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Phone- 920-848-6982
649 E. Jackson St. Oconto Falls, WI 54154
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PRESENTING……

A FRANK’S CHRISTMAS
A Christmas Miracle at PRANGES
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 13th, 2013
7:00pm

At the Oconto Falls Area Performing Arts Center (PAC)
210 N. Farm Road, Oconto Falls WI
TICKETS $30.00
General Admission – Doors Open at 6:00pm
1-800-895-0071
www.ticketstaronline.com
Tickets also available at the following businesses:
Senn Hometown Insurance 237 N Main Street, Oconto Falls WI 920-848-2341
Hometown Veterinary Clinic 180 E Highland Drive, Oconto Falls WI 920-848-4280
United True Value 415 E Highland Drive, Oconto Falls WI 920-848-2823
Sponsored by:
The Oconto Falls
Lions Club
www.ocontofallslions.com

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College’s Oconto Falls Regional Learning Center will offer a new program this fall semester. The 32 credit “4 x 4” General Studies Transfer Certificate will allow students to seamlessly transfer into a University of Wisconsin school at the end of one year with a sophomore status. The“4×4”in the Transfer Certificate refers to an innovative new schedule design that has students take one class at a time for four days a week, completing each course in four weeks.

Classes offered as part of the Transfer Certificate comprise the core requirements of most college degree programs, and include English, math, anatomy, a course on diversity and others. The new program schedule was created based on feedback from students and high school advisors who were interested in a concentrated class schedule that would allow time for students to have a job.

NWTC administrators designed each course to maximize personalized attention for students. Classes are kept small, and include guest speakers, opportunities for extra tutoring, and extensive one-on-one class time.

The new program also offers an affordable option for students looking to stay closer to home. The total cost for the 32-credit General Studies Transfer Certificate is around $4,000, a savings of thousands of dollars when compared to most universities.

While courses taken as part of the “4 x 4” General Studies Transfer Certificate are guaranteed to transfer into UW-Green Bay, NWTC also maintains credit transfer agreements with nearly 40 other private and public colleges and University of Wisconsin System schools.

For more information on the “4 x 4” General Studies Transfer Certificate and other programs at the NWTC – Oconto Falls Regional Learning Center, contact April Konitzer at april.konitzer@nwtc.edu or call (920) 848-6982. The NWTC – Oconto Falls Regional Learning Center is located at 649 E. Jackson St, Oconto Falls 54154

Abrams Community Theater presents:

The Saga of the Prospector’s Daughter or She Was Only a Miner’s Minor

Abrams Spotlight Productions, Inc. will present, The Saga of the Prospector’s Daughter or She Was Only a Miner’s Minor (Book by Pat Cook)

Friday, August 9, 2013 – August 18, 2013 at The Byng Community Theater in Abrams.

Here’s a hilarious melodrama spoof whose oddball characters seemingly ad lib their way through the wildest plot ever to come down the pike. Lovely, innocent Constance Purdy is about to lose her home to that villain-about-town, Wiley Schlink. Will hero Monroe Mannerly ride to the rescue in time? Will her long-lost prospector father show up and save the day? These questions aren’t really answered because we’re laughing too hard at the sheriff who has a mortgage on her own jail, a medicine man who ends up in a dress, and a saloon-smashing suffragette whose ax works great on cuticles. Add a piano player with an attitude and a grizzly old prospector/narrator who’d like a different ending to the play, and you get some idea of folks who populate this fool’s gold rush town.

Opening night is Friday, August 9 at 7:00pm. Abrams Spotlight Productions, Inc. will be celebrating their 10 Year Anniversary by having an Opening Night Gala. Patrons that attend opening night will receive complimentary hors d’oeuvres and drinks after the show (with the cast and crew).

Subsequent show dates are as follows:

August 10th at 2pm & 7pm
August 11th at 2pm
August 16th at 7pm
August 17th at 2pm & 7pm
August 18th at 2pm

Performances are at The Byng Community Theater, 5852 Maple Street, Abrams. Tickets are $12.00 for Adults (18-64), $10.00 for Seniors (65+) and Youth (5-17), and $5.00 for Children (4 and under). Tickets can be purchased online at www.AbramsTheatre.com or by calling the Box Office at 920-826-5852.

Turkey hunters are reporting better success as turkeys are in more normal patterns in the area. Fishing on Green Bay is heating up for walleyes with limits reported out of Oconto County North Bayshore Recreation Area and Pensaukee. Fishermen are reminded yellow perch is still closed on Green Bay until May 20. Oconto County ATV trails open May 10. – Mike Stahl, conservation warden, Oconto Falls

Catch rates for walleye and northern pike at the Stiles Dam were low due in part to high water and the sucker run. Anglers out of Oconto Breakwater and Oconto Park II were mainly fishing for walleye and trolling was the most effective method using stick baits or crawler/harness in 4 to 8 feet of water. A few smallmouth bass and northern pike were also reported being caught. Boaters were reporting a water temperature on the Bay from the upper 30’s to the low 40’s. Shore fishermen at Oconto Breakwater are catching a few northern pike using large shiner minnows or dead smelt fished on bottom. Some walleye are being by shore anglers at the Municipal Landing, casting crank baits and stick baits. – David Boyarski, fisheries supervisor, Sturgeon Bay

The Oconto Falls Lions were waiting for Mother Nature to cooperate in the latest phase of their project to improve the fish habitat on the Oconto River above the dam in Oconto Falls.  The dream of improving this valuable recreational resource began over a year ago.  The first phase was implemented last April with the stocking nearly 6,000 perch fingerlings a few miles upstream from the dam.  The second phase, which was finished last fall, involved the installation of a year around handicap accessible fishing dock just upstream from the East Side Beach in Oconto Falls.  The latest phase involved the designing, construction, and placement of over a dozen fish cribs in strategic locations.

The entire project involved working hand in hand with the Wisconsin DNR to obtain the necessary permits to ensure that these efforts complied with all appropriate regulations.  Lion Jim Damp shepherded the project as a goal in his final year as club president.  He calculated that over 700 man hours were involved in the project through the three phases.

He noted that “None of this could have happened without a number of partners in this effort.”  Among those partners were Gillett Cement donating 800 cement blocks; McDermid Transportation providing pallets and banding; OFHS Ag Department for construction of the cribs; local property owners who agreed to placement of the cribs beyond their shoreline; Luisier Drilling Inc. for donation of a pump at the dock, Hillberg Electric for installation power for the pump; City of Oconto Falls for access and a number of other enhancements; Fischer Concrete for the slab leading to the dock, Bear Magnin for transportation and placement of the cribs; Admax for signage; and financial contributions from ST Paper, Snow Jokers, and community members who purchased raffle tickets.  There is a long list of others who helped with the project that go unnamed.

The club has a permit for construction and placement of additional cribs.  It is hoped that can happen next year.  The club was proud to be part of this community effort to provide additional recreational opportunities on the river.