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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016 VOL. 54 NO. 24 www.burnettcountysentinel.com $1.00

TRAILS CLOSED: County closes snowmobile system due to shortage of snow. P8

BMC looks to align with Fairview Medical GRANTSBURG—Nothing is set in stone but it isn’t a secret either.

Since early in 2015, Burnett Medical Center (BMC) has been researching the idea of integrating its medical care with one of the larger medical providers in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.

“We want to further strengthen the care we provide close to home,” Gordy Lewis, CEO of BMC, clarified. “Right now we are two parties acting in good faith to clinically integrate care.”

He said the board first looked at Allina Health Care but when their umbrella didn’t offer long-term care, the concentration turned to Fairview.

“We are in the initial stages of a non-binding agreement with Fairview — nothing is set for sure but we are hopeful,” Lewis stated. “It’s more about the fit and the culture of the two providers.”

Lewis said the day-to-day operations of the hospital would not change.

“We will still be a 24/7 provider and will continue to offer emergency care services, long-term care, swing-bed care — everything people have come to expect,” he explained. “I would anticipate additional specialists in the areas not already providing services to our patients — that is the strength of integration.”

Ever since BMC’s governing board has been considering this kind of move, the beginning of 2017 has been the target date.

“January 2017 has been the aiming stake the board has been aiming for,” Lewis concluded.

By Todd Beckmann, Sentinel

TODD BECKMANN | SENTINEL

Frigid Five or spring fling?

A few runners in Saturday’s annual Frigid 5K, run as part of Mid-Winter Sports Day in Grantsburg, donned shorts for the run. With temperatures at race time in the 20s, it might not have been reasonable, but it wasn’t unreasonable.

Texan, 90, loves Wisconsin winters

BY STEVE BRIGGS SENTINEL

WEBSTER—Tucked back in the woods overlooking a lake, not far from Voyager Village, lives a transplanted Texan named Smitty. If you plan to stop by for a visit on a winter afternoon, you probably should call ahead. He may be out riding his snowmobile or watching the holes in the ice through the floor of his fish house.

Maurice “Smitty” Smith, age 90, concedes he hasn’t met another snowmobiler his age, but he hopes to meet some of the over-75 members who ride with the Wonderland Snowmobile Club. He and his daughter, Paula SEE SMITTY, PAGE 7

No hiccups on first-run of Voter-ID

BY TODD BECKMANN SENTINEL

SIREN—The first of four elections in 2016 is in the books.

“It was a very smooth election although the voter turnout for Burnett County was low,” Wanda Hinrichs, county clerk reported in the wake of last Tuesday’s primary election.

Of course the main issue last week was Maurice “Smitty” Smith

SEE ELECTION, PAGE 6

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Siren board votes to censure member

BY TODD BECKMANN SENTINEL

SIREN—A vote to censure Siren School Board member Jim Kopecky was the result of a closed session meeting of the Siren School Board earlier this month.

In essence, it’s a vote of no-confidence.

“The board does not condone his actions nor does it take responsibility for his comments,” Peggy Moore, school board president, remarked on the meaning of a vote to censure.

“He can still attend meetings, he can still offer input, he can still vote — he is still an elected official.”

The rest of the board attempted to remedy that situation before the vote to censure.

“There was a motion which passed 6-1 to ask Jim to resign,” Moore continued. “At that point, Jim told us he was not going to resign.”

The results of the first motion led

James Kopecky

to the censure vote — which also passed 6-1. Kopecky was the lone “No” vote in each case.

Because of the nature of the motions offered at that meeting, the

board posted its agenda pointing out that it would move immediately into closed session: “Move to closed under WI State Statute 1985(1) (f) Considering financial, medical, social or personal histories or disciplinary data of specific persons, preliminary consideration of specific personnel problems or the investigation of charges against specific persons which, if discussed in public, would be likely to have a substantial adverse effect upon the reputation of any person referred to in such histories or data, or involved in such problems or investigations.”

“We posted the agenda that way on the advice of the school board’s attorney,” Moore clarified.

Due to the issues at stake, Moore said she could offer no further comment on the situation.

Kopecky’s three-year term, which began in April 2015, runs through April of 2018.

By Todd Beckmann, Sentinel

WISCONSIN BRIEFING DNR customer service and licensing set for transition MADISON–The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) began implementing a new customer service and license sales system this week designed to make it easier for customers to buy hunting and fishing licenses, register boats and recreational vehicles and get information about hunter education and safety courses.

Implementation of the new system is part of a broader ‘Go Wild’ campaign that encourages people to head outdoors and enjoy the nu-

merous recreational opportunities.

Mark Rappe, of DNR’s bureau of customer and outreach services, said the new licensing system will offer numerous advantages for customers.

“We want people to get out and ‘Go Wild’ when and where it’s convenient for them,” Rappe said.

“The new licensing system makes this possible by allowing sales and validation to take place 24-7, 365.

Because the new system secures license and registration information online, there’s no waiting for licenses or registrations to arrive and no

need to keep track of the old thermal paper documents. The system provides proof of many privileges through mobile devices, an optional personal conservation card and Wisconsin driver’s licenses.”

During the transition period that started Feb. 16 and runs to early March, customers who wish to purchase products such as fishing licenses or a snowmobile trail pass must make their purchases at a DNR service center or call the customer service line to purchase products over the phone at 1-888-WDNRINFo (1-888-936-7463).

COVER TO COVER Larsen Family il Public bli Library ib

Severe weather – The library’s policy on closing the library in severe weather follows the Webster School District’s closings. If the schools are closed due to severe weather, the library also will be closed.

Friends Of The Library – The Second Saturday Book Sale will be held 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March. 12. Come and find great book bargains! The F.O.L. Wild Rice Cookbook is for sale at the library and the Webster coffee shop for $12. Enjoy some great recipes and support your library!

Table tennis (ping pong) – 1 p.m. on Wednesdays March 9, 23 and 30. When AARP tax preparation is over, the hours will become more regular. This is not a tournament – just some fun time playing pingpong, no matter your skill level.

Preschool storytime – Please join us at 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday mornings for stories, snacks, activities and socialization (for the children and the adults!)

Everyone is welcome. We love to see new faces! And, don’t forget our “1000 Books Before Kindergarten” program. Babies love to hear your voice!

PICTO – Join us the first Friday of every month for fish fry (5 pm) and PICTO (7 pm) at Whitetail Wilderness on Highway 35. The next event is Friday, March 4. Proceeds from the game are donated to the Larsen Family Public Library.

Adult book club – The title for our March Book Club discussion is “The Bohemian Flats” by Mary Relindes Ellis. The club meets at 10 a.m. on the fourth Tuesday of every month (except December) in the Nexen Room. Everyone is welcome, even if you haven’t had time to read the book. Books are available at the circulation desk. Just call the library to reserve your copy.

AARP tax help - AARP offers free tax help to lowand moderate-income taxpayers, especially those 60 and older. AARP will be here at the library to help you with your taxes starting in February. We have the sign-up sheets now. Help will be available on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays the first and third weeks of March and the first two weeks of April. Please call the library at 715-866-7697 to make an appointment.

Larsen Family Public Library contact information: Telephone: (715) 866-7697, Website: http://webster.wislib.org, Online Catalog: http://merlin.nwls.lib.wi.us/search, Hours: Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. & Saturday 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Cross Country Skiing, Bonfire at the Forts DANBURY–Classic skiers, skate-skiers, and everyone interested in learning about cross country skiing are invited to attend a Cross Country Ski Event from noon - 3p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 28, at Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park.

Experienced skiers will be available to answer questions about skiing techniques, equipment, and appropriate clothing. Relax by the bonfire after you ski. Hot chocolate will be available for purchase. The Visitor’s Center and Gift Shop will also be open. There is no charge for this event.

Head to Crex March 5 for mammal workshop GRANTSBURG–Join Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Technician Chris Cold, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, March 5 for a hands-on Mammal Workshop at Crex Meadows State Wildlife Area.

This five-hour workshop will include a hands-on lab with a snowshoe tracking component. Participants will learn more about the natural history, identification, ecology and biology of mammals in Wisconsin.

Bring a lunch, water bottle, camera, and appropriate clothing for walking in deep

snow conditions. Snacks, refreshments, and workshop materials will be provided.

Pre-registration is required, as space is limited to 20 adults.

For more information, contact Kristi Pupak, DNR wildlife conservation educator, at 715-463-2739. Crex Meadows State Wildlife Area is located at 102 E. Crex Ave. in Grantsburg.

Area bicyclists’ winter meeting Feb. 25 The Lake Country Pedaler’s Bicycle Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25 at the Cog & Sprocket Bike Shop in Webster.

Online at www.facebook.com/lakecountrypedalers.

MEETINGS MONDAY, MARCH 1 Dewey Town Meeting 8 p.m.

THURSDAY, MARCH 3 Webb Lake Men’s Club Mtg.

11:30 a.m. at Lumberjack Saloon/Eatery, Webb Lake.

Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity 6:30 p.m. 120 S. Main, Luck

MONDAY, MARCH 7 Webb Lake Town Meeting 6 p.m.

EVENTS WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24

Fish and PICTO

Spooner DMV Service Center open

Parkinson’s Support Group

Fish fry (5 p.m.) and a game of PICTO (7 p.m.) the first Friday of the month at Whitetail Wilderness, Webster. Proceeds to Larsen Family Public Library.

2 p.m. at Larsen Family Library, Webster.

715-689-2350.

SATURDAY, MARCH 5

7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at W7074 Green Valley Rd.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Ruby’s Pantry Food Distribution 4:30 p.m. at Pine City Natl Guard Armory $21 donation.

Area bicyclists winter meeting

Ruby’s Pantry Food Distribution 9:30 a.m. Swiss Town Shop. $21 donation.

Used Book Sale 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Larsen Family Public Library, Webster.

SUNDAY MARCH 13 Osteoporosis Educational Seminar 11:15 a.m., New Hope Lutheran Church, Grantsburg, 715-463-5700.

SUNDAY, MARCH 6 Life Drawing Co-op

5:30 p.m. at Cog & Spoke Bike Shop, Webster

1-4 p.m. Cafe Wren, Luck 715-488-2957

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28

Bingo

WEDNESDAY,MARCH 9

Hope for a Cure Longaberger Basket Bingo

1-3 p.m. at Grantsburg Sr. Center. Bring a wrapped $1-2 gift.

Proceeds to American Cancer Society.

Doors open noon, Bingo 1 p.m. at Northwoods Crossing Event Center and Tesora at Siren. 715-349-4431

FRIDAY, MARCH 11 Northwest Regional Writers 1 p.m. at Wake Up Call, Grantsburg.

Brain Injury Support Group

FRIDAY, MARCH 4

2 p.m. at Frederic Public Library 327-4474.

9th Annual Ice Bowling

SATURDAY, MARCH 12

6 p.m.-midnight at Grantsburg Hockey Rink. Must be 18. Prizes, games, music.

Ruby’s Pantry Food Distribution

TUESDAY, MARCH 8 Webb Lake Community Club 1 p.m.

Odds ‘N’ Ends Club 1 p.m. 463-3174.

Grantsburg Amer. Legion Aux.

5 p.m. at Crexway Court Community Room. 4632475. (Jan.-Mar.)

Swiss Town Mtg.

MONDAY MARCH 14

7 p.m.

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group

7 p.m.

5-7 p.m. at Lakeland Family Resource Ctr., Spooner, 635-4669

7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, MARCH 15 Ruby’s Pantry food distribution Noon at 210 E. Park Ave., Luck. $21 donation.

THURSDAY, MARCH 24 Parkinson’s Support Group 2:30 p.m. at Larsen Family Library, Webster 715-294-2111.

Anderson Town Mtg. Daniels Town Mtg. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 Webster Village Bd. Mtg. 6 p.m.

Wood River Town Mtg. 6:30 p.m.

N’western Wis. K-9 Mtg. 7 p.m. 349-8377.

Burnett County VFW Post 1256 and Auxiliary 7:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10 Siren Village Bd. Mtg.

9 a.m. at Spooner School Vocational Area. $21 donation.

2 p.m. at the Village office.

ON-GOING EVENTS EVERY SUNDAY

EVERY TUESDAY

Free Ice Skating, all ages

Adult Day Care

4-7 p.m. Grantsburg Hockey Arena, through Feb. 28, 2016

9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Birchwood Manor, Siren.

AA Meeting

Noon at T-Dawgs, 429 E. State Road 70.

EVERY THURSDAY

Alanon Meeting

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Birchwood Manor, Siren.

9 a.m. at New Beginnings Club, Siren.

715-349-2588.

Grantsburg Rotary meeting

7 p.m. Lakeside Community Lutheran Church, 28626 Cty. Rd. H, in A&H.

EVERY MONDAY Adult Day Care 9 a.m. to 3p.m., Crexway Crt, Grantsburg.

TOPS Club meeting 9:30 a.m. First Baptist Church, Webster 715-866-4022.

EVERY WEDNESDAY 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 24534 St. Rd. 35/70, Siren.

Pre-School Story Hour

10-11:30 a.m. at 24062 St. Rd. 35/70, Siren.

10:30 a.m. at Grantsburg Public Library.

715-463-2244.

5 p.m., New Beginnings Alanon Club, Siren, 349-2588.

Grantsburg Area Food Shelf Food distribution, 9:30-11:30 a.m. at 320 S. Brad Street, Grantsburg.

Siren/Webster Rotary meeting Noon at The Pour House, Siren.

Narcotics Anonymous 7 p.m. New Beginnings Bldg., Siren.

EVERY FRIDAY

AA Meeting

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 24534 St. Rd. 35/70, Siren.

Gambler’s Anonymous

Adult Day Care

Ruby’s Siren Food Shelf

Burnett Cty. Family Resource Ctr. Playgroup Ruby’s Siren Food Shelf

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

7 p.m. New Beginnings Alanon Club, Siren, 349-2588.

Ruby’s Siren Food Shelf 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 24534 St. Rd. 35/70, Siren.

AA Meeting 7 p.m. Bethany Lutheran Church, Siren.

MONDAY, MARCH 14 Grantsburg Sch. Bd. Mtg. 5 p.m. District Office.

Grantsburg Vil. Bd. Mtg. 5 p.m. Public Library

Grantsburg Town Mtg. 5:30 p.m.

Disabled American Veterans Chapter 66

6:30 p.m. Government Center, Siren. Present for drawing.

American Legion Post 185 Mtg. 7 p.m. Legion Hall.

Scott Town Mtg.

7 p.m. at Scott Town Hall.

LaFollette Town Mtg. 7 p.m.

Jackson Town Mtg. 7 p.m.

Meenon Town Mtg. 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10 Trade Lake Town Mtg.

Buffalo chicken dip There are a lot of buffalo chicken dip recipes out there. We like this one because the mozzarella cheese doesn’t over power the chicken and makes for dramatic dipping when you have a nice cheesy glob attached to your cracker. Add more hot sauce if you like.

1 cup blue cheese salad dressing 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese 1 bunch celery, trimmed and cut into 4-inch pieces Triscuit Thin Crisps crackers

cheese dressing, and mozzarella cheese.

Stir constantly until the cheese is melted and bubbly hot, about 5-7 minutes. Transfer mixture to serving bowl or a small slow cooker set on low. Drizzle a small amount of Frank’s RedHot sauce over the top. Serve with crackers and celery sticks.

In a large fry pan over medium heat, combine chicken and Frank’s RedHot sauce. Heat until hot, about 3 minutes.

Add cream cheese, blue

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Buffalo chicken dip 2 -10 oz cans chunk chicken, drained and shredded ½ cup Frank’s RedHot sauce, plus more for top 2 -8 oz packages cream cheese

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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough

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Spring fever Talk about spring fever!

With the temperatures we have been experiencing for the last week, I’m finding it tough to be indoors — going to meetings, conducting interviews, writing stories or even writing this column.

There’s no question we have had an easy go of it this winter.

Sure, we’ve had a day or two here or there when it’s been 20-below with a vicious wind out of the northwest but it was a day or two and then we’d get a reprieve.

And hardly any snow to sneeze at. Thankfully, we had enough to have the snowmobile trails open and all the economic benefits that brings.

Of course, not enough snow or Seems to too much snow is all a matter of perspective.

Me I know Mike Hoefs, the new highway commissioner, is Todd Beckmann overjoyed by the fact we’ve had what’s called an “open” winter —allowing him to ease into his new job without having to worry about plowing snow every time he turns around.

The minimal snow is also good for pruning my apple trees.

Folks who know these things say late winter is the best time to prune so I pruned in February.

Now last winter, the snow was too deep in February to get to some of the limbs which needed pruning — not so this year.

I was surprised I didn’t hear or see a robin while I was out there although I’m guessing that’s only a matter of time.

My snowman is continuing his anorexic ways —I kept losing bets with myself last week that ‘Today is the day I come home and he will no longer have a head.”

That all came to an end Friday morning when I woke to find the embodiment of the headless horseman, minus the horse, of course, in my front yard.

It’s amazing considering six weeks ago when I built him, it took me, the wife and a neighbor to hoist the middle portion of the snowman into place — now it would be child’s play to manhandle that portion by myself.

Of course, that doesn’t matter anymore either as gravity handled that situation.

Morning walk-wise, it wasn’t a difficult winter either.

There were hardly any icy mornings forcing me to complete my constitutional at the health club. That, plus there were less than a handful of 20-below mornings when I opted to walk indoors. I mean, I might be crazy but c’mon — there IS a limit.

Morning walks now are wonderful — the roads are relatively clear and any snow we do get doesn’t last.

All of this makes me shudder at what is in store for us next winter.

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Impervious to the weather?

It’s over now, we think.

After a warm November and December, a cold snap in late January that persisted well into this month brought us back to reality that it is indeed winter.

The two week forecast is for slightly warmer than normal temperatures.

Rain and thunder last week were strange as well, but signs that spring is inFrom the deed on the way.

Isn’t it amazing Publisher’s how quickly we Desk take things for granted, such as Tom Stangl warmer than normal winters?

At the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon, I am amazed at the way people no longer dress appropriately for the weather. How many times during cold or snowy snaps have you seen someone running around without a coat or hat? How about wearing shorts and sandals? Or my favorite — a sweatshirt and shorts.

If you were to ask one of these people why they were dressed that way, you would see an expression of shock that the question was being asked. After the initial shock had passed, many might tell you that they were simply going out to get

something and went from a warm house to a warm car and briefly in the actual outdoors before entering a warm store.

A short trip back to the car and, in a few moments, back safe and sound in the warm home. No need to waste time piling on layers of clothing, only to take them off, put them back on and take them off again.

It all makes perfect sense to anyone under 30.

Those of us older than that (yours truly included) were raised to be properly bundled up in numerous layers of winter clothing, complete with backup gloves or mittens (in case the first pair got wet or lost), rubber galoshes and hat. It was almost as if we were preparing for a space walk, and getting the clothes on in the proper order was vital to our survival.

If you wanted to get in trouble, leave home without any of these items and come home with wet shoes, or worse yet — a cold, and then there would be trouble with a capital “T.” I recall living on the edge a couple of times.

Being the third owner of galoshes that have been, shall we say used less than gently by the previous owners, was not exactly glamorous.

By the time I got to use them, between the abuse they had received

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and the summers being stored under the stairs, using the term “galoshes” was generous, to say the least. Most had holes in them, many were missing crucial buckles. In those days, a missing buckle was the difference between dry shoes and cold and soggy. It wasn’t pretty, but you HAD to wear them.

Technology has enabled us to become, to some extent, immune from the whims of Mother Nature — as long as the power grid is up and running. Cell phones, more accurate weather forecasting (which is still a crap shoot) and the advent of four wheel drive vehicles has further emboldened us when it comes to the weather.

As is the case with many things in life, your mother was right when she told you to stay inside when the weather was too nasty to be outdoors. We should listen to this basic wisdom more often, and we’d get in less trouble.

But I’m not going back to galoshes....

As always, I welcome your comments. You can reach me by email at tstangl@theameryfreepress. com, telephone 715-268-8101 or write me at P.O. Box 424, Amery, WI, 54001.

Thanks for reading. I’ll keep in touch. Feel free to do the same.

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Blaze pink signed into law

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Each paying our fair share of fire protection costs To the Editor: I read your recent story on how to pay for a new fire truck to serve Grantsburg village and the five surrounding towns that make up the Grantsburg Fire Association.

Some people in the Town of Wood River apparently think they are paying too big a share of the costs. They want each of the six municipalities to pay an equal portion.

Splitting the cost into six equal shares may seem fair on the surface, but it is not. The most fair method is the current one, where the owner of a $100,000 property will pay $76 toward the purchase of the fire truck, regardless where they live.

Under the Town of Wood River’s proposal, the owner of a $100,000 property would pay $150 if they live in Town of West Marshland, but only $39 in Wood River.

Another way to look at it: the owner of a $100,000 home in West Marshland would pay about the same firetruck cost ($150) as the owner of a $400,000 home in Wood River ($156). That doesn’t seem fair to me.

Fire protection is expensive, but working together and each paying our fair share of the cost, based on property value, seems best.

Mark Dahlberg Grantsburg

MADISON- Bipartisan legislation introduced by Wisconsin Sportsmen’s Caucus Co-Chairs Nick Milroy (D-South Range) and Joel Kleefisch (R-Oconomowoc) to allow gun deer hunters to wear “blaze pink” hunting apparel was signed into law earlier this month.

Milroy joined the Governor and others at a bill signing ceremony at the State Capitol in Madison.

The bill, which passed both houses of the Legislature on bipartisan votes, will make Wisconsin the first state in the country to give hunters the option of wearing bright, fluorescent, blaze pink.

“Safety was our first consideration. In working with expert color scientist Professor Majid Sarmadi at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Human Ecology, we learned that blaze pink is just as visible, if not more visible, to the human eye than blaze orange,” Milroy explained. “Additionally, we learned blaze pink is actually more difficult for deer to see than blaze orange.”

“This bill is simply about giving hunters the option to wear blaze pink hunting gear, which has been available to purchase but not yet legal for hunting use,” Milroy said. “Retailers and manufacturers recognized this untapped market and began promoting pink merchandise, including everything from clothing to weapons. Allowing the legal use of blaze pink

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By Patzy Wenthe

This weekend the weather helped make Mid-Winter Sports Day and weekend events a success, like the Frigid Five race and fishing contests on local lakes.

The events continued into evening with the candlelight hike/snowshoe and goodies at Memory Lake and the Miss Grantsburg Pageant.

Congratulations to the new Miss Grantsburg/Miss Congeniality, Kathryn Curtin, and her court, 1st princess Kayla Glover, 2nd princess Tymber King. Little Miss Grantsburg is Megan Harmon, with 1st princess Josie Erickson and 2nd princess was Kate Peterson.

We’ve been busy going from red to green at the center – St. Pat’s Day decorations, that is!

We had a few names added to the list interested in Cribbage. The boards are on the tables. Come on in!

Remember, we offer wi-fi, coffee and goodies, and

the “Book Nook.” Or, find something fun or interesting on the “Thrifty Nifty Table.”

For meal reservations call 715-463-2940. For hall rent or other questions contact: Patzy Wenthe (715-2226400) or Wally Mitchell (715-463-2940) Questions on center ask for: Patzy Wenthe (715222-6400) or Wally Mitchell. You can email us at: gburg118@gmail.com Coming Events: • Business meeting the third Thursday of the month at 11 a.m.

• Bingo the second Wednesday of the month, 1 pm.

Bring a $1-2 wrapped gift.

• Medica workshop at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 22.

• Rummage Sale on April 2.

will add an additional option for hunters.

“Hunting is vital to maintaining a healthy deer population, which benefits individual sportsmen and women as well as the sporting, forest product, and agriculture industries as a whole.”

While Wisconsin became the first state to allow blaze pink today, it appears that it will not be the last.

Milroy said that he has received calls from legislators in Minnesota and Colorado interested in introducing blaze pink legislation in their states.

STROLL THROUGH THE PAST

By Eunice Kanne

After Dr. E.I. Bunker began his practice in Grantsburg, his wife and two small children came from South Dakota to join him. He was unable to meet her in St. Paul, but planned to meet her in Grantsburg.

Her train was late in arriving in St. Paul, so she missed the connection to Rush City. She wired the doctor she would not be on the Grantsburg train but would arrive in Rush City at four o’clock. Would he meet her there?

When she arrived in Rush City, a liveryman met her and said he would drive her to the railroad bridge on the St. Croix River, where the doctor would meet her.

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To get the vehicle onto the Wisconsin side of the river, they climbed a steep bank, and drove most of the 12 miles to Grantsburg in the dark.

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R. DeWitt Wallace arrived from St. Paul Tuesday and is now employed at the Burnett County Abstract Company office on Pine Street in Grantsburg. An extra amount of work necessitated the addition to the company work force.

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[Eunice Kanne notes Mr. Wallace served in World War I, then returned to St. Paul and in 1922 founded The Readers Digest.]

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We had our monthly meeting Thursday. We celebrated February birthdays with cake and coffee.

We will sell brats at Farmer Market on May 23 and Aug. 6.

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Friday we celebrated Dwaine Bentley’s 90th birthday. His family brought in cake, cookies and ice cream for everyone. We enjoyed helping Dwaine make his day special. Thanks to the Bentley family for including us

in the party.

Wal-mart has a big sign saying there are only 38 days until Easter. It’s very hard to believe Easter is that close. Soon we will be thinking of spring flowers, garden planting and warmer weather.

Coming Events: Feb. 28 - Cancer Benefit Bingo at Tesora. Doors open at noon. Bingo starts at 1 p.m.

March 13 - Daylight Saving Time starts.

March 17 - St Patrick’s Day. Watch the papers for fun activities

Byron Selves worked in the Burnett County Abstract Company office with R. DeWitt Wallace, who later founded the Readers Digest Magazine. Selves kept in touch with Wallace through the years. Marty Giswold, a nephew of Bryon, and Celesta Hoffman, who later worked in that office, said that Mr. and Mrs. Selves visited the Wallaces in their New York City home.

Eunice Kanne

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We send our gratitude to all who braved the cold and attended the Flea Market and Bake sale. Also, our appreciation to those who donated baked goods and to the volunteers who helped make it a success.

We had a small but fun group for dime bingo. It was just too cold. Kudos to all who came. We had birthday cake for Peggy Lawless, who celebrated being 91 years young.

Birthday wishes also to Mary Thompson, Rod Hopkins, Donna Lehman and to all others celebrating their special day in February.

There were no pool or dominoes played on Thursday, as we were setting up for the sale.

Wii bowling was fun and competitive, as usual. Fred had high individual game with 232. Harry had high in-

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the mandated use of voter identification for the first time.

Because of the low turnout, it worked out well,” she said of the new requirement “We have some new clerks and election judges in the municipalities throughout the county — so a slow day was a good way for them to get acclimated to an election and a good way for everyone to get acclimated to voter ID.” Ann Peterson, Siren Village Clerk, agreed.

“A small election is nice for the new election judges to get the hang of it,” she pointed out. “But on the other hand, you’d like it to be a little busier so workers don’t get discouraged.”

But neither reported an issue with proper identification at the polls.

“We didn’t have any issues,” Peterson explained.

“Everyone had the right ID and everyone presented it.”

While she didn’t have specific examples, Hinrichs said she received two calls on Primary Day. “They were calls about voters not having the correct ID but they chose to go home to get the correct ID and went back to the municipality to vote,” she noted. “So, at the end of the day, everyone who wanted to vote, could vote.”

Hinrichs did say last week’s election was a good “dry-run” for the April election.

Results Lest anyone forgets, the main reason for the primary election was to narrow the choice for Supreme Court Justice from three candidates to two.

State-wide, results show incumbent Rebecca Bradley and JoAnne Kloppenburg will move on to the April 5 general election, with Joe Donald placing a distant third. Likewise, Burnett County voters also advanced Bradley and Kloppenburg.

The voter turnout was about as expected, running at two percent for the Town of Meenon and 13 percent for the Town of Scott. The vote total, then, averaged about seven percent across the county.

“It’s sad so few people voted because of the cost of having this primary,” Hinrichs observed.

Residents in the Towns of Dewey, Rusk and Scott cast ballots for the Spooner School Board where the nine candidates in the race were pared to six, Karen Sorenson, Kevin King, Robert Hoellen, Miles Macone, Kyle Pierce, and Jim Dienstl. The results are unofficial pending the canvass of last Tuesday’s election.

Early start to baseball season?

BY TODD BECKMANN SENTINEL

WEBSTER—The Webster School Board is doing what it can to ensure the Webster Tiger baseball program gets a jump on the season after approving an April overnight for the team at last week’s meeting.

“You know the weather hurdles we face in April,” Jarrod Washburn, baseball coach, said as a way to introduce the proposal to the board. “If we can go down to Mauston and get four games in it’ll give us a leg up on the rest of the season.”

He’s proposing Mauston because they have eight Astroturf fields with very good drainage systems all in one location.

“It can be raining sideways so hard you can’t see 10-feet in front of you but once it stops those fields are ready for ball in half an hour,” he continued.

The Tigers will play New Lisbon, St. Croix Central and Ithaca, a state tournament team from 201415.

“It’ll be a good test for our kids early in the season,” the coach predicted.

In other business: • After the first look at the calendar at January’s meeting, the board adopted the 2016-17 school calendar.

Leap Day is set for Aug. 31 with the first day of school set for Sept.

1. The calendar includes no school during Thanksgiving week (Nov. 21-25), graduation on Saturday, May 20, 2017 and the last day of school is June 1, 2017.

• The board awarded the Technical Excellence Scholarship to Connor Raschke.

“It’s a $2,250 a year scholarship good for two years,” Josh Hetfeld, high school principal, explained.

Raschke plans to enroll in the Auto Mechanics program at WITC. • Jim Erickson, superintendent,

Jarrod Washburn

reported the 2016-16 audit went very well with relatively simple recommendations or tweaks to what the district is already doing.

“It only took Stotz and Associates three days to complete our audit — that doesn’t happen very often when you’re dealing with $10 million in revenues,” Erickson commended. “It speaks to the professionalism of our district office staff.”

• Jim Sorenson, high school math teacher, reported on the Early Math Placement Test he’s starting to have his students take “It’s designed for students to be able to work on their skills and it gives them an idea where they stand as far as mathematics — and I have noticed an improvement in my kids’ math skills,” Sorenson told the board. “It’s one more way we want to emphasize the importance of math as a senior in high school — research has shown taking math as a senior leads to better opportunities in the post-secondary world.”

He said the kids like the test because they get instant feedback and, because it is a free test, kids

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can take it over and over to see if they have improved.

“We are lucky to have a seasoned, veteran teacher like Jim Sorenson,” Erickson praised.

• Even though there was no school, Monday, it did not prevent kids from showing up at the board meeting to make presentations.

Julia Summer was one of three students who accompanied choir director Rachel Lee to the Dorian Music Festival.

“I loved it,” she exclaimed.

“There were more people in one room (1,100) than there are in all of Webster.”

That was the mass choir the kids had an opportunity to sing with including peers from all over the Midwest.

“Each kid also had a 15-minute college voice lesson from a professor on staff at Luther College,” Lee pointed out.

Dan Ingalls and Zach Zelinski shared a snare drum duet the two performed during a recent middle school solo ensemble competition.

• Diana Lesneski, middle school principal, informed the board Arwen Gustafson, Julisa Bearhart, Liam Trott, Danny Ingalls, Chris Knight and Jake Pavlicek each received a blue ribbon in the latest forensics competition.

“This was th first year for our middle school forensics team and we had pretty good numbers — it’s hard to get middle schoolers to talk in front of other people,” she related. “Any time I can get our kids to break out and try something new, it gets me excited.”

• Hetfeld said Feb. 26 is the tentative day for kids to work on their 2016-17 class schedules.

• The board approved four resignations Monday night including Deb Heinz, school psychologist, Kim DePover, the After-3 program coordinator, Mat Wood, the middle school football coach and Ashley Close, the middle school softball coach.

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Naill, plan to do some rides with the group, including a 20-miler or more on the trails south from Grantsburg to Wolf Creek.

Smitty and his wife, Mary, have been Texans nearly all their lives. But, in the fall of 2013, with Mary facing some health challenges, they moved north to live with daughter, Paula, in Burnett County.

Turns out they love it here. “We hear people complain about the cold weather, but not us. We like winter. It’s very pretty here, all year ‘round,� Smitty said.

Smitty says he’s a careful snowmobiler, easy on the throttle. “It’s just fun to just get out and go. I don’t run no 50-60 miles per hour.� He and Paula ride together, taking turns as driver and passenger on their “two-up� sled.

After getting the snowmobile, Smitty next bought a fish house at a garage sale, put on the market by a couple moving to south Texas.

Lake Nunya He puts the house out on his favorite fishing spot on Lake Nunya. Which lake? “Lake nunya business,� he chuckles. Now Smitty is able to combine his winter sports by riding the snowmobile out to the fish house. “It’s fun, fun, fun.�

Smitty is fit and trim, and moves gracefully. “I am blessed to be in such good health,� he says. “I take a little blood pressure medicine, but that’s about it.� A treadmill sits in an adjoining room, but it belongs to Paula. “I don’t think I’ve ever been on it,� Smitty says with a chuckle. He confesses he doesn’t exercise regularly. “Whatever I’m doing, that’s my exercise,� he says.

World War II veteran Smitty was born Sept. 14, 1925 in a

west Texas farmhouse outside of Tahoka, south of Lubbock. He’s a World War II veteran. “I was drafted before I graduated high school,� he says. “About four and a half months before I was to graduate, the local draft board told me I was going into the Army and my classmate into the Navy. It was Dec. 23, 1943.�

Smitty’s dad went to the draft board to ask that he be allowed to finish high school. The draft board said no. He could quit school, work on his father’s farm and get a farm deferment, or get drafted. He couldn’t stay in school.

His dad then appealed to the Tahoka School Board, but the board surprised them by voting to grant the two boys their diplomas early. “The school board said those two boys will learn more in the service than they would in the school,� Smitty said. Soon they were shipped out.

The Army sent Maurice “Smitty� Smith Smitty to California and into training as a medic. “I didn’t ask for it.

That’s where they put me,� he said. “But I liked it.�

Before high school graduation time the following spring, the Tahoka principal wrote to the boys’ commanding officers, and got permission for them to come home by train to graduate with their high school class.

With his medic training completed, Smitty and others from his hospital group were shipped to England to set up their general hospital. They weren’t

‘That’s the reason I’m 90 years old — because I do stuff like that ‚ — it keeps me going.’

there long before the Germans launched the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle of the European war, with enormous numbers of casualties for both the Germans and Allies. “Our hospital in England was filled up in six or eight days,� he recalls. Smitty was an orderly, washing and sterilizing surgical instruments in the operating room. Later he was moved to the cast room, where he applied plaster casts to broken limbs.

who was a year and a half ahead of him in RN nursing school. She graduated in February, 1950 and they were married that fall. “I was the first student that the sisters of St. Vincent De Paul allowed to get married. They wouldn’t let the girl students marry. If they did, they got kicked right out of school.�

After Smitty’s graduation, the couple moved to Big Spring, TX, where they both worked in the VA Hospital. After three years, they moved to Detroit, MI, so Smitty could attend training to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA).

After he completed training, they returned to the Big Spring VA hospital.

Mary worked as a psychiatric nurse, even while raising seven children. Smitty worked there as a CRNA nearly his entire career, retiring in 1989 after 30 years of VA service. On Sept. 30, 2016, they’ll celebrate 65 years of marriage.

In retirement, Smitty and Mary have enjoyed traveling, including a six-week, 14,000 mile driving trip from Texas to Alaska and back, sleeping in their camper van.

War ends; return to Texas When Germany surrendered, the Army shipped his hospital unit to Camp Crowder, Missouri, where they received advanced training to join the forces in the Pacific. “About the time we were finishing our advanced training, they dropped the atomic bombs on Japan, which ended the war,� he said. “I am thankful I didn’t have to go.� He served and a half years.

In July 1946, Smitty was discharged and returned to his Texas home. “I did a couple of years of working odd jobs on farms for neighbors. Then one hot, sandy and dusty summer day, I thought ‘This is not gonna git it.’�

Sailing in the Gulf of Mexico Smitty and his brother, Calvin (Bubba) have always enjoyed fishing. After retirement, they got a 24-foot sailboat and learned how to sail. Then they purchased a new 35-foot sailboat with auxiliary diesel engines and sleeping space for six.

Sailing out of Galveston Bay, they enjoyed taking family and friends on day trips. Some of his extended fishing trips with Bubba took them 200 to 300 miles out into the gulf for 1-2 weeks at a time.

After an hour of conversation, Smitty was ready to get some action. “I’m taking the snowmobile out to the fishhouse,� he said, and drove off.

Registered nurse training The next weekend he drove the 15 miles to the Tahoka hospital and asked a registered nurse which schools in Texas would accept men into registered nurse training. She said she didn’t know of any, so she and Smitty wrote a letter to the Texas state board of examiners.

The board recommended two hospitals in Texas that, at that time, would accept men into nurse training. He chose Providence Catholic Hospital in Waco, Texas, because it was closer to home, and attended under the GI Bill.

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“People who have a structure, be it a house, a garage, a boathouse, anything really, on SIREN–Yes, Act 55, otherwise shore land property, you should known as the 2015-17 budget bill always, always, always be able

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County residents are the shore tear down any a close, at least for some outland zoning changes – have yet structure just Riders may ride their door recreation opportuni- ATV/UTV on the Gandy to be put into play. because it’s ties, came to pass on Friday. “We have until Oct. 1 to get non- con for mDancer Trail from Tewalt The Burnett County For- Road, (which is just south of all of our ordinances to comply ing,� he argued.

Adam Jarchow “It protects peoest and Parks Department Siren), and continue north with Act 55,� Jason Towne, zonofficially posted its notice re- in Burnett County as this ing administrator, stated. ple’s property garding trail closure for the is part of the frozen ground That’s not to say the changes and the structures they have.� season last Thursday. are being ignored. The existIn this instance, it refers to a trail system.

According to the forestry ing ordinances may or may not structure non-conforming to The departments remind website, snowmobile and riders no off-trail use is alhave been updated to reflect the the shore land set-backs. winter ATV trails closed Fri- lowed. changes. “We fixed the law by saying day, February 19. The frozen “Act 55 changed a lot of our people could fix and rebuild the “Please stay on the trails,� ground ATV/UTV trails will the notice continued. “Much shore land zoning rules,� Towne existing structure in the same remain open. continued. footprint,� Jarchow continued. of our trail system is on pri“After consulting with the vate land, and we appreciate “The biggest, or the one people “That’s important because Burnett County Snow Trails the easements granted by have probably heard about the there’s no expansion, hence Association, and with pre- our generous land owners most, is that homeowners are there’s no additional run-off; dicted high temperatures — it only takes one person to able to tear down and rebuild and run-off and its effect on and rain in the forecast, have the entire trail system a non-conforming structure as water quality is what we hear Burnett County snowmo- shut down.� long as it is in the same foot- about.� bile and winter ATV trails print.�

But, nothing is as easy as it The website reminded ridclosed Friday, February 19. ers to use caution as groomThat was the whole point for sounds.

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Towne, and BuHobby-loss rules Three-years-of-proďŹ t test chholz to a lesser degree, are the You can deduct hobby expenses up to the amount of your hobby The IRS presumes you carry on an activity for proďŹ t if one of these Burnett County ofincome. Expenses that are more than the income you made from your applies: ficials charged with understanding and hobby are nondeductible personal losses. • It makes a proďŹ t in at least three of the last ďŹ ve years. enforcing the new • It makes a proďŹ t in at least two of the last seven years, and your laws.

If you operate a business, your business losses can offset other activity is mainly one of these: Those laws include such arcane income on your return. To be considered a business, an activity must • Breeding horses topics as buffer have a proďŹ t motive. • Showing horses mitigation, lake • Training horses classification, view corridors and im• Racing horses pervious surface standards.

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Rep. Jarchow has legislation he has authored or co-authored in the current legislative session to make changes or additions to Act 55.

According to Towne, Assembly Bill (AB) 600 and AB 603 are two of the proposed changes. “For a lake front property owner, AB 600 would allow 30 cubic yards of the lake per year to be dredged, as long as the dredging doesn’t alter the lake bed – just removes the muck,� he explained.

The intent? “The way I read it, it seems like they want to increase the value of the lot,� Towne offered.

Besides destroying vital habitat, Bucholz wants to know who would enforce the dredging. “Who’s to say where the muck stops and the lake bed begins?� he queried.

Also working its way through the legislature is AB 603, a bill which would codify the Act 55 changes, to convert them into state statute rather than just ordinance revisions. “It would make them harder to change,� Towne said of the proposed bill.

The new provisions and proposed provisions are complicated to say the least. “Some say our local ordinances trump Act 55 and others say Act 55 trumps our local ordinances,� Towne reflected. “It may take litigation in some cases in order to get it all straight.�

Indeed, opinions of the new law by lawyers from the Wisconsin Legislative Council differ from those of lawyers from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

So what’s the answer? “Consult your local zoning office before starting a new project,� Towne advises.

Self-serving, perhaps, but it beats the alternative. “A lot of people try to interpret the new rules – and they get it wrong,� Buchholz added. “It’s easier, and cheaper, to talk with us first.�

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Doors open at noon so players can purchase their bingo packets and raffle tickets early and enjoy lunch available for purchase from Tesora Restaurant. Bingo begins promptly at 1 p.m.

The Burnett County Sentinel, Northwoods Crossing Event Center, and the Tesora Restaurant are sponsors for this year’s Hope For A Cure Basket Bingo event.

There’s still time to sponsor a basket, donate a door prize, or make a monetary donation! To do so, please call Sandy Eng (715-3274431) or Priscilla Bauer (715-2222195) to arrange for pick-up.

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Pahl calling it a career as treasurer

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Bonnie Olson honored for BMC service During the Burnett Medical Center Foundation dinner on Saturday, Feb. 13, Registered Nurse Bonnie Olson (right) was honored for nearly 47 years of service to BMC, most recently as Manager of Surgical Services. She looks forward to spending more time with her husband, Don (left).

NEWSLINE Einberger, Watson win Siren Wedding Fair grand prize SIREN - The 2016 Siren Destination Wedding Fair’s grand prize basket was presented to winners Greg Einberger and Jill Watson on Feb. 15.

Einberger and Watson received $250 in Siren Chamber Buck gift certificates, plus gifts from participating wedding merchants: Acorn Pantry, J Nack Photography, Lilac Village Bed & Breakfast, Peggy’s Fashion Rack & Gifts, Rodan + Fields, and The Lodge

at Crooked Lake.

Einberger and Watson attended Grantsburg High School. Following graduation, they each moved away but reconnected a few years ago. Einberger is an outdoorsman, enjoying hunting and fishing, while Watson enjoys reading a good book.

Current plans are for a June wedding this year. They say ideas from the Wedding Fair will help as they finalize their special day details.

Joanne Pahl

and for some reason wasn’t real happy with me,� Pahl remembered. “I had printed her a receipt so the lady grabbed the receipt, actually sprinted down the hallway and left the building – I haven’t seen her since.�

She said 18 years as a treasurer has led to her life being somewhat symmetrical but that all goes out the window when the calendar rolls to 2017. “Howard and I would like to do some traveling, I’ll do some gardening, some volunteering but otherwise we’ll just see what happens,� she concluded. “I’d also like to research my family history more in-depth. I know our family didn’t start out in Alpha.�

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SIREN–She still has more than nine months left in her term, but Burnett County Treasurer Joanne Pahl has indicated she will not be on the ballot come November.

So why now? “Nomination papers can be circulated in April, so I’m letting people know now so the next candidate to run for this office can get their papers out and signed,� she explained.

While Pahl is in her 18th year as treasurer, she has served the residents of the county for more than 30 years. “I first worked in the county clerk’s office starting in 1982,� she recalled. “I was appointed treasurer in July of 1998 and then won the election that November.�

Pahl equates the job of a treasurer to taking care of a budget for a family, only on a county-wide scale.

Tax collection, completing the taxdeed process against delinquent tax accounts, receipting revenues the county gets, balancing the checking accounts, depositing money into the bank, developing a departmental budget, printing account payable checks and disbursing them are some of her duties. “Tax collection is the job most people associate with the treasurer’s office,� she said with a rueful smile.

Even though there’s no requirement for being a treasurer, Pahl said it does help to be good with numbers. “You have to be a numbers person,�

Pahl laughed. “You can learn the job as you go, but it sure helps if you have some background.�

She has fond memories of her time in the government center. “Mostly it’s the people – both customers and staff,� Pahl pointed out.

She recalls one customer in particular who has given her a chuckle now and then. “She had made a credit card payment

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We’ll have more operating hours per week, starting April 11, as follows: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; noon to 8 p.m. Thursdays, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.

Free tax assistance Schedule an appointment to meet with local volunteers from the AARP tax preparation program. Appointments are available mornings on Feb. 11-12, and March 3, 4, 10 and 11. Call the library to find out if you qualify for the program, and to schedule an appointment. (715) 463-2244.

Tax Forms Paper copies of IRS forms 1040, Instruction 1040, Publication 17, Publication 4604 (EN-SP) and Wisconsin tax forms 1A, 1NPR, Schedule WD, Rent Certificates and instruction booklets are now available at the Grantsburg Library.

Preschool story hour Preschoolers and their caregivers are invited to join Beth Rank of 4H Youth and Family Development for a fun program at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 2.

Beth will provide interactive activities with read-aloud stories.

Volunteers needed Volunteers are needed for the Afterschool Reading Program on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Many great volunteers are already signed up to read one-on-one with area youth for the Afterschool Reading Program; however, we still need more volunteers. This is a growing program!

Please call the library if you are interested in devoting a bit of your time to help build stronger young readers. Call (715) 463-2244.

Board at the library It’s back to the good old days! Bring

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Sixty-four kids attended the library’s Early Release Afternoon event on Thursday, February 18. Kids enjoyed playing dog-themed games and watching the movie “Max�, the story of a dog that helped US Marines.

out your deck of cards or an old fashion board game! Every Monday at 1 p.m., the library’s Learning Center is reserved for people who want to play board games, card games and socialize.

Local genealogy help The History Room at the Grantsburg Public Library houses archival material documenting the area’s early days.

Census, cemetery, birth, death and marriage records are all part of the collections. Local and family history research can also be aided by obituaries, maps and 150 years of Grantsburg newspapers on micro-filmed copies. Call the library to make an appointment with our volunteer historians, Berdella Johnson, Gordon Larson and Kris Henning.

LIBRARY INFORMATION–Grantsburg Public Library is open noon-6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

Wednesday; 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Friday; and 9 a.m.noon Saturdays. Phone 715-463-2244. Website http://grantsburg.wislib.org.

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Local student spells his way to regional ‘bee’ TURTLE LAKE—Webster sixth grader Arwen Gustafson participated in the Badger Spelling Bee regional competition in Turtle Lake last week for the right to move on to the state competition.

According to Webster Bee Coordinator Kari Roppe, Camron Tomaszewski won the district bee on Jan. 28 but opted not to compete in the regional spelling bee, “So, the runner-up at the district bee, Arwen Gustafson, represented our district at the regional bee,” she reported.

It was reported Gustafson went out

in the second round.

The purpose of the Spelling Bee is to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn concepts, and develop correct English usage that will help them all their lives.

CESA #11, in conjunction with the Wisconsin State Journal, coordinates and hosts the competition for its 39 districts. Regional winners participate at the State Bee and the state winner represents Wisconsin at the National Scripp’s Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. in May.

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STUDENTS Brian S. Billings POTSDAM, NY–Brian S. Billings of Webster, a sophomore majoring in aeronautical engineering, was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2015 semester at Clarkson University.

Eight earn Chancellor Award at Stout MENOMONIE, WI–Eight Burnett County students receieved the Chancellor Award for fall 2015 semester academic excellence at UW-Wisconsin Stout.

They are: Chelsea Larson and Nicholas Lesneski of Webster; Brittany Coulter of Siren; and Heidi Erickson, Austin Handy, Jacob Langevin, Daniel Larsen and Larissa Wilhelm, all of Grantsburg.

Pine Tech notes honor students PINE CITY, MN–Pine Technical and Community College is pleased to announce the fall 2015 honor students.

Full-time students who have received a 4.0 GPA for fall semester are included on the President’s List.

Full-time students who earn a GPA of 3.0-3.9 are included on the Dean’s List. Part-time students who are enrolled in 6-11 credits and have maintained a GPA of 3.5 are named to the Notable Achievement List.

President’s List: Kristina Chase of Danbury and Kelsey Melin of Grantsburg.

Dean’s List: Mitchell Frommader, Tearran Hess, Matthew Moore, and Rachel Stevens, all of Grantsburg; Je-

neane Klemann and Marci Lee, both of Siren.

Notable Achievement List: Jessica Ciotta, Krista Friese, Margaret Gorkiewicz-Snyder, Sara Jensen, Jenna Michel, William Morrin, Annette Nelson, Timothy Nelson, and Jennifer Phillips, all of Grantsburg;

Academic Decathlon team ends season GRANTSBURG—Even though the Grantsburg High School Academic Decathlon team of Chase Covey, Joshua Curtin, Joel DeRocker, Briena Jensen, Hunter Jensen, Audrey Lauer, Colt Lien, Cassidy Quimby and Jaeger Staeven did not advance past the regional round, the team did finish 5th out of 10 teams.

They competed against Durand, New Richmond, Eau Claire North, Barron, Menomonie, and Elk Mound.

Academic Decathlon is a national competition which tests students’ knowledge in a variety of subject areas including Art, Economics, Language and Literature, Mathematics, Music, and Science with a focus on a different topic each year.

Each team is made up of nine students with a limit of three students with an “A” GPA and three students with a “B” GPA. These students were nominated by the high school staff at the start of the school year.

They started preparing for the local competition in October by reading “Nectar in a Sieve” and studying other materials related to this year’s theme, India.

They scored well in local competition in November and started preparing for the regional competition in January, which includes writing an essay and preparing for a speech and an interview.

The top three point-earners for Grantsburg were Hunter Jensen with 5,166 points, Audrey Lauer with 4,926 points, and Jaeger Staeven with 4,796 points.

Students also competed as individuals at regionals against other teams’ students in our region, and did well, taking home 10 ribbons, including five 2nd place ribbons and five 3rd place ribbons.

Each student competed against 35 other students in their academic division (“A” GPA, “B” GPA etc.).

Michelle Fuscone of Webster.

Siren Elementary Perfect Attendance Second Quarter Kindergarten: Annalee Benjamin, Jackson Collins, Nolan Herwick, Dane LeClair, Claire Meyer, Miles Pearson, Kaleb Schmidt, Emma Swanson.

First grade: Spencer Boyd, Mitchell Hobbie, Lucy Peterson.

Second grade: Faith Harrison, Waylon Meyer, Vincent Mykkanen, Kiersen Oustigoff, Wyatt Rightman, Brooke Simon, Kaiden Xurvein.

Third grade: Jerome McGeshick, Hudsyn McKnight, Louis Oiyotte, Cameryn Ritchey, Patricia St. John, Taylor Winberg.

Fourth grade: Paige Balluff-Huntley, Logan Berglind, Joseph McGeshnick, Alex Pierce, Kateri St. John, Nathan Thiex.

Fifth grade: Rebekah Dugger, Derek Thiex, Nicholas Webster.

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Members of the team include (front row from left) Briena Jensen and Cassidy Quimby.

Middle Row: Hunter Jensen, Joshua Curtin, and Joel DeRocker. Back Row: Mr. Mark Johnson, Chase Covey, Jaeger Staeven and Colt Lien

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Webster Elementary students earning perfect attendance include (front row from left) Logan Boyd, Kennedy Rand, Addison McDowell, Jamison Mogen, Gus Olson, and Wyatt Warwas. Back row: Aubree Hill, Sarah Formanek, Josh Formanek, Nathan Jackson, Beau Rossow, Will Johnson and Logan Gramer-Vanderpool.

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Siren High School crowned Madisyn Jones and Brennan Koball as Queen and King earlier this month as part their Winterfest activities.

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Casinos donate to Siren Schools SIREN—Two dozen walkers and runners braved the cold temperatures and blustery winds on Saturday, Feb. 13 to support a good cause.

The first annual .14K Walk/Run, held at Kris’ Pheasant Inn in Siren, sent the benefits to the Siren Public Schools Special Education department.

Each participant’s $20 registration fee was part of the proceeds for Siren Schools.

A number of area businesses also donated prizes for the participants.

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Let sleeping bears lie

News and Updates from the Humane Society of Burnett County

Homer is a six-year-old purebred Blue Tick Coon Hound. He was surrendered to the shelter because he didn’t turn out to be a hunting dog, as his owner had hoped. Because Homer has spent most of his life outdoors, he doesn’t quite know what to think about being in the office.

However, he is quickly warming up to the possibility of being a house dog.

This fellow is playful, well-behaved, good on a leash, and Homer loves everyone, including other dogs (not sure about cats). Homer isn’t selective in seeking a companion.

He just wants someone to give him a fresh start and promises to be a good boy, as long as you don’t want to take him hunting.

Truffle is Truffle a 40-pound, 1½-year-old Boxer mix (perhaps with some Bulldog in her too) who came to our shelter as a stray. It’s really hard to believe that someone isn’t missing this girl, because she is adorable and very lovable.

Truffle is also an equal opportunity doggy who welcomes everyone into her circle, including dogs and cats. She enjoys walks and is very good on a leash. Truffle is in a foster home right now, so if you are interested in meeting this princess, you have to make an appointment.

If you are interested in adopting Homer, Truffle, or another animal from our shelter, please visit our website at www. hsburnettcty.org or contact the shelter at (715) 866-4096. The Humane Society of Burnett County is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. We do not receive financial assistance from the county. Donations of money or supplies are tax-deductible.

WILDSIDE Annual Graziers Conference set HAYWARD–Grazing, calving issues on pasture and animal health will be among the topics at the annual winter Graziers Conference set for 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at Lac Courtes Oreilles Ojibwa Community College (LCO College) in Hayward.

Registration and the trade show will start at 8:30 a.m.

The agenda includes Holistic Animal Health. Soil Health/Microbiology Related to Grazing, Calving Issues on Pasture, Medicinal Plants for Livestock and Grazing Network Panel, Survey Results, Future Planning.

Advance registration for the conference is due by Tuesday, March 1. Fee includes snacks, conference materials and a Native American lunch.

For more information or to register, contact UW Ag Agents Otto Wiegand or Kevin Schoessow at Spooner Extension Office, 715-635-3506.

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BY EMILY STONE NATURALIST/EDUCATOR, CABLE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

After my article about bear hibernation a couple weeks ago, several readers wrote to share their amazement at bears’ incredible adaptations for hibernation. I’ve been looking for an avenue to write about bears for some time, which may be part of the reason I overlooked some additional very important information about bear hibernation, and may in fact have stressed out the very creature who I’m so enthralled by. I was grateful for a very thoughtful letter from Ken Jonas, a recently retired DNR wildlife biologist, who offered some cautions, and some additional important information about bear hibernation. I want to share it with you all, too, because I think my previously casual attitude about disturbing a challenging time in a bear’s life is common among people in the Northwoods.

One of the key aspects of hibernation is a decrease in bodily functions like metabolism, heart rate, breathing rate, and body temperature. While bears have a unique ability to stay warmer and wake up faster than some other, smaller hibernators, that does not mean that waking up has no consequences for them. As a bear’s fight-or-flight mechanism revs up in response to some disturbance, all of those body functions increase and a portion of their limited energy stores are used up.

While this may not be a significant problem if it only happens once, repeated disturbances can cause a bear to deplete its energy stores to a dangerous level. During one study of hibernating bears, researchers discovered that the bears’ heart rates increased as soon as a human approached and remained elevated for several days after even minimally invasive visits. Who knows how much stress a barking dog causes (Hunter has been kept away from the area since he first found the den), or even a few humans with a flashlight and cameras?

Bears fear humans Although many who visit the Northwoods in the summer are concerned about having a bear encounter in the woods, it is actually the bears who are deathly afraid of humans – especially at close quarters – according to Ken. He wrote: Although hibernating bears “usually have the response to just stay put and hope for the best… They’re still scared as heck, with all of the measurable physiological responses that go along with that condition.”

Ken also informed me that excavated and underground dens, similar to the one I visited, are typical of pregnant female bears. While it is exciting to think that my friend might have cubs near his house in the spring, it is also worrisome. The consequences of disturbance are even more serious for a mother bear. This is the time of year when cubs are being born. Not only are the mother’s fat stores especially important because of her need to feed the cubs as well as herself, disturbance can sometimes lead to den abandonment.

Ken wrote, “Relocating to a new den in the midst of winter has a huge energy cost for any bear. If it is a sow with newborns she may not come back for them, in which case they definitely will not survive.”

Now, while we three naturalists who visited the den did so only out of our affection for and fascination of bears, according to the information provided by Ken, this may have been a pretty selfish act. In the field of outdoor education, we often discuss the cost/benefit ratio of various activities that might cause some harm to a single organism or section of a forest but result in significant teachable moments

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Winter is a potentially stressful time for bears, especially new mothers.

or an increase in affection for nature in the next generation. Sometimes the benefits outweigh the costs and we allow kids to participant in mildly destructive hands-on learning. In hindsight, I’m not so sure that the potential costs of our den visit were justified.

Hopefully, by sharing my newfound knowledge with you, we can all use this as a learning experience. While no one I’ve talked to up here has advocated for repeatedly bothering a hibernating bear, I’ve gotten the impression that most people don’t think twice about a single visit.

And while Wisconsin law says that no person may harass protected wild animals (which includes bears), the consequences of even small disturbances to a hibernating bear are not prominent in the DNR’s web resources. Now that we know, we can respectfully keep our distance and let the sleeping bears lie.

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Laurie Phernetton

Edward Durand

Ila Ludden

Laurie Ann Phernetton, 54, of Lafollette Township, Burnett County, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016 at her residence.

Family and friends are invite ed to a memorial gathering at 1 p p.m. Saturday, March 5, at Jed’s L Laker Lounge in Siren.

Laurie was born on Oct. 22, 11961 and raised by her adoptive p parents, Denis and Katherin ((Naughton) Klein.

Laurie will always be rememb bered for her very generous and lloving personality. She brought ssmiles to all who knew her.

S She was thought to be a “lucky charm” and was always a favorite to bring along to the casino.

She enjoyed crafting, painting and beading. She also loved spending time outdoors and being with her family and friends. She will be greatly missed.

She is survived by her loving husband, Rocky Phernetton; son, Seth Bently; brother, Mark Klein; nephew, Adam Klein; seven grandchildren; and many other relatives, in-laws and friends.

Preceding Laurie in death were her parents and her favorite Alaskan Husky dog, “Telly.”

Online condolences may be expressed at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

Arrangements were entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home in Webster.

Edward “Ed” Elzer Durand, 100, of Spooner, died Feb. 18, 2016 at Country Terrace in Spooner.

Funeral services will be held a at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, a at St. Joseph Catholic Church iin Shell Lake, with Father Bala o officiating. Burial will be in tthe church cemetery. Visitattion will be one hour prior to tthe service at the church.

Pallbearers are Harlan, Dav vid, Scott and Joseph Durand, R Richard Neuttila, and Jeremy L Lowrie.

Ed was born Dec. 22, 1915 in Scott Township, Burnett County to Napolean and Louise (Tetrault) Durand. He attended Scott School. As a young man he worked at a CC Camp. In later years, he worked as a farmer and logger most of his life.

Ed was married Aug. 12, 1937 to Lucille Meyer in Frederic. She preceded him in death on June 26, 2006.

He was a family man who loved to go dancing with his wife, and to spend time with his children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.

Ed is survived by his sons, Richard (Mary Lou) Durand of Dresser, Joseph (Barbara) Durand of Frederic, Ronald (Barbara) Durand of Cook, MN, Kenneth (Sharon) Durand of Cape Coral, FL and Bruce (Sherri) Durand of Hailey, ID; daughters, Catherine Maki of Embarrass, MN, Barbara (Don) Pabst of New Richmond and Bonnie Jean (David) Lowrie of Red Wing, MN; 26 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren, 27 great-great grandchildren; sisters Elsie Stellrecht of Shell Lake, Bernadine Harris of New Brighton, MN and Irene Harris of Hastings, MN; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

He is preceded in death by grandsons David Kehn and James Durand; brother, Wilfred; and sisters, Clemency Pratt, Gertrude Quirk, Lucille Peck, Rachael Stellrecht and Dorothy Chamberland.

Funeral arrangements were handled by Skinner Funeral Home of Shell Lake.

Ila M. Ludden, 86, of Luck passed away Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016 at the United Pioneer Home of Luck.

Funeral services were held T Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 at Swedb berg-Taylor Funeral Home in G Grantsburg, with Pastor Marl lon Mielke officiating with i interment at Anscarius Cemet tery.

Pallbearers were Russ Coen, D Ludden, Lane Coen, ShanDel n Ludden, Scott Ludden, Ken non R Roettger, Paul Sundby and Corr Sundby. rie Ila was born on March 16, 1929 in Garrison, Iowa to Clarence and Hazel Sauer.

While in Iowa, she managed a number of mobile home parks. In her free time, she enjoyed ceramics and needle work. She liked to be around people and was known to be at many auctions.

Ila will be sadly missed by her children Lanny Ludden, Nancy (Brian) Sundby, and Del (Paula) Ludden, many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and greatgreat grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband Albert, brother Carlos and sister Charlotte.

Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

Arrangements were entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home of Grantsburg.

Burdell Hodges Burdell John Hodges, 77, of Webster, passed away on Feb. 18, 2016.

Full military honors will be h held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 226 at Northern Wisconsin Vete erans Memorial Cemetery in S Spooner. A family and friends g gathering is being planned.

Burdell was born Jan. 15, 1939 iin Burlington, Iowa to Ivan and C Christine (Miller) Hodges.

In 1955, at age 17, Burdell jjoined the United States Army.

H He was first stationed in Germ many, where he met Renate Beifuss. They married on June 2, 1959 in Berlin. After a few years, the family relocated to Georgia, where Burdell had also been stationed.

After his honorable discharge, the family returned to Hugo, MN and then later to Wyoming, MN. It was here that Burdell began his career as an iron worker in the early 70’s. He was employed for five years until an on-the-job injury prevented him from working.

In 1975, Burdell and Renate separated and after a few years, Burdell moved to the Webster area to enjoy the “outdoor lifestyle.”

Burdell enjoyed hunting, fishing, and watching his youngest daughter and granddaughter barrel race at horse shows. He liked to visit and socialize with his family and friends. He also took great pride in his craftsman skills, and never hesitated to help those in need. He will be greatly missed.

Burdell is survived by his children, Jodell Hodges, Daniel Hodges, Jeff Hodges and Michelle (Kent) Steele; grandchildren, Ariel, Katrina and Serena; his former wife, Renate.

Preceding him in death were brothers Orville, Francis and Charles Hodges, and an uncle, Wally Miller.

For further information on the gathering to honor Burdell, please refer to the funeral home website, www.swedberg-taylor.com.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.swedberg-taylor.com Arrangements were entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home of Webster.

DEATHS Feb. 7, 2016, Robert Gene Ramstrom, 86, Meenon Township.

Feb. 10, 2016, William Edward Sargent, 74, Grantsburg.

BIRTHS Wrylin Carson Holmquist Wrylin Carson Holmquist, the daughter of Jasmine and the late Sgt. Carson Holmquist, was born Feb. 5, 2016, weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces, at St. Croix Medical Center in St. Croix Falls.

Norman Manthie Norman Randell Manthie, 88, of Grantsburg, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016 at Burnett Medical Center Continuing Care Center in Grantsburg.

Funeral services for Norm man were Friday, Feb. 19, at F Faith Lutheran Church in G Grantsburg, with Pastor Sand dy Hutchens officiating. Music w was provided by Linda Dahl a and Erin Spohn. Interment w was at Riverside Cemetery in G Grantsburg.

Pallbearers were Tom Quim mby, Scott Swanson, Doug W Wickstrom, Trevor Huerstel, R Rodney Mangelsen and Mark Peterson.

Norman was born March 6, 1927 in Menomonie to Elmer A. and Leona M. (Hillman) Manthie. He attended school in Jefferson, WI. On Feb. 12, 1949, Norman was united in marriage to Beverly A. Mangelsen in Robbinsdale, MN. Norman worked for Schweiger Furniture until he moved to Grantsburg in 1954. He worked at Northern Manufacturing in Grantsburg prior to starting a furniture upholstery business, which he owned and operated until his retirement in 1999. He was also a fishing guide on the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway for many years.

Norm was charming, hardworking, passionate, sociable, kind-hearted and a perfectionist. He loved the outdoors and hunting, but his real passion was fishing.

Norm also had a hobby of tying his own fishing flies, making his own baits and building fishing rods. He also built several wooden river boats.

He will be deeply missed by his loving family and friends.

Surviving are his daughter, Norma (Gary) Wickstrom; daughters-in-law, Edith Manthie and Lynn Manthie; grandchildren, Sandy (Tom) Quimby, Vicky (Scott) Swanson, Doug (Stephanie) Wickstrom and Susan (Trevor) Huerstel; eight great grandchildren and one sister, Viola Engsberg.

Norm was preceded in death by his father, Elmer Manthie, and mother, Leona Eggert; brother, Tom; wife, Beverly; sons, Randel and Ronald Manthie; and great-granddaughter Corrine Quimby.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

Arrangements were entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home of Grantsburg.

Carol Jean Tribby

Carol Jean (Peacock) Tribby, 80, of Spooner, WI, formerly of Eatonton, GA, passed away Feb. 17, 2016.

Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 22, at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home in Webster, with Pastor John Sahlstrom officiating.

Carol was born Dec. 22, 1935 in Ohio to George and Gladys (Ayars) Peacock.

She was the owner/operator of Barry’s Packaging in Milledgeville, GA where she did telemarketing. Later she was in sales with Smiley’s Flea Market for 10 years in Macon, GA. Carol is survived by her son, Tim (Turina) Stout; grandchildren, Taylor (Brenda Gilmore) Stout, Brandon Best, Travis (Latoya Olsen) Stout, and Jessica (Curtis) Pearson; great-grandchildren, Richard Holland, Mitchell Gilmore, Aralyn Stout and Skyler Stout.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Tribby; sons, Raymond, Kenneth, Jeffery and daughter, Laura.

Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com Arrangements were entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Homes.

PUBLIC NOTICES STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BURNETT COUNTY FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, vs.

ESTATE OF DOUGLAS D. WHITESIDE, et al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case No: 15 CV 138 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on November 30, 2015 in the amount of $55,391.77 the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: March 22, 2016 at 10:00 AM TERMS: By bidding at the sheriff sale, prospective buyer is consenting to be bound by the following terms: 1.) 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2.) Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

3.) Plaintiff opens bidding on the property, either in person or via fax and as recited by the sheriff department in the event that no opening bid is offered, plaintiff retains the right to request the sale be declared as invalid as the sale is fatally defective.

PLACE: 7410 County Road K, Siren, Wisconsin 54872.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 565, recorded in Volume 2 of Certified Survey Maps, on Page 278, as Document No. 179239, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Burnett County, Wisconsin.

Said lot located in the Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 12, Township 41 North, Range 16 West, Town of Swiss, Burnett County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 31396 State Road 35, Danbury, WI 54830.

TAX KEY NO.: 07-032-2-41-1612-1 04-000-03000 Dated this 31st day of December, 2015. /S/ Sheriff Ronald L. Wilhelm Jr. Burnett County Sheriff Jordan C. Staleos J Peterman Legal Group Ltd. State Bar No. 1085629 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.jpetermanlegalgroup.com to obtain the bid for this sale.

J Peterman Legal Group Ltd. is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Incidents

Issuing a Worthless Check

• Feb. 10, Jill Graves-Smith, 54, Shell Lake, was arrested for operating while intoxicated. • Feb. 10, Jessica Mast, 33, Webster, was arrested for operating Without a Valid License. • Feb. 10, Taylor LaPointe, 27, Hertel, was arrested for operating after revocation. • Feb. 10, Sonya Morse, 28, Siren, was arrested for issuing a worthless check. • Feb. 10, Wanda Taylor, 65, Hertel, was arrested for maintaining a drug trafficking place. • Feb. 12, Shelby Hegna, 22, Chetek, was arrested for disorderly conduct and misdemeanor bail jumping. • Feb. 14, George Cooley, 48, Siren, was arrested for domestic-related battery. • Feb. 15, Mitchell Butler, 35, Webster, was arrested for failing to maintain sex offender registry status. • Feb. 16, Timothy Wallace, 25, Shell Lake, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine. • Feb. 17, Xavier Zapata, 51, Webster, was arrested for domestic abuse and disorderly conduct. • Feb. 19, Isaac Jewell, 24, Siren, was arrested for operating while intoxicated and operating after revocation. • Feb. 20, Donald Doriott, 53, Shell Lake, was arrested for second degree recklessly endangering safety, theft and obstructing an officer. • Feb. 20, Chad Imme, 42, Webster, was arrested for obstructing an officer. • Feb. 21, Byron Nickence, 58, Grantsburg, was arrested for disorderly conduct.

• Preston V. Curtis, 40, Frederic, pleaded no contest and was fined $414.49, which includes restitution.

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BURNETT COUNTY

COURT Criminal Battery • Samual L. Pewaush, 19, Frederic, pleaded guilty, was placed on 24 months probation, must seek alcohol assessment and was fined $443.

Possession of Amphetamine/LSD/Psilocin • Samual L. Pewaush, 19, Frederic, pleaded guilty and was fined $443.

Possession of Methamphetamine • Nicholas J. Bremer, 32, Webster, pleaded no contest, was placed on 24 months probation, must seek alcohol assessment and was fined $888.70.

Theft • Charles N. Kurkowski, Webster, pleaded no contest and was fined $200. • Tracie L. Masuca, 45, Shell Lake, pleaded no contest and was fined $330.50.

Warrants issued week of Feb. 15: • Shaun J. Belisle, 29; Shannon M. Bellanger, 38; Sean T. Reynolds, 28; Roxanne G. St. John, 37.

Traffic Underage Drinking • Richard A.N. Johnson, 17, Grantsburg, pleaded guilty and was fined $263.50.

Operating While Intoxicated • Trevor J. Simon, 20, St. Croix Falls, pleaded no contest, had his license revoked for eight months, must install ignition interlock on his vehicle, must seek alcohol assessment and was fined $987.50.

AREA POLICE

GRANTSBURG POLICE • Feb. 5, James P. Burton, 32, Grantsburg, was arrested for an outstanding warrant. • Feb. 6, Steven Wilson-Schenton, 20, Grantsburg, was cited for possession of THC and possession of drug paraphernalia. • Feb. 10, Tyson Wiegman, 33, Grantsburg, was arrested for violating the no-drink provision of his probation. • Feb. 13, LeRoy Harmon, 31, Grantsburg, was arrested for operating while intoxicated. • Feb. 15, police have received some phone calls regarding an IRS scam and reported such to police.

Jeff Schinzing, Grantsburg’s Chief of Police, said people should not panic if they get such a call. “The IRS will never contact you by phone,â€? he assured. “Just hang up.â€? • Feb. 18, a vehicle driven by Bruce A. Frommader, Grantsburg, was southbound on Pine Street when he was sideswiped by a vehicle driven by Shannon Taylor, Grantsburg, as she was exiting the Sinclair gas station. No injuries were reported.

ST. CROIX TRIBAL POLICE • Feb. 8, Henry Larush, 212, Couderay, was arrested for criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct. • Feb. 16, Joel Paulson, 28, Rice Lake, was arrested for possession of THC and possession of drug paraphernalia.

INVITATION FOR BIDS

Disorderly Conduct • Robert D. Vessey, 44, Plymouth, MN, pleaded not guilty, must seek alcohol assessment and was fined $443.

Fraud on Gas Station • Chester O. Landers, 62, Minneapolis, MN, pleaded no contest and was fined $358.

SIREN POLICE • Feb. 12, Aaron D. Simmons, 26, Siren was arrested and cited with battery.

The victim did sign the 72hour no-contact provision.

Obstructing an Officer • Robert D. Vessey, 44, Plymouth, MN, pleaded not guilty and was fined $443.

Warrants issued week of Feb. 8: • Christopher R. Dietrich, 39; Emily L. Magner, 19; Kurt J. Matrious, 45; Jonathon C. Oiyotte, 37; Randi L. Songetay, 32; Roxanne G. St. John, 37; Levey E. Swartz, 45.

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

Trespass to Land • Preston P. Decorah, 23, Webster, pleaded not guilty and was fined $330.50.

Operating Without Valid License • Laura R. Weller, 32, Frederic, pleaded no contest and was fine $267.50.

Disorderly Conduct • Brianna L. Bearheart, 25, Webster, pleaded no contest, was placed on 24 months probation and was fined $443.

Obstructing an Officer • Alex Pena, 27, Siren, pleaded no contest and was fined $181.50.

Misdemeanor Bail Jumping • Brianna L. Bearheart, 25, Webster, pleaded no contest and was fined $443.

Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC as servicer for Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R10 Plaintiff, vs.

JULIE A. HALL, et al.

Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case No: 14 CV 194 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on March 26, 2015 in the amount of $92,390.11 the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: March 22, 2016 at 10:00 AM TERMS: By bidding at the sheriff sale, prospective buyer is consenting to be bound by the following terms: 1.) 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2.) Sold “as is� and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

3.) Plaintiff opens bidding on the property, either in person or via fax and as recited by the sheriff department in the event that no opening bid is offered, plaintiff retains the right to request the sale be declared as invalid as the sale is fatally defective.

PLACE: at 7410 County Road K Siren, Wisconsin 54872

DESCRIPTION: LOT NINE (9) IN THE PLAT OF PIONEER ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF SIREN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR BURNETT COUNTY, WISCONSIN. THE SAID PLAT BEING SITUATE IN THE NORTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (N 1/2 OF NW 1/4) OF SECTION SEVENTEEN (17), TOWNSHIP THIRTY-EIGHT (38) NORTH, OF RANGE SIXTEEN (16) WEST, BURNETT COUNTY, WISCONSIN. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 23950 1st Avenue South, Siren, WI 54872.

TAX KEY NO.: 07-1812-38-16-17-5 15-603019000.

Dated this 8th day of February, 2016. /s/ Sheriff Ronald L. Wilhelm Jr., Burnett County Sheriff Jordan C. Staleos J Peterman Legal Group Ltd. State Bar No. 1085629 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.jpetermanlegalgroup.com to obtain the bid for this sale.

J Peterman Legal Group Ltd. is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf.

Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Contractors are invited to bid on Burnett County Highway & Forestry Facility, located at 8150 :LVFRQVLQ +Z\ 6LUHQ :, DV GHVFULEHG LQ WKH 'UDZLQJV DQG 6SHFLÂżFDWLRQV GDWHG )HEUXDU\ 24, 2016 for bid package ‘A’ and March 2, 2016 for bid package ‘B’ as prepared by: Kueny Architects, LLC 10505 Corporate Drive, Suite 100, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin 53158.

Phone number (414) 690-3197 jonw@kuenyarch.com Sealed Bids for both bid packages (one complete bid) will be received by Burnett County Government Center, located at 7410 County Road K, #116, Siren, WI 54872 on March 16, 2016, at the UHFHSWLRQLVWÂśV GHVN LQ WKH PDLQ RIÂżFH XS XQWLO 30 &HQWUDO 6WDQGDUG 7LPH $W WKDW WLPH %LGV ZLOO EH opened publicly read aloud for consideration by the Owner.

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Invites bidders to submit bids to furnish the following: VCT tile and carpet replacement in Nelson Primary classrooms.

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Questions; contact Bob Rauchbauer by phone 715-463-2320, or email to brauch@gk12.net.

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Mid-winter s’mores The snow conditions for the snowshoeing event Saturday night as part of Mid-Winter Sports Day weren’t the best, but the s’mores around the campfire sure were.

Assembly approves Walker’s college affordability bills MADISON, Wis. (AP)—Assembly Republicans approved Gov. Scott Walker’s college affordability package early Wednesday despite Democrats’ warnings that the legislation does little to actually help students.

The bills include plans to lift the cap on tax-deductible student loan interest; boost grants for technical college and two-year students at University of Wisconsin Colleges to help them deal with emergencies; create internship coordinators; and require colleges to update students annually on how much debt they’ve accumulated.

Democrats ripped the bills, saying they equate to crumbs for struggling students and blasted Republicans for cutting the UW System by $250 million in the 2015-2017 state budget. They also pressed the GOP to pass their bill allowing students to refinance their debt at lower interest rates.

“What you have left our children in this state with after all this cutting and gutting of public education is a pile of manure,’’ said Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison. ``What you’re doing tonight with all these bills is putting a cherry on top of it. But it still stinks.’’

Republicans countered the Democrats’ refinancing proposal is rife with uncertainties, including eligibility requirements and actual interest rates. Rep. Dean Knudson, R-Hudson, questioned how serious Democrats really are about refinancing legislation.

“This will not be done this session, and I think it’s because someone carved out an issue they’d rather not compromise on so they can run (for re-election) on it,’’ Knudson said.

Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, pointed out Republicans have frozen UW tuition for four straight years.

“That’s the best way to keep college affordable,’’ he said.

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Indoor Rendezvous!

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Above, Gail Anderson, a textiles vendor from Prentice, chats with Barbara Marquis from Chaska, MN during last weekend’s Indoor Rendezvous at Forts Folle Avoine. At right, vendors saw a brisk business as the event drew lots of visitors.

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Paul Cummings, Pine City, Minn., shows off a 1930s hand-operated coal forge he had for sale while visiting with Jim Lindberg of Chippewa Falls.

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Grantsburg native wins Young Professional of the Year award MADISON–Shannon Full, President/ CEO of the Fox Cities Chamber, has received the 2016 Young Professional of the Year Award from the Wisconsin Economic Development Association (WEDA).

The award recognizes an individual based on their creativity, leadership, effort and investment which further economic development goals and objectives within the state of Wisconsin.

Full, a 1993 graduate of Grantsburg High School, said, “Today was a very special day for me both personally and professionally. I was honored and humbled to receive WEDA’s Young Professional of the Year Award for Economic Development, presented by Governor Walker.”

After joining the Fox Cities Chamber in January 2011, Full and the chamber board commissioned a study which laid out the blueprint for how and why the Fox Cities should create a regional economic development organization, focused on retaining and attracting business.

By 2012, the Fox Cities Regional Partnership (FCRP) was formed, allowing for a true public/private investment model.

Full sits on the board of several na-

tional, statewide and regional economic development-focused organizations including U.S. Chamber Committee 100, Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce Executives, New North and WEDA Legislative Committee. She has an idealistic nature, pushing people to rethink the goals of economic development and challenging them to adapt to the future.

Full credits her home town for giving her an excellent education and more.

“I have been fortunate enough to have lead economic development and chamber organizations for 16 years,” Full said. “I have a true passion for helping businesses and communities grow and prosper. As I look back, I know that this interest was developed early in me as I was growing up in Grantsburg,” she said.

“I was born in Grantsburg in 1975 — man, that seems like so long ago. I have a very large extended family in Grantsburg, so I grew up with many people familiar with the Meyer name.

“My parents, Duane and Beth Meyer, worked tirelessly everyday to raise us — my sister Devin, brother Damion and me — with strong values and morals. We were taught at a very young age to work hard, believe in ourselves and make a difference in the lives of others.

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“Some believe you need a lot of money or material items to be successful, but my success has come because my parents invested everything they had to raise us with these three main values.

I have taken the advice of my parents and truly tried to live it. Now that I have two children of my own, I can only hope to inspire them as much as my parents have inspired me.

“My grandparents were also a huge part of my life growing up, Willard and Dorothy Meyer and George and Donna Eng. I still remember going to work with Grandpa Meyer in the wood factory in Siren, and with Grandma Meyer to one of her many catering jobs, or working in the machine shop with my Grandpa at a very young age.

“I would have never thought at the time that I would be remembering lessons learned from those experiences. I am blessed to still have Grandpa George and now Grandma Sandy supporting my every effort. Grandpa George, now 85 years old, joked with me when I told him of my award, ‘Well, you got all your smarts and good looks from me, you know.’

“I have also been extremely fortunate to have others from our community believe in me at a very young age. We grew up as part of the Faith Lutheran Church. I often times can still hear Pastor Myron Carlson’s voice in my head.

He taught me the importance of choosing faith over fear, and trusting in God. “Another huge influence in my life

were the numerous, devoted educators that found their inspiration in teaching children like me. Although it was many years ago, I still remember certain lessons that I learned from kindergarten all the way through high school.

“All of my teachers have played a role in shaping my life but a few that have made significant impact include Helen Baker, Sharon Samuelson, Mark Schmidt, Bill Morrin and Stan Marczak.

I also had the opportunity to work while I went to high school at the Grantsburg Clinic, where my mom worked. This experience also demonstrated the importance of working hard, acting professionally and embracing responsibility.

“When I graduated in 1993, I was excited to be moving on to UW-Eau Claire for college, but I knew I would never forget the community members, teachers and friends that I had in that wonderful little hometown,” Full said.

Full attended UW-Eau Claire as a Mass Communications major and a Theater minor.

“I learned quickly that I loved the field of communications, especially giving presentations and working with other people. Although studies were challenging and time consuming, I found myself wanting to do more, plus I wanted to try to start supporting myself.

“I got a job at Applebee’s, and throughout my time in college I worked my way up from a server to a corporate trainer/ manager. I was also coaching a traveling volleyball team and finding great joy in motivating young people.

“My first official job out of college was a manager for a restaurant and volleyball complex in the Twin Cities. This is where I first learned about the Chamber of Commerce. I volunteered at the chamber to promote our company, but I was really intrigued by the work of helping businesses succeed.

“I was lucky enough to have the leadership and guidance of the president of the chamber, who mentored me and essentially helped me get her job when she resigned.

“At the age of 24, I got my first President/CEO job in a Chamber of Commerce. I had no idea what I was doing and it truly was baptism by fire. However, I found my passion and now 16 years, four communities in four different states, I am still running a Chamber of Commerce.

Full concluded, “This award is very humbling and a significant honor, but I could never have received it without the support from so many people in my hometown of Grantsburg!”

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DANBURY—The Surf and Smash Bash Benefit at St. Croix Casino Danbury on Saturday, March 5 will provide a good time for a good cause.

Proceeds from the Steel Domain Wrestling and the Big Surf Band will benefit the Emmett DuRoche family of Sandstone, MN, and the St. Croix Chippewa Tribal Children’s Special Needs Fund.

Show time is 7 p.m., with doors opening at 5 p.m.

In addition to the wrestling show and the live music, the March 5 Surf and Smash Bash agenda will include a silent auction. “Some of our casino vendors have already contributed amazing silent auction items,” said St. Croix Casinos Director of Marketing Jamie Buck.

“Zoe Communications in Shell Lake has donated Mall of America fun packages, and we’ve received court side Timberwolves tickets from Comcast and

Twins tickets from Fox 9 in the metro area,” Buck said.

Also, handmade arts and crafts and other art by Native American artists from all over the United States and Canada will be available for sale and auction. “We’re tremendously excited about the response we’ve received for this fund-raiser,” Ms. Buck said.

“The St. Croix Casinos have a long-established history of helping children with special needs,” said Casinos CEO Leva “Dino” Oustigoff. “We invite everyone to come out on March 5 to help Emmett and his family with medical expenses, and to ensure that we can continue to provide assistance to special needs children whenever we’re asked to.”

For more information on the Surf and Smash Bash, or to donate silent auction items, contact Jamie Buck at 1-800-8468946, ext. 3052.

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Jordan Knutson hits 1,000 career points

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GRANTSBURG —Excitement was in the air Monday night as the Pirate faithful anticipated the celebration when Jordan Knutson would take his place in Grantsburg boys basketball history as only the third player ever to hit the 1,000-point milestone, joining Bryan Jensen and Noah Shadis.

Coming into the game, Knutson needed 12 points to hit the mark. With each shot he took, the anticipation grew as family, friends and fans counted down.

He made it exciting as the never-greedy Knutson couldn’t pass up a chance to dump the ball off to an open teammate for the easy bucket instead of forcing a shot himself.

He scored nine points the first half as his Pirate squad took a 51-18 lead over the Glenwood City Hilltoppers at the break.

Shortly into the second half, Knutson was fouled and headed to the line to

shoot two. He made one. A short time later, with two points to go, Knutson pulled up for a jump shot and swished it through the net as the crowd erupted.

The game was stopped briefly while Knutson was presented with a special 1000-point ball. He immediately headed across the gym and into the stands to give the ball to his mom and share a hug with his parents and other family members that came to celebrate his big night.

“I’m proud of Jordan. I’d like to say he deserves it, but that wouldn’t be fair to him, as he’s been committed to this program and has earned it,” Pirate coach Nick Hallberg said. “To score 1,000 points in your career is quite the accomplishment. Jordan isn’t the biggest of kids, so that alone makes his situation unique. We’re also a team that values balance on offense, and we consistently play one of the toughest schedules around. He’s overcome all of that, stayed healthy, and achieved this milestone in just three years as a varsity player. I

couldn’t be happier for him.

“He’s been a part of this program since I’ve been here. I remember him as an aggressive, little first grader with potential. It’s been fun to see him mature as a player and a leader in our program.

He was a manager on our 2011 state runner-up team and on the playoff roster for the 2013 team that won conference. He will leave Grantsburg basketball having had many experiences some kids dream of; hopefully there’s more to come. Scoring 1,000 points is now a part of that list.”

After the celebrating was done, there was a game to get back to and the Pirates cruised to a 76-35 win over the Hilltoppers. John Chenal led the Pirate charge with 26 points on the night followed by Knutson with 17. Jackson Gerber had a good night shooting behind the arc tallying 14 with Jaeger Staeven pouring in 10 himself. Leo Chenal scored six and Austin Olson finished the list with three.

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Knutson launches his 1,000th-point.

Playoff basketball

Dragon defense dominates Mellen

BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

SIREN—The Siren Dragons defense continued its strength in the first game of the WIAA Section 1 Regional playoffs Tuesday night with a convincing 65-20 win over the Mellen Granite Diggers.

“We played a team that had only three wins, but they have a couple of guards that could really play well,” said Dragon coach Ryan Karsten.

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Saints drown Pirates to end season

ERIC PAULSON

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In the 113 weight division, Cole Britton went 3-1 at the Osceola Sectional on Saturday, which was good for second place and qualifies him for a trip to the State Tournament later this week. His first match is Thursday night at 7:15 p.m.

Lady Tigers bow out of playoffs LADYSMITH—The Ladysmith Lumberjacks defeated the Webster Tigers 70-26 in the first round of the Division 4, Section 1 playoffs on Tuesday night.

“I am extremely proud of how my girls played this season,” praised head coach Mat Wood. “We exceeded everyone’s expectations for our season.

I will miss Lydia Wilson and Kaitlyn Moser. They

have had an amazing career at Webster and I hope them the best in their future endeavors.

Moser finished the game with eight points and Wilson had seven.

Webster finishes the season with a 2-10 conference record, but a 7-15 overall record.

By Glen Skifstad, Sentinel Sports

Allie Webster

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GRANTSBURG—The Lady Pirates’ season came to an end in the opening round of playoff action at the hands of a determined St. Croix Falls Saints squad Tuesday night.

After leading by as much as 16 at one point, the Pirates were out-hustled the second half and came up short, dropping this one 50-44.

The Saints jumped out to an early lead going up 7-0 before the Pirates finally got on the board. Grantsburg’s Janessa Bonneville got things going putting up the first two buckets for the hometown girls.

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Lady Tigers surprise Eagles

BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

WEBSTER—In what one could call an upset, the Webster Tiger girls basketball team beat the visiting Unity Eagles 53-51 Friday night in Webster at Senior Night.

“The girls did all the work,” said coach Mat Wood who was smiling from ear to ear. “Our seniors played one heck of a game. All the girls worked hard tonight and we came out with a lot of intensity.”

That was the case as Webster went up 12-0 before Unity called time to regroup.

Shortly after that, they outscored the Tigers 8-2 and were back in the game at 14-8 with a little more than eight minutes left in the first half.

The teams essentially traded baskets before halftime with the Tigers taking a 24-17 advantage into the intermission.

Raelin Sorensen made two quick buckets and the Tigers called time as they saw their lead dwindle to three.

After the time out, Unity pressed and the result was their first lead in

the game at 25-24 with three minutes passed into the second half.

Webster didn’t linger as Lydia Wilson put in nine straight points to get the Tigers back on top. Then Kaitlyn Moser put in two and Allison Mulroy hit a three pointer to give Webster a 38-25 lead with eight and one-half minutes left in the game.

At the 2:19 mark, Unity had closed the gap to 47-38.

With the Tigers leading 50-45, Unity again put pressure on the home team. They gained control and attempted two shots, missing both, with Moser getting the next rebound and she was fouled.

She hit one of two.

Unity followed with a three point shot and then fouled Allison Mulroy who promptly made both free throws with 4.6 seconds left.

Unity quickly got down court and made a three point shot, but that was all they could get as time expired.

“I’m very happy with the girls performance tonight,” voice Coach Wood.

“Ladysmith (the Tigers’ first op-

ponent in the playoffs) is going to be tough. We’ll have to play 100 percent and rebound well. Well have to shut down their top gal. Maybe we’ll surprise them,” concluded the coach.

Lydia Wilson finished the game with 17 points. Allison Mulroy was close behind with 16, and Kaitlyn Moser followed with 15.

Sorensen led the Eagles with 17.

Gabrielle Foeller followed with 12 and Britta Peterson had 10.

Tigers beat Shell Lake, lose to Hinckley-Finlayson In two other games this past week, both on the road, the Tigers defeated the Shell Lake Lakers 55-41, but lost to the Hinckley-Finlayson Jaguars 49-38.

Kaitlyn Moser led the Tigers with 22 with Julia Gavin adding 18 in the win over the Lakers on Tuesday night.

Webster led 29-13 at the half and also shot seven for 13 from the free throw line.

At Hinckley, Moser had 20 for the Tigers. Mulroy added seven with Wilson chipping in with six.

Siren beats Luck; wins conference

BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

LUCK—With both Unity and Frederic losing, Siren won the West Lakeland championship with a 41-24 win over the Luck Cardinals on Friday night.

Siren’s resurgence to defense brought dividends again as the Dragon held the Cardinals to four first half points while scoring 15 themselves.

Kyla Melin and Emma Pedersen were the only scorers for the Cards as they had a bucket and two free throws respectively.

For the Dragons, Ashlee Rightman put in seven and Laurel Kannenberg four. Caitlynn Daniels and Abby Kosloski each added two apiece.

Both teams opened up in the second half with the Dragons pouring in 26 tallies to Luck’s 20. Rightman

and Daniels led the way for the Dragons with nine and 11 points respectively. Pedersen had 10 for the Cardinals.

Rightman was game high scorer with 16 and Daniels added 13 for the Dragons.

Pedersen put in 12 for the Cardinals.

Siren was 13 for 26 from the free throw line, whereas the Cardinals were just two for five.

Lakers get by Pirates

BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

GRANTSBURG—“The girls kept fighting back and playing hard,” said Pirate coach Penny Curtin following the Pirate’s 63-53 loss to the Turtle Lake Lakers last Tuesday.

“Taylor Schneider for Turtle Lake was very talented; we had a hand in her face all night and she still scored big and passed extremely well.”

“Rhiana Pochman had a nice

Dragon defense hot against Cornell SIREN—The defensive maneuvers the Dragons have been incorporating as of late did their number on the Cornell Chiefs last Tuesday, with Siren coming out on top 63-26.

The tight defense caused any number of turnovers which led Coach Ryan Karsten to say, “The first half was done very well by our defense. We controlled Cornell by our defense.”

“We played all 15 girls in the game and 13 of them scored.”

Siren had a 41-6 halftime bulge with Lauren Kannenberg leading the way with nine. Ashlee Rightman and Caitlynn Daniels each added six. Ten Dragons scored in the first half.

The reserves got their chance to work in the second half. Paeyton McKnight, along with Rightman and Haley Peterson all scored four points.

Game totals have Laurel Kannenberg with 11, Ashlee Rightman with 10, and Haley Peterson tallying nine.

“The game against Luck on Friday will be a tough

GAME DAY SPORTS SCHEDULE February 24 - March 1 Boys Basketball Thu. Feb. 25 Grantsburg at St. Croix Falls, 7:15 pm Webster at Siren, 7:15 pm End of Regular Season Tue. Mar. 1 WIAA Playoffs Regional Games Division 4 Webster at Abbotsford, 7 pm Cumberland at Grantsburg, 7 pm Division 5 Butternut at Siren, 7 pm

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game inside with 14 points. Olivia Tucker tossed in 11, and Cassidy Lee led our team in scoring with 16.”

“Violet Ohnstad worked hard on defense to defend Schneider and did slow her down a little bit in the second half. The final score was 63-53 but was really a much closer game with Turtle Lake hitting nine GOOB COY | SENTINEL free throws late in the game.”

“Schneider had 17 points in the Olivia Tucker dribbles her way out of traffic. first half and finished with 28.”

BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

Allison Mulroy (2) controls ball for Webster.

one. We’ll probably see them in the playoffs as six out of the last eight years we meet them.”

We’re healthy. Peterson is coming back from her injury. She’s playing well and consistently.”

“We control our own destiny.”

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Caitlynn Daniels (right) works her way along the baseline past Chief defenders Abigail Klein (20) and Cheyenne Peloquin (22).

WIAA Playoffs Regional Games Fri. Feb. 26 Division 4 (9) St. Croix Falls at (1) Phillips, 7 pm (6) Ladysmith at (3) Abbotsford, 7 p.m.

Division 5 (3) Siren vs (6) Luck, 7 pm Sat. Feb. 27 Division 4 Winners of above games at highest seed, 7 pm Division 5 Winners of above games at highest seed, 7 pm

Boys Hockey Season completed

Girls Hockey Season completed

Wrestling State Tournament at Madison Thu. Feb. 25 First match 7:15 pm Fri. Feb. 26 Match either am or pm depending on Thu. result

Gymnastics Sectionals Grantsburg/Luck at River Falls, 11 am

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PIRATES: Drop playoff opener

Dragons control Chiefs

With 2:10 left on the clock, SCF tied the game at 42-42.

St. Croix drove the lane for a quick bucket to put them up 44-42.

Grantsburg’s last two points came from the free throw line as Cassidy Lee stepped in to sink two to tie it up again.

A few untimely turnovers by the Pirates at the very end of the game gave the Saints opportunities to score, ending this one 55-44.

Lee was the top scorer for the Pirates with 23. Jordyn McKenzie and Bonneville each had six. Seniors Violet Ohnstad and Olivia Tucker rounded out the scoring with five and four points respectively.

The Pirates end their season with a 5-7 conference record and 8-14 overall.

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tage to just seven, 57-50.

But Siren’s defense went to work to hold the Chiefs to just nine additional tallies while adding 16 more of their own to make the final 73-59. “We tried to play hard; we tried to play fast. It was different than what we were used to, but it was one of those games and I’ll take it.� “It will get us ready for the playoffs,� concluded the coach.

Neil Oustigoff tallied 28 for Siren with Aaron Ruud adding 25. Keenan Christianson put in 12.

BY GLEN SKIFSTAD SENTINEL SPORTS

SIREN—In a non-conference match-up last Tuesday, the Siren Dragons defeated the Cornell Chiefs 73-59. “This was not an easy game for us,� said Siren coach Jon Ruud. “We practiced hard on Monday and we didn’t have our legs and Cornell played well all night.� “It’s good to have a game like this and be able to hold it down the stretch.�

After a 5-3 Siren lead, the Dragons moved out to a 16-5 advantage. Neil Oustigoff Jr. had six of those points.

Cornell battled back and narrowed the gap to 16-10, The Dragons recapture the momentum and pushed ahead to have a 25-15 lead. Again Cornell fought back and trailed at the half by nine, 36-27.

After five minutes had elapsed in the second period, the Dragons had jumped out again to a 5237 advantage.

GLEN SKIFSTAD | SENTINEL Six additional minutes passed and the Chiefs Cornell’s Dakota Popp (4) looks to inbound against Aaron Rudd. narrowed the disadvan-

Eventually the Pirates found their groove, and put the pressure on the Saints causing turnovers that they were able to capitalize on to go on a run to end the first half up 27-14.

The Saints made adjustments during the break and came out of the locker room determined to not let the Pirates run away with the game. They turned up the defensive pressure on Grantsburg, and the Pirates were not able to find an open shot.

The turnover game switched sides and it was the Pirates who struggled to take care of the ball. The Saints outrebounded them on both ends of the court and slowly crept back into the game.

KNUTSON: Senior hits 1,000

surrounding Jordan and his quest for 1,000 points.�

The Pirates head to St. Croix Falls Thursday night for their last regular season game. Playoffs begin Tuesday, March 1 With the Pirates receiving the No. 4 seed, they will host No. 13 Cumberland in a 7 p.m. game.

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“After not playing at all last week, it was nice to get back out there tonight,� Hallberg said. “We played well offensively, and made the big runs to put the game away. “Fun night with everything

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“We played our game as we did Friday night in Luck, holding them to single digits in the first half.�

And that they did.

The Dragons scored 13 points before Mellen got their first bucket, a three point shot, at the 10:56 mark of the first half. Four and one-half minutes later the Dragons were up 24-3, and stretched it to 40-7 at the half.

First half scoring leaders for the Dragons were Sarah Shaffer with 11, Caitlynn Daniels nine, and Allie Webster put in six.

Siren ran off seven straight points to start the second half before the Granite Diggers were able to get on the board. After that, the reserves

got into action and were able to maintain the lead and hold Mellen to 20 total.

On the night, Caitlynn Daniels led the Dragons with 13 points. Sarah Shaffer had 11. Allie Webster and Laurel Kannenberg tallied eight and seven points respectively.

Siren will host Luck, a 71-35 winner over Butternut, on Friday. “It’ll be a tough game on Friday night,� said the coach. “We don’t take anybody for granted.

We’re just trying to get better each time, play better. Britta (Coach Peterson) has the Cardinals playing well, so we’ll have to be ready.�

The winner of that game will advance to Saturday’s Section 1 regional final against either Shell Lake or Bayfield. Game times are 7 p.m.

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Tigers split a pair of games “ “Give them all the c credit, they played v very well.�

Webster trailed 330-9 at the intermisssion, but were able tto double their outp put in the second h half.

Jack Washburn lled the Tigers in sscoring with 11.

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WEBSTER—If one would look over the last 11 games that the Webster boys have played, their record is 5-6. “Our freshmen have done well during that time period,� complimented Coach Rob Scherrer.

Even though the Fohrenkamm Tigers lost to Unity sscores 29 on Friday 51-27, they Tate Fohrendid defeat the Shell k kamm poured in 29 Lake Lakers on p points as the Tigers Tuesday 57-48. beat the Shell Lake The marked im- Webster’s Dylan Kegel (42) ďŹ ghts for a Lakers on Tuesday provement indicates rebound with Shell Lake’s Luke Pokorny. at Shell Lake. the boys program is Webster trailed by one at the half, 34slowly progressing and the underclassmen are gaining valuable experience 33, but roared back in the second half and confidence in their play and with with 24 points, holding the Lakers to 14.

The Tigers shot 12 for 23 from the free their teammates.

Against Unity, a senior-laden team, throw line, resulting from the 18 fouls the going was tough right from the get- the Lakers committed on the Tigers.

Evan Hungerbuhler was high scorer go. “When Unity shoots well and their defense is locked down, they are very for the Shell Lake squad with 14. hard to beat,� praised Coach Scherrer.

Raiders end Blizzard season

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HUDSON—“I thought the boys played really hard tonight,� commented Blizzard boys coach Andy Richardson following the season ending loss to the Hudson Raiders, 6-0. “Hudson is a very talented team but we came out and competed. I was proud of how they played. It’s too bad the season came to an end. We had a great group this year and a lot of that is thanks to the leadership of our seniors Max (Norman), Jake (Smith), Kyle (Hicks), Mitch (Paquette), and Taran (Wols).�

Hudson scored two goals in each period. With the exception of the second goal in the first period (short handed), all the goals were at even strength.

Again the game was a clean one with only five total penalties called, three on the Blizzard and two on the Raiders. All were two minute penalties. There were no power play goals made.

Blizzard goalie Taran Wols turned away 38 of 44 shots on goal. Hudson goalie Anthony Howard was seven for seven.

Burnett graduates five seniors, yet there are nine freshmen awaiting in the wings.

Lady Blizzard season ends in Hayward HAYWARD—“This was a very disappointing loss,� said Blizzard girls hockey coach Rick Quimby following the 11-0 set back to the Hayward co-op hockey team.

“Hayward is a great team with lots of talent! I know lots of the girls that play for them and I wish them good luck in the playoffs. We had a great week of practice leading up to the playoff game but we just could not execute against the speed and ability of Hayward.�

Hayward scored seven goals in the opening frame and four in the second period.

Blizzard goalie Mackenna Johnson had 50 shots fired upon her and she turned away 39.

Hayward controlled the puck such that the Blizzard could only get nine total shots on goal on Hayward goalies Cat Hopper and Lauren Trombley.

The Blizzard end their season winless but with high hopes for next year.

By Glen Skifstad, Sentinel

Blizzard tame Wildcats in regional play

RIVER FALLS—The Burnett Blizzard pulled off a mild upset on Tuesday night as they defeated the River Falls Wildcats in the first round of the WIAA Boys Hockey Tournament 4-1.

River Falls scored midway in the first period and that goal held up throughout the remainder of that period.

There was no scoring in the second period, thus the Wildcats held on to a slim 1-0 advantage going into period three.

It didn’t take long, though, for the Blizzard to get going in the last frame.

Just :38 seconds elapsed when Austin Bowman capitalized on a Wildcat penalty and scored the Blizzard’s first goal with Max Norman assisting.

Just three minutes later, Tanner VanMeter got into the act and put the puck past the Wildcat goalie to make it 2-1 Blizzard. Bryce Roufs and Jake Smith got the assists.

Insurance goals were made late in the period. Roufs scored at the 14:54 mark with Bowman and Norman assisting, and an empty netter by Roufs at 15:15, w with David Doty and And drew Ruiz made the final 44-1.

It was a clean game as o only six penalties were c called, just two on the Blizzzard.

Blizzard goalie Taran W Wols turned away 30 of 31 sshots on goal. Burnett put 224 shots on Rive Falls goalttender Jake Miller.

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BURNETT COUNTY SENTINEL

FEBRUARY 24, 2016 www.burnettcountysentinel.com

Birkebeiner results

Frigid Five race results, times 1. Brendan Kutz 17:41. 2. Greg Atkinson 19:00. 3. Brian Kutz 20:39. 4. Joseph Ohnstad 20:44. 5. Vince Nasman 22:41. 6. Chris Hermann 22:49. 7. Ross Manni 23:00. 8. Dave Belisle 23:42. 9. Steve McNally 24:22. 10. Corey Smestad 24:42.

11. Dominik Spohn 25:43. 12. Connor Quimby 26:03. 13. Maurice Henderson 28:34. 14.

Shane Smith 26:45. 15. Cassie Mckenzie 26:54.

16. Isabelle Quimby 28:04. 17. Tom Quimby 28:07. 18. Jordan Janes 28:34. 19. Tom Hinrichs 29:04.

20. Ron Diffee 29:21. 21. Hannah Landberg 29:22. 22. Janet Myking Otto 29:54. 23. Logan Smestad 30:28. 24. Ronald Aldorfer 30:38. 25.

- 26. Scott Erickson and Craig Selander 31:20.

27. Chandra Stafford 32:04. 28. Stacey Markarian 32:06. 29. Barb Hoefler 32:46.

30. Ken Roettger 33:15. 31. Caitlyn Lee 33:29.

32. - 34. Curt, Cassidy, Carter Lee 33:30. 35.

Tessa Macomber 33:38. 36. Julie Thaemert 33:38. 37. Sharon Stoll 33:43. 38. Donavan Ben-

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son 35:11.

39. - 40. Lynne Nelson, Sheri Nelson 35:54.

41. Colleen Johnson 36:10. 42. Lori McNally 37:10. 43. Marilyn Kooiker 37:29. 44. Christina Cariveau 39:22. 45. Jackie Hanson 39:23. 46.

Matt Nelson 39:24. 47. Judy Marek 40:20. 48. 49. Brad and Lori MacKean 40:56.

50. Ron Wilhelm 42:38. 51. Dallas Swenson 42:39. 52. Lisa Michaels 42:55. 53. Jennifer Ulmaniec 42:55. 54. Valerie Jehlicka 44:04. 55.

Bill Morrin 44:18. 56. Carmen Covey 45:06.

57. Melissa Franklin 45:07. 58. Shirley Evrard 45:58. 59. Sue Bunting 46:10.

60. Terri Larsen 46:38. 61. James Hinrichs 48:01. 62. Henry Quintana 52:32. 63. Ibby Olson 52:37. 64. Dave Johnson 54:31. 65. Katie Melin 55:37. 66. - 69. Donna Chell, Kristie Henning, Cortney Mosley, Kati Powell 57:11.

70. John Johnson 1:00.38. 71. - 73. Sena Christopherson, Nina Dewing, Velvet Rantala 1:00.45. 74. - 76. Dana Morrin, Angie and Kevin Louis 1:02.05

HAYWARD-It was an All American sweep at the 43rd running of the 43rd Annual Slumberland American Birkebeiner on Saturday as David Norris (Fairbanks, AK) and Caitlin Gregg (Minneapolis, MN) skied to close wins on a fast 52k track between Cable and Hayward.

Under cloudy skies and after a warm snap, the weather was stable. And while the track was wet, it held up well throughout the day’s race for today’s estimated 10,500 skiers.

Local finishers include Joseph Bjorklund, Webster, 7:11:23.1; Thomas Moha, Webster, 5:05:40.0; Kein Link, Grantsburg, 6:09:20.3; Aris Apostolou, Danbury, 4:13:58.9; Katie Blake-Cook, 7:43:35.7; and Greg Norman, Webster, 5:49:59.7.

SCOREBOARD Totals

Boys Basketball

West Lakeland Conference Team Conf All Unity 12-0 20-1 Grantsburg 9-2 15-4 Luck 6-5 13-7 Frederic 5-6 10-11 Siren 4-7 12-9 St. Croix Falls 2-9 5-15 Webster 1-10 7-14 Results Last Week Feb. 22 Grantsburg 76, Glenwood City 35 New Auburn 66, Webster 54 Unity at Boyceville

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

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F TP 2 0 3 0 2 3 0 11 2 4 1 0 2 2 2-2 4 7 5-6 16

Totals Luck I. Jensen K.Melin E. Pedersen O. Nielsen B. Donald T. Brown P. Runnels Totals

8 2 0 3 5 3 0 0 0 11

Score by halves Siren 15 Luck 4

4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

13-26 14 41 FT 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-1 2-5

F TP 2 0 5 6 3 12 3 6 3 0 0 0 4 0 20 24

26-41 20-24

Webster 55, Shell Lake 41

Feb. 16 Webster 57, Shell Lake 48 Unity 77, Lake Holcombe 53 Siren 73, Cornell 59 St. Croix Falls 60, Spooner 45 Cameron 90, Luck 57

Siren 73, Cornell 59 Cornell C. Hjetke C. Spletter D. Popp T. Glaus N. Nohr L. Baehm M. Swanson Totals

2 4 1 1 0 6 3 2 17

3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 7

FT 2-0 0-0 0-1 0-2 2-6 2-4 0-1 4-14

F 4 3 1 3 2 2 2 17

TP 19 2 8 0 14 12 4 59

Siren A. Ruud X. Pinero K. Christenson T. Lee N. Oustigoff D. Highstrom M. Lindquist Totals

2 4 0 0 1 10 1 1 17

3 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 9

FT 5-9 0-0 0-0 2-4 5-7 0-0 0-0 12-20

F 4 1 1 4 3 0 4 17

TP 25 0 12 4 28 2 2 73

Score by halves Cornell 27 32-59 Siren 36 37-73

Webster 57, Shell Lake 48 Webster 2 P. Sargent 1 J. Formanek 0 T. Gustafson 1 J. Washburn 3 B. Sigfrids 0 F. DeBlase 2 T. Fohrenkamm 8 Totals 15

3 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 5

FT 1-2 0-0 0-4 2-6 2-2 0-0 7-9 12-23

F 2 3 4 1 0 0 1 11

TP 9 0 2 8 2 7 29 57

Shell Lake 2 Z. Melton 0 T. Roanholt 0 E. Hungerbuhler 7 L. Fogelberg 2 L. Porkorny 5 D. Johnson 3 A. Martin 2 Totals 19

3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

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

F 3 2 2 2 4 2 3 18

TP 6 0 14 5 10 6 7 48

Score by halves Webster 33 24-57 Shell Lake 34 14-48

Unity 51, Webster 27 FT 0 0-0 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-4 1-2 5-5 1-2

3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8

11-17 11

Grantsburg 76, Glenwood City 35

Feb. 18 Frederic 47, Drummond 39

3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Webster 2 P. Sargent 0 J. Formanek 0 T. Gustafson 1 J. Washburn 4 B. Sigfrids 1 F. DeBlase 0 D. Kegel 1 T. Fohrenkamm Totals 27

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Score by halves Unity 30 21-51 Webster 9 18-27

Feb. 19 Siren 60, Luck 57 Frederic 76, St. Croix Falls 74 Unity 51, Webster 27

Unity 2 E. Bos Benkowski B. Nelson 1 N. Heimstead 0 A. Donahue 1 W. Stenberg 1 J. Vlasnik 2 Z. Wagner 3 L. Bader 2 E. Peterson 4 C. Ince 3

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F TP 0-0 1 0 0 2 4 6 1 2 0 2 1 4 0 7 2 8 0 13 2 7

GWC N. Schone P. Hill R. Schutz N. Mrdutt D. Hjierlmeier K. Vang J. Ormson T. Davis A. Croes Totals

2 1 2 2 1 3 0 1 4 0 14

3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

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

F 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 9

TP 2 4 10 2 7 0 2 8 0 35

Grantsburg L. Chenal J. Gerber J. Knutson J. Ohnstad A. Olson J. Staeven J. Chenal Totals

2 3 1 5 0 1 2 13 25

3 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 8

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

F 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 8

TP 6 14 17 0 3 10 26 76

Score by halves GWC 18 Grantsburg 51

Girls Basketball

Results Last Week Feb. 23 St. Croix Falls 50, Grantsburg 44 Ladysmith 70, Webster 26 Unity 63, Chequamegon 37 Siren 65, Mellen 20 Luck 71, Butternut 35 Frederic-bye

Feb. 16 Siren 63, Cornell 26 Turtle Lake 63, Grantsburg 53 Unity 51, Lake Holcombe 33 Prairie Farm 53, Luck 41 Webster 55, Shell Lake 42 St. Croix Falls 59, Ellsworth 39

Siren 41, Luck 24 FT 6-8 1-4 4-5 2-4 0-1 0-4

FT 0-0 2-5 0-1 0-0 1-2 4-4 0-1 7-13

F 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 8

TP 5 7 0 0 3 18 22 55

Shell Lake M. Kevan G. Anderson S. Clark A. Meister H. Steines A. Brereton C. Schroeder A. Schreiber Totals

2 1 0 5 2 1 1 2 1 13

3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4

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

F 1 3 3 3 4 1 0 0 15

TP 2 7 10 9 2 2 7 2 41

Score by halves Webster 29 26-55 Shell Lake 13 28-41

F 2 1 3 3 3 2

Webster A. Mulroy L.Wilson M. Mosher E. Rachner T. Mosher J. Gavin K. Moser Totals H-F G. Balut A. Petite K. McFarland L. Hooker J. Bork H. Balut A. Sadler D. Tekavec Totals

2 1 3 0 0 2 10 16

3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

FT 2-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-1 0-2 3-8

F 1 1 0 3 2 3 3 13

TP 7 6 0 0 1 4 20 38

2 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 10 10

3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

FT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 00-0 2-5 4-5 6-13

F 1 3 4 0 2 1 3 0 13

TP 0 2 4 4 1 0 0 15 24 49

F 2 5 1 2 2 4 1 17

TP 2 12 2 4 10 17 4 51

Webster 53, Unity 51

Feb. 18 Frederic 73, Drummond 26 Hinckley-Finlayson (MN) 49, Webster 38 Unity 55, Pepin-Alma 33

3 2 1 1 0 0 0

3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2

Score by halves Webster 26 12-38 H-F 32 17-49

Feb. 19 Siren 41, Luck 24 St. Croix Falls 56, Frederic 53 Webster 53, Unity 51 Clayton 55, Grantsburg 35

2 2 2 3 0 0 1

2 1 1 0 0 1 7 11 21

Hinckley-Finlayson 49, Webster 38

17-35 25-76

West Lakeland Conference Team Conf All Siren 10-2 19-4 Frederic 9-3 16-6 Unity 7-5 15-6 St. Croix Falls 6-6 12-10 Grantsburg 5-7 8-14 Luck 3-9 10-12-1 Webster 2-10 7-15

Siren A. Rightman L. Kannenberg C. Daniels A. Kosloski A. Webster S. Shaffer

Webster A. Mulroy L. Wilson M. Mosher E. Rachner T. Mosher J. Gavin K. Moser Totals

TP 16 8 13 2 0 2

Unity M. Ramich G. Foeller J. Grams E. Moore B. Peterson R. Sorensen J. Lowe Totals Webster A. Mulroy L. Wilson M. Mosher E. Rachner T. Mosher J. Gavin K. Moser Totals

2 1 5 1 2 1 5 2 17 2 2 6 0 0 0 1 7 16

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

FT 0-0 2-4 0-0 0-0 2-2 4-4 0-0 8-10 FT 3-5 2-4 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-4 6-14

Score by halves Unity 14 37-51 Webster 24 29-53

F 2 3 1 1 2 3 1 13

TP 16 17 0 0 0 5 15 53

Siren 63, Cornell 26 Cornell C. Shackelton K. Walters L. Moussette A. Klein C. Peloquin Totals

2 1 2 4 1 2 10

3 0 2 0 0 0 2

FT 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2

F 0 2 3 0 0 5

TP 2 10 8 2 4 26

Siren E. Emery P. McKnight A. Rightman R. Anderson L. Kannenberg C. Daniels C. Maslow A. Kosloski A. Webster A. Johnson1 A,. Buskirk S. Shaffer H. Peterson Totals

2 1 2 5 1 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 4 28

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

FT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-4

F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 8

TP 2 7 10 2 11 8 2 2 2

Score by halves Cornell 6 Siren 41

0 6 9 63

20-26 22-63

Boys Hockey Middle Border Conference Team Conf All New Richmond 8-1-1 14-5-1 Somerset 8-1-1 15-8-1 Baldwin-Woodville 7-3 18-5 Regis/Altoona/McDonell 4-6 10-13-1 Blizzard 2-8 6-14-1 Amery 0-10 0-22-1 Results Last Week Feb. 18 New Richmond 8, Baldwin-Woodville 3 Somerset 5, Superior 2 Hudson 6, Blizzard 0 Hayward 6, RAM 3 Feb. 16 Baldwin-Woodville 7, Icemen 3 Blizzard 4, River Falls 1 Superior 8, Amery 0

Hudson 6, Blizzard 0 Blizzard 0 0 0-0 Hudson 2 2 2-6 PERIOD 1: Hudson-Cole Danielson (George Nuutinen) 3:47, even strength; Hudson-Carter Schuett (Bradley Jacobson), 15:19, short handed.

PERIOD 2: Hudson-Jacobson (unassisted), 6:54, even strength; Hudson-Schuett (Jacobson), 13:59, even strength.

PERIOD 3: Sam Johnson (unassisted), 9:10, even strength; Hudson-Stephen Tripicchio (Schuett), 10:48, even strength.

Penalties: Blizzard, 3 for 6 minutes; Hudson, 2 for 4 minutes.

Goalies: Blizzard-Taran Wols, 38-44; Hudson-Anthony Howard, 7-7.

Blizzard 4, River Falls 1 Blizzard 0 0 4-4 River Falls 1 0 0-1 PERIOD 1: RF-Wyatt Grundstrom (Lucas Luedtke), 7:38, even strength.

PERIOD 2: No scoring.

PERIOD 3: Blizzard-Austin Bowman (Max Norman), 0:38, power play; Blizzard-Tanner VanMeter (Bryce Roufs, Jake Smith), 3:28, even strength; Blizzard-Roufs (Bowman, Norman), 14:54, even strength; Blizzard-Roufs (David Doty, Andrew Ruiz), 15:15, even strength, empty net.

Penalties: Blizzard, 2 for 4 minutes; River Falls, 4 for 8 minutes.

Goalies: Blizzard-Taran Wols, 30-31; River Falls, Jake Miller 20-23.

Girls Hockey

Team Blizzard Results Last Week Feb. 18 Hayward 11, Blizzard 0

All 0-16-0

Wrestling Sectional Tournament at Osceola February 20 Team scores 1. Ellsworth 166; 2. Amery 121.5; T3. Neillsville/Greenwood/Loyal and St. Croix Central 62; 5. Ashland 55; 6. Medford 49; 7. Spencer/Columbus Catholic 45.5; 8. Melrose-Mendoro/Gale-Ettrick-Trempeleau 41.5; 9. Northwestern 32; 10. Rice Lake 30; 11. Luck-Frederic-Grantsburg 23; 12. Barron 22; 13. Hayward 21; T14.

Bloomer-Colfax and Chetek-Weyerhauser-Prairie Farm 20; 16. Somerset 19; 17.

Osceola 16; 18. Baldwin-Woodville 12; 19. Stanley-Boyd/Owen-Withee 9; 20.

Osseo-Fairchild/August/Fall Creek 4; 21.

Prescott 3; 22. Abbotsford/Colby 2; 23.

Spooner 0.

106, Colin Jeske, 2-2, did not place.

113, Cole Britton, 3-1, second place.

285, Parker Steen, 0-1, did not place.

Bowling Results from 2.17.16 edition Denny’s Downtown Lanes Tuesday Nite Ladies W

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Gandy Dancer Saloon 24 12 10th Hole 21 15 The Granary 16 20 Black & Orange 11 25 HIGH TEAM SINGLE GAMES: Gandy Dancer Saloon 769; The Granary/Black & Orange 760; 10th Hole 734.

HIGH SINGLE GAMES: Judy Olson 189; Pam Dildine 185; Joan Java-Hahr 179.

HIGH TEAM THREE GAMES: Gandy Dancer Saloon 2151; 10th Hole 2118; The Black & Orange 2091.

HIGH THREE GAMES: Pam Dildine 471; Judy Olson 465; Lylah Nelson 456.

HIGH INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES: Pam Dildine 153; Mary Reese 142; Claudia Peterson/Judy Olson 141; Donna Crain 137; Michelle Lysdahl 135.

TNT Ladies W

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Gandy Dancer Saloon 28 8 Zia Louisa’s 19 17 The Tap 19 17 Black & Orange 6 30 HIGH TEAM SINGLE GAMES: Gandy Dancer Saloon 944; The Tap 894; Zia Louisa’s 889.

HIGH SINGLE GAMES: Linda Strong 214; Donna Crain 187; Sally Casey 185.

HIGH TEAM THREE GAMES: Gandy Dancer Saloon 2667; The Tap 2571; Black & Orange 2569.

HIGH THREE GAMES: Linda Strong 491; Mary Eifler 482; Donna Crain 472.

HIGH INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES: Sally Casey 149; Linda Strong 144; Judy Olson 142; Claudia Peterson 141; Lynn Toivola 139.

SPLITS: Sheila Katusky, 2-7; Claudia Peterson, 5-10; Evie Engebretson, 5-8-10.

Monday Night Men’s W

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Bruce’s Auto 19 5 Yellow River Saloon 15 9 Larry’s LP 7 17 Black and Orange 7 17 HIGH TEAM SINGLE GAMES: Black & Orange 1127; Yellow River Saloon 1120; Bruce’s Auto 1050.

HIGH SINGLE GAMES: Chris Johnson 280; Lloyd Katusky 231; Neil Huppert 226.

HIGH TEAM THREE GAMES: Bruce’s Auto 3126; Yellow River Saloon 3104; Black & Orange 3102.

HIGH THREE GAMES: Chris Johnson 696; Lloyd Katusky 657; Tony Wilson 630.

HIGH INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES: Tony Wilson 196; CJ 190; Dean Eytcheson 181; Lloyd Katusky/Josh Johnson/Curt Phelps/Neil Huppert 178; Mark Holmstrom 167.

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Hwy. 70 Storage 50 26 Kelli’s Kitchen 43 33 Rod’s Broads 40 36 Alley Cats 33 43 Denny’s Divas 32 44 Northwoods MCL 30 46 HIGH TEAM SINGLE GAMES: Rod’s Broads 672; Hwy. 70 Storage 643; Kelli’s Kitchen 630.

HIGH SINGLE GAMES: Kim Koster 191; Maggie Hess 190; Patty Meyer 184.

HIGH TEAM THREE GAMES: Highway 70 Storage 1827; Rod’s Broads 1815; Kelli’s Kitchen 1739.

HIGH THREE GAMES: Patty Meyer 485; Amy Bertelsen 482; Barb Benson 479.

HIGH INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES: Barb Benson 158; Connie McKenzie 154; Carol Soderbeck/Amy Bertelsen 151; Casey Schuur 142; Michelle Morgan-Engstrand 141; Cyndi Omer/ Kim Koster/Deb DeMarre/Patty Meyer 140.

Black & Orange Early Risers W

Early Birds W

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Northwoods Lumber 24 4 Flower Power 16 12 Larry’s LP 14 14 Vacant 2 26 HIGH TEAM SINGLE GAMES: Northwoods Lumber 908; Larry’s LP 900; Flower Power 817.

HIGH SINGLE GAMES: Sandy Buhil 184; Becky Reynolds 179; Evie Engebretson 172.

HIGH TEAM THREE GAMES: Larry’s LP 2553; Northwoods Lumber 2509; Flower Power 2388.

HIGH THREE GAMES: Cheryl Scallon 480; Becky Reynolds/Mary Reese 464; Sandy Buhil 447.

HIGH INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES: Jennifer Kern 162; Cheryl Scallon 148; Sue Eytcheson 146; Mary Reese 145; Mary Ellen Smith 137.

SPLITS: Evie Engebretson, 3-10, 3-5-10.

Tuesday Tippers W

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The Shop 102 59 A&H Country Market 85 76 Gob’s Gals 77 84 West Point Lodge 58 103 HIGH TEAM SINGLE GAMES: The Shop 568; The Shop 565; A&H Country Market 531.

HIGH SINGLE GAMES: Nancy Growe 187; Laura Main 178; Vivian Marx 167.

HIGH TEAM THREE GAMES: The Shop 2192; West Point Lodge 2162; A&H Country Market 2136.

HIGH THREE GAMES: Nancy Growe 485; Laura Main 439; Vivian Marx 438 HIGH INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES: Vivian Marx 155; Dawn Petersen 144; Char Vanous 135.

Wednesday Night Men’s W

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Bump’s Lakeside 19.5 4.5 Northwoods Lumber 14 10 Lions 9.5 14.5 Black & Orange 5 19 HIGH TEAM SINGLE GAMES: Lions 1033; Bump’s Lakeside 1030; Black & Orange 1006.

HIGH SINGLE GAMES: Lloyd Katusky 233; Josh Johnson 226; Curt Phelps 214.

HIGH TEAM THREE GAMES: Lions 30588; Bump’s Lakeside 2887; Northwoods Lumber 2779.

HIGH THREE GAMES: Lloyd Katusky 645; Josh Johnson 633; Fred Zajac 585.

HIGH INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES: Fred Zajac 193; Gene Ackland 192; Neil Huppert 184; Roger Tollander/Josh Johnson 182; Monte Rinnman/Curt Phelps 181.

SPLITS: Lloyd Katusky, 4-7-70; Mike Anesi, 4-6-7.

Denny’s Downtown Lanes Tuesday Nite Ladies W

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Hwy. 70 Storage 52 28 Kelli’s Kitchen 46 34 Rod’s Broads 42 38 Alley Cats 35 45 Denny’s Divas 33 47 Northwoods MCL 32 48 HIGH TEAM SINGLE GAMES: Kelli’s Kitchen 663; Denny’s Divas 644; Hwy. 70 Storage 636.

HIGH SINGLE GAMES: Connie McKenzie 226; Deb DeMarre 209; Michelle Morgan Engstrand 195.

HIGH TEAM THREE GAMES: Kelli’s Kitchen 1839; Highway 70 Storage 1722; Rod’s Broads 1699.

HIGH THREE GAMES: Deb DeMarre 555; Connie McKenzie 541; Molly Byers 467.

HIGH INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES: Barb Benson 158; Connie McKenzie 155; Carol Soderbeck/Amy Bertelsen 151; Casey Schuur/Deb DeMarre 142; Michelle Morgan-Engstrand/ Patty Meyer 141; Kim Koster 140; Cyndie Omer 139.

SPEAKER

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

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Shingles vaccine may be out of reach for some Medicare beneficiaries

Karen Nichols is the new Elder Benefits Specialist Karen Nichols of Siren has been hired as Elder Benefits Specialist for the ADRC office in Siren. On Feb. 1, she took over from Connie Crosby, who retired in mid January.

The Aging and Disability Resource Center of Northwest Wisconsin serves residents of Burnett and Polk counties and the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.

Nichols has worked 21 years in pharmacies, including 18 years at Olson and Sons Drugs in Siren. “I know a lot of people in the area,” she said with a smile.

Originally from New Richmond, Nichols moved to Siren in 1997 with her husband, Jason (Jake) Nichols, when he became administrator of the Burnett County Forestry and Parks Department. Next month they will be married 20 years. They have two children, Maddy, 14 and Taedon, 12.

“I am looking forward to being able to help the community,” Nichols says. “My favorite part of working at the pharmacy was being able to help people.”

In her new job, Karen’s goals are “to quickly learn what benefits are available to the people, and helping them get those benefits,” she says. “Medicare Part D enrollment is a big part of it. I will be going into the community to do ‘Introduction to Medicare’ programs.”

Nichols says she will be going out in the community to assist those who are unable to come into her office at Burnett County Government Center, due to health reasons or lack of transportation. “We will do home visits on a caseby-case basis.”

Karen says the timing was perfect to take on this job. “It continues the best part of my previous job – working with people – and takes it another step forward. I really enjoy meeting and working with people.”

In her time away from work, she enjoys photography and has turned it into a business. She enjoys photographing

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infants, children and families, plus graduating high school seniors, weddings and special events. Her kids are involved in sports, so a lot of their family time involves attending those events.

“I have worked with Connie Crosby over the years in my work in the pharmacy,” she said. “We worked together well, and she has always been a great resource.

“I already have good relationships with the area medical clinics, area pharmacies and senior centers. It gives me a good foundation to get started in this job.

“In the first three weeks in my new job I have already met so many wonderful people,” Nichols says. “I know that I am really going to like this job, and I look forward to meeting more people.”

She can be reached at the ARDC office at 715-349-2100 or toll-free 1-877-485-2372.

Email reaches her at knichols@burnettcounty.org. The ARDC web site is http://www.adrcnwwi.org.

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Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful skin rash. It is caused by the varicella-zoster virus—the same virus that causes chickenpox.

Once people recover from chickenpox, the virus remains in their body in an inactive state. In some people, it stays dormant; in others, the virus reactivates and causes shingles. The condition is most common in older adults and people with weakened immune systems.

The most common complication of shingles is post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN)—severe debilitating pain in the areas where the shingles rash appeared. The pain can last anywhere from a few weeks to years.

Fortunately, a shingles vaccine is available that substantially reduces the risk of getting shingles and PHN. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)—an expert advisory panel to the federal government—recommends that all individuals receive the shingles vaccine beginning at age 60, regardless of whether they have had chickenpox.

The vaccine is only effective for about five years so many adults will need repeated vaccinations to remain protected.

However, many older Americans have not received the shingles vaccine. Experts have linked this finding to a variety of factors, including cost. With a price of around $200, the shingles vaccine is the most expensive vaccine recommended for older adults. Another important factor is health care coverage for the vaccine, which can vary considerably.

Medicare coverage for Shingles vaccine is problematic The Affordable Care Act requires private insurers to eliminate cost-sharing for ACIP-recommended vaccines. Thus, many privately-insured individuals age 60 and older do

not pay anything when they receive the shingles vaccine.

Unfortunately, Medicare coverage for the shingles vaccine is not quite as generous. While Medicare Part B covers a small number of vaccines with no cost-sharing, the shingles vaccine is covered under Medicare Part D. Part D plans are required to cover the vaccine; however, they have a fair amount of leeway in terms of how they cover it.

For example, some plans require a high level of cost-sharing, while others require enrollees’ prescribers to explain why the vaccine is medically necessary before they will approve its use.

Another challenge stems from the Part D benefit design. Enrollees who receive the shingles vaccine prior to meeting their deductible are responsible for the full $200 cost.

In addition, many healthcare providers do not have a billing system that allows them to file claims with Part D plans. Enrollees who receive the shingles vaccine under such circumstances typically must pay for the vaccine up front and submit a claim to their Part D plan for reimbursement.

The financial and administrative challenges associated with this process could understandably encourage some enrollees to simply skip the vaccine.

What to Do? Medicare coverage can lead to high out-of-pocket costs and administrative hurdles that limit access to the shingles vaccine. These obstacles are particularly concerning given that Medicare beneficiaries have the greatest need for this type of immunization. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services should work with Part D plans and health care providers to ensure that unnecessary barriers do not limit access to this important preventive service.

BENEFICIALLY SPEAKING

By Connie Crosby

Happy St. Patrick’s Day & Happy Easter!

I am no longer the Burnett County Elder Benefit Specialist, but I am writing this article with information for you.

I appreciate that the days are getting longer. Daylight savings time starts on Sunday,March 13, so be sure and set your clocks ahead one hour the night of March 12 so you are not late on the 13th.

Scams: I was recently told about a scam where someone comes to your door to offer you something free. It ranges from free dish soap to cleaning a carpet.

When you reply that you don’t need the item they say they have other things in their vehicle. There may also be another person in their vehicle. They try to get you to let them into your home. If you don’t know someone, do not let them in your home. If someone offers you something free there are usually strings attached. Once you get them into your home it may be very had to get them out. Chances are they are not there to benefit you.

Beware of telemarketers: If you get a call from someone trying to sell you something, or calling you to tell you that you have won something, it usually is a scam. Never give out your information to a caller or someone who send you an e-mail claiming they need the information.

Do not give out any of the following to a caller or e-mailer: your full name, your date of birth, your social security number, your address, bank name and/or account number, credit card number or any numbers on the back of your credit cards.

Scammers may sell your information to other people and they may not use it for a while. Always check your credit card bills and bank statements to make sure they are correct.

Protect your identity: Please be sure and protect your identity. Identity theft happens so fast, and you don’t always realize how much information you have given to someone until after the fact.

Someone calls you on the phone and asks you some simple questions, and talks to you like you are a friend. Some people may not receive a lot of phone calls, and sometimes you may be happy that someone called. The callers may be very friendly and talk to you and seem like they are just being nice and in the conversation.

They seem like they want to get to know you better.

They ask you questions that seem innocent enough.

Without realizing it, you have given the caller information that you would never have intentionally given a total stranger.

They may talk to you like they know a lot about you.

They may have looked up information on you on the computer and by doing that they can sometimes find out family member names, your address, your phone number and your approximate age.

It is very scary all of the information they already have about you before they call. They use the information they obtain from you for all sorts of scams, and may even be able to purchase items with your information or clean out your bank account.

Use the National Do-Not-Call Registry The best way to protect yourself is to not give out your information. Make a phone call to the National Do Not Call Registry at 1-888-382-1222. This registration does not expire. It works for your home phone and your cell phone. It takes about 31 days for this do go into effect. This does not have any effect on political calls, though, and does not stop calls from places of business you may deal with for other purposes.

When you receive credit card offers in the mail, shred them or burn them. When you receive catalogs, tear out any order blank in them before you put them in the recycling bin. The order blanks often contain your name, address and your customer ID number.

Never give your old Medicare card to someone to destroy! Destroy it yourself.

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Overcome your fears and ďŹ nd a new job - at any age “These are the ways you can present yourself and your skill sets both on your rĂŠsumĂŠ and in the interview,â€? says Setzfand.

AARP NEWS SERVICE

For 2016, there is a popular goal on many older Americans’ to-do lists — find a new job.

In a recent “Experiences with Work� survey by AARP, four in 10 experienced American workers between the ages of 45-64 may be on the lookout for new career opportunities this year.

Survey results showed that 74 percent of respondents are seeking a new job for more money, 30 percent would like more enjoyable work and 28 percent want better health benefits.

Fear of age discrimination is a common obstacle older workers face when re-entering the work force. However, having years of experience with different jobs and clients is, ideally, an advantage.

For those who haven’t searched for a new job in years, the process can be intimidating.

2) Many resources are there to help you There are resources available to help you change careers, no matter your age. One of the best right here in Burnett County is the Aging and Disability Resource Center at the Government Center. Go in the front door, turn right and go all the way down the hall to the last door on the left. There you will find people who can point you in the right direction in your job search.

AARP points out stories of career change of those over the “traditional� age of job exploration. Some received training or financial aid from government programs. Not all internships are made for college freshmen, you know. Check with your current employer to see what exciting retraining programs they may offer.

Why would they want to start from scratch with someone they don’t know, when they could teach you how to run the new software or transition to a new team they’re developing?

Three reasons to switch careers even when you’re ‘too old’ The best reason: you could wind up much happier.

You may be thinking that an old dog can’t learn new tricks (or find someone to pay them for learning said tricks), but it simply isn’t true. Even if you’re an “older� member of the workforce, you can (and maybe should) think about switching careers.

New jobs and different responsibilities can lead you to discovering amazing things about your personality, interests, and what makes you actually want to get up in the morning.

Now, here are some good reasons to think about switching:

Learn to use ‘social media’ AARP Senior Vice President Jean Setzfand says that it’s key to establish a social media presence in the digital age, particularly on LinkedIn, where employers often seek new hires.

Job seekers should also refresh their skills and utilize both professional and personal networks when on the hunt.

Use the C.A.R. method Upon successfully landing an interview, Setzfand advises job seekers to follow the C.A.R method: • Challenges: Outline some of the professional challenges you’ve faced in your career. • Actions: Talk about the actions you took to address those challenges. • Results: Tell the employer what you’ve done to produce results in the workplace.

1) Experience Your years of experience are never a liability.

Having faced different jobs, clients, and circumstances is great for your resume, unless you lean on your experiences as the “only way to do things� and refuse to accept new ideas.

Talk to recruiters about your “past life� and learn how to spin your resume into a personal narrative that led you to the door of your potential new job. How has your time in sales made you the perfect manufacturing manager? How have your years in the classroom prepared you for a job in publishing?

Have your answers ready for the questions that HR will inevitably ask, Or, better yet, get them out of the way in your cover letter in a way that doesn’t snooze on the page.

3) It could make you happier (even if it scares you a little).

Last year’s American Institute for Economic Research study showed that “almost nine in 10 people (87 percent) of those who said they had changed careers said they were happy or very happy with their change, and 65 percent said they felt less stress at work.�

While it may be stressful, it could also be rewarding and lead to a happier work life. You may take a pay cut (the study showed this happens 31 percent of the time) or a bit of a title drop, But, the ultimate rewards could be a happier and more fulfilled you. And even if (SIGH) you’re “old� in your mind, you’re really not. Life, they say, is too short to be unhappy, right?

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Chicken Alfredo Sauce 15 over Fettuccine Noodles California Blend Garlic Cheese Bread Brownie

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How to work two jobs and keep your head ANNE HOLUB FOR ‘PAY SCALE’

Second jobs can be everything from part-time opportunities in another field or personal projects that you’d like to make into a reality. Maybe you want to tackle something that your workplace can’t offer you, or that can’t sustain you, financially.

Either way, a second job can be a great help to your career, or a great danger to your personal health and well-being.

Here’s how to deal with it all: • Tell your boss While moonlighting was once frowned upon or universally banned, nowadays, employers can be swayed if you present your second job as a boon for them as well.

Be upfront with your boss about your second job, and how you will still put your first job–well–first.

Have a strategy in mind for how you’ll manage your time and head space at both jobs (for your sake, as well as your boss’).

Present your plan to your boss, not necessarily for their approval, but to open up the lines of communication and avoid any claims of subversion.

• Ask for help from your network It’s important to talk to your close friends and family about your undertaking, and to get your helpers lined up. Your personal time is going to virtually disappear and you’ll need help in strange places, like doing laundry and feeding yourself at regular intervals. When that friend offers

What dental, vision, and hearing benefits does Medicare cover?

some babysitting or dog walking time, take them up on it!

You don’t have to martyr yourself in the name of the job. Take the casserole when offered, accept help making the bed or the lunches for the morning. Ask for assistance from your spouse or even your kids. When it comes to helping out, every little bit saves your sanity in the end.

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING

Medicare pays for a range of health care benefits for older adults and persons living with disabilities. But, routine teeth cleaning, vision and hearing tests, eyeglass and hearing aid fittings, and similar procedures are not covered.

For seniors and adults with disabilities who have trouble paying for these services, several programs may be able to help.

Original Medicare (Parts A and B) covers the following services: Dental: Medicare will pay for dental services that are medically necessary prior to another Medicare-covered procedure. For example, Medicare may cover tooth extraction for a person with oral cancer prior to radiation treatment.

• Take care of yourself Unless you plan on sleeping for eight minutes a night like Homer, you’re going to find that sleep and work might be your two main priorities.

But, when the opportunity for self-care presents itself, take it! Go out and have a glass of red wine with friends, head to that day spa for a massage and a soak, head to the movies! Whatever can take your mind off your troubles and soothe your soul, it’s going to be good in the long run. Working yourself sick isn’t going to help anyone.

• Prepare (everyone) for chaos In addition to assistance at home, you’re going to need to brace your friends and even co-workers that you might be a little slower in the communication department. Maybe texts don’t get returned quite as quickly, or you need some advance warning to make “last-minute plans.” Know that the chaos of two jobs is likely not to be long-lived (after all, the whole two job thing isn’t usually a permanent situation). But embrace the chaos as a part of the bargain and you should do fine.

Vision: Part B covers an annual glaucoma test for at-risk individuals, an annual exam to test for diabetic retinopathy among diabetics, certain diagnostic tests and screenings for macular degeneration, and cataract surgery plus one pair of post-surgery eyeglasses.

Hearing: Part B covers diagnostic hearing and balance exams if a provider orders these tests to see if a person requires medical treatment for a condition other than hearing loss.

Does Medicare Advantage/Medicaid pay for dental, vision, and hearing services?

If you are enrolled in a private Medicare Advantage plan, or you also have Medicaid, you should check with your plan to see what it covers. Medicare Advantage plans and Medicaid sometimes pay for services that are not covered under Original Medicare.

Where can seniors go for help if they cannot afford dental, vision, and hearing treatment?

Dental: Some states offer stand-alone dental plans through the health insurance marketplaces. People with Medicare are not eligible for subsidies to pay for these plans. Find your state marketplace at HealthCare.gov or call the marketplace call center (available 24/7) at 1-800-3182596.

Dental schools sometimes provide the community with lower cost services as a way of training

new dentists and dental hygienists. Search for a school at the American Dental Association or the American Dental Hygienists Association.

The Dental Lifeline Network (http://dentallifeline.org/) runs a program offering free, comprehensive dental treatment to vulnerable people, including the elderly and those living with disabilities.

Tooth Wisdom (http://toothwisdom.org) is a new website that educates older adults and caregivers about the importance of oral health and links to state-specific resources for dental care.

Vision: EyeCare America, (http://www.aao. org/eyecare-america) a service of the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, provides free eye exams and up to one year of care for low-income individuals who qualify.

Mission Cataract USA (http://missioncataractusa.org) offers free cataract surgery to those without insurance (including Medicare/Medicaid).

Vision USA, (http://www.aoafoundation.org/ vision-usa ) a program of the American Optometric Association, provides free eye exams for low-income Americans without insurance.

Hearing: Sertoma (http://sertoma.org/whatwe-do ) is a civic service organization that connects people with hearing assistance.

The Foundation for Sight and Sound, through its Help America Hear Program, (http://www. foundationforsightandsound.org/help_america_hear.php ) provides hearing aids for men, women, and children with limited financial resources.

The Better Hearing Institute maintains a comprehensive, free Guide to Financial Assistance for Hearing Aids (http://clienthiadev.devcloud. acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/hearingpedia/Financial_Assistance_for_Hearing_Aids. pdf).

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Tuesdays: 9 a.m. to ?

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Wednesdays: 9 a.m. to ?

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Thursdays: 9 a.m. to ?

Coffee, snacks, pool & cards 7-9:00 p.m. Seniors pool and cards.

3rd Thursday: 7-9:00 p.m.

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Fridays: 9 a.m. to ?

Coffee, snacks and pool.

Call before 1 p.m. to register for the following day’s meal.

The Center is closed if Webster School is closed for snow.

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Call 24 hours in advance to reserve your noon meal. Leave a message. Home delivery is available. Call the Center for more information.

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Mondays • 9-11:00 a.m.

Open for coffee and snacks; 1 p.m. cards.

Monday: 12:30 p.m. Mahjong

• “500” cards are played 1 p.m. Tuesday and Friday.

• Business meeting is the second Tuesday of each month at 12:30 p.m. with birthday celebrations following the meeting.

• An evening meal is served the third Wednesday of each month at 5 p.m. A reservation is needed.

• Painting in all mediums with Bob Olson is Thursday at 1 p.m.

The Center is open 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday.

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Tuesday: 9 a.m. Wii Bowling

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CAREGIVERS CORNER

Driven to desperation: caring for someone with Alzheimer’s

BY AMY GOYER, AARP

As his Alzheimer’s progresses, caring for my Dad is increasingly demanding.

I recently read a disturbing news report about a 69-year-old man in Florida who apparently killed his 89-year-old mother and then committed suicide. Police reported that he left a note stating that his mother, who lived with him, had advanced Alzheimer’s disease and that he was having extreme difficulty caring for her.

The story absolutely breaks my heart. While I have certainly never felt that low, as a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s, I do have some insight into the feelings of overwhelming hopelessness this man must have endured to be driven to such a horrific action.

All types of family caregiving can require an incredible amount of physical and emotional energy, not to mention financial and personal sacrifice.

But, I have been a caregiver in several situations. I can attest that caring for my grandmother, who had Alzheimer’s, and now for my dad (who also suffers from the disease) is different. The level of emotional and mental drain and physical exhaustion is difficult to put into words. Alzheimer’s caregiving is extreme.

It’s caregiving on steroids.

Alzheimer’s – the perfect storm Alzheimer’s is the perfect storm of caregiving, and, like all natural disasters, it requires an all-hands-ondeck response. But many caregivers believe there are no other hands to call on deck and there certainly isn’t a disaster plan to fall back on.

My dad is moving into the advanced stages of the disease, and yet he has needed someone to be with him constantly (except when he’s sleeping) for the past four years. I know that he may live with the disease for many more years and that as his cognitive abilities change, his physical needs will increase.

Transitions are increasingly confusing for him — getting out of bed, getting dressed or undressed, moving from sitting to standing — he just doesn’t understand what or why. He has become incontinent at night. Helping him eat usually requires one-on-one attention for an hour or more. Fear makes him angry when he doesn’t know who we are or doesn’t understand what we want him to do. My hero, a decorated WWII veteran, feels scared — often.

It is increasingly harder to find things that bring Dad joy as his world gets smaller. It’s also tough emotional work for me to overcome my own sadness and grief along this journey.

This caregiving role requires of me a constant, 100 percent, full-throttle effort. It’s a marathon whose fin-

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ish line is unknown and, in some ways, unwanted.

But I have help.

Have a disaster plan in place Dad did have some disaster plans in place: He has long-term care insurance and good pensions. As a veteran, he receives the veterans aid-and-attendance benefit. He is even eligible for some free respite services from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Thankfully, he has enough money for me to hire paid caregivers to help part time, but his entire income is going toward those services, so I’m personally facing serious financial strain.

I also have incredibly supportive friends and family and am connected to a national network of other caregivers, Alzheimer’s information and support. I know how to avoid being isolated. I have worked in the field of aging for more than 30 years, so I know the systems and I know how to advocate. I experience moments of total joy and fulfillment while caring for my dad. And yet this is still off-the-charts difficult for me.

We don’t know the extenuating circumstances behind the apparent murder-suicide, but it’s not the first incident of caregiver desperation, and, sadly, I doubt it will be the last. I can guess that man felt unable to manage, guilty for not being able to care for his mother the way he thought he should, overwhelmed, unqualified, unprepared, lost, grief-stricken and depressed. Alone.

Help is available And the saddest thing is that there was probably some help available for him and his mother that he just didn’t know about or didn’t have the energy or skills to pursue. Apparently, he saw no other course.

Families have and will continue to bear the majority of responsibility for hands-on care for loved ones, but we simply can’t do it all by ourselves. It’s not humanly possible to provide the 24/7 kind of care someone with advancing Alzheimer’s disease needs without some dire short- or long-term consequences for the caregiver.

As a society, we need to do a better job of advocating for caregivers and connecting them with resources for support and affordable, quality services for their loved ones. This kind of tragedy should just never, ever happen.

Local resource Locally, If you need help caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia, please call the Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) of Burnett County for a free consultation, at 715-349-2100.

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Interfaith Caregivers of Burnett County (ICBC) has a Facebook page! We would love to have people visit the page and “like” us. Lots of news and pictures there. Just go to Interfaith Caregivers of Burnett County on Facebook and check us out.

ICBC Statistics for January 2016: • Number of Volunteers - 23 • Total Miles - 3,104 • Volunteer Hours - 369 • Wood Deliveries - 33 • Food Deliveries - 58 • Referrals - 37 (referring to another service).

• People Served - 15 (not including referrals, food deliveries or wood deliveries).

Interfaith would like to thank the people from Zion and Grace Lutheran Churches for their help cutting wood (until the wood splitter broke down and everyone nearly froze in the -4 degree temperature). Also, thanks to the ladies who provided a great lunch.

We are going to be holding our 50/50 raffle again this year. Tickets will be available at many locations next month. We are also planning a pancake breakfast in April. Time, date and location will be announced soon.

Denny B, fondly known as “the woodman,” likes to tell the story about the time he was delivering food to a gentleman. Two pastors were with him. When they got to the location, at the end of the driveway there was a sign, “If you can read this, you are within range.”

As the color was draining from the pastor’s faces, Denny called ahead and told the gentleman they were coming in. Getting to the house was no trouble, but once there they had to navigate around geese and free range chickens before they could get to the door.

On that note, Denny would like to invite anyone who wants the experience of riding with him to deliver food to let him know. It can be a humbling, interesting and exciting trip. He delivers the third Wednesday and Thursday of the month. The food is from the GPS (God’s People Serving) food distribution that takes place at Connections on the third Thursday of the month.

I personally would like to thank Crescent Lake Outreach, Dave Alden of the Pine Wood Motel, the Salvation Army, Crystal from Connections and GPS - the Yellow Lake Church food distribution, for partnering with us in helping others in so many ways.

We are always in need of donations and volunteers.

We are non-profit. All donations are tax deductible.

Speaking of donations, we are in need of living room furniture, dressers and beds. These things have to be in good condition. We will pick things up when we have help.

Have a very Happy Easter. I’ll see you next month.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY SUBSTITUTE COOK: On-Call position available with Burnett County in N.W. Wisconsin. www.burnettcounty.com for further details or 715/349-2181, ext. #6.

Application Deadline: 4:30 P.M. Friday, 03/04/16. EOE

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 4-H YOUTH & FAMILY SUMMER INTERN: Seasonal position available with Burnett County in N.W. Wisconsin. www.burnettcounty.com for further details or 715/349-2181 Application Deadline: 4:30 P.M. Monday, 03/21/16. EOE

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FIRE WOOD Covered 2 years

Currently Seeking: Technical Sales Engineer

Nexen is a leading manufacturer of industrial clutches and brakes, precision linear and rotary motion control devices and control systems. Responsibilities will include maintaining product forecast, responsible business system metrics and parameters, along with planning and controlling material scheduling activities, while balancing targeted inventory levels and ensuring customer on-time delivery objectives are met.

Reviews priorities, reports problem areas and takes or recommends appropriate action. Answer inquiries concerning production work status and material availability. Lead daily production meeting and communicate status or changes of material plans, forecast, work in process and customer requirements to appropriate departments and management.

QualiďŹ ed candidates will have a minimum BA/BS degree - Business or Technical. Four or more years’ experience in a high mix, low volume manufacturing environment preferred, along with at least two years in a materials management position. Strong understanding of Process Management and Lean Principles. APICS and ISM certiďŹ cations are preferred.

Should be a self-starter, organized, and analytical with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Must be able to work in a team environment and always maintain a professional demeanor. Strong computer skills including, word processing, spreadsheets and databases. Must also have strong problem solving, analytical and interpersonal skills, and be able to work independently.

We offer an excellent salary and beneďŹ ts package. If you are interested in joining a dynamic and forward looking company, and have a positive and enthusiastic approach to work, fax or send a resume to:

Human Resources 26837 Industrial Avenue Webster, WI 54893 Fax (715) 866-6350 materials@nexengroup.com Equal Opportunity Employer

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Technical sales engineers are a key point of contact for clients and provide both pre and after-sales advice.

They liaise regularly with other members of the sales team and colleagues from a range of departments, such as: •research; •development; •design; •purchasing; •production; •quality; •senior company managers.

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES The tasks carried out by technical sales engineers include: •searching for new clients who might beneďŹ t from company products or services and maximizing client potential in designated regions; •developing long-term relationships with clients, through managing and interpreting their requirements; •persuading clients that a product or service best satisďŹ es their needs in terms of quality, price and delivery; •negotiating tender and contract terms and conditions to meet both client and company needs; •calculating client quotations and administering client accounts; •providing pre-sales technical assistance and product education; •working on after-sales support services and providing technical back up as required; •arranging and carrying out product training; •analyzing costs and sales; •preparing reports for head office and keeping customer records; •meeting regular sales targets and coordinating sales projects; •supporting marketing activities by attending trade shows, conferences and other marketing events; •making technical presentations and demonstrating how a product meets client needs; •liaising with other members of the sales team and other technical experts; •helping in the design of custom-made products; •providing training and producing support material for other members of the sales team.

If interested in this position please submit salary requirements and resume' to richardsc@gdsiswitches.com

PHONE: 715-463-2341 | FAX: 715-463-5138

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Siren School is looking for a Food Service Cook’s Helper This is a 4 1/2 hour school year position QualiďŹ cations: * Possess a high school diploma or equivalent * Excellent work ethic * Pass the cook’s helpers test * Ability to lift 50 pounds * Ability to follow oral and written directives accurately from Food Service Director * Ability to organize and manage your time in an effectively & efďŹ cient manner * Maintain good standards of personal hygiene and cleanliness * Good human relation skills when working with co-workers, staff and students * Willingness to continue professional development as required

Job Descriptions: * Understanding and knowing the HACCP requirements and implementing it in food service * Helping prepare and serve meals * Perform cleaning and sanitation of food service area according to schedule * Assist with food deliveries * All other duties assigned by the Food Service Director Send resume to: Siren School District Attn: Deborah Jaskolka Food Service Director 24022 4th Avenue Siren, Wisconsin 54872 This institution is an equal opportunity provider

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

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Preferred Customer Punch Card is back and better than ever! (ask for more details in store) Ask for your Preferred Customer Card starting 3-1-16 St. Croix location: 2201 US Hwy. 8 Open to shop 9-5, open to donate 9-4: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday

Siren School Help Wanted Paraprofessional The School District of Siren has opened up a search for a paraprofessional to work with students with disabilities.

The position will be part time at 5.5 hours per day.

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Preferred candidates will have experience working with students with disabilities and possess or have the ability to obtain a paraprofessional license through the Department of Public Instruction. Candidates need to possess excellent time management skills, be able to communicate effectively with school staff and students, and be exible during the school day.

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PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION Production Planner Parker HanniÂżn - a World Class Motion and Control Manufacturing Company has an immediate need for a full-time Planner Position. This position is located in our Grantsburg, Wisconsin facility at 533 N Oak Street, Grantsburg, WI 54840. Position Summary: Responsible for determining and developing production processes for manufacturing assembly operations consistent with team objectives.

Position Summary: • The Planner is responsible for maintaining product-planning strategies that will ensure ef¿cient throughput, maximize inventory utilization at all levels, satisfy customer demand, and maximize return on assets.

Essential Functions: • Can navigate the requirements through all component levels • Plan for and schedule secondary operations • Analyze and breakdown backlog and out-of-stock reports • Entering and receiving in of stock transfers to ensure accurate inventory moves between plants • Support and foster participation in continuous improvement events • Develop plans, schedules and balance for assembly and machining • Establish stocking levels to support assembly and ¿nished goods super market • Understand and apply TAKT time to create the plan that supports customer demand • Can analyze requirements and material availability to determine best delivery promise • Can determine the pull signals required to support component delivery to assembly • Maintain the PFEP (Plan For Every Part) database Job Requirements: • Personable • Good verbal and written communication skills • Able to effectively work independently and in a team environment • Self-starter and motivated and have a can-do attitude • Experience in Lean Manufacturing and setting up pull signals • Associates degree or higher in related ¿eld required • Bachelors of Science or Arts degree preferred • 2 - 5 Years of experience in production control (planning, scheduling, and purchasing) • APICS Certi¿cation preferred • Pro¿cient in computer skills with the ability to manipulate, analyze, and present data in multiple electronic formats • Strong Analytical skills Parker Hanni¿n is a Fortune 500 Company and a worldwide leader in the manufacture of motion and control. We offer a comprehensive compensation package that includes a competitive salary, quarterly pro¿t sharing plan, 401(k) plan with match, pension plan, as well as Àexible medical, dental, vision, and life insurance bene¿ts.

Apply thru www.parker.com/careers Parker is an Equal Opportunity and AfÂżrmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. U.S. Citizenship/Permanent Resident is required for most positions. (“Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/VEVRAA Federal Contractorâ€?)

If you would like more information about Equal Employment Opportunity as an applicant under the law, please go to http:// www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf and http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_gina_supplement.pdf

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

State of Wisconsin, Department of Veteran’s Affairs c/o US Bank Home Mortgage 4801 Frederica Street Owensboro, KY 42301 Plaintiff, vs.

The Estate of Marlene A. Jadwinski, Deceased c/o Keith Jadwinski, Special Administrator 7804 Autumn Canyon Rd SW Albuquerque, NM 871213537

U.S. Bank National Association successor by merger to U.S. Bank National Association N.D. 4325 17th Ave S Fargo, ND 58125-6200 Defendants.

PUBLICATION SUMMONS Case No. 15-CV-190 The Honorable Kenneth L. Kutz Case Code 30404 (Foreclosure of Mortgage) The amount claimed exceeds $10,000.00 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To each person named above as a defendant: You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within 40 days after February 17, 2016 you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is 7410 County Road K #115, Siren, WI 54872-9067 and to Gray & Associates, L.L.P., plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 16345 West Glendale Drive, New Berlin, WI 53151-2841. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the complaint within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated this 9th day of February, 2016.

Gray & Associates, L.L.P. Attorneys for Plaintiff By: /s/ William N. Foshag State Bar No. 1020417 16345 West Glendale Drive New Berlin, WI 53151-2841 (414) 224-1987 Gray & Associates, L.L.P. is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If you have previously received a discharge in a chapter 7 bankruptcy case, this communication should not be construed as an attempt to hold you personally liable for the debt.

WNAXLP

(February 17, 24, March 2)

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BURNETT COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE NAME CHANGE OF: Katelyn Nicole Cairns By (Petitioner) Katelyn Nicole Cairns Notice and Order for Name Change Hearing Case No. 16 CV 19 NOTICE IS GIVEN: A petition was filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From: Katelyn Nicole Cairns To: Katelyn Nicole Pardun Birth Certificate: Katelyn Nicole Cairns IT IS ORDERED: This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Burnett County, State of Wisconsin: Judge’s Name HON. KENNETH L. KUTZ Place: Burnett County Gov. Center Siren, WI 54872 Date: March 14, 2016 Time: 9:15 A.M. If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate in the court process please call 715-349-2147 at least ten (10) working days prior to the scheduled court date.

Please note that the court does not provide transportation.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as a Class 3 notice for three (3) weeks in a row prior to the date of the hearing in the BURNETT COUNTY SENTINEL a newspaper published in BURNETT COUNTY, STATE OF WISCONSIN.

BY THE COURT: /s/ Circuit Court Judge Hon. Kenneth L. Kutz Feb. 9, 2016 WNAXLP (February 17, 24, March 2)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice of Public Hearing, State of Wisconsin, County of Burnett, Monday, March 7, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., at the Burnett County Government Center in Room 165, Town of Meenon, Siren, Wisconsin.

Public notice is hereby given to all persons in the Town of Siren, Burnett County, Wisconsin, that the Burnett County Highway Department has made application relative to a proposal to vary the terms of the Burnett County Land Use Code of Ordinances as follows: To construct a new highway shop at a reduced setback to an unnamed pond, located at 8150 State Road 70, in the I-1 zoning district, Government Lot 2, Section 7, T38N R16W. Board of Adjustment Siren, WI Dated this 12th day of February, 2016 WNAXLP (February 17, 24)

CANCELLED

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BURNETT COUNTY

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STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BURNETT COUNTY JOHNSON BANK, Plaintiff,

vs.

JAMES R. BRICKLE, UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF JAMES R. BRICKLE, KELLEY J. BRICKLE A/K/A KELLEY J. O’BRIEN A/K/A KELLY J. BARNES, UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF KELLEY J. BRICKLE A/K/A KELLEY J. O’BRIEN A/K/A KELLEY J. BARNES, and CACH, LLC, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case Classification: Foreclosure of Mortgage Case No.: 15-CV-140 Case Code: 30404 By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure made in the above-entitled action on November 17, 2015 in Burnett County, I will sell at public auction in the Main Lobby of the Burnett County Government Center located at 7410 County Rd. K, Siren, Wisconsin 54872, on March 8, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., all of the following described premises, to wit: Lot Two (2), Certified Survey Map No. 2154, recorded in Volume 12, on Pages 107, 108 and 109, as Document No. 258411, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Burnett County, Wisconsin, and being located in Government Lot Eleven (11), Section Seven (7), Township Thirty-nine (39) North, of Range Fifteen (15) West, Town of Sand Lake, Burnett County, Wisconsin.

Parcel ID Number: 07026239150 7505011013000.

The property will be sold subject to all legal encumbrances.

Terms of Sale: Ten (10%) percent of the successful bid must be paid to the Sheriff at the sale in cash, cashier’s check or certified funds (personal checks cannot and will not be accepted). The balance of the successful bid must be paid to the Clerk of Courts in cash, cashier’s check or certified funds at the time of the Court’s confirmation of the sale or the ten (10%) percent down payment is forfeited to the Plaintiff.

The above property is located at: 5694 County Road X, Webster, Wisconsin 54893.

Dated this 14th day of January, 2016. /s/ Ronald Wilhelm Sheriff of Burnett County, Wisconsin ßHippenmeyer, Reilly, Moodie & Blum, S.C. Lori J. Fabian Plaintiff’s Attorney 720 Clinton Street P.O. Box 766 Waukesha, WI 53187-0766 Telephone: (262) 549-8181 Fax: (262) 549-8191 WNAXLP (February 10, 17, 24)

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BURNETT COUNTY U.S. Bank National Association Plaintiff, vs.

Douglas C. Vitek a/k/a Doug C. Vitek and Loretta L. Vitek Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 15-CV-81 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on January 5, 2016 in the amount of $114,060.98 the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: April 12, 2016 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, cashier’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, cashier’s check or certified funds no later than ten days after the court’s confirmation of the sale or else the 10% down payment is forfeited to the plaintiff.

The property is sold “as is” and subject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Burnett County Government Center.

DESCRIPTION: Parcel 1: Lot 58 of Pardun’s River Pines, recorded in Volume 4 of plats, page 190, Document #250319, as recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Burnett County. Said land being in the Town of Oakland, Burnett County, Wisconsin.

Parcel 2:Together with non exclusive rights of Ingress and Egress over and across a 66 foot wide private road easement, the centerline of which is described as follows: Commencing at the NE corner of Lot #1 of Pardun’s River Pines; thence N 87°32’50” E, 33.00 ft. to the point of beginning; thence N 02°27’11” W, 810.30 feet, thence S 84°22’03” E, 2618.24 feet to a point in the centerline of French Road, said point lying S 02°05’04” E, 31.02 feet from the North One-Quarter (N ¼) corner of Section 8, Township 40N, Range 16W and there terminating. Each platted lot shall have an undivided interest in each and every outlot in the plat of Pardun’s River Pines and any addition thereto. The fractional interest in each outlot shall be determined as follows: the number 1 (one) divided by the total number of platted lots in Pardun’s River Pines and any additions to Pardun’s River Pines.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 29088 E Yellow River Rd Danbury, WI 54830-8332.

DATED: February 10, 2016.

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 (February 24, March 2, 9)

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BURNETT COUNTY BRANCH I ROYAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff(s), vs.

TYRELL L. HOPKE, KIMBERLY S. HOPKE, Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case No. 15 CV 161 Code: 30404 - Foreclosure By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment entered in the above-entitled action on December 18, 2015, I will sell at public auction at the front entrance of the Burnett County Courthouse, 7410 County Road K, Siren, Wisconsin, in said county on March 22, 2016 at 10 a.m. all of the following described mortgaged premises, to wit: That part of the NE ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 12, Township 38 North, Range 14 West, Town of Dewey, Burnett County, Wisconsin described as follows: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said NE ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 12, Township 38 North, Range 14 West; thence North on the West line of said forty, a distance of 300 feet, thence East parallel to the South line of said forty, a distance of 300 feet; thence South parallel to the West line of said forty a distance of 300 feet; thence West on the South line of said forty a distance of 300 feet to the place of beginning (the “Property”).

Street address: 1280 Bashaw Valley Road, Shell Lake, WI 54871.

TERMS OF SALE: 1. This is a cash sale. A certified check or bank draft in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount bid must accompany the bid, with the balance due upon confirmation of sale by the Court.

2. Sale is subject to all unpaid real estate taxes and special assessments.

3. Purchaser shall pay any Wisconsin real estate transfer fee.

4. The property is being sold on an “as is” basis without warranties or representations of any kind.

5. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining possession of the property.

You are notified that we are attempting to collect a debt.

Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Dated this 16 day of February, 2016. /s/ Ronald Wilhelm, Burnett County Sheriff John D. Leary Attorneys for Royal Credit Union RUDER WARE, L.L.S.C. 402 Graham Avenue Post Office Box 187 Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54702 Telephone: 715.834.3425 Facsimile: 715.834.9240

WNAXLP (February 24, March 2, 9)

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BURNETT COUNTY

United States of America acting through Rural Housing Service (RHS), Successor in Interest To Farmers Home Administration (FmHA), Plaintiff, vs.

Edward J. Cycenas St. Croix Valley Hardwoods, Inc., Dept of Workforce Development, Citibank (South Dakota), N.A., L.E. Proffit & Sons, Timber Trader Mills, Inc., U.S. Bank National Association, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case No. 15 CV 159 Classification: 30404 By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-captioned action on the 16th day of December, 2015, I or my designee will sell at public auction in the Main Lobby of the Burnett County Government Center, 7410 County Road K, Siren, WI 54872, on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: Lots Three (3) and Four (4), of Certified Survey Map No. 790, recorded in Volume Three (3), Page Two Hundred Forty (240), as Document No. 191926, located in the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE ¼ NW ¼) of Section Seventeen (17), Township Thirty-eight (38) North, of Range Sixteen (16) West, Village of Siren, Burnett County, Wisconsin.

PIN #: 07-181-2-38-16-172 01-000-038000 and 07181-2-38-16-17-2 01-000037000.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 7632 Anderson Street, Siren, WI 54853.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash, cashier’s check or certified funds payable to Clerk of Court.

DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of successful bid to be paid at time of Sale; BALANCE DUE: Within ten (10) days after Confirmation of Sale hearing to be held on April 4, 2016, also payable to Clerk of Court.

Dated at Siren, Wisconsin this 21st day of January, 2016. /s/ Sheriff Ronald Wilhelm Burnett County, Wisconsin Heywood, Cari & Anderson, S.C. is the creditor’s law firm and is attempting to collect a debt for the creditor. Any information the debtor provides to Heywood, Cari & Anderson, S.C. will be used for that purpose.

Heywood, Cari & Anderson, S.C. Attorney for Plaintiff, Samuel R. Cari 816 Dominion Dr., Ste 100, PO Box 125 Hudson, WI 54016 Tel: 715-386-5551 WNAXLP (February 24, March 2, 9)

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

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God bless America Who is going to be our next president?

I am writing this on President’s Day. People are voting in the state primaries. In the months before and after this day the news is filled with the candidates and their debates.

Every candidate criticizes the other candidates. None of them seem to think any of the others are any good.

If all the criticisms are true then none of the candidates is any good. Yet we get to pick someone from that bunch to be our next president. But don’t worry, because come election time each party will be 100 percent behind

their candidate. Yes, we are to believe that the candidate once criticized as a bungling bum will suddenly make a wonderful president.

Indeed, we should pray for our nation and about our next president. The president faces tremendous challenges in our nation and the world. They are supposed to be experts on everything both domestic and foreign, while leading a nation of diverse people with sharply divided opinions in a world inhabited by terrorists and torn by war.

Maybe we should criticize our leaders less

and pray more instead? “First all all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, in order that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all.� (1 Timothy 2:1-6)

Pastor Dale Van Deusen Trade River Evangelical Free Church

UNITED METHODIST

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CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN CHURCH

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

28509 County Road H 1/8 mile north of A&H intersection Pastor Tryg Wistad 715-635-4816 www.crossroadschurch@gmail.com Sunday Worship 10:00 am Wed. Bible Study 7:00 pm Thurs. Women’s Bible Study 1:30 pm Sat. Men’s Bible Study 8 am

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

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

SACRED HEART OF JESUS & MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH Jct. Cty. Rds A & H • Crescent Lake Voyager Village Area.

715-866-7321 Fr. Michael J. Tupa, Pastor Mass: Thurs. 9:30 am Sun. 8:00 am Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

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

ATLAS ATLAS UNITED METHODIST UPPER ST. CROIX PARISH 2110 295th Ave. Cty. Rd. B Pastor Kris Johnson/ Pastor Mike Brubaker Worship: 11 am Sunday School: 11:15 am

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

FIRST LUTHERAN

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

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

EKDALL COMMUNITY CHURCH 8 mi. north on Cty. Rd. F, Fire #13295 715-463-5408 • Dan Shadis, Pastor Meeting every Sunday at 9 am Potluck lunch following.

Everyone welcome.

FALUN FIRST BAPTIST

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

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

DAIRYLAND

TRINITY LUTHERAN

THE WOODLAND CHURCH (A Wesleyan Church) Pastor Andrea Wittwer 33921 State Rd 35 • 715-244-3649 Sunday Worship 11 am Bible Study 6:30 pm, Wed. with potluck

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

Carl Heidel, Pastor • 689-2271 Worship 9:00 am (Nursery prov.); 10 - 11 am coffee & fellowship; 10:15 - 11 am Sunday School (Sept. - May) A class for all ages. Everyone welcome.

Comm. Every Sunday.

Everyone welcome

FREDERIC SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST

PILGRAM LUTHERANFREDERIC (ELCA)

ST. DOMINIC CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pastor Paul Peterson 507 Wisconsin Ave. N. 715-327-8012 Sunday Worship: 10:30 am Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays LWF3 - 5-7 - 1st & 3rd Wed of month www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org

Rev. Tom Thakadipuram 715-327-8119 Mass: Sat. 4:30 pm Sun. 10:30 am

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

ST. LUKE’S UNITED METHODIST Pastor Arveda “Freddie� Kirk Church: 327-4436 Parsonage: 327-8383 Sunday Worship: 10:30 am Fellowship following Wednesday Service: 5:15 pm Church School: Wed. 3:45 - 5 pm Wheelchair accessible.

Childcare available during service

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

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

Benson Rd. • 715-327-4956 Pastor Curtis Denney Sat. Service; Sabbath Sch. 9:30 am; Worship 11 am

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

GRANTSBURG CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST UPPER ST. CROIX PARISH 715-463-2624 Pastor Kris Johnson/ Pastor Mike Brubaker Worship 9 am; Fellowship 10 am; Christian Ed. Class (all ages) 10:30 am Nursery Available

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH Rev. Tom Thakadipuram Mass: Sun. 8:30 am Saturday 6:30 pm

CHICKEN COOP CHURCH Mission Developer: Peter Johnson 12119 N. Fork Drive 715-566-1992 A church of the unchurched for the unchurched Sunday Worship 6:30 pm

LIVING HOPE CHURCH Doug McConnell, Senior Pastor 715-463-5794 Chris Radtke, youth pastor Worship Services Sunday 9:30 am Sun. School 11 am Held at Grantsburg HS Auditorium

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

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

BETHANY LUTHERAN Pastor Jay Ticknor • 463-5746 Worship 11 am Sunday School 9:30 am Nursery is available

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

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

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WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN

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

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

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

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

MARKVILLE

ST. ALBAN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

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

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

SIREN BETHANY LUTHERAN Paul Peterson, Pastor Worship: 8:30 am Sunday School: 9:45 am Coffee hour to follow service.

Nursery available.

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

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

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

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

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 715-866-4111 Pastor Tim Quinn Worship 10:45 am Sun. Sch. 9:30 am AWANA & Jr/Sr High 6:30 pm, Wed.

WEBSTER

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC CHURCH

GRACE UNITED METHODIST

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

Nursery is provided! www.tradelakebaptistchurch.org

SPOONER

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

EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST

BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS)

CHURCH OF CHRIST

TRADE RIVER

Corner of Elm & Summit Streets 715-635-8475 Father Bob Rodgers Holy Eucharist: Thurs. 9:30 am; Sun. 10:30 am Holy Days as announced Sunday School 9:45 am Morning Prayer Mon - Thurs 8:15 am

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

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH

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

SIREN COVENANT

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

UMW 2:15 pm 2nd Tues.

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

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN LCMS

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN

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

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

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Chell Well Drilling Co. Serving your well drilling and submersible pump repair needs since 1920

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Knights of Columbus free-throw results

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Ethan Ruud (age 9), Justus Christianson (age 11), and Nick Webster (age 10) advance to the regional contest in Ladysmith Mar. 5.

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Brady Kosloski (age 12), Logan Lillehaug (age 14), and Russell Cook (age 13).

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On the girls side of the bracket, Megan Schafer (age 9), Rachael Bugella (age 11), and Alexandra Kammeyer (age 10) all advance.

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Karlie Alexander (age 12), Ellen Lindquist (age 14) and Hannah Lemieux (age 13).

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The 95-1 vote came around 1:30 a.m., near the end of a marathon floor session that began at 3 p.m. Tuesday. The Assembly passed scores of bills as lawmakers rushed to get their projects a vote before the chamber wrapped up its work for the two-year legislative session Thursday.

The proposal would make a fourth drunken driving offense a felony regardless of when the charge is filed. Currently, a fourth offense is a felony only if committed within five years of a third.

The legislation also would increase the maximum prison sentence for fifth and sixth offenses from three years to five.

Maximum sentences for seventh, eighth and ninth offenses would increase from five years to seven and a half. The maximum sentence for a 10th or subsequent offense would rise from seven and a half years to a decade. “One thing we can all agree on is drunken driving continues to be a serious problem here in Wisconsin,’’ said the bill’s chief author, Rep. Jim Ott, R-Mequon. ``We’re not going to solve drunken driving by passing tougher laws, but it is part of the solution.’’ Drunken driving has plagued Wisconsin for decades. The Wis. Department of Transportation has tracked more than 4,000 alcohol-related crashes every year from 2012 through 2015.

The state’s drunken driving laws remain notoriously lax. Wisconsin is the only state where a first offense is treated not as a criminal offense but a civil violation, akin to a speeding ticket. Prohibitive cost estimates and resistance from powerful Tavern League lobbyists have stalled attempts to impose tougher penalties.

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The contestants opened the pageant with an energetic dance performance to “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”

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Kathryn Curtin (back, center) was crowned the 2016 Miss Grantsburg on Saturday. Her royal court includes 1st princess Kayla Glover (back, left) and 2nd princess Tymber King (back, right). The Little Miss royalty are (left to right) 1st princess Josie Erickson, Little Miss Megan Harmon and 2nd princess Katherine Peterson.

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2009 Miss Grantsburg, Carissa Skifstad, returned to the stage to rekindle everyone’s favorite “Gertrude” character, while Little Miss contestant Aliyah Martin (below) patiently awaits the start of the show.

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Kathryn Curtin (top, left) sang a medley of ‘Free Bird’ and ‘Heavens Door’ that she also arranged for her talent part of the program. Above, Majesty Rehbein drops her name in the drawing jar as she is introduced.

At left, Melanie Paquette draws a question and hands it to emcee Sheriff Ron Wilhelm during the question and answer part of the pageant.