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Sprecher's - Leland - Wisconsin-esque taverns
This entry was posted on 8/6/2008 7:58 PM and is filed under Taverns Wisconsin.
I am not the first one to write about Sprecher's Tavern in Leland, Wisconsin. Every few years Heide and I make the trek up to the North-Freedom/Baraboo/Natural-Bridge-State-Park area of Sauk County, Wisconsin. Tucked in the middle of the wet lands in lower Sauk County is the tiny village of Leland. There you will find Sprecher's Tavern.
If Junior Sprecher is at the helm be prepared to chat a bit. He will engage you as if you are a long lost friend. Perhaps we all are after all anyway. He does not allow smoking in the bar anymore, but after 50 years of smoky days the fumes get to him these days. Us Libertarians can afford him a pass on the self declared smoking ban. If you are a hunter, then the gun selection hanging from the wall may interest you. A few years ago when Junior was even more extroverted, he foisted a small stainless steel rifle in Heide's bar space. "This one's got your name all over it, little lady," I remember him saying with an incredulous smile.
If you stay a bit longer than usually, you will get a critique of the past foibles of the Department of Natural Resources management style of the local wet lands over the last 100 years.
Of course they have both Sprecher's Root Beer and "beer" beer on tap. You will most likely get a cold frosted mug to accompany your imbibe. I am told there is a motorcycle gathering in Leland on the first Sunday in May and the first Sunday in October every year. Perhaps I will fire up the teal and cream Harley if the snow and sleet is not flying so early and late in the year.
Sprecher's Tavern in Leland is cool with Cool Dadio. Try to get there at least once before the Wisconsin tavern culture is gone and/or you die of old age or other.
Wisconsin military service person of the week
Marine Corporal Jesse L. Thiry, age 23, of Casco, Wisconsin was killed by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on Monday, April 5, 2004. Corporal Thiry was in the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. Thiry died in Fallujah, where a mob attacked, killed, and mutilated four U.S. contractors just the week prior. At the time of Thiry's death, 631 U.S. service members had been killed in the Iraq war. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Thiry had been in Iraq less than a month when he was killed. Thiry was part of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force's mission of occupying Fallujah and Ramadi and other cities about 30 miles west of Baghdad. At the time it was one of the areas of Iraq with the most intense fighting during the U.S. military's then 11-month deployment in Iraq. The Journal Sentinel also mentioned that Corporal Thiry was a Marine weapons instructor in Quantico, Virgina. He transfered to an assignment that would take him to Iraq just eight months before he was scheduled to leave the military. Jesse Thiry is survived by his mom and dad Susan and Randy Thiry and seven siblings. He is the fourth of eight children and a graduate of Luxemburg-Casco High School where he wrestled and ran track. He entered the Marine Corps shortly after graduation. Marine Corporal Jesse Thiry is Wisconsin's 14th military service person to have died in Iraq since spring 2003.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
86,457 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
8,514 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,134 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
557 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
314 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
342 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
30,435 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
2,257 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
91 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
11 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
130 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
15 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
Soldier of the week, military casualty, and journalist casualty information sources: Committee to Protect Journalists; cnn.com; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; washingtonpost.com; thehighground.org; Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs; iraqbodycount.org; and, icasualties.org.
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