BC-WI–Wisconsin Weekend Digest, WI

For SATURDAY-SUNDAY:

EXCHANGE-DOGS IN CHURCH

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Some pastors will say there is no biblical support that all dogs go to heaven. But the Rev. Ann Bullis, pastor at Wesley United Methodist Church, said she believes the faithful pets will have a future heavenly home. “Dogs go to heaven,” Bullis told Sheboygan Press Media (http://shebpr.es/17qqQqK). “What would (heaven) be without our dogs? Heaven is supposed to be a happy place.” Not only do the animals have a place in heaven, she says, but they now also have a place among Wesley congregants on Sunday mornings. By Kali Thiel, Sheboygan Press Media.

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EXCHANGE-HIPPIE TOM

WATERFORD, Wis. — Until a few years ago, Tom Cerny was your ordinary bushy-bearded former altar boy, Volkswagen bus resident, master grocery packer, eccentric collector and pottery entrepreneur turned savior of dilapidated farm buildings. Then, “American Pickers” entered his life, and nothing would be the same. “It just changed our lives,” said Cerny, rechristened Hippie Tom during his 2010 appearance on the wildly popular History Channel show that transformed him into a reality TV celebrity. By Dennis Punzel, Wisconsin State Journal.

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For MONDAY:

EXCHANGE-PAPER MAKERS

STEVENS POINT, Wis. — Stevens Point’s newest paper production company could rival French fine art paper makers. For a year, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students have been producing RiverPoint Paper, a high-quality fine art paper. The paper is the product of a collaboration between the paper engineering and science and fine arts departments, as well as the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology. By Luke Ranker, Stevens Point Journal Media.

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EXCHANGE-PHYSICS TREE

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — There’s a new exhibit heading to the Above & Beyond Children’s Museum in downtown Sheboygan. In addition to composing a tune on the museum’s Whompamaphone or acting like a ship captain in the Port of Sheboygan exhibit, children will soon be able to interact with a physics creation made by students from Sheboygan County Christian High School. More than a dozen Christian High students are in the final stages of building a Rube Goldberg machine — a deliberately over-engineered machine that performs a simple task in a number of steps — called “The Physics Tree” to be added to the first level of the Children’s Museum sometime later this month. By Kali Thiel, Sheboygan Press Media.

The AP, Milwaukee