Bring Your Antlers

That's right, bring your antlers and get scored and win prizes! Check out the Antler Expo and Sport Show this weekend at the Forts Folle Avione Historical Park in Danbury.

March 31st and April 1st from 10AM to 4PM you can take your antlers to be scored and displayed. No antlers...try out the Bird Sporting Clay Shoot or the 3D Archery Shoot. There will also be seminars by the Wisconsin DNR, the Ice Age Trail, the National Park Service, and lots of vendors for you to check out.

Get all the details and prices here Anler Expo/Sports Show  Event sponsored by the Forts Folle Avoine and The Fish Bowl United Sportman Club.

St Urho

March 17th is St Patrick's Day, but today, March 16th is St Urho's Day.  Who is St Urho? 

It seems the legend of St Urho began around the 1950's in either Virginia, Minnesota or Chippewa Falls, Wisconisn of a great man who drove either frogs or grasshoppers out of Finland. Originally celebrated in May, the date was later changed to March 16th, and many communities across the US and Canada with Finnish origins now hold parades and festivals on this date.

Around Wisconsin you can celebrate St Urho's Day here:

• Oconto: Ruby Hatters St. Urho’s Day Social March 16th 11AM at The Brothers Three
• Brantwood - St. Urho/St Patrick Celebration March 17th 4:30PM at the Brantwood Community Center.
• Barnes - St. Urho's/St. Patrick's Day Parade and Events March 17th Barnes WI 

So a Happy St Urho's and St Patrick's Weekend everyone!

May brooks and trees and singing hills

Join in the chorus too,

And every gentle wind that blows

Send happiness to you.  ~Irish Blessing

 

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22nd Annual Klondike Days

Wisconsin's #1 Winter Family Fun Festival, Klondike Days, will be this weekend March 3rd and 4th in Eagle River.

This prestigous event started off as just a dog sled race, and now hosts a variety of yesteryear activities for the entire family. Activities include: River Country Red's Rendezvous and Living History (a re-enactment of a camp), North Woods Championship Dog Weight Pull, the One and Two-Horse Log Pull Classic, lumberjack and chain-saw carving competitions, the Native American Cultural Exposition, Snowshoe Challenge, a winter art and craft show, music and great food.

Get all the details here 22nd Annual Klondike Days

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16th Book Across the Bay

Get ready to ski or snowshoe by the stars and candlelight across Lake Superior.  Book Across the Bay is this weekend February 18th at 6PM.

The race begins in Ashland at the Hotel Chequamegon and ends near Thompson's West End Park in Washburn.  Participants are asked to leave their cars near the finish line and take one of the shuttle buses from 2:30PM-5:30PM to the start line.  Last year's event had 3,800 skiiers and snowshoers, so get there early - this year over 4,000 are expected to join in the fun.

To register and get more information visit the Book Across the Bay website

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89th Annual Snowflake Ski Jumping Tournament

Although many winter events have been cancelled do to warm temperatures and lack of snow, the 89th Annual Snowflake Ski Jumping Tournament held at the Snowflake Ski Club February 2nd-4th just north of Westby, Wisconsin is still a go!

This tournament is an International ski jump competition on an Olympic size hill. Skiers from the United States and around the world come to compete in Timber Coulee at this event.

For details and time for opening ceremonies and events visit the Snowflake Ski Club's website

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22nd Annual Wisconsin Snow Sculpting Competition

If you like snowmen, you're gonna love this. This weekend Racine plays host to the 22nd Annual State Snow Sculpting Competition.

Formerly held in the Wisconsin Dells as the "Flake Out Festival", this year the competition is called "The Big Chill" held in Monument Square January 20th to 22nd in Downtown Racine.

The 17 top two-man team snow sculpters will compete for the Championship and cash prizes and the chance to compete at the US National event in 2013.

Get all the details here The Big Chill Racine Ice & Snow Festival

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Bald Eagle Watching

Did you know there are bald eagles in Wisconsin?  If you enjoy seeing these majestic birds in their natural habitat check out the 25th Bald Eagle Watching Days January 13th and 14th in Prairie du Sac. 

Friday events begin at 7PM with a live birds of prey show by the Raptor Center from the University of Minnesota at the Sauk Prairie High School.  Saturday will feature a release of a rehabilitated eagle by the Raptor Education Group. 

For a complete schedule of times and events visit the Ferry Bluff Eagle Council's website Eagle Days

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