Today, we honor and appreciate all those who have served to protect the freedom and liberty our country was founded upon.  Thank you to all the service men and women, and their families, for their sacrifice and service. Please take a moment to personally thank a veteran and say a prayer to protect the military currently in harm’s way.

In the words of President Ronald Reagan, “We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free."

In the coming week, I will be holding two additional listening sessions. These are a follow-up to the listening sessions held last month with Sen. Tom Tiffany, in Bowler, Birnamwood and Hamburg.

The listening sessions will be informal, and I will be happy to discuss any state government issue and hear your comments and ideas. Please join me if you are able:

Friday, November 15th
4:00 – 6:00 pm
T.B. Scott Free Library – Community Room
106 West First Street
Merrill, WI

Monday, November 18th
4:30 – 6:30 pm
Antigo City Hall – Council Chamber
700 Edison Street
Antigo, WI

Wisconsin’s annual gun deer hunting season is only two weeks away, November 23 – December 1. New for the 2013 Wisconsin gun deer hunting season, rifles will be allowed statewide, unless a local municipality has enacted a more restrictive ordinance. This change was approved by the Wisconsin Conservation Congress, and the Natural Resources Board.
 

This means that unless there is a local ordinance that restricts the use of rifles in the town, hunters will be able to use rifles of calibers legal for hunting deer statewide in 2013.  Hunters can contact the local unit of government where they hunt to determine if there is a local ordinance restricting the use of rifles.

Previously rifles were prohibited in all or portions of 18 counties in southeastern and west central Wisconsin. During 2002-2007, rifles were authorized within former shotgun-only portions of Dane, Green, Lafayette, Rock and Walworth counties contained in the Chronic Wasting Disease Eradication Zones with no increase in shooting incidents.
 

2013 Wisconsin Senior Guide Now Available

For seniors and their caregivers, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s (DATCP) “Senior Guide” has long been a trusted source of information on consumer issues and scams that the state’s elderly residents face.  DATCP has announced the release of an updated version of the guide, available immediately from the agency as a free download on the DATCP website or as a printed booklet.

To download a free copy of the Senior Guide, visit the DATCP website at http://datcp.wi.gov/Consumer/senior_Guide/index.aspx.  The guide is also available as a printed booklet by contacting DATCP’s Consumer Information Hotline at 1-800-422-7128.