settlement, bringing in thesettlers as well as hauling out the lumber the millsproduced.

Finnish emigrants who arrived in Minneapoliscame to work in the sawmill and the woods. A largeFinnish settlement was established, and manyFinnish settlers remained after the mills were closed.Area: 72 square milesPopulation: 206Valuation: $33,127,800

Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of market value property, Lynne residents werelevied a gross tax of $9.99 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $2.09 for county, $4.50 for townand $.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $17.81.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $16.22.

Town Government: Dave Schatzley, chairman;Darrell Rice Jr. and Jeff Viegut, supervisors; MaryKrueger, clerk/treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department,Kevin Steines, chief, (715) 564-3152.


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MinocquaLocated on the northern edge of Oneida County,

the town of Minocqua was formally established

March 13, 1889. The population was concentrated onan island-like piece of land formed by lakesKawaguesaga and Minocqua.

Logging camps, and later lumber mills, providedemployment for the newcomers who arrived inMinocqua via the railroad, beginning in 1887.Although the camps and mills were in Minocquaitself, the town thrived because of its transportationlink and its proximity to the lumbering activity.

The cutting and sawing of logs continued into the20th century, but the lumber boom was over by 1910,as the supply of timber rapidly dwindled. Some res-idents turned to small-scale farming on the cutoverlands, while others entered the rapidly expanding

resort industry.As the resorts prospered, Minocqua became known

as a tourist center.The name Minocqua is said to be derived from the

name of the Chippewa Indian Chief Noc Wib orMinocquip, who lived on the island with his follow-ers. According to early settlers, the word means “mid-journey,” “noon-day rest,” “stop and drink,” “a pleas-ant place to be.” Area: 178 square milesPopulation: 5,347Valuation: $1,838,125,900Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Minocqua residents were


Town Government: Joe Handrick, chairman; JohnThompson, Bryan Jennings, Mark Hartzheim andSusan Heil, supervisors; Roben Haggart, clerk;Laura Mendez, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, AndyPetrowski, chief, (715) 614-9004.

Police Protection: Minocqua Police Department,Andy Gee, chief, (715) 356-3234.

MonicoMonico was named by B.F. Dorr, an early survey-

or, who gave no special reason for the name. Someresidents believe the name is of Indian origin.

In 1882, there was nothing at Monico but a fewrailway shanties. By 1883, Wisconsin Sulphite FibreCo. bought practically the whole town site and builta factory. Emil’s Mill was located there in later years.

In the fall of 1884, the company built a new larg-er factory, with the intention of building a papermill. Within a year or so, the pulp mill burned down.The company gave up their plans, sold out and left.

The site was bought by Ed Squire of Rhinelander,

who sold it in lots to various people. Logging wascarried on in 1885 by Green & Sons and by Clarke,Lennan & Stableton. There were also severalportable sawmills.

In 1882, the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & WesternRailroad line was completed as far as Monico. A spurline was run 15 miles to Rhinelander and the mainline continued north to Watersmeet, Mich. During theheight of the railroad boom, Monico Junction had 24trains in and out per day — 16 freight and eight pas-senger. Passenger service ended in 1971 and thefreight train in 1984. Railroad tracks were removedand the depot was moved to Rhinelander.Area: 54 square milesPopulation: 372Valuation: $29,731,700Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Monico residents were


Town Government: Robert Briggs, chairman;Erick Runkle and Dustin Conley, supervisors;Barbara Henderson, clerk; Debra Stefonik, trea-surer.

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NewboldOn Nov. 18, 1898, the Oneida County Board acted

to form the town of Newbold, named after the man

operating the Newbold Land and Lumber Co. locat-ed on the Northwestern Railroad, a few miles southof the McNaughton Station. It was then known asNewbold Siding.

In 1935, the Wisconsin Valley Improvement Co.erected a dam on the Wisconsin River, forming theRainbow Flowage, covering 4,485 acres. The wholesystem is used to control the flow of the river.

The first meeting and election in Newbold washeld April 4, 1899, at McNaughton School.

During the prohibition era, the McNaughton areahad the dubious distinction of being the “moonshinecapital” of these parts.Area: 771/ 2 square miles

Population: 2,927Valuation: $524,215,100Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Newbold residents werelevied a gross tax of $8.02 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $1.94 for county, $2.04 for townand $.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $13.23.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $11.92.

Town Government: Dave Kroll, chairman; BobMetropulos, Mike Sueflohn, Scott Eshelman andJames Staskiewicz, supervisors; Sue Williams,clerk; Jodie Hess, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, TomWaydick, chief, (715) 362-6361.


NokomisNokomis history is part of the township of

Cassian history. The township of Cassian was creat-ed from the township of Woodboro Feb. 12, 1903.

The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad wasbuilt through what is known now as Nokomis in1888. A spur was branched off the main line at aplace named Cassanova — later changed to Cassian.

About 1906 the Wausau Land Co. moved asawmill to Cassian and operated it for several years,

giving employment to many local people. By 1912,most of the timber in this area was logged off, so themill was moved to Malvern. After it was moved,nothing much was left at Cassian but the generalstore and two or three families.

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creating Lake Nokomis. The creation of the lakebrought people who built homes, cottages, resorts andother businesses.Area: 36 square milesPopulation: 1,474Valuation: $267,260,000

Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of market value property, Nokomis residents werelevied a gross tax of $7.30 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $2.09 for county, $1.94 for townand $.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $12.55.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $11.38.

Town Government: Gary Baier, chairman; KurtKopacz and Bette Stillman, supervisors; WendySmith, clerk; Mary Schewe, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department,Wayne Kinnally, chief, (715) 453-4867.

Police Protection: Oneida County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 361-5100; constable, Brian

Schmidt, (715) 453-1361.

PelicanThe town of Pelican was probably named for the

white pelicans which fed along the Wisconsin Riverand on big Pelican Lake.

The chief early occupations in Pelican were farm-ing and logging. The last log drive down the PelicanRiver took place in 1927.

The first school in Pelican was built in 1883, withmany others to follow in the late 1800s and early1900s. Nicolet Area Technical College was built onproperty bordered by Lake Julia.


market value property, Pelican residents werelevied a gross tax of $8.60 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $1.94 for county, $1.34 for townand $.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $13.10.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $11.64.

Town Government: Gerald Roou, chairman; JackAnderson and John Hoffman, supervisors;Kenneth Gardner, clerk; Cindy Carroll, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, Dave

Hollands, chief, (715) 369-9566.Police Protection: Oneida County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 361-5100; constable, JamesForsyth, (715) 362-2195.

PiehlThe town of Piehl was organized in 1908 as part of

Oneida County. In the minds of many people, the vil-lage of Gagen and the town of Piehl are synonymous.

A sawmill was first built at Gagen in the late1800s, due to the fact that the town was the junctionof two important railroads — the Milwaukee, LakeShore and Western (later known as the Chicago and

North Western) and the Minneapolis, Sault Ste.Marie and Atlantic.

The town was named for Dan Gagen (1834-1908),who came from England and became a pioneer trad-er and woodsman. The Piehl Town Hall was built in1922 and is still in use.Area: 36 square milesPopulation: 101Valuation: $16,515,200Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Piehl residents werelevied a gross tax of $4.99 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $2.09 for county, $.61 for townand $.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $8.91.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $7.93.

Town Government: Eugene Uhl, chairman;Joseph Dessellier and Carl Hansen, supervisors;Renee Wilson-Galligan, clerk; Joy Braeger, trea-surer.

Fire Protection: Stella Volunteer FireDepartment, Carl Spittlemeister, (715) 362-5177.


Pine LakePine Lake was organized in 1903 out of a portion

of the town of Pelican. Newbold ceded its westernpart to Pine Lake in 1907. Sections 4 and 9 wereceded back to Newbold in 1916.

In its early days, Pine Lake was known for familyfarms, sawmills and logging. It is known today forits vast waterfront property, fishing, hunting andboating.

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events. It is the site of the “Hodag Country Festival” each July.Area: 461/ 2 square milesPopulation: 2,872Valuation: $315,971,100Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Pine Lake residents werelevied a gross tax of $8.60 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $1.94 for county, $2.28 for townand $.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $14.04.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $12.54.

Town Government: James Flory, chairman; MattMatteson, Timothy Oestreich, Brian Gehrig andCharles LaHam, supervisors; Cindy Skinner, clerk,Judith Skinner, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department,Brian Gehrig, chief, (715) 362-5684.

Police Protection: Oneida County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 361-5100; constable, Ron

Coleman Jr., (715) 362-6793.

RhinelanderThe city of Rhinelander, with its population of

about 8,000 in the city proper and over 29,000 in theimmediate area, would be unrecognizable today toits first citizens. Born in the boom days of loggingand settled in 1880, it was first called PelicanRapids.Two years later, it was granted a charter andrenamed for F.W. Rhinelander, president of theMilwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad (nowthe Chicago and North Western) after his railroadagreed to come to their town.

The railroad made possible a logging industrygrand in scale in an area perfect for the harvesting of timber. With the completion of the railroad, the citybecame a terminal and supply point for dozens of logging camps to the north toward the Michigan bor-der.

Modern timber management and reforestationensures that Rhinelander will always have forestsfor business and recreation. Although the timberbarons of the turn of the century are gone, in north-ern Wisconsin today, dozens of smaller logging oper-

ations supply pulpwood and sawlogs for the manu-facture of paper, cardboard, particle board, plywood,paneling, lumber, and a variety of other wood prod-ucts.Area: 4 square milesPopulation: 8,223Valuation: $593,753,500Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Rhinelander residentswere levied a gross tax of $8.49 for school, $1.04for Nicolet College, $1.91 for county, $8.67 fortown and $.43 for state, for a total gross tax of $20.55. After state credits, the total effective taxrate paid was $19.06.

City Government: Richard Johns, mayor; MaryRichardson, clerk/treasurer; city council: District1, Sonny Paszak; District 2, Mark Pelletier;District 3, Cherryl Belliveau; District 4, TomKelly; District 5, Joseph Salzer; District 6,Alexander Young; District 7, WilliamFreudenberg; District 8, Thomas Gleason.

Fire Protection: Rhinelander Fire Department,Terry Williams, chief, (715) 365-5404.

Police Protection: Rhinelander PoliceDepartment, Michael Steffes, chief, (715) 365-5304.

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4, 1897. It had been the town of Pelican Lake, whichwas created April 3, 1883, from the township of Neva, Langlade County.

The town was named for August F. Schoepke, whowas the first agent for the Milwaukee, Lake Shore &Western Railway. The village of Pelican Lake was

started when the railroad (later known as theChicago and North Western) was built through thisregion in 1882.

The railroad pulled up its tracks a few years agoand the state Highway Department bought most of the right-of-way for future highway expansion.

Farming and logging were done in the early years,and several farms in the Jennings area are stillbeing operated by members of the original families.Area: 48 square milesPopulation: 354Valuation: $135,886,100Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Schoepke residents were


Town Government: James Sharon, chairman;Roger Stephens and Chuck Moore, supervisors;Dick Dvorak, clerk; Barbara Kraetsch, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Pelican Lake Volunteer FireDepartment, Wayne Sparks, chief, (715) 487-5406.


StellaStella, a 99-square-mile area with Starks as itsmain population center, was widely known in theearly years for its tremendous potato growing. Today,seed potatoes from the farms in Stella Township areshipped all over the United States.

Starks was originally called Pennington, for E.Pennington, then superintendent of the new railroad.The name was changed in the early 1900s in honorof Commander Hobson, famous hero of the Spanish-American War. In the mid-1900s, Leonard Starksbought 10,000 acres of land around what was thenHobson. He rebuilt the town and gave it his name.Starks, known as the “Potato King,” owned as many

as 18,500 acres of land. Due largely to Starks’ earlysuccess, Wisconsin has become nationally known inthe field of seed potatoes.Area: 36 square milesPopulation: 690Valuation: $86,255,300Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Stella residents werelevied a gross tax of $8.50 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $2.09 for county, $1.78 for townand $.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $13.59.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $12.17.

Town Government: David Brunette, chairman;

Deborah Polinski and Robert Goodin, supervisors;Jean Fish, clerk; Kathleen Baker, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, BartTegen, chief, (715) 369-1492.


Sugar CampThe first permanent white settlers from Poland

moved to the Sugar Camp area April 11, 1895. Eachfamily bought 80 acres of land and made their livingby logging. At that time, the area was known asRobbins, named for Frank Robbins, a pioneer lum-berman.

Sugar Camp became a separate township in 1899;prior to then it was part of Pelican. Its name wasderived from the fact that many people came to thearea to buy maple sugar and syrup from the Indians.

Many descendants from original settlers still live

in the area, such as the Stefoneks, Walkowskis,Kundas, Piaseckis, Nowaks, Pitliks, Sowinskis andKasmareks.

The present town hall was built in 1962 and theold St. Kunegunda Catholic Church was taken downin 1975, with the new building and rectory construct-ed adjacent to the old site.Area: 99 square milesPopulation: 1,934Valuation: $431,930,000Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

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were levied a gross tax of $4.99 for school, $1.06for Nicolet College, $2.09 for county, $1.55 fortown and $.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $9.85. After state credits, the total effective taxrate paid was $8.92.

Town Government: Scott Holewinski, chairman;

Otto Schoeneck and Paul Sowinski, supervisors;John Bigley, clerk; Lisa Jolin, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department,Jason Goeldner, chief, (715) 362-9679.

Police Protection: Oneida County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 361-5100; humane officer, EdKuester, (715) 272-1447.

Three LakesThe first white settler who came into the Three

Lakes area was Dan Gagen, known as the “King of the North.” He worked up a thriving business, trad-ing merchandise to the Indians for raw furs. By

1880, the government had made its first land grantsin the area and, in 1884, the small village thatsprang up around the trading post and the townshipbecame known as Gagen.

The village changed its name to Three Lakes May27, 1909. The name was the result of two railroadsurveyors seeking to run a line. Three attempts foundthree lakes — the three lakes being Maple, Townlineand Rangeline. Due to the dense forests and findingno more lakes, the men assumed there were onlythree lakes and the name was chosen for the village.

The coming of the Chicago and North WesternRailroad in 1881 ushered in the exploitation of theland, marked by three eras: the logging of the pine,

the plowing of the land and the developing of thetourist cabin. The farming era included activitiesranging from potato growing to cheese factories tomoonshine stills.

Prohibition ended in 1934 and thus, the end of thehomestead-type farm operations. Government subsi-dies spawned commercial potato growing operationsand the area became known for its choice seed pota-toes.

In the Depression years of the 1930s, PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt sent the Civilian Conservation

Corps, his “tree army.” Twenty-two camps of 200 meneach were established on the Nicolet National Forestlands alone, six of them within 10 miles of ThreeLakes. Today, the millions of trees planted by thesemen are being harvested on a selected basis.

In 1946, Vernon Goldsworthy and RalphSampson opened up the Thunder Lake Marsh west of the village for commercial cranberry development.

The famous Chain of 28 Lakes, with more than100 miles of shoreline and 7,000 water acres, is locat-ed in Three Lakes. The chain stretches north to EagleRiver.Area: 99 square milesPopulation: 2,460Valuation: $1,054,163,400Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

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Jeffrey Bruss, Steve Garbowicz, Edwin Starkeand William Martineau, supervisors; CourtneyPeterson, clerk; Mary Turk, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, Herb

Stuckart, chief, (715) 546-3514.Police Protection: Three Lakes Police

Department, Scott Lea, chief, (715) 546-2211.

WoodboroThe township of Woodboro was created by the

county board of supervisors from the town of PelicanMarch 21, 1893. The one village in the township car-rying the same name was started in 1890 by GeorgeE. Wood of Chicago, operator of the George E. WoodLumber Co.

Wood built a sawmill in the early 1890s and as alumbering community, Woodboro prospered for

about 14 years. While the mill operated, it cut about200 million feet of pine lumber and built and operat-ed its own log railroad of standard gauge. TheWashburn Lake Road was once part of this railroad.

In 1904, the company lost its planing mill andseveral hundred thousand feet of lumber to fire. Afterthe fire, about 7,000 acres were sold to a Chicago realestate firm that platted lake frontage and sold farms.Area: 353/ 4 square milesPopulation: 727Valuation: $183,956,800Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Woodboro residents werelevied a gross tax of $8.60 for school, $1.06 for

Nicolet College, $2.09 for county, $.95 for townand $.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $12.86.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $11.48.

Town Government: Kurtis Zalewski, chairman;Lois Haese and Mike Barnes, supervisors; BeverlySchmidt, clerk; Tina Schmidt, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Crescent Volunteer FireDepartment, Ken Orton, chief, 282-5178.

Police Protection: Oneida County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 361-5100; humane officer, TomSchmidt, (715) 282-6972.

Woodruff A medley of settlers from Canada, Scandinavia,Scotland and Ireland established the town of Woodruff in 1888. A majority of the first settlers wereloggers. Others recognized the potential of the areaand established resorts on lakes in the area.

Fish preservation received early attention, and theState Fish Hatchery was started in Woodruff in1901.

The first town board meeting was held inWoodruff July 5, 1905. It is believed that the town of Woodruff was named for George Woodruff, owner of the Woodruff-Macguire Lumber Co. He often hadfreight labeled, “Ship to Woodruff at Muskonegan

Creek, North Western Terminal.” Thus his namebecame associated with the site.Area: 38 square milesPopulation: 2,169Valuation: $359,821,800Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Woodruff residents werelevied a gross tax of $7.71 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $2.09 for county, $4.15 for townand $.37 for state, for a total gross tax of $15.37After state credits, the total effective tax ratepaid was $14.10.

Town Government: Michael Timmons, chairman;Thomas Granland, Judith Allen, Clark Henry andDean Daulton, supervisors; Shirley Jacoby, clerk;Nancy Horn, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, MikeTimmons, chief, (715) 356-2732.

Police Protection: Woodruff Police Department,Leonard Drewsen, chief, (715) 356-9424.

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AUTOMOTIVE page70 West Body Shop, (715) 479-9444 .....................................12Eagle River Service Center Inc., (715) 479-4020 ..................42Eagle Transmission, (715) 477-0909, (715) 479-4020 ................42

BAKERSEagle Baking Co. ...................................................................22

Arbor Vitae, (715) 356-3443Eagle River, (715) 479-1545

BANKS/CREDIT UNIONSFirst National Bank, 1-(888) 479-4406 .................. ................52M&I Bank ...............................................................................28

Eagle River, (715) 479-6461St. Germain, (715) 479-4800Three Lakes, (715) 546-3393

River Valley Bank, (715) 477-6206 ................. ................... ..101

BOARDING - PETS/HORSESFancher’s Kennels, (715) 546-3090 .......................................30

BOOKSTORESJabberwocky, (715) 479-4425 ................................................21

BUILDING CONTRACTORSCornerStone Custom Builders Inc. ..........................................2

Eagle River, (715) 479-0001Minocqua, (715) 356-0001Rhinelander, (715) 362-7888

Waldmann Construction Inc., (715) 479-3132 .........................3

BUTCHER SHOPSPrime Choice Meat Market, (715) 479-4456 .................. .......34

CHAMBERS/INFORMATION CENTERSConover Chamber of Commerce, 1-(866) 394-4FUN ............22Three Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce & Welcome Center ..30

(715) 546-3344, 1-(800) 972-6103

CHIROPRACTORSDraeger Chiropractic Clinic, (715) 479-5995 ...........................6

CHURCHESChurch Directory .................. ................... ................... ..54 & 55

COFFEE SHOPS/CAFÉSMocha Moose, (715) 479-8215 ................................................3

CONVENIENCE STORESPaul’s Pump-’N-Pantry, (715) 479-2999 .......... ................... ....71

DENTISTSLakes Dental Services, (715) 546-2101 ................... .............30

ENTERTAINMENT pageThree Lakes Center for the Arts in the Northwoods...............30(715) 546-2299

EXCAVATINGCroker Excavating, (715) 479-5852 .......................................18

FISHING CLUBS/GUIDESMuskies Inc., (715) 479-9420 ................................................34

FLOORING/DECKINGCarpet City, (715) 362-5554 .................................................101Eagle Floor Covering Center, (715) 479-4480 .......................92Forslund Building Supply Inc., (715) 547-3030 .................. ...44

Kwaterski Bros.Wood Products Inc., (715) 479-5559 ................56Lamperts Home Center, (715) 479-6408 .................................3

FUNERAL HOMESGaffney-Busha Funeral Home & Alpha Crematory Inc.

(715) 479-4777 ..................................................................59

FURNITURE/UPHOLSTERY3-Lakes Upholstery, (715) 546-8365 .................. ...................30

GARBAGE REMOVALEagle Waste & Recycling, (715) 477-0077...............................4

GARDEN CENTERS/LANDSCAPINGCroker Excavating, (715) 479-5852 .......................................18Northern Lakes Landscaping, (715) 479-5852 ......................18

GIFTS & CARDSNelson’s Ace Hardware, (715) 479-4496 ...............................49

GOLF COURSESEagle River Golf Course, (715) 479-8111 ................. ............51George Young Recreational Complex, (906) 265-3401 .........50St. Germain Golf Club, (715) 542-2614 .................................82

GOVERNMENTSen. Jim Holperin, (715) 891-1412, 1-(800) 334-8773 ..........28

GROCERSBaker’s Three Lakes Foods, (715) 546-3354 ................ .........30

HARDWAREKnitt’s Hardware Hank ...........................................................75

Boulder Junction, (715) 385-2300St. Germain, (715) 479-5930

Nelson’s Ace Hardware, (715) 479-4496 ...............................49

HOSPITALS/HEALTH CARELillian Kerr Healthcare Center by Rennes, (715) 545-2589 ...34Marshfield Clinic......................................................................24

(715) 479-0400, 1-(800) 782-8581, ext. 3-0400

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pageMinistry Eagle River Memorial Hospital, (715) 356-8870.....104

INSURANCEISU Insurance Services - The Machon Agency .....................30

Three Lakes, (715) 546-3642

Park Ridge, Ill., (847) 993-1300Meyer & Associates Insurance Agency Inc. ...........................90

Eagle River, (715) 479-8808, (715) 477-0601Land O’ Lakes, (715) 547-3552St. Germain, (715) 542-3949

JEWELRYPink Coyote, (715) 479-9831 ...............................................103

LODGING/MOTELS/RESORTS/CAMPGROUNDSChanticleer Inn, (715) 479-4486, 1-(800) 752-9193 ..............14Hillside Resort, (715) 547-3646 .............................................26Oneida Village Inn, (715) 546-3373 .......................................30

LUMBER/BUILDING SUPPLYBoone’s Building Supply, (715) 479-4679 .................... ..........58Forslund Building Supply Inc., (715) 547-3030 ................. ....44Kwaterski Bros.Wood Products Inc., (715) 479-5559 ................56Lamperts Home Center, (715) 479-6408 .................................3

MARINE/BOATS/DOCKSEagle River Marine, (715) 479-7700 ................. ................... .10St. Germain Sport Marine, (715) 479-4930 ...........................84

MATTRESSES/BEDDINGSleep Central, (715) 356-3488, 1-(888) 456-3488 ................96

MOTORCYCLESNorthern Lights Harley-Davidson, (715) 358-5054 ................57

MUSEUMSCamp Five Museum, Lumberjack Steam Train ................... ....32

(715) 674-3414World Snowmobile Headquarters, (715) 479-2186 .............103

OPTICIANSEye Care and Eye Wear Associates, 800-441-0717 ................6

Eagle River, (715) 477-1602, (715) 479-9390Park Falls, (715) 762-2300

Woodruff, (715) 356-2262

PHARMACIES/PHOTO DEVELOPINGHealth Care Pharmacies.........................................................34

Land O’ Lakes, (715) 547-3788St. Germain, (715) 479-7608Eagle River - Wall Street Pharmacy, (715) 479-4282

PHOTOGRAPHYTomasoski Photography, (715) 479-9999 .................... ........102

PLUMBING/HEATING/ELECTRICAL SUPPLIESRogers Control Inc., (715) 479-6919, 1-(800) 359-0286 ............58

pagePRINTINGEagle Print, 1-(800) 589-6950 ...............................................40

PROPANE/FUELAmerigas, (715) 479-7300 .....................................................21

REAL ESTATEGrubb & Ellis/Pfefferle Recreational Properties .......................4

(920) 787-7404, (920) 295-9956ReMax Northern Lakes LLC ..................................................30

(715) 546-8295, 1-(877) 507-6337ReMax First, (715) 614-2615 .................................................44

RENTAL CENTERSPaul’s Rent-All, (715) 479-5841 .............................................94

RESTAURANTS/SUPPER CLUBS/TAVERNSAmerican Legion Club & Bar, Post 431, (715) 546-3431 ......30

Big Rob’s Loose Moose, (715) 547-8500 ..............................26Bucktale Inn, (715) 479-7182 .................. .................... ..........10Chanticleer Inn, (715) 479-4486, 1-(800) 752-9193 ..............14Dairy Queen, (715) 479-8511.................................................51Gateway Lodge, (715) 547-3321, 1-(800) 848-8058 .............90Hillside Resort, (715) 547-3646 .............................................26O’Brien’s Pub, (715) 479-4799 .................... ................... .......71Oneida Village Inn, (715) 546-3373 .......................................30Sportsmen’s Chalet, (715) 479-8788 .....................................96

SCHOOLSConserve School, 1-(866) 547-1300 ................. ................... .56Trees For Tomorrow, (715) 479-6456 ................. ................... .58

SERVICE CLUBSAmerican Legion Club & Bar, Post 431, (715) 546-3431 ......30Eagle River Rotary Club, (715) 479-4496 ................... ..........58

SNOWMOBILES/WATERCRAFTPaul’s Rent-All, (715) 479-5841 .............................................94St. Germain Sport Marine, (715) 479-4930 ...........................84Track Side, (715) 479-2200, (715) 479-8388 .................. .......34

SPORTING GOODSSt. Germain Sport Marine, (715) 479-4930 ...........................84WalkAbout Paddle & Apparel, (715) 479-6631 ......................53

TAXIDERMYWildlife Expressions Ltd., (715) 479-2034 .............................94

THRIFT SHOPSSt. Peter Thrift Annex, (715) 479-6393 ................. .................59St. Peter Thrift Shop, (715) 479-1195 ................... .................59

TELEPHONE SERVICEChoiceTel, (715) 480-4800 ................... ................... ..............50

UTILITIESAmerigas, (715) 479-7300 .....................................................21




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The town of Hiles is the headwaters for two of Wisconsin’s premier rivers, the Wolf and the Pine. Itall started in 1860 when a woodsman named DanGagen built a trading post and inn on the banks of Pine Lake alongside the old Military Road. The roadran as far north as Lake Superior, serving as a mailroute and was used to carry supplies through thewoods for trappers and traders. J.B. Thompson of Wausau bought the trading post in 1863 and sold itto H.B. Fessenden of Argonne in 1895. In 1902,Franklin P. Hiles of Milwaukee purchased not onlythe trading post but also the site that would soonbecome the town of Hiles. Organized in 1903, Hileshad a sawmill, general store, hotel and a railroad

branch from the main line of the ChicagoNorthwestern.

HilesPopulation: 419Valuation: $148,066,600Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2010 per $1,000 of

market value property, Hiles residents werelevied a gross tax of $7.45 for school, $1.06 forNicolet College, $4.32 for county, $1.15 for townand $.47 for state, for a total gross tax of $14.45.After state credits, the total effective tax rate paidwas $13.08.

Town Government: Marilyn Pfeiffer, chairwoman;Doris Lovrine and Larry Berg, supervisors; CathyVotis, clerk; Judy McKay-Burkey, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department,Victor Burkey, Station A chief; Chuck Hill, StationB chief, (715) 479-8723.

Police Protection: Forest County Sheriff’sDepartment, (715) 478-3331.

Marriage LicensesDriver’s Licenses

PassportsMarriage/

Birth/Death

Certificates

Other InformationPassport — (Now needed for travel to Mexico and

Canada.) For passport, payment of $135 for any-one 16 or older, $105 for younger than 16, isrequired. Charge for renewals is $110 (adultonly). For passport card, payment of $55 foradults and $44 for children is required and maybe used for land or water travel to Canada or

Mexico. For identification requirements and infor-mation, call the clerk of circuit court or visit trav-el.state.gov. Apply at the Clerk of Circuit Court,Vilas County Courthouse, Eagle River, (715) 479-3632; and Oneida County Courthouse,Rhinelander, (715) 369-6120. Applications areaccepted in Rhinelander Tuesdays from 9 a.m. tonoon; Thursdays, 1-4 p.m.; and Fridays, 9 a.m.-4p.m. Passports also are available at Eagle Riverpost office by appointment, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Phone (715) 479-8981. Also available at postoffices in Rhinelander, St. Germain, Woodruff andMinocqua.

Birth/Death/Marriage Certificate —Applications available at Register of Deeds office,Courthouse. A $20 charge for certified birth, mar-riage or death certificate is required. Additionalcopies are $3 each. Vilas County, (715) 479-3660;Oneida County, (715) 369-6150.

Driver’s License — Eagle River: LincolnCommunity Center, 1205 Sundstein Rd., 1-(800)924-3570, first Thursday of every other monthstarting with Feb., 8:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m.;Rhinelander: 510 Hanson Lake Rd., 1-(800) 924-3570, Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Wednesdays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; andThursdays, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Minocqua: 415

Menominee St., (715) 356-6062, first Thursday of every other month starting with January, 8:45a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Marriage License — Applications available atCounty Clerk’s office. Oneida County charges a$60 fee and Vilas County $65; license will beissued five days after application. If requiredsooner, an additional $10 is charged in OneidaCounty and $25 in Vilas County. License is goodfor 30 days. Certified birth certificates and resi-dence in county where applying are required.Vilas County, (715) 479-3600, www.co.vilas.wi.us;Oneida County, (715) 369-6144, www.co.oneida.wi.gov.




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