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We have received a few comments recently that North Star will be closing soon.  One of those comments stated that the closing was due to foreclosure.  We have not been able to locate any foreclosure records, nor any delinquent taxes for the establishment.

Possibly one of our readers will have some information on this.

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As posted by the Manager of North Star – the above question has been answered with NO, the business is NOT closing.
The Manager also stated that improvements are being made from the feedback given here.  KUDOS!

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Eastview Medical and Rehab

Eastview has 6 of the 20 job postings listed in the “Antigo Job Listings on JobSearch” on the Antigobuzz.com home page.

Eastview is searching for a Rehab manager, RN’s, LPN’s, C.N.A’s, a cook, and a maintenance assistant. They recently just hired another new Director of Nursing.

Most of the quality employees who once worked at Eastview have all quit and moved over to Langlade Hospital which ranks in the Top 100 in the nation for Modern Healthcare Best Places to Work in Healthcare.

When national unemployment rates are over 9% and a facility has multiple job postings in 6 different departments that should tell you something about employee job satisfaction at Eastview.

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Stupidest story and headline… EVER!
by Jerry Muelver

Antigo Daily Journal, August 17, 2011, headline (under a picture of State Senator Jim Holperin): “Simac was a narrow vote winner in local contest ”

Story lead-in sentence: “State Sen. Jim Holperin survived Tuesday’s recall election based on results across his sprawling 12th District,
but locally challenger Kim Simac eked out a 14-vote win.”

Web address for this travesty of small-town reporting idiocy:
http://www.antigodailyjournal.com/full.php?id=13184

For those who might not have heard, Simac did not win squat. She lost the recall challenge. Jim Holperin did not merely survive, he won the recall election. There was no such thing as a “local contest” for Simac to “win”.

Simac was not the only loser. Antigo Daily Journal readers lose, too, and have to suffer the agonies of the defeat of journalistic standards every time they pick this sorry piece of dreck. This is not a newspaper. It is a joke, a community embarrassment.

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Fleet Farm Entrance

Another person recently lost their life attempting to exit the Fleet Farm parking lot onto Hiway 45. How many more people need to die needlessly and/or be seriously injured before traffic lights are installed at that very dangerous section of the hiway. Antigo’s north side business section has seen tremendous growth in the past decade. Now McDonalds is building a new facility adding even more traffic. When Walmart was built, traffic lights were installed immediately on Hiway 64 but the city (or whoever is responsible) continues to drag their feet getting traffic lights installed on Hiway 45 either at Amron Ave or in front of Fleet Farm.
The speed limit is 35 MPH all the way to the north side Amoco, but traffic headed northbound from the Refuge is often times going 45, 50, 55 MPH in the section from Fleet Farm to the Amoco station.

Multiple people have died in traffic accidents in front of Fleet Farm. Traffic lights need to be installed now, before another fatality happens.

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Problems at the Racetrack

I have heard some rumors about the Stock Car races and that there have been some problems lately.  Something about the people who run the races are trying to sell things that aren’t theirs to sell and that there may be an end to the races. I think it would be an awful blow to the community if they are discontinued.

Can anyone confirm or deny or elaborate at all on what is going on?

********************UPDATE 10/25/2011************

According to the article in the Antigo Journal, looks like the races will be on for one more year at least.

You can read the full article HERE.

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The Farmer and the Dell – Part 2

I’m quite certain that anyone who attended the Fuddfest this year had a pretty good time. seeing old friends, making new ones, and enjoying the music.
But…I wonder if anyone realized that the campsites looked a little empty? the North Camp ground was about half full…if that?

I have to wonder if maybe it was becasue of the pretty low rated talent Molly chose to be in this year? Now…don’t get me wrong…there were some good talent..Diamond Rio…Heidi Newfield, and maybe stretching it with Bucky…
So…here brings up last years debate that I wanted to let all the readers know about…last year…some people threatened Ron the farmer that they would let his barn burn down, or Ron was only after money for having parking in his field….that was free by the way.

Here are the facts: this year Ron leased the old parking lot from the owners…because Dell openly admitted to using that land without permission, and openly admitted to the court officials that he used it and knew it was wrong. So Ron, leased it and now pays for the land. So…Dell did not have anywhere for parking…so he had to eat a whole bucket full of crow, and ask Ron for his field….the very same field that was not suitable for free parking.

So…here is fact..Ron graciously accepted to lease his field to the “fire department” (we all know it is for Dell), if and only if Dell gets the field up to code…the very same code that Dell had the county instill last year….oh…get this….Ron…leased that field for FREE!!!!! He did not make a dime…..,FREE!!!!!

Now…the deal was this…bring the land to code. Last year…Ron was told he had to have a septic sytem put in…lights…path way…etc…
This year…two porta potties…lights run by generator and a snow fenced path….hmmmmmm…that was not good enough for Ron?
Oh…one more bit of fact: Molly…little miss big mouth..was spreading around that they would lease the land and get Ron into a whole bunch of trouble because of code violations…guess what Miss Molly….Ron…being a farm boy and all…is not STUPID!!!!! That is why he had a iron clad lease drawn up…did I mention that he leased the land for FREE!!!!!

Now….another year has gone by with the Fuddfest…,and thank GOD no one was seriously injured…and it went off pretty well.
Now Dell can get his act together and move his fence back over to his land…as he is quite a bit further into another mans land..and he can have a whole year to wonder what went wrong and why the low count of people…maybe because they did not want to pay $110.00 for low rate talent…when they could go to Hodag and see high rate talent. Or..maybe people are just sick of the greed…..smugness and inconsideration that the Fuddfest family instills. Just because the land is not being used…it doesn’t mean you have the right or privelage to just take it. Ever think of asking before taking?
You see… the farmer wins after all…the legal way…..

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Antigo’s plagiarism plague has infected Langlade Hospital by Jerry Muelver

The Antigo Daily Journal for Wednesday, August 3, 2011, has an impassioned Letter to the Editor titled, “Antigo Physician offers view of health reforms and the future” on page 5. The letter runs over, at great length, to page 11, where readers finally learn that the author of the letter is Noel N. Deep, MD, FACP, FRSPH, etc., etc.

The letter is quite impressive, detailing what’s wrong (in the author’s opinion) with health care systems in the United States, and how Congress should go about fixing the problems. It’s well-written, hard-hitting, well-researched… and a complete plagiarism.

This letter was taken from a fill-in-the-blanks form offered on the web by the American College of Physicians at:
http://capwiz.com/acponline/issues/alert/?alertid=39225526

Granted, it’s quite common to use form letters to flood the halls of Congress with urgent messages from organized groups of constituents. In fact, that was the suggested use and purpose of the letter as offered by the American College of Physicians. However, in my view, authorship means ownership. In my opinion, posting this form letter in a small-town newspaper as a personal letter to the editor, without acknowledging that the letter is a fill-in form from the internet, is deceptive, deceitful, and an act of plagiarism.

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Credit where credit’s due by Jerry Muelver

Looks like local chiropractors still haven’t learned to give credit where credit’s due. The August 2011 issue of Family Primetime, in the Antigo Daily Journal, has a “Spinal Column” piece by Amy Stuber. Once again, Amy has neglected to mention the sources for her information. For instance, the recipe under “5. Dry skin”, from “A wonderfully complete….” through “You can keep this for a few days in the fridge” mysteriously appears, word for word, on the home remedies page on the web at http://www.natural-homeremedies-for-life.com/homemade-sugar-scrub.html

Come on, Amy. Would it be so hard to mention where you got the info, so perhaps your readers could follow up and see what else might be there?

By the way, can anyone remember the last time the “Spinal Column” ran anything that actually mentioned the spinal column, or even “chiropractic”? All we got from Amy was a list of home-remedy “cures” for common irritants. What we actually need is a cure for ADJ’s journalistic irritants, like their habit of running articles containing material lifted without reference from outside sources.

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BTK Billiards in Antigo Closed?

It seems as though this business is no longer open.  The lights are never on and it looks like all the video games have been pushed into a corner.  I don’t know how they expected to ever make a go of it when they were offering free pool.  Does anyone know what the deal is with this place?

Admin note:  We have called the phone number listed and did not get any answer or an answering machine/voicemail.  We have emailed them also and will update if a reply is received.

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The ADJ has reported that the liquor license was approved for BTK Billiards. You can find that article HERE.

*********************UPDATE 2/7/2012***************************

According the Antigo Daily Journal article today, Sheila Davis is attempting to open a tavern at this location:

“Sheila Davis of Shawano is seeking the license for 701 Fifth Ave., most recently a non-alcoholic billiards hall, to operate it as Hillbilly’s, but some city officials are suggesting that is not the best use for the prominent downtown corner.

The city had approved a liquor license to BTK Billiards LLC, but it was never issued.

Davis operates an exotic dance club on the Marathon-Langlade County line.”

You can find the entire article here.
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The photos below speak volumes.  After expressing my displeasure with the quality of work with Chris Degrave, I was sent a bill for the full amount. No discount whatsoever, nice.

The top step has significant pitch in two directions concluding a level was never used. The steps are out of alignment and no level was used on the sides of the steps.

Again you can see no level was used

Step showing non-existant leveling

The 32 inch wide sidewalk has a 2.5 inch pitch concluding a level was never used as only minimal pitch is required for water runoff.

Obvious lack of use of square

The corner of the sidewalk and flower garden obviously didn't see a square.

The majority of the job was just eyeballed, no level, no straight edge, and no square could have possibly been used on the steps or sidewalk. Obviously G & B put no pride in this pitiful job.

G & B Masonry Ratings/Reviews Page

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