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CELEBRATING WISCONSIN’S DAIRYLAND
“Do you still milk?” I asked Jim at a recent gathering. “No,” he told me. “My son tells me the most help I can be is to stay out of the way,” he joked. We both agreed that was hard. Dairying gets in your blood.
June is dairy month. A time to celebrate all we love about ‘America’s Dairyland’ – home to 1.28 million dairy cows, which is more than one cow for every five Wisconsinites.
Reminiscing with an old dairy farmer, you realize the love of cows and farming never really goes away. The smell of newly mowed hay or the glistening dew on the field ...
ACTION ALERT: June 26, 5pm, Thomas St. Public Information Meeting (Phase II)
Thomas Street Public Information Meeting, Monday, June 26, 5 to 6pm in City Hall Chambers at 407 Grant Street
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Public Information Packet from City (Plans and Input/Comment Form): https://www.ci.wausau.wi.us/Portals/0/Departments/Engineering/Documents/Thomas%20St%20-%20PIM%20Handout%20%206-26-17.pdf
March 2017 Emails Stating DOT Will Not Expand Bridge - Service Life Possible to 2056: https://thomasst.org/dot-states-no-thomas-street-bridge-expansion/
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Stop the unnecessary destruction of a working-class Wausau ...
DRINKING LIBERALLY IS ON JULY 11
DRINKING LIBERALLY IS ON JULY 11.
Please note the change of the date for Drinking Liberally.
Due to the 4th of July holiday being on our regular meeting time this month, we are going to postpone the July Drinking Liberally get together until the second Tuesday, July 11th.
This is a one-time change so that we all can celebrate with family and friends.
Join Drinking Liberally instead on Tuesday July 11th from 5:30 to 7 PM at Malarkey's. Hope to see you then and happy 4th!
Malarkey’s Pub is 408 Third Street, Wausau.
Phone: 715-819—3663
For more ...
ON LEGALIZING DRUGS
(You can read more of Denele’s writing at www.denelecampbell.org)
Americans must confront the reality that we are the market,” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said this past Thursday. “We Americans must own this problem.”[1]
Meeting with his Mexican counterpart, Tillerson acknowledged the role of American drug consumption in the proliferation of violent Mexican drug cartels. Citing the enormous demand for heroin, cocaine, and marijuana by Americans eager to get high, he argued that “drug trafficking had to be addressed as a ‘business model,” attacking ...
Citizens Take Action on Opposing Restrictions of Medicaid in Wisconsin
Yet Another Middle Wisconsin Exclusive -- First on the Scene Again in Central Wisconsin
https://vimeo.com/218079172
Excerpts From Citizen Action Event Material:
Gov. Scott Walker wants to apply for a waiver from the federal government, so that he can drug test childless adults seeking Medicaid. This could also allow him to add other requirements that he sees fit. This is problematic for various reasons, but one of the biggest reasons is our current Opioid and Methamphetamine crises across the State. Someone who is struggling with addiction, but has health insura...
SUBSTANCE ABUSE: it’s everybody’s business
Sponsored by The Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service
Tuesday, May 16
8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
James F. Veninga Theater
UW Center for Civic Engagement
625 Stewart Avenue, Wausau
Event Summary:
On May 16, the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service (WIPPS) is hosting a regional conference to raise awareness throughout communities that addiction is a chronic disease, recovery is possible and that community-wide recovery eco-systems are necessary. The purpose of the conference is to bring people together from different backgrounds and ...
FOUR DEATHS
Four people are dead in the Wausau community. Four families are grieving along with a shocked community. Thousands of people came to pay their respects to the fallen police officer. A woman who was abused and her six children will deal with the grief for the rest of their lives knowing what the husband/father has done. The families will never be the same. The Wausau community will continue to soul search and ask: how can this happen here?
What do Wisconsin Republican legislators do? Propose a bill that allows hidden deadly weapons to be carried without a permit. This ...
ACTION ALERT
ACTION ALERT
2 EVENTS IN WAUSAU
WEEK OF MARCH 20
The first event is at 11 AM, and it takes place at Sean Duffy's Wausau Office, 208 Grand Ave, 54403, this Tuesday, March 21st.
Rep. Duffy, and the House Republicans are set to vote on the American Health Care Act (AHCA) sometime next week. We would like express opposition to this replacement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as it will block access to affordable healthcare for over 22 million Americans, make the cost of healthcare even higher for the elderly, and raise costs on those with ...
Signs of the Times: Wausau Women’s International Day March Gallery
Click image below to enlarge. Photo gallery of the Women For Women march on Saturday, March 4th in Wausau, WI.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Many people across our country are organizing to hold on to our democracy and to rebuild our country. Here are some examples.
Paula Lugar of Wisconsin writes:
“In 2011, I retired from 22 years of working in special education for a metropolitan Minnesota school district, ending my 37 year career as an occupational therapist employed to work with kids and families. I am taking a year to decide what comes next in my life after the August, 2016, death of my husband of 40 years. My exploration is informed by the core ethics of Permaculture: Care of People, Care of Earth ...
