Education project includes Conserve School

LAND O’ LAKES — The sun is shining and there is a slight breeze in the air at Conserve School, an environmentally-focused, residential, semester school.

A group of students are learning the basics of canoeing, including steering and navigation, while out on one of the many different lakes on campus.

The instructor points out on the shoreline where the water level used to be and discusses the decrease over recent years.  The class is able to do two things; first, see the changing environment and, second, physically paddle themselves on the water.

The outdoors presents a unique opportunity

The Eagle River Revitalization Program recently announced the new date of the fifth annual Festival of Flavors, Saturday, July 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in  Riverview Park in Eagle River.

Festival chairwoman Cindy Meinholz, stated that a 200-foot long “Celebrate the Taste of Wisconsin” tent will house about 40 booths for sampling, plus the Discover Wisconsin Theatre stage.

The stage will have events such as the Sprecher Root Beer Float Drinking Contest and Kids Kreative Kakes Kontest, as well as chef demos. Booths are still available for those wishing to exhibit.

The event will feature a Wisconsin

The Snowmobile Hall of Fame will host its 10th annual Classic Sled Roundup sponsored by Arctic Cat Sunday, May 26, in St. Germain.

The vintage show and swap is located at the Community Park on highways 70 and 155. There will be food and music throughout the day and many snowmobiles.

Snowmobile swap will be open for registration at 7 a.m. with fees ranging from $20 to $40. Admission will be free.

Registration for the snowmobile show

The Strawberry Craft and Gift Fest will be this Saturday and Sunday, May 25 and 26, at the Vilas County Fairgrounds in Eagle River.

The event will feature more than 100 craft and gift artisans displaying, demonstrating and selling the newest in this year’s arts and crafts, as well as musical entertainment and food such as strawberry shortcakes and other strawberry delicacies.

The crafts available will include inside and outside home decor, as well as rustic crafts for cottages or campgrounds.

Parking will be $4 with proceeds benefiting Eagle River Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Three Lakes eighth-graders tour Washington, D.C.

Thirty-six Three Lakes eighth-graders recently participated in a hands-on learning experience that expanded their horizons in many different ways. The entire Three Lakes High School Class of 2017 raised $40,000 together in order to fund a class trip to Washington, D.C., from May 10-13.

Many of the Three Lakes students had never been out of Wisconsin or on an airplane. This trip accomplished those two hurdles and many more.

Learning experiences included visiting the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, which was a culmination of language arts and history units on World War II, the Kennedy Center for the Arts, the Smithsonian