“In autumn, don’t go to the jewelers to see gold; go to the parks.” — Mehmet Murat ildan Fall is my favorite time of year. I love the fresh cool air, watching the animals scurrying about preparing for winter, the beautiful fall colors and the smell of a pumpkin pie baking in the oven. Scarecrows and fall flower arrangements are beginning to appear here at City Hall.

The Professional Ambulance Association of Wisconsin recently announced that Shawano Ambulance’s Kevin King has been named a 2015 Wisconsin Star of Life honoree.

Most winters, several women in my church work on making quilts for missions. Much of the fabric is donated by church members, by others in the community and by some of our neighboring churches no longer able to keep making quilts for missions. The mission quilting has been going on in Lutheran churches for many years. Most of them make quilts for Lutheran World Relief, and the quilting ladies at our St.

Football season is underway. I love it! The cameras zoom in on these big fellas so close you can see their beard stubble. Our guy under center is cool, composed and settled; his eyes reflect his confidence and his play cements it. He is an amazing, talented, faith-filled man of God. At a press conference during a recent post-game interview he said with a dimpled smile, “Gotta give all the glory to God. God was a Packer fan tonight.

Christi Bruce volunteers for the Red River Riders, a nonprofit organization that has classes for special needs kids and adults. She was born in Plymouth and graduated from Plymouth High School. Bruce was a stay-at-home mom for three sons before working at M&I for 12 years and then at an assisted living facility in New London for two years.

Since 1970, the White Clay Lake Sportsmen’s Club has continued its mission to better the hunting and fishing opportunities and to help control the wildlife in the White Clay Lake area. White Clay Lake is a natural lake of around 257 acres that is fed by runoff. “I’ve grown up on this lake,” said Kent Heller, who has been the club president for four years. One of the club’s main activities is raising and releasing 350 pheasants every year.

Richard L. “Waubano” Awonohopay left for the spirit world on Sept. 24, 2015. He was 69 years old. Waubano was born on Aug. 9, 1946, to the late Johnson and Frances (Pyawasit) Awonohopay, of Zoar. He was a proud member of the Menominee Nation. Waubano was a Menominee tribal leader, a cultural and spiritual leader, a teacher, a writer, a musician, a composer and a powwow participant.

Carl R. Mares, 80, of Shawano, formerly of Legend Lake, passed away Wednesday evening, Sept. 23, 2015, at the Shawano Medical Center. Carl was born on Oct. 17, 1934 in Racine, a son of the late Otto and Jewel (Farr) Mares. He was raised in Racine and was a graduate of Racine Park High School. Following high school, Carl entered the United States Navy, where he proudly served for 22 years.

Erich C. Froemming, 92, of the town of Belle Plaine, Shawano County, passed away Thursday afternoon, Sept. 24, 2015, at the Greentree Health & Rehabilitation Center in Clintonville. Erich was born on Oct. 4, 1922, in Caroline as the son of the late Alvin and Lillian (Krueger) Froemming. As a young boy, he moved with his family to his current farm on Riverbank Road in the town of Belle Plaine.