Sylvia M. Christensen, 89, MeadowLands of Oconto Falls, formerly Lena, went to the Lord on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013. She was born Jan. 11, 1924, in Cooks County, Mich., to the late Martin and Rose (Boehm) Smits. On Dec. 9, 1944, Sylvia married Quentin “Squint” Christensen at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Spruce.

Arletta R. Thibadeau, 87, Gillett, entered into rest Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, at New Care Nursing Home in Crivitz. She was born on Aug. 27, 1926, in Oconto Falls to the late Elmer Landin and Leona Henne. As a young woman, Arletta worked for her father at Landin Motor Co., and later on in life began working for the Gillett School District for many years. Arletta also belonged to the VFW and other organizations such as the St.

MaryAnn Genke, our tiny, broken, sweet mom, passed away on Aug. 27, 2013. She is now free of pain and walking hand and hand with God. She was born in Milwaukee on Aug. 21, 1924, to Walter and Charlotte Niemann. She married Gilbert Genke on July 3, 1948. Together they had four children. MaryAnn was a beautiful dressmaker and seamstress and worked for the Women’s Exchange, where she created specialty clothing.

The annual Lena Lions Dairyfest celebration will be held Saturday, Sept. 7, at the St. Anne Parish grounds. The first event of the day will be the Stampede 5K walk-run competition. Registration will open at 6 a.m. at Lena High School, and the race begins at 8 a.m. For information, call Chad Misco at 920-373-2319. A parade will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Main Street.

Sherry Van Lishout will be ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, at St. John Lutheran Church, 3374 County Road C, Oconto Falls. Pastor Paul Heykes of St.

Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church, Suring, will host the ordination and installation of Jacob Gawlik as pastor at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at the church, 11005 County Road M.

Many who spend their days on the path around the Falls and were around 50 years ago would agree there was an undeniable energy around the civil rights movement and the inspiration that came from Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. He was a powerful orator and had the passion to go with his words.

Throughout most of my life, I had some association with chalk, chalkboards (blackboards or greenboards) and chalkboard erasers. All the way through grade school, high school, college and 37 years of teaching, they were part of my life.

Suring falls to Crandon The Suring High School football team lost to Crandon 36-8 Friday in Crandon. The Eagles (1-1, 0-0 Marinette & Oconto Conference) were shut out until Creo VanBellinger scored on a 50-yard run in the fourth quarter. Crandon (2-0, 0-0 Northern Lakes) had two running backs, Morgan Krueger and Trevor Tupper, rush for more than 100 yards each as the team piled up 216 yards on the ground. Lena/STAA swamped by St.