Living in Tomahawk is special. The people are friendly, the scenery is beautiful and the winter just never ends, just kidding on that last one. 



 



If you are thinking about moving here, buying that special a get-a-way place or even going into business in the Northwoods,  I want you to check back here on the Northwoods Community Realty website on a regular basis. You will not only find the Realty information you need to find the property you are looking for, but you will also find information on the area, businesses and the people that make up the Northwoods who will become your neighbors.



 



Now that spring has finally arrived a lot of us locals are starting our gardens, if you are a weekender, you may be tending to some needed landscaping or flower planting. Whomever you are or whatever the case may be, the folks at Cerny’s Greenhouse can certainly help you with whatever your needs are.



 



With over 75 years of experience between them, Bill & Justin Cerny have built a thriving business serving the Tomahawk area since 1981. Whether it is vegetables for the garden, flowers to enhance the beauty of your home or landscaping needs for your property, the professionals at Cerny’s can provide you with quality, homegrown products and advice.  All Cerny’s crops are grown on site by professionals.



 



The Cerny’s  stated mission is to share their God-given talents in the greenhouse profession by providing the very best service, knowledge and quality plant products, so their customers can create and achieve and uplifting and memorable gardening experience.



 



Stop in just to say hi or checkout their workshops and classes. The growing season is at hand and Cerny’s is just one of the many places that make the Tomahawk area a great place to live and play.

The name Northwoods Community Realtywas inspired by the Shop Tomahawk First campaign. I am pledging to give back tothe Tomahawk Community in the spirit of keeping it local.  A percentage ofmy commission goes to the Tomahawk Star Foundation, check them out attomahawkstarfoundation.org. I was pleased to present them with a check for$10,000 for 2012 sales. This will help many community organizations. $2,000 to the Harrison Ball Field project, $1,000 to Knight Owl Snowmobile Club, $1,000 to the Salvation Army, $1,000 to Kinship, $500 to Tomahawk Main Street, $500 to the Tomahawk Chamber and $4,500 into the general Star fund.

It is becauseof the strong support of my clients, community and their referrals, that haveallowed me to do this. I want to thank everyone that helped make this possible.It is truly your contribution.



I have a new office space! It isstill located in the Stonewood Center on North 4^th Street in Tomahawk(next to the Super 8) but I know have a front entrance that faces N. 4^th.Look for the sign on the building next to my door. We needed more room forEllen Gessler a new agent in our office. Ellen has 10 years’ experience andwill be a great addition to our staff.



 The 2011 Hogsback Cross Attack is in the books. For those of you whom don't know what a Hogsback Cross Attack is, don't feel bad.  The Hogsback Cross Attack is a bicycle race that is held in Tomahawk's Bradley Park. It is a timed event that runs through the woods on trails and over manmade obstacles. After the time limit is up the competitors have to complete one more lap, then the winner is announced by the combination of whom is in the lead at the end and how and how many laps they have completed.

The Hogsback race is the brainstorm of Tomahawk resident Justin Lund. Lund was challenged by the city to come up with an idea to help Tomahawk find a way to raise funds to improve the Bradley Park Trail system. Some of the other benefits that the race brings is a better awareness of the beautiful natural areas that are in and around the city of  Tomahawk where people can go to enjoy  themselves and the number of interesting events in Tomahawk that you can both participate in and enjoy as a specator. Justin also credits Liz Millender from the Tomahawk Mainstreet Inc. and by Tamra and Diane from theTomahawk Chamber of Commerce who helped get the word out, provide resources and helped with some organization of the event.

If you wish to see just what a Hogsback Cross Attack is I have posted a short highlight video. I will also be posting another video shortly that will consist of some more footage and interviews with both Justin Lund and several competitors. Next years race has already been scheduled for 9/29/12 so mark your calendars and attend the race.

The face of the Northwoods is about to get a fresh splash of color.  The green, yellow and reds of the fall are now gone, only a pleasant memory etched in our minds and in a few digital photographs we took while mother nature painted her canvas. It is now time for the whites of winter to burst on the scene, but first, the landscape will take on an unearthly hue as the color of blaze orange will dominate the state for a two week period starting this coming Friday.

The Annual Gun Deer Hunt is only days away and with the hunt comes boat loads of tradition. For the past 45 years the town of Tomahawk has taken it upon itself to welcome any and all hunters to the area and what a better way to welcome them than with a free meal. Starting just before noon and running until the food runs out, any hunter, non -hunter, or camp support person can wander down to the end of Wisconsin Ave and stand in line to get themselves a free venison burger! There are raffles going on, tall tales being swapped and a sense of comradarie that can only happens with the help of a small town atmosphere. By the end of an hour you will see Tommy Tomahawk, watch the Mayor flip burgers and hear about the big one that got away at least a dozen times. So if you are hungry and up for a couple of interesting hours stop by the 46th Annual Venison Feed.

If you enjoyed the Venison feed and you still have a taste to find out more about the Tomahawk area and what the traditions of deer camp are all about, you might want to checkout Tomahawk native  Jay Leggett and his colabarator Charles Ketchabaw's documentary film To The Hunt. The film takes a fun and very in depth look at both the sport itself and the family traditions using several local families and their deer camps as the back drop for the film. So much for my shameless plug for Jay's new film.

If you can't make it to the feed the following video will help you get the feel for what it is like. Now get out there and have a safe and successful hunt.

Frost on the pumpkin, no wait, that is snow on the pumpkin! Our first snowfall of the year and it wasn't a light dusting.  I woke up this morning to a deck covered in the white stuff and for the first of many times to come, I had to break out the shovel. To see it snow in the first part of November is not unusual, but to get six or seven inches is a bit much. It wouldn't have bothered me at all to not see any of the white stuff until the start of deer hunting when it could have made a brief appearance for the hunters sake and then melted away for another three weeks. It could then start again the week before Christmas giving Santa plenty of snow for his sleigh and giving the rest of us a  very white Christmas, as it should be.

As the boys of summer have now been officially put to rest, soon the sights of ice fishing shanties and snowmobiles racing across the frozen lakes will be a common sight. Thus signals the end of Tomahawk's time as a summer/fall getaway destination.  The good thing about the end of a season is the beginning of another and so with this first blanket of snow begins an amazing transformation into the holiday season and out the out the other end into a winter wonderland where snowballs will fly, snowmobilers will hit the trails and skiers will take to the hills.

Winter is about to begin and a whole new world will be yours to enjoy, so as the slogan for Nike says; just get out and do it!

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