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Cemeteries ........................................................................55Chambers of Commerce ...................................................53Churches ...........................................................................25Conservation .....................................................................65Day-Care Centers .............................................................72Education ..........................................................................15Events .................................................................................7Forest County ...................................................................92Groups ...............................................................................31GUIDE TO SHOPS, SERVICES...............................90 & 91Help Lines.........................................................................64Hospitals ...........................................................................41Industry.............................................................................73Lakefront...........................................................................23

Lawmakers........................................................................56Libraries............................................................................39Licenses.............................................................................92Media.................................................................................71Museums...........................................................................29Oneida County..................................................................82Public Forests ...................................................................67Recreation .........................................................................59Seniors...............................................................................74Services .............................................................................37Transportation..................................................................19Utilities .............................................................................21Vilas County .....................................................................75ZIP Codes ..........................................................................20

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The land of wildlifeThe Headwaters Country of Vilas, Oneida and Forest counties

harbors the highest concentration of endangered and uniquewildlife found anywhere in Wisconsin, from eagles and ospreysto the common loon. The American bald eagle on this year’scover, shown lifting from the water’s surface with a fish in itstalons, was photographed on a small lake near Land O’ Lakes.No county in Wisconsin has a higher density of nesting eaglesthan Vilas, and Oneida is second. An abundance of qualitylakes with good fish populations and towering white pines fornesting are the key. —Staff Photo By KURT KRUEGER

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The North Woods is recognized across the Midwest asa recreation paradise, offering boating, hiking and bicy-cling, camping and golfing in the summer; hunting inthe fall; snowmobiling, cross-country skiing and snow-shoeing in the winter; and, of course, fishing the year-round.

Besides the many recreational activities, most commu-nities and nonprofit organizations in Vilas and Oneidacounties plan family-oriented events for residents andvacationers throughout the year.

The activities range from art, antique and quilt showsto summer, fall and winter festivals. Most of the eventsinclude fun for all ages, plus plenty of food and refresh-ments.

The following list of activities was compiled by theVilas County Tourism & Publicity Department. See moredetailed stories in this publication or the Vilas CountyNews-Review as the event approaches, or check with localinformation bureaus for more details (dates and timesare subject to change).

APRILApril 14-15, Silver Blades Ice Show, The annual fig-

ure skating show will be held at the Eagle RiverSports Arena Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m. and Sunday at2 p.m. Phone (715) 891-5532.

April 14-15, Fools Run, The Only Fools Run at Mid-night 5-kilometer run will be held through downtownMinocqua and on the Bearskin Trail. Phone (715)356-5266.

April 21, Dance Recital, The 20th annual DanceworksUnlimited recital will be held at Northland PinesHigh School with performances at 1:30 and 6 p.m.Phone (715) 479-1346.

April 28-29, Business Expo, The Heartland North-woods Business Expo 2012, sponsored byWERL/WRJO Radio, will be held Saturday and Sun-day at Northland Pines High School. Phone (715)479-4451.

MAYMay 5, Opening Weekend Breakfast, The all-you-

can-eat breakfast will be held at Sunrise Lodge inLand O’ Lakes from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m., with proceedsused for fish stocking and lake improvements. Phone(715) 547-3684.

May 5-7, Spring Stampede, The Sayner/Star LakeLioness Club will host its 15th annual event from 9a.m. to 4 p.m. at the community building in Sayner,featuring rubber art stamp and scrapbookingexhibits. Phone (715) 542-3996.

May 12, Journeys Marathon, The 16th annual Jour-neys Marathon will feature a full marathon, half-marathon, power walk and 5-kilometer fun run. Racefestivities will take place at Riverview Park in EagleRiver. Phone (715) 479-6400.

May 12-31, Art Show, The Wisconsin Regional ArtShow will be held at Olson Memorial Library in EagleRiver during regular business hours in May. Phone(715) 547-3595.

May 16-20, Sporting Clays Shoot, The annual springtrap shoot will be held at Gateway Lodge in Land O’Lakes. Phone (715) 547-3915.

May 18-19, Birding Festival, The eighth annual Bird-ing Festival will be held at North Lakeland DiscoveryCenter in Manitowish Waters. Phone (715) 543-2085.

May 25-27, Gun Show, The Eagle River Gun Show willbe held at the Sports Arena from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, 9a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.Phone (608) 752-6677.

May 26, 5K Trail Run, Camp Luther in Three Lakeswill host the Happy Camper 5K Trail Run starting at10 a.m. Phone (715) 546-3647.

May 26, Garage Sale, A communitywide garage salewill be held at the Sayner Community Center from 9a.m. to 3 p.m., with approximately 20 vendors at onesite. Phone (715) 542-4363.

May 26, Classic Transportation Show, Wild EagleLodge will host this eighth annual show in Eagle Riv-er from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., featuring antique boats, cars,cycles, snowmobiles and more to benefit special ath-letes. Phone (715) 479-5778.

May 26-27, Craft Fest, Strawberry Fest Craft Showwill be held at the Vilas County Fairgrounds in EagleRiver from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. Phone(715) 675-6201.

May 27, Sled Roundup, The Classic Sled RoundupShow and Swap will be held at St. Germain Commu-nity Park, with registration at 8 a.m. It will featurevintage snowmobiles and accessories, swap meet,music and food all day. Phone (715) 542-4463.

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May 28, Memorial Day, Communities across theNorth Woods will have public services to recognizesoldiers who lost their lives in the line of duty to thiscountry. Phone local chambers of commerce to con-firm times and locations.

JUNEJune 1-3, Fishing Outing, The 19th annual Fishing

Has No Boundaries will be held on the Eagle RiverChain of Lakes for people with disabilities, withheadquarters at Wild Eagle Lodge. Phone (715) 479-9309.

June 2-3, Arts & Crafts Show, A spring arts andcrafts show will be held at Torpy Park in Minocquastarting at 9 a.m. Phone (715) 356-5266.

June 8, Golf Spectacular, The 16th annual Angel OnMy Shoulder Golf Spectacular will be held at St. Ger-main Golf Club starting at 9 a.m., benefiting AngelOn My Shoulder. Phone (715) 542-2614.

June 9, Beer Festival, Eagle River’s Great NorthernBeer Festival will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. at Hi-PinesCampground on Highway 45 North. Phone (715) 891-0421.

June 9, Health Fair, The Partners of Ministry EagleRiver Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Health Fair willbe held at the hospital from 8 a.m. to noon. Phone(715) 479-0230.

June 9, Museum Party, The Northwoods Children’sMuseum will have its 14th Birthday Party from 10a.m. to 2 p.m. Phone (715) 479-4623.

June 9, Rummage Sale/Smelt Feed, The PhelpsCommunity Rummage-A-Rama will be held from 9a.m. to 4 p.m. at various locations throughout Phelps.Maps will be available at the chamber office. TheSmelt Awareness Day activities will be at the firehall. Phone (715) 545-3800.

June 9, Woods Art Fair, The fifth annual Walk in theWoods Art Fair will be held at the St. Germain TownPark from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone (715) 477-2205.

June 9-10, Canoe Race, The eighth annual CallieRohr Memorial Canoe Race will be held on the Wis-consin River, based at Rohr’s Wilderness Tours inConover. Proceeds benefit the American Brain TumorAssociation. Phone (715) 547-3639.

June 9-10, Spring Classic, The 32nd annual SpringClassic Muskie Invitational will be held on the EagleRiver Chain of Lakes. Headquarters will be WildEagle Lodge. Phone (715) 477-2667.

June 10, Ice Cream Social, Cathy’s 14th annual IceCream Social from 2 to 5 p.m. will benefit CampAngel. There will be raffle prizes, games and 32 fla-vors of ice cream. Phone (715) 479-3492.

June 11-22, Figure Skating School, The Eagle RiverSummer Figure Skating School will be held at theSports Arena from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Phone (715)891-5532.

June 14, Flag Day Celebration, The seventh annualevent will feature the retirement of old, tattered flagsfrom 6 to 9 p.m. at the Sand Lake Pub in Phelps, witha potluck dinner to follow. Phone (715) 545-3200.

June 15-16, Airport Fly-In, The Eagle River Airportwill host a Fly-In and Air Show from 5 to 9 p.m. Fri-

day and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, with fly-bys, air-craft displays, parade of aircrafts and radio-con-trolled models. Phone (715) 479-7442.

June 16, Car Show, The “Cars with Art-itude” autoshow will be held at the Petroleum Museum in ThreeLakes from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., sponsored by Center forthe Arts. Phone (715) 546-3344.

June 17, Kids Fishing Day, The Take-A-Kid Fishingevent will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in theConover Town Park. Phone (715) 479-4928.

June 22-23, Boat Shootout & Fly-In, The boat radarruns will be held on Big Stone Lake from 11 a.m. to 8p.m. each day and the fly-in will be held at ThreeLakes Airport. Phone (715) 546-3344.

June 22-24, Softball Tournament, Three Lakes willhost its annual men’s softball tournament at DonBurnside Recreation Park. Phone (715) 546-3344.

June 23-24, Muskie Tournament, The ProfessionalMusky Tournament Trail will host a tournament onthe Eagle River Chain of Lakes. Phone (715) 479-6400.

June 24, Country Fair, The Presque Isle Chamber ofCommerce will host its 35th annual Country Fair onMain Street from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The day will befilled with music, games, races, food, crafts and more.The Last Wilderness Fun Run/Walk will start at 9a.m. at Sky-View Lodge & Supper Club. Phone (715)686-2910.

June 25-July 27, Hockey School, The NorthernFreeze Hockey School will be held at the Eagle RiverSports Arena starting at 8 a.m. each day. Phone (715)891-1153.

JULYJuly 1, Taste of Conover, Sample food from area

restaurants and businesses from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. atthe Conover Town Park. Phone (715) 479-4928.

July 1, Independence Day Celebration, Festivitiesat St. Germain will include the eighth annual Free-dom 5K Fun Run at 8:30 a.m., rides and games for all

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ages, a parade at 1 p.m., food booths and fireworks atdusk. Phone (715) 542-2323.

July 3, Fireworks, A fireworks display, billed as thebest in the North Woods, will take place at the LandO’ Lakes Airport starting at 10:15 p.m. Phone (715)547-3432.

July 4, Fourth of July Parades, Communities acrossthe North Woods will host parades, picnics and fire-works. Parades will be at 9 a.m. in Three Lakes, 11a.m. in Eagle River, noon in Land O’ Lakes andPhelps, 1 p.m. in Conover, 3 p.m. in Sayner and 4 p.m.in Minocqua. Phone local chambers to confirm timesand activities.

July 4, Indian Powwow, A special powwow will beheld at the Indian Bowl in Lac du Flambeau at 7 p.m.A parade will be held at noon. Phone (877) 588-3346.

July 5, Christmas in July, St. Germain’s largest artsand crafts show will be held at the Community Cen-ter and Park from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be chil-dren’s attractions, a pet parade, food and a visit fromSanta. Phone (715) 477-2205.

July 7, Hockey Tourney, The 12th annual OAM Alum-ni 3x3 hockey tournament will be at the Eagle RiverSports Arena starting at 9 a.m. Phone (715) 479-4401.

July 7, Moonshine Run, The YMCA will host this 5-kilometer run/walk through the streets of Eagle Riv-er starting at midnight. Phone (715) 479-9500.

July 7, Fish Boil, The Three Lakes Historical Societywill host the annual event at the museum. Phone(715) 546-3344.

July 7-8, Antique Show, The Eagle River AntiqueShow will be held at Northland Pines High Schoolfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Sunday. Phone (608) 385-3598.

July 7-8, Craft Fest, Watermelon Days Craft Fest willbe held at the Vilas County Fairgrounds in Eagle Riv-er from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. Phone (715)675-6201.

July 8, Pancake Breakfast, The Conover VolunteerFire Department/EMS will host its annual BlueberryPancake Breakfast from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the com-munity center. Phone (715) 477-2036.

July 12, Guides/Kids Day, Youths will have the oppor-tunity to fish with a North Woods guide. Registrationwill be at the Vilas County Fairgrounds in Eagle Riv-er at 10 a.m. Phone (715) 479-6400.

July 13-14, Antique Show, The Boulder JunctionLioness Club antique show will be at the communitycenter from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Phone (715)588-3665.

July 13-15, Powwow, The Bear River Powwow bringstribes from across the nation to Lac du Flambeau toshare crafts, food and dancing. Grand entries areplanned at 7 p.m. Friday, 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday, and1 p.m. Sunday. Phone (715) 588-3333.

July 16, Wine/Cheese Tasting, The Eagle RiverRotary Club will host the 19th annual event startingat 6 p.m. at Eagle Waters Resort. Phone (715) 891-4918.

July 18-22, Manito Art Show, The Manito Art Leaguewill sponsor this 47th annual show at the Manitow-ish Waters Community Center from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Phone (715) 282-6198.

July 19, Midsummer Madness, The special shoppinghours and entertainment will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.in downtown Eagle River. Phone (715) 479-7656.

July 21, Artarama, The annual show will be held from9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Riverside Park near the fair-grounds in Eagle River. Phone (715) 525-2100.

July 21, Lions Club Auction, The Three Lakes LionsClub will have its annual benefit auction at the club’sstorage shed on Railroad Street in Three Lakes start-ing at 11 a.m. Phone (715) 546-3344.

July 21, Car Show, The St. Germain PrimeTimers willhost a car and crafts show at the park and pavilionfrom 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There also will be a children’scarnival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Phone (715) 479-6310.

July 24, Sidewalk Sales Days, The Boulder JunctionChamber will host the sale downtown. Phone (715)385-2400.

July 27-29, Summer Art Tour, The self-guided North-woods Summer Art Tour will be held at various local

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studios from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Phone (715) 479-2910.

July 28, Steak in the Park, The Phelps Lions Clubwill hold the annual dinner at Wavering Park start-ing at 5 p.m. to benefit the Phelps Public Library.Phone (715) 545-4008.

July 28, Art Impressions, This annual art show willbe held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Land O’ LakesTown Hall grounds. Food and refreshments will beavailable. Phone (715) 547-3432.

July 28, Airport Day, The Land O’ Lakes Airport willhave events, including a pancake breakfast, aircraftdisplays, airplane rides and more. Phone (715) 547-3337.

July 28, Blues Fest, The Joe Bucher Blues Fest will beheld at the St. Germain Pavilion from 3 to 11 p.m. fea-turing music and smoked ribs to benefit NorthlandPines Youth Football and Cheerleading. Phone (715)891-1943.

July 28, Brewfest, The beer fest will be held at TorpyPark in Minocqua from 1 to 5 p.m., with specialty andmicro breweries offering samples. The event supportsLions Club charities. Phone (715) 588-9245.

July 28, Grass Drags, The Vintage Thunder GrassDrags and Show will be at Don Burnside Park inThree Lakes starting at 10 a.m. Phone (715) 546-3344.

July 29, Auto Show, The Conover Fire Depart -ment/EMS will sponsor its 11th annual auto showand crafts market at the town park from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. Phone (715) 477-2036.

July 29, Gun Show, The Manitowish Waters show willbe held at the community center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,with guns, knives, ammunition and sporting col-lectibles. Phone (715) 476-0016.

AUGUSTAug. 2-4, Rib Fest, The eighth annual Pig in the Pines

Rib Fest will be held at the St. Germain CommunityPark from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., with Midwest ribvendors and live entertainment. Phone (715) 477-2205.

Aug. 3-4, Relay For Life, The American Cancer Soci-ety fundraiser will be held at Northland Pines HighSchool in Eagle River from 6 p.m. Friday to 10 a.m.

Saturday. Phone (715) 478-2548.Aug. 3-4, Rotary Antique Show, The Eagle River

Rotary Club will host its 51st annual show and saleat the Derby Track expo hall from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.each day. Phone (715) 479-6592.

Aug. 4, Doll Show, The 34th annual Enchanted DollShow and Sale will be held at Kalmar Senior Centerfrom 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone (715) 479-7132.

Aug. 4, Community Garage Sale, The Land O’ Lakesarea will have its communitywide garage sale from 8a.m. to 4 p.m. with a map available at the chamberoffice. Phone (715) 547-3432.

Aug. 4, Forest Fest, Trees For Tomorrow in Eagle Riv-er will celebrate the forest products industry withtours, historical interpreters, demonstrations, craftsand fine art, music, food and more. Phone (715) 479-6456.

Aug. 4, Picnic/Pig Roast, The Phelps Fire Departmentwill have its annual picnic at Wavering Park from 1to 9 p.m., featuring a pig roast, refreshments, musicand games. Phone (715) 545-3012.

Aug. 4-5, Firemen’s Picnic, The Arbor Vitae FireDepartment picnic will include an evening dance, carand fire truck show, live music, games, raffles, foodand refreshments, all at Fireman’s Park starting at 9

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Department will hold its annual fund-raising picnicat Cy Williams Park from noon to 5 p.m., with foodand refreshments, music, games and prizes. Phone(715) 546-3344.

Aug. 7, Benefit Auction, The Northwoods Children’sMuseum will have the annual fund-raising auction atEagle Waters Resort from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. with liveand silent auctions. Phone (715) 479-4623.

Aug. 9, Street Sale, The Eagle River Business Associ-ation will hold its annual Street Sale and pig andcorn roast downtown from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone(715) 479-7656.

Aug. 9-12, Vilas County Fair, The annual event willbe held at the fairgrounds in Eagle River from noonto 11 p.m. each day, featuring 4-H exhibits, midwayrides and games, food, live entertainment, horseshoetournament, horse judging and refreshments. Phone(715) 479-2057.

Aug. 11, Polish Boat Regatta, The 12th annual boatregatta will be from noon to 4 p.m. with homemadeboat races at Pitlik’s Sand Beach Resort in SugarCamp. Phone (715) 479-7488.

Aug. 12, Musky Jamboree, The 56th annual MuskyJamboree in Boulder Junction from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.will feature an arts and crafts fair, antique auto show,fun run, food booths, casting contest, flea market, liveentertainment and more. Phone (715) 385-2400.

Aug. 12, Art Show, Three Lakes will host Art on Mainin the downtown area from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. withlocal artists displaying and demonstrating theirwork. Phone (715) 546-3344.

Aug. 14, Paul Bunyan Fest, The fest will feature anarts and crafts show in downtown Eagle River, roastbeef sandwiches and chain-saw carving from 10 a.m.to 4 p.m. Phone (715) 479-6400.

Aug. 14, Picnic in the Park, Held at Wavering Park inPhelps, this chicken and ribs dinner benefits theNorthwoods Living Care Foundation and the PhelpsAmbulance Service. Phone (715) 545-2879.

Aug. 17-18, Youth Days Auction, The annualfundraiser for the Eagle River Recreation Associationwill be held at the Sports Arena from 6 to 10 p.m.each night. There will be a live auction, silent auctionand wheel-and-deal corner. Phone (715) 479-4858.

Aug. 17-19, Musky Open, The 27th annual NationalChampionship Musky Open will be held on morethan 60 area lakes. Headquarters will be at the VilasCounty Fairgrounds in Eagle River. Phone (715) 479-6400.

Aug. 19, Fine Art Show, The ninth annual PresqueIsle art show will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at thecommunity building and park. Phone (715) 686-7946.

Aug. 25-26, Festival of Flavors, Area restaurants,culinary artisans, artists and health professionalswill offer special items at Riverview Park in EagleRiver from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Phone (715) 477-0645.

SEPTEMBERSept. 1, Bike Tour, The 21st annual Nicolet Wheel-A-

Way will feature a 18- or 36.5-mile bike route throughthe Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. It willstart at 9 a.m. at Don Burnside Recreational Park inThree Lakes. Phone (715) 546-3344.

Sept. 1-2, Apple Harvest Craft Fest, Apple HarvestCraft Fest will be at the Vilas County Fairgrounds inEagle River from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each dayPhone (715) 675-6201.

Sept. 8, Formal Ball, Three Lakes will host the Affairof the Arts Ball at the Reiter Center, a fundraiser forthe Three Lakes Center for the Arts in the North-woods. Phone (715) 546-3344.

Sept. 14-16, Snowmobile Show, The Reunion at theDerby Track in Eagle River will feature vintagesnowmobile displays and awards, grass drags and aswap meet. The drags inside the oval will be heldunder the lights Friday night and again at 10 a.m.Saturday. Phone (715) 479-4424.

Sept. 15, Colorama Craft Fair, The 20th annual Col-orama arts and crafts fair at the Boulder JunctionCommunity Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. also will fea-ture wild-game sandwiches and a farmers market.

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Phone (715) 385-2400.Sept. 15, Oktoberfest, The Colorama event will be

held at Conover Community Center from 5 to 10 p.m.with a beer tent outside and will feature live music,dancing, food, prizes and raffles. Phone (715) 479-4928.

Sept. 15, Colorama Walk/Brunch, The Phelps Cham-ber of Commerce will host a 5-K walk and run start-ing at 8 a.m. at the school, followed by a brunch at theschool from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and a scarecrow contest.Phone (715) 545-3800.

Sept. 22, Colorama, St. Germain, the “Birthplace ofColorama,” will host its 53rd annual Colorama festi-val with arts and crafts, pumpkin painting for chil-dren, farmers market, scarecrow contest, flower saleand wine tasting at the community center from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m. Phone (715) 477-2205.

Sept. 22, Classic Car Rally, The classic automobileshow will be held in downtown Eagle River from 8a.m. to 3 p.m. Spectators can vote for the People’sChoice Award. Phone (715) 479-7656.

Sept. 22, Cranberry Colorama, The Colorama cele-bration will feature marsh tours, a cooking contest,live music, crafts, pontoon cruises and the “Taste ofHarvest” from area restaurants. Headquartered atthe Manitowish Waters Community Center from 9a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone (715) 543-8488.

Sept. 22-23, Colorama Celebration, The celebrationwill be held throughout Land O’ Lakes with decorat- ing and scarecrow contests, food, games and a barn

dance. A Colorama dinner will be at the St. AlbertCatholic Church hall from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sun-day. The Wilderness Lakes Fall Bike Tour is plannedSunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone (715) 547-3432.

Sept. 28-30, Colorama Weekend, A Colorama week-end is planned at Sayner, with specials from 9 a.m. to5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. A brunch and indoorcrafts show will be held at the Sayner CommunityCenter from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. There also willbe food and raffles. Phone (715) 358-5647.

Sept. 29, Beef-A-Rama, The 46th annual event will beheld in downtown Minocqua from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.,featuring roast beef judging and arts and craftsbooths. Phone (715) 356-5266.

Sept. 29-30, Fall Muskie Classic, The Three LakesFall Muskie Classic of Champions will be held on theThree Lakes Chain of Lakes with fishing from 7:30a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 7:30 a.m. to noon Sunday.Phone (715) 546-3344.

OCTOBEROct. 5-7, Fall Art Tour, The self-guided Northwoods

Falls Art Tour is planned throughout Vilas, Oneida,Iron and Langlade counties from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Brochures available at chamber offices. Phone (715)476-2910.

Oct. 6-7, Cranberry Fest, Cranberry Fest and FitnessWeekend will be held at the Vilas County Fair-grounds in Eagle River from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Theevent will include arts and crafts, food, music,exhibits, fitness events, antique show and farmers

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Oct. 6-7, Muskie Tournament, The 24th annualGreater Wisconsin Muskie Tournament will be heldon 10 St. Germain area lakes. Phone (715) 477-2205.

Oct. 13, Pumpkin Fest, The Three Lakes Fire Depart-ment Auxiliary will sponsor this annual event at thehigh school from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will includearts and crafts with more than 100 exhibitors, lots offood, recipe book and Pumpkin Fest shirt sales, witha farmers market and chain-saw carvers outside.Phone (715) 546-3344.

Oct. 13, Harvest Fest, The 17th annual event will beheld in downtown Boulder Junction from 10 a.m. to 3p.m., with children’s games, fall treats, costumeparade and hayrides. Phone (715) 385-2400.

Oct. 26, Night at the Museum, The Northwoods Chil-dren’s Museum in Eagle River will have exhibits withinteresting characters and games from 5 to 9 p.m.Phone (715) 479-4623.

Oct. 29, Oktobearfest, The 13th annual fall festivalwill be held at Black Bear Lodge in St. Germain from10 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring a crafts show, food andbeverages, hayrides, pumpkin painting and Germanmusic. Phone (715) 479-5778.

Oct. 31, Hallogras, The Eagle River Lions Club willsponsor the annual children’s Halloween party atNorthland Pines Middle School from 6 to 7 p.m.Phone (715) 479-4679.

Oct. 31, Lions Halloween Party, The Three LakesLions Club will host the party and parade for youthsstarting at 6 p.m. at The Winery parking lot. The fes-tivities will then move to the school where there willbe costume contests and a pumpkin-carving contest.Phone (715) 546-3344.

Oct. 31, Halloween Party, The Conover event will beat the community center from 6 to 8 p.m., featuringgames, costume judging, prizes and refreshments.Phone (715) 479-6673.

NOVEMBERNov. 10, Christmas Bazaar, The crafts show at the St.

Germain Community Center will be held from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m. It will have a Christmas emphasis. Therewill be a visit from Santa Claus. Phone (715) 542-2881.

Nov. 10, Christmas Fest, The Plum Lake Woman’sClub will host the holiday event at the communitybuilding from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. featuring crafts, home-made pies and soups, pecans, raffles and more. Opento the public. Phone (715) 542-2020.

Nov. 11, Veterans Day, Veterans organizations, schoolsand other groups will observe Veterans Day with avariety of programs. Because Veterans Day falls on aSunday, contact local chambers of commerce fordates, times and locations.

Nov. 17, Holiday Bazaar, The Kalmar Center in EagleRiver will host the event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., includ-ing a craft sale, Christmas cookie sale, greeting cards,jewelry and more. Phone (715) 479-5850.

Nov. 23, Festival of Lights, This event will kick off theholiday season in downtown Three Lakes. It will

include a parade from The Winery to Cy WilliamsPark at 6 p.m., the lighting of the gazebo and Christ-mas tree and a visit from Santa Claus. Phone (715)546-3344.

Nov. 23-24, Santa Comes to Town, Santa Claus willarrive in Land O’ Lakes at 1 p.m. Nov. 23, followed byhorse-drawn wagon rides and a tree-lighting ceremo-ny. There will be a Christmas Walk downtown from 5to 8 p.m. A Christmas Craft Sale will be held at State-line Family Restaurant and Banquet Hall from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m. Nov. 24. Phone (715) 547-3432.

Nov. 24, Christmas Kickoff, The Eagle River BusinessAssociation will host an Ice Shanty Parade and a vis-it from Santa Claus starting at 1 p.m. Phone (715)479-7656.

Nov. 24, Breakfast With Santa, The Land O’ Lakeschamber will host the event at Gateway LodgeRestaurant from 8 to 11 a.m. Children can have theirpicture taken with Santa. Phone (715) 547-3321.

Nov. 24, Town Tree Lighting, St. Germain will haveits 18th annual lighting of the town Christmas tree at6:30 p.m. at the chamber. Phone (715) 477-2205.

Nov. 30, Lighting of the Town Tree, The PhelpsChamber of Commerce will host Santa’s arrivaldowntown at 6:30 p.m. Santa will light the town treeand visit with children. Phone (715) 545-3800.

DECEMBERDec. 1, Santa Saturday, The Northwoods Children’s

Museum in Eagle River will feature workshops forchildren from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., treats and visit fromSanta from noon to 1 p.m. Phone (715) 479-4623.

Dec. 1, Kids Christmas Party, The Three Lakes LionsClub will host the party at Bonnie’s Lakeside from11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., with lunch served, sleigh rides,hot chocolate and visit from Santa. Phone (715) 546-3344.

Dec. 7-8, Live Nativity, Christ Lutheran Church inEagle River will host a living nativity on the churchschool grounds from 6 to 8 p.m. each evening, withpresentations every 20 minutes. Phone (715) 479-

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8307.Dec. 16, Holiday on Ice, The Silver Blades figure skat-

ing group will perform a a show at 7 p.m. at the EagleRiver Sports Arena. Phone (715) 891-1452.

Dec. 29, Winter Celebration, The sixth annual festi-val at Boulder Junction Winter Park from 4 to 6:30p.m. will include a chili dump, bonfire, music, iceskating, cross-country skiing and fireworks. Phone(715) 385-2400.

Dec. 31, Fireworks Display, New Year’s Eve fireworkswill be held in downtown Woodruff. Activities will runfrom 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Phone (715) 356-9421.

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Jan. 5, Polar Bear Plunge, The 13th annual PolarBear Plunge will be held on Big St. Germain Lake atFibber’s Bar & Restaurant at noon as a fundraiser forAngel On My Shoulder. Phone (715) 542-3433.

Jan. 11-13, Vintage Weekend, The Woody’s ClassicVintage Weekend of oval snowmobile racing will beheld at the AMSOIL Eagle River Derby Track withsleds from the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. Phone (715) 479-4424.

Jan. 17-20, Snowmobile Derby, The 50th annualWorld Championship Snowmobile Derby will takeplace at the AMSOIL Derby Track starting at 9 a.m.each day. The event will include trail rides, parties,Oval and Sno-Cross racing, with championship races

Sunday, Jan. 22. Phone (715) 479-4424.

FEBRUARYFeb. 8-10, Pond Hockey, The eighth annual Labatt

Blue USA Hockey National Pond Hockey Champi-onship will be held on Dollar Lake in Eagle River.Phone (715) 479-6400.

Feb. 9-10, Sled Dog Races, The Three Bear Sled DogRaces will be held in Land O’ Lakes, with two days ofsled-dog racing, children’s games, craft show, pancakebreakfast and dance. Phone (715) 547-3004 to confirmdate.

Feb. 23, Fishing Jamboree, The Three Lakes LionsClub will sponsor its 59th annual ice fishing jamboreeon Maple Lake from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. There will beprizes and food available. Phone (715) 546-3344.

MARCHMarch 2-3, Klondike Days, (please confirm date) The

23rd annual Trig’s Klondike Days will be held atNorthland Pines High School and Rocking W Stable.The event features the Living History Encounterwith re-enactors, a dog weight pull, music and enter-tainment, historical displays, a trappers camp andRendezvous, lumberjack contests, a Native Americancultural demonstration, a horse pull, dog-sled rides,chain-saw carving, snowshoe races and refreshments.Phone (715) 477-2810.

For more information on these or other events, or toconfirm dates or times, contact the following chambers ofcommerce: Eagle River, (715) 479-6400; Three Lakes,(715) 546-3344; Boulder Junction, (715) 385-2400;Conover, (715) 479-4928; Lac du Flambeau, (715) 588-3346; Land O’ Lakes, (715) 547-3432; ManitowishWaters, (715) 543-8488; Minocqua-Arbor Vitae-Woodruff,(715) 356-5266; Phelps, (715) 545-3800; Presque Isle,(715) 686-2910; St. Germain, (715) 477-2205; Sayner-Star Lake, (715) 542-3789; Winchester, (715) 686-2598.

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Northland PinesSchool District

Dr. Mike Richie is the district administrator of theNorthland Pines School District. The district office is at1800 Pleasure Island Road, Eagle River, (715) 479-6487.The district enrollment is 1,400.

School board members include Tim Gaffney, presi-dent; 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 PinesHigh School, Northland Pines Middle School and North-land Pines Elementary schools in Eagle River, Land O’Lakes and St. Germain. There is one parochial school inEagle River — Christ Lutheran School.

Northland Pines High School is located at 1800 Plea-sure Island Rd., Eagle River, (715) 479-4473. The highschool enrollment is 510. Principal is Scott Foster.The Northland Pines Eagles are in the Great North-ern Conference except for football. Northland Pines’football team participates in the Michigan West-PacConference.

Northland Pines Middle School is located at 1700Pleasure Island Rd., Eagle River, (715) 479-6479. Themiddle school enrollment is 312 for grades six, sevenand eight. Principal is Jackie Coghlan.

Northland Pines Elementary School-Eagle Riveris located at 1700 Pleasure Island Rd., Eagle River,(715) 479-6471. The school enrollment is 389 for 4Kthrough 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 is 79 for4K through grade five. Principal is Duane Frey.

Northland Pines Elementary School-St. Germainis located at 8234 Hwy. 70 W., St. Germain, (715) 542-3632. The school enrollment is 138 for 4K throughgrade five. Principal is Duane Frey.

Christ Lutheran School is located at 201 N. 3rd St.,Eagle River, (715) 479-8284. The preK-8 school enroll-ment is 46, including preschool. Chris Mueller, princi-pal. christ eagleriver.org.

Three LakesSchool District

Dr. George J. Karling is the district administrator ofthe Three Lakes School District. William Greb is assis-tant superintendent for curriculum/technology.

The district office is at 6930 W. School St., ThreeLakes, (715) 546-3496. The district enrollment is 566.

School board members include Randy Ingram, presi-dent; Mike Kwaterski, vice president; John Olkowski Jr.,treasurer; Tom Rulseh, clerk; and member TerryMcCloskey. Schools within the district include ThreeLakes High School and Junior High, Three Lakes Ele-mentary School and Sugar Camp Elementary School.

Three Lakes High School and Junior High is locat-ed at 6930 W. School St., Three Lakes, (715) 546-3321.The enrollment is 174 in the high school and 76 in thejunior high. Principal is William Greb. The ThreeLakes Bluejays are in the Northern Lakes Confer-ence.

Three Lakes Elementary School is located at 6930W. School St., Three Lakes, (715) 546-3323. The preK-6 enrollment is 187. Principal is William Greb.

Sugar Camp Elementary School is located at 4066Camp Four Rd., Sugar Camp, (715) 272-1105. ThepreK-6 enrollment is 129. Principal is Jim Kuchen-becker.

PhelpsSchool District

Delnice Hill is district administrator in the PhelpsSchool District. The district office is located at 4451 OldSchool Rd., Phelps, (715) 545-2724. The district enroll-

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ment is 135. School board members are Randy Samuelson, presi-

dent; Sherry Bierman, vice president; Tabitha Buckmas-ter, treasurer; Donna Rosner, clerk; and member MarkGrmick. Schools within the district include Phelps HighSchool and Phelps Elementary and Junior High School.

Phelps High School is located at 4451 Old School Rd.,Phelps, (715) 545-2724. The enrollment is 37. ThePhelps Knights are in the Northern Lakes Confer-ence.

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

MinocquaArea Schools

Minocqua area schools include Lakeland Union HighSchool, Arbor Vitae Woodruff Elementary School, Lac duFlambeau School District, North Lakeland ElementarySchool, Minocqua-Hazelhurst-Lake Tomahawk Elemen-tary School and Trinity Lutheran School.

Lakeland Union High School is located at 9573 Hwy.70 W., Minocqua, (715) 356-5252. Todd Kleinhans isthe district administrator. James Bouché is principal.Enrollment is 735. School board members are Dr. Tom

Gabert, president; Edward Schaub Jr., vice president;Shari Anderson, clerk; Joe Fahrenbach, treasurer;and members Shari Nimsgern, Barb Peck, GarySmith and Jonathan Berg. The Lakeland Thunder-birds are in the Great Northern 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, Principal RichFortier, 524 students; Flambeau School District No. 1,Lac du Flambeau, (715) 588-3838, Administrator Lar-ry Ouimette, Principal Ron Grams, Special EducationDirector Trish Teichmiller, 476 students; North Lake-land Elementary School, Boulder Junction, (715) 543-8417, Superintendent Rich Vought, 160 students;Minocqua-Hazelhurst and Lake Tomahawk Elemen-tary School, Minocqua, (715) 356-5206, AdministratorJim Ellis, Principal Rob Way, 555 students; TrinityLutheran School, Minocqua, (715) 356-2255, Adminis-trator and Principal Jeff Schultz, 32 K-8 students.Each elementary has its own school board.

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ondary charter school, three parochial schools and Nico-let Area Technical College.

Dr. Roger Erdahl is superintendent of schools for theSchool District of Rhinelander. The district office is locat-ed at 665 Coolidge Ave., Suite B, Rhinelander, (715) 365-9700. School board members are Ron Counter, president;Debra Durchslag, vice president; vacant, treasurer; MaryPeterson, board clerk; and members Judith Conlin, TimThorsen, Mike Roberts, Jim Winkler and Merlin VanBuren. Enrollment in the School District of Rhinelanderis 2,700.

Rhinelander High School is located at 665 CoolidgeAve., Rhinelander, (715) 365-9500. Principal is PaulKeats. Enrollment is 860. The Rhinelander Hodagsare in the Great Northern Conference.

Northwoods Community Secondary School islocated at 511 S. Pelham St., Rhinelander, (715) 365-9660. Administrator is Teri Phalin. Enrollment is 80for grades six through 12.

James Williams Middle School is located at 915 Aca-cia Lane, Rhinelander, (715) 365-9220. Principal isPaul Johnson. The enrollment is 455 for grades sixthrough eight.

Elementary Schools are as follows: Central Interme-diate 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; NorthwoodsCommunity Elementary School, 9086 Hwy. K, Har-shaw, (715) 282-8200.

Parochial Schools in the Rhinelander area includeRhinelander Nativity of Our Lord, North Building,1360 N. Stevens St., (715) 362-3366, or South Build-ing (main office), 103 E. King St., (715) 362-5588; andZion Evangelical Lutheran School, 26 W. FrederickSt., Rhinelander, (715) 365-6300.

Nicolet CollegeNicolet Area Technical College, North Woods resi-

dents and visitors have come to depend on NicoletArea Technical College for a wide variety of educa-tional and cultural offerings. Academically, the col-lege offers 60 different associate degrees, diplomas,certificates and apprenticeships, as well as a Univer-sity Transfer Liberal Arts Program where studentscomplete the first two years of a bachelor’s degreebefore transferring to a four-year college or universi-ty. The college also offers high school completionclasses, community education offerings, economicdevelopment programs for businesses and a variety ofspecialized training opportunities. Learning opportu-nities offered in a more relaxed setting include thosein the Institute for Learning in Retirement, gearedfor retired and semi-retired individuals; and the Out-door Adventure Series. Culturally, the college offersthe annual Creative Arts Series, bringing to theNorth Woods nationally acclaimed acts and speakersand the Nicolet College Art Gallery, which featuresthe prestigious Northern National Art 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 just offof Hwy. G. The college also operates numerous out-reach centers in smaller communities throughout thedistrict, including in the three tribal communities inthe district. For more detailed information aboutopportunities and events at Nicolet, contact theRhinelander campus at (715) 365-4493, 1-(800) 544-3039, TDD (715) 365-4558, 711 relay; Box 518,Rhinelander, WI 54501; or visit the college’s Websiteat nicoletcollege.edu.

Conserve SchoolConserve School is a 17-week semester school for stu-

dents who feel a strong attachment to the naturalworld and who are motivated to conserve it. Designedprimarily for high school juniors, Conserve Schoolincorporates the flexibility to accommodate seniorsand advanced sophomores. Conserve School workswith students’ sending schools so that students arestill able to return to their regular schools for gradu-ation. The Lowenstine Honors Scholarship programcovers the full tuition for all accepted students. Fam-ilies are responsible only for a $200 enrollment fee,incidental costs and transportation to the school. Theschool is located at 5400 N. Black Oak Lake Road inLand O’ Lakes. (715) 547-1300; conserveschool.org.

UW-ExtensionUniversity of Wisconsin-Extension (UWEX), Vilas

County’s link to resources of the University of Wis-consin (UW) system, offers programs to meet the edu-cational needs of residents. Local UW faculty and

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staff provide expertise in family living, nutrition,youth development, natural resources and economicdevelopment. Family living programs are designed topromote family strengths and help communitiesbecome positive environments for family life. Pro-grams focus on creating strong families throughenhancing family relationships, parenting, child-development and community coalitions that promotefamily well-being, as well as financial-managementeducation to help families manage day-to-day expens-es and address the basics of spending, saving, invest-ing and housing issues. Nutrition education is avail-able to families and individuals with limited income.Education is offered, both at community sites and inhomes. Youth Development programs focus on educa-tion, leadership training and support. There is anemphasis on youth and adult partnerships to buildthe community, as well as 4-H and other youth servicegroups. The youth educator facilitates Teen Court inVilas County. The Community Economic Developmenteducator provides assistance to community groups ona variety of community and economic-developmenttopics. Assistance includes research support, groupfacilitation, planning and resource identification.UWEX offers the VILAS Vision Leadership program,with topics covering economic, social and politicalissues. Recycling programs include Bog Frog public-service announcements and coordination of pharma-

ceutical, electronics, hazardous waste and tireamnesty programs in Vilas County. Soil and watertesting is available through the UWEX office in VilasCounty. UWEX offices are located in the Vilas CountyCourthouse at 330 Court St. in Eagle River. YouthDevelopment and Community Economic Developmenteducators can be reached at (715) 479-3648. FamilyLiving and Nutrition educators can be reached at(715) 479-3653. More information is available onlineat uwex.edu/ces/cty/vilas, the UWEX Web site.

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(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) 546-3316.

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Vilas County ZIP Codes& Phone Numbers

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

(715) 385-2110Conover ............................................................... 54519

(715) 477-1354Eagle River ......................................................... 54521

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

(715) 588-3122Land O’ Lakes .................................................... 54540

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

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

(715) 545-2548Presque 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& Phone Numbers

Harshaw .............................................................. 54529(715) 277-2162

Hazelhurst .......................................................... 54531(715) 356-6583

Lake Tomahawk ................................................ 54539(715) 277-2693

McNaughton-CPU ............................................. 54543(715) 277-5100

Minocqua ............................................................ 54548(715) 356-3373

Pelican Lake ...................................................... 54463(715) 487-5574

Rhinelander ....................................................... 54501(715) 369-6813

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

Three Lakes ....................................................... 54562(715) 546-3410

Woodruff/Arbor Vitae ....................................... 54568(715) 356-5577

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Charter Communications, Vilas and Oneida coun-ties, 1-(877) 306-5433.

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

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

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; Wis-consin diggers’ hot line locating service, 1-(800) 242-8511 or 811; corporate office, 1-(800) 558-3303.

Wisconsin Public Service Corp., 1030 E. Wall St.,P.O. Box 1119, Eagle River, WI 54521; customer ser-vice, 1-(800) 450-7260; emergencies or outages — 24hours — electric, 1-(800) 450-7240, gas, 1-(800) 450-7280; diggers’ hot line, 811; 111 E. Davenport St.,Rhinelander, WI 54501; 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, busi-

ness, maintenance and repair service, 1-(800) 222-3000.

Frontier Communications Solutions, 53 N. StevensSt., Rhinelander, WI 54501, 365-2220.

MCI, customer service, 1-(800) 444-3333. McLeod USA, 1-(800) 500-3453. Northern Communications, 3449 Lakota, Conover,

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 service,(906) 639-2110 or 1-(800) 950-8798.

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

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

Three Lakes, Land O’ Lakes, Phelps, Conover, St.Germain, Sayner, Star Lake, Arbor Vitae, Woodruff,

Minocqua and Tomahawk. Located at 604 Jack FrostStreet, Eagle River, WI 54521, (715) 477-0077.

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

Eagle River, WI 54521, (715) 479-8121, diggers’ hotline, 1-(800) 242-8511 or 811.

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

Lakeland Sanitary District 1, (serving Arbor Vitae,Minocqua and Woodruff), 8780 Morgan Rd., Minoc-qua, 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 WI54554, (715) 545-3222.

Rhinelander Wastewater Treatment Plant, 869Boyce 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 Wastewater Treat-ment Plant, operating inquiries, (715) 546-3748. P.O.Box 325, Three Lakes WI 54562.

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Lake AssociationsVilas County

Anvil Lake, Judith Hintzman, (715) 479-7408. Baker/Manuel Lake, Joseph Beers, (715) 547-3997.Ballard, Irving, White Birch Lakes, Vicki Gillett,

(715) 358-9697. Big Bass Lake Owners, Joan Ploetz, (715) 479-4302. Big Lake Property Owners Inc., Martha Hoff, (920)

766-9077. Big Portage Lake Riparian Owners, Sally Schlack,

(715) 547-3954.Big St. Germain Lake Area Association, Michael

Deets, (715) 542-2263.Big Sand Lake Property Owners, Tom Cota, (715)

545-3678.Bills Lake, Wally Obermann, (715) 588-2903.Boulder Lake, Roger Christensen, (715) 385-3237.Carpenter Lake, Doug Malinsky, (715) 479-1723.Catfish Lake, Lois Derrick, (715) 479-2540.Cisco Chain Riparian Owners, Judy Challed,

E19086 Fish Hawk Lake Rd., Watersmeet, MI 49969.Cranberry Lake, Carole Linn, (715) 479-6873.Dead Pike Lake, Pete Guzzetta, (715) 543-2594. Deerskin Lake, Jerry Best, (715) 479-7773. Diamond Lake Property Owners, Ken Duller, (715)

385-2410. Eagle River Chain of Lakes Association Inc., Bill

Lochte, (715) 477-1999.Finger Lake, Friends of, Tom Ewing, (630) 985-8472. Found Lake Property Owners, Chuck Thier, (715)

542-2063.Forest Lake, Thomas Macak, (715) 344-5426.Harmony Lake, Ken Giordan, (301) 460-5519. High-Fishtrap-Rush Lakes, Leslie Gauberti, (715)

385-0292.Horsehead Lake, Anna Delabarre, (608) 238-9641. Hunter Lake, Pete Knobel, (715) 891-2899.Imogene Lake, Rollie Alger, (715) 545-2711.Indian Lake, Richard Wollak, (715) 272-1591.Jute Lake, Jim Ebert, (715) 385-2798.Lac Vieux Desert, Robbie Anderson, (715) 547-3646.Lake of the Hills, Wil Campbell, (715) 479-9309. Little Crooked Lake, Dorothy Hujik, (608) 222-4838.Little Portage Lake, William Drees, (608) 562-3778. Little Spider Lake, Pat Genrich, (920) 779-9879.Lost Lake Community Club, Jack Peil, (520) 744-

6262.McDonald Lake, Property Owners of, Tom Rulseh,

(715) 546-8032.Manitowish Waters Lakes, Eleanor Butler, (715) 543-

8401.Moccasin Lake, Kurt Wagner, (920) 725-0244.Muskellunge Lake, Tom Cerull, (715) 479-7866.Nelson Lake Homeowners, Dolores Flores, 6115 Nel-

son Rd., Eagle River, WI 54521.North & South Twin Lakes Riparian, Joe Wallace,

(715) 479-8083.Poh-Wah-Gom Landowners, Mike Wambay, (715)

545-3100.Pickerel Lake Preservation, Chuck Spitz, (715) 367-

8025.Plum Lake Riparian Homeowners, Sheehan

Donoghue, (715) 542-3653.Scattering Rice Lake, Paul Hennes, (715) 477-0007.Silver Lake, Eagle River, Jon Cook, (715) 479-2248.Smoky Lake Property Owners, Lewis Raker, (906)

548-9476. Snipe Lake, Marty Ketterer, (715) 479-9426.Squaw Lake, Rob Milburn, (715) 588-9116. Stormy Lake, Lois Balik, (715) 479-8665.Sunset Lake, Barb Zima, (715) 479-4669.Tambling Lake, Tim Marisch, (715) 479-8747. Trout Lake Property Owners, F.E. Wickeham, (715)

675-6150.Unified Lower Eagle River Chain of Lakes Com-

mission, Steve Favorite, (715) 891-1785.Van Vliet Lake, Paul Specht, 535 Linden Ct., Verona,

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WI 53593. Vilas County Lakes, Rollie Alger, (715) 545-2711.White Sand Lake, Phil Powell, (715) 588-2747.Wildcat Lake, K.R. Terry, (715) 385-2912.

Lake AssociationsOneida County

Birch Lake, Friends of, Mary Ann Doyle, (715) 277-3626.

Bolger Lake, Property Owners, Katie Roe, (715) 356-7060.

Cassian Long Lake, Doug Evers, (715) 277-2719.Crescent Lake, James Gehrke, (715) 282-5924. Flannery Lake, Kristin Hill, (715) 282-6040.Foster Lake, Woody Hagge, (715) 356-2075.Garth Lake, Dale Hoesly, (715) 842-7721. Lake George Lake, Charles Faber, (715) 369-1894.Great Bass Lake, Friends of, Steve Walker, (715) 588-

7590.Green Bass Lake, Bob Martini, (715) 282-5896. Hasbrook Lake, Paul Swanson, 7652 Elner Lane, Lake

Tomahawk, WI 54539.Hill Lake Property Owners, James Lutz, (262) 569-

8184.Indian Lake, Barbara Martinkow, (715) 272-1664.Lake Katherine, Robert Hagge, (715) 356-9660. Long Lake, Doug Evers, (715) 277-2719.

Lake Mildred Property Owners, Connie Mickelberg,(715) 282-5411.

Miller Lake, Larry Koltz, (262) 628-9241. Minocqua/Kawaguesaga Lakes Protection, Sally

Murwin, (715) 356-1149. Nose Lake, Herman Sorgatz, (715) 282-5161.Pelican Lake Property Owners, Paul Schmidt, 2361

Norway Point Rd., Pelican Lake, WI 54463.Perch Lake Property Owners, Julie Brunette, (715)

479-7065.Pickerel Lake, Al Einlmeier, (715) 479-9792.Seven Mile Lake, John Klein, (715) 477-1130.Lake Seventeen, Jon Hollander, (715) 356-1727. Stella Lake, Jim Franson, (715) 369-0322.Three Lakes Waterfront, Tom Harris, (715) 546-4004.Lake Thompson, Kathy Furda, (715) 369-0340.Tom Doyle Lake Property Owners, Andy Azpell,

2030 Mt. Kisco Dr., Elm Grove, WI 53122.Lake Tomahawk, Jim Thompson, 7353 Glencoe Dr.,

Lake Tomahawk, WI 54539.Two Sisters Lake, J. Robert Nicholson, (608) 850-6311.Upper Kaubashine, Steve Shanesy, (608) 831-6472.Wind Pudding Lake, Robert Williams, (715) 277-3114.

Lake DistrictsVilas County

Alma-Moon Lake, Glenn Svetnicka, (715) 479-8255.Kentuck Lake, Tom Carlsteadt, 1513 Surrey St.,

Batavia, IL 60510. Little Arbor Vitae, Robert Johnson, (715) 356-4548.Little St. Germain, Lou Mirek, (715) 477-2879.Long Lake of Phelps, John Rowe, (715) 545-2440.Spectacle Lake, Dick Ryan, (715) 545-3542.Stella Lake, Dave Bilke, (920) 261-8679.

Lake DistrictsOneida County

Horsehead Lake, Dennis Blatchelet, (262) 670-5067Mid Lake, Claire Jowett (715) 358-0181. Post Lake, Jerry Burns, (715) 275-4070.Thunder Lake, Greg Weinfurter, P.O. Box 1126,

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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, 3675 Church

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 Wisconsin

Synod, 121 N. Third St., Rev. Philip Gieschen, (715)479-8307.

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

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

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

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

Northwoods Assembly of God Church, 926 Hwy. 45,(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]; princeofpeace-eagleriver.org.

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

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

Word of God Gospel Church, 525 E. Maple St. (CityHall), (715) 546-8947.

Lac du FlambeauCommunity Presbyterian Church, Hwy. 47, William

Anderson, pastor, (715) 588-7150. 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 ZornMicke.

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

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

St. Albert’s Catholic Church, 4351 Hwy. B, MicheleRein, 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, 193 N.Hwy. 51, south of County W, P.O. Box 325, Rev. LourduMandapati, (715) 543-8428, e-mail,[email protected].

MinocquaAscension Lutheran Church ELCA, 7937 Hwy. 51,

Rev. Dr. David E. Jensen, (715) 356-4426. Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church, 8632 Hwy. 51,

P.O. Box 63, Maxine Gray, pastor, (715) 356-5080.Christian Science Reading Room, 212 Milwaukee St.,

P.O. Box 613, (715) 356-5991.Lakeland Assembly, 9127 Hwy. J, Rev. Wendell Ander-

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

Rock of Ages Evangelical Lutheran Church Mis-souri Synod, 10441 Hwy. 70 W., Rev. KennethAlbers, (715) 356-3848.

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

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

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

PhelpsPhelps Congregational United Church of Christ,

Hwy. 17, P.O. Box 124, (715) 547-3890. Rev. NancyZorn Micke.

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Wiscon-sin Synod, 2216 Hwy. 17 E., Rev. Philip Gie schen,(715) 479-8307.

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 Tom Jones, (715) 453-5542 (home) or(715) 362-7830.

Faith Baptist Church, 23 E. Timber Dr., Mark Ring,pastor, (715) 362-3523.

First Congregational United Church of Christ, 135E. Larch, (715) 365-1535.

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

Grace Foursquare Gospel Church, 4360 Hwy. 17 N.,Robert Messerli, pastor; Joseph Fehlen, associate pas-tor; Michael Messerli, 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 Win-nebago, (715) 369-3904.

Nativity of Our Lord Parish, St. Joseph’s Catholic

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Church, 1360 N. Stevens St., Rev. Thomas Thakadipu-ram, (715) 362-3169.

Nativity of Our Lord Parish, St. Mary’s CatholicChurch, 133 E. King St., Rev. Thomas Thakadipuram,(715) 362-3169.

Pine Grove Community Church, 5840 Forest Ln.,Family Life Discipleship pastor, Jeff O’Malley, (715)369-5404, 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, pastors,(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. Germain Community 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, senior pastor;Dan Shields, youth pastor, (715) 477-0595 (home).

Sugar Camp St. Kunegunda Catholic Church, 6895 Hwy. 17 N.,

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

Three Lakes Chapel in the Pines, 7739 Preacher’s Point Rd., (715)

546-3173 (summer). Faith Lutheran Church ELCA, 6995 Hwy. 45 S., Barb

Girod, pastor, (715) 546-2770.Grace Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, 6948 E.

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, 1614 Hwy.32, Brian Thorstad and Eli Shackelford, pastors, (715)546-2000.

Union Congregational Church United Church ofChrist, 6993 Forest St., P.O. Box 876, Pastor Gary

Gilbert, (715) 546-2169.

WoodruffFaith Evangelical Free Church, 9035 Blumenstein

Rd., Rick Goff, pastor, (715) 356-4311; Jason Schaf-buch, youth pastor.

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

Holy Family Catholic Church, 8950 Hwy. J, Rev.Aaron Devett, (715) 356-6284.

Lakeland Assembly, 9127 Hwy. J, Rev. Wendell Ander-son; Kellen Anderson, youth pastor, (715) 356-7385;lakelandassembly.org.

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

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

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

Woodruff Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses,3656 Hwy. 47, Cliff Parson, presiding overseer, (715)356-5581.

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Camp Five Museum, The Lumberjack Steam Train tothe Camp 5 Museum Complex is located one-third milewest of Laona at 5068 Hwy. 8 just one hour from EagleRiver and Three Lakes. Open rain or shine from June21 through Aug. 25, Mondays through Saturdays,closed Sundays. Cowboy Re-enactment July 14 and Oct.6. Fall Festival, Sept. 22 and 29 and Oct. 6. Phone (715)674-3414, website camp5museum.org.

The Lumberjack Steam Train departs daily at 11 a.m.,noon, 1 and 2 p.m. to the Camp 5 complex, which fea-tures the Wisconsin Forestry Museum with audiovisu-als and an active blacksmith shop, 1900s gift shop,nature center with wildlife diorama, animal barn andpetting corral.

The Lumberjack Steam Train has individual, family andgroup rates. Free admission to active-duty military andtheir immediate family. The train and complex is oper-ated by the Camp Five Museum Foundation Inc., a501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Dr. Kate Newcomb Museum, located at 923 2nd Ave. inWoodruff. The museum is open the second Monday inJune until Labor Day, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday. Special arrangements for tour groupsand field trips are welcome. Admission is by donation.Call Marsha Doud, curator, for information. Boardmembers, Cy Timmens, president; Kathy Patten, vicepresident; Shirley Jacoby, treasurer; Louise Colman,secretary; Mike Doud, board member.

The Dr. Kate Museum is named for Kate Pelham New-comb, M.D., whose contribution to the North Woods isdocumented by her appearance on the 1954 RalphEdwards telecast of “Dr. Kate, This Is Your Life”; thebest-selling biography titled “Dr. Kate, Angel on Snow-shoes”; memorabilia from the 1953 and 1954 PennyParades; and a replica of her medical office. The World’sLargest Penny is displayed nearby.

Eagle River Historical Society/Depot Museum, locat-ed at 116 S. Railroad St., (715) 479-9384. Open Mon-days through Saturdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Memorial Daythrough the first weekend in October. After that, Fri-days, noon-4 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Displays of early Eagle River artifacts and souvenirs. His-tories and pictures of early resorts and camps, Chicago& Northwestern railroad memorabilia, ice castle histo-ry displays, early Eagle River plat map, display of localswho served in the military and a display of early fami-ly histories and resorts on the Chain of Lakes.

George W. Brown Jr. Ojibwe Museum & CulturalCenter, located in downtown Lac du Flambeau. Themuseum celebrates culture with a four-season dioramaand other exhibits, including a 24-foot Ojibwe dugoutcanoe, smaller birch-bark canoes, Ojibwe arts andcrafts, traditional clothing, a French fur trading postand a world-record sturgeon taken from one of Flam-beau’s many lakes. Visitor hours: March through Octo-ber, Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Novem-

ber through February, Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10a.m.-2 p.m. Other times by appointment. Call (715)588-3333 for more information. Admission is $4 foradults, $3 for seniors and children 5-15, with childrenyounger than 5 admitted free.

Land O’ Lakes Historical Society/NorthernWatersMuseum, housed in the Gateway Ski Lodge, once partof the King’s Gateway Hotel complex. It was movedfrom a site just south of Land O’ Lakes to the TownPark on Hwy. B Operated by the Land O’ Lakes Histor-ical Society, the museum features changing exhibitsshowcasing the history of the area. Museum hours are11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdaysfrom July through Colorama weekend in September.Free admission. Group tours can be arranged. PhoneSally Schlack, president, (715) 547-3954 or visit lan-dolakeshistory.org.

Minocqua Museum, located at 503 Flambeau St. inMinocqua. Hours are Mondays through Fridays from10 a.m.-4 p.m. or by appointment, June through LaborDay. The Minocqua Museum features the history of the“Island City” of Minocqua, with rich logging chroniclesand a gallery of photos and antiques. Call (715) 356-7666 for more information.

Northwoods Children’s Museum, located at 346 W.Division St. in Eagle River, offers 23 permanent hands-on exhibits and a rotating theme area to provide eachguest with a variety of experiences.

Exhibits are designed to encourage children to use creativ-ity and ambition to become a part of something outsideof their everyday world. Areas are based on the con-cepts of science, history, nature, and cultures. Explo-ration is a must when visiting the museum and themore exploring that is done, the more a child can learnand grow from experiences that may not be available tothem at home.

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programs and special events that appeal to all ages,both children and adults. Some of these events includeits annual birthday party the second Saturday in Juneand a benefit auction the first Tuesday in August. Formore information on programs, events, hours andprices, visit northwoodschildrensmuseum.com or call(715) 479-4623.

Northwoods Petroleum Museum, located two milesnorth of Three Lakes and six miles south of Eagle Riv-er on Highway 45. Open daily noon to 4 p.m.; 10 a.m. to2 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free. The museum fea-tures more than 2,800 petroleum-related items of abygone era. Call Ed Jacobsen, (715) 617-0566 or visitNorthwoodspetroleummuseum.org.

Rhinelander Pioneer Park Historical MuseumComplex, located in Pioneer Park at the intersection ofKemp St./Hwy. 8 and Oneida Ave. in Rhinelander.Phone (715) 369-5004.

The museum complex offers six museums highlightinghistorical reproductions and displays related to logging,railroad, rural schoolhouse, antique outboard boatmotor, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), firefightingand sawmill operations. The Logging and SawmillMuseums offer a reproduction of a logging camp andhistoric sawmill operation, including displays of toolsand equipment used by original lumberjack crews. Alsolocated at Pioneer Park is the 100-year-old restored SooLine railroad depot.

The museum complex is open from Memorial Day toLabor Day, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week.Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. Some-one is always on hand to offer information, answerquestions or to recall a memory. Tour groups are wel-come by reservation.

Snowmobile Hall of Fame and Museum, 8481 Hwy. 70W., P.O. Box 720, St. Germain, (715) 542-4463; snowmo-bilehalloffame.com. Hours of operation: (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. In winter, the museum is accessibleby snowmobile trails that run to the back of the build-ing. There are exhibits of vintage sleds and displays ofracing history. 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 racingsleds from the 1940s to the 2000s. There are more than100 sleds on display, including several sleds from pastrace winners. Clothing worn by racers down throughthe years is also on display.

An annual Ride With The Champs will be Feb. 18. Thedaylong trail ride will end with the induction banquetfor the Hall of Fame. In addition, the Classic SledRoundup will take place May 27.

Three Lakes Historical Museum, located at 1798Huron St., P.O. Box 250, Three Lakes, WI 54562, (715)546-2295. The museum is open Tuesdays through Sat-urdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., June 19 through Sept. 1,also Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., May 26 through June16 and Sept. 1 and Oct. 13.

The museum is dedicated to preserving area history, sup-porting community development and promoting area

tourism. It houses artifacts from the prehistoric past tothe logging era and into the present.

Special displays feature local authors including SamCampbell, “The Philosopher of the Forest”; Cy Williams,architect and one of baseball’s home run kings; andCarl Marty and the Northernaire. The 100-year-oldJohnson House and a second building, constructed in1989 with lumber from pine trees planted by the Civil-ian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s, is the re-creation of a CCC barracks. A reconstructed log cabinon the grounds is furnished as a one-room school.

The museum sponsored and developed the Sam CampbellForest Hiking Trail, located on Old Military Road, inconjunction with the U.S. Forest Service. It is part of theHeritage Trail, a national scenic byway.

Museum funding is solely through donations and fund-raising endeavors throughout the year. For informationon monthly meetings or activities, call the number list-ed above.

Vilas County Historical Museum, Hwy. 155, Sayner.(715) 542-3388 or e-mail [email protected]. Themuseum is open daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from MemorialDay weekend through mid-October. Director/curator,Nancy Minx. No charge, $2 contribution appreciated.

The museum has an extensive collection of historic arti-facts from northern Wisconsin dating back to the turnof the century. Exhibits include wild birds from thearea; antique snowmobiles, including the world’s firstone built in 1924; a player piano and other antiqueinstruments; a wild animal display; game warden dis-play; turn-of-the century logging equipment; birch-barkcanoes; a pioneer room with all the furnishings; Indianbeadwork and clothing; an extensive fishing and guid-ing exhibit from the early days; a large doll collection;clothing from the turn of the century; photos and storiesfrom the early years.

World Snowmobile Headquarters, 1521 Hwy. 45 N.,Eagle River, (715) 479-2186. The facility is open Mon-days through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. fromDec. 10 through March 31 and from May 15 throughOct. 15. Admission is free. In winter, the facility is alsoaccessible by a snowmobile.

The headquarters features the International SnowmobileHall of Fame, honoring 74 pioneers, volunteers, indus-try leaders and promoters whose efforts and dedicationto the sport have made snowmobiling one of the pinna-cles of winter recreation.

In addition, the World Championship Derby Hall of Fametraces the 49-year history of snowmobiling’s mostfamous race from Dollar Lake to the present DerbyTrack, just 250 feet to the north. Visitors will see cham-pionship sleds on display along with photos and storiesof the racers who made the Derby Track famous.

The Antique Snowmobile Club of America has a snowmo-bile museum at the headquarters, featuring fivedecades of historic snowmobiles. Sleds from the 1950sthrough the 2000 models show and trace the mechani-cal development of the snowmobile.

Other highlights of the facility include displays for theIron Dog Brigade, the Thirsty Dogs, Women on Snowand Kitty Cat racing. There’s also a large gift shop offer-ing unique gift items for snowmobilers.

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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. Donn Proven, commander, (715)479-7926; James Kasper, adjutant, (715) 479-1584.

Lac du Flambeau: Chicog-Skye Post 374, John Brown,commander, (715) 614-0074.

Land O’ Lakes: Soquist-Binder-Kirk Post 464, BrannonMayer, commander; Charles LaBelle, adjutant, (715)547-3748.

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

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

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

Presque Isle: Winegar Post 480, Sulo Wainio, comman-der, (715) 543-2110.

Rhinelander: Dahlberg-Makris Post 7, Cindy Pitts, com-mander.

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

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

American Legion Auxiliary, Eagle River, SharonMcFaul, president, (715) 477-2163; Boulder Junction,Jayne Blaisdell, president, (715) 385-2292.

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, presi-dent, (715) 360-0631; aquadevils.org.

Auxiliary-Partners of Eagle River Memorial Hos-pital, Mickey Barricklow, (715) 479-8090.

Barbershop Quartet Singing, Lakeland BarbershopChorus, Rick Wenos, (715) 369-3115.

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

Boy Scouts:Samoset Council, Boy Scouts of America, Northwoods

District, Erin Straw; Crystal Lake District, MichaelPazdernik, unit serving executives, 1-(800) 303-2195.Serving boys 11-18 in Boulder Junction, Eagle River,Harshaw, Land O’ Lakes, McNaughton, Minocqua,Newbold, Phelps, Rhinelander, St. Germain, ThreeLakes, Tomahawk and Woodruff.

Bridge: 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, 315 S. Oneida Ave.,

Ste. 203, Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715) 362-3513.Chain Skimmers Water-ski Team, Danny Merlo,

president.Cub Scouts:Samoset Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1-(800) 303-

2195. Serving boys 6-10 or first through fifth grade inBoulder Junction, Eagle River, Harshaw, Land O’Lakes, McNaughton, Minocqua, Newbold, Phelps,Rhinelander, St. Germain, Three Lakes, Tomahawkand Woodruff.

Venturing:Samoset Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1-(800) 303-

2195. Serving boys and girls 14-21 in Boulder Junc-tion, Eagle River, Harshaw, Land O’ Lakes,McNaughton, Minocqua, Newbold, Phelps,Rhinelander, St. Germain, Three Lakes, Tomahawkand Woodruff.

Compassionate Friends-Wildwoods Chapter, AnnKemmeter, 410 Iverson St., Rhinelander, WI 54501,(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, Sarah

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Borkenhagen, coordinator, (715) 479-6030.Cranberry Country Quilters Inc. of Eagle River,

Joan, (715) 479-4302.Creative Homemakers, first Tuesday of every month,

October thru April, Kalmar Center. Co-PresidentsMarge Bacic, (715) 479-4567 and Mary Clarinbole,(715) 479-8203.

DayBreak Adult Center, meets Thursdays from 10a.m. to 3 p.m. at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church inEagle River. For information, call (715) 617-0584.

Disabled American Veterans:Chapter 56, American Legion Post 114 Clubhouse, Eagle

River, 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-TeacherOrganization, c/o ERES, 1700 Pleasure Island Rd.,Eagle River, WI 54521, (715) 479-6471.

Eagle River Figure Skating Club, Jacqui Monge,president, (715) 891-1452, Marilou Niemczyk (715)479-6400, P.O. Box 2027, Eagle River, WI 54521.

Eagle River Masonic Lodge 248, Jim Carey III, (715)891-0458.

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, coordi-nator, (715) 479-8501.

4-H Clubs:Hodag Horseman, Rhinelander, Richelle Beene, (715)

282-5619.Lakeland Eagles, Mary Congdon (715) 356-9574. Nicolet Area Horse and Pony Project, UW-Extension

(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, Clare Okraszewski, president, (715) 547-

6006. Plum Lake, Sayner, Jean Joyce, (715) 542-4616 and

Melody Kysiak, (715) 542-2634, co-presidents.Rhinelander District Library Foundation Inc., Linda

Davidson, president, (715) 369-1136. Three Lakes, Sarah Ewing, president. Used book sale

fourth Saturday of every month, lower level 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; gsnwgl.org.

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

ish Waters, Presque Isle, Boulder Junction, Lac duFlambeau, Arbor Vitae, Lake Tomahawk, Hazelhurst,Minocqua, Woodruff, Winchester, Butternut). Servicearea manager, Sarah Steele, (715) 358-2749.

Northern Lakes Service Area (Star Lake, Sayner, SugarCamp, St. Germain, Eagle River, Conover, Phelps,Land O’ Lakes, Nelma, Alvin, Three Lakes). Service

area manager, Ronetta Curran, (888) 747-6945.Northwoods Service Area (Clearwater Lake, Sugar

Camp, Rhinelander, McNaughton, Woodboro, Har-shaw, Starks, Hiles, Newald, Blackwell, Wabeno,Carter, Crandon, Laona, Mole Lake, Argonne, Monico,Cavour, Enterprise, Pelican Lake, Lennox). Servicearea manager, Tina Crofoot, (715) 360-2046.

Greater Eagle River Tennis Association, CallaAlbaugh, (715) 479-9829.

Great Headwaters Trail, 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, executive direc-tor, (715) 369-2500 or (715) 369-1199 (home).

Headwaters Council for the Performing Arts, P.O.Box 1481, Eagle River, WI 54521; Steve Kolling, pres-ident, (715) 479-5055.

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

Headwaters Youth Soccer Association, Patti Gill,president, (715) 617-2285; St. Germain/Sayner, SteveGilbert, (715) 477-2065; Sugar Camp, Dean Hoger,(715) 272-1812; Three Lakes, Rob Ribbe, (715) 479-3407; Phelps, Todd Bierman, (715) 545-2529; Land O’Lakes/Conover, Cynthia Spiess, (715) 479-8544 andHolly McCormack, (715) 547-6100.

Hodag Little League, Rhinelander, John Reinthaler,president, (715) 362-3314.

Hodag Sports Club, Speck DeByle, (715) 362-4406 orTom 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]. Knights of Columbus:Eagle River: Father J. Trantow Council 5415, Walter

Prien, financial secretary, (715) 479-6800; U.J. Gre-goire, treasurer, (715) 479-4476; Brian Habersetzer,grand knight, (715) 477-1396.

Lac du Flambeau-Minocqua: Council 3557, Jim Stras-

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burg, grand knight, (715) 356-6311. 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. Lioness Clubs:Boulder Junction, Linda Revolinski, president (715)

385-3256.Lake Tomahawk, Debbie Folwarski, president.Presque Isle, Elaine Kuehnl, (715) 686-2245.St. Germain, Sue Kessro, president, (715) 542-2860.Sayner-Star Lake, Kathy McCaughn, president, (715)

542-2055.Lions Clubs:Boulder Junction, John Ader, president, (715) 385-0241.Conover, Roger Flaherty, president, (715) 479-6673. Eagle River, Frank Mraz, president, (715) 479-6011;

Vince Wagner, Secretary, 479-6423; Matt Kluetz, trea-surer, 479-6959.

Hazelhurst, Gary Sobek, president, (715) 356-5170.Lake Tomahawk, David Wallace, president, (715) 356-

2546.Minocqua, James Meek, president, (715) 356-9873.Phelps, Dick Martin, president, (715) 545-3327.Rhinelander, Mike Romportl, president, (715) 362-4850.St. Germain, Dave Tikalsky, president, (715) 479-8955.Sayner/Star Lake, Will Maines, president, (715) 542-

3501.Sugar Camp, Jack Sparks, president, (715) 272-1831.Three Lakes, Bob Borek, president, (715) 546-3457.Literary Eagles Book Club, Eagle River. Gloria

Wilger, (715) 547-3813 or Carolyn Eaglesham, (715)546-3104.

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

223 Silver Lake Rd., Eagle River, WI 54521, LindaCook, 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) 479-3920.

Northern Wisconsin Decorative Artists, Betty Lutz-ka, (715) 546-2881.

Northland Pines Community Garden, north of thehigh school, Kay Hershberger (715) 477-2816 or MaryAnn Lambrecht (715) 490-3663.

Northland Pines Youth Football & Cheerleading,Amy Young, (715) 617-0272.

Northwinds Toastmasters 5960, David Hoffman,president, (715) 477-6210.

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

Northwoods Genealogical Society, Joy Vancos, (715)369-3092; P.O. Box 1132, Rhinelander, WI 54501.

Northwoods Patriots, meets second Tuesday of each

month, Eagle River Inn, Eagle River, 6:30 p.m.,Shirley Kufeldt, (715) 479-9187, [email protected].

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

Carolyn Eaglesham, (715) 546-3104; Patricia Kollauf,(715) 542-1106.

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

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 Educators Association,John Bigley, president, (715) 272-1044.

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

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

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

Rhinelander-Northwoods Branch American Asso-ciation of University Women, Barbara Gallantand Jenice Voelker, co-presidents.

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

Rotary Clubs: Eagle River, Rick Donohoe, president, (715) 479-1147. Rhinelander, Jim Brown, (715) 282-5730.St. Germain Firefighters Association, Brian Repen-

shek, (715) 891-7333.Scarlet O’Hatters of the Northwoods, Red Hat Soci-

ety’s E.R. chapter, Judy Rechlitz, (715) 479-6113.School-Community Organizations:Sugar Camp, Debbie Kortenhof, president, (715) 272-

1098 or school, (715) 272-1105.Three Lakes, Carie Sorge, president, (715) 891-3715 or

school, (715) 546-3323.Sky Barrons Radio Controlled Model Airplane

Club, Paul Gerhart Jr., club contact, (715) 479-9963.Snowmobile Clubs:Association of Wisconsin Snowmobile Clubs, Oneida

County director, Steve Moran, (715) 453-3324; VilasCounty director, Tom Tomlanovich, (715) 479-1411.

Bo-Boen, St. Germain, Rich Pulaski, president, (715)479-4718.

Boulder Junction, Jim Hamilton, president, (715) 385-

2302.Conover Sno-Buddies, Bob Payseur, president, (715)

479-8968.Cross Country Cruisers, Minocqua/Arbor Vitae/

Woodruff, Tom Bird, president, (715) 439-0222.Frosty Club, Land O’ Lakes, Kevin Konnelly, president,

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dent, (715) 362-8040.Minocqua Forest Riders, Pat Harkins, president, (715)

588-1747.New-Tom Sno-Fleas, Lake Tomahawk, Jim Haigh, pres-

ident, (715) 277-2358.Northern Hornshoe, Lac du Flambeau, Joe Napoli, (715)

356-2729.Northern Lights, Three Lakes, Joe Terlizzi, president,

(715) 546-3726.Northwoods Passage, Tomahawk, Bob McGinnis, presi-

dent, (715) 453-2306.Northwoods Riders, Tomahawk, Myra Ross, president,

P.O. Box 133, Tomahawk.Northern Trails Unlimited, Steve Moran, president,

(715) 453-3324.Phelps Snowmobile Club, Phelps, Dick Schultz, presi-

dent, (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, WI 54521;

Ken Storms, president, (715) 479-5599.Sno-Skeeters, Manitowish Waters, Barry Hopkins, pres-

ident, (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, president,

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

272-1400. Three Lakes Fish & Wildlife Improvement Associ-

ation, 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, com-

modore, (715) 545-2132. United Methodist Women, Minocqua, Patty Frandy,

(715) 356-2172. United Northwoods Soccer, Eagle River, Chris

Droes, (715) 542-2539.Veterans of Foreign Wars:Eagle River Trinka-Weber-Rogers Post 8637 and Auxil-

iary, 624 W. Pine St., Eagle River, WI 54521; (715)479-8810; Thomas Unti, commander.

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

Land O’ Lakes State Line and Boulder Junction Post8400, (715) 547-3314.

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

Rhinelander Post 3143, 120 Park St., Rhinelander, WI

54501; (715) 369-3143. Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Elaine Peter,

president, (715) 479-5339.Vilas Area Silent Sport Association, P.O. Box 912,

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., EagleRiver, WI 54521, (715) 479-9777. Jen Primich, direc-tor, certified humane officer for Vilas County.

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

Vilas County Master Gardeners, meets secondThursday each month, 6 p.m., Prince of Peace Luther-an Church, Eagle River, Mary Ann Lambrecht, presi-dent, (715) 490-3663

Vilas County Republican Party, meets third Mondayeach month, Eagle River, James Maillette, chairman,Mary Lou Hake (715) 479-8224.

Vilas County Tavern League, Glen Miller, president,(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, Barb Steinhilber, president, (715) 479-

6550.YMCA of the Northwoods, Eagle River, Julia John,

(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 Evangelical Lutheran Church; Sundays, 6:30p.m., First United Methodist Church.

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

Medical Center. For other meetings, call Koller Behavioral Health Ser-

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

nebago 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 Fridays,

7:30 p.m., First Congregational United Church ofChrist.

Lac du Flambeau, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Family ResourceCenter, closed discussion.

Land O’ Lakes, Sundays, 2 p.m., Land O’ Lakes TownHall, closed step discussion.

Minocqua, Fridays, 8 p.m., Calvary Lutheran Church,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, Com-munity United Church of Christ.

For meetings in Rhinelander and other areas, call theAlcoholics Anonymous hot line at (715) 367-7920 ornorthwoodsaa.org.

American Cancer Society, (715) 848-2881.American Red Cross, 902 Boyce Dr., P.O. Box 1103,

Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715) 362-5456, Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., or (715) 344-4052, 1-(800) 939-4052.

Arthritis Foundation, Wisconsin Chapter, 1650 S. 108St., West Allis, WI 53214, 1-(800) 242-9945.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Northwoods Inc.,Vilas County and Oneida County, bbbsnorthwoods.org, Kathy Schroeder, (715) 892-2673.

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

Family Resource Connection, Eagle River PlayShoppe, Thursdays, 9:30 to 11 a.m., First Congrega-tional 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 third Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to

noon, 6516 Olympic 76 Drive, Land O’ Lakes, (715)547-3153.

Northwoods Emergency Food Pantry, Rhinelander, (715)365-1535.

Vilas Food Pantry, open first and third Tuesdays from3:30-5:15 p.m. and Wednesdays from 8:30-10 a.m. atKalmar Senior Center, Hwy. 45 N., Eagle River, (715)479-7524.

Three Lakes Christian Food Pantry, Dick Turner, (715)479-5381.

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

GED Preparation, through Nicolet College, availableat Walter E. Olson Memorial Library, Eagle River. JoeCrownhart, instructor. Mondays, Tuesdays and Fri-days, 8 a.m.-noon, and Tuesdays, 4-8 p.m. Call NicoletCollege at 1-(800) 544-3039, ext. 4455.

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

Hearing Loss Association, 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, serving Oneida,Vilas and Forest counties, (715) 369-2215.

KIN Inc. (Kids In Need), 1-(800) 622-9120, free ser-vices for teens and families.

Koller Behavioral Health Services, P.O. Box 470,311 Elm St., Howard Young Medical Center,Woodruff, WI 54568, (715) 356-8540; 150 Hospital

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Rd., P.O. Box 446, Eagle River, WI 54521, (715) 479-4585; 622 Mason St., Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715)369-2210; P.O. Box 464, Crandon, WI 54520, (715)478-3524.

Memory Support Group, meets the fourth Tuesday ofeach month at 1 p.m., Medical Arts Building, EagleRiver, Alzheimer’s Association (715) 362-7779.

Narcotics Anonymous, meets Mondays at 7 p.m. atKoinonia Treatment Facility, 1991 Winnebago St.,Rhinelander.

Northwest Connection Family Resources, serving14 counties, 16076 W. Hwy. 63, Hayward, WI 54843,1-(800) 733-5437, [email protected].

Northwoods Birthright Inc., 24-hour toll-free hotline, 1-(800) 550-4900; 1-(800) 848-LOVE, NationalLife Center referrals for pregnancy tests and help tokeep babies.

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

Northwoods United Way, serving Vilas, Oneida andForest counties, Tracy Beckman, Rhinelander, (715)369-0440.

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

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

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

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

Project Lifesaver, providing technology to keep indi-viduals safe who might wander. Vilas County Sher-iff ’s Department, (715) 479-4441.

Salvation Army, Jackie Schmieder, Vilas & Oneidacounties, (715) 365-1539; Betty Jo Graveen, Lac duFlambeau area, (715) 588-4204.

Tax Listing Department, Eagle River. Sherry Bier-man, 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, Holly Schmucki, (715) 479-5426.

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

Tri-County Council on Domestic Violence & Sexu-

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

Vilas County American Cancer Society, Mary KayeSergent, (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, EagleRiver, (715) 479-3656.

Vilas County Veterans Service Office, Courthouse,Eagle River, (715) 479-3629.

Visually Impaired Persons Support Group, EagleRiver, meetings held the fourth Tuesday of eachmonth at Kalmar Senior Center, (715) 479-2633.

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

Women’s Health Services of Newcap Inc., servingVilas County, 226 Hwy. 70, P.O. Box 21, St. Germain,(715) 479-7565 or (715) 479-3357.

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Boulder Junction Public Library, CommunityBuilding, Highway M, P.O. Box 9, Boulder Junction,(715) 385-2050; member Northern Waters LibraryService (NWLS).

Library hours: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sat-urdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10a.m.-7 p.m.

Library board: Susan Fehlandt, president; Algar Saulic,vice president; Irene Gravelle, treasurer; Eric John-son, secretary; and Gigi Bohm, member at large.

Edward U. Demmer Memorial Library, 6961 W.School St., P.O. Box 760, Three Lakes, (715) 546-3391,fax, (715) 546-2930, demmerlibrary.org, [email protected]; Janet Dixon, director; wireless Inter-net access available, member Wisconsin ValleyLibrary Service (WVLS).

Library hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.;Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat-urdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Library board: Steve Garbowicz, John Roberts, Cather-ine Marshall, Kathleen Olkowski, Dianna Blicharz,Sarah Ewing and Vicki Reuling.

Eleanor Ellis Public Library, 4495 Town Hall Rd.,P.O. Box 8, Phelps, (715) 545-2887; June Franzen,library director; Kaye Petts, library clerk; memberNWLS.

Library hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fri-days, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Wednesdays, 2-6 p.m.; Satur-days, 10 a.m.-noon.

Library board: Ginny Parker, president; Luanne Gregas,Laura Myszka, Angela Kummerow and DianeMoline.

Frank B. Koller Memorial Library, Hwy. 51 betweenthe fire station and the community center, Manitow-ish Waters, Box 100, (715) 543-2700; Janelle Kohl,library director; Donna Fowler, assistant librarian;member NWLS.

Library hours (June 1-Sept. 30): Mondays, Wednesdaysand Fridays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays,noon-8 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Library hours (Oct. 1-May 31): Mondays, Wednesdaysand Fridays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m.-noon;Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3-7 p.m.

Library board: Dick Henske, president; Patricia Stone-house, secretary.

Lac du Flambeau Public Library, Peacepipe Rd.,P.O. Box 368, Lac du Flambeau, (715) 588-7001; MaryM. Mann, director; Barbara Vincent and Rita Phile-mon, circulation; and Antoinette Beaudry and EvelynBrown, staff-assisted computer aides and interlibraryclerks; wireless Internet access available, memberNWLS.

Library hours: Mondays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.and 1:30 to 4 p.m.; Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and1:30-8:30 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 representative LavernePoupart.

Land O’ Lakes Public Library, 4242 Hwy. B, P.O. Box450, Land O’ Lakes, (715) 547-6006; Julie Zelten,director; Karen Weber-Mendham, children’s services;Frisk Miller, technical services; member NWLS.

Library hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fri-days, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat-urdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Library board: Cindy Geib, president; William Rose,Orlando Alfonso, Rosalie Forassiepi, Gordon Johnson,Peter Dring and Shelley Petersen.

Minocqua Public Library, 415 Menominee St., SuiteB, Minocqua, (715) 356-4437, fax (715) 358-2873,[email protected]; minocqualibrary.org; CindyWendt, adult services; Mary Taylor, director and chil-dren’s services; member WVLS.

Library board: Jack Hallock, president; Catherine Geli-nas, Pat Pechura, Jean Mejerle, Robert Eckert, TomGarry and Laura Mendez.

Library hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays andThursdays, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat-urdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; closed some holiday weekends,call to inquire.

Northern Waters Library Service, 3200 E.Lakeshore Dr., Ashland, WI 54806, (715) 682-2365,nwls.wislib.org; serving the libraries and residents ofVilas, Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron,Sawyer and Washburn counties.

Walter E. Olson Memorial Library, 203 N. Main St.,P.O. Box 69, Eagle River, (715) 479-8070; Diana

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Anderson, director; Patricia Lamon, technical ser-vices/children’s services; Mickee Stuckemeyer, interli-brary loan/volunteers/technical services/administra-tive assistant; Don Barlou, maintenance; memberNWLS.

Library hours: Mondays, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Tuesdays,Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fridays, 9a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Library board: Pamela Heeg, Jim Croker, George Zima,Tina Koller, Sandra Slagle, Edith Kukanich, LaurieStoegbauer, Ed Johnston, Dennis Doud, Jill Burns,Richard Held, Lynda Bolte and Fred Indermuehle.

Plum Lake Public Library, 239 Hwy. 155, Sayner,(715) 542-2020; Ida Nemec, director; Nancy Minx,technical librarian.

Library hours (summer): Mondays, Wednesdays andThursdays, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Tuesdays, Fridays andSaturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Library hours (winter): Mondays and Wednesdays, 10a.m.-7 p.m.; Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Satur-days, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; closed Sundays.

Library board: Charles Figer, president; Dan Sukow, SueKurth and Nancy Nagel.

Presque Isle Community Library, P.O. Box 200, 8306School Loop Rd., Presque Isle, (715) 686-7613; PamEschenbauch, librarian/director.

Library hours: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10a.m.-4 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4-9 p.m.; Satur-days, 10 a.m.-noon; closed Sundays.

Library board: Lynn Vinall, Jeff Burke, Mike Speer,Chuck Hayes, Carol Stone, Jackie Bassett and BobBerdan.

Rhinelander District Library, 106 N. Stevens St.,Rhinelander; (715) 365-1070; Ed Hughes, director,(715) 365-1070; Tom Hurlburt, children’s department,(715) 365-1050.

Library hours (summer): Mondays, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Tues-days, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 9 a.m.-6p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Library hours (winter): Mondays and Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 9 a.m.-6p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Library board: Janet Baer, president; Victoria Houston,vice president; Marcie Metropulos, treasurer; JimLeschke, Jane Roe, Harry Whidden, Tom Kelly, KenHardtke and Kelli Jacobi.

Winchester Public Library, Community Building,2117 Lake St., Winchester; phone/fax (715) 686-2926;Cela McGinnis, library director.

Library hours: Mondays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Thursdays, 10a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Library board: Bill Horner, president; Judy Habermann,Felicia Gorman, Carole Hochhalter and SharonSchmidt.

Wisconsin Valley Library Service, 300 N. First St.,Wausau, WI 54403-5405; (715) 261-7250; fax: (715)261-7259, [email protected]; serving thelibraries and residents of Oneida, Forest, Clark,Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon and Taylor counties.

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Health Care NeedsResidents of and visitors to Headwaters Country have

three hospitals and several community ambulance ser-vices to take care of their immediate health-care needs.

Serving the area are:• Ministry Eagle River Memorial Hospital, 201 Hos-

pital Road, Eagle River, (715) 479-7411.• Howard Young Medical Center, 240 Maple St.,

Woodruff, (715) 356-8000.• Ministry Saint Mary’s Hospital, 2251 North Shore

Dr., 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 general informa-tion.

Special health-care needs are also provided throughnursing homes, private medical clinics, dental offices,optometrists and other specialists.

Ministry Eagle RiverMemorial Hospital

Data: Located at 201 Hospital Rd., Eagle River, phone(715) 479-7411. Ministry Eagle River Memorial Hos-pital (MERMH) is a 25-bed facility. It was built in1961 and affiliated with Howard Young Health Carein 1987. Through Howard Young, the hospital is affil-iated with the Medical College of Wisconsin. Housedinside the hospital building is the Kalmar Clinic,which includes Northwoods Family Orthopedics, Car-diovascular Associates of Northern Wisconsin, North-ern Wisconsin Bone & Joint Center, Northern Orthot-ic and Prosthetic Center, Gastrointestinal AssociatesSC, Comprehensive Foot and Ankle Care and BeltoneHearing Services. In 2001, Eagle River MemorialHospital became part of Ministry Healthcare to formthe Northern Region, made up of MERMH, HowardYoung Medical Center, Ministry Saint Mary’s Hospi-tal in Rhinelander, Ministry Sacred Heart in Toma-hawk and Ministry Medical Groups.

Services Offered: Laboratory (general lab testing,pathology, cytology, transfusion medicine), outpatientcare (cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, daysurgery, orthopedic surgery, diabetes management,24-hour emergency services, occupational health, pul-monary function testing), radiology (general radiolo-gy, mammography, ultrasound, MRI, bone density, CT,vascular ultrasound), physical rehabilitation (physi-cal therapy, occupational therapy, speech and lan-guage pathology) and support services (dietary andnutrition, pain management, lifeline, spiritual ser-vices, palliative care, respiratory therapy).

History: In the 1950s, the need for a modern hospital in

Eagle River was rapidly becoming apparent. H.S. Tut-tle, an Eagle River resident, came forward and donat-ed the property where the hospital was built and abuilding fund was established to secure $355,000. OnSept. 20, 1961, Eagle River Memorial Hospitalopened its doors. In 1977, due to the generosity of Col.Norman C. Kalmar, his wife, Ethel, and the WalterOlson Foundation, the hospital was updated toinclude a new emergency room, medical library, car-diopulmonary rehabilitation, an ambulance port andthe addition of the Kalmar Clinic with physiciansuites.

Marshfield ClinicEagle River Center

Data: Located on the south side of Eagle River off ofHwy. 45, just past the fire station, 500 CommerceLoop (Tamarack Business Park), Eagle River. Thefacility joined the Marshfield Clinic system in 1998and is staffed by a family practice physician and afamily health physician assistant, as well as health-care specialists from Marshfield Clinic MinocquaCenter in Minocqua. The center is open from 8 a.m. to5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. For appointments,call (715) 479-0400 or 1-(800) 782-8581.

Services Offered: Family health, obstetrics and gyne-cology, urology, pediatrics, orthopaedics, nutrition andweight-management ser vices. Lab, radiology andEKG services, mobile bone density and mammogra-phy. Cardiology services are offered by Dr. MichaelMcGill in Eagle River at the Ministry Medical GroupEagle River Center and Ministry Eagle River Memo-rial Hospital.

Staff Members: Diane Hrdina, M.D., family medicine;Jill Brunstad, physician assistant, family medicine;

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John Twelmeyer, M.D., OB/GYN; Jennifer Dodge,physician assistant, urology; Joanna Gudel, M.D.,pediatrics; Hugh Bogumill, M.D., orthopedics; DianeJohnson, clinical dietitian, certified diabetes educa-tor; and Renee Trapp, nutrition education, weightmanagement.

Family Health ClinicsData: Aspirus has four locations in the North Woods —

Land O’ Lakes, 4348 Hwy. B, clinic hours Mondaysthrough Fridays, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., (715) 547-6118;Phelps, 2383 Hwy. 17, clinic hours Mondays throughFridays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., (715) 545-2710; Rhinelander,1630 N. Chippewa Dr., clinic hours Mondays throughFridays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., (715) 361-5480; and ThreeLakes, 6951 S. Michigan St., clinic hours Mondaysthrough Thursdays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. (715) 546-2543.

Services Offered: Family physicians and nurse practi-tioners provide health care for the entire family.

Staff: Land O’ Lakes, William Raduege, M.D.; Phelps,James Zelinski, M.D.; Rhinelander, WilliamGustafson, M.D., Thomas Marren, M.D., Jolene Kop-plin, nurse practitioner; Three Lakes, Brian Erd-mann, M.D.; Kim Erdmann, M.D.

Special Features: As part of the Community HealthCare system, the clinics have access to the resources ofa comprehensive network of physicians, nurse practi-tioners, clinics, hospitals and home-care agencies toprovide contemporary, cost-effective health care.

Howard Young Medical Center

Data: Located at 240 Maple Street, P.O. Box 470,Woodruff. Phone (715) 356-8000. Howard Young Med-ical Center (HYMC), a 99-bed acute-care facility, ispart of the Ministry Health Care System and is affil-iated with the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Services Offered: Laboratory (comprehensive laborato-ry testing, pathology, cytology, transfusion medicine,microbiology), radiology (mammography, ultrasound,nuclear medicine, mobile MRI, bone density, CT, stereo-tactic breast procedures, interventional procedures),obstetrical services (birthing center, prenatal classes,lactation education), surgical services (general surgery,podiatry, ear, nose and throat, obstetrics, gynecology,orthopedic (including total joint replacement), vascularultrasound, urology, pacemaker insertion, support ser-vices (dietary and nutrition, diabetes education, painmanagement, lifeline, palliative care, spiritual ser-vices, respiratory therapy, sleep lab), outpatient care(day surgery, diabetes management, cardiac and pul-monary rehabilitation, 24-hour emergency services,hemodialysis, occupational health, pulmonary functiontesting, wound ostomy and continence program), phys-ical rehabilitation (physical therapy, occupational ther-apy, speech and language pathology, prosthetics, ortho-pedics), and Ministry home care (home health and hos-pice).

History: This medical complex, built in the rural set-ting of Wisconsin’s North Woods, was made possibleby the late Howard Young, multimillionaire. He wasan art dealer in New York, as well as a visitor toMinocqua and a summer home owner for 65 years.Young died June 23, 1972, at the age of 94. In his will,he left $20 million to build a new hospital if the namewould be changed from Lakeland Memorial Hospitalto the Howard Young Medical Center. Howard YoungMedical Center opened its doors in 1977. ElizabethTaylor, actress and great-niece of Howard Young wasin attendance at the grand opening. One of televi-sion’s best-known hosts, Ralph Edwards, was alsothere. Edwards helped in the original fundraisingbuilding campaign for Lakeland Memorial Hospital.In 1954, Edwards had heard the story of Dr. Kate, thePenny Parade, the hospital and the community’s out-pouring of help. He featured Dr. Kate Pelham New-comb on his television program. Within a few days ofthe appeal on his popular show, 60 sacks of mail hadarrived at the Woodruff Post Office — sacks of lettersand postcards all containing pennies and other formsof money. Remarkably, $106,000 had been donated(10.6 million pennies) throughout the country andfrom people around the world.

MinistryMedical Group

Data: Ministry Medical Group (MMG) is a part of Min-istry Health Care’s Physician Division, a major mul-tispecialty health-care provider in the North Woods.There are seven satellite offices: Eagle River, 930 E.

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Wall St., (715) 477-3000; Rhinelander, 2251 NorthShore Dr., (715) 361-4700; Rhinelander-Riverside,1020 Kabel Ave., (715) 361-4700; Crandon, 400 W.Glen St., (715) 478-3318; Tomahawk, 401 W. MohawkDr., (715) 453-7200; and Woodruff, 240 Maple St.,(715) 356-8920; and Laona, 4876 Mill St., (715) 674-5233.

Services Offered: Multispecialty services offered inEagle River include two full-time family practicephysicians, one part-time pediatrician and one full-time nurse practitioner. Specialists who routinelyrotate to Eagle River include general, peripheral, vas-cular and thoracic surgery; internal medicine;rheumatology; audiology; ear, nose and throat; behav-ioral health and women’s health. Specialists availablefor referral at MMG include obstetrics/gynecology,urology, behavioral health and orthopedics.

History: MMG’s roots began in the early 1900s whentwo early pioneers, Dr. Irving Schiek Sr. and Dr.Warner Bump, came to northern Wisconsin, eachestablishing their own clinics, which merged in 1985.An affiliation took place with Ministry Health Care in1998. Ministry Health Care has hospitals in EagleRiver, Woodruff, Tomahawk and Rhinelander.

Ministry Saint Mary’s Hospital

Data: Located at 2251 North Shore Drive (east side ofRhinelander off Hwy. C and Lincoln St.), phone (715)361-2000 or 1-(800) 578-0840. Ministry Saint Mary’sHospital, a 73-bed secondary-care facility is a mem-ber of the Ministry Health Care System, with hospi-tals and clinics located in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Services Offered: 24-hour emergency room with hos-pital-based ambulance service; urgent care availableMondays through Fridays, 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sat-urdays, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; comprehensive secondary-care services including established regional cancertreatment center, with approval by the Department ofHealth and Social Services and Cooperative OncologyGroup; radiation therapy center; rehabilitation centeroffering physical therapy, speech therapy, occupation-al therapy, athletic trainers and “Return-To-Work”program and occupational health services; cardiopul-monary rehabilitation; patient and family services;100% digital imaging, including ACR-approved mam-mography service, fixed based CT and MRI, diabetescenter, Lifeline, pain clinic, outpatient and inpatientbehavioral health care.

Community services: Community Link Coordinator,(715) 361-2040 or 1-(800) 242-9252; Palliative CareCoordinator, (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, oncol-ogy, anesthesiology, cardiology, dermatology, ear, noseand throat, family practice, general and vascularsurgery, neurology, orthopedic surgery, pain manage-ment, pathology, physical medicine, psychiatry, radia-

tion oncology, radiology, rheumatology and urology.

Lillian Kerr HealthcareCenter by Rennes

Data: Located across from North Twin Lake in Phelps.This facility is the site of Lillian Kerr HealthcareCenter, Aspirus Pharmacy, Phelps Clinic, Lillian KerrOutpatient Rehabilitation Center and PhelpsSenior/Community Center. The facility serves resi-dents of Vilas and surrounding counties in Wisconsinand Iron, Ontonagon and Gogebic counties in theUpper Peninsula of Michigan.

Services: Lillian Kerr Healthcare Center is a 64-bed,Medicare-certified skilled nursing facility. Physical,occupational and speech therapy are offered five daysa week for outpatients of all ages and nursing homeresidents. The facility is the only Medicare-certifiednursing home in Vilas County. Lillian Kerr offers avariety of room arrangements, several gardens and alarge rehabilitation wing.

Employees: Lillian Kerr Healthcare Center providesemployment for approximately 90 people.

Special Features: Lillian Kerr Healthcare Center’sSecure Care Unit specializes in the care of people suf-fering from Alzheimer’s disease or a dementia-relatedillness. Respite care has also become popular for fam-ily caregivers who need a break or who are temporar-ily unable to care for their loved ones at home. Beingthe only Medicare-certified facility in Vilas Countyallows area residents to utilize their Medicare bene-

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fits for nursing care, as well as inpatient or outpa-tient rehabilitation for occupational, physical andspeech therapy needs.

Oscar G. JohnsonVeterans AffairsMedical Center

Data: Located at 325 East H St., Iron Mountain, Mich.,phone (906) 774-3300 or 1-(800) 215-8262. DedicatedMarch 5, 1950, the Oscar G. Johnson Veterans AffairsMedical Center (VAMC) is located on a 26-acre tractalong the Michigan-Wisconsin border. Total countiesserved are 15 in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and11 counties in northeastern Wisconsin. VAMC IronMountain has the largest PSA east of the MississippiRiver.

The VAMC is combined with a 40-bed Rehabilitationand extended-care center/nursing home care unit.The VAMC also has community-based outpatientclinics in Michigan in Ironwood, Hancock, Marquette,Sault Ste. Marie, Menomonie and in Rhinelander,Wis., and a veteran outreach clinic in Manistique,Mich.

Services Offered: A VHA primary- and secondary-levelcare facility with 12 medical, one surgical and four ICUoperating beds, the VAMC is located in a rural, geo-graphically remote, sparsely populated area of thenorthern Midwest United States. The VAMC is a partof Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) 12,which includes facilities in Chicago and North Chica-go, Ill., Milwaukee, Madison and Tomah, Wis., and IronMountain, Mich. It provides limited emergency andacute inpatient care, and relies heavily on tertiaryfacilities in VISN 12 (particularly Zablocki VAMC inMilwaukee and Middleton VAMC in Madison) to pro-vide higher-level emergency and specialty services.VAMC Iron Mountain employs state-of-the-arttelemedicine technology and is a leader in ruralhealth-care delivery in VHA. VAMC currently supportsTelehealth in the areas of spinal cord injury, retinal,

nephrology, prosthetics, anesthesiology, pulmonology,rheumatology, cardiology, endocrinology, infectious dis-ease and MOVE! weight reduction programs. Ambula-tory and acute primary and secondary health care isprovided in areas of medicine, surgery, psychiatry,physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, oncol-ogy, dentistry, geriatrics and extended care.

Employees: The medical center has more than 600employees. The staff is complimented by approxi-mately 250 regularly scheduled volunteers who pro-vide outstanding support to the patients and staff.Many volunteers are members of veteran serviceorganizations.

Executive Leadership Team: James W. Rice, FACHE,medical center director; William J. Caron, PT, MHA,FACHE, associate medical center director; MarkMcConnell, M.D., acting chief of staff; and AndreaCollins, RN, associate chief of staff for nurse andpatient care.

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George Youngrecreational complexLocated off Co. 424 to Young’s Lane on beautiful Chicagon LakeP.O. Box 457, Iron River, MI 49935 • 906-265-3401

18-Hole ChampionshipGolf Course

Enjoy golfing on one of the longestcourses in Michigan, approximately7,100 yards. Tee times are recom-

mended until 4 p.m. Open 8 a.m. weekdays and 7a.m. on weekends & holidays.

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GOLF PASS: Husband & Wife orCollege Student $200 Parent & Child $700Single $500 Family (children 17 & under) $775

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Also enjoy familybiking, swimming

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WOLF TRACKNATURE TRAILa self-guidednature walk

40-minute drivefrom Eagle River,

Hwy. 70 East to Hwy. 139,north into Michigan.

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OUR MILESTONES HAVE ALWAYS MEANT GOING THE DISTANCE

FOR OUR PATIENTS.MINISTRY EAGLE RIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL’S MILESTONES.

1961 Eagle River Memorial Hospital opened its doors with strong community support that has remained consistent throughout the years.

1970s Generous donations from the community provide funds for updates and improvements to the hospital.

1985 Eagle River Memorial Hospital instrumental in writing protocols for Emergency Medical Technician – Intermediate program in the State of Wisconsin.

1997 Donations allowed the hospital to add a new emergency room, medical library, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation center, an ambulance port, and the Kalmar Clinic with physician suites. More expansions and improvements would follow.

1999 Eagle River Memorial Hospital is Wisconsin’s first to receive Critical Access Status in the State of Wisconsin.

2001 As part of Howard Young Health Care, Eagle River Memorial Hospital becomes part of Ministry Health Care.

2003 Eagle River Memorial Hospital becomes the first in the Midwest to collaborate with the Department of Transportation and the local airport to build a state-of-the-art helipad.

2010 Eagle River Memorial Hospital becomes Ministry Eagle River Memorial Hospital reflecting the ongoing commitment by Ministry to meet the health care needs of northern Wisconsin.

2011 Digital Mammography is added to growing list of improvements to provide state-of-the-art health care services to the region.

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MEETING YOUR NEEDS

MINISTRY EAGLE RIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND MINISTRY MEDICAL GROUP ARE AT YOUR SERVICE.

HOSPITAL SERVICESMinistry Eagle River Memorial Hospital201 Hospital RoadEagle River

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PAGE 50 - ’12 GUIDE ChurchChurchDirectoryDirectorySHEPHERD OF THE LAKESLUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCASHEPHERD OF THE LAKESLUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA

EAGLE RIVERBAPTIST CHURCH

EAGLE RIVERBAPTIST CHURCH

COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCHCOMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH

LAND O’ LAKESBIBLE CHURCHLAND O’ LAKESBIBLE CHURCH

Saturday 5:30 p.m.Sunday 9 a.m.

Holy Communionat every service

Dorothy Lindstrom, Pastor

715-542-37012903 Main St. (Hwy. 155) Sayner

Proclaiming The Living Word

Sunday9:45 a.m. Sunday School — all ages

11:00 a.m. Morning Worship Service7:00 p.m. Bible Study

Wednesday7:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting “Hour of Power”

Dave Johnson — Pastor

Second & Division St., Eagle River715-479-4986 & 715-479-4759

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 & Prayer9:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Sept. - June

Pastor Frank Puffer715-547-3183

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, ELCA

Worship with Holy CommunionEvery Sunday morning at 9 a.m.

June - August additional services, timesmay vary. Please call for times.

Rev. Lloyd Leo Luedeman, Pastor715-479-9263

DIVINE SERVICESun. 9:30 a.m.

Office 906-544-2259

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 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.

Wels.net

5030 Hwy. 70 WestEagle River, WI 54521www.princeofpeace-er.org

www.shepardofthelakeschurch.org

715-479-7870

’12 GUIDE - PAGE 51ChurchChurchTHREE LAKES

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCHTHREE LAKES

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCHSunday 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 Lakes715-546-2000www.tlefc.org

FAITH LUTHERANCHURCH ELCA

FAITH LUTHERANCHURCH ELCA

DirectoryDirectory6995 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

FAITH EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH

FAITH EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH

UNION CONGREGATIONALUNITED CHURCH OF CHRISTUNION CONGREGATIONAL

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRISTHwy. 45 & Forest St.Three Lakes, Wis.Pastor Gary Gilbert

Sunday Service10:30 a.m.

715-546-2169

Communion is celebrated the firstSunday each month.

ST. MARYCATHOLIC CHURCH

ST. RITACATHOLIC CHURCH

ST. ANNECATHOLIC CHURCH

ST. ANNECATHOLIC CHURCH

ST. RITACATHOLIC CHURCH

ST. MARYCATHOLIC CHURCH

End of Lake StreetPresque Isle, Wis.

Mass Times:Sun. 11 a.m.Fri. 9 a.m.

Year Round

10315 Main St.Boulder Junction, Wis.

Mass Times:June 30 to Sept. 2

Sat. 4 p.m. Sun. 9 a.m.Wednesday 8 a.m.

No Sat. mass between Labor Dayand end of June

[email protected]

8705 Co. Hwy. NSayner, Wis.

Mass Times:June 30 to Sept. 2

Sat. 4 p.m. Sun. 9 a.m.Thursday 9 a.m.

No Sun. Mass betweenLabor Day and end of June.

Call ahead regarding Thurs. Mass.

Rev. Michael T. Hayden Phone: 715-385-2390 www.ncc.41pi.com

PAGE 52 - ’12 GUIDE ChurchChurchSt. Theresa of Avila

Catholic ChurchSt. Theresa of Avila

Catholic ChurchAcross from the Information Bureau

Three Lakes, Wisconsin

St. Kunegunda of PolandCatholic Church

St. Kunegunda of PolandCatholic ChurchIn Sugar Camp, Wisconsin

across from Sugar Camp LakeEstablished in 1898WEEKEND MASS TIMES

Saturday 4 p.m. • Sunday 9 a.m.

RECONCILIATIONSaturday 3:15 to 3:45 p.m.

WEEKDAY MASS TIMESTuesday thru Friday 8 a.m.

P.O. Box 8, Three Lakes, WI 54562715-546-2159 Fr. William G. Horath, Pastor

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULESaturday 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 54562715-272-1191 Fr. William G. Horath, Pastor

LAKELAND CHURCHOF CHRIST

LAKELAND CHURCHOF CHRIST

1111 First Ave., Woodruff715-356-4828

Sunday Worship 9 a.m.

Bible Study10:30 a.m.

St. Matthias’Episcopal Church

Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.Communion with ChoirSunday School, Nursery

Whoever you are, wherever you find yourselfon the journey of faith, we welcome you.

Chicago Ave. & Chippewa St. Minocqua, Wis.715-356-6758

www.stmatthiasminocqua.org

St. Matthias’Episcopal Church

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 Andersonwww.lakelandassembly.org

ST. PETER THE FISHERMANCATHOLIC CHURCH

ST. PETER THE FISHERMANCATHOLIC CHURCH

5001 County Hwy. G, Eagle River715-479-8704

Hwy. 45 North to Cty. Hwy. G, 1 Mile West

www.stpeterseagleriver.org

Sunday MassesJune 17 - Sept. 4, 2012

8 and 10 a.m.

Saturday Mass: 4 p.m.Sunday Mass: 10 a.m.

OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCHMISSOURI SYNOD

OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCHMISSOURI 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

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Vilas CountyBoulder Junction, 5352 Hwy. M, P.O. Box 286W, Boul-

der Junction, WI 54512; boulderjct.org; [email protected];1-(800) 466-8759, (715) 385-2400.

Conover, 4665 Hwy. K East, P.O. Box 32, Conover, WI54519; (715) 479-4928 or 1-(866) 394-4386; conover.org;[email protected].

Eagle River Area Chamber of Commerce & VisitorsCenter, 201 N. Railroad St., P.O. Box 1917, Eagle Riv-er, WI 54521; (715) 479-6400 or 1-(800) 359-6315;eagleriver.org; [email protected].

Lac du Flambeau, 602 Peace Pipe Rd., P.O. Box 456, Lacdu Flambeau, WI 54558; (715) 588-3346 or 1-(877) 588-3346; fax, (715) 588-9408; lacduflambeauchamber.com;[email protected].

Land O’ Lakes, 6484 Hwy. 45, P.O. Box 599, Land O’Lakes, WI 54540; (715) 547-3432 or 1-(800) 236-3432;fax, (715) 547-8010; landolakes-wi.org; [email protected].

Manitowish Waters, Hwy. 51 and Airport Rd., P.O. Box251, Manitowish Waters, WI 54545; (715) 543-8488 or1-(888) 626-9877; fax, (715) 543-2519; manitowishwaters.org; [email protected].

Phelps, 2299 Hwy. 17, P.O. Box 217, Phelps, WI 54554;(715) 545-3800 or 1-(877) 669-7077; phelpscofc.org;[email protected].

Presque Isle, 8305 Main St., P.O. Box 135, Presque Isle,WI 54557; (715) 686-2910; 1-(888) 835-6508; presqueisle.com; [email protected].

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; st-germain.com; [email protected].

Sayner-Star Lake, 325 Main St., P.O. Box 191, Sayner,WI 54560; (715) 542-3789; sayner-starlake.org; [email protected].

Vilas County Chamber of Commerce, 330 Court St.,Courthouse, Eagle River, WI 54521; (715) 479-3649.

Vilas County Tourism & Publicity, 330 Court St.,Courthouse, Eagle River, WI 54521; 1-(800) 236-3649or (715) 479-3649; vilas.org; [email protected].

Winchester, 10315 Hwy. W, HC2 Box 483, Winchester,WI 54557; (715) 686-2232; winchester-wi.org; [email protected].

Oneida CountyMinocqua-Arbor Vitae-Woodruff, P.O. Box 1006,

Minocqua, WI 54548; (715) 356-5266; 1-(800) 44-NORTH; minocqua.org.

Oneida County Tourism Council, P.O. Box 795,Rhinelander, WI 54501; 1-(800) 236-3006; oneidacountywi.com; [email protected].

Pelican Lake Chamber of Commerce, Connie Bray-ton, president, P.O. Box 45, Pelican Lake, WI 54463;

(715) 487-5222; pelicanlakewi.org; [email protected].

Rhinelander Area Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box795, Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 365-7464; 1-(800)236-4-FUN (4386); fax (715) 365-7467; rhinelanderchamber.com; [email protected].

Three Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and Wel-come Center Inc., 1704 Superior St., P.O. Box 268,Three Lakes, WI 54562; (715) 546-3344 or 1-(800) 972-6103; threelakes.com; [email protected].

COMMERCE

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4341 E. WALL ST., EAGLE RIVER (715) 479-2999

Our Regular Prices Are Others’ Specials

Paul’sPump-’N-Pantry

• Full Bar!• 30 Bottle Beers• 6 Beers On Tap• Open 7 Days

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Where we FUEL ourselveson customer satisfaction

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Alvin, Alvin Cemetery, Arnold Stapelton, (715) 545-2745.

Arbor Vitae, Sunset Memorial Municipal Cemetery, 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., MikeWinter, (715) 282-7537.

Clearwater Lake, Clearwater Lake Cemetery, Viola“Tuss” Platzke, (715) 479-7015.

Conover, Hildegard Cemetery, Hwy. K, Alvin or RitaHogenmiller, (715) 479-4959.

Eagle River, Eagle River Cemetery, E. Wall St., TomLorch, (715) 479-8169; St. Peter’s Cemetery, E. Wall St.,Art Zyhowski, (715) 479-8194.

Hazelhurst, Whispering Pines Cemetery and Lake-side Cemetery, town office, (715) 356-5800.

Lac du Flambeau, Memorial Cemetery, Hwy. 47, townclerk, (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, Blue LakeRd., Willard Strasburg, (715) 356-3625.

Monico, Monico Cemetery, Robert Briggs, (715) 487-5209.

Newbold, Newbold Memorial Cemetery, Black LakeRd., 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; Star Lake site, intersection of hwys. Nand K; Doug McKay, (715) 542-3302.

Presque Isle, Evergreen Cemetery, Hwy. W, FrankJirikowic, (715) 686-2810.

Rhinelander, Forest Home Cemetery, Newell andCoon streets, Gunder Paulsen, sexton, (715) 362-4174 or(715) 493-7443; Northland Gardens Chapel Mausoleumand Northland Memorial Park, corner of Lake ThompsonRd. 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., JerryEliason, (715) 542-3604.

Star Lake, Star Lake Cemetery, Doug McKay, (715)542-3302.

Sugar Camp, St. Kunegunda Cemetery, 6895 Hwy. 17N., Joe Thorn, (715) 272-1473; Sugar Camp MemorialCemetery, Mike Kortenhof, sextant, (715) 482-4447.

Three Lakes, Three Lakes Cemetery, Hwy. 45, townoffices, (715) 546-3316.

Winchester, Winchester Cemetery, Harris Lake Rd.,Norbert Baeseman, (715) 686-2531 (evenings).

Woodruff, St. Patrick’s Cemetery-Woodruff, Holy Fam-ily Church, Rev. Bernard Byrne or Karen, (715) 356-6284;Evergreen Cemetery, hwys. 51 and J, Evelyn Lee, townclerk, (715) 356-9421 or (715) 356-2037; Forest GardenCemetery, N. Town Line Rd., Pete Blazkowski (715) 356-6715.

CEMETERIES

2012 SEASONJune 21 - Aug. 25

2012 SPECIAL EVENTSCOWBOY RE-ENACTMENT - July 14 & Oct. 6

TIMBERWORKS LUMBERJACK SHOW - July 28FALL FESTIVAL - Sept. 22 & 29 and Oct. 6

Logging Museum, Forest Tour, Country Store & More5068 U.S. Hwy. 8 & 32, Laona, Wis. 715-674-3414

[email protected]

CLIMB ABOARD THE

Lumberjack Steam TrainListed on National Register of Historic Places

OpenRainor Shine

Train RunsMonday-Saturday

11 a.m., Noon, 1 & 2 p.m.— Closed Sunday —

Two great stores for donations of clean,gently used items. Come browse and buy!

St. Peter Thrift Shop114 E. Division St.

715-479-1195Open Mon.-Sat. 9-3

Summer: Tues. & Thurs.extended hours 9-5

Collectibles,Clothing& More!

St. Peter Thrift Annex414 Jack Frost St.

715-479-6393

Hours: Mon.-Wed.-Fri.-Sat. 10-2

Pickup & delivery available

Furniture,HomeAccessories

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Elected State OfficialsGov. Scott Walker, Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 7863,

Madison, WI 53707; (608) 266-1212; fax (608) 267-8983. Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, Office of the Lieutenant

Governor, P.O. Box 2043, Madison, WI 53701; (608) 266-3516; fax (608) 267-3571.

Secretary of State Douglas LaFollette, P.O. Box 7848,Madison, WI 53707; (608) 266-8888; fax (608) 266-3159.

State Treasurer Kurt Schuller, P.O. Box 7871, Madi-son, WI 53707; (608) 266-1714; fax (608) 266-2647.

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, P.O. Box 7857,Madison, WI 53707; (608) 266-1221; fax (608) 267-2779.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction TonyEvers, 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 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Wash-ington, D.C. 20500; (202) 456-1414.

U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510; (202) 224-3121. U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, 330 Hart Senate Office Build-

ing, Washington, D.C. 20510; (202) 224-5653; 1-(800)247-5645.

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, 2 Russell Courtyard, Wash-ington, D.C. 20510; (202) 224-5323.

U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.20515; (202) 224-3121.

U.S. Representative Sean Duffy, 1208 LongworthHouse Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; (202)225-3365; district office (715) 298-9344.

U.S. Representative Reid Ribble, 1513 LongworthHouse Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; (202)225-5665; district office (920) 380-0061.

Wisconsin Senate, P.O. Box 7882, Madison, WI 53707;(608) 266-2517.

State Sen. Jim Holperin, P.O. Box 7882, Madison, WI53707; (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, WI 53708; (608) 266-1501.

State Rep. Dan Meyer, P.O. Box 8953, Madison, WI53708; (608) 266-7141; fax (608) 282-3634.

State Legislative Hot Line, 1-(800) 362-9472.

State Departments,Bureaus & Agencies

Administration, Department of, Mike Huebsch, secre-tary; 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; 1-(800) 273-1002.

Commerce, Department of, Paul Jadin, secretary; 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. Box 1688,

Madison, WI 53701; (608) 266-1880; fax (608) 267-0640. Elections Division, Government Accountability

Board, Nathaniel Robinson, administrator; P.O. Box7984, Madison, WI 53707; (608) 267-0715; fax (608)267-0500.

Gaming, Division of, Steve Knudson, administrator;P.O. Box 8979, Madison, WI 53708; (608) 270-2560; fax

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(608) 270-2579.Health Services, Department of, Dennis Smith, secre-

tary; P.O. Box 7850, Madison, WI 53707; (608) 266-9622; fax (608) 266-7882.

Historical Society, Wisconsin, Ellsworth Brown, direc-tor; 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706; (608) 264-6400;fax (608) 264-6542.

Insurance Commissioner, Office of, Theodore Nickel,commissioner; P.O. Box 7873, Madison, WI 53707; (608)267-3782; fax (608) 261-8579.

Justice, Department of, J.B. Van Hollen, attorney gen-eral; 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, WI 53703; (608)267-7400; fax (608) 267-1959.

Military Affairs, Department of, Brig. Gen. DonaldDunbar, adjutant general; P.O. Box 14587, Madison, WI53708; (608) 242-3001; fax (608) 242-3111.

Natural Resources, Department of, Cathy Stepp, sec-retary; P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707; (608) 267-7556; fax (608) 266-6983.

Public Defender, Office of the State, Kelli Thompson,state public defender; P.O. Box 7923, Madison, WI53707; (608) 266-0087; fax (608) 267-0584.

Public Service Commission, Phil Montgomery, chair-man; P.O. Box 7854, Madison, WI 53707; (608) 267-7897; fax (608) 266-1401.

Regulation and Licensing, Department of, DaveRoss, secretary; P.O. Box 8935, Madison, WI 53708;(608) 266-2112; fax (608) 261-2381.

Revenue, Department of, Rick Chandler, secretary;P.O. Box 8933, Madison, WI 53708; (608) 266-6466; fax(608) 266-5718.

Supreme Court, Shirley Abrahamson, chief justice; P.O.Box 1688, Madison, WI 53701; (608) 266-1885; fax (608)261-8299.

Tourism, Department of, Stephanie Klett, secretary;P.O. Box 8690, Madison, WI 53708; (608) 266-2345; fax(608) 266-3403.

Transportation, Department of, Mark Gottlieb, secre-tary; P.O. Box 7910, Madison, WI 53707; (608) 266-

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Wisconsin Congressional DistrictsSenators

U.S. SenateWashington, 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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1114; fax (608) 266-9912. University of Wisconsin System, Kevin Reilly, presi-

dent; 1720 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Dr., Madison,WI 53706; (608) 262-2321; fax (608) 262-3985.

Veterans Affairs, Department of, John Scocos, secre-tary; P.O. Box 7843, Madison, WI 53707; (608) 266-4838; fax (608) 264-7616.

Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, 401 N. Lawn Ave.,Madison, WI 53704; (608) 241-9789; fax (608) 241-5807.

Wisconsin Technical College System, Daniel Clancy,president; P.O. Box 7874, Madison, WI 53707; (608)266-7983; fax (608) 266-1285.

Workforce Development, Department of, ReginaldNewson, secretary; P.O. Box 7946, Madison, WI 53707;(608) 267-1410; fax (608) 266-1784.

For more information, go to wisconsin.gov. SEN. JIM HOLPERIN REP. DAN MEYER

34th AssemblyDistrict

Rep. Dan Meyer(R-Eagle River)

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For more information, go to wisconsin.gov.

12th Senate DistrictSen. Jim Holperin


Recreation Aboundsin Headwaters Region

The Headwaters Country is one of the most outstand-ing recreational regions in the Midwest. The naturalresources, featuring beautiful lakes, vast forests andgreat scenery, attract thousands of vacationers each yearto 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, Oneida Countyhas more than 400 named lakes, 800 other lakes and 51named streams.

Fishing and other water-oriented sports, such as boat-ing, canoeing, sailing, waterskiing and swimming are themain attractions to this land of lakes. Fishing for wall-eye and muskie get the top bill here, but there are alsonorthern pike, large- and smallmouth bass, trout andmany species of panfish.

If it’s walleye you’re after, 389 of the 1,207 (32%) wall-eye lakes in Wisconsin are located in Vilas and Oneidacounties. This is also the place to fish for muskie, as 368of the state’s 703 (52%) muskie lakes are located in Vilasand Oneida counties.

The streams and rivers offer some of the best troutfishing and canoeing in the Midwest. The mighty Wis-consin River, which has its source at Lac Vieux Desertnear Phelps, winds its way through both counties.

Besides water recreation, this huge parkland boastshundreds of miles of hiking trails, more than 1,000 milesof scenic hard-surfaced roads for bikers, dozens of cross-country ski trails and more than 1,000 miles of groomedsnowmobile trails.

This is a complete recreational vacationland, as thereare also 17 golf courses (15 public) in Vilas and Oneidacounties, tennis courts, community parks, picnic areasand ball fields.

The following is a list of lakes over 1,000 and 500acres, golf courses, parks and beaches, and winter recre-ational opportunities in Oneida and Vilas counties.

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), Rainbow Flowage(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), BigFork (624), Big Stone (567), Buckskin (634), Colum-bus (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), Big Muskellunge (930),Big Portage (638), Birch (528), Black Oak (584), Boul-der (524), Clear (555), Crab (949), Cranberry (956),Eagle (572), Harris (507), High (734), Kentuck (957),Laura (599), Little Arbor Vitae (534), Little St. Ger-main (980), Little Trout (978), Long (872), Lost (544),Manitowish Waters (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 thestreams boasting high numbers of brook trout, aver-age numbers of brown trout and some rainbow trout.Some of the larger rivers and streams, such as theDeerskin and Manitowish rivers in Vilas County, the

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Tomahawk and Pelican rivers in Oneida County, andthe Wisconsin River in both counties, offer excellentcanoeing.

Golf Courses19th Hole Par-3 Golf Course, 9067 Hwy. 70 W., St.

Germain, (715) 542-4042, nine-hole public par-threecourse.

Big Sand Lake Golf Course, 4710 Airport Ln., Phelps,(715) 545-2484, nine-hole public course.

Big Stone Golf and Country Club, 846 Golf CourseLoop, Three Lakes, (715) 546-2880, nine-hole publiccourse.

Eagle River Municipal Golf Course, 527 McKinleyBlvd., Eagle River, (715) 479-8111, 18-hole publiccourse.

Gateway Golf Course, 2146 Hwy. B, Land O’ Lakes,(715) 547-3929, nine-hole public course.

George Young Recreational Complex, Young’s Lane,Iron River, Mich., (906) 265-3401, 18-hole publiccourse.

Lac Vieux Desert Golf Course, N-5383 Hwy. 45,Watersmeet, Mich., (906) 358-0303, 18-hole publiccourse.

Lake Forest Recreation Area, Golf View Rd., EagleRiver, (715) 479-4211, nine-hole public course.

Minocqua Country Club, 9229 Country Club Rd.,Minocqua, (715) 356-5217, private course.

Pinewood Golf & Country Club, 4705 Lakewood Rd.,Harshaw, (715) 282-5500, 18-hole public course.

Plum Lake Golf Club, 3160 Clubhouse Rd., Sayner,(715) 542-2598, nine-hole public course.

Rhinelander Country Club, Hwy. W, Rhinelander,(715) 362-2046, 18-hole private course.

Rhinelander Northwoods Golf Course, 6301 Hwy. 8W., Rhinelander, (715) 282-6565, 18-hole publiccourse.

St. Germain Golf Club, Hwy. 70 W., St. Germain, (715)542-2614, 18-hole public course.

Timber Ridge Golf Club, 10030 Timber Ridge Rd.,Minocqua, (715) 356-9502, 18-hole public course.

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, facility includesa beach, picnic area and hiking trails.

Big Arbor Vitae Park and Beach, Arbor Vitae, locat-ed on the north end of Big Arbor Vitae Lake, statefacility includes picnic tables and grills, boat landing,swimming beach, rest rooms and drinking water.

Black Oak Lake Park and Beach, Land O’ Lakes,located five miles west of town on Hwy. B, facilityincludes swimming beach, boat landing, picnic tables,drinking water and rest rooms.

Boulder Junction Community Ballpark, BoulderJunction, located on Hwy. M, park includes ball dia-

mond, two tennis courts, sand volleyball court, skate-board area and rest rooms.

Brandy Lake Park, Woodruff, located north ofWoodruff on Lemma Creek Rd., facility includes apublic beach with lifeguards on Brandy Lake, a balldiamond, tennis courts, changing room, rest roomsand picnic facilities.

Don Burnside Recreational Park, Three Lakes,located west of town along Hwy. A, includes four ballfields for softball, Little League and baseball, a vol-leyball court, three tennis courts with lights, soccerfields, playground, shelter, rest rooms, grills and pic-nic tables.

Clear Lake Park and Beach, Woodruff, located east oftown off Hwy. J, state facility includes picnic tablesand grills, swimming area, rest rooms and drinkingwater.

Conover Town Park, Conover, located east of town onHwy. K, park includes shelter, ballpark, soccer fields,horseshoe pits, picnic tables, concession building andplayground equipment.

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Crystal Lake Park and Beach, Sayner, located westof town on Hwy. N, state facility includes picnic tablesand grills, swimming beach, drinking water and toi-lets.

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, includesa boat landing and parking area, rest rooms, picnictables, grills, walk paths and a barrier-free pier.

Eagle Lake County Park and Beach, located just offof Chain O’ Lakes Rd. north of Eagle River, facilityincludes boat landing and dock, beach (no lifeguards),shelter, picnic tables, grills and rest rooms.

Eagle River Skateboard Park, located behind EagleRiver City Hall. The park area also includes a youthfootball field, T-ball/softball field, ice skating rink andplayground.

Eagle River Tennis Courts, Eagle River, located atthe corner of Division and Forest streets, featuresfour tennis courts with cyclone fencing and lights.Administered by Greater Eagle River Tennis Associa-tion.

Hodag Park and Public Beach, Rhinelander, locatedon Boom Lake, facility includes public beach with life-guards, boat landing, tennis courts, ball fields, play-ground, pavilion, picnic tables and grills and restrooms.

Hunter Lake Park and Beach, Conover, located fourmiles southwest of Conover, county facility includes abeach, boat landing, picnic tables and toilets.

Indian Mounds Park and Beach, located on IslandLake just east of Manitowish Waters, state facilityincludes picnic tables and grills, rest rooms, beachand drinking water.

Kiwanis Park, Eagle River, located on Minnesota St.on city’s northwest side, includes playground equip-ment for youngsters and basketball court.

Lake Tomahawk Park and Beach, Lake Tomahawk,located northwest of Lake Tomahawk just off Hwy.47, state facility includes swimming area, picnictables and grills, rest rooms, boat landing and drink-ing water.

Land O’ Lakes Memorial Park, Land O’ Lakes, locat-ed west of town on Bluebird Ln., includes CurtSparks Pavilion with kitchen facilities, Grubel Field,Rev. Fred I. Babcock Kiddie Park, paved tenniscourts, ball field, horseshoe pits, picnic tables and restrooms.

Little Star Lake Park and Beach, ManitowishWaters, state facility is located just east of Manitow-ish Waters off Hwy. 51, includes swimming area, pic-nic table and grills, drinking water and rest rooms.

Nichols Lake Park and Beach, Boulder Junction,located just off Hwy. H west of the community, statefacility includes swimming area, picnic tables, grills,drinking water and rest rooms.

Oldenburg Sports Park, Eagle River, located on Hwy.G, facility includes youth soccer fields, Little Leaguebaseball, softball fields and concession building.

Pioneer Park, Rhinelander, located on Oneida Ave.,facility includes a softball field, tennis courts, play-ground equipment, museum, picnic area, 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 fieldsfor men’s and women’s softball (one with lights), andLittle League baseball, rest rooms and concessionstand.

Riverview Park, Eagle River, located just west of Hwy.45 along the Eagle River, park includes shelter, band-stand, two tennis courts, playground equipment, restrooms, boat tie-ups and fishing pier, and a boat land-ing one block west.

St. Germain Community Park, St. Germain, locatedat intersection of hwys. 70 and 155, facility includesshelters, two ball fields (one with lights), soccer fields,picnic tables, shelter, grills, playground equipment,skateboard area and rest rooms.

Sayner Community Park, Sayner, located just east ofthe intersection of hwys. 155 and N, facility includesa ball field with lights, pavilion, horseshoe pits, twotennis courts, playground, grills and picnic tables,concession building, rest rooms and an ice rink inwinter.

Silver Lake Park and Beach, Eagle River, located onLake Shore Dr., facility includes beach, rest roomsand changing rooms, picnic tables, grills, playgroundand panfishing pier.

Sugar Camp Town Park, Sugar Camp, located just offCamp Four Road, town facility includes ball fields,soccer fields, disc golf course, playground equipmentand concession stand.

Torch Lake Park and Beach, Conover, located twomiles south of town on Torch Lake Rd., county facili-ty includes beach, grills, tables and rest rooms.

Torpy Park, Minocqua, located along Hwy. 51, facilityincludes swimming area with lifeguards, picnic tablesand grills, playground equipment and a pavilion.

Town Line Lake Public Beach, Rhinelander, locatedwest of Rhinelander off Hwy. K, facility includes abeach and picnic area.

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Trout Lake Point Park and Beach, Boulder Junc-tion, located west of Hwy. M south of Boulder Junc-tion, state facility includes a swimming area, picnictables and grills, rest rooms and drinking water.

Vandervort Memorial Park, St. Germain, located onLost Lake on Lost Lake Dr., includes shelter, picnictables and ball field.

Vilas County Fairgrounds, Eagle River, located onHwy. 70 W. in city, includes ball fields, tennis courts,display buildings, shelters, rest rooms and grand-stand.

Wavering Park, Phelps, located on Old School Rd.,facility includes two ballparks (one with lights), twosoccer fields, tennis and basketball courts, play-ground, pavilion, veterans memorial, picnic tablesand rest rooms.

West Side Park, Rhinelander, located on Phillips St.,park includes a ball field, playground equipment, icerinks in winter and rest rooms.

Cy Williams Park and Maple Lake Beach, ThreeLakes, located just off Superior St. near downtown,facility includes a shelter, picnic tables, beach withlifeguards, changing room, rest rooms and play-ground.

Winchester Community Park, Winchester, located onS. Turtle Rd. along the Turtle River, facility includespicnic tables and grills, pavilion, playground equip-ment, horseshoes and rest rooms.

Winter RecreationSnowmobiling: More than 600 miles of groomed and

marked trails await visitors to Vilas County. Add tothat an additional 400 miles of trails in Oneida Coun-ty. It gives snowmobile enthusiasts well over 1,000miles of scenic trails which link communities in thetwo counties. The trails are both state- and club-fund-ed. Local trail maps are available at most chambersof commerce. For a map of Vilas County snowmobiletrails, write Vilas County Tourism & Publicity, 330Court St., Eagle River, WI 54521 or phone (715) 479-3649 or 1-(800) 236-3649. The county tourism Website is vilas.org. For a map of Oneida County snowmo-bile trails, write Oneida County Department ofAdvertising and Publicity, P.O. Box 400, Oneida Ave.,Rhinelander, WI 54501, or phone (715) 369-6126 or 1-(800) 236-3006. The county Web site is oneida.wi.gov.For information on Wisconsin snowmobile clubs, con-tact the Association of Wisconsin Snowmobile Clubs,5497 Waterford Ln., Ste. B, Appleton, WI 54913, orphone (920) 734-5530. Eagle River is billed the“Snowmobile Capitol of the World” and is also home ofthe AMSOIL World Championship Snowmobile Der-by held each January. The Derby Track is located onthe north side of town on Hwy. 45, phone (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. The WorldSnowmobile Headquarters is located at 1521 Hwy. 45N. in Eagle River. Phone (715) 479-2186.

Cross-Country Skiing: Nordic skiers will find moregroomed and tracked trails, old logging roads and

developed hiking trails for skiing than in any otherarea in the state. Between the two counties, there aremore than 30 public trails which are regularlygroomed. There are several ski clubs in the area. Forinformation on trail conditions or maps, contacteither county advertising department listed undersnowmobiling.

Ice Fishing: There are 900 named lakes here, plus hun-dreds of other smaller lakes, which offer fishing dur-ing the winter for walleye, northern, bass and pan-fish. For information on fishing regulations, call fishmanagers at the Rhinelander DNR office, NorthernRegion Headquarters, (715) 362-7616.

Hockey: One of the most popular winter sports in thisarea is ice hockey, attracting players and fans of allages. Hundreds of games, including youth, highschool and men’s, are played each winter at the his-toric Eagle River Sports Arena. The Sports Arena isalso the headquarters of the Wisconsin Hockey Hallof Fame honoring those people in the state who havebeen important to the sport of hockey. Eagle Riverhas earned the title as the “Hockey Capital of Wiscon-sin.” The Sports Arena, with two indoor rinks and theHall of Fame, is located just east of Eagle River onHwy. 70. Phone (715) 479-4858.

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tubing, downhill skiing (many Upper Peninsula ofMichigan ski resorts are less than one hour’s driveaway) and hunting (check DNR hunting regulations)are all options available to winter 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 volun-tary contribution of $1 when purchasing a fishinglicense. This contribution will be used for lake research todetermine methods of improving the quality of the lakesin Wisconsin. The following licenses are available foranglers.

Resident Individual (annual), fee $20. Valid April 1to March 31.

Resident Combination (husband and wife), fee$31, valid April 1 to March 31, issued to a legally mar-ried husband and wife who meet residence require-ments.

Resident Sports, minimum fee $60, valid from April 1through March 31. This license allows fishing andhunting, but only for certain types of game. The min-imum fee is $60, but more may be given as a donationto natural resources management.

Resident Reduced, fee $7, for 16- and 17-year-oldsand senior citizens age 65 years and older.

Resident Disabled, fee $7. Resident Veteran Disabled, fee $3. Resident Conservation Patron, minimum fee $165,

valid April 1 through March 31. This license serves asa substitute for separate licenses and stamps forhunting small game, deer, bear, waterfowl, archeryhunting, annual fishing, sturgeon spearing, inlandtrout fishing, Great Lakes trout and salmon fishingand trapping. Includes an admission sticker for stateparks, state forests and state trails and a one-yearsubscription to Wisconsin Natural Resources maga-zine.

Nonresident Individual (annual), fee $50. Nonresident 4-Day Individual, fee $24. Nonresident 15-Day Individual, fee $28. Nonresident 15-Day Family, fee $40, includes chil-

dren younger than 18.Nonresident Annual Family, fee $65, includes chil-

dren 16 and 17 years of age.Two-day Great Lakes, fee $14 (stamp included), resi-

dent and nonresident.Senior Citizen Annual, fee $7, resident 65 years or

older. Annual Inland Trout Stamp for Residents and

Nonresidents, fee $10, valid for the calendar year.Anyone who needs to buy a fishing license and whointends to fish for trout in inland waters, includingstreams flowing into Lake Superior, must purchasean inland trout stamp.

Great Lakes Salmon and Trout Stamp, fee $10.Duplicate, fee $10, available at county clerk’s offices. No fishing license is required for Wisconsin resi-

dents who are younger than 16 years old.

Nonresidents who are 16 or older need a nonresi-dent fishing license to fish in Wisconsin waters witha hook and line. Nonresidents also need a fishinglicense to take smelt and spear fish, or to take roughfish and minnows using nets and seines of legal size,but not to take turtles, frogs and crayfish. Nonresi-dents may not sell smelt.

Establishing Residency: You are eligible to obtain aresident license if you live at a permanent address inWisconsin for 30 consecutive days immediately beforeyou apply for 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 stu-dent living at a college or university in Wisconsinoffering a bachelor’s degree.

Key Season OpenersThe lakes and forests of Vilas and Oneida counties are

big draws for anglers and hunters. Check the WisconsinDepartment of Natural Resources Web site at dnr.wi.govfor information on all the 2011 seasons. A few of the keydates follow.

Fishing, general game fish, May 7; muskie, May 28;bass, June 18.

Deer hunting, gun, Nov. 19-27; bow, early, Sept. 17-Nov.17, late, Nov. 28-Jan. 8; muzzleloader, Nov. 28-Dec. 7;statewide antlerless, Dec. 8-11; youth, Oct. 8-9; Octo-ber antlerless, Oct. 13-16.

Small game, ruffed grouse and squirrel, Sept. 17-Jan.31; woodcock, Sept. 24-Nov. 7.

Waterfowl, season dates vary annually; early Canadagoose, Sept. 1-15.

Trapping, season dates vary by species.

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American Red Cross, 7 N. Brown St., Rhinelander, WI54501; (715) 362-5456, Mondays, Wednesdays andFridays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; emergency, 1-(800) 939-4052,serving Vilas, Oneida, Forest and Iron counties.

Centers 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, Diane Price,(715) 479-6824, Signe Baake, (715) 547-3403 andHeather Tirpe, (715) 543-2232; Oneida County, LarryMathein, (715) 369-6155.

DNR Violation Hot Line, 1-(800) 847-9367. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Wausau, (715) 842-

2666 or (414) 276-4684.Forest Fires, Vilas, 911; Oneida, 911; cell phones, 911. Kids In Need Inc., 1-(800) 622-9120. Koller Behavioral Health Services, a department of

Ministry St. Mary’s Hospital, 930 E. Wall St., EagleRiver, (715) 479-4585.

Medicare Part D, Commission on Aging benefits spe-cialist, 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 & Sexu-al Assault, Eagle River, (715) 479-2912; 24-hour hotline, 1-(800) 236-1222.

Weather Report, Green Bay, (920) 494-2363; NationalWeather Service, (262) 965-2074.

Wisconsin HIV, STD & Hepatitis C Information, 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 counties because thearea harbors some of the most plentiful and diversifiednatural resources found anywhere in the United States.

Thousands of lakes, more than a million acres of pub-lic forest, hundreds of miles of rivers and creeks, gamefish, small- and big-game animals, endangered wildlife,uncontaminated groundwater and clean air are justsome of the resources that make conservation so impor-tant here.

At the forefront of resource protection lies the Depart-ment of Natural Resources, which is responsible for con-trolling the forces of pollution, poaching, overdevelop-ment and wildlife habitat destruction, to name just afew. They are charged with protecting and enhancingWisconsin’s air, land, water, wildlife, fish and forests.Guiding them is the voice of the average citizen, and thesportsman, through the Wisconsin ConservationCongress.

Next in line are local conservation organizationswhich work to protect the resources through habitatimprovement projects of their own or by raising funds forstate and national projects. They include groups such asMuskies Inc., Trout Unlimited, Whitetails Unlimited andlocal fish and game clubs.

Department of Natural ResourcesState Offices, located at 101 S. Webster St., Madison,

mailing address, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707-7921, (608) 266-2621; call center, 1-(888) 936-7463,seven days a week 7 to 10 p.m.; toll-free poacher hotline, 1-(800) 847-9367 or cell #367; burning condi-tions, 1-(888) 947-2757; secretary of the Departmentof Natural Resources, Cathy Stepp, (608) 267-7556;dnr.wi.gov.

Natural Resources Board, Chairman Jonathan Ela;Vice Chairman Preston Cole; Secretary ChristineThomas; board members, William Bruin, Terry Helge-berg, Gregory Kazmierski and Jane Wiley.

DNR Northern Region Headquarters, 107 SutliffAve., Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715) 365-8900; JohnGozdzialski, regional director in Spooner, (715) 635-4002; program leaders, Tom Jerow, water, (715) 365-8901; Dave Zebro, law enforcement, (715) 635-4093;Bill Smith, land, (715) 635-4057; Connie Antonuk, airand waste, (715) 365-8946; Steve Petersen, NorthernHighland-American Legion State Forest, (715) 385-9225.

Woodruff Service Center, 8770 Hwy. J, Woodruff, WI54568, (715) 356-5211, service center open to publicMondays through Fridays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; SteveGilbert, Vilas County fish biologist, (715) 358-9229;John Kubisiak, Oneida County fish biologist, (715)

365-8919; Chuck McCullough, wildlife biologist, (715)623-4190; Dave Walz, warden supervisor, (715) 356-5211.

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 Headquarters, (715) 385-2727. Crandon Ranger Station, (715) 478-3717.Madison License Section, (608) 266-2621, 1-(877)

945-4236.USDA Wildlife Services District Office, problem

bears, wolves, beavers, birds, (715) 369-5221, 1-(800)228-1368.

Wisconsin Conservation CongressExecutive Council, officers, Chairman Robert

Bohmann of Racine; Vice Chairman Larry Bonde ofKiel; Secretary Lee Fahrney of Hollandale; northernWisconsin council members, Roger Sabota, (715) 369-2283; Mike Riggle, (715) 748-6252; mailing address,DNR, Attn: CC Liaison, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI53707.

Vilas County Delegates to the Congress, ChairmanKen Anderson, P.O. Box 294, Eagle River, WI 54521,(715) 479-2394; Vice Chairman Russ Warye, P.O. Box128, Presque Isle, WI 54557; Steve Budnik, 8666 W.

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Rock Lake Rd., Winchester, WI 54557, (715) 686-7852;Walter Camp, P.O. Box 54, St. Germain, WI, 54558,(715) 542-3856; Ron Waller, 3795 Meta Lake Rd.,Eagle River, WI 54521, (715) 479-9078.

Oneida County Delegates to the Congress, Chair-man Roger Sabota, 5000 Isle View Dr., Rhinelander,WI 54501, (715) 369-2283; Ben Loma, 4526 BayviewDr., Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715) 362-4573; JimHeffner, 7645 Hwy. D, Eagle River, WI 54521, (715)477-2667; Ed Schonski, 6891 Gypsy Lake Rd., LakeTomahawk, 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 conservationof all natural resources. Thousands of students,teachers and outdoor enthusiasts attend workshopsand seminars annually. The center is located at 519Sheridan St. E., Eagle River, WI 54521, Director Mag-gie Bishop, (715) 479-6456, [email protected], treesfortomorrow.com.

Ducks Unlimited ChaptersDU Senior Regional Director, Eagle River, Steve

Kresl, (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. Mercer-Manitowish Chapter, Mary Beth Kolarcheck,

(715) 543-2534.Northern Lakes Chapter, Crandon, Chuck Sekel,

(715) 478-3767. Northern Lites Chapter, Land O’ Lakes, Conover and

Phelps, Roger Jensen, (715) 479-8427. Plum Creek Chapter, Sayner and Star Lake, 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., Eagle River, Bill

Jacobs, (715) 891-5574.Land O’ Lakes Fish and Game Club, Wes Kiley, (715)

547-3283. Northwoods Wildlife Center, Diane Chart, executive

director, (715) 356-7400.Ruffed Grouse Society, Chain O’ Lakes Chapter,

Dan Anderson, banquet chairman, (715) 617-0845.Sayner-St. Germain Fish and Wildlife Club, Bob

Schell, president, (715) 542-2321.Three Lakes Fish and Wildlife Improvement Asso-

ciation, Three Lakes, James Bollmann, president,(715) 546-3588, tlfw.org.

Trout Unlimited, Northwoods Chapter, BrianHegge, (715) 362-3244, days; (715) 282-5706,evenings.

Whitetails Unlimited Inc., North Country Chap-ter, Eagle River/Three Lakes, Mark Hartman, (715)479-5067.

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Some of Wisconsin’s largest public forest reserves arelocated in Vilas and Oneida counties, providing the keyingredients for the North’s two major industries — tim-ber products and tourism.

National, state and county forests in or near the twocounties harbor nearly 2 million acres of publicly ownedland. There is the 1.5-million-acre Che quamegon-NicoletNational Forest, the 226,000-acre Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest, the 82,000-acre OneidaCounty Forest and the 40,894.83-acre Vilas County For-est.

Loggers cut millions of board feet of timber from thepublic forests each year, bringing jobs to not only north-ern Wisconsin loggers and mill operators, but to manypaper mills throughout the state. Foresters estimate thatthere are 4 billion board feet of growing timber reserves.

The recreation, scenery and wilderness solitudeoffered by public forests is of great value to the tourismindustry. The forests are dotted with lakes and criss-crossed by rivers that offer some of the state’s best fishingopportunities. There are unending forests filled withwhite-tailed deer, ruffed grouse, bald eagles and otherwildlife.

For the adventurer, there are miles of backwoods hik-ing trails and 33,000 acres of designated wildernesswhere nothing motorized is allowed.

Chequamegon-NicoletNational Forest

The approximately 1.5-million-acre Chequamegon-Nico-let National Forest is Wisconsin’s largest chunk ofpublic land. Established in the 1930s and adminis-tered as two separate national forests until 1998, theChequamegon-Nicolet spans 11 counties.

Overseeing the forest is Forest Supervisor Paul Strong.The district ranger position, which administers theprograms on the Eagle River-Florence Ranger Dis-trict in parts of Vilas, Oneida, Forest and Florencecounties, is being filled temporarily by acting rangers.

The forest is highly accessible with about 6,800 miles ofroads ranging from paved highways to two-trackwoods roads. Hundreds of miles of motorized and non-motorized trails provide ample recreation opportuni-ties.

Some trails are associated with destinations of historic,ecological or scenic value. Solitude can be found in thefive wilderness and 19 semi-primitive, nonmotorizedareas. Developed recreation sites near water aboundwith campgrounds, picnic areas, swimming beachesand boat ramps.

Fishing and hunting spots are plentiful. Hunter walkingtrails and logging roads beckon grouse and deerhunters. The more than 2,000 lakes (609 more than10 acres in size) offer game and panfish. Trout fishing

can be had on more than 1,200 miles of cold-waterstreams.

Wildlife viewing opportunities include 10 watchablewildlife areas and 40 impounded wetlands which sup-port duck and goose populations, as well as manynongame species, such as great blue herons, baldeagles and osprey.

The forest helps support local economies and communi-ties through the sale of forest products, including tim-ber, evergreen boughs, firewood and decorativegreens. In 2011, the forest sold just over 60.4 millionboard feet of timber at a value of more than $4.7 mil-lion. Approximately 67 million board feet of timbervalued at more than $5.3 million, was harvested in2010. The estimated payments to local governmentswas $2.1 million in 2011.

The Chequamegon-Nicolet is a mix of different ecosys-tems. The Forest Service conducts activities to helprestore degraded natural communities and uses tim-ber harvest, prescribed fire and other practices tomaintain some ecosystem types.

Recreation information about the forest can be obtainedby calling (715) 362-1300 or by calling or stopping atthe Eagle River-Florence District offices at (715) 479-2827 and (715) 528-4464. Persons with disabilitieswho require alternative means for communication ofprogram information (Braille, large print, audiotape,etc.) should contact the U.S. Department of Agricul-

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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

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ture’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice andTDD). The Forest Service maintains a website withinformation on numerous topics at fs.fed.us/r9/cnnf.

Northern Highland-AmericanLegion State Forest

The 231,000-acre Northern Highland-American LegionState Forest stretches from its northernmost bound-ary in the towns of Land O’ Lakes, Presque Isle andBoulder Junction in Vilas County to its southernboundary in the towns of Lake Tomahawk, Newboldand Sugar Camp in Oneida County.

Steve Petersen, forest superintendent, (715) 356-5211,ext. 225, Woodruff DNR Service Center.

Jeff Olsen, forest management supervisor, Trout Lake,(715) 385-3355, ext. 110.

Brett Bockhop, ranger supervisor of law enforcement,(715) 356-4752.

Sustainable Forest ManagementState statutes provide that the forest be sustainably

managed for dynamic forest ecosystems to supply eco-logical, economic and cultural benefits for presentand future generations. The current master plan pro-vides guidance on all state forest management. Allstate forests are certified by independent organiza-tions to be sustainably managed.

Timber ManagementTimber management operations work within the con-

fines of the sustainable management concept. Timberharvest is big business on the forest. The state forestproduced 85,297 cords of pulpwood in 2011 and morethan 1.9 million board feet of sawlogs and 585 tons offuel wood.

Taxpayers should note that more than $3.7 million wasgrossed and turned into the forestry fund in Madison.Some economic studies show that some raw products’value multiply 20 times by the time they get to thesale of a final product.

Approximately 350,000 state nursery pines were plant-ed on 429 acres in 2011 on the forest. Other harvest-ed areas will be reforested with natural regeneration.

Tree regeneration, planting site preparation, forestinventory and mapping, tree improvement activitiesand insect and disease work are also forestry workprograms on the forest.

Foresters strive to integrate all projects with the exper-tise of wildlife biologists, endangered resources ecolo-gists, fish managers, forest ecologists, soil scientists,water-quality experts and recreation managers.

RecreationFishing and boating opportunities are available on hun-

dreds of lakes. Some of the world’s highest lake con-centrations are found here, harboring muskie, wall-eye, northern pike, bass, trout and panfish. Backpack-ing is permitted on more than 30 miles of markedtrails. In winter, the forest provides groomed cross-country ski trails, a network of county and club snow-

mobile trails, and winter camping. There are 18 family campgrounds on the forest and five

of these have reservable campsites, with boat land-ings provided within each campground. There are twogroup campgrounds that can be reserved in advancefor groups numbering up to 50 people. There areabout 70 canoe campsites located along miles of lakesand rivers, and also some individual wildernesscampsites.

Beaches, picnic areas and waysides dot the forest, pro-viding excellent swimming and picnicking facilities.Tables, grills and toilets are available at these sites.Miles of paved bike trails connect many of the state’sforest recreation areas.

Vilas County ForestOverseeing the 41,047.91-acre forest is Forest Adminis-

trator Lawrence Stevens, certified forester, alongwith Assistant Forest Administrator John Gagnon,certified forester. The Vilas County Forestry, Recre-ation and Land Department is located at 2112 N.Railroad St. in Eagle River, with a mailing address of330 Court St., Eagle River, WI 54521, (715) 479-5160,fax (715) 479-5573, [email protected].

County supervisors comprising the Forestry, Recreationand Land Committee include Chairman SteveFavorite, Vice Chairman Bob Egan, Leon Kukanich,Sig Hjemvick and Ralph Sitzberger.

Vilas County Forest management policies and practiceshave been audited and certified as being in confor-mance with the standards of the Sustainable ForestryInitiative.

In 2011, 14 tracts of timber were sold at an estimatedvalue of $424,627.97, affecting 653 acres. In spring of2011, tree seedlings were planted on 268 acres ofcounty forest. On these acres, seedlings of the follow-ing species were planted: jack pine, 174,000; whitepine, 36,000; and red pine, 7,000.

The county forest is located in the towns of Cloverland,Conover, Land O’ Lakes, Plum Lake and Lincoln.

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There are 12 walking trail systems totaling 95.7miles and 67 improved wildlife openings benefitingthe habitat of both game and nongame species. Thereis also a disabled hunter access area near LangleyLake with 1.5 miles of driveable road. A key for thegate to this portion of the trail may be obtained at theforestry office upon presentation of a Class A or B dis-abled hunter permit and a $20 refundable deposit.There are barrier-free panfishing piers at Deep Lake,Cook’s Lake, Dr. Oldfield Memorial Park (WisconsinRiver), Upper Buckatabon Lake and MuskellungeLake.

The Forestry, Recreation and Land Department main-tains a forest road system of 48.42 miles to access thecounty forest. The cross-country ski trail at LangleyLake is groomed during the snow season as neces-sary.

The Vilas County Shooting Range is located just east ofHighway 45 approximately five miles north of EagleRiver in the town of Conover. The shooting range wasrenovated in 2009, and includes ADA pathways andshooting benches.

Permits are required for firewood gathering (free),camping (use the self-pay station at TamarackSprings) and Christmas tree ($5/tree) and boughgathering ($40/ton). Permits issued in 2011 included53 for firewood gathering, 254 for nights of camping,46 for Christmas trees and six for bough gathering.

The department maintains 11 boat landings, 13 fishingpiers, one shooting range, a nine-unit campground atTamarack Springs, three canoe campsites on the Wis-consin River, 15 picnic areas, two primitive campsitesand three swimming beaches.

State funding for the 479-mile state-funded snowmobiletrail system is obtained through the Forestry, Recre-ation and Land Department. The trail system ismaintained by the 11 Vilas County snowmobile clubs.There are 36 snowmobile bridges crossing streamsand rivers.

Oneida County ForestOverseeing the 82,250-acre Oneida County Forest is

Forest Director John Bilogan. The Forestry, Land andOutdoor Recreation Office is located in the OneidaCounty Courthouse, Room 28B, at 1 N. Oneida Ave.,Rhinelander, WI 54501-0400, (715) 369-6140.

Assistant Forest Director Paul Fiene supervises forestmanagement activities. The forest is an income pro-

ducer for the county, as well as providing vast acreagefor recreational opportunities. In 2011, the county for-est timber management program produced almost$1.25 million in stumpage revenue for Oneida Coun-ty. In addition, the county forestry department sold22 new timber sales valued at almost $1.24 millionthat will be harvested in the next two to four years.

Snowmobiling and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) riding aremajor recreational and financial activities in OneidaCounty. The Forestry Department works with localsnowmobile and ATV clubs to oversee approximately394 miles of state-funded snowmobile trails andapproximately 26 miles of state-funded ATV trailslocated throughout Oneida County.

Members of the Forestry, Land and Outdoor RecreationCommittee are Chairman Gary Baier, ThomasRudolph, Dennis Thompson, Greg Berard and JackMartinson.

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NewspapersVilas County News-Review and The Three Lakes

News, weekly, P.O. Box 1929, Eagle River, WI 54521;(715) 479-4421; fax (715) 479-6242; vcnewsreview.com; [email protected].

FYI Northwoods, bimonthly, P.O. Box 238, PresqueIsle, WI 54557; (715) 686-2126; delivered free on sec-ond and fourth Thursdays of each month. SarahJohnson, publisher; fyinorthwoods.com.

Hodag Buyers’ Guide, weekly, P.O. Box 558,Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 369-3331; fax (715) 369-2691; wibuyersguide.com; [email protected].

Iron County Reporter and Shopper’s Guide, week-ly, P.O. Box 311, Iron River, MI 49935; (906) 265-9927;ironcountyreporter.com.

Lakeland Times, biweekly, P.O. Box 790, Minocqua, WI54548; (715) 356-5236; fax (715) 358-2121;lakelandtimes.com.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, daily, P.O. Box 371,Milwaukee, WI 53201; customer service, 1-(800) 759-6397; jsonline.com.

Star Journal, Sunday weekly, P.O. Box 558,Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 369-3331; fax (715) 369-2691.

Northwoods River News, daily, 314 S. Courtney St.,Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 365-6397 or 1-(888)886-8135; rhinelanderdailynews. com.

Tomahawk Leader, weekly, P.O. Box 345, Tomahawk,WI 54487; (715) 453-2151; tomahawkleader. com.

Radio StationsWCQM 98.3-FM, P.O. Box 309, Park Falls, WI 54552;

(715) 762-3221; fax (715) 762-2358.WCYE 93.7-FM, 38 W. Davenport St., Rhinelander, WI

54501; (715) 369-9575; fax (715) 369-9475.WDEZ 101.9-FM, 557 Scott St., Wausau, WI 54403;

(715) 842-1672; fax (715) 842-1672.WERL 950-AM, P.O. Box 309, Eagle River, WI 54521;

(715) 479-4451, fax (715) 479-6511.WHBM 90.3-FM, (Wisconsin public radio), Park Falls,

WI 54552; (608) 263-4199, 1-(800) 747-7444.WHDG 97.3-FM, 3616 Hwy. 47 N., Rhinelander, WI

54501; (715) 362-1975; fax (715) 362-1973. WIFC 95.5-FM, 557 Scott St., Wausau, WI 54403; (715)

842-1672; fax (715) 848-3158.WIKB 99.1-FM, 1230AM, 809 Genesee St., Iron River,

MI 49935; (906) 265-5104 or 1-(800) 562-7166; fax(906) 265-9622.

WIMK 93.1-FM, 101 E. Kent St., Iron Mountain, MI49801; (906) 774-4321; fax (906) 774-7799.

WLKD 1570-AM, 3616 Hwy. 47 N., Rhinelander, WI54501; (715) 362-1975; fax (715) 362-1973.

WMIQ 1450-AM, talk; 101 E. Kent St., Iron Mountain,MI 49801; (906) 774-4321; fax (906) 779-7799.

WMQA 95.9-FM, 3616 Hwy. 47 N., Rhinelander, WI54501; 1-(888) 362-0096, (715) 362-1975; fax (715)362-1973.

WNBI 980-AM, P.O. Box 309,1329 4th Ave. S., ParkFalls, WI 54552; (715) 762-3221; fax (715) 762-2358.

WOBT 1240-AM, 3616 Hwy. 47 N., Rhinelander, WI54501; (715) 362-6140; fax (715) 362-4200.

WOFM 94.7-FM, P.O. Box 2048, 557 Scott St., Wausau,WI 54403; (715) 842-1672; fax (715) 842-1672.

WRHN 100.1-FM, 3616 Hwy. 47 N., Rhinelander, WI54501; (715) 362-1975; fax (715) 362-1973.

WRIG 1390-AM, 557 Scott St., Wausau, WI 54403; (715)355-1614; fax (715) 842-1672.

WRJO 94.5-FM, P.O. Box 309, 909 N. Railroad St.,Eagle River, WI 54521; (715) 479-3292, (715) 479-4451.

WRLO 105.3-FM, 3616 Hwy. 47 N., Rhinelander, WI54501; (715) 362-1975; fax (715) 362-1973.

WRVM Translator stations, 107.1-FM Eagle River,106.3-FM Land O’ Lakes and 103.9-FM Phelps, P.O.Box 212, Suring WI, 54174; (920) 842-2900.

WSAU 550-AM, P.O. Box 2048, Wausau, WI 54403;(715) 842-1672; fax (715) 842-1672.

WSAU 99.9-FM, P.O. Box 2048, Wausau, WI 54403;(715) 842-1672, fax (715) 842-1672.

WXCO 1230AM, 1110 E. Wausau Ave., Wausau, WI54403; (715) 845-8218; fax (715) 845-6582.

WXPR 91.7-FM, (public radio), 303 W. Prospect,Rhinelander, WI 54501; (715) 362-6000, 1-(800) 236-8292; fax (715) 362-6007.

WZNL 94.3-FM, 101 E. Kent St., Iron Mountain, MI49801; (906) 774-4321.

Wisconsin Public Radio, audience services, 821 Uni-versity Ave., Madison, WI 53706; 1-(800) 747-7444.

Television StationsWAOW, ABC, 1908 Grand Ave., Wausau, WI 54403-

6897; (715) 842-9293; fax (715) 848-0195.WJFW, NBC, P.O. Box 858, 3217 Hwy. G, Rhinelander,

WI 54501; (715) 369-4700; fax (715) 365-8810.WLEF, Wisconsin Public Television, Park Falls trans-

mitter.WLUC, NBC, 177 U.S. 41 E., Negaunee, MI 49866; (906)

475-4161.WSAW, CBS, 1114 Grand Ave., P.O. Box 1247, Wausau,

WI 54402; (715) 845-4211.WYOW, ABC, 528 W. Pine St., P.O. Box 2705, Eagle Riv-

er, WI 54521; (715) 477-2020, (715) 842-9293; fax(715) 848-0195; wyowtv34.com.

Wisconsin Public Television, viewer services, 821University Ave., Madison, WI 53706; 1-(800) 422-9707.

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Vilas CountyAdamovich’s Day Care Center, Eagle River, Katie

Adamovich, (715) 479-6013. Camp Jorn, YMCA Child Care Center, Manitowish

Waters, Dawn Holt, child-care director, (715) 543-8390; Dennis Lipp, executive director, (715) 543-8808.

Eagle River Head Start, Eagle River, Barb Menting,at Trees For Tomorrow campus (715) 617-1318.

Humpty Dumpty Preschool, Eagle River, DonnaMontezon, Joan Montezon and 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, St. Germain,Sharon Goller, (715) 542-2273.

Little Pine Cones Lodge Child Development Cen-ter LLC, Early Head Start, Head Start, Eagle River,Sharon Goller, (715) 477-2273.

St. Germain Family Child Care Center, St. Ger-main, 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, Woodruff, Candice Hen-

derson, (715) 356-4678.Rhinelander Head Start, Rhinelander, Billie Jo

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Industry & DevelopmentTourism is the lifeblood of the economy in Vilas and

Oneida counties, with the lakes and forests attractingthousands of vacationers here for the scenery, the fishingand the water-based recreation.

Hundreds of resorts and some major condominiumprojects are located on the lakes, while most communitieshave motels and hotels closer to town. Besides accommo-dations, vacationers pour money, whether directly orindirectly, into almost every business. Restaurants, reccenters, wildlife zoos, marinas, sporting goods stores andtaverns are just a few of the businesses that survive ontourism.

Providing year-round jobs is the wood products indus-try, from loggers in the forests to sawmill operators andfurniture manufacturers. In addition to the more than 1million acres of public forests located here, several Wis-consin paper mills own vast quantities of forest crop-land.

Boosting the year-round stability of the economy inseveral communities here are light industrial jobsinvolving woodwork, sheet-fed printing, machine assem-bly, papermaking and manufacturing of drill bits, cut-ting blades and bellows.

Agriculture, though not a dominant industry, doesprovide some year-round jobs and hundreds of seasonaljobs. Cranberries and seed potatoes, in that order, are thebiggest 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) 356-5919

Northstar Steel Fabricating Inc.Rhinelander ........................................ (715) 365-4033

Oldenburg Group Inc.Rhinelander ........................................ (715) 362-1400

Oneida Tool & MachineRhinelander ........................................ (715) 369-3232

Pitlik & Wick Inc.Sugar Camp ........................................ (715) 479-7488

Ponsse North America Inc.Rhinelander ........................................ (715) 369-4833

Printpack Inc.Rhinelander ........................................ (715) 361-7100

Pukall Lumber Co.Woodruff ............................................. (715) 356-3252

Red Arrow ProductsRhinelander ........................................ (715) 365-5500

Superior DieselRhinelander ........................................ (715) 365-0500

Wausau Paper Corp.Rhinelander ........................................ (715) 369-4100

Development GroupsEagle River Revitalization Program, Rita Fritz,

executive director, (715) 477-0645. Grow North Regional Economic Development

Corp. Inc., serving Vilas, Oneida, Forest and Lincolncounties, 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, WI 54521, KenStubbe, executive director, (715) 479-4100 or 1-(866)306-3690, vilascountyedc.org, [email protected].

INDUSTRY


Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups, The coalitionhas political concerns and expresses itself in thepolitical arena. It has no partisan affiliation andaddresses its concerns to all elected representatives.Legal backup for benefit specialists program, trainingand education for legal aspects of the elderly. Stateoffice, 2850 Dairy Dr., Ste. 100, Madison, WI 53718, 1-(800) 488-2596.

Community Link, Four-county (Oneida, Vilas, Lincolnand Forest) coverage for people in the community inneed of hooking up with community resources. Con-tact Sue Kirby, (715) 361-2040 or 1-(800) 242-9252.

Community Options Program, Vilas County Depart-ment of Social Services, (715) 479-3668; Oneida Coun-ty Department of Social Services, intake officer, (715)362-5695.

Headwaters Senior Emergency Food Pantry, 6516Olympic 76 Dr., Land O’ Lakes, Dave Gundersen,president, (715) 547-3153, Conover, Land O’ Lakesand Phelps residents.

Human Service Center, Rhinelander, serving Vilas,Oneida and Forest counties, (715) 369-2215 or 1-(800)236-8787.

Kalmar Senior Center, 1011 N. Railroad St., EagleRiver, WI 54521, (715) 479-2633 or (715) 479-4877.

Lakeland Senior Center, Second and Balsam streets,Woodruff, (715) 356-9118, for van service to doctorappointments Mondays thru Thursdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Medicare Hot Line, 1-(800) 633-4227. Oneida County Department on Aging, Oneida

County Senior Center, 1103 Thayer St., Rhinelander,WI 54501, Dianne Jacobson, director of aging pro-grams, (715) 369-6170.

Oneida County Nutrition Sites, Woodruff, LakelandSenior Center, call a day in advance to reserve a noonmeal, (715) 356-9118; Rhinelander, Oneida SeniorCenter, (715) 369-6170; Three Lakes, Reiter Center,(715) 546-2959; Sugar Camp, town hall, (715) 490-1710.

Oneida Senior Center, 100 Keenan St., Rhinelander,(715) 369-6170, Stephanie Schroeder, activities/vol-unteer coordinator.

Phelps Senior Center, 2383 Hwy. 17, Phelps, WI54554, located at Lillian Kerr Healthcare By Rennes,(715) 545-3983.

Phelps Senior Citizens Club, Lillian Kerr HealthcareBy Rennes, Hwy. 17 S., Phelps, (715) 545-2313.

Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, 1835 N.Stevens, Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715) 369-1919.

Senior Craft Shop, 211 E. Wall St., Eagle River (acrossfrom theater), (715) 891-7519 or (715) 356-2749.Hours: daily, summer, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; winter, 10 a.m.-4p.m.

Senior Eagle River Volunteer Enterprise Inc.,1011 N. Railroad St., Eagle River, Don Anderson,president, (715) 479-4877.

Social Security Administration, 2023 Navajo St.,Rhinelander, 1-(800) 772-1213, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Mon-days-Fridays, serving Oneida, Vilas and Forest coun-ties. Helps with any questions or problems relating toSocial Security benefits, Medicare, Medicaid and Sup-plemental Security Income, socialsecurity.gov.

Special-Interest Classes, Nicolet College, nearly 400credit and continuing-education courses are held inVilas and Oneida county communities each year. Old-er adult learners are eligible for reduced tuition. Callfor more details. Lakeland campus, Minocqua, 1-(800)585-9304 or (715) 356-6753; Rhinelander campus, 1-(800) 544-3039 or (715) 365-4410.

Vilas County Commission on Aging, Vilas CountyCourthouse, 330 Court St., Eagle River, (715) 479-3625. Services include nutrition program with sixlocations, including home delivery to homebound peo-ple throughout Vilas County, benefit specialists pro-gram, an Alzheimer’s family caregiver support pro-gram, health and wellness, in-home support for care-givers, chore ser vices, grandparents raising grand-children and handyman program and transportationservices.

Vilas County Nutrition Sites, Eagle River, KalmarSenior Center, (715) 479-2633; Phelps, Lillian KerrHealthcare By Rennes, (715) 545-3983; St.Germain/Sayner, Fibbers Bar & Restaurant, (715)542-2951; Winchester/Manitowish Waters/PresqueIsle/Boulder Junction, Boulder Beer Bar, (715) 479-8771; Lac du Flambeau, Senior Center, (715) 588-4360. Call between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. the day beforeto make reservations for the meal. Meals are deliv-ered to the homebound from each site based on eligi-bility.

Vilas-Oneida Inter-County Elder Service, VilasCounty Commission on Aging, 479-3625; Sue Piazza,(715) 369-6170.

Visually Impaired Support Group, Doug Martens,(715) 365-2804. Transportation is available throughthe Vilas County Commission on Aging at (715) 479-3625.

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Vilas CountyHistory, Government

On April 12, 2003, Vilas County celebrated its 110thbirthday. It was named after William F. Vilas of Madi-son, who came to Wisconsin from Vermont when he was11 and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in1858. Vilas attained the rank of lieutenant colonel dur-ing the Civil War, was postmaster general of the UnitedStates from 1885-’88, was secretary of the interior from1888-’91 and a U.S. senator from 1891-’97.

Before Jan. 1, 1875, Vilas County was part ofMarathon County; from 1875-’85, part of Lincoln Coun-ty; from 1885-’93, part of Oneida County; then was set offas Vilas County in 1893. When Vilas was set off, it con-tained the two towns of Eagle River and Minocqua, withArbor Vitae being the third added about 1899. Minocquawould later become a part of Oneida County.

Fourteen towns and the city of Eagle River were even-tually carved from the dense pine forests of Vilas County.The towns include Arbor Vitae, Boulder Junction,Cloverland, Conover, Lac du Flambeau, Land O’ Lakes,Lincoln, Manitowish Waters, Phelps, Plum Lake, PresqueIsle, St. Germain, Washington and Winchester.

In 1899, the property valuations in the three townstotaled $2.9 million. Today, the equalized property valu-ations in the 14 towns and one city that comprise VilasCounty total $7.5 billion.

The county is approximately 652,067 acres in size,with 555,374 acres of land and 93,923 acres of water. Thecounty harbors 563 named lakes and 757 unnamedlakes. It is located in northern Wisconsin against theUpper Michigan border.

The first county officials were appointed by the gover-nor. The county almost uniformly aligned with theRepublican Party, according to a book compiled byGeorge Jones and Norman McVean. Residents cast theirfirst vote for president in the 1896 campaign betweenRepublican William McKinley and Democrat William J.Bryan.

The county population in 1890 was 1,706. The countygrew to 3,801 in 1895 and 4,929 in 1900. The populationwas 5,649 in 1920. In 2010, Vilas’ population was23,422.

Though the fur trade led some whites to Vilas Countybefore the 1870s, the region did not reach the attention ofwhite settlers until the demand for lumber arose around1880. Large sawmills grew up at Arbor Vitae, Winegar(Presque Isle), Eagle River, Conover, Phelps and Winch-ester. The first railroads were constructed to haul out thelumber.

In 1878, the lumbermen of the Wisconsin Valley erect-ed and built a dam on the Wisconsin River at the head ofOtter Rapids. Shortly after, dams were built betweenLong and Cranberry lakes and three were built on the

Deerskin River, all for transportation of timber to mar-ket.

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 thecounty.

The written word has always been a part of life here.The Eagle River Vindicator was established in 1886, theEagle River Review in 1890 and the Vilas County Newsin 1892. The Minocqua Times began publishing in 1891.It was renamed to The Lakeland Times in 1939.

County GovernmentThe county is governed by 21 supervisors representing

21 districts. The county board’s job is to oversee coun-ty departments, establish policies and ordinances,and assess a property tax levy in accordance with anannual budget to run all operations. The 2012 countybudget was set at $25.9 million, of which the localproperty tax will pay $13.05 million. Vilas Countyproperty owners will pay a full-value tax rate of $1.78per $1,000 of equalized valuation (at market value).Vilas County has a 0.5% county sales tax that gener-ated about $1.52 million in revenue last year. Theboard meets the third Tuesday in January, March,April, June, August and September. The annual bud-get meeting is held the second Tuesday in November.The courthouse is located at 330 Court St. in EagleRiver. The mailing address is Vilas County Court-house, 330 Court St., Eagle River, WI 54521. Officehours are Mondays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

County SupervisorsDistrict 1, Land O’ Lakes and Ward 3 of Conover, Ralph

Sitzberger, 6258 Hwy. S, Land O’ Lakes, WI 54540,(715) 547-1141.

District 2, Presque Isle and Winchester, vacant, posi-tion filled after publication.

District 3, Ward 2 of Boulder Junction, Manitowish

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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 and Ward 1 ofPlum Lake, Dennis Nielsen, 8807 Kurtzweil Rd.,Sayner, WI 54560, (715) 542-2234.

District 5, Ward 1 of Arbor Vitae, Emil Bakka, 2528Rux Rd., Arbor Vitae, WI 54568, (715) 356-2463.

District 6, Ward 2 of Arbor Vitae, Erv Teichmiller, 1273E. Harbor Dr., Arbor Vitae, WI 54568, (715) 356-9219.

District 7, Ward 3 of Arbor Vitae, Ronald DeBruyne,1147 Johnson Creek Rd., Arbor Vitae, WI 54568, (715)356-2222.

District 8, Ward 3 of Lac du Flambeau, ChristopherMayer, 14465 Hwy. 70 W., Lac du Flambeau, WI54538, (715) 588-9020.

District 9, Ward 1 of Lac du Flambeau, vacant, positionfilled after publication.

District 10, Ward 2 of Lac du Flambeau, Alden Bau-man, P.O. Box 92, Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538, (715)588-3708.

District 11, Ward 1 of St. Germain, Fred Radtke, 8265Sunrise Ln., St. Germain, WI 54558, (715) 479-6310.

District 12, Ward 2 of St. Germain, Mary Platner, 7290Thunderhill Ln., St. Germain, WI 54558, (715) 479-9091.

District 13, Cloverland and Ward 2 of Plum Lake,Stephen Favorite, 1326 Sunset Ln., Eagle River, WI54521, (715) 477-2860.

District 14, Ward 1 of Conover, Maynard Bedish, 3870Columbus 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, WI54554, (715) 545-4014.

District 16, Ward 1 of Phelps and Ward 2 of Washing-ton, Bob Egan, 1948 Military Rd., Eagle River, WI54521, (715) 479-6857.

District 17, Ward 1 of Washington and Ward 3 of Lin-coln, James Behling, 3936 Hwy. 17 N., Eagle River, WI54521, (715) 479-2343.

District 18, Wards 4 and 5 of Eagle River, and Ward 2of Lincoln, Leon Kukanich, 2116 Boot Lake Rd., EagleRiver, WI 54521, (715) 479-3301.

District 19, Wards 1, 2 and 3 of Eagle River, LindaThorpe, P.O. Box 712, Eagle River, WI 54521, (715)479-9421.

District 20, Ward 4 of Lincoln and Ward 3 of Washing-ton, Edward Bluthardt Jr., 1447 Everett Rd., EagleRiver, WI 54521, (715) 479-8898.

District 21, Ward 1 of Lincoln, Kathleen Rushlow, 5267Hwy. 70 W., Eagle River, WI 54521, (715) 479-4053.

Elected County OfficialsCounty Clerk, David Alleman, (715) 479-3600.Treasurer, Jerri Radtke, (715) 479-3609.Clerk of Circuit Court, Jean Numrich, (715) 479-

3632.Sheriff, Frank Tomlanovich, (715) 479-4441.Surveyor, Tom Boettcher, (715) 479-9610 or (715) 479-

3684.District Attorney, Al Moustakis, (715) 479-3614.Coroner, Paul Tirpe, (715) 543-2232.Register of Deeds, Joan Hansen, (715) 479-3660.

Circuit Court of the 9th Judicial DistrictJudge, Neal “Chip” Nielsen III.Court Reporter, Michelle Livingston.

Appointed Department HeadsSocial Services, Kathryn Gardner, (715) 479-3668.Forestry, Recreation and Land, Larry Stevens, (715)

479-5160.Commission on Aging, Joe Fortmann, (715) 479-3625.Child Support, Joy Schmitz, (715) 479-3705.Highway, Jarred Maney, (715) 479-4641.Public Health, Regina Egan, (715) 479-3656.University Extension, Nancy Miller, (715) 479-3648.Veterans Service, Scott Jensen, (715) 479-3629.Zoning, Dawn Schmidt, (715) 479-3620.Civil Air Patrol, Craig Moore, (715) 479-9197.Animal Shelter, Humane Society of Vilas County, (715)

479-9777.Probation/Parole Office, (715) 479-8105.Emergency Management, Jim Galloway, (715) 479-

3690.Land and Water Conservation, Carolyn Scholl, (715)

479-3747.Tourism & Publicity, Cindy Burzinski, (715) 479-

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Arbor VitaeArbor Vitae is one of the older towns in Vilas County,

having been established in the 1890s shortly after Vilasbecame a county in 1893.

Arbor Vitae started, as did the rest of the county, as alogging center. At the height of the logging operations, thevillage of Arbor Vitae contained some 200 families witha total population of more than 1,200. The timber wasvanishing as early as 1908 and families began to leavethe area, as it no longer afforded the opportunity to earna living.

Today, Arbor Vitae is the center of a flourishing touristindustry which runs year-round. Area: 61.5 square milesPopulation: 3,412Valuation: $578,327,000Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of

market value property, Arbor Vitae residents werelevied a gross tax of $8.00 for school, $1.11 for NicoletCollege, $1.74 for county, $1.20 for town and $.19 forstate, for a total gross tax of $12.24. After state cred-its, the total effective tax rate paid was $10.93.

Town Government: Frank Bauers, chairman; JeffreyHunter, Steven Perry, Richard Held and Brian Ner-dahl, supervisors; Mary Reuland, clerk; BarbFreudigmann, treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department,Frank Bauers, chief, (715) 356-6820.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff ’s Department,(715) 479-4441; animal control officer, Al Spatz, (715)356-3042.

Volunteer EMS Department: Stan Lewis, EMS coor-dinator, (715) 614-2164.

Boulder JunctionBoulder Junction, once a part of Arbor Vitae, was the

center of an extensive logging operation from the late1800s. The first recorded town meeting was held in 1928.

The village of Boulder Junction, much older than thetown, grew up at the site of a station on the railroad line,first called Boulder.

Known as the “Musky Capital of the World” since1950, the town hosts the annual Musky Jamboree, wherethousands of residents and visitors are served a freemeal of muskie from fish donated by area anglers andguides.

Today, tourism and the recreation industry as a wholeare the mainstays of the economy for most residents ofBoulder Junction.Area: 77.9 square milesPopulation: 1,022Valuation: $557,986,700Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of

market value property, Boulder Junction residentswere levied a gross tax of $4.10 for school, $1.11 forNicolet College, $1.74 for county, $1.36 for town and$.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $8.47. After statecredits, the total effective tax rate paid was $7.83.

Town Government: Charles Spencer, chairman; Den-ny McGann and Dennis Reuss, supervisors; SharonMoll, clerk/treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department,John Titel, chief, (715) 385-2880.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff ’s Department,(715) 479-4441; animal control officer, James Hansen,(715) 892-4926.

Volunteer EMS Department: John Titel, EMS coordi-nator, (715) 385-2880.

CloverlandThe town of Cloverland was founded in 1921 from

parts of Conover, Lincoln and Farmington (now calledSt. Germain).

Since the new town was originally in Farmington, thename Cloverland seemed appropriate. Area: 32 square milesPopulation: 1,078Valuation: $260,886,500Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of

market value property, Cloverland residents werelevied a gross tax of $6.09 for school, $1.11 for NicoletCollege, $1.74 for county, $1.12 for town and $.18 forstate, for a total gross tax of $10.23. After state cred-its, the total effective tax rate paid was $9.23.

Town Government: Scott Maciosek, chairman; E.Francine Gough, Joe Eisele, Marty Ketterer andSteve Favorite, supervisors; Millie Ritzer, clerk; Gay

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Ketterer, treasurer. Emergency Services: Eagle River Area Fire Depart-

ment, Pat Weber, chief, (715) 479-8912. Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff ’s Department,

(715) 479-4441; animal control officer, Bob Lass, (715)891-3787.

ConoverConover, close to excellent fishing lakes such as North

Twin, Stormy and Upper and Lower Buckatabon lakes,was set aside from the town of Eagle River Jan. 3, 1907.The old town of Conover was just south of Highway K,along the railroad tracks.

More land was added to the town in 1914, and during1920, Twin Lake property was taken into the town ofConover from Phelps.

Conover once had some of the best white pine standsin northern Wisconsin, and the town started as a lumber-ing town before becoming a winter and summer vaca-tionland.

The town was named for Seth Conover, owner of Lako-ta Resort.Area: 79.5 square miles Population: 1,271Valuation: $432,161,500Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of

market value property, Conover residents were levied

a gross tax of $6.09 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet Col-lege, $1.74 for county, $1.08 for town and $.17 forstate, for a total gross tax of $10.18. After state cred-its, the total effective tax rate paid was $9.21.

Town Government: Steve Rhode, chairman; GeorgeChampeny and Karl Jennrich, supervisors; JamesHedberg, clerk/treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department,Gary Vold, chief, (715) 479-4881.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff ’s Depart-ment, (715) 479-4441; animal control officer, EdEvert, (715) 891-6195.

Volunteer EMS Department: Nancy Vold, EMS coor-dinator, (715) 547-6063.

Eagle RiverEagle River became an outpost for the booming fur

trade and a center for logging activity starting in 1857.Stories written about that era showed that Dutch Petehad a log cabin built on Yellow Birch Lake 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 tookplace in the spring of 1858 when Fox and Helms rantheir winter’s cutting from Eagle River down the Wiscon-sin River to Mosinee.

Growth came more rapidly with the completion of themilitary road in 1872 and the building of the Milwaukee,Lake Shore and Western Railroad (later the Chicago andNorth Western) in 1883.

Finn Lawler arrived here in 1875 and became the firsttown chairman in 1885. By the turn of the century,tourism became a second major industry that developedrapidly in the early 1900s.Area: 2 square milesPopulation: 1,669Valuation: $183,191,100Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of

market value property, Eagle River residents werelevied a gross tax of $5.77 for school, $1.05 for NicoletCollege, $1.64 for county, $6.99 for city and $1.03 forstate, for a total gross tax of $16.49. After state cred-its, the total effective tax rate paid was $15.52.

City Government: Jeff Hyslop, mayor; Debbie Brown,clerk/treasurer; Hoffman Appraisal, assessor; citycouncil: District 1, George Meadows; District 2, JerryBurkett; District 3, Kim Schaffer; District 4, CarolHendricks.

Emergency Services: Eagle River Area Fire Depart-ment, Pat Weber, chief, (715) 479-8912.

Police Protection: Eagle River Police Department,nonemergency, (715) 479-1941; emergency, 911; chief,Mark Vander Bloomen. Vilas County Sheriff ’sDepartment, (715) 479-4441; animal control officer,Mike Adamovich, (715) 479-4330.

Volunteer EMS Department: Pat Weber, EMS coordi-nator, (715) 479-8912.

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Lac du FlambeauThe village of Lac du Flambeau is located in the extreme

southwest part of Vilas County and within the Indianreservation of the same name. The reservation covers about144 square miles, with 34 square miles being located inIron County and two square miles being located in OneidaCounty.

About 1885, the area was a great logging center. The Lacdu Flambeau Lumber Co., organized by Herrick & Stearnsfrom Michigan, closed business in 1914. Area: 100.8 square milesPopulation: 3,303Valuation: $987,724,800Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Lac du Flambeau residents werelevied a gross tax of $7.99 for school, $1.11 for NicoletCollege, $1.74 for county, $.74 for town and $.17 forstate, for a total gross tax of $11.75. After state credits,the total effective tax rate paid was $10.45.

Town Government: Mathew Gaulke, chairman; MichaelChristensen and Ginger Schwanebeck, supervisors;Nancy Edwards, clerk; Dave Peterman, treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department, TomWegner, chief, (715) 356-6204.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff ’s Department,(715) 479-4441; animal control officer, Nancy Edwards,(715) 588-3358.

Volunteer EMS Department: Tom Wegner, EMS coordi-nator, (715) 356-6204.

Land O’ LakesLand O’ Lakes, originally known as State Line, was set

off from Eagle River Jan. 3, 1907. The first town meetingwas held April 1, 1907. Located on the Wisconsin-Michiganborder, Land O’ Lakes is home to the Gateway Lodge, builtin 1939 and known then as the Gateway Hotel.

The schools were first built in the town of Donaldson,about two miles west of Land O’ Lakes, where the dump isnow located.

With the post office address still State Line, by 1930most residents said they lived in “Land O’ Lakes,” and thetitle stuck. State Line was officially changed to Land O’Lakes in 1948. Area: 83.8 square milesPopulation: 990Valuation: $498,905,100Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Land O’ Lakes residents were levieda gross tax of $6.01 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College,$1.74 for county, $1.78 for town and $.24 for state, for atotal gross tax of $10.87. After state credits, the totaleffective tax rate paid was $9.88.

Town Government: Daniel Balog, chairman; SamuelOtterpohl and Michael Stopczynski, supervisors;Flossie Knoth, clerk/treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department, SamOtterpohl, chief, (715) 547-6714.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff ’s Department,(715) 479-4441; animal control, town garage, (715) 547-6904.

Volunteer EMS Department: Signe Baake, EMS coor-dinator, (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 inSeptember 1917, slight changes were made in the town ofLincoln when some government lots in sections 23, 24 and26 were transferred to the town of Washington. Area: 33.9 square miles Population: 2,842Valuation: $542,469,100Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Lincoln residents were levied agross tax of $6.09 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College,$1.74 for county, $.79 for town and $.17 for state, for atotal gross tax of $9.89. After state credits, the totaleffective tax rate paid was $8.90.

Town Government: Dick Stoegbauer, chairman; JamesCroker, Brian Uttech, Leon Kukanich and BruceRichter, supervisors; Shelly Sauvola, clerk/treasurer.


Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff ’s Department,(715) 479-4441; animal control officer, Robin Vold, (715)479-7580.

Manitowish WatersManitowish Waters is located on the western edge of

Vilas County, and is surrounded by lakes. Built along achain of lakes, Manitowish Waters is ideal for fishermenand water sports enthusiasts.

Originally belonging to the town of Flambeau, area res-idents succeeded in having the state Legislature pass a billcreating the new town of Spider Lake. The name of the

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town was changed from Spider Lake to ManitowishWaters in 1937.

Desperado John Dillinger brought the area instantnotoriety in 1934. Detected hiding out at Little Bohemia,he fled lawmen in a shootout that resulted in the deathsof two people. Area: 36 square miles Population: 719 Valuation: $576,958,400Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of

market value property, Manitowish Waters residentswere levied a gross tax of $4.10 for school, $1.11 forNicolet College, $1.74 for county, $1.31 for town and$.17 for state, for a total gross tax of $8.42. After statecredits, the total effective tax rate paid was $7.75.

Town Government: John Hanson, chairman; CharlesRayala III and Henry Bauers, supervisors; SusanPatterson, clerk/treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department,Leonard “Skip” Skrobot Jr., chief, (715) 543-2373.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff ’s Department,(715) 479-4441; animal control officer, Henry Bauers,(715) 543-2888.

Volunteer EMS Department: Daryll Behnke, EMScoordinator, (715) 543-8160.

PhelpsThe village of Phelps grew on Big Twin Lake, which

was on the route of the Military Road, a road created bythe U.S. Congress between Wilkins in Keweenaw County,Mich., to Fort Howard in Green Bay. The town had itsbiggest growth from about 1908-’12, when people of theFinnish race moved to the area to farm.

While Eagle River and other Vilas County towns werepast their peaks in logging, Phelps was just opening up.Sawyers and lumberjacks from closed mills throughoutthe county headed for the lumber camp on the east shoreof Big Twin Lake. In those days, it was called Hackley. Itwas renamed Phelps in 1912, and the town grew uparound the logging camp. Area: 94.2 square milesPopulation: 1,531Valuation: $429,964,800Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of

market value property, Phelps residents were levied agross tax of $6.75 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College,$1.74 for county, $1.77 for town and $.32 for state, fora total gross tax of $11.69. After state credits, thetotal effective tax rate paid was $10.47.

Town Government: Colin Snook, chairman; SteveWaier, Donna Brand, Dorothy Kimmerling andEugene McCaslin, supervisors; Marjorie Hiller, clerk/treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department,Steve Waier, chief, (715) 545-3012.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff ’s Department,(715) 479-4441; animal control officer, Rick Brown,(715) 545-3081.

Volunteer EMS Department: Carole Selin, EMS coor-dinator, (715) 545-3538.

Plum LakeThe town of Plum Lake, encompassing the two towns of

Sayner and Star Lake, had its modest beginnings on April11, 1911, when it was created out of territory detached fromthe town of Arbor Vitae. The first town meeting was held inSayner April 14, 1911.

Sayner got its name from Orrin W. Sayner, who settledthe area in 1891, two years before any other settlers took uphomes in the town.

A place called Camp 1 got the name of Star Lake inmemory of Harry Starr, who was killed while working onthe construction of a railroad bridge across the mill hotpond. The lake was named Star, also. Area: 85.7 square miles Population: 543 Valuation: $292,454,200Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Plum Lake residents were levied agross tax of $6.09 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College,$1.74 for county, $.98 for town and $.17 for state, for atotal gross tax of $10.08. After state credits, the totaleffective tax rate paid was $9.16.

Town Government: Jerry Keller, chairman; MichaelOlson and Will Maines, supervisors; Sharon Brooker,clerk/treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department,Kevin Rasmussen, chief, (715) 892-1877.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff ’s Department,(715) 479-4441.

Volunteer EMS Department: Kevin Rasmussen, EMScoordinator, (715) 892-1877.

Presque IslePresque Isle started out as a logging village named Fos-

terville, named for Fred Foster, who was superintendent ofthe lumber company. The company sold out to W.S. Wine-gar, owner of Vilas County Lumber Co., and the name waschanged to Winegar.

The village continued to be a lumber town until peoplestarted buying property and building summer homes. Thearea became more populated and Winegar was called aresort town.

In 1955, the village name was changed to Presque Isle,to be the same as the town, and it is now strictly a resorttown. Area: 62.9 square milesPopulation: 635Valuation: $651,408,800Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Presque Isle residents were levied agross tax of $4.10 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College,$1.74 for county, $1.60 for town and $.17 for state, for atotal gross tax of $8.71. After state credits, the totaleffective tax rate paid was $8.07.

Town Government: Jack Harrison, chairman; CharlesHayes and Adam Johnson, supervisors; Lorine Walters,clerk; Kathy Sitkiewitz, treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department, Jim

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Nelson, chief, (715) 686-2326.Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff ’s Department,

(715) 479-4441; animal control officer, Howard Meyer,(715) 904-0188.

Volunteer EMS Department: Donna Jukich, EMS coor-dinator, (715) 686-2313.

St. GermainThe town of Farmington was established by the Vilas

County Board Jan. 31, 1907. It was an area taken fromArbor Vitae and Eagle River. When farming failed andtourists were attracted by the scenery, good fishing and bet-ter roads, the name was changed to St. Germain June 20,1930.

A big change from logging and the lumberjack days tothe vacationland promotions happened at the turn of the20th century. The cut-over lands were purchased at reason-able prices and the housekeeping cottage plan was startedin the 1920s, which proved to be a popular success.Area: 34.1 square milesPopulation: 2,267Valuation: $680,028,600Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, St. Germain residents were levied agross tax of $6.09 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College,$1.74 for county, $1.03 for town and $.24 for state, for atotal gross tax of $10.20. After state credits, the totaleffective tax rate paid was $9.25.

Town Government: Walt Camp, chairman; John Vojta,Fred Radtke, Lee Christensen and William Bates,supervisors; Thomas Martens, clerk; Marion Janssen,treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department, TimEbert, chief, (715) 479-4016.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff ’s Department,(715) 479-4441; animal control officer, Dennis Nagel,(715) 542-3890.

Volunteer EMS Department: Tim Ebert, EMS coordi-nator, (715) 479-4016.

WashingtonPrior to 1893, the land area that now comprises the

town of Washington was a part of Oneida County and, inMay 1899, it was known as part of the newly created townof Eagle River. On May 12, 1914, the town of Washingtonwas established. Five years later, more changes were madewhen section 25 and some government lots in sections 23,24 and 26 were transferred from the town of Lincoln toWashington.

The first chairman elected in the town was WilliamSaltenberg Sr. He served, with the exception of one term,until his death July 16, 1923. He was succeeded by GeorgeMayo. Area: 41.6 square miles Population: 1,619Valuation: $572,317,800Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Washington residents were levied agross tax of $6.09 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College,$1.74 for county, $1.12 for town and $.17 for state, for a

total gross tax of $10.25. After state credits, the totaleffective tax rate paid was $9.16.

Town Government: James Spring, chairman; KeithNumrich and David Alleman, supervisors; Michele San-born, clerk; Lanae Slizewski, treasurer.


Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff ’s Department,(715) 479-4441; animal control officer, Robin Vold, (715)479-7580.

WinchesterLocated just four miles from the Wisconsin-Michigan

border, Winchester offers great fishing, hunting and priva-cy to vacationers. The community dates back to 1902, whenseveral individuals organized the Turtle Lake Lumber Co.

Even before the lumber company started their settle-ment, a vacation and fishing resort was being built on asite that became known as Divide, at the narrows betweenNorth and South Turtle lakes. This was in the mid-1890s.

After the organization of the Turtle Lake Lumber Co.,Winchester became a great logging district. In 1905, thecompany built a sawmill and began lumbering operations.When the company built a larger mill in 1907, the postoffice was transferred from Divide to Winchester, namedafter Walter Winchester.Area: 47.9 square milesPopulation: 521Valuation: $309,965,500Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Winchester residents were levied agross tax of $4.10 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College,$1.74 for county, $2.06 for town and $.17 for state, for atotal gross tax of $9.17. After state credits, the totaleffective tax rate paid was $8.55.

Town Government: Philip Williams, chairman; ThomasMisiak and Rick Clem, supervisors; Ruth Allis, clerk;Geri Sell, treasurer.

Emergency Services: Volunteer Fire Department, BillSell, chief, (715) 686-2300.

Police Protection: Vilas County Sheriff ’s Department,(715) 479-4441; animal control officer, Philip Williams,(715) 686-2584.

Volunteer EMS Department: Ginger Brousil, EMScoordinator, (715) 604-7382.

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Oneida CountyHistory, Government

Oneida County was created from Lincoln County in1885 under Chapter 411 Laws. The original boundariescomprised a large area of what is today Oneida, Vilas andpart of Iron counties. Vilas was set off from Oneida in 1893.

Oneida County is said to have been named for the NewYork Indian tribe of that name, a branch of the Iroquois,who moved to Wisconsin early in the 19th century. Thename is said to signify “granite people.”

Rhinelander was made the county seat and the first offi-cers were appointed by Gov. Jeremiah M. Rusk in 1886,according to a 1924 history book written by George Jones.Officers were Chris Eby, treasurer; J.W. Mc Cor mich, judge;F.W. McIntyre, clerk of court; W.L. Boers, county clerk; A.Sievwright, sheriff; Ole Oleson, register of deeds; and JacobJewell, coroner.

The first official meeting of the board of supervisors wasJan. 3, 1887. On Jan. 11, the board selected rooms in thebuilding on the southwest corner of King and Stevensstreets for temporary quarters. Proceedings of the boardwere to be printed in area newspapers, including the NewNorth, Oneida Herald and Eagle River Vindicator.

In 1887, when Pelican and Eagle River were the onlytwo towns in the county, the total property value was$152,248. Today, equalized property valuation within thenow much smaller Oneida County totals $7.3 billion. Thetotal property value in the town of Three Lakes alone ismore than $1 billion.

The population of Oneida was 8,875 in 1900; in 1905 itwas 11,234; in 1910 it was 11,433; and in 1920 it was13,996. In 2010, Oneida’s population was 39,282.

The settlement and development of Oneida, and all ofnorthern Wisconsin in general, has been due primarily tothe lumber industry. It was the lumbermen who clearedaway the primeval forest which covered nearly the wholevast territory and opened up a way for the farmer.

The first logging that was done north of the TomahawkRiver was in the winter of 1857-’58 at Rhinelander. In thefall of 1857, Helms & Co. cut out the “tote road” fromGrandfather Bull’s Falls to Eagle Lake on the Eagle Riverin what is now Vilas County.

After billions of board feet of lumber were removed, thefarmers moved into Oneida soon after. More than one-halfof the soil in the county, or about 500,000 acres, is tillableland that is adaptable to agriculture.

The earliest settler in the immediate vicinity ofRhinelander was John C. Curran, who arrived on the spotas early as 1855 and lived for many years just south of thePelican River where it flows into the Wisconsin. He wasengaged in buying furs from the Indians and, to a smallerextent, in logging.

Besides the city of Rhinelander, 20 towns were carvedfrom the county. These are Cassian, Crescent, Enterprise,

Hazelhurst, Lake Tomahawk, Little Rice, Lynne, Minoc-qua, Monico, Newbold, Nokomis, Pelican, Piehl, Pine Lake,Schoepke, Stella, Sugar Camp, Three Lakes, Woodboro andWoodruff.

County GovernmentThe county is governed by 21 supervisors representing

21 districts. The county board’s job is to oversee countydepartments, establish policies and ordinances, and assessa property tax levy in accordance with an annual budgetto run all operations. The 2012 budget was set at $46.9million in total expenses, though the local property taxlevy pays for $15 million of that amount. Oneida Countyproperty owners will pay a full-value tax rate of $2.16 per$1,000 of equalized valuation (at market value). TheBoard of Supervisors meets the third Tuesday in January,February, March, April, May, June, August, September andOctober. The annual budget meeting is held the first Tues-day following the second Monday in November. The court-house is located at 1 S. Oneida Ave. in Rhinelander. Themailing address is Oneida County Courthouse, P.O. Box400, Rhine lander, WI 54501. Office hours are Mondaysthrough Fridays, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

County SupervisorsDistrict 1, Wards 1, 2 and 8 of Rhinelander, Sonny

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Paszak, 15 Edgewater Homes, Rhinelander, WI 54501,(715) 369-4835.

District 2, Wards 3 and 4 of Rhinelander, Greg Berard,721 Thayer St., Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715) 362-3354.

District 3, Wards 5 and 10 of Rhinelander, Romelle Van-dervest, 1218 Tracy St., Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715)369-5089.

District 4, Wards 7, 11 and 13 of Rhinelander, DavidO’Melia, 823 Margaret St., Rhinelander, WI 54501,(715) 369-4777.

District 5, Wards 9, 12 and 14 of Rhinelander and Ward2 of Pelican, Carol Pederson, 4242 Island View Rd.,Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715) 362-5731.

District 6, Wards 1, 3 and 4 of Pelican, John Hoffman,4530 Old 8 Rd., Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715) 369-9099.

District 7, Enterprise, Schoepke, Monico, Piehl, Ward 2 ofStella and Ward 2 of Three Lakes, Jim Sharon, 1009Weaver Rd., Pelican Lake, WI 54463, (715) 487-5473.

District 8, Wards 2 and 3 of Pine Lake and Ward 1 of Stel-la, Paul Dean, 3543 Sunset Ln., Rhinelander, WI 54501,(715) 369-3621.

District 9, Wards 1 and 4 of Pine Lake, Orvin “Matt” Mat-teson, 5359 Manor Rd., Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715)369-9082.

District 10, Wards 3 and 4 of Newbold, Tom Rudolph,1740 Larsen Dr., Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715) 362-6222.

District 11, Wards 1 and 3 of Crescent, John Young, 7201Long Lake Rd., Rhinelander, WI 54501, (715) 282-5851.

District 12, Woodboro, Ward 2 of Cassian, Ward 2 of Cres-cent and Ward 2 of Lake Tomahawk, Denny Thompson,8859 Art Thompson Rd., Harshaw, WI 54529, (715) 277-2070.

District 13, Wards 1, 3 and 4 of Three Lakes, Dave Hintz,1144 Medicine Lake Lodge Rd., Three Lakes, WI 54562,(715) 546-2712.

District 14, Wards 1 and 2 of Sugar Camp, Scott Holewin-ski, 7729 Channel Rd., Eagle River, WI 54521, (715)479-4219.

District 15, Wards 1 and 2 of Newbold and Ward 1 ofLake Tomahawk, Bob Metropulos, 6218 Ridgeway Dr.,Lake Tomahawk, WI 54539, (715) 277-3646.

District 16, Wards 1 and 2 of Woodruff, Michael Tim-mons, 9018 Mobile Dr., Woodruff, WI 54568, (715) 892-2015.

District 17, Wards 2, 3 and 7 of Minocqua, Billy Fried,7797 Agawak Rd., Woodruff, WI 54568, (715) 892-1694.

District 18, Wards 1 and 4 of Minocqua and Ward 3 ofWoodruff, Peter Wolk, P.O. Box 970, Minocqua, WI54548, (715) 356-1874.

District 19, Wards 5 and 6 of Minocqua and Ward 1 ofLynne, Jack Martinson, 6570 Swamsauger Hts. Rd.,Tripoli, WI 54564, (715) 564-3357.

District 20, Little Rice and Wards 1 and 2 of Nokomis,Gary Baier, 9378 Norway Ln., Tomahawk, WI 54487,(715) 453-4581.

District 21, Wards 1 and 2 of Hazelhurst, Ward 1 of Cas-sian, Ted Cushing, P.O. Box 121, Hazelhurst, WI 54531,(715) 356-5887.

Elected Department Heads County Clerk, Mary Bartelt, (715) 369-6144.

Treasurer, Kristina Ostermann, (715) 369-6137.Clerk of Circuit Courts, Brenda Behrle, (715) 369-6120.Sheriff, Jeff Hoffman, (715) 361-5100.District Attorney, Michael Bloom, (715) 369-6133.Medical Examiner, vacant, (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, Sherri Apel and Paula

Anderson, (715) 369-6214.

Appointed Department HeadsSocial Services, Paul Spencer Jr., (715) 362-5695.Forestry, Land and Outdoor Recreation, John Bilo-

gan, (715) 369-6140.Department on Aging, Dianne Jacobson, (715) 369-

6170.Child Support Office, (715) 362-1550.Highway Department, Freeman Bennett, (715) 369-

6184.Public Health Department, Linda Conlon, (715) 369-

6111.University Extension, Erica Brewster, (715) 365-2750.Planning and Zoning Department, Karl Jennrich,

(715) 369-6130.Emergency Management, Ken Kortenhof, (715) 361-

5167.

Law EnforcementUnder Sheriff Jeff Hoffman, there is one chief deputy,

three lieutenants, five detective sergeants, one office man-ager, one evidence technician, one finance technician, onepayroll technician, five patrol sergeants, 23 deputies, twolead telecommunicators, 12 telecommunicators, a jailadministrator, an assistant jail administrator, four correc-tions sergeants, 20 corrections officers and five depart-ment secretaries. The sheriff ’s department is responsiblefor law enforcement and peacekeeping in all 20 towns andthe city of Rhinelander, though Three Lakes, Minocqua,Rhinelander and Woodruff also have their own municipalpolice departments.

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EnterpriseEnterprise is located in southeastern Oneida County

on the south and west sides of Pelican Lake. At present,only a bar and grocery store combination and a fewhomes remain in the immediate village, but at one timea school, church, general store, post office, saloon andsawmill, as well as several homes, were all located with-in the few blocks of the village itself.

The first residents of Enterprise were Indians — bothChippewa and Potawatomi. The first white man to settlein what is now Enterprise was George Keeler — in 1884.

The building of a railroad through Enterprise to openup the timber lands for logging helped bring in more set-tlers. Around 1898, Enterprise was known as Robert’sSiding.

The township of Enterprise was created by legislativeact by separation from Schoepke March 29, 1905. In1906, Schoepke re-annexed it, however Enterprise wasre-established as a separate township March 23, 1907.Area: 60 square miles.Population: 282Valuation: $101,492,900Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of

market value property, Enterprise residents werelevied a gross tax of $6.30 for school, $1.11 for NicoletCollege, $2.16 for county, $1.50 for town and $.17 forstate, for a total gross tax of $10.95. After state cred-its, the total effective tax rate paid was $9.94.

Town Government: Leonard Guth III, chairman; ScottKrueger and Arnold Schauer, supervisors; BethKroeger, clerk; Robert Vlies, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Pelican Lake Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, Wayne Sparks, chief, (715) 487-5406.

Police Protection: Oneida County Sheriff ’s Depart-ment, (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 in1887 with the construction of Yawkey-Leigh Lumber Co.

Hazelhurst was named by Mrs. Yawkey upon herarrival in 1888. “Hazel” for the large amounts of hazelbrush and “hurst,” which means grove in German.

Yawkey-Leigh Co. owned the entire village of Hazel-hurst — a sawmill, box factory, planing mill, sawdustburner, all the workers’ dwellings, a boarding house, bar-ber shop, general store, post office, blacksmith shop,church, school and the Hazelhurst and Southern Rail-road. Mr. Yawkey was chairman of the town board andthe first postmaster of Hazelhurst. Area: 36 square miles Population: 1,391 Valuation: $384,274,900

Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 ofmarket value property, Hazelhurst residents werelevied a gross tax of $4.97 for school, $1.11 for NicoletCollege, $2.16 for county, $1.01 for town and $.18 forstate, for a total gross tax of $9.43. After state credits,the total effective tax rate paid was $8.59.

Town Government: Ted Cushing, chairman; GilbertKettner and Harland Lee, supervisors; Betty Cush-ing, clerk; Gail Hoover, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, JerryRyden, chief, (715) 356-6655.

Police Protection: Oneida County Sheriff ’s Department,(715) 361-5100.

Lake TomahawkTomahawk Lake became a township in 1914, with

Charles Gahler as its first town chairman. Its name waschanged to Lake Tomahawk in the early 1930s.

Gasoline and kerosene lamps and gasoline generatorswere the sources of light and power before 1929, whenelectricity 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 servicewas also discontinued and the tracks were removed.

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Area: 40 square milesPopulation: 1,243 Valuation: $230,920,100Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of

market value property, Lake Tomahawk residentswere levied a gross tax of $4.97 for school, $1.11 forNicolet College, $2.16 for county, $3.12 for town and$.25 for state, for a total gross tax of $11.62. Afterstate credits, the total effective tax rate paid was$10.74.

Town Government: Richard Mazurczak, chairman;Catherine Parker and George DeMet, supervisors;Mary Zimmerman, clerk; Michael Lynch, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, DougRehm, chief, (715) 277-3541.

Police Protection: Oneida County Sheriff”s Depart-ment, (715) 361-5100.

MinocquaLocated on the northern edge of Oneida County, the

town of Minocqua was formally established March 13,1889. The population was concentrated on an island-likepiece of land formed by lakes Kawaguesaga and Minoc-qua.

Logging camps, and later lumber mills, providedemployment for the newcomers who arrived in Minocquavia the railroad, beginning in 1887. Although the campsand mills were in Minocqua itself, the town thrivedbecause of its transportation link and its proximity to thelumbering activity.

The cutting and sawing of logs continued into the 20thcentury, but the lumber boom was over by 1910, as thesupply of timber rapidly dwindled. Some residentsturned to small-scale farming on the cutover lands, whileothers entered the rapidly expanding resort industry.

As the resorts prospered, Minocqua became known asa tourist center.

The name Minocqua is said to be derived from thename of the Chippewa Indian Chief Noc Wib or Minoc-quip, who lived on the island with his followers. Accord-ing to early settlers, the word means “mid-journey,”“noon-day rest,” “stop and drink,” “a pleasant place tobe.” Area: 178 square miles Population: 5,365 Valuation: $1,754,154,600Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of

market value property, Minocqua residents werelevied a gross tax of $4.97 for school, $1.11 for NicoletCollege, $2.00 for county, $2.07 for town and $.28 forstate, for a total gross tax of $10.43. After state cred-its, the total effective tax rate paid was $9.61.

Town Government: Mark Hartzheim, chairman; JohnThompson, Bryan Jennings, Billy Fried and SusanHeil, supervisors; Roben Haggart, clerk; LauraMendez, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, AndyPetrowski, chief, (715) 356-4013.

Police Protection: Minocqua Police Department, AndyGee, chief, (715) 356-3234.

MonicoMonico was named by B.F. Dorr, an early surveyor,

who gave no special reason for the name. Some residentsbelieve the name is of Indian origin.

In 1882, there was nothing at Monico but a few rail-way shanties. By 1883, Wisconsin Sulphite Fibre Co.bought practically the whole town site and built a facto-ry. Emil’s Mill was located there in later years.

In the fall of 1884, the company built a new larger fac-tory, with the intention of building a paper mill. Withina year or so, the pulp mill burned down. The companygave up their plans, sold out and left.

The site was bought by Ed Squire of Rhinelander, whosold it in lots to various people. Logging was carried onin 1885 by Green & Sons and by Clarke, Lennan & Sta-bleton. There were also several portable sawmills.

In 1882, the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Rail-road line was completed as far as Monico. A spur linewas run 15 miles to Rhinelander and the main line con-tinued north to Watersmeet, Mich. During the height ofthe railroad boom, Monico Junction had 24 trains inand out per day — 16 freight and eight passenger. Pas-senger service ended in 1971 and the freight train in1984. Railroad tracks were removed and the depot wasmoved to Rhinelander. Area: 54 square milesPopulation: 374Valuation: $27,404,500Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of

market value property, Monico residents were levieda gross tax of $5.88 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet Col-lege, $2.16 for county, $2.52 for town and $.17 forstate, for a total gross tax of $11.85. After state cred-its, the total effective tax rate paid was $10.89.

Town Government: Robert Briggs, chairman; GregMeyer and Dustin Conley, supervisors; Barbara Hen-

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derson, clerk; Debra Stefonik, treasurer. Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, Jerry

Jankovich, chief, (715) 487-5160. Police Protection: Oneida County Sheriff ’s Department,

(715) 361-5100.

NewboldOn Nov. 18, 1898, the Oneida County Board acted to

form the town of Newbold, named after the man operatingthe Newbold Land and Lumber Co. located on the North-western Railroad, a few miles south of the McNaughtonStation. It was then known as Newbold Siding.

In 1935, the Wisconsin Valley Improvement Co. erected adam on the Wisconsin River, forming the RainbowFlowage, covering 4,485 acres. The whole system is used tocontrol the flow of the river.

The first meeting and election in Newbold was heldApril 4, 1899, at McNaughton School.

During the prohibition era, the McNaughton area hadthe dubious distinction of being the “moonshine capital” ofthese parts. Area: 77.5 square milesPopulation: 2,969Valuation: $543,204,900Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Newbold residents were levied agross tax of $8.90 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College,$2.00 for county, $1.96 for town and $.17 for state, for atotal gross tax of $14.14. After state credits, the totaleffective tax rate paid was $12.87.

Town Government: Dave Kroll, chairman; Bob Metrop-ulos, Mike Sueflohn, Scott Eshelman and James Stask-iewicz, supervisors; Kim Gauthier, clerk; Jodie Hess,treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, Tom Way-dick, chief, (715) 362-7422.


NokomisNokomis history is part of the township of Cassian his-

tory. The township of Cassian was created from the town-ship of Woodboro Feb. 12, 1903.

The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad was builtthrough what is known now as Nokomis in 1888. A spurwas branched off the main line at a place named Cassano-va — later changed to Cassian.

About 1906 the Wausau Land Co. moved a sawmill toCassian and operated it for several years, giving employ-ment to many local people. By 1912, most of the timber inthis area was logged off, so the mill was moved to Malvern.After it was moved, nothing much was left at Cassian butthe general store and two or three families.

In about 1912, the Wisconsin Valley Improvement Co.built a dam at Bradley on the Tomahawk River to furnishpower for the mills further south, thereby creating LakeNokomis. The creation of the lake brought people who builthomes, cottages, resorts and other businesses. Area: 36 square milesPopulation: 1,514Valuation: $271,122,700Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Nokomis residents were levied agross tax of $7.79 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College,$2.16 for county, $1.95 for town and $.17 for state, for atotal gross tax of $13.18. After state credits, the totaleffective tax rate paid was $12.01.

Town Government: Gary Baier, chairman; Kurt Kopaczand Bette Stillman, supervisors; Wendy Smith, clerk;Mary Schewe, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, WayneKinnally, chief, (715) 453-5870.

Police Protection: Oneida County Sheriff ’s Department,(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 River and on bigPelican Lake.

The chief early occupations in Pelican were farming andlogging. The last log drive down the Pelican River tookplace in 1927.

The first school in Pelican was built in 1883, with manyothers to follow in the late 1800s and early 1900s. NicoletArea Technical College was built on property bordered byLake Julia.Area: 52 square milesPopulation: 2,700Valuation: $316,417,500Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Pelican residents were levied a grosstax of $9.67 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College, $2.00

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for county, $1.42 for town and $.17 for state, for a totalgross tax of $14.37. After state credits, the total effec-tive tax rate paid was $12.86.

Town Government: Gerald Roou, chairman; JackAnderson and John Hoffman, supervisors; KennethGardner, clerk; Cindy Carroll, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, Dave Hol-lands, chief, (715) 362-4003.

Police Protection: Oneida County Sheriff ’s Department,(715) 361-5100; constable, James Forsyth, (715) 362-2195.

PiehlThe town of Piehl was organized in 1908 as part of

Oneida County. In the minds of many people, the village ofGagen and the town of Piehl are synonymous.

A sawmill was first built at Gagen in the late 1800s, dueto the fact that the town was the junction of two importantrailroads — the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western (lat-er known as the Chicago and North Western) and the Min-neapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic.

The town was named for Dan Gagen (1834-1908), whocame from England and became a pioneer trader andwoodsman. The Piehl Town Hall was built in 1922 and isstill in use. Area: 36 square miles Population: 100Valuation: $16,255,300Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Piehl residents were levied a grosstax of $5.88 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College, $2.16for county, $.62 for town and $.17 for state, for a totalgross tax of $9.94. After state credits, the total effectivetax rate paid was $9.02.

Town Government: Eugene Uhl, chairman; Joseph Des-sellier and Carl Hansen, supervisors; Renee Wilson-Galligan, clerk; Lynne Campuzano, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Stella Volunteer Fire Department, BartTegen, (715) 369-1895.


Pine LakePine Lake was organized in 1903 out of a portion of the

town of Pelican. Newbold ceded its western part to PineLake in 1907. Sections 4 and 9 were ceded back to Newboldin 1916.

In its early days, Pine Lake was known for family farms,sawmills and logging. It is known today for its vast water-front property, fishing, hunting and boating.

The Hodag 50 Park, located on north River Road, is pop-ular for snowmobile and other off-road racing events. It isthe site of the “Hodag Country Festival” each July. Area: 46.5 square miles Population: 2,883Valuation: $295,149,800Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Pine Lake residents were levied agross tax of $9.67 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College,$2.00 for county, $2.55 for town and $.17 for state, for a

total gross tax of $15.50. After state credits, the totaleffective tax rate paid was $13.93.

Town Government: James Flory, chairman; BrianGehrig, Charles LaHam, Timothy Oestreich and MattMatteson, supervisors; Cindy Skinner, clerk, JudithSkinner, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, BrianGehrig, chief, (715) 369-9277.

Police Protection: Oneida County Sheriff ’s Department,(715) 361-5100; constable, Tom Quandt Sr., (715) 499-5039.

RhinelanderThe city of Rhinelander, with its population of about

8,000 in the city proper and over 29,000 in the immediatearea, would be unrecognizable today to its first citizens.Born in the boom days of logging and settled in 1880, itwas first called Pelican Rapids. Two years later, it wasgranted a charter and renamed for F.W. Rhinelander, pres-ident of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad(now the Chicago and North Western) after his railroadagreed to come to their town.

The railroad made possible a logging industry grand inscale in an area perfect for the harvesting of timber. Withthe completion of the railroad, the city became a terminaland supply point for dozens of logging camps to the northtoward the Michigan border.

Modern timber management and reforestation ensuresthat Rhinelander will always have forests for business andrecreation. Although the timber barons of the turn of thecentury are gone, in northern Wisconsin today, dozens ofsmaller logging operations supply pulpwood and sawlogsfor the manufacture of paper, cardboard, particle board,plywood, paneling, lumber, and a variety of other woodproducts. Area: 4 square milesPopulation: 8,239Valuation: $591,178,400Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Rhinelander residents were levied a

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gross tax of $9.54 for school, $1.10 for Nicolet College,$1.98 for county, $9.13 for town and $.46 for state, for atotal gross tax of $22.21. After state credits, the totaleffective tax rate paid was $20.76.

City Government: Richard Johns, mayor; Mary Richard-son, clerk/treasurer; city council: District 1, SonnyPaszak; District 2, Mark Pelletier; District 3, SherrieBelliveau; District 4, Tom Kelly; District 5, Joseph Salz-er; District 6, Alexander Young; District 7, WilliamFreudenberg; District 8, Thomas Gleason.

Fire Protection: Rhinelander Fire Department, TerryWilliams, chief, (715) 365-5404.

Police Protection: Rhinelander Police Department,Michael Steffes, chief, (715) 365-5304.

SchoepkeThe town of Schoepke became a part of Oneida County

sometime between March 3, 1896, and May 4, 1897. It hadbeen the town of Pelican Lake, which was created April 3,1883, from the township of Neva, Langlade County.

The town was named for August F. Schoepke, who wasthe first agent for the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & WesternRailway. The village of Pelican Lake was started when therailroad (later known as the Chicago and North Western)was built through this region in 1882.

The railroad pulled up its tracks a few years ago and thestate Highway Department bought most of the right-of-wayfor future highway expansion.

Farming and logging were done in the early years, andseveral farms in the Jennings area are still being operatedby members of the original families.Area: 48 square milesPopulation: 355Valuation: $123,508,100Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Schoepke residents were levied agross tax of $6.01 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College,$2.16 for county, $1.60 for town and $.19 for state, for atotal gross tax of $11.07. After state credits, the totaleffective tax rate paid was $10.02.

Town Government: James Sharon, chairman; RogerStephens and Chuck Moore, supervisors; Dick Dvorak,clerk; Jane Sharon, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Pelican Lake Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, Wayne Sparks, chief, (715) 487-5406.


StellaStella, a 99-square-mile area with Starks as its main

population center, was widely known in the early years forits tremendous potato growing. Today, seed potatoes fromthe farms in Stella Township are shipped all over the Unit-ed States.

Starks was originally called Pennington, for E. Penning-ton, then superintendent of the new railroad. The namewas changed in the early 1900s in honor of CommanderHobson, famous hero of the Spanish-American War. In themid-1900s, Leonard Starks bought 10,000 acres of landaround what was then Hobson. 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 toStarks’ early success, Wisconsin has become nationallyknown in the field of seed potatoes. Area: 36 square milesPopulation: 695 Valuation: $87,617,700Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Stella residents were levied a grosstax of $9.57 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College, $2.16for county, $1.76 for town and $.17 for state, for a totalgross tax of $14.77. After state credits, the total effec-tive tax rate paid was $13.40.

Town Government: David Brunette, chairman; DeborahPolinski and Robert Goodin, supervisors; Jean Fish,clerk; Kathleen Baker, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, BartTegen, chief, (715) 369-1895.


Sugar CampThe first permanent white settlers from Poland moved to

the Sugar Camp area April 11, 1895. Each family bought80 acres of land and made their living by logging. At thattime, the area was known as Robbins, named for FrankRobbins, a pioneer lumberman.

Sugar Camp became a separate township in 1899; priorto then it was part of Pelican. Its name was derived fromthe fact that many people came to the area to buy maplesugar and syrup from the Indians.

Many descendants from original settlers still live in thearea, such as the Stefoneks, Walkowskis, Kundas, Piaseck-is, Nowaks, Pitliks, Sowinskis and Kasmareks.

The present town hall was built in 1962 and the old St.Kunegunda Catholic Church was taken down in 1975,with the new building and rectory constructed adjacent tothe old site.

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Area: 99 square miles Population: 1,972 Valuation: $391,922,200Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Sugar Camp residents were levied agross tax of $5.88 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College,$2.16 for county, $1.71 for town and $.17 for state, for atotal gross tax of $11.03. After state credits, the totaleffective tax rate paid was $10.07.

Town Government: Scott Holewinski, chairman; OttoSchoeneck and Paul Sowinski, supervisors; John Bigley,clerk; Lisa Jolin, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, JasonGoeldner, chief, (715) 272-1355.

Police Protection: Oneida County Sheriff ’s Department,(715) 361-5100; humane officer, Ed Kuester, (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.” Heworked up a thriving business, trading merchandise to theIndians for raw furs. By 1880, the government had madeits first land grants in the area and, in 1884, the small vil-lage that sprang up around the trading post and the town-ship became known as Gagen.

The village changed its name to Three Lakes May 27,1909. The name was the result of two railroad surveyorsseeking to run a line. Three attempts found three lakes —the three lakes being Maple, Townline and Rangeline. Dueto the dense forests and finding no more lakes, the menassumed there were only three lakes and the name waschosen for the village.

The coming of the Chicago and North Western Railroadin 1881 ushered in the exploitation of the land, marked bythree eras: the logging of the pine, the plowing of the landand the developing of the tourist cabin. The farming eraincluded activities ranging from potato growing to cheesefactories to moonshine stills.

Prohibition ended in 1934 and thus, the end of thehomestead-type farm operations. Government subsidiesspawned commercial potato growing operations and thearea became known for its choice seed potatoes.

In the Depression years of the 1930s, President FranklinD. Roosevelt sent the Civilian Conservation Corps, his “treearmy.” Twenty-two camps of 200 men each were estab-lished on the Nicolet National Forest lands alone, six ofthem within 10 miles of Three Lakes. Today, the millions oftrees planted by these men are being harvested on a select-ed basis.

In 1946, Vernon Goldsworthy and Ralph Sampsonopened up the Thunder Lake Marsh west of the village forcommercial cranberry development.

The famous Chain of 28 Lakes, with more than 100miles of shoreline and 7,000 water acres, is located in ThreeLakes. The chain stretches north to Eagle River. Area: 99 square miles Population: 2,493Valuation: $1,001,411,800Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Three Lakes residents were levied a

gross tax of $5.88 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College,$2.00 for county, $1.91 for town and $.27 for state, for atotal gross tax of $11.18. After state credits, the totaleffective tax rate paid was $10.26.

Town Government: Donald Sidlowski, chairman; Jef-frey Bruss, Steve Garbowicz, Edwin Starke andWilliam Martineau, supervisors; Sue Harris, clerk;Mary Turk, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, HerbStuckart, chief, (715) 546-3626.

Police Protection: Three Lakes Police Department,Scott Lea, chief, (715) 546-2211.

WoodruffA medley of settlers from Canada, Scandinavia, Scot-

land and Ireland established the town of Woodruff in 1888.A majority of the first settlers were loggers. Others recog-nized the potential of the area and established resorts onlakes in the area.

Fish preservation received early attention, and the StateFish Hatchery was started in Woodruff in 1901.

The first town board meeting was held in Woodruff July5, 1905. It is believed that the town of Woodruff was namedfor George Woodruff, owner of the Woodruff-MacguireLumber Co. He often had freight labeled, “Ship to Woodruffat Muskonegan Creek, North Western Terminal.” Thus hisname became associated with the site. Area: 38 square milesPopulation: 2,190Valuation: $338,394,300Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of mar-

ket value property, Woodruff residents were levied agross tax of $8.00 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College,$2.16 for county, $4.45 for town and $.38 for state, for atotal gross tax of $16.10. After state credits, the totaleffective tax rate paid was $14.76.

Town Government: Michael Timmons, chairman;Thomas Granland, Judith Allen, Clark Henry andDean Daulton, supervisors; Kim Albano, clerk; KristineJohnson, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, Mike Tim-mons, chief, (715) 356-6211.

Police Protection: Woodruff Police Department,Leonard Drewsen, chief, (715) 356-9424.

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pageAUTOMOTIVE 70 West Body Shop, (715) 479-9444 12Cloverland Service Center, (715) 479-6230 .............................. 26Tushoski’s Collision, (715) 546-8288 ......................................... 28

BANKS/CREDIT UNIONSRiver Valley Bank, (715) 477-6206 ....................................... 36Peoples State Bank, 1-(888) 929-9902 .................................. 4

BOARDING - PETS/HORSESDog Day Care, (715) 479-4900 ............................................ 19Fancher’s Kennels, (715) 546-3090 ...................................... 28

BUILDING CONTRACTORSCornerStone Custom Builders Inc. ......................................... 2

Eagle River, (715) 479-0001Minocqua, (715) 356-0001Rhinelander, (715) 362-7888

Design/Build by Visner, (715) 479-2110 ............................... 66Waldmann Construction Inc., (715) 479-3132 ........................ 4

BUTCHER SHOPSPrime Choice Meat Market, (715) 479-4456 ........................ 36

CHAMBERS/INFORMATION CENTERSConover Chamber of Commerce, 1-(866) 394-4FUN .......... 16Three Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce

& Welcome Center ........................................................... 28(715) 546-3344, 1-(800) 972-6103

CHIROPRACTORSDraeger Chiropractic Clinic, (715) 479-5995 ........................ 95

CHURCHESChurch Directory ................................................... 50, 51 & 52

CONVENIENCE STORESPaul’s Pump-’N-Pantry, (715) 479-2999 ............................... 54

ENTERTAINMENT Three Lakes Center for the Arts in the Northwoods ..... 28 & 86

(715) 546-2299

FISHING CLUBS/GUIDESJokin’ Joes Bait & Tackle, (715) 546-3776 .............................28

pageMuskies Inc., (715) 891-5574 ............................................... 20

FLOORING/DECKING Carpet City, (715) 362-5554 .................................................. 18Eagle Floor Covering Center, (715) 479-4480 ..................... 34Forslund Building Supply Inc., (715) 547-3030 .................... 36Kwaterski Bros. Wood Products Inc., (715) 479-5559 ................. 3Lampert Lumber, (715) 479-6408 ........................................... 4

FUEL/PROPANEAmerigas, (715) 479-7300 .................................................... 19Hicks Fuel & Oil, (715) 479-8191 ......................................... 54

GARBAGE REMOVALVeolia Environmental Services, (715) 356-9089 .................. 38

GARDEN CENTERS/LANDSCAPINGNorthern Lakes Landscaping, (715) 479-5852 ..................... 16

GIFTS & CARDSNelson’s Ace Hardware, (715) 479-4496 .............................. 93

GOLF COURSESEagle River Golf Course, (715) 479-8111 ............................ 47George Young Recreational Complex, (906) 265-3401 ........ 46St. Germain Golf Club, (715) 542-2614 ................................ 72

GOVERNMENTSen. Jim Holperin, (715) 891-1412, 1-(800) 334-8773 ......... 26Vilas County Economic Development Corp. ......................... 53

GROCERSBaker’s Three Lakes Foods, (715) 546-3354 ........................ 28

HARDWARENelson’s Ace Hardware, (715) 479-4496 .............................. 93

HOSPITALS/HEALTH CAREMarshfield Clinic, (715) 479-0400 ......................................... 22Ministry Eagle River Memorial Hospital ....................... 48 & 49

INSURANCE Meyer & Associates Insurance Agency Inc. ......................... 54

Eagle River, (715) 479-8808, (715) 477-0601Land O’ Lakes, (715) 547-3552St. Germain, (715) 542-3949

GUIDEGuide to shops & services

pageLODGING/MOTELS/RESORTS/CAMPGROUNDSChanticleer Inn, (715) 479-4486, 1-(800) 752-9193 ............. 14Hillside Resort, (715) 547-3646 ............................................ 24Northernaire Resort & Spa LLC, (715) 848-8009 ................ 96Oneida Village Inn, (715) 546-3373 ...................................... 28

LUMBER/BUILDING SUPPLYForslund Building Supply Inc., (715) 547-3030 .................... 36Kwaterski Bros. Wood Products Inc., (715) 479-5559 ................. 3Lampert Lumber, (715) 479-6408 ........................................... 4

MARINE/BOATS/DOCKSDave Rents Boats, (715) 479-9060 ...................................... 24Eagle River Marine, (715) 479-7700 .................................... 10St. Germain Sport Marine, (715) 479-4930 .......................... 72The Toy Shop, (715) 479-9090 ............................................. 78

MATTRESSES/BEDDINGSleep Central, (715) 356-3488, 1-(888) 456-3488 ............... 86

MUSEUMSLumberjack Steam Train, Logging Museum .......................... 55

(715) 674-3414World Snowmobile Headquarters, (715) 479-2186 .............. 95

OFFICE SUPPLYCW Business, (715) 479-7656 ............................................. 40

OPTICIANSEye Care and Eye Wear Associates, 800-441-0717 ............... 6

Eagle River, (715) 479-9390, (715) 477-1602 Park Falls, (715) 762-2300Woodruff, (715) 356-2262

PHARMACIES/PHOTO DEVELOPINGHealth Care Pharmacies ....................................................... 36

Land O’ Lakes, (715) 547-3788St. Germain, (715) 479-7608Wall Street Pharmacy, Eagle River, (715) 479-4282

PHOTOGRAPHYTomasoski Photography, (715) 479-9999 ............................. 94

PLUMBING/HEATING/ELECTRICAL SUPPLIESRogers Control Inc., (715) 479-6919, 1-(800) 359-0286 ............. 6

RADIO STATIONSWRJO 94.5-FM, (715) 479-4451 .......................................... 40

pageREAL ESTATEReMax Northern Lakes LLC ................................................. 28

(715) 546-8295, 1-(877) 507-6337ReMax of Wausau, (715) 848-8009 ...................................... 96Williams Realty of Minocqua, (715) 614-2615 ...................... 44

RENTAL CENTERSPaul’s Rent-All, (715) 479-5841 ............................................ 38

RESTAURANTS/SUPPER CLUBS/TAVERNSAmerican Legion Club & Bar, Post 431, (715) 546-3431 ..... 28Big Rob’s Loose Moose, (715) 547-8500 ............................. 24Bucktale Inn, (715) 479-7182 ............................................... 10Chanticleer Inn, (715) 479-4486, 1-(800) 752-9193 ............. 14Dairy Queen, (715) 479-8511................................................ 47Hillside Resort, (715) 547-3646 ............................................ 24O’Brien’s Pub ........................................................................ 54Oneida Village Inn, (715) 546-3373 ...................................... 28The Penalty Box, (715) 479-4100 ......................................... 64Sportsmen’s Chalet, (715) 479-8788 .................................... 64

SCHOOLSConserve School, 1-(866) 547-1300 ...................................... 3Trees For Tomorrow, (715) 479-6456 .................................... 54

SERVICE CLUBSAmerican Legion Club & Bar, Post 431, (715) 546-3431 ..... 28Eagle River Rotary Club, (715) 479-4496 ............................ 20

SNOWMOBILES/WATERCRAFTLand O’ Lakes Recreation Co., (906) 544-2040 ................... 70Paul’s Rent-All, (715) 479-5841 ............................................ 38St. Germain Sport Marine, (715) 479-4930 .......................... 72The Toy Shop, (715) 479-9090 ............................................. 78Track Side ............................................................................. 36

SPORTING GOODSSt. Germain Sport Marine, (715) 479-4930 .......................... 72WalkAbout Paddle & Apparel, (715) 479-6631 ..................... 45

THRIFT SHOPSK.C.’s Lost Now Found, (715) 479-9315 ............................... 70St. Peter Thrift Annex, (715) 479-6393 ................................. 55St. Peter Thrift Shop, (715) 479-1195 ................................... 55

TELEPHONE SERVICEChoiceTel, (715) 480-4800 ................................................... 46

UTILITIESAmerigas, (715) 479-7300 .................................................... 19



HilesThe town of Hiles is the headwaters for two of Wiscon-

sin’s premier rivers, the Wolf and the Pine. It all startedin 1860 when a woodsman named Dan Gagen built atrading post and inn on the banks of Pine Lake along-side the old Military Road. The road ran as far north asLake Superior, serving as a mail route and was used tocarry supplies through the woods for trappers andtraders. J.B. Thompson of Wausau bought the tradingpost in 1863 and sold it to H.B. Fessenden of Argonne in1895. In 1902, Franklin P. Hiles of Milwaukee purchasednot only the trading post but also the site that wouldsoon become the town of Hiles. Organized in 1903, Hileshad a sawmill, general store, hotel and a railroadbranch from the main line of the Chicago Northwestern.

Area: 141 square milesPopulation: 424 Valuation: $149,544,700Tax Levy: As of the taxes paid in 2011 per $1,000 of

market value property, Hiles residents were levied agross tax of $7.89 for school, $1.11 for Nicolet College,$4.40 for county, $1.14 for town and $.47 for state, fora total gross tax of $15.01. After state credits, thetotal effective tax rate paid was $13.72.

Town Government: Karl Tauer, chairman; DorisLovrine and Brian Bukovic, supervisors; Cathy Votis,clerk; Judy McKay-Burkey, treasurer.

Fire Protection: Volunteer Fire Department, VictorBurkey, Station A chief; Chuck Hill, Station B chief,(715) 649-3680.

Police Protection: Forest County Sheriff ’s Depart-ment, (715) 478-3331.

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Passport, Now needed for travel to Mexico and Canada.For passport, payment of $135 for anyone 16 and older,$105 for younger than 16, is required. Charge forrenewals is $110 (adult only). For passport card, pay-ment of $55 for adults and $40 for children is requiredand may be used for land or water travel to Canada orMexico. For identification requirements and informa-tion, call the clerk of circuit court or visit travel.state.gov. Apply at the Clerk of Circuit Court, Vilas CountyCourthouse, Eagle River, (715) 479-3632; and OneidaCounty Courthouse, Rhinelander, (715) 369-6120.Appli cations are accepted in Rhine lander Tuesdays, 9a.m. to noon; Thursdays, 1-4 p.m.; and Fridays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Passports also are available at the Eagle Riverpost office by appointment, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondaysthrough Fridays, (715) 479-8981. Also available at postoffices in Rhine lander, St. Germain, Woodruff and

Minocqua.Birth/Death/Marriage Certificate, Applications avail-

able at Register of Deeds office, courthouse. A $20charge for certified birth, marriage or death certificateis required. Additional copies are $3 each. Vilas Coun-ty, (715) 479-3660; Oneida County, (715) 369-6150.

Driver’s License, Eagle River, service center, 302 W.Pine St., 1-(800) 924-3570, Mondays and Wendesdays 7a.m. -5 p.m.; Rhine lander, 510 Hanson Lake Rd., 1-(800) 924-3570, Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, 8:30a.m.-4:30 p.m., Wednesdays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Thurs-days, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Minocqua, 415 Menominee St.,(715) 356-6062, first Tuesday of January, March, May,July, September and November, 9 a.m.-3:45 p.m.

Marriage License, Applications available at countyclerk’s office. Oneida charges a $75 fee and Vilas $65,license will be issued five days after application. Ifrequired sooner, an additional $15 is charged in Onei-da County and $25 in Vilas County. Good for 30 days.Need certified birth certificate and residence in countywhere applying. Vilas, (715) 479-3600, co.vilas.wi.us;Oneida County, (715) 369-6144, co.oneida.wi.gov.

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