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October 2013

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Mini cranberry bog exhibit
featured at children’s museum

The First Congregational United Church of
Christ will host a luncheon during Cranberry

Fest. Promoting this year’s event are Patti
and Keenan Roberts. —Contributed Photo

Luncheon is tradition
at Cranberry Festival
It’s fall, the leaves are
turning and it’s time for the
Cranberry Fest luncheon at
the First Congregational
United Church of Christ in
Eagle River Saturday, Oct. 5.
The luncheon has been a
special treat during Cranberry Fest for more than 15
years and is a “must include” as part of the fall season. The aromas in the air
and friendly faces add to the
fun of Cranberry Fest.
A delicious hot turkey
casserole is the main dish,
accompanied by cranberry
salad, relishes, cranberry
bread, dessert and beverages, all served by redaproned waiters and waitresses.
The luncheon will be
served Saturday, Oct. 5, from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is
$8 for adults and $3 for children. The church is located
at the corner of Division and
First streets and is on the
fest shuttle bus route.
The lunch is a place to
see old friends and meet
new ones. Many come year
after year for the luncheon.
“We also share our
recipes and enjoy hearing
how they have been taken

to many places outside of
Eagle River,” said Linda
Jorgensen, chairwoman of
the Women’s Fellowship.
To commemorate the
church’s 125 years, a cookbook entitled, “Faith, Food
& Fellowship,” second edition, is on sale for $14,
which includes the turkey
casserole recipe.
Proceeds from the luncheon are used to help various groups in the community
and mission projects. Handmade mittens, scarves and
hats are given to Head Start,
toiletries are donated to TriCounty Council on Domestic
Violence in Rhinelander,
scholarships are provided for

youths to attend Moon
Beach Camp, and gift cards
are sent to college students.
Other mission projects
include donations to the
Heifer Project and providing dinners and donations
to Fredrick Place (NATH)
in Rhinelander. An ongoing
project for the women is
making lap robes for Angel
On My Shoulder, Iron
Mountain V.A. Hospital
and members and friends
who are ill or shut-in.
“Whether it is sunny,
cold or rainy, you don’t
want to miss the luncheon
at Cranberry Fest,” said
Jorgensen.

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The Northwoods Children’s Museum in Eagle
River will feature a cranberry bog exhibit this fall,
including during Cranberry
Fest.
Opening in mid-September, the mini cranberry bog
is one of the museum’s seasonal exhibits and offers
children the opportunity to
experience the process of
harvesting cranberries.
“This interactive exhibit
lets children learn about
the process used to harvest
cranberries,” explained museum Executive Director
Rouleen Gartner. “Kids
turn a lever to flood the
mini bog, causing the cranberries to float to the surface where they can scoop
them up, replicating a cranberry harvest.”
After gathering the
cranberries, children can
also measure and weigh
their harvest.
“Both kids and adults
have fun flooding the bog
area,” Gartner continued.
“While it’s a mini-bog, the
exhibit uses real cranberries donated from local
growers and children have
the opportunity to see,
smell and touch the
berries.”
In addition to the bog,
the museum has 22 other
interactive exhibits for children to explore. Some exhibits are science-based,
while others help children
understand their world or
learn about history.
The museum will hold a
Cranberry Jar Guesstimation Contest in which par-

Children can learn how cranberries are harvested at the
Northwoods Children’s Museum.
—Contributed Photo

ticipants can guess how
many cranberries it takes
to fill the museum’s cranberry jar.
“While some children
just make a guess, others
use scientific methods, such
as counting how many
berries are in a pound, then
weighing the jar to arrive
at a total,” said museum
Program
Coordinator
Margie Rychlock.
In the art center, there
are fall-themed craft projects which children may
take home.
“Several of the fall craft
projects use cranberries,”
said Rychlock. “The kids
can harvest the cranberries, take them to the art
center and use them to cre-

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The museum’s theme exhibit area allows for different exhibits throughout the
year. From Labor Day until
Memorial Day, the museum
is open Tuesdays through
Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m., and Sundays from
noon to 5 p.m.
The museum is closed
Mondays.
Admission is $7 per person, ages 1 to 100. Basic
family memberships are
available for $75 and PLUS
memberships for $110.
For more information, call
the museum at (715) 4794623 or visit northwoods
childrensmuseum.com.

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