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K-9 unit embraces local support JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM

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‘Hello Santa’ Little Layla Eiffler was fascinated by Santa as she ran her ﬁngers through his beard when he visited the library in Grantsburg on Saturday morning. More Santa Day photos on page 16.

Blake sentenced to 12 months and probation

GRANTSBURG–– The Burnett County Sheriff’s office first got their K-9 unit about six months ago and last week the Burnett County Law Enforcement Citizens Auxiliary received the first check from a local business that was extremely helpful in getting Tracker, the two year-old German Shepherd. Van Murray, of Timber Ghost Realty in Grantsburg, was instrumental in using social media and public appearances to promote acquiring a K-9 for the sheriff’s department. He will be donating ten percent of commission proceeds from every deal he closes in Burnett County. Tracker has been on the job for the sheriff’s office since May. In his first week, he worked on nine different cases for the department. “He’s 49 percent attack and 51 percent social,” Burnett County Sheriff Ron Wilhelm said. “I often don’t know what side I’m on.” Tracker is a drug-sniffing

dog and also does search and rescue missions. He is also helpful in apprehending suspects. Officially, Lisa Slater of Burnett County Law Enforcement Citizens Auxiliary (BCLECA) accepted the check which will go to help Tracker with whatever funds he may need. Murray said he knew the county needed a K-9 unit and could not believe there was not a unit already in place. “When you see all the drugs and especially, meth in the area with no K-9 unit, it just seemed ridiculous,” Murray said. Wilhelm explained the difference between having humans search a room for drugs and how a dog searches. It helps that dogs’ noses are 10,000 times better than humans. “We walk into a pizza place and all we smell is fresh baked pizza,” Wilhelm said. “A dog walks in and can smell all the individual ingredients. The spices, sausages, and SEE K-9, PAGE 9

ORDERED TO PAY OVER $25,000 IN RESTITUTION JONATHAN RICHIE EDITOR@BURNETTCOUNTYSENTINEL.COM

GOVERNMENT CENTER –– Michelle Blake, 37, Webster, was sentenced to 12 months in jail, five years probation and will have to pay $25,729.73 in restitution to the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Webster and the Sacred Heart Catholic Church at A&H. Blake plead no contest in September to two class G felo-

ny counts of theft in a business setting greater than $10,000. As the former secretary/bookkeeper for St. John the Baptist Church and Sacred Hearts Church in Webster and A&H from Oct. 2010 to Sept. 2013, she had written Michelle Blake numerous checks to

herself from both churches totaling over $100,000. “I am here to take responsibility for my actions.” Blake said. “I’m not a super-emotional person. I’m not a cold person. I hope that everyone involved can accept my apology.” Blake was represented by Attorney Joseph Schieffer, her fifth lawyer since being charged in 2014. Both Schieffer

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Lisa Slater accepts the ﬁrst of many checks from Van Murray with Burnett County Sheriff Ron Wilhelm standing next to her and Tracker on the window keeping an eye on the situation.

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Sheriff’s Deputy guilty of OWI with passenger under 16 Burnett County Sheriff’s Deputy Trevor Thiex was found guilty of operating while intoxicated, first offense, with a passenger under 16 years old in Shawano County last week. Thiex, 35 of Hertel, entered a no contest plea to the criminal misdemeanor. A jury trial scheduled to begin on Nov. 30 was cancelled. The judge gave Thiex a five-day jail sentence with Huber work release, his driver’s license will be suspended for 12 months and was charged $1,106.50 in fines. He was initially charged with OWI with passenger under 16 years old and OWI with prohibited alcohol concentration between .08 and .15. The PAC charge was dismissed. The charges were filed after an incident that occurred last December when Thiex was pulled over following an erratic driver call to the Shawano County Sheriff’s office. Thiex remains on unpaid leave from the Burnett County Sheriff’s office, per state, union and department policy.

Senate Tenth District candidates on public radio MEMONIE—Two special primary election programs featuring candidates for Wisconsin’s Tenth Senate District seat will be on The West Side program at 10 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 4 and Monday, Dec. 11 on 88.3 WHWC-FM/ Menomonie-Eau Claire and 88.7 WRFW-FM/River Falls. Republican candidates Shannon Zimmerman, River Falls and Adam Jarchow, Balsam Lake will discuss important issues in the district and their candidacies with host Rich Kremer on Monday, Dec. 4. Both men are currently members of the State Assembly. Democrat primary candidates Rueben Herfindahl of River Falls, Patty Schachtner of Somerset and John Calabrese of Glenwood City will join Kremer in the studio to debate Monday, Dec. 11. The Tenth District contains parts of St. Croix, Polk, Dunn, Pierce and Burnett counties. The cities of Menomonie, Hudson, River Falls, New Richmond, Amery, St. Croix Falls, and Glenwood City are included in the district, as well as the villages of Baldwin, North Hudson, Somerset, Osceola, Hammond, Roberts, Grantsburg, Frederic, Luck, Boyceville and Balsam Lake. The winners of the Democratic and Republican primaries will face Libertarian candidate Brian Corriea of Wilson in the special election on Jan. 16. All three candidates will be invited to take part in a general election preview on The West Side Monday, Jan. 8.

The West Side is a call-in program focused on issues specific to western Wisconsin. The show airs on Mondays at 10 a.m. on 88.3 WHWC-FM/ Menomonie-Eau Claire and 88.7 WRFW-FM/River Falls, with a live stream at www.wrfw887.com. Listeners may call in with questions and comments during the program at 1-800228-5615. Archives are available at www.wpr.org/programs/west-side-rich-kremer.

Additional charges for Grantsburg man in bar break-ins TOM STANGL SENTINEL

Alan J. Schwartzbauer, 27, of Grantsburg was charged Nov. 28 with attempted burglary and damage to property on Oct. 6 at the Straight 8 Bar on Hwy. 8, Amery. Investigators from the Polk, Burnett and St. Croix County Sheriff’s departments continue to unravel a string of bar break ins that focused on gambling machines in taverns. Schwartzbauer was charged in October in two break ins Oct. 3: an attempted break in at the Midtown Tavern on Highway 35 north of Siren and a break in the same night at the Last Call Bar-N-Grill on State Road 70 east of Siren. Schwartzbauer is currently in custody for the first arrest. The latest arrest Schwartzbauer began with investigators from Polk County being called to a dispute between two people and the owner of the River Valley Inn and Suites over payment for lodging. When officers arrived on the scene, the people were “furtively attempting to close and conceal” two bags inside the room. Officers noted a “thick” wallet used by one of the persons to pay the room bill. A 1998 black Nissan Maxima was located in the hotel parking lot. Inside the vehicle in plain sight was a bandanna, a bolt cutter tool and a camouflage shirt, all consistent with the most recent break in at the Fishbowl Bar and Grill in Danbury. In the early morning hours of Oct. 6, the Nissan was stopped and the persons from the hotel room were arrested on drug related charges. The car was towed to the Polk County Sheriff’s Department and stored in the indoor garage awaiting a search warrant. The bolt cutters observed earlier in the vehicle were no longer there. Prior to the traffic stop and arrest, officers had observed the vehicle at

the Wal-Mart in St. Croix Falls. Polk County investigators were contacted by a confidential informant in the early morning hours of Oct. 6. The informant told investigators that Alan Schwartzbauer had stopped at the informant’s residence and was seen with a bucket containing miscellaneous money and coins. Schwartzbauer allegedly told the informant that he had just “done a job” in Star Prairie and was on his way to meet a male subject in Cushing to do another job. Schwartzbauer was being given a ride to Cushing by another person known to be driving a red Chevy Cobalt. The person was wanted on probation and parole warrants. A compact vehicle, believed to be red, was observed on surveillance video from Cedar Creek Inn, CTY H in St. Croix County. Cedar Creek had a break in at approximately 1:35 a.m. on Oct. 6. Surveillance video from the incident showed a single individual breaking into gambling machines with bolt cutters. At approximately 3:30 a.m., an investigator from the Sheriff’s office began following a vehicle southbound on CTH Y. The investigator received a call from an informant stating they had spoken with Alan Schwartzbauer, asking the informant to turn on the scanner and listened for anything around the Straight 8 Bar. The informant explained that Schwartzbauer and another individual planned to break into the Straight 8 Bar. The informant also commented that they would be traveling in a dark SUV, most likely a Chevy Trail Blazer. The owner of the Straight 8 bar who was in the basement of the establishment, heard breaking glass. Officers arriving on the scene discovered a broken window and at least one gambling machine had been broken into, likely with bolt cutters. The suspect had fled on foot after hearing the owner in the basement. While searching for the suspect, officers saw a dark colored Chevy

Trail Blazer in the area. A registration check revealed the vehicle was licensed to Alan Schwartzbauer’s sister-in-law. The male driver of the vehicle, Greg Schwartzbauer, Alan’s brother, was taken into custody on a Burnett County warrant and lied to investigators about his name. A radio scanner and a large knife were located in the vehicle. The knife matched a description of a knife observed on surveillance during a burglary at the Otis Bar on Sept. 25, where subjects used the knife to pry open the cash register. Investigators located a glove and baseball hat believed to be dropped by the suspect. An informant contacted one of the officers, stating that they had been contacted by Alan Schwartzbauer, who made reference to “cops being everywhere” and his brother being arrested. Burnett County Investigators interviewed a pair who said they provided Schwartzbauer with bolt cutters on Oct. 5 at the parking lot of Wal-Mart. Alan Schwartzbauer was arrested on a traffic stop Oct. 9 in Polk County. Schwartzbauer denied involvement in the burglaries, stating that he was with his cousin when the Cedar Creek Inn and Straight 8 burglaries occurred. His sister later refuted the story. A person living south of the Straight 8 bar told officers that he located large bolt cutters on his property Oct. 9 or 10. The bolt cutters resembled the cutters allegedly used in the Straight 8 break in. In a Nov. 22 interview with investigators, Greg Schwartzbauer admitted to picking up Alan Schwartzbauer in Cushing. Greg confirmed that Alan was wearing a camouflage shirt and was in possession of a large pair of bolt cutters. At a stop at a gas station to buy groceries, Greg asked Alan where he had acquired the cash he observed, and Alan stated he had just committed a burglary in Star Prairie.

Meet the Primary Candidates for State Senate District 10 Seat The League of Women Voters Upper St. Croix Valley is providing an opportunity for the public to meet the primary candidates for State Senate District 10 at an event on Wednesday, Dec. 13, at the Milltown Community Center. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. with an hour-long informal “meet & greet” with refreshments. At 7:30 p.m., the candidates will have 10 minutes each to give personal introductions and make political position statements. Five candidates are running in the primary: Republicans Shannon Zimmerman and Adam Jarchow; and Democrats Reuben Herfindahl, John Calabrese, and

Patty Schachtner. Libertarian Brian Corriea is also invited to attend this event and will be on the ballot for the January special election. State Senate District 10 includes most of Burnett, Polk, Saint Croix, and Pierce counties, and part of Dunn County. The senate seat became vacant when Senator Sheila Harsdorf was appointed as the Wisconsin State Agriculture Secretary this fall. The primary election will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 19. The short timeline makes this event particularly important for residents of the northern counties. The primary election determines the final slate of candidates that will run in the

special election scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 16. The League of Women Voters Upper St. Croix Valley will hold a Candidate Forum on Jan. 4 at the Unity High School Performing Arts Center. Save the date! The Milltown Community Center is located at 301 2nd Avenue SW in Milltown. The League of Women Voters Upper St. Croix Valley is a nonpartisan organization that advocates for informed and active participation in government. Membership is open to men and women. To learn more visit https://lwvupperstcroixvalley.blogspot.com/.

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MEETINGS

SATURDAY, DEC. 9

SUNDAY, DEC. 10

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13

An Old-Fashioned Christmas

Parade of Homes and Boutique Sale

Meet the Candidates

SIREN—A Christmas Parade of Homes and a Boutique Sale will be held from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10 in Siren. The tour begins at 1 p.m. Tickets and map of homes is available at Bethany Lutheran Church of Siren.

MILLTOWN—The Upper St. Croix Valley League of Women Voters is providing an opportunity for the public to meet the primary candidates for State Senate District 10. The event is at 6:30 p.m. at the Milltown Community Center. At 7:30 p.m., each candidate will have 10 minutes to give personal introductions and political position statements. Republican candidates are Shannon Zimmerman and Adam Jarchow. Democratic candidates are Reuben Herfindahl, John Calabrese and Patty Schachtner. Libertarian Brian Coriea is also invited to attend. The primary election is December 19.

ATLAS—Everyone is invited to “An Old Fashion Christmas” from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2 Atlas United Methodist Church, located at 2110 295th Ave., Luck at Co. Road B. The day’s delights include Christmas coffee, craft and bake sale, homemade Christmas crafts, ornaments, breads, candies and cookies.

Used Book Sale WEBSTER—The Larsen Family Public Library will host a used book sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the library in Webster.

Lioness’ Santa Day SIREN—Santa will visit with the children and pose for pictures from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Siren School.

Christmas Cookie Walk WEBSTER—Grace United Methodist Church of Webster will host a Christmas Cookie Walk from 8:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, Dec. 9 at the church. A large assortment of homemade cookies, breads and candies will be available for purchase to add to your holiday hosting events.

Christmas Cookie Walk FALUN—Trinity Lutheran Church of Falun will host a Christmas Cookie Walk from 9 a.m. until sold out on Saturday, Dec. 9 at the church. A large assortment of homemade cookies, breads and candies will be available for purchase to add to your holiday hosting events.

Advent Service DANBURY—An Advent Service of Lessons and Carols will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. The event is sponsored by Danbury Area Churches, and people of all faiths are welcome to attend.

Carols for Christmas GRANTSBURG—The Grantsburg Chorale will present Carols for Christmas at 2:30 p.m. at the Grantsburg High School Auditorium. There is no admission charge. Donations are accepted.

MONDAY, DEC. 11 Christian Women’s Connection CENTER CITY, MN—Women of all ages are invited to River Valley Christian Women’s Connection Heart of Christmas Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. at Chisago Lake Lutheran Church, 1 Summit Avenue, Center City, MN. Karen Taucher is the guest speaker with music provided by Alicia and Sage Fisk. There is a fee. Call/Text Diane (651-808-8579) for reservations.

THURSDAY, DEC. 7 Webb Lake Men’s Club 11:30 a.m. Lumberjack Eatery & Saloon

Siren Village Board 2 p.m. Village office

MONDAY, DEC. 11 Disabled American Vets Chapter 66 6:30 p.m. Government Center, Siren

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

Grantsburg School Board 5 p.m. Board Room

THURSDAY, DEC. 21

Town of Grantsburg Board

Food Distribution WEBSTER—The next monthly free food distribution at Connections will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 21 at Connections, located next door to Minit Mart in Webster.

5:30 p.m.

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

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

Meenon Town Board

SATURDAY, JAN. 20

7 p.m.

Grantsburg Area Food Shelf GRANTSBURG—The Grantsburg Area Food Shelf will be open from 9:30-11:30 a.m.

TUESDAY, DEC. 12 Webb Lake Community Club 1 p.m.

Grantsburg American Legion Auxiliary 5 p.m. Legion Hall

Grantsburg Am. Legion Post 185

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7 p.m. Legion Hall

Swiss Town Meeting

EVERY SUNDAY AA meetings 9 a.m. Siren at New Beginnings Club 715-349-2588 1 p.m. rural Webster Lakeview Methodist Church 2390 Cty. Rd. X. 715-468-7228 1 p.m. Hertel, Dewey Town Hall Crystal meth Anonymous 6 p.m. at Danbury Tribal Hall. All addicts seeking recovery welcome. Children welcome to attend with parents. Contact Shara’lanee’ Skinaway, 715-3191499

EVERY MONDAY Adult Day Care 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Crexway Court Grantsburg Burnett Cty. Family Resource Ctr. Playgroup 10-11:30 a.m. at 24062 St. Rd. 35/70, Siren Ruby’s Siren Food Shelf 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 24534 St. Rd. 35/70, Siren AA meetings 7 p.m. Webster Senior Citizens Center 7 p.m. Frederic Pilgrim Lutheran DivorceCare Recovery and Support Group Sessions for both adults and children, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church, Osceola

715-294-4222 or 651-214-5251 (after 5 p.m.)

Lions Bingo 7:30 p.m. Webster Community Center

EVERY TUESDAY Adult Day Care 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Birchwood Manor, Siren Overeaters Anonymous 10 a.m. Alano Club, St. Croix Falls Grantsburg Rotary meeting Noon at 429 East State Road 70 Alanon Meeting 7 p.m. Lakeside Community Lutheran Church, 28626 Cty. Rd. H, in A and H Crystal meth Anonymous 7 p.m. New Beginnings. Closed meeting-open only to recovering meth addicts. Contact Andrew Bruss, 651-279-7595

EVERY WEDNESDAY Forts Folle Avoine History Library 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Open other days by appointment

Ruby’s Siren Food Shelf 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 24534 St. Rd. 35/70, Siren Pre-School Story Hour 10:30 a.m. at Grantsburg Public Library

AA Meetings

7 p.m.

1 p.m. Hertel, Dewey Town Hall 7 p.m. Siren New Beginnings Alanon Club, 349-2588

‘Lost Voice Club’ meeting 7 p.m. Moose Lodge Meeting Room, Siren. 715-866-7585

Daniels Town Meeting 7:30 p.m.

Anderson Town Meeting 7 p.m.

Dewey Town Meeting 8 p.m.

WED., DEC. 13

EVERY THURSDAY Adult Day Care 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Birchwood Manor, Siren Grantsburg Area Food Shelf Food distribution to qualifying residents of Grantsburg School District 9:30-11:30 a.m. at 320 S. Brad St., Grantsburg ‘Library Fun for Little Ones’ 10:30 a.m. at Shell Lake Public Library Siren/Webster Rotary meeting Noon at The Pour House, Siren Narcotics Anonymous 7 p.m. New Beginnings Bldg., Siren 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

Webster Village Board 6 p.m. Village Hall

WED., DEC. 20 Webb Lake American Legion 7 p.m. Webb Lake Town Hall

MONDAY, JAN. 8 Webb Lake Town Meeting 6 p.m.

THURSDAY, JAN. 18 Burnett County Democrats 5:30 p.m. Whitetail Wilderness

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Wayne’s Foods Plus Donation

Remember that everyone you meet wears an invisible sign. It reads: “Notice me. Make me feel important.”

Wayne’s Foods Plus donated $1000 to Webster High School’s Student Council Food and Toy Drive. Store manager Kim Flodin (left) presented the check to Jeff Roberts, Student Council advisor.

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Christmas Music

I finally found a decent classic rock radio station up here, until a few weeks ago when they started playing holiday tunes. It’s not that I don’t enjoy the crooners, it’s that Frank Sinatra isn’t that appealing to me. The feeling I got hearing the original “Frosty the Snowman” song took me back. For three years, during and after college, I was a produce expert at a grocery store in the Milwaukee suburbs. After about three weeks, I had gained the ability to block out the boring top 40 or soft rock hits they played throughout the store. It got to the point that I would only hear the loud speakers when a price check was needed or the produce department had a phone call to handle. (Those calls were always people calling about exotic fruits we didn’t have or having me set aside a product that we had a limited amount of Sentinel and was on sale.) As a produce expert, I was in Editor charge of the lettuce and other vegJonathan Richie gies that needed to be kept wet, so they don’t dry out and turn brown and soft. Our “wet wall,” as we called it was about 40 feet long, and when the sprinklers let out their would be bird calls and other noises emanating from the walls. (I assume they existed to make the vegetables feel like they were back in nature.) Along with the wildlife noises would be Bing Crosby belting out, “I’m singin’ in the rain, just singin’ in the rain. What a glorious feeling and I’m happy again.” But after Halloween, the Top 40 and soft rock hits stopped and the Christmas music began. Not even the grocery store gave Thanksgiving its day in the sun. Nov. 1 at 6 a.m. I would show up ready to open the department and it would dawn on me, “it’s Christmas music time.” Shoppers loved it, they would walk up to me with big smiles and say, “It’s Christmas time!” But one year in July, a certain sausage company put out ads that used the music of Christmas carols to sell brats. The shoppers did not enjoy that. “What is this? It’s summer, why are you playing holiday stuff!” That’s how I feel until about Dec. 20. I’m no Scrooge, but I do say ‘bah humbug’ to Christmas music on the radio. I’ve always felt, I will listen to Christmas music the week Santa is flying around or until there is snow on the ground. These are my selected favorites for this time of year, “Happy Christmas (War is Over)” by John Lennon, “Father Christmas” by The Kinks, “Run Rudolf Run” by Chuck Berry, and the greatest Bruce Springsteen song “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town.” There is also some great holiday jazz music like “My Favorite Things” by John Coltrane, As you may have noticed, I’m not big into today’s pop music, so I’m not a huge fan of Mariah Carey’s holiday tune or others of that ilk. It’s easy to contact me by email, editor@burnettcountysentinel.com or phone at 715-463-2341.

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Getting in the spirit It’s under three weeks until Christmas. Yes, I checked it twice. The dry and warm November has lulled us into a false sense of security, but the big day will soon be upon us. So, have you started shopping? Hats off to you if you are already done. I have been dipping into my stash of holiday music to get into the spirit of the season. I know there are streaming music services that have special holiday channels, radio stations that switch to all Christmas music, but I have my own favorites. From the There is no arguing that Christmas Publisher’s has a universal appeal. Nearly every Desk recording artist has done at least one Christmas song, if not a complete Tom Stangl album. It makes sense that if you are a f off an artist, i you probably like their Christmas song fan or album. The Omaha Neb. based Mannheim Steamroller produced several Christmas themed collections, starting with the 1984 album “Christmas.” Their fusion of classical instruments with electronics continues to be a favorite. I own several of these albums, but I feel the original is still the best. My children, forced to listen to these collections over and over, today threaten me with physical violence if I play them in their presence. In 1993, producer David Foster gathered a diverse set of artists and produced “The Christmas Album.” From Wynonna Judd singing “Blue Christmas” to Tom Jones’ recording of “Mary’s Boy Child,” this album is a favorite with many eclectic artists and styles of music. Natalie Cole, Michael Crawford, Tammy Wynette, Celine Dion and the duet of Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson make up what I feel is a wonderful collection. I purchased it on cassette and then struggled to find it

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on compact disc. Another of my favorite Christmas recording artists is Amy Grant. Grant, who began her career as a Christian music artist, released her first of nine Christmas albums in 1983. The albums have nice mix of original songs, holiday standards and carols. 1992’s “Home for Christmas” is one of my favorites. The original song “Breath of Heaven (Mary’s Song)” is a wonderful ballad sung from the perspective of an unsure Virgin Mary. From Handel’s “The Messiah” the song “For Unto Us a Child is Born” is blended with “Joy to the World,” making a beautiful song. Carly Simon’s “The Night Before Christmas” and a toe tapping instrumental of Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” make this album a perennial favorite of mine. I don’t think you can go wrong with any of her albums. Bing Crosby’s dulcet tones on the songs “It’s Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas” and Irving Berlin’s 1942 classic “White Christmas” are among my favorites. Crosby’s version is the best-selling single in the world with sales estimated in excess of 100 million copies worldwide. A fun Christmas song is “Run Run Rudolph,” first recorded by Chuck Berry in 1958. I think Kelly Clarkson’s cover gives the original a run for its money. (Pun intended) Another classic, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” is among my favorites. I’m not sure if Andy Williams or Johnny Mathis has the best version. So if you are having trouble getting in the Christmas spirit, I highly recommend turning to music. It works every time for me. 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. Guarding Your Right To Know Since 1875

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A New Kind of Tax Reform Dear Editor, As I have followed the debates in Congress as our legislators try to come up with tax reforms that are fair and equitable, that stimulate the economy by adding jobs, and put more spending money back in people’s pockets, it has occurred to me that such an opportunity already exists. It’s called Carbon Fee & Dividend. It is an approach to combat climate change supported by Citizens’ Climate Lobby. This plan has a number of features that are found in tax reform--with the added benefit of curbing carbon pollution and quickly reducing global warming; all without growing the size of government by letting the market determine winners and losers based on the merits of better choices for consumers. We can provide the incentives for businesses, entrepreneurs, and innovators to flourish when they have the assurance that they can compete with the fossil fuel industry on a level playing field. Right now, big fossil fuel companies enjoy special treatments worth billions of dollars annually from subsidies, tax preferences, deductions, etc., while causing massive damage to the environment and public health in the form of carbon pollution. And they are not held accountable; nor are they forced to pick up the tab. This is where the Carbon Fee comes in. By placing a steadily rising fee on carbon emissions, the fossil fuel industry would then be paying for the damage done, allowing manufacturers and innovators to compete on equal terms. What would follow is a rapid growth in clean, renewable energy production and development of low carbon products, creating millions of new jobs. The dividend part of the Carbon Fee & Dividend plan is like tax relief. The money from the fee is returned to each US citizen equally every month. This is money in everyone’s pocket to pay for rising energy costs. And the best part is that, for low and middle income households, the fee will cover the costs of their energy usage,’ with money left over. This is economic protection for the most vulnerable in our society. It will also provide an economic stimulant as consumers have more money and more choices to purchase cheaper, low carbon products manufactured in energy efficient plants. That is how we provide equitable “tax relief” for everyone, while encouraging economic growth in manufacturing and job creation. It is a non-partisan, revenue-neutral, market-based plan. In addition to the above benefits, Carbon Fee and Dividend will result

THE CAPITOL REPORT in a quick reduction in global warming and its increasing price tag for the consequences. The decrease in carbon and other pollutants from fossil fuel production and use will improve public health and reduce the heavy burden on our health care system. If the Carbon Fee & Dividend plan sounds like a win-win plan for our economy, our health, our choices, our world, and the future for our children and grandchildren, learn more at: citizensclimatelobby.org If you want your representatives in Congress to pass a Carbon Fee and Dividend bill to reform how we favor the fossil fuel industry at the expense of the rest of the world and its inhabitants, call them:7th district Rep. Sean Duffy 202-225-3365; Sen. Ron Johnson 202224-5323;-09 Sen. Tammy Baldwin 202-224-5653 Linda Herscher Birchwood Dear Editor, I was just release from the hospital. You don’t think that’s a very big deal? Well, I was just released from the Spooner hospital. When the doctor decided I needed to be in the hospital I assumed it would be Rochester or Duluth but it was the Spooner hospital. Guess I figured I was too important for that little hospital but I was too sick to argue. Well, was I ever mistake. The admitting was more thorough than the larger hospitals. So far so good. They then started with the tests. That never changes. UGH, I’ll never drink lemonade again. The proverbial “I’m here to take your blood.” This is never any fun, as you know, but I got so sick I was glad to see her. Happy, smiling and we actually had a good time. Well, at least I did. Being a small hospital I usually had the same nurses. They were wonderful. Very professional and always up-beat and friendly.When I pushed that call button they did their best to get to me ASAP. Now, I’m not through with this. The most wonderful one of the bunch was the, get this, “mop pusher.” That’s what I called her. She made my day. She would pop in several times a day. If I was really down we would start laughing and by the time she left I felt so much better. Everyone on the staff was wonderful. The hospital is state-of-the-art and so is the staff, right down to the lowly “mop pusher.” Don’t ever think that just because this is a small hospital it is not very good. The larger ones can’t compare to the care and thoughtfulness of the Spooner hospital. Oh yes, and the food was good!!! Thank you Spooner hospital. Dolores Cunliffe

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The U.S. Senate Wednesday night began debate on the GOP tax bill, with U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson joining all Republicans in voting to kick-start discussion. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, joined all Dems in voting against the motion to proceed. Johnson, R-Oshkosh, over the past few days and weeks has expressed concern the bill doesn’t treat pass-through entities fairly compared to corporations. But earlier this week he supported the bill’s passage through the Senate Budget Committee, despite it containing no changes to address his concerns. After the Wednesday night vote, Johnson explained his support in a tweet: “We still have work to do, but I have been working with the administration and Senate leadership to make progress toward a better bill. – rj #taxreform.” Meanwhile, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, said in a tweet Wednesday night he commends the Senate “for taking this next big step towards historic tax reform for hardworking American families.” The debate on the bill will last up to 20 hours, followed by a vote on a series of amendments. If the bill passes on a final vote, it would need to be reconciled with the differences in the House bill. — The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously voted Wednesday night on a resolution that would require its members and staffers to receive regular sexual harassment training. A similar measure cleared the Senate earlier this month, amid a series of allegations against prominent politicians including U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., and U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. The bipartisan resolution would require anti-harassment and anti-discrimination training during each session of Congress. U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, said in a tweet the move was “long overdue.” “I was proud to co-sponsor this resolution, and I’m proud that the House of Representatives is now requiring all members, officers and staffers to complete sexual harassment training,” he said.

-U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin this week joined other Great Lakes senators to request the feds speed up a study on the movement of Asian carp. Baldwin, D-Madison, along with fellow Sens. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and eight other members from the Great Lakes Task Force wrote a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers asking for the finalization of the Brandon Road Study by its targeted completion date in January 2019. That study is aimed at looking at options for upgrading the Brandon Road Lock and Dam in Joliet, Ill., that’s seen as an area where Asian carp could migrate into the Great Lakes. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has previously indicated that it’s unlikely to implement the recommended measures in the plan before 2025 — a timeline the senators wrote is “particularly concerning.” “Studies have shown those impacts (of Asian carp entering the Great Lakes) would include declines in native fish species and a one-third reduction of total fish weight in Lake Erie,” they wrote. “This threatens the Great Lakes’ world-class $7 billion/year fishing industry, $16 billion/year recreational boating industry, and the hundreds of thousands of jobs these industries support.”

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GRANTSBURG –– Timber Ghost Realty opened in early October after the building was purchased at 112 S. Pine St. in Grantsburg. Crystal and Van Murray noticed the office space was larger than what they needed after they bought the building. They painted the inside and outside, took out the weeds and opened a specialty custom cake shop along with the real estate office.

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Crystal grew up in Newfoundland, Canada and the couple has been married for 17 years. They moved to Grantsburg in 2004. Crystal is completely selftaught when it comes to her baking skills. She started making cakes after making one for her daughter’s first birthday and has been honing her skills for the past 13 years. Burnett Custom Cakes is fully licensed by the state and opened on Nov. 17 with cakes being ordered by appointment only, due to the customization they offer. “We make personalized cakes for weddings, birthdays, baptisms, even cupcakes for kids to take to school,” Crystal said.

As she got better, she began looking for a shop to set up in to start selling her cakes. Crystal splits her time between the cake shop and also works as a CNA/TMA at a nursing home in Pine City. Burnett Custom Cakes is a completely new enterprise for her. “This is a new adventure for me,” Crystal said. “I’m very excited to see where it takes me.” She added they have already received ten orders since opening just a few weeks ago. “These cakes are more like pieces of art than just regular cakes for eating,” said Lisa Slater of Burnett County Law Enforcement Citizens Auxiliary. Crystal once made a starshaped cake that was the size of a wood pallet to celebrate the couples’ 14 year-old dog Kirby. It fed about 50 people, she said there was 40 pounds of powdered sugar used for the frosting and about ten pounds of butter to make the cake that consisted of five different flavors. “I would love to be so busy that I can only work here at Burnett Custom Cakes as a full time job,” said Crystal when asked about goals for the business. “Then eventually have a store front for customers to walk in and pick out cakes and desserts from a display.”

Timber Ghost Realty Van began selling real estate in 1995 and continued for about five years with a good deal of success. The office used to be the Kirk Almendinger dental office. Murray bought the building, did some remodeling and put on a fresh coat of paint, inside and outside. “I’ll deal with property in any county,” Van said. “I’ll drive three hours in any direction for a listing.” Van explained how he just recently got back into residential real estate after being in the property management business. “I was working in property maintenance and management,” Van said. Timber Ghost Realty began 12 years ago selling large acreage of hunting land and since have transitioned into more rural-base real estate brokerage. Today they sell any type of property, Van said. Van is fully licensed to sell homes in Minnesota and Wisconsin. For more information on Burnett Custom Cakes visit them on Facebook, www.facebook. com/burnettcustomcakes or call them at 715-463-3190. Van at Timber Ghost Realty can be reached at 715-463-3322.

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SIREN-On November 30, Chamber Board members welcomed Madsen Pest Management to the Siren Chamber of Commerce in a ribbon cutting ceremony. Madsen Pest Management, LLC (MPM) was founded by Shawn Madsen in Prescott, Wisconsin. After working in the pest management field for several years, Madsen realized that he could give customers a more personal service at a better price and started his own company. The following year, co-owner Chaz Heinz joined the team and, located in Webster, expanded the MPM presence to the Burnett County environs. As the business grew, Madsen and Heinz found that problems were easier to solve and ideas flowed more rapidly when they were together. Ultimately, this led to Madsen and his family picking up and moving to Webster, too. MPM’s home base is now located in Webster. This spring, Ashley Heinz, wife of Chaz and daughter of Shawn, will become the newest member of the team. MPM offers an array of pest

control services, including but not limited to ants, Asian beetles, bats, bed bugs, box elders, cockroaches, fleas, flies, hornets, mice/rodents, mites, mosquitoes, occasional invaders, pantry pests, spiders, ticks and wasps. MPM services both residential and commercial accounts, custom building each service to the specific needs of the customer. Some of these plans include monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly and seasonal services. For individuals that like to tackle jobs on their own, MPM is happy to offer free advice. “We are a family-owned business that strives to deliver a high standard of care, affordability, and outstanding service on a personal level. It is our passion to help people and pest management is one of the ways we are able to do so,” says Madsen. “We are excited to work with you in identifying and eliminating your pest problem.” Heinz notes “it is our goal to offer the best pest management solutions around the area. We service northwestern Wiscon-

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seem designed to be ignored — simply featuring plain text over a white background. The ads will run five times per week for one year (52 weeks) for a total of 260 spots. The ads can run Monday through Thursday between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on one of the three major networks (CBS, ABC or NBC). The W3TFL Coalition encourages anyone who smokes to talk to their doctor or take advantage of free assistance provided in Wisconsin; through the Wisconsin tobacco quit line at 1-800-QUITNOW, Also if you are interesting in joining local efforts to help reduce tobacco use, visit the W3TFL website at www.W3TFL.org or find them on Facebook,

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Danbury churches celebrate advent An Advent Service of Lessons and Carols, sponsored by Danbury Area Churches, will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. The church is located at 7586 State Road 77 in Danbury. “This traditional service has its origin in England,” noted the Rev. Eddie Crise, pastor of the area United Methodist Churches. “With the reading of Scripture and singing of carols, the service proclaims the prophecy and coming of

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The service will include receiving an offering for the Burnett County Interfaith Caregivers Christmas for Kids program. A time of fellowship and refreshments will conclude the event. Sponsoring and participating in this Advent service are members of Danbury United Methodist, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic, Woodland Wesleyan, and Yellow Lake Lutheran Churches. For information, call 715-656-7217 or 715-866-7321.

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has a lot of vigor,” Slater said. “You can tell, he’s just real powerful.” Wilhelm said Tracker is originally from Slovakia, after he selected the services of South Florida K-9 Inc. in Buffalo, Minnesota. Both Tracker and Olson then began in Buffalo and Tracker lives with Olson’s family full time. “Van is concerned about the amount of illegal drugs in our community,” Wilhelm said. “He knows that Tracker is one valuable tool we can use to combat this epidemic.” More information on the BCLECA can be found on their Facebook page and donations can be made on their Go Fund Me page at www.gofundme.com/22p447bg.

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and Burnett County District Attorney William Norine went in with a plea deal including three years in prison, five years probation and having to pay the restitution. “We could have thrown the book at Mrs. Blake and charged her with over 20 felony counts, but we didn’t,” Norine said while standing next to a display board outlining all the times Blake had written herself a check. “We call them bonuses, the checks she wrote herself, but they are all thefts.” The ruling came at the Burnett County Courthouse from Polk County Judge Daniel Tolan. He handed down the withheld sentence after hearing from parishioners, Blake’s current employer and Pastor Mike Tupa. “As an individual and as a pastor, I have felt physical and

emotional trauma from this, leaving me shocked and in disbelief,” Tupa said. “I have felt helplessness and have had the inability to eat and sleep at times.” Tupa added that his parishioners, most of whom are retired and on a fixed income, have the feeling of fear and betrayal because there personal data was not protected and their money taken. One of the parishioners did speak about forgiving Blake. “I wonder how you feel about this example you’ve shown your children,” said Laurel Stuseck looking directly at Blake. “I forgive your actions and will pray for you and your family.” In the courtroom was Blake’s current employer, Mark Foote, human resources manager at North States Industries in Siren. “I can only speak to her character at work,” Foote said. “She was promoted in June and is a top-notch employee that has an

excellent future there.” Schieffer also read a letter from Blake’s aunt into the record. The letter included that Blake had made some bad decisions, but she believes in Michelle and forgiveness. Judge Tolan said Blake would be allowed Huber work release, but Burnett County Jail does not currently offer Huber. Schieffer than stated that Blake would not be able to take care of her children or pay the restitution if she doesn’t have access to the work release program. Judge Tolan asked Norine what he thought about this issue. Norine said that he came to the courtroom to back up the plea agreement and left it at that. A separate civil case awarded Catholic Mutual Group $519,307.91 in February of 2015. The judgement was appealed, but dismissed by the Court.

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Meet the candidates: Voters must choose a party for Dec. 19 primary BY JESSICA DE LA CRUZ EDITOR@THEAMERYFREEPRESS.COM

Six candidates have raised their hand to represent voters of Wisconsin’s 10th Senate District—the seat vacated by former Senator Sheila Harsdorf. A primary to narrow the field of candidates will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 19, with the election scheduled for Jan. 16. Voters must choose one of four ballots on which to cast their vote on December 19: Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, or Constitution/ Green. But in theory, only two ballots matter this month—the republicans and the democrats. Voters may select any party ballot regardless of their party affiliation—but only one. That choice has no bearing on the vote they choose to cast in the Jan. 16 election. Whoever has the most votes on each ballot moves forward to January 16. Several forums featuring all of the candidates will take place between now and December 19. Wisconsin Public Radio’s ‘The West Side’ will feature candidates on their program on Monday, Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. The program can be heard on 88.3 FM. The League of Women Voters will also host a Candidate Meet and Greet on Dec. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Milltown Community Center.

Republican Ballot Adam Jarchow—Balsam Lake, Wis. Please share a little bit about your personal background (50 words or less): “I live near Balsam Lake with my wife, Barbara, and our four-year-old twins Bo and Megan. I am a business attorney, small business owner, and a volunteer firefighter in Apple River. In my free time I like to hunt, go water skiing, and spend time with family.” From your point of view, what are the two largest issues facing the district, and how do you intend to address them? (200 Jarchow words or less) “First, the size and scope of government is growing too rapidly. On top of this, Northwestern Wisconsin doesn’t seem to be benefiting as much as other parts of the state. More government is never the answer and throwing money at a problem hardly ever solves it. If elected, I will continue to only vote in favor of bills that will genuinely help our part of the state and will not be a rubberstamp for Southeastern Wisconsin. I will also fight to see more of the tax money we send to Madison come back home.

“Second, our traditions and way of life are continually being eroded. I will continue to be a strong pro-life advocate and a staunch defender of the Second Amendment in Madison. I authored the “Right to Hunt” Act last session and will continue to support sportsmen. I also authored the “Homeowners’ Bill of Rights” and will be a solid supporter of individual property rights. The government should not tell us how to live our lives and I will stand up for us in the State Senate.” Why are you interested in representing District 10? (50 words or less) “Our District needs a strong voice to stand up for Northwestern Wisconsin and someone to get things done in Madison. People are tired of do-nothing politicians. During my time in the legislature I have delivered on my promises and will continue pushing for reforms and results in the State Senate.”

Shannon Zimmerman—River Falls, Wis. Please share a little bit about your personal background (50 words or less): (Editor’s note: This submission has been edited for length) “I grew up in Augusta. My wife and I became parents early, and entrepeneurs at 24 years old. That River Falls company has become one of the largest area employers with offices in five countries. I have two adult sons and

four grandchildren that also call this area home.” From your point of view, what are the two largest issues facing the district, and how do you intend to address them? (200 words or less) (Editor’s note: This submission has been edited for length) “The top focus of mine is Economic Development. This is a topic that I understand well having built multiple businesses. The challenge right now Zimmerman that we are facing is both a shortage of workforce and more aggressive business development in rural areas. The solution to be considered is a substantial reduction or elimination in State Income Tax. Retirees will be able to keep more of their money. The financial incentive of keeping more of your money will keep graduates at all levels in our state, taking our jobs. Finally, businesses starting up or relocating will have strong reason to choose Wisconsin. “Next, Education is a great asset and opportunity for us in Western Wisconsin. We have some great schools and we need to develop new ways for our educational institutions and business to directly connect. I am convinced that we can positively enhance both. “Finally, I am committed to working diligently to address our opioid and SEE CANDIDATES, PAGE 11

Drunk driver checks out while idling midintersection JESSICA DE LA CRUZ EDITOR@THEAMERYFREEPRESS.COM

CUSHING – A Dresser man was arrested Nov. 21 after authorities responded to calls of a running vehicle stopped in the middle of the road with the driver passed out at the wheel. The incident happened around 1 a.m. at Highway 87 and Evergreen Ave. in Cushing. According to reports from the Polk County Sheriff’s Department, the driver was identified as Daniel T. Petherbridge, 24 of Dresser. Cushing Fire was first on scene and shut off the running vehicle. Reports do not indicate how long Petherbridge may have been stopped at the location. Officers noted Petherbridge’s speech was thick and slurred; he had bloodshot and watery eyes; and he had also relieved himself in his pants. They also reported that Petherbridge was belligerent and hostile, resfusing to complete the standard field sobriety tests or submit to an evidentiary blood draw. Petherbridge has one prior conviction of Operating While Intoxicated (OWI). He was arrested and charged with OWI 2 (a misdemeanor), possession of open intoxicants, and non-registration. He was released on a $750 signature bond.

Human trafficking conference held in Wisconsin Dells MADISON–This week, Attorney General Brad Schimel, the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Crime Victim Services (OCVS), and Wisconsin U.S. Attorneys’ Offices hosted the 2017 Wisconsin Human Trafficking Conference in Wisconsin Dells, Wis. More than 500 attendees from across the state will learn about the complex issues surrounding the crime of human trafficking. “To hold traffickers accountable and support survivors, we continue to collaborate at every level,” said Attorney General Schimel. “This conference brings together stakeholders in Wisconsin and around the country who are working to deliver services to survivors and to promote a trauma-informed, victim centered-approach to the investigation, prosecution and eradication of this heinous crime.” The human trafficking conference will take place over two days with law enforcement, prosecutors, social services personnel, victim advocates, community members and organizations that provide services to victims of human trafficking. “The U.S. Department of Justice is committed to protecting the victims of human trafficking and bringing those who seek to profit off the exploitation of others to justice. My office will work with our state and lo-

cal partners to hold those who engage in this horrific practice accountable for their crimes,” said U.S. Attorney Scott Blader. Workshops will be offered about the neurobiology of trauma, interview techniques for juvenile victims, human trafficking in rural areas, the link to substance abuse and addiction and how to build public-private partnerships to fight trafficking. Local, state, and federal law enforcement will also teach attendees about federal and state prosecution techniques for human trafficking, labor trafficking investigations, trends in investigations, incorporating probation and parole, and the role of technology in trafficking investigations. Additional presentations are offered on developing community awareness campaigns, communicating with the media, how to build a local human trafficking task force, and how nongovernmental organizations work with survivors. Attendees will hear from a survivor of human trafficking and a national expert on the neurobiology of trauma. OCVS provided funding and organizational support for the conference, and organization support was also provided by the offices of U.S. Attorneys Scott Blader and Greg Haanstad. A conference planning committee comprised of government and

non-governmental agencies worked together to determine the focus and workshop offerings at the conference. Earlier this year, Attorney General Schimel established the Human Trafficking Bureau within the Division of Criminal Investigation at DOJ, which provides a coordinated statewide strategy to identify, target, and prosecute traffickers in order to combat human trafficking and provide needed assistance to survivors. A state-level-system Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force, co-chaired by Attorney general Schimel and DCF Secretary Eloise Anderson, was established to develop a cross-system, comprehensive, trauma-informed service and response system in Wisconsin for minors who are victims or at-risk of being victims of sex-trafficking. The taskforce is composed of a broad range of stakeholders located across the state committed to serving the victims of this horrific crime. DOJ encourages both rural and urban public agency executives and business owners, to download and display anti-human trafficking posters. The posters can be downloaded at no cost online. For more information about human trafficking in Wisconsin, and how you can help victims, go to www.BeFreeWisconsin.com.

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other drug challenges across Western Wisconsin. Families are hurt, lives damaged and we must find a way to stop this epidemic. I’ve been a strong advocate for reform already in the Legislature and will continue that fight on behalf of all our families. Why are you interested in representing District 10? (50 words or less) (Editor’s note: This submission has been edited for length) “I’ve always believed that everything we need for success we have right here. My motivation is to serve those wonderful people and all those in our great communities. Good careers, protecting our sporting heritage, and ensure more of your money remains in your pocket, not government’s.”

Democratic Ballot Patty Schachtner—Somerset, Wis.

Please share a little bit about your personal background (50 words or less): “I grew up in St Croix, and my husband, Joe, and I raised our six children here. I’ve attended and taught at WITC in New Richmond, provided health care in our schools, and recently have worked with law enforcement and community leaders to address the mental health and addiction crisis.” From your point of view, what are the two largest issues facing the district, and how do you intend to address them? (200 Schachtner words or less) “No matter where you live, rising health care costs, limited treatment options and opioid overdoses are a growing concern. As the medical examiner for St. Croix County, I’ve seen too many tragic outcomes of health care challenges firsthand. I’m proud of my record working with local officials and frontline responders to combat the abuse ofprescriptionpainkillers,expandaccess to care and make our community a safer, healthier place. I have a record of working across party lines to help our community on this issue and I’ll keep doing just that. “In addition, we need to do more to provide economic opportunities in our region. We should provide more skills training in our high schools and help adults get the training they need for new careers at our technical colleges. As someone who started by getting my EMTcertificationatWITCandlatertaught courses there, I have seen firsthand the powerful impact this practical training can have on lives. In addition, I want our government to invest in good roads, qualityK-12schoolsand21stcenturybroadbandinfrastructure,whichareallcritical elements of economic success.” Why are you interested in representing District 10? “I believe our state can do a better job supportingchildren,familiesandseniors in western Wisconsin. We need leaders

who bring common sense solutions to the problems we face. I do that every day in my work in the community and will bring the same approach to the legislature.”

John Calabrese—Glenwood City, Wis. Please share a little bit about your personal background (50 words or less): “I am 41 years old. I live in the town of Tiffany, Dunn county. I am a husband, father of two young boys and a carpenter. For the past four years I’ve been the state director of a volunteer group in Wisconsin attempting to rid our political system of the corrupting influence of money.” From your point of view, what are the two largest issues facing the district, and how do you intend to address them? (200 words or less) “I believe the two largest issues facing this district are: Corruption Calabrese and Lack of Land Stewardship. “Corruption: My years of work in Madison meeting with legislators has shown me that every large issue that faces this district,frominfrastructuretoschoolfunding to development and property rights is directly effected by the huge amounts of money coursing through our political system.Almostallsignificantlegislationis pushed not by regular citizens and voters, but by large special interest groups and wealthy donors. To effectively address funding issues and other local concerns, we must first call out those who minipulate the political system. I will introduce legislation to help reveal exactly who the corruptors are and how much they are spending. “Land Stewardship: Wether it’s high capacitywells,concentratedanimalfeeding operations,wet-landdestruction,reckless mining,orconstantdevelopment,ourland airandwateraresuffering.Ifirmlybelieve that any citizen of any political party can agree that we need to protect the land and water we enjoy. Constant growth and development is not sustainable. I pledge to slow down the current pace, and work toward solutions that ensure a beautiful, inhabitable land for generations Why are you interested in representing District 10? (50 words or less) (Editor’s note: this submission has been edited for length) “I’ve met a litany of hardworking men and women who simply want to do their work, take care of their families and enjoy Wisconsin’s traditions. The people of the 10th district need to have their voices heard over the noise of the special interests. I will speak only for them.”

Minnesota and have an American FFA Degree.” From your point of view, what are the two largest issues facing the district, and how do you intend to address them? (200 words or less): “Education and the Environment. We’ve watched the UW system and local education get Herﬁndahl shredded over the last two decades. We’ve watched public lands get sold for short term gain. Business grows by a well educatedworkforce,andthatworkforcewants to live someplace with crystal clear water and air. That’s why I chose to move here, I want those same options available to all of our children and all of our communities.” Why are you interested in representing District 10? (50 words or less): “We need someone who will stand up for the needs of Western Wisconsin, not chasing a career on the Madison political ladder.Withmyuniqueexperienceasboth a farmer and a small business owner I can bring a fresh approach to bi-partisan representation for our district.”

Libertarian Ballot Brian Corriea—Wilson, Wis. Please share a little bit about your personal background (50 words or less): “I am a nine-year Navy Veteran living in Wilson, Wis. I work in the field for an insurancecompanythroughoutWestWisconsin as well as the Twin Cities Metro. I’m married and have 3 Kids, aged 21, 17 and 15.” From your point of view, what are the two largest issues facing the district, and how do you intend to address them? (200 words or less) “TheOpioidandAmphetamineepidem-

ic has not spared our district. We need to switch our focus from imprisonment to treatment. We also need to utilize our resources in the best manner. While arrests for distribution have mostly fallen arrest for possession has increased. This is the opposite of what we should be doing. I would immediately introduce legislation to, decriminalize marijuana posCorriea session freeing up law enforcement to focus on greater threats. “Infrastructurespendinghasgottenoutof hand, and it is time to start bringing some common sense back into the process. The major shortfall in funding is largely due to a poor bidding process that ties the hands of contractors to constantly underestimate cost. In the end, the taxpayers are left with the responsibility to cover these over-runs. We need to hold bidders accountable for cost over-runs to encourage a more honest bidding process that will allow us to make more well informed decisions about where to spend this money. This will be a big issue in district ten in the coming years as expansion from the Twin Cities is going to strain infrastructure along the border.” Why are you interested in representing District 10? (50 words or less) “As a Libertarian I can bridge partisan divides and help bring good ideas back to the forefront. We all want a more civil political climate, but with Republicans and Democrats locked in constant partisan bickering, a third voice is necessary to get government working for the people again.”

Reuben Herﬁndahl—River Falls, Wis. Please share a little bit about your personal background (50 words or less): “I’m a 25 year resident of River Falls and a small business owner since 2002. I have three kids who go to public school in the local district, and a wonderful wife of 16 years. I grew up on a farm in rural

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GRANTSBURG SENIORS

He’s back! Dr. Seuss’s infamous Grinch character is back at the library this December. He’s hiding in the library stacks, reading books and sometimes, causing mischief! Everyone is invited to search him out and enter to win fun prizes.

Well, which ever event you attended this weekend, it had to be a success with the phenomenal weather to help put us in the Christmas spirit. From the children seating on Santa’s lap discussing their wish lists to shopping at one of many craft fairs for those unique gifts on our lists, the day was great. Maybe you attended a Christmas wedding or Christmas concert or program. Birthday wishes this month go out to Mary Alma Johnson (Dec. 5), Velvet Rantala (Dec. 7), Jan Lee and Jerry Boyd

December reading challenge Kids and adults will win great prizes this December when they read! Every time library costumers check-out three or more books, they get a chance to win gift baskets full of goodies, like board games, DVDs and even Elephant and Piggie stuffed toys. Preschool story hour Preschoolers and their caregivers are invited to join Crex Meadows Wildlife Educator, Lauren for a fun and educational story time at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 13. Stuffed Animal Storytime & Sleepover What happens at the library once it’s closed? Library staff and volunteers will share this secret world with stuffed animal friends at this amusing event at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 27. Free family matinee movie Enjoy a free showing of a family movie and popcorn at 2 p.m. Thursday, December 28. Kids mosaic-making workshop, Children will make their own mosaic project with artist Sandy Gimpl of Simple Living, Osceola at 12:00 p.m., Friday, Decembers 29. This is a fun, but messy class, so wear old clothes! This workshop is for ages 8-13. Registration is limited on first come basis and children must register at the library. The supplies for the workshop will be provided to each child free of charge. Growing young readers The Grantsburg High School Library Club, Grantsburg Area Food Shelf and the Public Library have teamed up, once again, to bring brand-new books to children this Christmas season. On December 14, library and high school volunteers will distribute books at the Grantsburg Food Shelf. The public library purchases the books throughout the year with funds donated specifically for the project. Library hours and information 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Phone number 715-463-2244. Website: grantsburg.wislib. org. To find out about the latest library events, follow us on Facebook.

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(Dec. 12), Barb and Betty Steeg (Dec. 19), Carol Johnson (Dec. 27), and Pearl Anderson (Dec. 28). Our Annual Meeting and Potluck Christmas Party is set for Wednesday, December 13 at 11 a.m., followed by games and fun. Bring your favorite dish to share and a wrapped gift valued from $5-$7. Questions? Call Patzy at 715-222-6400. We offer Wi-Fi, coffee and goodies, and 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: •Business meeting, the third Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. Everyone welcome! •Bingo, the second Wednesday of the month at 2:30 p.m. (exception the Christmas Party on December 13). •Free blood pressures at Court Yard Square, First and third Thursday of the month from 10 a.m. to noon. •Fun with friends, every day!

Arnie Borchert. Marlyce Borchert got the nine bid. The 500 winners for November 29 were Ben Anderson. Arnie Borchert and Pat Bresina tied for second. Steve Wenthe came in fourth and Sue Newberger took fifth. Brennel Ward got the 9 bid. December 12 spade winners were Dwaine Bentley, Gerry Vogel, Barb Geske, Phyllis Peterson and Rusty Helland. Can you believe we are in December? Hard to remember to write “12” in the checkbook. The lakes are starting to get a thin coat of ice, but there is still a lot of open water. Please be careful about going out on the

ice. I think you need four inches to walk on the ice and vehicles need much more. Enjoy the last few days of warmer temperatures as hear the weather will be changing next week.

high individual series 436. The Little Weasels had high team game and series, 785 and 1505. Splits picked up were Linda 4-5-7, LaJuana 5-10 twice, 4-5-7 and 5-7. Gordy had 5-7, Darrald 5-7, Bernie 6-7. I don’t know of a group of 26 people who have more fun or make more noise than the Wii bowlers. Great job by all. Birthday wishes to Deanna Thompson, Larry Hoyer, Sharon S, Ruth Jerome, Millie Hansen, Jim Nolby and all others celebrating their special day this month. Our next monthly meeting will be at

12:30 p.m. Tuesday December 19. Please plan to attend. Remember, the center is for rent on week-ends. Call for information. Come check out the bargain table. There are lots of new items. Pick up a menu and join us for lunch. Remember: Age is an issue of mind over matter, if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. See you at the center.

SIREN SENIORS by Nona Severson

Did you know that we have a low grade exercise group which meets every Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.? They would love to have more people join them. We will be having our monthly potluck December 13 at 11:30 a.m. Some of our people have been using the van to go on trips. Check the van schedule as they have many shopping trips and other fun trips coming up. Take advantage of these trips. Some of the trips are through the Community Education program from the schools. The winners for spades on November 24 were Dwaine Bentley, Darwin Niles,

Dates To Remember: December 8 – Free soup at Siren VFW, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. December 11- Webster Christmas concert. December 13 – Potluck at 11:30 a.m. December 18 – Siren Christmas Concert. December 21 – Monthly meeting 9:30

WEBSTER SENIORS by Bernie Bolter

Welcome to December. It sounds like we will be getting some December weather too. There were twenty one bingo players and Judy N. won the big pot. We play at 12:30 p.m. every Wednesday and always room for more. Roger and Darrald tied for first place at pool. Millie won at dominoes. They play at 1 p.m. every Thursday. Come join the fun. Wii bowling winners were Bill B. who had high individual game 246. Pat N. had

Holiday baking just got easier! Have you started your holiday baking yet? I have, but don’t have anything to show for it. We seem to eat everything I bake. There are so many perfect treats to choose from for the holidays. Some are super stars. People can be picky around the holidays because of the many options. The way I figure out what everyone likes is by what is the first thing to disappear from a tray. Usually it’s between something with chocoWild Chow late and peanut butter and mint, unless snicker Lisa Erickson doodles are on the plate. They always go first. Snickerdoodles are loved by everyone I know. They may not be the favorite, but they are the first to consistently disappear. Plus, they are easy to make

and difficult to screw up — always a plus when I’m doing too many things during the holidays! Make things easy for yourself and make these this year! The only problem is you may end up making them multiple times if you make them now or even next week! There are many days until Christmas! Snickerdoodles ½ cup butter ½ cup shortening 1 ½ cup sugar 2 eggs 2 tsp. vanilla 2 ¾ cup all purpose flour, unbleached 2 tsp. cream of tartar 1 tsp. baking soda ¾ tsp. salt 1 tbsp. cinnamon ¼ cup sugar, for rolling (for Christmas

cookies, use colored sugar) Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside. Mix the ¼ cup of sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, beat butter and shortening together until creamy with a hand mixer, about 3 minutes. Add sugar and beat another 2 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, until incorporated. Add vanilla. In another bowl combine flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt. Add to the butter mixture, stirring only until flour is incorporated. Roll cookies into 1½ inch balls and dip in cinnamon and sugar. Place on baking sheet 2 inches apart. Bake for 8-9 minutes. Let cookies rest for 2 minutes after baking before moving to cooling rack (if you don’t use parchment paper, cookies may stick to cookie sheets).

WISCONSIN BRIEFING Wisconsin DNR sold 10 hunting licenses to infants MADISON—The state Department of Natural Resources sold 10 hunting licenses to infants after Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill that eliminated the state’s minimum hunting age. Walker signed a Republican bill on Nov.

13 doing away with the 10-year-old minimum age to participate in a mentored hunt. The DNR released data Tuesday that shows the agency had sold 1,814 mentored hunt licenses to children age nine or younger through Sunday. The vast majority — 1,011 licenses — went to

nine-year-olds. Fifty-two licenses went to children under age 5, with 10 going to a child under a year old. A four-year-old was the youngest licensee to register a kill. Harvest data doesn’t show who actually killed the deer, however.

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NATURAL CONNECTIONS

Anthills BY EMILY STONE NATURALIST/EDUCATION DIRECTOR AT THE CABLE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

The tunnel of shady conifers felt bitterly cold as I huffed uphill on my fatbike. Our wide tires crackled and popped over brittle leaf litter, sticks, and ice columns pushing up through once-damp soil. Sunshine beckoned up ahead, though, and as I burst into the open field at the top of the hill I could feel the rays warming my legs right through thick tights. We’d hoped to participate in a post-Thanksgiving “Pie Burner” group fat bike ride in a neighboring town, but icy conditions there deterred us. Instead, we’d come to Tioga Pit, a reclaimed iron mine near Cohasset, MN. From 1955 to 1961, the Tioga No. 2 mine shipped more than 3 million tons of iron ore. That three-million-tonhole is now a deep blue fishing lake. Rolling hills surrounding the pit have grown back into a mix of conifer forests, scraggly young hardwoods, and brushy fields punctuated with spindles of aspen and birch. While the forests weren’t particularly beautiful, they were interesting. Along one old road bed, a series of half a dozen big old truck tires reminded us of this area’s industrial past. In a reversed game of giant ring-toss, the smooth trunk of a living hardwood tree grew up through the center of almost every tire. In a nearby field, several twofoot-tall conical mounds up to six feet in diameter dotted the open areas. I knew that the mounds must just be anthills, but those were some huge anthills! Channeling my inner kid, I gave in to the intense urge to go poke one with a stick … in the name of science, of course. My stick only scraped evergreen needles off the surface of the solidly frozen pile. No ants appeared to investigate my invasion. I hopped back on my bike and settled for exclaiming about the string of such mounds lined up along the trail. Back home, I was hoping Google could help me figure out what I’d seen. My search for “giant ant hills in Minnesota” quickly turned up a discussion thread with some good leads. I narrowed my suspects down to two species in the genus Formica. No, they are not related to Formica® Laminate Countertops. The word “formic”

comes from the Latin word for ant. Formic acid, the ants’ chemical defense system, also derives its name from ants. Formica is the largest genus in North American, and contains almost one-sixth of all Nearctic species of ants. In particular, both Formica exsectoides, and Formica obscuripes build big mounds and could live in this area. According to a Minnesota ants database hosted by Carleton College, F. exsectoides has been found in Itasca County (where I was), but F. obscuripes has not. Ants are notoriously diverse and understudied, so the database might be incomplete. Also known as Allegheny mound ants, most of the range of F. exsectoides is centered farther east. Their nest mounds, constructed primarily of sand and soil, have been measured at 2.5 feet high and 9.5 feet in diameter. Several mounds may be interconnected, and tunnels may extend three feet into the ground. Multiple queens produce vast numbers of workers (one colony was estimated at 237,000 workers and 1400 queens), and the larvae develop under ideal temperatures and humidity levels maintained by the mound structure. Like most colonial insects, F. exsectoides will defend their nests. Their bites aren’t very painful, but after breaking the skin, an ant may then curl its abdomen beneath her body and squirt the cut with formic acid. That stings. In another example of their ferocity, these ants have the infamous habit of decapitating rival ants. Their strength also comes in handy when they are preying on spiders and flies. On a gentler note, most of F. exsectoides’ calories come from honeydew, a sugary liquid they get from aphids, whom they also protect from predators. The other possible architect of these mounds — Formica obscuripes — also farms aphids for honeydew, as well as foraging for dead or dying insects and spiders. On the other hand, beetles, springtails, true bugs, and flies are known to carve out their own living spaces in the hills of F. obscuripes. Maybe they occasionally become dinner as well? In any case, the mounds of F. obscuripes make a good short-term rental because they are constructed primarily out of fragments of plant materials called thatch. Once again, the mounds regulate

temperature and humidity. When I asked local entomologist Larry Weber about the mounds, he commented that “I have seen these at Jay Cooke State Park and I’ve noticed that the needles seem to be a sort of solar panel. The snow melts on these mounds before it does around them. Plan another bike ride there in March and you may see the same thing.” I think I will! Also, I’d like to go back when I can dig a little deeper and find out if the thatch was just on the surface, or all the way through. Like with F. exsectoides, multiple F. obscuripes queens create droves of workers (averaging 19,000 for a large colony). When things get crowded, mated queens plus some workers leave the nest to start a new one in a process called budding. This may explain why the mounds were grouped along the trail. Sometimes the queen will just take over the nest of another ant species, in an act called social parasitism. The old queen is driven off, and the host workers help raise the invaders until their month-long lifespans end. While many worker ants don’t live much longer than a month and a half, some survive the entire winter. In fall, ants synthesize glycerol antifreeze and head to the lowest levels of their tunnels where temperatures stay near 50 degrees Fahrenheit. There they can hibernate without freezing. The big mound on the surface acts as both an insulator and a solar panel to help protect the ants below. Sometimes in the darkest, coldest days of winter, hibernation seems like a pleasant option. On a sunny day, though, I’d rather be zipping around on my bike, soaking up warmth through my tights, and discovering something new. Special Note: Emily’s book, Natural Connections: Exploring Northwoods Nature through Science and Your Senses is here! Order your copy at http://cablemuseum.org/ natural-connections-book/. Listen to the podcast at www.cablemusum.org! For 50 years, the Cable Natural History Museum has served to connect you to the Northwoods. Come visit us in Cable, WI! Our new exhibit: “Better Together--Celebrating a Natural Community” is now open!

BY JEN BARTON ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST NW REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION

The holidays are upon us and I have a few green ideas to consider while you shop for loved ones this year. Lead-free tackle is an excellent gift that is kind to the earth as well. For around $20, you can get all the lead-free tackle your fisherman or fisher lady will need for four or five years. Now that’s a gift that keeps on giving! Just make sure they know they can, and should recycle that old leaded tackle at a HHW collection. Rechargeable batteries are another great gift for almost anyone. Stop going through alkalines like they are water and get a nice rechargeable battery set and Earth charger. I also recommend getting Notes yourself, and others for gifts, a battery tester. I use mine often and Jen Barton got everyone on my Christmas list one last year. Faucet aerators and low-flow shower heads are other great choices. They work well and will save the recipient money every time they use it! Faucet aerators aren’t too fun to talk about, but they truly do save water usage. Aerators reduce the water coming through the faucets by mixing it with air. The aerator acts as a sieve, sending and separating a single flow of water into many tiny streams. This introduces the air into the water flow. Also because there is less space for the water to flow through, the water flow is reduced. Low-flow shower heads have come an extremely long way in the last few years and are definitely worth a try. Select a shower head with a flow rate of less than 2.5 gpm (gallons per minute). There are two basic types of low-flow showerheads: aerating and laminar-flow. Aerating showerheads mix air with water, forming a misty spray. Laminar-flow showerheads form individual streams of water. Friends and family don’t want more stuff? You can give experiences like a wine tasting, bike tour, pottery class, cooking class, movie tickets or show tickets. A lot of people prefer these to physical gifts! You can also help your loved ones get outside this year by giving them a good reason to go! Some ideas include: membership in an outdoors club, sailing club or kayaking group; rock climbing lessons or gym membership; a deluxe tune up for their bike or entry into their favorite kind of race. There are so many wonderful ideas, I could go on and on, however the last thoughtful gift idea I want to suggest can help people cut down on using single-use containers and food waste. For example you can give snack boxes, salad containers or reusable snack bags for lunch, along with a bamboo utensil set or nice chopsticks. For the kitchen, a sleek compost pail, is a good idea. According to the EPA, about 95 percent of the food we throw away ends up in landfills or combustion facilities. By making compost you can keep these materials out of landfills where they take up space and release methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Plus, now you have something to feed your garden! Questions about recycling in Burnett or Washburn counties can be directed to Jen at jbarton@ nwrpc.com, or 715-635-2197.

Reservations are now open for 2017 ‘Holiday Indulgence’ GRANTSBURG—The Grantsburg High School Music Department is planning to repeat an event that has become a holiday tradition. The annual Christmas concert will be presented in the style of dinner theater, with almost two hours of music and eating available to ticket holders. Performances are Saturday, December 16, and Sunday, December 17. The

event is held at the high school, and the music department is transforming the gym into a festive performance site. Ticket-holders will be seated at tables to eat and listen to the students perform a wide variety of Holiday music. The groups focus on traditional favorites of the season, but will also perform contemporary holiday music. A full “holiday”

meal will be served, consisting of roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetable, salad bar, and ice cream sundaes. In addition to the great music, audience members will be visited by Santa Claus! This will be an event to remember. Because the concert-goers will be seated at tables, a reservation is recommended for the Saturday evening and

Sunday afternoon performances. Anyone interested can call Grantsburg High Sschool (4635165, extension #202) to place a reservation. Seating starts at 6 p.m. on Saturday, and 3 p.m. on Sunday. There will be live music performances starting at that time, with the large group performances starting about 30 minutes later. This performance has been a

big hit with audience and performers the last eleven years, with people saying it really brings them into the holiday mood. It is also a performance fundraiser for the music department, with the money raised going to help with trip expenses.

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Wisconsin hopes to address attorney shortage in rural areas MADISON—Lawmakers hope a new Wisconsin bill that offers attorneys thousands of dollars in student loan forgiveness will encourage them to move to rural parts of the state and take on court-appointed cases. Republican Rep. Ron Tusler of Harrison is one of the bill’s co-sponsors. He told Wisconsin Public Radio that the legislation is an attempt to address attorney shortages in rural counties that have a population of less than 25,000.

“Some of these counties only have three, five, seven attorneys in the entire county,” Tusler said. “But, we have to provide a public defender for anybody that’s charged with any crime.” The bill would create a two-year pilot program and set aside $250,000 a year. Participants could qualify for up to $20,000 in loan forgiveness each year, Tusler said. “You only can apply if you’re taking 50 public defender cases, which is quite

a few cases,” he said. “The average attorney might hold 60 to 70 cases total at one time, so you’re mostly a public defender.” Tusler hopes the program will give people in rural areas more legal options and better representation. “If we could just increase the number of attorneys up there, even 20 attorneys or 25 attorneys up there, that would make a huge difference for the state as a whole,” he said.

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A committee will see the bill early next year. The state currently pays attorneys from more urban areas to drive to rural areas for cases. The state spent almost $42,000 last year to transport attorneys to and from Ashland County, Tusler said. “I would rather see this money go to helping kids that are struggling with student loans . than spend it on gasoline,” Tusler said.

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Santa visits Grantsburg

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Santa had his hands full with 7-week old twins, Logan and Wyatt, along with big sister Allie Peterson when they visited with their favorite big guy on Saturday at the Grantsburg Public Library.

The cookie decorating station was a crowd favorite with kids like Izzy Peterson (above) frosting sugar cookies and loading them up with sprinkles.

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These boys came prepared with their Christmas list in hand to share with Santa.

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This family ﬁlled up Santa’s lap when they came to visit him in Grantsburg on Saturday.

Christmas at The Fort

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Whitney Goldman told Mrs. Claus that she also wanted a tractor, a baler, and a grapple bucket for Christmas. Then she got a candy cane and was showing it off for her Grandmother to see.

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Jordan Goldman caught Santa right as he was heading for his lunch break. Jordan had plenty of time to explain to the big guy that he wanted tractors for Christmas.

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At right, Jayden and Riley Deslyn waited in line quite awhile before they got to visit with Santa. At left, Jessa Reynolds was very shy when she got her time with Santa.

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John Chenal scores his 1000th point in win over Spooner BY STACY COY SENTINEL SPORTS

GRANTSBURG—John Chenal’s name was added to the list of elite players in Grantsburg school history who have hit the 1,000 point mark in their high school basketball careers. Coming into Friday’s game Chenal needed 26 points to reach the milestone, and after scoring 20 the first half he hit the golden number early into the second half on a beautiful spin-move from his low post position to hit a shot from the middle of the lane. He is just the eighth Pirate to record 1,000 career points. “It was exciting to see John score his 1,000th point on our home floor. He’s a talented kid and a great person,” Pirates’ coach Nick Hallberg said of Chenal. “He’s worked hard for everything he’s accomplished on the court. When you watch him play, I think everyone can see that he’s an easy kid to coach. He brings it every night

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John Chenal strikes a pose with his 1000-point ball along with some of his biggest fans after the game on Friday night. Lauren Hallberg, Abe Hale, Grant Hallberg and Bennett Vilstrup (left to right) could hardly contain themselves as they posed with their hero.

RUSH CITY—The Luck-Frederic-Grantsburg-Siren co-op wrestling team started its 201718 season with a fourth place finish at the Rush City, MN tournament on Saturday. “We had only eight guys,” said head coach Chris Bartlett. “We were able to get fourth out of 10 schools. Everyone won their last matches except one. The kids all wrestled hard and never stopped.” Nolan Johnson had his “first varsity matches and came out ready to go,” reported the coach. He had a close one in the final and had to get a reversal in the final seconds to get the win.” He went 3-0 and took first place in the 106 class. In the 132 division, Hunter Sellent “wasn't feeling the best. He did a good job fighting through it.” He went 3-1 and took third. “He had the toughest weight class by far,” the coach said of Landyn Johnson. “He wrestled

hard all day,” going 3-2, getting fifth place (138). Merlin Hibbs “was in a tough weight class (152),” said Bartlett. “He was in every match.” Merlin was 2-2, taking fifth. Brad Lucas “wrestled all right. He was battling through an injury.” He also was 2-2 for fifth place (160). Going 2-0 and taking second place in the 195 division was Dominic Caroon. “He wrestled well, went back and forth in the finals. He's going to have a good year.” In the 220 class, Ben Berglund went 2-2 and placed fifth. “He was able to get his first pin. The weight room paid off over the summer.” Getting a first place in the 285 class was Mikel Louis, going 3-0. “He won his first tournament. He wrestled very well. He wrestled with a lot of confidence. He is looking very good,” praised the coach. “We have stuff to work on, but it is early and we have plenty of time,” concluded Coach Bartlett.

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and makes the guys around him better. I’m proud of him.” The Pirates are now 2-0 on the season with the 65-52 win over the Rails. They came out of the gate a little slow and struggled to get on the board, while Spooner started hot and held a lead over the Pirates for much of the first half. Grantsburg tied it up at 18-18 with just under five minutes to go and pulled away from Spooner to take a 30-20 halftime lead. “We started a little slow and Spooner came out like we thought they would. They run the floor well and like to shoot the three,” Hallberg said. “Once we settled in, we started to take control of both ends of the floor. John carried us from start to finish and Tyrell (Brande), Austin (Wedin), and Joe (Ohnstad) took care of the ball for the most part against Spooner’s pressure.” Both teams stepped it up the second half with the Pirates

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BALDWIN-WOODVILLE— The Burnett Blizzard started the 2017-18 hockey season with a knock on the chin as they lost to the Black Hawks by a 17-2 margin on Thursday night. BW scored nine times in

the first period and five in the second to take a commanding 14-0 lead. The Blizzard got both their scores in the third period of play. Taylor Zenzen scored at the 3:20 mark with an assist going to Logan Meaghan. Just a minute later, Tanner Van Meter put the puck in the net assisted by Dawson

Van Meter. The Blizzard managed just seven shots on goal for the game with goaltender Thorne Carter facing 38 shots, turning away 21. The next game for the Blizzard is Saturday when they travel to Chequamegon for a 2 p.m. face off.

Tigers 2-0 after win at New Auburn BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

NEW AUBURN—“We controlled the game from the opening tip,” said Webster boys basketball coach Rob Scherer following his team's 58-19 win over New Auburn on Friday night. “I was very happy with our intensity and pressure to start the game. We dictated tempo, got easy baskets off our break. We turned the

pressure down early in the first half after opening a 22-0 lead.” Colton Peterson led the Tigers in scoring in the first half with 11. Jack Washburn tallied eight. Hunter Rosenbaum, Trevor Gustafson and Brad Sigfrids all put in six apiece with Hunter Gustafson adding five to make it 42-11 at the break. “We spent the remainder of the game working on different aspects of our system

that needed to be worked on. Colton had a really nice game for us offensively and I thought Brad Sigfrids did a great job on the glass. I am very pleased with how we are progressing.” Peterson ended the game with 17 points and led the Tigers in scoring. Dylan North led New Auburn with six. Webster's next game will be next Tuesday as they host Grantsburg.

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Pirates sail past Warriors in opener BY STACY COY SENTINEL SPORTS

GRANTSBURG—The Grantsburg Pirates boys basketball team begin their season with a commanding 62-42 win over the visiting Amery Warriors on Tuesday night despite missing two of their starters. Leo Chenal and Luke Anderson were both in street clothes on the bench due to injuries, with Leo’s situation popping up just prior to the start of the game. “Talk about a little adversity to overcome to start the year,” Pirates coach Nick Hallberg said. “Once we settled in after the first few minutes, we played pretty well. Not having Leo and Luke for this game forced a few guys to step up. John (Chenal) and Joe (Ohnstad) had these

Dragons overpower Lakers BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

SHELL LAKE-Riley Churchill scored 24 points and his teammates Nathan Kosloski and Colton denHoed each put in 21 to lead the Siren Dragons to an 89-42 win over the Shell Lake Lakers last Tuesday night. Kosloski had 16 points in the first half with den Hoed putting up five three pointers to give the Dragons a 54-23 advantage by the intermission. Churchill took over in the second half with five buckets. den Hoed had six and Kosloski five as the Dragons moved swiftly to end the game. Siren had eight three-point shots go to along with the 28 field goals. They were nine for 10 at the free throw line. The Dragon defense held all the Laker scorers to under 10 points each, allowing only 13 field goals and just two three point shots. “We played real well,” said Coach Jon Ruud. The game was the first of the season for the Dragons.

guys ready to go.” Both teams came out of the gate a little sloppy with it being the first game of the season, and it took a few trips up and down the court for them to settle in. Grantsburg’s Joseph Ohnstad had the hot hand, hitting three big shots from behind the arc to get the Pirates going. He had 11 first half points on his way to a game-high 24 points, which included a perfect eight-for-eight night at the charity stripe. As is the case every season, the Pirates’ defense is what stands out the most and this night was no different as their quick feet and long arms cut off passing lanes forcing turnovers that they were able to turn into points on the offensive end, adding to their comfortable 31-15 halftime lead. They matched that score

putting up 31 second half points while holding the Warriors to 27 to seal the win. Along with Ohnstad’s 24 points, Tyrell Brande and John Chenal both tallied double digit points with 14 for Brande and 10 for Chenal. Austin Wedin and Gabe Chenal had five points each, and Jared VanWatermuelen added four. The Pirates spent a lot of the night at the free throw line, shooting 69 percent as a team making 25 of 36 attempts. Ohnstad, Wedin and VanWatermuelen each shot 100 percent. They are 1-0 on the young season and have three more non-conference games before heading to Webster on December 12 to open conference play. “Always room to improve on STACY COY | SENTINEL both ends, but good team effort,” Grantsburg’s Joseph Ohnstad puts up a shot over the Amery defender. Hallberg said.

Tigers start with win over Cumberland BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

CUMBERLAND-The Webster Tiger boys basketball team started out their new season with a 59-49 win over Cumberland last Tuesday night. Four Tigers had double figures in scoring with Jack Washburn making 17, Trevor Gustafson 16, Hunter Gustafson 11 and Hunter Rosenbaum getting 10. “We struggled offensively and seemed out of sync for awhile,” reflected Coach Rob Scherer, “but got it going on the defensive end. We were very balanced offensively and if we continue to do that, we will be tough to matchup against.” Of the opponent, Coach Scherer said, 'Cumberland is a tough basketball team, so to come to their house and take one is a big step for our program.” The Tigers host Grantsburg next Tuesday night. Game time is 7:15 p.m.

Dragons look ﬂat in 'Topper loss BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

SIREN-The Glenwood City Hilltoppers came to Siren and handed the Dragons a 53-42 loss last Thursday night. “We came out flat and soon trailed 17-3, but we did a lot of good things on the offensive end,” said Coach Jon Ruud. “We also had some guys show some frustration and one frustration led to another.” After getting behind by 14, the Dragons showed

grit as they came back to close the gap at 27-24 at the half. Riley Churchill had 10 in the opening session with Kanaan Christianson getting three three pointers and Colton denHoed getting five points. The second half saw the Hilltoppers outscore the Dragons by a 26-18 margin. Siren would chip away at the led, but then fall back to trail by a larger margin. Churchill, Christianson and Russ Cook Jr. each tallied four for the Dragons in the last frame. Siren was eight for 11 at

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John Chenal muscles his way through the Spooner defense on his way to the hoop.

outscoring the Rails 35-32 this frame to seal the win. John Chenal led all scorers with 33 points on the night. Freshman Jared VanWatermuelen was next on the list with nine points, followed by Wedin with eight and Brande with six. Ohnstad tallied four, Luke Anderson had three and Gabe Chenal rounded out the list with two points. The Pirates will host the Glenwood City Hilltoppers on Saturday for a matinee game. Tip off is at 3 p.m.

the free throw line whereas the 'Toppers were eight for 20. “They have a couple of really good players,” stated Coach Ruud of the Hilltoppers, “and those two players played better than ours.” “It's our second game of the year. We need more mental toughness and we'll get there,” finished the coach. Churchill had 14 points and Christianson 13 to lead the Dragons.

GAME DAY SPORTS SCHEDULE Dec. 6-12 Boys Basketball Fri. Dec. 8 St. Croix Falls at Siren (DH), 7:15 p.m. Sat. Dec. 9 Glenwood City at Grantsburg, 3 p.m. Mon. Dec. 11 Siren at Drummond, 7:15 p.m. Tue. Dec. 12 Grantsburg at Webster (DH), 7:15 p.m.

Girls Basketball Thu. Dec. 7 Unity at Grantsburg, 7:15 p.m. Webster at Frederic, 7:15 p.m.

Fri. Dec. 8 St. Croix Falls at Siren (DH), 5:45 p.m. Tue. Dec. 12 Grantsburg at Webster (DH), 5:45 p.m.

Boys Hockey Sat. Dec. 9 Blizzard at Chequamegon, 2 p.m.

Gymnastics Sat. Dec. 9 Grantsburg-Luck-Unity at Chippewa Falls, 11 a.m.

Wrestling Sat. Dec. 9 LFGS at Barron Tournament, 10 a.m.

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Lakers just get by Dragons BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

SHELL LAKE—“It was a good basketball game, but we came up on the short end of the scoreboard,” reported Dragon head coach Ryan Karsten after the 53-45 lost to Shell Lake last Tuesday. “I though Cassie Maslow played the best game of her high school career. She had 17 points and really led us on both ends of the floor. I thought my young kids played well against all juniors and seniors.” Both Maslow and Abby Kosloski had seven points at the half as the Dragons trailed 29-20. Grace Anderson of the Lakers had three three pointers for nine points at the half. Maslow got her ten points in the second half by getting four buckets and going two for four from the free throw stripe. Kosloski was seven for eight in free throws and got a bucket in half number two. “We are learning and will continue to get better as we get to practice more and get more experience. We will try to improve over the next two days and see how we do at Turtle Lake on Friday night.”

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Tiger gals in win column BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

NEW AUBURN—The Webster Tiger girls team got into the win column with a narrow 26-25 win over New Auburn on Friday night. “Julia (Gavin) scored 11 points with 15 rebounds as we struggled to possess the basketball and get open shots,” related Coach Mat Wood. “Our defense played

well as we limited them to 0 points over the last 13 minutes of the contest. It was an ugly game, but the girls fought through and got the win in the last few seconds. Mahi (Mosher) banked in a free throw with 10 seconds remaining to take the lead.” Webster trailed by two at the half, 17-15. Gavin had five in the first frame with Hannah McDowell and Makena Buffington having four apiece to lead

the Tigers. New Auburn scored a total of eight in the second half, early as Webster's defense shut down the New Auburn offense. Gavin, though, scored six for Webster as they overcame the two point deficit to win by a single point. “Hopefully, we can improve upon this and use this struggle as a learning tool,” concluded Coach Wood.

Dragons knock off Lakers BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

TURTLE LAKE—Jade Horstman and Cassie Maslow combined for 30 points last Friday as the Siren Dragons defeated the Turtle Lake Lakers 47-20 at Turtle Lake. “We played OK,” quipped head coach Ryan Karsten. “It is still a struggle at times seeing how we all play together, but it is getting better. I thought Cassie Maslow played well and so did Jade Horstman. They led us in scoring and each

Pirates split in non-conference action

had 10 rebounds. Abby Kosloski chipped in with nine rebounds. It was a good night to get everyone in the game and see what roles they will fill this season.” Horstman had 15 of her tallies in the first half to help give the Dragons a 27-11 intermission lead. Maslow had five. Maddy Nichols was busy at the free throw line, attempting 10 charity tosses. In the second half, Maslow took control and put in eight points for the Dragons as they shut down the Laker offense,

allowing only nine tallies. Siren shot just nine for 23 from the free throw line. The Lakers were only a little better going eight for 17. Both teams committed 17 fouls. “Now that we are after Thanksgiving, the season really gets going and now conference plays starts,” continued Coach Karsten. “We have a NC (non-conference) with Solon this week and then host conference favorite St. Croix Falls Friday night!” Game time on Friday is 5:45 p.m.

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GRANTSBURG—The Lady Pirates had two non-conference matchups this week, losing a close battle with Glenwood City 43-49 and getting a convincing 50-19 win over Cumberland. On Tuesday night they traveled to Glenwood City to face the Hilltoppers and came up just short of getting the win. The Pirates were down 19-25 at halftime, but kept pace the second half with each team scoring 24 points. “My girls played hard and scrappy. We struggled to convert their turnovers into points and we still had more than our fair share of turnovers,” head coach Penny Curtin said. “The girls are playing hard – they don’t ever give up.” “We were led in scoring by Olivia Ohnstad and Brooke Quimby. Cassidy Chenal also had a good game putting in eight points and pulling down several rebounds. The girls work hard and are improving all the time.”

Ohnstad and Quimby had 11 points each, followed by Chenal with eight. Linda Harmon was next with five points with Janessa Bonneville and Olivia Brock finishing off the list with four points each. GRANTSBURG 50, CUMBERLAND 19 Grantsburg recorded their first win of the season on Thursday night defeating the Cumberland Beavers in convincing fashion, 50-19. “We were a little nervous coming into this game because Cumberland just had a big win over Webster on Tuesday night,” coach Curtin said. “The girls came ready to play and even though we still had way too many turnovers, we were able to force them into making mistakes and then capitalizing on the offensive end.” The Pirates’ scrappy defense was key all night, forcing turnovers they were able to convert into layups and easy points. Grantsburg jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, holding the Beavers to just

two points for much of the first half, and headed into the break with a 21-12 lead. The Pirate defense held Cumberland to just five field goals for the entire game, and only allowed the Beavers to score seven points the second half while racking up 29 points themselves. They were led by sophomore sensations Olivia Ohnstad and Brooke Quimby, who scored 21 and 15 points respectively. Cassidy Chenal and Olivia Brock tossed in four points each, while Linda Harmon and Janessa Bonneville added three points each. “Janessa Bonneville is doing a nice job of helping us run an offense and Linda Harmon is a terrific defender,” the coach noted. “I am proud of our effort and the determination that the girls are playing with.” The Pirates open West Lakeland Conference action on Friday night as they host the Unity Eagles. Game time is 7:15 p.m.

Pirates too much for Lakers BY STACY COY SENTINEL SPORTS

GRANTSBURG—The Grantsburg Pirates added another mark to the win column on Monday night as the defeated the Turtle Lake Lakers 59-25. The Pirates’ pressure defense and quick hands forced turnovers that they converted into easy points. They were led offensively by Olivia Ohnstad who tallied 18 points, followed by Brooke Quimby who poured

in 16 points. Cassidy Chenal was next with seven points including one three-pointer. Janessa Bonneville had six points, and Kaitlyn Robelia had five which include a three-for-four night from the charity stripe. Olivia Brock had four points and Linda Harmon ended the list with three. The Pirates’ record is 2-2 on the season, and they will begin conference play on Thursday night when they host Unity. Game time is 7:15 p.m.

Tiger gals nervous in opener BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

CUMBERLAND—“Tuesday was our first game of the season,” said Tiger girls coach Mat Wood. “There were some bright spots. Our defense turned over Cumberland 35 times, and we got a lot of great looks at the basket. Unfortunately, there were a lot nerves in our locker room before the game, and it showed during the contest. Seven underclassmen including three freshmen played over 15 minutes of the game. Nerves and inexperience played a factor in our team shooting. We hit 19 percent from the field, only hitting 13 of our 68 shot attempts from the field. We also got into a little bit of foul trouble. We allowed Cumberland to shoot 30 free

throws.” “Julia Gavin had an outstanding game snagging 17 rebounds and scoring 13 points in the game. Makena (Buffington) added 12.” The Tigers trailed by just three at the intermission, 26-23. Half number two was too much for the Tigers as the Beavers put in 27, holding the Tigers to 12. Cumberland was nine for 18 in free throws in the second half, where as the Tigers were six for 16. Lauren Green tallied 11 for the Beavers with Emily Schmitz adding 10 and Adrianna Johnson chipping in with nine. The Tigers, after hosting Winter on Tuesday, go to Frederic on Thursday and host Grantsburg next Tuesday.

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SCOREBOARD Webster 58, New Auburn 19

Boys Basketball

West Lakeland Conference Team Conf All Webster 0-0 2-0 Luck 0-0 2-0 Grantsburg 0-0 2-0 Unity 0-0 0-0 Siren 0-0 1-2 St. Croix Falls 0-0 0-2 Frederic 0-0 0-3 Results Last Week Dec. 4 Clear Lake 72, Frederic 32 Dec. 1 Turtle Lake 70, Siren 52 Luck 78, Alma-Pepin 43 Grantsburg 65, Spooner 52 Webster 58, New Auburn 19 Nov. 30 Plum City-Elmwood 50, Frederic 46 Chetek-Weyerhauser 40, St. Croix Falls 35 Glenwood City 53, Siren 42 Nov. 28 Webster 59, Cumberland 49 Luck 70, Cochrane-Fountain City 54 Turtle Lake 71, Frederic 64 Grantsburg 62, Amery 42 Siren 89, Shell Lake 42 Somerset 46, St. Croix Falls 43

Grantsburg 62, Amery 42 Amery G. Coy S. Fornengo R. McBrayer M. Spafford M. Bosley C. Anderson C. McLeod T. Peterson N. Rademaker J. Sillman Z. Swenson Totals

2 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 12

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

FT 2-4 2-4 4-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-0 1-2 9-20

F 3 2 4 3 2 0 3 2 3 1 2 25

TP 10 2 4 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 17 42

Grantsburg T. Brande J. Duncan J. Ohnstad A. Wedin J. Chenal G. Chenal J. VanWatermuelen Totals

2 3 0 3 0 4 1 1 12

3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4

FT 8-10 0-0 8-8 2-2 2-8 4-6 2-2 26-36

F 2 2 2 4 5 4 1 20

TP 14 0 23 5 10 6 4 62

Score by halves Amerhy 15 27-42 Grantsburg 30 32-62

Webster C. Stenberg T. Pardun H. Rosenbaum T. Gustafson J. Washburn B. Sigfrids C. Peterson B. Bray N. Stadler T. Wols H. Gustafson Totals

2 1 0 3 4 4 3 7 1 0 0

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 26 1

FT 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-1 3-6

F 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 11

TP 3 0 6 8 8 6 17 2 1 0 7 58

New Auburn D. Curry D. North M. Pederson L. Huset N. Walker J. Taylor T. Buss E. Harder T. Harder Totals

2 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 8

FT 0-2 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 3-11

F 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 10

TP 0 6 0 2 1 2 4 0 4 19

Score by halves Webster 42 16-58 New Auburn 11 8-19

Siren 89, Shell Lake 42 Siren N. Kosloski S. Vasatka C. Songetay T. Ortez K. Christianson J. Webster C. denHoed R. Churchill B. Lemieux S. Bellanger R. Cook Jr J. Jones Totals

2 10 1 0 1 0 2 3 7 0 4 0 0 28

3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 8

FT 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-3 7-10 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-2 9-10

F 2 4 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 20

TP 21 2 0 2 6 4 21 24 0 8 0 1 89

Shell Lake E. Knutson Z. Jensen N. Udovich A. Martin C. Swan B. McNulty N Kraetke C. Johnson J. Taylor Totals

2 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 13

3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

FT 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 4-5 3-6 1-4 0-0 0-0 10-17

F 1 3 4 2 0 3 1 2 3 19

TP 0 8 5 2 4 3 7 4 9 42

Score by halves Siren 54 35-89 Shell Lake 23 19-42

Grantsburg 65, Spooner 52 Spooner J. Nauertz C. White R. Lauterbach B. Bray AJ Buchman A. Hotchkiss C. Madison D. Bush T. Nelson S. Johnson Totals

2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 4 16

3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 5

FT 0-0 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-2 1-2 5-9

F 2 1 4 3 4 3 3 2 0 2 24

TP 4 0 8 4 4 0 0 10 13 9 52

Glenwood City D. Hierlmeier P. Hill H. DeSmith Q. Taylor R. Schultz B. Hallquist E. Hanson T. Davis Totals

Grantsburg T. Brande L. Anderson J. Ohnstad A. Wedin J. Chenal G. Chenal J. VanWatermuelen Totals

2 1 1 1 1 16 1 4 25

3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

FT 4-7 1-2 2-2 3-6 1-6 0-0 1-2 12-25

F 4 0 2 3 3 1 1 14

TP 6 3 4 8 33 2 9 65

Siren N. Kosloski S. Vasatka C. Songetay T. Ortez K. Christianson J. Webster C. denHoed R. Churchill S. Bellanger Totals

Score by halves Spooner 20 32-52 Grantsburg 30 35-65

Webster 59, Cumberland 49 Webster C. Stenberg T. Pardun H. Rosenbaum T. Gustafson J. Washburn B. Sigfrids C. Peterson H. Gustafson Totals

2 1 0 0 3 6 0 1 4 15

3 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 5

Cumberland 2 3 Stats not available Score by halves Not available

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FT 0-2 0-0 4-5 4-4 2-5 1-2 0-0 3-4 14-22

F 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 3 15

TP 2 0 10 16 17 1 2 11 59

Glenwood City 53, Siren 42 2 3 0 3 2 5 1 0 4 18

3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3

FT 0-0 0-0 3-6 0-0 2-3 0-1 1-2 2-8 8-20

F 2 3 2 2 2 0 0 2 13

TP 6 0 15 4 12 2 1 13 53

Unity 70, Prairie Farm 48 Dec. 1 Webster 26, New Auburn 25 Clear Lake 67, Frederic 34 Prairie Farm 59, Luck 33 Siren 47, Turtle Lake 20 Nov. 30 Unity 78, Bruce 35 Grantsburg 50, Cumberland 19 St. Croix Central 55, St. Croix Falls 34 Nov. 28 Luck 29, Birchwood 22 Shell Lake 53, Siren 45 Somerset 64, Unity 61 Frederic 34, Turtle Lake 16 St. Croix Falls 51, Barron 38 Cumberland 53, Webster 35 Glenwood City 49, Grantsburg 53

Osceola 72, Grantsburg 35 Osceola A. Swanson M. Campeau M. Johnson E. Fox O. MacKnick A. Pauley Mak Quigley Mac Quigley B. Bents M. Doll K. Haase Totals

2 0 8 4 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 3 24

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

FT 2-4 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-6 0-0 1-2 2-2 0-4 3-4 12-24

F 4 3 4 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 1 25

TP 2 16 10 12 0 10 0 3 6 4 9 72

Grantsburg L. Harmon C. Chenal O. Ohnstad J. Bonneville O. Brock B. Quimby Totals

2 0 1 1 2 1 5 10

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FT 1-3 1-2 7-11 0-1 2-3 4-8 15-28

F 3 0 3 4 0 3 13

TP 1 3 9 4 4 14 35

Score by halves Osceola 39 33-72 Grantsburg 11 24-35

Grantsburg 59, Turtle Lake 25 Turtle Lake 2 K. Jobe 0 A. Russell 0 L. Shortess 1 J. Miller 1 A. Heimstra 3 I. Beltram 3 M. Ramelfangel 2 S. Ellis 0 Totals 10

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FT 0-0 0-0 3-4 0-0 1-4 1-3 0-1 0-2 5-14

F 1 1 0 2 4 1 1 1 11

TP 0 0 5 2 7 7 4 0 25

Grantsburg L. Harmon C. Chenal O. Ohnstad J. Bonneville G. Gaffney K. Rebella O. Brock B. Quimby Totals

3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

FT 1-2 0-1 2-4 0-0 0-0 3-4 0-0 0-0 6-11

F 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 14

TP 3 2 18 6 0 5 4 16 59

2 1 2 8 3 0 1 2 8 25

Score by halves Turtle Lake 9 16-25 Grantsburg 36 23-59

Siren 47, Turtle Lake 20 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 2 11

Score by halves Glenwood City 27 Siren 24

3 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 4

FT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-3 0-0 2-3 4-5 0-0 8-11

F 4 3 1 0 4 3 0 5 1 21

26-53 18-42

Girls Basketball West Lakeland Conference Team Conf All St. Croix Falls 0-0 2-1 Unity 0-0 2-1 Grantsburg 0-0 2-2 Siren 0-0 2-2 Frederic 0-0 2-2 Webster 0-0 1-1 Luck 0-0 1-2 Results Last Week Dec. 4 Grantsburg 59, Turtle Lake 25

TP 2 0 0 2 13 0 7 14 4 42

Siren E. Emery J. Horstman P. McKnight M. Nichols A. Lightfeather K. Lightfeather A. Kosloski C. Maslow A. Johnson J. Nelson Totals

2 1 3 0 1 0 3 1 6 1 0 16

3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

FT 0-1 5-5 0-0 3-10 0-0 0-0 0-2 1-5 0-0 0-0 9-23

F 1 3 1 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 17

TP 2 17 0 5 0 6 2 13 2 0 47

Turtle Lake 2 A. Johnson 0 L. Shortess 1 J. Miller 0 A. Heimstra 2 J. Malone 1 I. Beltram 1 M. Ramelfangel 0 S. Ellis 1 Totals 6

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FT 0-0 1-4 0-2 5-8 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 8-17

F 1 3 3 1 2 2 3 2 17

TP 0 3 0 9 3 2 0 3 20

Score by halves Siren 27 Turtle Lake 11

20-47 9-20

M. Mosher A. Moritz S. Winkler T. Wols J. Gavin M. Buffington M. Mulroy A. Parker Totals

0 0 0 1 5 4 0 0 11

0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2

0-0 1-4 1-2 1-3 3-4 1-4 0-2 0-0 7-21

5 0 3 1 3 4 1 1 25

0 1 4 3 13 12 0 0 35

Cumberland L. Green H. Delzer A. Donatell E. Schmitz A. Johnson A. Hyatt C. Grunseth M. Brena M. Pease J. Johnson Totals

2 4 3 1 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 17

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

FT 3-4 2-5 0-0 4-5 5-9 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-4 16-29

F 2 4 0 4 2 0 4 2 4 0 22

TP 11 8 2 10 9 1 7 2 2 1 53

Score by halves Webster 23 12-35 Cumberland 26 27-53

Webster 26, New Auburn 25 Webster H. McDowell M. Mosher S. Winkler T. Wols J. Gavin M. Buffington M. Mulroy Totals New Auburn N. Rada E. Elmhorst A. Hudge Z. Rada A. Kakras F. Baker C. Gordon E. Bischel Totals

2 3 1 0 1 4 2 0 11 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 9

Score by halves Webster 15 New Auburn 17

TP 2 0

TP 12 0 0 34 3 2 2 2 25

FT 0-0 1-2 2-3 5-6 2-4 0-2 0-0 1-2 11-19

F 1 1 3 5 2 1 5 3 23

TP 0 5 8 11 4 0 4 11 43

Glenwood City J. Klinger M. Voeltz D. Quinn H. Strehlo A. Curvello M. Wallin D. Scalze E. Hill Totals

2 1

3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4

FT 2-4 1 1-3 3-4 0-0 2-2 2-8 0-0 14-26

F 4 4-5 2 4 0 1 2 1 17

TP 8 39 8 7 2 5 10 0 49

2 2 1 0 4 0 11

Score by halves Grantsburg 19 Glenwood City 25

24-43 24-49

Grantsburg 50, Cumberland 19 Cumberland L. Green H. Delzer E. Schmitz A. Johnson A. Hyatt C. Grunseth M. Brenna Totals

2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 1 8 1 0 0 1 7 0 18

29-50 Early Birds W

Boys Hockey Burnett Blizzard (Independent) Current Record: 0-1-0 Results Last Week Nov. 30 Baldwin-Woodville 17, Blizzard 2

Baldwin-Woodville 17, Blizzard 2 Blizzard 0 0 2-2 B-W 9 5 3-17 PERIOD 1: BW-Alex Bishop (Jake Carlson, Garrett Stevens), power play, 2:05; BW-Austin Buhr (J. Carlson) power play, 4:43; BW-J. Carlson (unassisted), even strength, 6:19; BW-Landon Albrightson (Patrick Cieslak, Stevens), even strength, 6:30; BW-Lucas Newton (Jacob Sykora, Marcus Hurtgen), even strength, 6:37; BW-Trey Rasmusson (Albrightson, Jake Roussoplous), even strength, 8:16; BW-Jacob Sykora (Hurtgen), even strength, 8:32; BW-Carlson (Wyatt Sundby), even strength, 9:11; BW-Buhr (Parker Rens), even strength, 13:01. PERIOD 2: BW-Newton (Sykora, Hurtgen), power play, 0:52; BW-Cieslak (Rasmusson), even strenth, 7:36; BW-Colton Haney (Mason Bohatta, Zac Holmes), even strength, 10:55; BW-Newton (Sykora, Hurtgen), even strength, 12:58; BW-Rens (Zach Bishop), even strength, 16:10. PERIOD 3: BW-Newton (unassisted), 2:23; Blizzard-Taylor Zenzen (Logan Meagher), even strength, 3:20; Blizzard-Tanner Van Meter (Dawson Van Meter), power play, 4:20; BW-Hurtgen (Carlson), even strength, 7:40; BW-Sykora (Newton), even strength, 8:45. Penalties: Blizzard, 7 for 17 minutes; BW, 3 for 6 minutes. Goalies: Blizzard-Thorne Carter, 21-38; BW-Zach Bishop, 5-7.

Wrestling 11-26 8-25

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Score by halves Cumberland 12

F 2 5

F 4 1 3 2-2 0 0 1 4 16

TP 6 3 0 2 11 4 0 26

2 0 2 3 3 1 0 2 5 16

Webster J. Gomolak H. McDowell

FT 0-0 0-2

FT 2-8 0-0 0-3 0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 4-15

F 2 4 2 0 3 3 1 15

Grantsburg E. Erickson L. Harmon C. Chenal O. Ohnstad J. Bonneville G. Gaffney O. Brock B. Quimby Totals

Cumberland 53, Webster 35 3 0 0

3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1

FT 0-0 1-4 0-2 0-0 3-11 0-0 0-0 4-17

Glenwood City 49, Grantsburg 43

Grantsburg E. Erickson L. Harmon C. Chenal O. Ohnstad J. Bonneville G. Gaffney K. Robella O. Brock B. Quimby J. Watt Totals

2 1 0

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Grantsburg

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7-19

FT 0-1 3-4 0-1 4-7 2-5 0-3 0-0 9-21 FT 0-0 3-4 2-3 5-7 1-2 0-0 0-2 2-2 1-4 0-0 14-24

F 4 2 3 5 2 5 1 22 F 1 1 2 3 3 5 0 4 3 1 23

TP 0 9 0 4 4 2 0 19 TP 0 3 4 21 3 0 0 4 15 0 50

Rush City Tournament December 2 Team scores 1. Deer River (MN) 187.5; 2. Crosby-Ironton (MN) 155; 3. Virginia (MN) 141; 4. Luck-Frederic-Grantsbur-Siren 119; 5. Mille Lacs (MN) 116; 6. Ogilvie (MN) 103; 7. Rush City-Braham 95.5; 8. Brooklyn Center (MN) 74; 9. Proctor-Hermantown (MN) 57; 10. Rice Lake 38. 106, Nolan Johnson, first place 132, Hunter Sellent, third place 138, Landyn Johnson, fifth place 152, Merlin Hibbs, fifth place 160, Brad Lucas, fifth place 195, Dominic Caroon, second place 220, Ben Berglund, fifth place 285, Mikel Louis, first place

The Granary 29 19 10th Hole 27 21 Black & Orange 24 24 Gandy Dancer Saloon 16 32 High Team Single Games: 10th Hole 756; The Granary 710; Black & Orange 689. High Single Games: Mary Reese 179; Joan Hava-Hahr 176; Pam Dildine 169. High Team Three Games: 10th Hole 2104; Black & Orange 2008; The Granary 1999. High Three Games: Pam Dildine 481; Mary Reese 447; Joan Java-Hahr 438. High Individual Averages: Judy Olson/Pam Dildine 150; Claudia Peterson 144; Mary Reese 130; Millie Hansen 129. Splits: Lorene Breingan, 3-10 TNT Ladies W

Black and Orange 24 12 Bruce’s Auto 23 13 Yellow River Saloon 13 23 Larry’s LP 12 24 High Team Single Games: Bruce’s Auto 1130; Black and Orange 1085; Yellow River Saloon 1047. High Single Games: Chris Johnson 243; Neil Huppert 238; Tony Wilson 230. High Team Three Games: Bruce’s Auto 3270; Black & Orange 3090; Yellow River Saloon 3010. High Three Games: Chris Johnson 638; Neil Huppert 630; Tony Wilson 600. High Individual Averages: Neil Huppert 205; Tony Wilson 193; CJ 192; Josh Johnson 189; Dean Eytchenen 186. Tuesday Tippers W

The Shop 42 28 West Point Lodge 41 29 A&H Country Market 30 40 The Cabaret 27 43 High Team Single Games: The Shop 548; A & H Country Market 528; A & H Country Market 510. High Single Games: Kris Paukert 160; Tina Smude 156; Nancy Growe 151. High Team Three Games: The Shop 1522; A & H Country Market 1433; Cabaret 1371. High Three Games: Char Vanous 404; Jan Budge 396; Nancy Growe 398. High Individual Averages: Dawn Petersen 150; Char Vanous 141; Julie Thompson 134. Wednesday Night Men’s W

Bullwinkle & Friends 24 12 Black & Orange 22 14 Northwoods Lumber 13 23 Yellow Lake Lodge 13 23 High Team Single Games: Black & Orange 1100; Bullwinkle & Friends 1073; Yellow Lake Lodge 1054. High Single Games: Neil Huppert 246; Roger Tollander 245; Fred Zajac 222. High Team Three Games: Black & Orange 3139; Northwoods Lumber 3076; Bullwinkle & Friends 3052. High Three Games: Neil Huppeert 684; Roger Tollander 651; Mike Zajac 611. High Individual Averages: Fred Zajac 205; Tony Wilson 201; Mike Zajac 200; Neil Huppert 199; Josh Johnson 195.

Hwy. 70 Storage 35 13 Denny’s Divas 28.5 19.5 Kelli’s Kitchen 25 23 McNally’s 24 24 Harper’s Hangout 19.5 28.5 Rod’s Broads 12 36 High Team Single Games: Hwy 70 Storage 627; Rod’s Broads 610; Kelli’s Kitchen 607.. High Single Games: Carol Soderbeck 194; Casey Schuur 191; Patty Meyer 180. High Team Three Games: Hiway 70 Storage 1769; Denny’;s Divas 1690; Kelli’s Kitchen 1644. High Three Games: Casey Schuur 536; Carol Soderbeck 535; Michelle Morgan Engstrand 488. High Individual Averages: Amy Bertelsen 154; Carol Sodeerbeck/Patty Meyer/Connie McKenzie 150; Casey Schuur 146; Tanya Mack 139; Kim Koster 138; Michelle Morgan Engstrand 137; Joanne Pahl 136; Judy Lien 134. Wednesday Night Men’s

Larry’s LP 29 19 Flower Power 26 22 Northwoods Lumber 23 25 Tillie’s Turtlettes 18 30 High Team Single Games: Larry’s LP 719; Flower Power 688; Northwoods Lumber 681. High Single Games: Sue Eytcheson 207; Shannel Reynolds 184; Cheryl Scallon 170. High Team Three Games: Northwoods Lumber 2018; Flower Power 1965; Larry’s LP 1955. High Three Games: Sue Eytcheson 528; Monica Benjain 461; Sandy Buhil 460. High Individual Averages: Jennifer Kern 157; Sue Eytcheson 154; Monica Benjamin 150; Cheryl Scallon 144; Sandy Buhil 142. Splits: Vida Sears, 3-10.

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Sweeny’s 34 14 The Tap 27 21 Gandy Dancer Saloon 18 30 Black & Orange 17 31 High Team Single Games: The Tap 899; Black & Orange/ Gandy Dancer Saloon 837; Sweeny’s 831. High Single Games: Lynn Toivola 200; Michelle Lysdahl 156; Linda Strong 150. High Team Three Games: The Tap 2495; Sweeny’s 2468; Gandy Dancer Saloon 2413. High Three Games: Lynn Toivola 474; Linda Strong 428; Evie Engebretson 391. High Individual Averages: Pam Dildine 146; Judy Olson 144; Lynn Toivola 143; Sally Casey 139; Claudia Peterson 138. Splits: Sheila Katusky, 3-7; Marcy Viebrock, 5-10.

Pts Fiedler Ford 35 Erickson’s Auction 28 Radio Shack 27 Darrell’s Hardware 26 Grantsburg Sanitary 18 Wood River Pharmacy 13 High Team Single Games: Radio Shack 716; Fiedler Ford 668; Grantsburg Sanitary 647. High Single Games: Dave Thoreson 213; Luke Thoreson 204; Bruce Teigen 202. High Team Three Games: Radio Shack 2089; Fiedler Ford 1950; Grantsburg Sanitary 1892. High Three Games: Bruce Teigen 682; Alan Melin 677; John Allee 671. High Individual Averages: Bubba 178; Dave Thoreson 176; Dane Carey 172.

UPCOMING EVENT COVERAGE December 7 - 7 pm Grantsburg Girls Basketball home vs. Unity December 9 - 3 pm Grantsburg Boys Basketball home vs. Glenwood City

December 12 Grantsburg Basketball Doubleheader at Webster Girls - 5:45 pm Boys - 7:15 pm

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School holiday programs announced

GRANTSBURG—Grantsburg, Siren and Webster school holiday programs are scheduled for various times in the month of December. December 7, Webster Grades 5-6 program 7 p.m. December 8, Nelson Elementary Program, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. December 11, Webster 7-12 dinner and program. Dinner begins at 5 p.m. and the concert starts at 7 p.m. December 11, Siren Middle

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School program, 7 p.m. December 14, Siren K-3 program, 1:30 p.m. December 15, Webster K-4 program, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. December 16 and 17, Grantsburg High School Holiday Indulgence, Saturday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. December 18, Siren High School concert, 7 p.m. December 20, Grantsburg Elementary (at GHS auditorium), 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

BATON ROUGE, LA—Rachel Thomas of Frederic, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Thomas was initiated at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Thomas is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.

Dec. 11-15 Note: Breakfast available at all schools. Choice of milk at all schools.

Grantsburg Schools Monday: Hamburger w/ﬁxings, oven fries, mixed vegetables,

sliced pears. Tuesday: Chicken fajitas w/ﬁxings, salad, refried beans, onions/ peppers, applesauce. Wednesday: Pizza dippers w/ Marinara sauce, baked rice, steamed broccoli, mini carrots w/dip, Mandarin oranges. Thursday: Spaghetti w/meat sauce, breadstick, salad, green/ wax beans, banana. Friday: Chicken nuggets, French fries, GHS-Crackers, baked beans, mixed fruit.

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Washing your hands with soap and water can have a major impact on health. Washing your hands properly has been shown to decrease diarrheal disease-associated deaths by about 50 percent, reduce food borne illnesses and outbreaks, decrease respiratory infections by over 20 percent, and reduce absences from school and work. You should wash your hands: •Before, during, and after preparing food. •Before eating food. •Before and after caring for someone who is sick. •Before and after treating a cut or wound. •After using the toilet. •After changing diapers or cleaning up a child who used the toilet. •After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing. •After touching an animal, animal food, or animal waste. •After touching garbage. Five steps to washing your hands: 1. Wet with clean, running water. This can be warm or cold. Turn off the tap and apply soap. 2. Lather by rubbing your hands together with soap. Be sure to lather the backs of your hands, between your fingers, under your nails. 3. Scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds. Hum “Happy Birthday” song from beginning to end twice while scrubbing. 4. Rinse under clean, running water. 5. Dry using a towel or air dry. For more information visit www.cdc.gov/handwashing SUBMITTED BY: BRITTANY FRY, BS, MPH, BURNETT COUNTY DHHS PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST “HEALTHY MINUTE” IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY HEALTHYBURNETT.ORG

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Greetings from the Humane Society of Burnett County Lots going on at the shelter right now. Our new cat building is coming along great. We hope to move in by the end of the year! Our adoptable kitties, Lucky, Lee, Wilma and Pebbles, hope they won’t be around to see the finished project though. Lucky is a five-year old neutered, handsome snuggle-bug of a guy. He’s ok with dogs, but a little selective about the cats he hangs with. Lee, on the other hand, is great with other cats! She is a four-year Lucky old, spayed and declawed sweetheart. Either of these two adult cats would make a great addition to most households. Wilma and her kitten Pebbles came to the shelter after being fostered. Wilma likes dogs, but tends to gives other cats a pass. She’s gentle and shy, a little independent, but what cat isn’t! Pebbles got his name before the shelter staff could definitely Lee determine that “she” was a “he,” but decided to keep the cute name nonetheless! No surprise, this kitten is a livewire, super friendly and adorable! If you would like to meet any of these feline critters, the shelter is open Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. and on Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Looking for a dog to adopt? We have two “mature” pups who need Wilma to find adopters willing to give them some extra time so they can realize their greatness! Belle is a six-year old female Hound mix who is sweet but shy. Probably would do best in a quiet home with someone who can help her build her self-confidence. Boris is a beautiful Swiss Mountain Dog/ Lab mix – five years old, neutered Pebbles and a bit picky about his twolegged and four-legged friends. He is super sweet to those he knows and loves belly rubs and long walks. Both Belle and Boris are at the shelter and the staff would love to have you meet them. Tiff, a two-year old female Staffordshire/Terrier mix is currently in foster care and “may” be available for adoption if her foster Belle parents are willing to give her up! If you would like to meet Tiff, give the shelter at call at 715-866-4096 to arrange for a meet and greet. Don’t forget the second Annual HSBC Howliday Bake Sale is Saturday December 9 at the Shops at the Lodge, Siren from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Holiday treats of all kinds, including cookies, bars, candy, lefse, pies and more will be availBorris able! Don’t miss it, a delicious way to help the shelter do its work!

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DNR outdoor report Another Wisconsin nine-day gun deer season is in the books, and preliminary registration numbers show a slight increase in statewide buck harvest, with 98,364 hunters successful in their pursuit of an antlered deer. Similar to 2016, northern counties again showed the most significant increases in both buck and antlerless harvest. Overall, preliminary figures show that 195,738 deer were registered down slightly from the 197,262 registered in 2016. The gun deer season continued to show hunting as a safe recreational activity, as the season ended with seven hunting incidents and no hunting-related fatalities. None of these incidents involved mentored youth hunters. The GameReg registration system worked well overall, with 62 percent of registrations completed online and 36 percent completed via telephone--while other hunters continued to visit walk-in stations that offer these services. A muzzleloader season is now open through Dec. 6, and the archery season is open through Jan. 7. A four-day antlerless-only hunt will take place Dec. 7-10, while the holiday hunt will be offered in select counties from Dec. 24 to Jan. 1, 2018. Any legal firearm, crossbow or archery equipment may be used during these hunts. While the nine-day hunt has ended, hunters are reminded to connect with DNR staff on social media through the department’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. Also, be sure to check out Wild Wisconsin - an all new web and podcast series focused on all things deer hunting. So far, more than 200,000 viewers have used the series to help prepare for deer season. In the north, most of the snow that had fallen previously has melted with temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Marshes, ponds, and shallow lakes have a half an inch to an inch thin layer of ice on top and in most areas Ice is not safe to go out and ice fish yet. For those open water anglers, musky season closes today Nov. 30. Snowshoe hares and weasels have gotten their white winter coats in anticipation of blending in with the snow-covered landscape. However, they are very visible in the fallen

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leaves and underbrush of the brown woods and their lack of camouflage makes them easier targets for predators. Bears are denned up. Duck hunters are still having success on the Green Bay and other inland bodies of water. Pheasant stocking will resume on some state wildlife properties now that the regular gun deer season is over. And a reminder that the Dec. 10 deadline for spring turkey and bear permits is now just over a week away. Wisconsin is experiencing a blizzard of snowy owls this year, with more than 100 found statewide since Oct. 20. Seeing one is a great thrill but remember to minimize stress on them by not approaching too closely. While the specific distance varies by situation, you are too close if the bird becomes alert, spends time watching you, and/or flushes from its perch. Learn more about finding and respectfully viewing snowy owls on the DNR website. Snowy owls rank

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Lois Ann Steele, age 60, of New Richmond, passed away on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at Regions Hospital in Saint Paul, MN. A Memorial Service honoring the life of Lois Steele was held on Monday, December 4, 2017 at Grace U United Methodist Church in W Webster with Pastor Eddie C Crise officiating. Interment ffollowed at Orange Cemettery (Oakland Township, B Burnett County). Lois was born on March 114, 1957 in Frederic to p parents, Kenneth Lea a and Carol Jean (Louden) C Cairns. She was a 1975 gradu uate of Webster High School a and went on to receive her Masters Degrees in Forensic Psychology and AODA. Lois also obtained her certification as a Paralegal, CPA, and Real Estate Broker. She was a professional student with ambition and aspirations to get her Doctorate Degree. Lois was very successful in her employment. She worked as a bartender and cook for the Pheasant Inn and Yellow Lake Lodge, owner and operator of Lakeside Pub on Yellow Lake, owner and realtor for RE/ MAX Image in Shell Lake, and partnered with RE/ MAX Northwoods. In her spare time, Lois enjoyed crocheting, reading, listening to music, putting puzzles together and singing karaoke. She was an avid Green Bay Packers fan and loved to travel and spend time with family. Lois is survived by her husband, Doug Steele, New Richmond; children, Shawn (Stephanie) Heier, DePere, WI; KaTrina Heier, Danbury; Darcie Heier, Rice Lake; Lilli Heier and Abbigale Heier, New Richmond; grandchildren, Blake, Grace, Ivan, Aeva, Ashton, AdaLee, Autumn and one great grandson on the way; siblings, Sandy (Dana) Clark, Danbury; Ken Cairns, Danbury; Maria Cairns, Siren; half-sister, Roxanne (James) Key, TX; step-father, Ed Peterson, Webster; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, cousins and friends. Lois was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Debra Cairns. Online condolences may be expressed at www.swedberg-taylor.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster.

Mary “Jane” Swanson, who was born on June 17, 1924 on a bright and sunny day in Minneapolis, Minnesota, left this earth like an exploding nova on November 20, 2017 in Las Vegas, NV at the age of 93. Perfectly coifed and wearing her favorite dancing o outfit, which included her rred cowgirl boots, her favoriite red sweater and “bling jjeans,” she undoubtedly met u up immediately with Dave a and let him know she is rready to go dancing again. H Her daughter, Kris (Swansson) Foreman, was by her sside during her last hours a and the family is grateful tthat her death came sudd denly and without pain or lingering. A small town midwestern girl, Jane met her future husband, Dave L. Swanson at age 13, in Grantsburg, Wisconsin where they both graduated from Grantsburg High School in 1942. After graduation, Jane went to Minneapolis and Dave went to Madison, Wisconsin to start his studies at the University of Wisconsin. A year later he dropped out to become a pilot for the US Navy and was subsequently sent to the European theatre. Jane and Dave were married in Falun, Wisconsin in June of 1945 while he was home on leave. Although there was a year-long separation during the Korean War, the period from their graduation in 1942 until their marriage in 1945 was the longest they would be separated until Dave died in 2006. After studying at the University of Minnesota for several years, Jane and Dave moved to Washington State in 1949 and by 1952 the growing family was residing in Kennewick where, along with John and Pat Storm, they opened up Swan-Storm Floorcovering. Jane and Dave remained in Kennewick, WA until the early 1980s when they moved to Southern California. Following Dave’s death in 2006, Jane remained in California, where she continued their active social life and met her second husband, Ray Hulsey and the two of them danced, and socialized to their hearts content at the Hemet Elks Club until Ray’s demise in 2015 at which time Jane moved to Las Vegas, Nevada where she was near to her daughter, Kris, and her son, David. On December 7, from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m., Jane will be found gracefully resting amongst her favorite flowers at Rubidoux Mortuary located at 6091 Mission Blvd, Riverside, Ca 92509 and on Friday, December 8, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. Jane will join Dave at the Riverside National Cemetery located at 22495 Van Buren Blvd., in Riverside, California 92518 where, with a final farewell and a toast of champagne, we will send her off to meet up again with Dave to find their favorite big band music in the sky. Jane is survived by her children: David Swanson and wife Rita (Las Vegas, NV), Paula (Swanson) Walashek (San Diego, CA), Kris (Swanson) Foreman and husband Jerry (Las Vegas, NV), Dennis Swanson and wife Ellen (Seaside, OR) and Becci (Swanson) Peters and husband Tom (Kennewick, WA); grandchildren: Nikole (Mike) Hecklinger, Danielle Spurrell, Gabbi (Dave) Peterson, Brittany(Herb) Delos Santos, Leaf Williams, Holly (Pedro) Velez, Aaron (Renie) Brown, Kalise Wallace, Mark (Janet) Hamby, Sarah Swanson, Nicole (Isidro) Nava, Kelsey (Jon) Van Gorder, and Autum (Sean) Kelly; and great grandchildren: Rosalyn Hecklinger, Emily and Jacob Peterson, Alistair and Ava Delos Santos, Olivia and Owen Brown, Tyler Peters, Sierra Moore, Mary Jane and Reese Kelly, and Jonny and Eli Van Gorder, along with many beloved nieces, nephews and friends. A special thank you is sent to the amazing, warm, and caring staff at El Jen Healthcare and Rehabilitation Services in Las Vegas, NV for their many kindnesses and excellent care. There’s NO “in lieu of flowers” for this gal! She loved chrysanthemums and all sturdy, fall flowers in the most brilliant autumn colors imaginable so if you are so inclined, please send flowers directly to Rubidoux Mortuary, 6091 Mission Blvd,, Riverside, CA 92509, for her December 7 service.

Delores Anne “Dee” Kurtz, age 64, of Pine City, MN, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 27, 2017 in her home surrounded by family. A Funeral Service celebrating the life of Delores “Dee” Kurtz was Saturday, December 2, 2017 at Swedb berg-Taylor Funeral Home iin Grantsburg, with Pastor G Gene Olson officiating. Delores was born on Febrruary 23, 1953 in Siren, the d daughter of Lavern Howard a and Margaret Fern (Frazie) B Britton. Delores attended high sschool in Sioux City, IA. S She worked as a waitress a and did some dairy farming b before becoming manager at the Grantsburg Family Foods grocery store, then went on to cook at the Country Café on Main in Grantsburg before her retirement. She loved spending time with her family, especially grandkids. She also enjoyed baking, playing bingo, traveling, fishing, and pontooning. Delores is survived by her sons, Mike (Tricia) Fickbohm and Chris (Kris) Fickbohm; fiancé, Tim Greaves; siblings, Margaret “Babe” Mickelson, Phillip (Marlys) Britton, Rodney (Connie) Britton and Ralph (Janelle) Britton; sisters-in-law, Marlys Britton and Kathleen Britton; grandchildren, Sierra, Tyler, Breanna, Hunter, Harrison, Logan, Tori, Tara, Donavin, Randon, Tristin, Teanna, Tasia, Tavis, Kyler and Olivia; great grandchildren, Aubrey and Leila; numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. Delores was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Michael Fickbohm and Fred Kurtz; brothers, Marvin, Chuck, and Eugene Britton. Online condolences may be expressed at www.swedberg-taylor.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Grantsburg.

MARRIAGES Marvin A. Oelkers, Anderson Township, to Angela K. Steffen, Grantsburg. Austin F. Fleischauer, Grantsburg, to Brittney M. Frey, Ogilvie, MN. Brad T. Luedtke, Grantsburg, to Julie C. Moorehead, Grantsburg.

RECENT DEATHS November 19, 2017, Sandra Marie Lindberg, 73, West Marshland Township. November 24, 2017, Pamela Joy Lamb, 60, Meenon Township. November 28, 2017, Scott Douglas Crocker, 73, Village of Grantsburg.

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Scott D. Crocker Scott D. Crocker, age 73, a resident of Grantsburg died Tuesday, November 28, 2017. A Memorial Service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Grantsburg. Visitation is one hour p prior to the service. Scott was born in Luck on F February 6, 1944 to Norma ((Douglas) Crocker. Scott is a 1962 graduate o of Grantsburg High School. H He attended the Universsity of Wisconsin-Eau C Claire where he earned his B Bachelor of Science degree. H He went off to teach high sschool History in California. Later owned/operated a tavern with his brother, Lyle, in New Orleans. Finally, worked as a mold tech at a plastics company. Scott had quite the adventurous life, but his greatest adventure was becoming a father. He enjoyed music, playing pool, cooking, and watching football. He loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. He is survived by his son, Zachary (Nichole) Crocker; daughter, Casey Crocker; step son, Sam (April) Johnson; sisters, Ruth Crocker and Pam (Mike) Maryanovich; brother, John Crocker; and his grandchildren, Ayla, Ashlyn, Aaliyah and baby Crocker who is expected in June 2018. Scott will be missed by other relatives and many friends. Scott was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Lyle. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

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Incidents • November 27, James Owens, 36, Webster, was arrested for disorderly conduct-domestic. • November 27, Mitchell Mattson, 28, Webster, was charged with a DNA submission for operating while intoxicated. • November 27, Jeffery German, 69, Hixton, was arrested for operating while intoxicated. • November 28, Brian Doriott, 52, Webster, was issued a court order for operating while intoxicated (5th). • November 28, Douglas Nyren, 36, Siren, was issued an arrest warrant for probation violation. • November 28, Jay Jackson, 44, Siren, was arrested for probation violation. • November 28, Robert Koser, 59, Siren, was arrested for probation violation. • November 29, Justin Moshier, 32, Brooklyn Park, was issued an arrest warrant for contempt of court punitive sanction. • November 29, Rana LaPointe, 51, Webster, was issued a probation warrant for probation violation. • November 29, Brett Casey, 21, Danbury, was issued a court order for disorderly conduct. • November 29, Maria Dearbin, 26, Webster, was issued a court order for issue of worthless checks (<=$2500). • November 29, Sharmin Lindberg, 48, Webster, was issued a court order for neglecting a child - 3 counts. • November 29, Randy Lindberg, 48, Webster, was issued a court order for neglecting a child - 3 counts.

• November 29, Dakota Mulroy, 23, was issued a court order for burglary, theft-movable property and criminal damage to property. • November 29, Sharonah Johnson, 24, Webster, was issued an arrest warrant for failure to appear/warrant. • November 30, Allen Butler, 53, Siren, was issued a court order for bail jumping-felony - 3 counts, retail theft and bail jumping-misdemeaner. • November 30, Coleton Mitthun, 25, Frederic, was arrested for failure to appear and operating without valid license. • December 1, Jeremy Gavin, 38, Braham, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine. • December 1, Jerry Gavin, 61, Pine City, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, possession of THC and possession of drug paraphernalia. • December 1, Betty Gavin, 58, Pine City, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. • December 1, Kimberlee Hoff, 48, Oglivie, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine. • December 1, David Latham, 45, Pine City, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, possession of THC and possession of drug paraphernalia. • December 2, Kevin Kolden, 44, Somerset, was issued an arrest warrant for failure to appear/warrant. • December 3, Simone Hart, 24, Cumberland, was issued an arrest warrant for failure to appear/warrant. • December 3, Benjamin Anderson, 20, Webster, was arrested for shoplifting.

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George L. Keller

George L. Keller, age 83, of Grantsburg, passed away on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at the Burnett Medical Continuing Care Center in Grantsburg. A memorial service will be held Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 10 a.m. at the Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home in Grantsburg. Visitation is one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. George was born on August 18, 1934 in Steamboat Springs, CO, to parents, Ester (Hanks) and Lee Keller. He enlisted in the United States Marines in 1953. Then in 1959, he enlisted in the United States Navy until he was honorably discharged in 1963. On January 9, 1998 George married his wife, Carol Ann Warner, in Siren. George had many talents. One of them was cooking and baking. He loved to bake bread and make jelly. He also loved to fish, hunt, cut wood and play poker. He truly was a man of all trades. George is survived by his wife of 20 years, Carol; two children; step-children, Sheila (Manolin) Gonzalas, Debra Hickey, Dean (Janet) Hickey, Mary Villegomez, Terry (Wayne) Benson, Sara (Joe) Wilson, and Tina (Todd) Usher; 16 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; chihuahua, Prince; a brother, Ken (Virginia) Keller; and many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. George is preceded in death by his parents; grandparents; sisters, Janet, Joanne, and Kathy; a brother, Bub; and step-mother, Mae Keller. Online condolences may be expressed at www.swedberg-taylor.com. Arrangemeents have been entrusted to the Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home.

Lillian “Iola” Hills

Lillian “Iola” Hills, 88, of Danbury, passed away Sunday, December 3, 2017 at the United Pioneer Home in Luck. A funeral service will be held on Friday, December 8, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Webster. Visitation is two hours prior to the service at the church. A full obituary will follow. Online condolences may be expressed at www.swedberg-taylor.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home.

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iForward Science Teacher - Part Time Online School - Work From Home

Job Description: iForward Wisconsin’s Online Charter School (grades 6-12) is seeking an innovative and creative Science Teacher. This position would be part time approximately 50-70%. Applicants with certiﬁcation in the Sciences, both physical and life sciences are strongly encouraged to apply. We will begin our tenth year of providing the best online education possible for Wisconsin’s youth. Teachers working for iForward/Grantsburg School District work from home. Students meet with teachers online in very controlled and creative learning management systems. We follow a traditional school schedule and operate much like a traditional school; just do so in the online digital environment. Become a leader in digital education while working with veteran online teacher professionals.

Qualiﬁcations:

Applicant should have the appropriate Wisconsin Certiﬁcation for Science or ability to obtain the certiﬁcation. Candidates should be a positive, team-oriented person that will help create and continue a solid science program for learners in grades 6-12. Applicants must possess the dynamics to build relationships with students in order to create an atmosphere of learning and mutual respect. The individual must be aware of the RTI process as well be familiar with math and reading intervention strategies.

How to Apply:

Send letter of application, resume, credentials (3 current letters of recommendation and transcripts) and a copy of license. Be sure to include your email address.

Contact:

Mr. Billy Beesley, M.Ed., S.Ed. iForward Wisconsin, Principal Grantsburg School District 1-715-997-3339 (Direct Line) 1-855-447-4723 (Toll Free) 1-715-463-6677 (Fax) billy.beesley@iForwardwisconsin.com

The School District of Grantsburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, sex, religion or handicap.

Notiﬁcation of Employment Opportunity Grantsburg School District Position:

Student Advisor

Job Description: iForward Schools of the Grantsburg School District is presently seeking a permanent Part Time (averaging approximately 29 hours per week) Student Advisor who will support the students and parents of iForward, the educational staff, administration and school district in general. Summary:

This position provides student services, communications with students and parents, and assistance requiring occasional individual discretion and judgment.

Primary Responsibilities: NOTE: The primary responsibilities below are intended to describe the general content of and requirements of this position and are not intended to be an all-encompassing statement of duties. • May perform all or most of the primary responsibilities listed below. Specific tasks or responsibilities will be documented in performance objectives as outlined by the immediate supervisor. • Conducts telephone calls and emails to students, parents and guardians to help motivate and support the academic efforts of students. Provide information requiring detailed knowledge of our school program, policies, procedures, practices, and operations. • Typing, proofing, and assembling reports or proposals for students. Also faxing, filing, organizing student records, mailing, organizing potential leads, purchase orders, inventory, data entry. • Reviewing, advising, and planning educational courses and learning strategies for students. • Perform other duties assigned by administration Required deemed appropriate for educational success. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: • High school diploma or equivalent education required. • Two years administrative support experience is preferred. • Must have a friendly but professional working relationship with students, parents, and teachers. • Must have the ability to follow oral and written directions as they relate to the functions listed above. • Must have a working knowledge of personal software packages to perform the clerical and administrative functions described above (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint). • Must have the ability to work well in a fast paced environment and maintain a professional manner. To Apply:

Application Closing Date is December 22, 2017 or until position is ﬁlled. Send Letter of Interest and Resume to: Billy Beesley, iForward Executive Director & Principal, Direct: 715-997-3339, Toll Free: 855-447-4723, Fax: 715-463-6677 billy.beesley@iforwardwisconsin.com

The School District of Grantsburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, sex, religion or handicap.

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Associate Degree Nursing Instructor Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Superior Campus Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College is seeking a learning-focused, creative and dynamic individual for a full-time Associate Degree Nursing Instructor position at the Superior Campus. The ideal candidates will demonstrate interest in and potential for excellence in facilitating student learning and development. The start date for this position is January 1, 2018. For a complete job description, list of qualifications, and to apply visit our website at: http://witc.edu/employ Deadline to apply: December 15, 2017 WITC is an Equal Opportunity/ Access/Affirmative Action/Veterans/ Disability Employer and Educator TTY 711

Hiring General Labor Âž Production Line Âž Operate saws Âž Sort Wood Âž Stack Wood Benefits: Âž $11/ Hour Âž Paid Weekly Âž 1 week vacation after 1 year Only apply if you: Âž Can pass a drug test Âž Have a working alarm clock Âž Have a babysitter Âž Have a working car with good tires Âž Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the sniffles every week. Apply in person at: Jackrabbit Wood Products, Inc. 8590 State Hwy 70 (2 miles West of Siren on Hwy 70) Siren, WI 54872 715-349-8730

NotiďŹ cation of Employment Opportunity Grantsburg School District Position:

Administrative Assistant iForward Schools of the Grantsburg School District is presently seeking a permanent Part Time (averaging approximately 29 hours per week) Administrative Assistant who will support the students and parents of iForward, the educational staff, administration and school district in general.

Summary: This position provides assistance to the school Principal, purchase order documentation, teacher leave and support, communications with students and parents, and assistance requiring occasional individual discretion and judgment.

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NOTE: The primary responsibilities below are intended to describe the general content of and requirements of this position and are not intended to be an all-encompassing statement of duties. â&#x20AC;˘ May perform all or most of the primary responsibilities listed below. SpeciďŹ c tasks or responsibilities will be documented in performance objectives as outlined by the immediate supervisor. â&#x20AC;˘ Conducts telephone calls and emails to students, parents and guardians to help motivate and support the academic efforts of students. Provide information requiring detailed knowledge of our school program, policies, procedures, practices, and operations. â&#x20AC;˘ Typing, prooďŹ ng, and assembling reports or proposals for students. Also faxing, ďŹ ling, organizing student records, mailing, organizing potential leads, purchase orders, inventory, data entry. â&#x20AC;˘ Organizing teacher leave, purchase ordering supplies, contract review, educational program review. â&#x20AC;˘ Perform other duties assigned by administration deemed appropriate for educational success.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: High school diploma or equivalent education required. Two years administrative support experience is preferred. Must have a friendly but professional working relationship with students, parents, and teachers. Must have the ability to follow oral and written directions as they relate to the functions listed above. Must have a working knowledge of personal software packages to perform the clerical and administrative functions described above (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint). Must have the ability to work well in a fast paced environment and maintain a professional manner. To Apply:

Application Closing Date is December 22nd, 2017 or until position is ďŹ lled. Send Letter of Interest and Resume to: Billy Beesley iForward Executive Director & Principal Direct Phone Line: 715-997-3334 billy.beesley@iforwardwisconsin.com

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Students Matter at iForward!â&#x20AC;? The School District of Grantsburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, sex, religion or handicap.

DECEMBER 6, 2017

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STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BURNETT COUNTY UNITED STATES AMERICA, ACTING

THROUGH RURAL HOUSING SERVICE (RHS), SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO THE FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, vs. LISA A. VISGER, et al., Defendants. NOTICE OF SHERIFFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SALE CASE NO.: 17-CV-37 FORECLOSURE CASE CODE-30404 By virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure made in the above entitled action on 06/22/2017, in the amount of $130,865.86, I will sell at public auction in the Main Lobby of the Burnett County Government Center, 7410 County Road K, Siren, WI 54872, Village of Siren, County of BURNETT, State of Wisconsin on 01/09/2018 at 10:00 AM, all of the following described mortgaged premises, to wit: A parcel of land located in the Southeast One-quarter (1/4) of the Southwest One-quarter (1/4) of Section Thirty-four (34), Township Thirty-nine (39) North, Range Sixteen (16) West, Town of Meenon, Burnett County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the South One-half (1/2) of the Southeast One-quarter (1/4) of the Southwest One-quarter (1/4) of Section Thirty-four (34), Township Thirty-nine (39) North, Range Sixteen (16) West, thence West parallel to the forty line 241 feet to a point, hereinafter referred to as Point â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;?, thence continuing West parallel to the forty line 40 feet; thence South parallel to the forty line 119 feet; thence North 73Â° East 60 feet to the point of beginning of the parcel herein described; thence in a Northerly direction to point â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;?; thence North 9Â° West to the South right-of-way of State Highway 70 as currently laid out and traveled; thence Easterly following the South side of the present State Highway 70 to the East line of Southeast One-quarter (1/4) of the Southwest One-quarter (1/4) Section Thirty-four (34), Township Thirty-nine (39) North, Range Sixteen (16) West, thence South along said forty line to the Northeast corner of the South One-half (1/2) of the Southeast One-quarter (1/4) of the Southwest One-quarter (1/4) of said Section Thirty-four (34); thence continuing South on said forty line 34 feet; thence South 73Â° West directly to the point of beginning. Excepting therefrom a parcel of land described as commencing at the Northeast corner of the South One-half (1/2) of the Southeast One-quarter (1/4) of

the Southwest One-quarter (1/4) of Section Thirty-four (34), Township Thirty-nine (39) North, Range Sixteen (16) West; thence West on the North line of said South One-half (1/2) of the Southeast One-quarter (1/4) of the Southwest One-quarter (1/4) to the West right of way line of Leg Horn Drive; thence South along said West right of way of Leg Horn Drive a distance of 34 feet to the point beginning; thence North along said West right of way line to the South right of way of State Highway 70 as now laid out and traveled; thence West along the South right of way line of said Highway 70 a distance of 85 feet; thence South to a point on a line that is South 73Â° West from the point of beginning; thence North 73Â° East to the point of beginning. The above property is located at: 6819 State Road 70, Siren, WI 54872 Tax Key No.: 018 3334 05 600 TERMS OF SALE: Cash, Cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Check or Certified Check. DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by Cash, Cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Check or Certified Check due at time of sale. Balance of purchase price must be paid within ten (10) business days after confirmation of the sale. Failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff. This property is sold â&#x20AC;&#x153;as isâ&#x20AC;? subject to all legal encumbrances and any outstanding and accruing real estate taxes, special assessments, and penalties and interest, if any. Upon confirmation of the sale by the Court, purchaser will be required to pay all recording fees and, if desired, the cost of title evidence. Dated this 20th day of November, 2017, at Siren, Wisconsin. /s/Ronald L. Wilhelm, Jr. Ronald L. Wilhelm, Jr. SHERIFF OF BURNETT COUNTY, WI KOHNER, MANN & KAILAS, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 4650 N. Port Washington Road Milwaukee, WI 53212 PH: (414) 962-5110 Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. WNAXLP (Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Conditional Use Permit Request Village of Grantsburg December 11, 2017 5:15 p.m. Take notice that a public hearing will be held at the Village Office at 316 S. Brad Street, Grantsburg, Wisconsin on Monday, December

11, 2017 at 5:15 p.m. for the purpose of the consideration of a conditional use permit. Application has been received from Karl Anderson for a conditional use permit for placement of a 2,880 square foot storage shed at his business. Parcel ID: 07131-2-38-19-11-3 04-000021100. The parcel is zoned B-1 Commercial. The Plan Commission will meet on December 11, 2017 to review this request and make a recommendation to the Village Board thereafter. The Village Board will hear all interested persons, or their agents or attorneys, and thereafter will make a decision on this request. For additional information please contact Patty Bjorklund, Village Clerk, at: 316 S. Brad Street. Phone: 715-463-2405 Dated this 28th day of November, 2017. Patty Bjorklund, Clerk WNAXLP (Nov. 29, Dec. 6)

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BURNETT COUNTY Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC Plaintiff, vs. The Estate of Michael Dean Nelson, Deceased, Midland Funding LLC and Bremer Bank, National Association Defendants. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 17-CV-73 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on October 4, 2017 in the amount of $80,008.60 the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: January 9, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. TERMS: Pursuant to said judgment, 10% of the successful bid must be paid to the sheriff at the sale in cash, cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s check or certified funds, payable to the clerk of courts (personal checks cannot and will not be accepted). The balance of the successful bid must be paid to the clerk of courts in cash, cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s check or certified funds no later than ten days after the courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confirmation of the sale or else the 10% down payment is forfeited to the plaintiff. The property is sold â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;as isâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and subject to all liens and

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encumbrances. PLACE: Burnett County Government Center DESCRIPTION: All that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SWÂź SWÂź), Section Twenty (20), Township Forty-two (42) North of Range Fifteen (15) West, Town of Blaine, Burnett County, Wisconsin, lying North and West of the Township Road running through said forty as laid out and traveled on January 11, 1971. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 5740 N Markville Rd Danbury, WI 54830-8335 DATED: November 8, 2017 Gray & Associates, L.L.P. Attorneys for Plaintiff 16345 West Glendale Drive New Berlin, WI 53151-2841 (414) 224-8404 Please go to www.gray-law. com to obtain the bid for this sale. 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 (Dec. 6, 13, 20)

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Siren, Wisconsin. 4. Heirship will be determined at the hearing on petition for final judgment. 5. Publication of this notice is notice to any persons whose names or addresses are unknown. If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate in the court process, please call 715-349-2177 at least 10 working days prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide transportation. BY THE COURT: /s/ Melissia R. Mogen Circuit Court Judge 11-30-2017 Ryan M. Benson, Attorney at Law BENSON LAW OFFICE, LTD. P.O. Box 370 Siren, WI 54872 715-349-5215 1036463 WNAXLP (Dec. 6, 13, 20)

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WAYNE R SCHULDT Order Setting Time to Hear Petition for Administration and Deadline for Filing Claims (Formal Administration) Case No. 17 PR 64 A petition for formal administration was filed. THE COURT FINDS: The decedent, with date of birth September 8, 1953 and date of death October 24, 2017 was domiciled in Burnett County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 20072 East River Road, Grantsburg, Wisconsin 54840. THE COURT ORDERS: 1. The petition be heard at the Burnett County Courthouse, Siren, Wisconsin, Room 220 before Circuit Court Judge/ Circuit Court Commissioner Hon. Melissia R. Mogen, on 01/19/2018, at 8:45 a.m. You do not need to appear unless you object. The petition may be granted if there is no objection. 2. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estate is 2-28-2018. 3. A claim may be filed at the Burnett County Courthouse,

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Business Meeting of the Grantsburg Board of Education Minutes from October 9, 2017 President David Dahlberg called the meeting to order at 5:00 PM. Present: Russ Erickson, Jason Burkman, Heather Jensen, Cindy Jensen. Absent: Dan Ohnstad and Chris Erickson. Agenda Revisions: None. Appearances: None. Motion H. Jensen/Burkman to approve the minutes from September 25, 2017. Motion carried 5-0. School Board Appreciation. Thank you to the Grantsburg School Board for their time, energy, problemsolving, vision, and care for the youth of Grantsburg and school staff. Chris Erickson 23 years Russ Erickson 13 years Cindy Jensen 18 years Dave Dahlberg 13 years Jason Burkman 7 years (and served 3 years from 2005-2008) Dan Ohnstad 4 years Heather Jensen 1st year Reports received: Good News in Our Schools Transportation Committee Minutes Finance Committee Minutes October 23, 2017 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Annual Meeting at 6:00 PM PBIS Program Motion R. Erickson/Burkman to approve the Title I Policy Revisions. Motion carried 5-0. Motion H. Jensen/C. Jensen to approve the Food Allergy Policy Revisions. Motion carried 5-0. Motion R. Erickson/C. Jensen to increase the substitute teacher wages to $110.00 per full day and $55 per half day. Motion carried 5-0. Motion Dahlberg/Burkman to approve the 2017-2018 Annual Budget Publication (Budget Adoption format attached). Motion carried 5-0. Annual Mtg. Budget Publication-Fund 10 Audited 2016-2017 Total Revenue $13,685,336 Total Expenditures * $13,063,495

Budget 2017-2018 $13,459,548 $14,258,943

Amount -$225,788 +1,195,448

Change -1.65% 9.15%

*Expenditures exceed revenue because of the funds which the Board placed in Pre-paid, Committed and Assigned Fund Balances at the end of the Âżscal year last June, 2017. Fund Balance goal for FY18 is 22%. Motion H. Jensen/Burkman to approve the Resolution authorizing temporary borrowing in the amount not to exceed $2,000,000 pursuant to Section 67.12 (8) (a) 1, WIS. Stats. (Exhibit A) and to award the bid for the loan to Baird for a total net interest of 1.3586% ($27,096.67 net interest cost). Motion carried 5-0, Roll Call vote with all board members voting yes. Resolution attached. A Special Meeting of the Board will be held to discuss changes/additions to District mission statement and District goals. A survey will be sent out to determine the best meeting time. Motion R. Erickson/C. Jensen to approve the September 2017 Fiscal Report, Receipts Report and to pay vouchers. Motion carried 5-0. SpeciÂżc check numbers are: #31799 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 31825, #71897 â&#x20AC;&#x201C;#72153, #5069, #20052-#20073. SpeciÂżc expenditures per fund: Fund 10 (General) = Fund 21 (Scholarship/Donations) = Fund 27 (Special Education) = Fund 39 (Debt Service) = Fund 50 (Food Service) = Fund 60 (All School Fund) = Fund 80 (Community Ed) = Online US Bank =

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393,062.21 626.03 9,857.39 432,840.04 16,091.70 21,588.11 590.07 21,863.74 874,655.55

Motion Dahlberg/H. Jensen to adjourn. Motion carried 5-0.

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

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STATE OF MINNESOTA PINE COUNTY DISTRICT COURT 10th Judicial District 58-FA-17-267 Domestic Abuse In the Matter of: Molly Marie Ouverson Petitioner vs. Charles Dale Anderson Respondent Notice of Issuance of Emergency (Ex Parte) Order for Protection by Publication (Minn. Stat. §518B.01, subd. 8) To Respondent named above: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an Ex Parte Order for Protection has been issued in the above matter. You may request a hearing if you contact the court ad-

ministrator’s office within 12 days of the date of publication of this notice. You may obtain a copy of the Ex Parte Order for Protection and the form to request a hearing from the court administrator’s office at the following address: Pine County District Court, 635 Northridge Dr. NW Suite 320, Pine City Minnesota 55063. Failure to request a hearing or to obtain a copy of the Ex Parte Order will not be a defense to prosecution for violation of the Court’s Order Date: 11/29/2017 /s/ Lu Ann Blegen, Court Administrator By: Heather StengerMenne, Deputy WNAXLP (Dec. 6)

NOTICE OF MONTHLY BOARD MEETING TOWN OF GRANTSBURG The Town of Grantsburg, Burnett County, Wisconsin, will hold their monthly board meeting on Monday, December 11, 2017, at 5:30 P.M., at the Town of Grantsburg Clerk/ Treasurer's Of¿ce, 118 E. Madison Ave. The agenda will include: Call to order; pledge of allegiance; minutes of the November 13, 2017 board meeting; Citizen Input; road updates; approve UDC inspector contract; appoint election of¿cials; approve MOU w/Burnett Co. for SVRS; chairman report; clerk report; review correspondence; set date for January board meeting; treasurer's report and payment of invoices; adjourn. Any amendments to the agenda will be posted. For the Town Board, by Romey Nelson, Clerk/Treasurer

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PUBLIC NOTICE Electronic Ballot Tabulation

The Regular Monthly Meeting of the Town of Wood River Board of Supervisors will be Wednesday, December 13th at 6:30 p.m. at the Wood River Town Hall on Hwy 70 in Alpha WI. The agenda will be posted at the Wood River Town Hall; Burnett Dairy Co-op; Burnett Dairy Cheese Store and the Town of Wood River Web Site at www.townofwoodriver.com /s/ Raylene Swanson, Clerk

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Town of Grantsburg, December 12, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. Town Of¿ce - 118 E. Madison Avenue, Romey Nelson, Clerk/Treasurer, 715-463-5600

President Dave Dahlberg called the meeting to order. Present: Dan Ohnstad, Russ Erickson, Cindy Jensen, Jason Burkman, Chris Erickson and Heather Jensen. Absent: None. Appearances: None. Agenda Revisions: None. Motion Burkman/C. Erickson to approve the minutes from September 11, 2017. Motion carried 7-0.

Town of Lincoln, December 12, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. Clerk’s Home - 25603 Icehouse Bridge Road, Wanda Washkuhn, Clerk, 715-866-4201 Town of Meenon, December 13, 2017, at 4:30 p.m. Town Hall - 7396 Kruger Road, Suzanna M. Eytcheson, Clerk, 715-866-4893

Board Information Title I Policy Revisions. (First Reading). Food Allergy Policy Revisions. (First Reading). Transportation Committee to meet on October 2, at 6:30 PM. Personnel Committee will meet on November 6 at 5 PM (Committee) and will “Meet and Confer” with iForward personnel at 5:30 PM about 2017-18 wages and bene¿ts.

Town of Siren, December 9, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. - Town Hall - 7240 S. Long Lake Road, Mary Hunter, Clerk, 715-349-5119 Town of Trade Lake, December 11, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. – Clerk’s Home - 13021 Bass Lake Road, Deborah Christian, Clerk, 715-488-2600

Reports Received Enrollment is up by 19 students from last year at this time (3rd Friday count). Summer School 2017. Substitute Teacher Wage Survey – CESA #11. Breakfast Lunch Price Survey – CESA #11. CLC After School Program 2017-18. Motion C. Erickson/H. Jensen to approve the Annual Meeting Agenda for Monday, October 23, 2017, 6 PM. Motion carried 7-0. Motion C. Jensen/ R. Erickson to adjourn. Motion carried.

Town of West Marshland, December 11, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. - Town Hall - 12259 County Road F, Kerri Harter, Clerk, 715-463-2461 Town of Wood River, December 11, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. Town Hall - 11610 State Road 70, Raylene Swanson, Clerk, 715-689-2318 Village of Grantsburg, December 12, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. - Village Hall - 316 South Brad Street, Patty Bjorklund, Clerk, 715-463-2405

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Town of Anderson, December 12, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. Town Hall - 13808 Anderson Road, Carmen Bouchie, Clerk, 715-488-2339 Town of Daniels, December 13, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. Town Hall - 9697 Daniels 70 Road, Liz Simonsen, Clerk, 715-349-2291

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF GRANTSBURG REGULAR MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 5 PM

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Under Wisconsin State Statute 5.84(1), public tests of the electronic ballot tabulation system will be held to ascertain that the equipment will correctly count the December 19, 2017, Special Partisan Primary Election, votes cast for all of¿ces and on all measures. All tests are open to the public.

Village of Siren, December 11, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. Village Hall - 24049 First Avenue North, Ann Peterson, Clerk/Treasurer, 715-349-2273 Village of Webster, December 12, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. Village Hall - 7505 Main Street West, Debra DorriotReineccius, Clerk/Treasurer, 715-866-4211

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David E. Stickland David Edward Stickland, age 76, of Webster, was taken by angels on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at the Burnett Medical Continuing Care Center in Grantsburg. A Celebration of Life honoring David Stickland will be held on Saturday, December 9, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Siren United Methodist C Church in Siren w with Pastor Tom C Cook officiating. Visitation is one h hour prior to the serv vice at the church. David was born o September 8, on 1 1941, in San Diego, C to Clifford and CA, G Genevieve Stickland. H attended several He s schools including Milbank, SD, Webster, WI, and then graduating from Hoover High in San Diego, CA, in 1960. After graduation, he stayed in San Diego, CA, but his heart was in Wisconsin. Dave started working jobs to earn money to move back to Wisconsin, these jobs consisted of washing dishes, doing his own lawn business, and working as a cook at the Jack in the Box Restaurant. Dave moved back to Wisconsin in 1961, where he soon met the love of this life. Dave met Ruth while going roller skating in Frederic. They dated for one year and were married on August 31, 1963. Dave and Ruth lived in Minneapolis area where he worked at Schaefer’s making freezers and also held a job making shingles. They soon moved back to Ruth’s home town Frederic. While living in Frederic, Dave worked at North States. In 1967, Dave and Ruth found their dream home in Webster which was a 160-acre farm. While

Dave’s dream was to farm, he continued to work outside of the home doing various types of jobs. These jobs include driving truck, laying carpet, making and working with cement blocks, machining, building church pews, cutting pulp and treating logs, sawing wood cutting boards, building wood cabinets and making pocket doors. Dave ended his working career working at The Oakland Collection Center where he enjoyed visiting with people that would come in each weekend. While farming, Dave and Ruth started with milking cows, then moved the farm into having beef cattle. Shortly after that, they went into raising 1,000 rabbits at once. They moved into raising pigs and sheep. While farming, Dave enjoyed every type of animal including goats, dogs, cats and chickens. In his spare time, Dave enjoyed, farming, hunting, fishing, dancing, going to auctions, watching TV, and enjoying Sunday afternoon drives. He had a love for eating ice cream and popcorn. Dave is survived by his wife, Ruth Stickland,Webster; children, Charla Stickland, Spearfish, SD; Cherie (Len) Fischer, Siren; Sue (Scott) Bunting, Grantsburg; Edward (Missy) Stickland, Red Oak, IA; grandchildren, Courtney, Spencer, Cordell, Simon, Truman, Sadye, Bennett, Louisa, Eliana; great-grandchildren, Sophia and Cansis; sibling, Ethel Smith, Apple Valley, MN; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, cousins and friends. David is preceded in death by his parents, Clifford and Genevieve. You are invited to leave condolences, memories and photos at www.rowefh.com . Arrangements are entrusted to Rowe Funeral Home in Frederic, 715-327-4475 and the Northwest Wisconsin Cremation Center in Milltown, www.wicremationcenter.com , 715-825-5550.

Industrial Hemp Bill Signed By Governor Walker A Wisconsin Farm Bureau supported bill legalizing industrial hemp production in the state was signed into law by Governor Walker as WI Act 100. Senate Bill 119, authored by Sen. Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point) and Rep. Jesse Kremer (R-Kewaskum), creates a hemp pilot program that will permit farmers to grow industrial hemp through a licensing system from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. The bill garnered bipartisan support in both houses of the legislature and was passed unanimously in each. “Wisconsin Farm Bureau would like to thank Governor Walker for supporting this bill,” said WFBF President Jim Holte. “The establishment of an industrial hemp pilot program will open new market opportunities for our state’s

farmers and create jobs in processing and marketing.” Wisconsin has joined 33 other states in passing some form of legislation legalizing industrial hemp production and research. Additionally, more than thirty industrialized countries allow their farmers to grow hemp as a crop. Industrial hemp has not been legally grown in Wisconsin since 1957. Provisions in the 2014 Farm Bill allow states to set up pilot programs to permit the growing, cultivating and marketing of industrial hemp. “From the 1930s to 1957, Wisconsin dominated hemp production,” Holte said. “As a farmer myself, I am excited about the opportunities this creates to capitalize on existing markets, capture emerging markets and once again establish our position as an industry leader.”

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Make your own bucket list!

Reverend Ran Yoo Upper St. Croix Parish Grantsburg, St. Croix Falls, Atlas, Wolf Creek

Have you ever watched the movie, â&#x20AC;&#x153;bucket listâ&#x20AC;?? A bucket list is a list of things that you have not done before but really want to do before dying, and this movie is about two menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bucket list. Billionaire Edward Cole and car mechanic Carter Chambers are complete strangers, until they are in the same hospital room. These two strangers became best friends after they found out what they had in common: they were both terminally ill. At first, they were so frustrated but, finally they desired to complete a list of things they want to see and do before they die. Therefore, they left the hospital for a

new adventure in life against their doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advice. From this movie, I got one great insight. Death is not the end but a part of life. Everyone knows that people die, but we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really pay attention to this fact, so when the time comes, we tremble with fear. Why are we afraid of dying? Because we think that death means the end. However, as a Christian, I have a different understanding of death. Death is not the end, but a part of life and even an extension of life. As we believe in Christ Jesus as our savior, we are given a great gift: salvation and everlasting life. In this sense, death does not mean the end, but

FIRST LUTHERAN

A&H

Pastor Marilyn Crossfield Worship: 9 am | Sun. School: 9 am (Sept. - May) Wheelchair Accessible

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

DAIRYLAND (A Wesleyan Church) 715-244-3649 | 33921 State Rd 35 Sunday Worship: 11 am Bible Study: 6:30 pm, Wed. with potluck

FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

SACRED HEART OF JESUS & MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH

UNITED METHODIST

Fr. Michael J. Tupa, Pastor | 715-866-7321 Junction of Cty. Rds A & H Crescent Lake Voyager Village Area Mass: Thurs. 9:30 am | Sun. 8:00 am Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appointment

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

ASKOV CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS Just west of Askov on Hwy. 23 Auxiliary Meetings start at 9:30 am Sacrament Meeting: 11:20 am

Pastor Kookho Kim & Pastor Ran Yoo 2110 295th Ave. Cty. Rd. B Worship: 11:00 am | Sunday School: 11:15 am

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

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST UPPER ST. CROIX PARISH

Pastor Curtis Denney | 715-327-4956 Benson Rd. | Saturday Service Sabbath Sch. 9:30 am | Worship 11 am

Pastor Kookho Kim & Pastor Ran Yoo 715-463-2624 | Worship 9 am | Fellowship 10 am Christian Ed. Class (all ages) 10:30 am Nursery Available

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH Fr. Joseph Madanu Mass: Sunday 8:30 am Saturday 6:30 pm (Memorial Day - Labor Day)

CHICKEN COOP CHURCH

CHURCH OF CHRIST

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

Minister: Guy McCarty, Gene Olson, Robert Rutherford 107 Elm St. | 715-327-8387 Sunday 9 am - 12 pm Worship & Study

LIVING HOPE CHURCH

CROSSWALK COMMUNITY CHURCH (EFCA)

Rev. Eddie Crise, Sr. Pastor Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor 715-866-8646 | 7520 Water St. www.umc4pt.com Sunday Worship: 8:45 am

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

EKDALL COMMUNITY CHURCH

Doug McConnell, Senior Pastor Chris Radtke, Youth Pastor 715-463-5794 Worship: Sunday 9:30 am | Sun. School 11:30 am Held at Grantsburg HS Auditorium

Pastor Greg Lund | 715-327-8767 505 Old County Road W www.crosswalkcommunity.org Sunday School 9 am | Worship 10:15 am Look for us on Facebook

FAITH LUTHERAN

ST. LUKEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S UNITED METHODIST Pastor Arveda â&#x20AC;&#x153;Freddieâ&#x20AC;? Kirk Church: 715-327-4436 | Parsonage: 715-327-8383 Sunday Worship: 10:30 am | Fellowship following Wed. Service: 5:15 pm | Church Sch: Wed. 3:45 - 5 pm Wheelchair accessible | Childcare available

WEST SWEDEN GRACE LUTHERAN

Dan Shadis, Pastor | 715-463-5408 8 mi. North on Cty. Rd. F, Fire #13295 Meeting every Sunday at 9 am Potluck lunch following | Everyone welcome

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE

Mike Kleven, Pastor Sunday School for all ages: 9:30 am Church Service: 10:45 am Youth Ministries: 6:30 pm, Wed. Adult Bible Study: 2 pm, Thurs. Jay Ticknor, Pastor | 715-689-2271 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 Communion Every Sunday | Everyone welcome

GRACE BAPTIST

BETHANY LUTHERAN

Pastor Mike Fisk | (715) 472-8660 5 mi. E. of Frederic on W | 2 mi. S. on I Sun. School 9:15 am | Sun. Worship 10:30 am Communion 1st Sunday Contemporary Service 3rd Sunday

TRINITY LUTHERAN

Interim Pastor Michael Peterson 715-463-5388 | www.myfaithlutheran.org Worship 9:30 am Service on WCMP Radio (100.9 FM) Communion celebrated every Sunday Christian Education - Wed. afternoon & evening Rev. Brad Moore, Sr. Pastor George Selbher, Assoc. Pastor 715-463-5699 Sunday Worship 9 am Wed. 5:30 pm Supper for all 6 pm All Stars, Youth Connection Grace Nursery Sch: Tues. & Thurs. 9 am

Pastor John Peterson 1638 345th Ave. | 715-327-4340 Worship 9:15 am | Sunday School 10:30 am Communion 1st & 2nd Sunday

FIRST BAPTIST

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST UPPER ST. CROIX PARISH

CUSHING

715-656-4010 | 7535 Peet St. Sunday - Adult Sunday School: 9 am Morning Service: 10 am | Evening Service: 7 pm Monday - Bible Study: 6:30 pm

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ATLAS

GRANTSBURG

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

DANBURY

Pastor Bill Schroeder | 715-635-7791 Cty Rd. H, 1/2 mile N. of Cty. A on H www.lakesidelutheranwi.com Sunday Worship: 9 am (June-Aug), 10 am (Sept-May) Sunday School: 9 am | All welcome Wednesday Outdoor Worship: 7 pm (June-Aug)

FREDERIC

PILGRAM LUTHERAN FREDERIC (ELCA)

THE WOODLAND CHURCH

LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA

a part of life toward the everlasting life. Now we started the season of Advent by counting the days to Christmas, and we are waiting for the coming of Jesus Christ. The Gospel of Mark 13 shows the importance of keeping awake, because no one knows for sure when Jesus is coming back. Everyday life is a precious gift of God, not because it will end someday, but because it is a part of our future in the everlasting life. As we live in the season of waiting, how about making your own bucket list to make your current life be more faithful to God? From this, you can find a more deep meaning of life and great joy of salvation and everlasting life.

Pastor Jay Ticknor 715-463-5746 Worship 11:00 am | Sunday School 9:30 am Nursery is available

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 | Home: 715-866-4622 10:45 am Church Service | 9 am Sunday School Communion 2nd, 4th & 5th Sunday

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

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

HERTEL

MARKVILLE

SPOONER

WEBSTER

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH

BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS)

GRACE UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Janeva Stromberg 320-679-1012 | Council Chair: 715-244-3301 Worship: 11 am | Sunday School: 10 am

SIREN ADVENTURE CHURCH

LAKEVIEW UNITED METHODIST Jack Starr, Pastor S. of Hertel | Worship & Sunday School: 9 am

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

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

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN Roger Kastelle, Pastor Hwy. 35 & Cty. Rd. B | 715-472-8190 Sun. Worship Service: 9 am | Sun. School: 10 am

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN Linda Rozumalski, Pastor | 715-472-2383 1 mi. west of Luck off Cty Rd N on 170th Worship: 10:00 am | Fellowship following Holy Communion: 1st & 3rd Sunday Bring for food shelf.

Lead Pastors: CJ and Cheryl Johnson Assoc. Pastors: Jeremiah and Bek Stavne Care Pastor: Carolyn Marquardt Teens Pastors: Josh and Abby Larsen Kids Pastor: Crystal McDonald 23811 State Rd. 35/PO Box 21 | 715-349-5750 adventurechurchsiren.com Sunday Worship: 9 & 10:30 am

Gene E. Jahnke, Pastor Juct. Hwy 53 & 70 | 715-635-7672 Worship: 9:30 am Sunday/Bible Class: 10:45 am Sun. 7:40 am “Voice of Salvation” broadcast WJMC 96.1 FM

ST. ALBAN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Father David Bauer Corner of Elm & Summit Streets | 715-635-8475 Holy Eucharist: Sunday 10:30 am Holy Days as announced

TRADE LAKE ZION LUTHERAN

BETHANY LUTHERAN

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

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN LCMS Pastor Jody Walter Office: 715-866-7191 | Home: 715-866-4622 www.facebook.com/OurRedeemerWebster Church Service: 9:30 am Communion: 1st & 3rd Sunday Sun. School & Choir Practice: 10:45 am

Paul Peterson, Pastor Worship: 8:30 am | Sunday School: 9:45 am Coffee Hour: 9:30 am | Nursery available

Pastor John Peterson 11841 Cty. Rd. Z | 715-327-8384 Sun. School: 9:45 am | Sun. Worship: 11 am Communion: 1st & 2nd Sunday

CHURCH OF CHRIST

SIREN UNITED METHODIST

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF WEBSTER

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

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

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES Sun. Public Talk: 10 am | Watch Tower: 10:40 am Cong. Bible Study: Tues. 7:00 pm Ministry School: 7:35 pm | Service Mtg.: 8:05 pm

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

TRADE RIVER EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH Rev. Dale Van Deusen, Pastor 715-488-2296 9 miles So. of Grantsburg on Hwy. 87 www.traderiverefc.org Worship: 9:30 am | Sunday School: 10:45 am Wednesday Nights: 6:30 pm Adult Bible Study 6:30 pm Jr. & Sr. High Youth Group

DWELLING POINT CHURCH OF GOD Bryan Davis, Pastor 7697 Johnson St www.dwellingpointchurch.cc Worship: Sundays at 10 am | Nursery Available

7425 W. Birch | 715-866-7157 Sunday Bible Class: 9:30 am (all ages) Worship: 10:30 am | Bible Study: 7 pm, Wed. (all ages)

Jeff Jowers, Pastor Cell: 864-607-5605 | pastorjowers@gmail.com 7422 Kola Street | 715-866-4111 Sun. School: 9:30 am | Sun. Worship: 10:45 am Wed. 6:30 pm AWANA (Ages 3-6th Grade) & SIGN (Grades 7-12 Youth Group)

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC CHURCH Fr. Michael J. Tupa, Pastor Cedar and Muskey Ave. | 715-866-7321 Fri. Mass: 9 am | Sun. Mass: 10 am Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appointment

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN Pastors Douglas Olson, Myron Carlson. Danny Wheeler & Ralph Thompson 7615 County Rd. U | 715-866-8281 www.yellowlakelutheranchurch.org Sunday Worship Services: 9:30 am Communion: 1st & 3rd Sunday

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