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Most of the white is in the form of frost this December, which has seen not only a lack of measurable snowfall but unseasonably warm temperatures. In fact, it was more of a brown than white Christmas. See Priscilla Bauer’s column, page 7. - Photo by Greg Marsten

2011 weather: A year of extremes

by Kristen Durst Wisconsin Public Radio STATEWIDE - The National Weather Service says 2011 was another year of extremes in Wisconsin.

Nine people in the state were killed this year directly by weather events and another 124 were injured. Rusty Kapela is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sullivan. He says the year started off strong with a major blizzard on Feb. 1, “We had that massive groundhog blizzard that closed a few roads and actually resulted in one death of an exposure-type death. That was a big, big snowstorm with record snowfall amounts, and then we turn around by July and we’ve got a four-day heat wave - a long duration heat wave - with temperatures topping out in the upper 90s, 101, 102.”

Kapela says that heat wave, which was the week of July 1, claimed five lives, and 108 people sought medical attention after heat indexes reached 100 to 117 degrees.

He says also notable in 2011 is that it was an overactive year for tornadoes. Kapela says the average for Wisconsin is 23 tornadoes, “So we ended up with 38 this past year which is obviously 15 above normal. It

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This past summer saw temperatures in Burnett and Polk counties reach and exceed 100 degrees. A July 1 storm produced tornadolike winds of up to 100 miles per hour which created destruction in Burnett, Washburn and Douglas counties. - Photo by Raelynn Hunter was the third busiest season. Fortunately a lot of the tornadoes were weak. We did have some strong tornadoes, about seven or eight were strong.”

Despite the abnormally high number of tornadoes, Kapela says that only one person died. However, five people were injured by tornadoes this year.

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CD showcases local grad’s guitar talent SHELL LAKE — “Amor Vincit Omnia,” which is Latin for “Love Conquers All,” is the title Joel Simpson has named his recently released instrumental CD. Simpson, a 2006 graduate of Shell Lake, is the son of Michael and Dorie Simpson. The CD includes 14 different guitar-driven instrumental tracks that Simpson has written and recorded over the past six years. After graduating from high school, Simpson attended the University of Wisconsin-Superior. After changing his major to art, he graduated in May 2010 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in visual art with a studio emphasis. “I studied visual art at UWS, and it has been a very inspiring and defining aspect in writing my music. Much like layers of paint, I visualize the layers of instrumentation, parts and textures in songs.” After graduation, Simpson traveled to Sydney, Australia, to study worship music at Hillsong International Leadership College for six months. There he received practical, hands-on training to lead a church’s music program. Simpson’s mother came up with the idea of putting together a demo disc of Joel’s music to sell at a Shell Lake Education Foundation craft fair. “After a bit of encouragement, I decided to just go for it, and the final product was the self-produced CD and sleeve,” he said. Recently Simpson has been in discussion with a company that will mass-produce the demo CD for market sale.

Currently, Simpson is donating $2 of every sale in the Shell Lake area to SLEF. “While it is not much, I am trying to do what I can to help support the educational institution that invested so much in me,” he noted. - with submitted information

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Local woman honored by US Airways PHOENIX—Frederic graduate Susie Hughes was among 86 flight attendants recently honored by US Airways at the second-annual In-flight Service Champions dinner. Award winners walked the red carpet into a banquet hosted by company vice president Hector Adler (shown in photo at right with Hughes) where they were honored for consistently demonstrating exceptional customer focus, teamwork, flexibility, image and professionalism.

Honorees earned this recognition by providing excellent customer service, as documented in customer letters and feedback cards, along with peer and supervisor nominations received from July 2010 to June 2011. The 2011 honorees averaged an incredible 55 commendations per person. “These flight attendants, who represent the top 1 percent of all our flight attendants, are making a difference. I am grateful beyond words for what each of them does every day for our customers,” said Adler.

Hughes, the daughter of Duane and Susan Hughes of Indian Creek, was one of just 25 flight attendants from the Phoenix hub who received the award. With over 32,000 employees worldwide – almost 7,000 of which are flight attendants — becoming an Inflight Service Champion is a rare accomplishment. - Jean Koelz, with submitted information

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• Briefly • ST. CROIX FALLS - MarketPlace is running a promotion to benefit the St. Croix Food Shelf from Jan. 1 to Feb. 28. The promotion is called Match the Cash Hope for the Hungry. It’s a program developed by MarketPlace Foods to help those in need of food. MarketPlace Foods will match up to $20,000 in donations during the months of January and February. Cashiers will be asking customers if they wish to donate a dollar at the end of their grocery orders. MarketPlace Foods is a member of the Falls Chamber of Commerce.- with submitted information

A little Christmas squatting Man busted midburglary with meth, paraphernalia

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer FREDERIC – A call late Christmas night outside Frederic led to several charges against a man who was apparently squatting at an unoccupied local home.

Police were called on the evening of Sunday, Dec. 25, to a home on Hwy. 48 for a report of a burglary or a man living in the home as a squatter.

Upon arrival, authorities found William Cafaro, 51, in the home, which he had locked and was occupying. Cafaro was taken into custody, but just before he was arrested, he attempted to smash a glass pipe on the floor. It was the kind commonly used for smoking methamphetamine.

He was also found to have a switchblade knife and various pieces of paraphernalia and two baggies of methamphetamine on his person. He also had over $660 in cash on his person and had attempted to hide another bag of meth in the squad car seat once arrested.

Cafaro has a long history of drug, paraphernalia and trespassing charges, as well as numerous evictions and other run-ins with the law. He also reportedly had been found on the Hwy. 48 property in the past.

He has charges pending on the latest arrest, but so far is facing misdemeanor criminal trespassing and graffiti charges, with pending drug possession charges likely.

Cafaro is slated to appear before a judge on Jan. 17 to face the latest charges, with possible allegations added before that date.

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Two buildings versus vehicles in two hours Dual DUIs in downtown St. Croix Falls end up in structures

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – Early in the morning on Friday, Dec. 23, was not a good time to be a structure in downtown St. Croix Falls on Washington Street. In the span of about two hours, two separate, unrelated incidents involving apparently intoxicated, passed-out drivers ended with their vehicles striking a building.

Polk County sheriff’s deputies were first called to 435 North Washington St., just north of downtown St. Croix Falls. The 911 call came in shortly after 2 a.m. of a report of a truck that had driven into a garage, with the driver passed out. The homeowner had apparently pulled the keys from the ignition, and the driver was still in the truck when the authorities arrived.

That truck driver was identified as Brandon Molamphy, 25, Cushing. The police report stated that he smelled of intoxicants, with slurred speech. Molamphy stated that he was on his way home from a bar. He was given three field sobriety tests and failed

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them all, registering a .14 blood alcohol content, well above the legal limit of .08 BAC. Molamphy was taken into custody and arrested, and faces his second DUI in less than three months, with a previous conviction for DUI in October, on top of an unrelated hitand-run incident in July. He had yet to make a court appearance on the latest charges prior to press time.

But Molamphy’s run-in with a building was not the only one of the day for Polk County sheriff’s deputies, and in fact wasn’t the only such incident on Washington Street in St. Croix Falls.

Less than two hours later, at about 3:30 a.m., still on Dec. 23, police were called to the

Holiday Gas Station at 202 South Washington St. for a report of a large black pickup truck still running and idling up against the wall of the gas station, with the driver passed out behind the wheel, still holding a drink in his hand.

A sheriff’s deputy tried to awaken the driver, but the doors were locked, so he had to break in to put the truck in park and shut it off, while also waking the driver, who was slumped over the steering wheel, with a plastic drink cup still in his hand.

The driver was identified as Jacob Foerst, 51, Luck. The police report stated that Foerst smelled of intoxicants and was unable to find his ID. He told police he’d been drinking in Cushing and was on his way to see a friend in St. Croix Falls. How he ended up with his truck running against the gas station was never really explained.

Foerst was given a battery of tests, and failed them all, registering an initial .11 BAC on a weak attempt, resulting in a charge of DUI, which is his second. He had a previous charge of DUI from October 2010, which is technically still pending and scheduled to go a jury trial in February 2012. Foerst has yet to be officially charged for the latest incident, due to the courts being closed for the holidays.

A citizens guide to nominating caucuses Residents to decide who will be on April ballot

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer BURNETT AND POLK COUNTIES - Residents in most villages and three towns will soon get to decide who will run for their boards in the April election. Candidates for half of the six trustee seats on each village council will be nominated by caucuses during January. In addition, the towns with fivemember boards will fill nominate candidates for two supervisor seats.

[See attached stories for the caucus date for the villages and towns.]

Caucuses are grassroots democracy. Every voter living in a village or town can take part in the caucus, but many caucuses have a low turnout. In some cases, less than a full slate of candidates is nominated.

Caucuses must be held between the first

and last Tuesday in January. In 2012, caucuses may be held from Jan. 3 through Jan. 31. Citizens gather at a designated time, choose a chairperson for the meeting and nominate people to be placed on the April ballot.

Villages have six trustees who serve a twoyear term, so half the trustees are elected each year.

The towns of Alden, Clayton and St. Croix Falls have five-member boards and elect two supervisors in 2012.

Nominations take place in two ways. A common method is to use paper ballots to place a name in nomination. An alternate method is spoken nominations. Nominees present can remove their names from consideration. A person does not need to be present to be nominated. Two candidates can be nominated for each position.

If the nomination process produces the number of candidates allowed for the ballot, for example six names for three trustee seats,

a motion can be made to accept the nomination list as the final list. When more than the maximum number of candidates are nominated, a vote is held to narrow the list to the allowed number.

In villages, three seats are open, so six candidates can be nominated by the caucus. If more than six people are nominated, a ballot is taken. Each person present votes for three nominees, and the six people with the most votes win a place on the April 3 spring election ballot.

People do not need to be present to be nominated, but all nominees must accept the nomination within five days of notification of the caucus results. If a candidate declines the nomination, the ballot spot remains empty.

Cities and some villages use nomination papers to select candidates. Candidates in those places have been filling for office in December. A list of those nominees will be reported in early January.

Village nominating caucuses in early January Citizens will chose candidates for the April ballot

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer BURNETT AND POLK COUNTIES – Most local villages and a few towns will hold nominating caucuses in January to decide who will the candidates on the April 3 election ballot. Villages elect three of the six trustees on the village council. The towns of Alden, Clayton and St. Croix Falls will elect two supervisors. Villages and cities not listed use nominating papers in December to select candidates. That nominating period ends Tuesday, Jan. 3.

Listed are the dates of the caucuses and the names of the present village office holders whose seats are up in April. Caucuses are usually held in the evening or on Saturday

Vacant seat in Luck Village Nominating caucus Jan. 11 for four council seats

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer LUCK – Four of the six trustee seats on the Luck Village Board will be up for re-election April 3. And with one incumbent already not seeking another term, the nominating caucus on Wednesday, Jan. 11, could be a lively event. The caucus will nominate candidates for three two-year terms and candidates for the remainder of a one-year term.

Incumbent Hassan Mian has already announced that he will not seek another term, according to the village office. The other two-year terms up in April are now held by Phillip Warhol

and Ross Anderson. Anderson was appointed to the council when longtime Trustee Marsha Jensen resigned.

The fourth seat up in April is for the one-year remainder of the seat once held by John Wilcoxon, who resigned from the council. Craig Lundeen was appointed to fill that seat until the coming election.

In summary, incumbents Anderson, Lundeen and Warhol may be running for re-election. Incumbent Mian is retiring, creating at least one open seat.

Trustees Bob Determan and Kristine King and village President Peter Demydowich are the only people on the seven-member village board who will not face the voters April 3.

(only Siren holds a weekday daytime caucus).

Call your town clerk or village office for time and location

Burnett County villages (three trustees in each village) Grantsburg – Jan. 9 – Trustees Dale Dresel, Val Johnson and James Nelson.

Siren – Jan. 5 (daytime caucus) – Trustees David Doty, Phyllis Kopecky and Rudolf Mothes.

Webster – Jan. 11 – Trustees Paul Berg, Kelsey Gustafson and Greg Widiker plus municipal court Judge Brian Sears.

Polk County villages (three trustees in each village) Balsam Lake – Jan. 9 – Trustees Chris Sondrol, Caroline Rediske and Jeff Reed.

Centuria – Jan. 9 – Trustees Ryan David-

son, Eugene Ludack and Steve Sylvester.

Clayton – Jan. 9 – Trustees Doug Anderson, Jonathan Bartz and Scott Donath.

Frederic – Jan. 9 – Trustees Kerry Brendel, Brad Harlander and Jamie Worthington.

Luck – Jan. 11 – Trustees Ross Anderson, Hassan Mian and Phillip Warhol (two-year terms) and Craig Lundeen (one-year term).

[See separate story.]

Milltown – Jan. 9 – Trustees Larry Kuske, Pete Peterson and Henry Studtmann.

Polk County towns with five-person town board (two supervisors) Alden – Jan. 12 – John Bonneprise and Gary Dado.

Clayton – Jan. 10 – Robert Gale and Odell Olson.

St. Croix Falls – Jan. 23 – James Beistle and Mary Lynne McAlonie.

Quentin Miller honored At the Wednesday, Dec.14, monthly meeting of the town board of Wood River, Quentin Miller was presented plaques congratulating him for his 35 years of service as treasurer for the town. Chairman Merlin Becvar is shown presenting Miller with two awards - one was from the Wisconsin Towns Association and one was from the Town of Wood River. The town congratulated Miller on his service and wished him well in his retirement. - Photo submitted

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Webster makes plans for next year Caucus scheduled

by Sherill Summer Leader staff writer WEBSTER - Much of the discussion at the Webster Village meeting held Wednesday, Dec. 14, was about upcoming projects. DSI in Siren is getting involved with the dog park that is being planned for the old municipal dump north of town. Considerable money has already been raised for the project, enough to purchase fence for the dog park, and Nexen has offered to match fundraising next year as well.

Planning is now turned to providing human comforts at the site, with the possibility of developing a (human) park alongside the dog park and developing a rest area alongside the Gandy Dancer Trail.

There was a report on the new veterans memorial for the cemetery. The memorial will cost an estimated $6,100, and there is $4,000 already earmarked for the project.

The village applied for a DNR Safe Drinking Water grant. Replacing undersized water mains, replacing fire hydrants and painting the water tower are some of the projects planned if the village receives the grant. MSA Professional Services is assisting the village in the grant writing.

Finally, the state contributed to the ongoing storm cleanup by reimbursing the village $4,293.34. The amount reimbursed was 70 percent of village expenses to remove trees, run generators and pay overtime to village employees after the July 1 storm. There is still much village property to be repaired next spring, especially at the fairgrounds.

Other business The village gave holiday bonuses this year. The six full-time employees received $100 each, and the four part-time employees received $50 each.

Dennis Quinn, owner of North Lakes Mechanical Consulting Services, will again be the municipal building inspector in 2012. He was the only one who petitioned for the state-mandated contract.

This vintage sign has been relocated to the southern village limits near Wayne’s Foods. The project was a joint venture between the village and the Webster Chamber of Commerce. Business owners sponsoring the relocation are Complete Construction, Cashco Lumber and Webster Ace Hardware. - Photo by Sherill Summer

Caucus scheduled The Webster Village caucus is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, at 5:45 p.m.

The municipal judge, Brian Sears, and three trustees, Greg Widiker, Paul Berg and Kelsey Gustafson, are up for re-election this coming year.

Hershey bar leads to jail

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer ST. CROIX FALLS – A stolen Hershey candy bar was

the trigger that caught the eye of local law enforcement and led to a closer inspection and a veritable laundry list of charges for 20-year-old Tyler Funk of Luck, who was on probation at the time and now faces eight felony charges and 10 misdemeanors for bond violations, after he was found to have several guns, various drugs and paraphernalia in his truck.

Police were first called to Wal-Mart in St. Croix Falls at just after 6 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 20, for suspected shoplifters, one of whom was Funk. When questioned by police, he admitted to taking and eating a Hershey candy bar without paying for it. He acknowledged to the police officer that “it was stupid,” and that he should have paid for it.

The officer noted that Funk was also carrying several road flares in his coat, which he admitted were also stolen from the neighboring Tractor Supply store.

Dispatchers told the officer that Funk had several open and active criminal cases and asked to search his vehicle, which led to the discovery of two rifles and a handgun, as well as drug paraphernalia and a small amount of marijuana, as well.

Funk was arrested and taken into custody and now faces eight charges of felony bail jumping on top of 10 misdemeanor charges ranging from two counts of retail theft to drug and paraphernalia possession and six more counts of misdemeanor bail jumping.

He made an initial court appearance on Thursday, Dec. 22, where Judge Molly GaleWyrick set a $10,000 cash bond, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for Friday, Dec. 30, before Judge Jeffery Anderson.

Funk has a long history of criminal run-ins, ranging from felony burglary and theft to methamphetamine and paraphernalia possession, to bail jumping, disorderly conduct and numerous driving violations.

Father of daughter in crash gets upset Christmas Day crash leads to flared tempers with passengers

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Stolen flares, guns, drugs and paraphernalia charges follow

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer TOWN OF APPLE RIVER – A two-car crash on Christmas Day did not sit well with the father of one of the drivers, who ended up going to jail because of his conduct.

According to the report of a Polk County Sheriff’s deputy, the incident began with a two-vehicle crash in the afternoon on Saturday, Dec. 25, in the Town of Apple River, at the intersection of CTH I and Neibel Lane. Apparently, one of the vehicles was being driven by a young woman who slid into a car that stopped at a stop sign at Neibel Lane.

When police and an ambulance arrived at the crash, the father of the woman who slid into the car also arrived onscene and became upset that his daughter was being cited with being at fault. After the officer suggested the woman be evaluated by medical personnel, the father confronted the officers, using profanity.

The officers stated that they explained the situation and again suggested they get medical treatment. That was when the man refused to let it go and reportedly took an aggressive stance with the police.

He was later identified as Thomas Sipple, 51, Chippewa Falls, and also allegedly threatened and used profanity with the man whose car his daughter struck, calling the man a variety of expletives while again threatening police.

Sipple refused to comply with police orders to settle down and was taken into custody, but continued to threaten and struggle with deputies until he was handcuffed and arrested. He is now facing a pending charge of misdemeanor disorderly conduct, expected to be filed this week in Polk County Circuit Court.

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Is concealed carry right for you?

You have the right to carry a concealed pistol, but is carrying one right for you? The answer depends on how you perceive the need to be armed and how safe, skillful, and well-prepared you are to deal with the routine legal hassles involved and the legal and psychological consequences of shooting someone.

Perceived need Do you feel a real need to carry a concealed pistol?

Many concealed carry permit holders say they carry primarily to assert their constitutional right to do so. At best, though, that’s merely a “feel good” reason. What really matters is that anyone carrying a pistol should do so only if they feel a need to be ready to defend themselves or others against attack.

Studies show that Americans use guns for self-protection a surprising 1 to 2.5 million times annually. On the other hand, Wisconsin’s violent crime rates are low, compared with the national average, especially outside the largest cities. An average citizen going about normal business and avoiding higher risk situations is very unlikely ever to need a gun for self-defense. Yet should the need arise, it’s almost always immediate, with no time for response by law enforcement officers. The mantra of concealed carry advocates is, “When seconds count, the police are only minutes away,” and there’s plenty of evidence to back that up.

Safety and skill Whether or not the need is perceived or real, at least you now have the choice to carry or not to carry. But do you have the skills to carry safely and legally day after day? Carrying a loaded pistol around with you in public every day is a far different matter than carrying a rifle or shotgun safely while hunting out in the woods.

Just getting a concealed carry permit requires that you have had some experience with guns, though not necessarily pistols. So we’ll assume you know the basics of safe gun handling. But how about knowing what you can and can’t do with your concealed pistol? Are you confident that you can maintain control of the pistol (retention) at all times? Can you reveal the pistol in an effort to defuse a tense situation (brandishing)? Do you know how to act in routine encounters with law enforcement officers?

Most important, are you sufficiently skilled to be able to use the pistol effectively if you have to? That involves more than just hitting bull’s eyes on the range. How do you handle yourself when adrenaline is coursing through your body in a gunfight? Have you practiced

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begins in Wisconsin Boyd Sutton moving around to make it harder for the other guy to hit you? Did you know that the average gunfight takes place at distances of between 3 and 11 yards and that even trained law enforcement officers have a hit rate of under 25 percent at those ranges? It takes a lot of training and regular practice to develop and maintain the needed skills. Are you prepared to make that commitment?

Consequences Then there are the consequences of going out armed.

Just walking around armed involves hassles. Guns are not all that comfortable to carry for long periods, even during routine activities. Then you need to be able to take the pistol out and store it safely if you need to go into someplace posted “no guns.” That usually means locking it in your car, preferably in a gun safe secured to the vehicle somehow, or at least in a locked glove box.

And, every time you do that, you are subject to being observed. People regularly break into cars to steal purses, wallets or cell phones. Imagine what a prize a pistol is.

Are you prepared to encounter police, many of whom who aren’t carry-friendly? The chief of police in Milwaukee reportedly told his officers to “throw [anyone seen with a gun] on the ground” and sort out later whether or not they have a permit. He’s even instructed his officers to go onto private property to question whether someone seen with a gun is properly permitted.

How do you respond to law enforcement officers in a routine encounter, for example a traffic stop? Do they have a right to search you or your vehicle without your giving permission? Should you give permission? Are you required to notify them that you have a carry permit or that you are carrying? If so, when and what should you say?

The police in some local jurisdictions have made rather strong remarks concerning their views about private citizens going armed, so don’t expect police to recognize your good intentions or to treat you as they ordinarily would if you weren’t armed. You see yourself as one of the good guys. To them, you are a potential threat until proven otherwise. Even then, some will take the view that they should make it as hard on you as possible. Expect to be treated roughly by some. Never re-

sist!

What if?

Most important, are you prepared to deal with the legal and psychological consequences of shooting someone? Do you know when the threat or use of deadly force is legal? If you shoot someone, are you prepared to handle it emotionally? There’s a reason law enforcement officers are required to take time off and undergo psychological counseling and evaluation following an officer-involved shooting. Taking another life is a very big deal, even when it’s justified.

Dealing with the criminal justice system after a shooting is also a very big deal. First, you will see yourself as a victim, but expect to be treated as a suspect - at the very least - or as a criminal in some cases. Expect to be handcuffed. Expect to be taken to jail. The police will – must - investigate the incident to determine whether the shooting was justified. Some prosecutors will simply presume that you’ve done something wrong and will look for any excuse to charge you with a crime. The criminal justice system is not friendly to private citizens who shoot people, even in self-defense, and especially in Wisconsin. This state has long opposed concealed carry and has openly suppressed the right, guaranteed in Wisconsin’s constitution, of open carry. Don‘t expect those attitudes to change quickly. Be prepared to deal with them if you choose to carry.

Conclusion It may sound like I’m being negative about concealed carry, or trying to discourage people from exercising that right. That is absolutely not so. I support concealed carry and believe strongly in the arguments made by the procarry crowd that more law-abiding citizens carrying concealed guns makes our society safer. But carrying a concealed handgun involves a lot of personal responsibility, skills and a recognition and readiness for the consequences involved. This is not a training course, so I haven’t attempted to answer the questions I’ve raised.

Instead, it’s important that you think long and hard about them and seek answers on your own.

Future articles in this series will address training and dealing with law enforcement officers in greater detail.

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

Polk County Board election update Still no candidates for two seats, one new contested race

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – With less than a week before the filling period ends for the 2012 Polk County Board elections, there are still no candidates for two of the 23 seats. In the last few days, a candidate has filled for one of the three seats with no incumbent running, and the first challenger has emerged against an incumbent. Candidates for the April 3 election must file their nomination papers by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3.

The remaining seats with no candidates are District 11, Apple River and Beaver, where Ken Sample is retiring, and District 23, the village and Town of Clear Lake, where Gerianne Christensen is stepping down.

District 16, the Garfield/Balsam Lake/Town of Osceola seat, now has a candidate. Tom Magnafici has filed for the seat, the only one with no incumbent after new district lines were drawn.

Kathryn Kienholz, District 5, is the only incumbent facing a challenger so far. Les Sloper, who ran against Kienholz in 2010, has entered the race.

As of now, there is one other race in District 22 where incumbents Russ Arcand and Larry Voelker were placed in the same district. Unless more challengers emerge in

the next week, 18 of the 23 current board members will be running unopposed.

Whose seat is it?

Musical chairs in Alden, Black Brook, Garfield

by Gregg Westigard Leader staff writer BALSAM LAKE – A shuffling of county board boundaries in the southern part of Polk County has led to a question of who is the incumbent in the new districts 15 and 22. Three present county board members are running for the two seats in the April 3 election, but only one of the three is running for the seat number he now holds.

New district lines in Alden, Black Brook and Garfield have changed the look of the area. Most of the area is in present districts 13 and 22.

The present District 13 now includes the northeast corner of Black Brook, Amery south of CTH F, and the southeast corner of Lincoln. Russ Arcand has held this seat since the April 2006 election.

District 22 now includes Alden east of Hwy. 65 and most of Black Brook. Larry Voekler has held the seat since

his appointment to the board in December 2008.

The future New District 15 will include Alden from Hwy. 65 east to Hwy. 46 in Black Brook and adds the southeast corner of Garfield. It differs from the old District 22 with the removal of much of Black Brook and the addition of the Garfield area. Incumbent George Stroebel lives in the part of Garfield that was shifted south and is running for election to the seat. Much of the district is new territory for Stroebel.

New District 22 now includes most of Black Brook, combining areas from the old districts 13 and 22. The southern part of Amery is in the district, but the Lincoln section of old District 13 is removed.

Both Arcand and Voelker live in the new District 22 and both are running for re-election in the only contest of incumbents. Each now represents about half of the new district. Voelker claims he is the incumbent since he is the only one of the three running in his present district number.

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Luck Middle School Christmas concert LEFT: Luck’s sixth-grade band performing during their Christmas concert.

RIGHT: Luck’s seventh- and eighth-grade choir perform during the Christmas concert.

Photos submitted

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(Dec. 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY ANCHORBANK, FSB Plaintiff vs.

DAVID E. MAGSAM, et al.

Defendant(s) Case Number: 11 CV 24 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on August 4, 2011, in the amount of $155,477.31, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 7, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

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

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot 2 of Certified Survey Map No. 2513, recorded in Volume 12 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 1, as Document No. 571169, located in the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 27, Township 32 North, Range 17 West, in the Town of Alden, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1484 20th Avenue, Star Prairie, WI 54026.

TAX KEY NO.: 002-00689-0000.

Dated this 7th day of December, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Dustin A. McMahon State Bar #1086857 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 280698

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(Dec. 14, 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY CITIFINANCIAL, INC. Plaintiff vs.

DEBRA J. JONES N/K/A DEBRA J. PAULSON, et al Defendant(s) Case Number: 11 CV 84 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on May 20, 2011, in the amount of $93,316.74, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 2, 2012, at 10 a.m.

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

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot 10, Block 15, Original Plat of Village of Clear Lake, Polk County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 241 3rd Ave., Clear Lake, WI 54005.

TAX KEY NO.: 113-00106-0000.

Dated this 2nd day of December, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Benjamin J. Pliskie State Bar #1037985 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 280681

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(Dec. 14, 21, 28) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SHIRLEY ANNE ELSTAD-CALHOUN Amended Order Setting Time to Hear Petition for Administration and Deadline for Filing Claims (Formal Administration) Case No. 11 PR 70 A petition for formal administration was filed.

THE COURT FINDS: The decedent, with date of birth August 11, 1937, and date of death June 15, 2011, was domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 309 Hilltop Ave., Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

THE COURT ORDERS: 1. The petition be heard at the Polk County Courthouse, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Br. 2, before Circuit Court Judge Jeffery L. Anderson on January 20, 2012, at 4 p.m.

You do not need to appear unless you object. The petition may be granted if there is no objection.

2. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is March 12, 2012.

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

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

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

If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate in the court process, please call 715485-9299 at least 10 working days prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide transportation.

BY THE COURT: Jeffery L. Anderson Circuit Court Judge December 9, 2011 Brian D. Byrnes Byrnes Law Office LLC 314 Keller Ave. N. Amery, WI 54001 715-268-5000 Bar Number: 1032419

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

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

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Dusty shoes in December don’t fit As I sat waiting for the start of the Grantsburg Elementary Christmas program I looked down at my dusty shoes in disgust.

The expression “What’s wrong with this picture?” popped in my head. My footwear did not fit with the late December date.

‘Twas the season for snow boots to be toasting my toes but not this year, the one year I was ready for winter with my wear.

While my new boots beckon to be bailed from their box, my new parka pines in the closet, feeling down, waiting for the weather to unwarm.

When I was little I remember my mom letting me make “snow” out of Ivory soap flakes, not for lack of the real thing (we always seemed to have a lot of snow back then) but just for something fun to do on a cold winter day. I don’t imagine local ski resorts are having much fun these days having to make snow for their slopes.

Usually brown is a color favorite of mine. My eyes are brown. And I love seeing that familiar brown delivery truck coming down my driveway, especially at this time of the year. But a

Staff Corner

RECALL WALKER

Priscilla Bauer brown lawn isn’t doing anything for me with January just around the calendar.

The dream of a white Christmas has now come and gone. It’s time to move on to the new year. And while some remain optimistic, others have begun thinking hope for the fluffy stuff is starting to feel eternal and may well go on until spring.

For more than a few people, this lack of snow is serious business. Knowing folks bank on deep drifts for their livelihoods makes my angst about no scenes of snow angels seem somewhat insignificant.

I really wish one morning soon when I throw back the covers and look out my window I’d see a white blanket covering all that brown ground.

But until then I guess I’ll keep wearing my dusty shoes, that is unless the temps get even warmer, then I might break out my sandals. Hey, with this weird and oh-so-not-wintry weather, slipping on shoes called flip-flops doesn’t seem all that unfitting.

Sign the recall petition and take back our state.

4 - 7 p.m.

FRIDAYS, DEC. 23, 30 AND JAN. 6 Clear Lake: Amery: Osceola: St. Croix Falls:

VFW Hall, 3rd Avenue and Division Soo Line Park Mill Pond Park Public Library, 210 N. Washington Street

You are eligible to sign the petition if you are eligible to vote, even if you have not registered.

Paid by Polk County Democrat, Greg Westigard.

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Christmas fun at the Family Resource Center SIREN – Over 60 people attended the second-annual Christmas party at the Burnett County Family Resource Center in Siren on Thursday, Dec. 22. Volunteers, including representatives from Wood Creek 4-H, served food and helped over 40 kids with crafts and other planned activities.

Santa even made a visit to hand out gifts to all the children. The event was made possible through donations from WalMart, Target, Wayne’s Foods Plus, Four Winds and individuals. - Jean Koelz, with submitted information

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D i l l i o n Roatch chats with Santa at the Family Resource Center in Siren on Thursday, Dec. 22.

At the Family Resource Center Christmas party, Thursday, Dec. 22, Brittney Henderson-Johnson gets a hug from Santa.

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Weather, politics ... and Lynryd Skynyrd

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• Where to write • President Barack Obama 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. 20500 www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ Gov. Scott Walker Wisconsin State Capitol Madison, WI 53707 transition@wisconsin.gov Congressman Sean Duffy (7th District) 1208 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 202-225-3365

Rep. Erik Severson (28th District) Room 6 North State Capitol Madison, WI 53708 608-267-2365 • 888-529-0028 FAX: 608-282-3628 rep.Severson@legis.state.wi.us Rep. Roger RIvard (75th District) State Capitol Room 307 North P.O. Box 8952, Madison, WI 608-266-2519 • 888-534-0075 rep.rivard@legis.wi.gov U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson 2 Russell Courtyard Washington, D.C. 20510 202-224-5323

Sen. Robert Jauch (25th District) Room 415 South, State Capitol P.O. Box 7882, Madison, WI 53707 Sen.Jauch@legis.state.wi.us Sen. Sheila Harsdorf (10th District) State Capitol, P.O. Box 7882 Madison, WI 53707 608-266-7745 • 715-232-1390 Toll-free - 800-862-1092 sen.harsdorf@legis.state.wi.us Rep. Nick Milroy (73rd District) Room 8 North, State Capitol P.O. Box 8953, Madison 53708 rep.milroy@legis.state.wi.us

It’s not unusual for those topics to be among the top local stories of the year - but certainly not with the intensity demonstrated in 2011.

Gov. Walker’s agenda and the reaction it received - including a statewide recall election aimed at sitting Republican senators - dominated the front pages of newspapers statewide - including ours.

As for weather, it was the straight-line winds reaching 100 miles an hour on the evening of July 1. It wiped politics off our front pages, but only momentarily. The real storm and the political storm cohabited our pages for months. In fact, as 2011 winds down, there are stories about the final figures for the sale of downed timber from the storm - and the gathering of signatures for another recall election - this time the main targets include Walker himself.

Ironically, the July 1 storm came just days after a community celebration commemorating the 2001 tornado that devastated much of the same area in southern Burnett County. Some say this past summer’s storm had more of an impact than the tornado - at least in terms of the scope of the population affected and the damage incurred.

And, keeping with the irony theme, the two biggest local stories of 2011 crossed paths when Walker flew to Burnett County to survey the storm damage in August.

Before boarding a National Guard helicopter for a tour of the damage, the governor and his entourage, along with local officials, stood patiently in the Burnett County Airport lobby, listening to a preflight briefing that including some necessary but disturbing information all the same. A pilot explained what to do in case of a crash. “If I’m no longer alive, you can find medical supplies in my vest,” he said. And he carefully explained where the helicopter’s escape hatches were located.

That may have been the only “escape hatch” offered to the governor in 2011. While he didn’t face his critics that day, he has been dogged by his detractors throughout his first year in office. Of course he’s been praised by his supporters for his profile in courage - but criticized for nearly his every move by Democrats and others not happy with his changes in collective bargaining rules for most public employees, including teachers.

In fact, comments on our Facebook page (launched in 2011) clobbered the governor for not coming to inspect the storm damage in Burnett County earlier.

But Walker was due some kind of credence and credit, it seemed, after implementing “Operation Blue Ox,” a project that utilized National Guard members to spearhead the storm cleanup and help salvage downed timber for marketing. If it wasn’t a financial windfall for local governments, it certainly was better than attempting the task without help from the state.

Sorting out the rest of the top 10 local stories of 2011 is a bit like looking for a matching sock. It’s obvious that the construction of the new library at Webster - for some residents of Webster and Burnett County at least - could overshadow even the storm and local protests against the governor. That story reflects all the elements of a community working together, sparked by the generosity of a longtime business owner, Terry Larsen.

And The power of kindness was a headline used for one of our stories this past summer about neighbors helping neighbors in the wake of the July 1 storm - such generosity was displayed throughout the year in light of a yet faltering economy.

Students at local schools got more involved in community giving in 2011 - or so it seemed - and there’s an argument again this year that ‘giving’ might be the top story of 2011.

There was often a dichotomy represented in single news stories - terrible news but with a good ending. A small plane crashed into Long Lake near Centuria - but the pilot survived. A man was in the basement of his home in rural Lewis when it was completely destroyed by a gas explosion - but he survived and was rescued by Frederic firefighters. Rose Bly, the young mother who mysteriously disappeared a few years ago from her rural St. Croix Falls home, was still missing - but authorities were not giving up on the case.

A Burnett County deputy was honored for her part in breaking up a huge drug network in northwest Wisconsin. A new judge was elected in Polk County. The Civic Auditorium Theatre in downtown St. Croix Falls, home to Festival Theatre, was the focus of meetings on how to enhance and preserve the building with the city showing support.

There were local police issues - including the shake-ups at Balsam Lake. Some local departments - including Siren’s - felt the pressure more than ever before in 2011 to downsize to save money or be dismantled in favor of contracting with the local sheriff’s department for protection.

And don’t forget Lynryd Skynryd. The rock band was a no-show at a Fire Fest concert in Clear Lake, leaving ticket holders upset and local law enforcement already committed to providing security for an expected audience of 10,000 to 12,000 - when in reality only 4,000 showed up. Promoters paid for the extra local law enforcement providing security but whether it was enough could be debated in what was a learning experience all around. Polk County Sheriff Pete Johnson felt security was not thought out very well but gave credit to the police chief at Clear Lake for doing a good job of planning considering what he was allowed by promoters and others.

You might say that story could be crossed off the list. But it plays into the theme of 2011 police protection stories - the obvious need for public protection - and the unepected and ever-changing need and resulting costs.

There were state and federal government cutbacks which affected us locally but not to the extent they could have. No post offices in Burnett or Polk have been ordered to close their doors yet and the state DMV kept their locations open at Luck and Amery and expanded at Siren.

There was a bank closure (RiverBank), the successful fight by Sen. Sheila Harsdorf to fend off the recall against her, closure in a brutal murder case (Rouillard) and the election of new representatives to the St. Croix Tribe’s governing council. And there were the bear stories, including that of a farmer going after a bear that attacked his livestock and a bear attacking a hunter.

What’s missing? Please weigh in (the-leader@centurytel.net) on what you feel should be among the top local stories of 2012. We’ll consider your input for next week’s Top 10 local stories feature.

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• Letters to the editor • Just love one another This is in memory of my mother, Betty Ann Peldon Soens.

Dec. 21 marked the 10th anniversary of my mother’s death. If she had died of natural causes, I could let that day pass with fond Christmastime memories of my mom and a prayer that her spirit is at peace.

But every year that passes leaves a mark that cannot be forgotten. She was murdered in her home by someone who gave no thought about her being a frail, 74year-old woman.

I am sad that my mom had to go through such an ordeal alone. And I am angry that our law enforcement is not working as hard as they should in trying to find out who did this. I am angry that the person or persons responsible for her death is still out there walking the streets safe and secure in the knowledge that they will most likely get away with murder.

They must be held accountable for their actions.

It is unconscionable that there are people out there who know what happened and nobody wants to say anything. Anybody could be the key that unlocks the mystery as to who did this.

Please know that those who loved and cared for her as a family member or as a friend not only live with the painful memory of this tragic loss, but also with the uncertainty resulting from lack of closure.

We may never know who is responsible for her death, but that does not mean that we should forget her or lose sight of the fact that there is someone out there, somewhere, who is capable of committing such a heinous act.

This holiday season, as a favor to me, put your differences aside and just love one another. Do something for someone who might be spending the holidays alone - and say a prayer for my mom.

Vicki Koenen Danbury

Democracy at work Ronald Potvin (letter to the editor Dec. 21 and twice before) has arrived at an intriguing theory of governance, that I take to be this: We should only have to pay for those government procedures and policies (especially elections) which we support.

That has a certain appeal to it. It means I would not have to help pay for the outrageously costly, in lives and money, invasion of Iraq, to which I never agreed. It means I would not have to pay for this past year’s primary recall elections to eliminate the “fake Democrats.” It means I would not have to pay for a huge variety of things that my tax money now goes to support. Unfortunately, that system of governance might prove a bit chaotic. It’s our government, our laws and our election procedures, whether we agree with them or not. Our recourse is to use the election procedures that are set before us to change the members of our government and the laws that they have made on our behalf. The recall process, which was embraced this past year by both Democrats and Republicans in various districts, is a part of the legal political process set forth in the laws of Wisconsin.

Perhaps those laws should be changed, but meanwhile, those who avail themselves of those laws are exercising their legal rights. To our sometimes regret, we don’t get to opt out of paying for recall elections just because they go against our own wishes. That’s democracy at work.

Those who don’t like the way that works need to find a legal, democratic way to change it.

David Almlie Frederic

Which president lied?

I read with interest the letter titled, Fewer lies, please.

The American people have gotten accustomed to being lied to by the president.

However, that was a past president. This president, to my knowledge, has never once mentioned weapons of mass destruction.

This letter states, “In the 1920s, 1960s and the 1980s, tax rate reductions resulted in faster growth ...”

The letter states that in the 1920s the top tax rate was reduced to 73 percent to 25 percent, and that the economy expanded by 59 percent between 1921 and 1929.

What happened in 1929? The stock market crashed. The country was in the grip of the Great Depression. The economic growth in the 1920s was the result of a bubble in the stock market. The bubble burst, the economy collapsed and the unemployment went to 25 percent.

The stock market crash was the result of wild trading, made possible by lack of regulations. Many of the economists of the 1940s and 1950s thought that the Depression was a result of the imbalance of wealth, 19 percent of the people owned 90 percent of the nation. This was made possible by the reduction of tax rates pushing the wealth upward.

During the last of the 20th century and the start of the 21st century, we saw tax reduction for the wealthy and a transfer of the responsibility to fund governments from the wealthy to the middle class. A change from employing progressive taxes to the use of regressive taxation.

Today, we have seen the housing bubble burst resulting in economic contraction. The housing bubble was made possible by wild mortgage loans. These loans were made possible by lack of regulation of the mortgage industry.

So, there are many parallels between where we are today and where we were in 1929.

To date, our president has managed to keep the country from falling into economic depression. This in spite of the opposition that has been more interested in their party than they are in their country.

Let me predict that if President Obama is not re-elected we will see a severe recession by 2014 and a catastrophic depression by 2016. But if we re-elect Obama and give him legislators that will work with him, we can return to a peaceful, prosperous nation.

It is my hope that I will not have to write “ I told you so.”

Matt Charbonneau Balsam Lake

Humbug Although my wife and I are what those born in St. Croix Falls probably think of as newcomers, we have tried, especially my wife, to be active in community affairs.

My wife, for instance, has been a member of the library’s board for two terms. I was, therefore, surprised by the letter in the Dec. 21 Leader, a letter which showed the writer’s anger toward the library’s role in the Walker recall effort. He sees that involvement as nefarious, going so far as to use the wonderful old word skullduggery to describe the library’s position. His accusation covers not only head librarian Sara Adams but all members of the board.

Wait a minute!

Those who know Adams and some or all of the board see them as thoughtful and honest people, interested in serving an important factor in our lives, the St. Croix Falls Public Library. They are all too busy to engage in skullduggery, “crafty deception or trickery.”

Since the letter writer seems to be as fond as I am of archaic words, I’ll close with another, borrowed from Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” in which Ebenezer Scrooge famously dismissed seasonal sentiments as “humbug.” That word sums up the attempt to label workers for the libary as a band of skullduggerists.

Joe Paul Hague St. Croix Falls

Generosity of community Over the last two years, I have had a chance to witness the generosity of our community.

We live in very small towns here, yet people, business and organizations never fail to give again and again. Just look at all the fundraisers, benefits, holiday parties, and assistance-based organizations/events there are. Every week there is a thank-you ad with a long list of local businesses and individuals who have given money, goods, services or time. Many of them appear repeated times in these thank-you ads.

It is nice to know that our community is supportive of those in need. It must be taxing for our local businesses to donate time and again, but they continue to do so.

As a staff member of a local nonprofit, a mother and someone who utilizes supportive services, gratitude is extended to local businesses, nonprofits and volunteers. You helped make it a great year.

Annie Lupo-Gondwe Burnett County Family Resource Center Rural Frederic

Wisconsin is number one That’s right. Due to the crack leadership and jobs initiatives of Walker, Harsdorf and Severson, Wisconsin has lost more jobs than any state in the union since June.

Walker has finally done something that the Koch brothers and other billionaires can be proud of. Since June, Wisconsin has lost 27,600 jobs. Our surrounding states have put more people to work than our big-business Republicans did. Walker, Harsdorf and Severson aren’t number one though. That award goes to the crack Bush administration (Republicans as well) who managed to lose 750,000 jobs a month. That was an excellent job well done.

Walker, Harsdorf and Severson, through crack fiscal management, managed to lose hundreds of millions of federal dollars by abandoning major projects that would have added thousands of jobs as well as adding to our economy.

Walker, Harsdorf and Severson, by passing Act 10, have cut about a billion dollars a year from public education programs, city and county operations, medical care, help for our elderly, child care protection, etc. Walker is planning to cut 50,000-plus people from Medicaid. Many of those people are children who will not be able to receive the care that they deserve. Oh well, collateral damage, they’d say.

Indirectly, passage of Act 10 removes about $3,000 from each public employee in the state. That is $3,000 that is not spent in our communities putting additional pressures on our small local businesses.

Soon it will affect nonpublic employees as well. Billionaires wish to have labor costs equal to China. With Walker, Harsdorf and Severson and other puppets in office their wish will come to fruition.

Walker, Harsdorf and Severson have taken our tax dollars and given it to millionaires, billionaires and huge corporations through tax breaks. History has shown that millionaires, billionaires and large corporations have not created any jobs, ever! They are not job creators. Small businesses are the job creators. Republicans only seem to represent the interests of their biggest campaign contributors.

Walker, Harsdorf and Severson are raising taxes on lower-income families through higher tuition costs and delayed unemployment benefits.

We cannot afford to keep these thugs in office. Eventually they will run this state into the gutter as Bush and Cheney did to our national economy.

I’m sure that the Republicans will reply with Wisconsin following the national economy. Nationally, we’re adding jobs.

Bush was losing 750,000 jobs a month just before Obama took over, finally, now we’re adding jobs. Since November of 2010 when the House went Republican, they have not sponsored even one jobs initiative. Not one jobs bill ... go figure.

Walker has bought more than $2 million in TV ads in the last month. Outside supporters such as the Koch brothers are eager to spend as much as is possible to gain his re-election. If they spend millions, they will gain billions. Wisconsin has been given to exceptionally wealthy people that want to turn it into a gold mine for themselves. These political thugs have not provided one job in the state.

Pete Raye Luck

Too much “cuddling” After reading the letter to the editor (Free Press) from Shane Stewart, I had to reply.

He wrote he was disgruntled about the “reader taking a stand against county library.”

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He’s currently an inmate in the Polk County Jail. He feels the community should continue to supply him with books. He states he doesn’t believe she (the writer) has ever been locked up, so doesn’t know what it’s like to be in his shoes.

My question is, whose fault is that?

Seems to me, maybe you should make better choices. Then you wouldn’t have to worry about all your needs in jail. I, for one, think maybe you inmates have it too good. Otherwise maybe you’d start making better choices and wouldn’t spend so much time being an inmate.

Also, I’m very much against the public defender representing you people over and over. Maybe you should work off the charges. One good way is going out to a farm and mucking out calf stalls for eight hours so your butt is dragging. Then you might actually make better choices and contribute to the community instead of taking all the time.

We have way too many people that think the world owes them a living.

This comes off the backs of people that actually work and pay taxes.

This has to change because all this “cuddling” and freebies aren’t helping these people. Go sit in the courtroom sometime and see all the repeats and you’ll understand.

Martha Heiden Amery

Political views do not divide us I read the letter to the editor, Travestry, Dec. 21, and as a library board member myself, I was dissappointed at the many assumptions this writer made. To assume that all of the board members were for the Walker recall petition is incorrect. I have made my opinions known to the board that “while I will not sign the petition, I feel like this group has a right to make use of the community room.” I trust Sarah Adam’s decision, believe she did the proper research and know that she is willing to allow other groups such as religious organizations, Scouts or even opposing political groups to use the room as well.

A member of the community attended our last board meeting in December. He boldly stated that allowing the Walker recall petition group to use our community room is “divisive!” In my opinion, it is people with negative attitudes who create the division. I know I share different political views than some of our board members. But that doesn’t divide us. I consider them my friends and have a tremendous amount of respect for them as active members of our community. I am incredibly grateful for them. If we were all the same, this world would be pretty boring. And I’m also grateful that we live in a country where we can express our own personal views freely.

Leanne Waterworth St. Croix Falls

Gopher bounties At the county supervisors last session, an item came up that I found very interesting. In a review of county programs, paying bounties for gophers was the lowest ranking program. It seems that the county paid out $14,000 in gopher bounties in 2011. An investigation by the county administrator found that the state had passed a law in 2000 repealing the payment of gopher bounties. So, for the past 12 years, the county has been paying out bounties on gophers when they should not have done so. In the grand scheme of the county budget $14,000 isn’t much, until you realize that over the past 12 years, the county probably paid out more than $140,000.

One has to question the ability of the county supervisors. If they can’t get something as simple as following the law and not paying bounties on gophers, can we really expect them to make important decisions regarding the really important items in the budget?

Fritz Coulter Amery

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(Dec. 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25, Feb. 1) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION Plaintiff vs.

BENITO M. BENITEZ, et al.

Defendant(s) Case Number: 11 CV 319 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on August 8, 2011, in the amount of $198,477.40, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 14, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION: The East 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 23, Township 34 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Apple River, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 728A 143rd Ave., Amery, WI 54001.

TAX KEY NO.: 004-00643-0000.

Dated this 7th day of December, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Dustin A. McMahon State Bar #1086857 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 280774

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(Dec. 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

JOSEPH R. THOEN and CECILE A. THOEN, Defendants.

Case No. 10 CV 741 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to an Amended Order for Judgment and Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the aboveentitled action on February 1, 2011, in the amount of $101,639.65, I will sell the described premises at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on Thursday, February 2, 2012, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

TERMS OF SALE: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit plaintiff.

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. DESCRIPTION: The South onehalf of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the South 15 feet of the North one-half of Southeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter, all located in Section 15, Township 35 North of Range 18 West, Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 020-00373-0001 STREET ADDRESS: 2023 210th Avenue, Centuria, WI 54824.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wis., this 6th day of December, 2011.

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

(Dec. 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25, Feb. 1) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY ANCHORBANK, FSB Plaintiff vs.

JASON F. GOUKER, et al.

Defendant(s) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case Number: 11 CV 204 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on June 30, 2011, in the amount of $97,956.94, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 15, 2012, at 10 a.m.

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

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: The South 443 feet of the West 443 feet of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4, Section 7, Township 32 North, Range 15 West, Town of Clear Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 434A 55th Street, Clear Lake, WI 54005.

TAX KEY NO.: 018-00143-0000.

Dated this 21st day of December, 2011 Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Dustin A. McMahon State Bar #1086857 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 281057

(Dec. 14, 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. Plaintiff vs.

JACOB M. TIMM, et al Defendant(s) Case Number: 10 CV 957 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on June 16, 2011, in the amount of $151,818.78, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: Feb. 2, 2012, at 10 a.m.

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION: That part of the Southwest 1/4 Northeast 1/4 of Section 27, Township 32 North, Range 16 West, described as follows: Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 5400 recorded in Volume 24 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 85, as Document No. 731166.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 154 85th Street, Clear Lake, WI 54005.

TAX KEY NO.: 010-00685-0000.

Dated this 1st day of Dec., 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Scott D. Nabke State Bar #1037979 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 280632

Eastern Star donates to Grand Idea

The Eastern Star donated funds in early December to The Grand Idea committee, to help the Frederic High School in obtaining full ownership. Members of the Frederic honors choir stand next to the brand-new grand piano. Pictured back row standing (L to R): Erik Stoner, Zach Williamson, Irric Erickson, Timothy Lund, April Halverson, Angel Henderson, Lauren Domagala and Bradley Knauber. Seated at the piano are Allison Martin and Kali Otte. Bottom row: Ian Lexen, Jaryd Braden, Ben Kurkowski and Megan Amundson. – Photo

by Marty Seeger (Dec. 14, 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18)

(Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28, Jan. 4) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. Plaintiff vs.

ANGELA J. LUCAS, et al Defendant(s) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case Number: 10 CV 428 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on July 23, 2010, in the amount of $100,798.15, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: January 18, 2012, at 10 a.m.

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

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: The south 100 feet of lot “V,” block 17, of the first addition to the Village of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin, less a strip of land 10 feet wide off the west side of said lot, which is set aside of an alley.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 105 Birch Street East, Frederic, WI 54837.

TAX KEY NO.: 126-00251-0000.

Dated this 18th day of November, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Chaz M. Rodriguez State Bar #1063071 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 280158

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BRANCH 1 POLK COUNTY COMMUNITY RESOURCE BANK, f/k/a COMMUNITY NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, vs.

RICHARD M. LEROUX JR. and TERI L. NORD, n/k/a TERI L. LEROUX, Defendants Case No. 11 CV 344 Foreclosure of Mortgage (30404) NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale entered in the above-entitled action on the 19th day of July, 2011, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction in the foyer of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on the 29th day of February 2012, at 10 a.m., the real estate and premises directed by said judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: Lot One (1) of Certified Survey Map No. 1041 recorded in Volume 5 of Certified Survey Maps on page 31 as Document No. 428331, located in part of Government Lot Three (3) of Section Twenty-Seven (27), Township Thirty-Three (33) North of Range Eighteen (18) West; Town of Osceola in Polk County, Wisconsin.

Tax Parcel No.: 042-00641-0000.

Street Address: 2051 75th Avenue, Osceola, Wisconsin.

Terms of Sale: Cash.

Down Payment: Ten percent (10%) of the amount bid in cash, cashier’s check or by certified funds with bid; balance within ten (10) days after confirmation of sale. The buyer will pay the applicable Wisconsin real estate transfer fee.

DATED this 22nd day of November, 2011.

Peter Johnson, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Stellpflug Law, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff By: Christina L. Peterson State Bar Member No. 1045760 444 Reid Street, Ste. 200 De Pere, WI 54115 Phone: (920) 336-5766

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Timothy S. Marek, Luck, speeding, not guilty plea.

Sara J. Marlett, Clear Lake, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Ryan M. McKenzie, Luck, speeding, $175.30.

Joshua A. Merrill, Milltown, possession of drug paraphernalia, $269.50; possession of marijuana, $269.50.

Lauren D. Merrill, Cumberland, speeding $175.30.

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Jeffery A. Kuettel, St. Croix Falls, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Wayne L. Larson, Clear Lake, speeding, $200.50.

Sonnie R. Lundeen, Frederic, nonregistration of auto, $175.30.

Trista E. Marchant, Milltown, possession of marijuana, $269.50; possession of drug paraphernalia, $269.50.

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Alexandra R. Keeney, So. St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Ryan E. Keith, Siren, speeding, not guilty plea.

Sirae A. Kettula, Webster, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Chalane D. Kirchoff, Osceola, speeding, $295.00.

Rudolph J. Konecny, III, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $175.30.

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Christopher G. Durand, Balsam Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Samuel S. Florer, Centuria, disorderly conduct with motor vehicle, $200.50.

Austin J. Foeller, Dresser, speeding, not guilty plea.

Amy M. Freund, Osceola, speeding, $200.50.

Randy R. Gorr, Luck, retail theft, $263.50.

Taylor T. Grunow, Dresser, failure to yield right of way, $187.90.

Jan M. Gusek, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $175.30.

Mariah M. Hamm, Osceola, speeding, $175.30.

Raymond E. Hammac, Milltown, speeding, $175.30.

Leonard R. Hannula, Turtle Lake, speeding, $175.30.

David M. Hansen, Lindstrom, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Chelsie K. Heule, Milltown, operate motorcycle w/o valid license, $200.50; operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Martin R. Hoglund, Amery, speeding, $175.30; seat belt violation, $10.00, twice.

Gregory W. Holmquist, Vadnais Heights, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Melissa M. Holum, Blaine, Minn., speeding, $358.00.

James H. Hood, Hastings, Minn., speeding, $213.10.

Amanda M. Ingram, New Richmond, speeding, $200.50.

Michael E. Jacker, Turtle Lake, speeding, not guilty plea; seat belt violation, not guilty plea.

Skye B. Jensen, Milltown, speeding, $200.50.

Larry E. Johnson, Webster, speeding, not guilty plea.

Mary L. Kaiser, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $200.50.

Roberta K. Kastens, Deer Park, seat belt violation, $10.00.

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Samantha J. Bracht, Osceola, speeding, $175.30.

Evan K. Brackee, Clayton, speeding, $175.30.

Sheillie M. Breault, Balsam Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00; operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Darcy A. Brust, St. Croix Falls, violate Class A hwy. weight limits, $354.03.

Cody J. Burhop, Amery, drink open intoxicants in motor vehicle, $200.50.

Dionicio L. Charles, Eagan, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Joel D. Cifaldi, Cumberland, speeding, $225.70.

Willis J. Clements, Radisson, speeding, not guilty plea.

James M. Colalillo, Centuria, operating while suspended, $200.50.

Michael D. Conner, Maplewood, Minn., speeding, $183.30.

Michael J. Curtis, Amery, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

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Henry W. Alfieri, Sioux Falls, S.D., speeding, $225.70; passing in no-passing zone, $213.10.

Mohamed A. Ali, St. Cloud, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Heidi E. Anderson, Osceola, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Shawn H. Anderson, Clear Lake, speeding, $175.30; operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Tyler E. Arcand, Rice Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Renee G. Aronson, Shafer, Minn., operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Mary S. Baremore, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Idelio J. Benitez, Amery, speeding, $175.30.

Daniel J. Blechinger, Frederic, speeding, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, not guilty pleas.

Joshua J. Bonewell, Burnsville, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Leiah M. Bowen, Rice Lake, speeding, $200.50.

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Variety of professions featured at Frederic’s Career Day

by Jean Koelz Leader staff writer FREDERIC – A few weeks ago, juniors and seniors at Frederic High School were introduced to a variety of potential careers thanks to the help of 17 professionals from the community and surrounding areas.

Students attended an assembly with an opening speaker, Sgt. Bill Shafer, who used the opportunity to outline his career

Poet Kelly Green provided a creative point of view. – Photos by Jean Koelz

Athletic trainer Megan Doble has a very physical job, which she talked about at the Frederic High School on Career Day.

Frederic graduate Kessia Adams, a cosmetologist at Avalon, spoke to students about her career.

Wildlife biologist Steven Hoffman represented the sciences.

path rather than focus strictly on his military experience. Then each student attended three different sessions of their own choosing. The day closed with an activity called Walk the Line, which gives kids the chance to examine their “soft skills” - a term that refers to how we relate to others through our manners and communication.

Sessions were led by men and women

who explained their passion for their jobs, detailed their training and provided examples of a typical day at work. Organizer Kelly Hopkins remarked that in follow-up surveys, students had been impressed by “the hidden talents in our community” and commented that the day helped them “consider different possibilities.” Speakers included a cosmetologist, mechanic, artist, midwife, taxidermist,

AODA counselor, architect, athletic trainer, poet, dental hygienist, police officer, psychologist and wildlife biologist.

Frederic High School has held Career Day for upperclassmen for almost 10 years. Anyone who would like to participate in next year’s event can contact Hopkins through the Frederic High School office.

Habitat to start major home rehab in Milltown This home in Milltown will be rehabbed by volunteers working with Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity this winter.

The public is invited to a kickoff event on Saturday, Jan. 7, at 10:30 a.m. at the home at 210 Milltown Ave. - Photo submitted

get the job done. “It’s hard to believe it’s really going to happen,” he said, shaking his head. “It’s going to take a while to absorb this.”

As with all Habitat projects, Bracht will work alongside volunteers on his home, and Habitat’s construction manager will oversee the job.

“We felt taking on this project was the right thing to do,” said Eric Kube, WRHFH executive director. “We are so excited about working with our community to finally turn this blighted property into a home for Neil. Working together, we can take a huge weight off his shoulders and help him to move on with his life – while also helping the neighborhood.”

A kickoff will be held on Saturday, Jan. 7, at 10:30 a.m. at the home, which is at 210 Milltown Ave. The public is invited to join with Habitat volunteers and staff to celebrate the start of this project.

Volunteers will be needed to work on the home on Thursdays and Saturdays starting on Jan. 12. Please call the Habitat office at 715-483-2700 to learn more, to sign up for a day to help with the work or to volunteer to bring a lunch for the workers.

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There is a man living in Milltown in a home that is badly in need of repairs. It has no insulation, terribly inadequate facilities and is barely habitable. The man is disabled and lives on a fixed income. He has been living in the home and working on it for nearly a decade. With very limited resources, as well as other challenges, it has been difficult to get the job done.

The man came into the office of Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity recently asking if he could get help with his home. The answer turned out to be yes – in a big way.

WRHFH will be doing a complete home rehab starting in a couple of weeks.

The project will be the first of its kind in several ways. Though the affiliate started doing minor home repairs and home painting last summer, this will be its first major home rehab. It will also be their first project in Milltown, and it will be the affilliate’s first winter project.

It is also clearly a new experience for homeowner Neil Bracht. Bracht admits his head is spinning at the prospect of having his home fixed up in a matter of a few months after so many years of trying to

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ers, signs or banners were allowed, but that didn’t keep a few of her friends and family from peeling off their shirts to reveal a green numeral to collectively form “2,000” on their bare chests.

“I’m very, very happy for Carley,” Siren head coach Ryan Karsten opined after the game, repeating almost exactly what he had said just over a year earlier, singing her praises when she reached 1,000 points as a junior. “She’s worked amazingly hard to get it, and I’m so proud of her, her family and her effort to get there.”

Prior to Emery, the last time a female player had hit 2,000 points in Wisconsin, it was South Shore superstar Jolene Anderson, who went on to have a storied collegiate career, as well.

At just 5 feet, 6 inches tall, Emery was a scoring threat from all over the court, es-

Editor’s note: This week’s sports section features 10 of the best sports moments from 2011.

Next week’s Leader will feature another 10 installments of the best sports moments from 2011

by Marty Seeger and Greg Marsten Leader staff writers A season of 1,000-point marks for local hoopsters • The stars aligned several items for local basketball players, as the 1,000-point mark became a seemingly common occurrence with several players achieving the hallowed mark last season.

For the boys, it was Unity standout Brady Flaherty who hit the mark in an 18point flurry of scoring that helped his Eagles eek out a nail-biter against Clear Lake on Jan. 27.

“I’m very happy for him!” stated Eagle head coach Shaun Fisher. “He has worked very hard and is very deserving of this milestone. Our school and community is very fortunate to have a great leader like him on the team. He is a great young man that displays great character.”

Another local boy who fit the cool grand made it happen on Feb. 15, when Siren junior Elijah Hinze became the first Dragon boy to achieve the mark in two decades, since Tim Murphy last pulled off the feat.

Hinze needed just four points as the contest with the St. Croix Falls Saints began, and he knocked down his 1,000th point with a smooth jumper at 2:11 in the second quarter. Only a junior at the time, the 6-4 Hinze has emerged as one of the most prolific scorers in the Lakeland Conference and proved it with his fast run to a grand.

Achieving the 1,000-point feat so early in his high school career is also notable, as boys head coach Jon Ruud pointed out, “Having a 1,000-point scorer is special, doing it as a junior says even more about him as a player,” Ruud said.

Hinze wasn’t the only Dragon reaching the hallowed mark that night, as just an hour earlier, his female counterpart, Ashley Guevara, struck her 1,000th point in a blistering, 25-point performance that got

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Siren’s Elijah Hinze and Ashley Guevara both hit the 1,000-th point mark in basketball in 2011, and Carly Emery, also of Siren banked 2,000 points. – File photo by Greg Marsten her to the grand mark at 2:15 in the third quarter, also against the Saints.

That a boy and girl player from the same school can hit the mark is news enough, to do it on the same night was a rare alignment of the stars. Plus, they both won the contests.

“It’s the first time I can remember a boy and girl on the same night from the same school,” stated girls head coach and Siren athletic director Ryan Karsten. “It was a good night for Ashley. A good night for Eli.” The feat also had a nice twist just two days later in the season, when Grantsburg senior Kortney Morrin achieved the feat, albeit hobbled and limping on a shattered knee, the Pirate standout needed just 10 points to get her grand coming into the contest, and she knew it was no easy task.

“I was a little scared that I wouldn’t

Kortney Morrin of Grantsburg hit 1,000 career points, as did Brady Flaherty of Unity, making 2011 a year in points for area hoopsters.

make it,” Morrin said later.

Playing only a few minutes at a time against the formidable Frederic Vikings, she was able to score on almost every court appearance, getting her final point on the back end of two free throws with less than 1:20 left on the game clock.

“It feels really good. It was a real struggle with my knee,” she said after the game.

“It was just great for her to get it at home in front of her family and friends.

She’s a great player and has fought hard after the injury to contribute,” Pirate head coach Adam Hale said after her reaching her 1,000th point.

Reaching 1,000 points in a usually short high school career is rare enough, but to have so many local players achieve the mark in such a short span of time was a true highlight of the winter and showed the quality of play among local players.

Two K and more for Emery • Dragon senior scoring machine Carley Emery notched her 2,000th career point, burying a free throw against the Luck Cardinals in a playoff contest on March 11. Emery became only the 12th girl ever to achieve the feat in the Badger State, and amassed her second 1,000 points in just over a year.

The feat was achieved in the final minutes of a WIAA Carley Emery playoff game, no mark-

••• LEADER LAND – Luck’s Brennan Olson had a season-high eight rebounds and a dozen points during a loss a 81-76 to MSU-Moorehead on Sunday, Dec. 18. It was Augustana’s first loss in the NSIC conference, as Moorehead remained undefeated with the win. The Vikings won’t be playing again until Monday, Jan. 2, when they play at St. Cloud State. With the loss against Moorehead, the Vikings fell eight spots to No. 22 in the Division 2, National Association of Basketball Coaches national poll. – Marty Seeger with information from goaugie.com ••• LEADER LAND – The Clayton at Unity boys basketball game on Tuesday, Jan. 3, is being broadast on 104.9 FM beginning at 7 p.m. The Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers game on Sunday, Jan. 1, begins at noon and can be heard on 105.7 FM. The Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings football game is being broadcast on 104.9 FM. The men’s college basketball game with Iowa at Wisconsin can be heard at noon on 1260 AM on Saturday, Dec. 31.

The college football Rose Bowl between Wisconsin and Oregon can be heard on 1260 AM beginning at 4 p.m., on Monday, Jan. 2.

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Reed managed the course fairly well. He kept the ball below the pin and made some really nice up and downs. He also made a couple of remarkable shots that I believe that only he can do.”

During Monday’s round of 18 holes, Sorensen finished with a score of 77. He shot par on seven holes and birdied four times, yet on day two things changed a bit, as Sorensen shot an 84, which was 12 over par. He still managed to birdie two holes, and shot par on nine holes.

2011 continued pecially from beyond the arc, and was a steady force at the charity stripe. With her help, the Dragons were consistent contenders at all playoff levels in recent years, challenging for a shot at a state basketball tournament right up until her final game against Prentice on March 19 at the Division 5 sectional final in Spooner. They fell a few points short, but Carley added another 21 to her total in the game - her last high school contest.

Emery’s final hoops resume is impressive: she was a four-time all-conference selection, twice as West Lakeland Conference Player of the Year, and twice selected to the elite all-state squad. After those extra points in her final playoff games, she landed as the seventh all-time scorer in Wisconsin girls basketball history, with 2,065 total points. She was later selected to play in the WGBCA All-Star game, as well.

Since graduating from Siren, she now attends college at St. Thomas University in St. Paul, where she also plays hoops as a guard and is pursuing a degree in marketing.

Pirates earn silver in state cross country • The Grantsburg boys cross-country team became the first cross-country team in school history to bring home a state runner-up trophy in October 2011. Runners met perfect weather on the hilly and challenging track at Ridges Golf Course and found a way to finish with 74 points.

Darlington took first overall with a score of 46, and Kenosha St. Joseph Academy came in third with 107 points.

Even before the state meet, coach Paul Huskamp expected to take nothing less than second place. If it wasn’t second, he was almost certain it’d be first.

“I told the kids at the very beginning of the season that I don’t want to just go to state, I want to be on the podium,” Huskamp said, and he was spot on with his prediction.

The success of the team came from the leadership of Zack Arnold and Daniel Biorn to drive and push the team to their very best according to Huskamp.

Arnold and Biorn had solid performances. Arnold led the team with a time of 16:53.87, and was 13th overall among nearly 150 competitors. Kyle Roberts, who is the other senior and came in second on the team and 17th overall, had a time of

Luck’s Avery Steen had a memorable fall golf season with her third consecutive trip to state.

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The Pirates cross-country team finished 2011 with the Division 3 state runner-up trophy, which was a first for the program in school history. – Leader file photos Kingston, who eventually moved on to the collegiate level in gymnastics, competing with Gustavus Adolphus College.

Lerud competed with elite clubs over the past several years prior to transferring to Grantsburg, and her work has paid off.

Her school record mark in the floor event at the sectional meet was a 9.15, and she finished 17th in the Division 2 individual performances at state in the all-around competition. She placed 11th overall in the uneven bars, 12th in the balance beam, and 13th in the floor event, with her only stumble coming in the vault. Lerud is again having a remarkable season in 2012.

Grantsburg gymnast Aimee Lerud had a successful season with the Pirates in 2011. – File photo by Greg Marsten 17:08.06. Sophomore Jacob Ohnstad followed through with a 20th-place finish and a time of 17:13.22 and Richard Schneider, a freshman, was 35th with a time of 17:42.38. Biorn finished 41st with a time of 17:47.55, while Erland Olson took the 109th place with an 18:48.41. Austin Handy was the seventh runner in 112th place with a 18:53.18.

Huskamp pointed out that the team defeated 79 out of the 83 teams in all divisions competing at the state meet this season, and no doubt, this season will be one to remember.

“Overall I’ve been blessed to work with such a great group of guys and thank God for their ability to be able to run, and then giving me the opportunity to have them all together to put it together for them, so they’re really excited, and so am I.” Aimee Lerud heads to state • Grantsburg gymnast Aimee Lerud transferred from Minnesota for the 2011 season and has since broken nearly every possible Pirates gymnastics record, including the floor event in early March 2011. It had been quite a few years since the Grantsburg gymnastics team had a member representing them at the state meet in Wisconsin Rapids. Lerud became the first Pirate since the late ‘90s to earn a trip to state. The last gymnast was Nikki

Unity’s Reed Sorensen made a trip to the state boys golf tournament.

Steen and Sorensen head to state golf • Luck’s Avery Steen wrapped up a successful state tournament appearance at the University Ridge Golf Course in Madison in the fall of 2011. This was her third consecutive trip to the girls state tournament. Steen’s first-day score was a 78, placing her in fourth-place position going into the second day. She had a couple of birdies and stayed steady throughout the round, according to coach Ron Steen. On the second day, Steen started out with a par on hole 10, but drove the ball into the woods, and penciled in a double bogey.

Steen finished in the top 10 and missed a chance to earn a medal by just two strokes. All in all, Steen had another solid year and will get another shot at improving next season as a senior.

Unity’s Reed Sorensen finished near the top at the state meet in early June 2011.

Sorensen was the lone area individual competing at the state boys golf tournament and he finished in a three-way tie for 13th place with a two-day score of 161.

“Our goal was to finish in the top 18 with a two-day total of 159,” said coach Larry Stencil. “Monday, we played in the afternoon. Temps were in the high 90s.

Former Cardinal star honored for collegiate career • The storied basketball career of Luck graduate Britta Petersen came to a head this year with her selection to have her UW-Stevens Point jersey on display all year at the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame’s “Ring of Honor” in Knoxville, Tenn.

The 5-11 Petersen remains as one of the premier local basketball players of all time and is the all-time leading scorer for Luck with over 1,400 points, a fact not lost on her former coach and mentor, Marty Messar.

“Britta’s someone who has earned everything she’s received,” he said of the 2006 grad. “She’s was always working hard, in the gym, in the weight room, on the court, you name it, trying to improve.”

Petersen is even volunteer coaching the latest Luck girls this fall, giving some mentoring to the young Cardinals as she awaits the start of a new job that begins in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in a few weeks.

Her collegiate career as a Pointer closed earlier this year, where she averaged a team-high 14.6 points per game and 5.2 rebounds per game. This season she made a Sweet 16 appearance, finished with a 27-3 record and a nationwide, seventh-place ranking in the final D3hoops.com top-25 poll, in no small part because of Petersen’s court prowess and steady play.

Her accolades continued to roll as her career wound down, as she was also named a State Farm Coaches Association WBCA All-American, a third team AllAmerican by D3hoops.com, on top of being the Central Region Player of the Year, the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year and named to the first team All-WIAC. During her reign as a Pointer, they had an impressive 109-19 record, with four WIAC Tournament Championship appearances, three NCAA Sweet 16 appearances and one trip to the Elite Eight.

Petersen ranks fourth, all-time, on the Pointers all-time scoring list with 1,511 career points while playing in 118 games, averaging 12.8 points and 5.0 rebounds per contest.

She obviously earned all her college awards and accolades, and remains one of the most memorable, sincere and most popular local players ever.

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Blizzard 5, Hudson 4

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG – The Blizzard girls hockey team took advantage of a threegoal flurry of scoring right off the block to hold off a second-period recovery by the visiting Hudson Raiders, who came back and tied the hosting Blizzard, 4-4, before the local girls won in the third period, 5-4, on Dec. 22.

The Blizzard jumped to an early lead, with an early, unassisted goal by Wendy

Roberts on a power play at 15:18 in the first period. Roberts scored again just over a minute later, again unassisted, but with the Raiders at full strength, giving the Blizzard a 2-0 lead.

Kassie Lien scored an unassisted goal five minutes later, giving the Blizzard a dominating, 3-0 lead.

But the Raiders scored a power play goal with six minutes left in the first frame, which the Blizzard countered with

See Blizzard hockey/page 18 Blizzard girls hockey player Kassie Lien gets out in front with the puck against Hudson on Thursday, Dec. 22. The Blizzard won 5-4. – Photo by Priscilla Bauer

2011 continued Four area grapplers get to state • At least four area wrestlers earned a trip to the state tournament in 2011, and three of those wrestlers came from Unity.

Unity’s Luke Nelson made the best of his first state tournament appearance, and the best of his final high school wresting matches. The 135-pound weight class was loaded with quality talent, but Nelson matched up well with his first opponent, Tyler Wagner, a senior from Southern Door with a record of 35-11. Nelson defeated him by a 5-3 decision.

Nelson’s next match was against the eventual state champion, Jarod Donar, who ended the season undefeated at 49-0.

In the consolation round, Nelson won his second match of the tournament against Jesse Huggins of Clintonville by a 3-2 decision. The win earned Nelson a trip to the consolation semifinals against sophomore Gabe Flandrick of Somerset, who had a record of 38-5 and became the eventual third-place winner. Unfortunately, Nelson lost 2-0 in overtime.

At 145 pounds, Unity’s Dylan Hendricks’ state tournament bid ended in the first round after he was defeated in a 9-5 decision by junior Kiefer Bennett of Delavan-Darien (41-11) who eventually placed fourth overall. Hendricks ended his senior season with a record of 33-10.

At 285 pounds, Unity’s Alex Lennartson wrestled two matches in Madison, but lost both by pin. Lennartson had a first-round bye and wrestled on Friday, Feb. 25, but lost the first match to Newton Smerchek of Luxemburg-Casco (45-5). Lennartson was defeated by Peter Seuffer (36-3) of Omro during the consolation round, but will have two more chances at a state title as he’s only a sophomore, who finished his season at 36-7.

St. Croix Falls sophomore James Klassen lasted just one round at the state wrestling tournament in Madison at 119 pounds. He ended the year with 31 wins and 18 losses.

Siren football turns the corner • The Siren Dragons football squad fought their own past and history to have one of their best seasons ever, earning a well-deserved playoff berth by finishing with a .500 record in the formidable Small Lakeland Conference, which had a remarkable six teams in the playoffs.

“I was hoping we could put together our best game, but I honestly believe the emotion of just making the playoffs after so many years took its toll on the guys,” Dragon head coach Bill Hoefler stated after his squad lost on the road to Florence in the playoffs on Oct. 22.

Siren had one of the most difficult lateseason schedules around and had the unfortunate problem of playing back-to-back games against some of the most explosive offenses in Division 7, including to neighboring powerhouse Frederic to end the regular season.

Hoefler was just in his second year as head coach and inherited a lackluster program that had a hard time getting kids on the gridiron, let alone a caliber of squad worthy of the playoffs. His first season was noted for midseason walk-ons and turned into a most exciting underdog

The Siren football team created a lot of excitement for football fans, making their first trip to the playoffs in many years. – Leader file photos squad in a conference noted for offensive power.

While their 2010 was fun to watch, their 2011 season was remarkable and proved to be a hot ticket in Siren.

“What the kids did this year was great.

Their goal was to make the playoffs after the season ended last year, and they accomplished that,” Hoefler said. “We lost some key players throughout the season, whether to injury or grades, but others picked up the slack in their place.”

While the Dragons showed they were for real, they have a new challenge in 2012, as they move to eight-man football along with several other local squads, in part due to enrollment issues for the next few years. Hoefler said he is excited about the change and sees the Dragons taking full advantage of the smaller field and squad.

“We have so many quality kids coming back that have a lot of varsity game-playing experience,” he said. “We have about six starters on both sides of the ball back which is exciting. We will miss our seniors for sure, as they endured through some tougher times in their four years.”

Hoefler noted that core of players who stuck with and helped nurture the program, even in very lean times, making the

2011 season even more noteworthy.

“They are a good group of guys who worked hard for a common goal - and that was the playoffs,” Hoefler said, noting the contributions of seniors Evan Oachs, Andrew Brown, Murdock Smith, Will Haines, Eli Hinze, Isaac Wegner and Zach Powers.

“They were all big contributors to the success this year,” he added.

Messar honored in surprise event • Now in his 36th season as the Luck Cardinal girls head coach, Marty Messar is, in theory, coaching some of the grandkids of girls that once played under him, and the storied coach’s ongoing legacy was honored in a pregame ceremony late last season.

Unbeknownst to Messar, a gaggle of his past players conspired with players and staff of today to pull a fast one on their former coach on Feb. 10 prior to a contest against Clear Lake. Those players past and present sang the national anthem for him and hosted a reception in his honor after the game.

Messar said he had a clue something was up when his current players donned custom-made shirts in his honor, celebrating all his years at the helm. Those shirts

Unity’s Luke Nelson was one of four area wrestlers that went to state in 2011.

were highlighted with “Messarisms” from the past and present, as well.

Many of the players laughed out loud when they read the numerous Messarisms aloud from the shirt, such as “Skin is a renewable resource,” “It’s not ‘Tickle Me, Elmo’ time!” and “Squeeze the pumpkin!” The women all seemed to recall the phrases used so prominently by their coach and laugh at the shared bond over the decades, as younger, recent players even laughed aloud at the references.

Messar admitted that he was “The last person in the gym [to know why the players were there] ... but then again that has been the hallmark of my tenure.”

His self-deprecation is also part of his charm, and he is the first to laugh at himself, such as when he posed with a photo of a much younger, longhaired coach Messar in the 1970s, holding a pair of “Go Big Red” Cardinal boxer shorts.

While his humor is his calling card, he is also the first to wax melancholy about his storied career and was excited to see his former players courtside after all those years.

“I have been truly blessed as a husband, father, teacher and basketball coach,” he said. “Last night confirmed that I have had a positive effect on the lives of many wonderful young women. In turn, they have had a profound and lasting effect on my life. It has been an honor and a privilege to coach and teach the sport of basketball for all those years.”

A few noteworthy Messarisms include: “Focus on the task at hand,” “Down goes Frasier!” “That’s more gooder.” “Use your weapon.” “You can walk when you’re dead.” “You’re crowding the lane like a bunch of heifers standing under the only shade tree in the pasture.” “When they go to the bathroom, guard them in the stalls.”

“Put the little ball in the big hoop.” “Shot flake.” “Play hard. Play smart. Play together.”

Webster coaches and team honored • Longtime Webster track coach Jeff Postler, as well as the rest of the Webster track coaching staff, were honored in 2011 for a season that actually occurred in 2010.

Nevertheless, Postler and the rest of his coaching staff were on hand during the 22nd-annual WISTCA coaches clinic in Milwaukee to accept well-deserved honors for a stellar 2010 season. One of the awards went to Postler, who was awarded the 2010 WISTCA Boys Coach of the Year for District 1. After 30-plus years of coaching in Webster, Postler was still around in 2011 to help coach in the throwing events.

In his final four years of coaching, the Webster boys track team were conference champs in all four, regional champs and sectional champions in three of those four years and state runners-up twice. As was typical throughout his coaching career, Postler was quick to point out that he had a lot of support from fellow coaches.

“We have got one of the best track coaching staffs not only in Northwest Wisconsin, but in the entire state. “Thank you for making my last season as head boys track coach a dream come true,” Postler said. He ended the year with 31 wins and 18 losses.

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Viking girls fight hard in comeback win Domagala ended the game with 11 points, Gustafson and Kendra Mossey each had five, Emily Byerly, four, and Brittani Hughes, Lara Harlander and Natalie Phernetton each had two points.

Settle the victory in overtime Frederic 74, Clear Lake 69

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer FREDERIC – It was a tough start for the Frederic girls basketball team on Thursday, Dec. 22, against nonconference Clear Lake, but an unbelievable finish as the Vikings routed the Warriors in a dramatic comeback 74-69.

“Well it was quite a game tonight!” said Vikings coach Troy Wink.

The Vikings dug a big hole in the first half, trailing 39-20 at the break, and the offense by Clear Lake senior Brooke Harshman didn’t help. Harshman buried six 3-pointers in the first half and scored a team-high 28 points, but the Vikings didn’t give up, even when the Warriors lead stretched to 20 in the third quarter.

“We chipped away at the lead, got it down to seven with about two minutes left in the third, then Clear Lake went on a run, got up to 14 again after three, 52-38,” Wink said.

Frederic was down by as much as 16 points in the fourth quarter, but the team starting pulling together late. Wink noted that nine of his 10 players who suited up on Thursday, managed to get in the game and contribute to the big comeback.

“From defensive stops to key rebounds to key shots, just a great team win,” Wink said.

In the final minute of the game, the Vikings were still trailing by two points and had a chance to tie, but missed a pair of free throws. Forced to foul, the Vikings

Frederic teammates celebrate after their come-from-behind victory over Clear Lake on Thursday, Dec. 22. – Photos by Becky Amundson put Clear Lake on the line and the Warriors hit both free throws, putting them up by four.

Vikings senior Corissa Schmidt then took the ball all the way to the hoop to sink the layup and get the Vikes back to within two, and with eight seconds to go, Wink called the time-out. Frederic was forced to foul again, this time putting

Vikings fans react during the Vikings victory against Clear Lake last week.

Harshman on the line, who sunk one of her two free throws to put the Warriors up by three. On the missed shot, Frederic’s Maria Miller came down with the rebound, and quickly made her charge down the court.

“Maria Miller got rebound, brought ball up to top of key, made a strong pass to Corissa Schmidt who was spotted up perfectly on our right wing. Cori calmly sank a three at the buzzer to tie it,” Wink said.

Both Miller and Schmidt worked through nearly the entire fourth quarter with four fouls each, yet were able to make it through to the end without committing their fifth foul. Schmidt ended with 23 points, including three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, and one in overtime to help stretch the Vikings lead and the win. Miller led the game with 24 points.

Carly Gustafson hit 1 of 2 free throws in the overtime, and Lauren Domagala hit a layup to give the Vikes a six-point lead in the overtime as well.

“Very, very happy with our team effort, obviously Cori and Maria’s points were huge, but so many contributed all game long. We never stopped playing, it was just a great team win, hopefully it can propel us into a great second half of the season,” Wink said.

Grantsburg 54, New Auburn 23 NEW AUBURN – The Pirate girls basketball team got themselves some momentum heading into the holiday tournaments with a win over New Auburn on Thursday, Dec. 22. Grantsburg’s defense stepped up big in the first quarter, holding the Trojans to four points and never allowing them to score more than eight in then next three quarters. The Pirates offense helped give them a 28-12 lead at the half and they never looked back after that.

“A great team effort by the girls. We had great scoring balance and everybody contributed to the win. Hopefully this got us back on track as we head into the Webster Holiday Tournament.”

Kylie Pewe led a well-balanced scoring attack with 13 points, followed by Liz Gaffney, Sam Schwieger and Macy Hanson with eight points apiece, Stacey McKenzie, four, and Haley Burkhardt and Cora Olson each had two. Hanson also had eight rebounds and five steals, and Pewe had seven boards and four steals.

Vikings senior Corissa Schmidt goes in for a layup against the Warriors.

Luck comes from behind in OT over Bears Cardinals get first win of season as break begins Luck 37, Clayton 34

by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer LUCK – The Luck Cardinal girls came from far behind to defeat the Clayton Bears on Thursday, Dec. 22, in Luck, winning by a score of 37-34 in overtime, after trailing almost the whole night.

“It wasn’t a pretty win ... but a win that was huge for our young team to get going into the Christmas break,” Cardinal head coach Marty Messar stated. “We didn’t shoot particularly well ... only 11 of 43 25.6 percent - and we didn’t take care of the ball well either.”

Luck had 30 turnovers in the contest, and trailed by a large margin several times.

“But we stayed in the game with some pretty good defense and got the contest

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LEFT: Cardinal freshman Angela Gore uses a fake to get past a Clayton defender, who ended up on the floor. ABOVE: Luck's Jaimee Buck works the perimeter against a pair of Bears. – Photos by Greg Marsten

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Vikings get momentum heading into break Clayton 41, Luck 28 LUCK – The Cardinal boys basketball team suffered through a difficult first half against the Clayton Bears on Thursday, Dec. 22, throwing up just four points and allowing the Bears to blast out to a 25-4 lead at the half.

“As bad a first half as I’ve ever seen by us,” said Luck coach Rick Giller. “We did not come to play.”

Both baskets in the first quarter came by Karsten Petersen, and while the Cardinals were able to get a few good shots off they certainly weren’t falling. They went 0 for 5 from the free-throw line in the first half as well. Luck came out with a little more offense in the second half, yet it wasn’t enough to overcome what Clayton did to the Cardinals in the first half.

“The second half was better, but we already had dug a deep hole. Let’s hope the new year brings some better basketball,” Giller added.

Petersen led the Cards with 12 points, followed by John Denny with seven, Kyle Hunter, four; Brodie Kunze, three and Dylan LeMay, two. The Bears had a wellbalanced scoring attack with Kyle Larson leading with 11, Austin Donahue, 10, Jordon Gilbertson and Zach Schradle each had eight and Matt Gretzlock added four.

Cardinals take a step back against Clayton Frederic 58, New Auburn 31

by Marty Seeger Leader staff writer FREDERIC – The Frederic Vikings stepped it up as a team during a home win over New Auburn on Thursday, Dec. 22, and gained a little momentum heading into the holiday tournament season.

The Trojans came to Frederic with a virtually clean record of 6-1, but the Vikes took control early and often. They led 16-8 after the first quarter and led 31-15 at the half.

“I thought our guys played very hard and very focused,” said Vikings coach Ryan Lind. We had contributions from every guy on both offense and defense.”

Frederic’s defense never allowed the Trojans more than eight points in each of the four quarters. They continued to pour on the offense in the third quarter and led by a commanding 49-23 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

Adam Chenal had a team-leading 16 points, followed by Mike Tesch, 14; Waylon Buck, 11; Jaryd Braden, eight; Ian Lexen, six and Jayce den Hoed, three. The Vikings also shot 3 of 4 from the freethrow line.

“Hopefully we can keep this momentum over Christmas break, which is always a challenge,” said Lind.

The Vikings will complete their holiday tournament at Clayton with a game against Bruce on Thursday, Dec. 29, starting at 3 p.m.

Siren 64, Turtle Lake 40 TURTLE LAKE – The Siren Dragons defeated the Lakers at Turtle Lake on Thursday, Dec. 22. No game stats were available at press time.

Michael Tesch lofts the ball toward the basket against New Auburn. – Photo by Becky Amundson

Luck’s Kyle Hunter looks for an open lane against Clayton – Photo by Marty Seeger

St. Croix Falls boys enjoy first win St. Croix Falls 47, St. Croix Central 38

two minutes left in regulation iced the victory as the Saints built a seven-point lead, 41-34.

“I wanted the ball during the second half,” Heilig said after the win. “We played well as a team tonight and didn’t have any mental lapses.”

Clausen led the Saints offensively with 11 points while Andy Erickson scored 10 and Heilig notched eight points.

“We played four good quarters,” Hall said. “Getting that first win will take some pressure off the guys and Heilig took control of the game at the end.”

by Garth Olson Special to the Leader ST. CROIX FALLS – St. Croix Falls, under new coach Chad Hall, notched an exciting first win of the season, knocking off St. Croix Central 47-38 on Dec. 22.

St. Croix Central held a slight lead, 8-6, after the first quarter prior to the Saints taking the lead for good with 4:30 remaining in the first half when a Noah Casterton free throw put St. Croix Falls up 12-11. The Saints stretched their lead with a trio of threes by Jace Marek, Rob Heilig and Ben Clausen – lifting St. Croix Falls to a 25-18 advantage at halftime. A Heilig trey with

The Panthers Tyler Lathe led St. Croix Central with 11 points while Michael Nelson and Christopher Hedberg combined for 12 points.

The Saints will return to conference action when they travel to Grantsburg on Friday, Jan. 6.

Ben Clausen drives to the basket during St. Croix Falls first win of the season.– Photo by Garth Olson

Saints girls win easily over Cumberland Every Saints player listed on the varsity roster scored at least two points in the win as St. Croix Falls built a staggering 50-5 lead at halftime.

“We get along on and off the court and I think it shows when we play together,” Saints junior Natalie Sempf said after the win. “We played at our level tonight and had a steady pace throughout the game.”

Leading scorers for St. Croix Falls included Sydney Geisness with 18 points, Sarah Petznick, 15 and Caitlyn Olson and Taylor Orton with six apiece The Saints

Lead 50-5 at the half St. Croix Falls 73, Cumberland 11

by Garth Olson Special to the Leader ST. CROIX FALLS – St. Croix Falls finished off 2011 with a flurry of scoring, walloping Cumberland 73-11 on Thursday, Dec. 22.

The Saints stormed to a 27-1 first quarter lead thanks to a full-court press and some hot shooting. Coach Angie Maternowsky replaced all five starters with 3:40 left before halftime, with the Saints leading 38-5.

Luck bball continued into overtime, where we were able to make 5 of 6 free throws to get the win,” Messar added.

Notables for the Cards include 2-2 shooting from the field in overtime for Avery Steen, who finished with 11 points overall, and perfect 6-of-6 free-throw shooting. “Hannah Karl came up big in OT, also, with 3 of 4 from the line,” Messar stated.

Erica Bergmann, Jordan Johnson, Jerrica Jones and Sempf each scored five points.

Cumberland’s Abbi Amundson led the Beavers with six points.

St. Croix Falls, undefeated at 5-0, returns to conference action on Friday, Jan. 6, when they travel to Grantsburg.

The Saints Taylor Orton fights for a rebound against Cumberland. – Photo by Garth Olson While the score was tied 6-6 at the end of the first quarter, Clayton pulled away for a stretch in the second frame, but the Cards responded in time and trailed by just four points at the half. Luck made up the difference in the third, and trailed by just a bucket as the final quarter began.

Thanks to strong rebounding and 13-of-20 shooting from the charity stripe, the Cards matched the Bears as the final seconds ticked away, with the score tied at 30-30 when regulation ended.

“We had seven kids score for us as kids came off the bench to help us get our first win,” Messar said. “With defenses stacked to limit Avery’s looks, it is so important for our other kids to want to put the ball in the basket for us. Clayton really bottled Avery up and though she led us in scoring with 11 points, Clayton made her work for all the points she got.”

Freshmen posts Jenni Holdt and Angela Gore led Luck on the boards with 10 rebounds each, followed by Steen with

seven boards.

“Other important contributors to our scoring were Jenni Holdt with seven points, Maia Lehmann with six points and Karl had five points, all on free throws,” Messar said.

Luck moved to 1-3 overall, and 0-2 in West Lakeland play. Their next game is Tuesday, Jan. 3, when they host the Shell Lake Lakers in a nonconference doubleheader matchup in Luck.

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by Greg Marsten Leader staff writer SIREN – The Burnett Blizzard boys hockey squad continued their early-season dominance with an exciting, overtime victory over the Somerset Spartans on Thursday, Dec. 22, at the Lodge

Center Arena in Siren.

The Spartans were one of the better squads the Blizzard boys have played so far, and while the Blizzard outshot the Spartans dramatically, they could not get the puck into the Spartan net for either the second or third periods, requiring overtime to settle the contest.

Jake Swenson scored the first Blizzard goal, midway through the first period at 3:55, going in unassisted for the 1-0 lead.

Somerset fended off numerous offensive attempts by the Blizzard to add to their lead, but Spartan goalie Jordan Langness was able to sweep 27 of the Blizzard’s

Blizzard junior Bryce Ryan goes behind the Spartan net.– Photos by Greg Marsten

Blizzard defenseman Matt Larson (No. 10) pulls the puck away from a Somerset player as goalie Thomas Labatt looks on. Larson’s overtime goal helped keep the Blizzard boys undefeated season alive.

A R E A Hacker’s Lanes Sunday Night 1 No Tap Mixed Couples Standings: Jeff’s Team 24, Chuck’s Team 19, Happy Campers 18, Knaubers 15.5, Late Comers 15, Packer Backers 14, Long Shots 13.5, No Names 8.

Men’s games: Don Swanson (PB) 278, Jeff Cummings (JT) 264, Gene Hansen (JT) & Chuck Kruse (CT) 256.

Men’s series: Don Swanson (PB) 693, Jon Underwood (CT) 664, Chuck Kruse (CT) 656.

Women’s games: Kathy Underwood (CT) 268, Sheila Hansen (JT) 243 and 230.

Women’s series: Sheila Hansen (JT) 654, Deb Swanson (PB) 650, Kathy Underwood (CT) 636.

Team games: Chuck’s Team 981 & 828, Jeff’s Team 815.

Team series: Chuck’s Team 2566, Jeff’s Team 2360, Packer Backers 2248.

Tuesday Classic Standings: Great Northern Outdoors 121.5, House of Wood 112.5, Bottle Shop 109, Yellow Lake Lodge 93, Pioneer Bar 76, Frandsen Bank & Trust 73.

Individual games: Rita Bohn 267, Roger Tollander 258, Reed Stevens 254.

Individual series: Jake Anderson 660, Josh Bazey 639, Reed Stevens 636.

Team games: Frandsen Bank & Trust 727, Bottle Shop 655, Pioneer Bar 632.

Team series: Frandsen Bank & Trust 1922, Pioneer Bar 1768, Bottle Shop 1743.

Consecutive strikes (5 or more): Rita Bohn 6x = 267; Jake Anderson 5x = 237.

Games 50 or more above average: Rita Bohn 267 (+93); Jake Anderson 237 (+78); Roger Tollander 258 (+73).

Series 100 or more above average: Jake Anderson 660 (+183); Rita Bohn 623 (+101).

Splits converted: 3-6-7-10: Butch Hacker Jr. 3-10: Butch Hacker Jr. 2-7: Chris Olson.

Wednesday Night Early Standings: Cummings Lumber 43, Daellfer’s Quality Meats 36.5, Pioneer Bar 33, Skol Bar 32.5, Lewis Silo 32, A-1 Machine 31, Larsen Auto Center 30, Bye Team 2.

Individual games: Brad Schmidt (A1) 256, Josh Bazey (DQM) 244 & 243.

Individual series: Josh Bazey (DQM) 667, Brad Schmidt (A1) 660, Don Swanson (CL) 639.

Team games: Lewis Silo 994 & 966, Cummings Lumber 949.

Team series: Lewis Silo 2829, A-1 Machine 2774, Pioneer Bar 2723.

Thursday Early Standings: Kinetico 55.5, Daeffler’s Quality Meats 55.5, Fab Four 52, Wikstrom Construction 49, Red Iron Studios 47, American Family Siren 42, Hell Raisers 36, Grindell Law Offices 27.

Individual games: Mike Sullivan (WC) 253, Curtis Renfoe (RIS) 231, Gilbert Meyer (RIS) 230.

29 total shots on goal. The Spartans had far fewer shots on goal, but were able to make those few shots count, slipping a shot past Blizzard senior goalie Thomas Labatt at 8:57 in the second period, when Reed Kelly used an assist from Jesse Brown to tie the contest at 1-1.

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Individual series: Curtis Renfroe (RIS) 616, Ed Bitler (RIS) 609. Mike Sullivan (WC) 606.

Team games: Red Iron Studios 661, Wikstrom Construction 609, Daeffler’s Quality Meats 608.

Team series: Red Iron Studios 1803, Daeffler’s Quality Meats 1757, American Family Siren 1607.

Consecutive strikes (5 or more): Mike Sulivan 7x = 253; Curtis Renfroe 5x = 231.

Games 50 or more above average: Mike Sullivan 256 (+71); Gilbert Meyer 230 (+75); Dan Carlson 201 (+54).

Splits converted: 2-7-8: Curtis Renfoe.

5-7: Gilbert Meyer.

Thursday Late Standings: Hansen Farms Inc. 37, Fisk Trucking 33, Hog Wild BBQ & Grill 26, Stotz & Company 24.

Men’s games: Daryl Bazey 252, Larry Fisk 242, Eugene Wynn Jr. 213.

Men’s series: Daryl Bazey 654, Larry Fisk 598, Eugene Wynn Jr. 581.

Women’s games: Heather Wynn 178, Rhonda Bazey 168.

Women’s series: Rhonda Bazey 468, Heather Wynn 467.

Team games: Hansen Farms Inc. 884, Stotz & Company 876, Fish Trucking 855.

Team series: Hansen Farms Inc. 2508, Stotz & Company 2441, Hog Wild BBQ & Grill 2332.

McKenzie Lanes Monday Night Ladies Standings: Alyeska Contracting 54, Milltown Appliance 54, Wolf Creek Log Furniture 51.5, Edina Divas 48, McKenzie Lanes 47.5, Metal Products 37, Frederic Truck & Tractor 31, Bye 14.

Individual games: Cindy Castellano 200, Shirley Wilson 189, Toni Sloper 185.

Individual series: Cindy Castellano 544, Shirley Wilson 535, Toni Sloper 490.

Team games (Handicap): Milltown Appliance 808.

Team series (Handicap): Milltown Appliance 2303.

Monday Night Madness Standings: Mishaps 14, Alleycats 10, Eagle Lounge 8, McKenzie Lanes 8, Bogus Punkins 8, Bye 0.

Individual games: Debbie Swanson 212, Tabby Peltier 183, Brenda Garske 171.

Individual series: Debbie Swanson 527, Barbara Benson 492, Tabby Peltier 478.

Team games (Handicap): Mishaps 618, Alleycats 604.

Team series (Handicap): Mishaps 1778, Bogus Punkins 1751.

Tuesday Early Mixed Standings: 1 Pin Short 10, Lemon Heads 10, What the Ek 4, Lane Crash-

ers 4.

Men’s games: Jeff Lehmann 257, Kevin Ek 217, Dave Priebe 156.

Men’s series: Jeff Lehmann 693, Kevin Ek 557, Dave Priebe 415.

Women’s games: Jeri Sanderson 194, Jill Behnke 175, Brenda Lehmann 172.

Women’s series: Jill Behnke 513, Jeri Sanderson 506, Brenda Lehmann 496.

Team games: Lemon Heads 543.

Team series: Lemon Heads 1477.

Tuesday Women’s Standings: Country Gals 26, LC’s Gals 22.5, Custom Outfitter 20.5, Kassel Tap 18, Tomlinson Insurance 13.5, Trap Rock 13, Hauge Dental 11.5, Gutter Dusters 11.

Individual games: Toni Sloper 203, Jane Smith 194, Patti Katzmark 179.

Individual series: Toni Sloper 533, Jane Smith 525, Shirley Wilson 514.

Team games (Handicap): Custom Outfitter 824, Kassel Tap 809, Country Gals 806.

Team series (Handicap): LC’s Gals 2390, Kassel Tap 2343, Custom Outfitter 2327.

Tuesday Night Men’s Standings: The Dugout 83.5, Hack’s Pub 81, Nel-Lo-Hill Farm 71.5, Centurview Park 69, McKenzie Lanes 65.5, The Cobbler Shop 64.5, Dream Lawn 63, Steve’s Appliance 62.

Individual games: Gene Braund 267, Rick Antonson 257, Jeff Lehmann 255.

Individual series: Gene Braund 708, Darren McKenzie 698, Rick Antonson 691.

Team games (Handicap): Hack’s Pub 1280.

Team series (Handicap): Hack’s Pub 3708.

Wednesday Early Standings: Gerhman Auto Body 16, Amrhien Painting 12, Hack’s Pub 8, Holiday StationStore 8, Suzie Q’s 6, Top Spot 6, Cutting Edge 4, Bye 4.

Men’s games: John Gehrman 233, Dennis Kindem 232, Brad Hacker 220.

Men’s series: Brad Hacker 630, Dennis Kindem 614, John Gehrman 558.

Women’s games: Jeanne Kizer 176, Justine Melin 152, Janice Fox 147.

Women’s series: Jeanne Kizer 440, Janice Fox 408, Patty Walker 404.

Team games (Handicap): Gerhman

It stayed tied at 1-1 until the end of regulation, forcing an overtime period. It didn’t last long, though, as junior defenseman Matt Larson from Siren stuffed a goal past Langness at 3:28 in the OT frame, giving the Blizzard the victory, and keeping his squad undefeated.

R E S U LT S Auto Body 762.

Team series (Handicap): Gehrman Auto Body 2087.

Wednesday Night Men’s Standings: Davy’s Construction 36, Hanjo Farms 36, McKenzie Lanes 30, Harvest Moon 30, Edina Realty 28, Dalles Electrical 26, Tiger Express 24, Reed’s Marina 14.

Individual games: Gordy Johnson 268, Steve Loney 254, Derek Swenson 239.

Individual series: Craig Willert 670, Darren McKenzie 644, Gordy Johnson 641.

Team games (Handicap): Tiger Express 1152, Dallas Electrical 1007.

Team series (Handicap): Tiger Express 3022, Davy’s Construction 2843.

Saturday Night Mixed Standings: Cutting Edge Pro Shop 78.5, The Bald & The Beautiful 77, B&K Cousins 77, Eureka Bombers 73, The InLaws 72.5, T-Dawgs 65, Roller Coasters 61.5, Pin Busters 39.5.

Men’s games: Darren McKenzie 300, Gene Braund 233, Roger Fisk 224.

Men’s series: Darren McKenzie 660, Gene Braund 615, Roger Fisk 599.

Women’s games: Brenda Lehmann 192, Lana McKenzie 170, Jen Judd 163.

Women’s series: Brenda Lehmann 530, Lana McKenzie 466, Jean Judd 451.

Team games (Handicap): Cutting Edge Pro 922, Roller Coasters 885, T-Dawgs 882.

Team series (Handicap): Cutting Edge Pro 2569, T-Dawgs 2568, The Bald & The Beautiful 2529.

Black & Orange Early Birds Standings: Gandy Dancer Saloon 10-2, Yellow River Saloon 7-5, The Tap 7-5, Black & Orange 0-12.

Individual games: Claudia Peterson (B&O) 182, Lynn Toivola (T) 177, Kay Casey (YRS) 164.

Individual series: Kay Casey (YRS) 477, Claudia Peterson (B&O) 451, Donna Crain (B&O) 424.

Team games: The Tap 860, Yellow River Saloon 850, Black & Orange 818.

Team series: The Tap 2475, Black & Orange 2394, Yellow River Saloon 2375.

Monday Night Men’s Standings: Glass & Mirror Works 3-1, Black & Orange 3-1, Larry’s LP 1-3, Vacant 1-3.

Individual games: Jim Brickle (G&MW) 215, Art Bliven (L) 212, Dean Eytcheson (G&MW) 208.

Individual series: Dean Eytcheson (G&MW) 519, Art Bliven (L) 513, Curt Phelps (G&MW) 510.

Team games: Black & Orange 915, Glass & Mirror Works 905, Larry’s LP 901.

Team series: Black & Orange 2620, Larry’s LP 2615, Glass & Mirror Works 2579.

Games 50 or more above average: Jim Brickle 215 (+61).

TNT Standings: Flower Power 8-0, Cashco 7-1, Larry’s LP 1-7, Vacant 0-8.

Individual games: Mary Reese (FP) 187, Jennifer Kern (L) 185, Sue Eytcheson (FP) 175.

Individual series: Jennifer Kern (L) 505, Sue Eytcheson (FP) 494, Mary Reese (FP) 473.

Team games: Flower Power 866, Cashco 865, Larry’s LP 812.

Team series: Flower Power 2534, Cashco 2467, Larry’s LP 2354.

Wednesday Night Standings: Lions 3-1, Zia Louisa’s 3-1, Black & Orange 3-1, Cashco 1-3, Pheasant Inn 1-3, Vacant 1-3.

Individual games: Jake Lamb (B&O) 224, Ken Tonsager (ZL) 198, Monte Rinnman (C) 194.

Individual series: Gene Ackland (ZL) 536, Josh Johnson (L) 531, Ken Tonsager (ZL) 529.

Team games: Lions 922, Black & Orange 920, Zia Louisa’s 901.

Team series: Lions 2706, Black & Orange 2588, Zia Louisa’s 2506.

Early Risers Standings: 10th Hole 10-2, Gayle’s Northwoods Hair Design 8-4, Gandy Dancer 5-7, A+ Sanitation 1-11.

Individual games: Millie Hansen (GNHD) 183, Janice Carlson (GNHD) 167, Carol Phelps (A+) 148.

Individual series: Janice Carlson (GNHD) 447, Millie Hansen (GNHD) 432, Lylah Nelson (A+) 422.

Team games: Gayle’s Northwoods Hair Design 707, 10th Hole 669, A+ Sanitation 657.

Team series: Gayle’s Northwoods Hair Design 2041, 10th Hole 1968, A+ Sanitation 1913.

Games 50 or more above average: Millie Hansen 183 (+61).

Denny’s Downtown Lanes Men’s Wednesday Night Standings: Boyd’s Outdoor Power 58, Radio Shack 48, Wood River Pharmacy 47, Village Hearth 45, Grantsburg Sanitary 32, Snow Whites 22.

Individual games (Handicap): Chris Olson 273, Dave Thorson 234, Kevin Lokker 227.

Individual series (Handicap): Chris Olson 665, Thomas McCarthy 605, Dennis McKenzie 598.

Team games (Handicap): Boyd’s Outdoor Power 1037, Radio Shack 962, Village Hearth 948.

Team series (Handicap): Boyd’s Outdoor Power 2907, Village Hearth 2792, Radio Shack 2763.

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Brown delivers Siren’s Andrew Brown is sitting on the threshhold of achieving the 1,000-point plateau. The nice thing is that the Dragons have a run of home games on the horizon which means the 6-foot6 center will achieve the milestone on his home court, quite possibly next week versus the rival Webster Tigers.

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Was the merry prankster at work again?

Sports fans across Wisconsin were hoodwinked last spring by an April Fool’s Day story about a 6-foot-9 homeschooled eighth-grader and basketball prodigy who lived on a remote farm near Clam Falls. The source of the story has yet to be revealed, but local yokels speculate that the author of the hoax effort may have roots in the Luck area. Those who checked scores on wissports.net last Saturday morning were wondering if another joke was purveyed when they noticed a score posting that showed Mercer (enrollment 35) defeating Eau Claire North (enrollment 1388) in a holiday tournament. Whether it was a mere “point and click” snafu by the good folks at wissports, or an intentional attempt to jerk the chains of readers, it was nevertheless worthy of a hearty chuckle (Note: Actually Eau Claire North lost to Merrill, not Mercer).

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Bright Cardinal hoop future Although graduations and football injuries will cause Luck’s incredible run of West Lakeland basketball supremacy to come to an end this year, don’t expect Luck to be down for long. Spies report that a group of middle school Cardinals boys cagers are dazzling onlookers with their prodigious skills which seem to belie their youthfulness.

Retired Unity girls coaching legend Chuck Holicky is piloting the li’l Cardinal eighth-graders while ex-Frederic 1980s scoring machine Jeff Brenizer mentors the seventh-grade squad.

Northwest Wisconsin deer season time line Earlier this fall, the Leader and other news sources reprinted an informationrich chronology of the evolution of the Wisconsin deer season. Here’s another version with a more local flavor (all dates should be considered to indicate November, except as noted).

1955 – Olson, Swenson, Larson and Anderson triumphantly return Thanksgiving morning after spending six days in their shack in northern Burnett County. Larson was the lucky hunter in the group, shooting an 8-point buck.

1960 – Because he is now tied down to milking 14 cows, Larson withdraws from shack. Instead hunts on farmland in his neighborhood. His eight-man hunting party shoots eight bucks during nineday season, filling their last tag at noon on the second Sunday. Peterson (who usually stands on drives due to injury suffered in World War II) saw 38 deer on Thanksgiving Day, but only one had horns (he missed).

LEADER SPORTS SCOREBOARD BOYS BASKETBALL Team Siren Dragons Unity Eagles Grantsburg Pirates Webster Tigers Frederic Vikings Luck Cardinals St. Croix Falls Saints

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4-0 3-1 2-1 2-1 1-3 0-3 0-3

Scores Thursday, December 22 Frederic 58, New Auburn 31 St. Croix Falls 47, St. Croix Central 38 Clayton 41, Luck 28 Siren 64, Turtle Lake 40 Upcoming Thursday, December 29 3 p.m.

Grantsburg/Pine City at Webster Bruce vs. Frederic 4:30 p.m. Hinckley at Webster Friday, December 30 6 p.m.

Grantsburg/Hinckley at Webster 7:30 p.m. Pine City at Webster Tuesday, January 3 6 p.m.

Frederic at Northwood 7:30 p.m. Webster at Clear Lake Clayton at Unity Shell Lake at Luck Spooner at Grantsburg

GIRLS BASKETBALL Overall 8-0 4-3 3-2 2-4 3-3 2-5 1-4

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Standings

Scores Thursday, December 22 Luck 37, Clayton 34 Grantsburg 54, New Auburn 23 Frederic 74, Clear Lake 69 St. Croix Falls 73, Cumberland 11

Conf.

3-0 3-0 2-1 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-3

Overall 5-0 4-3 4-3 3-2 1-3 0-5 3-5

GIRLS HOCKEY Standings

WSFLGUS Blizzard

Overall 8-0-0

Upcoming Thursday, December 29 8 a.m.

Luck/Frederic/Grantsburg at River Falls St. Croix Falls at River Falls Unity at River Falls

Scores Thursday, December 22 Blizzard 5, Hudson 4 Upcoming Tuesday, January 10 7 p.m.

Blizzard at Chippewa Falls

1966 – The Larson gang (as they are now known locally) had another successful season with 10 hunters shooting eight bucks and – for the first time – two does under the new “party permit” system (12-year-old nephews Wayne and Gary were bestowed with the honor and privilege of being the doe killers). One of the group – Erickson – saw 51 deer on opening weekend, including 15 that emerged on one drive (but he couldn’t put horns on any of ‘em). Later, a January thaw causes community members to shake their heads and click their tongues over the fact that hard-drinking neighbor Bjornquist still has a nice buck hanging in a tree in his front yard.

1977 – Larson gang fills up on bucks by Thanksgiving Day (14 for 14) including one massive 12-pointer shot by Paulsen. The monster tipped the scales at 203 pounds. In addition, three party-permit does were shot by young hunters in the group. The season was marred by three “garage butchers” of illegal antlerless deer which were deemed too small on which to waste a party permit tag. Eleven years later, people still talk about Bjornquist’s buck (see above) which was still hanging in his tree in March of 1967.

1986 – Larson gang fills up on bucks by noon on first Sunday. Sixteen-year-old Jeremy shoots three bucks by 9 a.m. on Saturday. Five hunter’s choice tags (held by wives and daughters) are filled on the season’s final weekend. Later – on New Year’s Eve, to be exact – Jeremy shoots a nice doe with his fancy new Fred Bear compound bow, meaning he’d shot six deer for the season, all of which were legally tagged.

1993 – Larson gang has best hunting year ever. Counting the archery and firearm seasons, the party had 53 available tags and all were filled (20 bucks, 33 antlerless). Jeremy has signed on to the quality management program, so – for the first time in eight years – did not shoot a buck. Instead, he passed up on three small bucks and opted to fill his

A perfect 10-0 record last week raised the Prediction King’s season mark to 44-11 for a spectacular 80-percent success rate. “After p r o d u c i n g an undefeated record I can relate to how Aaron Rodgers and the Packers must have felt before they lost that game to Kansas City a couple of THE SWAMI Sunday’s ago,” he said. “Although I can be proud of a 10-0 performance, deep down I know it’s virtually impossible to sustain perfection for the duration of a season as the Packers rudely found out in KC. Only the 1972 Miami Dolphins have ever ran the table,” he added.

He’ll return to his acclaimed rhyming format next week though in this edition he’ll take a stab at simple one-word narratives.

The Swami

Upcoming Thursday, December 29 3 p.m.

Grantsburg/Pine City at Webster 7:30 p.m. Hinckley at Webster Friday, December 30 3 p.m.

Grantsburg at Webster 4:30 p.m. Pine City at Webster Tuesday, January 3 6 p.m.

Shell Lake at Luck 7:30 p.m. Frederic at Northwood

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WSFLG Blizzard 5-0-0 Scores Thursday, December 22 Blizzard 2, Somerset 1 (OT) Tuesday, December 20 Blizzard 9, Mora, Minn., 0 Upcoming Thursday, December 29 4 p.m.

Blizzard at Rice Lake

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Upcoming Thursday, January 5 6:30 p.m. Rush City, Minn., at Grantsburg

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Blizzard hockey continued a Kassie Lien makeup goal as the period closed, coming off a helper from Paige Johnson, making it 4-1 as the second period began.

Whatever Hudson head coach Dan Dietrich said to his players in the locker room worked, as the Raiders came back with a full head of steam, scoring three straight goals on Blizzard tender Hope Tucker, to tie the score, 4-4.

The score stayed tied until the final four

P O R T S freezer with two nice does.

2002 – The Larson gang is no more. Exgang members and their offspring now hunt on their own 40- or 80-acre properties in tree stands over corn piles. Old Man Larson leases his 240 acres to a group from Eau Claire. They have built eight permanent elevated stands on the property and have conveniently placed bait stations near each stand. The Eau Claire boys shoot eight bucks and eight does on opening weekend but see very few deer after that. Three doe fawns shot on the last weekend are graciously donated to the local food shelf.

2008 – Jeremy shoots 150-class (Pope and Young) buck with bow after passing up seven smaller bucks. Later, he buys a firearm license but only because he desires to take his 10-year-old son Hunter hunting. Hunter sees only one deer (a forkhorn buck) during first four hours in his heated stand, but Jeremy advises Hunter to pass on the buck. “Let him go. Let him grow,” admonishes Jeremy. Just after noon, Jeremy makes a small drive through a swamp and chases a doe and two fawns past Hunter’s stand. Hunter shoots his first two deer (a buck fawn and a doe). Jeremy field dresses both deer and, later, Hunter chooses not to assist with processing.

Late 2011 – Hunter eschews opening weekend deer hunt in favor of snowboard outing. Jeremy shoots the only deer he sees opening weekend (big doe), then puts the rifle away with his eye on next week’s muzzleloader season. Later, most hunters complain bitterly about lack of deer seen during recently completed season, yet nearly all purport to have acquired for their freezer all the venison needed or wanted. Archers, quality deer managers, food shelf coordinators, insurance executives, Timberwolves Unltd., the Corn Growers Assn. and the Bonus Antlerless Detachment (B.A.D.) begin mobilizing to make their respective cases at next spring’s statewide DNR hearings.

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Girls games Webster 43, Hinckley-Finlayson 39 – Finally Grantsburg 52, Pine City 44 – Battle Pine City 49, Webster 39 – Close Grantsburg 63, Hinckley Finlayson 35 – Easy Frederic 50, Northwood 43 – Upset Shell Lake 47, Luck 37 – Struggling

Boys games Frederic 55, Bruce 49 – Improving Grantsburg 60, Pine City 53 – Satisfying Webster 40, Hinckley-Finlayson 37 – Arduous Grantsburg 68, Hinckley-Finlayson 34 – Cinch Pine City 46, Webster 34 – Disappointing Grantsburg 53, Spooner 50 – Inspired Luck 66, Shell Lake 36 – Yawn Clayton 42, Unity 34 – Defense The Swami answers all e-mails and can be reached at predictionking@yahoo.com

minutes of the contest, when Blizzard junior Samantha O’Brien took a pass from Wendy Roberts in for a score at 3:54, giving the Blizzard a 5-4 lead, which would hold until the final buzzer for a Blizzard win at home.

The contest was their last before the holiday break, which is short-lived for the Blizzard, as they host their Blizzard Blast Tourney this week, with the Blizzard hosting Ashland, Black River Falls and Superior at the Siren Lodge Arena.

The Blizzard girls are 3-6-0 overall, but are now 2-1 in conference play.

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Frederic Community Ed offers concealed carry class

by Wayne Anderson Special to the Leader FREDERIC – Frederic Community Education will offer a firearms safety class on Saturday Jan. 7, as part of the state’s requirement for qualified citizens to apply for a concealed carry weapons permit.

Wisconsin residents, 21 years or older, must not be prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or federal law and not have been ordered as a condition of bail or release in a criminal case from possessing a dangerous weapon. This is the first time community education has offered this kind of safety training in Northwest Wisconsin.

“My understanding from our recent regional meeting was that CEs were not running the class,” said Ann Fawver, director of Frederic Community Education.

But Frederic agreed to offer the class upon a special request and the fact that CCW is now legal, effective Nov. 1, 2011.

The four-hour class will be taught by local law enforcement officers Jared Cockroft, with the St. Croix Falls Police Department, and Joe Vierkandt, with the Polk County Sheriff’s Department. Both men are Wisconsin Department of Justice Training and Standards certified instructors.

The Saturday afternoon class they will be conducting will be of the highest training level.

“The CCW class we will be teaching is the Wisconsin Department of Justice CCW class, not a program from another state or generic training course,” said Cockroft.

And their expertise and training will bring an added element.

“Both of our backgrounds include mili-

Jared Cockroft, with the St. Croix Falls Police Department, and Joe Vierkandt, with the Polk County Sheriff’s Department, will conduct the Frederic Community Education class on concealed carry weapons Saturday, Jan. 7. – Photo submitted tary and law-enforcement experience,” said Cockroft.

These officers have over 30 years of law enforcement experience collectively, says their Web site, Safe Firearms Training, safefirearmstraining.com.

This is the first time the team will be teaching civilians, and the expectations

are positive. “We are looking forward to teaching a CCW class,” said Vierkandt.

Normally community education classes are held at a local school. But Wisconsin schools do not permit civilians to carry firearms on campus. So the CCW class will be held at the spacious and newly remodeled Mud Hut Gifts store in down-

town Frederic. Owner Joe Parr graciously donated the area for the class.

The class is four hours long and will meet the training requirements to obtain a concealed carry license under Wisconsin State Statute 175.60(4).

The lecture and PowerPoint presentation will cover firearms safety, safe carry considerations, legal implications and CCW licensing. There will also be handson training on how to properly remove and holster a handgun. “You will take away a significant amount of knowledge and training after completion of these courses,” the Safe Firearms Training Web site states.

All students must only bring unloaded handguns to class.

After the students have met their learning objectives and completed the mandatory state exam, students will then be provided with a certificate of training.

This certificate is then sent in to the state with the state’s application. For the convenience of the students, all necessary documents will be provided at the class.

Class size is limited and is on a firstcome, first-served basis. All interested students are encouraged to enroll early. The class begins at noon and cost is $25 plus $3 for the workbook.

The state has provided many answers to questions, regarding CCW. You may visit the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s frequently asked questions at: www.doj.state.wi.us For Frederic CCW enrollment information, contact community education director Ann Fawver at 715-327-4868 or CCW coordinator Wayne Anderson at 715-3275525.

Wolves coming off the endangered species list

Wisconsin’s battle to manage growing wolf population is nearly over

MADISON – With the announcement last week that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is removing the gray wolf from Endangered Species Act protection, Wis-

consin’s long-fought battle to manage growing wolf populations within its borders is nearly over. Gov. Scott Walker has charged the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources with being ready to begin implementing Wisconsin’s Wolf Management plan by Feb. 1, 2012.

“We are eager and ready to take on the challenges of wolf management,” said DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp. “We appreciate Governor Walker’s attention to this issue.”

Christmas bass

Andy Thomas, 11, (right), grandson of Roy and Lois Hansen of Webster, proudly holds the 6-pound, 6-ounce, 22-1/2-inch largemouth bass he caught on Christmas Day. With Andy is his brother Nick. In true fishing tradition, neither boy will disclose the location where the fish was taken. – Photo submitted

More information about the gray wolf in Wisconsin and a copy of the Wisconsin Wolf Management Plan are available on the DNR Web site, dnr.wi.gov.

Stepp also thanked the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for their responsiveness to the concerns that she raised, especially with regard to their finding that the population of wolves in the Western Great Lakes is a single species. In addition, she praised the work of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation and that of Michigan and Minnesota in raising the importance of addressing this issue now at the national level.

“I want to acknowledge the citizens of Wisconsin for their patience as we worked on the delisting,” said Stepp. “They were persistent in bringing their concerns to my attention. It is because of that persistence that we were able to achieve the delisting.”

Delisting the wolf is only the first step in the process. Once wolves are delisted, the DNR will be able to do depredation controls, via trapping and permits to landowners in depredation areas.

“While the department is committed to long-term conservation of wolves in Wisconsin, it is critical that we be allowed to manage wildlife populations within our borders,” said Stepp.

In 2007, gray wolves were officially removed from the list of threatened and en-

dangered species but lawsuits brought on by groups such as the humane society have helped delay the process. More than a year after wolves were delisted, they were put back on the federal endangered species list on Sept. 29, 2008.

Wildlife officials believe that this time around, the delisting will last, and management will be put back into the states hands, which includes Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan.

The gray wolf was listed as a federally endangered species in 1967 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and was again listed in 1974 under provisions of the 1973 Endangered Species Act. All gray wolves in the lower 48 states were considered endangered by the U.S. government. In 1978 wolves in Minnesota were upgraded to threatened status.

The DNR listed the state population as endangered in 1975, as wolves began to recolonize the state after being extirpated for 15 or more years. A recovery plan for Wisconsin wolves was initiated in 1989, and its goal of 80-plus wolves for the state was first achieved in 1995. According to wildlife officials, there are more than 800 wolves in the state of Wisconsin alone, and since 1985, more than $1 million has been paid out for wolf depredation on livestock and pets. – from the WDNR

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Burnett County circuit court

(Dec. 14, 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY U.S. BANK, NA as Successor Trustee to Wachovia Bank, NA fka First Union National Bank as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2000-1 Plaintiff Vs. BRIAN M. LAWRENCE, et al Defendants Case No. 10 CV 239 Hon. Robert H. Rasmussen, Br. 2 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on June 1, 2010, in the amount of $66,504.54, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the premises described below at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: January 25, 2012, at 10 a.m.

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

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens, encumbrances, and payment of applicable transfer taxes.

PLACE: In the Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, located at 1005 West Main St., Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, 54810.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: The East 210 feet of the North 1,000 feet of the West 1/2 of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4, Section 21, Township 36 North of Range 20 West, Town of Sterling, Polk County, Wisconsin.

ADDRESS: 3340 Evergreen Ave., Grantsburg, WI 54840.

TAX KEY NO: 046-01281-0000.

Dated this 30th day of November 2011.

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 Cumminsford, Acevedo & Associates, LLC is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

(Dec. 14, 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY ANCHORBANK, FSB Plaintiff vs.

DAVID E. MAGSAM, et al Defendant(s)

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on July 27, 2011, in the amount of $44,233.62, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 2, 2012, at 10 a.m.

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION: A parcel of land described as follows: Beginning at a point 16 feet South and 50 feet East of the Southwest corner of Lot 13, Block 1, Third Addition to City of Amery; thence South 150 feet; thence East 50 feet; thence North 150 feet; thence West to place of beginning, being part or Government Lot 1, Section 33, Township 33 North, Range 16 West, City of Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 217 Warren St., Amery, WI 54001.

TAX KEY NO.: 201-01054-0000.

Dated this 5th day of December, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Scott D. Nabke State Bar #1037979 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommer peterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 280686 551228

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Case Number: 11 CV 50 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

Kyle D. Lindus, Grantsburg, display false vehicle registration plate, $263.50; nonregistration of auto, $175.30.

Shannon M. Lowe, Luck, operating while suspended, $200.50.

Robert A. Lowry, Webster, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Donald J. Lowry, Siren, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Dawn M. Macrae, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Trenton Magnuson, Webster, theft of movies, $260.00.

Loren S. Markle, N. St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

James I. Martin, Superior, speeding, $200.50.

Timothy G. McBride, Lindstrom, Minn., operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00; speeding, $175.30.

Jenny L. Melton, Hayward, license restriction violation-class D or M vehicle, $200.50; speeding, $225.70.

Linda J. Meyer, Coon Rapids, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Aaron D. Michaels, Grantsburg, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00; speeding, $200.50.

Bernice K. Mixsooke, Webster, speeding, $225.70.

Chad J. Morse, Siren, inattentive driving, $187.90.

Peter V. Moser, Webster, hunt w/o license, $844.65.

Daniel R. Moucha, Cadott, speeding, $175.30.

Michael R. Murphy, Almena, speeding, $183.30.

Roland E. Naset, Danbury, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Gregory W. Nelson, Siren, drink open intoxicants in MV, $263.50.

Daniel M. Olsen, Spooner, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Julie A. Olson, Webster, nonregistration of auto, $175.30; operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

(Dec. 14, 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY ANCHORBANK, FSB Plaintiff vs.

FRANK T. KATZELE, et al Defendant(s) Case Number: 10 CV 631 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on July 14, 2011, in the amount of $102,295.58, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 2, 2012, at 10 a.m.

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION: Lots 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, Block 32, Original Plat of the City (formerly Village) of St. Croix Falls, according to the Original Plat thereof on file in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 128 South River Street, Saint Croix Falls, WI 54024.

TAX KEY NO.: 281-00624-0000; 281-00625-0000; 281-006260000.

(Dec. 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY ANCHORBANK, FSB Plaintiff vs.

KRAIG LOISELLE, et al.

Defendant(s) Case Number: 10 CV 950 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on August 5, 2011, in the amount of $85,131.32 the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 7, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

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

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lots 20 and 21, Block 52, First Addition to the City of St. Croix Falls, according to the Official Plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin, said lots being a part of Government Lot 3 of Section 19, Township 34 North, of Range 18 West, City of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 438 North Washington Street, Saint Croix Falls, WI 54024.

TAX KEY NO.: 281-00070-0000.

Dated this 7th day of December, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Scott D. Nabke State Bar #1037979 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behallf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 280626

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Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Scott D. Nabke State Bar #1037979 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 280628

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(Dec. 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff vs.

RAYMOND SCHULLER, et al.

Defendants Case No. 08 CV 668 Hon. Molly E Galewyrick, Br. 1 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on December 8, 2008, in the amount of $222,063.60, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the premises described below at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: February 1, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

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

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens, encumbrances, and payment of applicable transfer taxes.

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

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: Lot 3 of CSM No. 3931 recorded in Volume 17 of CSM, Page 194, as Document No. 644993, Located in part of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4, Section 1, Township 32 North, Range 19 West, Said land being in the Town of Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin.

ADDRESS: 2483 50th Avenue, Osceola, WI 54020.

TAX KEY NO: 022-00028-0300.

Dated this 15th day of December 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Cummisford, Acevedo & Associates, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Mark R. Cummisford State Bar # 1034906 6508 South 27th Street, Ste. #6 Oak Creek, WI 53154 414-761-1700 Cummisford, Acevedo & Associates, LLC is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

David D. Herme, St. Paul Park, Minn., speeding, $175.30; operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Judith A. Hopkins, Webster, nonregistration of auto, $175.30.

Brandon D. Horton, Chipewa Falls, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50; operating while suspended, $200.50.

Timothy J. Hughes, Danbury, underage drinking, $263.50.

Dion M. Hughes, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Kyle W. Jackson, Grantsburg, shine wild animals/possessing firearm, $544.50; discharge firearm from across highway, $217.90.

Angelica L. Jackson, Danbury, operating while suspended, $200.50.

Jessica L. Janes, Grantsburg, speeding, $175.30.

Shannon D. Janisewski, Oakdale, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Brandon D. Kahl, Superior, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50; speeding, $358.00.

Jeffrey J. Kevilus, Argonne, operate vehicle w/o permit, $208.50.

Rachel M. Kinnunen, Maple Grove, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Mary S. Kirby, Burnsville, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Keith D. Kult, St. Croix Falls, operating while revoked, $500.00.

Jake E. Lamb, Webster, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Christo J. Lane, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Johanna E. Lauer, Grantsburg, inattentive driving, $187.90.

Tricia M. Lien, Luck, inattentive driving, $187.90.

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Flodin Construction LLC., operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Anthony J. Fornengo, Sandstone, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Richard G. Fox, Chanhassen, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Shaun R. Fratzke, Brainerd, Minn., operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

G&M Grain Farms, Palmyra, Ill., violate Class A hwy. weight limits, $875.29.

Matt L. Gebhart, Askov, Minn., speeding, $225.70.

Theresa M. Gloege, Webster, fail/yield right/way from stop sign, $175.30.

Barbara F. Gruber, Burnsville, Minn., speeding, $250.90.

Paul R. Hansen, Brooklyn Park, Minn., operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00; speeding, $175.30.

Brian R. Hanson, Spooner, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Richard D. Harder, Spooner, speeding, $170.50.

Nicki D. Harper, Danbury, speeding, $200.50; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Steven M. Harvey, Wakefield, Mich., speeding, $183.30.

Kyle Hatfield, Sandstone, Minn., operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Craig A. Hawkins, Danbury, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Beverly J. Hayes, Grantsburg, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Ross F. Hebeisen, Isle, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Melissa A. Heiserman, Circle Pines, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

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Thomas A. Carlson, South Range, speeding, $183.30.

Aura L. Carrell, Birchwood, speeding, $175.30.

Jose M. Chavarria, Webster, underage drinking, $263.50.

Robin J. Coddington, Stone Lake, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50.

Gregory J. Dalbec, Edina, Minn., speeding, $225.70.

Nicholas J. Damico, Hinckley, Minn., county ordinanceissue worthless check, $479.82.

Alyce M. Deblase, Danbury, underage drinking, $263.50.

Kaci C. Deering, Webster, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Matthew J. Denn, Frederic, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Kathleen A. Eckstrom, Danbury, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Daniel J. Egeland, Grantsburg, nonregistration of auto, $175.30; operating left of centerline, $213.10; OWI, $804.50, 7month license revocation, alcohol assessment.

Jack O. Eggleston, Siren, operating while suspended, $200.50.

Matthew L. Elmgren, Webster, speeding, $200.50.

Matthew C. Erickson, Ham Lake, Minn., underage drinking, $263.50.

James S. Erickson, Webster, speeding, $225.70.

Adam M. Evans, Webster, possess drug paraphernalia, $500.00.

Terrie S. Fanelli, Ann Arbor, Mich., speeding, $200.50.

Tony C. Fasbender, Thorp, speeding, $183.30.

Tyler B. Finch, Siren, seat belt violation, $10.00.

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Richard F. Ahl, Bloomington, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Charles R. Altstatt, Siren, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Christine L. Alwin, Blaine, Minn., speeding, $175.00; operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

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

Charleston K.H. Baker, Webster, possess open intoxicants in motor vehicle, $200.50.

Gregory L. Bakke, Oakdale, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Michael J. Bambery, Webster, speeding, $200.50.

Samantha C. Belisle, Shell Lake, theft of movie, $220.00.

Nfn Bemosaakwe, Shell Lake, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50; nonregistration of auto, $175.30; violation of child safety restraints, $175.30.

Elijah Benjamin, Sandstone, Minn., operating while suspended, $200.50.

Kristofor J. Benson, Webster, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Joshua R. Benton, Webster, seat belt violation, $18.00; interstate/intrastate driving requirements, $200.50.

Neil A. Blegen, Minong, speeding, $175.30.

Blomberg Trucking Inc., Ogema, violate Class A hwy. weight limits, $517.22.

Ryan A. Bond, Chicago, Ill., speeding, $225.70.

Thomas A. Boyce, Plymouth, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Tyler L. Buck, Webster, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Scott J. Capistrant, Duluth, Minn., operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Daniel Ostlund, Osceola, theft of movie, $260.00.

Benjamin D. Ott, Webster, nonregistration of other vehicle, $175.30.

Chelsea M. Peterson, Rice Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Karin M. Pflug, Minnetonka, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Rocky L. Phernetton, Shell Lake, operating while revoked, $500.00.

Bevan D. Pillar, Danbury, ride in vehicle w/o seat belt, $10.00.

Mark D. Purcell, Hugo, Minn., speeding, $225.70.

Nathan R. Puttbrese, Webster, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Cary L. Rand, Webster, interstate/intrastate driving requirements, $200.50; seat belt violation, $18.00.

Mary E. Reed, Lake Elmo, Minn., operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Merlin E. Regnier, Gordon, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Kenneth B. Reierson, Siren, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Shaurette D. Reynolds, Webster, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Michael A. Roberts, Grantsburg, operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Richard A. Roeser, Shell Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Audrey M. Rud, Grantsburg, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50; inattentive driving, $187.90; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Jodi L. Sandgren, St. Croix Falls, operating left of centerline, $213.10.

Adam R. Satchell, Blaine, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Jennifer R. Schafer, Grantsburg, ride in vehicle w/o wearing seat belt, $10.00.

Lorrene J. Schaumberg, Spooner, speeding, $200.50.

Steven J. Schleiss, Cumberland, trespass to land, $263.50.

William J. Schneider, Sandstone, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

William A. Schrooten, Webster, speeding, $175.30.

Randall R. Sercombe, Edina, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Laura A. Shaffer, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $225.70.

Jason S. Slayton, Spooner, speeding, $175.30.

Dusten A. Smith, Balsam Lake, operating a motor vehicle w/o insurance, $200.50; nonregistration of auto, $175.30.

Mary L. Snyder, Royalton, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Mary J. Sokolik, Coon Rapids, Minn., OWI, $691.50, 6month license revocation, alcohol assessment.

Larry E. Sparks, Danville, Calif., speeding, $175.30.

Jennifer L. Spurr, Mendota Heights, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Craig A. Stevens, Danbury, battery, $88.00; criminal damage to property, $293.95.

Jamie M. Sullivan, Cambridge, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Bruce W. Sunderland, Grantsburg, operating while suspended, $200.50.

Svee Trucking Inc., Elk Mound, violate Class A hwy. weight limits, $298.29.

T&P Tree Service, Webster, raw forest products overweight violation, $313.10.

Elissa A. Then, Vadnais Heights, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Heather L. Thibodeau, Luck, OWI, $804.5, 7-month license revocation, alcohol assessment.

Marina Thomas, Spooner, underage drinking, $263.50.

Matthew R. Vandeusen, Grantsburg, speeding, $175.30; operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00.

Jessica M. Villebrun, Webster, driving too fast for conditions, $213.10.

Emily A. Volner, Marcell, Minn., passing in no-passing zone, $213.10.

Clarke D. Woodward, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Casey L. Wylie, Frederic, operating motor vehicle w/o proof of insurance, $10.00; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Daryl K. Yankee, Duluth, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Bradley C. Young, Danbury, nonregistration of auto, $175.30; trespass to land, $263.50.

(Dec. 14, 21, 28) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. 5401 N. BEACH STREET FT. WORTH, TX 76137 Plaintiff Vs. LURA E. YOUNG 404 SEMINOLE AVE. OSCEOLA, WI 54020 UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF LURA E. YOUNG 404 SEMINOLE AVE. OSCEOLA, WI 54020 CURRENT OCCUPANTS OF 2453 STATE ROAD 35 LUCK, WI 54853 Defendant PUBLICATION SUMMONS Case No. 11 CV 626 Judge Jeffery L. Anderson Case Code No. 30404 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To each person named above as Defendant: You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within 40 days after December 14, 2011, 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 Lois Hoff, Clerk of Courts, Polk County Courthouse, 1005 West Main Street, Suite 300, P.O. Box 549, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 and to Adam C. Lueck, Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC, Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 230 W. Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60606. You may have an attorney help represent you.

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

Johnson, Blumberg & Associations, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Adam C. Lueck State Bar No. 1081386 230 W. Monroe Street, Ste. 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph.: 312-541-9710 Fax: 312-541-9711 Dated: December 7, 2011 Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.

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Siren police report Dec. 6: Andrew E. Wellman, 20, Webster, was cited for expired registration.

Dec. 6: Charles R. Bentley, 20, Webster, was cited for operating while suspended.

Dec. 7: A Browning 16 gauge was returned to Gary Kosloski, Siren.

Dec. 20: Michael J. McCullough, 26, Siren, was arrested for disorderly conduct.

(Dec. 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY CITIFINANCIAL, INC. Plaintiff vs.

ALLEN J. WYMAN, et al.

Defendant(s) Case Number: 10 CV 341 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on August 17, 2010, in the amount of $90,535.26, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 2, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

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

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

PLACE: Polk County Justice Center at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Part of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 9, Township 35 North, Range 16 West, Town of Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Commencing at a stake where the South right-of-way line of Vincent Lake Lane intersects with the East right-of-way line of County Trunk Highway I, thence Southerly on said East rightof-way line a distance of 907 feet; thence due East to the West right-of-way line of Vincent Lake Lane; thence Northerly and Westerly following the right-of-way line of Vincent Lake Lane to the point of beginning. AND Lot 3 of Glenna Lake Vincent Plat No. 1, being a part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 9, Township 35 North, Range 16 West, Town of Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 973973A Vincent Lake Lane, Luck, WI 54853.

TAX KEY NO.: Tax Key No. 1: 026-00333-0000 & Tax Key No. 2: 026-01443-0000.

Dated this 7th day of December, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County Scott D. Nabke State Bar #1037979 Blommer Peterman, S.C. 165 Bishops Way, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. 280643

Margaret D. Drude, 92, Amery, died Dec. 7, 2011.

Laurence G. Sobczak, 63, Osceola, died Dec. 7, 2011.

Jack R. Kelton, 84, Frederic, died Dec. 9, 2011.

Bernard G. Colaizy, 85, Trade Lake, died Dec. 11, 2011.

Ethel M. Belisle, 91, Turtle Lake, died, Dec. 13, 2011.

CNA POSITION OPENINGS Full-Time Night Shift Part-Time Evening and/or Night Shift Weekend Shifts Available

NOTICE

Follow the Leader.

TOWN OF MILLTOWN

Luck, WI • 715-472-2164 E.O.E.

Monthly Board Meeting Monday, January 9, at 7 p.m.

Milltown Fire Hall

PART-TIME HELP WANTED

Virgil Hansen, Clerk

Town of Trade Lake

Snow Removal

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CDL required Send applications or resumes to

Town of Trade Lake

13361 State Road 48 Grantsburg, WI 54840 715-488-2600, 715-488-2261 551611 7-8a 18-19L

(Dec. 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25, Feb. 1) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY CIVIL DIVISION BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, F/K/A COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP Plaintiff vs.

DAVID FOUKS; SHELLY FOUKS A/K/A SHELLY L. SWANSON; Defendants NOTICE OF ADJOURNED SHERIFF’S SALE Case No. 10 CV 312 Case Code No. 30404 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on September 29, 2010, in the amount of $194,069.18, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: December 14, 2011, at 10:00 a.m.

ADJOURNED TIME: February 15, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

Together with and subject to a driveway agreement/easement recorded in Vol. 1007 of Rec., Pg. 649, as Doc. No. 735962.

TAX KEY NO.: 022-00576-0300.

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

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

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Thomas W. Evans, 61, Sun Prairie, arrest warrant - complaint, Dec. 22.

Timothy J. Hughes, 18, Danbury, arrest warrant - complaint, Dec. 22.

Jake A. Neuschwander, 25, Coon Rapids, Minn., arrest warrant - complaint, Dec. 20.

Eric A. Palicek, 40, Siren, warrant - failure to appear, Dec. 20.

Polk County deaths

(Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY ROYAL CREDIT UNION Plaintiff, vs.

KAREN S. WALKER JOHN DOE WALKER, unknown spouse of Karen S. Walker CARRIE C. SMITH Defendants Case No. 11CV301 Case Code: 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale rendered in the above-entitled action on July 19, 2011, in the amount of $18,797.78, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction at the front entrance of the Polk County Courthouse in the City of Balsam Lake, in said County, on the 19th day of January, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by the judgment to be sold, therein described as follows: That part of Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NE1/4 SE1/4 Section Thirty (30) Township Thirty-Four (34) North, Range Eighteen (18) West described as follows: Commencing at a point 719 feet West of the 1/4 Post between Sections 29 and 30, Township 34, Range 18, then South parallel with the West Line of land described in Volume 80 of Deeds, Page 173 to the center of highway, then Westerly along center of highway 180 feet, then North to North Line of said 40, then East to beginning, also beginning at a point 719 feet West and 154 feet South of the 1/4 post between Sections 29 and 30, then South to center of highway leading to cemetery, then East and North along the center of said highway to a point due East to point of beginning, then West to beginning.

Which mortgage was recorded in the Register of Deeds Office for Polk County, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2005, in Volume 974, at Page 507, as Document #702072.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 660 Maple Drive, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin TERMS OF SALE: Cash DOWN PAYMENT: A deposit of 10% of sale price to be deposited in cash or by certified check with the Sheriff at the time of sale; balance to be paid by cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale.

Dated this 30th day of November, 2011. /s/Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Attorney Christine A. Gimber WELD, RILEY, PRENN & RICCI, S.C. 3624 Oakwood Hills Parkway P.O. Box 1030 Eau Claire, WI 54702-1030 715-839-7786 Attorneys for Plaintiff This is an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

(Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee for Saxon Asset Securities Trust 2005-4 by: Saxon Mortgage Services, its attorney-in-fact, Plaintiff, vs.

MATTHEW KRATOCHVIL a/k/a MATTHEW KRATOCHVIL and PENNY KRATOCHVIL, husband and wife, Defendants.

Case No. 11-CV-614 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on November 16, 2011, in the amount of $241,417.21, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: January 26, 2012, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

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

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main St., Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: A parcel of land in Outlot Eighteen (18) of the Outlot Plat of the Village of Osceola described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at a point on the North line of Jefferson Street 40 feet Southeasterly of the Southeast corner of Outlot 19 of the Outlot Plat of the Village of Osceola; thence North 36 degrees 00’ East a distance of 277.0 feet; thence South 62 degrees 41’ East 151.7 feet; thence Southwesterly a distance of 290 feet to a point on the North line of Jefferson Street which is 153 feet Southeasterly of the point of beginning; thence Northwesterly along the North line of Jeffereson Street a distance of 153 feet to the point of beginning; Except as described in Volume 239 of Deeds at page 628, as document No. 302655, all in the Village of Osceola, Polk County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 305 9th Avenue, Village of Osceola.

TAX KEY NO.: 165-00363-0000 Peter M. Johnson Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 414-727-1591

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(Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28, Jan. 4) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff vs.

TERRY MICHAEL MORTON, et al.

Defendants Case No. 11 CV 202 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on June 21, 2011, in the amount of $801,756.66, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the premises described below at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: January 11, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

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

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens, encumbrances, and payment of applicable transfer taxes.

PLACE: In the lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. 54810.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: That part of Government Lot 6, of Section 35, Township 35 North of Range 17 West, described as follows: Commencing at a stone monument 1,003.9 feet South and 50.0 feet East of the meander corner on the shore of Balsam Lake on the West line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 35, Township 35 North, Range 17 West; thence East 334.0 feet to the meander line on the shore of Balsam Lake; thence along said shore meander North 8 deg. 00’ East 143.0 feet; thence North 15 deg. 25’ West 339.0 feet; thence South 200.0 feet to the place of beginning. Said land being in the Town of Milltown, County of Polk and State of Wis. ADDRESS: 1860 140th Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

TAX KEY NO: 040-01213-0000.

Dated this 31st day of October, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson Polk County Sheriff Cummisford, Acevedo & Associates, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Mark R. Cummisford State Bar #1034906 6508 South 27th Street, Ste. #6 Oak Creek, WI 53154 414-761-1700 Cummisford, Acevedo & Associates, LLC, is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Alecia K. Ouellette, Bone Lake, and Bryan L. Chryst, Dresser, issued Dec. 22, 2011.

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Brittany M. Van Gorp, Osceola, and Jesse J. Scheel, Osceola, issued Dec. 18, 2011.

Sharon K. Jeske, Lincoln, and David M. Roberts, Black Brook, issued Dec. 20, 2011.

Burnett County warrants

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Polk Co. marriage licenses

Notices/Employment Opportunities

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assessment; speeding, $200.50; theft of movable property, $726.60.

Benjamin J. Hinrichs, 30, Gotham, theft of movable property, one-year probation, sentence withheld, no contact with victim, alcohol assessment, $243.00.

Joseph R. Layeux, 69, Northfield, Minn., set fire without extinguishing fire, $127.50.

Jason J. McKnight, 34, Siren, OWI, $916.00, license revoked 12 months, alcohol assessment.

Alexandra M. Simon, 27, St. Croix Falls, possession of drug paraphernalia, $330.50.

Kristina M. Weigelt, 30, Shell Lake, issue of worthless check, probation revoked, 118-day jail sentence, restitution and court costs $573.54.

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Timothy D. Anderson, 39, Frederic, inattentive driving, alcohol assessment, $641.50.

Troy A. Bottolfson, 40, Grantsburg, OWI, $719.00, twoyear probation, sentence withheld, 60-day jail sentence, Huber release granted, license revoked 27 months.

George H. Clark, 30, Siren, inattentive driving, $187.90.

David S. Corty, 32, Grantsburg, battery, $399.00.

David L. Erickson, 53, Webster, OWI, $1,231.00, 60-day jail sentence, Huber release and community service as discretion of jail staff, license revoked 24 months, alcohol assessment.

Dustin O. Gramer, 21, Danbury, inattentive driving, $641.50.

Steven K. Halvorsen, 39, Grantsburg, OWI, $804.50, license revoked seven months, ignition interlock, alcohol

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Burnett County criminal court

DECEMBER 28, 2011 - INTER-COUNTY LEADER - NEWS SECTION - A - PAGE 21

O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If you have previsouly received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construced as an attempt to collect a debt.

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Desired qualifications include dental or medical experience.

NOTICE

TOWN OF LORAIN BOARD MEETING Notice Change Of Night Of Week: Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at 7:30 p.m.

Lorain Town Hall, 252 345th Ave., Cty. Rd. E

Agenda: Call meeting to order; roll call/verification of meeting notice; approve the minutes of the last meeting; approve the treasury report; motion to pay the bills. Reports: Road review; fire dept.; ambulance; cemetery; Comprehensive Plan Commission; additional meeting items for future agendas; motion to adjourn.

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TOWN OF ST. CROIX FALLS Polk County, Wisconsin www.townofstcroixfalls.org PLAN COMMISSION NOTICE OF HEARING January 11, 2012 The Town of St. Croix Falls Plan Commission will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at the Town Hall at 1305 200th Street and U.S. Hwy. 8, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. Written evidence, testimony or comments, if any, must be delivered in person or by mail to the town hall.

Family Pathways requests to obtain a Special Exception to operate a thrift store in the Commercial District. The address of the proposed use is 2000 U.S. Hwy. 8, and the property is located in Section 34, T34N, R18W. The current parcel identification number is 044-00921-0300.

Jim Alt, Zoning Administrator 552095 19-20L WNAXLP (Dec. 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25, Feb. 1) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Branch 2 ANCHORBANK, FSB Plaintiff, vs.

CEE BEE GEE, LLC GERMAIN/ZAHNOW, LLC DAVID J. CALLEJA JANE DOE CALLEJA, Unknown Spouse of David J. Calleja, ROBIN BEAUVAIS JANE DOE BEAUVAIS, Unknown Spouse of Robin Beauvais, MICHAEL J. GERMAIN JANE DOE GERMAIN, Unknown Spouse of Michael J. Germain, SCOTT C. ZAHNOW JANE DOE ZAHNOW, Unknown Spouse of Scott C. Zahnow, Defendants.

Case No. 11CV132 Foreclosure: 30404 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE By virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above-entitled action on October 24, 2011, in the amount of $190,427.60, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction at the front entrance of the Polk County Courthouse in the City of Balsam Lake, in said county, on the 8th day of February, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by the Judgment to be sold, therein described as follows: Lot Three (3) of Certified Survey Map No. 3493 recorded in Volume 16 of Certified Survey Maps on page 6 as Document No. 619899 located in the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4), and the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4), Section Thirty-four (34), Township Thirty-four (34) North of Range Eighteen (18) West, Town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Together with an easement for ingress and egress over, across and as shown on Lot One (1) of said Certified Survey Map and over and across that private roadway as shown

on Certified Survey Map No. 751.

Except the following: A parcel of land located in part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 34, Township 34 North, Range 18 West, Town of St. Croix Falls, being part of Lot 3 of Certified Survey Map No. 3493 as recorded in the Register of Deeds Office for Polk County, Wis., described as follows: Commencing at the North Quarter corner of said Section 34; thence, on an assumed bearing along the north-south Quarter line of said Section 34, South 00 degrees 30 minutes 10 seconds East a distance of 2,008.68 feet to the point of beginning of the parcel to be described; thence North 89 degrees 20 minutes 02 seconds East a distance of 1,317.31 feet to the east line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; thence, along last said east line, South 00 degrees 37 minutes 49 seconds East a distance of 421.85 feet to the southeast corner of said Lot 3; thence along the south line of said Lot 3, South 89 degrees 20 minutes 02 seconds West a distance of 1,318.25 feet to above-said Quarter line; thence, along last said Quarter line, North 00 degrees 30 minutes 10 seconds West a distance of 421.85 feet to the point of beginning.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash DOWN PAYMENT: A deposit of 10% of sale price to be deposited in cash or by certified check with the Sheriff at the time of sale; balance to be paid by cash or certified check within ten days after confirmation of sale.

Dated this 23rd day of December, 2011.

Peter M. Johnson, Polk County Sheriff Donald R. Marjala - Lawyer Spangler, Nodolf, Bruder & Klinkhammer, LLC P.O. Box 1165 Eau Claire, WI 54702-1165 (715) 830-9771 Attorneys for Plaintiff Pursuant to the Fair Debt ColLection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtained will be used for that purpose.

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POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT /s/ Peter Johnson QUARLES & BRADY LLP /s/ Roy L. Prange Jr. 33 East Main Street, Suite 900 Madison, WI 53703 Attorneys for Plaintiff, CEF Funding II, LLC, As Assignee of General Electric Capital Business Asset Funding Corporation.

(Dec. 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25, Feb. 1) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY FRANDSEN BANK AND TRUST, f/k/a RURAL AMERICAN BANKLUCK, Plaintiff, vs.

GENE P. HENRIKSEN, Defendant.

Case No. 11 CV 414 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on August 10, 2011, in the amount of $125,448.16, I will sell the described premises at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at 10 o’clock a.m., TERMS OF SALE: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit plaintiff.

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. DESCRIPTION: Lot 7, Fred Petersen’s Addition to the Village of Luck, Polk County, Wisconsin, located in the NE1/4 of the SW1/4, Section 28, Township 36 North, Range 17 West.

PIN: 146-00044-0000.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 211 E. 3rd Avenue, Luck, WI 54853.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 12th day of December, 2011.

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

Notices/ Employment Opportunities POLK COUNTY

Polk County is declaring December 31, 2011, as the last day that Polk County wildlife crop damage assessments can be requested for the 2011 crop year under Wisconsin’s Wildlife Damage Abatement and Claims Program. This date is based on the County’s policy for crop damage claim payments on late harvested crops.

The policy states: All wildlife damage claims on row crops filed after 90% of the County’s harvest for that crop has been completed, will be denied. Anyone seeking additional program information may contact Cindy at the Tri County Wildlife Damage Program office at 715349-2186.

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HELP WANTED Permanent Full-Time Agricultural Program Technician At Farm Service Agency, USDA Service Center In Spooner

Basic office skills including computer knowledge, data entry, customer service skills and farm knowledge/background preferred. Salary will be $11.95 - $18.59 per hour depending on qualifications. Fingerprinting and background check will be required prior to employment. To apply carefully follow instructions at www.usajobs.gov (click on search jobs, enter ADZ578909-WI in keyword search box & click on search for jobs). Complete application packet must be received online or by fax by 4:30 p.m. on January 5, 2012. For more information: Contact Evie Moore at 715-635-8228, Ext. 2. USDA 551864 18-19Lp 8-9ap is an equal opportunity employer.

(Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28, Jan. 4) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff vs.

RICHARD MUCKLE, et al.

Defendants Case No. 11 CV 203 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on June 24, 2011, in the amount of $123,032.39, the Polk County Sheriff will sell the premises described below at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: January 11, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

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

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens, encumbrances, and payment of applicable transfer taxes.

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

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: Parcel I: That part of Government Lots 3 and 4, Section 26, Township 33 North, Range 18 West, described as follows: From the Southwest corner of said Section 26, running 0˚ 14’ West along the West line of Section 26, 1,139.30 feet; thence North 85˚ 52’ East, 22.90 feet to the East right-of-way line of County Road “Y” and the point of beginning of the land to be described; thence North 85˚ 52’ East, 133.95 feet; thence South 70˚ 03’ East, 231.40 feet; thence North 19˚ 44’ East, 100.0 feet; thence North 54˚ 05’ East, 467.30 feet to the high-water mark, of Round Lake; thence Northeasterly to a point on the East line of said Government Lot 3 that is 600.00 feet South of the Northeast corner of said Government Lot 3; thence Southwesterly to a point on the high-water mark of Round Lake; that is North 7˚ 14’ East, 209.60 feet;

thence South 62˚ 56’ East, 346.50 feet and North 54˚ 05’ East, 493.80 feet from the point of beginning; thence South 54˚ 05’ West, 493.80 feet; thence North 62˚ 56’ West, 346.50 feet; thence South 07˚ 14’ West, 209.60 feet to the point of beginning.

Said land being in the Town of Osceola, Polk County, State of Wisconsin.

Parcel II: That part of Government Lots 3 and 4, Section 26, Township 33 North, Range 18 West, described as follows: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 26; thence North 00˚ 14’ West, a distance of 1,139.60 feet along the West line of Government Lot 4; thence North 85˚ 52’ East, a distance of 22.90 feet; thence North 07˚ 14’ East, a distance of 209.60 feet to the point of beginning of the land to be described; thence South 62˚ 56’ East, a distance of 346.50 feet; thence North 54˚ 05’ East, a distance of 50.00 feet; thence North 69˚ 48’ 45” West, a distance of 371.89 feet to the point of beginning.

The Southerly line of the above-described parcel is the North line of the property described in Volume 319, Page 166, as recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, Polk County, Wisconsin. Said land being in the Town of Osceola, Polk County, State of Wis. ADDRESS: 1997 Dwight Lane, Dresser, WI 54009 TAX KEY: 042-00570-0000 That the judgment, sale, confirmation sale and conveyance are subject to the United States of America’s 120-day redemption rights pursuant to Title 28 USC 2410 (c).

Dated this 31st day of October, 2011.

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

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Attention Office Manager At Kaefer Dental P.O. Box 4 Webster, WI 54893 552151 19L 9a

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Are you a highly energetic, multitasker who has a positive attitude, with excellent communication and people skills, and has a reliable work history? If so and you desire and believe in the TEAM concept, please submit your resume to:

(Dec. 21, 28, Jan. 4) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NANCY A. LARSON Notice Setting Time to Hear Application and Deadline for Filing Claims (Informal Administration) Case No. 11 PR 83 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for informal administration was filed.

2. The decedent, with date of birth April 21, 1937, and date of death November 16, 2011, was domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 812 South Second Street, Apt. 6, Luck, WI 54853.

3. The application will be heard at the Polk County Courthouse, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Room 600, before Jenell L. Anderson, Probate Registrar, on January 13, 2012, at 8:30 a.m.

You do not need to appear unless you object. The application may be granted if there is no objection.

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

5. A claim may be filed at the Office of Register in Probate, Polk County Courthouse, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Room 600.

6. This publication is notice to any persons whose names or addresses are unknown.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar December 15, 2011 Steven J. Swanson Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787 Bar Number: 1003029

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PART-TIME POSITION AVAILABLE

(Dec. 21, 28, Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BRANCH 1 CEF FUNDING II, LLC, AS ASSIGNEE OF GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL BUSINESS ASSET FUNDING CORPORATION, Plaintiff, vs.

CCF, INC, BIG M FOODS, INC., COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE, STATE OF MINNESOTA, ELIASCO, INC., STATE OF WISCONSIN, and AMTECH LIGHTING SERVICES, Defendants.

Case No. 04-CV-390 Case Code: 30404 (Foreclosure of Mortgage) NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure, entered in the aboveentitled matter, on December 7, 2005, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction at the Polk County Justice Center Lobby located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin 54810, on February 16, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., a portion of the real estate and mortgaged premises directed by the Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: Parcel 1: Lot 1, Block 3, Original Plat of the Village of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Parcel 2: A strip of land 12 feet in width comprising all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 27, Township 37 North, Range 17 West, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 1, Block 3 of the Original Plat of the Village of Frederic, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Register of Deeds in and for said County; thence North along a North extension of the East line of said Lot 1 to a point intersection with a line running parallel with and 12 feet distant Northerly (measured at right angles) from the Northerly line of said Lot 1; thence Westerly along the last mentioned parallel line to a point of intersection with a North extension of the West line of said Lot 1; thence South to the Northwest corner of said Lot 1; thence Easterly to the point of beginning.

Parcel 3: An easement over and across Lot 2, Block 3, Original Plat of the Village of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: beginning at a point on the Northeast corner of Lot 2, Block 3, thence Westerly approximately 30 feet; thence Southeasterly to a point; approximately 40 feet from the point of beginning; said point being on East line of said Lot 2, Block 3, Original Plat of the Village of Frederic, thence to the point of beginning. Said easement being perpetual and for driveway purposes to and from said Lot 1. (Parcel No. 126-19-0) TERMS of SALE: Ten percent of the purchase price must be paid in cash or by cashier’s or certified check payable to the “Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court” at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price will be payable upon confirmation of sale.

Dated this 16th day of December, 2011.

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4th-and 5th-grade holiday program

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Ethan Alexander and Sophie Fredericks (photo at right) played a pirate and an elf in the Frederic 4th- and 5th-grade holiday play titled “A Pirate’s Christmas,” presented Tuesday, Dec. 13. The story opens with the elves taking a vacation on an island before the big Christmas rush. When the island is overtaken by pirates, the elves and “White Beard” teach them the true meaning of Christmas. The fifth-grade band and bell choir made their debut performances during the program.

Santa, played by Colin Jeske, helped teach the true meaning of Christmas to the pirates during “A Pirate’s Christmas,” the musical presented by fourth- and fifth-graders at a holiday program held Dec. 13. PHOTO BELOW: Band members performed holiday songs prior to the musical.

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Middle school holiday concert

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The Frederic Schools grade sxith- to eighth-grade holiday program was held Monday, Dec. 19, with performances by the seventh- and eighth-grade choir, the general music class, the bell choirs, the sixth-grade band and the seventh- and eighth-grade band. Songs included, “Good King Wencelas,” “Winter Wonderland,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Deck and Halls with Chips and Salsa.” DIrectors are Pat Anderson (handbell director), Patti Burns (instrumental director) and Greg Heine (vocal director). Accompanying the musical groups were Mary Lou Daeffler, Allison Martin and Jarvis Warwas. - Photos by Becky Amundson

Recorders and handbells (photos above and below) were featured in the Frederic Middle School holiday concert, Dec. 19. Xylophones, boomwhackers and bells were also part of the band during the performance of “Sleigh Ride.”

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Compiled by Tammi Milberg Leader staff writer POLK-BURNETT COUNTIES – As we look forward to ushering in a new year, the Leader takes this time to review the events of the past year. This is the first in a two-part series looking back at the year 2011, featuring the months of January to June. Part two will be printed next week featuring the months of July to December.

January Shell Lake novelist and Washburn County Register reporter Diane Dryden was announced to be interviewed by a Chicago radio station for her recent book “Double or Nothing on Foster Avenue.”

•Grantsburg Schools celebrated Native American culture with help from the St. Croix Chippewa Tribe. •Burnett County’s first baby of the New Year was born Jan. 11, Mason Louis Tyberg to Kurt and Alisha Tyberg. •First baby born in Polk County was Kendall Marie Hanson born to Travis and Bridget Hanson on Jan. 4.

•Osceola School District’s district administrator announced his retirement. •A pro-wrestling fundraiser was held at Grantsburg School for the K-12 activities department. Polk County Kinship celebrated Mentorship Month. •Frederic High School music students performed at the Mall of America. • Jean M. Judd of Cushing showed her artwork in Mesa, Ariz., as an exhibitor in the Contemporary Crafts Exhibition. •Author Chris Seaton’s series “Murders in Dairlyland” was electronically published for e-books and Kindle®. •Carol and Dick Queener announced retirement plans as owners of the Wild River Sports Cycle Shop in Grantsburg after 39 years. •Habitat for Humanity announced it would build its first home in Luck. • Wayne’s Foods Plus in Luck received approval for a liquor license from the village board. •A Milltown man lost his life in a snowmobile accident.

There was a wait on Hwy. 8 during reconstruction of the road east of St. Croix Falls.

The construction, combined with Labor Day traffic - made for a three-mile long line of traffic traveling at a snail’s pace. – Photo by Gary King

It was an exciting day in January for Isaiah Simon of Frederic, who landed a big fish while taking part in the fifth-annual Youth Fishing Fun Day on Big Doctor Lake at Siren, hosted by Pack 564. - Photo by Gary King

•Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge David Prosser presented Polk County Circuit Court Judge Robert H. Rasmussen with a thank-you plaque during Rasmussen’s retirement party. •Sen. Ron Johnson, RWis., visited troops in Afghanistan and Pakistan. •B&L Caskets of Frederic was commissioned to build the casket for Hmong leader Gen. Vang Pao. •Grantsburg Chorale was invited to perform in London in 2012 for the Olympic Games.

•Falls Chamber of Commerce presented awards and elected board members at their annual meeting. •Coon Lake in

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An estimated crowd of 400-600 public workers and their supporters lined the streets in Rice Lake on a chilly night in February, rallying to defeat Gov. Scott Walker’s Budget Repair Bill that would strip them of the right to collective bargaining. — Photo by Larry Samson

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Jason Busch and brother Josh from Seymour received medals for combat in Afghanistan. •West Denmark Church in Luck held a dinner to raise funds for Haiti relief. •An ice-fishing contest was held on Big Butternut Lake. •Danbury Lions held the 33rd-annual ice-fishing contest. •Comedian Scott Novotny performed in Siren to benefit the Burnett County Family Resource Center. •Grantsburg Middle School students held a science fair. •Five candidates vied for the title of Miss Luck.

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• Unity hoopster Brady Flaherty earned his 1,000th point. •Chet Anderson, St. Croix Falls, was honored for 16,500 volunteer hours of completing the Ice-Age Trail through Straight Lake State Park in Luck.

•Millie Erickson, Inter-County Co-op employee, retired after over 31 years of service in the business’s front office. •Osceola Elementary Pennies for Patients raised money for cancer patients and research.

•St. Croix Falls Elementary students raised money for Pennies for Patients.

•Steve Osero, Amery, was awarded Barbershopper of the Year. •Luck’s Marty Messar was featured for his 35 years of coaching girls basketball. •Unity School Board member David Moore was recognized for two years of service at the Wisconsin Association of School Boards.

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•Former Webster boys track coach of 30 years talked about the team’s achievements in 2010 including an award for best Division III team and Coach of the Year for District 1. •Siren boys basketball player Eli Hinze and girls basketball player Ashley Guevara both scored their 1,000th point the same night at a doubleheader game in Siren. •Polk County Republicans named Sandy Fretwell the new chairman. •Dan Steffen and Jeffery An-

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Swedish Club meets Jan. 3 AMERY - The Swedish Club meets Tuesday, Jan. 3, at 7 p.m., at Our Saviors Lutheran Church on Deronda Street in Amery. The club’s meeting will be devoted to planning the monthly programs for the entire year of 2012. Come and join the members in a relaxed evening of socializing while discussing ideas for programs of interest.

Further information about the club is available at www.foreverswedish.org. - submitted

An out-oftowner drove his car into a ditch in a desolate area.

Luckily, a local farmer came to Joe Roberts help with his big strong horse named Buddy.

He hitched Buddy up to the car and yelled, “Pull, Nellie, pull.” Buddy didn’t move.

Then the farmer hollered, “Pull, Buster, pull.” Buddy didn’t respond.

Once more the farmer commanded, “Pull, Jennie, pull.” Nothing.

Then the farmer nonchalantly said, “Pull, Buddy, pull.” And the horse easily dragged the car out of the ditch.

The motorist was most appreciative and very curious. He asked the farmer why he called his horse by the wrong name three times.

The farmer said, “Oh, Buddy is blind, and if he thought he was the only one pulling, he wouldn’t even try!”

••• Two elderly gentlemen were playing cards on Saturday evening just as they had done for the past 50 years.

Gus, the elder, had been having problems remembering what cards were what, and usually needed help from his wife. At the end of the card game Red said to Gus, “You did very good tonight. You didn’t need any help at all. Why is that?”

Gus replied, “Why, ever since my wife sent me to that memory school, I haven’t had any problems at all.”

“Memory school? What memory school?”

Gus thought for a moment, “Oh, what’s that flower that’s red with thorns? A really pretty flower.”

“A rose?” asked Red. “Yeah, that’s it!” Gus turned to his wife and mumbled, “Hey, Rose! What’s the name of that memory school you sent me to?”

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The course is free and open to all who are interested in serving others in case the need arises. The course runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Preregistration is required by calling Sue Ames-Lillie at 715-472-8906. Lunch and snacks will be provided throughout the day. This training is mandatory before working with the Salvation Army in disaster situations. In February or March, there will be a second session scheduled for further training.

Also, this is the last week of the Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign. If you haven’t been able to get to a red kettle you can mail your tax-deductible donation to: Salvation Army 200 Polk Plaza Balsam Lake, WI 54810. Remember of all the dollars donated, 89 percent of them stay in Polk County to help those in need. - submitted

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Since the advent of computers, we have experienced a change in the way Christmas greetings are exchanged. Traditional Christmas cards with a note are becoming John W. Ingalls less common, and in their place are appearing computer generated letters and photo montage’s that rival professional standards. Glitzy photos that are cropped, rotated and retouched to remove blemishes and wrinkles make all appear as if we had cosmetic surgery during the past year. Almost anyone with basic computer skills and Internet access can now plan, produce and publish cards and even professional appearing photo books at reasonable expense.

While the appearance of greeting cards has changed considerably, the content of the traditional Christmas letter has remained about the same. As long as there are relatives, you will get to review in detail the medley of events beginning shortly after they mailed you the Christmas letter last year. These letters often follow two primary forms. If the writer has children still in school, you will frequently get the proud parent perspective. “Our wonderful children are the best at everything they do. Sis has been doing advanced algebra story problems since she was 3 years old. She had to give up ballet lessons because she will be performing her fifth piano concerto at Carnegie Hall next month. We are negotiating with the school board to get her into the advanced kindergarten group next semester. Bronco is our athlete. He is 6 feet tall now and has size 21 shoes. He scored 10 touchdowns in his peewee football league. It helps that we held him back

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hanging from my Christmas tree.

I don’t know why. I have never lived in Milwaukee. I have no ties with Milwaukee. But every year I take out my skyline of Mil- Carrie Classon waukee Christmas ornament and dutifully hang it from my Christmas tree.

This year, my tree is very small and all the ornaments I’ve collected over the years would not fit. As I started to weed through the ornaments, I realized that a lot of them were really not attractive. Some were made by small children, now fully grown. Some were souvenirs from places I had never been. And then there were some, like the skyline of Milwaukee, for which I had no plausible explanation.

The desire to preserve traditions is strong. But sometimes traditions need to be changed. Sometimes they need to be invented from scratch. This past Thanksgiving my family decided that, rather than simply say the blessing as usual, we would go around the table and tell one another some of the things we were thankful for. We each listed our blessings in turn.

My nephew Beau, who is not quite 4, was not on board for this change in family tradition and loudly announced that he was “only grateful for bad guys.”

When I was growing up, the tradition was to celebrate Christmas Day at my grandparents farm. With 35 first cousins, the farmhouse was more than filled.

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received only one present, the small pine tree was buried in Christmas packages.

But in time the families became too large to all congregate together and, one by one, they split off to make their own traditions. I was soon married and spent Christmases with my in-laws, until I was no longer married and not quite sure what to do on Christmas day. Last year was the first Christmas I spent with Daniel. He made manicotti and his children came by one by one as they were able. I had never had manicotti for Christmas, but it felt like a new tradition and a good one.

We had made it all the way around the Thanksgiving table, grateful for health and family and relative peace on earth, when my mother asked Beau again if there wasn’t anything else he was thankful for.

“No,” Beau insisted, “I’m only grateful for bad guys.” He thought for a moment. “And maybe... rainbows.”

Like Beau, I’m going to keep an open mind. This Christmas will be celebrated with Swedish meatballs and manicotti, my parents and my boyfriend’s children. A lot of ugly ornaments will go in the trash and, for the first time, I’m not baking Swedish cookies. Instead, I made ginger cookies and a pumpkin pie.

But the city of Milwaukee is staying on my tree. It’s Christmas, after all.

Till next time, —Carrie

ReStore offering free electronics recycling STATEWIDE- Habitat for Humanity of Wisconsin the statewide support organization for the 40 local Habitat affiliates throughout the state of Wisconsin, has announced that Habitat for Humanity ReStores throughout the state will be accepting electronics donations during the holiday season and throughout the coming year.

“This is a great time to dispose of old computers, TVs and other electronics that you no longer need,” said Sara Kierzek, executive director of Habitat for Humanity “We know that there are a lot of people who will be get-

ting new electronics for Christmas this year, so why not make recycling those old items a really easy New Year’s resolution, and perhaps a last-minute in-kind tax deduction for 2011?”

These donations will be responsibly recycled, with computer hard drives erased according to U.S. Defense Department standards, and will generate income for Habitat for Humanity affiliates to help them provide decent, affordable housing to low-income families. – from Habitat

Operation Christmas Child

Members of Siren United Methodist and Siren Covenant Church traveled to Mendota Heights, Minn., to help sort and pack shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. This year, the Minneapolis Processing Center collected 48,707 which will be sent to Zambia, Africa and India. - Photo submitted a few years in school so he would be more developed for sports. He says fourth grade gets easier every year.” After reading those letters you wonder why your own children are turning MD out to be such clumsy imbeciles.

The second form of a Christmas letter often reads like an appointment schedule at Mayo clinic. Meant to bring you glad tidings and good cheer you actually feel like sending them a sympathy card when you finish. The most cheerful part is when you find out that Greatuncle Rupert finally got over a bad case of shingles.

Many of the Christmas letters we receive follow the same format, usually with a similar introduction.

“Merry Christmas from the Curmudgeons. Buster sends his greetings too, but he won’t be out on parole until June. We bought a big turkey at the Piggly Wiggly so everyone can come over to our house for Christmas. Cousin Fred says he won’t come ‘cause he broke his dentures and will have to put everything in the blender. We expect to have a good Christmas anyway.”

Following the introduction, most letters then revert to a diary or journal of sorts. Sometimes it is a monthby-month accounting of the past year, but more often it becomes a documentary ranging from illness to mishap or injury followed by the surgical reports. “In January, Charlie got the big promotion at work, but because he was suffering from gout, he got laid off and lost his job. It was good timing because with my hemorrhoid surgery and broken hip, I needed help at home anyway. It is amazing how everything works out. With all the money we saved by not driving to

work every day we decided to splurge on Valentine’s Day. With the two-for-one coupon and the senior discount if you eat dinner before 4:30 we had a real nice meal. Charlie got sick afterward, but the food poisoning only lasted a couple of days.”

“We spent March and April in physical therapy after Charlie hurt his back shoveling snow. It was good that he hurt his back because his heart is bad, and he shouldn’t shovel snow anyway. That man is so lucky.

We spent the summer inside because I have skin cancer on my nose and shouldn’t go outside anymore and he gets hives from bug bites. We heard it was a nice summer.”

The obituaries are next, usually beginning with family members that have passed on, but it often includes friends and distant relatives as well. “If you were at Aunt Melba’s funeral in August you might remember cousin Fester. When they were spreading Melba’s ashes on the back 40, some of it blew in his eyes. He got a bad infection and nearly went blind. Anyway he died last week. The doctors think that the infection he got in France during the war came back. All this got us thinking, so we bought cemetery plots for each other for Christmas. I liked the spot on the hill by the big pine tree, but Charlie wants to be down in the valley. He snores so bad we have separate rooms now anyway, so what’s the difference.”

No matter how depressing the content, the letters always end on an uplifting note. “Remember to celebrate the true meaning of the Christmas season, and if you are ever in the middle of North Dakota this winter stop by and see us. We would love to see you all again.”

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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Dictionary entry: ramble. Part of speech: verb. Definition: talk aimlessly, endlessly. Synonyms: amplify, babble, be diffuse, beat around bush, blather, chatter, depart, descant, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, drivel, dwell on, enlarge, excurse, expatiate, get off the subject, go astray, go off on tangent, go on and on, gossip, harp on, lose the thread, maunder, meander, prose, protract, rant and rave, rattle on, stray, talk nonsense, talk off top of head, talk randomly, wander.

As the River Road Ramblings blatherer-in-chief, we try each week to meet the spirit of the above dictionary definition. Spurred on by reading the list of synonyms, we labor mightily to produce something new, exciting and rewarding to you.

However, year end is a time for reflection, a time for resolutions of self-improvement. Thus, we pause to consider the future of the column. This week you can share in what goes into the yet unmade decision whether we continue for another year or not.

We will diverge for a moment to tell you about the “writers we.” Newspaper writers, kings, popes and doctors tend to use the word “we” when we really mean “I” or “you.” Dr. Hyde asks “and how are we feeling today?” This started with kings who believed they were divinely chosen to rule and so when giving a new law used “we” to indicate “God and I “ (the king) are behind it. We newspaper people rate our authority only slightly lower so too use “we” sometimes when we mean “I.” Next I should tell you about digression, one of the definitions of rambling. A good writer sets a theme or goal for his writing—where he is headed–and goes bullheadedly in that direction. One of my rambling columns may head off with good intentions to get somewhere, but then wanders into side trips along the way making the journey more important than the arrival.

My favorite rambling book is “Tristram Shandy,” a free e-book found on the Internet written in the mid-1700s, where the author writing his own story takes half of the book to reach his birth. Having free access to almost any book written that is out of copyright (before 1923) is, for me, the most wonderful thing that the Internet brings—provided free by the company Google.

We began writing a weekly column in the Leader January of 2005. Since then we have continued supplying 52 columns per year for six years. Over the years, about 25 percent have been stories written by other folks, and 75 percent my own work. Doing some quick calculations: 52 weeks per year multiplied by six years equals 312 columns. Twice we failed to connect with the Leader, so really there have only been 310 columns.

Of that, I have put together over 225 of

the total.

Bernice Abrahamzon, who has written for the Leader for more than 40 years, is never impressed when I total these up at the writers group!

The column started at about half of a Leader page, but quickly expanded to most of the page. A good writer writes his piece, then brutally edits it down to get the point across concisely. Someone writing rambles has an awful job of trying to figure out what to toss and what to keep, as likely there is no point to it at all, and the value of it lies in the overall effect—like looking at a surrealistic painting. Note: This paragraph says the same thing as the one two back, but it is an important point for you to understand, so I won’t edit it out.

The average word count is about 1,500 per column, although last year was closer to 1,750 as my rambling expertise has progressed. Over the past six years I have come up with slightly over onethird of a million words. To put that in perspective, it is equivalent to the number of words in the first 10 books of the Bible (and the authors of those books were helped out directly by God while I had to do mine on my own).

My writing, as analyzed by Microsoft Word, has a Flesch Reading Ease level of 61.8, where 60.0–70.0 means it should easily understood by 13- to 15-year-old students. The 9.6 grade level corresponds again to the same age range.

These are calculated using words per sentence and syllables per word equations.

My average letters per word comes in at 4.4. That is pretty amazing when you consider the Leader’s copy editors carefully remove the four-letter words I sprinkle through the column for emphasis.

Eight percent of the time I use passive sentences. That means I write, “The large woodpile had been split by Margo,” rather than, “Margo split the wood in the pile.” Passive sentences are meant for reading by retirees in the afternoon as they relax and nod off. Active sentences are preferred by younger folks whose ambitions have not yet been subdued by management.

After stalling a little telling you about the technical aspects of a typical column, we plan to get back on track here to the whys and wherefores of the whole thing.

Following Charles Dickens’ lead, we will first go to RRR past. So, why did I start the column? The first year was to assist the Sterling Eureka and Laketown Historical Society, based in uptown Cushing, celebrate the 150th anniversary of Sterling Township.

For you purists out there, a township in Wisconsin is actually a land division made by the surveyors to sell the land in the old days shortly after it was stolen from the Indians. The Town of Sterling is the correct name for the elected government overseeing the land, which in the case of Sterling, covers nearly two townships of land. (This is an example of a

digressive paragraph that could be edited out of the column. However, if I remove it, a few of you will think I am ignorant.

Marcus Aurelius said, “We fear more what our neighbors will think of us than what we think of ourselves,” a guiding principle for this column.)

Well, getting back to the point, history is interesting to a small group of people, those who have pretty much lived their lives and now in retirement haven’t much else to do other than think about the past. The occasional columns that were not pure history but included some chatter on personal doings were better received than the history-only stories.

“I skip to the end of the column where you tell what Margo is doing,” was a common comment I got in the first year or two when we were concentrating doggedly on local history and adding a personal note at the end. To meet the perceived public clamor, the column drifted in that direction, still with the attempt to be historic, or at least nostalgic in tone, and a little humorous but never historically funny.

Having exhausted most of my researched history and printable personal experiences from the past, and stories passed on from readers and becoming too busy as well as too lazy to do new local history research, the column in the past two years has evolved even further into the present. Often it is no more than “What I did on my vacation,” the assignment every schoolkid dreaded each fall.

Mine never varied; hauled hay, swimming school, Bible school, and shoveled manure. Hardly inspiring, although as I look back, shoveling manure was some of the best training I had for being a good employee and a creative writer.

So now we come to RRR future. We return to question, “Do we continue for another year?” We can break that down into “Is there any value in the column?” which further breaks into “Is there any value in it for me?” and “Is there any value in it for the Leader?” and “Is there any value in it for you, the readers?”

As a science kind of guy, I like to make decisions rationally, based on accepted scientific principles. According Manfred Max-Neef, an economist, there is a set of human needs that must be met for humans to be comfortable in life. His list: subsistence, protection, affection, understanding, participation, leisure, creation, identity and freedom. I think he has gotten it reasonably well, although I would put sex as a separate item instead of hiding it under affection.

Therefore, writing the column for another year must fulfill one or more of the above list items, for me, for the Leader and for you, or we all should drop it.

If the Leader paid me for the column, then I wouldn’t be asking these questions—I would instead be negotiating a raise for 2012. I would also know the Leader’s position as to the value of the column. However, they don’t pay me— they assume my needs for creation and

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Ramblings Collected by Russ Hanson identity are enough to keep me at it, and it fills one of the 60 pages each week without cost or effort for them.

I think items 4-8 are in some ways being met for me through the column. It is rather fun to be notorious while trying to be creative. I tell Margo, “Having a weekly deadline to write something forces me to do something with time I probably would otherwise waste anyway.” Occasionally, although rarely, a reader will comment on something or tell me they liked a column, and for a moment I think it might be worthwhile.

What do you think?

I read mostly everything in the Leader each week. As a retiree, I have the time and the patience to read almost anything except long-winded political letters or rambling articles without clear points. I like to find out if Carrie has gotten things figured out, to read Joe’s jokes, to find out what Dr. Ingalls is musing on, to get uplifted by Bernice and Sally, and so on right though the last page. I think of the columnists as my friends, although I don’t know most of them.

E-mail me at riverroadrambler@gmail.com or contact me (and order a 2011 collection of the best Ramblings plus for just $18 ) to Russ Hanson, 15937 County 27 Blvd., Pine Island MN 55963.

I just put that book as well as the first Trade Lake book of history on Amazon.com where you can order printed copies nicely bound. All profits go to the Sterling Eureka and Laketown Historical Society of Upper Cushing.

Margo is off to Christmas with her folks in West Bend. I had planned to go along, but my leg is questionable for that long of a ride in the car—it is still pretty sore from the hardware removal in preparation for the new knee, and I’m just not up to being on my best behavior for a whole week with those Germans down there where you have to eat raw spiced hamburger just to be polite (writing a very long sentence bumps my writing to a higher grade level, especially if the words are humongously syllabled— this paragraph came in at grade level 22, Ph.D., although the whole column is exactly average for me!).

Happy New Year! We will leave you with two quotes from Mark Twain, my favorite author. “We can secure other people’s approval if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.”

And, “I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.”

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To the wonderful people who share my world - to those who worked countless hours on the organization of the celebration in my honor on Dec. 3 at Rumors, those who so generously donated time, talents and goods, those who baked, those who came to share the evening with laughter and tears. To all of you, my heartfelt thanks. Your many thoughtful gestures touched my heart. I am grateful and proud to be part of such a supportive community.

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Going home for Christmas The above words are repeated over and over dur-

ing the holidays as the year winds down.

This year it took on special meaning as I was released from the hospital after a five-day stay.

The hospital was crowded so I was assigned to stay in the nursery section. It is a beautiful room and I thought I was looking out the window at the park but it turned out to be a golf course.

So there I was in the nursery but they brought me no baby.

The skeleton tree I often focused my eyes on a single tree, bare of leaves, probably an oak. It has sturdy limbs curving off the trunk, twisting in several directions.

My father-in-law, Karl Abrahamzon, was an artist and he enjoyed painting bare trees. He loved symmetry of branches, believing there is beauty in bare limbs.

Whenever he included a cottage or cabin in a painting, he made sure there was smoke coming from the chimney to show someone lived there. Sometimes a light in the window.

A warm blanket A real luxury is a blanket from a blanket warmer.

Ah, sheer luxury!

Sometimes, I was asked if I was cold, and the answer is always “yes.” A nurse would say, “I’ll get you another blanket.” But the hospital is such a busy place that sometimes the blanket didn’t materialize.

Sometimes, what they called a blanket seemed more like a bedspread or heavy sheet.

Free at last Most of the time I was tethered to a pole and saline drip. When one bag was finished, another full one replaced it. All that water going into me, and I drank water, juice, milk, pop, coffee, etc.

Oh, for a good night’s rest Just when I was falling asleep, a nurse or attending came in and said, “I have to take your blood pressure, “or,” It’s time for a shot, “etc., etc.

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Signpost Bernice Abrahamzon can learn how to live with diabetes, I can too.

There is much to learn. I can give myself my own tummy shots.

My sons are very attentive, learning how to test my readings. I am running out of fingers to test, but a thumb is OK, too.

Observation I notice now that I am referred to as “she.” As in, she has to eat more. She has to drink more water. She has to take these pills. It’s like losing my personality.

She has a name.

End of year I tore off the calendar pages for November and December One carried the good thought, “All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within.” - Horace Friess.

“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.” Ralph Waldo Emerson.

A good book A good friend brought me a good book in large print. It is called “Christmas Jars’” by Jason Wright.

It’s about gift jars of coins and bills left anonymously on people’s doorsteps.

Appreciation I appreciate all the prayers and good wishes, the holiday cards, the get-well cards, etc. I am surrounded by friends and loving family.

Happy New Year.

Until next week, Bernice and Sons

The verdict My numbers are up, much too high and instead of being borderline diabetic, I’m full-blown. It’s no party! There is so much to learn, and I figure if others

Annual Northern Safari of ag specialists seminar series set SPOONER — This winter marks the 28th year that UW-Extension has sponsored the Northern Wisconsin Safari of Agriculture Specialists. The goal of this series is to bring University of Wisconsin-Extension specialists and agents and their expertise to the state’s northern counties with the latest research-based information for farmers and farm businesses.

The safari makes its swing through the northern part of the state in January and February, with specialists giving presentations on a variety of agriculture topics. The seminars are held on three Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at five locations, are free and open to the public and run for 1-1/2 hours.

The seminars will be at held Spooner Agricultural Research Station at 10:30 a.m.

This year’s topics and speakers will be: Friday, Jan. 20: Making Money with Sheep and Goats in Northern Wisconsin, Claire Mikolayunas, UW-Extension small ruminant specialist. Mikolayunas will discuss current market opportunities, finding the right weight to market your goat kids or lambs, and low-cost

feeding strategies to increase profits.

Friday, Jan. 27: Using Cover Crops to Improve Soils and Farm Profitability, Kevin Shelly, UW-Extension nutrient and pest management specialist. Shelly will discuss practical options in selecting, planting and managing cereal rye, clovers and other short-season cover crops into various cropping systems.

Friday, Feb. 10: Raising Backyard Pigs, Mahlon Peterson, UW-Extension interim swine specialist and swine team leader. Raising a few pigs for your own food or for small off-farm markets is a growing trend. Peterson will guide participants through the finer points of raising pork including choosing breeds, selecting feeders, feed and nutrition requirements, housing and animal health and pastured hogs.

For more information about the safari, contact Kevin Schoessow or Otto Wiegand, 715-635-3506 or 800-5281914. There is no preregistration required, but a call to let them know you plan on attending is appreciated. — from UW-Extension

Menomonie man wins mega-jackpot at Turtle Lake Kevin Smeltzer of Menomonie got an extra big present added to his Christmas stocking at St. Croix Casino Turtle Lake on Wednesday, Dec. 14. He hit the mega-jackpot on a $1 Wheel of Fortune wide-area-progressive slot machine and took home $459,621. Smeltzer’s megajackpot was the 25th won at the Turtle Lake casino since it opened in 1992. – Photo submitted

Do you remember?

Compiled by Bernice Abrahamzon

50 Years Ago There were 11 Polk County traffic fatalities in 1961, three more than the previous year.-Willard West would retire on Jan. 1, 1962, after 43 years as a Frederic mail carrier.-Farmers Union members met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Knauber, Frederic, and elected officers, including Elmer Johnson, Turtle Lake, president; Neil Martin, Luck, vice president; Phillip Moyer, Grantsburg, secretary-treasurer; and Harvey Dueholm, Luck, legislative director.- Four photos of very young children taken with Santa were printed in this paper. If the children pictured could come to the Leader office and identify themselves, they would be given a copy of their photo and a silver dollar.- The Shell Lake Boat Co. filed for bankruptcy after 57 years of producing boats.-The Wisconsin DOT urged motorists to celebrate New Year’s Eve wisely and sanely.-Obituaries included Tom Christensen, Art Parkins and Seymor E. Johnson.-Abbie’s Beauty Shop, Frederic, advertised their special on perms, $3.75.-Sixty-five employees of Alcan Mfg. Co., Centuria, enjoyed a Christmas party at the Dalles House, St. Croix Falls.-The Frederic Theatre was showing “Paris Blues” on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1-2, starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier and Louis Armstrong.

40 Years Ago Polk supervisors voted to keep districts the same, at a 31-member board, and to give highway employees a 20¢ per hour raise.-Trade River Oil Co., Alpha Garage and Maser Drugs of Webster all reported break-ins on the same night.-An editorial said, The year is new … the problems old. It went on to list the preservation of the environment, involvement in foreign conflicts, and the national economy.-The Wisconsin Legislature enacted a law prohibiting the use of any type of aircraft, “to spot, rally or drive animals for hunters on the ground.”-There were three engagement announcements in the Dec. 29 edition, Carol Ann Ennis to James Herbert Peck; Laurie Fischer to David Tremel; and Constance Sommer to Galen Skow.-“Willard” was playing at the Webb Theatre, Webster, and “Airport” at the D’Lux in Luck.-Dorothy Glockzin’s seventh-graders, Frederic, donated $31.35 to the Bea Nelson Fund for Cancer Research in lieu of a gift exchange.-Airman Larry Hoag was assigned to a unit at Webb AFB, Texas. He was a ’71 SCF High graduate.-Randy Swenson and Bill Gross, both of Cushing, were among the winners at the races at Crooked Mile Snowmobile Track, Siren.-A story and several pictures were featured on Dave Krider, Luck, a dogsled racer.

20 Years Ago Carol’s Day Care, Frederic, had a surprise visit from Santa. Children shown in a picture with Santa included Alyssa Kaiser, Matthew Beecroft, Kevin Mossey, Aaron Hedlund, Kayla Laqua and Corey Laqua.-Obituaries included Elsie Anderson, Warren Anderson, Bob Maurer, Ellen Holmberg, Stanley Hawkinson, Vincent Linehan and Alberta Weed.The trombone section of the Webster high band were pictured playing “Riverside Rag” at the Christmas concert. They were Rich Macke, Marie Zimmer, Blake Stusek and Ed Stickland.-The Ed Larkins family of rural Luck won the $250,000 SuperCash lotto.Jonn Dinnies and the village of Luck were nearing an agreement to purchase a building for a medical clinic.-Virgil Hansen, Milltown, fell 18 feet onto concrete when the ladder on his silo broke. He was hospitalized with pneumonia and severe injuries to his feet, on which he landed.-Area food shelves were having trouble keeping up with demand.-Kristin Lahners, Siren, participated in an honors scholarship competition in Jacksonville, Ill.-Violence dominated the news in 1991, along with a plane crash and other tragedies, and two megastorms, one on Halloween and the other Thanksgiving weekend.-The arrest of Jeffrey Dahmer was voted top news story in the state for the year by the Associated Press.-St. Jude’s Catholic Church, Cozy Corners, would have its last Mass on New Year’s Day, before closing for good.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Season’s greetings to each of you. Hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing Christmas. We’re just going into recuperation mode after having the grandkids here for the day. Wow, that’s exhausting when you’re not used to little ones running around the house. All that preparation, good food and good cheer and now to get ready for New Year’s.

So we’re not doing anything exciting for New Year’s, going to stay home and have a nice dinner and maybe watch some movies with the fire going to keep us warm. Mom and Dad say that New Year’s is a night that you can go out and spend twice as much to do the same thing that you can do any other night. Hmmmm, I think maybe they’re just getting a little old, probably won’t even make it until midnight.

Well, two cats and two dogs went home for sure this last week just in time to settle in and enjoy Christmas with their new families. Toby went home to live with a very nice couple and I know that he will be happy. You could tell just how happy he was when he left the shelter. Duke’s exit was a little more exciting. As they were putting on his new collar in the shelter, someone opened Holly the door and he

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YAPpenings Sadie charged out. Well if that wasn’t bad enough, he then went through the gate with Mom and his new owner’s son in hot pursuit down the snowy road to Midtown Tavern. His new owner drove down, opened the door, and Duke jumped right in. I personally think he just wanted to stop by for Christmas drinks and visit.

Two of the beautiful Cassie’s kittens also went home, Samantha and Hope are now gone. Poor Halo, she is all alone now with no one to play with at the moment. She is a very sweet little girl that cuddles and purrs, so hopefully someone will adopt her real soon so she won’t be lonely any more.

Two more are going home for sure this week: Gizmo the longhaired Chihuahua and Waylan the big gray and white cat, better known as the resident lap warmer.

I think I’m going to tell you about the beautiful Holly, who is a 3-year-old, blond-colored German shepherd. She seems to like to play ball and knows to sit and stay. Sometimes Holly is a little on the shy side, but overall she has a really big heart and makes friends easily. She is a very nice girl and I’m proud to have Holly as one of my new

friends and will miss her when she is adopted by some nice family.

Now that 2012 is just around the corner, plans Halo are under way for our big fundraiser, the annual spaghetti dinner, silent auction and raffle. So far we have the date set with the great people at the Moose Lodge in Siren and it will be Saturday, April 21, so please mark your calendar. As we have more information, I will be sure to share it with you here!

“Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because of all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs aren’t like this. A dog’s idea of personal grooming is to roll on a dead fish.” - James Gorman All of us from the shelter wish each of you a healthy and happy New Year!!

Have a great week, everyone, and stay warm.

Licks and tailwags!

The Humane Society of Burnett County is saving lives, one at a time. www.hsburnettcty.org. 715866-4096. License No. 267335-DS. We’re on Facebook too!

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Siren news

715-349-2964 All was quiet on the so-called western front in Bear Country over the holiday weekend. Just hubby and myself this year. Family was kept close through phone calls. A call from son Punk in Brementon, Wash. A call from sister Betty in International Falls, cousin Dick from Duluth, Minn., and nephew’s wife, Linda, from Monroe, N.C., kept family close. Christmas Eve was busy as treats were handed out to our favorite critters, deer, tree rats, and of course, our feathered friends. The deer enjoyed pieces of apple mixed in with their usual feed of corn. The tree rats enjoyed a sprinkling of raisins in with their sunflower seed and corn as well as a few more black walnuts scattered about the bird yard. They sure enjoyed digging through the seed and corn to find those sweet treats. Our feathered friends enjoyed their treat of finely chopped apple and raisins mixed in with their sunflower seed. Seems our wild critters enjoy Christmas as well as we humans do, at least it’s so in Bear Country.

Seems my snowy owl has flown the coop, as it hasn’t been seen for a while. Maybe it decided to move to another neighborhood, as it wasn’t able to catch any of the tree rats here.

Tuesday evening found most of the Siren Lioness all decked out in holiday finery enjoying their annual Christmas party. This year’s party was held at Kris’ Pheasant Inn. After a great dinner, and a short meeting the group got busy with a dice game for chances at the table of presents. Everyone came away with at least one gift. A great evening with a great bunch of gals.

Sympathy to the family of Harry Rudisell who passed away Dec. 21.

Sympathy to the family of Donald Nordquist who passed away Dec. 23.

Christmas Day guests in Bear Country were hubby’s Aunt Violet Beckmark, her grandson Benjamin Carlson and his dad, Greg, from the Twin Cities. They enjoyed a dinner of lutefisk and ham.

Bev Beckmark Cookies and ice cream were served before they headed home. A late afternoon call came from Bremerton, Wash., from the three grandsons, letting us know the three great-granddaughters enjoyed their gifts. An evening call from son Punk, adopted daughter and son Emanuelle Donaldson’s finished off a great day.

Congratulations to elementary student Cordell Fischer, middle schooler Amber Zak and high schooler Lucas Stiemann for being chosen Siren Schools students of the week. Keep up the great work, you’re super students.

I hope all my readers had a very merry Christmas and that Santa left each of you the things you wanted the most. May the new year bring peace to the world and hold the best for each of you.

A girl, Ella Grace Stich, born Dec. 14, 2011, to Stephanie Stich, Cushing. Ella weighed 6 lbs., 4 oz.

••• A boy, Blake Robert Vetter, born Dec. 15, 2011, to Robert and Amy Vetter, Shafer. Blake weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz.

••• A girl, Jaylyn Mae Peterson, born Dec. 19, 2011, to Taffy Pisman and Shawn Peterson, Frederic. Jaylyn weighed 6 lbs.

••• A boy, Kolston John Fisher, born Dec. 1, 2011, to Shaun and Alysia Fisher, St. Croix Falls. Kolston weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz.

••• A girl, Kylie Jo Servaty, born Dec. 2, 2011, to Kristine Servaty and Brandon Chapman, St. Croix Falls.

Kylie weighed 8 lbs., 1 oz.

••• A boy, Osiris Phoenix Brown, born Dec. 4, 2011, to Christina LeTourneau and Chad Brown, Osceola.

Osiris weighed 10 lbs., 8 oz.

••• A girl, Selah Evvie Stevens, born Dec. 6, 2011, to David and Kristen Stevens, Dresser. Selah weighed 6 lbs.

••• A boy, Graham Thomas Cox, born Dec. 7, 2011, to Jeromy and Jennifer Cox. Graham weighed 7 lbs., 14 oz.

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Siren Senior news I hope everyone had a nice holiday. It seems like Christmas comes so fast, and before you know it, Christmas has come and gone.

We had a monthly meeting and celebrated the December birthdays. The Siren seniors decided to become a friend/sponsor to Diversified Services, Inc. This is an organization which offers employment to people with disabilities.

Habitat is going to be taking on a project this summer. They are going to paint the outside of 100 houses for free. If you want to put your name on the list, please contact Habitat.

Fran Krause The bell choir from Frederic High School performed at the Mall of America last Wednesday afternoon. Tylyn O’Brien was one of the performers.

LaVonne and Mike O’Brien enjoyed the performance.

The Bob O’Brien family entertained the O’Briens for dinner on Christmas Day. Dave, Teresa and Amy childers spent the weekend at their cabin.

Pat and Nancy O’Brien hosted their families on

All the seniors received pens as a Christmas gift from the center.

The residents at Lilac Grove enjoyed the Bethany Lutheran youth choir. I was asked to put this in the paper and express their appreciation.

The evening meal for January will be on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. Call 715-349-2845 or 715-3497810 for reservations.

There will be 500 and Spades next week so plan on coming and joining us. We do have a good time.

Our center will not be open on New Year’s Day. Our sympathy to the family of Mary Martin who

Orange news Monday.

The Neinstadt framilies spent Christmas at the Lamar Johnson home over the weekend in Eau Claire.

Jack and Jeri Witzany hosted thirteen of their family Wednesday through Friday evening. Michael also stayed over Saturday night. Elaine Paulus had dinner with the family on Sunday. the Ammend family spent Christmas Eve at Steve

Jodi Ellis and Nikolas Miller, both of Hammond, were united in marriage Oct. 22 at the Lodge at Crooked Lake with Pastor Craig Corbin officiating.

Jodi is the daughter of Bill and Ellen Ellis of Siren.

She is currently employed by Northwest Metro 916 in Little Canada, Minn., as a teacher for the deaf/hard of hearing. She has a master’s of education degree from the University of Minnesota.

Nikolas is the son of Mark and Karen Miller of Highbridge. He is currently employed by St. Croix Tree Service in Roberts as an arborist. He is a graduate of Mellen High School.

Attendants were Jenelle Lindquist, Bethany Tjader, Dean Miller and Jeff Oliphant. The flower girl was Chloe Kunst, and the ring bearer was Carson Kunst.

The ushers were Kent and Max Lindquist. The reception was held at The Lodge at Crooked Lake in Siren.

The bride and groom make their residence in Hammond. – Photo submitted

News from the Service

Birth announcements Born at St. Croix Falls Medical Center:

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passed away. Mary was very active in Webster Senior Center and used to write the news column.

Our 500 winners for Dec. 21 were Dave Peterson, Marie Bentley, Sue Newberger, and Gerry Vogel and Dorothy Cronquist tied for last place. Marie Bentley has a birthday coming up on Christmas Eve, so her family provided cake and ice cream for everyone.

We also had treats from Duane Lockhart and Darleen and Ralph Groves.

Happy New Year from the Siren seniors. Stay warm, healthy and may we all have a good 2012.

Pvt. Tyler Brooks of Milltown graduated from United States Marine Corps boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 9. Brooks is a 2011 graduate of Unity High School. Following 24 days home on leave, he will report to Camp Pendleton, Calif., for one month at military combat training then military occupation specialty School. –Photo submitted

LaVonne O'Brien and Cheri Ammend’s home. Kent and Nancy Krause, daughter, Leslie and Jim Leaf from Marquette, Minn., were among the guests.

Fran Kruase spent Christmas Eve at the Mark Krause home after attending church service. On Christmas Day Mark and Dee and family were at Naomi Glover’s home. They spent Christmas night at Fran’s home and watched the Packer / Bear game. All four of the kids are home from school.

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Lewis Laurene and Dan Edge were hosts for Christmas dinner at their Balsam Lake home. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Al Anderson, Naples, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. Tim Prodger, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Nelson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Nelson and family, Sheila Staples, Clarice Nelson and Marvin, Steve, Barbie, Matthew, Brandon, Samantha, Emma of Andover, Minn. Theresa Halvorson and Bree, Andover, and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Prodger were morning guests.

Chong Jones wore a beautiful holiday dress from her native Korea.

Chong wore the dress to church and parishioners were pleasantly surprised.

The Peterson family, sons of Martin and Bernice, donated the beautiful box of apples to the church as their annual gift. Parishioners helped themselves to the thoughtful gift.

Mary Jane Johnson is feeling better after her second surgery.

Bernice Abrahamzon returned home from the hospital on Friday afternoon. She would like to wish everyone a very happy New Year.

Dewey - LaFollette Deepest sympathy is extended to Lida Nordquist and family in the death of Lida’s husband, Don. He was 73.

Donnie and Melba Denotter visited Karen and Hank Mangelsen Friday.

Donna and Gerry Hines went to Maple Grove, Minn., Saturday. That evening they celebrated Christmas with all their family at the home of Mark and Sue Hines in Rosemount, Minn. Gerry and Donna spent Christmas day with Brian and Jane Hines and family.

Nina and Lawrence Hines traveled to Richfield, Minn., Saturday and stayed overnight with Sue and Colin Harrison. Their Christmas celebration was there on Sunday.

Lida Nordquist went to Frederic Saturday to spend Christmas Eve at the home of Jan, Jim, Caleb and Hannah Schott. Joleen, Richard, Rick, Angie, Robb and Randi Funk were there also. On Sunday, Lida visited Colin and Sue Harrison and family at their home in Richfield, Minn.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services at Lakeview UM Church

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were blessed by special music. On Saturday, Hannah Starr sang “O Holy Night,” Kelli Marlow sang, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” and Noel and Marv Knoop performed a duet, “Star of the East.”

Noel sang and Marv played his harmonica. On Sunday morning, Noel sang, “Breath of Heaven,” and Kelli sang, “I Wonder as I Wander,” accompanied by her mother, Connie Quam, on piano and Pastor Starr on guitar.

Hank and Karen Mangelsen were Christmas Day dinner guests of Lorri and Sam McQuade in Spooner.

Christmas Day visitors of Maynard and Ronda Mangelsen were Daya, Jordan, Cora and Daniel Lawrence and Daniel’s sister-in-law, Grace, Terry, Jeanne, Brea, Brinn and Bryce Williamson, and Ryan and Allen Hanna.

Clam River Tuesday club will meet Wednesday, Jan. 4, at 1:30 p.m. at the home of Diane Hulleman.

Wisconsin Interstate Park ST. CROIX FALLS – Mark your calendars. A popular program for preschool children and their parents will start up again this winter after the holidays at Wisconsin Interstate Park. Thursdays at 10 a.m., beginning Jan. 5 through March, Naturalist Julie Fox will share a story and activity with preschoolers and their parents at the Ice Age Center. A short activity following the story will reinforce the story’s nature-related theme. Nature Storytime will generally last between 30-45 minutes, depending on the participants. “It is a great opportunity for parents to

get out to the park with their little ones during this time of the year,” commented Fox. Participants will spend time indoors and outdoors, weather permitting, so parents should dress their children accordingly.

Interstate Park is located in St. Croix Falls, one-half mile south of Hwy. 8 on Hwy. 35. Nature Storytime is free of charge, but a Wisconsin State Park sticker is required to enter the park. Annual passes for 2012 are $25 for Wisconsin residents or $35 for nonresidents. For more information, call Fox at 715-483-3747.

Borderline news Fran and Dave Baker spent Christmas Day at the home of Dave’s daughter Leda and her family in Minnetonka, Minn. Then the very next day they entertained Fran’s niece Stephanie Love and her family from River Falls at their home. The holiday get-together with Fran’s son Chuck and his family in Ashland will occur on Friday, Dec. 30.

Sharon Nelson of California spent several days visiting the home of Donn and Shirley Flaa, near Riverside. Sharon and Shirley enjoyed shopping and just being together. Sharon owns a home in St. Cloud, Minn. On Sunday, Pastor Tim of the Zion Markville Church had the congregation take part in acting out parts of the journey of Joseph and Mary’s travel to Christ’s birth in the stables. It was not rehearsed and every church member had a part. Much humor was shown. On Sat-

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urday, Ron and Sharon Proffit traveled to Elk Mound, Minn., to watch grandson Marcus Kinblom play basketball. Then on Sunday, the church youth put on the Passion play. All the Kinblom children played the piano, and Jennifer was the organist. Lucus was Joseph, Marcus and Morgan were shepherds. After church, the families were joined by the Gills for a celebration of Morgan’s ninth birthday. On Monday, we enjoyed the school Christmas program.

By the date of publication of this article, Christmas will be a collection of memories, and New Year’s Eve will be only two days away. We hope everyone is having a wonderful time for these holidays. The best of wishes is extended to you for the coming year.

Grantsburg Public Library

Have you received a Kindle or Nook electronic reader this Christmas?

You can use your Grantsburg Library card to download free digital media to your portable PC or portable device. Browse the collection of downloadable electronic books, films, music and audiobooks available at Wisconsin Public Library Consortium Digital Download Center (dbooks.wplc.info/). Visit the Grantsburg Library to learn more.

New books in the month of January

“Adventures of Tintin” by Alex Irvine “Best Stories of the American West” by Marc Jeff “Breakdown” by Sara Paretsky “Chocolate Covered Murder” by Leslie Meier “First You Try Everything” by Jane McCafferty “Gideon’s Corpse” by Douglas Preston “Gun Games” by Faye Kellerman “Home Front” by Kristin Hannah

“The Hunter” by John Lescroart “Invisible Monsters” by Chuck Palahniuk “Look of Love” by Mary Jane Clark “Love in a Nutshell” by Janet Evanovich “Lunatics “ by Dave Berry “Mr. Monk on Patrol” by Lee Goldberg “Odds” by Stewart O’Nan “Private: #1 Suspect” by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro “Red Ruby Heart in a Blue Sea” by Morgan Rogers “ The Rope” by Nevada Barr “The Devil is Waiting” by Jack Higgins “War Horse” by Michael Morpurgo

Library hours

Monday noon – 6 p.m.; Tuesday noon – 6 p.m.; Wednesday 10:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Thursday noon – 6 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. – noon.

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Library patrons Aaron Hageman and Kallie Branstad enjoy Christmas cookies and the annual holiday open house at the Grantsburg Library. – Photo submitted

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derson won the judicial primary for Polk County. •The Burnett Community Library renovation began. •Grantsburg held a Midwinter Sports Day featuring a frigid dip into Memory Lake. •The Frederic Nursing Home and Rehab held a Valentine’s Day celebration naming Queen Edna Utley and King Dale Queen as the royalty.

•Kortney Morrin of Grantsburg’s girls basketball team scored her 1,000th point.

•Unity wrestlers Jake Johnson, Luke Nelson and Alex Lennartson were headed to state. •Saints James Klassen was headed to the state wrestling tournament. •Buddy, a seizure-detection dog, was inducted into the Wisconsin Pet Hall of Fame for saving the life of his owner Don Miller of Grantsburg. •A 12-year-old Grantsburg boy lost his life in a skiing accident. •St. Croix Falls teachers headed to Madison to protest the recent Budget Repair Bill by Gov. Scott Walker in droves, leaving the district staff no option but to close school that day due to a lack of substitute teachers to fill the spots.

March Leader Land athletes participated in the Birkebeiner in Hayward. •Unity’s Luke Nelson finished sixth at the state wrestling tournament. •Grantsburg gymnast Aimee Lund headed to state. •The Leader covered many voices in the sides of the Gov. Walker Budget Bill issue. •Alice in Wonderland was performed in Frederic. •The St. Croix Falls high flyers wrestling group took first place at the Luck open tournament. •The Cumberland Islander Squirt hockey team participated the state tournament in Merrill. •Grantsburg boys basketball won the regional semifinal game against Spring Valley. •Unity boys basketball won the regional title after beating Osceola. •Luck Cardinal boys basketball took the regional title after defeating Siren.

•Jack Liljenberg was named Taylors Falls 2010 Steward of the Year. •The ReStore opened its doors in St. Croix Falls. •A recall election effort against Rep. Sheila Harsdorf was organized. •A Centuria man lost his life in a medical-induced crash. •A young couple on their way to St. Croix Regional Medical Center on icy roads was involved in an accident; the woman was in labor at the time and hours after the accident a healthy baby boy was born and no one in the accident was seriously hurt.

•Grantsburg boys basketball headed to state. •Chris Erickson, U.S. Bank employee, was recognized for 40 years of service at the bank. •Carley Emery, Siren hoopster, scored her 2,000th point. •Gov. Scott Walker signed off on the Budget Repair Bill despite protests from around the state. •Siren girls basketball players advanced to the semifinals. •The Grantsburg American Legion Post celebrated 92 years.

•A St. Patrick’s Day parade was held in Siren. •St. Croix Falls sixth-grade students heard a presentation and met the sled dogs of Maggie Heilmann, Somerset, who is a Beargrease musher. •St. Croix Falls Schools held a public meeting to help outline and explain the Budget Repair Bill signed in by Gov. Scott Walker. •St. Croix Falls town Chair Gene Krull was charged with open meetings violation. •A Chevy Tahoe went through the ice in Balsam Lake. •Grantsburg Pirates took second place at state for the basketball tournament. •Frederic Schools held the kindergarten circus. •Taylors Falls City Council moved forward on the pursuit of develop-

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April Clareese Marek, Frederic, celebrated her 100th birthday. •Siren High School students helped host a Moms for Kids Rainbow of Fun Carnival. •Milltown Cub Scouts held the Pinewood Derby. •St. Croix Falls Scouts received the Arrow of Light Award. •Frederic Boy Scouts held a Court of Honor. •Luck Schools held the annual SpringVariety Show. •Polk County Supervisor Ken Sample representing Apple River, Beaver and Turtle Lake, withdrew his resignation and returned to the board. •Election results posted many incumbents being defeated in both Polk and Burnett counties. •The race for state Supreme Court was ruled too close to call between JoAnne Kloppenburg and David Prosser; it would later be determined Prosser was the winner. •A St. Croix Falls man and business owner was killed in an auto accident on Hwy. 8. •After being diagnosed with two strep-type infections, Clam Falls woman Sharon Jensen made a miraculous recovery. •Jeff Anderson was elected Polk County Circuit Court judge.

•Grantsburg High School students heard from keynote speakers during Career Day. •Frederic Elementary students held a Jamboree. •Siren drama department presented “Cinderella.” •Luck Ambulance held the 32nd-annual smelt fry. •Webster Schools held a Variety Show.

•Grantsburg High School drama presented “The Pink Panther.” •The anniversary of the 1991 shooting in Webster that took the life of officer Allen Albee and paralyzed officer Michael Seversen was featured in the Leader. •Sgt. Brandon Swanson of St. Croix Falls was chosen as the Soldier of the Year by Wisconsin’s Army National Guard. •David Franzel, Luck, and Nathan Dorrance, Unity, represented their high schools at Concordia College in Minn. for an honors band weekend.

•Kody Pettis, 14, Hertel, shot his first turkey with a bow and his picture appeared in the Leader. •Lions held their district convention in St. Croix Falls. •Dr. Jon Cruz purchased Siren Dental Clinic and took over the business. •Mike Bryant, St. Croix Falls water and sewer supervisor, received an award of Operator of the Year from the Wisconsin Rural Water Association. •Eight Unity teachers retired with a combined 254 years of teaching: Craig Kreidler, Harlan Kruger, Sue Duerkop, Dennis Fawver, Lois Skow, Linda Jones, Laura Bonnes and clerical employee Carolyn Melin-Risberg. •Peggy Ryan was hired as the new Siren K-12 principal.

•New stop signs were posted in the Town of St. Croix Falls on 140th Avenue. •St. Croix Falls teachers Todd Voss and Jeff Huenink retired with a combined 58 years of service. •Recall election efforts continued against Sen. Sheila Harsdorf. •Eureka voters elected the youngest chairman in town’s history, Kyle Swanson, 23. •Tim Nelson and Kat Hillier opened Every Body Fitness in St. Croix Falls. •Webster Cub Scouts held a Pinewood Derby. •Grantsburg Schools held a Faculty Follies

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“We did not make palaces” Many people who visit the fur post buildings reconstructed and now called Forts Folle Avoine are a tad confused by their appearance. Understandably, after 200 years their conception of something called a “fort” is different from what it was in the years of 1802-05, when the original Forts Folle Avoine existed. Actually, the site includes not one, but two, forts, or fur-trading posts (nonmilitary), which is what indeed they were. And they belonged to two opposing groups of fur traders, rather like, say, having a Wal-Mart and K-Mart side by side as in a modern shopping center. The difference being, of course, that it was the Ojibwe Indians of that time doing the shopping, and for a more basic line of merchandise.

People of the 21st century have two handicaps, Hollywood and TV, that obscure their understanding of the term fort. Indeed, if you were a scriptwriter, you’d probably create a picture of a fort being some huge structure, built to last and looking rather nice. Same with log cabins, most of the TV movie versions look quaint but elegant. Such was hardly the case, especially when referencing a fur-trading site such as Forts Folle Avoine.

“We did not make palaces,” wrote furtrade clerk George Nelson, a young English-Canadian who wintered at the original Forts Folle Avoine’s XY trading cabin in the winter of 1802-03. Both his and the North West Company’s buildings 60 yards away, were built similarly, in a traditional style of log structure once well-known amongst FrenchCanadians as “piece-sur-piece” or “logon-log” construction. In this sort of building, the logs were stacked on top of each other, with the horizontal logs

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notched at their ends to fit into up-anddown grooves cut in upright logs, which stood at intervals of 6 feet or so.

In turn, these uprights were often set into the ground to add strength to the whole arrangement. Sometimes this style was combined with another, wherein the end walls consisted of vertical posts set close to each other, and chinked with moss or clay (the same chink material was used on the crosspieces).

So what’s different? Unlike the Scandinavian/German styles prominent in other sections of North America (and spreading later via pioneer settlers to the western U.S., especially), the FrenchCanadian system did not involve the interlocking dovetailing details used in the other immigrant styles. Interestingly, this type of structure is easier to pinpoint archaeologically, especially if the original buildings were burned, as was the case at Forts Folle Avoine. Even though the structures themselves burn to the ground, if they are built in the piece-sur-piece fashion, as were the Folle Avoine originals, there will be a charred circle where the uprights stood, and a horizontal row of charcoal where the cross logs had stood. Combining that finding with the written records of

Christmas is over! How can that be? I agonized so much over Christmas for Kids and it went so smoothly I could not believe it. Our thanks is due to so many people, but I don’t want to begin naming names because it would take up pages. I am still working on thank-you notes but I am finding some are coming back as not deliverable. I am suspecting those should be going to a P.O. box, but the physical address is on the checks. To those people, I am sorry. If you need a receipt and have not yet received a note, please call 715866-4970. I will admit I am waaaay behind, but will

“Piece-sur-piece” or “log-on-log” was a French-Canadian style of log building used in constructing the original Forts Folle Avoine trading posts. – Photo submitted chaps such as Nelson, future students are not only able to pinpoint where the log buildings stood, but could rebuild them exactly the size of the originals, following the charred print left in the ground.

Finding the basic outline, however, was the easy part. In order to reconstruct a building accurately, it involves lots of conjecture as to what things looked like above the burned remnant.

What was the roof like? Folle Avoine, for instance, started with easier-tomaintain split cedar shingles, but now uses, more accurately, a grass/thatch roof, more accurate but not so easily kept up. The original logs were likely unpeeled, saving time, and the structures were temporary, used only in the winters, and only for three cycles, then it was abandoned (less furs). Where were windows placed and what were

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Barb Blodgett catch up soon. That is a promise. My New Year’s resolution is to not be late for anything (that is a tough one for me) and do thank-you notes immediately or as soon as humanly possible. For me these seem like insurmountable projects. I am sure some of you are saying “What’s the big deal?” We each have our hills to get over and these are mine and are really not hills, but mountains. I will be 70 in 2012 and you would have thought I would have learned by now. The truth is I have so many things on my mind, I don’t have time to remember the old stuff I was suppose to know years ago. Being on time and writing thank-you notes being just two. If my mother is looking down on me, I know she is shaking her head thinking I should have learned long ago. Maybe I did, but as I grew up, my brain just took on so much knowledge some stuff just slipped out of my memory.

All in all we were able to give food, toys and gifts to 189 families and 400-plus children. If those numbers are not perfect it is only because I am not perfect and often miss one or count one twice. Anyway, the count is close and I find it totally amazing. I can take no credit at all. I just sat and called out numbers on the distribution day. I am so lucky, I work with the finest people ever.

Speaking of the best people ever, some of those are the people who donated to Christmas for Kids. So help me, right up to the end I thought we would never make it and we did! Gifts came from all over Burnett County and checks even came from as far away as Denver. The word got out even when I thought it would not go far-

they made of? That and other questions are not always readily available in descriptions such as Nelson’s and/or are complicated to reproduce. Whitewashing the interior walls was not uncommon, for instance, but not practical in a tourist-visited site (it’s clammy and falls off in warm weather).

Nelson’s “we did not make palaces” comment could be amended to read, “we built huts.” To get a better idea, visit the site when it’s open. Tours will start again after Memorial Day, although there is a winter event being planned for February. Meanwhile, the site’s visitor’s center (of logs as well, but of the more popular overlapped corner style) is open weekdays.

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ther than Siren. Which brings to mind, someone asked if we went south for the winter. We said, of course. We sometimes went to Frederic and sometimes even as far as Luck. As to going farther south than that, it will be a while before that would happen. That is OK though. I like my own bed. No matter where you go, your own bed always feels better than any other.

New Year’s Eve will be quite a celebration at the Blodgett household. Ben will have his traditional glass of Mogan David, Denny will have his traditional diet cola and I will have my traditional tea while we eat any junk food we can find in the house. Then we will toast 2012 and be in bed by 8:30. Staying awake beyond that point seems almost impossible. I will stay up when the Packers play until I am sure they are going to win and then I can go to bed with a smile on my face, knowing they did it again.

My computer’s Weather Bug says it is 47 degrees.

Somehow that frightens me. What do we have to look forward to? It used to be you could look at the wooly caterpillars and if there was a wide orange stripe it was going to be a cold, snowy winter. Now I hardly even see a wooly caterpillar. We do see partridge or quail in the yard. Quite a few as a matter of fact. I can’t tell the difference, but I figure it this way: As long as they can tell the difference, that is all that really matters.

Interfaith Caregivers of Polk County is there to help those of you who live on that side of the county line.

Give them a call if you need anything and they will try to help.

And now for this year, I will close and say see you next year. Interfaith of Burnett County and I hope that 2012 brings you all of the special things you want and deserve. If there is any way we can help, we will do our best.

Happy New Year Blessings, Barb

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A 6-month-old chicken owned by Donna Olson of Luck recently hatched an unusually huge egg measuring nearly 4 inches long and well over 2 inches wide. Olson’s mom dropped by the Leader office last week with the egg, saying it has generated quite a bit of discussion as to how rare it really is. She said she has a 90-year-old aunt who has never seen such a thing. The large egg even had a yoke, and they’re guessing the smaller egg inside has a yolk too.

They’ve been growing chickens for less than a year now, but nobody they’ve spoken to has seen such a thing. They have posted it on Facebook, where some comments have been along the lines of “That must have hurt!” – Photos by Marty Seeger

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2011/from page 8 evening filled with entertainment. •Unity schools held a Variety Show. •Grantsburg was the location for “Last Comic Standing” contestant Josh Blue to give a rousing rendition of stand-up with most of his material revolving around his own cerebral palsy. •Christina Phernetton took over as new owner of Kid City Childcare in Siren. •Siren Schools celebrated Native American Week with a powwow by four different Native American drum groups.

•Wayne Shirley, Bone Lake, was presented with a certificate of recognition by the Wisconsin Towns Association for his diligence and attention to local government over the decades. •Local students in Polk County toured the Polk County Recycling Center as part of an Earth Day open house. •St. Croix Falls hired new middle school Principal Joe Connor. •A one-vehicle accident took the lives of a Luck man and Star Prairie woman.

•Easter egg hunts for kids were held at Indian Creek, Siren, and Grantsburg.

•Proms were held at Frederic, Luck, Grantsburg, Unity, Siren and Webster.

•Melinda Beyer, Dresser, wrote about her work in Ghana, Africa, with the United Hearts Children Center. •The Vegetarian restaurant opened in St. Croix Falls.

•Grantsburg held the 21st-annual Mayor’s Breakfast. •Taylors Falls planned for the Riverwalk Trail. •Frederic senior Sam Nelson was named a finalist in the Scholar Athlete Award given by the WIAA. •Luck schools approved going from an 11-man football program to eightman football. •DIY Network’s Amy Matthews visited St. Croix Falls for the Habitat for Humanity ReStore grand opening. •A Roberts man survived a head-on crash when his vehicle collided with a semi.

May The Polk County Home and Sportshow was held at the fairgrounds in St. Croix Falls. •Cancer Walk Chairpersons Debbie Wickstrom, Luck, and Hope Healy, Frederic, were featured in the Leader for the A C S

Walk/Run held in Frederic. •Former Luck graduate and Stevens Point basketball player Britta Petersen was selected to have her name on display on the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Ring of Honor for her outstanding 2010-2011 season. •Osceola Medical Center held a ground breaking for the construction of an emergency/urgent care addition with a fitness center.

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benefit called River’s Run and Ride Rally in the honor of deceased infant River Wheeler was held in Milltown. •Balsam Lake Village Board members voted to deny a liquor license to Sip & Soak Bar and Grill. •Grantsburg High School received a $2,500 Science Education Award from Alion Science and Technology Corp.

•The Endeavors greenhouse opened in Milltown with a celebration of the facility that was built with stimulus money, and employs adults with disabilities. •A scholarship fund was created in the memory of Kathy Nesgoda, an SCRMC employee who lost her life in 2010 in a traffic accident; the first two scholarships were awarded to two students pursuing a nursing career. •Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy was quoted in the Leader on his thoughts about the death of Osama bin Laden. •Ellsworth teacher Shelly Moore announced she would run against Sheila

Harsdorf in the recall election for the Senate seat. •The new Pioneer Home in Luck was on schedule for construction to be completed by summer’s end. •Naturalist Julie Fox led students through the Summit Trail at Interstate State Park as part of an Earth Day/Arbor Day field trip. •The new concealed-carry course drew considerable interest. •Irene Stindle was named Polk County HCE Outstanding Citizen of the Year. •St. Croix Falls held their prom.

•Clayton’s Hardware/Radio Shack, a longtime St. Croix Falls Main Street business, underwent a makeover inside the building as well as outside with an oldtime mural painted by local artist Gloria Adrian. •St. Croix Falls eighth-grade students visited the state Capitol in Madison.

•Unity school’s administrative assistant Pat Kastens submitted her retirement resignation after 36 years. •Centuria’s Pamela Garvey was appointed by the governor to the Board of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. •A St. Paul, Minn., man lost his life in a one-vehicle accident on Hwy. 46. •Luck was the site of a Wisconsin Draft Horse and Mule Association demonstration. •The Leader printed the graduation issue featuring photos of local students who would be graduating in 2011. •A new business in Webster, Caring Hands Massages, opened. •Edith Cunliffe was recognized as the Burnett County Historical Society’s Volunteer of the Year. •Twelve students graduated from Unity School’s alternative diploma program. •Colleen Draxler was recognized as Frederic’s Volunteer of the Year. •Elvira Schmidt was honored as Frederic’s Citizen of the Year. •Vikings track athletes took their fourth straight conference title. •St. Croix Falls City Council members voted to make an offer to purchase the former Falls 5 theater building downtown. •Webster Village donated a Smith Pines lot to Habitat for Humanity. •Forts Folle Avoine was featured in the Chicago Tribune’s travel section.

•Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl announced he would retire. •A plaque honoring Vernon Peterson was hung on the Siren School Wall of Honor. •Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity held a ground breaking for its second home build in Amery. •Leader Land graduations took place. •Memorial Day was celebrated locally with services

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2011/from page 10 held at local cemeteries. •Burnett County Sheriff Dean Roland presented Officer Ryan Bybee, who was wounded during a shooting incident, with the Sheriff’s Cross and Purple Star. •Several Luck teachers retired including Sheila Brom, Gwynn Anderson and Shirley Erickson. •Siren School health aide Sharon Richison retired after 31 years. •Frederic teacher Ray Draxler and administrative assistant Diane Utley retired. •Two men were killed in a one-vehicle accident in St. Croix Falls. •Longtime Webster community leader Mary Poretti passed away at the age of 87. •Longtime McNally Industries employee Don Erickson announced his retirement.

June Frederic Vikings girls celebrated their sectional track title. •Frederic girls softball players advanced to the Division 4 regional finals. •Grantsburg’s senior Andy Falk earned his fourth straight Critic’s Choice Award at the High School Forensic Association State Speech Festival in Madison. •Grantsburg Schools was awarded with a True Value Paint Grant good for 40 gallons of paint to brighten up the school’s interior. •The 10th anniversary of the Siren tornado was featured in the Leader. •The Balsam Lake grocery store closed its doors suddenly and unexpectedly due to some investor issues.

•Unity bus driver David Michaelson retired after 50 years of driving the school bus. •Big Gust Days was celebrated in Grantsburg and Stephanie Miklya was crowned Miss Grantsburg. •St. Croix Falls celebrated National Trails Day with 10K, 5K, mile and kiddie run/walks. •Siren girls softball won the regional championship. •Grantsburg boys baseball won the regional championship and headed to state. •State track boasted many Leader school athletes in the competition. •St. Croix Falls student Heather Gilbert was selected by Polk-Burnett Co-op as the del-

egate for the NRECA Youth Tour of Washington, D.C. •Twenty-seven candidates were announced as running for the St. Croix Tribal Council election. •A Grantsburg man lost his life in a rollover vehicle accident. •A power outage affected persons from Balsam Lake to McKinley and Luck to Grantsburg. •Milltown was the place to be for an outdoor movie night where families could gather to watch the movie “Mega Mind” on the big screen.

•Webster was the location of the Burnett County Relay for Life. •Two women were injured in a one-vehicle rollover in Turtle Lake. •Siren Village Board approved a plan for a Dollar General business to be developed. •Frederic celebrated Family Days and, out of 12 contestants, April Halverson was crowned Miss Frederic.

•St. Croix Falls held the Polk County Relay for Life with Chairperson Hannah Kautz, 15, Osceola. •The Cushing branch of U.S. Bank was robbed at gunpoint. •A ground breaking was scheduled for July for an addition to Schaffer Manufacturing in Milltown. •Local newspaper publisher Howard (Pork) Vezina passed away at the age of 93.

•The St. Croix Falls Class of 1956 had a class reunion. •Milltown held their annual Fishermen’s Party celebration and Katie Jensen was crowned Miss Milltown. •The annual Neil McKenzie Youth Fishing Derby, cosponsored by the Polk County Sportsmen’s Club, was held on Deer Lake with nearly 100 kids taking part. •Local Methodist Pastor Amy DeLong, Osceola, was on trial for charges of performing a same-sex marriage in 2009. •Polk County Deputy Arling Olson was awarded $260,000 in damages by a federal court jury for charges against former Polk County Sheriff Tim Moore that claimed Moore violated Olson’s rights over a period of time dating back to 2006.

•Jeffery Anderson was sworn in as Polk County Circuit Court Judge. •Two Wal-Mart robbers were caught and arrested after attempting to lift a giant TV and laptops. •Suz Byerly Thomson of Balsam Lake was featured

for her five-day climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in East Africa. •It was announced a roundabout for the Burnett County junction of Hwys. 35 and 70 is planned for 2014 construction.

This sums up the headlines and stories of the first half of 2011. Next week: part two, July to December.

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2011 moments Leader archives/January to June

HOWDY, NEIGHBOR! Allie Olander, 2, was delighted to meet and play with her soon-to-be neighbor, Norman Springett, who with his mom and brothers attended the groundbreaking service of the Olander Habitat for Humanity home in Amery in May. - Photo by Jackie Thorwick

ASSURANCE OF SPRING Highs in the low 50s and lows near freezing created spring anxiety in late April but scenes like this assured us that spring was really on its way in northwest Wisconsin. - Photo by John Reed

FAREWELL A Frederic graduate gives a tearful hug following the graduation of the Frederic High School Class of 2011. - Photo by Sandra King

LOUD BOYS It wasn’t a marching band or the screeching of a fire engine that made this young parade-goer hold his ears but rather the antics of the shotgun-wielding Wild River Boys, who made some noise during the annual Family Days parade in Frederic in June. - Photo by Gary King

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STORMING THE CASTLE Several kids made a valiant attempt at climbing the walls of the Luck WInter Carnival castle in February - Photo by Greg Marsten

FISH KISS Scratch it off their bucket lists - Kathy Goneau and Deb Talmadge enjoyed the Bon Ton ice-fishing contest at Little Butternut Lake in Luck in February. - Photo by Greg Marsten

CHILLING EVIDENCE Rick Davidsavor, the local expert at retrieving submerged vehicles, carefully peers into the icy waters of Balsam Lake to view a Chevrolet Tahoe that broke through the ice on the Balsam Lake Narrows, proving the dangers of driving on ice in mid-March. - Photo submitted

STANDING TALL Paul Rightman of Siren is proud of his father as he stands tall at the rally held at Spooner in February for the returning National Guard 950th Clearance Company. - Photo by Larry Samson

TRIBUTE Wayne Shirley listens as Sarah McCurdy of the Polk County Land Information Department gives him glowing praise for his help in numerous areas of local government during a special retirement party held for Shirley in April.- Photo by Greg Marsten

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Grantsburg Elementary students present a Christmas celebration

by Priscilla Bauer Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG – Grantsburg Elementary students in first through third grades presented a Christmas celebration on Wednesday, Dec. 21, in the high school auditorium under the direction of K-6 music teacher Jenny Spiegel.

A selection of holiday favorites was performed by each of the grades followed by sing-along of traditional carols with family and friends.

The concert finished in festive fashion with all the grades joining together to perform “Merry Christmas Time.”

ABOVE: Grantsburg Elementary students in first through third grades presented a Christmas celebration on Wednesday, Dec. 21, in the high school auditorium under the direction of K-6 music teacher Jenny Spiegel.

RIGHT: Logan Johnson listened for the sounds of the season as he and his classmates performed in the Christmas celebration concert.

Alicia Johnson and Ashlin Olson pondered wintertime fun as their first-grade class performed the song “Snow Day.”

RIGHT: Firstgrader William Blume was having fun waving to the audience during his class performance at the Grantsburg Elementary School Christmas celebration concert.

First-grader Aaron Burkman and his first-grade class sang Photos by “Peaceful Night” during the Christmas celebration concert Priscilla Bauer performed last week by Grantsburg Elementary students.

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LIBRARY NEWS

Balsam Lake Public Library Java January Join us on Mondays and Wednesdays in January, we will have Julia’s Java coffee of the day available.

Story time Bring the little ones to the library for story time every Wednesday at 11 a.m.

Stories, crafts and snacks. All ages welcome to join our lively group.

New computer classes Free computer classes at the library.

Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2 p.m. – Microsoft Word; Thursday, Jan. 5, 2 p.m. – Microsoft Excel; Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2 p.m. – Facebook 1 and 2, and Wednesday, Jan. 18, 6 p.m. – Facebook 1 and 2. Call or e-mail library to reserve your spot 715-485-3215, library@balsamlakepl.org.

Book club Selection for January is “Cannery Row”

by John Steinbeck, “Cannery Row” de-

picts life in a depressed California fishing town, with the story culminating with the owner of a Chinese grocery, ladies in a civic-minded bordello, a household of grown-up delinquents and assorted other characters coming together to give lonely Doc, owner/operator of a marine research facility, a tremendous birthday party.

Book club meets Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 3 p.m. Everyone welcome.

Hours Balsam Lake Library, (under the water tower) at 404 Main St., Balsam Lake.

Hours are Monday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. E-mail: balsamlakepl@ifls.lib.wi.us.

Web site: www.balsamlakepublic library.org., 715-485-3215.

Frederic Library open house The Frederic Library held a holiday open house Thursday evening, Dec. 15, with a program of music and words drawn from the talents of the community. Freya, daughter of Jed Eichel and Sarah Kilgour, worked on a holiday picture. – Photos submitted

St. Croix Falls Public Library Lego Club on the first and third Saturdays in January, February and March It will be held from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Legos provided. Please leave all personal Legos and toys at home. All ages with a parent.

Introductory ASL classes Mondays in January Class will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Preregistration required. Instructor Julie Nelson Hill has been teaching American Sign Language for more than a quarter of a century. Be prepared for a fun learning experience. Classes will be repeated in February.

Computer Café in January Digital cameras: Thursday, Jan. 12, 7 p.m. Learn some tricks and tips. This course is introductory and will focus on camera basics, sharing photos and printing tips. Class limit 10.

Photoshop: Thursday, Jan. 19, 7 p.m.

Intro to Photoshop Elements Adobe Photoshop is an editing tool for creating fantastic photos and videos. The possibilities are endless. This course will be a starter.

Class limit 10.

E-readers: Thursday, Jan. 26, 6:30 p.m.

This class will answer e-book and e-reader questions and demonstrate how to access public library e-books. No class limit.

Individual help for basic computer questions Mondays from 1-3 p.m., bring your own laptop. Check out a library laptop or workstation. Call ahead to ensure availability.

Play Wii at the library Inquire at the circulation desk. A friend of the library donated a brand-new Wii. Used games and accessory donations in good condition are welcome.

Friends of the Library The Friends of the St. Croix Falls Library are looking for new members. Join this dynamic group of library supporters by contacting Loreen Clayton-Morrell at loreenjcm@gmail.com.

Artsy Smartsy authors and illustrators We are pleased to welcome back teach-

ing artist Tiffany Paige Meyer for this amazing visual arts program created exclusively for children ages 3 – 6 and their caregivers. The third Tuesday of each month, through May, participants will take a closer look at some favorite authors and illustrators through books and creative expression at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Croix Falls Public Library. Preregistration is required. Register at the library circulation desk, online or call 715-483-1777. This is a free program. Remember to wear artsmart clothing (dress for mess). See you at the library.

School’s out!

SCFPL’s after-school program for kids age 8-plus. Meet friends, get homework help and hang out at the library on Wednesdays during the school year 3:30 – 5 p.m. Take bus No. 9 down to the library on Wednesday afternoons (with a note from your parent or guardian). Contact Cole czrostlik@stcroixfallslibrary.org for more info and to sign up for updates.

Community meeting room is available for your organization Reserve the meeting room with our online form at www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

Story hour with Cole Listen to stories, create art and have fun with other kids and parents every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.

Check out our Web site It has up-to-date information on what’s happening at the library and other useful library tools you can use at home. www.stcroixfallslibrary.org. Look for us on Facebook. Our newsletter will be out the first week in December.

Technology Free wireless and eight public computers are available at the library. Plus, seven laptops are available for use in the library, but you must have a valid MORE library card in good standing.

Hours The library is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 715-483-1777. Email: scflibrary@stcroixfallslibrary.org Online: www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

Poet Kelly Green read several winter selections from his collections.

Jenna Burton, daughter of Tammy and Paul Zarn and Phil Burton, won prizes for first place in the children’s division and overall popular vote in the first-annual gingerbread house contest, sponsored by the Frederic Public Library.

Frederic students perform at MOA

Members of the Frederic High School and middle school bell choirs and vocal chorus, under the direction of Pat Anderson and Greg Heine, respectively, performed at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., last week, entertaining holiday shoppers at the main rotunda. - Photos by Becky Amundson

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Local 40 and 8 raffle proceeds fund nursing scholarships

by Priscilla Bauer Leader staff writer GRANTSBURG - Marv Oelkers and Lucy Anderson were the lucky winners in the Local 236 of the 40 and 8 group’s annual raffle drawing.

Presenting Oelkers, the $300 winner and Anderson, the $500 winner, with their checks on Wednesday, Dec. 21, were Voyageur Bob Blomgren and Commissaire Intendant and finance officer Don Anderson. Not present was Dan Olson, the $200 winner.

Proceeds from the raffle go to fund the Polk-Burnett Voiture Locale 236’s Nurses Training Scholarship Program.

The 40 and 8 group is an independent fraternal organization of U.S. veterans started in the 1920s in France.

The official name of the organization, La Societe des Quarante Hommes at Huit Chevaux, translates to The Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses, and stems from the transportation of American servicemen to battle on the French narrow gauge railroads called Chemin de Fer. Each railcar was stenciled with the numbers 40/8 to show the cars could hold only 40 men and eight horses.

The boxcars (called voitures) were half the size of American train cars making the train trips uncomfortable and memorable by all those traveling to the trenches via the French railways.

Later, American soldiers took 40/8, as a symbol of their dedicated service and sacrifices in a time of war, whose shared experiences created an everlasting bond between all who fought together.

Today membership in the 40/8 honor society is by invitation for American Legion members who have shown exemplary service, veterans of congressionally recognized wartime periods through their Legion membership.

The group’s two main programs are providing individuals pursuing nursing careers with financial assistance through scholarships, and assisting families and individuals in times of local disasters.

In the case of a local disaster, the group has the ability to step in with immediate financial assistance to victims.

“We would like to thank everyone who purchased raffle tickets,” said Anderson. “Without your support we would not be able to grant these scholarships to deserving nursing students.”

Members of the group encourage students interested in a nursing career to talk with their school guidance counselors for information on 40 and 8 scholarship applications.

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Students of the Week GRANTSBURG

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Gavyn Ellefson has been chosen Luck Elementary School’s student of the week. Gavyn works hard on math and loves to write Wormy and SpongeBob stories. At home he lives on a dairy farm with his three brothers and enjoys riding dirt bike and snowmobile. He has a dog named Cooper. He loves sports, especially football and basketball.

His classmates describe him as helpful and funny.

Adam Menke has been chosen Frederic Middle School’s student of the week. He is in fifth grade and the son of Judy and Jim Menke.

Adam enjoys playing football with his friends. He is involved in wrestling, football, soccer and baseball. His favorite subjects in school are English and math. He wants to join the military when he grows up or play football.

Hannah Smestad has been chosen Grantsburg Middle School’s student of the week. She is in fourth grade and the daughter of Janelle and Corey Smestad.

Hannah has a sparkle in her eye and a wonderful smile. She puts forth her best work on everything she does. Hannah loves learning new things. She connects what she has learned at school with things at home. She is also friendly and works well with other students in class.

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Maddie Joy has been chosen Luck Middle School’s student of the week. She is in eighth grade and the daughter of Angie and Roy Joy. Maddie is takes time to help others, works hard at her studies and is always prepared for class. She is involved in band, choir, basketball, softball, volleyball and track. She enjoys sports, swimming, reading and tubing.

Her greatest influences in her life are her parents.

Summer Johnson has been chosen Luck High School’s student of the week. She is a senior and the daughter of Scott and Karen Johnson. Summer is a very cooperative, energetic and kind individual. She is involved in FFA, vice president and past president, shows cattle at county and state fair, dairy judging and an active member of her church.

She enjoys tractor pulling, farming and showing cattle. Her greatest influence is her dad.

Jayd Parks has been chosen St. Croix Falls Middle School’s student of the week. She is in fifth grade and the daughter of Jessica and Donny Parks. She has one brother. Her pets include two dogs, one cat and chickens. She is involved in volleyball and softball. She enjoys riding fourwheeler, dirt bike and horse, cooking, baking and fishing. Jayd is a good student. She is conscientious and has a very bubbly personality.

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Rylee Nelson has been chosen Siren Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in second grade and is the daughter of Keith and Jaime Nelson. Rylee is a very bright student and she excels in all subject areas. Whenever given suggestions, or pushed to go above and beyond, she does so happily. She tries hard and takes pride in her work. Rylee is also extremely respectful, responsible, and safe. She listens attentively in class, follows directions and is kind to others.

Josiah Wegner has been chosen Siren Middle School’s student of the week. He is in eighth grade and the son of David and Janis Wegner.

Josiah is very attentive to and always participates in class discussions. He is a positive role model among his peers. His favorite subject is math. At this point, Josiah plans to attend the Air Force Academy after high school, and then go to work for NASA.

Kaylene Johnson has been chosen Siren High School’s student of the week. She is a senior and the daughter of Calvin and Karen Johnson. Kaylene is interested in medicine. She works very hard in the classroom and is a member of NHS.

Haylee Olson has been chosen Webster Elementary School’s student of the week. She is the daughter of Jason Olson and Kimberly Erickson. Haylee enjoys learning about Letterland and listening to stories. She loves playing in the kitchen area and on the computer. When Haylee grows up she wants to be a first-grader.

Lexi Symond has been chosen Webster Middle School’s student of the week. She is in sixth grade and the daughter of Joyce Cook and Craig Symond. Lexi has a strong work ethic which produces quality work. Lexi is very well-mannered, has a fun sense of humor and starts each day with a smile. She is involved in 4-H, Awana and takes piano lessons. Her interests include reading, writing stories and horses.

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Shiara Rainey has been chosen Unity Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in fourth grade and the daughter of Jennifer Williams. Shiara is a terrific young lady. She tries very hard at all her subjects and is kind to everyone. She is respectful and demonstrates self-control in the classroom. Shiara’s beautiful smile brings joy to others.

Jacob Eichelt has been chosen Unity Middle School’s student of the week. He is in fifth grade and the son of Tonya and Eric Eichelt.

Jacob is very positive and works very hard. He is always prepared and respectful. Jacob participates in class and does a fine job of completing his work in a timely manner.

Chelsea Larson has been chosen Webster High School’s student of the week. She is a senior and the daughter of John and Wendy Larson. Chelsea has a very positive effect on the school and in the classroom. She is compassionate and mature and displays great character and leadership. She is involved in choir, Girl Scouts, American Legion Auxiliary, student council, NHS, volleyball, basketball and track. She enjoys baking.

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CHURCH NEWS/OBITUARIES Eternal

Perspectives Sally Bair

Vows and resolves One universal New Year’s custom is making New Year’s resolutions. Most of us have resolved in the past to diet, exercise, finish a project, quit smoking or spend less money. Perhaps 2012 can become a year of starting other habits—like giving back, sharing with others some of the blessings we’ve received.

We can resolve to volunteer at a shelter, a thrift store, nursing home or school. Churches and libraries are helpful in finding the right spot for us.

Perhaps we can increase our giving. If not, we can donate items we no longer use to a thrift shop. Food shelves always welcome gifts of nonperishable food, too. Another way to give is to save our change for dropping into local donation boxes.

Ever thought about going on a short-term mission trip? It’s wonderfully rewarding, and the opportunities surround us. A few years ago the Katrina hurricane alone brought in hundreds of mission groups wanting to help clean up the mess, feed the homeless, rebuild homes and read to the children.

Who doesn’t need a snail-mail note of cheer, encouragement or hope? Setting aside part of an afternoon to write a note to someone who’s going through a tough time is a great habit to start this year. Better yet, pay them a visit.

We don’t want to leave God out of our new resolves.

Spending a half hour with God in his Word and in prayer has many benefits.

Some say there is magic in the number three. Perhaps choosing three new habits is a good start. We can make a list of things to do for others, for ourselves and for the Lord, and then resolve to do three items. That’s enough to keep us occupied, yet few enough so we’re not overwhelmed. Like any habits, we go through cycles of progress and regress. But we should never give up. I’ve heard that if you continue with a new habit for 21 days, it will last. This new year offers us 365 days to develop one, three or more beneficial habits in our lives.

The best news is that with each new resolve, God promises to help us succeed. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:4) The Bible is filled with verses about the benefits of making good choices, of persevering as we follow through, and of trusting God to strengthen our resolves.

Thank you, Lord, for blessing us with a new year, a new day in which to choose good habits that will bless you and others. Help us choose wisely and persevere in doing them.

In Jesus’ name, amen.

Bair may be reached at sallybair@gmail.com.

Robert “Hot Shot" Roy Belisle Sr. Robert “Hot Shot” Roy Belisle Sr., (Zhiingwak), 66, a resident of Webster, died Dec. 16, 2011, at Spooner Health System Hospital.

Robert was born on March 27, 1945, in the Town of Sand Lake to Louis and Virginia Belille. Robert worked for Tribal Construction as a handyman.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents; his spiritual wife, Mildred; brothers, Charlie and Richard; sisters, Margaret and Nyla.

He is survived by his children, Rosetta (Rick) Garbow, Theresa (Dwight) Kraemer, Robert Roy Belisle Jr. and Joe Belisle; grandchildren, Autumn, Tina, Jasmine, Sebastian and Saidee; great-grandchildren, Tai, Milly and Alanya; his brothers, Myron (Diane) Belisle and Duane (Velores) Taylor; along with other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 20, at the Hertel Tribal Center with David Maabin Merrill officiating.

Interment followed at the Sand Lake Cemetery. Casket bearers were Anthony Pewaush, Dwight Kraemer, Brandon Belisle, Bryan Belisle, Gary Stoner, Andrew Bearheart, Bill Merrill and Richard Larson. Honorary casket bearers were Klayton Drew, Jason Belisle, Maabin, Clifford “Chase” Old Chief, Babe Butler and Sebastian Belisle. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

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

Geraldine “Gerry” Mae Burnikel Geraldine “Gerry” Mae Burnikel, 88, left us to be with the Lord on Dec. 26, 2011.

She was born in Siren on July 8, 1923, to William and Alma (Hanson) Ellis, as the youngest of four children.

She graduated from high school as a valedictorian. She then moved to Minneapolis, Minn., where she worked for the Dayton Company in auditing.

In August 1943, she married her sweetheart, Roger “Pete” Burnikel at the Minnehaha Methodist Church in Minneapolis.

They moved to Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1964, where she worked for the city of Twin Falls (water department) and later at the Professional Answering Service and A.V.I. (airport), always as a bookkeeper.

Her favorite pastimes were drinking coffee, filling out crossword puzzles, reading magazines, eating chocolate and taking naps.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Pete in 1999; and brothers, Russell and Raymond; and sister, Gladys.

She is survived by her four children, Tom (Sue) Burnikel, Mary Hoff, Gail (Kim) McHenry, all of Twin Falls, and Buck (Cheryl) Burnikel of Burley; also her grandchildren, Marc and Brian Burnikel, Robyn Lund, Amy Hardin, Breanna McBride, Julie Pizarro, Erin McHenry-Trimble and Jacob McHenry; 11 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-granddaughters and one on the way.

Gratitude is extended to the Cenoma House for their loving care and concern, and also River Ridge Alzheimer’s Unit.

Visitation will be at Rosenau Funeral Home, on Thursday, Dec. 29, from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral service will be held at Rosenau Funeral Home Friday, Dec. 30, at 3 p.m. Family and friends are encouraged to share their memories at www.rosenaufuneralhome.com.

The Rosenau Funeral Home, Twin Falls, Idaho, was entrusted with arrangements.

“The birth of Jesus” at Georgetown Lutheran The Georgetown Lutheran Church, Fox Creek, performed their Christmas program, “The Birth of Jesus,” Sunday, Dec. 18. Performers shown are back (L to R): Aidan Hansen, Josh Gorne, Bridget Bergmann, Briana Peterson, Mikayla Peper, Courtney Glenna, Joe Larson, Hunter Chitty, Paige Jones and Krista Jensen. Middle row: Joe Glenna, Zachary Peterson, Joseph Hubbell, Wyatt Bergmann, Payton Larson, Andrew Frendt, Evan Robinson, Vincent Cloutier and Cedric Cloutier. Front row: Trinity Beauvais, Aidan Freer, Hailey Beauvais, Ava Mattson, Aunia Mattson and Joshua Hubbell. Missing: Dawson Jensen, Kooper Klugow and Linnea Freer. – Photo submitted

Harry Dewey Rudisell Harry Dewey Rudisell, 92, passed away on Dec. 21, 2011, at the Burnett Medical Center in Grantsburg.

Harry was born on Sept. 11, 1919, at Sunrise, Minn., to Edna and Robert Rudisill. When he was 9 years old, his family moved to Siren after purchasing 10 acres of land one mile south of town. On Oct. 5, 1940, Harry married Edna Nyberg at the parsonage of the Rev. and Mrs. Everson in Atlas. To this union two daughters, Kathy and Jean, were born.

Edna and Harry first lived on the tract of land that Harry owned in Siren. In 1944, the family moved to the Mauritz Daniels farm. A year later, the family moved to the Ole Helland farm. Besides farming, Harry hauled milk for 45 farmers. He also bought and sold cattle and machinery. After moving and living on that farm for a year, they moved back to their first home south of Siren.

Following the war, Harry was employed seasonally in the construction industry operating bulldozers, rock crushers, draglines and backhoes for 20 years. He helped build the Siren airport. He was a proud member of Local 49 Operating Engineers. In later years, Harry plowed snow for many customers.

In 1947, Harry built six small rental properties and remodeled another building into apartments. Many of the renters became almost “family” to Harry, Edna and the girls. Some of the men living in the rental houses enjoyed working alongside Harry in his workshop. Welding and woodworking were two of his specialties. He invented and modified tools and equipment which made his work easier to perform. Harry was very involved in remodeling the Siren Methodist Church. Two of his undertakings were repairing the steeple and building the base for the altar. Townspeople would often stop by his workshop when they needed assistance in repairing their vehicles and various other items. During his spare time, he built furniture for Kathy, Jean and relatives. He built large playhouses for his grandchildren. In later years, he hauled firewood to Minneapolis and brought back used furniture to sell to many area residents.

While the family was growing up, they had many good times together. In the summer, most weekends were spent partaking in water activities on nearby Clear Lake.

In the winter, Harry would pull Kathy and Jean on skis behind his tractor. Harry was never a minimalist when it came to camping. He enjoyed the comforts of home in the great outdoors. Often two vehicles were necessary to transport the necessary equipment. Harry was very sociable and enjoyed the companionship of his neighbors in the campgrounds. The family also traveled by automobile to Yellowstone Park, Glacier National Park, the Black Hills and Arizona.

In the late 1970s, Harry and Edna traveled to Arizona, Texas and Florida during the winter months. Harry and Edna purchased a small house in Zephyrhills, Fla., in the early 1980s. Harry spent many enjoyable winters renovating their winter home. Family and friends would often come to visit them.

Harry was preceded in death by his wife, Edna; his sisters, Dorothy Ward and Laverne Taylor.

He is survived by his sisters, Rosie Fenne and Joan Shiell; children, Kathy (Jim) Helland of Webster; Jean (Paul) Elliott of Lino Lakes, Minn.; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 27, at the Siren Methodist Church with Pastor Cook officiating. Interment was at the Lakeview Cemetery, Siren. Pallbearers were John Elliiott, Mark Mossman, Mitchell Mossman, Kirk Staggert, Mark Fenne, Mike Fenne and Mitchell Fenne. Music was provided by Rich and Kathy Hutchison. Lunch was served by the United Methodist Women.

Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com. Memorials can be sent to the Siren United Methodist Church building fund which was one of Harry’s passions.

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

Ardyce Kiekhoefer Ardyce Kiekhoefer, 88, of Oakdale, Minn., formerly of Siren, became a Christmas angel on Dec. 25, 2011.

She was preceded in death by husband, August Sr.; stepchildren, Jerry and Joan; grandson, Daniel; sons-inlaw, James and Charles; and her parents and siblings. She is survived by children, Augie (Judy), Barb Kuehn (John) and Donna Sergot; daughter-in-law, Carol; 19 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren; three sisters and many nieces and nephews.

Memorial service was held Wednesday, Dec. 28, at the House of Prayer Lutheran Church, 6039 40th St. North, Oakdale, Minn.. Interment at Hillside Cemetery of Somerset. Memorials preferred.

The Sandberg Funeral and Cremation, www.sandbergfuneralhome.com, North St. Paul, Minn., was entrusted with arrangements.

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John “Jack” Crotty John “Jack” Crotty, 73, Danbury, died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011.

Funeral service will be Friday, Dec. 30, at 10:30 a.m., with visitation from 9-10:30 a.m., at Beebe Mortuary, 112 W 3rd St. New Richmond. Interment will follow at 2 p.m. at the Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spooner. A full obituary will be published at a later date.

Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

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

Thomas John Lahners Thomas John Lahners, 80, Falun, died Dec. 19, 2011, at the Frederic Nursing Home.

He was born Jan. 5, 1931, in Grantsburg, the son of Frank and Pearl (Melquist) Lahners. He grew up in the Freya, Karlsborg and Falun areas. A 1949 Grantsburg High School graduate, Tom served in the Air Force from 1951-1955. He then took a job as a finance officer in Minneapolis, Minn., retiring in 1993 from Wells Fargo. He later worked at the Inter-County Leader in Frederic, where he retired in 2007.

Tom enjoyed visiting with family and friends and was the “go-to-guy” for questions on family and community history. He never missed a birthday or Christmas card for his relatives.

He was preceded in death by his father; mother; stepmother, Alice; brother, Kenneth; sisters, Adeline Johnson and Beverly Twingstrom; and niece, Sandy Dunker.

He is survived by his nephews, Wayne Johnson, Tom Johnson, Kurt Lahners and Kenneth Lahners; nieces, Janet Blum, Donna Floren, Nancy Hunter and Kristin Lahners; uncle, Eddie Melquist; many cousins and other relatives.

Services were held at Edling Funeral Home, Grantsburg, on Monday, Dec. 26, with interment at the Grantsburg Cemetery.

The Edling Funeral Home, Grantsburg, was entrusted with arrangements.

Larry John Mulroy Larry John Mulroy, 71, Webster, passed away peacefully on Dec. 15, 2011, at Spooner Health System Hospital surrounded by family after a long fight with cancer.

Larry was born on March 7, 1940, to John and Mamie (Revor) Mulroy. He worked as an electrician. Larry married Carol Haaf on Dec. 23, 1961. Together they raised four children of their own and were foster parents to many other children over the years. He lived a fulfilling life as a family man and enjoyed hunting and fishing.

Larry was preceded in death by his parents; siblings, Pete Mulroy, Maddie Scott, Arlean Thayer and Kathy Connors; children, Troy and Katy Mulroy; and grandson, Gage Mulroy.

He is survived by his devoted wife, Carol; children, Mark, Laurie and Tim Mulroy; siblings, Ruth Swanson, Margaret Simonson, Dorothy Mulroy, Donald and Patty Nefs; 12 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and many more family and friends.

Celebration of life will be held at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home of Webster, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, at 11 a.m., with Pastor Steve Ward officiating. Visitation will be held from 10 – 11 a.m. on Saturday at the funeral home. Lunch will follow at Hunters Inn on CTH A in Webster. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

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

Donald J. Nordquist

Paul Netland, 74, Centuria/Long Lake, died Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, at the Mayo Health Care System in Rochester, Minn. The service is currently being planned.

For updated information, please visit www.kolstadfamilyfuneralhome.com or call the Kolstad Family Funeral Home at 715-646-2200.

Donald J. Nordquist, 73, Shell Lake, died Friday, Dec. 23, 2011, at Westfields Hospital in New Richmond.

He was born Aug. 21, 1938, in Siren, to Victor and Hulda (Larson) Nordquist.

He graduated from Siren High in 1956.

In 1961, he was called into service by the U.S. Army and served until honorably discharged in 1963. He was married in Hertel on May 18, 1963, to Lida Mangelsen. He owned and operated Don’s TV Shop from 1970 until he was hired full-time as a rural letter carrier in Frederic. He retired to Hertel and worked part time for Larsen’s Auto in Frederic. Don will be remembered for his quick wit, infectious grin and his ability to make even strangers, not to mention friends and family, always know they mattered. He was truly a blessing.

He is survived by his wife, Lida, Shell Lake; daughters Joleen (Richard) Funk, Dresser, and Janice (James) Schott, Frederic; grandchildren Rick (Angela) Funk, Centuria, Robb Funk, New Richmond, Randi Funk, Dresser, Caleb Schott, Frederic and Hannah Schott, Frederic; brother Roy Nordquist, Hugo, Minn.; sisters Frances England, Siren, Doris (Les) Brackin, Roseville, Minn., and Bernice Johnson, Bloomington, Minn.; and brother-in-law Roy Fahland, Wyoming, Minn.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 27, at Faith Lutheran Church, Spooner, with the Rev. Jody Walter and the Rev. Brent Berkesch officiating. Burial was in Lakeview Cemetery, Hertel. Pallbearers were Earl Joslyn, Tom England, Jerry Nelson, Todd Bosch, Jim England and Dick Fahland. Military honors accorded by Wisconsin Military Honors Team and the Shell Lake Honor Guard.

The Skinner Funeral Home, Shell Lake, was entrusted with arrangements.

Arvid Theodore Friberg Jr. Arvid Theodore Friberg Jr., 86, West Sweden, departed for the Pearly Gates early in the morning of Dec. 19, 2011.

He was born Dec. 9, 1925, in the Frederic Hospital. Arvid was the fifth of 11 children of Arvid T. Friberg Sr. and his mother was Freda Friberg. He gained a new mother, Ruth (Brown) Friberg, after his mother, Freda, died when he was 5.

Arvid graduated from Frederic High School in 1943 and married Marjorie Soderberg of West Sweden on Sept. 28, 1946.

Arvid was an avid dairy farmer his entire life, and his most cherished hobby was dairy farming.

Arvid is survived by his wife, Marjorie, of 65 years; children, Jay (Ellen), Kay (Joy) and Daniel (Kathy); grandchildren, Peter (Kristal), Heidi (Nathan) Stone, Andrea (Mark) Lundberg, Jacob (Lindsey), Sarah, Karin and Christian; great-grandchildren, Tino, Koral, Ezekiel, Abigail and Cecil and one sister-in-law, Francis Soderberg Jackson. He is also survived by sisters Carol (Tom) Sawyer, Jane (Richard) Job and brother, Jim (Shirley) Michaels; and many beloved nieces, nephews, cousins, family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Arlene (Iver) Peterson, Eloise (Quinton) Olson, Marian Friberg, Mertys (Kay) Kyle and Ivah Marie Holcom; and brothers, Roger Friberg and Dallas (Marlene) Friberg.

Funeral services were held Thursday, Dec. 22, at Calvary Covenant Church in Alpha, with the Rev. Scott Sagle officiating. Music was provided by Lindsey Friberg and Jerry Baxter with Glory Train.

Interment took place at West Sweden Cemetery following the church service and lunch. Pallbearers assisting were Joe Chouinard, Leonard Knauber, Peter Friberg, Mark Lundberg, Jacob Friberg and Christian Friberg.

Online condolences may be left at www.rowefh.com.

Please continue to check the Web site for updated information or call Bruce Rowe at 715-327-4475.

Rowe Funeral Home of Frederic was entrusted with funeral arrangements.

Dorothy Maye (Josephson) Barton

Dorothy Maye (Josephson) Barton, 84, passed away peacefully Dec. 20, 2011, at the Comforts of Home in Frederic.

Dorothy was born on June 24, 1927, in Amery, to David and Anna Josephson and grew up in rural Deer Park. She attended Liberty School in rural Black Brook and Clear Lake High School.

Dorothy was a bookkeeper at a large bank in Minneapolis, Minn., for many years before moving to Milltown.

She was preceded in death by her twin sister, Doris Butler; sister, Helen Farber; three brothers, Marvin, James and Laverne; and her husband, Don Barton.

She is survived by her brother, Herbert (Farryl) Josephson of Grantsburg; and many nieces and nephews.

Dorothy was a member of the Milltown Lutheran Church. She was very active in the local Bridge clubs and will be missed by family and friends as the feisty old gal.

Private interment will be at the Fort Snelling Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minn.

Online condolences may be left at www.rowefh.com or www.wicremationcenter.com.

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I never knew how much I’d grieve When it was time for you to leave, Or just how much my heart would ache From that one fragment you would take.

God lets this tender hole remain Reminding me we’ll meet again, And one day all the pain will cease When He restores this missing piece.

He’ll turn to joy my every tear With thoughts of you I hold so dear, And they’ll become my special way To treasure our Reunion Day.

Sadly Missed By His Loving Family

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Jerry Lee Torgerud Sr., (Oshkiinini), 72, a resident of Webster, died Dec. 21, 2011, at the American Heritage Care Center in Hammond.

Jerry was born on May 5, 1939, in La Crosse to Roy and Gladys Torgerud.

He was preceded in death by his parents; loving wife, Betty; son, Alan; sister, Dorothy and brothers, Bob, Lucky, Dave and Dick.

He is survived by his close, loving companion Laurie; son Jerry Lee Jr.; daughter Dawn Toth; stepson Jeff; grandchildren Jeff, Cameron and Jessica; his brothers, Don and Bill (Pat); along with numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and dear friends.

Funeral services were held Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, at the Danbury Tribal Hall. Interment followed at the Danbury Cemetery. Casket bearers were Andy Mihaly, Perry Staples, Robin Williams, Dennis Staples, Dave Staples and Rick Garbow. Honorary casket bearers were Tommy Torgerud and Rick Torgerud. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

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

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CHURCH NEWS Consider making lasting change this New Year Q: What is the secret to keeping New Year’s resolutions? Do they ever work?

Juli: In the month of January, the gyms are filled, health food flies off the shelves and the consumption of vices decreases as people temporarily change their habits. But by February, almost every resolution has been broken. I’m sure a few people every year manage to get in shape, stop smoking, read through the Bible and become better parents.

What’s the secret? Some would say discipline, accountability and choosing reasonable goals. Those are certainly important ingredients to lasting change.

But I think the secret is something very different: motivation.

I’ve seen very few people change important habits in their lives starting on Jan. 1. When the beginning of a fresh, new year prompts the desire for growth, the motivation goes only as deep as the calendar. When people truly revolutionize an area of their lives, it is because they begin to confront pain. I’m not speaking of the temporary pain of a hangover or a fight with your spouse. I’m referring to the pain of looking in the mirror and asking, “What am I doing with my life?”

Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Juli Slattery

Change comes when we recognize at the deepest level that the way we’re currently living is causing pain for us and for others. Ironically, most of our bad habits are ways of escaping pain. Addictions like smoking and overeating temporarily relieve anxiety. Explosive anger and avoidance are attempts to avoid the agony of abandonment and rejection.

You will change when you realize that the pain of your coping is more destructive than the pain you’re avoiding. And you will change when you realize that there’s hope for healing. Focus on the Family exists to point you to that hope found in trusting God and his design for family and restoration. If you’re ready for change and think we can help, call us at 800-A-FAMILY. ••• Q: My wife believes all three of our kids need cell phones in order to keep connected with us. But only one of them, our daughter, is even old enough to drive. Is this a good idea?

Jim: A cell phone hardly seems like a necessity for an 8-year-old. But if your daughter has reached the age of 16 and not yet begged you for a phone, I’m impressed!

There’s certainly value in having your family connected via phone once your kids enter the high school years. Knowing your daughter is just a phone call or a text away can bring peace of mind. For this reason alone, we’d recommend that you allow her to get a phone.

Of course, she’ll be using it for more than just emergencies or checking in.

While many teens avoid using their phones for nefarious purposes, they do end up simply wasting a lot of time texting, Facebooking and so on. And there are genuine dangers, as well. You need to warn your daughter about harmful activities such as “sexting,” or talking or texting while driving. One way to avoid some of this would be to go the ultracheap route – either getting a voice-only plan (no data options for texting or the Web), or even finding a used “emergencies only” phone that can dial 911, without purchasing a calling plan.

Whether you get a phone only for your daughter or for every child in the family, you’ll need to lay down some ground rules. Will the kids help cover the cost of your plan? If there are monthly limits on

talking and texting, how will they be penalized if those limits are exceeded?

Make sure the rules are laid out in advance, as well as the consequences for breaking those rules. Help your kids understand that having a phone is a privilege that can be revoked if it is abused.

••• Jim Daly is president of Focus on the Family, host of the Focus on the Family radio program, and a husband and father of two. Dr. Juli Slattery is a licensed psychologist, cohost of Focus on the Family, author of several books, and a wife and mother of three. Submit your questions to: FocusOnTheFamily.com.

Copyright 2011 Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, CO 80995. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Distributed by Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St. Kansas City, MO 64106; 816-581-7500.

This feature may not be reproduced or distributed electronically, in print or otherwise, without written permission of Focus on the Family.

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Webster Area Catholic Churches Webster

Webster United Methodist Church invites children to Sunday school WEBSTER – The congregation of Grace United Methodist Church is pleased to be starting a youth Sunday school class on Sunday, Jan. 8. Children of all ages are invited to attend on Sundays from 9:15 to

10:15 a.m., at the church located at 26503 Muskey Ave., one block west of Hwy. 35 in Webster.

Retired elementary schoolteacher Wendy Schmidt will be the lead teacher

for the program, using the curriculum “All-in-One Sunday School” by Lois Keffer. There is no cost and snacks will be provided.

The United Methodist Church cele-

brates “open minds, open hearts, open doors.” They invite you to worship with them at 10:30 a.m. Sundays with coffee fellowship before and after the service. – submitted

Church listings sponsored by the following area businesses: BREMER BANK, N.A. Full-Service Banking Member FDIC Frederic - Danbury - Siren

DAEFFLER’S QUALITY MEATS, INC. Wholesale & Retail Meats Custom Butchering & Processing Phone 715-327-4456

NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN ELECTRIC CO.

“Your Electric Servant” Serving Polk & Burnett Counties “Use Energy Wisely”

CARLSON-ROWE FUNERAL HOME

Frederic, Wis. 715-327-4475 Duane Lindh

HAULING

INTER-COUNTY CO-OP PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION

• Gravel • Sand • Rock • Top Soil • Trackhoe 715-472-2717 Mobile 715-491-1861 1065 290th Ave. Frederic, Wis.

Frederic, Wis. - 715-327-4236 Shell Lake, Wis. - 715-468-2314 Siren, Wis. - 715-349-2560 St. Croix Falls, Wis. - 715-483-9008

• Gravel • Sand • Rock • Topsoil • Track Hoe 715-554-0526 Frederic, Wis.

Printers & Publishers Office Supplies

STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES

Corey T. Arnold, Agent Frederic, Wis. Phone 715-327-8076

BEAN’S COUNTRY GRIDDLE Hwys. 35 & 48 Downtown Frederic Phone 715-327-5513

R&S TRUCKING

LUCK VAN METER’S MEATS

Government Inspected Slaughtering and Processing, Sausage making • Ham & Bacon Cured & Smoked Sides and Quarters of Beef and Pork Available Old-fashioned Fresh Meat Counter Tim Van Meter and Ross Anderson, Owners Luck, WI 54853 Plant 715-472-2141

WEBSTER

ALPHA

CUSHING

CASHCO BUILDING SUPPLIES

BASS LAKE LUMBER

CUSHING COOPERATIVE SOCIETY

Complete Lumber & Building Supplies

Phone 715-866-4238 Hwy. 35 N. Webster, Wis. Tom & Becky O’Brien, Owners

HOPKINS SAND & GRAVEL, INC.

Sand, Gravel, Ready-Mix, Concrete, Black Dirt, Dozer Work, Landscaping & Septic Tanks Installed

• Complete Line of Building Supplies & Lumber • Cabot’s Stains Grantsburg, Wis. 715-488-2471 or 715-327-8766

BURNETT DAIRY CO-OP 1988 World Champion Cheesemaker Earl Wilson, Cheese Plant Mgr. Dan Dowling, Ag. Supply Mgr. for Feed, Propane & Fertilizer Alpha, Wis. 715-689-2468 715-689-2467

Feed Mill - Grain Dept.

Cushing, Wis. 715-648-5215

WILD RIVER FLAGS Jerry & Pat Willits 2815 285th Ave. Sterling Township St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-488-2729

Hwy. 35 North Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-4157 M.P.R.S. #03059

SWEDBERG-TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-7131

SIREN

Churches 6/11

FREDERIC

OLSEN & SON

Your Full-Service Drugstore Siren, Wis. Phone 715-349-2221

D & L FINANCIAL SERVICES 10022 Elbow Lake Road Siren, Wis. 54872 715-689-2539

Any area business wishing to help sponsor the church listings should contact the Leader at 715-327-4236.

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Church Directory ADVENTIST

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - FREDERIC

609 Benson Road; Pastor Curtis Denney Sat. Worship 11 a.m.; Sabbath Schl. 9:30 a.m.

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY

1259 Hwy. 35 S., St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship: 9 & 11 a.m.

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH

Meeting in homes.

Elder: Cliff Bjork, 715-755-3048 Sun. Fellowship - 10 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

LUTHERAN

LUTHERAN

BALSAM LUTHERAN CHURCH

1115 Mains Crossing, 1/2 Mile South Hwy. 8 On 110th St.; Sun. Worship 9 a.m.; Sun. School 10:15 a.m.

Wed. Bible Study 8:30 a.m.; Wed. LOGOS 3:20 p.m.

BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN (WELS)

Gene E. Jahnke, Pastor, 715-635-7672, Hm. 715-354-7787, Hwy. 70 at 53, Spooner Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School & Bible Classes For All - 10:45 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - BRANSTAD

Pastor Jay Ticknor, 715-463-5746 3 miles So. of Grantsburg on Hwy. 87 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - SIREN

Hwy. 35, 1/2 blk. N. Main St. Interim Pastor Keith Rediske Pastoral Serv. 715-349-5280 Sun. School 8:15 a.m.; Sun. Worship - 9:30 a.m.

BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws

Pastor Peter Rimmereid, 715-755-2562 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Sunday Contemporary Service 8:30 a.m.; Education Hour 9:45 a.m. (Starts 9/18/11); Sunday Traditional Service 10:45 a.m.

BONE LAKE LUTHERAN bllc@lakeland.ws

Pastor Mary Ann Bowman, 5 mi. E. of Luck on Hwy. 48, 1/2 mi. S. on I; Office - 715-472-2535 Pastor - 715-472-8153, 8:45 a.m. Prayer; 9 a.m. Sun. Schl. & Adult Bible Study; 10:30 a.m. Worship; 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

CHRIST LUTHERAN (LCMS)

Pipe Lake CTH G & T, 715-822-3096 Pastor Steve Miller Sun. Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. during schl. yr.; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sun. www.christlutheranpipelake.com

CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 www.clamfalls-zion-aalcparish.net Communion 1st Sun.; Worship 10:15 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

FAITH LUTHERAN - BALSAM LAKE

faithlutheran@lakeland.ws Pastor Diane Norstad 715-485-3800; CTH I & Mill Street Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:20 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & last Sundays

FAITH LUTHERAN - GRANTSBURG

Pastor Victor St. George, 715-463-5388 Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

FIRST EVAN. LUTHERAN

561 Chestnut St., Taylors Falls, MN 651-465-5265 Traditional Worship - 8:30 a.m.; Contemporary Worship - 11 a.m.

FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl, 715-648-5323 or 715-648-5324 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.

FRISTAD LUTHERAN - CENTURIA

ELCA - 501 Hwy. 35, 715-646-2357, Mel Rau, Pastor Sun. Wor. & Holy Communion - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:40 a.m.

GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rt. 1, Balsam Lake, WI (Fox Creek) Pastor Neal Weltzen; GT Office - 715-857-5580, Parsonage - 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wors. Serv. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m.; Holy Communion - 1st Sun. of each month

GRACE LUTHERAN - WEST SWEDEN

Phone 715-327-4340, 715-416-3086, 715-327-8384 Pastor Theresa Riewestahl Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC

(Missouri Synod) Pastor Jody R. Walter, 715-327-8608 Sun. Schl. - 8:45 a.m.; Service - 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st, 3rd & 5th Sun.

LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTH. - ELCA

CTH H, 1/2 mi. N. of CTH A & H on H Church Off. 715-635-7791 Pastor Bill Schroeder Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Sun. Worship 10 a.m.

LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl Sun. Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:30 a.m.

LUCK LUTHERAN

510 Foster Ave. E. Pastor Ralph Thompson Office 715-472-2605; Home 715-472-8424 Sun. Wor. 8 &10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl 9 a.m.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN

113 W. Main St.. W., Phone 715-825-2453 Pastor Nanette Hagen-Hinck Children’s Sunday Schl. 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays; 9:15 a.m. Sunday Worship

NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH

Pastor Emory Johnson, 715-463-5700 www.newhopelutheranchurch.org 685 W. State Road 70, Grantsburg Sun. Wor. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN

Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “G” Sun. Wor. - 9:15 a.m.; Wed. Wor. 6:30 p.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER

METHODIST

METHODIST

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST GRANTSBURG

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Worship - 9 a.m.; Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

DANBURY UNITED METHODIST

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Gerald Heinecke Church Phone 715-866-7191 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10:30 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

Holytrinity@wisconsinumc.org 1606 165th Ave., CTH I, Centuria Pastor Freddie Kirk, 715-485-3363 Pastor Tammy Clausen Sunday Worship - 8:30 a.m.

PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA)

LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL

2355 Clark Road, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2515 Web site: plcdresser.org Pastor Wayne Deloach, Intern Melissa Carmack Sun. Wor. 8:30 & 11 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:35 a.m.

PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA)

Interim Pastor Andrew Hinwood 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sun. Worship - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org

REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN

(Wisconsin Synod) Pastor Gene DeVries 200 N. Adams St., St. Croix Falls Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 8:30 a.m.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod)

350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Worship - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LCMC

1614 CTH B, North Luck, Pastor Rob Lubben Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.

Contact Leslie Valentine, 715-646-2390; E-mail: leslie56@centurytel.net

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN

(Missouri Synod) 140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA

Pastor Jack Starr Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour

LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST Tom Cook, Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Worship 11 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m.

Potluck dinner 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST

oumc@centurytel.net 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor Mark Gilbert Adult Class - 8:30 a.m.; Sunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st Sunday

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m.

Sunday School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC

Pastor Arveda “Freddie” Kirk, 715-327-4436 Pastor Tammy Clausen Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

SIREN UNITED METHODIST

Tom Cook, Pastor Sunday School 9 a.m.

Worship - 10:15 a.m. (Nursery available)

10 mi. W. of Cumberland on Hwy. 48 (McKinley) - Pastor Neal Weltzin GT Office 715-857-5580, Parsonage 715-8223001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st Sunday

TAYLORS FALLS UNITED METHODIST

TRINITY LUTHERAN LCMS, DANBURY

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship - 8:15 a.m.

Pastor Gerald Heinecke Home 715-327-8608; Church 715-866-7191 Sunday Worship Service - 8 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN

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

COVENANT

COVENANT

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA

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

Communion -Every Sunday

Pastor Scott Sagle, 715-689-2541 Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Worship 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA

Pastor Dave Guertin 7686 Lofty Pines Drive, Siren, 715-349-5601 Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sunday Worship 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.; Summer, 9 a.m.

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN

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

Fellowship 11 a.m.

WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rev. Rexford D. Brandt 447 180th St., Osceola, 715-294-2936 Sun. Wor. 8 & 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN

1/2 mi. W. of Hwy. 35 on U, 715-866-8281, Pastors Douglas Olson, Roger Kampstra and Myron Carlson Services begin at 9:30 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (LCMC)

5 miles E. of Frederic on W, 2 miles south on I; Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - EAST FARMINGTON (WELS ) Pastor Martin Weigand - 715-294-3489 Sunday Schl. 9 a.m.; Bible Class 9:30 a.m.

Worship Serv. 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st & Last Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE

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

Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE

Pastor Theresa Riewestahl 715-327-8384, 715-416-3086 Fellowship - 10:30 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

PRESBYTERIAN

PRESBYTERIAN

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

Rev. Bruce Brooks - 715-483-3550 719 Nevada St. , (between Simonson & Tower Roads) , St. Croix Falls Worship - 10 a.m. (Nursery provided) Sun. Schl. - Child.- 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - Adults 8:45 a.m.; Communion 1st Sunday

SIREN COVENANT

UNITED COVENANT - CLEAR LAKE

Pastor Dan Pearson Sunday School 8:45 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.

CATHOLIC

CATHOLIC

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 255 St. Hwy. 35, East Farmington Mass Friday 9 a.m.; Sacrament of Penance Sat. 3:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH

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

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

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

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

Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

OUR LADY OF THE LAKES

Balsam Lake - Rev. John A. Drummy, Pastor - 405-2253 Mass: Sat. eves. 6 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Tues. 5:30 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m.Sacrament of Reconciliation 7:30 a.m. Sun. or by appt.

SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY

Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa CTHs A & H - 715-866-7321 Crescent Lake Voyager Village area.

Mass Sun. 8 a.m., Thurs. 9:30 a.m.

Reconciliation as per bulletin and by appt.

ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC & IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG CATHOLIC MASS SCHEDULE

Pastor: Rev. Dennis M. Mullen, 715-327-8119 St. Dominic: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m.

Immaculate Conception: Sat. 6:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m. Call the office for daily & holy day Mass times

ST. ANNE PARISH

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 139 Church Hill Rd., Somerset Mass Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Wed. 9 a.m.

Sacrament of Penance Sun. 8 a.m.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG

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

716 S. Robert St., Grantsburg, 715-463-5699 Sr. Pastor Brad Moore David Ahlquist, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 11 a.m.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

LIVING HOPE CHURCH

Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa, 715-866-7321 Cedar & Muskey Ave. - Webster Mass Sun 10 a.m., Wed. 5:30 p.m. (Sept-May), Fri. 9 a.m. (Summer)

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

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

Pastor Merrill Olson, Interim Pastor 715-327-8402 Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.; www.tradelakebaptistchurch.org

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

CHURCH OF CHRIST

1050 North Keller Ave., Amery, 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 10:30 a.m.

Mass Wed. & Thurs. 9 a.m.

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-294-2243 255 E. 10th Ave., Osceola Masses: Sun. 10:30 a.m., Tues. 5 p.m.

Thurs. at 10 a.m. at Osc. Nursing Home ASSEMBLY

ASSEMBLY

CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m.

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH

Pastor Larry Mederich, 715-294-4332 www.occconnect.org Mtg. @ St. Croix Art Barn; Sun. Serv. - 9 a.m.

Nursery and children church

SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Pastor Andrew Bollant Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Morn. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Supervised Nursery; Wed. Evening - Worship Serv. 6:30 p.m.

EVANGELICAL

EVANGELICAL

APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA)

Pastor Bruce Tanner, 715-268-2176 942 U.S. Hwy. 8, Amery Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m.

CROSSWALK COMMUNITY CHURCH

Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W, Frederic Sun. Schl. - 9 a.m.; Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services Sat. Worship - 6 p.m., Luck Senior Center

HOPE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH

Pastor Dave Williams 933 248th St., Osceola Morning Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School Sept.-May 8:45 a.m.

Children’s Church & Nursery provided

TRADE RIVER EVAN. FREE

Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morning Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services BAPTIST

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK. Pastor Gabe Brennan, 715-857-5411

Wor. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun. School-10:15 a.m.

EUREKA BAPTIST

2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Willis Christenson, 715-483-9464 Sun. School - 10 a.m.; Wor. Service - 11 a.m.

FAITH FELLOWSHIP

Hwy. 35 and CTH N., Luck Bill McEachern Pastor, 715-485-3973 Sun. Bible study - 9 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - AMERY

131 Broadway St., 715-268-2223; www.fbcamery.org; E-mail: churchoffice@fbcamery.org Reg. office hours: Tues.-Thurs. 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Pastor Charlie Butt, Lead Pastor; Nick Buda, Associate Pastor Sunday Service: 9 a.m.; All ages Sunday School 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Nursery available

FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN

Pastor Steve Ward Sunday School - (all ages) - 9:30 a.m.

Church Serv. - 10:45 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN

Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Sunday Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN

Located across from elemen. school on West St., Pastor, Dr. Kevin Schumann; 651-465-7171 Sun. Morn. - Sun. School for all ages - 9 a.m.

Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.

FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER Church Phone 715-866-4111 Pastor Tim Quinn Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 10:45 a.m (Nursery Provided)

GRACE CHURCH OF OSCEOLA “The Cure for the Common Church”

722 Seminole Ave., Osceola Pastor Dr. Kent Haralson; 715-294-4222 or 715-755-3454; info@gracechurchosceola.com Sun.: Praise & Worship Serv. 9 am., Adult Bible Study 10:45 a.m., Children’s Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER

Minister Garret Derouin, 715-866-7157 Musky & Birch St., Avail. in office 9 a.m. - noon, Tues.-Fri.; Sun. Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Worship 10:30 a.m.

WESLEYAN

WESLEYAN

WOODLAND WESLEYAN

Dairyland - Rev. Andrea Wittwer 715-244-3649 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

FULL GOSPEL

FULL GOSPEL

WOOD RIVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Pastor Dan Slaikeu 4 mi. SE of Grantsburg on Williams Rd. Worship 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET

231 Bluff Drive, 715-247-2435 Services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

CHRISTIAN CENTER

CHRISTIAN CENTER

EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER

1751 100th Ave., Dresser Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

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

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

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX

HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX

523 1st St., Clayton, 715-948-2493 Fr. Christopher Wojcik, Pastor Saturday Vespers - 5 p.m.; Sunday Liturgy - 9:30 a.m.

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

NAZARENE

NAZARENE

CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

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

FAITH COMMUNITY

7535 Peet St., Danbury, 715-656-4010 Adult Bible Service 9 a.m.; Services: Sun. 10 a.m.; Sunday School during church service.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

NONDENOMINATIONAL

CROSSROADS CHRISTIAN 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.; Children’s Church: K to 6th Grade

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

Meets at Dresser Elem. School, Dresser Pastor Tony Minell, 715-417-1982 Sunday Wor. 9:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 9:45 a.m.

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

NORTHERN PINES FRIENDS WOR. GROUP

715-733-0481 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting.

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN

1289 160th St. (Hwy. 65), St. Croix Falls, 715-483-5378 Senior Pastors Paul and Sonja Hanson Sunday Adult Bible Class 9 a.m.

Worship and Children’s Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S COMMUNITY CHURCH “Faith on Purpose” (Love God, Love People...period) faithonpurpose.org CTH F, Dresser, 715-483-2911 Pastor’s res./office Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

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715-327-4236

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715-472-2959

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The Wild River Shrine Club, with help from local businesses, brings smiles to local patients of Shriner’s hospitals each December by hosting a large Christmas party, complete with an appearance by Santa, the presentation of gifts and a large array of cookies and treats. This year’s party was held Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Moose Lodge north of Siren.

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Coming events

Happenings in the Upper St. Croix Valley communities

DECEMBER

TUESDAY/10

Grantsburg

• Cancer support group at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 7 p.m., 715-268-6722 or 715-68-7290.

Siren

• Chronic illness/disability support group at Peace Lutheran Church, 6:30 p.m., 715-755-2515.

Amery

THURSDAY/29

Dresser

• Free food distribution at Faith Lutheran Church, 5-6:30 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

• Free food distribution at Bethany Lutheran Church, 56:30 p.m.

• Taco feed at the high school, 5-7 p.m.

Webster

SATURDAY/14

• Parkinson’s support group at the library, 2 p.m., 715689-2163.

Amery

SATURDAY/31

• Ruby’s Pantry at Congregational Church. Doors open 8:30 a.m. Dist. 9 a.m., $15 donation, 715-268-7390.

• Ruby’s Pantry at Congregational Church. Doors open 7:30 a.m. Dist. 8:30 a.m., $15 donation, 715-268-7390.

• Carnivore Tracking and Wolf Ecology workshop at Crex Meadows. Please preregister. 9 a.m., 715-463-2739.

Amery

Grantsburg

Milltown

St. Croix Falls

• Pool tourney at JJ’s Club 35 to benefit Brian “Fatman” William’s daughter, Maya. Sign-up 2 p.m.; start 3 p.m., 715-825-7625.

• Hingepoint meeting for men battling sexual addictions, at River Valley Christian Church, 9 a.m.-noon, 715483-5378.

JANUARY

ONGOING Every Day

SUNDAY/1 Webb Lake

AA &/or AlAnon, Polk & Burnett counties, 715-931-8262 for time/location. Amery, 715-268-8431.

• Paddle party at Charlie’s Lumberjack Saloon to benefit first responders, 1 p.m., 715-259-3329.

Divorce care support group at Apple River Community Church, 715-268-8360, 715-268-2176.

MONDAY/2

Every Monday

Clear Lake

Indianhead Barbershop Chorus meets at the Balsam Lake Government Center, 7:30 p.m., 715-483-9202.

Baby and Me class - Amery Medical Center, 1-2 p.m.

Grief Share support group at Centennial Hall, Amery, 715-268-2176 or 715-268-8360.

Moms In Touch International, First Baptist, Amery, 2 - 3 p.m., 715-268-5408, www.momsintouch.com

• Compassionate Friends, Tri-County Chapter, grief support in death of a child, at First Lutheran, 7 p.m., 715263-2739.

TUESDAY/3 Amery

• Cardiac suuport group at the medical center, 1 p.m., 715-268-0291.

• Swedish Club meets at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, 7 p.m., www.foreverswedish.org.

Clam Falls

• Coffee hour at Clam Falls Lutheran Church, 9 a.m.

WEDNESDAY/4 Amery

• Early-stage Alzheimer’s support group at the senior center, 10 a.m., 715-268-6605.

Frederic

• Blood pressure screening at Bremer Bank, 9 a.m.1 p.m.

THURSDAY/5 St. Croix Falls

• Chronic Pain support group at the medical center, 5-6 p.m., 715-483-0431.

Every Tuesday

Patrons to the historic 1899 Polk County Museum in Balsam Lake may notice some new fencing, done in a vintage style to match the era of the former county courthouse. – Photo by Greg Marsten

SATURDAY/7

SUNDAY/8

• Salvation Army training at the justice center, 8:30 a.m.4 p.m., 715-472-8906.

• Head injury support group at Siren Covenant Church, 1-2:30 p.m., 715-349-8985.

Danbury

MONDAY/9

Balsam Lake

• Ruby’s Pantry at the town maintenance shop, $15 donation. Open 9:30 a.m., distribution 10-11:30 a.m.

Grantsburg

• Feed My Sheep at Grace Church in Grantsburg. Doors open 8 a.m., distribution 9 a.m., 715-463-5699.

• Guided snowshoe hike at Crex Meadows. Please preregister. 1 p.m., 715-463-2739.

Siren

Amery

• Weight-loss surgery education and support at the medical center, 5-6 p.m., 715-2-68-0597.

Bingo - Burnett County Moose Lodge, Siren, 6 p.m.

Survivors of domestic violence & sexual assault support group, Polk Co., 800-261-7233, 6-7:30 p.m.

Anger management group at Amery Regional Medical Center, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 715-268-4094.

Every Wednesday

Women of Hope, cancer support group, at SCRMC, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., 715-483-0431.

Every Thursday

Breastfeeding support group at the St. Croix Regional Medical Center, 2-3:30 p.m., 715-483-0431.

Narcotics Anonymous meets at the Serenity House (old jail), Balsam Lake, 7 p.m., 612-205-2321.

Every Saturday

AA meets at the West Denmark Lutheran Church, rural Luck, 9 - 10 a.m.

Open skate at The Lodge Center Arena, Visit the Web site: burnettyouthhockey.com for special times.

Every Sunday

Open skate at Grantsburg Hockey Rink, 4-7 p.m.

Closed New Year’s Day.

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