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Volunteer bell ringers are ready to make this holiday season another successful one for the local Salvation Army and the programs it supports. - Special photo

Bells will be ringing Salvation Army kicks off annual fundraising effort BURNETT and POLK COUNTIES – All over the world, this time of year is associated with bells – sleigh bells, church bells and bell choirs. In fact, throughout history and across cultures, bells have been used to get people’s attention, make announcements, tell time, mark important events and provide entertainment.

It makes sense, then, that the Salvation Army would use bells to get the attention of busy shoppers and travelers to raise money for people in need.

But why red kettles?

Back in 1891, a volunteer for the Salvation Army set up a kettle at the Oakland Ferry Landing in San Francisco with a sign that read, “Keep the Pot Boiling,” in the hopes that he could raise enough money to provide the area’s poor with a good Christmas dinner. Within six years, the idea had spread across the country, and enough spare change was collected to feed 150,000 people. Today, the Salvation Army helps more than 4.5 million people throughout the U.S. during the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons.

The iconic red kettles are back, and volunteers will once again be braving the cold to ring bells and greet customers at the doorways of area businesses. This year, during its annual monthlong campaign, the Salvation Army will collect donations, then use the money to help people in local communities. The Salvation Army in Burnett and Polk counties

provides rent assistance, utilities, transportation and medical assistance to families and individuals in need. One program called the Happy Kids Backpack Program provides milk coupons and weekly backpacks full of food to over 220 families in Burnett County and 375 families in Polk County.

The Salvation Army also operates two family shelters in Burnett County called Faith House and a large shelter in Polk County called Serenity Home. There is also a single-family shelter located in Osceola. All of them are full, and there are always waiting lists. In addition, the Salvation Army purchases Christmas gifts for nursing home residents. For many, this is the only gift they’ll receive.

This year the Salvation Army’s goal is to raise $40,000 in Burnett County and $80,000 in Polk County to fund these programs and more. Everyone’s help is needed to accomplish this goal. See the list of area businesses where you can find a red kettle and participate in this effort to help those in need this holiday season.

If you’d like to do more, please: •Mail a tax-deductible donation to: Salvation Army, PO Box 67, Siren, WI 54872 or Salvation Army, 200 Polk Plaza, Balsam Lake, WI 54810; •Become a bell-ringer. Call 715-5532605 in Burnett County or 715-485-1221 in Polk County to donate a few hours of your time or start a holiday tradition and organize a group of volunteers to take shifts. - Jean Koelz, with submitted information

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“A Christmas Quilt” at TF this Saturday TAYLORS FALLS - Taylors Falls’ Lighting Festival is pleased to host the 2011 production of “A Christmas Quilt.” It will be performed at a 1 p.m. matinee at the l861 United Methodist Church, 290 W. Government St., on Saturday, Nov. 26. Well-known local actors Marilyn Mays and Jim Walker have performed at the lighting festival for the past 16 years and over this time have amassed 15 binders of holiday material, so each year their selections are different. They quilt together funny, festive and reflective selections about the holiday season that delight all ages.

Admission is $2 for adults, kids under 12 are free. The quaintness of the decorated church building provides a beautiful setting for “A Christmas Quilt.” Arrive early or stay after to see the international bazaar and enjoy a snack and a free cup of coffee. Complimentary festival schedules are available at downtown shops and restaurants, at www.lightingfestival.com or find it on Facebook. submitted

Big cat rescue A Big Cat Rescue educational display was at the Cedar Mall Wednesday, Nov. 9, through Sunday, Nov. 13. The exhibit featured lemurs, baby tigers, baby lions and other exotic animals from the world’s rain forests.

The show’s mission was to educate the public about the dangers of owning exotics and what you can do to preserve their environment. Shown with Cedar Mall manager Gregg Morgan (C) are Michele and Nikki King of Chetek with 8-weekold baby tiger cubs. — Photo submitted

Orchestra begins tour ST. CROIX VALLEY – The St. Croix Valley Orchestra will begin its 21st season with winter concerts at several locations in this area soon. The orchestra is a full chamber orchestra of about 30 players who come from the St. Croix Valley area, from Turtle Lake to Cambridge, Minn., and from Grantsburg to Hugo, Minn. The program is a celebration of Christmas carols in many forms from many sources. Composers range from unknown sacred musicians of medieval European to the jazz pop age in America; moods range from serene contemplation to boisterous celebration. The first concert will be at the historic United Methodist Church in Taylors Falls as part of the Lighting Festival on Sunday, Nov. 27, at 3 p.m. On Monday, Nov. 28, at 7 p.m. there will be a concert open to the public at the Point Pleasant Heights assisted living center in Chisago City, Minn. The following weekend there will be concerts at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lindström, Minn., on Friday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m.; at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Amery on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m.; and at Spring Lake Lutheran Church west of North Branch, Minn., on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 3 p.m. With the support of some local businesses, admission is offered by donation at the concerts. For more information on the orchestra and these concerts, visit their Web site at www.scvorchestra.org. - submitted

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FREDERIC—The Frederic Area Historical Society will host the third-annual Vintage Snowmobile Show at the 1901 Soo Line Depot in Frederic Saturday, Dec. 17, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This year, the Association of Wisconsin Snowmobile Clubs will be represented by 2011-2012 Miss Snowflake, Emily Bauer. A native of Viroqua, Bauer will spend the next year, traveling the Midwest promoting snowmobiling, getting youth involved in snowmobile riding and encouraging safe riding.

The Frederic vintage show will be Bauer’s first meet-and-greet event, as Miss Snowflake, since being crowned Nov. 5. Get your picture taken with a great ambassador of snowmobiling in Wisconsin.

Owners of the older snowmobiles that started the whole snowmobile recreation industry are invited to show them off, and maybe take a ride on the Gandy Dancer state recreation trail, snow conditions permitting. Trailer parking is available.

Judging and awards will take place at 1 p.m. with unique trophies awarded to the best pre-1970, 1971plus leaf spring, and best original (unrestored) snowmobile.

Miss Snowflake will also present a trophy for her favorite. Vintage machines on display will receive an event dash plaque for participating.

In 2009, Jeff Moats of Frederic correctly identified 22 brands of snowmobiles and the dealers that sold them within a 12-mile radius of Frederic to win the Name the Dealer contest. His winning list will be on display, and you can see if you remember them.

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Huge gun-theft details exposed Year-old weapons-theft case leads to numerous felony charges

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer CLEAR LAKE – Details have begun to emerge as charges progress in a large guntheft case that involved several local men and occurred in rural Clear Lake in late August 2010. One of those local men has finally been identified and now joins the others in facing several felony charges for the theft.

According to the criminal complaint, which was originally filed last year, the case began with an Aug. 27, 2010, break-in where a large safe was stolen from a private gun collector. That safe reportedly contained over 100 assorted firearms, along with several household tools. In-

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POLK COUNTY - With the holiday shopping season about to kick into high gear, Polk County residents can help lower their property taxes with a swipe of the credit card, or a cash purchase. The Polk County Tourism and Promotion Council reminds everyone to “shop locally and lower your taxes.” Polk County is one of many counties that have enacted a one-half-percent sales tax that is used to directly reduce the county property-tax levy. Over the past several years, the amount of sales tax revenue that was subtracted from the Polk County tax levy rose as high as $2.6 million in 2006. Even with the sluggish economy, an effort to shop locally and support our businesses this holiday season could reduce property taxes well over $2 million for 2012. Why pay $3.39 a gallon to drive out of Polk County to shop and help someone else lower their property taxes, or help build a new stadium for the Vikings? Keep the dollars here—spend them in Polk County supporting our neighborhood businesses. from Polk County Tourism Council

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This information was inadvertently left out of the Wednesday, Nov. 16, story on Grantsburg native and graduate Rodney Erickson’s appointment as Penn State’s interim president.

Erickson grew up on a dairy farm near Bass Lake, south of Grantsburg with his parents, Reuben, a dairy farmer, and Imogene, a teacher, and his sister, Gail, who married Tom Anderson of Grantsburg, and his brother, Jerry. Erickson still has relatives in the area, including his cousin, Don Erickson, who was helpful in providing information for the story.

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Public hearing on land sale set for Nov. 28 Village looks to buy school property for business park

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer LUCK — A public hearing will be held at Luck Schools at 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28, just prior to the regular monthly meeting of the Luck School Board.

The hearing will give residents the opportunity to comment or ask questions on a possible sale of about 25 acres of school land to the village of Luck. The land is located west of 7th Street near the football field.

District Administrator Rick Palmer said the village is interested in the property for the possible location of a business park.

Monday’s hearing is designed as a listening session for the board, he said, and later in the meeting the board will decide whether or not to pursue the idea.

“This is still not a resolution to sell,” said Palmer. “The board has not seen the appraisal yet, and they will proceed slowly to make sure everyone has had a voice.”

cluded in the theft were several high-caliber automatic weapons, including several custom-made, exotic and expensive sidearms and even several high-caliber rifles and a disassembled .50-caliber machine gun.

The stolen gun safe was discovered two days later in a Town of Georgetown swamp, with the bottom having been cut open with a gas torch. None of the missing firearms or tools were found at that time.

Several of the stolen firearms were discovered at an Amery residence two weeks later in an unrelated search. The firearms apparently had been altered to change the serial numbers, but that recovery eventually led to a series of arrests to track down the burglars. The cache of Amery weapons was first traced back to Joshua S. Scanlon, 32, Crystal, Minn. Scanlon had several pending firearm and theft charges already, on top of numerous drug and bail jumping convictions. Scanlon was arrested and taken into custody a short time later in Stacy, Minn.

The stolen weapons case also apparently caught the attention of federal agents, and Minneapolis-based Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents gathered info from an undercover informant that a man with the nickname “Speedy” was possibly one of the people behind selling some of the stolen the firearms from the Clear Lake weapons burglary.

That ATF information led local authorities to “Speedy,” who was later identified as Eric D. Wood, 27, Clear Lake. Wood was reluctant to reveal any details originally, but an investigation into his cell phone records later proved to be a key piece of evidence, as he was connected to several other players in the theft, with Wood placing calls the day prior to the thefts to several suspects who were revealed later.

The case lingered for several months, as investigators built their cases against several people. Wood was finally charged in the matter last month and was later tracked down in Montana. He is now facing dual felony charges from the weapons theft and recently appeared before a Polk County Court, where a $25,000 cash bond was set, which was actually reduced from $50,000.

His next court appearance is a preliminary hearing, which is set for Tuesday, Nov. 29, before Judge Jeffery Anderson, where he will determine if enough evidence exists to move the case ahead to trial.

However, the spiderweb of details behind the weapons-theft case was not done yet.

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Eric D. Wood

Other fine points on the theft began to emerge late last year, as some of those charged began to pin portions of the crime on others, such as Patrick Tourville, 45, Amery, who was reportedly the man the burglars allegedly hired to torch open the gun case. Tourville has an extensive history of convictions for theft, intoxicated driving, numerous and various drug convictions and more. He has not been charged as an accessory in the gun-theft matter.

One interesting detail that came out stated how while Tourville torched open the safe bottom with a gas torch, the other alleged burglars had to pour water on the weapons to keep them from burning.

Tourville was reportedly paid in cash for his services, and after he was paid, the others reportedly took the now-empty safe to the remote Georgetown swamp, where it was dumped in the hope that it would sink out of sight. But it was noticed by a bystander two days later.

While authorities had many of the pieces put together, it wasn’t until just last month that the final piece of the puzzle was finally revealed, as the last person behind the original theft was finally identified as Richard G. Tallent Jr., 25, Clear Lake. Known to the other burglars simply as “Richie,” he proved more difficult to find and was taken into custody from a rural Clear Lake residence in Dunn County.

Authorities executed a search warrant of Tallent’s home on Oct. 17, where they discovered one of the missing .44-caliber Desert Eagle handguns stolen last year, along with other items identified in the theft.

When confronted on the allegations, Tallent also gave several missing details of the initially burglary, stating that the three burglars, Wood, Tallent and Scanlon, first “cased” the residence, noting when the owner was coming and going, with the trio breaking into the residence through a cellar door. Tallent said they quickly cruised through the home stealing tools, ammunition, reloading equipment, smaller

Seven doctors disciplined

by Shamane Mills Wisconsin Public Radio STATEWIDE - State regulators have disciplined seven doctors who gave sick notes to teachers attending last winter’s protests at the state Capitol. This past February, the Department of Regulation and Licensing got what it says were hundreds of complaints about doctors writing medical excuses for those attending rallies at the Capitol. Teachers from around the state called in sick, so they could protest a bill ending collective bargaining for most public workers.

The Medical Examining Board said there was no way to determine what kind of evaluation the doctors made to justify the sick notes, and ordered seven doctors to

take four hours of courses in medical record keeping. The Wisconsin Medical Society is critical of the doctors involved. Tim Bartholow is chief medical officer of the society, “We want to make sure as a medical profession that we’ve had proper medical evaluations take place for any interaction between patient and physician. Whether harm results or not. And, the extent to which we deliver, we’ve done our job and maintained public trust.”

Two doctors got warnings from the Medical Examining Board. Additionally, doctors faced reprimand from their employer. Earlier, the UW School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison handed out punishment ranging from disciplinary letters to loss of pay.

firearms and other items, along with the large gun safe.

However, in a chilling revelation, Tallent claimed that during the burglary, Wood made the comment that if the owner returned while they were in the process of robbing the home, they would have to shoot and kill him.

Tallent faces two felony charges from the burglaries, and made an initial appearance before Judge Molly GaleWyrick on Monday, Nov. 21, where she set a $10,000 bond, with his next court appearance still to be set.

Local graduate, convicted killer, found dead in jail cell Brandon Wilson took his own life, authorities say

by Gary King Leader editor SAN QUENTIN, Calif. - A local high school graduate who was convicted in the brutal ambush murder of a 9-year-old boy in California in 1998 was found dead in his death row jail cell at San Quentin Prison last Thursday, Nov. 17.

Brandon Wilson, 33, was a 1996 graduate of Unity High School.

According to news reports, Wilson was found hanging in his cell by prison officials.

Wilson, who was identified in 1998, news reports as the estranged son of Robert and Sharon Wilson of Balsam Lake, was 20 years old on Nov. 14, 1998, when he murdered Matthew Cecchi by Brandon Wilson slashing the youth’s during a court hearing throat in a men’s in 1988. - Photo from room at Oceanside signonsandiego.com Harbor, Calif. The youth had been escorted by his aunt to the washroom. She stayed outside near the door waiting for him and was completely unaware that the man who exited the washroom and walked right past her had just killed her nephew.

Police immediately sealed off the area but didn’t find Wilson until a few days later when he attacked a woman in Los Angeles.

During the trial, Wilson said he had stalked the child and killed him because God told him to do so. He had been taking LSD and staring at the sun in the days prior to the killing. The boy had been visiting Oceanside with his family from northern California. An emotionless Wilson told the judge that he wanted to die. “He has no remorse,” his attorney said. “He believes what he did was right.”

Grandparents of the youth, Lou and Yola Cecchi, told the Oroville, Calif., MercuryRegister this week that they were glad to hear the news of Wilson’s death. “We’re shocked, but happy he’s gone. At least that’s the way I feel. He’s been on death row a long time.” - with information from San Diego Union-Tribune

SCF man faces strangulation charges

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer MILLTOWN – A 911 call at 2:40 a.m. on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 20, from a woman requesting help has led to the arrest of Joshua Klocker, 28, St. Croix Falls, for numerous domestic abuse charges, including felony strangulation and false imprisonment charges, alongside misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct allegations.

According to the criminal complaint, filed in the Polk County district attorney’s office on Monday, Nov. 21, the female victim had called 911 to tell police she was being held against her will at a home near Milltown. She said she had locked herself in the bathroom for her own protection.

When police arrived, they were unable to get anyone to answer the door, in spite of knocking on the door and windows loudly, and seeing a man lying on a bed in plain sight. They cleared the scene, but the woman called back a short time later and requested police assistance again.

This time, she was able to leave the home but appeared very frightened. She said that her live-in boyfriend, Klocker, had struck her several times, pushed her down and had choked her enough that she had a hard time breathing. She also claimed their fight had led to her locking herself in the bathroom to escape his abuse, and that she had attempted to leave the dwelling through a screen window she removed, but that Klocker had caught her

outside, jumped on her and dragged her back to the home through the snow, which the officer noted was a distance of over 25 feet.

When police attempted to question Klocker, he awoke quickly this time, and told the deputy to get out immediately. He claimed the woman was “acting nuts,” but he refused to answer any questions. He also refused a breath test and shouted a profanity at the woman when police escorted him to jail.

Klocker made an appearance before Judge Molly GaleWyrick on Nov. 21, where she set a $5,000 bond, with his next appearance set for Dec. 27. He was ordered not to possess or consume alcohol and to have no contact with the victim. He is also

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Habitat for Humanity seeks 100 homes

Volunteers to paint and make minor repairs next summer ST. CROIX FALLS — Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity is looking for 100 homes in Polk and Burnett counties that could use “a brush with kindness” in the form of a new coat of paint, some minor repairs or landscaping.

Next summer, thanks to a joint effort be-

tween Habitat’s A Brush With Kindness program and TeenServe, 100 families will be able to have this work done on their homes for free.

TeenServe is a nonprofit organization based in Holcombe that will bring as many as 400 teen volunteers and adult leaders to the area for a week next July. It is designed for youth who want to help those in need during a one-week mission trip.

Good audit report at Frederic Schools Concerts coming, football support noted at regular monthly meeting

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer FREDERIC – “We have very exciting programs in the school,” Frederic school Administrator Jerry Tischer said. “I am very pleased with what is going on.”

The Frederic School Board held its monthly meeting Monday, Nov. 21, and heard a series of reports on the new school year, now well into its third month. Highlights included a budget that is on track, strong support for the football team, new school programs and a positive audit.

Next up for the district is a series of holiday concerts.

“The district did a really good job of budgeting,” Larry Stotz told the board. “I like to work with the Frederic district.

Bonnie Wicklund (the district bookkeeper) does a good job.” Stotz, of Stotz & Company, delivered the annual district audit for the fiscal year that ended June 30. He noted that the district ended with a general fund balance of $917,546 ($1.1 million with all funds included) which was close to the goal of 15 percent of the budget or two months of operating costs.

Tischer followed with a report on the finances for the current school year. He said the current year will be very different from last year and a challenge. But he said the first figures are in line with last year.

Tischer said the district will need to be very cautious with expenditures and plan

carefully for the 2012-13 budget.

Principals Josh Robinson and Kelly Steen said that enrollment has been growing slightly, the fall round of student testing went well, and parent-teacher conferences were well-attended. A positive rewards program in the middle school has been a success, Robinson said.

Students have attended a movie in Siren and had an ice cream and activities celebration. A Salvation Army backpack program is providing extra food to the kids in 40 families.

The dates for holiday programs have been set. They include the kindergarten through third-grade program Thursday, Dec. 8, the older elementary program Tuesday, Dec. 13, the high school concert Sunday, Dec. 18, and the middle school concert Monday, Dec. 19. The choir and bell choir give a concert at the Mall of America on Wednesday, Dec. 21.

Athletic Director Troy Wink sent a note thanking the community for its support of the Frederic football team. There were three postseason playoff games played at Frederic and there was a large attendance for each. The Lake Holcombe game drew 512 people, 688 came to the game with Florence, and 1178 showed up for the Clayton game. The Frederic team won its first conference title since 1968 and this was the first season that Frederic won 10 games.

The board approved posting “No guns, no concealed carry” signs on all school entrances. State laws prohibit weapons in school but the board felt that the signs are needed to remind people of the law.

An Old-Fashioned Christmas annual Christmas tea is set FREDERIC – An Old-Fashioned Christmas is the theme for this year’s Ladies Christmas Tea, an annual community women’s event hosted by Crosswalk Community Church in Frederic.

The program will focus on the fascinating stories behind some of the best-loved Christmas songs. There will be an array of special flavors of tea, including coffee and juice, with treats and prize giveaways. The event is free and includes

The group will camp out at Unity School from July 7 through July 14, and families in both Polk and Burnett counties can apply for help with external homemaintenance projects.

Another important partner in the program is Valspar Paint, which has donated more than a million gallons of paint to Habitat’s A Brush With Kindness.

“With Valspar donating paint, the TeenServe group bringing volunteers to do the work, and Habitat volunteers organizing the homes,” said Habitat Executive Director Eric Kube, “this is truly a community coming together to help its members.”

“Habitat just facilitates the process, bringing people who want to help together with those who could use a little

help with their home.”

Anyone who needs some help fixing or painting their home but doesn’t have the means to do it themselves can call Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity at 715-4832700, or e-mail abwk@wildrivershabitat.org. Leave your name, address and a phone number, and someone will contact you to take your application.

Anyone interested in helping, either through financial contributions or by volunteering, can use the same phone number or e-mail address.

“This won’t just help the homeowner,” said Kube, “this will help the neighborhood, too.” – Mary Stirrat, with information from Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity

City to interview candidates for coordinator position

by Tammi Milberg Leader Staff Reporter TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – The city of Taylors Falls will be conducting interviews of candidates who applied for the city coordinator/zoning administrator position with the city on Nov. 29, 30 and Dec. 1. The position was vacated by Larry Phillips, who held the position for five years before taking another employment opportunity. His resignation was accepted at the last council meeting. A motion was carried by the city council at the Monday, Nov. 14, city council meeting to authorize personnel liaisons, the mayor and city clerk to review the applications and determine those to be interviewed and to have special council meetings to interview the candidates in the mayor’s office at 5:30 p.m. on the above-mentioned dates.

In other business, the council approved a request for a generator purchase by public works for the Number One Lift Station.

According to the public works superintendent, Mike Kriz, it is more beneficial to the city to replace the generator than to repair the existing one that is 20 years old.

Four bids were received. The council approved the low bid of $33,900 from Cummins N Power, LLC, to be paid from the sewer fund.

The council also approved a payment to Knife River for $53,774.96 for work done on a streets project including Oak Street.

It was indicated that part of that street work included a driveway repair due to a downed tree and that Xcel Energy is the responsible party for $949 of that invoice, and that amount is to be paid by Xcel Energy.

The council approved a volunteer assistance grant to help the fire department purchase 800MHZ pagers, which is a new requirement by the communications subscriber agreement through Chisago County. The grant is from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Finally, the council approved the purchase of paint from the fire department budget. The firefighters will do the painting to the walls of the truck bays at the fire station. The cost of the paint is not to exceed $1,200.

Town of Jackson benefi fitts from AgStar fund

child care. Over the years, this has become a favorite opportunity for women to take time from holiday responsibilities and share together in the joy of the season. Date and time of the Christmas Tea is Saturday, Dec. 3, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

For questions or directions call Crosswalk Community Church (formerly Frederic Evangelical Free Church) at 715-327-8767.

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Love a librarian The Town of Jackson EMS services was one of 42 emergency services teams in Minnesota and Wisconsin to benefit from the AgStar Fund for Rural America. The corporate giving program of AgStar Financial Services recently announced $99,919 in grants through their EMS Grant Program which awards grants up to $2,500 toward funding equipment for volunteer fire, rescue and ambulance squads in AgStar’s 69-county service area. Due to the great need and large volume of applications, for the second consecutive year, the AgStar Fund has doubled the budget for this program from $50,000 to $100,000. Shown (L to R) are Ken Tonsager, Paula Antill, Don Miller, Dan Campion, AgStar representative Jack Klein and Mark Chaklos. The $2,500 was used to purchase new radio equipment (photo below). - Photos submitted

Last Tuesday, Nov. 15, some anonymous library patrons showed some love toward the great librarians who work tirelessly at the Frederic Library. For their tireless service, the library staff was treated to lunch at Bean’s restaurant in town. The librarians get some pretty unusual requests for books, videos and other materials. But they said they look at this as a challenge and are able to find just about everything requested. Shown (L to R) are: Paul VosBenkowski, Marlene Nelson, Lori Laqua and Mary Ellen Bechtel. Not shown is head librarian Chris Byerly, who was “woman-ing” her post and eating in while the staff went out to lunch. - Photo by Wayne Anderson

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Harsdorf steps out Senator waxes realistic on the Stillwater Bridge, recalls, jobs and more

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer FREDERIC – State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, R-River Falls, took over an hour last week to meet with the Leader, addressing issues, concerns and legislation currently before the Senate, while also waxing philosophical at times on issues that range from the latest on the Stillwater Bridge to the marked change in recent political climate.

Harsdorf spent much of the summer campaigning for her seat during a unique recall election against Democrat Shelly Moore, whom she beat handily. But that election was marked with several bizarre detours, from an admittedly “pretend” Democrat - Isaac Weix - meant to usurp the Democratic primary and add campaign time for Harsdorf, to numerous charges from both sides of the aisle of outside business and union influences attempting to affect the recall.

Harsdorf won her seat back comfortably, but is well aware that the tides have changed, and no seat is “safe” ever again.

“I’m not sure we’ll ever be able to get out of ‘campaign mode,’” she said in response, agreeing that the political climate is as toxic as anyone can recall. “It’s polarization ... a sign of the challenging times.”

She made several positive references to the love-it-or-hate-it Budget Repair Bill and ensuing collective bargaining issues that became national news, which she supported and said led to “basic reforms of how government operates.”

But she makes no apologies for her end of the recall campaign, which was decidedly more negative than elections past, and became a virile and demonizing backand-forth with a huge price tag. Harsdorf put it in perspective with a shrug, noting that “Sometimes, the hard decisions are not popular.”

Like all the state recalls, the 10th District state Senate election was fraught with numerous outside-interest-sponsored ads against both Harsdorf and her opponent, and the race became a spend-o-rama for special interests and shadowy groups many of which seemed to pop out of the woodwork with patriotic names meant to influence voters.

It led to an explosion of high-buck advertisements on Twin Cities television, radio and newspaper outlets. For the first time, the recall meant Minnesota residents were inundated with Wisconsin recall ads, and made Harsdorf and Moore household names far outside their district.

“Divisive issues get the headlines,“ she admitted with a shrug, while also foreshadowing that the political climate of anger is a trend that doesn’t end at the

Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, walking in this past summer’s Wannigan Days parade. – Photo by Greg Marsten border. “It’s not just Wisconsin, it’s the whole country ... it’s not good at all.”

She does think some of the economic news of late has been better, and is quick to throw her credit behind Gov. Scott Walker’s policies for at least some of the recovery, which she said has created a “business-friendlier environment,” and eliminated a structural deficit for the first time in modern years.

“We started with over a $3 billion shortfall, but we’re getting our fiscal house in order,” she said proudly.

Harsdorf also noted that the tough economic times have led to a new awareness on what actually creates jobs, that in spite of efforts “to get government out of the way,” elected officials can only do so much.

She said they have tried to focus more on recognizing needs or shortcomings, or even areas where it might be appropriate for government to get even more involved, such as in training, technical colleges, small-business loan guarantees, transportation allowances and weight limits, tax law adjustments and more, even renewed movie production credits.

She said the fall special session has focused on three specific areas: venture capital, creating a skilled workforce and continued regulatory reforms.

“The focus is statewide,” she said, not-

ing how state economic development efforts have been adjusted so the state is more aware of regional needs and areas that need specific, legislative attention, not just in large metro areas. “It’s important for agency heads to be aware of what’s really going on here,” she added.

Harsdorf said that renewed focus has led to areas where Wisconsin is lacking in certain aspects of a skilled workforce demand, such as the lack of specialized welders. She said that a skilled, dedicated workforce is necessary to not only draw new employers, but to keep the ones already here.

“Businesses are mobile, they can pick up and move,” she said, while noting that the state has tried to open their ears to true business concerns, and admits that it takes more than just lowering taxes to blossoming new or enhanced business.

“Small businesses are the engines,” she said confidently. “But they need more incubators ... and that is what brings dedication to the region.”

Harsdorf also noted that Wisconsin is not only in competition with neighboring states’ incentives, such as Minnesota’s Job-Z program that offsets relocation costs with training and infrastructure reimbursements. The Badger State is also competing with faraway, poverty-level labor rates in Third World nations, and she admits that Wisconsin is seemingly in competition with itself, sometimes, such as through Tax Increment Districts and local economic development incentive programs meant to give a local region or business park a leg up over a neighboring county, village or business park.

The economic foibles of late have left many an industrial park struggling, with several failing and underperforming TIF districts and downtown vacancies as a true challenge.

“That’s why venture capital legislation needs to be put together right,” she said, noting that some economic issues are still unclear, such as the seemingly sudden drive to expand various flavors of mining, which has been a study focus at many levels.

“We can’t ignore the economic reality ... or the potential benefit of jobs being created,” she said, while also noting that many of the various mining impacts are still somewhat unclear, on everything from wetlands, water quality and traffic, to how they may jibe with tribal concerns, and why they have yet to be fully and truly weighed.

“We’re looking at all different kinds of mining,” she said, stating the Senate has made “deliberate attempts” to evaluate the numerous resource mining issues with careful, quantitative studies. “We need to be careful not to shut down some of theses opportunities ... before decisions are made.”

She also said that in spite of the unique impacts - either real or exaggerated - that

some of the mining issues have brought forth, there has been “very little in the way of constituent input,” which she said makes their jobs even more important.

But Harsdorf also noted that constituent input is vital to altering laws to enhance or at least stay out of the way of commerce, such as in agriculture, where she was successful in a farmer-led effort to extend height limits on hay wagons from 13.5 feet to 14.5 and 15 feet, depending on whether it is in a rural or urban location.

That legislation allowing those unusually high hay-hauling loads - with the proper permitting on certain routes and is a “textbook example” of where citizen input leads to lawmakers doing the right thing.

The St. Croix River Crossing Project the Stillwater Bridge - has also moved front and center of late, and Harsdorf is both excited at the possible federal legislative action, which might make it closer to fruition than it has been in years, but also has led to calls for a hard cap on the project’s costs at $574 million, a move led by Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minneapolis, and Rep. Betty McCollum, D-St. Paul.

Harsdorf is against the hard cap, and noted that the main opposition to the new bridge generally comes from people who live long distances from the project, and while she admits that shouldn’t be a limiting factor in political decisions, it shows that they may not be fully aware of the need for the project.

“The individuals who now, in the 11th hour are raising objections, are just not aware of the special situation on the Stillwater Bridge,” she said, calling it an environmental, safety and economic issue, from the pollution of idling cars without a catch basin to the lost business of bridge closures and public safety concerns during closure and high-water times. “The people who don’t want a bridge are the people who want a hard figure.”

She again noted how the bridge was just 30 days away from ground breaking a dozen years ago, for under $100 million, when a lawsuit derailed it and led to the courts and today’s inflated costs. But Harsdorf said the delays are the primary reason for the growing price tag, not the scope or size of the bridge itself.

“It’s actually three different projects in one,” she said in response to the hardprice limit, how the approaches on both sides of the river may be hard to define for final costs - which has latest estimates as high as $700 million. She also said that comparisons to other bridge-replacement projects don’t truly apply, that unlike other bridges or road projects, the Stillwater Bridge is unique, indeed.

“That’s why you have true bipartisan support in Washington, D.C., Minnesota and in Wisconsin,” she stated, refusing to predict anything on the final legislative efforts. “The courts have directed us to this [legislative] path ... but I don’t take anything for granted, anymore.”

Multiple DUIs a growing concern Two thirds and a second in two days

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS - Law enforcement officers in Polk County made several driving while intoxicated arrests over a threeday period, and Capt. Steve Smith of the Polk County Sheriff’s Department noted that there has been a rash of multiple-offense stops in recent weeks.

Sheriff’s deputies stopped and arrested Brian Marjorowicz, 22, Frederic, for his

third DUI on the evening of Friday, Nov. 18, after he apparently came up behind an officer on Hwy. 8 while speeding. After the officer pulled Marjorowicz over, he told the deputy he was maybe a “little over” the legal limit of .08 BAC. He came back with a .234 BAC, nearly three times the legal limit. He faces misdemeanor DUI charges.

Just a few hours later, Osceola Police arrested Jeffrey Adams, 43, Osceola, for his third DUI, after he was seen driving very slowly with no lights in the middle of the night. Adams’ driving privilege was revoked and he tested over the legal BAC limit, also facing his third DUI.

Habitat for Humanity home must be completed by end of the year LUCK — The home Habitat for Humanity is building on Park Avenue in Luck must be completed by the end of the year so that the Thrivent Builds funds will not be lost. Please consider donating some time before the end of the year to help finish the home. Most of the exterior work is done but there is still work to complete on the inside. You can help out any Tuesday,

Thursday (except Thanksgiving), or Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. No experience required — you can just show up. If those days and times don’t work for you, contact Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity at 715-483-2700 and they will work with you on finding another time. - submitted

A Polk County deputy arrested Jonathan Lindberg, 41, Frederic, the next night on Hwy. 35, after he was driving with his brake lights on for miles. It took the deputy quite a while to get Lindberg

to stop, and when he did pull over, appeared to be under the influence. He later registered a BAC of .10 and was arrested for misdemeanor DUI, his second.

Possible roadblock for Stillwater Bridge project

by Rick Kremer Wisconsin Public Radio STATEWIDE - A $700 million bridge project to connect western Wisconsin with the Twin Cities metro area could be blocked by a bill introduced to Congress aimed at capping its cost.

The St. Croix River Crossing Project has been in the works for more than two decades. It’s a four-lane bridge design that would cross the federally protected St. Croix River from Houlton to south of Stillwater, Minn. Most of the delay has come from the need for a congressional exemption from the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. But now the project could be delayed again because of its cost. That’s because two members of Minnesota’s Congressional Delegation have introduced a bill to cap any bridge project using federal funds at $574 million. Congressman Keith Ellison says he’s not against a new bridge but the current project is too much, “It’s way more

bridge, than we need for the money when we have a whole bunch of other bridges in Wisconsin and Minnesota, which need to be fixed.”

Daryl Standafer is a member of the St. Croix River Crossing Coalition, a group lobbying for the current bridge design. He says the $700 million price tag includes highway improvements in both states and stalling the project only increases costs, “It’s easy to say it’s too expensive, too expensive compared to what? If this bridge would have been built a decade or two decades ago it would have obviously been significantly less, but every time it’s delayed and every time there is a roadblock thrown up, the cost of the process just keeps escalating and going up and up and up.”

A bill to allow construction of the fourlane bridge over the St. Croix River recently passed a Senate committee and is waiting for a full floor vote.

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Boy falls through ice: DNR issues warning

PINE CITY, Minn. - It may be cold outside, but the DNR says you need to stay off icy lakes because the ice is not safe to walk on yet. The DNR put out the warning after an 8-year-old boy fell through thin ice in Oak Grove, Minn., Sunday afternoon, Nov. 20.

He spent about 15 minutes in the water before his family could pull him out. The Associated Press reports the boy was treated for hypothermia, but will fully recover. The DNR recommends you wait for 4 inches of ice to form before walking on a pond or lake. - redrockonair.com

Hunting-related death reported

BAYFIELD An 86-year-old Racine, man was found dead near his tree stand Saturday, Nov. 19, according to the Bayfield County Sheriff’s Department. The man was hunting with a group of friends off the Tahkodah Lake Road in Drummond. They dropped him off at the stand before heading to other tree stands in the area. At the end of the hunting day, the group went to the stand where they dropped him off and found he’d passed away.

Responding to the call was the Great Divide Ambulance Service of Cable, the Bayfield County Coroner and the Bayfield County Sheriff’s Department. It is believed the man died of natural causes, the sheriff’s department reported. - Superior Telegram

Homeowner who was robbed arrested

HUDSON - The Hudson homeowner who was robbed at gunpoint early Monday morning, Nov. 21, has himself been arrested right along with the man who broke into his home. Police arrested Michael Wayne Schwartzkopf of Fond du Lac for the breakin. The homeowner, Steven Iverson, was arrested shortly thereafter when police allegedly found drugs in the residence. Both men are being held in St. Croix County Jail pending charges. The Hudson Police Department, along with deputies from the St. Croix County Sheriff's Office, were dispatched to the home invasion at Iverson's residence in Hudson. The call came at approximately 1:25 a.m. When officers arrived they found the front door to the residence open and the 29-year-old homeowner bound in the garage area. According to Iverson, the robber was described as being in his mid20s, with short blond hair and a goatee. He said the man kicked in the front door and pointed a handgun at him. The suspect bound the homeowner's hands with "zip ties" and forced him to open a safe located in the garage. The suspect took several handguns from the safe and then fled on foot. - Hudson Star-Observer

Charges against teen may be amended

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TURTLE LAKE - A 17-year-old Turtle Lake High School student was initially charged with felony bomb scare and misdemeanor disorderly conduct during his initial court appearanceThursday, Nov. 17, but lawyers during his preliminary court hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 22, indicated those charges will likely be amended to a misdemeanor count. Assistant District Attorney Russ Berg said he will submit amended charges to the court soon and asked Judge James Babbitt to set a future plea status conference date. "In all probability, we will settle the case that date," Berg said. He and defense attorney John Hinde have been discussing amending the charges to more accurately represent what happened. On a school bus ride home on Wednesday, Nov. 9, the student allegedly told others on the back of the bus not to go to school the next day because he was going to blow the school up while in welding class, according to the criminal complaint. After another student reported at home what she had overheard on the bus, her mother called the Turtle Lake Police Department. Officers visited the 17-year-old's home, and he admitting making the comment about blowing up the school because he was upset with one of the teachers. He was then arrested and appeared in court Thursday for his initial appearance on the felony and misdemeanor count. - Barron NewsShield

Penney store to close

ASHLAND - Citing sales that did not measure up to corporate expectations, and an aging building that would require extensive renovation, corporate officials told the employees of the Ashland J.C. Penney store Monday, Nov. 21, that the business, which has been an Ashland landmark since 1925, will cease operations at the end of January 2012. A spokesman for its owner denied claims that the building was in poor condition, while Ashland's mayor noted that the store has been lauded for its sales performance.

- Ashland Daily Times

Birchwood teen moving up in open wheel world

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BIRCHWOOD - Aaron Telitz’s pursuit of a professional racing career has received a $20,000 boost. The 19-year-old open-wheel race car driver from Birchwood placed fourth in the Skip Barber Karting Scholarship Shootout earlier this month at Mazda Raceway in Laguna Seca, Calif. The fourth place earned Telitz a $20,000 scholarship to pay a portion of expenses to compete next summer in the Mazda Summer Series presented by Skip Barber Race School. Telitz has driven go-carts since he was 7 years old.

His goal in the racing world is set high. “I want to reach the top racing category in open-wheel such as Formula One or Indy. I am most interested in open-wheel racing, however, I would be open to racing in NASCAR if the opportunity presented itself,” said Telitz, a 2010 graduate of Birchwood High School and now a student at UW-Eau Claire. At the Skip Barber Shootout on Nov. 3-6, Telitz was one of 22 U.S. and international go-cart drivers racing the 2.2-mile road course in the Formula Skip Barber 2000 race car, a smaller version of a Formula One car. Drivers did not race against each other but instead were timed on the course while reaching speeds of 112 mph in the 150horsepower carts. “This was definitely a huge accomplishment. It’s like an NFL scouting combine. We were judged on an interview, appearance, how well we drove and our fastest lap time and average lap time,” said Telitz. The Birchwood driver had the fastest lap time in two of the four on-track sessions and was the most consistent in one session.

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• Letters to the editor • A new election based on the truth The Rally to Recall Scott Walker held in Spooner on Saturday, Nov. 12, drew a standing-room-only crowd of 200 citizens who came from Superior, Gordon, Hayward, Rice Lake, Chetek, Cumberland, Amery, Grantsburg, Siren, as well as our own towns. Speakers filled the crowd with stories from Wisconsin’s history, which inspire us to seize our moment and live up to the memory of the hard work expended by our foreparents to blaze a path of social justice in our state.

Wisconsin became a leader in the nation exactly 100 years ago when, after 10 years of work, the Legislature passed the nation’s first workman’s compensation law.

I’m so proud of the many thousands of Wisconsin citizens, Democratic, Republican, Independent or of no party, who stand together now to do the right thing and recall this governor and his lieutenant governor who are doing so much damage to our state. They did not tell the voting public these were their plans so the electorate was fooled. It is time to sign a petition asking for a new election based on the truth. I found this quote from 1910 while researching Wisconsin history for this letter. Please don’t let the far-right use a “word” to frighten you into voting for them.

“We cannot forever take things which Christianity has approved of since the time of Christ and put them in a bundle and write on the outside, ‘Socialistic, don’t touch.’ In all reforms which Christ would have advocated if he were on earth the only way to beat the Socialists is to beat them to it.” Charles McCarthy, 1910 Susan Hansen Shell Lake

Public use of library The public library is many things to many different people. The library meeting room provides a public forum for civil discourse. It is available, free of charge, to nonprofit groups in our community. The library does not endorse nor is affiliated with groups using the room.

Recently, a request was made to use the library meeting room as a recall Gov. Walker petition-signing site. After reviewing library policy and recent Wisconsin court rulings regarding library meeting room policy, I made the decision to allow the recall signing in the meeting room.

Prohibiting political or religious groups from using the library meeting room is a violation of the First Amendment. The First Amendment protects the right of free speech, even if that speech may be disagreeable to other groups in a community.

If a “recall the recall” group requested use of the library meeting room, it would be available to them as well.

Following the law does not always create harmony in a community, but it prevents costly battles and keeps the library doors open to all who care to enter.

Sarah Adams Director, St. Croix Falls Public Library St. Croix Falls

Burnett County’s food desert Burnett County in northwestern Wisconsin had the largest jump in poverty since the last census, from 9 percent to 17

percent, according to a Dec 19, 2010, article in the Journal Sentinel. Poverty is up by 10 percent in most Wisconsin counties.

Ten Wisconsin counties had poverty rates higher than 15 percent, according to census figures: Ashland, Burnett, Dunn, Florence, Forest, Menominee, Milwaukee, Sawyer, Rusk and Vernon counties. Three of the previously mentioned counties have Indianhead Community Action Agency Outreach offices. Poverty should never be accepted as normal. Poverty can be defined as a lack of income or resources to meet the basic needs of life.

The causes of poverty are compound, but major influences include low-wage jobs, cuts in well-paying jobs and benefits, and a lack of job skills or education. Low wages, along with the increased cost of health care, housing, fuel and other needs, have left many households unable to meet their basic needs through full-time employment. There have been significant reductions in public funding for anti-poverty efforts, limiting the help agencies are able to provide to county residents. More than one in every 10 Wisconsin residents falls below the official poverty guidelines set by the federal government.

Living in poverty brings needless and preventable suffering in many ways. Divorce, physical or mental illness, domestic violence and addiction are just a few effects of poverty. Many households are “food insecure,” meaning they cannot get or are uncertain of getting sufficient food for an active, healthy life for all in the home.

Hunger is a serious form of food insecurity that affects about one-third of Wisconsin’s households. The USDA has taken annual surveys for the past 10 years to understand the degree of the problem.

The 2004 survey estimated there were 540,000 Wisconsin citizens living in foodinsecure households, which accounts for 8 percent of all Wisconsin households. In 1995 Wisconsin had the second lowest rate in the nation, but now is in a three-way tie for 13th place. Another detail measured is food pantry demand. WISCAP data from food pantries in 69 counties that distribute federal commodities show these providers are serving 55 percent more households now than in 2001. Specific to Burnett County, Connections has seen an increase in food demand at the county food shelf with over 325 families served per month. This has increased from 98 families a month in 2009.

The Emergency Food Assistance Program provides millions of pounds of USDA commodities to hundreds of food pantries, meal sites and shelters throughout Wisconsin. Community Action Agencies coordinate monthly distribution in 69 counties. Community Action Agencies also regularly secure additional privately donated and purchased foods for pantries, as well as grants. Burnett County, as with all Wisconsin counties receiving TEFAP assistance, has had this help cut drastically in 2011. The emergency food and shelter funding from FEMA has also been cut by $10,000 in Burnett County in 2011.

The Food Desert Locator is a tool developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.

According to the USDA, The food locator can be used to help efforts to expand the availability of nutritious food in food deserts. Areas are defined as those where at least 20 percent of the people have income at or below the federal poverty levels, and/or if at least 500 persons or 33 percent of their population live more than a mile from a supermarket or large grocery store (for rural census tracts, the dis-

tance is more than 10 miles). Approximately 50 percent of Burnett County residents are located in the food desert. To check if you are located in the food desert, go to http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/fooddes ert/.

How can you help prevent food insecurity for those in Burnett County? You can make a cash or food donation to Burnett Connections. You can also participate in the Wisconsin 2011 Deer Donation Program. Take your legally killed, cleaned and tagged deer to Lock and Load in Grantsburg and ask that your processed deer be donated to the Burnett Connection’s food shelf. All donations and funds raised in the thrift store go toward purchasing food for families in Burnett County. Call Connections for more details and information at 715-866 8151.

LeAnn Mulroy Community Services Specialist Webster

Recalls stir enthusiasm Like the recall Walker kickoff rally in Spooner Nov. 12, the Burnett County Democrats meeting Nov. 15 encountered a standing-room-only crowd and over-thetop enthusiasm to recall Scott Walker and end his divisive attack on Wisconsin values.

Residents from all walks of life and many professions voiced solidarity and determination to hit the streets and help the statewide effort to collect a minimum of 540,208 certifiable signatures for a recall election next year marking the first-ever attempt to remove a governor in Wisconsin. The recall effort requires an equal number of petitions to remove Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch.

Attendees heard speeches from officials and were instructed on how to properly circulate recall petitions. Following training, volunteers received recall petitions for the governor and lieutenant governor along with a lanyard certifying they are an official circulator.

The recall effort in Burnett County is being coordinated by the Democratic Party. Efforts to collect signatures will include personal contacts, door-to-door visits and drive-thru petition signing. Look for the drive-thru locations in your community for effortless participation.

Under current rules, anyone can act as a petition circulator and signer – they can witness their own petition. This means that someone can download the petitions at www.recallwalkerhq.org and sign them as both a petitioner and circulator, then mail them to the address at the top right of the petitions. The downloadable version allows for up to five signers.

All petitions must be mailed by Jan. 10, 2012, to be received in time for counting and submission to the government accountability board in Madison on Jan. 13, 2012.

Enthusiasm is running high for the recall effort. Currently, polls show that 58 percent of Wisconsin residents disapprove of the job Scott Walker is doing as governor and want him recalled.

Volunteers will be looking for citizens that share their view and want to participate in returning Wisconsin to the progressive values they cherish. The recall Scott Walker effort generated over 50,000 signatures in the first 48 hours. An average of 9,000 signatures a day statewide is needed to meet the minimum goal according to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.

Applauds Walker I applaud Gov. Walker for what he did.

It’s about time someone has busted into the stronghold that unions have had on this country. Unions raise the average wages against the free market and thus raise the unemployment rate and push jobs out of this country.

Rob (with an economics degree) Harrisson Frederic

Following the plan The Luck school is considering selling the open land that is across from the football field, south of Butternut Avenue, and east of the new nursing home. The village of Luck is thinking of buying it in order to create a TIF district. In discussing the issue with the Luck village administrator, she stated that the village board feels there is a need to have a new road built from Second Street to the cemetery road, and it would run directly east and next to the new nursing home. Ms. Handt stated the village cannot afford to build the road on their own, so the village board decided that establishing a TIF district will help them do this. She also stated that there is a possibility that a technological park/ office building could be built on this land.

According to the village of Luck comprehensive plan 2008-2030, this area is designated as a future residential neighborhood. (The proposed road is also a part of this plan, as well as another road running south from 4th Street to the cemetery road). My question is: does the village plan on following its own comprehensive plan and developing this as a residential area? According to what Handt told me, this may not be the case.

The comprehensive plan also has areas designated industrial and commercial that are close to the current industrial/commercial areas. Shouldn’t any future businesses be put there rather than in an area planned for residents? The comprehensive plan also states there is a need for expanded housing options, particularly an assisted living facility, affordable rental and owner-occupied housing, and middle to higher income senior housing options. With declining enrollment and an increasing baby boomer population, a development of senior housing options neighboring the nursing home and the school and so close to the lake would, I believe, be a win-win situation for the village, school and the current residents.

Further, the village of Luck comprehensive plan states the following: A sustainable community is one where economic prosperity, ecological integrity and social and cultural vibrancy live in balance. For the village of Luck, a sustainable future will create conditions that: Preserve and reinforce the community character of the village; maintain and enhance the quality of life of its residents; and protect and enhance ecological assets and natural eco-systems.

I, as well as many other residents bordering this parcel of land, hope that the village board follows the officially adopted comprehensive plan with the development of a residential type of neighborhood in this area, rather than a technological/commercial park as I was told may happen.

Rebecca Rowe Luck

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Survey finds Romney leading GOP opponents

by Patty Murray Wisconsin Public Radio STATEWIDE - Mitt Romney seems to have an early lead in Wisconsin among Republicans seeking their party’s presidential nomination. But a lot could change between now and when voters go to the polls in April. Results are being released from the Wisconsin Public Radio St. Norbert College survey.

Surveyors randomly called 480 Wisconsin residents earlier this month. Among

questions asked was, “which candidate would you like to see win the Republican presidential nomination?”

Wendy Scattergood is a political scientist and an associate with St. Norbert College’s Strategic Research Institute. She says questioners did not differentiate between Republicans and Democrats, “So this is not just Republicans and it’s not likely voters, it’s everybody.”

The broad-brush results show Romney ahead, amongst all respondents. Scatter-

good says respondents were asked what party, if any, they identify with. She says Romney held the lead, but just barely within his own party members, “Democrats actually say Mitt Romney at 25 percent. And the next highest is tied between Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul. And then among Republicans it’s very, very close, Mitt Romney at 16 percent and Herman Cain at 15 percent.”

With a year to go, 25 percent of overall survey respondents were still undecided.

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And Scattergood says a lot of Wisconsin voters consider themselves independent, “And they are pretty favorable to Mitt Romney, at 26 percent of independents saying they favor Mitt Romney over the others. Second place is Herman Cain.”

For the first time the survey included what Scattergood calls a “small sample” of cell phone users.

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Luck’s 2012 levy, mill rate little changed from last year

The myth of “blood in the streets” A poll taken in Wisconsin this month found that 6 percent said they would definitely carry a concealed pistol and 10 percent said they probably would. Six percent would put Wisconsin at the high end of state averages.

According to those opposed to concealed carry, allowing the practice will lead to more deaths, more mayhem, and “blood in the streets.” Experience over the past 20 years, however, demonstrates categorically that public safety is not a rational concern. Quite the contrary.

Statistics show clearly that violent crime rates have gone down and that many, many more lives have been saved than lost due to legal concealed carry.

Data from the FBI’s Annual Uniform Crime Report show that states which freely allow concealed carry have lower crime rates than in those that do not. CCfriendly states have 22 percent less violent crime, 30 percent fewer murders, 46 percent fewer robberies, and 12 percent lower aggravated assaults.

The reason is simple. People carrying legally are honest, law-abiding citizens

Former village Trustee Gene Cooper commended the board on not raising taxes in the village of Luck. — Photos by Mary Stirrat

This pie chart, included in the Luck Village budget report, shows the breakdown of 2012 expenditures. fund will be at $32,500, just over half of the unfunded liability identified at the end of 2010.

After the transfer the undesignated fund will still be $18,000 more than the 30 percent of annual general fund expenditures required by village policy.

A public hearing was held prior to approval of the budget, with Gene Cooper the only resident in attendance. Cooper

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begins in Wisconsin Boyd Sutton who overwhelmingly carry and use their guns responsibly. And they deter crimes.

Statistics and interviews with violent felons show that fear of encountering an armed citizen is a greater deterrent to violent criminals than fear of the police.

In states with long experience with concealed carry, it has become a ho-hum issue. In Michigan, for example, 10 years after concealed carry was allowed, more than 250,000 people there have permits, yet gun violence has gone down.

The same is true in other states. In Florida, for example, the Division of Licensing reports that in the more than 20 years since their concealed carry law went into effect, they have issued more carry permits than any other state (1.7 million), but have revoked only 0.01 percent due to gun crimes by permit holders.

That’s 167 gun-related crimes by permit holders in more than 20 years—fewer than one-quarter of the number of gun-

complimented the board on developing a budget that, for the third year in a row, did not increase taxes.

“People on a fixed income appreciate that there is no tax increase,” he said.

Cooper also said he felt it was a good idea to appropriate funds from the undesignated fund for unfunded liabilities related to sick and vacation leave payout required at retirement or severance. He

shot victims in Milwaukee every year. In fact, in an average year in America, more people are killed accidentally by police (330) than by private citizens who mistakenly believe the target to be an intruder (30).

Despite—or, perhaps, because of—the large increase in citizens carrying guns legally, gun death rates (excluding suicides) have gone down. According to a study published in The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Americans used their guns for self-protection an average of 2.5 million times annually. In the 1980s and ’90s, as the concealed-carry movement gained steam, Americans were killed by others with guns at the rate of about 5.66 per 100,000 population.

In the last decade, the rate had fallen to just over 4.07 per 100,000, a 28-percent drop. The decline followed a fivefold increase in the number of “shall-issue” and unrestricted concealed carry states after 1985.

The problem is that there are not enough police to defend people before or during an assault. Instead, despite their best efforts, police normally show up to secure the scene after the fact. “When seconds count, the police are only minutes away,” say concealed carry advocates.

That still begs the question—is carry-

noted that money management is a key responsibility of Handt, adding that it was he that initially proposed hiring an administrator.

“Money management is a big deal,” Cooper said. “If you don’t have a handle on money management year-round, you’ll be in trouble.”

While serving as a trustee on the board, said Cooper, he initiated the establishment of a squad car fund to start saving for a new squad car. Now, he noted, there are funds for machinery and road repair outlay.

Cooper concluded by saying that he believes Gov. Walker’s plans are already “making progress,” and that if the state gets out of debt it can possibly start increasing aid to municipalities again.

ing a concealed gun right for you personally?

At least we now have the choice to carry or not to carry. But are you prepared for it? Do you have the skills to carry safely? Carrying a loaded pistol around with you in public is far different from carrying a rifle or shotgun safely while hunting out in the woods. Are you prepared to deal with the daily hassles of carrying a pistol around in a society that is generally hostile to the idea (here in Wisconsin), or perhaps encountering police who aren’t carry-friendly? And, most important, are you prepared to use the pistol effectively if necessary and to deal with the legal and psychological consequences of shooting someone if it comes to that?

The next part of this series will address each of these issues in some detail.

Boyd Sutton retired following 37 years of service in the Army and Central Intelligence Agency. In his younger days, he spent over 10 years as a competition shooter. While no longer an active participant, he remains interested in shooting issues. Nothing in this or other articles in this series should be taken as legal advice or a definitive statement regarding the law. Please consult a qualified lawyer if you have legal questions.

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by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer LUCK — Luck’s 2012 budget was approved at a special meeting of the village board Monday evening, Nov. 21. The approved 2012 expenditures are at the same level as in 2011, at $745,744.

Although the property tax levy, at $522,904, is up just over $5,000 from last year, the tax mill rate is decreasing slightly. This decrease, amounting to twotenths of a cent per $1,000 in property value, is due to a slight increase in property values. While properties across the county and beyond are falling, values in Luck increased an average of about 1 percent.

At $7.732, the tax mill rate means that owners of property valued at $100,000 will pay a village tax of $773.20. Last year, property valued at $100,000 was assessed $773.40.

Before approving the overall budget and at the recommendation of the golf course commission, the board voted on changes to the golf course budget. The changes did not affect the bottom line, but instead increased miscellaneous rental income by $500 and reduced food and beverage costs at the clubhouse by $1,500, allowing $2,000 to be added to the professional services line item.

The board also approved transferring $20,000 from the undesignated fund to the retirement/severance account. Village Administrator Kristina Handt told the board that as of Dec. 31, 2010, the village’s vacation and sick leave payout liability was $61,901, with only $4,500 in the retirement/severance account.

No money was budgeted for the fund in 2011, and $8,000 is included in the 2012 budget. With the $20,000 transfer, the

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Some areas thick with deer, other areas not so much

It wasn’t until around 10 a.m. on opening day that I caught the flicker of a white tail across the river in southern Barron County on opening day of the 2011 rifle season. The first mornMarty ing was eerily quiet compared to other Seeger years in terms of hearing shots and actually seeing deer. At about The noon I was ready for Bottom homemade soup, and not real happy about Line the deer movement – and then came the snow.

Visibility had already been difficult, as the gray-brown coat of a deer blends perfectly with the forest floor, yet the snow actually made things worse. I made an effort to stick things out Saturday afternoon, but eventually gave up early.

Visibility was less than 50 yards and without the luxury of a heated hunting blind and a roof over my head it was nearly impossible to keep snow out of the scope.

It wasn’t a terrible day, as the others in my hunting party saw nothing, but Sunday was better, and conditions couldn’t have been more perfect, with a blanket of fresh snow for visibility and quiet walking. The weather and hunting was even better for some of my friends. Longtime buddy, and elk hunting partner Wade Lamphere sent me a text late Sunday morning after shooting a dandy 10pointer.

“He was third buck this morning. He was with a doe. Had a 120-inch, 8-point come trolling through at 7.” Moments later, he sent another text. “Steve has seen nine bucks already. They are moving.”

Granted, Wade is hunting near Du-

Wade Lamphere had a successful opening weekend of hunting near Durand with this tall 10-pointer. Others in Polk, Burnett and surrounding counties had mixed results. – Photo submitted rand, slightly north of the famed Buffalo and another 206 deer Sunday. Last year County, yet farther north in Dunn they registered 489 deer on Saturday and County, my friend Neil sent a text as well 210 on Sunday. Peterson said the archery on Sunday. deer numbers were down about 30 per“I saw probably 20 again. Five small cent from last year as well. Farther north bucks.” at Danbury’s Log Cabin Store, registraDuring Saturday’s opener, Neil’s fa- tion numbers painted a similar picture, ther-in-law shot a 160-inch, 9-pointer, and with 69 registered on Saturday, and anit seemed many others had a successful other 104 on Sunday. Last year they regisweekend too. But not everyone was quite tered 153 deer on Saturday and another that lucky.

156 on Sunday.

“They’re just happy to find a deer for In Webster, Connor’s Marathon Service the most part,” said Tony Peterson at Station was down about 50 percent in Great Northern Outdoors in Frederic. He registration numbers as well. Donna said people don’t seem to be real frus- Johnson said many hunters, including the trated, and haven’t complained as much ones registering deer, were frustrated and as other years, yet he knows deer num- not seeing much at all. bers are down.

“They (deer) just aren’t out there,” said GNO registered 218 deer on Saturday Johnson, and voiced a concern along with

several other hunters in the area, that the DNR is handing out too many free doe permits and additional unlimited doe tags for just $2. Most of Northwest Wisconsin is under herd control management, and Johnson and other hunters hope the DNR will change that for next season.

Big Mike’s Sports Shop in Siren said they were also down about half in terms of registration numbers, but at least one employee thought weather was a factor on Saturday.

“I think it was so windy and cold and miserable on Saturday, that a lot of guys have become fair-weather hunters,” said Diane Adrian. Most registration stations reported some nice bucks being brought in for registration, including Big Mike’s and the Clam Falls Tavern, which registered a 14-point buck, as well as a 209pound buck. Clam Falls Tavern owner Michelle Schmidt said many who have stopped in have been frustrated, yet others seemed quite happy with the way things have turned out so far.

“But it’s funny because you get somebody in here that says ‘Oh I saw 20 deer,’ and then you get the next person, ‘I haven’t seen one in two days,’” Schmidt said. There were over 350 fewer deer registered in Clam Falls than the previous year, but Schmidt listed several different factors as well. Hunters are doing fewer deer drives, and the weather on Saturday seemed to drive more hunters back to a warm cabin, or the bar, where it was warm.

“I also think that three or four years ago, it was easy. You just went out and shot your deer and that was it. But, now you’ve gotta work for them,” Schmidt said.

Despite seeing fewer deer registered, Schmidt said business is up from last year, which is one positive as a result of weather and poor deer sightings. There’s also the bonus of several more days left to hunt. The gun deer season runs through Sunday, Nov. 27, and the muzzleloader deer season opens Monday, Nov. 28, and runs through Wednesday, Dec. 7.

Hunters register 112,581 deer after opening weekend Enthusiasm for hunting remains high MADISON – More than 600,000 hunters were on their stands Saturday morning, Nov. 19, eagerly waiting the opening moment of the 2011 gun deer season. By the end of the weekend, a preliminary call-in tally showed hunters registered 112,581 deer over the two-day period.

“As I listened to deer hunters over the opening weekend, there is a lot of excitement about the changes implemented this year; particularly the fact that hunters are no longer required to harvest an antlerless deer before harvesting their first buck in the CWD zone,” said DNR Executive Assistant Scott Gunderson. “As we all expected, this change is extremely popular amongst hunters which is important as the DNR wants the hunting public to ‘buy in’ to our herd management structure.”

“It is also important to remember that harvesting antlerless deer remains an important part of deer management in Wisconsin,” said Gunderson. “I would encourage hunters to keep this in mind as they hunt the remaining days of the traditional season and when they return to the woods during the December statewide antlerless hunt and the Holiday Hunt in the CWD management zone.”

A breakdown of the harvest by DNR Region and county is available in portable

document format on the DNR Web site at dnr.wi.gov/. Deer registration numbers in Polk, Burnett and surrounding counties are down when comparing numbers from opening weekend in 2010. Polk County registered a total of 2,821 deer this year, in comparison to 4,359 in 2010. Burnett County registered 1,237 deer in the first two days this year, and 2,006 were registered in 2010. Barron County registered 2,644 in 2011, and 3,542 in 2010. Washburn County registered 1,181 deer on opening weekend this year, as opposed to 2,359 last year.

“We want to remind folks that these preliminary numbers come from a staff call-around to deer registration stations this morning,” said Tom Hauge, director of the DNR wildlife management program. “The final opening weekend tally will likely be somewhat larger, when all the registration stubs are entered into the database over the next couple of months.”

Hunters experienced mixed weather including snow, rain turning to snow and moderate temperatures depending on where you hunted. The 2011 preliminary count was up about 5.6 percent from the opening weekend count of 106,404 from 2010. Preliminary buck harvest statewide in 2011 was 57,977 (54,263 in 2010) and preliminary antlerless harvest was 54,604 (52,141 in 2010).

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Taylor Wilson of Cushing had openingday success with a dandy 8-pointer. – Photos by Garth Olson

Jordyn Stashek from Wisconsin Rapids shot a monster 12-pointer in the St. Croix Falls area on opening day. It was the largest buck registered at St. Croix Outdoors on opening day.

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Xander Pinero, a Webster sixth-grade student, shot his first buck at 100 yards away with one shot, just before 8 a.m., on Saturday, Nov. 19. He was hunting with his uncle Ben at the time.

Tyler Grey, Webster, shot his first deer in at least five generations in southern Burnett County. It weighed 131.9 pounds and had a 14-3/4-inch spread.

Zach Peer, 11, of Rice Lake, bagged his first doe on opening morning, Saturday, Nov. 19, as a mentored hunter with his granddad.

Amanda Hochstetler shot this 8-point buck on the opening weekend of the Wisconsin nine-day gun deer hunt. – Photos submitted, and courtesy of Trade Lake Store

LEFT: Lucille Danielson of Grantsburg harvested this tallracked 8-pointer during opening weekend.

Troy Goetz of Grantsburg shot this 12-point buck on Sunday, Nov 20, in the Town of Sterling.

LEFT: Nathan Anderson of Grantsburg shot a wide 10point buck.

LEFT: Lyle Nuhrigh took this heavy-racked 8point buck recently.

Her smile says it all. Jessica Glover stands proud with a nice 8point buck.

Deer numbers continued “This is Wisconsin’s 160th modern-era deer gun season. It is a fall, family tradition cherished by over 600,000 hunters.

These preliminary numbers are just a small part of the event we know as opening weekend. I suspect for every deer reported there are 10 great deer camp stories out there. It appears that this season is well on its way to creating lifelong memories, added Hauge.”

Enthusiasm for hunting remains high The department’s license sales office reported 603,919 gun deer licenses sold by the start of shooting hours on Nov. 19.

Deer license and tag sales will continue through the hunting seasons.

The long custom of buying a license on the way to deer camp is also intact. DNR licensing managers reported selling a record 99,998 licenses on Friday, Nov. 18.

At one point in late afternoon Friday, computers showed license sales coming in at a rate of 220 per minute.

Some facts about Wisconsin hunters: • There were 53,914 females this year, an increase of 1,486 from 2010. They comprise 9 percent of all hunters.

• Deer hunters hail from all 50 states.

There were 571,491 hunters from Wisconsin, with Minnesota (16,058) and Illinois (7,737) the next highest. And hunters love Wisconsin’s deer hunt so much that 209 came all the way from Alaska and 12 came all the way from Hawaii to participate.

• Nearly 30,000 hunters are 70 and older, and of them, about 2.6 percent are women. In contrast, 103,151 hunters were 20 or younger, and more than 18 percent were girls.

• There were 71 customers from foreign counties, with the most hunters coming from Canada, 17; Germany, nine; and

Mexico and Norway, each with five.

• Internet sales topped hunter preferences on where to get a gun deer license.

Top selling over-the-counter locations were Mills Fleet Farm in Appleton, Green Bay, Germantown, Stevens Point and Wausau, with more than 137,000 licenses sold from Fleet Farms in the Fox River Valley.

Injury report There were no fatal shooting incidents recorded during the first two days of the hunt and two nonfatal shooting injuries – one to a nonhunter doing a deer drive in Clark County on Sunday and another in a deer drive in Waukesha County on Monday, Nov. 21. Both are still being investigated, according to DNR Conservation Warden Todd Schaller, DNR’s chief of recreational safety.

“We wish a speedy recovery to the victims. These injuries are sober reminders

that safety has to be foremost in every hunter’s mind at all times on the hunt — and during all deer drives.”

Schaller noted that historically about half of Wisconsin’s shooting incidents happen during deer drives, usually because someone wasn’t where they were supposed to be or someone shot at a deer when they did not have a safe backstop or in a direction they should not have been shooting. In 2010, there were no shootingrelated fatalities during the nine-day gun deer hunt.

“Always be sure of your target and anything behind it, and if you aren’t sure, don’t shoot.” Know where your bullet will impact if you miss.

“It is really important that hunting parties wanting to drive deer have a plan and that they follow that plan to the letter.

Knowing where your hunting mates are and where safe shooting lanes are is critical,” he said. – from the DNR

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Blizzard boys power ahead

Strong lineup means big expectations this season

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer SIREN – The Burnett Blizzard boys hockey squad is primed for the fresh season, and with a bevy of returning offensive talent, and a solid group of defensive players, the 2011-2012 season could prove to be a dandy.

“There was not a lot of turnover from last year to this year,” stated returning head coach Grant Nicoll. “We only lost three seniors from last year that cracked the top three lines.”

Among those returning players to highlight are senior Joe Engelhart, who amassed 71 points last year, as a junior.

Also helping the scoring cause will be senior Anthony Dietmeier, who rallied for 47 points last year. Joining him is younger brother Aaron Dietmeier, who came on strong as a freshman phenom with 43 points last year.

On defense, the Blizzard are also strong again, with Matt Larson returning, and hoping to add to his 20 points last year as a sophomore defenseman. Senior goalie Thomas Labatt is also back in the net, coming off 19 wins last year with a 91-percent save percentage.

“We return 16 guys from our varsity roster last year, including our top seven scorers,” stated Nicoll. “We look to a few freshmen and one senior to fill the rest of the roster.”

The Blizzard boys also return to play in the Minnesota-based Two Rivers Conference, which they dominated last year, but came one point away from winning the conference outright, falling to the rival Minneapolis Nova squad on points, 19 to 18. The Blizzard’s final record was 20-4-1.

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Blizzard senior Anthony Dietmeier has been a big impact player for the squad and should be a force once again for the skaters this season. – File photos by Greg Marsten Captains for the 2011-2012 season are seniors Engelhart and Labatt, along with junior Matt Larson.

Nicoll is in his third year as head coach, and once again has assistant coach Tony Samuelson on the bench, as well. Nicoll noted several big games on the schedule: “We are really looking forward to our home game against River Falls [Jan. 28].

We also are looking forward to our two big conference games against Minneapolis this year,” Nicoll said. “We look to have a big year this year. The boys have very high expectations going into the season and all the way into playoffs.”

The Blizzard boys play their games at

both the Siren Lodge Center Arena and at the Grantsburg Hockey Arena. The team is a cooperative effort involving players from Grantsburg, Siren, Webster, Frederic and Luck high schools.

The Blizzard start their 2011-2012 season this week with a tourney in Siren on Friday, Nov. 25, against BaldwinWoodville, and then play again on Saturday, Nov. 26. They open their regular season with a nonconference game at Grantsburg against the Amery cooperative squad on Tuesday, Dec. 6.

Blizzard girls are young and solid A new goalie and a few new faces to fill the gaps

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer SIREN – The Burnett Blizzard girls hockey team is spooling up for the 20112012 season, once again under head coach Tim Bennett, who returns for his fifth season as head coach alongside assistant coach Al Steiner.

The Blizzard girls are made up of athletes from six school districts in two counties: Webster, Grantsburg, Siren, Luck, Unity and Frederic, and are coming off a season that challenged anyone with a weak heart, as they had eight overtime contests, and had several hard-fought, single-goal losses that led to a final 8-13-2

Webster junior Molly Brown returns at forward for the Blizzard girls this season, and is one of many returning skaters expected to make an impact. record, ending with a 4-3 loss to Eau Claire/Altoona in the WIAA playoffs.

Yes, it was another single-goal heartbreaker.

“I think we will be improved on both ends of the rink this season,” stated Bennett. “We graduated five seniors last season, but we have a good core of experienced returning players.”

Some of those returning players to watch include Kassie Lien, Samantha O’Brien, Wendy Roberts and Ashley Dietmeier. “They should be our scoring punch this season,” Bennett said. “On defense, we have a core group from last year returning: Tianna Stewart, Paige Johnson, Johanna Lauer.”

While Bennett is excited about their returning underclassmen, he also has a few prospects in the spotlight. “We also have two new athletes to watch: [Webster sophomore] Paige Young and [Grantsburg freshman] MacKenzie Omer,” Bennett said, noting that Young should add some

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••• WINNECONNE – The UWOshkosh cross-country team competed at the Division 3, NCAA National Championship race held at the Lake Breeze Golf Club in Winneconne on Saturday, Nov. 19.

The Titans placed fifth overall with help from former Grantsburg athlete Sean Kutz, who took 34th place overall among 32 competing teams.

Sean Kutz Kutz had a personal record time of 24:46, and earned All-American honors as a result. Kutz is a sophomore this season, and the Titans were ranked eighth in the nation heading into the championship meet. They finished 11th during last year’s championship meet and have won national titles in 1988, 1989, 1990 and 2002. – Marty Seeger with information from www.titans.uwosh.edu ••• LEADER LAND – The Cumberland at Unity boys basketball game is being broadcast on 104.9 FM on Tuesday, Nov. 29, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

The Amery vs. Menomonie hockey game can be heard on Friday, Nov. 25, beginning at 5 p.m., and the Saturday, Nov. 26, Amery vs. River Falls hockey game can be heard at noon. Both games are on 1260 AM. The Friday, Nov. 25, Badgers vs. Bradley men’s college basketball game is being broadcast on 1260 AM beginning at 8 p.m. The Badgers at North Carolina basketball game can be heard on 1260 AM beginning at 8:30 p.m., on Wednesday, Nov. 30. The Penn State at Wisconsin Badgers football game is being broadcast on 1260 AM, beginning at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26.

The Packers at Lions NFL football game can be heard on 105.7 FM, beginning at noon on Thurdsay, Nov. 24. The Vikings at Falcons game is being broadcast on Sunday, Nov. 27, beginning at noon on 104.9 FM. ••• FREDERIC – The winter sports season is well under way, with basketball scrimmages, hockey tournaments and even a handful of nonconference boys and girls basketball games scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 29. The first wrestling tournaments begin Saturday, Dec. 3. The first gymnastics meet of the season is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 1, at Chisago Lakes, Minn.

••• LEADER LAND – Leader Sports strives to follow the college careers of area athletes. If you know of an athlete playing collegiate sports in 2011 and hasn’t been mentioned, send us an email or call and we’ll take it from there.

– Marty Seeger

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Let’s see those deer photos!

Long gone are the days when hunters needed to pack cameras with film. In the no-sodistant past, the first folks to see monster buck photos were the photo processing folks at big box retailers or some other filmAthletic developing profesWith sionals.

Smartphone technology, sharing photos of successful deer hunts is as easy as a few clicks of a button. As hunters continue their trek to tree stands, don’t forget your camera, Smartphone or whatever device you prefer to capture Kodak moments or should we say iPhone/Android moments?

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Madonna hails from Michigan, but the Material Girl is already scheduled for the halftime act at this year’s Super Bowl in Indianapolis.

Enrique Iglesias The second NFL game on the Thanksgiving lineup features Miami at Dallas. Enrique Iglesias will perform at halftime.

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local college marching band perform at halftime? And yes, Enrique Iglesias is the son of Julio Iglesias. You may want to verify this with any teens gathered at your Thanksgiving feast, but I believe Iglesias’ (the younger) big hit is “I Like It” which is featured on the Jersey Shore soundtrack. If you’ve never heard of Enrique Iglesias, you’re not alone, simply think of a modern day Ritchie Valens, or a member of Menudo – you get the idea.

Frisbee dogs I haven’t heard who will be the halftime entertainment for the third scheduled game (San Francisco at Baltimore) on Thanksgiving. One Internet message board suggested Frisbee dogs should be the halftime show.

And who doesn’t like watching dogs catching flying disks? This NFL game starts at 7:20 p.m. on the NFL Network, thus halftime would happen around 9 p.m. – perfect timing for folks waddling back to the kitchen for a second round of pumpkin pie while watching dogs running after Frisbees.

Barry Manilow

P O R T S giving halftime shows, perhaps NFL executives would like to take a cue from the Las Vegas strip. Long-running headliners still performing in Vegas include Barry Manilow, Donnie & Marie, Celine Dion and Gladys Knight. Manilow would be huge at halftime! Keep in mind that the TV audience on Thanksgiving includes plenty of grandmas, grandpas and aunts and uncles. Before you laugh Manilow off the stage, consider the fact that he’s sold something like 80 million records. If Nickelback was playing at the Bon Ton Tavern in Luck, and at the same time, Manilow was performing across the street at Hog Wild, I guarantee that the line outside of Hog Wild would be longer, a lot longer! Manilow – singing “Copacabana” with dancing Las Vegas showgirls – now that’s a halftime show! C’mon, just sing it – “Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl, with yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there, she would merengue and do the chacha …” (Regular sports columnist John Ryan thankfully returns next week, I think … Happy Thanksgiving.)

If the dogs are unavailable for Thanks-

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Shell Lake at Unity scrimmage Tuesday, November 29 6 p.m.

Siren at Shell Lake 7:30 p.m. Luck vs. Chippewa Falls at Mcdonell Central 7:30 p.m. Cumberland at Unity 7:30 p.m. Turtle Lake at Webster

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Upcoming Tuesday, November 29 6 p.m.

Clear Lake at Unity 6 p.m.

Turtle Lake at Webster 7:30 p.m. Siren at Shell Lake 7:30 p.m. Frederic at Solon Springs

GIRLS HOCKEY

This 8-pointer was shot by Leo Kurkowski during the opening weekend of the Wisconsin nineday deer hunt.– Photo courtesy of Trade Lake Store

Upcoming Friday-Saturday November 25 and 26 TBD Blizzard at Baldwin-Woodville

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Girls hockey continued said, noting that Young should add some offensive depth, with Omer looking to shore up some of the defensive lines.

One of the big question marks this season has to do with the graduation of star goaltender Tiffany Meyer, which gives underclassman and previous Meyer understudy Hope Tucker a chance at the Blizzard goaltending duties. “Hope has been working hard and I expect to see some excellent things from her this sea-

son,” Bennett said.

Blizzard captains Kassie Lien, Samantha O’Brien, Paige Johnson and Tianna Stewart should help with the confidence on the ice, and will hopefully help to keep the pressure on, regardless of which line is on the ice.

“We have a really tough schedule that will make us better when it comes to playoff time,” Bennett said. “I think we will put more pucks in the net this season, which will help us improve on last season’s record.”

Bennett and crew have some of the most talented teams in Wisconsin on their regular schedule, starting right out of the gate, with their season opener this Wednesday in Baldwin against a truly formidable squad.

“Our biggest contest will be our first three games of the season at the St. Croix Fusion Thanksgiving tournament,” Bennett stated. “We will face the Fusion - who were last year’s WIAA state champions also the Sun Prairie co-op, which was a participant in last year’s state tournament,

and Hayward.”

Coaches Bennett and Steiner have worked together for several years, and have a true sense of refining and defining hockey talent. They seem confident that the Blizzard girls will give fans a solid show this year, and may surprise a few nonbelievers. Again, they will be tested right away, as they start their 2011-2012 campaign at 7 p.m. this Wednesday, Nov. 23, at Baldwin against the state champion Fusion, and also play games on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 25 and 26.

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A R E A Hacker’s Lanes Monday Afternoon Senior Standings: Eagles 27, Hummingbirds 21, Badgers 18, Vultures 17.5, Night Hawks 17, Bears 16, Swans 16.

Men’s games (Handicap): Roger Messer 231, Dave Bannie 230, Dick Coen 227.

Men’s series (Handicap): Roger Messer 613, Dave Bannie 594, Jack Buecksler 592.

Women’s games (Handicap): Pat Bresina 220, Lila Larson 214, Joan Anderson & Jackie Giller 211.

Women’s series (Handicap): Lila Larson 610, Jackie Giller 600, Pat Bresina 582.

Team games (Handicap): Eagles 790, Hummingbirds 773, Vultures 764.

Team series (Handicap): Eagles 2265, Vultures 2209, Hummingbirds 2208.

Wednesday Night Early Men’s Standings: Cummings Lumber 31, Daeffler’s Quality Meats 29.5, Pioneer Bar 25, Lewis Silo 23, A-1 Machine 23, Larsen Auto Center 22, Skol Bar 21.5, Bye Team 1.

Individual games: Brett Daeffler (DQM) 268, Chris Rowell (PB) 247, Jason Richter (A-1) 236.

Individual series: Brett Daeffler (DQM) 681, Chris Rowell (PB) 667, Ken Koehler (A-1) 623.

Team games: Cummings Lumber 962 & 954, A-1 Machine 926.

Team series: Cummings Lumber 2760, A1 Machine 2680, Pioneer Bar 2637.

Thursday Late Standings: Hansen Farms Inc. 30, Fisk Trucking 23, Hog Wild BBQ & Grill 18, Stotz & Company 17.

Men’s games: Oliver Baillargeon 233, Eugene Wynn Jr. 225, Tom Bainbridge 224.

Men’s series: Eugene Wynn Jr. 642, Dale Frandsen 596, Oliver Baillargeon 583.

Women’s games: Heather Wynn 198.

Women’s series: Heather Wynn 577.

Team games: Hansen Farms Inc. 1016, Stotz & Company 803, Hog Wild BBQ & Grill 782.

Team series: Hansen Farms Inc. 2898, Stotz & Company 2358, Hog Wild BBQ & Grill 2197.

Friday Night Ladies Standings: Pin Heads 53.5, Junque Art 52.5, The Leader 48.5, SKM 45, Meyer’s Plus 37, Pioneer Bar 35, Frederic Design 28.5.

Individual games: Karen Carlson 269, Gail Linke 218, Jen Ellefson 197.

Individual series: Karen Carlson 619, Gail Linke 590, Pat Traun 504.

Team games: Junque Art 968, SKM 830, The Leader 828.

Team series: Junque Art 2618, SKM 2444, The Leader 2373.

Consecutive strikes (50 or more): Karen Carlson 7x.

Games 50 or more above average:

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Linda O’Donnell; Jen Ellefson; Sheila Hansen.

Series 100 or more above average: Karen Carlson.

Splits converted: 4-10: Kim Owens. 5-7: Pat Traun.

McKenzie Lanes Monday Night Ladies Standings: Wolf Creek Log Furniture 125.5, Edina Divas 90.5, Milltown Appliance 90.5, Frederic Truck & Tractor 88.5, Alyeska Contracting 85, Metal Products 84.5, McKenzie Lanes 69.5, Bye 44.

Individual games: Shirley Wilson 199, Luann White & Cindy Castellano 191.

Individual series: Shirley Wilson 551, Helen Leggitt 534, Luann White 516.

Team games (Handicap): Metal Products 842.

Team series (Handicap): Wolf Creek Log Furniture 2403.

Monday Night Madness Standings: Mishaps 51, McKenzie Lanes 48, Alleycats 45, Eagle Lounge 30, Bogus Punkins 28, Bye 14.

Individual games: Julia Delougherty & Barbara Benson 200, Tabby Peltier 158.

Individual series: Barbara Benson 533, Julia Delougherty 524, Tabby Peltier 411.

Team games (Handicap): Mishaps 633, McKenzie Lanes 621.

Team series (Handicap): McKenzie Lanes 1804, Alleycats 1717.

Tuesday Early Mixed Standings: Lane Crashers 58.5, 1 Pin Short 51, What the Ek 44, Lemon Heads 42.5.

Women’s games: Amy Ahlgren 200, Brenda Lehmann 173, Beth Ahlgren 152.

Women’s series: Amy Ahlgren 464, Brenda Lehmann 430, Beth Ahlgren 399.

Men’s games: Erv Lehmann 233, Kevin Ek 198, Jeff Bringgold 157.

Men’s series: Kevin Ek 562, Erv Lehmann 556, Jeff Bringgold 466.

Team games: Lemon Heads 515.

Team series: Lemon Heads 1350.

Tuesday Women’s Standings: Gutter Dusters 112, Kassel Tap 107.5, Custom Outfitter 95, Tomlinson Insurance 92, LC’s Gals 89, Trap Rock 85, Hauge Dental 84.5, Country Gals 83.

Individual games: Lonnie Stowell 213, Karen Wiemer 193, Toni Sloper 190.

Individual series: Lonnie Stowell 524, Jane Smith 513, Karen Wiemer, Toni Sloper & Shirley Wilson 480.

Team games (Handicap): Gutter Dusters 814, Custom Outfitter 805, Country Gals 802.

Team series (Handicap): LC’s Gals 2361, Country Gals 2343, Gutter Dusters 2303.

Tuesday Night Men’s Standings: Hack’s Pub 35, Dream Lawn 34, Nel-Lo-Hill Farm 34, The Dugout 29, The Cobbler Shop 29, McKenzie Lanes

28.5, Steve’s Appliance 27.5, Centurview Park 23.

Individual games: Darren McKenzie 253, Craig Willert 237, Randie Gustafson 232.

Individual series: Darren McKenzie 699, Craig Willert 639, Tim Katzmark 620.

Team games (Handicap): Dream Lawn 1226.

Team series (Handicap): Dream Lawn 3408.

Wednesday Early League Standings: Suzie Q’s 58, Top Spot 48, Amrhien Painting 46, Gerhman Auto Body 44, Hack’s Pub 42, Holiday StationStore 40, Cutting Edge 30, Bye 12.

Men’s games: Mike Welling 226, Dennis Kindem 215, John Gerhman 213.

Men’s series: Mike Welling 618, Brad Hacker 593, John Gerhman 568.

Women’s games: Justine Melin 157, Janice Fox 149, Patty Walker 146.

Women’s series: Justine Melin 423, Patty Walker 408, Janie Fox 384.

Team games (Handicap): Gerhman’s Auto Body 727.

Team series (Handicap): Gerhman Auto Body 1969.

Wednesday Night Men’s Standings: Hanjo Farms 20, Edina Realty 18, Harvest Moon 18, McKenzie Lanes 12, Davy’s Construction 8, Reed’s Marina 8, Dalles Electrician 8, Tiger Express 4.

Individual games: Craig Willert 246, Rick Antonson 246, Greg Dick 226.

Individual series: Greg Dick 636, Craig Willert 627, Darren McKenzie 614.

Team games (Handicap): Tiger Express 1044, McKenzie Lanes 1009.

Team series (Handicap): McKenzie Lanes 2908, Tiger Express 2883.

Black & Orange Early Birds Standings: Yellow River Saloon 23.516.5, The Tap 22.5-17.5, Black & Orange 19.5-20.5, Gandy Dancer Saloon 14.525.5.

Individual games: Kay Casey (YRS) 173, Lorene Breingan (GD) 166, Lynn Toivola

Family Fun Night Pizza with Pizzazz WEBSTER - On Tuesday, Nov. 15, the Webster Elementary School was alive with activity. Over 130 parents and children came to the school to make homemade pizza with Julie Yezek, nutrition education educator from the University of Wisconsin Extension. These families were in for a treat as they started their own pizza from the crust. They went on to choose their own toppings and finally added the choice ingredient, cheese. The 25 pounds of cheese needed for this event were donated by Burnett Dairy Co-op of Alpha.

Once the pizzas were in the oven, the families moved into the gymnasium to listen to guest presenter Cris Peterson. Peterson is a local au-

thor from Grantsburg. Her book “Extra Cheese, Please!” was the inspiration for this evening. Peterson entertained the audience with several of her stories. She also explained to the students that all of them are authors now, in a sense, as they write their stories in class, grocery lists and even make picture books. They can also continue to grow as authors by continuing to write often and to write about the things they know most about. Peterson’s generosity will benefit the new public library as she asked that the event’s organizers make a donation to the Larsen Family Public Library in lieu of a payment to her.

Gratitude is extended to all the families that came out to make the evening a huge success. submitted

Cris Peterson autographed a book for a fan, Hailie Gavin. – Photos submitted

(T) 164.

Individual series: Kay Casey (YRS) 447, Marcy Viebrock (B&O) 427, Donna Crain (B&O) 417.

Team games: Yellow River Saloon 840, Black & Orange 825, The Tap 814.

Team series: Black & Orange 2388, Gandy Dancer Saloon 2345, Yellow River Saloon 2341.

Splits converted: 6-7: Marcy Viebrock.

Monday Night Standings: Glass & Mirror Works 26-10, Black & Orange 22-14, Larry’s LP 19-17, Vacant 5-31.

Individual games: Mike Zajac (G&MW) 210, Breck Eytcheson (G&MW) 203, Larry Johnson (L) 199.

Individual series: Breck Eytcheson (G&MW) 590, Mike Zajac (G&MW) 558, Dean Eytcheson (G&MW) 509.

Team games: Glass & Mirror Works 981, Black & Orange 925, Larry’s LP 917.

Team series: Glass & Mirror Works 2822, Larry’s LP 2603, Black & Orange 2595.

Games 50 or more above average: Breck Eytcheson 203 (+55).

Series 100 or more above average: Breck Eytcheson 590 (+146).

Splits converted: 4-10: Breck Eytcheson.

TNT Standings: Flower Power 32-12, Cashco 26-18, Larry’s LP 26-18, Vacant 4-40.

Individual games: Monica Johnson (L) 183, Jennifer Kern (L) 176, Mary Ellen Smith (C) 169.

Individual series: Vicki Tollander (C) 469, Jennifer Kern (L) 468, Evie Engebretson (FP) 439.

Team games: Flower Power 889, Cashco 824, Larry’s LP 785.

Team series: Flower Power 2539, Cashco 2422, Larry’s LP 2339.

Games 50 or more above average: Monica Johnson 183 (+75).

Wednesday Night Mens Standings: Cashco 27-5, Lions 19-13, Black & Orange 17.5-18.5, Zia Louisa’s 15.5-20.5, Pheasant Inn 12-24, Vacancy 6-10.

Individual games: Tim Vasatka (PI) 213, Monte Rinnman (C) 211, Gene Ackland (ZL) 210.

Individual series: Monte Rinnman (C) 585, Tim Vasatka (PI) 533, Ken Tonsager (ZL) 525.

Team games: Zia Louisa’s 950, Pheasant Inn 941, Cashco 935.

Team series: Pheasant Inn 2683, Cashco 2651, Zia Louisa’s 2609.

Early Risers Standings: A+ Sanitation 27-17, Gayle’s Northwoods Hair Design 25-19, Gandy Dancer 21-23, 10th Hole 15-29.

Individual games: Janice Carlson (GNHD) 176, Phyllis Myers, (A+) 153, Connie Lundeen (A+) & Donna Crain (GD) 152.

Individual series: Janice Carlson 445, Connie Lundeen (A+) 413, Claudia Peter-

son (GD) 412.

Team games: Gayle’s Northwoods Hair Design 696, Gandy Dancer 670, A+ Sanitation 666.

Team series: Gayle’s Northwoods Hair Design 1935, A+ Sanitation 1897, Gandy Dancer 1851.

Thursday Night Ladies Standings: Dolls w/ Balls 25-15, Pour House 19-21, Webster Motel 19-21, Rollettes 17-23.

Individual games: Lu Mattison (PH) 170, Marisa Churchill (DW/B) 168, Val Fremont (PH) 160.

Individual series: Lu Mattison (PH) 447, Val Fremont (PH) 446, Daphne Churchil (DW/B) 439.

Team games: Dolls w/ Balls 703, Pour House 696, Rollettes 665.

Team series: Pour House 2057, Dolls w/ Balls 1963, Rollettes 1870.

Denny’s Downtown Lanes Sunday Afternoon Mixed Standings: Redneck Coon Hunters 64, Team Siren 44, Spare Us 39, George’s Angels 39, Blind 29, The Pacifiers 16.

Women’s games: “Trouble” Barfknecht 137, Theresa Eckstrom 125, Austin Otis 118.

Women’s series: “Trouble” Barfknecht 381, Theresa Eckstrom 353, Barbara Loomis 339.

Men’s games: Jim Loomis 182, Jordan Otis 179, Issac Jewell 177.

Men’s series: Jim Loomis 512, Jordan Otis 488, Issac Jewell 487.

Team games: Redneck Coon Hunters 464, Spare Us 430, Geroge’s Angels 391.

Team series: Redneck Coon Hunters 1309, Spare Us 1212, Geroge’s Angels 1107.

Games 50 or more above average: Issac Jewell 211 (+66); Jorden Otis 179 (+54); Lori Dake 171 (+53).

Series 100 or more above average: Jorden Otis 488 (+113); Issac Jewell 536 (+101).

Wednesday Night Men Standings: Boyd’s Outdoor Power 40, Village Hearth 34, Wood River Pharmacy 31, Radio Shack 30, Grantsburg Sanitary 20, Snow Whites 13.

Individual games (Handicap): Tom Razmark 257, Dennis Hanson 242, Kevin Lokker 238.

Individual series (Handicap): Kevin Lokker 640, Jason Johnson 632, Tom Razmark 621.

Team games (Handicap): Boyd’s Outdoors 1036, Village Hearth 1014, Snow Whites 1008.

Team series (Handicap): Boyd’s Outdoors 2989, Snow Whites 2842, Village Hearth 2789.

Webster

Julie Yezek taught the families to make homemade pizza, on Nov. 15 as part of Family Fun Night.

Cris Peterson entertained the audience at Family Fun night at Webster Elementary.

The community keeps coming through

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BLACK FRIDAY PRICING ALL WEEK 11-21-11 through 11-26-11

Past, present and future: Members of three Habitat families attended the dedication of the Olander family home in Amery on Sunday, Nov. 13. The Olanders are pictured with Linda Christensen, whose home is now being built in Luck, and the Schoenberger family of the 2010 Osceola build. From left is Renee Christensen next to Linda Christensen, Schoenberger with daughter Breanna, Joe and Jen holding Cole and Allie Olander.

Habitat at the helm. This home was made possible by the financial and material gifts from businesses as well as the labor of many volunteers. In this way costs are kept down, so the home is affordable.

Soon the home will be sold to the Olanders with a no-interest loan. The mortgage payments the Olanders make for the next 20 years will go back into Habitat. More homes are built, and more families get a hand up out of the poverty housing trap.

In this way, a gift to Habitat or a donation to the ReStore grows over time as more and more homes are built.

Jen and Joe expressed their gratitude at the dedication service. Joe thanked Habitat and all of the volunteers. Jen said, “Thanks for putting up with me not knowing how to do everything [as they worked on the home]. But I know a lot more now than I did when we started!

Thanks to everyone for your help. Especially,” she added, tearing up, “especially you, Bob.” Bob Babel is the construction manager for Habitat for Humanity who managed the job, completing his first build with Habitat. “Thank you for building this home — as if it were your own.”

The Amery build is complete, but Habitat will continue to work on a home in Luck until its completion at the end of the year. All are invited to join them at the build, in the ReStore, or by making a financial contribution. Call 715-483-2700, email office@wildrivershabitat.org, or write to PO Box 736, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

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by Jackie Thorwick Special to the Leader AMERY - “Will you come play on my swing set with me?” asked Allie, the 4year-old member of the newest Habitat family in Amery. She was talking to Eric Kube, the executive director of Habitat, who was at the just-completed home for its dedication on Sunday, Nov. 13.

“I don’t have my shoes,” he replied. The 50-plus guests had taken off their shoes to protect the new flooring in the home. Allie disappeared, but returned moments later with a pair of large shoes.

“Those aren’t my shoes,” said Kube.

Allie departed again, returning shortly with Kube’s shoes.

Allie’s persistence will take her far – just as Habitat for Humanity is persistently working toward the goal of eliminating poverty housing throughout the world and here in Polk and Burnett counties. Recently HFH celebrated the completion of its 500,000th home – one by one, built through dogged persistence and endless phone calls, inviting individuals and businesses in the community to join in the partnership to end poverty housing.

And the community keeps coming through.

The home of Allie, her 2-year-old brother Colton, and their parents, Jen and Joe Olander, is the 21st home to be built by Habitat in Polk and Burnett counties since 1997. It may be more accurate to say the home was built by the community, with

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Parkinson’s experience to be shared with group GRANTSBURG - Carol Ahlquist, director of nursing for the Continuing Care Center at Burnett Medical Center in Grantsburg, will share her family’s personal experience with Parkinson’s disease at the next meeting of the Parkinson’s support group at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 30.

The Parkinson’s group alternates between the medical center in Grantsburg and the new library in Webster.

This meeting will take place in a lowerlevel conference room at the Grantsburg

location.

Meetings are typically held at 2 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of each month, November being the exception. The December meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 28, at the Webster location.

Parkinson’s patients and their caregiver or significant other are enouraged to attend. For more information call Pat at 715689-2163 or Fran at 715-866-8907. submitted 549899 13-16L

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Poll suggests most people support recalling governor

by Patty Murray Wisconsin Public Radio STATEWIDE - If a recall election were held today, Gov. Scott Walker may be voted out of office. That’s according to results from the Wisconsin Public Radio St. Norbert College Survey.

Walker’s job approval rating has fallen since the spring, and more people apparently think he deserves to be recalled.

That’s according to the survey, which

polled 480 residents.

Wendy Scattergood is an associate with the St. Norbert Strategic Research Institute, which conducted the poll.

She says his approval rating fell eight points in that time. Now, 38 percent say he’s doing a good job and the same number oppose a recall.

But, Scattergood says 58 percent disapprove of his tenure, the same number who say he should go, “58 percent say they’d

vote to remove him from office which is 11 percent higher than what we found when we asked that question last spring.”

Scattergood says the gulf is widening between those who strongly approve of the governor and those who strongly disapprove of his work, “Last spring the strongly approve of Gov. Walker was 18 percent, it’s 18 now. The approval was 28 percent, it’s 20 now. But then you see in disapproval it was 16 last spring now it’s

21. And when we asked this last spring it was right in the middle of all the collective bargaining issues.”

Even though respondents support a recall, 43 percent of them now feel the state is moving in the right direction as compared to the spring, up five points. Still slightly more than half of those asked say the state is going in the wrong direction.

Burnett County circuit court

Polk County circuit court Tashsa E. Adams, Amery, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Diane L. Alberg, Hudson, speeding, $175.30.

James A. Alt, Osceola, inattentive driving, $187.90.

Georgi D.Anderson, Osceola, fail/obey traffic officer signal/order, $175.30.

Vicente Arredondomartinez, Emerald, speeding, not guilty plea.

Kelly L. Audette, Chanhassen, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Michelle M. Bauer, Somerset, texting while driving, not guilty plea.

Carlos A. Bergeron, Centuria, speeding, $225.70.

George A. Bibeau, Centuria, speeding, not guilty plea.

John P. Bina, Lakeville, Minn., operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Douglas A. Bjornson, Charlotte, N.C., speeding, not guilty plea.

Alicia A. Bodenschatz, Hayward, speeding, $200.50.

Walter G. Boerum, Amery, speeding, $175.30.

Calvin J. Brecka, Osceola, fail/stop at stop sign, $175.30.

Samuel M. Bristlin, St. Louis Park, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Nora F. Brody, Minneapolis, Minn., seat belt violation, $10.00.

Gene M. Broom, St. Croix Falls, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Ryan C. Cari, Hudson, speeding, not guilty plea.

Marvin R. Cleary, Little Canada, Minn., speeding, not guilty plea.

Jamie L. Cordell, Luck, speeding, $175.30.

Eric M. Cushing, Eagan, Minn., fail/stop at stop sign, $175.30.

Tiffani R. Demarre, Webster, speeding, not guilty plea.

Lisa J. Drosier, Clear Lake, fail/stop at stop sign, $175.30.

Paul J. Donatell, Maplewood, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Jerome K. Doolittle, Amery, speeding, $175.30.

Timothy M. Doyle, Rice Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Patricia R. Durand, Rice Lake, speeding, not guilty plea.

Gary P. Ehrich, Luck, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Thomas D. Ek, St. Paul, Minn., operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Laura B. Elmer, Amery, seat belt violation, $10.00; speeding, $175.30.

Kenneth D. Erwin, Amery, speeding, $175.30.

Cassae A. Forest, Luck, speeding, $175.30; seat belt violation, $10.00.

James L. Foshay, Shafer, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Laurie A. Gramstad, Apple Valley, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Christina M. Greer, Cumberland, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00; operating while suspended, $200.50.

Taylor T. Grunow, Dresser, disorderly conduct w/motor vehicle, not guilty plea.

Kathryn P. Haarala, Coon Rapids, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Jon C. Haasch, New Richmond, speeding, $200.50.

Brandon R. Hackett, Frederic, fail/stop at stop sign, $175.30.

William C. Harper, Milltown, operating while suspended, $200.50.

Barbara J. Hasling, Blaine, Minn., speeding, $225.70.

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Eric D. Jones, Webster, operating while suspended, $200.50.

Joni H. Kauffman, Dallas, speeding, $200.50.

Patricia R. Kilstofte, La Pointe, speeding, $225.70.

Erynn M. Kingstrom, Webster, ATV operation on highways, $127.50.

David J. Klehr, Lino Lakes,Minn., passing in no-passing zone, $213.10; speeding, $225.70.

Gina R. Laursen, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $225.70.

Chad D. Lechman, Webster, speeding, $175.30.

Donald R. Leedham, Elk River, Minn., shoot bow/crossbow from highway, $217.90.

Priscilla H. Lehman, Danbury, failure to keep vehicle under control, $213.10.

Steven M. Lepinski, Superior, operating while suspended, $200.50.

Bridget E. Levin, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Tricia M. Lien, Luck, speeding, $175.30.

Alexander L. Litz, Siren, criminal damage to property, $200.00.

Susan M. Lockwood, Bemidji, Minn., ATV operate w/o headgear, $150.10.

Randy L. Magnuson, Webster, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00; speeding, $200.50.

Johnny L. Massey, Grantsburg, operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Robert W. McInroy, Spooner, fail/stop at stop sign, $175.30.

Anna K. McCarthy, Webster, inattentive driving, $187.90.

Robin C. Moseley, Elgin, Ill., speeding, $175.30.

Travis W. Nadeau, Siren, obstructing an officer, $150.00; underage drinking-possess, $263.50.

Scott A. Nelson, River Falls, speeding, $175.30.

Ben Nichaus, Marshfield, possess protected bird or animal, $303.30.

Joseph A. Nigro, Shoreview, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Robert D. Olson, Siren, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Christine M. Onchiri, Minneapolis, Minn., disorderly conduct, $88.00.

Jon A. Onkalo, Republic, Mich., speeding, $175.30.

Christopher S. Orthey, Edina, Minn., illegal crossing of divided highway, $263.50.

James D. Paquin, Brooklyn Park, Minn., operate ATV w/o NR trail pass, $154.50.

Gordon L. Peterson, Eden Prairie, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Kim J. Reese, Webster, dog running at large, $186.00; dog causing notice - w/o notice, $2,534.50.

Sean T. Reynolds, Webster, disorderly conduct, $243.00.

Donald W. Ringwald, Rochester, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Earnest Rowe, Medaryville, Ind., possess fish over bag limit, $315.25, twice.

Christopher A. Soltau, Danbury, windshield wiper not functioning, $175.30; fail/property maintain tail lamps, $175.30; cracked/damaged vehicle windshield, $175.30; fail/property maintain headlamps, $175.30.

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All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians; pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-6699777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1800-927-9275.

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Michael M. Sophy, Phoenix, Ariz., speeding, $250.90.

Chelsey Staples, Webster, violation of child safety restraint requirements - child under 4 years of age, $175.30; operating while suspended, $200.50.

Ronald R. Stuber, Washburn, speeding, $175.30.

Jo Ann Treichel, Webster, speeding, $200.50.

Wayne E. Ulbrich, Comstock, speeding, $175.30.

Paul J. Vandemark, Maple Grove, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Nina L. Warno, Grantsburg, dog running at large, $187.90.

Troy E. Wireman, Medaryville, Ind., possess fish over bag limit, $315.25.

Scott D. Zieman, Hayward, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50; speeding, $250.90.

www.theleader.net (Nov. 9, 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7, 14) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

JASON L. JOHNSON and JENNIFER R. RIVARDJOHNSON, and ST. CROIX REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Defendants.

Case No. 11 CV 185 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on June 20, 2011, in the amount of $90,421.47, I will sell the described premises at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, December 28, 2011, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., TERMS OF SALE: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit plaintiff.

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. DESCRIPTION: Lots 13, 14, 15 and 16, Block 2, Setzer’s Addition, Town of West Sweden, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 048-00901-0000, 04800902-0000, 0489-009030000 & 048-00904-0000.

STREET ADDRESS: 3187 Lake Street North, Frederic, Wis. 54837.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 25th day of October, 2011.

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

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Forster’s Incorporated, Milltown, operate unregistered motor truck/tractor, $263.50; vehicle equipment violations group 3, $175.30.

Craig W. Friebe, Superior, passing in no-passing zone, $213.10.

Anthony C. Fries, Columbus, Ohio, speeding, $175.30.

Emily A. Gall, Siren, speeding, $175.30.

Samuel J. Goeden, Hewitt, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Robert E. Greenwald, Eden Prairie, Minn., operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Gustavo Gutierrez-Verduzco, Kent City, Mich., operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Graham D. Hall, Siren, failure to keep vehicle under control, $213.10.

Russel J. Harr, Luck, speeding, $250.90.

Ethan A Hayes, Siren, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Zachary R. Holmstrom, Danbury, operation w/o required lamps lighted, $162.70; cracked/damaged vehicle windshield, $175.30.

Robert C. Honts, Danbury, cracked/damaged vehicle windshield, $175.30; nonregistration of auto, $175.30.

Nicholas S. Hughes, Webster, speeding, $200.50.

Gregory R. Hunter, Webster, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00; speeding, $200.50.

Ethan K. Java, Siren, speeding, $200.50.

Dale S. Johnson, Stillwater, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

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Tony D. Cole, Ostego, Minn., ATV operation on roadway, $200.50.

Kathryn Z. Coleman, Minneapolis, Minn., operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50; speeding, $225.70.

Jennifer A. Coveau, Danbury, speeding, $200.50.

Janine J. Cowle, Webster, speeding, $200.50; operating while suspended, $200.50.

Kyle D. Davis, Webster, speeding, $250.90.

Deanna K, Deeken, Plymouth, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Anthony R. Dietmeier, Danbury, speeding, $250.90.

Leland M. Doriott, Frederic, speeding, $225.70.

Rachel R. Duffy, Lindstrom, Minn., speeding, $225.70.

Jacqueline D. Duncan, Webster, operating while suspended, $200.50; nonregistration of auto, $175.30.

Natasha J.A. Engstrand, Siren, disorderly conduct, $330.50, twice.

Kenneth A. Erickson, Grantsburg, theft - business, $1,100.45; possess methamphetamine, $243.00.

Joe A. Everson, Frederic, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Bruce J. Flees, Danbury, speeding, $200.00.

Nadine J. Ford, Webster, fail/property maintain exhaust system, $175.30; cracked/damaged vehicle windsheild, $175.30.

Cole J. Fornengo, Danbury, failure to notify police of accident, $263.50.

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Albert K. Austin, Maple Grove, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Joseph F. Balcsik, Minong, speeding, $175.30.

Melissa A. Bearhart, Danbury, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50; operating while suspended, $200.50.

Brian L. Bearheart, Webster, underage drinking, $263.50.

John G. Bendt, Long Lake, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Cordell A. Benjamin, Shell Lake, disorderly conduct, $243.00.

Andrew Berlin, Bloomer, trespass to land, $330.50.

Shawna L. Blanski, Frederic, speeding, $175.30.

Pamela J. Bos, Danbury, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Brad Draves Construction, Spooner, nonregistration of vehicle, $263.50.

Jolene A. Brask, Crystal, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Arvin J. Breiwick, East Bethel, Minn., fail/stop for unloading school bus, $326.50.

Curtis R. Buck, Dresser, possess protected bird or animal, $303.30.

Connie L. Bushey, Webster, speeding, $225.70.

Joseph M. Byers, Grantsburg, cracked/damaged vehicle windshield, $175.30.

Karen R. Carlsen, Lauderdale, Minn., operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Allen G. Casler, Webster, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Thomas L. Chadwick, Grantsburg, operating motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.00.

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NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case Number: 09 CV 917 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on Feb. 12, 2010, in the amount of $120,398.51 the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: Jan. 5, 2012, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff. 2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin DESCRIPTION: PARCEL 1: LOT 9, PLAT OF JENSON’S BUTTERNUT ACRES, VILLAGE OF LUCK, POLK COUNTY, WIS. PARCEL 2: A NONEXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AND LAKE ACCESS OVER THE EAST 24 FEET OF LOT 23, PLAT OF JENSON’S BUTTERNUT ACRES. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1514 Lake Avenue, Luck, WI 54853 TAX KEY: 146-00413-0000 Dated this 7th day of November, 2011 Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Scott D. Nabke State Bar #1037979 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale.

Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 279692 549635 WNAXLP

(Nov. 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7, 14, 21) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY ANCHORBANK, FSB Vs

Plaintiff

CYNTHIA K. ANDERSON, et al Defendant(s) Case Number: 11 CV 205 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on June 30, 2011, in the amount of $171,925.93, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: January 4, 2012, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Parcel 1: Lot 11 of Certified Survey Map No. 717, recorded in Volume 3 of Certified Survey Maps on page 209 as Document Number 399750, located in the Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 33, Township 34 North of Range 18 West, Town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wis. Parcel 2: Together with an easement along the 66-ft. access easement as shown on Certified Survey Map No. 379 recorded in Volume 2, page 108.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1274 211th Street, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

TAX KEY NO.: 044-00891-1100.

Dated this 11th day of October, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Russell J. Karnes State Bar #1054982 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 278407

(Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AnchorBank, fsb f/k/a S&C Bank, f/k/a Polk County Bank Plaintiff, vs.

Estate of Doris M. Usher, Unknown Spouse of Doris M. Usher and Unknown Tenants, Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No: 10 CV 148 Case Code: 30404 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure entered August 22, 2011, in the amount of $45,643.41, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the described property at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: December 13, 2011, at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: Foyer Area, Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to the Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified check. Balance due within 10 days of court approval. Purchaser is responsible for payment of all transfer taxes and recording fees. Sale is AS IS in all respects and subject to all liens and encumbrances.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 2, Block 2, Plat of Indianhead Shores in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 200 Indianhead Shores Drive, Balsam Lake, WI 54810. /s/ Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff ECKBERG, LAMMERS, BRIGGS, WOLFF & VIERLING, P.L.L.P. Nicholas J. Vivian (#1047165) 430 Second Street Hudson, WI 54016 (715) 386-3733 Attorneys for Plaintiff Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. If you are currently in bankruptcy or have been discharged in bankruptcy, this letter is not an attempt to collect the debt from you personally. This letter serves only as notice of the commencement of a legal proceeding as required by the loan documents, state law, and/or federal law.

(Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. AS SERVICER FOR WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF PARK PLACE SECURITIES, INC., ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004WCW2 Plaintiff vs.

DEAN CLONTZ, et al.

Defendant(s) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case Number: 11 CV 259 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on July 12, 2011, in the amount of $70,661.37, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: December 7, 2011, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lots Seven (7) and Eight (8), Block Two (2), Plat of Lawson, Village of Luck, according to the Official Plat thereof on file and of record in the Office of the Register of Deeds in and for Polk County, Wisconsin, said Lots being in Government Lot 1, Section 28-36-17.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 700 E. Park Ave., Luck, WI 54853.

TAX KEY NO.: 146-00252-0000 Dated this 5th day of October, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Chaz M. Rodriguez State Bar #1063071 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 278142

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Robert R. Stehlik, Aurora, Colo., speeding, $175.30.

Tyler L. Stelton, Milltown, open intox. in public, not guilty plea.

Lindsey L. Stewart, Milltown, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Richard C. Stoeckmann, Princeton, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

James A. Strenke, Luck, DOC w/motor vehicle, $263.50.

Brittany J. Swenson, Milltown, speeding, $225.70.

Jacob A. Swenson, Siren, passing in no-passing zone, $213.10.

Willard A. Tatam, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Chantell N. Thompson, Centuria, disorderly conduct, not guilty plea.

Annika L. Torbenson, Apple Valley, Minn., seat belt violation, $10.00.

Cory R. Williams, Balsam Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00; operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Deanne M. Williams, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Philip R. Williamson, Centuria, speeding, $175.30.

Patricia C. Wycoff, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Dinincio J. Zappa, Luck, speeding, not guilty plea.

Follow the Leader (Nov. 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7, 14, 21) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY ONEWEST BANK, FSB Plaintiff Vs JOLEEN RENEE FUNK, et al Defendant(s) Case Number: 11 CV 464 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on September 16, 2011, in the amount of $369,215.39, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: January 3, 2012, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot Two (2) of Certified Survey Map 3231 recorded in volume 14 page 253 as Document No. 604680 and further located in part of the Southwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 32, Township 33 North, Range 18 West, together with a 30 foot wide access easement as described in Volume 829, Page 739 of Deeds, Town of Osceola, Polk County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2274 60th Avenue, Osceola, WI 54020.

TAX KEY NO.: 042-00805-0120.

Dated this 25th day of October, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Dustin A. McMahon State Bar #1086857 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 279097

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(Nov. 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7, 14, 21) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY LITTON LOAN SERVICING, LLC AS SERVICER FOR THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF CWALT, INC. ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 200319CB Plaintiff Vs. ALLAN L. OPITZ, et al.

Defendant(s)

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Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar November 8, 2011 D. Peter Seguin 110 Second Street Hudson, WI 54016 715-386-3200 Bar Number: 1015439

(Nov. 23, 30, Dec. 7) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRANK J. WERNER JR., deceased NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Informal Administration) Case No. 11 PR 80 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for informal administration was filed.

2. The decedent, with date of birth October 11, 1948, and date of death October 4, 2011, was domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 1356 Northpoint Rd., St. Croix Falls, Wis. 54024.

3. All interested persons waived notice.

4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is February 27, 2012.

5. A claim may be filed at the Polk County Courthouse, Probate Office, 1005 W. Main Street, Room 500, Balsam Lake, Wis. 54810 Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar November 17, 2011 John C. Werner 1356 Northpoint Road St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-9751

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(Nov. 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7, 14, 21) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY ANCHORBANK, FSB Plaintiff Vs JEREMIAH L. GAMACHE, et al Defendant(s) Case Number: 11 CV 217 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on June 28, 2011, in the amount of $212,202.86, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: January 4, 2012, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 2 of Certified Survey Map No. 4584 recorded in Volume 20 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 136, Document No. 685447, located in part of the Northwest 1/4 of Northeast 1/4, Section 21, Township 32 North, Range 17 West, Town of Alden, Polk County, Wisconsin. Together with and subject to that certain 66 foot wide access and utility easement area as shown on said Certified Survey Map No. 4584 and on Certified Survey Map No. 4307, said easement rights to be appurtenant to the real estate conveyed herein and in common with others using said easement area for the declared purposes.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 298 155th St., Amery, WI 54001.

TAX KEY NO.: 002-00543-0200.

Dated this 11th day of October, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Annie M. Schumacher State Bar #1074726 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 278405

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for informal administration was filed.

2. The decedent, with date of birth April 1, 1930, and date of death October 14, 2011, was domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 2734 C 80th Street, Frederic, WI 54837.

3. All interested persons waived notice.

4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is February 20, 2012.

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

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Case No. 11 PR 79 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE 1. An application for informal administration was filed.

2. The decedent, with date of birth Dec. 30, 1922, and date of death Oct. 30, 2011, was domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 121 W. State St., Dresser, WI 54009.

3. All interested persons waived notice.

4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is February 27, 2012.

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

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar November 16, 2011 Constance L. Minar 1019 210 St. Dresser, WI 54009 715-755-2705

(Nov. 16, 23, 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RONALD L. BARGHINI Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 11 PR 78

Ashley M. Mccarty, Clayton, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Bobbi J. Mccarty, Clear Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00; operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Kristy M. McMahan, Milltown, operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Lisa K. Miller, Maple Grove, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Zachary A. Moltzer, Turtle Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Amanda L. Monson Museus, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Nathan J. Morrisette, Plymouth, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Scott L. Petznick, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $225.70.

Collen D. Post, Maple Grove, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Tessa J. Raymond, Clayton, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Kareem R. Reda, Edina, Minn., speeding, $175.30; operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Caitlin M. Rhoads, Portland, Ore., speeding, $175.30.

Bonnie G. Richardson, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $175.30.

Chantalle M. Rowley, Luck, DOC, not guilty plea.

Michelle P. Sack, Minneapolis, Minn., seat belt violation, $10.00.

Christopher W. Sanders, Clear Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Barbara J. Schultz, Amery, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Landon K. Shelby, Amery, nonregistration of auto, not guilty

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(Nov. 23, 30, Dec. 7) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WARREN NORLANDER Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration

John A. Heggestad, Apple Valley, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Alex D. Hinseth, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Brain T. Hove, Osceola, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Edwin A. Hustad, Hudson, speeding, $175.30.

Carly K. Jarva, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Jamie L. Johnson, Osceola, seat belt violation, $10.00; operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Krista A. Johnson, Milltown, DOC, not guilty plea.

Mike A. Johnson, St. Croix Falls, fail/stop at stop sign, not guilty plea.

Allen L. Kangas, Luck, operating while suspended, not guilty plea, twice.

Anthony J. Kippels, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Nicole A. Larson, Deer Park, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Kristine M. Lindgren, Balsam Lake, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Derek A. Lipinski, Hastings, Minn., OWI, $685.90, 6-month license revocation, alcohol assessment; operating w/PAC >=0.08, <0.15, $817.50.

Barbara A. Ludescher, Holcombe, speeding, not guilty plea.

Mark K. Lynum, Victoria, Minn., seat belt violation, $10.00.

Robert N. Lynum, Chaska, Minn., seat belt violation, $10.00.

Steven A. Marg, Clear Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

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(Nov. 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7, 14, 21) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY ANCHORBANK, FSB Plaintiff Vs DONALD R. JOHNSON, et al Defendant(s) Case Number: 10 CV 938 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on June 30, 2011, in the amount of $82,911.13, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: January 4, 2012, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Part of Government Lot 5, Section 3, Township 34 North, Range 17 West, and Lot 1 of Plat of Pine Crest Park, described as follows: a strip of land of uniform width of 60 feet lying West of and adjacent to the East line of said Lot 1 of Plat of Pine Crest Park and lying between the shores of Balsam Lake and the South boundary of said Plat of Pine Crest Park, Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wis.; and a part of Government Lot 5, Section 3, Township 34 North, Range 17 West, and of Lot 1, Plat of Pine Crest Park, as particularly described In Volume 402 of Records, page 529 Document Number 382066.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 106 Pine Crest Road, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

TAX KEY NO.: 106-00030-0000.

Dated this 11th day of October, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Russell J. Karnes State Bar #1054982 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 278406

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(Nov. 23, 30, Dec. 7) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY EVERBANK, 8100 Nations Way Jacksonville, Florida 32256; Plaintiff, vs.

DALE L. SMITH and LORI L. SMITH husband and wife 1725 80th Street Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Defendants.

Case No. 11-CV-692 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000 FORTY-DAY SUMMONS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TO: DALE L. SMITH 1725 80th Street Balsam Lake, WI 54810 You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. The complaint, which is also served upon you, states the nature and basis of the legal action.

Within 40 days after November 23, 2011, 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: Clerk of Circuit Court Polk County Justice Center 1005 West Main Street Balsam Lake, WI 54810 and to O’Dess and Associates, S.C., Plaintiff’s attorneys, whose address is: O’Dess and Associates, S.C. 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53213 You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer 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.

O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff By: M. ABIGAIL O’DESS Bar Code No. 1017869 POST OFFICE ADDRESS: 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.

(Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, F/K/A COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP Plaintiff vs.

DAVID FOUKS; SHELLY FOUKS A/K/A SHELLY L. SWANSON; Defendants.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case No. 10 CV 312 Case Code No. 30404 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on September 29, 2010, in the amount of $194,069.18, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: December 14, 2011, 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.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax from the proceeds of the sale.

PLACE: Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: Lot 3 of Certified Survey Map No. 5460 filed July 23, 2007, in Vol. 24 C.S.M., Pg. 145, as Doc. No. 734549, being Lots 3 and 4 of Certified Survey Map No. 5336 filed December 28, 2006, in Vol. 24 of C.S.M., Pg. 21, as Doc. No. 726610, located in the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 24, Township 32 North, Range 19 West, Town of Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Together with and Subject to a Driveway Agreement/Easement Recorded in Vol. 1007 of Rec., Pg. 649, as Doc. No. 735962.

TAX KEY NO.: 022-00576-0300.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2464 30th Avenue, Osceola, Wisconsin 54020.

Adam C. Lueck State Bar No. 1081386 Attorney for Plaintiff 230 W. Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60606 Phone: 312-541-9710 Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC, is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Cheris A. Hart, Balsam Lake, and Matthew R. Chitty, Town of Garfield, issued Nov. 14, 2011.

Faye A. Quist, Luck, and Anthony R. Hingos, Luck, issued Nov. 15, 2011.

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(Nov. 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7, 14, 21) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY FIRST NATIONAL BANK & TRUST P.O. Box 32 Rice Lake, WI 54868 Plaintiff Vs. TYREL DARYL SACKETT a/k/a TYREL D. SACKETT 21 210th Ave. Comstock, WI 54826 Defendant NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 10 CV 760 Classification No.: 30404 Under and by virtue of Judgment for Foreclosure in the above-entitled action issued by the Court aforesaid on the 30th day of December, 2010, I am commanded to sell the following described property: Lot 2 of Certified Survey Map No. 3178, in Volume 14, Page 200, being located in part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 13, Township 35 North, Range 15 West, (in the Town of Johnstown), Polk County, Wisconsin.

Tax Key No.: 028-00317-0000.

Property Address: 21 210th Ave., Comstock, WI 54826.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the 5th day of January, 2012, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., on that day at the front entrance of the Polk County Courthouse located in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, I will sell the above-described real estate to satisfy said judgment with interest and with costs to the highest bidder for cash.

Terms of Sale: 1. This is a cash sale. A certified check or bank check in the amount of 10% of the amount bid must accompany the bid, with the balance due upon confirmation of the sale by the court.

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

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

4. The property is being sold in and “as is” basis without warranties or representations of any kind.

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

Peter M. Johnson, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Drafted by: Andrew S. Lawton Attorney at Law P.O. Box 119 Spooner, WI 54801 Ph. 715-635-7525 State Bar No.: 1000824

(Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY James Roush & Audrey Roush 2232 260th Avenue Cushing, WI 54006 Defendant vs.

James M. Tollefson and Malisa Tollefson 2298 260th Avenue Cushing, WI 54006 Wisconsin Department of Revenue Central Collections Unit P.O. Box 8901 Madison, WI 53708 RBS Citizens, N.A. One Citizens Drive Riverside, RI 02915 United States of America c/o United States Attorney Western District of Wisconsin Suite 303, City Station 660 West Washington Avenue Post Office Box 1585 Madison, WI 53701 Defendants.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case No. 11-CV-193 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above action on the 1st day of July, 2011, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction in the lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on the 14th day of December, 2011, at 10 a.m., of that day, the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by said Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: The W 1/2 NW 1/4 NW 1/4, Section 29, Township 36 North, of Range 18 West, Polk County, WI, EXCEPT for Lot 1, Certified Survey Map No. 3338, recorded in Vol. 15 of CSM, Page 105 as Doc. #611086, located in the NW 1/4 NW 1/4, 29-36-18, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the United States of America shall have 120 days to redeem the subject property after the Confirmation of Sale. Ten percent 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.

Terms of Sale: Cash.

Dated this 19th day of October, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff 1005 W. Main St. Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Plaintiff’s Attorney: Todd H. Anderson #1012132 P.O. Box 507 Grantsburg, WI 54840 (715) 463-5365 Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.

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(Nov. 16, 23, 30) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC as servicer for HSBC Bank USA, N.A. as Indenture Trustee for the registered Note Holders of Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-2 Plaintiff Vs Allen C. Briese Unknown Spouse of Allen C. Briese Defendants SUMMONS Real Estate Mortgage Foreclosure Case No. 11 CV 641 Honorable Jeffery L. Anderson Case Code: 30404 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To the following party named as a defendant herein: Allen C. Briese / Unknown Spouse of Allen C. Briese.

You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. The complaint, which is also served on you, states the nature and the basis of the legal action. Within 40 days after November 16, 2011, 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: Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court Polk County Justice Center 1005 West Main St., Suite 300 Balsam Lake, WI 54810-9071 and to Matthew V. Plummer Blommer Peterman, S.C., plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is: Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way Brookfield, WI 53005 You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer 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 1st day of November, 2011.

Matthew V. Plummer Blommer Peterman, S.C. State Bar No. 1072716 165 Bishops Way Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. 279453

Bernice M. Jensen, 97, St. Croix Falls, died Oct. 31, 2011.

Evelyn A. Carlson, 83, Osceola, died Nov. 5, 2011.

Josephine A. Krenz, 71, St. Croix Falls, died Nov. 7, 2011.

Beverly A. Conkle, 74, Osceola, died Nov. 11, 2011.

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Michael W. Cleveland, 53, Chetek, speeding, $175.30.

Lindsey J. Fallstrom, 20, Grantsburg, failure to notify police of accident, $263.50.

Chad A. French, 20, Danbury, sell or buy vehicle without safety belts, $150.10.

Daniel W. Mielke, 25, Luck, operate ATV on highway, $127.50.

Michael D. Niemuth, 32, Milwaukee, OWI, $741.50, license revoked six months, alcohol assessment.

Ruth H. Lucas, 94, Luck, died Oct. 25, 2011.

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William L. Soderberg, 91, Mary J. R. Tucker, 20, Web- Frederic, died Oct. 14, 2011. ster, warrant - failure to appear, Lawrence E. Drake, 79, Lake Nov. 14.

Elmo, died Oct. 27, 2011.

Lovella M. Strabel, 86, Town of Daniels, died Oct. 28, 2011.

Marjorie M. Kozumplik, 88, Town of Wood River, died Oct. David W. Priebe, 63, Cen- 31, 2011.

Gary L. Benjamin, 54, Town turia, speedometer violations, of Swiss, died Nov. 2, 2011. $175.30.

Margaret A. Schmidt, 81, New Hampton, Iowa, speeding, $200.50.

Dennis J. Stordahl, 51, Cushing, speeding, $200.50.

Taylor Paving, Webster, violate weight limits, $633.45.

Kathleen M. Vonvollmar, 49, St. Paul, Minn., speedometer violations, $127.50.

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Burnett County warrants Sharalanee M. Staples, 35, Siren, warrant - failure to appear, Nov. 14.

Polk County marriage licenses

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Notices

The Town of Swiss is seeking bids on the purchase and installation of two 20KW propane, air-cooled generators in Danbury: one for the town hall and one for the fire hall.

Bid to include the following: labor, material, permits, start up, 200-amp transfer switches, batteries, cold-weather kits and all electrical between generators and electrical panels.

Arrangements for a project walk-through and for other questions please contact George Costello at 715-656-3030.

Sealed bids will be received up to the bid opening on December 13, 2011, at 7:05 p.m., during the Town Board meeting at the Swiss Town Hall, 7551 Main Street, Danbury. Sealed bids may be mailed to “Generator Bid,” Town of Swiss, P.O. Box 157, Danbury, WI 54830.

The Town of Swiss reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Provide proof of liability and workers’ compensation insurance with bid.

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, enacted Ordinance No. 11-12 entitled “Amendments to Ordinance No. 1 Town Zoning Ordinance” on November 16, 2011. A new chapter (Chapter VIII entitled “Regulations Governing Sexually Orientated Business”) was created to regulate sexually orientated business in the Town of St. Croix Falls.

The full text of Ordinance 11-12 ia available at the Town Hall at 1305 200th Street, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, 54024, as well as on the Town’s Web site www.townofstcroixfalls.org. For more information please contact the clerk at 715-483-1851.

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NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION Webster School District April 3, 2012

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at an election to be held in the School District of Webster, on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, the following offices are to be elected to succeed the present incumbents listed. The term of office for school board members is three years beginning on Monday, April 23, 2012, and ending Monday, April 20, 2015.

Incumbents Office Director at Large Wendy Larson Director at Large Chuck Macke Director at Large Brenda Rachner NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that a Campaign Registration Statement and a Declaration of Candidacy, must be filed no later than 5 p.m., on Tuesday, January 3, 2012, at the school administration office, 26428 Lakeland Avenue South, Webster, Wisconsin.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that if a primary is necessary, the primary will be held on Tuesday, February 21, 2012.

A description of the school district boundaries can be obtained from the school district office.

Done in the Village of Webster on November 17, 2011.

Wendy Larson 550269 14L WNAXLP School Board Clerk

NOTICE OF

PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE VOTE AND JUDICIAL, COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AND COUNTY SUPERVISOR ELECTION April 3, 2012 STATE OF WISCONSIN

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NOTICE OF HEARING

The Polk County Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at the Government Center in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. The Board will call the public hearing to order at 8:30 a.m., recess at 8:45 a.m. to view the sites and will reconvene at 11:00 a.m. at the Government Center in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. At that time the applicant will inform the Board of their request. (THE APPLICANT MUST APPEAR AT 11:00 A.M. WHEN THE BOARD RECONVENES AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.) KARRIE REASOR requests a Special Exception to Article 15B1 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to excavate on slope of 20% or greater. Property affected is: 1742 Leeland Ct., Lot 17+16, exc. that Pt. of Lot 16 recorded in Vol. 197/Pg. 315 & exc. V198/Pg. 318, Plat of Prospect Point, Sec. 1/T34N/R17W, Town of Balsam Lake, Balsam Lake (class 1).

DEAN KULLHEM requests to expand a garage granted by the Board of Adjustment on 9/22/09, by adding an open porch. Property affected is: 1056 Lutefisk Pt., Lot 1, Sec. 9/T33N/R16W, Town of Lincoln, Apple River flowage (class 1). 549985 13-14L 3a,d WNAXLP

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LUCK

vs.

DOUGLAS A. NEIDERMIRE and LORI A. NEIDERMIRE, husband and wife and THE RIVERBANK Defendants.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at an election to be held in the several towns, villages, wards and election districts of the County of Burnett, on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, there will be held a Presidential Preference Vote to express preferences for the person to be the presidential candidate for each party.

Case No. 10-CV-445 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00

SPRING ELECTION

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on August 20, 2010, in the amount of $297,109.97, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: December 14, 2011, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main St., Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: A Parcel of Land in the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4), Section Thirteen (13), Township ThirtyThree (33) North, Range Nineteen (19) West, in Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest Corner of said Southeast Quarter; thence South along the West Line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 OF SW1/4), 345.0 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence due East 264.0 feet; thence

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at an election to be held in the several towns, villages, wards and election districts of the County of Burnett, on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, the following officers are to be elected:

JUDICIAL OFFICERS ONE COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE, each for the term of six years, to succeed the present incumbents listed, whose terms of office will expire on July 31, 2012: District III Vacant

COUNTY SUPERVISORS A COUNTY SUPERVISOR for each county supervisory district, for a term of two years, to succeed the present incumbent listed, whose term will expire on April 16, 2012: District 1 - Brent Blomberg; District 2 - Jim Sundquist; District 3 - Eldon Freese; District 4 - Priscilla Bauer; District 5 - Dorothy Richard; District 6 - Donald I. Chell; District 7 - Gene Olson; District 8 - Charles Awe; District 9 - Wayne Burmeister; District 10 - Edgar Peterson; District 11 - Norman Bickford; District 12 - Christopher Sybers; District 13 - Bert Lund, Jr.; District 14 - Emmett Byrne; District 15 - Richard Anderson; District 16 - Gary Lundberg; District 17 - Philip J. Lindeman; District 18 - Don Taylor; District 19 - Maury Miller; District 20 Gerald G. Pardun; District 21 - Clifford L. Main Information concerning county supervisory district boundaries may be obtained from Wanda Hinrichs, Burnett County Clerk, 7410 County Road K #105, Siren, WI 54872.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the first day to circulate nomination papers is December 1, 2011, and the final day for filing nomination papers is 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. Judicial Office candidates (except multi-jurisdictional municipal judges) file with the Government Accountability Board.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that if a primary is necessary, the primary will be held on Tuesday, February 21, 2012.

DONE in the County of Burnett, this 21st day of November, 2011.

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Wanda Hinrichs, Burnett County Clerk 7410 County Rd. K, #105 Siren, WI 54872 Voice: 715-349-2173 FAX : 715-349-2169 e-mail: whinrichs@burnettcounty.org

For more information, please call Brenda or Lea Hudson, 715-377-9617 or Amery, 715-268-4301

Notice is hereby given to qualified electors of the Luck School District that a school board election will be held April 3, 2012, to fill the following board positions: Two at large, 3-year positions.

Incumbents: Daryl Bazey Amy Dueholm An elector desiring to be a candidate for a position on the school board must file a “Sworn Declaration of Candidacy” at the Luck School District office located at 810 7th St. South, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., on Monday through Friday, mailed to the address noted above, or filed personally with School District Clerk, LeRoy Buck, prior to 5 p.m., January 3, 2011.

Notice is further given, that if a primary is necessary, the primary will be held on Tuesday, February 14, 2012.

Dated this 21st day of November, 2011.

LeRoy Buck District Clerk 550331 14L WNAXLP

HSBC MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff,

CNA/HHA/PCW • Paid vacation • Competitive pay • Flexible scheduling

Ss. 120.106(6)(b) Ss. 10.01(2)(a)

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY

We are looking for reliable, honest, dedicate people to care for clients in their home.

We have an immediate need in the Luck area and many more.

NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION

(Nov. 23, 30, Dec. 7)

The Siren Sanitary District will hold their monthly board meeting on Thurs., Dec. 8, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Siren Town Hall. Immediately following the Sanitary District Meeting, the Town of Siren will hold their monthly board meeting at approximately 6:45 p.m. The agenda will be posted.

If you wish to be on the agenda, please call Mary Hunter, Clerk.

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due South 165.0 feet; thence due West 264.0 feet to the said West Line of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4); thence North along said West Line 165.0 feet to the Point of Beginning; Excepting the right of way of the Town Road Extending along the said West Line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4); AND A Parcel of Land in the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4), Section Thirteen (13), Township Thirty-Three (33) North, Range Nineteen (19) West described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest Corner of said Southeast Quarter thence South along West Line of said Southeast Quarter 510 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence due East 264.0 feet; thence due South approximately 30 feet to the Border of Private Road as it is presently travelled; thence West along North Border of said Road 264.0 feet to the West Line of Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4); thence North along said West Line to the Point of Beginning; Excepting the right of way of the Town Road Extending along said West Line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of SW1/4); being approximately 0.18 acre.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 916 248th St., Town of Osceola.

TAX KEY NO.: 042-01029-0000 Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 727-1591 O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

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NOTICE - TOWN OF ST. CROIX FALLS NEWLY ENACTED ORDINANCE

NOTICE SIREN SANITARY DISTRICT TOWN OF SIREN BOARD MEETING

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Notices

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LUCK REGULAR BOARD MEETING Monday, November 28, 5 p.m.

Boardroom

AGENDA: 1. Call to order and seek approval of the agenda, Robert Clifton 2. From 5 until 6 p.m. will be time for public input about possible land sale by the District. Time may be limited to 5 minutes per speaker or less if deemed necessary by the presiding Board Officer. There will be no formal Board action taken on this matter at this point of the meeting. Concludes 6 p.m.

3. Consideration of previous minutes, LeRoy Buck 4. Presentation of Vouchers, Amy Dueholm 5. Treasurer’s Report, Amy Dueholm 6. Recognition of Guests or Delegates A. Student Representative Michael Jenssen 7. Administrative Reports A. Mr. Palmer B. Mr. Gobler 8. New Business A. Discussion to proceed or not with possible land sale.

B. Volunteer coaches available.

C. Results of open-enrollment survey.

D. First reading of 2nd portion of Employee Handbook.

E. Set date for December Meeting and employee tea.

F. Any other business that may properly come before the Board.

9. Motion to convene to executive session per WI Stat.

19.85(1) for discussion of employee issues.

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NOTICE TO ALL CUSTOMERS OF NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN ELECTRIC COMPANY

On July 15, 2011, Northwestern Wisconsin Electric Company filed an application with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin for authority to increase electric rates. The increase is necessary because the company’s operating costs (including capital costs, labor and material costs and interest expense), costs of financing construction required to provide adequate service and other costs have increased substantially since its last rate increase in April 2007. The rate increase is intended to enable the Company to recover its increased costs.

The company has requested authority to increase its electric rates approximately 8.13%, or $1,597,768 per year. The estimated average bill increase for residential customers is as follows: Average Percent of Dollar Energy Use Increase Increase 550 kWh 8.13% $5.92 The final amount of increase will be determined by the Commission and will vary for individual customers and between classes of service.

A public telephonic hearing on the application is scheduled for Thursday, December 8, 2011, at 11 a.m. at the following locations: Grantsburg Village Office 316 South Brad Street Grantsburg, WI 54840 (The building is handicapped accessible.)

Public Service Commission of Wisconsin Building 610 North Whitney Way Amnicon Falls Hearing Room Madison, Wisconsin Questions regarding this matter may be directed to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin Docket Coordinator, Jacquelin A. Madsen, at 608-267-3599.

For more information, please contact Northwestern Wisconsin Electric Company at 715-463-5371, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN ELECTRIC COMPANY 104 South Pine Street, P.O. Box 9 Grantsburg, WI 54840-0009

715-463-5371

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Blowdown yields lumber for Forts

by Carl Heidel Leader staff writer DANBURY - When the infamous July 1 windstorm ripped through Burnett County, one of the areas it hit hard was the Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park near Danbury. Fallen trees blocked access to the Indian village and the two restored fur trade forts, and the site was forced to close for three weeks while the debris was cleared away.

That closure came at the height of the summer tourist season, the time when much of the revenue for the site’s annual operating expenses comes from visitors.

But if that was a black cloud, it had a silver lining.

Site director Steve Wierschem decided to lumber the fallen trees and use the wood to construct a new building at the park to house the lumbering era artifacts presently held by the Burnett County Historical Society. This use of the trees will enable the historical park to recoup some of its lost revenues by reducing the cost of putting up this new building.

So with a bit of searching, Wierschem found a portable sawmill, moved it to the Forts, began the lumbering, and soon fallen trees were transformed into roughsawn boards for the lumber-era building.

George Meyer ran the sawmill.

Lumber dries beside what will be the new lumber-era building at the Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park. – Photos by Carl Heidel

Forts director Steve Wierschem moves a freshly cut board.

Loading the logs onto the sawmill’s feed ramp was a bit of a challenge.

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Grantsburg students learn to be savvy spenders

In Mad City Money simulation

by Priscilla Bauer Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Grantsburg High School students learned how to be savvy spenders when they participated in the Mad City Money simulation held on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Crex Convention Center.

Indianhead Credit Union presents the money-management exercise, which gives students practice in budgeting in realistic, adult situations, to area high school students throughout the school year.

During the simulation, students experienced the consequences of making poor financial decisions and learned to develop better judgment in spending money.

Students came away from the exercise saying they had a better understanding of how to budget, a necessary step in good money management.

Students interacted with business owners and community leaders volunteering to act as Mad City merchants, real estate agents, salespeople, financial-services representatives, and entertainment-venue op-

Kyle Roberts showed his excitement at balancing his checkbook during the money-management simulation held for Grantsburg High School students on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at Crex Convention Center.

Steve McNally talked with Grantsburg senior Kelsey Meyer about her need for a cell phone during the Mad City Money simulation last week at the Crex Convention Center. erators while trying to keep their budgets.

Volunteers participating in the simulation found the experience of helping students

At the close of the Mad City Money financial-management simulation, Grantsburg High School students were asked to raise their hands in answer to questions such as to how they fared with balancing a checkbook, if they maxed out their credit cards and were they able to stay within their budget.

Darian Larson worked on her budget during the Mad City Money simulation. Indianhead Credit Union presented the money-management exercise, which gives students practice in budgeting in realistic, adult situations, to Grantsburg High students last week.

Diana Rohlik of Indianhead Credit Union facilitated the Mad City Money exercise in personal finance for Grantsburg High School students on Nov. 16. Indianhead Credit Union presents the financial-management simulation, which gives students practice in budgeting in realistic, adult situations, to area high school students throughout the school year.

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by Priscilla Bauer Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG – Baskets in hand, people began gathering early outside Grace Baptist Church in Grantsburg.

It was the first Saturday in November, and the doors would soon open for the church’s, once-a-month food distribution ministry, Feed My Sheep.

The ministry began 12 years ago after several of Grace Baptist’s members volunteered at a food distribution ministry at Lake Elmo Lutheran Church.

Volunteer Jan Larson visited with one of the Feed My Sheep shoppers. Participants in the monthly food distribution ministry not only look forward to the good food they receive but also to enjoy a social time with friends. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer

Organist Ann Bell soothed those waiting for the 8 a.m. food distribution to start with beautiful inspirational music.

“We decided we wanted to bring it closer to home and copied the Lake Elmo model,” explained Feed My Sheep Committee member, Chuck Peterson.

Peterson said the first year started out big with 250 families served each month.

“We were reaching out to people from 60-70 miles away. Gas was cheaper then.”

Today Peterson says about 160 families

are being served. “We used to ask for a $10 donation but needed to raise it to $11 when we had fewer participants,” said Peterson. “If we got back up to 250 families we could lower it again.”

While the food, given by St. Paul Ministries, is free, there are many costs associated with bringing that food to Grantsburg, hence the donation.

Monthly costs include a warehouse storage and loading dock fee of over $1,000 per month, a $10 dumpster fee, a $125 sorting fee (to remove spoiled

items), a cooling fee of $233 to cover hauling perishable items in refrigerated trucks, a mileage bill of $180 with an additional mileage surcharge of over $130.

Participants are offered an abundant variety of food including fresh vegetables, meats, bread and dairy products to anyone for the nominal donation. Meats are not included in the food from St. Paul Ministries, so Grace Baptist also buys a meat item for each month’s distribution.

Along with the donation, those coming to the distribution are asked to bring their own bags, boxes and baskets to carry home their food items.

As people arrive they make their donation and are given a number for themselves and their container. Containers are then lined up in numerical order in the church narthex.

Sitting in the church sanctuary, munching on donuts and sipping coffee, those waiting for the 8 a.m. distribution to start are soothed by beautiful inspirational music provided by organist Ann Bell.

Some with small children take them to the room where child care is provided.

Others, like Tracy Mattson of St. Croix Falls, head to the Sheep Boutique to shop the free clothing store.

Coral Hischer of Sturgeon Lake, Minn., and Karen Larson from Centerville, Minn., gave their donation to volunteer Lori Peterson, telling her this was their first time as Feed My Sheep participants. “We didn’t know we could come to Wisconsin from Minnesota to get food.”

Meanwhile laughter can be heard coming from the church basement where

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Coral Hischer of Sturgeon Lake, Minn., and Karen Larson from Centerville, Minn., gave their donation to volunteer Lori Peterson, telling her this was their first time as Feed My Sheep participants. “We didn’t know we could come to Wisconsin from Minnesota to get food.”

Feed My Sheep volunteer Chuck Peterson lined up participant’s containers in numerical order in the church narthex. When their numbers were called, 20 at a time, people picked up their baskets and headed down to the church basement for the distribution.

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Christy Melin took a head of lettuce from one of the Feed My Sheep volunteers.

Fresh vegetables vary from month to month but are always offered at the food distribution. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer

Jual Hopkins smiled as she and daughter Naomi were given bags of apples by Feed My Sheep volunteer Pat O’Brien. some 30 volunteers are busy unpacking large boxes of food onto long rows of tables. Once unpacked, volunteers then repackage some items in smaller quantities for distribution.

Members of Grace’s congregation and other area churches as well as youth groups and individuals from the community all serve as the volunteers, taking on the large task before them in stride.

As their numbers were called, 20 at a time, people began moving in an orderly fashion to pick up their baskets.

Visiting with friends along the way, they headed down the stairs to the

awaiting volunteers standing ready with welcoming smiles.

“We have a lot of people who have been coming since we started the ministry,” said Peterson. “It’s a social day for people, too.”

"Aside from the food it provides families, Feed My Sheep is an opportunity to show that we really care about the people in our community and that we can be a tangible expression of God's love to them, said Grace Baptist’s pastor, Brad Moore, of the food distribution ministry’s mission.

“We accomplish this by serving them and treating everyone with courtesy and

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Volunteers Samuel Dumas and Lois Anderson packaged food items into smaller containers for distribution. Over 30 volunteers help to unpack and distribute food each month at the Feed My Sheep Ministry. respect, and taking the time to pray and share the Good News of Jesus Christ with them as the opportunity arises."

As tables in many homes are being readied this week for Thanksgiving Day meals, volunteers are readying, too, for the next Feed My Sheep distribution on Saturday, Dec. 3.

We can all be thankful such a program

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All are welcome to participate in the Feed My Sheep monthly food distributions. By doing so not only will they receive good food but also will help in providing the opportunity for those in need to obtain affordable food items.

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Tracy Mattson of St. Croix Falls shopped at the Sheep Boutique free clothing store while waiting for the food distribution to begin.

Dementia and Alzheimer’s the focus of men’s group LUCK - The public is encouraged to attend a Wednesday, Nov. 30, presentation on dementia and Alzheimer’s. The event takes place at the Luck Senior Center, starting at 1:30 p.m., and is sponsored by the Polk Men’s Group.

The featured speaker is Sharlene Bellefeuille. She is the outreach specialist from the Greater Wisconsin Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.

Men’s Group representative Pete Raye noted that Bellefeuille is a well-informed and talented presenter. He said she encourages interactivity and will address questions that many people ask themselves, such as the early signs of dementia and distinguishing the difference between the normal aging process and Alzheimer’s.

“She is one of the best speakers I’ve heard,” Raye said.

“She’s very informative. There may be many folks who would like to have a little more information about dementia.”

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Winter Orchestra Concert during Lighting Festival TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – The 27th-annual Lighting Festival will officially close with a Winter Concert presented by the St. Croix Valley Orchestra on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 27, at 3 p.m., at the United Methodist Church in Taylors Falls.

The church is located at 290 W. Government St., next to the Folsom House Museum. There will be a freewill donation.

The full chamber orchestra of about 30 musicians will play Christmas carols in many forms from many sources.

According to director Randolph Elliott, “The composers range from unknown sacred musicians of medieval European to the jazz pop age in America; moods range from serene contemplation to boisterous celebration. We guarantee you’ll want to dance, sing, relive past memories and be surprised at hearing familiar music in some quite different ways.”

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Tree seedlings available BURNETT COUNTY – Larry Main, chairman of the Burnett County Natural Resources Committee, announces that the annual tree, shrub and wildflower sale is now in progress. These plants are available for spring 2012. Plants purchased may be used for any purpose and there is no minimum order.

The species available include: Trees: Balsam fir, Colorado Blue spruce, red oak, red pine, white spruce, red maple, white birch, white pine and tamarack. Shrubs: Red osier dogwood, Juneberry, American plum, chokecherry, ninebark, gray dogwood and Red Splendor crab apple.

Trees are offered in bundles of 25; shrubs in bundles of five.

All of the plants are bare-root stock and average 6 inches to 15 inches tall. Wildflowers are available in five different collections of plants or three different selections of seed mix.

Pickup date will be the end of April 2012 for the trees and shrubs, and the beginning of June for the wildflower collections and seed.

With the large amount of loss sustained during the July storms, they are expecting a larger-than-usual amount of orders from this program. Since orders are taken on a firstcome, first-served basis, people are encouraged to order early to be sure to reserve the species and amounts that they are interested in.

Anyone interested in ordering product may contact the Burnett County Land and Water Conservation Department, County Government Center, 7410 CTH K, No. 109, Siren, WI 54872 or call 715-349-2186. The brochure and order form can also be printed from the Web site: www.burnettcounty.com and then navigate to the Land and Water Conservation page.

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Wisconsin’s deer season is a time of gathering for many families and friends. While the purpose may be to hunt deer it is actually much more than that. It is a time of tradi- John W. Ingalls tion and renewing of friendships while old memories and old experiences are refreshed, enhanced and retold. Coinciding with Thanksgiving week it also marks the transition from fall into winter. Although friendships and traditions remain an important part of the process, hunting the big buck is still the focus.

My wife and I currently enjoy hunting for recreational purposes, but I can recall when we had to protect our home from the encroachment of the local wildlife. Last week I mentioned how the mice had invaded our home and we were competing for the same food source. We bought it and they ate it. While it wasn’t quite as bad as it may sound, we were in a near -sperate situation. In retrospect I am amazed that my wife had the stomach to stay with me through those early months and years. Perhaps it was that first trophy I bagged in her presence that gave her the confidence she was being protected by the great hunter.

I can recall being awakened during the night from the scurrying in the walls. One night there was a persistent chewing sound in the wall near the head of the bed. After a time there was a thud or thump and then

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Lily Jo arrived with the first

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snow, because that is what her older sister had been told she would do.

“Lily will come when there is snow on the ground,” Lily’s Carrie Classon soon-to-be-mother said.

Lily came a few weeks early, but the snow obliged and covered the ground overnight. When Lily’s 3-year-old sister looked out her window in the morning she knew she had a baby sister. There was snow on the ground, it was not quite Thanksgiving, and Lily had arrived.

We went to see her, Daniel and I, because Daniel is Lily’s grandfather. I don’t know what the role of the grandfather’s girlfriend is supposed to be, so I played it by ear. I also don’t know much about babies, never having had one myself, but Daniel handed the impossibly tiny Lily Jo to me and I rocked her in the rocking chair. She didn’t seem to mind; she didn’t have a lot of experience either.

Lily had already been around a few hours by the time we met. She was trying out her new feet when I held her. She had already figured out how to get out of the annoying socks, which people kept putting back on her feet. She was working on her eyes by the time I got there. They were hard to open, no matter how high she raised her eyebrows. So she looked at me with her eyebrows raised high and her eyes shut tight. I held Lily tight and admired the way she could already raise one eyebrow at a time. I have never been able to do that.

As I held Lily, I realized it didn’t really matter what relation I bore to this new little person. I knew that her small red ears, furiously kicking feet and arched brows were cause for thanksgiving. And I was already grateful.

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“It’s been a pretty good year, Lily,” I told her, while Daniel talked with his daughter and son-in-law. I spoke to her so quietly that I was actually not making any noise at all.

“We had a great autumn. The fall was long and lazy and dragged the tail end of summer right through September and into October till it was almost time for you to be born— then it turned white overnight. Actually, it’s been a pretty good year all around. A few bad things happened, but we all made it through, and the year was filled with more than its share of joy. Then, just before Thanksgiving, you showed up, one more bonus in an embarrassment of blessings.”

Lily looked at me intently, her eyes shut tight.

“I think you’re going to like it, is what I’m saying,” I continued, “you’ve got a great family and it’s a good time to be born a girl.”

Lily raised her left eyebrow quizzically.

“Sure, there are problems, but there are solutions too. And it’s a lot of fun, Lily Jo, you might not realize it quite yet, but living can be an awful lot of fun.”

Lily raised both eyebrows and was very still.

Just then Lily’s big sister arrived, anxious to see Lily. She was happy that it had finally snowed so Lily could be born. She takes this big sister business very seriously, so I handed Lily over to her, and Daniel and I said our goodbyes.

It was snowing when we left and turning bitter cold. We didn’t say much on the drive. I closed my eyes and looked at the world with my eyebrows raised very high.

Till next time, —Carrie

Co-op gift drive makes season bright for local kids CENTURIA – Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative will host a gift drive again this holiday season. Co-op members and the public are invited to bring new, unwrapped gift donations to Polk-Burnett offices in Siren and Centuria during regular office hours. Gifts will be collected now through Dec. 12.

“Polk-Burnett is pleased to host its sixth-annual holiday gift drive; the event fits our cooperative mission to support local youth and communities,” said Joan O’Fallon, Polk-Burnett communications director. “We invite you to join us. Together we can make the season bright for local children.”

Polk-Burnett in Centuria, 1001 Hwy. 35, is collecting

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Polk-Burnett in Siren, 7298 Hwy. 70, is collecting gifts to benefit Burnett County children through Interfaith Caregivers Christmas for Kids.

Gift ideas for toddlers to teens include games, toys, books, blankets, hats, mittens, coats and gift cards.

Holiday gifts are donated by co-op employees, members and the public, and do not affect electric rates.

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Employees from Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative are collecting Christmas toys and gifts for local children. Donations can be dropped off at co-op offices in Siren and Centuria now through Dec. 12. – Photo submitted it was all silent. Neither of us wanted to turn on the light for fear the creature was inside the house rather than inside the walls. Finally after gathering as much courage as possible I tore off the blankets and made a MD frantic dash to the light switch on the wall. With the light now shining on the surroundings we searched around corners and under furniture but to no avail. The object of our hunt was not found. Unable to return to a sound sleep we tossed and turned fitfully until morning.

We already had a couple of mouse traps set, but we really weren’t that successful at reducing the population. Before the approach of the next evening we set another trapline in the house making sure everything was freshly baited and in working order. Hoping for a quiet night we drifted off to sleep to the sound of a strong wind rattling the roof and the roar of a freight train rushing past our windows.

Sometime after the midnight hour we were awakened again by sounds of activity in the kitchen.

“Did you hear something?” she jabbed me in the ribs to make sure I was listening.

“I think we caught a mouse in the trap under the sink?” I answered, hoping that it would reassure her and allow me to return to my dreams. “Don’t worry, I will take care of it in the morning.”

“No this sounds bigger. You’d better check now.”

She drew the blankets up close and made no attempt at getting out of bed. It was obvious this was going to be one-person hunt. She had no intention of stalking the kitchen.

I paused before getting out of bed and heard another snap under the kitchen sink followed by a thumping noise. If this was a mouse, it was a sumo mouse. I pulled the blankets up a bit closer myself.

The thumping paused and then resumed. I charged to the kitchen and ripped open the cupboard door.

The trap was snapped and lying on his side was a rat, a goliath rat that didn’t resemble the rodents from Disney World in the least. He had been stunned by a hit on the nose from the small mouse trap. How he got into the house I will never know but a swift blow from the broom handle ended his reign of terror. I didn’t just thump him once but with each whack of the broom handle, my wife shrieked. If the neighbors down the way heard us, thankfully they never called the police. Between her screaming, my bludgeoning, the broken broom handle and the blood on the floor, I would have had plenty of explaining to do.

Since that day I have met bull moose in the woods, faced rutting bucks, been cornered by skunks and was even in a tree with a cub and a mother bear threatening to rip my legs off, but I have never faced a more disgusting and frightening adversary than the sumo rat. He was the ultimate big game.

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Maple syrup news Maple syrup producers—mark Dec. 10 on your calendar. We are going to have a local maple producers meeting all day long over at Anderson’s Maple, midway between Luck and Cumberland just south of Hwy. 48 on 40th Street. It is free and includes a free lunch at noon. We will have experts to tell us and show us how to do pipelines, what is the latest equipment and of course lots of visiting about syruping. Steve Anderson plans to have some good buys on equipment so we can spend a little of our syrup income before the end of the year.

We maple syrup producers in Wisconsin had a good year. The price was good, production was good, syrup quality excellent as were sales. Margo and I sold most of our production at the Eureka Farmers Market this summer, thanks to all you who stopped by and bought a bottle or two of our homemade pure maple syrup, grand champion at the Polk County Fair this year. We almost made enough for a trip south again this January.

The good year means that many maple syrup producers are sloshing with extra money, like farmers in general this year where crop prices have been good as well as yields.

Farmers almost never show a profit on their yearly balance sheet. When they get a little extra money, they spend it on new equipment to take advantage of the tax breaks. A new combine, a new tractor, or the overhaul of an old one or maybe a new maple syrup evaporator or reverse osmosis filter. Farmers truly stimulate the economy with their purchases which almost always cost more than they actually earn, so we shouldn’t be too hard on them making a little profit once in a while. It is all plowed back into the economy.

Hope to see you maple syrup producers or would-be producers all there. I will be the emcee for the program, adding a serious touch to the day’s fun. Steve planned the program to educate us on what we can do to improve our maple operation and to help us spend our profits, but you know, the 10th is my 65th birthday, so I will be celebrating moving to Medicare, Social Security, and world of senior citizens at the same time.

Updates My friend Buz Swerkstrom, the writer from Atlas, will join me at the Luck Museum on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., to autograph his new book, “In the Time of Twelve,” a whimsical “Alice in Wonderland” sequel. He will also have his “Polk County Places” book, his experiences in visiting most of the interesting sites in the county.

I will be there peddling our local history books including “Second Book of Stories of the Trade River Valley,” a collection of

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Open house – Saturday, Dec. 10 Maple syrup meeting is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 10, at Anderson’s Maple, located 12 miles east of Luck on Hwy. 48.

8:30 a.m. – Open – donuts and coffee 9 a.m. – Welcome 9:15 a.m. – Tubing basics and vacuum information 10 a.m. – Demo in woods 11 a.m. – Reverse osmosis machine historical photos and stories centered around northwestern Polk County, as well as “History of Cushing, Wisconsin Volume 1.”

I will have the new “River Road Ramblings 2011” book on sale, a collection of the RRR columns for 2011 with some additions too controversial to be allowed in the newspaper. If we sell enough, we plan to head south in January.

Santa will be there too, in the library, promising your kids or grandchildren all sorts of toys that you will have to buy before Christmas. Last year Buz and I were there, sitting in the entryway. The kids came in, rushed over to me and said “Santa, why don’t you have your red suit on this year?” before I could push them along into the library where the real Santa was sitting; thinner, a less luxurious beard, and with much weaker jokes.

After having put you all through five weeks of me being fired from teaching at Washington Island, I got to wondering what happened to the third teacher, Sally Johnson. Tom, I and Sally were three new teachers who got the ax in 1975 for teaching differently than the older teachers we replaced. Tom lives near Range.

With the Internet, it is hard for anyone to be anonymous anymore. I guessed Sally had gotten married, so I would have problems finding her. I used Google, a program for searching the Internet, to look for Sally A. Johnson guessing she might be in Green Bay, the last place I had heard.

Not much. Then I went to Facebook, a social network, where folks 13 and over can have a free account to share information, inanities and photos with their friends.

Searching brought up a person with a photo who looked exactly like Sally. It gave her maiden and married names, so I then used Google again to find a phone number in Green Bay and called.

Sure enough, after nearly 36 years I had found her. I remembered she was a few years younger than me. She is working at the local technical college as an administrator and doing well, after a six-month’s battle with breast cancer that ended successfully this summer. We visited a little and I offered to send her by e-mail the five stories about Washington Island to see if she thought they were somewhat accu-

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“We were doing so well, I thought,” she said, “and then to be tarred and feathered and run out of town!” She continued in teaching for a few more years, then went to work for a cheese company, got some more education and moved to the technical college.

Immediately after talking to her, I called our other partner in crime, Tom of Range, and gave him her phone number and ordered him to call her too. I can see a trip, probably next summer, where the Three Fired Teachers get together and make a voyage to the island. I think we will ask for an islandwide meeting in the big hall and offer to come back for another year if they ask nicely.

The kids we had there were seventh12th grades back in 1975. If we assume their ages were 13-18 in 1975, now they will be 49-54. I don’t imagine we will recognize them. It is odd how when you go to a school reunion, it is easy for the kids to recognize their teachers—same general look except gray hair and some wrinkles.

However, for teachers to recognize the kids is difficult—children have grown up and too have gray hair and wrinkles—really hard to place most of them, I have found. I get out the school yearbook and study.

I got out my Washington Island yearbook the other day—actually after I had written all of the articles. Many kids seemed to have slipped out of my memory—and had to be coaxed back. The most fun part was the student autographs.

I include some to give you an idea of what the students thought of my teaching methods: “Russ, someday you will go to the moon,” Rich, the boy who couldn’t sit still.

“To a radio and rocket ‘Freak,” Arnie, seventh-grade friend of Richard.

“Hanson, I feel sorry for your wife because when she starts to talk you’ll say ‘Sh…sh,” Jennifer, seventh-grader who was very bright.

“Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m sure glad, there aren’t more teachers like you!

– I still hate algebra!!!!!” Lauren, a lovely sophomore, who a year later, was labeled a lesbian and unable to take the island censure, hung herself from a tree in the

Ramblings Collected by Russ Hanson schoolyard.

“Thank you and I hope it’s a boy,” Pete (referring to having our baby in a few months).

“Mr. Hanson, It’s been a pretty good year, and sometimes you could really get to be a pain, but altogether you are an OK teacher. Good Luck.” Jane, best friend of Mary.

“Hans, though the year went fast, we still will miss all your ‘corny’ jokes. Will miss you next year.” Mary (the lefthanded girl).

“You can’t count all the stars,” Dawn, one of the astronomy club members.

“Mr. Hanson, Russell, there aren’t really any words to describe what fun I had here this year. Thanks.” Lisa (the girl with the poster of horse manure and a rose).

“Mr. Hanson, guess what I saw today, a fruit fly, and it reminded me of you,” Merrie, the girl who raised fruit flies to get an A in biology.

“Good luck next year,” Don, one of the two hard cases, duplicating what his brother said.

Most of the autographs wished me good luck and hoped I’d have students as good or better than they had been over the year. Looking back, I can’t remember a kid I didn’t like by the end of the year.

Some were difficult to reach, but with the small school and teachers working together to solve problems, we got to know each of our students very well and they got to know us too.

The next five years (I only was a teacher for six years), I never had a situation where teachers worked together so closely to solve problems with individual students. To make that work, teachers have to have time to work together. With rotating lunch periods, the endless paperwork of teaching—the planning, the checking of student work, the grading, reporting, etc., the coaching and all the demands on time, teachers are often isolated from each other.

If I were running the schools, I would figure out some way to get teachers to spend time with each other to work on solving kids problems and their own teaching problems.

After school is impossible with all the coaching and other duties teachers have.

Before school seems to be a rush to prepare for all the different classes. Lunch periods often do not come at the same time and alternate with monitor duties. I think adding a paid hour to the school day where teachers are expected to talk to each other might be necessary.

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Give thanks on Thanksgiving Thank you for: 1. A warm house on a cold snowy day.

2. Storm windows already in place.

3. Plenty of food in the freezers and canned food on the shelves.

4. A telephone line to connect us with the world.

5. A television set to give us the news.

6. Happy birds at the outside feeders.

7. A happy dog who loves to roll in the snow and then come inside to take a long winter nap.

8. Poultry, ducks and cows all safe inside their coops and barns.

9. Living in a town with a beautiful church.

10. Good friends in a small, country community.

11. A full silo, capped off.

12. A shed of baled hay, plus hay stacked outside.

13. Living in a house, high on a hill, overlooking the street lights of the small town of Lewis.

14. Good health, good memories and life in the country.

15. A good life that keeps us close to a loving and caring God. 16. Beauty all around us.

17. Blessings too.

18. The closeness of family.

19. Memories that bless, not memories that burn.

20. Etc., etc., etc.

Behind the

Signpost Bernice Abrahamzon Her hands were all calloused and wrinkled and worn, A life of hard work is the story they told.

And I think of angels as I see her there, Rocking alone in an old rocking chair.

Bless her old heart, do you think she complains?

Though life would be bitter she’d live it again, And carry the cross that is more than her share.

Rocking alone in an old rocking chair.

It wouldn’t take much to gladden her heart, Just a small remembrance on somebody’s part.

A letter would brighten her empty life there, Rocking alone in an old rocking chair.

I look at her and think what a shame, The ones who forgot her she loves just the same, And I think of angels as I see her there, Rocking alone in an old rocking chair.

Until next week, Bernice

Sitting Alone in An Old Rocking Chair Sitting alone in an old rocking chair I saw an old woman with silvery hair.

She seemed so neglected by those who should share.

Rocking alone in an old rocking chair.

The purpose of this event is to provide information to caregivers and families that will help them communicate knowledge about local resources and to be better prepared to care for the person with dementia. It is their goal that caregivers and others interested in learning more about dementia will attend and find the information helpful for their situation.

Alzheimer’s Association outreach specialist Joan Litwitz will be speaking. There will be time for questions following. This event is open to anyone wishing to know more about Alzheimer’s. - submitted

Cooking a frozen turkey

STATEWIDE — With all the other holiday preparations going on before Thanksgiving, it can be easy to forget to thaw the turkey in advance. So what to do when you wake up Thursday morning to an ice-cold bird? University of Wisconsin-Extension food scientist Barbara Ingham walks us through cooking a turkey straight from the frozen state.

“Cooking a 12- to 13-pound frozen turkey takes between five and 5-1/2 hours at 325 degrees,” Ingham says.

“Don’t be tempted to rush the process by using oven temperatures higher than proven safe by university research.”

Place the unwrapped turkey on a rack set on top of a shallow baking pan, such as a jelly-roll pan. According to research conducted by Dr. Peter Snyder from the University of Minnesota, air circulation is very important for an evenly cooked turkey. If you choose to use a roasting pan, use one with a tight cover and keep the lid on during roasting, or rotate the turkey during cooking to ensure even heating. Don’t worry about the giblets in the neck cavity or the neck in the center of the turkey; these can be removed during cooking, once the turkey has begun to thaw. The plastic piece that holds the legs in place is oven-safe and does not need to be removed for cooking.

Check the temperature of the breast meat after three to 3-1/2 hours and remove the giblet bag, if you have not done so already. Use a meat thermometer or oven-safe roasting thermometer for all temperature readings rather

than relying on the pop-up thermometer in the turkey.

After three hours, the breast meat should have reached about 120 degrees. If you are cooking in an uncovered roasting pan with tall sides, turn the bird for even cooking. Return the bird to the oven and continue cooking until the breast, leg and thigh meat all register 165 degrees, covering the breast as necessary to prevent overbrowning and basting as desired.

Check the temperature every 20 to 30 minutes as you near the end of the cooking time to prevent overcooking.

“After about five hours, the breast, leg and thigh meat should reach 165 degrees for safe serving,” Ingham says.

After the meal, remove leftover turkey meat from the carcass within two hours, slice and place in shallow containers. Refrigerate other leftovers such as gravy and stuffing in shallow containers no more than three inches deep.

Leftovers that are not eaten within two days should be frozen to enjoy later.

More information on roasting turkeys from frozen is available at www.foodsafety.wisc.edu/assets/ pdf_Files/Cooking Turkey From the Frozen state.pdf. A guide on thawing and cooking turkeys is available at fyi.uwex.edu/news/2011/11/07/keep-thanksgivingsafe-and-delicious/. Contact your county UW-Extension office for more information on preparing poultry as well as other food safety questions at www.yourcountyextensionoffice.org. — from UW-Extension

DMV adds more online services

No line, no wait, accessible 24/7

STATEWIDE — The options for doing business with Department of Motor Vehicles online continue to increase, offering customers great convenience and more flexibility. In addition to vehicle registration renewal, which continues to grow in popularity, there are now more than a dozen transactions a DMV customer can do online, and that number will continue to increase. There is growing interest in all of DMV’s online services. Customers are busy, and they appreciate the convenience.

The most popular online service continues to be vehicle registration renewal. In the last 12 months, 867,000 customers have chosen this option.

Recently added online services provide DMV customers the opportunity to:

Compiled by Bernice Abrahamzon

50 Years Ago Specials at Route’s, Frederic, fryers at 29¢ lb., bananas at 5¢ each, catsup at 2 bottles for 29¢, coffee at 2 lbs. for $1.23, 3 cake mixes at 79¢.-Specials at the Frederic Co-op store on lettuce, 2 heads for 27¢, round steak at 69¢ lb., tomato soup, 10 cans for 99¢ and doughnuts at 29¢ a dozen.-“The Horse with the Flying Tail” was playing at the Frederic Theatre.-Mr. and Mrs. Nels Simonsen were honored on their golden wedding anniversary.-Harnstrom milk truck was badly damaged in a Monday accident.-Premium stoker coal was available at Frederic Farmers Exchange.-More specials at Route’s, Frederic, included grapefruit, 10 for 69¢, soda crackers, 19¢ lb., bacon at $1.05 for 2 lbs.-“The Big Gamble” was playing at the Auditorium Theatre, SCF.-“Tammy Invades the Campus” was playing at the Frederic Theatre.-Frederic-Van Camp growers received final payment.-Specials at Clover Farm Store, Frederic, included 2 lbs., coffee for $1.15, candy bars, 6 for 19¢, 2 lbs. of dates for 49¢, 50 lbs. flour at $3.29 and grape jam at 39¢.-Hagberg’s Store, Frederic, had an October-V-bargain sale on clothing, shoes, material by the yard, car coats, gift wrap, towels, anklets, snow mitts and jackets.

40 Years Ago

Free event focuses on dementia/Alzheimer's

GRANTSBURG A dementia and Alzheimer’s awareness event titled “Communicating through Alzheimer’s Disease: Tips for Families and Friends” will be held on Monday, Nov. 28, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Burnett Medical Center, Grantsburg.

The event is being held in recognition of November being National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and is sponsored by The Alzheimer’s Association, Burnett Medical Center and Burnett County Adult Day Services (Northwoods Respite).

Do you remember?

• Request both their driver and vehicle records; • Check to see if they have any restrictions (incidents) against their records; • Find out whether their choice for a personalized license plate is available; • Expanded the types of vehicles eligible for online registration renewal.

“Clearly online is the way to go if you want to save time and money,” says Mitch Warren, director of the Bureau of Vehicle services. Aside from getting a driver’s license or ID card, just about everything else a customer needs from DMV can be done online at www.wisconsindmv.gov or through the mail and does not require a visit to a service center. — from DMV

An ad said, “Let a friend help you with your Thanksgiving dinner," and the friend was Gustafson egg nog, whipping cream and sour cream from Gustafson.-The Frederic school was evacuated for a leaky gas line.-State valuation showed big increase in Burnett County.- Russ Ryss rolled 708 and 707 for highest series.-An economy 2-drawer file was on sale at the Leader office for $14.95.-A fish fry was held every Friday at Pheasant Inn, Siren.-Remember that Thanksgiving is more than a turkey dinner.-SBA guaranteed $121,500 loan for Osceola Industrial Development.-Cushing residents petition PSC for extended area phone service.-The name was selected for the new nursing home, it was Capeside Cove.$3,400 goal was reached for new 1971 United Fund Drive in Frederic.-Specials at Route’s, Frederic, included bacon ends 69¢, green grapes for 29¢ a lb., chuck roast for 69¢ lb., Jell-O, all flavors at 10¢ pkg. and bananas at 10¢ lb.-The Frederic Boy Scouts Troop 128 had Christmas trees for sale at Ray’s Firestone Store.-The V.F.W. stew feed (turkey party) was set for Dec. 5, at the Lewis VFW Hall.-The December special at Carlson Hardware, Frederic, was a relish dish for 99¢.-A bake sale and bazaar was held at the Frederic Senior Citizen Center.

20 Years Ago Carl Hansen resigned as Milltown Village Board president.-The Frederic medical clinic offered family medicine, internal medicine and general surgery with Drs. Huset, Stone and Sunji.-The NW Regional writers were still drafting members after 25 years.-A country western dress was the theme of the Halloween party at the Frederic Country Club.-The Luck firefighters taught fire safety.-Quilt makers exhibited work at Frederic show.-October was Co-op Month.-Obituaries included Leila Thill, Dewey Connor, Mariah Lundquist, Mary Kelley, Charles James Johnson and Jared Behlin.-Polk Electric Cooperative had an ad that said, “Want to heat your home (affordably) for years to come? We’ve got some brilliant ideas.”-A drug-free county is the goal of Red Ribbon Week.-Owners of local sawmills say OSHA fines are unfair.-A haunted house is planned for Webster at Halloween.-Bob Becker wrote on safety for new hunters in his Bootprints column.-A message for today broadcasters "Harvestime Sharathon" 1991.The Siren United Methodist Church had an Oct. 12 rummage sale.-Construction continues on the new Frederic Care Center.-A dog pound may be built in Frederic.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Hi everyone, how did you like that white stuff that came down on Saturday? Wasn’t it fun? It was Maya’s first snowfall and she had a ball running back and forth in it, although she didn’t much like the snowballs that Mom was throwing at her. It was very funny watching her try to dodge them! Both Eli and I really like the snow too, it’s lots of fun to roll around in and bury our noses into it.

I want to tell you about my friend Rocky, a neutered yellow Lab, who was found and would like nothing better than for his owner to take him back home. Rocky is what we call a senior and we figure he is about 10 years of age. He is a very friendly and smart old guy, and seems to know a number of commands, so someone has spent quite a bit of time training him. Rocky was found on Poquette Lake Road in Shell Lake so take a look at his picture and, if you recognize him, please give the shelter a call.

We had a few adoptions this last week which is always good news. Two of the Lab puppies, Minni and Krissy, left the shelter on Friday with their very happy new families so that leaves Chucky from the litter still waiting. Marmalade, the ginger teenager, was adopted by a very nice man and Una was adopted on Saturday so things are looking up.

There is an adorable little shepherd mix, blond in color, named Jaida waiting to be adopted. Jaida is a very sweet little 3 month old that can just make

Engagement

Shelter

YAPpenings Sadie your heart melt. Of course poor Carly, who is a wonderful young gal, is still waiting for that special person to give her a home.

On the feline side, we have the young mother Cassie (should have called her Momma Cass.) and her three little kittens Hope, Halo and Samantha.

This family was rescued from a ditch and brought to the shelter for safe keeping. Cassie is very mellow and laid back, very friendly and her three little ones are as cute as can be with their playful antics and inquisitiveness! Also there is Boo, the beautiful loving black young gal with expressive eyes and Wiggles, who loves to cuddle.

On Friday, Lucas and puppy Jaida went to visit the kindergarten kids in Webster to accept a $60 donation which they raised in their Pennies for Pets drive. Isn’t that wonderful? Thank you to all of you.

What an amazing bunch of caring kids to participate in the drive and Jaida had a ball visiting with all the kids.

The organization for the upcoming fundraiser at

Jaida

Adventures is well under way for Sunday, Dec. 11.

There will be a yummy buffet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with $2 from every meal purchased coming back to the shelter. There will also be a silent auction and a Christmas tree to put donations of the shelter’s needs under. Please plan to attend if you can as it will be a fun time with good food, and yes, I’m hinting for a doggy bag!

At the shelter, Jenny tells me we are in need of bleach so if you have some you can spare, please drop it off at the shelter as we’ll put it to good use.

“Dog lovers are a good breed themselves.” – Gladys Taber Have a great week everyone! Licks and tailwags!

The Humane Society of Burnett County (HSBC) is saving lives, one at a time. www.hsburnettcty.org.

715-866-4096. License No. 267335-DS We’re on Facebook too!

Siren news

715-349-2964 This year, opening day of deer season was a damp and dreary start; however, things sure changed in the early afternoon. Snow started slowly falling and continued falling faster and heavier. Old Man Winter was intent, I guess, on letting us know he was in the area and wasn’t about to leave without dropping a blanket of snow in the area. We ended up with about 5 inches in bear country, winter has arrived. Roads in the area were covered and slippery with travel slow. For being opening day, deer season seemed nonexistent. I heard not a shot on Saturday. Hubby came in for lunch at noon saying the only things moving were the tree rats. Maybe, with the coming snow, the deer moved into the pines to

wait out the storm. Most wild critters seem to be able to predict the coming of storms and take cover, and they say animals are dumb.

The storm changed the annual hunters supper in bear country this year. Hunters supper in bear country has been a tradition for almost 20 years, with many of the hunters now gone. We can’t fight Mother Nature or Old Man Winter, so some things have to change. Only two hunters made it to the traditional ham dinner, the brothers Steve and Fred Bielkie.

They own a hunting shack in the Clam Falls area, so not far to go. The Bell clan of Bayport, Minn., had to remain home because of the storm.

Sympathy to the family of Sue Warn, who passed

St. Croix Senior Center Tuesday was a busy day. It started with our exercises. Then we had our monthly potluck lunch. We held the monthly meeting before we started with games. Winners in Dominos were Ione Meixner, Don Anderson and George Meixner. The 500 winners were Roger Greenly, Ron Flostad, Joan Arnold and Vern Lundstrom. Hand and Foot was also played.

Then the carpet was cleaned.

Thursday we held the exercise session. In the evening, 500 was played. The winners were Izzy

Marian Edler

Magnison, Bren Nel Ward, Elroy Petzel and Ray Nelson.

Have a great Thanksgiving Day. Don’t forget to attend the community dinner to be served by the downtown business people on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 3 to 7 p.m. On Saturday, Dec. 3, we will have a bake sale. Stop in at noon for lunch with Santa and get your picture taken. We hope to see you at one of these events.

Rocky

Bev Beckmark away Nov. 10.

Sympathy to the family of former Siren resident Vicky Pleski, who passed away Nov. 15.

Christmas at the Fort will be held on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 4, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, Dec 10, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Come and enjoy one or all the days, as there is much to see. The kids can visit Mr. and Mrs. Claus. While there, check out the Christmas trees decorated by area Lion/Lioness clubs, one will win first prize. Take a stroll through the gift shop, you just might find the right gifts for that someone special on your list.

Siren has a busy weekend this coming weekend so don’t miss it. Christmas in Siren starts Saturday, Nov. 26, with the tree lighting in the Veterans Park at 4:30 p.m., then watch the parade go from the Vets Park all the way to Crooked Lake Park for the Lions lighting of the park at 5:45 p.m. with a short program.

The lights go on at 6 p.m. Santa skating is on at the Lodge Center Arena from 6:30-8:30 p.m., sponsored by the Burnett Youth Hockey Association.

Congratulations to elementary student Abby Kosloski, middle schooler Max Lindquist and high schooler Whitney Plaster for being chosen Siren schools students of the week. What a super bunch of kids; keep up the good work.

Larsen Family Public Library “Lyra” Poetry Reading

Thanks to poet LaMoine McLaughlin for visiting our library on Tuesday, Nov. 8, to read from his new poetry book, “Lyra.”

Food for Fines

During November and December, our library will accept nonperishable food donations instead of money for fines on materials. The food collected will be donated to the local food shelf.

Volunteers

I’d like to extended gratitude to all the volunteers helping in the new library. It gets pretty wild some times, but we always get through the day. I don’t know what I’d do without their assistance.

Meeting room and study room

Our community rooms are being used by lots of interesting groups. If you or your group need space to meet, call Patti at 715-866-7697 to see if you can reserve space. Our large meeting room holds up to 45 people and is even available after 7 p.m. when the library closes.

Preschool story time

We meet every Wednesday all year long at 10:30

a.m. for good stories, companionship and fun.

Friends of the Library

We are looking forward to the opening of their bookstore in the library. From what I have heard, they are going to try to be open two times a month to sell books.

Christmas cookies and coffee

Sometime in December, we will be having an open house in the new meeting room with cookies and coffee to show our appreciation to our patrons.

We’ll let you know when we know more details.

Adult Book Club will not meet in December. Their next book discussion will be Tuesday, Jan. 24.

Mystery Mayhem Book Club will not be meeting again until next year.

New adult books

• “11/22/63” by Stephen King

Adult nonfiction

“Baby Names 2012” by Eleanor Turner “Gooseberry Patch Christmas” by Gooseberry Patch Publishing

“Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson

DVDs

• “Water for Elephants” • “Winnie the Pooh” • “The River Why”

Children’s books

• “Black Hawk: A Boy and His Vision” by Carol March McLernon • “The Nutcracker” by Mary Engelbreit

Young adult books

• “Found” by Margaret Haddix • “True Believer” by Virginia Euwer Wolff • “Tiger’s Voyage” by Colleen Houck • “Tiger’s Curse” by Colleen Houck • “Tiger’s Quest” by Colleen Houck • “Make Lemonade” by Virginia Euwer Wolff • “Inheritance” by Christoper Paolini

Hours and information

Monday-Thursday 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m.

– 5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. For more information contact the library at 715-866-7697, Web site: webster.wislib.org. Online catalog: merlin.nwls.lib.wi.us/search.

Grantsburg Public Library Gratitude extended

Gratitude is extended to all the patrons that came out to the Night at the Library. We had a good time of visiting, sharing and learning. Your support is appreciated.

Preschool story hour

Preschool story hour is in full swing. Story time is

every Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. Stories, crafts, music and fun will keep your preschoolers wanting to come back each week.

Youth chess club

Youth chess club is in full swing every Wednesday after school. Youth 10-15 years old are encouraged to stop in and register if they are interested in

joining the chess club. Youth chess club meets every Wednesday after school until 4:30 p.m.

Volunteers needed

Volunteers are still needed for listening to children read during the after-school reading program on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you are interested please call the library at 715-463-2244.

Frommader/Briggs Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Frommader of Grantsburg are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Frommader, to Craig Briggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Briggs, also of Grantsburg.

The wedding will take place in Mexico on Jan. 6, 2012. – Photo submitted

Siren Senior Nona Center Severson We hope everyone has made plans for Thanksgiving. If you have not made plans, remember a free community Thanksgiving dinner will be served at the Siren Senior Center from noon until 2 p.m. No reservations are required, just come. Also if you want a meal delivered, call 715-349-2204.

We had our monthly meeting on Tuesday. It was decided that the center would be decorated for Christmas on Wednesday, Nov. 30. We need people to help so if you can, come to the center at 9 a.m.

CeCe has informed me that there will not be an evening meal during the month of December.

We hope Ruth Jerome has a speedy recovery. She fell and broke her arm and is doing recovery at home.

Hope she can continue to play Bingo.

There will be a benefit for Billy Puchner on Saturday, Dec. 3, at Rumors. A bake sale will be part of the benefit. If anyone can donate any baked goods, please drop off at Siren Senior Center by 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2.

If anyone wants to have some free Christmas cards, come and help yourself to the cards any time after Thursday, Dec. 1.

Winners at 500 were Arnie Borchert, Sue Newberger, Joe Brown, Darleen Groves and Duane Lockert. I do not have any winners for Spades. Remember there will be no cards on Thanksgiving Friday.

Until next time, stay warm and healthy.

Birth announcements Born at St. Croix Regional Medical Center:

A girl, Lila Sage DuBois, born Nov. 2, 2011, to Sara Schaar, St. Croix Falls. Lila weighed 7 lbs., 8 oz.

••• A girl, Felicity Doris Ellen Qualle, born Nov. 9.

2011, to Michelle and Jeff Qualle, Grantsburg. Felicity weighed 5 lbs., 5 oz.

••• A boy, Cody Robert Saenger, born Nov. 9, 2011, to Donna and Norman Saenger, St. Croix Falls. Cody weighed 7 lbs., 12 oz.

••• A girl, Abilene Eileen Kelch, born Nov. 10, 2011, to Joshua and Shannon Kelch, Luck. Abilene weighed 6 lbs., 12 oz.

••• A boy, Jacob Alan Majorowicz, bon Nov. 12, 2011, to Brian Majorowicz and Elizabeth Knutson, Balsam Lake. Jacob weighed 7 lbs., 15 oz.

••• A boys, James Santiago Argueta, born Nov. 12, 2011, to Crystal and Rene Argueta, St. Croix Falls.

James weighed 8 lbs., 12 oz.

••• A girl, Callie Marie Woods, born Nov. 13, 2011, to Megan Woods, Frederic. Callie weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz.

•••

Born at Osceola Medical Center:

A boy, Alex Lee Morse, born Nov. 13, 2011, to April Lynn Morse, Centuria. Alex weighed 7 lbs., 2.8 oz.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011 - INTER-COUNTY LEADER - NORTHERN CURRENTS, SECTION B - PAGE 7

TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Dewey LaFollette

Karen Mangelsen

Dick Quinton is home again after having surgery in Rice Lake.

Earl Joslyn from Milwaukee is staying for a few days with his uncle and aunt, Don and Lida Nordquist.

Colin, Chad and Chris Harrison were weekend guests at the home of Nina and Lawrence Hines.

Colin will be staying for several days during the week.

Weekend visitors of Karen and Hank Mangelsen were Don Nordquist, Earl Joslyn, Larry Mangelsen and Mark Hines.

Some of the visitors over the weekend at the home of Ronda and Maynard Mangelsen were Dylan Longhenry, Chris Harrison, Duane Otis, Jeanne, Brea and Bryce Williamson, Daya, Jordan and Cora Lawrence and Hank, Karen and Larry Mangelsen.

The Leader

Lewis Hunters are grateful for the snow. Lots of deer beds in the woods, but the deer are gone in the daylight.

Church services were canceled for Sunday at the Lewis church because of furnace troubles. It

Bernice Abrahamzon

seemed strange not going. Sheila Staples and Robin Peterson were going to assist Pastor Tom. Laverne Leep went to the Christmas sale at St. Dominics church on Saturday. Many enticing items were on sale.

The NW Regional Writers will meet in the private dining room at the Pour House, Siren on Friday, Dec. 9, at noon. Order off the menu.

Several are writing Christmas stories in local contests.

Lamar board of directors named The Lamar board of directors which is leading historic Lamar School into a new era as a regional center in education and the arts was elected at the November meeting. Front row: Evan Snyder, St. Croix Falls-secretary; David Butler, Milltown president; Brooke Dierkhising, Minneapolis, Minn. treasurer; Kathleen Melin, St. Croix Falls director. Back row: Kris Schmid, Frederic; Steve Bont, St. Croix Falls; Jon Cermin, Dresser; Gina Sarow, Fox Creek; Melody Wahlberg, Hudson-vice president; Durand Blanding, St. Croix Falls.

Lamar is in a capital campaign to restore its property, 1905 Lamar School, and is over halfway to its renovation goal. - Photo courtesy of Nygren Photography

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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – Air Force Airman Cadi M. Harper graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an Associate in Applied Science through the Community College of the Air Force.

Harper earned distinction as an honor graduate.

She is the daughter of Toni and William Harper of Milltown and was a 2010 graduate of Unity High School, Balsam Lake. - submitted

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Fran Krause

LaVonne O'Brien

Written for last week

Mary Jane and Bob Ramstrom and Fran Krause attended the retired teachers meeting and luncheon on Thursday at the Calvary Covenant church in Alpha.

The Gattens were also there.

Kent Krause and Wilkie Peterson are attending the Packer-Viking game in Green Bay. With this nice fall weather there are quite a few Christmas lights out already and Thanksgiving isn’t here yet.

Good luck to all the hunters getting ready for the big day on Saturday.

Written for this week

Kent Krause and Wilkie Peterson returned home on Tuesday after spending Sunday and Monday with Kent’s sister Karen Hintz and attending the Packer game.

Harmony H.C.E. hosted the fall county H.C.E. meeting and lunch on Tuesday at the government center. Friday, Nancy and Fran Krause went to St. Croix Falls. Fran had an eye appointment and they did some shopping. Mark and Brad Krause were lucky hunters opening day.

Sandy and Lamar Johnson and family spent the weekend with John and Reeny Neinstadt.

Tim O’Brien spent the weekend with Jack and LaVonne O’Brien but did not have any luck hunting.

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A fishy proposal They were guests of friends at an elegant country

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It was New Year’s Eve and their courtship was about to enter its fourth year. The relationship had overcome many obstacles.

She was a widow with five children. He had long been a carefree bachelor.

It wasn’t supposed to work. “Bachelors are too set in their ways,” she had been warned by well-meaning friends.

She was a city girl. His roots were in rural Wisconsin. He was the youngest of 10. She was the eldest of two.

Ignoring all the obstacles, they managed to “seize the moment” in their very different and very busy lives. They made time for real dates, for dining and dancing. Oh, how they loved to dance!

He taught her how to ski and they soon discovered that swooping down a mountain together had a joyous rhythm all its own.

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Her children found him to be a ready source of information and ingenuity. He was infinitely patient, considerate and respectful of them.

On those warm summer evenings, sitting quietly by the shore of the lake, they would gaze at the stars and listen to the loons. He knew a lot about nature and the galaxies. They discovered they shared a deep faith in God. He liked to fish. To her, fishing was boring. When he invited her to go along she usually declined.

Befitting his bachelor lifestyle, he required periods of solitude. He enjoyed being out on the lake alone. Fishing was an opportunity for him to commune with nature. And to ready himself for the next onslaught of boisterous, scrappy kids.

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Sarah Rushfeldt, 23, of Dresser was crowned the 2012 Honey Queen at the annual WHPA convention held in Wisconsin Rapids. Danielle Dale, last year’s queen, performed the honor. The coronation took place at the Hotel Mead and Conference Center on Saturday, Nov. 5.

Five judges looked at two candidates. Rachel Reesk, of Monroe County, was the runner-up. They judged and tested the prequeens on their knowledge of marketing honey, general bee and beekeeping knowledge, what promotions they did last year and their future plans to market honey in Wisconsin.

“I want to promote the importance of the honeybee,” said Rushfeldt. “I want to encourage and applaud the beginning beekeeping and encourage the consumption of the high quality and delicious Wisconsin honey. It has a wonderful flavor!”

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As the New Year’s Eve revelers all around were readying for a raucous welcome to 1972, he took her hand and smiled lovingly through the flickering candlelight, a smile that always touched the very depths of her soul.

Would he finally do it? Would he pop the question?

His gentle smile now becoming more of a silly grin, he looked her straight in the eye.

Then came the startling proposal: “I think this should be the year we either fish or cut bait.”

Update: We decided to fish.

It’s now been 39 years since we acquired that lifetime licence.

“That’s half your lifetime, dear,” I reminded Old Fuzzy Face last week on the day of our anniversary.

“And it’s been the best half,” he dutifully replied.

Half a lifetime of shared fun and frolic … right up to the present … where we share a variety of infirmities and incapacities. Well aware that one bad fall could put either of us in “the big house” for life, we plod along, slow and deliberate, seeking help where and when we need it.

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We have been blessed.

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Grantsburg mother writes of grief and hope Blog posts from before and after fatal skiing accident lead to book

by Sherill Summer Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG - Usually when a 12year-old boy dies, the funeral is big, but still people were unprepared for the amount of people at Trent Stellrecht’s funeral on Feb. 24, at the Webster Baptist Church.

The pews were full. The standing room along the walls and in the corners was full. Even the dining room was full - so full that some people found themselves in the back hallways. There were friends, aunts and uncles, cousins and junior high boys in football uniforms, many of them crying. There was not enough food for everyone after the service, but in the midst of all the commotion was the unexpected celebration of the immediate family.

The Stellrecht family didn’t celebrate because a skiing accident killed their brother and son, but because they were certain he was in heaven. You could tell that the family was really celebrating and not just saying they were celebrating because they were radiant. The mother, Terri Stellrecht, was especially radiant. Nothing distracted them from their message.

Trent was in heaven.

A Stellrecht family portrait taken before the skiing accident that took Trent Stellrecht’s life.

What if it was you who died? Where would you be? There is no guarantee that

“How My Savior Leads Me” by author Terri Stellrecht of Grantsburg, was written in the wake of the death of her 12-year-old son, Trent, in a skiing accident in February 2011. A book signing is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Grantsburg Public Library.

you will have many years ahead of you to decide. During the service, Trent’s father, Rob, described Trent before he was a Christian and after he became one in May 2010. He changed, Rob said. His son didn’t become perfect, nobody is perfect, but he was saved.

The family’s apparent acceptance of Trent’s death during the funeral did not go unnoticed and made some people uneasy. Here and there you could hear fragments of the same conversation: it couldn’t last into the weeks, months and years ahead. Eventually the Stellrecht family will break down and grieve.

Did it last? Did they grieve?

Terri Stellrecht gives answers to these questions in her book titled “How My Savior Leads Me.” Yes, she grieved - the whole family did - but, no, she never lost her belief that the accident was for a purpose. The purpose was good because God is good and that it was right to celebrate at the funeral.

The book is an outgrowth of a blog Stellrecht has kept since 2008, both before and after the accident. As can be expected, the writing gives details to the grief - avoiding local grocery stores to avoid awkward moments with people, feeling anxious that she couldn’t just go get Trent and bring him home like when he was at camp or at a friend’s house, not being able to concentrate for days, even weeks at a

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time, crying.

Stellrecht also describes a premonition that the unthinkable could happen, that Trent might not come home during a three-day canoeing trip in 2010 that she now feels was preparation for what was to come. Other details are more inspiring - the family trip to Trent’s favorite places to spread the ashes and the calm ability to do everything that needed doing the day of the accident; the ability that lasted through until after the funeral despite the circumstances that felt like a gift.

Despite all the details and photos first posted on her blog, it is obvious when reading Stellrecht’s book that preserving details in a book isn’t an end to itself. She describes the new urgency in her life now that losing a child has changed her. Day after day she remembers that nothing on earth compares to eternity.

A skiing accident took a life, but all of Trent’s prized possessions are still here on earth. Blog posts from before the accident give proof that hopes and plans changed in an instant. Now that she has experienced this, her greatest desire is to share what she knows - God is good and everything he does is for our good. It is the glue that ties the details of her story - and the Bible passages - together.

Now that the book is complete, the next step is to make it available.

A book signing is scheduled at the Grantsburg Public Library on Saturday morning, Dec. 3, 10 a.m. to noon. The book will also be available at the Burnett Dairy Co-op cheese store in Alpha and at the publisher’s Web site, bookstore.WestBowPress.com

Terri Stellrecht took numerous photos of her family to post on her blog, something she started in the summer of 2008 at the urging of her son Trent (above). She continued to post on the blog after the accident, putting into words how her faith in God’s goodness endured despite her grief. - Photos submitted

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This small table occupies a place of dignity and honor. It is set for one symbolizing the fact that members of our armed forces are missing from our ranks. They are referred to as POWs and MIAs.They call them comrades. They are unable to be with their loved ones and families, so attendees join together to pay humble tribute to them and to bear witness to their continued absence. The table is small, symbolizing the frailty of one prisoner, alone against his or her suppressors. The tablecloth is white, symbolic of the purity of their intentions to respond to their country’s call to arms. The single rose in the vase signifies the blood they may have shed in sacrifice to ensure the freedom of our beloved United States of America. This rose also reminds everyone of the family and friends of missing comrades who keep faith while awaiting their return. The red ribbon on the vase represents the red ribbons worn on the lapels of the thousands who demand, with Indian Creek American Legion Post 396 members who attended the annual Veterans unyielding determination, a proper account of comrades who are not among us. A slice of lemon on the plate reminds us of their bitter fate. The salt sprinkled on the plate reminds us of the countless fallen Day dinner provided by the Indian Creek auxiliary members. - Special photos tears of families as they wait. The glass is inverted, they cannot toast with us at this time. The chair is empty. They are not here. The candle is reminiscent of the light of hope, which lives in our hearts to illuminate their way home, away from their captors, to open arms of a grateful nation. The American flag reminds us that many of them may never return — and have paid the supreme sacrifice to ensure our freedom.

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TannerFest raises $18,000 for cystic fi fib brosis

by Mary Stirrat Leader staff writer CENTURIA — More than $18,000 was raised for cystic fibrosis at the 11th-annual TannerFest held Saturday, Oct. 8, at Bergmanns Pumpkin Patch in Centuria.

The fundraiser is held each year in honor of 11-year-old Tanner Buck of Luck, who suffers from the disease that primarily affects the respiratory and digestive tracts. During the 11 years of hosting the event, said Tanner’s dad Ben Buck, more than $150,000 has been raised.

Each year the Bucks donate the proceeds to cystic fibrosis foundations in the region. This year the family donated $12,000 to the University of Minnesota hospital, where Tanner spent a week this past summer. The remainder was split between CF chapters in North Dakota and Wisconsin.

The U of M, said Buck, is using the funds to start a new foundation, the Tanner M. Buck Fund for Cystic Fibrosis, that will enable the hospital to seek major grants from pharmaceutical companies.

This year, said Buck, corporate sponsorships added to the bottom line, with several local companies joining at the $750 and $500 levels. Among these were St. Croix Casino and Hotel, Family Eye Care, Cardinal Accounting, JB Studios, Anderson Maple Syrup, St. Croix Chippewa, and St. Croix Casino Hertel Express. At $350 were Bryan Knauber Design, Siren NHS and student council, and Doar, Drill & Skow, S.C. Another 27 sponsors joined at the $100 level.

Given the state of the economy, he said, the goal for the fundraiser had been set at $15,000. Exceeding that amount by more than $3,000 meant that this was the most successful fundraiser ever.

This year’s family event included all the

Tanner Buck, right, is all smiles as he gives the thumbs-up with his friend, Payton Wiemer.

Tanner has cystic fibrosis, and each year since he was born his family has held a fundraiser to help fight the disease.

Tanner Buck’s mom, Julie, and his sister, Kylie, give the thumbs-up for CF research.

Gus and Lois Johansen, at left and right of photo, donated these framed firefighter prints to the TannerFest auction. The Johansens then decided to buy them back as high bidders during the auction and donated them to St. Croix Casino. From left are Gus Johansen, Brenda Marek, LeRoy Buck, Ben Buck, Reuben Buck and Lois Johansen. Marek and the Bucks are siblings. - Photos submitted fall activities offered at Bergmanns, including a haunted house, corn maze, hayrides and a petting zoo. The Bucks set an admission charge for the event, then provided Bergmanns with a percentage.

There were also numerous items that were donated for raffle prizes.

“It was really a communitywide response,” said Buck. “It was cool to see the

support given this year.

“We consider ourselves blessed to be part of such a giving community.”

E i l e e n Gutzmer, left, and RasChelsea mussen help out with registration at TannerFest.

The Oct. 8 event raised more than $18,000 for cystic fibrosis research and support.

Seth David Maack, Luck, shown here with Tanner Buck, participated by raising funds for cystic fibrosis on a self-sponsored 15-mile walk, from his home north of Luck to Bergmann's Pumpkin Patch. His walk raised $375, which was donated to TannerFest.

Item after item was auctioned off to raise money for cystic fibrosis at the annual TannerFest held Saturday, Oct. 8, at Bergmanns Pumpkin Patch. Kyle Johansen graciously stepped in and was auctioneer for the day.

Tanner Buck, center middle row, and his friends pose for a photo during the 11th-annual TannerFest fundraiser for cystic fibrosis. Tanner’s family has held a fundraiser each year since he was born with the disease that affects the respiratory and digestive tracts. During those 11 years, the Bucks have raised more than $150,000 for CF research.

More than $18,000 was raised at TannerFest this year, and $12,000 of that was donated to University of Minnesota hospital, where Tanner spent a week this past summer. With the Buck family is staff from the hospital. In front (L to R) are Julie Buck, Joanne Billings, Tanner Buck, Kylie Buck and Ann Hazelwood. In back are Jordan Dunitz, Terry Laguna and Ben Buck.

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by Carl Heidel Leader staff writer FALUN - Trinity Lutheran Church in Falun continued a tradition when it served a stew to deer hunters Friday, Nov. 18, the evening before the opening of the

Tanner and Kylie Buck met Minnesota Wild Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Minneosta Wild left-wing at the Xcel Energy Center. The Minneosta Wild donated a suite to University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital. Jen Foss of the Minnesota Medical Foundation, knowing Tanner’s love of hockey, invited him and his family to attend the game.

rifle deer season. The church has a long history of offering this warm and filling meal to hunters at no cost other than a freewill offering.

Not only did the event offer warm and tasty food, but it also provided a chance for neighbors to gather and enjoy each other’s company. – Photos by Carl Heidel

Tanner Buck, front right, met his favorite Minnesota Wild center, Mikko Koivu, after the Nov. 17 game against Colorado.

Also shown is Tanner’s sister, Kylie.

Gene Schadow (left) served a generous helping of stew to Brian Fossum (right) and Brian’s father Bob (center).

Andy decided to check out the desserts before tasting his stew.

If you are going to cut the dessert bars, you have to cut them in the right sizes. Jesse Anderson (right) gave Jeff Fagerstrom (left) cutting instructions while her husband Bob (center) looked on from the safety of the background.

Members of the Siren National Honor Society and Student Council presented Tanner Buck (center) with their generous donation for their $350 sponsorship.

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Showing off the best of Polk County The Ice Age National Scenic Trail was promoted at the 53rd biannual Midwest Mountaineering Outdoor Adventure Expo held Friday through Saturday, Nov. 18-20, in Minneapolis, Minn. Roxanne White, Frederic, explains to show visitors, that the western start of the 1,100-mile route across Wisconsin is in Interstate Park, continues through Polk County, and features many interesting glacial remnants. The Ice Age Trail’s newest finished segments are located in or near Wisconsin’s newest state park—Straight Lake, just east of Luck. Other local volunteers included Dean Dversdall, William Johnson, Eileen Jordall and John Helling. For more information: www.iceagetrail.org - Photo submitted

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LUNCH Quesadilla, chips, salsa, mixed vegetables, sliced pears, apples, oranges, bread basket.

Chili w/crackers, bread stick, mixed vegetables, mandarin oranges, apples, oranges, bread basket.

Chicken nuggets, curly fries, baked beans, applesauce, apples, oranges, bread basket.

Whole-wheat spaghetti, meat sauce, mozzarella cheese, garlic toast, green beans, fresh plum, apples, oranges, bread basket.

Pizza dippers, marinara sauce, brown rice, peas, mixed fruit, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUCK

BREAKFAST Cereal/breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, peas, fruit sauce. Alt.: Hamburger, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/waffles.

LUNCH Baked ham, cheesy potatoes, winter mix, fruit sauce. Alt.: Hot dog, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/donut.

LUNCH Cardinal burger, french fries, corn, fresh fruit. Alt.: Chicken patty, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/biscuits and gravy.

LUNCH Nachos supreme, tortilla chips, green beans, fruit sauce. Alt.: Chicken nuggets, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/cinnamon roll.

LUNCH Italian dunkers, dipping sauce, mixed vegetables, fresh fruit. Alt.: Hot dog, 7-12.

SIREN

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Mini corn dogs, macaroni & cheese, broccoli-veggies, applesauce. Alt.: Fajita and bacon wrap.

BREAKFAST Cheese omelet and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Chicken patty, rice, peas, coleslaw, warm cinnamon-apple slices. Alt.: Stromboli.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Fish sticks, Tostitos, lettuce, pears.

Alt.: Cheeseburger.

BREAKFAST Mini pancakes, juice and milk.

LUNCH Pizza, lettuce salad, corn, tropical fruit, apples. Alt.: Soup and sandwich.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Pizza dippers, Hamburger, ovenrice, potatoes, corn, veggies, carrots, celery, tidbits, banana. baked pineapple beans, banana, diced Alt.: Cook’s choice. peaches.

Alt.: Cook’s choice.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Chicken patty, bun, potato wedges, steamed peas, spicy apples. Alt.: Cheeseburger.

BREAKFAST French toast sticks.

LUNCH Mini corn dogs, tater tots, baked beans, mandarin oranges. Alt.: Pizza dippers with marinara sauce.

BREAKFAST Cheese omelet, 1 slice of toast.

LUNCH Spaghetti w/meat sauce, lettuce salad, garlic toast, broccoli, pears.

Alt.: Chicken Alfredo.

BREAKFAST Pretzel and cheese.

LUNCH Hot turkey sandwich, mashed potatoes, green beans, sliced peaches.

Alt.: Vegetable wraps, cottage cheese.

BREAKFAST Cinnamon roll and yogurt cup.

LUNCH Pepperoni pizza, lettuce salad, steamed corn, applesauce. Alt.: Ham & cheese sandwich, Wisconsin cheese soup.

BREAKFAST

LUNCH Chicken patty, broccoli/cauliflower/ cheese and fruit.

BREAKFAST Eggs and sausage.

LUNCH Pizza dippers, sauce, green beans and fruit.

BREAKFAST Lumberjacks.

LUNCH Beef stew, dinner rolls and fruit.

BREAKFAST Yogurt parfait.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, rice and fruit.

LUNCH Chili, corn bread muffin with honey butter, salad, pears.

LUNCH Pizza, salad, green beans, pineapple.

LUNCH Cook’s choice OR tomato soup, grilled cheese, crackers, applesauce.

LUNCH Hamburger hotdish, bread stick, carrots, mandarin oranges.

GRANTSBURG Each building will have their own breakfast menu.

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITY WEBSTER

Waffles.

LUNCH

LUNCH

LUNCH

LUNCH

Pancakes.

BREAKFAST

LUNCH Hamburgers, fries and fruit.

LUNCH California-style chicken patty, bun, fresh veggies, chips, fresh fruit.

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SIREN/BRANSON, Mo. – On Sunday, Nov. 6, a Diamond tour bus driven by Dave Kenjerski with 44 passengers from the Siren, Webster and Shell Lake area left the Siren Methodist Church heading for Branson, Mo. A stop was made in Rock Creek and one more was added to the group. On to Forest Lake, Minn., where we picked up our final five passengers, making our group 50 travelers. We stopped for lunch about noon and had already traveled 300 miles. After lunch it was back on the bus and on to Kansas City, our overnight stop. We checked in at the Fairfield Inn about 5 p.m., did a quick freshen up and headed to several nearby eating places for supper.

Monday morning after a great breakfast it was back on the bus and headed for Branson. Once on the bus it was decided we would take a side trip to Carthage, Mo., and take in the Precious Moments Chapel and gardens. The chapel holds about 84 biblical, handpainted murals and 30 verses and stories in stained glass from both the Old and New Testaments. Many of us bought keepsakes. Back on the bus, heading once again for Branson.

Monday evening we arrived at our home for the next few days. A short rest and a change of clothes and we were off to the Fall Creek Restaurant, the home of the famous thrown rolls and yes they really do throw you the rolls. After a great dinner we boarded the bus and headed for the first of our seven shows, the Jim Stafford show at the Jim Stafford Theater.

No pictures of this show as none were allowed to be taken. Not one of my favorite shows but still lots of laughs. The best part of the show in my mind was the tribute to our troops both past and present. Each show had their own tribute to the armed forces as it was around Veterans Day. Back to the motel for the night.

Tuesday after breakfast we were off again to see the Brett Family show at the Dick Clark American Bandstand Theatre.

This show was one of my favorites. Great music, their son Brydon Brett was definitely a hit with the audience, a multitalented young man. The mom, Andrea Brett, read a poem she had written during the tribute to our troops, the poem was very moving. After the show we boarded the bus and headed to the Grand Village shops for some shopping. It rained all day Tuesday but didn’t seem to dampen any spirits. Most of the group visited the famous Kringles, Missouri’s largest Christmas store. We headed back to the motel for a short rest and a change, then it was off to the BaldKnobbers Theatre and the famous BaldKnobbers show, a two-hour

A trip to Branson

A group of 50 people, mostly from the Siren, Webster and Shell Lake areas, traveled to Branson, Mo., in early November. Here they pose beside their tour bus. – Photos submitted

At the entrance to Precious Moments Chapel; our travel guides for the trip, Shirley Bloom and Anita Jacobson. show of the funniest hillbilly comedy and music I have ever seen. The BaldKnobbers have been playing for over 50 years and theirs was the first show in Branson. The BaldKnobbers presented a variety of artifacts of the show to the Smithsonian National Museum last January. A must-see show if you go to Branson.

Wednesday after breakfast we were off again, this time to see the Twelve Irish Tenors at the Branson Variety Theatre. This show was great. A two-hour show of opera, pop and Irish folk songs. I was hoping we would hear my favorite Irish song and they did sing “Danny Boy.”

“The Red, Hot, Blue Show” is famous for their dancing and costumes.

The Osmonds in Christmas outfits, singing.

After the show you could by 8x10 pics of the tenors but none were allowed to be taken during the show. After the show we were back on the bus and off to a dinner and show on the showboat the Branson Belle. The waitress told me they could seat 700 people in this ship. I don’t know how many were there this night, however.

Christopher James, a magician, dazzled the audience with his sleight of hand. Janice Martin, the showboat’s aerialist, violinist and singer, wowed the audience with her aerial tricks including playing the violin while hanging upside down.

She also was a super singer, singing several Christmas songs. The Showmen 6 sang a medley of Christmas songs. We disembarked the boat at 7 p.m. and headed to our motel.

Thursday morning it was up and down to breakfast, then off to the first show of the day, “The Red, Hot and Blue Show,” at the American Theatre. This was a great show, one of the group’s favorites. There were songs from the Roaring ‘20s, ‘30s, ‘40s, ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s. The cast had over 100 costume changes during the show.

This group had been voted this year’s best costumes for a Branson show. They have also been voted best dance show in 2009 and 2010. This is a must-see show.

Thursday night found us at the Stage Door Restaurant in the Welk Resort for our final dinner in Branson. Then it was off again to the Caravell Theatre to see the

O s m o n d Brothers show. This is their 50th anniversary for concerts, and they celebrated it earlier this year in Las Vegas.

During the Our driver, Dave Kenjerski. show there were family pictures shown on two side screens of their growing up days. It’s not much different than looking at the films of our families. This was about as normal a childhood as it could be, they sang some country, some rock and roll. The Osmonds have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

The oldest brother, Merrill Osmond, still performs on selected dates; the show was great and a great way to end our stay in Branson.

Friday morning up for breakfast, then on the bus and off for Kansas City to view the World War I Museum. We had a short 1-1/2-hour tour; it usually takes three or more hours with a tour guide. The museum was opened in 1926. As we walked into the museum over a glass walkway with hundreds of poppies growing under it, we were told that each poppy is to represent 1,000 servicemen and women.

About 65 million soldiers from several countries fought in World War I and over 9 million lost their lives.

We were told of the Red Baron, not the one in the Charlie Brown cartoon, but the real Red Baron. He shot down over 80some planes before he himself was shot down. If you ever get to Kansas City this is a must-see but plan on at least half a day if not more to go through, there is a lot of our history in those walls. After leaving the museum we headed to our motel, the Fairfield Inn, for the night.

Saturday morning up and at it, breakfast, then on the bus for the last leg home.

We reached Forest Lake at 3:30 p.m., dropped off five of our newfound friends, then to Rock Creek to drop off the last of our Minnesota friends, then to Siren and home. We returned to Siren about 5:30 p.m. A tired but happy group picked up their luggage and vowed they would be back on another bus trip soon. Some sooner, as they are planning on going on the trip to Washington, D.C., come spring.

–submitted Bev Beckmark

The group in the Welks Resort, our stay in Branson.

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CHURCH NEWS/OBITUARIES Eternal

Perspectives Sally Bair

Living with Thanksgiving in the moment For some of you, Thanksgiving Day has come and gone. Regardless, I hope that for you, every day becomes a day of thanksgiving. When we live in the moment, accepting each day and hour as a gift, it becomes easier to be thankful for what we have. Perhaps that’s why the pilgrims were able to set aside a special day for thanking God—though they had suffered greatly that first, harsh winter. Perhaps that’s why the apostle Paul, who suffered more than most others through repeated beatings, shipwrecks and imprisonments, never ceased to thank and praise God. He viewed his sufferings as opportunities rather than as deficits.

It’s not easy to “live in the moment with thanksgiving” while our knee aches. Rather, we tend to commiserate about the stupid accident that caused our knee injury, or about the dim outlook ahead. It’s not easy to be thankful when our emotions run rampant over someone’s offending word. We’d rather think back to other offenses to justify our anger, or think ahead to the miserable loss of that person’s friendship.

Living with thanksgiving in the moment has great value. It can change our attitude to one of expectation that God is with us and will help us overcome whatever problems we face. It enables us to see life as a gift rather than a coincidence or stroke of luck. It brings unexpected blessings.

In other words, living with thanksgiving in the moment with God helps us to take our eyes off ourselves, to gain a new perspective of life. All these benefits bring health and healing to our body, soul, and spirit. We smile more easily and more often, which in turn causes others to smile—others who also may have little to smile about. I have no doubt that our thanks puts a smile on God, too.

Perhaps we can liken the habit of giving thanks as a discipline—a habit we can form and practice “in the moment” through daily communication with God. Here are three reasons to daily thank him: “…for he is good! For his mercy endures forever.”

(Psalm 107:1) “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7) Lord, we thank you for all things. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Bair may be reached at sallybair@gmail.com.

James B. Monn

Nancy Annette Larson

James B. Monn, 61, Balsam Lake, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview. James passed away on his 61st birthday.

He was born on Nov. 17, 1950, in St. Paul, Minn., the son of Lettie and Bernard Monn.

Jim attended schools in St. Paul and then after his education he worked in the St. Paul area in various occupations. Jim and Mickie built their home on Balsam Lake in 1985 and were married at their home in 1994. Together the couple raised their family in Balsam Lake. Jim enjoyed helping his neighbors, fishing with his buddy Tom and brother-in-law Scott, listening to the Minnesota Twins in his garage, hunting with his daughter, Ashley, and spending time with his daughters; Ashley and Melissa and with his family and friends.

James leaves to celebrate his memory: mother, Lettie Monn; wife, Mickie Monn; daughters, Melissa and Ashley Monn; an unborn grandchild; sister, Linda Notch; brother, Daniel Monn; mother-in-law, Susan Bramstedt; nieces, nephews, cousins and other loving family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Nichole; and his father, Bernard.

A Celebration of Life was held Tuesday, Nov. 22, at the Kolstad Family Funeral Home in Centuria. To express online condolences to the family, please visit www.kolstadfamilyfuneralhome.com The Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria has been entrusted with arrangements.

Nancy Annette Larson, 74, a resident of Luck, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn.

Nancy was born in Cook County, Ill., on April 21, 1937, to Elsie and Edward Lemieux. She was married to Earl Larson and they resided in Luck.

She worked at Elkan in Centuria and later at the Luck United Pioneer Home.

She loved collecting elephant figurines and cookbooks. She had a passion for bird-watching and reading romance novels.

Nancy was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Earl; sisters, Joan (Forte) and Marjorie (Hutton).

She is survived by her brother, Warren (Eleanor) Lemieux; stepchildren, Bill (Lois) Jensen of Oklahoma; Charlotte (Pat) Francalancia of Colorado; nieces and nephews, Danny (Deb), Rick and Tim Hutton, Jackie (Ted) Johnson, Ken (Barb) Lemieux of Illinois; also many special grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-nieces and great-nephews.

A gathering will be held at the Rowe Funeral Home in Luck on Saturday, Nov. 26, from 4 to 7 p.m.

Online condolences may be left at www.rowefh.com or www.wicremationcenter.com . Please continue to check these Web sites for updated information or call Bruce Rowe at 715-472-2444.

Rowe Funeral Home of Luck and the Northwest Wisconsin Cremation Center in Milltown have been entrusted with funeral arrangements.

Corneal Delores (Dot) Smith Corneal Delores (Dot) Smith, 77, Grantsburg, died Nov. 13, 2011, at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minn.

She was born Sept. 27, 1934, in Wewoka, Okla.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Billy Lee Smith.

She is survived by her 11 children, seven boys and four girls; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

A memorial service ws held on Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Edling Funeral Home.

The Edling Funeral Home, Grantsburg, was entrustedwith arrangements.

In Loving Memory Of

Harvey L. Asp

Sept. 24, 1924 - Nov. 16, 1998

We miss him still and always will.

Thoughts of him are with us each day.

This was his special time of year, as he loved hunting deer.

To us he was the best.

God has taken him home to rest.

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Dearly missed by wife, Margaret and family

Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes blessed

Lucille B.R. Soderberg Lucille B.R. Soderberg, 88, a resident of Frederic, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, at St. Croix Regional Medical Center.

Lucille was born in Frederic, on May 5, 1923, to Loren and Betsy Jacoby.

She is survived by seven children, Sharon (Gary) Suffron, Loren Soderberg, Chris (Korrie) Hansen, Wendell Soderberg, Fay (Mark) Gustafson, Laurie (Frank) Mendez and Ginny (Brian) Blomberg; 15 grandchildren, Bobby (Wanda) Kratzberg, Jamie (Mary) Soderberg, Karna (Mike) Boyten, Flynn (Rachael) Hansen, Hillary (Mike) Schave, Tayler (Rena) Hansen, Marshal (Devon) Hansen, Angie (Ben) Stenzler, Ethan (Tara) Gustafson, Cara (Keith) Duffee, Desiree Mapes, Chrystal Overby, Amber Overby, Shawn Overby and Shandi Blomberg; 13 great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Bonnie Jacoby and Florence Soderberg; brother-in-law, Dick Soderberg; many nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, William; daughter, Shirley Soderberg; son, Robert Soderberg; great-grandson, Cameron Duffee; brothers, Stanley and Lester Jacoby.

Memorial services were held at Grace Lutheran Church, West Sweden Township, on Tuesday, Nov. 22.

The Rev. Theresa Riewestahl officiated.

Online condolences may be left at www.rowefh.com or www.wicremationcenter.com . Please continue to check these Web sites for updated information or call Bruce Rowe at 715-327-4475.

Rowe Funeral Home of Frederic and the Northwest Wisconsin Cremation Center in Milltown have been entrusted with funeral arrangements.

In Memory Of

Charles Spencer

Advent schedules St. Joseph – Taylors Falls, Minn.

Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, 8 a.m. Mass Sunday Masses; 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Saturday Vigil 5:30 p.m.

Our Redeemer Lutheran Church – Webster Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Webster invites you to come to their midweek Advent Services at 7 p.m., Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 14 and 21. Join them for soup and sandwiches at 6 p.m.

Pastor Keith Rediske of Bethany Lutheran in Siren blessed the Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes during church this past Sunday. These gifts, as well as educational material, will be distributed to children around the world to bring the news of a loving Savior whose birth is celebrated each Christmas. – Photo submitted

Dad, Time goes by so fast, and we don’t seem to take time to enjoy life. It only seems like yesterday since you’ve been gone. I can’t believe it’s been 10 years. I miss you and think about you every day. Once again, we will gather, give thanks and enjoy a great meal. I know you are watching over us like you always have. I love you and miss you.

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Patrick

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CHURCH NEWS

Gift-giving a source of tension for couple

Q: Every Christmas season, I resent how much money my wife spends on her family. She has a big family and they all exchange gifts that can add up to hundreds of dollars. In my family, we usually just get each other something sentimental, and sometimes only exchange Christmas cards. How do I help her see how unfair this is?

Juli: Your question really brings up two issues: how much is reasonable to spend at Christmas, and the inequity between giving different amounts to your families.

Many couples experience conflict and stress throughout and after the holidays because they spend too much. With parties, gifts and even decorations, Christmas can break the bank. You and your wife need to agree on an amount to be spent for her family and others before the shopping begins. In fact, you might even start saving for the Christmas budget throughout the year. Once you agree on the amount, this will give your wife the freedom to buy or make gifts for her family without creating tension between you two. If the amount her family spends is unreasonable for your budget, she may

Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Juli Slattery

have to have an honest conversation about adjusting expectations.

During the budget discussion, the second issue will inevitably come up, "Why do you need $300 for your family gifts, while I only spend $50 on mine?" The amount you spend on each family doesn't necessarily have to be equal in order to be fair. It's wise to make decisions on how much to spend based on a variety of factors, such as the size of the family and what the gifts communicate. Is gift-giving an obligation, a way of communicating love or a non-issue? In some families, gifts are the primary way of expressing affection and allegiance. Others don't care about gifts at all, but simply want you to spend time with them.

Both of you should have the freedom, within reason, to express love to your families in the way they will receive it.

••• Q: My boys like to have a snack when they get home from school. But how

much is too much? They can easily consume a large snack and still have plenty of room for dinner.

Jim: I can certainly relate to this. My own boys are often eager for a snack after a long day. But research shows that many children are snacking too much.

According to a study published in Health Affairs, kids today are taking in significantly more calories from snack foods than they did in the 1970s. The study's statistics show that half of American children snack four times a day, and that some kids are eating even more, as many as 10 snacks a day! It's not likely that these kids are hungry that often. Researchers believe they're simply eating the food because it's there. It's like a form of entertainment. When kids spend so much time snacking, they're much less likely to eat a healthy, balanced meal at breakfast, lunch or dinner.

The snacks themselves are a problem, as well. Cookies and cakes are the most popular snacks among kids, with chips and other salty items running a close second. Kids are also drinking a lot more fruit juice. That might sound OK, but most of these drinks are loaded with excess sugar.

It sounds like your boys are genuinely hungry after school, and that's especially understandable if they're involved in

sports or other strenuous activities. So make sure fruits and vegetables are on the snack menu, and only in amounts sufficient to "tide them over" until dinner.

And, of course, make sure you're setting a good example in this area. Don't expect your boys to be happy with an apple if you're snacking on candy bars and soda!

••• Jim Daly is president of Focus on the Family, host of the Focus on the Family radio program, and a husband and father of two. Dr. Juli Slattery is a licensed psychologist, cohost of Focus on the Family, author of several books, and a wife and mother of three. Submit your questions to: ask@Focus OnTheFamily.com. Copyright 2011 Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, CO 80995. International Copyright Secured. All Rights reserved. Distributed by Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St. Kansas City, MO 64106; 816-581-7500. This feature may not by reproduced or distributed electronically, in print or otherwise without written permission of Focus on the Family.

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Zion Lutheran Church Bone Lake

News from the Pews at Pilgrim Lutheran Church On Reformation Sunday, Oct. 30, Skyler Bruce Shafer, son of Bill and Amanda, was baptized during worship.

Pictured (L to R): Heidi Chell, sponsor, Amanda holding big brother Brennan, Bill holding Skyler, and Bruce Chell, sponsor. Brennan was baptized at Pilgrim in August of 2008, and the boy’s great-grandparents, Jim and LaVonne Engelhart, were present for the special occasion. Skyler’s second cousin, Austin Kurkowski, was confirmed on that day also.

FREDERIC – Pilgrim invites everyone to join them for Sunday morning worship at 10 a.m. and confirmation classes begin at 9 a.m. for seventh- and eighth-grade students in the Upper Fireside Room. For more information about the church or coming events, please call the church office at 715-327-8012 and leave a message and someone will call you back. You can also go to their Web site www.pilgrimlutheran frederic.org or check out other activities on Facebook. – submitted

Also on Reformation Sunday, Channing Michael Jensen, son of Todd and Lisa, was baptized. Channing’s sponsors were his older sisters (left) Rebbekkah Phernetton and (right) Elizabeth Ronkainen. Channing’s older brother Charley was baptized in 2008 and his other brother Chase was baptized in 2005 at Pilgrim. The banner was hung with the Bible verse “I have called you by name, Skyler and Channing, you are mine!”

– Photos submitted

Church listings sponsored by the following area businesses: BREMER BANK, N.A. Full-Service Banking Member FDIC Frederic - Danbury - Siren

DAEFFLER’S QUALITY MEATS, INC. Wholesale & Retail Meats Custom Butchering & Processing Phone 715-327-4456

NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN ELECTRIC CO.

“Your Electric Servant” Serving Polk & Burnett Counties “Use Energy Wisely”

CARLSON-ROWE FUNERAL HOME

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HAULING

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Frederic, Wis. - 715-327-4236 Shell Lake, Wis. - 715-468-2314 Siren, Wis. - 715-349-2560 St. Croix Falls, Wis. - 715-483-9008

• Gravel • Sand • Rock • Topsoil • Track Hoe 715-554-0526 Frederic, Wis.

Printers & Publishers Office Supplies

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

R&S TRUCKING

LUCK VAN METER’S MEATS

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WEBSTER

ALPHA

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Phone 715-866-4238 Hwy. 35 N. Webster, Wis. Tom & Becky O’Brien, Owners

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• Complete Line of Building Supplies & Lumber • Cabot’s Stains Grantsburg, Wis. 715-488-2471 or 715-327-8766

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WILD RIVER FLAGS Jerry & Pat Willits 2815 285th Ave. Sterling Township St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-488-2729

Hwy. 35 North Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-4157 M.P.R.S. #03059

SWEDBERG-TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-7131

SIREN

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FREDERIC

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Any area business wishing to help sponsor the church listings should contact the Leader at 715-327-4236.

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Church Directory ADVENTIST

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - FREDERIC

609 Benson Road; Pastor Curtis Denney Sat. Worship 11 a.m.; Sabbath Schl. 9:30 a.m.

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY

1259 Hwy. 35 S., St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship: 9 & 11 a.m.

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH

Meeting in homes. Elders: Cliff Bjork, Jon Zens, 715-483-1357 and 715-755-3048 Sun. Fellowship - 10 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

LUTHERAN

LUTHERAN

BALSAM LUTHERAN CHURCH

1115 Mains Crossing, 1/2 Mile South Hwy. 8 On 110th St.; Sun. Worship 9 a.m.; Sun. School 10:15 a.m.

Wed. Bible Study 8:30 a.m.; Wed. LOGOS 3:20 p.m.

BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN (WELS)

Gene E. Jahnke, Pastor, 715-635-7672, Hm. 715-354-7787, Hwy. 70 at 53, Spooner Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School & Bible Classes For All - 10:45 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - BRANSTAD

Pastor Jay Ticknor, 715-463-5746 3 miles So. of Grantsburg on Hwy. 87 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - SIREN

Hwy. 35, 1/2 blk. N. Main St. Interim Pastor Keith Rediske Pastoral Serv. 715-349-5280 Sun. School 8:15 a.m.; Sun. Worship - 9:30 a.m.

BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws

Pastor Peter Rimmereid, 715-755-2562 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Sunday Contemporary Service 8:30 a.m.; Education Hour 9:45 a.m. (Starts 9/18/11); Sunday Traditional Service 10:45 a.m.

BONE LAKE LUTHERAN bllc@lakeland.ws

Pastor Mary Ann Bowman, 5 mi. E. of Luck on Hwy. 48, 1/2 mi. S. on I; Office - 715-472-2535 Pastor - 715-472-8153, 8:45 a.m. Prayer; 9 a.m. Sun. Schl. & Adult Bible Study; 10:30 a.m. Worship; 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

CHRIST LUTHERAN (LCMS)

Pipe Lake CTH G & T, 715-822-3096 Pastor Steve Miller Sun. Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. during schl. yr.; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sun. www.christlutheranpipelake.com

CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 www.clamfalls-zion-aalcparish.net Communion 1st Sun.; Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. School 9 a.m.

FAITH LUTHERAN - BALSAM LAKE

faithlutheran@lakeland.ws Pastor Diane Norstad 715-485-3800; CTH I & Mill Street Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:20 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & last Sundays

FAITH LUTHERAN - GRANTSBURG

Pastor Victor St. George, 715-463-5388 Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

FIRST EVAN. LUTHERAN

561 Chestnut St., Taylors Falls, MN 651-465-5265 Traditional Worship - 8:30 a.m.; Contemporary Worship - 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, 715-416-3086, 715-327-8384 Pastor Theresa Riewestahl Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC

(Missouri Synod) Pastor Jody R. Walter, 715-327-8608 Sun. Schl. - 8:45 a.m.; Service - 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st, 3rd & 5th Sun.

LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTH. - ELCA

CTH H, 1/2 mi. N. of CTH A & H on H Church Off. 715-635-7791 Interim Pastor Terry Stratton Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Sun. Worship 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. Pastor Ralph Thompson Office 715-472-2605; Home 715-472-8424 Sun. Wor. 8 &10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl 9 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

Pastor Emory Johnson, 715-463-5700 685 W. State Road 70, Grantsburg Sun. Wor. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN

Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “G” Sun. Wor. - 9:15 a.m.; Wed. Wor. 6:30 p.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER

Pastor Gerald Heinecke Church Phone 715-866-7191 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10:30 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA)

2355 Clark Road, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2515 Web site: plcdresser.org Pastor Wayne Deloach, Intern Melissa Carmack Sun. Wor. 8:30 & 11 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:35 a.m.

PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA)

Interim Pastor Andrew Hinwood 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sun. Worship - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org

REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN

(Wisconsin Synod) Pastor Gene DeVries 200 N. Adams St., St. Croix Falls Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 8:30 a.m.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod)

350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Worship - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LCMC

METHODIST

METHODIST

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST GRANTSBURG

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Worship - 9 a.m.; Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

DANBURY UNITED METHODIST

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST Holytrinity@wisconsinumc.org 1606 165th Ave., CTH I, Centuria Pastor Freddie Kirk, 715-485-3363 Pastor Tammy Clausen Sunday Worship - 8:30 a.m.

LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL

Pastor Jack Starr Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour

LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST Tom Cook, Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Worship 11 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m.

Potluck dinner 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST

oumc@centurytel.net 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor Mark Gilbert Adult Class - 8:30 a.m.; Sunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st Sunday

1614 CTH B, North Luck, Pastor Rob Lubben Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

Contact Leslie Valentine, 715-646-2390; E-mail: leslie56@centurytel.net

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m.

Sunday School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST

(Missouri Synod) 140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Arveda “Freddie” Kirk, 715-327-4436 Pastor Tammy Clausen Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA

Tom Cook, Pastor Sunday School 9 a.m.

Worship - 10:15 a.m. (Nursery available)

10 mi. W. of Cumberland on Hwy. 48 (McKinley) - Pastor Neal Weltzin GT Office 715-857-5580, Parsonage 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st Sunday

TRINITY LUTHERAN LCMS, DANBURY

Pastor Gerald Heinecke Home 715-327-8608; Church 715-866-7191 Sunday Worship Service - 8 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN

Hwy. 70 East, 715-689-2271, Pastor: Carl Heidel Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Communion -Every Sunday

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA

300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sunday Worship 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.; Summer, 9 a.m.

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN

Pastors Mike & Linda Rozumalski 1 mi. west of Luck on N, 2478 170th St., Luck Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

Fellowship 11 a.m.

WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - ELCA

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, Roger Kampstra and Myron Carlson Services begin at 9:30 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 5 mi. E. of Frederic on W, 2 mi. south on I; www.clamfalls-zion-aalcparish.net Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - EAST FARMINGTON (WELS ) Pastor Martin Weigand - 715-294-3489 Sunday Schl. 9 a.m.; Bible Class 9:30 a.m.

Worship Serv. 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st & Last Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE

Pastor Tim Faust Worship - 11 a.m.; Sunday School - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE

Pastor Theresa Riewestahl 715-327-8384, 715-416-3086 Fellowship - 10:30 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

PRESBYTERIAN

PRESBYTERIAN

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

Rev. Bruce Brooks - 715-483-3550 719 Nevada St. , (between Simonson & Tower Roads) , St. Croix Falls Worship - 10 a.m. (Nursery provided) Sun. Schl. - Child.- 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - Adults 8:45 a.m.; Communion 1st Sunday

SIREN UNITED METHODIST

TAYLORS FALLS UNITED METHODIST 290 W. Government Street, 715-294-4436 Reverend Dr. Rolland Robinson Sunday Service - 10 a.m. with nursery Sunday School - Sept. - May at 10 a.m.

WOLF CREEK UNITED METHODIST

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship - 8:15 a.m.

COVENANT

COVENANT

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA

Pastor Scott Sagle, 715-689-2541 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Worship 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome

SIREN COVENANT

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 Dan Pearson Sunday School 8:45 a.m.; Worship 10 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 Frank Wampach 490 Bench St., Taylors Falls, 651-465-7345 Sat. Vigil 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:30 & 10:30 a.m.

Tues. - Thurs. 7:30 a.m.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

Danbury - 7586 St. Rd. 77, 715-866-7321 Pastor - Father Michael J. Tupa Mass - Sat. 4 p.m., Fri. 9 a.m. (Sept.-May).

Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

OUR LADY OF THE LAKES

Balsam Lake - Rev. John A. Drummy, Pastor - 405-2253 Mass: Sat. eves. 6 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Tues. 5:30 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m.Sacrament of Reconciliation 7:30 a.m. Sun. or by appt.

SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY

Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa CTHs A & H - 715-866-7321 Crescent Lake Voyager Village area.

Mass Sun. 8 a.m., Thurs. 9:30 a.m.

Reconciliation as per bulletin and by appt.

ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC & IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG CATHOLIC MASS SCHEDULE

Pastor: Rev. Dennis M. Mullen, 715-327-8119 St. Dominic: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m.

Immaculate Conception: Sat. 6:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m. Call the office for daily & holy day Mass times

ST. ANNE PARISH

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 139 Church Hill Rd., Somerset Mass Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Wed. 9 a.m.

Sacrament of Penance Sun. 8 a.m.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG

Pastor Father Frank Wampach, 651-465-7345 25293 Redwing Ave., Shafer, MN Sunday 9 a.m.

716 S. Robert St., Grantsburg, 715-463-5699 Sr. Pastor Brad Moore David Ahlquist, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

LIVING HOPE CHURCH

Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa, 715-866-7321 Cedar & Muskey Ave. - Webster Mass Sun 10 a.m., Wed. 5:30 p.m. (Sept-May), Fri. 9 a.m. (Summer)

Pastor Doug McConnell Youth Pastor Chris Radtke At Grantsburg High School, 715-463-5794 Sun. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

Pastor Merrill Olson, Interim Pastor 715-327-8402 Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.; www.tradelakebaptistchurch.org

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

CHURCH OF CHRIST

1050 North Keller Ave., Amery, 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 10:30 a.m.

Mass Wed. & Thurs. 9 a.m.

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

ASSEMBLY

CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m.

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH

Pastor Larry Mederich, 715-294-4332 www.occconnect.org Mtg. @ St. Croix Art Barn; Sun. Serv. - 9 a.m.

Nursery and children church

SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Pastor Andrew Bollant Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Morn. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Supervised Nursery; Wed. Evening - Worship Serv. 6:30 p.m.

EVANGELICAL

EVANGELICAL

APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA)

Pastor Bruce Tanner, 715-268-2176 942 U.S. Hwy. 8, Amery Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m.

CROSSWALK COMMUNITY CHURCH

Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W, Frederic Sun. Schl. - 9 a.m.; Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services Sat. Worship - 6 p.m., Luck Senior Center

HOPE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH

Pastor Dave Williams 933 248th St., Osceola Morning Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School Sept.-May 8:45 a.m.

Children’s Church & Nursery provided

TRADE RIVER EVAN. FREE

Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morning Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services BAPTIST

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK. Pastor Gabe Brennan, 715-857-5411

Wor. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun. School-10:15 a.m.

EUREKA BAPTIST

2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Willis Christenson, 715-483-9464 Sun. School - 10 a.m.; Wor. Service - 11 a.m.

FAITH FELLOWSHIP

Hwy. 35 and CTH N., Luck Bill McEachern Pastor, 715-485-3973 Sun. Bible study - 9 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - AMERY

131 Broadway St., 715-268-2223; www.fbcamery.org; E-mail: churchoffice@fbcamery.org Reg. office hours: Tues.-Thurs. 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Pastor Charlie Butt, Lead Pastor; Nick Buda, Associate Pastor Sunday Service: 9 a.m.; All ages Sunday School 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Nursery available

FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN

Pastor Steve Ward Sunday School - (all ages) - 9:30 a.m.

Church Serv. - 10:45 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN

Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Sunday Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN

Located across from elemen. school on West St., Pastor, Dr. Kevin Schumann; 651-465-7171 Sun. Morn. - Sun. School for all ages - 9 a.m.

Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.

FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER Church Phone 715-866-4111 Pastor Tim Quinn Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 10:45 a.m (Nursery Provided)

GRACE CHURCH OF OSCEOLA “The Cure for the Common Church”

722 Seminole Ave., Osceola Pastor Dr. Kent Haralson; 715-294-4222 or 715-755-3454; info@gracechurchosceola.com Sun.: Praise & Worship Serv. 9 am., Adult Bible Study 10:45 a.m., Children’s Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST

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. Worship 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET

231 Bluff Drive, 715-247-2435 Services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

CHRISTIAN CENTER

CHRISTIAN CENTER

EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER

1751 100th Ave., Dresser Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Evening Services Sun. 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Call Pastor Darryl Olson at 715-755-3133 for information and directions

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX

HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX

523 1st St., Clayton, 715-948-2493 Fr. Christopher Wojcik, Pastor Saturday Vespers - 5 p.m.; Sunday Liturgy - 9:30 a.m.

HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church, 28005 Old Towne Rd., Chisago City, MN, www.holyx.net Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

NAZARENE

NAZARENE

CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

510 S. Vincent, St. Croix Falls Pastor Tom Reaume, 715-483-3696 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:45 a.m. & Wed. 6:30 p.m.

FAITH COMMUNITY

7535 Peet St., Danbury, 715-656-4010 Adult Bible Service 9 a.m.; Services: Sun. 10 a.m.; Sunday School during church service.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

NONDENOMINATIONAL

CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN

28313 CTH H, A&H Pastor Tryg Wistad, 715-635-9222 Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

NEW LIFE COMMUNITY - AMERY

Interim Pastor Craig Jorgenson Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Children’s Church: K to 6th Grade

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

Meets at Dresser Elem. School, Dresser Pastor Tony Minell, 715-417-1982 Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

NEW WINE CHURCH - CENTURIA 309 5th Street, , 715-338-2751 Pastor Scott Petznick Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

NORTHERN PINES FRIENDS WOR. GROUP

715-733-0481 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting.

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN

1289 160th St. (Hwy. 65), St. Croix Falls, 715-483-5378 Senior Pastors Paul and Sonja Hanson Sunday Adult Bible Class 9 a.m.

Worship and Children’s Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S COMMUNITY CHURCH “Faith on Purpose” (Love God, Love People...period) faithonpurpose.org CTH F, Dresser, 715-483-2911 Pastor’s res./office Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

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Decorated by these local merchants and residents: Brickhouse Getaway, Centuria, WI Carroll Creek Primitives, Center City, MN The Mad Hatter, Taylors Falls, MN Abrahamson’s Nursery, St. Croix Falls, WI Sandra Berg and Karla Jenkins, Taylors Falls, MN During the Taylors Falls Lighting Festival Weekend, Christmas at the Folsom House is open: November 25, 3 p.m. - 8 p.m.

November 26, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

November 27, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. and *December 3, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

December 4, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. *Included in the December 3 tour will be an opportunity for kids to visit with Santa Claus!

The cost of the self-guided tour is $3.00 for adults $1.00 children ages 6 - 17 and children under 6 FREE The Folsom House Historic Site is located in beautiful Angel Hill in Taylors Falls, Minnesota.

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Students of the Week GRANTSBURG

FREDERIC

Colin Jeske has been chosen Frederic Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in fifth grade and the son of Angie and Tory Jeske. Colin is the middle child, he has one older sister and one younger sister, he also has three dogs and 1 cat. Colin loves football, baseball and wrestling.

His favorite team is the Green Bay Packers.

Caleb Schott has been chosen Frederic Middle School’s student of the week. He is in sixth grade and the son of Jim and Janice Schott.

Caleb is involved in basketball and baseball. He enjoys reading, going outside and playing video games.

His future plan is teaching. His greatest influence in his life is his dad. He is an excellent student.

Jarvis Warwas has been chosen Frederic High School’s student of the week. He is a senior and the son of Robert and Lorraine Warwas. He is involved in Special Olympic basketball, snowshoeing and track and field, yearbook and a part-time job at the Frederic nursing home and greenhouse.

He enjoys helping his mom cook, singing and exploring foodnetwork.com. His future plans include working at Endeavors.

Tristin Kreuser-Peterson has been chosen Grantsburg Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in first grade and the daughter of Tim and Jenny Kreuser-Peterson. Tristin always has a smile on her face and is respectful to others. She is willing to help out when needed and always completes her work. Her favorite classes are math and science. Tristin is thankful mostly for school, family, food and clothes.

LUCK

Kylie Rich has been chosen Luck High School’s student of the week. She is a junior and the daughter of Wally and Connie Rich. Kylie is talented, responsible, a hardworking student with a positive attitude. She works at Hog Wild, a member of the drama club, FCCLA, NHS, prom committee, honor band, solo ensemble, plays JO volleyball and is a teacher’s aide. She enjoys playing piano, volleyball and saxophone.

Reyna Stenberg has been chosen St. Croix Falls Elementary School’s student of the week.

She is in third grade and the daughter of Rebecca and Steve.

She has three little sisters. At home she likes to play outside with her friends. They like to climb trees and have adventures. At school she loves art and math. When Reyna grows up she wants to be a veterinarian so she can help animals.

Allie Webster has been chosen Siren Middle School’s student of the week. She is in eighth grade and the daughter of Brian and Shannon Webster. Allie is involved in choir and band. She plays the trumpet and piano. She is also involved in basketball. Allie just finished performing in the production of “Annie,” which was presented at Siren schools. She values her friendships and is a trustworthy student and friend.

Casey Jean Brown has been chosen Siren High School’s student of the week. She is a freshman and the daughter of Eric and Kristy Brown. Casey has a positive and caring attitude. She is involved in Library Club and plans to join the track and field team this spring and will also play soccer.

She enjoys drawing. Casey admires her friends because they have a lot going on in their lives, but they are there for her when she needs them.

Colton Stuart has been chosen Webster Middle School’s student of the week. He is in fifth grade and the son of Heather Richison and Pat Stuart. Colton is a very hard worker. He shows determination when he is working on something. His favorite subject is social studies. Colton enjoys playing video games, football and hunting.

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Danielle Peterson has been chosen St. Croix Falls High School’s student of the week.

She is a freshman and the daughter of Lynelle Mellum.

Danielle has two younger sisters.

Dani likes reading, writing, drawing, painting and anything to do with horses or animals. She is in 4-H, SOS and student council.

Madison Main has been chosen Webster High School’s student of the week. She is a freshman and the daughter of Todd and Laura Main. Madison is a very determined person who is a natural leader. She takes on a great deal of responsibility and always accomplishes what she sets out to do. She works very hard to get top grades. She is involved in AODA, student council, Spirit of Excellence, church activities, school plays, track and piano.

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Claire Scharfenberg has been chosen St. Croix Falls Middle School’s student of the week.

She is in sixth grade and the daughter of Doug and Kathy Scharfenberg. Claire is involved in basketball, drama, forensics, piano and violin. She enjoys bike riding, skiing, tubing, reading and ice skating. Her favorite subject is social studies/geography.

Claire is a Christian and likes having fun laughs with her friends.

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Hope Tucker has been chosen Grantsburg High School’s student of the week. She is a sophomore.

Hope is very committed to her success in the classroom. She is a leader in the classroom, confident and responsible. She is involved in hockey, volleyball and fast-pitch. She is a member of the school’s Link group and is the vice president of her class. She enjoys riding dirt bike, reading and sports. Her future plans include attending the Air Force Academy.

ST. CROIX FALLS

Aage Rovney has been chosen Luck Middle School’s student of the week. He is in eighth grade and the son of Bill and Kim Rovney. Aage has a positive attitude in and out of school. He was a leader and an excellent worker on the Ice Age Trail workday. He is involved in basketball and football. He enjoys hunting, fishing and tubing. The greatest influence in his life is his dad.

Shawnee Phernetton has been chosen Siren Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in fourth grade and the daughter of Kim and Scott Phernetton.

Shawnee consistently works hard to achieve the best possible results in all of her work. She excels in reading and displays a love for quality literature. She is kind and considerate of others on a daily basis. She enjoys reading, writing, basketball, softball and Girl Scouts.

Alaina Oachs has been chosen Grantsburg Middle School’s student of the week. She is in sixth grade and the daughter of Chad and Kerri Oachs. Alaina is a hard worker and is very responsible.

Alaina likes science, reading, social studies and communication at school. Out of school she likes to read and play volleyball and softball. She spends her spare time practicing volleyball and going to the library.

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Marieo Morgan has been chosen Unity Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in fourth grade and the son of Kim Morgan. Marieo comes to class on time every day ready to work.

He is helpful in the classroom and works hard until his work is completely done. He tries to be a good friend to his classmates and is respectful to his teachers.

Kendra Bramsen has been chosen Unity Middle School’s student of the week. She is in seventh grade and the daughter of Tom and Jackie Patterson.

Kendra works hard and she has a positive attitude. She cares about her education and smiles all the time.

Cash Hickethier has been chosen Unity High School’s student of the week. He is a sophomore and the son of Scott and Audrey Hickethier.

Cash is involved in football, basketball and baseball. He enjoys hunting and camping. After school he would like to attend college. His favorite class is algebra. Teachers comment that Cash truly adds to class discussions. Cash lives in Centuria.

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Coming events

Happenings in the Upper St. Croix Valley communities

Photo by Gary King

NOVEMBER

Siren

• Community Choir Christmas concert at Bethany Lutheran. Sat. 7 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

St. Croix Falls

• River Valley Rush is the November recipient of the RiverBuck program donations at Central Bank. Stop by Central Bank for refreshments.

• Rivertown Holiday - bake sales, Santa, caroling, tree decorating, etc., downtown, www.fallschamber.org.

Taylors Falls, Minn.

WEDNESDAY/23

• Folsom House tours, 1-4 p.m.

Webster

SATURDAY/3

THURSDAY/24

• Pancake supper at Faith Lutheran Church, 4-7 p.m.

• Biscuit & gravy breakfast fundraiser at the Balsam Lake Public Library, 8-10 a.m.

• Parkinson’s support group at the library, 2 p.m., 715689-2163.

Balsam Lake

Bone Lake

Centuria

• Free Thanksgiving Day dinner at Bone Lake Lutheran Church, noon, 715-472-2535. Reservations by Nov. 21.

• Holiday auction and luncheon at Holy Trinity United Methodist Church, noon-?.

Milltown

Clear Lake

• Thanksgiving feast at the community center, 3-6 p.m., 715-472-2273.

• Holiday expo at Lucky’s, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Danbury

Siren

• Ruby’s Pantry at the town maintenance shop, $15 donation. Doors open 9:30 a.m., distribution 10-11:30 a.m.

• Free Thanksgiving Day dinner at the senior center, noon-2 p.m.

• Open skate at The Lodge Center Arena, 6:30-8:30 p.m..

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Frederic

• Annual Christmas tea at Crosswalk Community Church, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

FRI. & SAT./25 & 26

Grantsburg

Webster

• Feed My Sheep at Grace Church in Grantsburg. Doors open 8 a.m., 715-463-5699.

• Legion Auxiliary Christmas craft and gift sale at the community center, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-463-5344.

• Used toys sale benefiting food shelf & bake sale benefiting backpack program at the old library, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

FRI.-SUN./25-27

Lewis

A November sunset. – Photo by Gary King

Taylors Falls, Minn.

• Lighting festival, www.lightingfestival.com. Folsom House tours, Fri. 3-8 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun. 1-4 p.m.

FRIDAY/25

MONDAY/28

• Singer/songwriter Molly Dean at Festival Theatre's Elbow Room, www.festivaltheatre.org.

SAT. & SUN./26 & 27

Balsam Lake Grantsburg

• Sen. Harsdorf’s listening session at the village hall, 1-2 p.m., 800-862-1092.

• Alzheimer’s Awareness Event at the medical center, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Luck

• Polk County Genealogical Society meeting at the historical society museum, 2 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

• “Inspecting Carol,” at Festival Theatre. Opens Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., 715-483-3387.

SATURDAY/26

Grantsburg

• Sen. Harsdorf’s listening session at the village hall, 3-4 p.m., 800-862-1092.

• Adoption support group, Unity High School band room, 7:15 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

• Lewis Jam - bluegrass, gospel and country music at Lewis United Methodist Church, 6 p.m.

TUESDAY/29

St. Croix Falls

• Community dinner at the senior center, 3-7 p.m.

DECEMBER

Balsam Lake

THURS.-SUN./1-4

Frederic

• “Inspecting Carol” at Festival Theatre. Thurs. 2 & 7:30 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., 715-483-3387.

Balsam Lake

• Polk County Alzheimer’s support group at social services building, 715-483-3133.

Luck

• Poet LaMoine MacLaughlin at the library, 7 p.m., 715327-4979.

THURSDAY/1

Siren

• Burnett County Republican Party will meet at 7 p.m. in Room 165 in the government center.

• Year One: Bringing Up Baby class at the medical center, 6-7 p.m., 715-483-0431.

• Art & craft/bake sale at Our Lady of Lakes Church, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Siren

• Holiday Expo at JJ’s Club 35, 715-684-9506.

• Christmas tree lighting, Veterans Park, 4:30 p.m.; Christmas parade, 5 p.m.; Lions park program & lighting, 5:45 p.m., www.visitsiren.com, 715-349-8399.

St. Croix Falls

• Cardiac support group at the medical center, 1 p.m., 715-268-0291.

Taylors Falls, Minn.

• “A Christmas Quilt” at the Methodist church, with Marilyn Mays and Jim Walker, 1 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

• Alzheimer’s support group at the medical center, 1-3 p.m., 715-483-0431.

WEDNESDAY/30 Balsam Lake

• Sen. Harsdorf’s listening session at the justice center, 5-6 p.m., 800-862-1092.

• Unity Eagles Booster Club monthly meeting at the school, 6:30 p.m.

ONGOING Every Day

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AA &/or AlAnon, Polk & Burnett counties, 715-931-8262 for time/location. Amery, 715-268-8431.

Divorce care support group at Apple River Community Church, 715-268-8360, 715-268-2176.

Every Monday

Indianhead Barbershop Chorus meets at the Balsam Lake Government Center, 7:30 p.m., 715-483-9202.

Baby and Me class - Amery Medical Center, 1-2 p.m.

Grief Share support group at Centennial Hall, Amery, 715-268-2176 or 715-268-8360.

Moms In Touch International, First Baptist, Amery, 2 - 3 p.m., 715-268-5408, www.momsintouch.com

St. Croix Falls

St. Croix Falls

FRI.-SUN./2-4 Luck

• Holiday art sale at Cafe Wren. Fri. & Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 715-472-4700.

SAT. & SUN./3 & 4 Danbury

• Christmas at the Fort at Forts Folle Avoine. Sat. 11 a.m.6 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., www.theforts.org, 715-8668890.

Every Tuesday

Bingo - Burnett County Moose Lodge, Siren, 6 p.m.

Survivors of domestic violence & sexual assault support group, Polk Co., 800-261-7233, 6-7:30 p.m.

Anger management group at Amery Regional Medical Center, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 715-268-4094.

Every Thursday

Breastfeeding support group at the St. Croix Regional Medical Center, 2-3:30 p.m., 715-483-0431.

Narcotics Anonymous meets at the Serenity House (old jail), Balsam Lake, 7 p.m., 612-205-2321.

Every Saturday

AA meets at the West Denmark Lutheran Church, rural Luck, 9 - 10 a.m.

Open skate at The Lodge Center Arena, 6:30-8:30 p.m..

Visit the Web site: burnettyouthhockey.com.

TF Lighting Festival this weekend Royal Lady of the Village is announced

by Tammi Milberg Leader staff writer TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – The Royal Lady of the Village for Taylors Falls Lighting Festival has been named, and she is Barbara Anderson.

“It is such an honor to be recognized,” Anderson said.

Anderson spends a great deal of her time volunteering in the community of Taylors Falls. She helped organize the Taylors Falls Crime Watch. This group holds two community potluck dinners a year and keeps an eye on the community. She also helps in planning the Taylors Falls citywide National Night Out. She serves on the Taylors Falls Historical Society Board and currently serves as the Taylors Falls Library Board president.

Anderson grew up in Moose Lake, Minn. She moved to Taylors Falls in 1984, when she took a position at Hazelden Foundation. She works there as a manager in the marketing department. She has three daughters and five grandchildren.

When asked what about Taylors Falls made it the place to relocate to and stay for 27 years, she said, “I like the smaller communities rather than the metro area. Taylors Falls is a nice community and is a nice place to live and raise children and make a home.”

Anderson said she helped organize the crime watch several years back when there were some issues going on in town. “We were advised by the police to organize a crime watch to be their eyes and ears. It is much better now, but we like to keep it active because it is beneficial to meet and know what is going on in the community by

The Taylors Falls Royal Lady of the Village for 2011 is Barbara Anderson. She was selected due to her volunteer activites in the community. The Lighting Festival in Taylors Falls kicks off Friday, Nov. 25, with the lighting of the village at 6 p.m. followed by the parade. Anderson is pictured holding the ornament for this year, an etched rendition of the public library. – Photo by Tammi Milberg

keeping in touch with other people in the community.”

In her spare time, Anderson enjoys sewing, working in her garden and reading. Her ties to the library board make her the obvious Royal Lady choice since she is the library board president for 2011, and the collectible ornament for this year’s festival highlights the library.

The library is celebrating the 140th anniversary of the Taylors Falls Library Association, which began in 1871.

The building used to be a tailor shop where German immigrant John Jacob Spengler sewed uniforms for the Union soldiers during the Civil War. The building was remodeled in 1888 for a library and evolved into the public library in 1919. The library is a separate library not affiliated with other libraries and is funded fully by the city of Taylors Falls.

Anderson will don the royal red robe at the Lighting Festival parade this Friday evening, Nov. 25, as the ambassador of the event. She is the 23rd Royal Lady to hold the honor. The lighting of the village begins at 6 p.m. with the parade to immediately follow. Events will be taking place in Taylors Falls all weekend long including tours of the historic Folsom House, a craft fair at the Memorial Community Center, horse-drawn wagon rides, choral vespers, a winter concert, family Bingo and more. The ornaments of the library are for sale in several Taylors Falls shops and stores for $10. Visit www.lightingfestival.com for a complete schedule of the weekend’s events.