Podcasts about Rice Lake

Holy crap, did that suck! The weather went from bad to worse yesterday…with rain, snow, thunder, lighting & then some. Had a HELL of a time cleaning my truck off this morning. Thankfully, there's about 13 hours of college basketball today starting at 11am to keep me occupied! In the news this morning, stories about a new scam making it's way around the state, a former Vice Chancellor gave unauthorized raises, the NFL draft in Green Bay is going to feature a "dive bar" experience, Henry Firearms is moving ALL of it's manufacturing operations to Rice Lake, and President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education. In sports, we recapped last night's final "First Four" games and looked ahead at today's schedule in the tournament. Plus, the Bucks are taking on the Lakers tonight in LA and Aaron Rodgers will NOT be a Viking next season. Elsewhere in sports, the QBs that will be featured in the second season of Netlix's "QB" show were announced yesterday, and the Trump Administration has suspended $175 million in Federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania. Let you know what's on TV tonight and talked about today being the first day of Spring! Plus, it's "Hypothetical Thursday", so we asked each other some hypothetical questions. Jean's question for Brian was: "If money weren't a concern, where would you go on vacation?" Brian's question for Jean was: "If all animals could suddenly speak, would you still eat meat?" Cool story about the New England Aquarium building a retirement home for it's older penguins, and in other aquatic news…the fish doorbell is back! Brian has been a proponent of giving anxious travelers the option of getting anesthesia before a flight, and now it looks like that might become a reality in the future as people are getting put under before lengthy tattoo sessions. We went over some betting stats & info with the brackets starting today, and a new venture from the Bare Knuckle Fighting league is coming down the pipeline. Office Cora joined us this morning to talk about what's happening in the 715 this weekend, and also had a question for us on "Hypothetical Thursday". It was: " And in today's edition of "Bad News with Happy Music", we had stories about a sorority girl from Georgia who's going viral because of her mugshot, a woman in Texas who won $83 million in the lottery but is being denied her jackpot, some wannabe rappers that broke into a Jewish Temple, a #FloridaWoman who did something absolutely horrific at an airport, and some American tourists FAFO'd while in Ireland for St. Paddy's Day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second of three games for our Friday coverage of the WIAA state championship games at Camp Randall, the Slinger Owls defeat the defending champion Rice Lake Warriors 31-30 in a back-and-forth affair decided in the final seconds! Hunter Vaughn and Lance Davis are on the call with sideline reporter Pablo Iglesias!

Homer and ESPN host John Anderson discuss John's time covering the Paris Olympics, his thoughts on Kenny Bednarek's performance, did he expect the U.S. Track team to be as dominate as they were, why does John have to go buy a goat and who is the most famous person from Rice Lake, WI; Henry Ellenson or "Kung Fu" Kenny Bednarek?

How lazy is too lazy? A recent study showed some shocking numbers. Plus, Kung Fu Kenny takes home the silver medal! Erik plays an interview with Kenny Bedard's mom from TMJ4 as the Rice Lake native won an Olympic gold medal during the Paris games. And, lastly, Wisconsin's Afternoon News', John Mercure went on a venture during the fair to find the craziest, funniest, and unable to say on the radio shirts.

We take a look back at a busy weekend at the Paris Olympics, including a bittersweet race for Rice Lake's Kenny Bednarek. We take our best guesses on who will be VP Kamala Harris' choice for running mate. And Eric Hovde steps on more rakes—passing along tired tropes about Black men and single moms. UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-8 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show. Guest: Kristin Lyerly

Sprinter Kenny Bednarek can outrun the fastest athletes in the world. But before the track and field star won a silver medal in the men's 200 meter event in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, he was a kid racing his brother in Rice Lake. And now, he’s running in his second Summer Olympic Games. In Paris, he'll be competing in the men's track and field 100m and 200m events.

Every inch counts when it comes to shipping, and accurate dimensioning can tip the scales in your favor. When weighing options, precise pallet dimensioning can make shipping faster and more efficient while reducing surprises on the final bill.    Host Jonathan Betz is joined by Todd Polen, Vice President of Pricing Systems at Old Dominion, and Glenn Zalusky, the Vice President of Strategic Business at Rice Lake Weighing Systems to discuss the benefits of accurate measurements.    Their conversation explores how accurate pallet dimensioning is a game changer for the LTL industry, the downstream benefits to shippers, including improved speed, accuracy, and more predictable pricing, and how this cutting-edge technology is changing the industry by streamlining shipping and boosting the bottom line.  Key Takeaways:   Dimensional freight and LTL carrier considerations. [1:02]   How technology increases the accuracy and speed of measurements. [4:51]   Pallet dimensioner: Pros and cons. [7:47]   Dimensioners and the challenges of irregular freight. [12:34]   How dimensional weights affect a carrier's bottom line. [15:12] Resources: OD Outlook ODFL.com Rice Lake Weighing Systems Cargo Shorts podcast Shippers can direct freight-related questions to marketing@ODFL.com.  

Bill is broadcasting live at Turtleback Golf Course in Rice Lake! Bill begins the show by reacting to game 3 of the NBA Finals, before talking Packers with Mike Clemens and celebrating a comment from Pat Murphy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Marchildon talks to Ronald F. Williamson about his book, The History and Archaeology of the Iroquois du Nord. In the mid-to late 1660s and early 1670s, the Haudenosaunee established a series of settlements at strategic locations along the trade routes inland at short distances from the north shore of Lake Ontario. From east to west, these communities consisted of Ganneious, on Napanee or Hay Bay, on the Bay of Quinte; Kenté, near the isthmus of the Quinte Peninsula; Ganaraské, at the mouth of the Ganaraska River; Quintio, on Rice Lake; Ganatsekwyagon, near the mouth of the Rouge River; Teiaiagon, near the mouth of the Humber River; and Qutinaouatoua, inland from the western end of Lake Ontario. All of these settlements likely contained people from several Haudenosaunee nations as well as former Ontario Iroquoians who had been adopted by the Haudenosaunee. This volume brings together Indigenous knowledge as well as documentary and recent archaeological evidence of this period to focus on describing the historical context, efforts to find the villages, and examinations of the unique material culture discovered there and at similar settlements in the Haudenosaunee homeland. Ronald F. Williamson is founder and now Senior Associate of Archaeological Services Inc. He has spent most of his career studying the history and archaeology of Ontario Iroquoians, much of it collaboratively with Indigenous partners. He is also Vice Chair of the board of Shared Path Consultation Initiative, a charitable organization dedicated to moving beyond collaboration and consultation to Indigenous decision-making in land use planning. He has published extensively on both Indigenous and early colonial Great Lakes history. He is appointed as adjunct status at the University of Western Ontario and he is Chair of the board of the Museum of Ontario Archaeology in London. His primary interests are in the ancestral Wendat occupation of Ontario, the Early Woodland Period in the Northeast and more broadly in the origins and development of the northern Iroquoian cultural pattern. Robert von Bitter is the Archaeological Data Coordinator at the Ontario Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries in Toronto where he lives with his wife and two daughters. Although broadly interested in the archaeology of the province, Robert has recently found the second half of the 17th century both a unique and fascinating period on which to focus his personal research. Image Credit: University of Ottawa Press If you like our work, please consider supporting it: bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society's mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada's past.

In Mt. Horeb this week guns, death, and middle school kids in lockdown. We reflect. We recap Tuesday's 40th Anniversary event in Eau Claire. Thanks to everyone who attended one of the 5 celebrations of our proud history. As always, we are inspired by our members around Wisconsin and their commitment to building a just multiracial democracy. Please consider joining Citizen Action Today! You are needed. We update state legislative candidate announcements and remind you to reach out to people you think should run. We dissect the systemic implications of Marshfield Medical Center in Rice Lake, which paused its labor and delivery services this week. In other hospital monopoly news, Bellin and Gundersen Healthcare merge into the soulless profit seeking Emplify Health, further disconnecting it from its primary mission of meeting community healthcare needs. A Dane County court overturns the PSC decision that allowed people to lease their solar energy system. Will the big fossil fuel utilities be permitted to block the renewable energy revolution? We praise the organizing by voting rights advocates who continue their push for removing fraudulent fake elector Bob Spindell from Wisconsin's elections commission. We take a deeper dive into the Gaza Protests that hit the UW system and campuses across the country. What do they reveal about the power of organizing and the reality of who runs the modern UW System and other major American universities?

Kolby Kiehl sits down with the boys to discuss the new ownership of Rice Lake Speedway, current and future improvements, and more!  Check it out and catch a Saturday night race at Rice Lake Speedway!Support the Show.

Zimbrick Honda's presentation of the WIAA Division 3 State Football Championship Game: Rice Lake vs. Grafton. Jesse Nelson and Chris Orr on the call.

The Cabin is presented by the Wisconsin Counties Association and this week we're featuring Manitowoc County; https://www.wicounties.org/counties/manitowoc-county/The Cabin is also presented by Jolly Good Soda, available in all your classic favorite flavors that we remember from childhood. The diet line offers 0 calories, 0 carbs, 0 sugars, and no caffeine – perfect for mixers or just enjoying on a warm summer day (or any day, for that matter); always Wisconsin-based, you can follow @jollygoodsoda on social for the latest on new flavors, fun promotions, and more. Learn more here; https://bit.ly/3TSFYY4Eric and Ana highlight some of the best apple orchards and pumpkin patches to maximize your Fall fun now that it's October. Many of these include not only orchards and/or pumpkin patches, but other fun family-friendly activities from mini-train rides and kart tracks to petting zoos and make-your-own pizzas with fresh farm ingredients. Eric and Ana explored the offerings of Glacier Rock Farms near Ixonia; the popular Apple Holler on the Racine-Kenosha County line along I-41/94;, Ski-Hi Fruit Farm, nestled in the Baraboo Hills; Apple Hut near Beloit; Apple Barn west of Elkhorn; Seehafer Farms outside of Marshfield; Turner's Fresh Market near Waupaca;, Polly's Pumpkin Patch near Chilton, a place where Eric had filmed for a Discover Wisconsin episode on Calumet County; Helene's Hilltop Orchard near Merrill; Basse's Taste of Country on the Waukesha-Washington County line just west of Menomonee Falls; Mommsen's Harvest Hills Pumpkin Patch and Orchard south of Rice Lake, where Eric also filmed with Discover Wisconsin and participated in some serious pumpkin chuckin'; Ecker's Apple Farm outside of Trempealeau, which also offers live music and a craft beer bar; and Shanahan Orchard between Plain and Loganville in Sauk County. The discussion also zoned in on two specific areas known in Wisconsin for growing fruit: Bayfield County and Door County. These two counties feature more maritime climate tendencies than the rest of the state, and as such they've attracted clusters of growers. In Bayfield, they discussed Blue Vista Farm, Hauser's Superior View, Hillcrest Orchards, Rabideaux's Orchards, Sunset Valley Orchard, and North Wind Organic Farm, all part of a trail you can follow in the hills above Bayfield for a full day - or weekend or more - of fun! In Door County, Eric and Ana checked out Lautenbach's Orchard Country & Wine Market, the Wood Orchard Market, Wildwood Market, and the Red Barn Corn Maze - which offers quite the challenging maze along with, as so many offer, pick-your-own options.We wrap up the Campfire Conversation talking about the upcoming Discover Wisconsin episode on West Allis, with its neighborhood renaissance, emerging culinary scene, and renewed civic pride. Apurba Banerjee hosts this episode and Ana, as producer, discusses it all with us ahead of its release on the Discover Wisconsin app this Wednesday, October 4th, and on local broadcast channels as well as all the online stream options this weekend, October 7th & 8th. Visit Lake Geneva: https://bit.ly/3wHvilfMenomonie Chamber: https://bit.ly/3q16T9Y   Marshfield Clinic: https://bit.ly/3Wj6pYj

I really enjoyed this Deep Roots Radio conversation with Tom Wisniowski of The Happy Earth Orchard, Ellsworth, WI, and Andrew Mommsen of Mommsen Produce and Pumpkin Patch, Rice Lake, WI. They are among the hundreds of Wisconsin farmer-members of the Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism Association who invite visitors for you-pick produce, corn mazes, delicious foods and fresh beverages, relaxation, and a wide range of family-friendly activities. While Tom is now in his third year opening his orchard to eager visitors, Andrew is celebrating 30 years of a growing interest in farm experiences. Both represent a range of lessons learned and rewards experienced as they've welcomed individuals and families to their farms. You'll also hear from Sheila Everhart, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism Association (WATA). She describes how the public can go to WATA's website to find a wide range agricultural adventures near you. She also describes how farmers benefit from the educational, advocacy and promotional work WATA does for its members every day of the year. I hope you enjoy this podcast. Sylvia

This weekend a man in his 20's drowned in Rice Lake. And that's raising warnings about water safety. Next, we're talking how to prepare for retirement. Are you looking at the next stage?

Welcome to Rice Lake, Wisconsin, "You'll love our friendly nature!"  The town was named in 1870 after nearby Rice Lake.  The lake was named for the wild rice that used to grow on it's shores.  The area is known for it's trail networks that provide opportunities to sky, hike, bike, and snowmobile.  The nearby lake provides opportunities for fishing and other watersports.  We hope you enjoy our trip to Rice Lake!

Thank you for listening to our episode on the 5 Out Offense with Coach Orr of Rice Lake. You can follow him here on twitter: twitter.com/RLwarriors Now is a perfect time to become a member of Coach's Edge. Check us out at the link below! Website: www.coachsedge.coach Email: contact@cramerbasketball.com Camps: www.Cramerbasketball.com Online Training: https://cramerbasketball.mypthub.net/3/p/133059 Twitter.com/coachsedge1 Twitter.com/cramerbball Facebook.com/cramerbasketball Youtube.com/cramerbasketball Instagram.com/cramer_basketball Basketball coach basketball podcast basketball strategy Player development zone offense zone defense pressing pressure defense program building team defense pack line defense baseline defense zone defense 1-3-1 defense basketball united slapping glass coaching tips teach hoops how to coach basketball basketball podcast youth basketball basketball camps basketball immersion training basketball shooting tips basketball conditioning shooting drills ball handling drills passing drills basketball drills basketball workouts basketball drills youth basketball basketball drills open gyms shootouts scrimmages man to man defense basketball officials and deep dive refs sports psychology shot selection

Canadian Crusoes: A Tale of The Rice Lake Plains

The crew places a lunch wager on when ice will be out on Rice Lake as well as talking about all the great new festival ticket options on BBay.

"I made a name for myself in track and field history but we've got a lot more stuff to do and a lot more to accomplish." Jasmine Todd and Katelyn Hutchison are joined by Kenny Bednarek. At just 24 years old, he's already made a name for himself on the global stage with two individual global medals under his belt - a 200m silver at the Tokyo Olympics and another at the 2022 World Championships. Kenny has proven that he's a force to be reckoned with. His journey to becoming a professional athlete and on top the podium hasn't always been easy. He grew up in Rice Lake, Wisconsin and attended Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa. Kenny has had to overcome being overlooked and carry the weight of a chip on his shoulder. In this conversation, Kenny opens up about his path to success, his adoption story and the hard work and determination it took to get where he is today. Subscribe, download and listen to the show on Spotify and Apple Podcasts by searching Out of The Blocks with Jasmine Todd and Katelyn Hutchison. APPLE PODCASTS: https://apple.co/3yj1UmD SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/3u4kigL ▶ Follow Jasmine Todd: Twitter | Instagram ▶ Follow Katelyn Hutchison: Twitter | Instagram

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The Brainerd Dispatch Minute is a product of Forum Communications Co. and is brought to you by reporters at the Brainerd Dispatch. Find more news throughout the day at BrainerdDispatch.com. The Brainerd Dispatch is proud to be a part of the Trust Project. Learn more at thetrustproject.org.

Border News Roundup with Marshall Helmberger

From Fox Crossing to Rice Lake and everywhere around Wisconsin it's a whole small town crime wave.

The boys sit down with another couple of Rice Lake natives, Shawn and Jerrod Amundson.  Only a few swear words in this one... (caution explicit).  Shawn and Jerrod get into how they got started, where they are at now and a bunch of very random stories.  Give it a listen!

The boys sit down with Simon Wahlstrom from Rice Lake, Wisconsin.  Simon talks past and present racing, current problems/solutions in racing and much more!  Check it out and let us know what you think!

Listen in as Sis takes us through her youth hockey days, playing checking hockey with the boys, through high school and then to the inaugural season with the Wisconsin Badgers Women's Team! Following a few years of coaching at a variety of levels, Sis has found her home as the Director of Hockey Operations and Equipment Manager with the Women Badgers with some US National/Olympic Team duties sprinkled in. You don't want to miss this episode!Rice Lake pee wee Phoenix Randall-Hoeft talks about his multi-sport athleticism, his hockey hair and the Michigan goal he scored this season! Computer Recovery Associates CRA specializes in removing, monetizing and recycling computer hardware from large data centersDooley's Pub The place to go for a traditional Irish pub experience with quality food good prices and beverages

Manoomin (wild rice) grows along the waterways of Northern Turtle Island and has been treasured by Anishinaabe since time immemorial. But in the past hundred years, protecting wild rice has become an increasing concern. Learn more about this sacred food source from manoomin harvesters James Whetung, William Yerxa, and Jana Rae Yerxa. Inspired by Harold Perry, whose grandmother carried seeds from Rice Lake to the Mississippi River near Ardock, James Whetung returned home from Ardock's 1982 food security uprising to his community of Curve Lake First Nation determined to restore their wild rice beds, with the ultimate goal of putting the rice back in Rice Lake.James and his clan (Black Duck) continue to work to restore their hereditary territory and to put the rice back in Rice Lake! BlackDuckWildRice.net Jana-Rae Yerxa is Anishinaabe. Her home community is Couchiching First Nation in Treaty #3 territory. She currently resides in Fort Frances, Ontario and is happy to be part of Seven Generations Education Institute as Faculty and Curriculum Developer in Anishinaabe Gikendaasowin. William Yerxa is Anishinaabe from Little Eagle which is now known as Couchiching First Nation. William began ricing when he was 13 years old and has been caring for manoomin for 70 years. He is happy his children and grandchildren know how to care for manoomin. Follow ICA on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook IndigenousClimateAction.com The ICA Pod Team is made up of Lindsey Bacigal, Morningstar Derosier, and Brina Romanek.

Licensed professional counselors Johanna Dwinells and Sarah Bryski-Hamrick are slowly demystifying and destigmatizing therapy, one episode at a time. Recording and living in the Philadelphia area, Johanna and Sarah work to make therapy feel more accessible, with quirky, sometimes intrusive questions that reveal the human side of healthcare professionals, all while they overcome their own anxieties and internalized stigmas. TW: Brief mention of SIEpisode summary: Johanna is grateful. Sarah celebrates. They both discuss fonts and the history of OCD. Guest, Kaileen McMickle, talks about working with anxiety, OCD and overcoming shame.Guest Bio: Kaileen is a Licensed Professional Counselor and owner of Inner Ascent Counseling in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. She has 8 years of experience working in the mental health field, 6 of those post-grad. Her first clinical setting following graduation was in a trauma-based day treatment program for adolescents leading group therapy. She now specializes in anxiety (with certification as a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional) and trauma and is passionate about working with many of the ways anxiety and shame manifests for people including PTSD, OCD, perfectionism, panic, and stress. She loves to make time for her amazing 14 year-old daughter, connecting with friends and family, quiet early morning coffee, sometimes a good Netflix binge or video game, and frisbee golf (when nature thaws).Sources for today's History Lesson: med.stanford.edu; Mad world: Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy by Michael Edwards; merriam-webster.comResources: Dr. Kristin Neff at self-compassion.org; Brene Brown at brenebrown.comQuestions/comments/concerns? Want to be interviewed on TND podcast? Email us at therapistsnextdoor@gmail.com.Follow us: IG: @tndpodTwitter: @tndpod1Do you want bonus features, including episodes, the ability to vote on what questions we ask our guests and ad-free episodes (fingers crossed)? Do you want to help support us as we demystify and destigmatize mental health? Visit our Patreon: patreon.com/tndpodcastOr visit our website: tndpodcast.com

1911 Gold Corporation is a junior gold producer focused on the exploration and development of new gold deposits on the Company's flagship asset in Rice Lake, Manitoba. The Company has significant upside potential, with existing infrastructure and a consolidated land position extending along the crustal-scale Wanipigow fault. Historic exploration activity has been narrowly focused, limited by the fragmented land position and a focus on near mine mineralization. The new exploration model uses a belt-scale exploration focus to identify and test geology comparable to the existing True North mine as well as structures similar to those found further east along the West Uchi Greentstone Belt, in the Red Lake district. The Company also owns the Apex property near Snow Lake, Manitoba and the Denton-Keefer and Tully properties near Timmins, Ontario. 1911 Gold intends to focus on both organic growth opportunities and accretive acquisition opportunities in North America.1911 Gold Corporation presents an attractive opportunity for investors looking for an entry into one of the most prolific trends for gold, in an area that is vastly underexplored compared to other regions along the belt.

The Back Lakes of Canada As was their custom, several young men of the town of Cobourg (a Canadian frontier town) met one evening in Frank Stalwart's rooms at the "North American." This was in the latter days of August, four years ago — yes, it must be four years ago, and yet how fresh in my memory, in spite of the many changes, some so gladly welcomed and others so ruthlessly bitter, which have since then transpired. On this particular evening the usual gossip was almost exhausted, when Ned Benton, a young, but not briefless, barrister, proposed we should settle upon the manner in which to take a couple of weeks' recreation. Placing his pipe carefully against a book on the table, which I remember was Longfellow's Poems, my friend, Frank Stalwart, suggested a trip up the Back Lakes. Said he, "we can have a little deer hunting, a good deal of duck shooting, no end of fishing, and altogether a splendid outing." "Some prefer to 'ball it' at a watering place; what say you, Bob Bertram?" addressing myself, "and put down that novel and order in some claret and ice." "Well," I said, "I know not whether the claret will change my mind, but now I am for the Lakes. I have heard so much about their romantic scenery that I greatly desire to see them." So, it was settled that we should start on the following Monday, after having taken another evening to arrange the route and the requirements of our outfit. Ned Benton and I, according to a previous understanding, met our companion, Frank Stalwart, at Peterborough, about thirty-five miles north of our starting point. This was done so that our friend could go by way of Rice Lake and bring over Thad. Fremont, an accomplished man in the way of dogs, canoes, and camp life on the lakes and in the woods. I may mention here that, besides his many other admirable qualifications, in all things culinary Thad. was a perfect success. During the afternoon of the day of our arrival at Peterborough we proceeded to get together such things as are necessary for the hunter's outfit. Besides the tent, the sportsman, for two weeks of camping, must have buffalo skins and blankets, kettle, tin plates, cups, and such things, together with bacon and bread to last a few days. After that he should trust to his skill in killing to supply the board. Also, he requires a moderate quantity of tea. I believe some carry with them a small keg of whiskey; in fact, it is considered by many a necessary article on these occasions, as it is impossible to drink the lake water on account of the profuse vegetable growth of rice, lilies, and other plants and flowers, which are almost invariably present in these small lakes, and certainly add to their picturesque beauty. Having towards evening collected our necessaries, we began to look for Mr. Thad., who had, unnoticed, strayed from our path. We had in prospect that night a drive of seven miles in a wagon to Bridgenorth, a village consisting of one small tavern and a boat-building shop. We wished to set out as early as possible, so as to obtain a good night's rest and be prepared for a long paddle the next day. Thaddeus, however, was not to be found, and after a diligent search we went without him, taking with us his rifle and cartridge box, and leaving word to have him taken out early in the morning in a buggy. It turned out that the young man could not refrain from visiting an acquaintance of the fair persuasion, and once in the charmer's fascinating presence he found, no doubt, it was impossible to resist the spell of her enchantments, and midnight had stolen in upon the happy lovers ere Thad. awoke to the slightest degree of consciousness. Determined to start that evening, we loaded our wagon with two canoes, ammunition, and other supplies, and ourselves, three in number, besides the driver. The wagon that held all this was very moderate in size, with easy springs, but the canoes are carried in a peculiar way. Two poles are placed across the wagon above the box and nearly over the axles. The poles extend about three feet on each side of the wagon box. Across the poles the canoes are tied, one on each side parallel with the conveyance. Thus, the seats are left free. Away we went, singing merry songs, and it would, I am sure, be hard to find "three blyther lads" than we. After breakfast the next morning at Bridgenorth, on Chemong Lake, having waited a short time for the delinquent Thad. , and upon the arrival of the repentant youth, about nine o'clock, we gaily proceeded to load and trim our canoes. Having arranged to follow this chain of lakes about forty or fifty miles before settling upon a permanent camping ground for our labors, we set out, Frank and I in a birch bark canoe well laden with our guns, ammunition, and camping utensils, besides the two hounds, Woodman and Harry, in the bow at my knees. The wind was pretty fresh, and blowing directly against us, making the paddling rather hard work, and also making the water so rough that a good deal of it was shipped over the bows. This disturbed the dogs considerably, and I was obliged when they would attempt to get up on the bow to keep them down by dint of a few sharp blows on the head with the paddle. The wise creatures, however, soon became accustomed to it, and, as if they knew for what purpose we had embarked, behaved like noble martyrs. The roughness was so great that Frank and I, as well as Benton and Thad., in a broad canoe, were compelled to pull ahead as strongly as we could from island to island, and from time-to-time unload, empty out the water received over the sides of our light crafts, load up and off again. Thus, about nightfall, we got to the foot of the lake, where we pitched our tent and tarried for the night. Chemong Lake is within the pale of civilization, the land on either side being cultivated, and some comfortable looking farm houses being within the view. The islands are numerous, and are covered with shrubs and small trees.  Some of these islands are almost perfectly circular, and seem to rise out of the water like mounds, with the trees so thick and even that they often present the appearance of a beautiful green cone of foliage floating on the surface of the water. We rose in the morning a little before dawn, and the industrious and enthusiastic sportsman, Ned Benton, sallied out in a canoe to make war upon grey-backs and mallards, while the rest of us remained to pack up and arrange for the morning meal, and as, occasionally, we heard the report of our companion's gun, the light hearted Thad. would exclaim that should he get two or three brace of ducks he would give us a stew that would make us feel like princes. In a couple of hours Ned came in with five beauties. Thad. made good his boast, and as he danced around the fire preparing the savory meal he seemed to us (unaccomplished in the art — I was almost going to say the divine art — of cookery) clad in some mysterious power. During the night the water had become quite smooth and we glide off. We send the canoes along with ease. Everything is calm and quiet. The sun bathes the woods that line the shore in the mellow light of morning. Fresh and soft and pure looks the foliage, as if it had sprung up like magic. Nothing is heard save our chatting voices and the musical ripple of the water, as the canoes shoot through it. Truly we feel like princes; if not as rich at least as independent. Soon we arrived at a mill-dam, at the outlet from Chemong to Buckhorn Lake, owing to which we have to make a portage. Unloading, we carry our packs and canoes nearly half a mile, and then embark in another water. We did not go far before we came to the Buckhorn Rapids down which we ran in beautiful style, Thad. giving us a lead. Frank and I followed in the birch bark, and Benton brought up the rear. On the right is a large mass of rock which rises perpendicularly from the water about forty or fifty feet, and extends along the shore as many yards, sloping down like the roof of a house, and meeting smaller rocks and a rich growth of woods; on the left the water is full of boulders, and the shore thickly lined with young trees and shrubbery close to the water's edge, and even appearing to extend into it. These rapids are comparatively swift and full, but with scarcely any turns. I laid my paddle across the bow and allowed my friend Frank to pilot us through; and it certainly required no small skill in steering and handling the paddle. The sensation was truly pleasurable, and is difficult of description. At first the canoe moves slowly and evenly along of its own accord, without any assistance from the occupants, increasing in speed through every foot of space; then entering the rough waters of the rapids it shoots off like the rush of some living creature let loose from its bonds; then, making a turn between two impending rocks, it darts past within a few inches of one of them, and then, in the deepest and strongest force of the current it bounds gracefully along on the waves, as if glad that it requires not the hand of man to give it motion; and, having acquired this magical independence, it seems to leap from wave to wave, dancing in rejoicing playfulness to the tune of the singing stream till it loses its joy and force and strength in the calm waters of the rapid's foot. Once more we ply the paddles with some degree of force and gracefully glide through the waters of Buckhorn Lake. The advanced morning is splendid in the radiant beams of the warming sun. The small bays that indent the right shore, skirted sometimes on one side with large flat rocks and on the other with heavy forest trees, are entered by rivulets from the wilds and hills beyond, visited only by Indians and adventurous sportsmen. Here all traces of civilization are passed, and the whole prospect is one of primeval nature. Pulling the three canoes abreast we pursue our way in happy commune. "We leave Deer Bay on our left. It is the largest on the lake, thickly covered with rice, and its shores closely grown with trees of various types, looking in the calmness of noon time like a close wall of leaves defending the peaceful water from all intruders. Now, for a mile or two in length, the right shore rises in a sloping hill, nearly two hundred feet in height, giving the effect of a vast, closely wooded slope from the beach up, appearing to extend grandly and proudly to the silver-bordered clouds that rest serenely upon its summit. Taking a turn to the left we hear the rumbling of another rapid, and after holding a consultation as to the proper channel to run, we go down singly, Thad. again proceeding in the van. We conclude to take the side channel, and gently floating through the softly moving sweep of water at the head we turn by the edge of the rocky side with the increasing movement of the current, apparently about to rush against the parapet of solid rock in front, when the stream, by a sudden swerve, as if in merry caprice, bears us around, and then, as if angry at having carried us in safety through twists and turns, sends us with the force of its full speed over the collected volume of its bounding waves, and we enter the strangely named Lovesick Lake. Here we met another party of hunters, like ourselves. It seemed so strange— as if they had sprung up from the water by some magician's wand, after moving the whole day through scenes of enchanting wilderness and peaceful, quiet beauty, which had never in all the roll of ages been disturbed by the innovations of man. They were going, they said, to the rice beds on Deer Bay for the evening duck shooting. They told us where their tents were pitched, and advised us to establish ourselves on an island opposite theirs, which we agreed to do, having concluded previously to make this lake our permanent camping ground. Frank Stalwart had known these gentlemen for years, and hence the greeting of him and his friends was cordial indeed, our canoe and theirs having been drawn up close together. Like us, they were four in number. They told us they had that morning (their first one out) killed a deer, and it was agreed that they should visit our camp in the evening to arrange for a deer hunt in one party the following morning. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon, and in a few minutes after, we reached the island of our destination, where we at once proceeded to unload our canoes and pitch our tent. This island was one well adapted for our purpose, being elevated and dry. From where we landed the approach to the level above was steep, but the ascent made without difficulty; On the other side the rocks were perfectly perpendicular, and rose directly out "of the water about thirty feet. The tent having been tightly fixed, Frank and I selected a trolling hook and line and started off in search of fish, proposing to return in about half an hour, while our two companions prepared the evening repast, passing around the point of the island, we move under the high overhanging cliffs that skirt its side; then, as we near the border of a large rice bed, I let out the trolling line in hopes of securing the prey. In a few minutes, while Frank and I were cementing our friendship with mutual assurances of a constant attachment in the future, I felt a sudden jerk, then, as I took a firmer hold of the line, a stubborn pull. Knowing the cause was an active maskinonge, I began to haul in. Feeling the resistance, he darted forward, then to one side with a wonderfully strong plunge. As I brought him near, he bounded to the surface in frantic efforts to get free, and gave us a very liberal sprinkling. A couple of quick pulls, however, and a good steady haul, laid him captive in the canoe, when, with a last desperate whisk of his tail he snapped my briar wood pipe in two like a piece of thin glass and sent the pieces flying in the air. Thus ended the history of my favorite pipe, which was carefully strengthened with a silver ferule, and thus a plump twelve pounder of the finny tribe was lost to his companions of the deep to satisfy the selfish sport of man. After catching one or two more I roll up the line, and we quietly take a sauntering sort of paddle about the edge of the lake to drink in all the native beauty of the view. I think neither poet's pen nor artist's pencil could fully and clearly describe the delight that fills the mind, or the peculiar thrill of serenity and pure sensation of awe that stirs the heart and moves the thought to involuntary devotion in such a scene. The water is as calm and smooth as a sheet of glass, supporting on its even surface large patches of rich full blooming lilies of spotless whiteness surrounded with their broad, deep green leaves; and very carefully, without knowing it, do we dip our paddles so as not to mar their matchless purity nor disturb the sweet repose of floral beauty at rest upon the water's bosom. It seems a wanton sacrilege to displace the fair ornaments with which nature has adorned herself. The lake side is closely lined with rocks and ledges of uneven height, from out whose crevices grow tall pines and large firs without the slightest evidence of soil. The water is deep quite up to the rocky shore, and the intervening spaces between some of the moss-covered, sloping rocks are filled with a luxuriant growth of trees of numberless shapes and sizes. The autumnal variegated tints of orange, yellow, scarlet, green, and red, intermingled with the unaccountable harmony' of Nature's marvelous work, contrast so pleasingly with the deep and constant color of the foliage of the heavy evergreens. These rocks and wooded growths are high and close, and nothing can be seen over or between them. There is almost an angular bend at this part of the irregular shore, forming, as it were, a temple for the appearance of the divinities of the place. The evening is impressively still, the water is supremely calm, like the innocent sleep of a fair infant; the mild subdued light of the receding sun produces the shadows of the objects in view,  inverted beneath the lake; our paddles are quietly, tenderly, with sacred care, placed across the canoe; our friendly talk is hushed; we are as motionless as the placid lilies that surround us ; we are lost in the sublimity, the grandeur of Nature, fast bound in the awe of the majesty of her magic spell. At length the approach of falling night reminds us of our companions in the camp, and we return to our tent upon the island, exchanging, as we go, expressions of wonder and admiration. In the evening we gathered drift boards from the island and made seats around our camp fire, while arranging which the measured sound of paddles, and the steady hum of voices met the ear. We immediately proceeded to the shore, and there met our acquaintances of the afternoon. Their canoes pulled up, we all formed a pleasant social crescent before the fire, the can having been previously hung above the blaze in readiness for a brew with which to welcome our sporting guests. The night was cool and frosty, not very bright, yet myriads of twinkling stars sparkled in the deep blue sky. No lights or signs of any kind gave token of civilized life. Our small party of eight, gathered from various quarters of the globe (some of whom had travelled in many climes), had met on this tiny islet in a small lake, surrounded by miles upon miles of the untouched wilds of Nature, and no sound was heard save the constant rushing noise of the swiftly flowing rapids. There was Major Howard, an Englishman, now living in the neighborhood of Peterborough, and Mr. Loring, a civil engineer of the same place, with others of lively and social predilections, who all told interesting and romantic incidents of foreign travel, as well as sporting and hunting experiences in the wilds of Canada. In the clear bracing air of the autumn evening, as we smoked our pipes and sipped the warming beverage, our talk became readily savored with the hunter's phraseology. "How clearly," said the Major, "we can hear the tumbling of the rapids; the night is so calm. That point, you know, just at the head, used to be a favorite camping ground, but of late it has been rather abandoned. There have been several drowned in running through. Two poor fellows were lost the past summer: "And why didn't they learn to swim," put in our Irish friend, Carroll, "or not go poking themselves into traps they couldn't get quietly out of again."  "But my dear fellow," replied the Major, "the eddies are so strong, you know, that even good swimmers have rather a frail chance; and as for guns, why bless your heart the foot of these rapids is fairly paved with them." "Are you an experienced canoe-man, Mr. Bertram," the Major continued,' addressing me. "You're not? well, you'll soon like it. It's a fascinating life, I assure you. Upon my life, Mr. Bertram, it's a very fascinating life; so free, and wanting care. Why, we come up here every few weeks and take down a deer or so, and a score or two of ducks. It is really very jolly, and no end of sport."  "Do you remember, Frank," said Loring, "when you and I upset on Black Duck Lake?" "Indeed I do, old boy, and I feel chilly every time I think of it." And then was told, at some length, how they dived and recovered their guns and some of their other traps. "I suppose you were rather moist at the time," said Carroll, "but it makes a very dry story." Then the tin cups were soon replenished from the steaming can and passed around the circle. "There's one thing true," said the incorrigible Carroll, "it would never do to drink this lake water until it was boiled down." And so the talk went on — of yachting in the Mediterranean, racing in England, and social converse concerning mutual friends and acquaintances — till we separated, about eleven o'clock, having settled to meet at dawn ready to chase the deer. Then we spread our buffalo skins on the ground in the tent and retire for the night, well covered with blankets, beneath which we slumber soundly till the break of day. The mouth or door of the tent being open, we behold, on awaking, the waning stars, not yet entirely chased away by the fast-approaching sunlight. A hasty toilet made at the lake, a hasty breakfast, and we are ready for the start.  Frank Stalwart and I were stationed with our canoe at one end of our own island to meet the deer, if one should cross from the main land, and as we sat quietly waiting beneath an overhanging growth of shrubbery, projecting from a ledge of rock, said he, "Rob, did you ever hunt the deer before?" "Not in this way, Frank; I have generally hunted in run-ways."  "And," he replied, "a run-away business I expect it was, was it not?" 'Well, it was not so much their timidity as my ineffectual aim." "It is time, then, you had an aim in life. But you may be more successful in this method, as you get them at shorter range." "I understand," said I, "the general theory of this mode, but will you be kind enough to give me all the minutiae?" "With all the pleasure in life, old chap. It is in this way: — Well, there should be about five or six canoes and four or five hounds, and it is very fortunate for us we met these other fellows, as they make the party about the right strength, and afford us, with our own, the proper number of dogs. There is always an injunction understood that no firing is to take place on the morning of a hunt, as these denizens of the forest are very timid creatures, and avoid the direction whence any noise is heard. So, remember if a half score of ducks fly under your nose you must let them pass. The guns should be loaded with buckshot, although experienced men kill sometimes with small duck shot. The canoes are stationed at different points, where the deer are likely to cross. This morning one is placed at Scow Island, half a mile or more to the right, one down in the bay, about half a mile to the left, one out at Black Duck Lake, nearly two miles away, and others I know not where. Two or three of the party go on the main land to put out the dogs. Thad. , Loring, and Riggits are doing that arduous duty at the present time. When the dogs strike upon the scent of deer they are let loose. When they get within hearing distance the deer break from cover and almost invariably make for the water as a harbor of safety from their canine pursuers. As soon as the does give tongue the men at the different stations are to be on the alert, and when a deer enters the water at any particular, point the man who discovers him must keep perfectly still until the animal is well out in the lake, as the deer's senses of smell and hearing are extremely acute. Then the canoe, quietly and with as little noise of the paddle as possible, meets the intended game, until observed by the unsuspecting creature. Then the pursuer flies after him with all the skill he has in his power till he gains within a short distance of his prey. Then an unmistaken aim and the discharge of the fowling piece lays the forest monarch low." After faithfully remaining at our post about two hours or more, we heard the yelping of the hounds, which made us more sharply attentive. It was soon evident, however we were not to have the good fortune of a chase at our station that morning, for ere long there came from a distance the report of guns. Then we knew the hunt was over, and we repaired to the tent. In about three quarters of an hour the rest of the party came in, and one canoe was the honored bearer of a plump young doe. After a time, the dogs made themselves heard on the main shore opposite, and the active Thad. quickly proceeded to bring them over. So ended the morning's work. After the midday meal we sat and smoked, or lay on the blankets basking in the sun till four or five o'clock, when we set out for the evening's duck shooting, some of the party remaining near the camp and others going up to the large rice bed near Deer Bay. And the party reassembled in the evening well rewarded with game. Thus, we spent the time; and richly did we enjoy the days as they passed. Indescribable was the pleasure of hours upon hours every day in the clear open air and sunlight, with the exhilarating exercise of paddling, the inspiration of the scenery, and the excitement of the sport all commingling their various charms. We were well able before we left to verify the words of the Major, for truly did we find it a fascinating life. Our freedom was perfectly unalloyed. We had no cares of business nor the exactions of the conventional pleasures of society. Liberty was there unbounded. But now I will not make any further narration of our camping expedition, but in another paper may say something of the conclusion of our journey and the romantic interests of these spots of nature so beautifully wild. Rob Bertram

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Theater Event, Library Organization, Fundraising Gala, Symphony Performance– Host Al Ross talks with directors of two Rice Lake theater groups participating in a worldwide event on “Spectrum West.” The show also features interviews about a library system organization, a non-profit fundraising gala, both in Eau Claire, and a Rice Lake Symphony performance after a long pandemic break.

The show: The full interview with bonus material: Rice Lake Hard Cider produces small-batch artisan beverages from their brewery located in Baltimore. It is always tough starting a business. But as you will hear in this special report from correspondent Marc Cowin, Jana Crawford and her husband, Graham Smith, faced an unexpected hurdle when the […] The post Rice Lake Hard Cider launches during COVID as couple pursues dream appeared first on Consider This. Related posts: The journey towards a sustainable start-up in Colborne during the challenges of a pandemic Burnham Family Market transitions during pandemic, as legacy farm moves to next generation Old age pension, healthcare, protecting the vulnerable are key issues for local voters

The most familiar tune for this hymn was written by Charles Converse, but there is a bit of a mystery as to the origin of this hymn. It involves a book of poems by Joseph Scriven, which was missing eight lines of text. The present location of this book is unknown. Scriven spent the last years of his life in the home of James Sackville, near Rice Lake and Port Hope, Ontario. Sackville claims that this hymn was never published by Scriven in any book or paper. He claims that Scriven only sent a copy to his mother and Sackville's mother. The current location of the Sackville manuscript is also unknown. Some suggest it was printed in Dublin, while Converse credits the text to the "Genevan Presbyterian Church (of Brooklyn) Collection". Others believe Converse learned of Scriven's hymn from a salesperson visiting the Burdette Organ Company in Erie, Pennsylvania. The story is that Scriven was so touched by the words that he rushed to find an organ to craft a melody. H. L. Hastings published this hymn for the first time in 1865, and included a fourth stanza. Hastings credited it to Scriven, which made it seem that the additional stanza was not new. Early printings of this hymn were attributed to Horatius Bonar as well. An alternate tune was composed by Frederick G. Carter, and The editors of the Companion to Church Hymnal (2000) called Carter's tune "a fresh, effective, and eminently congregational tune that is well suited to the text," whereas with the tune by Converse, they said, "not much can be done to relieve the dull boredom of this tune, which is all too typical of gospel tunes of the period". This is why I like the Fred Bock arrangement of this hymn so much. He did a wonderful job arranging this tune, and making it a beautiful piece of piano music.

Rice Lake's Kenny Bednarek is bringing a silver medal back from Tokyo in the men's 200 meter dash! Plus, a new Jamaican kitchen opens in Madison, the Progress Center for Black Women has a new home and COVID cases continue to surge.

On this date in 1924, Ward County's Rice Lake resort hosted the biggest celebration of Emancipation Day in North Dakota history.

Paula Poundstone, Musical Review, Symphony Season and Theatre Guild- Comedian Paula Poundstone returns to “Spectrum West.” The show also features interviews with a Chippewa Falls musician, the director of a Rice Lake symphony orchestra and the executive director of an Eau Claire theatre guild.

SPEAKERSJim du Bois, Kenny Blumenfeld Jim du Bois 00:00It's a glass of water in the middle of a desert. Drink up, Minnesota. This is Way Over Our Heads. It's a weather and climate podcast. I'm Jim du Bois. Kenny Blumenfeld's a climatologist. Kenny, you had a little time away from the office. How was that? Kenny Blumenfeld 00:16It's always good to get out, you know, especially after the pandemic. Get out, go somewhere else, see a different set of walls. So, we went, we went up to northwest Wisconsin. Spent a few days visiting friends and going to supper clubs, which is one thing Wisconsin does really well. Jim du Bois 00:39Yes, they do. Kenny Blumenfeld 00:40Those kind of old supper clubs with the vintage signs. So we were in the Rice Lake area. It's good. How are you, Jim? Jim du Bois 00:47You know, Kenny, I am doing well. I'm looking forward again with fingers crossed, because we are used to disappointment this spring and summer. But it sounds like you know, you're kind of in the middle of the desert, you see the mirage of that water that looks so tempting. And then you, you round the little rise in the desert, and it disappears. So... Kenny Blumenfeld 01:10Oh, yeah, I see it. I see it. Jim du Bois 01:12I'm skeptical. Kenny Blumenfeld 01:14I understand your, your skepticism is totally justified. It's a really good metaphor, honestly, because, say we've been on a fairly long walk already, and we ran out of water several weeks ago. We're just, we're just thirsty. Or let's just say we ran out of water miles and miles ago. And we've got a long way to walk yet. There's really no sign, no indication, you know, that we have found the oasis. However, there appears to be sitting on a table, it's getting closer than the horizon. Now, there appears to be a fairly large glass of water. Now, if we go and find it, we are certainly not going to thoroughly hydrate ourselves such that we are completely safe for the rest of our journey through this desert. But you gotta admit, can't hurt, right? Jim du Bois 02:15Oh, you bet. Absolutely. So Kenny, are we seeing a change on the horizon here with what seems to be looming for perhaps later today? This is Tuesday, July 13. And tomorrow, Wednesday, July 14. Kenny Blumenfeld 02:31Not a change on the horizon. No, I think that, I think the desert with a table and a glass of water on the table works quite well here. Jim du Bois 02:39Okay. Kenny Blumenfeld 02:40It's still the desert. So, what Jim's referring to for our very patient listeners who've been trying to figure out what the heck is going on with these metaphors. We have a, you know, a nice, warm airmass. It's Tuesday, July 13. It's gonna get a little toasty, and there's a cold front dropping in through Minnesota. It's gonna fire off some scattered, maybe even just isolated thunderstorms. It kind of depends on how much of that smoke in the sky prevents the sunlight from really heating things up near the ground. So, today is kind of act one. Very isolated to scattered thunderstorms with some, you know, maybe some heavy rains, some hail, some gusty winds. Most people will not get anything, but those who do will be lucky, you might even get, you know, an inch of rain out of these storms. But the main event is really from Wednesday morning out in western and southwestern Minnesota into Wednesday evening in parts of eastern and southeastern Minnesota. There's a lot of uncertainty, but it's a fairly potent complex of thunderstorms. It's going to come out of South Dakota. And the question is, is it going to just March eastward out of South Dakota or maybe even dive southeastward into Iowa? Or is it going to take on a little bit of a spin and develop into its own little low pressure area? And it's that scenario that has forecasters at the Storm Prediction Center and locally, and even it has me, most kind of curious, concerned and excited because that kind of situation where thunderstorms breed their own little low pressure area, that can lead to more intense thunderstorms, often with heavy rain and even severe weather. And, you know, as we're recording this now, anyway, the southeastern third or so of Minnesota is included in an enhanced risk for severe weather on Wednesday. And there's also a slight risk for excessive rainfall over pretty much the same area. The best risk really is just south and east of the Twin Cities but it's close enough that we're kind of all, everyone from say St. Cloud on south and east is in play, but again, the greatest risk would be in my mind from somewhere around Owatonna, Northfield, maybe Albert Lea, you know, kind of then eastward through the remainder of southeastern Minnesota. So, it looks like a setup where you could have a northern swath of thunderstorms and just heavy rain, maybe no severe weather, where you see one to two or even three inches in a fairly narrow band. And then another area where the big thunderstorms line up in the afternoon, also producing heavy rain, possibly even isolated amounts above three inches. This is not going to be the kind of thing that drenches the whole state, but a fairly good swath of a half an inch to an inch of precipitation looks, looks likely over the southern third of Minnesota, and there is that severe weather risk where we could see some really strong winds, especially if that little low pressure system forms, Jim. But then, because you asked what's on the horizon, and I think the horizon is being multiple days away. Jim du Bois 05:47Yes. Kenny Blumenfeld 05:47And this system for tomorrow is now well over the horizon and is approaching us. And I think it's very likely to produce thunderstorms and even heavy thunderstorms in southern Minnesota. It's just that after that I don't see much. And that's why I think I wouldn't call it a change, I would call it a, you know, a nice, potentially healthy distraction for us. Jim du Bois 06:10Well, last time, Kenny, you and I spoke, we asked whether or not the rains that had been in the forecast would make a dent in the drought. Did they? Kenny Blumenfeld 06:20Probably in parts of southeastern Minnesota, there was enough rain and in southwestern Minnesota, there has been enough rain to at least stall, the progression of the drought. The drought has basically been advancing, expanding and intensifying over most of Minnesota for the last few to several weeks now. And there was enough precipitation last week in parts of western, southwestern and southern Minnesota, that a minority of the state, but you know, maybe equivalent to 10,000 square miles, at least, was able to hold the drought off from you know, further what we call degradation. However, nobody really, nobody came out of the drought. And a lot of areas hardly got any rainfall and in parts in northwestern Minnesota, it's not only been dry, but it's remained fairly hot. You know, this is a pattern where northern Minnesota is frequently hotter than southern Minnesota, and especially in the, in the northwestern part of the state. So, things have kind of deteriorated in that area. And so no, we didn't we didn't make the kind of progress, that was a real heartbreaker. I think I had mentioned it was consequential. And for people who don't know what I meant by that, I meant, you know, if we had gotten the rain that at the time was advertised by most if not all of the models was still a few days away, we would have had a fairly wide scale improvement in the drought conditions. It wouldn't have, it wouldn't have gotten us out. But I think it would have it would have stalled the, the drought progression and maybe even bumped us up a category in some places. And instead, the heavy precipitation went into Iowa and Missouri where they actually don't really need it the way we need it. And then we only had that scattered stuff in Minnesota. So no, it didn't, it didn't turn out, it didn't turn out the way we hoped. And therefore that left us kind of right where we were, which is not good when you move into the middle part of July, and you are approaching the peak heating, you know, the peak hot weather season. And so that's, that's one of the things we see off on the horizon is a potential anyway, for some more intense heat as we get into next week. I think we can cover that in another podcast because it's still several days away before the really intense heat would be building into Minnesota, maybe even a week away. But it, we're seeing hints, Jim, well, you'll be happy because you love it hot... Jim du Bois 08:48I do. Kenny Blumenfeld 08:48...but we're seeing hints from some of the models actually show the dreaded heat dome, which we will have to define if we, if it actually moves in, moving over at least North Dakota and putting parts of Minnesota close enough to the center of the ridge to have some really intense heating. So, we will have to keep an eye on that. But it's too far away to, to, you know, at this point to bank on it. Enough could change. Maybe we'll, maybe we'll stay on the edge of it. Jim du Bois 09:19Well, Kenny, we've had a pretty quiet severe weather season so far in Minnesota this year. And actually, I think that's been the case pretty much nationwide. But tomorrow, July 14, we actually, according to the Storm Prediction Center, have an enhanced risk of severe weather. Are we looking at what could be, and maybe we should just say compared to what we haven't had so far, a rather substantial severe weather outbreak tomorrow? Kenny Blumenfeld 09:46Yeah, I mean, I, you know, I guess it's important for listeners to know that there's different risk categories, and enhanced does connote a fairly, you know, what I would think of as a fairly sizable risk of severe weather. Above it, you do have moderate risk and high risk. And I think we've talked with, on the podcast about kind of the silliness of some of these category descriptions. Because a high risk of severe weather is like, you know, kind of a lights out event is anticipated, but a moderate risk, which sounds kind of subdued, right? Like moderate... Jim du Bois 10:18Yes.Kenny Blumenfeld 10:18...is actually, you know, those are also tied with generally really substantial severe weather outbreaks and even the enhanced risk, which in my mind sounds more dire than moderate but is really meant to connote kind of a slightly lower level of risk, even those are associated with pretty significant severe weather outbreaks sometimes. And then you have the more common slight risk and marginal risks. So, we're in an enhanced risk, but listeners should probably know that that's as of this recording. That risk level has the potential to be updated kind of five times between when we're recording and when the storms are actually on top of our listenership. And so, we could end up in a higher risk of severe weather in some areas. It could actually be a moderate risk. I wouldn't be shocked if a small area went into a moderate risk. And we could have other areas downgraded. To answer your general question, though, yeah, I think that this, this has more potential than we have seen all year. You have to go back to early March...March! It was March 10... Jim du Bois 11:23Wow... Kenny Blumenfeld 11:24...and we had, we had a hailstorm, and we had a Tornado Watch that covered much of Minnesota. I don't know if we've been in a tornado watch since then. I'm sure I could find out. But in any case, it's been a very quiet severe weather season here. There's been much more activity in Wisconsin, but it's generally been quiet there, too. It's just been more active in Wisconsin than Minnesota. Yeah, I mean, I would say that, given the chance of this kind of low pressure type system forming from the thunderstorms and then being supported by pretty strong winds aloft. It's not going to be a powder keg of mugginess tomorrow. I don't think you'll really be able to feel it, it's just that there's going to be a lot of energy in the atmosphere, especially if that low pressure area forms. And I definitely could see, I could see a pretty intense severe weather outbreak. You know, when we talk about severe weather, Jim, of course, we're, we're talking about something that generally affects a very small proportion or small percentage of a given area. So, you wouldn't expect everyone listening to this to take damage. You would expect, you know, a small fraction of a percent of, of Minnesota maybe to have some wind damage. But the chances of strong winds and even some tornadoes tomorrow are noteworthy. So yeah, this could be, this could be so far anyway, the event of the summer. Jim du Bois 12:52Well, Kenny, in terms of timing, again, this is Tuesday, the 13th of July, when can we start seeing some rain...thunderstorm activity today? Kenny Blumenfeld 13:02So for Tuesday, anytime, after about four o'clock and really into and even through the evening, I think there could be these kind of isolated to maybe scattered thunderstorms. The mechanism, there's kind of two pieces, we're going on here, one, we have a fairly weak cold front moving through, and there's really not that much instability associated with it. So however hot we get today, that's kind of the most energy that it'll be able to work with. But then as the sun is setting and the temperatures are starting to drop, the dewpoints, and the moisture actually will be on the increase, and that could prolong that window of activity till after, you know, after it turns dark. Again, I would expect isolated thunderstorms, some people are gonna have a real nice view off to the east as these storms move away, they might produce some nice lightning in otherwise clear skies. So, you'll see the, you'll see the thunderstorm clouds off to the east and lightning illuminating the back of it. So that's this afternoon and evening, I'd say four o'clock, to maybe eight...nine...ten o'clock, isolated coverage but potentially kind of surprisingly strong thunderstorms if you're not, if you're not ready for them. And then tomorrow, on Wednesday, the timing appears to be, you know, the thunderstorm complex comes out of South Dakota in the morning, say between seven and 10 am and moves into western and southwestern Minnesota, and there's going to be multiple bands have precipitation around this associated with it. Now some of those, even as you get into late morning and early afternoon, we could be looking at severe weather with those. But the main risk window appears to be 3pm to about 8pm in Minnesota. That's where, if we get enough instability, and if the orientation of that system is just so, we could see not just heavy rain of, you know, up to two, three inches in some places, but also severe weather including tornadoes and very strong winds, kind of hurricane force winds in some of the strongest parts of the storms. And then, I think if you happen to be in Wisconsin, the risk continues later into the evening and even into the overnight hours, I have to say that the overall risk appears to be centered in kind of the Eau Claire down to Black River Falls area. So, I think the risk is a little higher there for, you know, kind of a large complex of thunderstorms moving through, but it sort of begins here in Minnesota. And so even in the Twin Cities, we could be looking at severe weather sometime Wednesday afternoon after three or four o'clock. Jim du Bois 15:43So, keep an eye on the sky and fingers crossed that we get some much needed rain. And then Kenny, the next time you and I get together, we can talk about the much discussed heat dome, and whether or not it will make an appearance here in Minnesota. Kenny Blumenfeld 15:58Right. I mean, that's, I think we can define the heat dome, talk about why it's called that and why it's sort of a good term and maybe a confusing one. It's kind of like the summer version of that polar vortex, right? There's there's some true scientific legitimacy to the name and to how we talk about it. But there's also obviously some confusion. Every time it's hot, doesn't mean that there's a heat dome. And every time it's cold, it doesn't mean you have a polar vortex. But yeah, so we could talk about that. And because at least one of the, one of the global climate or weather models is actually suggesting that it'll be moving into our neighborhood, we can look at what that would mean for our forecast and for our weather. But I know that Jim du Bois who, ladies and gentlemen and others, likes at hot would really appreciate it in ways that maybe other people don't. Jim du Bois 16:50Well, this is true, although I would like to see it tampered with some rain, that's for sure. Kenny Blumenfeld 16:55Yeah. Well, hopefully you get a big drink of that glass of water. I mean... Jim du Bois 16:59Yes. Kenny Blumenfeld 16:59...I won't be, I think that many listeners will have two to three inches of rain on Wednesday. It's just the question is exactly where is that going to line up? It could be fairly close to or even over the Twin Cities, then it could be in multiple parts of Minnesota, but it's not going to pull us out of the drought. It's just a nice drink of water. Jim du Bois 17:21Well, make sure, everyone, that you stay tuned to the skies, watch what's happening. Go to your local news source. Stay on top of the weather. And Kenny, we'll look forward to chatting with you later. Kenny Blumenfeld 17:33Yeah, we'll talk maybe later this week or over the weekend. Thanks, Jim. Jim du Bois 17:37This is Way Over Our Heads. It's weather and climate podcast. I'm Jim du Bois. Kenny Blumenfeld's climatologist. We'll catch you next time.

Robert Pilot introduces Winona LaDuke’s essay “Returning to Rice Lake” as we then take a listen; MN House Rep. Heather Keeler; State Sen. Mary Kunesh’s Friday update; Wendy’s Fluff Friday to try to close out a difficult week.

Leadership is a full-time job that requires relentless commitment. For leaders living in rural communities, there is an added challenge of everyone knowing you personally as well. Today, Randy Drost, Superintendent of Rice Lake Area School District joins Janet to share about leading in his hometown community, Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Listen as Randy and Janet discuss the connectedness, challenges and role school leaders play in rural communities.This episode addresses questions, such as:What are some of the bright spots of leadership in a rural community? How do you balance being a member of a community as well as a leader who has the responsibility for holding people accountable?Why are school districts an important piece of rural communities?Recommended Resources: The Hardest Decisions, Deal with Problems, Time Management Grid & Lead by PermissionRecommended Podcasts: One Team, One Purpose: Rural America, The Intersection of Healthcare and Education, Service in the Relationship Business & Move Forward by Doing the Next Right Thing

Mike Augustyniak with WCCO Television Weather. The temperature change today versus yesterday iin the Twin Cities is zero. hinckley's at 50 away from the lake influence but also away from some clouds that have built built up.   Twin Cities at 54 and that's about the warmest number we can find in the region right now.  check in with some of the water Watchers and they're reporting a lot of 40s and 50s 51 both in Rochester and pictures of exit 46 set Charlie's place in oil and 49 from Alexandria down the road to Cold Spring and in Chanhassen and Cannon Falls is 52. years a wider view here of the satellite. you can see how we had these clouds build up across the sea lie and Lutsen in and talk to Rice Lake in Eau Claire sort of on the cloud line to a little bit of Honey breaks in the cloud.   and then here in the Twin Cities little more than just partly cloudy skies in many cases. with time high pressure is going to build into the rest of the afternoon and start to scour these low clouds out that leave this to a cold overnight tonight and it's chilly is it has been here I don't know if this helps or not but we are not alone it has been very cold to the Great Lake States and into the Northeast over the past several months and it looks like that will continue at least over the next week. so high temperature forecast today only a few degrees milder than we are right now should get up to about 58 in the Twin Cities but note the wind North it 15 to 20 that will stick around all day today and that will make these temperatures feel a bit cooler particularly if you're in some of those cloudy or areas or at least in areas were clouds linger a bit later into the afternoon. overnight tonight I am pretty certain that we will get another frost advisory out across the region including the Twin Cities down to 36 that's my forecast low and so so far much of Hennepin in Ramsey County has escaped Frost this week, tonight I don't think that will be the case I think we will get frosted even here in the downtown areas and some twenties around from Hayward to Rice Lake end in Grand Rapids on Saturday which by the way will be mostly sunny in much of the area few high clouds to start the day early in the morning to the west and southwest but those clouds will thicken up with time as we go through the morning until while will be closer to 60 today in places like Worthington in Marshall tomorrow it'll be about 10 degrees cooler while a lot of the rest of the region will have a similar feeling today. tomorrow hours thickening up quickly from the Minnesota River Valley on South and West will start to see dark clouds fill in as we go through the mid-to-late afternoon and especially from the Minnesota River Valley South and West. now there's a chance there's some suggestion that this band of rain will be about fifty miles farther north east end of the evening Twin Cities metro particularly the Southwest Metro could see some rain showers. that's the less likely scenario right now but it is still possible but again bring umbrellas from Marshall to Mankato even though it's not coming up there probably until after dark tomorrow night. then quickly do showers go away Sunday morning we're sort of squeeze between two storm systems. one that could bring some rain showers once again during the day in the far south western and southern part of Minnesota and maybe some drizzle up around the North Shore or low clouds will build in through the day here in central Minnesota East Central Minnesota and Wisconsin. I think it's going to be more names of clouds and sun both weekend days chili only near 60 keep in mind are advertised climbing to near 70 in the next week or so and there's no sign of that in the short-term here Monday. Tuesday warming a little bit, Wednesday perhaps a rain shower and then Thursday and hopefully fingers crossed next Friday Saturday Sunday near 70. we have been seeing that kind of pop up in the extended forecast for the past couple of weekends and as we get closer it just goes away. I don't know if that will happen this time but it again at least the signs now or pointing toward a little bit of a warmer stretch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join America's Roundtable co-hosts Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy for a conversation with Foster Friess. In 1974, Foster and Lynn Friess launched Friess Associates. The firm’s flagship, the Brandywine Fund, averaged 20 percent annual gains in the 1990s, causing Forbes magazine to name it one of the decade’s top mutual funds. Business Week heralded him as the “longest surviving successful growth stock picker” and CNBC’s Ron Insana dubbed him one of the “century’s great investors.” Foster works to promote the Founding Generation's principles of free enterprise, limited constitutional government, fiscal responsibility, and traditional American values. He believes we can find effective, innovative private sector solutions to many of the problems we face. Foster works to promote the Founding Father principles of free enterprise, limited constitutional government, fiscal responsibility, and traditional American values. He believes we can find effective, innovative private sector solutions to many of the problems we face. Among their many philanthropic commitments, Foster and Lynn, through the Friess Family Foundation, support mobile medical vans in needy U.S. neighborhoods, provide clean drinking water in Malawi, Africa, and assist in natural disaster relief efforts around the world. Foster received the Muhamad Ali Humanitarian Award and Childhelp’s Spirit of the Children Award, among other honors. Foster Friess was born in Rice Lake, Wisconsin in 1940 and a first-generation college graduate. His mother dropped out of school in the eighth grade to pick cotton in order to save the family farm in Texas. His father dealt cattle and horses. His investment strategy, based on the premise that —individual-company fundamentals drive stock prices, generated strong results for the portfolios he managed on behalf of institutions and high-net-worth individuals. Business Week heralded him as the “longest surviving successful growth stock picker” and CNBC’s Ron Insana dubbed him one of the “century’s great investors. Relevant articles: Daily Caller: Foster Friess Sent $100,000 To 400 Friends And Family. He Asked Them To Give It To Any Charity (https://dailycaller.com/2021/01/16/foster-friess-philanthropy-charity-capitalism/) Daily Caller: FRIESS: What Are God’s Dreams? (https://dailycaller.com/2021/03/15/friess-what-are-gods-dreams/) One Bill — One Subject (https://fosterfriess.com/) https://ileaderssummit.org/services/americas-roundtable-radio/ https://ileaderssummit.org/ | https://jerusalemleaderssummit.com/ America's Roundtable on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-roundtable/id1518878472 Twitter: @ileaderssummit @NatashaSrdoc @JoelAnandUSA America's Roundtable is co-hosted by Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy, co-founders of International Leaders Summit and the Jerusalem Leaders Summit. America’s Roundtable radio program - a strategic initiative of International Leaders Summit, focuses on America’s economy, healthcare reform, rule of law, security and trade, and its strategic partnership with rule of law nations around the world. The radio program features high-ranking US administration officials, cabinet members, members of Congress, state government officials, distinguished diplomats, business and media leaders and influential thinkers from around the world. America’s Roundtable is aired by Lanser Broadcasting Corporation on 96.5 FM and 98.9 FM, covering Michigan’s major market, SuperTalk Mississippi Media’s 12 radio stations reaching every county in Mississippi and also heard in parts of the neighboring states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee, and through podcast on Apple Podcasts and other key online platforms.

Episode 269: Acquiring An Entrepreneurial Business Acumen, Part 3 of 4 How would you rate yourself in these four emotional intelligence areas: social awareness, social skills, self-awareness, and self-management? Jim Conn said he lacked two of the four skills. The consequences have been significant for him, as you will hear. An honest assessment provides an opening for Jim to have some new insights into himself during our conversation about business acumen and situations that test his emotional intelligence.  “Self-inquiry helps us recover from habits while reflection helps us recover from thoughtlessness,” writes Deepak Chopra, M.D. (Total Meditation, 2020). Jim reflects on what was underneath his self-proclaimed cockiness and identified what caused him to mess up and burn a bridge in a significant relationship. I felt it was one of those tender moments in the conversation when I would have given Jim a hug. You will learn the meaning of a helpful acronym to investigating your feelings, R.U.L.E.R. We start this conversation where we left off; Jim Conn was forging a comeback over ten years joining Mark Johnson at Rice Lake Weighing Systems, Inc. in Rice Lake, WI. As Vice President of Sales and Distribution, Jim helped build the business from an $8M business to $40M in annual sales with 300 employees and eight salespeople. Jim was the company pilot. In 1985, Jim raised over $500,000 to fly both polls in 11 days with a fellow pilot out of Nigeria. The PolarFlite from the North Pole to the South Pole earned them 16-certified world records. While Jim generated the money, Anita raised their three children: Laurie, Brian, and Jackie. The strain of imbalance takes its toll on the family. Tension grew after the PolarFlite trip with Mark to the breaking point. What broke Jim’s spirit? After Jim resigns, he works with a Venture Capital firm and with partners buys into BW Integrated Systems, an industry leader in the design and manufacture of end-of-line packaging equipment and robotic automation solutions and the execution of integrated packaging systems. The attributes Jim says for its success boiled down to people, products, and performance. Jim’s longtime friend and mentor, Dick Harper, a clinical psychologist, comes into his life again. They work together to implement an open-book management system that attributed to a more empowered workforce. Jim explains how they educated employees on how money was generated in the company and how they used a rating system to reinforce their cultural values. While Jim was there, the revenues went from $7M to $13M with 60 employees. Things did not end well at the end of those five years. Jim forges ahead with his optimism and resiliency. DOWNLOAD   WeMentor Meaningful Conversations LAB Revitalize how you communicate. Apply to Join NOW! 1st and 3rd THURSDAYS 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. (CDT) START HERE       Learn, practice, and refine the art of meaningful conversations. We foster constructive leadership change to enrich all of your relationships! Boost your business acumen with other progressive leaders on the journey to greatness. Apply TODAY! Episode Resources Daniel Goleman 25th Anniversary of Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman – Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence, Ecological Intelligence Laurie Healy's Podcast Conversations What little t’s and big T’s in Trauma can Teach Us | WeMentor Mondays with Nancy PODCAST Getting Real About Mental Health in the Workplace | WeMentor Mondays with Nancy PODCAST   Rice Lake Weighing Systems, Inc. Rice Lake Retail Scales and Wrappers | Rice Lake Weighing Systems Tim Gilk 's Podcast Conversations Accepting An Early Failure Led to a Resilient Comeback | WeMentor Mondays with Nancy PODCAST Trusting Relationships = A Generational Legacy of Benefits | WeMentor Mondays with Nancy PODCAST Conscious Attentive Leadership Mentoring After listening,

Episode 268: Acquiring An Entrepreneurial Business Acumen, Part 2 of 4 This series underscores the unpredictable nature of an entrepreneurial lifestyle.  Entrepreneurship for Jim Conn started at age 8, selling frogs and angleworms to Lunds Bait Shop in Alexandria. A cherished resort area in Minnesota. While Jim discovered how to catch bait for local fishermen and help resort owners tackle mosquitoes, his dad, Clair Conn, decided to form a business with his friend, Walter Wood, after WW II (1947). They built out two territories selling grain handling machinery and grain storage products in MN and North Dakota. Walter fostered a territory in Redwood Falls, and Clair forged a northern territory in the Fargo/Moorhead area.  In the photo, Jim and his 1st plane for Wood & Conn Co. accompanied by his three children: Laurie, Brian, and Jackie. Walt died suddenly of a heart attack three years into building Wood & Conn Corporation. Clair asked Walt’s son, Dave Wood, to come back from the Navy to run its Redwood Falls side. Clair Conn and Dave Wood ran the business until Clair retired in 1973. Entering the family business, another impressive and self-described cocky sales guy was Jim Conn. The two sons, Dave and Jim, capitalized on having supplies and grain handling equipment farmers needed especially sugar beet equipment. BER-VAC Cultivators were popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s, so Dave and Jim leveraged the business to get as many BER-VAC Cultivators in stock as possible. That machine prepares seedbed for sugar beets. Annual sales went from $300,000 to $4M over ten years in each branch or $8M combined with 40 employees.                                                                     1980s BER-VAC Cultivator Today's Beet Cultivation Set-up.   Then, beet farmer crops froze, gas prices surged, and the farm crisis hit in the mid-1980s, “completely altering the fabric of rural America,” as reported on Iowa PBS. “American farmers confronted an economic crisis more severe than any since the Great Depression. Agricultural communities throughout the Midwest and across the nation were devastated. Families were forced from the land, lenders collapsed, and businesses on rural main streets closed—many to never reopen. It was a decade of turmoil and activism.”  I remember this rough time as a high schooler on our dairy farm in Parkers Prairie, MN. We were fortunate; our family managed to survive. Farmers and anyone doing business with farmers was affected, including Wood & Conn Corporation. In stark terms of the devastation, Jim talks and ascribes his subsequent boost in business acumen and leadership development to these two years. Dave Wood was utterly devastated, needing time to address his mental health. Jim stepped up and quickly learned how to take the business through Chapter 11-reorganization, stabilize the business, and set-up a 10-year plan. Solid business relationships were a big part of their comeback. You will find out how Dave returns and how Jim deals with the shame and emotional exhaustion at the end of the turbulent two-year period. Dave would run the Redwood Falls branch and mentor Tim Gilk until he became the third-generation Wood & Conn Corporation owner in 2006. Tim is the first non-family business owner. Dave Wood passed away on April 17, 2020. Life after Bankruptcy. Shame. Self-blame. Falling behind on his home mortgage. The pressure to provide. An opportunity to begin anew breathes life into the desperation. A 10-year delay in being able to look back and process what happened. He may be down, but he was far from being out. Listen in as Jim stages a remarkable comeback applying new marketplace insight into a technical business where he hits a home run with Anita by his side. Small Town Opportunities and an Amazing Comeback. This time to Mark Johnson, another well-written letter gets Jim a job with Rice Lake Weighing Systems, Inc. in Rice Lake, WI.  Over ten years as Vice President of Sales and Distr...

Episode 265: What “little t’s” and “big T’s” in Trauma can Teach Us Clinicians and therapists in the field of trauma divide trauma into two categories: “little t’s” and “big T’s.” Laurie Healey, recovery coach and educator, describes the difference between each type of trauma and tips on addressing them. Examples of little “t’s” and “big T’s” contained in Laurie’s life adventures can help you observe them in your own life.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Laurie says, “Trauma is our body and brain’s response to painful experiences that can lead to an inability to cope.” Trauma is complex with dimensions that take unpacking. Those curious to investigate one’s inner life’s emotional nuances use a shame resilient technique we talk about. You will also hear what trauma isn’t and the variables in how we each respond to the “big T’s” and “little t’s.”Laurie was born in picturesque Honolulu, Hawaii. Her love of adventure came from international family travels and moves that brought her and her two siblings (Brian and Jackie) to Moorhead, MN, Fargo, N.D., and Rice Lake, WI. She describes her mother, Anita Conn, as devoted, patient, thoughtful, creative, and artistic in how she creates through knitting, quilting, and homesteading. Each place they have lived is welcoming and filled with compassion and fun. Her Dad, Jim Conn (whom you will meet in March), is described as an adventurer, mentor to many, contemplative, responsible, genuine, and safe (an adventurer who also creates safety for others).Laurie’s training to be resilient started early with steady doses of risk-taking. On a family vacation, their small plane her Dad was piloting needed to make a fuel stop. Her Dad asked then 12-year-old Laurie to use her Spanish skills to speak with two heavily armed Mexican airport guards. What did that teach Laurie about planning adventures, trust, and taking her Spanish studies seriously? Did that experience create a “little t” trauma? Or did it depend on the outcome? DOWNLOADMost of us know the “big T’s.” “Those events anyone would find disturbing. A defeat or wound to the heart,” says Laurie. A big singular event like the death of a loved one, divorce, being cheated on, accidental death, a business failure, military combat and war, et al. Or collective experiences such as natural disasters connected with climate change where many people are affected, like the winter freeze in Texas or wildfires in California. The coronavirus pandemic is a collective experience. Within the pandemic, you have probably noticed a range of how individually people are addressing or denying and dealing with the trauma-induced pandemic or using conspiracy theories as a coping mechanism.The “little t” in trauma are events that can accumulate over time. You might not even realize the effects or toll the “little t” has taken on you and the impact on close relationships until much later. You might even trivialize those experiences of high stress or how you felt not being included in a peer group, losing a friend or a shift in friendship, job loss, financial disruption, change in a relationship, and others. The absence of having somebody who has empathy toward you in life can be a “little t” or a “big T” depending on a wide variety of factors we outline. Are you noticing the complexity here? This is why we need to keep bending our pointed fingers inward.Although we talk about trauma, Laurie has a ton of experience working with entrepreneurial start-ups bringing international marketing expertise and organizational management skills that round out her work life. After suffering a “big T” herself, Laurie’s life changed. Her brother succumbed to his battle with addiction in 2017, dying at age 42. An important question that led to her current work as a recovery coach and educator was...

Author, Theater Season, Library Events and Dance Performance- Kevin McMullin, musician, storyteller, writer and educator, join host Al Ross on “Spectrum West.” The show also features the outline of a potential season at a theater in Rice Lake, announcements of current events at the public library in Eau Claire and a preview of a dance performance by an Eau Claire company taking place at the end of the month.

Lance Allan is the lead Sports Anchor for WTMJ Channel 4, a position he started preparing for as a high school student in Rice Lake, WI.  Lance is a University of Wisconsin – Madison graduate and has twice been named the Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year.   Prompted by a question his English teacher asked of the…Continue reading ➞ Lance Allan, Diverting from the Script with Top Athletes – Episode 32The post Lance Allan, Diverting from the Script with Top Athletes – Episode 32 first appeared on Mike Malatesta.

Tony Crotty from Mid Migration Outfitters talks about getting ready for waterfowl. Doug Leier has an early goose update from North Dakota. Lucas Mertens checks in from Haybale Heights on Devils Lake. Jamie Dietman talks about the Superhero Rod Tourney on Rice Lake in Brainerd to benefit Camp Confidence and Joe Henry checks in from […]

Weekend message from Red Cedar Church in Rice Lake, WI.