Vitamin K is an essential vitamin that the body requires for normal bone development, vascular health, and — most pertinent to this topic — a healthy blood clotting system.

When it comes to outdoors hunting and fishing adventures, you tend to remember the toughest ones almost as much as the best ones. That was the case on a family fishing charter in the Atlantic Ocean out of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on June 15 as part of an 11-day trip to the Carolinas.

Anguish flooded my heart as my brain registered what I saw. There, on the road just past our driveway, lay my sweet kitty, Fred. Lifeless.

My husband and I were on our four-wheeler, and immediately I felt the need to get Fred off the road.

“Let’s go back and get a guinea sack,” my husband suggested quietly.

FRIDAY, JUNE 26

OCONTO FALLS: Burger and Brats, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Iverson’s Piggly Wiggly, 409 E. Highland Drive. Fundraiser for Oconto Falls Lioness Club; group order information on the Lioness website.

OCONTO: Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Farnsworth Public Library, 715 Main St. Story and crafts for preschool children. A caregiver must stay with the child.

Bethany Baptist Church, a historic building located in rural Shawano County, has been repurposed with a new title and mission, thanks to owner Karen Benishek.

Father’s Day was really special this year because our daughter treated us to a weekend in Madison. Isn’t it wonderful when your kids do things like that? We wouldn’t have missed this for the world, though getting there and back was an adventure.