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by Nancy Jappe Special to the Register BURNETT/WASHBURN COUNTIES Ten years ago, on June 18, 2001, starting at 8:06 p.m., an F3 tornado struck Northwest Wisconsin, going from the Town of Grantsburg in Burnett County to the Town of Bashaw in Washburn County. The tornado cut a swath a half-mile wide and 41 miles long through these two counties.

Three people were killed – Tom Haseltine, Ruth Schultz and Sylvan Stellrecht – and at least 16 people were injured. The tornado was on the ground for about an hour.

In remembrance of that occasion and observation of its 10th anniversary, a 10thanniversary committee organized by the Siren Chamber of Commerce has planned

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ST. CLOUD, Minn. - St. Cloud University Professor of Physics John Harlander, a graduate of Frederic High School, is co-author on a paper that has won the prestigious 2010 Alan Berman Research Publication Award from the U.S. Naval Research Laboaratory recognizing outstanding publications for their quality and significance. Harlander was honored at the Alan Berman Research Publication Award Dinner in Washington, D.C. The paper, “Spatial Heterodyne Imager for Mesospheric Radicals on STPSat1,” published last March in the Journal of Geophysical Research, details results obtained from a near-ultraviolet spectrometer that flew aboard the satellite John Harlander STPSat-1 making measurements of the Earth’s upper atmosphere between March 2007 and October 2009. Harlander is the son of Dr. Doug and the late Jeanne Harlander of Frederic. - with information from St. Cloud University

Shakespeare at the Overlook this Friday

ST. CROIX FALLS - After record-breaking attendance with its first two 2011 music events, MOTO presents something special and unique: The Cromulent Shakespeare Theatre Company’s performances of “Julius Caesar” - Shakespeare’s glimpse into ancient Rome’s turbulent political climate. This event is held Friday, June 17, at 6:30 p.m. Food and opening acts start at 5:30 p.m. There will be special children’s activities at the national park’s St. Croix River Visitor Center which is adjacent to the Overlook Deck via the river walk through Gaylord Nelson Park.

MOTO is free to the public and happens most Fridays at 6:30 p.m., June through August. The complete calendar can be found at musicontheoverlook.com.

“The Overlook Deck in SCF is a magical place that I have always envisioned enjoying the magic of a Shakespeare play - live,” says MOTO coordinator Woody McBride of St. Croix Falls. Bank Mutual, Festival Theatre and GF Goodies are sponsoring the Shakespeare event.

“Julius Caesar is a story about friendship, futility, suicide and even love to a certain extent,” says the production’s director Mark Palmer. “In this play, a close friend of Julius Caesar is cajoled into joining a group of vengeful conspirators who fear that Caesar is becoming too powerful. The conspiracy is successful, but was it to the nation’s benefit?”

Performers are: Mike Bloom, Andy Borne, Sarah Broude, Helen Donnay, Teresa Caron Jacobs, Rod Kleiss, Nathaniel Nesheim-Case, Charles Numrich, Dietrich Poppen, Samuel Poppen, Tom Raddatz, Emily Ruebl, Joshua Ruebl, Hannah Steblay, Melissa Schmitz and Andrew Sass.

“Many of those who attend MOTO like to sit up on the grass hill in the shade and we now have additional speakers for that area that will allow that group of people to hear the music better,” says McBride. MOTO, a calling card for St. Croix Falls, is supported by nearly 50/50 public funds versus private sponsorship dollars.

MOTO happens at the St. Croix Falls downtown Overlook Deck amphitheater. In the event of rain, events move to Festival Theatre.

Festival Theatre’s wine bar and cafe are open for most events in addition to a variety of local food vendors for the MOTO events. Bring your own lawn chair. - submitted

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Rouillard ruled mentally incompetent

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PTSD and “The long shadow of Vietnam?”

Convicted murderer’s sentence means life in a mental institution for the murder of “best friend,” Stephen Dahlstrom.

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – In a sentencing hearing filled with extraordinary emotion, Judge Molly GaleWyrick determined on Tuesday, June 14, that Wayne Rouillard, 64, was indeed mentally ill at the time of the gruesome November 2009 homicide of his best friend, 61-year-old Stephen Dahlstrom. The so-called not guilty by reason of insanity rul-

ing means Rouillard will spend essentially the rest of his years in a maximum-security mental institution with no possibility of an early, conditional release anytime before June 2051.

That NGI defense is a way of saying he was not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect an “insanity plea,” in effect.

GaleWyrick was left with the task of literally deciding Rouillard’s fate, single-handedly with the sentencing phase, which had been delayed several times since he pled no contest to a lesser charge of second-degree homicide on Jan. 25, 2011.

It also means the case finally gives friends and family of Dahlstrom and Rouillard final closure.

The responsibility phase GaleWyrick outlined the sentencing hearing as the “responsibility phase” of an NGI hearing,

Polk County Judge Molly GaleWyrick was left to weigh Wayne Rouillard’s mental competence on the night of the murder, a decision that would determine whether he would serve essentially the rest of his life in either a state prison or a mental institution. - Photo by Greg Marsten

noting his waiver of a jury trial and review, which in effect left it up to her to decide if he was mentally ill.

“The issue for today is whether the defendant is to be relieved of responsibility for his criminal act because he suffered from mental disease or defect at the time of his offense,” she said, citing the state statute in 971.15(1). “[whether] he lacked substantial capacity, either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law.”

She also said that the state law requires he present evidence of his mental illness “to a reasonable certainty.”

Being under the influence of alcohol or drugs is not supposed to weigh into an NGI ruling, although it was noted that Rouillard had a blood alcohol content of over three times the legal limit to drive at .25 percent, while the victim, Dahlstrom, was almost as impaired, with a .21 BAC. “I don’t consider a voluntary reduced state of intoxication ... to be in play,” she said later.

While both men were extremely intoxicated the night of the murder, it was rarely even mentioned during the hearing.

Sentencing hearing evidence There was only a handful of testimony allowed, as GaleWyrick admitted several critical pieces of evidence into consideration, including things such Dahlstrom’s autopsy report, photos of Rouillard’s wounds, his military discharge and VA medical records, and two critical

Wayne Rouillard was a decorated combat veteran, serving as a Navy corpsman in Vietnam, a fact that ended up playing into his mental disease defense. - Photo by Greg Marsten pieces of opinions on the admitted killer’s mental state from two prominent doctors, as well as a DVD copy of an often-cited interview from the night of the murder that Rouillard did with Sgt. Ray Joy, an investigator with the Polk County Sheriff’s Depart-

See Sentencing, page 4

Primary set for 10th District recall

Two file as Democrats against Sen. Harsdorf

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer MADISON – The filing period for six state Senate recall elections, including the election in

the 10th senate district, ended at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Two persons, Shelly Moore and Isaac Weix, submitted nomination papers to run as Democrats against the Republican incumbent Sen. Sheila Harsdorf. A primary election Tuesday, July 12, will decide which of the two will face Harsdorf in the Aug. 9 general election.

At least two persons filed as Democrats in all six of the recall elections against Republican senators, so all six elections will be July 12. Recall elections have also been certified against three Democratic senators. The filing period for those three races ends next Tuesday, June 21. Those elections will go to the voters on July 19, with a general election

on Aug. 16 if the filings result in more primaries.

Moore is from River Falls and a schoolteacher. Isaac Weix is from Menomonie. This is Moore’s first run for office. Weix ran for the Assembly in the 93rd District in 2010 as a Republican.

GRANTSBURG - It was a few tense hours on the St. Croix River for searchers of two members of a camping group who had gone missing.

The Burnett County Sheriff’s Department received a call at 2:26 p.m., Tuesday, June 14, from the Pin County, Minn. Sheriff’s office saying a river mishap had occurred in the area of Foxes

Landing, with two individuals reported missing from a group of youth and adult canoeists from Camp Sunrise of Rush City, Minn.

Group members had last seen Daniel Rasmussen, 27, Minneapolis, and a 14-year-old male camper at 11 a.m. on the river near the Norway Point Landing and later discovered the pair’s

canoe, empty and drifting downstream when the group had stopped at Foxes Landing.

The two were located at about 3:35 p.m. approximately one-half mile north of Foxes Landing on the west bank of the river by a Minnesota DNR warden and brought back to the group. Rasmussen said they had capsized in rapids and became separated

from their canoe. They were not injured.

Responding to the incident were sheriff’s deputies from Burnett and Pine counties, conservation wardens from Minnesota and Wisconsin, the Grantsburg Fire Department and North Memorial Ambuloance. - with information from Burnett County Sheriff’s Department

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer FREDERIC — The resignation of Frederic Police Chief RJ Severude was accepted by the Frederic village board at its June 13 meeting, with Severude taking a position with a newly Severude created police department in northeast Barron County.

Severude told The Leader that the department will be called the Four Corners Police Department, encompassing the four corners of

Barron, Rusk, Washburn, and Sawyer counties. He will conduct a one-year evaluation to determine staffing needs, equipment needs, and other aspects of the new department.

Noting that the new position is “an excellent opportunity to actually build a police department,” the job will take Severude to his native county where his father was once police chief and sheriff.

Severude was selected out of 142 candidates in an application process that began last December. He begins in his new position Aug.1.

In his 4-1/2 years with the Frederic Police Department, said Severude, he has tried to estab-

lish community relations, projects with children and community events.

“I have found the people of Frederic to be good people to work with,” he said. “I have acquired some good friends.”

He added that he will miss working with village employees, law enforcement, emergency services and the fire department, but that he plans to return to the Frederic area to golf and hunt.

Village President William Johnson IV said that there are no immediate plans to fill the position. Johnson, village Administrator Dave Wondra, and Severude are meeting later this week to discuss options, which include utilizing an officer in

charge or lead officer rather than a police chief.

In other business, after several years of planning and designing, the board approved a resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of $469,647 in sewer system revenue bonds for upgrade and maintenance of the sewer system. Equipment upgrades and covering the ponds to maintain temperatures will be part of the project.

Half the cost of the sewer system project is being covered by the Clean Water Fund through the Department of Natural Resources, said Johnson.

Tense hours on the river, but canoers found safe

Frederic police chief takes new position

Two incumbents replaced in tribal elections

Nancy Matrious, Stuart Bearheart join council

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer HERTEL – Three incumbents and two new members were elected to the council of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin. Lewis Taylor and Elmer “Jay” Emery Jr. were re-elected to the two Big Sand Lake seats.

David “Maabin” Merrill continues to represent Big Round Lake.

In Maple Plain, Stuart Bearheart defeated Jeannne Awonohopay.

In Danbury, Nancy Matrious replaces Beverly (Songetay) Benjamin. While the names of the winners have been confirmed, the vote totals were not available at press time. Five or more candidates were contesting each seat.

The election may result in some changes in the leadership of the St. Croix Tribe. At least two groups were active in calling for a change in the tribe’s government.

One group, Take Back Our Tribe 2011, ran ads in the Ojibwe Times backing Emery, Matrious and two candidates who were defeated.

That group’s ads and statements were critical of the other four council members. Another group, which included former council member Michael Decorah, hosted a candidate forum two Saturdays ago where 10 candidates, including Matrious and Stuart Bearheart spoke. The tone of that forum was also critical of present council members.

Tribal finances were a major issue of discussion during the election, but other topics were raised including openness of council meetings and a new constitution. The new council, which will look at the issues, includes three longtime members who have often served together. Taylor will be starting his 10th term, Merrill his eighth, and Emery his fifth. Those three served together from 1999 to 2003 and since 2009.

Merrill was council chair from 1999 to 2001, and Emery was chair from 2001 to 2003.

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ment. Much of that interview was played in the courtroom.

That videotaped interview proved chilling and gave a voice to the events of that night unlike any testimony admitted in the previous 1-1/2 years since the gruesome murder scene was revealed. Joy also gave live testimony on Rouillard’s demeanor and emotional reactions so soon after the murder.

There was also telephone testimony by Polk County Veterans Service officer Richard Gates, himself a veteran who clearly painted a picture of Rouillard’s military background and the horrors of war that Rouillard so clearly carried on his back that likely fueled his mental illness and led to the horrors committed in that rural Town of Bone Lake garage that night in 2009.

Background Wayne Rouillard and Stephen Dahlstrom were admittedly best friends and had not seen each other in some time when they got together at Rouillard’s lakeside home at 895 250th Ave., the night of Nov. 28, 2009.

The duo had been drinking vodka, watching television, smoking and talking when things went a decidedly different, less jovial direction.

For reasons still unclear, the duo went into Rouillard’s garage and later began to fight. Ultimately, Dahlstrom would be found dead in a pool of blood with his skull split open, brains spilled across the same floor, a 6-inch K-bar military knife stuck in his chest, and numerous other wounds so extensive it would take two days for the autopsy to be completed.

Rouillard admittedly used as many as six implements to kill his best friend and then tied his feet together to the workbench, “In case he woke back up.”

For most people involved in the case, they called it the most gruesome crime scene they had ever seen - a moniker that even crime-toughened investigators and attorneys would cite during the hearing.

Rouillard had only minor injuries and did not call police. He did call a local friend and told him of the scene, asking him to call the authorities, since Rouillard himself was on probation [see sidebar.]

The interview with Joy would occur just a few hours after the scene was discovered.

PTSD per CVSO Gates said he was “well aware” of Rouillard, and had been working with him for at least 12 years. He confirmed that Rouillard was indeed considered 100percent disabled due to post-traumatic stress disorder, which he attributed directly to his time in the Vietnam War, beginning in 1968.

Lt. Cmdr. Gates, himself a U.S. Navy veteran, noted Rouillard’s Purple Heart for his service as a U.S. Navy corpsman,

which he described in depth as being “beyond the front lines ... in the combat theater.” He said Rouillard’s role was unique in the bloody conflict, as he worked with U.S. Marines on the front lines, assisting, treating and ultimately retrieving casualties from battle.

“Corpsmen typically become more Marine than the Marines,” Gates said. “Because everybody watches out for ‘Doc.’” He said men like Rouillard are often the most protected and respected men of the front lines of battle, “[He’s the] one guy they counted on to fetch the wounded ... it’s a special bond ... a very strong bond,” he said.

Gates said Rouillard likely saw the most terrifying, explicit battle action of anyone and had the PTSD to show for it, “It completely changes them,” he said.

That PTSD was front and center in Gates’ description of Rouillard, whom he said had “the classic symptoms” of that war trauma.

“They shun crowds, are often loners, and don’t do well around people,” he said. “Different things can cause them to laugh or flashback.”

Gates said such serious PTSD often made them have few friends, live alone in rural locations, self-medicate through alcohol or drugs, and he said it “usually doesn’t get better with time.”

“They ramp up easily,” he said. “[Rouillard’s condition] was classic PTSD for a combat vet.”

Gates said Rouillard’s extensive PTSD could make his reactions to situations seem irrational, angry and gave him “a very large button ... that’s easy to push.”

“They don’t react to things the way normal people do,” Gates said. “Once you ring their bell, it becomes very hard to unring it.”

Burden of proof GaleWyrick noted early on that for the NGI plea to be upheld, the burden of proof was almost fully on Rouillard’s attorney, Mark Biller.

Much of his testimony allowed Gates to paint a picture of a troubled man with PTSD baggage.

“They know they have a problem ... but they find ways to cope, adapt,” Gates said, noting that they can “seem normal ... but can be triggered with a major event.”

The mental evaluations Biller also supported Gates’ testimony with the two admitted psychiatric mental evaluations, which were not reviewed by the press. Those mental evaluations took place over several months since the beginning of 2011 by two noted mental health experts, Dr. Frederick Fosdal of Middleton and Dr. Gregory Van Rybroek of Madison.

Fosdal is a renowned forensic psychiatrist known for being both a military veteran and a leading researcher in the effects of PTSD. GaleWyrick noted his expertise

Polk County Sheriff’s Department investigator Ray Joy watches an interview with Rouillard that he conducted, several hours after the gruesome November 2009 murder of Stephen Dahlstrom. - Photo by Greg Marsten

Rouillard’s close call(s)

BALSAM LAKE – On the day of the Stephen Dahlstrom murder, Wayne Rouillard was just 18 days short of completing three years of probation for a previous felony conviction in Polk County Court that occurred in the fall of 2005 at the same rural Luck address.

According to court records, Rouillard was arrested on the night of Oct. 20, 2005, after two 13year-olds - a male and a female - went to his house after he requested help with some yard work. It was later that evening at around 7 p.m., shortly after Dahlstrom the yard work was completed, that one of the children’s parents said the kids had come riding home very quickly on their bikes, “Very scared and upset.”

In their testimony, they said Rouillard had been drinking heavily that night and started cursing and screaming at the two kids, for no known reason. The boy was reportedly then locked in the house with the girl outside. The testimony said that he pinned the boy against the wall of his home and refused to let him leave, even visibly bruising his throat and larynx.

Rouillard then went outside, grabbed the girl by the shoulder, stating that “she couldn’t leave ... until she admitted she was wrong,” according to the complaint.

“He just snapped,” the girl told investigators in an interview that night.

Luckily, both children were eventually able to escape and fled the scene on their bicycles. A subsequent interview by police had Rouillard admitting he had been drinking and “went too far.”

In a later plea agreement, a felony charge of false imprisonment was dropped with a guilty plea to a felony

in the effects of PTSD and gave his experience extra weight, because of his military background. Biller would also state later that he had been “a pioneer in the courts accepting PTSD” as a relevant root of an NGI defense.

While only paraphrased during the hearing, Fosdal’s report seemed to support the notion that Rouillard’s PTSD led to his sudden and violent reaction that night. “... His ability to control his behavior was impaired,” Biller read from Fosdal’s evaluation report.

The other expert review of Rouillard’s mental acuity was not as clear, according to Biller, Steffen and GaleWyrick.

Van Rybroek is a noted psychiatrist and director of the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison and, as GaleWyrick noted, he is also a lawyer, so seemingly aware of the ramifications and difficult threshold of an NGI defense.

However, Van Rybroek seemed to punt on the Rouillard determination, in a statement where portions were revealed to the court, he cited a lack of evidence - which GaleWyrick later said was in part due to the PTSD effects, possibly.

In the end, both sides accepted the fact that Rouillard did, indeed, suffer from PTSD, which established one “leg” of the NGI requirement.

The Sgt. Joy interview During many of the previous hearings, Rouillard’s demeanor and actions that evening were often referenced from a videotaped interview conducted by Joy with the Polk County Sheriff’s office. He had taken the stand during the preliminary hearing, relaying Rouillard’s responses, confusion and often-changing story on the events, noting his responses to questions were “very fragmented.”

Joy took the stand for the state and stayed there during the first public playing of most of that interview.

Rouillard was seen fumbling with a coffee cup and napkin, often wiping a bloody nose. He joked with Joy at times, noting how he was both a combat veteran in Vietnam and a retired U.S. Postal Service

charge of child abuse.

Rouillard was ordered to have no contact with either child or their families and was ordered to stay sober and enter AODA counseling. He was also ordered to pay $4,823.47 in restitution and did several months in the Polk County Jail.

His probation was scheduled to be completed on Dec. 16, 2009, just a few weeks after the date of the Dahlstrom murder.

The 2005 incident and subsequent conviction never once came up during any portion of his homicide case, except during his initial interview, when he lamented being so close to completing his probation.

“That bums me out,” he was heard saying during the videotaped Nov. 29, 2009, Sgt. Joy interview.

Past issues and meeting Dahlstrom Rouillard was also previously convicted of disorderly conduct in 2003 in Polk County, after a charge of operating a firearm while intoxicated was dropped in a plea agreement. He had numerous alcohol-related violations and convictions in the 1980s and 1990s in Minnesota, including aggravated driving in 1986, multiple DUIs in 1990, as well as three fifth-degree assault convictions in 1993 and 1995, on top of a criminal damage to property conviction in 1995.

It was reportedly during one of his 1990s stays in a Hennepin County Jail that he first met Dahlstrom, who was also a decorated Vietnam veteran, but sadly, also had a history of alcohol-related run-ins with the law of his own, both for assault and DUI. The duo later went on to be good friends, roommates and admitted drinking partners.

Dahlstrom left behind a wife, Isabel, and four children, Amy, Tim, Mark and Jeff, as well as two grandchildren. He was buried with military honors at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis on Dec. 8, 2009.

worker.

“And I survived ‘em both!” he said with a loud laugh.

But he is also disjointed and unclear on the events of the murder, changing his story, forgetting critical details, but adamant that he acted in self-defense. He said several times that Dahlstrom was “his best friend,” but also admitted that he was “always kind of violent when he got hammered.”

He described the chain of events that led to Dahlstrom’s visit, but is less clear on the chain of events when the duo began drinking “only about a pint” of vodka that evening, and going to the garage to smoke.

“I don’t know what happened,” he mumbled. “We went to the garage, but he was on so many other drugs ... then all of a sudden he attacked me.”

Rouillard is flighty and vague, but said Dahlstrom “grabbed an ice pick ... or a knife ... I can’t remember!” he said with a sob, often crying and wiping his nose. “He was definitely trying to kill me.”

Rouillard did have several small wounds on his chest and hands, and it was determined months ago that they might, indeed, be defensive wounds, but he also claimed to have hit his head on the garage floor and claimed he was “kind of foggy.”

He insisted that Dahlstrom grabbed him, threatened him and threw him to the floor, and while Rouillard released a volley of expletives, he also described in almost surreal dream, the fight and how he used several instruments because he “wasn’t sure he was done.”

“He just kept hitting me,” he said. “I thought he was going to wake up and (expletive) kill me!”

Rouillard admitted several times that he had a hard time remembering the actual details, with Joy noting those corrections, such as about the military knife in his chest, and how there was never an ice pick found on the scene.

“The knife? Oh yeah, I forgot about that,” he said.

See Sentencing, page 17

St. Croix Falls School Board hears about DI

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by Tammi Milberg Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS-The St. Croix Falls School Board got to hear a presentation from Destination ImagiNation, an extracurricular activity group of participants, at the Tuesday, June 14, school board meeting. Eight of the DI members were present. There are two teams, consisting of six members each, that participated. The elementary team is called Goldfish and the middle school team is called Epic.

The teams participate at different schools and are given certain problems or situations and have to come up with ways to solve those problems. The Goldfish team was directed to make a pulley system for their problem. When they arrived at the school to compete, they had made their pulley system too large for the classroom and had to improvise. For their quick thinking and calm creativity, they were awarded with the Spirit of Imagination and Discovery Award. The students stated they had a great time with DI and Amy Klein was the leader for the teams this year. The kids thanked Klein and the school board for allowing them to have the opportunity of DI. In other business, the board discussed the request to extend the dance team season. The season was approved for 4-1/2 months initially. The extension would be to have the dance team active for seven months. The cost difference would be $845 for coaching fees, but this does not include bus/transportation expenses. Mona Schmidt, board president, stated her concern was the cost and that some things had to be cut this year and rather than extend dance and have to cut something else, she would like to see the program continue with the 4-1/2-month length.

“Then again, it is an offering the kids enjoy,” said Sheri Norgard, board member. “I guess I don’t know.”

Destination ImagiNation team at St. Croix Falls presented to the school board at the Tuesday, June 14, meeting. Pictured (L to R) are: Gabriel Shoop, Katie Herrick, Addie McCurdy, Anna Klein, Grace Klein, Jeremiah Peer and Olivia Peer. Not pictured are Noah Leahy, Clover Stanze, Max Stanze and Skyler Kazmierski. – Photo by Tammi Milberg

It was noted that the program started with eight individuals and ended with 13 participating. The count for next fall is at 16 without counting freshman that have signed up. The board agreed through discussion that the program is expanding in numbers and there is an interest from students. They decided rather than to say no to the extension that they would table the matter until July when they can have a better handle on the budget. The

motion to table carried.

The board also heard an update on the Dresser HVAC system that is currently being installed and should be completed by mid-July. The board approved the resignation of Jenn Clemins as middle school track coach, Scott Petznick as middle school track and volleyball coach and Abby Thill as middle school and high school FACE teacher.

Another street project approved at Luck

Undesignated fund to be used if necessary

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer LUCK — With anywhere between $20,000 and $29,000 left in the 2011 street budget at Luck, plus about $27,000 that can be spent down in the undesignated fund, the Luck Village Board voted at its June 8 meeting to add another street project to this year’s work.

Last month the board voted to proceed only with work on Chippewa Trail and not go over budget by adding 2nd Avenue into the mix. The 2nd Avenue project was put on this month’s agenda by village President Peter Demydowich, and this time the board voted to take whatever is necessary – estimated to be between $5,000 and $13,000 – from the undesignated fund to complete the project.

The 2011 budget includes $100,922 for street projects, with an additional $10,000 in the street outlay savings account.

A contract with Monarch Paving for Chippewa Trail, at $77,029 plus base services that could add anywhere from a couple hundred dollars to $14,000, was approved by the board.

The bid for 2nd Avenue is $33,211, plus extra base services. Pavement from 2nd Avenue will be milled and used for Chippewa Trail base services, reducing the base service cost by about $20 per cubic yard, according to public works director Seth Petersen. Base services include replacing any needed soil and gravel under the pavement, and it’s unknown how much will be needed until the original pavement is taken up.

Worst-case scenario, village Administrator Kristina Handt told the board, would mean that $5,000 remains in the 2011 street budget after Chippewa Trail is finished.

Best-case scenario is $14,000.

“Even on the highest end,” she said, “it’s not enough to do 2nd Avenue, with that bid of $33,211.”

Handt presented the board with six options, ranging from using the undesignated fund, holding the funds until next year, and using the $5,000 to $14,000 for crack filling, seal coating or a different street project.

“How bad is 2nd Avenue?” Trustee Hassan Mian asked Petersen.

“It’s been on our five-year plan for four or five years now,” Petersen replied. “It’s pretty bad.”

To back up Petersen’s comments, Demydowich asked Bruce Rowe of Rowe Funeral Home to comment on the condition of the road.

“We’ve got a great sidewalk,” Rowe said, “but no one

tourism promotion linked to lodging.

The remaining 30 percent is to be placed in a special revenue fund to be used for special village promotions as determined by the board.

Mian, owner of Luck Country Inn, abstained from the discussion and vote.

The road in front of Rowe Funeral Home in Luck, 2nd Avenue, will be repaired this summer following action taken by the village board Wednesday evening, June 8. — Photos by Mary Stirrat can get to the sidewalk.” Because the funeral home is located in a residential area with no parking lot, people must walk up the road and try to cross up to the sidewalk wherever they can, he said.

“I deal with a lot of people in their 80s and 90s,” Rowe added. “It’s a concern getting (to the funeral home).”

Rowe said he has seen people fall as they try to maneuver the rough road. He said he has been able to use his hands to pull pavement up off the street.

The project includes no curb and gutter, which Rowe said is also needed. He indicated he would be interested in discussing paying for that if it can be included.

Village policy requires that 30 percent of annual general fund expenditures be maintained in the undesignated fund. The village currently has $27,700 in the fund that can be expended without going below the required balance.

Room tax As decided at the Wednesday, May 25, meeting of the village board as a committee of the whole, the board voted to approve a 4-percent room tax for lodging establishments within the village.

Establishments affected are Luck Country Inn on Hwy. 35 and Heritage Pines Resort located at the golf course.

These establishments will retain 2 percent of taxes collected to defray costs associated with collection, and at least 70 percent of what remains must be allocated to

Other business • Appointments recommended by Handt were approved as follows: Lori Pardun was appointed to the plan commission; Marsha Jensen was appointed to Bruce Rowe, owner of the golf commission; and Rowe Funeral Home in Luck, Lynn Gregorash was ap- discusses with the Luck Vilpointed to the redevelop- lage Board the condition of the road in front of his busiment authority.

• The board approved a ness. picnic beer license for Luck FFA alumni to sell beer during the Lucky Days Tractor Pull Saturday, July 23. Closing of a portion of Duncan Street from noon to 10 p.m. to accommodate the pull was also approved.

A picnic beer and wine license was approved for the community club for Lucky Days, July 22-24, to operate the beer tent on 2nd Avenue. Street closing for various community club events throughout the weekend were approved.

• A request from John Leonard to amend the boundaries of the downtown façade loan program to include the former greenhouse on 1st Street was referred to the redevelopment authority.

• The board approved a three-year contract with Wisconsin Highway Business Signs to put up two signs advertising the golf course. The signs will be at the intersection of Hwys. 8 and 35, one east-facing and one west-facing. Cost is $107 each to produce, $150 to install and $480 rental per year, to be paid out of the golf course advertising budget.

• The board voted to rezone two properties near Hwy. 48 and 2nd Street from single family to institutional so Northland Municipal Ambulance can use the property to build a new ambulance facility. Closing on the sale of the property to Northland took place Monday, June 13.

Luck’s deputy clerk receives layoff notice

Budgetary concerns cited as cause

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer LUCK — A closed session of the Luck Village Board last Wednesday, June 8, resulted in the permanent layoff of deputy village clerk Cheryl Langeness. June 30 will be Langeness’ last day on the job.

Langeness has been with the village for nearly 10 years, having been hired part time in August 2001. She became full time eight years ago.

Salary and benefits for Langeness’ position for the entire year are included in the 2011 budget, but according to village Administrator Kristina Handt, the layoff was made midyear in anticipation of projected 2012 budget shortfalls.

In 2012, said Handt, the village is looking at a $67,000 loss in revenue. “This does not account for any expenditure changes,” she added, “and there will certainly be some inflationary increases we can’t control such as utilities and insurance.”

The village is not required to pay into unemployment

compensation, but if Langeness collects, said Handt, more than $4,700 will need to be included in the 2012 budget. The net impact to the 2012 budget will be a decrease in expenses of $20,700.

Langeness’ duties will be absorbed by existing staff, said Handt.

Administrative staff at Luck consists of Langeness, Handt and village clerk/treasurer Kathy Hanson.

Also in closed session, the board approved a change in Handt’s employment agreement, permanently waiving the requirement that she reside within the village limits.

The way is paved for new Dollar General Store in Siren

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by Nancy Jappe Leader staff writer SIREN – A request from developers involving a new Dollar General store coming into Siren was put on hold following a special meeting of the Siren Village Board May 31. The board denied the request for a developer’s agreement for the project because it would have involved the use of $100,000 in tax-increment funding through the village. Now the developers have come back to the village board, without the request for TIF funding, at the board’s Thursday, June 9, meeting, and the way was paved for the project to go through.

At the June 9 meeting, a request was made for approval of the site plan and the certified survey map for the portion of the Timberland Gifts and Goods property that would be sold to Dollar General. If Dollar General comes in, the second half of the property would be sold to a realtor from Minong.

“We listened to the concerns about (improving) the back of the building. We made an attempt to address the concerns about First Avenue (on the back of the building),” developer Todd Platt told the board, adding that a privacy fence has been added to the plan as well as shrubs for a total of 98 shrubs and six good-sized trees.

“We are making an effort,” Platt said.

“If approved today (site plan and CSM), we could close within 30-40 days and construction could begin immediately after.”

On a roll-call approval motion by Peggy Moore, seconded by Tom Anderson, only one board member, Phyllis Kopecky, voted against approval. It should be noted that Dave Doty Sr. was the only one of the six board members who was not at the meeting.

During public comments at the begining of the board meeting, villagemaintenance director Mike Bentley urged the board to take a good look at the situation.

“The village is in a tough situation,” Bentley said. “There are 12-13 buildings in foreclosure and 27 empty buildings. We need jobs in this town,” he said. “I would

Todd Platt, Platt Development Corporation, is shown here with property owner Judi Radel Trigg and Charles Feather from Coldwell Banker in Rice Lake, during the Siren Village Board meeting Thursday, June 9. During the meeting, the board approved the site plan and certified survey map for a new Dollar General store to go in on the west side of Hwy. 35/70. No mention was made of a previous request for $100,000 in TIF funding, a request that the board denied during a special May 31 board meeting. Platt explained that the developers are able to keep the project going because of a number of significant concessions, from the property owner, the general contractor and the developers. “If approved today,” Platt said, “the closing could be within 30-40 days and construction could begin immediately after.” - Photo by Nancy Jappe

like to see more development in town, and I don’t care what it is. We need growth in town; residents need more options to buy than what is in town.”

Bentley urged the board to look back into history at what incentives the village has given to starting businesses. “To put your back against a building you don’t like isn’t fair,” he commented.

The board approved a conditional-use permit for Caring Bridges LLC to allow multifamily housing in the former Capeside Cove building on South Fourth Avenue.

Because WHEDA funds are involved, the board is granting up to two years for conversion of the building into one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments.

There is a stipulation that if the property ever goes back to tax-exempt status, the village will receive payment in lieu of taxes; a stipulation that an on-site manager be at the property and that the site plan complies with village ordinances.

Other items approved by the board included: 1) Permission to borrow a paint sprayer from the city of Spooner and to purchase white and yellow paint for the

sprayer. 2) Approval to have a contract prepared for timber harvest, one for cutting, thinning, piling and chipping tree tops and the second for stump grinding

on industrial park lots. 3) Approval to put power in the two small pavilions in Crooked Lake Park and charge a fee of $20 for reservations after the power is in. 4) Approval to purchase the property along Hanson Avenue between Main Street and Hwy. 70 from the county for up to $10.

The village is already maintaining that piece of property.

A long list of businesses and persons applying for licensing/relicensing was read and approvals given.

The following people were approved as members of the Siren Tourism Commission: Priscilla Bauer from the county, Chris Moeller from the Siren chamber, Dave Alden from the village board, Jan Hunter as village president, Marc Hobbie as hotel representative and Amanda Shafer from the information center.

Upcoming board meetings are as follows: Public safety - Tuesday, June 14, 10 a.m.; personnel and finance - Wednesday, June 22, 10 a.m.; streets and utilities Thursday, June 30, 2 p.m.; buildings, grounds and parks, plan commission and board of appeals - to be set as needed.

Woman charged for leaving dog in hot car

Denied seriousness of allegation, jailed for hot dog

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The early June heat and a report of a dog in a hot car triggered a battery of concern for a small black dog left in a car at the Polk County Government Center on Tuesday, June 7.

According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Department, a call came in at about 10:15 a.m. that a dog was left in a hot car with no water and that it was panting heavily.

The dog had reportedly been in the car for at least a half hour in over 90-degree heat.

The owner of the vehicle and the pet

were located a short time later, and while authorities explained the seriousness of the situation, the woman disagreed, and reportedly thought it was silly that the police were called. After the discussion, she reportedly responded to the investigator with, “Are you done? I have things to do.”

That didn’t sit well with the police. Brittany Hochstetler, 19, Clayton, was then placed under arrest for mistreatment of animals and placed into custody a short time later. Police removed the dog from the vehicle and placed it into the air-conditioned government center.

Charges against Hochstetler had yet to be filed by press time.

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Frank talk on the state of Centuria

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Resident and county supervisor leads board on a need for plans

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer CENTURIA – In what was winding down as an otherwise uneventful Centuria Village Board meeting on Monday, June, 13, they came to the community concern portion of the agenda. That was when Polk County Board Supervisor and longtime resident James Edgell asked the board to consider the state of the village and to begin the process of making it more inviting.

“We’ve got to ask ourselves, ‘Why would you want to live here?’” he said, noting a lack of promotion, crumbling roads, no community club or commercial club and more.

He was frank in his talk, noting how when he first moved to town almost half a century earlier, there were three dozen businesses, from cobblers to blacksmiths, groceries and hardware, “And five gas stations! Now it’s about 11 (businesses total),” he said with a sigh.

Edgell pointed out that decades ago, he had persuaded other local leaders to take a close, critical look at the roads, intersections, sidewalks, general infrastructure and the overall state of the village, from curb and gutter to the state of Main Street, to planters and flowerpots. He implied that the village has been on a steady path to mediocrity, just bandaging repairs, compared to other villages and cities.

“I just wish we could bite the bullet and do something,” he said with a shrug.

Trustee Rod Peterson agreed to some extent, pointing out - as did others - that it’s all about money.

“I think our infrastructure is old, worn out,” Peterson said. “But the money’s got to come from somewhere.”

Village President Dave Markert concurred, and noted that the current political climate and state levy limits leave them little choice on the matter. “The only way we can do it now is by borrowing,” Markert said.

Edgell said it went deeper, that it was up to the village to support the businesses they have, that they need to pay attention to the people who invest in Centuria, rewarding them with their local money.

“Talk is cheap, but it takes money to buy the whisky,” he said. “(The repairs we do) are just not enough. Like I said, we’ve got to bite the bullet. Nobody likes taxes.”

Others agreed, noting that the issue is beyond just borrowing money, that they needed a real plan for the village’s future, with real options and action plans.

The board took no action on the issue, but several people noted an audit report presentation by CPA Steve Scheidler, prior to the board meeting, that the village has a healthy undesignated fund balance, possibly giving them a starting point for future infrastructure work.

After the meeting, in a discussion with Markert, he pointed out how the issue has indeed been avoided for decades, and should have been addressed realistically when they had the money. He said he would like to get the public’s take on the issue, to give them options for the village’s future and possible projects.

“I’d like to see what they have to say,” he said, noting that last month’s meeting on whether to pay for sidewalks on Hwy. 35 brought out lots of realistic, good ideas.

LEFT: County Board Supervisor James Edgell addressed the Centuria Village Board about how best to address numerous infrastructure and village deficiencies. Edgell first moved to the village in the ‘50s, and said the changes were long overdue.

In other board action: • Salvation Army Rep. Shirley Schoenberger outlined the state of the organization, as well as gave an update on the Serenity Home shelter in Balsam Lake. The shelter is in the remodeled former county jail, and can house up to 17 adults at once, as a sort of transition home from minor crimes or being down and out.

Residents cannot be sex offenders and cannot have committed heinous crimes. “People who live two blocks away don’t even know we’re here,” she said. “That’s a good thing, I think.”

She also detailed the group’s backpack program, which is expanding into many school districts and is meant to help offset nutritional deficits for children who may not get healthy meals at home. The Salvation Army group assembles and coordinates sending several hundred backpacks home with kids of all ages over the weekend, giving them healthier food options away from school.

“For some of these kids, they don’t eat anything good for them from Friday afternoon until Monday morning when they’re back at school,” she said.

• Public Works Director Tony Weinzirl outlined the village’s compliance maintenance annual report, which was approved by the board. The report is sent to the DNR and details the village sewer plant status.

Weinzirl noted that he goes around and around with the DNR about nitrogen levels, until he convinced them that the village is surrounded by farm fields. He pointed out that the village did very well, and continues to improve their treatment quality.

• Markert said an ongoing library remodel was recently completed and has added a program room where special events and programs can occur without disturbing the rest of the library. “It really is nice back there,” he said.

The Centuria Library is also beginning several Wednesday afternoon computer classes, starting July 20, and running through mid-August. The classes are free and designed for people who are new to computers. From email to searching and shopping, eventually working up

Several trustees and residents bluntly addressed the state of Centuria’s infrastructure at a board meeting on Monday, June 13, in hope that they can address crumbling roads, vacant storefronts and a need for utility upgrades and maintenance. – Photos by Greg Marsten

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• Matt Babcock of the parks committee pointed out some planned ballpark improvements, including dugouts and seating for players. He also noted that the softball league has begun and he welcomed the board and anyone to join them on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for games, as well as food and beer.

• The board will be officially welcoming a new business to town at the site of a former muffler shop. Andy’s Auto Repair recently opened at the corner of Hwy. 35 and CTH I. The business has done a “remarkable job of cleaning up that corner,” stated Trustee Gene Ludack. “I’ve never seen the ground there before!”

• The board approved numerous liquor, cigarette, server and business licenses, without issues.

• After a suggestion and question from Peterson, Markert decided he would begin a review of village ordinances, and assign them to committees for review, relevance and age, as well as for modern technology.

Markert assured that they wouldn’t be doing any drastic changes without the proper procedures.

“It’s not something we can capriciously change,” he said.

Taylors Falls approves summer rec program

Forward progress continues for business park

by Tammi Milberg Leader staff writer TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – The city of Taylors Falls council held their meeting Monday, June 13, and approved a summer recreation program at the meeting. The program is in its second year, with last summer being the first time the program was held. It takes places on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Memorial Community Center. Eight sessions are held with the first one that began Tuesday, June 14, running through July 14 (no program July 5 or 7).

The activities are geared for kids entering first through fifth grade. Activities include writing, science, social

Man accused of drunken trespassing and drawing a bath

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer LUCK – A 41-year-old rural Luck man was charged with criminal trespass and disorderly conduct after he apparently crashed his car in a ditch while intoxicated and then broke into a nearby home and to take a bath.

According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Department, Shawn Alleman was found in a home that he was not supposed to be in, covered in mud and with a half-drawn bathtub. The incident occurred in the early-morning hours on Sunday, June 12, when authorities were called

studies and art. The program coordinator is Chisago Lakes teacher Robert Zemlin. The cost for the program is $1 per session and a snack is provided as part of the program. Registration forms for the program can be picked up at city hall or on site at the community center. Monies for the program are made possible by donations from Friends of TF Parks. The council unanimously approved the summer recreation programs.

In other business, the council approved moving forward on the business park the city has been looking into and planning for the Xcel Energy property. The council approved a minor subdivision of the 32.22-acre parcel to 19.1 acres that the city would purchase from Xcel Energy.

The minor subdivision is contingent and effective upon the sale of the property to the city of Taylors Falls. This passed by resolution with all members in favor.

A second resolution authorized the purchase of the 19.1

acres for $177,783 including the submission of a letter of intent to Xcel for the purchase and a description of funds to be used to finance the purchase. All members voted in favor. Council representatives indicated their approval of the business park and their desire to see the plan moving forward.

The council also heard from Laurie Everts, new owner of the Border Bar and Grill, who applied for a liquor license and retail tobacco license for the business. The council noted that the past sale of the Border Bar fell through and Everts, a longtime employee of the business has become the owner of the business. The licenses were approved by a motion for effective dates of July 1 to Dec. 31, 2011. Councilman John Tangen abstained from the vote due to his employment with the Chisago County Sheriff’s Department.

early that morning to a report of a man who apparently broken into a home and then locked himself in the bathroom to take a bath.

His vehicle was also found in a nearby ditch, and Alleman was “noticeably intoxicated” when police arrived on the scene. He was also reportedly agitated when asked about why he was at the home.

The actual owners were apparently out of town, but had other relatives making regular checks for safety, which is when he was discovered. He had reportedly broken into the home by opening a garage door. His muddy boot prints were also noted by the front door, meaning he had tried to gain access before finding the garage door open.

Though it remains unclear how he was discovered,

Alleman’s entrance into the home was somehow triggered when he made an errant phone call, which showed up on a caller ID from a relative, who knew the owners were away.

He was discovered when the house sitters went to the home and found him locked in the bathroom, refusing to come out. Authorities were on the scene a short time later and took him into custody.

Alleman was charged with both misdemeanor criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct, and made an initial court appearance on Monday, June 13, where he was freed on a signature bond and ordered not to have any contact with the individuals involved nor return to the residence. His next court hearing was set for Aug. 19.

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Recent opinion pieces have proclaimed that teachers enjoy the fat-cat life while the rest of us serfs labor at real work for 365 days a year, rain, snow or shine.

It’s no small irony that these misguided opinions are written by people who were taught the three R’s – by teachers. Dark humor, if it weren’t so pathetic. Free expression or free nonsense? Disclaimer: A teacher for 40 years, I’m “guilty” of experience and natural bias.

That children are our most precious legacy is a truism preached in pulpits, expressed in poetry by Hallmark, and written in the hearts of all. For 12 years, most parents entrust offspring to public schools knowing educational progress will result. We believe teachers will take this beautiful little person and lead him to recognize the squiggles on a piece of paper as words, begin to know the word meanings, and eventually express the meanings in fluent speech. Simultaneously, teachers must consider that each child is complex and unique. Personality, individual learning style, developmental stage, pre-school preparation, family attitude toward learning are part of the picture.

There’s a view that teachers walk into a classroom at 8 a.m. and waltz out at 3:30 p.m., while magically guiding 15 or more youngster through this amazing process.

And, this is just first grade. At graduation, we trust our special child will be prepared to take her place in the world, able to read, write, speak grammatically, think critically about the mass of information that surrounds him/her, and be a lifelong learner, a valuable citizen of the country and the world.

People who truly value education want to encourage our best and brightest to be teachers. We wish teachers needn’t “bargain” for basic rights or use personal funds to buy teaching materials. We’d assure salaries commensurate with years of education and experience, with the time, energy and attention given and the countless hours invested in preparation, teaching, assessing, reteaching, all the efforts they take to enable our precious kids to succeed plus continuing their own professional education.

Contrast teacher certification requirements with state senator requirements.

Teachers must earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, complete an approved teacher education program, pass tests for their certification area, etc. Senators must be 18, a one-year state resident and have lived in the district for 10 days. Scheduled workdays? Sixty-six. Pay in first year? $55,000 plus $70,000 for expenses.

It would be years before a teacher reached that scale. Point taken? I’ve yet to meet a teacher who was “in it for the $$.” Career politicians, on the other hand?

Please consider saying thanks to a teacher because you can read and thoughtfully respond to this opinion.

Marilyn Brissette-Krueger St. Croix Falls

Scent of idiocy

About 30 people showed up at the meet and greet for Shelly Moore at the billiard hall in Frederic on June 8.

For me, it was a great chance to put a face and a voice to someone who holds so many of our hopes for the future in the recall election taking place under the dark clouds of ignorance currently gathering over Wisconsin. The world is watching, and Moore brought that point home, telling us that, at a recent event, she met someone from the Netherlands and, when they got around to addresses

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and Moore confessed Wisconsin, the other person just shook her head in wonder.

That gesture says it all.

I have been politically depressed since last September but, like the Peter Finch character in that fabulous movie, “Network,” I’m not going to take it anymore.

I feel energized after this meeting. For all you reasonable Republicans let down by Sheila Harsdorf’s hook-line-and-sinker swallowing of Reichsmarshall Walker’s insane program for the dismantling of reality, you get a chance to redress the situation. For all of us who signed the recall petitions, just show up and vote your numbers and she will be gone. Get the word out any way you can, volunteer some time or relinquish some cash, just make a stand for sanity, please. This right-wing agenda has the scent of idiocy and suicide about it and it’s time to take out the trash!

Kelly Green Frederic

Special interests

The 10th Senate District campaigns for the special recall election are in full swing. Recalled Republican Sheila Harsdorf, a career politician from River Falls, is facing Democratic challenger Shelly Moore, an Ellsworth schoolteacher.

As always, Harsdorf will be calling her opponent a “tax and spend liberal.”

However, this time around, the Harsdorf campaign is adding a new talking point to its repertoire. The phase “special interests” is echoing throughout Harsdorf’s campaign rhetoric.

Nathan Duerkop, Harsdorf’s campaign spokesperson, has been quoted as saying Moore is “beholden to special interests,” controlled by “out-of-district influences” and defends “the state’s biggest special interest groups who champion a tax-and-spend agenda.”

Perhaps Duerkop doesn’t know it, but there two special interest heavyweights competing in Wisconsin power politics: Wisconsin Manufacturing and Commerce and the Wisconsin Education Association Council. WMC is the state’s largest business lobby and is antiunion.

WEAC is Wisconsin’s largest teachers union and proeducation lobby. Over the years, both groups have poured millions of dollars into Wisconsin politics. WMC overwhelmingly supports Republican candidates and WEAC overwhelmingly supports Democratic candidates.

Moore is a WEAC member. She has held WEAC leadership positions and has been politically active working to strengthen our public education system.

Harsdorf, over her long political career, has played the role of a WMC handmaiden fighting for its business agenda.

WMC’s legislative agenda is straightforward: reduce business taxes; reduce business regulations; reduce legal litigation on business; reduce unemployment compensation; reduce the minimum wage; eliminate unions and increase profits.

WMC periodically grades legislators on how their voting record supports its probusiness agenda. In 2010, 2009, 2004 and 2003, Harsdorf received WMC’s 100percent rating. Votes helping Harsdorf get WMC’s perfect rating included voting twice against raising the minimum wage.

The bottom line is that this recall election is all about special interests. Harsdorf is representing those who sign the paychecks. Moore is representing those who receive paychecks.

James P. Nelson New Richmond

Views expressed on these pages do not necessarily reflect the views of management or board members.

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Wisconsin has always been known for its Midwestern values. We work hard and try to spend wisely. We look out for our neighbors and take care of our own. It’s that commonsense approach to caring for folks that was behind the launch of Family Care – a nationally recognized program that provides better, more cost-effective long-term-care services to frail older people and people with disabilities. Before Family Care, we had elderly and disabled people on waiting lists to receive care services. We forced people into nursing homes (at a much higher taxpayer cost) when dollars for home care ran out.

Today, Gov. Walker and some state legislators are about to turn back the clock on 15 years of progress. Despite overwhelming evidence of the cost-effectiveness of Family Care, the proposed state budget halts its expansion statewide and will instead spend money to change things back to the way they were when people waited on long lists for care or landed in high-cost nursing homes.

It is almost impossible to imagine a more penny-wise and pound-foolish policy. It will be devastating to consumers and save the state very little, if any, money. Is this really how we want to treat frail older people and people with disabilities?

Robert J. Kellerman, executive director Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources, Inc. Madison

The other futile war

Nowadays typically relegated to the back pages of the print media, and seldom even mentioned on TV/broadcast/cable news coverage is a war that’s been ongoing for more than 30 years and has cost our country more than Afghanistan, Iraq and all the other military battles of the past three decades combined.

It’s America’s so-called war on drugs.

One has a tough time finding any comprehensive accounting of the expense associated with this engagement.

In the late 1970s, I lost someone I cared deeply about to substance addiction. I may have married her, but the dope kept interfering with our relationship. Only in her early 30s, she suffered a life-disabling aneurysm. I felt profound guilt for not having acted to intervene in her self-destructive lifestyle. My grief and sense of helplessness gave way to anger and determined vengeance for the loss of what had been so promising. I wanted to bring down every drug pusher I could find.

So, when the Reagan-Bush administration announced its all-out war on drugs in

Polk marriage licenses

Elizabeth S. Dropps, Chisago City, Minn., and Jesse J. Eveland, Town of Osceola, issued June 6, 2011.

Tiffany J. Voss, Little Canada, Minn., and Jorge C. Triana, Little Canada, Minn., issued June 6, 2011.

Laura J. Foley, Circle Pines, Minn., and Cameron A. Haven, Chisago City, Minn., issued June 6, 2011.

Leah M. Dupre, South St. Paul, Minn., and Jason M. Velasqquez, South St. Paul, Minn., issued June 7, 2011.

Kimberly J. Hall, Town of Farmington, and Jason R. Judkins, Town of Farmington, issued June 8, 2011.

Angela M. Bishop, Clear Lake, and Charles A. Kroll, Clear Lake, issued June 8, 2011.

Brooke A. Cockrell, Clear Lake, and William R. Schaffer, Clear Lake, issued June 8, 2011.

Sheena J. Erdman, Milltown, and Bradley B. Quinn, Milltown, issued June 8, 2011.

Margo L. Meisch, Caledonia, Minn., and Mark W. Matson, Dresser, issued June 9, 2011.

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the early ‘80s, the opportunity presented itself. As a former military and CIA covert actions specialist, licensed commercial pilot and private detective, I volunteered and was signed up as an undercover contract operative with the Drug Enforcement Administration. It turned out to be one of my dumbest decisions.

I didn’t look or act like a cop and, because of my extensive background of activities in the Caribbean, I was assigned to the DEA’s South Florida Task Force headed by Vice President George H. Bush.

I was detailed to work under the supervision of the Joint Task Force office in Key West. The Florida Keys, Bahamas and Central America, areas familiar to me from my CIA and air charter flying days, became my beat. From the fall of 1982, beginning my undercover work in the Twin Cities and Chicago, Ill., ending up in Fort Myers, Fla., in the fall of 1985, I served honorably and at high risk with DEA. My cover prevented me from carrying a gun, and a Swiss Nagra miniature tape recorder was frequently taped to my abdomen when I went into the field.

I obviously managed to survive the experience. My service is officially documented as is what this undertaking cost me personally. With my life in disarray, I returned to the St. Croix Valley in 1986 after testifying about my DEA experience to congressional investigators in connection with the Iran-Contra scandal/probe that nearly brought down the Reagan White House. Much has been written about this and is available on the Internet.

I come forth now, as a former frontline combatant in the drug war, to publicly state, in good conscience, that our country’s war on drugs is an exercise in futility. I do this as I’m encouraged to see a number of states and nations maturely and pragmatically begin to modify their socio-political-cultural views on the drug issue, narcotics law enforcement and related criminal penalties. The time for this is long overdue.

Public opinion is evolving to an acceptance of the fact that our present approach to the drug issue is impractical from every standpoint, and the law(s) are fundamentally unenforceable. The costs, policing, apprehension, criminal legal/judicial criminal process, incarceration, etc., far outweigh any positive end result when balanced against our collective social interests.

The existing morality-based rationale in dealing with the matter only serves to perpetuate the problem and make it ever more lucrative to those in the (illegal) narcotics trade (and the massive civil- career law enforcement/penal bureaucracy which is sustained by the criminalization of drug sale, possession and use as established under current law). One has only to look at the numbers – the thousands in the U.S. and around the world employed directly or indirectly in the effort to do something akin to eliminating cockroaches or rats.

No one has ever gotten a handle on the spin-off social-cultural implications of the lucrative drug trade in America. Our prisons are crowded with petty sellers and users at great expense. Has anything been achieved? We have made little progress over the years in the attempt to eradicate what is really an uncontrollable supply and demand phenomena. Drug enforcement laws have created the same kind of artificial economy and gangland criminal subculture that was born of liquor prohibition in the 1920s.

The human animal has and will continue to do whatever it can to achieve temporary nirvana whether it be intoxicants, drugs, sex, money or power. Some cultures traditionally accept the use of narcotics as a means of achieving a higher level of intellectual and spiritual insight, and they survived. Should we also outlaw the Internet on moral grounds because a few hedonistic narcissists post obscene photos and pictures of their body parts on cyberspace sites? What are we afraid of?

Let’s get real! If a certain segment of society wishes to waste itself on booze or dope, so be it. With our national and state economies in freefall, let’s figure out a way to decriminalize common demand now-illegal substances and relieve ourselves of fighting another war that cannot be won. Put recreational narcotics in a controlled marketplace, as we have with alcohol, and tax the sale appropriately. Penalize those who abuse the use and, if under the influence, threaten public safety.

Given the present economic dysfunction in America, and the apparent huge demand for drugs, we could probably wipe out those budget deficit problems in no time flat.

Bradley E. Ayers Frederic

Political vandalism

I was politically vandalized last Friday afternoon, June 10. Tire tracks show a large vehicle sped off of Hwy. 48 veering onto my property running down a sign in my yard. This happened one day after my recall news story was published in the newspaper.

The story called into question the political reason for the recall. I have a Sheila Harsdorf sign in my yard. And thus, this is what I got.

Trespass, vandalism and voter intimidation does not work with me. But it does remind me of what happened recently at our state Capitol, where angry union protestors packed and damaged the beautiful building, at a cost of $270,000 for repairs and $7.8 million for police protection, according to AP reports. Several union members had to be arrested, as well.

Old union boss Jimmy Hoffa might well approve of this thuggery. As a victim, I do not. And I’m not alone.

On Sunday morning, June 5, Maude

Dahlberg of Grantsburg, who supports Harsdorf, awoke to her yard sign destroyed.

“It was bent in two and twisted,” she said. There was no strong wind that night, no earthly sign of how it got mangled, except the obvious reason: vandalism.

“Where did civility go?” she asked.

Victims in Polk and Burnett counties are hearing of political illegalities in Hudson too, where Harsdorf signs are knocked down, stolen and destroyed on private property.

Several incidents have been reported to the police,” said Butch Schultz, a Harsdorf volunteer in Hudson. “They’re having their people (police) watch,” Schultz said.

“And they hope they catch somebody.”

There are no known police reports of sign vandalism for Shelly Moore, who is the Democrat opponent.

Individual citizens are being victimized, as well as businesses too.

Schultz said the owner of a pretty large business in Hudson who allowed a Harsdorf sign on his private property was threatened for supporting Harsdorf.

And if he did not back off his visible support, they would do everything they could to ruin his business—even if they had to spend a million dollars,” Schultz said. “I classify them as bullying tactics.”

It is illegal to come onto private property for the purpose of destroying political signs. “That is trespassing,” said a spokesperson for the Government Accountability Office. “You should call your local police.”

Those destroying the Harsdorf signs must stop their thuggery and show some civility. You’re not going to win the election on July 12 and July 19 by intimidation and vandalism. In fact, you may lose because of it.

Wayne Anderson Town of West Sweden

Find out for yourself

The hateful political ads started this week. Sigh. Since I know not to believe them, I decided to find out for myself just who is Shelly Moore. There were several opportunities this weekend. This is what I learned: Moore is passionate about Wisconsin, the people and the land, with family roots that are deep and loving.

Moore is mature in style and with leadership experience that goes beyond the classroom.

Moore is reasonable in understanding how good jobs mean good business.

Moore is believable and competent.

There will be many opportunities for you to meet Moore in the next few weeks.

Find out for yourself.

I am a senior. I support Shelly Moore.

Franny Kerber Osceola

The border battle continues

Polk County deaths

Paul F. Kuhnly, 90, Milltown, died May 26, 2011.

Ethel E. Olson, 98, Amery, died May 26, 2011.

Merilyn E. Wood, 80, Luck, died May 26, 2011.

Ralph A. Jurek, 90, Frederic, died May 27, 2011.

Helen J. O’Neill, 77, Amery, died May 29, 2011.

Cathryn E. Jensen, 84, Centuria, died May 30, 2011.

Daniel A. John, 50, Amery, died May 31, 2011.

Shirley A. Berry, 64, Town of Trade Lake, died June 3, 2011.

Harriet B. Mork, 90, St. Croix Falls, died June 3, 2011.

Virginia L. Knutson, 64, Clear Lake, died June 7, 2011.

The fifth-annual Lions Club Tug Across the St. Croix River will be held on Saturday, July 16. This year Taylors Falls and St. Croix Falls, both holding records of two wins, will battle to take the lead and the much-coveted traveling trophy home. Family events commence at 10 a.m. The main attraction pulls are the Minnesota Volunteer Fire Departments versus the Wisconsin Volunteer Fire Departments starting around noon. There are also other teams forming consisting of high school athletes and patrons of local bars. There will also be canoe races this year with a Lions Club twist. For the spectators and pullers alike, there will be food and beverages available for purchase, along with a live DJ and children’s events.

Admission to the Lions Park is free. If you are interested in forming or joining a team, please contact Taylors Falls Lion Don Lawrence at 612366-4172 or St. Croix Falls Lion Steve Jensen at 715-483-3715. -Photo submitted

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From lack of yard maintenance to racing, lawn mowing issues surface

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer MILLTOWN – How to deal with unsightly village yards was front and center at the Milltown Village Board meeting on Monday, June 13.

The issue of what to do about several local properties that seem to always be behind on their mowing was an issue raised by Police Chief Andy Anderson, who noted during his report that it seemed to be a continuous problem with several addresses, and also with certain residents, as well as with unoccupied properties where the ownership is in limbo.

Anderson was outlining the department’s efforts to get yards cleaned up and said that while “most of the sites have complied,” there continues to be an issue with a lack of yard maintenance, at a few select spots.

“It’s one of our biggest problems,” he said with a shrug. “And we’ve got more important things to do [than to continually badger the problem owners].”

“Why let them slide by?” asked Trustee Pete Peterson, which led to much debate about the issue and how to address habitually lacking residents.

“It’s silly that you have to tell grown people they have to mow their lawn” stated Village President LuAnn White with a nod.

Anderson asked the board for direction on dealing with the issue, either through fines, warnings or even policy or ordinance changes, so he knows how to answer questions on the problem from the people he has to continually remind, warn or cite for lack of maintenance. He noted that by the time the lawns get bad, he has to wait several days by village ordinance for a letter to go out, which gives the noncompliant owners more time to comply, thereby avoiding a $179 fine.

“You can get a pretty good mower for [the cost of] a couple of those tickets,” Anderson said.

However, Trustee Larry Kuske mentioned how some municipalities actually have standards and licensing requirements for landlords and wondered if the village could do something similar, since it may also help with property maintenance issues.

“Most of the [maintenance problems] we have in the village are at rental properties,” Kuske stated, adding that licensing might “give the law some more teeth.”

The board debated the issue somewhat, but took no action, choosing instead to seek legal advice on a better course of action.

In other board action: • In keeping with lawn issues, Anderson also noted that the Milltown Fishermen’s Party will have a “bone stock” lawn mower racing event this year, with three classes, for actual lawn mowers, not racing mowers.

“After 30 years of throwing snowmobiles into the water, I thought we’d try something different,” he said.

The racing will take place on Saturday, June 25, starting at noon. Very few modifications will be allowed, and there is no entry fee. The races will take place over a one

ABOVE LEFT: Siblings Brody (left) and Hallie Allen of Milltown tested their balance and wheel skills at River’s Park in Milltown.

Volunteers have helped with major landscaping, tree planting, upgrades and more at the new skate park, including the new sign in honor of the late River Wheeler, whom the park is named after. RIGHT: Former Milltown Trustee Ben Wheeler, and son Asher, addressed the village board about progress and work at River’s Park, which is named after Wheeler’s late son, River. – Photos

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block course on Main Street.

• Former Trustee Ben Wheeler updated the board on work he and others have undertaken at River’s Park, the skateboard park named in honor of his late son, River Wheeler.

Wheeler and others recently completed a number of landscaping upgrades with flower boxes, plants and more, as well as a new sign, trees and custom benches on the way, likely before the Fishermen’s Party.

He thanked several local businesses for their donations and of materials at cost, as well as volunteer labor, maintenance and planning, including a baby changing station coming soon.

“Thanks to all the volunteers, it’s really coming together,” he said, noting that River’s Park was very popular that previous weekend with the milk tournament.

“Although it was kind of a mess [with garbage].”

• The board approved the village’s Compliance Maintenance Annual Report, compiled by public works director Rick Fisher. The CMAR is an annual DNR document submitted for future baseline utility maintenance.

• The board debated what to do about junk appliances, vehicles or other items associated with several local businesses, outside the typical resident standards for yard cleanup. They took no action, but may address the issue later.

• The board approved a bid of $7,800 to move and groom a large dirt pile in the industrial park, behind Schaffer Specialty Welding. The bid went to Erickson Excavating of Cumberland, which will also be doing the

earthwork on the addition going up at the welding business. The project is eligible for Tax Increment District funding.

The dirt will be used to make a sound-deadening earthen berm to help with noise abatement from the industrial park.

• The board chose not to hire extra part-time village crew help for the Fishermen’s Party, unlike previous years.

• Anderson asked for direction on funding the annual Kids’ Night Out, set for Aug. 23. Several of the event’s past sponsors have since gone out of business, and Anderson was hoping for ideas to find funds to keep the event going.

Village Treasurer Amy Albrecht assists Anderson with the purchases and planning, and said it costs about $800 annually, depending on the available funds. The village has given less money in recent years.

Anderson thinks the event is worth continuing and was offered some advice on possible funding sources, which he will pursue. He said many things are donated, but the food and beverage costs get fairly expensive, as it is a popular event.

He said the grand prize of a bicycle “can really be something special” for a kid who never had that possibility before.

“Seeing a 10-year-old girl win a bike is like us winning a Harley [Davidson],” he said. “It’s a real big deal.”

The board took no action, but gave their support for the event.

Municipal association brings concerns to Madison

MADISON - The St. Croix Valley Municipal Association spent two days in Madison visiting with several state departments, Gov. Walker’s staff, the executive director of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities and area legislators May 18 and 19.

For several years the SCVMA has traveled to Madison to hear how upcoming legislation will affect cities and villages in western Wisconsin and to bring concerns of our area directly to the people at the Capitol who make the decisions.

The SCVMA represents the northwestern border area of the state from Siren to Bay City. The village officials who attended this year were: Kristina Handt, Luck; William F. Johnson, Frederic; Neil Soltis, Osceola; Bob Barbian, New Richmond; Elizabeth Frueh, Prescott; Peggy Nelson, Ellsworth; and Bonnie Frickson, Plum City.

State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf was able to meet with the SCVMA members, while the Joint Committee on Finance was in session, along with representatives from the offices of Rep. Dean Knudson, Rep. John Murtha and Rep. Erik Severson.

Time was spent with the departments of Administration, Commerce, Revenue, Natural Resources, and Tourism. Secretary of the Department of Tourism, Stephanie Klett, and deputy secretary of the DNR, Matt Moroney, represented their departments.

Information on the changes coming in the Department of Commerce were addressed by Dave Volz, executive assistant. Creation of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, a hybrid of public and private sectors, was explained. The department was reminded that in western Wisconsin economic development and tourism are one in the same. Many of the job creation and job retention aspects of the former Department of Commerce will stay in place. Commerce has been involved with the ongoing move of Polaris out of Osceola, and has provided assistance in securing new manufacturing jobs to replace the ones that were eliminated, as well as retraining and other support services for displaced employees.

The DNR explained the interpretation of storm-water runoff regulations that affect municipalities. This issue could have a very high cost to local communities if not

St. Croix Valley Municipal Association members in the chamber of the Joint Committee on Finance of the Wisconsin State Legislature, with Sen. Sheila Harsdorf and legislative staff members. Shown (L to R): Scott Rausch, Rep. Murtha’s office; Nick Probst, Rep. Knudson’s office; Bob Barbian, city of New Richmond; Elizabeth Frueh, city of Prescott; Harsdorf; Kristina Handt, village of Luck; William F. Johnson, village of Frederic; Peggy Nelson, city of Ellsworth; Bonnie Frickson, village of Plum City; and A.J., Rep. Severson’s office. - Photo submitted

complied with properly. Department interpretation of regulations and ongoing communication is essential.

Recreation trail issues relating to noncompliant use and invasive species on state-owned property were brought up. The St. Croix Valley has a lot of public property with several state trails, state parks, the St. Croix and Mississippi national riverways and the national scenic Ice-Age Trail.

Klett and Industry Relations and Services Bureau Director Sarah Klavas, presented an overview of the state’s marketing efforts for the 2011 season. The Department of Tourism is going to see a $3.5 million increase in its two-year budget. Legislators have recognized that one of the easiest ways to help with the financial problems of the last few years is to import money. Tourist spending is just that. The Twin Cities are the No. 2 target for the marketing efforts of the department, and the St. Croix Valley is the first one in line when visitors come over to Wisconsin. Klett and Klavas have spent time in the St. Croix Valley and know how important tourist dollars are to the region.

Meeting with executive assistant of the Department of Revenue, Jack Jablonski, Barbian from New Richmond

brought up the issue of underperforming TIF districts.

With the economy struggling, business expansion in TIF districts has almost stopped, and the tax increment that is intended to repay the municipality’s investment is not materializing, so their repayment schedules are compromised. As it turned out, the Senate has since introduced legislation addressing this problem, hopefully offering relief from a potentially serious and unintended revenue shortfall.

The Madison visit concluded with a lunch meeting where Wisconsin Counties Association Executive Director Dan Thompson and Curt Witynski, assistant director, updated the group on WCA’s positions and lobbying efforts on behalf of the member municipalities. For detailed information on their positions go to www.lwm-info.org.

The SCVMA meets quarterly to discuss common concerns and travels to Madison once a year to bring those issues to legislators, the governor, cabinet secretaries and staff. The trip was coordinated by Sen. Harsdorf’s office.

- submitted by the St. Croix Valley Municipal Association, William F. Johnson

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Bringing football to a whole new level

St. Croix Falls graduate plays in first-ever American football game on African soil

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer ARUSHA, TANZANIA – In late May, the Drake University Bulldogs football team and the CONADEIP All-Stars of Mexico went head to head during the first-ever American football game played on African soil. The Global Kilimanjaro Bowl was a huge success, ending with a 17-7 win for the Bulldogs in front of close to 12,000 spectators. But it was just the beginning of what turned into a 14-day mission for both the Bulldogs and Mexican All-Star teams and staff, who brought a whole lot more than just a football game.

“It was a lot to take in,” said St. Croix Falls graduate and Bulldog defensive tackle Ryan Larson just days after his return from Africa. Larson was describing the scene shortly after the football game, in which the Bulldogs led a chant to the crowd, shouting, TAN-ZA-NI-A, followed by a response from an enthusiastic African crowd of U.S.A! “I thought that was really powerful,” Larson described, but the next 12 days were just as powerful, eye-opening and life changing for Larson, his teammates and the African community.

It has become tradition for Drake University head coach, Chris Creighton, to

Drake University football player Ryan Larson stands tall at the Uhuru Peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, at 19,344 feet. It’s the highest point in Africa, and the peak of the highest free-standing mountain in the world. The climb was just part of a larger mission to bring the game of football and goodwill to communities in Africa. – Photos submitted lead his football team on an international trip. He’s done it three times since becoming a head coach, and the team’s trip to Africa was their most crowning moment.

During the first two days of their African journey, the Bulldogs, as well as the Mexican All-Stars team, conducted football clinics after the first two days of practice, while hosting more than 500 enthusiastic kids every evening. Larson said kids had been practicing a bit even before the team had arrived in Arusha, Tanzania, where the game was hosted, and mobbed the players with excitement as they stepped off the bus.

“They were just loving every minute of it and just so excited to be introduced to the new sport,” Larson said.

Players and staff not only handed out footballs to many of the kids, but lent a hand to some needy areas surrounding Tanzania as part of their youth service projects. Splitting into smaller groups, the players and staff went to the communities in the surrounding areas, including Arusha, where Larson started out. Some players helped out at orphanages, while others helped sand and paint walls or fix dilapidated buildings. One building served as housing for girls age 4-12 who had been orphaned because of HIV/AIDS. A structure was also built out of brick and other materials for teachers, who had previously been forced to walk many miles to the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro just to teach. And all the while, Larson said, it was a continuous interaction with kids who had little to nothing in terms of possessions, but continued to welcome the team with open arms and smiles.

“That was extremely eye-opening because the kids were so happy to see us Ryan Larson, a former St. Croix Falls athlete, was used several times as a human jungle gym with a few of the kids from one of many orphanages in Africa where their football team did See Africa/ next page service projects.

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••• BALSAM LAKE – Unity grad and Osceola Braves player Brady Flaherty was recently selected to play in the 28th-annual Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Classic game. Flaherty is one of 18 players on the All-Star West team, which will be coached by Jason Bobb of Chippewa Falls, Kraig Terpstra of Stevens Point and Joe Waite of Cumberland. Four teams representing the north, south, west Brady Flaherty and east will play at E.J. Schnieder Field in Oshkosh Friday and Saturday, June 24-25. Flaherty has plans to continue his baseball career at UW-Oshkosh during the 2011-12 season. He is listed as a catcher on the AllStar roster. – Marty Seeger with submitted information ••• MADISON – Junior openweight rower Vanessa Kleiss, a former Grantsburg athlete and 2008 grad, was named to the 2011 Pocock All-America Second Team. The award recognizes outstanding performances of rowers and coxswains on the national level in women's collegiate rowing.

Rowing in the bow for Wisconsin’s varsity eight at the 2011 NCAA Rowing Championships, Kleiss helped the Badgers to a ninth-place result in the race, the highest finish in program history. A CRCA All-Central Region First Team selection, Kleiss rowed in Wisconsin’s varsity eight all Vanessa Kleiss season. The boat earned Big Ten Conference Boat of the Week honors for its victory over Minnesota on May 1, giving the Badgers their first weekly honor since 2009. Selections are based on having rowed at least 75 percent of the season in the varsity boat, the strength of the boat at the national level, coaches’ comments and 2000-meter ergometer scores.

Kleiss is the third Badger All-American openweight rower in three years. – from www.uwbadgers.com ••• ST. CROIX FALLS – Former SCF athletes and Division 1 volleyball players Anders and Meredith Nelson still have room in the Nelson Volleyball Camp from June 22-24. Camp coaches are all former Division 1 volleyball players, including UM-Gopher setter Mia Tabberson. Call 715-483-2507 Ext. 1406, or e-mail nelsonvolleyballcamp@gmail.com for more information. – Marty Seeger ••• SIREN – The Siren Ballpark is hosting several teams this weekend, June 17-19, for the 15th-annual sixth-grade 12U boys baseball invitational. Local teams include, St. Croix Falls, Osceola, Siren/Webster, Unity and Grantsburg.

••• 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

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there and they had close to nothing … the ability to put smiles on their faces was amazing,” said Larson.

Some of the students were from either secondary or primary schools and, while there was a stark contrast in educational opportunities, some students were treated to a decent education. Larson was surprised to learn that many of the students’ favorite subjects were physics and chemistry.

While Arusha is considered one of the richest cities in Tanzania, Larson said it was difficult to tell. Many of the businesses were falling apart with the exception of a small handful of respectable buildings for tourists. On another day, Larson said he and others spent time in Moshi, as well as the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro, where villagers lived in mud huts and lived off the land.

After spending a couple of days in the community of Moshi, Larson and the team climbed Mount Kilimanjaro,

The Grantsburg Honkers baseball team is back to its winning ways with several former area athletes. Pictured top row: (L to R): Christian Hall, Kevin Johnson, Bryan Johnson, Craig Lien, Chad Lunning, Jake Ryan and Trent Bonneville. Bottom row: Chris Ryan, Mike Ryan, John Dickerson, Bryan Vilstrup and D.J. Henderson. Not pictured: Michael Johnson, Travis Chell, Russ Thoreen and Jimmy Nelson. – Photo submitted

run homer bringing the score a lot closer for Bruce.

“From there, however, Chris settled down nicely, going on to pitch the final five innings of the game in a very gutty outing. It was made all the more impressive by the fact that our defense continued to play very poorly behind him, and in the bottom of the sixth inning Bruce scored an unearned run after we made two costly errors on routine plays,” Mike Ryan said.

Despite five errors in the game the Honkers held on to win when Vilstrup came through on a big RBI single in

the tallest freestanding mountain in the world at just under 20,000 feet.

“The really amazing thing was that three of the roughly 64 football players that climbed the mountain succeeded in making it to the top,” Larson said.

While most climbers are able to climb to the peak in an average of about nine days, the football team was able to do it in the shortest time period allowed, which was 41/2-days. Many of the locals questioned whether the team could do it in that short amount of time, but most of them succeeded, including Larson, who nearly didn’t make it due to illness. One hike in particular was supposed to take roughly five hours, but it took over 10 hours for Larson, who was determined to get to the top.

He finally caught up to the rest of his teammates, and accomplished the climb after an eight-hour hike that began at midnight.

“You start that last leg at midnight, because they say if you start during the daytime, and you see how far you have to go, you won’t make it because it’s exhausting mentally and physically.”

It took just 1-1/2 days to get back to the base of the mountain, and back to a reality of sorts, where Larson knows his team and others may have steered the course of history by bringing football to the Dark Continent.

“They are now starting to have American football clubs in a lot of the schools and that’s something they’ve never had before, and maybe we started a new sport on a whole continent,” Larson said.

But at the same time, Larson also knows they brought a lot more to the continent.

“Along with seeing all the poverty and even how happy all of them could be while still having nothing … that had a huge impact on me for sure. It makes you appreciate everything,” said Larson, who hopes to someday go back to Africa.

Larson is entering the football season this fall as a premed student and pursuing a double major in biology and chemistry, and hoping to become a doctor someday.

It’s a rigorous schedule, balancing football and school, but will be well worth the effort in the long run.

“Who knows, maybe if I become a doctor I could go over there and help out,” Larson said, noting that he wouldn’t mind going back to one of the orphanages.

LEFT: Ryan Larson is pictured with just a handful of the approximately 1,000 youth who attended the football clinics that Drake University and the CONADEIP All-Stars of Mexico hosted. – Photo submitted

the top of the ninth inning to help seal the win.

“While our effort in the field was very disappointing, all are in agreement that it’s better to be on the winning rather than losing end of such a sloppy game,” Mike Ryan said.

The Honkers will be playing two games this weekend, with the first against Cumberland on Saturday, June 18.

They host Brill on Sunday, June 19. Both games begin at 1 p.m., and will be played at the Grantsburg High School baseball field.

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by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG – After a bit of a rebuilding year last season the Grantsburg Honkers look to be getting back in true form after jumping off the a 5-0 start this season.

The Honkers are coming off their most recent win over Bruce last Sunday, June 12.

“Well, it wasn’t pretty, but we came away from Bruce with a 9-7 victory,” said Mike Ryan, one of several talents that the Honkers have on the team this season.

The Honkers jumped out to an early lead in the top of the second inning when shortstop John Dickerson, a former Fall Creek High School infielder, doubled off the fence in left field to score former Pirate grad Trent Bonneville.

“Bruce answered with two in the bottom half of the inning, as the Belters put together some timely hitting against starter Kevin Johnson and took advantage of our poor defensive play, which up until now had been sharp,” Ryan noted.

Johnson is also a former Pirate baseball player and current pitcher at La Crosse, and got some more run support in the fourth inning after Chris Ryan doubled to the rightcenter gap to score Craig Lien. Chris Ryan is a 2003 Grantsburg graduate who played football and baseball at St. Olaf College, and Lien was an outfielder at UW-Superior, and graduate of Mesabi East High School.

Bruce managed to respond with another run in the bottom of the third inning to tie the game, but in the fourth inning the Honkers rallied with four runs. Bryan Vilstrup, a former Frederic standout, and Bonneville both singled and advanced on a passed ball. Dickerson followed that with a two RBI double and Johnson tripled, scoring Dickerson and then making it home on a throwing error to third.

With a 7-3 lead through 3-1/2-innings, the Honkers pulled Johnson in favor Chris Ryan, who gave up a three-

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34th-annual milk tourney draws big numbers

Thirty-two teams, approximately 375 kids participate

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer MILLTOWN – The 34th-annual Hansen Farms Youth Milk Tournament in Milltown hosted 32 teams with approximately

375 youth participants in several different age categories on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 10, 11 and 12.

Several awards were handed out including championship trophies to at least five different teams, as well as milk-drinking champions. On Friday, the team representing Farmers Insurance won the milk title by drinking 165 glasses of milk. The Saturday winner was Hansen Farms with 175 glasses and on Sunday, Mike’s General Store won with 120 glasses.

Mike’s General Store was the winner on Sunday for drinking the most milk with 120 glasses.

They also placed third in the softball tournament. – Photos submitted

There was plenty of good eating during the three-day tournament as 300 pounds of brats, 640 hot dogs and 480 bottles of water were sold to participants. Balsam Lake Hardware also received a 10-year award for their sponsorship, and players were also recognized for the number of years they participated in the milk tournament including Brady Flaherty and Rush Hickethier with 10 years, Marisa Hacker, nine, and Logan Hacker, eight years.

First-place winners in the softball tour-

nament included the Balsam Lake Hardware senior boys, who won it for the second year in a row. The Jolly Builders took first in the junior boys division, and Great Northern Outdoors won the senior girls championship among eight teams. The junior girls championship was won by Sunnyside Marina and Hack’s Pub won the peewee championship.

The team sponsored by Farmers Insurance won the milk-drinking championship on Friday, June 10, for drinking 165 glasses.

Sunnyside Marina was the first-place winner in the junior girls division.

On Saturday it was Hansen Farms who won the milk championship for drinking the most milk with 175 glasses. They also took third in the softball tournament.

Logan Hacker, Marisa Hacker, Rush Hickethier and Brady Flaherty were awarded prizes for the number of years they participated in the milk tournament.

Hack’s Pub took first place during the peewee division during the annual milk tournament.

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Frederic Lions Bicycle Classic winners

First win for Leahy, fourth time for Mulrooney

FREDERIC - The 24th-annual Frederic Lions Bicycle Classic drew 43 entrants from around the Midwest to contest a tough 26.4-mile individual time-trial challenge on Saturday, June 11.

In the women’s division, Noreen Leahy of New Auburn was the fastest, turning in a time of 1 hour, 20 minutes and 7 seconds.

Three-time winner and past course record holder, Tim Mulrooney of Minneapolis, Minn., posted a first-place time of 1:0:58 to take the top honor for the fourth time in six years. Mulrooney previously held the course record for men, of 1:0:52, set in 2007. The current record is 58:51, set in 2009 by Lance Niles who now lives in Colorado. The women’s course record is held by Joan Carlson of Menomonie, at 1:8:10, set in 2010.

Do the math. A top regional time-trial specialist, Mulrooney, is able to average over 26 miles miles an hour, on a course that has a vertical gain of 1,300 feet.

ping the clock at 1:38:56.

The Frederic Lions Bicycle Classic is one event of the WiSport Bike Racing Series held each year around the state. For more information on the series go to www.wisport.org.

Other local finishers included: William Johnson of Frederic, 1:41:14 on a single speed and Nate Larsen of Siren, 1:21:06 on a conventional bike. Larsen was the gold medalist in the men’s 14-19 age group.

The Frederic Lions Club uses profits from the annual race to support charitable programs. The Frederic Lioness Club helps with putting the race on and Lioness Roxanne White serves as the race director.

Arthur Martin, Frederic, who has the distinction of being the only person who has ridden all of the previous 23 events, kept the streak going, turning in a respectable time of 1:26:10.

The single-speed class (bikes are limited to one gear) men’s winner was Dan Johnson of Frederic, clocking in at 1:26:51, and the women’s winner was Andrea Potyondy-Smith of Champlin, Minn., stop-

LEFT: Race director William Johnson oversees the start of each competitor as they began their time trial runs. – Photo by Gary King

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Saturday night mixed doubles champions

The McKenzie Lanes 2010-2011 Saturday night mixed doubles champions were the Ten Pin Titans team members Tim and Linda Katzmark, Val and Roger Fisk and Gene and Dorothy Ludack (not pictured). – Photo submitted

LEADER SPORTS SCOREBOARD SOFTBALL LEAGUES

Falun Church League Team Record Calvary Covenant 3-0 New Hope Lutheran 3-0 Siren Assembly 3-0 Trade Lake Baptist 2-0 Falun Churches 2-1 Webster Baptist 1-1 Trade River Free 1-2 W.Sweden/Zion Lutheran 0-2 Faith Lutheran 0-3 Frederic Free 0-3 Siren Covenant/Bethany 0-3 Scores Thursday, June 2 Calvary Covenant 15, Faith Lutheran 5 Siren Assembly 19, Siren Covenant/Bethany 4 Trade River Free 12, Falun Churches 6 Friday, June 3 New Hope Lutheran 16, Frederic Free 4 Trade Lake Baptist 19, Webster Baptist 17 Upcoming Thursday, June 16 7 p.m.

Trade River Free vs. W.Sweden/Zion Lutheran 8 p.m.

Faith Lutheran vs. Webster Baptist 9 p.m.

Trade Lake Baptist vs. Frederic Free Friday, June 17 7 p.m.

Falun Churches vs. Siren Assembly 8 p.m.

New Hope Lutheran vs. Calvary Covenant

Women’s Slow-Pitch Monday League Team Record Coyland Creek 3-0 Beehive 2-0 Kris’ Pheasant Inn 2-1 Smith Family Eye Care 1-1 Maurer Construction 1-2 The Rumors 0-2 Big Butz BBQ 0-3 Scores Monday, June 13 Coyland Creek 27, The Rumors 3 Coyland Creek 10, Maurer Construction 5 Kris’ Pheasant Inn 18, Maurer Construction 17 Beehive 31, Kris’ Pheasant Inn 8 Smith Family Eye Care 33, Big Butz BBQ 3

Men’s Slow-Pitch Wednesday League Team Record Bon Ton 3-0 Chell Well 3-0 Pour House 3-0 Century 21 2-1 Wayne’s 2-1 Kris’ Pheasant Inn 1-2 Sundown 1-2 JCS 0-3 Lake Lena 0-3 True Quality Auto Body 0-3 Scores Wednesday, June 1 Bon Ton 17, JCS 3 Pour House 19, Century 21 4 Kris’ Pheasant Inn 9, True Quality Auto Body 6 Chell Well 17, Lake Lena 13 Sundown 25, Wayne’s 10

Coming in first place in the junior boys division were the Jolly Builders.

The Great Northern Outdoors team was undefeated all weekend and ended up winning it all. The team was also a sort of a preview of next year’s combined Luck/Frederic softball team, as all but two players were from the two schools. – Photos submitted

BASEBALL

West Lakeland Standings Team Conf. Overall Grantsburg Pirates 9-1 21-3 Unity Eagles 9-1 12-10 St. Croix Falls Saints 5-5 10-8 Luck Cardinals 5-5 8-12 Frederic Vikings 1-9 3-13 Siren/Webster 1-9 2-13 Upcoming Wednesday, June 15 (state semifinals) 1 p.m.

Grantsubrg vs. Pardeeville at Grand Chute Thursday, June 16 (state championship) 12 p.m.

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In the senior boys category, the Balsam Lake Hardware team took first place for the second straight year during the Hansen Farms Milk Tournament.

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One of sporting clays’ best visits Coyland Creek Sporting clay and game preserve hosts Kruger Classic

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer SIREN – Professional trap shooter Jon Kruger is known as one of the greatest sporting-clay competitors of all time, and spent last weekend and part of this week near Siren at Coyland Creek to host the Kruger Classic, as well as give personal instruction to small groups and individuals.

The Kruger Classic is a registered sporting-clays event that brought shooters from as far away as Texas, California, Indiana and South Dakota. While it isn’t the largest shooting event ever hosted

by Kelsie and Mitch Coyour, it’s the first time they’ve ever welcomed shooters who had flown in for one of their events. Kruger has Jon Kruger a world-renowned reputation of setting up quality and challenging courses, which is part of the reason why higher-quality shooters showed up for the event. Many of the shooters hope to qualify for future events, or perhaps move into a higher class of shooting.

“Some guys shoot registered tourna-

Coyland Creek has hosted some of the biggest names in the shooting industry, and has hosted larger shooting competitions, while catering to the novice shooter as well. – Photo courtesy of Coyland Creek ments because they like shooting regis- travels the United States and the world to tered targets, it’s a little more challenging, various sporting-clays events, while setand other guys go to be the top guy in the ting courses, offering instruction and also world,” said Kelsie Coyour. has several videos. Coyour also noted that Kruger has been one of the top guys in this is the farthest north Kruger has ofthe world on several occasions. He’s an fered a registered shoot. While it also waseight-time U.S. Open sporting-clays n’t the highest number of participants champion, five-time All-American team they’ve ever hosted at one time, there captain, sporting clays all-time top money were several high-quality shooters. winner and first inductee into the sport“The guys that shoot some of these biging-clays hall of fame. Currently Kruger ger tournaments shoot the U.S. open of

sporting clays and they need a certain amount of All-American points,” Coyour said.

But these shooters are also required to do a set amount of registered shoots, and win a certain amount of tournaments, to earn points in whatever class level they might be shooting in. Eventually these points will help shooters move into a different shooting class and if they shoot so many events and are good enough to qualify, they could eventually graduate into a world-class shooter. One of the many participants at Coyland was a youth shooter from Texas who Coyour said had already registered in March and since then has shot over 2,000 targets.

“That’s crazy, and a lot of targets,” she said.

While there aren’t too many recreational shooters that would shoot an event such as this, mostly because of expense, there are classes such as the hunter class, which is for nonregistered shooters looking for a fun challenge.

“Anybody is more than welcome to come out and shoot, but it may be a little more challenging and to some people a little more intimidating, because it’s a lot more targets to shoot and a lot more involved,” Coyour said.

Coyland Creek is also hosting the Wisconsin State FITASC event on Saturday and Sunday, July 9 and 10. For more information or to register visit www.coyland.com.

40,103 turkeys registered in Wisconsin’s 2011 spring turkey season

MADISON – Preliminary estimates show that Wisconsin hunters registered 40,103 turkeys during the 2011 spring turkey season. A total of 210,059 permits were issued for the spring hunt, according to licensing officials.

Zone 1 produced the highest overall turkey harvest at 12,253 birds, followed by Zone 3 with 9,848 turkeys. The best hunter success appears to have been in Zone 2, with a preliminary success rate of 25 percent, followed by Zones 1, 3, 4 and 5, all at 18 percent success. Overall, the statewide success rate was 19 percent and, as in past years, success rates were higher in the earlier time periods.

This registration total shows a 16-percent decrease from the 2010 harvest of 47,722 birds.

“Until very recently, turkeys in Wisconsin experienced weather conditions conducive to population growth,” said Scott Walter, upland wildlife ecologist for the Department of Natural Resources. “There was a long string of mild winters combined with the warm, dry spring weather favorable for breeding. However, weather over the last few years has been challenging for wild turkeys across the state. “ Wisconsin does not attempt to estimate statewide wild turkey populations but several long, snow-filled and cold winters (2007-2010) and recent wet (2008) or cold

(2009, 2011) springs have provided the perfect recipe to nudge turkey numbers downward according to wildlife biologists. Snow, wind, and rain during portions of the first three 2011 spring time periods also may have reduced hunter effort and success, further contributing to the drop in total harvest.

National Wild Turkey Federation staff and volunteers have also fielded several questions regarding the impacts of an extended spring and heavy, late snowfalls on the birds, according to NWTF regional biologist Rick Horton.

“While we don’t discount the possibility of some local wild turkey winter mortality, we feel that the perception that there were fewer birds was largely because the late spring delayed winter flock dispersal and breeding activity,” says Horton.

Regional similarities Other Midwestern states have experienced similar declines in the 2011 spring turkey harvest. Harvests in Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri and South Dakota were all down between 9 percent and 25 percent as compared to 2010 levels. Turkey biologists across the region agree that a combination of hard winters and, in particular, cool/wet springs have affected turkey behavior and numbers. In addition, poor conditions

Deer pasture walk in Siren area

COOMER/SIREN — The NW Graziers Network will host a deer pasture walk on Tuesday, June 28, from 1-3 p.m., at Clam River Whitetails, 5234 Kent Lake Road in southern Burnett County, which is a Frederic mailing address. The farm is located just north off of CTH B at Coomer, 7.5 miles east of Siren, or about 20 miles west of Shell Lake. Watch for the signs.

Clam River Whitetails is owned by Jarrod and Kerrie Washburn and managed

by Greg Listle. The farm contains 200 deer

that are raised and marketed nationwide as top-genetics breeding stock. Some antlers are also sold. There are 14 deer pens on about 15 acres. Deer are fed alfalfa hay, concentrate pellets and an established grass mix that grows in the pens.

For more information or directions to get to the farm contact Randy Gilbertson at NW Graziers at 715-520-2112, or Otto Wiegand at UW-Extension in Spooner at 800-528-1914 or 715-635-3506. — from UWExtension

during the spring hunt may have reduced hunter effort and success in some areas.

“The fact that harvests declined across such a broad region this spring certainly suggests that weather is the likely culprit,” said Walter.

Wildlife officials say turkey restoration is one of the greatest wildlife management success stories in Wisconsin. Opportunities for turkey hunting and viewing abound in Wisconsin’s mix of woodlands and farmlands. The adaptability of turkeys has been a pleasant surprise, resulting in far more birds and hunting opportunities than thought possible even 15 years ago.

2011 fall season Some hunters have expressed concern that the upcoming fall turkey season may reduce turkey numbers and impact their chance of bagging a turkey next spring.

But fall permit numbers are set at conservative levels in consideration of impacts on future hunts, say wildlife managers.

While the fall season allows for the harvest of hens, few hens are harvested during the fall hunt in Wisconsin. For example, only 4,191 hens were harvested statewide during the 2010 fall season.

“Harvesting fewer than 5,000 hens in the entire state is highly unlikely to have a negative effect on the population as a whole,” says Walter.

The 2011 Fall Turkey and 2012 Spring Turkey Regulations are included in the 2011 Small Game Regulations pamphlet, available on the Hunting Regulations

page of the DNR Web site and in hard copy at license vendors. More information is available on the wild turkey page of the DNR Web site.

The fall 2011 wild turkey season will run from Sept. 17 through Nov. 17, with an extended season for Zones 1-5 likely, pending final approval by the Legislature.

If approved, the extended season would run from Nov. 28 through Dec. 31 for Zones 1-5 only. Hunters should check the DNR wild turkey Web page for updates.

Registration system changes; fall turkey season permit deadline Aug. 1 A big change beginning with the fall 2011 turkey season will be the initiation of online and phone-in turkey registration.

Turkey hunters should note that in-person registration at traditional registration stations will no longer be available, beginning with the fall 2011 season. Instead, hunters will need to register their birds either online or via the telephone. Details regarding these convenient new turkey registration systems will be available soon.

The deadline for applying for a fall permit through the preference drawing process is Aug. 1. Applications cost $3 and can be purchased over the Internet through the Online Licensing Center, at license sales locations, or by calling toll-free 877-WI LICENSE (877-945-4263). Conservation Patron’s License holders are exempt from the $3 application fee. – from the DNR

Great Northern Outdoors Bass Fishing League Standings Week 2 Co-sponsored by BLC Well Drilling in Milltown

Standings 1. Bistram Boys, 41 lbs., 4 oz.

2. Long, 41 lbs., 2 oz.

3. Luck Sport and Marine, 40 lbs., 0 oz.

4. Jim Duncan, 39 lbs., 13 oz.

5. 46 Store, 37 lbs. 1 oz.

6. Cory/Jamie, 34 lbs., 14 oz.

7. Main Dish, 34 lbs., 13 oz.

8. Bon Ton, 30 lbs., 5 oz.

9. Laqua/Allee, 28 lbs. 9 oz.

10. Milltown Dock, 36 lbs., 7 oz.

11. Harry/Dave 26 lbs., 6 oz.

12. GNO, 24 lbs. 10 oz.

13. Mossey’s, 24 lbs., 7 oz.

14. BLC Well Drilling, 20 lbs., 7 oz.

15. Grumpy Grandpas, 19 lbs., 5 oz.

16. Struck/Lonetti, 16 lbs., 13 oz.

17. Dockmasters, 14 lbs., 8 oz.

18. Ones/Roberts, 14 lbs., 14 oz.

Big bass/Big bag weekly winner: Big Bass: Long, 2 lbs., 14 oz.

Big Bag: GNO, 6 lbs., 15 oz.

Polk County moves forward on redistricting

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Public may comment at board meeting Tuesday

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – Polk County residents will get a chance to share their thoughts on the proposed 2012 county board district lines when the county board holds its monthly meeting Tuesday, June 21. Moving the tentative plan forward and discussing a resolution to lower the board size to 15 members are some agenda highlights. The meeting, which starts at 6:30 p.m. at the government center in Balsam Lake, is open to the public and includes a period for general public comments.

The redistricting action is the latest step in adopting new supervisor district lines that reflect the changes in population after the 2010 census. The county must adopt new lines before the 2012 county board election period starts in December. Tuesday, the board is scheduled to adopt a tentative plan, which was recommended by a special committee of the county board and was reviewed by the board at its May meeting. The plan next goes to the villages and towns for review before final board adoption in September.

Before the board votes on the plan, it will consider a resolution submitted by Supervisor Diane Stoneking to first reduce the size of the county board to 15 members. Stoneking states that a referendum

next spring would, if passed, reduce the size of the board to 15 for the 2014 election. She says that changing the board size now would save the cost of holding that referendum and possibly implementing the results. Stoneking adds that the county now has an administrator to do much of the work previously done by the board.

Time may have run out for the board to adopt Stoneking’s resolution. Wisconsin statute says that the county must adopt a tentative plan by July 1. Starting over now would require that within 10 days the county would draw new lines with 15 districts, publicize those lines and hold a special meeting of the county board to adopt the new tentative plan. County clerk Carole Wondra told the Leader “It’s too late.”

The board had set the board size at 23 last December and has stayed with that board size throughout the planning process.

Another Stoneking resolution may finally be acted on. That resolution in support of Polk County employees, notes the discussion at the Legislature on employee rights. It then thanks the hardworking men and women for their invaluable contributions to the community and supports the rights of all Polk County workers. The resolution was tabled at the March county board meeting. It was on the April agenda with no action. This will be the third time the resolution comes before the supervisors.

by Tammi Milberg Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – The city of St. Croix Falls council discussed the progress on the purchase of the former movie theater building downtown (Falls 5) at the Monday, June 13, meeting.

The council at the May 16 council meeting authorized a purchase offer for $50,000 for the building downtown, plus an additional $5,000 for seller legal fees.

The offer was extended to the owner, who countered with some changes. The price was not part of the changes, but the council made a few more changes and passed a motion to send the owner of the building a letter with their response to the counteroffer. At this time, the city will await the building owner’s decision.

In other business, the council was updated by Councilman Paul Kuhlman regarding the library summer reading program. Kuhlman stated last year’s summer reading program had 30 participants

and this year there are 60. Kuhlman also stated that the funding for WISC Net for the library may be cut. This would affect the MORE online library system and the ability to share library materials. Kuhlman urged the council representatives to write their representatives and encourage the funding of WISC Net to remain in place.

“It will hurt a lot of people, but libraries in particular will suffer,” he said.

The council heard from residents Aaron Moore and Wendy Rattel who conducted research from the UW Extension regarding yard clippings and how the city disposes of them. Currently, Moore stated, the city burns their collections and he stated they would be better put to use in a composting site. He suggested the old city dump as a possible location to start with grass clippings, leaves and Christmas trees to get a compost pile going. Moore stated that in discussions with residents, the response was favorable and the community could use the compost pile for

their gardens.

“It would not impact city workers much on collections, it would just change the method of disposal,” said Rattel. The agenda included an item about considering discontinuance of city pickup and disposal of brush and yard waste, which was discussed later by the council. The council determined that the park and rec committee should take a look at the compost site idea and recommend a location. There was no other council action on the matter at this time.

Alcohol licenses and operators permits were approved by the council. During public comments, Kathy Cross, owner of St. Croix Tavern, questioned whether Indian Creek Winery and Grille would be allowed to renew their license and continue to utilize the city parkland located adjacent to the business. Councilman Brian Blesi asked Cross for the relevance of her question. Cross stated she just wanted to know how the city was going to handle

that issue. The license for Indian Creek was not on the agenda at this time as the renewal for their license is not up yet. The agreement with the city to use the park space has also not expired yet, so those issues will be addressed at a future council meeting.

The council met in closed session to consider employment for a city administrator; to consider disciplinary action or investigation charges regarding the public works department; and deliberate or negotiate the purchase of public property at 209 River St. The council reconvened into open session and approved a contract to offer to the candidate for the city administrator.

No other action was taken in open session.

a Day of Change - Day of Thanksgiving for Saturday, June 18. The day will start in the Town of Wood River, with a group of representatives from the various towns that were affected, plus representatives of the St. Croix Band of Chippewa, following the tornado route from its beginning on Mike and Donna Chell’s farm on Hwy. 70 in Alpha to its end.

The relay will start at 9 a.m. at the intersection of Williams Road and Hwy. 70 in the Town of Wood River. A representative of each of the affected areas will be officially riding in the relay. The public is encouraged to join them.

Areas affected by the tornado include: The Burnett County Towns of Grantsburg, Wood River, Daniels, Siren, LaFollette and Dewey, the village of Siren and the Town of Bashaw in Washburn County.

Following is a schedule of Saturday’s events: Tornado bicycle relay: Beginning in the Town of Wood River, tracing the path of the tornado from start to finish. Riders representing each town will participate, with the official handoff at each town border. Everyone is invited to join with them for this trip. Gather at 9 a.m. at the intersection of Williams Road and Hwy. 70 in the Town of Wood River for

the start.

Arts Alive on 35 art show: Sunflowers-themed Show, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at BAAG, Hwy. 35/70 next to Ruby’s Pantry. Sponsored by the Burnett Area Arts Group.

Concert: Listen to the Northwinds British Brass Band, 2 - 2:45 p.m. at the Crooked Lake Park band shell.

World record attempt: Most People dressed as Sunflowers! 3 p.m. at the Siren School football field. Go to visitsiren.com for patterns for sunflower headband. The petals need to be in yellow with a brown band around the head.

Art show, memory walls and documentary: 1 to 7 p.m. at Siren School commons and auditorium.

Dinner of thanksgiving: 4 to 6 p.m. at the Siren School commons - free to all.

Dinner music: “Songs of Change: 2001-2011” by Vern Moss, The Piano Man. Ecumenical prayer service: 6 to 6:45 p.m. at the Siren School gymnasium.

Evening recognition program: 7:30 p.m. at Crooked Lake Park band shell.

TURTLE LAKE - Two women were seriously injured in a one-vehicle rollover early Tuesday morning, June 7.

According to The Times, published in Turtle Lake, Samantha J. Freiseis, 24, Turtle Lake and Angela M. Severson, 27, Luck, were ejected from a 1997 Toyota Camry owned by Severson after the vehicle left the road and rolled several times.

The driver of the vehicle apparently failed to negotiate a curve. A third occupant, Dane T. Dudash, 19, Turtle Lake, was found walking around at the crash scene when deputies arrived at the scene.

He was treated and released at a local hospital, suffering only minor injuries.

Freiseis and Severson were transported

by Cumberland Ambulance and LifeLink helicopter to a Twin Cities hospital with life-threatening injuries. Severson remained hospitalized this week. The Leader does not have updated information on the condition of Freiseis.

The accident occurred shortly before 5 a.m. at CTH K and 9th Avenue, approximately three miles south of Turtle Lake near the Moon Lake boat landing access road. - with information from The Times

Former movie theater purchase in the works

Webster Village appoints trustee to fill vacancy

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by Sherill Summer Leader staff writer WEBSTER - Greg Widiker was appointed to fill the vacant trustee position during the Webster Village Board meeting held Wednesday, June 8. He took the oath of office immediately after the board formally approved his appointment.

Widiker will serve as the finance committee chairperson.

The board has been one trustee short since the spring election when Jeff Roberts defeated Tom Stusek for the office of village president. Roberts had to vacate his village trustee position to assume the office of village president.

Along with the appointment of Widiker to serve as trustee, all the board members were assigned to various standing committees. Generally, the reorganization of a board after an election takes place during the May meeting, but the Webster board tabled reorganization for a month because the lengthy agenda for last month’s meeting.

Once the reorganization was complete, the board got an update of the library project - learning that the project is still on schedule and approved the asking price of $59,000 for the current library building.

The board also lowered the asking price of a mower from $4,500 to $2,900 or best offer and awarded the village mowing bid to Yellow River Construction. The board also approved the annual licenses for liquor, beer, wine, pool tables, soda ma-

chines, etc.

The board did table one agenda item for one year. In 2009 the library board hired out for preliminary drawings and a spaceneeds study. However, the bill was paid from the village general fund instead of a library account.

Auditors discovered the mistake, and at the meeting, the village board decided that they do want the library to repay the general fund eventually, but were willing to wait until the library has moved into the new building.

Chamber to empty trash cans and do repairs in the skate park Paul Cyms asked the board for permission to have the Webster Chamber of Commerce empty the eight trash cans in the village throughout the summer and to do some repairs in the skateboard park.

The main reason the chamber wants to empty trash cans is because they plan to empty the trash over the weekends as needed, where as the village generally waited until the workweek to empty the trash.

The only thing the chamber asked of the village was to place a picnic table for the pavilion near the skate park again this year and help with the garbage over the Fourth of July weekend.

The board gladly gave the chamber permission to take on these tasks.

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Cleanup comes to Grantsburg

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Blue box may be gone by July

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG – The Grantsburg Village Board took action Monday night, June 13, to clean up yards in the village and continue removing abandoned and hazardous buildings. Immediate cleanups were ordered for six properties while another three property owners were given 30 days to clean up their yards. And word was received that the large blue building on Oak Street, opposite the park, will be removed by July 4. The council also approved a family daily maximum rate for the swimming pool and approved the new county supervisor district lines for the village.

Unlicensed cars, appliances, a hot tub, tires, broken fences and junk. That is a sample of what the police found when they inspected village yards as part of a cleanup effort. After a month of inspections and conversation with property owners, 12 village properties made a cleanup list presented to the council. The council reviewed each property and talked to two affected owners before approving its orders.

Abatement orders were issued for six properties. This means that in those places, two of which are vacant, the village will hire someone to clean the property and charge the cost to the property owner. Immediate cleanups were ordered for 316 S. Pine, 127 W. Broadway, 409 E. Madison, 420 N. Pine, 648 N. Nelson and 659 N. Nelson. A 30-day extension and warning was approved for three more properties at 118 E. Harrison, 661 N. Nelson, and 364 W. Jackson. Abatements may be issued for the last three in July if the lots are not cleared. The vacant house at 704 S. Pine has a possible buyer who told the council she will clean the property as soon as the purchase is closed.

Police Chief Jeff Schinzing told the council that inspecting the properties and contacting the owners kept the police department busy and took time away from other issues. He asked for clarification of the police department’s role in dealing with property inspections. Schinzing said he would much rather have a committee or a building/property inspector provide a list of properties.

After discussion over who was responsible, the issue of identifying hazardous buildings and trashy yards was as-

The Grantsburg council is working on clearing abandoned buildings like this one on Pine Street. – Photos by Gregg Westigard

signed to the public works committee.

Council member James Nelson reported the latest action on removing the hazardous blue building on Oak Street. Nelson said Robin Moore owns the building, wants to keep the property and will have the building razed by July 4. Moore had received the building as a gift and was selling it to Minnesota resident Melvin Plemel.

Plemel was reportedly behind on payments and property taxes on the building which now has a collapsed roof and walls that are leaning out. The village was about to go to court to obtain an order for razing when Nelson made contact with Moore. The council agreed to hold off on that action until the July board meeting, with the understanding that if the building is not removed by then, the village will proceed with court action.

Other actions In an effort to encourage more use of the village pool, the fee structure was changed. There is now a daily rate for village residents of $3 per person with a family maximum of $10 per day. Nonresidents will pay $4 per per-

Cluttered yards with unlicensed vehicles may be cleared soon in Grantsburg.

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Rouillard also detailed how he tied Dahlstrom’s feet to the workbench, in spite of his being in a pool of blood, with his skull split open and his brains exposed. “In case he wakes up ... I don’t trust nobody,” he then chortled to Joy, getting suddenly serious again. “Do you believe me?

It made sense at the time.”

Rouillard said Dahlstrom had a history of violent behavior, citing an incident in Kansas where Dahlstrom broke his nose “ for no real reason” when he was drunk, and how he “just flies off the handle sometimes.”

Rouillard also stated that he was still on probation [see sidebar] and that he “wasn’t that type of person [violent].”

When Joy asked why he called his friend, Scott, instead of the police, Rouillard mumbled and asked back, “Why? He had no brains left ... who should I call? A mortician?”

Was he crazy?

Rouillard noted his own addictions and how he “just got out of treatment” when Dahlstrom arrived. He repeated several times that “things just got out of hand,” and cried as he seemed to realize again his bizarre behavior and responses.

“What do you expect me to say? I killed my best friend ... that it was premeditated?” He said with a sob, head in hands.

“I didn’t want him to wake up!” he added. “Am I crazy? Call the VA [Veteran’s Administration], they’ll tell ya!”

Rouillard admitted he “went way overboard,” but also said the duo “got along pretty good, at times, but he takes too many pills.”

The interview never revealed the trigger for the fight, and while his story changed several times, he insists throughout the interview that it was about “self-preservation,” and that Dahlstrom was “trying to stab me.”

The state’s closing District Attorney Dan Steffen noted in his closing argument that Rouillard seemed “well aware” of the gravity of his crime, as evidence by his call to a friend, instead of to the police. “He talks about ‘going overboard’ and ‘going cuckoo,’” he said. “He knows the wrongfulness of

what he did.”

He also cites his story changing so much as him possibly crafting a way out of the responsibility, as well as the multiple number of wounds, which he claims to not recall.

Steffen pointed out the interviews with the two doctors, how Rouillard now claims he can’t remember any of it and how it may have “indicated a defense strategy.”

“He is conveniently losing his memory as time goes on … to set up a potential defense,” he said. “What happened to set him off? An NGI defense is improper.”

The defense closing Defense attorney Mark Biller presented a different face for Rouillard and Dahlstrom, calling them both war heroes, but ultimately the victims of “the long shadow of Vietnam.”

He noted that both men were well-accustomed to the horrors of war, death and “the psychic baggage” of violence. He cursed society, the media and others for ignoring and often underplaying the effects, then and now.

“The newspaper reporting in this case [is written] by young people ... who looked at the claims of PTSD and said ‘what a crock!’” he said. “That is what this society must overcome.”

He called Rouillard “mild mannered,” and “a hero with a combat soldiers’ baggage,” he said. “[His behavior] is so characteristic with PTSD, the hyperviolence, the snapping. PTSD ignited a reaction that from that point on was like a tornado ... once it started, nothing could stop it.”

Biller said they both “were good men,” and said that “the long shadow of Vietnam fell on both of them, again ... in a tragedy.”

“Listen carefully; I think we’re going to hear a lone bugle on a distant hill,” he said with a sob. “It’s for a lost Marine ... from Stephen Dahlstrom saying ‘for God’s sake, people, wake up!’”

The ruling GaleWyrick was also emotional in her response, noting her own family’s history of mental disease, and how “we have all been touched by mental disorders or defects.”

son with a daily maximum of $12.

The village will be part of three different county board districts starting with the 2012 election. It had been in two districts. New District 1 will be entirely within the village and will include the area south of Olson Drive and Madison Street. Brent Blomberg now represents that district.

New District 2 will extend north of District 1 to Benson Avenue, except for the block containing Violet Circle.

That District will include a large part of the Town of Grantsburg as well. Jim Sundquist now represents that district. New District 3 will include the village area north of Benson plus the Violet Circle block and includes the northern portion of the Town of Grantsburg. Eldon Freese, West Marshland, now represents that district.

Junk piles like this alley scene behind a vacant house by the fire station should soon be gone.

But she was also adamant that the mental illness was real, and that Rouillard’s actions were an example of that at its very worst. She said that the courts, lawyers, media, everyone, was “trying to impose some sort of order on pure chaos.”

“You can’t have listened to the last two hours of testimony and not believe he [Rouillard] has PTSD,” she said.

“I am incredibly sympathetic.”

She said the first phase of the NGI plea was easily established, that he did indeed have a mental illness. But the second leg of the phase carried a different burden, and that it was “tough to prove.”

“A preponderance of evidence?” She asked. “I don’t know. Two of the finest psychiatric minds in the state couldn’t [agree] ... definitely determine that.”

She gave the greater weight to Fosdal’s diagnosis, in part because of his military experience and familiarity with PTSD, which she supported by Rouillard’s demeanor during the interview with Joy, how he mumbled “I kind of went unconscious,” on one occasion, and how he sincerely doesn’t know what happened.

“He was legitimately confused,” she stated. “I find Wayne Rouillard could not conform his conduct to the confines of the law.”

She then referred to the autopsy report, which detailed the heinous, gruesome result of the murder, how “nobody should endure that kind of pain.”

“There is no other way to explain what happened,” she said, holding back tears. “The burden has been met.”

Rouillard’s sentence GaleWyrick sentenced Rouillard to spend at least the next 40 years in a maximum-security mental institution with no possibility of a conditional release. That is also the maximum number of years he could have spent if convicted otherwise, without the NGI plea, but that would have been in a state prison.

He will be 104 years old when his sentence is completed.

Polk-Burnett works to hold rates as electric costs rise

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73rd-annual electric co-op meeting report

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – Despite a steadily rising cost of electricity from its supplier, Dairyland Power, Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative worked hard to keep other costs down in 2010 and had a challenging but successful year, General Manager William Schmidt told members at the coop’s annual meeting Saturday, June 11, at Unity School, Balsam Lake. Over 100 members were present to hear the annual reports, meet the staff of the electric co-op, and share their opinions with the PolkBurnett board and staff. Board election results were announced, with Cindy Thorman, Michael Morris and Ed Gullickson re-elected to new three-year terms on the nine-member board of directors.

The biggest part of the Polk-Burnett electric bill is for purchased power.

Schmidt said that 53 percent of the co-op’s revenue goes to the supplier. That cost went up 4.67 percent last year and is expected to rise 5 percent each year for the next five years. While the cost of electricity is going up, and other local costs are increasing, the demand is dropping.

Growth in the system has stopped, with few new members where there was a yearly growth of over 500 new members

Mike Morris, Town of Milltown, Ed Gullickson, Garfield, and Cynthia Thorman, Town of Osceola, were re-elected to the Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative Board of Directors. – Photo by Gregg Westigard in recent years. Foreclosures are also impacting the system. Total kilowatt hours sold was down from 2009 to 2010, a trend that Schmidt expects to continue into 2011.

Polk-Burnett worked to offset the rise in electric costs from the supplier by decreasing controllable internal costs. The budget for the coming year includes a $1.1 million

decrease (14 percent) in those costs. Much of that was achieved by eliminating 13 positions, including the layoff of eight fulltime employees last October. Operating costs were cut by $225,000.

The electric co-ops have a unique challenge, Share Brandt from the Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association told

members. When electric distribution started in this county, the investor-owned companies ran power to the developed areas but skipped the rural areas where customers were farther apart and more expensive to serve. Farms and rural residents did not get electric service until the rural electric system was organized in the 1930s.

As a result, the electric co-ops serve seven customers per mile (5.4 per mile in Wisconsin) while the investor-owned utilities serve 35 customers. Revenue per mile for the co-op is $10,565 while that of the IOUs is $62,665. Electric co-ops serve 12 percent of the consumers in the nation but must maintain 42 percent of the distribution lines.

Polk-Burnett had $35.4 million in operating total revenues for 2010, up $500,000, and had a net margin, or gain, of $1.6 million for the year. The co-op had 19,846 members in 2010, almost identical to the 2009 membership count. Polk-Burnett sold 221,940,000 KWH of electricity in 2010.

Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative is governed by a nine-person board of directors elected from districts by the co-op members. The board members are Ed Weber, board president, Marlyn Bottolfson, Bob Thorsbakken, Bill Wagner, Jeff Peterson, Tom Swenson, Cindy Thorman, Mike Morris and Ed Gullickson.

Grantsburg principals commended for their leadership

by Priscilla Bauer Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG - When Grantsburg Superintendent Joni Burgin asked the school’s three principals to come forward at the end of the Good News in Our Schools report during the Monday, June 6, school board meeting; the three did so with some hesitation.

But although the three were standing on the carpet they weren’t being called on the carpet by the superintendent.

Burgin instead wanted the trio to stand together in front of the board to give them a commendation for their fine work this school year. “We have just finished our data retreat,” Burgin told the board, “and I wanted to recognize our principals. The increased student achievement and wonderful collaborative leadership our principals have demonstrated with their staff should be commended.”

The board then heard an impassioned presentation from GHS teachers and National History Day organizers Matt and Allissa Koenen on the merits of Grantsburg students participating in the event.

The Koenens also praised the students for the dedication and enthusiasm they showed when preparing their exhibits.

The Koenens said the skills learned by students through preparing their History Day projects would prove invaluable in all their secondary and postsecondary course work.

This is the third year Grantsburg students have participated in NHD with students advancing and winning at the state level twice and to going on to the nationals in 2009 and now in 2011.

The board listened intently as Washington-bound students Mariah Zastrow and Johanna Lauer talked about their project, “Broken Promises and Failed Diplomacy: The Collapse of the Treaty Of Traverse des Sioux.”

Eighth-grader Anneka Johnson, who placed first in the state competition performing a play based on the experiences of a white settler during the Dakota War of 1862, will join Zastrow, Lauer and the Koenens as they travel to Washington,

Repair criteria set for sidewalks in Luck

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer LUCK – A recent “tour” of the sidewalks in Luck has led to the establishment of criteria for repairs and replacements that would be made at the owners expense.

A resolution recommended by the pub-

Washington-bound students Mariah Zastrow and Johanna Lauer talked about their NHD project “Broken Promises and Failed Diplomacy: The Collapse of the Treaty Of Traverse des Sioux” as their advisor and GHS history teacher Matt Koenen looked on with pride at his students’ achievement. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer

Grantsburg Superintendent Joni Burgin asked the school’s three principals to come forward during the Monday, June 6, school board meeting to receive a commendation. “We have just finished our data retreat,” Burgin told the board, “and I wanted to recognize our principals. The increased student achievement and wonderful collaborative leadership our principals have demonstrated with their staff should be commended.”

D.C., for the national competition.

The board’s agenda also included a consent item to approve fiscal support for the NHD Washington, D.C., trip.

The board discussed the need to review

current policy regarding expenditures for when students will be competing at the national level.

“I believe we should set policy and this should be referred to the policy commit-

lic services committee was approved at the Wednesday, June 8, meeting of the Luck Village Board, naming the public works director as the street commissioner to carry out state statutes regarding sidewalk complaints.

According to the resolution, and at the recommendation of the public services committee, any sidewalks with cracks of three-fourths of an inch or more must be repaired or replaced. The committee consists of Trustees Hassan Mian, Kristine

King and Phil Warhol, with Mian as chair.

The fact that repairs will be made at the expense of the owner, said village administrator Kristina Handt, allows safety issues associated with sidewalks to be addressed without utilizing taxpayer dollars.

Sidewalks will be reviewed annually, with initial focus on Main Street, and owners will be given 20 days to make repairs. If the problems are not corrected within that time frame, the village will

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tee,” said board member David Dahlberg, who then went on to say he recommended granting support for the NHD trip. “This is an academic competition and we should support it.”

Another board member, Russ Erickson, expressed his agreement with Dahlberg.

“This is just as important as a sports competition. We pay for all sports competitions so we should pay for this, too.”

“If you look at previous policies you have been pretty consistent,” Burgin told the board.

The board also voted to establish an allschool fund account for National History Day. In other board business: The board approved the appointment of board member Jim Sundquist to the CESA 11 Board of Control expressing their confidence he would represent Grantsburg schools well as a member of the CESA board.

The board voted to approve replacement of one of the school vans at a cost of $17,000 with trade-in of the old van and the driver’s education car, which is no longer being used.

The board approved a teaching contract for Jenny Spiegel to teach K-6 music.

make the correction, said Handt, and assess it to the property owner’s taxes.

Trustee Bob Determan expressed concern that the time frame may not be adequate for someone on a fixed budget.

Handt replied that the most expensive sidewalk repair to date has been $3,000.

Mian added that the costs are not very high and arrangements can probably be made so homeowners can make payments.

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APPLICATION FOR LICENSE Application for Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and malt beverages. To the town board of the Town of West Sweden, Polk County, Wisconsin. The undersigned: Skol Haus Jacqulyn M. Highstrom Keith B. Highstrom 3415 County Road W Frederic (West Sweden), Wis. Hereby make application for Class B Intoxicating Liquor and Malt Beverages Liquor License to be used from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012, at the place of business located: Pcl. SE 1/4 SW 1/4 Sec. 8-37-17.

Dated June 15, 2011 Andrea Lundquist, Clerk 539074 43L WNAXLP

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Application for Class B License to sell fermented malt beverages.

To the Town Board of the Town of Luck, Polk County, Wisconsin. The undersigned: Cafe Wren Stephanie Ann Lundeen Hereby applies for Class B Fermented Malt Beverages and Class C Wine License from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012, 2596 Hwy. 35, Luck, Wisconsin.

Dated May 28, 2011.

Town of Luck Lloyd Nelson, Clerk

NOTICE OF MEETING TOWN OF WEST SWEDEN

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APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

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APPLICATION FOR LICENSE Application for Class A license to sell intoxicating liquor.

To the Town Board of the Town of Luck, Polk County, Wisconsin. The undersigned: Countryside Co-op Lori Freitag, Agent Hereby applies for Class A Intoxicating Liquor License from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012, 2527 State Road 35, Luck, Wisconsin.

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Application for Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages.

To the Town Board of the Town of Luck, Polk County, Wisconsin. The undersigned: Evergreen Liquor Inc. Edward and Jody Seck Hereby applies for Class B Fermented Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor License from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012, 2547 Hwy. 35, Luck, Wisconsin.

Dated May 28, 2011 Lloyd Nelson, Clerk Town of Luck

NOTICE - NOTE DATE CHANGE TOWN OF BALSAM LAKE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Balsam Lake Town Meeting will be held on Monday, June 20, 2011, at 8 p.m. at the Town Hall. The agenda includes: Public comment; minutes; approval of bills; liquor license renewals; Carl Hatfeld on property division; updates on town road projects; and other misc. updates.

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Notice is hereby given that the regular monthly Town Board meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 21, 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. Project of remaining LRIP funds 6. Employee/Hwy. report 7. Correspondence 8. New business - A. Liquor licensing B. Insurance quotes. Carl Thomfohrda will present for rural insurance C. Changes to the 2009-2012 town road improvement plan 9. Review bills/vouchers 10. Set next meeting date 11. Move to adjourn Andrea Lundquist, Clerk

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The following have applied for Liquor Licenses: Balsam Lake Rod and Gun Club 1472 150th Street Ted & Pat Hansen, Agents Centuria, WI 54824 “Class B” Intoxicating Liquor Class “B” Beer Ronald Stager/Deer Lake Sports 1766 U.S. Hwy. 8 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 Class “B” Beer Glenna Family Farms, Inc. Rita Glenna, Agent 1333 120th Street Amery, WI 54001 “Class A” Intoxicating Liquor Kent’s Perennials Kent Hedin, Agent 1305 160th Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 “Class B” Beer Class “A” Intoxicating Liquor These licenses will be on the agenda for approval at the June 20 board meeting.

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Application for Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages.

To the Town Board, Town of Sterling, Polk County, Wis., the undersigned: Suzanne M. Cannefax Suzy Q’s Snowshoe Tavern LLC 2493A 240th Street Cushing, WI 54006 Polk County, Wisconsin Hereby makes application for a Retail Class B intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages license to be used from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.

Dated June 10, 2011 Julie Peterson, Clerk 539072 43L Town of Sterling WNAXLP (June 1, 8, 15) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SHIRLEY R. SANDQUIST Order Setting Time to Hear Petition for Administration and Deadline for Filing Claims (Formal Administration) Case No. 11 PR 26 A petition for formal administration was filed.

THE COURT FINDS: The decedent, with date of birth November 1, 1925, and date of death April 8, 2011, was domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 309 Peterson Lane, Frederic, WI 54837.

THE COURT ORDERS: 1. The petition be heard at the Polk County Courthouse, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Rm. 1, before Circuit Court Judge Molly E. GaleWyrick, on July 15, 2011, at 2 p.m. You do not need to appear unless you object. The petition may be granted if there is no objection.

2. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is September 9, 2011.

3. A claim may be filed at the Polk County Courthouse, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Room 500.

4. Heirship will be determined at the hearing on petition for final judgment.

5. Publication of this notice is notice to any persons whose names or addresses are unknown.

The names or addresses of the following interested persons (if any) are not known or reasonably ascertainable: Paternal heirs-at-law.

If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate in the court process, please call 715-4859238 at least 10 working days prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide transportation.

Please check with person named below for exact time and date.

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Dylan D. Roberts, 18, Grantsburg, was cited for not wearing a seat belt in a traffic stop at 8:20 p.m.

June 10: George E. Phelps III, 41, Webster, was cited for speeding and operating after suspension, third offense, on Hwy. 35/70 at Rustic Way at 1:19 a.m.

June 11: Milton G. Ricci, 59, Cumberland, was cited for speeding on Hwy. 35/70 and Parks West at 6:03 p.m.

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May 30: James A. Owens, 29, Siren, was taken to Burnett County Jail on four warrants at 2:50 p.m.

June 6: Devin J. Douglas, 18, Luck, was cited on Hwy. 35 and Cemetery Road for not wearing a seat belt.

June 9: Michael W. Wampfler, 18, Siren, was cited for speeding on CTH B at Fourth Avenue at 6:36 p.m.

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Notices/Employment Opportunities Title: LABORER (2 Positions) Contact: Daniel L. Thill Location: DNR Gov. Knowles Forest, 325 State Road 70, Grantsburg, WI 54840 Telephone Number: 715-463-2897 Hourly Rate: $8.00 per hour, plus $0.45 per hour for evenings after 6 p.m. and $0.60 per hour for Saturday and Sunday work. You will be paid at time and one half for any hours worked on holidays.

Duration: Approximately July 5, 2011, to october 15, 2011.

Job Description: 50% mow grass. Pick up litter, Clean campgrounds, vault toilets, campfire rings and picnic tables. Remove trees and brush. 25% perform general maintenance duties. Develop and maintain trail surfaces. Install signs.

15% operate vehicles and light equipment. 10% perform minor plumbing, carpentry and electrical duties.

Knowledge Required: Applicants must have sufficient training and experience to demonstrate that, upon appointment, the skills and knowledge necessary to perform the tasks have been acquired. Good organizational skills and ability to work independently while exercising sound judgment.

Application Deadline: June 21, 2011.

To Apply: Submit for 9100-162 LTE Application (hard copy also available at most DNR offices), cover letter and references to: Daniel L. Thill 325 St. Rd. 70 Grantsburg, WI 54840-0367 RE: Job Code 6996 Application materials will be reviewed and the most qualified candidates will 538951 43L be invited for an interview.

The Amery Area Public Library seeks an experienced and energetic leader to direct the operations of their library. Having recently moved into a new multipurpose facility the library wants to enhance its programming and services to the community. The library will be joining the MORE system in 2011 and is part of the Indianhead Federated Library System.

Responsibilities: The Library Director reports to a 7-member Board of Trustees and is responsible for the overall management of the library. Essential duties include building and maintaining our collection, managing the library budget, supervising the library staff and promoting the library within the City of Amery and the surrounding area.

Qualifications: Candidates must be eligible for Wisconsin Grade II certification. Three years of library experience is required. Library administration experience and a Library Master’s Degree are preferred. The ideal candidate shall also possess excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with their staff, the Board, the City of Amery and community organizations. Knowledge of current library practices, technology and trends is required.

Compensation: Starting salary range is $34,000-$40,000 with excellent benefits.

Please e-mail your resume and cover letter by June 30, 2011, to Library Search Committee at 539115 43-44L 33-34d directorsearch@amerylibrary.org .

NOTICE TO ABSENTEE VOTERS RECALL ELECTION JULY 12, 2011 Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on election day may request to vote an absentee vallot. A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen, who will be 18 years of age or older on election day, who has resided in the ward of municipality where he or she wishes to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election. The elector must also be registered in order to receive an absentee ballot. Effective with the Spring Primary in 2010, proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued. Proof of identification is not required for this election.

TO OBTAIN AN ABSENTEE BALLOT YOU MUST MAKE A REQUEST IN WRITING. Contact your municipal clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you for the primary or election or both. You may also request an absentee ballot by letter.

Your written request must list your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote, the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different, and your signature.

Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined to home or a care facility, in the military, hospitalized, or serving as a sequestered juror.

If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk.

You can also personally go to the clerk’s office or other specified location, complete a written application and vote an absentee ballot during the hours specified for casting an absentee ballot.

Town of Clam Falls Betty Knutson, Clerk 3335 90th St. Frederic, WI 54837 715-653-4206 Town of Eureka Michelle Tonnar, Clerk 2077 190th Ave. Centuria, WI 54824 715-646-2985 Town of Georgetown Kristine Lindgren, Clerk 1913 W. Bone Lake Drive Balsam Lake, WI 54810 715-857-5788 Town of Laketown Patsy Gustafson, Clerk 2773 230th St. Cushing, WI 54006 715-648-5569

Town of Lorain Susan E. Hughes, Clerk Alex Till, Deputy Clerk 3340 15th St. Frederic, WI 54837 715-653-2629 Town of Luck Lloyd Nelson, Clerk 1616 260th Ave. Luck, WI 54853 715-472-2037

Town of Sterling Julie Peterson, Clerk 13308 Bucklund Rd. Grantsburg, WI 54840 715-488-2735 Town of West Sweden Andrea Lundquist, Clerk 1535 345th Ave. Frederic, WI 54837 715-327-8650

Town of Milltown Virgil Hansen, Clerk P.O. Box 100 Milltown, WI 54858 715-825-2494

Village of Frederic Kristi Swanson, Clerk P.O. Box 567 107 Hope Rd. W. Frederic, WI 54837 715-327-4294

Town of St. Croix Falls Janet Krueger, Clerk 1305 200th St. St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-1851

Village of Luck Kathy Hanson, Clerk P.O. Box 315 Luck, WI 54853 715-472-2221

The deadline for making application to vote absentee by mail is 5 p.m. on the fifth day before the election, Thursday, July 7, 2011.

Military electors should contact the municipal clerk regarding the deadlines for requesting or submitting an absentee ballot.

The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is June 27, 2011. The deadline for voting an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is 5 p.m. on the Friday before the election, July 8, 2011.

All voted ballots must be returned to the municipal clerk so the clerk can deliver them to the proper polling place or counting location before the polls close on July 12, 2011. Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.

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Frederic 7 - 12 School, Room 107 Monday, June 20, 2011, 6:30 p.m.

LUCK HIGH SCHOOL

Head Volleyball Coach Position Send letter of interest, resume and a list of references to: Mark Gobler, AD Luck High School 810 7th St. S. Luck, WI 54853

Deadline: June 24, 2011

1. Call to order 2. Opening ceremonies A. Approve agenda B. Welcoming remarks C. Audience to visitors and delegations 3. Reports of officers A. Minutes from previous meetings B. Invoices and receipts C. 2010 - 11 Budget D. Board member reports/Governance E. Summer School F. Data Analysis 4. Reports of the administration A. Superintendent B. High School Principal C. Elementary Principal D. Buildings and Grounds E. Food Service F. Athletics 5. Unfinished Business A. 2011 - 12 Budget 6. New business A. Personnel B. Contracts C. Insurance D. Board Policy 1. Youth Options 2. GASB 34 E. Facility repair F. Acceptance of $2,500 Gift G. WAEF Membership 7. Closed session: Wisconsin statutes 19.85 (1)(c)(f)(i): Negotiations, Insurance, New Hires 8. Business as a result of closed session 9. Adjourn 539136 43L

VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT Recall Election July 12, 2011 Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on election day may request to vote an absentee ballot. A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen, who will be 18 years of age or older on election day, who has resided in the ward or municipality where he or she wishes to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election. The elector must also be registered in order to receive an absentee ballot. Effective with the Spring Primary in 2012, proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued. Proof of identification is not required for this election.

TO OBTAIN AN ABSENTEE BALLOT YOU MUST MAKE A REQUEST IN WRITING. Contact your municipal clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you for the primary or election or both. You may also request an absentee ballot by letter. Your written request must list your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote, the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different, and your signature.

Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined to home or a care facility, in the military, hospitalized or serving as a sequestered juror. If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk.

You can also personally go to the clerk’s office or other specified location, complete a written application and vote an absentee ballot during the hours specified for casting an absentee ballot.

THE DEADLINE FOR MAKING APPLICATION TO VOTE ABSENTEE BY MAIL IS 5:00 P.M., ON THE FIFTH DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2011.

MILITARY ELECTORS SHOULD CONTACT THE MUNICIPAL CLERK REGARDING THE DEADLINES FOR REQUESTING OR SUBMITTING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT. THE FIRST DAY TO VOTE AN ABSENTEE BALLOT IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE IS MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2011. THE DEADLINE FOR VOTING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE IS 5:00 P.M. ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE ELECTION, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2011.

ALL VOTED BALLOTS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE MUNICIPAL CLERK SO THE CLERK CAN DELIVER THEM TO THE PROPER POLLING PLACE OR COUNTING LOCATION BEFORE THE POLLS CLOSE ON TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2011. ANY BALLOTS RECEIVED AFTER THE POLLS CLOSE WILL NOT BE COUNTED. Type E Voting by Absentee Ballot is published on behalf of Burnett County Municipalities.

Town of Anderson Jessica King, Clerk 2773 185th St. Luck, WI 54872 715-472-4753 Town of Daniels Ellen Ellis, Clerk 8713 Daniels 70 Siren, WI 54872 715-349-5840 Town of Dewey Pamela Brown, Clerk 1148 Swiss Chalet Rd. Shell Lake, WI 54871 715-468-7111 Town of Grantsburg Romey Nelson, Clerk-Treasurer 118 E. Madison Avenue P.O. Box 642 Grantsburg, WI 54840 715-463-5600 Town of LaFollette Linda Terrian, Clerk 23928 Malone Rd. Siren, WI 54872 715-349-2531

Town of Lincoln Wanda Washkuhn, Clerk 25603 Ice House Bridge Rd. P.O. Box 296 Webster, WI 54893 715-866-4201 Town of Meenon Suzanna M. Eytcheson, Clerk 25863 E. Bass Lake. Dr. Webster, WI 54893 715-866-4893 Town of Roosevelt Patricia Hayden, Clerk 2997 County Road EE Shell Lake, WI 54871 715-468-2468 Town of Siren Mary Hunter, Clerk 23340 Soderberg Rd. Siren, WI 54872 715-349-5119 Town of Trade Lake Deborah Christian, Clerk 13361 St. Rd. 48 Grantsburg, WI 54840 715-488-2600

Town of West Marshland Margaret A. Hess, Clerk 25161 Spaulding Rd. Grantsburg, WI 54840 715-463-2922 Town of Wood River Dawn Luke, Clerk 11097 Crosstown Rd. Grantsburg, WI 54840 715-689-2296 Village of Grantsburg Jennifer Zeiler, Clerk 316 S. Brad St. Grantsburg, WI 54840 715-463-2405 Village of Siren Ann Peterson, Clerk-Treasurer 24049 First Ave. P.O. Box 23 Siren. WI 54872 715-349-2273

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Town of Bone Lake Darrell Frandsen, Clerk 954 280th Ave. Frederic, WI 54837-5002 715-472-8212

NOTICE OF FREDERIC SCHOOL BOARD REGULAR MEETING

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Title: VISITOR SERVICES ASSOCIATE Contact: Daniel L. Thill Location: DNR Gov. Knowles Forest, 325 State Road 70, Grantsburg, WI 54840 Telephone Number: 715-463-2897 Hourly Rate: $9.00 per hour, plus $0.45 per hour for evenings after 6 p.m. and $0.60 per hour for Saturday and Sunday work. You will be paid at time and one half for any hours worked on holidays.

Duration: Approximately July 5, 2011, to october 15, 2011.

Job Description: 55% greet visitors, collect and account for fees and disseminate information. Work at campgrounds and day use areas. Collect trail pass, camping, vehicle sticker self-registration envelopes. Inventory and work with established reporting systems. 10% issue admission receipts in accordance with established guidelines. 25% provide answers to visitor questions concerning the specific forest area, as well as explain the area’s recreational opportunities, interpretive services, concessions and campground availability. 10% distribute brochures, maps and provide directions/routes of travel throughout the park; inform visitors of potential safety hazards. NOTE: Due to fiduciary responsibilities within this position, a background check will be conducted.

Knowledge Required: Good organizational skills and ability to work independently while exercising sound judgment.

Application Deadline: June 21, 2011.

To Apply: Submit for 9100-162 LTE Application (hard copy also available at most DNR offices), cover letter and references to: Daniel L. Thill 325 St. Rd. 70 Grantsburg, WI 54840-0367 RE: Job Code 6995 Application materials will be reviewed and the most qualified candidates will be invited for an interview.

Additional Information: This position requires weekend, evening and holiday work 483950 43L hours.

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES EMPLOYMENT ANNOUNCEMENT

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Village of Webster Patricia Bjorklund ClerkTreasurer 7505 Main St. W., P.O. Box 25 Webster, WI 54893 715-866-4211

Bella Salon and Day Spa is seeking a cosmetologist to join our friendly & talented staff. Positions available at both our Luck and Grantsburg locations. Aveda color knowledge & product training is preferred. We offer a competitive compensation package, based on experience.

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Please send or stop in with your resume:

Attn.: Jenna, P.O. Box 317, Luck, WI 54853 715-472-4222

BIDS WANTED TOWN OF SIREN BLACKTOP

The Town of Siren is seeking bids for blacktopping the following roads. Separate bids are required for each road. Bids will be opened on June 23, 2011, at 6:30 p.m., at the Siren Town Hall. Must have proof of insurance.

Lynch Bridge Road - 468 feet - 2” compacted x 20-feet wide Old 35 - 782 feet - 1” compacted x 22-feet wide Old 35 - 2,160 feet - 2” compacted x 22-feet wide.

For more information, contact Chairman DuWayne Wiberg at 715-349-2231.

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(June 8, 15, 22, 29, July 6, 13) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. Plaintiff vs.

KEVIN C. NIX, et al. NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Defendant(s) Case Number: 10 CV 83 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on April 28, 2010, in the amount of $67,430.05, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 27, 2011, 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 and encumbrances.

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin DESCRIPTION: The East 225 feet of the West 450 feet of the North 234 feet of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4, Section 29, Township 34 North, Range 17 West. Said land being in the Town of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1644 140th Avenue, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

TAX KEY NO.: 006-00794-0000.

Dated this 6th day of June, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Chaz M. Rodriguez State Bar #1063071 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way 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 the purpose. 272212

BIDS WANTED TOWN OF SIREN PULVERIZING

The Town of Siren is seeking bids for pulverizing the following roads. Separate bids are required for each road. Bids will be opened on June 23, 2011, at 6:30 p.m., at the Siren Town Hall. Must have proof of insurance.

Lynch Bridge Road - 1.089 miles Old 35 - 2,160 feet Godfrey Lake Road - .651 mile Burnikel Road - 1 mile For more information, contact Chairman DuWayne Wiberg at 715-349-2231.

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BIDS WANTED TOWN OF SIREN DOUBLE CHIP SEAL

The Town of Siren is seeking bids for double chip sealing the following roads. Separate bids are required for each road.

Bids will be opened on June 23, 2011, at 6:30 p.m., at the Siren Town Hall. Must have proof of insurance.

Burnikel Road - 1.492 miles - 20-feet wide Godfrey Lake Road - .651 mile - 20-feet wide Lynch Bridge Road - 1.148 miles - 20-feet wide Zieska Road - 396 feet - 16-feet wide For more information, contact Chairman DuWayne Wiberg at 715-349-2231.

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NURSING

Full-time licensed nurse position for PMs, 2 - 10 p.m.

Health, life and dental available for full-time employees with paid time off accrual and 401(k) with company match.

Frederic Nursing & Rehabilitation Community

205 United Way, Frederic, WI 54837 Phone 715-327-4297 • Fax 715-327-4950 539051 43L www.atriumlivingcenters.com

BIDS WANTED TOWN OF BONE LAKE SEAL COAT The Town of Bone Lake is seeking bids for the seal coating, with pea rock, for 2 miles of 290th Avenue, from 110th Street east to 90th Street. Bids are due by July 13 and will be opened on July 14, 2011, at 7 p.m. at the clerk’s home. For more information, contact Town Chairperson Marsha Karpinen at 715-554-1067.

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BID REQUEST

Town of Laketown is seeking bids for blacktopping and chip sealing projects. The blacktopping will encompass approximately .75 mile (approximately .5 mile 231st St. and approximately .25 mile 233rd St.). The blacktop projects must meet prevailing wage law. The chip sealing project encompasses approximately 6.5 miles of roadway. Contact Merle Larson for specifications at 715-648-5557. Sealed bids must be marked as “Road Bids” and may be sent to Dan King, 2773 185th Street, Luck, WI 54853. Bids must be received by June 27, 2011, and will be opened on June 28, 2011, at Town Board meeting. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

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NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS & POSITIONS

Cage Cashiers Table Game Dealer Trainees Valet Staff Valet Supervisor Beverage Bar Waitstaff Concession Staff Players Club Hosts

HWYS. 35 & 77 • DANBURY, WI

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(June 15, 22, 29, July 6, 13, 20) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the action of Jackson County Bank vs. Timothy Dietmeier, Polk County Case No. 10CV421, I will sell at public auction in the foyer area of the Polk Co. Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Suite 900, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, August 3, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., for the following described premises, located in Polk County, Wisconsin: Lot 12, Plat of Pixie Acres Mobile Home Subdivision, Village of Milltown, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Property Address: 520 Parkins Avenue, Milltown, Wisconsin 54858.

Notice is further given that the successful purchaser will be responsible for the lien of real estate taxes, for the municipal charges, if any, the Wisconsin real estate transfer fee, and is responsible for obtaining possession of the property, which is sold “as is.”

TERMS OF SALE: Cash with 10% to be paid at time of sale.

Sheriff Peter M. Johnson Polk County, Wisconsin James Flory Wiley Law, S.C. P.O. Box 629 Eau Claire, WI 54702-0629 Phone: 715-835-6171

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(June 15, 22, 29) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOEL E. HARVEY Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 11 PR 37 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for informal administration was filed.

2. The decedent, with date of birth August 24, 1954, and date of death May 24, 2011, was domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 1768 East Highway 8, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

3. All interested persons waived notice.

4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is September 12, 2011.

5. A claim may be filed at the Polk County Courthouse, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Room 500.

Jenell Anderson Probate Registrar June 7, 2011 Steven J. Swanson P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787 Bar Number: 1003029

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(June 8, 15, 22, 29, July 6, 13) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee for Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., AssetBacked Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-R4, Plaintiff, vs.

REBECCA A. METCALF and CHRISTOPHER J. METCALF husband and wife, Defendants.

Case No. 11-CV-80 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 6, 2011, in the amount of $133,176.46, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 27, 2011, 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 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 2143, Recorded in Volume 10 of Certified Survey Maps on Page 66 as Document No. 551729, being Part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4 of SE 1/4), Section Nine (9), Township Thirty-four (34), Range Eighteen (18) West, St. Croix Falls Township, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1609 210th Street, Town of St. Croix Falls.

TAX KEY NO.: 044-00244-0100.

Peter M. Johnson 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.

Application for Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and malt beverages. To the town board, Town of West Sweden, Polk County, Wisconsin. The undersigned: Aspen Leaf Lynn Skoog, President 3270 State Rd. 35 Frederic, WI 54837 Hereby makes application for a Class B Intoxicating Liquor and Malt Beverages Liquor License to be used from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012, at the place of business located one mile north of Frederic, WI, on Hwy. 35, Sec. 22T 2N R17E. Dated June 15, 2011 Andrea Lundquist, Clerk 539073 43L WNAXLP

(June 8, 15, 22) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DOROTHY E. WEINHARDT Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 11PR36 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for informal administration was filed.

2. The decedent, with date of birth September 8, 1918, and date of death April 5, 2011, was domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 209 River Street, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

3. All interested persons waived notice.

4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is September 12, 2011.

5. A claim may be filed at the Polk County Courthouse, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Room 500.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar May 27, 2011 Leah E. Meyer Remington Law Offices, LLC 126 S. Knowles Avenue New Richmond, WI 54017 715-246-3422 Bar Number: 1081407

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(June 15, 22, 29, July 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BRANCH 1 Bremer Bank N.A., a domestic banking corporation, 855 Eagle Point Road Lake Elmo, MN 55042 Plaintiff, vs.

Dean V. Munkelwitz and Sherri J. Munkelwitz, husband and wife 938 15th Street Clayton, WI 54004, Defendants.

File #10CV338 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Foreclosure of Mortgage: 30404 By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on July 21, 2010, I will sell at public auction at the Polk County Justice Center in the Village of Balsam Lake, in said Polk County on August 10, 2011, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: The Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW 1/4, SE1/4), EXCEPT the South 330 feet; Section Fourteen (14), Township Thirty-three (33) North, Range Fifteen (15) West, Town of Clayton, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN NO.: 16-316-0000 The above property is located at 938 15th Street, Clayton, Wisconsin.

TERMS: 1. 10% cash or certified check down payment at time of sale, balance upon confirmation by Court.

2. Sale is subject to all unpaid real estate taxes and special assessments.

3. Purchaser shall pay any Wisconsin real estate transfer fee.

4. Property is being sold on an “as is” basis without warranties or representations of any kind.

5. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining possession of property.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 7th day of June, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin SCHOFIELD, HIGLEY & MAYER, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Bay View Offices, Suite #100 700 Wolske Bay Road Menonomie, WI 54751 715-235-3939

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

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Elizabeth M. Searles, 91, Town of Swiss, died May 28, 2011.

Diana M. Pewaush, 46, Town of Rusk, died May 26, 2011.

Rohn L. Moretter, 63, Grantsburg, died May 19, 2011.

James L. Bearheart, 66, Rice Lake, died May 25, 2011.

Notices

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NOTICE OF HEARING

The Polk County Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 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 each site and will reconvene at 11 a.m. at the Government Center in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. At that time each applicant will inform the Board of their request. (THE APPLICANT MUST APPEAR AT 11 A.M. WHEN THE BOARD RECONVENES AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.) BAKER ORCHARD (John Baker) requests a Special Exception from Article 8D4 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to operate a business customarily found in recreational areas. Property affected is: 1594 State Hwy. 35, Pt. of NW1/4, NW1/4, Sec. 13/T34N/R18, Town of St. Croix Falls, pond (class 3).

TODD & SHERRY HOUGHTON request a variance from Article 11E3 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to build a garage closer than 63’ from centerline of town road. Property affected is: 1387 Kemah Park Dr., Lot 17, Kemah Shores Assessors Plat #1, Pt. of Gov’t. Lot 8, Sec. 35/T35N/R17W, Town of Milltown.

DAVID NORDGAARD requests a Special Exception from Article 8D7 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance and Sec. VIA3 of the Polk County Comprehensive Land Use Ordinance to expand existing travel trailer park which will add 23 travel trailer units and 6 yurt rental sites. Property affected is: 1977A Polk-Barron St., Pt. of Gov’t. Lot 1+2, Sec. 25/T35N/R15W, Town of Johnstown, Staples Lake (class 3).

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POLK COUNTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Part-time CNAs Start $12.79/hr. plus shift differential Nights 10:30 p.m. - 6:30 a.m. & p.m.s 2:30 - 9/10:30 Deadline To Apply: June 24, 2011 YOU MUST COMPLETE A POLK CO. EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION TO BE ELIGIBLE. For applications, complete job description and qualifications please visit our Web site at www.co.polk.wi.us, Employee Opportunities, or in person at 100 Polk Co. Plaza, #229, Balsam Lake, WI, 715-485-9176 or GAM, 220 Scholl Ct., Amery, WI, 715-268-7107. AA/EEOC 539081 43L

FREDERIC SCHOOL DISTRICT FIRST-GRADE TEACHER VACANCY

Job Title: Teacher Job Description: This is a full-time position teaching First Grade, beginning August 29, 2011.

Qualifications: • Strong background in reading & math teaching strategies and methodologies.

• Ability to successfully teach the Wisconsin standards & knowledge of the new Common Core Standards.

• Skilled in incorporating quality-learning opportunities that create a positive classroom environment.

• Ability to teach and use guided reading, differentiated center activities, responsive classroom and progress monitoring/RtI strategies.

• Ability to work collaboratively with grade level peers and elementary staff.

• Training in S.M.A.R.T. activities preferred.

• Ability to successfully use technology in the classroom.

• Must be student-centered.

• The candidate must also hold the appropriate teaching license for kindergarten.

• Coachig/advising extracurricular activities may be available.

How to apply: Send letter of applications, resume, transcripts, reference letters, downloadable application form from our Web site (www.frederic.k12.wi.us/pages/jobs.html), and a copy of your license to: Kelly K. Steen, Frederic Elementary School, 305 Birch St., Frederic, WI 54837.

Employer: Fredric School District 1437 Clam Falls Drive Frederic, WI 54837 Closing date: June 17, 2011 Web site: www.frederic.k12.wi.us Description: Frederic is a beautiful village of over one thousand people, located in Polk County, 45 minutes west of Rice lake/ 30 minutes northeast of St. Croix Falls.

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TOWN OF STERLING MONTHLY TOWN BOARD MEETING The Monthly Board Meeting Will Be Held Monday, June 20, 2011, At The Cushing Community Center At 7:00 p.m.

Agenda: Clerk’s minutes, treasurer financial report, determine action on delinquent PP taxes, update on town leases, update on boardroom ramp gate, citizen concerns, Unity Ambulance present $1 per capita increase & signing of 3-yr. contract, approve annual liquor, tobacco & operator licenses, Board vote & signing of delinquent tax/license nonrenewal ordinance, discuss adjust. of ward lines from County Supervisory Dist. Plan, road maintenance, set July agenda, pay bills.

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POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Polk County Government Center 100 Polk County Plaza, Balsam Lake, WI County Boardroom Tuesday, June 21, 2011 6:30 p.m. Regular Business Meeting Including Public Hearings

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Call to order Evidence of Proper Notice Roll Call Prayer: Supvr. Arcand Pledge of Allegiance Consent Agenda: Adoption of the Noticed Agenda Confirmation of the accuracy of the Minutes of the May 17, 2011 County Board Meeting Receipt of reports: ADRC AGING CHILD SUPPORT CORP. COUNSEL COUNTY CLERK EXTENSION FORESTRY HIGHWAY LAND INFORMATION LAND & WATER LIME QUARRY PARKS & BLDGS. PUBLIC HEALTH REGISTER OF DEEDS SHERIFF TREASURER VETERANS 7. Public Comments 8. Public Hearings - the Board will receive staff presentations and public commentary on the following matters: 7 p.m.

• Proposed Amended Illegal Transport of Aquatic Plants and Invasive Animals Ordinance • Proposed Tentative County Supervisory District Plan 9. Presentations from the Community: Dianna Manning, Executive Director of Endeavors Adult Development Center Update on the Center and New Opportunities 10. Vice Chairman Ken Sample, Financial Comparatives from DOR 11. Chairman’s Report 12. County Administrator’s Report a) Report on the Condition of the County b) Circulation of Proposals on County Policies for First Reading: New Budget Preparation and Execution Policy and Amendment to Policy 881 Staffing and Position Administration Policy 13. Opportunity for Board Discussion of 2012 Budget Priorities 14. Committee/Board Reports • Highway - Supvr. Caspersen • Finance - Supvr. Bergstrom • Personnel - Supvr. Arcand • Property, Forestry & Recreation - Supvr. Jepsen • Extension, Land & Water, Lime - Supvr. D. Johansen • Public Protection - Supvr. Luke • Land Information - Supvr. O’Connell • Human Services Board - Supvr. Stoneking • Boards of Health & Aging - Supvr. Schmidt • GAM Board, Renewable Energy/Energy Independence Team - Supvr. Kienholz • Organization - Supvr. Brown • Transition - Supvr. Hartung 15. Performance Evaluation of the County Administrator Pursuant to §19.85(1)(c) the County Board may convene in closed session to consider and act upon the performance evaluation and employment of the County Administrator.

Following the closed session, the County Board will reconvene in open session to make appropriate announcements regarding the performance evaluation and employment of the County Administrator to the extent that such disclosure is consistent with the Wisconsin Public Records law and to consider and to act upon those subject matters that are noticed on this meeting notice.

16. Resolutions/Ordinances: A. Resolution to Authorize Polk County to Pursue WDNR TRM Funding B. County Board Size Reduction C. Resolution to Approve Zoning Ordinance Amendment for the Town of St. Croix Falls D. Authorize Highway Safety ROADeo Awards E. Amended Illegal Transport of Aquatic Plants and Invasive Animals Ordinance F. Resolution to Adopt Tentative County Supervisory District Plan G. Resolution to Approve Web-based Electronic Records System Project for the Golden Age Manor Nursing Home H. Resolution to Authorize Participation in the Northwest Wisconsin Regional Emergency Management Mutual Aid Compact I. Resolution to Amend Certain Safety Policies: Policy 501.B - Blood Borne Pathogens; Policy 501.G - County Emergency Plan - Jails; and Policy 501.H - Hazard Communications Program.

17. Resolution 10-11: Resolution in Support of Polk County Employees, previously tabled at the March 15, 2011, Meeting of Board of Supervisors 18. Supervisor’s reports 539059 43L 33a,d 19. Adjourn This meeting is open to the public according to Wisconsin State Statute 19.83. Persons with disabilities wishing to attend and/or participate are asked to notify the County Clerk’s office (715-485-9226) at least 24 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting time so all reasonable accommodations can be made.

(May 25, June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK Plaintiff, vs.

JULIE M. STEPHENS Defendant.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case Number: 10 CV 740 By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on January 5, 2011, in the amount of $46,863.42, 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 Thurs., July 7, 2011, at 10 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 forfeiture of deposit 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 42 of Certified Survey Map No. 2181 filed in Volume 10 of Certified Survey Maps, page 105, as Document No. 553888, located in part of NE1/4 of SW1/4 and part of Government Lots 2 and 3, Section 21, Township 33 North, Range 18 West.

PIN: 042-00457-4200 Lot 43 of Certified Survey Map No. 2181 filed in Volume 10 of Certified Survey Maps, page 105, as Document No. 553888, located in part of NE1/4 of SW1/4 and part of Government Lots 2 and 3, Section 21, Township 33 North, Range 18 West.

PIN: 042-00457-4300 STREET ADDRESS: XXX 217th Street, Town of Osceola, WI 54020 Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 11th day of May, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson, 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

(June 8, 15, 22, 29, July 6, 13) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

DAVID E. RICHTER and MARY M. RICHTER, Defendants.

Case No. 10 CV 891 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on January 24, 2011, in the amount of $134,465.38, 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, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at 10:00 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 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. DESCRIPTION: That part of Lots Three (3) and Four (4), Block Two (2), Park Addition to the Village of Frederic, lying and being East of State Highway 35 as now located, except the parcel described in Volume 169 of Deeds, page 236, Document No. 247782, Polk County, Wisconsin, said parcel being the North 25 feet of Lot Three (3), Block Two (2), Park Addition to the Village of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 126-00282-0000.

STREET ADDRESS: 508 State Road 35, Frederic, Wisconsin 54837.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 26th day of May, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County, WI Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

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Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Chaz. M. Rodriguez State Bar #1063071 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way 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 the purpose. 271948

By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on December 28, 2010, in the amount of $111,661.05, I will sell the described premises at public auction at the Main Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on Thursday, June 30, 2011, 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 1 of Certified Survey Map 1517, recorded in Volume 7 of Certified Survey Maps on page 95, as Document No. 496917, being part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NW 1/4 SW 1/4), Section Thirtyfour (34), Township Thirty-four (34) North of Range Eighteen (18) West.

PIN: 044-00951-0000.

STREET ADDRESS: 1249 208th St., St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 9th day of May, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson, 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

Notices/Employment Opportunities

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY PRINCIPAL-GRADES 6 - 12 FREDERIC SCHOOL DISTRICT Job Title: H.R. Contact: Telephone: Job Description:

6 - 12 Principal Jerry Tischer, Superintendent 715-327-5630 The principal will work with approximately 25 teachers, 240 students and 15 support staff in a 6 - 12 school. The staff and students have been recently recognized by US News and Report as a bronze medalist school. The elementary and the middle/ high school are recognized as Wisconsin Schools of Recognition.

Qualifications: Wisconsin administrative license (#51) for the position of High School Principal. Preferred: Committed to lead faculty/staff to outstanding learning opportunities for students; experience in the 6 - 12 environment; educational leadership experience; knowledge and application of RtI in the secondary setting; knowledge and application of the core curriculum and curriculum development.

How to Apply: Send letter of application, resume, at least 3 letters of recommendation and credentials to: Jerry Tischer, Superintendent, Frederic School District, 1437 Clam Falls Drive, Frederic, WI 54837.

Telephone: 715-327-5630, Fax: 715-327-5609. The application is available online at: frederic.k12.wi.us/ pages/jobs.html Employer: Frederic School District 1437 Clam Falls Drive Frederic, WI 54837 Closing date: June 21, 2011 Description: K - 12 School District in Frederic, WI, which is located in northwestern Wisconsin on Hwy. 35. The Elementary School and 6 - 12 School have a combined enrollment of 524 students. For further information on the Frederic School District, please visit our Web site at www.frederic.k12.wi.us.

The Frederic School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Dated this 31st day of May, 2011.

(May 18, 25, June 1, 8, 15, 22) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

KEVIN D. LUND, and COUNTRYSIDE COOPERATIVE, Defendants Case No. 10 CV 850 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

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(June 8, 15, 22, 29) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY ANCHORBANK, FSB Plaintiff vs.

DAVID M. SWENSON, et al Defendant(s) AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case Number: 10 CV 128 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on May 5, 2010, in the amount of $54,637.19, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 12, 2011, 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 and encumbrances.

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: The Northeast One-quarter of the Southeast One-quarter, Section 9, Township 35 North, Range 15 West, in the Town of Johnstown, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2237 Pipe Lake Road, Comstock, WI 54826.

TAX KEY NO.: 028-00168-0000.

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Kindergarten diplomas

Eagle Scout project at Luck ball field approved

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by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer LUCK – Tony Aguado, who will enter his senior year at Luck High School this fall, met with the Luck Village Board last week to seek approval of his Eagle Scout project at the Lions ball field.

He will be raising the funds to build a shelter around the center section of bleachers at the park so spectators can be protected from the weather. Aguado told the board he will be seeking help from the Lions Club, Youth Sports and the Boy Scouts. No village or taxpayer dollars will be involved.

At the time of the meeting, Aguado was awaiting word from Xcel Energy to make sure that the proposed shelter would not be too close to a power pole at the ball field. Xcel gave the OK Tuesday, June 14, with the condition that the shelter is at least 3 feet away from the pole and that it cannot be used to climb the pole.

Webster kindergarteners received diplomas last week as part of the classes annual kindergarten graduation. The event provided a photo opportunity for family and friends.

- Photos by Al Holter

The Seeger Boys play at band shell

The Seeger Boys, a family bluegrass group from Eau Claire, will be playing at the band shell at Crooked Lake Park, Siren, Thursday, June 16, as one of the Music in the Park summer offerings. The music starts at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments are available for purchase from Burnett County Community Referral Agency Outreach. The Seeger Boys include Nick, the father, on guitar and his four children, Elizabeth on mandolin, Gordon on bass, Enrico on banjo and Katherine on fiddle. The family plays straight bluegrass music including traditional favorites and original songs. - Photo from the Seeger Boys Web site

RIGHT: Tony Aguado discusses his Eagle Scout project. — Photo

by Mary Stirrat

Tony Aguado’s Eagle Scout project will consist of building a shelter over the center set of bleachers at the Lions ball field in Luck. — Photo submitted

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Pageant, street dance, parade, anchor three days of family events and activities, June 17-19

FREDERIC – Three days of family-oriented activities begin Friday as the 47thannual Frederic Family Days gets under way.

Along with the celebration’s mainstay events,, fireworks Friday evening, a queen pageant and street dance Saturday evening and a large parade Sunday afternoon, there are countless activities all three days. (See ad in this week’s Leader and Advertiser.)

New this year will be the Amazing Race contest at Coon Lake Park. A Family Days button must be purchased in order to participate in the hunt.

Deuce will perform at the Saturday night coronation street dance following the pageant. Local group Intensive Care

will perform at the park on Sunday, beginning at 11:30 a.m.

A variety of family events rounds out the weekend including a kids fishing contest, a tractor pull, an antique tractor show at the depot, a slow-pitch softball tournament, a petting zoo and more.

Back by popular demand will be the serving of strawberry shortcake at the Frederic Area Depot and Museum from 10 a.m. “until gone” on Saturday.

Twelve young women will vie for the title of Miss Frederic on Saturday, June 18, at 7 p.m. at the Frederic Elementary School on Birch Street. The theme of this year’s pageant is Arabian Nights.

Candidates vying for the title of Miss Frederic on Saturday evening at the Birch Street school will be: Tabitha Java, daughter of Heather Dueholm and Chris Wilson; Adina Stackhouse, daughter of Jay Stackhouse and Brenda Johnson; Megan Amundson, daughter of Doug and Becky Amundson; Autumn Schmidt, daughter of Warren and Jane Schmidt; April Halverson, daughter of

Wesley Halverson and Barbara Grill; Allison Martin, daughter of Art and Kristan Martin; Ashley Wendelboe, daughter of Jason Wendelboe; Rebecca Wendelboe.and Danielle Swanson, daughter of Craig and Dar Swanson; Breanna Jensen, daughter of Sonya Murtaugh and Al Jensen; Lauren Domagala, daughter of Brad and Paula Domagala; Ashley Kurkowski, daughter of John and Jackie Kurkowski and Leah Engebretson, daughter of Dale and Penny Engebretson.

Mistress of ceremonies for the evening will be Brittany (Heine) Franklin, 2003 princess. -

RIGHT: Miss Frederic Krysta Laqua and her court will crown their successors at Saturday evening’s Miss Frederic pageant, which begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Birch Street school. Special photo

Tabitha Java

Megan Amundson

Allison Martin

Leah Engebretson

Breanna Jensen

April Halverson

Danielle Swanson

Adina Stackhouse

Autumn Schmidt

Ashley Wendelboe

Lauren Domagala

Ashley Kurkowski

Crosby Farm hosting dairy breakfast this Saturday

by Jessica Beecroft SHELL LAKE – The Crosby family will be hosting the 27th-annual Siren Community Ag Association Breakfast on Saturday, June 18, from 6 a.m. to noon.

The 2011 location is owned and operated by Tom and Shorty Crosby. The whole family has spent the last week preparing for the event. The address is: River Valley Dairy Farm, 2577 Hilltop Road, Shell Lake, WI 54871.

The breakfast menu includes Uncle Jack’s wild rice pancakes, ice cream, ham, Wisconsin cheese, coffee, cranberry juice, and white and chocolate milk. There will be a petting zoo, music, door prizes, prize wheel, silent auction and a display reviewing previous breakfast sites.

The Crosby brothers are carrying on a farming legacy started by their great-grandparents, Herman and Elsie Crosby, who settled a farm in Burnett County in 1928.

The Crosbys land is still home to four generations of their family. Wisconsin has a long and proud history of being a national leader in dairy production. This tradition is celebrated each year during June Dairy Month, which provides the state with an opportunity to showcase our dairy industry and celebrate our agricultural heritage.

Agriculture is a vital component of the state’s economy, as it generates nearly $60 billion in economic activity annually and employs 10 percent of the state’s workforce – over 350,000 Wisconsin workers. Wisconsin dairy producers, like the Crosby family, generate

The Crosby family pictured (L to R): Shorty, Tyler, Melissa, Katie, Isaac, Sunshine, Josie, Tom and Alycia. – Photo by Jessica Beecroft

over 24 billion pounds of milk each year from over 1.25 million dairy cows. Wisconsin ranks first in the nation in cheese production, with 2.6 billion pounds pro-

duced annually, and second in butter, milk and number of dairy cows.

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The long road back from the 2001tornado

Rebuilding and new tree growth bring normalcy back to western edge of tornado path

by Nancy Jappe Leader staff writer BURNETT COUNTY – For the third time in the past 10 years, a very busy and gracious man, Don Chell, chairman of the Town of Wood River, acted as driver and tour guide for a trip around the area west of Siren that was hit by an F3 tornado June 18, 2001.

“I think the tornado recovery has been going forward. People have been very gracious. Everything transpired very well,” Chell said, adding, “The tornado probably did more good than harm in effect. I look at it as God’s will, the way it has gone.”

Chell went on to say that it took between 2-1/2 and 3 years for recovery to be really noticeable.

Chell has been a lifelong Burnett County resident. “I have moved a couple of times,” he said with a smile on his face, “but only about a mile.”

The only other storm that Chell can remember that did any real harm was a tornado that hit the area in 1942 or 1943. A man was killed in a barn near Trade Lake during that big storm.

Most of the damaged cabins around the north end of Mud Hen Lake have been rebuilt. Some of the properties have changed hands, bringing new owners to the lake. The Meck place was just a cabin before the tornado. Now it is a two-story house.

“Quite a bit of debris was found in Mud Hen Lake,” Chell said. “There’s probably more in the lake, but that will never be found.”

The tornado started on the south side of Hwy. 70, on the farm owned by Chell’s son, Mike, taking one wall of Mike’s garage. Then, capricious as tornado winds often are, the tornado skipped over to the north side of Hwy. 70 as it continued its easterly path of destruction.

Many of the trees downed by the tornado have been harvested and removed.

“It didn’t take long before new ones filled in,” Chell said, adding that all the new

Don Chell, a lifelong resident of Burnett County and current chairman of the Town of Wood River, was the gracious driver for three tours of the 2001 tornado-affected areas west of Siren. One tour was immediately after the tornado, the second a year later, and the last tour in May of this year was in preparation for the 10th anniversary of the tornado. – Photos

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growth is giving a new look to an old area. A lot of the new growth has come in the spaces where older pines went down.

Over time, whatever residue is left will rot away.

We drove by the Don Jewell place, a lovely, well-landscaped home sitting in the open. Chell pointed out that there used to be so many trees around that a visitor could not see the house from the road.

A For Sale sign stands alongside of the home occupied by Jim and Mary Beth Richison and their two boys. All that was left standing of the home after the tornado passed by was the fireplace. Luckily, the Richisons weren’t home when the

See Rebuilding, page 2

Joe and Virginia Hennessey’s place along Hwy. 70 in Alpha was rebuilt following the tornado. Although life has gone on, memories of 10 years ago are still strong in Joe’s mind when he hears storm conditions build outside during the summer. He then heads for his weather radio to keep abreast of what is going on.

Strong bond is still there after 10 years

by Nancy Jappe Leader staff writer TOWN OF DEWEY – “Even with the time lapse, the bonding is still there,” Dr. Jon Bowman commented as he and this reporter headed out on a tour of the area damaged by the June 18, 2001, F3 tornado.

Bowman, a retired mental-health worker from the Chicago area, was a counselor working with Project Recovery. He is so grateful to Gil Hoel, Project Recovery supervisor, who let Bowman handle his part of the tornado recovery in his own way by going out among the people and offering, on the spot, whatever help was needed.

The usual way to offer counseling is for people in the damaged areas to come to a central office location. This didn’t work for Bowman - he needed to be out among the people, finding out what help they needed and then making sure they got that help.

“Out of the tornado so many positives came,” Bowman commented.

“We reached people who needed help and brought resources people needed and didn’t have. The people here have now gone back to doing what they were doing (before the tornado). They are strong, independent and self-sufficient. It is difficult for them to take help, even though they were wonderful and responsive to the help that was available.

“This area was always different from the beginning because of the loss of three lives (Tom Haseltine, Sylvan Stellrecht and Ruth Schultz),” he said. “In the other communities people were in the process of rebuilding and replanting. These people were doing that, but they were also remembering the loss of husbands, neighbors and community people, going through a loss that couldn’t be replaced.”

And yet, even despite the tremendous loss of those three people and from all the property damage, lives have gone on.

Bowman has seen some of the people he

Faith Peterson was only 2 years old when the tornado destroyed her family’s home in the Town of Dewey June 18, 2001. But she remembers Dr. Jon Bowman, the Project Recovery worker who came around to help the family recover and rebuild their lives. Twelveyear-old Faith was waiting outside the house for Bowman’s car to pull up at the family’s new home this year, eager to give him a hug and let him know that she hadn’t forgotten the kindnesses he showed to her, her parents and siblings 10 years ago. – Photos by Nancy Jappe

came to know then during visits to businesses in Spooner and Shell Lake. “They were going about their lives,” he said.

“Life has gone on. That is what you want to have happen.”

Bowman was quick to remember the tremendous help offered to tornado victims by members of the St. Croix Tribe.

“They did this for their neighbors,” he said. “Rescue, recovery, feeding the people, they did whatever they could.”

“This experience was a wonderful experience for me,” Bowman continued.

“The people were really so open. It gives me a good feeling to see them. I should have gone back to see them more (over the years), but once I see them, there is an instant communication and hugs all around, just like you saw them last week.

The bond is just incredible.”

See Town of Dewey, page 2

Rick and Annette Peterson had eight children in 2001, at the time when the tornado demolished their home and the neighboring Dewey Town Hall. The Petersons and all of the children managed to get into the fruit cellar in a corner of their basement just before the tornado hit, but Annette still has one question that has never been answered: Who was the last one to get into the fruit cellar? Since the tornado, two more children and now grandchildren have been added to the Peterson family, along with a new beautiful home high above Hwy. 70 complete with a FEMA-certified storm shelter under the laundry room for protection from any future storms.

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tornado hit. Jim now works for U.S. Bank in Amery, the area where they are planning to resettle.

No one was around at the home next door, a trailer occupied by George and Violet Broderson in 2001. When it came to a choice of which bathroom to go into as the tornado went by, Violet’s bathroom on the east was chosen. After the storm, that bathroom was intact; George’s bathroom and the rest of the house and garage on the west side were demolished.

When visited in 2001, the Brodersons weren’t sure whether they were going to rebuild, but one thing was certain, they were going to put in a basement if they did. A telephone check to the Broderson house in 2011 resulted in the updated information that George and Violet did rebuild their house. “We made do the best we could,” Violet said, adding that the new home has a safe room under the house for future storm protection.

Joe and Virginia Hennessey were outside their property known as Smoland Prairie across from the Burnett Dairy Coop when we drove by. Joe admits that he still is on the alert when high winds come up. After the first year went by, he thought maybe it would be better. He and Virginia sleep on the porch in the sum-

This home, owned by Gerry and Gail Potvin on CTH M, was severely damaged in the 2001 tornado. The Potvins will be telling their tornado story during the ecumenical worship service to be held between 6 and 6:45 p.m. Saturday, June 18, at Siren School. The occasion is the 10th-anniversary observance of the F3 tornado that caused destruction across Burnett County and into the Town of Bashaw in Washburn County. – Photos by Nancy Jappe

mers. Sometimes, when the winds pick up, Joe will open his eyes, then go back to sleep. However, when the thunder starts to roar, he gets up to listen to conditions via his weather radio.

The trees are what Joe Hennessey

New growth is rapidly replacing the wooded areas hit by the tornado in 2001, changing the landscape.

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The Peterson family “I now have a stronger sense of community than before. I didn’t know I had so many friends,” Rick Peterson said when asked for his feelings about the effects of the tornado. Peterson has been chief financial officer for the St. Croix Tribe since 1995. He grew up with very conservative grandparents who had lived through the Great Depression, and he compared that to the aftermath of the tornado.

“In 30 seconds all was gone. It is life after that,” he said.

So much was lost when the Peterson home was destroyed. Annette Peterson home schools her children and lost all her home-schooling equipment. Imagine her delight when a man, hearing of that loss, got out his checkbook and wrote a check for $3,000, more than enough to enable her to keep on home schooling.

Smith Apple Orchard For the first few days after the tornado, Bob Smith was unable to go up into his demolished apple orchard. According to wife Lynn, when he finally did make the trip up there, he couldn’t talk for a while.

Recovery is coming along for the Smiths, but slowly. Lynn Smith figures it will be three or four more years before they get caught up to where they were before the tornado hit.

Lynn is so grateful for the outpouring of kindnesses she and Bob were given following the tornado. During the times when she felt the urge to give up, people kept telling her she couldn’t quit. “So I

misses the most about his after-tornado property. While his property has all been rebuilt and improved, Hennessey said it isn’t as nice as it was around 50-60 years ago, with the loss of the trees. “I hope my grandkids will appreciate it,” he commented.

Chell voiced two main concerns when we made the first tour of the area in 2001.

He wanted people to know that area farmers needed help in getting debris out of their already planted fields, and he wanted people to know that Siren was not the only place that was devastated by the F3 tornado and its wind speeds of up to 200 miles an hour.

After 10 years, a new generation is bringing change and normalcy back to the area, and life goes on as it always has.

Bob and Lynn Smith lost all the trees in their apple orchard on the evening of June 18, 2001.

They were lucky, however, in having enough of the original trees come up the next year to keep the orchard going. Those old trees are now dying, but new healthy trees keep coming up. “We’ve all worked very hard to get it back where it was,” Lynn commented. didn’t,” Lynn said.

Dick Quinton and his lasting friendship with volunteers The milk house was the only thing left standing after the tornado was finished with Dick and Shirley Quinton’s property.

For Dick, the silver lining in the tornado was the lifelong friendships he established with volunteers who came to help him rebuild. He has driven as far as Goshen, Ind., to visit the Yoders, volunteers who provided so much help. Herb Yoder brought Amish workers over to the Quinton house, setting trusses and finishing that job in just two hours.

The Quintons have stayed overnight in

This plaque was given to the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin in deep appreciation for all they did to help people of the area recover after the June 18, 2001, tornado.

The plaque hangs on an entrance wall in the St. Croix Tribal Clinic in Hertel.

the homes of some of the volunteers, and Dick keeps the list of volunteer names handy so he can contact them if he’s going to visit the area in which they live. “You can’t beat that kind of friendship,” he said, adding, “You can’t put a value on it.”

“Dick doesn’t forget people and always goes out of his way to keep in touch with them. When a person is a good friend, they’ve got a good friend (in Dick Quinton),” Bowman said.

“The disaster doesn’t mean anything to me,” Quinton said. “I met more nice people than I knew were in the world. Out of the goodness of their hearts, they left home, came here and helped wherever they could. They were such a joy.”

At first the Quintons didn’t talk about their loss from the tornado. But one night, on the way home from a trip, they talked about building a new home. Right then they decided not to move into town, but to rebuild the home they had before the tornado. With one unquestionable feature - they had to have a basement level accessible by two stairways, one on each end of the house.

Bowman considers himself lucky at being able to meet all the people the tornado recovery has brought into his life.

“People are still telling their stories. There are problems when people don’t have time to tell their stories. It is therapeutic each time they tell them,” he said.

“Time is the healer,” Bowman had said during our tour of the area a year after the tornado. That statement has been proven over the past 10 years, as people have gone about their lives, rebuild, replacing

Many of the destroyed cabins along Mud Hen Lake have been rebuilt, some of them into two-story homes. Donald Meck is listed as the owner of this home along the north side of the lake.

The house owned by Jim and Mary Beth Richison was leveled during the 2001 tornado, leaving only the fireplace standing.

This new home, put up as a replacement by the Richisons, is on the market, in keeping with the Richisons’ plan to move closer to Jim’s workplace in Amery.

Dr. Jon Bowman is shown here with Lynn Smith, owner with her husband, Bob, of Smith’s Apple Orchard. Volunteers from the Church of the Brethren helped them in the orchard right after the tornado, and one of the couples, Jim and Clareen Dunn, come back for a week every year to help where help is needed. “I would someday like to do what they do (volunteer where needed),” Lynn said, adding that in time, she and Bob plan on doing that.

Dick Quinton is a man who has lots of friends. Quinton is shown here with a list of the volunteers who came from near and far to help him rebuild his home and property after the tornado hit. Whenever possible, Quinton visits these people in their homes and uses the list to keep their names ever in his mind.

Last winter a

Just for

Laughs

man had been drinking at the bar for hours when he mentioned something about his Joe Roberts girlfriend being out in the car.

The bartender, concerned because it was so cold, went to check on her.

When he looked inside the car, he saw the drunk's buddy, Pete, and his girlfriend kissing in the backseat.

The bartender shook his head and walked back inside. He told the drunk that he thought it might be a good idea to check on his girlfriend.

The drunk staggered outside to the car, saw Pete and his girlfriend entwined, then walked back into the bar laughing.

"What's so funny?" the bartender asked.

"That idiot Pete!" the drunk chortled, "He's so drunk, he thinks he's me!"

Civil War highlights will be the topic of St. Croix Falls Historical Society meeting

ST. CROIX FALLS – The featured speaker at the meeting of the St. Croix Falls Historical Society next Thursday, June 23, is Nicholas Law, who has extensively studied and written about the Civil War that nearly tore apart the fledgling United States. This year marks the 150th anniversary of that tragic period. The event begins at 7 p.m. at the St. Croix Falls City Hall, and refreshments will follow the presentation.

Nick Law and his wife, Carolyn, live in the old middle school of St. Croix Falls on Kentucky Street. He is retired from a position as principal operating engineer in the University of Minnesota heating and power plants. According to his biography, Law as a teenager worked as a ranch hand in Eagle, Colo., becoming familiar with horses. “Riding them hard all day long at work is instructive regarding famous raids made by the cavalry in the Civil War.” (Incidentally, Major J.S. Baker wrote of his role in some of those raids in his books available at the St. Croix Falls Public Library.)

Law also worked as a section hand for the Milwaukee Road Railroad. “He knows firsthand how the soldiers of the Civil War worked both destroying and rebuilding the railroads so critical to military success.”

Academically, he received a Bachelor of Science in English and history from Hamline University in St. Paul, an Master of Arts in educational systems from the University of Minnesota, and as a library administrator in the University of Minnesota Libraries. He recently returned from travel through the National Battle Monuments of the Civil War. The main engagements of the Iron Brigade were his focus during travels and he brings photographs of those battlefields to his study of those fights. – submitted by Rosemarie Vezina Braatz

Blood drive a success

FREDERIC – Blood bank co-chairs Phyllis Wilder and Phyllis Meyer of the Frederic Lioness are pleased to report another success. The drive was held in Frederic on May 26 and 27 at St. Luke Methodist Church. The goal of 96 pints was achieved due to the many donors who participated.

They would like to recognize the following donors who have reached gallon marks: One gallon: Duane Krueger and Jacob Steiman; two gallons: Janice Gustafson; four gallons: Bob MacKean; and six gallons: Karen Swanberg.

Without the help of community volunteers and the generosity of St. Luke’s for the use of their church the blood drive wouldn’t be the success it is. They greatly appreciate everyone that contributes. The next Blood Bank will be held Thursday and Friday, Sept. 15 and 16, at St. Luke’s. If you would like to become involved or if you have any questions please call Wilder at 715-327-8951 or Meyer at 715-327-8972. - submitted

An honest fisherman

When Jesus went about Israel

Cold Turkey

in search of some disciples he avoided doctors, lawyers and presidents of major corporations beJohn W. Ingalls cause he was looking for character.

That is why he chose fishermen. I can’t really say what went through his mind when he picked the tax collector but apparently it worked out OK. Fishermen have what it takes to make the world a better place. When confronted with a project that needs to be completed before we can go fishing, we attack it with purpose and determination. The other endearing quality of a true fisherman is honesty.

I know there are fishermen, fisherwomen, fisherchildren and probably even transgender fisher people out there but for the purposes of this discussion “fisherman” or “fishermen” is inclusive of all who wet a line in pursuit of slippery, scaled water dwellers. Having a broad definition for fishermen, however, may lead to entirely different stories about the same event which would seem to be contradictory. You must also realize that there are casual fishermen, weekend fishermen and true-true fishermen. Depending on which category a person is in could also determine the mar-

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My sister had a squirrel in her basement this past weekend. She did what any sensible person would do under the circumstances. She called her father.

My dad is full of good advice Carrie Classon which he will offer freely whether you ask for it or not. My sister and I have compared his brain to a rock polisher. A casual conversation will deposit the rough, unpolished idea into my father’s brain where it will be gently tumbled around for hours or even days at a time. Unless you know my father well, you may not even hear the quiet sound of advice being slowly rolled around in his methodical head until, without warning, the tumbling will stop and a perfectly polished solution will be presented to you.

My father’s advice will usually begin with, “You know, what you ought to do is ...” and a meticulously crafted solution will be presented, glinting in the sunshine.

Father’s Day is around the corner and I don’t think I’m alone in feeling that it tends to get the short end of the stick. We make a big deal out of Mother’s Day, as well we should. Mother’s Day is about flowers and lofty sentiments and giving Mom a break from cooking. But Father’s Day seems a little as if it was tacked on the calendar as an afterthought in the interest of giving dads equal time. We sort of stuff our hands in our pockets and don’t have a lot to say.

My father was not around to answer his cell phone this weekend so my sister was forced to deal with the uninvited squirrel on her own. She was a little annoyed, as she knew he would have had a solution more elegant than hers, which was to terrorize the poor creature for a half hour until it found a safe hiding spot to elude her, then poke it with a stick, and ultimately construct a bridge made of evergreen

Letters from

Home

bows from the floor to a basement window to encourage its eventual escape.

My father would have had a better solution.

One of the the adaptations I have had to make in my relationship with Daniel is getting used to his notion that a person should not offer unsolicited advice. I find this hard to understand. A conversation in my family would stall out if we were not able to offer unsolicited advice to one another. Fortunately for Daniel, this prohibition does not apply to fathers, and he is one.

We went to visit Daniel’s son, Ethan, in his new apartment over the weekend. Ethan is in college and has two roommates, 21-year-old men like himself. We gave him more than an hour’s advance notice and the apartment looked suspiciously clean when we arrived. I was surprised to learn that the kitchen contains no dishes and is not used for any actual food preparation, but is a great place to keep an oversized aquarium filled with tropical fish.

I watched the fish while Daniel dispensed some unsolicited advice. Ethan sat smiling in his peculiarly clean living room and was obviously just happy to know that he was the object of his father’s concern.

I’m guessing he was thinking pretty much the same thing I am thinking this Father’s Day. “Thanks for worrying about me, Dad. Thanks for offering advice on plumbing and real estate and relationships and unwanted wildlife in the basement.

Thanks for calling back two days later, still thinking about me. Thanks for letting me know that you are always there, always caring, always concerned.”

Till next time, —Carrie

Frederic Arts “Art Medley” exhibition set for June 17

FREDERIC – Frederic Arts will open its “Art Medley” exhibition on Friday, June 17, during the Family Days weekend. The gala reception, complete with refreshments, will run from 5 to 8 p.m., at the Frederic Art Center at 310 South Lake Ave. across from Coon Lake Park. This is the former one-room schoolhouse/Legion Hall. Viewing hours for Saturday and Sunday are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

After Family Days, the exhibition will travel to the Balsam Lake Historical Museum, ArtZ Gallery in Amery, the Frederic Library and Frederic Bremer Bank.

Over 100 6-inch by 6-inch wooden frames were constructed and distributed to interested area artists and residents with instructions to fill the frame with art in any medium.

They will be shown together in a unique display created by Mark Buley.

This is also a fundraising event for Frederic Arts, with a bit of a twist. Art patrons wishing to support Frederic Arts and receive a unique, one-of-a-kind piece of artwork, can purchase a chance at any piece for $25. Obviously, everyone can’t simply choose the piece they like best, there being only one of each, so here’s how the process works: the art pieces have been assigned hidden numbers between 1 and 140. Patrons will sign their names next to a number. Each purchaser will receive a work of art; they just won’t know which one until the pieces can be picked up during the chicken dinner/craft fair in Frederic on Aug. 20.

For more information on this and other upcoming events, and for information on how you can become a member of Frederic Arts, go to the Web site at fredericarts.org. – submitted

gin of error in any story. A casual fisherman tends to be more precise whereas a true-true fisherman would tend to estimate.

Someone at the boat landing might ask “How many fish did MD you catch?” The true fisherman would respond, “A pail full,” if the fishing was poor. Of course we don’t know the size of the pail. The weekender would reply, “A few,” and the casual fisherman (son or daughter of the true fisherman) would say, “We only caught three.” If the fishing was great then the true fisherman would likely say, “We got a couple.”

Many fishermen stop counting after 10 anyway unless they happen to be barefoot so exact numbers are always estimates.

Numbers of fish caught and the size of the fish caught are both subject to inflationary pressure. This isn’t a distortion of the truth but rather a normal process. If you put some money into an interest-bearing account (these aren’t available anymore) you would expect the balance to increase with time. It is the same with fishing. Fish brought into the boat have a slower growth rate than those that were just close to the boat. Many fishermen now practice catch and release, which is good for the fishing resource. It is al-

ways better to release them about 4 feet from the boat because these are the largest fish. I have had many fish caught and released over the years that have grown to respectable sizes but only those released about 4 feet from the boat were true trophy caliber. I am sure some of them were near world records. Paul Quinnett, noted psychologist, author and fisherman, commented on this phenomenon. He realized that fisherman never lie, they just “round up.”

The idea that successful anglers are secretive about their best spots is actually a misunderstanding by the general public. A true fisherman is always willing to reveal his or her secret locations, especially to those novices wishing to graduate to the next level.

“Where did you catch ‘em?” The casual fisherman would logically give driving instructions along with the GPS location but the true fisherman would simply respond, “Potato Lake.” The true angler isn’t lying.

Potato Lake is the name he has bestowed on all the good spots and after a few years it is very likely that he doesn’t remember the original name anyway.

An honest fisherman is a conundrum to some and an oxymoron to others, but the truth as spoken by a true fisherman should never be questioned. Remember true fishermen always round up.

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River Road

Sex, violence and tragedy on the Bluebird Trail

Rodger Meyer invited me along to check some of the 80 bluebird houses he inspects weekly in the St. Croix Falls area.

We found conditions that matched those of “Desperate Housewives”— scandals, infidelity, violence and tragedy. We also found bird families with the love and support of Pa and Ma Ingalls.

Rodger monitors the birdhouses each week from spring through the summer, chronicling the return of the birds, their courtship, nest building, egg laying and incubation. Then he watches the hatchlings turn into fledglings, recording each stage for the Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin.

Cornell University says: “The male Eastern bluebird displays at his nest cavity to attract a female. He brings nest material to the hole, goes in and out, and waves his wings while perched above it.

That is pretty much his contribution to nest building; only the female Eastern bluebird builds the nest and incubates the eggs.

“Eastern bluebirds typically have more than one successful brood per year. Young produced in early nests usually leave their parents in summer, but young from later nests frequently stay with their parents over the winter.

“Eastern bluebirds occur across eastern North America and south as far as Nicaragua. Birds that live farther north and in the west of the range tend to lay more eggs than eastern and southern birds.

“Eastern bluebirds eat mostly insects, wild fruit and berries. Occasionally, Eastern bluebirds have also been observed capturing and eating larger prey items such as shrews, salamanders, snakes, lizards and tree frogs.

“The oldest recorded Eastern bluebird was 10 years, 5 months old.”

“Eastern bluebirds live in open country around trees, but with little understory and sparse ground cover. Original habitats probably included open, frequently burned pine savannas, beaver ponds, mature but open woods, and forest openings. Today, they’re most common along pastures, agricultural fields, suburban parks, backyards and golf courses.

“Insects caught on the ground are a bluebird’s main food for much of the year.

Major prey include caterpillars, beetles crickets, grasshoppers and spiders. In fall and winter, bluebirds eat large amounts of fruit including mistletoe, sumac, blueberries, black cherry, tupelo, currants, wild holly, dogwood berries, hackberries, honeysuckle, bay, pokeweed and juniper berries. Rarely, Eastern bluebirds have been recorded eating salamanders, shrews, snakes, lizards, and tree frogs.”

Rodger gave me a bluebird house to put up. “Use a predator guard on your steel post so the nest will be safe. I like a 1.5-inch plastic pipe over the post— harder to climb up the smooth plastic. It still won’t stop wrens or house sparrows from taking over the nest. Put the birdhouse on the edge of a mowed grassy area so they can see the bugs. ” We left for the trail at 10 a.m. “We’ll check some at the fairgrounds first. The

Ramblings Collected by Russ Hanson

Rodger Meyer checks one of 80 bluebird houses on his weekly rounds. – Photo submitted

boxes there have been put up by the Boy Scouts.” We came to our first box. It was one with a slanted front. Rodger pulled a loose nail from the side of the box and gently tipped the door open. “You have to be very slow opening the box. If the young are almost ready to fledge (fly), they might get excited and leave the box too early, before they are really ready.”

We saw a clump of baby birds looking at us as we peered in the deep nest.

“Bluebirds mostly have a nest made of grass, sometimes with some pine needles.

With three or four babies, it is a snug fit; once in a while you get five or six—a real crowd. I don’t try to count the hatchlings.

I have counted the eggs before they hatched, and when the birds leave I look for any whole eggs left behind. In a poorly constructed nest, eggs slip down too far to receive the heat from the female and don’t hatch. So, if there were five eggs and one is left behind, I count four fledglings.”

At each nest, Rodger fills in the box on his clipboard survey form. The notes are “5 eggs” or “hatchlings” or “fledglings,” etc. In one box on the east fence across from the grandstand, we found a nest being built. “Looks like a bluebird nest— was empty last week.” We watched a few minutes as a pair of bluebirds landed nearby on the fence, worried about what we were doing with their nest.

A hundred yards further along the fence was the next house. “Russ, you try opening one box,” Rodger encouraged me. He is looking for someone to help or maybe take over the monitoring—“You know, I’m over 80—can’t be sure I can continue in the future.”

I tapped on the box lightly so any parent bird would fly out. Then I removed the nail and very slowly tilted the front door toward me. “Doesn’t look good,” I told Rodger, “Looks like a dead baby bird.”

He joined me and we reconstructed the crime.

He pulled the nest out of the box. It had only one baby. “Looks like a little over a week old. Look under where the nest was – see the blowfly larvae.” He

picked up a slowly wiggling grub from several that had been under the nest.

“They crawl up at night and suck blood from the babies—sets them back a little, but usually doesn’t kill them.”

“Look—two more dead birds here on the ground,” I commented looking 2 feet in front of the nest. They didn’t appear to have been eaten or chewed on. We looked at the box closely—“See the scratches on it,” Rodger commented, “must be a predator climbed the box and pulled out some of the hatchlings. This is a bad place for a house—it is on a steel post holding the woven wire fence for the grandstand—too easy to climb to the house and reach in. You have to make it harder for the predators. Last year at fair time, the grounds people put up a plastic snowfence and it covered the hole in this box. I got here too late and there were four dead babies inside. You know, I bet the new nest in the birdhouse we checked down the fence is where the bluebirds are starting over.” We cleaned the nest out and moved on.

We found a range of bluebird progress.

A few nests with four to six blue eggs, some hatchlings and some with feathers getting ready to fledge. “If you clean out the house after they fledge, the bluebirds will build a new nest and do it all over again,” commented Rodger, “sometimes even three batches in a season.”

We found a nest that had the top lined with feathers. “Tree swallows like bluebird houses. They are nice birds too, so we let them be. The only birds we don’t leave are English sparrows and starlings.

Don’t get much sparrows unless you are on a farm or in town by a feed mill or on a horse lot—they eat the grain waste.

Don’t see much of them away from farms.

It is pretty much a waste of time putting a bluebird house next to an active barn.”

The swallow nest had six very light-colored eggs—almost white. As we looked at the nest, three tree swallows divebombed us. “Why are there three swallows?” I asked naively. “Well, birds have some various family types. Sometimes a male will have two females; sometimes

young bluebirds will help their parents with the next batch; and sometimes you don’t really know what is going on.” The tree swallows were iridescent blue/green with a very nice shine when the sun hit them right.

At the third box in Interstate Park, Rodger checked his clipboard, “You get to see a chickadee nest here. Don’t see them very often. They moved into this house that normally has bluebirds in it.” We walked over and a bluebird flew out.

“Something going on here,” said Rodger, as he opened the box and we saw a double height nest—two distinct layers.

“Oh” said Rodger with a sigh, “the bluebirds put a nest right on top of the chickadee eggs and nest. That’s a shame. I like the little chickadees; it’s fun to have a house of chickadees. Usually something moves in on the bluebirds, but not this time.

“Bluebirds have personalities that are different. Some are aggressive toward other birds and put up a fuss when you come near their nest. Others are quite the opposite. One spring after the bluebirds returned and had nested, there was a long cold spell and I worried that they might starve. I put a little tuna can on the top of the box and put in a few mealworms every day. Some birds hovered around waiting for me to back off so they could eat and others never touched the worms at all. I don’t know if it did the birds much good, but it made me feel better.

Once in a while you find dead hatchlings due to a cold spell. The parents can only find enough bugs to keep themselves alive. One cold spring I found 19 dead adult swallows among several boxes.”

If you would like to learn more about bluebirds you can contact Rodger at his email address: rsmeyer@centurytel.com *** The Sterling Picnic is coming up on Sunday, June 26. Every year since 1939, people have gotten together to visit and have a pot lucklunch and to reminisce about the good old days. Open at 11 am at the Cushing Community Center. Sterling township covered all of northern Polk County, all of Burnett and Washburn counties in the 1850s, so we invite all of you to join us to celebrate another year, recognize the longest living and longest married folks and see a little local history on display by the Sterling, Eureka and Laketown Historical Society.

Don’t forget to buy the new local history book “Stories of the Trade River Valley,” second book. For sale at the Trade Lake Store, At-las Antiques and the Cushing bank. Guaranteed to exceed your expectations or your money cheerfully refunded. Hundreds of pictures, immense amounts of local history and an extremely low price ($15 at the stores and bank or $20 mail order to SELHS, Box 731, Cushing, WI 54006). All risks and benefits of this book are from the sponsor, the Sterling; Eureka and Laketown Historical Society.

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Rattlesnakes in Wisconsin?

A snake looked for a nice, warm, safe spot to take

a nap last week and curled up in a clay flowerpot in my son’s little greenhouse.

What a surprise for my sons to enter the greenhouse and awaken a sleepy, and obviously agitated, snake. It uncurled and hissed at one end, rattled at the other. Yes, rattled.

My sons jumped back in a hurry, and the rattler took refuse in a nearby lilac bush. It had to be dispatched, which is a polite way of saying “taken care of” or “done away with.” They did that and carried it out to the ditch.

Several hours later they checked on the body and it was gone. Lots of kidding since then by others who said, “When I kill a snake, I make sure it’s really dead.”

Snakes always seem to startle us, as they take us by surprise when we aren’t expecting it.

We’ve been told by a very knowledgeable friend that the DNR released rattlers in Wisconsin to eat the wild turkey eggs to keep the flocks in control.

The above statement seems to be so unbelievable that I hesitate to write it. I wish we still had county agents to answer our questions.

As a gardener’s daughter, I am used to grass snakes. They just slither away, and they eat insects and bugs so they do a lot of good. My father liked having toads and snakes in his gardens and greenhouses.

I didn’t appreciate when the terrible neighborhood boys tried to put a dead snake down my back, and I screamed loud enough to make them laugh and laugh.

Several years ago we came across a pine snake sunning himself in the driveway. He raised himself up and flared his head and was quite spectacular, making us feel like snake charmers weaving a spell.

Ducks anyone?

My sons set up the incubator and hatched a lot of ducklings this year.

Yes. They are for sale.

And no, they are not big enough for you to eat them.

Cute and active, and a great temptation to neighborhood foxes and other hungry predators.

We have bear paw prints in our lower garden.

As long as we live in the country we have to share our property with squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, woodchucks and turtles.

And the next time you see a turtle trying to cross a road, please make a real effort to miss it. It takes a long time for a turtle to reach that size.

I have been known to stop the car, get out and very carefully carry a turtle to the other side. I figure it wants to go where it’s headed.

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Behind the

Signpost

Do you remember?

Bernice Abrahamzon and shared it with Leader readers?

He used to stop in at the office and visit and share his poems. He was one of those interesting old characters that made life so interesting.

The following poem was one of his creations.

By Uncle Zeke

Poetry With A Punch

When you come up to the Fish Bowl I know without a doubt You’ll find the people friendly Red carpets will be out

Some people always come here For their fishing and a deer, They know that they are welcome For they come here every year.

There are snow trails through the country You have never seen the like The small trails that you notice Are for the mini bike.

The lakes and little rivers Produce six kinds of sports That’s why the people call it “The playground of the north.”

The other day a little boy asked me, “How old are you?” I told him, “Pretty old.”

He was looking at my hair as he probably hadn’t seen many ladies with hair my color.

It’s surprising how many people recognize me from the above pictures in this column. They feel as if they know me.

It’s no wonder as I’ve shared many of my most personal stories with readers.

No more this week as we are celebrating five or six birthdays at the Frederic Scrabble Club this Monday at Sunrise Apartments.

Until next week, Bernice

Uncle Zeke Do you remember when Uncle Zeke wrote poetry

Frederic School District retiring staff members

The Frederic School District staff recognized faculty and staff who are ending their careers with the district at a luncheon on Friday, June 3. Pictured are Dianne Utley who has been the administrative assistant for 33 years, Ray Draxler who has been with district for 39 years as an instructor and principal, and Joyce Owens who has been a member of the elementary faculty for 20 years.

Not pictured are Kathy Lexen, a teacher of language arts for 10 years; Michelle Manz, a kindergarten teacher for three years; Dean Johansen who taught Spanish in Frederic and Luck for 11 years; and Wade Erickson, a math teacher for 17 years. Best wishes with gratitude for their work in Frederic are extended to these Frederic employees. – Photo submitted

Grantsburg Historical Society’s ice-cream social set

GRANTSBURG – The annual historical society’s ice-cream social will be held on the lawns of the society’s complex, located at the corner of Oak Street and West Wisconsin Avenue, Thursday, June 23, 6:30 to 8 p.m. The public is encouraged to come and enjoy cakes, ice cream, beverages and listen to Ann Bell as

she plays the piano on the porch at Emma’s House. If you haven’t toured the travel exhibit in the museum, had your picture taken behind bars in the small jail or visited a late-1800s home, this is your opportunity.

This event is open to everyone in the community. submitted

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Compiled by Bernice Abrahamzon

50 Years Ago

Skylight Supper Club, Balsam Lake, advertised Virginia baked ham dinner at $2, roast turkey dinner at $2 and prime rib roast dinner at $2.25. Mrs. Knapp, organist from Amery, played from noon to 5 p.m. This was a Mother’s Day special.-Specials at Route’s, Frederic, included 10 lbs. potatoes for 59¢, brown or powdered sugar at 2 lbs. for 29¢, blueberry pie mix at three cans for $1, and smoked picnics at 33¢ lb.-Specials at the Frederic Supermarket included turkeys at 29¢ lb., pork roast at 39¢ lb., new potatoes at 10 lbs. for 59¢.-Hagberg’s, Frederic, had a Mother’s Day sale on dresses, shoes, spring hats, housecoats and nylons.-Specials at the Anderson’s Clover Farm Store included ground beef at 49¢ lb., sugar at 10 lbs. for 95¢, coffee at 2 lbs. for $1.09 and bananas for 10¢ per lb. Free coffee and cookies were served.-The film “Cimarron” was playing at the Auditorium Theatre, SCF.-“North to Alaska” was playing at the Frederic Theatre.-A wedding dance was held at the Indian Creek Hall, given by Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Otis.-Frederic was booming with four building projects at present including the school building on Wisconsin Avenue, Marvel Gas building, Stokely Van Camp, plus Polzin residence.-Over 2 inches of rain in area in one night.-Remember Buddy Poppy Day?

40 Years Ago

Specials at Anderson’s Store, Siren, included game hens at 69¢ lb., cherry pie mix at 33¢ can, pork and beans in tomato sauce 11¢ can, bacon at 2 lbs. for 98¢.-An old-timers picnic was held at McCarty School.-Specials at Route’s, Frederic, included hamburger at 3 lbs. for $1.59, cake mixes at 3 for $1, corn flakes 29¢ for a 12-oz. box and catsup at 4 for $1.-Specials at the Frederic Co-op Store included cantaloupe 3 for $1, fruit cocktail at three cans for 89¢ and Campbell’s soups at five cans for 89¢.-The Wedin family held a reunion in Round Lake area.-Pioneer Bar, Frederic, celebrated its first anniversary.-Vince Nahkala provided music on Saturday at the Clam Falls Tavern.-New classrooms approved by Advotech 18 Board.-The movie “Dunwich Horror” was playing at the D’Lux Theatre, Luck.-Siren Cub Scouts were slated to go to Stillwater and Anderson Camp.-Fact-finding meetings were held by the motor vehicle department-Mrs. Emma Rosenow, Frederic, won a recipe contest for cheese puffs.-Art Fossum was in a Nebraska hospital with a heart attack.-Red Arrow Sports had a gigantic Alumacraft canoe sale at St. Croix Falls.-Mobile home court plans were in progress for Siren. July 5 was deadline for candidates for school board.

20 Years Ago

EMTs were needed for Frederic crew.-Al and Belva Kusler were named Citizens of the Year in Frederic.

Al ran a TV repair store and Belva raised prize begonias. Leona Cummings was named Frederic’s Volunteer of the Year.-The Auditorium Theatre, SCF, will be made handicap accessible.-Sleepy Hollow Store wanted to buy girls clothes, sizes 10-12.-Members of the Milltown Lutheran Church honored Susan Helland, guest accompanist.-A water rate increase was recommended for Balsam Lake Village.A trapper education program was proposed.-A dance recital was held in Frederic.-River Valley Medical Center had a summary of acetaminophen poisoning.-Obituaries included the Rev. Roger Bronsted, Michael Hunter Jr., Edith (Lundeen) North, Olive Johnson, Irene Manossky and Norma Lindgren.-Parts of area highways may be designated for long trucks.-Wolves were seen in the Anderson barrens.-A World War II exhibit was going to open by the Grantsburg Historical Society.-Forts Folle Avoine would open May 18, 1991, open daily from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.-The DNR offered $3.25 per acre for use of Namekagon Barrens.-The grand reopening of Faraway Farm, Siren, was held through May 10.-A Webster student, Michelle Curtis, was semifinalist in a poetry contest.

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St. Croix Senior Center Marian Edler

We had spring, summer and fall all in one week.

But you know what they say, “If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes and it will change.”

Tuesday is always a complete day at the center with exercise at 10 a.m., followed by Skip Bo. In the afternoon, games were played. Winners in Hand and Foot were Russ Adams and Bill McGrorty. George Meixner, Martha Lundstrom and Don Anderson were winners in Dominos. Winners in 500 cards were Donna Lindh, Audrey McNurlin, Marian Edler and Roger Greenley. For once, the women dominated.

Wednesday afternoon we celebrated the June birthdays with cake, ice cream and toppings. Then we watched the movie “The King’s Speech.”

Thursday exercise was held followed by Skip Bo. In the evening, a meat loaf dinner was served.

Games followed. Russ Adams was the winner in Hand and Foot. Delores Benson, Ione White and Donna Schlosser were winners in Dominos. In 500, they gave the top winners prizes to men and to women. The top winner of the men was Jerry Willette. Top winner of the women was Elaine Edlund.

Bridge will be played on Friday, June 17, 10 a.m.

Bingo will be played. Join them for some of the activities. You are always welcome. We have the coffeepot on.

We send get-well wishes to Dottie Adams and Jean McIntyre.

Dewey LaFollette Karen Mangelsen

Donna and Gerry Hines traveled with several other people from Timberland Lutheran Church to River Falls Thursday. They attended the funeral of Vaughn Halling.

Lawrence and Nina Hines and Don and Lida Nordquist went out to eat Thursday evening to celebrate Lawrence’s birthday.

A number of folks from this area enjoyed the TriCounty Dairy Breakfast at the Spooner fairgrounds Saturday morning.

Karen and Hank Mangelsen visited Ron and Juliann Jensen in Rice Lake Saturday morning.

Kay Krentz and Sandy Herzinger were guests at the home of Lida Nordquist Saturday afternoon.

Hank and Karen Mangelsen called on Marlene, Bruce, Brad, LeeAnn, Garrett and Grace Swearingen at Marlene’s home Saturday afternoon.

Visitors of Gerry and Donna Hines on the weekend were Mark Hines and family and Brian, Justin, Barry and Josh Hines.

Several family members and friends attended a wedding shower for Matt Lester and Karissa Jorns Sunday afternoon at the home of Maynard and Ronda Mangelsen. The couple will be married June 25.

Marlene and Bruce Swearingen were supper guests of Lida and Don Nordquist Sunday.

Frederic Senior Center Hazel L. Hoffman

A great big hello from the Frederic Senior Center to all our members and friends. If you have a little extra time some day just stop in and have a cup of coffee, a cookie and then maybe stay and play some cards, a game of pool or even better than that, let’s just visit.

The results from Spades were: Liz Ruhn in first place, Willis Williams in second place, Lillian Murphy in third place and Holly Stoneseifer in fourth place.

Thursday evening 500 cards was played at 6:30 with these winners: Del Hanson in first place, Barb Munger in second place, Mickey Kilmer in third place and Lorraine Hanson in fourth place.

This coming weekend is a big time in Frederic with Family Days. So stop in for a visit, have a good time and enjoy all the activities.

Everyone have a good week, but above everything, stay healthy.

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Arnell Humane Society of Polk County

Our group of Arnell Humane Society human animal volunteers wears a variety of hairstyles and colors, some wear long nails, some short, some have more training than others. Some of them offer direc-

Pictured above, at the end of the sale are, back row (L to R): Dennis Klinkhammer, Sherry Hanson, Pam Carson, Mary Bruckner, Carol Fishman, Sue Gavin and Dennis Carson. Front row: Kay McGrath, Joanne Alling and Joyce Klinkhammer. Volunteers not in picture include: Kris Bibeau, Janet Burhop, Linda Menne, Sarah Carpenter, Lauralee Humphrey, Tim Bruckner, Don Waldbillig, George and Jim.

Casey Sajna of Osceola presented a check for $195 to Arnell shelter manager Mary Bruckner. Casey and the Pleasant View 4-H group hosted a concert and play event at Rhubarb Days in Osceola. The group raised the donated funds through sales of bandanas, homemade dog treats and raffle baskets. - Photos submitted Hi there, hope all is well with everyone! Mom is still away visiting and having a good time but by the time you read this article she will be back home with us. She says she misses us and I know that we sure miss her being here, so only a couple more sleeps.

There is great excitement where she is with the NHL playoffs for the Stanley Cup. Vancouver is going crazy with the hockey but then again it’s the number one sport up in Canuckville. I guess she watched the Friday night game which ended up with a Vancouver win and people out on the street corners waving flags, cars honking their horns and just lots of noise. Personally I don’t see what the big deal is.

Well things have been happening at the shelter with some of my friends being adopted and new ones arriving. Rocky and Shiloh went home as did Duchess, which is great news. We have a couple of longer-term residents that really could use someone to see how great they are and of course that would be Polly, Penny and Isac, all which I have featured.

All three of these canines have wonderful personalities and just need a chance to show you. Penny and Polly are high-energy teenagers that need some room to run and love to play. Isac is a little Shadow more laid back but

Members of the NW Regional Writers met last Friday at Espresso Cabin, Grantsburg, at 1 p.m. Present were Denis Simonsen, Mary Jacobsen, Bob MacKean, Jennifer Tahtinen, Alice Ford, Don Miller, Tina W., Walter Fluegel and Bernice Abrahamzon, nine in all.

The July meeting of the writers will be a potluck with Poco Penners at Balsam Lake, same place as last year, and the August meeting will be a potluck in Luck at the Stan Miller place. Watch for details.

The United Methodist Men sponsored the pancake supper Friday night at the Lewis church with a good turnout. The menu included pancakes, sausage links, scrambled eggs and beverages. Nice opportunity to sit and visit together.

Pastor Tom is in Wisconsin Dells attending the annual United Methodist conference. No lay members from Lewis or Siren attended this year.

In Pastor Tom’s absence, Robin Peterson was in charge of Sunday’s service at Lewis as she is a lay speaker. LaVonne Boyer read Scripture, and Brad

tion and drive, while others are responsible for the follow-through. All of them are enterprising, resourceful, humorous, tireless and committed to making the annual Arnell garage sale a success.

We begin accepting donations for the Arnell garage sale on May 1 of each year. They trickle in, bit by bit, over the next two weeks. Momentum builds and the garden tools, suitcases, lamps, linens, knickknacks and vases begin coming in truck beds, hatchbacks and SUVs. Our valiant price-marking team, Pam

Carson, Joanne Alling and Joyce Klinkhammer, arrive daily to label the newest items and find storage space until the big day. This is no small feat. Ever cheerful, they go through the mountain of boxed treasures, sort them, polish them and price them to sell. These ladies are amazing.

By the week of the sale, the shelter garage, trailers and training room are bursting with household items that members and caring citizens have collected for our animals. One shelter member does a neighborhood sweep, gathering useful items from each of them to donate to the sale. Some collect items all year long. Others take a good look in their basement and realize that they will never use that table or hand mixer again and send it to the shelter to find a new forever home.

Our open air, outdoor sale begins at 6 a.m. for the worker bees who put up the tables and unload all of the loot, box by box. They sort the items by category: household, kitchen, linens, crafts, entertainment discs, books, baskets, electronics, garden supplies, holiday, man tools and the ever-popular free boxes. There is something there for everyone. It doesn’t seem that we will be ready for the onslaught of shoppers at 9 a.m. but somehow it all happens.

By the end of the day, our feet are throbbing, our minds frazzled and giddy.

“We did it!” Thanks to everyone who donated, marked, unloaded and came to buy, this year’s Arnell garage sale raised over $1,900 for the animal shelter.

Arnell Memorial Humane Society, 185 Griffin St. East, Amery 715-268-7387 or online: arnellhumane.org. - submitted

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YAPpenings Sadie does love a good game of ball. All three love attention from the humans that volunteer and visit.

I want to focus on the strays that have not yet been Penny claimed by their owners so hopefully someone will read this article and recognize them. They have kept everyone very busy at the shelter and I’m sure these dogs would like nothing better than to be home with their families. Bear with me, as at the moment there are seven that have not been claimed yet • May 29 – Woody, a young black-and-white bulldog mix, was found on Lakeview Road in the Town of Meenon.

• June 1 – Paco, an adult tan-colored Chihuahua found, was at Hwy. 35/Hopkins in Webster.

• June 3 – Patti, a young cocker spaniel, was found in Grantsburg.

• June 5 – Bentley, a neutered beagle, was found in Clear Lake Park, Siren.

• June 9 – Ashley, an Australian cattle dog mix,

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was found in Grantsburg.

• June 10 – Obama, a young Lab retriever, was found in Grantsburg.

• June 10 – Johnny, an older terrier mix, was Polly found in Wood River on Spirit Lake Access Road.

“A dog is the only thing on earth that will love you more than you love yourself.” ~ Josh Billings The shelter is still full with felines both adult and kittens, and Mom can’t believe that no one has adopted Shadow yet. She is very friendly and has a beautiful gray coat. Tabatha has been adopted and will leave us next week.

So for this week, I have included pictures of Polly, Penny and Shadow – our longest-term residents. I know that I have done this before but I think it’s important to remind people that these great animals are still waiting. Remember, while puppies and kittens are very cute, there are many adult animals that would make an equally great addition to your family. Please drop by and visit us, we’d love to see you.

So on that note, I guess that’s it for now so until next week I’m sending you plenty of licks and tailwags.

The Humane Society of Burnett County is saving lives, one at a time. www.hsburnettcty.org. 715866-4096. We’re on Facebook too.

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Alden sang a solo accompanied by his guitar. He sang one of the first songs he had composed. Starr Warndahl was at the piano.

Coffee and treats were served after the service by the Tabats and people lingered and visited.

The roofing committee will meet this week to review the bids received for a new church roof. This will be a major project this year.

Looking forward to our favorite treats during Friendly Family Days including corn dogs at the grocery store on Friday, food at the UM church in Fred-

eric, brats and other food in the park and elsewhere.

Also, the two-day library book sale, parades, etc., good food at many places plus pageant and street dance. Hoping for a cooperative weatherman.

Get-well wishes to Kent Boyer who underwent surgery last Tuesday.

Also, to Dan Beal who underwent surgery last Tuesday at a city hospital.

Skonewood has already had two Sunday evening programs, so the summer program is well under way.

Born at Burnett Medical Center: A boy, Riku William Rengo, born June 7, 2011, to Ben and Bille Rengo, Grantsburg. Riku weighed 9 lbs., 1 oz. and was 21-1/2 inches long. He has two siblings, Ruby and Renae. Grandparents are Jessie

Simonson of Hayward and Howard and Charlotte Rengo of Esko, Minn. Great-grandparents are Martha Ollanketo of Ashland and Jeannette Rengo of Esko, Minn.

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Academic news

WACO, Texas - Baylor University conferred degrees on more than 2,000 graduates during spring commencement exercises May 13-14 in the Ferrell Center on the Baylor campus. Baylor’s nationally recognized academic divisions offer 151 baccalaureate degrees, 76 master’s degrees, a juris doctor, 29 doctoral degree programs and two education specialist degrees through 11 academic units. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas, Baylor is a private Baptist university classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a research university with “high research activity.”

Amery Amanda L. Swenson, summa cum laude, Bachelor of Arts, language and linguistics. - submitted ••• CEDARVILLE, Ohio – Taylor Jotblad, son of Donavan and Sandra Jotblad, Siren, was named to the Cedarville University dean’s honor list for the 2011 spring semester. Jotblad is a senior, majoring in graphic design. – submitted ••• DULUTH, Minn. – The University of Minnesota-Duluth has announced its dean’s list for spring semester 2011. Students on the dean’s list have achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.

Amery Madeline L. Anderson, Casey J. Kunkel and Christine E. Meyer; Clear Lake Jacob J. Peterson, senior;

Siren Emily E. Muus and Ben W. Ries;

St. Croix Falls Laura E. Swenson. - submitted ••• ST. PETER, Minn. – The following local individual(s) were among the 587 students to graduate with bachelor of arts degrees from Gustavus Adolphus College during the school’s annual commencement exercises on Sunday, May 29: Centuria Nicola Hickethier, social studies teaching;

Luck Elizabeth Bowman, sociology and anthropology, cum laude; Peter Rozumalski, sociology and anthropology and psychology; Osceola Collin Lehman, public accounting, magna cum laude;

St. Croix Falls Emily Thayer, political science, communication studies. - submitted ••• ST. PETER, Minn. - The spring semester dean’s list at Gustavus Adolphus College has been released. The list comprises students who have earned a 3.7 grade-point average (based on a scale in which 4.0 = A) or higher for the semester ending in May 2011.

The following local students were named to the dean’s list at Gustavus Adolphus College: Grantsburg Lydia Benge Briggs;

Grantsburg Ausha L. Arnold;

Luck Benjamin A. Dinnies and Mitchell Larson;

Osceola Scott Kulzer, Stephanie A. Nelson and Molly M. Tomfohrde;

St. Croix Falls Erica Frokjer and Jordyn Lynn;

Luck Elizabeth Bowman;

Osceola Collin Lehman. - submitted ••• KENOSHA – Jessica Owens, Frederic, was placed on the dean’s list at Carthage for the spring 2011 term. The dean’s list includes students whose grade-point was 3.5 or above while earning at least 14 graded credits during the term. – submitted

Siren Senior Center

Be sure and mark your calendar for our senior monthly meeting at the center on Tuesday, June 21.

There will be several items that will be discussed and to be voted on and we will also be celebrating the birthdays of Lorraine Haaf, Jeff Larson, Bea Talmadge, Lou Jappe, Anke Olesen and CeCe Olive with cake after the meeting.

We would like to express our gratitude to the Siren Lionesses for their generous donation of $200, which they requested we put toward the purchase of a new TV for our Wii game.

We would also like to extend gratitude to Carol Berglind and Nona and Ralph Severson for the items they donated to the craft room.

Thanks to Don and Abby Brand, our flowerpots have been filled and are again gracing our front entryway.

We would like to extend our prayers and get-well wishes to D’Ann and Bob Becker for the full recovery of their daughter who has been in Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., the past week.

I am happy to report that Doris Schauers with her daughter, Jeanne, joined the Spade players on Fri-

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day and it was good to see her up and about.

The center had good turnouts for their Dime Bingo, 500 and Spade cards this week. The winners at 500 were Dwaine Bentley, Tom Knopik, Susie Hughes, Sue Newberger and Arnie Borchert.

Spades winners were Gerry Vogel, Barb Munger, Cora deJong, Jeanne Dodendorff and Dorothy Cronquist.

A special request from the people that I should inform everyone that Elaine Lamson won first place at the Moose Lodge on Wednesday night playing 500.

Congratulations Elaine!

All of the diners at the center would like to express gratitude to Lori for taking good care of them in CeCe’s absence this past week. As I have said before we have been blessed with some really good cooks. We would also like to extend our best wishes to Barb Hines who has been assisting in the kitchen and is on her way to bigger and better things.

Our center is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. For information or to sign up for special events please call 715-349-7810 or for dinner reservations call 715-349-2845.

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Sandy and Lamar Johnson hosted a graduation party Saturday for Jared and Blake at Cadott. John and Reeny Neinstadt, Natalie Flagstad, Brianna and Brendon Brey attended.

On Saturday afternoon, Jack and LaVonne O’Brien went to the Jim and Jeanne Daniels home for Allison’s graduation party.

Anita, Kathleen and Sharon O’Brien spent a few days at their cabin and visited Jack and LaVonne on Sunday.

Former residents, Don and Amy Peterson, visited Diane Medaglia and others last week.

The Gravesen and Freeborn families attended Nathan Gravesen’s graduation party from St. Croix Falls last Sunday. Lindric Freeborn spent Wednesday night with Marvel Merriam.

Bryan and Brad Krause are spending this week camping and fishing in the Boundary Waters area.

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Fran Krause attended the Sarah Circle at Bethany Lutheran Church on Wednesday, hosted by Ethel Daniels.

On Thursday, Mary Jane and Bob Ramstrom and Fran Krause went to the Polk Burnett Retired Educators luncheon and meeting at Bethany Lutheran Church.

The Orange 4-H Club helped serve dairy products at Burnett Dairy on Friday afternoon.

Fran Krause was among the many helping Hazel Keppen celebrate her 90th birthday at Crooked Lake Park Sunday afternoon.

There will be a huge neighborhood garage sale / bake sale at the Orange Community Center Friday and Saturday, June 17 - 18, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. All proceeds will go to the Webster Community Dog Park.

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Last week was a rather quiet week, especially on Monday and Tuesday with the weather around 100 degrees. Not a creature was stirring, not even the birds. Then came Thursday, and a new critter came through as I sat talking on the phone. I went to the window to get a better look, yup, it was a coyote sneaking through the brush. The way he was headed it looked like he was going straight through to the neighbor on the west of us. They have cats and I have heard they will hunt cats if they can.

Later that afternoon here comes trouble, the big black kind. It was Dennis the Menace, he seems to make his appearance about every three to four days.

Guess he had plans of finishing his meal at the bird feeders I caught him at last week. This time I had caught him on his way in so no such luck. I yelled at him and he stopped, grumbled, then turned to leave.

I should have given him the name of Mr. Grumbles as that seems to fit him better.

The 27th-annual dairy breakfast is just about here, coming up on Saturday, June 18, at the Gary Crosby’s farm of Shell Lake. Breakfast starts at 6 a.m. for the early risers and goes until noon. The usual wild rice pancakes, ham, coffee, cranberry juice, plus the usual dairy foods – milk, cheese and ice cream. Not hard to find, just follow the signs.

Adults are $6 and kids 6 to 12 $3. All the proceeds go to the community ag association.

Sympathy to the family of Bonnie C. Jurisch who passed away May 31.

The Siren Bethany Lutheran Church will host a ham and potato salad dinner on Friday, June 17, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Come and enjoy a great meal.

This meal is a freewill offering event.

To those of you who enjoy knitting or crocheting and maybe have done so before for the Siren Lioness U.S. Bank’s annual Christmas mitten tree, there is an ample supply of yarn at the bank for these projects. Stop in and pick some up.

Do you have a child that will be ages 3 to 5 and feel they could benefit from an early childhood class?

The 3-year-olds must be 3 by Sept. 1. Head Start is now enrolling kids for the 2011-2012 school year. For more info or to enroll your kids, call Nicole or Vicki at 715-532-4222.

Have you heard the news? There’s a bus trip going to Branson, Mo., on Nov. 6-12 and a great trip it’s going to be. A seven-day, six-night trip with seven Branson shows on the ticket. For more info or to sign up (but don’t wait long as the bus is filling up) call Shirley at 715-349-2514.

Fran and Dave Baker attended the wedding of Fran’s nephew, Caleb Wolden, in Duluth, Minn., on Sunday. Robin Fornengo has been trained as a member of the Pine County Sheriff’s Posse. The group will have a presence at the fair and all parades and other duties. Robin plans for further training with the search-and-rescue squad too. Don Schirmer is getting his tux all tuned up for the upcoming wedding of his daughter, Renee, to Brendt Runtsch on June 24. They will make their home in Blaine.

As a reminder about Ruby’s Pantry at Danbury, due to the July Fourth holiday, the distribution will be on Wednesday, June 29, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Volunteers need to come no later than 1 p.m. Also, to correct a rumor, all volunteers do not receive free food.

They all pay a donation of $15, just like everybody else. Some volunteers start at 6 a.m., and go until late afternoon.

Company at the Ron and Sharon Proffit’s home this last week were on Sunday, John and Reeny Neinstadt, from Webster. They all enjoyed paddleboating and canoeing down on the lake. On Tuesday, Reeny and Sharon Panek of Frederic picked up Sharon Proffit and drove to Sandstone, Minn., to go

to the funeral of classmate Jan Hammond’s mother.

She was 97 years old. On Wednesday, Ron’s 97year-old Aunt Mildred, and son, Allan Bell, of Brainerd., Minn., came for lunch. Then they went to Cloverton, Minn., to visit with Ed and Jan Proffit.

The Wickhams were pleasantly surprised when their son, Donald, came to see them on Friday. They had a nice visit and an old-fashioned home-cooked supper. Donald lives in Watertown, Minn. The Bible study group meets in Markville, Minn., on Fridays at 2 p.m. It is headed up by Gladys Nelson. Anyone interested in coming, please call Cheryl at 320-2423409.

Everyone around Dairyland is either working in their garden or keeping their grass mowed. We will probably have a good hay crop this year. Last Wednesday, the Dairyland Homemakers met at the town hall for their monthly meeting. Janice Hughes and Bonnie Holter served lunch. Thursday night, the Webster High School had their awards banquet for track and field. Danielle Dyson, Josh Baer and Cody Dreier received awards. Saturday, Josh Baer and Joey Erickson left to go to Badger Boys State in Ripon. They will be there for a week.

Summer is coming and we are gearing up for our Summer Reading Program, One World, Many Stories, with special programs on Wednesday afternoons at 2 p.m. The schedule is as follows: June 22 – Artsy Smartsy with Tiffany Glass Studios June 29 – Superior Zoo July 6 – Crex Meadows July 20 – South Africa with Easom Family July 27 – Amye Scharlau- Magic/Balloons Pirate and Pipsqueak Pages has posted the upcoming authors to read. If you plan to read along with the club, stop by the library for your Passport to

Reading and be sure to stop in each week to get it stamped. Check out the teen/kid page on the Web site.

Scrabble for Seniors will take place all summer long on Thursday afternoons. We will provide the Scrabble boards and coffee, you provide the fun.

Welcome to all senior citizens.

Keep updated on all the upcoming events that will be invading our library this summer at the Web page grantsburg.wislib.org. You will also find the latest lists of new items, hours, links to your patron page and much more.

Borderline news

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by Nancy Jappe Leader staff writer SIREN - Two vastly different musical groups will present music in the Crooked Lake Park band shell as part of the 10thtornado-anniversary observance Saturday, June 18. The Northwinds British Brass Band will play from 2-2:45 p.m.

John Filipczak and the Classics will perform at the end of the day, starting at 8:30 p.m.

This special day, long in the planning, starts at 9 a.m. with a relay that goes from the Town of Wood River in Burnett County to the Town of Bashaw in Washburn County, the route taken by the F3 tornado that hit the area June 18, 2001.

The relay will be followed by an art show, “Arts Alive on 35,” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; the Northwinds British Brass Band concert (2-2:45 p.m.); the attempt to set the world record for the most people dressed as sunflowers (3-3:30 p.m.); an art show, memory wall and documentary at the school (1-7 p.m.); a free dinner at the school (4-6 p.m.); ecumenical prayer service at the school (6-6:45 p.m.); the procession to the tornado memorial at Crooked Lake Park (7-7:30 p.m.); remembrance and recognition at the park (7:30-8:20 p.m.); a moment of silence (8:20 p.m.) and the concluding concert at 8:30 p.m. by John Filipczak and the Classics.

done extensive traveling throughout Wisconsin. In April 1987, they received a firstplace rating at the North American Brass Band Association championships in Red Wing, Minn.

Photo from their Web site of John Filipczak and the Classics, the group that will be playing in the Crooked Lake Park band shell Saturday, June 18, starting at 8:30 p.m. This will conclude a day of remembrance of the June 18, 2001, F3 tornado that destroyed a 41-mile area going from the Town of Wood River in Burnett County to the Town of Bashaw in Washburn County.

The Northwinds British Brass Band The Northwinds British Brass Band was formed in 1986. Band members are musicians who come from 17 Northwest Wisconsin and one Minnesota communities.

James Potter, son of Northwinds British Brass Band founder Milton Potter, is the director.

The first concert was performed in the fine arts auditorium at UW-Barron County in Rice Lake in March 1987. Three of the original 25 members still play with the band. The music follows the British brass band tradition which includes a variety of brass instruments.

The Northwinds British Brass Band has

John Filipczak and the Classics John Filipczak and the Classics play Polish-American music, i.e. polkas, waltzes, mazurkas and obereks. The polka music is in the Honky style, as compared to the Dixieland style of polka music. The main drive and lead instrument is the concertina trumpet, which plays the melody line, some solos and keeps the band together. A clarinet wanders above and below the melody line. The rhythm comes from the bass and drums playing a strict, solid beat.

Music educator Cora Sower, Siren, and her tuba will join the group. Sower has played professionally as a military musician and orchestral tubist in addition to playing with the Northwinds British Brass Band.

John Filipczak, who has a home in the Grantsburg area, has a musical career that spans over five decades. He has performed with Lil’ Wally, Marion Lush, the Mrozinski Brothers, Lil’ Richard, Joe Tomaszewski’s Polish Show Band, Bill Czerniak’s Polka Soul and others. The Classics have performed locally in Turtle Lake and Grantsburg.

Over 3,800 eyeglasses donated in honor of Dr. Beck

OSCEOLA – Representatives from the U.S. Navy Reserve were recently in Osceola to donate over 500 pairs of glasses to the Wisconsin Lions Club in honor of Capt. Harry Beck.

Eyeglass drives held last summer at Navy Reserve Units throughout the Upper Midwest and this spring in the Osceola area were sponsored by the Navy Reserve in honor of deceased local optometrist, Dr. (Capt.) Harry Beck. These glasses, donated to the Lions Club, are inventoried and sent with humanitarian projects all over the world to allow indigenous people to improve their vision. Over 3,800 pairs of glasses were collected in all.

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FREDERIC – The Frederic Area Historical Society is sponsoring strawberry shortcake on Saturday, June 18.

They will start serving at 10 a.m. and end when they run out. The price is the same as last year, $3.50 (includes beverage). The public is welcome to come by and enjoy a very generous portion of strawberry shortcake. All proceeds go to the Frederic Area Historical Society. Bring the family and friends, visit the depot and have a chance to see what the historical society is all about. – submitted

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Nearly 100 re-enactors will bring history to life along the riverbank at this year’s Yellow River Echoes event at Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park. The living history fair runs June 24, 25 and 26 and includes a wild rice pancake breakfast on Sunday morning. - Special photo can expect to interact with other re-enactors who, like Powers, will perhaps make it seem like being in a movie.

Even better, it will raise new questions—the best part of history, the stuff that makes you think, and wonder, debate and ponder. New this year will be the arrival of a canoe brigade that will have retraced a portion of the St. Croix/Yellow River route taken by the original fur trade contingent in 1802.

While there will be extra interpreters manning both fur posts, many of the camps will actually be located a bit downriver, but within easy walking distance of the fur trade sites. Hours will be 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Friday, June 24, and Saturday, June 25, while on Sunday the camps will close an hour earlier, at 3 p.m. Sunday morning will also feature the site’s next wild rice pancake breakfast, with serving at the visitors center from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

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Other special programs coming up include the historical society’s annual dinner (They eat just once a year? Bound to be filling, eh?) on Friday, June 17, (for ticket availabilty, call the site office); a pancake breakfast July 3; Cooking in a Clay/Brick Oven class on July 9; and a presentation about Burnett County’s trees on July 10. And still more after that, so, as they say, stay tuned.

Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park is located on CTH U, three miles west of the Hwy. 35/CTH U interchange in Burnett County’s Yellow Lakes area. Tours of the site’s Indian village and reconstructed fur trading posts are available Wednesday-Sunday (closed Mondays/Tuesdays).

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son from long ago. In fact, in their minds perhaps there indeed is a way you are not of long ago, but right now.

Older children and adults, of course, know there is a game going on. But one of the best compliments some of us received once was when a father, his children in tow, said their visit had been like being in a movie.”

Indeed, some of those selfsame visitors end up joining the ranks of re-enactors after viewing a well-staged event.

This happened to Powers and his wife, when they first attended, then became involved, in living history presentations at the White Oak trading site in northern Minnesota. As he recalls, “I’d always had a keen interest in history, camping, canoeing and the outdoors.

My wife and I had also visited living history sites like Fort Snelling and Old Fort William. After being involved professionally with feasibility studies for the White Oak site, we visited one of the events there and became intrigued with the idea of seeing what it was like. We soon began researching, obtaining, and making some of our own materials, set up a camp one year, and have been attending various events ever since.” He allows that they’ve limited their activity in recent years to only three programs that they feel represent the era very well—at the North West Company Fur Post near Pine City, Minn.; the Grand Portage National Monument on Lake Superior’s north shore; and the Forts Folle Avoine Yellow River Echoes event.

Visitors to this year’s Yellow River Echoes weekend at Forts Folle Avoine

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“Living history” is what some call it – where 21st century people not only don replica clothing authentically tailored to other times, but actually take on the personas and perform activities common to people from the past.

Nearly 100 re-enactors, as they’re known, will be bringing their gear and knowledge to Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park over the weekend of June 2426 for the historic site’s annual Yellow River Echoes event.

Instrumental in developing the event is Duluth’s John Powers, who recently reflected on how Yellow River Echoes came into being. “While the Forts has long had a large and successful rendezvous each July,” he mused, “there was a core of us who wanted to narrow the focus, as it were, to only those years (1802-04) when the North West and XY Companies actually occupied the site.

So, whereas the rendezvous is broader in scope, covering the entire 300 years of fur trade history, our group focuses only on the era from right around the time of the original trading posts on which the Folle Avoine site is recreated.” Another difference from the rendezvous affair is location—the 40 or so camps will be set along the shoreline of Yellow River, not in the large field where the bulk of the July activities take place.

Powers is among the first to acknowledge the hazards of the living history approach, however. “There’s a lot of info to convey in an accurate yet personable manner. Sometimes it’s a bit much to pull off successfully,” he says.

Thus the emphasis on inviting re-enactors who “know their stuff,” yet who also aren’t afraid to pull back, if necessary, and admit what they don’t know, too. Unlike us old gnomes, who, of course, know all, but tell only some.

But the benefits of trying to pull it off far outweigh those pitfalls. Certain incidents spring readily to mind. As Powers explains, “first-person living history done well truly brings history alive for the visitors, especially with young children, who really think you are that per-

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Frederic Public Library

Welcome to Family Days, everyone!

Plan to visit the library’s annual Family Days bake/book sale which will be held Friday, June 17, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The sale is sponsored by the Friends, and profits will help support library programs. Your donations of books, movies, music and homemade goodies for the bake sale are welcome anytime up to the day of the sale. There is something for everyone at the library this weekend and we look forward to seeing you.

Get your new library tote and T-shirt The Friends are offering sturdy canvas library totes and comfy cotton T-shirts with the new Frederic Library design that celebrates the 75th anniversary. Totes and shirts will be available at the library during Family Days, so stop in soon for the best choice of colors.

Be sure to register for summer reading Registration for the One World, Many Stories summer program is open to all kids from preschool to tweens and teens.

We have all kinds of activities planned and you can pick up program brochures as well as weekly reminders at the library.

Stop in to register soon and start reading.

Story time does not take a vacation during the summer Preschoolers and early elementary children are invited, with their caregivers, to story time at the library on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. for an hour of books, activities and fun. If you are interested in reading to the children this summer, we welcome you. Please talk to a librarian to choose a date and we will supply the materials.

Let’s grow some squash Share the Bounty is a hunger-prevention project that encourages gardeners to plant free seeds, which are available at the

library and then bring half the harvest to local food shelves, families at WIC clinics and others in need. Stop in soon to pick up some seeds and learn more about this program and this great family summer project.

Computer questions?

Basic computer training is offered Tuesdays, 9– 10 a.m., all summer. If you have questions about terminology, Internet, email, Facebook, or anything else computer-related, register at the library for a space. Laptop users are encouraged to bring in their computers for the classes.

Treat yourself to a summer book group The Thursday morning group meets June 16, at 10 a.m., to discuss “Little Bee,”

by Chris Cleave. This is a haunting novel about the tenuous friendship that blooms between two disparate strangers - one an illegal Nigerian refugee, the other a recent widow from suburban London. The evening book group will also meet June 16, at 6:30 p.m., to talk about the novel “The Shadow of the Wind,” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Set in Barcelona in 1945, a motherless boy is initiated into the secret of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a library tended to by Barcelona’s guild of rare-book dealers as a repository for books forgotten by the world, waiting for someone who will care about them again.

Copies are available at the library and new members are always welcome at the book discussions.

Milltown Public Library

Youth summer reading program Local youths (birth - 18 years) are invited to participate in the 2011 Youth Summer Reading Program starting June 1.

There are cool incentives, awesome programs, plus the benefit of honing your reading skills.

Bruce the Bug Guy Dr. Bruce will share wild facts about insects from around the world! If you are feeling brave, you may even be able to hold a giant squirming bug! Free program, Saturday, June 18, 1 p.m.

Used book sale The Friends of the Milltown Public Library host their annual used book sale during Fishermen’s Party festivities. Stop by the library on Saturday, June 25, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sunday, June 26, from noon - 2 p.m., to find gently used books, music and movies priced to sell. Something for everyone.

Outdoor movie Bring your own blanket, bug spray, and enjoy a free, family-friendly movie under the night sky. The next film will be shown July 2, at dusk at the Half Moon Lake Landing. Don’t miss the coolest intermission ever – fireworks over the lake. More details at the library or on the library Web site.

Pajama story time Story time has moved to the evenings at Milltown Public Library. Jump into your pajamas, grab a guardian (you’ll need them for the ride anyway), and join us for a half hour of fun, stories and a small craft every Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. Pack in some fun before your day is done.

Computer basics lab The Milltown Public Library offers computer basic lab time every Wednesday at 1, 2 and 6 p.m. During this time, we help novice users create an e-mail account, draft and edit documents like holiday greeting letters and help with the general comfort and navigation of this sometimes intimidating technology. Space is limited, so call in advance to reserve a spot.

Did you know?

Besides the myriad of books in all genres and reading levels, the library also has oodles of movies, books on audio, and even eBooks and eAudiobooks. Check out our wares anytime at www.more.lib.wi.us or stop in and browse the collections.

Hours and information – www.milltownpubliclibrary.org, 715-8252313. Monday through Thursday 10 a.m.

- 7 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. or e-mail milltownpl@milltownpubliclibrary.org. Fresh coffee and fast Wi-Fi are served up every day.

Learn more about library events Frederic Public Library, 127 Oak St. West.

715-327-4979, e-mail fredericpl@ifls.lib.wi.us. Regular open hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; and Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Story time for preschoolers is held every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Web site: www.fredericlibrary.org.

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Balsam Lake Public Library

Book Sale July 2, 10-2 during Freedom Fest

Summer reading The next event planned is “Under a Big Blue Sky” with storyteller Tracy Chipman, on Wednesday, June 22, 11 a.m. A free event for all ages. We have more free events planned throughout June and July.

Events will be posted in the paper or call the library for more information.

Computer classes Open lab from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Instructor available to answer questions and give one-on-one instructions. The next class will be Tuesday, June 21.

New books coming in June “One Summer” by David Baldacci, “Smokin’ Seventeen” by Janet Evanovich, ”Now You See Her” by James Patterson, “The Kingdom” by Clive Cussler, “Carte Blanche” by Jeffrey Deaver, “The House by the Fjord” by Rosalind Laker, “The Profession” by Steven Pressfield and “Dreams of Joy” by Lisa See.

Story time Wednesday at 11 a.m. Stories, crafts and snacks are available. All ages are welcome to join our lively group.

Book club Selection for July is “Eat Pray Love.” It is about what can happen when you claim responsibility for your own contentment.

It is also about the adventures that can transpire when a woman stops trying to live in imitation of society’s ideas. This is Comedy Magician Professor Marvel performed to a packed crowd of 90 at the Milltown Public a story certain to touch anyone who has ever woken up to the unrelenting need for Library on Saturday, June 9. You can check out all the other fun programs at the Milltown Lichange. The book club meets Wednesday, brary on their Web site www.milltownpubliclibrary.org. – Photo submitted July 20, at 3 p.m. Extra books are available at the library.

Friends of the Library Friends group is an organization for all who value the public library as a vital community resource. Join others who are dedicated to promoting the value of books, libraries and literacy. Next meeting will be Wednesday, July 20, at 1:30 p.m.

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. – 4 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.balsamlakepublic library.org. 715-485-3215.

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St. Croix Falls Public Library

Summer reading has begun! One World, Many Stories Great kids and family programs this summer at the St. Croix Falls Public Library. Sign up for our summer reading program. Earn incentives and participate in great programs all for free, (ages birth – 18 years.) Find out what’s happening at the St. Croix Falls Public Library and in your community this summer. Check out the Web site for more info www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

Second-annual library spring gala was held this past Saturday evening, June 11 What a great night, thanks to all who participated. The library was in bloom with floral arrangements and plants, courtesy of Abrahamson Nurseries; music was provided by harpist Janet Huenink and the Bruce Bjork Band; live auction to donate toward library needs, gratitude to auctioneer Gary Hines. There was food and gift baskets, because of the help of the Friends of the St. Croix Falls Public Library, Luhrs/Bjornson Artworks, Clayton’s Hardware Hank and Radio Shack, Lamperts, Menards, Majestic Falls, Fine Acres, MarketPlace Foods, Menagerie, Dalles House, The Vegetarian, Panda King, Jerry’s East Coast Flavor, Crystal Ball Dairy and Bob Nichols. If you missed out, watch for it next year.

Beginner computer classes Wednesday, June 22 – Facebook 1 – Set up your account and security; Wednesday, June 29 – Facebook 2 – Account is set up – now what? Call if you are interested and would like to sign up, 715-483-1777.

Story hour with Cole Listen to stories, create art and have fun with other kids and parents every Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.

Check out our Web site It has up-to-date information on what’s happening at the library and other useful library tools you can use at home. www.stcroixfallslibrary.org. Look for us on Facebook.

Technology Free wireless and eight public computers are available at the library. Plus, seven laptops are available for use in the library, but you must have a valid MORE library card in good standing.

Hours The library is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 715-483-1777. E-mail: scflibrary@ifls.lib.wi.us.

Online: www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

ST. CROIX FALLS – Two local talents take the stage in “Once Upon a Mattress,” the hilarious, toe-tapping, musical retelling of “The Princess and the Pea” at Festival Theatre. Flanking the cast of 10 out-of-town actors, Isaac Bont of St. Croix Falls and Ed Moersfelder of Amery round out the cast of twelve that perform Festival’s biggest musical theater production to date.

Bont grew up in St. Croix Falls. He always had a number of artistic talents and began exploring them at a young age. He began with piano lessons, recitals and church Christmas pageants.

As a teenager he performed on Festival’s stage with a number of St. Croix Falls High School productions including playing Daddy Warbucks in “Annie,” and Conrad Birdie in “Bye Bye Birdie.” Bont is currently studying at the University of Wisconsin-Stout and will eventually pursue a career in psychology.

When he is not busy studying and attending class in Menomonie, Bont enjoys spending time with his friends and family. His artistic talents serve him well as a member of his school’s choir. Bont has enjoyed working with the “Once Upon a Mattress” cast and crew and notes a certain delight in the collaboration of the many theater artists that it takes to produce a musical. He also noted, “I hope our enthusiasm and hard work inspires everyone in the community to come and enjoy the show!”

Although this production marks Bont’s first professional theater acting experience, he is no stranger to dressing in costume and making money playing a role.

One of his first jobs had him working for Bernick’s during the release of the most recent Star Wars movies. “I dressed up in a really awesome Darth Vader costume and handed out samples of Diet Pepsi

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Lime in grocery stores,” said Bont. “With such an intimidating costume, I would do my best to scare people when possible. It was a good job!”

Bont attended the University of Minnesota before transferring and Isaac Bont redefining his ultimate career path. While at the U of M, he took a particularly memorable course with Kym Longhi, titled Physical Approach to Acting. Bont said of the class, “It kind of blew my mind.”

Danette Olsen, executive director of Festival said, “Bont is a charming young theater artist. He is present, physically aware, honest and specific on stage. Offstage, he is hardworking and pleasant as the day is long! He is a huge help with everything at the theater and he has also helped to make our out-of-town actors become a part of the St. Croix Falls community.” She added, “He has been a delightful and integral addition to our cast and company!”

Ed Moersfelder returns to the Festival stage as the wizard in “Once Upon a Mattress.” Also a Wisconsin native, he grew up in Marshfield. As a child Moersfelder would walk one and a half miles to Mill Creek Grove, a one-room school with eight grades and 30 kids. Each Christmas the front of the school would be transformed into an elevated plank stage, with curtains strung on wires, and the children would rehearse and perform “The Christmas Show.” However, it was a play titled “Happiness After an Accident in the Cas-

tle” that Moersfelder calls his most memorable experience as a young actor. Moersfelder played the king and also co-wrote the play with the rest of his fifth-grade class.

Moersfelder attended the University of Edward Moersfelder Wisconsin from 1964 to 1968 and majored in English with a minor in speech. During that time Moersfelder performed as Major Sergius Saranoff in Shaw’s “Arms and the Man.” Because of a class requirement, he was forced to audition for the play. Days later he was walking down the hall when the director asked him why he had missed callbacks.

Out of the director’s good graces, Moersfelder was provided a second audition and was, in fact, cast. After battling the hours of rehearsal on top of a full course load, Moersfelder took a 30-year break from theater. He returned to the stage in Mankato, Minn., community theater as Thor in “Morning’s At Seven.” Moersfelder would begin the top of the play onstage, alone. He would walk onstage in a blackout, sit, and upon the lights coming up, he would launch into a monologue.

“On opening night,” said Moersfelder, “as the lights went down after the first act, I thought ‘why would anyone, anyone, in his right mind, willingly put himself through this?’”

Yet, being a true theater artist at heart, Moersfelder couldn’t stay away, and now he has credits in multiple states and a nice full resume to back it up. At Festival

he performed in “Arsenic in Old Lace,” “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” and the raucous 2010 comedy, “Is He Dead?”

Last summer he worked at Iowa Theatre Artists Company in Amana, Iowa, where he acted, assistant stage managed, directed, carried stuff, and mopped floors.

Moersfelder’s favorite past role was Petrucio in a “The Taming of the Shrew” at The Northern Lakes Center for the Arts in Amery. Moersfelder noted “The role is wonderfully rich in language, physical, loud and deliciously bawdy.” This year at Festival Theatre, Moersfelder has been busy co-leading the New Doors Committee with associate artistic director, Jaclyn Johnson. “Moersfelder is bright, engaged, thoughtful and inquisitive as an actor and as a teammate,” said Johnson.

She went on, “He holds up his peers with a shining affection for the arts which ignites interest and paves the way for good theater art making in this wonderful arts community.”

Olsen also noted that Moersfelder is the wonderful local anchor to “Once Upon a Mattress.” Olson commented, “There is no one more sincere in his dedication than Ed Moersfelder. His hard work and honest love of the art form hold up the ideals and mission of Festival and we are so proud to have him on board!” In “Once Upon a Mattress,” Moersfelder takes on the role of the wizard. Much to his loving wife’s dismay, he has also been growing his beard for the past two months. Thankfully Karel and the cats have put up with it and continue to support his artistic explorations, with and without beards!

You can see local favorites Bont and Moersfelder in “Once Upon a Mattress” which opens June 16. Reserve your tickets today by calling the Festival box office at 715-483-3387. - submitted

Falls Chamber of Commerce announces new biannual membership plan

ST. CROIX FALLS/TAYLORS FALLS The Falls Chamber of Commerce recently announced a new biannual membership plan option. Businesses and organizations wishing to join the chamber may now choose to renew or join on July 1, yielding two options: the Jan. 1 – Dec. 31 plan, or the July 1 – June 30 plan. Prior to this, there has been only the traditional renewal in January.

“The chamber created this option with the hope that it will make it easier for seasonal businesses and others to join the chamber and pay their annual dues when their business is actually open or when they have the funds to do so,” explained Falls chamber Executive Director Cindy Stimmler. Membership fees, which are outlined on the membership application form, will remain the same for both plans. “As an added incentive to join right away,” said Stimmler, “new members will receive their June membership for free.”

The Falls Chamber invites all area organizations to join the chamber to better grow and prosper together. “Thanks to all our members,” Stimmler pointed out, “we have been able to build this independent business support organization into a strong force that helps sustain our businesses and communities. Your business will benefit as

Stepping out to introduce businesses to the Falls chamber’s new membership offer are on left, Colleen Leuschner of Royal Credit Union and Pam Stratmoen of The RiverBank Insurance Center. - Photo submitted

well.”

Research shows that being an active member of a local chamber of commerce lets other businesses and organizations, and the general community as well, know that a given company uses good business practices, is involved in the community, cares about its customers and is a reputable organization. “If these are traits that you embody,” said Stimmler, “I urge you to join us. Together we can make your business even better.”

The chamber invites any organization or business wishing to learn more about the chamber and the benefits of membership to contact them with questions or concerns.

Falls Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 178, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

Web: www.FallsChamber.org. Phone: 715-4833580.

The mission of the Falls Chamber of Commerce is to advocate, promote and support business members and their communities. The chamber represents members throughout the St. Croix River Valley around St. Croix Falls and Taylors Falls and is a registered 501(c) (6) organization supported by volunteers and members. - from Falls Chamber of Commerce

Lamar offers Midsummer Day celebration for everyone

ST. CROIX FALLS - Ar du Svensk? Even if you’re not, you’ll love participating in a classic midsummer celebration to be held June 25, from 2-6 p.m., at Lamar Community Center.

Midsummer Day was held throughout local communities in western Wisconsin as recently as the 1960s to revel in the longest day of the year at the summer solstice. In Sweden, it’s the most significant national holiday and it’s celebrated in Scandinavia and much of Europe.

The festivities include music, dancing, food, making flower wreaths and decorating a huge maypole, in Swedish called a Midsommerstang. The event begins with decorating the Midsommerstang from 2-3 p.m. Music and dancing follows from 3-4 p.m. with musicians Shaila Johnson, Sandra Arvold and Larry Phillipson. Swedish foods will be offered from 4 p.m. until gone including traditional foods such as meatballs, new potatoes and herring.

The re-establishment of Midsummer Day is a collaboration of the Polk County

Even if you’re not Scandanavian, you’ll love participating in a classic midsummer celebration to be held June 25, from 2-6 p.m., at Lamar Community Center. - Photo submitted

Master Gardeners, Forever Swedish and Lamar Community Center with funding support from the Swedish Council of America.

“In parts of Norway, it was a day when the girls who were herders would invite the young men up to the mountains.

Everything happened outdoors and part of the fun was getting ready,” says event coordinator Judy Wester. “In keeping with that tradition, we’ll be gathering to decorate and erect the maypole in the early afternoon.” According to folklore, young people would pick seven different flowers and put them under their pillows at night to dream of their husbands and wives to be.

People are invited to come in traditional costumes.

Lamar Community Center is located at 1488 200th St. in rural St. Croix Falls just two miles north of Hwy. 8. For further information about Lamar Community Center and Midsummer Day, go to www.lamarcommunity.org. - submitted

Chorus wins award

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Minnsota Crime Wave in Frederic

These three writers from the Twin Cities call themselves the Minnesota Crime Wave. “I write because I can’t not write,” said Kent Krueger, originator of the Cork O’Connor north woods mysteries. “I started writing to see if I could write a book,” said Ellen Hart, who has just submitted her 27th book for publication. “I sold my first story in the seventh grade,” said Carl Brookins, adding, “I’ve always been a big reader whose mother allowed me to read any book I wanted to.” – Photos by Nancy Jappe

With a new director, Derek Glenna, and seven new members on stage, the Vallee de Croix Chorus brought home the second-place Midsize Chorus Award, and the fourth-place Overall Award when they competed in the Can-Am Region 6 competition in May of 2011. Can-Am Region 6 is made up of choruses from Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and two of the provinces in Canada. The contest was held last year in Winnipeg, Canada, and the Vallee de Croix Chorus sat out because of a change in director, so they were excited to return to the stage and secure the scores that they did. Performers from this area are Kim Grossmann, Balsam Lake; Gwen Larson, Cushing; Lyn Klug, Amery; and Carolyn Ward, Jackie Hillman and Kathy Lucken, St. Croix Falls. If what they do sounds like fun, please call Lucken at 715-4831061 for membership information. - Photo submitted

Donation to the fair

The Polk County Fair is pleased to accept a $1,500 educational grant from Wal-Mart.

Funds will be used to help pay for judges, premiums, ribbons and trophies. Shown (L to R) are Sherry Casperson, Wal-Mart, St Croix Falls; Amy Johnson, fair board member and writer of the grant; and Geri Christensen, fair treasurer. “The Polk County Fair is almost completely self-sufficient and without support like this would not be able to provide the exceptional county fair they do,” noted Johnson. - Photo submitted

Hinze receives medal for participating

Chris Byerly, head librarian for the Frederic Public Library, introduced a special program to a large audience made up primarily from the older generation of people who love to read. The group gathered in the fellowship hall at St. Luke United Methodist Church, Frederic, Thursday, June 9. Three Twin Cities authors, Carl Brookins, Ellen Hart and William Kent Krueger, known as Kent, talked about their writings for a little over an hour, then sold and autographed copies of the books.

Author Carl Brookins writes books about sailing and told an audience in Frederic that his books have the least amount of violence on a page. “I don’t want to write a book that will embarrass my mother,” Brookins said.

He and the two writers who made the visit to Frederic with him met through The Loft, a writer-training business in Minneapolis. They have been traveling together for the past 10 years and say it makes a lot of sense and is easier to share their resources when they are pushing their books.

Lake Hinze, 7 years old, from Siren, received a medal for participating in the Northern Star Council Cub Scout Grand Prix Pinewood Derby at the Mall of America on June 4. Lake is a Wolf Cub Scout and was the only representative from local Pack No. 564 in the Grand Champion derby after advancing from the Eagle River District race in April. Hundreds of Scouts competed in the races with spectators crowding the main rotunda in the MOA. It was an action-packed, thrilling day for Lake and all the Scouts. – Photo submitted

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Norman Jensen proudly showed off the trophy he won in the kids pedal tractor pull held during Burnett Dairy Day on June 10.

The kids pedal tractor pull proved to be a very popular new addition to The 3-year-old won first place in the 4 years the Dairy Day activities held at Burnett Dairy on June 10. and under category.

Blake Wedin of Trade Lake smiled as he held a kid goat at the petting zoo, set up for kids of all ages to visit, during Burnett Dairy Day last Friday, June 10.

Photos by Priscilla Bauer

Elsie and Gerald Johnson were among hundreds of visitors enjoying free cones, cheese samples and milk during Dairy Day at Burnett Dairy held in celebration of Dairy Month.

Miss Grantsburg Stephanie Miklya and Second Princess Amanda Lindus posed with petting zoo pals during Burnett Dairy’s Dairy Day celebration last Friday.

Ten-year-old Leatta Draughn of Blaine, Minn., had a chance to hold a bunny when she and her grandparents made a stop at Burnett Dairy last Friday.

Children packed the petting zoo at the cooperative’s annual Dairy Day celebration to have a close-up encounter with the baby animals.

UW-Extension Area Agricultural Agent Otto Wiegand visited with a bovine buddy at the Burnett Dairy Cooperative’s annual Dairy Day on June 10.

There was no shortage of smiles as kids cuddled with baby bunnies, kittens, puppies and goats at the petting zoo set up at the annual Dairy Day in Alpha last Friday.

Levi Anderson and other members of the Wood River Beavers 4-H Club servedcheese samples to Dairy Day visitors last Friday at the Burnett Dairy Cooperative.

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April Johnson, graduating Unity FFA member, got a huge hug from Molly Moo when she heard Johnson will be attending UWRiver Falls this fall to start her formal education on her way to becoming a veterinarian.

Photos by Jeanne Alling

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The corn pile was a huge success at the dairy breakfast. During clean up the Unity FFA members took their turns trying to bury Kaina Zygowicz up to her neck in corn! During the event youths could try to find hidden items in the corn pile that were good in exchange for door prizes.

The Polk County Fairest of the Fair royalty helped serve pancakes at the dairy breakfast at the Greg and Karen Peper Farm on Saturday. Savannah Sande, Unity FFA member, assisted in coordinating the food table during the breakfast.

Al Deiss, Centuria, talked to Greg Peper at the dairy breakfast on Saturday before going on a barn tour. Over 300 people attended the breakfast alone, while some came just for the tours.

“I’ve just been served pancakes by the Wisconsin secretary of agriculture!” commented Anthony Kreft, Centuria, at the dairy breakfast on Saturday at the Greg and Karen Peper Farm near Balsam Lake. Ben Brancel, secretary of agriculture, and state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf took time to help the Unity FFA and FFA Alumni serve pancakes. Over 300 people were served pancakes at the dairy breakfast, commented Dan Livingston, Unity FFA Alumni president.

Jenelle Larsen and Beth Johnson, Unity FFA members, were on hand at the Polk County Dairy Breakfast at the Greg and Karen Peper farm Saturday, June 11, handing out informational bags to those attending the breakfast.

The Polk County Junior Holstein members were on hand to give barn tours and had information on comparisons of everyday life to life on the farm.

The Polk Burnett Beekeepers had a display at the dairy breakfast on Saturday, providing a taste of honey as well Hosts of the dairy breakfast on Saturday were Karen, Justin, Carole, Katie and as answering many questions. Other Greg Peper. The Pepers have been producing milk from top-quality Holstein agricultural displays included the Wiscattle for several generations in Polk County. consin Farmer’s Union and the Salvation Army’s Moola for Milk campaign.

USDA Natural Resources and Conservation Service, represented by Keith Zygowicz, and Tim Ritten from the Polk County Land Conservation Office were among agency displays at the dairy breakfast on Saturday. Other displays included the DNR Forestry Department and Farm Service Agency. Educational information was provided also by the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, Farm Bureau and the Ag in the Classroom programs.

Tristan Tillery, Milltown, won the big door prize in the corn pit. It was presented by Justin Peper.

Relay for Life

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Another Illuminating Relay for Life

by Priscilla Bauer Leader staff writer WEBSTER –All around the Webster track, luminarias glowed in the darkness, some symbolizing the hope shining through for people fighting cancer, and others as silent memorials for those who have died from the disease.

The annual Burnett County Relay for Life on Friday, June 10, brought cancer survivors, patients, caregivers and volunteers together to raise money to help those with cancer and to find a cure.

Ten teams were represented at this year’s Relay for Life, the Wonderland Snowmobile Club, Peregrine Saints, Sam’s Club (sponsored by Sam’s Motor Express), Bethany Trackers, Pink Ladies (sponsored by Burnett Medical Center and Burnett County Sentinel), Skipper’s Squad, Pickle Lake Ladies (sponsored by Northwoods Crossing), Team Yukon and Anytime Fitness.

The Wonderland Snowmobile Club team raised the most funds, over $7,000, for the Relay. The total amount of money raised so far for Relay 2011 is over $32,500. The final amount brought in for 2011 will be announced later this summer at the end of the fundraising effort on Aug. 20.

“We need $8,000 more to make our goal,” said Michele Gullickson-Moore, the American Cancer Society community relations coordinator for Polk and Burnett counties.

“It’s such an honor to work with such committed volunteers,” commented Gullickson-Moore of this year’s Relay.

“They raise so much money for Burnett County cancer patients — despite economic downturns and competing causes – their message of hope and healing really touches folks. Everyone on those teams has someone they’ve lost to cancer or someone who’s fighting it. It makes people get fired up and do all the various fundraising activities they do when they have someone they’re doing it for.”

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Cancer survivors hold the Relay banner as they get ready for to take the survivors lap around the Webster track to start this year’s Burnett County Relay for Life Friday, June 10. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer

Michele Gullickson-Moore, ACS community relations coordinator for Polk and Burnett counties, asked Nina Wicklund, a 62year survivor, why she “Relayed.” Wicklund’s response was short and simple, “Because it makes me feel good.”

Two-year cancer survivor, Tom Oswald, put on his survivor shirt in preparation of the survivor’s lap around the Webster track Friday evening to start this year’s Burnett County Relay for Life.

RIGHT: All around the Webster track, luminarias glowed in the darkness, symbols to the hope shining through for people with cancer, and others as silent memorials for those who have died from cancer. Each luminaria was inscribed with either the names of those fighting the disease or of those who had lost their battle with cancer.

Jean Lodermeier and Don Hills dressed for the windy and cool conditions as they walked around the Webster track Friday evening.

Cancer survivor, Sena Christopherson gave fellow survivor Nina Wicklund a ride around the Webster track during last weekend’s Relay for Life.

The St. Croix Trails Dance Troupe led by Mark Soulier, with youth dancers Mika and Michele Homesky performed a traditional Native American healing dance before the start of the Friday, June 10, Relay for Life.

Breakfast at Wayne's Foods Plus

Mmmmm ...The look on the face says another satisfied customer.

Serving up breakfast at Wayne’s Foods Plus Saturday morning, June 11, are Bob Dueholm, front, and Gary Erickson, members of Luck Lions. The Lions Club and the fire department took turns at the serving table as part of Wayne’s community appreciation event.

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There’s nothing like a good breakfast to make a youngster happy.

Wayne’s Foods Plus in Luck, Webster and Danbury each hosted a free community appreciation breakfast Saturday morning, providing pancakes, sausage, coffee and orange juice. The Lions Clubs and fire departments in each community made and served the breakfast, and received a $250 check from Wayne’s.

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The cooks were kept busy serving the crowd.

According to the members of the Danbury Fire Department, who were serving the food, the line of customers formed up at 7:15 a.m. and was long throughout the morning.

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Billed as “The Nation’s Premiere Led Zeppelin Experience,” the band Zed Leppelin performed at the Overlook Deck in St. Croix Falls last Friday evening, June 10, as part of the Music on the Overlook series of concerts and performances. A capacity crowd listened to the band perform a large portion of the legendary rock band’s classics such as “Immigrant Song,” “Whole Lotta Love” and “Stairway to Heaven.” This was the second in a series of 10 Friday night concerts and events sponsored by area businesses. This Friday the Cromulent Theatre of Minneapolis presents Shakespeare. The free MOTO events begin at 6:30 p.m., and those attending are asked to bring their own lawn chairs. - Photos by Gary King

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10 a.m. - Friends Of The Library - Bake & Book Sale At the Frederic Public Library, 127 Oak St. W. 327-4979 Book Sale - 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Bake Sale - 10 a.m. - till gone

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Depot is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

10 a.m.-4 p.m. - Art Medley Display & Kickoff At the Frederic Arts Center.

1:30 p.m. - Kiddie Parade No Theme - Just come dressed up for fun.

Line up 1 p.m. at Bremer Bank parking lot.

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2-8 p.m. - Pork Roast Fundraiser At Fire Hall. By Frederic Fire Department. Adults $7, Children 12 & Under $5.

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Thrivent Financial's Polk-Burnett Chapter honored for 2010 outreach

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Efforts rewarded with additional funding for Polk and Burnett Interfaith Caregivers

the Polk-Burnett Chapter was honored for achieving Chapter of Excellence status, and leaders learned more about the organization’s mission to protect members and help them be wise with their money and generous with their gifts. - submitted

POLK/BURNETT COUNTIES – The Polk-Burnett Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans recently received the organization’s 2010 Chapter of Excellence Award. Chapter leaders received the honor for their exemplary efforts in volunteerism, fundraising, membership growth and engaging Thrivent members in various social, educational and benevolent activities.

“Volunteers are typically the last people who want to be recognized, but Polk-Burnett Chapter volunteers deserve this recognition for their outstanding work in strengthening area families, nonprofits, congregations and ministries,” said Lisa Warren, manager of Lutheran engagement for Thrivent Financial’s Northeastern Minnesota/Northwestern Wisconsin Region.

The Polk-Burnett Chapter was one of just six chapters in the region to receive additional funding for their outstanding performance. The chapter received $200, which will be directed locally to Polk and Burnett counties Interfaith Caregivers.

In addition, the Polk-Burnett Chapter was recognized at a recent Chapter Presidents Summit at the Thrivent Financial Corporate Center in Minneapolis. At this event,

Local Thrivent Financial outreach efforts led to additional local funding from the branch for Interfaith Caregivers of Polk and Burnett counties.

Thrivent and Interfaith representatives met on Thursday, June 9, for an award ceremony in Luck. Pictured, front row (L to R): Bonnie Corcoran, Eldon Freese and Karen Krupa. Middle row: Matt Bobick, Tammy Berg, Dianne Blahauvietz and Larry Blahauvietz. Back row: Cris Moore and Dorothy Richard. – Photo by Greg Marsten

Youth tractor and machinery training dates set will be held at the Spooner Agricultural Research Station on Tuesday through Thursday, June 20, 21 and 23, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Youth participating in this course will receive classroom instruction and supervised tractor-driving experience.

Students must be at least 12 years old to enroll and must attend all training sessions and complete written and driving examinations in order to be certified. Preregistration is required. There will be a $20 fee for the course.

To preregister for the training, contact Lorraine Toman

Slower traffic keep right: Drivers must allow faster traffic to pass in the left lane on divided highways

Captain Frenette says, “When slower moving vehicles use the right lane, traffic flows more smoothly with less congestion and road rage, which certainly helps make our highways safer and more efficient.” — from Wisconsin State Patrol Northwest Region Spooner Post

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SPOONER — Many divided highways in Wisconsin have signs that warn “slower traffic keep right.” That advice is backed by state law.

Any vehicle traveling at less than the normal speed of traffic must be driven in the right lane (or as close as practicable) except when overtaking or passing another vehicle, according to Wisconsin law. A citation for violating this law costs $213.10 with four demerit points assessed on the driver’s license.

“Even when you’re driving at the posted speed limit, you should not try to force faster drivers to slow down by blocking the left lane, which usually leads to more tailgating, road rage and other problems. It certainly doesn’t slow down other drivers for long,” says Captain Jeff Frenette of the Wisconsin State Patrol, Northwest Region.

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Unity

Taking a chance on some games were Unity graduates at their grad party. The Unity bucks they earned were used on an auction to purchase gifts donated by area businesses, organizations and individuals.

LEFT: Kari Owens and Emily Stelling were among Unity graduates who enjoyed the caricature drawings of themselves as a part of their grad party.

To register for the following classes/events, please call or e-mail the community ed office, 715825-2101, Ext. 1560.

Ongoing classes Water aerobics Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5 to 5:45 p.m. Sixweek sessions starting on June 28, Aug. 9, Sept.

20 and Nov. 1. Please write check out to WITC. Prices increased as of June 1: For 12 classes: $52 or $28 for seniors age 62 and better. For 6 classes: $28 or $16 for seniors age 62 and better.

Basic Education for Adults. Classes held at Polk County Job Center in Balsam Lake: Tuesdays, 1 – 4:30 p.m., Wednesdays, 1 – 4 p.m., Thursdays, 12:30 – 3 p.m. Cost: Free, please register by calling Polk County Job Center at 715-4853115. Instructor: Becky Peterson.

Zumba (Latin dance party exercise). Class dates: For the months of June, July and August, classes will be held on Mondays only, 7 – 8 p.m.

Cost: Six classes for $30, or 12 classes for $54, payable to instructor, you can just show up and purchased your punchard at class. Location: Auditorium. Instructor: Michelle Flaherty, licensed Zumba instructor.

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Unity’s graduation lock-in party was sponsored by area businesses, organizations and individuals. The graduates enjoyed music, food, games, swimming and door prizes.

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• Pokeno, 1 p.m.

• 500, 6:30 p.m.

• Open 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

• Open 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

• Open 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

• Dime Bingo, 1 p.m.

• Monthly Senior Meeting, 3rd Tues.

• Exercise, 10-11 a.m.

• Skip-Bo, 11 a.m.-Noon • 500 Cards & Dominoes, 12:30-4 p.m.

• Cribbage, a.m.

• 500 Cards, 1 p.m.,

• Dining at 5, Every 1st Thursday

• Spades, 1 p.m.,

•= Exercise, 10-11 a.m.

•= Skip-Bo, 11 a.m.-Noon • 500, 6:30-10 p.m.

• Bridge, 10 a.m.-Noon • Bingo, 1st & 3rd Friday, 1-3 p.m.

• AA Meeting, 7 p.m.

• Senior Monthly Meeting, 3rd Tues.

• Men’s Wii Bowling, 9:30 a.m.

• Dime Bingo, 12:30 p.m.

• Mixed Wii Bowling, 9:30 a.m.

•= Dining at Five Every 2nd Wednesday, 5 p.m.

• Cards & Pool, 7-9 p.m.

• Ruby’s, Siren, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

• SCF, 1-4 p.m., 715-483-2920

• Frederic, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 715-327-4425 • SCF, 9 a.m.-Noon

• SCF, Noon-6 p.m.

•= Ruby’s, Siren, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

• Frederic, 2-6 p.m.

• SCF, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

• Siren VFW Aux., 2nd Wed., the hall, 7:30 p.m.

• Frederic Legion Aux. 249 Every 3rd Thurs., Golden Oaks, 7 p.m.

St. Croix Falls Senior Center

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• Good Sam, St. Croix Falls, 5:45 p.m., 715-483-3666

Meat Raffles

• Webster Lioness At Last Call, 6 p.m.

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• Webster Chamber At The Tap, 5:30 p.m.

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Farmers Market

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DNR Hunter Safety Certification. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 8 to Oct. 4, 7 – 9:30 p.m. at the elementary cafeteria (and Saturday, Oct. 1, at Balsam Lake Rod and Gun Club, 9 – 11 a.m.) 7 to 9:30 p.m., elementary cafeteria. Cost: $10, payable on first night to community ed. Instructor: Jeremey Bengtson and Unity crew volunteers. A parent or legal guardian should accompany child on first night. Students need to bring their nine-digit DNR numbers, or obtain one prior to class by calling 888-936-7463. Students may not bring firearms to class.

Learn to Knit a Funky Big Cable Scarf. Date: Thursdays, Sept. 15, 22 and 29, 6 – 8 p.m. at the high school, room 128. Cost: $28 ($12 for seniors age 62 or better) Registration fee to WITC. Instructor: Adela Jensen.

Fall Gardening Know-how. Date: Tuesday, Sept. 27, 6 – 8 p.m., at the high school, Room 128 and outside. Cost: $5 per person, registration to community education.

Learn to Knit a French Market Bag. Date: Wednesdays, Oct. 5 and 12, and Thursday, Oct. 20, 6 to 8 p.m., at the high school, Room 128. Instructor: Adela Jensen. Cost: $28 ($12 for seniors age 62 or better) Registration fee to WITC.

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Overeaters Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., 715-268-6605

715-349-7810

Food Shelf

3-5; 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. - Infants ages 6 months to 3 years. July 18-22 only.

Wild plant and herb identification walk. Saturday, Aug. 13, 10 a.m. – noon. Location: Meet in Room 128, then head out to the Unity Nature Trail.

Cost: $10 per person, $17 per couple; $20 family.

Registration to community education. Instructor: Dr. Helly Hagenbuch.

Unity Eagle apparel and equipment giveaway. The Unity Booster Club is sponsoring the Unity Eagle Apparel and Equipment Giveaway at Unity School open house on Thursday, Aug. 25, 4 – 8 p.m. You may drop off your items in the high school office on any of these days: Aug. 16, 18, 22 or 24. Some of the slightly used items being sought are: shoes (basketball, football, track, volleyball, baseball, wrestling); equipment (headgear, baseball gloves, bats, tennis rackets, etc); apparel (Unity logo clothing, singlets, etc.). Please help to make this a huge success. Save those items.

African Violets A to Z. Date: TBA, 6 – 7 p.m. at the high school, Room 128. Cost: $10 per person, $17 per couple, $20 per family, registration to community education. Instructor: Pat Mattson.

• Wii golf, 9 a.m.

Frederic Senior Center • Spades, 1 p.m.

Luck Senior Center Siren Senior Center

Webster Senior Center

Unity Community Education

Classes will be held Thursdays, June 2 to July 7, 6 – 7 p.m., and Sundays, June 5 to July 17, 5 – 6 p.m. (skip July 3). Cost is $30 for six classes, $54 for 12 classes. Registration to community education. Location: Upper gym. Instructor: Christina Atkinson, certified personal trainer.

Nifty Thrifty Shopping Trip. Saturday, July 9, leave the Unity school near Balsam Lake at 7:30 a.m. and return at 6 p.m. The cost is $29. Limited seats available, call Unity Community Ed to reserve yours now. Registration fee to Community Ed. Red Cross Swim Lessons. Monday through Friday, July 18 – 29, $30 per student, registration to community education. Red Cross Certified Instructors: Laurie Paulsen and Jeanne Wallis. Times are subject to adjustment, depending upon final enrollment. Instructors will call with changes. Registration deadline is noon on Thursday, July 14. No late registrations will be accepted. If registering by phone, please leave a voicemail, all calls will be returned for confirmation. If registering by mail, please allow one week for delivery. 11:15 a.m. to noon - Red Cross Levels 1 and 2; noon to 12:45 p.m. - Red Cross Levels 3 and up; 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. - Pre-level one, typically for ages 3-5; 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. - Prelevel one, typically for ages

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• Grantsburg Village Hall, noon-2 p.m. (starts June 20)

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•= First Baptist Church, Webster, 9:30 a.m., 715-349-2332

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• Cushing Legion At Suzy Q’s, 6:30 p.m.

• Siren Lions At Midtown Tavern, 5 p.m.

• Danbury Fire & Lions Club, Yellow River Saloon, 5:30 p.m.

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• Fishbowl Sportsmen’s Club At Smitty’s Saloon, 5-7 p.m.

• Snowciables At Thirsty Otter, 6 p.m.

• Grantsburg Legion, 6:30 p.m.

• Sportsmen’s Club, Yellow River Saloon, 5 p.m.

• Hockey Assoc. At Dreamers, 6:30 p.m.

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• Trinity Lutheran Church, Osceola, 8:30 a.m., 715-755-3123

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• Siren Lions At Jed’s Laker Lounge, 5 p.m.

• Lake Country Riders At The Pour House, 5:30 p.m.

• Webster Lions At Gandy Dancer Saloon, 4:30 p.m.

• S.N.O.W.S., West Sweden Skol Haus, 7 p.m.

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• Siren Lions At Howl’n Saloon, 4 p.m.

• Wild About Education At Wild Waters, Danbury, 3:30 p.m.

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A place to gather and scatter

Eternal

Perspectives Sally Bair

The benefits of praise

We enjoy watching animal shows on TV. My favorites are about newborns that romp and play around their mothers in the prairie grass, on mountaintops, and under water. Their antics tickle my insides. Perhaps they make God, their Creator, laugh too. Perhaps their exuberance at life is simply their way to praise him.

Human children are just as uninhibited and exuberant in their playful praise. Watching a toddler splash in water or run through raindrops brings sheer pleasure and joy to our hearts.

God’s heart receives our exuberant praise with joy, too. He encourages us to praise him – whether we clap our hands, shout, sing and dance, or raise our hands. He encourages us to be still before him, which is another way to offer praise.

Praise is a powerful tool that hinders the devil’s plans. Through praise, God brings us out of our spiritual slumps. Through praise, he breaks our habits of complaining. Through praise, he replaces our fears with faith and turns our negative thoughts to positive.

Praise is a discipline we all should learn. When we’re in a slump or facing a difficult situation, we can choose to praise God in and for the situation as we go through it. The Bible tells us, “Therefore by him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name.” (Hebrews 13:15) Think of it this way: when you don’t feel like praising God, decide to sacrifice your feelings and do it anyway. Such beautiful sacrifice brings great rewards. Such sacrifice brings a sense of God’s power and presence like nothing else. When we offer praise to God before the battle is won, we open the way for him to bring us victory. Praise in the tough times brings us hope and encouragement and power to meet our adversaries. What are our adversaries?

The temptation to smoke or do drugs or eat too much, the feeling of helplessness or fear or anger, the pain of rejection or illness or grief.

Lord, no matter what our age or circumstance, help us to be as exuberant as a baby critter in our praises to God. We agree with the psalmist: “I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” (Psalm 34:1) In Jesus’ name we offer you our sacrifice of praise. Amen.

Mrs. Bair may be reached at sallybair@gmail.com

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Members and friends of North Valley Lutheran Church, Eureka, gathered Sunday, June 12, to dedicate a new addition to their 118-year-old church. The addition makes the church handicapped accessible and adds meeting and office space.

North Valley Lutheran dedicates addition

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer EUREKA – “This is a place to gather and scatter,” Bishop Duane Pederson of the Northwest Synod of Wisconsin, ELCA, told the congregation and guests Sunday, June 12 as the North Valley Lutheran Church in Eureka dedicated a new addition to the 118-year-old church building. Bishop Pederson went on to say that the church is the people in mission and engaged in the world and a church building is where they gather to worship, to gather before they scatter to do God’s work. He then praised the congregation for its growth and mission.

Bishop Pederson added “Nice digs.”

The new “digs” are a new entryway to the church, complete with an elevator, and a new gathering hall and expanded basement area. This fits with North Valley’s mission to reach out to all people, including the physically challenged. The addition doubles the size of the building. But left intact is the original sanctuary with its stained-glass windows. The congregation completed the addition within six years of first proposing the idea.

The sanctuary of North Valley Lutheran remains the same as when it was built in 1893. – Photos by Gregg Westigard

North Valley Lutheran Church, on CTH G, 220th Avenue, three miles west of Milltown, has been a part of the community since 1879. The Rev. Margaret “Maggie” Isaacson is the pastor.

LogistiCare transportation scheduling starting Friday

by Jessica Beecroft WASHBURN COUNTY – LogistiCare, a state-contracted company, will provide nonemergency medical assistance transportation starting July 1. As of Friday, June 17, they will start scheduling rides. LogistiCare does not own vehicles or compete with local networks of professional transportation companies.

The networks consist of local, commercial, nonprofit and public transportation companies. They are continuously partnering with high-quality providers to deliver a transportation service that is safe, reliable and timely.

The Washburn County Department of Aging will continue to provide nonemergency medical transporta-

From 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

tion for people who are elderly/disabled and not on medical assistance.

A van for the handicapped was purchased with a grant through the Unit of Aging and utilized by Namekagon Transit for the elderly/disabled for various activities, not just medical transportation. To schedule your ride, please call 1-800-486-7647.

OBITUARY Robert E. Olson Jr.

Robert E. Olson Jr., 61, Webster, died June 10, 2011.

Graveside service will be held Friday, June 17, at 1 p.m., at Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spooner. A full obituary will follow at a later date. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

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Allen L. Beck

Leonard “Lenny” Joseph Hines

Leonard “Lenny” Joseph Hines, 91, Ellsworth, passed away Sunday, June 12, 2011, at his residence while in the care of his children and hospice.

Leonard was born on March 6, 1920, in the town of El Paso, to Joseph S. and Emma (Seifert) Hines. He was raised with four brothers and one sister. Leonard was a 1939 graduate of Ellsworth High School. He was a lifelong resident and farmer of Pierce County.

He married Helen T. Murphy on June 24, 1941. Together they farmed on a beautiful dairy farm seven miles East of Ellsworth. Because he was so successful, he was often asked for advice by other farmers in the area. Leonard and Helen enjoyed dancing and singing together during their 65 years of marriage.

Leonard had a special fondness for music and began his own band called the Hindenders, in which he played the banjo. His dad, J.S., played the violin and his brother, Shirley Berry, 64, Grantsburg, passed away June 3, at Dick, accompanied them on the accordian. They played at the Frederic Nursing and Rehab Community. several area parades and always at Hines Bar on New Memorial services were held Thursday, June 9, at the Year’s Eve (owned by his brother Dick). Audiences were Bethany Lutheran Church in Grantsburg. welcome and invited to join in the singing and dancing.

The Edling Funeral Home, Grantsburg, was entrusted The outdoors had a special attraction for him, and with arrangements. every year he looked forward to the fishing opener and deer hunting season. Leonard passed on his passion for nature by teaching his children the necessary skills, stressing the importance of safety whenever handling a gun or fishing pole.

He is survived by his eight children: Douglas (MariZachary Scott Lowe, 22, Luck, passed away on Monlyn) Hines of Ellsworth, Larry (Mary) Hines of Ellsworth, day, June 13, 2011, in Johnstown Anita (Steve) Hakes of Menomonie, Shirley (Roger) Township.

Schommer of Hager City, Marilyn (Barry) Place of Zachary was born on July 11, 1988, Ellsworth, Carol (Rick) O’Connell of Plum City, Linda in Amery, the son of Scott Lowe and Szempruch of Ellsworth, Brenda (Jeff) Dahl of Spring ValLara Lowe. ley; 18 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren, and Zachary attended Unity School as several step-grandchildren; brother, Lester (Joyce) Hines a student. He was currently emof Ellsworth; and sister, Maxine Close of Ellsworth. ployed by the St. Croix Tribal EnterHe was preceded in death by his wife, Helen of 65 prises. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, years; son, Timothy; his parents, J.S. and Emma Hines; snowmobiling, riding his ATV and brothers, Bernard, Richard ”Dick” and Walt; three sistersspending time with his family and in-law and one brother-in-law. friends.

Leonard, our dad, grandpa, great-grandpa, brother and Funeral service for Zachary will be uncle will be remembered and missed for his love of life, held on Thursday, June 16, 2011, at 2 p.m., at the Round stories, good humor, generosity, hearty laugh, kind and Lake Community Center in rural Luck. The visitation gentle spirit and his signature suspenders. began Wednesday at noon at the Community Center and Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m., Thursday, June will continue until service time on Thursday. Zachary 16, at St. Francis Catholic Church, Ellsworth. Fr. Roy will be laid to rest at the Johnstown Township Cemetery Witucki will officiate. Burial will be in the Lost Creek following the service.

Cemetery. Visitation will be at St. Francis from 4-8 p.m.

He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Richard on Wednesday, and for one hour prior to the Mass on Lowe; and leaves to celebrate his memory, father, Scott Thursday.

Pallbearers will be Darren Hines, Ben Hines, Lance (Shelly) Lowe; mother, Lara Lowe; sister, Megan Lowe; brothers, Jordan and Brady Lowe; maternal grandmother, Place, Andy Hines, Kristen Reynolds and LeMar Hines.

Marlene Mitchell; paternal grandmother, Phyllis Lowe; Honorary pallbearers will be Kim Fischer, Angela loving companion, Ashley Forehand; aunts, uncles and Amundson, Hailie Dahl, Becky Miller, Mindy Hakes, Afton Hakes, Crystal O’Connell, Lindsey Trebil, Julie Gibother loving family and friends.

For more information, please contact the Kolstad Fam- lin, Jenny Kruse, Annette Machalk and Lana Hines. For ily Funeral Home or to express online condolences, online condolences go to www.hillfuneralservice.com Hill Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Ellsworth, please visit www.kolstadfamilyfuneralhome.com.

The Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria has was entrusted with arrangements. been entrusted with arrangements.

Allen L. Beck, 69, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at the Tidewell Hospice House in Port Charlotte, Fla. He was born in Tyler, Minn., to Eddie and Dora Beck.

They moved to rural Milltown, where he grew up. They moved to Eau Claire, his senior year, and he went to the University of Wisconsin in Eau Claire and became a nuclear chemist. He then moved to California and worked at the Atomic Energy Commision at UCLA. He then moved to southern California and worked for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station until retiring in 2005.

He married Lauralye in 2005 and they moved to Punta Gorda, Fla. Allen loved to fish, so he thought Florida was the place to retire. He is survived by his wife, Lauralye; sister, Phyllis Books; nephew, Greg Books; niece, Kirsten Seale and stepsons, Kevin and Randy Pedersen.

Shirley Berry

Zachary Scott Lowe

Edis C. Calder

Edis C. Calder, 96, resident of the United Pioneer Home in Luck, died Saturday, June 11, 2011.

A graveside service will be held at the Luck Village Cemetery on Thursday, June 16, 2011, at 10 a.m.

Online condolences may be left at www.rowefh.com.

Please continue to check this Web site for updated information or call Bruce Rowe at 715-472-2444.

Rowe Funeral Home of Luck has been entrusted with funeral arrangements.

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Clarence W. Peterson

A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 18, 2011, at 11 a.m., at the Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Frederic.

Lunch and fellowship will follow the service from noon-3 p.m. at his residence, 303 Peterson Lane, Frederic. For directions, call Warren at 715-491-3573 or Marilyn at 538546 42-43Lp 651-373-3248.

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THANK YOU For all the kindness you have shown, we thank you very much, with gratitude our hearts are full, though words cannot convey the tender thoughts and thankfulness we hold for all of you today. Special thanks to ARMC, Dr. Craig Johnson and staff at the Wound Care Center, in Amery the Adoray & Hospice nursing care staff. Pastor Mel for all his caring visits, the Fristad serving group for serving the meal after the service. Thanks to those who brought food and flowers to Mom’s home.

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Deanna Olson

Deanna J. Olson, 70, Dresser, passed away at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday, June 9, 2011.

Deanna was born on June 20, 1940 in Spirit, the daughter of Robert and Florence (Johnson) Calhoun. She graduated from Tripoli High School in 1958. She married Robert Bernitt, Medford, on June 21, 1958, and from this union two sons were born, Robert and Shane. Deanna and sons later moved to Dresser, where she married Lyle J. Olson on Dec 31, 1964. From this union one son was born, Mark. Deanna lived in Dresser for the remainder of her life. She worked for UFE, Inc. for over 30 years, where she developed long-lasting friendships with many of her co-workers. Even after retirement, she would enjoy getting together with them to talk about the fun times they shared. Deanna was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary.

Deanna enjoyed gardening – we could count on her for coming up with new project ideas for the house or garden and delegating work to family members in order to help accomplish the goal. Fishing was a favorite activity (and listening to the stories that went along with the sport).

She also loved relaxing on the deck and visiting with her many friends and relatives. She cherished the time spent with family and friends.

She is survived by her sons, Robert Bernitt of St. Croix Falls, Shane Bernitt (Brenda) of Cushing, and Mark Olson (Julie) of Woodbury, Minn.; stepsons, Michael Olson (Becky) and Bruce Olson (Holly) of Chanhassen, Minn.; grandchildren, Bailey Bernitt, Barkley Bernitt, Spencer Olson and Ethan Olson; step-grandchildren, Daniel Olson, Parker Olson, Macneil Olson and Anders Olson; sister, MaryLou Lund (Jack) of Dresser; brothers, Jim Calhoun (Bev), Gary Calhoun (Judi), Gene Calhoun (Lennie) of Tomahawk and Bob Gatz (Jane) of Buena Park, Calif.; sisters-in-law, Shirley Calhoun of Balsam Lake, Joanne Calhoun of Catawba and Karen Calhoun of Tomahawk.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Florence Calhoun; first husband, Robert Bernitt; second husband, Lyle Olson; brothers, Robert, Donald, Dick, Charles, Elmer (Calhoun) and George Clark.

Funeral services were held on Monday, June 13, at Peace Lutheran Church in Dresser, with the Rev. Wayne Deloach officiating. Music was provided by vocalist Shawn Gudmunsen and pianist Ronda Haley.

Online condolences may be left at www.rowefh.com or www.wicremationcenter.com. Please continue to check the Web sites for updated information or call Bruce Rowe at 715-472-2444.

Rowe Funeral Home of Luck and the Northwest Wisconsin Cremation Center in Milltown were entrusted with funeral arrangements.

Arthur D. Harlander

Arthur D. Harlander, 88, Sun City, Ariz., passed away May 9, 2011, from complication of dementia.

Art was born to Oscar and Clara Davidson Harlander on Nov. 28, 1922. He grew up on a farm near Dresser and graduated from St. Croix Falls High School in 1941.

Art married his lifetime best friend, Phyllis Pearson, on April 6, 1946, at Taylors Falls, Minn. This year, they celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. They farmed in the Dresser area until Art started working for the 3M Company in St. Paul, Minn. He retired from 3M in 1988.

In 1993, Art and Phyllis moved to their current home in Sun City, Ariz.

He is survived by his wife, Phyllis; his sons, Gary (Nancy) and Rod (Jan); four grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren; nephews, Paul (Patty) Wester and Dale (Judy) Wester.

He was preceded in death by his parents and sisters, Alice (Art) Wester and Lorene Harlander.

Memorial service was held May 13, 2011, at American Lutheran Church in Sun City, Ariz., with interment at the Church Columbarium. Art and his giggle will be sorely missed by all.

Bradley Eugene Heinrich

Bradley Eugene Heinrich, 34, Creston, Iowa, died suddenly from a heart attack on June 8, 2011, at his home.

Brad was born on Aug. 9, 1976, to Gene and Arlene Heinrich in Forest Lake, Minn. He was raised in St. Paul, Minn., and Trade Lake. Brad graduated from Frederic High School in 1994. He graduated from WITC with a two-year degree in information technology in 1998 and Brown College in 2010, with a degree in radio broadcasting.

Brad was most recently working as news director at KSIB Radio in Creston, Iowa. This was a lifelong dream for him. Brad was a loving, caring man with the biggest heart. He was an exceptional son, brother, uncle, godfather and friend. There are no words to express how much he will be missed.

Brad is survived by his parents, Gene and Arlene Heinrich, Grantsburg; sisters, Melissa (Chuck) Fair, Prescott and Susan (Mike) Moravitz, Turtle Lake; nieces and nephews, Brenna and Jack Ryan, Isaac Fair, Mason, Cameryn and Evan Moravitz; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 14, at Zion Lutheran Church, Trade Lake.

The Edling Funeral Home of Grantsburg was entrusted with arrangements.

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Father’s Day a time to remember what makes a good dad

Focus on the Family

Fourth, effective fathers protect and provide for their kids. This means not only putting a roof over their heads, but also knowing their emotional needs.

Fifth, effective fathers love their children’s mother. Canfield calls this “one of the best things you can do for your kids.”

Dads need to go on dates with their wives and show them affection in front of the kids.

Sixth, effective fathers are active listeners. They pay attention when their kids talk to them and block out distractions.

Finally, effective fathers spiritually equip their children. They take them to church and teach them to pray.

Some of these principles won’t apply until your daughter is older, but ingrain them in your mind now. Happy Father’s Day, and may God bless you in your role as a dad!

••• Q: My husband and I have been married for almost 15 years. We have two children together, and we have just grown apart. We live under the same roof, but don’t seem to communicate.

Recently I’ve started voicing my unhappiness, but my husband doesn’t seem to be too concerned, and if anything, seems shocked that I’m unhappy. What do I do?

Juli: During the busyness of raising kids and managing life, it’s pretty normal for couples in your life stage to feel like the connection has gone out of your marriage. It is also common for you to be more sensitive to this lack of intimacy than your husband is. In general, women desire more emotional intimacy in marriage and are the first to notice when you begin to drift apart.

You didn’t mention any major conflicts that are contributing to “drifting apart.”

This is good. However, if your marriage continues to drift, you’ll become more and more vulnerable to a crisis like infidelity. Now is the time to change things.

Since your husband doesn’t think there’s a problem, he may not be interested in marriage counseling. However, he might be willing to read a good book together on marriage or even attend a weekend marriage conference.

One of the simplest and most important things you can do is to start investing time in one another. Plan a date night at least twice a month. Take 15 to 20 minutes a day to check in with each other. Go out of your way to connect during the day with a quick text that says “I’m thinking about you” or a sweet note with

lipstick on the mirror. These might seem like very minor adjustments, but they can make a big difference in working toward intimacy.

Finally, don’t give up. Many couples go through stretches in which marriage is not fun or emotionally fulfilling. Investing through these rough spots will build an even deeper emotional connection for the future of your marriage.

••• 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, co-host 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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TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. - Together with Friends is kicking off its 15th-annual Summer Day Camp program meeting the first week Tuesday and Thursday, June 21 and June 23, at the First Baptist Church in Taylors Falls.

Kids looking for a fun activity with friends are encouraged to join them for an exciting day. Together with Friends meets Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 9 a.m.

to noon, June 21 through July 26. Together with Friends is a cooperative effort of the First Baptist, First Evangelical Lutheran and United Methodist churches in Taylors Falls, Minn. Funds raised for Together with Friends are supplemented by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Chisago County Chapter. The day camp meets at each of the sponsoring churches on a rotating schedule throughout the summer.

There will be no day camp July 5.

All kids who have finished first through fifth grade are welcome to attend.

Registration forms are available at any of the sponsoring churches. Kids can attend any or all of the session and can register at the church the first day they attend.

Mornings at Together with Friends include active games (wear tennis shoes), crafts, singing, Bible stories, snacks, meet-

ing friends and having fun. For more information call Pastor Kevin at 651-4656792. - submitted

FREDERIC – St. Luke United Methodist Church is once again hosting their Family Days Café on Friday, June 17, from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. It is a longstanding tradition in the church. It used to

be called Sidewalk Café, because it was held on the sidewalk in front of the old hospital in town. After the addition to the church many years ago, it was moved to the church’s new dining room to give peo-

ple a place to sit and relax while they eat.

The menu includes sloppy joes, potato salad and pie. Mary Young is in charge again this year so you know it will be good! Everyone is welcome. - submitted

Q: This will be my first Father’s Day (our daughter was born four months ago). Quite frankly, the entire concept scares me. Who thought it would be a good idea to let me be a dad? I don’t think I have what it takes.

Jim: If you’re not a little scared at the thought of being a parent, there’s probably something wrong. It’s a tough assignment – but it’s also one of God’s greatest gifts.

Years ago, my friend, Dr. Ken Canfield, wrote a book called “The Seven Secrets of Effective Fathers.” Perhaps you’ll find these principles empowering as you start your journey.

First, effective fathers are committed to their children. Nothing else can fill a dad’s role, not TV, not school and not even Mom. Fathers need to be there for their kids.

Second, effective fathers know their children. They ask them questions, spend time on their turf, and help them develop their own talents and interests.

Third, effective fathers are consistent in their attitudes and behavior. They keep their promises. Their lives are characterized by regularity and predictability.

Jim Daly

Juli Slattery

Brought to you by:

Siren/Lewis United Methodist Churches Siren, Wis.

Together with Friends Day Camp begins 25th summer

St. Luke's hosting Family Days Cafe

Lewis, Wis.

Christian women to meet

GRANTSBURG – The Grantsburg Christian Women’s Club monthly meeting will be held Tuesday, June 21, at the Grantsburg Senior Center at 9 a.m. The speaker will be Karen Mitchell from Ely, Minn., who is an expert in window treatment and seasonal decorating.

All women are invited. To set up a reservation call 715-463-5207. – 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”

CARLSON-ROWE FUNERAL HOME Frederic, Wis. 715-327-4475 Duane Lindh

HAULING • Gravel • Sand • Rock • Top Soil • Trackhoe 715-472-2717 Mobile 715-491-1861 1065 290th Ave. Frederic, Wis.

R&S TRUCKING • Gravel • Sand • Rock • Topsoil • Track Hoe 715-554-0526 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

WEBSTER

ALPHA

CUSHING

CASHCO BUILDING SUPPLIES

BASS LAKE LUMBER

CUSHING COOPERATIVE SOCIETY

Complete Lumber & Building Supplies Phone 715-866-4238 Hwy. 35 N. Webster, Wis. Tom & Becky O’Brien, Owners

HOPKINS SAND & GRAVEL, INC. Sand, Gravel, Ready-Mix, Concrete, Black Dirt, Dozer Work, Landscaping & Septic Tanks Installed

• Complete Line of Building Supplies & Lumber • Cabot’s Stains Grantsburg, Wis. 715-488-2471 or 715-327-8766

BURNETT DAIRY CO-OP 1988 World Champion Cheesemaker Earl Wilson, Cheese Plant Mgr. Dan Dowling, Ag. Supply Mgr. for Feed, Propane & Fertilizer Alpha, Wis. 715-689-2468 715-689-2467

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

Hwy. 35 North Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-4157 M.P.R.S. #03059

SWEDBERG-TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-7131 Churches 6/11

FREDERIC

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

Any area business wishing to help sponsor the church listings should contact the Leader at 715-327-4236.

CHURCH ChurchDIRECTORY Directory

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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 Keith Radiske 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 Roger Kastelle, 715-755-2562 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Contemporary Serv. 8:30 a.m.; Adult Ed & Sunday School 9:30 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, Adult Bible Study 8:30; Worship 9:30 a.m.; Fellowship 10:30 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 www.clamfalls-zion-aalcparish.net 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 561 Chestnut St., Taylors Falls, MN 651-465-5265 Traditional Worship 8:30 a.m.; Education Hour 9:45 a.m.; Contemp. Wor. 11 a.m.

Sun., May 29: One Worship Serv. 9 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 - 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st, 3rd & 5th 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 Sat. Serv. 7 p.m.; Sun. Serv. 9 a.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 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

METHODIST

METHODIST

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST GRANTSBURG Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Worship - 9 a.m.; Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

DANBURY UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “G” Sun. Wor. - 9:15 a.m.; Wed. Wor. 6:30 p.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Gerald Heinecke Church Phone 715-866-7191 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10:30 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST

PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA) 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.

GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER

LIVING HOPE CHURCH

Pastor Father Daniel Bodin, 651-465-7345 25293 Redwing Ave., Shafer, MN Sunday 9 a.m.

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.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa, 715-866-7321 Cedar & Muskey Ave. - Webster Mass Sun 10 a.m., Wed. 5:30 p.m. (Sept-May), Fri. 9 a.m. (Summer)

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC 1050 North Keller Ave., Amery, 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 8 a.m.

Mass Wed. & Thurs. 9 a.m.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

ASSEMBLY

WESLEYAN

CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD

WOODLAND WESLEYAN

Pastor Jack Starr Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour

Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m.

Dairyland - Rev. Andrea Wittwer 715-244-3649 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Worship 11 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m.

Potluck dinner 1st Sunday

REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST

ASSEMBLY

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH Pastor Larry Mederich, 715-294-4332 www.occconnect.org Mtg. @ St. Croix Art Barn; Sun. Serv. - 9 a.m.

Nursery and children church

SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD 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.

350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Worship - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

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

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LCMC

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST

1614 CTH B, North Luck, Pastor Rob Lubben Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

Contact Leslie Valentine, 715-646-2390; E-mail: leslie56@centurytel.net

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m.

Sunday School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available

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.

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC

CROSSWALK COMMUNITY CHURCH

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN

Pastor Arveda “Freddie” Kirk, 715-327-4436 Pastor Tammy Clausen Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

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

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

SIREN UNITED METHODIST Tom Cook, Pastor Sunday School 9 a.m.

Worship - 10:15 a.m. (Nursery available)

TAYLORS FALLS 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

Pastor Gerald Heinecke Home 715-327-8608; Church 715-866-7191 Sunday Worship Service - 8 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

COVENANT

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA

Hwy. 70 East, 715-689-2271, Pastor: Carl Heidel Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Communion -Every Sunday

Pastor Scott Sagle, 715-689-2541 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Worship 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA

SIREN COVENANT

300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sunday Worship 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.; Summer, 9 a.m.

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN Pastors Mike & Linda Rozumalski 1 mi. west of Luck on N, 2478 170th St., Luck Sunday Wor. 10 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 9 a.m.

Fellowship 11 a.m.

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

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

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

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.

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (AALC)

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

EVANGELICAL

EVANGELICAL

APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA)

HOPE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH Pastor Dave Williams 933 248th St., Osceola Morning Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School Sept.-May 8:45 a.m.

Children’s Church & Nursery provided

TRADE RIVER EVAN. FREE Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morning Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services BAPTIST

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK. 715-857-5411 Wor. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun. School-10:15 a.m.

EUREKA BAPTIST 2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Willis Christenson, 715-483-9464 Sun. School - 10 a.m.; Wor. 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; E-mail: churchoffice@fbcamery.org Reg. office hours: Tues.-Thurs. 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Pastor Charlie Butt, Lead Pastor; Nick Buda, Associate Pastor Sunday Service: 9 a.m.; All ages Sunday School 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Nursery available

FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN Pastor Steve Ward Sunday School - (all ages) - 9:30 a.m.

Church Serv. - 10:45 a.m.

ZION LUTHERAN - EAST FARMINGTON (WELS ) Pastor Martin Weigand - 715-294-3489 Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Adult Bible Class 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

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.

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.

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE

SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY

PRESBYTERIAN

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

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 Dan Slaikeu 4 mi. SE of Grantsburg on Williams Rd. Worship 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School 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.

CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN 28313 CTH H, A&H Pastor Tryg Wistad, 715-635-9222 Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

NEW LIFE COMMUNITY - AMERY

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

OUR LADY OF THE LAKES

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

WOOD RIVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN

FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN

ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE

FULL GOSPEL

FULL GOSPEL

Interim Pastor Craig Jorgenson Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Children’s Church: K to 6th Grade

Danbury - 7586 St. Rd. 77, 715-866-7321 Pastor - Father Michael J. Tupa Mass - Sat. 4 p.m., Fri. 9 a.m. (Sept.-May).

Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa CTHs A & H - 715-866-7321 Crescent Lake Voyager Village area.

Mass Sun. 8 a.m., Thurs. 9:30 a.m.

Reconciliation as per bulletin and by appt.

WESLEYAN

Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Sunday Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 5 mi. E. of Frederic on W, 2 mi. south on I; www.clamfalls-zion-aalcparish.net Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st Sunday

Pastor Tim Faust Worship - 11 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday

CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER

LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL

Tom Cook, Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST

Holytrinity@wisconsinumc.org 1606 165th Ave., CTH I, Centuria Pastor Freddie Kirk, 715-485-3363 Pastor Tammy Clausen Sunday Worship - 8:30 a.m.

LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST

(Missouri Synod) 140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Merrill Olson, Interim Pastor 715-327-8402 Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.; www.tradelakebaptistchurch.org

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.

Interim Pastor Andrew Hinwood 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod)

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST

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

PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA)

(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. FRANCIS XAVIER

FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER Church Phone 715-866-4111; Interim Pastor Ken Hyatt; Youth Pastor Jerry Scheumann Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 10:45 a.m (Nursery Provided)

GRACE CHURCH OF OSCEOLA “The Cure for the Common Church”

Meets at Dresser Elem. School, Dresser Pastor Tony Minell, 715-417-1982 Sun. Wor. 9:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.

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 WOR. 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.

1289 160th St. (Hwy. 65), St. Croix Falls, 715-483-5378 Senior Pastors Paul and Sonja Hanson Sunday Adult Bible Class 9 a.m.

Worship and Children’s Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

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.

RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN

“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.

church directory

ADVENTIST

Valley, 715-684-4440, www.frcscv.org.

• Farm Crisis, information, 800-942AGRICULTURAL/ 2472.

SERVICES FARMING • Gam-Anon, 715-268-6829, Joan.

Morris Grain Company of• fers Gamblers Anonymous, Amery - 715the lowest wholesale 268-6829, Mark; Cameron 715-234AG Chemical prices - around!

3301. shipping rates to your Great • door!

MOPS Call for moms and their preor 1-800-872-2501 www.morrisgrain.com schoolers, www.mops.org, 715-5541220, • Multiple Sclerosis support group, Amery area, 715-268-9126 or 715-28RESOURCES SUPPORT GROUPS AND 2361.

Family Resource Center St. Croix • Parent-to-Parent Coalition, parents of children with disabilities or speValley, 715-684-4440, www.frcscv.org. cial needs, 715-472-2002.

Farm Crisis, information, 800-942• Pregnant? Free help. Osceola Life 2472.

Care Center, 715-755-2229.

Gam-Anon, 715-268-6829, Joan.

Gamblers Anonymous, Amery - 715- • Student Assistance Program, Amery School District, personal or family prob268-6829, Mark; Cameron - 715-234lems, 715-268-0303, 715-268-0214.

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MOPS for moms and their pre- • TEENCARE help line, 800-491-8336 or 715-235-8882. schoolers, www.mops.org, 715-554• Basic Education for Adults, job cen1220, ter, Balsam Lake, 715-485-3115.

Multiple Sclerosis support group, Amery area, 715-268-9126 or 715-282361.

Parent-to-Parent Coalition, parents of children with disabilities or special needs, 715-472-2002.

Pregnant? Free help. Osceola Life in 715-755-2229. honor of the 50th Anniversary of Care Center, Student Assistance Program, Amery School District, personal or family probSunday, June 26, 2011, 1 - 6 p.m. lems, 715-268-0303, 715-268-0214. at Coyland Creek TEENCARE help line, 800-491-8336 5400 Town Line Rd. or 715-235-8882. of job Lewis Basic Education for(East Adults, cen- off County Rd. E) www.coyland.com ter, Balsam Lake,715-653-4273 715-485-3115.

SUPPORT GROUPS AND RESOURCES

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IF YOU USED THE ANTIBIOTIC DRUG LEVAQUIN AND SUFFERED A TENDON RUPTURE, you may be entitled to compensation. Call Attorney Charles Johnson 1-800-535-5727 (CNOW)

MISCELLANEOUS

Place a 25 word classified ad in over 180 newspapers in Wisconsin for only $300.

Find out more by calling 800227-7636 or this newspaper. www.cnaads.com (CNOW)

The InterCounty Leader Connect to your community

OPEN HOUSE

Hours: Tues., Thurs., Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Phone (715) 472-2121 Eye health exams, glaucoma checks, foreign body removal, full line of street wear, safety and sport wear, contact lenses

Dr. T.L. Christopherson OPTOMETRIST 119 Arlington Drive Amery, Wis.

Phone 715-268-2004 Daily: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home Webster, Wisconsin

“Distinctive Funeral Service”

715-327-4422

C & J MINI STORAGE Milltown, WI

25.00 35.00 40.00 45.00 50.00 90.00

$ 5x10................ $ 10x10.............. $ 10x16.............. $ 10x20.............. $ 10x24.............. $ 10x40..............

Call 1-800-919-1195 or 715-825-2335 & 715-646-2777 445914 eves.

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Friday, June 17, 2011, 4:30 - 7 p.m.

Ham, potato salad, beans, desserts Freewill offering

GRADUATION OPEN HOUSE for

Karry Simpson

Saturday, June 18 Noon - 2 p.m. at

Terry & Jane Taylors 3230 140th St., Frederic 538864 43Lp

Hwy. 35 & “FF,” Webster Flowers Phoned Anywhere

Robert L. Nelson New York Life Insurance Company Box 313 Luck, Wis. 54853 Phone

715-472-2502

NEW YORK LIFE

Call 715-866-7261

AT THE LODGE

Let’s Thrive.®

Cris A. Moore, FICF, FIC Senior Financial Consultant

Joel L. Morgan, FIC Assistant Financial Associate

Matt P. Bobick Financial Associate 201 Main St. S. • Luck, WI 54853

715-472-8107 office 800-500-2936 toll-free

SHOW TIMES FOR FRI., JUNE 17 THRU THURS., JUNE 23

GREEN LANTERN Rated PG-13, 114 Minutes.

Fri.-Thurs.: 1:00, 3:30, 6:00 & 8:30 p.m.

MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS

Rated PG, 94 Minutes.

Fri.-Thurs.: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.

BRIDESMAIDS

Rated R, 125 Minutes.

Fri.-Thurs.: 1:15, 3:45, 6:15 & 8:45 p.m.

Rated R policy - Photo ID required and children under 6 not allowed.

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS KUNG FU PANDA 2

• Commercial Printing • Office Supplies • Daily UPS Pickup • Fax & Copy Service See us for all your printing needs.

INTER-COUNTY COOPERATIVE PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION • Frederic, 715-327-4236 • Shell Lake, 715-468-2314 • Siren, 715-349-2560 • St. Croix Falls 715-483-9008

Visit The Leader’s Web Site: www.the-leader.net

24226 1st Ave. No. Siren, WI Local Movie Line 715-349-8888 Timbers1@starwire.net

Rated PG-13, 131 Minutes.

Fri.-Thurs.: 4:30 & 8:40 p.m.

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Rated PG, 90 Minutes.

Fri.-Thurs.: 1:00, 2:45 & 7:00 p.m.

All shows and show times before 6 p.m. $5.00.

Shows and show times subject to change.

Visit us on our Web site: www.timberstheatres.com 538957 43L 33a Find us on Facebook

“Like us on Facebook for upcoming deals.”

Something To Squawk About ... Central Burnett County Fair, Webster, WI

Thursday - Saturday, July 7 - 9, 2011 July 7 - Horse Pull, 7 p.m. July 8 - Truck & Tractor Pull: Contact Charlie, 715-246-7826, deerekrazy@hotmail.com

July 9 - Demo Derby: Contact Justin, 715-338-2324, micki_anderson23@yahoo.com More information & all rules & regulations available at: www.centralburnettcountyfair.org Free fairbooks available online & at Burnett County businesses.

Please visit our Web site to get a complete list.

Contact information: Renelle Sears at 715-866-8261 evenings or e-mail: CBCfair@centurylink.net 538658 32a 43L

• FAMILY FUN FOR EVERYONE • FAMILY FUN FOR EVERYONE •

FUN IN THE SUN FOR EVERYONE! A Canoe Trip Down The St. Croix Sat., July 9

Starting at 9 a.m.

Nelson’s Landing to Highway 70 bridge. $40 two-person canoe/kayak.

For more details or to sign up visit our Facebook page facebook.com/tlcfalun or call Raylene, 715-689-2318.

AASPEN SPEN L LEAF EAF Sponsored by Trinity Lutheran Church, Falun

COOKHOUSE

One mile north of Frederic, Wisconsin 715-327-8777

(Funds raised will be used for church repairs)

• WEDDING BOUQUETS • FUNERAL DESIGNS • CUT FLOWERS • GIFTS • BALLOONS • BEDDING PLANTS • POTTED PLANTS • TUXEDO RENTAL BY SAVVI • ANTLER KING PRODUCTS

304 1st St. So., Luck, Wis.

300 each $ Both for 550 $

Siren

AUSTIN LAKE GREENHOUSE & FLOWER SHOP

Family Eye Clinic

33”x69” Maple Butcher-Block Table, countertop height; 38” square oak coffee table.

Bethany Lutheran Church

LeRoy & Phyllis Brenizer

Dr. Daniel C. Satterlund

FOR SALE

Come & enjoy a summer meal at

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HEALTH AND BEAUTY

DRIVERS & COMMERCIAL BOOTH VENDORS WANTED!

INVITES YOU TO JOIN US

SUNDAY , JUNE 19

FOR BREAKFAST SPECIALS AND OUR COMPLETE MENU 10 A.M. TO 2:30 P.M.

SEE OUR FLOAT IN THE FAMILY DAYS PARADE AT 1:30 P.M. AND BRING DAD OVER FOR OUR

FATHER’S DAY MEAT LOVERS BUFFET 2:30 TO 6 P.M.

PRIME RIB, HAM, SAUSAGES, ROLLS, CONDIMENTS & GARNISHES SHRIMP SCAMPI • SALAD/DESSERTS ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT $14.95 ONE TRIP $10.95 KIDS 6 TO 10 $6.95 CHILDREN 5 AND UNDER FREE

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SUPPORT GROUPS AND RESOURCES

• FAMILY FUN FOR EVERYONE •

DONATE VEHICLE Receive $1000 GROCERY COUPON. NOAH’S ARC Support NO KILL Shelters, Research To Advance Veterinary Treatments. Free Towing, TAX DENon-Runners • DUCTIBLE, Family Resource Center St. Croix Accepted 1-866-912-GIVE.

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RV Delivery Drivers needed. Deliver RVs, boats and other trailers to the 48 states and Canada. For details log on to www.horizontransport.com $1000 - $1250 - $1500 Sign On Bonuses. Hiring Over The Road Drivers.

Van, Flatbed, Refrigerated Openings. Call Roehl 1-888-8676345 AA/EOE (CNOW) Drivers Owner Operators & Company. Flats/Vans. Excellent pay/opportunity. Class A CDL w/ at least 2 yrs. current exp. Blackhawk Transportation 888-364-9755 (CNOW)

AUTOMOBILE DONATION

• FAMILY FUN FOR EVERYONE • FAMILY FUN FOR EVERYONE •

WE HAVE PARTS for tractors, combines, machinery, hay equipment and more.

Used, new, rebuilt, aftermarket. Downing Tractor Parts, Downing, Wis., www. asapagparts.com 877-5301010. 32Ltfc

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ATTN: COMPUTER WORK. Work from anywhere 24/7.

Up to $1,500 Part Time to $7,500/mo. Full Time. Training provided. www.KTPGlobal.com or call 1-888-304-2847. (CNOW)

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HELP WANTED MISCELLANEOUS

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27TH-ANNUAL DAIRY BREAKFAST at the

CROSBY FARM 2577 Hilltop Rd. Shell Lake

Host: Garry Crosby

Sat., June 18, 2011 6 a.m. - Noon

Menu: Uncle Jack’s Wild Rice Pancakes with Ice Cream and Syrup, Ham, Cheese, Milk, Coffee, Wisconsin Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice

6, Children (Age 6-12) $3 Watch for the Dairy Breakfast Cow Signs!

Donation: Adults

$

All proceeds go to the Community Ag Association 538509 Scholarship Fund.

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Music in the Park

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Luck

Despite the heat of Tuesday evening, spectators of all ages gathered at Triangle Park at Luck to enjoy the first of the 2011 Music in the Park series. – Photos by Mary Stirrat

Intensive Care kicked off the 2011 Music in the Park season at Luck with rock 'n’ roll from the '50s, '60s and '70s. Night Owl will perform next Tuesday, June 14. Music starts at 6:30 p.m. and food and snacks are available.

Luck's Bird Man with his scarlet macaw, Sierra, were in the audience at Triangle Park listening to rock and roll

by Intensive Care.

Some of the Rowdy Red Hat Mamas cooled off with root beer floats served at Triangle Park Tuesday evening while listening to Intensive Care live with hits from the '50s, '60s and '70s.

Happy Danes send the crowd reeling

Scandinavian recording artists Kristian Bugge (fiddle) and Mette Katherine Jensen (accordion) were the featured performers at a community performance at the West Denmark Hall outside of Luck on June 7. After they played two sets of traditional Danish and Scandinavian music, with interesting stories to match, the popular duo led some of the group in a series of dances, while they played in the middle. The event was sponsored by the West Denmark Lutheran Church.

Photos by Greg Marsten

Coming events JUNE

THURSDAY/16

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Happenings in the Upper St. Croix Valley communities

WEDNESDAY/22 Siren

• Free supper at Assembly of God Church, activities following, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

THURSDAY/23

Balsam Lake

• Beekeepers meeting in community room at Justice Center, 8 p.m., 715-327-5525.

Amery

Falun

• Lyme disease education and support at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 7 p.m., 715-268-2856, 715-268-2035.

• Trinity Lutheran auction fundraiser, 5:30 p.m.

Luck

Grantsburg

• American Legion & Auxiliary 255 meeting at village hall, 7 p.m.

• Historical society ice-cream social at their complex, 6:30-8 p.m.

Siren • Ruby’s2Pantry tribution p.m. at 24534 Hwy. 35/70. Open 1:30 p.m. Dis-

Siren • Music in the Park at Crooked Lake, The Seeger Brothers, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

• Music in the Park at Crooked Lake, The Porch Dogs, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

• Citizen Patrol meeting at the government center, 7 p.m.

St. Croix Falls • Diabetes support group at the medical center, 6-8 p.m., 715-483-0431.

• “Once Upon a Mattress” opens at Festival Theatre, 7:30 p.m., 715-483-3387, www.festivaltheatre.org.

Taylors Falls, Minn.

FRI.-SUN./17-19

• Public info meeting on River Walk project at the community center, 7 p.m., 651-465-5133.

Frederic

FRI.-SUN./24-26

• Family Days. St. Luke’s Café, Fri. 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; variety show, Fri. 6 p.m.; kiddie parade, Sat. 1:30 p.m.; Miss Frederic, Sat. 7 p.m.; parade, Sun. 1:30 p.m.

• Experience living history of the fur trade era during Yellow River Echoes at Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Webster

• Fishermen’s Party. Fri. pageant, 7 p.m.; Sat. tractor show, craft fair, street dance; Sun. parade, 2 p.m., www.milltownwi.com.

Danbury

FRI. & SAT./17 & 18

Milltown

FRIDAY/24

• Garage/bake sale fundraiser for community dog walk at Orange Schoolhouse. Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.3 p.m.

FRIDAY/17 Balsam Lake

• Bake sale by Holy Trinity United Methodist Church at the farmers market, old grocery store parking lot, 3-6 p.m.

Danbury • The Burnett County Historical Society presents Dinner at the Fort. Prepay by June 5. Social 5:30 p.m.; dinner 6:30 p.m., 715-866-8890.

Frederic • “Art Medley” exhibit opens with reception 5-8 p.m. at art center, fredericarts.org.

Siren • Summer meal at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4:30-7 p.m.

• Fish Fry at Burnett County Moose Lodge, 5:30-7:30 p.m., 715-349-5923.

St. Croix Falls • Live Theater at the Overlook. “Julius Caesar,” 6:30 p.m.

• “Sew Good” opens at Festival Theatre, 9 p.m., 715-4833387, www.festivaltheatre.org.

SATURDAY/18 Amery

• Northern Lakes Center for the Arts presents An Evening of Music for the King of Instruments, 7:30 p.m., 715-268-6811.

• Women’s Club Art and Craft Fair at North Park, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Rain or shine.

Clayton • NW Graziers beef and Kura clover pasture walk, Pat Jones farm, 966 4th St., 10 a.m.-noon, 715-520-2112, 715268-8778.

Frederic • Strawberry shortcake, serving 10 a.m. until gone, at the Museum Depot.

Milltown

Amery

The scenic St. Croix River Valley awaits another summer of use by outdoor enthusiasts and those who just want to enjoy the scenery. This photo shows the Interstate Bridge from the Minnesota side of the St. Croix River. - Photo by Erik Barstow (barstowphotography.com)

Siren

Luck

• Tornado anniversary observance, art shows, free dinner, concerts, memorials, etc. all day, visitsiren.com, 715-349-8399.

• Danish Brotherhood Society meeting at Oakwood Inn, 5:30 p.m.

Siren/Shell Lake • Dairy breakfast at the Crosby Farm, 6 a.m.-noon.

St. Croix Falls • Neil McKenzie Youth Fishing Derby on Deer Lake, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-646-2060.

SUNDAY/19 Balsam Lake

• Free breakfast for Father’s Day at East Balsam Baptist Church, 7:30 a.m.-?, 715-607-0453.

Cushing • Skonewood Christian Retreat Center - Two X Four, 7 p.m.

Grantsburg • Family Fun Night Bingo at Crex, 5-7:30 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

TUES.-THURS./21-23 Spooner

• Youth tractor safety course, 12 and up, preregister at 715-635-3506 or 800-528-1914, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

TUESDAY/21 Clam Falls

• Coffee hour at Clam Falls Lutheran Church, 9 a.m.

Clear Lake • Sjoland Lodge 5-635, Sons of Norway annual picnic in Clear Lake Park, 6 p.m.

Grantsburg • Ant presentation at Crex Meadows, 7-8:30 p.m.

• Grantsburg Christian Women’s Club meeting at the senior center, 9 a.m. RSVP to 715-463-5207.

Luck

St. Croix Falls • Kids & Family Night at the Overlook. Magic Norm, Randy the Frog Guy and fiddlers, 6;30 p.m.

• The Fiddle Masters at Festival Theatre, 8 p.m., 715-4833387.

ONGOING

Every Day, AA &/or AlAnon, Polk & Burnett counties, 715-931-8262 for time/location. Amery, 715-268-8431.

Divorce care support group at Apple River Community Church, 715-268-8360, 715-268-2176.

Every Monday Indianhead Barbershop Chorus meets at the Balsam Lake Government Center, 7:30 p.m., 715-483-9202.

Baby and Me class - Amery Medical Center, 1-2 p.m.

Grief Share support group at Centennial Hall, Amery, 715-268-2176 or 715-268-8360.

Every Tuesday Bingo - Burnett County Moose Lodge, Siren, 6 p.m.

Survivors of domestic violence & sexual assault support group, Polk Co., 800-261-7233, 6-7:30 p.m.

Anger management group at Amery Regional Medical Center, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 715-268-4094.

Every Thursday Breastfeeding support group at the St. Croix Regional Medical Center, 2-3:30 p.m., 715-483-0431.

Narcotics Anonymous meets at the Serenity House (old jail), Balsam Lake, 7 p.m., 612-205-2321.

• Breakfast at the Legion, 8 a.m.-noon.

• Summer solstice paddle with a ranger on the St. Croix River. Start at Interstate Park, 5:30 p.m., 715-483-2274.

• Ruby’s Pantry at the bus garage. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Distribution noon-1 p.m., www.rubyspantry.org, 715472-2535.

• Music in the Park - Fizz Kizer at Triangle Park, 6:30 p.m.

Milltown

Moms In Touch International, First Baptist, Amery, 8:15 a.m., 715-268-5408.

Balsam Lake

• The Compassionate Friends Chapter of the Northwoods meet at Milltown Lutheran Church, 7 p.m., 715663-1152, www.compassionatefriends.org.

The Balsam Lake American Legion Auxiliary and Post 278 members will be distributing The Memorial Poppy.

MONDAY/20

• Polk County Sportsmen’s Club meeting at Half Moon Beach, 7 p.m., dinner earlier, 715-268-8267.

Family Days button design winner

• Bruce the Bug Guy at the library, 1 p.m., 715-825-2313.

• Northern Lakes Center for the Arts presents The 20thAnnual Rural Arts Conference for Northwestern Wisconsin, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 715-268-6811.

Frederic High School sophomore Kendra Sheldon is this year’s Frederic Family Days button design winner, with this year’s theme called Frederic Family Days, Arabian Nights, Live, Laugh, Love. Sheldon won a prize of $25 and is pictured with Frederic art teacher Greg Heine. – Photos by Marty Seeger

Every Friday Every Friday and Saturday

Frederic