DEAN LESAR TRIBUNE RECORD GLEANER As the director of the museum at The Highground veterans memorial park west of Neillsville, Theresa Hebert has noticed what catches peoples' eyes and what doesn't. A routine black and white photo of an historical event? Yeah, not so much. But a full-size atomic bomb, now that will make people gape. That's the idea Hebert had late in 2021 as

cious enough to let him come and go as the need arose for him to work on his own products. “From there, it was a lot of learning, even though I had good construction knowledge,” Joel said. “I still had a lot to learn in terms of buying furniture, gluing panels and this whole thing about steaming and bending logs.” From that point, Joel and Daniel expanded their repertoire to include

was gone, Lisa’s father still enjoyed making Old Fashioneds and used a special mix to do so. Scott thought that he could do one better by creating a mix that was ready to drink and all you had to do was add ice and liquor, so that’s what he did. The Rogers also made sure that the mix is drinkable straight from the can if you choose to not add in alcohol. “The original purpose of an Old Fashioned

COURIER SENTINEL You might drive right by and never even know it exists, but once you visit the Wisconsin Veteran Farm & Winery in Cornell, you’ll never look at wine the way you did before. Located at 921 South 8th Street, the winery doesn’t have clearly visible fields of grapes, but what’s inside the bottles comes as a pleasant and unusual surprise. Owned and operated by retired

ing double French doors and a large deck, along with some landscaping and pea gravel for a parking area. Cosmetics were just the start, as he looked into opening a retail store, requiring permits and licenses from the city, as well as state approval. Working with officials from the city and healthrelated departments, Osborn eventually got the necessary approval to open the winery. Although

CASEY KRAUTKRAMER THE RECORD-REVIEW Rock Oil Refining Inc. in rural Stratford is one of only two Wisconsin based businesses that currently pick up used oil, recycle it, and then sell and deliver it to other businesses, according to Rock Oil co-owner Dave Feemster. The only other company is Halron Lubricants which has its headquarters in Green Bay. Self-taught electrician Sylvester Rock founded

and promoted recycling rather than giving used oil the stigma of hazardous waste label. The decision was well received by the Rock family. The second generation family owners then decided to move forward with the construction of an oil recycling facility in 1986-87, utilizing state-ofthe- art oil processing technology developed by the company. The new Rock Oil Refining continued collecting and

tem and got started brewing at the new level. “We believe we’re the smallest brewing company in the state,” said Cliff. They brew on a half-barrel system, which allows for a lot of variety on top of their mainstays. “We carry a big array of beers,” said Cliff, who serves as the head brewer. Some of their mainstays they are known for, are the Chasing Dragon IPA and Amber Bolic.

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