The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced it has 2-year-old oak seedlings available for purchase. The seedlings are from Wisconsin’s Wilson State Nursery and are ready for planting. The seedlings are available because of a high-quality acorn crop and harvest in 2022. While many 1-year-old seedlings were purchased last year, others were grown for another year, resulting in a bumper crop of 2-year-old seedlings.

Looking ahead to 2025, Abrams Spotlight Productions Inc. will present a musical, a comedy and a Christmas-themed youth show at the Nancy Byng Community Theater, 5852 Maple St., Abrams. The three shows are “Godspell” in March, “The Play that Goes Wrong” in May and “A Ghost Tale for Mr. Dickens Jr.” in December. “Godspell,” directed by Elizabeth Jolly-Haslitt, will be performed March 13-23.

I began my love of birds because of their beautiful feathers and lovely songs, but what keeps me intrigued are all the weird and wonderful things they can do. While touching just the tip of the iceberg, here are a few of my favorites. Crows, pigeons, magpies and mockingbirds can recognize faces and remember which humans are good to them and which are bad. If you are nice to them, they may bring you trinkets as a gift.

Palmer College of Chiropractic Taylor Johnson of Shawano has been named to the 2024 summer trimester dean’s list at Palmer College of Chiropractic’s main campus in Davenport, Iowa.

As we approach Thanksgiving, it is a great time to reflect on all that we are thankful for. We are thankful every day for a multitude of reasons; however, the month of November finds us reflecting on all the blessings bestowed on us throughout life. We are so thankful for our health.

About a year and a half ago I went to take care of my best friend from college, Cathy, for the first few days after she had a knee replacement. I had a knee replacement the year before, so I knew what those first few days were like, and I knew how to nudge her along in her recovery. I kept cheering her on and telling her how much better it would get as long as she kept doing her exercises and pushing herself.