Love For The Ol' Hometown

 There's a local sports talk radio show I catch on a regular basis, one that's carried state-wide. It's "Nine To Noon With John Kuhn".

Kuhn is the former Green Bay Packer fullback; his co-host is former Wisconsin Badgerbasketball player Brian Butch, who hails from Appleton. The pair are informative and entertaining, complete with weekly features they trot out.

One of these  features is their Dive Bar Review.  The hosts take turns finding, then spending time at and reviewing, Wisconsin "dive bars". Was doing a park walk with Homer The Malamute this week when I caught their latest review. Imagine my surprise to hear it was a tavern called Billy B's in my hometown of Wautoma.

Have a couple of connections to Billy B's. The late owner, Billy Burmeister (he passed away in 2011) was a long-time classmate of mine. Billy bought an existing tavern, and it became a stable in Wautoma. The other connection stems from my niece, Julie, who has worked at the place for 30+ years.

Butch did the review this week, noting that he owns a place on Silver Lake, as do his family and his in-laws. Let's just say that Billy B's met all of the dive bar criteria (and more!) in scoring a favorable review.