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The Girl Scouts float.
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For a slew of photos of the 4th of July Parade in Rhinelander, go to Galleries, under the Masthead, and click on Northwoods Up Close. Look for yourself in the parade or crowd! For a quick preview of photos, click on Read More.
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Celebrating the protection of 75 acres on Marion Lake are, from left, Lucas Nagy, Albert Nagy, Kathryn Nagy and Alice N. Fager. (Click Slide Show for more photos.)
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The Nagy family of California grants a conservation agreement of 75 acres on Marion Lake, west of Minocqua, to protect it permanently from development.
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Rebecca Morin is the new vice president for Howard Young Health Care.
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The new vice president of patient care at Howard Young Health Care (HYHC) will oversee nursing and ancillary services for both Howard Young Medical Center and Eagle River Memorial Hospital.
In this installment of Interesting Times, Mary Kinnunen explores how a casual incident in a foreign land many years earlier gave her hands-on training for being mayor.
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In The Back of Beyond, columnist Dave Lintereur talks about egg-laying turtles, crazy pileated woodpeckers, your dog, and all the babies out there in the woods, trying to survive.
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In Krall Space, Ken Krall looks at the past cycles of oil crises. Is this one any different? Looks like it might be, as the U.S. economy spirals downward.
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Fortune tellers, jugglers, troubadours, singers and more are welcome to perform at the 2008 Oneida County Fair.
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Planners for the 2008 Oneida County Fair are looking for Buskers: defined as those who practice performing in public places for tips and gratuities. In other words, if you have a song to sing, a fortune to tell or any other public performance, contact Dan Kuzlik, UW-Extension agent, at 715-365-2750 and get signed up.
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Coleman Engineering Company presented this site plan drawing to the county's planning and zoning department. (Click Slide Show for another photo.)
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A 72-bed nursing home will be built west of Minocqua by Avanti Health Systems. The $6.5 million project will take about a year to complete.
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Oneida County social services department director Paul Spencer is the bearer of cautionary news: for the first time in five years, the department will most likely not have a surplus to return to the county coffers. (Click on Slide Show for another photo.)
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Reductions in federal and state programs are beginning to affect the county's budget for social services programs. Department head Paul Spencer reports that next year will be even tighter, as funding dries up for some of the county's established programs, at a time when demand for services increases.
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This fox, one of a family of four spotted regularly in a St. Germain neighborhood, works on improving his tan in the driveway of a house on Treasure Drive. Visit The Galleries for more photos. (Photo by Joe Costanza)
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NNN staff captures the fleeting essence of spring-turning-into-summe r in the Northwoods. Check out The Galleries under the masthead and click on Northwoods Up Close to see why we call it the "sweet season."
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The Country Seed Health Food Store is participating in a Community Supported Agriculture program. Carrie Meyer, right, is the store owner; Cynde Stevens is her assistant. (Click on Slide Show for another photo.)
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Part II continues exploring the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) initiatives and how we rely on local people to provide the link from the farmer's fresh produce to the consumer.
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Kat Becker of Stoney Acres Farm near Merrill surveys the new crop of spring turnips. (Click on Slide Show for more photos.)
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At the supermarket, "farm fresh" is casually used to entice us to buy produce that may have been grown thousands of miles away. In this report, we learn its true meaning: a family farm that builds relationships with its consumers.