Recover your digital files on camera media

Just had a customer come in who lost all of her digital files on her SD card. Somehow they were formatted by accident. Don't panic! You can recover your data files by using the Free Data recovery software available on the internet. Just type in the search section of your browser the words Free Digital Photo Recovery software. There are a lot of free programs designed to find the data and restore the images back onto your computer. They are small digital programs so you can download a few and give them a try. It can't hurt and the time you spend recovering the photos is well worth it if they are important. The key thing to remember is if you lose your photos on the media card, do not write/take any more pictures until you recover the photos already on the card. The files are always still there, just the first letter of each name has been erased and that makes it impossible for the computer operating system to recognize the files. The software will scan the media and search for the data, restoring anything it finds. That includes old photos that are still partially there but have been overwritten by another photo. You can always tell the software to save everything to a folder on your hard drive and dump the corrupted photos at a later date. Don't let the software write the recovered files to your corrupted media because if the software doesn't do a good job, it will overwrite your media and won't be able to recover a second time. By writing the data to your hard drive you will be keeping the original data on the media. Then if one program doesn't work for you, you will have the ability to try again with another software recovery program.

Holidays & Digital Photos

This is the greatest time to purchase a digital camera and record all your holiday memories. Make sure you charge your batteries, clear your recording media for those new photos you want and the best idea is to check all your photos as you take them and delete the bad ones. It is so simple to edit your photos on the spot so later on you don't have a ton of pictures to look through and then have to delete the bad ones. Most people forget to dump the shots that aren't the best and later have to wade through a ton of images to find the good ones. Get into the habit of editing as you are taking the photos. It will make you a better photographer because you will immediately fix any problems you see in the first photo and will have dumped the bad ones right away. Saves space on your media, the computer, hastles at the place you print and later on the drudgery of trying to find the best shots in the group of images you have taken. Only takes a second or two to edit when you get the hang of it and the pictures are priceless when you get your best shots. Have fun over the holidays. Check out our Digital Camera Course offered by NWTC in January at the Crivitz Center.

Businesses coming to area

Currently Crivitz Pharmacy has purchased the Wainwright building and will be opening a pharmacy here in Wausaukee within a couple weeks. This is especially good news to those that have to travel to get medications and other forms of medical supplies not sold in our area.

Other businesses moving or moved to the down town are in the works. The library completed their move and are open at 703 main street with lots more services the centralized location should increase their traffic. The tattoo shop is open on the south end of town in the building formerly owned by Loren Marcusen. The Beer Den next door is awaiting state licensing so they can go back to the board to get permits to open their Beer and liquor sales store.

Good luck to Eric Keyers, he purchased the former Rogers Service on 903 Main.

When Jon Mosher heals from his surgeries he plans to re-open his Mosher Auto Repair at 603 Main. We owe a debt of gratitude that he has spent two terms over seas in Iraq and Afganistan in the National Guard and returned safe. It is hard to start a business, be disrutped for a year, restart the business and then be sent over again. We will be looking forward to seeing Jon re-open his shop and succeed.

The old Bakery is owned by some Polish Brothers that are going to retail and whole sale their polish sausage. They are in the works of improving the building, adding on, possible roof modifications so it make take them some time to complete the necessary repairs and improvements before they can open.

There are other interested parties wanting to develop some additional businesses in the Village but they are in stages of funding, procuring land/rental space and are waiting to make the move when it becomes feasible.

This is good news considering the state of the economy. We wish them all well.

Watching the community grow

In this disturbing economy we should remain positive because our community is growing with new businesses opening up this year. Granted some have been lost but the new ones replacing them give us hope that people feel strongly about committing to our Villages well being or they would not invest in a venture. This adds to our economic health and makes are Village more sustainable when you have the services offered in the area that people want or need. What kinds of business do you think would be attractive to our area that we currently do not have? Any suggestions as to how we could attract them to our community?

Old High School Clean Up

What are your thoughts about the Old High School Clean Up. We are working towards solving this problem so that we can use this area for a more productive use. What would you like to see go into that area after a clean up is completed? The village and committees are working hard and taking their time to make sure everything is done right so that our Village doesn't incur unwanted penalties or costs for a cleanup of this site. Federal, State, County and local building codes all play into how and when a site can be cleaned up and how it will ultimately get paid for. What are your thoughts on the potential use of the site, are you willing to assist in getting some of the prep work done? Volunteers are always needed to work with the committees doing the accessments, investigations, grants ect so if you think you can contribute we would like to hear from you.

wausaukee.com history updates

Added considerable content to our history page again in the last week and a half due to the contributions of two locals. They donated over 80 photos for us to copy and the information was helpful in us locating many buildings, history of the ownership and events of the past. Two interviews were also conducted in the last two weeks for two 90+ aged residents. That info alone took over 20 hours to upload and refine. We continue to look for additional photos of the past and the stories to go with them. If you have any information about past businesses, the late 1880 thur 1920 period in our area, please feel free to contribute.