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NAPS plans treasure hunt this weekend

NORWAY — The Norway Area Preservation Society will sponsor a treasure hunt for children up to age 10 this weekend to celebrate Earth Day. To encourage children to get outdoors, one green plastic egg will be hidden in four different parks in the Norway-Vulcan area on Saturday and Sunday. The children who find a green egg can redeem it at the Swedish Passport Shop in Norway for a bucket of “treasure.” The NAPS asks that each child only takes one winning egg. Parks will include Strawberry Lake Park, picnic area; Marion Park, playground area; Hanbury Lake Park, ...

Speak slowly and with intention

Dear Heloise: Here is something younger reporters don't always hear: we older viewers are working to keep up, and fast talkers lose us. Mumbling makes it worse. Finish the word, pause, then move on — it sounds simple because it is. Reporters who actually do it come across as far more ...

How to handle in-laws hurling insults

Dear Annie: I have been married for 12 years to a good man whom I love very much, but I dread nearly every holiday, birthday dinner and casual Sunday visit with his family. On the surface, my in-laws are charming, polished and the sort of people everyone else describes as “so nice.” But ...

Doll club to meet Thursday in Eagle River

EAGLE RIVER, Wis. — The Enchanted Doll Club of the Northwoods will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday in the meeting room of the Kalmar Community Center at 1101 N. Railroad St. in Eagle River. Judith Wainwright of Eagle River will present a program on doll artist Heidi Ott and her dolls. Ott was a Swiss doll maker who gained international fame for her dolls in the 1980s. Her company offered a variety of dolls and even doll house miniatures. Wainwright and club members will share their Ott dolls. Guests are always welcome to the doll club meetings. For more information about the ...