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What's Happening: May 8-17

FRIDAY, MAY 8

SURING: Friends of Suring Area Public Library Annual Rummage Sale, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., How Township Garage, 12896 State Highway 32.

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.

SURING: Recovery Talking Circle, 6-8 p.m. South Branch Community Center, W1281 County Road M.

Tips help to beautify container gardens

Add color and seasonal interest throughout the landscape with container gardens. Set them in garden beds to add vertical interest, place pots of edible plants on a patio, deck or balcony for convenient picking, and include pollinator-friendly plants in containers to attract and support pollinators.

Fewer tweets from nature cause for concern

According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin is home to more than 300 species of birds.

Community health vital in Shawano, Menominee counties

When people hear the phrase community health, they often think about hospitals, clinics or doctor visits. Those things matter, of course, but community health is much bigger than health care alone.

Floodwaters should increase turkey hunting success

In about 60 years of hunting, I’ve read a lot of articles around deer, small game, upland bird, predator and turkey hunting. It’s hard for magazines to come up with something truly new to say about hunting anything, although I keep buying them. You probably do, too.

Add a bit of cheddar to your biscuits

Cheese biscuits is yet another recipe from “The Great Big Cookie Book,” although they are not cookies. A savory twist on a normal biscuit, cheese biscuits are quick and easy to make.

The original recipe called for dry mustard, but as I didn’t have any, I used garlic powder instead. You could add any spice you wish, or even herbs like basil or parsley.

DLee Photography captures fleeting moments of life

Destiny Hokenstad, owner of DLee Photography, secures special moments of life on film.

With a keen eye for detail and a love for capturing fleeting life-events, Hokenstad specializes in family, maternity, engagement/couples and kids.

Catching life here and now is extremely important to Hokenstad. For 10 years this May, photography has been Hokenstad’s passion and her creative outlet.

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