Hometown Calendar

We have a new group starting in Wautoma called the Cancer Care & Share Group. We will be meeting the 4th Sunday of each month. If cancer has touched your life in some way, come, share your story, or just listen. It will be an evening of sharing in small groups. Snacks will be provided. The Care and Share Group will be held at Grace United Methodist Church in Wautoma on Sunday, March 26th at 6:00 PM. The church is located near the Senior Center on N2133 Southgate Terrace off Hwy. 22 South. For more information you can call the church office at 920-787-4668.

The public is invited to attend a candy and nut sale by The Nutman Company, sponsored by the Ripon Medical Center Auxiliary, on Tuesday, March 28. This event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. by the Ripon Medical Center Atrium by the gift shop.

The Nutman Company features 150 fine quality nuts, chocolates, snack mixes and candies at reasonable prices! This is a great opportunity to pick up a special gift or satisfy your sweet tooth.

Proceeds benefit Ripon Medical Center programs and services. Visa and MasterCard are welcome.

For more information, call Kim Bresser, Volunteer Services, at (920) 745-3670.

Join us as we make history breaking ground on the Oshkosh Arena, the first step in bringing the new Oshkosh Sawdust District to life.  Event details:

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Groundbreaking Ceremony 3-4 pm

S Main Street & Park Avenue | Oshkosh, WI
(former Buckstaff site)

Greg Pierce, CIO of Windward Wealth Strategies and founder of Fox Valley Professional Basketball, will be the event’s master of ceremony. Fox Valley Professional Basketball is overseeing the newly incorporated Oshkosh Arena during this initial transition. Also expected to speak at the event are:

• Steve Brandes, Milwaukee Bucks D-League Team® President
• Jason White, Greater Oskosh Economic Development Corp.
• Mark Rohloff, Oshkosh City Manager

Additional invited guests include Governor Scott Walker and numerous community and business leaders. More of the details to be shared at the press conference will be made available on March 29.

For more information contact:

Toni Pierce, Oshkosh Arena

920-744-2034 or tpierce@oshkosharena.com

For more on the Oshkosh Arena, including investment, event or sponsorship opportunities, visit www.oshkosharena.com

About the Oshkosh Arena

This state-of-the-art facility will provide both home-court advantage and serve as a practice facility for the new Milwaukee Bucks D-League® team – to be renamed the G-League due to Gatorade’s® sponsorship. Scheduled to open in Fall 2017, the newly developed building will feature a 3,500-seat arena with the latest technology, club-level VIP seating, multiple food and concessions areas, retail space and other entertainment amenities that will complete the basketball experience. The Oshkosh Arena will be available for other sporting and entertainment events when not in use by the team.

The Ripon Middle School takes to the open seas as they proudly present the musical, “Anything Goes”; Thursday, March 30th and Friday, March 31st at 7pm and Saturday, April 1st at 2pm.With music arranged by timeless jazz composer Cole Porter; “Anything Goes” centers on New York junior stock broker Billy Crocker; who has learned the love of his life, debutante Hope Harcourt, is sailing onthe SS American to London, where she plans to marry another man, the well to-do Englishman, Lord Evelyn Oakleigh.  In a bid to win over Hope’s affections Billy stows away aboard the ship with the aid of his friend,renowned singer Reno Sweeney, and the unexpected ally, Moonface Martin - public Enemy 13 - who’s also on board hiding from authorities disguised as a minister.Audience members can expect to enjoy such toe-tappers as “You’re the Tops,” “De-lovely,” and the titular, “Anything goes.”This year’s middle school performance is a one-act, young performers production and is expected to last about an hour.  Tickets are $1 per student, $3 per adult. The performances will be held in the Ripon HighSchool auditorium, 850 Tiger Dr., in Ripon.  The auditorium will open to the audience starting at 6:30pm for each of the two evening performances Thursday and Friday, and at 1:30pm for the 2pm matinee on Saturday.This production has been properly licensed by the show publishers, Tams-Whitmark.

The Ripon Middle School takes to the open seas as they proudly present the musical, “Anything Goes”; Thursday, March 30th and Friday, March 31st at 7pm and Saturday, April 1st at 2pm.With music arranged by timeless jazz composer Cole Porter; “Anything Goes” centers on New York junior stock broker Billy Crocker; who has learned the love of his life, debutante Hope Harcourt, is sailing onthe SS American to London, where she plans to marry another man, the well to-do Englishman, Lord Evelyn Oakleigh.  In a bid to win over Hope’s affections Billy stows away aboard the ship with the aid of his friend,renowned singer Reno Sweeney, and the unexpected ally, Moonface Martin - public Enemy 13 - who’s also on board hiding from authorities disguised as a minister.Audience members can expect to enjoy such toe-tappers as “You’re the Tops,” “De-lovely,” and the titular, “Anything goes.”This year’s middle school performance is a one-act, young performers production and is expected to last about an hour.  Tickets are $1 per student, $3 per adult. The performances will be held in the Ripon HighSchool auditorium, 850 Tiger Dr., in Ripon.  The auditorium will open to the audience starting at 6:30pm for each of the two evening performances Thursday and Friday, and at 1:30pm for the 2pm matinee on Saturday.This production has been properly licensed by the show publishers, Tams-Whitmark.

Saturday, April 1st 8:00am – 2:00pm

Waushara County Health Department 230 W. Park St., Wautoma, WI 54982

Click on link for more info…..Sunburn Skin Cancer Screen Poster 2017

Waushara County Health Department, in partnership with Agnesian Healthcare, is providing FREE skin cancer screenings for the community. Screenings only take 10 minutes. You must make an appointment! Call to schedule your FREE screening! All community members are welcome. 920-787-6590 Sunburn easily? Get screened!

Blue Ribbon Kid’s Day Waushara County’s largest free family fun and resource fair, Blue Ribbon Kid’s Day will be held on Saturday, April 1st from 8:30am-12:30pm at Parkside School, 16th Avenue – Wautoma. The event offers information for parents, hands-on activities for kids and loads of family fun. It has been a local tradition since 1992. Helping celebrate twenty-five years of Blue Ribbon Kid’s Day in Waushara County, children’s recording artist, Tom Pease, will take to the stage at 10am for a concert filled with song, movement and laughter. Tom is a Wisconsin favorite, “Tom Pease is one of the finest children’s performers I have ever had perform at our library. His energy and humor draw in listeners of all ages, children and adults alike. Tom’s repertoire includes his own compositions, folk classics and a variety of multicultural songs. His song topics span the gamut from silly songs like “Bellybutton” to the touching, like his wonderful “Love Grows”. Tom likes to include motions, sign language and Spanish into his shows, which has everyone’s brain working in multiple ways.” The concert is sponsored by the Wautoma Area Kiwanis. In addition to wiggly, giggly concert fun children might enjoy some time with the huggable, snuggable, scaly and slippery animals that will be on hand to teach and explore. Such adventures will be provided by Havens Petting Farm and Natures Niche. Havens Petting Farm, sponsored by the Healthy Communities Healthy Youth initiative, features adorable farm animals. Their petting zoo will include bunnies, chicks, lambs, ducks, goats, a calf, alpaca, mini pot pig and even a mini horse. Natures Niche, LLC sponsored by The Cupboard, features animals native to the rainforest. This live animal exhibit has been featured at the Green Bay Pet Expo and offers creature teachers to see and touch!

The Ripon Middle School takes to the open seas as they proudly present the musical, “Anything Goes”; Thursday, March 30th and Friday, March 31st at 7pm and Saturday, April 1st at 2pm.With music arranged by timeless jazz composer Cole Porter; “Anything Goes” centers on New York junior stock broker Billy Crocker; who has learned the love of his life, debutante Hope Harcourt, is sailing onthe SS American to London, where she plans to marry another man, the well to-do Englishman, Lord Evelyn Oakleigh.  In a bid to win over Hope’s affections Billy stows away aboard the ship with the aid of his friend,renowned singer Reno Sweeney, and the unexpected ally, Moonface Martin - public Enemy 13 - who’s also on board hiding from authorities disguised as a minister.Audience members can expect to enjoy such toe-tappers as “You’re the Tops,” “De-lovely,” and the titular, “Anything goes.”This year’s middle school performance is a one-act, young performers production and is expected to last about an hour.  Tickets are $1 per student, $3 per adult. The performances will be held in the Ripon HighSchool auditorium, 850 Tiger Dr., in Ripon.  The auditorium will open to the audience starting at 6:30pm for each of the two evening performances Thursday and Friday, and at 1:30pm for the 2pm matinee on Saturday.This production has been properly licensed by the show publishers, Tams-Whitmark.