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It isn’t what you’d use for a tourism poster but the essence of this photo taken by a local photographer captures the desolation of a below-zero day as outdoorsmen pondered whether to venture out onto Yellow Lake near Webster for the annual ice-fishing contest held this past weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 19-20. Windchills dipped to minus 30 and colder as the Alberta clipper moved south from Canada and made itself at home across Wisconsin this week, causing local school closings and cancellations of events. - Photo by Susan Steffen

A family hopes for a heart

by Priscilla Bauer Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG – Charles Retzer smiled when his parents, Claytie and Karla Retzer, said he’d be celebrating his 41st birthday next week.

To some, going over the 40-year mark might not be cause for celebration, but for Charles, each day since his birth has been a gift.

Born with Wolff-Parkins-White syndrome, a condition characterized by abnormal electrical pathways in the heart causing a disruption of the heart’s normal rhythm, Retzer’s

life has been a struggle to survive.

As a youth, Retzer’s condition, which made his heart beat as much as 250 beats a minute at times, kept him out of school sports and other physical activities.

Through the years, Retzer has endured numerous surgeries and hospital stays, during several of which he almost died.

In 1988, Retzer spent a month in intensive care after having two surgeries within two days to correct the condition.

Unfortunately, Retzer continued to experi-

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As Charles and Karla Retzer cozy up on the couch with their two dogs beside them, they wait for the phone to ring with news there’s a heart and kidney available for Charles, who is on the University of Minnesota transplant list. Photo by Priscilla Bauer

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Dustin Lynch at Big Game Party TURTLE LAKE - Celebrate Big Game Day is set for Sunday, Feb. 3, at St. Croix Casino Turtle Lake beginning with the Ultimate Big Game Kickoff Party featuring rising country star Dustin Lynch. Twin Cities’ performers Jason Paulson and Jeremiah James open at 1:30 p.m. followed by Lynch at 2:30 p.m. Lynch moved to Nashville in 2003 to pursue a career in country music. He started his career by listening to, and learning from, a host of country stars at the Bluebird Café in Nashville. He signed with Broken Bow Records in late 2011 and released his debut single, “Cowboys and Angels,” in January 2012. That same month, Country Weekly began streaming his songs on its Web site. His next hit single, “She Cranks My Tractor,” was released to country radio in November 2012. Lynch is also an accomplished songwriter, once writing more than 200 songs in less than two years. After the Lynch show watch the big game, and all of the hot new commercials, on the bigscreen TV in the event center. Wear team gear to receive an entry for halftime drawings. Event Center doors open to the public at 5 p.m. No admission charge to watch the game. Call casino marketing at 800-846-8946 for tickets. - submitted

First baby of 2013 at BMC Burnett Medical Center announced last week the first baby to be born there in 2013. Logan Duane Sullivan-Andrews was born Jan. 9 at 8:32 a.m. to Katrina Sullivan and Phillip Andrews of Frederic. Logan weighed 7 lbs. and measured 19-1/4 inches in length. Logan has one sibling, Sjodin Johnson. As winner of the First Baby contest the family received a gift package from BMC and a $30 gift certificate from Grantsburg Family Foods, a $25 savings bond from Indianhead Credit Union, 25 baby announcements from the Burnett County Sentinel, baby’s first haircut from Cyndie’s Hair Care and baby’s first tree from Village Floral. -Photo courtesy Todd Beckman, Burnett County Sentinel

10 0 th celebrated Evelyn Hill of Frederic celebrated her 100th birthday on Jan. 13. Hill’s granddaughters surprised her with a dinner party for her and her daughters, Mary Ann (David) Odden of Cumberland and Marlene (Donald) Lieffring of Two Harbors, Minn., along with eight grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and their spouses and three great-great-grandchildren. Hill has lived in the area since she married her husband, Floyd Hill, in 1932. She has been active in the community all her life. She worked at the Cumberland Hospital for many years.

She plans to celebrate with her many nieces, nephews and friends this summer when it’s warmer - she says it’s too cold now. - Photo submitted

“Hotel Impossible” visits Telemark

One person airlifted after high winds cause crash CABLE - The Travel Channel’s “Hotel Impossible” visited Telemark Hotel and Resort last fall to offer help to the financially challenged ski area established in 1947 by legendary entrepreneur Tony Wise of Hayward, with a massive lodge built in 1972. The resulting episode aired this week with hotel “fixer” Anthony Melchiorri offering advice to owners, managers and staff on how to increase the resort’s sales and profits while in the shadow of foreclosure within six to eight months. Internal conflicts reached drastic heights when the owner threatened to fire everyone at the hotel. The episode includes a makeover of the hotel’s hospitality room, history of Telemark (members of the famous “Rat Pack” - Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. used to hang out there) and an appearance by Wise’s widow and daughter.

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POLK COUNTY - A 59-year-old New York woman was airlifted to a Twin Cities hospital following a twovehicle crash Saturday afternoon, Jan. 19, which apparently occurred due to high winds.

According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Department, a Dodge truck owned and operated by Roger Thompson, 62, rural Frederic, was traveling north on Hwy. 35, north of Hwy. 8, when high winds caught an enclosed snowmobile trailer Thompson was towing, causing him to lose control. The vehicle spun out into the southbound traffic on Hwy. 35 where the trailer was struck by a southbound 2011 Kia sport utility vehicle owned by Rental Car Financial Corp. and operated by Susan R. Laclair, 59, of Rochester, N.Y. After the crash, Laclair, along with her passenger, Carol R. VanBuskirk, 75, St. Croix Falls, were extricated from their vehicle and then transported to St. Croix Regional Medical Center for treatment of their injuries Laclair was transported by air ambulance to a Twin Cities hospital for further treatment of her injuries. Thompson claimed no injuries at the scene of the crash.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Department was assisted at the crash scene by St. Croix Falls Police, St. Croix Falls Fire Department, St. Croix EMS and Unity Ambulance Service.

The crash, which occurred at approximately 3 p.m., remains under investigation by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. - Gary King

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Briefly GRANTSBURG - Learn how to lay tile from a pro – for free.

Flooring expert Brian Phyle will be laying tile this Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Grantsburg Habitat for Humanity home, and he is glad to teach anyone who would like to learn the skill. Got a bathroom floor you’d like to redo? Come learn for free at this event. At the same time, you will be volunteering for Habitat for Humanity and helping build a home for a family who needs one. Workday is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and lunch will be served. Please call Habitat at 715-483-2700 to sign up. submitted ••• LUCK - On Friday, Feb. 1, a Polk County senior dining meal site will open at Luck Lutheran Church, 510 East Foster Ave. Lunch is served at 11:30 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays for a suggested donation of $4 per meal for those age 60plus. Please call at least 24 hours in advance to reserve a meal. For a meal on Friday, Feb. 1, please call Marsha toll free at 877-4852372. For meals after that please call the church kitchen mornings at 715-472-8300. There will no longer be a senior dining meal site in Milltown after Thursday, Jan. 31. - submitted

Homeless count to take place Jan. 30 B U R N E T T / WA S H B U R N COUNTIES - A Point-In-Time homeless count is a statistically reliable, unduplicated count of individuals experiencing homelessness during a specific 24-hour period. This count focuses on people - singles and families - experiencing homelessness and staying in emergency shelters, transitional housing, domestic violence shelters, or are unsheltered and living on the streets or any other place not meant for human habitation.

The count is conducted two times a year by service providers and volunteers, and is coordinated through Indianhead Community Action Agency. In Wisconsin, the count is conducted on the last Wednesday in January and July – as required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. On Wednesday, Jan. 30, members of the county Continuum of Care will be attempting to locate homeless individuals and families in each of the six Indianhead Community Action Agency counties.

Indianhead Community Action Agency’s Continuum of Care announced that 46 individuals experiencing homelessness were counted in Burnett, Clark, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor and Washburn counties during the statewide Point-In-Time homeless count conducted on July 26, 2012.

In 2011, the Point-in-Time count identified 119 individuals experiencing homelessness either sheltered or unsheltered in Burnett, Clark, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor and Washburn counties.

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The Wisconsin Division of Housing will release statewide results for the 2013 January count in March of 2013.

Anyone with information on homeless individuals or families is encouraged to call Indianhead Community Action Agency at 715-532-1621. Information given will be kept confidential. These individuals and families will be contacted with information on area resources for housing. - submitted

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Youngmark bound over for trial on homicide Preliminary hearing reveals chilling new details behind Milltown murder

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – A preliminary hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 22, revealed previously unknown details behind the violent death late last year of Kari Roberts, 47, Milltown. The hearing also presented enough evidence against her roommate/fiance, Scott Youngmark, to lead Polk County Circuit Court Judge Jeffery Anderson to bind him over for trial on first-degree intentional homicide.

Youngmark, 45, is facing a potential life sentence if convicted for causing her death, which occurred last Nov. 30 at a downtown Milltown apartment.

Polk County District Attorney Dan Steffen played the confusing 911 call from early Dec. 1 that led police to Roberts’ body, while also leading them to Youngmark, who later admitted to making the call from his mother’s apartment, six blocks away.

That 911 call reveals a request for a paramedic at the apartment where Roberts was found, but the caller refuses to answer any of the basic questions the dispatcher asked regarding the nature of the call or need for medical assistance.

“That’s all I can tell you,” the caller stated, as he denies calling from the different location, in spite of the dispatcher noting the address where it originates. “The (apartment) door’s open,” the caller adds, while refusing to answer other queries. “It’s an emergency.”

Steffen quizzed the Polk County dispatcher who fielded the call, who said he tried to return the call twice with no answer.

It was that call and the location of the source that led police to respond to both addresses.

Police discovered bloody footprints inside Roberts’ apartment door, and her bloody corpse in the back bedroom.

“She was cold to the touch, eyes open,” Sgt. Tim O’Hare of the Polk County Sheriff’s Department stated, noting that she was nude and that the scene included clumps of hair and skin strewn about. He said they also found mail with Youngmark’s name, suggesting they shared the apartment.

O’Hare had directed another officer to respond to the source of the 911 call nearby, and police later went to that apartment, where they had no response and found the door barricaded from within. They broke in and discovered Youngmark sitting on his mother‘s couch.

O’Hare said they questioned Youngmark about the 911 call, which he admitted to making, but claimed it was for his mother, whom he said had fallen and needed medical assistance.

“He was evasive, and acted like

Scott Youngmark (left) is the man accused of homicide in Kari Roberts’ death. He is seen here conferring with his attorney, Mark Biller, during the preliminary hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 22. – Photos by Greg Marsten he didn’t know what we were talking about,” O’Hare said about confronting Youngmark on the nature of the call. “Then he said ‘Oh yeah, I called about my fiancee at the apartment.’”

He also said that Youngmark had blood on his hands at that time.

Youngmark was interviewed at length immediately and then again later on videotape at the sheriff’s office, where O’Hare said the suspect told them he had been with Roberts all day, until that evening at about 7 or 8 p.m.

He claimed he went to his mother’s house up the road and then went back over to the apartment at about midnight.

“He (Youngmark) said Kari (Roberts) had been incoherent and that she needed mouth-tomouth resuscitation,” O’Hare said. “Then he said she came out of it and seemed all right.”

O’Hare alluded to Youngmark’s stating that he feared a man named “Jeff” coming over to the apartment as the reason he left. “He was scared of Jeff,” O’Hare said.

That interview also had Youngmark stating that Roberts had been bleeding from the back of her head, but he said she refused to have an ambulance.

O’Hare also said he pressed the suspect on why he didn’t call 911 earlier, with him later admitting he “should’ve called 911.”

Youngmark claimed in later questioning that he called several other agencies for assistance, including the St. Croix Regional Medical Center and even the Milltown Police Department, but that he had no answer.

When asked if he hurt Roberts, O’Hare said he denied it.

“He said ‘No,’” O’Hare said.

“But I was in close proximity to him ... and he shook his head in an up-and-down motion.”

In later questioning, Youngmark denied changing clothes, and O’Hare said he “went in circles” about the situation, and occasionally mentioned that Roberts had a “pill box.”

Investigator Ray Joy also revealed details from an interview with Youngmark’s mother, Shirley, who noted that her son was upset, and that she said something was wrong.

Polk County District Attorney Dan Steffen (right) shows Kari Roberts’ death certificate to Polk County investigator Ray Joy.

“(In her statement) She said he told her ‘I did something bad,’” Joy said. “He told her ‘I think I killed her.’”

Youngmark’s attorney, Mark Biller, objected to the extensive use of hearsay in the hearing, while noting recent legislative changes that allow the use of such evidence in proceedings, but not in trial without special exception, and noting how the standard seems unclear for the time being.

“This is hearsay within hearsay within hearsay,” Biller said on the line of questioning, which the judge noted but allowed for the hearing.

Joy also described how Youngmark had allegedly asked his mother and their neighbors to come back to the apartment with him to see if Roberts was OK, but that only one of his mother’s neighbors would return with him. He said the man described going back to the apartment with Youngmark, and finding her body was cold to the touch and nude.

In later questioning of Youngmark’s mother, Joy said she told him that her son was “angry with her (Kari) because a person named Jeff was sleeping with her while he (Youngmark) was in jail,” Joy said.

Joy also said Youngmark’s mother said her son had called her that afternoon (Nov. 30) and that they had talked at length.

“She said he was saying something to the effect that ‘she won’t wake up ... I hope she’s not dead,’” Joy said, noting that she said the phone call between the two had occurred while it was still light out, meaning it was at least eight hours prior to the 911 call later that next morning.

Joy later interviewed the mother’s neighbors, including the man who accompanied Youngmark back to the apartment, and how they revealed that Youngmark was visibly upset and nervous, and that it was around 6:30 or 7 p.m. on Nov. 30.

He also said that the female neighbor recalled Youngmark making a chilling comment, that he said he had “Killed the b___.”

“That caused quite a ruckus,” Joy said, while adding that the woman said Youngmark showed her his bloodied jeans as proof he wasn’t kidding.

Joy also detailed an interview with the man who accompanied Youngmark back to the apartment, where he said Youngmark had asked him to help him move the body, which he refused, while also telling him he had to call 911 by the morning or he would do it for him. “(Youngmark told the man) he’d take care of it,” Joy said.

Another investigator also revealed that Roberts’ neighbor had noted hearing screaming or yelling from her apartment earlier that afternoon, which Steffen suggested may have been tied to her murder.

The investigator also revealed that they obtained a search warrant for Youngmark’s mother’s

apartment, where they found bloodied Wrangler jeans in the suspect’s size.

For the first time, the extent of forensic evidence was also revealed, as a nurse noted finding what appeared to be dried blood on Youngmark’s hands and cuticles, as well as on his toes and souls of his feet. She also said he had several hand lacerations and small wounds, as well as bruising on his knuckles.

The nurse also revealed that Youngmark gave a curious statement to her, nearly an hour after the exam began, in essence where he had asked her if she was referring to homicide. “(He asked) You mean (she’s) dead? So she didn’t make it?” the nurse said Youngmark had asked.

The medical examiner also testified telephonically, and said an autopsy revealed that Roberts had multiple and numerous injuries, from a fractured jaw to broken eye socket to multiple bruises of the body and face, as well as numerous lacerations and what she said were likely stab wounds to the stomach, inner thighs and hip.

She also said Roberts had blunt-force wounds all over her head and incised wounds, indicating she was stabbed with a sharp object, declaring the preliminary cause of death as “homicidal violence.”

In total, the hearing lasted over two hours and included the introduction of nine exhibits of evidence, including several photos of the scene deemed too graphic to remain unsealed.

Anderson said he found “ample evidence” to bind Youngmark over for trial, while also noting Biller’s objections to the admitted hearsay that ultimately led to Youngmark’s arrest and subsequent charges. “... I hope we can bring truth to the stand,” Biller said with a shrug, noting that hearsay evidence is not under oath, and that it raises issue of “credibility versus plausibility.”

While Biller seemed to concur that a felony had been committed, he raised doubt that the hearsay-heavy testimony proved that a premeditated homicide had occurred.

“We’re viewing testimony through the lens of hearsay,” Biller said.

Anderson noted his objections once again, but cited the “protection of a trial,” where the hearsay admission rules are much more strict.

Steffen will weigh the charges further before arraignment, which is set for Feb. 13, while also asking for and receiving a “no contact” order between Youngmark and his mother, with Steffen suggesting that Youngmark had been abusive to her in calls from the jail.

Youngmark remains in custody on a $750,000 bond, although he also has several pending felony bail-jumping charges, for which he has yet to be sentenced, that would keep him in custody even if he made that bond amount.

The Youngmark case continues to go under the microscope by domestic violence groups and the media as an example of a person who has been able to skirt the system, to some extent. He has a thick case file of multiple allegations and convictions for assault, domestic violence, sexual assault, bail jumping, threats and more, yet his bond amounts and conditions rarely seemed to be sufficient to keep him from further violent crime.

Ann Frey of the Community Referral Agency, the local domestic violence advocacy group, said services for Roberts are likely to occur in March, and that her family is considering having a special memorial bench placed outside the courthouse in her honor, “Once this is all concluded,” she said.

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River lands future debated Utility company looks to dispose of much city river property

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – The city of St. Croix Falls Plan Commission entertained a presentation by two representatives from Xcel Energy/Northern States Power on Monday, Jan. 21, about the company’s plan to possibly sell off multiple parcels of riverfront property within city limits, which the commission later moved to continue to pursue. “(Xcel Energy) is taking interest in the disposition of these lands,” stated Bill Krochmalski, senior land rights agent for Xcel Energy. He appeared alongside Xcel’s community service manager, Trudy Popenhagen, for the hour-long presentation.

The commission and Xcel duo spent a short time discussing the history of the properties, which amounts to several dozen parcels of land on numerous blocks, and why NSP has them. Much of the ownership likely came from purchases to assure easements for the hydro dam construction in the early 1900s, and also from previous utility ownership prior to the dam.

While the firm wants to sell much of the land, they would retain ownership of numerous submerged properties which would be dry if not for the dam water retention.

“That includes undeveloped, but not abandoned, streets,” Krochmalski said, noting that, in other words, there are parcels and streets that are underwater in some instances.

Xcel first approached the National Park Service on their interest in a land purchase, but he said they had “no acquisition goals within the city.”

“The city was the next step,” he said.

Xcel would like to keep the great bulk of any disposed-of properties relatively unchanged. “We (Xcel) would like to keep the properties undeveloped,” Krochmalski said, while noting the wet seep situations on some of the land that would make it hard to develop anyway.

He did they say would be willing to work with the city on issues like river access or additional docks.

“There’s issues with owning lands and whether it’s serving a purpose or following the mission of the company,” Krochmalski said on why they are pursuing the sales.

While the commission was quite intrigued by the possibilities, it was noted that state rules severely limit what can and cannot be done with the lands, as the DNR’s regulations mean even adding wood chips is considered “filling in.”

“You could probably only make raisedlevel decks that would still allow sunlight to get through below,” city Administrator

NSP during the negotiations for $2,000.

Krochmalski assured that the firm would also work with the city to negotiate how many docks can be placed on the submerged lands, as well as possible access issues.

“Putting docks in is a little more complicated than it seems,” Peck noted.

In general, the idea was met with nothing but positive remarks from the commission, and they agreed the purchases would conform to the city’s comprehensive plan. The commission voted unanimously to recommend continued discussions with Xcel, with several issues to be looked at for the future such as leases, surveys and existing structures.

This map is a rough approximation of the lands the utility is considering selling, marked in yellow. Some of the parcels continue well out into the river proper, as they are considered “submerged properties” that would be dry if not for the dam’s water retention.

Joel Peck stated.

The next step for Xcel Energy, if the city has parcels they don’t want to purchase, would be to approach or address property owners under lease, such as the Destination Mobile Home Park or others who have asked about selling lands to use as buffers for development with their neighbors.

In fact, the Destination Park has a current lease agreement with the firm for blocks 62 and 70, where they can use it for fire pits and recreation; but beyond mowing the grass, they can do little else. The park owner, John Krischuk, was in attendance and wanted to show his interest for keeping the lease.

“We’re just in the really early stages of this,” Popenhagen said, while both she and Krochmalski said the discussions and time line for the sales are “open-ended and flexible.”

Xcel will likely survey several of the lots next, and the city will share their topographic maps which show 2-foot elevation changes and the extent of structures that exist on the lands. Peck said there are probably some driveways and garages or other structures on some of the utility parcels, which might be an issue.

Krochmalski said Xcel also owns a couple of parcels on the south side of the dam, but very little.

While there was no official action on the matter, both Xcel representatives said the firm wants the process to move through current staff and elected officials, so it doesn’t get put on the back burner with forgotten discussions.

“People and personnel can change,” Popenhagen said. “We want to make sure we’re in agreement for (plans for the lands) the next five or 10 years.”

It was noted that while none of the properties are currently on the city’s tax rolls, they do fall under an umbrella of a state reimbursement program for utility lands, with a sort of payment in lieu of taxes to the city.

Plan commission member and former Mayor Brad Foss suggested “buying it all,” and then letting the city determine the future use, disposition or private sales to residents “to maintain some sense of control.”

While there were few specifics discussed on things like land values or sale prices, Krochmalski said they would probably have to get appraisals and then negotiate with the city.

The city does have some history of a similar purchase, going back over a decade to the Chisago Project power line negotiations, where the city bought some riverfront property near the Wild River Marina, to allow houseboat access and docking, which the city then leases to the marina. That land was purchased from

In other commission business: • The commission had an extensive discussion on their comprehensive plan and reviewed Chapter 3, which addresses housing. From building and efficiency standards, to zoning, demand for rentals, the character of neighborhoods and how to deal with new construction. They even briefly delved into how to deal with current homes that are owned by banks and in foreclosure, as they seem to be sitting empty for many months, possibly hurting their value and, hence, local property values.

There was also discussion on how to address home offices and homes used for commercial aspects, instead of residential use.

They noted that a UW-River Falls student is currently studying some of those issues and is expected to be at the next commission meeting to reveal recommendations of a study.

The commission will also examine a pending inventory of city-owned lands, and how the city should deal with that property, which totals over 30 different parcels.

There were also discussions on where to build apartments, as it was revealed that a developer is considering a high-rise plan but is unsure of where it could be built.

Peck said there were few places with the proper zoning for such construction, and the commission plans to look into that issue in the coming month, as well.

Xcel Energy representatives Trudy Popenhagen (left) and Bill Krochmalski discussed the utility company’s plans to sell vacant river parcels, possibly to the city of St. Croix Falls. - Photos by Greg Marsten

Student-led Outdoor Club at Frederic Flu and surgery at the schools

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer FREDERIC – The monthly Frederic School Board meeting Wednesday, Jan. 16, was shorter than usual due to the absence of the district administrator and the assistant principal.

A high point of the meeting was a presentation of a new student-led initiative to give students more outdoors experiences. Other than that, the meeting was an update on changes to prepare for tomorrow’s learning environment.

There was a common health theme at the meeting. Flu has hit the Frederic students and staff as it has much of the community. But the support staff reported that they are active with prevention. Judy Shafer, food service director, reported that her staff is actively sanitizing the food area daily, paying close attention to doorknobs, key pads, tables and other common-use surfaces. And the rest of the surfaces in the school are receiving extra attention from the building and grounds staff and the department director, Warren Peterson. He said disinfectant products are being applied to light switches, computer mice, keypads and telephones every evening in order to kill germs overnight.

And surgery is a chance for the students to use the latest in interactive communications for learning. In Febru-

Frederic High School senior Gino Lonetti (R) presented a proposal for a student-led Outdoor Club to the Frederic School Board. He was joined by Carl Eklof, a school aid. - Photo by Gregg Westigard ary, the science classes will join students in other some districts as they watch open heart surgery as it happens.

The medical staff is wired for sound and will explain what they are doing as they operate. This is the latest

medical procedure students have had a chance to watch.

The Outdoor Club proposal was presented by Gino Lonetti, a Frederic senior. He told the school board that many students never have a chance to take part in outdoor activities, winter or summer. Lonetti said the club will give students a chance to do things like skiing, ice fishing, camping, trail hiking, and trap shooting. Lonetti said, “I have a chance to do these things, and all kids should have that chance.”

The Outdoor Club idea comes from a group of some 30 students who gathered on their own, identified needs and elected officers. Lonetti came to the board asking for recognition as a school group.

The club is not asking for funding. In fact, it expects to raise its own money and raise more to donate to the district. Carl Eklof, a district staff member, told the board that this is a chance to get the kids outdoors and active in supervised activities. The school board gave its encouragement to the idea and asked Lonetti to come back with some more details.

Meanwhile, Administrator Josh Robinson and Assistant Principal Ryan Fitzgerald were involved in a student discipline hearing, posted on the agenda as a possible expulsion, which was resolved without the need for that action. With one principal, Kelly Steen, present, and the Outdoor Club report the major presentation, the meeting took less time than usual.

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Luck chooses ARMC for athletic training services Loans approved for referendum project, retirement liability

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer LUCK — At a special meeting held last Thursday, Jan. 17, the Luck School Board of Education approved a threeyear contract with Amery Regional Medical Center to provide athletic training services to the high school athletic department.

The board also approved two short-term borrowings, one for the $1.2 million referendum project approved by voters in November and one for the district’s retirement liability for teachers who have already retired. Both loans will be through Bremer Bank.

The $1.2 million short-term borrowing will carry an adjusted interest rate of 2.2 percent. It will be bid out again this fall as general obligation notes, postponing the first

payment until 2014 when the school’s current debt is paid off.

The retirement debt is currently held by the Wisconsin Retirement System, and by taking out a short-term note from Bremer, the district will save about $154,000. The interest to WRS is 7.2 percent, compared to 2.65 percent from Bremer.

In April, the board will seek a state trust fund loan to repay Bremer, with repayment of the state trust fund over the next 10 years at 2.75-percent interest.

Athletic training services Last month, the board heard proposals to provide athletic training services from both Amery Regional Medical Center and St. Croix Regional Sports Medicine, and last Thursday, the decision was made to go with Amery.

The decision was made at the recommendation of athletic director and high school Principal Mark Gobler, who was absent from the meeting due to illness but who had passed his recommendation on to district Administrator Rick Palmer.

The scopes of services in the two proposals were very similar, but Gobler cited the existing relationship with ARMC and its decision to build and equip a training room as reasons to choose that proposal. Amery currently provides athletic physicals and flu clinics for very reasonable costs, he related through Palmer, and has been an active supporter of the community.

The proposal from St. Croix Regional Sports Medicine would have amounted to an $8,118 commitment by the school over a three-year period. This amount, however, would be offset by advertising paid by St. Croix, bringing the total three-year cost to $2,551.

Amery will be charging $6,000 per year, with a 3-percent increase each year, for the duration of the three-year contract. However, noted Palmer, ARMC will design and equip a facility at the school for athletic training, at an estimated cost of $15,000.

Although the bottom line is still slightly higher for ARMC, about $3,500 over the three-year period, the district will end up with a facility and equipment, said Palmer.

Grantsburg School Board given school safety update

by Priscilla Bauer Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG – With the recent shootings at a Connecticut elementary school still fresh in the minds of parents, teachers and the public, a report on school safety was on the Grantsburg School Board, Jan. 14, meeting agenda.

School board members heard an update on the district’s safety policy from Superintendent Burgin and comments on their schools individual safety plans from middle school Principal Brad Jones and high school Principal Stan Marczak.

“We have taken school safety very seriously over the past years by having safety assessments, annual updates to the safety plan, drills and exercises with law enforcement, and training for staff and students,” said Burgin. “And we will continue to do these things.”

Burgin said she and the school’s three principals would

be meeting on Thursday, Jan. 17, with law enforcement from the county sheriff’s office, the Grantsburg Village Police and the Grantsburg Fire Department to review crisis response plans and discuss other ways to improve school security.

In other board business: • The board was given a report on the upcoming “There is Hope” Community Education Seminars on Suicide Prevention at Grantsburg High School. The seminars scheduled for Jan. 24, Feb. 25 and March 14 are open to the public and free of charge.

• The board was given the spring election report. Since the deadline for the ballot order came prior to the board meeting, district administrative assistant for business affairs Kerri Oachs, and two reputable citizens, district secretaries Karen Miller and Cheryl Smith, drew candidate’s names for the ballot order. The ballot order will be new candidate, Dan Ohnstad, incumbent Russ Erickson and

incumbent David Dahlberg, running unopposed for the three board seats.

• Principal Billy Beesley gave the iForward school report. Beesley said enrollment for Grantsburg’s online charter school is currently over 400 and is remaining stable at that number.

• The board voted to approve resolutions to amend the District 403 (b) Plan and the District 457 Plan due to changes in the HEART act. The plans basically allow military staff to be able to access their savings in case of financial hardship.

Note: For more information on the suicide prevention seminars being presented at Grantsburg High School contact Cindi Throngard, district community education coordinator, at 715-463-5165 Ext. 160 or e-mail her at cthro@grantsburg.k12.wi.us

Medical help for Polk veterans New benefits for 792 vets in 2012

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – Area veterans are getting disability benefits and medical help from the federal government, Rick Gates, Polk County Veterans Service officer, told the human services committee Tuesday, Jan. 22. His office helped 792 local veterans and their families get $1,736,937 in new federal benefits during 2012. Most of that money was for disability claims, Gates said.

Gates said that if a veteran has a chronic condition, from hearing loss to cancer and emotional issue, and that condition can be linked to military service, no matter how long ago, a claim can be made for medical care and treatment. For example, if a current condition like cancer can be connected to past exposure to Agent Orange, the granting of benefits is automatic. He said that the job of his office to make veterans aware that help for things like eyeglasses, dentures and hearing aids is there. His office can help the veterans get the aid they are entitled to.

The $1.7 million is new money coming into the county, Gates said. It is the amount of initials claims approved

Polk County Veterans Service Officer Rick Gates and his assistant have helped local vets get $1.7 million in new benefits in 2012. - Photo by Gregg Westigard

during the year. Besides the money for disabilities, the office helped veterans and their widows receive pensions, burial benefits and education. In the past, there has also been a Wisconsin veterans program which included a personal loan program, but Gates said the state program has not been funded and has basically dried up.

The face of local veterans is changing, Gates said. The number of older vets is decreasing, and fewer young veterans are seeking assistance, he said, but some of that may relate to getting the word out to newer veterans.

There is a brand-new veterans care facility in Chippewa Falls, Gates said. The home, which will start receiving residents this spring, is a “gorgeous facility” in Gates words. It is well-staffed, with twice the ratio of staff to residents that most nursing homes have. It is equipped to care for special needs including dementia.

Locally, the Polk County Veterans Service Office is moving into the paperless records age, replacing rooms full of stored records with a new system that is faster and less expensive while still secure. Gates said the goal for his assistant, Gail Wassberg, and himself is to reach and help as many veterans and their families as possible.

Federal court upholds collective bargaining Act 10

by Gilman Halsted Wisconsin Public Radio MADISON - Gov. Scott Walker is hailing a federal court of appeals ruling as a victory for state taxpayers. A threejudge panel upheld Act 10, the governor’s law that strips public employee unions of most of their collective bargaining rights.

The ruling comes in a case brought by the state teachers union, the Wisconsin Education Association Council.

The union argued, among other things, that the law’s ban on allowing the collection of dues through the state payroll system violated union members First Amendment free speech rights. But this ruling rejected that argument and upheld the law in its entirety. Attorney General J B Van Hollen says the ruling re-enforces the policymaking power of the governor and the Legislature.

“Even if courts may not like what policymaking bodies have done, that as long as that has a rational basis, as in this case, they’re going to uphold their actions, and so making sure that the legislative body maintains that power, I think, sends a strong strong message with regards to a number of different cases.”

But union leaders call the ruling a narrow one and pledge to continue fighting to restore bargaining rights to public employees. The minority leader of the state Assembly, Democrat Peter Barca, points out that the court ruling acknowledges that the law was motivated by the governor’s desire to punish unions and their supporters for opposing his fiscal policies. Seventh Circuit Judge Joel Flaum’s ruling said, “As unfortunate as it may be, political favoritism is a frequent aspect of legislative action.”

Barca urged the Legislature to avoid passing bills in the future that may be constitutional but are specifically designed to reward political friends and punish political enemies.

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Donuts are OK, but chocolate is good

by Carl Heidel Leader staff writer SIREN - The meeting of the Burnett County Administration Committee Monday, Jan. 21, produced a few interesting items worth noting.

• Paperless. That’s the word from county clerk Wanda Hinrichs. She said the county hopes to be paperless in all meetings by February. Cost savings will be considerable, but supervisors will have to find a new source for paper airplanes.

• It’s now OK to buy donuts for meetings. A simple gesture of hospitality a couple of months ago ran into a snarl of red tape. The purchase of some refreshments for a meeting involving folks from out of the county was questioned because it wasn’t budgeted and wasn’t approved through all the channels. A new refreshments policy now says it’s OK to provide cookies, bakery items, fruit or similar snacks under appropriate circumstances.

• And the report from the register of deeds office began with the statement, “Save the earth ... It’s the only planet with chocolate!”

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Measuring program effectiveness, quality of life and costs

Evaluating human services in a deinstitutional world

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The people in Polk County who most need to be served by human services are the smallest group and the most expensive to serve.

We need to measure the outcome of our programs and see what is cost effective.

We must look at quality of life, which can’t be measured in cost.

We do not know if people who were deinstitutionalized are better off in our communities.

These four statements, by Gene Phillips, Kris KremerHartung, Tim Strohbusch and David Markert, reflect some of the complexity of evaluating the Polk County Human Services Department and its many programs. The monthly discussions at the human services governing board meetings are intense and broad ranging. The talk at the meeting Tuesday, Jan. 22, carried on the dialogue.

Gene Phillips, human services director, outlined the basic issue for human services and each of its programs.

Drawing two overlapping pyramids, one peaking upward and the other down, he said these represented client needs and program costs. At the peak of the needs pyramid are the people most in need of service. That needy group is also at the top of the inverted pyramid. The smallest client group is the most expensive. Phillips said the department must move down the two pyramids, looking at the increasing numbers of people considered for services and the decreasing funds available. He said there is a point,

which he called creative abandonment, where human services can only offer marginal services and where alternatives must be found to help people.

“The result we want is to feel confident that the biggest need is being served,” Phillips said. “Measuring outcome is not easy, quantifying results when the results are not known for years.”

Committee member Kremer-Hartung said the department must have a way of setting expectations and measuring results for the human services programs. She said the department must know the goals set for the program recipients. We are setting policy for an $8 million program, she said, and we need to tell the taxpayers what we are getting for that money, what the cost effectiveness is.

Cost effectiveness compared to what, committee member Strohbusch asked. He said the quality of life of the program recipients must be considered. He said he feels sorry for some of these people who he sees on an ongoing basis, as Clear Lake Police Chief Strohbusch said some of them are alone in the community, afraid and needing regular help.

Dr. Markert, a committee member with a long career in mental-health issues, said human service departments are serving the type of people who once lived in state institutions. He said the intent of deinstitutionalizing people was to get them into the local communities with local support.

But that support and the funding for it gradually declined.

Now, Markert said, they are in our communities, but their rights and needs are not being met, and they are lost in the community. Markert mentioned an article, “They died with their right on,” and said the question of whether the people are better in the community, as opposed to institutions, has not been answered.

The dialogue within the human services board, as it sets department goals and budgets, will continue. Two of the many programs within human services were mentioned as ones where more information would be coming, the community support program and the drug court. Some committee members are asking for more information in order to measure the effectiveness of the programs.

“We rely on you (the human servies board) to be the voice to the county board and the public,” Phillips said.

“You need to understand what we do. You must understand in order to be able to advocate for us.”

“We can’t know what all the employees do and what all the programs are doing,” committee Chair George Stroebel said. “But we must work to get our arms around the programs. They are complex, but we must break an unknowable universe into knowable parts.”

Notes on the human services department The total human services budget for 2013 is the largest in Polk County government. At $8,223,384, it is 14.6 percent of the total budget and slightly larger than the Golden Age Manor budget. However, most of its funds come from state and federal sources, and it is in third place for levy (property tax) dollars. Its levy funding is $3,663,520, 17.5 percent of the total, compared to the law enforcement levy funding of $6.8 million (32.6 percent). Much of the human services budget goes to outside services, and its roughly 64 full-time equivalent employees are the third largest county employee group with about 15 percent of the workforce, less than the law enforcement staff of 73 and the GAM staff of 106.

Webster Education Foundation gets the ball

by Carl Heidel Leader staff writer WEBSTER – In a manner of speaking, the ball has been passed to the Webster Education Foundation. According to WEF President Dawn Sargent, the foundation will receive all of the proceeds from the Webster High School varsity basketball games Thursday, Jan. 31.

But Sargent says there will be a special wrinkle in those proceeds. There won’t be any ticket sales for admission to the games that night. Instead, people attending the games will simply be asked to make a donation of any amount for the WEF as an admission fee. Proceeds from the sales at the concession stand and from the halftime basketball toss will also go to the WEF treasury.

Lil Pinero, the foundation’s vice president, explained that the plan is to make this an education night at the game in more than one way. In addition to raising funds for the foundation, the evening will give student athletes

an opportunity to honor teachers that have been especially helpful to them.

During the halftime events, the students will present the teachers with certificates or plaques acknowledging the important place they have occupied in the students academic careers, and also in their personal lives.

The WEF was created early in 2012 to provide a source of funding above and beyond funds in the annual district budget. At the present time, the foundation has raised nearly $7,000, and that money will be used to provide scholarships, offset budget cuts and generally supplement the edu- Debbie McMann (left) of the Webb Lake Women’s Association presented a $1,000 gift to the Webster Education Foundation. Dawn Sargent, president of the WEF (center) cational program. gratefully received the gift. Mick Peterson, Town of Scott chairman, is on the right.

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Keeping his condition in check

Retzer and his parents make monthly trips to the University of Minnesota to check in with the transplant team monitoring his condition. He is on the active United National Organ Sharing waiting list as a status 1B, or intermediate priority, one step below hospitalized patients awaiting transplants.

Though Retzer knows all too well the seriousness of his condition, he spoke matter-of-factly about his upcoming transplant while playing with his mother’s two dogs, Latte and Mocha.

“They keep me company,” said Retzer, who says he also keeps his spirits up talking and texting with friends and his nieces.

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He says an occasional visit to help out at his sister Rhonda’s Wake Up Call coffee café, in Grantsburg, also helps to pass the time.

“It’s been a very hard and lonely time for him,” remarked Retzer’s mother. “But he’s tough, he’s not a whiner. And he’s remarkably strong inside.”

“And he makes all his own medical decisions, too,” added Retzer’s dad, Claytie.

In waiting mode

Back in Grantsburg at his parents home, it’s a waiting game for Retzer. Since completing all the pretesting for both a kidney and heart transplant, he has come back to stay with them until that all-important call comes that there’s a heart and kidney for him.

“He had to take a leave from his job at the Veterans Medical Center in Minneapolis,” said his mother. “He loved that job. He was the top guy there and had won awards for his work performance.”

For now, Retzer’s job is keeping himself healthy enough for his transplant. He sticks to a very disciplined diet and fluid intake, weighing himself daily to monitor a reoccurring problem of fluid buildup which could be life threatening.

“He has to really watch the sodium so we have pretty boring meals here,” quipped his mother.

“Yeah, nothing tastes good now,” laughed Retzer.

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According to the Web site Transplant Living, the cost of a transplant, including preliminary testing, the surgery itself and postoperative recovery costs can vary depending on in what part of the country the surgery is performed, the hospital and organ type.

But even before the transplant, costs add up. Several sources to help families pay for medical and nonmedical costs of pre- and posttransplantation are available.

The Retzers have been in touch with two organizations assisting families to raise funds to help cover transplant costs. The National Foundation for Transplants and the HelpHopeLive nonprofit organizations work with families by giving them the tools for organizing local fundraising efforts.

“We will have costs insurance won’t cover, explained Retzer’s mother. “These foundations set it all up but do request we find local volunteers to help with a fundraiser.”

Transplant availability

Retzer’s mother said the family has been asked by the kidney transplant team to put out their own request for a possible kidney donor.

“In a perfect world, both the heart and the kidney would come from the same donor,” she said. “But the team asks for possible separate kidney donors because

sometimes the kidney from a heart donor isn’t useable or the heart isn’t stable enough for both procedures to be done together and a backup kidney would be needed.”

Charles’ sister, Sally, is being tested as a possible donor. A family member would be the best match but we are also asking for donors via the Internet.

Planning for the future

Having a close-knit family for support has meant a lot to Retzer and, though he says the thought of the transplant is “always there,” he maintains a positive attitude, looking ahead and making future plans.

“I want to get back to work,” said Retzer, whose job is being held for him. “I miss my co-workers. They’re like an extended family to me.”

Retzer and his dad said they would also like to take a Canadian fishing trip once the transplant(s) and several months of recovery have Charles well again.

As Retzer’s parents cozy up on the couch with their two dogs beside them, they wait and hope for the phone to ring.

“We are just hoping and praying for a new heart and kidney for Charles and, in the meantime, we’re just going on, doing the practical everyday things of life as best we can,” said the Retzers.

NOTE: The Retzers are asking any individuals, organizations, and churches who would be willing to assist with a fundraising effort, or for those who would sign up as a potential kidney donor, to call them at 715-463-2510, e-mail them at retzers@grantsburgtelcom.net, or contact them via Charles’ Facebook page. For information on the transplant fundraising foundations mentioned, go to transplants.org and HelpHopeLive.org

Supervisors given more information on feral cats POLK COUNTY - Following up on last week’s plea to Polk County supervisors to recognize Feb. 26 as World Spay Day, Tanya Borg has submitted a letter to the supervisors to dispel what she feels are misconceptions regarding trap, neuter and return of stray cats.

Borg, who is with Farm, Feral and Stray rather than under CatTown Rescue as reported last week, states in her letter that TNR is the most effective way of dealing with the feral cat population. Citing statistics from the city of San Diego, and college campuses in Texas and California, she

reiterates that TNR is both effective and cost effective.

Farm, Feral and Stray, she said, sterilized and vaccinated 197 free-roaming cats between May and December of last year.

These procedures were funded through grants, community fundraisers, donations and volunteers.

The board last week adopted the resolution recognizing World Spay Day, but eliminated sections calling for the issuance of a proclamation and allocation of $100 for public education. — Mary Stirrat with information from Tanya Borg

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Retzer then developed another problem, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which causes stiffening in the heart muscle, making the heart work harder. For Retzer, this meant more surgeries to repair valves in 2004 and 2010.

Eventually, Retzer had to have a pacemaker put in for his arrhythmia problems and to shock his heart should it suddenly stop beating.

More disheartening news came at Retzer’s last annual checkup when doctors found his heart’s pumping function had decreased so markedly he needed to be referred to heart-failure specialists for evaluation.

He was given the news his condition was so severe he should be prepared for a heart transplant and had transplant eligibility testing done.

As part of the pretransplant testing, Retzer had a routine liver biopsy. During the procedure, he experienced severe bleeding, resulting in damage to the kidneys, causing decreased function. Doctors determined if his kidneys do not recover from the trauma, a kidney transplant will also be needed.

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Roe v. Wade – another view Last week, the Rev. Gerald Heinecke publicly regretted that Roe vs. Wade has allowed women the right to an elective abortion in this country. I certainly understand his religious opinion that abortion is a sin. However, he goes so far as to say it is a crime, and he would have the state enforce his religious views on others. Fortunately for the rest of us, this country is not governed by any one group’s religious zealotry.

In this case, the Supreme Court allowed women the right to make decisions for their own bodies. Heinecke is absolutely welcome to proselytize anyone he chooses with his beliefs, but is absolutely wrong in attempting to force the rest of us to live in accordance with his particular religious beliefs. To do so would make us no different than all of the other clerically governed regimes that continually oppress men and women with their religious fervor.

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Offensive, not defensive

It is hard for me to see how our country will be able to have an intelligent debate over gun control as long as we fail to recognize that guns are offensive, not defensive weapons.

You need not look further than the assassination attempt on President Reagan in 1981. There were at least a dozen armed Secret Service agents there to protect the president when one kid with a .22 handgun knocked down the president plus two others. The guns did no good, they finally had to wrestle the assassin to the ground to get him to stop firing.

The idea that armed teachers and school cops will be able to do a better job of protecting our kids than armed Secret Service agents have done, in protecting our presidents, is just plain nuts!

Dave Dueholm Madison

Good people act Charlotte, David, Olivia, Josephine, Ana, Dylan, Madeline, Catherine, Chase, Jesse, James, Grace, Emile, Jack, Noah, Caroline, Jessica, Benjamin, Airelle and Allison. These 20 children and their six teachers were not victims of car accidents, ladder accidents or falling coconut accidents. Nor were any of them aborted embryos.

They were all murder victims. Let’s not sidestep the issue. We are dealing with murder here, murder!

And I am profoundly sorry for people who believe that these events have to be the price of freedom – they do not! There were two major components to this massacre and to the many other similar events. There is an individual, often deranged, and one or more vicious assault weapons. We need, without a doubt, better mental health care in this country. Frankly, as an individual, I am not sure how to help in this area.

As for the other major component, let’s listen to President Obama. On Wednesday, Jan. 16, he suggested we call our senators and representatives and ask them to support legislation to require background checks on everyone who tries to buy a gun and also to support a ban on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

Let’s do that.

Call Sen. Tammy Baldwin at 202-224-5653; Sen. Ron Johnson at 202-224-5323 and Rep. Sean Duffy at 202-225-3365 (7th District).

Friends, this is not gun control. These kinds of weapons were not available two decades ago. We have seen the carnage since they became legal. We are good people; we will not allow the murder of innocents to continue.

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Social Security history

Wisconsin’s seniors count on Social Security benefits earned through a lifetime of work.

A total of 97 percent, or 766,501 of older (65-plus) Wisconsin residents, received Social Security in 2011. The average annual benefit was only $14,400.

Social Security accounted for 65 percent of the typical older Wisconsinite’s income.

Low- and middle-income seniors in Wisconsin are even more reliant on Social Security’s earned benefit, typically receiving 80 percent of their individual income from Social Security.

Social Security keeps middle-income older Wisconsinites from falling into poverty.

About 6 percent, or 48,041, older Wisconsinites were in poverty.

Without Social Security income, an additional 40 percent of older Wisconsinites, or 312,233 people, would fall into poverty.

Social Security plays an important role in Wisconsin’s economy.

• Social Security provided $14.7 billion in benefits to all Wisconsinites and $11.1 billion in benefits to Wisconsinites 65 and older in 2011.

History nationally • 2009 and 2010. No increase in our earned benefit. Inflation results of 2.5 percent in decreased buying power. The income cap was $106,800. Middle class is $19K to $91K. The rich do not pay?

• 2011 and 2012. Congress and the president decrease the 6.2-percent payroll tax by 2 percent which threatens earned benefits for future workers retirement. In 2012, the cap goes to $110,100.

Back in 2009 and 2010, the Social Security trust fund solvency could have been solved by taking the income cap of $106,800 off, which excused the rich from paying their fair share of income.

Today to solve the security of the Social Security fund for future workers retirement, we would have to take the income cap of $113,700 off and extend the retirement age out a few more years.

The delay of Congress and the president to act over the years, has caused the problem to grow instead of being solved. You would think, Congress would pick the easiest problem to solve to demonstrate that they can work together for all the American people. Why not?

As best I can get at it, the Congress and the president are talking an age extension and a new formula of CPI which would reduce our monthly benefit. Why the seniors and not the rich?

After four-plus years of doing nothing and excusing the rich from paying their fair share and always threatening the lowest income people, I have drawn the conclusion that Congress does not care about seniors, and that Congress should have term limits of a maximum of 12 years.

Do you agree?

Rich Hess Trade Lake

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COMMUNITY Sources I cannot speak for the others you have listed in your diatribe, (refer to you all have made my point, Jan. 16 edition, only my own letter and the sources of information.

By your letter, anything that is not in step with the far left, ultraliberal, progressive, pro-Obama view points are all unpatriotic.

I retrieve my information from Obama “approved” sources like the IRS, ATF, CBS News and others when writing viewpoints. I am also unpatriotic because I listen to such unapproved sources like the BBC, CBC and even a Chinese news program to see what is happening worldwide.

The Australian Internet data is from one “sponsored” source. I did mention Mexico. CBS carried the information regarding the FBI, sending thousands of guns to Mexico to see which drug lords end up with them. According to CBS, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Homeland Security, the CIA and others in the current administration were totally unaware this was happening. I spent seven years working with Mexican manufacturing sites. They do have very strict gun laws: No guns of any

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type unless you are military or police force. If you talk to Mexican citizens, they will tell you that the only people with guns are criminals (and whoever the FBI sends weapons to). The authorities do not bother criminals for fear of reprisal, and most politicians and police accept bribes from them.

More regulations? Last Tuesday evening on CBS Nightly News at 5 p.m., (Obama approved news), they were talking about the current gun permit system.

I quote their information: 44,000 people lied on their gun application form and only 41 were prosecuted. I do have a problem with the information: a) No source of the information, b) If they state that 44,000 people lied, they must know who lied, and c) Why were only 41 prosecuted? This is typical of my other point in the letter.

Once anything is handed over to a government-run agency, it is bungled. The net result is that law-abiding citizens will have to jump through more meaningless legislation that is not enforced, and if it is enforced, the result is a mere “slap on the wrist.”

The true problem in this country is that we have no accountability or responsibility actions. The idiot who shot those kids in Newtown is not representative of soci-

ety, only the mentally deranged.

Upon further investigation at government Web sites, I did find out that the ATF has no gun registration or mechanism to register any guns. However, as a good Obama supporter, if you so choose you can register your gun with your local or state police. Or better yet, you can turn it over to them. In that manner, you can sleep better knowing you have complied with the wishes of “Der Fuhrer.”

Again, I can make this statement, The only difference between the U.S. politicians and the Mexican authorities is that they admit corruption and our politicians call it campaign contributions.

“Wiggle room” is just political speech to circumvent current law.

cued along CTH W at the Nemadji River bridge. Douglas County Sheriff Department deputies and a Gold Cross Ambulance responded to the scene. “If it’s below zero and especially with windchills like this, you really want to use caution and only go out if you have to,” said Nate Peterson with the St. Louis County Rescue Squad. Avoiding a situation like this is the No. 1 tip officials have. “Probably to venture out by yourself is not good, No. 1,” said Johnson. - northlandnewscenter.com

Holst, 41, Chetek appeared in Barron County Circuit Court recently on five felony charges of hit-and-run great bodily harm. Judge James Babler reset a plea hearing for Monday, Feb. 11. Injured in the crash were Felty Lambright, 31, his wife, Lorene, 30, and their children, Amanda, 10, Louella, 8, and Marilyn 7.

Holst, who was driving a Jennie-O Turkey Store semi, allegedly rear-ended the lit buggy on Hwy. SS south of Chetek and fled the scene on Oct. 31 at about 9:30 p.m.

He was arrested the next day after an anonymous caller to the sheriff’s department reported the identity of the semi driver. Holst is in custody on a $50,000 cash bail. - Rice Lake Chronotype (chrono-

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(More) gun control …

The knife that O.J. Simpson used to “allegedly” murder two people was not blamed for that horrendous crime.

The culture of violence in America started many years ago. Look at where our society has regressed from our moral standards of just 50 years ago. These days Christians are often demonized as radi-

cals. Prayer is prohibited in many places. Abortion is legal. Homosexuality and same sex marriage are promoted as if they are something good for our country.

Diversity trumps unity. Affirmative action mandates that we discriminate against more qualified and intelligent people for jobs and college admissions. The family unit is nearly extinct. Welfare often promotes laziness, crime and more welfare. Drugs, alcohol, sex and money are idolized by many. Personal responsibility is shunned and ignored by many, including a lot of our elected officials. Violent movies, violence in video games and pornography are easily accessible to our children.

It took our society many years to get to where we are at today. We won’t fix it overnight, be it executive order or by passing more laws. We need to go back to square one!

What I find most concerning, is not only is our leadership failing to correctly identify the real problem, but even when they do, they refuse to accept it because it does not fit their agenda. That is the definition of tragic!

Tom Wulf New Richmond

• Area news at a glance • Cold brush with death SUPERIOR - A man is alive after being stranded outside for two nights in subzero temperatures. A Douglas County plow driver found Craig Friebe frostbitten, but breathing. “Craig was reported missing sometime Saturday morning,” said Vern Johnson, battalion chief with the Superior Fire Department. “He had been ice fishing with some acquaintances and said he was going to take a snowmobile ride and never came back.” Friebe ran out of gas far away from his ice-fishing party and started his trek back. When he couldn’t find his friends, and it was getting dark, he lit a fire that first night. He was still lost Sunday night and couldn’t get a fire going. Monday, he was spotted and res-

Plea hearing rescheduled BARRON - A plea agreement has been rescheduled for a semi driver accused of hitting an Amish buggy, injuring a family of five and fleeing the scene. Brian J.

Turtle Lake woman killed in crash BARRON - An early-morning crash Tuesday, Jan. 15, on Hwy. 8 near Barron, has resulted in the death of a Turtle Lake woman and severe injuries to a passenger in the vehicle she was driving, according to Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald.

Pronounced dead at the scene of the accident was Cheryl Baglien, 52, of Turtle Lake. A passenger, Chloe Baglien, 17, Cheryl Baglien’s daughter, also of Turtle Lake, suffered serious injuries and was flown to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., for treatment, the sheriff said. - Barron News-Shield

Sen. Harsdorf issues statement on Act 10

“Ax Men” to profile couple’s effort to recycle timber A tough television show will highlight a massive 125-year-old grain elevator in Superior as it’s dismantled. The History Channel show “Ax Men” will profile a Wisconsin couple’s effort to recycle timber that has been extinct for a century. The 1887-vintage Globe Elevator on Superior’s waterfront was used to store grain for a century before closing in 1988. Wisconsin Woodchuck Company co-owner and “ax woman” Judy Peres now has three buildings, one 15 stories high, the others six stories high: “Each one has the footprint of a football field. They are huge, yes. There’s 6 million board feet of old-growth lumber in these elevators.” Peres says the elevators were built from pine that once dominated northern Wisconsin, “which is (now) pretty much extinct. The only way you can get it is if you recycle it from an old building. Because all of those forests, all the old-growth pine forests in this part of the world, were clear-cut in the 1880s.” “Ax Men” programming Vice President Sarah Whalen says it’s hard to find these so-called “urban loggers.”

“Truthfully what they’re doing is a tremendous feat. And they had to be half-crazy to get into it in the first place.

I mean, just pulling down this wood from this massive structure is a tremendous effort. The wood that they got out of it is worth it, but it is certainly not without risk.” Peres and her partner have been disassembling the Globe elevator for six years. She says demand started strong, but the recession’s been tough. “We’re getting a lot more calls. What we’re seeing, though, is people who used to build really big homes and projects where cost was no object, that doesn’t seem to happen anymore.” Whatever the demand, she says there’s enough wood to keep them urban logging for the rest of their lives. “Ax Men,” with an ax woman, will air Sunday, Jan. 27, at 8 p.m. on the History Channel. Shown in photo: Judy Peres, standing in front of the partially dismantled Globe Elevator. - Mike Simonson/Wisconsin Public Radio - Photo courtesy Wisconsin Woodchuck

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MADISON - State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf issued the following statement this week regarding a ruling that found Act 10 constitutional: “Today’s ruling by the Seventh District Circuit Court of Appeals finding Act 10 constitutional is great news for the taxpayers of Wisconsin. Act 10 established

important reforms on how government is run by providing the tools and flexibility for managing local budgets.”

“This federal court ruling has confirmed the constitutionality of these reforms and now provides certainty to local governments.” - from the office of Sen. Harsdorf

Time to work together Nick to bring jobs to northern Milroy Wisconsin 73rd District A response to Gov. Walker’s visit to Superior

Gov. Walker made a stop in Superior this week as he flew around the state after his annual State of the State speech Tuesday evening, Jan. 15.

Over the last two years, Walker and Republican legislators have failed to focus on jobs – and it shows.

Walker is far off pace for keeping his promise to create 250,000 jobs. Wisconsin is 42nd in the nation in job creation.

Forbes magazine also ranked Wisconsin 42nd in business climate and projected our state to have the second-worst job growth in the country through 2016 During the State of the State address, Walker focused on open-pit strip mining legislation as the catalyst to economic recovery. But the proposal unveiled the next day is a political bill designed to give Republicans the appearance of finally focusing on the jobs we need right now. Even under the best-case scenario, this bill would not put people to work on a mine for at least several years. This extreme bill does not address the prob-

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lems with the bill that failed to pass the Republican-controlled Legislature last session It does not provide adequate protections for our natural resources and thus threatens our groundwater and tourism jobs. On top of this, it raids 40 percent of the revenues generated for local communities to deal with environmental and infrastructure impacts of mining operations.

With all the talk of working together over the last several months, I am calling on Walker to sit down with legislative leaders from both parties to craft a bipartisan mining bill.

By addressing the concerns that the people of northern Wisconsin have brought forward, rather than just catering to a mining company, we can craft a bill that protects our environment while bringing jobs to the northland. Without compromise, I fear that any mining permits will be challenged and held up in the courts for years.

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Webster Schools strengthen student services

Intent is to reduce possible violence

by Carl Heidel Leader staff writer WEBSTER — What appeared in the agenda to be simply another report turned out to be an overview of steps that the Webster Schools are taking to reduce the possibility that Webster might experience the violence seen in schools in other parts of the country. The report of the crisis team to the Webster School Board Monday evening, Jan. 21, assured the board that a proactive crisis plan is in place.

Accompanied by team members Renee Ones, grade school counselor; Tammy Ingalls, district nurse; and Debra Heinz, district school psychologist, Jill Norman, the high school counselor, led board members through plans in place, development programs being utilized, and the extensive range of activities at varying levels that are intended to help at-risk students.

Everywhere in the school system, there is the presence of programs intended to help these students.

Activities in the curriculum address issues of bullying, anger, personal safety, self concept, substance abuse, stress, suicide and risky behaviors. Counseling and mental health services are abundant. Staff members network regularly and extensively to address specific student concerns. Assessments are carried out to identify troubled students. Parental support is engaged, and other initiatives in the school and from county resources offer help.

Norman explained two of the processes

Nikki Emberson reported on the work of the student leadership team. used to find students who might need personal support. In the DOT process, a list of the entire student body is drawn up. All teachers, support staff and others in the schools then place dots next to students that they know in a variety of ways and contexts. “If a student’s name has only two or less dots by it,” said Norman, “we know we need to reach out to that student.” The goal is to keep the student from becoming isolated and feeling alone.

The second process involves distributing cards to all of the students. On these

cards, the students list the name or names of teachers or staff members they would feel comfortable talking to if they had a problem. In a recent distribution, two students were unable to name a single teacher, and the crisis team knew they had to make some connections for these students.

Superintendent Jim Erickson commented on the report and noted that events in the school at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., could happen anywhere. “We’re doing what we can to avoid Sandy Hook,” he said.

In another report, Cathie Mahlen, seventh- and eighth-grade reading teacher, presented a demonstration of her students’ book reviews. Structured like the trailer promoting a coming movie, the reviews use a variety of visual images, music, voice tracks and humor to encourage the viewer to read the book. She indicated that the old book reports of the past have been replaced by this new multimedia format which encourages creativity, research skills and language skills.

In other business, the board noted that the open enrollment period has been expanded by the state. This is the time period in which students are able to apply to attend school in a district other than their own geographical district.

The open enrollment period is now

Dawn Sargent (left) and Lil Pinero (right), president and vice president, respectively, of the Webster Education Foundation, reported that the foundation was very busy and successfully raising funds.

John Tinman, of the Burnett County VFW, announced a donation to the Webster Schools backpack program.

Cathie Mahlen, seventh- and eighth-grade reading teacher, demonstrated a new approach to book reports. from Feb. 4 through April 30. “A good opportunity for students to become Tigers,” said Erickson.

Nikki Emberson presented the student leadership team report to the board. Her report noted that the interaction between the team and high school administration has been very effective in addressing a number of student concerns, and has produced some helpful suggestions for school improvements.

In the category of “good” news, John Tinman, a member of the Burnett County VFW, announced that the VFW would be contributing $125 to the schools for their backpack program. The program provides a backpack of food for qualifying students to take home each weekend.

Other good news came from the auditors who reported that the schools were in “good financial shape.” Dawn Sargent and Lil Pinero reported that the Webster Education Foundation was also in good shape, financially, and was making plans for developing more funds for the foundation.

In one other item of business, the board moved the date of the February board meeting from Feb. 18 to Feb. 25 at 6 p.m.

God’s People Serving feeds 227 families Connections south of Webster to host two food giveaways a month

by Sherill Summer Leader staff writer WEBSTER - Days into the new year, Thursday, Jan. 3, the Siren and Webster Lions and the Siren Lioness clubs spon-

sored bread and produce to be given to families that needed it. The food giveaway took place at the Connections store south of Webster.

On Thursday, Jan. 17, it was Burnett County’s Lutheran churches outreach program, God’s People Serving, or GPS, that sponsored the giveaway at Connections.

GPS purchased 13 pallets of food from Second Harvest that including cereals, canned goods, bread and fresh fruit.

Boxes filled with about 40 pounds of food went to 227 families on Thursday.

More such giveaways are planned for February and beyond, with the Lions and Lioness clubs sponsoring the first Thursdays and GPS sponsoring the third Thurs-

days at Connections. Both events are part of a food network that aims to provide food to families that need it once a week.

It was the group Citizens Against Poverty, formerly called the Hunger Task Force, that coordinated the food giveaways at Connections. Crystal Meier of Connections explains that Citizens Against Poverty hopes that with the food giveaways helping to feed families, these

Community service specialist at the Webster Connections, Crystal Meier, reported that 150 families took advantage of Thursday’s food giveaway in one hour alone. In all, there were 227 families served, including 18 home deliveries. For more information about upcoming food giveaways or home deliveries on the third Thursdays, contact Meier at 715-8668151.

Shown is Pam with about 40 pounds of food she received on Thursday, Jan. 17.

She said that the fact that she was given food was helpful, no matter what your situation, especially in this economy. - Photos by Sherill Summer

families will then have a little extra money to pay for other expenses.

Kyle chooses what cereals to put in his box.

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Burnett County circuit court Brittni L. Desrosier, 19, Glendale, Ariz., shoplifting, $263.50.

Gewitaygabawiqu Gabisage Devlin, 36, Webster, operate with controlled substance, license revoked 12 months, ignition interlock for 12 months when applying for license, alcohol assessment, $867.50.

Edward W. Drury, 57, Danbury, speeding, $175.30.

Patricia L. Dujardin, 54, Hayward, operate without proof of insurance, $10.00.

Jack O. Eggleston, 24, Webster, operate while suspended, $200.50.

James B. Emery, 45, Siren, operate without proof of insurance, $10.00.

Matthew C. Erickson, 21, Siren, operate without proof of insurance, $10.00; operate without valid license, $200.50.

Alexander C. Erickson, 22, White Bear Lake, Minn., OWI, $804.50, license revoked seven months, ignition interlock for 12 months when applying for licnese, alcohol assessment.

Shirley A. Evenson, 75, Siren, speeding, $200.50.

Mary V. Falk, 55, Grantsburg, operate without proof of insurance, $10.00.

Mariah K. Gravelle, 20, Siren, no catalytic converter, $175.30.

Shellie M. Groess, 40, Webster, operate without proof of insurance, $10.00; seat belt violation, $10.00; speeding, $200.50.

Leo R. Hanson, 19, Shell Lake, operate while suspended, $200.50; operate without insurance, $200.50; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Geoffrey S. Harrison, 45, Houggton, Mich., speeding, $225.70.

Robert C. Hawley, 50, Grasston, Minn., fail to stop, $175.30.

Richard C. Hjelseth, 43, Roseville, Minn., bait wild animals, $343.50.

Jacob D. Hohweiler, 17, Barronett, nonregistration of ATV, $200.50.

Megan E. Hophan, 17, Danbury, fail to stop, $114.50.

Jack O. Hoye, 17, St. Paul, Minn., operate ATV without safety certificate, $162.70.

David R. Hubbell, 23, Shell Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Kathryn J. Jackson, 52, Danbury, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Hans W. Dahlberg, 20, Siren, registration suspended, $175.30.

Cody M. Janes, 21, Grantsburg, OWI, $691.50, license revoked six months, alcohol assessment; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Michael F. Janke, 40, Grantsburg, bait wild animals, $343.50.

Ethan K. L. Java, 18, Siren, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Judith A. Johnson, 49, Deer Park, passing in no-passing zone, $213.10.

David Kislenger, 51, Danbury, bait wild animals, $343.50.

Mitchell W. La Sarge, 26, Webster, fail to stop, $175.30; operate without insurance, $200.50.

Larry L. Larsin, 72, Center City, Minn., unauthorized disabled parking, $160.50.

Adam R. Lindus, 31, Hammond, speeding, $200.50.

Brody A. Lissick-Bibeau, 26, Centuria, operate left of center, $213.10; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Daniel R. Lowell, 28, Webster, operate without insurance, $200.50; speeding, $175.30.

Jay K. Luke, 75, Amery, speeding, $200.50.

Troy D. Main, 43, Danbury, speeding, $225.70.

Brody R. Measner, 25, Luck, discharge firearm from vehicle, $258.10.

Raymond J. Mlecko, 80, Radisson, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Austan D. Norton, 32, Spooner, speeding, $175.30.

Charlene R. O’Connor, 50, Siren, credit card theft, one-year probation, sentence withheld, no abusive contact with victim, restitution, $1,393.55.

James J. Olinger, 43, Rosemount, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Brent S. Petersen, 28, St. Paul, Minn., OWI, $1,424.60, 60day jail sentence, Huber release or community service granted, license revoked 24 months, ignition interlock for 12 months when applying for license, alcohol assessment.

Joseph A. Renfrow, 60, Danbury, speeding, $175.30.

Violet S. Reynolds, 32, Webster, trespass, $330.50.

Carol J. Rightman, 23, Siren, speeding, $200.50.

Audra K. Robotka, 45, Hayward, red light violation, $175.30.

Raymond R. Rolling, 23, Center City, Minn., nonregistration, $175.30.

William J. Ryan, 47, Maple Grove, Minn., seat belt violation, $10.00.

Steven G. Sahl, 49, Faribault, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Justin J. Simon, 20, Grantsburg, fail to notify police of accident, $389.50.

Bryan S. Snow, 46, Webster, fail to stop at stop sign, $127.50.

Robert W. Spohn, 37, Grantsburg, speeding, $200.50.

Steven D. Stone, 37, Minong, operate while suspended, $200.50.

Curtis J. Sutherland, 24, Grantsburg, speeding, $250.90.

T and T, Danbury, excess width without a permit, $200.50.

Carmen L. Taylor, 27, Webster, unauthorized disabled parking, $264.50.

Marcy J. Thalacker, 61, Hertel, operate without proof of insurance, $10.00.

Anthony T. Thayer, 20, Danbury, underage drinking, license suspended 12 months, alcohol assessment, $515.50.

Chelsea M. Thomas, 26, Webster, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Thorpe Dist Co., Rogers Minn., operate without proof of insurance, $10.00.

Thomas D. Viltz, 36, Shell Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

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Kenneth A. Andersen, 77, Danbury, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Kenneth J. Anenson, 54, Chanhassen, Minn., interstate record violation, $263.50.

Charleston K. Baker, 22, Webster, operate while suspended, $200.50.

Erin R. Bearheart, 21, Webster, fail to maintain speedometer, $175.30; operate while suspended, $200.50; operate without insurance, $200.50; operate without valid license, $162.70.

Billie J. Benjamin, 27, Sandstone, Minn., issue worthless check, restitution, $528.83.

Lawrence E. Bildeau, 29, Webster, speeding, $200.50.

Lucas A. Bridge, 22, Pequot Lakes, Minn., operate without insurance, $200.50; speeding, $175.30.

Julia M. Butler, 17, Siren, operate while suspended, $200.50.

Brett R. Casey, 16, Siren, operate without valid license, $200.50.

Benjamin C. Davis, 23, Danbury, OWI, $804.50, license revoked seven months, ignition interlock for 12 months when applying for license, alcohol assessment; possession THC, one-year probation, sentence withheld, alcohol assessment, $243.00.

Gayle M. Couch, 62, Danbury, fail to yield right of way, $232.00.

Pamela A. Denetz, 31, Frederic, operate without proof of insurance, $10.00.

Dakota J. Desjarlait, 19, Maplewood, Minn., violate yellow traffic signal, $175.30.

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Terra L. Wakefield, 31, Siren, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Susan M. Warner, 46, Webster, reckless driving, $389.50.

Charmain K. Wiggers, 45, Cumberland, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Russell Lowell Zuech, 80, New Hope, Minn., speeding, $201.00.

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Burnett County court Brittany L. Casey, 20, Sarona, battery, $330.50.

Brandon L. Froemel, 19, Hayward, obstructing an officer, $330.50.

Jeremy L. Just, 33, Grantsburg, disorderly conduct, $330.50.

Stanley T. Nayquonabe, 23, Garrison, Minn., possession of

marijuana, $330.50.

David G. St. John, 39, Spooner, OWI, $1,424.00, 60day jail sentence, eligible for Huber release and / or community service, license revoked two years, alcohol assessment.

Sharon R. Sutton, 44, Hinckley, Minn., threatening

harm with phone, $500.00.

Mitchell L. Varner, 46, Siren, violate restraining order, $500.00.

Adam C. Ward, 30, Eau Claire, issue worthless check, restitution, $523.55.

James R. Wolvert, 58, Phipps, OWI, $691.50, license revoked six months, alcohol

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Steve Zelinski, 40, Webster, OWI, $1,109.00, 10-day jail sentence, Huber release and / or community service granted, license revoked 12 months, 12 months’ ignition interlock when applying for license, alcohol assessment.

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issued two citations for inattentive driving and disregarding traffic controls. It was reported that Pavlicek was talking on his cell phone at the time of the accident.

Burnett County deaths Kenneth D. Haug, 65, Town of Oakland, died Nov. 29, 2012.

Dennis Wagenuis, 75, Grantsburg, died Dec. 21, 2012.

Steven W. Tjader, 62, Town of Daniels, died Dec. 29, 2012.

Stephen F. Doyle, 75, Town of Scott, died Jan. 2, 2013.

Polk County marriage licenses Jessica A. Kearns, Osceola, and Jeffrey F. Simon, Osceola, issued Jan. 15, 2013.

Elizbeth A. Knapp, Osceola, and Eric D. Randall, Osceola, issued Jan. 15, 2013.

Governor announces meeting on gun violence

by Chuck Quirmbach Wisconsin Public Radio MADISON – Gov. Scott Walker says he’ll hold a meeting this week to look at the core causes of gun violence. A leading critic of guns says the governor should also consider more gun controls.

At a Martin Luther King Day breakfast in Milwaukee, Monday, Jan. 21, Mayor Tom Barrett talked about the ongoing death toll from gun violence in his city.

“Last year in Milwaukee, we had 92 homicides: Guns were used in 73 of the murders.”

Barrett says 74 of the 92 killed were African-Americans and 11 were Latinos.

Walker didn’t talk about gun violence during his Milwaukee speech, but told

reporters about a session coming up this week, “I’m meeting with mental health pros and police officials from around the state to get at the core causes, not just weapons, but how someone gets in the position where they’re committing those sorts of crimes.”

Walker says many of the mass shootings around the U.S. involve people with mental illness. Mayor Barrett says Walker’s meeting is a positive step, but that tougher gun laws are needed, too.

“There are serious loopholes in our gun laws, and we have to make them more effective. It’s that simple.”

Barrett called on King Day observers to join him in pressuring politicians for stronger gun laws.

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Blizzard boys send message to New Richmond Win sixth straight game over Moose Lake on Tuesday

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Blizzard 4, New Richmond 2

by Scott Hoffman Leader staff writer SIREN – After spotting New Richmond two quick goals Thursday, Jan. 17, the Blizzard boys came out and dominated one of the premier hockey programs in our area of the state. The Webster, Siren, Luck, Frederic and Grantsburg co-op team has tried for years to get a game with the New Richmond Tigers but, for whatever reasons, it just never happened.

Coach Grant Nicolls was pleased with the end results but unhappy about the slow start.

“We came out very flat. Coach Sammy and I were thinking it was going to be a long game. After the boys settled in and started to play hockey, we showed what we are made of. We have stressed all year to the guys that the little things are what are going to win games. The boys came out and did the little things right.”

Blizz goalkeeper Brandon Roufs settled in and had a great night, stopping everything shot at him after the early pair of goals. Those shots were from every imaginable angle and speed, from a slow roller from deep in the opposition’s end to a blistering slap shot at 30 feet. Roufs finished the night with 31 saves on 33 shots.

Nicolls also stressed the importance of the power play and how important special teams are. “We scored on our power play, we picked up guys in the slot in our defensive end, we made the saves we should make, we lessened the turnovers at our blue line, we won races. Overall, it was a great game by our guys, and an extremely fun game to coach! We are on a roll now

Alex Hopkins celebrates a big go-ahead goal versus New Richmond on Thursday, Jan. 17.

– Photos by Scott Hoffman

Blizzard goalie Brandon Roufs settled in for a big night for the Blizzard boys hockey team in their game against New Richmond. with four in a row and playing good hockey.” Scoring for the Blizzard were Alex Hopkins, two goals, Vinny Larson, a goal and an assist, Jake Langevin, a goal, and assisting were Brandon Ryan, Bryce Ryan, Jake Swenson and Aaron Dietmeier.

The Webster, Siren, Luck, Frederic and Grantsburg team is now looking forward to finishing their season with a fullstrength roster that has really started to gel and peak at the right time.

Blizzard 7, North Branch 2 SIREN – After their big win over New Richmond last Thursday, the Blizzard boys hosted North Branch the following Friday, Jan. 18, which was originally scheduled to be an away game. Due to a loss of ice for the opposing team, the Blizzard boys gained home-field advantage, and it must have been a benefit as the Bliz-

Brandon Ryan finds the back of the net against Moose Lake during the Blizzard’s sixth straight win on Tuesday, Jan. 22. – Photo by Josh Johnson/MaxPreps

See Boys hockey /next page

••• DULUTH, Minn. – Former Frederic athlete and current UW-Stout track and field standout Zach Anderson is one of the headliners of this Saturday’s, Jan. 26, Warren Bowlus Open indoor track and field meet in Menomonie.

The junior is one of the men’s team captains and is a multisport athlete who last year, took sixth nationally in the heptathlon, and fourth in the penZach Anderson tathlon. Anderson was an All-American selection last season, and will likely be a force again this season for the Blue Devils. Several other local athletes will also attend the meet this Saturday, including a handful of former local athletes who are part of the UWEau Claire teams. Frederic’s Leah Engebretson, as well as Calla Carl compete in the mid-distance events and Sage Carl as a sprinter. For the men’s team, Roger Steen of Luck is continuing to throw for the Bluegolds, and Bryan Krause is a mid-distance runner as well. – Marty Seeger ••• LEADER LAND – The Friday, Jan. 25, Unity at St. Croix Falls girls and boys basketball games are being broadcast on 104.9 FM beginning at 5:45 p.m. The Turtle Lake at Luck boys basketball game on Monday, Jan. 28, can be heard on 104.9 FM beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Frederic at Unity girls and boys basketball games on Tuesday, Jan. 29, can be heard on 104.9 FM beginning at 5:45 p.m. The New Richmond at Somerset hockey game is being broadcast on Thursday, Jan. 24, on 104.9 FM beginning at 7 p.m. The Minnesota Wild at St. Louis NHL hockey game can be heard on 104.9 FM beginning at 5 p.m. The Amery at Ellsworth boys and girls basketball games can be heard on 1260 AM, beginning at 6:30 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 25. The Osceola at Amery boys basketball game is being broadcast on 1260 AM on Tuesday, Jan. 29, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Minnesota Gophers at Wisconsin men’s college basketball game can be heard on 1260 AM this Saturday, Jan. 26, beginning at 1 p.m.

••• LEADER LAND – Leader Sports strives to follow the college careers of area athletes. If you know of an athlete playing collegiate sports in 2013 who hasn’t been mentioned, send us an email or call and we’ll take it from there.

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Lady Dragons hold back Eagles Siren never surrenders 14-0 run in the first half Siren 49, Unity 40

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The Unity girls basketball team took part in the fight against breast cancer in Polk County last Friday, Jan. 18, helping to raise more than $1,200 in the process. But they couldn’t fight back a powerful Dragon squad that managed to keep the Eagles scoreless through the first five minutes of the first period, scoring 14 unanswered points that included key perimeter shooting from Carly Good, Brittany Coulter and Kyaisha Kettula who each had a 3-pointer.

Raven Emery got into the scoring spree in the second quarter, sinking three 3pointers to help the Dragons build a 30-15 lead at the half, but the Eagles never gave up. Unity chipped away at the score in the third quarter. Maddie Ramich and Shauna Jorgenson put up four points to start the second half and Jorgenson put up 12 in the third, while the Eagles managed to hold the Dragons to nine points, and trailed by eight heading into the fourth quarter.

Sarah Bader sank one of two from the free-throw line to start the fourth quarter and Anna Ebensperger was able to grab the rebound on Bader’s second miss and put it up for the score. The Eagles were suddenly back in the game, trailing by five points for much of the fourth quarter, but Siren slowed things down considerably, and the Eagles couldn’t get any closer. With under two minutes to go in the game, Unity had a chance to cut the Siren lead to four points but couldn’t capitalize on a pair of free throws. It was a tough night for the Eagles at the charity stripe, as they shot just 11 of 26. The Dragons went 16 of 26 from the free-throw line, but were able to shoot 10 of 17 in the fourth quarter to help seal the win.

“It was a great road win for us. They are a quality D4 team that is well-coached and that plays hard. It is one of our biggest wins this season. If you listened to people in the paper and on the radio, we were picked to lose the game, so when we win by nine, it is a good feeling,” said Dragons coach Ryan Karsten.

Coulter led the Dragons with 14 points, followed by Liz Brown and Emery each with 10, Good and Kettula each had five, and Hope Peterson had two. Unity’s Jorgenson finished with 20 points, Ebensperger, six, Bader and Ramich each had five, Bella Foeller and Carly Ince each had two.

“Seniors Liz Brown and Brittany Coulter played huge in the fourth helping us to a 49-40 victory. It was a conference win on the road, and they are always hard to

Siren’s Brittany Coulter collides with Unity’s Sarah Bader on her way to the hoop. – Photo

by Marty Seeger come by. With that victory, we ended the first half of the conference season 4-2 tied for second. With the quality of the top team, we are happy to be where we are and, the good Lord willing, we hope the games versus SCF and Unity at the end of the season have a lot of meaning!” Karsten said.

Siren 42, Spooner 41 SPOONER – The Lady Dragons, playing their third road game in the past four contests, took their skills to Spooner on Monday, Jan. 21. The Dragons won in the final seconds of the game after trailing by as much as eight, and by as much as six points with just over two minutes to go in the game.

Last year, the Dragons lost by 27 points at home to the Rails, according to coach Ryan Karsten, and trailed 13-5 early.

Karsten said his initial game plan wasn’t working, but after a couple of time-outs, he readjusted and the Siren girls were able to respond quickly to the adjustments.

“The credit goes to my girls for wanting to change what we were doing and being able to change on the fly. Even with that being said, the game was anything but easy. Their best player, Sarah Taylor, caused us fits all night. She is one of the top players we have seen all year and she

had 21 points on the night,” Karsten said.

Kyaisha Kettula, Emily Howe, Brittany Coulter, Carly Good and Liz Brown were credited for stepping up pressure on the defensive front. Brown also scored, the Dragons final seven points of the game.

“I thought Liz Brown, Mack Smith and Brittany Coulter really played well tonight for us. This was a great team win for us.

Everyone that played scored except one, so everyone had an impact in the outcome. Now it is on to Frederic on the road Friday night, another road game for us. It is always a tough place to play. When the two of us play, you can throw out the records and expect a battle every time,” Karsten said.

St. Croix Falls 56, Osceola 42 OSCEOLA – The St. Croix Falls girls basketball team defeated their rival Chieftains on Thursday, Jan. 17. It was the Saints fourth straight win and 11th of the season overall.

Osceola led by one after the first quarter, but the Saints controlled the second to take a 27-20 halftime lead. The Saints were able to hold Osceola to just four points in the third quarter and, despite the Chieftains outscoring the Saints in the fourth quarter, St. Croix Falls held on with a big night from Mariah Rohm, who scored 23

The Lady Dragons fought off the Spooner rails in a nonconference game on Monday, Jan. 21. – Photo by Larry Samson points on the night and had 12 rebounds and two blocks.

Sydney Geisness had 12 points and 13 rebounds for the second double-double of the night for the Saints. Geisness also had three steals and four assists, while Jerrica Jones had five steals on the night.

Natalie Sempf and Jones each had six points on the night, followed by Jordan Johnson with four, Erica Bergmann and McKenzie Christenson each had two and Taylor Orton had one.

Turtle Lake 61, Frederic 31 FREDERIC – The Vikings girls basketball team lost a nonconference test against Turtle Lake on Monday, Jan. 21, keeping it close for much of the first half before surrendering a Lakers 12-1 run.

“We got off to a fast start, up 7-2, but then things turned on us,” said Vikes coach Troy Wink.

Frederic trailed just 19-17 midway through the second quarter, according to Wink, but the Lakers 12-1 run, before the first half came to a close, put the Vikings in a 31-19 hole and they couldn’t recover from that.

“We have to continue to work and figure out how to play better for all 32 minutes,” said Wink.

Turtle Lake’s Kim Martin, Nadia Alexander and Dana West each had 14 points for the Lakers. The Vikings were led by Kendra Mossey with 11 points, followed by Lexi Domagala, six, Natalie Phernetton and Carly Gustafson each had five, and Ann Chenal had four.

Boys hockey continued zard won 7-4.

The Blizzard got off to a fast start and took a 4-0 lead with two goals in the first period, which were scored by Alex Hopkins on assists from Jake Langevin and Aaron Dietmeier. Langevin found the back of the net with 9:05 on the clock with an assist from Hopkins.

In the second period Ryan Curtis scored a goal with assists from Shay Johnson and Vinny Larson, and Hopkins put the puck in the net on assist from Langevin to put the Blizzard up 4-0. Langevin got a playmaker in the game, with his three assists, while Matt Larson led the team with two goals.

North Branch would get one goal by Blizzard goalie Brandon Roufs late in the second period, but the Blizzard would answer right back with 16:37 on the clock in the second period. The goal came from Larson on assists from Bryce Ryan and Jake Swenson. Larson scored an unassisted goal in the start of the third period and Dietmeier scored the Blizzard’s seventh goal of the game on assist from Hop-

kins and Langevin.

Roufs ended the game with nine saves while teammate Tarron Wols saved eight.

The Blizzard peppered North Branch goalie Cedric Geldon with 36 shots on goal. – Marty Seeger

Blizzard’s Jake Swenson beats Moose Lake goalie Andrew LaFond for his second goal of the night. – Photo by Josh Johnson/MaxPreps

Blizzard 9, Moose Lake 0 SIREN – The Blizzard boys won their sixth straight game with a shutout over Moose Lake in Siren on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

Jake Langevin scored a hat-trick for the Blizzard while Brandon Ryan picked up the playmaker with his three assists.

The Blizzard peppered the Moose Lake goalie, Andrew LaFond, with 63 shots on goal while the Blizzard only allowed seven, and goalie Brandon Roufs held his ground throughout the entire night.

Also scoring goals on the night were Alex Hopkins, Brandon Ryan, Aaron Dietmeier and Jake Swenson. The next test for the Blizzard will come this Friday, Jan. 25, at Legacy Christian Academy, beginning at 7:30 p.m. – Marty Seeger

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Eagles take control early, defeat Dragons again Grantsburg, Luck win conference games Unity 55, Siren 27

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – For the second time this season, the Eagle boys basketball team outmatched the Dragons on Friday, Jan. 18, handing Siren its second consecutive conference loss after the team won four of their five previous games. The Dragons were without starting forward Jared Emery due to injury, and the Eagles took control early in the first quarter and never looked back.

“We are in the process of ‘redefining’ some of our roles on varsity, and with that taking place, we have lots of voids that need to be filled,” said Dragons coach Jon Ruud. “We are playing a lot of young and inexperienced players right now, and this inexperience is showing against the teams that we are playing. Unity played very Siren’s Aaron Ruud looks for an open teammate as Unity’s Oliver Raboin and Logan Bader defend. – Photo by Marty Seeger

Webster's Michael Johnson drives baseline against Luck's Evan Armour. – Photo by Greg Marsten

well against us, and really scored at will.

They are a team going in the right direction.”

Unity held the Dragons to single digits in all four quarters and led 37-17 at halftime. The Eagles came out firing in the first quarter with a pair of 3-pointers from Brandon McKenzie as well as 3-pointers from Dylan Ruck and Zac Johnson.

“I thought we did a much better job of playing a complete basketball game on Friday,” said Unity coach Shaun Fisher.

“Our offense was more aggressive and they played well together.”

The Eagles had a well-balanced scoring attack, with Logan Bader leading with 10, followed by McKenzie, nine, Dakota Ward, eight, Oliver Raboin and Dylan Ruck, seven, Johnson, six, Jacob Ruck, four, Nolan Merrill and Cash Hickethier, two apiece.

The Dragons got 10 points from Davey St. John, and Aaron Ruud, seven, Corey

Bauer, five, Neil Oustigoff, three and Nate Martin, two

Luck 72, Webster 38 LUCK – The Luck Cardinals had little trouble handling the Webster Tigers at Luck on Jan. 18, as the Cards briefly trailed but then exploded to a a 72-38 victory in the West Lakeland Conference contest.

Luck senior John Denny led all scorers with 17 points, followed closely by senior Kyle Hunter with 16. Both Noah Mortel and Evan Armour knocked down ten points in addition.

Webster jumped to a fast start on a steal

by Shawn Stevens, who finished with 12 points, followed by sophomore Dad McCarty, with ten points.

The contest was al Luck's as the night went on, and they showed their offensive prowess even more as the night progressed.

Frederic's Zach Schmidt looks for a basket against Grantsburg on Friday, Jan. 18. – Photo by Scott Hoffman Luck remains undefeated in conference play, and has a solid lead in the race to the conference title. Webster continues to struggle, but showed a good team spirit and a hint at some future talent by some of their underclassmen. – Greg Marsten Grantsburg 49, Frederic 28 GRANTSBURG – Patience is a virtue and the Grantsburg Pirates are showing they have a lot of patience. Again, a wellthought-out ball control offense, combined with a stout, opportunistic defense, has helped the Pirates to a 10-4 record so far, but at this point, Nick Hallberg has been getting his money’s worth from the undersized, underdog Pirates. “Another game where we started fast and then just did what we had to do to win. I like to see that out of these guy’s and hope to continue to play that way,” Hallgren added.

Leader in scoring Friday, Jan. 18, was Conner Myers with his season-average 22 for Grantsburg. Brady Thompson is not far behind with a 17-point season average.

Vikings never really seemed to be putting up a sustained run. Ian Lexen did manage nine for the Vikes. – Scott Hoffman

Dragon basketball teams both fall at Target Center Northwood 55, Siren 40

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., – The Dragon girls basketball team couldn’t overcome a Northwood challenge at the Target Center on Saturday, Jan. 19, which is the home of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx.

Northwood held a 10-8 edge after the first quarter and took a 28-21 lead at the half, while maintaining that lead for the rest of the game until late in the fourth quarter.

“It was a tough game for us after the battle we had Friday night at Unity.

Northwood is one of the top D5 teams in Northwest Wisconsin. They are wellcoached and have a couple of very qual-

Siren’s Carly Good drives around a Northwood defender.

The Siren girls basketball team poses at halfcourt at the Target Centre. – Photos by Mackenzie Erickson ity players in Sarah Benson and McKayla Waggoner. It was a back-and-forth game throughout, but we were always behind.

Their defense was tough and we only hit free throws and threes in the first half,” said Siren coach Ryan Karsten.

The Dragons made it a game late in the fourth quarter when, with about four minutes to go, they trailed by just five points, but the Dragons failed to score in three chances, according to Karsten.

“We ended up losing by 15, but I feel the game was closer than the final score. I thought Carley Good and Mack Smith both had nice games for us. Caitlin Daniels also chipped in with four. There is a lot of season to play before the playoffs start, so we will continue to get better and, hopefully, be able to make a run in the playoffs, which will certainly go through Northwood again this season,” Karsten said.

Mackenzie Smith led with 11 points,

Brittany Coulter finished with eight points, Hope Peterson, Caitlin Daniels and Liz Brown each had four.

Northwood 60, Siren 33 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., – It hasn’t been a good week for the Dragons after they dropped their third straight game of the week, this time against nonconference Northwood at the Target Center in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 19. The night before, the Dragons lost a tough one against host Unity.

“Two very tough games for Siren,” said coach Jon Ruud. “Northwood also outplayed us on both ends of the court. We need to get better each and every day, and we also know that we are lucky to be gaining some of these experiences at a young age on varsity. We will learn from them.

This will make us stronger in the future.”

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LFG wrestling sends five to finals in SCF Team finishes fourth out of nine teams

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – St. Croix Falls hosted a nine-team tournament last Saturday, Jan. 19, with the Luck/Frederic/Grantsburg wrestling team taking fourth overall. The first-place finisher was Amery, followed by Boyceville, Chetek-Prairie Farm, LFG, St. Croix Falls, Spencer, Unity, Cameron, River Falls and Lakeland.

The LFG wrestling team had five athletes make it to the finals round, including Tristan Brewer who was the champion at 138 pounds. Brewer defeated Austin Klugow, of Amery, in the first match of the day by an 8-1 decision, and his next two match wins came by pin over C.J. Hasnoot of St. Croix Falls and Lucas Morgan of Cameron. He defeated Jon Harnisch by a pin in the championship round by a pin in 1 minute, 59 seconds.

Alex Richey earned a championship at 170 for LFG, getting a pin in his first match of the day over Tanner Zwiefelhofer of Chetek-Prairie Farm. Richey lost his match in round four to Sebastian Larson, of River Falls, but Larson was defeated later by Zwiefelhofer to help give Richey the title shot. Richey won his next two matches by pin, with one coming against Dakota Lofgren, of Unity, in 2:36, and a pin over Spencer’s Zach Schneider in 1:46.

Three other LFG wrestlers earned trips to the finals round, with Cole Britton taking second place overall at 106. Britton went 3-1 on the day with a pin and major decision win in round three. He also won a close 8-6 decision in the fifth round against Austin Wolfe, of Boyceville, before getting pinned in the finals by Amery’s Hunter Marko.

Evan Ryan made it to the finals at 132, winning all four of his matches before get-

Brian Nelson of St. Croix Falls wrestled at 170 pounds for the Saints.

LFG wrestler Tristan Brewer puts a lock on an opponent during the St. Croix Falls wrestling Classic on Saturday, Jan. 19. Brewer took first place at 138 pounds. – Photos by Marty Seeger Ryan Strenke placed fifth at 285.

Alex Richey earned the title at 170 for the LFG wrestling team. ting pinned in the finals by Dominic Olson, of Boyceville. Ryan’s four wins came with one by pin and two others by major decision, as well as a 4-1 decision in the semifinal round over Bucky Nelson, of Chetek-Prairie Farm.

At 152, Tony Britton earned second place with three pins and a major decision win to earn a spot in the finals, where he lost by pin to Mitch Nichols, of Amery.

Other LFG wrestlers competing at St. Croix Falls included Jared Lund, at 120, who took eighth overall. Hunter Dodds took seventh at 126, Tim Lund was sixth at 145, and Josh Glover nearly earned a spot in the finals with third place overall at 160. Glover’s only loss came by a 7-1 loss to Mitchell Wozniak of Chetek-Prairie Farm.

At 220, Blain Clemons took fourth, and

Three Saints take top spot on podium ST. CROIX FALLS – The St. Croix Falls wrestling team had three wrestlers take first place at their home wrestling classic, with Drew Wheeler taking the top spot at 113 pounds. Wheeler wrestled three matches on the day and won by pin each time. His first came against Anthony Wallace, of Chetek-Prairie Farm in 1:30, and his second pin came against Sam Linton, of Cameron, in 40 seconds. In the finals, Wheeler pinned Andrew Smith, of Amery, in 4:50 to continue his amazing season which currently stands at a record of 30-1.

Saints wrestler James Klassen is currently 18-3 and had a good day at 126, winning five matches including the first three by pin over Matt Volgren, of Unity, Michael Slagel, of Chetek-PF, and Frank Scandin, of Lakeland. Klassen won a major decision over Ty Reinke, of Cameron, by a score of 17-3, before entering the finals match against Dylan Schubert, of Spencer. Klassen won the championship match by pin, as well, in 1:57.

Joe Rademacher kept his perfect 31-0 record intact on Saturday, winning three of his four matches by pin. His first came against Andrew Moen, of Chetek-PF, in 48 seconds, and his second came against Zach Sutliff, of Boyceville, in 57 seconds.

He pinned Martin Jaramillo, of Lakeland, in 13 seconds before his finals match, where he won by a 13-3 major decision

Joe Rademacher had a solid day for the Saints at 182 pounds, earning first place to remain undefeated on the year.

Josh Glover nearly earned a spot in the finals with third place overall at 160 pounds. over Kyle Heinsohn, of Cameron.

Other Saints wrestlers placing in the tournament included Tristin Chamberlin, at 106, who took fourth overall. Kyle Koshiol took seventh place at 120, and C.J. Hasnoot took eighth at 138. At 145, Dan Horn took fourth, Brian Nelson was seventh at 170, Drew Dumke took sixth at 220 and Ryan Johnson placed fourth at 285.

Lennartson wins heavyweight title ST. CROIX FALLS – At 285, Unity senior Alex Lennartson added more wins to his 31-1 record with four wins en route to a spectacular finish at the St. Croix Falls wrestling classic. Lennartson had four pins on the day with his first coming against Adam Johansen, of Amery, in 43 seconds. His next pin came against Ryan Strenke, of LFG, in 32 seconds, and pin No. 3 came against Cole LaLiberty, of Chetek-PF, in 2:48.

Lennartson saved the fireworks for the final championship match against Kyle Andreae of Spencer, who is 33-1 on the season. Lennartson pinned Andreae in 1:49 to take the top spot on the podium.

Nine other Eagle wrestlers also placed at the tournament, with Derek Johnson placing seventh at 107. Tucker Olson had a good day, placing third overall at 120, and Matt Volgren came in eighth at 126.

Zac Baxter took fifth overall at 145, and Colten Sorensen was fourth at 152. Ty Hoffbeck took fifth at 160, Dakota Lofgren was eighth at 170, Brad Eley took fourth at 195, and Justin Peper placed third at 220.

Unity’s Justin Peper gets the pin at 220 during a match against St. Croix Falls on Saturday.

Saints dual ends with win over Eagles St. Croix Falls 47, Unity 30

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – The St. Croix Falls wrestling team survived a conference dual match against Unity on Thursday, Jan. 17, with help from six Saints wrestlers who were able to earn six points by pin.

Dalton Langer was a winner by pin over Unity’s Derek Johnson at 106 pounds, and

Kyle Koshiol pinned Matt Volgren at 126.

James Klassen pinned Damon Bearhart at 132, and Dan Horn pinned Zac Baxter at 145. Both Brian Nelson and Joe Rademacher won their matches by pin, with Nelson getting the pin at 182 over Brad Eley, and Rademacher winning his match by pin at 220 over Justin Peper.

There were only two matches forfeited on Thursday including a double forfeit at 195, and the Saints received a forfeit at 113.

Saints junior Drew Wheeler won his match at 120 over Tucker Olson by a tech fall over, but the Eagles were able to take five wins on the night. At 138, Tevin Anderson got the win by injury default over Aaron Strakka, and four other Eagles won their matches by pin, including Colten Sorensen, who pinned C.J. Hasnoot at 152.

Ty Hoffbeck earned a pin at 160 over Brian Gilbert, and Dakota Lofgren pinned Hunter Hansen at 171, while Alex

Lennartson pinned Ryan Johnson at heavyweight.

“Overall, a better showing than we have had the last few weeks,” said Unity coach Shawn Perkins. “We had a dual canceled last week because we had too many sick or injured kids. Hopefully, we can get healthy for the conference tournament in two weeks.”

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Hatchets fall against Blizzard girls

Blizzard Paige Johnson fires a shot on goal but hits the post during the Blizzard girls game against Tomahawk on Saturday, Jan. 19. – Photos by Josh Johnson/MaxPreps Blizzard 4, Tomahawk 1

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer SIREN – The Blizzard girls hockey team continued their winning ways in a home game against Tomahawk on Saturday, Jan. 19, earning a 4-1 victory with a pair of

goals in the first and second periods.

The girls continually peppered the Hatchets goalie and finished with 55 shots on goal while Blizzard goalie Hope Tucker turned away 13 shots on the night. It didn’t take more than two minutes into the first period for the Blizzard to get on the board when Kassie Lien scored on assists from Mackenzie Omer and Samantha

Kassie Lien finds the back of the net against Tomahawk in Siren on Saturday, Jan. 19.

O’Brien, and O’Brien put the Blizzard up 2-0 just minutes later on an assist from Paige Johnson.

Tomahawk crept to within one goal of the Blizzard with just 31 seconds remaining in the first period, but that’s all the Blizzard defense and Tucker would allow for the rest of the game.

Abby Stevens put the Blizzard up 3-1 in

the second period with a goal with an assist by Wendy Roberts, and just as the second period was coming to a close, Paige Johnson scored on an assist from O’Brien to help seal another big Blizzard victory.

The girls have another home game at Siren this Friday, Jan. 25, when they host Eveleth-Gilbert beginning at 6 p.m.

Improving Pirates take no Vikings prisoners Strong 3-point shooting from Sam Schwieger helps the cause Grantsburg 67, Frederic 31

by Scott Hoffman Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG – Grantsburg girls basketball team continues on a winning path, handily defeating the Frederic Vikings Friday, Jan. 18, 67-31. Sam Schwieger took advantage of several open looks from 3point land and made the Vikings pay for them. The Pirates continue to improve under the tutelage of first-year head coach Kelly Hallberg and assistant Troy Olson.

Frederic head coach Troy Wink praised the Pirates, ”Grantsburg was a hot-shooting team Friday.”

Hallberg commented, “Overall, it was another great team effort! We started out slow and had many turnovers to begin the first and third quarter. Once we settled down, we played a consistent game on both ends of the court. We knocked down shots and played great defense. As a team, we shot 95 percent from the free-throw line and 46 percent from beyond the arc.

Cousins Stacey McKenzie and Olivia Tucker gave our team a boost by grabbing 19 rebounds. Macy Hanson continues to play very intense defense and had seven steals. We need to continue to work on

Olivia Tucker and Stacey McKenzie had big nights off the boards, collecting 19 rebounds for the Pirates Friday, Jan. 18. – Photos by Scott Hoffman getting off to a better start each half by taking care of the basketball and making good, solid passes.” Lara Harlander led Frederic in scoring with 13 points.

Luck 53, Webster 22 LUCK – The Luck Cardinals jumped to a fast lead and never looked back against

their West Lakeland Conference mates the from Webster on Jan. 18 at Luck, with the home court Cards cruising to a solid, 53-22 victory.

"We got off to a great start," Luck head coach Marty Messar said. "Lots of contributions from lots of girls."

He noted that all of his dressed players scored and all of them also had at least one rebound in the contest. Leading the way was Avery Steen, who came away with 12 points, followed by Darian Ogilvie and Camille Marsten, who added eight points each. Jillian Klatt contributed seven points, as well. Steen added seven assists, with Hannah Karl dishing out four more helpers.

Webster had a hard time converting their points at times, and were trailing by a 35-10 mark at the half. They recovered slightly in the second half but never truly threatened the Cardinal lead.

Four Tigers scored four points each: Kenna Gall, Raelyn Tretsven, Lexi Piepho and Stefani Wambolt. Three other Tigers score two points each for all of their tallies.

Webster showed flashes of offense at times, but struggled against the Luck defense for most of the night. They also had a hard time gathering in rebounds over the Cards on both ends of the court.

Luck had better luck on the boards, as senior Taylor Joy hauled in eight boards, followed by Klatt with six. – Greg Marsten

Luck junior Camille Marsten goes up for two of her eight points against the TIgers. – Photo by Greg Marsten

Pirate gymnasts compete in Rice Lake Jessee Lerud continues to score high marks

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG – Grantsburg gymnasts competed at the Rice Lake tournament on Saturday, Jan. 19, with Jessee Lerud taking third place in the all-around.

“We started this meet in great hope to see how well we would score against the mixture of Division 1 and Division 2 schools but, during warm-up, we realized this was not going to be,” said Pirates coach Kathy Lund. “Last-minute changes

Heidi Schoettle competes on the vault at Rice Lake last Saturday, Jan. 19. – Photo submitted

and taped up, our first event, the balance beam, was the only event senior Aimee Lerud would be able to compete in due to an injury. With a small team, we need every gymnast’s score to make a team score. The other gymnasts weren’t discouraged. The loss of Aimee’s scores meant we would not have a complete team score.”

Jessee Lerud ended up placing in three of the four events including the floor where she was first overall with a mark of 9.20. She took second overall in the bars with a 9.25, and placed third in the vault with a score of 9.05.

“We are at a good pace to meet our endof-season goals. We added more difficulty this meet and set out to make some corrections from previous meets and each

gymnast accomplished personal goals.

On bars, the team did well. We cleaned up extra swings and did not have any falls,” said Lund. “On floor, the goal was to complete tumbling passes and it was here that more difficulty was added.”

Lund said vaulting was the biggest strength for the Pirates on Saturday with a total score of 31.90. Along with Jessee Lerud taking third in the event, Heidi Horky, Drew McNally and Heidi Schoettle also competed to help make it their strongest event.

The team will be continuing competition with their next meet scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 26, at Hudson.

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Luck boys get big win over Ellsworth

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer LUCK – The Cardinal boys pulled out a tough win over a much larger Ellsworth team on Tuesday, Jan 22.

“We knew this was going to be a tough game and it was. Ellsworth was much a lot quicker than us, and I was happy how our defense came through,” said Luck coach Rick Giller. “Kyle Hunter and Evan Armour did a great job inside while our outside game was a little cool.”

Hunter had a double-double to lead the Cards with 15 points and 11 boards, while John Denny had 13, Armour, 11, Karsten Petersen, five, Dylan LeMay, three, and Trent Strapon, and Brodie Kunze each had two.

“Everybody who played, contributed to the win. Dylan’s three, Brodie’s buzzer beater, free-throws by everyone,” Giller added.

Amery 46, Grantsburg 43 GRANTSBURG – Grantsburg had a tough time with Amery on Tuesday, Jan. 22, losing 46-43. The Pirates led 22-14 at halftime but that lead was wiped away in the third quarter as Grantsburg put up just three points.

The Pirates had seven 3-pointers in the game but leading scorer, Brady Thompson was held to just two points, and Grantsburg shot 2 for 3 from the free-throw line.

Jacob Ohnstad led the Pirates with 12 points, Jacob Wald, 11, Connor Myers, nine, Joe Gaffney, seven, and Jaeger Staeven had two.

Prairie Farm 55, Frederic 39 FREDERIC – The Frederic Vikings boys lost to Prairie Farm on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

The nonconference game was the Vikings fourth-straight loss. Frederic will play host to Siren this Friday, Jan. 25, starting at 5:45 p.m.

Luck senior John Denny stuffs two down against the Webster Tigers on a steal during an earlier game this week. The Cardinals are on a roll lately, which included their win over Ellsworth on Tuesday, Jan. 22. But the Cardinals should have a tough test against the conference rival Pirates this Friday, Jan. 25, in Grantsburg. – Photo by Greg Marsten

Joe Gaffney and the Grantsburg Pirate boys basketball team will take on Luck in a key conference matchup this Friday, Jan. 25.

– Leader file photo

Frederic finds a way to win over Prairie Farm “We got into foul trouble and it really changed the tempo of the game,” said Hallberg. “We pushed the ball well but struggled converting on layups and free throws.”

Kylie Pewe led the team with 23 points, followed by Macy Hanson, 16, Sam Schweiger, 10, Olivia Tucker, five, Jen Schweiger and Stacy McKenzie each had two and Violet Ohnstad had one.

Frederic 33, Prairie Farm 30

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer FREDERIC – The Viking girls basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak with a nonconference win over Prairie Farm Tuesday, Jan. 22. The Vikings trailed by two points after the first period but held the Panthers to seven points in the second quarter to take a 21-17 lead at the half.

“We earned a nice hard-fought win. Did a nice job on defense in holding them to 30 points,” said coach Troy Wink. “Natalie Phernetton did a nice job hitting some open shots in first half, Lexi Domagala had a steady night, strong offensive contributions at critical times, Kendra Mossey never left the floor, played tough defense all night, ran our offense well.”

Phernetton finished with 12 points, followed by Domagala with eight, Carly Gustafson seven, Makayla Arthurs, four, and Mossey, two.

Barron 54, St. Croix Falls 33 ST. CROIX FALLS – The Lady Saints lost a tough battle to a 12-3 Barron Bears team on Tuesday, Jan. 22. The Saints were shut down offensively while the Bears took a 10-point lead after the first quarter, and never looked back.

Sydney Geisness led with 16 points, followed by Natalie Sempf, 10, and Mariah Rohm, seven.

Webster 50, Cumberland 24 WEBSTER – The Tiger girls picked up a nice win at home over Cumberland on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

Christina Weis led the team with 16 points while Kenna Gall chipped in 15, followed by Stefani Wamboldt and Angel Christianson each with six, Lexi Piepho, four, Alyx Hatfield, two, and Raelyn Tretsven, one.

Rush City 64, Grantsburg 59 RUSH CITY, Minn., – The Pirate girls basketball team skipped across the river to Rush City, Minn., for a game on Tuesday, Jan. 22, and despite a comeback late in the game the team fell short according to coach Kelly Hallberg.

The Frederic Viking girls got a well-earned win over Prairie Farm on Tuesday, Jan. 22. Carly Gustafson is shown going up for a shot durin an earlier game this season. She had seven points against the Panthers on Tuesday. – File photo by Becky Amundson

The St. Croix Falls Saints lost just their second game of the season at Barron on Tuesday, Jan. 22. – Leader file photo

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AREA BOWLING RESULTS Hacker’s Lanes Sunday Afternoon Youth Standings: DCF 7, A.J.R. 7, We Bowl 6, Back 2 The North 5, Bye Team 5, The Bowlers 2.

Boys games: Kyle Hunter (TB) 233, Austin Bruss (DCF) 199, Jordan Bazey (TB) 179.

Boys series: Kyle Hunter (TB) 571, Austin Bruss (DCF) 521, Jordan Bazey (TB) 483.

Girls games: Avery Steen (AJR) 257, Kerrigan Ekholm (AJR) 184, Julia Owens (DCF) 141.

Girls series: Avery Steen (AJR) 533, Kerrigan Ekholm (AJR) 432, Julia Owens (DCF) 403.

Team games: The Bowlers 499, A.J.R. 497, DCF 467.

Team series: The Bowlers 1464, DCF 1358, A.J.R. 1325.

Monday Afternoon Retired Standings: Vultures 4, Bears 4, Badgers 4, Nighthawks 3, Hummingbirds 1, Eagles 0, Swans 0.

Men’s games (Handicap): Duane Doolittle 245, Dave Bannie & Alvin Tyler 231.

Men’s series (Handicap): Duane Doolittle 650, Dale Johnson 637, Ron Noble 620.

Women’s games (Handicap): Gloria Johnson 243, Betty Anderson 211, Sandy Bannie 209.

Women’s series (Handicap): Gloria Johnson 602, Barbara Austad 582, Sandy Bannie 581.

Team games (Handicap): Vultures 876, Badgers 773, Night Hawks 755.

Team series (Handicap): Vultures 2375, Badgers 2218, Night Hawks 2204.

Tuesday Classic Standings: Yellow Lake Lodge 22, Great Northern Outdoors 15, Northern Home & Improvement 15, House of Wood 9, Pioneer Bar 9, Bottle Shop 8.

Individual games: Ed Bitler 247, Brett Daeffler 240, Chris Olson 233.

Individual series: Ed Bitler 690, Chris Olson 640, Brett Daeffler 628.

Team games: Great Northern Outdoors 674, Bottle Shop 628, Pioneer Bar 622.

Team series: Great Northern Outdoors 1869, Bottle Shop 1810, Northern Home & Improvement 1691.

Consecutive strikes (5 or more): Chris Olson 7x = 233.

Splits converted: 3-6-7: Bruce Norstrem. 3-10: Jason Pearson & Reed Stevens. 3-4-6-7-10: Brett Daeffler. 2-7-8: Maynard Stevens. 6-8: Chris Olson. 3-67-10: John Addison.

Wednesday Night Early Standings: Pioneer Bar 8, Cummings Lumber 8, Lake Services Unlimited 8, Skol Bar 7, Larsen Auto Center 6, S&S Tree Bird Shoppe 5, Daeffler’s Quality Meats 4, Stotz & Co. 2.

Individual games: Oliver Baillargeon (DQM) 254, Curtis Renfroe (SB) 248, Lyle Doolittle (LSU) 247.

Individual series: Oliver Baillargeon (DQM) 706, Brett Daeffler (DQM) 668, Mark Bohn (SB) 647.

Team games: Skol Bar 1021, Lake Services Unlimited 1020, Daeffler’s Quality Meats 972.

Team series: Skol Bar 2828, Lake Services Unlimited 2776, Daeffler’s Quality Meats 2753.

Thursday Early Standings: Fab Four 28, Daeffler’s Quality Meats 25, Grindell Law Offices 22, American Family Siren 21, Kinetico 17, Red Iron Studios 16, Wikstrom Construction 14, Hell Raisers 13.

Individual games: Mark Bohn (FF) 257, Bryce Daeffler (DQM) 247, Brian McBroom (AFS) 238.

Individual series: Mark Bohn (FF) 703, Brian McBroom (AFS) 689, Nick Skow (DQM) 639.

Team games: Daeffler’s Quality Meats 628, Fab Four 600, Red Iron Studios 574.

Team series: Daeffler’s Quality Meats 1774, American Family Siren 1615, Fab Four 1607.

Consecutive strikes (5 or more): Bryce Daeffler 5x = 247; Ed Bitler 5+ x = 233; Mark Bohn 5+ x = 257; Nick Skow 5x = 237.

Games 50 pins or more above average: Mark Bohn 257 (+53); Bryce Daeffler 247 (+63); Nick Skow 237 (+50).

Series 100 or more above average: Brian McBroom 689 (+122).

Other: 700 series: Mark Bohn 703.

Splits converted: 3-10: Jim Wikstrom. 4-8-10: Ed Bitler. 56: Bruce Wikstrom.

Friday Night Ladies Standings: Pin Heads 21, The Leader 19, Junque Art 16, SKM 15, Frederic Design Promo 11.

Individual games: Marge Traun 202, Gail Linke 198, Karen Carlson 192.

Individual series: Marge Traun & Karen Carlson 530, Gail Linke 518, Sheila Hanson 470.

Team games: The Leader 833, Pin Heads 827. Frederic Design & Promo 815.

Team series: Pin Heads 2419, The Leader 2349, Frederic Design & Promo 2332.

Splits converted: 3-10: Barb Loomis. 6-7-10: Judy Marek. 27: Barb Loomis.

Saturday Night Mixed Standings: Skowl, Handicaps, Pin Choppers, Lakers, Rebel Alliance, New Team, Luck-E. Men’s games: Ron Skow 229, Mark Bohn 225, Ron Skow 224.

Men’s series: Ron Skow 676, Mark Bohn 615, Bruce Gravelle 584.

Women’s games: Jackie Peterson & Deb Ingram 201, Deb Ingram 189.

Women’s series: Deb Ingram 568, Jackie Peterson 499, Rita Bohn 480.

Team games: Luck-E 897 & 875, Handicaps 848.

Team series: Luck-E 2608, Handicaps 2487, Skowl 2468.

McKenzie Lanes Monday Night Madness Standings: Eagle Lounge 30, Alleycats 18, Bon Ton 16, Mishaps 16.

Individual game: Barbara Benson 172, Donna Johnson 169, Judy Maier 164.

Individual series: Barbara Benson 469, Lois Murphy 451, Michelle Mattson 401.

Team games (Handicap): Eagle Lounge 635, Bon Ton 621.

Team series (Handicap): Eagle Lounge 1768, Mishaps 1764.

Monday Night Ladies Standings: Wolf Creek Log Furniture 85, McKenzie Lanes 68, Edina Divas 66, Frederic Truck & Trailer 62, Alyeska Contracting 56.5, Metal Products 56, Milltown Appliance 55.5, Bye 21.

Individual games: Deb Volkers 215, Toni Sloper 214, Shirley Wilson 212.

Individual series: Kathy

McKenzie 536, Shirley Wilson 518, Patti Katzmark 502.

Team games (Handicap): Edina Divas 909.

Team series (Handicap): Edina Divas 2547.

Tuesday Women’s Standings: Kindred Spirits 44.5, Country Gals 38.5, Custom Outfitter 36.5, Gutter Dusters 35, Hauge Dental 34, LC’s Gals 32, Tomlinson Insurance 26.5, Kassel Tap 25.

Individual games: Denise Donaghue 222, Lonnie Stowell 215, Shirley Wiswell 200.

Individual series: Lonnie Stowell 559, Denise Donaghue 520, Shirley Wiswell 517.

Team games: Kindred Spirits 830, Kassel Tap & LC’s Gals 812.

Team series: Kindred Spirits 2400, LC’s Gals 2358, Custom Outfitter 2318.

Tuesday Night Men’s Standings: Steve’s Appliance 28, The Cobbler Shop 25.5, The Dugout 23, McKenzie Lanes 20, Centurview Park 18.5, Dream Lawn 16, Nel-LoHill Farm 16, Hack’s Pub 13.

Individual games: John Gerhardt 247, Jeff Lehmann 246, Mike Oryan 244.

Individual series: Darren McKenzie 644, John Gerhardt 640, Jeff Lehmann 632.

Team games (Handicap): Steve’s Appliance 1200.

Team series (Handicap): Steve’s Appliance 3312.

Wednesday Early League Standings: Dalles House 26, Cutting Edge 26, Greatland Transportation 24, Gehrman Auto Body 22, Suzie Q’s 20, Adamark Repair 16, Balsam Branch Transport 16, Bye 10.

Men’s games: Mike Welling 268, Merlin Fox 265, Mark Anderson 226.

Men’s series: Mike Welling 723, Merlin Fox 671, Mark Anderson 633.

Women’s games: Jeanne Kizer 174, Patty Walker 159.

Women’s series: Jeanne Kizer 445, Patty Walker 421.

Team games (Handicap): Dalles House 727.

Team series (Handicap): Dalles House 2030.

Wednesday Night Men’s Standings: Tiger Express 20, Davy’s Construction 20, Reed’s Marina 18, Edina Realty 18, Dalles Electrician 8, Harvest Moon 6, McKenzie Lanes 4, Hanjo Farms 2.

Individual games: Roger Fisk 263, Jim Alt 258, Daryn Sylvester & Darren McKenzie 257.

Individual series: Darren McKenzie 725, Roger Fisk 697, Daryn Sylvester 676.

Team games (Handicap): Reed’s Marina 1125, Tiger Express 1113.

Team series (Handicap): Reed’s Marina 3292, Tiger Express 3263.

Black & Orange Early Birds Standings: Yellow River Sa-

loon 14-6, The Tap 10-10, Black & Orange 9-11, Gandy Dancer Saloon 7-13.

Individual games: Sally Casey (YRS) 173, Linda Strong (YRS) 167, Ginnie Sihlberg (T) 158.

Individual series: Sally Casey (YRS) 491, Ginnie Sihlberg (T) 421, Linda Strong (YRS) 420.

Team games: The Tap 911, Yellow River Saloon 882, Black & Orange 838.

Team series: The Tap 2653, Yellow River Saloon 2560, Gandy Dancer Saloon 2422.

Splits converted: 4-6-7: Mary Eifler.

Monday Night Mens Standings: Larry’s LP 15-1, Black & Orange 8.5-7.5, Player Motorsports 5.5-10.5, Ed’s Logging 3-13.

Individual games: Dean Eytcheson (EL) 214, Larry Johnson (L) 206, Jake Lamb (PM) 191.

Individual series: Larry Johnson (L) 553, Dean Eytcheson (EL) 522, Ron Pitts (B&O) 516.

Team games: Larry’s LP 943, Ed’s Logging 936, Player Motorsports 914.

Team series: Larry’s LP 2776, Black & Orange 2682, Ed’s Logging 2583.

Tuesday Tippers Standings: Main Home Services, A&H Country Market, Gob’s Gals, West Point Lodge.

Individual games: Jan Budge (A&H) 221, Helen Besst (GG) & Sally Kabus (MHS) 215.

Individual series: Jan Budge (A&H) 599, Sally Kabus (MHS) 593, Helen Besst (GG) 591.

Team games: Main Home Services 794, Gob’s Gals 780, A&H Country Market 735.

Team series: Gob’s Gals 2187, A&H Country Market 2183, Main Home Services 2166.

TNT Standings: Flower Power 9-3, Larry’s LP 7-5, Cashco 4-8, Homestead Cafe 4-8.

Individual games: Carol Phelps (FP) 191, Monica Johnson (L) 186, Jennifer Kern (L) 180.

Individual series: Monica Johnson (L) 477, Jennifer Kern (L) 466, Becky Reynolds (L) 462.

Team games: Larry’s LP 903, Flower Power 863, Cashco 802.

Team series: Larry’s LP 2492, Flower Power 2470, Cashco 2345.

Games 50 or more above average: Carol Phelps 191 (+57); Monica Johnson 186 (+78).

Series 100 or more above average: Monica Johnson 477 (+153).

Splits converted: 6-7-10: Vicki Tollander.

Wednesday Night Standings: Cashco 14-2, Black & Orange 10-6, Pheasant Inn 10-6, Zia Louisa’s 7-9, Lions 6-10, Vacant 1-15.

Individual games: Fred Zajac (C) 223, Roger Tollander (C) 222, Tim Vasatka (PI) 206.

Individual series: Fred Zajac (C) 591, John Bearhart (B&O) 544, Roger Tollander (C) 540.

Team games: Black & Orange 973, Cashco 957, Lions 913.

Team series: Black & Orange 2783, Cashco 2759, Pheasant Inn 2627.

Games 50 or more above average: Morris Bearhart 200 (+54).

Splits converted: 6-7-10: Jack Witzany.

Early Risers Standings: Black & Orange 13.5-6.5, Gayle’s Northwoods

Hair Design 10.5-9.5, Gandy Dancer 8.5-11.5, 10th Hole 7.512.5.

Individual games: Pam Dildine (10th) 190, Millie Hansen (GNHD) 173, Lylah Nelson (B&O) 161.

Individual series: Pam Dildine (10th) 523, Millie Hansen (GNHD) 479, Lylah Nelson (B&O) 443.

Team games: 10th Hole 735, Gayle’s Northwoods Hair Design 695, Black & Orange 692.

Team series: 10th Hole 2106, Gayle’s Northwoods Hair Design 2034, Black & Orange 2031.

Splits converted: 8-10: Darlene Weller.

Thursday Night Ladies Standings: Yellow River Saloon 9.5-2.5, Dolls w/Balls 5.56.5, Pour House 5-7, Rollettes 4-8.

Individual games: Daphne Churchill (Dw/B) 181, Kim Benjamin-Rivers (R) 171, Mary Lawson (PH) 163.

Individual series: Daphne Churchill (Dw/B) 491, Kim Benjamin-Rivers (R) 464, Mary Lawson (PH) 441.

Team games: Pour House 714, Yellow River Saloon 700, Dolls w/Balls 680.

Team series: Pour House 2099, Yellow River Saloon 2058, Dolls w/Balls 2003.

Friday Afternoon Mix Standings: Bowling Buds 8-4, Tasmanian Devils 6-6, Mis•Splits 6-6, Fantastic Four 4-8.

Men’s games: David Growe (M•S) 201, Jerry Burnham (BB) 198, John Vanous (TD) 190.

Men’s series: David Growe (M•S) 553, Jerry Burnham (BB) 550, John Vanous (TD) 510.

Women’s games: Laurie Lundeen (FF) 182, Char Vanous (TD) 162, Jean Thompson (M•S) 145.

Women’s series: Laurie Lundeen (FF) 472, Char Vanous (TD) 443, Vicki Wier (TD) 402.

Team games: Tasmanian Devils 862, Mis•Splits 827, Bowling Buds 781.

Team series: Mis•Splits 2379, Tasmanian Devils 2370, Fantastic Four 2265.

Denny’s Downtown Lanes Sunday Afternoon Mixed Standings: Spare Us 22, Wild Ones 21, Hi-Low Rollers 21, Sisters D 20.

Individual games: Barbara Loomis 140, Lori Dake 140 & 137.

Individual series: Scott Lamphere 402, lori Dake 402, Barbara Loomis 367.

Team games: Spare Us 247, Sisters D 247, Spare Us 238.

Team series: Spare Us 710, Sisters D 695, Wild Ones 593.

Wednesday Night Men’s Standings: Fiedler Ford 17, Boyd’s Outdoor Power 16, Grantsburg Sanitary 12, Radio Shack 9, Wood River Pharmacy 9, Dummy Team 0.

Individual games (Handicap): Terry Larson 261, Chris Olson 238,Jason Johnson 233.

Individual series (Handicap): Mike Chell 640, Terry Larson 632, Chris Olson 627.

Team games (Handicap): Boyd’s Outdoor Power 979, Fiedler Ford 970, Wood River Pharmacy 962.

Team series (Handicap): Fiedler Ford 2866, Boyd’s Outdoor Power 2853, Radio Shack 2756.

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Another epic Battle in Grantsburg They’ll be hanging from the rafters again in Grantsburg this Friday night, Jan. 25, as GHS again hosts a West Lakeland boys basketball battle with title implications.

Local hoop historians certainly well-remember the 2004 battle THE SPORTS between Unity and Grantsburg when coach Danny Judd’s Pirates prevailed in a cliff-hanger to give GHS its first boys title in over 40 years. Two years later, a Todd Anderson-coached St. Croix Falls squad stormed back from an early deficit to defeat the Pirates and claim the title on the GHS floor.

This Friday, it’s the Luck Cardinal’s turn to visit Pirateville to see if they can walk away with the upper hand in the 2012-13 league race. Coach Rick Giller’s Redbirds won five consecutive titles before yielding the crown to Siren last year.

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court and in the hopper, Cards fans know that a victory Friday could likely start a new era of conference supremacy. Meanwhile, Pirate coach Nick Hallberg and his cagers hope to lay claim to a share of first place. Six weeks ago, the Cards defeated the Pirates 4945. Plenty of good seats are available, but fans may want to arrive plenty early.

Rice Lake stars Quite a few local fans are taking advantage of opportunities to attend Rice Lake boys basketball games these days. The main attraction is the Ellenson brothers. 6’8 senior Ellwood Ellenson and 6’9 sophomore Henry Ellenson are giving Warrior fans plenty to cheer about as their team sits atop the Big Rivers Conference with a 7-0 record. Their older brother, Wally, plays for Tubby Smith and the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers. Local old-timers will recall that the Ellenson boys grandpa, Jeff Ellenson, played in the WIAA state basketball tournament for Eau Claire Memorial in 1964, which was the same year Frederic went to state.

This ain’t that cold Several Leader Land schools were delayed two hours this week as tempera-

Luck Cardinals of 1933

tures dropped to the minus-20 mark.

That’s cold, for sure, but at least one oldtimer remembers when it used to get really cold. That was when the water works in the barn would freeze, and in order to water the cattle, 5-gallon pails were filled in the house, then dumped into two milk cans which were in turn trucked up the hill to the barn on a homemade wooden sled. And that wasn’t during the Great Depression. That was the 1970s. It was even too cold to shoot baskets in the haymow. Now that was cold.

Another chance for Randy Certainly many local NFL fans are pleased to see the San Francisco 49ers advance to the Super Bowl, especially after they knocked the Packers out of the running. They also are excited about the prospect of Randy Moss capping off his hall-of-fame career with a championship ring on his finger. Moss, of course, played on two Minnesota Vikings teams, which lost NFC championship games, then later toiled for New England when they lost in the Super Bowl. So needless to say, after three close calls, a 49ers victory and his team’s sixth Lombardi Trophy would be a fitting way for Moss to end his glorious NFL career.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Standings Team Conf.

Luck Cardinals 7-0 Grantsburg Pirates 6-1 St. Croix Falls Saints 4-1 Unity Eagles 4-3 Frederic Vikings 2-4 Siren Dragons 1-6 Webster Tigers 0-6 Scores Friday, January 18 Luck 72, Webster 38 Unity 55, Siren 27 Grantsburg 49, Frederic 28 Saturday, January 19 Northwood 60, Siren 33 Tuesday, January 22 Prairie Farm 55, Frederic 39 Amery 46, Grantsburg 43 Luck 51, Ellsworth 47 Upcoming Friday, January 25 7:30 p.m. Luck at Grantsburg (DH) 5:45 p.m. Unity at St. Croix Falls (DH) Siren at Frederic (DH) Monday, January 28 7:30 p.m. Prairie Farm at Unity Turtle Lake at Luck Tuesday, January 29 7:30 p.m. Frederic at Unity (DH) Grantsburg at Siren (DH) Luck at Bruce (DH) Clear Lake at St. Croix Falls (DH) Hayward at Webster Clear Lake at St. Croix Falls Thursday, January 31 7:30 p.m. Clear Lake at Unity St. Croix Falls at Webster (DH)

Overall 12-1 10-5 5-6 9-4 5-10 4-10 0-14

BOYS HOCKEY Lucky sevens abounded for the Swami last week, as he produced a 70 slate, which raised his basketball season record to 7121.

That’s a 77-percent success rate. “I keep marching toward 80 percent,” he said with a grin. “And I feel like I’m on an unstoppable roll.”

THE SWAMI This week he continues with his highly acclaimed prediction poetry as he begins training for the American Birkebeiner.

The Swami

PREDICTS

Girls games Grantsburg 59, Luck 50 – After a slow start, the Pirates are rolling. A high-powered offense their fans are extolling.

Siren 55, Frederic 37 – The Dragons take hold of second place, but will need some breaks in the conference race.

St. Croix Falls 57, Unity 39 – The West Lakeland title looms ahead. But do Saints fans want tourney wins instead?

Boys games Unity 60, St. Croix Falls 57 – The Eagles have eyed this rematch for weeks. This win will be one of their season’s peaks.

Frederic 41, Siren 40 – This one-point squeaker will favor the host. Throughout this game, fans will be engrossed.

Hayward 66, Webster 33 – The Hurricanes stall the Tigers attack. Maybe next year they’ll get paid back.

Luck 43, Grantsburg 41 – A hard-fought chess game from stem to stern. In the end, the Cardinals a victory will earn.

The Swami answers all e-mails and can be reached at predictionking@yahoo.com

R.I.P., Coach Shattuck Athletes and nonathletes alike were saddened to hear of the passing of longtime Frederic citizen, teacher and coach V. Bruce Shattuck. For some ex FHS basketball players, their most enduring and endearing memory of Mr. Shattuck is how he never shelved the twinkle in his eye when he re-emerged in 1973 to take over for Robert Chubb as boys basketball coach.

Certainly coach Shattuck wanted to win, and he took his role seriously, but clearly he chose to “keep it fun,” both for himself and his players. Whether it was his encouragement of flamboyant, Globetrotter-like pregame warm-ups to his brilliant (and hilarious) postgame “award sheets,” to facilitating the purchase of matching low-top Converse Chuck Taylor shoes for every player, he always seemed to keep high school basketball in the proper perspective. No doubt others who knew Mr. Shattuck through athletic, social or academic endeavors will have many stories and anecdotes to share when they gather for his memorial later this week.

LEADER SPORTS SCOREBOARD BOYS BASKETBALL

A photo of the 1933 Luck High School Cardinals basketball team was discovered by Sylvia Hansen of Frederic recently but only one player’s identity is known - her brother, Norman Clausen (tallest player, center of back row). Anyone who can identify the coach and/or any of the players shown are asked to contact the Leader at leadernewsroom@gmail.com or call 715-327-4236 and ask for the editorial office. – Photo submitted

P O R T S

Team Blizzard

Standings

Overall 10-7-1

Scores

Thursday, January 17 Blizzard 4, New Richmond 2 Friday, January 18 Blizzard 7, North Branch 2 Tuesday, January 22 Blizzard 9, Moose Lake-Willow River 0 Upcoming Friday, January 25 7:30 p.m. Blizzard at Legacy Christian Academy Tuesday, January 29 7:30 p.m. Blizzard at Minneapolis Novas Thursday, January 31 7:30 p.m. Blizzard at Mora

WRESTLING

Upcoming Thursday, January 24 7 p.m.

St. Croix Falls at Luck Turtle Lake/Clayton at Unity Thursday, January 31 7 p.m.

St. Croix Central at St. Croix Falls Saturday, February 2 9 a.m.

Conference meet at Cameron

Standings Conf.

6-0 5-2 4-2 3-3 3-3 1-4 0-6 Scores Thursday, January 17 St. Croix Falls 56, Osceola 42 Friday, January 18 Luck 53 Webster 22 Siren 49 Unity 40 Grantsburg 67, Frederic 31 Saturday, January 19 Northwood 55, Siren 40 Monday, January 21 Turtle Lake 61 Frederic 31 Siren 42, Spooner 41 Tuesday, January 22 Rush City 64, Grantsburg 59 Webster 50, Cumberland 24 Barron 54, St. Croix Falls 33 Frederic 33, Prairie Farm 30 Upcoming Friday, January 25 5:45 p.m. Luck at Grantsburg (DH) 7:30 p.m. Unity at St. Croix Falls (DH) Siren at Frederic (DH) Tuesday, January 29 5:45 p.m. Frederic at Unity (DH) Grantsburg at Siren (DH) Luck at Bruce (DH) Clear Lake at St. Croix Falls (DH) Thursday, January 31 5:45 p.m. St. Croix Falls at Webster (DH) 6:30 p.m. New Auburn at Grantsburg 7:30 p.m. Unity at Prairie Farm Clayton at Frederic Team St. Croix Falls Saints Luck Cardinals Siren Dragons Grantsburg Pirates Unity Eagles Frederic Vikings Webster Tigers

Overall 11-2 9-5 10-4 8-5 7-6 5-10 3-13

GIRLS HOCKEY Team Blizzard

Standings

Overall 10-5

Scores Saturday, January 19 Blizzard 4 Tomahawk 1 Tuesday, January 22 Blizzard 8, Chippewa Falls 4 Upcoming Friday, January 25 6:30 p.m. Blizzard vs. Eveleth-Gilbert at Siren Tuesday, January 29 8 p.m.

Blizzard at Superior Thursday, January 31 7 p.m.

Blizzard vs. New Richmond at Grantsburg

GYMNASTICS

Upcoming Saturday, January 26 10 a.m.

Grantsburg at Hudson Saturday, February 2 12:00 p.m. Grantsburg at Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau

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O UTDOOR S I N T E R! C O U N T Y L E A D E R

ATVs • BIRDING • BOATING • CAMPING • FISHING • HIKING • HUNTING • RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

Out in the cold

Prior engagements kept me from doing a lot of things that I would have rather been doing last Friday and Saturday, but that’s life.

There’s really no need for being crabby Marty about it, but I’d be lying if said I wasn’t Seeger thankful I wasn’t out in the woods or on the lake those days. That’s The any day, for that matBottom ter, but I really get edgy when a big weather Line change is upon us, and I’m not intercepting the activities in wildlife or catching a hungry fish filling up before the big storm. You can catch fish on just about any day but there’s something priceless about the fishing that can happen prior to a storm.

Before getting married and bringing our daughter into the world, some may have thought I was retired for all the time I wasted on the water, but that was then, and priorities change, as they say, but it sure makes me appreciate, even more, the moments I get time to spend outdoors.

The gale-force winds and subzero temperatures that came with the front gave many people a heightened appreciation of those warm spring, summer days; but on the bright side, the lake ice has been forming a concrete layer that’s making me feel a little safer about driving on them these days. It has also been giving often lazy anglers, like me, the ability to drive directly to my favorite areas on the lake to fish.

Earlier in the ice-fishing season, two hours wasn’t much time to pack up the gear and head to the lake; but last Thursday, two hours was just enough time to race to the lake, drill four holes and toss 15 eater bluegills on the ice just in time for supper. Of course, fishing doesn’t always go as easy as planned, but the bluegills certainly cooperated on this particular day, and my success may have even had a little something to do with the impending storm system that was still more than a day away. But Thursday’s short excur-

About a dozen of these perch and a family of three is well on its way to a fine meal of fresh fish for dinner. While finding perch can be the hardest part, catching them can be easy and fun, even if the weather dips well below freezing. – Leader file photo sion just wasn’t enough to satisfy my need to fish. It’s a well-known fact in my household that moods worsen when I’ve not had at least one release into the outdoors each week, and I probably should have been satisfied to have met the quota.

Unfortunately, I can only stand so many hours inside, no matter what the temperatures might be on the outside.

“You’re going to freeze!” my motherin-law said last Sunday, after finding out that I‘d planned to do a couple of hours of fishing late in the day before sunset. It didn’t matter to me one way or the other.

While playing tea party, reading and coloring with my 2-year-old can be a ton of fun for much of the day, there’s a good chance that it was the sixth episode of “Barney and Friends” on Sunday that ultimately pushed me out the door and into the great outdoors.

Sure, it was pretty cold, especially when I hopped out of the truck and onto Bone Lake, eyeing up the perfect spot to catch perch. The westerly winds nearly flash froze my cheeks, but it wasn’t long before modern technology and the gad-

getry of ice fishing took over. Along with a cozy flip-up ice shack, propane heater and fish finder, it took just a few minutes, and three predrilled holes, to mark a few fish. I settled on just one hole for the next two hours before dark, while enjoying the sounds of the wind outside and occasional laughter from a few of the nearby ice shacks.

There were also fish, and lots of them, but not of the size or quality I had hoped for. The majority of the perch were hovering around 9 inches, or slightly longer, with the largest being close to 10 inches.

A perch isn’t exactly a fighter by nature, especially when comparing the fight of a 9-inch perch to a 9-inch bluegill. There’s really no comparison as a bluegill can put a heck of a good bend in a favorite ultralight rod, but the perch, by far, is my favorite to catch. Not only because finding truly big perch is a huge challenge, but because they taste as good as any walleye I’ve ever fried. They aren’t quite as easy to clean as a walleye might be, but it’s worth the resharpening of knives that it takes to get through a big mess of perch if

a person is lucky enough to catch them.

There are maybe only one or two times each year when I can possibly brag about catching more than a dozen big perch for the frying pan, but it’s certainly possible on many of our area lakes. On this particular outing, the perch could be found in 31 feet of water. Not every fish was willing to take the bait, which consisted of a heavy buckshot jig to ensure that it wouldn’t take more than several minutes to reach the bottom, which is where the majority of the fish were. I was also fishing well after the high pressure system had moved through, which isn’t ever very good for fishing, but with a slight warm-up by the end of the week, things could change.

Fishing doesn’t have to stop when the weather gets below zero but it sure doesn’t help if you want to introduce a kid or family to ice fishing. It wasn’t the best timing for the free fishing weekend that the DNR scheduled for the first time in history, but there are plenty more days ahead that should offer some pretty good fishing.

Unity ice-fishing team takes third at Ashland tourney

The Unity ice-fishing teams competed at the Battle on the Bay high school ice-fishing tournament on the Chequamegon Bay near Ashland on Saturday, Jan. 19. There were 11 different high schools competing with 107 students and 20 coaches. The fishing wasn’t easy with a strong cold front ushered in late in the morning, and by the end of the tournament the temperatures had dropped 18 degrees and brought 30-plus mph winds. A good number of fish were still caught by students during the National Guard sponsored event. The National Guard provided traveling teams a place to sleep the night before, and organizers were able to bring in guides to help point teams in the right direction. Some of the schools competing included Ashland, Bruce, Fon du Lac, DC Everest, Wausau and Appleton. One of Unity’s teams took third place overall, with Drummond taking first place, and Ashland taking second overall. Teams will again be taking their skills to the next tournament this Saturday, Jan. 26, on the Petenwell Flowage near Tomah. – Photos submitted

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Notices/Employment opportunities Burnett County warrants Shannon M. Bellanger, 35, Webster, failure to pay fine, Jan. 9.

Jeremy L. Carlson, 36, Frederic, warrant - failure to appear, Jan. 8.

Jose M. Chavarria Jr., 20, Hertel, warrant - failure to appear, Jan. 11.

Charles D. Coon, 34, Luck, warrant - failure to appear, Jan. 9.

Cheri A. Huff, 44, Duluth, Minn., warrant - failure to appear, Jan. 9.

Cornelius S. Kirk, 39, Siren, failure to pay fine, Jan. 8.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE - VILLAGE OF FREDERIC CDBG GRANT CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN HEARING (handicapped accessible)

Assistant Manager/Teller Supervisor

St. Croix Falls Office Bank Mutual wants you to think about your future! Do you desire the chance to build a career with one of Wisconsin’s most stable financial savings institutions?

If you have one or more years of retail banking sales and operations experience, we want to talk to you.

We offer a complete compensation package. For consideration, send, e-mail or fax your resume to:

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(Jan. 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BURNETT COUNTY In the matter of the name change of: Robert Thomas Visintainer III By (Petitioner) Robert Thomas Visintainer III Notice and Order for Name Change Hearing Case No. 12CV314 NOTICE IS GIVEN: A petition was filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From: Robert Thomas Visintainer III To: Marius Robert Thomas Visintainer Birth Certificate: Robert Thomas Visintainer III IT IS ORDERED: This petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Burnett County, State of Wisconsin.

Judge’s Name: Hon. Kenneth L. Kutz Place: Burnett Co. Circuit Court, 7410 Co. Rd. K, Rm. 220, Siren, WI 54872 Date: February 4, 2013 Time: 1 p.m.

If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate in the court process, please call 715-349-2147 at least ten (10) working days prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide transportation.

BY THE COURT: Hon. Kenneth L. Kutz Circuit Court Judge 576008 December 31, 2012 WNAXLP

Attn.: HR Manager

319 E. Grant Ave. Eau Claire, WI 54701 E-mail: careers.nwr@bankmutual.com Fax: 715-833-8997 Equal Opportunity Employer

Light, small part assembly. Good vision and excellent eye-hand coordination required.

2nd and 3rd shifts available.

Apply in person:

576720 23L 13a

PART-TIME/SEASONAL HELP WANTED THE BEAUDRY CO., INC. 325 Oak Street, Frederic, WI

ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE VILLAGE OF LUCK Notice is hereby given that the Village of Luck is selling a 1967 Jeep M715 at www.govdeals.com, use search word “Luck. Please contact Seth at the Luck Village Shop at 715-472-2038 to view truck in person. More information available online at 576753 23L 13a www.govdeals.com.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Village of Frederic will hold a public hearing as required by the CDBG grant process to involve Citizen Participation. Anyone wishing to make a comment on the CDBG grant, which if approved will provide funds for downtown improvements, including sanitary sewer, water, streets and other utilities, are invited to attend the hearing and express their views. The hearing will be held at the Village Hall, 107 Hope Road West, at 6:30 p.m. on February 11, 2013.

THIS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM Dave Wondra, Administrator 576748 23-24L WNAXLP

INVITATION FOR BIDS ON TIMBER STUMPAGE POLK COUNTY FOREST Sealed bids will be accepted by the Polk County Property, Forestry and Recreational committee for time stumpage on the Polk County Forest. This bid offering includes eleven (11) tracts with a combined acreage of 632 acres and the following estimated volumes: 4,150 cords JACK PINE 3,331 cords OAK 1,580 cords ASPEN 300 cords MIXED HARDWOOD 220 cords RED PINE Specific information may be obtained by writing to the Polk County Forest Administrator at: 100 Polk County Plaza Suite 490, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, calling 715-485-9265 or visiting: www.co.polk.wi.us/forestrylanduse/timbersales.asp The bids will be opened at 12:00 p.m., February 4, 2013, in the County Boardroom on the 1st floor at the Polk County Government Center, Balsam Lake, WI. 576524 12-13a,d 23-24L

NOTICE OF POSITION OPENING Saturday Custodian

Position: Unity School District announces the opening of parttime Custodian for Saturday evenings. Hours are 1 - 9:30 p.m. every Saturday.

Qualifications: Strong mechanical aptitude; strong work ethic and problem-solving skills.

Requirements: High school diploma; CDL with school bus endorsement or ability to obtain.

How to Apply: Qualified, interested persons should apply by sending a letter of application, district application (available at www.unity.k12.wi.us), resume, copy of license or evidence of license eligibility, and three (3) letters of recommendation to: Brandon W. Robinson, District Administrator Unity School District 1908 150th Street, Hwy. 46 North Balsam Lake, WI 54810-7267 Deadline: February 1, 2013

E.O.E. - Unity School District does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, 576763 23L 13a,d mental, emotional or learning disability.

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LUCK REGULAR BOARD MEETING AGENDA: 1. Call to order and seek approval of Regular Board agenda, Robert Clifton 2. Consideration of previous minutes, LeRoy Buck 3. Presentation of Vouchers, Amy Dueholm 4. Treasurer’s Report, Amy Dueholm 5. Recognition of Guests or Delegates A. Katelyn Dinnies, Student Representative B. Megan Challoner: Pep Grant 6. Administrative Reports A. Mr. Palmer B. Mrs. Goldbach C. Mrs. Gobler 7. New Business A. Grade weighting proposal.

B. First reading of Graduation Requirement Revision.

C. Adoption of Master Contract between NUE and Luck Board of Education D. Discussion of referendum projects.

E. Any other business that may properly come before the Board.

8. Motion to convene into executive session per WI Stat 19.85(1) for discussion of employee contracts for 2013-14. If the teacher bargaining committee has met, then this will be considered.

9. Motion to reconvene to open session. Possible action on Administrative Contracts and possible action on base wages for teachers.

576800 23L 10. Motion to adjourn.

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Monday, January 28, 2013, 6 p.m.

Boardroom

Kessie J. Madaus, 28, Cameron, failure to pay fine, Jan. 9.

Ridge D. Mosay, 22, Amery, failure to pay fine, Jan. 8.

Trevor D. Nelson, 30, Siren, warrant - failure to appear, Jan. 9.

Courtney G. Oustigoff, 26, Cumberland, arrest warrant - complaint, Jan. 11.

DAY CORRECTION NOTICE

TOWN OF TRADE LAKE CAUCUS The Town of Trade Lake will hold the Town Caucus on Saturday, January 26, 2013, at 10 a.m. at the Trade Lake Town Hall to nominate candidates for the town offices to be voted on at the 576718 23L April election.

Deborah L. Christian, Clerk

Kim A. Parenteau, 57, Danbury, failure to pay fine, Jan. 11.

Kara R. Tomaszewski, 34, Danbury, warrant - failure to appear, Jan. 11.

Louis R. Workman Jr., 29, Webster, warrant - failure to appear, Jan. 11.

Daniel W. Goodremote, 40, Amery, arrest warrant complaint, Jan. 18.

Benjamin D. Ott, 38, Webster, arrest warrant complaint, Jan. 15.

Debra A. Pfluger, 42, Shell Lake, failure to pay fine, Jan. 16.

Danielle D. Rodriguez, 23, Danbury, failure to pay fine, Jan. 14.

Sean T. Schaaf, 39, Webster, warrant - failure to appear, Jan. 17.

INVITATION TO BID ON HERBICIDE TREATMENT OF CURLY-LEAF PONDWEED IN BONE LAKE For The Year 2013

To obtain bid form and pertinent information on invasive plant treatment by the Bone Lake Management District, contact Harmony Environmental.

Submit bids by February 1, 2013, for consideration by the Bone Lake Management District.

Address: Harmony Environmental 516 Keller Ave. S. Amery, WI 54001 Contact: Cheryl Clemens 576648 23L 715-268-9992 WNAXLP (Jan. 23, 30, Feb. 6) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Bremer Bank, National Association, a national banking association, 8555 Eagle Point Boulevard P.O. Box 1000 Lake Elmo, Minnesota 55042, Plaintiff, vs.

Pamela K. Johnson 365 240th Street Osceola, Wisconsin 54020, John H. Johnson 365 240th Street Osceola, Wisconsin 54020, Defendants.

Case Type: 30301 Case No. 12CV754 PUBLICATION SUMMONS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TO PAMELA K. JOHNSON AND JOHN H. JOHNSON: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that Plaintiff, Bremer Bank, National Association, a national banking association, has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

WITHIN forty (40) days after January 23, 2013, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Complaint.

The demand must be sent or delivered to the Polk County Clerk of Court, Polk County Justice Center, whose address is 1005 West Main Street, Suite 300, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin 54810, and to Plaintiff’s attorneys, Anastasi Jellum, P.A., whose address is 14985 60th Street North, Stillwater, Minnesota 55082. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the Complaint within forty (40) days, the Court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or may in the future, and may also be enforced or garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated: January 8, 2013.

ANASTASI JELLUM, P.A. Garth G. Gavenda, #1079588 Joshua D. Christensen, #1089857 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 Telephone: (651) 439-2951 Attorneys for Plaintiff #16572 576521 WNAXLP

(Jan. 23, 30, Feb. 6) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Bank of America, N.A. Plaintiff vs.

JENNIFER L. VELASKI, et al.

Defendant(s) Case No: 12 CV 200 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on August 3, 2012, in the amount of $170,645.03, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 19, 2013, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: By bidding at the sheriff sale, prospective buyer is consenting to be bound by the following terms: 1.) 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: The Easterly 100 Feet of Outlot 143 of Outlot Plat of the Village of Osceola, Polk County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 609 Cascade Street, Osceola, WI 54020.

TAX KEY NO.: 165-00557-0000.

Dated this 17th day of December, 2012. /s/Sheriff Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Scott D. Nabke Blommer Peterman, S.C. State Bar No. 1037979 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. 2381052 576520 WNAXLP

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Notices Weekday Position Available Previous experience or certification preferred.

Apply In Person

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PHARMACY TECHNICIAN

TANGEN DRUG 124 N. Washington St. Croix Falls, WI

(Jan. 16, 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC as servicer for U.S. Bank National Association, as Successor Trustee, to Bank of America, National Association as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee, for Ownit Mortgage Loan Trust, Ownit Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2006-6 Plaintiff vs.

JAN M. GUSEK, et al.

Defendant(s) Case No: 12 CV 202 AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on May 30, 2012, in the amount of $124,969.39, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 26, 2013, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: By bidding at the sheriff sale, prospective buyer is consenting to be bound by the following terms: 1.) 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Parcel 1: Lots 13 and 14, Block 46, Original Plat of the City of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Parcel 2: Lot 30, Block 53, First Addition to the City of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin. Together with that portion of vacated Massachusetts Street lying between Lot 30, Block 53, First Addition to the City of St. Croix Falls, and Lot 13 Block 46 Original Plat of the City of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin, as per Resolution No. 01-22 recorded October 15, 2001, in Volume 892 on Page 763 as Document No. 620825.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 344 North Adams Street, Saint Croix Falls, WI 54024.

TAX KEY NO.: 281-00767-0000 & 281-00094-0000.

Dated this 8th day of January, 2013. /s/Sheriff Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Alyssa A. Johnson Blommer Peterman, S.C. State Bar No. 1086085 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. 2423758 576425 WNAXLP

(Jan. 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY CENTRAL BANK, 2104 Hastings Avenue Newport, MN 55055, Plaintiff, vs.

Luke J. Duncan 1904 220th Avenue Centuria, WI 54824, Hennepin Faculty Associates 914 S. 8th St., 600 HFA Building Minneapolis, MN 55404 Defendants.

Case No. 11-CV-733 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $10,000 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on August 20, 2012, in the amount of $136,675.99, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: March 12, 2013, 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 the 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, Front Lobby, located at 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: The East Three Hundred Ninety (390) Feet of the North Three Hundred Twenty-Five (325) Feet of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4 NE 1/4) of Section Fourteen (14), Township Thirty-Five (35) North, Range Eighteen (18) West, Polk County, Wisconsin.

TAX KEY NO.: 020-00322-0000.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1904 220th Avenue, Centuria, WI 54824.

Peter Johnson Sheriff of Polk County, WI PAIEMENT LAW OFFICE, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 221 East Myrtle Street Stillwater, MN 55082 651-967-5050 Paiement Law Office, LLC, is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I hereby certify that on January 3, 2013, I served an exact copy of the within document on the following named persons at their last known address by mail pursuant to Sec. 801.14(2), Wis. Stats.

PAIEMENT LAW OFFICE LLC Sonya Stylos Persons Served: Luke J. Duncan, 1904 220th Avenue, Centuria, WI 54824 and his attorney, Kate Murtaugh, Gionis Law Office, P.O. Box 636, 109 Washington N., Saint Croix Falls, WI 54024, and Hennepin Faculty Associates, 914 S. 8th St., JFA Building, Minneapolis, MN 576519 WNAXLP 55404.

POLK COUNTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS

Public Health Nurse $25.86/hr. (DOQ) Public Health Dept.

Full Time - 37.5 hrs./week Deadline to apply: Feb. 5, 2013 Deputy Clerk of Court $18.34/hr.

Clerk of Court’s Office 2 Full-Time Positions - 37.5 hrs./week Deadline to apply: Feb. 5, 2013 Heavy Equipment Operator $22.24/hr.

Highway Dept.

Full Time - 40 hrs./week Deadline to apply: Jan. 30, 2013 C.N.A. - Golden Age Manor $13.12/hr. + shift differential Part-time Positions Available For .50 for nocs Night Shift (10:30 p.m. - 6:30 a.m.)

Deadline To Apply: Open until filled YOU MUST COMPLETE A POLK CO. EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION TO BE ELIGIBLE. For application, complete position requirements and details, please visit our Web site at www.co.polk.wi.us, Employment Opportunities, or in person at 100 Polk Co. Plaza, #229, Balsam Lake, or Golden Age Manor, 220 Scholl Ct., Amery, or by calling 715-485-9176.

Please, no faxed applications. AA/EEOC 576797 23L (Jan. 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Central Bank, a Minnesota banking corporation, 304 Cascade Street P.O. Box 188 Osceola, Wisconsin 54020, Plaintiff, vs.

St. Croix Falls 30 Acres, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company 1245 Gun Club Road White Bear Lake, Minnesota 55110, John Doe, Mary Roe, and XYZ corporation Defendants.

Case Type: 30404 Case No.: 12CV351 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of that certain Amended Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Order for Judgment, and Judgment entered and filed in the above-entitled action on November 6, 2012, the Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real property at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: February 7, 2013, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in certified funds, with the balance due and owing on the date of confirmation of the sale by the Court.

PLACE: Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: All that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 33, Township 34 North, Range 18 West, Town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast Corner of said Section 33; thence South 00˚31’14” East, along the East line of said Section 33, 99.62 feet to the South R/W of U.S. Highway “8,” thence westerly 84.72 feet along said R/W, being a curve concave to the North, having a central angle

of 1˚38’22”, a radius of 2,960.51 and whose chord bears North 89˚55’56” West, 84.71 feet; thence North 89˚06’45” West, along said South R/W, 170.07 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 89˚06’45” West, along said South R/W, 1,058.42 feet to the West line of said NENE; thence South, 00˚30’31” East, along the West line of said NE-NE, 1,217.86 feet to the Southwest Corner of said NE-NE; thence South 89˚07’03” East, along the South line of said NE-NE, 1,313.48 feet to the Southeast Corner of said NE-NE; thence North 00˚31’14” West, along the East line of said NE-NE, 711.82 feet; thence North 89˚09’19” West, 109.45 feet to the beginning of a curve concave to the northeast, said curve having a radius of 367.00 feet, a central angle of 51˚57’28” and whose chord bears North 63˚10’35” West, 321.52 feet; thence northwesterly 332.81 feet along said curve; thence North 37˚11’51” West, 49.56 feet; thence North 52˚48’09” East, 43.65 feet to the beginning of a curve concave to the northwest, said curve having a radius 333.00, a central angle of 58˚58’00” and whose chord bears N.26˚49’09”E, 291.78 feet; thence Northerly, 302.03 feet along said curve; thence North 00˚50’08” East, 36.90 feet to the point of beginning. Except Wilberg Boulevard as recorded and dedicated by Certified Survey Map No. 4960, Volume 22, Page 67 as Document Number 702084.

(FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property address is 2102 U.S. Highway 8, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin) Dated: December 17, 2012.

Peter Johnson Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY: ANASTASI & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 (651) 439-2951 Garth G. Gavenda/#16092 576107 WNAXLP

VILLAGE OF LUCK RESIDENTS - HAVE YOU HEARD?

The Village of Luck has a Community Development Block Grant for Housing Rehabilitation. The funds will be loaned at 0% interest to eligible households for home repairs. Applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no cost to fill out an application and all information submitted is strictly confidential.

Funds are available for homeowners and landlords.

The loan can be used to make the following types of repairs: • Connect Water & Sewer Lines • Handicap Accessibility • Electrical Upgrades • Replace Windows & Doors • Roofing • Repair/Replace Heating Systems, Water Heaters & Plumbing Systems • Other General Improvements • Painting, Siding, Porch Repairs Interested households can contact Karl Justmann at the MSA Housing Program Office at 1-800-552-6330 for more information or to obtain an application.

Applications are also available at Village Hall.

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STATE OF WISCONSIN TOWN OF WEST SWEDEN POLK COUNTY

SECTION I – TITLE AND PURPOSE The title of this ordinance is the Town of West Sweden AllTerrain Vehicle and Utility-Terrain Vehicles, hereafter referred to ATVs and UTVs, Route Ordinance. The purpose of this ordinance is to establish ATV and UTV routes in the town and to regulate the operation of ATVs and UTVs in the town.

SECTION II – AUTHORITY The Town Board of the Town of West Sweden, Polk County, Wisconsin, has the specific authority to adopt this All-Terrain Vehicle and Utility-Terrain Vehicle Route Ordinance under s.

23.33 (8) (b) and (11), Wis. stats.

SECTION III – ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE This ordinance, adopted on proper notice with a quorum and roll call vote by a majority of the town board present and voting, provides the authority for the town to designate ATV and UTV routes in the town and to regulate the use of those routes and ATVs and UTVs in the town.

SECTION IV – OPERATION OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES Pursuant to s. 23.33 (4) (d) 4., Wis. stats., except as otherwise provided in s. 23.33 (4), Wis. stats., no person may operate an ATV or UTV on the roadway portion of any highway in the town except on roadways that are designated as ATV and/or UTV routes by this ordinance. Operation of ATVs or UTVs on a roadway in the town that is an ATV and/or UTV route is authorized only for the extreme right side of the roadway except that left turns may be made from any part of the roadway that is safe given prevailing conditions.

SECTION V – DESIGNATION OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE ROUTES The following routes are designated ATV/UTV routes in the town: 160th Street from 300th Avenue to 310th Avenue 140th Street from County Road W to 310th Avenue 130th Street from County Road W to 310th Avenue 310th Avenue from 160th Street to Village of Frederic limits 310th Avenue from Village of Frederic limits to 120th Street 120th Street from 310th to Clam Falls Drive Clam Falls Drive from 140th Street to 120th Street 140th Street from Clam Falls Drive to 345th Avenue 345th Avenue from 140th Street to State Highway 35 Condition for the Operation of ATV/UTV are on Designated Routes. This ordinance does not prohibit ATV use within the Town of West Sweden using town roads not designated by the Town of West Sweden Board to go from one location (home, business, etc.) to the closest direct route designated as ATV/ UTV routes. This ordinance prohibits any stops from beginning to ending locations to access approved ATV/UTV routes within the Town of West Sweden.

SECTION VI – CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE and UTILITY TERRAIN VEHICLE ROUTES Pursuant to s. 23.33 (8) (d), Wis. stats., the following restrictions are placed on the use of the town ATV/UTV routes designated by this resolution: A. Routes shall be marked with uniform ATV signs in accordance with s. NR 64.12 (7), Wisconsin Administrative Code.

No person may do any of the following in regard to signs marking town ATV routes: 1. Intentionally remove, damage, deface, move or obstruct any uniform ATV route or trail sign or standard or intentionally interfere with the effective operation of any uniform ATV route or trail sign or standard if the sign or standard is legally placed by the state, any municipality or any authorized individual.

2. Possess any uniform ATV route or trail sign or standard of the type established by the department for the warning, instruction or information of the public, unless he or she obtained the uniform ATV route or trail sign or standard in a lawful manner. Possession of a uniform ATV route or trail sign or standard creates a rebuttable presumption of illegal possession.

B. Operation shall be subject to all provisions of s. 23.33, Wis. stats., which is adopted as a part of this ordinance by reference, pursuant to s. 23.33 (11), Wis. stats.

C. A copy of this ordinance shall be sent by the town clerk to the Polk County Sheriff’s Department and the Department of Natural Resources.

D. Additional restrictions and applicable time periods, if any: All ATV operators shall observe 25-mile-per-hour speed limit.

All ATV and UTV operators shall ride single file.

All ATV and UTV operators shall slow the vehicle to 10 mph or less when operating within 150 feet of a dwelling.

All ATV and UTV operators must have a valid driver’s license to operate on any ATV or UTV route.

All ATV and UTV operators must have current registration and proof of insurance.

All ATV and UTV operators shall yield to the right of way to other vehicular traffic and pedestrians.

Allowable hours of operation for ATV and UTV route are 7 a.m. – 10 p.m.

SECTION VII - ENFORCEMENT This ordinance may be enforced by any law enforcement officer authorized to enforce the laws of the State of Wisconsin.

SECTION VIII - PENALTIES The penalties under s. 23.33 (13) (a), Wis. Stats., are adopt-ed by reference.

SECTION IX – SEVERABILITY If any provision of this ordinance or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.

SECTION X – EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance is effective on publication or posting, and shall remain in effect for one year (365 days) from the effective date and is renewable by a resolution of the Town Board of the Town of West Sweden any time prior to the one-year anniversary of the effective date. If no resolution, ordinance or amendment by the Town Board of the Town of West Sweden renews this ordinance, it shall expire one year from the effective date.

The town clerk shall properly publish this ordinance as required under s. 60.80, Wis. stats.

Adopted this 15th day of January, 2013 .

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Town Board of West Sweden: Simon Nelson, Chairman Glenn Meier, Supervisor Scott Wilder, Supervisor Attest: Andrea Lundquist, Municipal Clerk

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Professional implementation of proper forest management and harvest techniques is essential. The timber harvest goal is to produce a sustained yield of forest products using harvest techniques that are suited to regeneration and growth needs of each forest type. The goal is to develop a regulated harvest in which the same number of acres or same volume of wood could be harvested each year for perpetuity. Compartment reconnaissance information will be used as a guide to determine stands where timber harvests are needed.

The goal for 2013 will be to set up and sell the following number of acres per timber type. These acreage goals are based on the long-term average harvest and will vary from year to year. These acreage goals do not include salvage sales that may occur due to unforeseen circumstances.

15-Year Average (acres) Forest Type Description 26 ASPEN 1 WHITE BIRCH 31 NORTHERN HARDWOODS 178 OAK 84 SCRUB OAK 89 JACK PINE 42 RED PINE 8 WHITE PINE 1 WHITE SPRUCE 460

POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS JANUARY 15, 2013 - 6 p.m.

Chairman Johnson called the regular January 15, 2013, meeting of the Polk County Board of Supervisors to order at 6:00 p.m. Chairman Johnson recognized Carole Wondra, County Clerk, for purposes of receiving evidence on proper notice. County Clerk informed the County Board that notice of the agenda was properly posted in three public buildings, published in the county's legal paper and posted on the county Web site the week of January 7, 2013.

Chairman Johnson recognized Corporation Counsel, Jeffrey Fuge, for purposes of receiving legal opinion with respect to sufficiency of notice. The County Board received the verbal opinion of Corporation Counsel that the advance written notice posted and published as described by the County Clerk satisfied the applicable provisions of Wisconsin Open Meetings Law and the applicable procedural provisions of the Polk County Board Rules of Order. Chairman Johnson recognized the County Clerk for purposes of taking roll call. The County Clerk took roll: 20 members present. Chairman Johnson announced that the Chair had granted Supervisors Caspersen and Moriak an excused absence. Supervisor Scoglio was absent for roll call, but joined immediately following. Chairman Johnson led the Pledge of Allegiance. Supvr. D. Johansen led the County Board in a time of reflection.

Chairman Johnson called for a motion to approve the consent agenda as published. Motion (Jepsen/Edgell) to approve the consent agenda, as published. Chairman Johnson called for voice vote. Motion to approve Consent Agenda, carried by unanimous voice vote.

Time was given for public comments. None offered. Chairman Johnson presented the Chairman’s Report. Time was given for committee questions and answers by the board members. Supvr. Nelson updated the board on the dissolution of the Library. Administrator Frey presented the Administrator’s Report and an update on finance.

Chairman Johnson called for a motion to approve the Administrator’s appointments. Motion (Brown/Keinholz) to approve the Administrator’s appointment of Sue Duerkop to the Indianhead Federated Library System for a 2-year term and also the appointments of David Stetler and John Jungmann to the Veterans Service Commission for a 3-year term. Motion to approve Administrator’s appointments, carried by unanimous voice vote.

Chairman Johnson explained the need to fill a vacated County Board representative position to the ADRC board, as Supvr. Magnafici resigned from that position. Chairman Johnson called for nominations to fill the position. Supvr.

Brown was nominated from the floor. Motion (Jepsen/Masters) to close nominations and cast a unanimous ballot for Supvr. Brown. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote. Chairman Johnson declared that the County Board has confirmed the appointment of Supervisor Brown to the ADRC Board.

Information about specific timber sale establishment plans may be obtained by contacting the Polk County Forestry Department, 100 Polk County Plaza, Suite 40, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, 715-485-9265.

FOREST RECONNAISSANCE The goal for the PCF is to have all recon less than 20 years old. Forest reconnaissance is done following the completion of a timber sale and when a stand is physically entered and subsequently rescheduled for a later harvest date. In addition to these ongoing updates, in 2013 we will work toward entirely updating at least one compartment.

Acres of Recon by age and % of Total Acres* Total Forested < 5 Years 5-10 Years 11-15 Years 16-20 Years Acres Acres (acres) (%) (acres) (%) (acres) (%) (acres) (%) 17,013 16,006 10,928 64.23 4,426 26.02 1,641 9.65 0 0.00 Total 17,013 16,006 10,928 64.23 4,426 26.02 1,641 9.65 0 0 TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT (TSI) TSI projects for 2013 have not yet been set up. TSI projects that are most likely to happen for 2013 include hand release of naturally regenerated and planted pine in the Town of Sterling. More surveys of potential project areas must be done before any projects will be established.

REFORESTATION In April, three sites will be planted for a total of 51.7 acres. We will be planting about 30,000 jack pine and 16,000 white spruce on these sites.

In 2013, we will have a greenhouse grow jack pine from our own seed stock that we collected in 2012. We will use the new seedlings for planting in the spring of 2014.

POLK COUNTY FOREST ANNUAL WORK PLAN 2013 THE HONORABLE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Following is the annual Polk County Forest work plan for the calendar year 2013. The plan gives direction and meaning to the proposed County Forest budget, and further defines and supplements the County Forest Comprehensive Land Use Plan and emphasizes the current needs of the County Forest program. This plan is needed to comply with Wis. Statute 28.11(5) and Chapter NR47.75 of the Wisconsin Administrative Rules for the administration of the County Forest Administrator Grant program.

FOREST PROTECTION We will continue to cooperate with the WI Dept. Of Natural Resources by: 1. Improving and maintaining fire lanes.

2. Continue annual meetings to evaluate forest operations, facilitated by DNR. 3. Support fire suppression efforts when needed.

4. Monitor insect and disease issues with the aid of DNR and take appropriate action when necessary.

REFERENCES 1. Annual integrated Planning Meeting held on September 19, 2012.

2. Polk County Fifteen-Year Comprehensive Land Use Plan (2006-2020).

LAND ACQUISITION Lands within the County Forest boundaries or areas of special or unique values may be recommended to the County Board for acquisition as they become available and upon a determination by the Property, Forestry and Recreational Committee that ownership of those lands is beneficial to the people of Polk County.

THE POLK COUNTY FOREST The Polk County Forest (PCF) is 17,144 acres in size.

The following list shows the acreage of forestland by its type classification: Forest Type A BW MR NH O OX PJ PR PW SB SH SW T

Forest Type G GH K KB KEV KG KH L LB LBA LM LMS ROW UB

FOREST TYPE ACREAGE Forest Type Description ASPEN WHITE BIRCH RED MAPLE NORTHERN HARDWOODS OAK SCRUB OAK JACK PINE RED PINE WHITE PINE BLACK SPRUCE SWAMP HARDWOODS WHITE SPRUCE TAMARACK TOTAL

Stands Acres 108 3,411 2 15 1 19 16 576 45 3,441 120 3,996 82 2,847 50 1,413 6 130 1 2 2 81 1 9 3 66 437 16,006

Percent of Forested Acres 21% 0% 0% 4% 21% 25% 18% 9% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0% 100%

SURVEYING We will continue our property line maintenance and establishment with the aid of the County Surveyor. Surveys are generally needed to prevent trespass or to clarify boundaries in order to continue management.

Percent of Recon Acres 20% 0% 0% 3% 20% 23% 17% 8% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 92%

WILDLIFE HABITAT PROJECTS Polk County will continue to develop and implement projects in cooperation with DNR wildlife personnel. This year we will continue efforts to regenerate jack pine in the Sterling Township, with the aid of dime-an-acre grants.

MISCELLANEOUS A. Issue firewood cutting permits.

B. Respond to public inquiries and issues as they arise.

C. Increase signage on the forest to identify boundaries, roads and natural features.

D. Work with other departments (i.e. Land & Water) for education classes for students and adults.

E. Recreation: The Administrator is also the Parks Assistant. Work includes but is not limited to: attending meetings, clearing trails, writing permits, writing grants, county park maintenance/improvements and overall county recreational opportunity awareness. Currently the County Forest supports organized ATV/UTV, horse, snowmobile and hiking trails.

F. Attend all Wisconsin County Forest Association meetings and multiple training sessions.

G. Forest Certification: Polk County will continue its commitment to be qualified for Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) certification.

NONFOREST TYPE ACREAGE

Percent of Non- Percent of Forest Type Description Stands Acres Forested Acres Recon Acres UPLAND GRASS 10 46 5% 0% HERBACEOUS VEGETATION 5 33 3% 0% MARSH 2 51 5% 0% MUSKEG BOG 3 45 4% 0% EMERGENT VEGETATION 5 181 18% 1% LOWLAND GRASS 2 19 2% 0% LOWLAND HERBACEOUS VEGETATION 1 100 10% 1% WATER 3 70 7% 0% LOWLAND BRUSH 2 38 4% 0% LOWLAND BRUSH - ALDER 7 178 18% 1% MINOR LAKE 6 126 13% 1% MINOR STREAM 2 58 6% 0% 33 3% 0% RIGHT OF WAY 6 3% 0% UPLAND BRUSH 3 29 TOTAL 57 1,007 101% 4% *Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding

ESTIMATED PROJECT COSTS AND ADMINISTRATORS SALARY --REGENERATION: Tree planting $ 16,000 Pine release $ 2,000

ROADS PCF receives state aid money for the maintenance of 7.61 miles of primary roads. These roads are maintained as needed. Plans for 2013 include widening of 2.26 miles of road as well as improving 5 road crossings in Sterling Township.

The County Forest has many miles of secondary forest roads that have been built primarily by loggers in conjunction with timber sales. These roads are now serving a wide range of uses including the hauling of forest products, snowmobile trails and hunter/walking trails. Many of the new logging roads are bermed or gated to restrict motorized use. These roads are either seeded or allowed to naturally revegetate.

TIMBER SALE ADMINISTRATION Timber sale administration is an important part of forest management.

The Forest Administrator is responsible for the selling, contract compliance and record keeping on all County Forest sales. Most PCF sales are sold as combination mill scale for pulp products and woods scaled for logs although we are now trying to sell more lump sum sales for ease of administration.

TIMBER SALE PLANNING AND ESTABLISHMENT Timber harvests that are properly designed and implemented are vital to maintaining a healthy and vigorous forest. There are many social, environmental and economic benefits derived from a managed harvest program.

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--ROAD MAINTENANCE

$ 5,000

--ADMINISTRATOR SALARY SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT HEALTH INSURANCE LIFE INSURANCE TOTAL

$ 59,546 $ 4,555 $ 3,811 $ 6,545 $ 38 $ 74,495

GRANTS AND FUNDING ADMINISTRATOR’S GRANT: Pays 50% of administrator’s fee for services.

DIME-PER-ACRE GRANT: $0.05 per County Forest acre used for wildlife habitat development.

COUNTY FOREST ROADS GRANT: $360.00 per mile for road maintenance.

INTEREST-FREE LOANS: $.50 per acre variable acreage loan and project loans. These loans are interest-free and are paid back from annual stumpage revenues at 20% of annual revenues. These loans are used to aid in a wide variety of projects on the County Forest and for land purchases.

COUNTY FUNDS: County funds will pay for costs that cannot be paid for by grants and loans. The County’s portion of costs for 2012 will be roughly $90,000. This amount is typically more than made up for through timber sale revenues.

Chairman Johnson called a motion to approve the Polk County Forest Annual Work Plan for 2013. Polk County Forester, Jeremy Koslowski, addressed the Work Plan. Motion (Engel/Jepsen) to approve the 2013 Work Plan. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote.

JANUARY 23, 2013 - INTER-COUNTY LEADER - NEWS SECTION - A - PAGE 25 Chairman Johnson presented the recommendations on behalf of the Administrative Committee on a possible future committee structure, as the County Board transitions down to a smaller board.

Chairman Johnson called for a short recess. The County Board stood in recess at 7:00 p.m. The County Board reconvened at 7:08 p.m.

WHEREAS, the people of Polk County voted overwhelmingly in favor of this constitutional amendment - over 65% “yes;” and WHEREAS, fifty-three other counties in Wisconsin also asked the same advisory referendum question and the support was similar across the state with an average “yes” vote of 70%; and WHEREAS, first consideration of this constitutional amendment passed the Wisconsin State Legislature overwhelmingly last session, on a bipartisan basis; and WHEREAS, the 2012-13 session of the Wisconsin State Legislature has the opportunity to pass second consideration of this constitutional amendment and in so doing will give the citizens of the entire state the opportunity to vote for amending the state constitution to ensure transportation revenues are spent for transportation purposes; and WHEREAS, providing constitutional protection for transportation user fees will align Wisconsin with our neighbors in Minnesota, Iowa and Michigan.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors strongly urges our state representatives to vote in favor of second consideration of the joint resolution to protect the transportation fund, thereby giving voters across this state the opportunity to vote on a binding referendum to amend the constitution and ensure the transportation user fees they pay will be spent for transportation purposes.

Funding amount: N/A. Funding source: N/A. Effective date: Upon Passage.

Date Submitted to County Board: January 15, 2013.

Submitted and sponsored by the Polk County Highway Committee: Marvin Caspersen, Tom Magnafici, Dean Johansen, Jay Luke and Craig Moriak.

Reviewed only by: Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Reviewed and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

On the 15th day of January, 2013, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution 02-13: Resolution Urging State Legislators To Vote In Favor Of Transportation Dollars For Transportation, by a unanimous voice vote.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.

Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk Dated this 15th day of January, 2013.

Res. 02-13 - Chairman Johnson called to the floor Resolution 02-13, Resolution Urging State Legislators To Vote In Favor Of Transportation Dollars For Transportation. Motion (Edgell/Masters) to approve said resolution. Chairman called for a voice vote on motion to adopt Resolution 02-13 Urging State Legislators To Vote In Favor Of Transportation Dollars For Transportation, carried by unanimous voice vote. Resolution adopted.

RESOLUTION 01-13

RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE LEASE OF LIME QUARRY LANDS TO SUNDBAKKEN DAIRY FARM, INC. TO THE HONORABLE SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF THE COUNTY OF POLK: Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 13-08, the County of Polk has leased certain lime quarry lands to Sundbakken Dairy Farm, Inc., for agricultural purposes; and WHEREAS, the Lime Quarry Committee has recommended that Polk County enter into a 4 5-year lease on terms and conditions similar to the lease that expired on December 31, 2012.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopts, ratifies and enters into the “Lease Agreement with Sundbakken Farm, Inc. 2013-2017,” a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors authorizes the Lime Quarry Manager to execute and to administer said lease agreement on behalf of Polk County.

Funding amount: $3,000.00 Annual Rental Income.

Date Submitted to County Board: January 18 15, 2013.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Submitted by the Polk County Administrator: Dana Frey.

Reviewed and recommended by: Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Reviewed, recommended and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

On the 15th day of January, 2013, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution 01-13: Resolution To Authorize Lease Of Lime Quarry Lands To Sundbakken Dairy Farm, Inc., by a unanimous voice vote as amended.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.

Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk Dated this 15th day of January, 2013.

LEASE AGREEMENT WITH SUNDBAKKEN FARM, INC. (2013-2017) This Lease Agreement is entered into Polk County (Lessor) and SundBakken Dairy Farm, Inc., 480 200th Street, Osceola, Wisconsin 54020, (Lessee), on the following terms and conditions: 1. Lessor agrees to lease to Lessee the premises consisting of approximately 30.0 acres, being part of the land described as the NE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 10, Town 32 North, Range 18 West (S.10-T.32N-R.18W), Town of Alden, County of Polk, State of Wisconsin.

2. The term of this lease shall be for a period of five (5) years, commencing on January 1, 2013, and expiring on December 31, 2017.

3. Lessee understands that said leasehold interest is nonexclusive in that Polk County reserves the right to possess in the future a part of the 30.0 acres for the purpose of mining lime provided that Lessor provide written notice of intent to possess by January 1 of each subsequent year.

Lessee agrees that upon said notice, Lessee shall agree to partial release of certain legal lands as legally described by Polk County in said notice.

4. Lessor shall survey at its expense the initial 30.0 acres and any portion thereof to be released by Lessee in the second year and subsequent years of this Lease Agreement.

5. The rental rate is $100.00 per acre for an annual rent. The initial year’s rent shall be $3,000.00. Lessee shall pay the annual rent in installments.

Lessee shall pay the first rental installment of $1,500.00 immediately with acceptance of this Lease Agreement and the balance of the annual rent no later than 6 months following the date of Lessee’s acceptance.

6. The annual rental payment for the second and subsequent years will be reduced consistent with the acreage the possession of which is returned to Lessor pursuant to paragraph 3 above. The annual rental payment for the second and subsequent years of this Agreement shall be paid in installments. Lessee shall pay the first installment on or before January 31, and Lessee shall pay the second installment by June 30. To the extent that Lessor gains possession of any of the premises as provided above, the rental rate will be adjusted downward on a per-acre basis.

7. Lessee agrees that it will use acceptable agricultural management practices on the premises so as to conserve soil prevent erosion. Lessee shall engage in no-till farming on premises subject to this Lease Agreement.

8. Lessee shall carry liability insurance for premises under this lease.

Within 30 days from the date of execution of this Lease by Lessee, Lessee shall provide Lessor with a certificate of insurance evidencing such coverage.

For Lessee: Sundbakken Dairy Farm, Inc. Approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel. Dated January 3, 2013.

Res. 01-13 - Chairman Johnson called to the floor Resolution 01-13, Resolution To Authorize Lease Of Lime Quarry Lands To Sundbakken Dairy Farm Incorporated. Motion (Jepsen/D. Johansen) to approve said resolution.

Motion (D. Johansen/Masters) to amend Resolution 01-13, by correcting the second WHEREAS clause to read: a 5-year lease, instead of a 4-year lease and the Date Submitted to County Board to read: January 15, 2013, instead of January 18, 2013. Motion to amend Resolution 01-13 by making the 2 corrections, carried by unanimous voice vote. Chairman Johnson called for voice vote on motion to adopt Resolution No. 01-13, to Authorize Lease Of Lime Quarry Lands To Sundbakken Dairy Farm, Inc., as amended, carried by unanimous voice vote. Resolution adopted.

RESOLUTION 03-13

RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2013, AS “WORLD SPAY DAY” TO THE HONORABLE SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF THE COUNTY OF POLK: Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, pets provide companionship to more than 71,000,000 households in the United States; and WHEREAS, humane societies and animal shelters kill millions of cats, dogs and other companion animals each year, many of whom are healthy and adoptable, due to lack of critical resources and public awareness; and WHEREAS, this tragic destroying of pets costs citizens and taxpayers of this country millions of dollars annually through animal service programs aimed at coping with these pets; and WHEREAS, spaying and neutering has been shown to dramatically reduce the overpopulation of free-roaming cats and unwanted litters of pets, proving to be a wise investment in saving animal lives and taxpayer dollars; and WHEREAS, veterinarians, national and local animal protection organizations, and private citizens have joined together again to advocate the spaying and neutering of pets and free-roaming cats on “World Spay Day 2013.”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors recognizes the day of February 26, 2013, as “World Spay Day.” BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors directs the Country Clerk to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of Polk County to observe the day by having their own pets spayed or neutered or by sponsoring the spaying or neutering of another person’s pet or of an animal awaiting adoption.

Funding amount: Not to exceed $100.00.

Funding source: Dog License Fund.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Date Presented to County Board: January 15, 2013.

Submitted and sponsored by: William F. Johnson IV. Reviewed only by: Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Reviewed and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

On the 15th day of January, 2013, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution 03-13: Resolution to Recognize Tuesday, February 26, 2013, As “World Spay Day,” by voice vote as amended.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.

Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk Dated this 15th day of January, 2013.

Res. 03-13 - Chairman Johnson called to the floor Resolution 03-13, Resolution To Recognize Tuesday, February 26, 2013, as “World Spay Day.” Motion (Kienholz/Jepsen) to approve said Resolution. Tanya Borg, from CatTown Rescue addressed the resolution. Motion (Brown/Masters) to amend resolution by changing the Funding Amount to “donations” and the Funding Source from the Dog License Fund to “County Board Supervisors.” Chairman Johnson called for a voice vote on the motion to amend said Resolution.

Motion to amend failed by voice vote. Motion (Schmidt/Hartung) to amend Resolution by striking the entire “BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED” clause which would also eliminate the Funding Amount and Funding Source. Chairman called for roll call vote to amend Resolution 03-13 by striking the entire “BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED” clause. Motion to amend carried by roll call vote of 12 Yes, 9 No. (Voting yes: Supvrs. Brown, D. Johansen, P. Schmidt, H. Johansen, Engel, Edgell, Masters, Scoglio, Hartung, O'Connell, Bergstrom and N. Johnson. Voting no: Supvrs. Kienholz, Luke, Nelson, Stroebel, Magnafici, Jepsen, Arcand, Cockroft and W. Johnson.) Chairman Johnson called for a voice vote on motion to adopt Resolution 03-13, to Recognize Tuesday, February 26, 2013, as “World Spay Day” as amended. Motion carried by voice vote. Resolution adopted.

RESOLUTION 02-13

RESOLUTION URGING STATE LEGISLATORS TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS FOR TRANSPORTATION TO THE HONORABLE SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF THE COUNTY OF POLK: Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, Wisconsin’s transportation infrastructure is a fundamental component of its ability to attract and retain business and produce jobs; and WHEREAS, gas tax and vehicle registration fees comprise over 85% of the state’s segregated transportation account. Revenues from these two user fees have been declining and are inadequate to meet the existing transportation needs in this state; and WHEREAS, Wisconsin’s past practice of transferring money from the segregated transportation fund to the general fund has eroded the public’s confidence that the “user fees” they pay through the state gasoline tax and vehicle registration fees will be used for their intended purpose; and WHEREAS, Wisconsin’s practice of replacing the dollars transferred from the state’s segregated transportation fund with general obligation (GO) bonds put our state in the precarious position of bonding to fund ongoing operations; and WHEREAS, the debt service for these bonds are being paid for out of the state’s general fund which hinders its ability to fund other programs like Shared Revenue, Youth Aids, Community Aids and courts in the future; and WHEREAS, Polk County placed an advisory referendum on the November 2010 ballot asking “Should the Wisconsin Constitution be amended to prohibit any further transfers or lapses from the segregated transportation fund?”; and

RESOLUTION 04-13

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RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT TAX EQUITY ON OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO THE HONORABLE SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF THE COUNTY OF POLK: Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control (MMWR, Aug. 2012), while consumption of cigarettes decreased 32.8% from 2000 to 2011, consumption of loose tobacco and cigars increased 123.1% over the same period; and WHEREAS, since 2009, the increase in the federal tobacco excise taxes has created tax disparities between cigarettes and other tobacco product types; and WHEREAS, other tobacco products very similar to cigarettes, such as little cigars and cigarillos, present the same health risk as cigarettes, yet are taxed at significantly lower rates, which makes them cheaper and more accessible to children; and WHEREAS, such products are offered with candy flavoring and bright colors, making them extremely appealing to a younger, nonsmoking audience; and WHEREAS, the use of these products is on the rise among youth, and these products are addictive in nature, likely to result in a lifelong addiction to nicotine; and WHEREAS, the tax imposed on cigarettes has been proven to help smokers quit and keep others, especially youth, from starting to smoke; and

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Notices

BIDS WANTED - VILLAGE OF SIREN ASPHALT PAVEMENT

The Village of Siren is seeking bids for asphalt paving on one block of 3rd Avenue (Anderson Street to Lanquist Street.) Bids will be opened on March 11, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Village Hall.

200 Tons HMA Pavement Type E-1 Project is a Wisconsin Local Roads Improvement Project (LRIP).

For more information, contact Martin Shutt, Village Admin576417 22-23L WNAXLP istrator, at 715-349-2273.

(Jan. 23, 30, Feb. 6) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff vs.

JANET M. DONNELLY, et al.

Defendants Case No. 12 CV 404 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on August 15, 2012, in the amount of $119,865.87, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the premises described below at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: February 19, 2013, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens, encumbrances and payment of applicable transfer taxes.

PLACE: In the Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, 54810.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: Part of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4, Section 36, Township 35 North, Range 16 West, described as follows: Beginning at a point 50 feet due West of the Northeast corner of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4; thence South at right angles 13.65 chains; thence West at right angles 6.15 chains; thence North at right angles 3.65 chains; thence West at right angles 1.85 chains; thence North at right angles 10 chains; thence East 8 chains to the point of beginning. Said land being in the Town of Georgetown, County of Polk and State of Wisconsin.

ADDRESS: 624 190th Avenue, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

TAX KEY NO: 026-01396-0000.

Dated this 7th day of January, 2013.

Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Cummisford, Acevedo & Associates, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Mark R. Cummisford, State Bar # 1034906 6508 South 27th Street Suite #6 Oak Creek, WI 53154 414-761-1700 Cummisford, Acevedo & Associates, LLC, is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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(Jan. 16, 23, 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Central Bank, a Minnesota banking corporation, 304 Cascade Street Osceola, Wisconsin 54020, Plaintiff, vs.

Shanon F. Nelson 772 260th Avenue Frederic, Wisconsin 54837, Marcus J. Nelson 2368 215th Avenue St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin 54024, John Doe, Mary Roe, and XYZ corporation Defendants.

Case Type: 30404 Case No. 12CV519 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of that certain Amended Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Order for Judgment, and Judgment entered and filed in the above-entitled action on December 21, 2012, the Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real property at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: February 14, 2013, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in certified funds, with the balance due and owing on the date of confirmation of the sale by the Court.

PLACE: Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot Two (2), Certified Survey Map No. 2502, recorded in Volume 11 of Certified Survey Maps on Page 210 as Document No. 570518, located in the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE 1/4 of NW 1/4), Section Twenty-four (24), Township Thirty-five (35) North, Range Nineteen (19) West, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Together with perpetual access easement over the existing driveway and over the East 15 feet of Lot 1, Certified Survey Map No. 2502, as shown in Document Number 642928, in Volume 916 Records, page 751.

(FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property address is 2456A 210th Avenue, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin).

Dated this 8th day of January, 2013.

Peter Johnson Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY: ANASTASI JELLUM, P.A. 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 (651) 439-2951 Garth G. Gavenda/#16345 576441 WNAXLP

(Jan. 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY ANCHORBANK, FSB; Plaintiff, vs.

DONALD L. COURY JR. and JANE DOE, unknown spouse of Donald L. Coury Jr.; and ANCHORBANK, FSB; Defendants.

Case No. 12-CV-481 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 November 21, 2012, in the amount of $80,285.83, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 5, 2013, 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 Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Parcel 1: Lot Two (2) of Certified Survey Map No. 2952 recorded in Volume 13 of Certified Survey Maps, page 206 as Document No. 593516, located in the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NE 1/4 of SE 1/4), Section Eighteen (18), Township Thirty-four (34) North, Range Sixteen (16) West, Town of Apple River, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Parcel 2: Together with an easement for ingress and egress over the North 13 feet of South 300 feet of East 250 feet of Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NE 1/4 of SE 1/4), Section Eighteen (18), Township Thirty-four (34) North, Range Sixteen (16) West, Town of Apple River, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1539 110th St., Town of Apple River.

TAX KEY NO.: 004-00538-0000.

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.

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WHEREAS, the costs resulting from the use of tobacco negatively affect Wisconsin businesses, taxpayers and families.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors hereby supports the policy of tax equity on other tobacco products so that those products are taxed and treated the same as cigarettes.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be mailed to Governor Walker, Senators Harsdorf and Jauch, Representatives Severson and Smith and the Wisconsin Counties Association.

Funding amount: N/A. Funding source: N/A. Date Finance Committee Advised: N/A. Finance Committee Recommendation: N/A. Effective date: Upon Passage.

Date Submitted to County Board: January 15, 2013.

Submitted upon recommendation of the Polk County Health Board: Patricia M. Schmidt.

Reviewed and recommended by: Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Reviewed and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

On the 15th day of January, 2013, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution 04-13: Resolution To Support Tax Equity On Other Tobacco Products, by a majority vote of supervisors of 14 in favor and 7 against.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.

Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk Dated this 15th day of January, 2013.

NOTICE TOWN OF ST. CROIX FALLS NEWLY ENACTED INTOXICATING LIQUOR & FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES ORDINANCE 13-01

NOTICE

TOWN OF TRADE LAKE CAUCUS The Town of Trade Lake will hold the Town Caucus on Monday, January 26, 2013, at 10 a.m. at the Trade Lake Town Hall to nominate candidates for the town offices to be voted on at the April election.

Deborah L. Christian, Clerk 575993 11-12a 22-23L WNAXLP (Jan. 16, 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P. Plaintiff vs.

REBECCA A. OLSON, et al.

Defendant(s) Case No: 12 CV 287 AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on July 20, 2012, in the amount of $146,406.38, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 26, 2013, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: By bidding at the sheriff sale, prospective buyer is consenting to be bound by the following terms: 1.) 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 11, Plat of Cherrywood on White Ash Lake, Town of Apple River, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1792 West White Ash Drive, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

TAX KEY NO.: 004-01048-0000.

Dated this 9th day of January, 2013. /s/Sheriff Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Scott D. Nabke Blommer Peterman, S.C. State Bar No. 1037979 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. 2426018 576287 WNAXLP

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, enacted Ordinance No. 13-01 entitled “Intoxicating Liquor & Fermented Malt Beverages” on January 16, 2013. This ordinance governs the licensing for intoxicating liquor and fermented malt beverage sales within the Town of St. Croix Falls. The full text of Ordinance 13-01 is available at the Town Hall located at 1305 200th Street, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin 54024, as well as on the Town’s Web site: www.townofstcroixfalls.org. For more information, please contact the clerk at 715-483-1851.

Janet Krueger, Town Clerk 576717 23L WNAXLP (Jan. 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Royal Credit Union, a Wisconsin state chartered credit union, 200 Riverfront Terrace Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54703, Plaintiff, vs.

Jeffery W. Hanvelt 125 East 1st Street Dresser, Wisconsin 54009, St. Croix Regional Medical Center, Inc. 235 State Street St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin 54024, John Doe, Mary Roe, and XYZ corporation, Defendants.

Case Type: 30404 Case No. 12CV706 PUBLICATION SUMMONS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TO JEFFERY W. HANVELT: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that Plaintiff, Royal Credit Union, a Wisconsin state chartered credit union, has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

WITHIN forty (40) days after January 9, 2013, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the Polk County Clerk of Court, Polk County Justice Center, whose address is 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin 54810, and to Plaintiff’s attorneys, Anastasi & Associates, P.A., whose address is 14985 60th Street North, Stillwater, Minnesota 55082.

You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the Complaint within forty (40) days, the Court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or may in the future, and may also be enforced or garnishment or seizure of property.

ANASTASI & ASSOCIATES, P.A. Dated: December 12, 2012.

Garth G. Gavenda, #1079588 Joshua D. Christensen, #1089857 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 Telephone: (651) 439-2951 Attorneys for Plaintiff #16527 576005 WNAXLP

(Dec. 26, Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Branch 1 BREMER BANK N.A. 8555 Eagle Point Blvd.

P.O. Box 1000 Lake Elmo, MN 55042, Plaintiff, vs.

BRUCE C. DAHLBERG 1627 S. White Ash Lane Balsam Lake, WI 54810, and WESTCONSIN CREDIT UNION P.O. Box 160 Menomonie, WI 54751 Defendants Case No. 12 CV 367 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Foreclosure of Mortgage Code: 30404 By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on July 11, 2012, I will sell at public auction at the Polk County Justice Center in the Village of Balsam Lake, in said county, on February 19, 2013, at 10 a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: Lot 48, Plat of White Ash Park, according to the official plat thereof on file and of record in the Office of Register of Deeds in and for Polk County, Wisconsin, located in Section 11, Township 34 North, Range 16 West.

Parcel No.: 004-01158-0000 The above property is located at 1627 S. White Ash Lane, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

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 17th day of December, 2012. /s/Peter M. Johnson Peter M. Johnson, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin SCHOFIELD, HIGLEY & MAYER, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff Bay View Offices, Suite #100 700 Wolske Bay Road Menomonie, WI 54751 575438 WNAXLP 715-235-3939

Res. 04-13 - Chairman Johnson called to the floor Resolution 04-13, Resolution To Support Tax Equity On Other Tobacco Products. Motion (Masters/ Schmidt) to approve said Resolution. Health Dept. Director Gretchen Sampson and Health Educator Mary Boe addressed the resolution. Chairman Johnson called for a roll call vote on the motion to adopt Resolution 04-13 In Support Of Tax Equity Of Other Tobacco Products. Motion carried by a roll call vote of 14 Yes, 7 No. (Voting yes: Supvrs. Schmidt, H. Johansen, Kienholz. Engel, Masters, Scoglio, Luke, Nelson, Stroebel, Magnafici, Jepsen, Bergstrom, N. Johnson and W. Johnson. Voting no: Supvrs. Brown, D. Johansen, Edgell, Hartung, O'Connell, Arcand and Cockroft). Resolution 04-13 adopted.

Supervisors reports were given. Motion (Masters/D. Johansen) to adjourn.

Motion carried by unanimous voice vote. Chairman Johnson declared meeting adjourned 7:55 p.m.

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I, Carole T. Wondra, County Clerk for Polk County, do hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the County Board Proceedings of the Polk County Board of Supervisors Session held on January 15, 2013.

Carole T. Wondra, Polk County Clerk

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Sitting on the corner watching all the cars go by

by Priscilla Bauer Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG – Notebooks in hand, Grantsburg driver’s education students Andrea Dumas and Carolyn Peterson sat on the corner of Pine and Madison Streets in downtown Grantsburg last week watching intently as cars came up to the stop sign.

Seemly unaffected by January’s cool temps, the 10th-graders were diligent in their observation and recording of just how well drivers followed the traffic laws.

As a class requirement, the students needed to complete a traffic survey and decided to stake out a busy downtown Grantsburg intersection.

“We have to record traffic for a half hour or until 60 cars go by, whichever comes first,” said Dumas.

Dumas and Peterson said keeping track of how many drivers came to complete stop, signaled or were distracted was a real eye-opener.

“We’ve seen a lot of them just roll right through,” smiled Peterson, adding that in order to qualify as complete stop a vehicle must be stationary at a sign for three seconds.

The students also noted drivers skidding when approaching the stop sign after applying their brakes too hard.

“We even caught a teacher who didn’t signal when turning,” said the two traffic observers.

The survey was a good lesson for the students on safe driving practices and a

Grantsburg drivers education students Andrea Dumas and Carolyn Peterson paused from their class assignment, observing how well drivers follow stopping rules to pose for a photo.

The 10th-graders needed to complete a traffic survey and decided to stake out a busy downtown Grantsburg intersection. good reminder to licensed drivers to follow the laws as you never know who

could be watching.

Seemly unaffected by January’s cool temps, 10th-graders Andrea Dumas and Carolyn Peterson were diligent in their observation and recording of just how well drivers followed the traffic laws as they sat at a downtown Grantsburg intersection last week.

Beneath the structure Guided tour of the bowels of the former nursing home reveals secrets Editor’s note: See this week’s Currents feature for main story.

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer LUCK – The Leader was given a private tour of the lower level of the former United Pioneer Home, and while the 40,000-square-foot structure above is an orderly and typical type of layout, the basement of the facility is both intriguing and overwhelming.

Maintenance engineer Mark Johnson was an employee of the facility prior to the new home‘s construction, and hence has a seat-of-the-pants knowledge of the facility.

He admitted that there is much that is confusing, as he noted the maze of switches, wires, transformers, relays and the like regarding systems like the boiler and air exchangers, cooling units and even fire suppression systems, which are fully functioning and work on every open space of the structure, he said.

Last chance sliding Is there anything better than the spike of windchill on top of the G-forces of acceleration and bumpy feel of the snow under lots of padded snow pants? Several local students converged on the Luck Golf Course last week for a last chance at sliding, prior to the deep freeze. - Photo by Greg Marsten

The most confusing and difficult part of the maintenance since the nursing home was vacated has been keeping heating costs down, as the bulk of the building was never meant to be shut down in zones.

“That’s been a challenge,” he admitted, stating that he and another HVAC engineer spent most of a day figuring out the boiler mechanics, to do such a shutdown, to keep the costs more affordable.

He points to a spot deep in the ceiling where the water expansion tanks were finally discovered, buried deep in the shadows.

“Took us all day to find that!” he said.

But he seems to have a solid handle on the systems and shows sincere excitement for the structure, which he said is very safe, in spite of its age. He has had to replace several pressure valves and shutoffs, but otherwise, the building controls are solid.

The bulk of the former United Pioneer Home facility was built in 1953, with additions later, in 1976, and other improvements after that. The older portions of the complex have full basement access, while some of the later additions have crawl spaces and ductwork just off the floor.

Johnson smiled when he discussed hav-

ing to chase valves, wiring diagrams or other utilities from a “creeper,” sliding through the crawl spaces on his back.

He said the facility is essentially intact and complete from when it was a nursing home.

“Other than a few toilets they took for some reason, they left pretty much everything,” he said.

The basement is an impressive and massive catacomb of piping, wiring, plumbing, heat ductwork and equipment, but it is far from the hodgepodge one might expect from such a massive complex, totaling over 40,000 square feet of living space above, and probably an additional twothirds ,more square footage under the floors.

The random lightbulbs can play tricks with the ductwork and shadows, as the tour continued, showing the remnants of storage for former, and often since departed, nursing home residents. Some of their names still remain on cubicles, cubbies and bins.

But Johnson also laughed off rumors of the basement being haunted, as the story went that residents who passed away were briefly kept in a room he affectionally called “The Dungeon.”

“I don’t know why they called it that,”

he said with a grin. “It’s just a storage room.“ A storage room with a very prominent cold air leak and a draft that would make the hair stand up on your arms, it seemed.

But Johnson also noted the recent efforts by 28 high school age students from the Cambridge Christian School, who painted a large portion of the open areas in one day, and left a little reminder of their time with a few paint handprints.

The basement and the structure of the former nursing home is impressive, and while the systems are vastly complex and humbling, they also show a dedication to engineering and a true respect for systems that work just as planned.

“It would be a shame to just scrap this stuff out or fill it in,” Johnson said on proposals to level the complex instead of reusing it all. He pointed out several areas in the boiler room where the biggest concerns are asbestos insulation, which is fine to keep, as long as it isn’t disturbed to become airborne.

“This is a great building, and it’s in really good shape, I think,” he said. “There’s a lot of life left in it!”

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Doors are closed and locked at Polk County Library Federation

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE — The lights are off, the desks are vacant, and the gate closure is locked, although the room still holds quite a few bookshelves. Some of the shelves are still filled with books, although some are bare.

This empty space was home of the Polk County Library Federation, which by vote of the county board of supervisors closed its doors at the end of 2012. Friday, Jan. 18, was the last day on the job for director Colleen Gifford.

Established by county board action nearly 40 years ago, in 1974, the library was formed to provide help to the rural libraries in the county. At that time, Gifford noted, few of the librarians in the area had any formal training in library work. Budgets were very small, and collections as well as hours were limited.

The county library, with a paid professional and a budget for books and other library materials, was able to assist the local libraries with resources and training. In recent years, as funding for the county library has decreased, the financial situation of the local libraries has improved.

This is in large part due to growing public awareness of the value of libraries, but mainly through a Wisconsin law known as Act 150. Act 150 requires libraries to track where their users come from, with rural municipalities assessed 70 percent of the cost of the services received by their residents. The funding goes directly to the libraries that rural residents use.

Meanwhile, more and more library directors were receiving more and more library education. When Gifford came on the job in December 2001, she said, one local library director had a master’s degree. Several did not hold a bachelor’s degree.

Now, she said, more than half have earned or are working on their master’s.

As funding shrank and the needs of the local libraries changed, said Gifford, she realized she needed to “do more thinking out of the box.” The Friends of the Polk County Library was formed and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) organization, eligible for a wide variety of grant opportunities.

A few of the nearly 200 educational kits that have been relocated from the county library to the library in Amery. The kits were expanded to include related items from the county library shelves.

Colleen Gifford, former director of the Polk County Library Federation. – Photos by Greg Marsten Through this volunteer group, the library federation received a three-year grant to fund a technology position, with funding through 2013. Because of its nonprofit status, the group could act as a conduit for the local libraries that do not have that same status.

An example is the $100,000 recently received by the Milltown library from the Albert V. Ravnholt Foundation. Milltown is not set up to apply for and receive funds from the foundation, so the county Friends group made application, accepted the funds and passed the money on to Milltown.

The county library also became a catalyst for launching programs at the local libraries. For example, grant dollars secured by the county library allowed the hiring of a teen librarian and the establishment of a teen advisory board and teen collection.

The grant expired and the position no longer exists, but many of the local libraries now have their own programs, and the teen materials are now part of the larger collection.

“I think I did a good job of being creative in finding money,” commented Gifford.

Dissolution committee State law governs how a county library can be closed, and when the board voted to shut the doors it also created a dissolution committee to wrap things up. The committee consisted of county supervisors and representatives of the local libraries, and was headed up by Clear Lake Public Library Director Cricket LaFond.

An evaluation of the library prior to the board’s vote identified four main areas of service, and the committee needed to address these items as well as how to dispose of the library’s materials.

Library Books by Mail, a program that gets library materials to the homebound and others unable to get to a local library, is one of the four main areas of services identified by the evaluation. Interfaith Caregivers will be coordinating this service, using volunteers it has in each of the 10 public libraries. Individuals wishing to make use of the service will need to contact their public library, and the information will be passed on to the volunteers.

Services provided to inmates at the Polk County Jail is another area identified by the evaluation, and as of Friday, Jan. 18, no definite plans have been made for the continuance of that program. The county board

The books on these units of shelving have been designated for the Polk County Jail.

has allocated $20,000 for the program, and at this time the sheriff’s department is expected to solicit bids for the services.

Along with providing reading materials to inmates, the federation facilitated a book club that provided reading material of interest followed by a discussion time. This, too, was initially funded by a grant obtained by the county library Friends group.

Among other jail programs conducted by the county library federation were a “Read to Succeed” initiative, encouraging inmates to read a variety of genres, and a Pathways to Freedom brochure that provided a list of resources available in the county for inmates to tap into once released.

One aspect that Gifford hopes does not fall through the cracks is efforts to initiate a GED program at the jail, allowing inmates to work on their high school diploma. She had been working with WITC to develop the program when the decision was made to close the library.

According to LaFond, the services to the jail will be missed in a number of ways.

She believes that the reading programs and the availability of books to the inmates impacts lives in a positive way, noting that several former inmates are now patrons at her library.

“I see them reading to their children,” she said.

A third area of services that will be missing is the technical and professional help provided to the 10 local libraries in the county. In her position as director of the county federation, Gifford worked to facilitate communication between the libraries, and to give practical help.

Losing what amounts to a communications coordinator, said LaFond, means that libraries will have a more difficult time knowing when they can combine efforts to save money or being able to work together to solve common problems.

Another aspect that will be lost is local access to the continuing education required for library directors if they are to remain certified by the state. The larger library system, Indianhead Federated Library System, offers the needed training but is located in Eau Claire, noted LaFond.

The issues of Polk County are not necessarily the issues of IFLS, she said, adding that traveling to Eau Claire is made difficult due to the cost and the time involved.

Webinars may be offered, she said, but if she is alone at her library when the Webinar is offered she cannot ignore patrons to focus on the materials presented.

Also of great benefit to the local libraries were the rotating collections provided them by the county library system. These included collections pertaining to specific areas of interest, such as depression and mental-health issues. They also included large print, science fiction, young adult fiction and a wide variety of others.

No one library has a constant need for some of these collections, said LaFond, and wouldn’t be able to afford to buy them anyway.

“Some library directors may say that the

These resources to help individuals obtain their GED or a job are among the special collections that the county library federation had available to patrons and to the local libraries.

Looking through the locked gate at the door of what was the Polk County Library Federation in Balsam Lake.

Volunteer Rose Hellberg of Balsam Lake helps sort through papers in preparation for the closing of the Polk County Library Federation.

MORE system means these rotating collections are not necessary,” said LaFond, referring to an online catalog that gives patrons access to the holdings of 50 libraries. “But we still have a large number of people who come in to browse the shelves.”

The final area of service identified in the evaluation is that of services to nursing homes and for walk-ins. The library federation coordinated book clubs and discussions, as well as a “lending library” for residents in the county’s nursing homes.

Individual nursing homes will need to develop their own system, if they wish to continue the program.

In addition, the library was open regularly scheduled hours for patrons to come in and check out materials, use computers or take advantage of other resources that were available.

Closing up Clearing out the offices and materials at the Polk County Library Federation has been an extensive task. State statutes say that if materials are purchased with library funds they can be given to other libraries, and the county library has done that as much as possible.

Each library was given a collection of DVDs, CDs and books on CDs. Each director could come in and choose a selection of hardcover books and was given library materials like bookends, cataloguing stickers, mending kits and office supplies.

The large-print books, along with audiocassettes and videocassettes, were distributed among the nursing homes.

Educational kits — collections of materials such as books, movies, music, artifacts and more all pertaining to the same topic — have been relocated to the Amery library.

These 200 or more kits, each in a large plastic bin, came with some of the county library shelving so Amery would have a place to store them.

What remain in the building are some desks, shelves, miscellaneous items and the collection of books that were designated for the county jail.

Gifford concluded her time with Polk County saying that she chose to move here after spending time here in her previous job. Traveling through a seven-county area, including Polk County, made her know that this is where she wanted to live.

“I really want to thank Polk County for the opportunity to work here,” she said.

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by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer LUCK — It’s not unusual for retired people to take on a second “career,” often finding new fulfillment in volunteering with some aspect of community service.

Sometimes the same thing happens to a building. It is “retired” from its original purpose, only to be used in a new and different way. This is the case with the former United Pioneer Home in Luck, now home to Home and Away Ministries.

Home and Away is in the process of “repurposing” the building, and will be offering a wide variety of volunteer opportunities during every stage, from planning to implementation to carrying the work into the future.

Founded 10 years ago by Lyn Sahr, Home and Away Ministries is a nonprofit Christian organization best known locally for its Ruby’s Pantry food distribution and thrift store. This past June, for $5 (far above the asking price of $1), Home and Away purchased the former United Pioneer Home on Park Avenue in Luck. Since then the board of directors and volunteers have been busy cleaning, painting and making plans for how the building can be used.

At a Jan. 17 meeting, with about three dozen people in attendance, Sahr outlined some preliminary plans for the 40,000square-foot Home and Away Ministries building in Luck.

Those plans, he emphasized, are God’s plans, and Sahr, with help from the community, is a tool to bring them to fruition.

“I know God has a plan,” he said. “This building is really something God had in mind, or it would already be knocked over. He would never have put this facility into our hands if he didn’t have a plan for it.”

Professional wing Focus is currently on two wings and the

The sign at the entryway is one of the few external reminders of the former nursing home’s bright, but admittedly unclear, future. – Photos by Greg Marsten kitchen/dining area. The former administrative offices wing has been painted and will have new flooring installed, then be used again as office space.

Garnering great interest were the plans for the professional wing, which will house free services including a medical clinic, dental clinic, counseling center, legal clinic and pregnancy resource center.

Sahr has dubbed this area of services “Free Indeed.” Renovations have already begun, with volunteers painting the walls with materials from Habitat for Humanity’s Brush with Kindness program.

In Wisconsin, said Sahr, doctors, nurses, dentists, chiropractors and others who are volunteering their time at a free clinic are exempt from liability issues. Malpractice insurance is not necessary, making the venture much more financially possible.

“We did not know how easy it would be for the medical world to be involved,” he said.

Rice Lake runs a free medical clinic,

Ruby’s Pantry executive director and founder Lyn Sahr stands near the photo of his grandmother, Ruby Flodin, who was the inspiration for the food distribution program that bears her name. Sahr is near the entrance at the future home base for Home and Away Ministries in Luck, at the former United Pioneer Home.

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Sahr noted, but it is not able to provide service to Polk and Burnett counties. It is open two nights per month to serve the residents of a three-county area.

The need in the local area is great, according to Sahr. Many children are without proper medical attention because they are technically homeless — living with friends or relatives in a nonpermanent situation.

“County programs are good,” he said, “but there are always people who fall through the cracks.

“I have a dream. I have a dream of children coming and getting medical care they wouldn’t get anywhere else,” he said.

He continued by saying he has a dream of women coming in to get their hair done in what was the nursing home salon, and of a dentist choosing to invest into someone’s life.

The dental clinic, said Sahr, is a “hot

button” for him. “It troubles me that we have people who can’t afford to go to the dentist,” he said.

Relating a story of a Minnesota man who could have a tooth pulled but not have a root canal to keep the tooth, he said, “My vision for a dental clinic is to spare people from that. It will cost some money, but there are a lot of generous people in the medical world.”

Some income parameters may need to be set for the professional counseling center, Sahr indicated, but again the need is great. The pace of life, with the high demands of work and making ends meet, prevent people from living the life they were meant to live, he said. He added that the counseling center may work on the basis of referrals from the county.

The pregnancy resource center, said

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This vintage aerial photo of the former United Pioneer Home shows the massive extent of the complex, which totals over 40,000 square feet. The photo is pinned over the maintenance director’s desk. – Photos by Greg Marsten

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Retired building/from page 1 Sahr, will be a place to provide pregnancy testing, discussing, and encouraging discussion and guidance. Since the ministry is based on Christian values, he said, there will be no advocating for abortion, but the guidance given will not be from a “radical perspective.” In response to a question from the audience, Sahr said counselors will most likely be allowed to refer for birth control.

Regarding the legal clinic, Sahr has found that it does not fit under the malpractice exemption. Its focus would not be on court work, but to provide advice to people who do not know their way around the legal system, even helping them fill out paperwork.

“People need help with that stuff,” he said.

Not only will the ministry need volunteer professionals in the medical field, volunteers will also be needed for scheduling, greeting and in many other roles.

Other uses The ministry in Luck would purpose to not take business away from any other entity, he said, but to offer new opportunities to new populations.

“Our vision is to make a difference. We would like the building used. We’d like people coming and going all the time,” he said.

Things are not yet set in stone, Sahr pointed out, adding that he would appreciate any suggestions or ideas the public may have.

As a nonprofit entity, he said, Home and Away Ministries can rent the building, or

Mark Johnson’s desk has a telling, and probably very true, little message above.

Mark Johnson looks over the complicated and elaborate array of engineering behind heating the former nursing home. While the complex was never designed to be only partially occupied, Johnson and others have had to find ways to heat only portions of the more than 40,000 square feet of space, which does not include the basement.

There were representatives from a variety of organizations at the informational meeting on the future of the former nursing home and soon-to-be hub of Home and Away Ministries.

Over two dozen volunteer students from the Cambridge Christian School recently spent an entire day painting portions of the former nursing home basement and left a little lighthearted mark on the project. portions of it, to other tax-exempt organizations. However, rent cannot be charged to other organizations wishing to use the facility.

“They can use it and give a donation, if they desire,” Sahr said with a smile, referring to other civic or private groups that may wish to make use of the space.

In particular, said Sahr, he looks forward to seeing the facility used for things like Alcoholics Anonymous, prayer groups and Bible studies, community and multichurch events, youth activities, and possibly as a conference center.

At this time there are no plans to provide postsecondary education at that location, said Sahr, although Home and Away Ministries would like to develop a series of nine online courses that would provide spiritual guidance through various life phases.

The existing kitchen, according to Sahr, is in great shape to be used for multiple purposes. There is a walk-in cooler, a freezer, and commercial ovens and ranges.

His dream, he said, is to use the facility for training classes, helping people learn how to cook healthy meals. A classroom located right off the kitchen would make it easy and convenient.

Given the commercial kitchen, which needs a small number of minor changes, and the large community room that was formerly the dining room, Sahr sees it as a great fit for community events.

One of the first of these will occur dur-

ing Lucky Days next month, when the room will showcase a craft fair.

Provision Thus far the ministry has spent $36,000 on the facility, receiving $4,000 in revenue.

Monthly heating bills are at $2,100, down considerably from the $10,000 per month when it was operated as a nursing home.

The building is already being used as the site for the monthly Ruby’s Pantry food distribution, an arm of the ministry named after Sahr’s mother.

Recounting a Christmas during World War II when a family down the road was struggling as the husband and father of the home was off to war, Sahr recalled how his mother always took the opportunity to give to the less fortunate. Realizing that the family was in need, Ruby gathered home-canned goods from her cellar and butchered a chicken from her yard, and carried the food down the road so the wife and children could have a Christmas dinner.

Ruby’s Pantry began 10 years ago, when Sahr received a truckload of food rather than the toys he was expecting for a mission trip to Mexico. For five weeks in a row the ministry received food instead of toys, and each time the food was given away in Pine City, Minn.

“By the fifth week,” he said, “I sensed God was up to something.” In a spur-ofthe-moment decision, he named it in honor of his generous mother.

Ruby’s Pantry now operates 39 distribution sites, where 102,000 families were served last year. More than 9 million pounds of food, valued at $21 million, was distributed. Each family is asked for a $15 donation to help cover the costs of transportation, and 3 percent is donated back to the community. In this area, said Sahr, the 3 percent is typically returned in the form of gas cards.

“We have been very blessed,” he said.

“When God decides to do something, he does it.”

Sahr expects God to continue to bless and provide, believing he will do it through people who have a passion for other people. While Home and Away Ministries has a grant writer seeking money for the programs, cash donations as well as numerous volunteers are needed to bring the plans to reality.

“Every little bit helps,” he said.

Donations can be sent to Home and Away Ministries Center, 410 East Park Ave., Luck WI, 54853. More information can be found at rubyspantry.org or homeandawayministries.org.

State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, R - River Falls, meets Mark Johnson, one of the critical people behind opening the massive new Home and Away Ministries complex. Johnson was a link from the past, as he worked at the complex when it was a nursing home.

Lyn Sahr plans on spending several years building and expanding the Home and Away Minisitries complex in Luck, in the former United Pioneer Home. Sahr is the founder of the Ruby’s Pantry food distribution system.

This is a portion of the elaborate, and far ahead of its time, fire suppression infrastructure in the basement of the complex. The unit is so extensive, literally every open space in the The basement of the former nursing home is also a vast expanse and has well over 20,000 structure has sprinkler coverage, a claim almost unheard of in the 1950s, when it was first built. square feet of space.

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Webb Lake ice-fi fisshing contest set WEBB LAKE – The Webb Lake Area Men’s Club will be hosting its 30th-annual ice-fishing contest on Saturday, Feb. 2. It will be held on Lower Webb Lake at the Oak Ridge Inn from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. There will be awards for the largest bass, northern and panfish caught by children 12 and under. All children catching legal fish will be entered into a drawing for three $25 awards.

Anyone over 12 catching the largest legal fish in each category will receive $50. Drawings will be held for an Big Buddy heater and three $100 local-business gift certificates.

The men’s club uses the proceeds to maintain the Webb Lake area cross-country ski trail, the playground equipment at the fire hall and to make donations to local organizations such as Crescent Lake Community Outreach, first responders, regional hospice and local fire departments.

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Luck Library and Museum to feature award-winning fi fillm, ”Babette’s Feast”

I used to have a lot more things.

Last night, my fellow students were discussing what they were reading. Apparently they were all reading several books at Carrie Classon once. This amazed me, as I have difficulty keeping the plot of a single book straight in my head and could never manage more than one.

“I have a book I’m reading in every room!” exclaimed the student sitting next to me.

Then I realized that I did as well.

I rent a single room while I am here in the Southwest attending graduate school. At first I thought of it as a temporary measure, a place to land while I got to know the city. I thought it would spare me the bother of either bringing a U-Haul back and forth or buying a duplicate of everything I have in the kitchen of my farmhouse.

But now that I have been here a semester, I am finding that a room is exactly what I need. It is enough.

I have a bed, a desk, a desk chair, a dresser, and a side table. I have two lamps. I have a bookshelf and since, my return from the Midwest, I have an easy chair and a footstool.

On days when I do not have to hurry off to teach, I commute to my office: approximately 40 inches from my bed. When I am through writing for a while, I may retire to my lounge and sit in my new easy chair: roughly 70 inches away.

In my Midwest house, I have a lot more entertainment and a lot more distractions. Here the walls are bare. The floor is bare. There is a long window in my room, high on the wall, it faces east. I can see the tops

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of the mountains from my desk, but only if I stand up. I should stand every so often, and so I do, to see the mountains. Prior to winter break, I would go out to the kitchen for a cup of tea, but I have now purchased an electric kettle which sits on my dresser.

Tea bags are in the second drawer.

Of course, I am not alone. My dog, Milo, spends nights in my room. He has his own bed, water bowl and food dish. My cat, Lucy, spends all her time in my room. She also has her own bed, but prefers to sleep on anything belonging to me. She has her own food and water dish as well, but prefers Milo’s water.

Milo does not like sharing his water with a cat. If he suspects that Lucy has been drinking from his bowl, he will go all night without a drink, then race out to the kitchen in the morning to drink from the communal dog bowl. (Apparently, a cat contaminates water to the point where it is undrinkable.)

As I sit drinking my tea, I look around my little room and wonder what it was I did with all the other things I used to have. After school is over, I imagine I’ll enjoy the distractions and space. But for now, I think it is good to get a taste of less and feel it is enough.

At night, I turn off my two lamps. Milo goes to his bed, Lucy shares mine. After a few moments, I hear Lucy jump off the bed and pad over to Milo. I hear Milo growl.

“Milo,” I scold. I hear him grumble.

I hear Lucy lapping up his water and I smile. It is enough.

Till next time, —Carrie

Lions past president honored

LaMoine MacLaughlin brings his poetry to Webster

LUCK – At 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 1, the 1989 film “Babette’s Feast” will be shown in the Luck Museum as part of the Luck Library and Museum’s free film series.

The DVD summary describes the movie best: On the desolate coast of Denmark live Martina and Philippa, the beautiful daughters of a devout clergyman who preaches salvation through self-denial. Both girls sacrifice youthful passion to faith and duty, even many years after their father’s death, they keep his austere teachings alive among the townspeople. With the arrival of Babette, a mysterious refugee from France’s civil war, life for the sisters and their tiny hamlet begins to change. Soon, Babette has convinced them to try something truly outrageous - a goumet French meal. Her feast, of course, scandalizes the elders. Just who is this strangely talented Babette, who has terrified this pious town with the prospect of losing their souls for enjoying too much earthly pleasure?

This film is in Danish with English subtitles. Admission is free and popcorn will be served. Everyone is invited. submitted

New location for Napa Auto Parts MILLTOWN - Milltown Napa Auto Parts is moving to a new location. Store owners note that after seven years of sustained growth in the Bering Park location, they are moving to the larger, more visible location of the previous Milltown Appliance building on Hwy. 35. They are hoping to meet their customer needs by increasing the current product line with larger storage and doubling the retail area. The anticipated opening date is Monday, Jan. 28, if not sooner.

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Current Frederic Lions Club President Jim Meyer (right) recently presented past Frederic Lions President Corey Arnold with an award for outstanding service to the Frederic Lions Club and the Frederic area community. Arnold is the local State Farm agent, his office located in Frederic. - Photo submitted

ese in origin and usually is in the form of a roll. In its simplest form, it is a kelp or seaweed The mercury in my thermomeouter layer rolled around a rice ter huddled around minus 4, unand seafood center. Dipped into able to gather enough energy to soy sauce with an added bit of John W. Ingalls, MD rise any higher. I, myself, crouched wasabi, you have a flavor-filled in a half-frozen, half-alive position, adventure, different than most trying to shield my face from the fierce wind. It stung anything you have ever tried. my cheeks, and the hairs inside of my nose clung to The class began with the introduction of the instruceach other like young lovers trying to ward off a chill. tor, a sushi master chef named John Sugimura. He It was cold. spoke of the simplicity and harmony of the many difMid and late January is often this way and we all ferent flavors and ingredients included in a simple find ideas and activities to occupy our time until that sushi roll. He spoke of tradition and dedication to first crack appears in the lake ice or the sound of redoing the task correctly. He reviewed the various inturning birds in the spring. I love winter sports includgredients in detail and when he came to rice, he spoke ing ice fishing, snowshoeing and sitting by the wood with authority and a bit of reverence for the staple of fire, but today was different. We were off to take a the Orient. Only the best rice, a medium-grain Japancooking class. ese rice, should be used for sushi. Cooking it properly As a gift from our daughter and her husband, we was essential to the process of preparing a good sushi were heading to Stillwater, Minn., to attend a cooking roll. class at The Cooks of Crocus Hill. This was not your Questions were raised and answered regarding the ordinary cooking class designed for Scandinavians. cooking process. Stovetop cooking was not a good opThere were no hotdishes, sausages or boiled potatoes tion but could be used if one didn’t have a proper and we didn’t dine with forks or spoons. In fact, we Japanese-made rice cooker. My wife, the little Norwedidn’t actually cook anything. We were going to learn gian woman in the class, piped up about using a mihow to make sushi. crowave to cook rice. Mr. Sugimura paused as if in In my world travels, I have learned to eat and enjoy deep thought. His knuckles blanched a shade whiter many foods, and sushi was one of them, but it is hard than his rice as he gripped the handle of his mighty to come by in northwestern Wisconsin. Sushi is Japan-

LaMoine MacLaughlin, of Amery, brought his poetry to the Webster library on Thursday evening, Jan. 17, at an event hosted by the Friends of the Larsen Family Public Library. Believing that poetry should attempt to communicate with ordinary human beings, MacLaughlin read poems from his books “A Scent of Lilac and other poems,” “Lyra” and “Secrets from the Wings.” MacLaughlin is the poet laureate of Amery and executive director of Amery’s Northern Lakes Center for the Arts and the Northern Lakes School for the Arts. - Photo by Sherill Summer

Japanese sushi knife. Only a shade shorter than a samurai sword with hand-beveled blade capable of parting innocent sushis with a single slice, he raised it into the air and answered the microwave-rice-making lady. In hushed tones he responded, but I am sure he wondered about the brashness of this woman who would insult the integrity of his rice with a microwave oven.

As the evening progressed, we made three different types of sushi rolls, two of them containing different types of raw tuna. He talked of using eel but I was glad it wasn’t offered in the class. I might have been able to eat it if I applied enough wasabi to it. If you don’t know what wasabi is, I will warn you. Wasabi is Japanese horseradish in a paste. It is strong enough to clean your pipes. A good dose of this would make any Mexican hot sauce seem like baby food. Try it sometime.

Before the class was finished, the master sushi chef came to our workstation and confronted my wife about her rice-making abilities. She stood her ground and offered her advice to the sushi warrior. We laughed, we ate sushi until we could hold no more and, in the end, we parted as friends. She bought a rice cooker and he agreed to try her recipe for microwave rice. Now if all international diplomacy could be handled with such efficiency.

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January moon Confession: January has been an extremely difficult month for writing for me. In January, nothing fun or cool happens except New Year’s, you get seasonal depression because of the cold and the dark mornings and evenings, and who can seriously get inspired to write in January?!

My boyfriend left for Europe at the beginning of January for a month. After a long, boring month of doing pretty much nothing but sitting inside and watching movies with my roommates, I can definitely say I miss him. And with the highs in the negatives, my mind has turned to wishful thinking of traveling to someplace warmer, long summer days, and the hot sun on my head.

It has been a year since I returned from my second trip to New Zealand. I had to check the weather just to see what it would be today, and they have a sunny forecast with a high of 77. I had to write to my host brother, Luke, on Facebook just to tell him how lucky he was. The truth is, having my boyfriend off traveling and being cooped up inside with this bitter cold weather has made me a little homesick for New Zealand.

My host sister, Tasha, was the reason I went to visit last January. It was her wedding and I was a bridesmaid in a red dress. Seeing her wedding and

Five ways to trick your brain into finishing what you start It’s the middle of January, do you know where your New Year’s resolutions are?

Maybe all’s well and you’re still eating healthy, exercising regularly, you haven’t had a soda or a cigarette, and you’re still on track to read two books a month. That’s great. But what if things haven’t gone so smoothly? You could just forget about it and move on. Life happens after all. Nobody’s going to blame you. You’re busy. You’re stressed.

Maybe it’s best to just try again next year.

Or perhaps you’re not yet ready to hoist the white flag and admit defeat. Or perhaps you’re still hanging in there, but you’re also beginning to realize that sustaining your New Year’s resolution is going to be a lot tougher than you’d thought. What do you do?

First, realize you’re not alone. Motivation, persistence and good old-fashioned stick-to-it-ness, is a universal issue. Here’s a great example. Never in our history has learning been made so available. Certainly the Internet has made accessing information easier than ever. Add to that, massive open online courses, or MOOCs as they’ve come to

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being able to be a part of it was truly a blessing. Now, she is four weeks away from giving birth to a son, my “New Zealand nephew” I call him. When that boy is born, I will be even more homesick for New Zealand.

Last time I was there, there was this one perfect summer night. The moon was full, the bugs were singing, and my fingers were begging me to write. I took a notebook and a pen, sat out on the steps of the back porch and wrote these words on my date with the moon: I clear my mind and wait. The stillness and silence is almost unbearable.

As my mind subconsciously unwinds from a day of functioning it strains out and seeps the creative juices to the center of my mind. There it processes, selects and creates words into meaning.

Right as the stillness morphs into monotony, my hand takes pencil to paper, words into substance, substance into significance. Almost without thinking I write, flowing words across paper as an

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be known, are real, often free, courses offered by elite universities such as Harvard, Chris Wondra Johns Hopkins, Duke and Ohio State. They’ve become so popular that online education companies are beginning to pop up that make searching and signing up for these kinds of courses super easy. Coursera.org, launched last August, has already drawn over 2 million users – a faster and more popular launch than either Facebook or Twitter.

So what does all this have to do with your struggle to follow through on your new year’s resolutions? Well, as it turns out, according to a recent article in the New York Times, less than 10 percent of all MOOC students finish the courses they sign up for.

As a teacher, I find that statistic fascinating. What it tells me is that most people, left to their own devices, lack the ability to stick with their goals and fol-

artist’s steady brush strokes across an empty canvas. “scratch, scratch,” goes my pen. It seems to have a mind of its own, writing at its will.

Nights like these stimulate my senses, pulsating at my aching fingers teasing them, “Write! Write!” So, unable to resist my one simple pleasure, I write; unintentionally, without a given thought, and with habitual ease.

The air outside is drenched with the night’s darkness becoming too heavy to make any kind of breeze. The face of a sky smiles down at me, freckles of stars spread across its endless wake of blackness. The moon’s coyness prevents her from showing her entire self; half peeking from beneath the sun’s shadow she winks at me and a shy smile stretches across her surface revealing an unashamed glow. The sounds of cars whoosh by and I close my eyes to pretend they are waves lapping at the sandy shores of the beach.

I smile back at the stars, faithfully gleaming brightly. One of them seems to see my gratitude and it dances across the surface of the sky to reveal a trail of stardust. A promise, a wish, just for me.

I close my eyes and make a wish. The adult within me knows it is just superstition, but the child within me delights in this small treasure given to me. For a moment I believe in my wish and hold tight, in case I were to misplace it in the

back of my cluttered mind. For this one night, this small moment frozen in time, I believe anything and everything can happen. My smile cannot contain itself any longer and willingly I give in to its desire to show itself.

I drink in one last breath of the cool night air. It smells of the whispering promises of summer mixed with the scent of hopefulness. As I begin to go inside to retire for the day, I somehow feel renewed and refreshed. It is as if I became a part of the night, sharing in its mood; calm, bright, warm, inviting. I tilt my face to the invisible rays of the moon trying to catch and keep some of her glow.

It is tonight where I rejuvenated and reflected on thoughts that were deliberately and endlessly shoved to the recycle box in my head. Tonight the moon unselfishly shared a piece of her shine with me and I in return gave my appreciation for the creation of her and her beauty.

Tonight life redefined itself. Tonight I made the choice to look forward, at things unseen, things yet to come, dreams that are still being created. To look forward instead of dwelling on things that remain unchanged, things that already were; the past. And I am satisfied. From the core of my bones to the center of my beating heart, I am satisfied.

low them through to the end. Motivation is important. Persistence is important. We know this. Yet, as it turns out, most people are unable to harness the psychological skills of intrinsic motivation that will allow them to direct their own lives.

So what to do? Here are a few tips: • Write it down. I know it sounds silly, but studies have actually shown that goals that have been written down are significantly more likely to be accomplished.

• Share your goal with a friend. Or better yet. Make a public announcement. There’s nothing like a public commitment to hold you accountable.

• Just start. In their book, “Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness,” authors Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein introduce an interesting concept they call, “choice architecture.” Take a look at the choices you must make to keep your goal going. Often it’s not the big obstacles that are stopping us. As Thaler and Sunstein point out, “small and apparently insignificant details can have major impacts on people’s behavior.”

Sometimes just getting over that initial hump is all you need. So fill out that application, call for that appointment or put that step class on your calendar.

• Harness the power of inertia. Thaler

and Sunstein also say, “Never underestimate the power of inertia.” Try building a new habit by committing to it for only 30 days. Often, by the end of that time inertia has kicked in, making sustaining the habit much easier.

• Use data as a motivational tool.

Often we get discouraged because we can’t see the progress we are making.

Keeping a record helps make achievement visible. Put numbers to your efforts—hours practiced, words written, pages read, minutes exercised. It’s also helpful to turn those numbers into visually motivating graphs or charts.

As an added bonus, that trick of turning your data into a visual graphic is also particularly useful whenever some smart alec says to you, “It’s the middle of January. Do you know where your new year’s resolutions are?” Now, not only will you be able to tell him. You can show him. A picture, as it turns out, may be worth more than a thousand words in this case. It may also represent the successful achievement of your goals.

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Attendance up at gun shows But some would argue the term is loaded with insinuations of shady dealings and visions of gun shows serving as clearing houses for assault weapons which isn’t always the case. Take, for example, the Menomonie Sportsman’s Expo and Gun Show held recently at the Alliance Ministry Church.

Steve Allingham is a member of the Alliance Ministry Men’s Outreach or AMMO for short, which organized the gun show. “The idea that it’s tables and tables and tables of assault weapons is not accurate at all. In fact if you walk around, we have people who are selling Christmas tree lights made out of shotgun shells, we have people who are selling different kinds of scents.”

Allingham says it is important for people to have a healthy respect for guns but not an unhealthy fear of the people who own them. “I have a great job. I’m just your ordinary person, I happen to own a couple of firearms, I use them for target practice, I use them for deer hunting, and I have a lot of fun. I would never go out and do something dastardly with a firearm.”

Inside the churches gym dozens of tables are set up with rifles, shotguns, pistols and a smattering of military-style rifles. Larry Marshall is a gun dealer from

the La Crosse area. His tables have the most guns by far, including military rifles from WWI, WWII and more modern ones like the Russian AK-47, but he argues they’re not assault rifles. “A real assault rifle has a selector switch for fully automatic. None of these guns have that. In fact, actually, some of them are the same calibre as deer rifles, and in fact some of the cheaper SKSs make real good deer hunting rifles, but they look like assault rifles because some of them have a bayonet on them and you can put extended magazines on them.”

Marshall says people should be allowed to own civilian versions of military guns and is vehemently against an assault

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“Way back when in 1776 we had muskets, the Army had muskets. Why shouldn’t we have something that is at least as good as they have. The whole idea is to protect ourselves from a government that got out of control, and that’s what the Second Amendment is all about.”

But Marshall, Allingham and other enthusiasts at the gun show say they are all for requiring universal background checks for all gun purchases, even at gun shows. Also, they say they hope more funds and attention go into fixing America’s mental health issues, which lead to mass shootings like the ones in Aurora, Colorado and Sandy Hook Elementary.

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That 40 percent the president is referring to are private sales, which often get included into what is called ‘the gun show loophole. It’s called that because legally, anyone with a rifle or shotgun can take it into a gun show and sell it without conducting a criminal background check and without keeping any record of the buyer.

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Judge orders man to not father any more children WASHBURN COUNTY — Washburn County Circuit Court Judge Eugene Harrington recently ordered a Hayward man to not have any more children until all of his past-due child support has been paid.

According to a story by the Forum News Service, Harrington also ordered John J. Butler, 28, reveal within three minutes of meeting any female that he is a convicted felon and has unpaid child support.

The two-year probation was handed down Jan. 9 after Butler pleaded no contest in October to felony failure to pay child support for more than 120 days in 2011. Other conditions set by Harrington are maintaining full-time employment, making child support payments, counseling and sobriety.

Harrington’s ruling was similar to one handed down

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In 2001, the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a ruling in Manitowoc County ordering a man to not father children until he was clear with his child support payments. The court said a “Wisconsin judge can take into account a broad array of factors, including the gravity of the offense and need for protection of the public and potential victims.” The vote to allow the condition was divided, with all three of the women on the bench dissenting. They said procreation was a fundamental right that can’t be taken away. - with information from ForumNews Service/writer Mike Creger

Jauch and Bewley critical of Madison mining bill hearing Northern lawmakers call on committee chairs to reconsider decision to hold only one hearing in Madison ASHLAND – Just two days after introducing a new mining bill and promising an open and transparent process, Republican leaders announced last Friday afternoon, Jan. 18, that the only public hearing on the legislation will be held in Madison on Wednesday, Jan. 23.

This announcement came one day after state Sen. Bob Jauch, D-Poplar, and Rep. Janet Bewley, D-Ashland, sent a letter to Mining Committee Chairs Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, and Rep. Mary Williams, R-Medford, requesting a hearing on the bill in northern Wisconsin.

“During the press conference unveiling the new bill on Wednesday, every speaker went to great lengths to talk about how good this bill was for the citizens of northern Wisconsin,” said Bewley. “We are capable of deciding for ourselves what is good and what isn’t. My constituents deserve the opportunity to speak out, both for and against, this bill.”

Tiffany and Williams will impose limits on all public testimony and on the number of questions members of the committee may ask. They plan on starting at 9 a.m.

and will shut down at 9 p.m., regardless of how many people have not yet testified.

“This is just another arrogant show of disrespect to the citizens of northern Wisconsin, who have had to fight to have their voices heard throughout this process, despite the fact that they would be the ones most affected by the proposed mine,” said Jauch. “Not only will this hearing be next to impossible for most northwoods citizens to attend, those who are able will have their testimony limited. The chairs clearly have their minds made up about the future of the bill, making this a cruel hoax, not a public hearing.”

The northern lawmakers called on Tiffany and Williams to reconsider their decision and hold other hearings in other parts of the state. They also ask Tiffany and Williams to consider joining them for a public listening session in Ashland on Saturday, Feb. 9.

Jauch and Bewley have reserved space for that day and are willing to host the event.

“Sen. Tiffany and Rep. Williams represent rural, northern Wisconsin districts. They ought to understand that the people of northern Wisconsin feel ignored. Their decision to hold the only hearing on the bill in Madison is an insult to the people who will be most affected if it passes and an insult to our democratic principles. We call on them to reconsider and give the people of northern Wisconsin the access they deserve.” – submitted

RICE LAKE — The art of beekeeping is a one-session class that will meet from 8 a.m.–4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, at UW-Barron County in Rice Lake. Course instructor is Dale Wolf, a third-generation, certified Master Beekeeper and honey producer.

The course, which will meet in Room 237 Ritzinger Hall, will prepare participants to begin a beekeeping hobby in the spring. All of the basics of beekeeping will be covered including hive equipment (what to order and how to assemble), honeybee society and biology,

hive products and marketing, diseases/parasites/pests and seasonal management.

The course includes all materials such as the book “First Lessons in Beekeeping,” a binder with all notes and handouts, and supply catalogs.

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Twelve people filed for three open positions on the Webster School Board, and seven people filed for two positions on the Grantsburg School Board. Six filed for the two openings on the Frederic School Board, so all three districts would hold primary elections in March.–Jan. 25 was declared a national day of mourning in honor of former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who died on Jan. 22.–Two well-known Grantsburg citizens died on Jan. 20, Evelyn Larson and Walter Olson.–Grantsburg third-grader Janelle Brask was the first-place winner of the Keep Christ in Christmas poster contest sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.–Airman Bruce A. Kindem, from Balsam Lake, had completed his basic training and was assigned to Chanute Air Force Base, Ill.–Dennis Baston, grandson of Mrs. Claude Baston of Frederic, completed computer programming training at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., and was sent to work at the Army Headquarters in Norfolk, Va.–Marlene (Beecroft) Giles graduated from UW-Stout at the winter commencement with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and would pursue a master’s degree in social work in Milwaukee.–Among the winners of the snowmobile races at Crooked Mile in Siren were Bill Gross, Cushing; John Marstaeller, Taylors Falls, Minn.; Keith Johnson, Siren; and Brent Solum, Spooner.

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The home of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn M. Colman, north and west of Centuria, burned to the ground on Jan. 20.–The temperature dipped to minus 35 in Frederic on the morning of Jan. 21.–Jerome Kropidowski, an electronic technician-2 in the U.S. Navy, died at the Naval Hospital in San Diego. He was 22, and a 1959 Luck graduate.–Art Lundmark, Polk County highway commissioner for 25 years, retired effective Jan. 7 and was given a testimonial dinner.–The Frederic Boy Scouts were recruiting talent for their Blue and Gold banquet talent show. Applicants would audition Feb. 20 and the banquet would be Feb. 21. Winners would be chosen at the banquet in three categories.–Kenneth Wedin, who was working for the Iowa Extension Department, died unexpectedly in Des Moines, Iowa. He was a 1937 Frederic graduate.–Mrs. Elva Wahlgren died in the fire that destroyed her home north of Danbury.–Mari Lou Keppen was the Siren High School’s winner of the Homemaker of Tomorrow contest, which involved a knowledge and aptitude test, and would be eligible for the state Homemaker of Tomorrow title, sponsored by Betty Crocker.–Fires destroyed the barn of Melville Swenson, rural Amery, but the cows were saved, and the chicken coop of Henry Lindstrom, rural Lewis, along with 33 laying hens and quite a bit of equipment.–Another sudden and unexpected death was that of Elise East, 46, who was a case worker for the Burnett County Welfare Department. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Burford of Webster.

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There were many accidents and hundreds of cars in ditches as the area experienced an ice storm on Jan. 20.–The Sears, Roebuck and Co. announced they would discontinue their “big book” catalog at the end of the year, leaving residents to wonder what would happen to the Sears stores in Frederic, St. Croix Falls and Amery.–The North Land Ambulance Board reelected Ken Ruhn as president, and elected Mike Broten, vice president and Bob Nelson, secretary.–The Luck School Board agreed to support a plan to create a middle school for sixth- through eighth-graders.–Rep. Harvey Stower would be the guest speaker at St. Luke United Methodist Church in Frederic, speaking on family issues.–The Luck Winter Carnival queen candidates were Patricia Tiffany, Kim Swanson, Amy Plomski, Lori Wicklund, Chanda Fjorden, Anji Petersen and Jackie Jensen.–The Knights of Columbus sponsored a knowledge and free-throw contest at Luck for area fifth- through eighth-graders. First-place winners in math were Gunnar Stapp, fifth grade, Grantsburg; Heather Odle, sixth grade, Grantsburg; Melissa Olson, seventh grade, Grantsburg; and Kelly Rosciszewski, eighth grade, Siren. Spelling winners were Kelly McCabe, fifth grade, Grantsburg; Heather Thoreson, sixth grade, Grantsburg; and Austin Kroll, seventh grade, Grantsburg. Girls free-throw winners, Emily Loomis, 10, Grantsburg; Heather Thoreson, 11, Grantsburg; Tracy Stewart, 12, Grantsburg; and Kari Odegard, 13, Grantsburg. Boys free-throw winners were Landon Smith, 10, Grantsburg; Paul Krueger, 11, Grantsburg; Lyle Lozier, 12, Grantsburg; and Mark Bergman, 14, Grantsburg.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Brrrrrrrrrrrr – looks like the Alberta clipper has arrived with a big blast of cold air and it doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere soon. You know, I think the bears are smart because they hibernate all winter; my problem is that I can’t go without food so I guess that wouldn’t work for me. Cold doesn’t seem to bother Eli, not sure why unless it’s a guy thing.

Well, Maya’s new bark collar arrived and it works pretty well. The other day the squirrels were out front and so we all ran to the back door, Maya barked and all three of us got sprayed. Mom laughed as she thought it was pretty good that one collar would work for all three of us. I think she sometimes has a warped sense of humor.

I can hardly believe it; dog adoptions have done so well that we’re actually low on them. I’m not complaining about that though as it’s so great that people are coming to take some of my fabulous friend’s home. Even our beautiful Dutchess was adopted on Saturday and we were all Jack Frost

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YAPpenings Sadie thrilled, I just know they’re going to love her. Isn’t that awesome?

All three kittens were also adopted as were Alice and Rosalie and that’s great, but we still are overflowing with kitties. The shelter has such limited space and we receive so many phone calls from people wanting us to take in more cats, but until the ones we have are adopted there is just simply no room at the inn! The powers that be at the shelter have decided to continue the Adoption by Donation for all our adult cats in hopes that they will find someone to love and adopt Have you seen Jack Frost? Well, he is a happy 6-year-old shepherd mix weighing around 62 pounds. Jack is a very friendly guy that arrived at our doors as a stray and as he wasn’t reclaimed, he would really like it if someone adopted him. A

companion to call your own, it doesn’t get much better than that. Jack is a really good boy and a favorite with our dog walkers. Why not stop by and visit our boy Jack.

Stig I know I’ve told you about Stig before. He is the shelter clown, he loves to play and is quite rambunctious. This dude is approximately 1-1/2 years of age and would really enjoy room to romp and have fun. He does play rough at times and has a bit of a cheeky personality that you can’t help but laugh at. He definitely keeps us entertained when he’s in the office with us. His pictures were taken by the Northwest Passage girls recently; they do a fabulous job of capturing his personality. The other one they took of him as well as the two of Espresso can be seen on our Web site. Gratitude is extended to the girls for a job well done.

We’re working on organizing our annual spaghetti dinner fundraiser which includes a silent auction and raffle. It is scheduled for Saturday,

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715-349-2964 There’s a new critter in bear country and, let me tell you, I’m thrilled. For the last week it comes strolling through the backyard anywhere from 3 to 4 p.m. We have a gray fox, something I have not seen in many years. We used to see a pair of red fox on the farm but that has to be at least 20 years. I have heard if you have fox you won’t have coyotes and vice versa. I’m hoping this one decides to stay in the area. Maybe it will even raise its young somewhere close so we can watch them grow up come summer.

You know animal mothers are very patient and caring to their young. I saw one incidence of a youngster being reprimanded several years back as Big Bertha came through bear country with her then small twin cubs, she has always kept her cubs in line when going through and bothers nothing. One particular day, as she traveled through, one of her cubs decided it wanted to wrestle with the cub in front and so kept jumping at it knocking it over. Let me tell you, Big Bertha only took those shenanigans just so long.

She simply turned around, cuffed the troublemaker, who did a couple of rolls, then stood up and looked

at her and got back in line. Big Bertha then got back in the front of the line and continued along; so did the two cubs. A lesson was learned, Mom is in charge and you follow the rules set down.

Sympathy to the family of Carolyn D’Jock who passed away Jan. 11.

Sympathy to the family of Laura l. Koehler who passed away Jan. 11.

Tuesday evening, Jan. 15, the Siren Lionesses held their monthly meeting at the Siren Senior Center. During the meeting nominations were made for the next year’s officers. The new year starts July 1 and installation of officers is held at the June installation dinner.

The seventh-annual Cub Scout Pack No. 564 Fishing Fun Day will be held on Sunday, Jan. 27, on Big Doctor Lake from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event is for all kids not just Scouts. So come bring the kids and let them enjoy a day of fishing, eating hot dogs, hot chocolate and watching the sled race contest and maybe get in on it. For more information call Bill Lindberg at 715-349-7671 or 715-220-7314.

Bev Beckmark The Burnett County Democrats held their annual recognition dinner Saturday evening at the Siren Senior Center with a ham dinner. Speakers were Bob Sullivan, membership chairman; Steven Smith, assemblyman for the 75th District; and Nick Millroy, representative for the 72rd District.

Girls, it’s finally here. The 2013 Siren Destination Wedding Fair. So, if you’re planning a wedding and want to make it spectacular, don’t miss this event.

You can make your wedding a day to remember with ideas and special touches you may find at this event. The doors at the Lakeview Event Center will open for this event at 11 a.m. and close at 3 p.m. It is sponsored by the Siren Chamber of Commerce and is a free event, plus you can enter for prizes.

Congratulations to elementary student Julia Cederburg, middle schooler Abby Good and high schooler Kristy Nyman for being chosen Siren Schools students of the week. What a good job, you go girls.

Webster Senior Center Is everyone keeping warm? We are not used to this arctic air. Guess we have been a little spoiled.

Wii bowling was exciting as usual this week with some very good scores. Pat. N. had high individual game at 256 and high individual series with 466 (two games). The Spare Parts had high team game with a 787and the Slick 4 had high team series at 1542.

Abby picked up the 4-7-10 split and Bernie the 5-10.

Good job by all.

Twenty-six came to play Dime Bingo and enjoy the treats furnished by Peggy Kearns and Margel

Ruck. Thanks to all who came to play. There is always room for more to join the fun.

Remember the potluck on Saturday, Jan. 26.

Setup at 11:30 a.m. and lunch at noon. All seniors welcome. If you are planning on joining us, please stop in and sign up or call me at 715-656-3583. We are also planning one on Saturday, Feb. 16, and Saturday, March 16.

The horse race game that was originally scheduled for Friday, Jan. 25, has been moved to Saturday, Jan. 26, with the potluck, rather than coming

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two days in a row. If you have any questions, please call.

Here’s another reminder, about the garage and bake sale on Saturday, Feb. 2, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the senior center. All tables have been rented so there should be a great variety of items. Stop in for a cup of coffee and take a look at all the treasures.

While you are there, pick up a menu and sign up for your favorite lunch. The brunches on Friday continue to be very popular.

See you at the center.

Frederic Senior Center I hope everyone survives our cold weather. This is supposed to be the coldest week of the winter. So maybe the worst will be behind us.

The winners for Spades were Roger Greenly, Marilyn Niles, Jim Anderson and Doug Harlander.

The winners for 500 were Dave Peterson, Darwin

Niles, Bob Peterson and Phyllis Peterson. The nine bid was won by Tim Abrahamzon and Arnie Borchert.

The tax people will be at the center. Call the center for an appointment, 715-327-8623.

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Birth announcements Born at Burnett Medical Center:

A girl, Keira Sincere Fay Lightfeather, born Jan. 17, 2013, to Danielle Keller and James Lightfeather of Siren. Keira weighed 9 lbs., 9 oz., and was 211/4 inches long.

Grandparents are Danny and Sarah Keller, Siren, and Linda Lightfeather, Webster.

Great-grandparents are Sandy and Dana Clark, Danbury, and Esther Marting, Webster.

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Born at Osceola Medical Center:

A boy, Jarek Michael Farrell, born Jan. 12, 2013, to Lacey and Jacob Farrell, Osceola. Jarek weighed 8 lbs., 5 oz.

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Born at St. Croix Regional Medical Center:

A girl, Lana Marie Delaney, born Jan. 9, 2013, to Danielle Delaney, St. Croix Falls. Lana weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz.

••• A boy, James Klaus Hanson, born Jan. 11, 2013, to Heather Carlson and Trevor Hanson, Center City, Minn. James weighed 9 lbs.

••• A boy, Liam Jeremy Wikstrom, born Jan. 11, 2013, to Jenna Wambolt and Jeremy Wikstrom, Siren. Liam weighed 8 lbs., 3 oz.

••• A boy, Garrett Duane Warwas, born Jan. 16, 2013, to Amanda and Jason Warwas, Frederic. Garrett weighed 7 lbs., 5 oz.

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Mark, Dee, Brad and Bryan Krause had their annual New Year’s Day get-together with Fran Krause to watch football and have pizza. Kathryn Krause was maid of honor for Beth Baer on Saturday in Eau Claire.

A week ago Sunday, John and Reeny Neinstadt were dinner guests of Ron and Sharon Proffit. On Friday, John and Reeny went to Minneapolis, Minn.

A large crowd attended the funeral of Betty Trudeau on Saturday at St. John’s Church in Webster.

Congratulations to Tim and Vikki O’Brien on the birth of a baby boy on Sunday. Proud grandparents of a 12th grandchild are Jack and LaVonne O’Brien.

Hope everyone had a great holiday.

April 20, at the Moose Lodge, so keep watching as more information will be coming. In the meantime, don’t forget to mark your calendars and come join us in supporting my four-footed friends at the shelter.

Big shout-out to those that liked us on Facebook.

We’re now up to 487 as of today (Sunday) with only 13 to go to reach that magic number of 500. Love hearing the comments and interaction with our followers who are simply amazing.

“Bark: This is a sound made by dogs when excited. Dogs bark at milkmen, postmen, yourself, visitors to the house and other dogs; some of them bark at nothing. For some reason dogs tend not to bark at burglars, bailiffs and income tax collectors, at whom they wag their tails in the most friendly manner.” … Geoffrey Williams Have a great week everyone! Licks and tailwags!

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Nina and Lawrence Hines returned home Tuesday after having been in Las Vegas, Nev., for several days.

They visited their friend, Jim Lundeen.

Matthew and Karissa Lester were guests of Ronda and Maynard Mangelsen for several days during the week. Dylan Longhenry visited them Wednesday.

Thursday visitors were Amy Mangelsen, Jean, Bryce, Brinn and Brea Williamson and Duane Otis. Brinn and Brea stayed overnight. David Lester visited Sunday and was an overnight guest then.

Brian and Bryton Hines visited Donna and Gerry Hines Friday and stayed over until Saturday. On Saturday, Mark and Sue Hines, and Diane, Edgar, Roxie, Jack and Matthew Rodriguez visited Gerry and Donna. Birthdays of Jack and Matthew were celebrated.

Joleen and Richard Funk, Jan and Hannah Schott and Marlene Swearingen were Saturday visitors of Lida Nordquist.

Hank and Karen Mangelsen visited Jake, Hannah and Grace Mangelsen Sunday afternoon.

St. Croix Senior Center Marian Edler Tuesday was a very busy day, starting with our exercise session. We had our potluck lunch followed by our monthly meeting. In the afternoon games were played. Doug Ortho, Ione Adams and Don Anderson were the winners in Dominos. Roger Greenly, Rich Hustad and Ron Flostad were the winners in 500 cards.

Thursday we held our exercise session in the morning. In late afternoon, Cribbage was played. 500 cards were played in the evening.

We are having some cupboards installed in the back part of our center. Ucare had given the center a donation and with the funds from our fundraisers we were able to purchase them. Gratitude is extended to everyone that supported us at our fundraisers.

We will have a pork chop lunch on Sunday, Feb. 3, at 12:30 p.m., followed by cards. We will be all done before the kickoff for the Super Bowl. Call to make a reservation. Also call to make an appointment for income tax help from AARP aides at 715-483-1901.

Farm, Feral & Stray is holding a fundraiser at the center on Saturday, Jan. 26, starting at 4:30 p.m., with spaghetti being served to fund sterilization of freeroaming cats. There will also be a silent auction.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Engagement

Sloper/Badtke Robert Sloper, Milltown, is pleased to announce the engagement of his daughter, Susan, to Christopher Badtke. Susan is the daughter of Robert Sloper and the late Annette Sloper. Christopher is the son of Karen Badtke and Ron and Jayne Badtke of Union Grove.

Susan graduated from Unity High School in 2001, UW-Madison in 2005 and the University of Minnesota with a master’s degree in urban and regional planning in 2007. She is employed as the community planner for the city of Fitchburg.

Christopher graduated from Union Grove High School in 2002, UW-Stevens Point in 2006, and is currently completing a degree in civil engineering technology from Madison Area Technical College. He works as a survey intern with Ayres Associates.

A September 2013 wedding is planned. Photo by Avenson Photography

Siren Senior Center Nona Severson Our monthly meeting was held on Tuesday, Jan. 15. The new officers were installed for the coming year. Our officers are Barb Geske, president; Gerry Vogel, vice president; Marge Traun, secretary; and Judy Johnson, treasurer.

Cake and coffee were served to celebrate January birthdays. We were also treated to candy which had been a donation from Jane Wardean, Webster. This candy came from the See Candy Company in California, so it was very special. Gratitude is extended to Jane, we all enjoyed the special treat.

Corrine Root, former secretary, thanked everyone for allowing her to be on our board for the center.

The seniors voted to replace the first-aid kit as some of the items had expired. Ralph Severson is to check into getting a new one.

Wednesday we had a potluck and again had a large assortment of food.

The Good Friday breakfast will be coming up in March. They are starting to form committees for this annual breakfast. I will have more on this when the committee has worked out some details.

Our next monthly meeting will be on Tuesday, Feb. 19.

Our monthly evening meal will be on Thursday, Feb. 7. Call 715-349-2845 for reservations.

Winners at 500 were Darlene Groves, Muriel Todd, Dwaine Bentley, Anke Olesen and Neil Olson.

Spade winners were Ralph Severson, Clara Palomaki, Anke Olesen, Steve Wenthe and Arnie Borchert.

Stay warm and healthy and please come to the center for a social life.

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Happy Tails Await Arnell Humane Society of Polk County Rambo is a Romeo romantic. He is an extralarge playboy with love and affection in his heart.

For Rambo, the best part of waking up is seeing your face and hopefully receiving an ear, head and body rubdown. Rambo loves attention and will sit still for it all day. He puts on his dreamy eyes to let you know just how much he is enjoying your time together. Rambo also has a hitch in his gait from a hindquarter injury that will remind you of the John Wayne swagger. Everyone who comes to the shelter comments on how loving and special Rambo is, but to date, no one has taken him home. His hindquarters will get stronger with each day that passes but he will always be a cat that will require gentle handling. So, even though he loves them, a home with small children would not be the best placement for Rambo. He wants to share his adoring brand of companionship with someone who will eat it up.

Join us for a fundraising Arnell meat raffle at PY’s Saloon and Grill in Osceola. The fun begins at 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25.

The really cold weather has finally come. Tem-

peratures have dropped and we are all bundling up.

Our pets are vulnerable too and we need to take a few extra precautions for their w i n t e r safety. Dogs Rambo and cats are safer indoors, except when taken out for supervised exercise. Regardless of the season, shorthaired, very young or old dogs and all cats should never be left outside without supervision. For those pets who do spend a lot of time outdoors, extra nutrition is required to keep them warm as the cold weather depletes their energy. Water must be made available and kept fresh and unfrozen. Sturdy plastic bowls are best for this.

Salt and ice-melting chemicals can irritate your pet’s feet and may be harmful if ingested. Antifreeze is a deadly poison, but it has a sweet taste that can attract animals. Be aware of these dangers and protect your pet from both hazards.

No matter what the temperature, wind chill can threaten a pet’s life. Dogs and cats are happiest and

healthiest when kept indoors. If your dog spends significant time outdoors however, he/she must be protected by a dry, draft-free house large enough to sit and lie down in comfortably but small enough to hold in his/her body heat. The floor should be raised a few inches off the ground and covered with cedar shavings or straw. The house should be turned to face away from the wind and the doorway covered with a waterproof barrier.

The best prescription for winter’s woes is to keep your dog or cat inside with you and your family.

Dogs and cats are social animals who crave human companionship. The happiest dogs are those who are taken out frequently for walks and exercise but are kept inside with their family the rest of the time.

If you are feeding homeless outdoor cats, be sure to provide insulated shelter for them as well.

Now is the season to spay and neuter. The risk of infection is minimized and more importantly, your cat colony will not be producing bountiful litters in the spring. Call the shelter to inquire about our lowincome spay/neuter program. Ask your veterinarian about a Spay Day or Month discount. The best solution for pet overpopulation is a family-planning program before it happens.

Arnell Memorial Humane Society is at 185 Griffin St. E. in Amery, phone 715-268-7387, or online at arnellhumane.org.

Academic news RIPON - Tyler Ketz, a sophomore undeclared major, has been named to the dean’s list at Ripon College for the fall 2012 semester, which recognizes academic excellence. Ketz is the child of Mr. and Mrs. Barry J. Ketz of Clayton. To qualify for the dean’s list at Ripon College, students must achieve a 3.40 grade-point average or higher on a 4.0 scale and complete at least 12 credits of regular lettergraded work. - submitted ••• DULUTH, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Duluth has announced its dean’s list for the fall semester of 2012. Students on the dean’s list have achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.

Amery Madeline L. Anderson, School of Fine Arts, Christine Hanson, Labovitz School of Business and Economics and Christine E. Meyer, College of Science and Engineering; Dresser Alexander C. Milk, College of Science and Engineering; Grantsburg Kyle D. Roberts, College of Science and Engineering; Luck Carson J. Giller, College of Liberal Arts and Mitchell Larson, Labovitz School of Business and Economics; Osceola Andrea E. Bilderback, College of Science and Engineering, Stephanine A. Nelson, College of Liberal Arts and Molly M. Tomfohrde, Labovitz School of Business and Economics;

St. Croix Falls Daniel B. Norgard, College of Liberal Arts, Angie E. Sommer, College of Education and Human Service and Laura E. Swenson, College of Education and Human Services. – submitted ••• EAU CLAIRE – Audrey Mulliner of Webster has been named to the dean’s list at the College of Arts and Sciences, UW-Eau Claire, for the fall semester 2012-2013. She is the daughter of Annette Starkite.

The honor is bestowed upon students who earned at least 12 credits last semester, with no incompletes, repeated courses, or satisfactory/unsatisfactory registrations and who achieved academic excellence by earning a 3.70 or higher grade-point average. – submitted ••• MADISON – The University of Wisconsin-Madison has recognized students named to the dean’s list for the fall semester of the 2012-2013 academic year. Students who achieve at a high level academically are recognized by the dean at the close of each semester. To be eligible for the dean’s list, students must complete a minimum of 12 graded degree credits in that semester. Each university school or college sets its own GPA requirements for students to be eligible to receive the honor.

Amery Bethany Dado, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, dean’s list, Erin Hanson, College of Letters and Science, dean’s list, and Stephen Monette, College of Engineering, dean’s honor list; Balsam Lake Alec Larson, College of Letters and Science, dean’s list;

Danbury Devin Greene, College of Engineering, dean’s honor list; Eureka Hayden Elza, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, dean’s list; Frederic Allison Anderson, School of Human Ecology, dean’s high honors; Luck Karissa Giller, School of Education, dean’s list; Osceola Lindsay Danielson, School of Business, dean’s list, Asher Elmquist, College of Engineering, dean’s honor list, Cody Getschel, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, dean’s list, Mitchell Larson, College of Engineering, dean’s honor list, Jessica Martell, School of Nursing, dean’s honor list, Benjamin Skiba, School of Education, dean’s list, Magdalena Szczesna, School of Human Ecology, dean’s honor list.

Stephan Terry, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, dean’s list, and Andrew Thompson, School of Education, dean’s list; St. Croix Falls Elliott Frokjer, College of Letters and Science, dean’s list, and Kelsey Douglass-White, College of Letters and Science, dean’s list; Webster Brian Gibbs, School of Pharmacy, honor roll. – submitted •••

Milltown Public Library Computer basics

Open lab for beginners is available on Mondays at 1 and 2 p.m. Sign up for an hour-long session at the circulation desk or call 715-825-2313.

Morning story time

Morning story time is held every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. Join the group for a half hour of stories, singing and fun. Designed for toddlers and preschool-aged youth.

Create and Connect

This program is held every Tuesday at 6 p.m. and is an all-ages art and social night. A great night for the while family to choose stories together, to exercise creative energies and to maybe even hear a story or two.

Adult winter reading program began Jan. 2

Adults can register at the library and earn prizes for reading all winter long. We have Chris Seaton, a local author, visiting on Thursday, Jan. 24, Mark Moran’s antique appraisal on Sunday, Feb. 10, at 2 p.m., and the Minnesota Opera coming on Friday, March 8, at 5 p.m. Stop by the library to pick up a calendar, visit our Web site or call for details.

Upcoming events Discover and Explore Spanish

The first Thursday of each month February through May at 5:45 p.m. come and explore the Spanish language and culture through an interac-

tive program including reading, music, art and food.

Learn how to say basic greetings, colors, numbers, shapes and animals in Spanish. Program geared toward ages 3-plus. Adults welcome. Facilitated by Julie Hafenstein who has her bachelor’s degree in Spanish, English and art, and master’s degree in speech language pathology. She has traveled to Honduras, in Central America, on two different occasions and has taught private Spanish lessons to elementary-aged students. She enjoys sharing her knowledge of the language and culture with others.

Valentine’s craft-making extravaganza

The Valentine’s craft-making extravaganza will be held on Saturday, Feb. 9, noon – 1 p.m. Manufacture a lovely greeting for your love! Valentine craft supplies will be available. Children should be accompanied by an adult.

Antique appraisals with Mark Morgan

Antique appraisals will begin on Sunday, Feb. 10, at 1 p.m. Moran will tour the Milltown History Center. Open to the public, join us to see what treasures Milltown holds. At 2 p.m., appraisals begin at the library. Reserve a spot for appraisal by contacting the library. This program is brought to you by Milltown History Center and the Friends of the Milltown Public Library.

Join the Friends of the Library

The next meeting will be held on Thursday, Feb. 14, at 6:30 p.m. Anyone can be a member and can

help in many ways.

Building project

Representatives from the architects, HGA, the library board and building committee will be hosting two information sessions on Tuesday, Feb. 12, one at 1 p.m. and the other 6 p.m., at the Milltown Community Center.

These visioning sessions are intended to gather community input about possible features and design ideas for the library building project. This input builds upon information collected at the 2012 focus group meetings and will be used by HGA and the library board, staff and building committee to help develop potential designs for the library. After collecting community input, the design team and library building committee will work collectively to provide a long-term, cost-effective solution for the library that respects the available funding for the project. Further information regarding the progress of the project will be provided at appropriate intervals throughout duration the project.

Hours and information

Phone: 715-825-2313, open Monday through Thursday 10 a.m - 7 p.m., Friday 10 a.m - 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m - 2 p.m. E-mail milltownpl@milltownpubliclibrary.org. Fresh coffee and fast Wi-Fi are served every day.

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LIBRARY NEWS

St. Croix Falls Public Library Computer Cafe beginning adult technology courses

Classes will be held Thursdays in January at 3:30 p.m. E-readers - Bring in your Nook, Kindle or other e-reader, and we will help you tame your technology. Instructor: Kay Fitzgerald.

Computer questions?

One-on-one computer help - Mondays and Thursdays from 1-3 p.m.

Community Collaboration: Comic and Graphic Arts Cookbook

Free tutoring for all levels

Free tutoring for all levels now available on After School Wednesdays. Stop in and meet Brittany, our volunteer tutor, on Wednesdays. Brittany is a licensed teacher with a strong background in upperlevel science, biology and chemistry. She loves a wide range of subjects and is enthusiastic to work with all ages in many topics from math to language to the sciences. Preregistration for tutoring required.

Call 715-483-1777 or e-mail czrostlik@stcroixfallslibrary.org.

After School Wednesdays

With grant support from the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, the entire community is invited to participate in this intersecting of art and food. Participants submit art (any 2-D media) and a coinciding recipe.

Stop in or e-mail czrostlik@stcroixfallslibrary.org for more information. Please contribute!

School’s Out is SCFPL’s after-school program for kids 8-plus. Meet friends, get homework help and hang out at the library every Wednesday, Sept.June. Take bus No. 9 down to the library on Wednesday afternoons with a note from your parent or guardian.

War in Pieces: Tolstoy and “War and Peace”

Kids Drawing Workshops in February

This three-part discussion will take a look at Tolstoy’s character Pierre Bezukhov in the classic novel “War and Peace.” Part II Saturday, Jan. 26, 10 a.m. and Part III Feb. 2. To participate contact the library or e-mail bradleyfoss@gmail.com

Wednesday, Feb. 13 – draw anime. Wednesday, Feb. 20 – Marker mania. Preregistration suggested – all ages! Kids 8 and under must bring a friendly adult.

Early Out Fridays

Pajama After Hours will be held at the SCF Public Library on Monday, Jan. 28, 6-7 p.m. Kids, families and educators reading together.

Feb. 1, March 8, April 5 and May 3, 2-4 p.m.

Spend early-release afternoons at the library.

Games galore – learn to play chess, challenge friends to a board game, or play the Wii. Kids 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

You can make a wish come true for the library

Preschool story time

Pajama After Hours

The Friends of the Library invite you to add to the library collection by purchasing book(s) on their Amazon wish list. The book you purchase for the library is a tax-deductible gift from you and it will ship directly to the library. Check it out on the library Web site or visit the library. Together, we can fulfill every wish on the list.

Do your shopping on Amazon and contribute to the library

Access Amazon via the library Web site’s link and a percentage of your purchase is donated right to the library. This is not just during the holidays, but anytime. Anytime you shop at Amazon, go through our link.

Preschool story time will be held Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. all year long, with songs, stories, art and fun.

Check out the 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, stcroixfallslibrary.org. Look for us on Facebook.

Hours

The library is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and new extended Saturday hours, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 715-483-1777. E-mail: scflibrary@stcroixfallslibrary.org Online: stcroixfallslibrary.org.

Frederic Public Library

Michael Perry is coming to Frederic

Wisconsin author Michael Perry will appear at the Frederic High School performance center Thursday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m., in a free program sponsored by the Friends of Frederic Library. His best-selling memoirs include “Population 485,” “Truck: A Love Story,” “Coop” and “Visiting Tom.” Perry lives with his family in rural Wisconsin, where he serves on the local volunteer fire and rescue service and is an amateur pig farmer. He hosts the nationally syndicated "Tent Show Radio," performs widely as a humorist and tours with his band, the Long Beds. The library has multiple copies of Perry’s books and music available for checkout.

More programs worth the wait

Suz Byerly Thomson took the climb of her life up Mount Kilimanjaro in July 2011 with 28 individuals, including 10 with multiple sclerosis and four with Parkinson’s disease. A graduate of Frederic High School, she became a climber companion in a group of determined people who ascended the mountain to raise awareness for MS and Parkinson’s. Come hear Suz’s uplifting story on Saturday, March 16, at 10 a.m., at the Frederic Library and learn more about her journey which is detailed in the book “Leap of Faith.” Jerry Apps, born and raised on a Wisconsin farm, is the author of more than 30 books, many of them on rural history and country life. Jerry will be coming to Frederic Tuesday, April 16, at 2 p.m., for a program based on “Rural Wit and Wisdom,” one of his books. Jerry was here in 2006 and was a crowd favorite. If you have memories of growing up in a slower time, you will certainly enjoy this program.

Evening book group choices

The Thursday morning book group is on hiatus for the month of February and the evening book group will meet Thursday, Feb. 14, at 6:30 p.m., to talk about “The Song of Achilles,” by Madeline Miller (this book was postponed from the January meeting). Set during the Trojan War, this is the story of Patroclus, an awkward young prince and companion who follows Achilles into battle. The author chose a minor character from “The Iliad” and expanded upon his story in a novel that has made numerous 2012 book lists. Copies are available at the library and new members are always welcome at the book groups.

Put the snowsuits on and come to town

We offer story time for preschoolers and their caregivers each Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. with books, music and activities. Come and be part of the energy!

Cleaning your closets and bookshelves?

We’re getting ready for the Feb. 14-16 bake and book sale, and we gladly accept donations of gently used books, movies, music CDs, and audiobooks for the sale. Drop off items during library open hours and ask for a receipt for your donations. This is one of two large fundraiser book sales held at the library each year, and the Friends of the Library appreciate your support.

Don’t forget to help your neighbors

The library is a collection site for milk caps, food product labels and small empty ink cartridges for Frederic school projects, eyeglasses for the Lions and grocery items for the local food shelf. Be sure to include some of these items in your book bag when you visit the library.

Computer concerns? Gizmo questions?

Bring in your technology questions and we will help you find the answers. We can also show you how to download free e-books. If you have questions about terminology, Internet, e-mail, Facebook, or anything else computer-related, talk to us.

How to know what we know

Find us on Facebook at Frederic Public Library.

The Web site is fredericlibrary.org. E-mail us at library@fredericlibrary.org. Frederic Public Library, 127 Oak St. W., 715-327-4979. Library 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.

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Centuria Public Library New books

The new year has begun and the Centuria Public Library has already received some new books for 2013. Come in and browse the shelves and see what you will find. We have added books for young adults, children and the latest books by popular authors for adults.

Computers

The Centuria Public Library has four computers for public use. Assistance will be given by library staff if you have difficulty in finding the information you want online.

Tax forms

Some federal tax forms have arrived at the library.

The forms are also available online through the IRS and the Wisconsin Department of Revenue. If you would like to get your forms online, the staff at the Centuria Public Library is available to assist you in printing off the form that you need.

Hours

Monday, noon – 5 p.m.; Tuesday, noon – 7 p.m.; Wednesday, noon – 5 p.m.; Thursday, noon – 7 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – noon. Contact information: 715-646-2630, centuriapl@ifls.lib.wi.us or centurialibrary.org.

Luck scholarship fundraiser set for Feb. 1

Strong community support funds scholarships for Luck School graduates

LUCK - The annual scholarship fundraiser for Luck School graduates on Friday, Feb. 1, will include a lasagna meal and a raffle drawing.

The meal will be served in the cafeteria from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at a cost of $5 per person, and $3 for children ages 10 and younger. Larsen Auto Centers has been a steadfast supporter of Luck School graduates by sponsoring the meal. The Luck Class of 2013, their parents, and the community education advisory council are involved in raffle ticket sales, and helping at the meal.

This year’s raffle prizes are also generously donated by strong community supporters. Luck Community Education and its advisory council strive for a variety of prizes to showcase the range of talent and interests in the community. To learn more about the donors and their products and services, Web sites or phone numbers have been included. The prizes this year include: • A star quilt measuring 70”x70” made

by Bob and Betty MacKean, owners of Christmas Valley Quilting Co., 715-4724117.

• A custom-made doghouse, constructed by Herschel Brown. It has a green steel roof, white siding, and is well-insu-

The Luck School Class of 2013 proudly shows some of the raffle prizes for the upcoming scholarship fundraiser, set for Friday, Feb. 1, at Luck School during the Luck-Siren doubleheader basketball games. - Photo submitted lated to protect and house a large pet.

• Trollhaugen Ski and Convention Center, trollhaugen.com, has provided two ski lift tickets and two snow tubing passes.

• The Luck Golf Course, luckgolfcourse.com, has provided six certificates, each for 18 holes of golf plus the use of a cart.

• Wilma Gray, historic jewelry designer, chose a beaded necklace and matching earrings for the scholarship raffle.

• Audrey Anderson, owner of Fibre Functions Yarn, 715-472-8276, donated three gift certificates at $15 each. Two $25 gift certificates are in the drawing, also.

One is redeemable at Natural Alternative

Food Co-op, nafoodcoop.com, and the Lucky Bucks certificate, luckwisconsin.com, is redeemable at 40 local businesses.

• Morley’s Maple Syrup, owned by Luck residents John and Crystal Morley, morleymaplesyrup.com, have donated six pints of local “gold.“ • Wild Mountain-Taylors Falls Recreation, wildmountain.com, has given two boat tour certificates.

• The winners of two gifts from Gypsy Moon, gypsymoonbodycare.com, will have their Valentine’s gifts secured.

The raffle drawing will be held during halftime of the Luck-Siren varsity boys basketball game on Friday, Feb. 1. Winners need not be present to win, yet it’s a popular event to attend, based on past years and the bleachers full of cheering fans.

All the proceeds from the raffle and lasagna supper fund Luck graduate scholarships; this year set at $175 per graduate who continues their education after high school, whether it be a two- or four-year college or trade school. Graduates have three years to use this scholarship, and graduates who serve in our military have three years past their discharge date to utilize their scholarships.

If you’d like to give additional support to the Luck School graduates, or would like to buy or sell raffle tickets, please contact Luck Community Ed at 715-472-2152 Ext. 103 or e-mail Amy Aguado at amya@lucksd.k12.wi.us. - submitted

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Ice Age Trail to get new links in St. Croix Falls Indianhead Chapter plans 2013 tasks

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – The Ice Age National Scenic Trail will get some new routing this summer as it winds through St. Croix Falls.

Three links, long in the planning, will connect the rock formations of Riegle Park to the hills of Ray Zilmer Park above the St. Croix River, passing the county fairgrounds on a new trail through the woods. The new trail links were a highlight of the annual meeting of the Indianhead Chapter of the Ice Age Trail Alliance last Saturday, Jan. 19. The Ice Age Trail starts in St. Croix Falls and follows the route of the last glacier terminus for 1,200 miles across Wisconsin. The Indianhead Chapter is the group of volunteers that maintain the trail in Polk County.

Trails and hiking are an important part of Wisconsin tourism, Mike Wollmer, executive director of the IATA, told the 50 people at the meeting. He said that study conducted with funds from a DNR grant found that 1.3 million people use the trail each year and bring $113 million a year to the state’s economy. Wollmer said it is nice

Dean Dversdall, Sen. Sheila Harsdorf and William Johnson converse before the start of the Indianhead Chapter of the Ice Age Trail meeting Saturday, Jan. 19. - Photos by Gregg Westigard to have figures to show how much the Ice Age Trail benefits the communities it passes through and called the trail a force to be reckoned with.

There are 60 miles of Ice Age Trail in Polk County, and Wolmer thanked the local volunteers for their many hours of work, part of the record 70,000 hours of

time contributed statewide in 2012.

There will be many chances to volunteer more hours in 2013, Tim Malzhan, IATA director of field Operations, told the members. The new links will include a reroute through the Riegle Park with its interesting topography and rock formations, trail clearance along a wooded hill-

Indianhead Chapter President Dean Dversdall (left) welcomed Ice Age Trail Alliance Executive Director Mike Wollmer and trail planner Tim Malzhan to the meeting.

Sen. Sheila Harsdorf talked about the importance of tourism to the area. side, and a new section of trail to the high spot in Zilmer Park. The working season will conclude with an October gathering of volunteers from around the state who will put finishing touches to the new trail sections.

State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf thanked the volunteers for their work and said tourism is an important part of the economy of the area and of Wisconsin. She said that it is important for Wisconsin and Minnesota to work together, especially on the tourism resources the states share along the river border. Harsdorf said the Legislature worked to get a balance on opening state lands to hunting while protecting public safety.

Dean Dversdall, Indianhead Chapter president, said the group had a successful year. Two evening hikes in August and September drew 73 and 88 people ranging in age from 8 to 80. A section of trail was rerouted east of McKenzie Creek. The chapter worked with several local schools including Luck and St. Croix Falls. And members not only contributed hours but also donated over $2,500. The funds helped cover the expenses of trail projects.

Matt Densow, the new DNR property manager for Straight Lake State Park, said the next phase of the park development will start this summer with an office, more parking and picnic spots around Rainbow Lake, with walk-in campsites coming after that.

The Indianhead Chapter does not stop its activities during the winter and has a ski/snowshoe family hike planned on Saturday, Feb. 9, at Oak Forest Ministry as part of the Luck Winter Carnival.

A miracle cat named Rat Brought back to life

by Dr. Stone

by Jessica Beecroft Special to the Leader SHELL LAKE – Rat the cat was brought in to the Northern Lakes Veterinary Clinic in Shell Lake by Shell Lake fireman, Terry Leckel Jr. on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 9. The cat was found treading water in the basement of Richard and Patty Feeney’s home after a house fire.

“We were told that the rest of the animals had been lost and Rat was the only survivor,” said veterinarian Eric Stone. “Rat was barely alive, absolutely soaked, with a very slow heartbeat.”

Dr. Stone said the signs of life in the cat were more involuntary muscle movements than anything intentional and her temperature was too low to read.

“We had to get an IV line established, but blood pressure was so low that we could only use her jugular vein,” he said. “While we were trying to help her, her heart stopped, as did her breathing.”

An epinephrine injection straight into the cat’s heart and CPR brought it back to life, however, when it arrested a second time, the veterinarian and owners let her go.

“That’s when this miracle kitty surprised us,” Stone said, “with her heart beginning to beat and breathing starting after being gone for several minutes.”

Stone said she continued to improve, and they were eventually able to get her temperature above 90 degrees later in the day.

“She made a remarkable recovery so that by 9 p.m. she was interacting with me,” he said. “We cared for her through the weekend and the next week while the

Dr. Eric Stone from the Northern Lakes Veterinary Clinic in Shell Lake is pictured with Richard and Patty Feeney holding onto their miracle cat named Rat. – Photo by Jessica Beecroft

Feeneys were finding a place to live, and while she recovered fully.”

The Feeneys visited her at the clinic each day, and it was wonderful to see her go home with them the following Wednesday, Jan. 16, Stone said.

“It is a miracle that she survived the way she did, certainly showing her strength and will to live. She is doing very well, with no evidence of lasting problems

from her ordeal, probably because her extremely low body temperature stalled permanent damage. We later remarked how this ‘drowned rat’ that had come in left as a happy, purring kitty.”

A spaghetti feed benefit is scheduled for the Feeney family on Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Shell Lake Community Center from 4 to 7 p.m.

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SDA School holds science fair FREDERIC - The Frederic Seventh-day Adventist School held its annual science fair on Thursday, Jan. 10, at the school.

Students in third through eighth grades presented their projects before an audience of parents, friends and others.

Project topics included frogs, sand, scorpions, ants, nocturnal animals, genetics and Down syndrome.

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Students prepared project display boards, reports and visuals, such as a sand collection, related books and a microscope for visitors to view samples of the student’s work. Each student gave a short presentation, explaining their project. Several students chose to present their projects using PowerPoint. - submitted

Brooke Holloway, third grade, reported on frogs.

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Carter Ann DeGree, fourth grade, is shown with her display/report on nocturnal animals.

Chyanna Hochstetler, third grade, reported on “How are sands made?”

Elissa Vitelle, eighth grade, reported on genetics at the science fair presented on Thursday, Jan. 10.

Trysta Vitelle, fifth grade, reported on Down syndrome.

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Dam rebuild at Straight Lake Park Preserving while repairing

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer LUCK – A project is now under way to reconstruct the dam at the outlet of Straight Lake into the Straight River.

The project involves installing a wall of steel plates into the soil downstream from the dam and within a few feet of the dam. When completed, the sheet pile will be just below ground level and not visible from the existing dam. The dam, constructed in the 1880s, will be preserved in its historic state (minus a few trees) but will be in compliance with current dam standards and should be able to handle a 500-year storm.

During the construction period, which is starting this week and should be completed by the end of February, the trail over the dam, a part of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, will be fenced off and closed. Visitors to Straight Lake State Park will be able to get to the lake, a popular ice-fishing area, but would need to cross the lake on the ice to reach the north shore. Since water is flowing over the dam outlet this winter and the river is open, crossing the lake should be done well back from the construction area to avoid breaking through the ice.

A rebuild of the dam has been planned since the DNR acquired the park and wildlife area in 2005. The dam, built in the logging era, did not meet modern standards. Removing the dam was not considered a desirable option, the DNR project plan says, since that would lower the water level of the lake at the heart of the park and would impact aquatic and shoreline habitat in Straight Lake. The plan calls for as little impact as possible to the path on top of the dam.

The sheet-pile wall will be a curved line of plates sunk 14 feet into the ground with a pile driver. The new hidden dam will be 375 feet long, following the curve of the historic dam from shore to shore. Construction equipment has been brought to the site along the route of an old town road that once extended from 120th Street across the park property. Planking has been laid across that old roadbed where it crossed the Straight River just east of the lake.

The photo at left shows the existing dam site and trail last fall, and the photo at right shows the existing dam site and trail at Straight Lake State Park near Luck as it currently appears. - Photos by Gregg Westigard

Pastor Mary Ann Bowman, of Bone Lake Lutheran Church, center, officiated at the blessing service of the newest Habitat project in Luck.

Eric Kube, right, introduced the family: Tom Taylor, left, and his wife, Julia Taylor, front, with their son, Jacob. – Photos by Jackie Thorwick

The start of something big

These are some of the steel plates that will be driven into the ground to make the dam on the Straight River at the state park in compliance with current standards.

A view of the construction site looking toward the dam.

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by Jackie Thorwick Special to the Leader LUCK - Over 40 people gathered Saturday morning, Jan. 19, in a home in Luck to celebrate the start of something big in the life of one local family, a home.

The excitement of the soon-to-be homeowners is apparent. Tom Taylor and a few volunteers have already done much of the deconstruction work, well before the project was even set to start. Taylor’s wife, Julia, showed her excitement in another way.

Normally at these events, coffee cake or muffins might be set out for refreshments. Julia served a meal of sloppy joes, and a spicy Peruvian rice dish as well as hot chocolate and coffee.

Tom Taylor, a disabled veteran, thanked the volunteers and Habitat for Humanity on behalf of his family. He said of their current home, a one-bedroom apartment in Balsam Lake, “It’s like living in a tuna can.” Taylor came in to apply for a Habitat home the morning after their son, Jacob, was born last summer. “It’s time to think of the future for my son,” he said.

The home, at 700 E. Park Ave., has been vacant and sadly in need of repairs for a long while. It will be turned into a beautiful, energy-efficient, affordable home in the coming months by Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity and volunteers from the community. The Taylors, now

of Balsam Lake, will work on the home with Habitat and buy it when the job is done.

Costs will be kept down by using as much volunteer labor as possible, and the mortgage will be at zero-percent interest.

Those interested in working with the Taylors and other volunteers may contact Habitat at 715-4832700. To learn more about this project and this family’s interesting history, go to wildrivershabitat.org.

Donations supporting the project may be given online or sent to WRHFH, 2201 Hwy. 8, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

Tom Taylor, now of Balsam Lake, thanked Habitat and volunteers at the blessing service of a home being rehabbed for him and his family.

Arlue Hadley, front, a friend of the Taylor family, attended the blessing service of the home being rehabbed in Luck, along with over 40 other people.

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by Gilman Halsted Wisconsin Public Radio MADISON - Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson is urging legislators to support more treatment and diversion programs for drug-addicted or mentally ill offenders.

During a meet and greet session with members of the Senate and Assembly judiciary committees, the chief justice described a growing number of alternative court programs that she says are saving several counties money by reducing the number of repeat offenders.

“They reduce prison time and jail time and keep people safe, and safer maybe than prison because these people don’t repeat crimes as frequently.”

Nine counties now operate alternative courts for a wide range of offenders including drunk drivers, military veterans and those suffering from drug addiction or mental illness.

These courts keep tabs on offenders and hold them accountable by sending them to jail if they don’t follow the treatment and supervision rules imposed on them. Assembly judiciary committee member Evan Goyke of Milwaukee says there’s clear evidence that using treatment instead of prison doesn’t only help the offender. “That person can re-enter their family’s lives, their children’s lives, the workforce. Us taxpayers then save on the jail bed and we save by getting the taxes from them once they’ve got a job. Ultimately our goal is to have less people in jail.”

Goyke says there aren’t any bills in the pipeline yet to provide funds for more alternative jail diversion programs but he says, “Stay tuned! Stay tuned.”

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, Glen Grothman, says his priority this session is to pass bills that focus on family issues such as child support and domestic violence but he says it’s likely the committee will also take up treatment and diversion programs as well.

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by Shawn Johnson Wisconsin Public Radio MADISON - Republican leaders are shooting down idea after idea from a special transportation funding commission before the panel even releases its final report.

The Wisconsin Commission on Transportation Finance and Policy will release its final report Wednesday morning, Jan. 23. The Commission’s preliminary suggestions included a gas tax increase and new mileagebased vehicle registration fee.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told reporters on Tuesday the tax increase won’t pass the state Legislature, and neither will the registration fee.

“That is not going to happen any time in the future. I certainly believe in the idea of saying that people who use the roads, who use highways, should be the ones paying for it. But at the same time, having us be the first place in the country that has some kind of a new device in your car — probably not the right way for Wisconsin to go at this time.”

Vos was asked if he’d feel differently about a system where drivers self-report the number of miles they drive to set their registration fee.

He said he’d have to see the details.

Gov. Walker had previously objected to any kind of a gas tax to pay for roads.

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Foreign landowner notification

World Book Night encourages reading SPOONER — The deadline to become a giver for this year’s World Book Night is Friday, Jan. 25. World Book Night will be Tuesday, April 23, this year. It is part of an ambitious worldwide campaign to encourage reading. Northwind Book & Fiber in Spooner will be a pickup site for the area again this year.

In the U.S., a half million free books will be handed out across the country in one day, by enlisting 25,000 volunteer book lovers. Volunteers will help promote reading by going out in their communities and handing out books specially printed for the event. Individuals can become volunteers by visiting worldbooknight.org by Jan. 25 to sign up and choose the book they would like to give away.

The intent of the campaign is to get books into the hands of light or new readers. James Patterson, one of the national chairmen, says, “In my experience, when people like what they are doing, they do more of it. This is the genius of World Book Night — it gets people reading by

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connecting them with amazing, enjoyable books. I’m honored to be a part of it.”

Ann Patchett, co-chair, adds, “I’m very proud to be part of World Book Night. As both a writer and a bookseller, I’m all for getting books into the hands of people who might not otherwise have access to them.”

A panel of booksellers and librarians chose the 30 titles, many based on nominations by last year’s givers, which will be printed as special, not-for-resale paperbacks. They were chosen to appeal to a wide variety of people, and the authors all agreed to waive their royalties for this special printing.

According to Carol Dunn of Northwind Book & Fiber, “A dozen people gave away books in the Spooner area last year, and we’d love to see at least that many again this year.”

Visit worldbooknight.org by Friday, Jan. 25, to find out more about World Book Night and to sign up to be a book giver. — from Northwind Book & Fiber

SPOONER – Evie Moore, Washburn/ Burnett County executive director of the Farm Service Agency, informs foreign investors who buy, sell or hold a direct or indirect interest in agricultural lands in the United States that they are required, under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act, to report their holdings and transactions to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

The Agricultural Foreign Investment Act became effective Feb. 2, 1979, and requires any foreign person who acquires or transfers any interest other than a security interest in agricultural land to report the transaction to FSA within 90 days of the sale or purchase.

The Secretary of Agriculture designated the Farm Service Agency to collect the reports, which are to be submitted on form FSA-153, Agricultural Foreign Investment

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• Bingo, 1 p.m.

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• Pokeno, 1 p.m.

• Open 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

• Open 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

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• Dime Bingo, 1 p.m.

• Monthly Senior Meeting, 3rd Tues.

• Cribbage, a.m.

• 500 Cards, 1 p.m.

• Potluck, Every 2nd Wed., 11:30 a.m.

• Dining at 5, Every 1st Thursday, no meal in April

• 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.

• Exercise, 10-11 a.m.

• Skip-Bo, 11 a.m.-Noon • 500 Cards & Dominoes, 12:30-4 p.m.

Webster Senior Center • AA Meeting, 7 p.m.

• Senior Monthly Meeting, 3rd Tues.

• Women’s Wii Bowling, 9 a.m.

• Dime Bingo, 12:30 p.m.

• Pool, 7 p.m.

• 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.

715-866-5300 • Ruby’s, Siren, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

• SCF, 1-4 p.m., 715-483-2920

VFW Aux./Legion Aux.

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• Good Sam, St. Croix Falls, 5:45 p.m., 715-483-3666

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• Burnett VFW At Little Mexico, 6 p.m.

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• Bingo Every 2nd & 4th Friday, 1 p.m.

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Food Shelf

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• Overeaters Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., 715-268-6605

Frederic Senior Center • Spades, 1 p.m.

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EVERY THURS.

Disclosure Act Report. The completed form must be filed at the FSA county office where the land is located.

“Failure to submit an accurate or timely FSA-153 could result in civil penalties of up to 25 percent of the fair market value of the property,” said Moore.

County government offices, bankers, realtors, attorneys and others involved in real estate transactions are encouraged to notify foreign investors of these reporting requirements. It is the foreign landowner’s responsibility to report the land transaction.

An FSA-153 form can be obtained from the Washburn/Burnett County FSA office downloaded from: or forms.sc.egov.usda.gov/efcommon/eFile Services/eFormsAdmin/ FSA0153_101013V01.pdf. — from FSA

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• Luck Senior Center, 5:30 p.m., 715-472-2341 • Balsam Lake Municipal Building, 3:45 p.m., 715-485-3002

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• Overeaters Anonymous, Amery Senior Center, 6:30 p.m., 715-268-6605

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EVERY FRI. • Lake Country Snowmobile Riders At Jed’s Laker Lounge, 6 p.m.

• Lake Country Riders At The Pour House, 5:30 p.m.

• Webster Lions At Gandy Dancer Saloon, 4:30 p.m. Apr. - Nov. • S.N.O.W.S., Skol Bar, Frederic, 5:30 p.m.

• Fishbowl Sportsmen’s Club At Sweeny’s Bar, 5 p.m.

• Snowciables At Thirsty Otter, 6 p.m.

• Grantsburg Legion, 7 p.m.

• Humane Society, Yellow River Saloon, 5 p.m.

• Hockey Assoc., Dreamers, 6:30 p.m.

• Memory Days, Harvest Moon, 7 p.m.

• Cushing Legion At Suzy Q’s, 6:30 p.m.

• Siren Lions At Kris’, 5 p.m.

• BYHA At Zia Louisa, 6 p.m.

• Ruby’s, Siren, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

• YLRA At Yellow Lake Lodge, Webster, • Wonderland At Yellow Lake Golf Course, 4 p.m.

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• Siren Moose At Robert’s Road House, • VFW Meat Bingo At Lewis Hideaway, 3:30 p.m.

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• Wild About Education At Wild Waters, Danbury, 5 p.m.

• Siren Lions At Whiskey Joe’s, 5 p.m.

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LUNCH Chicken nuggets, tater tots, bread basket OR salad bar w/bread stick and crackers, mixed vegetables, applesauce, fresh fruit.

BREAKFAST French toast sticks.

LUNCH Entrees: Choose 1 - Italian dunkers, dipping sauce OR PBJ sandwich, green beans, salad greens, applesauce, fresh grapes.

Combo bar.

WEDNESDAY Cinni-mini.

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LUNCH Barbecue beef, bun, waffles fries, broccoli, dip OR Oriental salad.

LUNCH Beef tacos, assorted toppings, refried beans, corn OR chicken-strip salad.

LUNCH Chili, crackers, bread stick, lettuce salad OR salad bar w/bread stick, crackers, sliced carrots, pineapple tidbits, fresh fruit.

LUNCH Taco salad OR salad bar w/bread stick and crackers black beans, garbanzo beans, refried beans, mixed fruit, fresh fruit.

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BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Entrees: Choose 1 - Chicken patty on a bun OR PBJ sandwich, tater tots, steamed corn, salad greens, pear sauce, oranges.

Waffles.

LUNCH Entrees: Choose 1 - Taco in a bowl, corn chips OR yogurt, bread stick, black bean salsa, salad greens, peaches, watermelon.

THURSDAY BREAKFAST Bagel and PBJ. LUNCH Ravioli, winter mix, bread stick OR tuna salad.

FRIDAY Pancakes.

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LUNCH Pizza, baby carrots, dip OR ham salad.

LUNCH Grilled cheese sandwich, tomato soup, crackers, pickle spear OR salad bar w/bread stick and crackers, fresh veggies, fresh grapes, fresh fruit.

LUNCH Pizza dippers, marinara sauce, baked brown rice, mixed fruit, fresh fruit.

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LUNCH Entrees: Choose 1 - Mini corn dogs, corn bread OR turkey/cheese on a bun, baked beans, lettuce salad, mandarin oranges, apple.

BREAKFAST Cinnamon roll.

LUNCH Entrees: Choose 1 - Lasagna, garlic toast OR ham/cheese on wholegrain bun, steamed broccoli, salad greens, pear sauce, apple.

Long john.

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BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Fish sticks, macaroni & cheese, broccoli, assorted veggies, pears, fresh fruit.

BREAKFAST Muffin, juice and milk.

LUNCH Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, salad, peaches.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Chicken burger, tater tots, coleslaw, beans, assorted veggies, applesauce, fresh fruit.

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BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Brat, french fries, baked beans, applesauce. Alt.: cheeseburger.

BREAKFAST Scrambled eggs and 1 slice of toast.

LUNCH Sub sandwich, 3-bean salad, corn, mixed fruit. Alt.: Tuna sandwich.

BREAKFAST French toast sticks.

LUNCH Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, broccoli, peaches. Alt.: Roasted chicken patty.

BREAKFAST Cheese omelet, sausage and 1 slice of toast.

LUNCH Mini corn dogs, tater tots, green beans, pears. Alt.: Pizza dippers.

BREAKFAST Egg, ham and cheese muffin.

LUNCH NO MENU AVAILABLE Pepperoni pizza, lettuce salad, corn, peaches. Alt.: Ham and cheese, Wisconsin cheese soup.

BREAKFAST Breakfast bites.

LUNCH Grilled chicken patty, bun, sweet potato fries, veggies, fruit and milk.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Pizza dippers, sauce, green beans, veggies, fruit and milk.

BREAKFAST Belgian waffles.

LUNCH Tacos/fajitas with chips or soft shell, veggies, fruit and milk.

BREAKFAST

BREAKFAST Yogurt parfait.

LUNCH Pizza OR yogurt & bread, corn, 3bean salad, veggies, fruit and milk.

LUNCH Chicken a la king, whole-wheat biscuits, peas, salad, peaches.

LUNCH Baked chicken, baked beans, salad OR meat loaf, mashed potatoes, corn, mandarin oranges.

LUNCH Fiesta Mexican lasagna, salad OR bean and bacon soup, PBJ, applesauce with graham crackers.

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Pancakes.

LUNCH Salisbury steak, bun OR PBJ Uncrustable, mixed vegetables, veggies, fruit and milk.

LUNCH Sloppy joes, bun, sweet potato wedges, mixed veggies, fruit cocktail.

LUNCH Pizza with whole-wheat cooked spinach, fresh fruit.

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Majority of schools offering 4K

by Kristen Durst Wisconsin Public Radio STATEWIDE – An overwhelming majority of Wisconsin public school districts are now offering 4-year-old kindergarten.

The Department of Public Instruction reports that 90 percent, 375 school districts, in the current school year are offering 4K. DPI says nearly 47,000 children are currently enrolled.

John Johnson is a spokesman at DPI. He says research shows that early learning provides benefits that last a

lifetime.

“Students perform better in school, students are less likely to need special education services, students who experience 4-year-old kindergarten and quality early learning have lower retention rates, are more likely to graduate from high school and the return on the investment really does make, we think, good economic sense.”

The number of school districts in Wisconsin offering 4K has roughly doubled in the last 10 years.

Governor’s business plan contest open MADISON - The 10th-annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is accepting entries online for the 2013 competition until 5 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 31.

The contest is designed to help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into business plans, to prepare them to launch a company, to get feedback from mentors and to interact with investors and other professionals. Finalists will share in more than $100,000 in cash and in-kind prizes.

For their initial entries, contestants will submit 250word idea abstracts online at govsbizplancontest.com.

That’s where contestants will also find business plan

templates and other information, such as the Entrepreneurs Toolkit. The toolkit provides business startup information and assistance, networking contacts and technical resources.

Wisconsin residents 18 years old and older are eligible, as are teams from Wisconsin-based businesses and organizations.

Past finalists have launched companies that have attracted tens of millions of dollars in grants.

To enter, become a judge or a sponsor, visit govsbizplancontest.com. - submitted

Walker wants more rural high-speed access

by Maureen McCollum Wisconsin Public Radio MADISON - Gov. Scott Walker says he wants to expand access to high-speed Internet across Wisconsin’s rural areas.

There are still pockets around western and northern Wisconsin where residents do not have access to highspeed Internet. In the areas that do, many customers only have one or two providers to choose from.

At a recent stop in La Crosse, Walker said this is a concern, especially for businesses. “In a global economy, that’s an imperative. Whether ... it’s a start-up business, that literally someone starts out of their garage, it could be in almost any technology, any industry possible. If we want to compete globally, we’ve got to have any entrepreneur, any business operator in the state: We’ve got to work on ways to provide access to that.”

Walker says they’ll focus on broadband expansion in the state budget, which is being released next month. Repeated requests for more information from the governor’s office went unanswered.

Public Service Commission of Wisconsin broadband director Tithi Chattopodhyay says smaller populations and topography can play a role in preventing companies from putting in fiber-optic cables or wireless Internet. “If you move up north where there are forests and so on, it’s

Gov. Scott Walker says he wants to expand access to high-speed Internet across Wisconsin’s rural areas. - Photo courtesy Craig Rodway/Flickr hard to make a business for putting in the fiber there.”

The PSC will soon send out surveys to learn more about broadband needs across the state.

Walker’s office returned a $23 million federal stimulus grant in 2011 that would have expanded broadband in schools, government agencies and libraries in rural areas.

The administration reportedly felt there were too many contractual strings attached.

Former Walker aide sent to prison MILWAUKEE COUNTY – A former top aide to Gov. Scott Walker was taken out of a courtroom in handcuffs Tuesday, Jan. 22, after being sentenced to two years in prison. It’s the latest development in the Milwaukee “John Doe” probe — the sentencing of longtime Republican activist Tim Russell.

Russell was the No. 3 person in Walker’s office in 2010, when now-governor Walker was Milwaukee County executive. Russell recently pleaded guilty to stealing about $20,000 from a veterans group that Walker had chosen Russell to lead. At Russell’s sentencing, he asked circuit Judge David Hansher to only order probation. Russell tearfully said he’ll never put the case behind him. “I will need to work actively for the rest of my life to try to rebuild the trust that others once had in me, both friends and family. I can and will take responsibility and deal with the wounds that I have caused to myself, but I will have to live the rest of my life trying to make up for the

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wounds I have caused to others.”

Hansher says he doesn’t think Russell is sorry about what he did. “Based upon the statements in a pre-sentence report, and what you have said today, that there’s absolutely no true regret, remorse or repentence. I find that you don’t even have any shame.”

Hansher says Russell used some of the stolen funds for expensive vacations or political purposes. Those purposes included visiting the campaign headquarters of GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain, and paying off debts for registering Web sites for Walker’s 2010 campaign for governor.

Hansher sentenced Russell to the two years in prison prosecutors had urged for him. The judge went beyond a prosecution recommendation and put Russell on probation for five years, to try to make sure the veterans group is fully paid back.

Marjorie M. Olsen

Marjorie M. Olsen, 86, resident of Clam Falls, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, at Cumberland Healthcare.

Memorial services will be held at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, north Luck, on Monday, Jan. 28, at 11 a.m., with visitation one hour prior.

Online condolences may be left at rowefh.com or wicremationcenter.com. Please continue to check these Web sites for updated information or call Bruce Rowe at 715-327-4475.

Rowe Funeral Home of Frederic and the Northwest Wisconsin Cremation Center in Milltown have been entrusted with funeral arrangements.

OBITUARIES Kenneth Sorensen Kenneth Edward Sorensen, 72, of Hudson, died peacefully while surrounded by family on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in St. Croix Falls, to his Danish parents, Edward and Nina Sorensen. Raised on their farm, Ken developed a passion for hobby farming and was blessed to have his own farm just south of Hudson. Ken went to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls where he earned his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in diversified education. He subsequently taught in the Stillwater School District for 34 years where he met his wife, Joan. They were united in marriage on Dec. 18, 1965, at Messiah Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minn. Their marriage was blessed with three children.

It was common for Ken to run into former students and their families during his retirement years, and they always commented on how much they enjoyed having him as their teacher. Ken was loved by all who knew him. He was gracious, kind and enjoyed spending time with friends and family. In addition to his passion for hobby farming, he enjoyed woodworking, fishing, boating, deer hunting, sports and travel. He used his love of woodworking to help family and friends finish basements and make furniture. Ken touched many lives and will be dearly missed.

Ken is survived by his loving wife of 47 years, Joan Sorensen; dear sister, Kathryn Sorensen; his children, Matt (Lisa), Dan (Darcie), and Jennifer (Kirk) Holt; grandchildren, Megan, Emily, Ryan, Wyatt and David; and many other extended family members. Ken was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Nina Sorensen; and inlaws, Russell and Lillian Johnson.

Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 21, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Hudson, with Pastor John Lestock officiating. Interment took place at Willow River Cemetery in Hudson. Pall bearers were Bob Jacobson, Ralph Swenson, Terry Felland, Bill Dahlin, Bernie Anderson and Jim Muckerheide. Honorary pallbearers were Ken’s District 834 colleagues. Memorials are preferred to Bethel Lutheran Church and the American Cancer Society/Relay for Life.

Funeral services are entrusted to the O’Connell Family Funeral Home of Hudson, 715-386-3725, oconnellfuneralhomes.com

Lorraine Glunz Lorraine Glunz of Osceola died Saturday, Jan. 19, at Comforts of Home in St. Croix Falls at the age of 89.

Lorraine was born Aug. 2, 1923, in Blue Earth, Minn., to Albert and Dora Nutter. She attended school through the ninth grade at the Trap Rock School.

On Nov. 6, 1943, she married Donald Glunz at the North Valley Church.

Lorraine worked as a cook at St. Croix Hospital for 17 years and then as a housekeeper at Ladd Memorial Hospital in Osceola for another 17 years.

She was only going to work long enough to buy glasses.) Lorraine was a wonderful cook and loved crafts.

Lorraine was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Donald; son, Laverne; and sister Lucille. She is survived by her daughters, Elsie (James) Leisch of Osceola, Connie (Charles) Vogt of Janesville and Judy (Rodney) Wilcox of Wyoming, Minn.; eight grandchildren, Peggy Leisch, Dale Leisch, Jodi (Vogt) Sager, Jay Vogt, Jeremy Vogt, Tammy (Becker) Stevens, Larry Becker, Judy Mae (Becker) Schaffer, Kim (Wilcox) Dally, Stephanie (Wilcox) Simmons and Tammy (Wilcox) Schults; 21 great-grandchildren, Kelly, Sherry, Katie, Jonny, Kassandra, Kirsten, Jamie, Ryan, Tori, Aubri, Natalie, Charlie, Sam, Emily, Kyle, Kaila, Erik, Christopher, Courtney, Savannah, Parker, Ryley, Payton, Emma, Mckenzie and Kori; six great-great-grandchildren, Braxton, Addison, Brian, Scott, Kendra and Raymond.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Jan. 22, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Osceola, and officiated by the Rev. Mark Kock. Interment was in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery in Centuria.

Grandstrand Funeral Home was entrusted with arrangements.

Frederick G. Tjarks Frederick G. Tjarks, 96, of Breckenridge, Colo., formerly of Webster, died Jan. 18, 2013. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Online condolences can be made at swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

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Winifred G. Leifgren Winifred G. Leifgren, 97, River Falls and formerly of Frederic, died on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at Comforts of Home in River Falls.

Winifred was born the daughter of Oscar and Elizabeth (Zugschwerdt) Harris on May 19, 1915, in Mora, Minn. She grew up in Mora and was a graduate of Mora High School. She attended teachers college, and taught country school in rural Mora and Ogilvie, Minn.

On July 2, 1938, she married Leonard A. Leifgren. Winifred continued to teach until their first child, then she stayed at home and raised their family. Leonard’s career took the family to a number of small towns in Minnesota and Wisconsin, eventually winding up in Frederic, where Leonard was the president of the Farmers State Bank. Winifred was always an active member in the churches that they belonged to. She enjoyed gardening, teaching, traveling and spending time her family. She was a wife, mother and grandmother first, always treating others with kindness and compassion. Winifred was a strong, self-sufficient woman who taught her children to get a good education and be able to stand on their own two feet.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Oscar and Elizabeth Harris; husband, Leonard Leifgren; and siblings, Hilmer Harris, Orville Harris, Mabel Hinrichs and Martin Harris.

Winifred is survived by her children, Joyce Young and Marilyn (Dan Dutton) Leifgren; grandchildren, Matthew (Cate Heaven) Young, Kenneth (Lisa) Dutton and Yunge Dutton; great-grandchildren, Natalie Dutton and Hallie Dutton; sister, Ruth Jones; and many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

A funeral service was held on Sunday, Jan. 20, at the Bakken-Young Funeral Home in River Falls. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Leonard and Winifred Leifgren Scholarship at Augsburg College.

The Bakken-Young Funeral & Cremation Services of River Falls was entrusted with arrangements.

Ardus D. Tamlyn Ardus D. Tamlyn, 77, a resident of Danbury, died Jan. 12, 2013.

Ardus was born in Duluth, Minn., on Aug. 9, 1935, the daughter of Alfred and Elizabeth Sorensen. She graduated from Duluth Central in 1953. On Dec. 12, 1953, she married Walter Thomas Tamlyn, and to this union three children were born.

Ardus enjoyed being outdoors tending to her wildlife and her gardening.

She was active with a variety of church activities, enjoyed knitting, cross stitching and reading.

Her most favorite pasttime was spending time with her family.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter in 1993; and her parents, Alfred and Elizabeth.

She is survived by her children Sharon (Steven) Goff, Timothy (Malinda) Tamlyn and Ellen (Jeffrey) Smith; her grandchildren, Peter, Jacquelyne, Heather, Brendon, Chad and Trevor; her great-grandchildren, Hunter, Thomas, Zavior, Elijah and Isaiah; stepgrandchild, Devyn; along with other relatives and friends.

Funeral service were held on Friday, Jan. 18, at the New Hope Lutheran Church, Grantsburg, with Pastor Emory Johnson officiating. Music was provided by Sue Olson.

Interment was held at the Cemetery of the Resurrection in Excelsior, Minn. Pallbearers were Jeffrey Smith, Trevor Smith, Chad Smith, Brendon Smith, Hunter Green, Peter Goff and Steven Goff. Online condolences can be made at swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Grantsburg, was entrusted with arrangements.

Beverly A. Ellis Beverly A. Ellis, 69, of Amery, formerly of Dresser, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at Golden Age Manor.

Bev was born July 27, 1943, in Nye to George and Lorraine McKnite. She graduated from Osceola High School in 1961. On Feb. 14, 1975, she married Edmund Ellis at St. Peters Lutheran Church in Dresser.

After her marriage she was a homemaker. In her free time, Bev enjoyed gardening, sewing, quilting, crossword puzzles, listening to the radio and the outdoors in general.

Bev was preceded in death by her parents, George and Lorraine McKnite; and husband, Edmund.

She is survived by her daughter, George Ann (Charles) West of St. Croix Falls; son, Mike (Linsey) of Cushing; and granddaughter, Stephanie Ellis.

Memorial services were Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Peace Lutheran Church in Dresser. Spring interment will be in Peace Lutheran Cemetery.

The Grandstrand Funeral Home, Osceola, www.grandstrandfh.com, was entrusted with arrangements.

OBITUARIES V. Bruce Shattuck

Daniel (Danny) Ervin Schaar

V. Bruce Shattuck, 93, resident of Frederic, died peacefully Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at his home surrounded by his family.

Bruce Shattuck was born on May 14, 1919, to Mable Helander and Louis Shattuck in Blue River. Bruce grew up in Clinton where he graduated from Clinton High School. He attended college at Whitewater State College where he earned his degree in education and was an outstanding athlete competing on the football, track and basketball teams. His many athletic accomplishments and awards ultimately led to the honor of being inducted into the UWWhitewater Hall of Fame in 1999. He came to Frederic to teach math and science in 1941. Bruce enlisted in the service in 1942 with the 8th Army-Air Force and served at an air base near London in the WWII European conflict until its end in 1945. He married Marion Korbel in 1946, who had also attended Whitewater. Bruce brought his young bride back to Frederic to make that their home forever.

Bruce loved teaching and taught for the Frederic Schools until 1982 when he took his retirement from teaching science, math and coaching basketball, baseball, football and track and field. Through his teaching and coaching, Bruce touched the lives of hundreds (actually thousands) of students, and always sought, by his example and words, to teach important life-lessons as well as the subject matter.

Bruce and Marion, with their two sons, Jim and Jerry, enjoyed traveling, fishing, hunting, camping and playing sports to the max. The backyard was a gathering place of neighborhood kids. Goalposts in the fall gave way to hockey on the pond, and the spring saw the swing set converted into a whiffle-ball backstop. The driveway was always painted with a free-throw lane, and the garage sported the famed “peewee bucket.” Bruce was not just a coach on the field and court, but a model for young people, where respect and sportsmanship were paramount in all the games played under his guidance.

Bruce was very active his entire life, playing town-team sports, bicycling (until his 80s). In addition, he also started cross-country skiing at the age of 60, and completed 15 Korteloppets (17-mile race). Bruce was wellknown for inventing an uncountable number of games and activities for all the children of friends and family.

Bruce was preceded in death by his parents and his older brother, William Richard.

He is survived by his wife, Marion Alice Shattuck; his two sons, Jim (Kathy) of Trego and Jerry (Bonnie) of Middleton; six grandchildren, Alexia (Jamin) Miles of Brookfield, Thomas Shattuck of Denver, Colo., Michael Shattuck of Madison, Kelly (Brad) Meinholz of Middleton, Dawn (Bill) Young of Oregon and Jennifer (Mike) Grudzinski of Mt. Horeb; seven great-grandchildren, Henry, Alex, Isabel, Luca, Christopher, Olivia and Sydney. If you wish to express your feelings with some type of gift, donations could be made to the Spooner Regional Hospice at 819 Ash St., Spooner, WI 54801 or a gift could be made to the family directly.

A memorial gathering for friends and family will be held at Bean’s Country Griddle, 101 Oak St. East, in Frederic on Saturday, Jan. 26, from 4 – 6 p.m. Bruce’s ashes will be interred at the Spooner Veterans Memorial Cemetery in the late spring with the date to be determined.

Online condolences may be left at rowefh.com or wicremationcenter.com. Please continue to check these Web sites for updated information or call Bruce Rowe at 715-327-4475. Rowe Funeral Home of Frederic and the Northwest Wisconsin Cremation Center in Milltown have been entrusted with funeral arrangements.

Daniel (Danny) Ervin Schaar, 74, of Frederic, Town of Lorraine, passed away Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at his home.

He was born June 3, 1938, in Hastings, Minn., to Ervin and Georgie (Todd) Schaar. Danny graduated from Frederic High School in 1958.

He married Shirley Wilda on May 7, 1960. They made their home by Lorain and later moved to the family farm where they raised their three children, Suzanne, Terri and Darrell.

Danny enjoyed being outdoors, fishing with his best buddies, Larry and Wolfe, whom he would outfish, any day of the week. He also enjoyed fishing and hunting with Lauren, Russ, Craig and Darrell.

He enjoyed feeding his birds and pigs. He also fixed lawn mowers and tractors, but most of all loved playing and teasing his grandkids and great-grandkids.

Danny was preceded in death by his parents, Ervin and Georgie Schaar, and infant brother, George.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Shirley; children, Suzanne (Lauren) Reed of Prescott, Terri (Russ) Erickson of Frederic; and Darrell Schaar of Frederic; grandchildren, Sarah, Leahanne, Samantha, Sydney and Elizabeth; and stepgrandchildren, Erica, Missy, Beckie and Steven; great-grandchildren, Livia, Autumn, Aubri, Kenna and Levin; his sister, Reta (Roy) Moe; along with his cousins, nieces, nephews and many friends.

A family memorial service will be held in the spring.

Online condolences may be left at rowefh.com or wicremationcenter.com . Please continue to check these Web sites for updated information or call Bruce Rowe at 715327-4475.

Rowe Funeral Home of Frederic and the Northwest Wisconsin Cremation Center in Milltown have been entrusted with funeral arrangements.

Thank You I wish to express my sincerest thank-you to everyone involved in the recent loss of my Grandson, Tyson Lowe. It is a terrible loss for me, as I raised him since he was 2 months old. I want to thank all the community members, family members, friends and relatives. I especially want to thank Mitch Fowler for giving Tyson CPR until the ambulance arrived and for being there for Tyson and assisting with all the needed duties during this sad loss; thank you to all the people who prepared food for the feasts; thank you to the Apple River Church ladies for the hotdishes and cakes; another special thankyou to Karen Schramski for food, love, hugs and being my support system through this ordeal. Bless her heart for caring; a big thank-you for all the beautiful plants, flowers, cards, hugs and handshakes; thank you to the church for all their prayers for Tyson and our family and Tiffany’s family; thank you also to Mr. Tom Kolstad for the funeral arrangements and the St. Croix Casino for food, coffee, pop and water. I want to give a special thank-you to Tiffany Rose, Tyson’s girlfriend, for helping with his home dialysis, being a wonderful friend, nurse and loving support throughout the past year dealing with this; thank you to the Rose family for being there for us and helping out with details and being at the feasts. We all loved Tyson and we all need to heal and get over this terrible loss. Thank you to Tom Saros and Lee Staples for taking care of the funeral ceremony. Thank you so much for all who cared.

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Donna Mae Burke Donna Mae Burke, 81, died Jan.14, 2013.

Donna was born on Nov. 8, 1931, in Foston, Minn., to George and Arlenne (Gustafson) Kush. She was married to Donald Hokanson in 1946, to this union six children were born. She later met and married the love of her life, Robert W. Burke. They were married in 1971 and lived in Gordon until Bob’s death in December of 2000.

Donna moved from her home in Gordon to the Terraceview Living Center in Shell Lake in April 2012. She loved arts and crafts, bead work and flowers. In her younger days she loved bowling and berry picking.

Donna was preceded in death by her parents; beloved husband, Bob; and her son, Ron Hokanson.

She is survived by her daughter, Julie (Tony) Finch; and her grandson, T.J. Finch; along with other relatives and friends.

A memorial service will be held at later date. Online condolences can be made at scalzo-taylor.com or sent to Julie at P.O. Box 436 Minong, WI 54859. The Taylor Family Funeral Home, Spooner, was entrusted with arrangements.

Beatrice E. Johnson Beatrice E. Johnson, St. Croix Falls, formerly of Falun, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2013.

She was born Feb. 13, 1918.

Visitation will be held Friday, Jan. 25, 5 – 8 p.m., at the Edling Funeral Home in Grantsburg. Funeral service will be held Saturday, Jan. 26, 11 a.m., at Trinity Lutheran Church, Falun.

A full obituary will be published at a later date.

The Edling Funeral Home, Grantsburg, was entrusted with arrangements.

THANK YOU

Thank you to all employees and volunteers with Regional Hospice. You made the last months of my husband’s life bearable and he was able to stay at home with me until his death on December 30, 2012.

I appreciate all of your hard work and dedication to the terminally ill. You are wonderful and made such a difference in our lives.

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I want to thank all of the First Responders and all other emergency response personnel who responded on December 30, 2012, to my home in Frederic.

They did everything they could to try to save my husband’s life. You have my heartfelt gratitude for everything you did that day.

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than on her spouse.

Our relationship with God can be susceptible to lopsided love, too. The Bible tells us about the lopsided love relationship of God’s own people, the Israelites, who continually complained and remained faithless. Old Testament prophets warned them about the error of forgetting God’s love. When the people questioned the reality of their sin and God’s faithfulness, it affected their attitudes, their home life and their worship. Their sacraments no longer remained sacred. Their hearts became hardened.

The people suffered at enemy hands because of their sin and then pleaded with God for help. God in his merciful love delivered them and restored them

perspectives Sally Bair

Lopsided love We witness lopsided love relationships everywhere. Not all married couples, for instance, love each other with the same depth. A wife may feel neglected when her husband spends more time with his friends than with her. A husband may lose respect for his wife because she overspends, or perhaps remains more dependent on her mother

Teens browse Internet on devices with no filtering software Q: We are the parents of two teens and we have Internet filters for our home computers. My concern is that our teenagers are now using iPods to access the Internet. Is there anything we can do to protect them from the things they should not be accessing on these types of devices?

Jim: With technology advancing so rapidly, it’s tough to keep tabs on your kids’ online activity. And you’re right – most kids consume online content through their mobile devices now. The idea of using the home computer to go online is so 2005!

Focus on the Family has partnered with Net Nanny to provide Internet filtering options for parents. In addition to offering filtering software for Windows and Mac users, Net Nanny offers filtering software for Android devices, including the Kindle Fire. Filtering software for iOS devices, such as the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, etc., is currently in development, as well. For more information, go to focusonthefamily.com/netnanny. You can also find additional information on our Family Safety Resources page at focusonthefamily.com/safety. Best wishes to you as you endeavor to keep your kids safe on the digital frontier!

Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Juli Slattery

••• Q: We just found out that our 10-yearold daughter has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. She started taking medication after being evaluated by her doctor. I have noticed she is more focused on her work and is doing better in school, but her attitude is more negative and she isn’t as happy as before.

How can we help her have a more positive attitude and be happier?

Leon Wirth, executive director of Parenting and Youth: It’s possible that her mood swings are the result of the medication. If the behavior continues, you should consult with your doctor and ask whether your daughter’s prescription might be the issue and what the best course of action would be.

There are also some practical steps you can take to help your daughter deal with the emotional challenges of her ADHD. Here are a few, adapted from Dr. Domeena C. Renshaw’s book “The Hyperactive Child”: • Be consistent in rules and discipline.

• Keep your own voice quiet and slow.

Anger is normal. Anger can be con-

countless times. God forgave even David, his chosen leader, of adultery and murder. And Jesus forgave the thief on the cross. He still forgives the sins of any who ask. In spite of our selfish desires, he continues to draw us back to him, to embrace us with his love.

As much as God loves us, as much as we can count on his perfect, unconditional love, he requires our love in return. “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind ….” (Matthew 22:37).

God doesn’t want a lopsided love relationship with us. Like married couples deeply in love, we can nurture our love for God. We can choose to enjoy his presence and Word, and really listen to

him. We can obey him by being respectful and self-sacrificing not only to honor him but to help others. We can offer him our time, honor, joy, and love.

Perhaps all of us, married or not, should heed Paul’s words from 1 Corinthians 13:4-7: “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”

Lord, help us to love you always and completely. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Mrs. Bair may be reached at sallybair@gmail.com.

trolled. Anger does not mean you do not love your child.

• Try to keep your emotions cool by bracing for expected turmoil. Recognize and respond to any positive behavior, however small.

• Avoid using ceaselessly negative words like “stop,” “don’t” and “no.”

• Do one thing at a time. Multiple stimuli will prevent her from focusing on her primary task.

• If angry outbursts are a problem, learn to read her pre-explosive warning signals. Quietly intervene to avoid explosions by distracting her or discussing the conflict calmly.

• Share your successful tips with her teacher. Strategies for helping your hyperactive child are as important to her as diet and insulin are to a diabetic child.

As you have undoubtedly discovered, successful management of ADHD involves a range of options. So first and foremost, after the diagnosis, you must have education. People living with ADHD are usually greatly relieved to learn that they have an identifiable, treatable condition. They are gratified (as are their parents) to learn that they’ve done nothing wrong. This condition is not caused; you are born with it. It’s part of your design and makeup.

For additional guidance, you may want to contact Children and Adults With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, or CHADD, chadd.org, an or-

ganization that provides a wealth of evidence-based and trustworthy information for families in your situation. Also, you may want to look for two books: “The Hyperactive Child” by Renshaw (mentioned above) and “Why A.D.H.D. Doesn’t Mean Disaster” by Dennis Swanberg, Diane Passno and Walter L. Larimore, M.D. (Both are out of print, but should be easily found on the secondary market.)

••• Jim Daly is president of Focus on the Family, host of the “Focus on the Family” radio program, and a husband and father of two.

Dr. Juli Slattery is a licensed psychologist, cohost of “Focus on the Family,” author of several books, and a wife and mother of three.

Submit your questions to: FocusOnTheFamily.com. Copyright 2012 Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, CO 80995.

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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - FREDERIC 605 Benson Road; Pastor Curtis Denney Sat. Worship 11 a.m.; Sabbath Schl. 9:30 a.m.

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY 1259 Hwy. 35 S., St. Croix Falls Senior Pastor Gary Russell Sunday Worship: 9 & 11 a.m.

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH Meeting in homes.

Elder: Cliff Bjork, 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.

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. Pastor Paul Peterson, Cell # 715-566-3758 Pastoral Serv. 715-349-5280 Sun. Worship - 8:30 a.m,; Sun. School 9:45 a.m.

BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws Pastor Peter Rimmereid, 715-755-2562 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Sun. Contemporary Service 8:30 a.m.; Education Hr. 9:40 a.m.; 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, 9 a.m. Adult Bible Study; 10:30 a.m. Worship; 11:30 a.m. Fellowship 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. christlutheranpipelake.com

CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC) Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt, 218-371-1335 715-327-4461 Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Communion 1st Sun.

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 Mark Hendrickson, Interim Pastor, 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.; Contemporary Worship - 11 a.m.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN Pastors Mel Rau & Maggie Isaacson 113 W. Main St.. W., 715-825-2453 10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship

NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH Pastor Emory Johnson, 715-463-5700 newhopelutheranchurch.org 685 W. State Road 70, Grantsburg Sun. Wor. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “G” Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.; Wednesday Worship 6:30 p.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

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PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA) Pastor Paul Peterson 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sun. Worship - 10:30 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org

REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN (Wisconsin Synod) Pastor Gene DeVries 200 N. Adams St., St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School - 8:30 a.m.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod) 350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Worship - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LCMC 1614 CTH B, North Luck, Pastor Rob Lubben Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

Contact Leslie Valentine, 715-646-2390; E-mail: leslie56@centurytel.net

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN (Missouri Synod) 140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA 10 mi. W. of Cumberland on Hwy. 48 (McKinley) Pastor Neal Weltzin GT Office 715-857-5580, Parsonage 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st Sunday

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN Hwy. 70 East, 715-689-2271, Pastor: Carl Heidel Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Communion -Every Sunday

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA 300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sun. Wor. 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 Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

Fellowship 11 a.m.

WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - ELCA

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN 1/2 mi. W. of Hwy. 35 on U, 715-866-8281, Pastors Douglas Olson, Roger Kampstra, Myron Carlson and Danny Wheeler Services begin at 9:30 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (LCMC)

877 190th Ave., CTH G, Balsam Lake, WI (Fox Creek) Pastor Neal Weltzen; GT Office - 715-857-5580, Parsonage - 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wor. Serv. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sun. of each month

5 miles E. of Frederic on W, 2 miles south on I; Church: 715-472-8660 Pastor Mike Fisk, 715-417-0692 Sunday Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Wor. 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st Sunday

GRACE LUTHERAN - WEST SWEDEN

ZION LUTHERAN - EAST FARMINGTON (WELS )

(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 Pastor Bill Schroeder Sun. Worship 10 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.

LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING Pastor Dorothy Sandahl, cushingparish.org Sun. Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:30 a.m.

LUCK LUTHERAN Pastor Ralph Thompson - 715-472-8424; 510 Foster Ave. E.; Office 715-472-2605; www.lucklutheran.org (Sept.-May) Sun. Wor. 8 & 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.

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.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

LIVING HOPE CHURCH

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Worship - 9 a.m.; Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

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)

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.

DANBURY UNITED METHODIST

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST GRANTSBURG

Rev. Gil White, Sr. Pastor Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor; 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER Rev. Gil White, Sr. Pastor, Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor; 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Jack Starr Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour

2355 Clark Road, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2515 plcdresser.org Pastor Wayne Deloach, Intern Andrea Fluegel Sun. Wor. 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.

ELCA - 501 Hwy. 35, 715-646-2357, Mel Rau, Pastor Sun. Worship & Holy Communion - 9 a.m.;

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG

Pastor Father Frank Wampach, 651-465-7345 25293 Redwing Ave., Shafer, MN Sunday 9 a.m.

PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA)

FRISTAD LUTHERAN - CENTURIA

Phone 715-327-4340, 715-416-3086, 715-327-8384 Pastor Theresa Riewestahl Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

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Pastor Dorothy Sandahl, cushingparish.org 715-648-5323 or 715-648-5324 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.

GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA

METHODIST

Pastor Gerald Heinecke Church Phone 715-866-7191 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10:30 a.m.

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Rev. Rexford D. Brandt 447 180th St., Osceola, 715-294-2936 Sept. 16, 2012 - June 2, 2013 Sun. Wor. 8 & 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m.; Communion first & third Sunday of the month

FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING

METHODIST

Pastor Martin Weigand - 715-294-3489 Sunday Wor. 8 & 10 a.m.; Thursday Wor. 7 p.m.

Communion - 1st & Last Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE Pastor Tim Faust Worship - 11 a.m.; Sunday School - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE Pastor Theresa Riewestahl 715-327-8384, 715-416-3086 Fellowship - 10:30 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

PRESBYTERIAN

LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST Rev. Gil White, Sr. Pastor Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Worship 11 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m.

Potluck dinner 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST www.osceolawiumc.org; oumc@centurytel.net 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor Mark Gilbert Sunday Early Risers Class - 8:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st Sunday

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m.

Sunday School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC 100 Linden Street, Frederic Pastor “Freddie” Kirk, 715-327-4436 Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

SIREN UNITED METHODIST Rev. Gil White, Sr. Pastor Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Wor. - 10:15 a.m.

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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

COVENANT

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA Pastor Scott Sagle, 715-689-2541 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Worship 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome

SIREN COVENANT 7686 Lofty Pines Drive, Siren, 715-349-5601 Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

UNITED COVENANT - CLEAR LAKE Pastor Dan Pearson Sunday School 8:45 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.

CATHOLIC

CATHOLIC

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Rev. William Brenna, 715-247-3310 255 St. Hwy. 35, East Farmington Mass Sunday 8:30 a.m.

CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH Pastor - Father Frank Wampach 490 Bench St., Taylors Falls, 651-465-7345 Sat. Vigil 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:30 & 10:30 a.m.

Tues. - Thurs. 7:30 a.m.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP 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.

OUR LADY OF THE LAKES 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.

SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY 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.

ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-327-8119 Mass: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m.

Call the office for daily & holy day Mass times

PRESBYTERIAN

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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-327-8119 Mass: Sun. 8:30 a.m.

Rev. Bruce Brooks - 715-483-3550 719 Nevada St. , (between Simonson & Tower Roads) , St. Croix Falls Worship - 10 a.m. (Nursery provided) Sunday School - Child.- 9 a.m.; Sunday School - Adults - 8:45 a.m.; Communion 1st Sunday

ST. ANNE PARISH Rev. Andy Anderson, 715-247-3310 139 Church Hill Rd., Somerset Mass Sat. 5 p.m.; Sun. 8 a.m. & 10 a.m.; Tues., Wed., Thurs. & Fri. 9 a.m.

1050 North Keller Ave., Amery, 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 10:30 a.m.

Mass Wed. & Thurs. 9 a.m.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC Rev. William Brenna 255 E. 10th Ave., Osceola, 715-294-2243 Masses: Sat. 4 p.m.; Sun. 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.; tradelakebaptistchurch.org

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER

CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD

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.

Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m.

WESLEYAN

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH

WOODLAND WESLEYAN

ASSEMBLY

ASSEMBLY

WESLEYAN

Pastor Larry Mederich, 715-294-4332 occconnect.org Mtg. @ St. Croix Art Barn; Sun. Serv. - 9 a.m.

Nursery and children’s church

Dairyland - Rev. Andrea Wittwer 715-244-3649 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD

FULL GOSPEL

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.

WOOD RIVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

EVANGELICAL

FULL GOSPEL

Pastor Dan Slaikeu 4 mi. SE of Grantsburg on Williams Rd. Worship 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

EVANGELICAL

HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET

APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA)

231 Bluff Drive, 715-247-2435 Services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Bruce Tanner, 942 U.S. Hwy. 8, Amery, 715-268-2176 Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m.

CROSSWALK COMMUNITY CHURCH Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W, Frederic Sunday School - 9 a.m.; Morning Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services

HOPE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH Pastor Dave Williams 933 248th St., Osceola Morn. Wor. 10 a.m.; Sun. School Sept.-May 8:45 a.m.

Children’s Church & Nursery provided

TRADE RIVER EVANGELICAL 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. 1816 108th St., CTH I Pastor Gabe Brennan, 715-857-5411 eastbalsam.org Wor. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun. School-10:30 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

CHRISTIAN CENTER

CHRISTIAN CENTER

EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER 1751 100th Ave., Dresser Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Morning Wor. 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 Sat. Vespers - 5 p.m.; Sun. Liturgy - 9:30 a.m.

HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church, 28005 Old Towne Rd., Chisago City, MN; holyx.net 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 Serv. 9 a.m.; Services: Sun. 10 a.m.; Sunday School during church service.

Hwy. 35 and CTH N., Luck Bill McEachern Pastor, 715-485-3973 Sun. Bible study - 9 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10 a.m.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

FIRST BAPTIST - AMERY

CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN CHURCH

NONDENOMINATIONAL

131 Broadway St., 715-268-2223; 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 Sun. Serv.: 9 a.m.; All ages Sun. Schl. 10:30 11:30 a.m.; Nursery available

2390 CTH A, 1/8 mi. east of A&H intersection Pastor Tryg Wistad, 715-635-9222 crossroadschurch@gmail.com Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

715-689-2125 or 715-689-2156 Brian Krause, Lead Pastor Steve Ward, Assoc. Pastor of Visitation Tim Lindau, Youth Director Sun. School (all ages) 9:30 a.m.; Church Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided

FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Sunday Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN 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.

FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER Church Phone 715-866-4111 Pastor Tim Quinn Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 10:45 a.m (Nursery provided)

GRACE CHURCH OF OSCEOLA “The Cure for the Common Church” 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.

NEW LIFE COMMUNITY - AMERY Interim Pastor Craig Jorgenson Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Children’s Church: K to 6th Grade 201 Hwy. 35, Dresser (formerly The Boulevard) Pastor Tony Minell, 715-417-1982; Office 715-417-0945 Sunday Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Nursery available.

NEW WINE CHURCH - CENTURIA 309 5th Street, , 715-338-2751 Pastor Scott Petznick Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

NORTHERN PINES QUAKER MEETING 715-866-5016 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting.

ST. CROIX UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP 1st, 2nd & 3rd Sunday, 10 a.m. in the St. Croix Falls Library community room.

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN 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.

ST. PETER’S COMMUNITY CHURCH “Faith on Purpose” (Love God, Love People...period) faithonpurpose.org CTH F, Dresser, 715-483-2911 Pastor’s res./office Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

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She earns excellent grades and takes her schoolwork seriously.

Rachael Poirier has been chosen Frederic High School’s student of the week. She is a junior and the daughter of Myrvin Poirier and Kathy Atkins. She is involved in cross country, track, bell choir and works at Northwoods bakery.

She enjoys shopping, snowmobiling and running. She will attend college and study to be either a personal trainer or a dietician. Her greatest influence in her life is her dad. Rachael works very independently on her schoolwork and projects.

Ciara Wesenberg has been chosen Grantsburg Elementary School’s student of the week.

She is in first grade and the daughter of Clint and Lynette Wesenberg. Ciara is kind, caring and helpful to her classmates.

She works very hard in class and is faithful in doing her homework every night. Ciara’s favorite subject is science. She likes soccer, baseball, football and T-ball. She plays the guitar, keyboard, kazoo and recorder.

LUCK

Alex Vansickle has been chosen Luck Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in fourth grade and is the son of Leigha Vansickle and Randy Schallenberger. He has a positive attitude, always works hard and does his best in all his schoolwork. He loves to read. He also likes to play video games, draw and play chess. His smile and cheery disposition always brighten a room.

Nicole Johnson has been chosen Grantsburg High School’s student of the week. She is a senior and the daughter of Peter Johnson and Becky Fossum. Nicole is an asset to the school and works diligently to make the school a better place. She successfully balances an academic program with a wide range of other activities.

She is involved with senior youth group, working after-school program at GES and 4H. She enjoys reading.

ST. CROIX FALLS

Ben Broten has been chosen Luck Middle School’s student of the week. He is in eighth grade and the son of Adam and Kari Broten. He is involved in choir, confirmation, basketball, football and baseball. He enjoys hunting, fishing and watching TV. His greatest influence in his life is his dad.

Tayler Dow has been chosen Luck High School’s student of the week. She is a junior and the daughter of Jim Dow. She has received an academic letter and is on the honor roll. She is a student who is always cheerful and fun to be around. She baby-sits and is in FCCLA. She is involved in basketball. In her spare time, she enjoys playing basketball and competing in disc dog competitions. Her future plans are to attend college and become a pediatric nurse.

Nevaeh Roberson has been chosen St. Croix Falls Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in kindergarten and the daughter of Ted and Celina Roberson. She has two brothers and four sisters. Nevaeh loves playing with her friends on the sleds during recess. Her favorite thing to do at home is cooking with Mom. Nevaeh would like to be a teacher when she grows up.

Samantha Mackenburg has been chosen St. Croix Falls High School’s student of the week.

She is a freshman and the daughter of Tracy Mackenburg.

She has a younger brother, Josef. Sam enjoys hunting, snowmobiling, canoeing, swimming, ice skating, soccer, reading and hanging out with friends. She is in softball, volleyball and yearbook.

WEBSTER

SIREN

Cordell Fischer has been chosen Siren Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in fifth grade and the son of Len and Cherie Fischer. Cordell takes great pride in his academics and excels in the classroom. His favorite sport is soccer, where he is an outstanding player. He also participates in basketball and loves to golf with his family. He is an outstanding student and a tremendous person.

Madison Oachs has been chosen Grantsburg Middle School’s student of the week. She is in seventh grade and the daughter of Chris and Sandi Oachs. Madison is a delightful student. She has a bright and inquisitive mind.

She is always thinking, observing and analyzing the world. She shows so much enthusiasm for her interests that it’s fun to talk to her. She is not afraid to work hard to get things done. Her favorite class is NewsBlog.

Henry Taylor has been chosen Siren Middle School’s student of the week. He is in eighth grade and the son of Gregory and Normita Taylor.

Henry is a good student. He is involved in band and choir. He enjoys electronics and spending time with family. Henry’s teachers say he is polite and very helpful in class.

Matt Larson has been chosen Siren High School’s student of the week. He is a senior and the son of Rick and Carol Larson. Matt is an outstanding student and a great role model. He is a captain on the WSFLG hockey team, NHS president, student council president and a leader on the track team. His favorite color is blue and he loves warm chocolate chip cookies and milk. He enjoys hunting, fishing, reading and sleeping. After high school, Matt plans on attending college.

Brett Noll has been chosen Webster Elementary School's student of the week. He is the son of Chad and Lona Noll. Brett loves the color orange and says that he loves playing in the block area at school. When he grows up, he wants to be a police officer. He always has a bright smile and tries his hardest at school.

He loves to tell stories about his family and his bunnies.

Jordyn Petruzzi has been chosen Webster Middle School’s student of the week. She is in fifth grade and the daughter of Kimberly and Trevor Thiex. Jordyn is a very responsible student and works very hard in her classes. She always comes to school with a great attitude and is always willing to help others.

When Jordyn is not in school, she enjoys playing basketball, spending time with family and hanging out with her friends.

Emma Olsen has been chosen Webster High School’s student of the week. She is a freshman and the daughter of Matthew and Kathleen Olsen. Emma is a hard worker. She does a lot of work outside of school and has a great attitude. She enjoys school and pushes herself to do well. She is almost always cheerful and can brighten the day. She is involved in band and the school dance line.

She enjoys reading, shopping, skating and skiing.

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Sidney Nyholm has been chosen Unity Elementary School’s student of the week. She is the daughter of Leslie Nyholm. Sidney is a great student and person. She excels in everything that she does. She is a pleasure to have in class and someone who is a positive influence to her classmates. She is extremely helpful to her teacher and the other students in the class.

Cullen Feist has been chosen Unity Middle School’s student of the week. He is in fifth grade and the son of Brenda Weierke and Michael Feist. Cullen has a great attitude and is hardworking. He is positive and makes great choices. He is very responsible and participates in class discussions.

Ashley Ouellette has been chosen Unity High School’s student of the week. She is a junior and the daughter of Carey Heller and Nathan Ouellette. She enjoys playing badminton and reading. Her favorite class is art, especially painting and drawing. She has a great attitude and willingness to help others. After high school, she plans to enter the human sevices field.

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Happenings in the Upper St. Croix Valley communities

Coming events JANUARY

715-653-2271.

Webb Lake

THURSDAY/24

• Men’s Club ice-fishing contest at Oak Ridge Inn, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 715-259-7927.

• Adult grief support group meeting at Holy Trinity Church, 6:30 p.m., 715-483-3363.

• Indoor flea market & bake sale at the senior center, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 715-656-3583.

Centuria

Webster

Grantsburg

MONDAY/4

• First suicide prevention seminar at the high school, 6:30 p.m., 715-463-5165, Ext. 160.

Clear Lake

Milltown

• Compassionate Friends, Tri-County Chapter, grief support in death of a child at First Lutheran, 7 p.m., 715263-2739.

• Author Chris Seaton shares her book at the library, 6 p.m., 715-825-2313.

Siren

Siren

• Ruby’s Pantry at 24534 Hwy. 35/70. Sign-up 1:30 p.m., distribution 2 p.m., $15 donation.

• Homestead tax help at the senior center, 8 a.m.-noon, 715-349-7810.

FRIDAY/25

TUESDAY/5

• Humane society meat raffle at PY’s, 5 p.m., 715-2687387.

• Cardiac support group at the medical center, 1 p.m., 715-268-0291.

Osceola

Amery

Clam Falls

SATURDAY/26

• Coffee hour at Clam Falls Lutheran Church, 9 a.m.

Amery

WEDNESDAY/6

• Scrap-A-Thon at Centennial Hall, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Cushing

Amery

• Suzy Q’s ice-fishing contest on Long Trade (Atlas), 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 715-648-5223.

• Early-stage Alzheimer’s support group at the senior center, 10 a.m., 715-268-6605.

Danbury

Frederic

• Lions & Masons ice-fishing contest on Burlingame Lake, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

• Blood pressure screening at Bremer Bank, 9 a.m.1 p.m.

Frederic

• Winter Fun Day, fredericwi.com. Breakfast at Pilgrim, 8-11 a.m. Garage sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at elem. school. Ice golf, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. & fishing contest, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Register 9 a.m. at Coon Lake. Vintage snowmobiles at the depot, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 715-327-4158.

Grantsburg

• Candlelight Night at Crex, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 715-4632739, crexmeadows.org.

• Learn to lay tile at the Habitat project. Call 715-483-2700 to sign up. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Osceola

• Rod & gun club rabbit hunt. Register Fri. 5-9 p.m., 715755-2640.

• “How healthy are we?” meeting at the medical center, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 715-485-8834.

St. Croix Falls

• Colleen Raye performs at Festival Theatre, 7:30 p.m., 715-483-3387, festivaltheatre.org.

• Farm, Feral & Spay fundraising dinner at the senior center, 4:30-6:30 p.m., 715-501-8488.

Taylors Falls, Minn.

• Folsom After Dark tour of the Folsom House, 7 p.m., 651-465-3125.

Webb Lake

• Sam Smith ice-fishing contest.

Webster

• Potluck at the senior center. Setup at 11:30 a.m., lunch at noon, games to follow, 715-656-3583.

Wolf Creek

• Benefit for Lee Running at Wolf Creek Bar, 3 p.m.-?, 715-483-9255.

Luck

The subzero temperatures this week created this frosty scene near Frederic. - Photo submitted • Cub Scout Youth Fishing Fun Day on Big Doctor Lake, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-349-7671.

WED. & THURS./30 & 31

MON. & TUES./28 & 29

• Child Development Days at the elem. school. Wed. 21/2- to 3-year-olds. Thurs. 4-year-olds (before Sept. 1), 715-294-3457.

St. Croix Falls

• Auditions for Festival Theatre Youth and Family Theatre Series production of “James and the Giant Peach.” Registration required, 715-483-3387.

• Adoption support group, Unity High School band room, 7:15 p.m.

• Polk County Genealogy Society meeting at the medical center, 12:45-3:30 p.m.

• 6-week Farming for Profit starts at the village hall, 6:309 p.m., 800-528-1914.

THURSDAY/31

Balsam Lake Luck

St. Croix Falls

• Pajama After Hours at the library, stcroixfallslibrary.org, 6-7 p.m.

• “How healthy are we?” meeting at the medical center, 5:30-7 p.m., 715-485-8834.

TUESDAY/29 Almena

• Catfish feed at Vets Club, 4-9 p.m., 715-357-3558.

Balsam Lake

• St. Joseph Church’s ice-fishing contest, dinner & raffle, etc., North Twin Lake & the church, stjosephamery.org.

• Alzheimer’s support group at the medical center, 1-3 p.m., 715-483-0431.

Osceola

Amery

MONDAY/28

SUNDAY/27 • Walk For Life at St. Joseph Church, 4:30 p.m., 715-7552229.

WEDNESDAY/30

• “How healthy are we?” meeting at the medical center, 7:30-9 a.m., 715-485-8834.

• Polk County Alzheimer’s support group at social services building, 715-483-3133.

Amery

Osceola

Osceola

Grantsburg

• Parkinson’s Support Group meeting at Burnett Medical Center, 2 p.m., 715-689-2350.

• Movie “The Big Year” showing at Crex visitor center, 7 p.m., 715-463-2739.

FEBRUARY

ST. CROIX FALLS - On Saturday, Jan. 26, Festival Theatre will feature Colleen Raye and her musical tribute to the great Patsy Cline. Raye will perform two shows that day, a 2 p.m. matinee and an evening show at 7:30 p.m. When last seen in St. Croix Falls, Raye and her team of Debbie O’Keefe and Katie Gearty wowed sold-out audiences with their “Sirens of the ‘60s” show in 2012, and again with Debbie O’Keefe, Jennifer Grimm and Sophie Grimm in “Girl Singers of the Hit Parade” in 2011. In this show, Raye brings the audience along on a journey through Cline’s life and music. With the help of a fourpiece country music band, she sings song after song recorded by Cline while interspersing tidbits about Cline’s life and music. Singing hits like “Crazy,” “Walkin’ After Midnight,” and “She’s Got You,” Raye’s rich alto voice truly captures the soulful feeling of Cline. Raye has performed on main stages across the country, including Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Call 715-483-3387 or e-mail boxoffice@festivaltheatre.org for reservations. To order online or for more information, visit festivaltheatre.org. - Photo submitted

Webster

• AARP tax help at the library, 8:30 a.m.-noon, 715-8667697.

FRIDAY/8 Balsam Lake

• Poco Penners meeting at the library building, 2 p.m., 715-483-9738.

SATURDAY/9 Amery

• Ruby’s Pantry at Congregational Church. Doors open 8:30 a.m. Dist. 9 a.m., $15 donation, 715-268-7390.

• Valentine’s vendor sale at Centennial Hall, 9 a.m.2 p.m.

Grantsburg

• Ladies Auxiliary VFW 6856 500 card party, 2 p.m.

• Valentine’s craft-making extravaganza at the library, noon-1 p.m.

Balsam Lake

Webster

Tribute to Patsy Cline

Siren

• Northwoods flyers Experimental Aircraft Assoc. Club meets at the government center, Rm. 165, 7 p.m.

• Winter Fest. Ice drag races, ice-fishing contest, etc., balsamlakecc.com.

• Winter Health & Wellness Expo at Centennial Hall, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

• Destination Wedding Fair at Lakeview Event Center, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., visitsiren.com.

Amery

• Free Family to Family class through National Alliance on mental illness, at the community center, 6:30-9 p.m., 715-497-2484 or lacrestia.anderson@gmail.com.

FRI.-SUN./1-3 FRIDAY/1

Siren

THURSDAY/7

• Crex Meadows Nature Photography Club meets at Crex, 10 a.m.-noon, 715-463-2739.

St. Croix Falls

• Food & Friends Community Dinner will be held at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 5-6 p.m.

• AARP tax help at the library, 8:30 a.m.-noon, 715-4722770.

Amery Luck

• Free classic movie, “Babbette’s Feast,” at the museum, 7 p.m., 715-472-2770.

• Scholarship fundraiser lasagna dinner & raffle at the school, 5-7:30 p.m., 715-472-2152 Ext. 103.

SATURDAY/2 Amery

• Lions Club ice-fishing contest on Lake Wapogasset, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

• Book sale at the library, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Clam Falls

• Indoor fishing contest at Clam Falls Bar, 3-7 p.m., 715653-2518.

Danbury

• Ruby’s Pantry at the town maintenance shop, $15 donation. Open 9:30 a.m., distribution 10-11:30 a.m.

Grantsburg

• Bird-watching and feeding presentation at Crex Meadows, 1-4 p.m. with speaker at 2 p.m., 715-463-2739.

• Feed My Sheep at Grace Church in Grantsburg. Doors open 8 a.m., 715-463-5699.

Lewis

• Lewis Jam - Bluegrass, gospel & country music at Lewis United Methodist Church, 6-9 p.m.

McKinley

• Fundraiser sale for Petersonautism.org at the town hall, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Siren

• Gun show at Lakeview Event Center, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.,

Milltown

ONGOING Every Day

AA &/or AlAnon, Polk & Burnett counties, 715-931-8262 for time/location. Amery, 715-268-8431.

Every Monday

Indianhead Barbershop Chorus meets at the Balsam Lake old courthouse, 7:30 p.m., 715-483-9202.

Baby and Me class - Amery Medical Center, 1-2 p.m.

Moms In Prayer, First Baptist, Amery, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m., 715-268-5408, Play group for children and caretakers at the Burnett County Family Resource Center, 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Open Topic support group, 6:30 p.m. Call for location, 800261-7233, Polk County.

Christian 12-Step Recovery group at Faith Lutheran Church, Balsam Lake, 7-8 p.m., 715-566-4215.

Every Tuesday

Bingo at the Burnett County Moose Lodge, Siren, 6 p.m.

Sexual assault support group, Polk County, 800-261-7233 for location, 6:30-7:30 p.m Domestic violence and sexual assault support group, 5:15 p.m. Call for location, 800-261-7233, Burnett County.

Every Wednesday

Free playtime with your toddler at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church,10-11:30 a.m., 715-557-0630.

Every Thursday

The Latch breastfeeding support group at the St. Croix Regional Medical Center, 10:30 a.m. - noon. 715-483-0431.

Play group for children and caretakers at the Burnett County Family Resource Center, 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Every Friday

Domestic violence support group, 10-11 a.m. Call for location, 800-261-7233, Polk County.

Every Saturday

AA meets at the West Denmark Lutheran Church, rural Luck, 9 - 10 a.m.