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• WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015 • VOLUME 82 • NO. 30 • 2 SECTIONS Sunshine Week is about transparency

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7KH %LJ 5HDG RIIHUV IXOO VODWH RI DFWLYLWLHV ST. CROIX VALLEY - So many exciting things are happening as part of The Big Read in the St. Croix Valley that the events and book discussions have spilled over the original month of April into early May. The events, centered on the themes found in novel “Love Medicineâ€? by Minnesota author Louise Erdrich, will include art exhibitions, an original theater production, Ă€OP VFUHHQLQJV JXLGHG QDture hikes, performances and multiple book discussions. The full slate of activities to happen in conjunction with The Big Read in the St. Croix Valley is now available and begins with the opening of a visual art exhibition at the ArtReach St. Croix gallery in Stillwater on Thursday, April 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibition, called “Spirit, Heart, Home.â€? is inspired by the themes of “Love Medicineâ€? and features artists from all over the St. Croix Valley in all visual media. “Crossing the Water,â€? WKH RIĂ€FLDO %LJ 5HDG NLFNRII HYHQW will take place on Saturday, April 11, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Marine Village Hall in Marine on St. Croix, Minn. The event begins with a welcome by Ojibwe activist Sharon M. Day and will culminate with a performance at 3 p.m. by troubadour Larry Long accompanied by Joe Savage with Louise Erdrich’s words read by Jacqueline Long. The Ă€UVW GLVFXVVLRQV RI ´/RYH 0HGLFLQHÂľ ZLOO KDSSHQ RQ 7XHVday, April 7, 7-8 p.m. at the Marine Community Library, and on Friday, April 10, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. at Stillwater Public Library. A full list of activities and details is available online at ValleyReads.org or NEABigRead.org. ArtReach St. Croix announced in May 2014 that it was one of 77 organizations nationwide to receive a grant to host The Big Read. As a regional arts agency serving the lower St. Croix Valley, ArtReach is working in collaboration with arts organizations and libraries throughout the six-county region to provide a range of activities associated with the featured book, “Love Medicineâ€? by Louise Erdrich. Learn more about The Big Read at NEABigRead.org.

(DUWK $UWV 6SULQJ $UW 7RXU EHJLQV VRRQ ST. CROIX VALLEY - The members of Earth Arts will be opening their studios for their 2015 spring art tour held on Saturday and Sunday, May 2-3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Art lovers can take a self-guided tour through the Upper St. Croix Valley, visiting 28 tour stops with over 45 artists at artist studios and tour oases. This is a once-a-year opportunity to visit with the artists and take home some beautiful art for your KRPH RU RIÀFH 7KH spring art tour is KHOG DQQXDOO\ RQ WKH ÀUVW ZHHNHQG RI 0D\ DQG IHDWXUHV XQLTXH handmade artwork, artist demonstrations and conversations. Visitors will enjoy sculpture, painting, pastel, pottery, glass, JDUGHQ DUW ZRRGFDUYLQJ KDQGPDGH IXUQLWXUH ÀEHU DUW jewelry, clothing, mixed media, forged iron, metal art and photography. Also joining the spring art tour are 12 tour oasis locations including cafes, an ice-cream and coffee shop, theater, library, specialty shops, art centers and galleries. Earth Arts offers a brochure that includes the studio locations and artists information with corresponding numbers on the map. Along the tour itself, large

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art tour signs in red letters will direct visitors to the studios. For those making a weekend of it, various lodging and dining options throughout the area are included in the brochure and on the map. The Polk County Information Center can also assist travelers with ideas. Earth Arts is an organization that brings together artists and growers for the purposes of mutual support, networking, organizing and promoting special events. Earth Arts is an open forum and welcomes all interested parties working in all artistic media as well as producers from nurseries, orchards and farms in the area. For more information about Earth Arts, its members and the spring art tour, visit earthartswi.org. Brochures with a map may also be obtained at participating artists studios, oases and at the Polk County Information Center, located at the corner of Hwy. 8 and Hwy. 35 in St. Croix Falls, or by calling their toll-free number, 800-222-7655. - submitted

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7RXFK $ 7UXFN IXQGUDLVHU VHW BALSAM LAKE - Serenity Home in Balsam Lake is a homeless shelter that works to help homeless individuals get back on their feet again. It can house up to 19 individuals and those who stay at Serenity Home are encouraged to regain their independence by securing medical help, getting a job if they don’t already have one and learning skills that will make them stronger as they leave the shelter in order to avoid becoming homeless again. Eightyseven percent of people who successfully complete the program Serenity Home offers remain permanently housed after one year of leaving the facility. In order to continue to help people in need, Serenity Home depends on donations from the community. One way those donations are secured is through various fundraising events held throughout the year. One of these events is coming soon! Lake Services Unlimited approached Serenity Home shelter and asked if they would like to be the benefactor of a Touch-A-Truck event. For every person who visits the trucks, Lake Services Unlimited will donate $1 to the shelter. Lake Services UnOLPLWHG VSHFLĂ€FDOO\ WKHLU WRZLQJ GLYLVLRQ KDV EHHQ VHUYLQJ the Polk County community with their roadside assistance needs for over 18 years. They offer automobile towing, recovery, jump starts, lockouts and tire changes. Heavy-duty towing and recovery of semitractors with trailers and other commercial vehicles are also available. Lake Services staffs professional, trained drivers to properly service your car and truck needs with trucks located throughout the county labeled as Amery Towing, Amery; Border Towing, St. Croix Falls; Custom Towing, Frederic; and Lake Services Unlimited, Balsam Lake. A few of these trucks will be on display at the Touch-A-Truck event scheduled for Wednesday, March 25, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Serenity Home shelter, next to the Polk County Government Center in Balsam Lake. For anyone who will stop by and visit the trucks, Serenity Home will get $1 per person. Of course, with the Salvation Army, who staffs the homeless shelter, you can never have an event without food. The group will be offering a lunch from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a freewill offering that ZLOO DOVR EHQHĂ€W WKH VKHOWHU 6HUHQLW\ +RPH VKHOWHU KDV EHHQ full the entire winter with a waiting list. The shelter is in need of funds in order to continue to “Do the Most Goodâ€? in Polk County by helping individuals that are homeless and in need. Please consider stopping by this event and helping Serenity Home shelter. For more information, call 715485-1221 or like their Facebook page, Polk County Salvation Army. - from Serenity Home

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Horse abuse trial ends with 34 convictions Greg Marsten | Staff writer BALSAM LAKE – A jury of four men and eight women took less than two hours to decide on an across-the-board verdict of guilty on all 34 counts of animal abuse leveled against 59-year-old Michael Feist of rural Milltown. Feist was facing four felony counts of mistreatment of animals - causing death, after authorities discovered four longdead horse carcasses at his Otter Creek Horse Ranch in November 2013. He also faced 30 misdemeanor charges, which included 15 counts each of intentional mistreatment of animals, as well as another 15 counts of failing to provide adequate food, in regard to the emaciated condition of 15 horses. With the convictions, Feist faces up to 3.5 years in prison on each felony, total-

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Burnett County working to reduce jail population -HDQ .RHO]_Staff writer BURNETT COUNTY - A recent Pew Research study documented the global problem of overcrowding in prisons. According to the study, prisons in the United States are operating at about 99-percent capacity. Despite falling crime rates, the federal and state prison population has skyrocketed from 307,276 prisoners in 1978 to 1.6 million 30 years later. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that overcrowded conditions amount to cruel and unusual punishment. A report by WKH *RYHUQPHQW $FFRXQWDELOLW\ 2IĂ€FH concluded that overcrowding is toxic for both prisoners and guards because it leads to increased inmate misconduct, more competition for services and work opportunities, and increased health risks. For example, tuberculosis rates can be 100 times higher in prisons than in a civilian population. Despite the risks, the problem that is getting the greatest attention lately is the cost to house so many prisoners. Costs can vary widely depending on the type and size of a detention facility, but the combined effect of dwindling resources and increasing costs is a challenge to law enforcement at every level. In recent years, programs have been developed that attempt to relieve the burden on correctional institutions with an eye toward preserving public safety through closely monitored rehabilitation programs. Burnett County was the recipient of one RI WKH Ă€UVW JUDQWV DZDUGHG E\ :LVFRQVLQ¡V 2IĂ€FH RI -XVWLFH $VVLVWDQFH XQGHU D QHZ law passed in 2005 that created the Treatment Alternative and Diversion Program. That grant was used to create a drug court that focuses on providing treatment and recovery for nonviolent substance abusers. Since then, the county has implemented other programs, called TAD or Diversion programs, designed to reduce costs by reducing the number of days some inmates spend in jail.

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main programs currently in use. “I want you to understand what programs we use, why we use them and the impact they have,â€? Woody began his presentation. “We booked 1,118 adults into our jail last year. With a 26-bed capacity plus 17 contracted beds outside the county, we just don’t have the room.â€? 7KH Ă€UVW SURJUDP LV FDOOHG %RRN DQG Release. “Under the law, felons must be held,â€? Woody explained. “But (people who commit) misdemeanors who have community ties are run through the booking process, given a court date to reappear, then released.â€? According to Woody, the book and release program is the most lenient system under Wisconsin law. In order for an offender to be eligible, he would have to own property or have other known ties in the area. Last year, Burnett County saved $156,054 by releasing 839 offenders in this manner. The second program falls under probation, parole and extended supervision. This is the oldest type of diversion pro)LYH PDLQ SURJUDPV The Burnett County Jail Administrator gram, dating back to the 1930s. A key Captain Jared Woody briefed members EHQHĂ€W WR WKHVH SURJUDPV LV WKH UHGXFHG RI WKH SXEOLF VDIHW\ FRPPLWWHH RQ WKH Ă€YH burden on the county; state agents for the

Department of Corrections handle the FDVH Ă€OHV DQG ZRUNORDG 6XSHUYLVHG SURgrams like this are ordered by the court and focus on rehabilitation and treatment. Some members of the committee were surprised to learn that parole is increasingly rare as it was phased out in 2003. “Like those scenes in the movies where the prisoner goes up before the parole board?â€? Woody commented, “That doesn’t happen anymore.â€? A more intensive version of probation is conducted in the third program, locally called Drug and Alcohol Court. This three-phased program is reserved for nonviolent substance users or addicts, and the focus is on recovery and re-entry into the community as a responsible citizen. Typically, an offender graduates after one to two years of strict guidelines and intense oversight. By all accounts, this is a cost-effective program because it reduces prison costs, reduces repeat offenses and their associated court and incarceration costs, and saves social service expenses because of strengthened family and community relationships. Recent studies conservatively estimate that for every dollar invested in drug court programs, a community receives at least twice the value in VDYLQJV DQG RU EHQHĂ€WV The fourth method Burnett County uses to reduce the number of days inmates spend in jail is through community service programs. “In 2014, community service programs in and outside of the jail reduced incarceration time by 300 days,â€? Woody reported. “That amounts to a $21,000 savings in housing costs.â€? According to Woody, all of the cleaning, SDLQWLQJ JDUEDJH GLVSRVDO DQG Ă RRU ZD[ing in the jail is done by inmates. Outside the jail, some inmates can volunteer to work on supervised job sites organized by VXFK QRQSURĂ€W RUJDQL]DWLRQV DV WKH 6DOYDtion Army and Habitat for Humanity. 7KH Ă€QDO SURJUDP XVHG WR VDYH PRQH\ and reduce workload for the county is electronic monitoring. This program gives sentenced inmates the option of paying a daily rate to serve their time at home provided they wear GPS enabled ankle bracelets and submit to portable breathalyzer tests four times a day.

Woody emphasized that this program was not available to violent offenders or sexual predators, nor is anyone with a poor probation history. “This is the only program where the county makes money,� Woody explained. “It costs us $15 a day, and the prisoner pays $20 a day.� In addition, it saves the county the average daily cost of $62 per day to house the inmate at the jail. Annualized, that meant $5,000 in revenue for the jail last year, and a $25,000 savings in housing costs. Unfortunately, most of the local inmates can’t afford the privilege; so currently, the county has four people on the program.

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7KH |RWKHU DFWV} HPHUJH Steffen did address the so-called “other actsâ€? evidence, as details did emerge on what was left at Feist’s former ranch in St. Croix County, how it was left with garbage and skeletal remains across the property. Property owner Pat McNamara answered numerous questions from Steffen, backed by several photos showing what appeared to be decaying horse remains in several parts of the property, including in one outbuilding, where the owner said he found horse carcasses “stacked like cordwood,â€? under layers, with plastic sheets and pallets separating the bodies. ´:H¡UH VWLOO Ă€QGLQJ UHPDLQV DW WLPHV Âľ McNamara said. Although Feist would later explain away some of the animal carcasses, stating that the water table was just 65 feet below the ground, and they could not bury animals because of groundwater concerns. But the damage was done and hard for Feist’s attorney, Joel Larimore, to overcome. The state also addressed a necropsy on two of the four dead horses, which VKRZHG WKH\ GLHG RI XQVSHFLĂ€HG FDXVHV likely brought about by a combination of

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)HLVW V GHIHQVH In the end, Larimore, mounted a defense based on several aspects, including Feist’s own background as a horse owner, farmer and as a man educated in proper animal treatment. He noted that Feist had started to pursue a veterinary science degree in college when his father became sick, forcing him to give up a football scholarship and education to take over the family farm. Larimore also tried to show that Feist and his wife, Brenda Weierke, had paid for thousands of dollars of feed in the weeks and months in question, and they continually insisted that the horses and animals were a priority along the way. ´7KH DQLPDOV ZHUH DOZD\V Ă€UVW D SULority,â€? Weierke had said, although Steffen pointed to various times the couple had borrowed money to pay for feed that fall as evidence of the family’s mounting money problems, which he said led to Feist’s intentional underfeeding of the animals. Larimore also used the testimony of several supporters of Feist, including a former farm hand, who insisted he never saw the horses as being in that bad of shape before he left for college in the fall of 2013. )HLVW WDNHV WKH VWDQG Feist took to the stand in his own defense on day three and day four, arguing over the condition of the 15 horses in question, held in a barn along with a dozen or so others that were thin or emaciated out of 80-plus horses at the ranch. During his several hours of testimony he tried to explain the supplemental system he had devised to fatten the horses, and also insisted that the horses were properly cared for, in spite of being “a little thin.â€? Feist had tried to convince the jury that the hot, dry summer of 2103 had led to a poor quality hay crop, and that it contributed to the horses’ poor body condition, which he tried to overcome by creating his own so-called barley fodder system, which is essentially a fast-growing tray of barley fodder, grown in less than 10 days, and meant as a nutritional supplement to hay and other grains Feist was feeding his horses. Larimore and Feist spent much of their time defending the fodder system, and ZKLOH WKHUH ZHUH FRQĂ LFWLQJ VWDWHPHQWV DV to when the system was actually producing enough product to supplement the diet of over 80 horses was hard to prove.

ZDV ´XQGLJQLĂ€HGÂľ WR KDYH WKH KRUVHV RQ D Ă DWEHG WUDLOHU ZLWKRXW D FRYHU Steffen showed Feist the various photos of the 15 horses, and while Feist did not admit the horses in question were unKHDOWK\ KH GLG Ă€QDOO\ DGPLW WKDW KDYLQJ horse carcasses in the same paddocks as the living horses was indeed, cruel. Feist told of how his horses “died in his arms with a kiss and a prayer,â€? as tears welled up over each dead horse’s story. “What was it like, the stench, the smell of decomposing horses?â€? Steffen asked with a photo of the carcass in the background, noting that at least one of the horses had been in the stall for almost a month among the other horses. The other dead horses were not moved for less time, but none had been dead less than 10 days. Feist denied the smell was an issue, but did admit under questioning from Steffen that it was not something he was proud of, as he also pointed to the pedigree of the dead horses, noting that one was a reserve grand champion, and another was the parent of another champion show horse. “So you say a prayer and give a kiss to a horse as they die?â€? Steffen asked, quoting Feist directly after he had tearily told his side earlier. “But is that cruel ... to have the dead horses in the pen with live horses? Is that cruel?â€? “Yes,â€? Feist admitted softly. Steffen also quizzed Feist about how ´GLJQLĂ€HGÂľ LW ZDV WR KDYH D KRUVH OD\LQJ in manure for weeks, among other horses.

7KH MXU\ JHWV WKH FDVH Final arguments wrapped up on the evening of day four, Thursday, March 5, and the jury needed just a short time to return a guilty verdict on all 34 counts, which will lead to a presentence investigation for a June 2 sentencing hearing. Feist faces the potential of over 36 months in prison, although even Steffen DGPLWV WKDW WKH VHQWHQFLQJ ZLOO EH GLIĂ€FXOW to weigh, and he is waiting to see what the PSI will reveal on Feist’s criminal hisWRU\ KH DGPLWWHG WR Ă€YH FULPLQDO FRQYLFtions. “It’s a unique situation,â€? Steffen admitted. “What do you do with the horses now? He’s still on bond, there will still be compliance checks (on the horses). But I’m intrigued to see what the PSI says of KLV SDVW ,W¡V FHUWDLQO\ D Ă€UVW IRU PH Âľ Feist remains free on a $10,000 signature bond, and GaleWyrick will reveal a sentence on June 2.

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0DU\ 6WLUUDW _ Staff writer FREDERIC — Monday, March 9, was WKH Ă€UVW GD\ RQ WKH MRE IRU )UHGHULF¡V QHZ village treasurer, Jen Phernetton. Phernetton is a graduate of Grantsburg High School who went on to get an associate degree in accounting from WITC in New Richmond and then a bachelor’s degree from Lakeland College in Sheboygan. She has lived in Frederic, where her son is in high school, for the past 20 years. “I’m excited to have the opportunity to work in Frederic,â€? she said. PhernetWRQ FRPHV WR WKH YLOODJH DIWHU GRLQJ RIĂ€FH work and bookkeeping for a metal products company in Grantsburg. Prior to Phernetton’s hiring, the duties of the treasurer were split between vil-HQ 3KHUQHWWRQ YLOODJH WUHDVXUHU DW )UHGHULF lage clerk/treasurer Kristi Swanson and village administrator/deputy treasurer z 3KRWR E\ 0DU\ 6WLUUDW Dave Wondra. “She’s a great hire for us,â€? said Wondra, which is just what we need.â€? Phernetton was selected from 18 ap“with a solid background in accounting,

plicants, four to six of which were very TXDOLĂ€HG VDLG :RQGUD “It was very gratifying to see the level of education and experience in those who were applying for the position,â€? he said.

0DUFK ERDUG PHHWLQJ The village board held its regular meeting Monday evening, March 9, moving quickly through a short agenda. A mutual aid agreement for law enforcement was approved, formalizing cooperation and sharing of equipment between a number of police departments. Those department involved are Siren, Grantsburg, Webster, Frederic, Luck, Balsam Lake, Centuria, Milltown and the St. Croix Tribal Police. “The intent of this agreement,� the document states, “is to make equipment, personnel and other resources available to neighboring law enforcement agencies.� The agreement outlines the procedure for calling for assistance, responding

and the chain of command. The board also approved a memorandum of understanding “intended to promote a collaborative approach in proving emergency mental health care in Polk County.â€? The goal of the collaborative approach, according to the MOU, is to provide coorGLQDWHG UHVSRQVH LQ DQ HIIHFWLYH HIĂ€FLHQW and cost-effective way, reducing the number of crisis incidents while maintaining FRQĂ€GHQWLDOLW\ Participants are Polk County health and human services, Polk County law enforcement agencies, Northwest Connections, area hospitals, Community Care of Central Wisconsin, Aurora Residential Services and Polk County corporation counsel. The MOA outlines the roles and responsibilities of each agency to ensure “the successful intervention of mental health and substance abuse crises.â€?

Chickens come to roost in Grantsburg Vacancy on the village board

PHHWLQJ WR ÀOO WKH UHPDLQGHU RI WKH WHUP through April 2016. DeRocker was appointed to the village board in August 2014 to replace Val Johnson. The chicken ordinance moved through Gregg Westigard | Staff writer the council swiftly after being a topic of GRANTSBURG – Grantsburg village discussion since last December. Village residents will soon be able to keep chick- residents will be able to keep up to six ens. chickens, but no roosters, in the residenAdopting the ordinance on chicken tial districts of the village. A seven-page à RFNV ZDV D PDLQ LWHP RI EXVLQHVV ZKHQ set of rules give the details on pen sites, the Grantsburg Village Board held its coop standards, pens, sanitation and even monthly meeting Monday, March 9. The where the chickens can be slaughtered. ERDUG DOVR VHW WKH SURFHGXUHV IRU ÀOOLQJ D Chickens can start roosting in Grantsburg new board vacancy, extended the current DV VRRQ DV WKH YLOODJH RIÀFH FRPSOHWHV WKH residential trash collection contract and application process. The chicken ordiapproved some additional funding for the nance states that backyard chickens proGrantsburg Library. vide affordable and sustainable food and Scott DeRocker resigned from the can provide animal companionship and Grantsburg Village Board in February. nitrogen-rich fertilizer. The village will accept applications for Grantsburg contracts for trash collecthe position through April 8. A new board tion in the village and charges the resimember will be appointed at the April 13 dents for the service. Monday night the

YLOODJH ERDUG DSSURYHG D QHZ ÀYH \HDU contract with East Central Sanitation to continue their pickup service, with a 3-percent increase in the fee. Jerry Moses of East Central said the requested fee increase was needed to cover higher land ÀOO FRVWV +H VDLG WKDW WKH FRPSDQ\ NHSW LWV IHHV WKH VDPH RYHU WKH SUHYLRXV ÀYH years even though it could have raised the rate after two years. The collection cost for a standard 37-gallon cart will now be $13.29 a month, an increase of 39 cents with a lower rate for seniors. The only real discussion at the meeting was about providing more funding for the village library. The board approved not charging the library rent for its use of space in the village-owned building, a savings of $5,600 for the library. The village also approved giving the library a one-time amount of $5,000. That passed unanimously, with Dale Dresel stating that the dropping of rent was forever.

The discussion came when board member Rod Kleiss said he was very disappointed that the village was not doing more to help the library. “The library is a big part of the revitalization of the village,â€? Kleiss said. “There is a tremendous wage disparity in the village. We pay the village crew a very high ZDJH ZLWK EHQHĂ€WV DQG SD\ WKH OLEUDU\ director, who has a degree, $15 an hour SDUW WLPH ZLWK QR EHQHĂ€WV , GR QRW WKLQN that is fair. We have a two-tier wage scale in the village.â€? “The library board sets the wages for the librarians,â€? village President Glenn Rolloff responded. “We need police. The library, parks, the pool are not required but make life better in the village. The village was only able to give that amount at this time.â€?

Siren adds one item to the water utility project, considers another 6KHULOO 6XPPHU _ Staff writer SIREN - The Siren Village Board’s regular monthly meeting Thursday, March 5, was brief. Much of the agenda considered additions to the water utility project that is expected to start in the next couple of months. The project will loop dead-end water mains, increase the size of other water mains and replace some water hydrants. Some installation of curbs and gutters in the southeast neighborhood is also included in the project. In September, the total estimated project cost was $1,185,540. The largest expense making up the total project cost is money to the contractor in

charge of the construction phase. Last month the village board accepted a bid of $882,775 from McCabe Construction from Eau Claire that included a couple of alternate bids, which lifted the actual construction bid over the September’s estimated construction cost of $812,550. This month the village board approved a contract with MSA to update the water system map once the water utility project is complete. The estimated cost of the updated map is $5,000. Clerk-treasurer Ann Peterson explained that the DNR has been requesting an updated map for several \HDUV DQG VXFK D PDS TXDOLÀHV IRU IXQGing under the funding sources the village board is using for the water utility project.

The second addition to the water utility project is much more tentative. A portion of the funding sources can go for noncore or miscellaneous items. These items would not directly help the water TXDOLW\ EXW ZRXOG EHQHĂ€W WKH ZDWHU XWLOLW\ overall. There is a $100,000 limit to these noncore costs. One possible noncore purchase would be to replace the 1970s model backhoe that is often not up to the tasks needed around the village, forcing the village to hire a backhoe from either Daniels Plumbing and Heating or Hopkins Sand and Gravel. The costs to hire a backhoe has added up over the years. The village board has a couple of quotes

for a new backhoe that are between $90,000 and $100,000. The board could also purchase a used backhoe, although there were no quotes sought as of yet for a used backhoe. Or, the village crews could continue to hire a backhoe when the village’s backhoe is not up to the task, especially since the purchase of a new backhoe will probably not eliminate the need to hire a backhoe entirely if the project is big. If the village board does decide to purchase either a new or used backhoe, there is an approval process needed with the funding sources. For now, the village board decided to list the backhoe as a possible purchase while they continue to research their options.

Centuria holds monthly board meeting 0DUW\ 6HHJHU_Staff writer CENTURIA – The Centuria Village Board held a brief monthly meeting Monday, March 9, that lasted just under 30 minutes. One of just a handful of topics discussed included a property line issue in the village which was discussed during the February meeting. In that meeting, Ed Flanum and Chad and Tiffany Lien had a surveyor present a map with proposed lot lines to clean up lots owned by the Liens and Weinzirls. The Liens and Flanum asked the board to change these lot lines to clear up any discrepancies. During Monday’s meeting, the board discussed the issue and was presented with the old layout, as well as proposed

new layout. Tony Weinzirl told the board he spoke to the landowners and it VRXQGHG OLNH WKH\ ZHUH ÀQH ZLWK LW 9LOlage President Dave Markert wanted the minutes of the board meeting to show that the issue was discussed and that the board had favorable opinion about the SURSRVH VROXWLRQ EXW WKH\ QHHGHG WR ÀUVW wait to hear from the other party. The proposed preliminary drawing is yet to be completed, but they hope to get a better survey of the area in question once the snow melts to get a formal depiction of the plan. Newly elected Centuria Chief of Police Dan Clement was absent from Monday’s meeting due to a funeral. He was

promoted to chief of police, which went into effect on Feb. 1. Prior to his promotion to chief, there was a four-month period in which the village didn’t have one. Throughout the course of the transition, both Weinzirl, who is public works direcWRU DQG &HQWXULD Ă€UH FKLHI DQG YLOODJH clerk and treasurer Judith Jepsen helped out with phone calls and questions during regular hours and after hours, whenever questions arose or problems occurred. “They helped us through those problems to make it a smooth transition,â€? said Trustee Tom Boettcher, who recommended a pay-bonus to compensate them for the extra hours spent during that time. Boettcher suggested $1,000 for Weinzirl

State budget public hearing announced RICE LAKE - The co-chairs of the state’s budget-writing Joint Committee on Finance, state Sen. Alberta Darling, RRiver Hills, and state Rep. John Nygren,

R-Marinette, will hold a public hearing in Rice Lake on Gov. Walker’s 2015-17 budget proposal. The hearing will take place on Monday, March 23, at the UW-Barron

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and $500 for Jepsen. The board unanimously approved to discuss the matter further. The board also approved to act on a law enforcement mutual aid agreement, which basically allows villages from Siren down to Centuria, to request assistance if needed. The agreement is supposed to make the process easier, and deals with insurance issues, workman’s compensation and the funding process when mutual aid is needed between police departments. In other business the village discussed the Centuria spring cleanup, which is typically held at the end of April. They will be working to get people aware of it in the next month while trying to identify areas that need cleaning up. Letters may be written to residents as well to get those with items that can be tossed, a chance to take advantage of the spring cleanup.

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/LEUDU\ Library director Deanna Wheeler, in her monthly report, said that the youth book club has been very successful, with “very engaging conversation.â€? The group is reading “Onceâ€? by Morris Gleitzman, and 0DU\ 6WLUUDW _ Staff writer the next gathering is Thursday, March 26, MILLTOWN — The Milltown Village at 4:30 p.m. Board received good news Monday night, She also said that 10 participants in the March 9, when Cedar Corp. representaadult winter reading program won a comtives presented the bids that came in for a bined $200 in Milltown Money donated street and water main project. by Friends of the Milltown Public Library. McCabe Construction was low bidder, There were 57 entries and 27 participants. and was awarded the project with a bid A donation from the Family and Comof $198,338. Cedar Corp. had estimated munity Engagement Program, said the project at $225,000. Four other bids Wheeler, is allowing the library to purwere received, ranging from $205,215 to chase books at a discount. These books $262,310. will be given away to participants in the The project consists of street, hydrant $URXQG WKH WDEOH DW WKH 0RQGD\ 0DUFK PHHWLQJ RI WKH 0LOOWRZQ 9LOODJH %RDUG DUH FORFNZLVH summer reading program. Many stuand water main work on Tiger Street and IURP IURQW OHIW 0LNH 1XWWHU RI WKH SXEOLF ZRUNV GHSDUWPHQW WUXVWHHV /HV 6ORSHU DQG -RH &DVWHO GHQWV WDNH SDUW VKH VDLG PDNLQJ LW GLIĂ€2nd Avenue SW. ODQR YLOODJH 3UHVLGHQW /X$QQ :KLWH FOHUN WUHDVXUHU $P\ $OEUHFKW DQG WUXVWHHV -HII (ULFNVRQ cult to be able to give a free book to each. A 10-inch water main will be put in on (UOLQJ 9RVV DQG /DUU\ .XVNH { 3KRWRV E\ 0DU\ 6WLUUDW The donation, however, will help make Tiger Street and looped to connect with this possible. any detours before they were put into efthe 2nd Avenuemain, which will allow that area. Finally, she said, River’s Rally and Tiger Street will be built up and grav- fect. for more development in that area of the the Friends of the Polk County Libraries eled to make it more useable and to previllage. made it possible for the library to take adAbout 100 feet of the water main on 2nd pare it for the next step of turning it into %OHDFKHUV vantage of a Literacy for a Lifetime grant, A request on behalf of the Milltown providing $100 in free books for youth of Avenue SW is just 2-1/2 inches in diam- a regular road, and 2nd Avenue will be Community Club, made by Steve Quist, all ages. eter, and this will be replaced with 6-inch repaved. )LQDOO\ Ă€UH K\GUDQWV ZLOO EH LQVWDOOHG for village help in buying a set of bleachpipe, improving the water pressure in “It’s been a fun month,â€? she said. on Tiger Street and those on 2nd Avenue ers was met with approval. will be replaced. Quist asked that the village contribute 2WKHU EXVLQHVV The village has received a Community $428 to the project, supply sand for where • The board approved the annual Development Block Grant to cover half the bleachers will be installed and call $1,500 payment for the care of the Millthe cost of the project, up to $130,000. Diggers’ Hotline to make sure that the town cemetery. Initial plans were to begin the project placement is safe. • Mike Nutter, of the public works deafter Fisherman’s Party and the Fourth of “I’d just like to know if the village is partment, said that the warm weather is -XO\ WR DYRLG LQWHUIHULQJ ZLWK WUDIĂ€F JHQ- willing to do that,â€? he said. The commu- actually pushing the frost further into the erated by the festival and holiday. nity club and River’s Rally will each put ground. At this point, he said, no one According to project manager Kevin in $500. needs to turn on their water unless conOium, McCabe has indicated they would The bleachers would be aluminum, said tacted by the village. He also reported like to have the project completed by that Quist, three tiered and 21-feet long. They that the heater core in the dump truck time. Oium said that Cedar Corp. has would be permanently placed in a loca- needed to be replaced, at $717. successfully worked with McCabe in the tion at Bering Park that accommodates the • Voss reported that the village and past, with good results. The board gave music in the park as well as other events. businesses in the area are being asked to the go-ahead to start and complete the “I think it’s a good idea,â€? said Trustee help sponsor Music in the Park. Music project early. Erling Voss, “especially since the com- will be held every third Thursday, startOium and the board discussed whether munity club and River’s Rally are paying ing June 18, and sponsorships start at $25. there would be any issues with people two-thirds, and we’re paying one-third.â€? Performers at Music in the Park usually getting to their driveway during the conThe board voted unanimously to give received $20 to $25 for gas, he said, and struction, and Oium assured the board $428 toward the project, supply the sand are not paid for performing. He added .HYLQ 2LXP SURMHFW PDQDJHU ZLWK &HGDU WKDW UHVLGHQWV ZRXOG EH QRWLĂ€HG LQ DG- and contact Diggers’ Hotline. that the library is considering sponsoring &RUS SUHVHQWV WKH ELGV IRU WKH 7LJHU 6WUHHW QG vance if this were going to occur. He also music on some other nights. $YHQXH 6: VWUHHW SURMHFW VDLG WKDW UHVLGHQWV ZRXOG EH QRWLĂ€HG RI

Evers calls for education funding to support tribal nations MADISON — State Superintendent Tony Evers called for additional supports for education in a statement on the State of the Tribes address last Thursday, March 5, at the state Capitol in Madison. “I was so happy to hear from Chris McGeshick, chairman of the Sokaogon Chippewa Community, who delivered this year’s State of the Tribes address. His account demonstrates that cooperation is vital to our shared prosperity. “Recent academic achievement and

graduation data show that we need to provide more supports for our American Indian students. My Promoting Excellence for All task force found that a sense of community and personal relationships encourage students to feel connected to school so they want to achieve. My 201517 education budget included a request for Tribal Language Revitalization grants to initiate a young tribal learners initiative. While Wisconsin has some small programs, they are underfunded and don’t

reach younger students. The presence of a tribal language program in a school leads to increased attendance, gains in RWKHU VXEMHFW DUHDV LQFUHDVHG LGHQWLĂ€FDtion with the school and higher levels of parental and community involvement. Our American Indian students and Tribal Nations need this. “The majority of the state’s 11,000 American Indian students live on or near a reservation and attend school in rural areas. My overall budget called for in-

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Do you have a child who will be four on or before September 1? If so, it’s time to bring them to our Pre-K Tiny Tiger Registration at Webster Elementary School on March 26 & 27 by Appointment! If you have a child who will be FIVE before Sept. 1 and entering Kindergarten who did not attend the Pre-K Tiny Tiger Program, please call to schedule an appointment. Registration for your child will be with the Kindergarten team on March 27. Come and join the Tiny Tiger and Kindergarten teachers for a fun-filled session! Parents will be registering and children will be having fun at school! Place: Webster Elementary School Dates: March 26 & 27 RSVP: Please call the Elementary Office at 866-8210 to set up your session time!

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0DU\ 6WLUUDW _ Staff writer BALSAM LAKE — Last spring Unity Schools got the word that it had been awarded a three-year, $869,000 physical education and nutrition grant. With that federal grant, the school has been able to purchase indoor and outdoor sports and Ă€WQHVV HTXLSPHQW SURYLGH WUDLQLQJ IRU staff and start working with UW-Extension on a nutrition curriculum. Cory Nelson, phy ed and health teacher at Unity, presented the school board with an update on the grant at the board’s regular monthly meeting Tuesday, March 2IĂ€FLDOO\ WHUPHG WKH &DURO 0 :KLWH Physical Education Program grant, it is referred to as a PEP grant. “Our PEP project represents a comprehensive, fundamental and systemic FKDQJH LQ WKH DSSURDFK WR Ă€WQHVV DQG health in our district,â€? Nelson said in his report. The goals include putting in place a comprehensive, standards-based education and nutrition program for all students; high-quality, sustained staff development; and the expansion of the phy ed program through partnership with St. Croix Regional Medical Center, the creation of intramural programs at the school and at the Round Lake Reservation, expanded summer school opportunities and the establishment of a comprehensive outdoor education program. Already a new physical education curriculum has been implemented, with phy ed and other staff trained in its use. Equipment to go along with the curriculum has been purchased. So far the school has been able to buy mountain bikes and helmets, bicycles for elementary students, cross-country skis, poles, and boots, snowshoes, inline skates, a cross-country ski groomer, an ice house, kayaks, canoes, paddles and trailHUV 1HZ SRRO Ă€WQHVV DUFKHU\ DQG JHQeral physical education equipment have also been purchased.

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Luck School District scholarship created for teacher recognition LUCK - In partnership with the Luck County Inn, the Luck School District is pleased to announce the “Lucky to Have You!â€? recognition program. Shahid Mian, owner of the Luck Country Inn, has graciously donated funds to recognize an outstanding Luck School educator, with the intention that the $500 scholarship will be awarded annually. Students in elementary and high school, parents and school district residents are all able to nominate teachers. A strong number of nominations is anticipated for two obvious reasons: Luck School is fortunate to employ many teachers who are exemplary educators, and the $500 scholarship is a tangible and timely reward for teachers who go beyond their duties and invest their personal time and PRQH\ WR EHQHĂ€W WKHLU VWXGHQWV Mian’s initiation of this scholarship is a catalyst in the community to acknowledge their outstanding K-12 educators. Luck School District welcomes additional

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Transportation Secretary Mark Gottlieb put it bluntly – Gov. Scott Walker doesn’t want to raise gasoline taxes or truck and car registration fees. To Capitol veterans, that sounded close to a veto threat. Gottlieb was before the Legislature’s budget committee defending the governor’s plan to borrow another $1.3 billion for highways and bridges. Late last year, Gottlieb had sent Walker a smorgasbord of $751 million of tax and fee-raising ideas for the state’s transportation needs. Republicans, who control the Legislature, were annoyed with Walker’s approach. On the campaign trail, they had denounced former Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle as some sort of government sinner because he had approved large-scale road borrowing. Now their own Republican governor ZDV NLFNLQJ WKH Ă€QDQFLQJ LVVXH GRZQ WKH street, sending it off into some other biennium. “We are in a crisis,â€? said Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon. “We are getting our-

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nent funding plan isn’t found. It’s also a property tax issue because municipal governments rely on state funds to help repair the 103,000 miles of road they supervise. Local property taxes are used when the state cuts back. Walker’s efforts to gain the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 play an important part in his distaste for tax and fee increases this year. He has been staking out positions that could help him in ,RZD WKH Ă€UVW VWDWH WKDW ZLOO EH VHOHFWLQJ delegates to the GOP’s national nominating convention. Democrats are calling Walker’s proposed Wisconsin budget for the 2015-2017 biennium an “Iowa-caucus budget.â€? Wisconsin governors are the most powerful in the nation because they have the constitutional power to “partiallyâ€? veto material in appropriation bills. A Wisconsin governor can eliminate or reduce the amounts in budget bills. But imposing a $1.3 billion borrowing plan cannot be done unilaterally with those veto powers. On the other hand, Walker might gain

No. 2 customers. You need to ask them how they are doing and those results need to be reported to all taxpayers. As for school accountability, current report cards overrate Wisconsin schools. Competition and higher standards produce better results. Bring into sync our school report cards. Education Week gave our country a C grade and our state a C-plus grade, or 11 out of 50, and our schools are on a meets-expectation grade scale. Locally where are we at? Are the local schools at C-plus? Put schools on letter grades please, or start comparing us to Massachusetts state standards. I do not agree or accept the absenteeism rate with a goal of 13 percent or less, or 23 days based on 180 school days. The new goal should be less than 3 percent, or six days. An employer would not accept this ever. If an employee is absent six days or more, the employee goes on a corrective action plan, unless for valid medical reasons. I also do not agree or accept the dropout rate with a goal of 6 percent or less. If the dropout rate is not 1 percent or less, we are just pushing the problem around. The new goal should be 1 percent or less. Ask county sheriffs about this. Customer satisfaction needs to be assessed. How good was your education? Parent surveys should be done yearly in June, starting in June 2015, by public college students. Graduate surveys should be done by public college students at the second-, fourth- and sixth-year points starting now. Rich Hess Trade Lake

self a raise,â€? he says. “If they’re going to engage in political discourse, they need to do their homework. The public deserves that.â€? Candidate Macco proved it was possible to rip Robinson’s acts without misstating facts in a mailing that said his rival “voted to give pay raises to politiciansâ€? — not himself but politicians, that loathsome bunch. Macco did not respond to an invitation to comment on the Jobs First Coalition mailing. Interestingly, Reddin is himself an HOHFWHG RIĂ€FLDO D PHPEHU RI WKH %URRNĂ€HOG &RPPRQ &RXQFLO ,Q -DQXDU\ he was among a council minority who voted for a failed attempt to raise alderpersons pay — which would have benHĂ€WHG KLPVHOI 5HGGLQ QRZ FDOOV WKLV YRWH “shortsighted,â€? saying his position on the issue has evolved. Good answer. Bill Lueders is the Money and Politics Project director at the Wisconsin Center for InYHVWLJDWLYH -RXUQDOLVP :LVFRQVLQ:DWFK RUJ 7KH FHQWHU SURGXFHV WKH SURMHFW LQ SDUWQHUVKLS ZLWK 0DS/LJKW

some political advantage among Republican presidential hopefuls if he were to veto a gasoline tax and automotive-fee-increase package. His backers could argue he is vetoing something even his own party had passed. Some would suggest Walker’s opposition to transportation funding ideas shows he is ready for Washington. Efforts to permanently fund increases in the federal highway transportation fund have died on the political vine. The last president to approve an increase in the federal gas tax was Ronald Reagan. On the stump he correctly labeled it a “user fee.â€? Reagan is among Walker’s favorite hisWRULFDO Ă€JXUHV 7KH JRYHUQRU QRWHV WKDW he and Reagan took on public employee XQLRQV 5HDJDQ Ă€UHG VWULNLQJ DLU WUDIĂ€F controllers and Walker gutted public employee unions in Wisconsin. Unlike the air WUDIĂ€F FRQWUROOHUV WKHUH ZDV QR VWULNH VLWXation in Walker’s move. Walker contends that his anti-union efforts will convince foreign leaders that he is tough and decisive like Reagan.

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WK 'LVWULFW 6HQDWH 6KHLOD +DUVGRUI to ask detailed questions about how various budget proposals would work and be implemented, as well as learnLQJ PRUH DERXW WKH FRVW RU EHQHĂ€W WR WKH VWDWH RI VSHFLĂ€F SURYLVLRQV 7KHVH EULHIings can be viewed online at wiseye.org. Later this month, the budget writing committee will be traveling around the state to receive input from citizens regarding their budget priorities. In an effort to ensure that residents of western and northwestern Wisconsin have a convenient opportunity to provide their

input, I have consistently advocated for holding a budget hearing in our area to make the budget process accessible to area residents. The co-chairs of the budget writing committee have released the schedule for this year’s budget hearings, and I am pleased that one of the public hearings will again be held in our region. A public hearing in Rice Lake will be held on Monday, March 23, at the UW-Barron County campus. In addition to Rice Lake, the budget writing committee has scheduled public hearings in Brillion, Reedsburg and Milwaukee. Individuals interested in testifying should register with legislative staff when they arrive at the hearing. Those that do not wish to testify, but would like to watch the proceedings, are also encouraged to attend. Written testimony can also be submitted to the committee by those unable to attend

by submitting an email at budgetcomments@legis.wisconsin.gov or by sending a letter to the Joint Committee on Finance, Attn: Joe Malkasian, Room 305 East State Capitol, Madison, WI 53702. Following the public hearings, the committee will begin its work on amending and adopting changes to the budget proposal. This process is expected to begin in early April and continue through May. More information on the budget writing committee can be found at legis.wisconsin.gov/lfb/jfc/, including a link to sign up for email noWLÀFDWLRQV RI FRPPLWWHH DFWLRQV What are your thoughts on the governor’s budget? I welcome your comments and input. Please visit my website at harsdorfsenate.com or call my RIÀFH DW RU

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WISTAX Facts: Proposed transportation bonding nears 2009-11 peak Gov. Scott Walker, R, is requesting to borrow about $1.3 billion for transportation over the next two years. A look at borrowing authorizations in past budJHWV SXWV WKLV ÀJXUH LQ SHUVSHFWLYH Traditionally, borrowing for transportation was done with revenue bonds—bonds that were paid off with transportation fund revenues. That changed in 2003-05 when the state began to raid the transportation fund to balance general fund budgets. Additional general obligation debt was used to replace the

money taken. For example, from 2003-05, $867 million in GO debt was authorized for transportation, bringing total transportation borrowing to $1.2 billion, up from $305 million in 2001-03. In 2009-11, $925 million in GO bonds were authorized for transportation, bringing total transportation borrowing to $1.3 billion. The governor proposes to borrow this same amount over the next two years. The Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance is D QRQSDUWLVDQ QRQSURĂ€W UHVHDUFK RUJDnization dedicated to good government through citizen education since 1932.

Leader receives WNA awards FREDERIC - The Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation’s Better Newspaper Contest awarded the Inter-County Leader three awards at its yearly banquet held near Milwaukee. Leader reporter Greg Marsten received a third-place award for enterprise/interpretive reporting for his three-part series “h-e-L-P! The propane shortage in depth.� “I had to go put on a hat after reading this story,� noted one of the judges from the Michigan Press Association. “It’s going

to be another cold winter. Amazing depth and breadth of the story everyone is talking about, but few are covering as thoroughly or as deeply.� 7KH /HDGHU DOVR UHFHLYHG D ÀUVW SODFH award for all-around newspaper photography and an honorable mention for general web excellence, for its website, leadernewsroom.com. The contest included 2,897 total entries from 172 newspapers across Wisconsin.

STATEWIDE - Rep. Adam Jarchow has released a statement regarding the governor’s proposal to turn the DNR Natural Resources Board into an advisory board. Jarchow says, “It’s time to do away with the policymaking role of the unelected, unaccountable natural resources board. I have not come to this conclusion lightly. I have thought long and hard about it and discussed it with many of my friends and constituents, most of whom are sportsmen. Frankly, some of them urged me to oppose making the board advisory. They raised a number of good points. But, ultimately, there is one unassailable fact that we cannot escape: the board is not elected and, therefore, not accountable to the voters. “To me, this issue goes beyond streamlining government, though I believe that’s a worthy goal, it goes to the heart of our democracy. I am simply not comfortable with an unelected body setting policy that touches every corner of our state. From wetlands to hunting, from Ă€VKLQJ WR DLU SHUPLWWLQJ IURP IRUHVWU\

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Bone Lake Lutheran Church holding a spaghetti dinner LUCK – The Bone Lake Lutheran Church will be holding a spaghetti dinner fundraiser, by freewill offering, for Luther Point camperships on Sunday, March 15, from 4:30 – 7 p.m. at the church. Mark your calendars to enjoy a meal and

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Gregg Westigard |Staff writer OSCEOLA – “Wisconsin had a great tradition of funding education,â€? Glenn Martin, St. Croix Falls school administrator, said. “Now the state seems to be shifting gears. I am not happy the direction we are going.â€? Martin was joined by school administrators from the Frederic, Luck, Unity, Amery, Osceola, and New Richmond school districts Wednesday, March 4, as the group told how school funding cuts in the proposed Wisconsin state budget will affect their schools. Their concern focused on the proposed elimination of $150 per pupil categorical aid combined with no increase in school levy limits. They said that the estimated cuts to nine school districts in Polk County would total $1.1 million. Each administrator told a similar story. “It’s time to reinvest in Wisconsin’s schools to keep them one of the nation’s best,â€? Mark Luebker, Osceola administrator, said. He added that the state-imposed revenue limits had been increased annuDOO\ E\ WKH UDWH RI LQĂ DWLRQ WR DFFRPPRdate increasing cost. Now that allowed LQĂ DWLRQ LQFUHDVH KDV EHHQ UHPRYHG DQG the state is proposing to cut aid by $150 per pupil. Luebker said the combination of no allowed increase plus the cut in aid would turn a $293,395 revenue increase into a $314,061 projected decrease in revenue for the coming year. “I don’t understand how the state can consider reducing funding by $135 per pupil in public education and increase funding by $170 per pupil in vouchers,â€? Luebker said. “Shouldn’t funding for all students in Wisconsin be equitable?â€? Local control is the big issue, Rick Palmer, Luck administrator, said. He said the district can’t sustain its present operations when the state cuts funding and limits the district’s ability to raise the needed funds. Palmer said that district voters approved a referendum last year allowing the district to exceed the state-imposed levy limit. That additional funding will be gone if the $150 cut takes place. Palmer said the state statutes require the school districts to raise the funds needed to operate the schools but takes away the districts ability to meet that demand. Palmer said the cuts and limits lead to a school funding situation that can’t be sustained. “It will lead to a crash,â€? he said. “The cut in school funds will affect downtown Amery,â€? Stephen Schiell, Amery administrator said. “Our businesses will have less and less talented people available to meet their needs if we continue to cut the funding for our school district,â€? he said. “Our governor says he is pro-education but his actions speak louder than his word,â€? Schiell said. “There are already many inequalities

7KH VLWXDWLRQ DW Frederic Less funding means limited wage increases, OHVV EHQHĂ€WV Gregg Westigard | Staff writer FREDERIC – The effects of the stateimposed limits on school district revenue were illustrated during a meeting between a dozen Frederic schoolteachers and two Frederic School Board members Wednesday, March 4, when the school $ JURXS RI DUHD VFKRRO DGPLQLVWUDWRUV JDWKHUHG WR VKDUH WKHLU YLHZV RQ SURSRVHG VWDWH VFKRRO board personnel committee held a Meet IXQGLQJ FXWV 6KRZQ / WR 5 DUH 0DUN /XHENHU 2VFHROD *OHQQ 0DUWLQ 6W &URL[ )DOOV 5LFN and Confer session with professional 3DOPHU /XFN -HQLIHU )UDQN 2VFHROD EXVLQHVV PDQDJHU 6WHSKHQ 6FKLHOO $PHU\ %UDQGRQ VWDII 3DXOD 0RRUH Ă€IWK JUDGH WHDFKHU 5RELQVRQ 8QLW\ -RVK 5RELQVRQ )UHGHULF DQG -HII 0REHUJ 1HZ 5LFKPRQG 3KRWRV E\ *UHJJ was the spokes person for the 12 teachers. Becky Amundson and Scott Nelson, rep:HVWLJDUG resenting the school board, and district Administrator Josh Robinson were there to listen. “We have a great staff,â€? Moore said. “But for the past three to four years there have been no real wage increases. Frederic must compensate for years of experience. The district is close to the bottom. Teachers will start to leave.â€? Moore said that some new hires are credited for prior experience while current Frederic teachers do not get increases for experience. She said that is not fair. Moore also said that health insurance has been part of the salary and the increases in premium plus higher deductibles have been like a pay cut. “My take-home pay is less and I pay more on deductibles,â€? one teacher said. “That is a lot of money for a single parent. I have a job I love but others outside $ GR]HQ )UHGHULF WHDFKHUV PHW ZLWK WKH ERDUG SHUVRQQHO FRPPLWWHH 3DXOD 0RRUH WKLUG IURP the school get more than me.â€? OHIW IURQW URZ ZDV WKH VSRNHVSHUVRQ IRU WKH JURXS Another teacher asked, if teachers will receive more pay as they increase their in school funding,â€? Brandon Robinson, these cuts put stress on the system. Wis- education? She wondered if there is value Unity administrator, said. “There was not consin has always taken pride in public in taking more education credits and bea lot of funding to start with and the cut education and we want to continue that,â€? coming more competent. exacerbates the problem,â€? he said. “With Moberg said. “School employees have Robinson said the district has plugged QR ZD\ WR UDLVH IXQGV WR FRYHU LQĂ DWLRQ- already made big concessions in their in a 1.46 percent wage increase into the ary increases, we must reduce programs,â€? ZDJHV DQG EHQHĂ€WV 7KH VFKRROV FDQ¡W base wage calculation. He said that the Robinson said. keep pace with salaries in the labor mar- district must pay the market price to get “We spent three years getting healthy ket and there is a talent drain.â€? new hires and give credit for prior experiIn summing up the presentations ence a new teacher brings to the district. Ă€QDQFLDOO\ DW )UHGHULF Âľ -RVK 5RELQVRQ Frederic administrator, said. “The com- Palmer said the school staff have taken Robinson said that new models besides munity has supported us through all of the biggest cuts and are doing more for seniority are being looked at for setting that and we have built trust with the com- less. That should be a concern for all, he compensation. munity. We budgeted a balanced budget said, adding that the communities need “We all need to act in community,â€? DQG WKHQ Ă€QG RXW WKDW ZLWK D FXW to speak out. Moore said. “Thanks, we feel like we have LQ DLG ZH ZLOO VHH D GHĂ€FLW Âľ 5RELQVRQ “The politicians are playing games with been heard.â€? said. There is no more ways to reallocate us,â€? Schiell said. “Education is taking a funds beyond what we have done and all huge hit.â€? WKDW LV OHIW LV VWDIĂ€QJ FXWV Âľ KH VDLG ´/RFDO “They should be asking us what is control has been taken away and we are needed,â€? Martin said. “We shouldn’t working within a shrinking box.â€? KDYH WR Ă€JKW WKH EDWWOH IRU WKH NLGV 7KH “With a $478,000 cut and no funds for $150 will be gone forever. We will never LQĂ DWLRQDU\ FRVW LQFUHDVHV ZH DUH ORVLQJ get it back.â€? purchasing power in Northwest Wisconsin,â€? Jeff Moberg, New Richmond administrator, said. “We have historically had lower spending in our region and

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0DU\ 6WLUUDW _ Staff writer BALSAM LAKE — The recent and abrupt closing of Paradise Landing in Balsam Lake, where Unity School’s junior class was to hold its prom in a little over a month, meant some scrambling, but a new venue has been found. Whitney Rock, Gabrielle Foeller and Matt Peterson of the junior class attended the Tuesday, March 10, meeting of the school board to present prom plans, and the board unanimously approved a change of location to Chateau St. Croix, on Hwy. 87 north of St. Croix Falls.

Prom will be held Saturday, April 18, from 7 to 11 p.m., with the grand march at 7:20 p.m. The winery closes to the public at 6 p.m., so the school will have sole use. There is no on-site catering, so the junior class is still looking into other options. A photographer, DJ and the chaperones are all lined up. Cost for holding the event at Chateau St. Croix, including an estimated amount for catering, is still less than had prom been at Paradise. The entire event will be under $4,000, said the students.

Danielle Kaeding | WPR News SUPERIOR - Around the turn of the 20th century, 60 Wisconsin communities received Andrew Carnegie grants to build public libraries. While many have since been razed or repurposed, some are still in use today. Carnegie, a major philanthropist of the time, donated a total of $40 million to build close to 1,700 libraries across the nation. Former Wisconsin Library Heritage Center Chair Larry Nix said Carnegie was handing out library grants left and right, and many communities wanted in on the action. “It was a huge factor in terms of public

library development, and it was a source of huge community pride,â€? said Nix. Nix said 14 libraries have been razed and 28 have been repurposed as communities outgrow the buildings. “They did that in Fond du Lac, for instance, and Racine’s library is still used as a museum, but basically it’s because the building was inadequate to meet the needs of growing library service,â€? he said. 6XSHULRU LV WKH VLWH RI WKH Ă€UVW DQG ODVW libraries built in Wisconsin. Superior Planning Director Jason Serck said new life may be breathed into one building: 2QH RI WKH &DUQHJLH OLEUDULHV WKDW ZDV EXLOW LQ A Minnesota man wants to turn it into a 6XSHULRU 3KRWR E\ -DFRE 1RUOXQG natural history museum.

“I think the community as a whole would like to preserve that building,â€? said Serck. Duluth’s Matthew Waterhouse is the man behind the push to turn the building into a museum. He said he was struck by WKH EXLOGLQJ¡V EHDXW\ ZKHQ KH Ă€UVW VDZ LW “It reminded me of the architecture of the older museums around the country — the Smithsonian and the American Museum of Natural History in New York,â€? he said. Waterhouse said he hopes to raise around $300,000 through a crowdfunding campaign to restore the building.

6HQ -RKQVRQ SODQV WR LQWURGXFH ELOO GHOLVWLQJ ZROI XQGHU HQGDQJHUHG VSHFLHV DFW Glen Moberg | WPR News WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson plans to introduce legislation in the U.S. Senate next week that would override a judicial order protecting gray wolves in Wisconsin. Johnson’s bill would mirror H.R. 884, a bill introduced last month by U.S. Rep.

Reid Ribble that would again remove wolves in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan from the endangered species list. The bills would override a December federal court ruling that outlawed wolf hunts. University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point professor of wildlife ecology Eric An-

derson said he believes President Barack Obama would sign the legislation, since he signed a similar bill that delisted wolves in two western states. “The president already signed a piece of legislation for Idaho and Montana that allowed for state management of those species. I think there’s an excellent chance

the president would sign that piece of legislation,� said Anderson. Ribble’s bill has not yet been heard by the House Natural Resources Committee.

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WEBSTER - As the weather warms and the season moves toward spring, the school year starts winding down, and this is true for the Webster High School student council as well. Not that the larger community would probably notice since much of the student council’s efforts are concentrated inside the school walls. However, their collaborating efforts with the Danbury Fire and Rescue on the annual holiday drive spread far into the community. A total of 92 packages containing a turkey, canned goods, a gift card for Wayne’s Foods Plus and toys for all the children in the family were delivered to families in the school district who are struggling. Longtime student council adviser and high school social studies teacher Jeff Roberts thinks this year may have been the most successful ever. The student council collects funds for this endeavor in a couple of ways. Students in the school district donate to the cause, but the primary source of funding is the Danbury Fire and Rescue. This year their contribution was $7,000. In turn, the student council and Webster School head cook Kathy Eckstrom help during the Danbury Fire and Rescue’s hunters supper fundraiser. This year’s packages were delivered on Dec. 22, 2014. Roberts explained that it is always fun and interesting to see the reactions to these deliveries. “At times it can be quite emotional.� - submitted

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“Ve  are  too  soon  auld  und  too  late  schmartâ€?  Author  unknown Father  Oscar  W.  Winzerling,  former  pastor  at  St.  Joseph’s  Church  in  Taylors  Falls,  would  term  the  60-­plus-­year  practice  of  putting  hydrofluorosilicic  acid,  fluoride,  in  the  tap  water  of  the  United  States,  Scandalous. Fluoride  was  added  to  the  water  in  German  concentration  camps,  also  Russian  camps  during  World  War  II.  Bruno  Bettelheim,  writing  the  Foreword  to  â€œAdolph  Eichmann’s  Auschwitz,â€?  was  mystified  at  the  lack  of  resistance  of  pris-­ oners  to  being  marched   to  the  gas  chambers.  Another  result  of  fluoride  poi-­ soning,  apathy,  stupefaction. According  to  the  Lancet,  a  leading  English  medical  journal,  fluoride  inhibits  or  destroys  the  crucial  neurotransmitter  acetylcholine,  which  is  imperative  for  the  process  of  learning  and  memory.  Scientist  Phyllis  Mullenix,  while  doing  research  for  the  Forsyth  Dental  Center  in  Boston,  found  similar  evidence.  She  proved  that  low  doses  of  fluoride  accumulate  in  the  brain  tissue,  and  that  the  severity  of  the  effects  depend  on  the  age  of  those  exposed.  The  younger  were  more  vulnerable.  Epidemiological  evidence  from  China  also  confirms  a  correla-­ tion  between  low-­dose  fluoride  exposure  and  diminished  I.Q.  in  children. Dr.  Hardy  Limeback,  head  of  the  Department  of  Preventive  Dentistry  for  the  University  of  Toronto  and  Canada’s  leading  fluoride  research  authority,  has  apologized  for  erroneously  promoting  fluoride.  â€œTragically,  we  are  not  just  dumping  toxic  fluoride  into  our  drinking  water,  we  are  also  exposing  unsus-­ pecting  people  to  deadly  elements:  lead,  arsenic  and  radium,  all  of  them  car-­ cinogenic.  Because  of  the  accumulative  properties  of  these  toxins,  the  det-­ rimental  effects  on  the  human  health  are  catastrophic.  For  the  past  15  years  I  had  refused  to  study  the  toxicology  information  that  is  readily  available  to  any-­ one.  Poisoning  our  children  was  the  furthest  thing  on  my  mind! Fluoride  exposure  has  been  linked  to  the  following  disorders:  Tremors;Íž  stom-­ ach  pain;Íž  headaches;Íž  depression;Íž  lethargy;Íž  osteoporosis;Íž  shallow  breathing;Íž  arthritis;Íž  skin  disorders;Íž  obesity;Íž  increased  hip  fractures;Íž  weakness;Íž  cognitive  depreciation  in  children  and  adults;Íž  loss  of  appetite;Íž  watery  eyes;Íž  constipation;Íž  excessive  colds;Íž  pain  in  neck  and  shoulders;Íž  sinusitis;Íž  kidney  and  bladder  problems;Íž  depressed  thyroid  activity;Íž  weakened  immunity;Íž  diminished  repro-­ ductive  capabilities;Íž  genetic  damage;Íž  increased  infant  mortality;Íž  premature  aging;Íž  bone  malformations;Íž  skeletal  fluorosis;Íž  etc. The  calcification  of  ligaments,  cartilage  and  tendons  causes  the  formation  of  poorly  and  overmineralized  bone.  The  most  noticeable  changes  are  detected  in  the  spine  with  calcification  of  various  spinal  ligaments.  In  more  advanced  cases  bones  become  held  together  by  masses  of  new  bone  laid  down  in  the  joint  socket,  ligaments  and  tendons.  This  results  in  the  locking  up  of  joints  and  permanently  inhibits  the  move  or  flex  of  the  joints.  Vertebrae  become  fused  in  many  places,  resulting  in  the  characteristic,  hunchback  symptoms  of  skeletal  fluorisis. If  you  want  to  support  a  crusade  to  bring  about  a  congressional  hearing  on  fluoridation,  visit:  www.powalliance.org/petition/index.html. Raymond  L.  Rivard 20802  Lake  Blvd.,  Shafer,  MN  55074 Postscript:  Two  local  medical  professionals,  a  pharmacist  and  an  M.D.,  â€œlet  a  cat  out  of  the  bagâ€?  about  fluoride  in  drinking  water,  quoting  the  M.D.:  â€œIt’s  just  a  small  amount.â€?  Really  doctor?  I  understand  perfectly.  A  small  amount  is  all  it  takes  to  screw  up  the  works.  I  won’t  be  throwing  you  a  crumb,  not  even  for  a  truck  driver  physical.  A  chiropractor  can  do  that. 3W

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••• STEVENS POINT – The Eau Claire Blugolds traveled to UW-Stevens Point on Saturday, March 7, for their Ă€QDO LQGRRU PHHW EHIRUH KHDGLQJ WR WKH NCAA Championships in West Salem, N.C., which will be held on March 13-14. 5RJHU 6WHHQ, Luck, broke his own school record in the shot put and moved into Ă€UVW SODFH LQ WKH QDtion with a throw of 61-02.25 feet. It was a “pre-nationalâ€? meet 5RJHU 6WHHQ as nine out of the top 15 throwers in the nation were competing at Stevens Point that day. Steen said that he and his coach have been working hard so that he can peak at the right time and sitting in the No. 1 position going into nationals is a great feeling. “I hope I can continue to improve during the nationals meet next weekend,â€? Steen said. Steen also followed up by coming in third in the weight throw at 58-09.05, also a personal best. &ROWRQ 6RUHQVHQ, Unity, another local athlete competing for UW-River )DOOV DOVR TXDOLĂ€HG IRU WKH QDWLRQDO meet in the pole vault by winning the pole vault competition on Saturday with a jump of 16 feet, 2 inches, his personal best. That moved Sorensen up to ninth in the nation, so he will also be heading to North Carolina for the NCAA national indoor track meet. Another local athlete from Luck, A.J. :DOVK %UHQL]HU, also competed in the pole vault for UW-River Falls and just came up just a little short of qualifying for nationals. – submitted ••• DE PERE – The St. Norbert College men’s basketball season came to a tough end after a 110-98 triple overtime loss to Elmhurst College in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Green Knights ended their season 24-2 and Webster’s Austin Elliott ended a stellar career with the Green Austin Elliott Knights. The senior three-year letter winQHU VKRW RI LQ KLV Ă€QDO JDPH DQG led the team with 31 points. ² IURP VQF edu ••• LEADER LAND – The Thursday, March 12, 3KLOOLSV YV 8QLW\ ER\V basketball playoff at Rice Lake, is being broadcast on 104.9 FM starting at 7 p.m. :LVFRQVLQ PHQ¡V EDVNHWEDOO games can be heard on 1260 AM, starting with their opening game Friday, March 13, at 11 a.m., against either Michigan or Illinois. Other Big Ten tournament games are TBA.

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Frederic 57, Luck 49 FREDERIC – For the second time in two days the Vikings faced another tough West Lakeland Conference rival against the Luck Cardinals. It was the third time WKH WHDPV PHW WKLV \HDU ZLWK WKH Ă€UVW WZR contests siding with Frederic during the regular season. The Vikings were tested big against a Cardinals squad hungry for an upset victory and Luck made several runs at the Vikings throughout the game, but Frederic managed to hang on. “I have never been so proud in my life,â€? said Vikings coach Ryan Lind. “Luck played incredibly tough. They wanted that game very badly just like we did. I thought (Luck player) Sam Nelson’s improvement over the course of the year was incredible. We challenged him to score and he answered the challenge. Coach (Al) Tomlinson and (Chad) Eley have done a very nice job trying to Ă€OO VRPH LQFUHGLEO\ ELJ VKRHV Âľ )UHGHULF OHG DIWHU WKH Ă€UVW TXDUWHU and were in control by as much as 32-19 ZLWK WR SOD\ LQ WKH Ă€UVW KDOI EXW D ODWH run by Luck that included a 3-pointer at the buzzer made it 37-26, Frederic, at halftime. The Cardinals were able to mount a comeback in the second half. Luck trailed 38-32 with 3:33 left in the third quarter, but the Vikings ended up leading 43-34 as the third quarter ended. With over two PLQXWHV OHIW WR SOD\ LQ WKH Ă€QDO TXDUWHU the Vikings maintained a 9-point lead. “I think it was total effort on both ends RI WKH Ă RRU E\ HYHU\ NLG WKDW VWHSSHG RQ the court,â€? Lind said.

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For the second straight game Frederic’s Austin Ennis led the Vikings in scoring, with 19 points and six steals. The previous game he led with 18, and a pair of steals. “He has been a huge part of our lateseason success. If his body was proportionate to his heart he would be 7 feet tall. But he would never brag about what he has done because he is such a good teammate,â€? Lind said. Other scorers included Zach Schmidt, who had 12 points, four steals, three assists and four rebounds. Austin Kurkowski added 11 points, with three steals and a one-handed dunk to spark a big momentum shift for Frederic late in WKH Ă€UVW TXDUWHU ZKLFK EURXJKW )UHGHULF fans to their feet. Roman Poirier had eight points with four assists and two steals, and John Chenal added seven points with four rebounds. Luck was led by Nelson with 16 points followed by Taylor Hawkins, 11, Casey Ogilvie, 10, and Austin Hamack and Noah Mortel each had six. “We played a good neck-to-neck game for four quarters but came up short,â€? said Luck coach Al Tomlinson. “Once again, a few too many mistakes against a very good Frederic team. Sam Nelson had an outstanding night leading the Luck scorLQJ ZLWK SRLQWV IRU KLV Ă€QDO KLJK VFKRRO game.â€? Tomlinson added, “Just a hardfought game, and a real crowd pleaser.â€? The last time Frederic, 22-3, won a regional title was in 2012 against the Siren Dragons. They’ll play their next game against No. 1 seeded Washburn, 23-2, at Superior High School Thursday, March 12, beginning at 7 p.m. “We have not looked at Washburn much yet, but we will be doing that very shortly. We know that they have a player who is averaging 30 points per game named Cody Tomlinson, so we will start there,â€? said Lind.

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who edged Lerud by a slim margin with a score of 9.583. “The scoring was tight, the margin even smaller between places,â€? Lund said. “Jessee gave it her all and came home our 0DUW\ 6HHJHU_Staff writer champion with four medals, taking secWISCONSIN RAPIDS – Grantsburg ond place in the all-around for the third junior Jessee Lerud completed another year in a row! It’s so exciting seeing Jessee memorable trip to the state gymnastics on the podium, she is an amazing athlete, meet in Wisconsin Rapids Saturday, I am so proud of her accomplishments.â€? March 7, and for the third straight seaAlong with being second in the vault son, placed second in the all-around event and all-around, Lerud took fourth on the DPRQJ 'LYLVLRQ FRPSHWLWRUV 7KH Ă€UVW uneven bars with a score of 9.317, sixth team all-state selection scored a total of RQ Ă RRU H[HUFLVH ZLWK DQG QLQWK RQ 36.617 points, not far behind senior Laubalance beam with 8.483. ren Faust of Mount Horeb, who scored a Grantsburg/Luck/Unity gymnasts 36.933 for the all-around title. wrap up the season with high honors. “There is no meet that compares to the Morgan Pfaff earned an all-state honorstate meet. Both Divisions 1 and 2 are DEOH PHQWLRQ RQ Ă RRU H[HUFLVH DQG +ROO\ going on simultaneously, the atmosphere Fiedler was an all-state honorable menis incredibly loud, it’s the best of the best; tion in the all-around. everywhere you look there is great gymSeveral gymnasts won academic allnastics,â€? said coach Kathy Lund. state honors, including Lerud, Pfaff, Along with taking second in the allFielder, Heidi Schoettle, Alina Bak, DaniDURXQG /HUXG Ă€QLVKHG VWURQJ LQ YDXOWLQJ elle Bertelsen, Erica Simmons, Brittanie with a second-place score of 9.450. The Blume, Rachel Glover, Lindsay Mattson, Ă€UVW SODFH Ă€QLVKHU LQ WKH HYHQW ZDV $OH[ Alaina Oachs and Kelsey Paulson. Van Gilder of Rice Lake/Cumberland,

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Unity 57, Cameron 49 0DUW\ 6HHJHU_Staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The Unity boys basketball team is headed to the sectional tournament for the third straight season, after winning the regional title over Cameron Saturday, March 7. It’s the second year in a row that Unity and Cameron KDYH PHW LQ WKH UHJLRQDO Ă€QDOV DQG LQ 2013, the Eagles ended the Comets seaVRQ LQ WKH UHJLRQDO VHPLĂ€QDOV 6DWXUGD\¡V game was another big test for the Eagles, who got everything the Comets could throw at them. “The guys are exhausted. I know I am! I didn’t know if we were going to hold onto that thing,â€? said Unity coach Shaun Fisher, who saw his team get off to a fast start. Just three minutes into the game the Eagles were in control, leading 15-5, and extended their lead to as much as 14 SRLQWV EHIRUH Ă€QLVKLQJ RII WKH Ă€UVW TXDUter, 24-12. “We needed it, because they’re a really good basketball team,â€? Fisher said. “We’ve played them a couple of times now and they’re offensive minded. We knew we had to have a fast start. We didn’t necessarily think we’d get a fast start like that, but it was good to see them VKRRW ZLWK WKDW FRQĂ€GHQFH Âľ Cameron wouldn’t go away quietly, but the Eagles continued to play strong offensively to start the second quarter and led 35-27 at halftime. A pair of big threes from Cameron’s Matthew Schnider and Maxwell Verdegan helped Cameron close the gap to nine at halftime, yet the Eagles were able to respond offensively. Both Hunter Fjorden and Nathan HeimVWHDG KDG D ELJ Ă€UVW KDOI VFRULQJ QLQH DQG six points, respectively, which came in WKH Ă€UVW TXDUWHU DQG %DGHU KDG Ă€UVW half points, while surviving the Comets full-court pressure. “They were really aggressive and we didn’t play our typical defense. We score that many points and they’re only down 10?â€? Fisher asked. “We were sitting there, scratching our head, thinking we’re in for a battle here,â€? Fisher added. ´:H NQRZ WKH\ KDYH RIIHQVLYH Ă€UHpower to score. I mean they score 80 points in some games, so we knew they would be able to put points on the board. Our guys kept their composure there LQ WKH Ă€UVW KDOI ,W FRXOG KDYH EHHQ Ă€YH points at halftime but they did enough.â€? Cameron continued to pressure in the second half and inched closer. Peyton Dibble had a key steal for Cameron, with just over four minutes to go in the third quarter, and completed a two-and-one

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with a short jumper by Wyatt Stenberg, a steal by Bader that eventually led to two points and another two from Lowe. Cameron was in the bonus at that point, got to within six points. Heimstead came up big with a pair of free throws to make it a 54-46 game, yet Gunner Wilder hit from long range with 51 seconds remaining to EULQJ WKH &RPHWV ZLWKLQ Ă€YH $ '\ODQ Ruck free throw, Bader block and pair of free throws eventually sealed the Unity win. Cameron was led by Dibble with 15 points. “Our guys just have a lot of heart. I’ve been saying that for a couple years now and they want it. Last year’s success and previous year’s success. These guys want that again,â€? Fisher said. The Eagles, 22-2, will play their sectional semifinal game against No. 1 seeded Phillips, who has a record of 20-4. The game will be held at Rice Lake Thursday, March 12, starting at 7 p.m. +XQWHU )MRUGHQ JHWV D JRRG ORRN DW WKH EDV NHW ODWH LQ WKH JDPH DJDLQVW &DPHURQ )MRUGHQ KDG VHYHUDO NH\ EDVNHWV RQ WKH QLJKW DQG ILQ LVKHG ZLWK SRLQWV 7KH (DJOHV ZLOO WUDYHO WR 5LFH /DNH WKLV 7KXUVGD\ 0DUFK WR WDNH RQ 1R VHHGHG 3KLOOLSV VWDUWLQJ DW S P

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Cards beat Northwood in regional semifinal Luck 50, Northwood 45 LUCK – The Cardinal boys pulled out an exciting win over Northwood in the reJLRQDO VHPLĂ€QDO JDPH DW /XFN 7KXUVGD\ March 5. Luck found themselves down by four points early and trailed by two points after three quarters in the close game. Northwood still had a one-point edge with 1:50 to go in the game before Luck was able to gain the lead and hold onto the win for good. The Cardinals were DEOH WR DGYDQFH WR WKH UHJLRQDO Ă€QDOV WZR nights later against Frederic, but fell 57-49 to end their season. /XFN Ă€QLVKHG ZLWK DQ RYHUDOO UHFRUG RI 14-9 and 5-7 in conference play. “A really close game throughout four quarters, with Northwood leading by a few at the end of each quarter,â€? said Luck coach Al Tomlinson. “At the end of the fourth Jack Johansen hit a 3-point shot for us to go up by three with very little time left. Taylor Hawkins stole the inbounds pass and got fouled. Hit both free throws to seal the victory.â€? Tomlinson added that Taylor Hawkins had a solid night on defense in the second half, shot 10 for 10 from the free-throw line and led the team with 19 points. “A great team effort. Key aspect of the win was going 13 of 17 at the free throw line for 76-percent,â€? said Tomlinson.

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burned to the ground in 1947 but the team nickname remains. 9LNLQJV YHUVXV &DVWOH *XDUGV It should be quite a battle Thursday night when our Frederic Vikings meet Washburn at the 6XSHULRU 6HQLRU +LJK School gymnasium. As indicated in a prior column, Frederic last played the Guards in 2012 regionals, earning a victory in the FHS gym. Washburn has three proven scorers including a sharpshooting sophomore who is the son of 8: 5LYHU )DOOV basketball Hall of Famer Dean Cook who led Washburn into a couple of sectional battles with area teams, including 6W &URL[ )DOOV back in the 1980s. But don’t think the Vikings won’t be able to match up with Washburn, man for man. There are few teams with Frederic’s kind of quickness and defensive tenacity, and don’t be surprised if the blue and gold are playing at 6SRRQHU on Saturday. There

are no common foes upon which to make a prediction on this game. The closest thing would be 6W &URL[ )DOOV¡ narrow tournament loss to No. 1 seed 1RUWKZHVWHUQ in Division 3 regionals last Saturday. Northwestern beat neighboring Washburn 67-66 in a nonconference matchup this season, while Frederic beat St. Croix Falls twice by around 10 points per game. How’s that for a convoluted comparative analysis? Incidentally, Washburn is coached by 'XDQH *DVSHULQL who is the son of legend Bob Gasperini. The elder Gasperini led Washburn to state in the three-class system in 1976. :LOO WKH (DJOHV VRDU" Expect the Unity Eagles to win by 10 points or more over Phillips on Thursday in Rice /DNH Saturday night will likely be the big test for 6KDXQ )LVKHU¡V crew, as the Eagles will probably face undefeated Eau Claire Regis. Phillips, meanwhile, is 20-4 including

a loss to Hayward. Note that Hayward was dispatched comfortably by St. Croix Falls in last week’s tourney play on the Hurricanes home court. Once a Viking ‌ It was great to see members of the 1983 Frederic conference champs on the scene sharing in the excitement of the Vikes march to the regional title (see coverage elsewhere on these pages). Longtime Frederic fans were similarly thrilled to see icons Brad McAbee and Jack Orgeman at Saturday night’s game. The duo were members of Frederic’s 1964 team which made it to state back in the single-class days. Orgeman was spotted congratulating Frederic players after the game, then later seemed to enjoy “talking basketballâ€? with fellow old-timers long after the Vikes had cut down the net. What a weekend it was!

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Greg Marsten|Staff writer BALSAM LAKE – The Unity Eagles boys basketball team advanced in the WIAA Division 4 regional playoffs after a solid victory on Friday, March 6, at home over the Grantsburg Pirates. The top-seeded Eagles won handily, 6533, as the fourth-seed Pirates kept up with the speedy Unity front court through the Ă€UVW TXDUWHU EXW IHOO EHKLQG WR VWD\ as they approached the halftime break. “The game turned a little at the start of the second quarter,â€? Pirate head coach Nick Hallberg said, pointing to a change when sophomore Austin Olson had to sit out due to early foul trouble. “We had guys doing things they didn’t need to do. That little run (by Unity) took something out of us, I think.â€? Grantsburg spent the second half trying to recover, but couldn’t seem to buy a basket in the third frame, while the Eagles exploded on several fast breaks after steals and generally solid defense or strong work on the boards at both ends. Unity never let off the gas, and scored no less than 14 points in any quarter, DQG GLGQ¡W VORZ XQWLO WKH Ă€QDO PRPHQWV working their way through the Pirates defense toward a strong playoff win over a longtime West Lakeland rival. Grantsburg was able to recover someZKDW LQ WKH Ă€QDO TXDUWHU NHHSLQJ XS ZLWK the Eagles in scoring, but with a looming GHĂ€FLW WKH\ VLPSO\ FRXOG QRW RYHUFRPH with Unity beat them, 65-33. “The guys were disappointed,â€? Hallberg admitted. “A couple of the intangiEOHV RI WKH JDPH GHĂ DWHG XV DQG ZH QHYHU recovered.â€? Seven Eagles scored in the contest, with Unity’s Hunter Fjorden leading the way with 19 points and 15 more each for Jordan Lowe and Logan Bader. The Prediction King produced a stellar 6-1 record in tournament play last week. He finished the 2014-15 basketball season with a 39 record for a SHUFHQW success rate. In 2013-14 his success rate was 76 percent. “So this season was an THE SWAMI improvement, but I fell short of my 80-percent goal. But at least I helped two Leader Land teams, Frederic and Unity, make it to sectionals and just missed on St. Croix Falls. I’m quite proud of that. My work is done,â€? he said. The Swami will conclude the 2014-15 basketball season by sharing some email exchanges he experienced with some of his fans.

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DU, FOC offer hunters new ranges to roam 7LP 6SLHOPDQ_Contributing writer GRANTSBURG – If you own five, maybe 10 acres or more, you typically have a place where you’re able to hunt deer. But ducks? Geese? Or even ruffed grouse and bears? For many, public land is the best, if not only, option available. That option in recent months has grown, as Ducks Unlimited and Friends of Crex have combined to purchase two large parcels – one adjacent to Crex Meadows State Wildlife Area and the other within Amsterdam Sloughs State Wildlife Area. Combined, these two tracts total nearly 700 acres of prime wetlands and uplands in the heart of Burnett County. Right now, they’re known by descriptors based on the land sellers. There’s the (Jarrod) Washburn land, located on the east side of Crex Meadows, and there’s the (Mick) Bruss land, located on the west side of Amsterdam Sloughs. The Washburn land totals 360 acres; the Bruss land, 320 acres. “We’re really excited to be partnering with Friends of Crex,� said Brian Glenzinski, Ducks Unlimited regional biologist in Wisconsin. DU is the lead organization in the Washburn purchase; FOC is the primary in the Bruss land buy. Neither organization intends to hold onto the respective properties for any length of time. The most likely scenario for the Washburn land is for it to eventually be managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and designated as a waterfowl production area. As for the Bruss land, Paul Kooiker, a retired DNR wildlife manager and currently head of the FOC land acquisition committee, says that’s most likely destined to be managed by the state DNR as part of Amsterdam Sloughs. “We’re in the process of selling it to the state, is what it boils down to,� Kooiker said. “It’s a really nice wetland complex, with a diversity of wetlands and upland forest.� The property is frequented by the local array of wildlife, from waterfowl and grouse to bears and deer. Kooiker said the former owner had made a trail through the property, so it holds promise as a bird-watching area, and also could provide access for disabled hunters and other wildlife enthusiasts. Kooiker called the Bruss purchase “a major undertaking� for Friends of Crex (which purchased the land, with DU to contribute a yet-undisclosed amount), adding that it’s the largest of a number of

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at length on the request, Peck assured that the project was otherwise fully on budget and had plenty of money to cover the request. “This is a cost we can absorb in the Greg Marsten | Staff writer budget,â€? Peck assured, as he also noted ST. CROIX FALLS – The St. Croix Falls that part of the reason for the request is Common Council approved the sale of because of a city staff retirement, which $1.2 million in general obligation bonds could have reduced the inspection needs. as a way to cover the early costs of a pro´:H¡UH GRLQJ D ELW RI EDFNĂ€OOLQJ RQ LQposed rehabilitation and development spections,â€? Peck added. project at the corner of Louisiana and In the end, the council approved the Washington streets downtown. change unanimously. The council approved the sale at their • The council approved the hanging of regular meeting on Monday, March 9, but a banner for the Million March Against they have debated the issue for months. Child Abuse on April 11, from noon to 4 ,Q RWKHU FRXQFLO EXVLQHVV After some discussion, they approved • The council debated and discussed p.m. at the city’s Overlook Deck. the proposal to engage Quarles & Brady The council approved the hanging of a the ongoing wastewater treatment plant as their bond agents to sell the bonds and 6W &URL[ )DOOV &LW\ $GPLQLVWUDWRU -RHO 3HFN project and a request to modify the con- large banner over State Street and the use cover all the legal angles of the sale. RXWOLQHG WKH GHWDLOV EHKLQG D PLOOLRQ JHQ tract with project coordinator MSA Engi- of the city’s sound system for the event. “I was pleased to see proposals come in HUDO REOLJDWLRQ ERQG VDOH WKH FLW\ V FRPPRQ neering, totaling $55,432. • The council approved another banner lower than expected,â€? stated city AdminJon Herdegan, of MSA, made the re- for the Give Big fundraising event set for istrator Joel Peck, who noted the 2.95-per- FRXQFLO DSSURYHG RQ 0RQGD\ 0DUFK 3KRWR quest, in part due to delays experienced April 28, where people can donate to a FHQW LQWHUHVW UDWH RQ WKH Ă€YH \HDU QRWHV E\ *UHJ 0DUVWHQ early on in the project, and how they do cause of their choice online. which he called a “bridge loanâ€? to the ally was to the project. The city’s library is involved and a posdevelopment. “It’s a ‘bridge loan,’ even though it’s not have enough money left in the current Peck had estimated an interest rate of called a G.O. (general obligation bond),â€? FRQWUDFW WR DVVXUH VXIĂ€FLHQW RYHUVLJKW RQ sible Give Big recipient. • The council approved a Class B beer 3 percent, and the low rate of 2.95 from %OHVL VDLG ´,W LV EHLQJ SDLG EDFN LQ Ă€YH WKHLU SDUW IRU WKH Ă€QDO PRQWKV RI WKH FRQand wine license for the Falls Chamber, Central Bank came as a surprise among years by the TIF (Tax Incremental Financ- struction. “We are there as dictated by the con- for a local sampling event at the Polk the seven sources they sought for bids. ing) District.â€? “I’m pleased we’ll be doing business The bond sale approval moves the tractors,â€? Herdegan said. “We can’t see County Fairgrounds, set for May 1. with a local lender,â€? Mayor Brian Blesi project even closer to reality, and while how those contractors are going to progsaid. the TIF District can only cover new costs ress.â€? While the council questioned Herdegan Blesi also outlined what the bonding reuntil March 22 as the district matures and closes, the fast and furious development plans continue to happen, right up until that time. Blesi said the project’s rough designs for a boutique hotel maybe reveled in the coming weeks, and the effort remains on a fast track with Abdo Market House, ZKLFK LV WKH Ă€UP SODQQLQJ WR EXLOG WKH room hotel and adjacent facilities, all connecting to the Civic Auditorium. The council approved both the Quarles & Brady engagement, as well as the G.O. bond sale unanimously.

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6KRZQ DUH WKH DUHDV RI ODQG WR VRRQ EH SXUFKDVHG E\ 'XFNV 8QOLPLWHG DQG )ULHQGV RI &UH[ z VXEPLWWHG PDS FOC land acquisitions in the area. The Washburn addition is adjacent to Crex Meadows, but is outside the Crex project boundary, according to Glenzinski, thus its appeal as a federal waterfowl production area, where hunting is a permitted use. DU paid the lion’s share to obtain the property, with FOC also contributing. Further, former landowner Washburn donated a portion by way of sale below the appraised value, Glenzinski said. He said it’s likely the land will be open to use by hunters this fall. “One of the primary purposes behind land acquisition is to open it to the public,� Glenzinski said. One of the questions that frequently arises when land is bought for public use from a private seller is whether or not restoration or enhancement work will be required to make said property “wildlifeready.�

Polk Deer Advisory Council welcomes public input on antlerless deer harvest quota BALSAM LAKE – The Polk County Deer Advisory Council will meet to discuss preliminary antlerless quota recommendations and permit levels for the 2015 deer season. The public is welcome to attend. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 25, at 7 p.m. at the Polk County Government Center, 100 Polk County Plaza, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 during which the public may speak or submit written comments. The council’s population objective recommendation suggested maintaining the local deer population, and was approved by Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board on Feb. 25. This population objective will guide deer management decisions for the next three years. The antlerless quota recommendation is one tool the CDAC will use to achieve the

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There might be some work the USFWS would consider for the Washburn land, but “it’s in pretty good shape the way it is right now,â€? Glenzinski said. He said he expects “fantastic waterfowlingâ€? on that property, which is about 100 acres of open water/emergent-vegetation marsh, 100 acres of sedge meadows, and also a mix of oaks, young aspen and other types of wildlife habitat. Glenzinski said Ducks Unlimited is planning with Friends of Crex and other RIĂ€FLDOV D GHGLFDWLRQ RI WKH SURSHUWLHV likely to occur late this summer. By then, it’s possible hunters already will have had a chance to look over the recent additions to the local hunting land base, and will have determined where they’ll pursue the game the tracts hold, when the fall hunting seasons begin again in earnest.

$ERXW '8 ORFDOO\ The Washburn and Bruss additions are just a couple of recent examples of how DU dollars are at work locally. Since 1980, the Crex Meadows Chapter of DU has raised about $385,000, while DU habitat work in the area has surpassed $700,000. That money, too, has been matched by other sources. Dollars spent on local projects have improved not only duck habitat, but habitat in general, which supports a host of wildlife. Success has come not only because of DU spending in the area, but also from the various partnerships that are forged to make these projects possible. The Crex chapter will continue its fundraising ways with its annual banquet Saturday, March 21, at the Crex Convention Center, T-Dawgs, in Grantsburg. Ticket information is available by calling Scott Johnson at 715-431-0362, or Mike Cole at 715-463-2688.

Burnett Deer Advisory Council welcomes public input on antlerless deer harvest quota SIREN – The Burnett County Deer Advisory Council will meet to discuss preliminary antlerless quota recommendations and permit levels for the 2015 deer season. The public is welcome to attend. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 25, at 7 p.m., Room 165, Burnett County Government Center, 7410 CTH K, Siren, during which the public may speak or submit written comments. The council’s population objective recommendation suggested increasing the local deer population, and was approved by Wisconsin’s Natural Resources Board on Feb. 25. This population objective will guide deer management decisions for the next three years. The antlerless quota recommendation is one tool the CDAC will use to achieve the county’s population objective. The

ÀQDO TXRWD UHFRPPHQGDWLRQ ZLOO LQà Xence the number of antlerless deer carcass tags available in the county during the 2015 deer hunting season. Antlerless quotas will be reviewed and set each year. Once a preliminary quota recommendation is proposed, the public will have an opportunity to review and comment during an online public comment period in April. The public may also comment at any time by contacting CDAC Chair Wayne Norling at 715-463-2846, 608-3355418, norlingw@gmail.com, or by emailing DNRCDACWebMail@Wisconsin. gov. Additional information on CDAC recommendations, agendas and membership is available at dnr.wi.gov/topic/ hunt/cdac.html, or email DNRCDACWebMail@Wisconsin.gov with any questions. – submitted

Greg Marsten | Staff writer LUCK – A few tickets remain for talented multi-instrumentalist John McCutcheon’s show scheduled for this Friday, March 13, at the West Denmark Church, outside Luck. McCutcheon is an internationally noted musical talent, with the ability to play fully a dozen different instruments, from the hammer dulcimer to the guitar. He

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Go west on CTH N, head south (left) on 170th Street, where the church is a block down on the left. The concert is part of the ongoing musical offerings of the West Denmark Heritage Council and there is a cost. Tickets are available at the door, and music starts at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

State rep visits with Unity School Board 0DU\ 6WLUUDW _ Staff writer BALSAM LAKE — A little more than WZR PRQWKV DIWHU WDNLQJ WKH RDWK RI RIĂ€FH as state representative, Adam Jarchow met with the Unity School Board of Education to answer questions and discuss issues facing school districts across the region and state. As Jarchow took a seat at the board table, board member Jim Beistle started the conversation by talking about the school funding formula. Although years ago the state committed to providing twothirds of the funding for education, at the same time imposing revenue limits, the funding Unity receives from the state falls far short of two-thirds. In fact, said Beistle, Unity receives about 12 percent rather than 33 percent of its budget from the state. “That has to be modern math,â€? he said. Beistle noted that the problem lies in the fact that the state funding formula is based on property values, and Unity has high property values due to all the lakes in the district. Much of the lake property is owned by out-of-state residents, and these properties drive up the value of the rest of the property. Locals have a hard time with the high taxes, he said, adding that more than half the students qualify for free or reduced lunch. However, Beistle said, a change LQ WKH IRUPXOD WKDW EHQHĂ€WV GLVWULFWV OLNH Unity would hurt districts that receive more in state aid. “Something has to be put into the formula that takes into consideration the ability of the people to pay these taxes,â€? he concluded. Jarchow agreed, saying that he has been aware of the problem since long before he was elected. “I think you hit the nail on the head when you talked about how hard it to ad-

a good chance that this will be reinstated into the budget. As the discussion wrapped up, Jarchow encouraged board members and residents to write and call their legislators. “It makes a difference,â€? he said. Peterson reminded the board that the VWDWH MRLQW Ă€QDQFH FRPPLWWHH ZLOO EH KROGing a public hearing in Rice Lake. According to the Wisconsin State Legislature website, that hearing will be held at the UW-Barron County Fine Arts Theater from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. She encouraged board members to attend. The committee will be taking comments but will not be entering into a discussion. Robinson thanked Jarchow for attending the meetings, saying, “We appreciate your receptiveness.â€? The state funding formula is complicated, he said, adding, “We hope people get brave and tackle that.â€? 6WDWH 5HS $GDP -DUFKRZ OHIW ZLWK -LP %HLVWOH RI WKH 8QLW\ 6FKRRO %RDUG RI (GXFDWLRQ -DU FKRZ DWWHQGHG WKH 7XHVGD\ 0DUFK PHHWLQJ RI WKH ERDUG GLVFXVVLQJ DQG DQVZHULQJ TXHVWLRQV UHJDUGLQJ WKH VWDWH IXQGLQJ IRUPXOD ORFDO FRQWURO YHUXV VWDWH FRQWURO RI VFKRRO EXGJHWV DQG PRUH z 3KRWR E\ 0DU\ 6WLUUDW dress this issue, because there are winners and losers,â€? he said. The formula is broken, he admitted, and it doesn’t work for rural Wisconsin. Saying that it is something that he has been and wants to continue working on, Jarchow said he has already sat down with district Administrator Brandon Robinson and board President Debbie Peterson to talk about the problem. He said that the issue could not be adequately addressed in the state budget, and would probably need to be a piece of stand-alone legislation. Board member Dave Moore brought up the fact that the state does not provide ad-

equate funding for the schools, yet takes away the school’s ability to raise necessary revenue. ´,W¡V D GLIĂ€FXOW VLWXDWLRQ Âľ DJUHHG -DUchow, adding that towns, villages and cities are in the same boat of needing to GHDO ZLWK D Ă DW EXGJHW DV FRVWV ULVH This is always an issue, he noted, when people “allow local decisions to be outsourced to Madison and Washington.â€? At this point, the governor’s proposed state budget eliminates the $150 per pupil categorical aid across the state, which would equate to a reduction of $159,150 in revenue for Unity for the 2015-16 school year. Jarchow, however, felt that there is

2WKHU EXVLQHVV • Information on the April 7 referendum vote to allow the district to borrow $18.035 million is on the district website. • The board planning session is set for March 25, and reviewing the district goals will be one item on the agenda. Some of the current goals have been in place for three years, and some for four years, said Peterson. “We’ve made great progress,â€? she said, adding that it may be appropriate to adjust or change something at this time. • Larry Stencil presented a report on the driver education program, explaining the guest speakers who come in to speak to the students and how the timing of the program works.

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• Exercise, 10 a.m. • Skip-Bo, 11 a.m. • Hand & Foot, 12:30 p.m. • 500 Cards & Dominoes, 12:30-4 p.m.

Webster Senior Center • AA Meeting, p.m. Food Shelf

• p n 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. • Canasta 1st & 3rd Thurs. • Dining at 5, Every 1st Thursday • Monthly Senior Meeting, 3 ., 9:30 a.m.

• Spades, 1 p.m.

• Birthday Party, 2nd Wed., 12:30 p.m.

• Exercise, 10-11 a.m. • Skip-Bo, 11 a.m.-Noon • 500, 6:30-10 p.m. • Cribbage, 4:30 p.m.

• Bridge, 10 a.m.-Noon • Bingo, 1st & 3rd Friday, 1-3 p.m.

• Senior Monthly Meeting, 3rd Tues.

• Women s Wii Bowling,9 a.m. • Dime Bingo, 12:30 p.m.

• Cards and Pool, 1-3 p.m.

• Brunch, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

• Frederic, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., 715-327-4425

• SCF, Noon-6 p.m. • uby s, Siren, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

• Frederic, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

• uby s, Siren, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. • SCF, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

• ndian Creek American Legion Post 396, Dirty Clubs, 6 p.m. • Siren Moose Lodge, Bingo, p.m. • Frederic Lewis FW, 2n . p.m.

• Siren FW Aux., 2nd Wed., the hall, :30 p.m.

• Frederic Legion Aux. 249 Every 3rd Thurs., Golden Oaks, p.m.

• Siren Moose Lodge Fish Fry, :30 p.m.

715-472-8285

715-483-1901 715-866-5300

• uby s, Siren, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. • SCF, noon-5 p.m., 715-483-2920

FW Aux. Legion Aux. Burnett County Moose Lodge

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EVERY MON. • Good Sam, St. Croix Falls, 5:45 p.m., 715-483-3666

EVERY WED.

• Burnett FW At Little Mexico, 6 p.m. • C A, Shooters Ba r, 6 p.m.

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EVERY THURS.

• Cushing Legion At Su y s or Dug Out, 6:30 p.m. • Siren Lions At ris , 6 p.m. • Webb Lake Charities Bingo At orthwoods Ba r, 1-3 p.m. • Milltown FW Hall, 1 3 ., 5 p.m.

EVERY TUES. • Trinity Lutheran Church, Osceola, 8 a.m., 715-755-3123

EVERY FRI.

• Fishbowl Sportsmen s Club At Sweeny s Bar, 5 p.m. • Grantsburg Legion, p.m. • Humane Society, ellow iver Saloon, 5 p.m. • Memory Days, Harvest Moon, p.m. • Lake Country Snowmobile iders At ed s Laker Lounge, 6:30 p.m. • Devils Lake Assoc., Crow Bar, 6 p.m. • 4th of uly Fundraiser at Clam Falls Tavern, 6 p.m.

EVERY TUES. • Luck Senior Center, 4:15 p.m., 715-472-2341 • Balsam Lake Municipal Building, 3:30 p.m., 715-485-3002

EVERY FRI.

• Lake Country iders At The Pour House, 5:30 p.m. • Webster Lions At Gandy Dancer Saloon, 5 p.m. • S. .O.W .S., Skol Bar, Frederic, 5:30 p.m. • P CTO, Whitetail Wilderness, Webster, 6 p.m. • Gandy Dancer, 5 p.m. • H.S. Fishing Team, Crow Bar, 6 p.m.

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(Feb.  4,  11,  18,  25,  Mar.  4,  11) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY Central  Bank,  as  successor  in  interest  to  The  RiverBank, 2104  Hastings  Avenue Newport,  MN   55055, Plaintiff, vs. Jamie  S.  Melin 209  East  3rd  Avenue Luck,  WI  54853, State  of  Wisconsin  -­  DWD 201  E.  Washington  Ave. RM.  C100 Madison,  WI  53703, Defendants. Case  No.  14-­CV-­226 Code  No.   30404 Foreclosure  of  Mortgage Dollar  Amount  Greater  Than  $10,000 NOTICE  OF  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  fore-­ closure  entered  on  September  12,  2014,  in  the  amount  of  $67,676.09,  the  Sheriff  will  sell  the  described  premises  at  public  auction  as  follows: TIME:  March  24,  2015,  at  10:00  o’clock  a.m. TERMS: 1.  10%  down  in  cash  or  cer-­ tified  funds  at  the  time  of  sale;Íž  balance  due  within  10  days  of  the  confirmation  of  sale;Íž  failure  to  pay  balance  due  will  result  in  forfeit  of  deposit  to  plaintiff. 2.  Sold  â€œas  isâ€?  and  subject  to  all  legal  liens  and  encum-­ brances. 3.  Buyer  to  pay  applicable  Wisconsin  Real  Estate  Transfer  Tax. PLACE:  The  front  lobby  of  the  Polk  County  Justice  Center,  1005  West  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  Wis.  54810. DESCRIPTION:  Lots  9  and  10,  Block  Eighteen  (18),  Original  Plat  of  the  Village  of  Balsam  Lake,  except  the  West  65.0  feet  of  Lot  9,  and  except  the  West  65.0  feet  of  the  South  7.0  feet  of  Lot  10,  Block  Eigh-­ teen  (18),  Polk  County,  Wis. TAX  KEY  NO.:  106-­00273-­0000  and  106-­00272-­0000. PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  315  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  WI  54810. Peter  Johnson Sheriff  of  Polk  County,  WI PAIEMENT  LAW  OFFICE,  LLC Attorneys  for  Plaintiff 221  East  Myrtle  Street Stillwater,  MN  55082 651-­967-­5050 Paiement  Law  Office,  LLC  is  attempting  to  collect  a  debt  and  any  information  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. >5(?37

(March  11,  18,  25) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY IN  THE  MATTER  OF  THE  ESTATE  OF MARY  LEE  C.  JOHNSON Notice  to  Creditors (Informal  Administration) Case  No.  15  PR  15 PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE: 1.  An  application  for  informal  administration  was  filed. 2.  The  decedent,  with  date  of  birth  May  27,  1926,  and  date  of  death  Oct.  13,  2013,  was  domi-­ ciled  in  Polk  County,  State  of  Wis.,  with  a  mailing  address  of  P.O.  Box  6,  Milltown,  WI  54858. 3.  All  interested  persons  waived  notice. 4.  The  deadline  for  filing  a  claim  against  the  decedent’s  estate  is  June  15,  2015. 5.  A  claim  may  be  filed  at the  Polk  County  Courthouse,  Balsam  Lake,  Wis.,  Room  500. Jenell  L.  Anderson Probate  Registrar March  3,  2015 Craig  A.  Johnson, Personal  Representative P.O.  Box  6 Milltown,  WI  54858 715-­825-­2534 >5(?37

(Feb.  25,  Mar.  4,  11) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY U.S.  Bank,  National  Association  successor  by  merger  to  U.S.  Bank  National  Association,  N.D., Plaintiff, vs. Sarah  J.  Martin  n/k/a  Sarah  Peterson  f/k/a  Sarah  Schaar  and  Unknown  Spouse,  et  al. Defendants. Case  Classification:  30404 SUMMONS (For  Publication) Case  No.  15  CV  44 Hon.  Molly  E.  GaleWyrick THE  STATE  OF  WISCONSIN,  to  Defendants  Unknown  Spouse  of  Sarah  J.  Martin  n/k/a  Sarah  Peterson  f/k/a  Sarah  Schaar: You  are  hereby  notified  that  the  plaintiff  named  above  has  filed  a  lawsuit  or  other  legal  action  against  you. This  is  a  real  estate  foreclo-­ sure  action.  Therefore,  within  40  days  after  February  25,  2015,  (60  days  as  to  the  United  States  of  America),  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  Clerk  of  Court,  Polk  County  Courthouse,  1005  West  Main  St.,  Suite  300,  Balsam  Lake,  WI  54810,  and  to  Ralph  Moore,  Plaintiff’s  attorney,  whose  address  is  332  Minneso-­ ta  St.,  Suite  W-­1650,  St.  Paul,  MN  55101.  You  may  have  an  attorney  help  or  represent  you. If  you  do  not  demand  a  copy  of  the  complaint  within  40  days  (60  days  as  to  the  United  States  of  America),  the  court  may  grant  judgment  against  you  for  the  award  of  money  or  other  legal  action  requested  in  the  com-­ plaint,  and  you  may  lose  your  right  to  object  to  anything  that  is  or  may  be  incorrect  in  the  com-­ plaint.  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  sei-­ zure  of  property. The  object  of  this  action  is  to  foreclose  a  mortgage  recorded  with  the  Register  of  Deeds  for  Polk  County,  Wis.,  on  June  23,  2008,  as  Document  No.  746774. Date:  February  9,  2015. STEIN  &  MOORE,  P.A. By: /s/  Kristine  K.  Nogosek Kristine  K.  Nogosek, I.D.  #1076967 Attorneys  for  Plaintiff 332  Minnesota  Street Suite  W-­1650 St.  Paul,  MN  55101 651-­224-­9683 >5(?37

(Mar.  11,  18,  25,  Apr.  1,  8,  15) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY Keith  Guindon 1902  Warf Galveston,  TX  77550 Plaintiff, vs. Bruce  Huysentruit 1700  70th  Street  West Inver  Grove  Heights,  MN   55077 and HIBU,  Inc. c/o  its  registered  agent CT  Corporation  System 8020  Excelsior  Drive,  Suite  200 Madison,  WI  53717 Defendants. SHERIFF’S  NOTICE  OF  FORECLOSURE  SALE Case  No:  14-­CV-­411 Code  No:  30404  -­  Foreclosure  of  Mortgage PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE,  that  by  virtue  of  Findings  of  Fact  and  Conclusions  of  Law  and  Judg-­ ment  dated  January  16,  2015,  the  undersigned  Sheriff  of  Polk  County,  Wisconsin,  will  sell  at  public  auction  at  the  Polk  County  Justice  Center,  1005  West  Main  Street,  Room  900,  Balsam  Lake,  Wisconsin  54810,  on  the  21st  day  of  April,  2015, at  10:00  a.m.,  the  real  estate  and  mortgaged  premises  locat-­ ed  in  Polk  County,  Wisconsin,  directed  by  said  Findings  of Fact  and  Conclusions  and  Judgment  dated  January  16,  2015,  to  be  sold,  and  described  as  follows: The  South  one-­half  of  the  NE1/4  of  the  SE1/4,  Section  12,  Township  36  North,  Range  20  West,  Town  of  Sterling  (the  â€œPropertyâ€?).  The  street  address  for  the  Property  is  2833  300th  Street,  Sterling,  WI  54006;Íž PID:  10-­810-­02228-­00. TERMS  OF  SALE:  Cash  or  10%  of  amount  bid  by  certified  check  with  the  balance  to  be  paid  upon  confirmation  of  sale.   Sale  subject  to  pay  the  debt  then  secured  by  said  mort-­ gage  and  taxes,  if  any,  actual-­ ly  paid  by  the  mortgagee,  on  said  premises  and  the  costs  and  disbursements,  including  attorney’s  fees  as  allowed  by  law. Dated:  March  2,  2015. Peter  Johnson,  Sheriff Polk  County  Sheriff’s  Office  Attorney  for  Plaintiff: Robert  R.  Kanuit,  Atty. Reg.  #01023300 Fryberger,  Buchanan,  Smith  &  Frederick,  P.A. 302  West  Superior  Street Suite  700 Duluth,  MN   55802 218-­725-­6836 >5(?37

(Feb.  4,  11,  18,  25,  Mar.  4,  11) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY Central  Bank,  as  successor  in  interest  to  The  RiverBank, 2104  Hastings  Avenue Newport,  MN   55055, Plaintiff, vs. Jamie  S.  Melin 209  East  3rd  Avenue Luck,  WI  54853, State  of  Wisconsin  -­  DWD 201  E.  Washington  Ave. RM.  C100 Madison,  WI  53703, Defendants. Case  No.  14-­CV-­227 Code  No.   30404 Foreclosure  of  Mortgage Dollar  Amount  Greater  Than  $10,000 NOTICE  OF  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  fore-­ closure  entered  on  September  12,  2014,  in  the  amount  of  $74,413.23,  the  Sheriff  will  sell  the  described  premises  at  public  auction  as  follows: TIME:  March  24,  2015,  at  10:00  o’clock  a.m. TERMS: 1.  10%  down  in  cash  or  cer-­ tified  funds  at  the  time  of  sale;Íž  balance  due  within  10  days  of  the  confirmation  of  sale;Íž  failure  to  pay  balance  due  will  result  in  forfeit  of  deposit  to  plaintiff. 2.  Sold  â€œas  isâ€?  and  subject  to  all  legal  liens  and  encum-­ brances. 3.  Buyer  to  pay  applicable  Wisconsin  Real  Estate  Transfer  Tax. PLACE:  The  front  lobby  of  the  Polk  County  Justice  Center,  1005  West  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  Wis.  54810. DESCRIPTION:  Lot  1  of  Certi-­ fied  Survey  Map  No.  2683,  filed  in  Volume  12  CSM,  Page  170  as  Document  No.  581799  located  in  the  Northwest  Quarter  of  the  Southwest  Quarter,  Section  28,  Township  36  North  of  Range  17  West,  Village  of  Luck,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin. TAX  KEY  NO.:  146-­00477-­0000. PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  49  1st  Avenue,  Luck,  WI  54853. Peter  Johnson Sheriff  of  Polk  County,  WI PAIEMENT  LAW  OFFICE,  LLC Attorneys  for  Plaintiff 221  East  Myrtle  Street Stillwater,  MN  55082 651-­967-­5050 Paiement  Law  Office,  LLC  is  attempting  to  collect  a  debt  and  any  information  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. >5(?37

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(Mar.  11,  18) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY CITIMORTGAGE,  INC. Plaintiff, vs. DEBRA  L.  COOPER  and  JOHN  DOE  unknown  spouse  of  Debra  L.  Cooper  and  U.S.  BANK,  NATIONAL  ASSOCIATION,  as  Trustee  of  CVI  Loan  GT  Trust  I Defendants. Case  No.  14-­CV-­125 Code  No.  30404 Foreclosure  of  Mortgage Dollar  Amount  Greater  Than  $5,000.00  AMENDED  NOTICE  OF FORECLOSURE  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  fore-­ closure  entered  on  August  29,  2014,  in  the  amount  of  $332,716.24,  the  Sheriff  will  sell  the  described  premises  at  public  auction  as  follows: TIME:  March  31,  2015,  at  10:00  o’clock  a.m. TERMS: 1.  10%  down  in  cash  or  cer-­ tified  funds  at  the  time  of  sale;Íž  balance  due  within  10  days  of  confirmation  of  sale;Íž  failure  to  pay  balance  due  will  result  in  forfeit  of  deposit  to  plaintiff.  2.  Sold  â€œas  isâ€?  and  subject  to  all  legal  liens  and  encum-­ brances. 3.  Buyer  to  pay  applicable  Wisconsin  Real  Estate  Transfer  Tax. PLACE:  Polk  County  Justice  Center  located  at  1005  West  Main  S.,  Balsam  Lake,  Wis. DESCRIPTION:  The  Northwest  Quarter  of  the  Southeast  Quarter,  Section  13,  Township  36  North,  Range  16  West,  Town  of  Bone  Lake,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin.  PROPERTY  ADDRESS:  616  275th  Avenue,  Town  of  Bone  Lake. TAX  KEY  NO.:  012-­00258-­0000. Peter  M.  Johnson Sheriff  of  Polk  County,  WI O’DESS  AND  ASSOCIATES,  S.C. Attorneys  for  Plaintiff 1414  Underwood  Avenue Suite  403 Wauwatosa,  WI  53213 414-­727-­1591 O’Dess  and  Associates,  S.C.,  is  attempting  to  collect  a  debt  and  any  information  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose.  If  you  have  previously  received  a  Chapter  7  Discharge  in  Bank-­ ruptcy,  this  correspondence  should  not  be  construed  as  an  attempt  to  collect  a  debt. >5(?37

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TO  THE  PERSON(S)  NAMED  ABOVE  AS  DEFENDANT(S): You  are  being  sued  by  the  person(s)  named  above  as  Plaintiff(s).  A  copy  of  the  claim  has  been  sent  to  you  at  your  address  as  stated  in  the  caption  above. The  lawsuit  will  be  heard  in  the  following  Small  Claims  Court,  Polk  County  Justice  Center  County  Courthouse,  715-­485-­ 9299,  1005  West  Main  Street,  Suite  300,  Balsam  Lake,  WI  54810,  on  the  following  date  and  time:  April  6,  2015,  1:30  p.m. If  you  do  not  attend  the  hear-­ ing,  the  court  may  enter  a  judg-­ ment  against  you  in  favor  of  the  person(s)  suing  you.  A  copy  of  the  claim  has  been  sent  to  you  at  your  address  as  stated  in  the  caption  above.  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  sei-­ zure  of  property. You  may  have  the  option  to  answer  without  appearing  in  court  on  the  court  date  by  fi-­ ling  a  written  answer  with  the  clerk  of  court  before  the  court  date.  You  must  send  a  copy  of  your  answer  to  the  Plaintiff(s)  named  above  at  their  address:  You  may  contact  the  clerk  of  court  at  the  telephone  number  above  to  determine  if  there  are  other  methods  to  answer  a  Small  Claims  complaint  in  that  county. If  you  need  help  in  this  matter  because  of  a  disability,  please  call  715-­485-­9299.

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OPENINGS FOR RNs & LPNs Part-time And Full-time Evenings & Nights Competitive wage with health insurance for those eligible.

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Join our nonprofit, community-based Hospice and Palliative Care team. We are seeking RN staff for part-time casual position to serve patients and families with a life-limited illness in their home setting. Candidates must have strong clinical and patient/ family relationship skills, willing to travel and provide care to patients in our Spooner/Grantsburg service area. Benefits include flexible scheduling, paid time off, annuity, travel time and mileage reimbursement.

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VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT SPRING ELECTION APRIL 7, 2015

Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may request to vote an absentee ballot. A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen, who will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day, who has resided in the ward or municipality where he or she wishes to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election. The elector must also be registered in order to receive an absentee ballot. Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued.

You Must Make A Request For An Absentee Ballot In Writing

Contact your municipal clerk and request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you for the primary or election or both. You may also submit a written request in the form of a letter. Your written request must list your voting address within the municipality where you wish to vote, the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, if different, and your signature. You may make application for an absentee ballot by mail or in person.

Making Application To Receive An Absentee Ballot By Mail

The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is 5:00 p.m. on the fifth day before the election, Thursday, April 2, 2015. Note: Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined to home or a care facility, in the military, hospitalized, or serving as a sequestered juror. If this applies to you, contact the municipal clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.

Voting An Absentee Ballot In Person

You may also request and vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office or other specified location during the days and hours specified for casting an absentee ballot in person. Town of Trade Lake Town of Meenon Town of Anderson Deborah Christian, Clerk Suzanna M. Eytcheson, Clerk Jessica King, Clerk 13361 St. Rd. 48 Town Hall 2773 185th St. Grantsburg, WI 54840 7396 Kruger Rd. Luck, WI 54853 715-488-2600 Webster, WI 54893 715-472-4753 March 23 - 27; March 30 - April 3 715-866-4893 March 24, 30; April 1 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. March 23, 25, 26; 5 - 7 p.m. By appointment March 30, April 1, 2 By appointment only 5 - 7 p.m. Town of Union By appointment Town of Blaine Mary Eifler, Deputy Clerk Stephanie Askin, Clerk 8639 County Road U Town of Oakland Northland Community Center Danbury, WI 54830 Deanna Krause, Clerk 1232 E. School Rd. 715-866-4547 7426 W. Main St. Danbury, WI 54830 March 24, 27, 30; April 3 P.O. Box 675 715-244-3354/715-244-3179 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Webster, WI 54893 March 24, 26; April 1 By appointment 715-866-8213 5 - 7 p.m. March 23 - 27; March 30 - April 3 March 25 - By appointment Town of Webb Lake 6 - 7 p.m. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Gail Keup, Clerk By appointment Town Hall Town of Daniels 31000 Namekagon Trail Town of Roosevelt Liz Simonsen, Clerk Webb Lake, WI 54830 Patricia Hayden, Clerk 8851 Waldora Rd. 715-259-3439 2997 County Road EE P.O. Box 190 March 23, 30 Shell Lake, WI 54871 Siren, WI 54872 9 a.m. - Noon 715-468-2468 715-349-2291 March 23 - 26; March 30 - April 2 March 24 - 27; March 31 - April 3 March 23, 25, 27, 30; April 1, 3 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. 5:30 - 7 p.m. 5 - 7 p.m. By appointment By appointment Town of Rusk Town of West Marshland Bonnie Harder, Clerk Town of Dewey Margaret A. Hess, Clerk 26985 E. Benoit Lake Rd. Pamela Brown, Clerk 25161 Spaulding Rd. Spooner, WI 54801 Town Hall Grantsburg, WI 54840 715-635-4723 24433 Town Hall Road March 23 - 27; March 30 - April 2 715-463-2922 Hertel, WI 54871 March 23 - 27, 30; April 3 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. 715-416-0047 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. April 3 March 24 - 26; March 31 - April 2 By appointment 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 6 - 7 p.m. By appointment By appointment Town of Wood River Cindy Olson, Clerk Town of Sand Lake Town of Grantsburg 24242 County Rd. M Peggy Tolbert, Clerk Romey Nelson, Clerk-Treasurer Grantsburg, WI 54840 25862 Normans Landing Rd. 118 E. Madison Ave. 715-689-2398 P.O. Box 165 P.O. Box 642 March 23, 24, 27, 30; April 1 Webster, WI 54893 Grantsburg, WI 54840 6 - 7 p.m. 715-222-9375 715-463-5600 March 23, 24, 26; March 30 - April 2 March 23 - 26; March 30 - April 2 By appointment 5 - 7 p.m. 9 a.m. - Noon Village of Grantsburg By appointment 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Jennifer Zeiler, Clerk April 3: 9 a.m. - Noon 316 S. Brad St. Town of Scott Grantsburg, WI 54840 Karen Wiggins, Clerk Town of Jackson 715-463-2405 Town Hall Lorraine Radke, Clerk March 23 - 27; March 30 - April 3 28390 County Rd. H Town Hall 8 a.m. - Noon Spooner, WI 54801 4599 County Rd. A 1 - 4:30 p.m. Office 715-635-2308 Webster, WI 54893 March 23, 25, 27, 30; April 1, 3 715-866-8412 Village of Siren 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. March 24, 27, 31; April 3 Ann Peterson, Clerk-Treasurer 1 - 6 p.m. 24049 First Ave. Town of Siren March 23, 25, 26; April 1, 2 P.O. Box 23 Mary Hunter, Clerk 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. Siren, WI 54872 23340 Soderberg Rd. By appointment 715-349-2273 Siren, WI 54872 March 23 - 27; March 30 - April 3 715-349-5119 Town of LaFollette 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. March 26 Linda Terrian, Clerk 1 - 5 p.m. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 23928 Malone Rd. By appointment Siren, WI 54872 Village of Webster 715-349-2531 Patrice Bjorklund, ClerkTown of Swiss March 23 - 27; March 30 - April 3 Treasurer Judith Dykstra, Clerk 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. 7505 Main St. W. 7551 Main St. By appointment P.O. Box 25 P.O. Box 157 Webster, WI 54893 Danbury, WI 54830 Town of Lincoln 715-866-4211 715-656-3030 Wanda Washkuhn, Clerk March 23 - 27; March 30 - April 2 March 23 - 27; March 30 - April 3 25603 Ice House Bridge Rd. 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 5 - 7 p.m. P.O. Box 296 By appointment Webster, WI 54893 715-866-4201 March 23 - 26; March 30 - April 2 5 - 7 p.m. By appointment The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is Monday, March 23, 2015 The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is Friday, April 3, 2015 No in-person absentee voting may occur on a weekend or legal holiday. The municipal clerk will deliver voted ballots returned on or before Election Day to the proper polling place or counting location before the polls close on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Any ballots received after the polls close will be counted by the board of canvassers if postmarked by Election Day and received no later than 4:00 p.m. on the Friday following the election. 622891 30L WNAXLP

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(Feb.  25,  Mar.  4,  11) STATE  OF  WISCONSIN CIRCUIT  COURT POLK  COUNTY IN  THE  MATTER  OF  THE  ESTATE  OF H.  CLAYTON  GAGE DOD:  January  22,  2015 Notice  to  Creditors (Informal  Administration) Case  No.  1015  PR  10 PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE: 1.  An  application  for  informal  administration  was  filed. 2.  The  decedent,  with  date  of  birth  April  13,  1923,  and  date  of  death  January  22,  2015,  was  domiciled  in  Polk  County,  State  of  Wisconsin,  with  a  mailing  address  of  2036  135th  Street,  Milltown,  WI  54858. 3.  All  interested  persons  waived  notice. 4.  The  deadline  for  filing  a  claim  against  the  decedent’s  estate  is  May  27,  2015. 5.  A  claim  may  be  filed  at  the  Polk  County  Courthouse,  Bal-­ sam  Lake,  Wis.,  Room  500. Jenell  L. Anderson Probate  Registrar February  11,  2015 Brian  D.  Byrnes/Byrnes  Law  Office,  LLC 314  Keller  Avenue  North Amery,  WI  54001 715-­268-­5000 >5(?37 Bar  No.:  1032419

Community ed brings PFCT’s “Pinocchio� to Frederic School FREDERIC - This was the 27th year that Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre has come to Frederic to create a professional theatrical experience for the community in one short week. Frederic Community Education makes it all possible. This year’s production of “Pinocchio,� under the direction of PFCT’s Elizabeth Dunn and Chris Freeman, played to crowds on Friday and Saturday evening, March 6 and 7, at the Frederic Birch Street Elementary auditorium. The production involved dozens of students, elementary to high school, playing characters in an original musical adaptation of the classical tale of “Pinocchio.� Directors Dunn and Freeman played the Fox and Gepetto/Tempesto. Other leads were as follows: Brenden Holmstrom as Pinocchio; Andrew Tinman as Cricket; Megan Williamson as Blue Fairy; Cassiday Chenal as Cat; Sarah Chenal as Arlecchino; Brooke Beecroft as Pantalone; Paul French as Capi-

tano; Shylie King as Isabella; Lily French as Zanni; Ellie Eklof as Toni; Scout Dodds as Chaz; Gabe King as Spaz; Brittany Beecroft as Farmer; Rosie French as Constable; Sydney Domagala as Judge; Grace Otto as Mime; Paper Boy: Aubri Chenal; Shyla Baker as Waiter; Johannah Erickson as Badger; Kalyn Miller as Weasel; and Carter Hilde as Ferrett. Other cast included, Spirits: Natalie Schommer, Clara Lundquist, Lexi Brenizer, Sinyala Gondwe, Lily Beecroft, Hailey Ridgeway, Clare Chenal, Allie Swanson; Puppets: Olivia Britton, Macy Bentley, Karlie Alexander, Bailey Hufstedler, Angel Connolly; Hooligans: Isaiah Otto, Savannah Richter, Brandon Cain, Logan Williamson, Makenna Engen, Madeline Kuesel, Kendall Lillehaug, Julia Fredericks; Townsfolk: Natalie Chartrand, Sophia Slather, Karlie Bartlett, Lilly Johnson, Rosalyn Lundquist, Elaine Lahti; and Vermin: Traci Chenal, Kourtney Schultz, Brittany Robertson, Earlene Otto, Kali Lagua, Tessa Domagala, Lexi Doyle, Kaitlin Bartlett, Jenna Burton - IURP )&(

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Case  No.  13  CV  577 NOTICE  OF  SHERIFF’S  SALE PLEASE  TAKE  NOTICE  that  by  virtue  of  a  judgment  of  fore-­ closure  entered  on  July  31,  2014,  in  the  amount  of  $127,510.57,  the  Polk  County  Sheriff  will  sell  the  premises  described  below  at  public  auc-­ tion  as  follows: DATE/TIME:  April  14,  2015,  at  10:00  a.m. TERMS: 1.  10%  down  in  cash  or  money  order  at  the  time  of  sale;Íž  bal-­ ance  due  within  10  days  of  confirmation  of  sale;Íž  failure  to  pay  balance  due  will  result  in  forfeit  of  deposit  to  plain-­ tiff. 2.  Sold  â€œas  isâ€?  and  subject  to  all  legal  liens,  encumbran-­ ces,  and  payment  of  appli-­ cable  transfer  taxes  by  pur-­ chaser. PLACE:  In  the  Lobby  of  the  Polk  County  Justice  Center,  located  at  1005  West  Main  Street,  Balsam  Lake,  Wisconsin,  54810. PROPERTY  DESCRIPTION:  Lot  1  of  CSM  No.  4583  record-­ ed  in  Volume  20  of  Certified  Survey  Maps,  Page  135,  as  Document  No.  685446  being  a  division  of  CSM  No.  986  recorded  in  Volume  4  of  Certi-­ fied  Survey  Maps,  page  233,  as  Document  No.  420020  and  located  in  the  Northwest  1/4  of  the  Southwest  1/4  of  Section  19,  Township  35  North,  Range  18  West.  Said  land  being  in  the  Town  of  Eureka,  Polk  County,  Wisconsin. ADDRESS:  2394  Big  Lake  Avenue,  Saint  Croix  Falls,  WI  54024. TAX  KEY  NO:  020-­00526-­0100. Dated  this  6th  day  of  March,  2015. Peter  M.  Johnson Polk  County  Sheriff Cummisford,  Acevedo  &  Associates,  LLC Attorney  for  Plaintiff Mark  R.  Cummisford State  Bar  #  1034906 7071  South  13th  Street Suite  #100 Oak  Creek,  WI  53154 414-­761-­1700 Cummisford,  Acevedo  &  Asso-­ ciates,  LLC,  is  the  creditor’s  at-­ torney  and  is  attempting  to  col-­ lect  a  debt  on  its  behalf.  Any  information  obtained  will  be  used  for  that  purpose. >5(?37

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While the process was less cell phone tap, camo-colored drone long and complicated, with the land door NSA-style radio frequency stealer at nation and eventual partnering with the work, it’s a simple mirror, about the size city of St. Croix Falls for their new city of the rearview one in a car, that is wired hall and police department, which had its WR WKH FRUQHU RI 0DWKHZV¡ RIĂ€FH own share of controversy and naysayers. “It’s just so I can see who is coming Future funding and money-allocation in the door,â€? 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In a nutshell, there was a core group of “It’s weird, because I remember driv- VKH VDLG WKDW IRU WKH Ă€UVW IHZ ZHHNV \RX well, in part because of their 800 phone locals who worked for half a decade to ing by this (building) as it was being con- could hear an echo in the center, because number and having “informationâ€? in its title. see a tourism-based entry center near the structed, telling a friend as we passed, WKHUH ZDV OLWWOH HOVH WR Ă€OO WKH VSDFH That changed pretty quickly, as Mc“Oh we get calls for everything,â€? Minnesota border, and they worked hard that I’m going to work there someday!â€? to make it happen. That group eventually she said. “I ended up working here, all Gaver, Mathews and crew worked hard at Mathews said with a smile. “ You name making the center more inviting, welcom- it: home heat assistance, recycling, vetbecame the Polk County Tourism Com- right!â€? mittee, which has been around ever since. Initially, the committee was looking ing and open for a casual look around, erans’ questions, museum locations, “They knew something had to be built for someone who had traveled a lot, and eventually turning it into what Mathews campgrounds, hotels, aging programs, described as “the county’s living room.â€? restaurants, it ‘s not just tourists. “ here on Hwy. 8, to stop them and tell 0DWKHZV Ă€W WKH ELOO “I’ve tried to make it seem like a living She also has a variety of stories about (travelers) what we have here,â€? Mathews 6KH VDLG WKRVH Ă€UVW GD\V DW WKH FHQWHU recalled. “There was a lot of controversy, were without the usual accoutrements a room, and lots of people say it reminds initial business queries, from people intersome wanted it, some didn’t.â€? government building might have, such as WKHP RI WKDW Âľ VKH VDLG ´%XW LW VHHPV QRZ ested in starting a business in the county, from Holiday Inn to Chateau St. Croix like there’s hardly room for anything!â€? 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0DWKHZV IURP SDJH center or draw attention by asking for a photo with him. She has a prominent photo of herself with former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who has since become one of the top world leaders for NATO and the United Nations. It was in early 2004 when Rasmussen’s son married a Chisago County, Minn., woman, and they needed a large lodging option, due to security needs and a large contingency from Denmark. Mathews had to work with not only the Danish Secret Service, but also the U.S. Secret Service to secure all sort of plans, not all of which were on the same page. “I met with the Secret Service before they (Rasmussen’s entourage) even came,â€? Mathews said as she explained how she was able to convince the security detail and the handlers that Rasmussen should make an appearance at Luck, which has a strong Danish history and background. “They called back a little bit later and said we had two hours in Luck with him,â€? she said. Mathews then made other connections, as the Danish PM not only visited Luck with his family, he spent time in West Denmark, where they held a tour, dinner and program in his honor, culminating with the West Denmark Lutheran Church choir doing several songs in Danish for them. “That was something,â€? Mathews said with a sigh. “I sat behind the family and watched as their shoulders shrugged up and down, and I saw that they were crying, it was all so moving to them and they were so impressed!â€? She also had to think on her feet with the Danish PM, as she got a call from the security detail, that the prime minister was looking for a nice place for a jog. She quickly came down to the center and set them up with a tour of Interstate Park. She laughed aloud as she recalled four large, blackwindowed Ford Expeditions following her into the park. 6KH Ă DVKHG KHU DQQXDO SDVV DV WKH WUXFNV VOLSSHG ULJKW past and behind her. She had gotten out and headed back to rectify the situation when one of the security detail showed their unique pass showing diplomatic immunity. “Those guys don’t have to pay for anything!â€? she joked.

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7KH VLJQ JUHHWLQJ YLVLWRUV WR WKH FRXQW\ and more. She has coordinated dozens of county tourism guides, brochures, interviews, and other media-related events that needed an “insider� to know where to go and who to talk with. Mathews has coordinated dozens, if not hundreds of tours, family reunions and club events, from Airstream camper groups to almost every collectible car cub possible, from Corvettes to Mazda Miatas, Ford Model A’s and Model T’s, as well as snowmobile and motorcycle clubs, one of which led to another memorable incident years ago, when the center just opened. As Mathews tells it, the parking lot had just been completed, and it was a hot summer day when about three dozen motorcyclists showed up, looking for touring advice. “They were all parked out front on the hot tar,� Mathews said as she took a deep breath. “I looked over and one of the cycles had started to fall over (as the kickstand sank) and it fell into another one, which fell into another one, like dominoes! It was about 20 all together that fell. I felt so bad!�

7KH YLVLWRUV Mathews is proud of the “pin mapâ€? near the entrance to the center, as it has recorded visits from tens of thousands of people over the years, including residents of no less than 84 countries. 2WKHU GXWLHV “People love to put a pin in their state or country,â€? she Mathews also has coordinated numerous events, such VDLG ´%XW WKHUH DUH D ORW ZH KDYHQ¡W ZULWWHQ GRZQ Âľ DV WKH IRUPHU *RYHUQRU¡V %RDW 7RXUV ZLWK WKH 6W &URL[ Some of those visitors speak little or no English, and Valley Tourism Alliance, and she was the kingpin and Mathews has had to develop a knack for miming and main lead in the aforementioned Governor’s Fishing other forms of communication to overcome the language Openers no less than three times, with both Democrats barrier. and Republicans, in 2001, 2008 and just last year. Employees also have to develop a unique skill at the She is the face of the county for numerous annual con- Info Center. ventions, and goes to countless shows, conferences and “We all have to be able to read a map upside down!â€? other tourism-based gatherings. She also coordinates the she said, telling of a time when she was lost in southern fall color guides for the state, as well as snow conditions Wisconsin, and went to a wayside rest, where she was looking at her map upside down. That upside-down map led a man to give her less-thanĂ DWWHULQJ FRPPHQWV VRPHKRZ UHODWHG WR KHU KDLU FRORU “I think it’s a good skill to haveâ€? she said of the unique cartography appreciation. “To this day, it’s hard for me to look at a map the right side up!â€? She has also had to bite her tongue many times, including a decade ago when several members of the Polk &RXQW\ %RDUG RI 6XSHUYLVRUV WULHG KDUG WR HOLPLQDWH WKH center’s budget, and one prominent supervisor loudly asked in a county board meeting if the taxpayers were paying for the toilet paper at the center. “Supporters came out of the woodwork,â€? Mathews said. “And we got lots of rolls of toilet paper!â€?

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mon household items broken down into their components. We saw rolls of copper wire, gears, screws galore, even little pulleys. Levers, springs, wheels, little electric motors, and circuit boards were in evidence, too. The students would go home for the night leaving all of the displays out because the next day would bring ReConstruction Morning, when they would be able to dip into the parts of the various machines, taking pieces from here and there, to construct a new machine, toy or sculpture. That was a great day, too. Imaginations soared. When the creations were presented, we were all impressed. <HV D GHÀQLWH KLJKOLJKW³DQG SDUW of my physics unit for at least 15 \HDUV %XW WKH ODVW IHZ \HDUV ZHUH QRW as successful as the earlier years. The good old mechanical machines were becoming fewer and farther between. The plastic cases that housed the more modern machines were becoming more DQG PRUH GLIÀFXOW WR JHW LQWR DQG RQFH removed, the revealed contents were usually only circuit boards with parts so small they were barely distinguishable. And so Deconstruction Days and ReConstruction Mornings became things RI WKH SDVW %XW LQ WKHLU KH\GD\ WKRVH were special times. About the author: Barbara Trombley taught third grade for over 30 years in Cushing, Dresser and St. Croix Falls. She lives near Wolf Creek, with her husband, Gordy, and now enjoys her little writing cabin in the woods. Writer’s Carousel, a revolving menagerie of pieces for your enjoyment, is created by participants in Carolyn Wedin’s Write Right Now WITC Community Education classes in Frederic and Luck.

sisted of old newspapers and the house was always cold. As I huddled under her homemade quilts, I could hear her get up several times during the night to put more wood in the living room stove. In the winter, Grandpa would tie a rope between the house and the barn and then to the milk house so they FRXOG Ă€QG WKHLU ZD\ WR WKH FRZV ZKHQ the storms came. I still remember seeing my grandmother making her way to the barn, hanging onto the rope as she slowly disappeared into the white. If she wasn’t helping with the chores, she was standing in front of the cookstove, cooking potatoes she had picked in the fall, bread from the wheat she ground, eggs she “borrowedâ€? from the hens and meat from a bird that was roaming around the farmyard earlier in the day. During planting and harvest season, she would pack the food into milking buckets and make the long ZDON WR WKH Ă€HOGV VR WKH PHQ FRXOG NHHS

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St. Croix Valley Health Care Foundation scholarships available ST. CROIX VALLEY - The St. Croix Valley Health Care Foundation now has applications available for three types of scholarships: for high school seniors, high school graduates and nontraditional students pursuing D GHJUHH LQ D KHDOWK FDUH ÀHOG )RU PDQ\ \HDUV WKH IRXQdation has provided scholarship assistance of varying amounts to individuals from area communities served by the St. Croix Regional Medical Center and to children of medical center employees who are continuing their education and have been accepted to an accredited program for health-care occupations. Scholarships are limited to graduating seniors or students currently attending a college or university who are from Clayton, Frederic, Luck, Osceola, Siren, St. Croix Falls, Unity and Webster school districts in Wisconsin and Chisago Lakes School District in Minnesota including Lindstrom and residents of the Taylors Falls area. Children of SCRMC medical staff and employees are

also eligible. Each year, a percentage of foundation funds, including contributions and dollars earned from the Golf Classic and Gala, are earmarked for this scholarship award program. Many past scholarship recipients now are putting their education and experience to work in the local region, and several are SCRMC employees. To get an application, you may go online to scrmc. org/aboutus/foundation or request the correct form by email at foundation@scrmc.org. Please put the name of the correct scholarship application in the subject line as there are three types. You may also contact Laurie Nelson, foundation assistant, at 715-483-0587, or you may also stop by the medical center and request the appropriate foundation scholarship form. Completed applications are due April 1. Winners will be selected and QRWLÀHG E\ WKH HQG RI 0D\ – from St. Croix Valley Health Care Foundation

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percalifragilisticexpialidocious.� As with past productions, Julie Strang, Dan Zimmer and Nicole Morettor will provide live accompaniment. The Webster production will also capture much of the whimsy of the Disney original, with dancing chimney sweeps, adorable penguins, carousel-horse racing and a working cannon. So join the magic and expect a supercalifragilisticexpialidociously good time. The Friday and Saturday performances, March 20-21, start at 7 p.m., and the Sunday matinee, March 22, starts at 2 p.m. For more information, contact the Webster High School at 715-866-4281. - Sherill Summer

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%HUHQLFH 0\UWOH 4XHUQHPRHQ RI :HEVWHU :LV passed away Saturday, March 7, 2015. %HUHQLFH ZDV ERUQ LQ WKH 7RZQ RI /LQFROQ %XUQHWW &RXQW\ :LV RQ Jan. 7, 1924, daughter of the late Peter and Myrtle (Ahlstrom) Larson. In %HUHQLFH PRYHG WR 0LQQHDSRlis, Minn., where she served as a USO hostess during World War II. On July %HUHQLFH PDUULHG 2VFDU 7KHodore Quernemoen in Iowa. She was employed by Dayton’s Department Store as a young adult and then later in life after raising her children. She was an active memEHU RI %U\Q 0DZU 3UHVE\WHULDQ &KXUFK %HUHQLFH DQG 2VFDU UHWXUQHG WR WKH :HEVWHU DUHD LQ 7KH\ ZHUH DFWLYH PHPEHUV RI )LUVW %DSWLVW &KXUFK Webster, were close friends of Pastor Merrill Olson and KLV ZLIH -DQ %HUHQLFH ZDV D GHYRWHG &KULVWLDQ ZLIH mother and grandmother, and loved the Lord with all her heart. She was a very social and sociable person and enjoyed having people visit and having a cup of coffee with her. She was also quite generous and loved giving JLIWV WR RWKHUV %HUHQLFH ZDV D YHU\ FUHDWLYH SHUVRQ DQG enjoyed crocheting, sewing and making greeting cards. She also enjoyed nature walks and traveling throughout the country and Canada, as well as Sweden and Norway. 3UHFHGLQJ %HUHQLFH LQ GHDWK DUH KHU SDUHQWV 3HWHU DQG Myrtle Larson; her husband, Oscar Quernemoen, on April 7, 2001; a sister in infancy, Alice Lydia Larson; a brother in infancy, Harold Everett Larson; stepdaughter, Cindy Zepeda; stepson, Michael Quernemoen; and stepgrandson, Gary Mulcahy. Surviving are six children, Linnea (Arlun) Koska, %UDGIRUG *HRUJHDQQ 4XHUQHPRHQ .LUVWHQ 7KRPDV 6HH .lUL -HUU\ (UYLQ %UHQW 4XHUQHPRHQ DQG 0LD 5LFN %HVHPDQQ WZR VWHSFKLOGUHQ /RLV 7D\ORU DQG )UHGHULFN “Dutchâ€? Quernemoen; 13 grandchildren, Nathan (Amy) Koska, Peter Koska, Heather (Dennis) Weldon, Shelly Groess, Derrick See, Sarah (Chad) Mecl, Caleb (Marcia) See, Matthew (Annabelle) Whyte, Jordan (Colleen) :K\WH $PDQGD -RKQ %DUULH $VKOH\ &KDG +DQVRQ Ariel Nehotte and Amber Nehotte; three step-grandFKLOGUHQ 1LFROH (UYLQ 9DXJKQ %HVHPDQQ DQG &DLWOLQ %HVHPDQQ JUHDW JUDQGFKLOGUHQ DQG JUHDW JUHDW grandchildren. Also surviving are a cousin, Ardis Swanson; many special friends; numerous other relatives and friends; and her precious cat, Lena. 7KH IXQHUDO VHUYLFH IRU %HUHQLFH 4XHUQHPRHQ ZLOO EH conducted on Monday, March 16, at noon, visitation D P WR QRRQ DW )LUVW %DSWLVW &KXUFK :HEVWHU ,Qterment will follow at Perida Cemetery, Town of Lincoln, followed by a fellowship luncheon at the church. Casket bearers are Nathan Koska, Peter Koska, Derrick See, Caleb See, Matthew Whyte and Jordan Whyte. Honorary bearers are Heather Weldon, Shelly Groess, Sarah 0HFO $PDQGD %DUULH $VKOH\ +DQVRQ $ULHO 1HKRWWH DQG Amber Nehotte. ,Q OLHX RI Ă RZHUV PHPRULDOV WR )LUVW %DSWLVW &KXUFK RI :HEVWHU RU %XUQHWW &RXQW\ +XPDQH 6RFLHW\ DUH DSSUHFLated. Arrangements have been entrusted to SwedbergTaylor Funeral Home, Webster. Online condolences may be expressed at swedberg-taylor.com.

Keith Frederick Kilmer, 47, of Siren and Centuria, Wis., passed away Saturday morning, March 7, 2015. Keith was born in New Richmond, Wis., on July 26, 1967, a son of Gerald Laverne and Murilyn Louise “Mickeyâ€? Kilmer. His primary public education was in New Richmond. After his family moved to the Siren area in 1976, he attended public school, and was a 1986 graduate of Siren High School. Following high school, Keith worked at the local grocer in Grantsburg. He then was employed at Peterson’s sawmill on Spirit Lake, Peterson’s sawmill in the Town of Daniels, 'LYHUVLĂ€HG 6HUYLFHV ,QF LQ 6LUHQ DQG PRVW UHFHQWO\ DW (QGHDYRUV LQ %DOVDP /DNH :LV .HLWK ORYHG WR JR Ă€VKLQJ FDPSLQJ VQRZPRELOLQJ IRXU ZKHHOLQJ DQG KHOSLQJ KLV GDG FXW Ă€UHZRRG +H loved his nieces and nephews very much and always looked forward to seeing them. Keith was a very kind person with a huge heart, and would always do anything to help others. Family and friends also fondly knew him for his infectious smile. Surviving are his mother, Murilyn L. “Mickeyâ€? Kilmer VSHFLDO IULHQG 5REHUW ´%REÂľ +ROP WZR VLVWHUV 5RELQ *LOOHU DQG .ULVW\ =DFFR V R 5REHUW 1LFN D EURWKHU %UHWW Kilmer; four nieces, Heather Zacco, Chasta Giller, Ryley Fosberg and Elizabeth Kilmer; two nephews, Jeremy (Rochelle) Zacco and Sheldon “Joelâ€? Giller; a great-niece, Alivia; and two great nephews, Landyn and Kaiden; as well as aunts and uncles, and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his father, Gerald L. Kilmer; and a nephew, Mitchel Giller. A memorial service honoring the life of Keith Kilmer will be conducted on Friday, March 13, at 1 p.m., visitation noon to 1 p.m., at Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., Frederic, Wis., with Pastor Paul PeWHUVRQ RIĂ€FLDWLQJ $ WLPH RI IHOORZVKLS DQG UHIUHVKPHQWV will follow the service. Private burial will be held at West Sweden Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers are Jeremy Zacco, Landyn Zacco, Joel Giller and Kaiden Howard. Arrangements have been entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Webster-Siren-Grantsburg. Online condolences may be expressed at swedberg-taylor.com.

Karen Anderson, 76, passed away March 2, 2015, in her home surrounded by her loving family. She courageously fought a yearlong battle with heart cancer. Karen, the daughter of Earl and IsaEHOOH %HUJOXQG ZDV ERUQ -XO\ in Frederic, Wis. She leaves to mourn her husband, Orlin Anderson, of Webster; sisters, Donna (Dale) Erickson, of )UHGHULF %RQQLH %U\FH 2OVRQ RI 0LOZDXNHH VRQV %UXFH &KULVV\ *LEEV of Webster, and Kevin (Ritsue) Gibbs, of Eau Claire, Wis.; daughters, Robyn Kreuer, of ScottsGDOH $UL] %UHQGD $EH 6FKPLGW RI 6W &URL[ )DOOV :LV and Denise (Ted) East, of Ladysmith, Wis.; grandchildren; and several relatives and friends. She was baptized by the Rev. Wm. T. Horn on Sept. 9, DQG DWWHQGHG WKH 7UDGH /DNH %DSWLVW &KXUFK 6KH graduated from Frederic High School in 1956 and attended WITC at Rice Lake. Karen spent 25 years working IRU %XUQHWW &RXQW\ LQ DGGLWLRQ WR ZRUNLQJ SDUW WLPH DV D travel agent for Sun Travel in Webster. She was an active PHPEHU IRU PDQ\ \HDUV LQ WKH :HEVWHU %DSWLVW &KXUFK Karen and Orlin enjoyed traveling and spending time in their home on the Yellow River. Karen and Orlin spend WKHLU ODVW ZLQWHUV DW WKH %LEOHYLOOH &RQIHUHQFH &HQWHU in Alamo, Texas. Karen had a love for music, which included singing in the choir, playing piano, Autoharp, psaltery and mandolin. She enjoyed entertaining family and friends, playing board games and spending time in KHU EHDXWLIXO Ă RZHU JDUGHQ Funeral services were held Friday, March 6, at the First %DSWLVW &KXUFK :HEVWHU ZLWK 3DVWRU 0DUN $QGHUVRQ RIĂ€FLDWLQJ ,QWHUPHQW ZLOO IROORZ DW WKH 2DN *URYH &HPetery. Music was provided by Pastor Mark Anderson and son Joel Anderson. ,Q OLHX RI Ă RZHUV PHPRULDOV WR WKH 1RUWKZHVW +RVSLFH RU WKH 5LR *UDQGH %LEOH ,QVWLWXWH DUH DSSUHFLDWHG $Urangements were entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster.

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Joanne Karen Martinson Joanne Karen Martinson, age 75, of Danbury, Wis., passed away at her home on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. She was born on Aug. 2, 1939, in Milwaukee, Wis., to Sebastian and Regina (Weiler) Illies. When she was still a child, the family moved to Minneapolis, Minn., where Joanne grew up. On May 3, 1958, she was united in marriage to Joseph Adams at St. Joseph Catholic Church in MinneapoOLV 7R WKLV XQLRQ Ă€YH FKLOGUHQ ZHUH born, and the family made their home in Northeast Minneapolis. Joanne and Joe moved to :DQGHURRV LQ ZKHUH WKH\ RSHQHG %URNHQ $FUHV Woodworking and Wanderoos Gift and Grocery. The couple enjoyed 26 years of marriage before Joe passed away on Nov. 12, 1984. Joanne continued to live in Wanderoos and on Oct. 26, 1985, she was united in marriage to Eugene “Redâ€? Martinson. She continued to operate the Wanderoos Gift and Grocery until her retirement in 1995. Red and Joanne then moved to Danbury. Red later passed away, on Oct. 17, 2004. The couple were married for 19 years. Joanne enjoyed ceramics, sewing, crafts, gardening and loved going to the casino. Joanne was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Joseph Adams Sr. and Eugene “Redâ€? Martinson; brother, Ron Illies; and granddaughter, Sunshine Adams Schmitz. 6KH LV VXUYLYHG E\ KHU VRQV 5LFKDUG %HWWH $GDPV Joseph (Karen Jones) Adams, Thomas “Roundyâ€? Adams, and Robert (Connie) Adams; daughter, Susan (Robert) %HQMDPLQ VWHSFKLOGUHQ -HII /LVD 'D\ 0DUWLQVRQ *UHJ Martinson, Tim Martinson and John (Diana) Martinson; sisters, Judith Glander and Kathy (Joe) Thornton; 17 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. A private family service will be held at a later date. To sign an online guest book and view a video tribute visit williamsonwhite.com. Arrangements were made with the Williamson-White Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Amery.

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The family of Dorothy Lahners would like to express our appreciation for the kindness shown after the death of our mother and grandmother. Thank you to St. Croix Hospice and Amery Memory Care for the care given to her in her final days. Thank you to Bethany Lutheran Church for the wonderful service and luncheon given to honor our mother. Everyone’s thoughts and prayers truly helped 3W us through our loss.

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Robert L. Giddley, 76, passed away on March 2, 2015, at his home. He was born on July 19, 1938, in Stoughton, Wis., the son of Robert and Martha (Christianson) Giddley. Robert was born and raised in Stoughton. He graduated from Stoughton High School in 1957. After school, he enlisted in the Air Force Reserves until his discharge. RobHUW UDLVHG ÀYH FKLOGUHQ DQG HQMR\HG spending time with his family. He enjoyed traveling, garage sales, fall car ULGHV DQG H[SORULQJ +H ZDV DOVR YHU\ DFWLYH ZLWK JROÀQJ foreign cars, painting and artwork. He has even designed a couple of the Syttende Mai coins. 5REHUW LV VXUYLYHG E\ KLV ÀYH FKLOGUHQ 0DULD *LGGOH\ Angela (Eric) Kadlec, Nichole (Sean) McGuigan, MiFKHOOH *LGGOH\ DQG 0LFKDHO *LGGOH\ ÀYH JUDQGFKLOGUHQ Amanda Lathrop, Caleb Drmolka, Anthony Cardarella, 0DVRQ 0F*XLJDQ DQG -HVVH\ 0F*KHH VLVWHU %DUEDUD 'RQDOG %HFN EURWKHU 5LFKDUG &DWK\ *LGGOH\ DQG many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; and sister, .DWKHULQH %HQVRQ Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, at Cress Funeral Home, 206 W. Prospect, Stoughton. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. until the time of services on Thursday. Friends and family are invited to a luncheon at the American Legion Post 59, immediately following the services. ,Q OLHX RI à RZHUV PHPRULDOV PD\ EH PDGH RXW WR WKH family. Please share your memories at cressfuneralservice.com The Cress Funeral Home, Stoughton, was entrusted with arrangements.

Mary Elizabeth Grelle, 65, Holmen and formerly of Luck, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Friday, Feb. 27, at the Mayo Franciscan Hospital in La Crosse. 0DU\ ZDV ERUQ WR %HUQDUG DQG Margaret (Simpson) Golden on May 4, 1949, and was raised in Menomonie. She was married to William on Dec. 18, 1976, and together they had three children. She was a dedicated mother and special education teacher, having worked with many different school districts in the state of Wisconsin. Mary was a talented wood carver, quilter and gardener. She was the heart of her family. Mary is survived by her husband, William; her children, Gabriel, Gretchen (Tony) DeRosa and Carbrey; her grandchildren, Macy, Anna and Owen; her siblings, Patrick, Gregory (Ruth), Raphael (Mitzi), Katherine Salverda, Stephen (Marilyn Olson) and Camille (David) Guth; and a large extended family and friends. 6KH ZLOO EH UHXQLWHG ZLWK KHU SDUHQWV %HQ DQG 0DUJH her brother, Robert; her mother-in-law, Ona Grelle; her brother-in-law, Dick Salverda; and her sister-in-law, Peggy Grelle. A Mass of Resurrection was held Saturday, March 7, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Holmen, with Father -RKQ 3DUU RIĂ€FLDWLQJ 0HPRULDOV FDQ EH JLYHQ WR WKH &DWKolic Charities La Crosse Warming Shelter, 3710 East Ave. S. La Crosse 54601. Online condolences can be given to the family at dickinsonfuneralhomes.com. The family would like to extend a special thank-you to the Mayo ICU staff for their thoughtful considerate care, especially Dr. Christopher Deyo. Mary will be remembered for the way she taught her children and students by example, with compassion and understanding.

Delores “Deeâ€? W. Holmgren, 89, of Lake City, Minn., passed away Sunday, March 1, 2015, at the Mayo Clinic Health System, Lake City Care Center in Lake City, Minn. Delores W. Mattson was born Sept. 13, 1925, in Frederic, Wis., to Roy and Mildred (Gilland) Mattson. When she was 13, she moved with her family to Luck, Wis., and in 1943 moved to Milltown, Wis., and graduated from Milltown High School. After graduation, Dee worked at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. She met Howard Holmgren in April 1947, and they were married on Aug. 23, 1947, in Milltown. Dee and Howard lived in Milltown until 1950 when they moved to Wabasha, Minn., and in 1965 they moved to Lake City. She was active in Job’s Daughters, Eastern 6WDU DQG ZDV D OHDGHU LQ WKH &DPSĂ€UH *LUOV ZKLOH KHU daughters were growing up. Dee was a member of First Lutheran Church in Lake City and in her church circle. Dee enjoyed children and especially enjoyed spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Dee is survived by two sons, Lowell ‘Hogey’ (Carol) Holmgren and Larry (Deb) Holmgren Sr., both of Lake &LW\ WZR GDXJKWHUV &DURO $QGHUVRQ DQG 0DU\ %HWK -LP %UDQGW ERWK RI 5HG :LQJ 0LQQ D VRQ LQ ODZ Marvin Glander of Lake City; 11 grandchildren; 15 greatgrandchildren; and one sister, Lois Vos of Milltown. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Howard, who died May 26, 2004; and one daughter, Susie, who died Nov. 27, 2014. Funeral services were held Friday, March 6, at First Lutheran Church in Lake City with Pastor Louise E. StromEHUJ RIĂ€FLDWLQJ %XULDO ZDV LQ WKH 0LOOWRZQ &HPHWHU\ LQ Milltown. Memorials are preferred.

Valorie M. Otis Valorie M. Otis, of Milltown, died Monday, March 9, at her home at the age of 84. Valorie was born Oct. 23, 1930, in St. Paul, Minn., to John and Agnes Little. She graduated from St. Paul Harding High School and attended St. Katherine College in the nursing program. In 1948, she married Lawrence Hagen Sr. This marriage ended in divorce. In 1954, she married Verney Otis in St. Paul. She was a homemaker all of her life. In her free time, she enjoyed puzzles, sewing, knitting, playing cards and casino gamLQJ HVSHFLDOO\ %LQJR Valorie was preceded in death by her parents; husEDQG 9HUQH\ GDXJKWHU .ULVWLQH %UXFH VRQV /DZUHQFH Hagen Jr., Patrick Otis and Jeffrey Otis Sr.; grandsons, John Plourde and Jeffrey Otis Jr.; son-in-law, Carlos Espejo; and numerous siblings. She is survived by her children, Kathy Espejo of Casa Grande, Ariz., John Hagen of Glenwood City, Clare +DJHQ RI *OHQZRRG &LW\ :LV $GGLH %LOO 5RHVOHU 2WLV of Stacy, Minn., Mary (Leo) Martell of Milltown, Wis., Andrew Otis Sr. of Illinois and Robert Otis of Milltown; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and greatgreat-grandchildren; and brother, Rollie Little of Moorhead, Minn. Memorial services will be 2 p.m., Sunday, March 15, at the Chisago Lake Town Hall, 13175 St. Croix Trail, Lindstrom, Minn. Private interment will be in the Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Arrangements were by the Grandstrand Funeral Home – Edling Chapel.

Guy R. “Tobyâ€? Baker *X\ 5 ´7RE\Âľ %DNHU RI &XVKLQJ *UDQWVEXUJ DQG Webster, Wis., passed away March 2, 2015. Toby was the son of the late Louis and Rose (CarVWRQ %DNHU He worked as a cattle and horse jockey for his family business, L.W. %DNHU 7UXFNLQJ RXW RI &XVKLQJ DQG %DNHU¡V 6HUYLFH 6WDWLRQ LQ &XVKLQJ +H DOVR ZRUNHG DW WKH 8 6 3RVW 2IĂ€FH LQ Grantsburg and was a member of the Grantsburg Fire Department for many years. Toby was a painter, millwright and a “jack-of-all-trades.â€? Toby had an incredible love for family, faith, cars, trucks, teddy bears and treasures. He had an amazing love for our savior, Jesus Christ. His ministry was to love people and put a smile on their face. Toby is survived by his twin daughters, Jean Sandberg DQG -RDQ 3DVWRU 'DQ 3URIĂ€W VWHSVRQV 6FRWW -HII DQG Tim Eggen and their families; grandchildren, Mitchell and Corey Sandberg, Amanda Rose (Derrick) Rouse and -RVKXD .DWLH 3URIĂ€W JUHDW JUDQGFKLOGUHQ 5\OLH DQG :LOOLDP 3URIĂ€W He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Grace; VHYHQ EURWKHUV DQG VLVWHUV JUDQGEDE\ 3URIĂ€W DQG JUHDW JUDQGGDXJKWHU 5RVH 3URIĂ€W Per Toby’s request, no formal services will be held. Private family services will be held at a later date. In lieu of Ă RZHUV PHPRULDOV WR WKH IDPLO\ RI *X\ %DNHU DUH DSpreciated. Arrangements were entrusted to SwedbergTaylor Funeral Home Webster. Online condolences may be expressed at swedberg-taylor.com.

Steven F. Tretsven R. Donald “Donâ€? Lundquist R. Donald “Donâ€? Lundquist, 79, of Luck, Wis., died at his home late Thursday, March 5, 2015, after a yearlong battle with cancer. Roy Donald Lundquist was born on March 31, 1935, in Clear Lake, Wis., the son of C. Goran and Ruth (Finne) Lundquist. He grew up in the Clear Lake area until his family moved to farm in Emerald near Glenwood City, Wis. Don graduated from Glenwood City High School in 1953. He was married to Mary A Curtis at his family farm in Emerald on May 12, 1956. Together they moved to Anoka, Minn., and raised three children, Jeanie, Jackie and Lonnie. During this time, Don was employed at Char-Gale Manufacturing and later with Cornelius Company before moving to Luck in 1971. He purchased the Northland Church Furniture Company there and operated that business for the next 44 years until the time of KLV GHDWK ,Q KLV VSDUH WLPH 'RQ HQMR\HG Ă€VKLQJ ZRRGworking, wolves and collecting John Deere tractors. His business took him on numerous trips throughout the 8QLWHG 6WDWHV +H ZDV YHU\ IRQG RI 5HHVH¡V 3HDQXW %XWWHU Cups and his daily single serving of Samuel Adams. He will be sorely missed by his family and friends. Don was preceded in death by his parents, Goran and Ruth Lundquist; brother, Loyd “Dickâ€? Lundquist; infant sister, Roxann; and son-in-law, Dennis Kurtz. He is survived by his wife, Mary Lundquist of Luck; GDXJKWHUV DQG VRQ -HDQLH .HQ 7DEHU .XUW] RI 3DOP %D\ Fla., Jackie (Daniel) Morales of Osceola, Wis. and Lonnie (Mona) Lundquist of Frederic; grandchildren, Kari (Dave) Vadner, Joshua (Melissa Larson) Morales, Tanya (Nick) Odegard, Marces (Kelli) Morales, Anna (Shane Nelleson) Morales, Maria (Nick) Kephart, Nicolas Morales, Darren (Amy) Lundquist and Kyle Lundquist; nine great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Mary Lundquist of Haugen; nieces, nephews, family and friends. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, March 11, noon, at North Valley Lutheran Church in rural MillWRZQ ZLWK 3DVWRU 0DJJLH ,VDDFVRQ RIĂ€FLDWLQJ 0XVLF was provided by Mary Krull. Honorary pallbearers were Joshua Morales and Dave Vadner. Pallbearers were Marces Morales, Nicolas Morales, Nick Odegard, Nick Kephart, Darren Lundquist and Kyle Lundquist. Interment was at the Swedish Congregational Cemetery in Clear Lake, Wis. Scheuermann Funeral Home and Cremation Services are handling the arrangements, clearlakefuneralhome. com.

Steven F. Tretsven, of Cushing, Wis., died at his home on the family farm on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at the age of 57. Steve was born Dec. 18, 1957, in St. Croix Falls, Wis., to Floyd and %HWW\ 7UHWVYHQ +H JUDGXDWHG IURP St. Croix Falls High School in 1976. He continued to live and farm on the family farm in the Cushing area until his death. In his free time he enjoyed farming, hunting and the outdoors in general, trapshooting and handling heavy equipment. Steve was preceded in death by his parents; niece, Angela Roen; and granddaughter, Hayden Dagestad. He is survived by his daughters, Chasatie (Andy Mueller) Tretsven of Hudson, Wis., Tiffanie (Jeremy) Dagestad of St. Croix Falls and Cortney Tretsven of Cushing; son, Colton Tretsven of Grantsburg; grandchildren, Garrett, Harper and Gavin; sister, Sharon Owen of Cushing; QHSKHZ 0DWW 7UHWVYHQ DQG VLJQLÀFDQW RWKHU &LQG\ Holden. Memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., Friday, March 13, at First Lutheran Church in Cushing. There will be a Celebration of Life gathering following the service at the Cushing Community Center. There will be a private family interment at a later date. Arrangements by the Grandstrand Funeral Home – Edling Chapel, grandstrandfh. com.

Marlene Jadwinski Marlene Jadwinski passed away March 2, 2015, a week before her 78th birthday. She was formerly of Hertel, :LV %XUQHWW &RXQW\ Marlene was born March 8, 1937, in St. Paul, Minn. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Duane Jadwinski Sr., and children, Linda and Duane Jr. She is survived by her son, Keith Jadwinski; brothers, Robert and John Liebgott; and sister, Dianne Kemp. A private interment will be held later in the spring.

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to the sweetness and nourishment of Jesus, the word of life, our bread of life. The seeds of the Holy Spirit promote further growth in our body, soul and spirit. And as an apple seed may taste bitter, sometimes God’s spirit disciplines us, giving us knock-me-over-thehead reminders of our sins. These are bitter pills to swallow, yet necessary to our spiritual growth. Lord, thank you for reminding us that “in him dwells all the fullness of the godhead bodily, and (we) are complete in (you) ‌ the head of all principality and power.â€? (ColosVLDQV %H RXU VNLQ PHDW DQG VHHGV DV ZH follow your will. In Jesus’ name, amen. Mrs. Bair may be reached at sallybair@ gmail.com.

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THURS. & FRI./12 & 13 Grantsburg • AARP tax assistance at the library. 715-463-2244 for appt.

THURSDAY/12 Amery • Bingo at the VFW post, 6:30 p.m.

Baldwin • St. Croix Valley Beekeepers meeting at Peace Lutheran Church, 7 p.m., stcroixbeekeepers.org.

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WEDNESDAY/18 Balsam Lake • Friends of the Library meeting, 6:30 p.m., 715-4853215.

Grantsburg • Little Wildlifers, Habitat Hunt, at Crex Meadows, 12 p.m., crexmeadows.org, 715-463-2739.

Siren • Poverty task force meeting at the government center, Room 615, 1 p.m.

THURSDAY/19

• AARP tax assistance at Golden Oaks Apts, 715-3278603 for appt.

Amery • Bingo at the VFW post, 6:30 p.m.

Grantsburg

Balsam Lake

• Blood drive at the community center, noon-6 p.m., 800733-2767, redcrossblood.org. • Burnett County Garden Club meeting and workshop at the high school, Room 111, 6:30 p.m.

• Autism support group at the government center, 7 p.m. • Polk-Burnett Bee Association meeting at the justice center, 7 p.m., 715-268-6793.

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Milltown

• AARP tax assistance at Golden Oaks Apts, 715-3278603 for appt.

• Friends meeting at the library, 6 p.m. 715-825-2313. • Friends of Victims of Violence support group at North Valley Lutheran, 6 p.m., 800-261-7233.

Siren • Meeting at the senior center, 12:30 p.m..

Rice Lake

Spooner

• Meeting on gypsy moth aerial spray plans at the library, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., gypsymoth.wi.gov.

• 3rd of 3, webinar on managing fertilizer costs in corn & soybeans at the Ag Station, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 800528-1914.

Siren • Northwoods Flyers Experimental Aircraft Assoc. Club meets at the government center, Rm. 165, 7 p.m.

Webster

• AARP tax assistance at the library, 9 a.m.-noon, 715483-1901 for appt.

• Second Harvest food distribution at Connections, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 715-866-8151. • Author Bud Hoekstra at the library, 7 p.m., 715-8667697.

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• Poco Penners meeting at the library building, 2 p.m., 715-648-5244.

Falun • Free bread distribution, every Friday until further notice at Trinity Lutheran Church, 10 a.m.

Frederic • Head injury support group at the library, 2 p.m.

Luck • John McCutcheon to perform at West Denmark Lutheran Church, 7 p.m.

St. Croix Falls • Community Volunteer Fair & Recognition at the library, 4-7 p.m., 715-483-1777.

SATURDAY/14 Amery • Ruby’s Pantry at Congregational Church. Doors open 8:30 a.m. Dist. 9 a.m. $20 donation, 715-268-7390.

Balsam Lake • Mark Moran’s antiques & collectibles appraisal event at the library, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 715-485-3215. • 500 card party at the VFW, cancer fundraiser, 2 p.m.

Grantsburg • )ULHQGV RI &UH[ (QGRZPHQW )XQG EHQHÀW GLQQHU 58 p.m., 715-463-2739 for reservations, crexmeadows.org. • Crex Meadows Nature Photography Club meets at Crex, 10-11:30 a.m., 715-463-2739.

Lewis • VFW Post 10232 meeting at the hall, 11 a.m.

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Milltown • 500 card party at VFW Post 6856, 2 p.m. • Women’s Retreat at Milltown Lutheran Church. Registration 8:15 a.m. and ends with lunch.

Siren • St. Patrick’s Day, scavenger hunt, 8 a.m. till found;

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• Master Gardeners meeting at the justice center, speaker Jennifer Lutz. 6 p.m. meeting, 7 p.m. presentation, 715-268-8786.

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• Hingepoint meeting for men battling sexual addictions, at River Valley Christian Church, 9 a.m.-noon, 715483-5376. • Pre-Paddy’s Day with Ring of Kerry & the St. Paul Irish Dancers at Festival Theatre, 7:30-9:30 p.m., 715483-3387, festivaltheatre.com. • “The Science and Compassion of Wildlife Medicineâ€? presentation DW WKH 6&5$ RIĂ€FH 5693 WLPH DW 3300, stcroixriverassociation.org.

• AARP tax assistance at village hall. 612-437-3560 for appt.

Webb Lake

• AARP tax assistance at the library, 715-268-6605 for appt. • Sjoland Lodge 5-635, Sons of Norway meeting at First Lutheran Church, 6:30 p.m.

• St. Patrick’s Day parade, 715-259-4440.

Webster • Used book sale at the library, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 715-8667697. • Hex bug races at Yellow Lake Golf Course, 2 p.m., 715866-7107.

SUNDAY/15 Luck • Spaghetti dinner fundraiser at Bone Lake Lutheran Church, 4:30-7 p.m., 715-472-2535.

McKinley • Palt dinner at Trinity Lutheran Church, 11:30 a.m.2 p.m.

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• Blood drive at Georgetown Lutheran Church, 12:306:30 p.m., 800-733-2767, redcrossblood.org.

FRI.-SUN./20-22 St. Croix Falls • “Snow White & the Seven Dwarfsâ€? at Festival Theatre. Fri. & Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., festivaltheatre. com, 715-483-3387.

Webster • “Mary Poppinsâ€? play at the high school. Fri. & Sat. 7 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.

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• Registration deadline for canoe-paddle-making class at WCHM on Sat. & Sun., Mar. 21 & 22, 715-635-2479, WisconsinCanoeHeritageMuseum.org.

• Free bread distribution, every Friday until further notice at Trinity Lutheran Church, 10 a.m.

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Clam Falls • Coffee hour at Clam Falls Lutheran Church, 9 a.m.

Dresser • Caregiver support group meeting at Peace Lutheran Church, 2 p.m., 715-755-2515.

Luck • Ruby’s Pantry at Home & Away Ministries. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. $20 donation. Distribution noon-1 p.m., 715472-2535.

Osceola

• Military family support group meeting at the community center, 6-7:30 p.m., 715-557-0557.

Webster • Burnett County Democrats meeting at Whitetail Wilderness Resort. Dinner 6 p.m., meeting 7-9 p.m.

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• Angels Island fundraiser at Wilkins. Fri. 5-7 p.m., must preregister; at Unity school. Sat. noon-5 p.m. Evenjoy. com, sarjo2004@yahoo.com.

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Falun Grantsburg • RSVP deadline for Crex Meadows dinner at T-Dawgs Sat., Mar. 21, 715-463-2688.

Luck • Luck Area ACS Walk/Run kickoff breakfast at the senior center, 7-8 a.m., 715-566-0420.

Milltown • %HQHÀW IRU 0DULD 0RUDOHV .HSKDUW at the community center, 4-8 p.m. Bake sale, silent auction and tacos. • Fish fry at the VFW 6856, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Siren • Pre-K & kindergarten registration at the school. Call for appt., 715-349-2278, ext. 101.

SATURDAY/21 Amery • St. Patrick’s Concert at Northern Lakes Center for the Arts, 715-268-6811.

Grantsburg • Showshoeing 101 at Crex, 9 a.m.-noon, 715-463-2739, crexmeadows.org.

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