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We are open! Masks must be worn anytime in the Rec and Civic Centers, including when working out or playing sports. Everyone entering must do a self-screening at the door prior to entering. If you answer yes to any of the questions, you may not enter. Everyone must check in at the Welcome desk prior to exercising and maintain 12’ physical distance. Members are asked to limit socializing while in the building. Please bring your own water bottle, as the water fountains remain turned off. Hours are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday from 5 a.m. to ...

Park & Rec Report

We are open! Masks must be worn anytime in the Rec and Civic Centers, including when working out or playing sports. Everyone entering must do a self-screening at the door prior to entering. If you answer yes to any of the questions, you may not enter. Everyone must check in at the Welcome desk prior to exercising and maintain 12’ physical distance. Members are asked to limit socializing while in the building. Please bring your own water bottle, as the water fountains remain turned off. We will be open this weekend, both days from 7 a.m.-12 p.m. Starting Monday, January 4, Hours will ...

Antiques & Collecting: Paris porcelain

Paris porcelain is often a mystery to collectors. Sometimes it is sold as Vieux Paris or Old Paris. It was made in the 18th or early 19th century. Most pieces are not marked, but the porcelain is very white and the decorations are usually elaborate with many colors and gold trim. It was made by several different Paris potteries. A 19th-century cylindrical Paris porcelain vase decorated on the front with a painting of Cupid and Psyche sold for $244 at a Neal auction recently. There was standing putto on the back, and the vase had a blue base with gold shaped trim. Other pieces of Paris ...

In Appreciation

Brown County Fair Board The Brown County Fair Board would like to thank all those who supported the drive through Santa experience! We were overwhelmed with the community turn out as well as all who reached out with financial donations, donations of lights and decoration and those wishing to volunteer! We truly would not have been able to pull it off without all of the community collaboration and support! For information on how you can contribute towards next years magical event please email info@browncountyfreefair.com Our sincere appreciation and best wishes for a happy and ...

Family Living Focus: Ways to achieve a healthy, happy New Year

When we cry out “Happy New Year!” we mean it. Just about everyone wants to be happy in the new year. As we age, happiness stems less from material possessions and more from health, good relationships and fulfilling activities that keep us engaged in life. In fact, older adults say losing their health is their greatest worry. You can take action to have both health and happiness in the new year. Get active. Not just physically active, but intellectually and socially active, too. You will feel better, improve your health, and attitude, and keep your brain working. That will make you ...

Antiques & Collecting: Celebrating the New Year

The “New Year” is celebrated in many ways, but in the United States, there are always midnight celebrations with pictures of an old man representing the past and a baby, the new year. The other popular symbol is a clock of almost any style with the hands at midnight. The early Greek idea of Baby New Year was a baby paraded around in a basket to welcome the new year. Then it became pictures of the Baby Jesus or a Baby New Year. But pictures were created for publications, and each year from 1907 to 1943, Joseph Leyendecker drew a different, humorous illustration of a Baby New Year for ...