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ReflectionsBy Mary Friedel-Hunt

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26, 2011

NEWS-REVIEW Section BVILAS COUNTY

www.vcnewsreview.com(715) 479-4421Lifestyle

EAGLE RIVER, WI 54521

QUILT WINNER — The winning ticket of theCranberry Country Quilters Inc. raffle was drawnduring Cranberry Fest in Eagle River. The hand-appliquéd quilt was displayed by winner Chris

Murphy of Watersmeet, Mich., and Illinois, left,with the help of quilt club member MarilynDuschl. Proceeds of the raffle will be used tomake charity quilts. --Contributed Photo

Christ Lutheran Churchwill welcome the public to aservice of word and song fea-turing the Wisconsin LutheranSeminary Chorus.

The choir will perform Sun-day, Nov. 6, at 10 a.m. in theNorthland Pines High Schoolauditorium. There will be noadmission charge.

The chorus is comprised ofyoung men who study at theWisconsin Lutheran Seminaryin Mequon to become pastors.

Traditional and contempo-rary hymns and anthems in avariety of musical styles will beperformed. The chorus hasreleased four compact discsand conducts a concert tourevery other year.

The 2011 tour will take thechoir to congregations inMichigan, Indiana and On-tario, Canada. During its histo-ry, the chorus has appeared in40 states. Professor JamesTiefel has directed the chorussince 1985.

For more information, con-tact Christ Lutheran Churchat (715) 479-8307 or christea-gleriver.org.

Seminary chorus to appear at PinesSunday, Nov. 6

I was watching an online watercolor class when theinstructor said to stand back occasionally to see whatyou are doing and to avoid overworking your painting.My mind immediately switched gears to how thosetwo rules about watercolor art apply to all of life.

In order to see how we are doing in relationship topeople, to our jobs, hobbies, pets, planet and, well,everything, it pays to stand back and take a long look.It is that old “can’t see the forest for the trees” idea.Going to the top of a nearby hill and looking down atthe forest gives us a totally different and hopefullyinsightful view as opposed to standing in the forest.Standing back from a watercolor I am doing shows mea totally different view and leads me to make changesI need to make or to stop and let it be. It influencesmy next move. Standing back from our relationshipswith others, our jobs, our lives can have the sameeffect.

Knowing when to stop is another important rule inwatercolor, and in life. Sometimes we just do not knowwhen enough is enough and we can end up creating areal mess. Too much of anything, just as too little ofanything, just does not work. Bill and I worked hardon this in our marriage. When he did something that

Standing back

Austin Kluever of Eagle River spent a weekend in Green Bayand fulfilled a wish to meet the Green Bay Packers footballteam. The weekend included personal visits from players, tours

at Lambeau Field and a personalized jersey. Kluever was joinedby the entire team following practice and helped them with theirbreak down. --Contributed Photos

It was the weekend of alifetime for Austin Kluever,a sixth-grade student atNorthland Pines MiddleSchool.

Kluever, who has spinabifida, was granted a wishthrough the Make-A-WishFoundation. His wish tomeet the Green Bay Pack-ers, and especially ClayMatthews, came true thewekend of Oct. 14-16.

Make-A-Wish, a nationalorganization, grants wishesnationwide to children ages2-18 battling life-threaten-ing illnesses. Kluever’s bat-tle continued this past sum-mer as he went throughsurgeries No. 13 and 14 inhis young life.

But that didn’t stopAustin and his family froma weekend getaway thatstarted with a tour of Lam-beau Field. Austin, hisbrother, Zach, and parents,Ken and Kari Kluever, visit-ed the sky boxes, wereallowed to go through thetunnel that the players runthrough on Sundays, wenton the field and did a Lam-beau Leap, saw some of themeeting rooms, the trainingroom and weight room, and

visited the Packers lockerroom.

Inside the locker room,Austin was presented withhis own personalized Pack-ers jersey with the No. 1 anda football. After the tour, theKluevers attended practice,

where a personal visit withquarterback Aaron Rodgersand head coach MikeMcCarthy took place.

“As a guest of the Pack-ers, after practice was over,Austin went to the middle ofthe field with the entire

team and led the teambreakdown, saying ‘1-2-3-Packers’ to signal the end ofpractice,” said Ken Kluever.

After practice, the Kluev-ers ate lunch with the team

Northland Pines sixth-grader Austin Kluever(front left) met Clay Matthews of the GreenBay Packers through the Make-A-Wish Foun-

dation. Austin was accompanied by (backrow from left) his parents, Ken and CarieKluever, and brother, Zach.

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Weekend of a lifetimeAustin Kluever meets the Packers thru Make-A-Wish

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With Halloween just aroundthe corner, winter will begin toshow itself in the North Woodssoon.

While most people probablydon’t have a problem withkeeping warm and dressingtheir children in warm clothes,many children in Vilas andOneida counties are not as for-tunate and do not have ade-quate winter apparel.

For that reason, the VilasCounty News-Review is spon-soring the 15th annual WarmThe Children (WTC) programthis holiday season to locateneedy families and raise mon-ey to provide new winter cloth-ing for area children.

Last year, the WTC programraised more than $60,000 andprovided help to approximately550 area children. An estimat-ed 50 area residents gave theirtime as volunteer shoppers.

“This was an example ofneighbors helping neighbors,”News-Review Publisher KurtKrueger said. “We’re askingour readers, service clubs andbusinesses in Vilas and Oneidacounties to help buy new win-ter clothing for the children inthese families.

“Our goal this year is toraise more than $50,000 andwill most likely help more than500 children. We have alreadyreceived a surprising amountof names of children, indicatingthat there’s a great need thisyear. Because of the generosityof the people in this area, webelieve the goal is achievable,”

Krueger said.Monetary donations are tax

deductible and are under theauspices of the Eagle RiverRotary Club Foundation, a501(c)(3) entity. A News-Review WTC savings accounthas been established at M&IBMO Harris Bank in EagleRiver, but all donations mustbe made through the News-Review so donors can be recog-nized.

“Every dollar donated isused to buy winter clothing,”Krueger explained. “The News-Review is picking up all admin-istrative costs and is makingall arrangements.”

The WTC program wasstarted in 1993 by Mack Stew-art of Higganum, Conn. It hasbeen well received, with greatsuccess everywhere it is beingdone.

Shopping will begin Mon-day, Oct. 31, and will take place

Warm The Childrenprepares for season

“Dream It-Believe It-Achieve It: The Power of anEducated Mind,” will be pre-sented by Len Larsen Thurs-day, Oct. 27, at the LakelandUnion High School auditori-um in Minocqua and Tuesday,Nov. 1, at the Three LakesSchool auditorium.

The program will begin at6:30 p.m. and will be open toall members of the communityincluding students, parentsand guardians.

The presentation will focuson what middle and highschool students can do to pre-pare for their post-high schooleducational experience.

Larsen will represent theSam Larsen Foundation. Thefoundation’s current focus hasbeen to supply scholarshipfunds to local students to pur-sue their educational dream.

A second purpose of thefoundation has been forLarsen to share Sam Larsen’smessage of purpose and hopeto middle and high school stu-dents everywhere.

Larsen has encouraged par-ents, students and communitymembers from Phelps, EagleRiver, Rhinelander, Crandon,Three Lakes and the Lake-land communities to attendthe motivational presentation.

Program to help studentsprepare beyond high school

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___________BY MARIANNE ASHTON

LIFESTYLE EDITOR___________

2B WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26, 2011 VILAS COUNTY NEWS-REVIEW/THE THREE LAKES NEWS

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GAME IS A WINNER — Joey Salat of Land O’ Lakes was namedas one of the winners of the recent CLIF Kid Backyard Game ofthe Year contest for his original game, Nature to Nature. Thejudges included U.S. Olympic medalist Julie Foudy, left, withSalat, who won $1,000. Rules for his game can be found atclifkidbackyardgame.com. --Contributed Photo

The Headwaters ChristianYouth (HCY) All-Night Lock-inwill be held starting Friday,Oct. 28, at 10:30 p.m. Doorswill open at 10 p.m. at theJames Williams Middle Schoolin Rhinelander.

This event will be open toboth junior high and seniorhigh students. The teens willbe dismissed Saturday, Oct. 29,at 6:45 a.m. No one will be ableto leave earlier unless HCYhas verbal or written consentfrom parents or guardians. Aparental/guardian releaseform will need to be signed inorder to participate.

The admission price willinclude use of the gym plus apizza party and will give teensthe opportunity to be trans-ported to Hodag Lanes to par-ticipate in bowling. To start thenight off, a short gospel chal-lenge will be given.

Large inflatable games willbe featured during the secondhalf of the night. Concessionswill be offered throughout thenight for anyone wanting topurchase snacks or drinks.

Ticket prices are $20 inadvance or $22 at the door.Tickets can be purchased bycalling the HCY office at (715)369-2500.

Youth lock-in set in Rhinelander

Clothing: volunteer shoppers needed

American Red Cross®

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at Pamida and Glik’s. Thesestores will offer WTC shoppersa 10% and 25% discountrespectively on all regular-priced items. Some sale itemsare already more than 25% off.

All WTC purchases are taxexempt. That maximizes thebuying power of every WTCdollar.

Each child age 2 through 17receives up to $170 worth ofnew, warm winter clothing.Children younger than 2receive $85 worth of clothing.

“Purchases are limited toclothing items — coats,footwear, mittens, scarves,sweaters and other basicitems. Extravagant purchasesare not permitted,” Kruegersaid.

News-Review staff memberSharina Adams serves as pro-gram coordinator. Eligibilityforms for participating familieswere inserted in the Oct. 15and Oct. 22 editions of theNorth Woods Trader. Formsalso are available at the frontdesk at the News-Reviewoffice, Pamida’s service counterand the Vilas County SocialServices office.

“Another great part of thisprogram is the use of volunteershoppers,” Krueger said. “Wehave a need for new shoppersand welcome anyone who candonate a little bit of their time.”

If you are willing to be a vol-unteer shopper, call the News-Review at (715) 479-4421 andgive your name, address andphone number to Adams.

“Each monetary donation,regardless of size, will make adifference,” Krueger said. “Itcan be $5, $20, $100 or more.All donations will be recog-nized in the newspaper, unlessthe donor wishes to remainanonymous.

“Just think what we can doif we all help just a little bit.Tell your friends, neighborsand co-workers about the

News-Review Warm The Chil-dren fund. Challenge them tomatch your donation and callus to become a volunteer shop-per,” Krueger said.

Last year, many individualsdonated enough money to sendtwo, three or more childrenshopping. Donations can be

made in honor of their childrenor grandchildren, or in memoryof loved ones.

To make a donation, clip andmail the donation form foundin today’s newspaper, or dropyour donation off at the News-Review office at 425 W. Mill St.in Eagle River.

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in the cafeteria. Many of theplayers came to his table tovisit and sign autographs.

The highlight of lunch wasa personal visit from ClayMatthews, the starting line-backer for the Packers, whotalked about his sacks, hiscommercials and a little bitabout his background.

Saturday consisted of a vis-it to the Packers Hall of Fameand the Packers Pro Shop.Sunday, the family was givenfield passes and were allowedon the field for pregamewarm-ups.

“Prior to leaving the field,Austin was surprised by per-sonal visits from AaronRodgers and Donald Driver,”said Ken Kluever.

The family also attendedthe game, watching the Pack-

ers defeat the St. Louis Ramsby a final score of 24-3.

“The win included a sack byAustin’s new buddy, ClayMatthews,” said Ken Kluever.

With all the excitement, itwas difficult for Austin tochoose one particular momentas his favorite.

“Breaking down the teamand seeing my jersey in thelocker room was pretty cool,”he said.

“It was fun to talk to andmeet Clay in person,” headded.

“The Green Bay Packersand the Make-A-Wish Foun-dation are to be commendedfor their outstanding effortsduring the entire weekend. Itwas truly a weekend toremember for the entire fami-ly,” said Austin’s family.