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by Jackie Thorwick Special to the Leader POLK COUNTY - Wayne Whitwam, principal of Unity Elementary School, and his 13-year-old daughter, Deena, both spoke at the Shanty Town event held May 8 and 9 at Unity, which was hosted by the Salvation Army and Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity.

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RIVER FALLS - Joan Schneider, formerly of Frederic, appears in the May issue of the AARP Bulletin magazine. Schneider, a retired teacher and school librarian, now lives with her husband, Phil, also a retired teacher, in River Falls. She was shown photographed in her kitchen in an article about changes that are taking place in Medicare prescription coverage under the new law. Each year, Schneider falls into the Part D prescription drug “doughnut hole” where she ends up paying full price for her prescription medications, an amount that reaches $1,000 a month.

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Louie Anderson delivered lots of laughs during his sold-out performance at Crex Convention Center in Grantsburg Saturday evening.The well-known comedian, famous for his routine of self-deprecating humor, had his audience roaring from the minute he stepped on stage to his final joke. Anderson definitely knew the audience he was playing to, many of whom were part of the over-50 crowd, as is Anderson. The comic’s stories dealing with getting older, from trying to open jars to having to hold reading materials almost on top of his eyes to see them, were experiences his audience could definitely relate to and laugh about. And no Louie Anderson performance would be complete without the comedian making light of his weight and his love for food. Anderson, who confessed food was his drug of choice, humorously recalled some of his best overindulgences for his audience. Anderson’s performance filled his audience with laughter leaving them well satisfied, much the same effect a big meal would have on Anderson. In photo at lower right, Bruce Erickson, and Lynn and Gary Olby were doing a lot of laughing during Anderson’s performance. - Photos/text by Priscilla Bauer

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When Unity High School band director Adam Bever got to work on Monday, his senior band members were waiting for him with a “little gift.” They had spent about 20 hours redesigning his office in “Extreme Makeover” fashion, refinishing his desk, painting his cabinets, walls and ceilings and repairing his furniture. “It was an act of kindness that I don’t think people see very often,” Bever noted. “We have great students here at Unity, but these kids represent the future of America, in my opinion.” - Photo submitted

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• Briefly • STATEWIDE – Local residents are invited to attend a free workshop which offers a fresh approach to quitting smoking on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 25 and 26. The events, sponsored by Pfizer, Inc., are an hour long, followed by a 15-minute question and answer session. Details on the workshops are as follows: Tuesday, May 25, noon to 1 p.m. and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., St. Croix Regional Medical Center, 235 State Street, St. Croix; Wednesday, May 26, 7:15 to 8:15 a.m., at Luck Medical Center, 137 1st Avenue East; noon to 1 p.m., at Amery Regional Medical Center, 265 Griffin Street East,; 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., at St. Croix Tribal Health Department, Webster. Light refreshments will be served. All attendees must register before attending a workshop. Please RSVP by visiting freequitclinic.com or by calling 888-8660843. - Submitted ••• ´ST. CROIX FALLS – U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl’s regional representative, Marjorie Bunce, will be in St. Croix Falls on Thursday, May 20, to meet with constituents from 11 a.m. to noon at the St. Croix Falls City Hall, 710 Hwy. 35, in the council chamber.

No appointment is necessary. “If you are having a problem with a federal program or agency, or have an opinion on an issue before Congress, please let me know by meeting with Marjorie Bunce,” Kohl said. – submitted ••• RICE LAKE - WITC Rice Lake continuing education will offer a Traffic Safety for Point Reduction class. This 12-hour class is designed for persons concerned about safe, defensive driving as well as those persons in need of point reduction. Upon successful completion of this course, a person can have a three-point reduction in any point total accumulated against his/her Wisconsin driving record, if they have not used this option in the past three years. Preregistration is required. Weeknight and Saturday classes are available. For more information, call WITC-Rice Lake at 715-234-7082, ext. 5257. from WITC ••• STATEWIDE – One sign of spring is the start of the rummage sale season. Small handmade or store-bought signs announcing garage sales may be a handy way to direct bargain hunters to a sale, but if they’re placed within a highway right of way, they’re considered an illegal sign and are subject to removal by highway maintenance crews. People who post the signs are also subject to a $10 forfeiture. Additionally, a new law prohibits businesses from placing any type of advertising sign within a highway right of way.

Businesses violating that law are subject to a $50 forfeiture. While the new law’s $50 penalty provision does not apply to signs put up by real estate brokers or salespersons, real estate for sale signs are subject to the $10 forfeiture provisions of state law. from DOT

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State files petition in Huggett case Asks state Supreme Court to review decision by court of appeals MADISON - Wisconsin’s Department of Justice is asking the state Supreme Court to review the decision by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals to dismiss the second-degree intentional homicide case against Kyle Huggett.

The court of appeals - in a decision last month - agreed with a decision by Barron County Judge James Babbitt to dismiss the case due to lack of key evidence that was not preserved by law enforcement.

Huggett, now 34, shot and killed John Peach, 29, on the evening of Jan. 20, 2008, after Peach attempted to confront Huggett at Huggett’s rural Danbury home, apparently over the content of text messages the two exchanged prior to the shooting. After forcing his way into the home, Peach was shot twice

Tourism spending down in 2009

by Sherill Summer Leader staff writer SIREN – A 2009 study of tourism expenditures shows that tourism spending in Wisconsin and area counties was down compared to 2008. The study developed for the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, titled The Economic Impact of Expenditures By Travelers On Wisconsin, states that the 2009 estimated expenditures of $12.092 billion is down 7.8 percent from 2008’s expenditures of $13.116 billion.

Not surprisingly, total expenditures, or spending in lodging, shopping, food, recreation and transportation by travelers, was considerably less in area counties, but the 2009 spending in area counties were likewise down compared to 2008. Spending in Burnett County was down 10.83 percent with $7.872 million in 2009 compared from $8.828 million in 2008. Polk County was down 6.12 percent with a 2009 figure of 12.026 million compared to $12.811 in 2008. Washburn County was down 6.45 percent with $7.992 million in 2009 and $8.543 million in 2008. Finally, spending in Sawyer County was down 8.34 percent with $16.209 million in 2009 from $17.684 million in 2008.

Despite the perception of being a vacation destination, area counties rank low in tourism expenditures compared to other counties throughout the state. Burnett County ranks 51st, Polk County ranks 42nd and Washburn County ranks 50th.

One reason the northern counties might rank lower than expected is that the survey counts spending by second or seasonal homeowner only if the visit is considered non-routine, or once a month or less, and the cost of ownership and capital improvement are not included in expenditure totals.

in the chest by Huggett. After being shot he turned and ran about 30 feet, fell into a friend’s arms and then onto the ground.

Messages on both men’s phones - text and voice - were considered key to the case - but a voice message from Peach to Huggett, described as screaming threats and having been sent hours before the incident - was not preserved and was automatically erased by the phone company.

“Because what may well be characterized as the most important pieces of exculpatory evidence were not preserved by law enforcement officers, Mr. Huggett’s due process rights have been denied,” Babbitt wrote in his decision. “This evidence simply cannot be adequately reconstructed by any other means, and the only sanction left to this

court is dismissal of the criminal case with prejudice.”

The state is petitioning the state Supreme Court because “there is a need for guidance on the proper test governing the choice of remedy in loss-of-evidence cases.”

“While dismissal of a criminal charge with prejudice may be proper where the state has acted in bad faith in failing to preserve exculpatory evidence (at least ‘apparently exculpatory’ evidence), dismissal with prejudice is improper where the loss of evidence is not due to bad faith by the state and where prejudice to the defense can be minimized by an ‘adverse inference’ jury instruction,” Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General James Freimuth argued. - Gary King with information from Associated Press, Leader file stories

Webster schools make administrative changes

by Carl Heidel Leader staff writer WEBSTER - Meeting in executive session Monday evening, May 17, the Webster Schools Board of Education shuffled duties among the district’s two principals. Supervision of the fifth and sixth grades was transferred from elementary school Principal Martha Anderson to Tim Widiker, middle school and high school principal.

Widiker will become principal of grades five through 12, and Anderson principal of preK to fourth grades.

At the same time, Anderson was assigned the duties of curriculum development for the entire district and assessment coordinator for the district. She had already been involved in both areas, and this is an expansion of her responsibilities.

Both Widiker and Anderson stepped down from additional positions they had held. Widiker had been serving as athletic

director, and Anderson had been serving as AODA advisor. Both of those positions will now be posted internally.

Widiker commented that the reassignment of the grade levels makes sense since the fifth and sixth grades are presently located in the building with the middle and high schools. Until these changes, Anderson had to move between that building and the elementary building with her attention and energies being divided between the two locations.

Widiker also felt the changes in the AD and AODA positions were positive steps.

Both positions have grown considerably in the past few years, and neither Widiker nor Anderson felt they had sufficient time to devote to the positions.

The administrative position changes were approved at Monday’s meeting and will take effect with the beginning of the 20102011 school year.

New location for Milltown Auto A sign went up at Milltown Auto’s new location on Hwy. 35 in Milltown on Sunday, with a little manpower and coordination.

Business owners Alan and Kathy Hochstetler, who have operated the business for the past two years in a rural location, plan to hold a grand opening for their new offices and garage sometime this summer. They offer general auto repair, specializing in radiator repair. “Our slogan is ‘It’s the best place to take a leak,’” Kathy noted, with a chuckle. The building housed Culligan water service for years and about 30 years ago housed a radiator repair business. - Photo by Gary King

County attorney/from page1 told supervisor Warren Nelson that he had come close to violating the open meeting law.

At the request of supervisor Diane Stoneking, Nelson had pursued the vendor who has refused to take back $40,000 in office furniture a county employee ordered without following the proper procedures.

Stoneking has served as chairman of the human services committee, but the committee has not met to reorganize and elect new officers since the April elections. When asked to give a committee report at the May 18 meeting, she said that the group had concluded its investigation of the purchase.

She went on to say that because the human services department does $118,000 worth of business with the vendor, Staples, she and some of the other supervisors felt the company should be willing to deal on the purchase. Staples has indicated in the past that the purchase was special order and could not be returned.

Supervisor Nelson, said Stoneking, was the chosen supervisor to talk with Staples, and he found that the county could receive $4,000 off the purchase price.

Nelson then spoke up, saying that Staples offered $9,000 to the county if the furniture is returned, a loss of $31,000. If the county keeps the furniture, Staples will cut $4,000

from the bill.

At that time an obviously upset Jeff Fuge said that the human services board is the proper authority to consider the matter, and that the office of corporation counsel should be included in all dealings with Staples.

“You were without authority to take the steps you did,” Fuge said to Nelson. He said that neither the county board chair nor the human services committee chair could direct him to negotiate with Staples.

Nelson responded by saying that perhaps corporation counsel should have contacted Staples to begin with.

Board chairman William Johnson IV directed Nelson, Stoneking, Fuge and himself to meet and discuss the matter.

Nelson said that the offer from Staples may expire at some point in the near future, and Fuge asked that it be forwarded to county board for discussion next month or to the finance director to act on behalf of the county.

Other business • The board authorized the county planner to submit an application for a lake protection and classification grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The grant will range from $5,000 to $50,000 and will require 25 percent match in

the form of labor or cash. The funds will be used to update the shoreland zoning ordinance.

• The board unanimously approved a resolution opposing the proposed permanent layoff of the Polk County Assistant District Attorneys. The positions are funded by the state, which has notified the county of the layoffs.

• The board voted to pursue civil action against Ficek Investment Company to obtain $233,000 in special assessments and back taxes on property in St. Croix Falls. The two properties have a combined market value of $341,300.

• The board approved five amendments to the town of St. Croix Falls zoning ordinance.

County approval is a necessary formality because the town has its own zoning rather than being under the county zoning ordinance.

• During the supervisors reports, Patricia Schmidt reported that the health department has been recertified as a Level III health department, the highest rating available, and that the recent inspection indicated no deficiencies in the provision of mandated services. Supervisor Warren Nelson reported that Eurasian milfoil has been found in Pike Lake, and a $10,000 grant has been obtained to start eradication.

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Zoning restricts use of former Capeside building

Siren village ordinance won’t allow former Capeside Cove property to be used as substance abuse treatment facility

by Nancy Jappe Leader staff writer SIREN – “After review of the Code of Ordinances of the village of Siren, I must report that establishment of an in-patient substance abuse clinic does not fit within the uses allowed by conditional-use permit for R-2 Residential-zoned property,” Siren Village Administrator Randy Surbaugh wrote in a May 3 letter to John Cashman. Cashman is executive director for Caring Bridge ALC, the current owners of the former Capeside Cove property on Fourth Avenue in the southeast section of the village.

“Since the property owned by Caring Bridge is in an R-2 Residential zone, the village would reject any application for a conditional-use permit for such a clinic,” Surbaugh continued.

In addition to Surbaugh’s letter regarding zoning on the Capeside property, at its Jan. 7 meeting the village board passed a resolution regarding the property’s use.

The resolution strongly supports the use of the building for senior housing, senior

care and assisted-living facilities.

The village board stated its belief that the Siren area needs senior housing, senior care and assisted-living opportunities and that, because no other feasible use for the facility has been identified, the building’s use should meet one of these stated needs.

Cashman had gone to the village’s planning and zoning committee to request a conditional-use permit on the property for use as a substance-abuse center. His request was turned down. Concerned that the property could not be used as Caring Bridge had hoped, Cashman went back to the building’s former owner, The Good Samaritan Society, headquartered in Sioux Falls, S.D. The Good Samaritan Society is a nonprofit organization, as is Caring Bridge. He told them, in an e-mail, that he wasn’t sure what to do next.

Cashman received a return email from Thomas J. Kapusta, chief legal officer and vice president of The Good Samaritan Society. “We would suggest you, if you have not already, engage legal counsel to help make your case of the village regarding your intended use for the property as a substance-abuse center. We applaud your efforts to help bring this important service to the community,” Kapusta wrote.

“A substance-abuse center is not realistic for the village of Siren. That’s best done in big cities where services are more readily available,” Surbaugh commented.

Rooming houses for up to four guests,

rest homes and nonprofit clubs are permitted within R-2 zones with a conditional-use permit.

“An in-patient/out-patient substance abuse clinic goes far beyond the bounds intended by the inclusion of medical clinic in the code language,” Surbaugh told Cashman in his May 3 letter. “A larger institution, especially one with an in-patient component, would be outside the bounds of the acceptable conditional uses in a residential neighborhood.”

Surbaugh stressed that a drug-treatment center doesn’t fit within the village’s R-2 zoning nor would it fit under the requirements for a conditional-use permit.

A variance would be needed for this, but there are very stiff requirements in getting a variance.

One of the prime conditions that would have to be met is that the project not be contrary to the public interest and that it would not violate the spirit of the village’s zoning code.

“I think a drug-rehabilitation/ substance-abuse center would be a difficult case to make,” Surbaugh said, adding that the final decision on a variance would be made by the village’s board of appeals.

Caring Bridge ALC, Owatonna, Minn., took over ownership of the Capeside Cove property as of Nov. 1, 2009. Prior to this, the facility had been used as a nursing home for many years under The Good Samaritan Society ownership. In a tele-

phone interview at the time of the change, Cashman said that he didn’t know what would be going into the building, but that Caring Bridge would be “trying real hard to get something going there.” He stated, in a letter to Surbaugh dated Nov. 4, 2009, that the “Caring Bridge ALC board of directors are dedicated to assuring substance-abuse facilities exist throughout the region.”

Caring Bridge ALC was chartered as a nonprofit organization in 2007. At that time, the Capeside property was to have been their first facility. Although the property was allegedly given to Caring Bridge, that gift came with the restriction that Caring Bridge could not use it for senior housing or senior assisted living at any time in the foreseeable future.

The need for senior housing/assisted living has been clearly stated by the village. The problem with use for drug treatment/substance abuse has been outlined.

The building stands empty; community needs are not being met. And the neighbors keep wondering what is going to happen there.

For anyone looking for more information, the address for The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society is 4800 W. 57th Street, Sioux Falls, S.D. 57108.

John Cashman at Caring Bridge ALC can be reached at 325 Wicklow Place, Suite 100, Owatonna, Minn. 55060.

Whitwam family/from page 1 won $1,000 and an all-expense paid fourday trip to Washington, D.C., for herself and her mother. Deena was selected for this because, when she was 11 years old, she started a group called Bookworm Wednesdays. For three years, Deena has hosted twice-monthly Bookworm Wednesday sessions in her basement for 10 to 20 children. She and a few friends read stories to the kids, conduct an activity, a game or craft and serve a snack. Club members may check out books from Deena’s personal library.

It was apparent as soon as Deena began to speak that this was no ordinary 13-yearold girl. She was poised, confident and very well-spoken as she told about her Bookworm Wednesdays group. But hearing the story of her accomplishments was even more meaningful because we had just heard her father tell his story of being homeless as a child.

Whitwam hadn’t realized he was homeless growing up until as an adult he read the definition. His family moved a great deal, by his best count, 17 times by the time he was 17 years old. At times the family of six lived in a shack with an outhouse, a trailer, a school bus, a camper, at campgrounds or parks or in the yards of relatives. His father built pole buildings for a living and winters were often very lean. It wasn’t unusual to need to move in the spring. It also wasn’t unusual for his father to quit his job. If he didn’t like how he was being treated on the job, he walked away. Whitwam suspects this may be one of the results of the abuse his father experienced when he was a child.

Whitwams father, Dean, was the oldest of six children, raised in the Rock Falls/Caryville area. Dean’s father was alcoholic and physically abusive. On more than one occasion, as a child, Dean drove his mother to his grandmother’s house after his father had beaten her. Dean’s mother was a very positive influence on him, but she died giving birth when he was 13 years old. His father gave up all six children then; they became wards of the state and went to foster homes. Dean lived in foster homes until he was 16, when he quit school and got a job at Barnum Rubber in Racine after lying about his age. At age 19, he married Nancy and brought two of his younger brothers, who were unhappy in their foster homes, to live with them.

Wayne Whitwam says he didn’t have it rough when he was a kid – his father did.

But he acknowledges there were hard things. One was the free and reducedprice lunch tickets they were given at school, which were a different color than the regular ones. He would skip lunch

Wayne Whitwam’s experience of homelessness as a child has fueled a passion to help students progress.

The Whitwam family participated in the Shanty Town fundraiser. They are (L to R) Kelly Curtis, Deena, Curt and Wayne Whitwam. - Photos submitted rather than use them. It was tough, too, when his father would come home and let them know he had once again quit his job and they were moving. He remembers when they were living in Texas that one day he came home and his dad told him, “We’re going home,” and he responded, “To Wisconsin?” and his dad said, “Yes, get your stuff.” Wayne went to his locker, looked over his belongings, and quickly figured he would be able to replace everything in it but the calculator, so he grabbed

that and headed for the bus. He laughs about that now, and said, “Appropriate, considering how math is my thing now.”

Whitwam, as an elementary principal, is now in a position to help a great many other young people. He says education and one caring adult are the keys to help kids break the cycle of poverty. Whitwam has done extensive research to figure out how best to help students academically.

He learned that kids in poverty have trouble with college preparatory math. (Fifty-

Deena Whitwam, 13, recently was awarded the Prudential Spirit of Community Award. She was brought to Washington, D.C., where Condoleezza Rice congratulated her. Also shown is Kyle Manske, 18, another Prudential winner from Wisconsin.

seven percent of the students at Unity are in poverty.) So they adopted the Every Day Math, or Reform Math, program.

Since the program started in 2006, the number of Unity students scoring at advanced or proficient ranges has gone up over 20 percent.

Whitwam learned that it is very difficult to raise a child’s reading score after the third grade, so they began an after-school reading program on Tuesdays and Thursdays. They have seen a year of growth in one semester in those students’ reading scores. The program was so successful Sen. Dave Obey sponsored it in 11 more schools.

Whitwam also recognizes the importance of having at least one caring adult in a child’s life. “You never know who it might be, a friend, a teacher,” he said.

“Maybe it’s someone the kid doesn’t want to disappoint. But you just can’t give up on these kids. I see these kids and think, ‘This one can make it.’”

There is much more to the Whitwam family story. Son Curt Whitwam, 11, takes his responsibility as a crossing guard very seriously and is looking at starting a chess club. He and Deena are starting to work with the Web site www.dosomething.org, which helps kids volunteer for worthy causes. Whitwam’s wife, Kelly Curtis, who is a guidance counselor, has written a book called “Empowering Youth: How to Encourage Young Leaders to Do Great Things.” She has a business called Empowering Youth, Inc., which publishes youth development curricula, as well as the Hidden Treasure of Assets and Career Expedition board games. Curtis writes about her experiences with children, parenthood and family travel on her Web site at www.2passthetorch.com.

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Frederic may combine sports programs with Luck Declining enrollment leads to fewer in sports

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer FREDERIC – The Frederic and Luck school districts may combine some of their spring athletic teams starting in the 2012 school year.

The topic of cooperative athletic teams was a main topic of discussion at the monthly meeting of the Frederic School Board Monday, May 17. The board also accepted the resignations of athletic director Jeff Carley and middle school athletic director Bob Pyke. In addition, Administrator Gerald Tischer presented some good news about the budget for the coming year.

Carley told the board that the spring athletics programs of baseball, softball and track are all competing for students.

He said that Frederic, Luck and Siren are the smallest schools in their conference and each school sometimes has trouble finding enough students for a team. Carley said that freshmen and sophomores are being played on the varsity team in

baseball because of the student shortage when they should be playing on a junior varsity team.

The issue has been discussed with the Luck athletic director, Mark Gobler, Carley said, and the topic is now being raised with the school boards. Several board members raised questions about the effect of merging teams, including questions about the costs if the teams were combined. They asked Carley for more numbers and details on the process.

High school Principal Ray Draxler said that people are happy with the existing cooperative teams in the area. He said the programs allow kids to participate on more competitive teams. Draxler said if the districts wait for the best time for each school, the merger won’t happen. “We must bite the bullet sometime and start the process,” he said.

After a long discussion, board member Shari Matz said the cooperative idea seems inevitable and the best for the kids.

She said the board should set a deadline of September or October to take action on starting the process.

(Frederic has seen a declining enrollment since 1995. The September 2009 stu-

dent count was 48 seniors, 46 juniors, 44 sophomores, 37 freshmen, and only 25 eighth-graders. The 48 students graduating will be replaced by 32 students entering first grade, again using the September 2009 count).

In a related matter, athletic director Jeff Carley submitted his resignation. Carley has been Frederic’s athletic director since the mid-’80s and continued on in that position after retiring from his 36 years of teaching two years ago. Bob Pyke also resigned his position, allowing the school board a clean slate in filling the athletic directorship.

Other business While the talk about athletic options took most of the meeting time, there were other items on the agenda.

Tischer said there is a significant change in the 2010-11 budget. Health insurance was preliminarily budgeted with a 10 percent increase while the actual increase will be 1.1 percent, resulting in a savings of about $100,000. He said the budget for the present year, which ends June 30, is on track.

The dollar amount of unpaid school

lunches has been reduced, Tischer said.

He said that the food services finances, under the direction of Judy Shafer, are doing well.

Warren Peterson, buildings and grounds director, said some thought is being given to creating an amphitheater in part of the space where the pool stood.

This would use the sloping area near the red shed and might incorporate some of the stonework from the old school.

Kelly Steen, elementary principal, said the staff is busy cleaning out unused items. Teachers are bringing out their unwanted “treasures” for other teachers and students to use. Unused equipment such as overhead projectors will be sold while the items still have value. She and her teachers are going through the classrooms, the warehouse and the red shed.

Steen said the goal is clean out!

Draxler said high school events are going well. The prom and post-prom were a big success, he said. Two groups of students volunteered work on the Ice Age Trail project.

Graduation will be Sunday, May 23.

Speakers will be valedictorian Kendra Wells and salutatorian William Primm.

Emma’s Law signed by governor

by Regan Kohler Washburn County Register EAU CLAIRE – Local officials traveled to Eau Claire Wednesday, May 12, to witness the governor’s signing of a new law that raises the sentence for those convicted of recklessly causing great bodily harm to a child.

Senate Bill 341-Assembly Bill 515, or Emma’s Law, stems from a high-profile case in Washburn County a few years ago.

A Spooner man was convicted of seconddegree reckless injury, causing great bodily harm, to his fiancee’s 2-year-old daughter, Emmaline, in 2008, and also for obstructing an officer. He was sentenced to 12-1/2 years, 7-1/2 of which are in prison, and the remaining five of extended supervision.

This case in particular was unique, District Attorney Mike Bitney said, as the convicted man had given a statement saying the child fell down the stairs. However, medical experts were certain Emmaline did not get injured from a fall, but from being violently shaken or slammed into something.

“This trial is, by and large, a battle of the experts,” Bitney said.

Bitney said that when he got into looking at the penalties for reckless injury at the time, he was appalled to find out that the penalty was significantly less for someone injuring a child than for injuries to an adult. The maximum sentence was 10 years – five years in prison and five of extended supervision. Bitney said this was “woefully inadequate,” as a child is

Gov. Jim Doyle (seated) signed a new bill, Emma’s Law, Wednesday, May 12, at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Standing behind Doyle (L-R): Sen. Bob Jauch, Washburn County legal assistant Kandy Unger, Assembly Rep. Mary Hubler, Washburn County District Attorney Mike Bitney and Cindy Manning, grandmother of the child the law was named after. – Photo courtesty of Shane Opatz, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram more vulnerable.

“That seemed to me to unduly depreciate the seriousness,” he said.

Bitney brought up his findings to Sen. Bob Jauch, Assembly Rep. Mary Hubler and Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, and asked that the penalty be changed. He said that the penalty should address a whole range of severity, so the courts have the ability to give the maximum sentence, if needed.

More new chairs for Polk County

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The story of new chairs is a recurring one in Polk County.

In the past month, the subject of chairs has led the agenda in every county governing committee.

The first thing a committee does at its first meeting after the spring election is elect a new committee chairperson. Nine of the 10 county committees and boards have now met and organized and the committee chairs have been chosen. Five chairs were re-elected and four committees plus the county board have new chairs.

The new committee and board chairs are Patricia Schmidt for the board of health, Kathryn Kienholz for the Golden Age Manor board (which has had a new chair after each of the past five elections), Larry Jepsen for property, and Dean Johansen for land and water/ extension/lime. They join the new county board Chair William Johnson in leadership roles.

Returning to their previous chair positions are Marv Caspersen at highway, Gary Bergstrom at finance, Russ Arcand at personnel, Jay Luke at public protection and Kim O’Connell at land information.

The only committee that has not yet met is the human services board. It will hold its organizational meeting Tuesday, May 25. Diane Stoneking is the present human services board chair. Of the five county board supervisors on the human services board, which has an additional four public members, two of the others are chairs of other committees and two are newly elected to the county board.

There has been another chair story in Polk County, that one about the purchase of $39,268 of chairs and other office equipment. A statement on that purchase was supposed to be released after a closed session of the human services board on April 19. That statement has not been released.

The disposition of the unauthorized furniture is apparently on hold. More resolution of this chair story may come at the next human services meeting.

Working with Sheriff Terry Dryden and Emmaline’s maternal grandparents, Carl and Cindy Manning, they came up with a maximum penalty of 15 years - 10 years in prison and five years of extended supervision, which Bitney said is what used to be called parole.

“It effectively doubled the punitive sanctions,” he said. “This came from the parties who were directly affected by the tragedy.”

Bitney said he had told the Mannings that he wanted to do something more for the child, and since they couldn’t go back in time to change the law, “I wanted the legacy of this tragedy to be more than [the man’s sentence].”

He said that the Mannings had asked Jauch to name the bill Emma’s Law. Bitney said that since this case was part of public record and a felony conviction, it is

legal to use the child’s name.

The work began in September 2009, and that same year, the bill was passed by the Legislature. The official signing, by Gov. Jim Doyle, was May 12, at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus. Bitney and his legal assistant Kandy Unger, Dryden and the Mannings were present, as were the bill’s co-authors, Hubler and Jauch.

In a news bite from KARE11.com, Doyle was quoted as saying, “This law corrects that inequity, makes our laws even stronger, to make sure we can protect our children.”

Bitney said the day was “powerful,” and that it was great to be part of the legislative process. Not many people are able to propose a bill to the government and see it through passage and signing, he said, so it was a neat journey to Madison.

Bitney said there were few dry eyes in the room Wednesday.

“It was pretty cool to be part of that process,” he said. “We were very proud that this could be enacted into law. It went very well.”

Bitney said he hopes the family can continue to move forward and heal, and he felt it showed the Mannings that the grassroots level can work.

“I think this kind of closes the chapter,” he said.

The child’s mother said in January that Emmaline is making progress in recovering from her injuries. Upon hearing about the new law, she was shocked because she hadn’t been asked for parental consent to use her child’s name, and felt that it could condemn her to the past, and that they are trying to move forward. She said she wanted Emma to have her own legacy.

However, she said, “I support the bill and what they’re trying to push,” and that she agreed the law should change.

According to Bitney, the law will be effective beginning this summer.

Luck sign ordinance effective May 20 LUCK — The Luck Village Board wishes to inform the community that it has approved changes to the sign ordinance effective Thursday, May 20.

Changes were made to increase the size requirements for ground, pole, wall and projecting signs. The size limit varies based on the type of sign but was greatly expanded beyond the previous 6-squarefoot restriction.

The limit on the use of portable signs has been removed and the size increased to 50 square feet on each side. Furthermore, sandwich board sign language was added to meet the needs of many of the businesses and organizations.

Signs currently on buildings or in the ground are grandfathered in. From this

point forward any sign in the village, other than temporary signs such as garage sale, political, real estate signs and construction, must first receive a sign permit from the zoning administrator before it is put into use. The fee for the sign permit is $25.

This is a one-time fee that is good for the life of the sign. Sign permit applications can be obtained from the village hall during business hours Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Lastly, state law prohibits signs in the limits of any street or highway except those necessary for the guidance or warning of traffic. Any sign found to violate this law will be removed. — submitted by the village of Luck

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Serial rapist pleads guilty to unsolved 2006 rape after the bar had closed and was walking to her cabin when the assault occurred.

She suffered a broken breast bone and finger during the assault.

The description of the rapist matched Mehtala and he was living in Burnett County at the time, but the case was unsolved until DNA evidence taken after

by Sherill Summer Leader staff writer SIREN - A 28-year-old Superior man pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual assault for a 2006 rape on Wednesday, May 12, at the Burnett County Courthouse. Craig A. Mehtala was charged with the rape after DNA evidence linked him to an unsolved assault in Burnett County.

According to the police report, a woman was assaulted and forcibly raped on July 1, 2006, along Hwy. 35 in Meenon Township. Reportedly, the woman had left a bar

Craig A. Mehtala

Mehtala’s arrest in Douglas County for three 2009 rapes in Superior implicated him in the Burnett County charge.

The Burnett County incident is similar to at least two of the alleged rapes in Superior as they all involve women walking alone at night.

Earlier this month, Mehtala pleaded guilty to the three second-degree sexual assaults in Douglas County. He will be sentenced for the Douglas County charges on July 16, and the Burnett County charge on Aug. 3.

The maximum sentence for each of the four charges is a 40-year prison sentence.

Grantsburg recycling lowers garbage fees Outdoor bars, music may come

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG – Grantsburg residents will have an improved recycling service and lower trash collecting rates for their home service this fall. As the no-indoorsmoking rules come into effect this summer, the Grantsburg bars might be moving outdoors, raising an issue of music. These were two items of business at the extra Grantsburg Village Board meeting Tuesday, May 18,

added as part of the annual property tax Board of Review.

Grantsburg has contracted with Allied Waste to provide home trash collection for all village residents. Under a new contract with Allied approved at the Tuesday meeting, residents will receive an improved single-sort recycling service and will pay a lower monthly fee for their trash/recycling pickup. While the monthly collection fees vary depending on the size of the trash cart requested, the total fees will drop at least $3 a month and residents will receive additional rewards based on the volume of items they recycle.

AODA presentation Webster Police Officer Bridget Getts (L) and Lil Pinero, SPF-SIG coordinator for the Burnett County Adolescent AODA Prevention Coalition, were guest speakers at the May 13 meeting of the Siren/Webster Rotary Club. One of the areas the two stressed was the abuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, citing that in a number of burglaries, the first place the thieves hit is the medicine cabinet. Youth are also known to have parties in which a number of prescription drugs of all types are put out for use, with the youth believing that taking them is not as harmful as taking drugs like marijuana and methamphetamine.

According to 2008 data taken from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveys given at the Burnett County Schools, 23.5 percent of ninth- to 12th-graders reported having taken prescription painkillers such as OxyContin, Percocet or Vicodin without a doctor’s prescription. Information also indicates the belief of youth that taking prescription drugs is not as harmful as taking drugs like marijuana or methamphetamine. Parents and caregivers are the first line of defense in dealing with this trend, and not many parents are warning their teens about the abuse of prescription drugs.

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Dan Jirik, Allied Waste general manager, told the council that Allied is banking on the recycling incentive to lower the amount of trash the company needs to dispose of. He said Allied can lower its rates for several reasons if the system works as they expect it to. Allied can turn recyclable waste into usable products that can be sold. Allied will be able to operate its collections more efficiently and reduce its hauling costs. And Allied will be able to reduce the volume of nonrecyclable trash it must pay to dump.

Under the revised system, which should go into effect in October, residents will have two containers, one for trash and one for recyclables. They can choose the size of the trash container they need, with monthly fees varying by size. In addition, they will have a separate single sort recycling container. They can recycle most paper products from newspapers to junk mail, cardboard, and most cans and bottles whether they are glass, plastic or metal.

All these products get removed from the trash cycle and residents get a reward automatically for the volume they recycle. All details will be explained over the coming months, Jirik said.

The council unanimously approved a five-year contract with Allied Waste after reviewing detailed proposals from five companies.

Music in the night?

Smoking inside Wisconsin bars will end this July and bar owners are looking for ways to still serve their smoking customers. The answer seems to be outdoor beverage gardens and patios, semienclosed areas behind the bars where drinks can be consumed. The council had a long discussion on how to revise its new ordinance, adopted last December, regulating what activities can take place in these outdoor areas.

Much of that discussion centered on whether music, either bands or jukeboxes, will be allowed outdoors and for what hours. Council member Glenn Rolloff summed up much of the issue when he said that after July 5 (the date of the smoking ban) many bar customers will move outside and the council needs to strike a balance between that demand and the concerns of the neighbors.

The council approved some revisions to the ordinance which will allow limited outdoor beer/beverage garden activities with special permits. Some of the rules are still being worked out and the council members seemed to be inviting more input from bar owners and residents living near the bars.

The future of outdoor bars seems uncertain with the mention that some outdoors gardens might become semienclosed and heated year-round annexes to the bars, not summer-only patios.

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Volunteers recognized at Luck School Dolores Hermstad honored as Volunteer of the Year LUCK — Volunteers at Luck Schools were honored at the annual volunteer luncheon Wednesday, May 12. The group was entertained by Luck students who

performed musical and Forensics pieces, and by musicians from Pipe Dream Center. Dolores Hermstad was named Volunteer of the Year, and students in Mrs. Gregorash’s class, where she has volunteered for 19 years, did a special thankyou presentation. — Mary Stirrat

Performing a piece about superheroes is this Forensics team consisting of (L to R) Kyle James, Elie Lewis, Nick Leal, Sarah Elert, and Eryn Taber.

Students in Mrs. Gregorash’s fourth-grade class did a special presentation for Volunteer of the Year Dolores Hermstad. who has helped out in that class for the past 19 years. Coincidentally, there are 19 students in the class.

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Luck District Administrator Rick Palmer thanked the volunteers for all their work at the school, saying they provide a good example for the students, who must do community service to graduate. He also said that their help is an important way of caring for the children.

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Paying for it once User fees and hidden taxes seem to be a hot topic right now among taxpayers and political analysts.

Our neighboring governor to the west, Tim Pawlenty, recently was taken to task by the media for claiming he’s lowered property taxes while in office.

It’s a true statement the governor made, but apparently taxes and user fees on everything else have gone up - neutralizing the affect of any property tax break.

A Wisconsin Public Radio story this week notes how local officials in the towns of Hamilton, Barre and West Salem in the southwest part of the state are considering whether to charge residents for putting out house fires.

A fee for using your local fire department.

We always thought that service was part of the package we paid for through our taxes - and it is. Local fire associations are supported by tax dollars from the areas they serve.

And there’s nothing new about charging for a fire call, especially for fire calls that go beyond the normal fire - such as a home flooded from broken water pipes. Fire chiefs can decide whether to send the homeowner a bill in those types of cases for part or all of the expense incurred by the fire department.

Some insurance companies - via a homeowner’s policy will cover the cost of a fire call. Years ago, one local fire department considered charging people who carried insurance but decided against that for various reasons, one of which involved the fact such claims had to be processed through the village or municipality - and the legal hoops didn’t seem worth it.

Sometimes there’s a fine involved. Haz-mat calls can involve billing the person who is responsible for the spill for cleanup and any emergency services responding to the scene.

DNR wardens will send you a bill if you start a fire while ignoring their rules.

We could find no fire departments locally that have a policy of charging each time the department responds to a fire.

But with the recession, the three towns in southwestern Wisconsin are needing more funds to maintain and purchase equipment. It stands to reason they aren’t the only communities - among the 861 fire departments in the state, more than 50 of which pay full-time firefighters - to feel the pinch of this recession.

We’re fortunate in Burnett and Polk counties to have professional, well-manned and well-trained fire departments that work well together under mutual aid agreements.

If lack of funds becomes an issue - and discussion turns to charging residents for putting out their house fires - it would serve the taxpayers well to be a part of that discussion.

Nobody is against supporting their local fire department and in fact many view it as a form of insurance in itself. They just may be wary of being billed for something they thought they had already paid for.

Editorials by Gary King

• Where to write • President Obama 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. 20500 whitehouse.gov/contact/ Gov. Jim Doyle P.O. Box 7863 Madison, WI 53707 wisgov@mail.state.wi.us Congress: David Obey 2462 Rayburn Office Bdg. Washington, D.C. 20515 or: Federal Building, Wausau, WI 54401 (715) 842-5606 Rep. Ann Hraychuck (28th District) State Capitol P.O. Box 8942 Madison, WI 53708 Phone: 608-267-2365 • Toll free: 888-529-0028 In-district: 715-485-3362 rep.hraychuck@ legis.state.wi.us

Rep. Mary Hubler Room 7 North State Capitol P.O. Box 8952 Madison, WI 53708 or 1966 21-7/8 St., Rice Lake 54868 (715) 234-7421 (608) 266-2519 rep.hubler@legis.state.wi.us Rep. Nick Milroy Room 221 North, State Capitol P.O. Box 8952, Madison 53708 rep.milroy@legis.state.wi.us U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl 330 Hart Senate Off. Bdg. Washington, D.C. 20510 (715) 832-8492 (608) 264-5338 senator_kohl@ kohl.senate.gov

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• Letters to the editor • It’s what you leave behind I want to say our town board is doing their best trying to keep Laketown Township rural.

Our comprehensive plan dictates it and we voted for this.

We need ordinances to do this. Our town board passed our third law in November, called the Large Scale Commercial Activity ordinance.

They are now considering adopting the process of approving nonmetallic mining reclamation permits for our township.

I’ve been told that if Mathy Construction were mining here now, Laketown wouldn’t be involved in a lawsuit. Maybe. But who are we to think that Laketown is exempt from the changes we’ve seen to other communities from here to the Twin Cities? We elected our town board to do something before our community is forever changed.

Some say that allowing the construction company to mine Iver’s Mountain would bring more taxes into the township. Are we sure about that?

We are sure that land values around the mine would drop even further, reducing the taxes many Laketown residents would pay.

I know we need roads and blacktopping, but there are different solutions. What do we want to leave our children and grandchildren? Does God really want us to destroy another mountain?

Money can be replaced, the mountain can’t.

It’s like the song, “It’s not always what you can get out of this world, it’s what you leave behind when you are gone.”

Mark Gustafson Laketown

Clean campaigns...?

As a former elected official and candidate for public office, I have found the election process to have more than its fair share of difficulties.

One such difficulty is the name bashing used by opposition. Recently, Sheriff Tim Moore declared he would not be seeking another term as sheriff, a decision not made easily by any elected official. I believe part of the decision was made due to negative campaigns run against him.

One item in particular seems to have taken things to a new level in Polk County, campaign stickers placed on county signs which are going to cost us, the taxpayer. The current candidate running for sheriff has stated that the stickers are not endorsed by him or part of his campaign, yet if you review postings on his Tim O’Hare for Polk County Sheriff site there is a statement made on April 22 at 12:41 p.m. which states “The sheriff is already pretty ornery at me.”

“Not my issue, his, he has had five years to get it right … No MOORE!” Seems like an endorsed slogan to me, but I will leave the decision to you … the taxpayer.

When I made decisions, sometimes at the expense of taxpayers, I made decisions with the benefit of Polk County in mind. I’m not sure what benefit Polk County has now with a bunch of road signs which are no longer of any use, and have difficulty even thinking of the wasted expense to replace these signs due to vandals and negative campaigns. Let’s be civil and run on merits and what we can do differently.

Bryan Beseler Dresser

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• Letters to the editor • Invaluable I want to extend gratitude to everyone who attended my May 10 listening session in Burnett County. The feedback from these meetings is invaluable, and it is critically important for me to hear directly from the people I represent.

I try to create an environment at these meetings where people feel comfortable sharing their concerns with me and members of their community. For the most part, in Burnett County and around the state, I have been very proud of the way the listening sessions have gone over the past several months. I look forward to holding a listening session in each Wisconsin county in 2010, as I do every year.

U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold Washington, D.C.

Claims untrue Homeowners have contacted me recently because they fear that the Department of Revenue intends to collect information about individual homes, including interior and exterior pictures, blueprints and drawings and make it available on the Internet.

The Department of Revenue is, in fact, compiling a data base of the characteristics of all parcels in Wisconsin, but not for any evil purpose. And that data base will not include pictures, blueprints or drawings.

The DOR will compile data that is already public information, much of which is already available on the Internet in municipalities across the state. This is not a privacy issue. If the DOR intended to make available interior pictures of a house, that would be a different story. But that is not what will happen.

Houses are assessed based on size, lot size, condition, the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, whether the house is airconditioned, whether the house is brick, stucco or clapboard, etc. All of this information is available now either electronically or on paper.

The information has to be public so that property owners can compare their assessments and taxes with those of their neighbors and appeal their assessment if it seems unfair. The DOR will simply make this public information more easily and widely accessible.

Currently more than 1,800 municipal agencies are charged with assessing property in Wisconsin. Naturally, the assessments that result vary in quality and criteria. The data base will allow the DOR to ensure that property values are equalized fairly. The department applies a formula to equalize property values because different municipalities are assessed at different percentages of full market value.

Local taxes are apportioned according to valuation. State aid is distributed to school districts and municipalities based on valuation. A data base of accurate, individual parcel values will help to ensure accuracy and fairness.

Meanwhile, discussions continue on redesigning the entire assessment system.

The DOR held town hall meetings across the state last year and has met with municipal officials and assessors to discuss redefining the present municipal assessment system and having assessments done on a countywide basis. That proposal garnered little support. The DOR has now issued a policy paper calling for organizing the state into some 400 assessment districts.

The DOR continues to discuss assessment systems with organizations representing assessors, county, town and other municipal governments and others. There is consensus that change is necessary, but no agreement yet on the exact form that change should take.

Any significant change in our assessment system would require the Legislature to pass a bill. Such a bill would be the subject of long debate and many hearings. When a serious proposal on assessment changes comes to the Legislature, it won’t be a secret.

Mary Hubler State Representative, 75th Assembly Dist.

Rice Lake

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Needed: A good steward For the past few weeks now you have printed multiple articles singing Dave Obey’s accolades. The primary focus of these articles keeps coming back to one central point and that is how great he was for spending millions and millions of dollars of taxpayer money. Your money and my money! I realize there are necessary items needed, but if you look at the items he wants to take credit for, more often than not, they are just wants.

Now that this great country is running a massive debt, when can we get our elected officials to separate the wants from the needs? Since those of us living on a limited budget need to know the difference and budget accordingly, why can’t elected officials?

Instead of an elected official bragging about how much money he has spent, it would be very refreshing to hear someone brag about stopping foolish and unneeded government spending.

So in the future and for Sen. Obey’s replacement, please be a good steward and put the brakes on this runaway spending and work to get us out of debt.

Robert Rickard Town of McKinley

Jumping ship Oh my, how must it feel to be a liberal in a conservative area when many of the influential people are jumping ship. Take the case of Ms. Hraychuck, the currently serving liberal representative to the Assembly for the 28th District. First, the person who persuaded her to run for the Assembly in the first place saw the handwriting on the wall and will stay home this November.

Goodbye, Gov. Doyle. Next you have the stunning announcement that Ms. Hraychuck’s self described mentor - liberal spending Rep. Obey - is stepping aside. If this isn’t enough, Rep. Mary Hubler, one of

the most liberal members of the state Assembly and friend of Ms. Hraychuck, is bowing out this November. Last but not least is Polk County Sheriff Moore’s announcement that he will not seek another term after being handpicked by Ms. Hraychuck to succeed her.

Ms. Hraychuck, maybe these liberal friends know something you should know.

Mark Pettis Hertel

One in four motorists in Wisconsin does not buckle up, which is one of the lowest safety belt use rates in the nation. Too many people think that ignoring our state’s mandatory safety belt law is no big deal.

But nearly every day, lives are destroyed, families are devastated, and society suffers substantial economic losses as people are needlessly killed or seriously injured in crashes because they were not wearing a safety belt.

To save lives and prevent injuries, law enforcement agencies from all over Wisconsin will be out in force to crack down on unbuckled motorists during the annual Click It or Ticket mobilization from May 24 to June 6. Officers are not striving to write more tickets. They simply are trying to get everyone to make the smart and responsible decision to buckle up.

Ultimately, our goal is to reduce the number of preventable traffic deaths to zero in Wisconsin. And you can help reach this goal by buckling up—every trip, every time, day or night. By taking a few seconds to fasten your safety belt, you can avoid being stopped by an officer, the expense of a traffic ticket, and the frighteningly real possibility of a lifelong injury or a violent death.

Frank Busalacchi Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Madison

• Election countdown 2010• The race for the 7th District Congressional seat is being touted as the hottest race of this political season now that 41year incumbent Dave Obey, 71, has announced his retirement. Currently, three candidates are vying for the position - Republican Sean Duffy of Ashland, Republican Dan Mielke of Rudolph (near Superior) and Democrat Julie Lassa of Stevens Point. Others named as possible candidates, including 28th District Assembly member Ann Hraychuck (D-Balsam Lake), Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker, D-Weston, Rep. Donna Seidel, D-Wausau, and former state Sen. Kevin Shibilski, have all said they won’t seek Obey’s seat. Rep. Louis Molepske (D-Stevens Point) and Rep. Jerry Petrowski (R-Stettin) may still be in the hunt.

••• The race for sheriff is shaping up in Polk County with Tim O’Hare, a Republican, facing Independent candidate Ed Collins.

Incumbent Sheriff Tim Moore announced last week he won’t seek re-election after serving five years in that position. In Burnett County, incumbent Sheriff Dean Roland has yet to see any challengers. *** Meanwhile the race for governor has tightened, according to a Rasmussen Reports telephone survey. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the likely Democratic candidate, now attracts virtually the same level of support as his two Republican opponents - ex-Congressman Mark Neumann and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker. Both Republicans have led Barrett in surveys stretching back to the first of the year but the Democrat has steadily been gaining ground, according to Rasmussen Reports. Walker made headlines this week by taking a surprisingly tough public stance against Arizona’s sweeping new immigration law that has generated protests across the country. “In America we don’t want our citizens getting pulled over because of how they look,” Walker said. All three candidates agree the answer to immi-

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gration reform lies with the federal government, not the states.

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel columnist Dan Bice noted this past week that Walker’s constituent services coordinator resigned after admitting to posting about 70 comments on Journal Sentinel blogs and stories which praised her boss or ripped his two opponents, Barrett and Neumann. Darlene Wink, using a pseudonym, allegedly posted most of the comments while on the clock for the taxpayers and Milwaukee County. She admitted to blogging while at her job but never thought it would become an issue.

••• Oshkosh business owner Ron Johnson has officially entered the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, according to Wisconsin Public Radio. He concedes he has some catching up to do, since there are three other Republicans in the race, and the primary election is only four months away. Before Johnson could take on incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold, he would have to get by Republican challengers, Dick Leinenkugel, Dave Westlake and Terrence Wall. Johnson says he’s willing to put some of his personal fortune into buying TV commercials and getting his name out to the public.He says he’s spoken at some Tea Party rallies, but hasn’t set up any Tea Party chapter and isn’t antigovernment. Johnson says he plans to compete for the Republican Party endorsement at this weekend’s GOP convention in Milwaukee.

••• In the 25th Assembly District this week, Republican candidate Dane Deutsch accepted the endorsement of Senate Minority Leader Scott Fitzgerald. Deutsch, Rice Lake, is challenging incumbent Robert Jauch, longtime Democratic representative of the district which includes all of Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland, Iron and Washburn counties and parts of Sawyer, Barron, Polk and Burnett counties. - Gary King with compiled wire reports/news releases

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- Tom Milfred (madison.com) I've never been a Dave Obey fan.

Mostly it was that temper of his, the one that earned him the nickname "Mount Obey" - as in, you never know when he might erupt.

He always seemed too big for his britches, with a dismissive, get-out-of-my-way aura. ...Down here in Madison, it's easy to lose sight of Wisconsin's rural reaches. Obey stuck up for the hinterland and used his longheld seat on the House Appropriations committee to bring home bucks for dental clinics, schools and road projects. ...While U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold of Middleton and Rep. Paul Ryan of Janesville fought the good fight to end wasteful pet projects, Obey kept doling them out.

I suppose my view might be different if I were living in Ashland, Rice Lake or Merrill, reading about high-speed trains, fancy hotels and $1 billion interchanges in Madison and Milwaukee.

And I suppose one could defend Obey as a realist. He knew how to get things done in Washington. You might not like the end product. But the messy work of lawmaking may sometimes require loads of lard.

Obey played a few bars of "Amazing Grace" on his harmonica after announcing his retirement Wednesday. His passion for music is endearing. And his passion for public service will never be questioned.

I wish Obey well. At the same time, I congratulate north-central Wisconsin on a needed fresh start.

••• Tom Giffey, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram At times like this, cliches are appropriate: Obey's departure from Congress will mark the end of an era. He's a living link to the Wisconsin's century-long progressive tradition, which includes the likes of U.S. Sens.

Gaylord Nelson and Robert M. La Follette Sr. The state is unlikely to produce someone like him again: a politician who rose to the top not by spouting focusgroup tested talking points but by unapologetically and sometimes gruffly speaking his mind. ...Supporters and critics alike must agree that Obey was painfully honest -- a trait too few of his colleagues share. ...Those who disagree with Obey politically often say he's a poster boy for the need for term limits. We'll leave such arguments for another day. However, it's important to note that the depth of Obey's experience often served his constituents -- and the institution -- well. In an era when politics is always about the next election, leaders tend to view everything in terms of short-term gains and losses. Those who have served for decades and observed the ebb and flow of history offer a different perspective. Ask Obey about the backlash against the health care reform bill, for example, and he'll say it's nothing compared with the anger stirred by the Panama Canal treaty in the 1970s. Talk about today's deficits, and he'll offer a dissertation on President Ronald Reagan's 1980s budgets.

Unfortunately, that long view will be something Obey takes with him.

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• Letters to the editor • Will of the people, II More results from the Burnett County survey: Communication • Residents and property owners prefer to get information from Burnett County via direct mail (55 percent) and newsletters (49 percent).

Growth and development • When Burnett County residents were asked their preference for how to pay for public infrastructure, the responses were fairly equally distributed: 36 percent prefer taxes, 32 percent prefer user fees, and 28 percent prefer development impact fees.

• When paying for public services, 54 percent prefer taxes, 24 percent user fees and 16 percent prefer development impact fees.

Residential development • A substantial majority of property owners in Burnett County (69 percent) favor rural developments that use cluster designs (smaller lots with shared open space) over traditional designs (larger lots with little or no shared open space).

• Majorities of respondents support the clustering of residential lots to preserve forestland, natural and environmental features, rural open space and productive agricultural land.

Seasonal rentals • A very solid majority of respondents agree that noise limits on outdoor use of property should be imposed during late hours.

• A majority of respondents agree that septic systems should be designed and maintained to support the number of guests.

• Nearly one half of respondents disagree with requiring landscaping along side property lines.

• Twenty one percent of respondents believe that short term rental of residential units should not be allowed.

• Nearly two thirds of seasonal residences are used five or more months annually.

Economic development • When asked what types of businesses are the most important for Burnett County to attract, tourism and recreation businesses were deemed the most important followed by health-care services.

• A majority of respondents agreed that restaurants, cocktail lounges and resorts are appropriate commercial uses on waterfront property adjacent to residential development.

Rich Hess Trade Lake

Cherish truth Where are the Republican voices for reason and truth? Where are those voices that champion individual responsibility and morality? Nonsense is nonsense, whether it comes out of the mouths of liberals, moderates or conservatives.

Sane government demands that we truly listen to each other, but it does not require us to tolerate nonsense.

So when are Republican voices going to speak up? And say: let us talk about issues. We need less taxes or we need more taxes. Corporations and banks need less regulation or more regulation.

How do we best stimulate more jobs? Issues, yes, but let’s stop talking nonsense and reject lies.

A recent Harris Poll shows what a sorry state this nation is in.

These are the percentages of Republicans that believe the following statements about President Obama: He is a Muslim (57 percent) Was not born in this country and so is not eligible to be president (45 percent) He is the domestic enemy that the U.S. Constitution speaks of (45 percent) Wants to turn over the sovereignty of the United States to a world government (51 percent) He may be the Antichrist (24 percent) He wants the terrorist to win (22 percent) Where are the responsible Republican voices that will show leadership and in-

New laws aimed at boosting Ann farms and food processors, Hraychuck creating jobs in rural 28th District communities Assembly Wisconsin’s economy is diverse – with major commercial manufacturers, a significant small business community and new, cutting-edge innovators in the health and science fields. But there is one industry that made Wisconsin what it is today, and still provides 10 percent of all our jobs. Agriculture.

With a $59 billion impact, we cannot ignore farmers and food producers in our efforts to get Wisconsin’s economy back on track. This session, I worked to preserve Wisconsin’s farming heritage and support the next generation of family farms with the Beginning Farmer Tax Credit and with new funding for the Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin program. I helped to eliminate the proposed changes to Wisconsin’s use-value law (which modified the definition of agricultural land), the

One-party control in Wisconsin: History and results Wisconsin is generally a politically independent state, where partisan affiliation changes often. It has been rare when one political party controls the full state Legislature and governor’s office. For the 2009-10 legislative session, however, the Democrats controlled the state assembly, state Senate, and the governor’s office. Before this session, the last time one political party controlled both houses and the governor’s office for an entire session was the 1985 session when Democrats controlled all three. The last time that Republicans controlled all three was 40 years ago in the 1969-70 legislative ses-

proposed increases to our large family farms, and a per-head slaughter fee from the state budget.

Now, I am excited to share the good news that four other bills I worked on for rural economic development have been signed into law.

We were successful in extending the Dairy Farm Modernization Tax Credit, a 10 percent incentive for farmers who make significant improvements, including new fencing or waste management systems. Since 2004, the Wisconsin dairy farm tax credit has resulted in more than $50 million worth of tax credits, generating more than $500 million in private onfarm investments. When you have an economic tool that works this well, you’ve got to keep it going – and I’m

Sheila Harsdorf 10th District Senate sion. Republican Warren Knowles from New Richmond had both a Republicanled state Assembly and state Senate during that session. Ironically, the leader of the state Senate was Sen. Robert Knowles, Warren’s brother, who was from River Falls.

In the 40 years since, split governance has been the norm. Even during Gov. Tommy Thompson’s 14-year tenure, Republicans did not control both the Assembly and Senate for a full

stead of allowing and encouraging this nonsense and these destructive lies, will lead us to a serious discussion of the great issues facing this nation?

The search for the truth is something that all Americans should cherish.

We are playing with dynamite by demonizing our president and dividing our country in the process.

Fred Kramer Spooner

You make a difference A volunteer is formally defined as one who enters into or offers himself for a service of his own free will. You may not always believe it, but volunteers, you are the ones who work hard and can place a grateful smile on our faces. It is you, volunteers, who answer the call of duty to satisfy the needs of others.

In one of my experiences as a volunteer I came to realize their importance, especially in a school setting. In November, I attended National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, Ga., and a part of our trip was to perform a community service project. A large group of us were shipped on a bus, unaware of where we were going. My group of 50 individuals arrived at an allblack elementary school in the outskirts of Atlanta. I was paired up with two of my other friends who traveled with me from Wisconsin and we had the privilege and opportunity to work in a kindergarten classroom. The moment I set foot in that classroom, I became a volunteer.

To fully understand what it is like to volunteer in a kindergarten classroom, you have to experience it firsthand. First, kindergarteners are antsy and anxious to learn. We got to sit on the rug with them and listen to story time and listen to them sing their alphabet songs and they were all so delighted to perform for us.

Second, they can get very excited. Third, kindergarten children are very grabby and yearning for attention. We walked the kids down to lunch after our shift and they all wanted to hold our hands or just be beside and want attention from

the big kids. Those kindergarten kids may not remember what we actually did for them, but they likely were talking about the tall white kids who came to their classroom for the day.

Being a volunteer has taught me many things. In my experiences as a volunteer, whether thy were truly volunteer opportunities or ones that I was volunteered for, I have learned that it is often a far greater reward to be the volunteer and to see the results of that – the appreciation of a job well done, the thank-yous, the pats on the back and the outcomes we may see instantly or the ones that will come years later.

As a school volunteer, it is unfortunate, but likely, that you do not get thanked as often as you should. It is far too easy for us to take you for granted. I know the teachers appreciate your help and assistance – it makes their jobs more manageable and less stressful. As far as we students are concerned, you may think that we don’t even notice that you are here, but we do! I remember being a student in Mrs. Tjader’s second-grade classroom and really enjoying when Mr. Peterson, her brother-in-law, would come in to help. I don’t remember everything he did with and for us, but I do remember carving pumpkins and sitting and talking with him on field trips. A volunteer’s ability to build relationships is one of the most important things you can do for us students. It is that which we are likely to remember most. By building these relationships, we young people are hopefully more willing to be volunteers and help others in return.

So, even if we forget to say thank you, we hope you know that we do notice how you contribute to our growth and to the welfare of our school. Thanks for being helpers, tutors, special visitors, field trip monitors and role models. You make a difference in our lives.

Jacob Stiemann Grade 11 Siren High School

proud to have helped renew this farm credit that helps folks expand their operations and invest locally.

The Food Processing Modernization Tax Credit was also recently approved, providing a refundable tax credit equal to 10 percent of expansion costs for Wisconsin food processors and distributors. Wisconsin has more than 1,000 food processing businesses that could benefit from this tax credit, including several within Polk, Burnett and St. Croix counties. To qualify for these credits, food processors have to invest in new, hightech equipment that increases their productivity. This program will help them stay a step ahead of their regional competitors, which ultimately means more jobs for Wisconsin workers.

Together with my colleagues from both sides of the aisle, I’ve also worked to boost agricultural businesses’ profitability – and the opportunity for their growth – through changes to the producer security program. Without significant increases in risk, this measure is bringing down the cost of compliance for many

grain elevators, dairies and vegetable producers.

I was pleased that the governor signed the Farm-to-School bill, which will create new markets for Wisconsin farmers by encouraging schools to buy from local growers. Not only are we investing in our communities, but this legislation also helps to provide children with fresh, healthy food for their school lunches and snacks. Farm-to-School programs hold great economic potential for the future and I look forward to the expansion of this program throughout Wisconsin.

I think these new programs are smart investments in what is truly Wisconsin’s economic backbone. By strengthening agricultural producers, we are supporting the state’s economy and creating jobs, both now and for many years to come.

If you are interested in or have questions about these business tax credits and regulatory reforms, I encourage you to contact my office. I can be reached tollfree at 888-529-0028 or by e-mail at Rep.Hraychuck@legis.wisconsin.gov.

session. Senate leadership alone switched five times over a six-year period from 1993 to 1999.

Split governance inevitably requires compromise and consensus building, since either house can block partisan action. However, with the last legislative session now wrapped up, we can see how one-party rule by the Democrats shaped policy changes in Wisconsin.

Some key changes included: • Banning smoking in places of public employment • Limiting school districts’ ability to negotiate teacher-pay contracts • Increasing state taxes on businesses, investors and high-income earners • Mandating sex education where local schools want to teach abstinence only • Reforming drunk-driving laws • Expanding health-care entitlements

• Banning Indian mascot logos for public schools • Public funding for state judicial campaigns A number of other issues gained much attention but failed to pass, including climate change legislation, voter registration overhaul, and reforms to Milwaukee public schools governance.

What do you think of single-party control of state government? Do you prefer a government that requires consensus and compromise to bring about change; or do you prefer a government that is positioned to embark on a sweeping liberal or conservative agenda? I welcome your feedback. You can contact me through www.harsdorfsenate.com or by calling 800-862-1092.

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• Area news at a glance • 1995 homicide focus of show HAYWARD - A TV show focusing on a 1995 Sawyer County homicide will be shown at 7:30 p.m. central time Friday, June 4, on the Investigation Discovery Channel. Titled “Mystery in Flames,” the show is an episode in the “Main Street Mysteries” series. It focuses on the Robert Clark homicide near Winter in 1995 and the resulting lengthy investigation, which led to a trial and conviction in the case. Sawyer County Record (haywardwi.com) Power boats coming CUMBERLAND - This summer, residents of and visitors to Cumberland will be able to witness an event that hasn’t been seen in the area in quite some time, as the Twin Cities Power Boat Association will bring power boat racing back to Beaver Dam Lake, following approval by the city council at their May meeting. The races will be held near Eagle Point, as opposed to near the fishing pier, as was originally proposed. Jeff Larson, commodore of the TCPBA, explained the club travels all over the Midwest, and was interested in holding races in Cumberland. Larson explained the club sets up and takes down the course, provides their own divers, provides spotters to control water traffic during the races, and ensures EMS is on-scene. “This is a show you can’t see anywhere else in the country,” Larson said. The original plan was to have the races near the fishing pier. However, after

two residents of the Asgard Condominiums expressed concerns about the races being held that close to their residences, the pair suggested to Larson that he and another representative of the TCPBA look at Eagle Point as a possible alternative.

After the visit to Eagle Point, Larson decided that area would be a much better venue for the event. - Cumberland Advocate

Weyerhaeuser School party WEYERHAEUSER - The doors of Weyerhaeuser School will soon close, but before that happens a party celebrating the school and its graduates will be held. An all-school reunion is set for Saturday, May 22. The final class to graduate from Weyerhaeuser High School will do so at 7 p.m.

Friday, May 21. The Weyerhaeuser School District is consolidating with Chetek, and all students will be educated in Chetek Schools. The new school district takes effect July 1. “We want a chance to say goodbye to old Weyerhaeuser High,” said WHS alum Lynda (Rost) Burdorf. Burdorf, along with Dianne (Kramer) Scott, Virginia (Kostka) Szozda and JoAnne (Loda) Styczynski organized the event. The allschool reunion kicks off with an informal social gathering from 1-5 p.m. in the school‘s gymnasium. Guest speakers begin at 3 p.m. The event continues with a DJ performing from 6-10 p.m. at Weyerhaeuser Community Park. - Rice Lake Chronotype

School addresses “sexting” PINE CITY, Minn. - Pine City schools are in the process of updating the student and teacher handbooks. One focus is aimed at cracking down on sexting and inappropriate cell phone pictures. Pine City High School Principal George Johnson outlined the proposed new rules during a recent school board meeting.

According to a study by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unwanted Pregnancy, one in five teenage girls engage in sending electronic nude or seminude pictures, compared to under one in five teenage boys. The survey also showed 71 percent of teen girls and 67 percent of teen guys who have sent or posted sexually suggestive content say they have sent/posted this content to a boyfriend/girlfriend.

Twenty-one percent of teen girls and 39 percent of teen boys say they have sent such content to someone they wanted to date or hook up with. - redrockonair.com Back to Church campaign NEW RICHMOND - A group of about 15 people braved nasty weather Saturday to knock on doors in the Roberts and Hammond communities. The volunteers were part of the Back To Church ecumenical movement. They are members of Trinity Lutheran in Hammond, United Methodist in Hammond, Immaculate Conception in Hammond, Cross Lutheran in Roberts and Roberts Congregational

United Church of Christ. This was the first ecumenical campaign in Roberts and Hammond, said Steve Hanusa, pastor at Hammond’s United Methodist Church and event organizer. The idea came from a national Back To Church campaign, he said. The group in Roberts had 1,800 door hangers and business cards printed through Outreach Inc., a provider of church outreach products and services.

The materials listed all the churches’ contact information and worship schedules.

Before hitting the streets of Hammond and Roberts, about 25 volunteers sat in on a training session April 17. The group planned to canvas the community on May 8, with a rain date of May 15. Despite the bad weather, about 15 people decided to go through with the mission anyway on Saturday, Hanusa said. About 800 door hangers were distributed. “People were cordial,” Hanusa said. Training sessions emphasized that the volunteers should introduce themselves and invite people to try a church or attend church again after an absence. Hanusa said he hopes the ecumenical project becomes an annual event. “It makes a good statement to the community,” he said. - New Richmond News

Meeting attendance expectations approved at Luck Sign ordinance raises questions

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer LUCK — Causing a great deal of discussion at the May 12 meeting of the Luck village board were proposed changes in the village’s sign and billboard ordinance.

In the end, the board voted to approve some of the recommended changes (see separate story), but others will face further discussion. Existing signs are grandfathered in under the old ordinance.

One item that will impact residents is a state law prohibiting signs within the right-of-way of a street.

According to discussion at the meeting, garage sale and other signs placed in the grass between the sidewalk and road, or on signposts within the right-of-way, are illegal.

The planning commission, said board president Steve Nielsen, in submitting the proposed changes to the sign ordinance intended to allow signs in the grass next to the road. However, said village administrator Kristina Handt, state law prohibits such signs.

Trustee Peter Demydowich argued that signs like these in the “boulevard” do not cause problems with traffic. Requiring people to measure the right-of-way before placing their sign is not feasible, he said.

Handt said that even village attorney Adam Jarchow agreed that temporary signs within the terrace are OK, but added, “I do think it’s important everyone is aware of this state law, even if we approve the recommendations of the planning commission.”

The news release from the village says

that any sign violating the state law will be removed.

Also discussed was the allowed dimensions of window signs. The planning commission recommended that a window sign not exceed 25 percent of the total area of the window, but Demydowich pointed out that both Natural Alternative and Holiday have more than that covered. It was noted that Natural Alternative’s window sign is considered artwork.

“We don’t want the blanketing of signs,” said Handt. She said that business owners can come in to request a conditional use permit if they want to put up new window signs that cover more than 25 percent.

“It doesn’t create a feeling of good will,” said Demydowich, adding that the demand for conditional use permits will grow.

He asked if promotions painted on store windows would need permits each time they change, since they are often changed on a monthly basis.

“We have some pretty progressive business people on our planning commission,” responded Handt. “I guess I would trust their judgment.”

Another section of the sign ordinance limits the signage on the outside walls of businesses. When this was questioned by Demydowich, Handt said, “It’s all about the type of community you want.”

She indicated that the choices are a community with signs all over, or a “cleaner, fresher, sharper” community.

A final point of disagreement was in the planning commission’s recommendation that there be no permit fee for non-profit organizations putting up signs to advertise events.

Demydowich argued that processing the event information still costs the village

Old library building sold The Luck village board has accepted an offer of $20,000 for the old library building, which has been vacant since the library moved into its new facility in the fall of 2008. The offer, from Ben and Eileen Gutzmer of Luck, is the first the village has received during that time. The Gutzmers plan to use the building for a dance studio, according to village administrator Kristina Handt. The offer was accepted at a closed session of the board Wednesday, May 12, and a closing date of June 24 has been set. — Photo by Mary Stirrat

money, and that the permit fee amounts to $2 per month.

Nielsen said that the planning commission voted unanimously not to charge non-profits, and village clerk pointed out that the events are often for just one day.

Handt said that a non-profit group, like the community club, would need just one sign permit to advertise all of its events.

“Then definitely they should be charged,” said Demydowich.

Approved were changes in allowable sizes and fees for temporary signs. To be discussed at a future meeting, among other things, are fees for non-profits, and the allowable size of window and wall signs.

Meeting attendance After months of discussion the Luck village board last week approved ordinance changes that allow possible sanctions against board members who miss 25 percent or more of the meetings.

The change requires that the board president and trustees notify the village clerk in writing three days prior to a regular or special board meeting they will be unable to attend. If they cannot notify the clerk in advance, they must do so within a week after the meeting.

In the event any board member misses 25 percent or more of the scheduled meetings, the village board will review his or her attendance record.

At that time a determination will be made whether “the absences are evidences of a neglect of duties,” said Handt.

Approved on a roll call vote, with Hassan Mian absent, the changes goes into effect May 20.

In past discussion regarding the proposed changes, the idea of withholding part of the salary paid to absentee board

members was considered. This was not included in the approved change, and no consequences were included in the ordinance.

Board appointment Since January, through resignations and consistent absenteeism, the board has been running one member short.

On the agenda at the May 12 meeting was the appointment of Danette Olsen to serve out the term of trustee Jen Nelson, who resigned in late April. However, Olsen had a prior commitment and was unable to attend Wednesday’s meeting.

The board agreed to hold off on the appointment until the other board members could meet her.

If appointed, Olsen’s term will end April 2011.

Other business • The board voted to put out a request for proposals to hire a village engineer.

Dave Rasmussen, senior planner with MSA Professional Services, told the board that legislation is pending to require municipalities to have their own engineering services.

• Trustee Marsha Jensen said that the community club is looking for food and craft vendors for Lucky Days.

• Issues at Fort Luck Park were briefly discussed. Police officer Monte Tretsven said that the park would be more heavily patrolled to make it more family-friendly.

“We thought there were some real safety issues there,” said trustee Bob Determan of the public protection committee.

Lions donate to Luck Library The Luck Lions Club donated $525 to the Luck Library and Museum for the purchase of large-print books for the sight impaired. Treasurer Charvey Spencer is shown presenting the check to Jill Glover, the head librarian. - Photo submitted

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Police chief calls his department top notch

by Sherill Summer Leader staff writer HERTEL - St. Croix Tribal Police Chief Frank Taylor is happy to explain why the St. Croix Tribal Police force is top notch. All 13 deputies are state certified, having at least an associate degree in law enforcement. All deputies exceed the minimum hours of annual refresher training each year by taking classes on such subjects as how to respond to domestic violence, interview and interrogation techniques and how to operate emergency vehicles safely.

Taylor also explains that the department spares no expense in equipping vehicles with lights, mobile computer stations and video systems, for example, to give the officers the tools they need on the job. The department also has two state-certified canine officers at the department’s disposal.

Taylor wants the public to know that the St. Croix Tribal Police Department has the same hiring practices as other law enforcement departments in the state. They accept applications statewide, perform extensive background tests and random drug tests of all personnel.

Taylor also explains that the department enforces state law on the tribal lands in its jurisdiction just like any other law enforcement agency would. Although the tribe is a sovereign nation, all state laws apply to tribal citizens.

The recent news about the problems with mutual assistance between the tribal police department and the Burnett County Sheriff’s Department might also lead to misconceptions of the tribal officers, Taylor believes. But

Shown is dispatcher Vickie Bauer at the St. Croix Tribal dispatch center on the Sand Lake reservation. The dispatch center is an essential component of the St. Croix Tribal Police Department. The police department provides law enforcement for all St. Croix Tribal lands, which stretch across three counties. - Photo by Sherill Summer

the problem with mutual assistance was because language in the state statutes did not recognize tribal law enforcement, not because the officers were not qualified to provide law enforcement.

If the reader is wondering why Taylor is so eager to discuss the qualifications of the tribal police department, it is because says there are many misconceptions about the qualifications of the tribal police department and the laws in place on tribal lands.

Taylor is proud of the way the tribal police department has grown. The police department received state certification only in 2002 when state laws changed, allowing tribal police departments in Wisconsin. The department started out with two full-time officers and two part-time officers and has now grown to 13 deputies, four full time dispatchers and a dispatch supervisor / office administrator.

Taylor is happy to talk about the changes in the department through the years, and he is a good person to talk with since he has been at the department since its inception in 2002. He is also happy to discuss how the department is operated and even encourages the public to ride along with deputies during their shift, if they so wish.

All anyone needs to do is call the St. Croix Tribal Police Department at 715-349-8638.

Introduction of top 10 leads Webster agenda

by Carl Heidel Leader staff writer WEBSTER - Webster Board of Education members got a bit of a treat when they met Monday evening, May 17.

High School Principal Tim Widiker introduced them to the top 10 scholars in the graduating class of 2010.

Leading the list were Nolan Kriegel (valedictorian) and Allison Leef (salutatorian). Others were Bryan Krause, Nick Doriott, Nicholas Koelz, Chaz Heinz, Nicole Steiner, Bethany Nutt, Phillip Preston and Joseph Cook. All 10 posted a four-year grade-point average of 3.6 or better on a 4.0 scale.

Widiker later reported that at the high school awards night, members of the graduating class received $41,450 in scholarships from the Webster district community. He commented that this high amount is a good indication of the support that the community gives to its students.

In another item, Widiker also announced that the school district’s newspaper, The Bridge, had received an honorable mention award in the general excellence cate-

gory of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association 2009-2010 high school Better Newspaper Contest. He noted that Marleana Rank, newspaper advisor and publications teacher, and her student staff had achieved this honor in the most demanding category of the competition.

Paula Zelinski, speech disorders specialist in Webster Schools, followed with a presentation on autism and the schools’ efforts to serve students who are diagnosed as autistic. Describing autism as a developmental disorder with no known cause or cure, she said that the schools presently have 12 students with the disorder, and they require varying degrees of support from teachers and staff to be successful in the educational environment.

Zelinski said that in addition to efforts in the classroom, the schools also offer a special sensory room that allows children with the disorder to refocus after periods of high stimulation. She also noted that there is a resource library in the schools to provide information for parents and others who deal with autistic children.

In another item late in the evening, Superintendent Jim

Erickson reported that the Webster Athletic Association has donated more than $31,000 since its formation in 2006. The money has been distributed among the various athletic groups, teams and athletic activities.

In other business the board: • approved the music department request for permission for the band and choir trip to Florida to perform at Disneyland; • approved participation in round two of Race to the Top; • approved application for Title 1 funding in the middle school; • accepted the resignation of special needs teacher Steve Wolfe; • granted a contract to Ashley Close to teach FACE; • approved Josh Johnson as volunteer high school track and field assistant coach.

Grantsburg Elementary receives Boxtops for Education donation

by Priscilla Bauer Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG- Grantsburg Elementary School AmeriCorp Volunteers Sara Christopherson and Dawn DeRocker received a check for $430 dollars this month from General Mills for the school’s participation in the Boxtops for Education Program.

Students and their parents, staff and the community have been involved in the campaign to collect the boxtops throughout the school year and are now cashing in on their efforts, literally.

Once all the boxtops were collected, Christopherson and DeRocker counted and organized the labels then sent

them to General Mills to be redeemed for cash awards.

The money raised has been designated for a student art project by the school’s third-grade classes.

Grantsburg Elementary Principal, Katie Coppenbarger said the theme for drawings done by the students will be Nature in Our Community and will highlight some of the area’s nature wonders, such as the Crex Meadows Wildlife Area and the St. Croix River.

Once created, the drawings will be transferred to ceramic tiles for a permanent wall display. The company making the tiles, Square One Art, also offers the mugs, note cards, handbags and other novelty items, which Coppenbarger said parents would be able to order at cost.

Coppenbarger said she saw the idea for the wall display at another school and thought it would be a colorful addition to the elementary school wall.

In addition to the $430 box tops check, the elementary school received a $520 check from Target through the retail chain’s Take Charge of Education program.

Under the program, customers designate a school then Target donates 1 percent of their REDcard credit purchases to it throughout the year. The Target donation will be used for special students and family activities such as Family Movie Night, Family Reading Night, and student assembly programs. New sleds and saucers will also be purchased for the school’s sliding hill.

County says no to National Park Service burn

by Sherill Summer Leader staff writer SIREN - The Burnett County Natural Resource Committee reviewed a request from the National Park Service to increase native prairie species on a portion of county forest with prescribed burns.

The area the National Park Service would like to alter is in Blaine Township, just northeast of the Namekagon

Barrens Wildlife Area, along the Namekagon River.

Much of the area the park service wishes to burn is included in the National Wild Riverway and will likely be burned three times in the next 10 years, and every 10 to 20 years thereafter to maintain the desired ecosystem.

The park service wants to use existing roads and trails as a firebreak, and all of the nearby existing roads and trails are on county land. All of the land between the firebreaks and the river would be burned.

The park service presented two options to the county.

One would include 91 acres of county forest in the burn, and the other would include 27 acres of county forest in the burn.

The natural resource committee denied both requests, however, because the county forest generates revenue from timber harvest, and the prescribed burns would essentially limit harvestable timber from those acres.

Contamination does not appear to be too serious

by Sherill Summer Leader staff writer WEBSTER - The Webster Village Board received an update on the library project on Wednesday, May 12. The Burnett Community Library will move to the former Larsen dealership building in Webster next spring.

Some petroleum contamination has been found on the site. Although the cleanup of the contamination is not

expected to interfere with the work on the building, test wells have been installed around the building to determine the extent of the damage.

Soil results are in and village Trustee Tim Maloney was told that the contamination does not appear to be too serious. The village is still waiting for the water-sample results, but groundwater is fairly deep at the site, improving chances the contamination did not reach the groundwater. The village should know soon exactly what needs

to be done, if anything, to clean up the contamination.

Other business Village President Tom Stusek announced that Rick Benton of A-1 Septic has donated a satellite toilet for the summer again this year that will be placed near the skate park. The nearby tennis courts will also be improved now that a bid to resurface the courts was accepted.

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Amery man arrested for sixth-offense OWI POLK COUNTY – Lynn Windsor, 60, Amery, was stopped while driving his truck on May 16 because both of his taillights weren’t working. When the arresting officer stepped up to the vehicle, there was a glass on the ground next to the driver’s door with a foaming liquid next to the glass which looked like beer. Field sobriety tests were given, including a Breathalyzer, which registered .11. Windsor was arrested and taken to the Polk

County Jail. It was his sixth OWI offense.

Anthony Riemenschneider, 54, Frederic, was arrested and charged with OWI, fourth offense on May 16. He was observed weaving his vehicle while driving on CTH I at about 6:30 that evening. His Breathalyzer registered .21, and he was taken to jail.

Alfred Lietz, 51, Luck, was arrested for OWI after he was involved in a one-vehicle crash which landed his Dodge Cara-

van in a ditch on May 11. He showed signs of intoxication, was given field tests, and was arrested. His preliminary breath test registered .28. It was his third OWI offense and also third offense for operativing a vehicle with a prohibited blood alcohol content.

Venus Griffin, 25, Centuria, was arrested and charged with OWI, first offense, and operativing with prohibited alcohol content, on May 16, after a police

officer saw her driving erratically. Her PBT registered .178. She was taken to the Polk County Jail.

Jennifer Johnson, 26, Amery, was charged with OWI, first offense, and with having a prohibited blood alcohol content on May 14. Her Breathalyzer registered .25.There were two open containers of alcohol in the vehicle. — with information from the Polk County Sheriff’s Dept.

Mission project set for June in Grantsburg GRANTSBURG - Mission Bells Ministries will be holding a Northwoods Mission at Grantsburg this year from Sunday through Saturday, June 20 to 26. Mission Bells Ministries is a Christian ministry based in southeastern Wisconsin in the town of Sullivan. It creates mission projects and retreats for youth and young adults. Summer mission projects are de-

signed to be low cost and combine the elements of a mission project with those of a summer camp program. $96 covers six nights lodging, meals and activities.

The mission in Grantsburg this June is open to ages 11 to 30. The group will travel each day from a base camp at the Grantsburg fairgrounds to various projects in the area, which usually last from

Dennis the Magnificent Dennis the Magnificent talked to St. Croix Falls elementary students Tuesday, May 18, about reading books and putting that knowledge to work. He demonstrated skills he read about in books such as juggling, dancing, doing basketball tricks like a Harlem Globetrotter, bowling and being a super hero.

The presentation was sponsored by the St. Croix Falls Public Library to encourage students to participate in summer reading programs, to read for fun and to learn about new things. – Photo by Tammi Milberg

8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The teams will be working on a wide range of projects supporting the community, such as home painting or repairs, helping people move, organizing a food pantry, landscaping or spending time with residents of assisted living centers. Other activities will be available in the afternoons and evenings, including horseback riding, canoeing,

swimming, volleyball, Frisbee golf, a talent show, nightly worship and many others. Volunteer workers are also needed.

For more information or to sign up, contact Pastor Freddie Kirk at 715-327-4436 or 715-327-8383. — submitted

Master of Science sessions available RICE LAKE – Two information sessions will be held for area educators who would like to learn more about the opportunity to earn a Master of Science in EducationProfessional Development degree.

The meetings will be held in the Siren High School Library, Monday, May 24, 4 – 5 p.m. and in the Commons at UW-Barron County on Monday, June 7, 4 – 5 p.m.

This graduate degree is offered in partnership with UW-Barron County and UW-River Falls. The program is in a shared inquiry format in which participants will learn in a fun and supportive environment. The degree is earned in just 20 weekends and is the only program in the region that is University of Wisconsin

quality in partnership with your local UW. The program is designed for K-12 educators; higher education, technical school instructors, anyone interested in developing teaching and leadership skills and those who seek to experience the power and excitement of a learning community.

Specifically, the community will meet on the UW-Barron County campus in Rice Lake. Students complete 7-8 credits over five weekends each fall and spring term.

Classes are not held during the summer.

For more information contact Samantha Heathman in the UW-BC continuing education office at 715-234-8176 ext. 5403 or at samantha.heathman@uwc.edu. – from UWBC

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St. Croix Falls prom court • 2010 St. Croix Falls juniors held their prom May 15 at Trollhaugen in Dresser. Pictured are members of the prom royalty entering before the announcement of the king and queen. (L to R) are: Jessica Larcom, Katie Meyer, 2010 Queen Emma Wimberley, 2009 Queen Cassie Petherbridge, Alex Lunde, Alicia Chelberg, Marcus Campbell, Spencer Walters, 2009 King Jordan Fehlen, 2010 King Kodi Drinken, Ryan Jaremczuk and Blake Klopfer. – Special photo

Navy contract bidders include Wisconsin company

by Patty Murray Wisconsin Public Radio MARINETTE – A shipbuilder in northeastern Wisconsin is waiting to find out if it wins a defense contract. If Marinette Marine is successful, the company says it could generate thousands of jobs in the next several years.

The U.S. Navy wants 10 littoral combat

ships. One of two companies in the running for the contract is Marinette Marine.

CEO Richard McCreary says Marinette Marine – along with Lockheed Martin – is competing against a different ship design developed by General Dynamics.

Marinette and Lockheed Martin have already completed a littoral ship, the USS Freedom, which is deployed. The Navy is also test driving the competing design.

McCreary says it’s an all or nothing deal, with cost as the issue. He says by having a larger run of ships to build, his company can get much lower material prices, a “much steeper learning curve” with regard to labor costs, and ultimately, “the Navy and the taxpayer get the least cost ship.”

McCreary says if Marinette Marine wins the bid, the littoral project would be Wis-

consin’s largest defense project since World War II. Last week, the governor announced a $50-million incentive package to help the company expand and train potential workers.

The Navy is expected to make its decision in July or August.

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Feingold hears pleas for funding new Grantsburg Fire Hall The economy, health care reform, congressional discord, energy concerns also addressed during senator’s listening session

by Priscilla Bauer Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG –Several citizens and members of the Grantsburg Fire Department came to Sen. Russ Feingold’s listening session at the Grantsburg Citizen Center on May 10 with one purpose in mind, finding funding for a new fire hall.

One by one they asked for the senator’s help in securing funding to replace the aging Grantsburg Fire Hall with a new facility.

Jeremy Gronski, a member of the Grantsburg Fire Association, asked Feingold about possible grants available to the department. Gronski said he knew of other communities that had been able to secure funding for their new facilities and wanted Feingold’s assistance as to how the Grantsburg Department could apply for grants.

“This community is in pretty dire need of a new fire hall. And we have the potential of losing our fire department,” Gronski told Feingold.

Gronski said it is the worse time to increase the tax levy to fund the project. He said while there is an on-going fundraising effort, the department still needs to secure grants to help with the project cost.

Gronski said stricter regulations are also making recruiting of new volunteer firefighters more and more difficult. Gronski also told Feingold the department could lose its volunteer status. In that event, the community would still have to provide service, but at a much higher cost.

Grantsburg Mayor Roger Panek, also a member of the Grantsburg Fire Association, joined Gronski in asking for Feingold’s help in obtaining funding for the new hall.

“We’re going to try to get you some help,” responded Feingold, who said he remembered how important his hometown of Middleton’s fire hall was to the community.

The economy and wasteful federal spending Feingold then turned his attention to the economy and the current criticism of wasteful federal spending.

“I recognized people are having a tough time in the current economic climate,” Feingold told the group. “My top priority is cutting spending. I’m tough on spending and have voted very tough on spending.”

Feingold, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, then referred to the Control Spending Now Act, legislation he recently introduced which, if enacted would to reduce the deficit by more than a half trillion dollars.

One provision of the act would end the automatic pay-raise system for Congress.

Feingold told the group he was successful in blocking the pay raise scheduled for Congress in 2011.

Health care Several people in the audience told Feingold they appreciated his yes vote on the health care reform bill. Feingold thanked them; pointing out he had taken the time to read the close to 2,000-page bill in its entirety before voting on it.

Gordy Lewis, CEO at Burnett Medical Center in Grantsburg, thanked Feingold for his support in putting value-based purchasing into the health care bill.

With value-based purchasing a variety of tools are used to obtain the right kind and mix of services of desired quality, based on the individual patient’s needs for a reasonable cost.

Feingold said basing services on the individual patient’s needs could save a huge amount of money.

Chris Sowers, who recently served as the interim Burnett County Veteran’s Service officer, told Feingold about the need for a nursing home in the area.

Sen. Russ Feingold held his 60th listening session of 2010 at the Grantsburg Senior Center on May 10. - Photos by Priscilla Bauer

and clear at town meetings the concern about the formula that’s been set up as it relates to coal, which we rely heavily on in Wisconsin. I have been heavily involved and have said I am not going to vote for the bill the way it came out of the House. I’m not going to jack up the rates of everyone in Wisconsin, while other people don’t play ball.

“I do think we need a bill related to climate change,” Feingold told the group. “I don’t think it’s a phony issue. Some people think it is. You have to consider it. But I’m not going to vote for something in its current form.”

When asked to comment on potential U.S. oil supplies currently not being explored, Feingold said he was not opposed to all drilling. “I’m not against to using oil in other places.”

Feingold then explained a Use It or Lose It bill he and fellow Sens. Christopher Dodds and Robert Menendez have introduced that would spur oil companies to develop the 66 million acres of federal land they currently lease but have not developed to produce oil. The bill mandates oil companies either produce on or seek to develop their existing federal leases, or relinquish the leases.

Jeff Monahan, an employee of Great

Concerned citizens listened intently during Sen. Russ Feingold’s listening session at the Grantsburg Senior Center on Monday, May 10.

Sowers told Feingold the Capeside Cove nursing home in Siren, closed several years ago, remains vacant. Sowers asked Feingold about possible federal funding available to remodel the building for use as an assisted-living facility.

Feingold said he and his staff would try to help Sowers through the process, telling him it was a project worthy of pursuing.

Several retired people attending the session raised their concerns regarding cuts and fraud in Medicare. Feingold said he completely agreed with getting rid of waste and assured them there will be no cut in Medicare benefits.

Congressional discord, campaign finance reform, term limits Attention then turned to the Congress with a number of people voicing their disappointment with the seemingly lack of cooperation between Democrats and Republicans.

“Congress is broken,” Burnett County Supervisor Chuck Awe told Feingold, asking, “Do you have that same perspective?”

“I completely agree.” said Feingold. “I have never been partisan. I work with the other side every chance I get. The most satisfying times I’ve had as a legislator is when I’ve worked with the other side.”

Jerry Dorff then asked Feingold to speak on real campaign finance reform.

“Well as you know, I’ve been very involved in this,” Feingold told Dorff. “McCain-Feingold made it a federal crime for corporations, unions or wealthy individuals to give $100,000, $500,000, million dollar contributions. More specifically, we made it a federal crime for members of Congress to ask for it. It’s 100 percent effective on that point. But that’s not enough. We need the public financing.

“I’m a co-author with Sen. Durbin, of the bill that would, for the first time, make house and Senate races based on voluntary public financing, said Feingold. “I’m the lead author of the bill that would restore this in the presidential races. Because you know, it’s falling apart. It’s become outdated. It isn’t enough money.

The primary thing is all screwed up be-

cause you don’t get the money until January of the election year. The Iowa thing, which basically made Obama president, was on January 3. They’ve got to be able to get some of the money earlier so they can plan. So I’m trying to get the White House to help me, along with some Republicans, to create a good public financing system for the presidential election, too.”

When asked his opinion on term limits, Feingold said he has always been opposed to term limits. “Well there are people that should be replaced and people that should be re-elected in my view. Of course, I’m a little biased on this. Now I agree with it for the president because of what happened with Roosevelt, the whole country relies on one person for the whole deal, that gets to be kind of scary.

“It’s never been done it for legislators, Feingold continued, I think it’s because the biggest gift you’d ever give to the federal government is to the bureaucracy. If you know a guy is only going to be around for a few years, you just hide the ball from him. I know because I’ve been around for a while, where to find stuff.”

“There’s a good kind of term limits, it’s called an election, said Feingold. “The founding fathers were given an amendment to create term limits and they unanimously voted it down.”

Feingold was also asked to comment on President Obama’s nomination of current Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace Justice Stevens. “She’s a brilliant person, clearly talented,” said Feingold. “I will be reviewing her nomination.”

Energy concerns Feingold also addressed the current energy policy and the need to develop alternative energy sources during the session.

Mark Dahlberg asked Feingold for his view on the cap-and-trade aspect of the climate bill. Dahlberg told Feingold he felt electric utilities and industries should be allowed to come up with their own solutions as to how best to get rid of carbon dioxide emissions.

“There are a lot of concerns about this cap-and-trade bill that passed the house,” commented Feingold. “I’ve heard loud

Lakes Electrical Equipment in Superior attended the Grantsburg session to ask Feingold’s opinion on solar power and wind power as they relate to Wisconsin companies looking to get into the alternative energy business.

Monaghan said GLEE is in the process of starting a new company, American Clean Energy Supply that will deal in solar panels. Monaghan wanted Feingold’s perspective on what the state should be doing to help with job creation in this growing industry. Monaghan said he felt Wisconsin could be a leader in the alternative energy business and was looking to Feingold as someone with a vision of the future for Wisconsin and its people.

Feingold responded to Monaghan’s remarks saying solar was part of the solution as were other energy alternatives such as wind.

“I don’t want to drill in Alaska. We’re still going to need foreign oil. It’s going to be a mixture,” said Feingold, who admitted he is most skeptical of nuclear power.”

I get a little nervous about nuclear power but my sense is it will be part of the mix.”

NAFTA Feingold was also asked what he thought about President Obama’s comments on renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. Feingold said he voted against NAFTA. “It was a rip-off and an unfair trade deal. I want us to change it.”

Iraq and Afghanistan Feingold then responded to a comment on the drain the Iraq war is having on our economy. “I feel fairly confident the president will keep his promise to get out of Iraq.”

When asked a follow-up question about the situation in Afghanistan, Feingold said this, “I think the president made the wrong call. We need a timetable to get out of there.”

After the listening session Feingold had a few minutes to talk with those attending before he headed back to Washington for a Wednesday vote.

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Changes begin at Minnesota Interstate Park New entry, restored rock walls, climber viewing station and a preview of projects down the road

of the Glacial Garden pathways, which were last addressed in the 1980s, as well as upgrades and enhancements at the visitor center at the end of the parking area.

He said it will include expanded displays, upgraded convenience and more.

“But this (the parking project) was the most important,” he said.

Erickson also looked into some of the historic blueprints at the park, which even show details on how to construct a rock wall. Those blueprints are also among the earliest history of some of the original intents of the park designers and engineers, and are among the numerous historically appreciated items and features at the park, all of which Erickson handles with great care, frequently murmuring little phrases under his breath as he reviews the old prints and plans, phrases like, “Look at this!”

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – Historically, areas in Minnesota Interstate Park include some of the earliest evidence of local St. Croix Valley trapping and forestry settlements, much of that evidence goes back to the very early 1700s.

However, the charm and intrigue of the area in and around the park has always been popular. While numerous tools and evidence of those early settlers and Native Americans have been discovered over the centuries, the park also includes some of the most historically significant construction and stonework of the modern era much of it from the Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps. Those Depression-era initiatives were behind many of the unique buildings, structures and stone walls and paths that visitors have come to expect and appreciate over the decades.

“There are a lot of good things happening here!” stated Minnesota Interstate Park manager Ron Erickson, who is front and center in a series of restoration and enhancement projects occurring at the Taylors Falls tourist fixture. Erickson outlined some of the deep changes happening at the entrance to the Minnesota half of Intestate Park - changes that will dovetail nicely with other projects and upgrades planned down the road.

Treading lightly While recent excavation work may give a hint of what’s to come, the entrance to the park is the most immediate benefactor.

“We’re working with archeologists to disturb as little as possible,” Erickson said, noting that much of the depression-era stonework was hand crafted by true artisans from mostly native basalt. “The last they worked on the walls was the 80s, so it’s been a while!”

The bulk of the changes are meant to better separate traffic and pedestrians, as well as to make it easier to use the actual parking area. The roadway and parking area changes are also the perfectly timed to include a true monument entry sign, which will be added to a small island in a roundabout area at the downtown park entrance. That roundabout will allow drivers to not only enter and exit easier, but also to turn around when there isn’t any room.

The changes have a price tag in the vicinity of $400,000 or more, which Erickson said has been budgeted for several years. The changes do include the loss of five parking spots, but it will make it much easier for larger vehicles to maneuver in and around. They include numerous enhancements that are unrelated to the roadway, such as an innovative viewing area where people can view the rock climbers above, which Erickson thinks will be a popular spot for observers.

The roadway down to the river landing will also be changed, and was part of the design work that goes back to when the long-range scope of Interstate Park projects were first prioritized and finalized.

“The project has been in the queue for years,” Erickson said. “They’ve been working on implementing and finalizing

Work began last week on a number of projects at Interstate Park - Minnesota, including a complete upgrade of the park’s upper entrance area, nearest downtown Taylors Falls. – Photos by Greg Marsten the designs since 2008.”

Access for TFFD and 350,000 others While many areas have been negatively affected by recent economic downturns, Interstate Park Minnesota has seen just the opposite, in fact Erickson said last year was a very good year, with an estimated 350,000 visitors. Because the park is so popular as a Twin Cities-area destination, the work schedule has been altered to basically run from Monday through Thursday, with full access allowed between.

“We’re trying to make sure people can maintain access as much as possible,” Erickson said. “But some days that part [the parking area] may be shut down. We’ll still be open, but people will need to be cautious with all the machinery.”

He said that in spite of the loss of five parking spaces, there will be a much safer and better flow for traffic in and around the entrance and near the visitor center.

He assured that the enhanced roadway will also allow emergency service vehicles full and easier access, as well, since Taylors Falls Fire Department rescue personnel are often called on to assist with climbing incidents and rescues.

Cutting edge enhancements Erickson also said the project has some environmentally sound ancillary benefits, such as the removal of the one overhead power line in the entryway. The new roadway will include a cutting-edge type of paving system, which will lead to a 15-to20-percent reduction in impervious pavement, allowing rains to be absorbed by the ground, instead of running off into the river.

“Like I said, a lot of good things are happening here!” Erickson stated.

Some of the most dramatic changes will happen to the roadway and walls around the parking facility, which includes the removal of the small building nicknamed the Pizza Hut near the entrance, and general traffic improvements to better separate walkers and vehicles, and to help the historic stone walls live longer with new barriers, to ease parking.

“Almost every time people pull up they bump it,” Erickson said of the short walls that curtain the parking area near the Glacial Gardens. “Eventually (that bumping) breaks the mortar joints.”

He said the upgraded parking area will have bumpers to prevent Long-range plans at Interstate Park-Minnesota include a retro upgrade of the former men’s rest room, which has only been used for storage for many years.

Under the plans, the historic little building would be converted back to a rest room for off-season use, such as by hikers in the fall or spring. It would feature a vault toilet and be useable nearly year-round. However, it may be several years before the conversion takes place.

Unforgettable experiences As the interview concluded, Erickson continued to review some of those early blueprints, many of which may not have been seen for years. He nods and looks up on the wall of his office, which displays the Minnesota - Division of Parks and

The new entry will feature all-new monument signage, worthy of the park. The new entry sign should be in place and completed by midsummer. the wall taps from happening, further adding life to the walls, which were likely built with many of the blown-out remnants of the original Hwy. 8 road cutting up the hill in 1931.

History meets functionality The CCC did much of the early building work in 1935, with other accoutrements of the park - such as the walls along the roadways, some of the buildings and stonework - being part of the WPA work in the park.

The infrastructure and stone projects at the two park sites have come to be appreciated for their historical aspect, and must now be respected much like the features that define the park naturally.

However, over the years, the function and applicability of the some of those features have forced changes, such as to the historic Women’s Lounge, which is possibly the oldest structure in the Minnesota park, with early records going back to between 1924 and 1914 for when it was built.

That means it was constructed long before the WPA and CCC work at the park. That building has seen many changes over the decades, and is now converted into dual restroom facilities, with a seasonal museum area for gifts and special projects.

Erickson said the Minnesota State Parks civil engineer has “been up here often” to keep an eye on progress and the plan implementation, and to make sure everyone is on the same page for the project. He also said there are local connections daily, with all of the excavation work being done by a Lindstrom-area company, and almost all of the project being performed by local engineers, workers and sub-contractors.

As an added bit of good news, Erickson said the project is already two weeks ahead of schedule!

The entire project is slated to be completed by early July, in time for the busiest time of the year.

Long-range plans Another of the old basalt buildings is part of the long-range plans at the park, according to Erickson. The plans call for the former Men’s Rest Room to eventually be converted back into a rest room, and used as an off-season cold weather privy, since the other facilities have shallow water piping that forces earlier shut-offs in the colder seasons.

Also on the wish list are rehabilitation

Trails mission statement - over-layed above a photo of a young boy fishing.

That statement reads: “Our vision is to create unforgettable park, trail, and water recreation experiences that inspire people to pass along the love for the outdoors to the next generation.”

Erickson takes that to heart, repeating the first line out loud.

“Creating unforgettable experiences!

That’s a great vision!” he said with a grin.

“I’m all for it!”

On that note, he also outlined a change in Minnesota law recently that includes a provision that state residents do not need a fishing license to fish in state parks, which means there will likely be quite a few more fishermen at Interstate. Erickson said they have started a loaner program for fishing tackle, and hope to become even more of a memorable destination for more than a third of a million visitors in and around the park, and two cities that buttress the park.

“We see a lot of great people here,” Erickson said, adding that the no-fee fishing program likely means the new changes will be put to even greater use. “I think that’ll be a good thing.”

Great care is being taken not to harm any of the existing rock walls or structures that will not be upgraded or changed, such as this fence base near the women’s lounge, aka the rest room building.

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Lakeland Conference track shines at Unity

Webster boys; Frederic girls finish on top

by Greg Marsten BALSAM LAKE – It was a great day for the West Lakeland Conference track meet Tuesday at Unity, and it was an especially good day for the Webster Tiger boys and the Frederic girls, who took their respective conference titles, just as they did last year.

Some of the highlights included a stellar competition on the boys pole vault, where Webster’s Mason Kriegel and Luck’s A.J. Walsh-Brenizer battled down to the wire - with the sun fading in the west. Kriegel ended up on top, and even broke his own best, and tied a West Lakeland Conference record with a solid, 13foot, 6-inch vault, that Walsh-Brenizer came close to matching, but couldn’t quite reach it. However, Walsh-Brenizer had never gone beyond 13-feet prior, so he also reached a personal best.

Other highlights were the intense sprinting and hurdling competition where the battles were tight between Unity, Shell Lake, Webster and Frederic, generally in both the girls and boys sides.

But the Webster boys again came away with a trophy, and it left the whole team with a reason to parade around the Unity track, celebrating not only their victory, but the contributions of longtime boys track coach Jeff Postler.

Head coach Roy Ward reminded his team about Postler’s contributions, and couldn’t say enough about his fellow coach after the meet.

“This guy’s been doing it for 30-some years,” Ward said. “He got the kids where the thought they needed to be. I mean he’s certainly a huge part of why we are where we are today!”

Ward also stressed the need for his squads to continue searching for not just personal bests, but bests that will keep them competitive for next week at the Frederic tournament.

“I call this our high-performance part of the season,” Ward said. “We got lots

Extra Points

The Frederic girls track squad once again came away with bragging rights in the West Lakeland Conference meet. – Photos by Greg Marsten of personal bests tonight, it was obvious that the kids were really pumped up for this!”

Frederic’s girls also dominated on their side of the aisle, winning behind solid performances by their state-class runners, Sam Nelson, Sage Karl and others,

The Webster boys were able to stay ahead of conference rival Unity for the conference title Tuesday.

with strong performances by their boys, as well. Tony Peterson crushed the competition in the hurdles, and the distance races were Frederic’s to lose, literally, after a disqualification for a lane violation.

“They should know that by now,” head coach Jeff Larcom said with a shrug. “It’s the first time it’s happened all year!”

Larcom was proud of his girls and boys, but noted the two-mile win by Nelson, and the relay team’s domination in several distances.

“They’re consistently on track,” he said. “Our goal is to get them to state, and do what they gotta do.”

Larcom noted that in addition to the win, his teams had several times that were even better than last year’s.

“This is a good group of girls,” Larcom said. “They’re always at practice, always looking for extra stuff to do. They stay longer than needed and they give lots of great teaching to the freshmen...I’m very, very proud of them!”

Saints girls have tough outing BALSAM LAKE – It was a tough outing for the Saints girls track team facing three disqualifications and two false starts.

••• WINONA, Minn. – Former Siren athlete, and current Hamline University track and field athlete, Lauren Howe recently completed a successful meet in the steeple chase event at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference meet held at St. Mary’s University in Winona. Howe Lauren Howe finished in fourth place with a time of 11:38.75, which is 55 seconds faster than last year’s time.

On Sunday, May 16, Howe was named as the women’s running most improved athlete at a banquet held at Hamline Unitversity. – Marty Seeger ••• FARMINGTON, N.M. – The Minnesota State Mavericks are headed to the NCAA Championship Tournament after defeating St. Cloud State 20-6 on Sunday, May 16. MSU junior and former Grantsburg athlete Aaron Berner is among those on the Mavericks baseball team, and had a great game scoring twice on one hit and an RBI. The Mavericks are ranked No. 15 Aaron Berner in the nation and Berner is batting .342 and leads the team with 10 home runs. The NCAA Championship Tournament runs from May 22-29 in Cary, N.C., at the USA Baseball National Training Complex.

– with information from www.msumavericks.com ••• COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Winona State Warriors softball team closed out the season with a loss to Minnesota State Mankato in the NCAA Division 2 Central Region Tournament. Former Grantsburg athlete Mollie Bjelland finished out her junior year with the Warriors batting .371 in 159 at bats, which was the most on the team. She led the team in doubles, (17) hits, (59) runs scored, (36) RBIs, Mollie Bjelland (51) slugging percentage (.755) and 12 home runs. The Warriors ended the season with a record of 38-14. – with information from www.winonastatewarriors.com ••• LEADER LAND – The Bloomer at Unity baseball game on Monday, May 24, is being broadcast on 104.9 FM beginning at 5 p.m.

••• LEADER LAND – Local sports tidbits to share? Please contact the Leader by 4:30 p.m. on Mondays to go in Extra Points. – Marty Seeger

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Conference track scenes

The relays were some of the most exciting events at the Lakeland conference meet Tuesday at Unity.

Luck’s A.J. Walsh-Brenizer came in a close second in the pole vault, and was one of the Cardinal bright spots in the conference meet.

Gabby Nuckles and the St. Croix Falls girls were strong in a number of events, and fielded a strong squad again this season.

L E F T : Grantsburg may have fielded a small team, but they made every effort to stay in the game at the conference meet Tuesday.

RIGHT: Angela Gaffney and the Grantsburg girls had few players, but strong efforts, as shown here.

Track/continued “Unfortunately, with a young team, sometimes nerves and inexperience can get the best of you in big meets! Hope-

Grantsburg and Siren's boys tried to stay ahead of the pack in the distance races. – Photos by Greg Marsten

fully, this will be a learning experience that will help our girls next week and in the future,” said Saints coach Steph Belisle, but bright spots did exist.

Sarah Petznick dominated the 300meter hurdles and was the conference

Unity's Rush Hickethier was strong in the triple jump Tuesday at the conference meet. champion in that event, and freshman Autumn Erickson and senior Kayla Bixler took third and sixth respectively.

Brittany Rudolph showed senior leadership in the 4x800 and the open 800 according to her coach, and it was a great

night for the 4x400 relay team, as four freshman ran their personal best times of the season including Sydney Geisness, Savannah Stone, Brianna Wenell and Taylor Orton.

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Siren/Webster defeats Frederic in nine innings Siren/Webster 5, Frederic 4

by Brenda Sommerfeld FREDERIC – It took nine innings, but Siren/Webster was able to get a fourth win of the season, with a 5-4 win over Vikings on the Frederic field Tuesday, May 18. Siren/Webster scored one run in the first, second, third and fifth innings and finished the game scoring one in the ninth.

Austin Elliot scored in the first. Lincoln Spafford scored in the second, Evan Oachs in the third and Hall in the fifth.

Shay Johnson scored in the ninth to take the win for Siren/Webster.

“We really had some timely hitting during the game,” Siren/Webster coach Jon Ruud said. “Michael Larson had two Frederic’s third baseman Chris Shorn throws a bunt to first base.

Webster/Siren’s Evan Oachs slides safely home during Monday’s game. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

The Siren/Webster team and coach Jon Ruud meet with pitcher Christian Hall on the mound.

big hits for RBIs each with two outs.

Tadd Oachs had a huge hit with two outs for an RBI. Christian Hall had a big triple which later allowed him to score, and we also had hits from Lincoln Spafford, James Wethern, Shay Johnson Austin Elliott and Evan Oachs.”

“Defensively, we played pretty good baseball for the first six innings,” Ruud said. “Christian Hall threw the first six innings, and even though he didn’t have his best stuff, he gutted out many situa-

tions in the first five innings with big pitches for strikes with guys on base.”

Frederic got three hits off Hall in the first six innings. Ethan Cook singled in the fourth and Joe Draxler and Chris Shorn each singled in the fifth. Draxler tried to score on Shorn’s single, but was thrown out at the plate.

The Vikings four runs in the seventh tied the game. Cook started the inning with a single-base hit, followed by Ray Kurkowski’s walk to first. Cook scored

on a wild pitch to Trae Gehl and Gehl got on base by field error. Draxler hit a triple, scoring runs by Kurkowski and Gehl.

Michael Tesch and Shorn both hit by pitches. Jack Neumann struck out, followed by Shane Anderson getting hit by a pitch, scoring Draxler.

“Frederic did a nice job in the bottom of the 7th inning, and capitalized on some walks, hit batter, and error with a couple of timely hits to tie the game up 44 in the bottom half of the seventh,” Ruud said. “Frederic actually had the score tied with the bases loaded and nobody out in the bottom of the seventh, but we made a couple of great defensive plays to get ourselves out of that situation.”

Luck boys shut down Vikes Luck 6, Frederic 1

by Greg Marsten LUCK – The Luck Cardinals kept Frederic’s boys and bats at bay Monday with strong hitting and smart baserunning, holding the Vikings to just one run, and lighting up the Vikes pitching for six runs of their own, winning 6-1.

Collin Svoboda got the hurling call, and did everything asked of him, allowing just one hit all night, and that was a Trae Gehl bunt single to start the game.

Gehl ended up scoring after a stolen base and a sacrifice fly.

“Collin pitched a great game,” Luck

Luck's Collin Svoboda tosses a strike against the Frederic Vikings Monday in Luck.

Luck pitcher Collin Svoboda fires a pitch homeward while Frederic's Trae Gehl (#4) tried to get a jump at first. – Photo by Greg Marsten

Luck's Mitchell Larson knocked out a short hopper to the infield against the Frederic Vikings Monday.

head coach Wayne Dickinson stated.

Frederic starter Gehl pitched a strong contest, as well, but the Cardinal bats tried to prove otherwise. While they only tallied four hits all night off Gehl, they made baserunning their friend, and used stolen bases, sacrifices and errors to their true advantage, capitalizing at every chance.

The Cardinals did get some great at bats, especially from Taylor Horsager, who punched a home run in the second inning, a shot that ended up being the game winner.

Cardinal Mitch Larson scored a pair of runs, in spite of going 0-2. And while the

Cardinals had few hits, they made them all count, and added a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth as insurance, even with a 4-1 lead.

Frederic starter Gehl had no reason to hang his head, the Cardinal hits were few and far between, and even Luck coaches felt lucky for the win, with the Vikings only weakness being their prowess at the plate.

“Gehl pitched well for Frederic, also,” Luck head coach Dickinson said, and he was right. Other than the Horsager dinger, Gehl only gave up three solid hits, one each from Svoboda, Ben Kufalk and Bryson Clemenson.

Luck moves to 4-5 in conference play, and 6-10 overall. Frederic remains winless at 0-10 in conference play, and 0-14 overall.

Luck 14, Prairie Farm 1 PRAIRIE FARM – The Cardinals pounded the Panthers on Tuesday with eight hits and 14 runs, which included one run in the first inning, a seven-run third inning and adding another six runs in the fifth.

Connery Johnson went 2 for 2 with two singles and Gary Eckholm went 2 for 4 with a pair of singles as well. Mitch Larson, Taylor Horsager, Ben Kufalk and Dylan LeMay each produced hits for Luck, who host Clear Lake on Monday, May 24. – Marty Seeger

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Unity’s Nelson throws no-hitter against Vikes Throws nine strikeouts, walks two Unity 10, Frederic 0

by Marty Seeger BALSAM LAKE – The Eagles took advantage of some early Frederic errors and provided pitcher Luke Nelson with plenty of run support last Friday, May 14. Nelson didn’t really need it however, as he kept the Vikings hitless and off the base pads with only a pair of walks and nine strikeouts.

As is the case in any no-hitter, a pitcher needs help defensively and free of any errors, which is exactly how the Eagles handled things Friday. One of the only threats by the Vikings came in the second inning when, with two outs on a fly-out and strikeout, Nelson walked two consecutive batters, but backed himself out of a light jam by earning a strikeout to end the inning. Derek Jorgenson also stepped up defensively in the top of the third inning, when a hard hit by Trae Gehl had the makings of a base hit, but Jorgenson made a nice backhanded play and threw it to first for the second out of the inning.

“I was really proud of Luke. He has worked very hard for this. He pitched very well. Only one ball was hit well and Derek Jorgenson made a great play at second,” said Unity coach Matt Humpal.

The Eagles scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning when, with one out, Jorgenson singled and Brady Flaherty smacked his fifth home run of the

Unity's Justin McKenzie had that old rundown feeling against the Vikings last Friday, May 14. Frederic's Chris Schorn was eager to get the out, but McKenzie eventually scored. – Photo by Marty Seeger season to give Unity a 2-0 lead. Nelson flew out to right in the next at bat, before Brady Turner walked and made his way to second on a wild throwing error by the Vikings. Justin McKenzie then made it to first on a single, and Unity would score two more times with three more runs with the help of two more errors by Frederic to make it a 5-0 game.

Jorgenson made it to first in the lead off spot in the bottom of the second inning on another Vikings error charged to the third baseman, and Flaherty walked and Nelson singled to load the bases.

Turner then earned an RBI after getting beaned by a pitch from Ethan Cook, and

Justin McKenzie made a perfect bunt on a suicide squeeze to score Flaherty.

Tyler Bublitz then smacked a two-run single and Zach Cherry also drove in a run on a fielder’s choice. The Unity bats went quiet except for a solid single by Sam Tonnar in the bottom of the fourth, but the Eagles didn’t need them with Nelson’s performance Friday evening.

Unity 18, Bruce 1 Baldwin 15, Unity 5 BALSAM LAKE – The Eagles hosted a tournament last Saturday, May 15, and peppered the Bruce junior varsity in the first game of the day with 18 runs on 12

hits. Tyler Bublitz and Nate Despiegelaere both hit solo home runs in the win, Derek Jorgenson hit 2 for 2 with three RBIs and Brady Flaherty and Luke Nelson each had a pair of RBIs. Unity lost a game Saturday against Baldwin with Despiegelaere as the team’s starting pitcher and Bublitz taking the mound in the final two innings.

It was a tough first inning for the Eagles as Baldwin-Woodville scored five runs in the first inning, with five runs on five hits, which incuded a three-run homer. The Eagles did manage to score some runs beginning in the third inning, when Drew Walker singled and Jason Vlasnik singled, while Jorgenson loaded the bases after getting hit by a pitch. Nelson picked up the RBI in the inning after getting hit by a pitch as well.

The Eagles scored twice more in the fourth and got another two in the fifth, but Baldwin kept adding to the run column with six in the third and another pair in the fourth and fifth inning.

St. Croix Central 13, Unity 3 HAMMOND – The Eagles lost to St. Croix Central on Tuesday evening, while producing just three runs on five hits. It was a 2-2 game heading into the third inning before the Panthers scored four runs in the third and another seven in the bottom of the sixth.

Justin McKenzie and Nate Despiegelaere took the mound for the Eagles, with McKenzie allowing 10 of the 11 St. Croix Central hits, with two strikeouts. Logan Hilleshiem and Drew Walker each had RBIs in the game and Brady Flaherty went 2 for 4 with an RBI.

Saints play error-free against Siren/Webster St. Croix Falls 16, Siren/Webster 0

by Marty Seeger ST. CROIX FALLS – The Saints made it look easy over Siren/Webster on Monday, May 17, en route to their eighth conference win and 13-3 overall record.

“We did what we were supposed to do to win this game. They are a young team and we took advantage of their mistakes,” said Saints coach Paul Randolph.

The Saints played error-free baseball and used three pitchers on the evening, who were able to hold Siren/Webster from crossing home plate.

“We look forward to the challenge of the next week of playoff-like baseball. It is what will make us better,” Randolph said.

The Saints will have a chance to take the conference title with a win over Unity this Thursday, May 20, beginning at 5 p.m.

Somerset 12, St. Croix Falls 6 ST. CROIX FALLS – The Saints lost to Somerset in a tough nonconference test, pushing their overall record to a respectable 13-4. The Saints got to a solid Spartans pitching staff early, getting a 10 lead before the Spartans tied it back up according to Saints coach Paul Randolph.

“They tacked an additional six runs on the following inning when we didn’t handle the ball in the infield and not the best routes to the ball in the outfield,” Randolph said, adding that the Saints didn’t give up. They brought the game back to within five runs in the fourth, and blasted a three-run homer in the fifth.

“We had an excellent chance in the bottom of the sixth to have a big inning, but couldn’t put enough hits together to drive the runners.

Saint Marcus Campbell eyes up a flyball as teammate Nick Johnson backs him up. – File photo by Marty Seeger

Bruce 7, St. Croix Falls 4 St. Croix Falls 10, Cumberland 4 CUMBERLAND – The Saints ended their tournament at Cumberland last Saturday, May 15, with one win and loss.

After defeating Bruce at home in late April the Saints lost to Bruce 7-4 after facing the Red Raider’s No. 1 pitcher, senior Casey Gudis, who pitched all seven innings. The Saints still had eight hits in

the game, scoring their first run in the first inning. The run came on a two-out double hit by Matt Vold, followed by an RBI double by Gus Koecher.

Bruce quickly tied the game at one apiece in the bottom of the first, and score once more in the second and another four runs in the third.

The Saints came back with two runs of their own in the game but not until the top of the fifth inning when Josh Larcom led the inning with a single and Nick Johnson moved him to second on a groundout to the pitcher. Cory Gebhard then singled, scoring Larcom, and Vold smacked an RBI triple. Despite life in the bats late, the Saints defense had some lapses, including one error in the game.

“We had one inning that we didn’t either handle the ball well or failed to communicate. It hurt us,” said Saints coach Paul Randolph.

Bruce tacked on another run in the seventh to make it a 7-3 game, and the Saints scored just once more in the top of the seventh off an RBI single by Gebhard.

The Saints next battle featured nine innings before the winner was finally decided. St. Croix Falls faced Cumberland’s No. 1 pitcher, Graham Miller, who pitched just over eight innings and allowed 10 hits, with eight strikeouts and only two walks. Gus Koecher started for the Saints and Ben Anderson pitched as well, with five strikeouts in just over five innings pitched.

The Saints trailed 2-0 after the first inning and picked up one run in the first inning off an RBI single by Blake Klopfer.

St. Croix Falls got two runs in the fourth to take a 3-2 lead with help of an RBI double by Austin Whittenberger and a Josh Larcom RBI single. Cumberland retook the lead in the bottom of the inning and the Saints tied it back up in the fifth, which is where the score remained until

the top of the ninth, when the Saints scored six runs on four hits and two errors.

“Really proud of the way our players battled and made plays in the end,” said Saints coach Paul Randolph, adding that the relief pitching made the difference in the game.

Siren/Webster’s Shay Johnson gets to a hit when playing right field earlier this season. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

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Pirates shut out Unity Grantsburg 4, Unity 0

was the team’s third out, being thrown out by Unity’s catcher, Luke Nelson, attempting to steal third.

Three batters went up to the plate and three were sent back to the dugout in the fourth and fifth. Thoreen managed a double in the sixth and Eskola hit a single. Thoreen was thrown out at home for the team’s second out and Olson’s hit went right to pitcher Flaherty who got it to first, ending the game.

by Brenda Sommerfeld GRANTSBURG – The Grantsburg Pirates held the Unity Eagles, who were seeded No. 1 in Division 2 going into playoffs, to only one hit during their 4-0 shutout on Monday, May 17.

“That was a very dominant performance by Jim Nelson on the mound,” Unity coach Matt Humpal said. “We only hit a few balls hard the whole night.

They did a great job of making all of the plays that we hit at them.”

Unity’s third baseman Justin McKenzie tags Grantsburg’s Russ Thoreen out on a steal attempt. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

Grantsburg’s shortstop Austin Eskola gets his bat on the ball against Unity Monday.

Unity’s hit was a single by Zach Cherry in the sixth inning, but Cherry didn’t advance with the next two batters taken out on a fly catch and third-to-first putout. All six other innings were finished in three batters for the Eagles.

The Pirates bats connected with the ball, scoring them four runs, while others were missed taken out on steal attempts. Nolan Hanson hit a single in the first inning but was left on base. Trevor Thompson was walked as the first batter

in the second inning. He scored on a wild pitch. Chris Olson hit a double and scored the team’s second run. Jim Nelson hit a single, but was thrown out at first after Joe Engelhart’s pop was caught in left field.

Two more runs were scored in the third for Grantsburg, Daniel Biorn, the lead batter, followed by Dylan Marohn.

Biorn hit a single and Marohn got on base by a fielding error. Russ Thoreen hit a double to help score the runs. Thoreen

Hayward 6, Grantsburg 1 HAYWARD – The Pirates dropped a nonconference test at Hayward on Friday, May 14, getting seven hits, but just one run in the top of the third inning.

The Hurricanes scored one run in the first inning and the Pirates tied it back up in the third, only to see the Hayward team take a 2-1 lead in the third, and score another four runs in the fourth inning. – Marty Seeger Grantsburg 4, Braham 0 BRAHAM, Minn. – The Pirates continued their winning ways and a bit of a hot streak on Tuesday with a shutout win over Braham. Russ Thoreen had two doubles and went 3 for 4, and Austin Eskola had a pair of hits as well.

The Pirates will have a tough test against Bruce at home this Thursday, May 20, beginning at 5 p.m.

Grantsburg Legion baseball steak dinner fundraiser

Over 200 people enjoyed a grilled-steak supper at the Grantsburg American Legion Hall on May 8. The annual dinner, held to raise funds for Legion baseball, has become a very popular community event. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer Drew Alderman and Adam Johnson sold tickets for the steak dinner fundraiser.

Steve Coy got ready to serve this stack of steaks at the May 8 Grantsburg Legion baseball fundraiser. Over 200 steaks were served at the popular annual community event.

Gus Johnson and Dylan Oman were busy baking and serving potatoes for the steak dinner held at the Grantsburg Legion Hall on May 8.

The boys are part of the seventh- and eighthgrade Grantsburg School baseball team. The supper was a fundraiser for their team and also for the Legion’s high school baseball team.

Mark Loomis, Jeff Fallstrom and Russ Stone were the grilling guys for the Grantsburg Legion steak dinner.The three kept the steaks sizzling for the over 200 diners attending the annual event to raise funds for Legion baseball.

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Eagles late rally keeps Pirates on edge went 3 for 3 as well with three RBIs. Donahue and Thomfohrda each had two RBIs.

Grantsburg gets two wins in Tuesday doubleheader

Grantsburg 18, Luck 1 GRANTSBURG – The Pirates played through with a doubleheader after their win over Unity on Tuesday, winning handily by a score of 18-1. The game ended in just three short innings, as the Pirates scored eight runs in the first and another 10 in the second inning. Emily Cole had a pair of hits for the Pirates and Tiffany Meyer, Sarah Wald, Heather Davison and Cody Crawford drove in two runs apiece.

Jade Schrock and Avery Steen produced the only two hits for the Cardinals.

Grantsburg 7, Unity 6

by Marty Seeger GRANTSBURG – Michelle Lund shut down the Eagles for just over five innings on Tuesday, May 18, tossing a nohitter with only two walks and 12 strikeouts. The Eagles didn’t give in however, as the Pirates made a pitching

A Grantsburg Pirate gets a facefull of dirt in a close play against the Eagles on Tuesday, May 18. – Photos by Scott Hoffman unless otherwise noted

An Eagle runner slides home safely during a five-run sixth inning that gave the Pirates a bit of a threat.

change to turn things around in the top of the sixth.

The Eagles scored five runs on just two hits in the inning and drew four walks, while capitalizing on a pair of passed balls and a wild pitch. Shauna Jorgenson and Brittany Thomfohrda had the team’s only hits in the inning, and the Eagles scored another run in the seventh before finally being shut down, with one run-

ner stranded on base.

Crystal Donahue kept the Pirates from scoring a pile of runs despite their 14 hits. She had two strikeouts and four walks.

The Pirates scored one run in the second innng and another run in the third.

They scored two more runs in the fourth and another three in the fifth. For Grantsburg, Lund went 3 for 3, and Sarah Wald

Luck outfielder Alicia Dalbec tracks down a ground ball at an different Cardinal game this year. – Photo by Greg Marsten

Viking and Cardinal girls mount a battle Frederic 15, Luck 9

by Greg Marsten LUCK – The Luck Cardinals may have surprised the Vikings a bit on Monday, May 17, keeping the contest very close until the final frame, when the Vikings exploded for 5 runs, winning 15-9.

Frederic starter Chrissy Chenal got credit for the win, striking out eight Cardinals and allowing eight hits, but the

Frederic first baseman Maria Miller tried to catch a Luck player off guard at first. – Photos by Greg Marsten

Frederic right fielder Krysta Laqua leaps for a hit off a Luck Cardinal bat in Monday's contest at Luck.

game revolved less around batting prowess, and may have come down to field play, or miscues, as it turned out.

Luck’s Maia Lehmann got the call for the Cards, while she allowed just five hits in less than five innings, she did surrender 10 runs, seven of them earned, and walked nine Vikings. But she also added two RBIs and a pair of runs on her own, as well as making a killer strike from left field in the fifth inning, after Gena Pearson came on in relief.

Lehmann’s throw let Luck catcher Avery Steen tag out Alex Lonetti to not only prevent a run, but to end the inning and

put the brakes on a Viking rally.

The Cardinals continued to fight back, in spite of trailing the entire game. Frederic was able to get a 6-1 lead by the bottom of the third inning, when the Luck bats came to life. Two Cardinal walks led to a Morgan Denny triple to deep right center, scoring two runs. Denny then scored on an error, and Taryn Pilz scored on an Avery Steen single.

However, the Vikings returned to stretch the lead a few plays later, scoring two more runs in the fourth inning on hits by Cori Schmidt, Krysta Laqua and fielder’s choices, giving the Vikes an 8-5

lead.

Luck returned in kind, slapping in a pair of runs on hits by Morgyn McGinnity and Denny again, tightening up the contest at 8-7.

Frederic continued to rack up runs, according in every inning except the sixth.

They maintained their lead, and then stretched it way out in their last at bat, with fibe more runs on four hits and three Luck errors fueling the scoring rally, making it 15-7 as the Cardinals made their final plate appearances.

Luck kept that interesting, as well, and hardly went down without a fight, courtesy a Pilz single and a Steen triple, combined with a passed ball to bring them up to nine runs. But the formidable Vikings kept their cool and shut down the minirally, maintaining the lead and winning 15-9.

Frederic’s Chenal not only pitched well, she crossed home three times.

Schmidt and Laqua each managed a pair of hits and a pair of RBIs in the victory.

Luck relied heavily on the meat of their order, where Denny rallied her troops with three hits and a pair of ribbies. Steen added a pair of hits and RBI in the loss.

However, it was fielding that played a major role in the game, as there were a combined 11 errors across the board, with both teams sharing the boots at times. Luck had six E’s, while the Vikings added five of their own.

Luck stays in the middle of the road at 3-6 in conference, while the Vikings continue to sport just a lone conference loss, and remain as the only thing between Grantsburg and another conference title, with a 6-1 record.

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Hurricanes win first game in close contest with Eagles Saints victorious over Webster/Siren Webster/Siren 6, Unity 5

by Greg Marsten WEBSTER – The Webster/Siren Hurricanes softball squad won their first game of the season on Friday against Unity, shocking the monkey off their backs with a strong win at home.

The contest was a makeup game from a rainy day earlier in the week, and was really anyone’s game as the evening progressed.

Unity’s freshman starter, Hailey Olson, was able to keep the Hurricanes pretty much in check after a rough first inning.

The ‘Canes rallied for three runs on a variety of walks and miscues by the Eagles.

But then Olson got her groove on, and didn’t allow another run until the fifth inning, when the ‘Canes used solid singles by Audrey Mulliner and Kayla Duclon, and a pair of walks and fielder’s choices to add two runs to their lead.

Unity’s bats were pretty well silent off Webster/Siren starter Siiri Larsen until the third inning, when a strong Brittany Thomforda triple was put to good use as a run, courtesy a ‘Canes error and a solid

St. Croix Falls Racheal Hansen makes contact while at bat in an earlier game. – Photo by Marty Seeger

Unity's Crystal Donahue hoofs out a short hit to first in Friday's contest at Webster. – Photo by Greg Marsten smack by Marissa Hacker. The Eagles also rallied for a spell in the fourth inning, when Olson helped her cause with a strong single, as did Laura Kreuger, to add a pair of notches to the Unity score, bringing the Eagles closer to the hosting Hurricanes.

Unity trailed the whole game, and was down 5-3 in their final at bats, when they kept it interesting by tying it up after a walk, an error, a wild pitch, a passed ball and a painful collision at first that led to a dispute on a run being scored. The Eagles were kept alive with a Crystal Donahue bullet single, and tied it up at 5-5 for the ‘Canes last at bat.

Webster/Siren was able to load the bases with a Nicole Steiner walk, a pop out, a Unity error and a short dribble bunt from Sam Perius to load up the bases with just one out. Larsen patiently waited out Olson’s pitching, and drew a game-winning walk-off walk to score Steiner for the win.

“We were unable to pick up some key hits,” stated Unity head coach Chris Lesneski. “And some baserunning blunders hurt us.”

But both teams showed they are not about to roll over when pressed, and can use defensive miscues as offense when needed.

Unity goes to 3-4 in conference play, 37 overall. Webster/Siren goes to 1-7 conference wise, with a 2-15 overall record.

St. Croix Falls 11, Webster/Siren 3 ST. CROIX FALLS – Despite a threerun inning in the top of the second, the Webster/Siren softball team took the loss against the Saints on Tuesday, May 18.

Sam Kopecky and Meghan Baasch had the Hurricanes only two hits of the game, while pitcher Siiri Larsen gave up six hits, with only one earned run, as Webster/Siren had nine errors on defense.

Natalie Sempf and Racheal Hansen both went 2 for 4, and Alicia Chelberg and Jamie Rohm each had one hit. – Marty Seeger Webster/Siren 14, PACT Charter 4 Barron 4, Webster/Siren 1 Braham 16, Webster/Siren 6 SIREN – The weekend weather made for a great day of softball Saturday at Siren’s ballpark, as the hosting Webster/Siren Hurricanes also garnered a win in their first game against PACT Charter School, 14-4, but fell in their next two matches against Braham and Barron, falling 16-6 and 4-1, respectively.

Highlights in their win included a 3-4 performance at the plate for Hurricane Ally Rydell and a four-run game for shortstop Meghan Baasch. Nicole Steiner added three RBI to her tally, as did Rydell.

Siiri Larsen got the win, and gave up

only five hits and two earned runs in the contest.

The second game for the ‘Canes was a close loss to the visiting Barron Bears.

The Barron girls held the ‘Canes to five hits, two of them by Sam Kopecky, who also scored the lone run for the Hurricanes. Barron managed seven hits, and scored a pair of runs in the fourth inning, and another in both the fifth and sixth for the win off starter Audrey Mulliner. Barron prevailed in the low-scoring contest, 4-1.

Webster/Sirens’ final game was a bit more of a thrashing by the Braham squad. The Braham Minnesota girls roughed up all three hurlers on the Webster/Siren pitching staff: Larsen, Mulliner and Abby Mitchell.

But the Hurricanes began strong at the plate, scoring all of their six runs in the opening frame and even batting through the order. But their score didn’t change after that, while the Braham girls just kept on wearing out home plate, forcing an early end. Webster/Siren had just four hits in the contest, and ended up losing, 16-6 on the 10-run-rule.

Turtle Lake/Clayton 10, Webster/Siren 5 CLAYTON – The girls from Turtle Lake/Clayton doubled up on the visiting Hurricanes from Webster/Siren on Monday in a non-conference match, winning 10-5, after trailing since the opening inning.

The TL/C girls struggled at first, giving up all five Hurricane runs in the first two innings. Siiri Larsen scored twice and connected on a pair of singles, but also had a hard time controlling the TL/C bats in relief on the mound for the last two innings.

Nikki Steiner went 2-4 for the ‘Canes, and teammate Sam Kopecky scored a run and hit a solid double in the loss, as well.

But the offensive highlights were few and far between in the middle and later innings for the visiting ‘Canes. Combine that with the TL/C girls never giving up, in spite of trailing since the start and it became a new game.

TL/C scored three runs in the third inning, two more in the fourth and fifth innings, and then drove the dagger deeper with three more tallies in the final frame, making it 10-5 in the come-from-behind victory.

While the loss was surely disappointing for the Hurricanes, it showed they can get and maintain a lead, and must keep vigilant at every play, to keep that lead intact.

Conference golf at Turtleback this Thursday

by Marty Seeger FREDERIC – Some of the best golfing weather so far this spring greeted area golfers at the Frederic Golf Course on Monday, May 17, for one of the final invites of the season before heading to the conference tournament already this Thursday, May 20, at Turtleback Golf Club in Rice Lake.

Carson Giller was the medalist on Monday in Frederic with a 34, but Unity’s Reed Sorenson wasn’t far behind with a 36, as he led the Eagles to yet another victory. Teammates Brandon Stencil and Evan Lunda each scored 37 and Tyler Hall and Jake Bengtson scored 42 and 45 respectively.

As a team Unity finished with a score of 152, which left Grantsburg in second place with a team score of 177. Derek Sando led the team with a 41, Ben Davis notched a 43 and Kyle Johnson scored 44.

Third place went to St. Croix Falls with a score of 182, as Blake Yunker penciled in a 40, and Alex Mikl shot a 46. Kyle Christensen and CJ Stenberg each shot 48s.

The Frederic Vikings golfed well and took fourth place with a team score of 206. Dayton Rivera led with a 44, and Chris Hopp scored a 45. Daniel Larson, Alex Miller and David Crandell shot 56, 61 and 62 respectively.

Siren trailed Frederic with a 213, and Luke Bollant led with a 44, while Justin Decorah, Taylor Renberg and Hans Dahlberg had 51, 55 and 63 respectively.

Webster came through with a 270, with Dan Erickson shooting a team-leading 49. Nathan Puttbrese shot a 53 and Ben Weis ended with a 68. For Luck it was Roger Steen pulling in with the second spot on the team with a 41, and BJ Fenning with a score of 50.

Conference favors Unity The final conference standings come as no surprise as the Eagles dominated most of the outings this season and played well at tournaments with the larger schools.

Reed Sorenson led the entire conference with a total of 194 points, while 11 others earned spots on the 2010 all-conference team including Carson Giller, Luck; Brandon Stencil, Unity; Derek Sando, Grantsburg; Evan Lunda, Unity; John Mikl, St. Croix Falls; Blake Yunker, St. Croix Falls; Jake Bengtson, Unity; Luke Bollant, Siren; Ben Davis, Grantsburg; Kyle Christensen, St. Croix Falls; and Roger Steen of Luck. Unity was first overall as a team with 48 points, followed by the Saints with 40, Grantsburg, 38, Siren 24, Luck 20, Frederic 15 and Webster 9.

Siren golf results On Wednesday, May 12, Siren National hosted its eighth-annual invitational, with Somerset coming out on top with a score of 313. Grantsburg golfers did well, in second place with a score of 358, St. Croix Falls placed fifth with a score of 380, and Siren took fifth with a 384 out of 11 competing teams.

Siren’s Luke Bollant and Grantsburg’s Derek Sando placed in the top five with scores of 81. Mitch Geisness of St. Croix Falls led the Saints with an 87, and Dan Erickson shot a 92 for Webster, who had a total team score of 447.

The Dragons traveled to Birchwood on Friday, May 14, and competed with eight teams, and took fourth overall, Luke Bollant scoring 83, Justin Decorah, 88; Jake Swenson, 99; Hans Dahlberg, 110; and Taylor Renberg 127.

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It was one of the best days for area high schoolers on Monday, as they competed at the Frederic Golf Course in one of the last competitions of the season. – Photos by Marty Seeger

Saints senior Kyle Christensen has been a big part of another successful season with the St. Croix Falls golf team.

Frederic Invitational (05-17-10) Frederic Golf Course Team Scores Place Team Score 1st Unity 152 2nd Grantsburg 177 3rd St. Croix Falls 182 4th Frederic 206 5th Siren 213 6th Luck (3 golfers) 75 7th Webster (3 golfers) 170 Area Individual Scores Name Score School Carson Giller 34 Luck Reed Sorensen 36 Unity Brandon Stencil 37 Unity Evan Lunda 37 Unity Blake Yunker 40 St. Croix Falls Derek Sando 41 Grantsburg Roger Steen 41 Luck Tyler Hall 42 Unity Ben Davis 43 Grantsburg Dayton Rivera 44 Frederic Kyle Johnson 44 Grantsburg Luke Bollant 44 Siren Chris Hop 45 Frederic Jake Bengston 45 Unity Alex Mikl 46 St. Croix Falls Kyle Christensen 48 St. Croix Falls CJ Stenberg 48 St. Croix Falls John Radke 49 Grantsburg Dan Erickson 49 Webster BJ Fenning 50 Luck John Mikl 50 St. Croix Falls Justin Decorah 51 Siren Nathan Puttbrese 53 Webster Matt Wood 54 Grantsburg Taylor Renberg 55 Siren Daniel Larson 56 Frederic Alex Miller 61 Frederic David Crandell 62 Frederic Hans Dahlberg 63 Siren Ben Weis 68 Webster

Luck's Roger Steen chips the ball onto the green at the Frederic Golf Course. Steen shot a 41 on the day.

2010 Golf All-Conference Points Standing Team Points Team Points Unity 48 St. Croix Falls 40 Grantsburg 38 Siren 24 Luck 20 Frederic 15 Webster 9 Standing Individual Points Name Points School Reed Sorenson 194 Unity Carson Giller 140 Luck Brandon Stencil 134 Unity Derek Sando 129 Grantsburg Evan Lunda 126 Unity John Mikl 124 St. Croix Falls Blake Yunker 108 St. Croix Falls Jake Bengtson 106 Unity Luke Bollant 96 Siren Ben Davis 82 Grantsburg Kyle Christianson 78 St. Croix Falls Roger Steen 74 Luck Kyle Johnson 62 Grantsburg Tyler Hall 60 Unity John Radke 42 Grantsburg Matt Wood 34 Grantsburg C.J. Stenberg 34 St. Croix Falls Alex Mikl 32 St. Croix Falls Jordan Sargent 24 Siren Dayton Rivera 22 Frederic Ben Bengtson 20 Unity Kyle Sorenson 20 Unity Dan Erickson 18 Webster Justin Decorah 16 Siren Chris Hopp 14 Frederic

With the warm weather came fast greens at the Frederic Golf Course, which made it a challenging day.

Siren's Hans Dahlberg eyes up a shot at the Frederic Golf Course on Monday.

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Webster's Mason Kriegel set a personal record, and tied the school and conference record at 13-feet, 6-inches with this vault, which also earned him a championship.

Siren’s girls made a solid effort in Tuesday's conference meet.

LEADER SPORTS SCOREBOARD BASEBALL

West Lakeland Standings Team Conf.

St. Croix Falls Saints 8-0 Unity Eagles 6-2 6-3 Grantsburg Pirates Luck Cardinals 4-5 Siren/Webster 3-7 Frederic Vikings 0-10 Scores Thursday, May 13 Siren/Webster at Frederic (rescheduled) Luck at Grantsburg (rescheduled) St. Croix Falls at Unity (rescheduled) Friday, May 14 Unity 10, Frederic 0 Hayward 6, Grantsburg 1 Saturday, May 15 St. Croix Falls 10, Cumberland 4 Bruce 7, St. Croix Falls 4 Baldwin-Woodville 15, Unity 5 Unity 18, Bruce 1 Monday, May 17 Luck 6, Frederic 1 Grantsburg 4, Unity 0 St. Croix Falls 14, Siren/Webster 0 Tuesday, May 18 Siren/Webster 5, Frederic 4 Grantsburg 4, Braham, Minn., 0 Luck 14, Prairie Farm 1 St. Croix Central 13, Unity 3 Somerset 12, St. Croix Falls 6 Upcoming Thursday, May 20 5 p.m.

Bruce at Grantsburg Unity at St. Croix Falls Siren/Webster at Northwood Friday, May 21 5 p.m.

Clear Lake at Frederic St. Croix Falls at Unity Saturday, May 22 11 a.m.

Prescott at St. Croix Falls Monday, May 24 5 p.m.

Rush City, Minn. at Grantsburg Clear Lake at Luck Drummond at Siren Bloomer at Unity Tuesday, May 25 5 p.m.

Luck at Bruce Clayton/Turtle Lake at Frederic Thursday, May 27 5 p.m.

Luck at Grantsburg

TRACK & FIELD

Overall 13-4 12-7 10-7 6-10 4-9 0-14

GOLF

Upcoming

Thursday, May 20 9 a.m.

Conference at Rice Lake (Frederic, Grantsburg, Luck, St. Croix Falls, Siren, Unity, Webster) Tuesday, May 25 8:30 a.m. At Durand (St. Croix Falls, Unity) 9 a.m.

At Colfax (Frederic, Grantsburg, Luck, Siren, Webster)

Upcoming Thursday, May 20 4 p.m.

Grantsburg at Glenwood City Monday, May 24 3 p.m.

Regionals at Hayward (Grantsburg) 3:30 p.m. Regionals at Frederic (Frederic, Luck, Siren, Webster) 4 p.m.

Regionals at Amery (St. Croix Falls, Unity) Thursday, May 27 3 p.m.

Sectionals at Colfax (Frederic, Luck, Siren, Webster) 4 p.m.

Sectionals at Colby (Grantsburg, St. Croix Falls, Unity)

SOFTBALL

West Lakeland Standings Team Conf.

Grantsburg Pirates 9-0 Frederic Vikings 6-1 Unity Eagles 3-4 St. Croix Falls Saints 3-5 Luck Cardinals 3-7 Webster/Siren Hurricanes 1-8 Scores Thursday, May 13 Webster/Siren at Frederic (rescheduled) Luck at Grantsburg (rescheduled) St. Croix Falls at Unity (rescheduled) Friday, May 14 Webster/Siren 6, Unity 5 Turtle Lake/Clayton 8, St. Croix Falls 7 Saturday, May 15 Webster/Siren 14, PACT Charter 4 Braham, Minn., 16, Webster/Siren 6 Barron 4, Webster/Siren 1 Monday, May 17 Frederic 15, Luck 9 Northwood 13, Unity 3 Turtle Lake/Clayton 10, Webster/Siren 5 Tuesday, May 18 Grantsburg 7, Unity 6 Grantsburg 18, Luck 1 Webster/Siren at St. Croix Falls Upcoming Thursday, May 20 5 p.m.

Grantsburg at Frederic Turtle Lake/Clayton at Luck Shell Lake at Unity Friday, May 21 5 p.m.

Webster/Siren at Frederic St. Croix Falls at Unity Monday, May 24 5 p.m.

Frederic at Unity Grantsburg at Superior Luck at Osceola Tuesday, May 25 4:30 p.m. Unity at Turtle Lake 5 p.m.

Spooner at Frederic Thursday, May 27 5 p.m.

Regionals

Overall 15-0 11-2 3-8 5-9 3-11 2-16

Luck's Landen Strilzuk was the boys long jump champ, and tried to go even farther in his final attempt.

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Sharptail numbers have biologists concerned Crex Meadows seeing the most significant drop

by Marty Seeger GRANTSBURG – A crescent moon hung high in the east on an eerily calm, clear spring morning – a shooting star gleamed for a brief moment before dissipating into a starlit sky. An early May chill had a firm grip on the morning and a light frost could be seen with the aid of the vehicles headlights upon entering a makeshift parking spot in the Namekagon Barrens Wildlife Area.

After bundling up and grabbing a thermos of coffee it was a short fiveminute walk along a path of sand, small clusters of brush and fresh green grass that was poking through a recent controlled burn. A flashlight picked out the a green blind, barely large enough to seat two grown adults.

A zipper in the back of the green canvas allowed for a low entry, and the next 3-1/2 hours would be spent smiling, waiting, photographing and viewing the nearly indescribable mating rituals of the sharp-tailed grouse, a native to Wisconsin’s prairie brush habitat.

It was silent for the first half-hour, but the silence was interrupted by a startling, high-pitched “Ch-ya” sound, and the drumming of wings just feet from the blind could be heard. A clicking sound resembling miniature jackhammers filled the air as nearly a dozen sharptail males cupped their wings, vigorously stamped their feet and flicked their pointed tails into the air – spinning in complete circles and stopping periodically.

The spectacle lasted for the better part of a half-hour before the birds went into a staring match, emanating soft growls like an ornery tomcat, while other lone males cooed softly like pigeons and inflated a purple air sac on the sides their neck.

A male sharp-tailed grouse inflates an air sac that is purple in color, while cooing softly like a pigeon.

A Wisconsin native The spring mating rituals of the sharptailed grouse have been going on for hundreds of years in Wisconsin, and the species once flourished, but the numbers have steadily declined over the years due to significant and historical changes in the habitat.

During Wisconsin’s presettlement times, sharp-tailed grouse inhabited a good portion of southern Wisconsin’s savanna habitat as well as the pine-barren lands in the north, which are preferred by the sharp-tailed grouse.

According to NBWA wildlife biologist and property manager, Nancy Christel, the south was soon converted from sa-

A trio of male sharp-tailed grouse do their spring dance on an early morning in the Namekagon Barrens Wildlife Area.

Numbers are relatively steady at the NBWA, but Crex Meadows in Grantsburg has seen a significant decline over the past several years, prompting a two-year research project to find out why. – Photos by Marty Seeger

vanna into agriculture, and with burning and logging in the north, (a necessary component to good sharptail habitat), birds expanded to the north, while the southern populations completely disappeared.

“You just don’t find pine barrens in the south (anymore),” Christel said.

In the 1920s, Christel explained, sharptailed grouse habitat was disappearing in the north as well, due to fire suppression and the reforestation of land.

“One of the main components of the sharp-tailed grouse habitat is the wide open space,” Christel said, adding that they prefer prairie brush habitat with very few trees, if any at all. The NBWA for instance, has over 5,000 acres of this crucial habitat, which is intensely managed each year, and needed to sustain a healthy population of sharptails.

Management begins It wasn’t until the mid-1940s and early 1950s that the sharp-tailed grouse management practices began taking shape, mostly due to the decline in habitat.

“Sharp-tailed grouse are only located in a few parts of the state … a few isolated locations,” Christel said.

Some of those include the NBWA, the Pershing Wildlife Area in Taylor County, and the Crex Meadows Wildlife Area near Grantsburg.

“If you go to these different properties, the habitat looks very similar to each other, but it’s amazing how they can vary a little bit,” Christel said Some habitats are brushier than others or one might feature more grassland, but one thing they all have in common is that there needs to be a lot of it, and habitat continues to dwindle. Christel said that the sharp-tailed grouse management plan set by the DNR suggests roughly 5,000 to 5,500 acres to sustain a healthy population of sharptails, and the 11 state wildlife areas where sharp-tails are managed provide some, but much of the quality is said to be poor. It is estimated that Wisconsin holds a population of between 2,500 and 3,500 sharp-tailed grouse, which may not seem like a lot, but a few areas still offer very limited hunting opportunity.

Christel says that the numbers on the Namekagon Barrens are down compared to the most recent years, as is the case across much of the state, but generally there are under 50 males that are observed each year from two blinds located on “leks” (aka breeding grounds) each spring.

This spring, roughly 30 males were counted by volunteers – who assist in population surveys by sitting in the two blinds located on the Namekagon Barren grounds. Despite numbers being a bit lower, there is a bright spot. Two new dancing grounds have been found with about six dancing males on each one.

“We do have a location where there’s enough males and enough consistent activity happening each day to determine that it is another lek site. So that could be why we don’t have as many individual males on the two more recently historical dancing grounds,” Christel said.

Unfortunately, some areas are dealing with a significant decline in sharptail numbers, and Crex Meadows is at the top of the list.

By the numbers Crex Meadows was created in 1946, but there weren’t any real numbers on the sharp-tailed grouse until the early 1970s. At that time Jim Evrard, a now-retired wildlife biologist, came to work at Crex Meadows. Evrard had been working with sharptails at the Pershing Widlife area as well, and in the early 1970s he and other biologists began a regular sharptail census that continues today.

“The first few years, there weren’t many birds around that we could find … in the early ‘70s, maybe 20 or 30,” Evrard said, but eventually those numbers grew to have one of the best populations in the state in comparison to nine other grouse management areas across the state. In 1991, 126 dancing males were doing a spring dance on the Crex, and like the ruffed grouse, which follows a 10-year population cycle like the sharptail, those numbers dipped to a low of about 47 before rising again. In 1998, the numbers reached 138. According to the typical grouse cycle, those numbers should have risen in the past two years, but have steadily declined, and in 2009, just 24 dancing males were counted, with a similar estimate in 2010. The precipitous decline in the sharptail numbers has wildlife biologists concerned, including

Evrard, Christel and several others.

“It’s a little disheartening. It makes people like myself, managing another good property, nervous to see numbers going down so dramatically on a property like Crex, that would otherwise be such a great location, and obviously has been a great location for several years,” Christel said.

The concern over the decline in numbers has the DNR, UW-Madison and Central Michigan University teaming together to try and find out exactly what’s happening. The research project is set to take place over the next two years, and began in late January. An effort to study genetics, disease, habitat management practices and several others variables will be tested, and will be highlighted in next week’s edition of the Inter-County Leader.

A long road leads into the brush prairie habitat that the sharp-tailed grouse calls home in the Namekagon Barrens Wildlife Area.

Great Northern Outdoors 2010 Bass Fishing League Standings Standings 1. Wiehl/Long, 20 lbs. 14 oz.

2. Laqua/Allee, 12 lbs., 9 oz.

3. Olson/Strizik 12 lbs., 4 oz.

4. Luck Sport & Marine 7 lbs., 7 oz.

5. Grumpy Grandpas, 7 lbs., 6 oz.

6. Cory/Jamie 6 lbs., 10 oz.

7. BLC Well Drilling 5 lbs., 5 oz.

8. Bistram Boys 5 lbs. 3 oz.

9. Jenells Maindish 4 lbs., 11 oz.

10. Ones/Roberts 2 lbs., 15 oz.

11. Mosseys 2 lbs., 12 oz.

12. Struck/Lonetti, 1 lbs., 10 oz.

13. Harry/Leroy, 1 lbs., 10 oz.

14. A1 Construction, 1 lbs., 9 oz.

15. GNO, 1 lbs., 6 oz.

16. Measner/Brown, 1 lbs., 4 oz.

17. Sinkers, 0 lbs., 0 oz.

18. Steve/Harold, 0 lbs., 0 oz.

19. Hutton/Erickson, 0 lbs., 0 oz.

Big bass weekly winners Week 1:

Wiehl/Long, 3 lbs., 13 oz. (Tie)

Week 2:

Aaron Long, 4 lbs.

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Jessica A. Meeds, Luck, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Michael J. Waldvogel Trucking LLC, Antigo, violation of special weight limits, $337.52.

Timothy K. Murphy, Lakeville, Minn., operate ATV w/o valid registration $186.00.

Steve J. Nasseff, Hudson, hunt w/o license – R, $202.70.

Tara J. Nelsen, Cushing, speeding, $175.30.

Matthew A. Norton, Barronett, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Kelly R. Pearson, New Richmond, operate w/o valid license, not guilty plea.

Lacy B. Pederson, Centuria, speeding, $175.30.

David R. Peterson, Milltown, fail./stop at stop sign, $175.30.

Robert E. Pitts, Eugene, Or., speeding, $175.30.

Lawrence P. Rivard, Star Prairie, inattentive driving, not

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Paul, Minn., molest, destroy, etc., state property, $200.50.

Melissa A. Homme, St. Croix Falls, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Todd M. Houghton, Red Wing, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Cody J. Jepsen, Turtle Lake, operating while revoked, $200.00; seat belt violation, $10.00.

David W. Johnson, Deer Park, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Gary G. Kaukinen, Thunder Bay, On., speeding, $250.90.

Kay Friberg, Frederic, vehicle equipment violations, group 2, $200.50.

Chad C. King, Balsam Lake, speeding, not guilty plea.

Patricia S. King, Tomahawk, speeding, $175.30.

Daniel S. Kiser II, Milltown, operating while revoked, $200.50.

Leon C. Kist, Frederic, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Amy M. Kludt, Hugo, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Paula L. Koenig, Clear Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Margaret L. Laub, Shell Lake, speeding, $200.50.

Dustin E. Lawson, Hudson, speeding, not guilty plea.

Robert E. Lee, Amery, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Teri L. Leroux, Dresser, speeding, $175.30.

Derek G. Letch, Frederic, take migratory bird by illegal means, $222.90.

Karen I. Livingston, Centuria, operating while revoked, $200.50.

Lucken Trucking Inc., Winger, Minn., nonregistration of vehicle >10,000 lbs., $263.50.

Joshua G. Lundequam, Turtle Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Michelle D. Lystrom, St. Croix Falls, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Jon M. Magnuson, Clayton, operate vehicle w/o stopping lights, $162.70; operate semitrailer w/o capable brakes, $175.30.

Ralph McGinley, North Oaks, Minn., failure to provide proper holding tank servicing contract, $312.00.

Gerald L. McKee, Webster, improper registration-license overload, $200.50.

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Nancy O. Olson, New Richmond, speeding, $175.30.

Nikole J. Pierce, Balsam Lake, faulty equipoment, $175.30.

Joshua J. Reuter, Frederic, operating while suspended, $200.50.

Gary G. Searle, Luck, speeding, $175.30.

David R. Sloan, Clear Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Drew W. Smith, Centuria, operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Harry A. Standaert, Clear Lake, inattentive driving, $187.90.

William E. Weber, Milltown, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Andrew A. Alden, Grantsburg, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Barbara A. Branville, Luck, speeding, $175.30.

Charles L. Buehner, Circle Pines, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Marissa R. Burdick, Milltown, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Landon S. Burhop, Turtle Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Charles H. Class, Blaine, Minn., operate boat w/o valid cert. number, $200.50.

Clean Harbors Environmental, Norwell, Ma., violation of special weight limits, $2,125.84.

Harry C. Cleveland, Ladysmith, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Nathan T. Cook, Maplewood, Minn., litter/deposit debris on state property, $200.50.

Peter Cosentino, Balsam Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Charles J. Danielson, Osceola, automobile following too closely, not guilty plea.

Frederick D. Derosier, Little Falls, Minn., interstate record of duty status, not guilty plea.

Eric L. Erickson, Clayton, improper disposal of domestic waste, $753.00.

Gary R. Evans, Tinley Park, Ill., speeding, $175.30.

Evergreen Acres Transportation LLC, Foley, Minn., nonregistration of vehicle > 10,000 lbs., $263.50.

Terrance M. Fleming, Lindstrom, Minn., operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Michelle C. Frazee, Alexandria, Minn., automobile following too closely, not guilty plea.

Kay Friberg, Frederic, violated a condition of conditionaluse permit; not guilty plea.

Ronald G. Gluuickson Jr., Clayton, speeding, $175.30.

John G. Haberkorn, Cumberland, seat belt violation, $10.00; speeding, $200.50.

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Charlotte F. Anderson, Amery, speeding, $175.30.

Timothy F. Baxter, Shell Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Mark S. Burton, Balsam Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Brandon L. Darnell, Cushing, speeding, $175.30.

Adrian E. Davis, Milltown, speeding, $175.30.

Zack R. Doonan, Lindstrom, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Phillip S. Doyle, New Richmond, speeding, $175.30.

Donald R. Duclon, Clear Lake, possess open intoxicants in MV, $200.50.

Terry L. Eckstrom, Centuria, trespass to land, $200.00.

Mirielle M. Francis, St. Croix Falls, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Zana M. Gordon, Ellsworth, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Dustin J. Graf, Amery, operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Craig W. Hanson, Olympia, Wash., speeding, $175.30.

Gary T. Harty, Lake Elmo, Minn., operating while under influence, not guilty plea.

Ethan A. Hayes, Siren, speeding, $175.30.

Audrey J. Hickethier, Centuria, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Jeffrey A. Holland, Grantsburg, operator fail./have passenger seat belted, $10.00.

Megan M. Hughes, St. Croix Falls, fail./yield right/way from stop sign, $175.30.

Donald A. Kelly, St. Croix Falls, unreasonable and imprudent speed, $213.10.

Mercedes A. Klaes, Clayton, fail./yield right/way from stop sign, $175.30.

William M. Larson, Danbury, transferee fail./apply new vehicle title, not guilty plea.

Karen I. Livingston, Centuria, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Monican R. Livingston, Centuria, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Thone R. Lowe, Luck, operate ATV w/o valid registration, $186.00.

Jacob A. Lund, Wyoming, Minn., inattentive driving, $187.90.

Curtis D. Lunde II, Milltown, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Adam J.G. Martin, Somerset, speeding, $175.30.

Joseph R. Mattson, Milltown, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Lisa A. McCoy, Frederic, failure to notify police of accident, not guilty plea.

Ryan S. Moltzer, Osceola, operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Martin L. Olson Jr., St. Croix Falls, operating while revoked,

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This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-6699777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1800-927-9275.

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(May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

ESTATE OF MICHAEL R. LANGIN, Defendant.

Case No. 10 CV 127 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on April 28, 2010, in the amount of $74,584.08, I will sell at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on Thursday, July 1, 2010, at 10 o’clock a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: Lot 3 of Certified Survey Map No. 1436, Recorded in Volume 7 of Certified Survey Maps, page 13, as Document No. 485560 in the office of the Register of Deeds, being located in the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4, Section 25-33-18, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 024-00883-0000.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 788 190th St., Dresser, WI 54009.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash.

DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by cash or certified check.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 5th day of May, 2010.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

(May 19, 26, June 2) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD K. HAUGLIE Summary Assignment - Order for Hearing and Notice Case No. 10PR40 A petition has been filed for summary assignment of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was July 22, 1944, and date of death was April 20, 2010, who died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: 2980 280th Avenue, Cushing, WI 54006.

Creditors may bring an action by: 1. Filing a claim in the Polk County Circuit Court before the property is assigned.

2. Bringing a suit against the assignee(s) after the property is assigned. The right of a creditor to bring an action terminates three months after the date of publication of this order.

The property may be assigned to the creditors and persons interested on or after June 30, 2010.

THE COURT ORDERS THAT: The petition be heard and heirship be determined at the Polk County Courthouse, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Suite 500, before Honorable Molly E. GaleWyrick, Circuit Judge, Court Official, on June 7, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. or when scheduled thereafter.

BY THE COURT Molly E. GaleWyrick May 12, 2010 Steven J. Swanson Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

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(April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19, 26) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AnchorBank, FSB Plaintiff, vs.

JON M. MAGNUSON, et al Defendants Case Number: 09 CV 674 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on December 4, 2009, in the amount of $133,868.38, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: June 9, 2010, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

PLACE: Foyer area of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI. DESCRIPTION: Lot 1 Certified Survey Map No. 2044 recorded in Volume 9 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 192, as Document No. 543429, located in the Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4, Section 7, Township 33 North, Range 15 West. Said land being in the Town of Clayton, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 517 105th Avenue, Amery, WI 54001.

TAX KEY NO.: 016-00132-0100.

Dated this 12th day of April, 2010. /s/ Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Chaz M. Rodriguez State Bar #1063071 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. (192299)

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

To the Town of Milltown, the undersigned: Linda LeMere, Agent Five Flags Golf, LLC 1855 145th Street Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Hereby applies for a Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011.

Dated May 11, 2010 Virgil Hansen, Clerk Town of Milltown 511679 39L

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

To the Town of Milltown, the undersigned: James Glasspoole, Agent JJ’s Club 35, LLC 2378A State Road 35 Milltown, WI 54858 Hereby applies for a Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011.

Dated May 11, 2010 Virgil Hansen, Clerk Town of Milltown

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

To the Town of Milltown, the undersigned: Carl Holmgren, Agent United VFW Post #6856 1503 200th Avenue Milltown, WI 54858 Hereby applies for a Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and fermented malt beverages from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011.

Dated May 11, 2010 Virgil Hansen, Clerk Town of Milltown

Application for Retail Class A License to sell fermented malt beverages. Submitted to the Town Board, Town of Sterling, Polk County, Wisconsin. The undersigned: Edward M. Seck, President Jody K. Seck, Secretary Stop-A-Sec 2460 Old State Road 87 Cushing, WI 54006 Polk County, Wisconsin Hereby applies for a Retail Class A License to sell fermented malt beverages from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011.

Dated May 19, 2010 Julie Peterson, Clerk Town of Sterling

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TOWN OF MILLTOWN

(May 5, 12, 19) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY LVNV Funding LLC as successor in interest to HSBC Resurgent Capital Services LP Melville, NY 11747 Plaintiff, vs.

James Shields 1895 121st St. Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Defendant(s) SUMMONS Case Code: 30301 Case No.: 10CV320 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To each person named above as a Defendant(s): You are hereby notified that the Plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

The Complaint, which is attached, states the nature and basis of the legal action.

Within forty (40) days of May 05, 2010, you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the Complaint. The court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the requirements of the statutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is Lois Hoff, Clerk of Circuit Court, 1005 West Main Street, Ste. 300, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 and to Messerli & Kramer, P.A., Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 3033 Campus Drive, Suite 250, Plymouth, MN 55441. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer 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 in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Messerli & Kramer, P.A. Jillian N. Walker #1066378 3033 Campus Drive, Ste. 250 Plymouth, MN 55441 Phone 763-548-7900 Fax 763-548-7922

NOTICE ANNUAL MEETING

Pleasant Prairie Cemetery Assoc.

Sun., May 30, 1:30 p.m.

At the Pleasant Prairie Church Rural Grantsburg, Wis. 511676 39-40Lp

(May 5, 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AnchorBank, FSB Plaintiff, vs.

IBRAHIM M. SALEH, et al Defendants Case Number: 09 CV 718 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on December 10, 2009, in the amount of $115,631.33, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: June 17, 2010, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

PLACE: Foyer area of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI. DESCRIPTION: Part of Government Lot 3, Section 28, Township 33 North, Range 16 West, in the City of Amery, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the North line of Highland Avenue of C.O. Danielson’s Addition to the City of Amery, 565 feet East of the West end of said Avenue, which West end is designated on said North line by an iron monument; thence North to alley; thence East along said alley, 50 feet; thence South to said Highland Avenue; thence West along North line of Highland Avenue, 50 feet to the place of beginning. Said land being in the County of Polk and State of Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 149 Hyland Street, Amery, WI 54001.

TAX KEY NO.: 201-00836-0000.

Dated this 30th day of April 2010. /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Chaz M. Rodriguez State Bar #1019525 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. (194242)

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(May 5, 12, 19) ST. CROIX TRIBAL COURT In the matter of a change of name for: Baby Boy Rogers (current name) a child NAME CHANGE NOTICE OF HEARING CHILD Case No. 09CV01 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at the following date, time and place, Baby Boy Rogers (current name) and Georgia and Richard Cobenais will petition the St. Croix Tribal Court for a change of name to Amik Cobenais.

Date: May 26, 2010.

Time: 11 a.m.

Place: St. Croix Tribal Courtroom, St. Croix Tribal Center, Webster, Wisconsin 54893.

Anyone wishing to object to the name change must appear at the date, time and place given above.

Date: April 26, 2010.

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(April 28, May 5, 12) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Harry Alan Beck, a/k/a Harry A. Beck Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 10 PR 33 An application has been filed for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was April 12, 1955, and date of death was February 21, 2010. The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: 2833 - 50th Avenue, Osceola, WI 54020. All interested persons have waived notice.

Creditors’ claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before July 23, 2010.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar April 14, 2010 Alexander A. Crosby Personal Rep./Attorney 332 Minnesota St., Suite W2610 St. Paul, MN 55101 651-228-0497

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TOWN OF MILLTOWN

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CAPITAL CAMPAIGN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WANTED

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Nathan P. Odden, Barronett, and Heidi F. Hofmann, Welch, Minn., May 17: The Siren officer investigated the complaint of a res- May 10. ident being late in paying rent as well as theft of a fiberglassmolded tub and five-foot aluminum stepladder from rental Andrew M. Julseth, 20, May 12. property owned by Rudy and Spooner, warrant - failure to apJohn R. Olson, 47, Webster, Ruth Mothes, Siren. pear, May 14. warrant - failure to appear, May Michael M. Madsen, 29, Dan- 14. bury, warrant - failure to appear, Matthew J. Sanders, 24, May 14.

Siren, warrant - failure to appear, Ryan R. Munson, 31, Stillwa- May 13. ter, Minn., warrant - failure to apChelsea M. Thompson, 17, pear, May 14.

Rice Lake, warrant - failure to apScott D. Nelson, 33, Duluth, pear, May 14.

Minn., warrant - failure to appear, Margaret M. Wolf, 95, Amery, died April 24, 2010.

Lorene C. McFaggen, 89, St. Croix Falls, died April 27, 2010.

Beth M. Videen, town of Laketown, and Dinincio J. Zappa, CenRoger T. Hohenstein, 84, turia, issued May 11.

Balsam Lake, died May 1, 2010.

Ashley E. James, town of Garfield, and Russell A. Manning, town Steven S. Reylek, 97, Shafer, of Garfield, issued May 12, 2010.

Minn., died May 2, 2010.

Valerie J. Etzler, town of Fawn Lake, Minn., and Andrew D. Hellmers, town of Fawn Lake, Minn., issued May 13, 2010.

Leta M. Becker, town of Lincoln, and Travis B. Miller, Spring Valley, issued May 13, 2020.

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Other incidents May 11: Gerald Howard, Danbury, reported a canoe taken from his property. The incident is under investigation.

May 5: Stephen W. Puetz, 52, Frederic, was cited for speeding on Hwy. 35 at Clear Lake Street at 5:55 p.m.

Merideth Anderson Sutton, 32, Ellsworth, was cited for speeding at 6:59 p.m. on Hwy. 35 at Clear Lake Street.

Kevin O’Gara, 56, Webster, was cited for speeding at 7:16 p.m. on Hwy. 35/70 and Park Street.

May 6-7: An ordinance citation was filed against a juvenile at Siren School for disorderly conduct. A $25 fine was charged.

May 12: Robert F. Rutherford, 73, Frederic, was cited for speeding on Hwy. 35/70 and Elizabeth Street at 8:20 p.m.

May 13: A juvenile at Siren School was cited for a village ordinance violation involving disorderly conduct carrying a fine of $150 at 10:30 a.m.

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Arrests and citations May 7: Haily A. Nadeau, 18, Siren, was arrested on a Polk County warrant.

May 15: Edmund J. Brixen, 24, Siren, was arrested for a parole violation.

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May 16: Theodore P. Schonebaum, 31, Eau Claire, was reportedly southbound on CTH H in Roosevelt Township, fleeing from a police officer when he lost control of his vehicle negotiating a curve. The vehicle left the roadway and overturned. A 24-year-old Barron woman was injured in the accident and driver reported a possible injury. One citation was issued.

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Accidents May 14: Donald D. Phernetton, 46, Webster, reported hitting a bear while on Hwy. 35 in Meenon Township. No injuries were reported.

May 15: Stacy R. Koebnick, 42, Grantsburg, was northbound on CTH F in West Marshland Township, negotiating a curve.

Reportedly a southbound vehicle was negotiating the same corner left of the center line. Koebnick entered the shoulder and lost control of the vehicle. Both the driver and a 40-year-old female from Buffalo, Minn., were transported to the hospital. No citations were issued.

May 15: Dennis L. Schafer, 68, Mazomanie, was westbound on CTH U in Oakland Township, stopped at a stop sign attempting to make a right-hand-turn onto Hwy. 35 when William J. Hansen, 83, Minnetonka, Minn., pulled up next to him at the stop sign to make a right-hand-turn as well. The vehicles collided when both drivers attempted the turn at the same time. No injuries and no citations were issued.

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Notices

$23.15/hr.

Chief Deputy Clerk of Court Full Time - 80 hr./pay period Deadline to apply: June 2, 2010

$20.20/hr.

Office Manager - Public Health $20.20/hr.

Full Time - 80 hr./pay period Deadline to apply: June 2, 2010 YOU MUST COMPLETE A POLK CO. EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION TO BE ELIGIBLE. For applications, complete job description and qualifications; please visit our Web site at www.co.polk.wi.us, Employment Opportunities, or in person at 100 Polk Co. Plaza, #229, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, 715-485-9176. AA/EEOC 512181 39L

NOTICE TOWN OF TRADE LAKE BOARD OF REVIEW

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Review for the Town of Trade Lake will convene on Saturday, May 22, 2010, in the Town Hall, Trade Lake, Wisconsin, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural requirements if appearing before the Board: No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the assessor to view such property.

After the meeting of the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact or provide information to a member of the Board about the person’s objection except at a session of the Board.

No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of the assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48-hour notice of intent to file a written objection by appearing before the Board during the first two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48hour notice requirement and files a written objection, that the person provides to the clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board members and, if so, which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

When appearing before the Board, the person shall specify, in writing, the person’s estimate of the value of the land and the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.

No person shall appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board of Review by telephone or subject an objection to a valuation; if that valuation was made by the Assessor or the Objector using the income method; unless the person supplies the Assessor all of the information about income and expenses, as specified in the manual under Sec. 73.03 (2a), that the Assessor requests. The Town of Trade Lake has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the Assessor under this paragraph which provides exemptions for persons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Sec. 19.35 (1) of WI Statutes.

The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other person may testify by telephone.

Submitted by, Town of Trade Lake Deborah L. Christian, Clerk

NOTICE TOWN OF TRADE LAKE OPEN BOOK

Pursuant to Sec. 70.45. WI Statutes, the Town of Trade Lake assessment roll for the year 2010 assessment will be open for examination on the 21st day of May, 2010, at the town hall, 11810 Town Hall Rd., Frederic, WI, from 6 p.m. to 8 pm.

Instructional material about the assessment, on how to file an objection, and about board of review procedures under Wis. Law will be available at that time.

Notice is hereby given this 5th day of May, 2010.

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Annual Road Review Sat., May 22, 2010, 10 a.m.

Meet at town hall; drive township roads; return to town hall to compile road review; minutes.

Susan E. Hughes, Clerk

(April 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Bradley C. Krehbiel 67860 County Road 9 Lake City, MN 55016 Prime Security Bank 1305 Vierling Drive Shakopee, MN 55379 Plaintiffs, vs.

Gregory S. Schmidt 2213 90th Avenue Osceola, WI 54020 Equity Bank 5220 Spring Valley Road Suite 415 Dallas, TX 75254 John Doe and Mary Rowe Unknown, Defendants NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 09-CV-739 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on February 2, 2010, in the amount of $280,599.12, as amended by Order dated April 3, 2010, and filed April 5, 2010, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: May 27, 2010, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: Pursuant to said judgment, 10% of the successful bid must be paid to the sheriff at the sale in cash, cashier’s check or certified funds, payable to the clerk of the courts (personal checks cannot and will not be accepted). The balance of the successful bid must be paid to the clerk of the courts in cash, cashier’s check or certified funds no later than ten (10) days after the court’s confirmation of the sale or else the 10% down payment is forfeited to the plaintiff. The property is sold “as is” and subject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Foyer, Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main St., in the City of Balsam Lake.

DESCRIPTION: A part of Outlot No. 112 of the Outlot Plat of the Village of Osceola as the same appears on file in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the North line of the right of way of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Saulte Ste. Marie Railway Company, 150 feet Easterly from the point where said North line strikes the East line of Highway No. 35 in the Village of Osceola, Polk County, Wisconsin; thence West along said North line of said right of way, 150 feet; thence in a Northerly direction along the East line of said Highway 120 feet; thence due East 50 feet; thence in a Northeasterly direction to a point which is 80 feet due North of the point of beginning; thence South to the point of beginning, Polk County, Wisconsin, Excepting therefrom lands conveyed for hwy. purposes to the State of Wisconsin in Volume 987 of Records, Page 505, as Document No. 715368.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 98 Cascade St., Osceola, WI 54020.

Dated: April 8, 2010.

Michelle R. Jester #1046403 Messerli & Kramer P.A. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1400 Fifth Street Towers 100 South Fifth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 Telephone: 612-672-3718

Regular Monthly Meeting Will Be Held Mon., May 24, 6 p.m., At Yellow River Saloon Gandy Dancer Days Planning Meeting Will Immediately Follow All are welcome.

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TOWN OF MILLTOWN BIDS WANTED FOR ROAD WORK

The Town of Milltown is seeking bids on CHIP SEALING, with FA-2 Traprock and Emulsion Oil. Bid each separately.

1) 1 mile: 170th Street from 190th Avenue to 200th Avenue.

2) 1 mile: 170th Street from 230th Avenue to 240th Avenue.

The Town of Milltown is seeking bids for BLACKTOP WEDGE AND OVERLAY. Bid each separately.

1) .05 mile: 160th Street from 195th Avenue to 190th Avenue, 2.5 inches compacted.

2) 1 mile: 230th Avenue from State Hwy. 35 to 170th Street, 2.5 inches compacted.

3) 1 mile: 190th Avenue from 130th Street to 140th Street, 1.5 inches compacted.

4) 1 mile: 190th Avenue from State Hwy. 46 to 145th Street and 185th Avenue intersection, 1.5 inches compacted.

The bidder’s attention is called to the fact that this project is subject to a prevailing wage rate determination which has been issued by the State of Wisconsin. That the prevailing wage rates and hours of labor set forth in the determination shall be applicable to this project.

Bids are due by June 11, 2010, to Virgil Hansen, Clerk, P.O. Box 100, Milltown, WI 54858. Bids will be opened on June 14, at 7 p.m., at the Milltown Fire Hall. Questions can be directed to Jeff at 715-825-3486. The town reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Virgil Hansen, Town Clerk 511678 28-29a,d 39-40L Town of Milltown

NOTICE OF ELECTION PARTISAN PRIMARY - SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 AND GENERAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 2, 2010 STATE OF WISCONSIN } COUNTY OF POLK } NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in the several towns, villages, wards and election districts of the State of Wisconsin, at a primary to be held on Tuesday, September 14, 2010, and at an election to be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, the following officers are to be nominated and elected:

Constitutional Officers FIVE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, each for the term of four years, to succeed the present incumbents listed, whose terms of office will expire on January 3, 2011: Governor Jim Doyle Lieutenant Governor Barbara C. Lawton Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen Secretary of State Douglas La Follette State Treasurer Dawn Marie Sass

Congressional Officers ONE UNITED STATES SENATOR, for the term of six years, to succeed the present incumbent listed, whose term of office will expire on January 3, 2011: Russ Feingold EIGHT REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS, each for the term of two years, to succeed the present incumbent listed, whose terms of office will expire on January 3, 2011: 7th Congressional District David R. Obey

Legislative and State Offices SEVENTEEN STATE SENATORS, from the odd-numbered Senatorial Districts of the State, each for the term of four years, to succeed the present incumbent listed, whose terms of office will expire on January 3, 2011: District 25 Bob Jauch NINETY-NINE REPRESENTATIVES TO THE ASSEMBLY, each for the term of two years, to succeed the present incumbents listed, whose terms of office will expire on January 3, 2011: District 28 Ann Hraychuck District 75 Mary Hubler Congressional and legislative district boundaries are described in Chapters 3 and 4 of the Wisconsin Statutes. A copy of the boundary descriptions can be obtained from the Government Accountability Board or the Legislative Reference Bureau at 1 East Main Street, Suite 200, Madison, Wisconsin.

County Officers COUNTY OFFICERS, for each county of the State for the term of four years, to succeed the present incumbents in the office of Sheriff and Clerk of Circuit Court, whose term of office will expire on January 3, 2011: Clerk of Court Lois Hoff Sheriff Timothy G. Moore

Circulation of Nomination Papers NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the first day for circulating nomination papers is June 1, 2010, and the deadline for filing nomination papers is no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 13, 2010. All federal and state office candidates file with the Government Accountability Board. All county partisan office candidates file with their respective county clerks.

DONE in the Village of Balsam Lake, County of Polk, this 10th day of May, 2010.

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(May 19, 26, June 2) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JIM D. LARSEN Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 10 PR 39 An application has been filed for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was October 29, 1956, and date of death was May 13, 2005. The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: 1870 180th Street, Centuria, WI 54824. All interested persons have waived notice.

Creditors’ claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before August 20, 2010.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar May 10, 2010 Leo A. Beskar, Attorney Personal Representative/ Attorney 219 North Main St. P.O. Box 138 River Falls, WI 54022 715-425-7281 511968 WNAXLP

Deputy Sheriff Full Time - 80 hr./pay period 1 current vacancy and future vacancies if any Deadline to apply: May 24, 2010

TOWN OF LORAIN

(May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P., AS SERVICER FOR BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS, CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2007-18CB MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-18CB Plaintiff vs.

RONALD JAMES SANOSKI JR., et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 08 CV 687 AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on August 5, 2009, in the amount of $253,098.32, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 7, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

PLACE: Front Foyer area of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: The South Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (S1/2 of NW1/4 of NW1/4), Section 24, Township 33 North, Range 18 West, Town of Garfield, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 882 190th St., Dresser, WI 54009.

TAX KEY NO.: 024-00853-0100.

Dated this 13th day of May, 2010. /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County

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POLK COUNTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS

WEBSTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

NOTICE

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The Town of Lincoln is seeking sealed bids for the following street work by June 4, 2010. The bids will be opened at the June 8, 2010, Regular Board Meeting at 7 p.m. The Town of Lincoln reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or select the bid which may be most beneficial to the Town of Lincoln.

Grinding approximately 4 inches deep, of 22-feet wide and 2 miles long of Black Brook Road.

For questions, contact: Christ Olson, Chairman, at 715-8668154.

Send bids marked “Street Work Bids” to: Town of Lincoln, P.O. Box 296, Webster, WI 54893.

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BIDS WANTED - TOWN OF LINCOLN Burnett County, WI

Christina E. Demakopoulos State Bar #1066197 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf.

Any information obtained will be used for this purpose.

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NOTICE TOWN OF GEORGETOWN BOARD OF REVIEW

Board of Review will be held on Saturday, May 22, 2010, from 8 to 10 a.m., at the Georgetown Town Hall.

In order to appear before the Board of Review, you must file a written objection with the town clerk at least 48 hours before appearing before the board.

Open Book, the assessment roll will be open to public inspection and the assessor will be present to answer questions on Friday, May 21, 2010, from 2 to 7 p.m.

511534 38-39L Kristine Lindgren, Clerk, Town of Georgetown 28-29a,d WNAXLP

NOTICE TOWN OF TRADE LAKE Seeks Road Bids

The Town of Trade Lake is taking bids for the following 2010 road construction project.

1. TRIP Project – Resurface Spirit Lake Road starting at Spirit Lake Road E ending at Marek Road. This will include the intersection at Marek Road and Spirit Lake Road, which is approximately 130 feet.

Sealed bids need to be received at the Town of Trade Lake, 13361 State Road 48, Grantsburg, WI 54840 by 5 p.m. on June 8, 2010, and will be opened during the monthly Town Board meeting.

The Town of Trade Lake reserves the right to reject any or all of the sealed bids received.

For further detail requirements and timetables please call 715-488-2694.

Deborah L. Christian, Clerk 512176 39-40L 29-30a-e WNAXLP

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NORTHLAND MUNICIPAL AMBULANCE SERVICE Rescheduled Annual Meeting Wednesday, May 26 At Frederic Fire Hall, 7 p.m.

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LUCK REGULAR BOARD MEETING Monday, May 24, 2010, 6 p.m.

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Agenda Call to order and seek approval of the agenda - Robert Clifton.

Consideration of previous minutes - LeRoy Buck Presentation of vouchers - Amy Dueholm.

Treasurer’s Report - Amy Dueholm.

Recognition of guests or delegates.

A. Pete Vrieze - Dunn/Pierce Hospitality Award.

B. Introduction of student representative to the Board for 2010 - 11.

Administrative Reports.

A. Mr. Palmer.

B. Mr. Gobler.

C. Mrs. Goldbach.

New Business A. Summer school proposal and staff.

B. Seek approval of additional early release days and open house proposal.

C. Recommendation to the Board to switch to the Skyward Special Education Module.

D. Revise Policy #833 “Use of School Facilities” last review 7/23/01.

E. Discussion and possible action on cooperatively offering JV Baseball and Softball with Frederic in 2011 and exploring cooperative track.

F. Any other business that may properly come before the Board.

Motion to convene into executive session per WI Statute 19.85(1) for discussion of teacher contract and discussion of a pupil issue.

Motion to adjourn.

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(May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

CHRISTOPHER J. EVENSON and CANDACE H. EVENSON, Defendant.

Case No. 09 CV 836 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on December 4, 2009, in the amount of $122,064.95, I will sell at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Poilk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin on: Thursday, June 24, 2010, at 10:00 o’clock a.m. all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: Lot One (1), Plat of Wildt Addition, located in Lot Three (3), Block A, Park Addition to the Village of Balsam Lake, being part of Government Lot Five (5) and Six (6), Section Two (2), Township Thirty-four (34) North, Range Seventeen (17) West, Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 106-00667-0100 Street Address: 131 James Court, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 TERMS OF SALE: Cash DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by cash or certified check.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 4th day of May, 2010.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson Bar No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

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(May 12, 19, 26) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION III, Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN M. CLARK, DIANE C. CLARK Defendants Case No. 10 CV 335 FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE 30404 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To each person named above as a defendant: John M. Clark 263 Winchester Amery, WI 54001 Diane C. Clark 263 Winchester Amery, WI 54001 You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within 40 days after May 12, 2010, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the Court, whose address is 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, WI 54810 and to Law Offices of James E. Huismann, S.C., plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is N14 W23777 Stone Ridge Dr. #120, Waukesha, WI 53188. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the complaint within 40 days, the Court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated this 10th day of May, 2010 LAW OFFICES OF JAMES E. HUISMANN, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff BY: James E. Huismann SBN 01018476 Address: N14 W23777 Stone Ridge Dr. #120 Waukesha, WI 53188 262-523-6400

(April 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY U.S. BANK CONSUMER FINANCE, AS SERVICER FOR U.S. BANK, ND Plaintiff, vs.

PETER R. PETERSON JR., et al Defendants Case Number: 09 CV 272 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on May 20, 2009, in the amount of $302,295.92, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: June 3, 2010, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

PLACE: Foyer area of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, WI. DESCRIPTION: The North 660 feet of the East 660 feet of the Southwest 1/4 of the southeast 1/4 of Section 13, Township 33 North, Range 18 West, in the Town of Garfield, Polk County, Wisconsin, excepting therefrom lands conveyed in Warranty Deed recorded on February 24, 2005, as Document No. 694834. AND The Southeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 13, Township 33 North, Range 18 West, in the Town of Garfield, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1828 93rd Ave., Dresser, WI 54009.

TAX KEY NO.: 024-00841-0100 & 024-00841-0200.

Dated this 8th day of April, 2010. /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Christina E. Demakopoulos State Bar #1066197 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Bloomer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. (192455)

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Glen D. Motycka, 45, Meenon, May 9.

(May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. Plaintiff Vs. BARBARA HEYN, et al Defendants Case No. 09 CV 0751 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on January 5, 2010, in the amount of $70,849.61, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the premises described below at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: June 30, 2010, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens, encumbrances and payment of applicable transfer taxes.

PLACE: In the Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: Lot 9, Block 12, Original Plat of the Village of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin.

ADDRESS: 207 Polk Avenue South, Frederic, WI 54837.

TAX KEY NO: 12600106000.

Dated this 17th day of May 2010.

Tim Moore Polk County Sheriff Cummisford, Acevedo & Associates, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Mark R. Cummisford State Bar #1034906 6508 South 27th Street Suite #6 Oak Creek, WI 53154 414-761-1700

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Burnett Co. deaths

(May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC, AS SERVICER FOR RWPO IV, LLC Plaintiff, vs.

CAROL F. MAREK, et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 09 CV 827 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on March 26, 2010, in the amount of $73,666.18, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 1, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

PLACE: Foyer area of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI. DESCRIPTION: The South 150 feet of Lot 9, Block 3, Original Plat of the Village of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin.

(Parcel No. 126-29) PROPERTY ADDRESS: 106 West Elm Street, Frederic, WI 54837.

TAX KEY NO.: 126-0029-0000.

Dated this 10th day of May, 2010. /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Chaz M. Rodriguez State Bar #1063071 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. (194878)

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Notices

(May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY U.S. Bank National Association ND, Plaintiff, vs.

Randy A. Holecek and Nancy A. Holecek, Defendants.

Case Code: 30404 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 09 CV 1023 Hon. Robert H. Rasmussen PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on the 26th day of March 2010, the Sheriff of Polk County will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: July 1, 2010, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to the Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified check. Balance due within 10 days of court approval. Purchaser is responsible for payment of all transfer taxes and recording fees. Sale is AS IS in all respects.

PLACE: Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

DESCRIPTION: The North Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter including Certified Survey Map No. 2974, filed in Volume 13, Page 228, as Document No. 594472, Section 19, Township 33 North, Range 15 West, Town of Clayton, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 867 50th Street, Amery, WI. Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Stein & Moore, P.A. Attorneys for Plaintiff 332 Minnesota St., Ste. W-1650 St. Paul, MN 55101 651-224-9683 512198 WNAXLP

BIDS WANTED MOWING VILLAGE OF WEBSTER

The Village of Webster is requesting sealed bids for mowing all streets and ditches. Specifications are available from the Village of Webster Clerk’s office. Submit the sealed bids, marked “Bid Enclosed” to the Village of Webster Clerk, P.O. Box 25, Webster, WI 54893 by 4 p.m., Monday, June 7, 2010. Bids will be opened at the Wednesday, June 9, 2010, regular Village Board meeting to be held at 6 p.m. at the Village office.

The Village Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids which are submitted.

Patrice Bjorklund, Clerk/Treasurer 511970 39L 29a

PROPERTY AVAILABLE FOR BID

Vacant land located at: Sec. 18 Town 35N Range 18W in the Town of Eureka. Approx. 0.79 Acres, Part SW SE Desc. V336/473. xxxx 210th Avenue. This property has not been surveyed.

Appraisal Notes: Subject parcel is located on 210th Ave. in the town of Eureka. This is a peaceful setting and within close proximity to the recreation activities that are afforded with the many lakes and parks. The subject property is located in the St. Croix Falls School District. Subject parcel is VACANT land with no known water or septic on property. Information, including a copy of the appraisal, is available at the county Web site location: www.co.polk.wi.us/treasury/land-sales.asp.

Parcel ID #020-00417-0000.

512381 39-41L Property Sold As Is to Highest Bidder 29-30a,d WNAXLP Minimum bid is $4,500. (Minimum bid includes all costs accrued by county.)

Appraised value of property is $4,500. Appraisal completed on April 2, 2010, by a licensed appraiser.

Bids must be received by noon, on Friday, June 4, 2010, at: Polk County Buildings Department, 100 Polk County Plaza, Suite 10, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

Bids will be opened at the June meeting of the Property, Forestry, & Recreational Committee, currently scheduled for Monday, June 7, 2010, at 1:30 p.m., at the Polk County Government Ctr. Questions may be addressed to: Polk County Treasurer’s Office, 715-485-9255.

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The President, Mr. Nelson, called the regular meeting of the Frederic School District Board of Education to order at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 19, 2010, in the 7 - 12 School, Room 107.

Board members present: Mrs. Amundson, Mr. Engen, Mr. Holicky, Mrs. Matz and Mr. Nelson.

Administration present: Mr. Tischer., Mr. Draxler arrived at 6:45 p.m., and Mrs. Steen arrived at 7:25 p.m.

Motion Amundson/Holicky that this meeting was properly noticed. The agenda was reviewed with no changes. Motion carried 5 - 0.

The following were also present for this meeting: Warren Peterson, Suzanne Zeiler and members of the press.

Motion Matz/Holicky to approve the 3-15-10, regular meeting minutes. Motion carried 5 - 0.

Motion Engen/Matz to approve the 2-15-10, and 2-23-10, special meeting minutes. Motion carried 5 - 0.

Mr. Nelson provided a summary of the 3-15-10, closed session minutes.

The invoices for March 2010 were presented as follows: Regular invoices (#8105-8175 & 38314-38352). . .$1,282,801.81 Payroll account........................................................$292,250.20 Motion Amundson/Matz to authorize and confirm the money payments of the invoices presented. Motion carried 5 - 0.

Mr. Nelson presented receipts for March 2010, totaling $721,729.28.

Mr. Tischer reviewed the 2009 - 2010 budget.

Mr. Matz administered the oath of office to returning board members Mr. Nelson, Mrs. Amundson and Mr. Holicky.

The administration presented building and district reports.

Reports were submitted and presented by food service and buildings and grounds.

Motion Engen/Holicky to proceed with the boiler and air handling project. Motion carried 5 - 0.

Motion Matz/Amundson to approve the revised High School Graduation Requirement policy as presented. Motion carried 5 - 0.

Motion Engen/Holicky to approve a contract with Brad Schmidt as Middle School Baseball Coach. Motion carried 5 0.

Motion Matz/Amundson to approve a contract with CESA 5 for data processing for the 2010 - 11 fiscal year. Motion carried 5 - 0.

Motion Holicky/Matz to not require the makeup of one day (12-09-09), lost to inclement weather. Motion carried 5 - 0.

Motion Matz/Engen to approve a preliminary 2010 - 2011 budget. Motion carried 5 - 0.

Mr. Nelson announced to members of the Board that they should consider adjourning to closed session for the purpose of negotiations, and personnel matters. Mr. Nelson informed the Board that the closed session would be proper and is authorized by s. 19.85 (1)(c)(f)(i) of the WI Statutes.

Motion Amundson/Holicky to adjourn to closed session.

Vote by roll call was unanimous to convene in closed session and the motion carried 5 - 0. Time: 8:40 p.m.

The regular meeting reconvened at 9:38 p.m.

Motion Amundson/Matz to adjourn. Motion carried 5 - 0.

Time: 9:39 p.m.

Rebecca Amundson, Clerk

FREDERIC BOARD OF EDUCATION Special Meeting - Mon., May 10, 2010

The President, Mr. Nelson, called a special meeting of the Frederic School District Board of Education to order at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, May 10, 2010, in the 7 - 12 School, Room 107.

Board members present: Mrs. Amundson, Mr. Engen, Mr. Holicky, Mrs. Matz and Mr. Nelson.

Administration present: Mr. Draxler, Mrs. Steen and Mr. Tischer.

Motion Matz/Engen that this meeting was properly noticed.

Agenda item #3 - Election of Officers was moved to the end of the meeting, after closed session. Motion carried 5 - 0.

Mr. Nelson announced to members of the Board that they should consider adjourning to closed session for the purpose of negotiations and personnel matters. Mr. Nelson informed the Board that the closed session would be proper and is authorized by s. 19.85 (1)(c)(f)(i) of the WI Statutes.

Motion Matz/Holicky to adjourn to closed session. Vote by roll call was unanimous to convene in closed session and the motion carried 5 - 0. Time 5:32 p.m.

The regular meeting reconvened at 6:55 p.m.

Mr. Nelson declared that the board would proceed with election of officers.

Motion Amundson/Matz to retain the same Board officers as follows: President Scott Nelson, Vice President Shari Matz, Clerk Rebecca Amundson, Treasurer Troy Engen and Member Charles Holicky. Motion carried 5 - 0. Board officers as follows: President Scott Nelson, Vice President Shari Matz, Clerk Rebecca Amundson, Treasurer Troy Engen and Member Charles Holicky. Motion carried 5 - 0.

Motion Holicky/Engen to adjourn. Motion carried 5 - 0.

Time: 7:00 p.m.

512438 39L Rebecca Amundson, Clerk

Agenda includes: Call to order; clerk’s report; treasurer’s report; open forum; large-scale ordinance discussion; pay bills and review correspondence; and 512270 39L adjourn.

Patsy Gustafson, Town Clerks

(May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AMERIPRISE BANK, F.S.B., c/o Everhome Mortgage Company Plaintiff, vs.

KAREN M. STUART and JOHN DOE, unknown spouse of Karen M. Stuart; and LAUX CUTLER, S.C.; and OSCEOLA COTTAGES CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Defendants.

Case No. 09-CV-782 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on January 6, 2010, in the amount of $42,123.80, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 7, 2010, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main St., Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: All that certain real property situated in the County of Polk, State of Wisconsin, described as follows: Unit 108 Osceola Cottages Condominium, a Condominium declared and existing under and by virtue of the Condominium Ownership Act of the State of Wisconsin, according to the Declaration of the Condominium recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds on September 27, 2000, in Volume 828 of Records on Page 666 as Document No. 603218, as amended by the First Amendment to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Easements and Restrictions for Osceola Cottages Condominium recorded on December 20, 2001, in Volume 899 of Records on Page 156 as Document No. 6251318, together with an undivided interest in and to the Common Areas and Facilities of the Condominiums, Village of Osceola, Polk County, Wisconsin. Subject to restrictions, reservations, easements, covenants, oil, gas or mineral rights of record, if any.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 108 Cottage Drive, Village of Osceola.

TAX KEY NO.: 165-00601-0108.

Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 414-727-1591 O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

Application for Retail Class A License to sell fermented wines.

To the Town of Milltown, the undersigned: Jeanette Larson Autumn Wines 1385 220th Avenue Milltown, WI 54858 Hereby applies for a Retail Class A License to sell fermented wines from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011.

Dated May 11, 2010 Virgil Hansen, Clerk Town of Milltown

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The Monthly Board Meeting Will Be Held Tuesday, May 25, 2010, At 7:30 p.m., At The Cushing Community Center

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(May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, a Minnesota banking corporation, Plaintiff, vs.

CYNTHIA M. REITMEIER, DAVID R. REITMEIER, AND JOHNNIE B. DALTON SALOON & TEX-MEX EATERY, INC., Defendants.

Case No.: 09-CV-22 Burnett County Case No. 2010TJ000007 Case Code: 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered in the Circuit Court of Polk County on December 7, 2009, in the amount of $41,412.70 against Johnnie B. Dalton Saloon & Tex-Mex Eatery, Inc., in the amount of $238,199.79 against Cynthia M. Reitmeier and David R. Reitmeier, Jointly and severally, and in the amount of $8,417.87 against Johnnie B. Dalton Saloon & Tex-Mex Eatery, Inc., Cynthia M. Reitmeier and David R. Reitmeier, jointly and severally the Sheriff will sell the described Burnett County premises at public auction as follows: TIME: July 13, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: Pursuant to said judgment, 10% of the successful bid must be paid to the sheriff at the sale in cash, cashier’s check or certified funds, payable to the clerk of courts (personal checks cannot and will not be accepted). The balance of the successful bid must be paid to the clerk of courts in cash, cashier’s check or certified funds no later than ten days after the court’s confirmation of the sale or else the 10% down payment is forfeited to the plaintiff. The properties are sold ‘as is’ and subject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: In the Front Lobby of the Burnett County Government Center, 7410 County Road K, Siren, Burnett County.

DESCRIPTION: Lot Ten (10) of Pickerel Point, according to the plat thereof on file in the office of the Register of Deeds for Burnett County, Wisconsin, the said plat being located in Government Lot Four (4) of Section Twenty-one (21) and Government Lot One (1) of Section Twenty-eight (28), all in Township Thirty-seven (37) North, of Range Eighteen (18) West, Town of Trade Lake, Burnett County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 12183 Pickerel Point, Town of Trade Lake, Wis. Dean Roland Burnett County Sheriff MURNANE BRANDT Attorneys for Plaintiff 30 E. 7th Street Suite 3200 St. Paul, MN 55101-4919 Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ARLETTE M. SODERBERG Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 10 PR 35 An application has been filed for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was October 9, 1917, and date of death was March 22, 2010. The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: 1321 Mirror Waters, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

All interested persons have waived notice.

Creditors’ claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before August 13, 2010.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar May 6, 2010 Steven J. Swanson, Attorney P.O. Box 609 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

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NOTICE

(May 12, 19, 26) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY

(April 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. Plaintiff, vs.

ESTATE OF MARK C. POTVIN, et al Defendants Case Number: 08 CV 678 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on November 21, 2008, in the amount of $116,378.26, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: June 3, 2010, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

PLACE: Foyer area of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, WI. DESCRIPTION: Part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 32, Township 36 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Bone Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Commencing 640 feet West of the Northeast corner of said forty which is the point of beginning; thence South 290 feet; thence West 300 feet; thence North 290 feet; thence East 300 feet to the point of beginning. ALSO DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: Part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 32, Township 36 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Bone Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Commencing 640 feet West of the Northeast corner of said forty which is the point of beginning; thence South 290 feet; thence West 300 feet; thence North 290 feet; thence East 300 feet to the point beginning, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1064 245th Ave., Luck, WI 54853.

TAX KEY NO.: 012-00864-0000.

Dated this 8th day of April, 2010. /s/ Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Chaz M. Rodriguez State Bar #1063071 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Bloomer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. (192457)

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FREDERIC BOARD OF EDUCATION

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TOWN OF MILLTOWN

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Public notice is hereby given to all persons in the Village of Siren, Wisconsin, that a public hearing will be held by the Plan Commission on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at 4 p.m. at the Village Hall, 24049 First Avenue, Village of Siren, Wisconsin, at the request of the Village Board on the possible rezoning of the following property: 23951 Fourth Avenue, lots 10, 11 and 12, Block 3 of South Addition, PID 07-181-2-38-16-17-5 15-691-041000, (at the northwest corner of Landquist Street and Fourth Avenue), from R-1 Residential to C-1 General Commercial.

All persons interested are invited to attend said hearing and be heard. Information on the proposal is available at the Village Office at 24049 First Avenue.

Randy Surbaugh, Administrator May 12 & 19, 2010 511606 38-39L WNAXLP

(May 5, 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY The RiverBank A Minnesota Banking Corporation 26777 Fallbrook Avenue Wyoming, Minnesota 55092 Plaintiff, Vs. Studtwhite Companies LLC A Wisconsin Limited Liability Company 209 Jaden Drive Milltown, WI 54858, Milltown Village Market LLC a Wisconsin limited liability company 108 Central Avenue Milltown, WI 54859 Regional Business Fund, Inc. a Wisconsin corporation 800 Wisconsin Street, Mail Box 9 Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54703 Grafe Auction Co. a Minnesota corporation 1025 Industrial Drive Spring Valley, Minnesota 55975 John Doe, Mary Roe and XYZ corporation Defendants NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case Type: 30404 Case No.: 09CV538 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure filed in the above-entitled action on December 8, 2009, the Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real property at public auction as follows: TIME/DATE: June 30, 2010, at 10 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: Lots 4 and 5, Block F, First Addition to the Village of Milltown, and all of the unplatted lands lying between Lot 5, Block F and Lot 1, Block G of the First Addition to the Village of Milltown, being part of the SW1/4 of SW1/4, Section 8-3517, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, Block G, First Addition to the Village of Milltown, being part of the SW1/4 of SW1/4, Section 835-17, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Also, nonexclusive road and pedestrian walkway easement over and across the following described property being in Polk County, Wisconsin, to-wit: An unplatted parcel of land between Blocks G and F in the First Addition to the Village of Milltown, described as follows: Beginning at the SW corner of Lot 6, Block F, running thence West to the SE corner of Lot 8, Block G to the SE corner of Lot 1, Block G, running thence East to the SW corner of Lot 5, Block F; thence South on the west line of Block F to the point of beginning except therefrom the alley crossing said premises which alley was conveyed to the Village of Milltown.

And a parcel of land in the First Addition to the Village of Milltown, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: That portion of the Bering Street right of way lying between the west right of way of Central Avenue and the east right of way of First Avenue West, north of Block “G” of the First Addition to the Village of Milltown (“Property”).

(FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property is located in the Village of Milltown, Wisconsin.)

Dated this 03 day of May, 2010 Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin By: Deputy Sheriff Steven B. Moe, Chief Deputy THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY: ANASTASI & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 651-439-2951 511070 DCA/14386 WNAXLP

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Senator tours new state park DNR reviews development plans

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer LUCK/BONE LAKE – Straight Lake State Park and Wildlife Area, 3,000 acres of woods, lakes and trails three miles east of Luck, has been open to the public since 2005. Last summer the master plan for the park was approved after years of planning and public input. With that approval, the Department of Natural Resources can start work on the development of enhancements to the park and wildlife sections of Straight Lake.

Last Wednesday, May 12, a number of DNR staff members joined state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf in a tour of Straight lake, pointing out the highlights of the area and explaining the projects planned for 2010 and beyond. This was the senator’s first visit to the park and she spent three hours hiking through the different areas. Leading the tour were state park manager Kurt Dreger, state wildlife area manager Michelle Carlisle and DNR forester Paul Heimstead. They were joined by DNR regional directors John Gozdzialski and Scott Humrickhouse; park, trail and recreation manager Tim Miller; and conservation board member Dave Hraychuck.

The visit started in the state park area, basically the southern portion of Straight Lake south of the power line. Development in the park area will include a new entrance on 270th Street a mile north of Hwy. 48, walk-in campsites, and carry-in access to Straight Lake and the good fishing. Dreger explained that, due to the late date for the approval of the master plan, it was too late to get funding for these projects during the 2010 season. He said the park is now open to hiking and nonmotorized boating.

The group moved to the wildlife area west of CTH I where Carlisle pointed out an occupied osprey nest on a platform high on a distant power pole. She said that grant funds have been obtained to restore the open grasslands on the northeast corner of the wildlife area to native warm-

State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf and Straight Lake State Park Manager Kurt Dreger look over rainbow Lake at the start on their park tour last Wednesday. In the background are Harsdorf staffer Matt Woebke, Tim Miller, DNR, Dave Hraychuck, Conservation Congress and John Gozdzialski, DNR.. – Photo by Gregg Westigard

section of the planned route being developed this summer. Along that route, Harsdorf had a chance to meet with a group of AmeriCorps workers assigned to work on the Ice Age Trail for six weeks.

Straight Lake State Park and Wildlife Area, the newest park in Wisconsin, continues to develop and is drawing visitors summer and winter. The main entrance area is at the end of 120th street a mile north of Hwy. 48 east of Luck.

A statement by state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf after her tour of Straight Lake: “It was a pleasure to tour Straight Lake State Park and Wildlife Area with the Department of Natural Resources staff. This is an absolutely gorgeous property that will provide wonderful opportunities for those who want to hike, camp, fish, birdwatch or just get out and enjoy the solitude of nature. Given our proximity to the Twin Cities, we are fortunate to be able to preserve this pristine, undeveloped parcel for the enjoyment of area residents, visitors and generations to come. Thanks to the incredible efforts of volunteers from across the country as well as AmeriCorps workers, additional development of the Ice Age Trail is taking place through the park that will take advantage of the unique glacial features.”

season grasses with wetland restoration to preserve wildlife habitat. Carlisle said the grant funds helped the DNR get a project biologist to plan the restorations.

“This will be really fabulous,” Carlisle said. “We have found 20 natural wet spaces to restore. One of the species we will protect is the woodcock.”

While the park and the wildlife area portions of Straight Lake are being developed slowly, work is moving at a rapid pace to complete work on the Ice Age National Scenic Trail (see separate story). The Ice Age Trail, part of the National Park System, is a five mile natural route from CTH I west through the heart of the park.

Harsdorf and her DNR hosts hiked a mile

Three-way family graduation

Siblings Alex, Kerissa and Tera Nelson, Grantsburg, all graduated from different colleges this past weekend. Shown (L to R): Alex: WITC New Richmond -automated packaging technician; Kerissa: UW-River Falls - Bachelor of Liberal Arts; Tera: Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, Conn. - Master of Science in nutrition. - Photo submitted

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Fallen officers honored

Former Burnett County Sheriff and current chair of the Burnett County Supervisors, Don Taylor, was the speakers during this year’s memorial service to honor the three Burnett County law enforcement officers who have died while on duty. Taylor pointed out that the cause of death for the three officers, car-crash injuries, The unmistakable sound of bagpipes, played by Evan heart failure and gunshot wounds, reflect common Johnson, filled the Burnett County Government Center hazards faced by law enforcement officers each day, during the Fallen Officer Memorial Service on Thursday, and he asked that citizens remember officers in their prayers.

May 13. – Photos by Sherill Summer

Justyce Wedin, with a little help from mother Shephenie Wedin, brings in the wreath honoring Burnett County’s three fallen officers, Allen Albee, Richard Schinzing and Paul Gramer.

Shown (L to R): Mike Taylor and Don Taylor singing the veterans song during the Fallen Officer Memorial Service held in the Burnett County Courthouse.

ANNUAL REUNION

Home with a view

Pleasant Prairie Church Sun., May 30, 11 a.m.

Speaker: Rev. Bob Fallt Potluck Picnic after the service.

16581 Co. Rd. O Rural Grantsburg, Wis.

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Please join the Village of Siren Board and employees as we wish a fond farewell to retiring Administrator Randy Surbaugh on May 27.

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Cake and coffee will be served at Village Hall between the hours of 2 and 4:30 p.m. A short program will be 512199 39-40L held at 3 p.m.

Please stop in and wish Randy well on his retirement.

An eagle has taken up residency in Oakland Township north of Webster. - Photo by Sherill Summer

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Sharing the journey to graduation

by Nancy Jappe Staff writer SIREN – Since the last half of their thirdgrade year in elementary school, Mackenzie Swenson and Sarah Howe have been inseparable. The two best friends have played together, paralleled each other in school accomplishments, thought along the same lines and even grab hold of a strand of hair to twist in the same manner when concentrating.

This week, after accepting the honors of valedictorian (Sarah) and salutatorian (Mackenzie) of the Siren High School Class of 2010, the two will go their separate ways. Sarah will be entering the College of St. Catherine in the Twin Cities in the fall and living on campus. She’s not sure exactly where that will lead, but says it will probably be in the field of math or science.

Mackenzie will be attending Atelier, a private art school in Minneapolis and living in Hudson. Only 18 students are enrolled at the art school as they are taught to be professional artists.

“Luckily we won’t be too far apart,” Sarah commented.

People around Siren School just expect to see these two students together. Their class schedules have been the same except that the first semester of their sophomore year and first hour and seventh hour second semester this year were different.

“When Sarah is gone for the day, I feel so lost,” Mackenzie said.

Describing each other “Whenever we are together, we always have fun, whatever we are doing,” Sarah said when she was asked to describe her best friend, Mackenzie. “One day we told ourselves we were going to have fun with a pencil. We (went ahead and) had fun with a pencil. She is a good balance for me, a little more ‘out there.’ We equal out real well.”

Mackenzie agreed with Sarah’s description of the two balancing each other’s personalities.

“One thing that always impresses me (about Sarah) is her humility,” Mackenzie went on to comment.

“She has four school records in track and was just chosen as the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s scholar/athlete (the first person at Siren School to receive this award). She gets good grades, she’s beautiful; but I’ve never heard her brag.”

Best friends Mackenzie Swenson and Sarah Howe shared a “tea” party with water as the beverage during a school track meet when they were in the seventh grade.

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Graduating seniors Mackenzie Swenson (L) and Sarah Howe had a wonderful time looking through old photographs of events they have shared from the second-half of third grade until now. The two best friends will graduate from Siren High School Friday, May 21, with Sarah taking the honors as the class valedictorian and Mackenzie as class salutatorian, their grade-point averages are about as close to each other as you could get. – Photo by Nancy Jappe

Mackenzie Swenson joined the Good News Singers first, then invited her friend, Sarah Howe, to join the group. The two are shown here in a fourth-grade photo, hamming it up as they introduced one of the group’s musical numbers during a performance.

Photos submitted unless otherwise noted Note: Sarah was chosen as the school’s homecoming queen during her junior year.

The two admitted to having the same perfectionist tendencies, something that came in handy when they worked together in planning for prom and putting the yearbook pages together. “We completely understood each other, and it worked out well,” Mackenzie said.

Memories over the years Sarah was born in Siren. Her parents are Jeff and Karen Howe. Paternal grandparents Herb and Helen Howe and maternal grandparents Bill and Jeanette Laqua also live in Siren. Mackenzie and her family, parents Mark and Janet Swenson and brother Jacob, moved to Siren when Mackenzie was in the last half of third grade.

“We didn’t like each other at first,” the two girls admitted. Sarah went on to explain that she didn’t like Mackenzie at first because everyone else liked her and Sarah decided she wasn’t going to do that.

Then, for a while, three classmates were best friends, Sarah, Mackenzie and Megan

Baasch. In fourth grade, Brittany Horwath joined the group. But, as far as being alike and together, the knot tightened around Sarah and Mackenzie.

In fourth grade, the girls built a fort in Sarah’s basement out of large cardboard boxes and samples of carpeting. They spent a lot of time in that fort, modifying it as they went along, until the Howes moved to a different house.

The two cooked up their own recipes, including what they called a “go-to” drink made from Tang, lemonade and vanilla flavoring. They put lemonade into pancakes, making the cakes a lovely pink color, but bravely said, “Umm, these are good!”

They made up stories, and a song, “The Malted Milk Opera,” which they sang for years as they were on the way to Good News Singers performances.

Mackenzie became a member of the Good News Singers, a well-known girls chorus operating out of Frederic, and she invited Sarah to join the group. The two took piano lessons from the same teacher, Maria Potvin. They were into sports.

Everything they did was together.

They memorized a piano duet which they played for a fifth-grade recital. The title of the piece is “The Journey.” It’s a piano selection they can sit down and play from memory yet today.

They played a piano duet in school-related competition freshman year, and got a perfect 5 score. The only comment the judge made was that they should have been entered at a higher level of competition.

When they got to playing duets in the earlier years, their creative spirits took over and they made up their own music.

Teachers were amazed at how much in sync they were. Not only were those piano duets but xylophone duets, where each would memorize the other’s parts as well as their own.

The two created not one but three languages in which to communicate in secret with one another. One was named Pi (after the math term of the same name); the other names have been lost over time.

Speaking of Pi, the two were allowed to enter a Pi competition (although they were a year younger than the other students) for which they had to memorize digits of Pi. Each of them memorized 212 digits, and won a real pie for taking the top positions in the competition.

Although Mackenzie is the art student, Sarah has a tendency to draw animal stick figures that Mackenzie views as “awesome.” The stick figure of a llama and a strange-looking porpoise came first to mind.

“It’s really weird, but we’ve never had a fight,” Mackenzie said, adding, “Sure, there have been times when we have been slightly annoyed.” “Frustrated” was the word Sarah used. But they’ve never had a fight and have never been in competition against one another through the years.

Even when it came to choosing this year’s graduating-class valedictorian and salutatorian, the two ran neck and neck.

Sarah took the honor of valedictorian, chalking up a 4.0 (perfect) grade-point average over four years of high school.

Mackenzie was right behind her, with a 3.9++. The only difference was an Aminus grade Mackenzie got in one of her classes.

Mackenzie was class president all four years of high school. Sarah was vice president for three of the four years and secretary for one year.

Both skipped eighth-grade math and went right into algebra. The two got the same score in a conservation exhibit at the Burnett County Government Center. When taking finals, the two would often get the same end score but would have answers to different questions wrong.

Sarah was active in basketball, volleyball and track. Mackenzie went out for track in freshman and senior years but not in between. She started taking art and vocal lessons in her sophomore year, and put the sports aside. Both Sarah and Mackenzie were elected to the National Honor Society.

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Journey/from page 1 many things in common. Both have such an enthusiasm for life,” Janet Swenson commented. “When Sarah would invite Mackenzie to go camping, Mackenzie would be out with their family. (Then) Sarah would spend time with us. They were always trying to find things to do together.”

In using words to portray the qualities present in both girls, Swenson commented on their sense of contentment, their happiness, their innocence, their freedom, their sense of joy and their very low stress levels. “They are able to adapt to whatever situation they are in and go with the flow,” she said.

Swenson will long remember the picture the two girls made recently as they laid down a blanket on the grass outside the Swenson home, on their tummies, bent legs waving in the air, working on their graduation speeches. “They were no less innocent then than they were in the third grade,” Swenson said.

“They have one of those rare friendships that I have no doubt will last into adulthood,” Karen Howe commented.

“It’s been fun to watch them grow up together and see them each develop their own unique talents and skills. I think they’ve challenged and encouraged each other.

“I’m so happy that Sarah has had a friend like Mackenzie to share the past 10 years with her. I think they bring out the best in each other,” Howe continued.

“Seeing them together usually leaves me smiling, laughing or just shaking my head. Watching them give their valedictorian/salutatorian address together on Friday will be a fitting conclusion to this chapter of their friendship. Who can ask for more in a friend than someone who accepts you as you are – quirks and all.”

Sarah Howe and Mackenzie Swenson put together a small generator with enough power to light a tiny light bulb as their science fair project in the seventh grade. – Photos submitted

Mackenzie Swenson and Sarah Howe were part of the cast of a number of Prairie Fire Theatre performances at school from third grade on. In this photo, they were in the cast of Aladdin in sixth grade with (L to R): Megan Baasch, Brittany Horwath, Sarah and Mackenzie.

“Whenever we are together, we always have fun, whatever we are doing,” commented Sarah Howe about her relationship with best friend Mackenzie Swenson. The two friends are clowning here as prom photos were taken a year ago.

Frederic FFA Ag on the Lawn

Tony Swanson hops on a Holstein as Lakeysha Schallenberger holds everything steady, during the Ag on the Lawn Day at the Frederic Elementary School last Friday, May 14. Carl White (center) and Kyle Hedlund were on hand to cheer on the fun. – Photos by Marty Seeger unless otherwise noted

Danielle Peterson and Terri McKinney put in a lot of the hard work involved with putting together the Frederic FFA’s Ag on the Lawn Day.

These bearded dragons were on display at the Frederic Elementary School during the Ag on the Lawn Day.

LEFT: Amanda McKinney had fun posing with her pet llama

Tom Gravelle, a senior at Frederic High School, holds out a python he says can grow up to 5 feet long. Two mice per month are part of this snake’s feeding regimen.

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Volunteer open house and orientation at Festival Theatre

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ST. CROIX FALLS – Two sessions of open house and orientation for new and returning Festival Theatre volunteers will take place at the theater on Tuesday, May 25. Starting times are 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. A broad range of opportunities exist for adults of all ages, as well as teenagers, who are interested in supporting the efforts of the only professional theater in the Upper St. Croix River Valley.

“A volunteer task force has reviewed and updated all volunteer job descriptions,” says Danette Olsen, executive director of Festival Theatre. “Whether a supporter wishes to work behind the scenes with sets, props and costumes or out in the public sector providing public relations support, ushering, or working in the café, we have many areas of service available. Volunteering at Festival Theatre is a great way to learn new skills, make use of your talents, and broaden your social life. Plus, we need help from community members to grow and thrive as a nonprofit professional theater!”

The orientation is about 30 minutes in length with a choice of sessions at 1:30 p.m. or 6 p.m. Following a brief welcome by some of the task-force members and introduction of Festival’s new volunteer coordinator, Jodene Anderson, a review of all areas of volunteerism will take place along with time for questions and comments. The open house includes an opportunity to register for specific duties, including usher signup. The theater is located at 210 N. Washington Street in downtown St. Croix Falls.

To learn more about Festival Theatre, check out their Web site at www.festivaltheatre.org. Registration is not necessary for the open house, but it is appreciated. Call 715-4833387 or 888-887-6002 for additional information or send an e-mail to boxoffice@festivaltheatre.org.- submitted

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were three fathersto-be in a hospital waiting room, waiting for their babies Joe Roberts to be born.

The first nurse comes out and tells the first father, “Congratulations you’re the father of twins!” He says, “Great! I am the manager for the Minnesota Twins.”

The second nurse comes out and tells the second father, “Congratulations you’re the father of triplets!” He says, “That’s cool! I work for 3M.” The third father opens the window and jumps out.

The third nurse comes out, and asks, “Where’s the third father?”

One of the other fathers said, “Oh he jumped out the window.”

The nurse asks, “Why?” He replied, “He works for Seven-Up!” ••• To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.

To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.

••• Once there was a girl who wanted a boyfriend. Her mom wanted to help her, so she set up a blind date for her daughter.

When the girl got back from the date she said, “That was the worst night of my life!”

“Why is that?” her mom asked.

“He owns a 1922 Rolls Royce!”

“Isn’t that a good thing?”

“He’s the original owner, Mom!” •••

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I’m back. After a brief hiatus I have returned as a columnist, dispensing my prescriptions for a better life. With that in mind, I was asked to give this column a new name, a name embracing the depths of wisdom and shameless John W. Ingalls wit that I employ. I have chosen a name with a multiplicity of meanings and variety of flavors, a name that may mean different things to different people depending on the context, a name we can all relate to in some fashion: Cold Turkey.

Cold turkey is what’s left over after a holiday feast.

The centerpiece of the meal revisited without all the fluff. In order to really enjoy cold turkey you have to be creative. You may have to invent dishes to get the full benefit of leftover cold turkey. To many it is the best part of the holiday feast, the time to enjoy the food at your own leisure when the relatives have returned home. It is just as satisfying and nutritious as the original meal without the social overtones. It’s a metaphor representing the enjoyment of simple pleasures.

Cold turkey is also an idiom. When we quit cold turkey we do it with decisiveness and conviction. There

Cold Turkey

Daniel and I had our first real fight last weekend.

We have been seeing each other now for five months and have found little to disagree about, which is rather remarkCarrie Classon able in that we both hold strong opinions and have very different lives and life experiences. We have successfully navigated discussion of politics, religion, former spouses and money. But last night we had our first real fight and it began over neon tetras, a lovely little aquarium fish that I fear may never be quite as lovely to me again.

Like all real disagreements, this one actually had very little to do with neon tetras, or any type of tropical fish. Some feelings were hurt, some ungenerous words were said. But afterward we did what you do if you are a couple, and hope and expect to stay together, we sat together with a cup of coffee on the deck and talked about what it was that we were unhappy about—besides those pesky neon tetras.

While the particulars of our spat were unique (neon tetras, my repeated attempts to run the world, Daniel’s annoying effort to persuade me that running the world is not actually part of my job description), I think what we are experiencing is the inevitable adjustment that comes from two people becoming that nebulous thing we call a “couple.” Whether it happens consciously or entirely unwittingly, there is a necessary accommodation that comes from turning two individuals into one couple, and the journey from “I like French dressing and he likes ranch dressing” to “we like Gorgonzola dressing” involves a few bumps in the road.

When we started talking on the deck, dark clouds scuttled overhead and even dropped a little rain. We weathered it out and as we refilled our coffee cups a bit of a breeze came up. The clouds eventually dissipated and finally the sun made a tentative appearance. While

I can’t really take credit (although I admit I would like to), I thought the whole thing was orchestrated very well for a conversation of its kind.

A few days ago, I was surfing the internet (I nearly said “doing useful research” but that would be a lie), when I came across a Web site with a lot of photos posted by couples just hanging out with the person they love. This couple’s Web site was nothing more than photos of varying quality—from professional studio shots to the classic picture taken at arm’s length from a mobile phone—of ordinary couples together.

There were couples dressed up for a night on the town, couples with matching nose piercings, couples making hideous faces into the camera, couples gazing adoringly into one another’s eyes. There were comments about the things they liked to do together (dress up for Renaissance festivals, attend hockey games, skateboard, vacation in Hawaii) and explanations as to why they had posted this particular photo.

(He/she/we look cute/bored/silly.) The couples were of all ages and ethnic backgrounds. The only thing the photos had in common was the desire of these very different couples to be seen—as a couple.

I thought it was very sweet. As I looked at all these pairs of people who had (at least for the moment), made the transition from “me” to “us,” I realized there was probably some compromise, accommodation and adjustment in the background of all of these photos.

But, at least at the moment the photo was taken, there wasn’t a neon tetra in sight.

“We’re a couple!” the photos said, “and we think that’s great!”

I think so too.

Till next time, —Carrie

More than 150 vendors expected at Webster WEBSTER – Twelve artists and crafters from around Burnett and Polk counties are among more than 150 vendors at this year’s Webster Memorial Day Arts & Crafts Extravaganza set for Saturday, May 29, at the Webster Elementary School on Hwy. 35 in Webster.

Creative people from Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota offer everything from gourmet foods, textiles, wildlife photography, frames, cabin décor, paintings, pottery, woodworking, sculptures and furniture to garden ornaments, children’s toys, jewelry, floral arrangements, clothes, stationery and more.

“There’s a lot to choose from, and some popular artists run low on their products toward the end of the day, so shop early!” That’s the advice of Tim Gerber, organizer of the event, which is now in its 28th year and is sponsored by the Webster Chamber of Commerce. Since the first fair with 18 crafters in the gym of the old Webster High School, the event has grown to become the largest annual arts and crafts fair in Burnett County.

The money raised from booth fees makes up the major portion of the Webster Chamber of Commerce’s annual operating budget. More than that, it puts the village of Webster on the map and the financial impact on the community is substantial, particularly during these difficult economic times. “It makes for the busiest time of the year in Webster for many of our retailers,” says chamber President Matt Swenson.

The biggest challenge, according to Gerber, is reviewing the applications and deciding what items to include in the show. There are many returning favorites including cabin décor, garden art, and whimsical craft creations. In the present economy, arts and crafts fairs offers people an opportunity to shop for their homes and for gifts at reasonable prices. Many artists and crafters depend on seasonal show sales for their livelihood.

“More and more people appreciate products that are handmade and homegrown,” says Gerber. “And they also like the opportunity to meet the people who create them.” is no easing into a situation when we go cold turkey, no sir, it’s headfirst all the way. It embodies a general sense of determination to see any given situation through to its completion. Cold turkey is “off the wall.” If you tried to translate this MD into a different language it would end in total confusion. As you read that last statement, you understood what I meant but in order to translate it successfully you would have explain that words have many possible meanings and words organized into phrases have possibly layers of meanings and seldom are they literal.

Cold Turkey is or hopefully will be somewhat of a paradox. If the response to my previous essays is any indication, then this column should also garner similar interest. While I wouldn’t say the essays were “hot” there was a substantial number of people that called, wrote or just stopped me on the street to offer their support. I believe that many will enjoy the content because it is something most of us can relate to on a personal level. While I attempt to dispense some information that has value, I frequently use myself as an example. I eat

Frederic’s Sharon Halverson makes custom-decorated flipflops, popular items with kids and adults alike at the annual Webster Arts & Crafts Extravaganza May 29. – Photo by Harriet Rice Burnett County vendors include Norb Beringer, wood carvings; Tom Porter, Yah Butz BBQ sauce; Mary Griesbach, soap; Brenda Vucievic, purses; and Jimmy Springett, painting.

Sharon Halverson, Joan Worth, and Kelsey Kaefer represent Polk County with custom-designed flip-flops, chain-saw art, and jewelry.

The Arts & Crafts Extravaganza runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission and parking are free and the site is disabled accessible. Please, no dogs, except service dogs.

The Burnett Youth Hockey Association will sell brats, bakery goods and beverages.

too much, I don’t exercise like I should, I spill my coffee, I forget names of people and I say things that I shouldn’t say at the wrong times. I want you to see that sometimes the best advice doesn’t come from someone who has it all together but often it comes from someone who can share the frustrations of life and know how hard life can be at times.

Cold turkey is a food and those of you who know me, know that I like food and like to talk about food. The column will be “Killer Beets” and “Beans at 20-Below” stirred together with social commentary and medical advice. I don’t believe in fast food, so chew it slow and share it with friends.

Cold Turkey is a paradox, an idiom and a metaphor served up in bite-sized chunks. You can enjoy it in your bathrobe and slippers, chewing thoughtfully on the content or just spit it out if it doesn’t agree with you.

Reading Cold Turkey is a bit like driving down a oneway street, the wrong way. It may not always be right but it may give you a different view than what you have experienced in the past. Most people quit cold turkey but that is where I start.

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Ramblings Collected by Russ Hanson

Otto and Cecilie Eriksen are buried at the West Denmark Cemetery a mile west of Luck.

Their great-granddaughter is looking for information about the family who lived near West Denmark in the 1930s. – Photo by Russ Hanson. the 1940 census will be available in 2012. Then the groups like ancestry.com and others will work hard on indexing the handwritten census records and putting them in searchable form on the Internet.

Since the neighbors in the 1930 census appeared to be in the West Denmark area, I dropped in early last Saturday morning at the beautiful cemetery at the top of the hill above Little Butternut Lake to look around. After having wandered through hundreds of Pedersens, Laursens, Hansens, Jensens, Jepsens, etc., I finally found a small, flat stone with Otto, Cecilie and Elliot Eriksen, all on the same stone. It is on the very north edge of the cemetery about two-thirds of the way to the east in the lowest part under a huge sugar maple tree. It says “Eriksen; Grandson Elliot M. 1936, Cecilie M. 1890-1933, Otto E. 18741934.” Since it is grandson with a single date, 1936, we might guess he is a baby who died after his grandparents were buried and has the name Eriksen too. That could rule out that he was the baby of either of the two girls, Verna and Minnie, as they would have married names. But of course they could have had a baby while unmarried, or chosen to bury him without his last name. Since the gravestone is nicely balanced with the three names, it is likely that it was made and installed sometime in or after 1936 rather than when Otto or Cecilie died.

It appears we have two Elliot Eriksens! One is Elliot E., born 1912, (1920 Iowa census) and the buried one is Elliot M., probably born 1936 and died the same year. Cecilie is listed as having immigrated to the U.S. from Denmark in 1912. So if this Elliot E. is 8 in 1920, we might guess Cecilie came directly to Denmark to marry Otto and the two had a child during their first year of marriage in 1912 assuming babies come after the wedding—pretty safe in the good old days.

What is left to do by Andrea Walker if she comes to visit? She might ask the West Denmark church to look through their 1920s-1930s records for Eriksens including any more details in the burial records. She might ask the township of Luck to let her search the late 1920s to 1936 tax records to see if there are Eriksens on the assessment roles and find the actual land description to locate their farm. She might go to Balsam Lake and look in the Luck Enterprise newspapers at the Ledger office to see if she could find obituaries or items in the West Denmark local news columns from late 1920s to 1936. She might go to the Polk County register of deeds office and use their land records to find the dates and records of land purchases and sales. She might then look through the death certificates there to find the three Eriksens listed on the gravestone. She might go to the senior citizens center, which is open Monday through Friday in Luck this summer for lunch and visiting, and ask if any of them remember the Eriksens. She might find Eiler Ravenholdt there and ask him, as he grew up near West Denmark and will be speaking about his grandmother, the first buttermaker in the first co-op creamery in the county at our June Luck History Society meeting. She could search through some of the many old record books and historical accounts in the archives at the Luck Museum.

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cestry.com search might show more information too. Tracking Elliot, Verna and Minnie might be harder. The two women may have married, with a name change.

Probably finding an obituary in one of the local newspapers would be the best next step to see if it lists survivors by names and addresses. Local libraries, museums, and newspaper offices have many early newspapers here in the area, available for individuals to use for research. Many are microfilmed and at the Wisconsin Historical Society at River Falls or Madison as well as the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul, Minn.

It is fun working on puzzles like this. If you have the time, you can learn how to do the searches yourself by taking advantage of the free information available at the local libraries (ancestry.com for instance), museums and by using local government records. You can hire professional genealogists to do this for you if you don’t have time to do it yourself, most charge something like $25 per hour with a $100 minimum. So far our efforts have added up to three hours, not charged for, but we will suggest a donation to the Luck Historical Society.

Want to learn how to search for your own roots? Join the Polk County Genealogical Society. Our next meeting is Monday evening, May 24, at the senior center in St. Croix Falls at 7 p.m., where James Roush will tell us how to use land records online and at the county offices to learn about our relatives. After the Memorial Day weekend, the Polk County Genealogical Society will be at the Polk County Museum in Balsam Lake Monday afternoons to help you for free! You can hire members to work on your family history. *** The week before Memorial Day has Margo and me on a daylong cemetery trip over to Barron County, Dunn County, Taylors Falls, Minn., and Polk County to decorate the Hanson ancestor graves. We have planters at each grave and put in a new geranium each year. Margo and her father have already done her family near West Bend last week as Margo was helping him close up the family home of over 100 years and move him to town. Lots more work to do there.

South of Menomonie on Hwy. 25 about 10 miles is the Evergreen Cemetery; out in the country very near the Caddie Woodlawn Park. Great Uncle Alanson J. Beebe is buried there with an old limestone marker, “age 22.” He enlisted in the Civil War at age 16, fought for a year and a half, then a month after the war was over was kicked in the back by a mule while lined up with his cavalry horse nearby. It ruined his back, damaged his health totally and he came home and died four years after the war. No other relatives there, but a Civil War marker, a flag, stone and our

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North 40 miles, are the stones of greatgreat-grandpa Lathrop Beebe, his wife, Abigail Alger Beebe, their daughter Anna Mariah Beebe Hanson and her husband, Swedish emigrant, Charles Martin Hanson, all at the Arland cemetery. Lathrop has a Civil War marker too; he joined with a New York volunteers regiment at age 38 and ended up being dismissed after four months and nearly dying while in training at Washington, D.C., never getting into battle, but his health ruined too. Charles married his daughter, Anna, and they had eight children. In an unmarked grave next to them is son Robert, who died while still a baby.

Mom’s parents are buried in nearby cemeteries as are many aunts, uncles and other relatives. Mom and Dad’s families lost their farms in the Great Depression of the 1930s and moved to cheaper land and farms in Polk County. That takes us to the Wolf Creek Cemetery where our grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and my brother are buried, and where Margo and I plan to rent a lot.

Great-uncle Ernest Clinton Beebe and his wife, Jessie Alger Beebe, are buried in the Kahbong cemetery high above the St. Croix River out of Taylors Falls. Greatgreat-grandpa, Olaus Hanson, 1816-1898, father of three sons who came from Sweden and a daughter who stayed on the home farm, is buried in far-southwest Minnesota, about 30 miles southwest of Walnut Grove, made famous by Laura Ingalls Wilder in her Little House books. We wait until we are traveling west for a summer trip to put a flower on his grave; it is a long hard day’s drive from Rochester to and back. We like to visit with Stephen Quist, the local pastor there at the Sillerud Lutheran Church where Olaus lies buried in the second row adjacent to the church— a proper place for a strict old-school Lutheran. His wife died before he came to America and lies buried in the family plot in Skee, Sweden, where our cousins decorate the grave each spring too.

Walking through old cemeteries and reading the stones is a pleasant exercise. We honor our ancestors who made everything we have possible. We remember those who fought in wars for us. We plant a flower and try to remember things about each of our ancestors, even those who died long before we arrived here. I like to think that 200 years from now, someone will walk by our grave and nod, “I heard that Russ Hanson was quite a character in those days. I wonder why he put ‘River Road Rambler’ on his stone.”

Join us at the Wolf Creek Cemetery, 11 a.m., for an old-time, traditional, Memorial Day program on Memorial Day. For over 130 years folks have been gathering at the old cemetery to honor the war veterans and their own relatives. Lunch at the adjacent Wolf Creek Methodist Church (the old grade school) after the program, served by the Ladies Aid (donation appreciated). After lunch take a cemetery ramble sponsored by the Sterling Eureka and Laketown Historical Society led by the Old Rambler himself.

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by Russ Hanson Last week we received an e-mail at the Luck Museum, our e-mail address is LAHSMUSEUM@GMAIL.COM, from Andrea Walker. She wrote, “My greatgrandfather’s name was Otto Erickson.

I’m unsure of his wife’s name. He had two daughters, one of which was my grandmother, Verna Erickson. I’m unsure of the other daughter’s name. I know they lived in Ottosen, Iowa, for a little bit before moving to Luck. It’s my understanding that my grandmother, and perhaps her sister, moved to Chicago when they were teenagers to look for work in the 1930s, and then stayed there.”

“I’m unsure of the cemetery Otto is buried in. I do remember seeing the gravestone though, because I remember thinking ‘His name can be spelled frontwards and backwards’ (pretty deep thoughts for a 6th-grader, ha ha). It does seem, though, that he stayed there the duration of his life so I’m hopeful that there aren’t too many Otto Ericksons in Luck, but I do understand that it was a Danish area, so I might be completely wrong.

“I live five hours away from Luck and am eager to visit the area again, 20 years after I was there last time, and to find out about my family.”

As part of our Luck Area Historical Society and Museum services, we attempt to help persons track their relatives who lived in the area at one time or the other. Andrea likely wants to visit the graveyard for Memorial Day and put some flowers on her great-grandparents grave. Here are the steps we have taken to help her. If you know any more please let us know at the museum, to pass along to her.

The first step we took was at the Luck Library where the computers are connected to a genealogy service, Ancestry.com. Ancestry allows you to search census records and many other lists from online information.

You go to www.ancestrylibrary.com at the library. The library subscribes to this service and makes it available for free only on their computers. It would cost you about $200 to subscribe to this for a personal account.

Ancestrylibrary.com brings up a screen that asks you to enter the name of the person for whom you are searching and then to add whatever else you know. I put in Otto Erickson, that he had lived in Iowa, died in Luck, had a daughter named Verna and was born in Denmark and submitted the search. Many results came up, but the most promising was one that listed an Otto Eriksen from Luck township in the 1930 U.S. Census.

Ancestry allows you to look at a copy of the original handwritten census page. It listed Otto at age 60, wife Cecilie age 40, both born in Denmark; Otto coming to America in 1888 and Cecilie in 1912; Otto a farmer who owned his farm. Two daughters, Minnie, age 15, and Verna, age 9, were born in Iowa. On the same page were 10 other families listed, by home numbers 1-10 indicating the census taker had worked his way through a neighborhood or down a road doing one after the other.

The museum has 1925 and 1938 plat books that show land owned in Luck Township. I found no Eriksen, but found the other names listed on the same census page all residing very near the West Denmark church. It appeared that the Eriksens had come from Iowa sometime in the later 1920s and left or died before 1938.

Another ancestry.com search result was the 1920 U.S. census for Humboldt County, Ottesen town, Iowa. In it there was an Otto Erickson, Cecilia, Elliot and Minnie Erickson. Otto was a laborer at Quaker Oats Co. This appeared to match the information in the 1930 census, so likely was the same family. The census information is made public after 72 years, so

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I hope you dance This was written by an 83-year-old woman to her friend. (The last line says it all.)

Dear Bertha, I’m reading more and dusting less. I’m sitting in the yard admiring the garden without fussing with the weeds that are in the garden. I’m spending more time with my friends and family and less time working.

Whenever possible, life should be a pattern of experiences to savor, not to endure. I’m trying to recognize these moments now and cherish them.

I’m not ‘saving’ anything: we use our good china and crystal for every special event, such as losing a pound, getting the sink unstopped, or the first Amaryllis blossom.

I wear my good blazer to the market. My theory is that if I look prosperous, I can shell out $28.49 for one small bag of groceries. I’m not saving my good perfume for special parties, but wearing it for the clerks in the hardware store and the tellers at the bank.

“Someday” and “one of these days” are losing their grip in my vocabulary. If it’s worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now.

I’m not sure what others would’ve done had they known they wouldn’t be here for the tomorrow we all take for granted. I think they would have called family members and a few close friends. They might have called a few former friends to apologize and mend fences for past squabbles. I like to think they would have gone out for a Chinese dinner or for whatever their favorite food was. I’m guessing, I’ll never know.

It’s those little things left undone that would make me angry if I knew my hours were limited. Angry because I hadn’t written certain letters that I intended to write on of these days. Angry and sorry that I didn’t tell my husband and parents often enough how much I truly loved them. I’m trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter and luster to our lives. And every morning when I open my eyes tell myself that this day is special.

Every day, every minute, every breath truly is a gift from God. If you received this, it is because someone cares for you. If you’re too busy to take the few minutes that it takes right now to forward this, would it be the first time you didn’t do the little thing that would make a difference in your relationships? I can tell you it certainly won’t be the last.

“People say true friends must always hold hands, but true friends don’t need to hold hands because they know the other hand will always be there.”

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance.

(Note: The above was used before, in this column and readers have asked for it again. So here it is. Please cut it out this time!)

I think that I shall never see A church that’s all it ought to be.

A church whose members never stray Beyond the straight and narrow way.

A church that has no empty pews Where pastors never have the blues.

A church where deacons always deak And none are proud and all are meek.

Where gossips never peddle lies Or make complaints or criticize.

Where all are always sweet and kind And all to others faults are blind.

Such perfect churches there may be But none of them is known to me.

But still I’ll work and pray and plan, To make our church the best I can. (from Church Bulletin Bits complied by George W. Knight)

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The Ten Commandments - Minnesota Style I Der’s only one God ya know II Don’t make that fish on your wall, yur idol III Cussing ain’t Minnesota nice IV Go to church even when yur up nort V Honor yur folks VI Don’t kill. Catch and release VII Der is only one Lena for every Ole. No cheatin’ VIII If it ain’t yur lutefisk, don’t take it IX Don’t be braggin’ ‘bout how much snow yu shoveled X Keep your mind off yur neighbor’s hotdish (by Kathy S. of St. Paul, Minn.)

Until next week, Bernice

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A short business meeting will be held prior to the featured speaker. Meetings end about 8:30 p.m., followed by a social time for those who wish to stay. Call Chuck at 715-472-4378 if you have any questions. — submitted

Frederic community blood drive set FREDERIC – Did you know that each year more than 12 million units of blood are needed to help save lives?

This would require donations of about 22 units of blood, every minute, every day, nationwide. Where does all this blood come from? The answer may be obvious, but it is worth repeating: blood comes from the heart of all our loyal, faithful donors living in every state in these United States. It comes from caring people who take time to leave work, wait in line, rest for a few minutes enjoying cheese, crackers and cookies. These people keep on doing this each time the blood drive comes to town. People who take time to do this say it feels good, to do good. The

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50 Years Ago The film “Solomon and Sheba” was playing at the Frederic Theatre, starring Yul Brynner and Gina Lollobrigida.-The film “Hound-Dog Man” was playing at the Webb Theatre, Webster.-“The Mouse that Roared” was playing at the Auditorium Theatre, St. Croix Falls.-Loren Sawyer resigned from Rudell Motors, Frederic.-The Indianhead Chorus sang at a Winnipeg contest.-Scott Turner, 13, broke his left wrist.-Rev. A.E. Neve resigned at Milltown Lutheran Church.-John Howell of Washburn was named Polk County College president.-Spring rainfall totaled 1.53 inches in Frederic area.-Specials at Route’s Super Market, Frederic, included fryers at 29¢/lb., fruit cocktail - 3 cans for $1, pears at 3 cans for 79¢ and rose bushes at 98¢ each.-A Dairy Queen banana split was 29¢ (regular price 40¢).-Wisconsin History Days were observed in Burnett County.-Specials at Nelson’s Store, Siren, included Occident flour at $3.39 for 50-lb. bag.-Obituaries included Clarence Corner, John Lisk, Walter Turner, Barnhart Hayden, Rebecca McClure, Margaret Weller and John Beck.Frederic graduation started with May 12 class night.Walter Peterson resigned as Polk County clerk.-Open house was held at the Frederic Hospital May 11.

40 Years Ago Specials at Route’s Super Market, Frederic, included catsup at 4 bottles for 89¢, bananas at 10¢/lb., steakettes at 23¢ each, ground chuck 79¢/lb.-Specials at Frederic Co-op Store included bananas at 12¢/lb., early June peas at 5 cans for $1 and chuck roast at 53¢/lb.-Oak Grove Supper Club had reasonable portions at reasonable prices with 1 p.m. Sunday dinners.-Bernice Asper’s column was called Midweek Musings.-USDA Food programs benefit low-income families in Siren.-Candidates for Frederic Family Days queen were Jill A. Hanson, Jill M. Hansen, Laurene Nelson, Vonnie Larson, Judy Anderson, Marion Owens and Vickie Nelson.-Specials at Anderson’s Store, Siren, included round steak at 97¢/lb., oranges 3 dozen for $1, catsup 4 bottles for 85¢, peanut butter 28 oz. for 95¢.-Velander Hardware, Luck, had a closeout sale on everything with 15 percent off.There were 50 years of Co-op business recalled at Farmer’s Exchange, Frederic.-Frederic Housing Authority held open house in new apartment building.Zion Lutheran Church or Trade Lake observed its centennial.-Specials at Route’s Super Market, Frederic, included bananas at 9¢/lb., catsup at 5 bottles for $1, Jell-O pudding at 10¢/pkg., cube steaks at 79¢/lb.- Frederic Family Days were set for June 2628.

20 Years Ago

Local basket weaver to speak at Luck LUCK — The Luck Area Historical Society is pleased to announce that nationally known basket weaver Phyllis Knutson will be the guest speaker at the next monthly meeting Thursday, May 27, 7 p.m. at the Luck Historical Museum.

Knutson has taught basket weaving classes locally and has been a guest instructor at the Campbell Folk School in North Carolina that features traditional Appalachian crafts. Early baskets were mostly utilitarian but have

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spring community blood drive, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary No. 249 will be held at St. Luke’s Methodist Church, Hwy. 35 and Linden. The dates are set for Thursday, May 27, 1 to 7 p.m. and Friday, May 28, beginning at 9 a.m. and the last appointment will be at 1:45 p.m. The Lioness organization has volunteered to help the auxiliary with these blood drives.

If you have questions or need further information, please contact Dorothea Jensen at 715-327-5642, or Phyllis Meyer at 715-327-8972, or Phyllis Wilder at 715-3278951. – submitted by Dorothea M. Jensen, secretary-treasurer

Christian heritage was the cornerstone of Peter Marshall’s ministry. He spoke at the Grantsburg High School as part of a 5-day conference.-Town road planning was getting extra attention.-Dumping of garbage on Blaine Town roads was strictly prohibited.-Burnett Dairy was big in making cheese.-A science Fair was held at the Siren school in late March.-Frederic School proposal lost again, 706 to 628.-Balsam Lake sold the former village hall for $5,000.-New trustees were elected in Frederic, including Brian Rogers – 363; James Meyer – 349; James Pearson – 321; John Glockzin – 224.-Polk County approved wildlife claims of $68,210.-Polk County may have full-time sanitarian.-Gov. Thompson proclaimed Week of the Young Child.-Farm prices showed a recent drop, but up over past years.Trade Lake Mutual Insurance Co. held its annual meeting April 7.-Trumpeter swans returned to Crex Meadows.-Grantsburg prom royalty included Terri Evyard and Chris Johnson.-Milltown set a hearing for variance on battered women’s shelter.-Nearly all of Frederic’s 190 high school students walked out to protest the recent defeat of a referendum to build a new high school.-Spear-fishing opener was relatively calm.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Lewis

653-4281 It was a busy, busy week with church meetings and all kinds of extras.

The Citizens of the Year banquet held Friday night at the 300 Club was a “biggie” with food, threefold honoring Larsen Auto, Volunteer of the Year, and Citizens of the Year, LaVonne and John Boyer, plus fun and hilarity.

All kinds of nice touches for the Boyers, a pencil for LaVonne to put behind her ear, loaves of miniature banana breads, a gavel for John to keep order at the South Fork Sportsman’s Club, a wheelbarrow ride for all the DQ money being hauled to the bank, Bible verses from Steve and Gail Ward, plus the “Good Word,” a tribute by daughter Kara in honor of parents, honors from the Lions and Lioness, much more. A wonderful event for a wonderful couple and

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family. Congratulations to them.

The next day on Saturday open house was held for the 50th anniversary of Ray and LouAnn Gackle, sponsored by their children and attended by many, many friends. Good food, good turnout, wonderful sharing of a special day.

We celebrated all weekend, including on Sunday with a special choir number, good input by Sheila Staples, and a beautiful dance by Starr and Carl Warndahl, all very fitting and joyous.

Lots of joy in the Lewis church. Pastor Tom reminded us of the words of “Lord of the Dance.”

It was regular collection plus Mission Sunday with collection for those wishing to attend a local camp.

Perfect weather all weekend with many visitors sitting outside on Saturday to visit together on a

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They’re here, those little jewels of our gardens.

Those tiny little birds you almost have to look twice to make sure you saw what you think you saw. The hummingbirds arrived in bear country, or should I say I saw them for the first time, on Saturday morning. I sat watching a Baltimore oriole trying to eat the grape jelly put out for them and was being pestered by something, so I took a closer look and there it was, a male hummingbird trying to take over the area.

I also took time to set out the birdbath this past weekend, Saturday to be exact. Well, come Sunday morning it was laying on its side, those pesky black buggers had been in as usual. It usually takes about a week of resetting it up and refilling before they finally decide I’m not giving in and leave it alone.

Don’t forget this Saturday at the Siren Methodist Church, their men’s group will be hosting the annual Scandinavian Frukost breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m.

After you have enjoyed the great breakfast, stop and look over the Scandinavian bake sale put on by the ladies. Some of these recipes for the goodies have been handed down for generations.

There is a lady who lives out on Horseshoe Drive, just north of Siren, that called and said she has had bears in her yard off and on this spring. She says she has even had a small 2-year-old come in the middle of the day. So be careful, they are hungry this time of year. Watch your small dogs and cats.

Sympathy to the family of Mary Christensen who passed away May 7.

Sympathy to the family of Agnes Swanson who passed away May 8.

Sympathy to the family of Richard Cunningham who passed away May 10.

Kris’ Pheasant Inn will be hosting their annual golf tournament on June 14 at the Siren National Golf Course. This is a three-person scramble. The price is $65 per person. There’s lots of prizes plus door prizes. For more info call 715-349-5755 or 715-2202416. A prime rib dinner will follow the tournament at Kris’ Pheasant Inn. Those of you who usually attend the Food and

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our works aloud.

Sympathy is extended to one of our writers, Walter Fluegel of Grantsburg, whose wife, Maxine, passed away last week Sunday night. Sympathy is extended. At a future date we will join to celebrate Maxine’s life.

A wonderful evening of poetry reading took place on Tuesday at the Frederic Municipal Library as members of the Amery group shared their writing (some prose but mostly poetry), three very talented people! Light refreshments were available thanks to Chris, and the chairs, sofas were arranged in a comfy semicircle. Very nice event! And a pleasant occasion.

Remember this coming Saturday night at 7 p.m. the Sullivan Family Gospel Bluegrass at the Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church. They have performed before in Lewis and were a big hit. Will be outside if weather is nice. Bring own chairs if desired.

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No lengthy article this week, but a couple of events need to be mentioned. The Robin Fornengo fundraiser to raise medical funds for Haiti will be held this Saturday, May 22, at the Cloverton Town Hall.

Plenty of fun-filled activities are scheduled in addition to the thrift sale. You may want to check this out.

It begins at 8 a.m. and runs all day.

Also, please know that the annual Duxbury Fire Department pancake breakfast will be held at the Duxbury Town Hall on Sunday, May 30. Serving starts at 7 a.m. Hope to see you there!

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A bewildered Baltimore oriole at the home of Bruce and Judy Roe on Big Wood Lake after our last snowstorm. – Photo submitted Friends community dinners, mark you calendars for Tuesday, May 25, at the Siren Methodist Church.

Come early as the meal goes from 5 to 6 p.m. and the food goes fast. This is a free meal but donations are accepted.

Congratulations to elementary student Madison Thiex, middle schooler Whitney Yambrick and high schooler Breanna Barr for being chosen Siren Schools students of the week.

Well, spring sprung just when I was finally getting used to cold, nasty, windy, snowy days. Now I have to contend with rain, lots of green stuff called weeds.

I don’t mind creeping Charlie. You don’t have to mow it and it even has pretty flowers. What’s not to like, but I seem to be the only one on my block who does.

Maybe the whole town. The people across the street came back from Florida. Their car pulled in, she went to the garage and, quick as a flash, had the lawn mower going. Grass is king.

Of course, there are flowering trees, tulips, three lips, lilacs, magnolias and, the ever popular dandelions … and old Charlie.

Carolline Osborn, Fritz Hernandez and Marian Woodard all let me know about Rosalie Mueller passing. So sad. She will be missed, but rememberd by so many. Gratitude is extended to Ron Lillegard for borrowing a program of the service for me.

Fritz went back to Wisconsin. I only got to see him when he arrived here in Illinois. Sorry we didn’t get to say see you later in person. He is hanging in there like the rest of us. Caroline is also well and happy in her little house in Minnesota – and who wouldn’t be?

Delores Crane just visited her. Keeping in touch … and talking.

I hear Bonnie Jedlund is back after spending the winter all over the globe. I think the reason she is back at her lake home is she has to pay taxes on the place so why not use it occasionally. Of course, I could be wrong. The first time, by the way. If I make it up this summer, I know she always has a bridge party including me so I’d better be nice. Love ya, Bonnie.

I got a valentine from Fred and Joan Kramer. The only one. I think Joan painted it so … love ya Joan, and Fred too.

Wednesday the flea market was held. If you missed it, it is held every second Wednesday of the month. The next one will be June 9. In the evening, 500 cards were played with Izzy Magnison, Rita Boyle, Bob Norlander and Chuck Magnison the winners. The 9 bid winner was Elroy Petzel.

Thursday morning, the center had exercises and played Skip-Bo. In the evening, Ladies Night Out Fran was held.

Friday morning Bridge was played. It is played Krause every Friday at 10 a.m.

We express sympathy is the family of Bonnie Fran Krause attended the Sara Circle meeting Kohrt.

Wednesday at Katie Hedlund’s. Friday evening Fran went to the pop concert at the Webster High School.

Sympathy to the families of Maxine Fluegel on her passing and Barb Cunningham on the passing of her husband. Both ladies are longtime members of the Odds and Ends HCE Club. were Sue and Chris Harrison and Steve, Heather Last Monday LaVonne and Mike O’Brien attended and Joshua Kukowski. the Frederic Middle School band and choir concert.

Michi and Nou Lee were weekend guests of MayTylyn O’Brien was part of the group. nard and Ronda Mangelsen.

Randy, Tara and Henry Mangelsen and Don and Lida Nordquist visited Hank and Karen Manglesen Friday afternoon. Then Randy and family stayed with Jake and Holly Mangelsen for the weekend. Saturday evening Karen and Hank Mangelsen, Nina and Lawrence Hines, Chris and Sue Harrison, and Sarah Elizabeth Jaeb, Boerne, Texas, Heather, Steve and Joshua Kukowski were supper has achieved the national Merit Scholarguests at the Jake Mangelsen home. Ronda and ship. She is the daughter of Jon and Marge Maynard Mangelsen, Ken and Tyann Otis and Jake Jaeb of Boerne, Texas and the grandRussell were visitors later. daughter of Ron Jaeb of Granger, Minn.

Maynard and Ronda Mangelsen visited Mike and and Richard and Dorothy Bump of Balsam Nancy Longhenry Sunday afternoon.

Lake. – submitted There Memorial Day program at Hertel Lakeview ••• Cemetery will begin at 10 a.m. sharp on May 31. All are welcome.

Dewey - LaFollette Dean and Lorraine Kendall were overnight visitors of Lawrence and Nina Hines Wednesday.

Marlene Swearingen, Lorri McQuade, Donna and Nina Hines, Lida Nordquist and Diana and Karen Mangelsen were Thursday afternoon guests of Mary Dunn. They enjoyed a time of visiting and playing cards.

More than 30 moms, daughters and friends attended the Lakeview United Methodist Church mother-daughter banquet Thursday evening. It was held at Timberidge Roadhouse.

Gerry and Donna Hines went to Maple Grove, Minn., Friday and stayed with Brian and Jane Hines.

On Saturday, they went to Morris, Minn., and attended the college graduation of granddaughter, Jenny Hines. On the way home Sunday, they attended a wedding shower for Heidi Hofmann and Nathan Odden at Timberland Ringebu Church.

Weekend visitors of Lawrence and Nina Hines

lovely spring day.

You can’t help but be joyous when you’re celebrating all weekend. Friends are very loving and supportive, the ideal situation.

After the service, goodies were served by Dennis and Carol Bohn and people lingered over the coffee cups.

Lots of informal pictures taken on Saturday as there were instant cameras on the tables.

Yes, we celebrated with lilacs, too, in the sanctuary, but hard to find good ones this year. Some were touched by frost earlier.

Remember the poem “When lilacs last by the doorway bloomed?” One of spring’s special gifts.

The NW Regional Writers met Friday afternoon at Sunrise Apartments, Frederic. Nine turned out plus important business conducted. The June meeting will be held at Grantsburg at Espresso Cabin and the July meeting will be a combined potluck picnic with PoCo Penners at Osceola, usual apartment house.

We always have fun when we join forces and read

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by Marian Edler Another busy week at the center. On Saturday, city council members and VISTA held a gathering to discuss with residents the value of St. Croix Falls and what direction to take to make St. Croix Falls a better place to live.

Tuesday morning was exercise and playing SkipBo. In the afternoon, 500 cards and Dominos were played. Winners for cards were Pete Schlosser, Roger Greenley, Cliff Qualle, Olga Young and Artis Brown. Mary Lou Lund won the 9 bid. Domino winners were Martha Lundstrom, Donna Schlosser and Janice Mevissen.

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I hear the Hole in the Wall will open soon and, lo and behold, Vegas lives. Well, you can go and look – no touching. Let someone else pay for the place.

I should talk. There is a Harrahs in Joliet (next town over) and I have been known to frequent the place.

Actually, I am about even.

Edna Marker pops in and out of Scott Township.

She is a busy lady with her antique business. Actually just about everything I own is really old, including me. I wonder how much I am worth? The only thing missing is my appendix, otherwise, I’m all here, including neuropathy, osteo, arthritis, etc. A little chipped though. I don’t hear a bid.

Milada White wrote to Marian Woodard to let her know starter for Amish bread is making the rounds in California. I remember that in Wisconsin in the ‘80s.

Jan Anderson gave everybody some, including me.

I didn’t make anything with it. Maybe its around here somewhere, could be an antique.

Irene Wagner is on the sick list, so remember her, also Joyce Hoaglund is supporting local doctors.

I suppose my former Bridge partner, Bill McNelis, has given up cards and is following a little golf ball aimlessly, to and fro around a lot of grass, trees and sand. What a life. The walking if he does, is good exercise for the body, but what about the brain?

Being fixated on a little white ball can’t be good.

I play Bridge whenever I can. Love the game and it does not require walking, and think about all my brain gets to do. Heck, I am almost as smart as Judge Judy.

I’m going to sit on my back deck (porch to me) and view with admiration, all the yellow dandelions. Must be millions in just my back yard. Nobody elses.

Take care of each other.

Orange

LaVonne O'Brien

Teresa and Dane Childers spent the weekend at their place. Friday evening Jack and LaVonne O’Brien met them at the Pour House for dinner.

Tim and Vikki O’Brien were dinner guests at Jack and LaVonne’s Sunday.

Saturday evening Jack and LaVonne attended a cookout at the home of Bob and Heather O’Brien and visited with granddaughter Stefani who was home for a few days from her job in Florida.

Academic news MILWAUKEE – The following individuals were among the more than 3,400 graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Sunday, May 16, in Milwaukee.

Joseph A. Valentine-Pfannes of Osceola, engineering and applied science, Bachelor of Science in engineering and Kristina S. Adams of St. Croix Falls, school of education, Bachelor of Science.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Hi, everybody! Blacky here from Humane Society of Burnett County. What a nice weekend it was, wasn’t it? I got to do all kinds of extra outdoor stuff, but I think it was mostly because my mom said I have too much energy and needed to burn some off, particularly after she spent 20 minutes trying to pull a wood tick off my face. I didn’t know that was what she was trying to do; I thought she wanted to wrestle! When someone comes up and puts you in a headlock, what are you supposed to think? I guess I got a bit carried away because my new nickname is The Wrecking Ball. On the plus side, now, not only do I get my long morning walk, but I also get an evening run alongside my mom when she’s riding her bike! That’s fun. My brother likes that, too, and now we sleep like two logs in our beds at night.

My brindle-colored buddy, Viktor, got his own new bed this week after chewing the tar out of his Jo Jo is a blue-heeler-mix spayed female with ears that celebrate flight. One is speckled butterbrickle, the other spotted blue merle. They cantilever from the side of her head and sink to a dewdrop point. To witness them is enough to put a smile on your face. Jo Jo is a mature dog at 7n years old. She knows some commands and is good with large and small dogs. She is not good however, with cats. Jo Jo has a playful nature and enjoys a game of fetch. If you aren’t around for that, she likes to entertain herself with a squeaky toy or two. Jo Jo is good with kids and is completely housetrained.

These last two traits are the most common requests at the shelter, so we are hoping the perfect household hurries in to adopt their next great family dog.

It is a rare event for the shelter to have multiple kennels open, but that is our current state. We can’t explain the recent lack of newcomers, but we are marking it a success. Buddy went home with a riverboat captain who needed a friend to come home to and Harper to a loving family. Currently waiting new

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Blacky old one. He won’t be needing it for long, however.

He’s going to be adopted! I’m glad, but I’m going to miss him, and I hope he stays in touch. I believe puppy Abby is getting ready to go home, too. She is darn cute, and I didn’t think she would be at the shelter for very long. That leaves my friends Jada, Jackson and Lennie, since no new dogs came in last week. Well, two did, but they were reunited with their owners. That is exactly what we like to see!

I don’t have a lot of other news to share this

Viet-Hanh Nguyen of St. Paul, Minn. and Lloyd Winchell of Luck are pleased to announce their wedding. The bride is the daughter of Hoc and Hoa Nguyen of Plymouth, Minn. and the groom is the son of Garry and Carol Winchell of Luck. The couple were married Nov. 6, 2009, at Como Park Conservatory in St. Paul, Minn. Pastor Mary Jorgensen, a cousin to the groom’s mother and the groom, officiated the ceremony.

The attendants were: matron of honor, Han Ha, sister of the bride; best man, Garry Winchell, father of the groom. The bride made her flower bouquet and the groom’s mother arranged all of the other flowers.

The reception was held at Dellwood Hills Golf Club in Dellwood, Minn.

The couple traveled in Europe on their honeymoon and make their home in St. Paul, Minn. - submitted

homes too. Tic, Tac, Toe and Tootsie all were adopted, as were Ping and Pong. Megan, featured two weeks ago, found a nice lady to share lazy afternoons with. Still looking are Pickles, Patches, Waldo, Bandit, Jinx and newcomer Horatio. These friendly felines are putting their best picture forward on our Web site: www.arnellhumane.org. Meet your next cat online. Come to the shelter for a speed-dating meet and greet. Our cats are up to the challenge.

The shelter garage sale is this weekend, Saturday, May 22. Shop for treasures, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the shelter. All proceeds support the shelter and our animals. Arnell Memorial Humane Society, 185 Griffin St. E., Amery 715-268-7387.

Happy Tails

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Arnell Humane Society homes are four dogs. Fella, a neutered male springer spaniel; Lillie the bichon; Winnie, a smoothcoat mini-dachshund and Jo Jo. Our fifth dog came in as a stray, undernourished and thin. We were happy to see her gain weight with regular meals but after a week all of her weight gain was in her abdomen. Much to our surprise, Annie the too-thin Walker coonhound was producing milk and showing great promise in the reproduction department. As luck would have it, our isolation kennels are nearly complete and have become our new maternity wing. What a great way to break them in! We will keep you posted on her delivery and puppy progress.

Cats have been finding their way into new

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Nguyen/Winchell

week. I do know that I will be making a trip to the vet for my yearly checkup and updating of shots soon. I’m not fond of shots or having blood taken out of my leg, but I know I have to do it if I want to twirl sticks into old age. I was thinking about that when I received a picture of a dog who got into his own wrestling match, only with a porcupine.

Holy cow, what was he thinking?! I’m certain my trip to the vet will be a lot less traumatic than his was, and thank goodness he survived!

Do you suppose he’s got a new nickname as well?

Like, Pinhead?

Keep up on your routine pet care, everyone, and I’ll see you here next week!

HSBC is saving lives, one at a time. www.hsburnettcty.org, 715-866-4096.

Shelter YAPpenings

There was lots of activity around the center this week.

There were 16 players for dime Bingo on Wednesday. The treats were furnished by Jane Wardean and Abby Brand.

Thirty-nine diners attended the Dining at Five dinner on Thursday evening. Door prize winners were: Lily Gleason, Jane Wardean, Penny Peterson and Myrt Kissilberg. The annual volunteer-recognition program immediately followed honoring the Webster volunteers.

The senior centers could not exist without their service and we appreciate all of them.

Several men played pool on Thursday evening after dinner. There were no ladies playing cards as they were busy sorting and pricing items for the sale on Friday.

The yard and bake sale was a huge success despite the weather. Nancy O’Brien and I extend our gratitude to all who donated “what nots” and baked goods. Our sincere appreciation to Gladys Beers and Theresa Gloege for standing out in the wind and cold to sell the bakery items, and to all who stopped by to shop. We do want to recognize Pat O’Brien, Earl Boelter and Dave Wardean for their help in moving tables, chairs and everything else that needed to be lifted, moved or carried. Their assistance was greatly appreciated.

Due to the success of the sale, we will be purchasing our new TV in the next week or so and then the Wii game will be set up. Please plan to stop in and play a game or two. We hope to set up some competitions in the near future. Stay tuned.

The jewelry-making class scheduled for Thursday, June 10, is full. We will be calling everyone a week before as a reminder. If you find you can’t make it, please call and let me know.

An open house is in the planning stages. If there is any activity you would like to see added, plan to attend and let us know.

The center belongs to all seniors, so come on in and enjoy.

Births Twin girls, Hazel Ann and Harper Ilene, were born May 4, 2010, at United Hospital, St. Paul, Minn., to Tara Voss and Jeremy Lindquist of St. Croix Falls.

Hazel weighed 4 lbs., 13-1/2 oz. and was 18-1/4 inches long and Harper was 4 lbs. 14-3/4 oz. and 18-1/2 inches long.

Grandparents are Bruce and Deb Voss of Balsam Lake, and Jerry Lindquist of Highbridge. Greatgrandparents are Doug Voss of Balsam Lake, Marlin Wang of Waubun, Minn., and Barbara Lindquist of Highbridge.

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Born at Osceola Medical Center:

A girl, Hayden Rose Severson, born May 7, 2010, to Jenny Vlasnik and Jake Severson of Luck. Hayden weighed 8 lbs., 11 oz.

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Born at Burnett Medical Center:

A girl, Danica Jade Lipe, born May 11, 2010, to Chris Lipe and Angela Graves of Siren. Danica weighed 7 lbs., 7 oz. and was 19-1/2 inches long.

She has a brother named Jesse Lipe.

Grandparents are Greg Scheele and Kathy Needham, Grantsburg, and Melissa Gibson and Martin Tendrup, Webster.

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Born at St. Croix Regional Medical Center:

A girl, Madeline Paige Reed, born May 1, 2010, to Kaitlin Reed, Osceola. Madeline weighed 8 lbs., 1 oz.

••• A girl, Sage Marie Fisk, born May 3, 2010, to Alicia and Matthew Fisk, St. Croix Falls. Sage weighed 8 lbs., 2 oz.

••• A boy, Tyler Evan Nunes, born May 6, 2010, to Claudio and Wendy Nunes, St. Croix Falls. Tyler weighed 9 lbs., 15 oz.

••• A boy, Logan Thomas Christensen, born May 8, 2010, to Cassandra and Jacob Christensen, St. Croix Falls. Logan weighed 7 lbs., 1 oz.

••• A boy, Tyler Lloyd Anderson, born May 10, 2010, to Paula and Bryan Anderson, Frederic. Tyler weighed 8 lbs., 1 oz.

••• A girl, Eliza Leigh Gilliland, born May 10, 2010, to Robert and Cheryl Gilliland, Osceola. Eliza weighed 7 lbs., 12 oz.

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Frederic Senior Center Written for last week

Spades was played on Monday, May 3, with the following winners: Carmen Marek in first place, Ellis Erickson in second place, Willis Williams in third place and Ella Gonnsen in fourth place.

Tuesday Whist or other cards were played.

Wednesday and Friday Pokeeno was played at 1 p.m. with coffee time enjoyed by all.

Thursday 500 cards was played at 6:30 p.m. with the following winners: Flo Antiel in first place, Hazel Hoffman in second place, Shirley Sandquist and Ella Gonnsen tied in third place.

Friday our monthly meeting was held at 1:30 p.m.

Saturday mini buffet and cards and afternoon refreshments. Morning coffee and pool is enjoyed by the group.

We are sorry to hear that Violet Luke fell and broke her hip. Our thoughts are with her.

Marion Miller is back from the hospital to the Frederic Care Center.

We are happy and thankful for the wonderful rain!

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p.m., with the following winners: Willis Williamson in first place, Donald Danielson in second place, Holly Stonesifer in third place and Roger Greenly in fourth place.

Tuesday game of choice. Pool players enjoyed the morning games.

Wednesday and Friday Pokeeno was enjoyed by the group who enjoys playing together. All are welcome to join.

Thursday 500 cards was played at 6:30 p.m. with the following winners: Phyllis Peterson in first place, Bob Norlander in second place, Del Hansen in third place and Flo Antiel in fourth place.

Executive meeting will be held Friday, May 21, at 9:30 a.m.

There will be a mini buffet on Saturday, May 22, at noon. Also enjoy cards and afternoon refreshments.

We will have a potluck noon dinner on Monday, May 31, with Spades to follow to celebrate Memorial Day. We wish Violet Luke the best in her recovery at the Frederic Care Center.

Enjoy the beautiful weather.

Spades was played on Monday, May 10, at 1

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LIBRARY NEWS

Frederic Public Library Share the bounty If you like to grow vegetables, why not share your green thumb with those in need? Share the Bounty is a hunger prevention project that encourages gardeners to plant free seeds, which are available at the library, and then bring half the harvest to local food shelves, families at WIC clinics, and others in need. Stop in to pick up some seed packets and learn more about this program and this great family summer project.

Do you have donations for the book sale?

If you’re cleaning shelves and closets, please consider donating your gently used books, music, and movies to the library’s annual Family Days bake/book sale, which will be held June 18-19. The sale is sponsored by the Friends, and profits go to library services and projects.

Your donations are welcome anytime up to the day of the sale.

Wednesday story time Preschoolers and their caregivers are invited to attend an energetic hour Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. The May theme is farms, and the author of the month is Bill Martin, creator of the “What Do You See” books. Join us for some animal surprise visits during May story times!

Summer library program begins June 7 Registration for the “Make a Splash – Read!” summer program begins June 7 for all kids from preschool to tweens and teens. We have all kinds of activities planned and you can pick up program brochures as well as weekly reminders at the library. New this year – kids who complete the first two weeks of the program will receive cool library T-shirts!

Mark your calendars for registration week beginning June 7, and parents of kindergarten through sixth-graders should watch for announcements coming home from school in the Tuesday packets.

Book groups meet all summer The Thursday morning book group will meet May 20, at 10 a.m., to talk about “Driftless,” by David Rhodes, a novel that explores the lives and fates of several quirky residents in the small town of Words, Wisconsin. The evening Book Group will meet May 20, at 6:30 p.m., to discuss the novel “Small Island,” by Andrea Levy, the story of the relationship between an emigrated Jamaican family and their British landlady in post World War II London. The book groups meet all year long, and copies of the books are available through the library. New members are always welcome, so join us for lively conversation about books.

Friends of Frederic Library meeting The Friends group will meet Thursday, May 27, at 6:30 p.m. at the library. New friends are always welcome, and if you would like to become a member of this very worthwhile group, please attend the meeting to learn more about their service projects.

Are you interested in serving on the board?

The Frederic Library board of trustees has a vacancy for a three-year term. The library board directs the programs and services of the library, and meets the first Monday of each month at 6 p.m. This is a great way to make a difference in your community, so drop by the library soon to pick up an application.

Library closure Please note that the library will be closed on Monday, May 31, in observance of Memorial Day. Hours and information Frederic Public Library, 127 Oak Street West.

715-327-4979, email fredericpl@ifls.lib.wi.us.

Regular open hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; and Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Amery Public Library “Secret Daughter,” by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, a book review. International adoption has been highlighted in the news lately. This new novel deals with the story from three points of view: the birth parents in India, the American couple who adopt the child – an Indian man and an American woman – and the child herself.

Kavita gives birth to a beautiful baby girl who then is taken from her and disappears. Her second child, also a girl born healthy, makes Kavita determined to let her child live. She walks to Mumbai to deliver the child, Usha, to an orphanage.

Usha, then named Asha by the American doctors who adopt her, is raised in a stable home in the United States. She returns to India as a college student to do a journalism project on children of poverty. She is amazed by the vast slums of Mumbai and she becomes attached to her father’s large family but still she wonders about the family that gave her up.

“Secret Daughter” is a compelling story of the tears and trauma involved in giving up a child and the joys and struggles of adopting one. A very good first novel by a talented new author, “Secret Daughter” will make you keep your eyes open for the next book.

Library notes Rebecca Kolls is coming to the Amery Area Public Library to do a program on May 22, at 10:30 a.m. Stop in and hear this

Beginning again June 9, Story hour every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Join us for stories and fun projects!

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Programs June 24 – July 28 Saturday, June 5, 7 p.m. – Peeper (Frogs!) hike with Randy Korb Thursday, June 24, 10 a.m. – NPS Junior Ranger program Wednesday, June 30, 10:30 a.m. – NPS “Sleepy River” St. Croix Clams Saturday, July 10, 10:30 a.m. – Underwater adventures Wednesday, July 14, 10:30 a.m. – Martial arts and summer safety Wednesday, July 21, 10:30 a.m. – Fish hatchery tour ladder tank hike Wednesday, July 28, 10:30 a.m. – Water science fair awards picnic

The Frederic Library story time theme for May is farms, and animal visitors have been attending the Wednesday morning sessions, which begin at 10:30 a.m. The children were recently treated to a visit from some baby pygmy goats, brought in by the Larry and Kathy French family. – Photo submitted

talented celebrity gardener. Come early, we might have a crowd. Refreshments will be served.

Story time will be held on Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome for songs and stories with Elaine.

Remember that the summer reading program will be starting on June 7. Our first special program will be the Okey Dokey Brothers with music and stories at 10:30 a.m. on June 9. This year’s theme is Make a Splash – Read!

Friends of the Library Book Group meets on June 21, to discuss “Eve,” by Elissa Elliot. Pick up a copy of this book about the mother of us all and join us at 2:30 p.m. for book talk.

Friends of the Library will be having a book sale in the library lower level on Saturday, June 5, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. We have had an influx of materials from the Stower family, so stop in and check out the sale.

Otaku Club meets every Tuesday at 5 p.m. for high school students and older who love manga and anime.

Teens Read meets on Monday, May 24, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. to discuss “Double Helix,” by Nancy Werlin. Pick up a book and join us for a snack and book talk.

ture, traveling 1,400 miles from Minnesota to Hudson Bay. More info at www.thiswatergoesnorth.com.

Thursday, August 12 at 6:30, a visit with PJ Tracy. PJ Tracy is the pseudonym of mother-daughter writing duo P.J. and Traci Lambrecht, winners of the Anthony, Barry, Gumshoe, and Minnesota book awards. Their first three novels, “Monkeewrench,” “Live Bait” and “Dead Run,” have become national and international bestsellers. Their most current book, “Shoot to Thrill,” came out in April. For more info on PJ Tracy www.pjtracy.net.

Community meeting room is available for your organization. Contact the library for details.

Check out the library Web site and explore the links – Go to www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

Technology Free wireless and eight public computers are available at the library.

Hours The library is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 715-483-1777. Email: scflibrary@ifls.lib.wi.us. Online: www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

Click It or Ticket campaign POLK COUNTY – The St. Croix Falls Police Department, along with other law enforcement agencies in Polk County, will be out in force cracking down on motorists who don’t buckle up. And for those of you who may not be aware of it, Wisconsin passed a law in 2009 making any seat belt violation a primary enforcement issue. Basically, this means that if a law enforcement officer sees that you are not wearing a seat belt they have the authority to pull you over.

According to state statistics, one in four motorists in Wisconsin still do not use their seat belts. To some, it may seem like a harmless violation of a traffic law, but often the lack of seat belt usage leads to senseless injuries, even deaths. The population as a whole suffers substantial economic loss, not to mention the destruction of a human life and the toll it takes on the surviving family members and friends.

From May 24 through June 6, the department will be focusing on all occupants of motor vehicles, assuring they are buckled up. As with all of the traffic enforcement duties, the ultimate goal is to keep the streets and highways safe. Please take a few seconds to buckle in your children as well as yourself. No one likes to see red-and-blue lights in their rearview mirror. Everyone can do their part to drastically reduce the amount of damage to property and human life.

And on a side note, please remember that effective June 1, each driver has to carry with them proof of motor vehicle insurance. For more in-depth information on this new law, please visit the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Web site at www.dot.wisconsin.gov. – Jack Rydeen, Chief of Police

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Frederic Arts Inc. moves into new home to highlight Frederic’s creativity and community. Please call Win at 612-229-8351, Ann at 715-472-8319, or Audrey at 715-472-8276 with questions or details. Pick up a free frame at the Frederic Library, and plan on joining in on the fun.

During Frederic Family Days, children’s art projects and other events are being planned at the 310 E. Lake Ave. location. There will also be information about art workshops, classes and events at the Frederic Arts Center. - from Frederic Arts Inc.

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Wilderness plans Family Fun Weekend RURAL FREDERIC - The Wilderness Fellowship fourth-annual Memorial Day Family Fun Weekend will be held Friday through Monday, May 28-31.

This is a family-friendly weekend, featuring a combination of demonstrations, historically based presentations, uplifting music and fun activities for families which will make positive memories at a minimum cost.

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Peter Sandberg to speak to GHS seniors GRANTSBURG – On Sunday, May 23, at Sandberg and his wife are the parents of 2 p.m., the Grantsburg High School will five children ranging in age from newborn celebrate with the class of 2010 as they to teenage. They are active in Fox Valley commemorate their graduation.

Church in West Dundee, Ill., where he The 2010 graduation alumni speaker serves as an elder and musician. will be Peter Sandberg, a 1989 graduate of Six members of the class of 2010 will Grantsburg High School. Sandberg was share in the program. The welcome will be born and raised in Grantsburg, attending given by Kallie Thoreson, memories by kindergarten through high school in the Carinna Coy, Anne Palmquist and Larissa Grantsburg School System. He received a Wilhelm; an original poem by Courtney Bachelor of Arts degree from Bethel UniRausch, and the farewell by John Schneider. versity in St. Paul, Minn., and a doctorate The public is in mathematics from the University of welcome to atSouth Carolina. tend as they celDr. Sandberg is a professor of matheebrate this Peter Sandberg matics and physics at Judson University in important acElgin, Ill., where he has worked since 1999. complishment He currently serves as chair of the department of science in the lives of these young and mathematics. adults. - submitted

FREDERIC – The Frederic Soo Line Area Historical Society starts its 15th year of bringing the history of Frederic to life at the Frederic Depot/Museum Saturday, May 29.

The Frederic Soo Line Depot is the last of its kind on what was once the major pipeline of commerce in this area through more than half of the last century – the railroad.

When the Soo Line abandoned rail service through Frederic in 1989, the village acquired the depot and restored it with transportation-enhancement grants from the federal government, as a rest stop on the Gandy Dancer State Trail and a museum of local history.

In addition to the area history archived in the depot, the original Frederic Library building, a log cabin from the late 1800s and a Soo Line wide-vision caboose are featured and open for tours.

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Frederic Area Historical Society members will be on hand to share the history of Frederic. The coffee will be on for the opening weekend. If you are interested in the history of the area, the historical society is always looking for new members. For more information call 715-327-4271 or 715327-4892.

The Frederic Area Historical Society hosts several special events at the depot: strawberry shortcake at the depot, June 19, during Frederic Family Days; a pie social, Aug. 21 and a photo-op stop for the annual Brass Era Car Tour in September.

Check out the museum pictures at www.frederic-wi.com State trail passes, required for bicycle riders on the Gandy Dancer Trail, 16 years and older, are available at the depot. – submitted

USDA Rural Development helping area families and communities SIREN - Burnett County is the area of choice to live for almost 6,620 households.

Many of the homes are owned by elderly or lower-income families and are in desperate need of repair and modernization.

Young families who want to stay in the area are looking to buy or build a home.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development assists with all levels of homeownership and community development for rural residents. From basic infrastructure needs, water and waste disposal improvements, community facilities, business assistance, to financing the purchase and repair of homes for individuals and families.

USDA Rural Development provides a variety of loan and grant programs to meet the needs of area families. Some families want to build new, while others want to repair their current homes. Program assis-

tance is provided through direct or guaranteed loans and grants, technical assistance, research and educational materials.

To accomplish its mission, USDA Rural Development often works in partnership with state, local and tribal governments, as well as rural businesses, cooperatives and nonprofit agencies.

A representative from USDA Rural Development will be available on Thursday, May 20, at Siren Village Hall, 24049 1st Ave. Siren, from 11 a.m. to noon . To schedule an appointment please contact your local USDA Rural Development Office at 715635-8228, ext. 4.

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FREDERIC - Frederic Arts Inc. has moved into the building at 310 E. Lake Ave. Along with providing a space for board and planning meetings, a rummage sale fundraiser, and work space, Frederic Arts is now planning its summer calendar for a designated space.

At Frederic Family Days, June 18-20, the Art Medley fundraiser project will be introduced. A variety of art pieces donated by local and regional artists in 6x6-inch frames will be displayed at the Frederic Library. The art pieces may be purchased at any time after Family Days.

There are a limited number of free frames left and participation is encouraged. This is a wonderful opportunity

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L-5 Stinson historic aircraft at Milltown on Memorial Day MILLTOWN - The Milltown VFW Post 6856 and Ladies Auxiliary, during the Memorial Day observance, is sponsoring a veterans memorial flyover of an authentic World War II aircraft, a Stinson L-5 Sentinel, on Monday, May 31. The flyover is scheduled to take place at approximately 3 p.m., to honor those veterans who served in all branches of American’s armed forces.

The Stinson L-5 is one of the most important but overlooked American airplanes of World War II. It is a two-seat, 190 horsepower, tube-and-fabric airplane with wooden wings that can reach 130 mph, yet fly as slow as 47 mph. It can take off and land in 900 feet. Overshadowed by the more glamorous fighters and bombers, and outnumbered by the popular, smaller, cheaper Piper L-4 Cub, the Sentinel has been relegated to relative obscurity. Nearly 4,000 were built in Wayne, Mich., by the Stinson Division of the Consolidated-Vultee Corporation between 1942 and 1945 but only a few hundred have survived.

The Stinson L-5 was utilized, among other duties, as a trainer, message-carrier, observer plane, aerial ambulance, and artillery spotter. Versions of the L-5 served in every theater of WWII. The airplane’s designers included a slot-

The Stinson L-5 flyover is scheduled to take place at approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, May 31, to honor those veterans who served in all branches of America’s armed forces. – Photo submitted ted wing that was substantially stiffened to endure greater aerodynamic stress, a new lengthened fuselage featuring tandem seating and greenhouse windows for increased, 360-degree visibility. Longstroke main gear oleos and a telescoping oleo-damped tailwheel strut greatly im-

proved its rough-field capability. L-5s were designed to land on hastily constructed, unimproved forward airstrips, but could also land on dirt roads, cow pastures, fields, even sandbars, without damage to the aircraft.

After WWII, Stinson L-5s served train-

ing and utility functions in Japan, Europe or the U.S. until the mid-1950s, and some even went to foreign air forces. A few survived in the U.S. armed services into the 1960s, but most Sentinels were removed from active duty by 1957. Large numbers were distributed to Civil Air Patrol squadrons where they continued to be useful for training or search-and-rescue missions up to about 1970. One notable Sentinel remained in the Air Force inventory for many years, re-designated U-19B, and was used at the Air Force Academy as a glider tug.

More information and photos of the airplane can be found at: www.sentinelclub.org.

More information about the Commemorative Air Force can be found at:www.commemorativeairforce.org.

More information about the southern Minnesota Wing, Commemorative Air Force, can be found at: www.cafsmw.org.

Approximately 30 minutes after the observance, the L-5 is scheduled to make a few more passes over Milltown to give young and old the chance to see a World War II airplane in flight.

A weather and visibility decision for the appearance will be made the day of the flight. - submitted.

St. Croix Casino to celebrate Native American Day TURTLE LAKE - The St. Croix Casino invites everyone to join in a special Native American Day celebration on Saturday, May 22. The Native American Day event is being held in conjunction with the casino’s 18th-Anniversary celebration May 16-23.

“The St. Croix Chippewa of Wisconsin’s annual Native American Day observance falls on May 22,” said Aimee Juan, St.

Croix Casino director of marketing.

“We’re very excited at the unique opportunity we have to share the tribe’s Native American Day observance with our casino guests during this year’s casino anniversary celebration.”

On Native American Day, the casino’s restaurants will serve a variety of native dishes. And from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., food vendors will serve Indian tacos, burgers,

hot dogs and soda outside the casino’s north entrance. Casino guests can also enjoy a display of Native American arts and crafts in the casino lobby.

For more information on Native American Day or other 18th-anniversary events, call casino marketing at 715-986-4777 or 800-846-8946. - from St. Croix Casino

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Webster NHS adopt a highway

The WHS National Honor Society were armed with trash bags and ready to pick up a 2-mile stretch of Hwy. 35 between Webster and Siren recently.

WHS’s National Honor Society is in charge of picking up two miles of highway starting just north of the village of Siren and ending where Hwy. 70 goes east toward Spooner. Webster NHS members shown are: Top row (L to R): Mason Kriegel, Nick Koelz, Phillip Preston and Mackenzie Koelz.

Bottom row: Callan Brown, Annie Kelby, Siiri Larsen, Nolan Kriegel, Breeanna Watral, Shaina Pardun and Allison Leef. - Photo sumitted

Leif Chinander was recently chosen as one of two winners of the $1,000, 2010 scholarship award presented by the Wisconsin State Firefighter’s Association. Chinander received his award at the WSFA’s 42nd convention during their banquet on March 27, in Stevens Point. He was asked to address the crowd at the banquet, and excerpts from his essay were read. Chinander is currently enrolled at Lake Superior College in Duluth, Minn., where he is in the fire technology program with a goal of pursuing a career in firefighting. He was sponsored by the Superior Fire Department. During high school, Chinander had an opportunity to work as a volunteer firefighter for the St. Croix Falls Fire Department. He completed his Firefighter I and II certifications at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, and also took some DNR training in wildfire suppression. His photo appears in this month’s Wisconsin Fire Journal, along with the other scholarship recipient, Travis Tlachas, of Luxemburg. Chinander completed his first year at Lake Superior College last week. He is shown receiving his award from Larry Plumer, president of the Wisconsin State Firefighter’s Association. – Photo submitted

VISTA interest spikes for clients, volunteers

by Brian Bull Wisconsin Public Radio

NHS members picked up trash along the west side of Crooked Lake. – Photos submitted

STATEWIDE - Demand is up in Wisconsin for Volunteers in Service to America, a volunteer program geared toward helping troubled schools and struggling, low-income communities.

But coordinators say there’s also an uptick in people who want to help.

VISTA is part of the national AmeriCorps program. Wisconsin’s VISTA coordinator, Betsy Prueter, says there’s been a 30-percent increase from last year in requests for VISTA volunteers. Prueter adds 220 people have applied so far, for the program’s 50 available slots. She says she’s not seen this volume of applications in 10 years, and she already anticipates “another 50 or so appli-

cations” to come in.

While Prueter partially attributes the recession for the increase, she says another factor is a new partnership between VISTA, the state Department of Public Instruction and public libraries, that began this year.

The Fond du Lac Public Library is one of six Wisconsin libraries now participating in VISTA. Ken Hall, the library director, says they’re using two VISTA volunteers in the computer center to help people find work and improve their resume writing and interview skills.

The state’s VISTA program has received nearly $170,000 in stimulus money, in addition to its regular annual grant of $280,000 dollars.

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Youth Leadership Day focuses on drug abuse battle BURNETT COUNTY - The Burnett County Adolescent Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Coalition sponsored a first-ever Youth Leadership Day. The event took place April 13 at The Lodge on Crooked Lake in Siren.

Siren, Webster, Grantsburg and Frederic students from grades eight through 11 participated in the event.

The event was organized and planned

by Lil Piñero, Burnett County Strategic Prevention Framework -State incentive grant coordinator. , along with Tessa Anderson, coalition member and Drug Court program coordinator, Joe Willger, prevention specialist Marshfield Clinic, and several staff from the area schools.

The school staff, in addition to helping plan the events of the day, recruited students from their respective schools and also will work with the students in planning and implementing the follow-up activities. The goal of the day was to provide youth information on the destructive nature of alcohol and drugs in society while at the same time giving youth leadership skills and techniques to address the issue.

At the conclusion of the day each school district shared a plan in which the stu-

Mike Swanson of Siren presented at the first Youth Leadership Day at the Lodge in Siren.

His presentation was a part of the Restorative Justice Impact Panel. - Photo submitted

ACL Clinic begins June 7 OSCEOLA – With more and more students in sports, the incidence of knee injuries is increasing.

An ACL Prevention Program by Osceola Medical Center’s Wild River Fitness is designed to help reduce the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injuries, according to Sally Williamson, a physical therapist at OMC and one of the leaders of the program.

The prevention program aims to reduce the likelihood of ACL injuries through proper education of body mechanics and regular practice of specifically designed

exercise programs. Participants will learn basic anatomy and body structure, proper strengthening and sports-related exercises, and good form while exercising.

The program begins Monday, June 7, and runs three days a week for six weeks at Wild River Fitness in Osceola. Open to students in grades seven - 12, sessions are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. For more information contact the fitness center at 715-294-2164 or online at WildRiverFitness.com. - submitted

dents intend to initiate programs and projects to decrease alcohol abuse in their community. Piñero, grant coordinator, reported that she heard many positive reports from teachers and students. Jill Norman from the school district of Webster reported that students are already planning student leadership and alcohol and other drug prevention projects in their school for next school year. The students were reminded that they were present because someone believed that they have leadership potential and that youth have powerful voices in changing a community. The speakers reminded them that together everyone can create a better, healthier school and community. It starts with everyone making a decision that they can make a difference.

The event was funded by a Burnett County State Alcohol Prevention Program grant. For more information about the Burnet County Adolescent AODA Prevention coalition or to learn about the Coalition activities, please contact Piñero at 715-349-2155 or contact her at lpinero@burnettcounty.org. - with submitted information

Bike rodeo to be held OSCEOLA – Osceola Medical Center’s emergency department will be hosting a free bike rodeo during Dairy Days in Osceola Saturday, June 5.

The bike rodeo will provide fun ways for children to learn bike safety, and improve traffic and bike-handling skills. It will feature an obstacle course along with stations that will provide helmet checks, bicycle maintenance checks and rules of the road.

The rodeo, geared for children ages 5-10 and their parents, will be from 9 to 11 a.m.

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The Bike Rodeo is sponsored by the Emergency Department, Osceola Police Department, Osceola Community Education, Treadmill Sports, County Line First Responders and Osceola Ambulance Service. – submitted

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Siren to celebrate Lilacfest SIREN - Siren will be celebrating itsheritage on May 21 and 22. Syren Lilacfest honors the community’s given name, Syren, by Swedish founder Charles P. Segerstrom. In 1895, he named the town Syren for the lilacs near his home. Syren means lilac in Swedish. The postal department later changed the spelling from Syren to Siren.

Lilacfest activities will include the Syren Area Garden Club lilac sales on May 21 and 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Siren Dental Clinic parking lot at Hwys. 35/70.

On May 22, the first 80 children will receive free sorcerer pumpkin plants to grow magical pumpkins to enter in Siren’s Harvestfest Pumpkin Contest on Sept. 25.

Also on Saturday, the Garden Club is the place to pick up and return your Syren Lilacfest Passport. Only 100 will be available, so come early to get your passport, visit all the participating stores, return your valid passport and enter to win Siren Chamber Bucks plus receive a free gift.

The Siren United Methodist Church is providing their traditional Swedish Buffet

Breakfast Frukost from 8 to 11 a.m., sponsored by the men’s group, with a suggested donation of $5 adults and $3 children 10 and under. The women’s group will be holding their annual Scandinavian bake sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Sponsored by the Burnett Youth Hockey Association, The Blizzard Garage and Bake Sale will be held from 8 a.m. through 2 p.m. at The Lodge Center Arena.

The Burnett County Farmers Market opens this weekend in Siren. Stop by to “buy local” on Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. at their familiar location of the Siren Senior Center parking lot.

All day Saturday, Lilacfest promotions, sales and specials can be found at many participating Siren businesses. Don’t miss out on all the fun and festivities of Syren Lilacfest!

For more details visit www.visitsiren.com, contact 715-349-8399, or e-mail chamber@visitsiren.com. This event is sponsored by the Siren Chamber of Commerce. - submitted

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Swenson takes first place at Phipps Center for the Arts

Mackenzie Swenson, a graduating senior at Siren High School, took first-place honor with her painting at the annual Phipps Center for the Arts Art Exhibit in Hudson recently.

There were 234 entries in the competition that was open to high school students in Western Wisconsin and Northeastern Minnesota. In addition to taking home a winning ribbon, Swenson was eligible, applied for and won a $2,000 Alice M. Stolbe scholarship available to graduating seniors only. – Photo submitted

Ellingson receives the W.S. Moore Young Investigator Award LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Dr. Benjamin M. Ellingson, Unity class of 1999, received the W.S. Moore Young Investigator Award in clinical research at the 2010 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine annual meeting in Stockholm, Sweden. The W.S. Moore Award is given for original clinical research in magnetic resonance. This includes studies of applications of established MR methodologies, using either human or animal subjects.

Ellingson’s work entitled “Validation of

functional diffusion maps as a biomarker for human glioma cellularity” uses a new MRI technique to image brain tumor growth and response to treatment. Ellingson is a professor in the Department of Radiological Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. Ellingson is the son of Jerome Ellingson of Dresser and Linda Griner of Watertown, Minn., and the grandson of the late Lester Ellingson, Lucille Ellingson and Ray and Mickey Castellano, Milltown. - submitted

Cargill donates to Ruby’s Pantry

Cargill Kitchen Solutions made a recent donation to Ruby’s Pantry of $25,000. Shown (L to R) are Bob Espeseth, Lyn Sahr, director of Ruby’s Pantry and Theresa Wagner. “The board of directors, staff and volunteers of Ruby’s Pantry are very appreciative of the gift to help our efforts in making life easier for those less fortunate,” a statement from Ruby’s Pantry notes. “The objective has always been not only to help those in need but to have done it while allowing people to keep their dignity. Their contribution is yet another sign of the generosity of the people, the organizations and the companies that make up our great nation.” Ruby’s Pantry is in its seventh year of serving rural communities with donated surplus food and goods to fight hunger and disease. It provides large quantities of food for distributions directly to families in 20 rural communities covering 16 underserved counties in Minnesota and Wisconsin distributing food to 4,000-5,000 families per month. Twenty more distribution sites are planned for 2010 and early 2011, increasing the distribution to 8,000-10,000 families per month. Three semi-trucks and trailers have been added to help accommodate the need. Ruby’s Pantry is a community food outreach program of Home and Away Ministries Inc., with its distribution and outreach centers at 39404 Grand Ave, North Branch, Minn.; 138 S Oborn St, Waupaca; 24534 State Hwy 35/70, Siren, and its main offices at 1300 Northridge Drive, Suite 105, Pine City, Minn. For more information please see their Web site at www.rubyspantry.org, e-mail goodnews@rubyspantry.org or call 320-629-7400. - Photo/information submitted

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Anny Rustad, AgStar Financial Services, presents a $200 donation to the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry in Luck. (Pictured L to R): Vivian Brahmer, Rustad and Pat Standing. All cash donations were matched and donated to local food shelves throughout AgStar’s local service area. A total of over $13,000 and 500 pounds of food was raised. – Photo submitted

Cary Bergstrom and Leanne Richter of the Centuria Post Office collected 620 pounds of food as part of the post office’s Stamp Out Hunger program held earlier this month. The food was donated to Family Pathways. - Special photo

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HCE honors Cora Dversdall, presents scholarships

Home and Community Educators honored Cora Dversdall as their 2010 Outstanding Person of the Year for her impressive contributions to the organization, the children of the communities and the state of Wisconsin. Shown with Dversall in the photo at left is Polk County HCE President Rae Lynn Neumann at the annual HCE Spring Fling held May 3 at Congregational Church in Amery.

A $600 scholarship is presented to both Leonard Murray of Clear Lake High School and Ryan Peterson of Osceola High School in recognition of their outstanding scholastic achievements and contributions to their schools and communities. HCE wishes them both the best of luck in their future endeavors. Shown (L to R): are grandmother Elaine Root of HCE Alden Belles; mother, Mrs. Murray; Leonard Murray, the scholarship recipient, and Polk County HCE President Rae Lynn Neumann. - Photos submitted

SIREN – The Mixed Sampler Quilt Guild of Siren unveiled their 2010 raffle quilt at their April meeting.

Raffle tickets were distributed at the May 8 meeting and are now available from guild members. The quilts will be displayed at various community events and area businesses during June, July, August and September.

The queen-size quilt, “Summit Square,” designed

by Celine Perkins of Perkins Dry Goods, along with a wall quilt and wool table runner, will be raffled off at their annual quilt show, Harvest of Dreams, to be held at the Siren High School Oct. 9 and 10. The raffle drawing is Sunday afternoon at approximately 4 p.m.

Winners need not be present to win. Tickets are $1 each or a book of six for $5 and will be available for purchase at the quilt show.

The quilts and table runner were pieced by guild members Katie Sundquist, Mary Ann Heiken, Betty Evans and Joyce Quist. The grand-prize quilt was machine quilted by Betty and Mac MacKean of Christmas Valley Quilts in Luck.

The quilts will be displayed and tickets available for purchase at the following local events and business locations: Fishermen’s Party celebration in Milltown on June 26, Rural American Bank in Luck the week of July 12, Lucky Days celebration in Luck on July 16-

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4,000 hours of work Volunteers build Ice Age Trail

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer LUCK/BONE LAKE – Tim Malzhan is an artist. His medium is the landscape.

His art is to create paths through the woods that draw people into the wilderness and let them experience their natural surroundings. Malzhan has laid out most of the route for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, which stretches from the St. Croix River to Lake Michigan by way of Madison. The latest part of his work in progress is creating the Ice Age Trail route through Straight Lake State Park east of Luck.

Last week over 230 volunteers gathered in the park to work on that five-mile trail.

People came from five states, as far away as Michigan, to build the trail through the woods, along the river and over streams.

The volunteers included two Americorps groups and student groups from Frederic, Barron and St. Croix Falls. Many of the volunteers camped in the park, with special permission from the DNR, as the park

is not yet open to camping. A crew operated a field kitchen to feed the workers three big meals a day.

The volunteers put in over 4,000 hours of work last week. The weather ranged from rain and mud to sun and mosquitoes, with a generous supply of ticks. The work was hard. Some spent their days making a path along the hillsides that would allow hiking while preventing erosion. Some built platforms at worksites in the woods and carried those platforms a mile into the forest over uneven terrain.

Others assembled those platforms into a long boardwalk over a sensitive wet area.

This was the second of three Ice Age Trail building periods in Straight Lake State Park. The first was last year and the last will be July 15 -18. By this fall, the Ice Age National Scenic Trail will be open from CTH I west through the park, drawing the public into a route past remote lakes and through old-growth forests.

The 3,000 acre Straight Lake State Park and Wildlife Area has been open for use since 2005. The Ice Age Trail opens a pathway through the park.

Tim Malzhan has designed many of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail routes across Wisconsin. The Field Coordinator for the Ice Age Trail Alliance must design trails that lead people into remote areas while avoiding sensitive areas. Each section of the trail is the result of many hours of planning over several seasons.

The board-walk is nearing completion after a day of hard work. All the sections were built at the base area and carried in to the site a mile into the woods. Volunteers put in over 4,000 hours of work.

Photos by Gregg Westigard

Many of the 230 volunteers who spent a week working on the Ice Age Trail camped in Straight Lake Park.

Ice Age Trail volunteers deep in Straight Lake State Park starting to build a board-walk over a sensitive wet area.

Ice Age Trail Fair Trilliums and Tweets coming May 22 NEW AUBURN - How do you enjoy the Ice Age Trail?

If you think of it as only a place to go for a hike, then prepare to have your horizons expanded at Trilliums and Tweets, an Ice Age Trail Fair on Saturday, May 22, all day, at the Chippewa Moraine Visitor Center.

The interpretive center is seven miles east of New Auburn and 1.9 miles east of Hwy. 40 on CTH M. Presentations, hikes, and demonstrations will all focus on the many ways the trail can be the canvas upon which you paint your outdoor activity. An emphasis is on family-friendly activities, so bring the kids. If you are there around noon, they will be grilling hot dogs.

An all-star cast of experts, enthusiasts, and other resources have been lined up to let you in on their passions, all of which are enjoyed even more along the Ice Age Trail.

Here are some highlights: • Bears and cooking on the trail • Owls and cavity birds • Wildlflowering on the trail • Birding on the trail • The trail up-close and personal (for the kids).

Finally, a very special presentation on Owen Gromme, the dean of American wildlife artists.

The complete schedule of events is below: 7:30 a.m. Early-Bird Bird Walk 9 a.m. Journaling – Ice Age Trail Memories 10 a.m. Birding on the Ice Age Trail 11 a.m. Cooking Secrets 12 p.m Youth program – Kids Rolling Hike 1 p.m. Bluebirds and Other Cavity Birds 1 p.m. Owen Gromme’s Birds of Wisconsin 2 p.m. Bearproofing Your Camp

3 p.m. Wildflower Hike The public is encouraged to attend this day of great events on the Ice Age Trail! -

from Indianhead Chapter of Ice Age Trail Alliance

Kindergarteners learn about business

Book sale at the library in Amery AMERY – The family of Harvey and Marilyn Stower generously donated several items that will be up for sale at the library in Amery in June. The money raised will benefit the Friends of the Amery Area Public Library.

Several books, records, DVDs, CDs, posters and tapes will up for sale, and

held at the library in Amery beginning Friday, June 4, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and on Saturday, June 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The library is located across from Golden Age Manor on 225 Scholl Court. For more information call 715-268-9340. – Marty Seeger

Kindergarten students at Webster are learning how the businesses in their community help us. In the spring, they walk to places of business and see behind the scenes of how businesses work, and how they serve the town. ”We have been to the ambulance barn, U.S. Bank, and the Webster post office,” notes teacher Linnea Swenson. “This past week we walked to Ingalls Clinic and the Webster Fire Station. We extend our gratitude to Brenda Rachner at the clinic, and firefighters Norm and Denny at the fire station, for their excellent tours and information for our classes.” Shown are Mrs. Swenson’s kindergarten class with Rachner at the Ingalls Clinic. - Photos submitted

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Ann Nelson

Ann Nelson at Gooseberry Falls.

Frosted pine cone.

Checkerspot and Crescent on Butteryfly Weed.

Hepatica.

Professionally, Ann Nelson of Lewis is a nurse, but her great love is photography, especially of flowers and butterflies. “Even as a teenager using a 110 camera, I was drawn to flowers,” Nelson notes. “Wisconsin has a wealth of flowers that I love to photograph.” About four years ago she started selling photo cards and a few 5-by-7s and 8-by-10s to her friends. She currently uses a Fujifilm Finepix S200EXR digital camera. Nelson recently established a Web site with Fine Art America where her work is on display (http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/ann-nelson.html)

Snowy crabapples.

Are you a local artist, writer, photographer or poet wishing to highlight your work on this page? Send images of your work and yourself in jpeg form, short poetry, prose and bio in the body of an e-mail, to: the-leader@centurytel.net

Denis Simonsen

Denis Simonsen of Siren is a member of Northwest Regional Writers, a local group, and has submitted short stories and poems to the Writers Corner through the column’s coordinators, Carolyn Marquart and Mary Jacobson.

“I write rhymed poetry and free verse, nature, nostalgia and/or rural genres,” Simonsen notes. “I have other photo/poem themes and several short poems which I consider accessible yet evocative.”

No longer guided by the sun Heads bow low Genetic dreams are anchored Beneath the frozen snow

Into a memory The moon is blue and full Reflecting a shivering frozen trail That draws me down the hill The wind is silent My breath Spirals toward the stars Lying on my back Cradled in the comfort of the snow I gaze above the curtained night Frost flakes drift downward Delicious and cold upon my tongue Time unwinds into the past Back in the warmth of home I shake the white frosty night from my jacket “Did you slip and fall?” she asks No I just slid down hill into a memory I wish I would have known you then

Photo by Denis Simonsen

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Luck tavern passes through generations Old Bon Ton Saloon gets an upgrade

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer LUCK – The name literally means “good taste,” in French.

While the exterior hasn’t changed much at all for the past few decades, inside the Bon Ton Saloon in downtown Luck it seems like a trip to the past, via the future, courtesy of the new owners, Cris and Melanie Moore of Bone Lake, who have been fans and customers of “the BT” for many decades.

“It was probably 1980, ‘81 for me,” Melanie said. “I remember deer heads, and ‘does’ and ‘bucks’ on the bathroom doors! It was one of our first dates, I think!”

Now the Moores are seeing it from the other side of the bar rail, as the historic tavern will now have their son, Bryan Moore, as the manager/operator.

The BT has been closed for the past few weeks while the Moores made some interesting changes to a tavern that truly goes back to the Prohibition era. A complete makeover has occurred, with a shift into a different, but familiar, role in the downtown landscape.

“Focusing more like it used to be, where it was a real gathering place, “ Cris Moore said. “It’s just always been a bar people came to!”

The new owners not only respect the bar’s rich history, they celebrate it and want to bring back the old time of it being that gathering place that celebrates sports, school activities and local happenings.

“With coffee in the morning and Tom and Jerry’s on Christmas Eve,” Cris Moore joked, later going into the menu changes and additional spirits and extensive tap beers that came with the refurnishing.

One of the most cherished pieces of Bon Ton Tavern history is this drawing made by late bartender and personality Bruce “Loose” Paulsen. The Paulsen piece was originally part of an ad campaign, but the framed work later became a fixture on the wall after Paulsen’s death several years ago. There are several items dedicated to Loose’s memory in the tavern.

Cris Moore (right) is the new co-owner of the Bon Ton Tavern in Luck, along with his wife, Melanie. Bryan Moore (left) will be the tavern’s new manager/bartender.

The changes Business has been booming since the Bon Ton’s reopening last week. Customers seem to approve of the dropdown cabinetry, old-world brass rails and tin ceilings, new seats and tables, and state-of-art jukebox and entertainment systems that include a 55-inch HD flat-screen TV, with two more 42-inch models and an additional 32incher, seemingly in every sight line.

Sports-bar mode has arrived - with a freshened-up kitchen area with a true deep fryer, and being “smoke-free from the start,” Moore said. The tavern also has some upgrades to the does and bucks facilities, and faithfully keeps the pool table.

Rich history and recent changes While the recent history of the BT includes a mirror image layout swap of the bar under previous owners Dudley and Ami Cran - which also included access to a deck in the side yard. Before that, previous owner Kent Petersen began some of the first renovations in decades 10 years ago, when he opened up the ceiling.

But with plenty of recent changes, there are also some clues to the past in the new Bon Ton, which has a rich and interesting role in Luck’s downtown landscape, surviving changing times and attitudes about alcohol, taverns and their place in society.

No beer here!

The original Bon Ton was actually across Luck’s Main Street prior to 1927. That was when Oscar and Nellie Ellstrom moved the name across the street to go on the front of the cafe/ice-cream parlor they had just built.

No alcohol at all then, due to Prohibition.

That current 212 Main Street location has its own side story, apparently having served as a “performance spot for mystics and traveling shows” for many years, according to a 1980 publication. The site of the current Bon Ton was probably as close as Luck ever came to having an amusement park run by Gypsies.

While the Bon Ton named traveled across the street, it wasn’t a saloon yet.

End of the Volstead Act It wasn’t until 1933, when the Ellstroms sold their first beer, that a drink ever legally crossed the bar. But the history since is rich and occasionally sensational. They sold the (now) tavern to Andrew P. Olson in 1937, who owned it for all of a few weeks, and maybe realized how difficult it was to operate. It went back to the Ellstroms, who later sold it to Kay Kennedy, who ran it until the outbreak of World War II. Henry Humber purchased it during the war years, eventually selling it to Ethel and Ed Krier, who only had it for year.

End of the war Then, after the war, George and Maud Weppler became the tavern owners for three years, when it changed hands again, this time to Bert and Agnes Boothroyd in 1949. They got their family involved, and eventually, had daughter Elsie and her husband, Ed Lemieux, take it all over.

It stayed in their family until 1959, when Elsie’s daughter, Nancy Larson, bought the business. Ed Hall joined George and Jean Erickson as the proprietors in 1970. They owned it until April Fools’ Day 1979, when Harry Skow became the owner/operator, giving up his gravel-hauling business to commit himself to the Bon Ton instead.

“Other than that, we’re running out of living people!”

Skow said with a nod.

Becoming “the BT” “I’d bartended before, a little bit,” Skow said from one of

the massive bar sideways - like it was a Budweiser-sponsored pommel horse. Turns out he was also the artist of the ad that is portrayed on the bar’s wall.

“We never knew who put that deer tag on the bar stool!”

Skow chuckled.

Former Bon Ton owner Harry Skow laughs as he looks though some of the old memorabilia from the bar he owned from 1979 until 1998, when he sold it to Kent Petersen. Skow had stopped in to see the progress the new owners were making in refurbishing his former tavern in downtown Luck. the new tables, with an inlaid logo under the surface. “You could hire just about anybody back then to tend bar, but there really wasn’t the schooling ... just fill out this sheet!”

Skow scrolled through memories of a time of different attitudes - and laws - about drinking. It was an 18-yearold drinking age in Wisconsin back then, with a 19-year age next door in Minnesota. That was also when the liquor industry changed, and long before MADD or the term DUI meant anything to America. He remembers that drinks were about 60 cents, and cigarettes about 35 cents a pack.

“It was Schlitz and Grain Belt, that kind of thing,” he said. “Not a lot of ‘flavored stuff’ (liquor) back then. We never really made the country club drinks!”

Skow recalled how the Summer Hummer - a lime vodka concoction - became all the rage for a while.

“It was one of the first flavored drinks that was big,” Skow said. “Just sweet and sickening!”

Skow recalled some of the changes in the crowds in the ‘80s, as the national drinking age issue began to gain steam, colliding with the local seasonal population that seemed to take off with the expansion of tourism and growing number of cabins and lakes. The drinking age differences between the states meant visitors could be 18 and legal, unlike several other neighboring states.

“You’d get quite a share of lake people, not too different at first,” Skow said. “Then later, the younger ones started to come up ...”

Skow said the younger patrons never really caused any trouble, and how it became a vibrant crowd over the years.

He said bar fights have always been pretty rare at the Bon Ton, and he thinks people behaved partly because they liked the place.

“Yeah, we never had to worry about skirmishes,” he said. “Because then you couldn’t come in there anymore!”

The Bruce picture Skow revisits old Bon Ton memories while flitting through an old bar softball tournament program he’d had made in 1989. Then he comes to a page where the BT halfpage ad is cartooned across the page, and he pauses and points at the cartoon with a smile.

“Look at that. Bruce drew that picture,” Skow said, with a hint of a smile. “Everything in there meant something.

Everything! That’s the barstool with the deer tag on it! And that’s Tom Thompson’s dog, what was his name? Geez, look at that!”

Several folks in the bar begin to tell their own BT stories and first memories, including several about the late bartender, Bruce “Loose” Paulsen, a character known for his maniacal mixology, chortling laughter and ability to leap

Plans for “Good Taste.”

The Bon Ton reopened on Wednesday, May 12, with expanded morning hours, and a grand opening scheduled for June 12 – although details on that event are still a secret.

The Moores promise to keep the BT as a place of good taste - a true gathering spot - like it has always been, with a new style, respecting those modern traditions, and keeping one foot in the tavern’s rich history.

But please, keep the deer tags off the bar stools.

Morel mushroom hunting

These morel mushrooms were discovered over the weekend by Lori Hostrup of Luck and her family, who said the morel mushroom “hunting” is as good as it’s been in years, due to the recent rains. Some of these mushrooms are bigger than your hand, and made for fine eating over the weekend. She said they were discovered in Polk County but wouldn’t get specific. Morels typically can be found in the remnants of certain dead trees, and Hostrup said she had to leave behind a similar amount that were past their prime. Care must be taken when eating any mushroom, even when cooked, as some varieties can be toxic to certain individuals. Morels should never be eaten raw, and care must be taken to ensure they are not “false morels” or other inedible varieties. - Photo submitted

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Frederic honors citizens, volunteer and business of the year

by Brenda Sommerfeld Leader staff writer FREDERIC – The Frederic community gathered at Hacker’s Lanes Friday, May 14, in order to honor the 2010 choices for citizens of the year, volunteer of the year and business of the year. Business of the year owner Terry Larsen and his wife Brenda sat at the head table alongside Volunteer of the Year Ginny Clausen and Citizens of the Year John and LaVonne Boyer.

Brad Harlander performed as the master of ceremonies of the event. Harlander spoke of how each year when he calls to inform the receivers of their awards, they each state that it should have been someone else. This year was no exception, but no matter how modest they are, the recipients deserve the honor.

After eating, a few people stood to speak about each of those honored. Business of the year Larsen Auto Center was first up.

Sylvia Hansen called Larsen Auto Center a real asset to the community. Earl Hansen is happy that Larsen was able to purchase Frederic Auto from him and Roy years ago. “We’re proud to have you in Frederic,” Hansen said.

Employee Darwin Brown started out by asking if anyone thought that Denny Hecker would be receiving this award this weekend. He went on telling funny stories of Larsen and what a pleasure it is to work for him. On behalf of the employees, who he called one big family, Brown thanked everyone for recognizing the dealership.

When it was Larsen’s turn to get up in front of everyone, he told a little of his history. He started working at his dad’s car dealership, doing things no one else wanted to, and went on to purchase his own dealership in Webster during 1974, then expanded in 1991 by purchasing Frederic Auto from Roy and Earl Hansen.

This year will mark his 37th year as a Chevrolet dealer.

“Thank you Frederic for all of your support, and I hope to be here many more years,” Larsen ended his speech. “The community is always willing to help and make you feel appreciated. It’s unbelievable what these people do.”

Volunteer of the year Ginny Clausen was recognized by a representative from the booster club, Frederic Golf Course, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, the park board and her family. The common de-

Pictured with Frederic’s 2010 Citizens of the Year John and LaVonne Boyer are their two daughters, Linda Munson, Kara Boyer Alden, and their two sons, Dale and Kent Boyer. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer unless otherwise noted nominator of each of the speakers was a list. Each listed things Clausen does for the group.

Maria Ammend spoke for the booster club. With the help of Rebecca Harlander and Yvonne Anderson, dressed as cheerleaders, they performed a cheer for Clausen. Ammend spoke of how Clausen held meetings, made banners and organized taco feeds and spaghetti dinners for the club.

Frederic Golf Course manager Joan Spencer spoke of Clausen’s many hours spent on the course. She went on to list the several different jobs she has completed over the years. “She is one of the most deserving of people to receive this award,” Spencer said. She thanked Clausen for everything from everyone at the golf course and from the community.

Pastor Freddie Kirk of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church said how thankful she and the church are for Clausen. Clausen painted the nursery and made sure the kitchen and dining area match, she is the Lilac Sunday committee chair, she cleans and she’s always ready to help for food at funerals. “You can always depend on her, she quietly does and when you need her she’ll be there,” Freddie said. “We’re proud of you. You deserve this.”

Maria Ammend and Rebecca Harlander spoke for the park board. They stated they could have listed 79 great reasons Clausen is awarded Volunteer of the Year, instead they did a David Letterman Top 10 reasons presentation. They listed her hating

acorns to garbage cans fitting in her trunk.

They presented her with a golden garbage can for all of her work of planting flowers and painting the boxes and many other things.

Clausen’s sister spoke on behalf of the family, stated that Clausen has the same dedication to her family as she does for the community. They call her The General because she always takes charge of the holidays.

Clausen thanked everyone for everything they had to say and only had to set a few things straight on some of the comments.

The Lioness group started the speeches about John and LaVonne Boyer. They performed a skit entitled “This is Your Life.”

They told stories of the Boyers owning the Dairy Queen, LaVonne constantly wearing a pen behind her ear, the pair serving as food shelf coordinators for many years and the couple celebrating their 50th-wedding anniversary this summer.

Phil Knuf spoke on behalf of the village board, being close with John and LaVonne for several years. “They certainly deserve this honor,” he said. “Please give them a big hand for all their hard work.”

The Southfork Sporting Club was rep-

Volunteer of the Year, Ginny Clausen, (front) poses with her cheerleaders: Yvonne Anderson, her husband Steve and Rebecca Harlander.

Frederic Citizen of the Year, LaVonne Boyer, gave the audience a laugh after placing her trademark, a pen behind her ear. Boyer was given the pen during a “This is Your Life” skit presented by the Frederic Lioness group.

Master of Ceremonies Brad Harlander hands Terry Larsen his Business of the Year plaque.

Pastor Tom Cook says grace before dinner is served at Hacker’s Lanes honoring seated (L to R): Business of the Year owner Terry Larsen and wife Brenda, Volunteer of the Year Ginny Clausen and Citizens of the Year John and LaVonne Boyer. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

Terry Larsen’s parents, Delores and Bob Larsen, came to see their son accept the Frederic Business of the Year award during the special volunteer recognition program held at Hacker’s Lanes in Frederic Friday evening. Terry’s wife, Brenda, was by his side as Larsen Auto Center was recognized for the outstanding commitment and service the dealer continues to provide for community events.

resented by Carl Eklof. Eklof gave John a gavel and president nametag for the club, thanking him for all of his hard work. He has been a hunting safety instructor for 16 years and Eklof estimated he has put 650 safe students into the woods.

Pastor Tom Cook spoke of the two attending church almost every Sunday.

LaVonne has been the state representative for the church for 10 years. They both have been teachers and choir members.

“They are passionate people,” Cook said.

“I’m proud to serve as their pastor. Thank you for all you do for the church and the community.”

Gail Ward stood up for her husband, Steve, who was unable to attend. “Frederic, you are shining brightly with the winners of these awards,” Gail said. Her husband said it was an honor to be John and LaVonne’s former pastor.

The Boyer family got Kara to speak for them. “We love you, thank you and are proud of you,” Kara said. “You’re truly a blessing from God.” Kara described her parents as simple, loving, caring, faithful in their walk, giving, kind, helpful, talkative, fun and hardworking.

LaVonne said she was at a loss of words when it was her turn to speak. “That’s not usually my cup of tea to be at a loss for words,” she stated. She and John thanked everyone for the honor before Harlander closed the ceremony.

The park board presented Ginny Clausen with a golden garbage can for all of her hard work.

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Cushing Lutheran celebrates 140 years

Members of the Cushing Lutheran Church celebrated the church’s 140th anniversary this past Sunday, May 16, by releasing helium balloons following the Sunday service. It was a brief celebration that brought smiles to young and old parishioners alike.

- Photos by Gary King

Frederic Middle School’s spring concert • 2010

Members of the Frederic Middle School band, choir, show choir and bell choir performed on Monday, May 10, offering a variety of performances, some of which won top awards at recent solo and ensemble contests. Shown above are some of the members of the show choir, performing the Elvis song “I can’t help falling in love with you.” Shown (L to R), back row: Makayla Arthurs, Isabelle Burton, Hayden Swanson and Haley Coulter. Middle row: Claire Coddington, Anna Hochstetler and Alexis Hufstedler. Front: Bradley Erickson and Zane Matz.

LEFT: The bell choir, under the direction of Pat Anderson, performed four songs at the spring concert. Shown (L to R) are Abbey Pickard, Zach Williamson and Lara Harlander.

RIGHT: Eric Chenal and Anthony Dueholm during the band’s performance of “Pirates of the Carribbean - At World’s End,” under the direction of Patti Burns.

Photos by Gary King

Lara Harlander plays bass drum during a performance by the middle school band.

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CHURCH NEWS Eternal

Perspectives

News from the Pews at Pilgrim Lutheran

Sally Bair

The value of contentment

The doe lay in a small clearing back among the maples, alternately staring ahead with a contented look and tucking her head next to her body with eyes closed.

Just looking at her gave me a feeling of contentment. I need more of such nature-nurturing, because sometimes I strive to do so much during the day, I can hardly wait for bedtime.

Why do I cram so many things into my day that I can’t relax in contentment like the doe? Why do any of us grasp for more and more in our selfish advancement? Perhaps I’ve just answered my own question.

Even Adam and Eve weren’t satisfied with the beautiful, fruitful creation God gave them. They wanted more. So did their descendants and all following generations. People continue to amass riches and seek pleasure beyond God’s holy purpose.

Passing the point of contentment is not God’s plan for us. “Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For he himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5) Paul, who faced trial after trial and who lived on meager means during his missionary journeys, said “I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content; I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound … I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:11-13) The word content means self-sufficient. In Paul’s day, Greeks believed contentment came from personal sufficiency. But Paul found his true sufficiency in the strength of Christ. First Timothy 6:6 says, “Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.”

Today’s conspicuous signs of affluence in America and other developed countries make us wonder if some people want to carry their worldly goods with them into eternity. A recent TV report showed a man buried in his most treasured possession, his classic car. We may laugh at such foolishness, but perhaps we should take stock of our own holdings and what we could live without. Less is better sometimes. Consider Jesus, who had no pillow on which to lay his head while he walked this Earth.

Jesus’ example of contentment with godliness reminds me again of the doe, content to rest peacefully among the maples. May we be content to live as simply as the doe, satisfied with what we need.

Lord, may our true contentment come from godliness that encompasses love for you and others. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Mrs. Bair may be reached at www.sallybair.com.

Poppy, the memorial flower WEBSTER – “In Flanders Fields the poppies blow, between the crosses row on row.”

During the month of May the American Legion Auxiliary will be distributing poppies.

Poppy Day has become a familiar tradition in almost every American community. The poppy, a memorial flower to the war dead, can be traced to a single individual, Miss Moina Michael. She bought a bouquet of poppies and handed them to businessmen at a meeting at the New York YMCA where she worked. She asked them to wear the poppy as a tribute to the fallen. That was November 1918. Later, she would spearhead a campaign that would result in the adoption of the poppy as the national emblem of sacrifice. In 1921, the poppy was adopted as the American Legion Auxiliary’s official flower, replacing the daisy.

The first poppies were silk, made by French war widows and orphans, but by 1922, were made by veterans in Minnesota hospitals. The program grew as the handwork was found to be physically and psychologically beneficial to hospitalized and disabled veterans. In 1925, veterans gave full approval to the auxiliary’s program, urging every American Legion officer and committee to consider the use of the memorial poppy instead of any commercial poppy.

While many versions of the poppy have been made over the years by other organizations, the American Legion Auxiliary Poppy has remained much the same, made of crepe paper, each petal affixed by hand by a hospitalized or disabled veteran. The poppy now serves as a tribute to the lives lost and honors the living veteran as well.

Webster American Legion members will be distributing poppies on May 29. All are urged to wear a poppy on this Memorial Day as a tribute to the men and women who have served and died for our country. submitted

Pictured (L to R): Zane Matz, Brennan Koball, Zach Schmidt, Austin Kurkowski, Jamie Siebenthal, Carly Gustafson and Harriet Koball. – Photo submitted FREDERIC – On Wednesday, May 12, the confirmation class, along with other students, carpooled to Luther Point Bible Camp for the cleaning of the cabin. Pilgrim is responsible for cleaning the Lent Cabin and getting it ready for the camping season. Cleaning included wiping

down the bunk beds and mattresses, washing all the windows, both inside and out, cleaning dusty ledges and wiping down the cobwebs as well as sweeping and scrubbing the floor and hanging the freshly laundered curtains. Let the camping begin. – submitted

Sullivan Family to perform at Lewis

The Lewis Methodist church will host the Sullivan Family on Saturday, May 22, at 7 p.m. For six decades, Enoch, on the violin, and Margie, lead vocalist, have shared their bluegrass gospel music at churches and major bluegrass festivals throughout the United States, Canada and the Netherlands. They will be joined by Joy, on the bass, Royce Sorenson on the banjo, and Sherry DePolis Thompson on the mandolin. The performance will be outside (weather permitting) so bring a lawn chair. If inclement weather, it will be held inside the church. A freewill offering will be taken to defray their expenses. - Photo submitted

OBITUARIES Irene D. Setter

Irene D. Setter, 93, Deer Park, died Thursday, May 13, 2010 at the Golden Age Manor Nursing Home in Amery.

Irene Delia Mentink Setter was born February 24, 1917, in Hammond, the daughter of William and Hattie (Schreurs) Mentink. She grew up in St. Croix County near Hammond, and she graduated from Hammond High School in 1934. Irene attended River Falls Normal School, became a teacher and taught in rural St. Croix County schools. On June 3, 1939 Irene was married to Wallace C. Setter at the Methodist Church in Hammond. They settled on the farm near Deer Park and together raised eight children, Sandra, Paul, Judy, Elden, Tim, Gary, George and Randi. In addition to working on the farm and raising her family, Irene also enjoyed gardening, canning, baking and entertaining. She was a very faithful member of the Deer Park United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Ladies Aid, church choir, and taught Sunday School for many years. Irene was also interested in missions work and was a member of the Prayer Band with the World Gospel Mission. She had been a resident of the Golden Age Manor Nursing Home since 2007.

Irene was preceded in death by her husband, Wallace Setter; parents, William and Hattie Mentink; brothers, Alvie, Howard and Lloyd Mentink; and sisters, Ethel Ford and Jeanette Larson; and son-in-law, James Kemp.

She is survived by sons and daughters, Sandra Kemp of Neenah, Paul (Joyce) Setter of Dallas, Texas, Judy (David) Johnson of Cedar, Minn., Elden Setter of Deer Park, Tim (OuLee) Setter of Ithaca, N.Y., Gary Setter of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, George (Kathy) Setter of Deer Park and Randi (Dean) Sommerfeld of Iola; 16 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, other family and friends.

Funeral service was held at United Methodist Church in Deer Park, on Tuesday, May 18, with Pastor Jayneann Gagner officiating. Music was provided by Jane Johnson, Jeff Setter, Jason Setter, Kristi Setter, Diana Setter, Erin Setter and Anna Klapperich. Interment was at Calvary Cemetery in Deer Park.

Casket bearers were Keith Kemp, Peter Setter, Brian Klapperich, Justin Sommerfeld, Greg Johnson and Brad Staman. Honorary casket bearers were Michael Kemp, Jason Setter, Eric Setter and Jeff Setter.

The Scheuermann-Hammer Funeral Home of Clear Lake, was entrusted with arrangements.

Public invited to attend Family Pathways presentation FREDERIC - Steve Martin, executive director of Family Pathways, has been invited to the meeting of the Frederic Ministerium on Thursday, May 20, at 1:30 p.m., to present Family Pathways’ food shelf program.

Those interested in learning more about Family Pathways, and especially its goal of providing food and personal items to those struggling to make ends meet, are invited to attend. The meeting will be held at St. Dominic Catholic Church in the Religious Education Building. submitted

Birchwood Beach Sunday services begin FREDERIC – Outdoor worship services begin at Birchwood Beach on Sunday, May 30, at 10 a.m., and will continue through Labor Day weekend, Sunday, Sept. 5.

The Alzen Family Band will share their talents on Sunday, May 30. Coffee and fellowship will follow the worship service. Everyone is welcome.

Outdoor services have been provided at Birchwood Beach for over 30 years. – submitted

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OBITUARIES

Mary K. Christensen, 95, Webster, died on Friday, May 7, 2010, at Burnett Medical Center Continuing Care Center in Grantsburg.

Mary was born on July 28, 1914, to Clem and Lulu Uleman in Bismarck, N.D. When she was 3 years old, her mother died. Mary’s father and grandparents moved to Webster, where she lived for many years.

Mary married Harry Christensen on May 18, 1932. During their early married years, they resided in Cushing and the Polk County area, and later moved to the Webster area.

Their union was blessed with four children. Harry and Mary celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary on May 18, 2005. Mary worked on the farm raising cattle, pigs, chickens, vegetable gardens and many flowers. She made some quilts, winning blue ribbons at the county fair.

Mary was involved in many other interests such as her church; Our Redeemer Lutheran in Webster along with the Homemaker’s Club, 4-H and a nurse’s aide.

Mary was preceded in death by her husband; infant daughter; a grandson; parents; a half sister and half brother.

Mary is survived by her children, Mary Jane (Robert) Ramstrom, Violet (David) Olson and Edward (LaVerne) Christensen; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 12, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church with Pastor Jody Walters officiating. Music was provided by Pat Taylor and Inez Buboltz. Interment followed at Orange/Lakeside Cemetery in Oakland Township. Casket bearers were Edward Anderson, Harry Anderson, Robert Olson, Edward Christensen Jr., Scott Ramstrom and Michael Kortus. Honorary casket bearers were Cindy Anderson, Lori Kortus, Tammy Stotzheim and Sandra Ramstrom. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Richard K. Cunningham

Roger Allen Knutson

Richard K. Cunningham, 77, Siren, died May 10, 2010, surrounded by his family.

Richard was born April 22, 1933, in Des Moines, Iowa, to James B. and Vera Cunningham. Richard served in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict, serving on the underwater demo team. He married Barbara Smith on Jan. 5, 1977, in Elko, Nev. Richard worked in carpentry and masonry his entire life. He enjoyed being outdoors fishing, deer hunting and goose hunting. He loved his dogs and usually had them with him all the time. He was known for his tales and telling jokes.

Richard was preceded in death by his parents; his siblings, Loren, Donald, Betty, Maxine and Patty.

He is survived by his wife, Barb; children, Richard (Wendy) Cunningham Jr., Minnie (Keith) Cunningham, Rita (Mike) Smith and Wayne Allen Ryan; his dog, Tigger; along with other relatives and friends.

A graveside memorial were held Friday, May 14, at Northern Wisconsin Veteran Memorial Cemetery in Spooner where military honors were provided. Memorials are preferred to the American Cancer Society. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Roger Allen Knutson, 74, of Elgin, Ill., died Sunday, May 16, 2010, at Mercy Hospital in Janesville, of a massive brain hemorrhage.

He was born on July 18, 1935, in Shell Lake, the son of the late Elmer and Alice Smith Knutson. On Dec. 2, 1967, in Elgin, he was united in marriage to Anna Mae Fitch.

She preceded him in death on Nov. 20, 2008.

He completed his education at Delavan School for the Deaf in Delavan.

He worked at the Aurora Packing Plant as a meat cutter for many years until his retirement. He enjoyed bowling and playing bingo. He was also involved with the Southern Lakes Association for the Deaf in Delavan. He and Anna spent many vacations at their little red cabin in Clam Falls Township.

Roger is survived by four sisters, Idella (Kenneth) Cunningham of Darien, Elaine (Jim) Gorter of Chehalis, Wash., Shirley (Edward) Brehmer of East Troy and Linda (Robert) Benedict of Sarona; one brother, Gene (Betty) Knutson of Frederic; an uncle, James (Shirley) Smith of Pleasanton, Calif.; three sisters-in-law, Agnes, Doris and Alice; one brother-in-law, Harold; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Wally, in 1983; and a half brother, Jim Hilderman.

Funeral services will be held Friday, May 21, 5 p.m., at the Haase-Derrick-Lockwood Funeral Home and Crematory, Genoa City, with Pastor Brian D. Metke officiating.

The family will receive friends from 3 p.m. until the time of services at the funeral home.

Arthur Marcyan Arthur “Art” Marcyan, 55, Siren, died May 16, 2010.

A gathering of friends will be held on Sunday, May 23, 2010, 1-2 p.m., with a service at 2 p.m., at Art’s home, 6544 Hwy. 70 Siren.

The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

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John L. Nestor John L. Nestor, 65, Columbus, Ohio, died Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at this home.

He is survived by his wife, Maurine; two children; two grandchildren; sister and brother; nieces and nephews.

John graduated from St. Charles Prep School and Ohio University. John spent four years in the Air Force.

John was preceded in death by his parents; aunts and uncles.

A gathering of remembrance was held Saturday, May 15, at the St. Croix Valley Funeral Home and Polk County Cremation Society Chapel, St. Croix Falls.

The St. Croix Valley Funeral Home and Polk County Cremation Society, St. Croix Falls, was entrusted with arrangements.

Allen McLeod Erickson Allen McLeod Erickson, 76, Siren, died on May 11, 2010, at UW Hospital in Madison.

He was born on May 14, 1933, to Theodore and Alice Stromley Erickson in Grantsburg He graduated from Grantsburg High School, attended UW-River Falls, and transferred to UW-Madison, graduating with a degree in animal husbandry from the School of Agriculture.

He was in Naval ROTC through college, entered Naval Flight Training at Pensacola Naval Air Station, Fla., as an ensign. He graduated from flight training as lieutenant, junior grade, and was transferred to Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey. While there he led a helicopter detachment aboard the USS Edisto during Operation Deep Freeze. On the return trip to the United States, they were diverted to Uruguay to fly support for flood relief. After leaving active duty in the Navy as full lieutenant, he served as a pilot in the Naval Reserve and attended graduate school at UW-Madison. He flew commercial helicopters and later joined Penta Wood Products, Siren, in sales and marketing.

Allen lived on Mudhen Lake in Burnett County where he raised horses, was a longtime member of the Caballeros del Norte, served on its board-of-directors and performed chaplain duties. He was a member of Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Frederic, Wisconsin Association of Lakes, and was active in the Western Wisconsin Lyme Action Group, and the Forest Lake, Minn., Lyme Action and Support Group.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Loyal Erickson; his parents and grandparents.

Allen is survived by his son, Charles Allen (Chuck) Erickson and former wife, Jean Taylor Erickson; siblings, Neil Erickson, Karen (Darrell) Swenson, Pearl (Terry) Rader, Dale (Julie) Erickson and Sandra (Donovan) Jottblad; many nieces and nephews.

A funeral service was held at Faith Lutheran Church in Grantsburg on Thursday, May 20.

Memorials may be sent to: Alzheimer’s and Dementia Alliance, 517 N. Segoe Road, Madison, WI 53705 or The Wisconsin Association of Lakes, 4513 Vernon Blvd., Madison, WI 53705.

Kelly Marie Willis Kelly Marie Willis, 50, Grantsburg, died peacefully, surrounded by her family on May 10, 2010, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Kelly was born Nov. 19, 1959, in St. Paul, Minn., to proud parents Lawrence and Rosalyn Blomker.

Kelly married Bruce W. Willis on Sept. 28, 1991, in Alpha.

Kelly was a supervisor in the packing department at Burnett Dairy Cooperative for a number of years. She enjoyed visiting with family and friends and gardening.

Kelly was preceded in death by her sister, Linda.

Kelly is survived by her loving husband, Bruce; children, Jamie Gardner, Nichole Blomker, Tadjia Willis, April Willis, Hans Willis, Brook Willis and Lucas Willis; six grandchildren; her parents; her siblings, Margaret Taylor, Keith (Karen) Blomker, Barbara Lang, Kim (Sheldon) Gallmeier, Kevin Blomker, Jannay (Steve) Hamlin and Robyn (Dave) Holien; along with nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Funeral services were held Friday, May 14, at Grace Baptist Church in Grantsburg with Pastor Doug McConnell officiating. Music was provided by Dina McConnell. Interment followed at Karlsborg Cemetery in Lincoln Township. Casket bearers were Justin Taylor, William W. Taylor, Charlie Wellman, John Radtke, Scott Moen, B.J. Auby and Jake Radtke.

Online condolences can be made at www.swedbergtaylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

OBITUARIES Lila Mae Joyce Tricker

Raymond Patrick Murphy

Lila Mae Joyce Tricker, 83, resident of Cushing, died Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at her residence.

Lila Mae Joyce Murphy was born to Ralph and Mildred Murphy on April 30, 1927, in Frederic. She attended Alabama and Luck Schools.

On March 21, 1945, she met Donald Allen Tricker while on a blind date.

After three dates they both knew that “this was it.” He sent her a diamond locket from San Francisco, Calif., on the way overseas. They were married on Sept. 11, 1949, at Atlas United Methodist Church.

He preceded her in death on March 21, 1986.

Joyce’s interests were in her knitting, crocheting, and she was a 4-H leader as well as active in Homemakers.

She grew strawberries and raspberries. She was a diehard Twins fan. Her family and her faith were the most important things in her life.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald; her parents; brothers, Robert (Della) Murphy and Orville Murphy; sister, Margaret (Urban) Olson; sisters-in-law, Margie Klingelhoets and Phyllis Waugaman; and a granddaughter.

She is survived by five sons and one daughter, Gary (Betty) Tricker of Viroqua, Allen Tricker and Ramona Tretsven of Luck, Sheryl (Lloyd) Simons of New Brighton, Minn., James (Patti) Tricker of River Falls, Lynn (Annie) Tricker of Cumberland and Rick (Kelly) Tricker of Luck; grandchildren, Melissa and Craig Klar, Heather and Steve Frommell, Kathryn Tricker, Adam Tricker, Jamie Tricker-Swanke and Matt Swanke, Andrew and Nicole Tricker, Sam and Kate Tricker, Emily Tricker, Erin Tricker and Jesse Zamudio, Kevin Simons, Brian Simons and Alycia Griep, Cindy (Bill) Branch, Butch (Danielle) Simons, Daniel and Mariah Tricker, Sarah and Jason Bohn, Chelsea and Ray Reynaga, Ryan (Heidi) Van Nurden, Bridget (Matt) Hieb, Toni Tricker, Randi Hawkins, Jessica and Darren Peterson, Jack Tricker; 23 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Delores (Doddy) Murphy; brother-in-law, George Klingelhoets. She is survived by nieces, Barb (Butch) Hunter and Judy (David) Johnson; also many family and friends.

Funeral services were held at Atlas United Methodist Church on Saturday, May 15. The Rev. Carolyn Saunders was the officiant. Music was provided by pianist, Toni Koons and a duet was sung by David and Judy Johnson.

Pallbearers were Adam Tricker, Andrew Tricker, Kevin Simons, Brian Simons, Daniel Tricker and Sam Tricker.

Updated information can be found on the following Web sites: www.rowefh.com and www.wicremation center.com or call Bruce Rowe at 715-472-2444.

Rowe Funeral Home of Luck and the Northwest Wisconsin Cremation Center in Milltown were entrusted with arrangements.

Raymond Patrick Murphy, 86, Balsam Lake, died Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn.

He was born Jan. 21, 1924, to Richard and Mary Murphy in Milltown. He was baptized at the Long Lake Catholic Church and attended the South Milltown School and Milltown High School, graduating in 1942. After working on the family farm, Ray went into business with his brother as Murphy Brothers Trucking in 1946 until gaining employment at Durex Products in Luck.

In 1951, Ray married Georgette (Randall) from Balsam Lake. To this union three children were born: Michael, Donald and Jaclyn.

Ray was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Francis (Bernard) Murphy; sister, Mary (Tress) Hughes; niece, Patricia Hedlund; and great-niece, Laura Hedlund.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Georgette; sons, Michael Murphy of Almena, Donald (Jill) Murphy of Frederic; daughter, Jacky (Bob) Ouellette of Naples, Fla.; grandchildren, Jason Murphy of Almena, Lynda (John) Clem of Huntsville, Ala., Veronique (Mike) Berens and Beau Ouellette of Naples, Fla., Daniel Murphy and Jennifer Murphy of Frederic; three great- grandchildren; five nephews and one niece.

Funeral services were held at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church in Balsam Lake, Saturday, May 15. The Very Rev. John Drummy was officiant and music was provided by soloist Pam Garvey and organist Audrey Ruck. Honorary pallbearers were Jason Murphy, Lynda Murphy-Clem, Veronique Ouellette-Berens, Beau Ouellette, Dan Murphy and Jennifer Murphy.

Updated information can be found on the following Web sites: www.rowefh.com and www.wicremationcenter.com.

Rowe Funeral Home of Luck and the Northwest Wisconsin Cremation Center in Milltown were entrusted with arrangements.

Alvin (Pete) Edward Matthews Alvin (Pete) Edward Matthews, 93, Frederic, died May 8, 2010, at the Frederic Nursing Facility.

He was born March 3, 1917, to Otto and Anna (Wentlandt) Matthews. He resided in Deep, N.D., attending school through eighth grade. In 1929, he moved with his family to Frederic, where he worked on local farms and was a CCC worker near Beaver Dam. Pete was inducted into the U.S. Air Force in May of 1942. He served as a PFC overseas in Italy, Normandy, Southern France and the Rhineland, during WWII. He was honorably discharged in April of 1945. He was married to Viola Nick Peterson, who passed away. He then married Bertha Wilson on Sept. 11, 1967. They resided in St. Paul, Minn., where Pete worked in the brickyards.

When he retired they moved to Aitkin, Minn., to be near family. He worked part-time as the sexton of Fleming Cemetery. Bertha passed away on July 22, 1992, and Pete continued to live in Aitkin.

He enjoyed time spent with family, VFW meetings and fishing. He moved to Golden Horizons in Aitkin and in October of 2007, he moved back to Frederic and resided at the Frederic Rehab and Nursing Facility. There he enjoyed talking to fellow residents, staff and visitors.

He is survived by his sister, Esther Heunisch of St. Paul, Minn.; brother, Norman (Helen) Matthews of Frederic; sister-in-law, Gladys Matthews of Kent, Wash.; step-children and spouses, nieces, nephews and friends.

Funeral services were held on Monday, May 17, at the Fleming United Methodist Church, Aitkin, Pastor Russell Christensen officiating. Pallbearers were Larry Hackett, Jerry Hackett, Kenny Hackett, Scott Hackett, Peggy Hackett and Karen Lieder. Military honors were provided by the MacGregor VFW Post 2747. Interment will be at Fleming Cemetery.

The Sorensen-Root-Thompson Funeral Home of Aitkin, Minn., was entrusted with arrangements.

Katherine Veronica Anderson Katherine (Kay) V. Anderson, 95, Amery, died peacefully Friday, May 14, 2010, at Willow Ridge Health Care Center in Amery, after a long, but valiant, struggle with Alzheimer’s.

She had transferred there from the Simenstad Nursing Facility, Osceola, after it closed where she had been in residence since March of 2007.

She was born on Aug. 6, 1914, to Ralph and Katherine Zimmerman of Estavan, Saskatchewan, Canada.

She married Everett A. Anderson of St. John, N.D., on Dec. 27, 1941, in Flin Flon, Saskatchewan, where she was working as a maid and he as a carpenter. They moved to St. Paul, Minn., in 1945 after their daughter, Donna, was born.

Donna’s three brothers, Everett Jr., Russell, and John Anderson were all born in St. Paul, Minn. Although Everett ( Andy), Anderson and Katherine divorced after 26 years, Katherine remained in St. Paul, until 2003, when she moved with her son and daughter to Osceola.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Everett; and nine brothers and sisters from Canada.

She is survived by her brother, Peter Zimmerman of Estevan; daughter, Donna (Klein) Williams; sons, Everett Jr., Russell and John Anderson; grandchildren, William, Allen, Kevin, Lorri, Andy, Teresa, Brian, Lisa, April, Colleen and Patrick; 16 great-grandchildren; and her extended family which includes four additional greatgrandchildren.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 18, at the Grandstrand Funeral Home in Osceola, with Pastor Dan Dennisen officiating. Interment was at Pleasant Prairie Cemetery in Osceola. Condolences may be left at www.grandstrandfh.com.

The Grandstrand Funeral Home, Osceola, was entrusted with arrangements.

Rose J. Novak Rose J. Novak, 89, Luck, formerly of Turtle Lake, died Thursday, May 13, 2010, at United Pioneer Home in Luck.

She was born Sept. 16, 1920, in southern Wisconsin to Joseph and Gabrella Schoepfer. Rose grew up in the Siren and Clam Falls area. She attended Polk County Normal School and graduated from UW-River Falls. Rose taught in many rural schools and finished her teaching career with the Clear Lake School District.

She was married in Turtle Lake on April 29, 1948, to John C. Novak, who preceded her in death on Aug. 23, 2007. Rose was also preceded in death by five sisters.

She is survived by nieces Karen Doll, Hayward, and Joan Edling Herzog, Monterey, Calif.; nephew Raymond Leisz, Turtle Lake; and also great-nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held May 17 at St. Ann Catholic Church, Turtle Lake, with Father David Lusson officiating. Burial was in St. Ann Cemetery, Turtle Lake.

The Skinner Funeral Home, Turtle Lake, was entrusted with arrangements.

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CHURCH NEWS Forcing a little one to eat is always a losing battle QUESTION: Should a parent try to force a child to eat?

DR. DOBSON: No. In fact, the dinner table is one potential battlefield where a parent can easily get ambushed. You can’t win there! A strong-willed child is like a good military general who constantly seeks an advantageous place to take on the enemy. He need look no further than the dinner table. Of all the common points of conflict between generations – bedtime, hair, clothes, schoolwork, etc. – the advantages in a food fight are all in the child’s favor!

Three times a day, a very tiny youngster can simply refuse to open his mouth. No amount of coercing can make him eat what he doesn’t want to eat.

I remember one 3-year-old who was determined not to eat his green peas, despite the insistence of his father that the squishy little vegetables were going down. It was a classic confrontation between the irresistible force and an immovable object. Neither would yield.

After an hour of haranguing, threatening,

Focus on the Family Dr. James Dobson cajoling and sweating, the father had not achieved his goal. The tearful toddler sat with a forkload of peas pointed ominously at his sealed lips.

Finally, through sheer intimidation, the dad managed to get one bite of peas in place. But the lad wouldn’t swallow them. I don’t know everything that went on afterward, but the mother told me they had no choice but to put the child to bed with the peas still in his mouth. They were amazed at the strength of his will.

The next morning, the mother found a little pile of mushy peas where they had been expelled at the foot of the bed! Score one for Junior, none for Dad. Tell me in what other arena a 30-pound child could whip a grown man!

Not every toddler is this tough, of course. But many of them will gladly do battle over food. It is their ideal power game. Talk to any experienced parent or

grandparent and they will tell you this is true. The sad thing is that these conflicts are unnecessary. Children will eat as much as they need if you keep them from indulging in the wrong stuff. They will not starve. I promise!

The way to deal with a poor eater is to set good food before him. If he claims to not be hungry, wrap the plate, put it in the refrigerator and send him cheerfully on his way. He’ll be back in a few hours.

God has put a funny little feeling in his tummy that says, “Gimme food!” When this occurs, do not put sweets, snacks or confectionery food in front of him. Simply retrieve the earlier meal, warm it up, and serve it again. If he protests, send him out to play again. Even if 12 hours or more go by, continue this procedure until food – all food – begins to look and smell wonderful. From that time forward, the battle over the dinner table should be history.

••• QUESTION: Does the middle child really have greater adaptive problems than his or her siblings?

DR. DOBSON: The middle child does sometimes find it more difficult to establish his or her identity within the family.

She enjoys neither the status of the eldest nor the attention given to the baby. Furthermore, she is likely to be born at a busy period in the life of her parents, especially her mother. Then, during her preschool years, her precious territory is invaded by a cute little newborn who steals Mama from her. Is it any wonder that she often asks, “Who am I, and where is my place in life?”

••• Dr. Dobson is founder and chairman emeritus of the nonprofit organization Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80995 (www.focusonthefamily.org). Questions and answers are excerpted from “Complete Marriage and Family Home Reference Guide” and “Bringing Up Boys,” both published by Tyndale House. COPYRIGHT 2009 JAMES DOBSON INC., DISTRIBUTED BY UNIVERSAL UCLICK, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. 64106; 816-581-7500

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Lilac Sunday and graduates honored at St. Luke’s The weather was perfect, the church was full, and everyone enjoyed the tradition of Lilac Sunday. The Wednesday church school sang “All God’s Critters Have a Place in the Choir” and “I Love the Mountains.” Ben Kurkowski and Hunter Dodds recited readings related to lilacs and Danielle Swanson played a piano piece. Some time was spent recognizing the graduating high school seniors; Andrew Byerly, Claire Erickson and Haley Kurkowski. The church is very proud of them and wish them the best of luck with their future plans.

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Church listings sponsored by the following area businesses: BREMER BANK, N.A. Full-Service Banking Member FDIC Frederic - Danbury - Siren

DAEFFLER’S QUALITY MEATS, INC. Wholesale & Retail Meats Custom Butchering & Processing Phone 715-327-4456

INTER-COUNTY CO-OP PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION Printers & Publishers Office Supplies

Frederic, Wis. - 715-327-4236 Shell Lake, Wis. - 715-468-2314 Siren, Wis. - 715-349-2560 St. Croix Falls, Wis. - 715-483-9008

STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES

Corey T. Arnold, Agent Frederic, Wis. Phone 715-327-8076

BEAN’S COUNTRY GRIDDLE Hwys. 35 & 48 Downtown Frederic Phone 715-327-5513

NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN ELECTRIC CO.

“Your Electric Servant” Serving Polk & Burnett Counties “Use Energy Wisely”

WEBSTER

ALPHA

CASHCO BUILDING SUPPLIES

BASS LAKE LUMBER

Complete Lumber & Building Supplies

CARLSON-ROWE FUNERAL HOME

Phone 715-866-4238 Hwy. 35 N. Webster, Wis. Tom & Becky O’Brien, Owners

MEDICINE SHOPPE

HOPKINS SAND & GRAVEL, INC.

Frederic, Wis. 715-327-4475 110 Oak Street Frederic, Wis. 715-327-4208 Monday - Friday 8:30 - 5 Not Open On Saturday Duane Lindh

HAULING

Sand, Gravel, Ready-Mix, Concrete, Black Dirt, Dozer Work, Landscaping & Septic Tanks Installed Hwy. 35 North Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-4157 M.P.R.S. #03059

• Gravel • Sand • Rock • Top Soil • Trackhoe 715-472-2717 Mobile 715-491-1861 1065 290th Ave. Frederic, Wis.

SWEDBERG-TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME

LUCK

BRUCE’S AUTO REPAIR & TOWING

VAN METER’S MEATS

Government Inspected Slaughtering and Processing, Sausage making • Ham and Bacon Cured and Smoked Sides and Quarters of Beef and Pork Available Old-fashioned Fresh Meat Counter Tim Van Meter and Ross Anderson, Owners Luck, WI 54853 Plant 715-472-2141

• Complete Line of Building Supplies & Lumber • Cabot’s Stains Grantsburg, Wis. 715-488-2471 or 715-327-8766

BURNETT DAIRY CO-OP 1988 World Champion Cheesemaker Earl Wilson, Cheese Plant Mgr. Clif Gipp, Ag. Supply Mgr. for Feed, Propane & Fertilizer Alpha, Wis. 715-689-2468 • 715-689-2467

SIREN OLSEN & SON

Your Full-Service Drugstore Siren, Wis. Phone 715-349-2221

D & L FINANCIAL SERVICES 10022 Elbow Lake Road Siren, Wis. 54872 715-689-2539

Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-7131

Churches 5/10

FREDERIC

Wrecker - Flatbed Air Conditioning & Computerized Car Service - Cold Weather Starts

Webster, Wis. 715-866-4100 Days • 715-866-8364 Eves.

CUSHING CUSHING COOPERATIVE SOCIETY Feed Mill - Grain Dept.

Cushing, Wis. 715-648-5215

Any area business wishing to help sponsor the church listings should contact the Leader at 715-327-4236.

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ChurchDIRECTORY Directory CHURCH ADVENTIST

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - FREDERIC

609 Benson Road. Pastor Curtis Denney Sat. Worship 11 a.m.; Sabbath Schl. 9:30 a.m.

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY

Senior Pastor Bob Morton 1259 Hwy. 35 S., St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship: 8:30, 9:45 & 11 a.m.

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH

Meeting in homes. Elders: Cliff Bjork, Jon Zens, 715-483-1357 and 715-755-3048 Sun. Fellowship - 10 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

LUTHERAN

LUTHERAN

BALSAM LUTHERAN CHURCH

1115 Mains Crossing, 1/2 Mile South Hwy. 8 On 110th St.; Pastor Matt Faarem Sun. Worship 9 a.m.; Sun. School 10:15 a.m.

Wed. Bible Study 8:30 a.m.; Wed. LOGOS 3:20 p.m.

BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN (WELS)

Gene E. Jahnke, Pastor, 715-635-7672, Hm. 715-354-7787, Hwy. 70 at 53, Spooner Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School & Bible Classes For All - 10:45 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - BRANSTAD

Pastor Jay Ticknor, 715-463-5746 3 miles So. of Grantsburg on Hwy. 87 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - SIREN

Hwy. 35, 1/2 blk. N. Main St. Interim Pastor Andrew Hinwood Pastoral Serv. 715-349-5280 Sun. Schl. 8:15 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.

BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws

Pastor Mark Richardson, 715-755-2562 Pastor Mike Winick 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Contemporary Serv. 8:30 a.m.; Adult Ed & Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Trad. Serv. 10:30 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; 715-472-8153, Office/Kit. - 715-472-2535 Sun. Schl. & Adult Bible Study 9 a.m.; Fellowship 10 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

CHRIST LUTHERAN (LCMS)

Pipe Lake CTH G & T, 715-822-3096 Pastor Steve Miller Sun. Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. during schl. yr.; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sun. www.christlutheranpipelake.com

CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 Communion 1st Sunday Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

FAITH LUTHERAN - BALSAM LAKE

faithlutheran@lakeland.ws Pastor Diane Norstad 715-485-3800; CTH I & Mill Street Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:40 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & last Sundays

FAITH LUTHERAN - GRANTSBURG

Pastor Victor St. George, 715-463-5388 Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

FIRST EVAN. LUTHERAN

5561 Chestnut St., Taylors Falls, MN 651-465-5265 Traditional Wor. 8:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. & Youth 9:45 a.m.; Adult Learning 10 a.m.; Contemp. Wor. 11 a.m.

FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl, 715-648-5323 or 715-648-5324 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.

FRISTAD LUTHERAN - CENTURIA

ELCA - 501 Hwy. 35, 715-646-2357, Mel Rau, Pastor Sun. Wor. & Holy Communion - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:40 a.m.

GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rt. 1, Balsam Lake, WI (Fox Creek) Pastor Neal Weltzen; GT Office - 715-857-5580, Parsonage - 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wors. Serv. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m.; Holy Communion - 1st Sun. of each month

GRACE LUTHERAN - WEST SWEDEN

Phone 715-327-4340, 715-327-8384, 715-327-8090 Interim Pastor Julie Brenden Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC

(Missouri Synod) Pastor Jody R. Walter, 715-327-8608 Sun. Schl. - 8:45 a.m.; Service - 10:45 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 3rd Sun.

LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTH. - ELCA

CTH H, 1/2 mi. N. of CTH A & H on H Church Off. 715-635-7791 Roger Pittman, Pastor Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Worship Serv. 10 a.m.

LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl Sun. Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:30 a.m.

LUCK LUTHERAN

510 Foster Ave. E. Office 715-472-2605; Home 715-472-8424 Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN

113 W. Main St.. W., Phone 715-825-2453 Pastor Danny G. Wheeler 9:15 a.m. Worship 10 a.m. Sunday School

NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH

Emory Johnson, Interim Pastor at Siren High School Auditorium Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN

METHODIST

METHODIST

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

Pastor Father Daniel Bodin, 651-465-7345 25293 Redwing Ave., Shafer, MN Sunday 9 a.m.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Worship - 9 a.m.; Sun. School - 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Michael J. Tupa, 715-866-7321 Cedar & Muskey Ave. - Webster Mass Sun 10:45 a.m., Wed. 5:45 p.m. (SeptMay), Fri. 9 a.m. (Summer) Sat. 8:15 p.m. on Sept. 1

DANBURY UNITED METHODIST

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST GRANTSBURG

Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “G” Sun. Wor. - 9:15 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.

404 Wis. Ave., Amery, 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation Sat., 3:30 p.m. or by appt.

Rev. Jody Walter, Interim, Phone 715-327-8608; Church Phone 715-866-7191 Sun. Wors. - 9:15 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA)

LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL

2355 Clark Road, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2515 Web site: plcdresser.org Pastor Wayne Deloach, Intern Lori Peper Sun. Wor. 8:30 & 11 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:35 a.m.

PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA)

Pastor Catherine Burnette 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sunday Schl. 9 a.m.; Sunday Wor. - 10 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org

REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN

(Wisconsin Synod) Pastor Gene DeVries 200 N. Adams St., St. Croix Falls Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 8:30 a.m.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod) 350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Wor. - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LUCK 1614 CTH, North Luck Office Ph.715-472-2605; Dial-A-Devotion 715-472-2345 Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN

(Missouri Synod) 140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA

10 mi. W. of Cumberland on Hwy. 48 (McKinley) - Pastor Neal Weltzin GT Office 715-857-5580, Parsonage 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st Sunday

TRINITY LUTHERAN LCMS, DANBURY Rev. Jody Walter, Interim Home 715-327-8608; Church 715-866-7191 Sunday Worship Service - 7:45 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN

Hwy. 70 East, 715-689-2271, Pastor: Carl Heidel Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Communion -Every Sunday

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA

300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sunday Worship at 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School (ages 4 thru 12th grade), Fellowship, Adult Bible Class at 9:15 a.m.

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN

Pastors Mike & Linda Rozumalski 1 mi. west of Luck on N, 2478 170th St., Luck Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Fellowship 9:45 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rev. Rexford D. Brandt 447 180th St., Osceola, 715-294-2936 Sun. Wor. 8 & 10:30 a.m.; Sun Schl. 9:15 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN

1/2 mi. W. of Hwy. 35 on U, 715-866-8281, Pastors Douglas Olson and Roger Kampstra Services begin at 9:30 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 5 mi. E. of Frederic on W, 2 mi. south on I; Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st Sunday

GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER

Holytrinity@wisconsinumc.org 1606 165th Ave., CTH I, Centuria Paul Foulke, Pastor, 715-485-3363 Sun. Wor. - 9 a.m.

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-294-2243 255 E. 10th Ave., Osceola Masses: Sun. 10:30 a.m., Tues. 5 p.m.

Thurs. at 10 a.m. at Osc. Nursing Home

ASSEMBLY

Pastor Jack Starr Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour

ASSEMBLY

LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST Tom Cook, Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m.

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH

Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Wor. 11 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

Potluck dinner 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST

CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Pastor Larry Mederich, 715-294-4332 www.occconnect.org Mtg. @ St. Croix Art Barn; Sun. Serv. - 9 a.m.

Nursery and children church

SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD

oumc@centurytel.net 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor Mark Gilbert Adult Class - 8:30 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st Sunday

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.

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST

EVANGELICAL

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m.

Sun. School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available

EVANGELICAL

TRADE RIVER EVAN. FREE

Pastor Arveda “Freddie” Kirk, 715-327-4436 Early Wor. 8:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. 10 a.m.

Souper service Wed. 5:15 p.m.

Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morning Worship - 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School - 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services

SIREN UNITED METHODIST

APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA)

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC

Tom Cook, Pastor Sunday School 9 a.m.

Worship - 10:15 a.m. (Nursery available)

TAYLORS FALLS UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Bruce Tanner, 715-268-2176 942 U.S. Hwy. 8, Amery Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m.

WOLF CREEK UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W Sun. Schl. - 9 a.m.; Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services

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.

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship - 8:15 a.m.

COVENANT

COVENANT

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA

Pastor Scott Sagel, 715-689-2541 Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome

SIREN COVENANT

Pastor Dave Guertin 7686 Lofty Pines Drive, Siren, 715-349-5601 Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

UNITED COVENANT - CLEAR LAKE

Pastor Gary Tonn Praise Time 8 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:20 a.m.

CATHOLIC

CATHOLIC

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 255 St. Hwy. 35, East Farmington Mass Friday 9 a.m.; Sacrament of Penance Sat. 3:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH

Pastor - Father Daniel Bodin 490 Bench St., Taylors Falls, 651-465-7345 Sat. Vigil 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:30 & 10:30 a.m.

Tues. - Thurs. 7:30 a.m.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

FREDERIC EVAN. FREE CHURCH

BAPTIST

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK. Pastor David Sollitt 715-857-5411 or 715-268-2651 Worship Service - 9 a.m.; Sunday School-10:15 a.m.

EUREKA BAPTIST

2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Willis Christenson, 715-483-9464 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship Service - 11 a.m.

FAITH FELLOWSHIP

Hwy. 35 and CTH N., Luck Bill McEachern Pastor, 715-485-3973 Sun. Bible study - 9 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - AMERY

131 Broadway St., 715-268-2223; www.fbcamery.org Pastor Charlie Butt, Lead Pastor Sunday Worship: 9 - 10:15 a.m. & 10:30 -11:45 a.m.; Childrens church ages 3-4 Sun. Schl. for Pre-K to 5th; Sun. Schl. for Jr./Sr. high meet in teen center Nursery available

FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN

Pastor Kevin Miller Associate Pastor Roger Inouye Sunday School - (all ages) - 9:30 a.m.

Church Serv. - 10:45 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN

Danbury - 7586 St. Rd. 77, 715-866-7321 Pastor - Father Michael J. Tupa Mass - Wed. 5 p.m. (Summer), Fri. 9 a.m. (Sept.-May).

Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

OUR LADY OF THE LAKES

FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN

Pastor Martin Weigand - 715-294-3489 Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Adult Bible Class 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Balsam Lake - Rev. John A. Drummy, Pastor - 405-2253 Mass: Sat. eves. 6 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Tues. 5:30 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m.Sacrament of Reconciliation 7:30 a.m. Sun. or by appt.

Located across from elemen. school on West St., Pastor, Dr. Kevin Schumann; 651-465-7171 Sun. Morn. - Sun. Schl. for all ages - 9 a.m.

Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE

SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY

FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER

ZION LUTHERAN - EAST FARMINGTON (WELS )

Pastor Tim Faust Worship - 11 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE

Interim Pastor Julie Brenden 715-327-8384, 715-327-8090 Fellowship - 10:30 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

PRESBYTERIAN

PRESBYTERIAN

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

Rev. Bruce Brooks - 715-483-3550 719 Nevada St. , (between Simonson & Tower Roads) , St. Croix Falls Worship - 10 a.m. (Nursery provided) Sun. Schl. - Child.- 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - Adults 8:45 a.m.; Communion 1st Sunday

Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa CTHs A & H - 715-866-7321 Crescent Lake Voyager Village area.

Mass Sun. 8:15 a.m., Thurs. 11:30 a.m.

Reconciliation as per bulletin and by appt.

ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC & IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG CATHOLIC MASS SCHED. Pastor: Rev. Dennis M. Mullen, 715-327-8119 St. Dominic: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m.

Immaculate Conception: Sun. 8:30 a.m.

Call the office for daily & holy day Mass times

ST. ANNE PARISH

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 139 Church Hill Rd., Somerset Mass Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Wed. 9 a.m.

Sacrament of Penance Sun. 8 a.m.

Church Phone 715-866-4111; Rev. Merrill Olson - Pastor Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Wor. - 10:45 a.m (Nursery Provided)

GRACE CHURCH OF OSCEOLA “The Cure for the Common Church”

LIVING HOPE CHURCH

Pastor Doug McConnell Youth Pastor Chris Radtke At Grantsburg High School, 715-463-5794 Sun. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST

Pastor Andy McDaniel, 715-327-8402 Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.; www.tradelakebaptistchurch.org

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER

Minister Garret Derouin, 715-866-7157 Musky & Birch St., Avail. in office 9 a.m. - noon, Tues.-Fri.; Sun. Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Worship 10:30 a.m.

WESLEYAN

WESLEYAN

WOODLAND WESLEYAN

Dairyland - Rev. Andrea Wittwer 715-244-3649 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

FULL GOSPEL

FULL GOSPEL

WOOD RIVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Pastor Dan Slaikeu 4 mi. SE of Grantsburg on Williams Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET

231 Bluff Drive, 715-247-2435 Services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

CHRISTIAN CENTER

CHRISTIAN CENTER

EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER

1751 100th Ave., Dresser Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Evening Services Sun. 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Call Pastor Darryl Olson at 715-755-3133 for information and directions

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX

HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX

523 1st St., Clayton, 715-948-2493 Fr. Christopher Wojcik, Pastor Saturday Vespers - 5 p.m.; Sunday Liturgy - 9:30 a.m.

HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church, 28005 Old Towne Rd., Chisago Lakes, MN hcomm.org Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

NAZARENE

NAZARENE

CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

510 S. Vincent, St. Croix Falls Pastor Lori Ward, 715-483-3696 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:45 a.m. & Wed. 6:30 p.m.

FAITH COMMUNITY

7535 Peet St., Danbury, 715-656-4010 Adult Bible Service 9 a.m.; Services: Sun. 10 a.m.; Sunday School during church service.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

NONDENOMINATIONAL

CENTERPOINT CHURCH “Come as you are”

Pastor Dick Enerson, www.centerpointstcroix.com, 715-294-1833, Meeting at SCF High Schl. - Main entrance 740 Maple Drive, St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship 10 - 11:15 a.m.

NEW LIFE COMMUNITY - AMERY Interim Pastor Craig Jorgenson Sun. Worship 10 a.m.; Children’s Church: K to 6th Grade

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

Meets at Dresser Elem. School, Dresser Pastor Michael Brand, 715-417-2468 Adult Class 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship Service 9:45 a.m.; Nursery available

NEW WINE CHURCH - CENTURIA 309 5th Street, , 715-338-2751 Pastors Randy and Pam Stone Sunday 10 a.m.; Wednesday 7 p.m.

NORTHERN PINES FRIENDS WORSHIP GROUP 715-733-0481 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting.

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

722 Seminole Ave., Osceola Pastor Dr. Kent Haralson; 715-294-4222 or 715-755-3454; info@gracechurchosceola.com Sun.: Praise & Worship Serv. 9 am., Adult Bible Study 10:45 a.m., Children’s Sun. Schl. 10:45 a.m.

RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG

ST. PETER’S COMMUNITY CHURCH

716 S. Robert St., Grantsburg, 715-463-5699 Sr. Pastor Brad Moore David Ahlquist, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

1289 160th St. (Hwy. 65), St. Croix Falls, 715-483-5378 Pastors Dan and Claudia Denissen Sunday Adult Bible Class 9 a.m.

(No child care available) Worship and Children’s Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

“Faith on Purpose” (Love God, Love People...period) faithonpurpose.org CTH F, Dresser, 715-483-2911 Pastor’s res./office Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE OF FUNDS HELD BY POLK-BURNETT ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE UNLESS CLAIMED BY OWNER Acct. # Name 30624...............................AAKER, MILDRED 32230...........................AAMODT, DUANE A. 16159....................................ABBAS, RAY L. 16074...............................ABBOTT, IRVIN C. 9369......................ABEL ESTATE, ARTHUR 32105...........................ABERCROMBIE, JIM 9964............................ABRAHAMSON, F. R. 23187....................................ABRELL, G. W. 31253..............................ADAMIETZ, DAVID 24018..........................ADAMIETZ, PHILIP J. 20545..............................ADAMS, DAVID W. 26124..........................ADDINGTON, DON V. 32126...................AHLSTROM, TIMOTHY J. 18454.............................AHRENS, HAROLD 7782...................AIDE ESTATE, ROBERT F. 33254.......................................AIN DAH ING 32268...............................ALBERT, JOHN R. 32177...........................ALBERTSON, DEDO 15534.................ALBRECHT ESTATE, R. O. 28865........................ALDEN, KATHLEEN Y. 2013...............................ALDEN, RAYMOND 22843............................ALDEN, WILLIAM J. 28615..................................ALEH, BETTY J. 32943....................ALEXANDER, MAURICE 25555........................ALFORD, RAYETTE L. 11230..............................ALLARD, DONALD 31807..............................ALLEN, KENNETH 30314......................ALLEN JR., DONALD L. 26036............................ALLISON, STANLEY 33150.........................ALSTADT, RAYMOND 27651.............................ALTHOFF, CAROLE 33869..............................AMACHER, BRIAN 24352.......AMERICAN FEED & LIVESTOCK 24992.................AMERY MASONIC LODGE 29067........AMERY SERVICE AGENCY INC. 31988.......................................AMES, DAVID 28141...................................AMEY, TERRY I. 28977. . . .AMONDSON-WILSON, SHELLY D. 25573.......................AMUNDSON, DAVID C. 26804........................AMUNDSON, EARL D. 12680................AMUNDSON, RAYMOND F. 28877. . . .AMUNDSON ESTATE, HELMER R. 33859............................ANDERSEN, ALLEN 30222.............................ANDERSEN, LINDA 29415..........................ANDERSEN, RAMON 31132........................ANDERSON, DAVID E. 29869........................ANDERSON, DAVID P. 16780..........................ANDERSON, DENNIS 12508.......................ANDERSON, EDITH M. 23580..........................ANDERSON, EMIL R. 27765...................ANDERSON, EUGENE M. 20340..................ANDERSON, EVERETT A. 27425........................ANDERSON, GARY N. 27719............................ANDERSON, IRENE 15679.................ANDERSON, ISABELLE V. 25248......................ANDERSON, JAMES E. 32506.......................ANDERSON, JAMES L. 27854.........................ANDERSON, JEAN R. 25034...........................ANDERSON, JOANN 33888.........................ANDERSON, JODY L. 7313...........................ANDERSON, JOHN R. 33772....................ANDERSON, JOSEPH G. 31256........................ANDERSON, KEITH B. 16189......................ANDERSON, LLOYD W. 31645...................ANDERSON, LUCILLE C. 30260...................ANDERSON, MARILYN A. 13686................ANDERSON, MARVILLE C. 30283........................ANDERSON, MARY E. 15202.........................ANDERSON, PAUL O. 3532........................ANDERSON, PEARL G. 32790......................ANDERSON, ROGER L. 14453...................ANDERSON, RONALD A. 10674...........................ANDERSON, ROY A. 14596.......................ANDERSON, STERN F. 22690............................ANDERSON, TED E. 25544...................ANDERSON, THOMAS B. 17866...................ANDERSON, THOMAS D. 30056.....................ANDERSON, VICTOR G. 14288..............ANDERSON ESTATE, HANS 29599...........ANDERSON JR., CHARLES S. 31162..................ANDERSON-MEEDS, JILL 31287.............................ANDERT, NANCY J. 32710...........................ANDREWS, JULIE A. 32992............................ANFINSON, CAROL 10452........................ANKLAM, LAURENCE 28329..........................ANNIS, CHARLES M. 33349....................ANNUNZIATA, MICHAEL 29944............................APPEL, JOSEPH G. 18183. .APPLE RIVER CAMPGROUNDS NO. 28926...................ARCON CONST. CO. INC. 10746...........................ARETZ, RICHARD E. 29455. .ARGETSINGER EST., WALTER FSR 28738........ARIZONA & WESTERN INVEST. 31017...............ARMSBERGER, ROBERT F 7893................................ASH, RAYMOND P. 31932....................................ASP, JANET M. 31103...........................ASSINK, DEBRALEE 20783...........................ATHEN, HAROLD M. 31937...................................ATHEY, WAYNE 21886.....................................ATKINS, JANE 30572.......................AUBOL SR., KENNETH 25760.............................AUBRECHT, KAY L. 18979...........................AUDETTE, LARRY J. 18836................................AURAND, LEONE 26042.................................AUSEN, GLEN R. 90524...................AUSTVOLD, MICHAEL N. 31180....................................AZZONE, JO A. 19574...............................AZZONE, TONY R. 30786..............B & S CONSTRUCTION INC. 21274..................................BABEL, FABIAN 29757...........BACHMAN ESTATE, MARILYN 16081.................................BAEHR, PAUL L. 13530..............................BAIERL, ELLEN A. 32222.......................................BAILEY, R. S.

before August 1, 2010. You are further notified that unless you do claim such funds and provide satisfactory evidence of your right to receive the same by August 1, 2010, that these funds will be forfeited to the Cooperative.

Published this 20th day of May, 2010.

UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDITS

Name Acct. # 33629...........................BAILEY, SHIRLEY A. 31718.....................BAILEY-SEILER, LEE D. 32845.........................BAILLARGEON, ERIC 11174.......................................BAKER, C. W. 90548...................................BAKER, DAN R. 15016..............................BAKER, JAMES S. 33197...........................BAKER III, JAMES J. 23663......................................BALL, HELEN 25962...................BANBURY, JACQULYN J. 5028..............BANISTER ESTATE, MARY E. 31347...............BANK OF NEW RICHMOND 15397................BANNISTER, DOROTHY A. 29773..........BARBER ESTATE, SHIRLEY A. 28789............................BARD, KENNETH E. 22786......................BARKLIND, WALTER R. 33924...................................BARLAU, ALAN 30637......................BARNARD, DONALD C. 32180............................BARR, CHARLES A. 29114........................BARRETT, DONALD F. 23344.............................BASIL, EDWARD J. 29009.........................BATDORF, LAURA M. 32032.......................................BATES, MIKE 15135.......................................BATES, W. R. 21239...............................BAUER, ANDREW 27398..........................BAUMANN, THOMAS 33853...................................BAXTER, TROY 28584................BEARHEART, BRADLEY L. 33171.........................BEARHEART, DUANE 29642......BEARHEART ESTATE, BEVERLY 29219..........................BEAULIEU, DAVID D. 16666............................BEAUVAIS, EUNICE 33613..............................BEAVER, GARY R. 31889......................BECK JR., EDWARD G. 28209.......................................BECK, IRENE 30275................................BECKER, LEROY 31008.............................BECKER, SUSAN T 13419..........................BECKMARK, LEROY 955....................................BECVAR, FRANK 2507...........................BEDNAR, GLADYS F. 26595.................BEDNAROWSKI, KEITH P. 8795...........................BEESON, WILLIAM N. 25087........................BEISSEL, JEFFREY J. 19146....................BEKOWIES, WERNER E. 32686.....................BELANGER, BONNIE M. 24869........................BELANGER, WILLIAM 13464. . . . .BELDEN ESTATE, SYLVESTER J. 29571......................BELISLE, EULONDA R. 24156.................................BELISLE, JON A. 31466........................BELISLE, RICHARD A. 31065............................BELISLE, TERRY M. 7703.................BELISLE ESTATE, ROSE A. 29204............................BELL, BARBARA L. 25971.......................................BELL, JERRY 33295.............................BELZER, MICHEAL 2524.....................BENGSTON, JOSEPHINE 25455....................BENGTSON, VERNON L. 25024..............................BENJAMIN, FAY A. 8613.......................BENNETT, WILLARD W. 22396..........................BENNIS, RONALD E. 21199.........................BENSON, ROBERT D. 20483.........................BENSON, THOMAS J. 30809..............................BENSON, TODD R. 31081......................BENSON, WALLACE C. 29715...................................BENTLEY, JEFF 33152.........................BERCEAU, RICHARD 17367..........................BERENSCHOT, LE R. 28980...................................BERG, PAMELA 13215........................................BERG, PAUL 32141.....................................BERG, RANDY 31120....................BERGERON, STEVEN C. 32117.............................BERGIN, ISABEL J. 25435.......................BERGLIND, STEVEN J. 20734.........................BERGLUND, EBBA E. 30971....................BERGLUND, HERALD L. 30331......................BERGLUND, ISABELLE 28152...........................BERGREN, JOHN C. 33550...........................BERGSVEN, GAIL E. 20969.................BERNHARDT, JEROME G. 27540..............................BERRES, STEVEN 31488............................BERTRAND, STEVE 31278.......................................BETHEL, JIM 14900.........................BETHKE, EUGENE E. 33042........................BETTENDORF, PAULA 27816...........................BEYER, RICHARD L. 24846....................................BEYL, IRVIN A. 19469........................BIEDERMAN, ROSE P. 29945...............................BIEDRON, JAMES 28525.................BIERBRAUER, GLADYS F. 26993................................BIERMAN, DAVID 14202..........................BIERNAT, WALTER T. 33914...............................BILLER, MARK D. 18882............BILLYBOY ESTATE, VERGAL 10801........................BINANE, ALBERTA M. 31852.............................BINSFELD, KAREN 21567.........................BISSON, RICHARD L. 26862.......................BISTRAM, RICHARD P. 20035................................BITTEL, JOHN W. 31900..............................BIXBY, DARRYL R. 33776....................................BJERKE, NELL 17639..................................BJORK, BERTIL 15382...........................BJORK, GERALD D. 8587............................BJORK, HOWARD W. 28795..............................BJORK, LARRY D. 25767......................BJORNSON, NORMA J. 14709.................................BLACK, JOHN D. 33170........................BLACKBIRD, JOHN O. 30693........................BLAISDELL, RONALD 18681........BLANCH ESTATE, DOROTHY L. 31417.......................BLANCHARD, DENNIS 26519.....................................B-LAND FARM 25853.........BLANKENSHIP, KATHERINE A. 31113..............................BLIHOVDE, BETTY 29091................................BLOMS, JEAN S. 21353.....................BLOOMER, ROBERT W.

Acct. # Name 29206.............................BLOYER, CLYDE E. 27692......................................BLY, WILLIAM 29509...................................BOBECK, ALEX 31766...................................BOBECK, ALEX 33260......................BOCKLUND, KENNETH 17246................BODE ESTATE, MARIAN R. 7956......................................BODIN, ROY E. 8216............................................BOE, ROLF 32676................................BOEHM, JANELL 30460..............BOEHM ESTATE, WALLACE 27289......................................BOHL, ALLEN 29845...........................BOHMBACH, KEVIN 21744..................................BOHN, ROBERT 32569..........................................BOHR, J. A. 31890...............................BOLDT, ELMER C. 25836.............................BOLLES, LARRY J. 24794.....BOLLINGER ESTATE, GLADYS P. 31182.........................BONDELI, STEVEN H. 31940.......................BONDESON, CATHY J. 16910...................................BONG, OTTO C. 33489.............................BONG JR., ROGER 33503..........................BOOHER, DANIEL R. 29817...........................BOOKER, JAMES R. 15013..........................BOOTH, RICHARD D. 32282........................BORNMANN, RUTH A. 31261..............................BORRIS, DONALD 23757.............................BOSCH, DENNIS E. 25413.................................BOSS, RALPH F. 33732...................BOTTENSEK, TAMELA J. 32027..........................BOTTOLFSON, JEFF 8239............................BOTTOLFSON, LE R. 16119.......................BOTTOLFSON, LLOYD 32160........................BOURKE, MICHAEL S. 29521...................................BOURN, ADA S. 22299..................................BOUTELL, R. W. 32551...................BOUTELLE, CLAYTON C. 31219................................BOVEE, ROBERT 22973...............................BOWERS, MABEL 29748.......................BOWERS, PATRICIA A. 29224...........................BOWMAN, CRAIG E. 15073.......................BOXRUD, MILFORD H. 9127....................................BOYD, MARK E. 30881......................................BOYUM, JEFF 28679..........................BOYUM, JEFFREY L. 28046.................BRADSHAW, CLEMENT G. 23711.....................BRADSHAW, JUDITH A. 32021.........................BRADWAY, VALEREE 30090..........BRAITHWAIT ESTATE, DELVIN 19651..............................BRANDT, ARDIS E. 31086.............................BRANDT, CYNDY J. 29015.....................................BRANDT, G. L. 28030........................BRANDT, QUENTIN B. 28627...............BRANTNER, GERHARDT L. 31472...............................BRANVILLE, LORI 15908...............................BRAUN, EDWARD 31943............................BREMER, GEORGE 4803......................BREMER ESTATE, MATT 12656.........BRENEMAN ESTATE, LOUIS J. 32388...........................BRENIZER, MARVIN 23664..........................BRENNE, DENNIS C. 28360.................BRETTNER, JACQUELINE 33401.......................BRETZMAN, TERRY L. 32603...............................BREWER, JANICE 20264..............BREWSTER, FLORENCE M. 29258...................BREZOVEC, MARGARET 32511................................BRICKER, REX H. 7259........................BRIEGEL, KENNETH C. 11125...........................BRILL, RAYMOND F. 27615.............................BRINGS, MICHAEL 18316.........................BRISTOL, EUGENE L. 13330............BROCKMAN SR., GEORGE J. 29724......................BROKER, DELBERT G. 28526.............................BRONSTAD, GREG 20104...................BROOKSHAW, HARRY F. 33580..........................BROSE, WARREN C. 19204............................BROWN, DANIEL M. 28944.......................BROWN, DOUGLAS R. 26373...................................BROWN, ERVIN 30903...............................BROWN, FRED W. 29832..........................BROWN, GEORGE F. 16947...........................BROWN, MARIAN F. 28367.............................BROWN, NANCY A. 21542..........................BROWN, ROBERT M. 6692...............................BROWN, VIOLET Y. 24101......................................BROWN, W. J. 31507........................BROWN, WALLACE F. 17371...............BROWN ESTATE, CLARICE 10023.......................BRUMBAUGH, CLARA 30204..............................BRUNER, RUSSEL 28226................................BRUNETTE, DAN 33637...............................BRUSS, BRIAN R. 25922..................BRYNESTAD, LUCILLE P. 23598......................BRYNILSON, HARRY B. 30589.........................BUBLITZ, WALTER H. 5871............................BUCHANAN, NEIL R. 29122......................BUCHHOLZ, WAYNE M. 29628.............................BUCK, DAROLD W. 11013...................................BUCK, JACK D. 31635.................................BUCK, MELVINIA 26625.....................................BUCK, WAYNE 5537................................BUCKNER, PEARL 28773.......................BUCKREY, DONALD J. 24427...........................BUDROOT EUGENE 32063...................BUDZYNSKI, THOMAS J. 33233...........................BUGG, THOMAS JR. 31285....................BULLOCK, KENNETH R. 27387...................................BUNGE FAMILY 22730................BUNKER SR., RICHARD D. 32973................................BURDICK, KEVIN 25483..................................BURDICK, LYLE 17666............................BURGER, MATHAIS 30961.......................BURGHARD, ERICH S. 13684..........BURIAN ESTATE, MILDRED R. 30664.......................BURKLUND, MELINDA

Acct. # Name 29746.....................BURNHAM, ROBERT M. 11541...........BURRIS ESTATE, CATHERINE 15544..........................BURTON, MARIAN C. 25570..................BUSCH ESTATE, MARION 31137..........................BUSCHMANN, ANNA 24612........................BUSKIRK, DARLEYNE 33864................................BUSS, DARLENE 18031.........................BUTCHER, JAMES N. 32871.......................BUTENHOFF, EUGENE 30899.................................BUTLER, ELLEN 21773.......................BUTTON, FORREST R. 25616........................BUXTON, PAULINE M. 21516.................BYERLEY ESTATE, JAY C. 27772.............................BYLANDER, LINDA 14609..............BYSTEDT ESTATE, VERN A. 11860............................BYSTROM, IRMA C. 33618......................C. MICHAEL & CO. INC. 18207...........................CAAUWE, STANLEY 32226. . . . . .CABLEVISION OF CENTRAL WS 15507...........................CABREANA, CLYDE 33199........................CADWELL, BERNARD 32377...................................CALIN, WALLIE 9195......................CALLANDER, VIRGINIA 32536...........................CALO, BERNARDO 26297................CAMPBELL, DOUGLAS D. 33100.........................CAMPBELL, WANDA 20272....................CAMPION ESTATE, T. J. 31274......................CANFIELD, MARVIN L. 24129.............................CARESS, JOHN E. 33178...............................CAREY, KEITH D. 33459.................................CAREY, RANDY 26797.....................CARITHERS, KEVIN M. 28771.....................CARLETON, GLENN A. 24145............................CARLISLE, GUY S. 28180.......................CARLONE, ANTHONY 33074................CARLSON, CHRISTINE M. 30279................CARLSON, CLARENCE R. 24305.......................CARLSON, DANIEL C. 6040........................CARLSON, DEBORAH 29032............................CARLSON, DON E. 16475...............................CARLSON, EARL 18549.................................CARLSON, L. J. 23052......................CARLSON, LILLIAN L. 32879.....................CARLSON, ROBERT S. 5196....................CARLSON, RUDOLPH C. 23501...........CARLSON ESTATE, CARL M. 32913............................CAROLAN, KAY L .

30816..................CARPENTER, FRANCES 23822.....................CARPENTER, RUTH K. 28003....................CARPENTIER, JOHN R. 10739..................................CARR, JANE L. 11974...............................CARR, KENNETH 28475..........................CARR, WINFIELD J. 13124.................CARRINGTON, HENRY F. 29665...........................CARRUTH, DENNIS 25598..........................CARSON, HELEN L. 20576............................CARTER, MARK L. 26836.......................CARTIER, KATHLEEN 12832..................CASHMAN, CHARLES B. 33855...............................CASPER, JAMES 29278................CASTANEDA, THOMAS P. 31351...........................CASTO, MICHAL C. 32987...........................CATHRINA, BRUCE 32844...............................CATLIN, ALAN L. 31564..................................CATT, JOANNE 33832..............................CATTON, PAUL A. 31272.................CAVANAUGH, DENNIS D. 23952.......................CAVEGN, LAURENCE 32590...............................CECIL, SUSAN F. 31235........................CERNEY, ROBERT G. 25511................CERNIUS, CATHERINE M. 32499...........................CHANEY, FRANK F. 7046...................................CHARLOT, L. H. 18972.......................CHASE, DOUGLAS L. 28349.......................CHATELLE, TERRY C. 31461.........................CHELL, GERALDINE 33904...............................CHELL, LINDA R. 32026........................CHENEY, ARTHUR B. 30087..........................CHENNAUX, SALLY 23961..........CHICAG ESTATE, FLORENCE 29625..........................CHITWOOD, TERRY 25317.......................CHIVERS, CHRISTINE 20054.........................CHIVERS, RUSSELL 22721...........CHMAROWSKI, BERNARD J. 19319.....................CHOCHOLE, RICHARD 32833....................CHOUINARD, CAROL J. 30559.....................CHOUINARD, THOMAS 30356..............CHOVICKOWICH, DUSHAN 32784.............CHRISTENSEN, ANGELA R. 21420.......CHRISTENSEN, MARGARET B. 11846....................CHRISTENSEN, ROY C. 14171. . .CHRISTENSEN ESTATE, GLADYS 28102..................CHRISTENSON, DALE E. 19490...............CHRISTENSON, JAMES V. 28625........................CHRISTENSON, O. E. 32251.............CHRISTENSON, ROBERT L. 27031.........CHRISTENSON ESTATE, G. L. 32959................CHRISTIANSEN, ROBERT 28599................CHRISTIANSEN, WESTON 33702............................CHRYST, BRIAN R. 30162.............................CHUTE, JAMES A. 25786.............................CICH, PATRICIA A. 32401................CLAPP TRUST, MERLE R. 11797................................CLARK, JANE E. 8712...........................CLARK, NORMAN R. 14411.......................CLASEN, MAHLON C. 28328....................CLAUSEN, HARRIET E. 32716.....................CLEVELAND, DAVID J. 26531....................CLEVELAND, MICHAEL 25074..........................CLEWETT SR., L. F. 32944. . . . . . . .COEN ESTATE, ELIZABETH A. 24727.....................................COEY, TED R. 33029..........................COLBY, RONALD K. 28995.........COLDWELL BANKER RELOC.

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Pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes Section 185.03(10), you are hereby notified that Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative, of Centuria, Wisconsin 54824, has in its possession unclaimed funds belonging to you. You can claim these funds by contacting the Cooperative and furnishing proof of your legal interest in such funds on or

Acct. # Name 18102.........................................COLE, SUE 31776..........................COLE, SUZANNE R. 32239............................COLEMAN, BETTY 32636.....................COLEMAN, MARVIN D. 20844. .COLEMAN ESTATE, LORRAING L. 14115.............................COLLINS, PAUL D. 31451.........................COLUCCI, MICHAEL 33341.................COMSTOCK, ROBERT W. 30400.................COMSTOCK, ROLAND W. 33068............................CONE, DONALD L. 32954...........................CONE, RICHARD T. 25721......................CONGER, WILLIAM W. 32055...............................CONKLIN, BLAIR 24769....................CONKLIN, RAYMOND J. 28094............................CONLAN, FRED B. 31674...........................CONLAN, SHARON 9116..................CONNOLLEY, ELIZABETH 13927...................CONNORS, RICHARD J. 29676..........................CONROY, CLARE R. 26431................................COOK, ROBERT 19865..................................COOK, ROY W. 30362...............................COOK, SHELLEY 33279............................COOK, STEVEN D. 26706............................COOK, WILLIAM L. 20169. . . . . . .COOK ESTATE, MARGARET B. 29161............................COOK III, JOHN W. 28322....................................COON, BIABA 23832...................................COOPER, GUY 13998..........................COPPEL, HARRY C. 32581.......................CORDELL, JAMES W. 24289...................CORNELL, CHARLES H. 11914..........CORPORAAL ESTATE, HAME 31761.................CORPORATE TRANSFER 28301.....................CORRICK, PATRICK W. 31052..........................COSBY, STEVEN W. 31787.....................COSGROVE, LESLIE L. 31404....................COSSETTA, DELWIN C. 28393........................COUNTER, SCOTT J. 30694............................COUTURE, SCOTT 29505.....................COWERN, JOSEPHINE 32868..................................COY, SCOTT L. 23505..................COY ESTATE, DANIEL J. 32153...............................COYLE, JOHN D. 28698..................................CRAIG, CAROL 31410..........................CRANDELL, WAYNE 23260..........................CRAVEN, SCOTT M. 10954......................CRIST ESTATE, IRENE 32081...............................CRIVELLO, KEITH 21217................CROIXLAND PROPERTIES 16899...................................CROSS, HELEN 31371.........................CROSS, SCOTT ASR 27864...............................CROWE, KEITH J. 5697..........................CROWELL, VIOLET L. 29948...........................CROWLEY, KEVIN J. 23417........................CROWSON, LARRY A. 33206......................CRUMP, JOSEPHINE L. 33011..............................CULVER, DAVID J. 12036....................CULVER, MARGARET A. 28580..........................CULVER, SANDRA P. 26032.........................CUMMINGS, JEAN M. 8155............................CUNDIFF, DOROTHY 29365.................CUNNINGHAM, CARLA M. 13871......................................CUPER, MIKE 16021...........................CURREY, JAMES W. 29011...........................CURTIS, ALBERT R. 29158......................CURVELLO, ANTHONY 26043............................CUTTING, PAULA J. 33221....................CZEBOTAR, EUGENE M. 29588....................DABROWSKI, CHARLES 17509....................DAGESTAD, RONALD A. 16505............................DAHILL, RAYMOND 31249...........................DAHILL, THOMAS J. 30970....................................DAHL, BETH S. 18818.............................DAHL, MICHAEL R. 31912...........................DAHLIN, JEANETTE 30398..............................DAHLQUIST, DAVE 12833...............................DALE, LESTER N. 26894..............................DALY, MICHAEL R. 31354................DAMSGARD, DOUGLAS B. 33872........................DANIELS, HAROLD A. 32157...................DANIELSEN, ROBERT E. 30423..............................DARWIN, ARTHUR 31741...........................DARWIN, DEWEY M. 33237............................DAVIN, STANLEY B. 24016.................................DAVIS, HARRY J. 30872.................................DAVIS, JAMES L. 28520...............................DAVIS, JUDITH G. 27935..............................DAVIS, RUFORD T. 24088.......................DAVIS JR., GEORGE T. 29308........................DAVISON, VERNON L. 14752...............................DE JAGER, JOHN 33659.....................DE SPIEGELAERE, RAY 31640..........................DE VRIES, KENNETH 33745.......................DEAN, ALEXANDRA R. 29876....................................DEARING, L. L. 28459.......................DEASON, KATHALEEN 29784...........................DEER LAKE LODGE 29522.................DEERING JR., HARTLAND 9270.......................................DEETZ, RAY L. 31682...........................DEGNER, DEBRA D. 32621.........................DEHMER, ADOLPH C. 33324................................DEITCH, JOHN C. 32997................................DEJOODE, TONY 19567...............DELANDER, LAWRENCE E. 33687..............................DELANDER, ROSE 6511................................DENECKE, HENRY 30013..........................DENOMIE, JAMES O. 11593......................DENSMORE, JAMES M. 32822.....................................DEPPA, TERRI 32110...........................DERRICK, BEVERLY 30684.................................DERRICK, MARK 32994....................DES JARDINS, SHERRIE 23491............................DESLER, RALPH R. 33822..................................DETAR, PAUL R.

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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE OF FUNDS HELD BY POLK-BURNETT ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE UNLESS CLAIMED BY OWNER Acct. # Name 32287..............................DEWAR, CRAIG M. 33355.................................DEXTER, JERRY 33397............................DICKMAN, CARL R. 27895.................................DICKSON, EDNA 29017...........................DIERS, KENNETH H. 6900...........................DIEVENEY, FRANK J. 30092...............................DINGES, JOSEPH 4025.........................DITLEFSEN, LLOYD E. 31921......................................DIVINE, ANDA 24442............................DIVINE, DONALD R. 30936..................................DIX, ROBERT C. 32411..............................DIXEY, WILLIAM B. 26840...........................DOBOSZ, BRUNO C. 31679.....................DOBRAVA, RICHARD D. 29641........DOCKENDORF-BROWN, CINDY 18149.................................DOE, ERNEST E. 7901.................................DOELTZ, RUTH M. 32013....................DOERFLER, GEORGE A. 30447..............................DOGGETT, JAMES 33309.........................................DOIG, JOHN 8947...........................DOLL, LAWRENCE H. 30955............DOLLESLAGER, THOMAS C. 26108........................DOMASK JR., ROGER 20303. . . . .DOMRESE ESTATE, JERROLD E. 32381...............DONAHUE ESTATE, KATHY 26262...............................DOOLIN, JOHN P. 23594......................DOPKINS, RICHARD E. 30848..............DOREA PEACE COMM. INC. 32964................................DORIOTT, DON E. 32700............................DORIOTT, LEIANNE 11582.......................DORIOTT, STANLEY E. 26644...........................DORNSEIF, JUNE G. 33728.......................DORWEILER, ROBERT 10160................................DOSCH, ROBERT 29361.................................DOSSIER, LINDA 25880.......................DOUCETTE, DUANE L. 30084...........................DOUCOUMUS, MIKE 10544..................................DOUGLAS, S. C. 11579.................DOUGLASS, FREDERIK C. 32626............................DOWNS, DENNIS A. 9700....................................DRAKE, CLARA 32291..........................DRAVES, RONALD J. 15869.........................DRINKWINE, LYNN E. 33244......................DU FRESNE, BETTY J. 28039..................DUCHARME, PHILEMON 33528.........................DUEHOLM, WILLIAM 27343............................DUERSCHERL, JOE 15932...................DUESTERHOEFT, DARYL 29243...............................DUFF, EUGENE J. 13908................................DUFFY, BETTY H. 31229........................DUGSTAD, BRUCE W. 31847..............................DULON, RICHARD 17754..............................DUNN, CHANEY C. 14141....................................DUPAY, ADA G. 32234...........................DUTILLY, ROGER M. 30146...............................DYKES, LARRY D. 33730. . . .EAU CLAIRE SCREEN GRAPHICS 16648....................EBERHARD, ROBERT J. 28466....................EBERTOWSKI, DAVID R. 32922................................EBSEN, JULIE M. 32526............................ECKBERG, JOAN L. 20528...............................ECKERMAN, H. L. 15504...............ECKLIN FORD EQUIPMENT 31475...........................ECKLUND, TYRONE 31372................................EDABURN, FERN 32801...............................EDGETT, GARY C. 31907.......................................EDIN, SCOTT 20432...................................EDLER, GRACE 26052......................EDSTROM, ROBERT G. 27832.......................EDWARDS, LESTER E. 32082..........................EFFERTZ, JUDITH A. 29884...................................EGAN, JOHN V. 26375..........................EGELAND, DORIS E. 12450...................EGELAND, RAYMOND H. 28792....................EGGERS, ELIZABETH J. 19939............................EHLKE, ARTHUR R. 33050...............................EICHTEN, NANCY 7315.......................EINERSON, ELWOOD L. 26210........................ELBAOR, RICHARD A. 21664.............................ELDRED, MICHAEL 29412..............................ELFSTRUM, ALAN 18823..........................ELLGAARD, ERIK G. 23144.......................ELLINGSON, DINAH L. 18525............................ELLIOTT, FLOYD C. 31694..........................ELTON, MARLENE A. 30160................................EMERY, EDWARD 17216...........................EMERY, GEORGE C. 32248.....................................EMERY, VAL J. 32479.....................ENGLERT, WILLARD W. 28073.........................ENGSTROM, DENNIS 23948.............................ENNIS, THOMAS J. 31773............................ERICHSEN, BRUCE 33675...........................ERICKSEN, VICKI R. 3130.....................ERICKSEN ESTATE, TED 29028.....................ERICKSON, ROBERT C. 27369.................................ERICKSON, RON 30492.....................ERICKSON, RONALD N. 18550........................ERICKSON, STANLEY 24547.......ERICKSON ESTATE, GERALD L. 31077..........................ERICSON, ROGER C. 11955.................................ERLITZ, MARY E. 31098.....................................ERWIN, MARY 19987........................ESPELIEN, ANGELINE 11836............ESPELIEN/GILES, ANGELINE 15576.........................ETTEN, MATTHEW G. 30217.................................ETTER, WILLIAM 13964.....................................EVANS, JOSIE 24616...................................EVANS, ROGER 29564......................EVENSVOLD, ARVID B. 5426..............................EVERSON ARTHUR 17829.....................................EWEN, RITA E. 33403.......................................EWER, KYLE 27641.............................EYUNNI, VIJAYA R. 20351...........................FACKLAM, LINDA L.

before August 1, 2010. You are further notified that unless you do claim such funds and provide satisfactory evidence of your right to receive the same by August 1, 2010, that these funds will be forfeited to the Cooperative.

Published this 20th day of May, 2010.

UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDITS

Acct. # Name 33546. . . . . . .FARM CREDIT BK. OF ST. PAUL 31930......................FARMERS HOME ADM. 12061...................FARRINGTON, JAMES M. 32948...........FASHINGBAUER, ROBERT P. 17334......................FASTNER JR., FRED E. 32945.....FBS MORTGAGE CORPORATION 29166....................FEATHERSTON, LYLE E. 4669. . . .FEDERATED YOUTH FOUNDATION 3799. . . .FEDERATED YOUTH FOUNDATION 11442. .FEDERATED YOUTH FOUNDATION 1718. . . .FEDERATED YOUTH FOUNDATION 6558. . . .FEDERATED YOUTH FOUNDATION 7834. . . .FEDERATED YOUTH FOUNDATION 15750. .FEDERATED YOUTH FOUNDATION 20452. .FEDERATED YOUTH FOUNDATION 21396. .FEDERATED YOUTH FOUNDATION 26312. .FEDERATED YOUTH FOUNDATION 28447. .FEDERATED YOUTH FOUNDATION 32016...............................FELLING, DENNIS 18429...................FENELON TRUST, DORIS 29368....................FENTON, ELIZABETH M. 15874.........................FERDERER, ROBERT 29840................FERNANDES, EDWARD M. 16970...................FERRIER ESTATE., M. M. 18409......................FEYEREISEN, JOHN W. 31405.............................FIDDLER, KEITH D. 33270...................................FINN, CAROL J. 29456....................................FINN, THOMAS 32885....................................FINN, THOMAS 31634.......................FINSTAD, RANDALL J. 31941.................FIRST MN SAVINGS BANK 32106.........................FISCHER, ALBERT L. 32653..........................FISCHER, CURTIS R. 15245..................................FISCHER, ELSIE 12019..............................FISH, CLAYTON E. 31097..........................FISHER, ELIZABETH 17497................................FISHER, JOHN E. 33235.......................FJORDEN, JODEEN R. 27302........................FLATUM, MICHAEL G. 32957..................................FLAVIN, CAROL 24781..................................FLEETWAY INC. 18178. . . . .FLEISCHHACKER JR., FRANK R. 27256........................FLORENCE, DAVID W. 33193.........................FLYGSTAD, DEAN W. 31824...................FOGELBERG, BONNIE A. 9164...............................FOLEY, ROBERT J. 24249..........................FONTAINE, DONALD 23853........................FORKES, HARRIET E. 9334.........................FORNENGO, DOMINIC 32312..........................FORREST, BRYON N. 32976.......................FORREST, MICHAEL L. 29208........................FORREST, STEVEN A. 24076.................................FORSE JR., C. H. 33275.....................................FOSMO, DE S. 18535..............................FOSTER, AUDRI J. 18690...........................FOSTER, RAYMOND 24443..........................FOSTER, ROBERT J. 25590..............FOWLER ESTATE, SHARON 30652..........................................FOX, DAVID 29542....................FRANTZEN, MICHAEL A. 25597................................FRASCONE, LEO 21324..........................FREBERG, LLOYD S. 29601.......................FREBERG, RONALD L. 32468..........................FREDERICKS, DAVID 26572..............FREDRICKSEN, RANDAL K. 30487................FREDRICKSON, JAMES M. 32831.................................FREEL, DELMAR 25658............................FRENK, WILLIAM J. 31861......................FRETHEIM, RONALD L. 32649........................................FREY, GREG 32273...............................FRICK, FRANCES 33155.............................FRIEL, MICHAEL A. 33079........................FRIESEN, FRANCIS C. 17890........................FROEMING, EDWARD 32771....................................FROID, JON M. 33588.......................FROKJER, CLARENCE 15677....................................FROST, VIVIAN 30842.......................................FRY, PAUL R. 31985...................................FUCHS, LARRY 31223.............................FULLER, JAMES R. 31711...............................FULLER, JOHN C. 30301....................................FULLER, RETA 32765........................................FUNNE, TOM 27329..........................FURUHOLMEN, LILA 32219..................................FUSS, RICHARD 30290...............G. C. FREEDOM INSTITUTE 31313..................................GACKLE, GREG 30814..............................GAITHER, DANIEL 16007.....................................GALL, LAURA 32996.................................GALL, MARTY R. 26103.........................GALLUP, RONALD G. 30226...............................GALUSKA, ANNIE 31717.............................GANZ, MICHAEL L. 32838.......................GAPPINGER, CARL M. 20806..............................GARNER, MARIAN 33113........................GARRITY, THOMAS B. 31022..............................GATLIN, RICHARD 32904..........................GATLIN, RICHARD A. 22870.......................GAUDETTE, DUANE S. 33831.........................GAUSMAN, CRAIG A. 30150...............................GAUSTAD, BRIAN 18596..........................GAUVIN, ROBERT D. 29087....................................GAY, RICHARD 23765..............................GEARIN, MARK G. 26320.........................GEENEN, WILLIAM T. 25627............................GEHRKE, SCOTT H. 32573.........................GEHRMAN, DIANE M. 32286.............................GEHRMAN, JAMES 32452.............................GEHRMAN, TRACY 22811..........................GEIGER, GEORGE E. 33354...................................GEIS, HERMAN 27340.............................GEORGE, KARL W. 31437..............................GERGEN, JOHN E. 31863.................................GERLACH, PAUL

Acct. # Name 30526..................................GERMAIN, ERIC 28404.........................GERMAINE, GREG R. 7627...............GERMANN ESTATE, NADINE 25439.............................GIBSON, JAMES D. 18798............................GILBERT, LLOYD S. 18866.............................GILBERT, LOUIS P. 32378.....................................GILL, ALVIN R. 33666................................GILLEN, ARTHUR 12288....................................GILLER, GARY 30643...................................GILLES, LEE M. 90578..................GILLSTROM JR., PAUL R. 31858..........................GILMORE, DARNELL 30560................................GILPIN, HAROLD 27869...............................GINKEL, DAVID E. 10690................GIOSSI ESTATE, JAMES C. 23314...................GIOVANNINI, WILLIAM F. 8107.................................GITS, WILFRED E. 33560...............................GLASGOW, VICKI 3147..............................GLAUBITZ, MERLIN 22454..................GLEATON, LAWRENCE L. 4357.........................GLOWACKI, HENRY S. 16067..................GOEPFERT JR., JOHN M. 33795..........................GOERKS, DANIEL M. 31019......................GOETTSCHE, JOHN W. 31563....................................GOETZ, STEVE 26334.............GOETZ ESTATE, EDWARD F. 28955...............................GOLDBERG, BEN 26234...................GOLDBERGER, EMMA L. 19456............................GOLDEN, LARRY P. 6993.....................GOLDIE AGENCY, SELVA 23397.......................GOLDMAN, DOUGLAS 24236.....................GOLDMAN, WILLIAM H. 30190...............................GOMAN, JOHN D. 7694.............................GOMULAK, JOHN V. 27759..................GOODMANSON, ROSS A. 25112........................GOODWIN, DANIEL R. 32727..........................GORDON, HYMEN S. 24715..................................GOUCHER, C. J. 32853................................GOULET, DONNA 29739.....................................GOULET, LEW 32046.............GRACE DEVELOPMENT CO. 7735..........................................GRAFF, A. J. 24417............................GRAFF, BERTHA M. 21513.......................GRAHAM, BURNIST B. 30805...........................GRAHAM, DERRICK 22137..............................GRANDE, ARLENE 26982.......................GRANQUIST, ORVILLE 31838...................................GRANT, JAMES 29136..............................GRAVEN, OLAF D. 27033.......................GRAVNING, JUDITH E. 27783..................................GRAY, IRVING L. 7628...............GREB ESTATE, RAYMOND J. 21354...........................GREEDER, SALLY J. 26025.................................GREEN, EVELYN 3388.................................GREEN, KERMITT 33451..........................GREEN, STANLEY N. 32708...............................GREEN, THOMAS 32343.....................................GREEN, VICKI 27092..............GREEN ESTATE, LORRAINE 17025.............................GREENWELL, T. H. 26358.....................GREFFIN, HERBERT W. 33072......................GREINER, SYLVESTER 24584........................GRENIER, WILLIAM J. 31070..................GRIESBACH, ROBERT W. 27208...........................GRIFFIN, BARBARA 21631.........................GRIFFIN, PATRICK M. 33035.............................GRIMH, ROLAND G 28066..............................GRISHAM, RICK E. 33571...................GROETSCH, MICHAEL J. 29909........................GROETTUM, TERESA. 27230..........................GRONSKI, JUDITH A. 4458..................GROSSKREUTZ, HERMAN 32318.............................GROSSMAN, ANDY 30006..............................GROTH, ADELE E. 32414.............................GRUBBS, WILLIAM 30035........................GRUBER, RONALD H. 29906...................GRUBER-LECHNER, KIM 21573......................GRUNEWALD, FRED L. 11976................................GRUNKE, HELEN 32481...............................GUICE, HENRY W. 23611..................GULLICKSON, DANIEL M. 32898......................GULLICKSON, DIANNE 24326..........................GULLICKSON, JOHN 22851.....................GULLICKSON, ROBERT 29524...........................GUNDERSON, JACK 33612......................GUNTHER, THOMAS J. 33847...............................GURROLA, DAVID 29780........................GUSTAFSON, DALE L. 14380................................GUTZMER, RUTH 24840.....................GYDESEN, GORDON W. 13611..........................HAAG, RAYMOND G. 31641............................HAATVEDT, DUANE 25669..........HABERLE ESTATE, MURIEL E. 12162.......................................HACKEN, ED 18701.......................HACKER, KENNETH E. 30282.........................HACKER, ROBERT E. 23780.................................HACKING, EARL 31245...............HACKLER SR., THOMAS M. 31603..........................HAFDAHL, RICHARD 22777...................HAFERBECKER, ALAN I. 4036................................HAGEN, CLARA J. 33388...................................HAGEN, DAN E. 18008...........................HAGEN, ROBERT D. 30523......................HAGSTROM, LYNNE M. 32909.......................HALBACH, GERALD P. 32244...................................HALL, DAVID B. 30009.......................................HALL, JIMMY 33004.............................HALL, RICHARD D. 32852.......................HALLERMANN, JERRY 28592.............................HALMSTAD SALES 18703........................HALVERSON, FERN P. 32768................HALVERSON, RICHARD B. 28989...........................HAMER, ROBERT H. 29376................................HAMLIN, AMELIA

Acct. # Name 25276............................HANISCH, PHILIP J. 27793................................HANNAH, CASEY 31175...........................HANSEN, FRANCES 26161..............................HANSEN, GLEN D. 20373...................................HANSEN, JUNE 32101.............................HANSEN, KEITH R. 11140..............................HANSEN, LUCILLE 15201.............................HANSEN, MARTHA 29980................................HANSEN, RON E. 26654............................HANSEN, RUSSELL 19168...........................HANSEN, WAYNE A. 33088..........................HANSON, BONNIE K. 33576.............................HANSON, DAWN E. 30277............................HANSON, JAMES L. 29193.............................HANSON, KIRBY L. 33417............................HANSON, LUCINDA 30550....................................HANSON, RITA 30981..........................HANSON, ROGER D. 32878..............................HANSON, TODD R. 33597...........................HANSON, WAYNE L. 24254.............................HARDEN, DONALD 25592................HARDEN ESTATE, ALVA K. 32650...........................HARDING, ANITA M. 33500..................................HARER, LOUISE 33697......................HARER, MARSHALL H. 32006..............................HARER, ROSETTA 32659.......................HARMON, GORDON T. 25416............HARMON BROS. CONSTINC. 18744.................HARPER SR., WILLIAM T. 22262............HARRINGTON, MARJORIE M. 32276................HARRINGTON, VINCENT J. 33240..............HARRINGTON, YVONNE M. 27153..........................HARRIS, DONALD D. 32827..................................HARRIS, KAY H. 30115................HART ESTATE, JOSEPH E. 33246..................................HARTMAN, BILL 29511..........................HARTMAN, WILLIAM 15637.............................HARTWIG, EVELYN 11621..........................HARTWIG, FLOYD M. 32561.........................HARVEY, ELIZABETH 33427......................HARVIEUX, DARCEY A. 12492............HARVIEUX ESTATE, VIOLA L. 23509..............................HASKIN, DAVID W. 32281............................HAUBLE, LEROY M. 31276...........................HAUGE, PATRICIA J. 26728.............................HAUGE, ROGER L. 5700...............HAUGEN ESTATE, PHEBE S. 28372.................HAUGERUD, CHARLES L. 30229...........................HAUKENESS, JOHN 33070..........................HAUSMAN, DAVID A. 30527..............................HAVATONE, MYNA 7284...............................HAVLISH, ROSE M. 15144..........................HAWKINS, JAMES F. 19582............................HAWLEY, RICHARD 32334....................HAWTHORNE, VICKIE D. 33635..........................HAYEK, EDWARD W. 31869....................................HAYLE, BUD H. 28309..................HAZELDEN FOUNDATION 17650................HAZEN ESTATE, LEONA G. 30828......................................HEALY, JOHN 32034.....................HEDINGER, THOMAS J. 30020..........................HEDRICK, ROSALYN 32704..................................HEGG, MARK H. 23003..........................HEGGE, MICHAEL D. 33704.................................HEGGE, MIKE D. 13171...HEGSTRAND ESTATE, ARTHUR H. 19704.....................HEIDEMAN ELIZABETH 16919...................................HEIDTKE, EMIL 17572..............................HEILIG, DOROTHY 30363..........................HELGET, JOSEPH R. 27226.....................................HELLEM, CON 29508.........................HELLER, DELIGHT R. 30516.......................HELM JR., WARREN L. 31531.................................HELME, STEVEN 12277...........................HEMBD, THOMAS E. 26818......................HEMESATH, JUDITH H. 21488..................HENDRICKS, ELIZABETH 25148...............HENDRICKSON, DOUGLAS 31400.............HENDRICKSON, DUANNE M. 15104.......................HENDRICKSON, RUTH 24818.............HENDRICKSON, THOMAS O. 19414.....................HENNINGS, WILLIAM H. 31114................................HENNIS, MARNIE 32965..................................HENRY, JOHN F. 30642............................HENRY, WILLIAM A. 24652.............................HENSEL, RICHARD 29446......................HENTHORNE, JOHN W. 24503.............................HERBERT, ALAN J. 28970.........................HERICKS, PHILLIP W. 32795.............................HERLACHE, MARY 11508.............HEROLD ESTATE, LOUISE F. 30639.........................HERRIGES, THOMAS 31448....HERROLD, DANIELSON/VICKIE L. 10002..............................HERZOG, JOHN C. 23034.......................................HESS, DAVID 29781.............................HESS, DEBORAH I. 33896............................HESS, RAYMOND J. 31446.......................HESS MORIS, SARA D. 27917.................HESTDALEN, GORDON A. 33763............................HETFELD, CARL W. 31053............................HETKE, DONALD S. 30117....................................HEXOM, DAVID 30772...................HEYDMANN, WILLIAM H. 10562..........................HEYWOOD, JOHN D. 30721.....................HEYWOOD, THOMAS R. 28762...................................HIBBS, GLORIA 27512........................................HICKEY, F. J. 15643...............................HICKOK, DAVID F. 32656...........................HIGHSTROM, KEVIN 24459...............................HILE, TERESSA L. 29247...............................HILL, MICHAEL E. 32505...............................HILL, THOMAS W. 31592..........................HILLBECK, PHILIP D. 11245......HINKFUSS ESTATE, WALTER W.

511477 39L

Pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes Section 185.03(10), you are hereby notified that Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative, of Centuria, Wisconsin 54824, has in its possession unclaimed funds belonging to you. You can claim these funds by contacting the Cooperative and furnishing proof of your legal interest in such funds on or

Acct. # Name 15605.............HINTERTHUER, HOWARD R. 29471...................................HINZ, LARRY J. 29624.........................HIPKINS, ROBERT R. 25261.........................HIRSCH, GEORGE M. 27908.............................HIRSCH, JAMES A. 31088...........................HITCHENS, GLEN R. 12358.......................................HIX, CELIA V. 29786..................HOCHSTETLER, ALAN R. 32355.....................HOCHSTETLER, ROY V. 33142..................HOCHSTETLER, TERESA 30085...........................HOELSCHER, JULIE 32715...............................HOEMBERG, PAM 30322.......................HOEMKE, MICHAEL R. 13157.....................HOFBAUER, JOSEPH L. 20669...............................HOFF, ROBERT A. 32883...................................HOFF, RONALD 31066...................................HOGAN, DAWN 33483.............................HOGAN, JAMES H. 30113................................HOGAN, LESTER 29697...........................HOGLUND, JOHN C. 16549.................................HOILAND, ROSE 30946..................HOISINGTON, ROBERT F. 20951.......................HOKANSON, DONALD 31962.......................HOLLAND, MARION A. 4716...........................................HOLMBERG 17840....................HOLMBERG, ALBERT E. 21989........................HOLMBERG, ELLEN I. 30410..................................HOLMES, JOHN 31157..............................HOLT, CHARLES J. 33032.......................................HOLT, HAL P. 28140...........................................HOLT, JON 27137..................................HOLT, RALPH T. 24473..........HOLT, DIANNA L. (ERICKSON) 29128...............................HOLTER, JOHN C. 32165.......................HONERBRINK, RANDY 20845............................HONTS, ALBERT A. 15697......................................HOOD, DORIS 30273...........................HOOPLE, BRADLEY 14589..........................HOOVER, LINNEA N. 22828...........................HOPKINS, MILDRED 20257..................................HOPPE, MAYSIE 31109....................HOPPE SR., MICHAEL E. 8124..............HORNS ESTATE, HOWARD L. 16106...............HORSCHKE ESTATE, RUTH 32100........................HORSMANN, LYNN M. 27865............................HORTON, JAMES T. 8193.............................HOUSE, GORDON L. 30753.................................HOWARD, GARY 21093.......................................HOWE, JOHN 28268........................HUBACHER, DAVID F. 25517............................HUDALLA, EVERLY 24262.........................HUEBNER, KAREN A. 19644............................HUFF SR., EDDIE L. 30237......................HUGHES, CHARLES B. 19921...........................HUGHES, JAMES O. 8658................................HUGHES, JANE D. 31966.................................HUGHES, KEVIN 33846.......................HUISMAN, THOMAS J. 30670...........................HULSETHER, MARK 17438................................HUMPAL, FRANK 28277..........HUNDLEY-CLARK, FOREST P. 31380...............................HUNT, SHERYL D. 90456......................................HUNTER, TED 7146..............................HURLEY, JAMES M. 28460.............................HUSEBY, GAYLE L. 24221........................HUTCHINS, RUSSELL 25594..........HUTCHINS ESTATE, FRANK L. 32576..................................HUTSON, DUKE 30927........................HUTTON, RICHARD A. 15710. . .HUTTON JR. ESTATE, GEORGE N. 32837.....................HYLAND, LORRAINE R. 12452...............................HYLLE, ORLAF B. 31666................................ICARD, JOYCE L. 31504..........................................IMAN, LOIS 27811.......................INDIAN CREEK STORE 31620...................................INGOLE, DIANA 33056...................................INSILCO CORP. 33700.......................................IRWIN, JOHN 24591............................ISAKSON, KEVIN L. 26856........................IVANISZYN, STEPHEN 28714.........................IVERSON, DANIEL M. 16789.............................IVERSON, PAUL M. 17414.............................IWASZKO, BERT A. 28347.......................................J.E.D. INC. O. 31742.......................................JACK, CHRIS 29701....................JACKSON, CHARLES S. 13242...................JACKSON, WALLACE M. 17768.....................................JACOB, GARY 30387.................................JACOBER, JEFF 33875..............................JACOBSEN, CARL 30744.....................JACOBSON, DONNA M. 14771........................JACOBSON, JOHN W. 31864..............................JACOBY, DAVID A. 14556..................................JAGUSCH, BUD 30021..............................JAHNSEN, JUDITH 21326.......................JAMISON, MICHAEL J. 14679.......JAMISON WILLIAMS, NORMA N. 3262....................................JANSEN, DAVID 11940.............................JANTZEN, HARVEY 32655...............................JARRELL, RENEA 33794......................JASKEN, BARBARA M. 32052......................JASPERSON, DONALD 12152................JASTROW, THEODORE W. 26976........................JECHOREK, JERRY F. 31622....................................JEDLICKI, J. B. 18384. .JEHOVAH EVANG. LUTH. CHURCH 23103................JENDERNY, LAWRENCE E. 20706......................................JENKIN, H. M. 21657.....................JENNINGS, WILLIAM M. 29630..............................JENSEN, DAVID E. 29450.................................JENSEN, JAMES 5769...............................JENSEN, JAMES P. 32235............................JENSEN, KAREN R. 23584..........................JENSEN, LAURITZ P.

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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE OF FUNDS HELD BY POLK-BURNETT ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE UNLESS CLAIMED BY OWNER Acct. # Name 28147.........................JENSEN, MILDRED L. 31981.............................JENSEN, STEVE H. 28325.........................JENSEN, THOMAS D. 10586..........................JENSEN BROTHERS 11070.............JENSEN ESTATE, WINIFRED 27041...................JERMASEK, EDWARD C. 15409...............................JEWELL, JOHN L. 6714.................................JILES, LORRAINE 2995.......................................JOHN, ARDEN 9294............................JOHN ESTATE, PAUL 27071......JOHNSEN ESTATE, CHESTER R. 23869.....................JOHNSON, ANNETTE J. 29883.....................JOHNSON, ANNETTE R. 29566..........................JOHNSON, ARVID D. 29184........................JOHNSON, BEATRICE 31082............................JOHNSON, BONNIE 33773........................JOHNSON, BONNIE L. 30373............................JOHNSON, BURT A. 30894................................JOHNSON, CARL 33315....................JOHNSON, CAROLYN M. 31478....................JOHNSON, CLIFFORD T. 26814.........................JOHNSON, CRAIG M. 25417........................JOHNSON, CURTIS L. 23796............................JOHNSON, DALE P. 33447..............................JOHNSON, DAN J. 16771........................JOHNSON, DURELL F. 9749.........................JOHNSON, ERNEST A. 29477...........................JOHNSON, GARY A. 26751...........................JOHNSON, GARY E. 33387...........................JOHNSON, GENE A. 29960......................JOHNSON, GERALD A. 20238......................JOHNSON, GORDON J. 1472................................JOHNSON, HAZEL 3281...........................JOHNSON, HELEN M. 24026.........................JOHNSON, JAMES C. 23020..........................JOHNSON, JAMES J. 32062.............................JOHNSON, JANINE 33676......................JOHNSON, JEANNIE P. 32699.......................JOHNSON, JEROME P. 32648................................JOHNSON, JODY 31911............................JOHNSON, JOHN E. 28043................................JOHNSON, JUDY 29966.........................JOHNSON, LAURA M. 29266....................JOHNSON, LENNART G. 31663............................JOHNSON, LOLA G. 30420...........................JOHNSON, MARK E. 23803......................JOHNSON, MARTHA B. 6848.........................JOHNSON, MARTIN C. 28675........................JOHNSON, MARVIN L. 5746.............................JOHNSON, MARYAN 29167............................JOHNSON, PATTI A. 6379...........................JOHNSON, PEARL M. 10120.......................JOHNSON, PHYLLIS J. 31252....................JOHNSON, REBECCA L. 18339.....................JOHNSON, RICHARD V. 24604......................JOHNSON, ROBERT E. 29535.......................JOHNSON, ROBERT J. 24005.......................JOHNSON, ROBERT T. 32278.........................JOHNSON, ROYAL C. 27235......................JOHNSON, STEVEN W. 29435........................JOHNSON, SYLVIA M. 29941..........................JOHNSON, THOMAS 29033...........................JOHNSON, TODD M. 23653................................JOHNSON, TRYN 31977.......................JOHNSON, WALTER L. 27442.............................JOHNSON, WAYNE 26395.........................JOHNSON, ROGER L. 2240...................JOHNSON ESTATE, ALMA 3487...............JOHNSON ESTATE, CARL V. 16294............JOHNSON ESTATE, CORA H. 2774.............JOHNSON ESTATE, HELEN E. 3787...........JOHNSON ESTATE, INGVAR H. 19690...............JOHNSON SR., ROBERT W. 14121...........JOHNSON, MYRA (MRS. REX) 17966.................JOHNSRUD ESTATE, INEZ 33627.......................................JOLLY, GARY 33625..............................JONAS, JAMES R. 25827........................................JONES, AVIS 27905..................................JONES, DICK D. 32170............................JONES, GERALD E. 24902..........................JONES, KENNETH R. 21118.......................................JONES, LE R. 32940..................................JORDON, FRITZ 3961.........JORGENSEN ESTATE, EINAR C. 16274.............JORGENSEN SR., WILLIE D. 6926...............................JORGENSON, C. E. 16347.................JORGENSON, DWAYNE L. 26889.......................JORGENSON, RENEEH 33269...........................JOSEPHS, THOMAS 14482......................JOSWIAK, MARGARET 26759.............................JOTBLAD, DALE E. 14331.........................KAASE, JOHANNE H. 25236.............................KABERNA, FRANK 29981...................................KACZUR, GEZA 29506..................................KAHL, GEORGE 22589.............................KAHOUN, WILLIAM 30232..........................KALDAHL, TERRY E. 32974......................KAMMERUD, JEFFERY 19463.......................KANER, MARSHALL S. 32487...............................KARI, GERALD W. 10001.....................KARINEN, RAYMOND S. 24611..................................KARL, RHONDA 25352.....................................KASMA, AIMO 20488.........................KASTORFF, HILDA H. 29825...............................KATKE, MICHAEL 29109.........................KATTLEMAN, JACKIE 24035.....................KATTLEMAN, SCOTT L. 25030..............................KAUL, ROBERT A. 23736...................KAWALSKE, MILDRED A. 10474...................................KECK, HARLEY 33788.................KECKHAFER, ROBERT G. 31128...................................KEENAN, JOHN 27606......................................KEITH, DAVID 30451...................................KELL, THOMAS

before August 1, 2010. You are further notified that unless you do claim such funds and provide satisfactory evidence of your right to receive the same by August 1, 2010, that these funds will be forfeited to the Cooperative.

Published this 20th day of May, 2010.

UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDITS

Acct. # Name 32703............................KELLER, KENNETH 27996..................KELLERMAN, GERALD E. 19793................................KELLOGG, JOHN 32121................................KELLY, FRANK L. 7060............................KELLY ESTATE, MAE 31550.................................KENDALL, JOHN 30590.............................KENDALL, MILTON 29533..............................KENNEDY, MABLE 28104...............................KENOW, DONALD 26832.......................KEPHART, RONALD F. 23526...............................KESTER, CARL R. 31297................................KESTER, WAYNE 29892....................KETTERLING, PERRY H. 29752............................KEYES, DONALD J. 23090.......................KEZER ESTATE, JOHN 18297...............................KIDDER, GLADYS 29377............................KIEFFER, TERRY A. 29932..................................KIEREN, BARRY 30379..................................KILMER, ROBIN 19981....................................KING, GARY L. 22748..................................KING, JAMES L. 30173...............................KING, PATRICK H. 26380. . .KING EAGLE ESTATE, SHARON J. 28822...................KINNEMANN, LORRAINE 33353...............................KINZEL, WARREN 33327...........................KIPER, CHARLES E. 29950..............................KIRK, RICHARD L. 26324.....................KITCHEL ESTATE, LOIS 29339.................KITTLESON, BERNARD H. 23842.......................KLEIN JR., ARTHUR J. 27794........................................KLEM, JOHN 11215............................KLEMANN, JUNE O. 26048...............................KLEVEN, CHERYL 27743..................................KLINE, DELMAR 30907..................................KLINGLER, KEN 29197..........................KLITZKE, BARBARA 32887..............................KLOCKE, GENE J. 21087........................KLOPOTEK, DAVID R. 18808............................KNAUF, ROBERT F. 28391............................KNUDSEN, JEAN D. 30110............................KNUDSON, PHILLIP 13891.............................KOBLAS, EUGENE 30166.......................................KOCH, GREG 31412..........................KODY SR., JAMES J. 30094............................KOEPP, TIMOTHY J. 26667...........................KOHL, CORNELIA E. 29775...........................KOHLS, RONALD C. 32984...........KOLLER HAL, PROSTAR INC. 12849..........................KOMAROMY, ENDRE 14510.......KONCZAL ESTATE, ANDREW R. 16511............KONEFES ESTATE, MARTHA 27267.................KONOBECK, MARLENE J. 32839......................KOOPMAN, HILMAN D. 26082......................KOPACEK, GORDON J. 17697......................KOPINSKI, EDMUND A. 12692..........................KOPPLIN, NORMA F. 33198.........................KOSLOSKI, JAMES T. 31944..............................KOSTER, ROBERT 21187...............................KOZIOL, ALOIS A. 32884..............................KOZLAK, MARK J. 15990.............................KRAFT, DAYTON E. 30980...................................KRAL, STEVEN 33045.................................KRAMER, BRIAN 33287...................KRANCEVIC, MONICA M. 20990........................KREBSBACH, JUDITH 16783...........................KRENCISZ, ROBT. J. 23106...................................KRENZ, FRANK 24805.............KRETZACHMAN, MARTIN H. 14473........................KRINGLE, CLARENCE 21974........KRINGLE ESTATE, RICHARD A. 4812.........................KRONCKE, ESTHER A. 19926...........................KROOK, VERNON S. 23080..................KROONA JR., WILLIAM J. 26322.....................KROY INDUSTRIES INC. 32794..................................KRUSE, JANICE 29862............................KUBES, EUGENE L. 33851..............................KUEHN, RUSSELL 31356...........................KUESTER, EDWARD 31927..........................................KUHL, TOM 14484......................KUMMEROW, CARL W. 33114.........................KUNKEL, WILLIAM R. 15870...................KUNTZ SR., MICHAEL M. 29554................................KUNZ, KENNETH 31872.................................KUNZE, SHERYL 32556.................................KUNZE, SHERYL 24038...........................LA FAVOR, ROBERT 28371....................LA FOREST, FRANCIS P. 30886...........................LA MAR, ROBERT L. 18766...............................LA ROSE, SARAH 11477.......LA SALLE ESTATE, MARGARET 33342............................LA SARGE, DENISE 33792........................LABBE, JACQUELINE 20118....................LADD ESTATE, TILLIE J. 33744.......................LAGOON, BRADLEY P. 33771...................................LAIER, JOHN A. 33060................LALLEMONT, HERBERT L. 18709.........................L’ALLIER, MURIEL C. 1257....................L’ALLIER ESTATE, MARY 30132..............................LAMMER, LYNN M. 21977..........................LAMPMAN, MARY H. 32628..............................LANG, JOSEPH K. 8180........................................LANG, MARIE 25728.......................LANGEVIN, RAYMOND 19067.................LANGNESS, DONOVAN D. 20955.....................LANGNESS, MERRIELL 33055......................LANGNESS, RONDA R. 90447......................................LAQUA, LORI 33509.................................LARDY, DAVID E. 32684........................LARKENS, JANICE M. 31828................................LARKIN, JOHN N. 28576.........................LARSEN, ROBERT E. 31068......................LARSON, BERNARD R. 33077............................LARSON, BRUCE J. 33334...............................LARSON, DENNIS

Acct. # Name 7113.............................LARSON, LESLIE W. 13806....................................LARSON, M. C. 29839..............................LARSON, STEVEN 27787.........................LARSON, VALERIE J. 29155..............................LARSON, WALTER 4428.......................LARSON ESTATE, INGA 31950......................LARSON SR., MARK E. 28678..............................LAUB, MICHAEL J. 21929.............................LAURA RIDGEWAY 5918.....................LAURE ESTATE, LINNEA 19257................................LAURSEN, DEAN 30324.......................LAVACOT, FRANCIS D. 33351...........................LAWRENCE, JAMES 33399..................LAWRENCE, MICHAEL A. 10491....................LAWRENCE, ROBERT E. 23941...................LAWRENCE, RONALD C. 26351........................LAWSON, MARSHA L. 31781..................LE BLANC JR., HARRY T. 21535.........................LEBAHN, ARTHUR C. 23926.............................LECLERC, DANIEL 32421................................LEDIN, SONJA G. 30748.......................................LEE, BERNIE 29135..............................LEE, DOUGLAS N. 28484...............................LEE, KENNETH E. 23530................................LEE, RANDALL J. 29793.....................................LEE, THOMAS 6702...................................LEEF, LESTER J. 15269..............................LEEN, ARNOLD W. 27200..............................LEET, LAWRENCE 28891..................LEFFELMAN, HAROLD E. 23656........................LEHMANN, DOROTHY 18159...............................LEHTO, VELMA T. 27843...........................LEIGHTON, FRED B. 29992.............................LEIGHTON, JAMES 20034....................................LEISCH, DAVID 22523.........................LEISCH ESTATE, LEO 33784.....................................LEISZ, DEENA 23345.........................LEMMER, STEVEN G. 10164..................................LENARD, LOUIS 17635..................................LENER, BERT T. 32448............................LENZ, GREGORY P. 18632..............................LENZ, MILDRED S. 11476........................LEONARD, DOROTHY 14593....................LEONARD, RICHARD W. 11929............LEONARD ESTATE, DAVID H. 26080...........................LERUM, DONALD O. 13603........................LESKOVAR, CORRINE 33900.....................................LESLIE, TODD 32539.................................LETZTER, EDNA 30904................................LEVERTY, EDWIN 7470.................................LEVKA, SIMON E. 31002................................LEVY SR., JON L. 33867...................LEWANOVICH, MARIE G. 29187............................LEWIS, ANDREW B. 29647...............................LEWIS, DELORES 25397......................................LEWIS, GARY 25499......................LEXVOLD, EDWARD A. 10554.......................L’HERAULT, ETHEL M. 31979................................LIBERTY, JAMES 31857................................LIEBGOTT, JOHN 31753....................................LIEDER, JULIE 21358..........LIEDER ESTATE, RAYMOND F. 29255..................................LIND, JAMES A. 28663...........................................LIND, M. L. 27427..................................LIND, PEGGY M. 4866................LINDAHL ESTATE, HAROLD 28986........................LINDBERG, BRUCE D. 2922................LINDBERG JR., WILLIAM C. 28831.............................LINDELL, MARK G. 28178.......................LINDEMANN, MARY E. 33054......................................LINDEN, TY T. 28937..............................LINDGREN, MARK 7287...................................LINDQUIST, PER 33026......................LINDSEY, DOUGLAS A. 32010............................LINDSTROM, MARY 33652...............LINDSTROM, ROWLAND E. 29730..................LINDSTROM, THOMAS G. 18865...............................LINGBECK , LE R. 33827...............................LINK, ROBERT W. 33361..........................LINKLETTER, MARIA 8210.......................LINQUIST, HERBERT R. 33682...............................LINS, CATHERINE 33843.....................LIPSCHULTZ, MICHAEL 20100..........................LIVINGSTON, RALPH 33818.....................LIVINGSTON, RICHARD 27489..................LJUNGKULL, ELISABETH 33382..................LLEWELLYN, LARSON M. 19972...........LOCASHIO ESTATE, DONALD 32486...........................LOESCHER, MARLA 32047........................LOESCHER, TIMOTHY 33172....................LOFGREN, CHARLES S. 24405.......................LOFGREN, EUGENE E. 31853...........LOFQUIST ESTATE, HOWARD 10020.........LOFSTROM ESTATE, ALICE M. 32819........................................LOGER SUN 24471..............................LOHR, DELMAR A. 20612............................LOHSTRETER, T. A. 8564..........................LOKKEN, GEORGE M. 32985...........................LOMKER, HELEN M. 33286.................................LONERGAN, JIM 28586.............................LOVICK, TERRY M. 19144....................................LOWE, BRUCE 11412........................LOWE ESTATE, ELIZA 27898.....................................LUBECK, J. D. 30390..................................LUDACK, MARK 31457................................LUDDEN, NANCY 26491............................LUDDY, HAROLD J. 9722.........................................LUND, DIANE 32162..............................LUND, GERALD V. 32003......................................LUND, JERRY 32820..............................LUND, RONALD C. 10406................LUND ESTATE, WALTER N. 30862......................LUNDBERG, EILEEN A. 30708..............................LUNDEEN, JAMES

Acct. # Name 30135..............................LUNDEEN, LEZLIE 26250......................LUNNEBORG, ARLENE 24874........................LUSIAN, RICHARD A. 24709............................LUTZ, CHARLES O. 32510................................LYMAN, RONALD 32192............................MAAS, RICHARD H. 31808...................MAC DONALD, GEORGE 29611......................................MACKIE, BILL 31126.............................MADDEN, WILLIAM 16864.............................MADISON, DANIEL 30691..........................MADISON, PETER R. 28379......................MADLUNG, MARINA W. 23979......................MAGALSKA, JAMES M. 8585....................MAGNUSON, AMANDA S. 28015..........................MAGNUSON, CATHY 30977.......................MAGNUSON, DIANA L. 32613.......................MAGNUSON, ROSE M. 26472..................MAGNUSON, THOMAS R. 33840........................MAHALLA, DENNIS J. 18332.............................MAIER,EDMUND P. 29643...............................MALIN, ROGER D. 12886...............................MALINOWSKI, ED 28960...............MALISHESKI, RAYMOND A. 32256....................................MALLIN, RUTH 33623...............................MALM, ALFRED J. 33616..................................MALUM, TERRY 33204.................................MANBY, JOHN E. 8574...................................MANION, CLARE 4772............MANITOU LAKE COMM. CLUB 8499......................MANOR ESTATE, RAY C. 30597.......................MARCHETTI, JIMMY R. 32212.................................MAREK, ROGER 30620..................................MAREK, SCOTT 6131...............MAREK ESTATE, EVELYN B. 30822..................................MARIETTE, TOM 14114........................MARKSTROM, ROY D. 23882........................MARKUS, ROBERT M. 31139......................MARQUESEN, JOHN L. 32119.....................................MARS, BRUCE 31733..................MARSHALL, CHARLES A. 30016............................MARTELL, DARRYL 28124...........................MARTELL, ROLAND 33724..............................MARTIN, DAVID R. 17875..............................MARTIN, MARY M. 27568................................MARTIN, PAUL R. 33039................MARTINSON, BERNARD A. 28303............MASER ESTATE, DONALD A. 33255...............................MASON, CAROLE 25900......................MATEYKA SR., PAUL J. 30989.................................MATREJEK, E. P. 30531.....................................MATSAN, D. T. 25761.........................MATSON, RONALD C. 25974....................MAUND JR., WILLIAM G. 23667..............................MAY, BERNERD E. 29171.....................................MAY, THOMAS 29347.....................................MAY, WILLIAM 33709............................MAYER, JOSEPH A. 31268....................MAYER SR., ROBERT G. 17617...........................MC ANDREW, MARY 28914...................MC ARTHUR, HAROLD L. 30602........................................MC AULIFFE 7713..........................MC BRIDE, EUNICE S. 29325........................MC CABE, GREGG W. 31394.............................MC CAIN, VALERIE 31965......................MC CALL, CHARLES J. 33302..........................MC CALL, HARRY M. 24402.................................MC CANN, GLEN 20060.......................MC CANN, MICHAEL J. 30312................MC CLANAHAN, RICHARD 31673........................MC CLELLAND, EARL 30231....................MC CLINTOCK, ROBERT 30446......................MC CLISH, WILLIAM H. 28176..........................MC DAVID, LEWIS A. 33371...............MC DONOUGH, WILLIAM J. 32224..............MC ELHANEY, BARBARA A. 28318........................MC ELROY, RALPH E. 26576..............MC FARLAND, ELENORA E. 31931........................MC GAUGHEY, GENE. 33685...........................MC GOUGH, DEBRA 33090......................MC GREGOR, MARK J. 27942...................MC GUIGAN, PATRICK J. 30027..............................MC INTIRE, DORIS 4902............................MC KENZIE, EARL E. 13928..........MC KENZIE ESTATE, MARY M. 10877.............................MC KNITE, LILLIAN 10648..............MC LAUGHLIN, KATHERINE 28933.................MC LAY ESTATE, MARY J. 32169.......................MC MAHON, NANCY L. 28559...................MC MANIGLE, ALLAN W. 31779.............................MC MANUS, LINEA 16273.................MC NAMARA, MICHAEL J. 28185.................................MC NEIL, BRYAN 29716............................MC PHEE, DAVID M. 17482....................MC PHERSON, MARGEL 17828.............MEASNER ESTATE, ARLO C. 30291.........................MEISSNER, MICHAEL 20573............................MELCHER, DALE J. 27478...........................MELLEN, MONICA T. 15536...................MELLSTROM, ERLING J. 33918.................................MELTON, DARYL 30438..............................MELTON, DELRAY 5237......................MELZER, ELIZABETH A. 18312. . . . . .MENNENGA ESTATE, HYRAM J. 30935......................MERRIAM, WILLIAM G. 23904..............................MERRILL, GLORIA 23332.........................MERRILL JR., JAMES 9230........................................MERRILL, JIM 29023...............................MERRILL, NANCY 29596...........................MERRILL, NANCY D. 30718...........................MERRILL, RICHARD 33733........................MERRILL, WILLIAM V. 23815..............MERRILL ESTATE, EUGENE 10857.................MERRILL ESTATE, SUSAN 30985.......MERRILL LYNCH REALTY/BURE

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Pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes Section 185.03(10), you are hereby notified that Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative, of Centuria, Wisconsin 54824, has in its possession unclaimed funds belonging to you. You can claim these funds by contacting the Cooperative and furnishing proof of your legal interest in such funds on or

Acct. # Name 30717...........................MERRITT, SUSAN E. 32697.........................MERRITT, WALTER R. 16224............MERTES-LE GARE, SHARON 2724...................................METTLER, GLEN 33430............................METZLER, JOAN K. 31594..........................MEVISSEN, EUGENE 24989..............................MEYER, JAMES A. 30763..............................MEYER, JAMES E. 30901...................................MEYER, WALLY 28930............................MEYER, WALTER C. 23245............................MEYER, WILLIAM J. 25701.............MEYER ESTATE, WESLEY C. 31242...................................MEYERS, JOHN 8949.....................MICHAUD, LORRAINE M. 31578...........................MIELKE, LORRAINE 7661.......................................MIELKE, PAUL 17976...........................................MIKE, SAM 12711.............MILBRATH ESTATE, JOHN P. 31056.....................MILLER, CATHERINE R. 28527................MILLER, CHRISTOPHER L. 32764.............................MILLER, DANIEL L. 29787..............................MILLER, DAVEY G. 28531...........................MILLER, DONALD P. 30325......................................MILLER, GAIL 30346...............................MILLER, GEORGE 27991.......................MILLER, GREGORY M. 25297......................MILLER, LAWRENCE J. 31618..................................MILLER, NANCY 8932.....................................MILLER, RAY L. 17827...........................MILLER, ROBERT H. 33299..................................MILLER, SCOTT 26097..............................MILLER, VANCE L. 33231.....................................MILLER, W. M. 30128..................MILLER JR., RAYMOND J. 17339.........................MILLER SR., JOHN E. 26326............................MILNER, WAYNE W. 28086................................MINOR, DAVID M. 33511.......................................MINOR, JEFF 31590........................MISHLER, STEVEN G. 26045..................................MISKA, FRED J. 28469.....................MISKOWIEC, KAREN H. 20689................................MITCHELL, DE L. 25833..................................MOCH, DEAN G. 30407...............................MOE, JEFFERY A. 33860.....................................MOE, JULIE A. 30408.....................................MOE, STEVEN 21851................................MOE, WILLIAM H. 22030.....................MOEDING, RICHARD H. 5985.........................MOEHRING, HELEN M. 19824.....................................MOHS, HELEN 90555.............................MOLZAHN, WAYNE 1681.................................MONSON, VIOLET 33437................MONTANARI, GREGORY S. 29173.........MONTEITH ESTATE, SUSAN H. 32418.................MONTGOMERY, DARRELL 32779...............................MOODY, ANDREA 30152.................................MOORE, BESSIE 20017............................MOQUIST, EARL W. 14832..............................MORAVEC, WIN S. 33547..................................MORGAN, VICKI 28134...................................MORK, DANIEL 29203.................................MORK, RICKY A. 32429..............................MORRISON, GARY 29373.............MORRISSETTE, CLINTON A. 33173...........................MORROW, DONALD 17108...........................MORSE, HAROLD D. 30672.............................MORSE, MARLENE 33539....................MORTENSON, JERRY S. 33049........................MORTIMER, LESLIE J. 4419.......................MORTLOCK, RAYMOND 28321..................................MOSAY, ADONIS 32803.................................MOSAY, JANEEN 31612...........................MOSAY SR., WAYNE 32358......................MOSER, CHARLENE A. 29223...............................MOSER, SUEANN 31854.......................MOSSEY, CHARLES J. 33804......................MOUCHET, ROBERT A. 25106................................MOYER, JOAN R. 26292................................MOYER, MARIAN 33449.....................MUCKALA, WILLIAM G. 26347...............................MUELLER, LILLIE 23645.................................MUELLER, PAUL 33267..............................MUELLER, RALPH 17594...................MUELLNER, RICHARD J. 31651..................................MULL, ELLEN L. 27381............................MULLER, NANCY A. 31947................................MULROY, LAURA 32412..................................MULROY, MARK 22275........................MUNSON, SAMUEL N. 28772....................MURNANE, RICHARD R. 3207.................................MURRAY, EARL J. 8234..........MURRAY ESTATE, LEONARD A. 32644.....................................MYERS, GARY 8024................NADEAU ESTATE, WILLIAM 10421.........................NAGY ESTATE, JOHN 33861..............................NASH, WILLIAM J. 27104........................NASIEDLAK, GARY L. 30024.............................NASSAU, ROBERT 15246......................NAUGHTON, JAMES A. 15224...........................NAYLOR, CALVIN E. 11487....................................NEAL, FRED L. 21047.........................NEIHART, HAROLD F. 33169..................................NEITZKE, MARK 30444..................................NELSON, ARVID 30213................................NELSON, BECKY 25734................................NELSON, BRUCE 24163...............................NELSON, DALE E. 33456.........................NELSON, DONALD O. 24734.........................NELSON, GEORGE T. 33686...................................NELSON, JACK 24523........................NELSON, JEFFREY M. 23837............................NELSON, JIMMIE L. 29041..............................NELSON, JOHN N. 31934............................NELSON, KAREN L.

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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE OF FUNDS HELD BY POLK-BURNETT ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE UNLESS CLAIMED BY OWNER Acct. # Name 32760......................NELSON, KATHLEEN J. 28780......................................NELSON, KIM 29745........................NELSON, LAWRENCE 31281.............................NELSON, LINDA K. 12331........................NELSON, NEWMAN A. 4941...............................NELSON, NORMAN 31743................................NELSON, ROY M. 25494............................NELSON, SCOTT B. 15929.............................NELSON, SHARON 32156................................NELSON, TRACY 20045..............NELSON ESTATE, CLARICE 18958........NELSON ESTATE, KENNETH D. 6685........................NELSON ESTATE, M. H. 27635..............................NELSON JR., BOB 31142..............NELSON TYLEE, CARMA G. 33746...................................NERBY, GLENN 33214...............................NERBY, RICHARD 23239......................NERLING, BARBARA F. 9518.................................NESS, ALBERT G. 14023....................................NESS, PAUL M. 30263............................NESVOLD, JOHN O. 31785........................NETYS JR., GREGOR. 24070.....................NEUMANN, EDWARD A. 22793...........................NEUMANN, MARION 11652............................NEUMANN, RUTH F. 22000.....................NEUMANN, WARREN J. 30011..............................NEWARK, JOLENE 33814............................NEWARK, ORION J. 31409..........................NEWBERG, WILLIAM 31473.............................NEWMAN, EDNA D. 30182.................................NEWMAN, TROY 30592...........................NICHOLS, MARLOW 23057...........................NICHOLS, VICTORIA 25650........................NICHOLSON, EARL G. 31199.....................NICKESON MOTOR INC. 25175...........................NICKLEBY, JOHN D. 32037.....................NIENHAUS, PATRICIA J. 15862...................NIERENHAUSEN, LLOYD 28807...........................NIJAKOWSKI, ROSE 33856.................................NOAK, EDWIN H. 33200.........................NOHAVA, DONALD J. 9039..................................NOLAN, WILLIAM 29843............................NOLBY, ROBERT K. 28380.................................NORCOM VIDEO 20817.............................NORD, DONALD M. 14732.......................NORDIN, RAYMOND P. 29335...................NORDQUIST, HARRIET J. 18847....NORDSTROM ESTATE, ELMER W. 13787.......................NOREEN, ANNETTE B. 33679...........................NOREEN, CLAYTON 28333.............................NORGREN, CAROL 30243...............................NORIEGA, PABLO 31093.........NORLUND-GEHRMAN, TANJIA 25349...........................NORMAN, HOWARD 31311.........................NORTHROP, ROSE A. 29954.........................NORTON, DONALD J. 27109.....................NUSTVOLD, ROBERT J. 28968......................................NUTT, BECKY 14998.....................................NYGREN, RAY 56688.................................NYLAND, JERRY 10744.....................OAS ESTATE, HENRY J. 7931O. .DEGAARD ESTATE, THEODORE A. 21016.........ODEGARD ESTATE, CLARA M. 14691..............................O’DONNELL, LYLA 19306......................O’DONNELL, PETER L. 27327..................................OEHRLEIN, BEN 28690.............O’FLANAGAN ESTATE, DON 32739..................................O’GARA, KEVIN 31908..................................O’GEAY, LARRY 30431............................OGILVIE, JACQUES 32457..............................OGREN, JAMES C. 183.....................OGREN ESTATE, GENEVA 30070................................OHLIN, DAVID W. 30630.....................O’KEEFFE, MICHAEL D. 1598......................OLAFSON, DOROTHY A. 31210.......................OLDENBURG, PAUL A. 27630..............................OLLILA, ALLEN D. 24415.........................OLSEN, ELEANOR E. 90579..........................OLSEN, ORNETTA G. 32094..........................OLSEN, RICHARD E. 26945..........................OLSON, ADELINE M. 27177.................................OLSON, ANNE L. 32601.........................OLSON, BERNARD J. 26932...............................OLSON, CYNTHIA 32393................................OLSON, DAVID J. 19685................................OLSON, DAVID J. 23073...........................OLSON, DONALD G. 28374..............................OLSON, DONNA L. 22376..............................OLSON, EDWIN G. 25798......................................OLSON, ENID 33731.................................OLSON, GARY I. 17481.................................OLSON, GARY L. 25051.........................OLSON, HARLAND C. 13702...........................OLSON, HOWARD P. 24943......................OLSON, KATHERINE E. 9038..................................OLSON, KEITH H. 30629..............................OLSON, LARRY O. 30411....................................OLSON, LINDA 22775................................OLSON, MARK E. 32685...............................OLSON, MICHAEL 33790..........................OLSON, MICHAEL D. 22854...........................OLSON, MILDRED F. 20618...........................OLSON, ROBERT W. 29386...........................OLSON, ROBERT W. 32283.............................OLSON, ROGER C. 12776...........................OLSON, VIRGINIA K. 14360...............OLSON ESTATE, ELMER B. 16275.............OLSON ESTATE, WILLIAM A. 25720..................................O’MALLEY, JOY 29561.............OMVIG ESTATE, ARNOLD B. 23031.......................OPHEIM JR., LEWIS E. 28901...............................OPHUS, MICHAEL 9387..............................OPPEL, GERALD F. 25788...................................ORME, RUTH J.

before August 1, 2010. You are further notified that unless you do claim such funds and provide satisfactory evidence of your right to receive the same by August 1, 2010, that these funds will be forfeited to the Cooperative.

Published this 20th day of May, 2010.

UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDITS

Acct. # Name 31259........................................ORN, LILA J. 28820...................................ORR, GRACE L. 20620............................ORVIS, RICHARD C. 25783..........................OSBORNE, DONALD 9328............................OSBORNE, DORIS E. 32521..................OSELL ESTATE, SHIRLEY 25977..............................OSGAR, MICHAEL 20931.............................OSLUND, LEON W. 14311.............................OSTENSON, ELSIE 31436............................OSTENSON, TAMMI 24632............................OTTE, ROSELLA M. 26456..................................OTTO, BERNICE 25301.........................................OUTPOST 8 18236.........................OWEN SR., GLENN E. 25607. .PADGETT ESTATE, CHARLOTTE D. 33485......................................PAGH, PEARL 12294..............................PAKOY, WALLACE 24578...........................PALADINO, FRED R. 17955....................................PALM, DALE C. 1385.........................PALMSTEEN, CECIL C. 28680........................PANCHYSHYN, TIM S. 25012........................PARENT, KENNETH J. 30932...........................PARISH, ROBERT J. 31407............................PARRISH, MICHAEL 32274.................PASCIAK SR., ROBERT A. 31040..........PASDERETZ ESTATE. EMIL G. 31458..............................PAULEY, SHARON 12975.............................PAULSON, FRED L. 31964......................PAULSON, JEROME M. 15931.........................PAULSON, MELVIN H. 29796.............................PAULSON, ROGER 33621...........................PAVKOVICH, MARIA 32723........................PAVLOK, RICHARD A. 29353.....................................PCA OF LUCK 23072...........................PEARSON, DAVID P. 26027......................PEARSON, RONALD A. 19309...................PECHACEK, LAWRENCE 15096...........................PECHMANN, JOS H. 14712.............................PECINA, ELMER E. 11011..............................PECK, HOWARD F. 6344. . .PEDERSEN ESTATE, CLARENCE C. 32488..................PEDERSON, RICHARD H. 33703...........................PEIL ESTATE, KELLI 25711..............................PELTZER, JOHN T. 29926................................PENN, PHILLIP D. 15992........................PENNOYER, IRENE S. 33462...................................PEPER, LORI L. 7997........................PERRY, ALEXANDER T. 12874.................................PERRY, ALEXINE 32243.................................PERRY, DAVID A. 3099..................................PETERS, LILLIAN 26260........................PETERS JR., CARL G. 27562............................PETERSEN, ALLAN 27880.......................PETERSEN, DARYL W. 31209.....................PETERSEN, DONALD J. 20608....................PETERSEN, DONALD W. 33755........................PETERSEN, JAMES A. 33160................................PETERSEN, JEFF 15133.........................PETERSEN, PAULINE 20232.............................PETERSEN, RAY E. 15967.................PETERSON, ANTHONY W. 27292..................PETERSON, CHARLES R. 13893...............PETERSON, CLARENCE W. 31133.........................PETERSON, CLARKE 31036...........................PETERSON, DANIEL 14015......................PETERSON, EDGAR W. 21247.......................PETERSON, ETHEL W. 32288.................PETERSON, GERHARD O. 16887...................PETERSON, GORDON E. 19381........................PETERSON, HELEN L. 29021...........................PETERSON, IOLA M. 9622............................PETERSON, JACK A. 18356............................PETERSON, JERRY 31648...............................PETERSON, JO A. 30401............................PETERSON, LARRY 33628...............PETERSON, LAWRENCE D. 14161..........................PETERSON, LESTER 22300.....................PETERSON, MARIAN V. 33648...............................PETERSON, MIKE 28854..........................PETERSON, NEAL O. 31208................................PETERSON, NEIL 27607........................PETERSON, PANSY L. 20440.................PETERSON, REYNOLD W. 17369...................PETERSON, RICHARD A. 32774....................PETERSON, ROBERT G. 32332...................PETERSON, RODNEY W. 4851......................PETERSON, ROLAND O. 30412.......................PETERSON, STEPHEN 32927.........................PETERSON, TAMARA 32843..............................PETERSON, TIM J. 13574......................PETERSON, VICTOR E. 14926....................PETERSON, WILLIAM C. 33729.....................PETERSON, WILLIAM J. 2132........PETERSON ESTATE, ARLENE E. 28733..........PETERSON ESTATE, DOREEN 8189...........PETERSON ESTATE, HELEN L. 13921........PETERSON ESTATE, HENRY M. 23258. . . . .PETERSON ESTATE, MICHAEL T. 32389............................PETITT, ROBERT C. 21135.............PETRASEK, ANTOINETTE C. 27982.....................................PETTER, EMIL 17158..........................PETTERSEN, DON C. 31350........................PEWAUSH, THERESA 17381................PFAFF ESTATE, GLENN O. 30214.................PFALZGRAF, CHARLES J. 33828............................PHELPS, CURTIS E. 27661..........PHILLIPS ESTATE, TERESA M. 6428.................................PIEPER, HAROLD 32022....................................PIERCE, DAVID 15716.........................PIERCE, RICHARD W. 22234................PIHLSTROM, DOUGLAS G. 32186.............................PIKUS, JEROME G. 29525.............................PILSNER, GERALD 29104..................................PIPER, DAVID L.

Acct. # Name 17691.............................PIRKL, GERALD W. 23728..........................PITTMAN, DANIEL C. 31362................................PLACE, JOHN W. 29985.......................................PLATT, GARY 25277......................PLOURDE, DONALD S. 14696...........................PLOURDE, WILLIAM 31421.................................PLUNG, DARWIN 33185......................................PLUTH, DAVE 2881...................................PODANY, ANN B. 32701.............................PODANY, DONALD 24630................................POEHLER, RUTH 24208......................POHLMANN, HARRY B. 25726.....................................POIRIER, BEN 31998.........................POLLOCK, JAMES E. 31570................POOL DORIOTT, DONNA L. 33435......................POPE JR., MICHAEL R. 28421.................................POTOCZEK, TED 14191............................POTTER, DELBERT 30992..............................POWERS, RICK D. 2115.......PRATT ESTATE, CLARENC-RUTH 32070..............................PREISLER, ETHEL 29699..........................PREISLER, SANDRA 26069............................PRESTON, CHAS H. 32229........................PRESTON, JEANINNE 12679................................PREUS, DAVID H. 30183.............................PRINGLE, JEANNE 10977........PROCHASKA ESTATE, JOSEPH 29613....................PRONDZINSKI, ROBERT 23688.............PROSPAL, JANET (MRS. ED) 32338.......................................PRUNTY, TIM 7934.........................PUCKETT, GERALD R. 30353...............................PUCKETT, TERRY 25845.....................................PUETZ, DAVID 27418...................................PUGH, PAUL H. 33444.....................................PULFER, R. L. 30073.................PULLINS ESTATE, DELOS 24478....................................PURCELL, PAT 33842........QUALITY LUBE & RENTAL LTD. 30933........................................QUEE, JACK 9013.............................QUIGLEY, JAMES B. 32680.....................................QUINCEY, TED 25298..............................QUINN, BERNEICE 28093...................................RAAB, GUSTOF 12339....................RADOMSKI, VINCENT J. 30962...........................RAMIREZ, MICHAEL 33434...........................RAMSEY, CHARLES 19002..................................RAMSEY, LOUIS 28898.....................................RANDBY, D. P. 32051.......................RAPPLEY, WILLIAM C. 33212.............RASCH ESTATE, ROBERT J. 13335.....................RASMUSSEN, ANDREW 33058.....................RASMUSSEN, ANDREW 30001...................RASMUSSEN, BARBARA 33057........................RASMUSSEN, CLARA 31825............................RASSAT, DONNA R. 20266........................RASSETT, FLORENCE 22991.....................................RAU, DONALD 27962..............................RAWN, STEVEN J. 21518....................RAYMENT, CLIFFORD M. 12364....................................RECH, CARL J. 22416.................................REDDER, BETTY 33492.............................REEVE, LORRAINE 29333................................REICHEL, LARRY 22239..................................REID, LARRY H. 32882.............................REMICK, CRAIG H. 32277.........................REMLEY, VERNON A. 28280..................RENGSTORF, WILLIAM H. 13491.................................RENZ, BRIGITTE 14439...............................RESH, JOSEPH F. 28737........................REUTER, BERNICE M. 29649...................REYNOLDS, ROBERT W. 28966...........................RHODE, RONALD R. 8751............................RICHARD, HELEN M. 26242..............................RICHARDS, KEITH 29725...................RICHARDS ESTATE, RAY 29900...............RICHARDSON, WILLIAM B. 29962.....................................RICHERT, J. D. 33801.........................RICHERT JR., JAMES 33024..................................RICHISON, LORI 20113.............................RICHISON, ROGER 15367........................RIDDELL, GERALD R. 32989...............................RIDER, CHARLES 21095. . . . . .RIDGEWOOD PROPERTIES INC. 17707................................RIDGWAY, IRIS J. 29822..................................RIEDELL, EDITH 19447.........................RIEGEL, STEPHEN A. 25434....................................RIEHM, LEO C. 32422.............................RIEKEN, SCOTT M. 9176.....................RIEMENSCHNEIDER, EM 31055.................................RIENDAU, DAVID 33912...............................RIGGOTT, DON C. 21670................................RILEY, DENNIS L. 19829.............................RILEY, EDWARD L. 12111...................................RILEY, EUGENE 32405...........................RILEY, TEODORA A. 29627........................RINGLIEN, PHILLIP D. 14226.........................RINGOLD, DOUGLAS 19016....................................RINKE, JOYCE 11707.........................RITSCHEL, JAMES A. 3421..........................RIVARD, RAYMOND F. 32159......................................ROBB, DAVID 33678.................................ROBBIN, LISA M. 5972......................ROBERTS, CHARLES S. 33157....................ROBERTS, RICHARD W. 33405.............................ROBERTSON, ORV 30219..............................ROCHON, DALE S. 4090..............................ROCKAWAY, LEWIS 25997..............................ROCKLER, SAM J. 29974...................RODUNER, CHARLOTTE 17486...............................ROE, NORMAN C. 10532..........................ROEBEN, STELLA E. 12466.........................ROEBEN, WILLIAM J. 18764.....................ROETTGER, ADOLPH J. 32834...............................ROGERS, CHUCK

Acct. # Name 32359...................................ROGERS, JEFF 28951..........................ROGERS, MARLENE 29578.................................ROGERS, MAVIS 30698.................ROGERS ESTATE, MABEL 14626.................ROGOWSKI, SUZANNE C. 2583....................................ROHR, EDDIE D. 30311.........................ROHRICHT, MICHAEL 33310.......................ROLLHEISER, DENNIS 10166.........................RONYAK, WILLIAM T. 24699....................................ROSE, JOHN F. 12390.............................ROSENWING, BUD 23166.............................ROSS, STANLEY A. 29057...................................ROST, BRIAN L. 30262.............................ROTH, STANLEY R. 29392.............................ROTHAS, EDWARD 31992................................ROTT, JOSEPH L. 20889...................................ROWE, BONNIE 30723..........................ROWLAND, DAVID A. 33356......................RUCK-SMITH, CHERYL 31896........................................RUD, ALLAN 32314....................................RUDE, LYLE W. 10618......................RUDE, NORVAL (MRS.) 33711...............................RUDEEN, LARRIE 30798...............................RUDESILL, DIANE 33020..........................RULLMAN, GEORGE 10349.....................RUMMLER, WILLIAM R. 33043........................RUMRILL, WALTER E. 18035...............................RUSSELL, ROY T. 31936.................RUTLEDGE, MICHELLE D. 25037.................................RYAN, JAMES D. 25189...........................RYTER, THOMAS W. 32084.............................SAARI, ROBERT R. 30811....................SACRANIE, SHAZEEN S. 9182.......................SADOWSKI, CHRISTINE 31999.......................................SAGEN, GUY 30466.............................SAGER, JAMES W. 3201.........................................SAHR, HILDA 480............SALSCHEIDER ESTATE, MARIE 30895............................SALYERS, THOMAS 29268.................................SALZGEBER, ED 24001...SAMPSON-CHRISTENS, THERESE 13129.......................SANDA ESTATE, PAUL 21383.................SANDBECK, GREGORY N. 10783............................SANDBERG, IDA M. 28626...........................SANDERS, EUGENE 22817........................SANDIFER, GARRY S. 33837............................SANDVE, JAMES H. 32102.....................................SAROS, RUBY 32097. . . .SAVAGE COMMUNICATIONS INC. 27019......SAVSTROM ESTATE, LORENE E. 32805..................................SAX, ROGER G. 28848........................SCHAAK, PATRICIA A. 16452.......................SCHABERT, MYRON F. 31687..........SCHAFENACKER, ROBERT C. 20279..............................SCHAFFER, EBBA 31447.............SCHALLENBERGER, BRIAN 32190......................SCHARBER, JUDITH A. 31241...............SCHAUFENBUEL, JOSEPH 11776..................................SCHEID, WM. C. 25695.........................SCHEITEL, BEVERLY 31881...................SCHEMBER, GEORGE F. 8643...........................SCHERLING, SIDNEY 33526...............................SCHIFSKY, GREG 29824................SCHILF ESTATE, MARIA A. 27640...............................SCHLAPPER, KIM 14925....SCHLATTERER EST., GEORGE W. 27194.........................SCHLECK, FLORA M. 5436................................................SCHLIEF 21422........................SCHLOBOHM, WM. O. 5610.............................SCHMALTZ, JACK J. 12434. .SCHMALZBAUER ESTATE, JOHN J. 25290.............SCHMERBECK, MICHAEL A. 33854..................SCHMERLER, STUART J. 33118............................SCHMIDT, DAVID M. 31441.........................SCHMIDT, DENNIS W. 30804........................SCHMIDT, DONALD C. 28553.....................SCHMIDT, GREGORY C. 33183.............................SCHMIDT, JOSEPH 28506................................SCHMIDT, KELLY 33083.......................SCHMITT, MICHAEL R. 15937..............SCHNEIDER, ELIZABETH A. 21281.........................SCHNEIDER, LOUISE 9611..............SCHNEIDER SR., HUBERT M. 33126...............................SCHNELL, JERRY 28521.............................SCHOCK, EMMA L. 33810.........................SCHOECK, DANNY J. 25887...................SCHOENBERG, WILLIAM 32698.......................SCHOLL, BRADLEY R. 31556..............................SCHOLL, JOANNE 29127..................SCHONEBAUM, PATTY L. 19498..........................SCHOONOVER, J. R. 29301....................SCHRAMSKI, DIANNE R. 11480.........................SCHRIEVER, LILLIAN 31258...............SCHROEDER, CHARLES R. 23982....................SCHROEDER, JAMES R. 6070....................SCHUESSLER, ADELE G. 14502.....................SCHULTZ, BLANCHE A. 33696....................SCHULTZ, FRANKLIN W. 23271.......................SCHULTZ, GENEVIEVE 11999.............................SCHULTZ, JOHN A. 30585............................SCHULTZ, ROBERT 31914...........................SCHULTZ, STANLEY 22289..................SCHUMACHER, SHIRLEY 29132........................SCHUTTE, MARVIN C. 12596.................SCHUWEILER, JOSEPH J. 31310......................SCHWALBE, CALVIN H. 30378..............................SCHWARK, DAVID 16060...............SCHWARTEN, RICHARD D. 23297........SCHWARTZ, MARSHA-JOSEPH 33340..........SCHWARTZBAUER, MICHAEL 30534...............SCHWARTZLOW, DORIS B. 31101.........................SCHWEITZER, DAVID 24742.................SCHWEITZER, DONALD J. 9696..................SCHWEPPE ESTATE, EMIL

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Pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes Section 185.03(10), you are hereby notified that Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative, of Centuria, Wisconsin 54824, has in its possession unclaimed funds belonging to you. You can claim these funds by contacting the Cooperative and furnishing proof of your legal interest in such funds on or

Acct. # Name 19228.......................SCHWORER, GLADYS 13013........................................SCOTT, R. T. 32582...........................SCOTT, RICHARD B. 29997............................SCOTT, RONALD M. 29877..............................SCOTT, ROXANNE 28864.........................SEARLES, DANIEL R. 32785...................................SEARS, CATHY 29871...................................SECOR, STEVE 10914......................SEEBECK, MILDRED L. 33658...............................SEEVER, CHERYL 33158....................SEGELSTROM, GARY D. 21413...................................SEIFERT, FRED 27939...........SEIFERT ESTATE, WILLIAM J. 31206................................SEIM, STEVEN J. 15357............................SELL, RAYMOND E. 32665......................SELLERS, MICHAEL D. 19202.............................SELVIG, ABNER O. 12017..............................SEMRAD, JOSEPH 24762.............SENST-SCHROEDER, MARY 27336.............................SENTMAN, PAUL J. 22939...............SENTOWSKI, RAYMOND C. 29788.......................SERMEUS, WILLIAM T. 30644.............................SEVERIN, ROLAND 26659.....................SEVERSON, MARVIN G. 32732.................SEVERSON, RAYMOND L. 18610..........................SHANLEY, CHARLES 12486...........................SHEARER, BRENDA 31529........................SHELWICK, LEROY S. 20765..................SHERMAN JR., FRANK J. 33101.............................SHIELDS, HAROLD 28332........................SHIPLEY, RICHARD A. 28972................................SHONG, JOHN M. 6490....................SHORES SR., HAROLD P. 31656............................SHOUSE, BETTY A. 33023....................SHOWERS, MICHAEL C. 32223...........................SIBINSKI, PHILLIP J. 22254............................SICARD, ELMER A. 29274......................................SIECK, KEITH 31632...........................SIEGLER, CHARLES 31830............SIERAKOWSKI, CHARLES V. 13581..............................SIEVERT, ALVIN P. 15951................SIGSWORTH, CHARLES H. 31745........................SIGSWORTH, DENNIS 32357......................SIGSWORTH, VERNON 31296...........SIGSWORTH JR., GEORGE V. 20581.......................SIMMONS, GERALD E. 22785....................SIMMONS, RAYMOND D. 32498...................................SIMON, MILO E. 29737...............................SIMPSON, CLARK 17704.......................SIMPSON, ROBERT W. 14532...........................SINE, GRETCHEN F. 31244..........................SIPPLE, THOMAS M. 31221.................................SISCO, DONALD 32586........................SITTER ESTATE, A. W. 18868..........................SIVANICH, PETER W. 24962........................SJOBECK, ROGER W. 11006.............................SJOQUIST, EARL F. 17584................................SKAAR, DAVID C. 30109..............................SKAHAN, FRED R. 25446.......................SKILDUM, SHARON D. 26304.............................SKINNER, JOHN V. 26505................................SKOLD, RONALD 32599......................SKOW, BERNADINE M. 21739...........................SKYDIVE OSCEOLA 19397............................SLAMA, JOSEPH G. 32916....................................SLATE, JAMES 33229.......................SLATTENGREN, TODD 18244...................SLAUGHTER, LORRAINE 29754...............................SLAVIK, FRANCIS 14703..................SLAVIK ESTATE, CLIFF J. 25017..............SLEGL ESTATE, ESTHER L. 32986..........................SMITH, BARBARA E. 25303....................................SMITH, BLAKE 14711......................................SMITH, DAVID 32004...................................SMITH, DONNA 32978....................................SMITH, FRANK 19557.................................SMITH, GEORGE 30838................................SMITH, HELEN D. 30441................................SMITH, JAMES R. 33013..................................SMITH, JOAN M. 20096...................................SMITH, JOEL K. 28283.................................SMITH, RODNEY 32054.............................SMITH, WILLIAM P. 9461.......................SMITH ESTATE, AIDA C. 25857...............SMITH ESTATE, EDYTHE R. 551.....................SMITH ESTATE, VERNA E. 29387..............................SNEEN, JAMES H. 30673...............................SNIDER, KEVIN L. 26764.......................SNIPSTEAD, RICHARD 16369.............................SNOW, DONALD E. 23620........................SNOWBANK, JOHN K. 33812.........................SODERBERG, BETTY 27785....................SODERQUIST, RICHARD 20772...........................SOLEM, GERALD N. 32897.................................SOLINGER, TOM 14600.................................SOLLAND, INGA 11967.........................SOO LINE RAILROAD 32835.....................................SORUM, PAUL 30688.....................SOULAK SR., JAMES R. 32341.......................SOURDIFF, JERALD E. 22392.........................SOUTH, REBECCA S. 9280..........................SPAFFORD, RUSSELL 8994......................SPAINHOWER, JOANNE 24645. . . .SPANGENBERG EST., GLADYS P. 32733....................SPANGLER, DONALD D. 11769................................SPANGLER, RITA 25973.............................SPENCER, EARL F. 28646........................SPENGEL, WALTER L. 32455...............................SPENGLER, MIKE 33608...........................SPICOLA, JAMES R. 9493...................SPIEGELBERG, ELMER B. 32619....................................SPIES, KAREN 25680..............................SPITZER, KENT R. 10063.........SPITZMUELLER ESTATE, W. 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Siren honor students join in world hunger effort On Friday, May 14, the members of Siren High School’s National Honor Society, along with a group of sophomores, participated in a community service project at Feed My Starving Children in Coon Rapids, Minn. The group packaged and boxed 1,080 MannaPacks™, which works out to 6,480 meals, for use in countries all over the world. This will feed 18 children one meal a day for a year. The NHS group worked with 69 other volunteers to package and box enough food to feed 107 children for a year. The group also raised $675 through donations from school clubs and classes to donate to the FMSC program. The students were accompanied by chaperones Jeff Howe, Renae Peterson (NHS Advisor) and Janis Wegner. Feed My Starving Children is a nonprofit Christian organization committed to feeding God’s starving children hungry in body and spirit. The approach is simple: children and adults handpack meals formulated specially for starving children, and the organization ships the meals to nearly 70 countries around the world. For more information on the FMSC program, go to the website at www.FMSCc.org. Shown (L to R) are Rachel Gloodt, Nate Larson, Isaac Wegner, Mackenzie Swenson (project coordinator), Sarah Howe, Jacob Stiemann, Jessica Morris, Mike Wampfler, Liz Otto, Stephanie Taylor and Carley Emery. Missing are Tadd Oachs and Evan Oachs. - Photo submitted

NOTICE OF FORFEITURE OF FUNDS HELD BY POLK-BURNETT ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE UNLESS CLAIMED BY OWNER Acct. # Name 33542............................SPOUSTA, GARY G. 25492.........................SPRAGUE, DUANE A. 10771......................SPRINGER BROTHERS 26860............SPRINGER SR., CLIFFORD L. 30184...............................SPROULS, LEO A. 32872. . . . . . .ST. CROIX CTY. ABSTRACT CO. 29558. . .ST. CROIX VAL. FED. LAND ASSN. 33803..................ST. CROIX VALLEY BANK 7617.............ST. CROIX VLY. CNTRY. CLUB 30208...........................STAGNER, DAVID P. 26119...........................STANG, TIMOTHY L. 25430...........................STANGER, MARTHA 8528......STANISLAW ESTATE, JOSEPHINE 21007.......................STARIHA, STANLEY R. 31433..............................STARK, DARCY B. 14642...........................STARR, FRANCIS M. 12637...................................STARUP BROS. 33647...........................STEEN, RONALD W. 26660..........................STEFFEN, LARRY W. 26748...........................STEFFEN, RICHARD 32072.......................STEINBORN, ROBERT 33475............................STEINES, DELORIS 16044...............................STELTZNER, BEA 18353....................STENSLAND, CARROLL 15189............................STEPHAN, DARWIN 32302........................STEPHAN, JOLENE L. 3142...........................STEPHANSEN, CARL 33893......................STERNER, MICHAEL D. 20369.............................STEVEN, JAMES L. 33582............................STEVENS, BERTHA 32895................STEVENS SR., THOMAS H. 30304.............................STEVENSON, TONI 3474.............................STEVONEK, ISABEL 19873.........................STEWART, GLENN H. 29873..........................STEWART, JAMES R. 21980...............................STEWART, KIRBY 18620........................STIRRAT, STANLEY J. 24048...................STOCKMAN, RONALD K. 19872........................STOECKMANN, CARL 33823............................STOKES, BRUCE C. 21142.................................STORM, JEAN M. 29355................................STORM, KEVIN J. 33835...................................STRAIT, PAULA 29430.......................STRANDLOF, WILLIAM 27681.........................STRAUB, WILLIAM J. 22345......................STRAUSS, GEORGE W. 33181...........................STREAM, ANTHONY 31772......................STREICH, MICHAEL W. 19601...................................STRESE, ERVIN 27881.........................STROEMER, JOHN R. 22670...............STROMBERG, SUSANNE J. 12959...................STROMEN, SHERMAN K. 8039..............STRUB ESTATE, GEOGRE W. 21743....................STRUENSEE, HARRY W. 21296...............................STUB, ROBERT T. 33649.........................STUBER, ROBERT W. 17674.................STYPULA SR., GERALD P. 33563....................................SUCKUT, ELSA 29809......................SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY J. 20961.........................SULLWOLD, EARL A. 30046...................................SUMMER DAZE 33881.............................SUMMERIL, TERRY 28131..................................SUND, DONALD 22921.....................SUNDQUIST, KIM/GARY 25995................................SUSAG, PAUL W. 29590.................................SVEE, LARRY R. 33611......................SVOBODA, LAVONE M. 33216...........................SWAGGER, CONNIE 32071.......................................SWAN, DALE 12642...............................SWANK, DONALD 30837...........................SWANSON, BONNIE 26718........................SWANSON, CLARA G. 32812............................SWANSON, DANIEL 14065...........................SWANSON, JOHN E. 7996..................SWANSON, LAWRENCE R. 33044.......................SWANSON, LONNIE R. 32361................................SWANSON, MIKE 29012.................................SWANSON, O. H. 29483.........................SWANSON, RICHARD 28409..........................SWANSON, SANDRA 30252.........................SWANSON, VIRGINIA 15669.......SWANSON ESTATE, WILLIAM H.

before August 1, 2010. You are further notified that unless you do claim such funds and provide satisfactory evidence of your right to receive the same by August 1, 2010, that these funds will be forfeited to the Cooperative.

Published this 20th day of May, 2010.

UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDITS

33752.....................SWENSON, ANDREW S. 19579.....................SWENSON, DONALD C. 12402...........................SWENSON, GENE E. 31411.............................SWENSON, KERRY 27958........................SWENSON, LESLIE E. 12206......................SWENSON, ROBERT A. 17253.........................SWENSON, WILLARD 13532.....................SWIONTEK, ARTHUR R. 29371...................................SWIRTZ, BRIAN 25235.....................SWONGER, GERALD E. 33739....................SWONGER, TIMOTHY A. 30609......................SYCHOWSKI, JEROME 33263....................................SYKORA, BILL 17428....................TANGEMAN, HARKER J. 17553...........................TANGEN, ROBERT I. 33015.................................TATGE, IRENE L. 33016..........................TAYLOR, DONALD J. 27571.............................TAYLOR, HAZEL M. 31652...................................TAYLOR, IRENE 30427..........................TAYLOR, PHYLLIS A. 33261.........................TAYLOR, SHIRLEY M. 30418...........TAYLOR ESTATE, GEORGE F. 28590..............TEGELER II, FREDERICK G. 11913...................TEICHNER, RAYMOND B. 32328....................................TEIGEN, MARY 30719.....................................TELLIN, CARL 22917.........................TENNEY, QUENTIN E. 24784..........................TERNET, RONALD L. 30953...................................TERRY, DENNIS 31812..............................TESMER, JOHN A. 27163.......................THALACKER, GARY A. 25399..........................THAYER, TYRONE N. 31917............................THESENGA, JON P. 30330............................THIEMER, DONALD 16977...................................THILL, RUTH H. 33407.........................THODE, ROXANNE L. 10039..........................THOM ESTATE, LA V. 33639........................THOMAS, EDWARD L. 13041.............................THOMAS, GERALD 29942..................................THOMAS, JOHN 30908...............................THOMAS, LEROY. 32857............................THOMAS, MICHAEL 18040.........................THOMAS, ROBERT S. 31665...........................THOMAS, ROBERTA 33734.......................THOMAS, STEPHEN R. 26282........................THOMAS, WILLIAM A. 32851......................THOMPSON, ANNETTE 27647......................THOMPSON, CRAIG M. 31865............................THOMPSON, DAWN 19434...........................THOMPSON, DON E. 23046........................THOMPSON, EUGENE 32598.......................THOMPSON, JERRY L. 29144...........................THOMPSON, JOE B. 29060......................THOMPSON, MABEL A. 11867.....................THOMPSON, MARVIN D. 31552.....................THOMPSON, MATTHEW 17702....................THOMPSON, QUINTIN L. 31698.........................THOMPSON, STEVEN 25315......................THOMPSON, WAYNE C. 20967...........................THOMSEN, ESTHER 32482.....................THOMSEN, WARREN A. 24303..........................THORESON, DENNIS 30632....................THORNBURG, BETTY R. 19523....................THORNBURG, BEVERLY 11146......................THORNBURG, JOSEPH 11818...................THORSBAKKEN, ELMER 20128................THRONGARD, MICHAEL B. 10830................................THRUN, ROBERT 18799..................................THUET, MARIAN 24054.............................THURY, JOSEPH L. 31551...........................TIBBETTS, MARK H. 33241............................TIDMAN, RAYMOND 14723...................................TILTON, GLENN 31959. .TIMBERLAKE LDG. - SUGARBUSH 26507.............................TIMM, DOUGLAS J. 29465........................TINQUIST, JONATHAN 9052.........................TONNAR, EVERETT H. 32018.................................TOTTEN, WM. M. 26319.........................TOWLE, CHARLES M. 17974..............................TOWNE, JAMES E. 10253.................................TRAUN, JOHN E. 9572........................TRAVIS, ELIZABETH D. 22014.....................TREBIL, GERALDINE L.

32250..............................TRETSVEN, MARK 31328.....................................TRI, KENNETH 27986...................................TRINKO, GREG 29305........................................TROTT, BOB 16696.......................TRULSON, ELDORE R. 14661..........TRUNZO ESTATE, JOSEPHINE 33512...........................TSCHIDA, JAMES G. 20764..........................TSCHIDA, KENNETH 29560...................TSCHIDA, MARCELLA C. 33242....................TUNGSETH, THOMAS G. 33479.....................................TURNER, ANN 29920.............................TURNER, DONALD 29855........................TURNER, GEORGE B. 22537...................................TURNER, ROSE 32637........................TURNER SR., JOHN L. 33031.............................TURNQUIST, GARY 32583..................TURNVALL, MITCHELL B. 33003..................TURNVALL, MITCHELL B. 29812....................................TWOHY, MARK 30601..........................TYREE, TAMMERA J. 25365..............................TYSON, LARRY G. 19851...........................ULRICH, EVELYN G. 26986.....................................UMLAND, E. J. 21300..................UNDIS ESTATE, HELEN T. 13095.................................UTNE, LEROY H. 7003...........................................UTOFT, ALF 14641.....................UTOFT ESTATE, EVALD 31397.........................UTTER, MICHELLE R. 31062...............VACATION PROP./WIS. CO. 29390.....................VALENZUELA, ANDRES 16488...........................VALLANT, BENIGNA 31026....................................VALLEY, GARY 11858................VAN DE WALKER, ESTLEO 29978........................VAN DE WIELE, BRAD 28932.............VAN DERLICK, STEPHEN W. 31426.........................VAN NEVEL, GARY F. 32921............................VAN OSS, THOMAS 33767..........................VAN PELT, CRAIG W. 33665.......VAN RUDEN ESTATE, SALFRED 12663..................VAN STEENKISTE, INGER 17560.....................VAN STONE, DEBORAH 33738...............VAN VONDEREN, JEFFREY 22138.........................VANASSE, LEONARD 16608........................VANDE VREDE, JOHN 28024......................VANDERBEEK, SUSAN 33531.............................VANGEN, LARRY F. 19186................................VAUGHN, SCOTT 33889....................VELAZQUEZ, MAUREEN 30358........................VERNON, RICHARD L. 33343.............................VERSTEGEN, NICK 17223.................VETTE ESTATE, FRANK J. 32995..................................VILLA, ANDRES 31134..........................VOGELSANG, MARK 1086.......................VOGT ESTATE, MARTIN 31731.....................................VOLK, JANICE 28747..................................VOSS, NORMAN 14245.......................................WADE, REBA 16031................WAGENAAR, RAPHAEL O. 31337.................................WAGNER, DAVID 29931..................................WAGNER CORP. 90569.......................WAHLQUIST, DONALD 19488...................WAHLQUIST, VIRGINIA J. 14452..............WAHLSTRAND, HAROLD D. 27294......................WALBERG, FLORINE F. 30368..........................WALBERG, VERNON 28853...........................WALCH, DONALD H. 30799.............................WALDELAND, JON 32048......................WALKER, DEBORAH L. 32595...............................WALKER, TINA M. 19455............................WALKOSZ, JOHN L. 17146................................WALLACE, ANNE 14864.............................WALLACE, JENNIE 15940..........WALLGREN ESTATE, JOHN M. 33815.......................WALTERS, GEORGE F. 30815...........................WAMBHEIM, BRUCE 17324............................WANG, WARREN L. 32836.......................WANNEMACHER, JOE 26721..................................WANTUCK, T. O. 32726................................WARD, MICHAEL 33140.......................................WARD, PETE 16733..................................WARD, SYDNEY 32285......................WARHOL, FRANCES E. 25572...........................WARLAND, JOHN L.

33196...................WASHBURN, PATRICK D. 27592..................WASHINGTON FED. S & L 28791.......WATERMAN ESTATE, DUANE D. 24495............................WATERS, RICHARD 31804...........................WATSON, CHARLES 33307..........................WATSON, DANIEL W. 7634.................................WATSON, ELOISE 29359........................WATSON, RICHARD L. 28537...............................WATT, ROBERT P. 30374...............WEBBE ESTATE, LESLIE T. 25463................................WEBER, MARY L. 21540......................WEBSTER, WILLIAM R. 29120.......................................WEEKS, RAY 10959.........................WEGNER, PRISCILLA 20454........................WEGNER, WILLIAM C. 32096......................WEGWERTH, ALLEN R. 32326.................WEIHROUCH, ROBERT D. 23785..............................WEIK, DONALD R. 31312..........................WEINHARDT, JAMES 90535......................WEINZIRL, EDWARD A. 32067..........................WEISZEL, ANTHONY 30845.......................WEKKIN, KENNETH E. 3892........................WELCH ESTATE, VERN 18094.............................WELDON, GARY O. 25697.....................WELLMAN, MICHAEL A. 25735........................WELSCH, FRANCIS S. 32374..........................WENDLANDT, MARK 30328............................WENDLANDT, MIKE 28971.....................WENDLER, JEFFREY A. 26756..................................WENK, ALBERT 27980.................................WENNER, LOUIS 8690......................WENTZEL, RAYMOND R. 12454........................WERNESS, DOROTHY 32335..........................WERNLUND, BRENT 8219.......................WERSELL, THOMAS W. 24122...................WERTSCHNIG, BETTE J. 31924........................WESNER, JOSEPH W. 20757..............................WEST, HAROLD J. 30575................................WEST, MITCHELL 20389.............................WESTLUND, KEITH 12514...........................WESTLUND, VALE I. 9660.................................WESTPHAL, W. E. 32368...........WESTVEER, BRANDALYNNE. 22864.........................WETTIG, JEFFREY K. 27853........................WHARTON, KENNETH 33468...................................WHEELER, JOE 28787..........................WHEELER, SHARON 32808....................................WHITBY, CARL 9890............................WHITCRAFT, NEIL B. 31780................................WHITE, MICHEAL 31913....................................WHITE, TRACY 13478..............WHITE ESTATE, DONALD A. 14458............................WHITEHEAD, DANA 32540...............WHITESIDE ESTATE, MARY 33259........................WHITTIER, CONNIE J. 6012.........................WICHELMAN, WALTER 23672.........................WICKER, WILLIAM M. 24188..........................WICKHAM, THOMAS 8966..............................WICKLUND, HELEN 29464.........................WICKLUND, MARY M. 6175...................WIECHMANN, PEARLE M. 9014................................WIENKE, ARTHUR 7590...........WIESER ESTATE, CHARLES A. 9858........................WIKARSKI, EDWARD J. 6491.............................WIKSTROM, LEORA 9109..............................WILBER, WAYNE E. 29982...........................WILBUR, SHANNON 30425..........................WILCHER JR., JOHN 12244..........................WILCOX, WILLIAM A. 18706...............................WILDES, ROSA N. 15309......................WILDHAGEN, DAISY B. 23965...................................WILEY, LESA T. 14913....................WILKIE SR., GERALD D. 29805...............................WILKINS, SHELLY 5344..............................WILLE, GEORGE W. 33103........................WILLIAMS, GLORIA A. 29044.......................WILLIAMS, JOSEPH B. 21130......................WILLIAMS, LORRAYNE 32642.......................WILLIAMS, MARLYS A. 29233.......................WILLIAMS, ROBERT T. 17134. . . . . . . .WILLIAMS ESTATE, WILBUR R. 31489.......................WILLIAMSON, CARRIE 26965..............WILLIAMSON, KIM/RYAN, R.

511480 39L

Pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes Section 185.03(10), you are hereby notified that Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative, of Centuria, Wisconsin 54824, has in its possession unclaimed funds belonging to you. You can claim these funds by contacting the Cooperative and furnishing proof of your legal interest in such funds on or

18310.............................WILLIAMSON, R. J. 18691.....................WILLIQUETT, LOREN R. 33389...............................WILSON, JACK B. 33677.............................WILSON, MICHAEL 32147........................WILSON, RICHARD S. 90426..........................WILSON, ROBERT B. 26348..............................WILSON, RONALD 30686................................WILSON JR., TED 26847.............................WILSON, TIMOTHY 32364.....................WINCHELL, ROLAND H. 21327...............WINEGARDEN, MARCELLA 29696..............................WINHOLTZ, LINDA 23675..................WINKELMAN, HARVEY L. 22207.......................WINSLOW, ERNEST L. 33786.........................WINSLOW, TRACIE L. 11224..........................WINTER, GEORGE A. 21831..........................WIRTH, LORRAINE I. 30235.............................WITTE, WILLIAM A. 31201..................WITTENBREER, MARY B. 30470......................WOESSNER, JAMES R. 25383...............................WOHLRABE, A. C. 2494...............................WOLD, VIRGINIA P. 31910..............................WOLDEN, SIDNEY 5568......................................WOLF, CARL J. 22607...............WOLTER ESTATE, ALVIN R. 24119.....................WONDRA, SHERRILL L. 31658...............................WOOD, ELMER L. 28188......................WOODALL, HAROLD L. 90537.....................WOODALL, MARILYN L. 32675..................WOODARD, DOROTHY M. 21928.....................WOODARD, SHELBY A. 23886.................................WOODS, JAMES 32939..........................WOODS & ROBISON 27672.............WOODWORTH, STEPHEN C. 32559...............................WORKMAN, JO C. 33638........................WORKMAN, MICHAEL 29196..........WORKMAN ESTATE, SALLY A. 28548....................WORZALLA, CHRISTINE 29213....................................WRUCK, GARY 31382............WUCHERPFENNIG, RODNEY 29539............................WULF, JACKLYN M. 31976..........................WUNDER, DOUGLAS 32905.................................WYATT, MARY E. 15116......................WYCKOFF, ROBERT M. 5468...........................WYCOFF, EUGENE L. 29581..........................WYMER, ROBERT E. 33883.......................YABANSE CONST. CO. 28974.......................YAEGER, RICHARD M. 33036....................YANKOVEC, KATHLEEN 31402.................................YATES, MARNEY 29691..................................YATES, MAXINE 31621...............................YEHLE, MICHAEL 33504................................YOUNG, JODIE P. 11889...........................YOUNG, ROBERT M. 32271................................YOUNG, ROSS R. 32963.........................YOUNG, WAYLEND J. 29895.................YOUNGFLESH, RAYMOND 23677.........................YURICK, STEPHEN J. 31193.........................ZALLAR II, FRANK M. 22204............................ZANDER, PETER W. 33111.................................ZAPPA, JOEL M. 15977.................ZARICH ESTATE JR., SAM 32000..........................ZAWORSKI, SHERYL 23768..............................ZEHM, ROBERT L. 4232.....................ZETTERBERG, ROSALIE 27820..............................ZEUG, EDWARD F. 33429.............................ZIEMER, JAMES K. 27096........................ZIEMER, KENNETH A. 29776.....................................ZIESKA, RETA 19315.................................ZILLMANN, R. H. 33534................................ZILLMER, ALLAN 20297.............................ZIMNY, ROBERT W. 23102..............................ZINDA, ALBERT H. 15288..............ZINDA ESTATE, MARGARET 32840................................ZINDARS, TED V. 32775.........................................ZINN, DAVID 29110.........................................ZINN, GARY

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Siren Community Band rehearsals to begin SIREN – The Siren Community Band will begin rehearsals to prepare for a concert to be played at 8 p.m. on the Fourth of July at the Crooked Lake Park band shell. Rehearsals will be on Tuesdays in June (June 1, June 8, June 15, June 22 and June 29) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Siren School band room.

All band instruments and players are needed!

All individuals living in Siren and surrounding areas are welcome to play. This is a great time to dust off that case and start playing again. The music played will be lighter

concert band selections with lots of patriotic songs and marches thrown in. The group hopes you will join in the fun and rediscover how much fun playing in a band is!

They are also looking for people to help with music organization, advertising, equipment moving, etc. If you have any questions or would like more information please contact Bryn Anderson at the Siren School 715-349-2277 ext. 239 or at home 715-349-2658 or by e-mail at banderson@sirentel.net. - submitted

Webster Community Education Driver's education. Mondays through Thursdays, June 8 to July 1, 1 to 3 p.m., at Siren High School. Parents night Thursday, May 27, 6-8 p.m. Fee: $75. Call 715-825-4950 to register.

For these classes, call Webster/Siren Community Education at 715-349-7070 to register. Preregistration is required.

Burnett County HCE hosts third-annual international dinner SIREN – On Thursday evening, April 29, Burnett County Home and Community Education honored five foreign-exchange students and their host families at their third-annual international dinner.

The students honored were: Onwara (Jan) Likitworawan from Thailand, attending Webster High School; Mohamad Akef Elkasir from Egypt, attending Webster High School; Tais Figueira from Brazil, attending Grantsburg High School; Nicola Schiesser from Austria, attending Grantsburg High School and Laura Melzer from Germany, attending Webster High School.

Ethnic food dishes from the countries were prepared by the HCE members. Coordinating this event were Amy Kopecky, Webster and Carole Newman, Webster.

Approximately 50 people attended the event held at the Government Center in Siren. - submitted

L to R: Nicola Schiesser from Austria, Tais Figueira from Brazil, Mohamad Akef Elkasir from Egypt, Laura Melzer from Germany and Onwara (Jan) Likitworawan from Thailand. – Photo submitted

UWBC graduation ceremony May 20 RICE LAKE – Dr. V. Thomas Dock, dean of the College of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, will be the keynote speaker at the University of Wisconsin-Barron County commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 20, at 6:30 p.m., in the Fine Arts Theatre.

At commencement, associate of arts and science degree candidates will be honored, and special recognition will be given to students who have successfully completed 60 credits with a GPA of 2.0 or higher, will be eligible to transfer to a baccalaureate institution.

The host for the ceremony is Aimee Lapacinski of Rice Lake, a sophomore senator on the student government

association. The students will hear welcome comments from UW-BC Dean Paul W. Chase and greetings from the University of Wisconsin-Barron County Foundation Vicepresident Joe Thrasher.

Mary Hoeft, professor of French/communication and theatre arts, was invited by the Student Government Association to give the faculty address. Following the keynote address by Dock, Chase will present diplomas to the graduates.

During the ceremony educational scholarship recipients, outstanding service award recipients, and suma cum laude, magna cum laude, and cum laude graduates

will be announced.

Associate of Arts and Science degree candidates to be honored at the ceremony are: Carmen A. Patterson of Balsam Lake; David D. Nyren of Frederic; Cheryl Kolb of Grantsburg; Kasie L. McNitt of Shell Lake; Kristina M. Phernetton of Siren; Ciara Marie Draper, Ashley Lynn Hanson, and Rachel Park Hendry of Spooner; and Heather Mae Elfers of St. Croix Falls.

Those to be honored for having successfully completed 60 credits with a grade point average of 2.0 or better are: Joseph J. Adair of Luck. – from UWBC

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH???

Menu LOCATION

MONDAY

MAY 24 - MAY 28 TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

BREAKFAST BREAKFAST Apple frudel.

Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH LUNCH California burger, fries OR chicken Chicken nuggets, tritaters OR ham taco salad. salad.

BREAKFAST Pancake on a stick.

LUNCH LUNCH Mini corn dogs, baked beans, pret- Pizza dippers, green beans OR tuna zels OR Oriental salad. salad.

GRANTSBURG

LUNCH Pizza, lettuce salad, corn, pudding, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, mandarin oranges, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH Cheeseburger, buttered noodles, sliced carrots, banana, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH Tater tot hotdish, green bean casserole, lettuce salad, mixed fruit, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH Ham & cheese stacker, oven potatoes, baked beans, applesauce, pudding pop, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUCK

BREAKFAST Cereal/French toast.

LUNCH Mozzarella pizza dippers, dipping sauce, green beans, fruit sauce. Alt.: Hot dog, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/pancake stick.

LUNCH Taco salad, tortilla chips, winter mix, fruit sauce. Alt.: Chicken patty, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/long john.

LUNCH Build your own sub, chips, corn, fresh fruit. Alt.: Chicken nuggets, 712.

BREAKFAST Cereal/pancakes.

LUNCH Breakfast for lunch, pancakes, ham, cinnamon roll, strawberries, fruit sauce. Alt.: Hot dog, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/cinnamon roll.

LUNCH Fish sandwich, curly fries, corn on the cob, fresh fruit/blueberries, icecream bar. Alt.: Chicken patty, 7-12.

SIREN

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Chicken burger, oven potatoes, green beans, coleslaw, peaches, trail mix. Alt.: Cook’s choice.

BREAKFAST Cheese omelet and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Hamburger rice hotdish, bread, steamed corn, carrots, pears. Alt.: Cook’s choice.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Taco salad, shredded lettuce, refried beans, corn, oranges & apples. Alt.: Cook’s choice.

BREAKFAST French toast sticks, juice and milk.

LUNCH Turkey & gravy over potatoes, peas, lettuce salad, dinner roll, mixed fruit.

Alt.: Cook’s choice.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Hard-shell tacos and nachos, shredded lettuce, beans, corn, applesauce. Alt.: Cook’s choice.

ST. CROIX FALLS

BREAKFAST Breakfast cookie.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, peas, apple slices. Alt.: Pizza burger.

BREAKFAST Scrambled egg, sausage, toast.

LUNCH Pepperoni pizza, lettuce salad, carrots, apricots. Alt.: Beef stew.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Tacos, hard & soft shells, fixings, corn, pineapple, cinnamon rolls.

BREAKFAST French toast sticks.

LUNCH Hot ham & cheese, french fries, baked beans, applesauce. Alt.: Gyros.

BREAKFAST Cinnamon rolls, fruit cup.

LUNCH Pork riblet, steamed rice, green beans, pears. Alt.: Cook’s choice.

UNITY

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets and rice.

BREAKFAST Lumberjacks.

LUNCH Pizza and corn.

LUNCH French dip and au gratin potatoes.

LUNCH Tacos with fixings, soft shell or chips.

LUNCH Chicken patty and broccoli/cauliflower with cheese.

WEBSTER

LUNCH Cheese omelet, tritaters, sausage, strawberries and bananas.

LUNCH Brat, bun, sauerkraut, baked beans OR chicken gravy, mashed potatoes, corn, cranberries, peaches.

LUNCH California cheeseburger, bun, cheesy hash browns, mixed veggies, pears.

LUNCH Beef taco pie, salad, salsa, corn, chips, pineapple.

LUNCH Sub sandwich, lettuce, onions, pickles, fresh veggies, fresh fruit.

EARLY RELEASE DAY

FREDERIC

Each building will have their own breakfast menu.

Donuts

Waffles.

BREAKFAST

FRIDAY

BREAKFAST

Muffins.

BREAKFAST

Hot pocket.

BREAKFAST

LUNCH Sub sandwich, raw veggies, dip OR chicken-strip salad.

Pancakes.

BREAKFAST

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THANK YOU

We would like to thank everyone who made the Chamber of Commerce 2010 Banquet possible. It was truly a great honor for us to be chosen 2010 Citizens of the Year.

A special thanks to: • Brad & Rebecca Harlander & other chamber members • Phil Knuf & Frederic Lions • Frederic Village Board • Carl Eklof & South Fork Sporting Club • Phyllis Wilder, Phyllis Meyer, Roxi, Joan, Nancy, Maria & all of the Frederic Lioness • Pastor Tom from Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church & all our church friends • Gail Ward • Dairy Queen Family Thank you to all our family & friends who came & helped celebrate our evening of entertainment & kind words.

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Students of the Week GRANTSBURG

FREDERIC

Christopher Hill has been chosen Frederic Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in first grade and the son of Chuck and Karen Hill. Christopher is kind, caring and helpful to his classmates and teacher. He has a wonderful, positive attitude.

Christopher is a good reader and loves math and library. He loves to spend time with his family and play video games.

Bradley Erickson has been chosen Frederic Middle School’s student of the week. He is in seventh grade and the son of Lonnie and Jeanne Erickson. Bradley has an excellent work ethic, is cooperative and personable. Bradley is involved in youth group, football and soccer. He enjoys playing video games, hunting, riding bike, fishing and being with friends. His future plans include going to UWEau Claire. The greatest influence in his life has been his dad.

Eric Christiansen has been chosen Frederic High School’s student of the week. He is a senior and his host parent is David McConnell. Eric is very quiet, but does his job. He is a great school supporter, friendly and cooperative. Eric is involved in football and baseball. He enjoys snowboarding and playing sports. Eric plans on going to college in Ringe, Denmark. The greatest influence in his life has been his brother.

Jared Lee has been chosen Grantsburg Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in third grade and the son of Michelle and Jason Lee. Jared is a great role model for his classmates and he works hard on everything he does.

Jared likes math, reading and gym.

He enjoys hockey and reading.

Amanda Pitts has been chosen Grantsburg Middle School’s student of the week. She is in fifth grade and the daughter of Sherry Forrestal. Amanda is a very thoughtful person. If she sees a need she will make an effort to help out. Amanda is also willing to help other students with their work and sets a good example for everyone in class. Her favorite classes are reading and math. Amanda enjoys riding bike.

ST. CROIX FALLS

LUCK

Nick Aguado has been chosen Luck Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in fourth grade and the son of Amy and Al Aguado. Nick is friendly and kind and is very cooperative in school.

He is very helpful and thoughtful to others. Nick has good study habits, works hard and is responsible about his assignments. He loves being outdoors and doing things with his family. Nick is involved with Boy Scouts, sports and church activities.

Hailey Foeller has been chosen Luck Middle School’s student of the week. She is in seventh grade and the daughter of Alex and Chelsey Foeller. Hailey is a nice, quiet student who works hard and is a pleasure to have in class. She is involved in Girl Scouts, band, volleyball, track and beach volleyball. Hailey enjoys playing volleyball and spending time with family and friends. Her parents have been the greatest influence in her life.

Miranda Kielty has been chosen Luck High School’s student of the week. She is a freshman and the daughter of Kurt and Tracy Vail.

Miranda is outgoing, happy and nice to be around. She is involved in basketball. Miranda enjoys hanging out with friends and watching movies. Her future plans are to become a police officer.

Congratulations students for a job well done!

Dalton Dockendorf has been chosen St. Croix Falls Middle School’s student of the week. He is in seventh grade and the son of Gerry and Jenny Dockendorf. Dalton has a great personality and is a hardworking student. He enjoys middle school because of being able to switch classes throughout the day. Dalton’s favorite subject is social studies. He is involved in football and enjoys wrestling, watching movies and jumping on the trampoline.

WEBSTER

SIREN

Russell Cook has been chosen Siren Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in second grade and the son of Russ and Sheila Cook. Russell is a courteous and hardworking student. In school Russell likes spelling and phy ed class. Outside of school he plays basketball, flag football, baseball and is in Cub Scouts.

Russell likes to go hunting and fishing with his dad in his free time.

Carinna Coy has been chosen Grantsburg High School’s student of the week. She is a senior and the daughter of Steve and Cheryl Coy. Carinna exhibits extreme leadership and is an excellent role model who is respected by students and staff and makes a positive difference at school. She baby-sits, works at Video Vision and on her Haiti project while being involved in multiple clubs. Carinna enjoys being outside, watching movies and spending time with friends. She will attend UW-Superior.

Josh Lemieux has been chosen Siren High School’s student of the week. He is a freshman and the son of Mike and Lori Lemieux.

Josh is responsible, has a good sense of humor, is hardworking, has a great attitude and is willing to help others. Josh is involved in football, basketball, baseball and coaches T-ball and basketball.

He enjoys going up north and hanging out with his family. Josh would like to attend college to be a physical therapist. The person he most admires is his mom.

Brayden Reinhardt has been chosen Webster Elementary School’s student of the week. He is the son of Brad Reinhardt.

Brayden is 5 years old and loves being a Tiny Tiger. Brayden has learned a lot this year, including all the letters of the alphabet and how to count to 100. His favorite thing to do at school is play on the SMART Board. At home Brayden likes to do projects with Katie.

When he grows up he wants to be a firefighter or an animal keeper.

Michael Johnson has been chosen Webster Middle School’s student of the week. He is in eighth grade and the son of Greg Johnson and Laurie Johnson. Michael is a very nice young man. He works hard and tries his best to do well. Michael has achieved high grades because of this.

Michael is very polite to adults and his peers. He likes to have fun, fish, hunt and play sports.

Andrea Yezek has been chosen Webster High School’s student of the week. She is a senior and the daughter of Steve and Julie Yezek.

Andrea always finishes what she starts and goes about her business quietly. She can light up a classroom with her great smile and attitude. Andrea is involved in business club, art club and band. She enjoys sewing, shopping, drawing and painting. She plans to attend UWStout for elementary education.

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Allison Lawrence has been chosen Unity Elementary School’s student of the week.

She is in second grade and the daughter of Jeff and Shelley Lawrence. Allison is a girl with an extremely positive attitude. She is a great role model to others and a great helper to her teacher.

She works hard to do her best and excels in her studies.

Logan Bader has been chosen Unity Middle School’s student of the week. He is in sixth grade and the son of Jeff and Melissa Bader. Logan is a conscientious student and always has his work done on time. He is appreciated for his smile and sense of humor.

Logan loves to learn and wants to work with others. He has become a problem solver and he cares about his work.

Alex Davison has been chosen Unity High School’s student of the week. She is a senior and the daughter of Julie and Roger Davison. Alex is an active member of the band, FFA, Clean Boats Clean Waters, Rachel’s Challenge/FOR Club. She is always willing to make new students feel welcome.

Happenings in the Upper St. Croix Valley communities

Coming events

Photo by Gary King

SEND YOUR COMING EVENTS ITEMS TO: INTER-COUNTY LEADER, BOX 490, FREDERIC, WI 54837 OR E-MAIL the-leader@centurytel.net

MAY

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MONDAY/24 St. Croix Falls

• Distribution of Memorial poppies during the month.

• Polk County Genealogical meeting at the senior center, 7 p.m.

THURS.-SAT./20-22 Siren

TUESDAY/25

• Huge sale for American Cancer Society on Midtown Road. Thurs. 7 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fri. 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Balsam Lake

• WWII Vet Owen Mobley to speak at historical society meeting at the Justice Center, 7 p.m.

Centuria

Siren

• Unity Lions garden & plant sale on Hwy. 35, 9:30 a.m.4 p.m..

• Food and Friends Community Dinner will be served at Siren Methodist Church, 5-6 p.m.

Milltown

St. Croix Falls

• Unity Lions garden & plant sale in the park, 9:30 a.m.4 p.m.

• Open Arms invites you for food & fellowship at Alliance Church of the Valley, 5-6:30 p.m., 715-483-1100.

• Open house and orientation for Festival Theatre volunteers at the theater, 1:30 and 6:30 p.m., 715-483-3387.

• Free Quit Smoking Clinic at St. Croix Regional Medical Center, noon-1 p.m. & 5:30-6:30 p.m.

THURSDAY/20 Balsam Lake

• Meet Tim O’Hare at Paradise Landing, 6-9 p.m., www.timohareforsheriff.com.

Frederic

WEDNESDAY/26

• Family Pathways presentation at St. Dominic’s religious education building, 1:30 p.m.

• Lioness monthly meeting at Sunrise Apartments community room, 7 p.m.

Luck

• American Legion & Auxiliary 255 meeting at the village hall, 7 p.m.

Amery

• Free Quit Smoking Clinic at Amery Regional Medical Center, noon-1 p.m.

A pair of wood ducks stayed just long enough for this photographer to get an up close view, only to fly from a small pond in Polk County seconds later. – Photo by Marty Seeger

St. Croix Falls

• Friends of the Fair meeting at the fair’s 4-H building, 7 p.m., 715-483-3391, www.polkcountyfair.com.

• Sen. Herb Kohl’s regional representative, Marjorie Bunce, to meet with constituents at city hall, 11 a.m.noon, 715-832-8424.

FRI. & SAT./21 & 22 Danbury

• Interfaith Caregivers rummage and bake sale at 7596 Hayden Lake Rd., 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 715-866-4970.

Webb Lake

• Community club’s rummage sale at the town hall, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-259-7727.

Milltown

Taylors Falls, Minn.

• Fundraising event to benefit the survivors of the Haitian earthquake at the Maple Ridge Farms, 6 p.m.-?, 715-483-1505.

SATURDAY/22 Amery

• Rebecca Kolls garden talk at the library, 10:30 a.m., 715-268-9340.

• Garage sale fundraiser at the animal shelter, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 715-268-7387.

Frederic

FRIDAY/21

• Masonic golf outing and funraiser at the golf course.

9 a.m. shotgun start, 715-327-8250.

• Benefit for Kathy Sandberg at Pioneer Bar, 3 p.m.

• Free small-business counseling at the government center, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., 715-485-8600 or bobkazmierski@ces.uwex.edu.

Lewis

Balsam Lake

Siren

• Fish fry at Burnett County Moose Lodge, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., 715-349-5923.

• Sullivan Family concert at the Methodist church, 7 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

• Ice Age Trail Flora Hike in Lions Park, 11 a.m., 715-4722248.

Siren

• Syren Lilacfest: Garden Club lilac sales, Swedish buffet breakfast “Frukost” & Scandinavian bake sale, the Blizzard garage & bake sale, Burnett County farmers market, 715-349-8399 or www.visitsiren.com.

• Siren Lions & Lioness yard sale donation drop-off at their building, 9 a.m.-noon, 715-349-2400.

• Blizzard garage & bake sale at Lodge Center Ice Arena, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Turtle Lake

• Native American Day at St. Croix Casino, 10 a.m.6 p.m., 800-846-8946.

SUNDAY/23 Grantsburg

• Graduation ceremony at GHS, 2 p.m.

Milltown

• Unity Baccalaureate at the school, 7 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

• Apple River Riders Fun Show at the fairgrounds,

Siren’s Family Fishing Contest SIREN – A beautiful sunny day in the park was made better by the first-ever Family Fishing Contest and picnic sponsored by the Burnett County Law Enforcement Citizen’s Auxiliary. Members of BCLECA held the contest to give the public an oppoprtunity to meet the auxiliary members and see what they do to support local law enforcement agencies.

Along with Sheriff Dean Roland, Grantsburg Police Chief Jeff Schinzing and recreation officer Ryan Bybee on hand, the county boat and ATV patrol equipment were displayed. BCLECA

Nine-year-old Tyrell Brande, Grantsburg, is shown with the nice bass he caught from the fishing pier in Crooked Lake Park this past Saturday. – Photos submitted

Luck

• Free Quit Smoking Clinic at Luck Medical Center, 7:158:15 a.m.

members cooked brats, and helped participants register and weigh in fish.

Members of the Wisconsin Therapy Dog Association and the Burnett County Mounted Patrol brought their animals to walk the park and meet the public. McGruff, the crime dog, was seen having fun with kids on the playground. Information about critical law enforcement issues and public safety were available, free of charge, from multiple agencies.

Prizes for the biggest fish caught and door prizes were presented from the generosity of many local businesses.

James Mayotte, Webster, and Mikayla Runge, Siren, tied for first prize for the biggest sunfish, with fish weighing in at 8 ounces. Brooke Golly, Webster, took second place.

Harley Mangen, Siren, brought in the top crappie at 1.5 pounds, followed by a tie by Bailey and Breck Mangen with their 1-pound crappies. Bailey Mangen weighed in with the biggest bass at 2 pounds, followed by Devin Fitzpatrick with a bass at 1.5 pounds, and Tyrell Brande, Grantsburg, third with a 1pound bass. – Information submitted by Cora Sower

Members of the local Wisconsin Therapy Dogs Association and the mini-mascot, Mims, for the Burnett County Mounted Patrol, (L to R) Lisa Johnson, Marlys Berg, Susan Hager and Cora Sower, owner of Mims, strolled Crooked Lake Park Saturday as part of the Family Fishing Contest sponsored by the Burnett County Law Enforcement Citizens Auxiliary.

(L to R) Brady, Bailey, Harley and Breck Mangen took top honors at the first Family Fishing Contest at Crooked Lake, Siren, Saturday, May 15. The Mangen family came in with several nice fish, including the biggest catch of the day, a 2-pound northern.

• “Rolling Thunder” send-off at the VFW, 9 a.m.

Webster

• Free Quit Smoking Clinic at St. Croix Tribal Health Department, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

THURS. & FRI./27 & 28 Frederic

• Blood drive at St. Luke’s Methodist Church. Thurs. 1-7 p.m., Fri. 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 800-GIVE-LIFE.

THURSDAY/27 Frederic

• Open house at Frederic Nursing and Rehab, 9:301:30 a.m.

Luck

• Historical society meeting at the museum, 7 p.m., 715472-4378.

Siren

• Ruby’s Pantry at 24534 Hwy. 35/70. Doors open 4:30 p.m., distribution 5-6:30 p.m.

T h i r d S e c t i o n • I n t e r- C o u n t y L e a d e r G r a d u a t i o n S e c t i o n • M a y 1 9 , 2 0 1 0

Hats off to the

C l a s s of o f 2010!

2010!

Class

Join In the Celebrations!

Frederic S u n d a y, M a y 2 3 2 p.m.

Grantsburg S u n d a y, M a y 2 3 2 p.m.

The Sky's The Limit

Luck S u n d a y, M a y 2 3 1:30 p.m.

Siren F r i d a y, M a y 2 1 7 p.m.

St. Croix Falls F r i d a y, M a y 2 8 7 p.m.

Unity F r i d a y, M a y 2 8 7:30 p.m.

We We b s t e r S a t u r d a y, M a y 2 2 2 p.m.

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Graduation Issue

Inter-County Leader

Our local schools

Webster High School

Frederic High School

St. Croix Falls High School

Grantsburg High School

Siren High School

Unity High School

Luck High School

Inter-County Leader graduation issue • 2010

Inter-County Leader

Graduation Issue

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - Page 3

Frederic Class of 2010

Tatyana Abasheva

Parents: Olga and Aleksandr Abasheva Plans after graduation: Attended Harvard, Mass., for international relationships.

Andrew Byerly

Parents: Cindy and Rod Gardner and Lewis Byerly Plans after graduation: Attend Michigan Tech for lineman.

Whitney Ellison

Parents: Peggy Kelton and Johnny Ellison Plans after graduation: Attend WITCSuperior for medical administrative specialist.

Cody Hallanger

Ian Anderson

Joel Anderson

Joe Armstrong

Chad Chenal

Christine Chenal

Eric Christiansen

Parents: Sharon Jensen Parents: Dwight and Parents: Bryan Paula Anderson Anderson and Nancy and Earl Jensen Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- Anderson tion: Enlisted in the U.S. Plans after gradua- tion: Enlist in the Army Marine Corps. tion: Attend UW-River as a combat engineer.

Falls for economics.

Parents: Kenneth Chenal and Dorothy Chenal Plans after graduation: Attend college in Florida for graphic design.

Parents: David Chenal and Nancy Chenal Plans after graduation: Attend UM-Duluth or UW-River Falls for elementary education.

Host parent: David McConnell Plans after graduation: Attend Midtfyns Gymnasium in Denmark for language and social studies.

Michael Elrod

Claire Erickson

Mariah Gravelle

Ryan Johnson

Kimberly Jones

Parents: Todd and Parents: Bob and Parents: Todd and Eva Cherrise Miller Marlys Elrod Java and Robert Gravelle Plans after graduaPlans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend WITC-Rice tion: Enlist in the Air tion: Attend WITC-Rice Lake for computer tech. Force for munitions.

Lake for accounting and administrative assistant.

Adam Hardenbergh

Parents: Reid and Parents: Bill and Robin Nancy Hardenbergh Hallanger Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend Northern tion: Attend a 4-year uniMichigan University for versity. lineman.

Parents: Patti and Parents: Jim and Eugene Johnson Chong Ae Jones Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Work at the Luck tion: Attend WITC-Rice Library.

Lake for therapeutic massage.

Jarrod Boston

Amber Boyle-

Camilla Collovati

Ethan Cook

Thomas Gravelle

Amanda Gunter

Sadie Kettula

Joel Knauber

Parents: Joel Boston Carlson and Beth Boston Parents: Paul Carlson Plans after gradua- and Deborah tion: Undecided.

Dornemann Plans after graduation: Attend St. John’s University in Sante Fe, N.M., for literature.

Host parents: Rae Parents: Kerry and Lynn and Don Johnson. Linda Cook Parents: Patrizia Bigotto Plans after graduaand Nelvio Collovati. tion: Attend UWPlans after graduaSuperior. tion: Attend university in Italy for foreign languages and tourism or drama.

Parents: Todd and Eva Parents: Ken Gunter Java and Robert Gravelle and Kelly Pool Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend WITC-Rice tion: Attend school in Lake for mechanics.

Inver Grove Heights, Minn., for massage and working with kids.

Parents: Marlene Parents: Leonard and Kettula and David Wendy Knauber Kettula Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Attend UW-Stout tion: Undecided. for mechanical engineering.

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Frederic Class of 2010

Haley Kurkowski

Dana LaBoda

Abby Lindahl

Alexsandra Lonetti

Parents: Ray and Kordi Kurkowski Plans after graduation: Enlist in the Navy.

Parents: Jean and Richard LaBoda Plans after graduation: Attend UW-River Falls for Spanish education.

Parents: JoAnn and Scott Holmberg and Rodney Lindahl Plans after graduation: Attend CVTC in Eau Claire for cosmetology.

Parents: Krista and Bill Struck and Vince Lonetti Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Stout then transfer to UW-Eau Claire for nurse anesthetist.

Terri McKinney

August Neumann

Marissa Olby-

Dani Peterson

Nicole Root

Amanda Runnels

Paola Endara Saavedra

Parents: David and Sherry McKinney Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Barron County and then transfer to UW-River Falls for elementary education/photography.

Justin Pyke

Parents: Kristine and Robert Pyke Plans after graduation: Enlist in the Navy.

Parent: Wally Parent: Brenda Nelson Neumann Peterson Parent: Jessica Olby Plans after graduaPlans after graduaPlans after graduation: Enlist in the tion: Attend UW-La tion: Attend UW-River for diesel Crosse, double major in Falls for veterinarian.

Marines mechanic. psychology and prelaw.

Parents: Larry and Parents: Karen and Lynn Root Charles Hill and Peter Plans after gradua- Runnels tion: Attend WITC for Plans after graduapsychology. tion: Attend WITC-Rice Lake for criminal justice/law enforcement.

Host parents: Brenda Johnson/Jay Stackhouse.

Parents: Mónica Saavedra and Gonzalo Endara Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Eau Claire for business adaministration.

Travis Love

Cathryn McConnell

Parents: June and Parent: David Raymond Love McConnell Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Work in Minnesota. tion: Attend UWMilwaukee for art.

William Primm

Greg Puetz

Parents: Bill and Stephanie Siebenthal and Terry and Erin Primm Plans after graduation: Attend UM-Duluth or UW-Eau Claire for teaching math.

Parents: Steve Puetz and Elisabeth Puetz Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Green Bay/Navy for political science and engineering.

Josh Sventek

Brad Thomas

Parents: Scott Thomas Parents: Jeff and Robin and Elaine Thomas Sventek Plans after graduation: Plans after graduation: Attend WITC – Rice Attend Waldorf College.

Lake for technology.

Class Motto: “Life is not measured by

the number of breaths we take, but by moments that take our breath away.”

Class Flower: Blue-tipped White Orchid Class Colors: Navy Blue and Silver Tommy Thompson

Parents: Rebecca Zappa and Forrest Thompson Plans after graduation: Enlist in the Navy in the medical field.

Kendra Wells

Parents: Joel and Kalen Wells Plans after graduation: Attend school for veterinary medicine.

Peter Wondra

Parents: Bruce and Bambi Rowe Plans after graduation: Attend music institute for music producer.

Kendra Wells

William Primm

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Frederic Class of 2010 CONGRATULATIONS FREDERIC GRADUATES FROM THESE BUSINESSES:

Affordable Quality Anderson Construction Avalon Bass Lake Lumber Bremer Bank Burnett Medical Center Carquest of Frederic Cashco Building Supplies

Chell Trucking D & L Financial Services Daeffler Quality Meats Daeffler Trucking Drs. Harlander & Tesch Ed’s Auto Body Fiedler Ford Four Seasons Wood Products Frederic Area Sanitation Frederic Grocery Frederic Nursing & Rehabilitation Community Frederic Country Club Frederic Design and Promotion Frederic Fuel Company Frederic Stop Frederic Wash House

Frontier Trails Riding Stables Great Northern Outdoors Grindell Law Offices Hair Designs Indianhead Credit Union Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association Dale A. Johnson, CPA Gene Johnson Construction Larsen Auto Centers Linda’s Family Child Care Luck Medical Clinic A division of Amery Regional Medical Center

Masonry Builders North Land Ambulance #975 Northwestern Wisconsin Electric Company

Pioneer Bar Polk-Burnett Ray’s Firestone Rowe Funeral Home Rural American Bank - Luck Skol Bar State Farm Insurance Corey Arnold St. Croix Regional Medical Center St. Croix Valley Business Clinic Sterling Bank The Gallery Gifts & Floral The Medicine Shoppe The Rose Garden Timbers Theatres U.S. Bank Wayne’s Foods Plus

Frederic’s Top Ten Kendra Wells William Primm Joel Anderson Amanda Runnels Adam Hardenbergh Alexsandra Lonetti Haley Kurkowski Terri McKinney Christine Chenal AmberJean BoyleCarlson

CONGRATULATIONS GRANTSBURG GRADUATES FROM THESE BUSINESSES: Bass Lake Lumber Bremer Bank Burnett Medical Center Cashco Building Supplies D & L Financial Services Daeffler Quality Meats Daeffler Trucking Denny's Lanes Ed’s Auto Body

Edling Funeral Home Farmers Independent Telephone Co. Fiedler Ford Gary Nelson Insurance Agency Holiday StationStores Grantsburg Indianhead Credit Union

Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association Larsen Auto Centers Northwestern Wisconsin Electric Company Polk-Burnett State Farm Insurance Corey Arnold Timbers Theatres

U.S. Bank Wild River Sport Cycle

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Grantsburg Class of 2010

Lauren AllenShoebroek

Parents: Sherry Forrestal and John Shoebroek Plans after graduation: Attend college for psychology.

Jessica Clover

Parents: Thomas and Kristin Johnson Plans after graduation: Enlist in the Navy.

Cara Downard

Parent: Cassandra Hayes Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Stout for interior design.

Mitchell Frommader

Jessica Banks

Bryan Bennett

Michael Boykin

Carinna Coy

Casey Crawford

Cody Crawford

Matthew Emerson

Austin Eskola

Lindsey Fallstrom

Parents: Robert and Parents: Tim Bennett Brogan Christina Banks and Kathi Bennett Parents: Lewis Boykin Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- III and Virgina Boykin tion: Attend UW-Stevens tion: Attend WITCPlans after graduaPoint for fine arts.

Superior. tion: Enlist in the Navy.

Parents: Steve and Parents: Duncan and Parents: Duncan and Cheryl Coy Gretchen Crawford Gretchen Crawford Plans after graduaPlans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UW- tion: Attend University tion: Attend University Superior. of Hew Hampshire for of Vermont for biology. psychiatry.

Parents: Terry and Parent: Jennifer Huehn Plans after gradua- Dianna Eskola Plans after graduation: Enlist in the Navy. tion: Attend Winona State University for premed.

Daniel Gaffney

Parents: Greg and Parents: Bruce and Molly Gaffney Plans after graduaAmy Frommader Plans after gradua- tion: Attend Pine Tech tion: Attend tech school. for CNA/nursing

David Gaffney

Parents: Jeff and Penny Fallstrom Plans after graduation: Attend St. Cloud State for medical or communications.

Jordan Heinecke

Parents: Greg and Parents: Mike and Molly Gaffney Vickie Heinecke Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend Pine Tech tion: Attend Barron for CNA/Nursing County for forestry.

Jenna Brust

Kody Capistrant

Kerry Dahl

Heather Davison

Parents: Michelle and Parents: Rocky and Marvin Combs Cheryl Brust Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend college for tion: Undecided. photography/photo journalism.

Parents: James and Rebeka Jacobs and Carla Jacobs Plans after graduation: Attend WITC for mechanics.

Parents: Tina and Bruce Davison and the late Tyler Davison Plans after graduation: Attend MN State University-Mankato for dental hygiene.

Robert Finch

Austin Fleischauer

Matthias Hintz

Jessika Ilgen

Parents: Bob and Parents: Brad and Debi Sandy Finch Fleischauer Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend college. tion: Undecided.

Parents: Todd and Parents: Brett and Priscilla Hintz Sharon Ilgen Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend WITC-Rice tion: Enlist in the Navy.

Lake for law enforcement.

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Grantsburg Class of 2010

Isaac Jewell

Parents: Loren Jewell and Gloria Meyer Plans after graduation: Enlist in the Army.

Allen Lindus

Parents: Daniel and Yvonne Lindus Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Eau Claire.

Christopher Olson Jr.

Parents: Chris and Tasha Olson Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Stout for engineering.

ShyAnn Ricci

Parents: Ted Sr. and Penny Ricci Plans after graduation: Attend High Tech Institute for surgical tech.

Travis Jones

Steven Labatt

Ryan Ladlie

Cerenity Louis

Kayla Louis

Michelle Lund

Joshua Phillipps

Ethan Prazak

Lauren Romanowski

Michael Roper

Parents: Dan and Alice Parents: Charles and Parents: Mary Labatt Ladlie Barb Jones ad Steve Labatt Plans after graduaPlans after graduaPlans after graduation: Work. tion: Attend Bethel tion: Enlist in the Navy.

University for accounting and law enforcement.

Parent: Maria Louis Parents: Brian and Parents: Kevin and Plans after gradua- Shannon Louis Kathy Lund tion: Attend college for Plans after graduaPlans after graduaveterinary. tion: Attend college for tion: Attend Winona State University. social work.

Anne Palmquist

Parents: Greg and Kathy Palmquist Plans after graduation: Attend Minnesota State University Moorhead for premed/ biochemistry.

Jamie Robb

Parents: Mark and Cindi Omer and James Robb Plans after graduation: Enlist in the Marine Corps.

Parents: Kobi and Parents: Joel and Lenay Phillipps Bonnie Prazak Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UW-Stevens tion: Attend college for Point for wildlife ecolo- chemistry. gy.

Parents: Bill and Parents: Dave and Jeanne Roper Plans after graduaDanielle Romanowski Plans after gradua- tion: Undecided. tion: Attend college for education.

Jennifer Langevin

Kelsey Lien

Parents: Mike and Mary Langevin Plans after graduation: Attend College of Visual Arts for fashion design/coordinator.

Parents: Darren and Lori Lien Plans after graduation: Attend Winona State University for graphic design.

Trent Mack

Dylan Marohn

Courtney Rausch

Michael Reis

Dustin Ryan

Derek Sando

Parents: Darin and Parents: Candace Cheryl Mack Mack and Tyler Marohn Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Enlist is the Army tion: Attend UWNational Guard.

Superior for biology.

Parent: Sandra Parents: Paul and Gardner Melissa Reis Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend Fond du Lac tion: Attend WITC for Tribal and Community auto mechanic.

College for social work.

Parents: Murray Ryan Parents: Jack and and the late Lynn Ryan Denise Sando Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UW-Stout tion: Attend college for for game design and biology. development.

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Grantsburg Class of 2010

John Schneider Jr.

Parents: John and Patti Schneider Plans after graduation: Attend UWMilwaukee for architecture.

Rachel Tober

Parents: Richard Tober and Kim Tober Plans after graduation: Work.

Nicholas Simmons

Derek Stevens

Cody Tromberg

Aimee

Casey Swosinski

Parents: Christine Parents: Carrie Lickfelt Parents: Charlene and Boileau and Terry and Michael Pearson Bill King Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- Swosinski Plans after graduation: Attend Pine Tech. tion: Attend WITC. tion: Enlist in the Marine Corps.

Parents: Julie and VanTatenhove Doyle Christian Parents: Kris and Jean Plans after gradua- VanTatenhove tion: Attend UW-Stevens Plans after graduaPoint for wildlife ecolo- tion: Attend Cornell gy.

University for wildlife biology.

Bailey Volgren

Parents: Angela Fickbohm and Jerry Volgren Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Stout for interior design.

Kallie Thoreson

Leah Ticknor

Sarah Wald

Emma Walker

Parents: Jay and Sara Parents: Mike and Ticknor Debbie Thoreson Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UW-Eau tion: Attend UW-River Falls for elementary eduClaire for accounting. cation.

Parents: Kristine Parents: Dan and Deb Walker and Jason Wald Plans after gradua- Blomberg Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Stevens tion: Attend UW-River Point.

Falls.

Matthew Wood

Larissa Wilhelm

Parents: Roger and LuAnn Wood Plans after graduation: Attend Lake Vermilion College for wildlife and law enforcement.

Parents: Ron and Nancy Wilhelm Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Stout for business.

Class Motto:

“The hardest years, the wildest years, the desperate and dividing years, these shall not be the forgotten years.”

Class Flower: Passion Flower Class Colors: Black and Purple

Kallie Thoreson

Larissa Wilhelm

Grantsburg's Honor Students With distinction Carinna Coy Casey Crawford Cody Crawford Lindsey Fallstrom Kelsey Lien Michelle Lund Ethan Prazak John Schneider Jr. Kallie Thoreson

Aimee VanTatenhove Sarah Wald Larissa Wilhelm

Honors

Jessica Banks Heather Davison Austin Eskola Robert Finch Jessika Ilgen Steven Labatt Jennifer Langevin Allen Lindus Cerenity Louis

Christopher Olson Jr/ Anne Palmquist Joshua Phillipps Lauren Romanowski Michael Roper Dustin Ryan Leah Ticknor Cody Tromberg Emma Walker Matthew Wood

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Luck Class of 2010

Christopher Aldrich

Parents: Rae and Dale Perszyk and John and Diane Aldrich Plans after graduation: Attend Kirkwood Community College for fire fighting and fire science.

Nick Emerson

Parents: Russell Emerson and Kristine Emerson Plans after graduation: Attend UWSuperior for software engineering.

Amanda Groehler

Brett Alsaker

Derek Buck

Dana Ericksen

Samantha Fenning

Bryson Clemenson

Parents: Rick and Guardians: Tom and Parents: Reuben and Jenna Clemenson Kiersten Johnson Connie Buck Plans after graduaPlans after graduaPlans after graduation: Take some time off tion: Attend UM-Duluth. tion: Attend UM-Duluth for graphic design. and then start a career in music.

Parents: James and Janet Ericksen Plans after graduation: Attend WITC for cosmetology and also obtain a bartending license.

Katie Gutzmer

Parent: Nicole Erickson Plans after graduation: Attend Century College in White Bear Lake, Minn.

Parents: Ben and Eileen Gutzmer Plans after graduation: Attend college for elementary education and dance education.

Ryan Johnson

Diana Kufalk

Parents: Timothy and Parents: Eugene and Melissa Kufalk Patricia Johnson Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UW-River tion: Undecided.

Falls, then transfer to Chippewa Valley Technical College to become an ultrasound technician.

Dani Gehrke

Parents: John and Kristi Fenning Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Barron County for generals and transfer to UW-Stout for special education certification.

Parents: Christopher Gehrke and Nikki Gehrke Plans after graduation: Attend WITC-Rice Lake for cosmetology.

Jordan Hall

Jacob Hamack

Sabrina Lane

Peter Langeness

Parents: Richard and Parents: Patrick and Holly Hall Lisa Hamack Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UW-River tion: Attend Minneapolis Falls to become a music Business College. teacher.

Parents: Scott and Parents: Scot and Susan Lane Cheryl Langeness Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend college. tion: Attend UWMadison.

Winston Cluett

Gary Ekholm

Parents: Eric and Parent: Linda Berg Plans after gradua- Renette Ekholm Plans after graduation: Attend St. Paul Technical College for tion: Attend WITC for automotive technician. pipe fitting.

Carson Giller

Parents: Rick and Brenda Giller Plans after graduation: Attend college to become a lawyer.

Taylor Horsager

Parents: Dan and Susan Tolan Plans after graduation: Attend UWMadison for international business.

Mitch Larson

Parents: Aaron and Monica Larson Plans after graduation: Attend UM-Duluth for outdoor recreation education.

Sarah Goneau

Parents: Brant and Kathy Goneau Plans after graduation: Attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College for liberal arts then transfer to a university to become an art or English teacher.

Kassi Ingram

Parents: Joel and Karin Craker Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Eau Claire for biology, then attend UW-La Crosse for physician’s assistant.

Aleah Lemieux

Parents: Terrance and Beth Lemieux Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Eau Claire for nursing or business.

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Luck Class of 2010

Elie Lewis

Parents: Ted and Nancy Lewis Plans after graduation: Attend University of Oregon and being in AmeriCorps.

Tiffany Oft

Parents: Larry and Marya Oft Plans after graduation: Attend Western Governor’s University online or UW-Barron County for early childhood education.

Mike Skow Jr.

Parents: Michael and Michelle Skow Plans after graduation: Attend WITC for auto mechanics.

Jason Nelson

Jordan Lundmark

Mary Maiden

Alecia Ouellette

Emily Phillips

Taryn Pilz

Alexander Smith

Aaron Sorenson

Collin Svoboda

Parents: Terry and Mueller Dona Lundmark Parents: Robert and Plans after gradua- Mary Maiden Mueller tion: Attend UW-Stout Plans after graduafor graphic design. tion: Attend Luther College for history.

Parents: Melverd and Vickie Nelson Plans after graduation: Go to Germany for a couple of weeks and then attend college.

Parent: Anita Johnson Parents: Mary and the Parents: Jack and the Plans after gradua- late Teresa Phillips late Bob Pilz tion: Attend UW-Barron Plans after graduaPlans after graduaCounty, then transfer to tion: Attend UW-Stevens tion: Attend UW-River UW-Stout to become a Point for psychology.

Falls. nurse.

Parents: Harlan and Parents: Mike and Parents: James Cindy Sorenson Nancy Smith Svoboda and Lynnette Plans after gradua- and Kevin Burdick Plans after graduation: Attend the police tion: Undecided.

Plans after graduaacademy and the milition: Attend college. tary.

Keenan Nemeth

Aaron T. Norlund

Brianna Rooney

Lakeysha

Bailee Swenson

Eryn Taber

Parents: Clark Parent: Bonnie Buchli Plans after gradua- Wehking and Gwen and tion: Work in road con- Ross Anderson Plans after graduastruction. tion: Attend Minneapolis Business College and open my own motor sport shop.

Parents: Robert and Schallenberger Carol Rooney Parents: Katina and Plans after gradua- Jeff Hermansen tion: Attend Chippewa Plans after graduaValley Technical College tion: Attend WITC and for alcohol and sub- then farm. stance abuse counselor, and later for psychiatry.

Parents: David and Parent: Bobbi Bantz Sharry Swenson Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Attend Minneapolis tion: Attend UW-Eau Business College for Claire for nursing. graphic design.

Class Motto:

“We don't look backward for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing things … and curiosity keeps leading us down news paths." — Walt Disney Class Flower: Calla Lily Class Colors: Red, White and Black Laura Taylor De Miguel

Rachel Virkus

Parents: Randy and Host parents: Nicholas Diana Virkus Plans after graduaand Deborah Leal tion: Attend WITC for an Plans after graduation: Attend college to associate degree in nursing. become a veterinarian.

Mary Maiden Mueller

Luck's Honor Students Mary Maiden Mueller Rachel Virkus Taylor Horsager Kassandra Ingram Mitchell Larson Peter Langeness Elie Lewis Aleah Lemieux Diana Kufalk

Rachel Virkus

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Luck Class of 2010 CONGRATULATIONS LUCK GRADUATES FROM THESE BUSINESSES: Cardinal Shop Daeffler Quality Meats Daeffler Trucking Fiedler Ford Flowers Forever Flying Pie Pizza Hog Wild BBQ & Grill Holiday StationStores Indianhead Credit Union Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association Dale A. Johnson, CPA Lakeview Nails Larsen Auto Centers

Luck Landscaping Luck Lumber Luck Medical Clinic -

A Division of Amery Regional Medical Center

Luck Saddlery & Outfitters Maxwell Heating & Air Conditioning Nails by Cathi & Tanning North Land Ambulance #974 Oakwood Inn Parts Plus of Luck Pawn Gallery Peper Tire & Alignment

Polk-Burnett Rowe Funeral Home Rural American Bank, Luck Scott Mellon/Edina Realty Superior Siding Sterling Bank St. Croix Valley Business Clinic St. Croix Regional Medical Center Thrivent Financial For Lutherans Timbers Theatres U.S. Bank

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St. Croix Falls Class of 2010

Jessica Adam

Parents: Angie LaVanier and Jeff Adam Plans after graduation: Attend Viterbo University for nursing.

Dillon Berg

Parents: Tim Berg and Deidre Berg Plans after graduation: Enlist in the Marine Corps.

Tryn Bryant

Parents: Wendy and Mike Bryant Plans after graduation: Attend Central Lakes for heavy equipment operator.

Josiah Casterton

Justin Ahlstrand

Mitchell Alden

Shaw Amundson

Nicole Berganini

Alexander Bethell

Kayla Bixler

Katherine Burns-Penn

Nicholas Campbell

Marissa Campeau

Crysta Chock

Kyle Christensen

Parent: Peg Walters Parents: Bruce Parents: Jeanne Alden Plans after graduaAhlstrand and Diane and Greg Alden Bystrom Plans after gradua- tion: Undecided.

Plans after gradua- tion: Attend Anoka Tech tion: Undecided. for architecture/building trade.

Parent: Steve Parent: Brenda Parent: Renae Bethell Berganini Plans after gradua- VanBrocklen Plans after gradua- tion: Attend UW-Barron Plans after graduation: Undecided.

County for meteorology. tion: Attend UM-Duluth for education/social work.

Parents: Robert and Karen Campbell Parents: Maeta BurnsPlans after graduaPenn and Thomas Penn Plans after gradua- tion: Attend Winona for busition: Attend Cornell State ness/marketing.

University for medical.

Parents: David and Parents: Jim and Debra Julie Chock Casterton Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend school for tion: Undecided. culinary.

Parents: Jay and Donna Campeau.

Plans after graduation: Attend SW Minnesota State for physical therapy.

Bryan Chryst

Parents: Jerry and Julie Parents: Heidi Christensen Wichelman and Brian Plans after gradua- Chryst tion: Attend UM-Duluth Plans after graduafor mathematics/dental. tion: Attend Dunwoody for architecture/construction.

Ben Anderson

Brian Backes

Michael Bloomer

Jenna Brousil

Joseph Carpenter

Nathan Casler

Tyler Chute

Kristina Cipelli-

Parents: Jeff and Tracy Parents: Dave and Sue Backes Anderson Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UW- tion: Attend tech school Superior for law enforce- for automotive. ment.

Parents: Heidi Parents: Michelle Bloomer and Larry Amik and Kevin Brousil Bloomer Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Enlist in the milition: Attend UW-Barron tary.

County for environmental/fine arts.

Parents: Marty and Parent: Richard Casler Tina Carpenter Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Undecided. tion: Undecided.

Parents: Sharon Chute Stelmalch and Robert Robinson Host parents: Heather Plans after gradua- Gaylord and Robert tion: Undecided.

Walker Plans after graduation: Return to Italy.

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St. Croix Falls Class of 2010

Jason Cole

Parents: Bob and Mary Cole Plans after graduation: Undecided.

Jordan Fehlen

Parent: Brenda Doolittle Plans after graduation: Attend WITC for auto mechanics/parks and rec.

Alicha Greenlee

Parents: Jill and Mike Stoffel and John Greenlee Plans after graduation: Attend UM–Duluth for languages/sciences.

Alexander Huttner

Abby Culver

Kim Culver

Tesa Denver

Kristina Flandrena

Zane Foeller

Cory Gebhard

Jedidi Gustafson

Racheal Hansen

Parent: Sherri Denver Parent: Janet Mabry Parent: Janet Mabry Plans after graduaPlans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend WITC–New tion: Attend UW-Stevens tion: Undecided.

Richmond for medical Point for fishery/water administrative specialist. management.

Parents: Richard and Parents: Dan and Parents: Cindy Foeller Lori Flandrena Mickey Gebhard and Zach Foeller Plans after graduaPlans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UM-Twin tion: Attend Art Institute tion: Attend St. Cities. of Minnesota for graphic Scholastica for premed. design.

Parents: Allen and Parents: Norm and Valerie Hansen Sue Gustafson Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UW-La tion: Undecided.

Crosse for exercise sports science.

Justin Jerrick

Parents: Steve and Parent: Eric Huttner Plans after gradua- Teresa Jerrick Plans after graduation: Enlist in the Army tion: Attend Chippewa for infantry.

Valley Tech for business management.

Dylan Kadrmas

Tyler Harrison

Parents: Tammy Harrison and Bryan Harrison Plans after graduation: Attend WITC for business management.

Andrew Koch

Parent: Jay Kadrmas Parents: Dorothy and Plans after gradua- Layon Koch tion: Enlist in the Air Plans after graduaForce for pararescue. tion: Work.

Andrew Drimmel

Jared Erickson

Samantha Grange

Stephanie

Danielle Heilig

Cassondra Hoyt

Gus Koecher

Ashley Kolve

Parent: Lisa Weaver Parents: Don and Plans after graduaJeanne Gamer Plans after gradua- tion: Attend MATC for tion: Attend Globe music occupations.

University for music business.

Parents: Richard and Graupner Gloria Vollmer Parent: Debbie Plans after gradua- Graupner tion: Undecided.

Plans after graduation: Undecided.

Parent: Cheryl Parents: Dennis and McKenzie Laurie Hoyt Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Enlist in the Air tion: Attend UW-River Force.

Falls for journalism.

Parents: Gary and Parent: Larry Kolve Wynne Koecher Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Attend WITC-New tion: Attend St. Richmond for retail manScholastica for journal- agement. ism/environment.

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St. Croix Falls Class of 2010

Chris Kolve

Parents: Sandy Kolve and Stan Cherry Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Eau Claire for law enforcement.

Marie Lawrence

Parent: Rodger Hunting Plans after graduation: Attend WITC-New Richmond.

Kyle Miller

Parents: Larry and Michelle Miller Plans after graduation: Attend Century for medical.

Gabrielle Nuckles

Nicholas Krenz

Dustin Krueger

Mackenzy

Melissa Loomis

Brandin Loude

Paul Manoppo

Josiah Mortenson

Kody Murphy

Travis Murphy

Dillon Peterson

Michelle Peterson

Parents: Kathy Krenz Parents: Robert and Kuhlmann and Michael Krenz Debra Krueger Parents: Paul and Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- Leann Kuhlmann tion: Attend Dunwoody tion: Attend WITC for Plans after graduafor electrician. auto mechanics/marine tion: Attend UW-Stevens repair.

Point for law social sciences.

Parents: Richard and Parents: Paul and Parents: Terrance and Shirley Loomis Jacqueline Manoppo Paula Loude Plans after graduaPlans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend SE Tech for tion: Undecided. tion: Attend U of M for massage therapy. biology/education.

Parent: Shawn Parents: Roland and Parents: Candy and Murphy Maria Mortenson Erin Murphy Plans after graduaPlans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UW-River tion: Undecided. tion: Attend Vermilion Falls for medical. for criminal justice.

Sarah Perszyk

Parents: Ann Perszyk Parent: Sherry and Dale Perszyk Petznick Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend North tion: Undecided.

Central University for secondary education.

Parent: Sherry Parents: Wendy and Lorsung Bob Peterson Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UW-River tion: Attend UW-Stout Falls for music/ for art. psychology.

Joshua Larcom

Ryan Larson

Daniel Mewes

John Mikl

Zachary Nelson

Daniel Norgard

Cassondra Petherbridge

Noah Qualle

Parents: Bart and Parents: Jeff and Julie Dawn Larson Larcom Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend Drake tion: Undecided.

University for medical/engineering.

Parents: Dan and Parents: Lynn and Ann Andrea Mewes Mikl Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend Central tion: Attend UM–Duluth Area College for for business.

CDL/heavy equipment.

Parents: Denis and Parents: Charly and Heidi Nelson Sheri Norgard Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UM-Duluth tion: Undecided. for psychology.

Parents: Penny Austad Parents: Mike and and Brian Swenson Plans after graduaJulie Petherbridge Plans after gradua- tion: Attend Hennepin tion: Attend Moraine Tech for auto body.

Park Tech for vet tech.

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St. Croix Falls Class of 2010

Cortney Rasmussen

Joseph Raygor

Cory Raymond

Zachary Rintoul

Sarah Schuler

Angela Sommer

Jessica Sveback

Brandi Swenson

Matthew Vold

Austin Whittenberger

Kelsey Willow

Meghan Wilmar

Parents: Richard and Jeannie Rasmussen Plans after graduation: Attend Rasmussen College for computer sciences/graphic arts.

Parents: Jerry and Marie Raygor Plans after graduation: Attend South Dakota State for secondary education.

McClayne Rydeen

Emily Scheuermann

Parents: Jack and Terri Rydeen Plans after graduation: Undecided.

Samantha Strohkirch

Parent: Michelle Rattei Plans after graduation: Undecided.

Rhett Werner

Parents: Frank and Jane Werner Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Eau Claire.

Parents: Mary Beth Peterson and David Scheuermann Plans after graduation: Attent the Art Institute of Minnesota for design.

Parents: Melissa Parents: Robert and Raymond and Mike Janice Rintoul Raymond.

Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Attend UW-River tion: Attend Rasmussen Falls for sciences.

College.

Parents: Scott and Parents: Scott and Ronnie Schuler and Michelle Sommer Monica Schuler Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Attend Winona tion: Attend Southeast State for medical.

Tech for psychology.

Parents: Dorothy Parents: Jodi Swenson Parents: Kevin and Sveback and Terry and Chad Swenson Jodine Vold Sveback Plans after graduaPlans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Attend Century for tion: Attend St. Cloud tion: Attend UW-Barron cosmetology/dental.

State for education.

County for equine science.

Parents: Nick and Parents: Mike and Denise Wilmar Parents: Bob and Kay Kathy Willow Plans after graduaPlans after graduaWhittenberger Attend St. tion: Attend Westwood Plans after gradua- tion: for fashion management. tion: Attend St. Thomas. Catherine’s for nursing.

Jamie Rohm

Brittany Rudolph

Parents: Larry and Lisa Rohm Plans after graduation: Attend UM–Duluth for athletic trainer/ medical.

Parents: Pam and Greg Rudolph Plans after graduation: Attend Northwestern College for medical/religion.

Michael Spengler

Christopher Stack

Parents: Teresa Parents: Steven and Lunsman Rebecca Stenberg Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Undecided. tion: Attend St. Thomas for engineering.

Austin Wahl

Emily Ward

Parents: Randy and Toni Wahl and Curtis Wahl Plans after graduation: Attend school for law enforcement.

Parents: Ben and Kathie Ward Plans after graduation: Attend WITC–Superior for education/fine arts.

Christian Wolfe

Blake Yunker

Parents: Brian and Parent: Janine Moore Sharon Wolfe Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Attend Augsburg tion: Attend University College for business/ of North Dakota for education/aviation. entrepreneurship/ aviation.

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St. Croix Falls Class of 2010 St. Croix Falls Honor Students Cory Gebhard Megan Yunker Katherine Burns-Penn Kristina Flandrena Christian Wolfe Kyle Christensen Michelle Peterson Christopher Stack

Nicholas Krenz Ryan Larson Austin Whittenberger Cortney Rasmussen Jamie Rohm Alicha Greenlee Kelsey Willow

Megan Yunker

Parents: Rick and Sue Yunker Plans after graduation: Attend UM–Duluth for medical.

Cory Gebhard Megan Yunker

Katherine Burns-Penn

Class Motto: "Together we have experienced life, separately we will pursue our dreams, and forever our memories will remain." – Anon

Class Colors: Royal Blue and White Class Flower: White Rose

CONGRATULATIONS ST. CROIX FALLS GRADUATES FROM THESE BUSINESSES: BARBer Shop Barb’s Family Hair Care and Tanning Baribeau Implement David Moris - Century 21 City of St. Croix Falls Clayton's Hardware and Radio Shack Dalles Auto Sales Edling Funeral Home F & A Dairy Fielder Ford Fine Acres Market Greatland Transportation Indianhead Credit Union

Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association Johnson Motors, SCF Jor Gas Larsen Auto Centers Luck Medical Clinic A Division of Amery Regional Medical Center

Majestic Falls Day Spa MarketPlace Foods Martens Jewelry Maynard's Amoco Polk-Burnett Rural American Bank - Luck St. Croix Family Dentistry

St. Croix Regional Medical Center Steven McCormack, DDS Steven Swanson AAL Swank's Meats Tammy Belisle - American Family Insurance Tangen Pharmacy The Cobbler Shop The Dallas House Motel The Lucky Çup Coffee Shop The RiverBank, SCF The St. Croix Café U.S. Bank Uncle Donuts

Uptown Floral & Gifts Valley Pawn Valley View Vet Wal-Mart Super Center Wild River Flags

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Siren Class of 2010

Jeffrey Alden Jr.

Parents: Kelly Martin and Jeffrey Alden Sr. Plans after graduation: Enlist in the U.S. Air Force and then attending a four-year college.

Alexandrea Bertch

Parents: Chris Bertch and Mary Jo Geske Plans after graduation: Attend college.

Ilya Golubev

Host parents: David and Janis Wegner.

Parents: Sergey Golubev and Tatyana Golubev.

Plans after graduation: Return to Russia and graduate next year.

Jenna Jarrell

Kayla Asmus

Meghan Baasch

Breanna Barr

Gabriela Botta

Jacqueline Duncan

Ashley Eggleston

Christian Hall

Nicholas Hanson

Brittany Horwath

Parents: Vanessa Parent: Annie Asmus Parents: Gregg and Morrison-Barr and Plans after gradua- Jackie Baasch tion: Attend WITC for Plans after gradua- Joseph Mulroy Plans after graduaaccounting. tion: Attend UWtion: Attend UWSuperior for dentistry.

Madison for engineering.

Host parents: John and Parents: Linda and Joe Grandparents: Bennie Rosie Howe Eggleston and Tammy Rogers Plans after graduaPlans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend medical tion: Attend college for tion: Working at a day school in Colombia. care. nursing.

Parent: Val Vealsco Parents: Dave and Parent: Jonna Plans after gradua- DaRonco Julie Hall Plans after gradua- tion: Attend WITC for Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Stevens welding. tion: Attend college.

Point.

Derek Jaskolka

Parents: Jim Jaskolka Parents: Robert Jarrell and Debbie Jaskolka and Crysta Jarrell Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend WITC-Rice tion: Attend WITC in the wood tech program.

Lake for cosmetology.

Alaina Java

Parents: Joan Hahr and Todd Java Plans after graduation: Take online classes to become a veterinarian and then transfer to a veterinarian school.

Kendra Jones

Parents: Christine Hagert, Daniel Good and Clinton Jones Plans after graduation: Attend Globe University for management accounting.

Cora Bauer

Jessica Bauer

Parents: Richard and Vickie Bauer Plans after graduation: Attend Pine City Technical College for medical.

Parent: Richard and Vickie Bauer Plans after graduaAttend UWtion: Superior to become an FBI agent.

Tyler Finch

Jamie Fischbach

Zachary Howard

Sarah Howe

Parents: Donald Finch Parents: Vicki and and Sherry Finch Bruce Fischbach Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UW-Stout tion: Attend Inver Hills for physics.

Community College for generals and transfer.

Parents: Victoria Parents: Jeff and Karen Johnson and Brian Howe Howard Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Attend St. tion: Attend Lake Catherine University.

Superior College to become a firefighter.

Eric Keith

Parents: Chuck and Connie Keith Plans after graduation: Attend WITC-Rice Lake for auto body collision and repair.

Staci Kopecky

Parents: Dave and the late Lori Kopecky Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Barron County for elementary education.

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Siren Class of 2010

Natasha Kosloski

Parents: Gary Kosloski and Cheryl Johnson Plans after graduation: Take online courses through UW-Colleges Online and then transfer to UW-La Crosse.

Clifford (Chase) Old Chief

Parent: Rhonda Duran Plans after graduation: Undecided.

Dillon Lysdahl

Vada Moody

Tyrone Moose

Deanna Phernetton

Mackenzie

Evan Tietz

Parent: Tamara Parents: Glenn and Parents: Brian and Lori Reynolds Michelle Lysdahl Moody Plans after graduaPlans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend Universal tion: Attend Globe tion: Attend WITC. Technical Institute for University. diesel or automotive.

Parents: Scott and Parent: Carla Swenson Kimberly Phernetton Parents: Mark and LaFontaine Plans after gradua- Janet Swenson Plans after graduation: Attend Art Institute tion: Undecided.

Plans after graduaInternational Minnesota tion: Attend The Atelier for interior design. for studio art.

Haily Mulroy

Jacob Neurer

Parents: LeAnn and Mark Mulroy Plans after graduation: Attend Pine City Tech for nursing and then transfer to UWSuperior.

Parents: Jennifer Peterson and Steve Neurer Plans after graduation: Take a year off and then attend college for English or an arts school.

Jake Weaver

Sam Will

Parents: Leslie Billy Parent: Wendy Ortez and Jason Weaver Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Attend UW-Barron tion: Attend college.

County for music education.

Class Motto: "Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do … Explore. Dream.

Discover." - Mark Twain Traci Williamson

Parents: Jim and LeAnn Williamson Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Barron County.

Sarah Howe

Class Flower: Calla Lily Class Colors: Emerald, Black and Silver

Mckenzie Swenson

CONGRATULATIONS SIREN GRADUATES FROM THESE BUSINESSES: Adventures - A Sport Pub and Cafe Bremer Bank Burnett Medical Center Cashco Building Supplies D & L Financial Services Daniels Plumbing and Heating Daeffler Quality Meats Daeffler Trucking Ed’s Auto Body Fiedler Ford

Fishbowl Insurance Agency Fourwinds Market Fur, Fins & Feathers Indianhead Credit Union Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association Kris’ Pheasant Inn Larsen Auto Centers Lee’s Sports Moms for Kids

Northwestern Wisconsin Electric Company Olsen & Son Drug, Siren Polk-Burnett Pour House Siren Dairy Queen Siren Dental Clinic Siren Telephone Company Sterling Bank T.J.’s Marine The Gallery Gifts & Floral Timbers Theatres

U.S. Bank Wayne’s Foods Plus Yourchuck’s True Value

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Unity Class of 2010

Joy Albrecht

Parent: Sheila Albrecht Plans after graduation: Attend UM-Duluth for elementary education.

Amanda Brunotte

Parents: Ken Brunotte and Tina Bratland Plans after graduation: Attend St. Cloud State University for education.

Dustin Dunsmoor

Parents: Eric and Debra Dunsmoor Plans after graduation: Work.

Morgan Gordon

Tyler Anderson

Madeline Anderson

Caitlyn Bates

Tyler Bublitz

Alec Carlson

Zacharia Cherry

Joshua Eaton

Janelle Farah

Hannah Florer

Joseph Grovum

Steven Gustafson

Parent: Lisa Bates Parents: Andrew and Parents: Brad and Plans after graduaLinda Anderson Aleta Anderson Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Undecided. tion: Attend UW-Barron tion: Attend UM-Duluth County. for music education.

Parents: Brent and Parent: Glenn Cherry Parents: Ron and Twyla Bublitz Plans after graduaBrenda Carlson Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Attend University tion: Attend Concordia tion: Attend UW- of Indianapolis for physCollege for biology.

Platteville for mechani- ical education. cal engineering.

Parents: Mitch and Parents: David and Parents: Stephen and Amy Eaton and John and Michelle Farah Maxine Florer Plans after graduaJackie Larson Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Enlist in the tion: Attend Century tion: Attend UM-Duluth Marines.

College for nursing. for biology.

Parents: Rich and Parents: Randy and Blythe Grovum Amber Gordon Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UW-Barron tion: Attend school for automotive mechanics.

County for biology.

Parents: Steve and Deb Gustafson Plans after graduation: Attend WITC-Rice Lake for automotive maintenance technician.

Tyler Hall

Grandparents: Luther and Mary Hall Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Stout for golf enterprise management.

Randi Bearheart

Amanda Bestland

Alexandra Davison

Brittney DiCosimo

Brooke Gillespie

Heather Goetz

Parents: Rod and Lisa Parents: Cory Bearheart and Vivian Peterson Plans after graduaLowe.

Plans after gradua- tion: Attend UW-River Falls for prelaw. tion: Undecided.

Parents: Roger and Guardians: Darren Julie Davison and Melissa Soper Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend college to tion: Become a CNA. become a family practitioner.

Parents: Mike and Parents: Stewart Goetz Cathy Gillespie and Della Fehlen Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend St. Cloud tion: Undecided.

State University for elementary education.

Timothy Hallin

Parents: Doug and Stacia Hallin Plans after graduation: Attend UW-River Falls for music education.

Cadi Harper

Parents: Bill and Toni Harper Plans after graduation: Attend UW-River Falls for physical therapy.

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Unity Class of 2010

Logan Hilleshiem

Parents: Steve and Kim Hilleshiem Plans after graduation: Attend St. Thomas University for mechanical engineering.

Derek Jorgenson

Parents: Steve and Sharon Jorgenson Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Stevens Point for fish and water resources.

Jessica Larson

Parents: John and Jackie Larson and Cheryl Pote Plans after graduation: Attend UWSuperior for biology.

Ariane Mattson

Parents: Randy Mattson and Renee McAbee Plans after graduation: Attend WITC-Rice Lake for nursing.

Luke Hilleshiem

Parents: Steve and Kim Hilleshiem Plans after graduation: Attend UWPlatteville for mechanical engineering.

Amanda Koethe

Clinton Holin

Dylan Koethe

Parents: Richard Koethe and Michelle Moore Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Barron County for music.

Parents: Gary Koethe and Tammy Seul Plans after graduation: Attend Globe University for business management.

Mark Leverty

David Lindquist

Bryan May

Dustin McKinney

Parent: Melissa Parents: Edwin and Lindquist Jennifer Leverty Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend WITC-Rice tion: Undecided.

Lake for maintenance technician.

Parents: Rodney and Mary May Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Barron County for bioengineering.

Stephanie Hunter

Parents: Gordon and Parents: Dale and Barb Dawn Hunter Holin Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UW- tion: Working.

Platteville for mechanical engineering.

Parents: Dan and Heidi McKinney Plans after graduation: Attend Augsburg or St. Cloud State for physical therapy.

Alexis Kothlow

Parents: Brad and Kathy Kothlow Plans after graduation: Attend McNally Smith for performance arts.

Joshua Mabry

Parents: Dean and Rhonda Mabry Plans after graduation: Attend technical school for criminal justice.

Alicia Milander

Parents: Dennis and Marilyn Milander Plans after graduation: Attend Globe University for veterinary technician.

Samantha Ince

Michael Johnson

Laura Krueger

Amanda

Brandi Marek

Tayler Matteson

Parents: Scott Johnson Parents: Darryl and and Bobbi Woltz Shirley Ince Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend St. Cloud tion: Attend school for State University for nurs- mechanics. ing.

Parents: Rob and Janet Langermann Krueger Parents: Scott and Plans after gradua- Jennifer Langermann tion: Attend UW-Eau Plans after graduaClaire for medicine. tion: Attend WITC-Rice lake for cosmetology.

Parents: Scott and Parents: Tim and Yvette Marek Stephanie Matteson Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Undecided. tion: Attend Institute of Production and Recording for media business.

Jacob Monahan

Parent: Rebecca Luppo Plans after graduation: Attend Institute of Production and Recording for audio production and engineering.

Kellie Montpetit

Parents: Doug and Sharie Montpetit Plans after graduation: Attend Century College for dental assistant.

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Unity Class of 2010

Jared Mork

Parents: Jeff Mork and Mary Abrams Plans after graduation: Attend Winonda State University for marketing.

Karly Peckman

Parents: Kipp and Vikki Peckman Plans after graduation: Attend UW-River Falls for psychology.

Heather Powell

Parents: Chris and Stacy Belisle Plans after graduation: Attend technical school for therapist assistant.

Fabian Schuller

Mason Nelson

Kristen Norlund

Olivia O’Geay

Cathrine Peper

Jared Peper

Katie Petzel

Rodrigo Quiroga

Kelsey Radke

Jacob Rolligs-

Monique Slate

Alyssa Tebben

Jacob Thomfohrda

Parents: Larry and Parents: Elery Nelson Parent: Kathy Norlund and Diana Walton Plans after gradua- Marty O’Geay Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Attend St. Cloud tion: Undecided. tion: Attend WITC-New State University.

Richmond for automotive and diesel mechanics.

Parents: Greg and Parents: Mark and Parents: Dan and Karen Peper Debbie Petzel Carrie Peper Plans after graduaPlans after graduaPlans after graduaAttend UWtion: Attend UW-River tion: Attend UW-Stout tion: Falls for dairy science.

Madison for aeronautical for architecture. engineering.

Parents: Jim and Kris Host parents: Myron DeHaven Radke and Delight Olson Parents: Emily Plans after gradua- DeHaven Plans after graduation: Attend school to tion: Attend UW-Eau Plans after graduaClaire for premed. become a physician. tion: Attend St. Cloud State University for engineering.

Parents: Kurt Tebben Parents: Doug and Host parent: JoAnn and Jenice McKenzie Angie Kelch Glasspoole Plans after graduaPlans after graduaPlans after graduation: Finish high school tion: Attend UW-Barron tion: Attend Minnesota School of Business for County for nursing. in Germany. music business.

Kaylynn Olson

Elizabeth Osborn

Parents: Rick Osborn Parents: Myron and and Connie Wroblewski Delight Olson Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend Century tion: Undecided.

College for elementary assistant and working with disabled.

Brittany Petznick

Matthew Picton

Parents: Scott Petznick and Ryan and Monica Holdt Plans after graduation: Attend UW-River Falls for elementary education.

Parents: Todd Picton and Julie Vanasse Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Barron County or UW-Stout for electrical engineering.

Brittany Rose

Tyler Schewe

Parents: Roy and Julie Parents: Greg and Julie Rose Schewe Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend school for X- tion: Attend technical ray technician. school.

Grace Thuerkoff

Parents: Carl and Lisa Parents: Mike and Thomfohrda Mary Thuerkoff Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend North tion: Enlist in the Navy.

Dakota State University for business administration and sports management.

Ty Traynor

Parents: Jeff and Jill Traynor Plans after graduation: Attend Century College for landscape and design.

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Unity Class of 2010

Jared Tunheim

Kayla Turner

Parents: Craig and Parents: Tracy and Kris Turner Kim Tunheim Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend WITC-New tion: Attend UW-Stout.

Richmond for massage therapy.

Cynthia Wahlen

Andrew Walker

Jihang Wang

Host parents: Al and Parents: BJ and Toni Parent: Bob Walker VonDoehren Plans after gradua- Sue Duerkop Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Attend UM-Duluth tion: Finish high school tion: Attend Winona for chemistry. in China.

State University for dentistry.

Laura Krueger

Kalvin Zygowicz

Parents: Keith Zygowicz and Laura Neve Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Stevens Point for natural resources.

Tyler Bubliz

Unity's Honor Students

Class Motto: "They say you only live once, but when you live like us, once is enough."

Joy Albrecht Madeline Anderson Brooke Gillespie Tim Hallin Logan Hilleshiem Luke Hilleshiem

Samantha Ince Derek Jorgenson Kristen Norlund Brittany Petznick Fabian Schuller Jihang Wang

Class Colors: Red and Navy Blue Class Flower: Gladiolus

CONGRATULATIONS UNITY GRADUATES FROM THESE BUSINESSES: Balsam Lake Hardware Balsam Lake Market and Deli Dale A. Johnson, CPA Fiedler Ford Hair’s The Thing

Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association Jeff’s Small Engine Larsen Auto Centers

Holiday StationStoreBalsam Lake Indianhead Credit Union

Luck Saddlery & Outfitters Milltown Appliance & Heating

Tanning & Nails

Luck Medical Clinic -

A Division of Amery Regional Medical Center

Milltown Auto and Radiator Repair Northwestern Wisconsin Electric Company Polk-Burnett Reed’s Sunnyside Marina Rural American Bank Sterling Bank Steve’s Appliance Plus

St. Croix Regional Medical Center

Tire Experts U.S. Bank

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Webster Class of 2010

Brittany Ballard

Parents: Brenda and Michael Johnson Plans after graduation: Attend school to become a cosmetologist.

Nick Doriott

Parents: Glenn and Laura Doriott Plans after graduation: Attend UWPlatteville for business and engineering.

Amy Evans

Kaila Balsley

Christina Becker

Tyler Dyson

Adam Eichman

Nichole Benjamin

Parent: Clifford Parents: Kelly Balsley, Parents: Jim and Sue Benjamin Jr. Kasey Balsley and Trina Becker Plans after graduaSwonger Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Attend college for tion: Attend school for photography. tion: Attend DBU to behavioral sciences. become an assistant veterinarian or a vet technician.

Parents: Floyd and Parents: Daniel and Lisa Eichman Kimberley Dyson Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Enlist in the Army. tion: Attend Wyoming Technical School for automotive.

Skyler Exendine

Parents: Roger and Michelle Evans Plans after graduation: Attend school to become a CNA.

Parents: Robert Exendine and Stephanie Exendine Plans after graduation: Attend school for art, science or veterinarian.

Jerry Hammond

Lindsey Hammond

Parents: Brenda and Parents: Jeff Hammond and Bonita Scott Moser Plans after graduaHammond Plans after gradua- tion: Undecided. tion: Enlist in the Marines.

John Elmgren

Parents: John and Jodi Elmgren Plans after graduation: Attend WITC-New Richmond for agricultural power and equipment technician.

Trevor Fontaine

Maegan Fornengo

Tyler Hayes

James Heidenreich

Parents: Douglas Parent: Tim Fornengo Fontaine and Denise Plans after graduaBrown tion: Attend college for Plans after gradua- marketing. tion: Attend a tech school or an art school.

Parents: Shawn and Tammy Hayes Plans after graduation: Enlist in the Marine Corps for machine gunner.

Parents: Shawn Heidenreich and Sheila Heidenreich Plans after graduation: Attend a tech school for automotive technician.

Ryan Brickle

Parents: Judy and Mike Brickle Plans after graduation: Attend Canby Technical School for wind energy.

Daniel Erickson

Joseph Cook

Parents: Tammy Cook and Thomas Czech and Michael Cook Plans after graduation: Attend school for law enforcement.

James Erickson

Parents: James and Connie Erickson Plans after graduation: Attend UW-Eau Claire for business management.

Parents: David Erickson and Sherry Feildhacker Plans after graduation: Attend WITC-New Richmond for small engines or power sports.

Chad French

Holly Gustafson

Chaz Heinz

Samuel Hope

Parents: Doug and Parents: Kelsey and Angela French Erica Gustafson Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend WITC tion: Undecided.

Ashland for marine repair technician.

Parents: Brenda Heinz Parent: Maria Radman and Ron Heinz Plans after graduaPlans after gradua- tion: Attend Vermilion tion: Attend UM-Duluth Community College for for athletic training. law enforcement.

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Webster Class of 2010

Randi Hunter

Parents: Carrie Hunter and Daniel Hunter Plans after graduation: Undecided.

Nicholas Koelz

Parents: Peter and Jean Koelz Plans after graduation: Attend college for history.

Carl Lentz

Parents: Pam Nuessmeier and Paul Lentz Plans after graduation: Work, attend WITC-Superior for welding.

Sara Nefs

Ellie Isaacson

Jesse Janssen

Amanda Kelash

Parents: Linda and Joel Isaacson Plans after graduation: Attend Lake Superior College for radiology technician.

Parents: William Janssen and Maria Cairns Plans after graduation: Attend Vermilion Community College for wildlife law enforcement.

Parents: James Kelash and Bernie Kelash Plans after graduation: Continue working at Quiznos and save money for college.

Bryan Krause

Nolan Kriegel

Dawson Krueger

Kyler Liljenberg

Jacob Lubich

Tyler Macke

Bethany Nutt

Kevin Packard

Parents: Mark and Parents: Kim and Deanna Krause Laurie Kriegel Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UW-Eau tion: Attend college.

Claire for something in the medical field.

Parents: Dahlton and Janet Krueger Plans after graduation: Attend school to become a dental assistant.

Parents: Theresa Parents: Erin and Parents: Ken Macke Tucker and Scott Lubich and Mellisa Mason Doug Liljenberg Plans after graduaPlans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend Fox Valley tion: Enlist in the Army. tion: Enlist in the miliTech for law enforcetary. ment.

Mackenzie

Parents: Patricia Nefs Nordstrom and James Roper Parents: Diann Plans after gradua- Marriott and Kevin tion: Work.

Nordstrom Plans after graduation: Attend UM-Duluth.

Parents: Wayne and Parents: Jerry and Julie Cheryl Nutt Packard Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend Oak Hills tion: Attend Vermilion Christian College.

Community College for wildlife law enforcement.

Derek King

Amanda Kleidon

Rachel Larson

Allison Leef

Parents: Allen Kleidon Parents: Maya and Tim and Diane Kleidon King Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend community tion: Attend college for college for auto mechan- physical therapy. ics and continue participation in the National Guard.

Parents: Wendy and Parents: Roger Leef John Larson and Mary Kellogg Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UW-Stout tion: Attend UW-Eau for business manage- Claire for engineering. ment.

Dillon Mattson

Parents: Wade Mattson and Stephanie Vanderveldon Plans after graduation: Enlist in the Air Force.

Seth Pardun

Parents: Brian and Marcy Pardun Plans after graduation: Attend WITC-Rice Lake for automotive maintenance technician.

Judson Mosher

Parents: Linda and Jonathan Mosher Plans after graduation: Attend Logan College of Chiropractics in Missouri.

Alyssa Payson

Parents: Jodi and Tony Payson Plans after graduation: Attend college for business management and accounting.

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Webster Class of 2010

Daniel Pope

Parents: Debie and Arlan Pope Jr. Plans after graduation: Attend college.

Sean Snorek

Parents: Duane and Kim Snorek Plans after graduation: Attend Lakeshore Technical College for windmill technician.

Lester Sutton

Parent: Darla Sutton Plans after graduation: Undecided.

Andrea Yezek

Phillip Preston

Ashley Robinson-

Kendra Spurgeon

Danielle Stanton

Zachary Thibodeau

Sarah Walsh

Melissa Parent: Madsen Preston Parents: Amanda Plans after gradua- Olson and Shawn tion: Attend Pine Madsen Technical College for Plans after graduaautomotive technician. tion: Attend UM-Duluth.

Shane Rossow

Parents: Carey and Teresa Rossow Plans after graduation: Attend Vermilion Community College for wildlife conservation.

Nicole Steiner

Parents: Kelsey and Parents: Allen and Parents: Lore Quinn Erica Gustafson Julie Steiner and Dennis Quinn Plans after graduaPlans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend college for tion: Attend college for tion: Attend UW-Stout athletic trainer or physi- child psychology. for dietetics. cal therapist.

Parents: Joseph and Parent: Sally Rebecca Walsh Thibodeau Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend a cooking tion: Attend Palm Beach Atlantic University for school in California. athletic training.

Karl Weber

Parents: Harm and Lynda Weber Plans after graduation: Attend MSU in Moorehead, Minn., for orthopedic surgery.

Nicole Rullman

Benjamin Shives

Brandon Studeman

Timothy Sundstrom

Matthew Whiteside

Violet Wilkie

Parents: James and George Parent: Rita Shives Rullman Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend Minnesota tion: Enlist in the Navy for aerospace engineer.

School of Cosmetology.

Parent: Lindsey Parents: Art Studeman Sundstrom and Lynda Plans after gradua- Ruiz tion: Work.

Plans after graduation: Attend college for engineering.

Parent: Doug Parents: Yvonne and Whiteside Erik Wilkie Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Undecided. tion: Work and attend WITC for wood technician.

Toni Zappa

Parents: Cindy Varner Parents: Steve and and Mitchell Varner Julie Yezek Plans after graduaPlans after graduation: Attend UW- tion: Undecided.

Superior for elementary education.

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Graduation Issue

Inter-County Leader

Webster Class of 2009 Webster Top Ten Class Motto:

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

Class Colors: Black and Orange Class Flower: Orange Dahlias

Nolan Kriegel Allison Leef Bryan Krause Nick Doriott Nicholas Koelz Chaz Heinz Nicole Steiner Bethany Nutt Phillip Preston Joseph Cook

Nolan Kriegel

Allison Leef

CONGRATULATIONS WEBSTER GRADUATES FROM THESE BUSINESSES: Ace Hardware of Webster Adventures - A Sporting Pub and Cafe Austin Lake Greenhouse Benton A-1 Septic Bremer Bank Burnett Medical Center Cashco Building Supplies CopyCat Hearth & Home D & L Financial Services Dividend Lumber Ed’s Auto Body Fiedler Ford Fishbowl Insurance Agency

Four Star Sports Fur, Fins & Feathers Gandy Dancer Saloon Gary and Rhonda Erickson Auctioneers Hill Home Center Holiday StationStores Hopkins Sand and Gravel Indianhead Credit Union Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association Kris’ Pheasant Inn Larsen Auto Centers Mangelsen’s Satellite

Nexen Group, Inc. Northwestern Wisconsin Electric Company Polk-Burnett Pour House Timbers Theatres TJ’s Marine The Gallery Gifts & Floral The Main Store The Tap U.S. Bank Voyager Village Country Club Wayne’s Foods Plus

Webster Chiropractic Clinic Yellow Lake Golf Course Yellow Lake Lodge Yellow River Pharmacy Yellow River Saloon

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Graduation Issue

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2010 GRADUATES,

A CLASS ACT

We’re so proud of you, graduates, for passing the test and getting the job done. You’ve shown that you can set a goal and go for it! Now you’re moving on to bigger challenges and better opportunities. We wish you the best of luck as you pursue your dreams, wherever they may take you.

Congratulations, graduates, you’ve made us proud!

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Inter-County Leader graduation issue • 2010

Graduation Issue

Sun., May 23

Sat., May 29

in honor of

Michael Elrod

4 - 9 p.m.

10625 Whispering Pines Rd. Frederic

2 - 6 p.m.

302 Ash Street W. Frederic

OPEN HOUSE

GRADUATION OPEN HOUSE

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Chrissy Chenal

Rachel Ann Larson

Siren

4 - 8 p.m.

1-4 p.m.

Crooked Lake Park Siren, WI

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Joel Knauber

3532 150th St. Frederic, WI

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Sun., May 23, 2010

In Honor Of

Sunday, May 23

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Christian J. Hall

Fri., May 21, 2010

9-11 p.m.

23950 1st Ave. (Siren Senior Center in event of rain)

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Ethan Cook

GRADUATION OPEN HOUSE honoring

Cody Hallanger

Sunday, May 23

Sat., May 22

4 - 8 p.m. at

1 - 5 p.m.

Ethan’s Home 1169 350th Ave. Frederic

At his home 304 1st Ave., Frederic

GRADUATION OPEN HOUSE in honor of

Derek Buck & Collin Svoboda Sunday, May 23

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GRADUATION OPEN HOUSE Marissa Lynn Olby Nelson 501 Old Cty. W. Frederic

3:30 - 7:30 p.m. at

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Sun., May 23 4 p.m. to ?

Camilla Collovati & Gus Neumann Saturday, May 22, after 2 p.m.

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Terri McKinney Sat., May 22

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Paula Denn’s Graduation From The College Of St. Scholastica

Sat., May 29

In Honor Of

In Honor Of

At Their Home 3054 - 145th Street, Frederic, WI

GRADUATION OPEN HOUSE

Saturday, May 22, 3-7 p.m.

At Her Parents Home

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11224 Mourning Dove Lane • Frederic (Trade Lake)

Nicole Root 2 p.m. - ?

3497 15th St., Frederic

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