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Mick Peterson, a retired shop teacher, board member and volunteer of the local Habitat for Humanity chapter, shows Kyla Tracey how to use a hammer. Kyla is a member of the latest family to help build their own home made possible through the Habitat program. More photos of the progress of the home, being built in Webster, are inside. - Photo by Jeff Butler

Hail to the chief After three decades as the head of the Jackson Fire Department, Dave Formanek steps down to spend more time with family

by Nancy Jappe Leader staff writer TOWN OF JACKSON - After 30 years and as of Oct. 31, Dave Formanek will no longer be the fire chief for the town of Jackson in Burnett County. Formanek started in the position when he was 19 years old, but knows now that this is the time to go on with other things in his life.

“I want to spend more time with my family, my kids,” Formanek said in a telephone interview Tuesday, Oct. 12. “I have wonderful, active kids, academically and athletically. The more active they get, the more things there are for me to attend and things that I would like to go to. There are general things, business meetings, training, county and town meetings that I really should go to as

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The rescue of the Chilean miners is: 1. An example of technology/ingenuity at its finest 2. A miracle 3. Provides hope for future mining disasters everywhere 4. All of the above 5. What rescue?

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Deaths • Harry W. Wagner •Richard “Dick” Kaiser • Jeanne P. Britt • Marion A. Alleva • George W. Sova • Charles H. Sigsworth • Raymond D. Lehmann • LaVerne L. Lauder • Lydia Mae (Christiansen) Johnson • Dudley Joseph Dingmann Obituaries on page 22-23B

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Jake Hunter of Webster took this photo out the back of his parents’ vehicle this past week to capture this unusual-looking vehicle heading down Hwy. 35 near Danbury. Some may remember the van disguised as a dog in the movie, “Dumb and Dumber.”

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Earth Arts exhibition this weekend

LUCK - Earth Arts Presents Annual Fall Salon Art Exhibition This Weekend in Luck, Now in its third year, the Earth Arts Fall Salon is a community arts event showcasing the amazing talents of local St. Croix Valley artists and artisans. Regardless of your art preferences, this group art show at the Cafe Wren in Luck, will have something for everyone. The entire weekendlong event is free and open to the public. The Fall Salon art exhibition will feature creative works from more than half of Earth Arts' 65 members.

Each member artist is allowed to submit up to two pieces for the Salon and all the work presented is around a theme. This year the Fall Salon is organized around the concept of "The Trees Understand.” A gala public reception with wine and appetizers is scheduled from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15, and many of the participating artists will be in attendance. Community members are invited to come see a fine selection of art across a range of disciplines. The exhibit will include photographs, paintings, sculptures, jewelry, metalwork, fabric, feather and woodworking pieces. Three "Salony" awards will be given out at the Friday night opening. The show runs all weekend at the Cafe Wren Friday - Saturday, Oct. 16-17, from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. And for the first time in its brief history the Salon is going "on the road" and artwork from the event will be on display from Thursday - Saturday, Oct. 21-30, at the ArtZ Gallery in Amery. Go to earthartswi.org/ - submitted

No fall season is truly complete without jumping into a pile of leaves. A fearless Sophie Fredericks takes the plunge from a ladder at the Win Herberg home in Frederic during a beautiful autumn day this past week as family and friends look on. Temperatures over the past week reached into the 60s and 70s, setting weather records across the Upper Midwest. - Photo by Nissa Herberg

Ring of Kerry returns

ST. CROIX FALLS - Ring of Kerry has been a hugely poplar part of Festival Theatre’s Music Series since 2006 with its bursting-with-energy Irish music. Concerts sell out every year. The group will be doing something new this year with a Celtic Halloween Concert on Saturday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. For more information, go to festivaltheatre.org or call 715483-3387 or 888-887-6002.

Festival Theatre is located in downtown St. Croix Falls.

Band members shown are Paul Cotton, Paul Blondell, Charlie Roth, Karie Oberg and Paul Imholte. - Special photo

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• Briefly • RURAL CENTURIA - Plans to preserve the century-old Lamar School took another big step forward recently with the award of a $100,000 grant from the Jeffris Family Foundation. The foundation focuses on historic properties in Wisconsin and has funded notable properties such as the Villa Louis, Fairlawn, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Seth Peterson cottage. “We’re delighted to be in the company of these historic properties that bear the stories of their times,” said Kathleen Melin, executive director of the Lamar Community Center. The complete story can be found in this week’s e-edition (www.theleader.net) and will be in next week’s (Oct. 20) print edition.

••• SIREN - The Burnett County Voter Service League will sponsor a candidates forum at the Burnett County Government Center at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 19. All candidates for area offices have been invited to attend.

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Tribal members invited to meet with Duffy SIREN - Members of the St. Croix Tribe and other tribes within the 7th Congressional District are invited to a meeting with congressional candidate Sean Duffy, to be held Monday, Oct. 18, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Nuthouse Deli.

Duffy will listen to concerns of tribal members on various issues. The meeting is open to tribal members only.

Duffy, (R-Ashland), is facing Julie Lassa, (D-Stevens Point), in the Nov. 2 general election.

The winner will succeed retiring Congressman Dave Obey.

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Chief retires/from page 1 chief. I am missing out too much on my family.”

As far as memories of the past years are concerned, Formanek said those memories are not good and there are some he’d just as soon forget. There haven’t been a lot of fatalities but many fires are pretty horrific, and any fatality is a bad experience.

However, the camaraderie of the other firefighters and the coming of age of the Burnett County fire departments, countywide, are things Formanek will always remember. He referred to the automatic mutual aid agreement between the fire departments in the towns of Jackson, Scott and Webb Lake, who operate as one big department when necessary, and what a tremendous asset this is in an area of vacation homes.

When asked about changes that have come about in the past 30 years, Formanek quickly mentioned the dramatic changes in equipment (thermal imaging cameras, for example), in technology and in the apparel worn by the firefighters. “When I started, we were in rubber coats and boots,” he said. “To outfit a firefighter now, it is probably going to run in the area of $6,000 to $7,000 or more, just for your own personal protection.”

After Oct. 31, Dave Formanek will no longer be a member of the Jackson Volunteer Fire Department. He will turn his position over to the new chief, Dan Campion. “I am leaving on very good terms,” he said. “I know I am going to miss it, but I said, 16 years ago, that if it ever gets to a choice between the fire department and my family, there is no choice. This is my personal decision.”

New clinic planned for Frederic SCMRC CEO and CFO pay visit to Frederic Village trustees

by Brenda Martin Leader staff writer FREDERIC – The St. Croix Regional Medical Center’s CEO Dave Dobosenski and CFO John Tremble stopped in for a visit to the Frederic Village Board during the board’s monthly meeting Monday, Oct. 11.

Dobosenski and Tremble explained plans for the building of a new clinic in the village of Frederic. The building is going to be located where the feed mill once stood.

The clinic is currently housed on Oak Street East, but the lease will expire in March of 2013, so they plan to start building in the new location during the summer of 2012. The new building is proposed to have 12 clinic exam rooms, compared to the current eight; two treatment rooms, compared to one now; offices for six providers, compared to shared office space for four providers; more laboratories, pharmacies, imaging rooms, physical and occupational therapy space, an infusion and chemotherapy treatment area with the building totaling 14,000 sq. ft. in two stories. Expected costs for the building are $2 million.

During 2009, Tremble explained that 53 percent of patient visits were from the Frederic area, according to a slide presentation he gave. Nine percent of patients were from Luck, 8 per-

preciation of this fact.

St. Croix Regional Medical Center’s CEO Dave Dobosenski (R) and CFO John Tremble spoke to the Frederic Village Board about their plans in building a new clinic in Frederic. – Photo by Brenda Martin cent from Webster and Grantsburg, 6 percent from Siren, 5 percent from any other and Danbury, 2 percent from Milltown and St. Croix Falls and 1 percent from Centuria and Balsam Lake.

“We are here to service the people of Frederic but also a broader region,” Dobosenski told the board. “We are looking forward to this, moving toward this.”

“We recognize that Frederic is very important to us,” Tremble added.

SCRMC plans to recruit medical professionals who will primarily work out of the Frederic clinic and travel to the St. Croix Falls clinic maybe once a week, the exact opposite of how it is currently done. They are looking into being able to reimburse stu-

dent loans of those professionals as a bonus of working for the clinic.

Village Administrator Dave Wondra told the board that he has been working with Dobosenski for the past year.

“He has been very forthcoming and it will be a good partnership. They are decent people,” Wondra said.

Wondra feels the development agreement will be able to be presented to the entire board when it is time for that step in the process.

Frederic Village President Phil Knuf commented on the clinic stating that as a veteran he is currently able to visit an SCRMC clinic, when he used to have to drive to the Twin Cities for any visits to a medical facility covered for veterans. He stated ap-

Police chief treated for smoke inhalation SIREN - Police Chief Chris Sybers was affected by smoke while putting out a small grass fire at the Don Brand residence on North Shore Drive in Siren about 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5.

“There might have been poison oak, ivy or sumac or something like that in the fire, and I got a breath of that,” Sybers said.

He has talked to other firefighters who reported experiencing the same thing. “I couldn’t catch my breath. It hurt,” Sybers went on, adding that he couldn’t stop coughing and figures he must have coughed continually for

about an hour.

He was taken to Burnett Medical Center by ambulance for treatment and release, and was having difficulty talking the next day because of all the irritation.

According to Sybers, Brand had a fire in the fire ring in his yard the night before. The fire was cold when he checked it before going into the house. The next morning, Brand was raking and putting leaves into the fire ring.

As he went into town to get gas for his lawn mower, he saw Sybers go by, responding to the

fire that had been called in for the Brand house. “I could hardly see any smoke when I got there,” Sybers said, “but I got a fire extinguisher and knocked the fire down, using up the extinguisher. On the way back to my truck, I had to use my inhaler.” Sybers admitted that he suffers from a bit of asthma but was surprised that the smoke bothered him so much because he has been fighting much larger fires since 1995 and hasn’t had any problem before. - Nancy Jappe

Osceola man comes too clean Man calls police, admits to drug use, sales and more

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer OSCEOLA – Sometimes, you just need to stay quiet.

Just ask 30-year-old Paul Frees of Osceola. Maybe it was guilt, maybe it was the calendar or maybe he really wanted a fresh start. Regardless of why, on Sunday, Oct. 10, Frees decided to call police and “get some things off his chest,” and they have landed him in jail.

According to the incident report from the Osceola Police Department, Frees met with an officer on Sunday evening late and stated that he had to get some things off his chest, including that he had been collecting

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unemployment insurance illegally since 2006, and that he routinely bought, smoked and sold marijuana, and even named his source in Stillwater, Minn., and one of his local customers. Frees also allegedly told the officer that he flushed the evidence down the toilet, but had thrown some of the paraphernalia in the trash.

The officer asked to see the trash at his home, and Frees complied willingly. That is where they discovered some of the scales, smoking devices, a pill bottle and other paraphernalia, which Frees admitted was all his. Frees was charged with misdemeanor drug paraphernalia possession, and was arrested and jailed.

He remained in custody until earlier this week, and one court official asked that he his competency be reviewed, and whether

he truly understands the court proceedings. He apparently has told officials that he did not want to be released from jail, but was freed later on a $500 cash bond, with his next court appearance set for Nov. 11 before Judge Robert Rasmussen.

Investigation ongoing SIREN - Investigation into the bomb hoax at Siren High School earlier this month is still ongoing, according to Siren Police Chief Chris Sybers.

“I am still working on the hoax case,” Sybers said Oct. 12, noting that the list (of suspects) is getting smaller. “I hope we will have it figured out shortly,” he said. - Nancy Jappe

Future of Frederic discussed During the library report, public librarian Christine Byerly brought up to the board that she would like to see the community get together to discuss where they would like to see Frederic in the next three or five years. She said she knows that being a small municipality, the budget is straining, so it should be a discussion where the money should go.

“We should look at the positive things,” Byerly said, “and discuss what we would like to do, as a group.”

Trustee Kerry Brendel agreed, recalling the meetings that were held years ago in the old clinic regarding the future of Frederic.

Brendel said he would like to see a public meeting for people to voice opinions on what services they would like to see in the village.

“We need input from the public,” Brendel stated.

“It is important to step back and look at who we are and where we want to go,” Wondra commented.

William Johnson IV suggested a survey be sent out with water bills or the UW-Extension office be brought in to head the project.

Further discussion will take place at future meetings.

Live TV debate between Duffy and Lassa Sunday WAUSAU - A live televised debate between Sean Duffy and state Sen. Julie Lassa will take place this Sunday, Oct. 17, from 7 to 8 p.m.

The two are candidates for the 7th District congressional seat currently held by retiring Congressman David Obey.

The debate is currently scheduled to be aired live on WSAW in Wausau, KBJR digital in Duluth/Superior and WJMC AM and FM. KDLH in Duluth/Superior will air the debate at 10 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 17. WEAU in Eau Claire is scheduled to air the debate at noon on Sunday, Oct. 24, and WDIO in Duluth/Superior is scheduled to air it at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 24. C-SPAN will also air the debate on Monday, Oct. 18.

Check local listings for additional times or changes to this schedule.

In addition to the televised debate on Oct. 17, the two congressional candidates are currently scheduled to participate in the following debates throughout the district. All are open to the public and to the media, however, none of the below are currently scheduled to be televised.

Wednesday, Oct. 20: UWBarron County, Fine Arts Theatre, 7-8 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 25: Chippewa Falls High School, cafeteria, 7-8 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 26: Wausau Daily Herald/Combined Media, UW-Marathon County campus in the Center for Civic Engagement Theater, 7-8 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 27: Wisconsin Public Radio, Manion Theater in the Holden Fine Arts Center on the UW-Superior campus, 7-8 p.m.

No debate event requires a ticket, however, each debate (other than the televised debate), is first come, first served for seats. - with submitted information

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Taylors Falls approves bid for paving

by Tammi Milberg Leader staff writer TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – At the Oct. 11 city council meeting at Taylors Falls, the council approved a bid for paving work to be done in the lower level parking lot area of city hall. The paving is a portion of the improvements for the MNDOT salt/sand storage agreement that was recently approved by both parties to have the DOT facility located in Taylors Falls next to city hall.

The bid approved came from Wausau Asphalt for the base work and lower paving work at a cost of $21,500 with an authorized contingency of $2,150 for a total of $23,650. The money will be paid by the following funds: $2,600 from the salt/sand storage building fund, $2,900 from the public works building fund, and $16,000 from street improvement fund. A $2,150 contingency amount,

if needed, will come from the street improvement fund.

The council approved the bid unanimously.

The council discussed the purchase of new radios for the fire department. Councilman John Tangen indicated the purchase of portable radios must be purchased by Oct. 30 so the city can use the grant they received. The city received a grant approved $18,018 with a match of $1,658 that will be paid from the fire department, “We know what kind of radios we need and the cost is $2,600 but need to know who the vendor is to make the check to rather than issue a blank check from the city,” Tangen explained. After discussion, the council recommended to table the purchase until the Oct. 26 meeting. At that point, the vendor should be indicated and everything should be in place with time to get the purchase in before Oct. 30.

The council approved to table the purchase and consider

it for approval on Oct. 26.

During the council’s roundtable discussion, Mayor Michael Buchite reminded the council to make sure they look through minutes at the beginning of their packets, out of respect for the commissions and departments, and that it is OK to contact any commission or department members if there are questions or concerns. Park and recreation council liaison Larry Julik-Heine said the Friends of Taylors Falls Parks would hold an Oktoberfest at the Mormon Lodge this Saturday serving brats and sauerkraut.

Fire department council liaison John Tangen stated the fire department auxiliary held one of their first meetings and it had good attendance and he was glad to see it was going in a positive direction.

No pay increase for Polk management Health insurance up 18 percent

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – At the start of last week, it appeared that the Polk County 2011 budget proposed by county Administrator Dana Frey would go to the county board with only minor revisions. The budget had been reviewed by all the governing committees and approved with no suggestions. Then the finance and personnel committees met and things started to change. By Monday, Oct. 11, pay raises for the management employees were gone, health insurance premiums were set to increase 18 percent and at least one supervisor was urging a zero-percent levy increase. The budget going to the county board Tuesday, Oct. 12, is still showing an increase of $380,000 - or 1.8 percent - but it includes many changes.

Management pay The management group of employees, 62 positions not covered by union contracts, may not receive a base pay increase for the second year in a row. The personnel committee proposed a zero-percent raise when it met Friday, Oct. 8. The motion for a zero-percent raise was passed by the three committee members present, Jim Edgell, Warren Nelson and Patricia Schmidt, after motions for raises of 2 percent and 1 percent failed to get support.

County employees covered by union contracts will receive a 2-percent raise Jan. 1 and a 1-percent raise July 1 as part of their current agreement.

The nonrepresented employees include all department heads except the six elected county officials (their salaries are set for four years before the start of their terms of office) and most division managers. Included in the group are 14 employees at Golden Age Manor, seven at human services and six at law enforcement.

In the past, the nonrep group had usually been given the same pay increase the union employees were receiving, and Frey has included the initial 2-percent raise in his proposed budget. The base pay raise was once called a cost-of-living adjustment, but is no longer tied to that cost.

Besides the base pay raise, nonrep employees get annual step increases for the first eight years in a position.

For example, a job starting at $19 an hour in step one would increase to $24.75 an hour in the eighth year. However, 23 of the current nonreps are now at step 8 and would not receive any pay raise in 2011. In addition to that, those 23 employees could be paying up to $258 more a year for their share of health insurance.

Eliminating the nonrep pay increase lowers the proposed levy about $60,000.

Health insurance Polk County has not raised its health insurance premium since 2005, and last year lowered the premium 5 percent to balance the budget. This year, an increase was expected, but new information just received in the past few days has shown that the increase will need to be higher than anticipated a month ago. What started out as an 8-percent increase is now in the budget as an 18-percent rise in premium. The county pays 90 percent of the premium and the employees pay 10 percent.

“It has been a very bad summer for claims,” Frey told the finance committee Monday, Oct. 11. “Costs spiked over the summer. We have had many major claims. Our fund may be out of money by next summer. I’m not saying the increase (18 percent) will be enough. It is very discomforting.”

The monthly premiums are now $1,195 for families and $465 for singles. With an 18-percent increase the premiums would rise to $1,410 and $554 a month. That amounts to $194 more per month in county expense and $21.50 per month more for employees, or $258 more per year out of the employee’s pay check for the family plan.

It would cost the county $16,920 per year in 2011 to provide family health insurance to an employee.

The county self-insures to a point and maintains a reserve to cover claims. Claims paid by the county stop when they reach $75,000, and claims above that amount are paid by secondary insurance. This year there have been eight claims that top $75,000.

The total increased levy expense for the county’s share of health insurance is now about $600,000 more than last year. That includes the latest increase of $262,000.

No levy increase Supervisors approved the 2011 budget with a levy increase of $380,000 or 1.8 percent during the reviews at the various governing committees. Now at least one county board member, Neil Johnson, says there should be a zero increase in the levy.

Johnson first called for more cuts at the finance committee meeting Oct. 6 and repeated his views at the meeting Oct. 11. He said the county will need to make major program cuts in the 2012 budget and should start that process now. Johnson said he thought five or six jobs could be cut at the sheriff’s department and highway, with personnel cuts for investigators and heavy-equipment operators. He wants to lower the levy cost by $380,000 and asked Frey to look at the possible savings from his suggestions.

Frey responded Monday with a report which showed that the county would need to terminate nine employees to achieve a levy deduction of $360,000. In his example, the county would cut three patrol officers, two plow drivers, two staff at human services, a clerk at health and a janitor. Those nine jobs would reduce wage costs by $495,000, but unemployment expenses would reduce the savings to $360,000. In addition, Frey said that unless there was a reduction in services, the cut in staff could result in increased overtime in addition to a possible decrease in quality of service.

Net effect of the changes The budget going to the county board Tuesday still included a levy increase of $380,000 or 1.8 percent after all the adjustments. That includes the $262,000 additional increase in health insurance and the loss of $60,000 in septic fee revenues (defeated at the September board meeting). That was offset by the elimination of nonrep pay raises ($60,000) and a $70,000 increase in highway aid. In addition, Frey said $100,000 might be saved by leaving vacant jobs open longer. He also said that sales taxes might raise $75,000 more than projected.

The county board passes a proposed budget at its October board meeting. The public and the supervisors then have a month to propose possible changes. The 2011 budget will be adopted at the Nov. 9 board meeting.

Lowest levy increase in 12 years for Grantsburg School District Enrollment decreases to lowest in 20 years

by Priscilla Bauer Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG – Grantsburg School Board members listened intently as Superintendent Joni Burgin gave them an overview of the proposed 2010-11 budget, which will be presented at district annual meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 27.

Burgin told the board the budget contains “a very slight increase to the tax levy this year, the lowest since 1998.”

Several key factors in the budget building process were discussed before the board voted to approve the budget.

Kerri Oachs, the district’s administrative assistant for business affairs, told the board it should be noted the board’s refinancing of the district debt has saved the taxpayers approximately $39,000 per year for the next four years.

“That’s a good point to bring out,” commented Burgin.

Burgin gave the board the official third Friday enrollment count, 905 full-time enrollment students, which is down 34 FTE from last September.

“We are at the lowest we’ve been in 20 years. Enrollment projections say enrollment will continue to go down, and this spring we will be graduating a large senior class and will be losing 20 to 30 more students next fall,” Burgin told the board.

The district’s decreased enrollment affects the budget in that the FTP is used to calculate revenue cap.

“The revenue cap is based on enrollment per pupil.

The lower the enrollment, the lower the revenue limit (revenue available for the district to run its programs),” said Burgin.

A three-year rolling average shows a drop in FTE of 17 students. The three-year average cushions the lost of enrollment and spreads it out over three years. The state also provides a declining-enrollment exemption on the revenue cap formula, which amounts to a payment of $159,653 to the district, which helps the district this year but will come off next year’s base revenue cap.

The board also looked at the district property values, which have decreased by 2.27 percent. When property valuation increases it spreads out the tax levy and lowers the mill rate.

Burgin told the board the certified equalization aid, which affects the tax levy, would arrive on Friday, Oct.15.

The revenue cap minus equalization aid equals the tax levy. The more equalization aid the district receives the lower the tax levy.

Other state aid such as categorical aid, transportation aid and EEN aid is all a part of the Fund 10 budget above the revenue cap.

The adopted proposed budget for 2010-11 shows projected total revenue of $13,058,038 and total expenditures of $13,434,652.

Expenditures exceed revenue because of the $376,613.79, which the board placed in designated fund balance at the end of the fiscal year last June 2010.

The designated fund balance is money left over from

the last fiscal year, which will or have already been expended in the budget this fiscal year for mostly maintenance projects – the MS roof, GES bathrooms, GES office and resurfacing of the GHS parking lot.

The board did hear some good news with regard to the portion of the tax levy each year that goes to pay off facility debt from the referendums passed in 1995, 1997 and 2000.

“Each year the district has to levy a certain amount to pay of the bonds borrowed to build and renovate our schools. The fact that a significant part of the district facility debt will be done in four years directly affects the tax levy. Much of this debt will be paid off in four years thereby greatly lowering the tax levy,” Burgin explained.

The proposed budget will set the tax levy at $4,154,740 an increase of 1.4 percent. The mill rate will be at 9.68, which is a 0.35 increase from the 2009-10 budget. This works out to a tax increase per $100,000 in property of $35.23.

In other board business: Insight School Executive Director Karl Peterson gave the Insight Quarterly Report. Insight’s full and part-time enrollment is at 635.

The board approved Deb Peterson to the position of part-time instructional assistant.

The board approved Laurelei Esperat for the position of 100-percent intervention teacher, long-term sub at Grantsburg High School.

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Teen faces felony sexual assault charges

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer FREDERIC – A 17-year-old former Frederic High School student was bound over for trial in Polk County Court earlier this month, stemming from allegations that he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl in a school bathroom on Sept. 13, during a volleyball match.

Antwon D. Smith is facing the potential of over 65 years in prison and over $200,000 in fines for two felony charges: Sexual assault of a child (40 years) and child enticement (25 years), with a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge on top of the two felony charges.

According to the investigator’s report and the criminal complaint, Smith is al-

leged to have followed a 13-year-old girl into the girls bathroom at the high school that evening, forcing his way into her stall and requesting sex, to which the girl reportedly said “no” several times. The report states that Smith insisted and attempted to force the girl, which she refused and fought off.

The alleged incident was rumored by students that night, enough that staff got wind of the incident. The alleged victim confirmed the assault to school officials the next day, and interviews were conducted by Polk County sheriff’s investigators on Sept. 15, including a videotaped interview of the victim.

Smith denied the incident occurred or that any sexual contact was made, although he later admitted to being in the

girls rest room, and also claimed the incident was “planned,” and also admitted to knowing the victim’s age.

Smith was taken into custody a short time later and made an initial court appearance on Sept. 15 before Judge Robert Rasmussen, where several orders were handed down, including a no-contact provision with the alleged victim, as well as not being allowed anywhere near the Frederic School District grounds. He was also ordered to have no contact with any girls under age 18 and cannot have any alcohol or be anywhere it is served, a stipulation apparently stemming from two recent underage drinking tickets Smith received - one on Aug. 22, and another in Shell Lake on Aug. 7.

Smith and his attorney appeared before

Rasmussen again on Sept. 28 for a preliminary hearing, meant to determine if there was enough evidence to bring him to trial.

After an extensive hearing, the judge ruled there was sufficient evidence to bind him over for trial.

Smith pleaded not guilty during his subsequent arraignment and also demanded a speedy trial. If convicted on all counts, Smith faces over 65 years in prison and over $200,000 in fines. He goes before a jury on Dec. 27 and is currently free on a $500 bond, as part of a $25,000 signature bond. A final pretrial hearing will be held on Friday, Dec. 10, for any motions or lastminute details that need to be addressed prior to the jury trial.

County budget hearing set for Nov. 9 Push for zero increase fails; proposed levy up 1.8 percent

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE — Early in the budget process this year, the Polk County Board of Supervisors voted to keep the tax levy increase to 1.8 percent over the 2010 levy, and that goal was met in the budget presented at the Oct. 12 meeting of the board.

A public hearing on the budget will be held Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m. at the government center. Following the hearing, the board will have the opportunity to amend the budget before approving the final 2011 budget and tax levy.

Included in the proposed budget is a county tax levy of $21,045,812. This levy reflects an increase of 1.84 percent, or $379,749, over the last year.

Property taxes will also fund $47,478 in bridge aid and $543,459 for Act 150, which reimburses public libraries for nonresident use, for a total tax levy of $21,636,749.

This is up 2.2 percent, or $465,602, from last year.

The taxing mill rate in the proposed budget is $4.881 per $1,000 in equalized property value, so property valued at $100,000 will pay $488 in county taxes.

This reflects a 9.1-percent increase, or 41 cents per $1,000 in equalized value, over last year. The taxing mill rate in the 2010 budget was $4.47, up from $4.08 in 2009.

On average throughout the county, property values have dropped 6.3 percent in the past year, for a total drop in values of nearly $301 million. Total equalized property value in Polk County is $4.433 billion, down from $4.734 billion last year.

The proposed 2011 budget includes several changes made since the Sept. 21 board meeting. Since that time, the finance committee recommended a $10,000 increase in contributions to the Polk County Economic Development Corporation, and a $9,600 decrease in rent charged to the adult development center.

The county was notified last week of a potential $262,000 increase in health insurance premiums, and ATT has cancelled its tower rental, resulting in revenue loss of $11,843. Finally, $60,000 needed to be removed from the revenue side of the budget after the board last month did not approve the establishment of new septic fees. The preliminary 2011 budget included $60,000 in revenue from the new fees.

Several areas of savings were identified and incorporated into the budget, includ-

the union employees received.

While the majority of the nonunion employees are department heads, the group also includes seven or eight hourly employees. These hourly employees, said Arcand of the personnel committee, would be in the union except for the confidential nature of certain aspects of their work.

Arcand sought to reinstate the 2-percent increase for the hourly employees, which would put $6,000 to $7,000 back into the budget. His attempts failed by a vote of 22 to 1, with only himself in favor.

ing an estimated $75,000 increase in sales tax and $100,000 in “forced attrition” by not filling vacant positions. The state has allocated $69,745 in increased highway aid, and the personnel committee voted to eliminate $60,000 in pay increases to nonunion employees.

County policy states that the balance in the undesignated fund, also known as the “rainy day fund,” be maintained at 20 percent of the annual operating expenses. In recent years, the fund has dropped to about 12 percent, but it is expected that it will end the year at about 15 percent, rising to nearly 17 percent by the end of 2011.

Zero increase Supervisors Brian Masters and Neil Johnson led a discussion to hold the tax levy at last year’s level, with a zero-percent increase. Doing this would require eliminating $379,700 in expenditures or finding that same amount in additional revenue.

When asked about working toward a zero-increase budget, county Administrator Dana Frey said he had been doing preliminary work to reduce the budget further when the county learned of a substantial increase in health insurance costs.

A 10-percent increase in premiums had already been included in the 2011 budget, but the county was told to expect an additional 8 percent, hiking the cost by another $262,385.

Frey said he has presented the board with the lowest cost sustainable budget that continues to deliver current levels of service. He said there is nothing to cut, with operating expenditures “embarrassingly low.”

The only place to cut, he said, is personnel, which is best done through attrition.

If positions are terminated, Frey said, the county is liable for unemployment compensation, vacation payout and overtime.

Johnson agreed that there is only one place to cut. “It is relieving people of a job,” he said. “In business I call it termination.”

Seventy-five percent of the county’s budget is personnel, Johnson noted. “Get rid of them,” he said. “Don’t fill open positions. I have the utmost faith in our administrator to look at that and do what’s right.”

Taxpayers, he said, are tired of yearly increases. “They can’t afford it,” he said.

“Don’t get cold feet. We have to do it in 2011, because 2012 will be worse.”

Supervisor Herschel Brown pointed that there will be no Social Security cost of living adjustment, foreclosures are up and

Supervisor Brian Masters spoke in favor of a zero-increase 2011 budget. – Photo by Mary Stirrat unemployment is a big problem.

“This board needs to work for the taxpayers,” he said. “At some point you have to check the health of the taxpayer.”

Supervisor Patricia Schmidt added some hard numbers to give perspective to the discussion saying that under the proposed budget her county taxes would increase $38.

“I can afford that,” she said.

Supervisor Harry Johansen said he felt the county was beginning to reduce expenditures, but that cuts need to be made wisely. He suggested that attrition is the appropriate way to cut personnel expenditures at this time, studying other options for next year.

The motion to direct Frey to develop a zero-increase budget was defeated by a ballot vote of 14 to 9. In favor were supervisors Herschel Brown, Warren Nelson, Kim O’Connell, Gary Bergstrom, Neil Johnson, Jim Edgell, Brian Masters, Kristine Kremer-Hartung and Larry Voelker.

Opposed were Harry Johansen, Dean Johansen, Schmidt, Kathryn Kienholz, Marvin Caspersen, Wendy Rattel, Ken Sample, Craig Moriak, Russ Arcand, Jay Luke, Diane Stoneking, Larry Jepsen, Gerianne Christensen, and board Chair William Johnson IV.

Nonunion pay raises Last Friday, Oct. 8, the county personnel committee voted to eliminate from the 2011 budget a total of $60,000 in pay increases for 62 nonunion employees. The $60,000 represented a 2-percent pay increase for the employees, equal to what

Sound system A move to add $49,050 to the 2011 budget in order to purchase an audio-visual system for the county boardroom also failed, with seven supervisors in favor and 16 opposed.

Purchase of a system was approved by the board last March, said Voelker, but no funding has been allocated. Voelker has strongly supported the idea of installing a sound system in the boardroom, citing the need for both board supervisors and the public to be better able to hear discussions taking place at the meetings.

The majority of board members who commented on Voelker’s request to fund the system in the 2011 budget agreed that the system is needed, but felt it would not be wise given the current budget situation.

Nelson pointed out that the personnel committee just last week voted to eliminate 2011 pay raises for nonunion county employees, and questioned whether the sound system is more important than giving salaried employees a raise.

Mileage reimbursement to substitute meal site workers in the aging department was also eliminated from the budget, said Kremer-Hartung, and both the meals on wheels and meal site programs were reduced to four days a week.

Growing health insurance costs that could deplete the health insurance fund by mid- to late-2011, added Masters, is another reason not to add to the budget.

Voting to add the $49,050 into the 2011 budget were supervisors Schmidt, Kienholz, Edgell, Moriak, Jepsen, Voelker and Gerianne Christensen.

Opposed were Harry Johansen, Dean Johansen, Brown, Caspersen, Rattel, Masters, Sample, Arcand, Nelson, Luke, Stoneking, Kremer-Hartung, O’Connell, Bergstrom, Neil Johnson, and William Johnson IV.

Amery man faces charges of lewd behavior

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer AMERY – A 30-year-old Amery man is facing several charges in Polk County Circuit Court for alleged lewd, obscene and indecent behavior around a local woman.

Jeffrey Claude is alleged to have followed a woman around while shopping, walking past her and constantly “reviewing” her appearance, stating she was “perfect” under his breath several times, and

then walking past her and dropping a note in her shopping cart, requesting they have sex, with his phone number on the note.

The woman alerted store officials, who kicked Claude out and said that he has done that before to female customers, and that he had been asked to leave several times. Officers were able to use the suggestive note to track him to a local motel, where he admitted to the note being his work, but claimed it was intended for his

spouse.

Authorities noted Claude had a history of run-ins over the last 12 years, apparently for similar incidents, including at a St. Croix Falls store in February, also at another Amery location in April, and previous convictions for exposing himself in Amery five years ago, and peeping at a woman in Amery last year. He also has a 1998 conviction for battery and has had several other charges dismissed over the years.

Claude was arrested and charged with two misdemeanor charges: one for lewd, obscene or indecent drawings, and another for disorderly conduct. He also faces a lesser charge of harassment, and is currently free on bond. His next court appearance is scheduled for late November before Judge Molly GaleWyrick, who also ordered him not to return to the store or to have any contact with the alleged victim.

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Use of cheese salt brine cuts highway expenditures

Moe Norby is first recipient of Polk County’s “I wish I had thought of that!” award

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE — Polk County Board of Supervisors Chair William Johnson IV presented the first-ever “I wish I had thought of that!” award during the Oct. 12 meeting of the board.

The award, a coffee cup promoting Polk County, went to Moe Norby, technical support manager with the highway department.

Norby had researched and pursued use of cheese salt brine to control snow and ice on roads in the county. His efforts saved Polk County $40,000 last winter, plus cut the amount of salt sand that was needed by 30 to 40 percent.

Cheese salt brine is used in cheese processing, Norby told the board, and dairies must pay to dispose of it. In 2008, he said, he began talks with F & A Dairy in Dresser to purchase the brine.

After obtaining proper permits from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in 2009, the highway department started getting 5,000 gallons of the material from F & A each week.

The highway department sends tankers

Moe Norby, technical support manager with the Polk County Highway Department. – Photos by Mary Stirrat to the dairy to pick up the brine, which has already been filtered and is ready to use.

Norby gave a presentation on use of cheese salt brine this past summer at a conference of the Wisconsin County Highway Association, and he showed his presentation to the board.

William Johnson IV, left, chairman of the Polk County Board of Supervisors, presents Moe Norby with the first-ever “I wish I had thought of that!” award.

Photos illustrated the effectiveness of the brine, and roads treated with a lesser amount of sand salt mixed with cheese salt brine had less snow and ice than those treated with a greater amount of plain sand salt.

According to Norby, the product is activated faster than sand salt, and stays on the road better. He said that other counties, including Barron County, are also now beginning to use cheese salt brine for ice and snow control.

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County to enforce smoke-free law Forfeiture revenue will go to county rather than state

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE — By a vote of 17 to 6, following a brief public hearing, the Polk County Board of Supervisors Tuesday evening approved an ordinance to take on enforcement of the state’s law that bans smoking. The law went into effect in July, more than a year after it was signed into law by Gov. James Doyle.

The county ordinance, said supporters including public health Director Gretchen Sampson, will allow easier enforcement because law enforcement officers can just write a citation. In addition, the county rather than the state will keep the revenue generated by the fines.

“We think this is a much more streamlined way of enforcing this law,” Sampson told the board. The ordinance is only in effect in unincorporated areas of the county.

District Attorney Dan Steffen spoke to the board, saying that prosecution at the state level is a lengthy, involved and c o s t l y Polk County District Attor- process. A ney Dan Steffen. two- to four-

page document must be developed for each complaint, with responses needed and waiting periods required.

County employees would be doing the majority of the work either way, he said, but with a county ordinance the work is lighter and the county keeps the forfeitures.

Fines range from $100 to $250 plus court costs.

During a public hearing held during the Tuesday, Oct. 12, board meeting, two individuals spoke in favor of the county ordinance and one spoke against. There was also a written comment opposed to the ordinance.

Andy Boe, town of Garfield, said the ordinance would benefit the area both economically and in regard to health. He said that since the law has been in effect he has been able to patronize places he otherwise could not.

Geralyn Karl, town of Alden, was also in favor, saying it would send the right message to children. She said that people expect safe water and food when they go somewhere to eat, and now they can expect clean air.

Speaking against the ordinance was Bob Blake of the town of Loraine. He noted that casinos do not need to follow the law.

Blake also said he was “curious about the process.” He questioned how the board could hold a public hearing on the ordinance, then vote on it the same night without having time to “digest” the information collected from the public.

Getting to the core of the issue, Blake said, “This is not about public health. This is about money.”

If it were about health, he said, cigarettes would be treated like marijuana and be made illegal. Instead, he said, the gov-

ernment subsidizes the growth of tobacco, then fines those who use it.

“It’s about controlling people’s behavior when they’re doing something that is legal,” he said.

He and his wife have alAndy Boe, town of ways been able Garfield, speaks in favor of to choose the new county ordinance. whether or not – Photos by Mary Stirrat they want to patronize a place that is smoke-filled, said Blake.

“Now I find out we’re just too stupid to figure that out,” he said.

Following the public hearing, during discussion by the board, there was agreement that the law is already in effect and must be enforced. There was disagreement, however, about who should do the enforcing.

Supervisor Jim Edgell said he understood that the smoking ban is already law.

“But it’s another state mandate that steps on the toes of private business,” he said.

Saying that the state has overstepped its bounds in determining what is allowed on private property was Supervisor Kristine Kremer-Hartung. She agreed with Blake that, if tobacco is hazardous, there should be a ban on its sale. She also said that parents, not the law, should teach children not to smoke.

Supervisor Patricia Schmidt reminded

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the board that the county is an entity of the state, carrying out the responsibilities bestowed by the state. The ban, she said, protects the health of those who don’t want the hazards of smoke but who want to socialize.

The ordinance, she noted, takes a heavy load off the district attorney.

Also opposed to the county ordinance was Supervisor Larry Voelker, who said that the sheriff’s department already has limited resources and plenty of crime.

Law enforcement will be taken away from serious crimes to write citations for smoking, Voelker said.

Besides, he said, most people and establishments are already complying with the ban.

While it’s true that the sheriff’s department will be enforcing the county ordinance, Supervisor Kathryn Kienholz pointed out that it is already responsible for enforcing the state law. The ordinance, she said, will streamline the process.

With a final comment by Supervisor Wendy Rattel, who said that Minnesota has had a smoking ban in effect for a while and has found that businesses have actually increased their patronage, the board voted 17 to 6 in favor of the county ordinance.

Using paper ballots, those voting in favor were supervisors Harry Johansen, Dean Johansen, Schmidt, Kienholz, Marvin Caspersen, Rattel, Brian Masters, Ken Sample, Craig Moriak, Jay Luke, Diane Stoneking, Larry Jepsen, Kim O’Connell, Gary Bergstrom, Neil Johnson, Gerianne Christensen and board Chair William Johnson IV. Opposed were Herschel Brown, Edgell, Russel Arcand, Warren Nelson, KremerHartung and Voelker.

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More than a footnote to Polaris story

A few weeks ago a story appearing in the Wall Street Journal outlined the apparent changing landscape in Monterrey, Mexico.

You may recognize the name of that city if you followed the recent story of plans

by Polaris Industries at Osceola to relocate a good part of their production facility to a plant near Monterrey.

Following is part of the WSJ article: MONTERREY, Mexico - A surge of violence by drug gangs in this industrial hub is leading to an exodus of wealthy Mexicans as well as scores of U.S. and foreign expatriates, dealing a blow to what has long been one of Latin America's richest and safest cities.

The security situation is so alarming in Monterrey, known as the "Sultan of the North" for its industrial power, that the mayor has sent his family to live in Dallas, according to people familiar with the matter. The mayor's office didn't respond to requests for comment.

In the past two weeks, U.S. farm equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. ordered executives with children to leave the city, following a similar move by the U.S. State Department for American diplomats here. Other U.S. firms are allowing employees to leave voluntarily.

A Web news outlet offered the speculation that even though Monterrey is a fourhour drive from the Mexican-U.S. border - where most of the violence related to drug cartels occurs - the city is quickly gaining a reputation for bloodshed stemming from drug bosses moving into the plush neighborhoods located in the city’s suburbs.

Last week the Leader received anonymous word from someone close to Polaris that one of their drivers - hauling ATVs to Mexico from the U.S. - was beaten and left on the side of a road near Monterrey as his assailants made off with the truck and cargo.

We could not substantiate that report as of yet.

This all could be regarded as a footnote to the local Polaris exodus story, but in reality it serves to remind us of the general potential danger of traveling across the U.S. Mexcian border for work or play.

And despite the controversy surrounding its departure, all of us need to acknowledge Polaris for what it created while it was here - and wish the company and its workers a safe existence in what appears to be turning into a more hostile environment.

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

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Domestic violence and sexual assault can be the most destructive aspects of any society and sometimes it appears there’s no end to it in sight.

But there are signs of progress and some of that progress comes in the form of an increase in reporting incidents to the police.

There has been a 27- to 51-percent increase in reporting rates by women and a 37percent increase in reporting rates by men over recent years regarding cases of domestic and sexual assault against adults and children.

That’s encouraging. And you have to believe some of it comes through simple awareness of how to handle such occurrences.

Over the years our editorials have touched on not only better awareness but a need for ways to develop better self-esteem among our children with hopes that it will not only result in better reporting of abuse, but prevent them from ever consider taking part in it to begin with. The dynamics of today’s society can be intimidating in so many ways when it comes to creating positive self-esteem among youth.

A bad economy in general certainly has an impact on domestic abuse - local law enforcement officers and their counterparts nationwide will testify to that.

Domestic violence is more than three times as likely to occur when couples are experiencing high levels of financial strain as when they are experiencing low levels of financial strain.

And women whose male partners experienced two or more periods of unemployment over a five-year study were almost three times as likely to be victims of intimate violance as were women whose partners were in stable jobs.

The Community Referral Agency, which offers free and confidential services to victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Burnett and Polk counties, offers us information this month that focuses on various aspects of domestic abuse, including the economic factor. (See first article, page 27) So many factors play into domestic violence - and there are so many aspects of it, including child abuse and elder abuse. Our first responsibility as citizens is to recognize it - then report it. And then somehow respond to it - and to that end, the Community Referral Agency’s Welcome Home Shelter is a shining example of community response to a crucial need.

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• Where to write • President Barack Obama 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. 20500 www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ Governor Jim Doyle P.O. Box 7863, Madison, WI 53707 wisgov@mail.state.wi.us Congressman David Obey (7th District) 2462 Rayburn Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20515 or Federal Building, Wausau, WI 54401 (715) 842-5606 Rep. Nick Milroy (73rd District) Room 221 North, State Capitol P.O. Box 8952, Madison 53708 E-mail: rep.milroy@legis.state.wi.us

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Rep. Ann Hraychuck (28th District) State Capitol, P.O. Box 8942 Madison, WI 53708 Phone: 608-267-2365 • Toll free: 888-529-0028 In-district: 715-485-3362 rep.hraychuck@ legis.state.wi.us Rep. Mary Hubler (75th District) Room 7 North, State Capitol P.O. Box 8952, Madison, WI 53708 or 1966 21-7/8 St., Rice Lake 54868 (715) 234-7421• (608) 2662519 rep.hubler@legis.state.wi.us U.S. Senator Herb Kohl 330 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20510 (715) 832-8492 senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov

Senator Robert Jauch (25th District) Room 19 South, State Capitol P.O. Box 788, Madison, WI 53707 E-mail: Sen.Jauch@legis.state.wi.us Senator Sheila Harsdorf (10th District) State Capitol, P.O. Box 7882 Madison, WI 53707 (608) 266-7745 • (715) 2321390 Toll-free - 1-800-862-1092 sen.harsdorf@legis.state.wi.us

U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold SDB 40, Rm. 1, Washington, D.C. 20510 or 1600 Aspen Commons Middleton, WI 53562-4716 (608) 828-1200 senator@feingold.senate.gov

We are using our Web site more than ever these days to help us carry the information we receive to our subscribers and readers.

For example, many of the letters to the editor regarding this important midterm election Nov. 2 are being published on our Web site as well as our print edition and in some cases on our Web site exclusively. As the election draws closer - and understanding the limitations of a once-weekly publication - some letters go directly to our Web site, where a response, clarification or counterargument can be posted immediately as opposed to seven days later.

One of the keys - in this twilight zone often void of Wisconsin news - is to find an outlet for state news that will offer not only profiles of candidates for important positions - such as the 7th District Congressional seat and the U.S. Senate seat now being sought by incumbent Russ Feingold and challenger Ron Johnson.

Besides offering our own profiles of candidates over the next few weeks, we hope to offer links to webcasts of debates (two of the Sean Duffy-Julie Lassa debates are scheduled to be webcast in coming weeks) - and to links of the candidates themselves.

Letters regarding candidates - and news releases issued by candidates - can be found at www.the-leader.net - the links shown on the left side of the front page.

You may be a straight party voter or know who you are voting for already. If not, let us help start your education using newsprint and cyber ink.

It’s less than three weeks to election day.

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• Letters to the editor • Be heard Thank goodness for the Polk County Public Protection and Judicial Committee.

At last my voice has been heard.

I’ve been to the last two monthly meetings and was able to address the committee in the public comment forum of the meeting. This is a wonderful way of letting the public and also a few public officials know of possible shortcomings in our Polk County departments. I thank them for listening to my concerns about drug dealers, unsafe discharge of firearms and other criminal activities around my neighborhood. I urge other citizens with concerns and issues to stand up and be heard. Sometimes a formal complaint is just not enough and can be swept under the rug.

But if you get reports, documentation and witnesses, you can stand up as a citizen and do something to better our community. For example, I have information about illegal drug dealing, narcotics to be precise. I told a Polk County Sheriff’s Department investigator, who was at a local business’ open house in late July manning their tent, “Call me, I have information on illegal drug dealing.”

Well he never did, no one even asked me anything about it from the sheriff’s department. So, at the Polk County Public Protection and Judicial Committee meeting for October, I was able to voice my concerns of this issue. So my good citizens of Polk County, take a stand and be heard.

Information and the agenda about the meetings can be accessed on the Polk County Web site.

Jess Mattocks Balsam Lake

Hraychuck best candidate I am writing in support of Rep. Ann Hraychuck in the Nov. 2 election. Ann has done an excellent job representing the people of the 28th Assembly District. She saw that rural areas were not getting their fair share of local road aid and formed a coalition of rural legislators that succeeded in increasing that share. That translates to us paying less in local property taxes for road maintenance.

When Polaris announced that they were closing their Osceola plant, putting hundreds of people out of work, Ann immediately set to work with state and local officials to provide information on training and unemployment benefits to those affected, and to develop options for retaining and creating new jobs in the area.

Ann also used her extensive law enforcement experience, including two terms as sheriff of Polk County, to successfully advocate for assistant district attorney positions in both Polk and St. Croix Counties, and to strengthen Wisconsin’s domestic violence laws.

Ann’s opponent has said he would spend as little time as possible in Madison. Serving the people you represent requires more than just showing up for votes. You can’t influence legislation to the benefit of your constituents if you’re not there. Much of the work of assisting people with specific concerns also happens in Madison. Representing the people of the 28th is a full-time job, and for $50,000 a year, the people have a right to expect their representative to work full time for them. Ann has done this and more.

Ann was born and raised here, and has spent her entire adult life serving the community. After a 32-year career in law enforcement, she has chosen to continue her public service by representing you in Madison. Ann knows the people of the 28th District far better than her opponent and will continue to do an excellent job for you in the Assembly.

Bob Wright Dresser

For Perala As a former Barron High School student and athlete of Assembly candidate Steve Perala, I have gained the tools required for success in the world. Steve has also provided me with a strong sense of character, motivation and civic responsibility through his demonstrated integrity and

leadership. I am honored to have had the opportunity to get to know Steve both professionally and personally, and he is a prime example of what it means have a strong work ethic and moral character.

Michael Olson University of Minnesota Minneapolis

Roland has done it We would like to urge the citizens of Burnett County to vote to re-elect Dean Roland as sheriff. Sheriff Roland has done an excellent job as sheriff for the past eight years (and as the Siren police chief before that). He is a man who knows the law, upholds the law and holds people accountable. Through successful grant writing he has brought money into the sheriff’s department to upgrade the department’s communication and response technologies. Through wise fiscal management, the overall budget has been reduced.

You can take away his campaign signs, but you cannot take away the very positive and profound impact Roland has had on law enforcement in our community and its effect on our quality of life. He has improved communication and coordination between county government agencies for overall quality service. He has worked to create unified law enforcement between county agencies. He has worked, through the legislative process, to change Wisconsin law to include Tribal Law Enforcement for Mutual Aid. Others say they want to make improvements, but Roland has done it. We want the best law enforcement management possible. Why vote for less?

Dave and Joan Jendro Siren

Supports Rivard Roger Rivard, candidate for 75th District Assembly, and I were competitors in real estate. Roger always returned my calls before he would go home. I believe that Roger would do the same as our Assembly member, but I have not received that level of courtesy from current legislators.

Earlier this year, I tried to bring an aircraft manufacturing business, Thunderbird Aviation, to Barron County. Many high-paying jobs would have been provided for skilled and unskilled men and women. Fees and regulations including an unexpected $10,000 fee involved in the planning process were so time consuming and expensive that developing the project became unprofitable. During this cumbersome process, I had contacted legislators requesting help, guidance and support.

Most never returned my call, and the one legislator’s aid who responded did so too late. Without any signs of hope, we had abandoned our dream of bringing welding and manufacturing jobs to the area.

If Roger had been our legislator, I believe he would have returned my calls and become proactive by using his real estate experience to smooth out the process and make this project possible. Roger would fulfill his legislative responsibility to the citizens of Barron County by eliminating the excessive and repetitive permits, by limiting the fees, and by streamlining the application and planning processes so that future projects would not require intervention by a legislator.

Bill Hazlewood, auctioneer Rice Lake

Vote wisely What a year, elections 2010. The party in power, conveyor of deficits and terrible unemployment, is so disliked one wonders if they will win a single seat. But then we conservatives may yet craft a way to blow the effort.

A case in point, the contentious Obey seat; he who made a career of using federal tax money to buy Wisconsin favor.

Republicans fielded two great candidates in the primary, chose Sean Duffy and left the other, Daniel Mielke, angry. Dan, as a write in, can accomplish nothing except possibly the election of the Democrat. I supported Dan in 2006, he is a fine man,

but his ill-advised action might just extend the Obey “spend until we’re dead” era which has caused the current deficitinduced jobless malaise. I ask all you fine Mielke supporters, swallow hard, but please do not extend the Obama destruction of our economy by hindering the election of Duffy.

For the good of the country and the state, we need to get new blood in our elected offices. We need officials who understand that you cannot spend more dollars than you have, maybe more than we will ever have; Duffy and Severson are successful, experienced individuals who know how to get things done. Please, when voting, think about your neighbor, friend or relative who is unemployed, losing their home or can’t afford fuel for the car or gas for home heating. You be the judge, but carefully evaluate what has happened these last two years and then vote the losers out.

Cletus Tauer Luck

Write in Dan Mielke Because of the treatment that Mr. Mielke was given by most in his own party leadership, shutting him out of speaking at local events, the illegal Web site that smeared his character, and being Mr. Duffy will not sign on to some basic tenants that I believe in, I cannot support Duffy.

Mielke asked Duffy if he would sign a statement pledging to honor the following items. Basic outline is as follows: • Oppose all laws legalizing abortion.

• Oppose government sanctioning of homosexuality.

• Honor commitments to elderly, poor and veterans.

• Not change the age requirement for eligibility for Social Security benefits.

• Protect and uphold the rights and freedoms granted in our Constitution and will not work to weaken those rights and freedoms in any way.

• This one is too long to print here, however, it basically states that he (Duffy) had not knowingly taken part in any illegal and /or unethical treatment of candidates within his party … not part of intentional exclusion and/or censorship of candidates at party-held and/or partyfunded functions, etc.

The Independent candidate, Gary Kauther, said he would sign it, however, Sean has not yet signed it. This is why I’m writing in Dan Mielke for the 7th Congressional seat.

Bruce Paulsen Cushing

Zero-percent increase, please Dear Grantsburg District School Board Directors, We need your help!

You need to remember the people on Social Security got zero increase in 2010 and will get zero increase in 2011. The number of us are 22.1 percent or 3,757.

The people below the poverty line get no increase; and are 14.1 percent - 2,397 of us.

Our county unemployment rate is 8.9 percent and that is 1,513 of us. The 99 weeks of unemployment insurance is nearly at its end.

Foreclosures are how many per 100 homes? 1? and rising.

Check with the Salvation Army on the number of homeless. It was 70-plus.

These groups of 45.1 percent or 7,667 of us, will oppose any increase above zero.

Any increase above zero, pushes the problem to Health and Human Services and the sheriff’s department, in addition to the increased stressors on all our people.

It is past due, that our district share the pain with the rest of us.

Per capita income of $27,404 for the 54.9-percent working people, who work 260 days. Average income of a teacher who works 190 days is $65,065.

The district employees are part of the area economic elites.

Teacher pay. They are the economic elite in our area. For 190 days of work and a 36-percent benefit package they are the

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area’s richest. Average compensation of $65,065 with $41,550 salary plus $23,515 of benefits for 190 days of work or 73 percent of a normal workload. Should we pay good teachers more? Absolutely. We must have performance measurements; three by principals and two by outside teacher evaluators every year. Poor performers need to be moved to a point of least harm, or from the classroom to Insight, etc. or industry. When this is not done, we have the complacency and/or apathy rubbing off on the students. Ms. Rhee in D.C. has stepped up to the problems with resolution. Does she have a best practice?

How are compensation dollars linked to performance results? Chris and Dave D., you can go back to your organizations and pay your folks what they know and not what they do, right? Do we have a formal review process, in what time period and by whom? Are they part of the public record? The compensation dollars at the DPI Web site bring to question who is worth what? How are they measured?

Last year, The Grantsburg school mill rate went from 8.60 to 9.34 or a 8.6-percent increase. Another year, same old plan?

Time will tell.

Taking the state standard WKCE test which measures achievement in reading and math in November and get the results in the spring. This delay time is unacceptable. It is harmful to students. National Computer Systems makes a scanner for the classroom that reads and tallies the results at the end of testing, then rolls the results upward with feedback to the teachers in days. You have let too many years go by before changing the time to use the tool and to replace a known weak tool. When is the new state standard to be out for use and what is the turnaround time from student testing to parents getting the reports?

American College Test. Only kids considering college take the test.

The DPI information says all students should be college or work ready by all high school graduatioin, right?

Businesses state that you push education readiness off on them and it eats up their time and costs. This makes them noncompetitive. Give the ACT to all who think they are ready to leave high school.

Leave high school at 16? Not unless you are going to college.

The payout of state funds frequency to the district must also change. Districts must borrow money to pay for goods and services. Dumb and stupid. Pay the districts monthly in advance.

For each 1-percent increase in levy, what is the social/economic impact on the less fortunate group of 45.1 percent, which are 7,667 people?

We hope and pray that this year, you all listen to the will of the people.

Advocates for the less fortunate.

CWAG advocates; trying to do our mission.

Rich and Nancy Hess Trade Lake

Fall housecleaning Fall is the time of the year for housecleaning.

It is the time of year when we clean out the closets, sweep out the cobwebs and dust and get rid of stuff that has been sitting there too long.

On Nov. 2, voters have a chance to do their own housecleaning in Congress and get rid of the dusty baggage that has been sitting there too long.

Voters are able to impose term limits on Congress through their votes at the ballot box. Stop voting the same old names back into office.

If you are sick and tired of the corruption, the back-room deals in the middle of the night, the cronyism that comes from being in office too long, the uncontrolled spending from Congress resulting in huge government debt, vote them out!

Get rid of the career politician who has been in office for 40 years and think they should serve another 40.

Open the windows and let in some fresh air by electing some new faces to Congress on Nov. 2.

It is time to throw the bums out! Vote!

Rose Swanson Danbury

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• Letters to the editor • There you go again “The Social Security Amendments of 1983 included a hefty payroll tax increase that was supposed to ‘fix’ Social Security.

The baby boomers were required to prepay most of the cost of their own benefits, in addition to paying for the benefits of the generation that preceded them. That 1983 payroll tax hike has generated $2.54 trillion in surplus Social Security revenue, that was supposed to be saved and invested so that it would be available for paying benefits to the baby boomers. If the intent of the law had been followed, and the surplus revenue had been saved and invested, Social Security would be able to pay full benefits until at least 2037. But none of the money was saved or invested in anything! Instead, every dollar of the $2.54 trillion was ‘borrowed’ or ‘stolen’ (whichever word you prefer) by the government and spent on tax cuts for the rich, wars and other government programs.

Enough taxes have been collected to pay full benefits until 2037, but those tax dollars have already been spent on other things.” Allen W. Smith, Ph.D. Professor of Economics, Emeritus Eastern Illinois University.

What an incredible lack of fiduciary responsibility! If you spend your car pay-

ment for beer you won’t be driving long, unless you’re a polititcian.

Recently we have received a number of glossies from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. One caught my eye. The front says, “Sean Duffy backed a plan to put our Social Security on the stock market.” “The stock market” is crossed through and “what’s left of the stock market” is written in red ink.

Everyone invested in the stock market generally agrees the market declined 3040 percent in 2008-09. Over my 40 years of investing in the stock market, my portfolio is worth four times more than I contributed - after the last crash. I still have 60-70 percent more than my Social Security “trust fund.” When I croak my heirs will inherit my savings, they will get $250 from Social Security.

All those years the government put restrictions on how much I could save tax free (503B, 401K, SEP, IRA etc.). I was never allowed to take deductions for losses I incurred, but the government taxes my withdrawals for retirement. In other words, they don’t take any risk in order to assure I shared my good fortune.

If you have the initiative to provide for your retirement why would savings ever be taxed?

Since Social Security will pay out more than it takes in next year, I’m glad I control

my own savings.

It appears that those less inclined to address Social Security reform are clueless or don’t have a plan.

Brooke Biedinger Frederic

Will money buy this election?

They may be well motivated. They likely believe in what they are doing, but they are intent on buying this election, nationwide. Overall, Republicans have accumulated campaign coffers six times that of the Democrats. Where does all their money come from? They do not want us to know.

During the week ending Sept. 24, Congress gave consideration to much needed Campaign-finance Disclosures legislation.

The House passed a bill requiring corporations, unions and interest groups to publicly disclose within 24 hours their role in funding campaign commercials.

In the Senate, however, the Republicans blocked passage of the bill. A vote was taken to prevent their blockage of the passage of House-passed bill (S 3628). The vote was 59 to prevent blockage and 39 for blockage of passage of the bill. For Con-

gress to have passed a good law precluding secrecy of campaign funding, 60 votes in the Senate would have been necessary to prevent blockage. One vote made all the difference.

How does it impact us in Wisconsin?

What is not well known is that a well-financed nonprofit front group organized under Section 501 (c) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code is committed to preventing the re-election of Sen. Russ Feingold. That perverse entity is American Action, based in Washington, D.C., and headed by former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman.

Their Web site makes their motivation plain and clear. They will spare no effort to get rid of our respected Senator Feingold.

Where does American Action get the funding to finance its campaign against Feingold? They do not have to tell us.

They do not have to disclose how much or from whom their money comes from. The reliable opinion of knowledgeable commentators, however, is that American Action has received a whole lot of money from wealthy individuals and large business corporations.

Ron Ylitalo Grantsburg

Jackson chili cook-off

Mike Gada and Jenna Niemi from Blaine, Minn., won first place in the Jackson Fire Department Chili Cook-off held Saturday, Oct. 9, for the hottest chili. Niemi was part of three generations of Niemi’s family members that competed in the contest that included her dad, Dave and her grandfather Del. – Photos by Raelynn Hunter

Tom Hillman, representing Grantsburg Fire, received first place in the People’s Choice category on Saturday, Oct. 9.

Within the first hour of the competition, Hillman was serving from his second roaster of chili.

The Bonner Boys, Shawn and David, received second place in the hottest chili category.

Roger and Pat Larson, Webster, received the Chief’s Choice award and also second place in the People’s Choice category from over 15 different competitors. Contestants served their chili to a packed house, which afterward was voted on by those who sampled the different chilis.

The Jackson Fire Department chili contest held Saturday, Oct. 9, was well attended.

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Park Service holds reception for "In A New Light"

by Tammi Milberg Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – Last Thursday evening, Oct. 7, the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway National Park Service Headquarters in St. Croix Falls was the scene for “In a New Light: Connecting At-Risk Teens to the St. Croix through Nature Photography.” This came about as a partnership between the National Scenic Riverway National Park Service, Northwest Passage, and local arts and educational organizations.

Julie Galonska, of the National Park Service, helped secure a grant for the atrisk youth program and partnered with Ben Thwaits, teacher and project leader of Northwest Passage. Beginning in March 2010, 26 teenage boys at Northwest Passage, a residential mental health facility in Spooner, embarked on a photographic journey of discovery, hope, and healing through the “In a New Light” project.

When the project began, most of them had rarely held cameras. With photographic equipment, instruction, and a lot of time on the Riverway, the boys created stunning photographs. Park Superintendent for the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway Chris Stein, who came from Yosemite National Park, compared the photographs of these 26 youth to those of renowned photographer Ansel Adams, who also had trouble in his youth and turned his life around to become one of the most famed nature photographers.

The idea came from Thwaits and his wife who visited art galleries in Duluth and found the work inspiring. Galonska helped secure an America’s Best Ideas Grant that helped foot the camera funding to provide these young men with adequate equipment. Their mission, directed by teacher and project leader Thwaits, was to photograph and tell the story of the St. Croix River.

Cody, one of the “In a New Light” photographers, helps hang up framed photographs getting ready for the reception at the St. Croix Falls National Scenic Riverway National Park Service Headquarters. The photographs will be on display in the visitors center until Oct. 25, and then they will travel around the state.

– Photo courtesy of ‘In A New Light.”

The project has turned out to be more than great photos. The boys have embraced their role as storytellers, and in the process of capturing the character of the Riverway, they have also shared their own struggles, dreams and quest for healing.

They have allowed everyone to see them and the Riverway in a new light. “I was expecting something like when your kid brings home a picture and you stick it on the refrigerator and say that’s nice,” said Thwaits. “I think these students have taken some of the best photographs I have ever seen and the messages behind these

Seated are some of the young men recognized during the presentation at the National Park Service on Oct. 7. The young men participated in a photographic journey through the America’s Best Ideas Grant helping the at-risk teens see things “In a New Light.”

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The project also had partner support from Black Ice Outdoor Productions who put together a film documenting the journey these young men had taken while telling the story of the river through cameras, and how their lives transformed.

Black Iris Gallery and Custom Framing, who showed students how to frame their work, did framing of the prints. The photographs will travel statewide including a stop at the state capitol in Madison in Jan-

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uary. Persons can see the exhibit in St. Croix Falls at the Park Service Visitors Center until Monday, Oct. 25. It will then proceed on its journey to Wausau, Madison, Cable and Spooner. Some photos have been circulated to Washington, D.C. A book has been published with each youth’s favorite photograph and a brief biography of each photographer. For more information on the “In a New Light” project or to view prints or order books or prints or contribute to programs like these, visit www.inanewlight.org.

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Investigative report will clear deputy “No indication of any wrongdoing,” says Roland

by Carl Heidel Leader staff writer SIREN - “An investigation by St. Croix County law enforcement will report that there is no indication of any wrongdoing,” said Burnett County Sheriff Dean Roland.

That statement was part of his report to the Burnett County Public Safety Committee at its regular meeting Oct. 7.

Roland’s comments referred to an investigation that followed a shooting incident in Siren in which Burnett Deputy Ryan Bybee shot and fatally wounded a shooting suspect. The report has not yet been made public, but Roland had read it and reported its contents to the committee.

On Sunday, Sept. 26, a lone gunman opened fire with a shotgun at passing motorists on Hyw. 70 in Siren. Bybee joined the effort to capture the gunman, and after the suspect fired on Bybee and wounded him, the deputy fired back and fatally wounded the alleged assailant.

Roland explained that it is standard procedure to conduct an investigation anytime that a law enforcement officer fires a weapon at a suspect. The intent of the investigation is to examine all elements of such an incident to determine if

Burnett County Sheriff Dean Roland (right) reported to the Burnett County Public Safety Committee that an investigative report will clear Burnett Deputy Ryan Bybee. Behind Roland is committee member Gene Olson. - Photo by Carl Heidel the officer acted appropriately and in conformity to law enforcement procedural rules. It is also standard procedure for an outside agency such as St. Croix County law enforcement to conduct the investigation to ensure that it is objective.

According to Roland, the gunman’s shooting spree had the potential for becoming a “major incident,” the “largest occurrence” of its kind in the country.

“We are not immune to these sorts of things,” he said.

In his report, Roland cited two factors that helped prevent the incident from turning tragic. The first was the coordinated response by all area law enforcement agencies.

As the incident was unfolding, law enforcement personnel began to converge on the scene. Among the respondents were St. Croix Chippewa tribal police, Wisconsin State Police, Siren and Webster city police, DNR law enforcement officers as well as the Burnett County Sheriff’s Department and others.

“We plan for a response (such as this) that requires mutual aid,” Roland said.

He commented further that the coordination and cooperation among all the respondents was excellent.

The other factor that drew Roland’s praise was the citizen response. “I’m proud of the citizens,” he said. “It was as though they said, ‘We’re not going to allow this sort of thing here.’”

According to Roland, citizens at the scene of the shooting began giving assistance by helping to stop and redirect traffic to safety, and then some of them set out in pursuit of the suspect. They called in reports of the suspect’s location to the 911 emergency center, and that information helped guide law enforcement officials to the scene.

“I’m very proud of our citizens and our law enforcement agencies,” Roland said.

City looks at budget final draft

by Tammi Milberg Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – The city council for St. Croix Falls met Oct. 11 and looked over the final draft of the 2011 budget. Steve Scheidler, auditor, went over the highlights of the budget. He indicated that the major sources of revenue are the general property taxes, special assessments and water and sewer utility. Scheidler stated that the county just filed the city tax information and currently the assessed value is not known. Scheidler indicated that the property valuation went up and the TIF valuation went down in 2010. “I’ve seen the same issue in other communities as well,” he said. “Your TIF looks as if it will cash flow out and it earned about a million dollars in revenue.”

The expenditures on the city’s end that were highlighted included wages and

paying off debt service. “There was no money borrowed in 2010 by the city, but there are a number of obligations to be paid out through the debt service and you have been paying on that. The Wilberg B Bonds have been paid off, so that is done.”

Scheidler pointed out that the city began the year 2010 with a deficit of about $34,000. He stated that it is due to overspending the budget that was approved, but that amount is picked up and absorbed by the general fund reserve. He cautioned, however, that the city needs to find a solution for that deficit amount because it will continue to carry over as a negative starting fund balance.

The 2010 levy was $856,623, which was down roughly $17,000 from 2009 according to Scheidler. He indicated that the preliminary levy on the 2011 proposed budget final draft is $884,569. He stated

that the council can change the levy amount up to the adoption of the final budget at the Nov. 8 council meeting, but after that, the amount is set.

In other business, the council looked at the report for the past season’s Music on the Overlook. This year Woody McBride took over the operation after Doc Bont stepped down. McBride indicated he was willing and able to do the series next summer, continuing the concerts out to the first weekend of October to connect with AutumnFest, a recently added city celebration held downtown during the last weekend of September. McBride indicated this would be the culminating concert in the series and add a little something to AutumnFest. He also indicated he would like to direct the AutumnFest scheduling and planning as well since the current coordinators have stepped down. McBride

stated he would like to move the bulk of events to the Gaylord Nelson Park rather than tie up dollars to close Main Street and hold the event solely at the overlook.

McBride stated that the event would string from the park to the overlook and he would need some stipend organizers to help in organization. McBride also proposed a new sound system for the Music on the Overlook with estimates ranging from $4,000 to $8,500, which could also be utilized for Wannigan Days and other city events. The BID district has met and discussed the proposals by McBride as well and seems supportive of the series and the sound system, but has not had an official vote. The council heard the presentation and considered the request with approval to come at a later date once the final budget is approved.

Siren to decide on inclusion in the county’s Hazard Mitigation Plan

by Nancy Jappe Leader staff reporter SIREN – At its Thursday, Oct. 7, meeting, members of the Siren Village Board heard briefly from Jim Tolbert, Webster, the man hired by Burnett County to update its Hazard Mitigation Plan (a fiveyear requirement from FEMA) and from Bobbi Sichta, Burnett County emergency management director. The village of Siren has its choice of either coming up with a plan on their own or joining the county plan as updated by Tolbert. The county plan (for handling fires, tornadoes/straight-line winds and other natural hazards) has not yet been approved, and Tolbert was looking for input from the village board.

“You need to have something that says Siren on it,” Tolbert told the board, adding that townships don’t have to do such a plan. He continued by telling the board that the plan has to include things that they may want to look into at some point (on the theory that “if it isn’t in there, you can’t do it”).

Sichta said that county department heads are currently reviewing the plan and that she will add her input in two weeks. Village board members were told to get their input to village Administrator/Engineer Marty Shutt within the next

Engineer Jim Tolbert has been hired by Burnett County to update the county’s Hazard Mitigation Plan. All villages must either come up with their own plan or join the county’s plan, which is not yet completed. The plan shows what is to be done in the next five years to handle forest fires, tornadoes/straight-line winds and other natural disasters. According to Tolbert, some funds will come along with acceptance of the plan. He attended the Siren Village Board meeting Thursday, Oct. 7, to present board members with a draft copy of the plan, indicating changes in red, and to ask for input from the board members. - Photo by Nancy Jappe

two weeks. After that, Tolbert will take over and put something together for the village board to later review.

During its meeting, the board approved a number of wording changes in the Code of Ordinances. Board members approved a recommendation that would allow the Siren Chamber of Commerce to hang its Business of the Year and Citizen of the Year plaques in the village hall. They approved a zoning change at 23751 Third Ave. from RR-1 to C-2 (highway commercial). This property is owned by Larry Koch, who wants to put a pole building on the land.

Board member Dave Alden announced that he has taken over as head of the Siren Tourism Commission. A request to add a representative of the tourism center site to that board was not acted upon. Instead, the board favored leaving the makeup of the commission as it is to another year.

The meeting schedule for the coming month includes: Public safety committee - Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1 p.m. Roads, streets and utilities - Wednesday, Oct. 13, 11 a.m.

Buildings, grounds and parks - Thursday, Oct. 14, 9 a.m. Personnel and finance - Friday, Oct.15, 9 a.m. Plan commission and board of appeals - as needed.

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Centuria donates lot to Habitat Insurance, wages, chickens and Web site issues move to next level

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer CENTURIA – The Centuria Village Board agreed to send the controversial issue of whether residents can house up to five live chickens to a public hearing in the coming weeks, after several months of disagreement.

The issue has been a hot button of sorts since first coming to light last spring. After several months of investigation and review of model ordinances, Trustee Pete Englund brought forth a proposal that is in essence a modified version of a similar municipal coding in use nearby. That ordinance allows residents to house up to five hens at private residences, as long as a series of conditions are met.

Under the proposal, the owner cannot have any roosters, only up to five laying hens, and they must be housed in a shed or coop that is at least 25 feet from a property line, and must be away from the street. They must also be maintained and kept in a sanitary condition, as well as be covered or protected and able to keep predators at bay.

The proposal also includes a $10 annual fee, and outlines ways owner may lose their right to ownership, if conditions are either unsanitary or if two formal complaints are filed in a four-week period.

“If they follow that ordinance to a ‘T,’ they deserve that chicken,” stated Trustee Eugene Ludack, who voted to allow the proposal to go to a public hearing. Trustees Ryan Davison and Dave Markert abstained from the vote.

The chicken issue has a had long journey, going through several committees before finally landing back in the lap of the full village board. The issue was a hot button of sorts after several trustees noted incidents in the past that may have been related to chicken ownership, such as vermin and predator infestations. But the general agreement was that the issues at those residences were likely fueled by larger hygiene issues, and they just happen to also have poultry.

“It’s basically a model of the [city of] St. Croix Falls ordinance,” Englund said of the new proposal, excepting a few slight changes. Englund has been a champion of the chicken issue, noting the growing popularity of homegrown food and general sustainability issues that have become much more popular due to costs, safety, organics and a move away from “industrial food.”

“I think it’s a great way to lead the community,” Englund said.

The issue now goes to a public hearing before it can be considered for approval by the full board.

Several other issues were addressed at the Oct. 11 meeting: “Pay-as-you-go” The board moved to allow the finance committee power to negotiate with the owners of Schaffer Manufacturing over so-called “pay-as-you-go” tax structuring.

The issue came to light recently when Schaffer bought a former welding shop in the village industrial park, which is in the TIF district. The village will work with MSA Consulting to work out an agreement with the operation over the tax structure, meaning the village would absorb some of the property tax impact, and reimbursing for a portion of their paid taxes.

“But you’re going to have to show you paid something,” Ludack stated, outlining previous industrial tenants who had not paid taxes, but still received reimbursement payments for building in TIF-eligible property.

Village President Wayne Bakke worried about the precedent they were setting, and asked that the issue be reviewed as a general policy, instead of tailoring it to each industrial-park resident in the future.

“Whatever we do for one, we should do for others,” he said, comparing it to a rebate program on retail items or vehicle sales.

Markert thought the opposite, that sale prices should be flexible between the parties, and that different operations should receive different treatments.

“Maybe I’ve had different car dealers!” Markert joked.

Regardless of the disagreement on application, the board approved having the finance committee and MSA Consulting draft a plan for the Schaffer contract, possibly on a sliding scale for any future expansion.

Web site decision One of the more split decisions of late seems to have been resolved, as the board agreed in principal to allow Kelly Bakke to continue to maintain and craft a village Web site, instead of paying for a service through a local vendor. Bakke is village President Wayne Bakke’s wife, and she started the site this summer as an educational tool, and it quickly became the preferred site for many residents.

Trustee Eric Priebe outlined that the consensus of the village Web site committee was similar, that the Bakke site was preferred, and not just because of the free cost.

He said the village would have an “at-will” agreement with Bakke, meaning either side could terminate the agreement, without warning.

“We’re trying to save money for the village,” he said, noting that the current contract would be allowed to expire, with the volunteer site eventually housing all of the village Web information, board minutes, business events, committee agendas, contact information, past committee minutes and the like, with some exception.

“My main concern’s that we’re paying somebody twice,” Englund said, highlighting how the village pays their clerk to transpose minutes, then she mails it off to someone else to write it again on the Web site.

There was mutual concern over the vulnerability of the volunteer site, that Bakke may wish to drop the project at any time, leaving the village hanging. Davison suggested using some of the budgeted Web site money for a “kitty” account to deal with any future costs, just in case.

“That does make sense,” stated Trustee Steve Sylvester.

The board moved to integrate the two sites in the coming months, and will allow the current contract to expire.

Wayne Bakke abstained from the vote, since the Webmaster is his spouse.

Lot donation for Habitat After searching for eligible village-owned property to donate for possible use by Habitat for Humanity, the board approved the donation of a small, vacant lot behind the village hall and fire department to the west. The land was originally purchased years ago for possible village hall expansion or for a new police department, but neither seemed likely anytime in the near future.

Bakke outlined discussion he had with Habitat representatives on two possible locations, one of which was a much larger lot near the Gandy Dancer Trail, but determined to be better suited for multiple dwellings, and not a single-family home. Bakke said the smaller lot would be

“perfect for a single-family home,” and that the organization would be pleased to have it for a future volunteer development project.

There was some debate on whether they would be limiting any future village or public works expansion, but they realized there are several homes between the village hall location and the vacant lot, so no natural expansion could occur.

The board unanimously approved the lot donation to Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity.

Wage/insurance issues An issue from last month that led to loud discussion was less volatile this time around. At issue was whether to approve both wage increases and maintaining existing health insurance benefits for village employees, or whether to give small raises but charge for insurance increases.

After much discussion, the board noted that the cost of health insurance through their current provider was going up over 5 percent next year alone, and they agreed to absorb that increase for employees, while keeping insurance benefits at existing levels for employees. With that, they will also agree to review the wage issue during 2011 budget discussions, which are coming in the next few weeks.

“So, no increase for anybody?” Markert asked.

“Not unless the board is willing to take out a loan to pay for raises,” Bakke said, with Davison noting that many of the “unclear numbers,” such as state aid reimbursements, have yet to be forwarded for next year’s budget.

No vote was taken, and the issue now goes before the finance committee as part of the budget discussions.

Department head supervision An issue that surfaced recently involving a proposal to have some sort of “pecking order” of supervisory duties for department heads became volatile after Bakke suggested the board should have ultimate review of department heads, and said he was told through the village attorney that the village president should be given the task of supervisor, in certain disciplinary review cases.

The issue became quite heated after Davison suggested there is no “system of checks and balances” on those supervisory duties, which Markert objected to loudly.

“That’s not really a function of a village president,” he said, disagreeing with Bakke’s take on the legal advice.

After several heated minutes, the board agreed to have their attorney weigh in on the issue, either in person or in writing, for the whole board to decide.

Halloween bash Police Chief Van Burch outlined plans for a communitywide Halloween bash on Sunday, Oct. 31, at the village fire hall, from 2-4 p.m.

The event will include games, food, prizes, a canine officer demonstration; punt, pass and kick contest; and much more. Burch said it is also a way for parents to keep kids safe during trick-or-treating, which would occur right after the bash. The event is sponsored by the Centuria Community Foundation/Crime Watch group, and is an expansion of an event last year, which proved quite popular for families with young kids.

“We had a really good turnout last year,” Burch said.

“We’re doing even more this time around. It should be a lot of fun and a chance to educate on safety.”

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Zero-dollar increase? Not so fast Burnett County Administration Committee votes to change recommended budget

by Sherill Summer Leader staff writer SIREN - Burnett County’s Administration Committee voted to change the recommended county budget in a close four to three vote on Tuesday, Oct. 12.

Only last month the committee voted to hold the line on spending at the county level and recommended a 2010 budget that had zero-dollar increase in spending. Now the committee recommends raising the county budget by 2 percent over last year’s spending. The change, if adopted by the full board in November, would increase property taxes by $175,003, which figures out to a $19 increase for a $100,000 home.

The new recommended increase in spending is still less than the allowable 3-percent increase, which could raise $256,983 in taxes.

A potential increase in county taxes is not certain. The full county board must approve the budget, and even among members of the administration committee itself, there was disagreement.

Leading the argument for increasing the budget to at least 2 percent was county Administrator Candace Fitzgerald who referred to the county as a business.

“Generally we take the levy to the allowable limit,” she said. “That is what I believe in.” She then explained that she understood why there is pressure to hold the line on taxes and that is why she worked out a budget that had zero increase in spending that was approved last month by the administration committee. This time around, she pointed out potential shortfalls that could “blow the budget” if there is not a cushion.

Supervisor Ed Peterson also argued for an increased levy by pointing out that the sales tax, timber-sale revenue and state aid may also decrease next year, and these decreases are not reflected in the proposed figures, further straining the budget.

Supervisor Phil Lindeman pointed out that because of the decrease in property values, even a budget that doesn’t increase the spending increases the levy by some, and it was worth it to increase the levy a little more to keep the county financially in good shape.

Lindeman later moved to increase spending by the allowable 3 percent, but the motion died for lack of a second.

Supervisors arguing to hold the line on spending acknowledged that there were many uncertainties that

could affect the budget, but they felt that adjustments could be made as circumstances called for adjustments.

They also argued that the general mood of the taxpayers that are calling for no increases in spending should be considered, even if it is only for one year.

The fund balance was also held up by supervisors voting to not increase spending. The county’s undesignated fund balance is currently at about 37 percent of the county’s overall budget. While it is not recommended by most financial advisors to dip into fund balances, the county’s fund balance is well above the 27- to 30-percent generally recommended. Fund balances can be used in emergencies.

Fitzgerald also reported that there is another contingency fund that has about $600,000 in it that also can be used in warranting circumstances. She did not recommend dipping into these funds, however.

Supervisor Donny Taylor worried that there was a limit to what taxpayers would be willing to or able to pay, and once taxes were at that limit, tax delinquencies would raise. Taylor joined supervisors Rick Anderson and Maury Miller in voting to keep the recommended budget at zero-percent increase in spending. Voting for the recommended increase were Emmett Byrne, Lindeman, Peterson and Gerry Pardun.

Water items at Grantsburg Village Drainage, watercross draw crowd

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG – Two water-related items drew some two dozen people to the Grantsburg Village Board meeting Monday, Oct. 11. At issue was whether the village should restrict vendors during the watercross event and whether the village should pay part of the costs of a drainage plan on a commercial property. Neither issue was resolved. The council did agree to funding the open ice-skating hours for the coming winter. All seven council members were present for the monthly meeting.

Skating Residents will have free skating time from 4 to 7 p.m. each Sunday from December through February. The village agreed to help sponsor the Grantsburg Youth Hockey Association by renting the ice time for $3,000.

The village makes the donation each year to allow public access to the arena.

Watercross The watercross event (a snowmobile race across the pond) draws many visitors to Grantsburg each July. The event takes place on the grounds around Memory Lake.

Sponsors of the event set up activities in the event area and pay part of the up-front costs for the watercross. The issue is whether the village should enforce an ordinance which restricts vendors who are not sponsors from setting up activities outside the event grounds that compete with the event.

Specifically, should the American Legion Post across from the event be allowed to compete with the vendors who have paid for spots in the event grounds by serving beer and having its own band. Duke Tucker said sponsors put up money for shuttle buses, security costs and the event band. He said it is unfair for others to benefit from the event and not help pay the costs. Tucker said the Legion has not put up money to help run the watercross.

Mike Martin, speaking for the Legion Post, said the Legion is willing to pay part of the costs but said the events within the grounds should be put up for bids. He said the Legion wants to get along.

“I want all the bar owners to get together,” village President Roger Panek said. “The village will facilitate a meeting.”

The public safety committee will now bring the parties together and try to reach harmony before the July event.

Drainage In 2007, Mark Harmon started development on prop-

erty along Hwy. 70, the two buildings west of the Holiday station now occupied by O’Reilly Auto Parts, a church, and other businesses. Harmon made an agreement with the village to build a storm water drainage system on the property. By 2010, a plan for that drainage system had not been provided.

Harmon has now brought three plan options to the village but says that part of the runoff is from other land, including village-owned land, and he should not have to pay the full cost of building the drainage system. The estimated costs of the plans vary from $24,000 to $77,000.

Harmon’s engineer, who presented the plans to the council, said that 23 percent of the water drained using the simplest plan would be from outside sources.

Harmon says that he should not need to pay the full cost of building the drainage system since it benefits more than his property. The village, with advice from its attorney, says it has no responsibility for any costs.

The council, by a split vote, recommended that Harmon ask the village zoning board to grant a waiver so Harmon can build a system that might not meet the village codes. Glenn Rolloff, Val Johnson, Dean Josephson, and Roger Panek voted for that recommendation. Dale Dresel voted no. Mark Dahlberg and James Nelson, both of whom attend the church on the property, abstained.

Board approves move to eight-period day for high school Plan to start 2011-2012 school year

by Tammi Milberg Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – The school board for St. Croix Falls met and discussed the proposal to move to an eight-period day for the coming school year and move from the block scheduling that the high school has now. A reason for this change was explained by high school Principal Pete Nusbaum. He stated that the reading and math test scores are down, and the return to an eight-period day with a modified block on two days of the week should have a positive change for students while allowing flexibility for staff to continue to utilize blocks for instruction.

Nusbaum stated that Webster schools recently moved from a block schedule to an eight-period day for their high school and the students improved academically and the behavior of the students and morale improved. Nusbaum stated that the principal from Webster indicated it was one of the best things the school district did. The

board was in favor of the change. The unknown costs for the change were discussed briefly by the board regarding curriculum writing, books and lockers. The board agreed in discussion to approve the eight-period day with the two days of modified block to get the process going and give staff time to start planning. The board indicated they could discuss the monetary matter when the numbers are known. A meeting last Wednesday allowed staff to discuss their thoughts and concerns with the board. The board appreciated the staff’s input. The board approved the eight-period day for the 2011-2012 school year to move forward.

In other business, the board heard a presentation from elementary Principal Jeff Benoy who explained the new schoolwide Title 1. The changes are that Title 1 help is offered schoolwide meaning no students are pulled out of class for help. It means all students are eligible to receive assistance in the classroom through co-teaching or providing added instruction in the classroom. The benefits are that all students can receive any additional help and they are no longer labeled or identified as Title 1. The program for schoolwide Title 1 allows for one-year of plan-

ning, which St. Croix Falls Elementary did last year. The implementation began this school year. The school must participate in a required annual program evaluation for effectiveness. There was no action taken as the presentation was informational.

The board approved a middle school aide position to work with Kathy Sharfenberg. Sharfenberg has 13 students with varying degrees of special needs. She currently has two aides working with her and a substitute who was placed in her room at the beginning of the school year. Since the need has proved to be consistent for an additional person to date, the board approved to hire a full-time aide. The posting for the position will be done internally first and it was noted that they have a candidate interested.

The high school is hosting a Veterans Day program on Nov. 11 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the high school with keynote speaker Fred Burns who comes highly recommended. The high school is also presenting a musical “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” Nov. 11-13 in the elementary gymnatorium.

Frederic class of 1943 The Frederic Class of 1943 celebrated their class reunion on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at Aspen Leaf. Pictured are front row (L to R): Walter Wedin, Arvid Friberg Jr., Kenneth Nelson and Jens Fossum Jr. Back row: Arlene Weinzierl, June (Young) O’Donnell, Melvina (Johnson) Washbon, Betty (Halstead) McConnell, Irene (Taylor) Chasensky, Earlene (Brown) Hunter, Emma Jean (Nelson) Hinrichs and LaVerne (Gustafson) Leep. – Photo submitted

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No. 1 doubles tennis team headed to state Enter tournament play as special qualifiers

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer DURAND – The season for at least two Unity/Luck tennis players will continue as the Eagles No. 1 doubles team, Katherine Ebensperger and Jessi Kutina, will be heading to the state tournament in Madison.

Despite losing in round one at sectionals in Durand to Sara Vach and Callie Cooper of Aquinas, 6-4, 6-3, Kutina and Ebenperger are headed to state as special qualifiers. According to the WIAA, a seeding committee added an additional 16 singles players and doubles teams to the state Division 1 field, and eight singles and doubles players from Division 2, that were eliminated earlier in the tournament series.

“Unfortunately, seniors Kutina/ Ebensperger did not pull out the win today, but they can still hold their heads high as they had an amazing season this year,” said coach Beth Trudeau after the doubles loss at Durand. “Aquinas is always a tough opponent who is usually state-bound every year, yet Unity did not make it easy for them in the least.

Kutina/Ebensperger gave their all today to find the shots to the open court and played a tough net game. Ebensperger’s corner lobs and Kutina’s sharp down-theline shots helped them win several games.”

Kutina and Ebensperger will enter the state tournament this Thursday, Oct. 14, with a 19-5 record, and play Alyssa Doll and Emilie Wiltzius of Martin Luther, who are 8-4. The match is being played at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison beginning at 9 p.m.

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Unity/Luck’s No. 1 doubles team, Katherine Ebensperger (LEFT) and Jessi Kutina, will go to state as special qualifiers. – File photos by Marty Seeger round two, to defeat Michelle Chen of Osceola in a close match winning 7-5, 4-6 and 6-2.

“Julie had very tough competition the first round against Aquinas and was not able to find a rhythm to overtake Geary.

Franzel gave her all by playing her net game and using her two-handed backhand to win several points,” coach Beth Trudeau said.

Franzel’s second match was the third time she’s competed against Chen.

“The girls played very long rallies, but Franzel had more winning shots, especially at the net. Julie was able to move Chen around on the court, putting her on the defense. Franzel has had a great season and ended it very respectably at sectionals,” Trudeau said.

Anna Ebensperger ends season DURAND – Unity/Luck sophomore and No. 1 singles player Anna Ebensperger competed at sectionals last Wednesday, Oct. 6, in Durand, but lost in a heartbreaker to Annie Lindsay of Regis, 6-2, 6-3 in the first round. Ebensperger’s loss wasn’t for lack of effort however.

“Anna played her absolute best match of her season, playing her heart out.

Anna’s footwork was superb as she got to all of her opponent’s corner shots,” said coach Beth Trudeau. “Her top-spin ground strokes were great and was able to outlast Aquinas on shots during several points. I am so proud of Anna today and very excited to have her back for two more years.”

Franzel takes third at sectionals DURAND – Unity/Luck sophomore Julie Franzel earned her way to sectionals in Durand and ended up taking third place. Despite losing by a 6-4, 6-0 score in the first match of the day to Jenny Geary of Aquinas, Franzel bounced back in

Unity/Luck’s No. 1 singles player, Anna Ebensperger, lost at sectionals in the first round.

Julie Franzel competed at sectionals, where she took third place.

Steen finishes 19th at state

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer MADISON – Luck/Unity golfer Avery Steen spent Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 1112, golfing at the state meet on University Ridge Golf Course for the second straight time in her short high school career.

The Luck sophomore tied for 19th place

with a two-day total of 179. On Monday Steen played 18 holes of golf on the par 72 course shooting a 46 on the front nine and 47 on the back nine for a total of 93 on the first day.

Steen picked it up on the second day, shooting seven strokes better with a 45 on the front nine and a 41 on the back nine.

She shot two birdies on the final two holes of the course, and ended her sophomore season with another two more years to improve her game and make an even better run at state.

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Kalmoe, a 206 St. Croix Falls graduate, is in her third season as a member of the Minnesota Gopher Rowing Team. The Gophers began their fall rowing season with a successful Head of the Mississippi Regatta in Minneapolis on Oct. 9. Kalmoe competed in both the Coxed Four (4+) event and the Varsity 8 (8+) events, and her boats placed first in both events. The Gophers continued their fall season at the Head of the Rock Regatta in Rockford, Ill. on Oct. 16, where Kalmoe again rowed in the Coxed Four (4+) and won the field of 26 boats in 17:30:17. Kalmoe then rowed the stroke seat in the Women's First Varsity Eight (8+) which placed fourth in a field of 25 competitors. The Gophers will conclude their fall racing season by splitting the squad between the Head of the Iowa in Des Moines, Iowa and the Princeton Chase in Princeton, N.J. on Oct. 31. More information is available at gophersports.com. – submitted ••• LEADER LAND – Megan Kalmoe, a 2001 St. Croix Falls graduate, has been named to the 2010 United States National Rowing Team and will compete at the World Rowing Championships in Lake Karapiro, New Zealand, Oct. 31-Nov. 7. Kalmoe will compete in the Women's Quadruple Sculls (W4X) along with teammates Sarah Trowbridge (Guilford, Conn.), Natalie Dell (Somerville, Mass.) and Margot Shumway (Westlake, Ohio).

This is Kalmoe's third consecutive year on the U.S. National Team.

Kalmoe represented the United States in the Women's Double Sculls in the 2008 Olympics in China and the 2009 World Championships in Poland.

The Women's Double Sculls events are scheduled for Oct. 31 and Nov. 5. The events will be streamed live on Worldrowing.com. More information is available at USRowing.com, Worldrowing.com, at Kalmoe's Web site, Megankalmoe.com and at her mom's Web site, olympicmom.com. – submitted ••• LEADER LAND – The Lincoln versus Luck Cardinals football game is being broadcast on 104.9 FM from Rice Lake on Thursday, Oct. 14, beginning at 1 p.m.

••• GREEN BAY – The Dolphins at Packers football game is being broadcast on 105.7 FM on Sunday, Oct. 17, beginning at noon.

••• MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Sunday, Oct. 17 Cowboys at Vikings game begins at 3:15 p.m., and can be heard on 104.9 FM. ••• LEADER LAND – Local sports tidbits to share? Please contact the Leader by 4:30 p.m. on Mondays to go in Extra Points. – Marty Seeger ••• LEADER LAND – Leader Sports strives to follow the college careers of area athletes. If you know of an athlete who will be playing collegiate sports in 2010 and hasn’t been mentioned, send us an e-mail or call and we’ll take it from there. – Marty Seeger

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Pirates on top of the conference in Bruce Arnold, McKinley and Roberts finish with top-10 performances

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer BRUCE – The Pirate boys cross-country team earned a conference championship after a commanding victory in Bruce Tuesday, Oct. 12 , replacing Webster as the area’s elite team as they prepare for regionals.

“The boys were extremely happy with the results. Anything can happen at these meets especially when you are running against some very talented teams,” said coach Paul Huskamp, adding that six of the seven Pirates were named all-conference.

Zack Arnold led the Pirates with a fifthplace overall finish and a time of 17:43, while teammates Steven McKinley and Kyle Roberts finished eighth and 10th with times of 18:07 and 18:10 respectively.

Zach Arnold led the Grantsburg Pirates with a fifth-place overall finish.

St. Croix Falls Rashaud Kelash and Grantsburg’s Steven McKinley finished within seconds of each other, McKinley eighth and Kelash ninth.

Unity/Luck’s Austin Baker finished with a time of 19:52.

Tiger runner Joey Erickson finished second at the conference meet on Tuesday, Oct. 12. – Photos by Larry Samson “Zack’s times are coming down and he continues to set the pace for us but Steven isn’t far behind. Steven McKinley was pleased to be back in form after dealing with Achilles tendon and shinsplints most of the season. Kyle and Jacob have been towards the top all season and have been running well which is unusual for firstyear runners,” Huskamp said.

Daniel Biorn, Jacob Ohnstad and Brendan Kutz finished under 19 minutes with times of 18:26, 18:29 and 18:35 respectively. Rounding out the seventh spot was Nick Lindgren with a time of 20:41.

“Daniel Biorn and Brendan Kutz continue to show they can be hard to beat as well improving each race. It’s good to have Brendan back in good running condition as he and Daniel are a vital part of our success. Nick, our seventh runner, shows improvement each race and rounds out our top seven. Now we have our sights set on sectionals,” Huskamp said.

For the Webster Tigers it was Jack Taylor who led a field of nearly 80 competitors with a time of 16:51, and the conference championship. His teammate

Webster’s Jack Taylor led the pack with a time of 16:51, being named the conference champ.

Joey Erickson came in second place with a time of 17:18. Meanwhile, Devin Greene came in seventh with a time of 18:05, and was followed by Matt Smith, 20:03; Taylor Heinz, 20:13; Brad Krause, 20:20 and Cody Isaacson, 20:48.

St. Croix Falls came in fourth overall with Alex Frey leading the team with a 18:04, and Rashaud Kelash finishing in ninth place with a time of 18:10. Nate Graveson came in with a time of 18:45, Joe Thayer, 20:06, Chris Eisen, 20:14; Brendon Gearhart, 20:24 and Anthony Locken, 23:19.

Unity/Luck runners came in seventh overall with Colton Sorenson leading with a time of 19:46, along with teammate Mickey Muller, who also had a time of 19:46. They were followed by Austin Baker, 19:52; Dylan LeMay, 21:04; Matt Schultz, 21:31; Ben Bengtson, 22:23 and Aaron Cousins, 22:38.

Viking girls clutch conference title Sarah Knauber, Sam Nelson finish in top two spots

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer BRUCE – As predicted, the Viking girls cross-country team dominated the Lakeland Conference cross-country meet at Bruce on Tuesday, Oct. 12, with Sarah Knauber finishing out as the conference champion, followed by teammate Samantha Nelson in second. Knauber finished with a time of 16:22 and Nelson was just two seconds behind.

Finishing fifth overall was Calla Karl with a time of 17:32 and Leah Ingebretson, in eighth place, finished with a time of 17:46. Sage Karl came in 22nd with a time of 18:29 followed by Tanesha Carlson, 18:56, and Katie Simpson, 18:59.

St. Croix Falls came in fourth overall with their lead runner, Allie Holmdahl, coming in 11th overall with a time of 18:00. Autumn Erickson and Bailey Bergmann placed just eight and nine seconds behind Erickson and in 14th and 15th overall, followed by Savannah Stone, Ashley Bollig, Chisato Toda and Jessica Derrick.

For the Grantsburg girls it was a fifthplace overall finish with Angela Gaffney, who also made all-conference, placing strong in fourth place with a time of 17:12.

Viking runner Sarah Knauber (LEFT) received the title of conference champion, while teammate Samantha Nelson finished two seconds later. – Photos by Larry Samson “She was so nervous before the race as she has been dealing with shinsplints and was unsure of what her performance would be like. She is a determined runner that will give it her all no matter what. The finish helped restore her confidence,” coach Paul Huskamp said.

Rosie LaMere placed 30th overall with her time of 19:20, and she was followed by

Allie Holmdahl led St. Croix Falls, finishing in 11th place overall.

Jordan Christophers, Jaden Cook and Kaelah Maslow.

“Even though Rosie and Jordan weren’t all-conference, both of them had one of the best times all season,” Huskamp said.

Unity/Luck took sixth overall in a field of eight teams, and Emily Bethke and Ella Luepke finished in 21st and 26th, with times of 18:27 and 18:23 respectively. Following them were Jade Rau, Megan Vol-

Webster’s Kally Schiller finished fifth at the conference meet with a time of 16:53. gren and Anna Luepke.

The Webster Tiger girls had just four girls in the running at Bruce, yet two freshmen, Kally Schiller and Emma Kelby finished in the top 10. Schiller placed fifth overall with a time of 16:53 and Kelpy took sixth with 17:04. Tatyana Pope took 43 rd with a time 19:55 and Olivia Kopecky had a time of 21:44.

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Playoff hopes stay alive for St. Croix Falls Final two games are must-wins for Saints St. Croix Falls 47, Webster 12

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – The Saints rollercoaster season is nearing an end, but their upcoming games against Unity and a nonconference game against Elk Mound are crucial if the Saints have any plans of getting into the playoffs.

Last season it was the Eagles that knocked the Saints from playoff contention and Unity will again make the effort to play the spoiler. While the score against Webster appeared to be a relative blowout, the Saints clung to a 13-6 halftime lead with Webster catching the Saints defense off guard with a number of clever plays.

The Saints defense was stellar in their opening stand as they forced the Tigers to punt in just two minutes of their first possession of the game. After the Tigers punt a brief fumble, that was recovered back by the Saints, backed them onto their own 8yard line. They moved the ball well, however, as Auney Seifert took the ball on a

Saints running back Auney Seifert led St. Croix Falls in the ground game with 162 yards on 19 carries and a touchdown in their win over Webster. – Photos by Marty Seeger 37-yard gain across midfield, which helped set the Saints in position to score with 6:34 to go in the first quarter on a 7yard Seifert run.

The Tigers responded quickly on their next possession, as Austin Bork broke free through the center of the Saints defensive line and took the ball 80 yards for the touchdown. The PAT failed but the first quarter ended with the Saints holding a 76 lead.

At the start of the second quarter the Saints scored early on a 16-yard touchdown run by Nick Johnson and the Saints defense forced the Tigers to punt. The Saints sustained a long drive that took

LEFT: St. Croix Falls senior Spencer Walters takes the ball down the sideline on a kickoff return, as Webster's Anthony Dietmeier tries to chase him down.

State golf/continued Danielson earns state title MADISON – Casey Danielson of Osceola won her secondstraight state championship with a two-day, 18-hole total of 138, which was seven strokes better than her nearest competitor, Brooke Ferrell of

over six minutes before Johnson finally scored on a 2-yard run to make it a 20-6 Saints lead.

Webster answered again on their next possession, when Bork was destined to score on nearly the first play from scrimmage. From the Saints own 44-yard line, Bork ran it to near the 6-yard line before Johnson caught up and stripped the ball away. The Saints recovered the fumble and took over on their own 6-yard line, but Webster’s defense kept them in check and got the ball back near midfield with 52 seconds to go in the first half.

On their first play, the Tigers converted a play similar to a flea flicker, on a Lincoln Spafford pass to quarterback James Wethern for 49 yards to the 3-yard line. Bork eventually scored on a 2-yard run to make it a 20-12 Saints halftime lead.

In the second quarter the Tigers pulled out another surprise on the kickoff when they got the ball back on an onside kick.

Fortunately, their good fortune and field position was stopped by the Saints defense on fourth down and four.

Things started opening up for the Saints after the defensive stop, and the second half seemed a lot brighter. The Saints scored 27 unanswered points and went on to a nice conference win.

Alex Bertram scored twice on short gains in the third quarter, as did Johnson on an 11-yard run. Jake Rademacher scored the Saints final touchdown of the game on a 14-yard run.

Seifert led the Saints with 162 yards rushing on 19 carries with one touchdown. Bertram had 103 yards on 20 carries and two touchdowns. Johnson had 62 yards on nine carries.

Bork led the Tigers with 133 yards on just three carries, with the 80-yard touchdown to his credit. The Tigers were held to a total 213 yards rushing, and completed five of nine passes for 124 yards.

Garrett Eichman had a great night of defense for the Tigers with 18 tackles and two tackles for losses. Spafford and Mason Kriegel each had seven, and Anthony Dietmeier had six. Josh Baer and Cliff Benjamin each had five.

Edgerton, who is also a sophomore.

Danielson shot three under par and on the first day of the tournament, had three birdies on the front nine and an eagle on the par 5, No. 16 hole. On the second day, Danielson birdied five times, and bogeyed just four times during the entire two-day tournament.

Luck’s Avery Steen competed in the girls golf state tournament for the second year in a row.

– File photos by Marty Seeger

Osceola girls golf player Casey Danielson won the state tournament in her division with a total of 138 in the two-day, 18-hole tournament.

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Lakers win conference over Vikings Shell Lake 20, Frederic 0

by Larry Samson Washburn County Register FREDERIC — With a 20-0 win over the Frederic Vikings on Friday, Oct. 8, the Lakers have earned themselves the Small Lakeland Conference Championship; this will be their seventh undefeated championship in eight years. In 2009 they lost out to Flambeau with a 7-1 record. Shell Lake lost to Frederic in the second game of the playoffs 21-14 in overtime, and for the 17 returning seniors, this is the game they have been waiting to play all year.

Frederic won the flip and elected to receive. The Shell Lake defense held and Frederic was forced to punt after three

downs and little yardage. The Shell Lake offense moved the ball downfield on nine plays before they stalled on the Frederic 16-yard line and turned the ball over on downs.

On the next series of plays, Frederic converted with a Ben Ackerley to Waylon Buck 15-yard pass but stalled when they were held to eight yards on three runs.

The quarter ended with a 0-0 score and it looked to be an old-fashion defensive game.

Early in the second quarter, Tom Helstern connect with Tyler Anderson with a 37-yard pass that put Shell Lake on the 28yard line. Seven plays later, Mitch Kraetke crossed the goal line on a 3-yard run and Shell Lake was the first to put seven

Tyler Anderson with a 37-yard reception in the second quarter, helped set up the first touchdown for the Lakers. — Photos by Larry Samson

The game between Shell Lake and Frederic on Friday, Oct. 8, was billed as the game of the season; it was the clash of the Titans. The Lakers came out on top with a resounding 21-0 victory. It was a rematch from their 21-14 loss to the Frederic Vikings in the second game of the playoffs last year.

points on the scoreboard with the extrapoint kick. Frederic had the opportunity to come back and tie the game when they moved the ball from their 40-yard line down to the 6-yard line on 12 plays. Ackerley connected four times to Buck for 51 yards. With a fourth-and-goal situation, the Frederic quarterback quickly lined up his team for one last push as the seconds ticked off the clock. In the confusion, he downed it thinking it was third down. Instead of going into the half tied up or down by four they came away without any points after an impressive series. That turned out to be the deciding factor for the game.

Shell Lake came out in the third and quickly put seven more points on the scoreboard with seven plays. Helstern broke a 40-yard run and was stopped at the 15-yard line. In a ball-controlled game plan, the Lakers moved down the field until Helstern went over on a 2-yard run for a touchdown. The extra point was

good and it was a 14-0 game. Frederic moved the ball 19 yards on two runs only to loss four yards when Tony Peterson was taken down behind the line of scrimmage. On the next play, Ackerley was sacked and was intercepted by Tyler Anderson to stop their drive. Four downs later Shell Lake punted the ball away and Frederic moved the ball 56 yards downfield but came away with nothing when they were forced to punt. A 25-yard pass to Anderson moved the ball down to the 30-yard lined, and Helstern moved the ball downfield eating up the clock until he took it over on a quarterback sneak. That was the last score of the game as Shell Lake came away with a 20-0 win. These two teams could meet again in the playoffs, which will start in two weeks.

Shell Lake will travel to Winter for a Friday afternoon game on Oct. 15 that starts at 3 p.m. Winter is in their third season playing varsity football and have yet to win a game this year.

Grantsburg burns up the Comets Grantsburg 36, Cameron 14

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer CAMERON – The Grantsburg Pirates sure picked a good time of the year to come to life and get seriously tough. They handed the Cameron Comets a loss at home on Friday, Oct. 8, that also was a schooling. After a strong win the week before against the Saints, the Pirates again showed they are a force to be reckoned with, and may still have some postseason possibilities.

The Pirates rushing game was almost unstoppable, and tallied nearly 500 yards - including an incredible 276 yards for Derek Bertelsen and another 151 yards for Kyle Johnson. Once agin, Bertelsen and Johnson were probably left with a few meal-buying duties for their linemen pals up front, after the kind of protection and solid hole openings they’ve given to the dynamic Pirate backfield.

Grantsburg only attempted one pass, so they were a ground team, and it worked very, very well.

Bertelsen got the Pirates up early with a 49-yard scamper in the first quarter that would prove to be a vision of things to come for visiting Grantsburg fans. Kyle Johnson would roll over for a two-point conversion, giving the Pirates a lead they would hang onto all night. Bertelsen would become very familiar with the Comet end zone, as he spent quite a bit of time in there, waiting for the rest of the squads to catch up.

Johnson was also a force to be reckoned with and used that solid Pirate line to his advantage a short while later in the first quarter, pushing through for a 4-yard

The Grantsburg Pirates moved the ball efficiently against the Cameron Comets last Friday, Oct. 8, in Cameron for a big win entering their final two games of the season. – Photo by Mark Bell/Barron News Shield touchdown, with an unsuccessful conversion, making it 14-0, Grantsburg.

Bertelsen would again break through the line and leave the Comets huffing in the second quarter, this time from 77 yards out. Johnson was good with the two-point conversion, and the Pirates would find

that was all they needed for the night.

But they were far from done.

The Comets came to life a bit in the second frame, scoring from 3 yards out and then making the two-point conversion.

But the Pirates were also on their marks on defense, picking off the Cameron

passes twice, one each for Gavin Meyer and Trevor Thompson, keeping the Cameron passing game on edge.

Bertelsen once again broke through the Comet defense for a long run, this time from 82 yards out, and even with a failed two-point, the Pirates suddenly were on their way to a stunning victory.

Bertelsen would do it again before the halftime gun sounded, the next time from only half the distance of the field - 49 yards out - capped by a solid Johnson two-point, the Pirates had plenty of gas in the tank for a victory, amassing 257 yards on four Bertelsen scoring scampers alone.

Those kinds of numbers are notable anywhere and show how explosive the Grantsburg ground game really can be.

Cameron would score one more time in the third frame, this time on an 8-yard pass. But the Pirate defenses held the line and kept the hosting Comets in check for the remainder.

Grantsburg rolled over the Comets, 3614, and also gave the squad a real shot at the playoff party. While they have a very tough closing schedule, with juggernauts Clear Lake and Flambeau up next, respectively, they may be hard to control – and therefore, hard to beat. With the kind of protection, running-back depth and momentum the Pirates have shown in the last few outings, they are nobody’s easy opponent. Add a passing game to the equation and Cinderella may have started her last chores for the night.

The Pirates and Cameron now have identical, 3-1 conference and 4-3 overall records, with both squads perched at the edge of eligibility. But after the kind of night the Pirates had, they may be the squad to bank on.

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Luck boys recover and beat Bruce Luck 27, Bruce 16

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer LUCK – The Red Raiders from Bruce tried their best to spoil Luck’s homecoming contest on Friday, Oct. 8, and did three quarters worth of damage, but the Cardinals finally woke up and smelled the java, coming back on a heads-up defensive play

by Brady Klatt to fire up the crowd and get the offense back on track for a 27-16 victory.

Bruce was a formidable foe, shutting down the Luck offense like few teams have this season. The Cardinals were quick out of the gates with a memorable, 38-yard touchdown run by Ben Kufalk at 10:15 in the first quarter, giving the Luck boys a cowboy swagger early on.

But the Raiders responded 15 seconds later with a galloping touchdown run of their own - theirs was for 64 yards by ace senior Jeremy Shimko. The Raiders made the dually conversion, countering Luck’s blocked kick, giving Bruce a lead they would hold until the beginning of the fourth quarter.

Kufalk had several dandy runs again, but also faced a wall of hungry Raiders, which forced two Cardinal fumbles in the first quarter - both recovered by Bruce.

The Raiders Derek Olesiak rushed 5 yards in for a score at 2:49 in the first quarter, and the Bruce special teams again converted the dually, giving the visitors a 166 lead, and suddenly making the seating very uncomfortable for the Luck fans.

Luck was truly having trouble moving the ball at all. They were also hampered by miscues and penalties, while the Raiders seemed to dominate the first half, but somehow were held out of the end

Luck’s Ben Kufalk gets past a diving Bruce defensive back to scamper deep into Red Raider territory. – Photo by Greg Marsten zone again by a solid Luck defensive secondary.

The Cardinal offense must have switched from decaf for the second half, nearly scoring several times, and looking more like the team they should be. But they had many of their accomplishments nullified with errors and penalties, keeping them behind the eight ball for much of the game.

It was with 2:14 remaining the third quarter that the Luck contingency got a Taser-like zap of confidence when Brady Klatt jumped in front of a Bruce pass and sprinted 25 yards for a touchdown that was a true game changer. Klatt’s defensive timing has been one of the real Cardinal highlights this season. Between his blocked kicks, runs and interceptions and solid hits, his timing and attention to de-

tail is worth noting and has picked the team up when little else seemed to work.

It worked again, as the Cardinals seemed renewed. The Luck defense stuffed the Raiders deep in their own territory on a critical third down as the final frame began, and a 45-yard Ben Kufalk punt return gave the Cardinal offense a chance to start anew. Landen Strilzuk then tap-danced 10 yards in for a score - and a Luck lead - for the first time since two minutes into the game. Strilzuk finished with 106 yards of rushing on 21 attempts, adding to Kufalk’s 124 yards of rushing on just 10 carries.

The Cardinal defense then held tight, and began to shine. Roger Steen picked off a Raider pass less than a minute later, and then Strilzuk became a passer, firing a strike to Cole Mortel from 32 yards out for a 27-16 Luck lead - a score that would hold through several more miscues by both squads. Strilzuk would finish the night with four completions for 93 yards as a passer, all of those completions to Mortel.

Luck was able to fend off a late-game charge by the Raiders, and even held them after a fumble recovery deep in Cardinal territory, sealing the victory and, as it turns out, an assured playoff berth for the Cardinals. The Luck boys ended the night with 359 total offensive yards, and allowed just 232 yards of real estate for the Bruce boys, most of it by Shimko.

But Luck will need more than a late wake-up call to stay alive in the playoffs, as they were very close to getting beat by a team that many fans thought would be a cakewalk.

Siren bears down on the Winter heat Siren 55, Winter 0

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer WINTER-The Siren Dragons continued to get back on a roll on the gridiron with their second-straight 50-plus-point victory Friday, Oct. 8, this time against the overwhelmed Winter Warriors. The Dragons dominated the whole way, and came away with a 55-0 victory.

“A good day indeed,” stated Siren head coach Bill Hoefler. “Players adjusted quite nicely with the heat.”

The heat he was referring to was the bizarre, October heat wave that brought the mercury up past the 80-degree mark, something not usually seen in late season northern Wisconsin football.

But the Dragons adjusted well, having no problems with cramps, heatstroke or the desire for umbrella drinks. Instead, they just went out and dominated on both sides of the line.

On offense, Isaac Wegner led the way for the Dragons with 178 yards on just six carries. Wegner ended up scoring thrice, with touchdown runs of 69, 65 and 5 yards out. Wegner also had an interception return for a 45-yard touchdown, giving him back-to-back, four-touchdown games.

Also with multiscoring honors for the Dragons was Jeremy Wikstrom, who added two scores on runs of 15 and 3 yards. Siren’s Evan Oachs also scored with a touchdown run of 16 yards.

“We totaled 275 yards Jeremy Wikstrom of offense against the bigger Winter team,” Hoefler stated proudly, adding that while the Dragons concentrated more on their running game, quarterback Eli Hinze completed three passes for 30 yards.

The game went to running time in the second half, allowing the Siren JV squad to get some extra playing minutes, as well.

“The junior varsity played well in the latter part of the third quarter and fourth quarter,” Hoefler said, adding that they even picked up some offensive production, with a Josh Lemieux score on a 5yard run.

Defensively, the Dragons were a brick wall with no doors, holding Winter to just 50 yards of total offense. Dana Hubbell led the way with 14 tackles, 12 of them unassisted, with three tackles for losses and a massive kickoff hit that Dana Hubbell got the visiting crowd cheering, according to Hoefler.

Other Siren defensive notables included Andrew Brown, who had five tackles, in-

cluding a sack and a forced fumble. Will Haines kept busy, as well, registering five tackles and one for a loss. Hoefler also noted Shay Johnson’s play on defense, especially his four tackles and his play up front. “(Johnson) dominated from his noseguard position against a player almost 100 pounds bigger than him,” Hoefler said, calling the dominating 55-0 win a team effort. He also gave some credit to the local fans, which had a good showing from Dragon town, with over 30 students attending with teachers.

“This really got the team fired up and provided the team with the support that helped them win this game,” Hoefler said.

Siren now moves to 2-4 in conference play, with a 3-4 overall record. They host an explosive Bruce Red Raider squad Friday, and will certainly have more of a challenge at hand.

A tale of two halves Unity plays first half at Glenwood City, game ends in Boyceville Glenwood City 34, Unity 14

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer GLENWOOD CITY/BOYCEVILLE – The Unity and Glenwood City football teams found themselves in an interesting situation last Friday, Oct. 8, when the lights shining down on the field decided to go out with about four minutes remaining in the first half.

Unity was trailing 20-7 in the first half, and after a delay of about 30 minutes, the game was moved to Boyceville.

“Our options were to forfeit the game,

finish it on Saturday or find a place to finish Friday night,” said Unity coach Dave Anderson, who added a big thank-you to the Boyceville School District for allowing them to finish out the game. Boyceville was hosting Mondovi on the same night, so Unity and Glenwood City played out their second half after the Boyceville game.

“Both teams had a number of players that would not have been able to play on Saturday, so the decision to finish the game Friday night was our best option,” Anderson said, who faced another challenge in trying to keep his kids focused with such a long break.

“It is very hard to keep the players focused and ready with it being dark, such a long break, and the uncertainty of what was going to happen. They were able to keep it together and play well in the sec-

ond half,” Anderson said.

Glenwood City scored the first two touchdowns of the game in the first quarter, once on a 38-yard run by Nick Nueske, who scored the other touchdown on a 7yard run. Neuske also had a 61-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second quarter before the Eagles got on the board with a 17-yard touchdown catch

by Jason Vlasnik on a Luke Nelson pass.

Isaac Tuttle scored on a 1-yard run and a 12-yard run in the third quarter for the Hilltoppers, before Unity scored the final touchdown of the game on a Kyle Sorenson 8-yard touchdown run.

Sorenson led the Eagles with just 38 yards on 12 carries and Xavier Foeller had 30 yards on seven carries. Nelson completed 14 of 30 passes for 146 yards and had five interceptions and one touchdown pass.

On defense Unity was led by Sorenson and Vlasnik, who were in on eight tackles, and Dylan Hendricks and Kevin Bystrom had seven. Jordan Hughes and Brady Turner locked in on six tackles and Derek Campbell contributed in four tackles.

The Eagles will try to snap a five-game losing streak when they travel to St. Croix Falls Friday, Oct. 15, and wrap up the season at Webster on Thursday, Oct. 21.

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Luck shuts down Siren in conference closeout Luck 3, Siren 0

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer LUCK – It was the end of the regular season for the Cardinals Tuesday, Oct. 12, as they hosted Siren in a contest that was their last hurrah before the playoffs begin next week. Siren has a triangular with Flambeau at Bruce Thursday, Oct. 14, but the Luck match was their last chance at gaining some conference traction before the seeding meetings on Oct. 13 that determine playoff pairings.

The Cardinals were solidly in charge the whole way, winning in straight sets and finishing the regular season on a high note with a steady 3-0 performance. Luck won handily in the first game, 25-16, and by a similar margin in the second set, 25-18.

They ended the contest with a confidenceinspiring 25-6 win, capped by an impressive 11-point serving run for sophomore outside hitter Jillian Peterson, who also registered six aces on the night.

Freshman Bella Nelson led the charge Tuesday with a total of 13 kills, followed by senior ace Morgan Denny, who came away with nine stuffs on the night. Siren statistics were not available at press time.

The Dragons have had a roller-coaster, up-and-down season, dominating several matches, and having a hard time staying in the game in others. They finish their conference season with a 3-7 record, and minus Thursday’s Bruce triangular results, an overall mark of 6-10.

Luck’s recent games have gone their way, giving them a 6-4 final conference mark, and a final overall record of 15-15.

They have sought out tournaments at every corner and have almost as many games under their belt as any team in the West Lakeland, save for St. Croix Falls which had two more contests.

Siren’s Ashley Guevara gets up for a block.

– File photo by Brenda Martin

Pirates coach Bill Morrin meets with his team between games. – File photo by Brenda Martin Luck libero Jaimee Buck (No. 8) returns a shot as Bella Nelson (No. 18) prepares for a kill. – File photo by Greg Marsten Grantsburg 3, Shell Lake 0 GRANTSBURG – The Pirates volleyball team closed out another amazing regular season as they trampled Shell Lake in a sweep of three games by scores of 25-6,

25-5 and 25-10. Their 10-0 record in the conference complements a stellar 25-0 record overall and the Pirates will be obvious favorites heading in the playoffs starting Tuesday, Oct. 19.

In the meantime, the Pirates will take the court on Saturday, Oct. 16, at a tournament in Cameron against teams from Fall Creek, Barron, Cameron, Bloomer and Chetek-Weyerhaeuser.

Against Shell Lake on Tuesday, Oct. 12,

the Pirates were in control with just seven total errors and 26 kills.

Clayton 3, Unity 1 CLAYTON– The Eagles lost to the Bears at Clayton by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday, Oct. 12, in their final game of the regular season. No game stats were available at press time.

Turtle Lake 3, St. Croix Falls 0 TURTLE LAKE – Turtle Lake defeated the Saints in a three game sweep on Tuesday, Oct. 12, in Turtle Lake. No game stats were available at press time.

Webster at Clear Lake CLEAR LAKE – Webster played at Clear Lake Tuesday, Oct. 12, but no scores or stats were made available at press time.

Unity libero Hayla Bader gets low on a dig.

– File photo by Marty Seeger

Alicia Chelberg eyes up the ball for the Saints while playing against Unity. – File photo

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Webster’s Sarah Nyberg receives a serve while teammates Michelle Gibbs (No. 4) and Ally Daniels look on. – File photo by Brenda Martin

Cardinals win their own triangular Luck 2, Birchwood 0 Luck 2, Lac Courte Oreilles 0

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer LUCK – The Luck Cardinals had little trouble dispatching with two visiting squads in the Monday, Oct. 11, triangular at Luck, beating both Birchwood and Lac Courte Oreilles in straight sets.

Luck jumped ahead quickly over Birchwood in the first contest, never trailing once and moving to a solid, 25-7 victory.

The second game with the Bobcats was quite similar, with the Cardinals dominat-

ing at the nets, and blocking with aplomb.

Freshman Bella Nelson registered seven kills in the two games, as well as a pair of aces, followed by Morgan Denny’s six kills and two players with five each: Ashley Dexter and Camille Marsten. The Cards also had steady serving by several players, including Jillian Peterson, who had three aces, and Jaimee Buck, who also tallied a pair of aces.

The Cardinals made quick work of the LCO squad in the second contest, jumping to a fast lead and never looking back, winning in straight sets, 25-5 and 25-8.

Several notables for that set included a remarkable seven kills by Buck, and three each for Hannah Karl and Nelson. Buck and Karl also added five digs each to their tally. Morgan Denny continued to be a danger at the net with seven kills, followed by the freshman Nelson’s six stuffs.

RIGHT: Luck sophomore Jillian Peterson dives for a dig against the Birchwood Bobcats. Peterson also had a good night serving for the Cards. – Photo by Greg Marsten

Pirates win another tourney Grantsburg 2, Albany, Minn., 0 Grantsburg 2, Rush City, Minn., 0 Grantsburg 2, McGregor, Minn., 0 Grantsburg 2, Zimmerman, Minn., 0

by Brenda Martin Leader staff writer BRAHAM, Minn. – Grantsburg was the champ at the Braham, Minn., volleyball tournament, winning the four matches

they played. They defeated Albany, Minn., 25-12 and 25-11, Rush City, Minn., 25-9 and 2510, McGregor, Minn., 25-11 and 25-7 and Zimmerman, Minn., 25-7 and 25-10.

The team totaled 101 kills during the tourna-

Kortney Morrin

ment, Kortney Morrin with 53, Lauren Finch 18, Carly Larson nine, Emily Cole seven, Gab Witzany 6 and Nikki Ticknor and Saisha Goepfert four each. Sets made totaled 169, Emily Cole with 121, Larson 22, Witzany 12,

Tiffany Meyer

Kylie Pewe nine, Morrin three and Goepfert two.

Twenty-nine ace serves were completed of the team’s 197 total serves. Tiffany Meyer aced nine, Cole eight, Morrin five, Pewe four and Larson one.

Digs were made by Morrin with 27, Meyer 23, Cole 18, Larson 16, Finch 12, Witzany nine, Pewe four, Hanson two and Goepfert and McKenzie Ryan each one.

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St. Croix cruises over Eagles ries of nonconference games. They head back to Shell Lake on Saturday, Oct. 16, for a tournament that features teams from Boyceville, Flambeau, Ladysmith, Prairie Farm and Shell Lake.

Against Shell Lake last Thursday the Vikings were led by Krysta Laqua with 13 kills, while Corissa Schmidt had eight, Maria Miller had five and Alli Anderson had one. Frederic had several aces on the night with Schmidt leading with four, and Laqua, Miller and Emily Wells getting three apiece.

Schmidt led in digs with 12, Miller, nine; Vanessa Neumann, seven and Laqua and Lauren Domagala each had four digs.

End of the regular season already in sight St. Croix Falls 3, Unity 0

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The Saints came to play against Unity on Thursday, Oct. 7, getting a much-needed win in an already tight conference and a regular season that’s ending soon. St. Croix Falls ended the night on a three-game sweep by scores of 25-22, 25-17 and 25-21.

“All in all it was a good night for us.

Now we are 5-4 in conference and tied somewhere in the middle of the pack,” said coach Stacie Hoff.” The conference is really much better this year than previous years and it makes games way more enjoyable and fun to watch.”

At 5-4 in the conference the Saints have one more game against a solid Turtle Lake team, (see game story in this week’s Leader) before regionals begin on Oct. 19.

The Saints have had some ups and downs throughout the year, but have proven capable of winning close games by limiting some mistakes.

“We played very well last night. The girls were having fun and we only had eight missed serves compared to 17 from Tuesday night’s loss. That really makes the game in a tight match,” Hoff said, adding that the team’s passing and coverage was good, and they also eliminated some of their hitting errors.

Of the three games, the first went well for both teams, and despite Unity going down by as much as four points, they battled back to take a lead late in the game.

Unfortunately the Eagles fell apart and they struggled in game two. In the final game three, Unity fell behind by nine points early, and brought it back to within four late in the game, but St. Croix Falls pulled out the sweep.

Sarah Petznick led the Saints with nine kills, four blocks and assisted on seven blocks. She also had seven digs and four serving aces. Natalie Sempf had five kills, three assisted blocks and one dig. Heather Gilbert had six digs, and Alicia Chelberg and Sydney Geisness each had four digs.

Geisness also had six assisted blocks and Gilbert led with 13 assists.

Webster 3, Clayton 0 WEBSTER – Since mid-September the Webster Tigers volleyball team has sported a 4-1 record and has been steadily improving as the end of the season nears.

Despite a more recent 3-2 loss to Unity, the Tigers have grabbed wins over Turtle Lake, rival Siren and more recently, a 3-0 sweep over Clayton on Thursday, Oct. 7, by scores of 25-21, 25-23 and 30-28.

“I feel as though the girls are playing well. There are always things we can improve upon to become a better team.

Webster’s Siiri Larsen (RIGHT) tips the ball over a Clayton player during Thursday’s game. – Photo by Brenda Martin

Saints freshman Kierstyn Campbell sets the ball for a Saints teammate late in the third game against the Eagles Thursday, Oct. 7. – Photo by Marty Seeger However, the girls are very adaptable, eager, and playing with more confidence,” said coach Mindy Widiker.

Clear Lake is the final game on the schedule for the Tigers in the regular season, and the way the Tigers have played since September there’s no telling where they might be able to go once the playoffs begin Tuesday, Oct. 19.

“We knew we’d be up against some good teams during this final stretch of regular season matches. We needed to execute our game plans and play smart in order to finish towards the top. The girls have done a great job, and should be proud,” Widiker said.

Against Clayton the Tigers were led in kills by Michelle Gibbs, who had 13, while Mary Johnson had 11, Ally Daniels, six and Alyssa Main added four. Siiri Larsen led in assists with 26, and Daniels led with five digs. Gibbs, Sarah Nyberg and Johnson had three digs apiece.

Frederic 3, Shell Lake 0 SHELL LAKE – The Vikings volleyball team earned a three-game sweep of the Shell Lake Lakers on Thursday, Oct. 7, with scores of 25-17, 25-18 and 25-22. It was the Vikes only win in the conference this season, and came at the right time as they’ll be preparing for playoffs with a se-

Frederic’s Krysta Laqua goes for the kill against Shell Lake. – Photo by Kelly Schmidt

Turtle Lake 3, Luck 1 TURTLE LAKE – The Luck Cardinals were able to fend off the Lakers for one game, but then became another victim of the Turtle Lake volleyball squad on the road Thursday, Oct. 7, losing the match, 31.

The Lakers took an early lead in the first game, and were up by a dozen for most of the contest until Luck senior Morgan Denny took over and went on a nice charge with her serves. The Cards moved to within eight points, but could not overcome the early deficit, losing 25-17.

The Cardinals seemed more together in the second game, taking an early lead even, up by six points before the Lakers responded and tied, 19-19. The Turtle Lake squad has solid court coverage, though, and the Cardinals were stymied in their efforts to break away. The contest was quite tight, and both teams played solid at the net, with Luck finally breaking away and winning, 26-24.

Suddenly it was anybody’s match and the early part of the third game proved it.

Then both squads seemed to run out of gas, or at least have a bad fuel pump, because there were service errors aplenty on both sides. However, the Lakers were more consistent and found several holes in the Luck defense, eventually getting a lead and holding onto it, 25-15, for a 2-1 lead.

Turtle Lake and Luck were back and forth again in the fourth game before the Lakers rallied, capitalizing on Luck’s unforced errors and their own steady net play. Luck could not contain the serving of the Lakers seniors, and again had a hard time with their returns. Even with several slick dump shots from freshman Tessa Clemenson, the Cardinals were too far behind to recover, losing the game, 2516, and the match, 3-1.

“We weren’t at our best but we played a pretty good game against Turtle Lake,” Luck head coach Alyssa Notermann said.

“We anticipate seeing them again at regionals.”

The Lakers are, without a doubt, one of the strongest teams in the region. They have several very talented upperclassmen who can make plays happen, are unfazed by pressure and seem well tuned to each other’s moves and replies. Luck may want to recall what worked and what didn’t go so well, as they very well may see the Lakers again quite soon, just as Notermann

Luck setter Hannah Karl and middle blocker Ashley Dexter (No. 11) team up for a shot as Bella Nelson (No. 18) looks on. – Photo by Greg Marsten said.

Turtle Lake closed out their season against St. Croix Falls Tuesday, Oct. 5, and while they were stifled by the Grantsburg machine this season - like everyone else they were also one of the few teams to dominate quite consistently, otherwise, and could be very well primed for a solid playoff run.

Luck closed out their season Tuesday, Oct. 5, against Siren, and will finish solidly in the middle of one of the best conferences in the northern half of the state.

They very well could be a team that ends a playoff opponent’s season earlier than they’d wish. – Greg Marsten, Leader staff writer

Grantsburg 3, Siren 0 SIREN – The Grantsburg Pirates continue to sail through each West Lakeland Conference volleyball opponent with their 3-0 win over the Siren Dragons on Thursday, Oct. 7. Grantsburg won in three quick games, 25-7, 25-4 and 25-11.

Kortney Morrin led the team with 22 kills against the Dragons, Emily Cole made five, Nikki Ticknor four, Carly Larson, Saisha Goepfert and Gab Witzany two each and Lauren Finch, RuthAnn Pedersen and Macy Hanson one apiece.

Cole assisted in 18, Witzany set up five and Larson and Sam Schwieger each one.

Serving aces were made by Cole with seven, Tiffany Meyer with two and Kylie Pewe and McKenzie Ryan with one each.

Cole had 29 serves against Siren, with zero errors. Meyer served 14 with no errors and Pewe served 10 with one single error.

Three blocks were made by Larson for the defense. Digs were made by Morrin with eight, Cole six, Witzany five, Finch four, Larson and Meyer three. – Brenda Martin, Leader staff writer

Siren’s Amber Hall sends a hit over Grantsburg blockers Gab Witzany and Saisha Goepfert.

– Photo by Brenda Martin

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Bjelland homers twice as Lund records save WINONA, Minn., – Mollie Bjelland, 2007 Grantsburg graduate and senior on the Winona State fast-pitch team, hit home runs in each game of a doubleheader against UW-La Crosse on Oct. 8.

Winona State won game Mollie Bjelland one by a score of 6-0.

In game two, 2010 Grantsburg graduate and freshman on the WSU team, Michelle Lund, pitched six innings of relief to record a save in an 8-2 win. Lund struck out four. Lund entered the game in the second inning with Winona leading UWLa Crosse 2-0 after WSU ace, Stacey Struzynski, completed an inning of work as part of her injury-rehab program.

Lund’s first appearance was on Sept. 25 with a 10-4 win over UW – Parkside, Kenosha, in which she pitched a complete

A R E A Hacker’s Lanes

Sunday Youth (3 Games) Standings: Infinite 10, The Three Amigos 10, The Bowlers 9, ????? 5.5, Team Hambone 4.5, ?? 4, Brothers & Arms 3, JDZ 2.

Girls games: Corissa Schmidt (??) 173, Julia Owens (?????) 187, Lauren Domagala (??) 138.

Girls series: Corissa Schmidt (??) 421, Lauren Domagala (??) 355, Julia Owens (?????) 342.

Boys games: Logan Hacker (TH) 197, Gary Ekholm (TH) 187, Charlie Lindberg (In) 171.

Boys series: Logan Hacker (TH) 584, Gary Ekholm (TH) 530, Kyle Hunter (TB) 472.

Team games: Team Hambone 446, The Bowlers 446, ?? 412.

Team series: Team Hambone 1300, The Bowlers 1249, Infinite 1164.

Sunday Night No Tap Standings: Packer Backers 6, Knaubers 5, Jeff’s Team 5, Chuck’s Team 4, Late Comers 4, Long Shots 4, No Names 3, Happy Campers 1.

Women’s games: Debbie Swanson (PB) 216 & 210, Debbie Mattson (PB) 205.

Women’s series: Debbie Swanson (PB) 601, Jan Kruse (CT) 578, Sheila Hanson (JT) 554.

Men’s games: Len Knauber (K) 300, Jeff Cummings (JT) 277, Len Knauber (K) 264.

Men’s series: Don Swanson (PB) 762, Len Knauber (K) 727, Jeff Cummings (CT) 694.

Team games: Packer Backers 882 & 833, Knaubers 825.

Team series: Packer Backers 2417, Knaubers 2334, Chuck’s Team 2286.

Monday Afternoon Standings: Vultures 16, Night Hawks 11, Zebras 11, Eagles 11, Swans 11, Bears 10, Badgers 6, Cardinals 4.

Women’s games: Mary Young 225, Marge Traun & Pearl Noble 178.

Women’s series: Mary Young 498, Marge Traun 473, Pearl Noble 462.

Men’s games: Duane Doolittle 235, Dale Johnson 220, Dennis Bohn 206.

Men’s series: Dale Johnson 579, Duane Doolittle 576, Dennis Bohn 571.

Team games: Night Hawks 727, Vultures 710, Eagles 653.

Team series: Vultures 1987, Night Hawks 1962, Eagles 1794.

Monday Night Ladies Standings: Hog Wild (formerly No Name Bowlers) 21, Hacker’s Lanes 18.5, The Bottle Shop 16.5, Mane Attractions 14, House of Wood 14, Bye 0.

Individual games: Julie Hall (MA) 173, Susan Houston (MA) 172, Robin Lindvall (BS) 171.

Individual series: Julie Hall (MA) 463, Susan Houston (MA) 462, Barb Morgan (HW) 460.

Team games: Mane Attractiond 618, Hog Wild 585, Hacker’s Lanes 577.

Team series: Mane Attractions 1684, Hog Wild 1616, The Bottle Shop 1580.

Tuesday Classic Standings: Great Northern Outdoors 47, Bottle Shop 41, Yellow Lake Lodge 32, SHWHORAW CO. 28.5, Pioneer Bar 23.5, Rural American Bank 23.

Individual games: Brett Daeffler 258, Tom Coen 247, Butch Hacker 235.

Individual series: Brett Daeffler 707, Butch Hacker 646. Tom Coen 640.

Team games: Great Northern Outdoors 663, Bottle Shop 646, Yellow Lake Lodge 636.

Team series: Great Northern Outdoors 1851, Bottle Shop 1811, Yellow Lake Lodge 1749.

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Roehrs repeats at Brainerd International Raceway Frederic native wins second straight drag-racing crown

Michelle Lund pitches for Winona State University. – Photo submitted game. – submitted

BRAINERD, Minn. – When the Bracket Drag-Racing Series’ fifth and final race concluded last weekend, Steve Roehrs found himself in a familiar place – on top of the points standings in the Pro ET Class for the second consecutive year.

Roehrs and 13 other racers were crowned series champions last week for winning their individual classes in the season long Bracket Drag-Racing Series.

They will be recognized at BIR’s annual driver Steve Roehrs

B O W L I N G

Consecutive strikes (5 or more): Tom Coen 6X = 247, 7X = 225; Ed Bitler 7X = 232; Ron Skow 5X = 225; Rita Bohn 5X = 243; Brett Daeffler 7X = 256.

Games 50 or more above average: Brett Daeffler 258 (+71); Tom Coen 247 (+70); Daryl Bazey 228 (+63).

Series 100 or more above average: Brett Daeffler 707 = (+146); Daryl Bazey 609 (+114); Tom Coen 640 = (+109).

Splits converted: 5-7: Brett Daeffler. 47-10: Kelsey Bazey.

Wednesday Night Early Men’s Standings: A-1 Machine 14, Pioneer Bar 12.5, Skol Bar 10, Lewis Silo 9, Cummings Lumber 8.5, Larsen Auto 6.

Individual games: Dave Gabrielson (LS) 236, Curtis Renfroe (SB) 234, Buck Hanson (PB) & Curtis Renfroe (SB) 225.

Individual series: Curtis Renfroe (SB) 626, Mark Bohn (SB) 595, Buck Hanson (PB) 586.

Team games: Skol Bar 956, Pioneer Bar 953, Skol Bar 935.

Team series: Skol Bar 2729, Pioneer Bar 2685, A-1 Machine 2582.

Thursday Early Standings: American Family Siren 32.5, Fab Four 31, Red Iron Studios 29, Frontier Trails 28.5, Wikstrom Construction 26.5, Daeffler’s Quality Meats 24.5, Hell Raisers 20, Grindell Law Offices 16.

Men’s games: Don McKinney (FF) 276, Ed Bitler (RIS) 269, Dennis Lieder (FuT) 268.

Men’s series: Ed Bitler (RIS) 708, Don McKinney (FF) 702, Brett Daeffler (FT) 697.

Team games: Fab Four 744, Daeffler’s Quality Meats 702, Red Iron Studios 688.

Team series: Fab Four 2053, Frontier Trails 2009, Grindell Law Offices 1927.

Consecutive strikes (5 or more): Ed Bitler 249 (X5) Games 50 or more above average: John Anderson 213 (+61); Ed Bitler 249 (+62); Brett Daeffler 237 (+57); Dennis Lieder 226 (+63); Don McKinney 249 (+69); Tim Pederson 216 (+61).

Splits converted: 3-10: Bert Meyer, Laryn Larson. 4-5: Gilbert Meyer. 7-8: Brian McBroom. 9-10: Dennis Lieder.

Thursday Late Mixed Standings: Hansen Farms Inc. 15, Hog Wild BBQ & Grill 11, Fisk Trucking 11, Johnson Upholstery 8, Stotz & Company 6.

Women’s games: Heather Wynn 173, Rita Frandsen 156, Tom Bainbridge 193.

Women’s series: Heather Wynn 475, Rita Frandsen 436, Dale Frandsen 525.

Men’s series: Eugene Wynn Sr. 217, Lee Mangelsen & Tom Bainbridge 193.

Men’s games: Eugene Wynn Sr. 575, Eugene Wynn Jr. 527, Dale Frandsen 525.

Team games: Hansen Farms Inc. 857, Johnson Upholstery 832, Stotz & Company 819.

Team series: Hansen Farms Inc. 2542, Stotz & Company 2374, Johnson Upholstery 2280.

Friday Night Ladies Standings: The Leader 24, The Dozers 23, The Pin Heads 23, Frederic Design & Promo 19, Pioneer Bar 15, Junque Art 14, Meyers Plus 14.

Individual games: Tammy Lindberg 212, Gail Linke 210, Karen Carlson 190.

Individual series: Karen Carlson 535, Gail Linke 520, Tammy Lindberg 490.

Team games: Junque Art 676, The Pin Heads 624, The Dozers 588.

Team series: Junque Art 1803, The Pin Heads 1730, Frederic Design & Promo 1606.

Games 50 or more above average: Tammy Lindberg; Gail Linke.

McKenzie Lanes

Monday Night Ladies Standings: Sam’s Carpentry 41.5, Milltown Appliance 38, McKenzie Lanes 37, Frederic Truck & Tractor 37, Wolf Creek Log Furniture 35, Edina Divas 33, Metal Products 27.5, Bogus Pumpkins 23.

Individual games: Sammi Smith 210, Donna Petersen 197, Yvonne Snyder 191.

Individual series: Yvonne Snyder 554, Sammi Smith 543, Cindy Castellano 503.

Team games: (Handicap score) Frederic Truck & Tractor 856.

Team series: (Handicap score) Frederic Truck & Tractor 2477.

Monday Night Madness Standings: McKenzie Lanes 18, Alleycats 16, Scottay’s Trucking 15, Triple Threat 12, Radio Shack 10, Eagle Lounge 9, Mishaps 8, Pepie’s Gals 8.

Individual games: Einberger Clausen 236, Debbie Swanson 207, Barbara Benson 195.

Individual series: Heidi Carey 533, Debbie Swanson 528, Barbara Benson 523.

Team games: (Handicap score) Scottay’s Trucking 684, Triple Threat & Radio Shack 679.

Team series: (Handicap score) Scottay’s Trucking 1928, Mishaps 1891.

Tuesday Early Mixed Standings: Jim’s Flooring 24.5, Lamar Stars 24, What the Ek 23, Mom’s Boys 22.5, Lemon Heads 20, Lane Crashers 19, Lets Start 19, Bye 0.

Women’s games: Brenda Lehmann 181, Linda Larson 150, Barb Palmier 149.

Women’s series: Brenda Lehmann 452, Barb Palmier 405, Vicki Minnick 393.

Men’s games: Jeff Lehmann 245, Kevin Ek 224, Jeff Bringgold 196.

Men’s series: Jeff Lehmann 612, Kevin Ek 570, Jeff Bringgold 538.

Team games: Lemon Heads 551.

Team series: Lemon Heads 1442.

Tuesday Women’s Standings: Hauge Dental 55.5, Kassel Tap 50.5, Country Gals 44, LC’s Gals 42, Custom Outfitter 41, Tomlinson Insurance 40, Gutter Dusters 34, Cutting Edge Pro 33.

Individual games: Lana McKenzie 192, Audrey Ruck 191, Kelley Hill, Judy Sturgul & Norma Hauge 185.

Individual series: Norma Hauge 536, Shirley Wilson 510, Jan Kruse 507.

Team games: (Handicap score) Hauge Dental 847, Kassel Tap 838, Coutnry Gals 808.

Team series: (Handicap score) Hauge Dental 2438, Kassel Tap 2387, Country Gals 2335.

Tuesday Night Men’s Standings: Steve’s Appliance 71.5, The Cobbler Shop 56, McKenzie Lanes 53.5, Centurview Park 52, Nel-Lo-Hill Farm 42, Dream Lawn 41.5, The Dugout 41.5, Hack’s Pub 37.

Individual games: Rick Fox 279, Mike Hill 259, Darren McKenzie 258.

Individual series: Mike Hill 704, Mark Kamish 677, Darren McKenzie 673.

Team games: (Handicap score) McKenzie Lanes 1268.

Team series: (Handicap score) Nel-LoHill Farm 3467.

Wednesday Early

banquet in December.

Roehrs repeated as the Pro ET Class series champion but by the slimmest of margins. He finished ahead of Bob Ingman by only six points, in a points system that rewards drivers with about 100 points for winning each round. Roehrs and his 1982 Camaro won the second race and was runner-up in the third race in a class that averaged over 80 cars each event.

Now in its 42nd season, Brainerd International Raceway is one of North America’s largest race tracks, featuring a world-class quarter-mile drag strip, the 3.1-mile, 10-turn Donnybrooke Road Course, the 2.5-mile, 13-turn Competition Road Course, 300 acres for rustic camping, 164 full-service RV sites and 12 on-site condos. BIR is about 120 miles north of the Twin Cities. For more information, visit www.BrainerdRaceway.com, or call 1-866444-4455. – submitted

R E S U LT S Standings: Cutting Edge 18, Amrhien Painting 16, Suzie Q’s 14, Hack’s Pub 12, Holiday StationStore 12, Top Shot 10, Pro Fab 6, Bye 8.

Women’s games: Janice Fox 191, Dixie Runberg 184, Justine Melin 180.

Women’s series: Janice Fox 508, Dixie Runberg 486, Justine Melin 454.

Men’s games: Mike Welling 226, Merlin Fox 205, Tim Shalander & Ryan Hopkins 191.

Men’s series: Mike Welling 614, Merlin Fox 550, Bob Chitty 532.

Team games: (Handicap score) Amrhien Painting 681.

Team series: (Handicap score) Hack’s Pub 1895.

Wednesday Night Men’s Standings: Dalles Electrical 34, Davy’s Construction 28, Edina Realty 28, Harvest Moon 20, Tiger Express 16, Reed’s Marina 14, Hanjo Farms 12, McKenzie Lanes 8.

Individual games: Scott Davison 267, Darren McKenzie 247, Rick Antonson 244.

Individual series: Darren McKenzie 714, Craig Willert 661, Bob Carey 654.

Team games: (Handicap score) Harvest Moon 1094, Tiger Express 1030.

Team series: (Handicap score) Harvest Moon 2985, Davy’s Construction 2887.

Thursday Night Ladies Standings: Truhlsen Chiropractic 63, Bont Chiropractic 57, KJ’s 53, Cutting Edge Pro 50, Eagle Valley Bank 47, Hauge Dental 47, RiverBank 43, Hack’s Pub 40.

Individual games: Michelle Roettger 204, Jackie Patterson 203, Jen Whelan 194.

Individual series: Lana McKenzie 545, Jen Whelan 513, Jackie Patterson 510.

Team games: Hauge Dental 789, Cutting Edge Pro 783, Truhlsen Chiropractic 782.

Team series: Truhlsen Chiropractic 2330, Hauge Dental 2259, RiverBank 2229.

Saturday Night Mixed Standings: Pin busters 40, Ten Pin Titans 32.5, Melonbergers 28.5, The In-Laws 22.5, Happy Campers 22, Roller Coasters 21, Eureka Bombers 20, Fisk Trucking 17.5 Women’s games: Kathy Braund 187, Jan Lehmann 185, Jean Judd 174.

Women’s series: Jan Lehmann 502, Jean Judd 461, Linda Katzmark 461.

Men’s games: Erv Lehmann 244, Gene Braund 219, Roger Fisk 210.

Men’s series: Erv Lehmann 612, Gene Braund 606, Steve Loney 579.

Team games: (Handicap score) Pin Busters 911, The In-Laws 898, Ten Pin Titans 857.

Team series: (Handicap score) Pin Busters 2690, Ten Pin Titans 2541, The In-Laws 2464.

Black & Orange

Early Birds Standings: Yellow River Saloon 14-2, The Tap 10.5-5.5, Gandy Dancer Saloon 6.5-9.5, Black & Orange 1-15.

Individual games: Linda Strong (YRS) 180, Claudia Peterson (B&O) 173, Michelle Lysdahl (YRS) 163.

Individual series: Linda Strong (YRS) 482, Marcy Viebrock (B&O) 462, Michelle Lysdahl (YRS) 436.

Team games: Yellow River Saloon 865, The Tap 836, Black & Orange 832.

Team series: Yellow River Saloon 2527, Black & Orange 2485, The Tap 2443.

Monday Night Standings: Glass & Mirror Works 11-5, Black & Orange 11-5, Larry’s LP 6.5-9.5, Pope’s Construction 3.5-12.5.

Individual games: Art Bliven (L) 235, Dean Eytcheson (G&MW) 233, Arnie Pope (PC) 208.

Individual series: Dean Eytcheson (G&MW) 580, Art Bliven (L) 569, Curt Phelps (G&MW) 564.

Team games: Glass & Mirror Works 1041, Pope’s Construction 969, Larry’s LP 920.

Team series: Glass & Mirror Works 2846, Larry’s LP 2654, Pope’s Construction 2641.

Games 50 or more above average: Dean Eytcheson 233 (+65); Art Bliven 235 (+60).

TNT Standings: Flower Power 12-8, Cashco 10-10, Larry’s LP 9-11, Black & Orange 911.

Individual games: Patty Bjorklund (L) 219, Jennifer Kern (L) 215, Sue Eytcheson (FP) 189.

Individual series: Jennifer Kern (L) 541, Sue Eytcheson (FP) 467, Julie Chalupsky (B&O) 439.

Team games: Larry’s LP 936, Cashco 860, Flower Power 843.

Team series: Larry’s LP 2449, Cashco 2430, Flower Power 2403.

Games 50 or more above average: Patty Bjorklund 219 (+86); Jennifer Kern 215 (+57).

Splits converted: 4-10: Jennifer Kern.

Wednesday Night Standings: Cashco 12-4, Northview Drive Inn 10-6, Lions 9-7, 10th Hole 9-7, Black & Orange 5-11, Vacant 3-13.

Individual games: Mike Young (NDI) 215, Tim Vasatka (B&O) 205, Jack Witzany (L) & Chuck Houman (10th) 190.

Individual series: Mike Young (NDI) 566, Bill Simmons (L) 541, Mike Zajac (C) 540.

Team games: Northview Drive Inn 954, Lions 950, Cashco 921.

Team series: Lions 2751, Northview Drive Inn 2740, Cashco 2649.

Early Risers Standings: 10th Hole 13-7, Gandy Dancer 11-9, A+ Sanitation 10-10, Gayle’s Northwoods Hair Design 6-14.

Individual games: Janice Carlson (GNHD) 182, Lylah Nelson (A+) 166, Phyllis Myers (A+) & Claudia Peterson (GD) 164.

Individual series: Janice Carlson (GNHD) 454, Lylah Nelson (A+) & Mylah Sperling (A+) 429, Phyllis Myers (A+) & Carol Phelps (A+) 421.

Team games: A+ Sanitation 723, Gandy Dancer 718, 10th Hole 682.

Team series: A+ Sanitation 2018, 10th Hole 1934, Gandy Dancer 1917.

Thursday Night Ladies Standings: Webster Motel 10.5-5.5, Vacant 10-6, Lip’s 6.5-9.5, Pour House 5-11.

Individual games: Christine Arntson (WM) 166, Amanda Grabow (WM) 259, Daphne Churchill (L) 152.

Individual series: Daphne Churchill (L) 424, Christine Arntson (WM) 414, Shaurette Reynolds (L) 405.

Team games: Webster Motel 665, Lip’s 641, Pour House 638.

Team series: Webster Motel 1931, Pour House 1890, Lip’s 1885.

Denny’s Downtown Lanes

Sunday Afternoon Mixed Standings: 3-Ms 24, George’s Angels 20, Team Siren 18, Bye 17, The Pacifiers 14, Spare Us 12.

Women’s games: Bea Moyer 159, Ernie Meyer 146.

Women’s series: Bea Moyer 402, Ernie Meyer 367.

Men’s games: Jim Loomis 171, Scott Lamphere & Jim Loomis 147.

Men’s series: Jim Loomis 445, Scott Lamphere 413.

Team games: George’s Angels 413, Spare Us 392.

Team series: 3-Ms 1099, Bye 1080.

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Danish gymnasts invade the Luck School gymnasium LUCK - The students, staff and guests at Luck Schools were treated to a pair of fantastic shows Monday, Oct. 11, by the Danish DGI Ribe Rep Touring USA Team.

The group of 14 men and 16 women dancers and gymnasts performed a free, hour-long show as part of their U.S. tour.

The show included music, dancing, lots of gymnastics, tumbling and educational classes for local students.

The Danish team has a rich history, going back over 40 years to when Hans Rosager would take gymnasts on trips through the states, performing for smaller crowds and staying with local families, just as the latest group did this week.

While the shows are free, the performers actually have to raise over $3,500 to go on tour, and practice for many hundreds of hours before embarking on the U.S. junket. They will perform shows next in Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois before going on an actual sightseeing tour of the U.S. The Luck show was the first performance of the tour and was quite a highlight for those who attended.

The gymnasts are from the southwestern region of Denmark and must try out to be on the team. While they are professionals, they have actual lives outside of gymnastics, as many are students, while the rest are everything from carpenters to

The Danish show included tumbling, composition and interpretive dance, as well as gymnastics. – Photos by Greg Marsten bookkeepers to computer technicians and plumbers.

The gymnasts also did workshops with local kids to teach them some of their moves, and they even had some interest from middle-school boys. The DGI group

The gymnasts found many interesting uses for the pommel horse. is also considered a social team and considers themselves ambassadors of their native culture, and are also intrigued about the U.S. cultural twists.

The choreography and routines were top-notch and brought the house down.

LEADER SPORTS SCOREBOARD VOLLEYBALL

West Lakeland Standings Team Conf. Overall Grantsburg Pirates 10-0 25-0 Turtle Lake Lakers 8-2 17-9 Webster Tigers 7-2 14-5 Clayton Bears 6-4 16-6 Luck Cardinals 6-4 15-15 St. Croix Falls Saints 5-5 14-17 Clear Lake Warriors 4-5 12-8 Unity Eagles 4-6 7-10 Siren Dragons 3-7 6-10 Frederic Vikings 1-9 4-12 Shell Lake Lakers 0-10 1-21 Scores Thursday, October 7 Frederic 3, Shell Lake 0 Grantsburg 3, Siren 0 Turtle Lake 3, Luck 1 Webster 3, Clayton 0 St. Croix Falls 3, Unity 0 Saturday, October 9 Grantsburg 2, Albany, Minn., 0 Grantsburg 2, Rush City, Minn., 0 Grantsburg 2, McGregor, Minn., 0 Grantsburg 2, Zimmerman, Minn., 0 Monday, October 11 Luck 2, Birchwood 0 Luck 2, Lac Courte Oreilles 0 Tuesday, October 12 Clayton 3, Unity 1 Grantsburg 3, Shell Lake 0 Luck 3, Siren 0 Turtle Lake 3, St. Croix Falls 0 Webster at Clear Lake (no score available) Upcoming Thursday, October 14 7:30 p.m. Siren at Bruce Glenwood City at Clear Lake Siren at Flambeau Saturday, October 16 9:30 a.m. Grantsburg at Cameron Tournament Tuesday, October 12 TBA Regionals

CROSS COUNTRY Upcoming

Monday, October 18 4:30 p.m. Unity/Luck at St. Croix Falls Frederic at St. Croix Falls

FOOTBALL

Small Lakeland Standings Team Conf. Overall Shell Lake 7-0 7-0 Frederic 5-1 6-1 Luck 5-2 5-2 Turtle Lake 4-2 4-2 Northwood/Solon Springs 3-3 4-3 Siren 2-4 3-4 Bruce 2-4 3-4 Birchwood 0-6 0-6 Winter 0-6 0-7 Large Lakeland Standings Team Conf. Overall Clear Lake 4-0 7-0 Grantsburg 3-1 4-3 Cameron 3-1 4-3 Flambeau 2-2 4-3 St. Croix Falls 2-3 3-4 Webster 1-4 2-5 Unity 0-4 1-6 Scores Friday, October 8 Grantsburg 36, Cameron 14 Glenwood City 34, Unity 14 St. Croix Falls 47, Webster 12 Shell Lake 20, Frederic 0 Luck 27, Bruce 16 Siren 55, Winter 0 Clear Lake 57, Flambeau 13 Northwood/Solon Springs 48, Birchwood 12 Upcoming Thursday, October 14 7 p.m.

Frederic at Birchwood Webster at Boyceville Cameron at Flambeau Northwood/Solon Springs at Turtle Lake Friday, October 15 7 p.m.

Bruce at Siren Clear Lake at Grantsburg Unity at St. Croix Falls Shell Lake at Winter

TENNIS

Standings Team Overall Unity-Luck 5-9 Upcoming Thursday, October 14 2 p.m.

State Individual Tourney at Nielsen, Madison Friday, October 15 8:30 a.m. State Individual Tourney at Nielsen, Madison Saturday, October 16 8:30 a.m. State Individual Tourney at Nielsen, Madison

The gymnasts started and ended the show with the flag corps and Danish national anthem.

The strength required for some routines is second only to keeping the pain from showing on your face.

A laughably dismal 2-5 record last week caused the Swami’s seasonal mark to plummet to 26-16, or 62 percent. “I can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear this time,” he declared morosely. “I always try to stay positive and see the glass as half full, but what can I say?” he THE SWAMI asked rhetorically.

“Last week I just plain blew it.”

Then he walked away down the street with his shoulders slumped, yet whistling a halfhearted version of Monty Python’s “Always Look on the Bright Side.”

This week’s predictions:

The Swami

PREDICTS

Boyceville 21, Webster 13 – The Tigers battle valiantly but the Bulldogs win it, you will see.

Clear Lake 38, Grantsburg 6 – Grantsburg smells a playoff spot but in this game won’t have a shot.

St. Croix Falls 30, Unity 8 – SCF’s been up and down. Some thought they might win the crown.

Frederic 55, Birchwood 0 – This matchup makes the Bobcats queasy. A Vikings win will be too easy.

Luck 20, Alma Center-Lincoln 13 – “AC-L is not a gimme!” warns a young fan we’ll call “Timmy.”

Bruce 34, Siren 6 – The Dragons want win number 4, but a Raiders victory is in store.

Shell Lake 63, Winter 0 – Oh my gosh.

This won’t be pretty. Poor Winter’s team is really struggling.

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Larsen bags 50th consecutive bow buck years, and I really had to hunt,” he recalled.

Yet, through every season, Larsen has managed to take a buck with archery equipment through deer herds thick or thin.

This year he considers the deer herd to be quite thin and isn’t in favor of the herdcontrol season coming this weekend. He’s already spent a good amount of time observing the deer in his area and the buck he shot in September is the first he’d seen.

But even with a mild disgust for the shortage of deer, Larsen will continue to hit the woods during the archery season. He was even out last Sunday in his shooting house, not to hunt, but to enjoy the wildlife.

“I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. Bow hunting to me is way beyond rifle hunting. You get to sit there and wait and you see so much wildlife, I mean you get to see everything.”

Larsen will also hope to hit the woods during the rifle season. He has another surgery planned but is hopeful it can wait until after the nine-day season. And whatever change may come his way before now and next fall, you can bet that he’ll be visiting his shooting house again for a chance at archery buck No. 51.

Shows no signs of hanging it up at 78

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer LUCK – Change is a part of life and Roger Larsen of Luck has seen his fair share of changes over the years, especially in the world of bow hunting. Whether it’s the tactics he’s used, the equipment or changes to the environment, Larsen has adapted by way of necessity. But one thing hasn’t changed for Larsen as he’s been able to take a buck in each of his 50 archery seasons.

Larsen arrowed his 50th consecutive buck during the Wisconsin archery season near his home in Luck on on a Saturday evening, Sept. 25, at about 6:30 p.m., taking a unique 8-point buck while using his crossbow. The other 49 deer have also come from near his home, yet no further away than Frederic or Milltown.

“My boy is evidently going to have it mounted, I don’t know … I wouldn’t have!” said Larsen, with a long laugh. He admits that he’s never gone after the big bucks, but wouldn’t hesitate on a big one if given the opportunity.

Larsen isn’t a boastful hunter, yet his wife thought differently as this reporter entered the driveway on a recent Monday for a second visit in the past four years.

“Will I need to buy more thread to sew the buttons back on his shirt?” Loretta joked, as Larsen stood on his front porch, laughing.

In 2006 the Leader ran a story on Larsen’s 46th buck in a row, which was an 8-point and Larsen’s largest buck ever.

Since then, nothing seems to have changed, yet the 78-year-old wasn’t sure he’d hit No. 50 when he found out he’d need surgery on the carotid artery in his neck, which had significant blockage. Although he and his family knew surgery was imminent, the surgery came after shooting his 50th buck.

“I had to get it shot and get it done, because I didn’t know how long I’d be laid up and be able to hunt,” Larsen said.

Loretta added, “Then we were going to get some more outside work done before he had surgery but, needless to say, we had a deer to take care of and get in the freezer first but we got it done.”

Like the 49 bucks before it, Larsen’s deer have always gone straight to the

Indian Creek Trophy

Larry Root shot this 9-point buck on Sept. 29 near the Indian Creek area. – Photo submitted

Roger Larsen of Luck holds the unique-looking 8-pointer he shot in late September, marking his 50th consecutive archery buck. – Photos by Marty Seeger freezer, and venison is the reason he Ben Pearson Spoiler but, not all that long started bow hunting in the first place. He ago, Larsen had to resort to using a crosscredits his brother for first introducing bow. him to bow hunting and was drawn to it “If I could pull my bow I’d still be huntby the thought of getting an extra tag and ing with it, but I can’t,” Larsen said, and another deer for the freezer. He practiced added that baiting has helped him inmany hours with a Reynolds aluminum crease his chances since he can’t hunt from longbow he borrowed from his brother a tree stand anymore. Many of his more and eventually shot a 6-point buck with it recent bucks have been taken from a in 1960. He’s owned several bows since shooting house within walking distance then, including a 45-pound recurve made from his home.

by Bear Archery, which he claims to have There’s no doubt that hunting is still a taken more deer with than any other bow challenge for Larsen, yet there were many he’s owned. lean years when just seeing a buck was It wasn’t until the 1980s that Larsen difficult. tried out the newer compound bows and “There were years when we had the big has shot numerous deer with each. The snow … God, boy I’ll tell ya, bow hunting last compound bow he purchased was a was really tough for about two or three

Roger Larsen hoists up his best buck ever, taken in 2006, which dressed out at 215 pounds.

Schommer shoots huge Polk County bruin With a little help from a generous family from Milltown

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer FREDERIC – The 2010 black bear-hunting season came to a close on Tuesday, Oct. 12, and along with it came stories of huge bears taken throughout the state. On the season opener Wednesday, Sept. 8, a 763-pounder (live weight) was killed in Shawano County over bait, and on the following day, a 17-year-old Flambeau High School student killed a 711-pound (live weight) bear near Hawkins.

It was only a matter of time before Polk County experienced its own bear story, which came to light on Saturday, Oct. 9, when Walt Schommer shot his first-ever bear, weighing in at 621 pounds. They estimated the bear to be around 570 pounds dressed.

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Walt Schommer stands next to the 621-black bear he shot near Milltown last Saturday, Oct. 9. The bear could be one of the largest ever taken in Polk County. – Photo courtesy of Great Northern Outdoors

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Pheasant season opens statewide Oct. 16

MADISON – The fall 2010 Pheasant Hunting Season opens statewide at noon Oct. 16 and runs through Dec. 31.

In Wisconsin, research has shown that wetlands are one of the most important year-round cover types for pheasants.

Areas within the pheasant management counties that contain adequate winter cover such as cattail and shrub-carr marshes, well-established native prairie fields and areas with 15 percent or more of the landscape in idle grassland will have the highest pheasant densities. It will be important for hunters to identify areas with high-quality habitat, concentrating their hunting efforts in that area.

“Successful hunters will have a number of potential hunting spots lined up and be ready to move in order to find birds,” says Sharon Fandel, DNR acting upland wildlife ecologist.

During the 2009 pheasant-hunting season, more than 57,000 hunters went out in search of pheasants and reported harvesting 241,732 birds. The top counties for harvest included Dane, Fond du Lac and Waukesha.

Pheasant stocking program This fall, Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologists plan to release approximately 51,000 game-farm pheasants on 71 public hunting grounds. This is an increase from 2009 when 45,000 gamefarm pheasants were stocked on 71 public hunting grounds.

Hunters can check the Pheasant Stocking on State Properties map on the DNR Web site or the 2010 Pheasant Stocking Information Sheet, identifying public hunting grounds slated for pheasant stocking.

Stocked public hunting grounds are primarily located in the southern part of the state, in the core of the pheasant range.

Hunters should carefully verify which public hunting grounds have a 2 p.m. closure and/or allow hen pheasant hunting.

More information on the 2010 pheasant population outlook is available as part of the 2010 Fall Hunting and Trapping Forecast. See the 2010 Wisconsin Small Game Hunting Regulations, available on the hunting and trapping regulations page, for additional details.

Wild pheasant populations Throughout much of the southern half of the state, winter conditions (2007-2008 and 2008-2009) were moderate to severe with heavy snow. Spring weather during the last three breeding seasons has also been a challenge with cool and/or wet conditions, resulting in decreased brood success.

“Two of the past three winters and springs have been very hard on Wisconsin’s wild pheasant population,” added Fandel. “Both major surveys used to gauge pheasant populations in the spring showed decreases in 2010, on top of decreases observed over the prior two years.”

The spring crowing count survey showed a 3-percent decrease and the rural mail carrier pheasant survey showed a 14percent decrease in the number of roosters counted compared to 2009.

In addition, brood survey information collected in July and August showed a 33percent decrease in the number of broods seen per observer and a decrease in the average brood size, from 5.2 in 2009 to 4.3 in 2010.

Bag limits On Saturday and Sunday Oct. 16 and 17, the daily bag limit is one cock and the possession limit is two. For the remainder of the season the daily bag limit is two cocks and the possession limit is four.

Some public hunting grounds offer both hen and rooster pheasant hunting, which requires a free permit and tags, and some properties also have 2 p.m. closure times.

The 2 p.m. closure requirements are only in effect for the first two weeks of the pheasant season, from Oct. 18 through Nov. 3. A pheasant stamp is required to hunt pheasants statewide.

The Mentored Hunting Program 2010 marks the second year of the Mentored Hunting Program, which allows hunters age 10 or older, born on or after Jan. 1, 1973, to obtain a hunting license and hunt without first completing hunter education, provided they hunt with a mentor and comply with all of the requirements under the program.

For additional information and the requirements of the program, visit the Mentored Hunting Program Web site. – submitted

Youth see success in two-day hunt last weekend LEFT: Andrea Dumas of Grantsburg bagged her first deer. She is the daughter of Mark and Heidi Dumas of Grantsburg. AT RIGHT: Ashley Taylor harvested a nice 9-pointer during the Wisconisn youth hunt, and the photo to the right of Taylor shows Ryan Curtis of Webster with his 10-pointer he took last weekend, Oct. 9-10.

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Levi Eastwood, 15, of North Branch, Minn., shot his firstever buck – a 9-pointer, on opening morning of the Wisconsin youth hunt at about 7:30 a.m. Fifteen minutes later he was able to shoot a doe to fill his bonus tag. He was hunting in Polk County with his uncle Dean Nissen, and participated in the youth hunt last year and got his first-ever deer, a doe. – PhoMaria Oachs shot this 8From (L to R): Trevor Wolbe, Alex Schmidt and Kaitlin Warner shot deer during the two-day youth tos submitted unless otherwise pointer with a 16-inch hunt last weekend. The deer were registered at Clam Falls Bar. – Photos courtesy of Clam Falls Bar noted spread.

Bear continued This is Schommer’s second time trying to harvest a bear. After waiting eight years for a permit he was unsuccessful at shooting a bear. He patiently waited another eight years for a tag and he got more than just a very large bear; he got an eye-opening experience with a group of dedicated hound hunters.

“I was going to sit (over bait) and shoot, and saw a lot of sows and cubs,” Schommer said, but joked that nothing weighed more than he did.

Schommer had seen plenty of bears in the Frederic area, where he’d been hunting, but called on his friend Bruce Potter, also of Frederic, for help. Potter, who owns a couple of hounds, found a group of houndsmen, near Milltown, who took Schommer under their wing to help him get his bear.

“These people are just amazing,” Schommer said of the family of Randy and Denise Freer, who reside near Milltown, in Georgetown Township, where

the bear was killed.

Schommer was in awe of the Freer’s dedication to the tradition of hunting and hunting with hounds, their unselfishness, and trust for a person they didn’t know.

Schommer was also impressed they got everyone involved in the hunt.

“It was amazing. They take their wife and their kids out in the woods, and they walk down the roads in the fields and watch for their dogs and the bear,” Schommer said.

The hunt itself was just as exciting for Schommer. With a bear of this size, it wasn’t going up any tree, but rather, stayed in the cornfield where he eventually shot it.

“There’s three guys behind me without guns, going ‘go ahead,’ and I’m going, really?” Schommer recalled. He added: “I could hear him growling four rows away.

Finally he crossed and then he came down our row and he looked like a black angus (cow).”

Schommer said there was quite a celebration afterwards, with nearly 20 family members including wives, husbands, girl-

friends, boyfriends, grandparents and kids.

Schommer is getting a full-body mount of the bear by John Cardinal of Nature’s Image Taxidermy. Pending measurements of its skull, the bear could potentially be the largest bear, or one of the largest black bears, ever taken in Polk County with a rifle. A green score of the skull was unavailable at press time, but an official green score of the skull will be featured in the next issue of the Inter-County Leader.

According to the Wisconsin Buck and Bear Club, two Polk County bears had skulls measuring 22 inches, shot by Roy Basham in 2000 and Dale Ostenson in 2002. Schommer said the skull on his bear is likely one of the largest the Freer family has seen.

“It’ll go in the basement with the deer and turkey feathers,” Schommer said.

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Taylor Stowell, 17, of St. Croix Falls shot this bear in Douglas County on Oct. 2, that weighed 225 pounds. – Photo submitted

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New owners at AnyTime Fitness

by Nancy Jappe Leader staff writer SIREN - Although she and her husband only took over AnyTime Fitness Center in Siren as of Oct. 1, Kim Campion is no stranger to the place. She has been a personal trainer there since the business opened two years ago. Being involved with physical fitness has been an important part of her life as she and Dan met at the Grantsburg Fitness Center about 11 years ago. They’ve been married for the past nine years and have talked for a long time about getting into the business.

When the opportunity to buy out the previous owners came up, they jumped at the chance.

Dan Campion was raised in Lakeville, Minn. Kim is from Elk River, Minn. She is the daughter of Stan and Joyce Snow, who formerly lived in Siren. Dan moved to the area to take a job with Craig Selander, architect in Grantsburg. He is now employed by Johnson Lumber Company, Falun. He also spends a lot of time as a member of the Jackson Fire Department.

“We met here and stayed here,” Kim commented, adding that the Campions have two children ages 6 and 3. “We are really excited to be doing this,” she continued.

As to recent changes that have been made, the Campions put in a new water system and have done some cosmetic changes (painting, etc.) and added more

DirecTV channels. Space for tanning has been added, something that was not there before. They are keeping in touch with things their customers want to see done.

AnyTime Fitness Center is available to members 24 hours a day. Entry is by personal key that allows access to AnyTime Fitness Centers across the country. Kim Campion is there from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Evening hours can be set and other hours by appointment. “We are trying to be available as much as we can, especially during the busy times,” Campion said.

The center currently has 200 members.

“We know that we can do better because we had more in the past,” she went on to say. She and Dan are offering discounts to schools, county and government workers and emergency services personnel. They are setting up regular challenges to keep people motivated to exercise. One of those challenges is to put in 24 hours of workout time before Jan. 31, 2011. NatuAnyTime Fitness, located on Hwy. 35/70 north of Siren, is open to members via personal key rally this puts a sense of competition in 24 hours a day. Two personal trainers, Kim Campion and Ernie Hill, are available during certain the air to see who can reach that goal.

Campion and Ernie Hill are the two per- hours to provide personalized attention and direction as to the use of the various exercise equipsonal trainers who work individually with ment. – Photos by Nancy Jappe members to meet their own personal goals. “I have been here two years,” Cam- am glad to be here doing this. pion said. “I know a lot of members, hav“Every member who signs up gets a ing met them at different times. People personalized fitness program. People know something about me. I have been know what they are doing from the start. doing personal training for 10 years and Having personal trainers gives hands-on guidance. If one machine doesn’t work for the person, they can go to a different machine. This really helps people.”

Business at AnyTime Fitness is starting to pick up now that cold weather is nearly here. Even though access to the workout equipment is available 24 hours a day, Campion says that people like to have someone in the building. They like to come in and say hello. Kim and Dan Campion are working to become part of the community, hoping to increase the number of people who come in to say hello and see what advantages they will have if they choose to become AnyTime Fitness members.

For more information, call 715-349CLUB.

All types of exercise equipment are available to patrons of AnyTime Fitness Center. Membership extends all over the United States, and membership keys allow access to similar facilities all over the country.

Unity Lions build custom staircase

Unity Lions Club members Roger Englund and Andy Brown stand with Breanna Freer in front of a special custom staircase that will allow her to use her walker and crutches to access her house. Breanna is an energetic thirdgrader at Unity Elementary who has cerebral palsy. The $900 to buy the staircase materials was raised through community support of the Lions Club at the Roger’s Reader fundraiser in Milltown and a contribution from Arrow Building Center. Family friends Herschel and Mary Brown built the staircase with many special features to keep Breanna safe. - Photo submitted

Kim Campion and her husband Dan, of Webster, are the new owners of AnyTime Fitness on Hwy. 35/70 north of Siren. Campion has been a personal trainer there since the business opened two years ago. She and Dan took over ownership Oct. 1 and are dedicated to making AnyTime Fitness a part of the community.

Frederic Arts presents “Art Medley” posters

Nancy Buley, Frederic Arts Board member, presented framed “Art Medley” posters this week to Chris Byerly (photo upper right), Frederic Public Library, and Glenn Meier, Bremer Bank (photo upper left), for displaying the “Art Medley” this summer, and to Dave Wondra, Frederic Village Administrator (photo at right), in appreciation for the support the village has given Frederic Arts. Frederic Arts aspires to cultivate artistic opportunities for people of all ages through exhibitions, performances, classes and events. Frederic Arts is on the Web at www.fredericarts.org - Photos submitted

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The impact of the economy on domestic violence Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the Community Referral Agency, Inc. which serves victims of domestic and sexual violence in Burnett and Polk counties.

Although an economic downturn itself does not cause domestic violence, it can exacerbate the factors that contribute to domestic violence and reduce victims’ ability to flee.

• Domestic violence is more than three times as likely to occur when couples are experiencing high levels of financial strain as when they are experiencing low levels of financial strain.1 • Women whose male partners experienced two or more periods of unemployment over a 5-year study were almost three times as likely to be victims of intimate violence as were women whose partners were in stable jobs.2 • Victims frequently report economic needs: In one study, 93 percent of victims requested help with economic issues and 61 percent needed three or more of the

five kinds of economic help.3 • Two-thirds of people know someone who is or has been a victim of economic abuse. 4 • Seventy-three percent of shelters attributed the rise in abuse to “financial issues.” “Stress” and “job loss” (61 percent and 49 percent, respectively) were also frequently cited as causing the increase in victims seeking shelter.5 • Three out of four domestic violence shelters report an increase in women seeking assistance from abuse since September 2008.6 • The region with the largest reported increase in women seeking help as a result of domestic violence was the South (78 percent) followed by the Midwest (74 percent), the Northeast (72 percent), and the West (71 percent).7 These circumstances create an increase in demand for services, just as emergency domestic violence service providers are struggling with fewer resources.

• According to the National Center for Victims of Crime, 92 percent of victim

service providers have seen an increased demand in the last year, but 84 percent reported that cutbacks in funding were directly affecting their work.8 • In a 2009 survey, domestic violence service providers cited a lack of funding as the number one reason they were unable to serve victims on the survey day.9 Community Referral Agency Inc. offers free and confidential services to the victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Polk and Burnett Counties, in surround tribal communities and in neighboring Minnesota counties.

The offer temporary shelter; a 24-hour crisis line; weekly support groups for women and children; advocacy in the legal, medical or human service agencies; information and referrals for other agencies; one on one advocacy sessions and much more.

For more information on volunteering or on the programs and services, please call 24-Hour Crisis Line – 1-800-261-7233; Polk County – 715-825-4414 or Burnett County 715-349-7272. - submitted

Sources 1 Michael L. Benson & Greer Litton Fox, Department of Justice, NCJ 193434, Economic Distress, Community Context and Intimate Violence: An Application and Extension of Social Disorganization Theory, Final Report (2002).

2 Michael L. Benson and Greer Litton Fox. When Violence Hits Home: How Economics and Neighborhood Play a Role, Research in Brief. NCJ 205004, September 2004, Research in Brief.

3 Lyon, E., Lane, S. (2009). Meeting Survivors’ Needs: A Multi-State Study of Domestic Violence Shelter Experiences. National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and UConn School of Social Work.

4 Allstate Insurance Company (2009), Marketing Strategy, Measurement & Insights, Allstate Foundation Economics Against Abuse National Poll 5 Lyon, E., Lane, S. (2009). Meeting Survivors’ Needs: A Multi-State Study of Domestic Violence Shelter Experiences. National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and UConn School of Social Work.

6 Mary Kay’s Truth About Abuse. Mary Kay Inc. (May 12, 2009).

7 Mary Kay’s Truth About Abuse. Mary Kay Inc. (May 12, 2009).

8 Mary Kay’s Truth About Abuse. Mary Kay Inc. (May 12, 2009).

9 National Center for Victims of Crime. Crime and the Economy. 2009 9 Domestic Violence Counts 09: A 24-hour census of domestic violence shelters and services across the United States. The National Network to End Domestic Violence (2010).

Polk County Circuit Court John R. Anderson, Luck, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Jayna B. Benjamin, Hayward, inattentive driving, not guilty plea.

Michael J. Collova, Osceola, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Troy R. Cross, Amery, operating while revoked, $200.50.

Jordan L. Denke, Deer Park, speeding, not guilty plea.

Daniel C. Edwards, Frederic, hit and run, property adjacent to highway, $263.50.

Ryan D. Franzmeier, Osceola, operating motor vehicle by probationary licensee w/unauthorized person in vehicle, $263.50.

Blake S. Gaudette, Clear Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Destiny D. Hubbell, Cumberland, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Amber B. Johnson, Luck, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Mark G. Jorgenson, Luck, speeding, $175.30; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Devin J. Koethe, Luck, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Gregory H. Korf, Shoreview, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Patrick R. Kurkowski Jr., Grantsburg, failure to notify police of accident, $263.50.

Preston E. Larson, St. Croix Falls, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Frederic police report The Frederic Police Department handled 71 incidents during the month of September.

Incident Amount Animal complaint 3 Assist other department 1 Assist PCSD 1 Background check 2 Citation 7 Citizen/motorist assist 1 Civil 1 EMS 2 Fraud 1 Hit and run 1 Informational 4

Juvenile Medical Open door OWI Paper service Runaway Suspicious activity Tag deer/bear Theft/larceny (UCR) Traffic enforcement Vehicle violation Warning traffic Total

1 5 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 6 13 14 71 – submitted

Burnett Co. sheriff’s report Accidents Oct. 2: Bruce W. Imme, 56, Siren, was northbound on Imme Road in Siren Township, when he struck a black horse. There were no injuries reported to the driver, but the horse died as a result of its injuries. No citations were issued.

Oct. 2: Melodee C. Elkin, 57, Minneapolis, Minn., reported hitting a deer while on Hwy. 70 in LaFollette Township. No injuries were reported, and no citations issued.

Oct. 3: Joshua J. Peters, 28, Grantsburg, was eastbound on North Road in Grantsburg Township when he failed to stop for the stop sign at the intersection of North Williams Road and entered the ditch. The driver reportedly left the scene of the accident and sought treatment for injuries at the hospital. Alcohol was a factor in the accident, and four citations were issued.

Oct. 3: Julian B. Kycia, 50, Ramsey, Minn., was southbound on CTH F in West Marshland

Township on a motorcycle when he lost control negotiating a curve after meeting an oncoming vehicle that was over the center line. The driver was transported to the hospital for his injuries. No citations were issued.

Oct. 3: Erica A. Gurtner, 19, Balsam Lake, was southbound on Fairgrounds Road in Meenon Township when she left the roadway negotiating a curve and hit a power pole. Driver left the scene of the accident. No injuries were reported and one citation issued.

Oct. 9: Kathleen M. Peck, 59, Solon Springs, reported hitting a deer while on Hwy. 35 in Swiss Township. No injuries were reported, and no citation issued.

Other incidents Robert Richter, Webster, reported his mailbox damaged.

The incident is under investigation.

Burnett Co. warrants Joyce M. Benjamin, 54, Sandstone, Minn., warrant - failure to appear, Oct. 6.

Melissa M. Booth, 41, Superior, failure to pay fines, Sept. 6.

Geronimo Estrada, 44, St. Paul, Minn., failure to pay fines, Sept. 8.

Christopher M. McLain, 23, Grantsburg, failure to pay fines, Sept. 8.

Brian S. Tinkle, 29, no town given, arrest warrant - complaint, Sept. 8.

Alvin Lu, Lindstrom, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Adam R. Marunde, Woodstock, Ill., speeding, $175.30.

Donald D. McKay, Clayton, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Carla M. Meyer, Turtle Lake, nonregistration of auto, etc., not guilty plea.

Serene M. Mitchell, Bloomington, Minn., speeding, $358.00 Nathan W. Orris, Sun Prairie, speeding, not guilty plea.

Alicia J. Pilgrim, Amery, operating while suspended, $200.50.

Zachary R. Podgorski, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $250.90.

Roy S. Ramberg, North Branch, Minn., fail to yield left

turn, $175.30.

Trevor S. Rathbun, Osceola, operating motor vehicle by probationary licensee w/unauthorized person in vehicle, $200.50 Kanessa J. Raymond, St. Croix Falls, probationary licensee operate class D vehicle between hours of midnight and 5 a.m., $200.50.

Jeanelle A. Ritchie, New Richmond, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Anthony P. Rositzki, Luck, nonpayment of required user fee, $156.40.

Taylor R. Russell, Taylors Falls, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

James C. Schafer, Grantsburg, failure to notify police of accident, $263.50.

Steven D. Seelinger, St. Paul, Minn., fail to yield right of way from stop sign, $175.30.

Vernon H. Simon, Balsam Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Pamela J. Skinner, Oakdale, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Michael J. Skow Jr., Luck, speeding, $175.30.

Adina J. Stackhouse, Frederic, operating motor vehicle by probationary licensee w/unauthorized person in vehicle, $200.50.

Collin J. Svoboda, Luck, speeding, not guilty plea.

Siren police report Sept. 4: The Siren Police Department was involved in investigating an accident on Fairgrounds Road and Sturgeon at 11:48 a.m. According to the report, a truck pulling a trailer driven by Jarrod Washburn, 36, Webster, was making a right turn to go north. The turn wasn’t wide enough, and hit a parked vehicle owned by Gregory Listle, 53, Frederic, in the front, causing moderate damage. The report indicated that Washburn was cited for inattentived driving.

Sept. 17: A dog belonging to Denise Sargent and Brian Tinkle, Siren, was picked up by the officer on duty at 10:10 a.m. by the Square One Pizza factory.

The dog had a cut on its rear left leg and was released to the humane society.

Sept. 21: A loose rottweilertype dog was reported around the Pour House at 6:03 p.m. The officer needed help from the ambulance crew and a Pour House employee to get the dog into the squad car. The dog, which had a

collar and tags but no identification as to owner, was taken to the humane society. The owner was located five or six hours later and was to pick up the dog the next day.

Nicholas P. Wallace, 19, Rice Lake, was cited for operating after suspension during a traffic stop on Hwy. 35/70 and Parks West Street at 5:55 p.m.

Sept. 27: Danielle M. Blessard, 24, Siren, was taken to Burnett County Jail on a warrant at 9:34 p.m. She was also cited for having expired license tabs on her vehicle and for speeding.

Sept. 29: Michael A. Berg, 40, Siren, was taken to Burnett County Jail on a charge of operating after revocation/operating while intoxicated related. He was stopped on Main and Railroad streets at 4:29 p.m.

Eric A. Pavlicek, 39, Siren, and Brandon S. Hopkins, 40, Webster, were jailed following a fight at the Pavlicek residence at 10:43 p.m. Pavlicek was cited

for disorderly conduct while on bond and bail jumping. Hopkins was cited for disorderly conduct and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Sept. 30: A two-vehicle backing accident took place on Main Street at 10:26 p.m. A vehicle driven by Brady L. Larson backed into a car driven by Marcy C. Reese. As the damage was estimated to be under $1,000, each driver was given a self report to fill out.

Oct. 2: Matthew S. Bobowski, 53, Siren, was cited for going over 10 miles an hour on an ATV on Fourth Avenue and D‘Jock Street at 6:13 p.m.

Oct. 5: Shawn R. Fohrenkamm, 34, Webster, was cited for speeding on Fourth Avenue and D’Jock Street at 7:38 a.m.

Amber M. Chute, 22, Grantsburg, was cited for nonregistration of a vehicle during a stop on Hwy. 35 and Fandeen Road at 9:32 a.m.

Burnett County criminal court Orrin G. Johnson, 27, Hinckley, Minn., speeding, $515.50.

Allysa M. Kveberg, 19, Apple Valley, Minn., underage drinking, $263.50.

Todd R. Warren, 39, Grantsburg, OWI, $754.50, license revoked seven months, alcohol assessment.

Kelly G. Lowell Jr., 28, Webster, disorderly conduct, two-year probation, sentence withheld, obtain GED or HSED during probation, no abusive contact with

victim, obtain domestic abuse assessment, $200.00.

Ryan S. Friel, 21, Webster, reckless driving, one-year probation, sentence withheld, 30-day jail sentence, Huber release granted, $5,485.61 restitution, complete driver’s safety course, may apply for expunction, $1,024.56.

Brent E. Reynolds, 27, Hayward, hit and run, one-year probation, sentence withheld, $2,075.80 restitution, $320.58;

third-degree sexual assault, fiveyear probation, sentence withheld, $399.36 restitution, six-month jail sentence, Huber release at discretion of jail staff, absolute sobriety and restricted from bars, taverns and liquor stores, provide DNA sample and comply with sex offender registry and reporting requirements, $149.94.

Burnett County civil court Lakeview Medical Center vs.

Bonnie F. Bond, Danbury, $932.89.

Diagnostic Radiology Association vs. Jeffrey Whitman, Spooner, $702.75.

SMDC vs Tasha L. Carlson, Hertel, $649.50.

Midland Funding vs. Steven W. Thoreson, Webster, $4,800.66.

Keith M. Swanson, St. Croix Falls, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Angela J. Tetner, Clayton, inattentive driving, $187.90.

Mark D. Thomas, Princeton, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Roger N. Thompson, Frederic, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Patrick K. Tourville, Amery, operate w/o valid license, not guilty plea.

Mary M. Tracy, Bruce, nonregistration of auto, etc.; operating while suspended; operating while under influence; operating with PAC .10 or more, not guilty pleas.

David D. Vadner, Luck, speeding, $213.10.

Polk County deaths Barbara K. Olsen, 60, Milltown, died Sept. 17, 2010.

Sheila M. Benson, 52, Luck, died Oct. 1, 2010.

Darlene E. Cross, 73, St. Croix Falls, died Oct. 3, 2010.

Polk County marriage licenses Mary M. Martell, city of Amery, Leo S. Martell, city of Tacoma, issued Oct. 6, 2010.

Dianna L. DiCosimo, city of Amery, Gudberto C. Calzada, town of Black Brook, issued Oct. 6, 2010.

Louise M. Gross, town of Clayton, Michael J. Steele, town of Clayton, issued Oct. 6, 2010.

Rebecca R. Ellingworth, town of Garfield, Barry N. Ausen, town of Alden, issued Oct. 6, 2010.

Kayla M. Langevin, village of Osceola, Ryan R. Waalen, village of Osceola, issued Oct. 6, 2010.

Katielyn S. Dornfeld, city of Woodbury, Minn., Grant W. Olafson, St. Paul, Minn., issued Oct. 7, 2010.

Carol A. Schjenken, town of Farmington, Craig A. Newman, town of Farmington, issued Oct. 7, 2010.

Burnett County deaths Michael L. Ritchey, 43, Meenon Township, Sept. 26.

Ione J. Pratt, 74, Scott Township, Sept. 29.

Lois E. Sshaaf, 85, Grantsburg Village, Sept. 19,

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Notices/ Real Estate

Vacant land located at: xxxx255th Ave. Sec. 29 Town 35N Range 15W in the Town of McKinley, Polk County, WI NE NW, NW NW, SW NW & SE NW Approx. 160 acres This property has not been surveyed.

Appraisal Notes: Subject parcel is located 6 miles west of the Village of Cumberland. This is a rural area. The property is located at the end of a town road. Access is limited since no boundary of the parcel has road frontage, therefore an adjustment was made on the comparable properties. The property has had selective harvesting done of the wooded areas under direction of the Polk County Forester. Full property appraisal will be online at www.co.polk.wi.us/treasury/land-sales.asp Appraiser notes: TOPO: Rolling to level/Open/Woodland/Lowland SIZE: Average Rural SHAPE: Rectangular VIEW: Average-Wooded/Some Open DRAINAGE: Appears Adequate Parcel IDs #038-00674-0000; 038-00675-0000; 038-006760000; 038-00677-0000 Property Sold As Is to Highest Bidder, no guarantees given for use of property.

5% due within 10 days of accepted bid; balance due 30 days from deposit receipt, unless otherwise agreed on by the Property, Forestry & Recreational Committee.

Minimum Bid is $192,000 (Minimum Bid includes all costs accrued by County) Appraised Value of Property is $192,000. Appraisal completed on September 8, 2010, by a licensed appraiser.

Bids must be received by noon, on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at: Polk County Buildings Department 100 Polk County Plaza, Suite 10 Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Bids will be opened at the November meeting of the Property, Forestry & Recreational Committee, currently scheduled for Monday, November 1, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. at the Polk County Government Center (meeting time subject to change).

Questions may be addressed to: Polk County Treasurer’s 522537 48-50a-e 7-9L Office, 715-485-9255.

Case Code 30404 By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure made in the aboveentitled action on April 28, 2010, I will sell at public auction at the Polk County Justice Center, located at 1005 West Main St., in the City of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on the 23rd day of November, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., all of the following described premises, to wit: Parcel Ia: Lot 2 of Certified Survey Map No. 2014, Volume 9, Page 162, being located in the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 33, Township 35 North, Range 15 West, (in the Town of Johnstown), Polk County, Wis. Parcel Ib: Together with nonexclusive rights of ingress and egress over and across the ingress-egress and utility easements as more fully depicted on Certified Survey Maps 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Parcel IIA: Part of Government Lot 1, Section 27, Range 35 North, Range 16 West (in the Town of Georgetown), Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Commencing at a point on the East Boundary line of Government Lot 1,400 feet South of the Northeast corner of Section 27; thence running South on the East boundary line of Government Lot 1,100 feet; thence running West on a course parallel with the North boundary line of Lot 1 to an intersection with the high-water mark on the shore of Blake Lake; thence following the shores of Blake Lake at a high-water mark in a Northwesterly direction to a point 400 feet due South of the North boundary line of Government Lot 1; thence running east on a course parallel with the North boundary line of Government Lot 1 to the East boundary line of Government Lot 1, which is the point of beginning; Commencing at the Northwest corner of Government Lot 10, of Section 26, Township 35 North, Range 16 West (in the Town of Georgetown), Polk County, Wis.; thence South along the West line of said Lot, 400 feet to the point of beginning; thence East 80 feet; thence South parallel with the West line of said Lot, 100 feet; thence West 80 feet, thence North along the West line to the point of beginning; Parcel IIB: Together with and subject to all rights, benefits and burdens of that certain driveway agreement and easement as recorded in Volume 436 of Records, Page 606, Document No. 405563.

TERMS OF SALE: (10% cash down payment at sale, balance within ten (10) days of Court approval).

Dated at Menomonie, Wis., this 4th day of October, 2010.

Tim Moore Sheriff The property is located at: 794 200th Avenue, Luck, WI 54853.

Andrew J. Harrington WSB #1061492 LIDEN & DOBBERFUHL, S.C. Attorneys for the Plaintiff 425 E. LaSalle Ave. P.O. Box 137 Barron, WI 54812 Telephone: 715-537-5636

FOR RENT Two-BR Apartments

Adult building in quiet neighborhood. No pets, reference & security deposit required.

Downtown St. Croix Falls Downtown Centuria

475

$

per mo.

Available Now

Water, sewer & garbage incl.

Background check.

First month’s rent and damage deposit.

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(Sept. 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-3 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-3 c/o American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc. Plaintiff, vs.

JAMES D. SCHUMACHER and JANE DOE, unknown spouse of James D. Schumacher; and DAVETTE SCHUMACHER, probable spouse of James D. Schumacher STEVEN R. TALMAGE; and DENTAL ARTS, S.C., Defendants.

Case No. 10-CV-185 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on May 13, 2010, in the amount of $221,846.29, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: November 16, 2010, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds 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. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main St., Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot 24, Plat of Apple River Santuary, City of Amery, Polk County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 913 Sunflower Way, City of Amery.

TAX KEY NO.: 201-00773-2400 Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 727-1591 O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

NORTHLAND MUNICIPAL AMBULANCE SERVICE Quarterly Meeting Wed., Oct. 27 - 7 p.m.

At the Luck Senior Center

1-BR Apartment

400/month

$

OLSON APARTMENTS Tower Road • St. Croix Falls

715-483-9987

FOR RENT

1-BR Apartment in Balsam Lake Includes water, sewer, garb. pickup, coin laundry.

375/mo.

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Plus deposit No pets, no smoking.

Management on-site.

Parkway Apts.

715-485-3402

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians; pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-6699777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1800-927-9275.

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(Sept. 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. Plaintiff, vs.

Melissa Ogren, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: 09 CV 720 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on January 6, 2010, in the amount of $304,582.93, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: November 3, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

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.

PLACE: At 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin DESCRIPTION: Lot 7 of Certified Survey Map No. 22, recorded on May 27, 1960, in Volume 1 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 23, as Document No. 293873, being located in Government Lot 6, Section 31, Township 36 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Bone Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, together with an easement for ingress and egress as shown on said Certified Survey Map. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1168 243rd Ave., Luck, WI 54853.

TAX KEY NO.: 012-00813-0000.

Dated this 24th day of August, 2010. /s/Sheriff Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff Chaz M. Rodriguez Blommer Peterman, S.C. State Bar No. 1063071 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield,WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. (756182)

INVITATION FOR BIDS ON TIMBER STUMPAGE

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NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

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First National Bank & Trust Plaintiff, vs.

James L. Henke Todd Ellertson Defendants.

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STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY

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(Sept. 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY EAGLE VALLEY BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, vs.

JEFFREY B. PETERSEN, Defendant.

Case No. 10 CV 181 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on April 28, 2010, in the amount of $188,257.99, I will sell the described premises at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wis., on: Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at 10 o’clock a.m., TERMS OF SALE: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit to plaintiff.

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. DESCRIPTION: Lot Two (2) of Certified Survey Map No. 4389, recorded in Volume 19 of Certified Survey Maps, page 170, as Document No. 676226, located in the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NW 1/4 of SW 1/4), and the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SW 1/4 of SW 1/4), Section Eleven (11), Township Thirty-three (33) North of Range Seventeen (17) West.

Parcel No.: 024-00206-0000.

Street Address: 1380 105th Avenue, Amery, Wis. 54001.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 3rd day of September, 2010.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787 521403 WNAXLP

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(Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. Plaintiff, vs.

MARC R. COCHERELL, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: 10 CV 63 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on April 26, 2010, in the amount of $121,427.76, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: November 24, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

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.

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 1186, recorded in Volume 6 of Certified Survey Maps, on Page 2, as Document No. 449416, located in the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 22, Township 35 North, Range 17 West, Town of Milltown, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2036 150th St., Milltown, WI 54858.

TAX KEY NO.: 040-00596-0000.

Dated this 27th week of September, 2010. /s/Sheriff Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff Chaz M. Rodriguez Blommer Peterman, S.C. State Bar No. 1063071 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale.

Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. (809660)

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(Oct. 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17)

Sealed bids will be received by the Department of Natural Resources for timber stumpage on the following properties: Governor Knowles State Forest; Crex Meadows, Fish Lake, Amsterdam Sloughs, McKenzie Creek, and Rice Beds Creek Wildlife Areas; Sand Creek Fishery Area and the Osceola Fish Hatchery.

Sealed bids may be hand delivered to the Department of Natural Resources at the DNR Ranger Station, 325 State Road 70, Grantsburg, WI, until 1 p.m., October 20, 2010. Sealed bids sent by mail need to arrive at the Grantsburg Ranger Station by October 19 to be considered. A timber sale prospectus, bid forms, sample contracts, and detailed information on each timber tract can be obtained by calling 715-463-2897.

There are 14 tracts of timber for sale on state lands covering 867 acres in Burnett and Polk Counties. Total approximate volumes are as follows: Oak 6,149 cords, 188 MBF; Jack Pine - 1,646 cords; Aspen - 2,505 cords; Red Pine 518 cords; Mixed Hardwoods - 1,432 cords, 68.7 MBF; White Pine - 266 cords, 26.3 MBF; Ash - 390 cords, Birch - 181 cords, and Red Maple - 65 cords.

Worker’s Compensation Insurance and Certification to the Wisconsin SFI Training Standard are required. The Department of Natural Resources reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Bids will be opened publicly at the Grantsburg 522506 48-49a 7-8L DNR Ranger Station at 1:00 p.m. on October 20, 2010.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ZONING VARIANCE VILLAGE OF WEBSTER TAKE NOTICE THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE VILLAGE OFFICE - 7505 MAIN STREET - WEBSTER, WISCONSIN, ON WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13, 2010, AT 6 P.M. For the purpose of the consideration of a zoning variance for Jonathan Mosher for his residence located at 7381 Fir Street East, Webster, Wisconsin, Parcel #: 191330047800. The property is zoned R-1, Single-Family Residential. The request is to build a 4-foot addition from the existing structure. The zoning code allows for 30’ from the front of the building to the street.

The Board will hear all interested persons, or their agents or attorneys, and thereafter will make a decision on the request.

For additional information, please contact: Patrice Bjorklund, Village Clerk, 7505 Main Street West, Webster, WI 54893, Phone 715-866-4211.

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FOR SALE BY SEALED BID One 2002 Ford Bus

Seats 10 plus 1 wheelchair. Vehicle has had regular maintenance. Mileage is approximately 191,000.

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Send bids to: Polk County Transportation for the Disabled and Elderly, Inc. 100 Polk County Plaza, Suite 190 Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Bids are due by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, November 12, 2010.

Envelope must be clearly marked “Sealed Bid.” Questions can be called to Kari Flom at 715-485-8590.

(Sept. 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AnchorBank, fsb f/k/a S&C Bank, Plaintiff, vs.

David M. Haider et al.

Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No: 10 CV 326 Case Code: 30404 Judge: Molly E. GaleWyrick PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on the 29th day of June, 2010, in the amount of $23,616.00, the Polk County Sheriff shall sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: November 2, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to the Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified check. Balance due within 10 days of court approval. Purchaser is responsible for payment of all transfer taxes and recording fees. Sale is AS IS in all respects and subject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Foyer Area of Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main St., Suite 900, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

DESCRIPTION:The West 226 feet of the South 422 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4 of SE 1/4), Section Ten (10), Township Thirty-two (32) North of Range Nineteen (19) West, Farmington Township, Polk County, Wisconsin PROPERTY ADDRESS: XXX, Farmington Township, Wisconsin.

Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff ECKBERG, LAMMERS, BRIGGS, WOLFF & VIERLING, P.L.L.P. Nicholas J. Vivian (#1047165) Attorney for Plaintiff 1809 Northwestern Avenue Stillwater, MN 55082 (651) 439-2878 Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of the Polk County Circuit Court entered on August 4, 2010, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: November 10, 2010, 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 court 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 real estate taxes, specials assessments, liens and encumbrances.

Defendant United States of America has the right to redeem said property for one year from the date of confirmation of sale pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2410(c).

PLACE: The lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

DESCRIPTION: Lots 7, 8 and 9, Block 1, First Addition to the City of Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin.

TAX KEY NO.: 201-00193-0000 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 308 Keller Avenue North, Amery, Wisconsin.

Dated this 13 day of August, 2010.

Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff Adam C. Benson Benson Law Office LLC Attorney for Plaintiffs P.O. Box 370 Siren, WI 54872 521100 715-349-5215 WNAXLP

NOTICE OF FREDERIC SCHOOL BOARD REGULAR MEETING Monday, October 18, 2010, 6:30 p.m.

Frederic 7 - 12 School, Room 107

1. Call to order 2. Opening ceremonies A. Approve agenda B. Welcoming remarks C. Audience to visitors and regulations 3. Reports of officers A. Minutes from previous meetings B. Invoices and receipts C. 1020 - 11 budget D. Board member reports/Governance 4. Reports of the administration A. Superintendent B. High School Principal C. Elementary Principal D. Buildings and Grounds E. Food Service 5. Unfinished business A. Boiler equipment B. Bleacher seating 6. New business A. Personnel B. Contracts C. Combined Spring Sports with Luck School District D. Resolution for Short-term Borrowing E. Budget Levy Certification F. Acceptance of a gift - Carquest G. Staff Development course approval 7. Closed session: Wisconsin Statutes 19.85 (1) (c)(f)(i): Negotiations; personnel matters 8. Business as a result of closed session 523448 8L 9. Adjourn

(Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AnchorBank, fsb f/k/a S & C Bank Plaintiff, vs.

William T. Menne, Unknown Spouse of William T. Menne and Unknown Tenants Defendants, NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No.: 10 CV 233 Case Code: 30404 Judge: Molly E. GaleWyrick PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on July 29, 2010, in the amount of $141,119.90, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the described property at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: November 24, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to the Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified check. Balance due within 10 days of court approval. Purchaser is responsible for payment of all transfer taxes and recording fees. Sale is AS IS in all respects and subject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Foyer Area, Polk County Sheriff’s Office, 1005 West Main St., Suite 900, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 4014, recorded in Volume 18 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 44, as Document No. 652142, located in the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SW1/4 SE1/4), Section 34, Township 36 North, Range 17 West, Town of Luck, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2412 145th Street, Luck, WI 54853.

Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff ECKBERG, LAMMERS, BRIGGS, WOLFF & VIERLING, P.L.L.P. Nicholas J. Vivian (#1047165) Attorney for Plaintiff 1809 Northwestern Avenue Stillwater, MN 55082 651-349-2878 Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.

(Sept. 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, nka JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, NA Plaintiff vs.

RAYMOND SCHULLER, et al Defendants Case No. 08 CV 668 Hon. Molly E GaleWyrick, Br. 1 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on December 8, 2008, in the amount of $222,063.60, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the premises described below at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: November 10, 2010, at 10 a.m.

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, encumbrances and payment of applicable transfer taxes.

PLACE: In the Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis., 54810 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: Lot 3 of CSM No. 3931 recorded in Volume 17 of CSM, Page 194, as Document No. 644993. Located in part of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4, Section 1, Township 32 North, Range 19 West.

Said land being in the Town of Farmington, Polk County, Wis. ADDRESS: 2483 50th Avenue, Osceola, WI 55020.

TAX KEY NO: 022-00028-0300.

Dated this 23rd day of September, 2010.

Tim Moore Polk County Sheriff Cummisford, Acevedo & Associates, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Mark R. Cummisford State Bar #1034906 6508 South 27th Street Suite #6 Oak Creek, WI 53154 414-761-1700 Cummisford, Acevedo & Associates, LLC, is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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(Sept. 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Bremer Bank, National Association, Plaintiff, vs.

Merging Rainbows, LLC and United States of America, Defendants.

Case No. 09-CV-750 Code No. 30404 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

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(Oct. 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY First National Community Bank, Plaintiff vs.

Aaron Kromrey, Ellen S. Kromrey, F/K/A Ellen Pogodzinski, and WESTconsin Credit Union, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case No. 09 CV 347 Case Code: 30404 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on July 13, 2009, in the amount of $176,315.96, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: December 2, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

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 will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

PLACE: The front lobby of the Polk County Judicial Center located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 3638 recorded in Vol. 16 of C.S.M., pg. 151, as Doc. No. 629705 located in part of the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 27, Township 32 North, Range 19 West, Town of Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin.

TOGETHER WITH an easement for ingress and egress described as follows: A part of the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 27, Township 32 North, Range 19 West, Town of Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the SE corner of said Section 27; thence N00013’27”W 1,724.37 feet along the East line of said SE 1/4 of Section 27; thence S89031’55”W 428.54 feet to the point of beginning of said easement; An Easement including an 80-foot radius arc around the said point of beginning; thence the road easement continues from said point of beginning 33 feet either side of and parallel to a line bearing S89031’55”W 834.00 feet to the east rightof-way line of State Trunk Highway 35.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2603 13th Avenue, Osceola, Wisconsin 54020.

Dated this 22nd day of September, 2010. /s/Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff Ronald L. Siler VAN DYK, WILLIAMSON & SILER, S.C. Attorney for Plaintiff 201 South Knowles Avenue New Richmond, WI 54017 Van Dyk, Williamson & Siler, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. If you 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.

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(Sept. 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AnchorBank, fsb, Plaintiff, vs.

Ralph A. Johansen and Lois E. Johansen, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case No. 09 CV 383 Case Code: 30404 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on April 20, 2010, in the amount of $481,691.62, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: October 28, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

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 will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

PLACE: The front lobby of the Polk County Judicial Center located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION 1: Parcel I: The South 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4, Section 23, Township 36 North, Range 20 West, Polk County, Wisconsin. Parcel II: The Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4, of Section 23, Township 36 North, of Range 20 West, according to Government Survey, Polk County, Wisconsin. Together with an Easement for ingress and egress 66 feet in width, from the Town road on the West side of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4, Section 23, Township 36 North, Range 20 West, Polk County Wisconsin, through the middle of said Northwest 1/4 of Southwest 1/4 to the East line of said 40-Acre Parcel, this Easement is appurtenant to the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4, Section 23, Township 36 North, Range 20 West, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2630 320th Avenue, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

AND DESCRIPTION 2: The Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4, Section 32, Township 36 North, Range 17 West, except the South 725 feet of the East 600 feet thereof. Said land being in the Township of Luck, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1621 240th Avenue, Luck, WI 54853.

THE ABOVE PROPERTIES WILL BE SOLD SEPARATELY. Dated this 26th day of August, 2010. /s/Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff Ronald L. Siler VAN DYK, WILLIAMSON & SILER, S.C. Attorney for Plaintiff 201 South Knowles Avenue New Richmond, WI 54017 Van Dyk, Williamson & Siler, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. If you 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.

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TOWN OF STERLING MONTHLY TOWN BOARD MEETING The Monthly Board Meeting Will Be Held Monday, October 18, 2010, At The Cushing Community Center, At 7 p.m.

Agenda: Clerk’s Minutes, Treasurer Financial Report, Update On Leases, Update On Boardroom Ramp, Citizen Concerns, Approve Operator Licenses; Board Decision On Insurance Coverage, Board Vote On No Overnight Parking On Main Street Ordinance, Discuss 2011 Budget Items, Road Maintenance, Set November Agenda, Pay Bills.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC LISTENING SESSIONS

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Polk County Organizational Committee, on behalf of the Polk County Board Supervisors, will be conducting 3 Listening Sessions for the purpose of gathering information regarding the size of the County Board.

The first session will be held: October 14, 2010 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Luck Municipal Building 401 Main St. S., Luck, WI The second session: October 21, 2010 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Osceola Intermediate School 949 Education Ave., Media Room Osceola, WI The third session: October 26, 2010 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Lincoln Town Hall 661 85th St., Amery, WI Community sheets will be available. Information and online surveys will be available at www.co.polk.wi.us A quorum of the Polk County Board of Supervisors and the Polk County Organization Committee may be present at any or all of these noticed listening sessions.

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Notices/Employment Opportunities

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P., as servicer for The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificate Holders CWALT, Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2006OC10, Mortgage Pass-Though Certificates, Series 2006-OC10 Plaintiff, vs.

CHRISTOPHER J. HEINN, et al.

Defendants.

Case No: 09 CV 442 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on August 25, 2009, in the amount of $438,473.58, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: November 3, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

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.

PLACE: At 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin DESCRIPTION: Lot Four (4) of Certified Survey Map No. 2677 recorded in Volume Twelve (12), of Certified Survey Maps, Page One Hundred Sixty-Four (164), Document No. 581439, located in the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NW 1/4 SW 1/4), Section TwentySeven (27), Township ThirtyTwo (32) North, Range Seventeen (17) West together with easements located in the South Half of the Northwest Quarter (S 1/2 NW 1/4), Section Twenty-Seven (27), Township Thirty-Two (32) North, Range Seventeen (17) West, as described in Volume 518 of Records, Page 211, Document No. 459339, Polk County, Wisconsin. The above property is situated in Polk County, State Of Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 152 147th Street, Deer Park, WI 54007.

TAX KEY NO.: 002-00705-0400.

Dated this 26th day of August, 2010.

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/s/Sheriff Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff Christina E. Demakopoulos Blommer Peterman, S.C. State Bar No. 1066197 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. (760224)

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(Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY ANCHORBANK, FSB Plaintiff vs.

MICHAEL P. FLAHERTY SALLY M. FLAHERTY J.H. LARSON ELECTRICAL COMPANY XYZ CORPORATION ABC PARTNERSHIP JOE DOE MARY ROWE Defendants.

Case No. 09CV658 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE By virtue of Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above-entitled action on May 27, 2010, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction at the front entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, in the City of Balsam Lake, in said county, on the 2nd day of December, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by the Judgment to be sold, therein described as follows: A parcel of land in the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE 1/4 of NW 1/4), Section 10, Township 34 North, Range 17 West, described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the NW 1/4 of Section 10-3417, running thence West 16 rods along the section line; running thence due south on a line parallel to the quarter section line 20 rods; running thence East 16 rods to the quarter section line; running thence North 20 rods; to the place of beginning, containing 2 acres, more or less, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 501 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, Wis. TERMS OF SALE: Cash.

DOWN PAYMENT: A deposit of 10% of sale price to be deposited in cash or by certified check with the Sheriff at the time of sale; balance to be paid by cash or certified check within ten days after confirmation of sale.

Dated this 4th day of October, 2010. /s/Timothy B. Moore Polk County Sheriff Donald R. Marjala - Lawyer WELD, RILEY, PRENN & RICCI, S.C. P.O. Box 1030 Eau Claire, WI 54702-1030 715-839-7786 Attorneys for Plaintiff Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.

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NOTICE OF HEARING

The Polk County Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing at 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at the Government Center in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. The board will call the public hearing to order at 8:30 a.m., recess at 8:45 a.m. to view the site(s) and will reconvene at 10:15 a.m. at the Government Center in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. At that time the applicant(s) will inform the Board of their request. (THE APPLICANT MUST APPEAR AT 10:15 A.M. WHEN THE BOARD RECONVENES AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.) JACK WIES requests a Special Exception from Section 5B of the Polk County Small Wind Energy Systems ordinance to build a small wind energy turbine. Property affected is: 2362 190th St., SW1/4, NW1/4, Sec. 522994 1/T35N/R18W, Town of Eureka, pond (class 3).

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(Sept. 29, Oct. 6, 13) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY STUART ALLEN & ASSOCIATES INC. for Farmers Insurance Exchange P.O. Box 268994 Oklahoma City, OK 73126, Plaintiff, STEPHEN A. MCKYTYN 4807 Burma Road McFarland, WI 53558, Involuntary Plaintiff, vs.

BRIANA ZELLMER 1069 250th Avenue Luck, WI 54853, Defendant AMENDED SUMMONS Case No. 10-CV-480 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 45 days after September 29, 2010, you must respond with as written demand for a copy of the Complaint. The demand must either be sent or delivered to the Court, whose address is Clerk of Courts, Polk County Courthouse, 1005 West Main Street, Suite 300, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, and to Mark R. Franklin, of Kulig, Michalak & Franklin, whose address is P.O. Box 400, Independance, WI 54747. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the Complaint within 45 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 judgement 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 22nd day of September. 2010.

KULIG, MICHALAK & FRANKLIN BY: Mark R. Franklin Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 400 Independance, WI 54747 715-985-3091 State Bar No. 1006074

(Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. Plaintiff/Third Party Defendant, vs.

Scott H. Lee and Lisa M. Lee, as husband and wife, Defendants/Third Party Defendants, vs.

AnchorBank, fsb f/k/a S & C Bank, Intervenor/Third Party Plaintiff.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No.: 08 CV 619 Case Code: 30404 Judge: Molly E. GaleWyrick PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on the April 26, 2010, in the amount of $24,414.68, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the described property at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: November 24, 2010, at 10:00 p.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to the Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified check. Balance due within 10 days of court approval.

Purchaser is responsible for payment of all transfer taxes and recording fees. Sale is AS IS in all respects and subject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Foyer Area Polk County Sheriff’s Office 1005 West Main St., Suite 900 Balsam Lake, WI 54810 DESCRIPTION: All that part of Block 4 of Staffenson’s Addition to the City of Amery lying South of a line described as follows: Said line shall begin at a point on East line of said Block 4 midway between points where the North and South ends of said block line intersect with edges of Apple River, thence in a Westerly direction at right angles to said block line to the edge of Apple River lying in and comprising a part of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 28, Township 33 North, Range 16 West. Together with the right to use the East 30 feet of Block 4 from Winchester Street to the above-described parcel for Roadway purposes.

Said land being in the County of Polk & State of Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 249 Winchester Street Amery, WI 54001 Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff Eckberg, Lammers, Briggs, Wolff & Vierling, P.L.L.P. Nicholas J. Vivian (#1047165) Attorney for Plaintiff 1809 Northwestern Avenue Stillwater, MN 55082 651-439-2878 Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.

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Waterside Bar & Grill on Lake Wapogasset

JOB FAIR We are looking for:

• Cooks • Bartenders • Wait Staff • Busers/Dishwashers

Fri. & Sat., Oct. 15 & 16 - 22 & 23 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Application for Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages. To the Town of LaFollette, Burnett County, Wisconsin.

The undersigned: Robert A. Hillestad Howl At The Moon Saloon 4790 State Hwy. 70 Webster, WI 54893 Hereby applies for a Class B Liquor License to sell fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquor from October 11, 2010, to June 30, 2011.

Dated: October 11, 2010 Linda Terrian, Clerk Town of LaFollette

1342 Lone Pine Lane, Amery

Off County Rd. C. North side of Lake Wapogasset.

Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity,

serving Polk/Burnett counties, has a full-time Manager Position available to start up a retail ReStore in St. Croix Falls starting in November. This position requires a self-starter, knowledge of construction, organizational skills, business management, forklift operation a plus and ability to lift up to 100 pounds. Coordinating a volunteer program would also be part of this position. Reliable transportation is required. A commercial driver’s license a plus. Customer service experience is important with excellent people skills.

Please mail your resume to:

Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity

P.O. Box 136, Luck, WI 54853 or e-mail to wrhfh263@gmail.com Accepting applications until Friday, Oct. 22, 2010.

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Make your career a smooth operation.

BERMO Incorporated, a premier manufacturer of metal components, has immediate openings in our Circle Pines, MN facility for a:

Punch Press Setup/Operator Class A

2nd or 3rd Shift • Must have experience in punch press set and operation.

• Must have experience setting up and operating stage tooling, blanking and progressive dies.

• Must have experience with press feeding equipment.

• Need to correctly use and read hand inspection tools such as calipers and protractors • Die cushion and knockout experience is a plus.

We offer excellent pay and have a modern, smoke-free facility. For confidential consideration, please submit a resume with transcripts (in a Word document), to Nancy Hartman: 4501 Ball Rd. NE, Circle Pines, MN 55014; phone: 763-785-3430; e-mail: nancy.hartman@bermo.com. Equal Opportunity Employer 523037 49-51a-e 8-10r,L

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Notice is hereby given that the regular monthly town board meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 19, at 6:30 p.m., at the Town Hall.

Agenda: 1. Call meeting to order.

2. Clerk and Treas. reports.

3. Any corrections on the printed agenda in the newspaper.

4. Public input.

5. Old Business a. Discussion Re: traffic study on 150th by Diamond Lake. b. Ordinance review re: citation and alternative claims. c. Review Assessor’s bid. d. Budget review. e. Request for digital camera for town use. f. Request for additional Edge for elections.

6. Employee report. a. Sand/Salt bids. b. Request for printer/ scanner at shop.

7. Correspondence.

8. New Business 9. Review bills/vouchers.

10. Set next meeting date.

11. Move to closed session per WI Statues19.85 (1)(c) Re: Patrolman duties and wages.

12. Move to adjourn.

Andrea Lundquist, Clerk

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Comforts Of Home

Restorative Justice of Northwest Wisconsin, Inc. Annual Board Meeting Thurs., Oct. 21 3:30 p.m.

Restorative Justice Office Southwinds Plaza in Siren

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10:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

With Every Other Weekend

OPENING SOON

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

NOTICE OF MEETING TOWN OF WEST SWEDEN

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PART-TIME CAREGIVER

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HELP WANTED

TOWN OF WEST SWEDEN 2010-2011 SNOWPLOWING & SANDING RELEASE FORM

The snowplowing of driveways will be up to the discretion of the patrolman. This season the fee will be $125 and must be paid by October 31, 2010. Senior citizens 65 and over, $75.

Rates are nonrefundable. The rate after the date above will be $35 per hour with a 1/4-hour minimum, including senior citizens.

Please mail your payments to Town of West Sweden Phyllis Wilder, Treasurer 3096 170th St. Frederic, WI 54837 The town will also sand driveways on an as-needed basis this winter. A $15 charge per time will be billed to you. The waiver below must be signed and on file with the town, before sanding of your driveway may be done.

Please call 715-371-1002 if you need your driveway sanded.

All driveways must be free of obstructions. This release form MUST accompany payment.

The plowing of all town roads takes TOP priority; driveways will be plowed after all roads are completed.

I hereby release the Town of West Sweden from any responsibility arising from damage done in the process of snow removal and/or sanding of my property.

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Luck Habitat’s exec works on Carter Work Project Dream come true for longtime Habitat volunteer

by Jackie Thorwick Special to the Leader ST. PAUL, Minn. – Eric Kube has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and the Appalachian Work Project for many years. Now the executive sirector of Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity in Luck, he has always dreamed of working on a Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project. During the week of Oct. 4 he was able to do that when the 27th Carter Work Project was held in Minneapolis and St. Paul, co-hosted by Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity. Kube was the co-lead on one of 26 homes being built or renovated that week. The Carter work project this year included a total of 86 homes in honor of the fact that President Carter is 86 years old. Other cities that were part of the project were Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Annapolis, Md., and Birmingham, Ala. Kube said he returned home from the week “tired and sore but excited about what we can accomplish locally.”

He met and talked with a number of people there who are also passionate about the work Habitat does, which is to build or renovate homes with families in need of a simple, decent, affordable home and who are unable to purchase one without help. Amy Matthews, host of the television show “Sweat Equity,” volunteered all week also and worked on the same home as Kube. Kube said Matthews got started in construction when she volunteered with her church, building or fixing homes for people in need. He also met Susan Haigh, president and CEO of Twin Cities Habitat, Walter Mondale, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, and President Jimmy Carter. Kube said of Carter’s visit, “They didn’t warn us he was coming. One day I turned around and there he was. I didn’t even think of trying to get a picture, I just shook his hand and thanked him for coming.” Carter walked through the home and talked briefly with all of the volunteers and the homeowner, who has put in many hours of work on the home.

Mohammed Wehelie, with his wife and four children, will be the owner of the three-bedroom home they worked on. He told Kube he felt like he’d won the lottery twice. Ten years ago he and his family were refugees in Somalia. They had a one-in-50,000 chance of getting out,

Jimmy Carter visited the work site and met everyone working on the home. — Photos by Eric Kube except where noted

“I support Habitat because it is not a charity — it doesn’t give anything away.” – President Jimmy Carter

Eric Kube, executive director of Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity, volunteered at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project last week in St. Paul, Minn., and worked with Amy Matthews, host of the “Sweat Equity” program on the DIY network, who also volunteered. — Photo submitted and they made it out. Wehelie said they spent the last 10 years of their lives moving from place to place, never knowing what school district they’d be in. And they were one of about 1,000 families who applied for a Habitat home to be approved. He applied after his friend Noor recommended it to him. Noor was selected to be a Habitat homeowner eight years ago, is still volunteering on Habitat builds and was there working on Wehelie’s home last week. Noor says it changed his family’s life when they got a Habitat home, and he wants to help the program help others.

Volunteers on the builds all met under a large tent for lunches, and speakers were brought in. Kube said he was very moved by one in particular, a woman who as a child had lived in one of the homes that was being rehabbed.

She was the daughter of Hmong immigrants. She remembers the home as their “window to the world,” and spoke of the great opportunities available to people in this country who are willing to work for them. Her grandmother sat in the window every day to watch her leave for and return home from school. There were many positives in their American home, but it was also, literally, poisonous. The younger daughter became very sick from

the lead paint in it. The woman who spoke is now a professor teaching at the University of Minnesota.

Kube pointed out that woman’s story was not a Habitat story, it’s the story of a hardworking, deserving family who made it without the help of Habitat. But it demonstrates how Habitat can remove the stress and serious difficulties that many families experience in finding a decent place to live, as they work to improve their lives.

Jimmy Carter spoke at a gala event Wednesday night.

Kube loved that he said he supports Habitat because it is not a charity — it doesn’t give anything away. Habitat sells homes at cost to homeowners on a zero-interest loan, following the biblical principle not to charge interest on loans to the poor.

Kube explained, Habitat raises money to build a house, but through homeowner mortgage payments, over time, the money comes back to Habitat and is used to build more houses. The funds stay in the community but continue to be recycled. Gifts of money, services or materials, it all helps. Kube said, “Supporting Habitat is not supporting a gift to someone; it’s supporting the future of a program that will help more families with their housing needs.”

WRHFH is working on a very exciting new project, Kube added. “We’re planning to start a new ReStore in St. Croix Falls, opening as soon as January.” ReStores are retail stores where used building materials and furniture are sold, and proceeds are given back to Habitat to build more homes. “It’s a clear win-win-win idea,” Kube said.

People donate usable materials they no longer need and can get a tax write-off. It keeps them out of landfills. And it creates a supplier of low-cost building materials.” ReStores have proven to be quite successful, according to Kube. “If people have things they’d like to give away, they may want to hang onto them for a couple of months and then we should be ready to take their donations.”

President Jimmy Carter posed with volunteers working on two of the 26 homes built or rehabbed during last week’s Carter Work Project in the Twin Cities. WRHFH Executive Director Eric Kube is second from the right in the back row. Also in the photo are Habitat International CEO Jonathan Reckford, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, Former Vice President Walter Mondale and Congresswoman Betty McCollum. Photo by Habitat for Humanity/George L. Hipple

Rachel’s Challenge at SCF Schools

ST. CROIX FALLS – St. Croix Falls High School and Middle School students participated in a presentation by Rachel’s Challenge Friday, Oct. 8. Named after Rachel Scott, the first person killed at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, the group travels to schools sending a message. Scott’s acts of kindness and compassion coupled with the contents of her six diaries have become the foundation for one of the most life-changing school programs in America.

During the presentation to students, powerful video/audio footage of Scott’s life and the Columbine tragedy holds students spellbound during a one-hour school presentation that motivates them to positive change in the way they treat others.

This is followed by a separate interactive 90-minute training session involving both adult and student leaders that shows how to sustain the momentum created by the assembly. The assembly creates the “want to” or desire for positive change. The training session teaches the “how to” and ensures that the positive impact will continue.

Friday evening, the Rachel’s Challenge speaker conducted a powerful session with parents and community leaders. This session is similar to the assembly program and ends with a specific challenge to parents and community leaders, showing them how they can reinforce the decisions their youth are making. Entertainers, politicians, sports celebrities, educators, and even two presidents of the United States have been impacted

by Rachel’s Challenge. However, students are the target audience and they continue to prove that they will respond with positive words, attitudes, and actions, as

This is one of the motivating posters from the group Rachel’s Challenge. – Special photo shown by the student signatures from St. Croix Falls High School students taking the challenge on the pho-

St. Croix Falls senior Stephanie Stitch signs the poster pledging to accept Rachel’s Challenge for positive change in the way students treat others. – Photo by Shelley Skemp tographed poster. – Tammi Milberg with information from Rachel’s Challenge Web site and St. Croix Falls Schools

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Autumn Fest

St. Croix Falls They were dancing in the street at this year’s Autumn Fest at St. Croix Falls earlier this month. Festival Theatre orchestrated a flash mob in the street with nearly 50 performers (see photo at left) and even a couple of business owners. The performance was filmed by the St. Croix Falls media department and will eventually be posted on YouTube as a special project for the students. - Special photos

The St. Croix Falls Autumn Fest on Sunday featured a chili contest with four restaurants competing for the coveted "chili pepper angel" trophy and the title of best chili. For the third year in a row Ida Loken of Wayne’s Cafe came in first, with the Lucky Cup second. Both restaurants are in St. Croix Falls. The chili contest is a free lunch with milk and ice cream generously donated by Crystal Ball, and donations benefiting the Family Table cooking club.

Albee's from Amery provided free horse-drawn wagon rides throughout the day.

Juried art show winner Alyssa Auten with Falls Chamber Director Cindy Stimmler at Autumn Fest Art and Craft Fair.

PHOTO BELOW: A unique feature of Autumn Fest is that it's a low-waste event where all the vendors serve their foods using compostable paper products and utensils. This is the second year that Autumn Fest has been low waste, and it's starting to catch on at other venues.

LEFT: A group of girls at Autumn Fest with their balloon creations.

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Powerful combo: professional loggers and kids

by Carl Heidel Leader staff writer DANBURY - A mixture comprised of professional loggers and schoolkids may sound like a pretty strange brew indeed.

But when it happened at the 10th-annual Log-a-Load for Kids, the mix produced a hearty draught, served to refresh life.

It all happened last week, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 7 and 8, on River Road, just south of Burnett CTH F. With heavy logging equipment chewing into a chunk of timberland, school buses emptied their load of kids for a day that was part educational field trip and part fundraising for the Children’s Miracle Network, a network of children’s hospitals across the state.

Henry Schienebeck, executive director of the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association, explained that the Log-aLoad program originated 10 years ago as a means for raising money for children’s hospitals. Each year, the GLTPA purchases a stand of timber which it cuts and sells, and the proceeds from the sale go to the hospitals.

Over the years the association has do-

Looking like some kind of weird extraterrestrial, this skidder can move huge log stacks with ease. – Photos by Carl Heidel nated nearly half a million dollars for the cause, and this year’s sale of an anticipated 300 cords of timber was expected to

add another $30,000 or so to the total.

But the program is also designed to educate schoolchildren, according to Schienebeck. Students from grades five and six in neighboring schools are brought to the program where professionals in the logging industry teach them about modern logging, logging history, forest management, forest and wildlife ecology, forest fire prevention and fight-

Duane Peterson (center) explains the wood chipping operation that produces products as diverse as kitty litter and OSB construction materials. ing forest fires, and the importance of logging to the Wisconsin economy.

According to Max Ericson Sr., president of the Wisconsin Professional Loggers Association, this is a volunteer operation from top to bottom. Professional loggers from throughout northern Wisconsin do-

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In a matter of seconds a processor grabs the tree at its base, cuts it off, turns it in the air, trims its branches, and chops it into 8-foot lengths for stacking and shipment. According to volunteer loggers, one of these machines can cut up to 16 trees a minute in pine plantations.

Nothing like a day in the woods to give a kid a hearty appetite. At noon everyone took a break for lunch served by a team of gourmet volunteers.

Ed Schneechel of the Webster forest fire fighting unit explains the safety mechanisms on a bulldozer used to fight forest fires.

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Tim Tollefson (right) from New Page Corp. shows the students how to determine a tree’s age from a core extracted from the tree.

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Fort hosts second-annual meeting of the Beaver Club

by Carl Heidel Leader staff writer DANBURY - Once again the great hall of Forts Folle Avoine rang with the revelry of the Beaver Club as it met Saturday evening, Oct. 9, for only the second time since 1847. The re-enactment event was sponsored by the Burnett County Historical Society.

The Beaver Club originated in 1785 when veteran fur traders back in Montreal began to gather on a regular basis to recall their adventures in the North American wilds. Club membership was open only to those elected by their fellow members, but visiting luminaries of the time frequently came to the dinners as guests.

Several traditions marked the club’s dinner observances. There were five regular toasts and a host of rowdier activities.

The latter were regrettably absent from

Costumed re-enactors seated the guests as they arrived for the dinner. Here one of them seats Edith (left) and Paul (behind) Cunliffe, both volunteers at Forts Folle Avoine. – Photos by Carl Heidel the Folle Avoine celebration, but the Montreal inn or tavern ambience and the joie de vivre were present in abundance as a host of historical re-enactors breathed new life into old times.

Master of Ceremonies and President of the Retired bourgeois of the North West Com- Beaver Club William McGillivray (left) and pany led the grand entrance of the digni- Alexander Henry (right) prepare the drinks for one of the toasts. taries into the celebration hall.

Club President William McGillivray pauses for a moment before the festivities begin.

If it’s the Beaver Club, it has to have a beaver.

This wooden carving of the cherished animal presides beneath the logo of the North West Company.

As part of the evening’s entertainment, fiddler Cyprian Fiddlesticks strolled among the guests with his music.

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nate their equipment, supplies, expertise and time each year to conduct the annual Log-a-Load program.

And the donations are impressive. The processors, which can cut, trim, section and stack a tree in a matter of seconds, come with a half million dollar price tag, and there were several of these processors in operation at the River Road site. There were skidders that topped a quarter of a million, and a wood chipping operation that totaled almost $400,000 in value.

And it’s not just the machinery that’s pricey. Some of this equipment can burn through $1,500 in fuel each day, and then there’s the value of the loggers labor that runs the total of volunteer donations still higher.

No question that the program succeeds in reaching its fundraising goal, but what about the intent to educate? Check the photos, and you will see attentive youngsters soaking in the experience and the knowledge.

Was it a good experience for the kids?

Asked this question at the lunch gathering at noon, one student said, “Yeah!

Wow! This was way cool!”

It doesn’t take long for modern equipment to create a mountain of cut timber.

Jacob Timmer tries his hand at boring into the tree to pull out the core that will tell the tree’s age. – Photos by Carl Heidel

Chris Weber (right) from New Page Corp. shows the students how tree rings reveal weather conditions that influenced the growth of a tree.

Steve Hoffman (right), DNR wildlife biologist, talked about the interrelationships beA special tape is used to calculate the ditween the forests and the wildlife living there. ameter of standing timber.

Tavern League donates to Special Olympics Polk County Tavern League President, Curt “Hagar” Liljenberg and treasurer, Mary Cassellius, present a check in the amount of $1,000 to LeAnn Richter, agency manager for Polk County Special Olympics. The money was raised by the first-annual Spring Fling. The Wisconsin Tavern League Foundation provides matching funds up to $750. – Photo submitted

Just for

A big-game hunter walked into the bar and bragged to everyone about his skills Joe Roberts as a hunter.

He said that they could blindfold him, and he would recognize any animal’s skin from its feel. And if he could locate the bullet hole, he would even tell them what caliber rifle was used to shoot it. The hunter said that he was willing to prove it if they would put up the drinks, and the bet was on.

They blindfolded him carefully and took him to his first animal skin. After feeling it for a few moments, he announced, “Spring buck.” Then he felt for the bullet hole and declared, “Shot with a 30-30 rifle.” The others could not believe it. He was right. When some started to suggest that he must have peeked, he said that he was prepared to do it again. He would put up all the drinks they had bought before against them buying another round for him.

So they blindfolded him again, very thoroughly this time, and they brought a skin that someone happened to have in their car. He took a bit longer this time and then said, “Kalahari lion” and fingering the bullet hole said, “and the rifle was a .308,” which of course was right. This, of course, was like throwing fat on the fire, and he had to prove his skills over and over again, every time against a round of drinks.

Finally he staggered home, drunk out of his mind and went to sleep. The next morning he got up and saw in the mirror that he had one heck of a shiner. So he said to his wife, “Listen, I know I was drunk last night, but not too drunk to know that I did not fight anyone in that bar. So where did I get this black eye?” His wife replied angrily, “From me, of course.”

“What did I do?” he asked. She replied, “You got into bed, rubbed my head and stuck your finger in my ear.

Then you fiddled around a bit and announced: ‘’Big sow. Not 22 more like 44.”

••• One afternoon, two worms were crawling through the grass. The male worm said to female worm, “How about if you and I go back to your place?”

The female worm said, “OK.” So, the two worms went back to her place and the male worm noticed that the female worm is wearing a wedding ring.

The male worm said, “I’m sorry honey, but I don’t do this sort of thing with married worms.”

The female worm replied, “Don’t worry. My husband is not coming home.”

The male worm asked, “How do you know that for sure?”

The female worm answered, “ Well, he got up early this morning and went fishing.”

•••

Laughs

Playing house

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It was my mother’s birthday

on Sunday. Because the date was Letters from

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10/10/10 and because it was her 75th birthday, (I don’t think she minds me mentioning) it was an especially big event and required Carrie Classon what my family would call “a blowout.”

My sister and I invited my parents’ friends and our extended family over for lunch and we cooked a lot of good fall vegetables and had pork sandwiches and homemade bread and a big birthday cake covered with flowers. My mother’s friend Noni, who tried (unsuccessfully) to teach me to play the piano and taught my sister (with considerably more success), played “Happy Birthday” and we all sang in harmony—twice. The sunshine was bright on this unseasonably warm day in October and, after cake, we sat outside with a glass of white wine. No one felt right complaining that it was almost too warm to sit in the sun on this bright autumn day.

My mom was surrounded by friends she had cultivated for decades, friends she made in church when she was newly married and had kept ever since. The house smelled like simmering onions and fresh baked bread and there was much more food than anyone could eat. After most of the guests had left, my family sat outside talking as it grew dark and we had another cup of coffee and opened a few presents and then we had a little more to eat. It was a very nice day.

It is a wonderful thing to celebrate the occasion of someone’s birth.

On birthdays, we are not celebrating any accomplishment other than staying alive. It is not a national holiday where a sense of patriotism is expected. It is not a religious observance, when we feel our attentions should be focused on something more sacred

Till next time, —Carrie

SCF students to present "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" “Love is like the measles. You only get it once, and the older you are, the harder you take it.” – Adam Pontipee ST. CROIX FALLS - The cast and crew of St. Croix Falls High School’s drama department invite you to this year’s musical production of “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” at the St. Croix Falls Elementary Gymnatorium on Nov. 11-13.

The story begins in Oregon in the 1850s as Adam Pontipee (played by Ryan Jaremczuk), the eldest of seven orphaned brothers, decides to seek a wife in the neighboring town. When he sees Milly (played by Maddie Sullivan), the cook for a local restaurant, he falls in love and immediately asks her to marry him. She agrees, and they get married and then travel back to the Pontipee homestead in the mountains. There, she is surprised to meet Adam’s rough, uncivilized brothers, Benjamin (played by Kirk Baker), Caleb (Dylan Lynch), Daniel (Anthony Locken), Ephraim (Alex Frey), Frank (James Hillstead) and Gideon (Alex Mikl). After Milly schools the brothers in table manners and in the ways of courting women, the clan attends a barn raising.

At the barn-raising dance, the brothers meet six beautiful women (played by Ahna Hoefler, Alaina Mathias, Lauren Lund, Taylor Erickson, Mirielle Francis, and Kierlyn Ward), who already have suitors (Ethan Anderson, Matthew Gjovig, Levi Ward, Grant Simpson, Matt Rude and Erik Swenson). The women, enchanted by the rugged brothers, incite jealousy in their beaus. A fight ensues, and the beaten brothers return home, defeated. Adam attempts to cheer them up by reading them a story about the fabled Roman capture of neighboring Sabine women.

The brothers resolve to use this method to gain wives for

Children love to mimic adults and that is why play tools or play houses are so popular. Kids Most children, by the age of 4 want to be like their parents or or 5 years, have an uncanny ability other adults. Children may play to understand and absorb far more with toy versions of adult equipthan we believe possible. Our chil- John W. Ingalls MD ment, not because they actually dren are a living reflection of ourunderstand what they are doing selves, revealing both the good but it is because they are acting and bad traits. We beam with pride at their achieveout what they have observed.

Not only do children rements but sometimes we cringe when they repeat flect activities but also social interactions.

If they obwords or phrases that we never should have said in serve politeness and respect they will likely imitate it; the first place.

In social groups where adults are not involved, chil- if they see rudeness, anger and swearing you can guarantee that they will reflect that as well. dren will quickly identify who the leaders are and Another thing I have been amazed about is how who the followers are and naturally organize themmuch our grandchildren resemble their parents even selves into some type of social hierarchy. Much of at a young age. I have been able to look at my grandmodern education theory and practice is oriented children and see my own daughter in their faces and around avoidance of labels and blending of academic mannerisms.

After all, the nut doesn’t fall far from the abilities rather than organization by groups of similar tree. ability. The only ones we are fooling are the adults.

We have a dollhouse in our family room complete The children have an innate ability to know exactly with a mom doll, a dad doll and little kid dolls along who is who. When I was in elementary school we had with all of the dollhouse furniture for several rooms. two groups, the smart kids and the not-so-smart kids.

Ella and her little sister Lilyanne love to play with the No one gave us labels, we just knew where we bedollhouse when they come over. Not so long ago they longed. My parents would send out Christmas cards would just play with one or two pieces but now as proudly announcing “Johnny says that third grade their ages approach 4 and 2, they have graduated to gets easier every year.” using the entire collection. If a particular piece is miss-

Cold Turkey

than cake and potatoes. It is not a wedding with the pressures of combining two lives and two communities and fitting into a dress that will only be worn once. A birthday is a day when we simply appreciate the existence of one person and one life.

My mother is one of the youngest in a very large family. She is cheerful and practical and caring. She is also an expert at deflecting attention away from herself and onto someone else. She has always taken the smallest piece of pie, the cookie that broke, the last bowl of soup that is not quite full. She is very quick to tell me about all the things she does not need, and reluctant to tell me about things she wants. So I was surprised and pleased when, many months ago, she noted the significance of the triple 10 date and announced that she would like a blowout on her birthday.

It was a pleasure for me, after weeks of doing things that involved money and logistics, to spend a day focused on parsnips and mashed potatoes. It was fun to share a warm kitchen with my sister peeling vegetables, watch my sweet man Daniel have a serious discussion with my 2-year-old nephew in the sandbox, and boss my niece, Isabelle, around in a way only aunts can do. I enjoyed greeting my parents’ friends, many of whom I had not seen in years.

But best of all was the chance to say to my mother—through food and friends and singing and birthday cards— “This day is about you. Today is the day we tell you how much we love you, how much we appreciate you, how important you are to us.

Happy Birthday Mom.”

themselves, resulting in knee-slappin’ hilarity.

Rounding out the cast, those who play townspeople include Taylor Ader, John Baker, Cassie Rasmussen, Alex Jorgensen, Lauren Richter, Braden Christ, Kenny Johnecheck, Amy Herrick, Hayley Jaremczuk, Queen Jacobs, Sally Sutton, Taylor Moen and Emily Kessler. The play is led by director Shawn Gudmunsen, technical director Holly Waterman and publicity manager Melissa Germain.

Show times for “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” are Thursday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 13, at 2 and 7 p.m. Ticket prices are $5 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens. Thursday night and Saturday night shows are $1 for all students. All performances will be at the St. Croix Falls Elementary Gymnatorium. Tickets may be reserved by calling the high school office at 715-483-2507, Ext. 1301.

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Singers sought TAYLORS FALLS - Singers from the community at large are invited to be part of a community chorus for the ecumenical Advent Choral Vespers held during the Taylors Falls Lighting Festival. The vespers service will be held Saturday, Nov. 27, at 4:30 p.m., at the 1861 United Methodist Church in the Angel Hill Historic District.

2010 will be the 20th consecutive year for the service.

There will be four rehearsals: Sundays, Oct. 24, (skip the 31st), Nov. 7, 14 and 21, at 7 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 290 W. Government St. Past singers and new voices are invited and most welcome. The director is Marty Harding and Pat Remer is the accompanist. submitted

ing they also have the ability to pretend and substitute almost anything to fit their purpose.

During one of their most recent visits they began enthusiastically arranging all of the various furniture pieces in the appropriate rooms. Lilyanne, being the youngest, was more likely to take a doll and a piece and play by herself but Ella was clearly the organizer, applying her effort and energy to make every piece fit into the dollhouse. They were so preoccupied with their playing that Grammy Tammy was able to leave them to play by themselves while she attended to some of her own chores.

It was only a short time later Grammy Tammy was alerted to possible trouble. Loud yelling was coming from the family room. Not sure what was happening, she dropped her own activities and hurried to the scene of the dollhouse.

“Ella, what are you yelling about? Is everything OK? “It’s OK Grandma, it’s just the mom yelling.”

“Well, why is she yelling? Is something wrong?”

Ella paused for a moment and then answered, “Nothing is wrong, that’s just what moms do!”

Before Grandma left the room she surveyed the dollhouse arrangement. It was then that she noticed that Lily had the dad doll comfortably stretched out on the doll couch. Kids learn so young these days.

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Rambling West Sterling We are getting spoiled here at the cabin on Orr Lake with the end of September and beginning of October being so sunny, dry and warm. The combines have been running round the clock harvesting soybeans with a few fields of corn already finished too. The yields are looking good, the prices staying up, giving farmers a chance to make a profit this year.

You can tell it is fall by the attempt of the outside creatures moving into the cabin. I trapped three mice last week inside. The Asian ladybugs, driven from the soybean fields, spend all day trying to get into the cabin, and once in, spend all day trying to get back out again. The box elder bugs are bad this year too. The good news is the mosquitoes really thinned out after the big frost. With biting bugs gone, the leaves so colorful, it is a good time to walk in the woods.

Back when I hunted a lot, I walked around the woods with my gun. Mom liked us to bring home a grouse, pheasant, duck, squirrel or deer for the family dinner table. Uncle Chan told me that after 50 years of hunting and shooting things, he got tired of it and quit hunting altogether.

I am moving in that direction too, and nowadays you are more likely to find me out hunting with the camera. I don’t disapprove of hunting, just seem to have found it less interesting than it used to be.

My friend Bob says he still hunts, but mostly kills six-packs back at the deer shack.

I spent half a day out in the sand barrens of West Sterling trying to find where Great-grandpa Charles Wesley (C.W.) Carnes lived 100 years ago. He, his wife, Nancy Brown, and some of his children joined several other families from Dunkerton, Iowa, moving to West Sterling with the lure of cheap or free land. I drove old trails and walked a section of land about a mile south of the horse camp on Evergreen. My walking is still a problem when I am on uneven footing, my repaired leg and knee not quite feeling safe to trust, but going slower and looking down more gets me by. I ran into lots of uneven terrain out there and came back with an uncomfortable knee.

C.W. Carnes bought 160 acres of land for $700 in 1908, the SW 1/4 of Section 26 of T36N R20W. A section of land is one mile by one mile square and contains 640 acres.

The rest of Section 26 was still owned by the U.S.A. and available for free homesteading. C.W.’s brothers, Oren and Loren Carnes, had each moved in on adjacent 160-acre quarter sections a few years earlier and went through the homestead process to get their land free, as did fellow Iowan Amos Finch. I wondered if there were any signs of homes, fences or occupation a hundred years later.

The Carnes brothers passed away by the 1930s and no one paid the taxes on their pieces of unused, unlived-upon sand barrens land during the early Depression years. Oren and Loren’s land went to Polk County for unpaid taxes. Amos Finch and Great-grandpa’s land was purchased for a dollar per heir by the township of Sterling who paid Polk County the back taxes. Sterling had decided to try to buy tax-forfeit land to prevent the whole of West Sterling being owned by Polk County.

Conservationist and founder of the St. Croix Falls Hospital, J. A. Riegel, had convinced Polk County to take over the sand lands in West Sterling and turn them into a hunting and forestry reserve, including forcing local folks to move out. Sterlingites chose to resist this, and thus bought about 4,000 acres of land to have at least 40 acres in each section in West Sterling so Polk County couldn’t close off the land by sections. Sterling continues to receive significant income from cabin rentals and tree harvests on their land. The county intensively manages their much greater amount of land for forest production.

Mom couldn’t remember where the homesite was. “Grandpa and Grandma Carnes had moved to Chetek by the time

River Road

Ramblings Collected by Russ Hanson

The Rambler explored his Great-grandfather Charles Wesley Carnes’ homestead along the St. Croix River in West Sterling last week. – Photo by Russ Hanson best viewed in fall colors in the electronic Leader we moved to the barrens when I was in sixth grade (about 1933). Grandpa and Grandma told they had planted a big field of navy beans during the war, or maybe the 20s, and had a good yield. They hauled them to Chetek and spent the winter threshing them out and in the spring sold them for $600, enough to buy a new Chevy car. After Grandpa moved to Chetek, he used to come back, first with his horse and buggy, to preach at the church or school on the barrens. He stopped and stayed over with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hach, friends from the old days. He was a Free Methodist circuit-riding preacher in the old days. We didn’t move out there until the Depression, but Uncle Clarence was there all the time running the ferry. They lived in the house down on the river—not at Grandpa’s land. No, I don’t know where they lived out there - never heard it mentioned. When Grandpa died, Grandma came to live with us. We were out there on the creek, the Blair place, where the Chappelears have their hunting cabin. We moved to Wolf Creek about 1940.

“Oh, I do remember Joe Arnett and some of the Carnes drilling for oil on some land out there in the 1930s. I suppose it was on Grandpa’s land. Arnett was a selftaught geologist and was sure that there should be oil below the surface. Something about some oily-looking springs in the area. They bought pipe and drilled for a while, but couldn’t get very deep and didn’t find anything,” added Mom. I used the Polk County mapping system and Google satellite maps to get the aerial view of the section. The top view showed some pine plantations (usually on old farm fields), some oak ridges, generally all woods with lots of access trail - probably good for exploring with my 1987 fourwheel-drive Ford. I was a little worried that brush scrapes might take off some of the valuable patina arrived at from 23 years of never washing it, but a guy has to sacrifice a few things for adventure. A blaze-orange cap for safety, cell phone for emergencies (didn’t work out there), a couple of sandwiches, maps and the chain saw for blocked roads were my supplies.

Back in 1970, when I worked for the DNR manning the Sterling fire tower, I got interested in local history of the sand barrens. Grantsburg boss, Earl Meyer, had me write a short “History of the Sterling Barrens” brochure. I consulted Uncle Maurice and Aunt Myrtle, Dad and Mom, and Floyd Harris. Earl never printed it up because I had a few comments he thought might offend the locals. I opined, “If the whole barrens burned off, it would all be road,” my comment on the town of Sterling sand roads - the kind where if you stopped the car you would never get going again as you would surely have mired down in the loose sand. He also didn’t like, “If you look to the east from the Sterling tower, you can see where civilization begins at Hwy. 87,” thinking it might offend the handful of folks still living out there. It was hard, that my first attempt at writing

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I had a Honda 55 scrambler cycle (Lee Urhammer’s old one that I still have) that I drove throughout the old trails and woods when I wasn’t working. Dad told me where old homes had been located and I tried to find them. Usually I got well into the woods and the cycle broke down, letting me push it a few miles to find a ride home and a few weeks of repair. The woods, in those days, were really quite passable for a hiker, biker, or even snowmobile, mostly old fields grown up to trees, large oak ridges open underneath and many open prairie remnants.

Mostly when looking for old homesites, I found a clump of lilacs, a basement hole, sometimes a rock or concrete foundation, maybe a few strands of barbed wire grown deeply into a big old oak, and often a few old cans or jars from the scrap pile. Brother Everett and Cousin Norman scoured some of the same sites for Model T tin for each of their restoration projects (under way now for 40-plus years and within five years of completion). As with most West Sterling explorers, I spent a few days looking for John Maidment’s still-undiscovered cache of gold and jewels.

I looked at Sterling Township records for early 1900 to see if I could find anything about the Iowans. In 1904, a new school district, Bass Lake, was created, and the school built just off Hwy. 87. Better road access to it was needed, so from July 29, 1904, we read about a new road north off of Evergreen Avenue behind Bass Lake (at Mom’s corner).

“Specifications of road to be built from the center of Section 23 north through the marsh to be built with brush one foot deep and fourteen feet wide with brush not to exceed four inches in diameter and a ditch on each side three feet wide at the top and one foot wide at the bottom twenty-four inches deep.” The job to lay brush was let to Axel Nelson, who lived where Mom does now and the nearest neighbor to the new road. Great-uncle Oren Carnes from Iowa, probably already on his homestead, got the ditching job to shovel the dirt and peat from ditch to cover the brush road surface. Oren got paid 30 cents per rod of ditching - about 2 cents a foot, and was definitely here in 1904. He worked on other projects hired at a man, $1.50 per day, and a man and team for $3 per day.

Floyd Harris, a longtime West Sterling resident, told Rose Marie Vezina back in the 1960s (published in her column in the Standard Press) that the Iowan’s came in about 1904 to work on the second growth logging along the St. Croix and Trade rivers. Stillwater logger, Ed St. John, had crews cutting red, white and jack pine to float down the river. In 1905 he got permission from Sterling to raise the Worth bridge (north bridge) on Trade River 1-1/2

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feet for his log drives. At the time, he rebuilt the logging dam there too. So we have free land and jobs attracting folks to the area. Why they came from Iowa here may have been due to Baker Land and Title advertising in local newspapers in Waterloo, Iowa. I hope to track this someday.

I spent the morning driving and walking through Section 26 of West Sterling looking for relics from the Carnes ownership 100 years ago. I didn’t find anything yet. The land is interesting. Sterling’s 320 acres are more open and interesting to walk through than Polk County’s land.

Sterling’s land is somewhat more natural - it has been left to grow naturally in many areas. There are pine plantations here and there and evidence of tree harvesting, but Great-grandpa’s 160 is a very pleasant area to walk through. Two hunting cabin rentals are along 320th Street (one is Sleepy Hollow), so I will have to catch the hunters at home and see if they have stumbled across any old homesites, or if their cabin sites might actually be the homestead area.

Polk County’s 320 acres are more intensively managed. There are more cutover areas and more trails. Crossing the section are logging roads, a four-wheeler trail and the horse-riders trail. The hand of man is tremendously and disturbingly present on county land. Much of it is managed for high forest yields. Nowadays that doesn’t just mean that pines are planted in the open or harvested areas, but something called “scarification” is used. When timber is harvested, a maximum level of soil is laid bare for trees to seed in. The West Sterling sand barrens support a vigorous sod layer that keeps areas from being solid trees. These prairie remnants are often full of little and big bluestem and other prairie grasses, left over from the days when most of West Sterling was open prairie. To get maximum forest regeneration, bulldozers and logging machinery disturb the surface greatly, breaking the sod.

What that means to a walker or hunter is that you walk through the cutover and struggle to keep upright with all the mounds of dirt, debris and mess. It looks ugly, walks ugly, but gets jack pine, white pine and red pine seeds to sprout in the bare areas. I saw many places where a dozer has rampaged through thickly forested areas to rip and tear around the existing trees. What a mess.

I am biased toward less disturbed, more natural-looking woods. I like the areas where it is easy to walk amongst the big oaks or even in the resprouting cutover stumps where the scarification is not practiced so intensively. I wonder if the cost of running bulldozers around the woods scarring the landscape is really cost efficient? I know much of this is mess is here permanently. I made a few dirt mounds myself while running a dozer making firebreaks with the DNR 40 years ago that are still there, almost as ugly as I and my coworkers left them.

I haven’t found anything yet to indicate where Great-grandpa’s buildings were. In those days, fields were fenced and the rest of the barrens free-range pasture for cattle and horses. I couldn’t even find any barbwire. One hundred and sixty acres is a large amount of land to look over. It was really quite beautiful in the unscarified areas, and I look forward to another tramp, wondering as I walk, if Great-grandpa stepped where I step, what it was like then and what he was like.

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Teenage years I will give him a fictional name of Sam. I had

known him for a long time as a good friend, who was slightly older than most of us, and he owned a red convertible in the late ‘30s.

He liked to show up unexpectedly on a warm, summer evening and pick up some of us girls to go for a ride. I think it made him proud of having four or five girls in his car.

We were still pretty young in those days before we had begun to pair up and date. We loved the music with the radio playing “Moon River” or “Deep Purple” or “Liberty Magazine” or “Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, How He Could Love.”

We sang and laughed and told silly, harmless jokes.

One time we were parked on a road near the golf club, just talking, doing nothing, when an officer approached us in his vehicle.

“You can’t park here,” he said. “You’ll have to move.”

We were very quiet until I batted my eyes at the officer and said, “Oh, officer, weren’t you ever young?” and we giggled.

So we drove off, not even in a cloud of dust, and headed for Okauchee Lake. All of a sudden the officer’s siren sounded behind us.

“Now what?” one of the girls asked.

The officer said, “Now you’re out of my precinct, and I don’t have to follow you.”

Can you believe it? He told us where we could park legally. Sam thanked him and we drove off but we didn’t go where it was suggested as we decided to go to Delafield and get something to eat.

It was one of our favorite destinations, and we often ended up there for bacon and eggs. We sat on stools at the lunch counter.

Sometimes we had sandwiches and a cool drink.

One of the popular drinks of the day was a soda pop named Green River. (This was in the days when our folks made homemade root beer.)

Sam treated us, as he had a paying job. And yes, eventually he married one of the girls who rode in his beautiful car.

Mostly, I remember the music of “Moon River” following us as we drove through the beautiful summer countryside.

Being young and carefree was a special time, caught between childhood and the teen years, with

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How to preserve a husband Select one fresh from the market, not too green, but tender and healthy. Handle gently for they bruise easily.

Sweeten with smiles, blend with patience, humor and a pinch of mischief. Do not beat.

Preserve over a steady fire of warmth and affection.

Like fine wine, they mellow with age.

Do not pickle or put in hot water. This makes them bitter.

Serve with sugar, spice and tender loving care. ~ The Farmers Almanac The twin maple trees in front of our house are always beautiful in the fall. The leaves are bright yellow, slowly drifting to the ground.

My husband, Ken, planted them about 30 years ago and they have grown into giants, I wish he were here to see how they’ve grown. It doesn’t seem possible that he has been gone 24 years this time of year, in early September.

Two of our dogs are buried under those golden leaves, our liver-and-white springer and our beagle.

One of my favorite poems starts, “Margaret, are you grieving over golden grove unleaving?” with beautiful lines in between and ending: “Know this, it is Margaret you grieve for.”

Until next week, Bernice

Celebrating the young adolescent in October

by Tammi Milberg Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – Last week, the Leader brought you part one in a series of stories recognizing students in the middle school. October is National Month of the Young Adolescent. St. Croix Falls students in the fifth and sixth grades were featured last week. Seventh and eighth grades are featured this week, telling what they like best about middle school and what the challenges are for them in the middle school. Their comments: Mark Wampfler, eighth grade, stated “Just being friends with certain people can be hard if they are changing and pressuring you to do something that is not right.

Having extracurricular activities is good because people wouldn’t normally do that if it wasn’t offered at school.”

Alex King, eighth grade, said, “Choosing between sports to focus on when you go to high school is hard because two may be offered at the same time and you can only pick one, like baseball and track. The best part is working on the projects for classes, and having more difficult classes with different people.”

Casey Mikl, seventh grade, stated, “There is an unbelievable amount of drama and people try to choose friends for you and tell you who you have to be friends with. The best part is getting involved [in school] and being with your friends.”

Clover Stanze, eighth grade, said, “The

boyfriend/girlfriend thing is hard to deal with because of all the talking about it that goes on and the drama when there is a breakup.”

Reagan Hoverman, seventh grade, said, “Hallways and lockers are crowded and people budge a lot in the lunch line.”

Sam Mackenberg, seventh grade, said “It’s hard to keep up with the homework when you have games and your evenings and weekends are full of schoolwork and other things.”

Brady Leahy, seventh grade, said, “You do all the school stuff and then on weekends and Wednesdays you have all your church and youth-group things. You never have a night off.”

Sophia Aguilar, seventh grade, said, “Sports, advisories and intramurals are the best part. Advisory is when we meet with kids from another grade and talk about a topic and it helps us to get to know other kids in the middle school that are not in our grade.”

Dio Aluni, seventh grade, stated, “Homework stresses me out a bit.”

Call the National Middle School Association at 800528-NMSA for more information about how to support the educational and social needs of young adolescents.

Pictured are members of the St. Croix Falls seventh- and eighth-grade classes. Left to right are Mark Wampfler, Brady Leahy, Dio Aluni, Reagan Hoverman, Alex King, Clover Stanze, Sophia Aguilar and Sam Mackenberg.

Front: Casey Mikl. – Photo by Tammi Milberg

New subscribers to the Inter-County Leader newspaper paid $4 a year or $7 for two years.-Readers had a chance to pick the winners for football games and possibly win cash prizes of $25, $15 or $10.-Land O’ Lakes Creamery in Luck carried the slogan, “Milk ensures your family’s health.”-Children's shoes were on sale at Marvin’s Shoe Store, Frederic, at $3.98 or $3.29.-Hagberg’s Store in Frederic had a fall sheet ad with flannel shirts (sizes 6-16) at 97¢, ladies blouses at 88¢, and gave one large bag of butterscotch candy for each pair of boys and girls shoes purchased.-Specials at Milltown Cooperative Services included pork sausage rolls at two for 59¢, turkeys at 36¢ lbs., new red potatoes at 28¢ for 10 lbs., fruit cocktail at four cans for 89¢ and Pillsbury angel food cake mix at 39¢.-Jerry Lewis was starring in the movie “Bellhop” at the Frederic Theatre.-A dance was held at the Indian Creek Hall Sept. 3, with music by Pistol Pete and His Orchestra.-The movie “Because They’re Young” was playing at the Grand Theatre, Grantsburg.-Free coffee was served at Young & Rich Auto Sales, Frederic.-Polk County Teachers College reached 33 on opening day.-A turkey dinner was served Sept. 10, at Trinity Lutheran Church, McKinley.

40 Years Ago Patrick Lucey was governor and William Proxmire won by a big majority as senator. As a result of the November election, others in office were Alvin O’Konski, Harvey Dueholm, Merle Beedle, James Erickson, Lloyd Erickson, Harold Maier and Vera Wicklund. (Your dig-out-the-news person is already into November as previous issues were short of news).-Specials at the Frederic Co-op Supermarket included the following: sliced bacon at 54¢ lb., round steak at 98¢ lb., T-bone steak at $1.18 lb., green grapes at 28¢ lb. and carrots at 10¢ lb.-Hagberg’s, Frederic, had a sale on professional leather basketball shoes at $16.95, snowmobile boots at $9.99, women’s nylon panty hose at 64¢, plus specials on fabrics.-Every Friday night there was a fish fry at Pheasant Inn, Siren.-The Siren Fire Department planned to have a turkey festival at the Siren Fire Hall in November with a prize of a Polaris snowmobile.-A special at Carlson Hardware, Our Own Hardware, in Frederic, was a teakettle for $1.89.-Specials at Dick’s Red Owl included grapefruit at 10 for 69¢, fryers at 29¢ lb. and 10 rolls bath tissue at 77¢.-A Danbury couple, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Bailey, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at First Baptist Church, Webster.

20 Years Ago Hwy. 70 relocation was tabled by committee.-Action Agency will move into a Webster building.-The ad for First Wisconsin Bank said, “The more candles on your cake, the more interest you make.”-The local bloodmobile drew 118 pints.-An addition to the school campus at Grantsburg was proposed.-A rendezvous at Forts Folle Avoine drew visitors from 42 states.-A jail supervisor position was proposed in Burnett County.-A Webster ranger, Phil Stromberg, fought the Sequoia fire.-A sale at Peggy’s Fashion Rack, Siren, listed Dick Tracy T-shirts for $9.99, ladies turtlenecks at $8.99, neon hair bands at $1.49, assorted socks at $1 a pair, and 25 percent off Lee jeans.-Substitute bus drivers were needed at Webster according to Don Seitzberg, principal.-Area figures showed this area as one of the fastest growing.-The quilt auction at Luther Point drew a good response.Capeside Cove hosted its annual senior Olympics.A grand opening was held for the brand-new building, Aug. 17 – 18, housing Creative Jewelers, The Inter-County Leader and Fishbowl Insurance Agency in Siren.-Unity’s annual meeting as held Aug. 27.-Nov. 4 was the date for the Milltown annual school meeting.

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Siren

What a gorgeous couple of weeks, lots of sunny, warm days. Must be what they call Indian Summer, too bad we didn’t have some of this kind of weather earlier, maybe the gardens would have done better.

Oh well, there’s always next year. Only one thing wrong with nice weather in the fall, it brings out those nasty box elder bugs and Asian beetles. I fought those buggers on Saturday while trying to get the windows done. Did get a lot of outside work done though. Planted the three flower beds hubby made into the retaining wall. Should be really pretty back there come spring. Last year’s spring bulbs didn’t fair so well, only half of them came up. Was told those darn tree rats like to dig them up and cart them away.

Maybe they are planting their own gardens. I should take a walk in the woods, maybe I would find them growing.

The Siren Covenant Church ladies will hold their annual soup supper/bake sale on Friday, Oct. 22.

The bake sale will start at 3 p.m. and soup supper at 5 p.m. Both will end at 6:30 p.m. Stop in for a great meal and while there, grab some of the baked goods. If you haven’t ordered your apple pies for

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Lewis

Only six members turned out for the Oct. 8 meeting of the Northwest Regional Writers last Friday at Espresso Cabin, Grantsburg. Present were Mary Jacobsen, Stan Miller, Walter Fluegel, Alice Ford, Russ Hansen and Bernice Abrahamzon. The weather was too nice and homeowners were busy with drywall, new windows, etc., all to be completed while the weather was nice.

Mary and Ed Jacobsen just returned from three wonderful weeks in Norway, in Oslo and area. On Friday, she was still feeling the effect of jet lag.

The next meeting is set for Friday, Nov. 11, at 1 p.m., in the community room, Sunrise Apartments, Frederic. The assignment (selected at random from a line in a book) is to write on “That was exactly my reasoning.”

Sheila Staples and the four Abrahamzons enjoyed the take-out turkey dinners from the American Legion Club Thursday evening. It was delicious and very generous portions and we always get new ideas at harvest suppers, too.

On Wednesday, Sheila and Bernice went to the Smith Apple Orchard on Poquette Lake as they hadn’t been there this fall. They were tempted by apple cider doughnuts, apple turnovers, dried cranberries and tried Empire apples for a change. Every fall they make the rounds of local orchards, enjoying what each has to offer.

A rare treat was in store for some of us Saturday night when the musical put on by West Sweden and Zion Lutheran churches was offered at the Siren Methodist Church. It was beautifully presented with

Jensen/Schimke

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Siren Senior Center

Webster Senior Center Another beautiful week in the north country is gone. This year is going by much too fast. Before we know it, the jolly man in the red suit will be coming around.

Welcome to another new Wii bowler. These gals are getting better and better at this game and having a great time. Sharon Link had high single game with a 211. Super job. The Early Birds had high team game with a 639. Come in and join the fun. We can add another team with three or four more people. It starts at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesdays.

Twenty-one people played Dime Bingo on Wednesday. It is always a good time. We so appreciate those who take turns providing treats.

Thursday evening there were only five pool players and no one to play cards. There were too many other things going on. It is a very busy time. We will be playing again this Thursday, starting at 7 p.m.

Dudley Dingmann, one of the centers most loyal diners, passed away this past week. Our thoughts

Engagement

Sympathy is extended to Bob Denotter and family, your freezer you can still put in your orders.

Sympathy to the family of Arnold T. Strasser who due to the death of Bob’s wife, Pat. Her funeral was Friday, Oct. 8, at Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral passed away Sept. 24.

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, Oct. 26. This is Home in Webster. Pat was 74.

Sympathy is also extended to Gordon Lauder and the October Food and Friends community dinner. It is being held at the Siren Methodist Church. Meal is family, due to the death of Gordon’s wife, LaVerne. at 5 p.m. Come early as the food goes fast. Freewill She died suddenly Sunday morning.

Karen and Hank Mangelsen visited Jake, Holly, offering.

Congratulations to elementary student Maddy Hannah and Grace Mangelsen Monday evening. They Nichols, middle schooler Desarae Otto and high helped Jake celebrate his birthday.

Clam River Tuesday Club met Oct. 6 at the home of schooler Tadd Oachs for being chosen Siren Beth Crosby. Most of the afternoon was spent making Schools students of the week.

Congratulations to Doug and Midge Nyren on final plans for the fundraiser, but the ladies took time their 50th wedding anniversary, Oct. 16. Stop in on to do two farm quizzes that Beth had printed. Next the 16th at the South Fork Sporting Club and wish meeting will be Nov. 3 at 1:30 p.m. at the home of Karen Mangelsen. them many more.

Nina and Lawrence Hines went to Eden Prairie, The “Broadway Comes to Siren” musical last Saturday evening at the Siren Methodist Church was a Minn., Wednesday and stayed overnight with their huge success, the church was full and many in the daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Steve Hagen.

Rick Funk and his fiancee, Angela Stanke, visited audience remarked how good the show was on their way out. Some of the Siren Methodist Church men’s Rick’s grandparents, Lida and Don Nordquist Friday choir even joined in the singing, and Andy Peloquin evening.

Colin, Chad and Chris Harrison spent the weekend did a great job, he has a great voice. at the home of Nina and Lawrence Hines. Chris’ wife, Carly, came Sunday and stayed overnight.

Bernice Visitors of Maynard and Ronda Mangelsen at variAbrahamzon ous times over the weekend were Andrea, Robb and Michael Williamson, Mike, Nancy, Ethan and Dylan Brett Jensen of St. Croix Falls and Anna Schimke choir numbers, solos, novelty acts and generated Longhenry, and Jeff and Jackie Peterson and family. of Milwaukee would like to announce their engagelots of applause. It is well worth taking on the road so Daya Lawrence was an overnight guest Saturday. ment. They became engaged on May 15, 2010, and as many people as possible can see it. Goodies The annual Clam River Tuesday Club fundraiser plan to be married Sept. 10, 2011. were served during intermission in the church fel- held Saturday evening was a huge success. The club Anna is the daughter of Jesse and Tina Schimke of lowship hall. So much talent, unity and energy. It’s a members are especially appreciative of Indian Creek Elkhorn. She recently graduated from WITC in New performance that will be remembered for a long Grover-Root American Legion Post 396 for the use of Richmond with an associate degree in early childhood time. Congratulations to all who participated. The their hall at no charge, Mr. Morgan for providing danc- education. She is a 2005 graduate of East Troy High program was a real gift. ing music at a reduced rate, Lee Thomas for volun- School in East Troy.

What marvelous weather. I’ve never heard it teering his auction services, Jenny Gedatus for singing Brett is the son of Sonya Murtaugh of Frederic and called “Native American Summer” so I guess the the national anthem, and the many businesses and in- Robert Zinsmaster of Cameron. He graduated from original name is OK and politically correct. dividuals who donated food for the lunch, items for the UW-Milwaukee in May 2009 with a bachelor’s degree Sunday morning church at Lewis was special as silent auction and money. The ladies are also very in architecture and is a 2004 graduate of St. Crox Falls two new members were accepted into the Lewis happy that so many people came and enjoyed the High School. church family. They are Mrs. Avis Gabraysh and Mrs. music, food and fellowship and purchased items and The couple currently reside in Minneapolis, Minn. – Karen Hudoba. Welcome to our church member- quilt tickets to support the fundraising efforts. The win- Photo submitted ship. ner of the quilt was Lida Nordquist.

Remember, too, the writers conference this coming Saturday at the Spooner Ag Center from 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. It is sponsored by the Indianhead WritConnect to your community ers Club and offers free admission for lunch, fellowship with other writers and a chance to win a prize by reading one of your original stories.

Barb The same opportunity was offered last year and Munger the impromptu program turned out just fine. Last year, two members of the NW Regional Writers won prizes including Mary Jacobsen and Mike Vieth. ParThe center is open Monday through Friday from 9 Remember next Tuesday, Oct. 19, the center will ticipation is voluntary but encouraged. There is some have their election of officers for the coming year. a.m. to 4 p.m. Many new books have been added to carpooling through Mary Jacobsen.

Everyone who has attended at least six meetings for our library in the past few weeks, ready to be taken Remember our Lewis church harvest supper this the past year is eligible to vote. If anyone is in doubt home, read and returned. Also the gift shop has Saturday night. It is a ham dinner with homemade about their attendance give Corrine Root a call at many new items for sale. For information on the acbread (white or dark) and any kind of pie. Welcome. 715-349-5054 as she has the lists of everyone that tivities call 715-349-7810 and for dinner reservations call 715-349-2845. See you at the center. has attended meetings.

Along with the meeting, the center will have their Bernie monthly senior meeting with birthday cake following for all of the October birthdays. The meeting is Boelter called to order promptly at 9:30 a.m.

The Dining at Five dinner last Thursday was atand prayers go out to his family. He will be missed.

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the next tended by 51 people and the door prize, a bag of potluck on Saturday, Oct. 23. It is always a fun time Halloween goodies, was won by Mary Poretti.

Gratitude is extended to Nona Severson for setand lots of great food. There will not be a potluck in ting the tables and to the great serving staff, which November due to hunting season. The next one will be Saturday, Dec. 4, when we will be having a silent consisted of Ralph and Nona Severson, Corrine Root and Lou Jappe. auction. More details in the coming weeks.

The good news this week is that Fran Oltman is The next senior meeting will be Tuesday, Oct. 19, out of the hospital and stopped in for a visit. at 12:30 p.m. Please plan to attend. All seniors 55 Winners at 500 this week were Arnie Borchert, and older are members and eligible to attend meetings. The center can only survive with participation Sylvia Peterson, Ellis Erickson, Darleen Groves and from its members. We need new ideas and sugges- Lorna Erickson. Spades winners were Inez Peartions. Come to the meeting and let us know what you son, Dale Sicard, Arnie Borchert, Virginia Martin and would like to have at the center. Remember, to be a Clara Belle Palomaki. Treats for the cardplayers voting member for the following year, you must pay were furnished by Nona Severson, Marge Nyberg your $1 between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, to the treas- and Barb Munger.

Gratitude to the U.S. Bank for the cards and enurer, Maxine Peterson.

The only difference between a good day and a velopes and also squash, which was donated by Virginia Martin, to the center this week. bad day is attitude.

Quite a few seniors and younger folks had a See you at the center. chance to see two of our local seniors performing in the Broadway show at the Siren Methodist Church last Saturday evening. Congratulations and good job to Lou and Nancy Jappe and Pastor Tom Cook.

It was a great production!

Tuesday Domino winners were Ione Meixner, Don Anderson and Martha Lundstrom.

Hand and Foot winners were Rita Boyle and Dottie Adams.

Someone forgot to write in the notebook who the Born at Osceola Medical Center: 500 cards winners were, my apologies to those peoA boy, Roger Dean Hoppe-Kostelnik, born Oct. 3, ple.

2010, to Melanie Kostelnik and Jay Hoppe of SomThursday evening 500 winners were Bob Norlanerset. Roger weighed 8 lbs., 2.4 oz. der, Leone Montgomery and Kim Rosen. Roger and ••• Kim won the 9 bid.

Born at Indianhead Medical Center Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss, you will A girl, Nadia Lee Vogel, born Oct. 4, 2010, to Anland among the stars.

Anna Craker, age 10, Luck, recently had gelica Jackson and Johnathon Vogel, Danbury.

Come visit us soon at the senior center. The cof11 inches of her hair cut to donate to ••• feepot is always on.

Locks of Love donation

St. Croix Valley Senior Center

by Carol Van Buskirk Hi, I’m back again. I couldn’t think of a good reason to say no to my friend Marian when she asked if I would write the news this week.

Our sincere sympathy to the family of Darlene Cross whose funeral was Wednesday. She will be missed by all her extended family from the senior center.

Our thoughts are with John Brown who had recent knee replacement surgery and is at the local Good Samaritan Center for rehab. Also Verna Wood, who had a recent heart attack, and Marian Edler whose youngest sister, Lydia, passed away on Friday morning.

Births

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Locks of Love for wigs for children who have lost their own hair due to illness. – Photo submitted

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Boykin/Branville Dr. Cynthia Boykin of Frederic, and Jonathon Boykin of Oklahoma, are happy to announce the engagement of their son, Lance Cpl. Austin Boykin of Frederic to Aushleana Branville of Luck.

Aushleana is the daughter of Glen and Tanya Branville, and granddaughter of James Branville of Luck. She graduated from Luck High School and is attending Globe University with a major in health-care management.

Austin is originally from Oklahoma where his siblings and maternal grandmother continue to reside.

Austin graduated from Frederic High School and attended the University of Wisconsin – Barron. He is currently a lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps.

The couple plan to marry upon his return from Afghanistan next summer. – Photo submitted

Wedding

Sunny weather and animal-loving hikers smiled on the 2010 Arnell Humane Society Walk/Run for the Arnell Humane Animals on SatSociety of urday, Oct. 9.

Over 60 regis- Polk County tered hikers walked the Stower Seven Lakes Trail in the warm autumn sunshine. Many enjoyed the event with their faithful canine companions and others walked with a two-legged friend. Their walk/run pledges from friends, family and co-workers raised $4,642 for the Arnell animal shelter.

Each walking dog wore a hike bandana; their pledge-earning caregivers earned a Walk for the Animals T-shirt. Local businesses from throughout the county provided a wide array of door prizes that were awarded to the walkers. While most of the walkers came from the local area, some came from as far away as Duluth, the Twin Cities, Illinois and Indiana. All came together to enjoy the morning hike and show their support for the Arnell shelter.

All who participated in the hike by way of pledge dollars, pledged walking or donated prizes are greatly appreciated. Thank you for caring about the animals in our communities and at the shelter. All

Happy Tails

Await

Hi, everybody! Blacky here from Humane Society of Burnett County. So what did you think about my shelter pal, Whitey? Even though he is a bit bashful, I thought he did a good job filling in for me last week. He’s such a good boy, and he wants a home so badly, that I thought he should have the opportunity to tell you himself. And, well, I must confess I was awfully busy trying to dig up moles in my yard - just like Whitey said. I never gave moles much thought until my mom decided to wage war against them. It started with the grumbling about the tunnels popping up all over and ruining the appearance of the yard, but the last straw was when Mom sat in a chair outside and tipped over backward because the chair leg went into a hole. Now she’s on a mission and, hey, as long as it involves digging, I am here to help!

And speaking of help, folks sure did just that when it came to our dog walk last month! We raised $1,509, and when my mom told me how many dollars people pledged for me to walk, my ears shot straight up in the air in astonishment $730! That’s huge, and I was so happy that I tore around the yard like a lunatic (she says) in a state of glee. I had no idea I would get such a big response and raise that much money to help out my friends, and if I were the kissing sort, I’d give each and every one of you who pledged me a big, fat, Blacky kiss. I’m not though, so you’ll just have to accept my humble thanks and know that I appreciate your support very, very much. So do my pals.

When I was at the shelter this last week, there was only one newcomer for me to meet, a cat.

Linus is a 6- to 8-month-old black domestic longhair. He was all about sticking his paws out of his condo to play, and he was purring like crazy. Linus was picked up in Siren last week. I also learned

donations and pledges are particularly dear to Arnell this year, as the economy has forced people to cut back on donations, a major source of funding for the shelter. Pledges ranging from $2 to $100 made the 2010 Walk for the Animals the most successful fundraising event ever held for the shelter.

The love and support is a hug that will help care for the stray, displaced and abandoned animals in our care.

In September, the Amery eighth-grade family and consumer education class organized an Amery Middle School sister hike for the animals. These amazing students raised $607.78 in a fun and healthy school-day hike to raise awareness for the

Arnell shelter. Combined Arnell walk and middle school hike pledges raised over $5,250.

If you missed the walk, the Fifth-annual Rangewood Memorial Poker Run fundraiser for Arnell Humane Society is Saturday, Oct. 23. The annual fundraiser begins at Straight 8 Bar in Range at 11 a.m. and ends at Duck’s Bar, with food and prizes after 6 p.m. All proceeds are donated to Arnell Humane Society. To participate or for further information call poker-run organizer Jeff Young, 715-948-2229.

Arnell Memorial Humane Society, 185 Griffin St. Amery 54001, 715-268-7387.

Shelter

still I wish I was more compact - sometimes.

Mostly I am glad I am big and tall and able to scan the countertops. Especially next month, when the kringles arrive! You still have time to order some for yourself by contacting the shelter or placing an order with any of Lucky the volunteers that are selling them. They come in 10 yummy flavors: almond, raspberry cheesecake, pecan, turtle, apple cinnamon, cherry, chocolate eclair, cheesecake, and cinnamon. Mmmmm, I’m getting slobbery just thinking about them... Anyway, they are $8 apiece and you can order them up until Friday, Oct. 29.

Delivery will be right around Nov. 11.

My wish list this week is very short: bleach. Not for Whitey’s hair, but to keep the kennels clean and germ free. My human pals go to great lengths to keep the shelter squeaky clean, and it shows, so if you could drop off a jug or two they’d appreciate it.

Mom’s going to great lengths to make our yard mole free, and now she’s got something with a fuse in it that looks like a firecracker, only it doesn’t go “boom” (whew!) and you stick it in a tunnel. How cool is that? That means someone thought about the fate of moles like I think about the fate of tree rats!

Boy, I bet that inventor was a lot of fun.

Take care, everyone, and I’ll see you here next week!

HSBC is saving lives, one at a time. www.hsburnettcty.org, 715-866-4096.

YAPpenings Blacky that a couple of my friends were going home; I said my goodbyes to Allison, and also to Scooter. Now that Scooter’s gone home, Lucky is feeling down.

He and Scooter were best friends here and played together all the time. Lucky misses his buddy and would love to find himself his own family real soon - maybe one where he could have a playmate like Scooter! Lucky is only medium-sized, not a big oaf like me, so he doesn’t take up that much space. If it’s an even smaller dog you’re after, I’ve still got three wee friends who are waiting for a good home. There’s Olaf the doxy, Sara the Pom, and then there is Scruffy. Scruffy is an older poodle who is almost completely blind. Blindness and old age haven’t taken away his zip, however, and he still likes to take walks and even run around! He told me what he really wants is just to have a lap to sit on and to be close to someone, and that being at the shelter can be sometimes hard for him. Scruffy’s been fixed and just had his teeth cleaned, and he has an otherwise clean bill of health. Do you have a place on your lap for him, or any of my other small friends?

I like to sit on people’s laps, too, but I guess I’m too big because I make everyone’s legs fall asleep and go numb after only a few minutes. It’s fun to watch them try and walk after I lay on them, but

Burnett Community Library Donations

Johnson/Millerman Megan Johnson, daughter of Desiree and Scott Madsen of Milltown and Tony and Heidi Johnson of Luck, was married to Aaron Millerman, son of Lee and Rhonda Millerman of Cameron on June 12. The ceremony was held at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Rice Lake. Following the ceremony was a reception at the Das Lach Haus in Cumberland.

The bridesmaids included Jamee Hetrick, friend of bride; Kari Seelow and Beth Nadeau, both sisters of the bride; Katy Millerman, sister of the groom; and flower girl, Addie Seelow, niece of the bride. The groomsmen included Andy Peterson, Travis Moses and Josh Aumann, all friends of the groom; Sam Millerman, cousin of the groom; and ring bearer, Xavier Nadeau, nephew of the bride. The ushers were Jon Seelow, brother-in-law of the bride and Michael Johnson, cousin of the bride.

After a honeymoon to Duluth, Minn., the couple now reside in Rice Lake, where the bride works at Dairy State Bank and the groom works for Red Cedar Logging out of Cameron. – Photo by Rae of Light Photography

Gratitude is extended to Voyageur Village for their generous donation of $500 to the building fund, which they raised over Labor Day weekend at their arts and crafts show.

We also express gratitude to Elizabeth Brown for building a beautiful puppet theater for our library in order to satisfy a community service requirement for her Eagle Scout. Moose Lodge 1194 presented a check for $428 to the Friends of the Library on Sept.

28, raised during a recent Moose spaghetti benefit.

Thanks to everyone for your continuing support.

Preschool story time

Story time is located on the lower level of the Burnett Community Library, Main Street, Webster, and is held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. every Wednesday.

Friends of the Library

The raffle at the spaghetti dinner raised $318.25.

Now the Friends have enough money to pay for publishing their revised edition of their wild rice cookbook. We will be looking forward to the cookbook soon (“Nature’s Gifts: Wild Rice and Berries from Folle Avoine”) and luckily, in time for Christmas shopping.

Adult book club

On Tuesday, Oct. 26, we will be discussing a book about Frank Lloyd Wright titled “Loving Frank,”

by Nancy Horan. Everyone is welcome. Please call the library to request your copy at 715-866-7697.

Tax forms

The IRS will not be sending out tax forms and

booklets to individuals this year, but we will have a supply on hand at the library for you as usual, if you decide not to file online.

New adult fiction books

• “Call Me Mrs. Miracle” by Debbie Macomber • “Cross Roads” by Fern Michaels • “Don’t Blink” by James Patterson • “Fall of Giants” by Ken Follett • “Embers of Love” by Tracie Peterson • “Legacy” by Danielle Steel • “Other Men’s Horses” by Elmer Kelton (Western) • “Savagery of the Mountain Man” by Wm. W. Johnstone (Western) • “Slaughter of Eagles” by Wm. W. Johnstone (Western) • “Texas Standoff” by Elmer Kelton (Western) • “Thorn” by Beverly Lewis • “Come in from the Cold” by Marsha Qualey (Young adult) • “Freedom” by Jonathan Franzen • “The Red Queen” by Philippa Gregory

New adult nonfiction books

• “Backyard Deer Hunting” by Wm. Hovey Smith • “100 Best Books for Children” by Anita Silvey • “Proust and the Squid” by Maryanne Wolf • “The Fort: A Novel of the Revolutionary War” by Bernard Cornwell • “Tattoos on the Heart” by Gregory Boyle

New children’s books

• “Magic Horse of Han Gan” by Chen Jiang Hong • “Big Wolf and Little Wolf” by Nadine Brun-

Cosme • “The Boy and the Moon” by James Christopher Carroll • “Memoirs of a Goldfish” by Devin Scillian • “Zero, Zilch, Nada: Counting to None” by Wendy Ulmer • “Scaredy Cat Splat” by Rob Scotton • “Smiley Snowman” by M. Christina Butler • “World Almanac for Kids 2011” by Sarah Janssen • “Anna Hibiscus” by Atinuke • “Cat Diaries - Secret Writings of the Meow Society” by Betsy Cromer Byars • “Henry’s Amazing Imagination” by Nancy Carlson • “Nature’s Yucky!” by LeeAnn Landstrom and Karen I. Shragg • “Learn to Draw Animals” by Diana Fisher • “Learn to Draw Horses and Ponies” by Russell Farrell • “Learn to Draw Dogs and Puppies” by Diana Fisher

New DVDs

• “The Backup Plan”

New audio books

• “Safe Haven” by Nicholas Sparks

Hours and information:

Monday-Thursday 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. For more information, contact the library at 715-866-7697, Web site: webster.wislib.org. Online catalog: merlin.nwls.lib.wi.us/search.

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LIBRARY NEWS

Frederic Public Library

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Food for Fines

Service dog Ruby and her companion, author Patrick Bettendorf, visited the Frederic Library Saturday, Oct. 9, to talk about her book, “Ruby’s Tale.” She was found as a starving puppy in an abandoned house and has achieved stardom as a radio show co-host, a veteran of stage plays, and the subject of newspapers worldwide. Stop in to borrow a copy of “Ruby’s Tale” and to browse a display of books for dogs and dog lovers. – Photos submitted

Balsam Lake Public Library will be accepting food for fines throughout the month of October. We will forgive fines up to $10. Food will be given to Loaves and Fishes food pantry in Luck. No fines, no problem, drop your food donations here.

Story time

Every Wednesday at 11 a.m. Stories, crafts and snacks all ages welcome to join our lively group.

Friends of the Library

Friends group meets every third Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. Friends group is an organization for all who value the public library as a vital community resource.

New books for October

“Painted Ladies” by Robert Parker, “Fall of Giants”

by Ken Follett, “Reversal” by Michael Connelly, “Confessions” by John Grisham, “Worth Dying For”

by Lee Child, “Chasing the Night” by Iris Johansen, “In the Company of Others” by Jan Karon.

Computer classes

Open lab from 2 to 3:30 p.m., instructor available to answer questions and give one-to-one instructions; next class will be Tuesday, Oct. 19.

Book club

“Rainwater” by Sandra Brown. “Rainwater” is not a typical Brown novel. The novel takes place in 1934 Texas. An economic depression is going on, racism is prevalent and how one is perceived morally in a small town is very important. This is a story of a deep abiding love between two people who teach each other to live and love at any cost. Book club meets Wednesday, Oct. 20, at 3 p.m. Extra books available at the library.

Hours

Balsam Lake Library, (under the water tower) at 404 Main St., Balsam Lake. Hours are Monday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. E-mail: balsamlakepl@ifls.lib.wi.us. Web site www.balsamlakepubliclibrary.org.

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Frederic kindergartener Benjamin Ones recently visited the Frederic Library with his school class, and he came back to the library with his mom, Renee, to get his very own library card. Ben’s first checkouts were a book about frogs and two Scooby-Doo movies. Get excited about your library! Use your library card or stop in and get one if you don’t have one.

In the early ‘50s, fueled by a trip to the South Dakota School of Mines museum in Rapid City, I had been fascinated for most of the 13 years of my life with “rocks.” There were encased displays of gold nuggets, rocks with veins of silver, rocks that glowed a myriad of colors, petrified wood, gemstones and fossils. I remember the anthracite, bituminous and lignite coal displays because we had a coal furnace.

One night during supper, Dad announced that he and three other guys had staked 10 uranium claims in the Slim Buttes of northwestern South Dakota. He proudly plunked down a Geiger counter on the table as we gawked in amazement – especially Mom. You see, Dad was a salesman for Toledo Scales, which had nothing to do with geology but it never deterred him from dreaming.

He related that one of the guys from Buffalo (South Dakota) had flown his plane over the countryside with a scintillater (high-sensitivity Geiger counter) to narrow their search area. They found promising deposits of uranium in the Slim Buttes lignite coal deposits and staked their claims.

We lived in eastern South Dakota where there was only black dirt and fieldstones.

The next day I started prospecting for my own claims.

Armed with the Sears-Roebuck Tower Ray-O-Vac Model 6157 Geiger counter I rode my bike around town impressing all the kids and some adults. I got readings all over the place but the highest readings were in our alley.

Dad had gone back on the road for his regular job so I had to wait until he got home on Friday night to ask him

was played with the following winners: Susan Hughes in first place, Lorraine Hansen in second place, Dorothy Brown in third place and Mildred Ihrig in fourth place.

Frances Mattsen is at Grantsburg Continuing Care Center.

We will have flu shots available here on Tuesday, Oct. 26, from 9 – 11 a.m.

The Annual Appreciation Dinner will be at Hacker’s Lanes on Saturday, Oct. 16, at noon. Cards at the center to follow.

Pokeno is played Wednesday and Friday at 1 p.m.

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Irregular Columnist Brooke Biedinger how I could stake a claim on our alley. I was pretty fired up because uranium in the ‘50s was the current “gold rush.” I figured that as soon as they started mining the alley I could get my mom a new washing machine; a Browning Sweet Sixteen for Dad; a new Schwinn bike for me and some pretty clothes for my three sisters.

Friday night I rushed out the back door when I heard the Hudson Hornet pull into the alley. Dad was lugging his suitcase to the house as I was clamoring that I needed to know how to stake a claim – right away before someone discovered my secret. After kisses and hugs for Mom and my sisters he followed me out to the alley with the Geiger counter. I was glad it was dark so the neighbors wouldn’t see us prospecting, especially Doc Wiles; he was already into oil wells. Dad picked up a big clinker and passed the Geiger counter probe over it as the gauge jumped. He patted me on the head and said “Clinkers are what’s left over when you burn coal and most coal gives off some radiation; I don’t think there is enough to mine.”

I continued my prospecting until winter when I figured there was more money in shoveling snow.

Turns out, Dad’s claims were worthless too; the higher yields from carnotite ore provided the uranium needed for bombs to protect us.

My e-mail address is biedingerb@wildblue.net.

Marvel Merriam spent last weekend with the Freeborns at River Falls. They attended high school football games with River Falls vs. Hudson and watched grandson Brad play. Marvel was among the many that attended Elaine (Mortson) Scott’s open house for her 75th birthday Saturday at the Webster Senior Center.

John and Reeny Neinstadt spent the weekend at Cadott with Sandy and Lamar Johnson and family.

Bob and June, Rick and Judy Witzany and Elaine Paulson were dinner guests of Jack and Jeri Witzany Sunday evening.

Kathryn Krause was home for the weekend from UW - River Falls. She and Deanna Krause went horseback riding with the saddle club.

Mark and Fran Krause drove to Madison Friday evening where they joined Karen and Jerry Hintz.

They all attended the Wisconsin Badger vs. Minnesota Gophers football game on Saturday. They enjoyed the homecoming activities and celebrated Fran’s special birthday. They returned home on Sunday.

On Monday evening Fran had dinner with Nancy and Kent.

Nick Ryan, Grantsburg, who is in medical school at Des Moines University, had family celebrate his White Coat Ceremony with him on Saturday, Aug. 28, at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa. He is enrolled in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2014. – Photo submitted

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Pulling the pieces together Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park has closed its weekly operations of tours for this season. Well, that’s what the calendar says; but not quite what the reality is.

Actually, there’s still plenty happening, all of which reflects the park’s educational mission to portray the fur trade times in several guises – be it via entertainment, school tours, or special programs.

Entertainment was in vogue this past Saturday, for instance, when the site presented a rousing rendition of what is known as the Beaver Club. Patterned after actual gatherings that took place in Montreal from the late 1700s till the 1820s, the evening featured stirring bagpipe anthems, raucous fiddle tunes, speeches, stories and song. And, last but decidedly not least, a full five-course dinner built around the sort of meals done up at the original feasts, giving site director Steve Wierschem a chance to don his chef’s hat. Sights, sounds, and cuisine – all wrapped up in an educational palette but presented within a

Grape management and pruning workshop offered SPOONER — UW-Extension will be offering a twopart workshop on grape growing and pruning on Thursday, Oct. 28, from 3 to 5:30 p.m., at the Spooner Ag Research Station. The first session, from 3-3:45 p.m. is an indoor presentation on the basics of cold-hardy grape management. The second session from 4-5:30 p.m. is an outdoor hands-on demonstration on pruning procedures for grapes.

There is no cost for the workshop. The outdoor demonstration will be held at the display garden located on Orchard Lane. Come dressed appropriately. Participants can attend either the indoor session or the outdoor session, or both.

According to UW-Extension Area Ag Agent Kevin Schoessow the purpose of this workshop is to provide participants with a general overview of cold-hardy grape culture, variety selection, vineyard establishment and pruning. The focus will be on cold-hardy table grape varieties.

The University of Wisconsin Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programming.

Requests for reasonable accommodations for disabilities should be made prior to the date of the program or activity for which it is needed. Please make such requests as early as possible by contacting the Area Ag Agents office so that proper arrangements can be made.

For more information contact the Spooner Area UWExtension Agricultural Agents Office at 715-6353506 or 800-528-1914. Preregistration is requested but not required. For information on this and other programs visit their Web site at www.ars.wisc.edu/spooner.

The Spooner Ag Research Station is located one-half mile east of Spooner on Hwy. 70. — from UW-Extension

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highly entertaining context, Forts Folle Avoine style.

Then on Monday, in rolled some school buses, and the Fort reverted to its educational role, hosting kids on a field trip adventure they’ll likely recall for some while. And, listening to Jack Peel’s interpretations of woodland Indian life and Angelique’s tales of what life was like back in the early 1800s, they took back to school the sights and sounds of another era unavailable via popping open a textbook, and yes, of the kind not even available via the fanciest computer program, TV show or DVD. More

school groups will be visiting yet this month.

The older generation got its turn on Tuesday when several dozen folks attending an elderhostel (specially designed for senior citizens) arrived from Heartwood Conference and Retreat Center near Minong for their own experience of the site – in the form of tours and a hearty lunch put together by Nancy Burmeister and her kitchen crew at the site’s visitors center. Another example of the type of thing Forts Folle Avoine can do quite well – host an educational outing in an entertaining format, rather like saying “come for the learning, but forget it, enjoy the experience and the learning just happens anyway.”

For a historic site interpreting a specific historical era, Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park also has a good bead on expanding its service in more educational ventures down the road. For instance, in November the site will host a national group of “re-enactors,” people who use their interest in studying the fur trade and transform it into interactions with visitors to a large number of events around the United States and

Canada. Known as the North American Voyageur Conference, (registration required—call the site for details), the event features workshops and hands-on demos ranging from tinsmithing to hide preparations to using plants as medicine and many other insightful presentations by experts in their field. In other words, Forts Folle Avoine becomes rather like a “voyageur/fur trade university” for these hobbyists, providing a “curriculum” with hands-on experience involving all sorts of topics pertinent to life in fur trade times.

Rather a full plate for a small historic site, but one whose impact already reaches way beyond the local scene, and for which there is still a potential for combining education with entertainment and creating fresh possibilities for new audiences.

As a 324-year-old gnome, I’ll keep poking around, seeing what’s up, and report to you in this space my findings.

But be forewarned – around age 400 or so gnomes are known to just wander off and are never seen again.

Signed, Woodswhimsy

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For fi fiv ve students, Frederic is foreign

Aane’ Nakashima

by Brenda Martin Leader staff writer FREDERIC – Five students made the trip from their home countries to reside in Frederic for the school year. Two came from Germany, two from Turkey and one from Japan. All of them said a big difference between home and Frederic is the population.

Aane’ Nakashima Aane’ Nakashima is an 18-year-old boy from Hiroshima, Japan. He describes himself as very shy. He says he is not good at talking, but he is very good at math, being No. 1 in math at his school in Japan. He also enjoys doing origami, which he taught himself from a book.

Nakashima had a 13-hour trip to get to the United States, and after arriving in Frederic, found it surprising that the town’s population was only a couple of hundred higher than his school’s population of 900.

In Hiroshima, Nakashima lives with his mother and father as their only child. His mother teaches English to elementary children and his father works for Toyota.

His family enjoys fishing, skiing and snowboarding together. Nakashima’s parents asked him if he would like to become a foreign exchange student to the United States. A scholarship made the timing perfect for him. Speaking Japanese is one of the things Nakashima misses most about his family. To keep in touch he goes on Skype one time every one or two weeks.

In Frederic, Nakashima lives with Donald and Rae Lynn Johnson, where he has four siblings, three living at home. It is a big change for him from being an only child. He describes the household as loud, but the people as good and kind.

Nakashima said the biggest difference between his family in Japan and his family in Frederic is mealtime. In Japan, he always ate dinner with his family, and now he describes meals as freestyle eating, finding food when you’re hungry. At the Johnson’s, Nakashima is enjoying having a cat and dog as pets, where in Hiroshima he only has pet fish.

He says he likes it here very much. He appreciates that there is no traffic or noise.

He loves pizza and having a pizza oven to easily make frozen pizza. He does not like the mosquitoes or flies. According to him, Japan has mosquitoes, too, but not like here in Frederic.

In Japan, Nakashima mostly studies, and works with 3D graphics on computers, but doesn’t participate in any sports.

In Frederic, he currently is the kicker for the high school football team, which he describes as very fun and exciting, and he would like to also play both basketball and hockey.

Nakashima describes American people as very outgoing, nice and friendly. He says that the interaction in schools between girls and boys is much different in the Frederic school than at his Japanese school.

Arriving in the United States on Aug. 11 is the first time Nakashima has been to North America, and he would like to visit anywhere else before returning home on June 28. After his year at a U.S. school, Nakashima hopes to speak English better, be more outgoing and to have learned more about the culture.

Kerem Kucukvural Kerem Kucukvural is an 18-year-old

Kerem Kucukvural

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boy from Izmir, Turkey. He describes himself as self-confident, peaceful and respectful. He says coming to Frederic was a culture shock after living in a city of more than three million people.

Kucukvural had a 20-hour journey to get to Frederic – a 12-hour flight to Chicago and a bus ride for eight hours to Eau Claire, where his host family picked him up.

In Izmir, Kucukvural lives with his mom and dad and one sister. He says his parents are easy on him and give him freedom. He speaks with his family through e-mail and Skype once a week.

In Frederic, Kucukvural lives with Brad and Kelly Schmidt where he has two sisters and one brother. He describes the family as nice and he says he likes living there. The biggest difference is that he has to get rides in vehicles everywhere he wants to go, compared to being able to take public transportation back in Turkey.

Kucukvural feels the schooling in Frederic is easy, describing himself as the oldest guy in the school. He feels if he had come when he was 15 or 16 it may have been more difficult. He played basketball in Turkey and plans to be a part of the basketball team while in Frederic. He is currently running as a part of the cross-country team and may participate in track and field.

He would like to make good relationships while here. He isn’t a big fan of the food, saying we eat too much meat. He is also apprehensiveabout the snow, which he has never seen before.

Kucukvural’s impression of American people is that they treat him good, better day by day, but still not perfect. He feels Turkish people are more open-minded and warmhearted, while Americans are more self-confident and sometimes selfish.

He hopes to go home on June 28 knowing more about how Americans live, and how the law, management and education systems work, bringing this experience with him throughout his future. He would like it to help build his career and life. He would like to visit large cities before returning home. He would really enjoy going to the West Coast.

Yasemin Uluashin Yasemin Uluashin is a 16-year-old girl from Ankara, the capital of Turkey, with a population of millions. Her favorite thing to do is watch movies. She also enjoys reading books and eating.

Uluashin’s trip to Frederic was a 12hour flight to Chicago and then a bus ride to Eau Claire where she met her host family.

In Ankara, Uluashin lives with her parents who are both doctors. Her brother, who is 11 years older, is an artist in London. She says she gets along really well with her brother. Becoming an exchange student was hard on her mother, but Uluashin says she is doing OK with the decision now, but they still miss each other a lot. Uluashin misses hugging her mother and she misses her father’s stupid jokes but they Skype once a week to stay in touch.

In Frederic, Uluashin lives with Glen and Shari Matz, where she has a younger brother and sister. She says she loves her host family. She feels lucky that a good family picked her.

The biggest difference between her life here and in Turkey, that she has noticed so far, is that it takes a half-hour drive to get

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anywhere from her home here.

She misses Turkish food the most, eating lots of rice and drinking iced tea for dinner instead of the milk she drinks here.

According to Uluashin, the school is different, with teachers being the ones changing classrooms instead of the students. Her school in Turkey has over 5,000 students, they wear uniforms and they get longer breaks between classes. In Ankara, Uluashin is in the debate club and she used to ride horse. She is currently playing on the volleyball team for Frederic and she plans to play basketball and softball, trying to experience as much as she can while here.

A good friend of hers went to Canada as an exchange student and had a good time, which encouraged Uluashin to try living in a different country. She says she is happy with her decision and is really enjoying her time here. She feels everyone is very nice.

Her favorite part of being here is experiencing new things like deer shining and holidays. She can’t wait for Halloween and also enjoyed homecoming. In Turkey, she doesn’t celebrate holidays and they don’t have celebrations at school. The only part she isn’t loving is that there is more homework than she is used to.

Uluashin hopes to grow from her experience in the United States and to have became familiar with a different way of life when she leaves June 28.

Lea Schweinoch Lea Schweinoch is a 16-year-old girl from Muenster, Germany, where more than 80,000 people live. She says she is both shy and outgoing sometimes.

She slept the entire flight from Germany to New York, traveling with other exchange students. She then made the trip to Chicago and Minneapolis alone.

In Muenster, Schweinoch lives with her parents and fraternal twin sister, who she says looks very different from her. She also has two older brothers who are going to different colleges in Germany.

Schweinoch and her sister go to different schools in order to have different friends and not be competitive. Being in Frederic, it is hard for her to be separated from her sister. She uses e-mail and Skype once a week to keep in touch.

In Frederic, Schweinoch lives with Brad and Rebecca Harlander where she has four siblings, two sisters and two brothers. One sister and one brother go to college, but the others are still at home. She says the Harlanders aren’t much different than her parents, neither set being overly strict.

Schweinoch mostly misses the city life of Muenster and the shorter school days, which finish at 1 p.m.

At school in Germany, Schweinoch took part in dance and soccer and the youth group. Here she is playing volleyball, which she’s enjoying, she is also a part of a youth group and she plans to join basketball.

Traveling to Baltimore for a two-week trip from school, Schweinoch decided to join the exchange student program and her parents supported her decision even though they didn’t want to let go, but did want her to experience new things. She says it is very different here, but it has been great so far. Her impression of the people is that on average they are friendlier and more open-minded, but the teenagers aren’t much different.

Having seen many American TV

Sandra Vaspen shows, Schweinoch expected the United States to be quite similar to German life only in English. She really likes the smalltown life with all of the nature and how everyone talks to everyone and everyone knows everything about each other. The only thing she isn’t so fond of is the long school days and not having much free time.

Schweinoch is leaving in January and regrets that, thinking she may extend her stay, which isn’t simple, having to get several people to agree to her staying. She hopes to grow up a little and gain self-confidence during her stay.

Sandra Vaspen Sandra Vaspen is a 16-year-old girl from Hamburg, Germany. Her city has a population of 1.7 million people.

Vaspen describes herself as an honest, funny, open person, who enjoys playing handball, meeting new people and having fun.

She had a nine-hour flight to Chicago and rode a bus to Eau Claire, where her host family picked her up and brought her to Frederic. The town size is the biggest difference she noticed between Hamburg and Frederic.

In Hamburg, Vaspen lives with her mom, her mom’s boyfriend and her brother. She visits her dad and his girlfriend once a week. She says her mom gives her a curfew, but isn’t too strict.

She decided to become an exchange student because of a trip to Washington, D.C., in 2007. She thought the people were very friendly and she wanted to come back. Her mom was sad about her decision to live in the United States for a year but thought it would be a great experience, while her dad was very happy with the choice and strongly encouraged it. She misses talking to her mom, but sends emails and uses Skype one time a month, feeling she would be more homesick if they were to Skype more often.

In Frederic, Vaspen lives with Doug and Becky Amundson, where she has two sisters. She likes her host family and having sisters very much and describes them as very nice. The difference she sees is that they are more like friends.

Vaspen misses the bread and her sport of handball the most from Germany. She finds it sad that handball is not played in Frederic. Vaspen also used to compete in gymnastics, but was injured and didn’t return to the sport. While going to school in Frederic, she plans to play on the basketball and softball teams.

School is very different, according to Vaspen. In Hamburg there are no lockers, the days are only six hours, there are not so many assignments and the teachers are the ones to move from classroom to classroom.

Vaspen feels Americans are friendlier and sportier than Germans. She has made some good friends already. She is glad she decided to have this experience. She likes the team and school spirit, including homecoming and prom, TV shows and history. She likes how everyone knows everyone in a small town.

She would like to visit somewhere else in North America before returning home in June, but she isn’t sure of where yet. She hopes to have learned how to do more things on her own, learned the English language better and have gotten some more self-confidence when she returns to Germany.

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20 10 Grantsburg thirdgrader Austin Louis held his class banner tightly as they marched in the annual homecoming parade Friday afternoon.

It was perfect homecoming parade weather as the Grantsburg High School band marched through streets adorned with spectacular fall colors last Friday.

Grantsburg Elementary students looked like a sea of purple cheering for the Pirates as they marched in the school’s homecoming parade last Friday afternoon.

The Grantsburg High School Class of 1960 started off their 50th-year reunion with a ride in the homecoming parade last Friday afternoon. A remembrance of classmates gone but not forgotten was displayed on the class’ float.

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Grantsburg Class of 1970

The Grantsburg High School Class of 1970 got together Friday, Oct. 1, for a tailgate party before the high school homecoming football game. On Saturday, Oct. 2, the class met for dinner at Dreamers. Shown back row (L to R): Jim Sherman, Michelle (Ryan) Hodapp, Milton Johnson, Bob Melin, Paul Crownhart, Anne (Peterson) Janda, Allan Nordstrom and Dana Olson. Middle: Dan Edaburn, Harley Meyer, Gail (Christopherson) Schulner, Debra (Gronlund) Giles, Susan (Clark) Ruport, Kathy (Peterson) Meyer, Kathy Needham, Dave Falk, Gary Johnson, Renee Love, Chuck Bloyer and Roger Wood. Front: Clarice (Linden) Aasen, Kathy (Hess) Frazee, Bonnie (Dyer) Hess, Bonnie (Ormston) Johnson, Linda (Riemenschneider) Zahn, Dan Glockzin and John Lindberg. Able to attend Friday but not Saturday were Sandy (Thoreson) Hinrichs, Connie (Johnson) Clark and Linda Chatleain-Kurschner. — Photo by Suzanne Johnson

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I believe Frederic can support both lunch and dinner establishments and I am a night person. I wish to be the place people can eat out after my colleagues are closed in Frederic. Would you eat here for dinner?

Should I hold a Thursday Ladies Night with drink and appetizer specials? Would you attend such an evening?

I just painted Aspen Leaves all over the building. I needed some color for the winter. Of these colors: Sage Green, Forest Green, Copper, Rust Red, Brown and Sandstone, which three colors do you think I should paint the building come spring? Or do you think I should keep the leaves? Circle three.

I need ideas on Outdoor Smoking Area. Please Comment: I have always been interested in movies and am considering holding “Dinner and a Movie” Evenings. These monthly events would pair a movie with a tasting menu of appropriate foods. I am thinking about Charlie Chaplin, John Wayne, Tarzan and Humphrey Bogart films and of course Rocky Horror Picture Show. Would you participate in this type of event?

If I offer a Wine Dinner, would you partake?

How about a Beer Tasting Dinner?

Would you come to attend a play at Aspen Leaf?

Would you see a circus act from the Twin Cities here?

How about a Mystery Theater in which you were one of the Characters?

If I book local bands, what type of music should we play? Please write your preference.

This fall I have offered a Sunday Brunch Buffet. I think this may conflict with Sunday Football Plans. If I offer an After-the-Game Buffet from 3 to 7 would you attend?

Should I offer a Thanksgiving Day Buffet?

What do you think of my hours? In the winter should I be open more for lunch to please snowmobilers?

This restaurant stands on a great sliding hill. Should I pursue this for kids of all ages?

I love to eat deer (I call all of them “dinner” and they should live in my freezer). Would you come over to eat a hearty pre-hunt Breakfast during Gun Season? Open at 5 a.m.?

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Luck homecoming

2010

Gabe Hendrickson, Taylor Joy, Brendan Fenning and the other members of the sophomore class quickly pass Jan Rozumalski and his “mattress" from one end of the gym to the other during Thursday’s pep fest.

Luck 2010 Homecoming Queen Morgan Denny and King Logan Hacker. – Photo by Greg Marsten LEFT: The secondplace senior float, “Trash the Raiders,” is pulled during the homecoming parade.

Photos by Lori Nelson unless otherwise noted

Karissa Giller records the action as freshman Karsten Petersen, sophomore John Denny and junior Jesse Rennicke move their scooters down the racecourse.

Freshman Hailey Dikkers plays the violin as one of her class’ entries in the talent contest.

Luck volleyball boosters displayed some of the prizes and auction items they would sell the next day at the “Dig Pink” volleyball tourney to benefit breast cancer awareness. – Photo by Greg Marsten

Seniors Alex Mortel, Karissa Giller, Ashlyn Petersen, Cole Mortel, Morgan Denny, Sarah Elert, Megan Moore, Tabitha Pilz and Kasey Ouellette perform the class song.

Senior Melissa Kielty and her sophomore sister Miranda race to finish the ice-cream sundaes which are being fed to them by classmates Sarah Elert and Ethan Prien.

Homecoming meant future Cardinals could try their hand at some Cardinal spirit meant fashion choices went a little far, as these young ladies proudly showed. – football. – Photo by Greg Marsten Photo by Greg Marsten

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Dana Hubbell was named as Siren’s 2010 homecoming king and Ashley Guevara as his queen during a noon-hour celebration in the Siren School concourse Monday, Oct. 11. The two will be crowned at the homecoming dance Friday, Oct. 15, but they will participate as this year’s royalty during events going on throughout the week. “They can be king and queen for a whole week instead of for two hours,” commented teacher Brad Morris. A similar early naming of the king and queen was done at the school six years ago.

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Siren’s homecoming candidates for 2010 are back row (L to R): Dana Hubbell, Jeremy Wikstrom, Tadd Oachs, Jordan Buffalo, Seth Stoner and Cody Maslow. Front row (L to R): Stephanie Taylor, Carley Emery, Daphne Hubbell, Ashley Guevara, Danielle Keller and Brittany Moose. Photo submitted Siren Homecoming Queen-elect Ashley Guevara showed her surprise after tasting a sip of the alcohol-free bubbly offered the homecoming court during lunch Monday, Oct. 11. Daphne Hubbell is the court member to the right of Queen Ashley. – Photos

by Nancy Jappe unless otherwise noted

Teacher Brad Morris showed the label on the bottle of the bubbly he offered to members of the Siren homecoming court (shown L to R): Jordan Buffalo, Seth Stoner and Dana Hubbell, during lunch Monday, Oct. 11. The label stated that this product was alcohol free.

More than 900 served at taco feed MILLTOWN - The 2010 Milltown Fire Department taco feed was held at the Milltown Fire Association hall this past Saturday, Oct. 9. It was a spectacular evening, and according to MFD officials, it turned out to be the most successful event ever, easily setting a record for attendance, with over 900 served.

“The previous record was 688 served,” stated volunteer Virgil Hansen.

The meal, auction and Bingo profits will be used to help pay for new or expanded extrication equipment, as well as other improvements to the fire department and fire hall.

Some of the more interesting auction items included an Alaska cruise, a vintage beer sign, a giant load of firewood and two hours of manual labor by two of the firemen, Dan Kaiser and Scott Donahue.

The duo were critically reviewed by the crowd, and went for over $300 combined.

Volunteers made thousands of tacos, fixings and more. The event was so successful, it was difficult to find parking in and around the fire hall for much of the evening. - Greg Marsten

Kids found plenty of ways to pass the time, including stacking cups outside the fire hall.

The Milltown Fire Department taco feed also had horse and buggy rides available, which proved to be very popular on the pleasant October evening. – Photos by Greg Marsten

Firemen made hundreds of pounds of fixings for the thousands of tacos served. It was so successful, all of the leftover fixings reportedly could have fit in one cooler.

Auctions, Bingo, tacos, games and beverages made the Milltown Fire Hall the place to be on Saturday, Oct. 9. Early reports had over 930 people served, easily smashing the previous record by over 250 people.

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Burnett Medical Center health fair Andrew Lewis proudly showed off his coloring sheet toDad and Burnett Medical CEO, Gordy Lewis, during Burnett Medical Center’s health fair on Saturday, Oct. 9.

Terry Nordrum listened as radiologist Cindy Jensen explained the features of the new digital mammography machine BMC recently purchased. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and this latest technology for early detection is now available at BMC. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer

One-year-old Kaden Vogland came to visit his mom, Erin, a registered nurse with North Memorial Ambulance Service, at BMC’s health fair last Saturday. Kaden checked out the inside of the ambulance on display at the fair under mom’s watchful eye.

Violet Ohnstad volunteered for a kinesotaping demonstration in BMC’s physical yherapy department during the medical center’s health fair last Saturday. Ohnstad was in good hands with her dad, Dan Ohnstad, a BMC physical therapist, doing the taping. Kinesotaping is used for a number of ailments including bruising, postsurgery, overuse injuries, pain management, sports injuries, posture concerns and weak muscles.

Kali Sirek, one of the younger visitors to the BMC Health Fair last Saturday, smiled as she posed in her future nurse hat for a photo.

Girl Scout cake decorating contest FREDERIC – There was an excellent turnout on Thursday, Oct. 7, for the Frederic Girl Scout Me and My Guy cake decorating contest. Girl Scouts teamed up with their dads, brothers, grandfathers and friends to participate.

A total of 23 teams frosted and decorated their cakes at the Frederic Elementary School and then submitted them for judging. There was a wide variety of cake designs including a beehive, SpongeBob and even a bathtub.

Winners were Kendra Erickson and Harold Jones (Halloween style) in first place; Elaine Lahti and Allan Lahti (butterfly) in second place and Alexis Doyle and Joe Memmer (outdoor scene) in third place. - submitted

Kendra Erickson and Harold Jones worked together to create the winning cake.

Craig Bugella and his daughter, Rachael, came up with a festive Halloween design with a light-up pumpkin centerpiece.

Photos submitted

Mark Baker carefully frosts the cake under daughter Shyla’s direction.

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Mixed Sampler Quilt Guild annual show

The annual Mixed Sampler Quilt Guild show, titled “Harvest of Dreams,” was held Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 9 and 10, at Siren High School. The unseasonably warm weather and the wealth of quilts displayed made for a good show.

This is a close-up of one of the quilts created by professional quilter Debbie Field, aka Granola Girl, from Rice Lake. Field’s quilts were on loan to the Mixed Sampler Quilt Guild for showing at their annual show in Siren this past weekend.

Vicki Tollander, Webster, titled her quilt, blue-ribbon winner in the Other quilt category, “Court House Steps.” Tollander designed, machine pieced, appliqued and quilted the piece herself.

It took Betty MacKean, shown here with her husband, Bob, a year to finish the quilt that took first place in the large-size category at this year’s Mixed Sampler quilt show in Siren this past weekend. The quilt is titled “Misty Mountain Pond.” – Photos by Nancy Jappe

A special exhibit of 24 quilts made by Granola Girl, otherwise known as Debbie Field, Rice Lake, was part of this year’s Mixed Sampler Quilt Guild show in Siren. Field is a professional quilter who designs quilts and fabrics. Her pieces were quilted by Jennifer Bauer from the Quilting Connection, Rice Lake. “We felt very honored to have this on loan to us for the weekend,” said show Chair Judy Curnow. Curnow explained that Field is an outside girl who likes to hike, spend time outside and fish, and that her most recent article appeared in the McCall’s quilting magazine.

Judy Curnow (R), chair of this year’s Mixed Sampler Quilt Guild annual show put on at Siren High School Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 9 and 10, is shown here with the 2011 show chair, Mary Bjorgaard. The two are shown standing in front of the raffle quilt that went home with one of the show’s visitors.

"Broadway Comes to Siren"

Nearly a full house of people watched and listened as Broadway came to Siren Saturday, Oct. 9, via a program of musical selections from Broadway productions performed by talented local singers. In a comedy selection that started the second half of the program after intermission, a trio of “sisters” (L to R Lynda Wood, Paula Larson and Marlene Friberg) clowned on stage during their number at Siren United Methodist Church. – Photos by Nancy Jappe

Andy Peloquin, Siren, sang a powerful selection while portraying Jesus in "Gethsemane" from “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Peloquin also sang another selection with the show’s director, Andrea Lundquist, and was part of the chorus in selections from “Les Miserables,” “Oklahoma!” and “The

Lynda Flores sang “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair” from the musical “South Pacific” as part of “Broadway Comes to Siren,” a fundraiser for Grace Lutheran Church of West Sweden and Siren United Methodist Saturday, Oct. 9, at Siren United Methodist Church.

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Grantsburg Dollars for Scholars homecoming supper Sara Ticknor and Tracey Finch were just some of the many volunteers who helped in making this year’s Grantsburg Dollars for Scholars homecoming supper a huge success.

The annual event drew nearly 400 people, a 50percent increase from last year. “We had another wonderful event. I can’t believe how much bigger the dinner gets every year,” said Kelly Gerber, co-president of Grantsburg DFS.

Photos by Priscilla Bauer

1960 classmates, Paul Bergman and Elsie Johnson, had fun catching up on school days at the Grantsburg Dollars for Scholars homecoming supper held on Oct. 1 at the Grantsburg Middle School. The class of 1960 started their 50-year class reunion weekend by attending the annual supper.

Three-year-old Whitney Myers proudly sported her brother Connor’s football team number, 31, as she sat with her family at the Grantsburg Dollars for Scholars homecoming supper held Oct. 1 at the Grantsburg Middle School.

Grantsburg Dollars for Scholars representative Cris Peterson made announcements during the Dollars for Scholars supper. PeBetty Anderson visited with Bill Norine, who provided terson thanked the 46 local businesses who contributed money for food or thematic baskets for the silent auction held during the music on the keyboard, at the Grantsburg Dollars for Scholevent. Over $4,000 was raised for scholarships. Grantsburg Dollars for Scholars awards scholarships to every qualifying high ars homecoming supper held on Oct. 1 at the Grantsburg school senior who attends a postsecondary school.

Middle School.

Smashing pumpkin record

by Garth Olson The Valley Wire STILLWATER, Minn. - As curiosity seekers wandered around the giant pumpkins during Stillwater’s Harvest Fest, some may have noticed one pumpkin, wrapped in blankets and plastic. The shrouded pumpkin turned out to be very special indeed – a world-record pumpkin, which weighed in at 1,810 pounds, beating the Guinness World Record of 1,725 pounds.

New Richmond High School grad Chris Stevens grew the pumpkin, with the help of a couple of friends in New Richmond, and after Stevens and his gourd arrived at Stillwater’s Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off, Stevens kept the pumpkin wrapped in blankets and plastic to prevent precious water weight from evaporating until the official weigh-off later that afternoon.

“It’s about 1,800 pounds,” Stevens said quietly as folks began trickling into Stillwater’s annual fall festival.

Chris Stevens arrived at Stillwater’s Harvest Fest with a mysterious item wrapped in blankets and plastic. A few hours later, he unveiled a world-record pumpkin which he grew at his pumpkin patch in New Richmond. – Photos submitted Stevens stated that the previous record pumpkin came from Ohio in 2009 and that record was tied, earlier in 2010 by a grower in Michigan. He added that there isn’t really a secret to growing gigantic pumpkins other than hard work and a little luck.

“It’s a lot of work,” he said. “It’s two hours a day maintaining the plants and getting the soil right. And I get tips from talking to a lot of people and from the Internet.”

As for the luck part, Stevens’ prize pumpkin almost got destroyed in June.

“The hailstorm in June put holes in the vines, and two holes were in the main vine to the pumpkin,” Stevens said. “Luckily, it survived.”

Giant pumpkins were on display during Stillwater’s Harvest Fest, but the biggest pumpkin turned out to be a world-record gourd grown in nearby New Richmond.

Robert Harrison, III of Frederic poses in front of the new world record grown by Chris Stevens. - Photo by Rob Harrison

Follow the Leader.

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Benefi fitt for Benett Ulmaniec set for Oct. 23

by Missy Rossing Special to the Leader LUCK - Benett Ulmaniec had always been a very healthy little boy. Those who know Benett best would describe him as an energetic and happy 16-month-old, and if you ever saw him, you’d know that he has never missed a meal! That all changed for little Benett in mid-September.

Benett was diagnosed with pneumonia and treated. However, he suddenly took a turn for the worse and was soon on a critical helicopter ride to St. Paul Children’s Hospital where his vitals crashed upon arrival. They continued to work on him there; however, they couldn’t get him to stabilize. He was then transferred to Minnesota Children’s Hospital where he was finally stabilized and has remained stable ever since. It was determined that he had had a severe asthma attack, and more critically, that he had a 3-centimeter tear in his trachea. The next few days were tense ones, to say the least, for his parents, Jim and Jenny, as doctors at the hospital consulted with other doctors from around the country trying to determine the best course of treatment for baby Benett.

The main question being: “Should they perform surgery on Benett’s compromised trachea or let his body heal itself?” Due to his “critical but stable” condition and the risks associated with the surgery, the doctors decided to wait it out and see if the tear would start to repair itself. As he lay in his hospital bed, medications keeping him paralyzed and sedated, tubes breathing for him, his parents remained, evervigilant, by his side. Their hearts ached for all of their boys, their baby boy in the hospital bed next to them and their other two boys back at home in Grantsburg.

A Boo Bash Benefit is planned for Saturday, Oct. 23, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Cushing Community Center for 16-month-old Benett Ulmaniec, son of Jim and Jenny Ulmaniec. – Photo submitted They longed to have their family back together again and life back to the normal and wonderful chaos that goes along with three little boys all under 7 years old.

They continued to believe that their baby would pull through. Their Benett is a tough little boy. He is, after all, the youngest of three boys. As family and

friends prayed for his healing and doctors and nurses watched, cautiously optimistic, Benett’s tear began to heal on its own. Two weeks after being admitted and put on a ventilator to breathe, he was finally able to have the tube removed and breathe on his own.

There still is a long road ahead of this

tough little guy. The tear is still there, slowly healing, and there is always the possibility of surgery if the tear does not heal properly; so he must remain at the hospital to be monitored until the tear is completely healed and there is no longer a risk of it tearing open again. He also faces physical therapy to help regain the muscle that he lost from prolonged immobilization. Prior to his hospitalization, he had just transitioned from a beginning walker to a full-blown runner. Jim and Jenny are optimistic that he will do well with his therapy, as he is anxious to keep up with his big brothers. It is a tough journey for such a little man, but he is surrounded by many who love him and will help him on his path to recovery.

The family and friends of Benett have organized a fundraiser to help his family with the expenses that they are incurring during his hospitalization.

A Boo Bash Benefit for Benett Ulmaniec will be held on Saturday, Oct. 23, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Cushing Community Center. There will be a chili feed, craft fair, bake sale, kid games, cupcake walk, raffle, auction and hayrides, weather permitting. Children are encouraged to come in costume. Kids in costume will receive free hayrides! Funds for this event will be matched up to $2,500 by National Mutal Benefit Branch 828. If you have any questions, please contact either Missy Rossing at mrossing@misscrafty.com or Kris Emerson at 715-554-7216 or krisinluck@gmail.com.

Donations may also be mailed to the following: Benett Ulmaniec Benefit, C/O Bone Lake Lutheran Church, 1101 255th Ave., Luck, WI 54853.

Thrivent builds with Habitat home in Webster making progress

ABOVE: Aug. 21 was the first day volunteers were on-site working on this Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity home in Webster. As of Oct. 2, the outside of the Webster Thrivent Builds with Habitat home is done. “Volunteers have been tremendous this year,” said construction manager Jeff Butler. “They’ve really gone above and beyond to make this house come up fast, working more than the usual Tuesdays and Saturdays.” – Photos by Jeff Butler LEFT: Jennifer and Haven Tracey and their children, Kyla, Ava and Hyatt, sit in the doorway of their new home.

SCRMC offers classes in October/November School/community garden at Webster to benefit patients and area communities ST. CROIX FALLS – Each month, St. Croix Regional Medical Center education staff offers interesting, fun and valuable education programs for patients and their families, members of area communities, and SCRMC employees. The following classes are available this fall. To register, please contact the education department at 715-483-0579 or 715-483-0431. Classes are free or for a small fee, but preregistration appreciated. You may also e-mail sarah.shaw@scrmc.org or jessica.minor@scrmc.org with requests or questions. Other listings are posted at www.scrmc.org.

Advance directives: Wednesday, Nov. 3, from 10-11:30 a.m.

Who would make your health-care decisions in the event you cannot? Learn more about these documents, why they are so important for everyone, regardless of age, and how to complete them whether you are a Minnesota or Wisconsin resident.

Free documents available. Class held in hospital location.

Year One: Bringing Up Baby: Thursday, Nov. 4, from 6-7 p.m.

First Thursday of each month. For parents and their babies less than a year old.

Topics include: cloth diapering, relationships after baby, car seat safety and more.

Diabetes support group: Thursday, Oct. 21, from 6-8 p.m. and Diabetes Night Out, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Usually meets the third Thursday, March through November. Led by diabetes educators.

Watch for special information for Diabetes Night Out. Alzheimer’s support group: Tuesdays, Oct. 26 and Nov. 30, from 1-3:30 p.m.

Meets the last Tuesday of the month.

This group is intended to benefit caregivers and family members of those who have Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.

Also available: Quitting tobacco, breastfeeding support, expectant parents, yoga and qigong. Check the Web site for specific information under Classes, Community Education. - submitted

The kindergarten classes at Webster are beginning the school/community garden project this fall. They have three planting beds, built by Jack Elliott, and filled with soil, donated by Hopkins Sand and Gravel, ready to plant. “We will try planting some fall bulbs this month, and in the spring, begin our vegetable garden!” notes teacher Linnea Swenson. “ We are hoping the kids will enjoy working in the soil, choosing and planting which vegetables they would like to eat, and then taking care of their garden. Yes, the kids are using buckets and scoops.” The kindergarteners will eat and share their produce. - Photos submitted

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Longtime 4-H leader talks about what keeps her in the program

by Nancy Jappe Leader staff writer SIREN - Wednesday night, Oct. 5, was set up as 4-H Night at Siren School. Many 4-H members and their leaders were on hand at the school to answer questions about the program for people who came in. Danielle Miller, the county’s 4-H youth development agent, was there, too, to meet with potential members and their parents.

Fran Krause from the Orange 4-H Club, has been a leader for the past 47 years. She started with the program when she started her teaching career in Pierce County.

She was a leader for the Clayfield Climbers for two years, then moved to Burnett County.

“I really love kids of all ages,” Krause said. “4-H is one way I still can stay involved with young people.” When asked about the benefit of 4-H, Krause explained that it is a way that young people can get involved in things in which they have an interest.

“There is nothing you have to take. It is their own choice,” she said. “They pick out what they want to do. There isn’t a limit. If there isn’t a project you want to do, you can pick your own.” She referred to one 4-H member last year who wanted to do a project on yo-yos. “The only thing Danielle Miller is the Burnett I knew about yo-yos was County 4-H Youth Develop- that they were made in ment agent. She was pleased Luck. There wasn’t much with the response to the recent to find out, and the student 4-H Night at Siren School. “A went on to a project about few people filled out interest robotics which he and his cards. I call it a success,” she mother were interested in.”

“4-H is unique. I think it said. is a great outlet,” Krause

Orange 4-H leaders Amy Kopecky (L) and Fran Krause are shown in this photo from 4-H Night. There are currently four 4-H clubs operating in the county, with the Two Rivers 4-H Club having merged into the Orange Club because of low membership. – Photos by Nancy Jappe went on to say. She mentioned that nowadays there is so much competition for things that take a youth’s time and that girls are now encouraged to be involved in sports.

But, she added, “if the parents have the time and interest, kids can do marvelous things (in 4-H). Behind the kids are the parents. That is why I am still in 4-H. It gives the kids something that keeps their interest, and their families can take part in it.”

Jared Anderson, Grantsburg, a member of the Wood River Beavers 4-H Club, prepared a display on his July trip to Japan as a part of the 4-H international project that sets up travel and host experiences in different countries. Jared stayed with one family during his month in Japan. He was the only one who went from Burnett County, and his family and other people helped to fund the $3,800 trip. Anderson, a senior at Grantsburg High School, plans to go into the culinary field when he graduates, but is keeping his options open.

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Looking at an album about 4-H (prepared by Mrs. Webster) during 4-H Night at Siren School Wednesday, Oct. 5, were (L to R) Laura Anderson (Rylee’s aunt); Rylee Nelson, a first-grade 4-H member of the Wood Creek 4-H Club; and Rylee’s mother, Jaime Nelson. Young people can start in 4-H when they get into kindergarten, and Rylee has been a member for the past year.

Sam Kopecky, a junior leader of the Orange 4-H Club, painted a rainbow on the cheek of Annie Schultz, a kindergartner, during 4-H Night at Siren School Wednesday, Oct. 5.

Looking on was leader Debbie Wampfler.

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH???

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FREDERIC GRANTSBURG Each building will have their own breakfast menu.

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LUNCH Chicken patty, smile fries OR tuna salad.

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LUNCH Sub sandwich, raw veggies, dip, chips OR ham salad.

LUNCH Pizza, raw veggies, dip OR chickenstrip salad.

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BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Tater tot hotdish, green beans OR chicken-taco salad.

LUNCH Mini corn dog nuggets, potato wedges, mixed vegetables, applesauce, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH Lasagna, garlic toast, lettuce salad, green beans, peaches, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH Grilled cheese sandwiches, tomato soup, pickle spear, fresh veggies, bananas, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH Chow mein, baked rice, Chinese noodles, corn, pudding pop, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH Brat/hot dog, pasta salad, chips, baked beans, fruit cocktail, apples, oranges, bread basket.

BREAKFAST Cereal/bagel.

LUNCH Mini corn dogs, corn bread, baked beans, fruit sauce. Alt.: Chicken nuggets, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/pancakes.

LUNCH Chicken patty on a bun, tater tots, corn, fresh fruit. Alt.: Hamburger, 712.

BREAKFAST Cereal/donut.

LUNCH Baked potato bar, ham/cheese/sour cream, broccoli w/cheese, fruit sauce. Alt.: Chicken nuggets, all.

BREAKFAST Cereal/cinnamon roll.

LUNCH Chicken noodle or tomato soup, grilled cheese, fresh veggies, fresh fruit. Alt.: Chicken patty, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Nuggets, au gratin potatoes, broccoli, veggies, pears. Alt.: Hot ham and cheese.

BREAKFAST Cheese omelet and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Fish, macaroni & cheese, applesauce, carrots, green beans. Alt.: Orange-glazed chicken.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Hamburger on a bun, Tostitos, shredded lettuce, veg. beans, pineapple tidbits. Alt.: Cheese quesadilla.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza, juice and milk.

LUNCH Sub sandwich, soup/crackers, shredded lettuce, peas, oranges & apples. Alt.: Mashed potato bowl.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk. milk.

LUNCH LUNCH Chicken/gravy potaPizza dippers, over rice, mashed corn, carrots, toes, dinner rolls, lettuce salad, celery, pineapple tidbits, banana. green beans, Jell-O peaches. Alt.: Alt.: Cook’s choice.

Cook’s choice.

BREAKFAST Cereal bar and toast.

LUNCH Chicken patty/bun, spicy potato wedges; steamed peas, apple crisp.

Alt.: Cheeseburger/bun, potato wedges.

BREAKFAST Waffles and fruit.

LUNCH Mini corn cogs, tater tots, baked beans, pineapple/oranges. Alt.: Pizza dippers w/marinara sauce.

BREAKFAST Scrambled eggs and toast.

LUNCH Spaghetti w/meat sauce, garlic toast, lettuce salad, broccoli w/ cheese, pears. Alt.: Chicken Alfredo.

BREAKFAST Yogurt parfait and toast.

LUNCH Turkey gravy, biscuits, mashed potatoes, green beans, sliced peaches.

Alt.: Tuna sandwich & soup.

BREAKFAST Pretzel and cheese.

LUNCH Pepperoni pizza, lettuce salad, steamed corn, applesauce. Alt.: Spicy chicken patty.

BREAKFAST Lumberjacks.

LUNCH Spaghetti, green beans and bread sticks.

BREAKFAST Yogurt parfaits.

LUNCH Pizza burger or McRib and tater tots.

LUNCH Hamburger hotdish, garden salad, pineapple.

LUNCH Hot ham and cheese bun, Monaco blend green beans OR chili, salad, applesauce.

NO SCHOOL PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES

Frudel.

Tastries.

Omelets.

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LUNCH Chicken a la king with potatoes or biscuit and peas.

LUNCH Fish burger with cheese, bun, sliced potatoes OR meat loaf, mashed potatoes, corn, pears.

BREAKFAST Belgian waffles with toppings.

LUNCH Meatball subs and curly fries.

LUNCH Taco salad, lettuce, tomato, chips, peaches.

FRIDAY Pancakes.

BREAKFAST

LUNCH Nachos supreme, refried beans, corn OR buffalo-chicken salad.

Long johns.

BREAKFAST

LUNCH Pizza, corn and tuna salad.

LUNCH Cheeseburger, bun, fresh veggies, fresh fruit.

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Frederic Art Center holds open stage night

The chairs lining the walls of the new Frederic Art Center were filled during the center’s open stage night on Saturday, Oct. 9. The event had nine different acts perform and lasted an hour, starting at 7 p.m. – Photos by Brenda Martin

Mark Buley read the poem “The Cremation of Sam McGee,”

by Robert W. Service.

Foreign exchange student Kerem Kucukvural recited a original poem in Turkish and then translated it to English.

High school students joined together to sing “Fire and Rain” by James Taylor.

Wesley performed the final act.

Jodi McLain read part of her unfinished novel “Hollar.”

April Halverson sang two selections.

Ron Potvin performed a comedic act talking of different signs people see.

Kelly Green was the master of ceremonies and he recited poems.

Debbi Trantow, Milltown, recited several original poems.

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CHURCH NEWS News from the Pews

Eternal

Perspectives Sally Bair

What is a purist?

I owned a quilt shop about the time quilting regained popularity and all sorts of new quilting tools began to flood the market. The rotary cutter, in particular, offered the quilt maker easier, more accurate, and faster results. Many quilters, however, still believed the only way to make a quilt was to cut, piece and quilt by hand. Some still use that method, calling themselves purists, believing anything worthwhile should be accomplished by using the original methods and disdaining those who don’t.

There’s nothing wrong with hand sewing a quilt. Or a homeowner using a rotary hand mower to cut the grass instead of a gas-powered one. Or a cook grinding her own flour for bread. In fact, there are many reasons people choose such methods. But judging others by criticizing or ridiculing those who use more modern methods smacks of elitism. I remember “purist” quilters who tried to make me feel like a lesser person because I didn’t follow their way.

In the world of religion, there are so-called purists— those who are excessively strict in their traditions, morals and practices. They thrive on legalism and insist on others following it.

Only Jesus was truly pure, without sin. And only he offers us a way to be pure. His death on the cross and bodily resurrection guarantee our purity, if we humbly repent of our impurities—our sins—and accept his love and forgiveness into our heart and soul. That act will guarantee our purity before God. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9) “God, who knows the heart, acknowledged them (the Gentiles) by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us, and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.” (Acts 15:8-9) What is a true purist? It’s not someone who believes, like the so-called purist quilter, that he must strive to be perfect through the “tried and true” work of his own hands. It is someone who believes that Christ alone can remove sin through the power of his shed blood so we can fearlessly stand perfect and pure before God the Father.

Lord, thank you for sending your only son, Jesus, who offers us true purity when we repent of our sins and accept, believing, in your forgiveness. Give us the willingness to bear fruit for your kingdom by showing others they, too, can be spiritually pure. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Mrs. Bair may be reached at www.sallybair.com.

The youth at served as wait staff during the fourth-annual harvest dinner event at the Pilgrim Lutheran Church. – Photo submitted FREDERIC – What a beautiful day it was this past Saturday for Pilgrim to celebrate its fourth-annual harvest dinner event. All the preparations prior to the event were a time of bonding with fellow members of the church and getting to know one another better and the end result was sharing God’s harvest in the form of a meal. The youth did a fine job with their responsibility of being the wait staff. Gratitude goes to all the people who donated food items, those who worked at various jobs and those who prayed for a successful event and to the public for joining us to help make it a success. There were enough pieces of homemade pie left over to serve with Sunday morning coffee after worship.

This past Sunday after worship the youth of the church headed to the pumpkin patch for some fun.

They brought their own bag lunch and $5 for the admission fee to the corn maze. A fun time was had by all.

Everyone is invited to our next Learning with Food,

Fun and Fellowship event on Wednesday, Oct. 20. Supper will be served at 5:15 p.m., and the confirmation class will meet from 6 to 7 p.m., and from 6 to 7 p.m. there will be an adult forum. From 7 to 7:15 p.m., everyone will come together to sing some songs, maybe a skit by the students and end with a closing prayer. The first and third Wednesday evenings of the month have been designated as Pilgrim Family Night and all are welcome to join them.

Pilgrim invites everyone to join them for Sunday morning worship services that begin at 10 a.m. At 9:15 a.m. parents and young children from birth to age 4 are invited to participate in playtime. Parents are encouraged to join in on the fun as their children learn the basic stories of the Bible. For more information please call the church office at 715-327-8012 or go to their Web site www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org. - submitted

St. Peters Harvest Fest Pastor Rob Lubben stresses the importance of giving thanks at the Harvest Festival Celebration at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church on Sunday, Oct. 10. Photos submitted

Martin Luther coming to Cushing

CUSHING – A speaker portraying the 15th century theologian Martin Luther will appear at Cushing churches this Sunday, Oct. 17. Service begins at 9 a.m. at First Lutheran in Cushing, and at 10:30 a.m. at Laketown Lutheran, rural Cushing. Potluck dinner will follow the service at Laketown. Everyone is welcome. - submitted

Following in tradition, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church celebrated the harvest at their morning service Sunday, Oct. 10.

This was followed by a potluck dinner.

Morning retreat features Nancy Brydges

FREDERIC – Treat yourself to a special morning on Friday, Oct. 15, from 9:15 - 11:15 a.m. at Crosswalk Community Church (formerly Frederic Evangelical Free Church).

All women are welcome to hear Nancy Brydges – multifaceted teacher, world traveler, mom and grandmother – advise “How to Cope with Life Changes.” Come explore the challenge of new beginnings in an ever-changing world. Refreshments and child care will be provided.submitted

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Men's ministry donates to Interfaith Caregivers

Christian Women’s Club to meet GRANTSBURG – The Grantsburg Christian Women’s Club will be meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 19, at 9 a.m. at the Grantsburg Senior Center. Carol Rodseth will be the speaker. Her program is titled “Attitudes – A Little Thing Makes a Big Difference.”

All women are invited to attend. For reservations call Lori at 715-463-5207. - with submitted information

Learn About The Lutheran Liturgy

Trinity Lutheran Church in Falun Sunday, October 17, Worship Service, 9 a.m.

Paul Riemer, representing the men’s ministry of Siren Covenant Church, presents a donation of $250 to Denny Blodgett (left) for the Interfaith Caregivers group. – Photo submitted

We invite you to attend our Sunday, October 17, Worship Service to hear a continuous narrative accompanying each part of the liturgy and the Lutheran liturgical way of worship.

The purpose of the narrative is to help worshippers understand the various components of the worship service to give a better understanding and to gain a deeper appreciation for the liturgical pattern of worship.

Please join us for coffee and fellowship following the service.

For more information, call 715-689-2271. 523467 8L

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OBITUARIES Dudley Joseph Dingmann

Charles H. Sigsworth, 88, Amery, died Oct. 5, 2010, at the Amery Regional Medical Center.

Charles was born on Jan. 23, 1922, in Amery to Martin and Christene (Johnson) Sigsworth. On March 13, 1946, he was united in marriage to Doris Teal, and together they had one son, Gary Sigsworth.

Charles was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Doris; six brothers, Kenneth, George, Bill, Martin (Fred), Lawrence and Bob; as well as six sisters, Grace, Ruby, Violet, Luella, Mable and Nellie.

He is survived by one son, Gary (Judy) Sigsworth; brother, Edward; three grandsons, Vernon Sigsworth, Martin (Nancy) Sigsworth and Shawn (Elizabeth) Sigsworth; five great-grandchildren, Elizabeth, Timothy, Samantha, Michael and Logan; nephew, Martin Woolard, who lived with them for many years, and many other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Friday, Oct. 8, at the Congregational Church in Amery with Pastor Barry Schaefer officiating. Interment was at the Amery Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dave Hanson, Bob Teal, Jerry Cody, Tim Cody, Frank Schultz and Stanley Johnson. Condolences may be left on an online guest book at www.williamsonwhite.com.

The Williamson-White Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Amery was entrusted with arrangements.

Raymond D. Lehmann Raymond D. Lehmann, 71, Centuria, died Monday, Oct. 11, 2010, in his residence with his family at his side.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Oct. 16, at the American Legion Hall in Balsam Lake, at 2 p.m.

The family will greet visitors at the American Legion Hall beginnning at 1 p.m. until the time of service. A full obituary will be published at a later date. For more information or to express online condolences, please visit www.kolstadfamilyfuneralhome.com.

The Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria has been entrusted with arrangements.

Dudley Joseph Dingmann, 65, a resident of Webster, died Oct. 6, 2010, at his home.

Dudley was born on May 23, 1945, to Robert and Genevieve (Patnaude) Dingmann in Grand Rapids, Minn.

Dudley graduated from Grantsburg High School in 1964. He was drafted in the U.S. Army on Nov. 2, 1965. He saw active duty as a tank operator known as a “Duster” in Vietnam and was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal and Vietnam Service Medal. He was honorably discharged on May 25, 1967.

He owned and operated the Black and Orange Bar in Webster from 1973 until 2003. During the last five years of that time, he partnered with his brother, Don, due to declining health. He was one of the longest-term bar owners in Burnett County. He was known for his generous involvement in numerous causes. He was an avid horseman, a dalmation lover, and participated in and supported others who loved bowling. Dudley was plagued with many health issues most of his entire adult life, but still remained positive and helpful to others.

Dudley was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Roberta Dingmann; and two sisters-in-law, Jacquelyn (Jackie) Dingmann and Janet Dingmann; and his niece, Michelle Dingmann.

He is survived by his brothers and their wives, Don (Evie) Dingmann, Jim (Evie) Dingmann and Bill (Jacqui) Dingmann. Dudley having no children of his own, his nieces and nephews were what made his life meaningful; they are Lisa (Neil) Seliger, Bob (Esther) Dingmann, Ward (Anne) Dingmann, Jenny (Richard) Thomsen, Jim (Jenny) Dingmann, Neal Dingmann, Nick (Bonnie) Dingmann and Craig (Tara) Dingmann; along with 15 greatnieces and nephews which completed his joy.

Memorial services were held Saturday, Oct. 9, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church with Father Michael Tupa as celebrant. Interment held at Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Spooner. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Calvin Wayne Peters, 80, Amery, died in a tractor accident on his farm on Monday, Oct. 4, 2010.

He was born on April 25, 1930, in Rice Lake, the son of Abe and Tille (Beran) Peters. He grew up on the family farm with three brothers. As a teenager, he worked helping haul milk when it was done in cans, something that led to a lifelong endeavor of being a milk hauler. He attended Amery High School and graduated with the Class of 1948. In March of 1951, he entered the United States Navy and his duty assignment was aboard the USS Northampton. He was discharged in March of 1955. He took up hauling milk in 1955, taking the cans to the Volga Creamery. On June 9, 1956, he was united in marriage to Doris (Dorie) Flier and to this union three children were born. As things moved to bulk milk hauling he hauled for the Twin Cities Milk Producers Association and later for the Mid America Dairymen. Work was always a priority with Calvin, but he also raised sheep on his small farm in Amery. He was meticulous in the care of his trucks, equipment and property. He belonged to the National Suffolk Sheep Association. Calvin was also a longtime member of First Lutheran Church in Amery.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Norman, Robert and Wendel.

He is survived by his wife, Dorie; sons, Scott (Sherry) Peters and Craig (Kathy) Peters; daughter, Jodi Peters; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren, as well as other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Friday, Oct. 8, 2010, at the First Lutheran Church in Amery, with Pastor Tim Bjorge officiating. The organist was Julie Selle. Interment was at the Amery Cemetery. Friends may sign an online guest book at www.williamsonwhite.com.

The Williamson-White Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Amery was entrusted with arrangements.

LaVerne L. Lauder

Ham, Au Gratin Potatoes, Peas/Carrots, Coleslaw Homemade Bread And Pies

LaVerne L. Lauder, 87, Webster, died Oct. 10, 2010.

Memorial service will be held Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010, at 4 p.m. (visitation 2-4 p.m.) at Lakeview United Methodist Church, Hertel.

A full obituary will be published at a later date. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

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In life we love you dearly, In death we love you still, In our hearts you hold a special place, No one could ever fill.

If tears could build a staircase, And heartache build a lane, We’d walk the path to heaven, And bring you back again.

Our family chain is broken, And nothing seems the same, But as God calls us one by one, The chain will link again.

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We wish we understood, and therefore could give each of you the answers you deserve.

Mike was a caring, fun, generous person who will be missed terribly.

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Marion A. (Cvengros) Alleva, 88, died Oct. 6, 2010, at the St. Croix Regional Medical Center in St. Croix Falls.

Marion was born Oct. 14, 1921, in Ironwood, Mich., to Joseph and Julia (Smelko) Cvengros. She graduated from Luther L. Wright High School in 1939. She worked for many years in Chicago, Ill., for the Wrigley Company payroll department and as proofreader for the Ironwood Daily Globe.

She was a member of the Ironwood American Legion Auxiliary and a member of the Hurley VFW Post 1580 Auxiliary for 60-plus years holding several offices and chairmanships. She was elected to the board of directors for the Senior Citizens Association of Iron County and volunteered at the Hurley Senior Citizens center.

She was married to Anthony “Tony” Alleva in August 1942. Her husband of 32 years, died in 1974. She was also preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Jospeh, John, Frank and Edward; and four sisters, Anne Yashus, Margaret Early, Amelia Heimsoth and Francis Peterson.

Marion leaves to celebrate her memory, sons, Bill (Pam) Alleva of Centuria and Fred Alleva of Scottsdale, Ariz.; granddaughter, Nicolle Eider of Lakeville, Minn.; and many much-loved nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Oct. 30, at 1 p.m. at the McKevitt-Patrick Funeral Home, 305 North Lowell St., P.O. Box 727, Ironwood, Mich. She will be laid to rest next to her husband at the Hurley Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to the choice of the sender. To express online condolences to the family or to sign the online guest book, please visit www.kolstadfamilyfuneralhome.com.

The Kolstad Family Funeral Home, Centuria, was entrusted with arrangements.

George W. Sova

Jeanne P. Britt

George W. “Wilson” Sova, 74, Osceola, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010, at his home.

George was born Aug. 21, 1938, in Rockford, Ill., to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sova. On May 17, 1958, he married Josephine Chavez. He worked with motorcycles. Most recently he worked for the National Forest Service.

George was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Vincent; and sister LaVette.

He is survived by his wife Josephine; sons, Richard of MeBane, N.C., Michael of New Richmond, Russell of Osceola and Jason of Star Prairie.

Services will be held at a later date. Condolences may be left at www.grandstrandfh.com.

The Grandstrand Funeral Home, Osceola, was entrusted with arrangements.

Jeanne P. Britt, 82, Venice, Fla., formerly of Dresser, died Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, in St. Petersburg, Fla. She was born March 19, 1928, in St. Paul, Minn., to Martin L. Peterson and Violet Clow Peterson.

Jeanne loved to travel and had the opportunity to do so many times. She visited Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany, Mexico, the Caribbean and Alaska. She and late husband Rudolph Britt, during his Air Force career, lived in several states including Texas, Nevada, Michigan and her most favorite, Hawaii. She returned to this area in 1969 and was employed by F & A Dairy and The Dallas House Motel before retiring to Florida in 1988.

Jeanne is survived by her two daughters, Denise (Ron) Marten of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Evonne Pugh (Steve Brewster) of Placida, Fla., and her son, David (Pam) Britt of Dresser; her grandchildren, Shon (Susan) Bendrey of San Antonio, Texas, Melanie (Mike) Thompson of Le Claire, Iowa, Ronald J. Marten of Ann Arbor, Mich., Kimberly (Chris) Zahn of Tega Cay, S.C., Nicole (Jeff) Jackmack of Naples, Fla., Megan (Mike) Moses of Ohatchee, Ala., Stacey R. Britt of St. Paul, Minn., Beau Britt and Gabriel Britt of Dresser; 17 great-grandchildren and two great-great-granddaughters; special nieces, Judy (Phil) Jensen of Osceola and Carolie Gubasta of St. Croix Falls, several cousins, great-nephews, great-nieces; and her Nerlfi children and grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, H.L. (Pete) Peterson; sister-in-law, Evelyn Peterson; her husbands, Melvin Grant, Rudolph F. Britt and Joseph Nerlfi; and her son-in-law, Gary V. Pugh.

The family will receive friends at Grandstrand Funeral Home in Osceola from 5 to 8 p.m., on Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, at The Alliance Church of the Valley, St. Croix Falls, with interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Osceola.

Memorial donations may be made to The American Stroke Foundation, 5960 Dearborn, Mission, TX 66202 or your favorite charity.

Patricia “Pat” K. Denotter

Patricia “Pat” K. Denotter, 74, Webster died Oct. 5, 2010, at Spooner Health System.

Pat was born Feb. 24, 1936, in New Carlisle, Ind., to Ben and Esther Rodgers. Pat was a Webster High School graduate. She married Robert Denotter on Feb. 26, 1954, in Pine City, Minn. Pat was known to be an impeccable housekeeper. She enjoyed shopping and getting together with her family.

Pat was preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by her husband, Bob; her children, Kayleen (Mitch) Krahler, Julie Denotter and Laurie Denotter; her grandchildren, Renee, Nikki, Jared and Lance; her great-grandchildren, Beau, Jaden, Kylea, Emma and Jack; her sisters, Judith (Greg) Rodgers and Leonard and Betty Danielson; along with other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were Friday, Oct. 8, at Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home with Pastor Steve Ward officiating. Interment will follow at Viola Lake Cemetery.

Casket bearers were Lance Denotter, Jared Denotter, Harry W. Wagner, 93, Clear Lake, died Oct. 6, 2010, at Steve Zmuda, Zeke Saugstad, Shane Adair and Tom the Golden Age Manor in Amery.

Fuller.

Online condolences can be made at Harry was born in Willoughby, www.swedberg-taylor.com.

Ohio, on Sept. 10, 1917, to Theodore The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, and Emma Wagner. Harry grew up was entrusted with arrangements. on the family farm and attended school through the eighth grade.

Harry’s first job was working for the highway department and later worked during World War II in sevLydia Mae Johnson (Christensen), 66, died Oct. 8, 2010, eral war-related production shops. surrounded by family and friends.

Harry was married to Rae Gwinn in Lydia was born Dec. 2, 1943, in 1944. Their daughter, Maple, was Shafer, Minn., to August and Mae born in 1948 in Chardon, Ohio.

Christensen.

In 1951, the family moved to Turtle Lake where they She graduated from Luck High dairy farmed for six years. The family moved to Missouri School and later enjoyed working as for several years, then returned to Wisconsin where he a secretary. Lydia was a devoted spent the remainder of his life. Harry worked at road con- member of Redeemer Lutheran struction at various times and enjoyed operating a Cater- Church and she enjoyed crafts, readpillar. Harry raised beef cattle for many years and was ing, shopping and mostly spending employed at the Barron County Highway Department time with family and friends. until his retirement.

Lydia is survived by her sister, Harry enjoyed hunting and training coon dogs most of Marian Edler; brothers, Paul (Judy) and Jerry (Gladys) his life. He always had a very special liking for dogs. He Christenson; daughter, Sandra Swanson; son, Scott also enjoyed country music, playing his guitar and (Sherry) Kastens; son-in-law, Scott Berry; daughter-insinging. In his retirement years, Harry enjoyed many dif- law, Carol Kastens; grandchildren, Nicholas Swanson, ferent family-related activities such as fishing, making Danielle Everling (Swanson), Mark Berry, Kristina Berry, maple syrup, growing a huge garden, decorating Christ- Lisa Nelson and Scott Nelson; 10 great-grandchildren; mas cookies and deer hunting. and five great-great-grandchildren.

Harry was preceded in death by his parents, Theodore Lydia was preceded in death by her husband, Jon Johnand Emma; two brothers, Herman and Frederick; and son; parents, August and Mae Christensen; sisters, Elaine three sisters, Lilly, Helen and Ruth.

Butler, Viola Smith and Ethel Parduhn; and brother, AuHarry is survived by his wife, Rae, Clear Lake; his gust Jr (Bud). daughter, Maple (Butch) Christensen of Clear Lake; Funeral services were held Tuesday, Oct. 12, at Regrandson, Darryl (Cheryl) Christensen of Amery; and deemer Lutheran Church with the Rev. Ryan Barnes offitheir children, Trent, Lane and Aleiya; granddaughter, ciating. Music was provided by Debra Raether and Arlen Vicki (Jim) Vangsness of Clear Lake and their children, Peterson. Pallbearers for the service were Nicholas SwanJaici, Tanae and Rayne. son, Louis Everling, Mark Berry, Christopher Tourville, A Celebration of Life will be held at the home of Darryl Alvin Kastens and Randy Richter; honorary pallbearers and Cheryl Christensen of Amery on Sunday, Oct. 17, were Jon Johnson’s family, Roger, Orval, Richard and from 2 to 6 p.m. Family and friends are invited to share Joanne. Friends may view and sign the online guest book memories, pictures and stories of times spent with Harry. by visiting www.williamsonwhite.com.

Condolences may be left at an online guest book at The Williamson-White Funeral Home and Cremation www.williamsonwhite.com.

Services in Amery was entrusted with arrangements.

The Williamson-White Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Amery was entrusted with arrangements.

Harry W. Wagner

Lydia Mae Johnson

SCOTT ALAN AUBART JR. 4-19-82 - 10-15-05

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It’s been 5 years of pain since you were taken from us by two young men’s hands.

We miss you so much, miss your smile, your laugh, and your ways of making sure everyone was happy, and you calling me and saying “What’s Up Ma Ma” Love Mom, Dad, Jamie, Joe, Tony, Joshua and your children, MacKenzie, Jordan, Jayden, Grandma Kathy, family

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Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 Bake Sale 3 - 6:30 p.m.

Soup Supper 5 - 6:30 p.m.

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Siren Covenant Church 7686 Lofty Pines Drive Siren, WI

Richard “Dick” Kaiser

Richard “Dick” Kaiser, 86, Miltown, died Saturday, Oct. 9, at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Croix Falls.

Richard leaves to celebrate his memory, wife, Lucy of 64 years; five children; 14 grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 16, at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church, Balsam Lake. The family will greet visitors from 9-10:30 a.m. prior to Mass at church. A luncheon will be served immediately after the Mass.

Richard will be laid to rest at the St. Anthony’s Catholic Cemetery, Cumberland, following the luncheon. A full obituary will be in a future edition.

For updated information or to express online condolences to the family of Richard Kaiser, please visit www.kolstadfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria has been entrusted with arrangements.

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Mother must protect kids from ex-husband Q: Years ago my former husband was convicted of molesting our daughter (now age 9), and his parole will be ending soon. Our children (we also have a son, age 11) haven’t seen him since 2002 and neither one remembers him. I’ve been told he’s in a good church and is doing well. I’m trying to decide if he should have any contact with our children – even letters and pictures. I’m not comfortable with this, and I don’t want to risk hurting my kids again after we’ve made so much progress. But I also don’t want my kids to hate me or blame me for not letting them know their dad. What do you think?

Juli: Your situation is such a difficult one! It sounds like you’ve had to walk through a lot of pain. I can understand your hesitancy to reconnect your children with their father, even in light of the healing and growth he appears to have experienced.

The parent-child relationship is sensitive. A child is in a completely vulnerable position, trusting a parent to provide safety and love. When a parent violates that trust in such a harmful way by abus-

Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Juli Slattery

ing or molesting his children, he rightfully forgoes the privilege of parenting.

As harsh as it might sound, I would discourage you from initiating contact between your children and their father right now. They’re too young to understand that Dad may love them, but may not be a safe person for them to be around. Perhaps you could encourage a relationship when they’re older (late teens or early adults) and less vulnerable to being hurt by their dad. In the meantime, their safety and innocence are your top priority.

Your children may be resentful that you’re withholding from them a relationship with their father. But parents sometimes need to make difficult and unpopular decisions that are in the best interests of their kids, trusting that with time they will understand.

••• Q: After two years of marriage, my

Taylors Falls Christian Women’s Club to meet AMERY - Monday, Oct. 18, the Taylors Falls Christian Women will meet at Wapogasset Bible Camp, Amery, at 11:30 a.m.

The music will be by Heidi Haskiin of Damascus 180.

The speaker will be Carol Rodseth speaking on “Attitudes.” It will be an interactive talk, so there will not be a special feature this month. The cost will be $8 inclusive and reservations are necessary and can be made by calling Carrie at 651-257-4741 or Velda at 715-857-5573. - with submitted information

wife says she doesn’t love me anymore.

This is devastating because I love her with all my heart. There’s no abuse or nasty habits, we attend church regularly, and we’ve both been faithful. But this is not the first marriage for either of us. Until I was asked to move out several months ago, I seemed to have a great relationship with her and her two sons. She says she’s “not happy,” and unless her feelings change in 60 days, she’ll file for divorce. What can I do?

Jim: Your desire to preserve your marriage is commendable. It’s impossible to know for sure without more information, but your wife seems to believe that the marriage should end simply because she doesn’t feel “in love” with you any more.

The strongest marriages grow out of a rock-solid commitment on the part of both spouses – a commitment that doesn’t waver with fluctuating emotions and feelings. In fact, it’s possible that if your wife could grasp the importance of the commitment she made to you when you got married, those feelings of love could return.

Regardless, it’s imperative that you and your wife find a quality marriage counselor during this critical time – one that can help you both work through your feelings and find a way back to that

bedrock of commitment. (For help in finding a counselor, visit Focus on the Family’s Web site.) If your wife still feels the same way after visiting the counselor – or if she won’t agree to counseling in the first place – you should not beg her to stay. But I pray it won’t come to that.

••• Jim Daly is president of Focus on the Family, host of the Focus on the Family radio program, and a husband and father of two. Dr. Juli Slattery is a licensed psychologist, cohost of Focus on the Family, author of several books, and a wife and mother of three. Submit your questions to: FocusOnTheFamily.com. Copyright 2010 Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, CO 80995. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Distributed by Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St. Kansas City, MO 64106; 816-581-7500.

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Faith Fellowship Luck

Worship kidstyle On Sunday, Oct. 3, Peace Lutheran Church in Dresser held Children’s Sunday to “worship kidStyle” and held a special family Sunday school event, “Go Green for God.” During worship and the event, families celebrated creation and committed to help take care of God’s creation. Each Sunday school class planted a blue spruce tree, generously donated by Lake Kountry, made bird feeders out of milk jugs as a recycling project and received a pack of birdseed packaged by Endeavors Adult Development Center, and collected tennis shoes to be recycled by Nike or reused by Family Pathways in St. Croix Falls. Shown above is Peace Lutheran’s third-grade Sunday school class planting their tree. - Photo submitted

Church listings sponsored by the following area businesses: BREMER BANK, N.A. Full-Service Banking Member FDIC Frederic - Danbury - Siren

DAEFFLER’S QUALITY MEATS, INC. Wholesale & Retail Meats Custom Butchering & Processing Phone 715-327-4456

INTER-COUNTY CO-OP PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION Printers & Publishers Office Supplies

Frederic, Wis. - 715-327-4236 Shell Lake, Wis. - 715-468-2314 Siren, Wis. - 715-349-2560 St. Croix Falls, Wis. - 715-483-9008

STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES

Corey T. Arnold, Agent Frederic, Wis. Phone 715-327-8076

BEAN’S COUNTRY GRIDDLE Hwys. 35 & 48 Downtown Frederic Phone 715-327-5513

NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN ELECTRIC CO.

“Your Electric Servant” Serving Polk & Burnett Counties “Use Energy Wisely”

WEBSTER

ALPHA

CUSHING

CASHCO BUILDING SUPPLIES

BASS LAKE LUMBER

CUSHING COOPERATIVE SOCIETY

Complete Lumber & Building Supplies

CARLSON-ROWE FUNERAL HOME

Phone 715-866-4238 Hwy. 35 N. Webster, Wis. Tom & Becky O’Brien, Owners

Duane Lindh

HOPKINS SAND & GRAVEL, INC.

Frederic, Wis. 715-327-4475

HAULING

• Gravel • Sand • Rock • Top Soil • Trackhoe 715-472-2717 Mobile 715-491-1861 1065 290th Ave. Frederic, Wis.

LUCK VAN METER’S MEATS

Government Inspected Slaughtering and Processing, Sausage making • Ham & Bacon Cured & Smoked Sides and Quarters of Beef and Pork Available Old-fashioned Fresh Meat Counter Tim Van Meter and Ross Anderson, Owners Luck, WI 54853 Plant 715-472-2141

Sand, Gravel, Ready-Mix, Concrete, Black Dirt, Dozer Work, Landscaping & Septic Tanks Installed Hwy. 35 North Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-4157 M.P.R.S. #03059

SWEDBERG-TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-7131

BRUCE’S AUTO REPAIR & TOWING

• Complete Line of Building Supplies & Lumber • Cabot’s Stains Grantsburg, Wis. 715-488-2471 or 715-327-8766

BURNETT DAIRY CO-OP

Feed Mill - Grain Dept.

Cushing, Wis. 715-648-5215

WILD RIVER FLAGS Jerry & Pat Willits 2815 285th Ave. Sterling Township St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-488-2729

1988 World Champion Cheesemaker Earl Wilson, Cheese Plant Mgr. Clif Gipp, Ag. Supply Mgr. for Feed, Propane & Fertilizer Alpha, Wis. 715-689-2468 • 715-689-2467

SIREN OLSEN & SON

Your Full-Service Drugstore Siren, Wis. Phone 715-349-2221

D & L FINANCIAL SERVICES 10022 Elbow Lake Road Siren, Wis. 54872 715-689-2539

Wrecker - Flatbed Air Conditioning & Computerized Car Service - Cold Weather Starts Webster, Wis. 715-866-4100 Days 715-866-8364 Eves.

Any area business wishing to help sponsor the church listings should contact the Leader at 715-327-4236.

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CHURCH ChurchDIRECTORY Directory ADVENTIST

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - FREDERIC

609 Benson Road; Pastor Curtis Denney Sat. Worship 11 a.m.; Sabbath Schl. 9:30 a.m.

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY

Senior Pastor Bob Morton 1259 Hwy. 35 S., St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship: 9 & 11 a.m.

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH

Meeting in homes. Elders: Cliff Bjork, Jon Zens, 715-483-1357 and 715-755-3048 Sun. Fellowship - 10 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

LUTHERAN

LUTHERAN

BALSAM LUTHERAN CHURCH

1115 Mains Crossing, 1/2 Mile South Hwy. 8 On 110th St.; Sun. Worship 9 a.m.; Sun. School 10:15 a.m.

Wed. Bible Study 8:30 a.m.; Wed. LOGOS 3:20 p.m.

BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN (WELS)

Gene E. Jahnke, Pastor, 715-635-7672, Hm. 715-354-7787, Hwy. 70 at 53, Spooner Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School & Bible Classes For All - 10:45 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - BRANSTAD Pastor Jay Ticknor, 715-463-5746 3 miles So. of Grantsburg on Hwy. 87 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - SIREN

Hwy. 35, 1/2 blk. N. Main St. Interim Pastor Andrew Hinwood Pastoral Serv. 715-349-5280 Sun. School 8:15 a.m.; Sun. Worship - 9:30 a.m.

BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws

Pastor Mark Richardson, 715-755-2562 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Contemporary Serv. 8:30 a.m.; Adult Ed & Sunday School 9:40 a.m.; Sunday Traditional Service 10:45 a.m.;

BONE LAKE LUTHERAN bllc@lakeland.ws Pastor Mary Ann Bowman, 5 mi. E. of Luck on Hwy. 48, 1/2 mi. S. on I; Office - 715-472-2535 Pastor - 715-472-8153, Exploring Prayer 8:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 3 - adult 9 a.m.; Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Fellowship 11:30 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays CHRIST LUTHERAN (LCMS)

Pipe Lake CTH G & T, 715-822-3096 Pastor Steve Miller Sun. Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. during schl. yr.; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sun. www.christlutheranpipelake.com

CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 Communion 1st Sun.; Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. School 9 a.m.

FAITH LUTHERAN - BALSAM LAKE

faithlutheran@lakeland.ws Pastor Diane Norstad 715-485-3800; CTH I & Mill Street Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:40 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & last Sundays

FAITH LUTHERAN - GRANTSBURG

Pastor Victor St. George, 715-463-5388 Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

FIRST EVAN. LUTHERAN

5561 Chestnut St., Taylors Falls, MN 651-465-5265 Traditional Worship 8:30 a.m.; Sunday School & Youth 9:45 a.m.; Adult Learning 10 a.m.; Contemp. Wor. 11 a.m.

FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl, 715-648-5323 or 715-648-5324 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.

FRISTAD LUTHERAN - CENTURIA

ELCA - 501 Hwy. 35, 715-646-2357, Mel Rau, Pastor Sun. Wor. & Holy Communion - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:40 a.m.

GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rt. 1, Balsam Lake, WI (Fox Creek) Pastor Neal Weltzen; GT Office - 715-857-5580, Parsonage - 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wors. Serv. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m.; Holy Communion - 1st Sun. of each month

GRACE LUTHERAN - WEST SWEDEN

Phone 715-327-4340, 715-327-8384, 715-327-8090 Interim Pastor Julie Brenden Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC

(Missouri Synod) Pastor Jody R. Walter, 715-327-8608 Sun. Schl. - 8:45 a.m.; Service - 10:45 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 3rd Sun.

LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTH. - ELCA CTH H, 1/2 mi. N. of CTH A & H on H Church Off. 715-635-7791 Roger Pittman, Pastor Worship Serv. 10 a.m.; Sun. School. 9 p.m.

LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl Sun. Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:30 a.m.

LUCK LUTHERAN

510 Foster Ave. E. Office 715-472-2605; Home 715-472-8424 Sun. Wor. Serv. 10:30 a.m.; Mon. Wor. Serv. 6:30 p.m.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN

113 W. Main St.. W., Phone 715-825-2453 Pastor Danny G. Wheeler 9:15 a.m. Worship ; 10 a.m. Sunday School

NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH

METHODIST

METHODIST

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

Pastor Father Daniel Bodin, 651-465-7345 25293 Redwing Ave., Shafer, MN Sunday 9 a.m.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Worship - 9 a.m.; Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Michael J. Tupa, 715-866-7321 Cedar & Muskey Ave. - Webster Mass Sun 10:45 a.m., Wed. 5:45 p.m. (SeptMay), Fri. 9 a.m. (Summer) Sat. 8:15 p.m. on Sept. 1

Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “G” Sunday Worship - 9:15 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

DANBURY UNITED METHODIST

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER

PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA)

Holytrinity@wisconsinumc.org 1606 165th Ave., CTH I, Centuria Pastor Freddie Kirk, 715-485-3363 Sunday Worship - 8:30 a.m.

Pastor Emory Johnson, 715-463-5700 685 W. State Road 70, Grantsburg Sun. Wor. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN

Pastor Gerald Heinecke Church Phone 715-866-7191 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10:30 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST GRANTSBURG

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.

404 Wis. Ave., Amery, 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation Sat., 3:30 p.m. or by appt.

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

2355 Clark Road, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2515 Web site: plcdresser.org Pastor Wayne Deloach, Intern Courtney Young Sun. Wor. 8:30 & 11 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:35 a.m.

LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL

PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA)

Pastor Catherine Burnette 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sun. Parents & Toddlers 9:15 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org

REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN

(Wisconsin Synod) Pastor Gene DeVries 200 N. Adams St., St. Croix Falls Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 8:30 a.m.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod)

350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Worship - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LCMC

1614 CTH B, North Luck, Pastor Rob Lubben Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

Contact Leslie Valentine, 715-646-2390; E-mail: leslie56@centurytel.net

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN

(Missouri Synod) 140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA

10 mi. W. of Cumberland on Hwy. 48 (McKinley) - Pastor Neal Weltzin GT Office 715-857-5580, Parsonage 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st Sunday

TRINITY LUTHERAN LCMS, DANBURY

Pastor Gerald Heinecke Home 715-327-8608; Church 715-866-7191 Sunday Worship Service - 8 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN

Hwy. 70 East, 715-689-2271, Pastor: Carl Heidel Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Communion -Every Sunday

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA 300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sunday Worship at 9 a.m.; Fellowship Bible Class at 10:15 a.m.

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN

Pastors Mike & Linda Rozumalski 1 mi. west of Luck on N, 2478 170th St., Luck Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.; Fellowship following service

WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rev. Rexford D. Brandt 447 180th St., Osceola, 715-294-2936 Sunday Worship 9 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN

1/2 mi. W. of Hwy. 35 on U, 715-866-8281, Pastors Douglas Olson, Roger Kampstra and Myron Carlson Services begin at 9:30 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 5 mi. E. of Frederic on W, 2 mi. south on I; Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - EAST FARMINGTON (WELS )

ASSEMBLY

LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST Tom Cook, Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m.

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH

Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Worship 11 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m.

Potluck dinner 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST

PRESBYTERIAN

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

Rev. Bruce Brooks - 715-483-3550 719 Nevada St. , (between Simonson & Tower Roads) , St. Croix Falls Worship - 10 a.m. (Nursery provided) Sun. Schl. - Child.- 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - Adults 8:45 a.m.; Communion 1st Sunday

SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST

EVANGELICAL

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m.

Sunday School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC

Pastor Arveda “Freddie” Kirk, 715-327-4436 Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

Souper service Wed. 5:15 p.m.

EVANGELICAL

APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA)

Pastor Bruce Tanner, 715-268-2176 942 U.S. Hwy. 8, Amery Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m.

CROSSWALK COMMUNITY CHURCH

Tom Cook, Pastor Sunday School 9 a.m.

Worship - 10:15 a.m. (Nursery available)

Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W, Frederic Sun. Schl. - 9 a.m.; Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services Sat. Worship - 6 p.m., Luck Senior Center

TAYLORS FALLS UNITED METHODIST

TRADE RIVER EVAN. FREE

SIREN UNITED METHODIST

290 W. Government Street, 715-294-4436 Reverend Dr. Rolland Robinson Sunday Service - 10 a.m. with nursery Sunday School - Sept. - May at 10 a.m.

WOLF CREEK UNITED METHODIST

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship - 8:15 a.m.

COVENANT

COVENANT

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA

Pastor Scott Sagel, 715-689-2541 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Worship 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome

SIREN COVENANT

Pastor Dave Guertin 7686 Lofty Pines Drive, Siren, 715-349-5601 Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

UNITED COVENANT - CLEAR LAKE Pastor Gary Tonn Sunday School 9:00 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

CATHOLIC CATHOLIC

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 255 St. Hwy. 35, East Farmington Mass Friday 9 a.m.; Sacrament of Penance Sat. 3:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH

Pastor - Father Daniel Bodin 490 Bench St., Taylors Falls, 651-465-7345 Sat. Vigil 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:30 & 10:30 a.m.

Tues. - Thurs. 7:30 a.m.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morning Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services BAPTIST

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK. Pastor David Sollitt 715-857-5411 or 715-268-2651 Worship Service - 9 a.m.; Sunday School-10:15 a.m.

EUREKA BAPTIST

2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Willis Christenson, 715-483-9464 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship Service - 11 a.m.

FAITH FELLOWSHIP

Hwy. 35 and CTH N., Luck Bill McEachern Pastor, 715-485-3973 Sun. Bible study - 9 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - AMERY

131 Broadway St., 715-268-2223; www.fbcamery.org Pastor Charlie Butt, Lead Pastor; Nick Buda, Assoc. Pastor of Family Ministries 1st Sunday Service: 9 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.; Nursury available; Sun. School for Pre-K to 5th; Sun. School for Jr./Sr. high meet in teen center 2nd Sunday Service: 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.; Nursery available; Children’s church ages 3-4

FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN

Pastor Kevin Miller Associate Pastor Steve Ward Sunday School - (all ages) - 9:30 a.m.

Church Serv. - 10:45 a.m.

Danbury - 7586 St. Rd. 77, 715-866-7321 Pastor - Father Michael J. Tupa Mass - Wed. 5 p.m. (Summer), Fri. 9 a.m. (Sept.-May).

Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN

OUR LADY OF THE LAKES

Located across from elemen. school on West St., Pastor, Dr. Kevin Schumann; 651-465-7171 Sun. Morn. - Sun. School for all ages - 9 a.m.

Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.

SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY

PRESBYTERIAN

Pastor Larry Mederich, 715-294-4332 www.occconnect.org Mtg. @ St. Croix Art Barn; Sun. Serv. - 9 a.m.

Nursery and children church Pastor Andrew Bollant Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Morn. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Supervised Nursery; Wed. Evening - Worship Serv. 6:30 p.m.

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE

Interim Pastor Julie Brenden 715-327-8384, 715-327-8090 Fellowship - 10:30 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD

oumc@centurytel.net 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor Mark Gilbert Adult Class - 8:30 a.m.; Sunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st Sunday

Pastor Martin Weigand - 715-294-3489 Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Adult Bible Class 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE

ASSEMBLY

Pastor Jack Starr Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour

Balsam Lake - Rev. John A. Drummy, Pastor - 405-2253 Mass: Sat. eves. 6 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Tues. 5:30 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m.Sacrament of Reconciliation 7:30 a.m. Sun. or by appt.

Pastor Tim Faust Worship - 11 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-294-2243 255 E. 10th Ave., Osceola Masses: Sun. 10:30 a.m., Tues. 5 p.m.

Thurs. at 10 a.m. at Osc. Nursing Home

Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa CTHs A & H - 715-866-7321 Crescent Lake Voyager Village area.

Mass Sun. 8:15 a.m., Thurs. 11:30 a.m.

Reconciliation as per bulletin and by appt.

ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC & IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG CATHOLIC MASS SCHEDULE

Pastor: Rev. Dennis M. Mullen, 715-327-8119 St. Dominic: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m.

Immaculate Conception: Sat. 6:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m. Call the office for daily & holy day Mass times

ST. ANNE PARISH

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 139 Church Hill Rd., Somerset Mass Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Wed. 9 a.m.

Sacrament of Penance Sun. 8 a.m.

Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Sunday Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN

FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER

Church Phone 715-866-4111; Interim Pastor Ken Hyatt; Youth Pastor Jerry Scheumann Sun. School - 9:30 a.m.; Wor. - 10:45 a.m (Nursery Provided)

GRACE CHURCH OF OSCEOLA “The Cure for the Common Church”

LIVING HOPE CHURCH

Pastor Doug McConnell Youth Pastor Chris Radtke At Grantsburg High School, 715-463-5794 Sun. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST

Pastor Andy McDaniel, 715-327-8402 Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.; www.tradelakebaptistchurch.org

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER

Minister Garret Derouin, 715-866-7157 Musky & Birch St., Avail. in office 9 a.m. - noon, Tues.-Fri.; Sun. Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Worship 10:30 a.m.

WESLEYAN

WESLEYAN

WOODLAND WESLEYAN

Dairyland - Rev. Andrea Wittwer 715-244-3649 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

FULL GOSPEL

FULL GOSPEL

WOOD RIVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Pastor Dan Slaikeu 4 mi. SE of Grantsburg on Williams Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET 231 Bluff Drive, 715-247-2435 Services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

CHRISTIAN CENTER

CHRISTIAN CENTER

EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER

1751 100th Ave., Dresser Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Evening Services Sun. 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Call Pastor Darryl Olson at 715-755-3133 for information and directions

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX

HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX 523 1st St., Clayton, 715-948-2493 Fr. Christopher Wojcik, Pastor Saturday Vespers - 5 p.m.; Sunday Liturgy - 9:30 a.m.

HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church, 28005 Old Towne Rd., Chisago Lakes, MN hcomm.org Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

NAZARENE

NAZARENE

CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

510 S. Vincent, St. Croix Falls Pastor Tom Reaume, 715-483-3696 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:45 a.m. & Wed. 6:30 p.m.

FAITH COMMUNITY

7535 Peet St., Danbury, 715-656-4010 Adult Bible Service 9 a.m.; Services: Sun. 10 a.m.; Sunday School during church service.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

NONDENOMINATIONAL

CENTERPOINT CHURCH “Come as you are”

Pastor Dick Enerson, www.centerpointstcroix.com, 715-294-1833, Meeting at SCF High Schl. - Main entrance 740 Maple Drive, St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship 10 - 11:15 a.m.

NEW LIFE COMMUNITY - AMERY

Interim Pastor Craig Jorgenson Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Children’s Church: K to 6th Grade

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

Meets at Dresser Elem. School, Dresser Pastor Michael Brand, 715-417-2468 Adult Class 9 a.m.; Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; Worship Service 9:45 a.m.; Nursery available

NEW WINE CHURCH - CENTURIA 309 5th Street, , 715-338-2751 Pastors Randy and Pam Stone Sunday 10 a.m.; Wednesday 7 p.m.

NORTHERN PINES FRIENDS WORSHIP GROUP 715-733-0481 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting.

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

722 Seminole Ave., Osceola Pastor Dr. Kent Haralson; 715-294-4222 or 715-755-3454; info@gracechurchosceola.com Sun.: Praise & Worship Serv. 9 am., Adult Bible Study 10:45 a.m., Children’s Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG

ST. PETER’S COMMUNITY CHURCH

716 S. Robert St., Grantsburg, 715-463-5699 Sr. Pastor Brad Moore David Ahlquist, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m.

1289 160th St. (Hwy. 65), St. Croix Falls, 715-483-5378 Pastors Dan and Claudia Denissen Sunday Adult Bible Class 9 a.m.

(No child care available) Worship and Children’s Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

“Faith on Purpose” (Love God, Love People...period) faithonpurpose.org CTH F, Dresser, 715-483-2911 Pastor’s res./office Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

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Students of the Week GRANTSBURG

FREDERIC

Colton denHoed has been chosen Frederic Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in fifth grade and the son of Denise and Walt denHoed. Colton has done a great job adjusting to a new school and state. He is a hardworking student and a joy in the classroom. Colton’s favorite subject is phy ed. In his free time he enjoys playing basketball and working on his family’s diary farm.

He wants to be a farmer when he grows up.

Sarah Wells has been chosen Frederic Middle School’s student of the week. She is in seventh grade and the daughter of Joel and Kalen Wells. Sarah is a topnotch student who sets the bar high for school performance. She is involved in volleyball, basketball, softball and track. Sarah enjoys playing sports and hanging out with friends and family. Her future plans are to go to college to become a teacher. The greatest influence in Sarah’s life is her mom.

Allison Anderson has been chosen Frederic High School’s student of the week. She is a senior and the daughter of David and Pat Anderson. Allison is an independent worker and citizen who is talented in many areas. She is involved in bell choir, piano, volleyball, track and works at Timbers Theatres. Allison enjoys riding horse and hanging out with friends. She is planning to go to school for interior design. The greatest influences in her life are her parents.

Isabelle Quimby has been chosen Grantsburg Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in third grade and the daughter of Tom and Sandy Quimby. Isabelle is a leader in the classroom. She is willing to help out anyone, is kind, polite, trustworthy and responsible. Isabelle is an office helper. She enjoys math, reading and writing.

Isabelle loves to go camping with her family to Lake Superior, practicing piano and watching movies with her wiener dog, Maddy.

Neal Mellon has been chosen Luck High School’s student of the week.

He is a senior and the son of Scott and Cathi Mellon. Neal is an excellent teacher’s aide. He is a part of the CIA program, solo ensemble, honors choir and chorfest. Neal is involved in choir, band, Milltown karate, American Kyuki-do Federation, drama club, Festival Theatre, football, soccer and helps with vacation Bible school. He plans to attend UND in Grand Forks for air traffic control and music theater.

Kalley Lunsmann has been chosen Luck Middle School’s student of the week. She is in eighth grade and the daughter of Pat and Debbie Lunsmann. Kalley is a hard worker who gets along with everyone and tries hard to do well in class. She is involved in band, choir, volleyball, track and basketball. Kalley enjoys hunting, playing hockey, four-wheeling, snowmobiling, camping and watching the races. The greatest influence in her life is her dad.

Zack Clark has been chosen St. Croix Falls Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in second grade and the son of Tracy and Dan. He has two brothers and likes to play with them. Zack loves learning about new games in phy ed and likes to read as much as possible. He loves Dr. Seuss. This winter Zack hopes to get plenty of sledding in. His birthday is in December and so he really looks forward to winter.

Brooke Thaemert has been chosen St. Croix Falls Middle School’s student of the week.

She is in fifth grade and the daughter of David and Julie Thaemert. Brooke is a wonderful student with a great personality.

She works hard and is rewarded with good grades. Brooke is involved in tap and ballet dance and band. She enjoys the show “Cake Boss.” Brooke’s favorite subject is language arts.

Summer Wilson has been chosen St. Croix Falls High School’s student of the week. She is a senior and the daughter of Robert and Barb Wilson. Summer has an older brother and sister. She is in 4-H, likes to go on road trips, blow bubbles, fish, hunt, hang out with friends and catch memories. Summer is very involved in school, belonging to student council, FFA, yearbook, NHS, Kinship, SPARK, tutoring and Pride Committee.

WEBSTER

SIREN

Nathan Potempa has been chosen Siren Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in sixth grade and the son of Tony and Mary Potempa. Nate was so nice and welcoming to his new sixthgrade teacher. He went out of his way to talk with her and made her feel very comfortable.

Gavin Meyer has been chosen Grantsburg High School’s student of the week. He is a senior and the son of Rodney Meyer and Renee Chute.

Gavin has a great work ethic, musical talent, and is a witty and engaging student. He is in National Honor Society, A honor roll, football, baseball and works at Darrell’s Hardware Hank. Gavin enjoys hunting and fishing. His future plans are to possibly join the Navy and then go to college. His father has been the biggest influence in his life.

ST. CROIX FALLS

LUCK

Corinna Torres has been chosen Luck Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in first grade and the daughter of Diane Torres.

Corinna has an older sister who she likes to spend time with. She likes looking at books and works hard in class. Her favorite class is art. Corinna is involved in Girl Scouts. She enjoys playing with her friends and watching “ScoobyDoo.”

Bryan Hoffman has been chosen Grantsburg Middle School’s student of the week. He is in eighth grade and the son of Steven and Mary Hoffman. Bryan is an earnest and conscientious student who always has a great smile. He is always an eager learner and tries hard to make sure everything is done well. Bryan enjoys gym and science. He loves playing basketball and is a great asset to whatever team he is on. Bryan likes to read and play video games.

Daine Jewell has been chosen Siren Middle School’s student of the week. He is an eighth-grader who is conscientious about getting his work done and doing it well. Daine is charismatic and often brings a smile to fellow students. He is willing to try just about anything and has brought the right attitude and energy to the start of the school year.

Adam Neurer has been chosen Siren High School’s student of the week. He is a junior and the son of Jennifer Peterson and Steve Neurer. Adam is a helpful student who is always willing to help a teacher or fellow classmate. At school he is currently taking an ITV French class that he is very excited about. Adam enjoys reading, cooking and hanging out with friends. He also enjoys his job as a cook at Rumors Restaurant.

After graduation Adam plans to join the Army National Guard.

Jeremy Krear has been chosen Webster Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in third grade. Jeremy has a friendly and positive attitude about school. He works hard every day and is very good at drawing. Jeremy uses polite manners and reaches out to students who feel alone, making them feel included. His favorite thing about school is recess. Jeremy wants to be a skate boarder when he grows up.

David Greiff has been chosen Webster Middle School’s student of the week. He is in sixth grade and the son of Elizabeth Greiff. David is a leader by example. He has excellent work habits and his work is completed on time. David is friendly, polite and helpful whenever asked.

He is involved in band, Boy Scouts, 4-H and basketball. David loves to visit Lake Superior, reading, computer and archery. David has many indoor and outdoor animals.

Danielle Dyson has been chosen Webster High School’s student of the week. She is a junior and the daughter of Daniel and Kimberley Dyson. Danielle is very focused with her homework. She doesn’t get caught up with drama and gets the job done. Danielle is involved in SIGN and track. She enjoys truck mudding, hunting, fishing and anything outdoors.

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Grace Owen has been chosen Unity Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in first grade and the daughter of Sam and Jackie Owen. Grace is a compassionate child. When a friend needs help, she is there.

Grace takes her academics seriously and shows great leadership in the classroom.

Beth Johnson has been chosen Unity Middle School’s student of the week. She is in eighth grade and the daugther of Larry and Debbie Johnson. Beth is a hard worker and has a positive attitude. She has a good sense of humor and smiles a lot.

Etta Johnston has been chosen Unity High School’s student of the week. She is a junior and the daughter of Doreen and Barn Snider. Etta enjoys snowboarding and spending time with her family. She plans to study psychology after she graduates. Etta is a motivated student and a great asset to the classroom.

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Coming events

Happenings in the Upper St. Croix Valley communities

Photo by Gary King

Every Day, AA &/or AlAnon, Polk & Burnett counties,

rus.org.

Every Monday, Indianhead Barbershop Chorus

• Danish Brotherhood meeting at Oakwood Inn, 5 p.m.

Every Tuesday, Bingo at the Burnett County Moose

• After 5 Women’s Club at Assembly of God Church, 6:30 p.m., 715-566-0081.

Every Tuesday, Survivors of domestic violence &

TUESDAY/19

OCTOBER

• Sjoland Lodge 5-635, Sons of Norway will meet at First Lutheran Church, 7 p.m.

Luck

715-931-8262 for time/location.

Siren

meets at the government center, 7:30 p.m., 715-483-9202.

Lodge, Siren, 6 p.m.

sexual assault support group, Polk County, 800-2617233 for location, 6-7:30 p.m.

Amery

Clam Falls

THURS. & FRI./14 & 15

• Coffee hour at Clam Falls Lutheran Church, 9 a.m.

Grantsburg

Luck

• Christian Women’s Club at the senior center, 9 a.m., 715-463-5207.

• Gift of Warm Clothes distribution at Bone Lake Lutheran Church. Thurs. noon-7 p.m., Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 715-472-2535.

Luck

• Ruby’s Pantry at the bus garage. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., distribution noon-1 p.m. www.rubyspantry.org, 310629-7400.

THURS.-SUN./14-17 St. Croix Falls

Siren

• “Is He Dead?” at Festival Theatre. Thurs. and Sun. 2 p.m., Thurs.-Sat. 7:30 p.m., 715-483-3387, www.festivaltheatre.org.

THURSDAY/14 Amery

• National Active and Retired Federal Employees dinner meeting at the Village Pizzeria, noon. Reservations, 715-268-8618 by Mon., Oct. 11, noon.

Luck

• Polk County Board size town hall meeting at the municipal building, 7-8:30 p.m.

• PBREA meeting at Hog Wild. Reservations by Oct. 10.

11:30 a.m. registration, noon lunch, 715-463-5725.

• Burnett County Voter Service League sponsored candidates forum at the Burnett County Government Center, 7 p.m.

The colors of late fall, coupled with record temperatures for October, made for memorable weekend outings across northwestern Wisconsin this past weekend. - Photo by Diane Dryden

Siren

• Fish fry at Burnett County Moose Lodge, 5:30-7:30 p.m., 715-349-5923.

Spooner

Milltown

• Washburn County Grief Support Group at Spooner Health System, 9:30-11 a.m., 715-635-9077. 6-week group, must preregister.

Osceola

Amery

• New women’s chorus begins practice at Milltown Lutheran Church, 7 p.m., womens.chorus@hotmail.com.

• Harvest supper at Osceola United Methodist Church, 5-7 p.m., 715-755-2275.

FRI. & SAT./15 & 16 Turtle Lake

• Fire district’s gun show at the fire hall. Fri. 4-8 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-986-4516.

FRI.-SUN./15-17 Luck

• Fall Salon art exhibition at Café Wren. Opening reception Fri. 5-8 p.m., www.earthartswi.org.

Taylors Falls, Minn.

• Taylors Falls Historical Society quilt show at Folsom House, 715-483-5728, 651-465-0443.

FRIDAY/15

SATURDAY/16 • Community Clean Sweep at the medical center maintenance garage, 9 a.m.-noon.

• A Gala Preview Concert at the Northern Lakes Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m., 715-268-6811.

• Amery’s Oktoberfest at Cricket’s, noon-8 p.m.

Balsam Lake

• Faith Lutheran Church arts & crafts bazaar, 9 a.m.3 p.m., 715-554-7543.

• Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk Fundraiser at Thirsty Otter, 11 a.m.-?

Cozy Corner

• Cozy Corner Trails Club dinner & auction at Northland Community Center. 5-10 p.m. games, 7 p.m. dinner, 715244-4220.

Cushing

• Bazaar at First Lutheran Church, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Danbury

Frederic

• Ladies morning retreat at Crosswalk Community Church (Ev. Free), 9:15-11:15 a.m., 715-327-8767.

• Turf & Tundra ATV Club benefit for Ryan Bybee & sheriff’s dept. at Fishbowl Bar, 3 p.m.

Lewis

Grantsburg

• Harvest supper at United Methodist Church, 4-7 p.m.

Milltown

• Fall expo & craft fair at Hog Wild, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 715472-4884.

• Create, Survive, Thrive, domestic violence event at Crex Conventions, 7-9 p.m., 715-349-7272.

Luck

Spooner

• United VFW Post 6856 fish fry, at 4:30-7 p.m.

• All-day conference sponsored by Indianhead Writers at the sheep station, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-468-2604.

• Black Iris Fine Arts Show at NW Sports Complex, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

• Jack-O’-Lantern Festival.

St. Croix Falls

• Butch Thompson performs at Festival Theatre, 7:30 p.m., 715-483-3387, 888-887-6002.

• Full chicken dinner at the St. Croix Valley Senior Center, 1-7 p.m., 715-338-5989.

WEDNESDAY/20 Rice Lake

• 7th Congressional District debate at UW-Barron County Fine Arts Theatre, 7 p.m., 715-234-8176, Ext. 5472.

THURS.-SUN./21-24 St. Croix Falls

• “Is He Dead?” at Festival Theatre. Thurs. and Sun. 2 p.m., Thurs.-Sat. 7:30 p.m., 715-483-3387, www.festivaltheatre.org.

Webster

THURS.-SAT./21-30

SUNDAY/17

• Fall Salon art exhibition at ArtZ 208 Gallery. Opening reception Fri., Oct. 22, 5-8 p.m.

• Texas Hold’em Tournament fundraiser for Spinal Cord Society at Ike Walton Lodge. Noon start, 715-866-4780.

Amery

Balsam Lake

• Funeral & cremation preplanning seminar at Faith Lutheran Church, 6 p.m.

• Georgetown Lutheran Church fall dinner, noon-2 p.m.

Cushing

• Speaker portraying Martin Luther at First Lutheran, 9 a.m., and Laketown Lutheran, 10:30 a.m.

Frederic

• Order of the Eastern Star Harvest Dinner & Fundraiser at Masonic Center, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

• American Legion Post 143 breakfast at the Legion Hall, 8 a.m.-noon.

THURSDAY/21 Luck

• American Legion & Auxiliary 255 meeting at the village hall, 7 p.m.

Osceola

• Polk County Board size town hall meeting at the intermediate school, 7-8:30 p.m.

FRI. & SAT./22 & 23 Amery

• Rummage sale at Amery Congregational Church. Fri. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-noon.

Turtle Lake

FRI.-SUN./22-24

MONDAY/18

• Water Color Workshop at First Presbyterian Church. Fri. 4-7 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 715483-3550.

• Taylors Falls Christian Women meet at Wapogasset Bible Camp. Reservation at 715-857-5573, 11:30 a.m.

FRIDAY/22

• Farm toy show and craft sale at St. Ann’s Center, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-357-6170.

Amery

Balsam Lake

• Indianhead Barbershop Chorus Guest Night at the courthouse, 7:30 p.m., 715-268-7875, indianheadcho-

St. Croix Falls

Grantsburg

• AARP Safe Driver Class at the senior center, 1-5:30 p.m. Register at 715-463-5207.

SCF students run all aspects of new Saints store

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – If you happen to have a hankering for just about anything related to the St. Croix Falls Saints, well, there’s a place just for you. And it’s run by the Saints themselves.

The all-new Saints Stop opened recently in the high school, near the main entrance, and it is loaded with all flavors of Saints memorabilia, from shirts and trinkets to kids clothes, jerseys, jewelry and more.

According to high school marketing educator Tracie Crowley, the idea for the store first came to life five years ago, when a high school entrepreneurship class noted the demand for Saints-related apparel. Last year, Crowley and St. Croix Falls Community Education Director Kelly Anderson combined to actually recreate a store in the school.

The store got its first real gear when Shopko of River Falls donated three glass display cases for the new operation. They used a small administrative space for the storefront and opened recently using merchandise bought on an account from TL Enterprises.

“The store is meant to serve as a training station for our students, offering them

A “Saints Stop” retail store recently opened in St. Croix Falls High School. The store is run entirely by students, and is open to the public before home athletic events and before and after school. Pictured are two freshman Saints who were helping with the operation: Carmen Molamphy (L) and student manager Maria Sparks (R). - Photo by Greg Marsten

real work experience,” Crowley said.

“Plus, eventually we would like to sell student-created work on a consignment basis.”

They currently have four student managers who are responsible for every aspect of the operation of the store. Those students do literally every duty the retail operation requires, from merchandising, pricing and ordering to hiring, accounting and meeting a payroll. Yes, some of the students are truly paid employees of the Saints Stop, paid either in cash or with Saints gear and merchandise.

“All profits from the store go back to the students of St. Croix Falls High School,” Crowley said, noting that profits from sports-related apparel will go back to that sports program to be used by the coaches, with money earned from all other items given back to the students in the form of senior scholarships.

The Saints Stop is open shortly before and after school hours and at lunchtime.

They are also open prior to all home athletic events, but Crowley said that anyone interested in purchasing merchandise during the school day just needs to stop in the high school office, and they will contact someone to open the store.

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Devils Tower a great experience for local rock climber

by Regan Kohler SHELL LAKE – Roger Sweeney overcame what he thought to be a fear of heights when he climbed the 867 feet of Devils Tower in August.

Sweeney, Shell Lake, was biking in southern Illinois in 2009, and the camp he was staying in had a climbing wall.

Sweeney said he’d had a fear of heights, but a young counselor at the camp suggested he try the wall.

“I didn’t trust any of the ropes,” Sweeney said.

The counselor managed to convince Sweeney to give it a try, and the “next thing I knew, I was on the top of this climbing tower,” he said. “That was quite an experience.”

Coming down was difficult, he said, as he had to turn around and climb backward off the wall. But he realized he wanted to do more, and by December, he and his wife, Marie, were traveling to Duluth, Minn., to climb the wall at Vertical Endeavors, an indoor rock climbing facility. He said she was skeptical at first, as she had never been rock climbing either, but both found it to be a wonderful workout.

After a couple of visits, Sweeney said Vertical Endeavors’ manager told him that if he could climb this wall, he should give Devils Tower a shot.

“That set the seed,” he said.

Devils Tower, located near Sundance in Wyoming, is the United States’ first national monument, established in 1906

by President Theodore Roosevelt, and is part of the National Park Service.

Sweeney said Devils Tower was formed 50 million years ago as a volcanic intrusion made out of volcanic rock.

Some people think Devils Tower was the core of a volcano, Sweeney said, but no lava ever reached the surface.

It rises 5,112 feet above sea level, Sweeney said, and is 867 feet from the base to the summit. The top is 1.5 acres, and a trail around the base is 1.3 miles. It is said to be one of 50 classic climbs in the United States.

Sweeney found that about 5,000 people attempt to climb it each year, but only one-third of them make it to the top. This did not daunt him, however, as he began looking into it. Every summer, Sweeney said, he works at a youth camp in the Black Hills, S.D., and he discovered it

Devils Tower, located in Wyoming, rises over 5,000 feet above sea level and is the first national monument in the United States.

Roger Sweeney, Shell Lake, climbed Devils Tower in a little over four hours on Aug. 19. – Photos by Andy Petefish was only about a two-hour drive to Devils Tower from this camp. He committed to the climb for summer 2010.

The serious training began, with Sweeney practicing at Vertical Endeavors and then getting the opportunity to do canyoneering at the Zion National Park, Utah. Both Roger and Marie Sweeney did some rappelling and climbing, and Roger said he even tried a zip line, suspended 100 feet above a deep canyon.

“That was quite a thrill,” he said. “I’d never climbed on an actual rock until March of this last year.”

Sweeney said he also climbed Ely’s

Sweeney atop Devil’s Tower - at the end of his Aug. 10 climb.

Peak and in the Tettagouche State Park up north.

Sweeney found Andy Petefish while searching on the Internet for Devils Tower guides. Petefish is a summer guide at the tower and in the winter months leads ice climbing in Colorado.

Petefish had a good record, Sweeney said, having climbed Devils Tower thousands of times.

Both Roger and Marie Sweeney went out west for the trip, though Marie opted not to climb the tower. On Aug. 19, Roger Sweeney left shortly before 5 a.m., arriving before the other climbers that day.

As he was climbing, Sweeney came to the realization that hanging by the rope didn’t bother him, but being near an edge or drop-off was what made him uncomfortable. It wasn’t the heights he was afraid of, he said, but the fear of falling, and these are “two entirely different things.

“It wasn’t frightening for me at all,” he said of the climb.

On the way up, after a couple of hundred feet, Sweeney noticed a cigarette butt on a ledge, and couldn’t imagine how anyone who was a rock climber could do it as a smoker. He said he thought, “I’ve crossed over into the twilight zone!”

Though he said the altitude was a little over 5,000 feet, Sweeney didn’t have to worry too much about altitude sickness, though climbers can feel a shortness of breath.

The climb took about four hours and 15 minutes, and when Sweeney reached the top, he had it all to himself, as Petefish stayed on a ledge below with their equipment.

“So I had the top all to myself, oh, for about 20 minutes,” he said. “Ten o’clock in the morning, I was up there on top. I was king of the mountain.”

Sweeney had to sign a log on top of the rock, which shows all the people who have climbed Devils Tower.

Coming down was quicker, taking only about 45 minutes. Sweeney said he did lose his footing in a couple of spots, but had a good handhold on the rock.

The backpack he carried weighed about 45 pounds, though, which made rappelling harder, as it pulls on the back, and he had to use lots of stomach muscles.

“Boy, did that start to hurt before we got to the bottom,” Sweeney said.

Back at the base, Sweeney looked back up at the tower as he was walking away and thought, “I know this tower now in a whole new way.”

Sweeney said he and his wife plan to continue rock climbing and are set to do more next year, including a visit to the Grand Canyon. Sweeney said he most likely won’t do Devils Tower again, having tried it once and being able to say he did it. They have taken their grandchildren climbing at Vertical Endeavors, and he said his 15-year-old granddaughter has really gotten into rock climbing, and wants the gear for Christmas.

Sweeney said if anyone is interested in rock climbing, they can call him at 715468-2582.

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Forts hosts meeting of the Beaver Club See story in Currents Photos by Carl Heidel

Bagpiper Aengus MacOtterwater led the processions that brought the various courses of the feast to the guests.

Part of the ritual of the Beaver Club celebration is the presentation of the Calumet, the ceremonial native pipe. Alexander Henry prepares the pipe for the ceremony.

Vicky Cummings, who directed the team of servants at the feast, prepares to bring in a tray loaded with delicious soup.

Follow the Leader.

As the guests gathered in the narthex of the great hall, Minstrel Mary offered the soothing sounds of the dulcimer.

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Lamar kicks off renovation with $100,000 matching grant POLK COUNTY - Plans to preserve the century-old Lamar School took another big step forward recently with the award of a $100,000 grant from the Jeffris Family Foundation.

Now used for a variety of educational, arts, and history programs as the Lamar Community Center, the building is in need of restoration. The $100,000 grant requires Lamar to raise an additional $200,000.

“Lamar School is a great historic building and has a wonderful community working to restore it,” said Thomas Jeffris, President of the Jeffris Family Foundation. “We are proud to help kick-off the campaign to make sure it is here for another 100 years,” The Jeffris Family Foundation focuses on historic properties in Wisconsin and has funded notable properties such as the Villa Louis, Fairlawn, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Seth Peterson Cottage.

“We’re delighted to be in the company of these historic properties that bear the stories of their times,” said Kathleen Melin, Executive Director of the Lamar Community Center. “We’re grateful to the Foundation for recognizing the significance of Lamar School and for putting their faith in our community as its caretaker.”

Most of the 144 one-room schools that once dotted Polk County have been demolished or converted to private homes.

Lamar is one of a handful that remains in the public domain. Because of the social history of Lamar and the building’s craftsman-style architecture and Italianate bell tower, it was designated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Located between Saint Croix Falls and

With the help of a matching grant from the Jeffris Family Foundation, Lamar School will be restored to its appearance during the years 1929-1945. Features such as the twenty upper storey windows will be revealed. The restoration is being completed with sustainable building materials, conservation and efficiency measures, and renewable energy systems.

Jeffris Family Foundation representatives met with Lamar Community Center members as the final step in funding. Royce Yeater, Director of the Midwest Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP)and Frank Butterfield, Wisconsin Field Representative from the NTHP are shown with Kathleen Melin, Lamar’s Director, and Kris Schmid, chair of the building committee. - Special photos Centuria, WI, the school was central to a once thriving community called Lamar that included a creamery, post office, church, store, brickyard, and dozens of immigrant farmsteads. At its height, 108 students attended the state-graded school. When the railroad was built at the turn of the century, Lamar was by-

passed. Centuria was established and became the new center of commerce.

Lamar is near what is now known as the Gandy Dancer Trail and is also on the historic Clam Falls Trail. Architect Bob Claybaugh described the school in the 2008 Historic Structures Report as “an emblem of an era.”

“Our restoration will honor Lamar’s historic significance within today’s era of sustainability, which goes hand-in-hand with preservation,” said Melin. “We are a Wisconsin Focus on Energy demonstration project and have already installed a solar heating system. Our job now is to raise the $200,000 needed to fulfill the promise of this generous grant from the Jeffris Family Foundation.”

Donations for the renovation may be made online at lamarcommunity.org or to Lamar Community Center, P.O. Box 344, Saint Croix Falls, WI 54024. For further information, e-mail lamar.community@gmail.com or call (715) 553-2116.

National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is Oct. 24-30 POLK COUNTY – Based on data from a 2003 – 2004 national survey, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that nearly a quarter of a million children living in the United States have blood lead levels high enough to cause significant damage to their health. If high blood lead levels are not detected early, children with such high levels of lead in their bodies can suffer from damage to the brain and nervous system resulting in behavior and learning problems (such as hyperactivity),

slowed growth, hearing problems and aggressive patterns of behavior.

To raise awareness of the consequences of lead poisoning among parents and pregnant women who live in homes built before 1978, the Polk County Health Department is participating in National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week Oct. 24-30. The Polk County Health Department joins the CDC, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in encouraging parents

to learn more about how to prevent lead poisoning.

This year’s NLPPW theme, Lead-Free Kids for a Healthy Future, underscores the importance of testing your home, testing your child and learning how to prevent lead poisoning’s serious health effects.

Parents can reduce a child’s exposure to lead in many ways. Here are some simple things you can do to help protect your family: Get your home tested. Before you buy an

older home, ask for a lead inspection.

Get your child tested. Even if your young children seem healthy, ask your doctor to test them for lead. The CDC recommends lead screening for children at ages 1 and 2.

For more information on preventing childhood lead poisoning, contact Brian Hobbs, Polk County Health Department, at 715-485-8532 or visit the Wisconsin Department of Health Services at www.dhs.wi.gov/lead.

Field trip to Badger Cranberry Company

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Mixed Sampler Quilt Guild Show See story in Currents Photos by Nancy Jappe

This photo is of Debbie Field, a professional quilter from Rice Lake, 24 of whose quilts were on loan to the Mixed Sampler Quilt Guild to display at this year’s quilt show in Siren Oct. 9 and 10.

RIGHT: This quilt, which took many, many hours of hand piecing and machine quilting, was created by Mary Ann Heiken, who quilted as she was dealing with chemotherapy. Heiken died in February 2009 before the quilt was finished. The finishing hand quilting was done by over 70 people from 14 states and ages from 4 to 94 years.

BELOW: This display shows quilts made by young quilters, including works by (L to R) 10-year-old Corrina Holcomb, Woodbury, Minn.; 9-year-old Anna Randall from St. Louis Park, Minn.; and 12-year-old Chandler Holcomb, Woodbury, Minn.

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Varsity volleyball action

Webster’s starting lineup wait to be announced. – Photo by Brenda Martin

Grantsburg’s Nikki Ticknor sends a ball over to Siren blocker Kyaisha Kettula. – Photo by Brenda Martin

Saints volleyball player Sarah Petznick led the team in kills over the Eagles during a 3-0 win Thursday at Unity. – Photo by Marty Seeger

Unity's Shauna Jorgenson lays the ball over the net as Saints defenders get up for a block. – Photo by Marty Seeger

Webster at St. Croix Falls

Luck freshman Abbie Otlo scored a huge stuff against the Birchwood Bobcats Monday, sealing a victory in the first game with this kill. – Photo by Greg Marsten

Luck senior Morgan Denny tries to sneak a shot past the Turtle Lake blockers. – Photo by Greg Marsten

Bruce at Luck Football Luck senior Cole Mortel grabs a Landen Strilzuk pass for a big gain against the Bruce Red Raiders. – Photo by Greg Marsten

Alex Betram had 103 yards on 20 carries and two touchdowns against the Tigers on Friday, Oct. 8. – Photos by Marty Seeger

Zach Christenson signals to the opposite end zone after the Saints recovered a fumble against Webster near midfield. The Saints are still alive in their quest for a trip to the playoffs.

Saints defenders Alex Mikl and Garrett Radinzel break up a pass intended for Webster's Ben Jensen.

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Luck homecoming

Luck 2010 Homecoming King Logan Hacker placed the crown on new Queen Morgan Denny’s head during halftime at Friday’s homecoming game. Pictured, (L to R): Karissa Giller, Jade Schrock, Denny Hacker, Ashlyn Petersen and Sammie Schallenberger. – Photo by Greg Marsten

Senior royalty members (on float) Karissa Giller, Jade Schrock, Morgan Denny, Ashlyn Petersen, Sammie Schallenberger and King Logan Hacker pose with (on cycle) Roger Steen and Cole Mortel during the homecoming parade. (Senior attendants Kyle James and Max Musial are missing from the photo.)

2010

Senior Attendants Kyle James, Cole Mortel, Roger Steen, Max Musial and student council adviser Matt Dunlap pose with homecoming King Logan Hacker immediately after he was crowned. – Photos by Lori Nelson unless otherwise noted

Royalty members pose for photos following the grand march at the homecoming dance. Front row (L to R): Homecoming King Logan Hacker and Queen Morgan Denny. Second row: Senior attendants Roger Steen and Karissa Giller. Third row: Max Musial and Sammie Schallenberger. Back row: Freshmen attendants Austin Holm and Tessa Clemenson, sophomores attendants John Denny and Taylor Joy, and junior attendants Shardae Garcia and Jesse Erickson.

Travis Muller, Laurie Jorgenson, Megan Bartylla and Isaiah Tretsven join the rest of the band members in playing while marching down Main Street.

The first-place sophomores float in the bus garage immediately after the end of decorating. (# DSCF8816 is how it actually looked during the Parade.)

Brianna Schaar shows off some of the decorations that would be attached to the sides of the freshmen class float.