November 2016

Henrietta M. Beeler, age 89, formerly of Beloit, passed away on November 8, 2016, at the New Glarus Home in New Glarus, WI. She was born in Beloit on August 23, 1927, to her parents, William and Mary (Shorts) Anschutz.

On Saturday, November 12, Betty Gill celebrated her 95th birthday with friends and family. During the birthday celebration she was surprised by members of the Quilts of Valor Foundation who presented her with a beautiful handmade quilt.
Betty served as a U.S. Marine from 1943-1945, during WWII. She was stationed in El Centro, California, where her primary duties were as a telephone operator. Betty met her husband, Bob, while serving in the military, he was in the Army Air Corps. The couple's Oklahoma City wedding saw them both wearing their military uniforms.

Wisconsin's smallest tree squirrel carries a name often incorrectly applied to our fox squirrel.  The true red squirrel is a miniscule image of the fox squirrel, which can weigh 35 ounces compared to the red squirrel's 7 ounces. 
The varied diet of the red, a.k.a. pine squirrel and chickaree, is dominated by pine seeds and deciduous tree nuts.  A jack pine cone may be quite large but the seeds are very small and imbedded between tough, woody scales.  Still the cone makes a convenient seed storage container, often piled by the bushel by the small rodent.

The New Glarus Science Club had the amazing opportunity to go on a camping trip. On this trip the club was able to explore some sciences that are not typically taught in school. We stared the trip by playing nature games, which focused on concepts in ecology, and it was a fun start to the trip. Then we went to Devil's Lake State Park to participate in a torch lit hike. This year the hike focused on owl trivia. The hike was a mile and a half and a very unique experience because it was torchlight throughout the whole hike.