Community Calendar for 9/26/16 to 10/3/16
*Community Events*
Antigo Area Community Food Pantry September 28th 11am-1pm (Wednesdays) & September 30th 1pm-3pm (Fridays), 2120 Progress Blvd., Antigo (715) 623-1103.
Elcho Area Community Food Pantry September 26th & October 3rd 11am-1pm (Mon.), September 28th 4-6pm (Wed.) & September 29th11am-1pm (Thur.), 11224 Antigo St., Elcho. Call (715) 610-5886 for more information.
Senior Center Fall Trip to Willow Springs Garden – Wausau September 26th 9:45am departure. Langlade County Senior Center, 1225 Langlade Rd, Antigo. Return 2:30pm. Be a part of Wisconsin’s dairy heritage. Make your own mozzarella cheese, butter and ice cream and then enjoy them with your lunch. The cost is $35 including lunch. Sign up by September 21st. Must be a member of the Senior Center. For more information, please call 715-627-6632.
Open House Event September 26th-28th Hearing Services of Wisconsin, 723 Superior St., Antigo. Please join us for this special event as we welcome our new provider, Ashleigh Pickart. Join us during the open house event and receive: a free hearing screening, a free demonstration of new hearing technology & a 30 day risk free trial. Call to reserve your spot. 715-627-4199.
Coffee Klatch for Seniors September 27th & September 29th (Every Tues. & Thur.) 9-11am Langlade County Senior Center, 1225 Langlade Rd., Antigo. Come and enjoy some coffee and conversation with others. For more information, please call Doug Curler at 715-623-2253.
Tuesday Night Running Club September 27th 5:15-6pm Aspirus Hospital, 112 East Fifth Ave., Antigo. Tuesday Run Club will be meeting every Tuesday at Health & Performance Center (Aspirus Hospital) at 5:15pm for a run. The running club is intended to be an opportunity to run with others. It is not a competitive event – just an opportunity to meet people that like to do the same thing as you – Get Outside & Run! We will run 3-4 miles. For more information, please call Jenny Renfro at 715-627-2613.
Boys & Girls Club Teen Night September 27th & 29th (Tues. & Thurs.) 5:30-8pm Boys & Girls Club of Langlade Co., 411 Superior St., Antigo. For grades 6-12. Video games, pool, bumper pool, blackjack, double shot, air hockey, carpetball, foosball, music, dodgeball league, volleyball league & more. For more information, please call 715-627-1800 or go to www.bgclang.org.
Guitarist Claude Bourban September 27th 7pm Essenhaus Café & Arts Emporium, 4493 N Branch St., Wabeno. This is a free event. For more information, please call 715-889-1179.
Immunization Clinic September 28th 9am-4pm Langlade County Health Department, 1225 Langlade Road, Antigo. The immunization clinic is available to provide childhood immunizations & adult vaccinations. The vaccinations are FREE to children 2 months – 18 years of age if you have Medical Assistance or no insurance. Adult vaccinations are available some with a minimal fee or FREE if you have MC or MA. Contact the Health Department at 715-627-6250 for more information or to see if you are in need of any vaccinations.
Bingo at the Langlade County Senior Center September 28th 1-4pm Langlade County Senior Center, 1225 Langlade Rd., Antigo. For more information, please call 715-623-2253.
Board Games for Adults September 28th 1pm Langlade County Senior Center, 1225 Langlade Rd., Antigo. Come enjoy a good old fashioned board game with another player. Just for fun! For more information, please call 715-623-2253.
Car Show/Cook Out September 28th 4-7pm Peace Lutheran School, 300 Lincoln Street, Antigo. Join Peace for a family night of fun! There will be concessions, a bounce house, face painting & more! The kids vote for their favorite cars at the car show. For more information, please call 715-623-2200.
Elcho United Church of Christ’s Italian Night September 28th 4-7pm The Jack Lamar Memorial/Elcho Community Pavilion, N11283 Dorr Street, Elcho. Serving, lasagna & Italian beef, garlic bread, Caesar salad, dessert & coffee. Drawing for winner of UTV! Bar opens at 4pm, serving food at 5pm. Cost $12. For more information, please call Warren Wagner at 715-275-3134 or 715-216-1344.
Play & Learn September 29th 9:30-11am Antigo Community Church – Room #2, 723 Deleglise Street, Antigo. Play & Learn is a weekly play group program for parents, caregivers and children from birth to age 5. Staff will provide a parent lesson, an activity for parents and children to do together. The activity will build skills for school readiness and milestone achievement. Quarterly Ages and Stages questionnaires are made available to parents and caregivers to assist families in helping their children to reach age based development milestones. Join the conversation on Facebook – Northwoods Family Resource Centers http://www.facebook.com/NorthwoodsFRCN. For more information, please call 715-627-1414.
Card Playing Program September 29th (Every Thurs.) 1-4pm Langlade County Senior Center, 1225 Langlade Rd., Antigo. Have you been looking for someone to play cards with? Here is your chance to meet others and share your love for cards. The games being played are canasta, sheepshead & pinochle. For more information, please call Doug Curler at 715-623-2253.
28th Annual Caroline Colorama Fall Trail Ride September 30th-October 2nd 10am-10pm Caroline. Wisconsin’s largest trail ride. Music, food, vendors, and parade on Sunday at 1:00pm. Daily begin and end times may vary. For more information, go to www.carolinelionscolorama.com or call 715-524-2010
Creative Escape Acrylic Workshop & Wine Tasting September 30th 5:30-7pm Northern Roots, 2914 US Hwy. 45, Antigo. Artist, Tami Anderson will give a step by step acrylic paint instruction on an 11×14 canvas. No experience necessary! Please arrive early to sample wines if you choose. Painting will begin at 5:30pm. Subject painted – apple with customizable background. $35/person. Sign up at www.creativeescape.net. For more information, please call Tami Anderson at 715-219-1559.
Square Dance Lessons September 30th (Every Fri.) 6:30-9pm United Methodist Church, 2034 W. 5th Ave., Antigo.
Antigo Farmers Market October 1st 8am-Noon Antigo Country Store Parking Lot, 711 Superior Street, Antigo. Get your fresh produce, prepared foods, flowers and many more treasures for you & your family.
2nd Annual Bright Futures 5K Color Run/Walk October 1st 9am Langlade County Fairgrounds – County Forestry Office, 1633 Neva Road, Antigo. Be prepared to become a human canvas getting splashed with color throughout the course. Along with the 5K, the 1-mile fun run is back. Contact the Boys & Girls Club of Langlade County for more details at 715-627-1389 or visit their website at www.bgclang.org.
11th Octoberfest October 1st 9am-4pm Downtown Shawano. Free live music, family activities, food, vendors, crafts, sidewalk sales and family fun. For more information, please call 715-853-3775 or go to www.shawanodowntown.com.
Langlade County Ice Age Trail Chapter Hike October 1st 9am-3pm Langlade County Fairgrounds – County Forestry Office, 1633 Neva Road, Antigo. Transportation to the trailhead northwest of Antigo will be provided from the fairgrounds. The hike will be a 5 mile trek of the segment from the County Trunk T trailhead to the old truck site and return. A dedication of an interpretative marker about the old truck, crafted by Don Belanger and installed by Lee Auner, will be held at the site of the former trail landmark. The outing will also serve as the local annual observation of the federal act creating the National Trails System. Participants are encouraged to wear suitable clothing and bring a lunch. For more information, please call Joe Jopek at 715-623-2645.
Zoo Boo & Fall Fun October 1st & 2nd 10am-2pm It’s All Good Farmstand & Petting Zoo, Hwy 45, Antigo. Come join It’s All Good Farmstand & Petting Zoo for some Halloween fun. We have a ton of fun planned, including our pumpkin patch – pick your own pumpkin (or pre-picked available), decorating activities, a super fun Trick-or-Treat kid-friendly corn maze for the little ones, so bring your goodie bag! Wear your costumes and enjoy the Halloween spirit all throughout the month of October. Our friendly staff will also be dressed up, our petting zoo will be open as long as the weather permits, and we’ll have plenty of Halloween-themed games for you to play as well. Admission is $3.00 per person and includes all Halloween activities – kids 3 & under are free. Our fall hours will be 10-2 Saturdays, and 10-2 Sundays. Located just 2 miles North of Fleet Farm on Hwy 45 in Antigo. Please call 715-701-0713 for more information or visit www.iagfarm.com.
4th Annual Family Fun Booyah October 1st 10am Old Town Hall Sports Bar & Restaurant, 17767 Hwy 32, Townsend. Trail Ride at 10am, Booyah and Raffles start at 2pm. For more information, please call Gary Wagner at 920-960-6823.
Cowboy Reenactment October 1st Camp 5 Museum, 5068 U.S. Hwy. 8, Laona. Step back in time & come take part in a Wild West train robbery. An authentic Cowboy Reenactment & robbery of the Lumberjack Steam train. Come and ride the train and experience the Wild West up close. The group of cowboy re-enactors, known as the Green Bush-Wackers, portray, in authentic period costumes, characters such as cowboys, bandits, a preacher, mountain men and card sharks. In addition to the train robbery, the group will form a posse that will bring the bandits to justice…or justice will be brought to the bandits! The entire family will be thrilled to experience this exciting and interactive performance. It is highly recommended that tickets be purchased ahead of time for this event. Please call 715-674-3414 for details.
Fall Art Show Runs on Saturdays & Sundays thru October 9th from 11am-3pm with extended hours on October 1st & 2nd from 10am-5pm. (WOWSPACE) Walls of Wittenberg, Inc., 114 Vinal Street, Wittenberg. “A Decisive Slice of Time, A Photographic Exhibition by Hans Schmitt” and includes “Miles of Art” weekend Oct. 1st & 2nd.
Grampa’s Farm October 1st & 2nd 10am-5pm, N2613 Norwegian Rd., Merrill (4 miles NE of Merrill). 100 years of rural living on display. Hours of family fun activities including: petting zoo, cow milking, tire playground, pony rides, corn maze, haystack with tunnels, hayride to pumpkin patch, ice cream & cider making. Children 12 & under get a FREE pumpkin! Admission is $10 per person, 2 & under are free (all activities included). Visit us at www.grampasfarm.weebly.com.
Porter’s Patch Farmtoberfest October 1st & 2nd 11am – 4pm Porter’s Patch, W4314 Wisconsin 156, Bonduel. Fall Family Farm Fun Adventure runs every weekend, weather permitting. Fun activities in the Little & Big Pumpkin Villages are Check Point Chaos in our corn maze, scenic relaxing hay ride, search the pumpkin patch, pumpkin bowling, pumpkin toss, Tug o’ War, pumpkin painting, old fashion water pump races, corn cob chuck, scare crow making, round bale hay play, pumpkin checkers, tic tac toe and pumpkin twister. The farm store will be stocked with 5 different squash, pie pumpkins and friendly fall farm guides to assist you. Visit www. PortersPatch.com for additional information or call 715-584-2070.
Harvest Hoedown October 1st 12-6pm The Woodpecker Bar and Grill, 6776 County Road K, Rhinelander. Join in some old-fashioned fun for this harvest-themed event to benefit the Rhinelander Area Food Pantry & NATH/Frederick Place. Pig roast, live music, line dancing, horse-drawn wagon rides, pumpkin patches, face painting, and more. The Harvest Hoedown will be fun for the whole family!.
9th Annual Lincoln Lager Barleyfest October 1st 2-6pm MARC- the Smith Center, 1100 MARC Drive, Merrill. Here is your chance to try many micro brews in one location. You will be able to vote for your favorite brew. There will be food, games & prizes. You could win a kegerator! Designated drivers get in free. For more information, please call Dan Wendorf at 715-536-7313.
Marching Band Showcase October 1st 6:30pm Schofield Stadium, 1398 7th Ave., Antigo. The marching band will be hosting their Marching Showcase along with other bands from North Central Wisconsin. The Antigo Marching Band will be performing their 2016 program “Gone But Not Forgotten” based on the novel Flags of Our Fathers. There will also be concessions featuring loaded potato boats. Entry is $4, children 5 & under are free.
6th Annual Harvest Fest Flea Market & Vintage & Collector Car Show October 2nd 7am- 3pm Shawano County Fair Grounds, 990 E. Green Bay St., Shawano. Trophies, dash plaques, prizes, music, antiques, fleas. $2 admission. For more information, please call Zurko Midwest Promotions at 715-526-9769 or go to www.zurkopromotions.com.
Crop Hunger Walk – Langlade County October 2nd 12:30pm Lake Park Shelter, 3rd Av., just off Hudson St., Antigo. Registration at 12:30pm, Walk starts at 1pm. Walk the beautiful Antigo Boardwalk. Help to end hunger, one step at a time! For more information, please call Calvary Lutheran Church at 715-623-3102.
Blood Drive October 3rd 11:30am-5pm Langlade Hospital – Conference Rooms 1 & 2, 112 East Fifth Avenue, Antigo. Langlade Hospital in conjunction with Blood Center of Northcentral Wisconsin holds a blood drive the first Monday of every month. No appointments required. For more information, please contact the Blood Center of Northcentral Wisconsin at 1-866-566-5900.
Retired Educators Wisconsin Retirement System Seminar October 4th 6:30-8pm Antigo Public Library, 617 Clermont St., Antigo. The Langlade County Retired Educators Association will host a free seminar for participants of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS). The focus will be on the Wisconsin Retirement System benefits and options. The seminar is geared to all WRS participants (whether in education or not) who are planning to retire or beginning to think about it. The speaker, Roger Byers, is a former benefit specialist at the Wisconsin Retirement System. To register, contact Mary at 920-495-0012 or register by e-mail at [email protected]. Walk-ins are also welcome.
*Meetings*
Antigo Optimist Club Meeting September 27th 12-1pm North Star Lanes, 400 Prosser Place, Antigo.
Antigo Kiwanis Club Meeting September 27th Noon The Refuge Restaurant, 410 Hwy. 64, Antigo. New members are welcome.
Board of Education Meeting September 27th 7-9pm Antigo High School, 1900 10th Ave., Antigo.
Hotel/Motel Commission Meeting September 28th 8:30am City Hall, 700 Edison St., Antigo.
Public Works Committee Meeting September 28th 6pm City Hall, 700 Edison St., Antigo.
Economic Development Committee Meeting October 3rd 6pm City Hall, 700 Edison St., Antigo.
Groups*
Baby & Me Group September 26th & October 3rd 1:00pm-2:00pm. Langlade Hospital, 112 East Fifth Avenue, Antigo. Langlade Birthing Center, second floor of the hospital. Facilitator: RN/International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. For more information please call 715-623-9280. No fee.
Eating Disorders Support Group September 28th 6:00pm-7:00pm. Meets at AVAIL Center in Antigo. Please call 715-623-5177 for more information.
AA Support Group (Open) September 29nd & October 1st 7:00pm. Langlade Hospital, 112 East Fifth Avenue, Antigo. Langlade Hospital Conference Room 1022, adjacent to Chapel in the new hospital. Thursdays & Saturdays.
Narcotics Anonymous September 30th 7:00pm. Langlade Hospital, 112 East Fifth Avenue, Antigo. Langlade Hospital Conference Room 1022, adjacent to Chapel in the Langlade Hospital.
AL-ANON Meeting September 26th & October 3rd 1:30pm. Antigo Community Church – Quest Center – Room 1, 723 Deleglise Street, Antigo. Mondays at 1:30pm
Overeaters Anonymous September 26th & October 3rd 7:00pm. St. Mary & Hyacinth Parish Center, Room 4, 819 3rd Avenue, Antigo. Mondays at 7:00pm.
Weight Watchers Meetings September 27th 6:45am Langlade County Board Room, Safety Building 840 Clermont St., Antigo & 5:30pm United Methodist Church, 2034 5th Ave., Antigo.
T.O.P.S. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Support Group September 28th 5pm Steffen Memorial Home, 503 5th Ave., Antigo.
