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STIFFER PENALTIES: New drunk driving laws on books for 2017. P2

A lifeline for meth users A new diversion program began with the new year BY TODD BECKMANN SENTINEL

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Fifteen visitors from Costa Rica will arrive January 12 in Grantsburg. Pictured are ﬁve of the students whom Grantsburg High School Spanish Teacher Katie Johnson met while on a summer 2016 trip to Costa Rica.

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SIREN—Methamphetamine is one of the most addictive, destructive, illicit drugs available. As one former addict told the crowd at a meth town hall meeting in October, trying meth was the worst decision he ever made. From a criminal standpoint, meth use is a prevalent issue. “We made 82 meth arrests in 2015 — that was up 48 percent from 2014,” Sheriff Ron Wilhelm observed. “Our deputies seized 400 grams of the stuff in 2015 — that was a 1,363 percent increase from the year before.” With law enforcement and court services dealing with more and more cases, the meth crisis is real.

To that end, Burnett County is offering the first-ever methamphetamine diversion program in the state — maybe even in the country. The participant enters the program, which began at the start of the new year, in one of several methods. “It’s either a self-referral or people are referred by the court, the child and families unit, schools and even family-referrals,” Tammy Hopke, Restorative Justice (RJ) program coordinator, described. RJ would then gather all the significant paperwork and refer that individual to Aurora Community Counseling or a treatment facility of their choosing. “The counselor there does an assessment and tailors the assessment to the individual to meet his or her needs,” she continued. “No assessment will be the same — one SEE METH, PAGE 6

Grindell v. Mogen in April

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GRANTSBURG—Grantsburg High School students and host families are anticipating the arrival of 11 high school students, their instructor and three chaperones from Costa Rica on Thursday evening. Some of GHS students will be at the Minneapolis airport to meet their 15 arriving guests and accompany them back to the community on a GHS school bus. The visitors will be guests of the school and community during the school’s annual WinterNational Week — eight days filled with indoor and outdoor winter activities starting with a Friday evening dance plus weekend adventures including ice fishing and perhaps an ice cave visit on Saturday, tubing at Trollhaugen on Sunday and some international cooking Sunday evening. Monday morning will bring a visit to Four Cubs dairy farm. Back at school on Monday afternoon, the Costa Rican students will provide a cultural presentation to the GHS students. Tuesday will find them on a tour to Crex Meadows grounds and visitor center, lunch with the Rotary Club, presentations at the elementary and middle schools and an evening American Dinner at a local hosting home. On Wednesday they will depart for a visit to a Twin Cities school. “We are gearing up for this year’s WinterNational Week (Jan. 12-18) at the high school!” said Spanish teacher Katie Johnson. Last year, the Winternational guests were from China.

The winner gets the Burnett County Circuit Court judgeship BY TODD BECKMANN SENTINEL

SIREN—The first Tuesday of the new year was the deadline for Burnett County Circuit Judge candidates to get their nomination papers submitted. After reviewing the documents, Clerk of Court Trudy Schmidt told Burnett County’s Public Safety Committee on Thursday that David Grindell and Melissa Mogen are the candidates whose names will appear on the April ballot. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker sought names in December for anyone wishing

to be appointed to the office, but that is no longer an issue. “The Governor has decided not to make an appointment for Burnett County and will allow the electoral process to play out,” Tom Evenson, press secretary for Governor Walker, confirmed in an email. That news was hardly a surprise for Schmidt. “We’ll keep using reserve judges,” she explained. “We get them here for two or three days a week — and they are very full days when they are here.” Even after the election, the winner does not take the bench until August. For that reason, Schmidt wouldn’t be surprised if the Governor

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Full slate of candidates for Grantsburg village board BY STEVE BRIGGS SENTINEL

GRANTSBURG—Voters in Grantsburg’s municipal election on April 4 will have a full slate of candidates from which to choose for their next village

president and three trustees, if all the nominated candidates agree to run. They were selected at the Annual Caucus Monday night during the January village board meeting. Larry Ebersold and Vincent Zilka will vie for the position of Grantsburg Vil-

lage President. Diane Barton, Glenn Rolloff, Josh Olson, Gary (Goob) Coy, Ebersold and Zilka were nominated for the three trustee positions. Ebersold and Zilka were nominated in both the trustee and village president

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Drunk driving penalties increase BY TODD BECKMANN SENTINEL

SIREN—Repeat drunken drivers will face more time behind bars in Wisconsin starting New Year’s Day under a law the Wisconsin Legislature passed overwhelmingly nearly a year ago. The new law doesn’t make the first offense a criminal violation, leaving Wisconsin as the only state that treats a first offense as a civil violation. Advocates for sober driving say lawmakers need to go further in the upcoming session, starting by expanding ignition interlock use. “(The new penalties are) just closing some loopholes that currently exist,” said Frank Harris, state government affairs director for Mothers Against Drunk Driving. “By the time someone’s a repeat offender, prosecutors need every tool in the tool box.” The new law, sponsored by Mequon Republican Rep. Jim Ott, makes a fourth drunken driving offense a felony punishable by up to six years in prison regardless of when it’s committed. Right now, a fourth offense is a felony only if it’s committed within five years of a third offense. Burnett County District Attorney Bill Norine concurred. “It doesn’t matter when the infraction occurred,” he stated. “An offender could

have had his or her third offense back in 1970 — a fourth offense today would be a felony.” Norine said Burnett County has a lot of OWI offenses. “We have had a lot of legislation in this area in the past few years,” Norine opined. “They are getting tougher and tougher with their sentencing guidelines.” The law also increases the maximum sentence for fifth and sixth offenses from three years to five. Maximum sentences for seventh, eighth and ninth offenses will increase from five years to seven years and six months. The maximum sentence for a 10th or subsequent offense will increase from seven years and six months to a decade in prison. The new penalties went into effect Jan. 1. Drunken driving has plagued Wisconsin for decades. The state Department of Transportation has tracked more than 4,000 alcohol-related crashes every year from 2012 through 2015. Eighty-five people died in alcohol-related crashes last year, according to the state agency’s data. The state’s drunken driving laws have been notoriously lax. Wisconsin is the only state where a first offense is treated similar to a speeding ticket. The offend-

er can lose a driver’s license but doesn’t face any jail time and can obtain occupational licenses allowing travel to certain destinations during certain hours. Prohibitive cost estimates and resistance from powerful Tavern League lobbyists have scuttled attempts to create harsher penalties. The Department of Corrections, for example, projects it may have to spend as much as $129 million annually as well as another $157 million to construct a dozen drug abuse centers to accommodate the additional offenders under the new law. Still, sober driving advocates seem to be gaining some momentum. Ott has insisted the cost estimates are exaggerated and the Tavern League registered in support of the new law. The Senate passed the measure in January on a voice vote, a procedure reserved for non-controversial legislation, and the Assembly passed it 95-1 in February. MADD’s Harris wants more. He wants to see Sen. Van Wanggard, a Racine Republican, reintroduce a bill that would allow first-time offenders to obtain a special license allowing them to drive wherever they wish if they install ignition interlock devices on their vehicles. The devices work like breathalyzers. The driver blows into it and if his or her breath exceeds a certain alcohol content

the vehicle won’t start. Under the bill, a license holder who drives a vehicle without such a device could face six months behind bars. A fiscal estimate attached to the bill found fees for the new licenses would generate about $1.1 million annually but the measure never got a floor vote last session. Harris said 28 other states already permit such a practice, which he called “an in-car probation officer.” Wanggard said Tuesday he’ll bring the bill back this session, adding that the measure will encourage people to stay sober. He said he also plans to bring back a proposal to revoke a person’s license permanently if he or she has five or more operating while intoxicated offenses. Ott, meanwhile, plans to reintroduce bills that would require a minimum 18-month prison sentence for fifth and sixth offenses and a mandatory seven-year sentence for committing a homicide while driving drunk. “By working to close loopholes and strengthen sentencing,” Ott spokesman Ryan Augustyn said in a statement, “we send the message that OWI is a serious offense with potentially life-changing consequences.” The AP contributed to this story.

ELECTION: Full ballot for village board awaits Grantsburg electors in April CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

the next highest vote-getter in the other race wins that election. All trustee positions are open (village-wide) races, so the three candidates receiving the most votes will be the winners. The nominated candidates have five days in which to decide whether to accept their nomination and sign the election papers to officially declare their candidacy. RUN-OFF FOR PRESIDENT Larry Ebersold, whose trustee position expires in May, was nominated for village president, along with

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current Village President Glenn Rolloff and Vincent Zilka, who ran a third-party race for the Wisconsin statehouse last November. As a Veterans Party candidate, Zilka finished third behind Democratic challenger Jeff Peterson and Republican incumbent Rep. Adam Jarchow, who was re-elected. State law limits the spring ballot to two candidates per office, so election rules required the caucus to hold a run-off for the village president seat. The 18 village residents at the meeting each cast a secret ballot naming two candidates. Rolloff received eight votes, Zilka nine votes and Ebersold 14, so Zilka and Ebersold will face each other in the April election. With the lowest vote total, Rolloff was eliminated from the village president race. He had indicated in December he did not wish to run for another term as village president, but was nominated from the floor by a resident. Nominated as candidates for the three trustee positions that will come open in May were incumbents Diane Barton and Larry Ebersold along with Glenn Rolloff, Vincent Zilka, Gary (Goob) Coy and Josh Olson. The third trustee whose position expires in May is Rod Kleiss, who chose not to seek re-election. Kleiss said he plans to remain active in the local issues that most interest him: airport, library, recreational trails and village growth. NEW WATER METERS After months of research and discussion, the board voted to approve a contract for new village water meters, to be replaced during a 20-year plan with some new meters added every year until all residential, business and other meters have been replaced by year 20. As in most communities, the Grantsburg water meters contain brass, and the brass contains lead. By federal law, meters with lead-content brass must be replaced, as the lead leaches from the brass into the drinking water. The replacement meters use a new brass containing silicon rather than lead, and also have a built-in

computer that is charged by a battery with a 20-year warranty. The meters send a radio signal which can be read and collected by a smart phone “app” (program) from a car driving down the village streets. This not only reduces the cost of water meter readings but allows the village water crew to find and fix water leaks. The meters can detect higher-than-average water usage and send an alarm to the app. The village expects to budget $7-10,000 per year on the water meter update program.

DOWNTOWN BUILDING CONCERNS Village Police Chief Jeff Schinzing told the village board of ongoing problems in a vacant downtown building between U.S. Bank and the Rendezvous bar. Schinzing said thieves gained access to the building through a door and windows, and occupied the building during the fall months. Schinzing found beds in the building and other evidence that it had been occupied. The building has been vacated, but thieves removed sinks, toilets, television, pool table, wiring and copper. Schinzing added the building’s exterior wall along the east side is crumbling, with the potential for bricks falling to the sidewalk. “It’s just a matter of time before someone tries to start a fire in there, and then we could lose some downtown businesses.” Schinzing said he has talked twice on the phone to the owner, Joe Schmugge of Anoka. Village Board President Rolloff said, “It would be better for him and us if he will allow us to secure the building, to pay us to have the village crew put some plywood up on the doors and windows.” Village Treasurer Sheila Meyer added, “This is not the only downtown building that needs some attention. We may end up with something collapsing or falling on somebody. There are several downtown that are in bad shape.” Rolloff directed Village Clerk Patty Bjorklund to draft a letter to Schmugge, asking him what his intentions are and directing him to take action to secure his building and shut off the electrical power.

WISCONSIN BRIEFING Walker appoints acting secretaries of 2 state agencies MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has appointed two new acting leaders of state agencies. Eric Esser will be the acting secretary of the Department of Safety and Professional Services. The position was vacated in December when former Secretary Dave Ross moved to the top position at the Department of Transportation following Secretary Mark Gottlieb’s resignation. Kathy Marschman was appointed secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs. Marschman previously served as the department’s deputy secretary and spent 24 years in the Army Reserve and National Guard.

Walker says ﬁghting addictions helps economy MADISON (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says part of the goal of his push to fight prescription drug and heroin addiction in Wisconsin is to get more people clean and in the workforce. Walker delivered the message in a speech Thursday to the Wisconsin Bankers Association. Walker has called a special legislative session to pass a series of bills targeting opioid abuse. The Legislature is expected to consider Walker’s proposals over the coming weeks and months. Walker says if someone is addicted “they’re not in the game.” He says his budget will include measures designed to both help get those people back to work but also assist veterans returning from service and inmates being released from prison with finding a job.

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Auditions set for variety show SIREN—Auditions for the upcoming Siren Music Dept. Variety Show will take place 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 12 and from 4 - 6 p.m. Friday, January 13 in the Siren Schools Auditorium. All ages and talents are welcome to audition. This community variety show will premier at 7 p.m. on Saturday, January 28 in the Siren Schools Auditorium. All acts must come prepared for the audition and be available to participate on the show date and the dress rehearsal the day before.

Ice Age Trail annual meeting ST. CROIX FALLS—Everyone is invited to the 21st annual meeting of the Ice Age Trail Indianhead Chapter. It takes place on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at the Ice Age Center in Interstate State Park south of St. Croix Falls. The event begins with 9:30 a.m. coffee and meeting to follow. For more information, call 715-205-4487.

Red Cross Blood Drive SIREN—Webster and Siren area residents are encouraged to participate in an American Red Cross Blood Drive from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at Siren Covenenant Church at 7686 Lofty Pines Road in Siren. Make an appointment by calling 1-800-Red-Cross or visit www. redcrossblood.org. Walk-ins are welcome. An ID is required, so bring your driver’s license or Red Cross Donor card. All types

of blood are needed.

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MEETINGS WED, JAN. 18

Learn to ice ﬁsh SPOONER—A free family “Learn To Fish” class will be hosted by the Friends Into Spooner Hatchery from 6-8 p.m. Friday January 20 at the DNR Service Center conference room. The class is geared toward beginning anglers of all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Participants will learn basic ice fishing skills, how to dress for ice fishing, fish identification, filleting your catch and ice safety. Attendees will have an opportunity to ice fish from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday January 21 on Spooner Lake. (Directions will be handed out at the class.) The class is free, but seating is limited. Deadline to sign up is January 14 by calling Amos Melton at 715-645-2526.

Annual Film Series SHELL LAKE—Shell Lake Arts Center will kick off its Fourth Annual “Art of Film” series later this month with a showing of The Fall. It will be hosted by Justin Peck at 7 p.m. on Saturday, January 21, at the arts center. The series will run on six Saturdays between January 21 and April 1 and will feature critically-acclaimed films from the United States and around the world, as well as original works from Wisconsin-based filmmakers. Last season’s film series was well-attended,\ and organizers have assembled another set of outstanding movies.

Webster artist reception HUDSON, Wis.—A reception for Webster artist Jim Spingett’s Crex Meadows-based art show is set for 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 at Hudson Hospital, 405 Stageline Road in Hudson. Springett’s paintings will hang in the Hudson Hospital’s maternity ward and waiting room from Jan. 18 to April 2. Jim’s art show “Spring’s Promise” is a collection of paintings crafted from his time in Crex Meadows in early March, a time when the birds have just returned but have not yet made their nests, and when the weather can be very wintery. The show has 17 original Springett casein paintings on gallery profile canvas, lightly varnished. It includes depictions of trumpeter swans, Canada geese, sandhill cranes, ringed-reck ducks, bald eagles and mallards.

Webster Village Board 6 p.m. Village Hall

MONDAY, JAN. 23 Grantsburg School Board 5 p.m. Board Room

THURS, JAN. 26 Parkinson’s Support Group 2:30 p.m. Larsen Library, Webster

THURSDAY, FEB. 2 Webb Lake Men’s Club 11:30 a.m. Lumberjack Eatery & Saloon

Siren Village Board 2 p.m. Village office

MONDAY, FEB. 6 Webb Lake Town Board 6 p.m.

DivorceCare® Seminar GRANTSBURG—DivorceCare® is coming to Grantsburg in the New Year. The 13-week series will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Mondays starting Feb. 6 at New Hope Lutheran Church in Grantsburg. For more information, call (715)463-5700 or email the church office info@newhopelutheranchurch.org. Pre-registration is appreciated, but walkins are welcome.

MONDAY, FEB. 13 Disabled American Vets Chapter 66 6:30 p.m. Government Center, Siren

American Legion Post 185 7 p.m. Legion Hall

Grantsburg Village Board 6 p.m. Board Room, Community Center

Grantsburg School Board

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5 p.m. Board Room

SATURDAY, JAN. 14 Used Book Sale 10-3 Larsen Family Public Library Webster

TUESDAY, JAN. 17 Red Cross Blood Drive 11:30 a.m - 5:30 p.m. Siren Covenant Church

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Yellow Lake Food Distribution 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Connections, next to Minit Mart Webster

Disabled American Vets Chapter 66 6:30 p.m. Burnett Co. Gov’t. Center, Siren

American Legion Post 185

COVER TO COVER Larsen Family Public Library AARP Tax Preparation Tax Time is just around the corner. Larsen Family Public Library in Webster is pleased the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide will continue to offer free tax preparation help. If you are 50 and older, low income or cannot afford a tax preparation service, AARP Tax-Aide is here to help. Schedule your appointment by calling the library at 715-866-7697. AARP Tax-Aide volunteers will be preparing taxes in February, March and April. Please note that it is important to bring in your social security card, a photo ID and last year’s return along with all the documents needed to file your 2016 taxes. If you need to get a replacement social security card, please contact the Social Security offices in Rice Lake or Superior. To see if you qualify for the homestead exemption, bring in your Real Estate Tax Notice if you pay property taxes or a completed Rental Certificate from your landlord if you rent.

Knotty Girls Craft Group This craft group meets from 1 to 3 p.m. on Monday afternoons. Bring whatever you are crafting at the time or something you would like to share or maybe something you would like to find help with? Everyone is welcome.

Friends Of The Library The monthly Second Saturday Used Book Sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on January 14. “Hibernate the winter away with some good books!” Book bags commemorating the library’s 25th anniversary are for sale at the circulation desk. Our wild rice cookbooks are also on sale at the library and the coffee shop.

Parkinson’s Support Parkinson’s Support Group meets at the library every other month. Their next meeting will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, January 26.

Book Club Book Club meets monthly at 10 a.m. on the fourth Tuesday in the Nexen Meeting Room. Everyone is welcome, even if you haven’t had the time or opportunity to read the book. For a list of the 2017 titles or to borrow a copy of the book, please contact the library. The January selection is “A Spool of Blue Thread” by Anne Tyler.

THURSDAY, JAN. 19

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New Books By Susan Segelstrom The library recently purchased two new books by local author Susan Segelstrom. They are The Proprietor: The Life and Legacy of Simon Thoreson and The Badges of Burnett County: Sheriffs from 1865-1965.

treats. Please join us anytime – there is no need to register. Don’t forget our “Grow a Reader” program, designed for children from birth to kindergarten. Ask at the circulation desk for more information! Change in Unemployment reporting This spring, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development will be phasing out its telephone-based reporting system for Unemployment Insurance. Libraries are excellent partners for this process, having public computers and friendly help available.

NEWLY ACQUIRED MATERIALS Table Tennis If you would like to try a fun and relaxing way to socialize, please join us from 10 a.m. to noon Mondays and 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays from for a lively game of ping pong. No registration is necessary. Questions? Please contact John Listerud at 952-4514270 or 715-866-4452.

Saturday Story Time Every Saturday morning bring your children to the library at 11 a.m. to share wonderful stories, snacks and a chance to socialize with other children. Sponsored by Burnett County Family Literacy who will also answer questions about free tutoring and help with reading and math literacy. Preschool Storytime Preschool storytime meets every Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. for a half-hour of stories, social interaction, crafts and

Adult The Midnight Bell by Jack Higgins, Christmas Mystery (Bookshot) by James Patterson, Come and Get Us (Bookshot) by James Patterson, The Cherished Quilt by Amy Cliptson, Black and Blue (Bookshot) by James Patterson. Non-Fiction The Badges of Burnett County: Sheriffs from 1865-1965 by Susan Segelstrom; The Proprietor: The Life and Legacy of Simon Thoreson by Susan Segelstrom. Large Print Deep Shadows by Vannetta Chapman, A Portrait of Emily Price by Katherine Reay, Home on the Range by Ruth Logan Herne, Conspiracy of Silence by Ronie Kendig. Larsen Family Public Library contact information: Telephone: (715) 866-7697, Website: http://webster.wislib.org, Online Catalog: http:// merlin.nwls.lib.wi.us/search, Hours: Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. & Saturday 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

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7 p.m. Legion Hall Grantsburg

Scott Town Board meeting 7 p.m. at Town Hall

LaFollette Town Board 7 p.m. at TownHall

Meenon Town Board 7 p.m.

TUESDAY, FEB. 14 Webb Lake Comm. Club 1 p.m.

Swiss Town Board 7 p.m.

Daniels Town Board 7:30 p.m.

Anderson Town Board 7 p.m.

Dewey Town Board 8 p.m.

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Too early for spring chores?

Here it is the middle of January. In case I forgot, Happy New Year. While winter is my least favorite season, January has to be my favorite month of the cold and dark. Sure, it’s usually the coldest month but here we are, halfway through it. It’s not all that bad — the days are starting to get longer, the seed catalogs are starting to hit the mailboxes and there’s that first inkling spring is around the corner. Plus, February is a shorter, Seems to warmer month and thus usually snowier. Me That’s good for making snow forts and snowmen — hey, if Todd Beckmann you never slow down, you never grow old. That inkling of spring has to be the silver-lining of any winter season. I usually begin a chore list regarding our yard about the time I take the mower out for its final hurrah of the year. Changing oil in ‘ol Sparky is first on the list. I usually try to fit that task in during November or December so she’s ready to roll come April, but it didn’t happen for me this year. And, I got my shrub order form from the county’s land and water conservation department. Our yard is filling out quite nicely with various fruit trees, shrubs and garden plots so while I don’t need lots of shrubs this year, I do need some. One of my Ninebark up and died — still can’t figure out why one died and the other four within 10 feet of the dead one are still flourishing. I might not replace the dead one, but on the other side of the yard I had planted several Ninebark to serve as a living fence between us and our neighbors. But I succumbed to the gardening naivete that the shrubs would grow other than as advertised. I mistakenly planted them too close together. Not only that, I planted our cherry trees to close to the Ninebark — who knew they’d be such competitors? The Ninebark have actually been hindering the growth of those cherry trees — to the extent I went out with the ax and saw in November and hacked down three shrubs. I was in mid-hack before the wife finally figured out what I was doing. Luckily, she was on board with my grand scheme. Yes, there is a hole in our living fence, but because there is so much other growth, it’s not as apparent as it might be otherwise. But I know it’s there, so it’s on my list. And so is killing the mold on the garage and cement driveway, trimming the cedar so it doesn’t brush against the house, planting the garden plots and organizing our compost bins — the joys of home ownership. . If you happen to be faithful reader and were wondering, my fantasy football season which started with a glittering 2-0 record stumbled to the finish line last week and finished 8-8 — good enough for fourth place in our league of eight.

A ﬂame for the cold Our mild winter disappeared last month when reality reared its ugly head and old school cold temperatures returned to the area. We all knew it was bound to happen. After all, who sings a song about a rainy Christmas such as we enjoyed this year? That’s right — no one. And we really didn’t enjoy it either. No one dreams of showers From the on Christmas Day. The cold weathPublisher’s er has been a Desk welcome boon to ice fishermen who Tom Stangl have been patiently waiting to get out on the ice to do battle with the fish. Hats off to those who brave the weather to take care of business. Forgive me if I simply make the “hats off” gesture, most of the body’s heat escapes through the head. With the cold weather, many people have been spending more time indoors. Some look at seed catalogs and plan for the spring, which seems far away right now. Others prepare for their income taxes, a rather unpleasant, but essential task.

Some read, others binge-watch television, play games or find any diversion to distract yourself from the fact that you can’t really go outside. I’m reading. I recently finished the novel “The Flame Bearer” by Bernard Cornwell. This is the 10th novel in the series that follows the adventures of Uthred of Bebbanburg, a Saxon warrior raised by Vikings in the kingdoms that would eventually become England. The series is set in the late ninth century, during and after the reign of Alfred the Great. I love my old friend Uthred. He was born a Christian, raised a pagan and eventually comes to serve Alfred and his children in their efforts to expel the Vikings from England. Uthred wants to win back his childhood home of Bebbanburg, and finally gets the chance in this latest novel. In this novel, Uthred is an old, but still formidable warrior. He reminisces throughout the book about people he has known, loved and fought against in his life. There is a passage where Uthred talks about the transformation and indoctrination of boys to men. Young boys hear the heroic tales, learn how to fight with wooden swords and shields and eventually are taken to a battlefield. This is when everything be-

comes real. Uthred says “We are almost men, not quite warriors, and on some fateful day we meet an enemy for the first time and we hear the chants of battle, the threatening clash of blades on shields, and we begin to learn that the poets are wrong and that the proud songs lie.” “You will not say how you are haunted by the faces of the men you killed, how in their last gasp of life they sought your pity and you had none. You will not speak of the boys who died screaming for their mothers while you twisted a blade in their guts and snarled your scorn into their ears. You will not confess that you wake in the night, covered in sweat, heart hammering, shrinking from the memories. You will not talk of that, because that is the horror, and the horror is held in the heart’s hoard, a secret, and to admit it is to admit fear, and we are warriors.” In my opinion, no one can turn a phrase like Cornwell. I hope you find a good way to use the confinement time of January. As always, I welcome your comments. You can reach me by email at tstangl@theameryfreepress. com, telephone 715-268-8101 or write me at P.O. Box 424, Amery, WI, 54001. Thanks for reading; I’ll keep in touch. Feel free to do the same.

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WEBSTER SENIORS by Bernie Bolter

Happy New Year! It has been pretty slow at the center during the past weeks. Everyone had lots to do over the Christmas and New year holidays. I hope everyone had a happy and healthy holiday. All activities are back on their regular schedules. We had a good crowd for dime bingo on Wednesday, and we all enjoyed the treats furnished by Nancy. Joyce was the big winner. Come in and join the fun.

There were five players for pool and Pat O and Joanne were co-winners. There were also five players for dominoes and Millie was the winner. We started our new season of Wii bowling on Friday. Bill B had high individual game with 239. Pat N had high individual series with a 459. The Turkey Trackers had high team game and series with 883 and 1,692. Splits picked up were: Millie 2-7-8, Harvey 2-3-4-10, Gladys 9-10 and Linda 4-5-10. As usual, everyone had a good time.

Free tax assistance through AARP WEBSTER and GRANTSBURG — The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide will begin preparing tax returns starting in February in Burnett County at the Grantsburg and Webster public libraries. This is a nationwide confidential service in which IRS certified volunteers assist middle and lower income persons, regardless of age but especially those 50 and over, with their Federal and State tax returns including Wisconsin Homestead Credit at no charge. Please note that it is important to bring in the following: • Social security card for all taxpayers including all dependents. • A photo ID. • Last year’s return, if possible. • All documents needed to file your 2016 taxes, such as all income statements including W2s, Social Security, interest/dividend statements, retirement income, unemployment compensation statements, health insurance forms 1095 A/B/C. If you have a substantial amount of deductions, you may want to itemize. Make sure you bring in the necessary receipts, dependent care provider information (name, employer ID, or Social Security number) and any 1098-T and 1098-E Forms (Tuition and Student Loan

Belated Happy Birthday to Millie Hansen, whose big day was in December and I missed it. Sorry about that. January Birthday wishes to Opal Johnson, Barry Thompson, Peggy Kearns, Dana Johnson and all others who celebrate their special day this month. Start the New Year out by having lunch at the center. Lunches are served Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Stop and pick up a menu and sign up for your favorites. Also watch for the menu reprinted in the Sentinel Speaker section on the last Wednesday of each month. Check out our Bargain Table and Greeting Card corner. We also have a large selection of books to take home and read. The decorating fairies have been here

again and it looks very pretty with all of the Valentine decorations. Thanks, gals! There is a nasty bug going around that seems to be hitting lots of us. I had it for almost two weeks. Hope you all stay well. Our next Pot Luck and Horse Race is this Saturday, Jan 14. Set-up is at 11 a.m. with lunch at noon followed by Horse Race. Come join the fun. Our next meeting will be at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Please plan to attend. We would like to set a record for new members in January, and we can use some new ideas and suggestions. Remember: It is a proven fact that people who have more birthdays live longer, so enjoy them! See you at the center.

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Interest). • If you believe you may qualify for the Homestead exemption, make sure you bring in your Real Estate Tax Notice if you pay property taxes or a completed Rental Certificate from your landlord if you rent. • If you expect to receive a refund and wish to utilize direct deposit, please bring your checkbook for account and routing numbers. Grantsburg Public Library: (call 715-463-2244 to schedule an appointment). Times include 8 a.m. to noon on Thursday and Friday — during the 1st two weeks of Feb, March and April. Larsen Family Public Library in Webster (call 715-866-7697 to schedule an appointment). Times include, during the week of Feb. 6: 9 a.m. to noon (M) and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (W), the week of Feb. 13 and Feb. 20: 9 a.m. to noon (M), 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (W) and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (F) and the first two weeks of March and April: 9 a.m. to noon (M) and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (W). If you do not have your Social security card, please contact the Social Security offices in Rice Lake or Superior to order a replacement. To ask questions about the program call Pat Beetcher at 715566-4077 or Don Mastro at 651-492-1562.

Sorry, I had the wrong date for the class “Know the Signs.” It’s this Thursday, Jan. 12, at 1 p.m. This presentation is by the Alzheimer Society. Come and join us. We have more birthday wishes this week going out to Anne Kallman on the 16th (96 years young) and also Audrey Boyd on Jan. 17 and Betty Hanson on Jan. 18. The “hot topic” of the week? Yes! You guessed it, the weather, remembering cold pipes, dead car batteries, ice building and fishing. But, everyone agrees being in a warm building, enjoying a hot cup of coffee, good fellowship and maybe a great game of pool helps to make the days pass pleasantly. Remember, we have drop boxes for old/used eyeglasses collected by the Lion’s Club and boxtop labels for the

school. We offer Wi-Fi, coffee and goodies. Check out the book nook. Questions on meal reservations, hall rentals, or other requests? Call the center at 715-463-2940 or email us at gburg118@gmail.com.

Coming Events: •Bingo the second Wednesday of the month (Jan. 11) at 2:30 p.m. •Know the Signs of Alzheimer’s class 1 - 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12. •Business meeting the third Tuesday (Jan. 17) at 12:30 p.m. •Chinese New Year – Jan. 30. •Valentine Pot Luck – 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15. •Spring Rummage Sale – April 1. No fooling! •Fun with Friends, every day!

New Hope Lutheran to host ‘DivorceCare’ series GRANTSBURG—DivorceCare® is coming to Grantsburg in the New Year. This 13-week series will be held Monday evenings starting February 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. at New Hope Lutheran Church, located at 685 State Highway 70. DivorceCare® is a weekly video seminar series and support group for people who are separated or divorced. The videos feature some of the nation’s foremost Christian experts on divorce and recovery from a biblical perspective. This 13-week program is produced by top experts in grief and recovery. Videos are combined with support group discussions of the materials presented each evening and covers the topics of

facing anger, depression and loneliness; new relationships; financial survival; forgiveness; reconciliation; and moving on. The small groups are led by those who have experienced and moved through this difficult life experience and are able to help restore hope in this Christ-centered ministry. If you are interested in attending the sessions or would like more information please call (715) 463-5700 or email the church office info@newhopelutheranchurch.org. Pre-registration is appreciated, but walk-ins are welcome.

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Grantsburg, SCF dentist dies in accident BY STEVE BRIGGS SENTINEL

FOREST LAKE, Minn.— Longtime Grantsburg and St. Croix Falls Dentist Dr. Kirk Almendinger, 60, was killed in a vehicle accident in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Nov. 23 in Roseville, Minn. According to a Nov. 28 story by St. Paul Pioneer Press reporter Mary Divine, Almendinger and Ronald Chrast were plowing snow together when Almendinger hopped out of his truck to talk to Chrast. When they finished talking, Chrast put his Chevy pickup truck in reverse and accidentally ran over Almendinger, police said. The accident occurred about 4:20 a.m. in a Roseville parking lot. Almendinger died later that night at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. “They had just finished plowing the lot, and they were speaking with one another — determining where they would be going next to

plow — when the accident occurred,” Lt. Lorne Rosand, a spokesman for the Roseville Police Department told The Pioneer Press. Drugs and alcohol are not believed to be a factor, and Chrast has not been charged with a crime, Rosand told The Pioneer Press. Officer Rosand further stated Almendinger was pinned under the frame of Chrast’s truck on the left front side, and the truck had to be lifted by a jack once paramedics arrived. Almendinger, who was not breathing and had no pulse when paramedics arrived, regained a pulse after EMTs performed CPR for 15 minutes, Rosand said. He died about 8:20 p.m. at HCMC due to complications from injuries he received. Chrast could not be reached for comment; Almendinger’s family declined to comment. Almendinger had dental offices in Grantsburg, St. Croix Falls and Woodville. He earned his doctor of dental surgery degree from the University of Minnesota in 1982. See obituary in this issue.

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WEBSTER—Even though the final Hunter’s Supper was last November, the Danbury Fire and Rescue Squad will continue to partner with the Webster High School Student Council and continue to fundraise for the student council’s holiday event. “We’re not doing the supper but we will certainly continue to fundraise,” said squad spokesman George Costello in the wake of last week’s announcement. He echoed Council Advisor Jeff Roberts thoughts that some other civic organization would take over the supper.

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son could need six months of treatment and x-amount of meetings while another needs nine months and so many meetings.” Each week the participant will check in with Tammy Hopke to make sure they are following through with the assessment plus she will be administering random drug tests to make sure the clients are staying clean and sober. “If the referral comes from court services, they are in the program and will be monitored for a year to ensure they are complying with their sobriety,” Tammy Hopke added. “Even after that 12 months has lapsed, we will continue to monitor them.” But that’s not to confuse people into thinking the meth diversion program is simply a different name for drug court. “Drug court participants have to conform to a higher level — more meetings, more random tests, more conditions to meet in order to stay in the program,” Byron Hopke, supervisor for the county’s behavioral health unit, pointed out. “If you fail a drug test, if you miss a meeting, those kind of mistakes mean jail time — we don’t have those sanctions in the meth diversion program.” Tammy Hopke admits the diversion program is one last life line. “The reason we are doing this is to give the defendant one last chance to drop that felony against them,” she remarked. “Completing this program gives them a better chance at getting back on their feet — it’s more restorative.” There is one caveat to the diversion program. “This is not for the individual who has been through umpteen different treatments — one who has a long history with addiction,” Byron Hopke, cautioned. Bill Norine, the county’s district attorney, agreed.

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“We see this as an early intervention,” he said. “Only certain people will qualify for the meth diversion program — those who don’t have a whole bunch of prior convictions or someone who has a long history in the system.”

“We want to provide a level of education to potential meth users to hopefully curb them for going into longterm use,” Byron Hopke interjected. “We know it destroys lives and relationships, so whatever we can do to help we’re going to do.” He said there was significant collaboration between the D.A.’s office, health and human services, the courts and restorative justice to get the program off the ground.

BACKGROUND Even though the county had an extensive treatment process for amphetamine and methamphetamine abusers established through Aurora Community Counseling, it wasn’t garnering the population it could handle. “Outside of drug court or if individuals were somehow forced into treatment, we couldn’t get people enrolled,” Byron Hopke pointed out. I checked just this Byron Hopke Tammy Hopke week and we didn’t have one person there voluntarily — they were all there for one reason or another.” He said they realized the program was being used Norine sees the criminal defendant being directed but through the court system, through their contacts into the meth diversion program in a deferred judg- in child and family services, they knew there were addicts or potential addicts falling through the cracks. ment of prosecution scenario. “We got to thinking ‘What can we offer them?’ in“The defendant would plead to the serious charge, which would be a felony, direct them into the program stead of the revolving door where they’d come back to and then dismiss the charge after successful comple- court time and again,” Byron Hopke continued. In light of those discussions, a brainstorming sestion of the program,” the D.A. explained. “It’s high risk and high reward if they chose to enter the program sion a couple of years ago between the children and families unit, court services, the county’s behavioral and then complete it.” He said the county is stepping in where the State health unit and Aurora Health Services led to the diversion plan the county rolled out at the start of the Legislature has failed. “I’m not aware of any significant methamphetamine new year. “It grew from dealing with just the felony level meth possession legislation in the past 10 years,” Norine reported. “Compare that with operating while intox- possession to how families could refer loved ones — icated (OWI) offenses — every time you turn around even how the children and families unit could get peothere’s new minimum sentencing guidelines, but noth- ple into the program,” Byron Hopke stated. “We wanting has been done with meth possession. If there were, ed to capture as many people as we could — to know that it fit the needs of the problem in Burnett County.” it would give us more leverage.” He said it slowly evolved — with input from the meth Tammy Hopke said they are only a week into the new year and already have six referrals for the pro- town halls, using pieces of the Michigan drug court gram but how many take advantage of the program in model, and pieces from the county’s current meth programming. the long-run is a question no one has the answer to. “It slowly came together,” Byron Hopke stated. “We know of a number of families who could be wellThe lynchpin may have been the Treatment and Diserved by this program, but will they take the first version (TAD) grant the county applies for to help fund step? — we don’t know,” Byron Hopke said. drug court. Will the program be successful? “This last year was the first time the grant had been “We will have to follow our participants after they complete the program to see if they re-offend or wheth- competitive,” Byron Hopke explained. “As an existing program, we had to show that we were not just doing er the treatment they had helped them,” she added. the same thing — that we were expanding.” Given the meth addiction problem in the county, the decision was made to write the meth diversion plan into the grant request. “As soon as the TAD people saw this, they actually got back to us and told us there was no other meth diversion program in the Gun Rafﬂe (only 52 tickets will be sold) state, as far as they knew,” Byron Hopke added. “I Cash Bar ❉ Food ❉ Silent Auction think that really helped Live Entertainment ❉ Casino Games ❉ Bingo g us.” For further information, All proceeds beneﬁt the Burnett County Family Resource Center contact Restorative Justice at 715-349-2117. For Tickets, call BCFRC at 715-349-2922 • Email: administrator@ bcfrc.com

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In other business: • Former Emergency Management Director Rhonda Reynolds told the committee that the Town of Jackson and the Village of Webster will be receiving $25,000 and

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into town,” Alden exclaimed. “Anything we can do to keep our village safe, like putting up these speed signs, is the least we can do.” The two signs on the highway will be electrical, at $2,300 apiece, while the one on Co. Rd. B will be solar-powered, at $3,300. The cost will be shared among grants, donations and village funds. Siren Police Chief Chris Sybers said he plans to sell the blinking speed sign which had been installed on the village’s north end, which no longer meets DOT specifications, and put that money toward the new signs. He plans to write for grants through Polk-Burnett Electric and the “Safe Routes to School” program, plus he wants to approach groups like the Clear Lake Association and the Siren Lion’s for donations.

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First baby at SCRMC Amber Hultman and Bailey Webber of Hinckley, Minn. had something very special to celebrate during the first week of the New Year — the birth of their son, Tripp Allen. Dr. Melissa Hall delivered him at 12:13 p.m. on January 3, 2017. Assisting in the labor and delivery were OB Nurses Dawn Mason and Kim Johnson. Baby Tripp weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce and measured 19 inches at birth. He has the honor of being the first baby born at SCRMC in 2017. As the parents of the first child born in 2017 at St. Croix Regional Medical Center, the proud and happy couple received a gift basket valued at over $800.

FALUN—Equipping parents in such a way as to be able to raise a child and turn them into a responsible adult who can make his or her own decisions is the goal of “Parenting the love and logic way,” a new parenting class being offered starting Wednesday, Jan. 18 at First Baptist Church in Falun. “It’s a very effective curriculum,” Pastor Mike Kleven, who will be facilitating the six-week course. “Parenting is a challenge and these are tools that are meant to help.” Each session, putting an end to arguing, teaching responsibility, setting limits, avoiding power struggles, solving their own problems and completing chores, are roughly 90-minute sessions. “The first 45 minutes or so are video-based and the other half of the session involves discussion,” Kleven pointed out. “Parents can share examples of an issue they are having at home during our discussion times, but we are not a support group.” Kleven has used the concepts

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from the parenting class in his own family and likes the fact it leads to a better family atmosphere. “It’s great because it takes the anger out of parenting,” he related. He said the course helps parents avoid the helicopter approach to

parenting — hovering around the child, ready to bail them out of whatever mess they find themselves in. “That only reinforces poor habits in the child,” Kleven said. Conversely, the course also helps avoid the drill sergeant approach to parenting — demanding the child do this, don’t do that, dress this way, don’t watch that, and so on. In fact, he said the concepts are very transferable to the work setting. The course begins Jan. 18 and continues each Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. through Feb. 22. Kleven urges people interested in attending to pre-register so he knows how many course books to order as well as where the classes will be conducted. For now, the classes will be at First Baptist Church in Falun. Call or email Kleven at 262-8253224 or mikekleven1@gmail.com for more details. by Todd Beckmann, Sentinel

COVER TO COVER Grantsburg Public Library Hot Reads for Cold Nights Wile away the winter days with the Adult Reading Program. Each time you read a library book, complete an entry form for your chance to win the grand prize. Chess Club Wednesdays at 3:45 p.m. Experienced or a beginner, you are welcome to come! A chess coach will teach fundamentals and strategy. Snacks provided. For ages 7 to adult. Book clubs Think about passing the cool, dark days of winter by joining one of the library’s lively book clubs! Two book clubs meet at the library; one at 1 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month. The other group meets at 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday of the month. New members are always welcome! Family Fort Night 6 p.m. Thursday, January 26. Bring your blankets, sheets and flashlights and come build a family reading fort at the library. We’ll read a few stories together, and then families can build forts to snuggle and read by flashlight. Snacks provided. No registration.

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Borrow a cake pan Bake a cake for a special event, a holiday or just for fun with one of the library’s form pans. The pans may be borrowed for one week and may be renewed if they aren’t on hold for another customer. Free Tax Assistance Schedule an appointment to meet with volunteers from the AARP Tax preparation program.

Upcoming appointment openings are offered the mornings of February 2, 3, 9 and 10. Call the library to schedule an appointment and to find out if you qualify for the program. (715) 463-2244.

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WISCONSIN BRIEFING Wisconsin health care professionals may seek new work rules MADISON (AP) — Organizations representing some health care professionals have plans to seek legislative changes that would offer more autonomy on the job. Wisconsin Public Radio reports that the groups include health care professionals who help treat patients under doctors’ supervision, such as physician assistants, advance practice nurses and dental hygienists. They’re considering seeking changes to state law this year to expand their duties. Steve Rush of the Wisconsin Hospital Association says his group’s latest workforce report shows that the vacancy rate for physician assistants has doubled. Eric Elliot is the incoming president of the Wisconsin Academy

of Physician Assistants. He says many graduates leave for states that allow more autonomy. Elliot says limitations and barriers to full practice must be identified if the team-based approach is going to continue to work. Wisconsin farmland values steady as Midwest sees declines MADISON (AP) — Wisconsin farmland’s value remained steady in 2016, unlike the rest of the Midwest. Nearly every state in the region saw decreases to farmland values last year because of low commodity prices, Wisconsin Public Radio reported. Iowa’s land values fell for the third year in a row, an issue the state hasn’t encountered since the 1980s. But Dennis Badtke, chief appraiser from Badgerland Finan-

cial, said Wisconsin land prices are surprisingly strong because people still have enough money and borrowing capacity. “We’re looking at land values and are really surprised to see that land values have held as well as they have considering what’s happened to commodity prices,” Badtke said. Farm appraiser Arlin Brannstrom said Wisconsin’s diverse agriculture industry makes it more resilient to the impact of low prices. “Wisconsin is a little bit different than most of the rest of the Corn Belt in terms of the dependence on row crops only,” Brannstrom said. “We grow a lot of alfalfa crops, we have a lot of farms that are using livestock and are dependent on having enough acreage to dispose of their animal nutrients.”

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Betty is a four-year-old Boxer mix. This 62-pound doggy came to us as a stray and, surprisingly, nobody has come forward to claim her. My son and friend both have Boxers and I just love this breed. My first meeting went very well and when I Betty stood, Betty gently jumped up on me. When I sat on the floor of her kennel, Betty planted her rear end right on my lap and looked Peridot straight ahead. You just can’t resist a face of a Boxer! This girl seemed very interested in me and getting attention, yet she didn’t give me slobbery kisses, nor did she try to push her way out when I left her kennel. However, I’m told that she does not like cats. I also understand that she can be selective in her canine friends too. Thus we always recommend a “meet and greet” when thinking of bringing another dog into your home. Although she may find a perfect match in a household with another dog, I think she’d also be very happy being an only, spoiled pet. Peridot is a 1½-year-old, all-white cat with green eyes and, yes, he has been featured before. This fellow is front paw declawed and just a laidback, friendly feline. We’ve found out that he is deaf, which is not uncommon in white cats; especially ones with blue eyes. I don’t find this to be a problem because most cats are divas and “march to the beat of their own drums.” In other words, they will do what they want and come when they want. It’s on their time! Peridot followed me around the shelter office and was very happy to be picked up and carried around, and I was happy to oblige. He is not shy in the office and can be found close by (not hiding in or behind things). In his spacious converted dog kennel, Peridot will greet you at his gate and meow for you to come join him. I think he is just a really nice guy and needs to find an equally nice family to adopt him. You may be seeing some repeat dogs and cats featured in my article. This is because they are still waiting for their furever homes. Please spread the word about the available animals at our shelter.

If you are interested in adopting Betty, Peridot, or another animal from our shelter, please visit our website at www.hsburnettcty.org or contact the shelter at (716) 866-4096. The Humane Society of Burnett County is a not-forprofit 501(c)(3) organization. We do not receive financial assistance from the county. Donations of money or supplies are tax-deductible.

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Multi-species sledding adventure BY EMILY STONE, NATURALIST/EDUCATION DIRECTOR CABLE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

The torrential rain on Christmas Day was really a bummer. At my parents’ house in northeast Iowa, we had thunder and ice as well. Once we’d finished Christmas dinner and started opening gifts, though, the weather outside no longer mattered. As the semi-solid drops beat against the garage doors, we drowned it out with the tapping of a hammer on geodes. The day after Christmas brought better weather, and three kids (well, four if you count me,) high on sugar cookies who needed an outlet for their energy. On went the boots, snow pants, jackets, mittens and hats. Out came the rainbow of sleds and one snowboard. Surprisingly, the snow was perfect. Just a thin layer of icy granules blanketed the paths Papa had mowed through the prairie, but that was enough. The sledding hill required no packing, no snowplowing through deep fluff to create a run, and no spray of loose flakes flew up in your face or down your neck. Walking up the hill was a breeze, too, without post-holing on every step. After a few runs down the old fence line, parallel to a crumbling sentry line of dead elms, we switched to a path cut diagonally across the hill. I loved it. For some reason, I could maintain a straighter line on the side slope, and a sharp drop at the end provided just the right amount of added excitement. Also, I’ve always maintained that sledding is more fun when you yell. Hiking back up brought even more excitement. There, in the middle of the mowed path, just below the house, was a line of large, 5-toed tracks. I had Zac (age 7) put his gloved hand in one: perfect fit. Had I been in Wisconsin or Minnesota, my first thought would have been fisher. Animals in the dog and cat families have four toes. Weasels, bears, and raccoons have five. But that large weasel doesn’t live in Iowa. As I followed the trail of the 5-toed animal looking for more clues, I came upon a well-preserved pair of tracks—the first one short and roundish, the second one elongated like a child’s foot. I stared in disbelief and shook my head. Bear? Bear! In Iowa? It’s actually not out of the question. Although Iowa is part of bears’ historic range, like many species, they were pushed out as the land became more settled. Just last June, though, my friend Brian Gibbs spotted one about 30 minutes from our sledding hill, and

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Otters, like bears, leave ﬁve-toed tracks. Unlike bears, however, otters often break into a slide when traveling over snow or mud.

the Iowa DNR confirms about five black bear sightings a year. The working hypothesis is that as populations in nearby Minnesota and Wisconsin grow, antsy young males travel farther in search of food and females. I like the idea of my new Wisconsin home providing species to my old Iowa home. I wasn’t sure how the kids would react, but I had to tell them. “I think these are bear tracks, guys!” I said, and we all admired the tracks for about two seconds. Then the sledding resumed, and soon the perfect tracks were obliterated. Oh well. After sledding, Zac and I found Papa in his workshop and announced our discovery. We went out for a second look. The three of us picked up the 5-toed tracks at the bottom of the hill, and started following their trail. All the tracks seemed shorter now, like the bear had four front feet. The trail wasn’t very wide, either—not like a broad-chested bruin. And then, across a straightaway, the messy trail resolved into a neat, twoby-two bounding pattern leading away from a trough pressed into the snow on the hillside. The bounding is classic in the weasel family. The trough clinched it: otter. In winter, their favorite gait is run-run-run-sliiiiiiide, and I couldn’t help but smile at the fact that this otter also was sledding down our hill. While otters, like bears, were extir-

pated from Iowa, otter reintroduction efforts began in 1985. Live-trapped wild turkeys were shipped from Iowa to Kentucky to help its restoration program. Kentucky sent cash to Louisiana, and Louisiana shipped otters to Iowa. In total, 345 otters were released in Iowa between 1985 and 2005. Today, the population is stable enough for a limited fur harvest. Overland travel is not out of the ordinary for otters as they navigate between watersheds. They can travel up to 26 miles in a day, with 5-6 miles being average. Females and their young stay together in family groups, and males will form their own groups, too. We followed the tracks back up the hill, across the road, through the end of the orchard and to the edge of a briar patch on the bluff above the Turkey River. We stopped there, confident now that there were actually two otters, and that they were headed to the river for a fishy snack. Mystery solved, tired and warm from sledding and our hike, we headed away from the river, looking forward to a nonfishy snack. For 50 years, the Cable Natural History Museum has served to connect you to the Northwoods. Come visit us in Cable, WI! Our new phenology exhibit: “Nature’s Calendar: Signs of the Seasons” is open through March 11.

Efforts have included study of a wood turtle population on the Namekagon River. Come and hear about the findings and what the DNR is continuing to do to conserve and enhance populations of wood turtles in our state. Lapin participates in threatened and endangered species surveys and research and manages a number of State Natural Areas in north-central Wisconsin. The presentation is free and open to the public. Space is limited and reservations are strongly encouraged. To reserve a space, go to www.stcroixriverassociation.org or call (715) 4833300.

RICE LAKE—This year’s CAFO Conference is entitled “Reducing Your Risk” and will be held on Thursday, February 9 at the WITC Conference Center in Rice Lake. This is an update meeting for WPDES-permitted CAFO owners and managers, manure haulers, nutrient management plan writers and engineers. Session goals include improving nutrient management plan implementation and providing other information on regulations that may affect large farming operations. Save $5 by registering by Feb. 1. To register, contact Kim at Barron County UW-Extension, 715-537-6250 x6.

WILD SIDE Endangered wood turtles in Wisconsin HAYWARD—Carly Lapin of Rhinelander, District Ecologist for the Wisconsin DNR’s Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation, will discuss the endangered wood turtle in a talk at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 at Park Theater, 15791 U.S. Highway 63 in Hayward. Known for growth rings on its sculpted shell, the wood turtle was once a common resident of northern Wisconsin. Unfortunately, it is now a state-threatened species. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has been investigating wood turtle ecology and conservation strategies in northern Wisconsin since 2014.

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GRANTSBURG—The Grantsburg-Luck-Unity gymnastics team scored a season high of 135.10 and took the win over Rush City 134.05. “It was a very relaxed meet with competitors cheering each other,” shared Coach Kathy Lund. “During the off season, many of the girls have worked out together or have been on club teams and have become friends, so this was not the pressure to win, but to do our best. Over the break, the team trained hard and there were definitely improvements, especially on the uneven bars and the floor exercise. It was probably the cleanest bar routines that I have ever seen from Grantsburg,” continued the coach. “In the bars, there was a season high from Kaylee Hol scoring an 8.675, placing second, and personal best from Gracie Gerber, scoring an 8.875 placing and placing first. Morgan Pfaff took second with an 8.2 and Erica Simmons got a personal best with a 7.95. “On the balance beam, it was Kaylee Hol, Morgan Pfaff and Gracie Gerber that had stick routines. Morgan Pfaff, Kate Weiss and Caley Reichstadt all earned season highs and Gracie Gerber scored a personal best with an 8.35. “For Grantsburg, placing in this event was Morgan Pfaff in fourth and Kaylee Hol placing first with an 9.05.” The team finished strong on the floor exercise edging over Rush City with Kayle Hol placing second with an 9.20 and Kate Weiss placing third with a 9.0. Earning a season high on floor were Brittanie Blume, Kate Weiss and Kaylee Hol. Receiving a personal best were Erica and Alethea Simmons. “Kaylee Hol won the All Around with a 35.325 followed by Morgan Pfaff in third and Gracie Gerber in fourth.” The next meet is the River Falls Invite on Saturday January 14. March-in at 10:40 a.m. with the “Winter Wonderland” theme and competition starting at 11 a.m.

FREDERIC—The Luck-Frederic-Grantsburg (LFG) wrestling team hosted the St. Croix Falls Saints in Frederic last Thursday night. The final team score in this one was 52-30 with the Saints on top. Once again, LFG’s small roster hurt them as they gave up five forfeits during the head to head. Once the action got rolling, it was closer than the score looked. “It was a tough match. With all our forfeits we had to match with pins,” Head Coach Chris Bartlett said of the match. “But once again, the kids never gave up and wrestled hard.” After forfeiting the 106 and 113 lb. matches, Hunter Sellent stepped in at 120 lbs. and won his match by pin. Landen Johnson won his by forfeit, to tie up the team score 12 points each. Next up on the mat was Merlin Hibbs. Early in the second period, Hibbs pinned his man moving the team to a 18-12 lead. “Merlin went up 2 - 0 with a takedown in the first. In the second, he caught his opponent and was able to get the pin,” Bartlett said. The Saints took the next 30 points with three forfeits and two pins. “Brad (Lucas) and Ben (Berglund) wrestled hard but ran into more experienced kids,” the coach noted. Dakota Schultz ended the skid for LFG with a pin in the second. Schultz beat up his opponent in

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Hunter Sellent pinned SCF’s Cody Semmens during LFG’s match on Thursday.

the first, and took the win during the second. “Going into the last three weights of the night we had a chance to win if we came up with pins. In both matches our guys put their opponents on their backs with less than 10 seconds to go. I wish this one time the first period could be three minutes like college,” Bartlett said. “Unfortunately, they are only two. They were both close to pins when the time ran out. In Brock’s (Phernetton), we knew we needed a pin so I had him try and go up top with him and try to catch him again like he did in the first period. The score would’ve been closer if he didn’t have to go for a pin. “Matthew had a nice takedown

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GRANTSBURG—Grantsburg’s John Chenal racked up 31 points for his Pirate squad as they made easy work of the visiting Siren Dragons on Friday night, winning by a score of 63-39. “Nice to get back in the win column after a rough game at Hayward on Tuesday,” Pirates Coach Nick Hallberg said. The Dragons had no answer for Chenal down low as he powered his way to the hoop, ripping down rebounds and putting up points at will. Chenal tallied 19 of his points in the first half to lead the Pirates to a 42-23 halftime lead. The Dragons struggled with foul trouble as well, with Riley Churchill, Kanaan Christianson and Tanner Lee each racking up three fouls in the first half, forcing them to spend time on the bench. Grantsburg’s Jacob Ohnstad had a good night shooting, racking up 12 first-half points with two GOOB COY| SENTINEL from behind the arc and three two-point buckets. Grantsburg’s Reed Arnold (25) tries to drive around Luke Anderson and Austin Wedin recorded four Siren’s Sequioa Bellanger on his way to the hoop.

at the end of the first that put his opponent in his back. With losing at 195, we weren’t going to be able to win the dual. In the second, I had him go down and he got caught and put to his back. His opponent was strong, so there was no chance of his escape.” Mikel Louis got the last six points for LFG with a forfeit win to make the final score 30-52 in favor of the Saints. “It was a frustrating match knowing that a couple kids in the stands would have given us the win,” Bartlett added. The team heads to Unity on Thursday night, and then to St. Croix Central on Friday where they will face Baldwin-Woodville, SCC and Durand.

Blizzard ladies drop one to Lakeland BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

SIREN—The Burnett Blizzard girls hockey team lost to the Lakeland Thunderbirds on Saturday by a 7-1 margin. The game was tight in the first period as only one goal was scored, that by Lakeland at the 12:19 mark. The game was broken open in the second frame as the Thunderbirds scored four in a row to take a 5-0 lead before the Blizzard’s Olivia Hall got one past the Thunderbird goaltender with just 1:21 left in the period. Assists to Hall’s goal went to Stephanie Hansen and Mykayla Anderson. Lakeland put two more scores on the board in the third period. Blizzard goalie Emma Quimby stopped 53 of 60 shots on goal. Burnett was able to put 12 shots onto the Thunderbird goalie with one getting in for a score. The Blizzard will have played at River Falls on Tuesday and then their next game is January 19 at Eveleth-Gilbert.

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Pirates lose border battle with Tigers

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GRANTSBURG—Despite a smothering, in-your-face, one-onone defense, Cassidy Lee was able to score 22 points to lead her Pirates to a conference win over the visiting Siren Dragons on Friday night. The final score was 57-45. Siren’s goal was to shut down the Pirates’ leading scorer, and they were able to hold Lee to just six points in the opening half of the game. But she found a way to get open in the second half and racked up 16, with eight of those coming from the free throw line. “We had a slow start but picked up the pace in the second half,” Pirates Coach Penny Curtin said. “Siren gave us a tough game. We struggled and worked hard throughout the game.” The scoring was a little slow for both teams in the first half, with the Pirates holding a small lead at halftime, 20-16. For Grantsburg, it was Lee and Katie Curtin with six each to lead the Pirate charge. Jordyn McKenzie hit a three-pointer and Rhiana Pochman had three points as well, with Tymber King rounding out the scoring with two. For Siren, it was Abby Kosloski leading the way with five first-half points. Paetyn McKnight hit one from behind the arc and one from the charity stripe for four points. Sarah Shaffer tallied three points, with Jade Horstman and Cassie Maslow each chipping in two points to end Dragon scoring. Both teams cranked up the scoring in the second half with the Pirates putting up 37 points to Siren’s 29. They also cranked up fouls. There was a total of 46 fouls called and 54 free throws shot between the two teams for the game. Siren was more aggressive offensively and took a lot more shots in the second half, and it paid off. Kosloski added 10 points to end her night with a team high 15. Horstman got the hot hand with nine sec-

GRANTSBURG—The Grantsburg girls basketball team hosted the Rush City Tigers on Tuesday, January 3 falling 42-27 in the WI/MN border battle. Despite a close second half, the Pirates were unable to overcome the hole they had gotten themselves into in the first half of play. The Tigers’ quick hands and sharp outside shooting doubled up the Pirates 24 to 12 in the first half of play and the deficit proved too much to overcome. Pirate senior Cassidy Lee was game-high scorer with 14 points on the night. The Tigers played her tight and were able to stop her from hitting her usual three-point shots. Lee was the only Pirate to score in double digits for the night. Tymber King had five points from two buckets and a free throw. Rhiana Pochman was two for two from the line and had a bucket as well for a total of four points. Katie Curtin and Cassidy Chenal each had a basket for two points each. Herberg and Guptill led the Tigers with 11 and nine points respectively. “We played alright defense holding them to 42 points when they had been averaging over 60,” concluded Coach Curtin.

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Siren’s Abby Kosloski (23) puts up a shot over Grantsbur’s Jordyn McKenzie and Olivia Brock (24).

ond-half points, with six of those coming from three-point land. Elle Emery hit a long ball as well for three points. Shaffer, Maslow and Maddie Nichols each contributed two points and Kayla Eidah ended the Dragon scoring with one point. For the Pirates, it was Lee with 16 points leading the way. King battled down low for seven points this half. McKenzie hit a three-pointer along with a bucket for five points. Cassidy Chenal, Olivia Ohnstad, Pochman and Curtin each tallied two points. Curtin also led the Pirates in rebounding with 10 on the night. Freshman Brooke Quimby rounded out the Pirate scoring

with one point from the free throw line. The win adds to Grantsburg’s undefeated conference record and keeps them on top of the West Lakeland standings along with St. Croix Falls, who is also undefeated in conference play. The Pirates head to Luck for a doubleheader on Thursday night. This is a make-up game for the one that was canceled due to weather on December 16. Game time is 5:45 p.m. Siren heads to Webster on Friday to play their neighbors to the north in the early game of a doubleheader. Game time is 5:45 p.m.

Tigers fall to Raiders, Lakers BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

WEBSTER—“We had moments where things seemed to be coming together, and other moments where we fell back to our old habits,” lamented Coach Matt Wood of the Webster Tigers after the 47-28 loss to Bruce. “When we limit turnovers and move the ball we can play with almost anyone in the area, but as of right now we make too many mistakes. We just need to continue to work hard and improve every practice and every game.” Bruce led 25-12 at the half. Six different Tigers each had two points to account for the scoring. In the second half, the Tigers tallied 16. Mahi Mosher had six with Julia Gavin and Makena Buffington each putting in four. Hailey Hollis added the other two points.

LAKERS TOO SCRAPPY FOR TIGERS “Shell Lake is a very scrappy team,” commented Coach Wood. “They go on the floor, diving around. We started getting down, frustrated.” The visiting team held a 26-17 halftime advantage.

SPORTS SCHEDULE Jan. 11-17 BOYS BASKETBALL Thu. Jan. 12 Grantsburg at Luck (DH), 7:15 pm Fri. Jan. 13 Siren at Webster (DH), 7:15 pm Mon. Jan. 16 Frederic at Siren (mixed DH), 7:15 pm

GIRLS BASKETBALL Thu. Jan. 12 Grantsburg at Luck (DH), 5:45 pm Fri. Jan. 13 Siren at Webster (DH), 5:45 pm Sat. Jan. 14 Grantsburg at Butternut, 3 pm Mon. Jan. 16 Drummond at Siren (mixed DH), 5:45 pm

BOYS HOCKEY Thurs. Jan. 12 Blizzard at Baldwin-Woodville, 7 pm Sat. Jan. 14 Blizzard at Ashland, 3 pm

WRESTLING Thurs. Jan. 12 FLGS at Unity, 7 pm Fri. Jan. 13 FLGS at St. Croix Central, 6 pm

GYMNASTICS Sat. Jan. 14 GLU at River Falls, 11 am

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Webster’s Makena Buffington (24) looks to pass the ball.

“We played about 13 minutes of good ball, keeping with them.” The Lakers went on a 17-3 run to begin the second half and went on from there for the win. “We’re trying to work out our attitude and effort,” said the coach. “We want to give our best effort.” Taking nothing away from Shell

Lake, “they played a heck of a game,” Allison Mulroy and Makena Buffington led Webster in scoring with eight points apiece. After playing at Unity on Tuesday, the Tigers host Siren on Friday and then New Auburn comes to town next Tuesday.

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Ashland stops Blizzard boys BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

GRANTSBURG—The Burnett Blizzard boys winning streak of two came to an end on Saturday with a 6-2 setback to the Ashland Oredockers. Both teams scored twice in the opening period. The ‘Dockers scored first, just 1:26 into the contest, but the Blizzard came back two minutes later on a goal by Austin Bowman, with Jared Lee assisting. Later, Ashland scored on an even strength goal, but less than four minutes after that score, Jordy Larson knotted it with a goal at 12:28. Brenton Nelson got the assist. The period ended tied at two apiece. Ashland scored twice in the second and then twice more in the last period to seal the win. Blizzard goalie Caleb Johnson turned away 23 of 29 shots on goal. Burnett put 15 shots on the Ashland goaltender. After hosting Somerset on Tuesday, the Blizzard go to Spooner on Thursday and to Amery next Tuesday.

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each, and Leo Chenal had three points, all coming from the free throw line. Siren was led by freshman standout Nathan Kosloski who had the unfortunate task of being matched up with Chenal much of the night. Despite that, he tallied 10 first half points on his way to a team-high 14. Christianson hit two beauties from three-point land for six points, while Steven Pruitt had four points. Alex Pinero hit a long ball for three points to end Siren’s first half scoring. The scoring slowed a bit in the second half with the Pirates holding a 21-16 edge over the Dragons. Chenal continued to lead the Pirate charge with 12 this half. Anderson hit a three-pointer, and Wedin, Leo Chenal and Tyrell Brande had two points each. For the Dragons, the scoring was evenly spread around this half. Lee, Churchill and Kosloski had four points each, with Sequioa Bellanger and Max Lindquist each chipping in two. Siren will head to Webster on Friday night for a conference showdown with the neighboring Tigers. Game time is 7:15 p.m. The Pirates go to Luck Thursday for a make-up from December. Game time is 7:15 p.m.

Tigers win two at home BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

WEBSTER—“It feels like we are starting to gel as a team,” said Webster Tiger Coach Rob Scherer after his team defeated the Bruce Red Raiders 64-51 last Tuesday night. “Defensively, we have created turnovers over the past week that have lead to some easy baskets. “We need to continue to improve in our half court sets offensively and continue to cut down on our turnovers.” The Tigers led by just two at the intermission, 29-27. Trevor Gustafson had the hot hand for the Tigers, scoring 13 in that half. Jack Washburn added seven with Caleb Pardun chipping in with four, Coleton Peterson with three and Brad Sigfrids adding two. In the second half, the Tigers scored 35 points to Bruce’s 24. Washburn poured in 19 points with Gustafson adding 13 more. Nathan Stadler had two and Tanner Pardun one. “Jack Washburn had another big game,” said the coach. “He is starting to develop into one of the elite players in our conference.” He had 26 for the game. “Trevor Gustafson also played a solid, complete game. He had six steals and seven rebounds to go with his 26 points. “I am happy with the direction of our team right now, but we need to continue to improve.” TIGERS RUN PAST LAKERS On Friday night, the Tigers continued their dominance of play, downing the visiting Shell Lake Lakers by a 67-28 margin. Webster got off to an 11-0 score before Shell Lake got on the board at the 11:34 mark of the half. The

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Webster’s Trevor Gustafson (20) drives against Nicholas Kraetke.

Tigers at that point went on a 13-1 run before the Lakers got a free throw to slow the Tiger momentum somewhat. Until halftime, the teams were almost even in scoring, with Webster maintaining a 39-12 advantage. With both squads beginning the second half scoring five points apiece, Webster scored seven in a row, three by Jack Washburn, four from Joey Formanek and two by Trevor Gustafson to enlarge the Tiger lead to 52-18. Webster finished the game at that point scoring 15 to Shell Lake’s 10. “We’re starting to figure out our major weaknesses and fix them,” said Coach Scherer. “We’re starting to play good basketball. “We’ve been turning the ball

over too much and we’ve got to keep working and working on that. “I’m pretty happy with the sophomores, freshmen and a couple of juniors,” coach continued. “We sat back after the Luck game and said, ‘We’ve got to make a change.’ We decided to be an aggressive basketball team, throw our bodies on the floor and let the chips fall where they may. It’s worked fairly well for us.” Jack Washburn led all scorers with 20 points. Trevor Gustafson added 12 for the Tigers with Brad Sigfrids putting in 11 and Joey Formanek nine. After traveling to Unity on Tuesday, the Tigers will host Siren on Friday and New Auburn next Tuesday.

Dragons come from behind to top the ‘Toppers BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

GLENWOOD CITY—Trailing 41-35 at the intermission, the Siren Dragons put on a second half surge that scored 46 points for themselves while holding the Glenwood City Hilltoppers to just 16 and take an 81-57 victory last Tuesday night. “Our young team took a really important step against Glenwood City,” related Siren Coach Jon Ruud. “After a long bus trip, our boys came out and played their worst half of the season. We trailed Glenwood City by as many

as 16 points in the first half and did not do anything well at either end of the floor. “With about four minutes remaining in the half, we had a couple shots to cut their lead to about 10 points but the biggest play of the first half came when Ben Lemieux had a tip-in at the buzzer to cut the lead to six points. We trailed 41 to 35 at half time. “I have never seen a team completely switch like our team did at half time. We came out in the second half and scored 46 points, while holding Glenwood City to 16 points in the entire second half. We came out of Glenwood City

with a 24 point victory.” Nathan Kosloski led all the Siren scorers with 17 points, 15 of those in the second half. Riley Churchill had 16 with Xander Pinero putting in 14. Tanner Lee and Kanaan Christianson each tallied 12. “We have played some really good teams to start out our season in Turtle Lake, Unity, St. Croix Falls and Drummond, and against each of those teams we played with them for about half of the game and then we fell apart and never recovered, but last night was a great indicator of how good this team could be by February.”

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HAYWARD—The Pirates headed north to Hayward on Tuesday, Jan. 3 to face a tough team in the Hurricanes, with the Pirates falling 78-36. In their first game since Decem-

ber 22, the Pirates found it hard to hit the net and were outscored 4517 in the first half. Things didn’t get much better in the second half with Grantsburg scoring 19 to Hayward’s 33. No one scored in the double digits for the Pirates, with John Chenal leading the scoring for the

night with nine. Tyrell Brande followed closely with eight, and Leo Chenal was right there with seven. Reed Arnold had six points, with four of those coming from the free throw line. Austin Wedin and Justin Patterson each had three points to round out the scoring.

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Siren’s Kanaan Christianson works around Grantsburg’s Leo Chenal (5) on his way to the basket.

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SCOREBOARD Boys Basketball

North Lakeland Conference Team Conf All Grantsburg 3-0 7-2 St. Croix Falls 2-0 6-1 Unity 3-1 6-5 Luck 1-1 5-3 Webster 0-2 4-4 Frederic 0-2 2-6 Siren 0-3 2-5

FT 3-5 1-2 0-0 5-11 2-7 1-2 0-0 0-0 12-27

F 2 0 2 3 4 2 1 5 19

TP 7 5 2 15 18 8 0 2 57

Score by halves Siren 35 46-81 Glenwood City 41 16-57

Grantsburg 63, Siren 39 Siren 2 3 FT F E. Benjamin 0 0 0-1 0 X. Pinero 0 1 0-0 1 K. Chrisstianson 0 2 0-0 3 T. Lee 1 0 2-2 3 S. Pruitt 2 0 0-1 3 R. Churchill 1 0 2-2 4 B. Lemieuix 0 0 0-1 0 S. Bellanger 1 0 0-0 2 N. Kosloski 7 0 0-0 1 M. Lindquist 1 0 0-0 1 Totals 13 3 4-7 18

TP 0 3 6 4 4 4 0 2 14 2 39

Grantsburg T. Brande L. Chenal L. Anderson A. Wedin J. Ohnstad R. Arnold J. Chenal J. Duncan Totals

TP 2 5 7 6 12 0 31 0 63

2 1 1 1 1 3 0 15 0 22

3 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4

FT 0-0 3-6 2-6 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-4 0-0 7-18

F 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 15

Score by halves Siren 23 16-39 Grantsburg 42 21-63

Hayward 78, Grantsburg 36 Grantsburg 2 3 FT F TP T. Brande 2 1 1-2 0 8 L. Chenal 3 0 1-7 3 7 L. Anderson 0 0 0-0 2 0 A. Wedin 1 0 1-1 0 3 J. Ohnstad 0 0 0-0 1 0 A. Olson 0 0 0-0 3 0 R. Arnold 1 0 4-5 2 6 J. Patterson 0 1 0-0 1 3 J. Chenal 4 0 1-4 4 9 J. Duncan 0 0 0-0 2 0 Player X 0 0 0-0 1 0 Totals 11 2 8-17 19 36

Hayward 2 G. Luedke 0 X. Cummings 5 C. Burger 0

3 2 3 1

FT 0-0 6-9 0-0

F 1 2 0

2-2 3-4 0-0 1-2 1-2 1-1 1-4 0-0 15-24

Webster 64, Bruce 51 Bruce 2 3 FT T. Anderson 1 0 1-2 R. Stewart 0 0 0-0 K. Krening 1 2 0-1 C. Checkalski 2 3 0-1 K. Brockman 6 0 0-3 O. Griego 4 0 0-0 D. Anderson 2 0 3-8 Totals 16 5 4-15

Siren 81, Glenwood City 57 Siren 2 3 FT F TP E. Benjamin 0 0 0-0 1 0 X. Pinero 1 3 3-5 4 14 K. Christianson 0 4 0-0 2 12 T. Lee 4 0 4-5 4 12 S. Pruitt 0 1 0-2 2 3 R. Churchill 4 2 2-5 3 16 B. Lemieux 1 0 0-0 2 2 S. Bellanger 2 0 1-2 0 5 N. Kosloski 8 0 1-2 2 17 M. Lindquist 0 0 0-0 1 0 Totals 20 10 11-21 21 81 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3

5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11

2 0 2 0 2 2 2 4 17

19 3 0 1 1 3 7 10 78

Score by halves Grantsburg 17 19-36 Hayward 14 33-78

Results Last Week Jan. 6 Grantsburg 63, Siren 39 Luck 85, Winter 31 Webster 67, Shell Lake 28 Jan. 5 Unity 73, Lake Holcombe 61 St. Croix Falls 63, Cameron 47 Jan. 3 Northwood 51, Frederic 48 Hayward 78, Grantsburg 36 Clear Lake 60, Luck 54 Osceola 64, Unity 60 St. Croix Falls 60, Barron 52 Webster 64, Bruce 52 Siren 81, Glenwood City 57

Glenwood City 2 D. Hierlmeier 2 P. Hill 2 H. DeSmith 1 Q. Taylor 2 R. Schultz 8 T. Davis 2 W. Rosenow 0 A. Croes 1 Totals 18

P. Zeigle 1 R. Dobbs 0 W. Garcia 0 J. Bass 0 L. Solheim 0 H. Hessel 1 D. Dennis 3 W. Zawtatowski 5 Totals 15

TP 6 25 3

Webster 2 C. Pardun 0 T. Pardun 0 J. Formanek 0 T. Gustafson 8 J. Washburn 8 B. Sigfrids 1 A. Spafford 0 C. Peterson 0 N. Stadler 1 Totals 18

3 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 6

F 1 3 2 3 2 4 4 19

TP 3 0 8 13 12 8 7 51

FT F 1-2 2 1-2 0 0-0 4 4-6 2 4-6 3 0-0 3 0-0 1 0-0 0 0-1 0 10-17 15

TP 4 1 0 26 26 2 0 3 2 64

Score by halves Bruce 27 24-51 Webster 29 35-64 Webster 67, Shell Lake 28 Shell Lake 2 3 FT F Z. Jensen 2 0 0-0 0 N. Udovich 0 0 2-5 1 A. Martin 3 0 0-3 1 E. Hungerbuhler 0 1 2-6 4 L. Pokorny 4 0 1-5 3 C. Johnson 0 0 0-0 2 E. Knutson 0 0 0-0 4 N. Kraetke 0 0 1-4 2 Totals 9 1 7-23 17 Webster 2 D. Greiff 0 C. Pardun 1 T. Pardun 0 J. Formanek T. Gustafson 4 J. Washburn 6 B. Sigfrids 2 A. Spafford 0 C. Peterson 2 N. Stadleer 1 T. Wols 0 H. Olson 0 Totals 20

3 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

FT 0-0 3-4 0-0 0 1-4 2-3 7-8 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-4 18-27

TP 4 2 7 5 9 0 0 1 28

F TP 1 0 1 5 2 0 1-2 5 9 0 12 1 20 3 11 1 1 3 4 3 2 1 0 0 3 21 67

Score by halves Shell Lake 12 16-28 Webster 38 29-67

Girls Basketball North Lakeland Conference Team Conf All Grantsburg 4-0 6-2 St. Croix Falls 3-0 7-3 Unity 2-3 5-5 Luck 1-2 3-3 Siren 1-2 2-5 Frederic 1-3 3-6 Webster 0-3 1-7 Results Last Week Jan. 6 Luck 57, Winter 36 Shell Lake 50, Webster 29 Grantsburg 57, Siren 45 Amery 47, St. Croix Falls 39 Osceola 56, Unity 34 Jan. 5 Unity 64, Lake Holcombe 54 Jan. 3 Northwood 42, Frederic 40 Bruce 47, Webster 28 Clear Lake at Luck Rush City (MN) 42, Grantsburg 27 Unity 40, Spring Valley 38

Rush City (MN) 42, Grantsburg 27 Rush City 2 3 FT F TP R. Daas 1 0 0-0 0 2 K. Bowen 2 0 2-4 1 6

E. Herberg S. Braund O. Anderson J. Guptill S. Mell Totals

1 1 0 5 3 13

3 2 0 0 0 3

0-0 2-2 0-0 1-2 2-3 7-11

2 1 1 0 5 10

11 4 0 11 8 42

Grantsburg 2 C. Chenal 0 C. Lee 5 J. McKenzie 0 O. Ohnstad 0 R. Pochman 1 K. Curtin 1 B. Quimby 0 T. King 2 Totals 10

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FT 0-0 4-6 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 7-10

F 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 10

TP 2 14 0 0 4 2 0 5 27

Score by halves Rush City 24 18-42 Grantsburg 12 15-27 Grantsburg 57, Siren 45 Siren 2 3 FT F E. Emery 0 1 0-0 5 J. Horstman 2 2 1-2 3 P. McKnight 0 1 1-2 3 K. Eidah 0 0 1-4 1 R. Anderson 0 0 0-0 1 B. Taylor 0 0 0-0 1 M. Nichols 1 0 0-0 0 K. Sybers 0 0 0-0 1 K. Lightfeather 0 0 0-0 1 A. Kosloski 6 0 3-7 3 C. Maslow 2 0 0-0 3 S. Shafer 2 0 1-2 5 Totals 13 4 7-17 27

TP 3 11 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 15 4 5 45

Grantsburg C. Chenal C. Lee J. McKenzie O. Ohnstad R. Pochman O. Brock K. Curtin B. Quimby K. Glover T. King Totals

TP 2 22 8 2 5 0 8 1 0 9 57

2 1 5 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 15

3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

FT F 0-0 2 9-17 3 0-0 1 2-2 4 1-2 2 0-0 1 4-8 3 1-3 0 0-0 2 1-6 1 18-37 19

Score by halves Siren 16 29-45 Grantsburg 20 37-57 Bruce 47, Webster 28 Bruce 2 3 FT L. Sturzl 3 0 0-0 K. Hargrave 2 0 0-3 K. Antczak 6 0 0-0 M. Mansky 2 0 1-3 K. Morgan 5 1 0-0 B. Gauthier 3 0 1-4 K. Graves 0 0 0-0 Totals 21 1 2-10

F 0 4 0 0 2 1 2 9

TP 6 4 12 5 13 7 0 47

Webster A. Mulroy M. Mosher H. Hollis E. Rachner T. Mosher S. Phernetton J. Gavin M. Buffington S. Raschke Totals

F 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 4 1 18

TP 2 8 2 0 2 0 6 6 2 28

2 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 10

3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2

FT 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 2-6

Score by halves Bruce 25 22-47 Webster 12 16-28 Shell Lake 50, Webster 29 Shell Lake 2 3 FT F TP M. Kevan 2 0 1-2 1 5 K. Williams 0 0 1-2 1 1 T. Eiche 0 0 0-0 2 0 J. Pokorny 0 0 4-8 3 4 A. Meister 4 1 2-3 2 13 M. Johnson 0 0 0-0 3 0 hk. Steines 3 0 1-2 0 7 A. Mikuna 2 0 3-6 1 7 C. Schroeder 0 0 1-6 1 1 A. Schroeder 0 0 0-0 5 0 N. Jury 2 0 0-2 0 4 C. Osborn 0 0 0-0 2 0 C. Skattebo 4 0 0-0 1 8 Totals 17 1 13-31 22 50 Webster A. Mulroy

2 2

3 FT 1 1-2

F TP 3 8

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0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 9

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0-1 4 0 0-2 0 2 0-3 2 0 0-0 3 2 0-0 3 2 0-4 4 4 6-8 2 8 1-2 4 3 8-22 25 29

Score by halves Shell Lake 26 24-50 Webster 17 12-29

Boys Hockey Middle Border Conference Team Conf All Bald/Woodville 3-1 12-1 New Richmond 4-0 7-5 Somerset 3-1 9-4 Amery 1-3 3-9 Blizzard 1-3 3-10 RAM 0-4 1-6-1 (Note: RAM is Regis, Altoona and McDonell coop team) Results Last Week Jan. 7 Merill East 6, RAM 4 Black River Falls 4, Amery 1 Neenah 7, New Richmond 1 Somerset 3, Northland Pines 1 Ashland 6, Blizzard 2 Jan. 6 Amery 1, Tomah 0 Bay Port 5, New Richmond 2 Jan. 5 Blizzard 7, RAM 6 Somerset 5, River Falls 1 Jan. 3 Blizzard 5, Moose Lake (MN) 3 New Richmond 5, Baldwin-Woodville 0

Ashland 6, Blizzard 2 Ashland 2 2 2-6 Blizzard 2 0 0-2 PERIOD 1: Ashland-Lane Mielke (Parker Bresette), even strength, 1:26; Blizzard-Austin Bowman (Jared Lee), even strength, 3:30; Ashland-Mielke (Bresette), even strength, 8:37; Blizzard-Jordy Larson (Brenton Nelson), even strength, 12:28. PERIOD 2: Ashland-Matt Gregor (Mielke), short handed, 3:37; Ashland-Jake Moe (Mielke), power play, 12:05. PERIOD 3: Ashland-Moe (Bresette, Gavin Douglas), even strength, 3:35; Ashland-Moe (Mielke), power play, 11:28. Penalties: Blizzard, 7 for 20 minutes; Ashland, 5 for 10 minutes. Goalies: Blizzard-Caleb Johnson, 23-29; Ashland-Brandon Hudson, 13-15.

Blizzard 5, Moose Lake 3 Blizzard 3 2 0-5 Moose Lake 0 2 1-3 PERIOD 1: Blizzard-Austin Aleshire (unassisted), even strength, 1:39; Blizzard-David Doty (unassisted), short handed, 4:48; Blizzard-Logan Meagher (Austin Bowman, Tanner Van Meter), even strength, 9:16. PERIOD 2: Blizzard-Van Meter (Bowman), even strength, 9:37; ML-Mike Knezevich (Jack Ergen, Jordan Fjosne), even strength, 11:13; ML-Nick Wegge (Mark Fossum, Wyatt Lampel), even strength, 11:13; Blizzard-Jordy Larson (Bowman, Brenton Nelson), even strength, 16:27. PERIOD 3:ML-Knezevich (Vern Anderson III), even strength, 10:10. Penalties: Blizzard, 3 for 6 minutes; 1 for 2 minutes. Goalies: Blizzard-Caleb Johnson 24-27; Moose Lake-Logan McNulty 15-18; Danny Whited 1-3.

Blizzard 7, RAM 6 Blizzard 0 5 2-7 RAM 3 1 2-6 PERIOD 1: RAM-Cade Richard (Austin Erickson, Nick Madson), even strength, 2:02; RAM-Cole Struck (Daniel Laatsch), even strength, 4:38; RAM-Jarret Smith (Laatsch), even strength, 11:02. PERIOD 2: Blizzard-Andrew Ruiz (Austin Bowman), 4:17; Blizzard-Tanner Van Meter (Bowman), even strength, 4:29; Blizzard-Bowman (unassisted), even strength, 14:12; Blizzard-Austin Aleshire (unassisted), even strength, 15:13; Blizzard-Bowman (Nelson), even strength, 15:25; RAM-Struck (Kolten Wright), power play, 15:40. PERIOD 3: RAM-Wright (Laatsch), even strength, 3:59; Blizzard-Bowman (Ruiz), power play, 4:22; RAM-Wright (unassisted), even strength, 6:33; Blizzard-Van Meter (Bowman), even strength, 7:50. Penalties: Blizzard, 4 for 8 minutes; RAM, 5 for 10 minutes. Goalies: Blizzard-Caleb Johnson, 18-24; RAM-Keaton Comero, 29-36.

Girls Hockey Record

Early Birds

Blizzard 2-8-0

Zia Louisa’s Gandy Dancer Saloon The Tap Black & Orange

Results Last Week Jan. 7 Lakeland 7, Blizzard 1

Lakeland 7, Blizzard 1 Lakeland 1 4 2-7 Blizzard 0 1 0-1 PERIOD 1: Lakeland-Asucena Boyer (Kalley Godfrey, Rylie Flohr), even strength, 12:19. PERIOD 2: Lakeland-Maggie Wohlleber (Boyer, Camryn Trapp), even strength, 1:12; Lakeland-Wohlleber (Jolie Quamme, Caitlin Hartigan), even strength, 4:01; Lakeland-Wohlleber (Quamme, Ally Pairolero), even strength, 11:35; Lakeland-Boyer (Godfrey, Hartigan), even strength, 13:18; Blizzard-Olivia Hall (Stephanie Hansen, Mykayla Anderson), power play, 15:39. PERIOD 3: Lakeland-Makayla Fultz (Pairolero, Boyer), even strength, 12:03; Lakeland-Jessica Hjilgart (Quamme, Pairolero), even strength, 14:09. Penalties: Blizzard, 4 for 8 minutes; Lakeland, 2 for 4 minutes. Goalies: Blizzard-Emma Quimby, 53-60; Lakeland, Erin Sparks, 5-5; Annika Nimsgern, 6-7.

Gymnastics Grantsburg-Luck-Unity 135.1, Rush City 134.05 Results January 5 VAULT: Morgan Pfaff 8.5; Kaylee Hol 8.4; Gracie Gerber 8.0; Holly Fiedler 7.8; Brittanie Blume 7.7. UNEVEN BARS: Gerber 8.875; Hol 8.675; Pfaff 8.2; Erica Simmons 7.95; Katie Weiss 7.55. BEAM: Hol 9.05; Pfaff 8.6; Gerber 8.35; Weiss 7.25; Simmons 7.2. FLOOR EXERCISE: Hol 9.2; Weiss 9.0; Pfaff 8.65; Gerber 8.6; Simmons 8.0. ALL AROUND: Hol 35.325; Pfaff 33.95; Gerber 33.825.

Wrestling St. Croix Falls 52, LFGS 30 106, SCF won by forfeit. 113, SCF won by forfeit. 120, Hunter Sellent (LFGS) pinned Cody Semmens (SCF) 126, LFGS won by forfeit. 132, Merlin Hibbs (LFGS) pinned Anthony Will (SCF) 138, SCF won by forfeit. 145, Spencer Langer (SCF) pinned Brad Lucas (LFGS). 152, SCF won by forfeit. 160, SCF won by forfeit. 170, Luke Clark (SCF) pinned Ben Berglund (LFGS). 182, Dakota Schultz (LFGS) pinned Trevor Warner (SCF). 195, Brandon Bastin (SCF) decisioned Brock Phernetton (LFGS). 220, Kyle Drinken (SCF) pinned Matthew Louis (LFGS). 285, LFGS won by forfeit.

Bowling Black & Orange Early Risers

10th Hole The Granary Gandy Dancer Saloon Black & Orange

W 9 7 4 4

L 3 5 8 8

High Team Single Games: 10th Hole 717; Black & Orange 706; The Granary 691. High Single Games: Pam Dildine 173; Judy Olson 168; Tony Muma 157. High Team Three Games: 10th Hole 2097; The Granary 2067; Gandy Dancer Saloon 2012. High Three Games: Pam Dildine 469; Judy Olson 435; Donna Crain 421. High Individual Averages: Pam Dildine 157; Judy Olson 153; Claudia Peterson 146; Krystal Gorman 145; Mary Reese 140. Splits: Evie Engebretson, 5-6-10; Mary Reese, 5-7. TNT Ladies

Larry’s LP Northwoods Lumber Flower Power Tillie’s Turtlettes

W 4 2 2 0

L 0 2 2 4

High Team Single Games: Larry’s LP 904; Northwoods Lumber 863; Tillie’s Turtlettes 825. High Single Games: Jennifer Kern 198; Shannel Reynolds 179; Becky Reynolds 172. High Team Three Games: Larry’s LP 2571; Tillie’s Turtlettes 2415; Northwoods Lumber 2400. High Three Games: Jennifer Kern 485; Daphne Churchill 456; Shannel Reynolds 450. High Individual Averages: Jennifer Kern 154; Daphne Churchill 148; Sue Eytcheson 144; Cheryl Scallon 142; Becky Reynolds/ Shannel Reynolds 138. Splits: Mary Reese, 3-10; Jennifer Kern, 5-7; Daphne Churchill, 4-5.

W 8 7 5 4

L 4 5 7 8

High Team Single Games: Black & Orange/Gandy Dancer Saloon 902; The Tap 899; Zia Louisa’s 853. High Single Games: Claudia Peterson 194; Sally Casey 181; Marcy Viebrock 178. High Team Three Games: Gandy Dancer Saloon 2581; The Tap 2571; Black & Orange 2569. High Three Games: Claudia Peterson 493; Sally Casey 488; Marcy Viebrock 454. High Individual Averages: Sally Casey 150; Judy Olson 145; Claudia Peterson 144; Marcy Viebrock 143; Lynn Toivola/Linda Strong 139. Splits: Marcy Viebrock, 5-10; Donna Crain, 7-8-10; Sheila Katusky, 3-10; Joan Java-Hahr, 6-7. Monday Night Men’s End of First Half

Larry’s LP Bruce’s Auto Yellow River Saloon Black and Orange

W 27 26 22 21

L 21 22 26 27

High Team Single Games: Black & Orange 1081; Larry’s LP 1013; Yellow River Saloon 1001. High Single Games: Tony Wilson 233; Josh Johnson 227; Art Bliven 226. High Team Three Games: Black & Orange 3144; Yellow River Saloon 2955; Larry’s LP 2928. High Three Games: Tony Wilson 631; Chris Johnson 615; Neil Huppert 592. High Individual Averages: Tony Wilson 199; Neil Huppert 193; Dean Eytcheson 189; Josh Johnson 188; CJ 186. Wednesday Night Men’s End of First Half

Northwoods Lumber Ed & the Lefties Black & Orange Vacant

W 38 27 23 8

L 10 21 25 40

High Team Single Games: Northwoods Lumber 1093; Black & Orange 1074; Ed & the Lefties 1018. High Single Games: Curt Phelps 259; Monte Rinnman 242; Roger Tollander 235. High Team Three Games: Black & Orange 3094; Northwoods Lumber 3033; Ed & the Lefties 2948. High Three Games: Josh Johnson 638; Monte Rinnman 620; Curt Phelps 612. High Individual Averages: Fred Zajac 208; Neil Huppert 199; Curt Phelps 197; Mike Zajac 196; Monte Rinnman 193. Denny’s Downtown Lanes Tuesday Nite Ladies

Denny’s Divas Alley Cats Kelli’s Kitchen Hwy. 70 Storage Northwoods MCL Rod’s Broads

W 7 6 3 2 2 2

L 1 2 5 6 6 6

High Team Single Games: Denny’s Divas 621; Hwy. 70 Storage 612; Rod’s Broads 595 High Single Games: Connie McKenzie 196; Amy Bertelsen 190; Kim Koster 171. High Team Three Games: Denny’s Divas 1780; Hwy 70 Storage 1717; Alley Cats 1696. High Three Games: Connie McKenzie 502; Patty Meyer 476; Amy Bertelsen 471 High Individual Averages: Connie McKenzie 156; Amy Bertelsen 155; Barb Benson 154; Patty Meyer/Casey Schuur/Cyndie Omer 142; Carol Soderbeck 141; Patty Bjorklund 140; Michelle Morgan-Engstrand/Kim Koster 138. Wednesday Night Men’s

Farmer’s Insurance Radio Shack Erickson Auction Service Darrell’s Hardware Wood River Pharmacy Grantsburg Sanitary

W 5 4.5 4 3 2.5 2

L 2 2.5 3 4 4.5 5

High Team Single Games: Radio Shack 718; Wood River Pharmacy 714; Grantsburg Sanitary 696. High Single Games: Edward Bitler 236; Leo Kessler 225; Dave Thoreson 173. High Team Three Games: Wood River Pharmacy 2077; Radio Shack 2059; Grantsburg Sanitary 1998. High Three Games: Edward Bitler 663; Leo Kessler 587; Dave Thoreson 584. High Individual Averages: Edward Bitler 192; Randy Carey 178; Dave Thoreson 173.

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OBITUARIES

Dr. Kirk Almendinger

Mavis Derrick

Lon Murgaw

Dr. Kirk Almendinger passed away Wednesday evening, November 23, 2016 from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident earlier in the day. A memorial service was held Saturday, Dec. 3 at Mattson Funeral Home in Forest Lake. Dr. Almendinger was born June 11, 1956. He earned his doctor of dental surgery degree from the University of Minnet iin 1982 and d operated t dd sota dental offices in Grantsburg, St. Croix Falls and Woodville. He is survived by four sons, Kade Garrett, Cole Joseph, Tryn Jordan (Eva), and Reece Taylor Almendinger; their mother, Cheryl Almendinger; brothers, Jeffrey Harold (Joanne) and Kimbal Lee (Carol) Almendinger. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Audrey (Erickson) Almendinger. Online condolences may be written at the website of Mattson Funeral Home of Forest Lake. Memorials may be directed to Cheryl Almendinger in care of Mattson Funeral Home, 343 North Shore Drive, Forest Lake, Minn., 55025.

Mavis Arlene Derrick, 82, passed away Friday, December 30, 2016 at Lodi, Ohio. A memorial service for Mavis was held Friday, January 6, 2017 at Our Lady of Help of Christians Catholic Church in Lodi. Mavis was born March 9, 1934 in North Dakota. She married John Derrick, Sr., in May of 1952. They lived in many places during his military career, including Grantsburg from October 1974 to August of 1995. They then returned to Hampton, VA, near the military base. In 2013, she moved to Lodi to live with her oldest daughter, Bonnie, due to health complications. Mavis enjoyed living in Grantsburg. She made many lifelong friends and many fond memories for the entire Derrick family. Mavis worked at The Rainbow Cafe and Grantsburg Elementary School Cafeteria. She considered Grantsburg her home, as it was her longest time of residence due to John’s military career. She raised four of her six children and four grandchildren in Grantsburg. Survivors include her husband, John Derrick, Sr., six children: Bonnie (Steve) Stuchal, John (Barbara) Derrick, Jr., Becky (Timothy) Tessman; Jackie May, Robert (Jennifer) Derrick, Timothy (Becky) Derrick; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; a brother Bill (Carey) Remme of Stacy, Minn., nieces and nephews.

Lon Murgaw, 89, of Frederic died Saturday, January 7, 2017. The funeral service was held Wednesday, January 11 at the St. Croix Tribal Center of Hertel. Interment was at Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Spooner. A full obituary will follow. Arrangements were entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home of Webster. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

The narrative does not shy away from his darker moments. He discloses his bouts with depression and explains some of the techniques he uses to disguise his illness from his audiences. His exhausting performances and the adulation of the crowds are one way of temporarily relieving his melancholy. His three- to four-hour performances are “life-giving, muscle-aching, mind-clearing, cathartic pleasure and privilege.” “When you’re on tour, you’re king, and when you’re home, you’re not,” he comments. Passive aggressive behavior resulted in failed relationships, especially with women, until he met his second wife, band member Patti Scialfa. There are several chapters on the singer’s fixation with masculinity and the misogyny that accompanies it. When Patti joined the band and “broke the boys club,” she was met with considerable resistance. Springsteen criticizes this misogynistic characteristic typical of many rock groups. The singer also reveals encounters with the Internal Revenue Service because he had never paid any income taxes. Springsteen fans especially will want to read this autobiography, but any “boomer” will find that the memoir provides insight about the characteristics of that generation. Historians will find it a good window through which to view American culture since 1957. I found Bruce Springsteen to be a very good writer. The singer has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He has received 20 Grammy awards, an Academy Award and the Kennedy Center Honors. * * * * * * *

The authors’ premise is that there are no mistakes in this life — that we’re all connected by invisible threads and we “activate these connections through kindness. Honoring our invisible thread connection makes us angels on earth.” In the process, we don’t need to make our goals lofty, too momentous to accomplish. Sometimes all that’s needed to make someone’s day is a hug, a smile or a compliment. “Angels on Earth” is a timely reminder that we really can make a difference in each other’s lives, and to do so we can “start small.” It’s a lovely book and the recorded version is equally inspirational. Reprinted with permission, Missourian Publishing Company. p y Copyright py g 2017.

Gerald Songas Gerald “Jerry” R. Songas, 63, of Grantsburg passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2017. A full obituary will follow. Arrangements have been entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home of Grantsburg. Online condolences may be expressed at www.swedberg-taylor.com

Pamela Scapanski

Pamela Rae Scapanski, 61, of Woodbury, Minn., formerly of Grantsburg, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2017. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 21, 2017 at the Faith Lutheran Church in Grantsburg. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church. A full obituary will follow.

Betty Lou Olson

Betty Lou Olson, 88, of North Oaks, Minn., died January 9, 2017. Services are pending. A full obituary will follow. Arrangements were entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home of Grantsburg. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

NOVEL IDEAS The One Man There’s nothing better than an awesome audiobook to wile away highway miles, or escape the drudgery of dusting. Edoardo Ballerini’s stellar reading of “The One Man,” by Andrew Gross, is just the ticket, a thriller with heart set largely in Auschwitz during World War II. Among the voices Ballerini so expertly masters are those of Nazi officers, and concentration camp prisoners, in a harrowing performance that’s riveting and easy to follow. The novel opens with 92-year-old Leo divulging his past to his daughter, secrets he’s never before shared. A survivor of Auschwitz, Leo had been the young protégé of Alfred Mendl, also imprisoned in the camp. Mendl, an esteemed physicist, passed along his expertise about electromagnetics to the boy because Leo had an uncanny ability to retain information. The United States government knew of Mendl and the facts he possessed — formulas vital to the development of the atom bomb. If Mendl died in the camp, the knowledge would die with him, so President Roosevelt’s administration hatches a plan to rescue the scientist. To do so they enlist the help of Nathan Blum, a Polish Jew whose parents and sister were executed by the Nazis, but who managed to escape his family’s fate and flee to the United States. While the thought of returning to Germany chills him, Blum feels he has wrongs to right; he signs on and his training begins. Blum will be parachuted into Germany, disguise himself as a worker at the concentration camp and gain entrance to Auschwitz. He has 72 hours to get Mendl out of the camp, and back onto a plane that will pick them up. There’s never a hitch in the action in this nail-biting novel, one that introduces a cast of memorable characters that includes a sadistic SS officer, another SS officer whose wife turns coat to befriend young Leo, and a surprise woman from Blum’s past. The concentration camp setting is fact-based and readers will be enthralled by the strength of the human spirit to survive such unimaginable atrocities. * * * * * * *

Born to Run In a candid autobiography, “Born to Run,” Bruce Springsteen chronicles his lifelong relationship with music. When he was a child, his alcoholic father continually drained the family’s finances and opposed his son’s ambitions. Eventually Bruce purchased a secondhand Kent guitar for $69 and learned to play by listening to guitarists on the radio. Some of the incidents depicted in the book include his efforts to form bands in high school, how his love for rock music was affirmed when he watched Elvis Presley and the Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” and the distress caused by the Kennedy assassination. Springsteen, now 67, claims he was born at the right moment in history for a guitar man.

Angels On Earth The season of gifts and goodwill is almost upon us — a fitting time to suggest “Angels On Earth,” a feelgood book about being there for one another by practicing random acts of kindness. The book is coauthored by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowki, a forward by Schroff explaining how the book came to be. In 2011, Schroff published the bestseller “The Invisible Thread,” the true story of her longtime friendship with a young boy, a “panhandler” she gave money to when he asked for a handout in New York City back in 1986. The offering ignited an ongoing relationship. It’s these connections that the authors advocate — “huge turning points that (alter) the course of... life’s paths.” Inspired by her own “ah-ha” moment, Schroff invited people to contact her with examples of their own experiences with “turning points.” The result is a book that will reignite readers’ beliefs in the inherent goodness of others. The theme of kindness, and the ripple effect good deeds have, is sure to be contagious. Ideas about things we can do to spread cheer, and others’ examples are organized in chapters on Kindness, Yesness, Outwardness, Awareness, Uniqueness, Clearness and Connectedness.

WISCONSIN BRIEFING Wisconsin tribe wants pipeline moved from its reservation

MADISON— (AP) — A Chippewa tribe in Wisconsin is calling for 12 miles of pipeline to be removed from its reservation after 64 years of operation, saying they want to protect their land and water from oil spills. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s tribal council approved a resolution Wednesday refusing to renew easements for 11 parcels of land along a section of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, which carries oil and natural gas liquids 645 miles from Canada to eastern Michigan. The resolution also calls for decommissioning the pipeline and removing it from the tribe’s reservation along the shores of Lake Superior in far northern Wisconsin. The resolution also directs tribal staff to prepare recycling, disposal and surface restoration work that would come with removal. “We depend upon everything that the creator put here before us to live mino-bimaadiziwin, a good and healthy life,” Bad River Chairman Robert Blanchard said in a news release. “These environmental threats not only threaten our health, but they threaten our very way of life as (Chippewa).” But it isn’t clear whether the tribe can force removal of the pipeline. Brad Shamla, Enbridge’s vice president of U.S. operations, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Friday it was too early to speculate on what authority the tribe may have. Officials with Calgary-based Enbridge say there’s never been a spill on the Bad River reservation. The resolution surprised the company, Shamla said, because Enbridge and the tribe have been negotiating renewal of easements on the 11 parcels — which expired in 2013 — for the last three years. The easements for the majority of the remaining parcels on Bad River tribal land extend until 2043 or rest in perpetuity. “We’d really like to understand better what’s prompting this at this time,” Shamla said.

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New Life Recovery Program 7 p.m. Wood River Christian Fellowship, Grantsburg. 463-3941

AA Meetings Danbury Noon at Methodist Church Webster 7 p.m. Crossroads Church

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CALL TO ORDER Chairman Taylor called the October 20, 2016, Burnett County Board of Supervisors meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. at the Burnett County Government Center, Room 160, Siren, Wisconsin. INVOCATION Pastor Brad Moore of Grace Baptist Church in Grantsburg gave the invocation. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chairman Taylor asked Supervisor Olson to lead in the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL Present, 20 supervisors: Emmett Byrne, Richard Anderson, Gary Lundberg, Duane Johnson, Craig Conroy, Don Taylor, Clifford L. Main, Brent Blomberg, Dale Dresel, Gene McLain, Jeremy Gronski, Dorothy Richard, Donald Chell, Gene Olson, Charles Awe, Chuck Anderson, Edgar Peterson, Norman Bickford, Christopher Sybers, Bert Lund, Jr. Excused, one supervisor: Gerald Pardun. Present, two youth representatives: Bailey Mangen and Emma Rachner. Excused, one youth representative: Teddy Vitale. PUBLIC COMMENT There were none. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER Motion to approve the agenda order was made by Supervisor Lund, seconded by Supervisor Byrne. Motion carried, voice vote. APPROVAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF SEPTEMBER 22, 2016, MEETING Motion to approve the proceedings of the September 22, 2016, meeting was made by Supervisor Blomberg, seconded by Supervisor Chell. Motion carried, voice vote. PUBLIC HEARING – 2017 BURNETT COUNTY BUDGET PROPOSAL Chairman Taylor opened the public hearing at 9:37 a.m. Several members of the public spoke, all requesting a rise from 70% to 85% in county library funding. Administrator Ehalt addressed the supervisors outlining the timeline and process of developing the 2017 budget. Mr. Ehalt presented information on the tax levy which includes the increase in property taxes for Burnett County residents for 2017 of $15.51 per $100,000.00 of value. This increase is attributed to the loan for the new highway/forestry facility. The 2017 mill rate is 3.945. Chairman Taylor closed the public hearing at 9:56 a.m. LEADERSHIP THROUGH EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT DESIGNS AWARD (LEEDS) Chairman Taylor presented the award for the Leadership through Effective and Efficient Designs. Administrator Ehalt explained this is an incentive program where staff develops ideas that create efficiencies and/or more effective work processes within their office or the government center as a whole. Mary Hinrichs, Jen Faber, Ruth Reding, LuAnn Wood and Jackie Baasch from the court offices were the recipients of the $3,000.00 award this year. Their proposal is for an FTR (for the record) digital recording device which can be used in various court hearings in place of a court reporter. This will result in a substantial cost savings to the county. RESOLUTION 2016-25 IN SUPPORT OF INCREASED FUNDING IN THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES STATE ALLOCATION WHEREAS, the Department of Children and Families provides funding to counties through the Children and Family Aids allocation for the provision of child abuse and neglect services, including prevention, investigation, treatment, and out-of-home placement costs; and WHEREAS, base funding for child welfare services has not increased since the Department of Children and Families was created in 2009; and WHEREAS, over the past few years, the child welfare workload has increased in all counties across the state; and WHEREAS, the number of child protective services (CPS) referrals state-wide has increased by 30 percent since 2007; and WHEREAS, the number of child protective services (CPS) referrals in Burnett County has increased by 258 percent from 129 referrals in 2009 to 462 referrals in 2015; and WHEREAS, the number of children in out-of-home care statewide has increased from 7,653 in 2011 to 8,258 in 2015; and WHEREAS, the number of children in out-of-home care in Burnett County has increased from 26 in 2011 to 49 in 2015; and WHEREAS, the number of screened-in CPS reports Statewide has increased from 18,706 in 2011 to 20,384 in 2015; and WHEREAS, the number of screened-in CPS reports in Burnett County has increased from 69 in 2011 to 167 in 2015; and WHEREAS, counties are struggling to recruit and retain child welfare workers; and WHEREAS, the stress of increasing caseloads is taking its toll on CPS workers, causing many experienced child welfare workers to leave the profession; and WHEREAS, the leading cause of these increases is the use of heroin, opiates, and methamphetamines; and WHEREAS, it is critical that counties have the resources necessary to ensure the safety of children in every corner of the state; and WHEREAS, counties are struggling to identify resources to increase child welfare staff, especially given the significant overmatch counties already put in the human services system. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT that the Burnett County Board of Supervisors does hereby request that the State of Wisconsin, it its 2017-19 state biennial budget, increase funding to counties in the Children and Family Aids allocation to assist counties in serving the increasing number of children and families in the child welfare system; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT a copy of this resolution be sent to Governor Scott Walker, Department of Children and Families Secretary Eloise Anderson, Department of Administration Secretary Scott Neitzel, area legislators, and the Wisconsin Counties Association. Chairman Taylor presented the resolution sponsored by the

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Health and Community Services Committee. Motion to approve Resolution 2016-25 In Support of Increased Funding in the Children and Families State Allocation was made by Supervisor Main, seconded by Supervisor Lundberg. Motion carried, voice vote. RESOLUTION - ADOPTING REVISED SHORELAND REGULATIONS, NEW SECTION TO THE BURNETT COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, TEXT AMENDMENT #TXT AMENDMENT #TXT-16-04 County Surveyor/Land Information Director and Zoning Administrator Jason Towne informed the board the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) notified his office yesterday there would be additional changes to the statutes affecting the shoreland regulations. With this new information, Mr. Towne advised the resolution and accompanying documents be sent back to committee to incorporate the new changes when the DNR has completed their work and to bring back to county board at a later date. Motion to send back to committee was made by Supervisor Bickford, seconded by Supervisor Sybers. Motion carried, voice vote. RESOLUTION 2016-26 COUNTY FOREST VARIABLE ACREAGE SHARE PAYMENTS WHEREAS, counties having lands entered as “County Forest Lands” under the provisions of s.s. 28.11 (4)(b) of the Wisconsin Statutes, annually receive from the state as a non-interest bearing loan, the amount of 10 cents for each acre so entered to be used for the purchase, development, preservation, and maintenance of such lands; and, WHEREAS, said loan monies are repaid through a 20% severance tax on timber sale revenue coming from County Forest Lands unless a higher rate is mutually agreed to by the County and the Department; and, WHEREAS, the provisions of Section 28.11 (8)(b) 1, enacted in 1979, make it possible for the County, at its option, to receive instead of the payment based on 10 cents per acre, a payment more closely related to meeting the needs identified in its County Forest 15 Year Plan based on either 0, 20, 30, 40, or 50 cents per acre. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT we, the Burnett County Board of Supervisors, in consideration of meeting the needs of our County Forest 15 Year Plan hereby request the Department of Natural Resources to provide the 2017 payment to the County under s.s.28.11 (8)(b) 1, on the basis of 50 cents for each acre of our County Forest Lands; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT the clerk is hereby authorized and directed to file this request with the Department of Natural Resources prior to December 31 preceding the year in which said payment is being requested to be made. Chairman Taylor presented the resolution sponsored by the Natural Resources Committee. Motion to approve Resolution 2016-26 County Forest Variable Acreage Share Payments was made by Supervisor Bickford, seconded by Supervisor Lund. Motion carried, voice vote. RESOLUTION 2016-27 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TAX DEED WHEREAS, the Treasurer for Burnett County, Wisconsin, has deposited in the Office of the County Clerk of Burnett County, tax certificates for pieces or parcels of land for the nonpayment of real property taxes, special assessments, special charges or special taxes; and WHEREAS, the owners or claimants of this land have not redeemed from said certificates the pieces or parcels of land and that said lands continue to remain unredeemed, whereby the lands have become forfeited and the County is entitled to a conveyance thereof. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT the County Clerk of Burnett County be authorized to issue a Tax Deed against the persons and properties described, pursuant to Section 75.14(1) of the Wisconsin Statutes. TAX ID / MUNICIPALITY PIN OWNER

TAX YEARS ON NOTICE

UNPAID TAXES ON NOTICE

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

Tax ID 1363 / Town of Blaine PIN 07-004-2-42-15-09-1 03-000-011000 Bountheung Noymany

2009

$515.87

Tax ID 7112 / Town of Jackson PIN 07-012-2-40-15-27-5 15-155-083000 Fredrick J. Culp and Patricia R. Culp

2011

$17.46

Lot 104, Eagles Nest Addition to Voyager Village.

Tax ID 7232 / Town of Jackson PIN 07-012-2-40-15-15-5 15-215-011000 Sam E. Miller

2011

$17.46

Lot 1, Fox Ridge Addition to Voyager Village.

Tax ID 7234 / Town of Jackson PIN 07-012-2-40-15-15-5 15-215-013000 Sam E. Miller

2011

$17.46

Lot 3, Fox Ridge Addition to Voyager Village.

Tax ID 7318 / Town of Jackson PIN 07-012-2-40-15-15-5 15-215-097000 Kathleen Mary King a/k/a Kathleen M. King

2011

$17.46

Lot 87, Fox Ridge Addition to Voyager Village.

Tax ID 7319 / Town of Jackson PIN 07-012-2-40-15-15-5 15-215-098000 Kathleen Mary King a/k/a Kathleen M. King

2011

$22.48

Lot 88, Fox Ridge Addition to Voyager Village.

Tax ID 7320 / Town of Jackson PIN 07-012-2-40-15-15-5 15-215-099000 Kathleen M. King

2011

$17.46

Lot 89, Fox Ridge Addition to Voyager Village.

Tax ID 8894 / Town of Jackson PIN 07-012-2-40-15-10-5 15-857-026000 Sam E. Miller

2011

$40.72

Lot 16, Wilderness Trail Addition to Voyager Village.

Tax ID 9074 / Town of Jackson PIN 07-012-2-40-15-23-5 15-858-038000 Mathew Payne a/k/a Matthew Payne

2011

$34.92

Lot 29, Winter Hill Addition to Voyager Village.

Tax ID 31412 / Village of Webster PIN 07-191-2-39-16-08-5 15-042-162000 Robert L. Marsh

2009

$158.36

Lot 3, Block 16, Webster, being located in the SE ¼, Section 8, T39N R16W.

Tax ID 31413 / Village of Webster PIN 07-191-2-39-16-08-5 15-042-163000 Robert L. Marsh

2009

$149.21

Lot 4, Block 16, Webster, being located in the SE ¼, Section 8, T39N R16W.

Tax ID 31415 / Village of Webster PIN 07-191-2-39-16-08-5 15-042-165000 Robert L. Marsh

2008

$543.87

Lot 6, Block 16, Webster, being located in the SE ¼, Section 8, T39N R16W.

SW ¼ NE ¼, Section 9, T42N, R15W.

Chairman Taylor presented the resolution sponsored by the Administration Committee. Motion to approve Resolution 201627 Authorizing the Issuance of a Tax Deed was made by Supervisor Sybers, seconded by Supervisor Lundberg. Motion carried, voice vote. APPROVAL OF THE AIRPORT SIX-YEAR PLAN Administrator Ehalt presented the airport six-year plan. This document is a plan for the airport in conjunction with the Bureau of Aeronautics

for future projects at the airport. Motion to approve the plan was made by Supervisor Gronski, seconded by Supervisor Awe. Motion carried, voice vote. TOWN OF JACKSON ATV ROUTE – COUNTY ROAD C – VOYAGER CAMPGROUND TO MAIL ROAD Chairman Taylor presented the request. Supervisor Gronski updated the supervisors on an ongoing plan/project to research the ATV routes/ trails in the county, hopefully work with municipalities through the Towns Association and pursue some type of overall county plan. Motion to approve the ATV route on County Road C from Voyager Campground to Mail Road was made by Supervisor Gronski, seconded by Supervisor Awe. Motion carried, voice vote. POLICY MANUAL UPDATES AND HEALTH INSURANCE RENEWALS Administrator Ehalt present the policy manual updates and insurance renewals for county board consideration. Included are: 5.11 in the policy manual establishing a policy and location for breastfeeding at the government center; to update one sentence in the family medical leave act, 7.05 in the policy manual; update language in 7.11 Health Insurance section of the policy manual which would involve changes/updates including an emergency room increase, deductible increase and an option to do a health screening and remain paying 12% of the premium cost versus no health screening and paying 15%; an updated paragraph was added in section 7.03 Holiday where an employee would be paid in excess of their scheduled holiday if the employee is called in to work and then works more than the paid holiday hours; an update in section 5.02 Hours of Work stating arriving early or leaving late for the employee’s own convenience is not included in working time and must be limited to 20 minutes before and/or after normally scheduled hours and off-the-clock work is strictly prohibited; and section 7.02 dealing with paid time off included an updated paragraph. APPOINTMENT TO COMMUNITY CARE OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN (CCCW) FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM TO EXPIRE MAY 2018 – DAVID MARKERT Motion to approve the appointment of David Markert to the Community Care of Central Wisconsin (CCCW) for a two-year term to expire May 2018, was made by Supervisor Sybers, seconded by Supervisor Byrne. Motion carried, voice vote. Mr. Markert represents both Burnett and Polk counties. APPOINTMENT TO INDIANHEAD COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY (ICAA) TO FILL THE REMAINING TERM OF CARSTEN R. ENDRESEN TO EXPIRE JULY 2019 Motion to approve the appointment of Dorothy Richard to the Indianhead Community Action Agency (ICAA) to fill the remaining term of Carsten R. Endresen to expire July 2019 was made by Supervisor Awe, seconded by Supervisor Chell. Motion carried, voice vote. 2015 ANNUAL REPORT – VETERANS SERVICES Veterans Service Officer Doug Stubbe presented the 2015 annual department report, highlighted significant figures and information and answered supervisor questions. 2015 ANNUAL REPORT – HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health and Human Services Director Katherine Peterson presented the 2015 annual department report, highlighted significant figures and information and answered supervisor questions.

COUNTY BOARD CHAIR REPORT Chairman Taylor noted the Ethics and Standing Rules Ad-Hoc Committee met on Tuesday and will be meeting again on November 7, 2016. Chairman Taylor, Administrator Ehalt and several supervisors attended the Wisconsin Counties Association (WCA) Annual Fall Conference in Milwaukee at the end of September. COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS Administration Committee report was given by Chairman Taylor. Public Safety Committee report was given by Supervisor Byrne. Infrastructure Committee report was given by Supervisor Gronski. Health and Community Services Committee report was given by Supervisor Sybers. Natural Resources Committee report was given by Supervisor Peterson. Land Use and Information Committee No report. ADMINISTRATOR REPORT Administrator Ehalt informed the supervisors they should all have the 2015 audit results. At the November county board meeting, after the budget approval, there will be a discussion on how the board would like to use the discretionary funds. A tour of the new highway/forestry facility will take place following lunch today. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS There were none. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn the October 20, 2016, meeting was made by Supervisor Richard, seconded by Supervisor Awe. Motion carried, voice vote. Meeting adjourned at 11:29 a.m. State of Wisconsin County of Burnett I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Proceedings of the Burnett County Board of Supervisors Meeting held on the 20th day of October, 2016, as recorded by Wanda Hinrichs, County Clerk and kept by me as County Clerk. Corrections or additions to these proceedings will be in the proceedings of the next succeeding meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Wanda Hinrichs Burnett County Clerk WNAXLP (January 11)

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PROCEEDINGS BURNETT COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NOVEMBER 15, 2016

CALL TO ORDER Chairman Taylor called the November 15, 2016, Burnett County Board of Supervisors meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. at the Burnett County Government Center, Room 160, Siren, Wisconsin. INVOCATION Pastor Kookho Kim of multiple area United Methodist Churches gave the invocation. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chairman Taylor asked Supervisor Awe to lead in the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL Present, 16 supervisors: Gary Lundberg, Duane Johnson, Don Taylor, Craig Conroy, Gerald Pardun, Brent Blomberg, Dale Dresel, Jeremy Gronski, Dorothy Richard, Donald Chell, Gene Olson, Charles Awe, Chuck Anderson, Edgar Peterson, Norman Bickford, and Bert Lund, Jr. Excused, 4 supervisors: Richard Anderson, Clifford L. Main, Christopher Sybers and Emmett Byrne. District 3 vacancy, one supervisor. Present, one youth representative: Emma Rachner. Excused, two youth representatives: Teddy Vitale and Bailey Mangen. PUBLIC COMMENT None. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER Motion to approve the agenda order was made by Supervisor Lund, seconded by Supervisor Richard. Motion carried, voice vote. APPROVAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF OCTOBER 20, 2016, MEETING Motion to approve the proceedings of the October 20, 2016, meeting was made by Supervisor Blomberg, seconded by Supervisor Lund. Motion carried, voice vote. RESOLUTION 2016-31 ADOPTING REVISED ZONING DISTRICT MAP #MAP16-05 WHEREAS, Dennis Skarstad and Jacalyn Stuhl have petitioned the Burnett County Board of Supervisors requesting that a parcel of real estate be rezoned from A-2 to RR-3; and WHEREAS, the Town Board of Meenon has not objected to said District Change; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on November 1, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. in the Burnett County Government Center by the Land Use and Information Committee of the Burnett County Board of Supervisors, as required by the provisions of Wisconsin Statute Section 59.69(5) (e) regarding said District Change; and WHEREAS, the Land Use and Information Committee of Burnett County Board of Supervisors has reviewed said proposed Zoning District Change, and has recommended that the Burnett County Board of Supervisors Approve said proposed change. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Burnett County Board of Supervisors, in accord with the provisions of Wisconsin Statute Section 59.69(5)(e), does hereby amend the Burnett

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County Land Use Ordinance to provide that the following described parcel of real estate be removed from the A-2 District and be rezoned RR-3 District, said District Change to be recorded on the Zoning District map of the Town of Meenon which is on file in the office the County Zoning Administrator in accordance with Article XII of the Burnett County Land Use Ordinance. Property is described as follows: The north 660 feet of the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4, Section 2, T39N R16W The resolution was sponsored by the Land Use and Information Committee. Motion to approve Resolution 2016-31 Adopting Revised Zoning District Map #MAP16-05 was made by Supervisor Bickford, seconded by Supervisor Blomberg. Motion carried, voice vote. RESOLUTION 2016-32 IDENTIFYING LINE OF SUCCESSION FOR PROCLAIMING AN EMERGENCY OR DISASTER IN BURNETT COUNTY WHEREAS, if an emergency condition exists in Burnett County and a quorum of the County Board of Supervisors is unable to meet with promptness, the County Board of Supervisors is authorized to establish a line of designees for proclaiming that an emergency or disaster exists in Burnett County. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT if at least a quorum of the County Board of Supervisors cannot meet with promptness, the County Board Chairperson, County Board First Vice Chairperson or County Board Second Vice Chairperson, in this order, shall have the authority to declare a state of emergency or disaster in all or part of Burnett County. The resolution was sponsored by the Public Safety Committee. Motion to approve Resolution 2016-32 Identifying Line of Succession for Proclaiming an Emergency or Disaster in Burnett County was made by Supervisor Chell, seconded by Supervisor Lundberg. Motion carried, voice vote. 2017 BUDGET APPROVAL Chairman Taylor and Administrator Ehalt presented information on the proposed 2017 budget with a levy of $9,985,708.00 and a mill rate of 3.9450108 based on an equalized valuation of $2,531,224,500.00. Motion to approve the 2017 budget was made by Supervisor Lundberg, seconded by Supervisor Lund. Motion carried, voice vote. Motion to commend the administrator and department heads on putting together a professional budget was made by Supervisor Gronski, seconded by Supervisor Blomberg. Motion carried, voice vote. DISCUSSION ON ALLOCATION OF DISCRETIONARY FUNDS FROM THE 2015 AUDIT Chairman Taylor and Administrator Ehalt provided information and started the discussion on allocation of $288,109.00 in discretionary funds available from the 2015 audit. Motion for a one-

time payment of $5,000.00 to each of the Webster and Grantsburg libraries from the discretionary funds was made by Supervisor Richard, seconded by Supervisor Olson. Motion defeated, show of hands: yes 7, no 8. Motion to approve the request for Health and Human Services preventative funding for $35,800.00 was made by Supervisor Richard, seconded by Supervisor Lundberg. Motion carried, voice vote. Motion to approve payment of $200,000.00 in discretionary funds to apply to the principal on the tower loan was made by Supervisor Dresel, seconded by Supervisor Chell. Motion carried, voice vote. The remaining discretionary funds in the amount of $52,309.00 from the 2015 audit will remain undesignated in the General Fund. 2015 ANNUAL REPORT – CHILD SUPPORT Child Support Administrator Shelly Hatch presented the 2015 annual report for the Child Support Department and answered supervisors’ questions. COUNTY BOARD CHAIR REPORT Chairman Taylor reported on issues being reviewed by the Ad Hoc Ethics and Standing Rules Committee. The ad hoc committee is discussing upgrades to the standing rules to include allowing phone attendance at a set number of meetings per year and establishing a reason for electronic attendance. Discussion of ethical standards includes establishing an ethics board appointed by the administrator and approved by the county board. The committee is also involved in planning a county board policy for handling a long-term power outage as a result of either a terror attack or an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) event. COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS Administration Committee report was given by Chairman Taylor. Public Safety Committee report was given by Supervisor Pardun. Infrastructure Committee report was given by Supervisor Gronski. Health and Community Services Committee report was given by Supervisor Lund. Natural Resources Committee report was given by Supervisor Peterson. Land Use and Information Committee report was given by Supervisor Bickford. Land Information Council report was given by Supervisor Blomberg. Tourism report was given by Supervisor Chuck Anderson. ADMINISTRATOR REPORT Administrator Ehalt continues to work with multiple agencies on the round-about project; his focus has been on a solution, the timing of implementation of the solution and to obtain reimbursement of county funds paid on the project. It is projected the county will be receiving approximately $460,000.00 before the end of the year. He has been working on employee recognition programs and a new evaluation tool. Mr. Ehalt

advised it is his third year of service with the county and thanked the board for their continued support. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS None. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn the November 15, 2016, meeting was made by Supervisor Bickford, seconded by Supervisor Lund. Motion carried, voice vote. Meeting adjourned at 11:11 a.m. WNAXLP (January 11)

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BURNETT COUNTY Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2000D, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2000-D Plaintiff vs LAURENCE D. SHEAREN, SR., et al. Defendant(s) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case No: 16 CV 81 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on August 11, 2016 in the amount of $58,278.97 the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: January 24, 2017 at 10:00 AM TERMS: By bidding at the sheriff sale, prospective buyer is consenting to be bound by the following terms: 1.) 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff. 2.) Sold “as is” and

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subject to all legal liens and encumbrances. 3.) Plaintiff opens bidding on the property, either in person or via fax and as recited by the sheriff department in the event that no opening bid is offered, plaintiff retains the right to request the sale be declared as invalid as the sale is fatally defective. PLACE: at 7410 County Road K Siren, Wisconsin 54872 DESCRIPTION: Three parcels of land in the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 16, Township 37 North, Range 18 West (in the Township of Trade Lake) described as follows: 1)Commencing 20 Rods South from the Northeast Corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, thence running South on the Section line 40 rods, thence West 7 rods and 18 links, thence in a Northerly direction along center of highway to place of beginning; 2) Commencing at the Southeast Corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, thence running North of Section line 12 rods and 3 links, thence West 9 rods and 7 links to center of highway, thence South along center of highway to South line of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, thence East 12 rods to place of Beginning, exepting therefrom a parcel of land described as follows: Commencing 11 1/2 rods West from the Southeast corner of Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter

of Section 16, Township 37 North, Range 18 west, running in a Northerly Direction 1 1/2 rods, East of the center of highway 60 feet, thence East 55 feet, thence Southerly 60 feet, thence West 55 feet to the place of beginning; 3) Commencing 200 feet north from the Southeast Corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, thence running West to the East line of highway, thence in a Northeasterly direction along the East line of highway 100 feet, thence East to the East line of said Section, thence South To The Place of beginning. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 21360 Agate Road, Frederic, WI 54837 TAX KEY NO.: 07-0342-37-18-16-4 01-000020000/034-1516-03 700 Dated this 9th day of December, 2016. ____/S/___ Sheriff Ronald L. Wilhelm Jr. Burnett County Sheriff Monica Irelan Karas BP Peterman Law Group LLC State Bar No. 1035803 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.jpetermanlegalgroup.com to obtain the bid for this sale. BP Peterman Law Group LLC is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. WNAXLP (December 28, Jan. 4, 11)

School District Of Grantsburg Regular Meeting of the School Board November 14, 2016 • 5:00 P.M. School Board President, David Dahlberg, called the meeting to order. Present: Chris Erickson, Dan Ohnstad, Jason Burkman, Russ Erickson, and Cindy Jensen. Absent: Josh Prusinski. Appearances: None. No Agenda Revisions. Motion C. Erickson/Burkman to approve the regular School Board minutes and the Annual Meeting Minutes from October 24, 2016. Motion carried 6-0. Received Reports: Good News in Our Schools. Transportation Committee. Present Josh Prusinski. Personnel Committee to meet on December 5, at 4 PM for Support Staff Meet and Confer Meeting (brick and mortar). Motion Ohnstad/ Prusinski to award the reinvestment account which includes the $2,000,000 loan for cash flow borrowing and various types of State aid to American Deposit Management Company (ADM) with an estimate interest rate of 0.57%. Motion carried 7-0. Motion Dahlberg/Prusinski to approve a Resolution to create a catch-up provision for “low revenue limit per member” School Districts. GSD Resolution will model that of other Districts, except it removes the last two sentences. Motion carried 7-0. Motion C. Erickson/Jensen to approve the resignation of Pam Ritger, GES Cook with thanks for her many years of service. Motion carried 7-0. Motion Prusinski/Ohnstad to approve the hiring of Lynne Harmon for the Delivery Cook position. Motion carried 7-0. Motion R. Erickson/Jensen to raise substitute Teacher Wages to $100.00 per day. The $50 per half day will remain the same wage. Motion carried 6-0-1 (C. Erickson abstained). Received Fiscal Report/Receipts Report: October, 2016. Motion C. Erickson/Ohnstad to pay the bills as presented. Motion carried 7-0. Specific check numbers are: #31568-31612, #69426-69658, #19871-19892. Specific expenditures per fund: Fund 10 (General) = Fund 21 (Gifts) = Fund 27 (Special Education) = Fund 38 (State Trust Fund) = Fund 39 (Debt Service) = Fund 50 (Food Service) = Fund 60 (All School Fund) = Fund 72 (Scholarship) = Fund 80 (Community Ed) =

$393,725.03 $2,878.60 $10,597.53 $ $ $22,326.67 $8,544.96 $ $607.46 $438,680.25

Motion Prusinski/R. Erickson to meet in Closed Session per Wisconsin Statutes Sec. 19.85 (1) (c) and (e) for Consideration of Compensation of Public Employees Over Which the School Board has Jurisdiction and Exercises Responsibility and (f) Considering ﬁnancial, medical, social or personal histories or disciplinary data of speciﬁc persons which, if discussed in public, would be likely to have a substantial adverse effect upon the reputation of any person. Motion carried 7-0. Motion Prusinski/R. Erickson to reconvene in open session and take action on any matter deemed necessary from Closed Session. Motion carried 7-0. Motion Jensen/R. Erickson to adjourn. Motion carried 7-0.

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Possession of Drug Paraphernalia • Theresa E. Kegel, 41, Webster, pleaded no contest, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and was fined $443.

Incidents • Jan. 4, Wallace Stellrecht, 68, Shell Lake, was arrested for domestic-related disorderly conduct. • Jan. 6, Jesse Westling, 34, Grantsburg, was arrested for domestic abuse and disorderly conduct. • Jan. 8, Taylor Espeseth, 19, Webster, was arrested for possession of THC and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Warrants issued week of Jan. 2: • Alyssa A. Anderson, 19; Michael J. Huettl, 63; Brandi J. Java, 32; Jeremy M. Rader, 26; Nathan G. Robertson, 25; Jeremy L. Taylor, 27.

COURT

Dismissed charges

Criminal

• Tamara L. Kislenger, 50, Danbury, disorderly conduct. • Tracy L. Larson, 49, Shell Lake, possession of methamphetamine.

Battery

• Kenneth M. Pierson, 55, St. Paul, MN, pleaded no contest and was fined $465.60.

Theft • Peter C. Hamilton, 61, Grantsburg, pleaded no contest and was fined $114.50.

Fail to Maintain Sex Registry •Dakota W. Keller, 18, Grantsburg, pleaded no contest, was placed on 24 months of probation and was fined $518.

Criminal Damage to Property • Kelvin J. Buskirk, 41, Danbury, pleaded guilty, was placed on 24 months of probation and was fined $443.

Disorderly Conduct • Joseph W. Petersen, 43, Webster, pleaded no contest and was fined $330.50.

TREE PLANTING BIDS WANTED The Burnett County Natural Resources Committee is accepting bids for hand tree planting work on an estimated 56 acres on the Burnett County Forest. Bids must be received by 4:30 p.m., February 8, 2017. For more information, or to submit a bid, contact the Burnett County Forest and Parks Department, Airport Terminal Building, 7425 Co Rd K, Siren, WI 54872 (715-349-2157). Burnett County reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. WNAXLP (January 11)

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BURNETT COUNTY U.S. Bank National Association successor by merger to U.S. Bank National Association N.D. 200 S Sixth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 Plaintiff, vs. Eric D. Johnstone 21818 Spirit Lake Access Rd Frederic, WI 54837-9646 Barbara A. Johnstone 21818 Spirit Lake Access Rd Frederic, WI 54837-9646 Defendants. PUBLICATION SUMMONS Case No. 16-CV-165 The Honorable

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ST. CROIX TRIBAL POLICE • Jan. 3, Kaylee Jennissen, 25, Danbury, was arrested for domestic-related disorderly conduct. • Jan. 5, Juan Nevarez, 26, Glenwood City, was arrested for misdemeanor bail jumping. • Jan. 8, David Decora, 53, Courderay, was arrested for domestic-related battery.

SIREN POLICE • Dec. 23, Stephanie A. Costello, 27, Trego, was cited for a gas drive-off from Holiday South.

Reports from police and sheriff agencies are simply arrest reports. At press time, no charges have been ﬁled.

Kenneth L. Kutz Case Code 30404 (Foreclosure of Mortgage) The amount claimed exceeds $10,000.00 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To each person named above as a defendant: You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. Within 40 days after December 28, 2016 you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is 7410 County Road K #115, Siren, WI 54872-9067 and to Gray & Associates, L.L.P., plaintiff’s

attorney, whose address is 16345 West Glendale Drive, New Berlin, WI 53151-2841. You may have an attorney help or represent you. If you do not demand a copy of the complaint within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

NOTICE OF CAUCUS TOWN OF BLAINE January 17, 2017 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a town caucus will be held in the town of Blaine on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 6 p. m. for the purpose of nominating candidates to appear on the spring ballot, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. The following ofﬁces are to be elected to succeed the present incumbents listed for a two year term. Ofﬁce Town Board Chairman Town Board Supervisor Town Board Supervisor Town Treasurer

Incumbent Vernon Drake Marty Pearson Jessica Estridge Larry Holter

Monthly Board Meeting The monthly board meeting will be held on January 17th, immediately following the caucus. WNAXLP

Stephanie Askin, Clerk Town of Blaine

DEATHS

December 10, 2016, Henrietta Clara Larsen, 79, Jackson Township. December 11, 2016, Chester Melvin Lobert, 81, Grantsburg. December 13, 2016, Martha Maude Lampe, 103, Grantsburg. December 14, 2016, Marcia Ann Hanson, 70, Meenon Township. December 18, 2016, Eileen Edna Erickson, 94, Grantsburg. December 20, 2016, David Benjamin Jewell, 84, Town of Lincoln. December 16, 2016, Joseph Blount, 87, Town of Meenon. December 19, 2016, Wayne Louis Lockwood, 73, Town of Jackson. December 22, 2016, Duane Edward Catt, 77, Webster. December 30, 2016, Robert Allen Morehouse, 65, Town of Union.

BIRTHS Summit Duane Barnes

Bob and Kelley Barnes of Siren announce the birth of their son, Summit Duane Barnes, 8 pounds 7 ounces, born Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at St. Croix Regional Medical Center.

Noah Christopher Bruzek

Jessica and John Bruzek III of Siren announce the birth of their son, Noah Christopher Bruzek, 7 pounds 4 ounces, born Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at St. Croix Regional Medical Center.

Dated this 8th day of December, 2016. Gray & Associates, L.L.P. Attorneys for Plaintiff By: /s/ Ian J. Thomson State Bar No. 1076280 16345 West Glendale Drive New Berlin, WI 53151-2841 (414) 224-1987 Gray & Associates, L.L.P. is attempting to collect a debt

and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If you have previously received a discharge in a chapter 7 bankruptcy case, this communication should not be construed as an attempt to hold you personally liable for the debt. WNAXLP (December 28, Jan. 4, 11)

Regular Meeting of the Board of Education

School District of Grantsburg Minutes from November 28, 2016 President Dave Dahlberg called the meeting to order at 5:00 PM. Present: Dan Ohnstad, Russ Erickson, Josh Prusinski, Jason Burkman, Cindy Jensen and Chris Erickson. Absent: None. Agenda Revisions: Removed Consent Item #1 (iForward EEN Teacher contract approval). Appearances: Mel Mogen-Candidate for Burnett County Judge. Motion C. Erickson/Ohnstad to approve the Board minutes from November 14, 2016. Motion carried 7-0. Personnel Committee Meeting Dates: • Meet and Confer date for Support Staff cost of living increases is Monday, December 5 at 4 PM. • iForward teachers Meet and Confer Meeting is January 5 at 5 PM. • Grantsburg Teachers Union Negotiations Meeting is February 6 at 5 PM. Reports Received CESA #11 Mill Rate and Tax Survey for 15-16. Motion Prusinski/R. Erickson to Meet in Closed Session per Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1) (e) for: “Deliberating or Negotiating Speciﬁed Public Business (Transportation contract) remain in closed session for determining wages and beneﬁts for the Staff per Wisconsin Statutes Sec. 19.85 (1) (c) and (e) for Consideration of Compensation of Public Employees Over Which the School Board has Jurisdiction and Exercises Responsibility. Motion carried 7-0. Motion Burkman/R. Erickson to reconvene in open Session and Take Action as Necessary on Matters from Closed Session. Motion carried 7-0. Motion Jensen/C. Erickson to adjourn. Motion carried.

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Embarking on a new year

Rev. Marilyn CrossďŹ eld First Lutheran and Laketown Lutheran Parish

A&H CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN CHURCH 28509 County Road H 1/8 mile north of A&H intersection Pastor Tryg Wistad 715-635-4816 www.crossroadschurch@gmail.com Sunday Worship 10:00 am Wed. Bible Study 7:00 pm Thurs. Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bible Study 1:30 pm Sat. Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bible Study 8 am

LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA Cty Rd. H, 1/2 mile N. of Cty. A on H Office: (715) 635-7791 Pastor Bill Schroeder Sunday Worship: 10 am w/ communion Sunday School 9 am All welcome www.lakesidelutheranwi.com

SACRED HEART OF JESUS & MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH Jct. Cty. Rds A & H â&#x20AC;˘ Crescent Lake Voyager Village Area. 715-866-7321 Fr. Michael J. Tupa, Pastor Mass: Thurs. 9:30 am Sun. 8:00 am Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

ALPHA CALVARY COVENANT 11530 St. Rd. 70, Grantsburg 715-689-2541 Scott Sagle, Pastor Sunday Worship 10:30 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 pm

ASKOV CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

2 Corinthians 5:17: â&#x20AC;&#x153;So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has becme new!â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that time of year when we are bombarded with all the ways that we can better ourselves â&#x20AC;&#x201D; join a gym, start working on your degree, find the right meal plan, organize your house â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the list goes on. We get excited and motivated, so we set lofty goals for ourselves to reach and time frames in which to accomplish them. Then life creeps in and we may not be able to keep our resolutions the

Just west of Askov on Hwy. 23 Auxiliary Mtgs start at 9:30 am Sacrament Meeting 11:20 am

ATLAS ATLAS UNITED METHODIST UPPER ST. CROIX PARISH 2110 295th Ave. Cty. Rd. B Pastor Kookho Kim/ Pastor Ran Yoo Worship: 11 am Sunday School: 11:15 am

CUSHING LAKETOWN LUTHERAN 2738 220th St. Pastor Marilyn Crossfield Worship: 10:45 am Sun. Sch.: 10:45 am (Sept. - May) Wheelchair Accessible

FIRST LUTHERAN Pastor Marilyn Crossfield Worship 9 am Sun. Sch. 9 am (Sept. - May) Wheelchair Accessible

DAIRYLAND THE WOODLAND CHURCH (A Wesleyan Church) 33921 State Rd 35 â&#x20AC;˘ 715-244-3649 Sunday Worship 11 am Bible Study 6:30 pm, Wed. with potluck

DANBURY FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 7534 Peet St. â&#x20AC;˘ 715-656-4010 Sunday: Adult Sunday School 9 am Morning Service 10 am Evening Service 7 pm Monday: Bible Study 6:30 pm

Sunday Worship 8:45 am www.umc4pt.com

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CATHOLIC CHURCH 7586 St. Rd. 77 â&#x20AC;˘ 715-866-7321 Fr. Michael J. Tupa, Pastor Mass: Fri. 9 am & Sat. 4 pm Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

EKDALL COMMUNITY CHURCH 8 mi. north on Cty. Rd. F, Fire #13295 715-463-5408 â&#x20AC;˘ Dan Shadis, Pastor Meeting every Sunday at 9 am Potluck lunch following. Everyone welcome.

FALUN FIRST BAPTIST Mike Kleven, Pastor Sunday Sch. for all ages 9:30 am Church Service 10:45 am Youth Ministries 6:30 pm, Wed. Adult Bible Study 2 pm, Thurs.

TRINITY LUTHERAN Jay Ticknor, Pastor â&#x20AC;˘ 689-2271 Worship 9:00 am (Nursery prov.); 10 - 11 am coffee & fellowship; 10:15 - 11 am Sunday School (Sept. - May) A class for all ages. Everyone welcome. Comm. Every Sunday. Everyone welcome

FREDERIC SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST Benson Rd. â&#x20AC;˘ 715-327-4956 Pastor Curtis Denney Sat. Service; Sabbath Sch. 9:30 am; Worship 11 am

UNITED METHODIST 7520 Water St. â&#x20AC;˘ 715-866-8646 Rev. Eddie Crise, Sr. Pastor Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor

way we intended. This can be discouraging. We get frustrated and abandon our resolutions. Our good intentions become lists of things we decide are failures. We let them define us and we begin the negative self -talk. This new year I am challenging us to remember who we are and more importantly Whose we are. God has created each of us. You are a child of God. In light of that, I am challenging us to keep this verse in mind as we embark on our resolutions. Resolutions can help us as we pursue our goals and give us focus.

PILGRAM LUTHERANFREDERIC (ELCA)

Pastor Paul Peterson 507 Wisconsin Ave. N. 715-327-8012 Sunday Worship: 8:30 am Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays LWF3 - 5-7 - 1st & 3rd Wed of month www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org

CHURCH OF CHRIST 107 Elm St. â&#x20AC;˘ 715-327-8387 Minister: Guy McCarty, Gene Olson, Robert Rutherford Sunday 9 am - 12 pm Worship & Study

CROSSWALK COMMUNITY CHURCH (EFCA) 505 Old County Road W 715-327-8767 crosswalkcommunity.org Pastor Greg Lund Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Worship 10:15 a.m. Look for us on facebook

ST. LUKEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S UNITED METHODIST Pastor Arveda â&#x20AC;&#x153;Freddieâ&#x20AC;? Kirk Church: 327-4436 Parsonage: 327-8383 Sunday Worship: 10:30 am Fellowship following Wednesday Service: 5:15 pm Church School: Wed. 3:45 - 5 pm Wheelchair accessible. Childcare available during service

WEST SWEDEN GRACE LUTHERAN 1638 345th Ave. â&#x20AC;˘ 327-4340 Rev. Thomas McShannock Worship 9:15 am; Sunday School 10:30 am Comm. 1st & 2nd Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN BONE LAKE 5 mi. E. of Frederic on W, 2 mi. S. on I (715) 472-8660 Pastor Mike Fisk Sunday School 9:15 am; Sunday

But they are not what defines us. What defines us is the love that we have in Christ. All of the challenges that we will face this year God has already promised to be with us in those challenges. You are being made new each day through Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love for you. As we gather in our worshiping communities, may we encourage and remind one another that we are new creations, filled by Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love to meet each day a new. And, may we take that message to everyone we meet. Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blessings as you embark on this new year.

Worship 10:30 am; Communion 1st Sunday; Contemporary Service 3rd Sunday.

ST. DOMINIC CATHOLIC CHURCH Fr. Joseph Madanu 715-327-8119 Mass: Sat. 4:30 pm Sun. 10:30 am

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH Pastor Jody Walter Office: 715-866-7191 Hm: 715-866-4622 10:45 a.m Church Service 9 am Sunday School Communion 2nd, 4th & 5th Sun.

GRANTSBURG CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST UPPER ST. CROIX PARISH 715-463-2624 Pastor Kookho Kim and Pastor Ran Yoo Worship 9 am; Fellowship 10 am; Christian Ed. Class (all ages) 10:30 am Nursery Available

Sunday 9:30 am Sun. School 11 am Held at Grantsburg HS Auditorium

FAITH LUTHERAN Pastor Sandy Hutchens 715-463-5388 Worship 9:30 am Service on WCMP Radio (100.9 FM) Communion celebrated every Sunday Christian Education Wed. afternoon & evening www.myfaithlutheran.org

GRACE BAPTIST Rev. Brad Moore, Sr. Pastor; George Selbher, Assoc. Pastor 715-463-5699 Sun. Worship 10:15 am; Sun. Sch: 9 am Wed., 5:30 pm Supper for all, 6 pm All Stars, Youth Connection, Grace Nursery Sch: Tues. & Thurs., 9 am

BETHANY LUTHERAN Pastor Jay Ticknor â&#x20AC;˘ 463-5746 Worship 11 am Sunday School 9:30 am Nursery is available

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH Fr. Joseph Madanu Mass: Sun. 8:30 am Saturday 6:30 pm Memorial Day through Labor Day

CHICKEN COOP CHURCH Mission Developer: Peter Johnson 12119 N. Fork Drive 715-566-1992 A church of the unchurched for the unchurched Soup in the Coop 4 pm Sunday Worship 5 pm

LIVING HOPE CHURCH Doug McConnell, Senior Pastor 715-463-5794 Chris Radtke, youth pastor Worship Services

WOOD RIVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Dan Slaikeu, Pastor 715-488-2456 Worship 10 am Sun. School 10:30 am Mid-Week Bible Study Call for info

NEW HOPE LUTHERAN 685 W. State Rd. 70 715-463-5700 Emory Johnson, Pastor Sunday Worship Service 9:30 am Sun. School & Adult Bible Study 11:15 am Watch live and recorded sermons on our website www.newhopelutheranchurch.org

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Corey Arnold Insurance and Financial Services, Inc. Corey T. Arnold, Agent 107 Wisc. Ave. S, Frederic, WI 54837 Bus. 715-327-8076 Fax: 715-327-8162 corey.arnold.jytd@statefarm.com

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HERTEL LAKEVIEW UNITED METHODIST S. of Hertel • Jack Starr, Pastor Worship & Sun. Sch. 9 am

LEWIS

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN 1 mi. west of Luck on N & 170th 715-472-2383 Linda Rozumalski, Pastor Worship: 10:00 am Fellowship following the Service Holy Communion: 1st & 3rd Sun., bring for food shelf.

Corner of Elm & Summit Streets 715-635-8475 Father David Bauer Holy Eucharist: Sun. 10:30 am Holy Days as announced

MARKVILLE

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

ZION LUTHERAN

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Pastor Janeva Stromberg 320-679-1012 Council Chair 715-244-3301 Worship 11 am; Sun. Sch. 10 am

LUCK

SIREN

LUCK LUTHERAN 5th St., 510 Foster Ave. East 715-472-2605 Ralph Thompson, Pastor Sunday Worship Service: 10:30 am (Sept-May); Sunday School 9 am (Sept-May); Sunday Worship Service 9 am (June-Aug); Monday Evening Cont. Worship 6:30 pm (June-Aug)

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN Hwy. 35 & Cty. Rd. B • 472-8190 Roger Kastelle, Pastor Sunday Worship Service: 9 am Sunday Sch.: 10 am

ST. ALBAN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Brian Pardun, Pastor 7686 Lofty Pines Dr. 715-349-5601 Sunday School 9 am Worship 10 am Fellowship follows Wheelchair Accessible www.sirencovenantchurch.org

MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST 3482 115th St. • 715-866-8646 Rev. Eddie Crise, Sr. Pastor Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor Worship 8:45 am; UMM/UMW 6:30 pm, 3rd Wed. www.umc4pt.com

SIREN COVENANT

BETHANY LUTHERAN Paul Peterson, Pastor Worship: 10:30 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Coffee Hour: 9:30 am - before Service. Nursery available.

SIREN UNITED METHODIST 24025 1st Ave. S. • 715-866-8646 Rev. Eddie Crise, Sr. Pastor Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor Worship 10:15 am Sunday School 9 am (Nursery available) Youth Ministries Wed., 6 pm UMW, 1st Wed., 12 pm Bible Study 9 am Wed. www.umc4pt.com

Sunday Public Talk 10:00 am Watch Tower 10:40 am Cong. Bible Study Tues. 7:00 pm Ministry School 7:35 pm Service Meeting 8:05 pm

SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD Andrew Bollant, Pastor Worship 9:30 am Wed. Youth 6:30 pm Wheelchair accessible

SPOONER BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) Gene E. Jahnke, Pastor 715-635-7672 Juct. Hwy 53 & 70 Worship 9:30 am Sunday/Bible Class 10:45 am; Sun. 7:40 am “Voice of Salvation” broadcast, WJMC 96.1 FM

TRADE LAKE 11841 Cty. Rd. Z • 327-8384 Rev. Thomas McShannock Sunday School 9:45 am; Sunday Worship 11 am Communion 1st & 2nd Sunday

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST 20750 Cty. Rd. Z (Just South on Cty. Rd. Z, off Hwy. 48) 715-327-8402 David Prince, Pastor Sun. Mornings – Something For Everyone Sun. Sch. 9:15 am Worship 10:15 am Wed. Eve. 6:30 pm AWANA & adult Bible study Everyone is Welcome! Nursery is provided! www.tradelakebaptistchurch.org

Worship 9:30 am Sun. Sch. 10:45 am Wednesday Nights 6:30 pm Adult Bible Study 6:30 pm Jr. & Sr. High Youth Group www.traderiverefc.org

WEBSTER GRACE UNITED METHODIST

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF WEBSTER 7422 Kola Ave 715-866-4111 Sunday School 9:30 am Sunday Worship 10:45 am Wednesday AWANA and SIGN (youth group) 6:30 pm

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC CHURCH

26503 Muskey Ave. So. 715-866-8646 Rev. Eddie Crise, Sr. Pastor Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor Sunday Worship 10:30 am Sunday School 9:15 am Bible Study - 1:00 pm, Tues. UMW 2:15 pm 2nd Tues. www.umc4pt.com

Cedar and Muskey Ave. 715-866-7321 Fr. Michael J. Tupa, Pastor Wednesday Mass 5:30 pm Sunday Mass 10:00 am Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN LCMS

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN

Pastor Jody Walter Off. 715-866-7191 Hm. 715-866-4622 www.facebook.com/ OurRedeemerWebster 9:00 am Church Service 10:45 am Sunday School & Choir Practice Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

7615 County Rd. U • 866-8281 Pastors Douglas Olson, Myron Carlson & Danny Wheeler Sunday Worship Services 9:30 am Communion 1st & 3rd Sun. www.yellowlakelutheranchurch. org

CHURCH OF CHRIST

TRADE RIVER EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 9 miles So. of Grantsburg on Hwy. 87 715-488-2296 Rev. Dale Van Deusen, Pastor

7425 W. Birch • 866-7157 Sun. Bible Class 9:30 am (all ages) Worship 10:30 am Bible Study 7 pm, Wed. (all ages)

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Holiday recycling and reuse ideas BY JEN BARTON RECYCLING CONTROL COMMISSION

I hope your holiday season was peaceful and happy. I had a few more thoughts about random holiday recycling I wanted to share with you. Don’t have a resolution yet? How about resolving to recycle everything you can? I am sure you realize by now that wrapping paper is acceptable recycling material. I did not, however, mention before that there is a type of wrapping that is shiny metallic and doesn’t feel like paper at all. This type of gift wrapping paper should be avoided, as it is not recyclable. Okay, I have a few fun suggestions for re-using pretty holiday cards. Cut up Christmas cards to make gift tags for future gifts. Or, you can cut out shapes from the cards and make ornaments out of them by attaching a little yarn or ribbon.

You could send them into Saint Jude as well. Yes, they still do that. Here is their contact info: St. Jude’s Ranch for Children Recycled Card Program, 100 St. Jude’s Street, Boulder City, NV 89005. They do not accept Hallmark, Disney or American Greeting cards. For more information, call 800Earth 492-3562. They Notes create new greeting cards by reJen Barton moving the used message side and replacing it with a new back. An idea for re-using photo greeting cards that so many people send now is to cut out the faces you like and ditch the rest of the card. It is a photo, so it cannot be recycled, but you can take that

little face and keep it up on your fridge all year. This idea was shared by a friend whose local library accepts all greeting cards and cuts them into bookmarks, with a hole punched and short length of yarn attached. I really think that is a cute idea and a way for cards to live on and on. Remember to keep up the great work and keep on recycling. Burnett and Washburn counties have 16 sites to serve you. Some are full-service sites which offer some or all of the following recycling services: fluorescent bulbs, computer and small electronics, tires and others. The full-service sites are Spooner, Minong, Oakland Collection Center, A&H and Grantsburg. Please contact Jen for information about a particular item or location atjbarton@nwrpc.com, or 715-635-2197.

Make winter more enjoyable with Wild Rice Soup My family lived about a mile from a Byerly’s grocery store when I was growing up. In the summer, my sister and I walked there to get big ice cream cones, and in the winter we trudged through the snow for the wild rice soup. My sister and I worked there when we were teenagers. On work breaks in the winter, I would buy a cup of wild rice soup. After I grew up, I spent years trying to recreate that soup. T heir version was perfect, creamy without being too thick, with bits of ham and almonds that complimented the wild rice. One day I was sharing

with a friend how much I love wild rice soup. She claimed she had the best recipe—ever. I was suspicious when I saw potatoes in the ingredients. The next day I made her version. It was good, but not the soup Wild Chow I remembered. Lisa Erickson A couple years l t il was at an later, my ffamily ice skating party. It was perfect weather and we skated all day. Afterwards we were all invited into the house for soup and hot cocoa. It was like Byerly’s wild rice soup! The hostess willingly shared that recipe. In the car on the way home, I exclaimed to my family, “I just got the best recipe for wild rice soup!” They agreed and I have been making it ever since! Thank you, Karen!

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2 sticks butter 1 onion 2 carrots, grated 2 celery stalks, chopped 1 cup flour 7 cups chicken broth (low sodium) 1 cup ham, diced (or substitute cooked chicken) 4 cups, cooked wild rice 2 cups half and half 2 Tbsp. dry sherry ½ cup sliced and toasted almonds Salt and pepper to taste

In a large saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the onion, celery, carrots and cook until tender, 5-7 minutes. Add the flour and cook until the flour mixture is bubbling, about 1 minute. Slowly stir in broth. Continue stirring until the mixture thickens. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the ham, wild rice, half and half, and sherry. Season with salt and pepper if necessary. Bring the soup’s temperature back up to very hot. Add almonds and serve.

Lisa Erickson is a food writer who loves an adventure—especially when food is involved. You can find more recipes on her blog at www.wild-chow.com or email her at wildchowrecipes@gmail.com. with questions or comments.

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