Last Updated: Wednesday, June 6, 2007 2:56 PM CDT
Calendar of Events
Forest County Health Department WIC Draft Pick-up is Wednesday, June 6 from 8:30 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the County Health Department in the Courthouse in Crandon.
Crandon Park N Rec Registration is Saturday, June 9 at Cardinal Park from 10 a.m. to noon for children in kindergarten through 12 years of age.
Quarterback Club Golf Tournament and Dance will be held June 9 at Nicolet Country Club in Laona. Call 674-4780 for more information.
Eagle River's Great Northern Beer Festival will be held June 9, 2 to 4 p.m., at the festival grounds of Hi-Pines Campground.
Dual Sport Ride for Breast and Colon Cancer Research will be held June 9 and 10 at the fairgrounds in Wabeno.
Eagle River Antique Steam & Gas Engine Club Annual Show, craft show and flea market will be June 15-17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Snowmobile Derby Grounds.
5th Annual Walk/Run Challenge for Life will be held Saturday, June 16 at 9 a.m. around Maiden Lake in Mountain. Sponsored by Nicolet Plastics. Register online at www.nicoletplastics.com or call Janet at 715-276-4200.
Tombstone Pickerel Sno-Club Annual Summer Picnic will be held at the Clubhouse on County DD in Pickerel on June 16 from 1 to 7 p.m. Annual meeting is at 2 p.m. Prize drawing is at 6 p.m.
United Methodist Church's Brewer day trip is June 20, 6 a.m. departure from Crandon. Call 478-3797 for more information.
YMCA of the Northwoods' Brewer bus trip is scheduled for June 24. Leave YMCA at 7 a.m., return about 10 p.m. Cost is $47 per person and includes game ticket, hot dog and soda. Register by calling 362-9622.
Forest County Health Department free blood pressure clinic will be held Monday, June 25 at the Wabeno Town Hall from 11 to 11:30 a.m.
Downtown Wabeno flea market will be held every Friday.
New Narcotics Anonymous meetings will be held Saturdays, 10:30 a.m., at Indian Springs Lodge, Carter. Call Kari at 715-850-1862 for information.
Wabeno Public Library hours will be Tuesday and Friday, 12 to 4:30 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, 12 to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 9 to 11:30 a.m.; closed Sunday and Monday.
Long Lake Volunteer Fire Department's 30th Anniversary Celebration will be July 7 and will include a noon parade and annual picnic. Contact Amanda at 715-674-2255 for parade information.
Laona Park N Rec Registration is going on now. The programs starts July 10. Registration forms can be picked up at Laona School.
“Thanks a Million” program thank you cards for military personnel can be dropped off at the Forest Republican office.
Big 4+ Sportsman's Club has open shooting on Monday evenings for those who don't belong to a league throughout the summer.
Northwoods Stamp & Coin Club Show will be Saturday, June 16 from 9 to 5 p.m at James Williams Middle School in Rhinelander. Free admission. Call (715) 282-5606 or 277-2692 for more information.
Forest Republican Office Hours
Monday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday CLOSED
Wednesday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday CLOSED
Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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In 1909, a young woman named Sonora Louise Smart heard a sermon about Mother's Day. She thought of her father, a Civil War veteran, who had raised her and five brothers after their mother died while giving birth. That day, inspiration struck: Why not have a special day for fathers? Smart shared her idea with local Protestant ministers at the YMCA of Spokane, Wash., who passed a resolution to observe a new occasion, Father's Day. The Spokane YMCA sponsored the first celebration on June 19, 1910. (June was the birth month of Smart's father.) Smart suggested honoring fathers through religious services, special meals, small gifts and wearing roses: red for living fathers and white for the deceased. The Father's Day idea spread rapidly, and in 1924 President Calvin Coolidge recommended a national observance. READ MORE >
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