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Eliminating eight county board seats Polk County election season starts Sunday Gregg Westigard | Staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The process of reducing the Polk County Board from 23 supervisors to 15 members starts Sunday, Dec. 1, when candidates for the April election can start circulating their nomination papers to get on the April 1, 2014, ballot.

County voters approved the smaller board in a referendum in 2012.

All district lines have been redrawn, placing 16 incumbents into eight new districts. Only seven present supervisors will not face another supervisor if they run for re-election.

The new districts and the incumbents District 1 – the Towns of Clam Falls, Lorain, McKinley, and West Sweden and the village of Frederic. Herschel Brown and William Johnson.

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LIVES LIVED Edwin “Ed� Dale Olson Resser C. Adams Marjorie Ann Thoreson George W. Sonterre Deborah Jean Riegel James L. Reding Joanne C. (Wennerberg) VanSchoonhoven, page 3 See Obituaries, 15B

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SIREN - Siren is your holiday destination as of Thursday, Nov. 21, and continuing through Christmas Day. Highlights include Saturday, Nov. 30, with Small Business Saturday in 6LUHQ¡V Ă&#x20AC;QH JLIW VKRSV DQG ERXWLTXHV WR Ă&#x20AC;QG \RXU KROLGD\ treasures. Then attend the 4:30 p.m. VFW Christmas tree lighting with caroling, hot cider and cookies followed by the Siren Lions lighting at dusk of the Crooked Lake Park Light Display. On Saturday, Dec. 7, plan a day of family festive fun with the 10:30 a.m. Christmas parade, 11 a.m.

Lunch with Santa, afternoon open houses and live nativity, and evening Santa skate at the rink or the community choir Christmas concert. Sponsored by area churches and businesses, the fourth-annual Christmas dinner will be held Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Siren school, noon to 2 p.m., and is IUHH WR DOO 7KH FDOHQGDU LV Ă&#x20AC;OOHG ZLWK KROLGD\ SODQV WR PDNH your every Christmas wish come true. For all the details, call 715-349-8399 or 800-788-3164, or visit the website at visitsiren.com. - with submitted information

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TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. - Father and daughter projects can be bonding experiences, and when the project lasts over 30 years, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s epic. That is the case of a dollhouse, a chateau really, that Clarence Nelson and daughter Karen Nelson began in the late â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;70s and will unveil at the Town House School in Taylors Falls as part of the annual lighting festival, starting Friday, Nov. 29.

Fashioned after the Chateau dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Azay-le-Rideau in the Loire Valley of France, the scale model has been renamed by the Nelsons to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Le Projet Nevar Dun.â&#x20AC;? As Karen says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t speak French? Say it over a couple of times and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll catch our meaning.â&#x20AC;? The dollhouse features a variety of rooms including a museum with a miniature skeleton of a mastodon, a chapel with stained-glass windows, a grand staircase and a central hall with a domed ceiling featuring painted cherubs.

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%ULHĂ \ GRANTSBURG - The Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association will be hosting a program, Conversations about Dementia, at the Burnett Medical Center on Friday, Dec. 6, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Wood Lake Conference Room. The program is designed to help individuals talk with family about challenging and often uncomfortable topics around Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and dementia. Some of the most difĂ&#x20AC;FXOW FRQYHUVDWLRQV WR KDYH DUH about going to the doctor to get a diagnosis or medical care and PDNLQJ SODQV IRU PDQDJLQJ Ă&#x20AC;nances and legal documents to be sure the personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wishes are carried out and the costs of future care are covered. Attendees are welcome to bring a lunch to the program or purchase lunch in BMCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cafeteria. Dessert will be provided. RSVPs are recommended, but walk-ins are welcome. To RSVP, contact Alyssa Ryan at Burnett Medical Center at 715-463-7285. To learn more, contact Sharlene Bellefeuille, outreach specialist at the Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association, at 715-651-9989.

- from BMC â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. Bingo at the Taylors Falls Memorial Community Center, as part of the lighting festival, has become an annual family favorite. $12 earns you 20 games, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $1 for each additional game.

There will be plenty of cash and door prizes with refreshments for sale, Nov. 30, 6:30 p.m. Bring an item for the Share the Warmth Coat Drive or food shelf. For a complete list of Lighting Festival events visit lightingfestival.com.

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Services set CENTURIA - Joanne C. (Wennerberg) VanSchoonhoven, 74, of rural Balsam Lake, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, at the Amery Regional Medical Center.

Her family will greet visitors on Saturday, Nov. 30, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Kolstad Family Funeral Home in Centuria. The Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria has been entrusted with arrangements. A full obituary will appear in a future edition.

Former Grantsburg girl dies in crash MILACA, Minn. - A former Grantsburg girl died Tuesday, Nov. 19, as the result of a twovehicle accident.

Katrina Maetzold, 13, suffered fatal injuries and her three siblings also suffered injuries after their minivan pulled out in front of a semi on the way to school.

The Minnesota State Patrol said the crash occurred around 8 a.m. about a mile west of the Milaca elementary and high schools.

The van was driven by Katrinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 17-year-old brother, Tristen Maetzold, who suffered a broken leg. His 11-year-old brother, Devon, suffered a fracture to his skull, and their sister, 16-yearold Patience, suffered bumps and bruises.

The grandfather, Larry Maetzold, said Tristen is devastated by his sisterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He just got his license this year â&#x20AC;Ś he drives to school and is a good driver.â&#x20AC;?

Devon underwent a four-hour brain surgery the evening of the crash.

None of the Maetzold family were wearing seat belts, according to the State Patrol, and two of them were thrown from the minivan. The driver of the semi, 51-year-old Thomas Dietz of Milaca, suffered no apparent injuries. - with information from WCCO

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Wide difference in village police costs

A comparison of Luck, Frederic, Siren, Webster, Grantsburg

Gregg Westigard | Staff writer POLK/BURNETT COUNTIES â&#x20AC;&#x201C; There is a wide range in the cost of village police departments. A look at the 2014 police SHUVRQQHO EXGJHW IRU Ă&#x20AC;YH YLOlages in Burnett and northern Polk counties shows the yearly expense varies from $218 per resident in Siren and Webster to $88 per resident in Frederic. The yearly cost for Luck residents is $147, and for Grantsburg the FRVW LV 7KH Ă&#x20AC;JXUHV LQ WKLV story are taken from the most current 2014 proposed budgets

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allocation of property taxes in Polk County showed that village taxes take from 25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;38 percent of the total property tax bill while town residents pay from 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;17 percent for their local governments. One difference in the cost of local government is police services, which are covered by the sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s department in rural areas. Village residents get that service plus the additional coverage of their own police department.

The Frederic Village clerk told the Leader that the village made a deep cut in police expenses a few years ago. She said the village has not heard complaints about the level of police services.

Former GHS teachers faces charges of having sex with students Gary King | Editor STILLWATER, Minn. - A 36-year-old Stillwater, Minn., man and former Grantsburg High School history teacher is facing charges of criminal sexual conduct for having sex with two Grantsburg female students at his Stillwater home in 2012.

The alleged victims were both 16 years old at the time of the alleged crimes.

Matthew R. Koenen, 36, who resigned from his teaching position at Grantsburg in September of 2012 after being confronted by VFKRRO RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOV DERXW DOOHJDWLRQV of an inappropriate relationship with one of the alleged victims and an inappropriate text message he had sent her.

Koenen denied the relationship but admitted to sending the text.

Grantsburg Superintendent Joni Burgin said she could not comment on the case as it involved a personnel matter but did release the following state-

ment from the Grantsburg School Board: â&#x20AC;&#x153; T h e school district contacted law enforceau0DWWKHZ .RHQHQ ment thorities and law enforcement authorities investigated the allegations immediately. Inappropriate texting was reported, and we immediately confronted the teacher with the evidence. He was asked to resign and did so immediately. We did everything according to proper procedures.

We cannot notify parents about this type of matter during an ongoing investigation.â&#x20AC;?

Koenen allegedly began one of the relationships on a school trip to Washington, D.C., for a National History Day competition.

His wife, also a history teacher at Grantsburg, was on the trip with

the group.

The charges against Koenen, filed in Washington County, Minn., on Thursday, Nov. 21, claim he encouraged the two alleged victims to share their personal thoughts and feelings with him and then invited them on separate occasions to his home in Stillwater, where he had sex with them.

The complaint states Koenen had â&#x20AC;&#x153;countlessâ&#x20AC;? conversations with the girls on cell phones and email accounts he hid from his wife.

He became the â&#x20AC;&#x153;mentor and FRQĂ&#x20AC;GDQWÂľ RI RQH RI WKH JLUOV from the Washington D.C. trip and their relationship became â&#x20AC;&#x153;romantic in natureâ&#x20AC;? in August 2012 when they had sex in Koenenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bedroom after he put his child down for a nap, the charges said.

Koenen allegedly became involved with the second girl in May of 2012 after he counseled her about slipping grades. He al-

legedly had sex with her in his bedroom three weeks after the Ă&#x20AC;UVW JLUO The criminal complaint also states that Koenen, after becoming aware police were investigating him, wrote an email to the second girl that read, in part, ´ LPSRUWDQW TXHVWLRQ WHOO PH what you told the cops when TXHVWLRQHG DERXW GLUW\ IOLUW\ messages.â&#x20AC;?

Stillwater Police executed a search warrant on July 16, 2013, at Koenenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stillwater residence and seized computers, two 3-ring binders containing emails and phone logs, an agenda planner, a map and two T-Mobile cell phones belonging to Koenen.

Stillwater Police say the investigation revealed that at least two other female students had visited Koenenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home in Stillwater while his wife was away.

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Filings start now for spring elections

All county board seats, school board candidates, some municipal contests Gregg Westigard|Staff writer

BURNETT AND POLK COUNTIES â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Next Sunday, Dec. 1, is the start of the spring 2014 elections.

7KDW LV WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW GD\ FDQGLGDWHV can start circulating nomination papers for many of the positions on the April ballot. Those contests include all county board supervisors, seats on every school board, seats on city and some village councils, and Polk County judge. The spring nonpartisan election will be held April 1.

The election for the Polk County Board will be especially interesting as the board size is being reduced to 15 members, eliminating eight supervisor positions. Every area school board has a third of its seats on the ballot. The municipalities using nominating papers include the cities of Amery and St. Croix Falls, where mayors and some city council members will be elected, and the villages of Clear Lake, Dresser, Osceola and Turtle Lake. Other area villages will nominate candidates at caucuses in January. Nomination papers must be submitted by Jan. 2.

The Polk County Circuit Court position is now held by Judge Molly GaleWyrick. Except for some municipal court contests, that is the only judicial race on the April ballot. There are no statewide races next spring.

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Spooner (three seats) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Paul Goellner, Bev Bohac and Philip Marlgren.

Webster (two seats) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Bob Carlson and Terry Larsen.

Cumberland (one seat) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jonelle Gideo.

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Clayton (two seats ) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Barry Ketz and Paul Ladwig.

Clear Lake (two seats ) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Brent Anderson and Greg Friendshuh.

Cumberland (one seat) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jonelle Gideo.

Frederic (one seat) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Chuck Holicky.

Luck (one seat) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jacob Jensen.

Osceola (three seats, third place serves two years) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rosanne Anderson, Craig Brunclik and Keri Uzpen.

St. Croix Falls (one seat) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Roni Schuler.

Turtle Lake (two seats ) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Renee Lutz and Ruth Morton.

Unity (two seats) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Debbie Ince-Peterson and the vacant seat formerly held by Joe Tilton.

0XQLFLSDO HOHFWLRQV City mayor and half of the seats on area city and village councils are up for election each year. Cities and a few villages nominate their candidates using nomination papers in December. Most villages nominate their candidates at caucuses in January, and those caucus dates and races will be covered at the end of December. For six municipalities, all in Polk County, the nomination process starts with candidates

registering their candidacy with their municipal clerk. Candidates then need to gather at least 20 signatures before Jan. 7 to get on the April ballot.

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District 2 - no incumbent under new district lines. At Large David Myers.

City of St. Croix Falls - Mayor: Brian Blesi. Alderpersons: Ward 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Don Anderson. Wards 2 and 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Randy Korb.

Villages elect three of their six trustees in 2014. The candidates are listed together for the open seats and run at large.

Village of Clear Lake â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Trustees: Lori Martin, Vern Engebretson and Jerry Peterson.

Dresser â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Trustees: James Rochford, Darron Nelson and Kristi Scheet.

Village of Osceola â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Trustees: Rodney Turner, Mark Campbell and Roger Kumlien.

Turtle Lake â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Trustees: Ruth Morton, Jeff Outcalt and Patrick McCready.

7KH /HDGHU ZLOO PRQLWRU WKH Ă&#x20AC;Oings and retirements during the coming months and list all nominees in early January.

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Animal neglect charges filed against ranch owner

Local veterinarianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concerns led to investigation and 34 charges of animal mistreatment, including four felony counts in deaths of horses

Gary King | Editor TOWN OF MILLTOWN - A 58-yearold rural Milltown man faces a total of 34 criminal charges for allegedly mistreating animals at his property on Hwy. 46, formerly known as Otter Creek Ranch.

Michael A. Feist made an initial court appearance Monday morning, Nov. 25, in Polk County Circuit Court where a judge set an initial appearance for Dec. 17.

Feist is free on a $10,000 signature bond XQGHU WKH FRQGLWLRQ WKDW KH DGHTXDWHO\ care for his animals and gives authorities full access to his property for purposes of monitoring conditions and health of the animals. &KDUJHV DJDLQVW KLP ZHUH Ă&#x20AC;OHG ODWH )ULday, Nov. 22, by Polk County District Attorney Dan Steffen.

Concerns of a veterinarian led to an inspection of the ranch in September with follow-up visits which led to the discovery of four dead horses in one of the barns on the property.

Veterinarian Lesley Szenay made contact with the Polk County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department on Sept. 19, saying the conditions of horses at the ranch, which includes 80 to 100 horses and other animals, had caused her â&#x20AC;&#x153;grave concern.â&#x20AC;?

Szenay said she observed horses in a pasture which she felt were undernourished, and she looked at the ranchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook page and observed multiple photos which showed malnourished horses. She said she intended to contact the USDA, as she believed the ranch was also in violaWLRQ RI ´PXOWLSOH UHTXLUHPHQWVÂľ E\ WKDW department.

Her observations underscored the concern of some area citizens who had contacted authorities more than a year ago, alleging animal neglect at the ranch. Recent concerns have led to an online petition calling for authorities to act, and protesters have gathered in front of the ranch to call attention to the situation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We understand a lot of people are upset action wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t taken sooner, but we QHHGHG D IXOO LQYHVWLJDWLRQ EHIRUH Ă&#x20AC;OLQJ charges,â&#x20AC;? Steffen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had to meet the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt - weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to jump the gun ZLWKRXW WKH Ă&#x20AC;QDO UHVXOWV RI DQ LQYHVWLJDtion.â&#x20AC;?

Steffen went on to praise the job by Polk &RXQW\ 6KHULII¡V LQYHVWLJDWRUV LQ Ă&#x20AC;OLQJ D thorough report.

Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s investigator Jeff Hahn led the investigation of alleged neglect, enlisting the services of local veterinarian Dr. Mark Nelson of Interstate Veterinary Clinic and a fellow sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deputy, Tamara Larson, who operates an animal rescue facility.

The culmination of an initial visit by Hahn and Nelson with Feist at his ranch in September and follow-up visits, including the obtaining of a search warrant and inspection in early November, led to the discovery of four dead horses in one of the barns - a 15-year-old Appaloosa named Dreamer, a three-year-old male horse named Red, a 16-year-old female horse named Demi and a 20-year-old Appaloosa named Daisy.

The report states that one dead horse was located immediately inside the door of the barn, and the second dead horse

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On Nov. 15, Hahn met with Nelson, Brian Hobbs of the Polk County Health 3UHYLRXV FRPSODLQWV Deputy Hahn did an in-house check Department and Mary Bruckner of the ZLWK VKHULII¡V RIĂ&#x20AC;FH UHFRUGV DQG IRXQG Arnell Humane Society. The purpose of â&#x20AC;&#x153;numerous complaintsâ&#x20AC;? of animal cruelty the meeting was to determine the best course of action to make a professional at that address.

Hahn and Nelson made contact with examination of the horses at risk.

Another search warrant was obtained, Feist on Sept. 20 at his ranch. Feist escorted them throughout the entire prop- and the four traveled to the ranch on Nov. erty, including all outbuildings. Nelson 15 to evaluate each horse on a scale of 1-9 noted that 10 to 12 horses were â&#x20AC;&#x153;excep- based on fatty deposits in six areas of a tionally thin,â&#x20AC;? and in very poor health. horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body. Of 15 horses graded, none He said animals that thin would not sur- scored above a 3 and seven scored at 1.5.

Hobbs rendered an opinion that 27 vive the winter months in Wisconsin. He also noted conditions which included a horses enclosed in one barn were dePDQXUH Ă&#x20AC;OOHG EDUQ DUHD DQG SRRU FRQGL- SULYHG RI TXDOLW\ IRRG DQG ZDWHU IRU ´DQ tions for feeding, including placing hay extended period of time.â&#x20AC;? bales directly on the ground.

Feist said he had a plan to correct the 2WKHU DQLPDOV Other animals at the ranch were also alhorses diminished nutritional intake, including a barley fodder program. Feist legedly neglected. said an â&#x20AC;&#x153;incredibly high nutrition content According to the criminal complain, the feed supplementâ&#x20AC;? would be grown on mud and excrement throughout one area scene with the fodder system. of the ranch was so deep that the sheep He also admitted he needed to clean were walking with their entire legs burout his barn, but that his skid steer was ied in the excrement, and their coats were matted with mud and excrement, and out of commission.

When asked what food products he had they appeared very wet. An alpaca in the on hand for the present time, Feist noted same area was in the same condition.

Other animals at the ranch included that due to heavy rains he had no place to store hay, and so he purchased it every cattle, guinea pigs and pigs.

The charges consist of four felony other day and hauled it in to his horses.

He said he had been using alfalfa cubes counts of mistreatment of animals in reference to the death of the four horses, to supplement.

Nelson recommended Feist be given 45 15 counts of failure to provide proper days to initiate the changes and then be IRRG DQG GULQN WR FRQĂ&#x20AC;QHG DQLPDOV DQG 15 counts of mistreating animals - intenreinspected. tional or negligent violation.

The felony charges could each bring a 0RQLWRULQJ Hahn returned to the ranch on three Ă&#x20AC;QH RI QRW PRUH WKDQ RU LPSULVRQconsecutive days in early November and ment of not more than three years and six said he did not observe any feeding ef- months, or both. The other charges carry forts and felt that any feeding of hay, D SRVVLEOH Ă&#x20AC;QH DQG QLQH PRQWK HLWKHU URXQG EDOH RU VTXDUH EDOH ZRXOG sentence.

The complaint noted that Feist is a conhave been evident to him.

He said he saw horses routinely try- victed felon with a criminal history in ing to eat grass which was worn down to Minnesota. dirt. He also saw horses chewing on the wooden fence rails throughout the pas- )DFHERRN PHVVDJH tures.

A call to the ranch was not immediately During a second full inspection of the returned. According to an article in the property with Nelson on Nov. 8, Hahn St. Paul Pioneer Press, the ranchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facesaid the conditions of the horse pens in book page stated that allegations have was located in front of several stalls.

Deputies located three living horses in a rear stall, with the remains of the third and fourth dead horses. The third and fourth dead horses appeared to have been dead for several days and showed signs of being walked on by other horses.

Sheriff Pete Johnson said the results of a necropsy of two of the dead horses are still pending but that the initial reports of KLV RIĂ&#x20AC;FH¡V LQYHVWLJDWLRQ ZHUH VHQW WR WKH district attorney last Wednesday, Nov. 20.

Feistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife, Brenda Weierke, helped authorities identify the deceased horses.

been going on for a year and â&#x20AC;&#x153;each time we have not been found negligent.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rest assured, the horses are not being starved,â&#x20AC;? the Facebook page stated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our side has not been spoken in the media, nor will be at this time, for legal purposes. Make no mistake about it, we love each and every one of our babies here,â&#x20AC;? it stated.

Feist and his wife were investigated for animal neglect by the St. Croix County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department in 2011, when they owned a horse ranch in New Richmond called MicaBren Acres, according to a report by minnesota.cbslocal.com. The current owner of that ranch, Pat McNamara, said it took him a year and a half to clean up the ranch, noting there was four feet of manure in the barn with â&#x20AC;&#x153;no water, no lights, no nothing.â&#x20AC;?

7KHUH ZHUH QR FKDUJHV Ă&#x20AC;OHG DQG WKH couple moved to Milltown to open Otter Creek Ranch, taking most of the horses with them.

The full criminal complaint can be found on our website at the-leader.net.

Man faces felony strangulation charge Greg Marsten | Staff writer CENTURIA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A 30-year-old Centuria man is facing a felony charge of strangulation and suffocation on top of two misdemeanor charges of battery and disorderly conduct after he was involved in an allegedly very violent altercation with a woman who had his young child.

7KH SUREDEOH FDXVH UHSRUW Ă&#x20AC;OHG ZLWK WKH Polk County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department details the incidents behind his charges, which allegedly occurred on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Centuria. Terek L. Union, 30, is alleged to have been in a loud and violent argument with the victim, and he was 7HUHN / 8QLRQ apparently attempting to leave with his young child when a neighbor intervened after hearing screams and begging for help.

Union is alleged to have pushed the woman down and jumped on her back, with his arm around her neck in a socalled â&#x20AC;&#x153;sleeper hold,â&#x20AC;? which she stated caused her to struggle for breath for 10-15 seconds. When Union rolled her over, she was able to scream for help.

The neighbor stated they heard the pleas for help and screams, as well as children crying, which is when they responded and removed Union from the woman, whom he reportedly said he would kill.

The neighbor claimed that Union then WRRN XS D Ă&#x20AC;JKW ZLWK WKH PDQ ZKR LQWHUvened, all while he was holding the small child. The victim claimed she was in fear for her life and feared him.

Union was taken into custody and claimed the woman pushed him down Ă&#x20AC;UVW +H KDV D KLVWRU\ RI VHYHUDO GUXJ FRQvictions and other criminal charges.

Union was charged with the two misdemeanors and a felony, appearing before Judge Molly GaleWyrick on Wednesday, Nov. 20, where she ordered a no-contact order with the victim and set a $5,000 signature bond.

His next court appearance was set for Dec. 9 with a preliminary hearing, where the judge will decide if enough evidence exists to move the case ahead to trial.

Election/from page 1 Dist. 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Town of Bone Lake, parts of the Towns of Georgetown and Luck, and the village of Luck. Harry Johansen and Patricia Schmidt.

Dist. 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Towns of Laketown and Sterling and parts of the Towns of Eureka and Luck. Dean Johansen.

Dist. 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Town of Milltown and the villages of Balsam Lake and Milltown.

Kathryn Keinholz.

Dist. 5 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Towns of Beaver, Clayton and Johnstown and the villages of Clay-

ton and part of Turtle Lake. Craig Moriak.

Dist. 6 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Towns of Apple River and Balsam Lake, and part of Georgetown.

Brian Masters and Rick Scoglio.

Dist. 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; parts of the Towns of Eureka and St. Croix Falls, and part of the city of St. Croix Falls. Marvin Caspersen and Tom Engel.

Dist. 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Parts of the Town and city of St. Croix Falls, and the villages of Centuria and Dresser. James Edgell.

Dist. 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; village of Osceola. Kim

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell.

Dist. 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Town of Osceola. Larry Jepsen and Kristine Kremer-Hartung.

'LVW ² SDUWV RI WKH 7RZQV RI *DUĂ&#x20AC;HOG and Lincoln. Jay Luke and George Stroebel.

Dist. 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Amery. Warren Nelson.

Dist. 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; part of Black Brook and the Town and village of Clear Lake. Russell Arcand and Jared Jockroft.

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Dist. 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Farmingtom and part of Alden. Gary Bergstrom and Joe Demulling.

Detailed maps of each district can be found on the Polk County website co.polk.wi.us under the maps heading.

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Serial killer, whose victims included Frederic woman, put to death

BONNE TERRE, Mo. - A white supremacist serial killer, whose estimated 20 victims included a Frederic woman, was put to death early Wednesday, Nov. 20.

Joseph Paul Franklin, 63, was executed by lethal injection in Missouri, the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ă&#x20AC;UVW H[HFXWLRQ LQ QHDUO\ WKUHH \HDUV Franklin confessed to killing his victims, including the shooting death of Rebecca Bergstrom of Frederic in 1980.

Bergstrom, 20 years old at the time of her death, was hitchhiking in Monroe County when Franklin gave her a ride, and then allegedly shot her after she told him she had dated a Jamaican man. Bergstromâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body was discovered on May 3, 1980, in a park in Tomah, Wis. The Frederic community was stunned

to learn of her death. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bergstrom, Rebecca was a lifelong resident of Frederic and a 1977 graduate of Frederic High School.

She was working in Madison and was -RVHSK 3 )UDQNOLQ believed to have been on her way home to spend the summer with her parents following a vacation in Florida and Jamaica, when she was murdered. Her last communication was with a friend in Eau Claire who said Rebecca had planned

to stop there on her way home.

Franklin targeted blacks and Jews in a cross-country killing spree from 1977 to 1980. He was executed at the state prison in Bonne Terre, Mo. His killing spree was ended in 1980 when he was arrested in Florida for the Salt Lake City killing of two black men the racist had spotted jogging with white women.

Franklin has also been tenuously linked to other crimes, including bank robbery and possibly bombings. He confessed to the shooting of civil rights leader Vernon Jordan and Hustler magazineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Larry Flint.

He garnered multiple life sentences and was incarcerated on Missouriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death row for the murder of a Jewish man outside

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Burnett County brings in consultant to talk about employee compensation Jean Koelz | Staff writer BURNETT COUNTYâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Members of Burnett Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s administration committee talked at length with performance management and compensation consultant Charlie Carlson on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Carlson Dettman Consulting is from Madison, and Carlson has over 40 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of experience developing compensation plans for public employers. Carlsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expertise was sought a few years ago when the county was considering ways to replace a dysfunctional and outdated bonus system. Since then, the passage of Wisconsinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Act 10 has changed everything in terms of how public employees are compensated.

Act 10, a hotly debated piece of legislation introduced by Gov. Walker as part of the Budget Repair Bill, passed in 2011.

The new law increased public employee contributions toward pensions and health coverage, and restricted union powers of collective bargaining and dues collection.

As Carlson put it, todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public employees say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We understand that the rules have changed; so what can we expect now? What are the new rules?â&#x20AC;?

As it turns out, the age of the worker and the amount of workplace experience have a dramatic impact on what a person may expect. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Newer workers have a different expectation than older workers,â&#x20AC;? Carlson explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under a pension system, workers could retire in their 50s. But newer workers arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily thinking about being here for life.â&#x20AC;?

In other words, the old paradigm meant that workers who gave their careers to one employer expected to be com-

resources training and establishing the authority hierarchy thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s responsible for implementing, documenting and enforcing the plan.

Carlson talked briefly about three types of compensation systems. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At one end of the continuum, you have a traditional step system. Jobs are assigned pay ranges, and employees step up in pay over time.â&#x20AC;? At a minimum, these types of plans are being changed to incorporate performance reviews, training, and the steps are being stretched out. Employees in this kind of system do not have the opportunity to earn bonuses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On the other end of the continuum,â&#x20AC;? &RPSHQVDWLRQ FRQVXOWDQW &KDUOLH &DUOVRQ Carlson said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;is whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s called open WHOOV %XUQHWW &RXQW\ OHDGHUV |$FW KDV range. The state of Wisconsin is now on DQ RSHQ UDQJH SODQÂłLW UHTXLUHV D PDMRU FKDQJHG HYHU\WKLQJ } 3KRWR E\ -HDQ .RHO] commitment to performance-based pay.â&#x20AC;?

The midway point is a structure called pensated for their loyalty in the form of a secure retirement. Newer workers are a combination plan. Employees are inimore opportunistic, seeing each position tially put on a step plan, but it evolves as a possible steppingstone to something toward open range with maximum earnelse in a competitive marketplace. They LQJ OLPLWV ,W¡V GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW IRU SXEOLF VHFWRU expect to be compensated fairly for cur- employers to commit to any structure that rent contributions, and recognize that job allows for variable pay because the budVHFXULW\ FDQ Ă XFWXDWH DQG SODQQLQJ IRU JHW LV Ă&#x20AC;[HG 0RQH\ KDV WR EH VHW DVLGH LQ retirement is more of a personal respon- advance for such a system, and the incentives have to be big enough to encourage sibility.

So now that unions are no longer ne- workers to put forth the extra time and gotiating the salaries for public employ- effort to achieve the increased productivees, public sector employers need a new ity these systems promise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Open-range system. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just a matter of de- plans may not be a reality for most pubtermining fair salaries for given job de- lic sector employers,â&#x20AC;? Carlson conceded, scriptions. A pay plan structure includes â&#x20AC;&#x153;but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of interest in combinacompensation levels, bonus plans and tion plans.â&#x20AC;?

When asked for his opinion, Carlson ofSHUIRUPDQFH LQFHQWLYHV EHQHĂ&#x20AC;W RSWLRQV and performance review procedures. fered, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better to have a perforThereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a budgeting component, human mance-based pay system, but it all comes

down to leadership.â&#x20AC;? He pointed to the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new administrator, Nathan Ehalt, and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The board needs to let the administrator alone do it and not get involved in employee complaints. Plus, you have to fund it.â&#x20AC;?

Many of these concepts are borrowed from the private sector, and Carlson used a private sector model to illustrate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ten percent of the workforce gets 50 percent of the new money. The remaining 90 percent of the workforce shares the other 50 percent.â&#x20AC;? Other organizations are making comparisons between the public and private sectors as well.

According to an ongoing study by the American Enterprise Institute, an initial report from 2012 found that â&#x20AC;&#x153;state and local government employees receive salDULHV URXJKO\ HTXDO WR WKRVH SDLG WR SULvate sector Wisconsin employees.â&#x20AC;? The report went on to say that, even after Act ZDV SDVVHG SHQVLRQ EHQHĂ&#x20AC;WV IRU :LVconsin public employees were 4.5 times more valuable than private sector levels DQG KHDOWK EHQHĂ&#x20AC;WV ZHUH WZLFH DV JHQHUous. The overall compensation package for a public sector employee is worth 22 percent more than for a comparable job in the private sector.

The discussion with Carlson was a preliminary step; there was no action taken at the administration meeting. The administration committee is due to meet again on Monday, Dec. 16, just a few days before the regular monthly board of supervisors meeting.

Red Kettle Campaign begins in Polk County

Local Salvation Armyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backpack program needs a boost

Christmas gifts for every person that resides at nursing homes throughout the county, some residents which have been forgotten - this is the only gift they receive for Christmas.

The Salvation Army in Polk County POLK COUNTY - Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that time of year also operates one mass shelter in Balsam again and the hustle and bustle of the Lake called Serenity Home. Currently the holidays is upon us. home is housing 17 individuals and there This year, the Salvation Armyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Red is always a waiting list. There is also a Kettle Campaign is more important family shelter located in Osceola that can than ever. The Polk County Salvation provide housing for one family.

Army is facing a budget shortfall for This year the goal for the Red Kettle their very popular Happy Kids Back- Campaign is to raise $80,000 to assist in pack Program, which provides over 300 these programs and more. Of course families throughout the county with a that is over and above the need to raise backpack full of food once a week. The additional funds for the backpack profood is provided for families who need it gram. This year the goal is bigger than who are currently on the free or reduced ever and everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s help is needed to aclunch program. This budget shortfall complish this goal. Donations are being will cause the program to be cut back to taken at any Salvation Army Red Kettle DQ HYHU\ RWKHU ZHHN EHQHĂ&#x20AC;W 7KLV ZRXOG throughout the county and they can be be simply devastating for many families found at: currently depending on this nutritional St. Croix Falls â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wal-Mart and Marketresource. If you have never donated to Place Foods; Amery - Dickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market and the Salvation Army, this is the year to ALCO; Osceola - Dickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market; Clear consider doing so.

Lake - Nilssenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s SuperValu; Turtle Lake When you are out and about and walk Austadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Super Valu; and Luck - Wayneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s by a person ringing a bell next to a red IGA. kettle, know that the donation you put If you are unable to get to a red kettle in the kettle will help families and indi- this holiday season you can mail your taxviduals in your own community who are deductible donation to: Salvation Army, struggling during the holidays but also 200 Polk County Plaza, Balsam Lake, throughout the year. The Salvation Army WI 54810. If you are able to volunteer in Polk County provides rent assistance, a couple of hours of your time during utilities, transportation and medical as- the holiday season, the Salvation Army sistance to families and individuals in is currently seeking volunteer bell ringneed. The Salvation Army also provides ers. You can volunteer a short shift at any milk coupons to the food pantries in the of the locations listed and know that you county that are redeemable at a local are helping your friends and neighbors in merchant along with the highly utilized need by donating just a few hours of your Happy Kids Backpack Program. time.

The Salvation Army also purchases If you are interested in helping in this

way, contact 715-485-1221 to set up a time to ring. Or you can sign up online at ringbells.org. Keep in mind that this is also a great opportunity to create some

fun Christmas memories with family and friends by ringing for those in need together. - from Polk County Salvation Army

Habitat for Humanity announces holiday lights recycling program ST. CROIX FALLS - Habitat for Humanity of Wisconsin is pleased to announce a green initiative for the upcoming holiday season, holiday lights recycling. Habitat ReStores throughout the state of Wisconsin, including stores in St. Croix Falls and in Spooner, are accepting nonworking or no-longer-needed holiday lights throughout the holiday season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t throw those old strings of lights away, donate them to our ReStore,â&#x20AC;? said David Sandmann, ReStore manager. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll recycle them and use the proceeds to assist low-income families in our community.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an easy way to give back this holiday season,â&#x20AC;? stated Sara Kierzek, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Wisconsin, the statewide support orgaQL]DWLRQ IRU +DELWDW DIĂ&#x20AC;OLDWHV WKURXJKout the state. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plus, you may be able to take the donation as a tax deduction, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be helping us keep materials out of RXU ODQGĂ&#x20AC;OOV Âľ Lights will be collected during regular store hours. The store in St. Croix Falls is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Spooner hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, Wednesday through Saturday. - submitted

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SCF council passes flat budgetÂ

Hard talk about priorities, library and event costs Greg Marsten | Staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The City of St. Croix Falls Common Council passed their 2014 budget at their regular meeting on Monday, Nov. 25, but not without some major disagreements about priorities, VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;FDOO\ UHJDUGLQJ WKH FLW\¡V OLEUDU\ and staff. $W LVVXH ZDV D UHTXHVW IURP WKH FLW\¡V Library Board seeking approximately a 10-percent increase in additional funding. The increase would be used to assist the youth library directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health insurance, and would allow an increase in their directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wages, to bring the position in line with similar sized libraries.

The library funding was front and center at the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget hearing last week, when a large group from the Friends of the St. Croix Falls Library and others spoke in favor of the 10-percent increase.

City Administrator Joel Peck noted that he was directed by the council to keep WKH EXGJHW Ă DW ZKLFK KH VDLG ZDV ´KDUG WR GHĂ&#x20AC;QH Âľ GXH WR FRVW RI OLYLQJ ZDJH LQcreases, and additional fees for some library services. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were able to make it all work within our levy limits,â&#x20AC;? Peck said.

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But Blesi also said the city is up against their state-mandate levy limits, and the only way to reach some of the proposed or hoped-for funding goals would be through a general referendum, which Blesi said would almost surely fail. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With levy limits, and increase in one area means a decrease in other areas,â&#x20AC;?

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Peckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed library line item funding increase was 6.44 percent, which brought it from $124,537 to $132,553.

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to increase their special event funding for 2014, but Peck said the increases were not included in the proposed budget, as they were not received in time for consideration.

Peck and Blesi again cited the levy limits, and said the only way to meet that reTXHVW ZDV WKURXJK D UHIHUHQGXP â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have too many levers to pull,â&#x20AC;? Blesi said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We looked for the low hanging fruit (for cuts) ... There is not a lot of wiggle room.â&#x20AC;?

Alderman Korb moved to amend the EXGJHW WR UHĂ HFW DQ LQFUHDVH RI but it did not pass. In the end, the council passed the proposed budget as presented, with the aforementioned 6.44-percent library increase, and the overall reduction RI SHUFHQW 7KH Ă&#x20AC;QDO OHY\ LPSDFW ZDV set at $883,553, which is a decrease from the 2013 levy of $930,295. Mill rates will EH VHW ZKHQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;QDO HTXDOL]HG SURSHUW\ values are set.

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He did have some good news about the project, noting that in spite of the road issues, the structure was over 80-percent complete. He added that the street work has meant that three homes nearby were running on temporary water lines above ground. He said they are making sure the lines are well insulated against the cold.

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doing much of the engineering work offsite and are hoping to stay on the planned time line.

However, the street will not be paved this winter, and will have to wait until spring, due to the delays. â&#x20AC;˘ Peck gave an update on snowplow planning, clarifying an issue with downtown snow clearing on Washington Street/Hwy. 87. There has been discussion about early plowing, and concerns that the city was forced to clear the road by 4 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good practice, but not something weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re held to,â&#x20AC;? Peck said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The problem is that people park on Hwy. 87. That does complicate it.â&#x20AC;?

He also discussed plans to address physical health restrictions on two employees and also was directed to look at plowing or clearing snow from the Overlook Deck. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people still use it (the deck) in the winter,â&#x20AC;? Alderman Korb said. â&#x20AC;˘ St. Croix Falls Lions Andy Kiska and Steve Jensen outlined a plan to add up to $12,000 in additional modular playJURXQG HTXLSPHQW DW WKH /LRQV 3DUN However, they pointed out that the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recreation park plan was way overdue, and because of that, they were not eligible for any special granting or funds to assist or add more to the purchase.

They did say the they may ask the city to assist with the cost of some of the JURXQGZRUN IRU WKH QHZ HTXLSPHQW They also assured that the older playJURXQG HTXLSPHQW ZLOO QRW EH UHPRYHG as many people have noted that it is conVLGHUHG XQLTXH FKDUPLQJ DQG KLVWRULFDO â&#x20AC;˘ The council also approved the Business Improvement Districts proposed 2014 budget, which is an increase of SHUFHQW EXW WKH FLW\ KDV QR LQĂ XHQFH or control over. â&#x20AC;˘ As noted in the budget discussions, the council approved the replacement of the fencing at the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mini park on Washington Street, beside Indian Creek Winery. The old fence is wooden and needs attention, and the council approved a bid of $11,270 to build a custom, ornamental fence that matches other city fences. It is a no-maintenance style that should last for many decades. â&#x20AC;˘ The council approved the appointments of Tom Meister to the cemetery board, and Andy Kiska to the parks and recreation committee, with Steve Jensen as an alternate.

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Fourth year with no levy increase at Webster Terry Erickson purchases lot from village Sherill Summer | Staff writer WEBSTER â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Webster Village Board passed the 2014 budget with no increase to the levy for the fourth year in a row on Wednesday, Nov. 13. Despite the years in holding the line on the levy, Village President Jeff Roberts says the budget

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isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stressed because the board is trying to hold the line on spending. Indeed the $661,344 total budget is up slightly more than $5,000 than last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total budget of $656,040.

The levy will be $381,747. As already mentioned, this is the same levy amount as the past four years, but it is expected that the assessed value of village property has dropped this past year. The estimated village tax on a home worth $75,000 will increase by $15.50 to $844.50 from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $829.50.

The village put away $37,611 for a dump truck, but there is not enough put away to purchase the truck in 2014.

The villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s share of the water utility improvements this summer will come from the water budget and is not included in the general budget passed Wednesday.

/DQG SXUFKDVH Terry Erickson, the owner of the Connections building just north of Holiday Station, purchased land from the village for $500. Erickson hopes to expand parking behind Connections, but the estimated half-acre lot is mostly wetland, and Erickson will need DNR approval to create the parking lot.

Erickson also received approval to insulate the water and sewer main behind the building, so parking can be extended

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Mathew Jacobsen selected as riverwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief ranger

ST. CROIX FALLS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mathew Jacobsen has been selected as the chief ranger for the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. He will oversee the riverwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visitor and resource protection division which encompasses law enforcement, VHFXULW\ HPHUJHQF\ VHUYLFHV Ă&#x20AC;UH UDQJHU activities and the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lands program.

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A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Jacobsen has also worked as a special agent in the criminal investigation division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Minneapolis and for the National Park Service at Fire Island National Seashore in New York and previously at the riverway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Serving as the chief ranger for the riverway is a tremendous privilege,â&#x20AC;? says Jacobsen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having worked at the riverway as a park ranger and district ranger,

I know what a special place it is. I am excited to return and continue the ongoing efforts in making positive improvements within the division and the park.â&#x20AC;?

A native of Rosemount, Minn., Jacobsen currently resides in Eden Prairie, Minn. with his wife, Heather Lang Jacobsen, and one son. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Upper Iowa University and is a graduate of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.

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Letters Not in attendance This past Tuesday, Nov. 19, the nation celebrated the 150th Anniversary of President Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hero, Abraham Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delivery of the Gettysburg Address.

In that speech, President Lincoln honored the young men from places like Minnesota and Wisconsin who fought and died to free Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enslaved population.

Obama was not in attendance! Not only has Obama not honored Lincoln, he has never taken time to honor those boys and men for the freedoms that this president owes his very presidency.

A.C. Glorvigen Webster

Pawn in partisan politics?

So now you must buy insurance. You look at the Marketplace exchange in 3RON &RXQW\ DQG Ă&#x20AC;QG WKH FRVW DQG WKH cost may be much higher than you expected, are used to or can afford.

Will it be offset by a subsidy? Sure, for maybe 70 percent of people, but if your income is high enough, the bill is all on you.

Maddening, now a new budget breaker is forced on you.

You know it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be that way in Wisconsin. USA Today newspaperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nov. 10 edition noted shocking disparity between the border states, Wisconsin and Minnesota. They said generally, rates in Wisconsin were at least 30 percent higher than Minnesota, and overall Wisconsin was higher than 34 other states they looked at.

It seems in Polk County the situation is worse. Only two carriers offer policies, DQG WKH UDWHV UHĂ HFW WKLV ODFN RI FRPSHtition. Minnesota aggressively set up their own rules for the Marketplace and insisted that insurance companies playing in Minnesota cover all areas, rural and metro.

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Why the difference? Minnesota chose to set up their own rules, Minnesota covered high risk pool cost for another year, Minnesota extended Medicaid taking that actuarial pool out the individual Marketplace, etc.

There are huge problems with affordability and accessibility in health care.

Reliable coverage is something we all need.

Maybe we should demand more from our leaders. Partisan politics may win elected power, but in this case, residents of Polk County seem to be pawns in someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s political aspiration game.

Mark E. Boyken, M.D. St. Croix Falls

Why is it?

Why is it that our capitalistic system can send our jobs overseas, pretty much wiping out the middle class, then complain about the people on unemployment and food stamps?

Why is it people pay $10,000 to save a dog, as told on WCCO this past week, and complain that raising minimum wage above the current $7.25 will shut down their business?

Why is it Congress has a prayer at the start of the day, â&#x20AC;&#x153;In God We Trustâ&#x20AC;? on our money, â&#x20AC;&#x153;One nation under Godâ&#x20AC;? in our pledge, but we teach evolution as fact in schools, and only mention creation as theory?

Why is it we keep telling ourselves we are free in America, but allow the government to spy on us in the name of â&#x20AC;&#x153;security?â&#x20AC;?

Why is it we are willing to attack other nations because of their actions against their own people, but do almost nothing to stop inner-city children from killing each other on a daily basis, then blaming it on guns?

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More JFK memories Anne Burrows, Darwin, Australia I was a 16-year-old white Australian in 1963, an impressionable age at best, and I sat at my piano, not practicing scales, but playing tunes by ear - â&#x20AC;&#x153;Three Stars Will Shine Tonight,â&#x20AC;? the theme music from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr. Kildare,â&#x20AC;? a popular TV show of the time. My mother and father were in the kitchen, listening to the wireless, as it was called then, and they told me the president was dead. I cried and cried. I had been active in the civil rights movement, such as it was in Australia. Peaceful protests, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Shall Overcome,â&#x20AC;? Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul and Mary, nothing like the violence in America. And jazz, the blues, from which I learned the injustices of segregation. President Kennedy would right all those wrongs, I believed, as an innocent starry-eyed teenager. Much has changed since that day. And that is an understatement. And so many years later when President Obama was elected, I cried and cried. We had overcome. But has anything changed ? Such as it is today, I tried the best I could.

Carol Makosky, Siren I was walking past the TV section in the Sears store at Oak Brook Mall in Oak Brook, Ill. Naturally, most of the TVs were on and I saw the news shortly after it happened. Afterwards, I recalled that the mall was very empty of shoppers and those still there or leaving, including me, kind of walked around or left in a stunned silence. I recall watching the funeral on TV with my mother at home.

LaVone Svoboda, Milltown I can remember the day clearly as I was home with my newborn daughter, Susan (who currently works at the Inter-County Leader), rocking her and watching a soap opera. The show was interrupted with the terrible news that President Kennedy had been shot. I was in shock and so grief stricken. How could someone do this? I believe our country would have been in a much better state had President Kennedy EHHQ DEOH WR IXOĂ&#x20AC;OO KLV GXWLHV :KDW D sad loss for the American people.

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Given the input from business owners participating in Green Tier, it has been observed that jobs and the economy work closely with strong environmental performance. A point that is being proven true by Medisize-Phillips Plastic with the addition of 150 jobs in Wisconsin this year and an additional 100 posiWLRQV WR EH Ă&#x20AC;OOHG I invite you to learn more about the Wisconsin Green Tier program. Information can be found online at dnr. wi.gov/topic/GreenTier/. This innovative program is a great example of how Wisconsin can ensure high environmental standards while enabling economic prosperity and job creation. , ZHOFRPH \RXU LQSXW DQG TXHVWLRQV on this or other issues before the state Legislature. Please visit my website at harsdorfforsenate.com or feel free to call P\ RIĂ&#x20AC;FH DW RU

Legislation initiated by local citizen advances

MADISON - A legislative proposal to change the statutes to give adoptees WKH DELOLW\ WR UHYHUW WKHLU ELUWK FHUWLĂ&#x20AC;cates back to their original birth parents advanced in the legislative process last Thursday, Nov. 21.

Assembly Bill 17, introduced by state Reps. Tom Larson, R-Colfax; Nick Milroy, D-South Range; and Sen. Bob Jauch, DPoplar, was the subject of a public hearing by the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, receiving a favor-

able response. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A few years ago I was contacted by a constituent who was adopted as a child following the death of her birth father,â&#x20AC;? explained Milroy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her mother remarried and her stepfather adopted her, alWHULQJ WKH ELUWK FHUWLĂ&#x20AC;FDWH WR UHPRYH KHU biological fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name and replace it with her stepfatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Following an abusive marriage, her mother and stepfather divorced and the children did not continue a relationship with their stepfather.

Ironically, as easy as it was to have her biological fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name removed, there is no avenue under current law to have it SXW EDFN RQ WKH ELUWK FHUWLĂ&#x20AC;FDWH XQGHU DQ\ circumstances.â&#x20AC;?

Milroy pointed out that he has worked on this bill with his constituent and her siblings for more than four years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a perfect example of an issue that is affecting an individualâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day-to-day life that can be corrected by a simple change of the statutes,â&#x20AC;? stated Milroy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is an issue

that I would never have pursued had my constituent not approached me.â&#x20AC;?

Assembly Bill 17 was unanimously passed by the state Assembly in October.

It is expected to be voted on by the Senate committee and then brought to a vote by the full Senate before going to the governor for his signature. IURP WKH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH RI Rep. Milroy

Bacteria turns dairy waste into clean-burning biofuel

Rich Kremer | WPR STATEWIDE - Wisconsin dominates the nation when it comes to cheese production, but that much cheese production produces a staggering amount of wastewater.

A Wisconsin start-up is using an anaerobic digester to turn that waste stream into biogas and energy.

In 2012, the state produced nearly 3 bilOLRQ SRXQGV D TXDUWHU RI DOO FKHHVH PDGH in the U.S. Only about 10 percent of the milk used by cheese makers turns into actual cheese, however. That leaves a lot of milky wastewater, something like the milky water left with when one rinses out an empty glass but on a much bigger scale. That nutrientrich milky water has been commonly disposed of by being spread over farmland. If disposed of incorrectly, it can pollute rivers and lakes.

Comstock Creamery is a small cheese producer in western Wisconsin. Assistant executive manager Tom Messicci said they produce about 50,000 gallons of wastewater per day that needs to either be treated RU VSUHDG RYHU IDUP Ă&#x20AC;HOGV DV D ORZ JUDGH fertilizer. Since they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford a treatment plant, he said, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been sending their waste to the farm.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did land spreading, and we used 1RUWKHUQ /LTXLG :DVWH 0DQDJHPHQW WR GR that for us, but that became problematic with regulations,â&#x20AC;? said Messicci.

Land spreading is tightly regulated by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources because the wastewater has high levels of phosphorus and nitrogen that could run off into nearby lakes and streams, causing oxygen depletion and blooms of noxious algae.

'DLU\ ZDVWHZDWHU LQWR ELRIXHO In the community of Turtle Lake, a start-up company called GreenWhey Energy is using wastewater from Comstock Creamery and other cheese plants to make natural gas and produce electricity for the local grid, as well as heat. The $30 million construction project, which included green energy tax credits and loans, wrapped up this spring.

The centerpiece is whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s called an UpĂ RZ $QHDURELF 'LJHVWHU (ULF /XG\ D ODE technician and son of one of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s founders, points to a huge concrete wall laced with dozens of large pipes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole plant is built around two 2-million gallon reactors,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So, behind this wall â&#x20AC;Ś thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4 million gallons

of water.â&#x20AC;?

7KDW ZDWHU LV Ă&#x20AC;OOHG ZLWK DQDHURELF EDFteria that eat the dairy wastewater and produce methane gas. Ludy said the gas is treated and eventually powers two 20-cylinder generators. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They look like massive locomotive engines, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basically what they are,â&#x20AC;? said Ludy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re powered entirely on biogas, which is a mix of methane and carbon dioxide, trace amounts of other materiDOV OLNH K\GURJHQ VXOĂ&#x20AC;GH DQG WKH\ SXPS out about 3.2 megawatts of electricity.â&#x20AC;?

Some dairy plants, meat processors and even breweries have their own biodigesters. In Milwaukee, the Forest County Potawatomi tribe has just started operating a biodigester thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s similar to GreenWheyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, but smaller. But co-founder Tom Ludy said KLV LV WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW SULYDWHO\ RZQHG FRPSDQ\ to contract for multiple sources of food wastes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We also do soy waste from soy protein,â&#x20AC;? said Ludy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do mustards and dressings and horseradish waste food products here â&#x20AC;&#x201C; several different ones besides dairy. But dairy is the main one.â&#x20AC;? :KHQ \RXU FR ZRUNHUV DUH EDFWHULD Before Ludy could start GreenWhey, he had to buy his bacteria - which he calls

â&#x20AC;&#x153;bugsâ&#x20AC;? - in the form of feed sludge from a brewery in La Crosse and a meatpacking plant in Green Bay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The secret is, the more you put in to start with, the less time it takes to start,â&#x20AC;? said Ludy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So, we hauled in here as much as we could afford, and now we are going through our start-up process.â&#x20AC;?

GreenWhey is running at about 50-percent capacity as they wait for their bacteria to reproduce, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re already having a big impact on the area. Ludy said theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re keeping hundreds of thousands of gallons of wastewater off the ground every day. He also said testing shows that each day, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re keeping about 1,000 pounds of phosphorus from getting into rivers and lakes.

Looking to the future, Ludy said he hopes to make and sell excess natural gas, sell heat to nearby cheese plants and process their leftover sludge to make fertilizer.

Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: This story is part of WPRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s series on sustainability, in partnership with Quest, a multimedia science journalism and education project of KQED in San Francisco.

People can see stories from other Quest partner stations at questscience.org - Funding for QUEST is provided by the National Science Foundation.

Telemark owners will cut power at lodge Rich Kremer | WPR CABLE - The new owners of the Telemark Lodge in Cable have announced theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re turning off the power of the historic resort and letting nature take its course.

After buying the property in October, a group called Mount Telemark Partners, LLC, said they had no interest in running the 214-room lodge but would let someone else manage it. For a while, it seemed the Central Cross Country Ski Association or CXC was interested in running the lodge

as an Olympic training facility.

Mount Telemark Partners Spokesman Rick Carpenter says it was too much for them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As they did their due diligence and looked at the disrepair of the lodge, they decided that it was just too big of a mountain to climb,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Carpenter says Telemark needs a complete overhaul, and renovating the heating and cooling system alone will cost $1 million. So, he says, the owners are cutting the power.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unless thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an 11th-hour Hail Mary where another group comes in and wants to tackle the restoration or renovation of Telemark Lodge, yes, it will freeze and become almost fatally damaged,â&#x20AC;? says Carpenter.

Carpenter says they want to save the three-story grand hall by draining pipes and winterizing the structure.

James Bolen, executive director of the Cable Area Chamber of Commerce, says theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not giving up on Telemark as a re-

sort. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still potential hope for the building,â&#x20AC;? says Bolen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some new attachments could be attached to the core and a new facility built, but obviously the folks at CXC want to bring an Olympic training site to the cable area, to the trails that are there.â&#x20AC;?

While the lodge wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be available, Telemarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owners have agreed to lease the property for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s American Birkebeiner Cross-Country Ski Race.

Grantsburg savings to fund needed projects

Budget adopted with slight levy decrease

Gregg Westigard | Staff writer GRANTSBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The village of Grantsburg has up to $350,000 in one-time money available for projects in 2014.

The money, which is now part of the village fund balance, is the result of savings JHQHUDWHG ZKHQ WKH YLOODJH UHĂ&#x20AC;QDQFHG LWV debt. The village board approved setting aside the excess fund balance for future projects at its board meeting Monday night, Nov. 25. The board also adopted the 2014 village budget with a slight ($3,000 or 0.06 percent) decrease in the levy.

´7KH YLOODJH LV LQ JRRG Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLDO VLWXDtion,â&#x20AC;? village President Glenn Rolloff said during the budget hearing portion of the meeting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have cash in hand to fund some deferred projects in 2014. This is the PRQH\ ZH VDYHG ODVW \HDU ZLWK UHĂ&#x20AC;QDQFing.â&#x20AC;?

Grantsburg will have an estimated general fund cash balance of $750,000 at the end of the year, village treasurer Sheila Meyer told the board. The recommended fund balance for a budget the size of Grantsburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is $365,000 to $485,000, or enough to cover three to four months of expenses she said. That would leave up to $350,000 in excess funds available for the coming year.

The board members debated possible uses for these funds. Rolloff talked about needed work on Broadway, with its broken utilities and bumpy pavement. He said the board can now designate what SURMHFWV VKRXOG EH GRQH Ă&#x20AC;UVW â&#x20AC;&#x153;The prime purpose of the village is to provide a good sewer and water system,â&#x20AC;? board member Dale Dresel said. He added that there are many infrastructure projects in Grantsburg that need work.

Fellow board member Rod Kleiss said the board should also consider projects VXFK DV OLEUDU\ WKDW ZLOO LPSURYH WKH TXDOity of life in the village and help attract new residents. Val Johnson followed up on that comment by saying that there is no

designated funding for the interior of the library, furniture and carpeting, once the library addition is completed.

Meyer presented some project cost estimates. The projects included Burnett Avenue from Pine to Brad (sewer, water, street work) for $145,000 and South Oak Street from Wisconsin to Broadway for $168,000.

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Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rights activists participate in flash mob in Capitol rotunda Breann Schossow | WPR MADISON - More than 40 dancers in SLQN KLW WKH Ă RRU RI WKH VWDWH &DSLWRO URtunda in support of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rights Friday, Nove. 15.

7KH Ă DVK PRE ZDV SDUW RI D ZRUOGZLGH movement called One Billion Rising for Justice. It aims to end violence and injustice against women and girls.

Jo Anna Pautsch, the vice president of the Madison chapter of the National Organization for Women, says it was also an opportunity to increase awareness about legislation in Wisconsin and nationally that impacts womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rights. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The goal of today is to bring attention to these bills that people might not otherwise know are taking place,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Among the legislation Pautsch said is of concern includes a Wisconsin law passed 0RUH WKDQ GDQFHUV ZHDULQJ SLQN KLW WKH IORRU RI WKH VWDWH &DSLWRO URWXQGD )ULGD\ 1RY WR HDUOLHU WKLV \HDU UHTXLULQJ ZRPHQ WR JHW GDQFH WR WKH 7HQD &ODUN VRQJ |%UHDN WKH &KDLQ } 7KH IODVK PRE ZDV SDUW RI WKH ZRUOGZLGH PRYH an ultrasound if they seek an abortion.

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LQJ IURP :LWKLQ VDLG WKH Ă DVK PRE LV D demonstration of visible opposition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great way to really inhabit your body, to claim our strength, to make it a very positive, upbeat protest, and after all, this is all about our choices for our bodies, so what better way than dancing,â&#x20AC;? she says.

State Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, joined the dancers. She says women have had a rough go in this Legislature. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women are rising up to say, and men too, that we are not going to tolerate this kind of treatment,â&#x20AC;? says Taylor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So today was about raising awareness, today was about empowering women, bringing women together.â&#x20AC;?

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The mob danced to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Break the Chain,â&#x20AC;?

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No clear favorite for boys West Lakeland title Marty Seeger|Staff writer LEADER LAND â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The boys basketball season is just getting under way and already four of the seven West Lakeland teams have put a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wâ&#x20AC;? in the win column, including Unity, Siren, St. Croix Falls and Luck. In previous years, many preGLFWHG /XFN DQG *UDQWVEXUJ WR Ă&#x20AC;JKW IRU the West Lakeland Conference title along with Siren, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no telling who will come out on top this 2013-14 season, starting with the Frederic Vikings.

Under coach Ryan Lind, the Vikings have built a lot of success and have a lot of talent to throw at opposing teams, particularly in the West Lakeland. That wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t likely change for Lind, as he sees a lot of potential with his group of kids this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am excited about having a team that comes to practice every day and is excited to learn. This group is very coachable and VHHPV WR SLFN WKLQJV XS TXLFNO\ 7KH\ work hard every day,â&#x20AC;? Lind said.

According to Lind, the Vikings have strengths in depth and guard play, but size and rebounding could be a couple of their weaknesses. Team captains include senior guard Ben Kurkowski, junior guard Austin Kurkowski and senior guard Zach Schmidt. ´7KHVH WKUHH KDYH DOO GRQH D QLFH MRE Ă&#x20AC;Wting into the leadership role so far,â&#x20AC;? said Lind.

The Vikings will be hoping to improve on a 5-7 conference record from last season, and Lind says this season will be no

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Schmaltz and Chaz Norenberg.

Hallberg has high expectations for the team this year, which is no different than any other season that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been head coach. He said this is the third year where WKH WHDP ZLOO QHHG WR Ă&#x20AC;QG UHSODFHPHQWV for at least three graduated starters, but sees something positive about bringing in several younger players who will gain varsity experience at an early stage in their high-school careers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There will be a lot of opportunities for *UDQWVEXUJ 3LUDWHV GRANTSBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Pirates are com- some younger guys to see big minutes ing off another great conference season this year. I like who we are and what we DIWHU Ă&#x20AC;QLVKLQJ RYHUDOO DQG VKDULQJ D are working with,â&#x20AC;? Hallberg said. piece of the West Lakeland title with Luck.

As the No. 1 seed, however, their season /XFN &DUGLQDOV LUCK â&#x20AC;&#x201C; After earning a share of the ended too soon after receiving a bye in the SOD\RIIV DQG IDOOLQJ LQ WKHLU Ă&#x20AC;UVW JDPH RI conference title with Grantsburg last season, the Cardinals will hope to be right in the regional in a loss to Boyceville. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a couple years where we the mix again this season, with a crop of had to face different kinds of adversity. fresh new faces that have proved early on Last year was one of those years. You they can play at a high level despite being Ă&#x20AC;JKW WKURXJK WRXJK WLPHV DQG WDNH SULGH a younger team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got two sophomores coming off in watching the kids respond positively/ successfully to tough situations,â&#x20AC;? said the bench and a sophomore starting and one junior, so yeah, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pretty young coach Nick Hallberg.

The Pirates roster is slimmer this sea- team, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to feel out how things son with only two seniors in Jacob Ohns- are going here with playing time and stuff )UHGHULF MXQLRU =DFK 6FKPLGW IORDWV LQ IRU tad and Joe Gaffney on the varsity roster. like that, but overall Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pleased with the D OD\XS GXULQJ WKH ILUVW JDPH RI WKH VHDVRQ Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also only one junior, Richard performance (so far),â&#x20AC;? said Cards coach DJDLQVW 7XUWOH /DNH z 3KRWR E\ %HFN\ $PXQG Schneider, and sophomores Jordan KnutVRQ See boys bball/next page son, Jackson Gerber, Jaeger Staeven, Majel

â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ ST. PAUL, Minn. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; St. Scholasticaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kortney Morrin earned First Team All-UMAC accolades as the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference announced its allconference volleyball teams on Thursday, Nov. 21. Morrin, who was an honorable mention All-UMAC choice her freshman season, led the Saints Kortney Morrin with 338 kills and 321 digs this season. The *UDQWVEXUJ +LJK 6FKRRO JUDG Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG second in the league with 3.35 kills per VHW DQG ZDV Ă&#x20AC;IWK ZLWK SRLQWV 0RUULQ Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG ZLWK GRXEOH GRXEOHV WKLV VHDVRQ LQFOXGLQJ WKUHH LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;QDO four matches of the year. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from St. Scholastica and csssaints.com â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Bethel Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s football team topped St. Scholastica at Mall of America Field on Saturday, Nov. 23, during the NCAA Division 3 championships, 70-13. The Bethel Royals remain undefeated and will host Wartburg College this Saturday, Nov. 30. Former Luck athlete and Bethel cornerback Landen Strilzuk had one tackle in the win, while St. Scholastica senior and former St. Croix Falls athlete Cory Gebhard ended his Ă&#x20AC;QDO FROOHJLDWH JDPH ZLWK WKH 6DLQWV with two catches for 64 yards and one touchdown. Gebhard was the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading receiver, and his senior class was the winningest class in program history with a record of 34-9. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with information from csssaints.com â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ LEADER LAND â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Unity at St. Croix Falls boys basketball game on Tuesday, Dec. 3, is being broadcast on 104.9 FM beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Amery vs. River Falls boys hockey game at Somerset can be heard on Friday, Nov. 29, on 1260 AM beginning at 3 p.m. The Tuesday, Dec. 3, Spooner at Amery hockey game can be heard on 1260 AM beginning at 7 p.m. All high school games are streamed at mnsportsnetwork.com. â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ LEADER LAND â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Leader Sports strives to follow the college careers of area athletes. If you know of an athlete playing collegiate sports in 2013, who hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been mentioned, send us an email or call and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take it from there. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Marty Seeger â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ LEADER LAND â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Local sports tidbits to share? Please contact the Leader by 4:30 p.m. on Mondays to go in Extra Points. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Marty Seeger

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Boys bball/from previous page Rick Giller, shortly after the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season-opening win over Cumberland.

Sophomore Noah Mortel is already off to a good start after leading Luck with 14 SRLQWV LQ WKHLU Ă&#x20AC;UVW JDPH DQG 1LFN 0DWWson got into the scoring mix as well. Nick Mattson is the third sophomore on a team that also has a lot of talent in the senior class with Karsten Petersen and Connor McGinnity, who were starters last season.

Junior guard Trent Strapon was another regular last season along with Trevor Dexter and Sam Nelson.

Giller says the team goals are to try to improve each week, but also to play a IXOO IRXU TXDUWHUV RI EDVNHWEDOO +H WKLQNV WKHUH¡V D GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWH EDODQFH LQ WKH FRQIHUence and sees the Cardinals competing right at the top of the conference with the other six. Luck has a lot of potential this season as they are capable of playing solid defense and offense. One of the few weaknesses on the team this season is depth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a lot of depth, so we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get into a lot of foul trouble, especially with the bigs. So, we just want to be able to play,â&#x20AC;? Giller said.

6W &URL[ )DOOV 6DLQWV ST. CROIX FALLS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Saints have a lot of veteran varsity players back this season and have a solid shot at making a run at the conference title. Coach Chad Hall is in his third season as head coach of the Saints and has gradually brought the team into contention, as he started out with mostly young talent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have the majority of our team back which is great, looking at all the varsity minutes they have played. We do have a few new faces that are looking to contribute,â&#x20AC;? said Hall.

One of those players is Lovro Kusec, a 6-foot exchange student from Croatia, who had 13 points during the Saints season opening win over Barron. Alex Johnson is a 6-foot, 2-inch freshman, who will see varsity minutes this season as well.

Along with a handful of sophomores, the Saints have several seniors that have been playing for much of their high school careers, including Andrew Erickson who consistently leads the team in points and rebounds, averaging 14 points per game and 10 rebounds. Erickson and Niko Neuman were both all-conference players last year, with Neuman averaging 10 points per game and four assists. Senior Nick Lunde averaged eight points per game and junior Jake Jacobson was the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main point guard. Trevor Cross, a 5-foot-11 junior, and Zarek Kubesh, a 6-foot-4 senior are also back and 6-foot-1 MXQLRU 0DUN :DPSĂ HU ZLOO EH D VWHDG\ contributor as well.

Hall believes the team has a lot of depth this season and, along with experience, he feels their shooting could be a big strength. But consistency and controlling turnovers will be something theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll need to work on as the season rolls along. Either way, he feels the conference is there for the taking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unity has to be the favorite with the deep playoff run last year. Luck has a good mix of experience and talented youth. But, in reality, it is hard to count anyone out,â&#x20AC;? Hall said.

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are excited to see who competes and emerges that can give us more depth on the varsity level,â&#x20AC;? Fisher said.

The coach hopes the team can put up more points than last season and play a little more up-tempo. He also believes the team will play solid defense as they did during the previous season.

Key returning players include inside powers Oliver Raboin and Dakota Ward, who are both seniors, and sophomore Logan Bader, who was impressive in his freshman debut last year. Along with size on the inside, the team returns guards Dylan Ruck and Zac Johnson. From there, the team will look to the bench, where Fisher sees a possible weakness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our potential weakness will be our lack of experience from our bench players. There is a lot of talent there, which creates a lot of competition at practice and makes us better each and every day. I see this turning into a strength as the season progresses,â&#x20AC;? Fisher said.

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Webster has a new face at head coach again this season under Rob Scherrer, who was also an assistant football coach for the Tigers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am excited to be in Webster where there is a strong basketball tradition. I am also excited for the returning players that we have. We are returning 90-percent of our scoring from last year,â&#x20AC;? Sherrer said.

The Tigers have two seniors, Oudy Weber and Michael Johnson coming back, as well as juniors Dade McCarthy and Shawn Stevens.

Despite being a young and inexperienced team last season, the Tigers should be a year improved in what many are calling a well-balanced conference, and Sherrer says he sees that his team has a good feel of the varsity level, as well as TXLFNQHVV DQG DWKOHWHV ZKR FDQ VKRRW WKH ball effectively.

6HQLRU $QGUHZ (ULFNVRQ LV RQH RI VHYHUDO SOD\HUV IRU WKH 6DLQWV ZKR VWD\V FRQVLVWHQW WKURXJK RXW WKH VHDVRQ +H KDG KLV ILUVW GRXEOH GRXEOH DJDLQVW %DUURQ GXULQJ WKHLU ILUVW JDPH RI WKH VHD VRQ z 3KRWRV E\ 0DUN %HOO %DUURQ 1HZV 6KLHOG 6LUHQ 'UDJRQV SIREN â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Siren Dragons are a likely candidate for a conference title this seaVRQ HVSHFLDOO\ LI WKHLU \RXWKIXO VTXDG FDQ LPSURYH RQ ODVW VHDVRQ ZKHQ WKH\ Ă&#x20AC;Qished 2-10 overall in the conference. That might seem like a long shot on paper but considering how close the Dragons came to winning several games last season, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a stretch to say theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be in the hunt for a conference title. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know that we had 12 games that were winnable games last season, with four minutes to go in each game. We lost RI WKRVH JDPHV :H UHWXUQ Ă&#x20AC;YH RI seven guys from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team so we should be able to turn around those numbers to our favor,â&#x20AC;? said coach Jon Ruud who, like many others, believes the conference will be very balanced this year.

On defense, Ruud feels the team has a long way to go after winning their season opener against Flambeau but, offensively, the Dragons should be balanced. They are also a young team, with two seniors who were starters last season, David St. John and Jared Emery. There are three juniors including Michael Kosloski, Bryce Highstrom and Nathan Marten, as well as two sophomores, Josiah Wegner and Aaron 5XXG ZKR VDZ VLJQLĂ&#x20AC;FDQW SOD\LQJ WLPH as freshmen.

8QLW\ (DJOHV BALSAM LAKE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Unity Eagles were just a game short of playing in Madison last season and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a tough team to beat again as they return several NH\ SOD\HUV DQG ZLOO Ă&#x20AC;OO WKH YRLG RI WKHLU graduated seniors with some talented younger players, according to coach Shaun Fisher. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Following a great season like last year, we are excited to see how much we can build on that success and continue to improve this season. We have a great group of young men that are competitive and work very hard. We have some talented guys that will be inexperienced, but we

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West Lakeland girls basketball season set to begin Marty Seeger|Staff writer FREDERIC â&#x20AC;&#x201C; There are two new coaches highlighting the West Lakeland girls basketball conference with John Dickinsen in Grantsburg and Rory Paulsen at Unity. %RWK ZLOO EH HQWHULQJ WKHLU Ă&#x20AC;UVW VHDVRQ LQ what looks to be a tough conference and many feel the Saints are a favorite after winning the conference title last season.

But many teams hope to stand in the way, starting with the Frederic Vikings, who bring back most of their starting core including all-conference players Lara Harlander, a junior guard, and senior Carly Gustafson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re expecting big things out of them and I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got some pretty good players around them to make us that much better,â&#x20AC;? said Vikings coach Troy Wink. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it has the potential to be a good year.â&#x20AC;?

Fredericâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other seniors include Abigail Brightbill, Lexi Domagala and Brandi Bahr, but the team will be shorter on numbers this season with only 14 total, which could be a potential weakness. But as long as the Vikings avoid injury and foul trouble, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be tough to beat. ´, WKLQN ZH¡YH JRW VRPH TXDOLW\ :H GRQ¡W KDYH WKH TXDQWLW\ EXW ZH GR KDYH TXDOLW\ WKLV \HDU Âľ :LQN VDLG The Vikings also have three sophoPRUHV ZKR ZLOO OLNHO\ VHH VLJQLĂ&#x20AC;FDQW YDUsity time including Taylor Alseth, Ann Chenal and Emily Amundson. Wink said that roster numbers are concerning him a little bit as heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to see enough players for both JV and varsity, but he does see several strengths this season, that could include a well-balanced scoring attack. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our biggest asset should be that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have balanced scoring. I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll KDYH Ă&#x20AC;YH NLGV RXW WKHUH DW D WLPH WKDW can score,â&#x20AC;? said Wink, adding that team TXLFNQHVV VKRXOG EH DQRWKHU VWUHQJWK The Vikings should know early how they stack up against the conference as their season begins with a game against Solon Springs, and the start of the conference opener against Unity, followed by St. )UHGHULF V /DUD +DUODQGHU LV EDFN IRU WKH 9LNLQJV WKLV VHDVRQ DORQJ ZLWK VHYHUDO RWKHUV ZKR Croix Falls and Luck. Their game against DUH D \HDU LPSURYHG DQG KXQJU\ IRU D VSRW QHDU WKH WRS RI WKH :HVW /DNHODQG z /HDGHU ILOH SKRWRV

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Unity is on Friday, Dec. 6. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have a great idea before Christmas where the conference is starting to shake out,â&#x20AC;? Wink said.

*UDQWVEXUJ 3LUDWHV GRANTSBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Pirates new head coach John Dickinsen has been at the Grantsburg School District for the past four years and, for three of those years, he was the assistant boys basketball coach under Nick Hallberg. He was also an assistant football coach, and during his college years at UW-Eau Claire, he helped coach basketball and football at Fall Creek, where he graduated from high school.

Dickinsen will be working with a bit of inexperience this season as thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only one senior with varsity experience, Macy Hanson, who is a solid all-around player and team leader. Olivia Tucker and Violet Ohnstad are two others with varsity experience from last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had, overall, a good week of practice. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be extremely young, two seniors, one of which has never played before, no juniors, three sophomores and a bunch of freshmen,â&#x20AC;? said Dickinsen, adding that the freshman crew is extremely excited, since many will OLNHO\ VHH WLPH RQ WKH YDUVLW\ VTXDG Along with the goal of winning games each week, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the goal of improving every week and simply working hard on defense, which the Pirates hope can be a strength. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully, we can get some turnovers and convert on them,â&#x20AC;? Dickinsen said, but added that one of their weaknesses could be in scoring. Despite any weaknesses the WHDP HQFRXQWHUV 'LFNLQVHQ LV FRQĂ&#x20AC;GHQW theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to give teams some good games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A big thing for us is just focusing on getting better,â&#x20AC;? Dickinsen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re young enough, we need to focus so much on us, fundamentalwise, and just to make sure that we improve a lot this year.â&#x20AC;? /XFN &DUGLQDOV LUCK â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Cardinals basketball team is returning several key players from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team that went 10-2 in the conference, which should make them very competitive. The team lost four seniors to graduation including Avery Steen, ZKR Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG ZLWK PRUH WKDQ FDUHHU points. Longtime head coach Marty Messar is hoping his girls can improve offensively this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really replace somebody like that. You just have everybody else come in and pick up the slack and maybe do more than they were asked to do in the past, and I think the kids are capable of doing that,â&#x20AC;? Messar said.

Most of the returning players have varsity experience, especially since the Cardinals had a string of injuries last season.

Coming back, they have Tessa Clemenson, Jillian Klatt, Jenni Holdt, Whitney Petersen, Camille Marsten, Angela Gore, Tayler Dow and Darian Ogilvie. Reilly Giller, who played JV last season, will also play varsity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of these kids have been in the system for awhile now; this is their fourth year if they are seniors. I think we should have a pretty good idea of what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re supposed to be doing out there. Whether we do it or not, that remains to be seen,â&#x20AC;? said Messar, but said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very pleased with the returning players he has.

Along with experience, Messar says the WHDP KDV D JRRG PL[ RI VL]H TXLFNQHVV and athleticism, but everyone will need to step up their game, offensively. The Cardinals schedule to start the season will be a big challenge. After hosting Cumberland in the season opener, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll travel to Northwood, followed by Siren, Frederic, Clayton and St. Croix Falls. ´,W ZLOO GHĂ&#x20AC;QLHWO\ WHOO D ORW DERXW ZKHUH we are and where we need to get to,â&#x20AC;?

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Bella Nelson signs with Missouri S and T LUCK â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Luck senior Bella Nelson signed a national letter of intent to play for the Missouri University of Science and Technology Miners volleyball team last Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the Luck High School. Teammates, friends and family, including Nelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dad Al, mother Jen and brother Sam were present for the event as well as Superintendent Rick Palmer, and former high school Principal and athletic director Mark Gobler. Missouri S and T is a Division 2 program located in Rolla, Mo., and part of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

The Miners went 10-8 in the GLVC this VHDVRQ EXW Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG LQ ZKLFK included a conference championship in DQG WKH WHDP¡V Ă&#x20AC;UVW SRVWVHDVRQ DSpearance in school history under coach Jason Holt, who helped turn the Miners into a winning program over his past six seasons as Miners head coach. Holt said in a press release that a total of three players signed to the Lady Miners, including Nelson, Lexi White and Claire Friedlund. ´7KLV QHZ FODVV ZLOO Ă&#x20AC;OO WKH QHHGV ZH have on the left side, as well as give us outstanding depth in a couple key positions,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am excited about the addition of these three outstanding student-athletes to our eighth season of Miner volleyball. Each brings something XQLTXH WR WKH SURJUDP DQG ZLOO SURYLGH XV outstanding options at all positions both

offensively and defensively. Claire, Bella and Lexi are incredibly strong students as well, that will excel in the academic atmosphere of S&T. We are honored to have them apart of our program.â&#x20AC;?

According to Luck coach Jen Nelson, also Bellaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mom, Missouri S and T is a great academic school, and Bella hopes to study engineering in some format, as well as minor in explosives.

Nelson has been an outstanding outside hitter for Luck all four years, earning her second all-state mention this season.

6KH Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG QLQWK LQ WKH VWDWH LQ NLOOV DQG fourth in the state in ace serves. She was rookie of the year during the 2010 season and team captain and MVP her junior and senior year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bella is an outstanding get for the 0LQHUV 6KH Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHV KHU RXWVWDQGLQJ LQterscholastic career as one of the best players in the state of Wisconsin,â&#x20AC;? Holt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She is a solid and balanced six-rotation outside hitter, who has outstanding range both offensively and defensively and immediately makes us better on the left side. We look for Bella to come in and challenge for time right away while she picks up the speed and aggressiveness of the collegiate game.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Marty Seeger with information from Luke Rinne, assistant sports information director and minerathletics.com /XFN VHQLRU %HOOD 1HOVRQ VLJQHG D QDWLRQDO OHWWHU RI LQWHQW WR SOD\ IRU WKH 0LQHUV ZRPHQ V YRO OH\EDOO WHDP DW 0LVVRXUL 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 6FLHQFH DQG 7HFKQRORJ\ ODVW :HGQHVGD\ 1RY DW WKH /XFN +LJK 6FKRRO 3LFWXUHG DUH 1HOVRQ ZLWK PRP DQG FRDFK -HQ 1HOVRQ GDG $O DQG EURWKHU 6DP

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Luck controls Cumberland in first win of the season UnityĆ&#x201A; SirenĆ&#x201A; SCF start season Ĺ&#x201C;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x2019; Luck 56, Cumberland 47 Marty Seeger|Staff writer LUCK â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Cardinals played a strong Ă&#x20AC;UVW KDOI WR GHIHDW &XPEHUODQG RQ 7KXUVday, Nov. 21, during the season opener.

It was a good win for Luck, who built a VL]DEOH OHDG LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW KDOI 6RSKRPRUH Noah Mortel scored nine points in the Ă&#x20AC;UVW DQG OHG WKH &DUGV ZLWK LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW half and 14 points overall. Senior Karsten 3HWHUVHQ KDG QLQH SRLQWV LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW KDOI and 12 overall. ´,W ZDV D EHWWHU Ă&#x20AC;UVW KDOI SUREDEO\ WKDQ the second half. We got inside a lot, and took advantage of that. Both Karsten and Noah did a really nice job, I thought. The guys did a good job of getting them the ball and I guess we built up a big enough OHDG LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW KDOI Âľ VDLG /XFN FRDFK Rick Giller after the game, as his Cardinals led 38-17 at the half. /XFN VWLOO KDG D SRLQW OHDG ZLWK Ă&#x20AC;YH minutes to go in the game with Logan Hamack and Trent Strapon knocking GRZQ SRLQWHUV HDUO\ LQ WKH TXDUWHU but the Beavers came back a bit, getting to within eight points with just over two minutes to go. But as the Cardinals had done throughout much of the game, their defense stepped up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Connor did a good job on No. 3, and so did Logan both defensively.

And I think, defensively, we did all right and we were strong on the boards. Kids did a really nice job there too,â&#x20AC;? Giller said.

Hamack finished the game with 12 points, followed by Strapon with nine points off three 3-pointers. Taylor /XFN V .DUVWHQ 3HWHUVHQ SXWV LW LQ IRU WZR SRLQWV GXULQJ D &DUGLQDOV ZLQ DJDLQVW &XPEHUODQG Hawkins added eight and Casey Ekholm RQ 7KXUVGD\ 1RY z 3KRWR E\ 0DUW\ 6HHJHU had one.

Turtle Lake 78, Frederic 75 St. Croix Falls 52, Barron 35 FREDERIC â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Vikings were put to BARRON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Saints boys basketball the test during their season opener against team defeated Barron on Thursday, Nov. Turtle Lake on Thursday, Nov. 21, but fell 21, notching a win in their season opener. by just three points.

The St. Croix Falls defense held the Bears â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boys played hard, just came up short,â&#x20AC;? WR MXVW WKUHH SRLQWV LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW TXDUWHU DQG said Vikings coach Ryan Lind. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had the Saints led 24-10 at halftime. three shot opportunities in the last 15 secAndrew Erickson led the Saints with onds, we just couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t connect. Have to 14 points, followed by Lovro Kusec with give Turtle Lake credit. They are a solid 13, Jacob Jacobson, eight, Nick Lunde team!â&#x20AC;?

DQG 0DUN :DPSĂ HU HDFK KDG Ă&#x20AC;YH =DUHN The high-scoring game featured an Kubesh, three, and Niko Neuman and WLH DIWHU WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW TXDUWHU DQG )UHGeric trailed 38-35 at halftime. The Vikings WUDLOHG KHDGLQJ LQWR WKH IRXUWK TXDUter. The Lakers shot well from the freethrow line going 14 of 18, and 13 of 15 in the second half.

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Erickson completed a double double with 13 rebounds, while Neuman had six DQG .XVHF KDG Ă&#x20AC;YH UHERXQGV 1HXPDQ (ULFNVRQ DQG .XVHF HDFK KDG Ă&#x20AC;YH DVVLVWV Siren 71, Flambeau 49 SIREN â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Dragon boys basketball team won their season opener at home against Flambeau on Thursday, Nov. 21. $V LV WKH FDVH ZLWK DQ\ Ă&#x20AC;UVW JDPH RI WKH VHDVRQ WHDPV OHDUQ TXLFNO\ DERXW WKHLU strengths and weaknesses, and what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll need to improve on as the season moves forward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought that we did a few things well IRU WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW JDPH RI WKH \HDU DV ZHOO DV also recognizing that we have a long way to go. We did a nice job, offensively, in the Ă&#x20AC;UVW KDOI VFRULQJ IURP ERWK WKH LQVLGH DQG the outside,â&#x20AC;? said Siren coach Jon Ruud.

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Emery scored 14 points for the Dragons while Josiah Wegner added eight, Corey Bauer and Nate Martin each had six, Neil Oustigoff added three and Mike Kosloski and Bryce Highstrom each had two.

Unity 46, Osceola 31 BALSAM LAKE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Eagles grabbed WKHLU Ă&#x20AC;UVW ZLQ RI WKH VHDVRQ DW KRPH GXUing a game against Osceola on Thursday, Nov. 21. Oliver Raboin and Dakota Ward combined for 24 points, with 12 points apiece against the Chieftains, as the Eagles led 18-13 at halftime and pulled further away in the second half.

Zac Johnson had eight points for the Eagles and Logan Bader added seven, Dylan Ruck had four and Hunter Fjorden had three.

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Girls bball/from page 15 Lakeland girls basketball season and will hope to defend their conference champiRQVKLS IURP WKH VHDVRQ DIWHU Ă&#x20AC;Qishing 11-1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;New year, new team, new season with new memories to be made,â&#x20AC;? said Saints coach Angie Maternowsky.

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After suffering a season-ending knee injury last season, senior Jessica Rademacher is back this season. She will be a key forward alongside the Saints only junior, Mariah Rohm, who stepped up big to help Ă&#x20AC;OO WKH YRLG ZKHQ 5DGHPDFKHU ZHQW RXW last season. Guards McKenzie Christenson and Matti Gerlach are also back this year with varsity experience. There are also four sophomores and two freshmen.

Maternowsky says the team strength will be in the post, and she expects the Saints to be a fast team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(We) hope to defend the championship. There are always surprises in the season and in the conference.â&#x20AC;?

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Karsten is never afraid to show his enthusiasm during the game and will bring back that same excitement throughout the year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coaching kids, that is the best part for me. I love to see how players hard work in the offseason pays off. I also love to compete against other schools. I love game night!â&#x20AC;?

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Karsten says the team strengths will be in the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knowledge of the game, as well as their interior players, but lack of height and varsity experience could be a weakness. Either way, Karsten feels the conference will be well-balanced and there are many teams who have a shot at the conference title and more. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will be a very fun season where there may be a lot of teams that will have a shot DW PDNLQJ UHJLRQDO Ă&#x20AC;QDOV RU IXUWKHU LI WKH\ come together and gel at the right time!â&#x20AC;?

includes the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to the weight room and overall physical strength. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The players on this team also appear to be very good friends. This, too, could be a strength.â&#x20AC;?

Although Paulsen isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too familiar with what the rest of the West Lakeland Conference will bring just yet, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hopeful the team will be competitive and give each one a good contest.

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Coach Jeff Roberts is most excited about the attitude of the kids and the numbers, and says the biggest strengths are attitude and hustle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have been working really hard this Ă&#x20AC;UVW ZHHN RI SUDFWLFH Âľ 5REHUWV VDLG DQG isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure about how the conference season will shake out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You would probably have to give the nod to St. Croix Falls at this point, but who knows. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a new year and everyone has a shot,â&#x20AC;? said Roberts.

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Enthusiasm high, temps and harvest numbers low MADISON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Though opening weekend temperatures were cold, more than 615,000 people bought deer licenses, nearly 27,000 of them buying licenses to JR RXW KXQWLQJ IRU WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW WLPH 0DQ\ hunters went out with hopes of getting a deer, knowing that despite extremely cold temperatures, they would likely all be guaranteed the making of warm memories.

7KRXJK KXQWHUV GHĂ&#x20AC;QH VXFFHVV LQ GLIIHUent ways, 110,298 deer were successfully harvested and registered in Wisconsin during opening weekend of the nine-day deer season. The tally is based on preliminary call-in numbers collected from registration stations by Department of Natural Resources staff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Congratulations to all hunters who endured the cold and were able to harvest a deer opening weekend of the nine-day.

Though getting a deer is often the ultimate goal, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the whole experience of spending time with friends and family, engaging in the traditions, and getting outdoors that makes the hunt so fun, even if a deer is not brought home,â&#x20AC;? said DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope those that werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to get a deer during the season opener will get back out there and enjoy the rest of the days of the season. ´:H VDZ TXLWH D IHZ QHZ KXQWHUV WDNing part in the traditions this year, with females representing 33 percent of resiGHQW Ă&#x20AC;UVW WLPH JXQ GHHU OLFHQVHV VROG Âľ Stepp said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the extremely cold temperatures opening weekend, many of WKHVH QHZ KXQWHUV KDG TXLWH WKH LQLWLDWLRQ This makes me even more proud of the stories and the photos being shared with us, showing them having fun whether they got a deer or not. If people havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t checked out our Facebook photo album of pictures collected over the weekend, they really should. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great reminder of what the season is all about!â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is one opening weekend of the gun deer season that hunters wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t soon forget,â&#x20AC;? said Tom Hauge, DNR wildlife management bureau director. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In over 40 years of hunting I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recall a deer season that started out this cold. So it comes as no surprise that the weather conditions had a direct impact on the harvest throughout the state. But the season is still young and there are plenty of deer to be hunted, so I hope folks will get back out there and enjoy the rest of the season.â&#x20AC;?

Overall, the statewide harvest is down just under 18 percent from 2012, and registration decreased in all regions.

The 2013 preliminary count of 110,797 is down 17.8 percent from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening weekend tally of 134,772. The preliminary buck harvest for the 2013 opening weekend is down 25 percent, at 53,865. It was 71,989 in 2012. The preliminary antlerless harvest is down 9 percent at 56,932 (62,783 in 2012). â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to remind folks that these preliminary numbers come from a staff call-around to deer registration stations WKLV PRUQLQJ Âľ VDLG +DXJH ´7KH Ă&#x20AC;QDO opening weekend tally will likely be somewhat larger, when all the registration stubs are entered into the database over the next couple of months.â&#x20AC;?

Weather is one of many factors that can LQĂ XHQFH KDUYHVW UDWHV RQ RSHQLQJ ZHHNend, but it played a big role this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reports from up in this area, as well as from around the entire state, say that a lot of people were leaving the woods by midmorning on Saturday because they just couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take the cold any longer,â&#x20AC;? said DNR big game ecologist Kevin Wallenfang, who spent the weekend working at registration stations in Vilas County. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe Sunday was even colder, so it stands to reason that the overall effort in trying to get a deer was down considerably for a lot of people this weekend. Before the hunt started, we speculated about factors that could impact the harvest like the late opener and rutting activity. But this year, weather was the biggest factor, and something we cannot predict.â&#x20AC;?

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other factor that is expected to impact overall harvest in the north is permit levels. Wallenfang said that antlerless permit numbers across the north are at the lowest levels seen since the 1990s and a reduced antlerless harvest is expected this year.

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The neighboring states of Michigan and Minnesota saw similar conditions, and both have reported a comparatively lower deer harvest this fall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These preliminary numbers are just a small part of the events of opening weekend that we all look forward to. Over 615,000 people purchased licenses to take part in the hunt and I suspect that for every deer reported there are 10 great deer camp stories made. We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tally the lifelong memories made or the value in sharing the traditions of the hunt with thousands of new hunters, but we know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high,â&#x20AC;? said Hauge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is Wisconsinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 162nd deer season, with generations RI KXQWHUV JRLQJ WR WKH Ă&#x20AC;HOG VRPHWLPHV getting deer and sometimes not. In my experience, the thing that keeps people coming back year after year is the camaraderie and the chance to keep the traditions of the season alive,â&#x20AC;? added Hauge.

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7KRXJK '15 GRHV QRW WUDFN QRQĂ&#x20AC;UHarm-related incidents, there have been reports of injuries resulting from falls from tree stands. About one-third of all hunters will take a fall from a tree stand during their hunting careers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This serves as an important reminder to everyone hunting during the remainder of the deer season to wear a full-body safety harness, use a haul line to raise and lower your XQORDGHG Ă&#x20AC;UHDUP DQG FDUU\ D FHOO SKRQH in a secure pocket you can reach in the event of a fall,â&#x20AC;? said conservation warden Jon King, hunter education administrator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Please refresh your knowledge of tree stand safety on our website.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;As the season continues, we want to stress the importance of hunters keeping safety foremost in their minds at all times on the hunt â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and during all deer drives,â&#x20AC;? said King.

King noted that historically about one(QWKXVLDVP UHPDLQV KLJK third of Wisconsinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shooting incidents 7KH GHSDUWPHQW¡V OLFHQVH VDOHV RIĂ&#x20AC;FH UH- happen during deer drives, usually beported 615,872 gun deer licenses sold by cause someone wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t where they were midnight, Nov. 22, prior to the Saturday supposed to be or someone shot at a deer start of the season. Deer license and tag when they did not have a safe backstop or sales will continue through the hunting in a direction they should not have been seasons. shooting.

This year, 26,690 new hunters bought â&#x20AC;&#x153;Always be sure of your target and OLFHQVHV WR GHHU KXQW IRU WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW WLPH RU anything behind it, and if you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure, IRU WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW WLPH LQ \HDUV )HPDOHV UHS- donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shoot. Know where your bullet will resented 33 percent of all residents who impact if you miss,â&#x20AC;? said King. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is re:LQWHU PDNHV DQ HQWUDQFH IRU ally important that hunting parties wantSXUFKDVHG Ă&#x20AC;UVW WLPH JXQ GHHU OLFHQVHV â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am really excited to see the num- ing to drive deer have a plan and that RSHQLQJ GD\ EHU RI ZRPHQ KHDGLQJ WR WKH Ă&#x20AC;HOG 7KLV they follow that plan to the letter. KnowOpening weekend saw temperatures as is a segment we have been focusing on, ing where your hunting mates are and low as minus 9 degrees and winds gustknowing that if we get the women in- where safe shooting lanes are is critical.â&#x20AC;? ing to 25 mph. volved in hunting, we also get the family â&#x20AC;&#x153;Making 2013 a safe season is the best involved. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such an important way to deer hunting tradition to maintain. A safe keep our hunting heritage strong,â&#x20AC;? said hunt is a successful hunt,â&#x20AC;? Stepp conStepp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I also want to recognize that 54 cluded. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from the DNR Ă&#x20AC;UVW WLPH OLFHQVHV ZHUH VROG WR KXQWHUV and older going into opening weekend.

The involvement of so many generations in the deer hunt truly illustrates how deep the deer hunting tradition runs in Wisconsin.â&#x20AC;?

Keith Warnke, DNR hunting and shooting sport coordinator, reports efforts to reach out to female hunters appear to be successful, with the number of female hunters aged 10 to 30 increasing by 10 percent this year and overall, females making up 10 percent of all deer license sales.

Deer hunters continued to engage in another standing tradition, buying their license on the way up to deer camp Friday, with 102,742 licenses sold Friday before the season opener.

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Notices/Employment opportunities (Nov.  20,  27,  Dec.  4) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY Royal  Credit  Union, a  Wisconsin  state  chartered  credit  union, 200  Riverfront  Terrace Eau  Claire,  Wisconsin  54703, Plaintiff, vs.

Mary  F.  Kelash P.O.  Box  273 Taylors  Falls,  Minnesota  55084, John  Doe,  Mary  Roe,  and  XYZ  corporation, Defendants.

Case  Type:  30404 Case  No.  13CV159 NOTICE  OF  FORECLOSURE  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE,  that  by  virtue  of  that  certain  Findings  of  Fact,  Conclusions  of  Law,  Order  for  Judgment,  and  Judgment  entered  and  filed  in  the  above-­entitled  action  on  June  12,  2013,  the  Sheriff  of  Polk  County,  Wisconsin,  will  sell  the  following  described  real  property  at  public  auction  as  follows: DATE/TIME:  December  19,  2013,  at  10:00  a.m.

TERMS:  10%  of  successful  bid  must  be  paid  to  Sheriff  at  sale  in  certified  funds,  with  the  bal-­ ance  due  and  owing  on  the  date  of  confirmation  of  the  sale  by  the  Court.

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

LEGAL  DESCRIPTION:  LOT  24,  BLOCK  27,  ORIGINAL  PLAT  OF  THE  CITY  OF  ST.  CROIX  FALLS,  POLK  COUN-­ TY,  WISCONSIN. (FOR  INFORMATIONAL  PUR-­ POSES  ONLY:  Plaintiff  be-­ lieves  that  the  property  ad-­ dress  is  224  Adams  Street,  St.  Croix  Falls,  Wisconsin).

Dated:  October  28,  2013.

Peter  Johnson Sheriff  of  Polk  County,  Wisconsin THIS  INSTRUMENT  WAS  DRAFTED  BY: ANASTASI  JELLUM,  P.A. 14985  60th  Street  North Stillwater,  MN  55082 (651)  439-­2951 Garth  G.  Gavenda/#16718 >5(?37

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PUBLIC  NOTICE VILLAGE  OF  WEBSTER WINTER  PARKING  RESTRICTIONS VILLAGE  ORDINANCE  SEC.  8-­1-­3C No  person  shall  park  any  vehicle,  emergency  vehicles  excluded,  on  any  street  in  the  Village  of  Webster  between  the  hours  of  2  a.m.  and  10  a.m.  on  any  day  between  November  1  and  the  following  April  1,  unless  streets  have  been  cleared  of  snow,  except  upon  permission  granted  each  day  by  the  Village  Police  Department  upon  daily  application  thereto.  Unless  oth-­ erwise  posted.

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HELP WANTED CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Burnett Dairy Cooperative is currently accepting applications for the position of a Customer Service Representative for our Energy and Feed departments. This is a full-time day shift position with an excellent benefit package.

The Customer Service Representative will be the main contact for all customer questions regarding Burnett Dairyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fuel, Propane and Feed service. Duties will include scheduling deliveries and service, order entry, price quotation and technical support.

Qualifications: At least two years of demonstrated customer service experience. Experience in propane, fuel and/or feed office experience is desired and will give applicant higher consideration. Applicants must have the ability to work with minimum direction, be proficient with Microsoft Office and industry specific software and have excellent communication skills. The right candidate must meet all core values: positive attitude, flexibility, accuracy, integrity and strive for continued improvement.

Applications for this position will be accepted through 12/07/2013.

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The Polk County Land Information Committee will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at 9 a.m. in the Government Center (county boardroom), Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, to consider the following & other agenda items: GEORGEINA Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;CONNELL: District change from Agricultural to Commercial, located at: 285 145th Ave., part of the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4, Sec. 22/T34N/R15W, Town of Beaver (2 acres).

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Nov  13,  20,  27 STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY Royal  Credit  Union, a  Wisconsin  state  chartered  credit  union, 200  Riverfront  Terrace Eau  Claire,  Wisconsin  54703, Plaintiff, vs.

Wendy  K.  Stone 2096  Poplar  Lane Dresser,  Wisconsin  54009, John  Doe,  Mary  Roe,  and  XYZ  corporation, Defendants.

PUBLICATION  SUMMONS Case  Type:  30404 Case  No.  13CV434 THE  STATE  OF  WISCONSIN  TO  WENDY  K.  STONE: YOU  ARE  HEREBY  NOTIFIED  that  Plaintiff,  Royal  Credit  Union,  a  Wisconsin  state  chartered  credit  union,  has  filed  a  lawsuit  or  other  legal  action  against  you.

WITHIN  forty  (40)  days  after  November  13,  2013,  you  must  respond  with  a  written  demand  for  a  copy  of  the  Complaint.   The  demand  must  be  sent  or  deliv-­ ered  to  the  Polk  County  Clerk  of  Court,  Polk  County  Justice  Center,  whose  address  is  1005  West  Main  Street,  Suite  300,  Balsam  Lake,  Wisconsin  54810,  and  to  Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  attorneys,  Anastasi  Jellum,  P.A.,  whose  address  is  14985  60th  Street  North,  Stillwater,  Minnesota  55082.   You  may  have  an  attorney  help  or  represent  you.

If  you  do  not  demand  a  copy  of  the  Complaint  within  forty  (40)  days,  the  Court  may  grant  judg-­ ment  against  you  for  the  award  of  money  or  other  legal  action  requested  in  the  Complaint,  and  you  may  lose  your  right  to  object  to  anything  that  is  or  may  be  incorrect  in  the  Complaint.   A  judgment  may  be  enforced  as  provided  by  law.   A  judgment  awarding  money  may  become  a  lien  against  any  real  estate  you  own  now  or  may  in  the  future,  and  may  also  be  enforced  by  garnishment  or  seizure  of  prop-­ erty.

ANASTASI  JELLUM,  P.A. Dated:  Nov.  1,  2013 Garth  G.  Gavenda,  #1079588 Joshua  D.  Christensen,  #1089857 14985  60th  Street  North Stillwater,  MN   55082 Telephone:   651-­439-­2951 Attorneys  for  Plaintiff #16887 3W >5(?37

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VILLAGE  OF  LUCK GENERAL  MUNICIPAL  &  ORDINANCE  PROSECUTION LEGAL  SERVICES REQUEST  FOR  PROPOSALS The  Village  of  Luck  is  accepting  sealed  proposals  consisting  of  seven  (7)  hard  copies  and  one  (1)  electronic  copy  (Word  or  PDF  format  on  CD)  at  the  Village  Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Office,  401  Main  Street,  Luck,  WI  54853  until  Monday,  December  30,  2013,  at  4  p.m.,  for  the  legal  services  described  below.  Interested  parties  may  submit  proposals  for  #1,  #2  and/or  #3. #1  -­ combined  general  municipal  and  ordinance  prosecution  -­  labeled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Combined  General  Municipal  &  Ordinance  Prosecution  Legal  Services.â&#x20AC;? #2  -­ only  general  municipal  legal  services  -­  labeled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;General  Municipal  Legal  Services.â&#x20AC;? #3  -­ only  ordinance  prosecution  legal  services  -­  labeled  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ordinance  Prosecution  Legal  Services.â&#x20AC;?

Late  proposals  shall  be  returned  to  the  vendor  unopened.  Faxed  and/or  emailed  proposals  shall  not  be  accepted.  The  Board  shall  review  the  proposals  with  a  decision  anticipated  no  later  than  January  8,  2014.

Attachments  #1-­4  shall  be  part  of  the  proposal;Íž  failure  to  submit  them  with  other  required  proposal  documents  shall  render  the  proposal  unresponsive.  Additional  information  submitted  shall  be  labeled  as  Attachment  #5. â&#x20AC;˘ Attachment  1  -­ Proposerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  general  approach  to  providing  legal  services. â&#x20AC;˘ Attachment  2  -­ Proposerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  experience  most  relevant  to  that  described  in  the  Villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scope  of  Services.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Attachment  3  -­ Resources  and  support  Proposer  would  expect  from  the  Common  Board  and/or  its  employees. â&#x20AC;˘ Attachment  4  -­ Changes  Proposer  would  expect  to  be  made  to  the  Villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Scope  of  Services  should  he/she  be  selected  to  provide  legal  services.

Questions  may  be  directed  to  Village  President  Peter  Demydo-­ wich  at  715-­566-­3236  or  email  peter.demydowich@gmail.com.  Deviations  from  the  scope  of  services  and  other  aspects  of  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scope  of  Servicesâ&#x20AC;?  may  be  proposed,  but  shall  be  subject  to  the  risk  that  the  Village  will  reject  them  as  not  being  desired  and/or  requested.

The  Village  reserves  the  right  to  reject  any  and  all  proposals;Íž  request  clarification  of  the  information  submitted  and  to  request  additional  information  of  one  or  more  applicants  at  an  oral  pres-­ entation  or  interview;Íž  negotiate  changes  to  proposal(s)  which  is  deemed  most  advantageous  to  the  Village;Íž  accept  proposal(s)  based  on  any  and  all  relevant  factors  including  budgetary  re-­ strictions  and  the  Villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  desired  level  of  service;Íž  and  accept  one  proposal  for  combined  general  municipal  and  ordinance  prosecution  legal  services  or  separate  proposals  for  separate  general  municipal  and  ordinance  prosecution  legal  services.

Kevin  Kress Village  Treasurer/Interim  Clerk 3 >5(?37

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Notices/Employment opportunities Polk County marriages 'DQLHOOH 0 6XGEULQN &OD\WRQ DQG .HYLQ 5 1XVEDXP &OD\WRQ LVVXHG 1RY 'DZQ 0 %UDQGW $SSOH 5LYHU DQG &KDUOHV 7 0DVRQ $SSOH 5LYHU LVVXHG 1RY -DQH ( 4XLFN 6KRUHYLHZ 0LQQ DQG 1RUPDQ ' +DQVRQ 6WHUOLQJ LVVXHG 1RY -HQQD 0 3DOPHU 2VFHROD DQG 7\OHU 5 5RJHUV 0DKWRPHGL 0LQQ LVVXHG 1RY .DWLH 0 6FRWW 6W &URL[ )DOOV DQG -HUHP\ / $SSHO 6W &URL[ )DOOV LVVXHG 1RY (Nov.  27,  Dec.  4,  11) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT  POLK  COUNTY Nationstar  Mortgage  LLC 350  Highland  Drive Lewisville,  TX  75067 Plaintiff vs.

Karen  M.  Paulsen 256  Harrington  Drive Long  Lake,  MN  55356 Michael  J.  Tate 1796  West  White  Ash  Drive Balsam  Lake,  WI  54810 Unknown  Spouse  of  Karen  M.  Paulsen 256  Harrington  Drive Long  Lake,  MN  55356 Unknown  Spouse  of  Michael  J.  Tate 1796  West  White  Ash  Drive Balsam  Lake,  WI  54810 Defendants SUMMONS Real  Estate  Mortgage  Foreclosure Case  No:   13  CV  442 Honorable  Molly  E.  GaleWyrick Case  Code:  30404 THE  STATE  OF  WISCONSIN To  the  following  party  named  as  a  defendant  herein:  Michael  J.  Tate  and  Unknown  Spouse  of  Michael  J.  Tate You  are  hereby  notified  that  the  plaintiff  named  above  has  filed  a  lawsuit  or  other  legal  action  against  you.  The  Com-­ plaint,  which  is  also  served  upon  you,  states  the  nature  and  basis  of  the  legal  action.  Within  40  days  after  November  27,  2013,  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  Justice  Center 1005  West  Main  Street Suite  300 Balsam  Lake,  WI  54810-­9071 and  to  Dustin  McMahon/  Blommer  Peterman,  S.C.,  plain-­ tiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  attorney,  whose  address  is: Blommer  Peterman,  S.C.  165  Bishops  Way,  Suite  100 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  11th  day  of  November,  2013 Dustin  McMahon Blommer  Peterman,  S.C. State  Bar  No.  1086857 165  Bishops  Way,  Suite  100 Brookfield,  WI  53005 262-­790-­5719 Blommer  Peterman,  S.C.  is  the  creditorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  attorney  and  is  attempting  to  collect  a  debt  on  its  behalf.   Any  information  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose.

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(Nov.  13,  20,  27) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY In  the  matter  of  the  name  change  of: Hannah  Rose  Olson By  (Petitioner)  Hannah  Rose  Olson Notice  and  Order  for  Name  Change  Hearing Case  No.  13  CV  488 NOTICE  IS  GIVEN: A  petition  was  filed  asking  to  change  the  name  of  the  person  listed  above: From  Hannah  Rose  Olson To:  Hannah  Rose  Peltier Birth  Certificate:  Hannah  Rose  Olson IT  IS  ORDERED: This  petition  will  be  heard  in  the  Circuit  Court  of  Polk  County,  State  of  Wisconsin: Judgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Name:  Jeffery  Anderson Place:  1005  W.  Main  St. Balsam  Lake,  WI Date:  Dec.  6,  2013 Time:  2:45  p.m.

BY  THE  COURT: Jeffery  L.  Anderson Date:  10-­30-­13 >5(?37 (Nov.  13,  20,  27) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY BANK  OF  AMERICA,  N.A.,  AS  SUCCESSOR  BY  MERGER  TO  BAC  HOME  LOANS  SERVICING,  L.P. Plaintiff vs.

BARBARA   A.  QUALLE,  et  al.

Defendant(s) Case  No:   11  CV  511 NOTICE  OF  SHERIFFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  foreclosure  entered  on  June  25,  2012,  in  the  amount  of  $195,375.30,  the  Sheriff  will  sell  the  described  premises  at  public  auction  as  follows: TIME:  December  10,  2013,  at  10:00  a.m.

TERMS:  By  bidding  at  the  sher-­ iff  sale,  prospective  buyer  is  consenting  to  be  bound  by  the  following  terms: 1.)  10%  down  in  cash  or  money  order  at  the  time  of  sale;͞  balance  due  within  10  days  of  confirmation  of  sale;͞  failure  to  pay  balance  due  will  result  in  forfeit  of  deposit  to  plaintiff.

2.)  Sold  â&#x20AC;&#x153;as  isâ&#x20AC;?  and  subject  to  all  legal  liens  and  encum-­ brances.

3.)  Plaintiff  opens  bidding  on  the  property,  either  in  person  or  via  fax  and  as  recited  by  the  sheriff  department  in  the  event  that  no  opening  bid  is  offered,  plaintiff  retains  the  right  to  request  the  sale  be  declared  as  invalid  as  the  sale  is  fatally  defective.

PLACE:  Polk  County  Justice  Center  at  1005  W.  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  Wis. DESCRIPTION:  The  East  250  feet  of  the  South  367  feet  of  Lot  1  of  Certified  Survey  Map  No.  2139  recorded  in  Volume  10  of  Certified  Survey  Maps  on  Page  62,  as  Document  No.  551465.  Said  parcel  is  located  in  the  Southwest  1/4  of  the  Northwest  1/4,  Section  11,  Township  34  North,  Range  17  West,  in  the  Village  of  Balsam  Lake,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin.  PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  690  4th  Avenue  E,  Balsam  Lake,  WI  54810.

TAX  KEY  NO.:  106-­00618-­0200

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(Nov.  27,  Dec.  4,  11) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY CENTRAL  BANK 2270  Frontage  Road  West Stillwater,  MN  55082, Plaintiff, vs.

JAMES  S.  MEYER 110  Polk  Parkway St.  Croix  Falls,  WI  54024, J.M.  REFRIGERATION  HEATING  &  AIR  CONDITIONING  CO. 110  Polk  Parkway St.  Croix  Falls,  WI  54024 and GE  COMMERCIAL  DISTRIBUTION  FINANCE  CORPORATION P.O.  Box  958067 Hoffman  Estates,  IL  60195 Defendants.

Case  No.  13-­CV-­172 Case  Type:  30404 Contract/Replevin/Foreclosure NOTICE  OF FORECLOSURE  SALE

PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  foreclosure  entered  on  July  17,  2013,  in  the  amount  of  $685,249.45,  against  James  S.  Meyer  and  J.M.  Refrigeration  Heating  &  Air  Conditioning  Co.,  the  Sheriff  will  sell  the  described  premises  at  public  auction  as  follows: TIME:  Jan.  9,  2014,  at  10  a.m.

TERMS: Pursuant  to  said  judgment,  10%  of  the  successful  bid  must  be  paid  to  the  sheriff  at  the  sale  in  cash,  cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  check  or  certified  funds,  payable  to  the  clerk  of  courts  (personal  checks  cannot  and  will  not  be  accepted).  The  balance  of  the  successful  bid  must  be  paid  to  the  clerk  of  courts  in  cash,  cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  check  or  certified  funds  no  later  than  ten  days  after  the  courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  confirmation  of  the  sale  or  else  the  10%  down  payment  is  forfeited  to  the  plaintiff.   The  property  is  sold  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;as  isâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  and  subject  to  all  liens  and  encumbrances.

PLACE: In  the  foyer  area  of  the  Polk  County  Justice  Center,  1005  West  Main  Street,  in  the  City  of  Balsam  Lake,  Polk  County.

DESCRIPTION:   Lot  Nine  (9)  of  Certified  Survey  Map.  No.  3382  as  recorded  in  Volume  15  of  Certified  Survey  Maps  on  page  149  as  Document  No.  613857,  formerly  being  a  part  of  Lot  7  of  Certified  Survey  Map  No.  3258  as  recorded  in  Volume  15  on  page  25,  lo-­ cated  in  the  Northwest  Quarter  of  the  Southwest  Quarter  (NW  1/4  of  the  SW  1/4),  Section  28,  Township  34  North,  Range  18  West,  City  of  St.  Croix  Falls,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin.

Dated  this  18th  day  of  PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  110  October,  2013.

Polk  Parkway,  St.  Croix  Falls,  Scott  D.  Nabke WI,  54001.   PIN/Tax  ID  No.  Blommer  Peterman,  S.C. 281-­01381-­0900.

State  Bar  No.  1037979 Peter  Johnson 165  Bishops  Way,  Suite  100 Polk  County  Sheriff Brookfield,  WI  53005 MURNANE  BRANDT 262-­790-­5719 Attorneys  for  Plaintiff /s/Sheriff  Peter  M.  Johnson 30  E.  7th  Street,  Suite  3200 Polk  County  Sheriff St.  Paul,  MN  55101-­4919 Please  go  to  www.blommer-­ Pursuant  to  the  Fair  Debt  peterman.com  to  obtain  the  bid  Collection  Practices  Act  (15  for  this  sale.  Blommer  Peter-­ U.S.C.  Section  1692),  we  are  man,  S.C.,  is  the  creditorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  required  to  state  that  we  are  attorney  and  is  attempting  to  attempting  to  collect  a  debt  on  collect  a  debt  on  its  behalf.  Any  our  clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  behalf  and  any  information  obtained  will  be  information  we  obtain  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. used  for  that  purpose.  >5(?37 >5(?37

(Nov. Â 20, Â 27, Â Dec. Â 4) STATE Â OF Â WISCONSIN CIRCUIT Â COURT POLK Â COUNTY CENTRAL Â BANK, Â AS Â SUCCESSOR Â IN Â INTEREST Â TO Â THE Â RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

MIKBRICO Â OF Â WISCONSIN, Â LLC, Â MICHAEL Â E. Â MUSKE, Â ABC Â PARTNERSHIP, Â XYZ Â CORPORATION, Â JOHN Â DOE Â AND Â MARY Â ROE, Defendants.

Case  No.  13-­CV-­24 Money  Judgment:  30301 Foreclosure  of  Mortgage:  30404 NOTICE  OF FORECLOSURE  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  and  pursuant  to  a  Judgment  of  Foreclosure  en-­ tered  in  the  above-­entitled  ac-­ tion  on  June  21,  2013,  in  the  amount  of  $255,793.89,  the  Sheriff  of  Polk  County,  or  his  authorized  designees,  will  sell  the  described  premises  at  public  auction  as  follows: DATE  AND  TIME  OF  SALE:  January  2,  2014,  at  10  a.m.  TERMS  OF  SALE: 1.  Ten  percent  (10%)  of  the  successful  bid  must  be  paid  at  the  sale  in  cash,  cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  check  or  certified  funds,  pay-­ able  to  the  Polk  County  Clerk  of  Courts  (personal  checks  cannot  and  will  not  be  ac-­ cepted).  The  balance  of  the  successful  bid  must  be  paid  to  the  Polk  County  Clerk  of  Courts  in  cash,  cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  check  or  certified  funds  with-­ in  ten  (10)  days  after  confir-­ mation  of  sale;Íž  failure  to  pay  the  balance  due  will  result  in  the  forfeiture  of  the  down  payment  to  the  plaintiff.   2.  The  property  will  be  sold  â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS  ISâ&#x20AC;?  and  subject  to  all  liens,  encumbrances,  unpaid  real  estate  taxes  and  special  assessments.

3.  Purchaser  to  pay  applicable  Wisconsin  Real  Estate  trans-­ fer  tax,  recording  fees  and  the  cost  of  title  evidence.

PLACE  OF  AUCTION:  At  the  front  lobby  of  the  Polk  County  Justice  Center  located  at  1005  W.  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION  OF  PREMISES  TO  BE  SOLD:  Lot  One  (1)  of  Certified  Survey  Map  No.  2045,  filed  July  18,  1996,  in  Volume  9  of  Certified  Survey  Maps,  page  193,  as  Document  No.  543460,  located  in  part  of  the  Southwest  Quarter  of  the  Southwest  Quarter  (SW  1/4  of  the  SW  1/4),  Section  Twenty-­ seven  (27),  Township  Thirty-­ four  (34)  North  of  Range  Eighteen  (18)  West,  Town  of  St.  Croix  Falls,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin.

PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  2091  U.S.  Highway  8,  St.  Croix  Falls,  WI   54024.

TAX  PARCEL  I.D.  No.:  044-­ 00744-­0000.

DATED:  November  5,  2013.

Peter  Johnson,  Sheriff Polk  County,  Wisconsin David  A.  Meyer  (WI  #1068381) William  P.  Wassweiler  (MN  #0232348, admission  pro  hac  vice  pending) Lindquist  &  Vennum  LLP  Attorneys  for  Plaintiff 4200  IDS  Center,  80  South  Eighth  Street Minneapolis,  MN  55402 (612)  371-­3211 Lindquist  &  Vennum  LLP,  is  the  creditorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  attorney  and  is  attempting  to  collect  a  debt  on  its  behalf.  Any  information  ob-­ tained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. >5(?37

(Nov.  27,  Dec.  4,  11) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY CENTRAL  BANK 2270  Frontage  Road  West Stillwater,  MN  55082, Plaintiff, vs.

JAMES  S.  MEYER 110  Polk  Parkway St.  Croix  Falls,  WI  54024, J.M.  REFRIGERATION  HEATING  &  AIR  CONDITIONING  CO. 110  Polk  Parkway St.  Croix  Falls,  WI  54024 and GE  COMMERCIAL  DISTRIBUTION  FINANCE  CORPORATION P.O.  Box  958067 Hoffman  Estates,  IL  60195 Defendants.

Case  No.  13-­CV-­172 Case  Type:  30404 Contract/Replevin/Foreclosure NOTICE  OF FORECLOSURE  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  foreclosure  entered  on  July  17,  2013,  in  the  amount  of  $685,249.45,  against  James  S.  Meyer  and  J.M.  Refrigeration  Heating  &  Air  Conditioning  Co.,  the  Sheriff  will  sell  the  described  premises  at  public  auction  as  follows: TIME:  Jan.  9,  2014,  at  10  a.m.

TERMS: Pursuant  to  said  judgment,  10%  of  the  successful  bid  must  be  paid  to  the  sheriff  at  the  sale  in  cash,  cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  check  or  certified  funds,  payable  to  the  clerk  of  courts  (personal  checks  cannot  and  will  not  be  accepted).  The  balance  of  the  successful  bid  must  be  paid  to  the  clerk  of  courts  in  cash,  cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  check  or  certified  funds  no  later  than  ten  days  after  the  courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  confirmation  of  the  sale  or  else  the  10%  down  payment  is  forfeited  to  the  plaintiff.   The  property  is  sold  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;as  isâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  and  subject  to  all  liens  and  encumbrances.

PLACE: In  the  foyer  area  of  the  Polk  County  Justice  Center,  1005  West  Main  Street,  in  the  City  of  Balsam  Lake,  Polk  County.

DESCRIPTION:   Lot  Four  (4)  and  the  East  53.35  feet  of  Lot  Three  (3)  of  CSM  No.  946  recorded  in  Volume  4  of  Certified  Survey  Maps,  page  192,  Doc.  No.  415744,  located  in  Lots  Seventy-­five  (75)  and  Seventy-­six  (76),  Assessorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Plat  of  the  City  of  St.  Croix  Falls,  being  part  of  the  Northwest  Quarter  of  the  Northeast  Quarter  (NW  1/4  of  NE  1/4),  Section  Thirty  (30),  Township  Thirty-­four  (34)  North,  Range  Eighteen  (18)  West,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin.  Subject  to  and  together  with  all  easements  of  record.

PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  132  Middle  School  Drive,  St.  Croix  Falls,  WI,  54001.   PIN/Tax  ID  No.  281-­01069-­0000.

Peter  Johnson Polk  County  Sheriff MURNANE  BRANDT Attorneys  for  Plaintiff 30  E.  7th  Street,  Suite  3200 St.  Paul,  MN  55101-­4919 Pursuant  to  the  Fair  Debt  Collection  Practices  Act  (15  U.S.C.  Section  1692),  we  are  required  to  state  that  we  are  attempting  to  collect  a  debt  on  our  clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  behalf  and  any  information  we  obtain  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. >5(?37

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(Nov.  20,  27,  Dec.  4) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY Royal  Credit  Union, a  Wisconsin  state  chartered  credit  union, 200  Riverfront  Terrace Eau  Claire,  Wisconsin  54703, Plaintiff, vs.

Kenneth  M.  Mitchell 1  St.  Croix  Lofts  Drive,  Unit  102 Saint  Croix  Falls,  Wisconsin  54024, Patricia  L.  Mitchell 1  St.  Croix  Lofts  Drive,  Unit  102 Saint  Croix  Falls,  Wisconsin  54024, State  of  Wisconsin  Department  of  Workforce  Development,  a  Wisconsin  state  agency, 201  East  Washington  Avenue Madison,  Wisconsin  53702, AnchorBank,  fsb,  f/k/a  S  &  C  Bank, a  federal  savings  association, 25  West  Main  Street Madison,  Wisconsin  53703, Citibank,  National  Association,  successor  to  CitiBank  (South  Dakota),  N.A.,  a  national  banking  association, 701  East  60th  Street  North Sioux  Falls,  South  Dakota   57104, Discover  Bank, a  Delaware  banking  corporation, 502  East  Market  Street Greenwood,  Delaware  19950, NU  ISLAND  PARTNERS,  LLC, an  Arkansas  limited  liability  company, 701  West  Seventh  Street Little  Rock,  Arkansas  72223, LVNV  FUNDING  LLC, a  Delaware  limited  liability  company, 2  Office  Park  Court Columbia,  South  Carolina  29223, Midland  Funding  LLC, a  Delaware  limited  liability  company, 8040  Excelsior  Drive,  Suite  400 Madison,  Wisconsin  53717,  John  Doe,  Mary  Roe,  and  XYZ  corporation, Defendants.

Case  Type:  30404 Case  No.  13CV259 NOTICE  OF FORECLOSURE  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE,  that  by  virtue  of  that  certain  Findings  of  Fact,  Conclusions  of  Law,  Order  for  Judgment,  and  Judgment  entered  and  filed  in  the  above-­entitled  action  on  September  11,  2013,  the  Sheriff  of  Polk  County,  Wisconsin,  will  sell  the  following  described  real  property  at  public  auction  as  follows: DATE/TIME:  December  19,  2013,  at  10:00  a.m.

TERMS:  10%  of  successful  bid  must  be  paid  to  Sheriff  at  sale  in  certified  funds,  with  the  bal-­ ance  due  and  owing  on  the  date  of  confirmation  of  the  sale  by  the  Court.

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

LEGAL  DESCRIPTION:  Lot  Nineteen  (19),  Block  Thirty-­ five  (35),  Baker  and  Thomp-­ son  Addition  to  the  City  (fka  Village)  of  St.  Croix  Falls,  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,  being  a  part  of  the  Northwest  Quarter  of  the  Northeast  Quarter  (NW  1/4  of  the  NE  1/4).  Section  Thirty  (30),  Township  Thirty-­four  (34)  North  of  Range  Eighteen  (18)  West;͞  City  of  St.  Croix  Falls  in  Polk  County,  Wisconsin.

(FOR  INFORMATIONAL  PUR-­ POSES  ONLY:  Plaintiff  be-­ lieves  that  the  property  ad-­ dress  is  113  Roosevelt  Street,  St.  Croix  Falls,  Wisconsin).

Dated:  October  28,  2013.

Peter  Johnson Sheriff  of  Polk  County,  Wisconsin THIS  INSTRUMENT  WAS  DRAFTED  BY: ANASTASI  JELLUM,  P.A. 14985  60th  Street  North Stillwater,  MN  55082 (651)  439-­2951 Garth  G.  Gavenda/#16789 >5(?37

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(Nov.  20,  27,  Dec.  4) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY BRANCH  I  Bremer  Bank  N.A. 8555  Eagle  Point  Blvd.

P.O.  Box  1000 Lake  Elmo,  MN  55042, Plaintiff -­vs-­ Scott  C.  McPherson  and Twyla  M.  McPherson,  husband  and  wife 664D  270th  Avenue Frederic,  WI  54837 Centra  Care  Health  System 1200  N.  6th  Avenue St.  Cloud,  MN  56303, Defendants Case  No.  13  CV  124 NOTICE  OF  SHERIFFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S  SALE Foreclosure  of  Mortgage:  30404 By  virtue  of  and  pursuant  to  a  Judgment  of  Foreclosure  en-­ tered  in  the  above-­entitled  action  on  June  2,  2013,  I  will  sell  at  public  auction  at  the  Polk  County  Justice  Center  in  the  Village  of  Balsam  Lake,  in  said  County,  on  January  7,  2014,  at  10:00  oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock  a.m.,  all  of  the  fol-­ lowing  described  mortgaged  premises,  to-­wit: Parcel  1:  Lot  One  (1)  of  Certi-­ fied  Survey  Map  No.  5219,  recorded  in  Volume  23  of  Cer-­ tified  Survey  Maps,  page  126,  as  Document  No.  719339,  located  in  Government  Lot  Five  (5),  Section  Twenty-­four  (24),  Township  Thirty-­six  (36)  North,  Range  Sixteen  (16)  West,  Town  of  Bone  Lake,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin.

Parcel  2:  A  20-­foot-­wide  ease-­ ment  for  ingress,  egress  and  utility  easement  for  the  benefit  of  Parcel  1  as  shown  on  Certi-­ fied  Survey  Map  No.  5219,  recorded  in  Volume  23  of  Cer-­ tified  Survey  Maps,  page  126,  as  Document  No.  719339,  located  in  Government  Lot  Five  (5),  Section  Twenty-­four  (24),  Township  Thirty-­six  (36)  North,  Range  Sixteen  (16)  West,  Town  of  Bone  Lake,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin.

TAX  ID  NO.:  012-­00545-­0000.

The  above  property  is  located  at  664D  270th  Avenue,  Frederic,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin  54837.

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

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

3.  Purchaser  shall  pay  any  Wisconsin  real  estate  trans-­ fer  fee.

4.  Property  is  being  sold  on  an  â&#x20AC;&#x153;as  isâ&#x20AC;?  basis  without  warran-­ ties  or  representations  of  any  kind.

5.  Purchaser  shall  be  respon-­ sible  for  obtaining  posses-­ sion  of  property.

Dated  at  Balsam  Lake,  Wis-­ consin,  this  14th  day  of  Novem-­ ber,  2013. /s/Peter  M.  Johnson,  Sheriff Polk  County,  Wisconsin SCHOFIELD,  HIGLEY  &  MAYER,  S.C. Attorneys  for  Plaintiff Bay  View  Offices,  Suite  #100 Menomonie,  WI  54751 715-­235-­3939 >5(?37

Notices/Employment opportunities (Nov. Â 13, Â 20, Â 27) STATE Â OF Â WISCONSIN CIRCUIT Â COURT POLK Â COUNTY CIVIL Â DIVISION WELLS Â FARGO Â BANK, Â N.A. Plaintiff vs.

JAMES  MAHONEY  A/K/A  JAMES  L.  MAHONEY;Íž  UNKNOWN  SPOUSE  OF  JAMES  MAHONEY  A/K/A  JAMES  L.  MAHONEY;Íž Defendants NOTICE  OF  ADJOURNED  SHERIFFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S  SALE Case  No.  12  CV  650 Case  Code  No.  30404 PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  foreclosure  entered  on  April  16,  2013,  in  the  amount  of  $72,815.49,  the  Sheriff  will  sell  the  described  premises  at  public  auction  as  follows: TIME:  November  12,  2013,  at  10:00  a.m.

ADJOURNED  TIME:  December  12,  2013,  at  10  a.m.

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

2.  Sold  â&#x20AC;&#x153;as  isâ&#x20AC;?  and  subject  to  all  legal  liens  and  encum-­ brances.

3.  Buyer  to  pay  applicable  Wisconsin  Real  Estate  Transfer  Tax  from  the  pro-­ ceeds  of  the  sale  upon  con-­ firmation  of  the  court.

PLACE:  Lobby  of  the  Polk  County  Justice  Center,  1005  West  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  WI  54810 PROPERTY  DESCRIPTION:  A  Parcel  of  land  in  the  Northwest  Quarter  of  the  Northwest  Quarter  (NW  1/4  NW  1/4),  Section  Thirty-­one  (31),  Town-­ Ship  Thirty-­four  (34)  North,  Range  Fifteen  (15)  West,  Town  of  Beaver,  Polk  County,  Wis.,  described  as  follows:  Commencing  at  a  point  on  the West  Line  of  said  Section  573.00  Feet  South  of  the Northwest  Corner  of  said Section  Thirty-­one  (31),  Town-­ ship  Thirty-­four  (34)  North,  Range  Fifteen  (15)  West;͞  thence  East  175.0  Feet;͞  thence  South  68.25  Feet;͞  thence  West  175.0  Feet  to  the Section  Line;͞  thence  North  68.25  Feet  to  the  place  of  beginning,  Town  of  Beaver,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin.

TAX  KEY  NO.:  008-­00813-­0000.

PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  1288  60th  St.,  Amery,  Wis.  54001.

Adam  C.  Lueck State  Bar  No.  1081386 Attorney  for  Plaintiff 230  W.  Monroe,  Ste.  1125 Chicago,  IL  60606 Phone:  312-­541-­9710 Johnson,  Blumberg  &  Associ-­ ates,  LLC,  is  the  creditorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  attorney  and  is  attempting  to  collect  a  debt  on  its  behalf.  Any  information  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. >5(?37

NOTICE  OF  SPRING  ELECTION VILLAGE  OF  WEBSTER April  1,  2014 Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  at  an  election  to  be  held  in  the  Village  of  Webster,  on  Tuesday,  April  1,  2014,  the  following  offi-­ ces  are  to  be  elected  to  succeed  the  present  incumbents  listed.  The  term  for  village  president  and  village  trustees  will  begin  on  April  15,  2014.  The  term  for  all  other  offices  will  begin  on  May  1,  2014.  All  terms  are  for  two  years  unless  otherwise  indicated.

Office Incumbent Village  Trustee Greg  Widiker Village  Trustee Kelsey  Gustafson Village  Trustee Paul  Berg NOTICE  IS  FURTHER  GIVEN,  that  a  village  caucus  for  the  purpose  of  nominating  candidates  to  appear  on  the  spring  elec-­ tion  ballot  for  the  above-­listed  offices  will  be  scheduled  during  the  month  of  December.  The  caucus  will  be  held  on  a  date  not  sooner  than  January  7,  2014,  and  not  later  than  January  28,  2014.  Notice  of  the  scheduled  date  of  the  caucus  will  be  given  at  least  five  days  before  the  caucus.

Done  in  the  Village  of  Webster,  on  Nov.  26,  2013 3 Patrice  Bjorklund,  Clerk >5(?37

Follow the Leader. Your community connection (Nov.  20,  27,  Dec.  4) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN   CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY Royal  Credit  Union, a  Wisconsin  state  chartered  credit  union, 200  Riverfront  Terrace Eau  Claire,  Wisconsin  54703, Plaintiff, vs.

Steven  G.  Reberk 5653  Crescent  Beach  Loop Dover,  Florida  33527, Theresa  M.  Reberk 5653  Crescent  Beach  Loop Dover,  Florida  33527, Central  Bank, a  Minnesota  banking  corporation, 2104  Hastings  Avenue Newport,  Minnesota  55055, John  Doe,  Mary  Roe,  and  XYZ  corporation, Defendants.

Case  Type:  30404 Case  No.  13CV347 NOTICE  OF FORECLOSURE  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE,  that  by  virtue  of  that  certain  Findings  of  Fact,  Conclusions  of  Law,  Order  for  Judgment,  and  Judg-­ ment  entered  and  filed  in  the  above-­entitled  action  on  October  23,  2013,  the  Sheriff  of  Polk  County,  Wisconsin,  will  sell  the  following  described  real  property  at  public  auction  as  follows: DATE/TIME:  December  19,  2013,  at  10:00  a.m.

TERMS:  10%  of  successful  bid  must  be  paid  to  Sheriff  at  sale  in  certified  funds,  with  the  bal-­ ance  due  and  owing  on  the  date  of  confirmation  of  the  sale  by  the  Court.

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

LEGAL  DESCRIPTION:  The  Northwest  Quarter  of  the  Southeast  Quarter  (NW  1/4  of  the  SE  1/4),  EXCEPT  the  East  One-­Half  of  the  East  One-­Half  of  the  Northwest  Quarter  of  the  Southeast  Quarter  (E  1/2  of  the  E  1/2  of  the  NW  1/4  of  the  SE  1/4),  Section  Thirteen  (13),  Township  Thirty-­three  (33)  North,  Range  Eighteen  (18)  West,  Town  of  Garfield,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin.

(FOR  INFORMATIONAL  PUR-­ POSES  ONLY:  Plaintiff  be-­ lieves  that  the  property  ad-­ dress  is  1839  93rd  Avenue,  Dresser,  Wisconsin).

Dated: Â 5 Â November, Â 2013.

Peter  Johnson Sheriff  of  Polk  County,  Wisconsin THIS  INSTRUMENT  WAS  DRAFTED  BY: ANASTASI  JELLUM,  P.A. 14985  60th  Street  North Stillwater,  MN  55082 (651)  439-­2951 Garth  G.  Gavenda/#16874 >5(?37

(Nov.  13,  20,  27) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY AGSTAR  FINANCIAL  SERVICES,  FLCA 1921  PREMIER  DRIVE P.O.  BOX  4249 MANKATO,  MN  56002-­4249, Plaintiff(s), vs.

DENNIS Â WILLIAM Â DOWNS, A/K/A Â DENNIS Â W. Â DOWNS, 384 Â 285TH Â AVENUE CUMBERLAND, Â WI Â 54829 MARCELINA Â E. Â DOWNS 2282 Â STOKLEY Â ROAD MILLTOWN, Â WI Â 54853, Defendant(s).

AMENDED  SUMMONS Case  No.  13  CV  447 THE  STATE  OF  WISCONSIN TO  DENNIS  WILLIAM  DOWNS,  A/K/A  DENNIS  W.  DOWNS,  AND  MARCELINA  E.  DOWNS,  NAMED  ABOVE  AS  A  DEFENDANT: You  are  hereby  notified  that  the  plaintiff  named  above  has  filed  a  lawsuit  or  other  legal  action  against  you.

Within  40  days  after  Novem-­ ber  13,  2013,  you  must  respond  with  a  written  demand  for  a  copy  of  the  complaint.  The  demand  must  be  sent  or  delivered  to  the  court,  whose  address  is  Polk  County  Courthouse,  1005  West  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  WI  54810,  and  to  John  D.  Leary,  Ruder  Ware,  L.L.S.C.,  Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  attorney  whose  address  is  402  Graham  Avenue,  P.O.  Box  187,  Eau  Claire,  Wisconsin  54702.  You  may  have  an  attorney  help  or  represent  you.

If  you  do  not  demand  a  copy  of  the  complaint  within  40  days,  the  court  may  grant  judgment  against  you  for  the  award  of  money  or  other  legal  action  requested  in  the  complaint,  and  you  may  lose  your  right  to  object  to  anything  that  is  or  may  be  incorrect  in  the  complaint.  A  judgment  may  be  enforced  as  provided  by  the  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  gar-­ nishment  or  seizure  of  property.

You  are  notified  that  we  are  attempting  to  collect  a  debt.  Any  information  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose.

Dated  this  5th  day  of  November,  2013.

RUDER  WARE Attorneys  for  AgStar  Financial  Services  FLCA John  D.  Leary State  Bar  No.  1003749 P.O.  ADDRESS RUDER  WARE,  L.L.S.C. 402  Graham  Avenue Post  Office  Box  187 Eau  Claire,  Wisconsin  54702 Telephone:  715-­834-­3425 Facsimile:  715-­834-­9240 >5(?37

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(Nov. Â 20, Â 27, Â Dec. Â 4) STATE Â OF Â WISCONSIN CIRCUIT Â COURT POLK Â COUNTY BRANCH Â II PEOPLES Â STATE Â BANK, Plaintiff, vs.

MICHAEL Â S. Â KEEFE, SUSAN Â K. Â KEEFE, POLK Â COUNTY, Defendants.

Case  No.  13-­CV-­319 Code  No.  30404 NOTICE  OF FORECLOSURE  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE,  that  by  virtue  of  and  pursuant  to  a  Judgment  entered  in  the  above-­ entitled  action  on  August  21,  2013,  the  undersigned,  Peter  Johnson,  Sheriff  of  Polk  County,  or  his  authorized  designees,  will  sell  at  public  auction  at  the  Polk  County  Justice  Center,  1005  W.  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  Wisconsin  54810,  on  December  12,  2013,  at  10:00  a.m.  the  following-­described  mortgaged  premises.  The  mortgaged  pre-­ mises  described  by  said  judg-­ ment  to  be  sold  has  a  street  address  of  1694  Patterson  Court,  Centuria,  Wisconsin  54824,  bearing  a  PIN  of  006-­ 00109-­0000  and  having  the  following  legal  description: Lot  Two  (2)  of  Certified  Sur-­ vey  Map  No.  1009  Recorded  in  Volume  4  of  Certified  Sur-­ vey  Maps,  Page  256  as  Docu-­ ment  No.  423443,  Located  In  Government  Lot  One  (1),  Sec-­ tion  Five  (5),  Township  Thirty-­ Four  (34)  North,  Range  Sev-­ enteen  (17)  West,  Town  of  Balsam  Lake,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin.

TERMS  OF  SALE:  A  down  payment  required  at  the  time  of  Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Sale  in  the  amount  of  ten  percent  (10%)  of  the  winning  bid;Íž  said  payment  being  made  in  the  form  of  cash,  money  order,  cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  check  or  certified  check  made  payable  to  the  Polk  County  Clerk  of  Courts;Íž  balance  of  sale  price  is  due  in  full  within  ten  (10)  days  of  confirmation  of  sale  by  the  Court.  Failure  to  post  the  remaining  balance  due  shall  result  in  the  forfeiture  of  the  down  payment  to  the  Plaintiff.  Property  to  be  sold  as  a  whole  â&#x20AC;&#x153;as  isâ&#x20AC;?  and  subject  to  all  real  estate  taxes,  accrued  and  ac-­ cruing,  special  assessments,  if  any,  penalties  and  interest,  and  any  existing  first  in  time  mort-­ gages  or  leasehold  interests,  and  the  right  of  the  United  States  of  America  to  redeem  said  property  after  sale  within  the  period  provided  by  28  U.S.C.  Section  2410.  Purchaser  to  pay  all  transfer  and  recording  fees  and  the  cost  of  title  evidence.

Peter  Johnson,  Sheriff Polk  County,  Wisconsin Prepared  by: Justin  J.  Bates,  Esq. Strasser  &  Yde,  S.C. State  Bar  No.  1066128 P.O.  Box  1323 Wausau,  WI  54402-­1323 715-­845-­7800 >5(?37

6LJQ XS WR UHFHLYH breaking local news @ the-leader.net (Nov.  13,  20,  27) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY U.S.  BANK,  NATIONAL  ASSOCIATION,  as  Trustee,  suc-­ cessor  in  interest  to  Bank  of  America,  National  Association,  as  Trustee  as  successor  by  merger  to  LaSalle  Bank,  National  Association,  as  Trustee  for  Certificate  Holders  of  Bear  Stearns  Asset-­Backed  Securities  I  LLC,  Asset-­Backed  Certificates  Series  2006-­AQ1 Plaintiff vs JOHN  G.  STESNIAK,  et  al.

Defendants Case  No:  12  CV  672 NOTICE  OF  SHERIFFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  foreclosure  entered  on  January  11,  2013,  in  the  amount  of  $119,858.87,  the  Polk  County  Sheriff  will  sell  the  premises  described  below  at  public  auction  as  follows: DATE/TIME:  Dec.  10,  2013,  at  10:00  a.m.

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

2.   Sold  â&#x20AC;&#x153;as  isâ&#x20AC;?  and  subject  to  all  legal  liens,  encumbran-­ ces,  and  payment  of  appli-­ cable  transfer  taxes.

PLACE: In  the  Lobby  of  the  Polk  County  Justice  Center,  located  at  1005  West  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  Wiscon-­ sin,  54810.

PROPERTY  DESCRIPTION:  The  South  23  rods  of  the  East  7  rods  of  the  NE-­NE  of  22-­33-­ 15,  Town  of  Clayton,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin.

ADDRESS:  883  20th  Street,  Clayton,  WI  54004.

TAX  KEY  NO:  016-­00498-­0000.

Dated  this  23rd  day  of  October  2013.

Peter  M.  Johnson,  Polk  County  Sheriff Cummisford,  Acevedo  &  Associates,  LLC Attorney  for  Plaintiff Mark  R.  Cummisford,  State  Bar  #  1034906 6508  South  27th  Street,  Suite  #6 Oak  Creek,  WI   53154 414-­761-­1700 Cummisford,  Acevedo  & As-­ sociates,  LLC,  is  the  creditorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  attorney  and  is  attempting  to  collect  a  debt  on  its  behalf.  Any  information  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. >5(?37

VILLAGE  OF  WEBSTER PUBLIC  NOTICE INVITATION  TO  SUBMIT  QUOTE SNOW  REMOVAL Sealed  quotes  shall  be  received  by  the  Village  of  Webster  for  emergency  snow  removal  on  Main  Street,  Musky  and  Sturgeon  located  in  the  Village  of  Webster  for  the  2013  -­  2014  Season.   Quotes  shall  be  accepted  until  4  p.m.  on  December  9,  2013.   The  quotes  will  be  opened  shortly  after  6  p.m.  on  December  11,  2013,  when  the  Regular  Board  Meeting  starts.  Quotes  shall  be  submitted  in  a  sealed  envelope  labeled:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Snow  Removal  Quote.â&#x20AC;?  Quotes  shall  be  based  on  an  hourly  rate,  with  the  equipment  including  the  operator  and  fuel.  Equipment  also  must  have  strobe  lights  and  back-­up  alarm.  Proof  of  insurance  is  required.  Snow  removal  shall  begin  as  early  as  possible  after  a  snow  event  as  directed  by  an  agent  of  the  Village  of  Webster.  The  Village  of  Webster  retains  the  right  to  refuse  any  and  all  quotes.  Contract  between  quote  submitter  and  the  Village  of  Webster  can  be  broken  if  work  does  not  meet  village  of  Webster  expectations.

Published  in  Newspaper:  November  20,  2013,  &  November  27,  2013 Posted  in  3  Places  in  Village:  November  14,  2013 Patrice  Bjorklund,  Clerk 596097 14-15L Village  of  Webster WNAXLP

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MINUTES OF THE

Chairman Johnson called to the floor, Resolution No. 42-13, Cancellation Of Outstanding Orders. Motion (Masters/Hartung) to approve said resolution. Administrator Frey addressed the resolution. Chairman called for a voice vote on the motion to approve Resolution No. 42-13. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote. Resolution adopted.

POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS & PUBLIC HEARING ON 2014 BUDGET

RESOLUTION 43-13

RESOLUTION TO SET LIBRARY SERVICE RATES (§ 43.12, WIS. STATS.) TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: Ladies and Gentlemen: TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, Polk County provides annual funding for library services to public libraries in Polk County and to each public library in an adjacent county in an amount set forth in Wisconsin Statute § 43.12; and WHEREAS, it is in the public interest for local governments to provide equitable and adequate funding for public libraries; and WHEREAS, Polk County adopted Resolution 27-13, the Resolution to Adopt the Polk County Plan for Library Service, 2013-2018, on August 20, 2013, which calls for such funding; and WHEREAS, the County Plan for Library Service referred to above, calls for funding, consistent with Wisconsin Statute § 43.12, as follows: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Provide 100% reimbursement to each public library established under Chapter 43 of Wisconsin Statutes located in whole or part of Polk County, serving Polk County residents without a library calculated by the formula included in Wisconsin Statutes 43.12(1).â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maintain the reimbursement rate to outside county libraries at a rate of 70% of the cost of circulation.â&#x20AC;?

WHEREAS, in order to provide funding for library services to libraries, Polk County may levy a tax to provide funds for such services, pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes § 43.64(1); and WHEREAS, a municipality that has a public library may apply for exemption from the county tax if the municipality levies a local tax for library services in an amount that is equal to what the county would have provided, pursuant to Wisconsin Statute § 43.64(2).

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to s. 43.12(1), Wis. Stats., the Polk County Board of Supervisors sets the rate of county library levy funding (reimbursement rates) for municipal libraries located in Polk County at One Hundred (100%) Percent of 1997 Wisconsin Act 150 Funding.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to s. 43.12, Wis. Stats., the Polk County Board of Supervisors sets the rate of county library levy funding (reimbursement rates) for municipal libraries located in counties adjacent to Polk County at Seventy (70%) Percent of 1997 Wisconsin Act 150 Funding.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to ss. 43.64(1) and 70.62(1), Wis. Stats., the Polk County Board of Supervisors shall by separate resolution levy an amount of tax sufficient to provide funds for such library service consistent with the rates set by this resolution and shall include any amount of such tax in the amount of taxes determined to be levied.

Funding amount and source: To be determined by Separate Resolution.

Date Submitted to County Board: November 12, 2013.

Effective date: Upon Passge.

Submitted and sponsored by: Kathryn Kienholz.

Reviewed by: Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Reviewed and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Resolution failed by ballot vote of 4 Yes, 19 No. Chairman Johnson called to the floor, Resolution No. 43-13, Resolution To Set Library Service Rates. Motion (Kienholz/Brown) to approve said resolution.

Supvr. Kienholz addressed the resolution.

At 7:00 p.m. Chairman Johnson declared debate on Resolution 43-13 suspended for the purpose of convening the public hearing on the 2014 Polk County Budget as noticed.

Chairman declared the Public Hearing on the 2014 Budget open.

Chairman Johnson called for a 10-minute recess for the purpose of setting the room for the County Administrator to provide the Board a presentation of the proposed 2014 Budget.

At 7:13 p.m. Chairman Johnson called the Board back to order for receipt of County Administratorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presentation on the 2014 budget.

Back in Session.

Administrator Frey presented a brief overview of the proposed 2014 Polk County Budget. Chairman Johnson offered a time for public testimony regarding the 2014 Budget.

At 7:35 p.m. Chairman Johnson declared the Public Hearing Closed.

Chairman Johnson called Resolution 43-13 back to the floor, resuming debate on the same. A ballot vote on the motion to approve Resolution 43-13 was requested. Resolution 43-13, Resolution To Set Library Service Rates, failed by a ballot vote of 4 Yes/19 No. Voting yes: Supvrs. Kienholz, Caspersen, W. Johnson and Nelson. Voting no: Supvrs. Stroebel, Masters, Scoglio, Edgell, Luke, Engel, H. Johansen, Schmidt, D. Johansen, Brown, Magnafici, Hartung, Arcand, Moriak, Cockroft, Bergstrom, Demulling, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell and Jepsen.

NOVEMBER 12, 2013 - 6:00 p.m.

Chairman Johnson called the regular November 12, 2013, meeting of the Polk County Board of Supervisors to order at 6:00 p.m.

Chairman Johnson recognized the County Clerk for purposes of receiving evidence of proper notice. The County Clerk stated that the notice of meeting was properly posted in three public buildings, published in a legal newspaper in accordance with Wisconsin Statute Section 985.02 and posted on the county website the week of November 4, 2013. In addition, the Office of County Clerk distributed on October 31, 2013, copies of such notice of meeting and proposed resolutions to supervisors in accordance with Article 3, Section 2 of the County Board Rules of Order. The Clerk also stated that notice of the Public Hearing was published in the legal newspaper, posted in three public buildings and posted on the county website the week of October 23, 2013. Chairman Johnson recognized Corporation Counsel Jeffrey Fuge for purposes of receiving legal opinion with respect to sufficiency of notice. The County Board received the verbal opinion of Corporation Counsel that the advance written meeting notice and notice of public hearing, posted and published as described by the clerk, satisfied the applicable provisions of Wisconsin Open Meetings Law and the applicable procedural provisions of the Polk County Board Rules of Order.

Chairman Johnson recognized the County Clerk for purposes of taking roll call. Roll call was taken with 23 members present.

Chairman Johnson led the Pledge of Allegiance.

The time of reflection was offered by Supvr. Scoglio.

Chairman Johnson called for a motion to approve the Consent Agenda noting that it would be necessary to handle the resolutions in a different order than that listed on the published agenda, and noting a correction to the numbering of Resolution A from 41-13 to 44-13.

Motion (Brown/Jepsen) to approve the Consent Agenda. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote.

Time was given for public comment.

Time was given for committee questions and answers by the board members.

Chairman Johnson presented the Chairmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Report.

Chairman Johnson recognized Administrator Frey for purposes of receiving the monthly Administratorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report.

Chairman Johnson called for a motion to approve the Administratorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confirmation of Erica Kamish to the Board of Health. Motion (Schmidt/Brown) to approve the confirmation. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote.

RESOLUTION 42-13

CANCELLATION OF OUTSTANDING ORDERS TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: WHEREAS, The Polk County Treasurerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office is holding the following outstanding checks that are two years old and have not been redeemed; DATE PAYEE AMOUNT CHECK NO. 134987 04/13/09 Debriel Brown 20.00 135671 05/01/09 Stephen J. Neil 6.46 136362 05/21/09 David R. Kotchen 50.00 136417 05/22/09 Sandy Hurdt 40.00 136560 05/29/09 Madelyn Granica 10.00 137325 06/17/09 Terri Lou Perron 26.20 137534 06/25/09 Paul Ford Health & Safety 630.50 137636 06/26/09 Jeffery Anderson 150.50 137593 06/26/09 Sandy Hurdt 10.00 138784 08/07/09 Patrick Noack 10.00 139709 09/03/09 Jeremy M. Schouten 9.40 140581 10/01/09 Amy J. Kosbab 26.00 140881 10/15/09 Gwen McCarthy 7.34 141175 10/22/09 Grant D. Brotzler 16.00 141165 10/22/09 Thomas Bealka 24.40 142070 11/20/09 Michael Hobbs 82.55 142175 11/25/09 Joel D. & Heidi A. Gobats 12.99 142296 12/01/09 Janis M. Erickson 8.50 142434 12/04/09 Ansel Johnson 8.00 142450 12/04/09 Rick Toston 12.00 144127 12/30/09 Terry Schwartz 16.00 144081 01/27/10 Blake Hill 16.00 144080 01/27/10 Monte Cole 16.00 144530 02/09/10 Kaj Juergensen 44.40 145649 03/12/10 Geronimo Wild Energy 134.60 145816 03/17/10 Douglas Dreger 18.00 146051 03/29/10 Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Store 47.90 147081 04/29/10 Melissa Simmons 23.70 147289 05/10/10 Bonita Karo 37.13 147269 05/10/10 James Calabria 27.43 147418 05/13/10 Randy Vollrath 4.95 147637 05/20/10 Parent for M.K.C. 20.60 147907 05/27/10 Margaret Butler 15.00 147905 05/27/10 Natalie Albrecht 5.00 147902 05/27/10 Sofia Diesterhaft 5.00 148068 06/03/10 Amy Larsen 27.43 149259 07/14/10 Susan Reuter 70.37 149260 07/14/10 Susan Shelton 105.30 150466 08/19/10 Daniel Jay Perron 29.95 150628 08/26/10 Medico-Mart Inc. 430.43 151204 09/14/10 Treasurer of the United States 18.00 151589 09/29/10 Sylvia Roth 10.99 151858 10/08/10 Jami Roy 23.60 152481 10/29/10 Kara Hill 24.00 WHEREAS, Wisconsin Statutes 59.64 gives the County Board permission to cancel these orders.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board give the Polk County Treasurer permission to cancel and destroy these orders.

Funding amount: N/A. Funding source: N/A. Date Finance Committee Advised: October 9, 2013.

Finance Committee Recommendation: Adoption.

Effective date: Upon Passage & Publication.

Date Submitted to the County Board: November 12, 2013.

Submitted and sponsored by the Polk County Finance Committee: Gary P. Bergstrom, Kristine Kremer-Hartung, Kathy Kienholz, Joe Demulling and George Strobel.

Reviewed and recommended by: Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Reviewed, recommended and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

At its regular meeting held on November 12, 2013, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 42-13: Cancellation Of Outstanding Orders, by a unanimous voice vote.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson. Dated: November 14, 2013 Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk.

Dated: November 14, 2013

RESOLUTION 38-13

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RESOLUTION TO FIX COMPENSATION OF COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISORS AND CITIZEN COMMITTEE MEMBERS, COMMENCING APRIL 2014 TERM TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: WHEREAS, pursuant to Wisconsin Statute Section 59.10(3), the Polk County Board of Supervisors may fix at its annual meeting, the compensation of the members to be next elected; and WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the County to review and to set the compensation of citizens members appointed to the various County standing committees and/or administrative boards, special committees and ad hoc committees at the time in which the Polk County Board of Supervisors acts to fix the compensation of members to be next elected.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that, pursuant to s. 59.10(3)(f), (g) and (i), the Polk County Board of Supervisors establishes the compensation for the Supervisors to the Polk County Board of Supervisors for all services of the County, including service on standing committees, as follows: 1. The Chairperson shall be compensated with a salary in the annual amount of Eight Thousand Six Hundred ($8,600.00) Dollars, paid at the rate of $716.16 per month.

2. The Vice Chairperson shall be compensated with an annual salary of Four Thousand Six Hundred ($4,600.00) Dollars, paid at the rate of $383.33 per month.

3. Supervisors, other than the Chairperson or Vice Chairperson, shall be compensated with an annual salary of Three Thousand Six Hundred ($3,600.00) Dollars, paid at the rate of $300.00 per month.

4. The payment of such salaries shall be subject to an annual offset adjustment for any meeting of the County Board or standing committee which for such respective Supervisor, including County Board Chairperson and Vice Chairperson, does not attend where such absence is unexcused.

The annual offset adjustment shall be at the rate of $50 per any meeting with unexcused absence.

5. In addition, each Supervisor, the County Board Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall be paid a per diem of Forty ($40.00) Dollars each day he or she attends a special committee meeting, an ad hoc committee meeting, any convention, seminar or meeting attended at the direction or with the approval of the County Board Chairperson.

6. Each supervisor shall receive mileage and travel expense reimbursement in accordance with Polk County Policy 512, County Business Travel and Expense Reimbursement Policy.

7. Notwithstanding the mileage provisions of Policy 512, the County Board Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson shall receive mileage reimbursement at the lRS rate per mile for any travel needed to carry out the duties and functions of the County Board Chairperson.

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10(3)(g) and 59.22(3), the Polk County Board of Supervisors fixes the compensation for each citizen member of an administrative board, standing committee, special committee and ad hoc committee, as follows: 1. Each citizen member of an administrative board and/or standing committee shall be paid a per diem of Sixty ($60.00) Dollars for each day he or she attends one scheduled meeting of a standing committee or administrative board of which he or she is a member.

2. Each citizen member of an administrative board, standing committee or ad hoc committee shall be paid a per diem of Forty ($40.00) Dollars each day he or she attends a special committee meeting, an ad hoc committee meeting, any second or subsequent scheduled committee meeting or any convention, seminar or meeting attended at the direction or with approval of the County Board Chairperson.

3. Each citizen member of an administrative board, standing committee, special committee and/or ad hoc committee shall receive mileage and travel expense reimbursement in accordance with Polk County Policy 512, County Business Travel and Expense Reimbursement Policy.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that compensation authorized pursuant to Resolution No. 54-11 shall continue until the above resolution becomes effective, the first day of the 2014-16 term, commencing in April 2014.

Funding source: 2014.

Date Submitted to County Board: November 12, 2013.

Effective date: April 15, 2014.

Submitted and sponsored by the Polk County Administrative Committee: William Johnson.

Reviewed by: Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Reviewed and approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

At its regular meeting held on November 12, 2013, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopted the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 38-13: Resolution To Fix Compensation Of County Board Supervisors and Citizen Committee Members, Commencing April 2014 Term, by a two-thirds majority vote of 20 in favor and 3 against.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson. Dated: November 14, 2013 Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk.

Dated: November 14, 2013 Chairman Johnson called to the floor, Resolution No. 38-13, Resolution to Fix Compensation of County Board Supervisors and Citizen Committee Members, Commencing April 2014 Term. Motion (Masters/Brown) to approve said resolution. Chairman Johnson addressed said resolution.

Motion (Schmidt/Brown) to amend Resolution No. 38-13 as follows: *Strike present language on lines 18 thru 25 and insert as follows: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Supervisors will be compensated $100.00 per diem for each County Board meeting, Committee of the Whole meeting and for each Standing Committee meeting.â&#x20AC;? *Strike on Line 27 Forty ($40.00) and insert with â&#x20AC;&#x153;One Hundred ($100.00);â&#x20AC;? *Strike on Line 43, Sixty ($60.00) and insert with â&#x20AC;&#x153;One Hundred ($100.00);â&#x20AC;? and *Strike on Line 47, Forty ($40.00) and insert with â&#x20AC;&#x153;One Hundred ($100.00).â&#x20AC;?

Chairman Johnson called for a roll call vote on said amendment. Motion to amend Resolution 38-13 carried by a vote of 13 Yes/ 10 No. Voting yes: Supvrs.

Brown, Schmidt, Caspersen, Engel, Edgell, Masters, Scoglio, Moriak, Nelson, Magnafici, Hartung, Jepsen and Johnson. Voting no: Supvrs. D. Johansen, H. Johansen, Kienholz, Luke, Stroebel, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell, Bergstrom, Demulling, Arcand and Cockroft.

Motion (Scoglio/Masters) to further amend Resolution 38-13 by: *Strike on Lines 14 & 15, Eight Thousand Six Hundred ($8,600.00) and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;Five Thousand ($5,000.00)â&#x20AC;? & strike $716.16 and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;$416.67â&#x20AC;? *Strike on Lines 16 & 17, Four Thousund Six Hundred ($4,600.00) and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;One Thousand ($1,000.00)â&#x20AC;? & strike $383.33 and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;$83.33â&#x20AC;?

Chairman Johnson called for a voice vote on said amendment to Resolution 38-13. Motion to amend Resolution 38-13 carried by unanimous voice vote.

Chairman Johnson called for a vote on the motion to approve Resolution 3813 as amended. A ballot vote was requested. Motion to approve Resolution 3813, as amended carried by a ballot vote of 20 Yes/3 No. Voting Yes: Supvrs.

Edgell, Magnafici, H. Johansen, Brown, Luke, Stroebel, Nelson, Jepsen, Schmidt, Kienholz, Scoglio, D. Johansen, Hartung, Johnson, Moriak, Engel, Caspersen, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell, Masters and Bergstrom. Voting no: Supvrs. Arcand, Cockroft and Demulling. Resolution adopted.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors affirms the existence of the committed or assigned fund balances in the attached documentation.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that notwithstanding any other policy to the contrary, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopts the submitted departmental staffing plans and authorizes for calendar year 2014 those positions and the corresponding expenditures identified in said staffing plans and that any position not so identified will be considered eliminated from the 2014 department budget.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the 2014 fee schedule as incorporated in the 2014 budget is hereby adopted, including rentals for the use of Countyowned property.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Wisconsin State taxes, in conformity with and as provided in Wisconsin Statute Section 70.58, be levied in the amount of $693,233 for State Forestation on taxable property of Polk County.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors levies against all real property within Polk County for 2014, as follows: A. County Levy: 1. General County Operations $16,816,028 2. Debt Levy: $4,167,976 Total 2014 County Levy $20,984,004 B. State Required Levy on Behalf of Other Agencies 3. Town Bridge Construction: $-04. Library Support - Act 150: $559,915 Total 2014 Levy, All Purposes: $21,543,919 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Administrator is authorized to make any technical corrections to the budget that are necessary for the County Budget to comply with all state law and regulations.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a portion of the unassigned fund balance as of December 31, 2013, be allocated as follows: 1. $65,000 assigned to a reserve for employee retirement expenses; and 2. $18,469 transferred to the clerk of court.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a trust fund be established into which aid paid under Wisconsin Statutes sec. 85.21 is to be retained for the purchase or maintenance of transportation equipment subject to the conditions of chapter Trans 1 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the department heads of the various County departments are authorized to enter into and to execute on behalf of the respective County department intra-county cooperative agreements and service agreements that are authorized and necessary under federal and state programs to provide services to other County departments and to secure and to account for reimbursements for those expenses that incurred by other County departments in the performance of services required by those cooperative agreements or service agreements.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that notwithstanding any policy to the contrary, with the adoption of this resolution the Polk County Board of Supervisors authorizes departments to apply for and accept for any grant incorporated in this budget and identified on the grant schedule attached hereto and incorporated herein or any revenue incorporated in this budget and to accept, with the concurrence of the County Administrator, any contract with the State of Wisconsin whose revenues and expenditures are incorporated in this budget.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Polk County Board of Supervisors authorizes the Parks, Buildings and Solid Waste Director to act on its behalf to submit an application to the Department of Natural Resources for financial assistance under Wisconsin Statutes sec. 287.23 and Wisconsin Administrative Code chapters NR 542, 544 and 549, to sign necessary documents and to submit a final report.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors authorizes the Parks, Buildings and Solid Waste Director or her/his designee to act on behalf of the County of Polk to submit an application to the State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for any financial aid that may be available and incorporated in this budget, to submit reimbursement claims along with necessary supporting documentation within six months of project completion date, to submit necessary signed documents and to take necessary action to undertake, direct and complete the approved project.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County of Polk will comply with state or federal rules for the programs to the general public during reasonable hours consistent with the type of facility; and will obtain from the State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources or the National Park Service, as appropriate, approval in writing before any change is made in the use of the project site.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of Polk County requests grant funding and assistance available from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources under the Aquatic Invasive Species Control Grant Program, the Lake Management Grant Program, and the Lake Protection and Classification Grant Program and hereby authorizes the Director of the Polk County Land and Water Resources Department to act as grant administrator on behalf of Polk County to submit an application to the State of Wisconsin for financial aid for aquatic invasive species control purposes, lake planning purposes and lake protection purposes; to sign necessary documents; to take necessary action to undertake, direct and complete an approved aquatic invasive species control grant, an approved lake planning grant and an approved lake protection grant; and to submit reimbursement claims along with necessary supporting documentation within six months of project completion date.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors affirms that Polk County will meet the obligations under any aquatic invasive species control grant, lake planning grant and lake protection grant including timely publication of results and compliance with state rules for the program, and will meet the financial obligations under the grant including the prompt payment of the required County's commitment to the project costs of 25 to 33 percent depending on the program.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes sec.

66.0303(1)(b), the Polk County Board of Supervisors authorizes the extension of an intergovernmental contract for medical examiner services between Polk County and Anoka County, Minnesota, for 2014 and directs the Polk County Medical Examiner to execute and administer said contract on behalf of Polk County.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the complete budget, as adopted, be placed on file in the office of the County Clerk and County Administrator.

Funding amount and source: As Provided in Submitted, Received and Amended, 2014 Budget Proposal of Polk County.

Date Finance Committee Advised: November 6, 2013.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Date Submitted to County Board: November 12, 2013.

Submitted by Dana Frey, County Administrator.

Reviewed and recommended by: Dana Frey, County Administrator.

The above resolution is approved as to form. It is the recommendation of the Corporation Counsel that the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopt the above resolution.

Approved as to form by: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

At its regular meeting held on November 12, 2013, the Polk County Board of Supervisors did, pursuant to Section 65.90 and after public hearing on the same, adopt the above-entitled resolution, Resolution 44-13: Resolution to Adopt The Polk County Operating And Capital Budget For The Calendar Year 2014 And To Set The 2014 Tax Levy, by a voice vote.

William Johnson IV, County Board Chairperson.

Attest: Carole Wondra, Polk County Clerk.

RESOLUTION 44-13 RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE POLK COUNTY OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2014 AND TO SET THE 2014 TAX LEVY TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the Polk County Board of Supervisors to adopt a budget for the operation and fiscal management of the County of Polk for the year commencing January 1, 2014; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Wisconsin Statute Section 59.18(5) and Policy 880, Budget Preparation and Execution, the County Administrator did prepare, submit and offer for review proposed 2014 budget by the County Board at its meeting of September 10, 2013; and WHEREAS, as part of the proposed 2014 budget, the County Administrator did submit a staffing plan with respect to each county department in accordance with Polk County Policy No. 881, Staffing and Position Administration; and WHEREAS, each Governing Committee has reviewed the proposed budget for every department and forwarded that budget with any recommendations to the Finance Committee; and WHEREAS, the Polk County Board of Supervisors did consider amendments to the budget at its meeting of October 15, 2013; and WHEREAS, the Polk County Board of Supervisors did publish for public review a summary of the proposed 2014 budget and did notice and conduct a public hearing on the proposed 2014 budget in conformity with the laws of the State of Wisconsin; and WHEREAS the Wisconsin Department of Revenue delivers the Statistical Report on Equalized Value of Polk County for 2014 and the Polk County Board of Supervisors accepted the report on November 12, 2013, which sets the Equalized Value of Polk County for taxing purposes at $3,970,704,700 exclusive of value in Tax Increment Districts; and WHEREAS, for purposes of satisfying the requirements of the state-imposed county tax levy rate limit formula, the budget for 2014 is in compliance with Wisconsin Statute Sections 59.605 and 66.0602; and WHEREAS, the Polk County Budget for the Calendar Year 2014 is a financial plan for the operational needs of the County and was developed in accordance with the Uniform Chart of Accounts for Wisconsin Municipalities and the pronouncements of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB); and WHEREAS, this resolution constitutes Polk County Operating and Capital Budget for the Calendar Year 2014 and is defined as the County Budget pursuant to Wisconsin Statute Section 65.90.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Wisconsin Statute Section 65.90, the Polk County Board of Supervisors does hereby adopt the 2014 Operating and Capital Budget of the County of Polk, in the amount of $56,338.549 including departmental appropriations and revenues and use of fund balance as amended following the public hearing as set forth in the attached document entitled Adopted 2014 Operating and Capital Budget of the County of Polk, incorporated herein.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors does authorize and appropriate such revenues and expenditures for calendar year 2014 as designated in the Operating and Capital Budget for calendar year 2014.

BE lT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors directs that all appropriations for 2013 shall lapse to the general fund as undesignated fund balance at the end of calendar year 2013 and that any other fund balance determined to exist at the end of 2013 shall be transferred to general fund balance to the extent said appropriation has not been expended or appropriation or other fund balance been determined by the County Administrator to be nonspendable, restricted, committed or assigned as defined by GASB Rule 54.

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Chairman Johnson called to the floor, Resolution No. 44-13, Resolution To Adopt The Polk County Operating And Capital Budget For The Calendar Year 2014 And To Set The 2014 Tax Levy. Motion (Masters/Stroebel) to approve said resolution. Administrator Frey addressed the resolution and three Amendments (Handouts).

Motion (Bergstrom/Hartung) to amend Resolution 44-13 with: *Amendment 1: Technical Amendment On page 3, line 3, strike â&#x20AC;&#x153;559,915â&#x20AC;? and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;559,908.â&#x20AC;?

On page 3 of the Department Budget Listing, Birth to Three (Fund 14-218), under Revenue, General Property Tax, strike â&#x20AC;?121,589â&#x20AC;? and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;122,509â&#x20AC;? and under Revenue, Public Charge for Services, strike â&#x20AC;&#x153;55,100â&#x20AC;? and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;54,180;â&#x20AC;?

Page 3, Consolidated Contract (Fund 14-227), under Revenues, State Aids, strike â&#x20AC;&#x153;54,212â&#x20AC;? and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;59,569,â&#x20AC;? under Expenditures, Personnel, strike â&#x20AC;?51,106â&#x20AC;? and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;50,374,â&#x20AC;? under Professional Services strike â&#x20AC;&#x153;710â&#x20AC;? and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;5,310,â&#x20AC;? under Supplies & Expenses strike â&#x20AC;&#x153;2,234â&#x20AC;? and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;3,265â&#x20AC;? and under Fixed Charges strike â&#x20AC;&#x153;162â&#x20AC;? and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;620;â&#x20AC;?

Page 4, after Land Information (Fund 24-101), insert a new column to read â&#x20AC;&#x153;Community Development Block Grant (Fund 24-206)â&#x20AC;? and under Revenues, Public Charge for Services insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;50,000,â&#x20AC;? under Expenditures, Professional Services insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;49,900â&#x20AC;? and under Fixed Charges insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;100;â&#x20AC;?

Page 5, Highway (Fund 29-710), under Revenues, State Aids, strike â&#x20AC;&#x153;1,509,319â&#x20AC;? and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;1,585,905,â&#x20AC;? under Net Revenues and Expenditures strike â&#x20AC;&#x153;110,000â&#x20AC;? and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;186,586;â&#x20AC;? and Page 5, Administration (Fund 30-101), under Revenues, State Aids, strike â&#x20AC;&#x153;589,999â&#x20AC;? and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;601,015,â&#x20AC;? under Revenues, General Property Tax, strike â&#x20AC;&#x153;(3,089,385)â&#x20AC;? and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;(3,090,305)â&#x20AC;? and under Net Revenues and Expenditures strike â&#x20AC;&#x153;(65,000)â&#x20AC;? and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;(54,904).â&#x20AC;?

Amend all totals and other financial reports accordingly.

Chairman Johnson called for a voice vote on Amendment #1. Motion to approve Amendment #1 - Technical Amendment, carried by unanimous voice vote.

Motion (Brown/Magnafici) to amend Resolution 44-13 with: *Amendment 2: Land and Water Cost Adjustment Page 8, strike â&#x20AC;&#x153;wages & benefits + 8%â&#x20AC;? and insertâ&#x20AC;?wages & benefits + 10%.â&#x20AC;?

Chairman Johnson called for a voice vote on Amendment #2. Motion to approve Amendment #2 - Land and Water Cost Adjustment, carried by unanimous voice vote.

Motion (Hartung/Brown) to amend Resolution 44-13 with: *Amendment 3: Outside agencies Page 2 of the Department Budget Listing, Regional Planning (Fund 13-101), under Revenue, General Property Tax, strike â&#x20AC;&#x153;135,406â&#x20AC;? and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;134,806â&#x20AC;? andunder Expenditures, West Cap, strike â&#x20AC;&#x153;2,600â&#x20AC;? and insert â&#x20AC;&#x153;2,000, funding to be withheld pending receipt of information on how that money is expended in Polk County.â&#x20AC;?

Chairman Johnson called for a roll call vote on Amendment #3. Motion to approve Amendment #3 - Outside Agencies, failed by a roll call vote of 10 Yes/13 No. Voting yes: Supvrs. Brown, Schmidt, Edgell, Masters, Scoglio, Magnafici, Hartung, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell, Bergstrom and Demulling. Voting no: Supvrs.

D. Johansen, H. Johansen, Kienholz, Caspersen, Engel, Moriak, Luke, Nelson, Stroebel, Jepsen, Arcand, Cockroft and Johnson.

Motion (Hartung/Jepsen) to amend Resolution 44-13 with: Amendment: Minimum lease payment for County-owned commercial or residential property On page 2, line 30, after â&#x20AC;&#x153;propertyâ&#x20AC;? insert: â&#x20AC;&#x153;provided that the annual total of lease payments for County-owned real property that is or could be used for commercial or residential purposes for any lease effective after January 1, 2014, may not be less than the cost to the County of maintenance, insurance and utilities plus $2 per square foot of property subject to the lease, increasing by $1 per year in 2015 and each year thereafter until market rental rates are reached.â&#x20AC;?

Chairman Johnson called for a roll call vote on said Amendment. Motion to approve Amendment to Resolution 44-13 failed by a roll call vote of 7 Yes/16 No. Voting yes: Supvrs. Brown, Schmidt, Edgell, Scoglio, Magnafici, Hartung and Cockroft. Voting no: Supvrs. D. Johansen, H. Johansen, Kienholz, Caspersen, Engel, Masters, Moriak, Luke, Nelson, Stroebel, Jepsen, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell, Bergstrom, Demulling, Arcand and Johnson.

Motion (Masters/Stroebel) to refer said amendment on Lease Payment for County-Owned Property to Property Committee for review, development and recommendation.

Chairman called for a voice vote on said motion to refer. Motion to refer said amendment to committee carried by unanimous voice vote.

Chairman Johnson called for a voice vote to approve Resolution 44-13, Resolution to Adopt the Polk County Operating and Capital Budget for the Calendar Year 2014 and to Set the 2014 Tax Levy, as amended. Motion carried by voice vote. Resolution adopted.

Supervisors Reports were given.

Motion (D. Johansen/Nelson) to adjourn. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote. Chairman Johnson declared meeting adjourned 9:28 p.m.

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I, Carole T. Wondra, County Clerk for Polk County, do hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the County Board Proceedings of the Polk County Board of Supervisors Session held on November 12, 2013.

Carole T. Wondra, Polk County Clerk

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Taylors Fallsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Royal Lady revealed Sandra Berg dwells on history, innovation and commitments Greg Marsten | Staff writer TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The 2013 Taylors Falls Royal Lady of the Village was announced last week in the basement of the recently enhanced Taylors Falls Memorial Community Center, which is, ironically, where the new royalty spends a lot of her time.

Sandra Berg is not only a local resident and volunteer, she is the president of the Taylors Falls Historical Society and has been the progenitor behind several of the societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent innovations.

The Royal Lady designation is part of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Lighting Festival, which occurs this Friday evening, Nov. 29, and is the traditional start of the holiday season, with a parade and numerous events to celebrate the holidays.

Berg is the latest in a long line of dedicated Taylors Fallsians who have worn the royal red robe and worked to promote the city, going back to the 1980s.

She is a not only the president of the historical society, she has been an innovator in their programming, encouraging new ways to fund and enhance the society, especially since the city moved to renovate, lift and restore the old depot. The society now uses that fresh new basement area IRU D KRPH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH DQG PHHWLQJ FHQWHU She praised the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leaders and local historians, noting their commitment to the society and maintaining the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historical structures and features, such as the Folsom House and community center/ depot. She gives high praise to the city for improving the former depot for the residents and societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s use, and also notes their encouragement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our city council, bless their hearts, they saw the value in this place (the community center),â&#x20AC;? Berg said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not all councils do see that kind of value!â&#x20AC;?

Berg grew up across the river in St. Croix Falls, but her husband, Brian, was from Taylors Falls. The couple decided to moved back to the city eight years ago after he retired. They had a combined three parents between them in the area, and all three had health issues.

House, on the lawn, in the parlor, everywhere. It is such a great place!â&#x20AC;? she said.

She outlined goals of the society in the coming years, from additional educational involvement with local students to a focus on W.H.C. Folsomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role in developing early Minnesota government, to other contributions the lumber baron made to the region. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Folsom was a writer of the Minnesota Constitution, we want to get more kids involved in knowing about him,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to give them an appreciation.â&#x20AC;?

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Besides being a successful business owner, Berg is also president of the Good Samaritan Society Auxiliary in St. Croix Falls, and she is very active in the Methodist Church, where she initiated a puppet ministry and education program. %XW VKH LV TXLFN WR GHĂ HFW DQ\ FUHGLW giving special recognition to volunteers, advocates and others in the city, as well as her family. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This community has more people willing to help out. They see a need and are willing to pitch in,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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SCRMC announces Love Lights ceremony Honor a loved one or member of the military ST. CROIX FALLS - Wish to honor or remember a loved one, or honor our military?

Buy one Love Light or more from the volunteer partners of St. Croix Regional Medical Center and support health-care scholarships at the same time. It a way to be part of a legacy to give the gift of education in health care to others.

The Love Lights ceremony will be held Thursday, Dec. 5, in the SCRMC atrium. The ceremony, including carols and music by Valley Brass, begins at 4 p.m. An informal reception with refreshments will follow the ceremony in the hospital lobby.

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also an opportunity to stop by the gift shop run by the SCRMC Volunteer Partners. They are a group of volunteers who are dedicated to improving our community by supporting health care at SCRMC, while having a fun time doing it. The gift shop will be having a special open house Thursday and Friday, Dec. 5 and 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is full of treasures for all ages and at an affordable price, plus there will be goodies to enjoy. Remember all the dollars support patients and help provide equipment or furnishings. For additional information 7KH 6&50& 9ROXQWHHU 3DUWQHUV DUH D JURXS RI YROXQWHHUV ZKR DUH GHGLFDWHG WR LPSURYLQJ RXU FRPPXQLW\ E\ VXSSRUWLQJ KHDOWK or volunteer and member information, please contact FDUH DW 6&50& ZKLOH KDYLQJ D IXQ WLPH GRLQJ LW 3KRWR VXEPLWWHG Mickey Gebhard at 715-483-0331. - from SCRMC

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Polk County and the Ice Age Trail featured at outdoor expo POLK COUNTYâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;The National Scenic Ice Age Trail, that starts in Polk Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Interstate Park, was featured at the 57th-biannual Midwest Mountaineering Outdoor Adventure Expo held Nov. 22-24 in Minneapolis.

Polk County Tourism Council members Roxanne White and William Johnson, both from Frederic, provided expo visitors with information about the 1,100mile hiking trail across Wisconsin that follows the southern edge of the glacier that covered a large portion of the state and then retreated 10,000 years ago, leaving behind in its journey, the geography of our state. They also distributed Polk County visitors guides, maps and area promotion information.

The Ice Age Trail has over 1.2 million visitors a year, who bring $113 million to the state and local economies.

Destination marketing is important to Polk County, where visitors spend around $73 million annually.

Polk County serves as the western terminus of the trail in Interstate Park and has many interesting segments, including the recently completed trail segment through Wisconsinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest state park, Straight Lake, east of Luck.

The Ice Age Trail Alliance, and the local Indianhead chapter, has held several Mobile Skills trail-building events over the past two years to complete trail segments through Straight Lake State Park, east of Luck and Frederic, and trail improvements near St. Croix Falls. Many interesting remnants of the glacierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advance and retreat are easily seen in the Straight Lake

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For more information on the Ice Age Trail and other area trail opportunities, go to iceagetrail.org or polkcountytourism.com. - from Polk County Tourism

Fredericâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s holiday 4K-first grade concert is Dec. 2 FREDERIC - On Monday, Dec. 2, 4K, kindergarten DQG Ă&#x20AC;UVW JUDGH VWXGHQWV ZLOO SUHVHQW WKHLU DQQXDO &KULVWmas program.

The kindergarten will open the show with the song, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Someone in the Chimney.â&#x20AC;? They will be followed by the 4K Mighty Vikes, presenting some of their holiday favorites. The show will continue with the NLQGHUJDUWHQ DQG WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW JUDGH SHUIRUPLQJ D PXVLFDO called, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christmas at the O.K. Corral,â&#x20AC;? by Teresa Jen-

nings. In this show, the townspeople of Snowy Gulch prepare to celebrate Christmas with their annual festival.

Bubble Gum Bart, who is very annoyed by all the noise and happiness, tries to stop the celebration by threatening to cover the whole town in bubble gum. Frightened and desperate, the townspeople call Santa Claus for help, so he sends The Candy Cane Kid to the rescue. The Kid confronts Bart with his most powerful strategy: communication. Bart breaks down and admits to The Kid that he

doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really hate Christmas, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just lonely and feels left out. The townspeople respond by welcoming Bart into their celebration and into their town. The Kid is a hero, Bart is loved, and the celebration of Christmas at the O.K. Corral is the greatest ever.

The program will be held at 7 p.m. at the elementary school and is open to the public and free of charge. - with submitted information

Frederic grades 2-3 concert, Dec. 6 FREDERIC - On Thursday, Dec. 6, Fredericâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s secondand third-graders will present their annual Christmas program. The third-graders will open the show playing their precorders on several selections. Next, the secondgraders will present a selection on Kidsplay handbells followed by a routine to music from â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Nutcracker.â&#x20AC;?

The show will conclude with both grades performing a true.

The program will be held at 7 p.m. at the elementary musical called â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Penguin Christmas,â&#x20AC;? by John Jacobson and John Higgins. Penguins at the North Pole? And school and is open to the public and free of charge. - with D Ă&#x20AC;OP FUHZ WRR" -RLQ WKH PD\KHP DQG PHUULPHQW DV D submitted information cast-load of Arctic (and Antarctic) characters discover their special talents to make holiday happenings come

SCV Foundation announces music grants to schools HUDSON - The Board of the St. Croix Valley Foundation has recently awarded $30,000 in grants for music education to 11 schools, including two in Polk County.

Grants to Wisconsin schools include: Luck Community Schools, $3,274; Hudson Middle School $3,600; Hudson School District $2,625; Amery School District Music Department $4,484; Ellsworth High School $750; Somerset Middle School $2,595 and School District of New

Richmond $880.

The Music Education Fund of the Foundation was established by Nyda Swanson in 2002. The widow of Earl Swanson, former CEO of Andersen Corporation, believed that music was as important to the growth and development of young people as any other school subject. As a young woman, she was a founder of the School of Music at what today is the University of Minnesota

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Duluth. After settling in Bayport, Minn., Swanson for many years served as choir director and church organist.

Today her organ is in the Swanson Chapel at Boutwells Landing in Oakdale, Minn.

For information on next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music education grant round, please contact Jane Stevenson at jstevenson@scvfoundation.org. - with submitted information

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attention between what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re saying now and what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to say next - and end up doing a mediocre job at both. And a few professionals, including those in the business of moving others, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even bother to wait. In one typical study, researchers found that physicians interrupt the majority of paWLHQWV LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW VHFRQGV WKH SDWLHQW speaks during an appointment, which often prevents the patient from describLQJ ZKDW EURXJKW KHU WR WKH RIĂ&#x20AC;FH LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW SODFH Âľ Enter Salit, the sales whisperer. One of the skills she teaches - that has made her instruction some of the most soughtafter sales training in New York, by the way - is the art of slowing down.

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The ancestry backtrack for James Black (b. 1833) ends with him. S. Baxter Black was born in Pennsylvania in 1825, eight years before James. S. Blackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father was listed as foreign born. The census in 1850 shows S. Baxter Black to be living in Lancaster County Pennsylvania and was listed as a farmer.

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connect them as brothers, but they could easily be cousins. E. Baxter had a son named Robert who named his son Baxter A. â&#x20AC;Śwhich is me. And we are all horsey. Grandpa E. Baxter was horsey.

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This image, I tucked deep into the folds of my heart where I store such things, a reserve I keep on hand to help me navigate life when it takes one of its cold, hard turns. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know about other people, but for me, some days feel like little more than an exercise in endurance. And, reality can get extremely skewed when so much that surrounds us seems to be shouted, bloated projections of all that is horrible, nasty, hard and mean. It is during moments like this when I dip deep into the folds of my heart and pull out a scrap of beauty.

Another item that I have stored is one that I picked up about a year ago when, en route to my family reunion at Point Beach State Park, my husband and I took a detour to Bay Beach in Green Bay. For those of you who have never been, it is a public amusement park right on the water where the bulk of the rides are 25 cents. The Tilt-a-Whirl is one of my favorite rides and although the wait was long as the line snaked around to our turn, time passed quickly for the entertainment of watching people enjoy the ride.

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Kids take part in summer reading adventure ST. CROIX FALLS/AMERY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; R-E-A-D-O and Reado was its name-o!

Northern Waters Literacy announced this week that 25 St. Croix Falls and Amery students participated in this summer reading adventure. Students were matched with a summer reading buddy to enhance their reading skills and compete in the READO contest.

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50 years ago A national day of mourning was observed on Monday, Nov. 25, for President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated on Nov. 22, and churches in the area held memorial services, which were reported to be very well-attended. Operators at the Frederic Telephone Co. reported Nov. 24 to be the busiest Sunday ever at the Frederic switchboard, due to the national criVLV FRXSOHG ZLWK WKH QRUPDO LQĂ X[ RI GHHU KXQWHUV WR the area.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Jens Fossum Sr. was a patient at the Frederic Municipal Hospital after suffering a heart attack while hunting with his son, Art, and grandson, Steve.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Frederic Mayor Wallace Early was driving his Phillips 66 oil truck in the Lewis area when his truck was struck by a bullet, shattering the windshield so that glass was scattered all over the inside of the cab.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Harry D. Baker was featured in a story about his long career in real estate. He was 90 years old and celebrated 70 years with %DNHU /DQG DQG 7LWOH ZLWK DQ RSHQ KRXVH DW KLV RIĂ&#x20AC;FH in St. Croix Falls. Mr. Baker was also the chairman of the Salvation Army in Polk County, a position he had held for 15 years.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Polk County Conservation Speech &RQWHVW ZLQQHUV LQ WKH HOHPHQWDU\ JURXS ZHUH Ă&#x20AC;UVW place, Connie Forrest, St. Croix Falls; second, Donald Haumant, Frederic; third, Valerie Matson, Unity; and fourth, Sharon Eby, Osceola.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Mr. and Mrs. Martin Friberg celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Nov. 17 with an open house at Grace Lutheran Church.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Pearl Konvalin shot a 180-pound, 8-point buck, and the other members of her hunting party were very excited when â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grandmaâ&#x20AC;? got her buck.

40 years ago Eleven-year-old Steve Edling from St. Croix Falls won the punt, pass and kick competition held during halftime of the Detroit Lions versus Minnesota Vikings game at Met Stadium and would compete in the divisional contest in Atlanta, Ga., on Dec. 16.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Three hunting accidents in Polk and Burnett counties during deer hunting involved men being struck in the leg by a stray bullet.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Wilbur Woods Sr. of Siren won a rod and reel for registering the largest buck at Dair Stewartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sporting Goods, and Jack Hedlund, also of Siren, won a hunting knife for the smallest buck.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Airman Alan L. Nielsen, from Luck, completed basic training and was assigned to the Technical Training Center at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, for training in the civil engineerLQJ VWUXFWXUDO SDYHPHQWV Ă&#x20AC;HOG ²3IF $UOHQ 5 3HWHUVRQ from Frederic, and Pfc. Daniel Garbe, from Danbury, participated in a training exercise, Reforger V, in Germany in October.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Kathy Martin, a Frederic grad attending Carthage College, was selected for the 1973 Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.

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St. Croix T.R.A.I.L.S. 30th-annual youth conference and powwow set Youth on the Red Road Conference open to all area middle and high school students, parents HERTEL - â&#x20AC;&#x153;This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth conference is all about youth leadership and cultural growth,â&#x20AC;? reported Mark Soulier, St. Croix T.R.A.I.L.S. coordinator and organizer of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 30th-annual St. Croix T.R.A.I.L.S. Youth Conference and Powwow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Youth on the Red Road Conference has really grown over the years from just a few students to many. More reservation communities are bringing their youth to the conference to participate,â&#x20AC;? noted Soulier.

T.R.A.I.L.S. stands for Traditions Respecting American Indian Life Styles.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conference, to be held Friday, Dec. 13, from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., will once again be home to more than 100 area youth from St. Croix, LCO, Bad River and other neighboring tribes. The middle school and high school students will spend an entire day learning leadership roles and tuning into those traditional cultural practices that when brought to the forefront of their lives will protect, guide and teach them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve spoken in past years about youth walking the red road of sobriety alongside adult role models,â&#x20AC;? Soulier said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year, we are saying that youth on the red road are in leadership positions within the reservation

communities and it is upon them to bring other youth onto the red road to walk with them. It is up to these youth leaders to help those who fall from the red road to pick them up and walk alongside them again,â&#x20AC;?

6RXOLHU GHĂ&#x20AC;QHV WKH TXDOLWLHV WKDW KH VHHV LQ \RXWK LQ leadership positions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youth leaders are able to talk the talk, yet are quiet enough to really listen. Youth leaders have strong traditional values. They are committed to education and to language, culture and historical preservation. Youth leaders participate in community, ceremonial and seasonal harvesting. Youth in leadership positions have a great deal of self-respect.â&#x20AC;?

Soulier said adults today are the youth from the past. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This brings more insight and understanding to the concept of all aspects of the red road,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youth of today will follow our young adult leaders. For this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conference, there are more kids who are stepping up to coordinate and conduct Ojibwe language and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m College Bound workshops. Education and the Red Road go hand in hand. These two breakout sessions will focus on students involved in summer educational activities that have led them further down the red road to continuing their education.â&#x20AC;?

A third breakout session will focus on peer pressures including bullying and negative behaviors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All drugs have become such a norm,â&#x20AC;? Soulier noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;New synthetic drugs, prescription drugs that people are abusing â&#x20AC;Ś they have all become so readily avail-

able. There is a lack of responsibility and a lack of a value system in many peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives. They would rather spend $5 on drugs than on a box of diapers. The few youth leaders that we have, the few that we can keep, will help spread the word to others that we need education, we need to stay clean and sober, and we need to educate our tribal kids, culturally and intellectually. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth leadership and cultural growth focus is all aboutâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;youth taking youth by the hand and walking the red road of sobriety, learning the native language, growing spiritually and developing a deep sense of self-respect and pride.â&#x20AC;?

Students from middle school through high school are all welcome to attend, as well as parents, teachers, elders and community members. The 30th-annual Youth on the Red Road Conference is scheduled on Friday, Dec. 13, beginning at 9 a.m. The conference is being held at the St. Croix Tribal gym in Hertel, halfway between Spooner and Siren on Hwy. 70.

If you know of a group of middle school and high school students, or if you are a parent who would like to bring your child to the conference, you are invited to attend free of charge. Please contact Mark Soulier at 800-236-2195, ext. 5310, or call his cell phone at 715520-2272. The conference and powwow on Saturday are sponsored by the St. Croix Tribal Council, St. Croix AODA Minochigadaa program, St. Croix Casinos and the St. Croix T.R.A.I.L.S. program. - submitted

T.R.A.I.L.S. Powwow Saturday HERTEL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The St. Croix Tribe cordially invites everyone and their family to attend the 30th-annual St. Croix T.R.A.I.L.S. Powwow on Saturday, Dec. 14. The powwow is held at the St. Croix Tribal gymnasium in Hertel, with the grand entry beginning at 1 p.m. The powwow will continue until 10 p.m. on Saturday evening. This is a family celebration. There will be no alcohol or drugs allowed on the premises. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a traditional powwow that we hold every year in honor of our youth,â&#x20AC;? said Soulier. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The crowning of the new T.R.A.I.L.S. princess and brave will take place at the powwow on Saturday.â&#x20AC;?

Traditional dancing and singing will envelop the day.

Your children will enjoy watching the traditional St. Croix Tribal Descendants Royalty contest. Native American clothing, crafts and custom Native American jewelry will be for sale. Authentic Native American foods will be available.

A master of ceremonies will introduce a full regalia of women dancers in traditional buckskin, fancy shawl, jingle and ribbon dresses. Traditional male grass dancers will perform as well. The grass dance is based on a tradition of men knocking down tall grass to provide a place to gather. Trick dancing and fast dancing will captivate

the crowds. Grand entries are scheduled for 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Button donations to attend are $3. Elders and children XQGHU ZLOO EH DGPLWWHG IUHH 5DIĂ H WLFNHWV IRU D P\ULDG of prizes will be on sale during the powwow. Persons do not need to be present to win. The host drum is the Cumberland Singers. The co-host drum is Raining Thunder. The master of ceremonies is William Hindsley. For more information on the youth conference and powwow, please contact Mark Soulier, St. Croix T.R.A.I.L.S. coordinator, at 800-236-2195, ext. 5310. - from the St. Croix Tribe

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Making Memories and More hosts retreat in Siren Deer hunting is not the only draw to the area SIREN - The deer hunting season brings many visitors to Wisconsinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s north woods. But not all visitors to Siren this past weekend were interested in the elusive deer herd.

A total of 107 scrapbook enthusiasts attended

a scrapbook retreat at The Lodge at Crooked Lake in Siren on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 22 and 23. Most in attendance traveled from the Cities or other parts of Minnesota, but one drove all the way from Iowa.

The retreat was one of several retreats organized by Sirenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Making Memories and More throughout the years. To demonstrate their popularity, consider that the retreat sold out in 45 minutes. - Sherill Summer

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Two members honored for decades of service

The new truck cost approximately $450,000 and replaces a 1991 IH unit, which will become the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backup unit to comply with ISO ratings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve actually been budgeting for the WUXFN IRU FORVH WR IRXU \HDUV Âľ VWDWHG Ă&#x20AC;UH Greg Marsten|Staff writer MILLTOWN â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Milltown Volunteer chief Ron Carlson, who detailed some of Fire Department honored two members the features of the new truck. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just put who have dedicated almost three-quarters it into service on Sunday (Nov. 17).â&#x20AC;?

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The department honored former assistant chief Larry McCurdy for his 31 years of service. McCurdy also noted that he has two generations of McCurdys below him, with son Scott McCurdy, who has 19 years of service, and grandson Dylan McCurdy, 16, who has been a cadet since last July.

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The Milltown Volunteer Fire Department primarily serves the village of Milltown, as well as the towns of Georgetown and Milltown, and part of the towns of Eureka and Johnstown. They average approximately 250 calls per year with an active roster of at least 40 members.

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OBITUARIES/CHURCH NEWS Edwin â&#x20AC;&#x153;Edâ&#x20AC;? Dale Olson

Resser C. Adams

Marjorie Ann Thoreson

Edwin â&#x20AC;&#x153;Edâ&#x20AC;? Dale Olson, 83, of Danbury, Wis., formerly of Bloomington, Minn., died Nov. 18, 2013. Ed, or Dale as he was called by his family, was born Oct. 27, 1930, in Tarkio, Mo., to Edwin and Tena (Jelden) Olson. He was welcomed home by his older sister, Twilla. Ed grew up in Hildreth, Neb., and started college at Kearney State College. During the Korean War, Ed was a second class electronic technician on the USS Dortch DD 670. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1958 with a degree in electrical engineering.

While attending UNL, Ed married Della Lohmeier on July 14, 1956, in Lincoln, Neb. After 32 years, Ed retired from Westinghouse. Ed and Della spent their time between their homes in Wisconsin and Texas.

Ed was active with the Boy Scouts of America for 25 years and earned the Westinghouse Electric Corporation Community Service Award. Ed enjoyed spending time researching genealogy and organizing Dortch reunions.

He also enjoyed entertaining people with his Ole and Lena jokes.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Twilla, and her husband, Walter Gardner.

A memorial service was held Tuesday, Nov. 26, at Huber Funeral Home, 16394 Glory Lane, Eden Prairie, Minn. A graveside committal was held on Wednesday, Nov. 27, at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. Arrangements were entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, Wis. Online condolences can be made at swedberg-taylor.com

Resser C. Adams of St. Croix Falls, Wis., died Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, at Comforts of Home in Frederic, Wis., at the age of 91.

Resser was born July 13, 1922, at Farmington, Minn., to Elmer and Laura Adams. He attended grade school in Somerset, Wis. On June 3, KH PDUULHG KLV Ă&#x20AC;UVW ZLIH ,RQH at Eureka Baptist Church. This marriage ended in divorce. On May 30, 1986, he married his second wife, Myrtle. He worked in the St. Croix Falls city public works department. After his retirement, he built churches thoughout the country for Laborers for Christ through the Missouri Synod and for RVICS. His passion in life was lay evangelizing for Christ.

Resser was preceded in death by his parents; second wife, Myrtle; sons, Thomas and Michael; sisters, Edith and Edna. He is survived by his children, Katherine (Terry) Wulff of Neillsville, Wis., Christina (Lee) Sedlund of Lindstrom, Minn., David (Debra) Adams of Cambridge, England, Ruth (Erwin) Earley of Rochester, Minn., Rebecca Eberhardy of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and Mark Adams of Balsam Lake, Wis.; brother, Russell (Dorothy) Adams of St. Croix Falls; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were Monday, Nov. 25, at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in St. Croix Falls. Interment was in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Osceola, Wis.. The Grandstrand Funeral Home of St. Croix Falls was entrusted with arrangements.

Marjorie Ann Thoreson, of Grantsburg, beloved mom, grandma and great-grandma, passed away on Nov. 19, 2013, at the age of 86, with her loving family by her side.

A funeral service was held Friday, Nov. 22, at New Hope Lutheran Church with Pastor Emory Johnson RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDWLQJ 3DOOEHDUHUV ZHUH &KDG Swenson, Adam Thoreson, Christopher Ryan, Luke Thoreson, Nicholas Ryan, Jamie Noye, Brandon Ryan, Bryce Ryan and Lars Thoreson.

Marge was born Sept. 27, 1927, in Frederic, Wis., to parents Sidney and Francis (Swenson) Lee. She graduated from Grantsburg High School in 1945. She worked as a waitress at the Rainbow Cafe in Grantsburg, a job that she loved to do. It was there she met her future husband, Maurice Thoreson. Marge and Maurice were united in marriage on Feb. 1, 1947, in Center City, Minn., while Maurice was in the Air Force. They were stationed at Air Force bases in Rapid City, S.D.; Fort Worth, Texas; Clinton-Sherman, Okla.; Yakota Air Force Base in Japan; and Wichita, Kan. Marge and Maurice had six children, three girls and three boys. Maurice passed away suddenly in 1964, and Marge moved her family back to Grantsburg. She worked at the Grantsburg Schools for a short time and at the Grantsburg Clinic for many years, retiring in 1997.

Marge enjoyed reading, traveling, bowling, being at the lake and especially spending time with her family. She is survived by her children, Linda (Terry) Swenson, Sandy (Roger) Hinrichs, Mike (Debbie) Thoreson, Sherry (Mitch) Ryan, Dave (Rebecca) Thoreson and Ron (Amy) Thoreson; 16 grandchildren and 12 greatgrandchildren; many nieces and nephews.

Marge was preceded in death by her husband, Maurice, her parents and her two sisters, Lorraine and Adelaide.

Deborah Jean Riegel

George W. Sonterre George W. Sonterre, 77, Webster, died Nov. 23, 2013.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, at 1 p.m., visitation noon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1 p.m, at Lakeside Community Lutheran Church, A & H. A full obituary will follow next week. Online condolences can be made at swedberg-taylor.com.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Harvey Engen service set CLAM FALLS - The memorial service for Harvey Engen will be held at Clam Falls Lutheran Church on Saturday morning, Nov. 30. The service will begin at 11 a.m. with burial of ashes for both Harvey and Shirley following the service.

Friends and relatives are invited to come and share memories with the family.

Deborah Jean Riegel of St. Croix Falls passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family on Nov. 21, 2013, at Regions Hospital at the age of 56.

Deborah was born in St. Paul, Minn., on March 4, 1957, to Val and Lois Hansen. In 1972, the family moved to Amery, Wis. On Aug. 31, 1974, she married Larry â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bearâ&#x20AC;? Riegel. Together they made their home in St. Croix Falls, Wis., where they raised their two children, Jake and Nicole. She most recently worked at the St. &URL[ &DVLQR LQ 7XUWOH /DNH 'HE HQMR\HG Ă&#x20AC;VKLQJ DQG camping with her family, gardening, baking and a variety of crafts. She was an avid Packers fan.

Deb was preceded in death by her husband, Bear; daughter, Nikki; mother, Lois; father-in-law, Fred; sisters, Shelly Andrie and Sharon Hansen. She is survived by her son, Jake; granddaughter, Quinn Kucza; father, Val; mother-in-law, Joanna Reigel; sisters, Elaine (Paul) Lorentz, Vicki (Galen) Stauner, Paula (Jim) Bremer and Teri Pelava; brother-in-law, Ron Andrie; and numerous nieces, nephews other relatives and friends.

Visitation and services were held Sunday, Nov. 24, at the Grandstrand Funeral Home in Osceola, grandstrandfh.com.

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CHURCH NEWS may worship where we want. All these freedoms, and more, are ours as long as we stay within the limits of the law and respect othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rights.

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We can thank God for all our freedoms, whether they relate to our physical, emotional or spiritual needs. God is, after all, the giver of everything we have. And his attributes are endless. He loves us like no other and is faithful in carrying out his many promises, as expressed in his word.

The Psalms have much to say about being thankful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is good to give

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We have the freedom to express our opinions verbally and in writing. We

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Jim: What a grieving person often needs most is the presence of a thoughtful friend. One of the best things you can do is to listen and allow her to talk. If you want to express something, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enough to say you care and that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sorry. Explanations seldom console and advice is rarely helpful.

She may be angry as well as sad and needs to acknowledge, express and deal with these feelings. If it seems appropriate, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid to encourage a good cry. And be patient, grief is a complicated process that can take a long time to work itself out. As you have opportunity, urge her to take care of herself by getting enough exercise, rest and recreation.

Practically speaking, you can make yourself available to help with daily chores and necessities. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re running an errand, call and ask if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anything you can pick up for her. If she has children, offer to baby-sit and go out of your

thanks to the Lord, to declare (his) lovingkindness in the morning, and (his) faithfulness every night.â&#x20AC;? (Psalm 92:1-2) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! For his mercy endures forever.

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy.â&#x20AC;? (Psalm 107:1-2) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Be thankful to him, and bless his name.â&#x20AC;? (Psalm 100:4) Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Testament letters also express the value of thanking God for everything we have. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.â&#x20AC;? (1 Thess. 5:18) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thanks be to God, who gives us the

Does familiarity really breed contempt?

Dr. Greg Smalley, vice president, Family Ministries: The assumptions we make about our spouse can determine the level of happiness we experience in marriage.

When two people get frustrated with one another, but the issue is not dealt with, Jim Daly Juli Slattery the tendency is for each person to develop his or her own conclusion about way to give them special attention. Re- why the problem is happening. This is member that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re grieving too. what is known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;negative beliefs.â&#x20AC;? In Above all, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t avoid your friend. other words, a husband or wife interWrite notes to her during especially prets the behavior of his or her spouse to GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW WLPHV VXFK DV KROLGD\V ELUWK- be much more negative than the spouse GD\V DQG DQQLYHUVDULHV <RX¡OO Ă&#x20AC;QG WKDW intended. Whatever you believe about a phone call or an invitation to lunch another person (positive or negative), could make her day. And if she needs a \RX ZLOO Ă&#x20AC;QG HYLGHQFH RI WKDW EHOLHI LQ â&#x20AC;&#x153;familyâ&#x20AC;? for the holidays, ask her to join everything he or she says or does. yours.

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victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.â&#x20AC;?

(1 Cor. 15:57) â&#x20AC;&#x153;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.â&#x20AC;? (Philippians 4:6-7) Lord, we thank you for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s special day of Thanksgiving. As we celebrate it, help us remember to give you thanks every day.

You show us your great love even when we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t deserve it. Thank you for your great grace and mercy, in Jesusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; name, amen.

Mrs. Bair may be reached at sallybair@ gmail.com.

hoping that our mate will change truly negative behaviors. However, there can be great freedom in considering that your husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motives, even in those things that annoy you, are more positive than you might have previously acknowledged. â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ Jim Daly is president of Focus on the Family, host of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Focus on the Familyâ&#x20AC;? radio program, and a husband and father of two.

Dr. Juli Slattery is a licensed psychologist, co-host of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Focus on the Family,â&#x20AC;? author of several books, and a wife and mother of three. Submit your questions to: FocusOnTheFamily.com. Copyright 2012 Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, CO 80995.

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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.

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BETHANY LUTHERAN - SIREN Hwy. 35, 1/2 blk. N. Main St. Pastor Paul Peterson, Cell # 715-566-3758 Pastoral Serv. 715-349-5280 Sun. Worship - 8:30 a.m,; Sun. School 9:45 a.m.

BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws Pastor Peter Rimmereid, 715-755-2562 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Sun. Contemporary Service 8:30 a.m.; Traditional Service 10:45 a.m.

BONE LAKE LUTHERAN bllc@lakeland.ws Pastor Mary Ann Bowman, 5 mi. E. of Luck on Hwy. 48, 1/2 mi. S. on I; Office - 715-472-2535 Pastor - 715-472-8153, 9 a.m. Sunday School, Adult Bible Study; 10:30 a.m. Worship; 11:30 a.m. Fellowship 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.; christlutheranpipelake.com CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC) Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt, 218-371-1335 715-327-4461 Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

FAITH LUTHERAN - BALSAM LAKE faithlutheran@lakeland.ws Pastor Diane Norstad 715-485-3800; CTH I & Mill Street Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:40 a.m.

FAITH LUTHERAN - GRANTSBURG 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 Trad. Wor. - 8:30 a.m.; Cont. Wor. - 11 a.m.

FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING Pastor Elaine Silpala, cushingparish.org 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. Worship 9 a.m.; GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA 877 190th Ave., CTH G, Balsam Lake, WI (Fox Creek) Pastor Neal Weltzen; GT Office - 715-857-5580, Parsonage - 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wor. Serv. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; GRACE LUTHERAN - WEST SWEDEN Phone 715-327-4340, 715-651-5363, 715-327-8384, Pastor Roger Pittman Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m.

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (Missouri Synod) Pastor Jody R. Walter 715-327-8608 Sun. Schl. - 8:45 a.m.; Service - 10:45 a.m.

LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTH. - ELCA CTH H, 1/2 mi. N. of CTH A & H on H Church Off. 715-635-7791 Pastor Bill Schroeder Fall/winter schedule (Sept.-May) Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

Sunday School 9 a.m.

LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING Pastor Elaine Silpala, cushingparish.org Sun. Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:30 a.m.

LUCK LUTHERAN Pastor Ralph Thompson - 715-977-0694; Office 715-472-2605; lucklutheran.org Sunday Wor. 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Schl. 9:35 a.m.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN Pastors Mel Rau & Maggie Isaacson 113 W. Main St.. W., 715-825-2453 10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH - UPPER ST. CROIX PARISH Pastor Emory Johnson, 715-463-5700 newhopelutheranchurch.org 685 W. State Road 70, Grantsburg Sun. Wor. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gâ&#x20AC;?

Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.; OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER Pastor Jody Walter Church Phone 715-327-8608 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m. facebook/OurRedeemerWebster PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA) 2355 Clark Road, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2515 plcdresser.org Pastor Valerie Peterson Sun. Wor. 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.

PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA) Pastor Paul Peterson 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sun. Worship - 10:30 a.m. 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. JOHNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod) 350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Worship - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

ST. PETERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LUTHERAN - LCMC 1614 CTH B, North Luck, Pastor Rob Lubben Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

Contact Leslie Valentine, 715-646-2390; Email: leslie56@centurytel.net SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN (Missouri Synod) 140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA 10 mi. W. of Cumberland on Hwy. 48 (McKinley) Pastor Neal Weltzin GT Office 715-857-5580 Parsonage 715-822-3001 TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN Hwy. 70 East, 715-689-2271, Pastor Carl Heidel Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA 300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sun. Wor. 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.; Summer, 9 a.m.

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN Pastors Mike & Linda Rozumalski 1 mi. west of Luck on N, 2478 170th St., Luck Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

Fellowship 11 a.m.

WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - ELCA Rev. Rexford D. Brandt 447 180th St., Osceola, 715-294-2936 Sept. 15, 2013 - June 1, 2014 Sun. Wor. 8 & 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m.

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN 1/2 mi. W. of Hwy. 35 on U, 715-866-8281, Pastors Douglas Olson, Roger Kampstra, Myron Carlson and Danny Wheeler Service at 9:30 a.m.

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (LCMC) 5 miles E. of Frederic on W, 2 miles south on I; Church: 715-472-8660 Pastor Mike Fisk, 715-417-0692 Sunday Schl. & Adult Study 9:15 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

ZION LUTHERAN - EAST FARMINGTON (WELS ) Pastor Martin Weigand - 715-294-3489 Sun. Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Thurs. Wor. 4:30 p.m.

Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Bible Classes 9:30 a.m.

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE Pastor Tim Faust Worship - 11 a.m.; Sunday School - 10 a.m.

ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE Pastor Roger Pittman 715-327-8384, 715-651-5363 Fellowship - 10:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 11 a.m.,

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) Sunday School - Child.- 9 a.m.; Sunday School - Adults - 8:45 a.m.; METHODIST

METHODIST

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST - UPPER ST. CROIX PARISH Rev. Carolyn Saunders; Rev. Mike Brubaker, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST - UPPER ST. CROIX FALLS Rev. Carolyn Saunders; Rev. Mike Brubaker 715-463-2624 Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:30 a.m.

DANBURY UNITED METHODIST 7520 Water St., 715-866-8646 Rev. Gil White, Sr. Pastor Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER 26503 Muskey Ave., 715-866-8646 Rev. Gil White, Sr. Pastor, Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m., Sun. Worship - 10:30 a.m.

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST htslumc@gmail.com 1606 165th Ave., CTH I, Centuria Pastor Freddie Kirk, 715-485-3363 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 3482 115th St., 715-866-8646 Rev. Gil White, Sr. Pastor Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST Pastor Annie Tricker Sunday Worship 11 a.m.; Sunday School 11 a.m.

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST osceolawiumc.org; oumc@centurytel.net 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor Kathy Huneywell Sunday Early Risers Class - 8:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST UPPER ST. CROIX FALLS Rev. Carolyn Saunders; Rev. Mike Brubaker Sunday Worship Serv. - 10 a.m.; Sunday School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC 100 Linden Street, Frederic Pastor â&#x20AC;&#x153;Freddieâ&#x20AC;? Kirk, 715-327-4436 Sun. Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Wed. Serv. 5:15 p.m.

SIREN UNITED METHODIST 24025 1st Ave. So., 715-866-8646 Rev. Gil White, Sr. Pastor Rev. Thomas Cook, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Wor. - 10:15 a.m.

(Nursery available) TAYLORS FALLS UNITED METHODIST 290 W. Government Street, 715-294-4436 Reverend Dr. Rolland Robinson Sunday Service - 10 a.m. with nursery Sunday School - Sept. - May at 10 a.m.

WOLF CREEK UNITED METHODIST Rev. Carolyn Saunders; Rev. Mike Brubaker Sunday Worship - 8:15 a.m.

COVENANT

COVENANT

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA Pastor Scott Sagle, 715-689-2541 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome SIREN COVENANT Pastor Ken Sohriakoff 7686 Lofty Pines Drive, Siren, 715-349-5601 Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

UNITED COVENANT - CLEAR LAKE Pastor Dan Pearson Sunday School 8:45 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.

CATHOLIC

CATHOLIC

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Rev. William Brenna, 715-247-3310 255 St. Hwy. 35, East Farmington Mass Sunday 8:30 a.m.

CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH Pastor - Father Frank Wampach 490 Bench St., Taylors Falls, 651-465-7345 Sat. Vigil 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:30 & 10:30 a.m.

Tues. - Thurs. 7:30 a.m.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP Danbury - 7586 St. Rd. 77, 715-866-7321 Pastor - Father Michael J. Tupa Mass - Sat. 4 p.m., Fri. 9 a.m. (Sept.-May).

Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

OUR LADY OF THE LAKES Balsam Lake Rev. John A. Drummy; Pastor - 715-405-2253 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 Fr. Louis Reddy, 715-327-8119 Mass: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m.

Call the office for daily & holy day Mass times IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG Fr. Louis Reddy, 715-327-8119 Mass: Sat. 6:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m.

ST. ANNE PARISH Rev. Andy Anderson, 715-247-3310 139 Church Hill Rd., Somerset Mass Sat. 5 p.m.; Sun. 8 a.m. & 10 a.m.; Tues., Wed., Thurs. & Fri. 9 a.m.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER Pastor Father Frank Wampach, 651-465-7345 25293 Redwing Ave., Shafer, MN Sunday 9 a.m.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa, 715-866-7321 Cedar & Muskey Ave. - Webster Mass Sun 10 a.m., Wed. 5:30 p.m. (Sept.-May), Fri. 9 a.m. (Summer) ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC 1050 North Keller Ave., Amery, 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 10:30 a.m.

Mass Wed. & Thurs. 9 a.m.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC Rev. William Brenna 255 E. 10th Ave., Osceola, 715-294-2243 Masses: Saturday 4 p.m.; Sunday 10:30 a.m.

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 occconnect.org Mtg. @ St. Croix Art Barn; Sun. Serv. - 9 a.m.

Nursery and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 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 Justin Hosking, 942 U.S. Hwy. 8, Amery, 715-268-2176 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

CROSSWALK COMMUNITY CHURCH Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W, Frederic Sunday School - 9 a.m.; Morning Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services HOPE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 933 248th St., Osceola Pastor Dave Williams Morning Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School Sept.-May 8:45 a.m.

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church & Nursery provided TRADE RIVER EVANGELICAL FREE Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morning Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services BAPTIST

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK. 1816 108th St., CTH I Pastor Gabe Brennan, 715-857-5411 eastbalsam.org Wor. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun. School-10:30 a.m.

EUREKA BAPTIST 2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Dr. Harry H. Buckwalter Jr., 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; fbcamery.org; Email: churchoffice@fbcamery.org Reg. office hours: Tues.-Thurs. 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Pastor Charlie Butt, Lead Pastor; Nick Buda, Associate Pastor Sun. Serv.: 9 a.m.; All ages Sun. Schl. 10:30 11:30 a.m.; Nursery available FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN 715-689-2125 or 715-689-2156 Brian Krause, Lead Pastor Steve Ward, Assoc. Pastor of Visitation Sun. School (all ages) 9:30 a.m.; Church Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Assoc. Pastor Dan Mielke 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Cure for the Common Churchâ&#x20AC;?

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., Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG 716 S. Robert St., Grantsburg, 715-463-5699 Sr. Pastor Brad Moore George Selbher, Assoc. Pastor Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School 11 a.m.

LIVING HOPE CHURCH Pastor Doug McConnell Youth Pastor Chris Radtke At Grantsburg High School, 715-463-5794 Sun. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST Pastor David Prince, 715-327-8402 Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.; tradelakebaptistchurch.org

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER 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.

CHURCH OF CHRIST - FREDERIC Minister Guy McCarty Frederic Senior Citizen Building Robert Rutherford, 715-419-0653 Sunday Worship 9 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 Wor. 10:30 a.m.

Evening Services Sun. 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Call Pastor Darryl Olson at 715-755-3133 for information and directions

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX

HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX 523 1st St., Clayton, 715-948-2493 Fr. Christopher Wojcik, Pastor Sat. Vespers - 5 p.m.; Sun. Liturgy - 9:30 a.m.

HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church, 28005 Old Towne Rd., Chisago City, MN; holyx.net Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

NAZARENE

NAZARENE

CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 510 S. Vincent, St. Croix Falls Pastor Tom Reaume, 715-483-3696 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:45 a.m. & Wed. 6:30 p.m.

FAITH COMMUNITY 7534 Peet St., Danbury, 715-656-4010 Pastor Jason Peterson Services: Adult 9 a.m.; Services Sunday 10 a.m.; Children: 10:15 a.m.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

ST. CROIX UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP 715-553-3386 Taylors Falls Community Bldg., 312 Government St., Taylors Falls, Minn.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

NONDENOMINATIONAL

CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN CHURCH 2390 CTH A, 1/8 mi. east of A&H intersection Pastor Tryg Wistad, 715-635-9222 crossroadschurch@gmail.com Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

NEW LIFE COMMUNITY - AMERY Interim Pastor Craig Jorgenson Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church: K to 6th Grade NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY 201 Hwy. 35, Dresser (formerly The Boulevard) Pastor Tony Minell, 715-417-1982; Office 715-417-0945 Sunday Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Nursery available.

NEW WINE CHURCH - CENTURIA 309 5th Street, , 715-338-2751 Pastor Scott Petznick Sunday Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

NORTHERN PINES QUAKER MEETING 715-866-5016 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting OSCEOLA MEDICAL CENTER SPIRITUAL CARE 2600 65th Ave., Osceola, 715-294-5645 Chaplain Alan Hagstrom alan.hagstrom@myomc.org MyOmc.org/specialtyserv 1chapel.php Chapel open daily for meditation.

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 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

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Siren School Commons Area Sat., Dec. 7, 2013 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 2 - 4 p.m.

Hosted By United Pioneer Auxiliary

Performance by West Denmark Lutheran Church Choir At 3 p.m.

Freewill Offering Proceeds Go To Piano Fund Raffle For Local Artist Paintings & Gift Baskets Raffle Tickets Available At Door

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â&#x20AC;˘ Bingo at the VFW post, 6:30 p.m.

Balsam Lake

Amery

â&#x20AC;˘ CommUnity Harvest Workshop at Unity school, 10 a.m.2:30 p.m. Preregister for meal, 715-485-8600.

â&#x20AC;˘ Earth Arts Fall Salon Art Exhibit at ArtZ Gallery. Mon.Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., earthartswi.org.

Frederic

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â&#x20AC;˘ 2nd- & 3rd-grade holiday concert, 7 p.m.

Luck â&#x20AC;˘ K-3 concert at the school, 7 p.m., 715-472-2152.

Amery

Milltown

â&#x20AC;˘ Freewill chili at Miki Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s with donation going to Operation Christmas, 8 a.m.-9 p.m., 715-268-8572.

â&#x20AC;˘ Friends meeting at the library, 6 p.m., 715-825-2313.

St. Croix Falls

THURSDAY/Ĺ&#x201D;Ĺ&#x161;

â&#x20AC;˘ Love Lights ceremony at the medical center, 4 p.m., 715-483-0331.

Luck â&#x20AC;˘ Thanksgiving Day dinner at Bone Lake Lutheran Church, noon. For reservations, call 715-472-2535.

Webster

Milltown

â&#x20AC;˘ Lions & Lioness food distribution at Connections, 13 p.m., 715-866-8151.

â&#x20AC;˘ Free Thanksgiving feast at the community center, noon-3 p.m., 715-472-2273 or 715-825-3495.

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Siren

Luck

â&#x20AC;˘ Free Thanksgiving dinner at the senior center, noon2 p.m., 715-866-4878.

â&#x20AC;˘ Tree lighting ceremony at Triangle Park Gazebo, Fri. 6 p.m.; Sat. large vendor/craft expo at Home & Away Ministries, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; visit Santa at the library and Ted Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Santa Train & Holiday Village at the museum, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; horse-drawn wagon rides, pick up at the library, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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Osceola

Clear Lake

â&#x20AC;˘ Randy Stonehill concert at Osceola Community Church, 7 p.m., osceolachurch.org.

â&#x20AC;˘ Compassionate Friends, Tri-County Chapter, grief support in death of a child, at First Lutheran, 7 p.m., 715-263-2739.

Taylors Falls, Minn.

â&#x20AC;˘ Tree lighting at Veterans Park at 4:30 p.m. and Lions lighting display at Crooked Lake, visitsiren.com.

â&#x20AC;˘ Lighting Festival: Fri. parade 6 p.m., Fri. & Sat. craft fair at community center, Sat. craft fair at Lutheran church, bazaar at Methodist church, lightingfestival.com.

SATĆ Ć&#x201A; NOVĆ Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x2019; & SUNĆ Ć&#x201A; DECĆ Ĺ&#x201C; St. Croix Falls â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Storyâ&#x20AC;? at Festival Theatre. Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., festivaltheatre.org, 715-483-3387. â&#x20AC;˘ Artists for the Arts fundraiser at Festival Theatre. Sat. 2-10 p.m., Sun. noon-6 p.m., 715-483-3387.

SATURDAY/Ĺ&#x2022;Ĺ&#x2019; Amery â&#x20AC;˘ Rubyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pantry at the Congregational Church. Doors open 8:30 a.m. Dist. 9 a.m., $15 donation, 715-268-7390.

Siren St. Croix Falls

Siren â&#x20AC;˘ Northland Beekeepers Assoc. meeting at the government center, 7 p.m., 715-327-5525.

Grantsburg â&#x20AC;˘ Conversations about Dementia program at the medical center, noon-1 p.m. RSVP 715-463-7285, info 715651-9989.

Luck

TUESDAY/Ĺ&#x2022;

â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Quiltâ&#x20AC;? at 1 p.m., horse-drawn wagon rides, 12:30-2:30 p.m., ecumenical Advent choral vespers, 4:30 p.m., at the Methodist church.

Amery â&#x20AC;˘ Cardiac support group at the medical center, 1 p.m., 715-268-0291.

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Franconia, Minn.

Danbury â&#x20AC;˘ Advent service of lessons and carols at Danbury United Methodist Church, 3 p.m.

Leader Land

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Milltown

FRIDAY/Ĺ&#x2DC;

Taylors Falls, Minn.

â&#x20AC;˘ Pie & wine soiree at the sculpture park, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 651-227-6668, franconia.org.

â&#x20AC;˘ Craft/vendor holiday expo at the community center, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-566-0369.

Luck â&#x20AC;˘ Holiday art sale at Cafe Wren, Fri. & Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m.-4 p.m., cafewren.com.

â&#x20AC;˘ Ă&#x20AC;OP ´%ULQJLQJ 8S %DE\Âľ at the library, 7 p.m., 715-472-2770.

â&#x20AC;˘ Art and craft sale at Our Lady Of The Lakes Church, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

â&#x20AC;˘ Small Business Saturday deals.

â&#x20AC;˘ 4K- through 1st-grade holiday concert, 7 p.m.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Holiday art sale at Cafe Wren, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., cafewren. com. â&#x20AC;˘ Christmas tea 2-4 p.m. & West Denmark Lutheran Church choir performance at 3 p.m. at Pioneer Home, 715-472-2164.

Balsam Lake

Frederic

FRIĆ Ĺ&#x2018; SUNĆ /Ĺ&#x2DC; Ĺ&#x2018; Ĺ&#x161;

â&#x20AC;˘ NAMI Connections recovery support group meeting at Fristad Lutheran Church, 7 p.m., namiconnectionspolkcounty@gmail.com

Clam Falls â&#x20AC;˘ Coffee hour at Clam Falls Lutheran Church, 9 a.m.

Spooner

Danbury â&#x20AC;˘ Christmas at Forts Folle Avoine, theforts.org. Sat. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 715-866-8890.

Siren

â&#x20AC;˘ Affordable Care Act webinar for farmers at the Ag Research Station, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 715-635-3506, 715635-4444.

â&#x20AC;˘ Community choir Christmas concert at Bethany Lutheran Church. Sat. 7 p.m.; Sun. 3 p.m.

WEDNESDAY/Ĺ&#x2013;

â&#x20AC;˘ Rivertown Holiday weekend, events at library, senior center, Overlook Deck, etc., fallschamber.org.

Amery

SATURDAY/Ĺ&#x2122;

â&#x20AC;˘ Early-stage Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support group at the senior center, 10 a.m., 715-268-6605.

Frederic â&#x20AC;˘ Blood pressure screening at Bremer Bank, 9 a.m.

THURSĆ Ĺ&#x2018;SUNĆ /Ĺ&#x2014;Ĺ&#x2018;Ĺ&#x161; St. Croix Falls â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Storyâ&#x20AC;? at Festival Theatre. Thurs. 2 & 7:30 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., 715-4833387, festivaltheatre.org.

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Amery â&#x20AC;˘ Mr. & Mrs. Claus at Amery Chevrolet; fundraiser for humane society, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 715-268-7387. â&#x20AC;˘ Book sale at the library, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Atlas â&#x20AC;˘ Christmas coffee, craft & bake sale at the Methodist church, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

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Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s events at the library include a family craft activity and a bake sale by the Friends of the SCF Library. Miss St. Croix Falls, her court, and local Girl Scouts will all be on hand to help. The action at the senior center begins at 9 a.m. with craft vendors set up inside. They

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Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event at the Overlook Deck has Santa returning, the fire burning, treats available, plus a visit from our sheep friends. Kids love to pet the sheep and learn about their wool. There will be pinecone birdseed ornament making as well. Following the activity at the Overlook on both Saturday evening and

Sunday afternoon, Festival Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Storyâ&#x20AC;? is on stage, providing a perfect way to top off the day. For ticket information visit their website at festivaltheatre.org. )RRG VKHOI GURS ER[HV Drop boxes to stock the local food shelf will be placed at the library on Saturday for donations of food and personal care items, providing a convenient way to give this holiday season. In Taylors Falls, Minn., a coat drive has been organized during the Lighting Festival for receiving and distributing coats. More information is on the website at lightingfestival.com.

Shop, eat and support downtown businesses in both Taylors Falls and St. Croix Falls during the back-to-back weekends of the Lighting Festival, Nov. 29 to Dec. 1, and Rivertown Holiday, Dec. 7 and 8.

Dollars spent locally have a great impact on the health of our communities.

Complete schedule details can be found on the SCF Rivertown Holiday Facebook page and on the Falls Chamber website at fallschamber.org. This celebration is brought to you by the St. Croix Falls business community and volunteers. - submitted