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Retirement Security: Democratic Candidates Hold the Answers
A retirement crisis is unfolding in Wisconsin. Before long, four out of ten of residents will be in their "golden years." Many will have inadequate financial resources in retirement. According to AARP, 41% of Wisconsin's private sector employees (about 928,000 people) work for employers that do not offer any kind of retirement plan. This, along with decades of low-paying jobs, rising health care costs, and the inability of average workers to save on their own, has created this crisis.
POWRS (Protect Our Wisconsin Retirement Security) does not endorse any candidate, but we think Wisconsin voters need to know where the 2018 gubernatorial candidates ...
BUILDING TRUST…BEYOND THE HEADLINES
Building Trust: What is News & Whose Story is it?
Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Northcentral Technical College Auditorium in the Health Science Center
Address: 1000 W. Campus Drive, Wausau Wisconsin
Details:
Building Trust: Law Enforcement, the Media & You is a series of events that bring the national discussion of law enforcement and media coverage home to Wausau.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE!
Building Trust: What is News & Whose Story is it? is the second event in the series. This event will feature presenters Clayton Schulz, Robert Mentzer, & Melissa Langbehn. The event will be held on June 13 ...
WHY PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
My granddaughter plays in her middle school orchestra. Last week I had the honor of attending her spring orchestra concert. The concert was a celebration of the students’ achievements as well as their wonderful teacher. The concert also celebrated the community coming together. All students have a chance at playing an instrument. Their proud parents and other family members and friends come together for this wonderful event.
Why public schools? Public schools include district charter and district virtual schools. To produce more special events such as concerts and displays and tournaments. To give all children in our community a fair chance at ...
NANCY MACLEAN’S DIRE WARNING
By Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
Our democracy is at a “historic turning point,” said Nancy MacLean, the author of “Democracy in Chains,” on May 3 in Madison, where she was the keynote speaker at the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign’s annual celebration.
The Duke University historian likened our current situation to two other perilous periods in U.S. history: the Civil War and the 1930s. In both those periods, she said, “the property supremacists” were trying to prevail over the advocates of democracy.
Today, the Koch Brothers and their big-donor network represent those who value property rights over democratic rights.
She warned ...
Celebrate Earth Day
Earth Day is April 18, 2018. This year’s focus is Ending Plastic Pollution. Single-use plastics are a growing menace to the health of our planet.
The goal is to get rid of single-use plastics. Educate people about the health risks connected with the use and disposal of plastics, including pollution of our oceans, water and wildlife.
Plastics poison and injure marine life. Plastics in our food disrupt human hormones. Earth Day 2018 promotes 100% recycling of plastics as well as alternatives to fossil-fuel based materials. Educate people worldwide to reject, reduce, reuse and recycle plastics.
Earth Day Network works with 50,000 partners in ...
FARMERS UNION: AGITATE, ORGANIZE, EDUCATE AND COOPERATE
By Tom Giessel, NFU Historian
Owen Franklin Dornblazer was the 11th person to join The Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America in 1902. He lived to the age of 94 and was active in organizational and membership work until the final few months of his life. At age 85, addressing the 1926 NFU convention, he said, “There was nothing for those who began it, only the future.” I believe that statement still rings true today.
So, what about our future? Over the years, farmers and ranchers have struggled with tough times, but today’s free-fall of the rural economy is unprecedented. Commodity prices, as a percentage of parity, are at an ...
End Child Poverty in Marathon County
We are excited to report that the campaign has passed 1500 signatories this week. More and more people are joining the movement to call on Wisconsin to adopt a goal of cutting child poverty in half, of reducing racial disparities, and committing to an annual evaluation of our progress. Before we bring this demand to our elected leaders, we want to reach 10,000 signature s, so they know this is a serious campaign with broad support .
Please encourage your friends to sign on: https://www.endchildpovertywi.org/endorse
End Child Poverty PPT Marathon County 12.14.17
VOTE TUESDAY
VOTE TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2018
This is an important election.
Your vote and voice are needed.
Please vote.
A new justice for the Wisconsin Supreme Court will be elected.
You will also elect local officials on City Council, County Board as well as School Board.
You will also vote on the Referendum of keeping or discarding the State Treasurer position.
RECOMMENDED ITEMS FOR EVEREST FOOD PANTRY
RECOMMENDED ITEMS FOR THE EVEREST FOOD PANTRY
From Jeremy Brandt, Special Education Teacher at D.C. Everest Senior High
Breakfast foods:
Oatmeal
Cereal
Granola Bars
Snacks:
Crackers
Peanut Butter
Jelly
Fruit cups
Canned meat: Tuna and Chicken
Ravioli
Spaghetti O’s
Soup
Mac and Cheese
Spaghetti noodles
Spaghetti sauce
Canned vegetables