Leader | may 23| 2007

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May 23, 2007 2 sections • Vol. 71 • No. 39 8,000 copies

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Serving Northwest Wisconsin Tribute to fallen officers County’s probation caseload one of fastest growing in the state SECTION A

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Final agreement for leasing offices, now under construction in Siren, is deferred Page 3

Polk County updates ordinances Go-ahead given to pursue needs assessment for highway, recycling Page 15

Teens remain hospitalized Siblings expected to come home soon Page 2

4-year-old kindergarten grows Frederic’s summer school enrollment also looks good Page 2

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Palmer Sondreal, publisher of Amery Free Press, dies at 86 Published newspaper for 65 years Page 3

A bagpiper plays “Amazing Grace” during the Burnett County Memorial Service for Fallen Officers last Thursday. More photos and story inside. Photo by Sherill Summer

Frederic honors its finest citizens One word sums it up: dedication

by Sherill Summer FREDERIC – Frederic gathered together to celebrate its finest citizens last Friday, May 18. Citizens of the Year, Volunteer of the Year and business awards were handed out at Hacker’s Lanes.

After the dinner, friends and family told of all the good things the award recipients have done for Frederic.

Brad Harlander was the emcee for the evening. He began the awards ceremony with this year’s business of the year, Mary Ellen’s Hairstyling.

Mary Ellen Ruhn owned the business

Marilyn and Phil Knuf are Frederic’s Citizens of the Year for 2007.

See Frederic honors, back page - Photo by Sherill Summer

Fire destroys; determination will rebuild

It’s the Pirates and Cardinals in golf sections

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Four-year-old kindergarten grows

Friendly squirrels

Summer school enrollments good

Harmony Szurgot (L) and Jason Cziok have four different newborn squirrels that have taken a liking to their company. This one was happy to stick around for a quick photo while the others were busy climbing the tree behind them. They’re not sure where the mother is. – Photo by Marty Seeger

Delay on bridge construction BLAINE TOWNSHIP – The installation of Anderson Bridge along the snowmobile trail is running into some problems.

The area where the bridge is to be placed is wetter than usual, possibly because of a beaver dam or downed trees blocking drainage.

A grant that is funding the project was to expire at the end of May. The DNR INTER-COUNTY

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extended the grant for one year so that the wetland would not be disturbed.

Burnett County Parks, Recreation and Tourism Committee had an emergency meeting to discuss the matter. Because the committee wants the bridge in by the next snowmobile season, they moved that the completion date be in September. – Sherill Summer

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by Gregg Westigard FREDERIC – There is growth in both the summer school program and the 4year-old kindergarten (4K) program, elementary school principal Kelly Steen told the Frederic School Board Monday night.

The higher 4K enrollment will result in the addition of a second section for the half day program. The board also heard reports on the status of the pool repairs and the new Cognitive Disabilities Program and approved some teaching changes and a switch in seasons for the baseball team. This was the first regular board meeting for new members Becky Amundson and Shari Matz.

Steen said that 24 students have enrolled for next year in the 4K program, up from the present 18 in the program now completing its third year. As a result, the board approved adding a second section and lowering the class size for each group. The higher staffing costs will be offset by increased state aid for the program.

The summer school numbers also look good, Steen reported. There are 172 students signed up for the first session which runs from June 22 through July 3 and 198 for the July 30 to August 10 second session. The pool is a big part of the summer program and repairs are now being made to correct a paint problem which caused an early shutdown of the pool last summer.

Steen added that the Friends of the Pool Committee has agreed to pay for a long-range study for the pool.

Frederic is setting up a new Cognitive Disabilities Program to serve five Frederic and Luck students who are now enrolled in the Polk County Special Education School in Balsam Lake. That program is closing.

The board approved hiring Kessea Karl as the fulltime teacher for the program which will be located in the high school building.

District Superintendent Gerald Tischer and high school Principal Ray Draxler listened to the concerns of a group of parents with children in the program.

Draxler said that the new program will be a challenge and an opportunity for the district. He added that the students will benefit the diversity of the school.

In addition to hiring Karl, the board accepted the resignation of kindergarten teacher Jennifer Curtis and approved a contract for Stacie Anderson, a current kindergarten teacher who would have been laid off, to replace her. The board also reinstated Erin Jensen for a part-time position in the expanded 4K program.

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Frederic Village and the district have reached an agreement on the recreational property across the street from the football field. The village will continue to develop the site, which includes the hockey rink and a ball field, for recreational activities at village expense. The district will be able to use the facilities for educational uses at no cost. All future improvements will require school board approval. If the district every decides to sell the property, the village will have the first purchase opportunity.

The agreement will be reviewed annually. Tischer said the district received more than it asked for from the village.

Athletic director Jeff Carley told the board that the baseball season will need to change from summer to spring a year earlier than expected. Two of the five area school, still playing summer baseball have switched to a spring schedule, leaving only Frederic, Grantsburg and Unity with summer programs. The late change for Frederic, which had been planned for the 2008-09 school year, may mean that the Frederic team might need to play an independent schedule for a year before being admitted to a conference.

Carley also reported that a project to make repairs to the press box at the football field are on hold while work continues in the community to raise the $20,000 needed for the job.

The board set the time and date for the annual meeting Monday, Aug. 20, at 6:30 p.m.

Teens in head-on collision still in hospital POLK COUNTY - Three people involved in a head-on collision on Hwy. 46 May 15 are recuperating.

“I’m lucky,” said Jeff Peterson, 55, of Luck, who was treated at St. Croix Regional Medical Center and released May 16. “We’re all lucky.”

Maria Morales, 17, and her brother, Nicolas Morales, 14, were still in Regions Hospital in St. Paul on Monday, but were listed in good condition.

Unity Principal Bill Alleva said Maria and Nicolas were “doing wonderful” and that Nicolas may be released from the hospital this week.

“I talked with Maria on Monday and again yesterday,” he said.

“They’re hoping to have her here for graduation.”

Peterson, a teacher at Unity, was driving southbound in a Nissan pickup on Hwy. 46 around 3:45 p.m. when the accident took place. Maria Morales was heading north driving a Dodge Neon but apparently didn’t notice that vehicles in front of her were slowing.

According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Department, Morales braked when she saw the cars slowing, causing her car to veer into the oncoming lane, where Peterson was.

Nicolas was thrown from the vehicle, while rescue workers used the Jaws of Life to get Peterson and Maria out of their vehicles.

Peterson, a Polk County Board supervisor, attended some county meetings Tuesday afternoon and resumed work Wednesday.

“I’m battered and bruised and stiff, but there were no internal injuries,” he said. - Julie Holmquist

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County has one of state’s fastest-growing probation caseloads Final approval for leasing of offices under construction in Siren deferred

by Kevin Murphy Special to the Leader MADISON – Fueled by caseloads that have doubled in the past five years, the Department of Corrections Parole and Probation offices are seeking state approval this week to lease offices that are under construction across from the Burnett County Courthouse.

The state Building Commission was expected to give final approval Wednesday to lease the 3,200-sq.-ft.building to replace the 950 square feet parole and probation now has in the courthouse basement but the consideration was deferred.

Commission members said the state was being overcharged for maintenance expenses in the nine-year lease.

Commissioner member Terry McGuire questioned estimates for real estate taxes, utilities, janitorial and building maintenance expenses in the lease with developers Top of Wisconsin Corp.

“Gross leases cost the state of Wisconsin thousands and thousands of extra dollars a year. I just don’t like that approach,” said McGuire, who also is a real estate developer in Janesville.

McGuire asked Division of Facilities Development officials to renegotiate the lease to see if Top of Wisconsin would enter into an agreement where the state pays actual instead of estimated costs the current lease requires. Or the state would “true up” the building’s maintenance bill at year’s end, with the developer returning fees collected in excess of expenses.

The state has used gross leases in order to cap expenses subject to inflationary spikes such as utilities said Peter Maternowski, DFD representative to the

commission.

Commission Secretary David Cramer then pulled the lease from consideration deferring it to the June meeting, giving staff time to renegotiate the lease. The offices are under construction across from the Burnett County courthouse.

The commission didn’t question the need for the larger quarters as caseloads have doubled in the past five years, prompting the state to seek to replace the 950 square feet it has in the Burnett County Courthouse with a new 3,200sq.-ft. building.

“We’ve just outgrown our space in the basement, which was an ideal place in the past, but we have four offices for five agents and that’s a problem,” said Anne Cartman, corrections field supervisor in Burnett and Polk counties.

“We also don’t have any (conference) rooms for meetings for…sex offenders.

We just don’t have the ability to run those groups now due to the space crunch,” she said.

Spraying for gypsy moth continues Bass Lake in Swiss Township target area SWISS TOWNSHIP - The Wisconsin Cooperative Gypsy Moth Program will soon begin spraying for Gypsy moths in Burnett County in an attempt to control the population of the pest in Burnett County. All property owners near the spray area will be contacted before the treatment takes place.

Each gypsy moth egg mass may produce up to 1,000 caterpillars, and each one will multiply its weight 1,000 times, defoliating trees and shrubs in

the process. After a severe defoliation, trees may be so weakened that other pests and diseases kill them.

This paper mistakenly placed the infected Bass Lake as being the one in Union Township. Instead the infected Bass Lake is in Swiss Township. We regret the error. – Sherill Summer The boxed area is roughly the area that will be sprayed to control the gypsy moth population found there. – submitted by Burnett County Forestry Department

Siren Main Street update SIREN – Sidewalk construction is almost done, but completion of all of the sidewalk has been delayed because of a holdup on delivery of the tree grates.

Sidewalk and crosswalk construction should still be completed this week.

Things will then slow down while concrete crosswalks set up enough to allow final asphalt paving. This may be two to three weeks away. During this time, the sidewalks will be open, but Main Street

from Hanson Avenue to Hwy. 35/70 will be closed to traffic.

Parking will be available on First Avenue each way from Main Street, but First Avenue will not be open for through traffic.

Even with the wait until final paving can be done, Main Street should be substantially complete and ready for use by mid-June. – Randy Surbaugh, village administrator/engineer

Unlike the courthouse basement, the new offices will also have a waiting room, urine analysis bathroom and secure file storage.

While three agents worked out of the courthouse just a few years ago, the state authorized a fifth agent with an agent who split time between Douglas and Burnett counties, now assigned full time to the Siren office, said Cartman.

Burnett has one of the state’s fastestgrowing probation caseloads, due to a population influx from the Twin Cities metro area and a scourge of methamphetamine offenses. In the future, DOC officials anticipate adding three more full-time agents to the office to handle increasing caseloads, according to information the DOC supplied to the commission.

“We’re averaging 85 offenders per agent now and that’s ideal for us,” she said.

While the number of offenders has been increasing, so has cooperation from the area employers. More businesses and individuals are involved in the county’s drug court, getting more information on probationers, which helps the department place more offenders in jobs, Cartman said.

“Just like it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a community to supervise an offender and we’re getting more of that…We didn’t have as many opportunities before, businesses weren’t as open it but there’s been a real change of attitude among employers,” she said.

Cartman anticipates the building will be completed by end of the summer and probation and parole will be able to move in by October. The nine-year lease at $13.46 per square foot, including utilities and maintenance costs, has an annual gross operating cost of $56,833, according to commission information.

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Publisher, owner of Free Press dies Services Friday at Amery AMERY - The man whose name became synonymous with newspaper publisher in Northwest Wisconsin has died at the age of 86.

Palmer Sondreal, who published the Amery Free Press for 65 years, aided for a good portion of those years by his sons, Jerry and Steve, died Sunday at Regions Hospital in St. Paul.

Palmer moved to Amery in 1941 to operate a linotype for the Free Press and found himself the owner of the paper two years later. He developed his journalism skills as a high school student in Cooperstown, N.D., where he graduated at age 16 as valedictorian of his class.

After high school he worked as a linotype operator in Iowa, Montana and Minnesota before moving to Amery.

As owner of the 5,000-circulation Free Press, he became the writer, pressman, ad salesman and publisher, always dedicated to making Amery a better place to live, according to his son, Steve, who told the St. Paul Pioneer Press that his father strove to make the paper a “cheerleader for the community.”

Palmer served on the school board, the Amery Industrial Development board,

the planning commission for the Amery Fall Festival, the Wisconsin Manpower Commission and on an ad hoc committee for the community hospital.

In the 1950s he was appointed by President Eisenhower to serve on a national effort to improve employment opportunities for the physically handicapped.

Ignoring the dawn of the computer age, Palmer wrote his weekly column, Ambling in Amery, on an IBM Model D typewriter. He often referred to himself in the lighthearted column as “Ye Ambler,” ending each week with “the groaner,” a joke aimed at making people smile, and perhaps, groan.

“Like so many persons who lived through the Great Depression, Palmer had practially no financial resources,” stated an editorial/tribute in this week’s Amery Free Press. “What he did have was a great brain, literary skills and great mechanical skills.”

Sondreal is survived by his wife, Onilea, of Amery; sons Jerry and Steve of Amery; daughters Sally Sondreal and Katie Evans, of San Diego, Calif., and Jane Gorres, of Menasha; 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at First Lutheran Church in Amery, with visitation just prior.

Luck High School valedictorian Josh Bazey is “persuaded” by his father and school board member Daryl Bazey to stay and finish his speech and pick up his diploma because stock car racing could wait — at least for that evening. It was all part of planned fun at Friday’s graduation ceremonoy.

Josh stayed and finished his speech, received his diploma and then went to the track where he finished in fourth place at the Centuria Speedway.

So despite the photo headline...he is pretty fast after all. More photos of area graduations inside. - Photo by Gary King INCORRECT LISTING: A listing of Polk County Circuit Court cases published in last week’s Leader incorrectly stated there was an issuance of an arrest warrant for Kody Koch, 18, Amery.

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Clubhouse manager named at Grantsburg Golf Course Course opens under new management GRANTSBURG - Dick Anderson has been named clubhouse manager for the Grantsburg Golf Course. The course opened on May 1 under management of Grantsburg Golf Course, LLC, through a lease arrangement with the village of Grantsburg.

Anderson comes to the course with years of golf experience, going back to his school days when he was a member of his high school team. He continued in the game over the years, having memberships in various courses in the Eau Claire area. He is a past board member and past board president of the Hillcrest Golf & Country Club in Eau Claire, an

the summer will be interesting, as they will watch progress on the large hospital addition under construction. He said that within a few weeks golfers will be able to cross the construction on a new golf cart path, and later in the season permanent work can begin on building a new number three green and number nine tee box. “That will enable us to lengthen those two holes from what they are now,” he said. He added that when the hospital addition and the course remodeling are completed it will provide as pleasant a golf experience as it has in the past.

Dick Anderson has been named clubhouse manager for the Grantsburg Golf Course. – Photo submitted

Course history The history of the golf course goes back many years. It was first established in the 1920s, making it one of the first

The proposed layout of the Grantsburg Golf Course. –submitted 18-hole course.

Anderson, who owns a home on Mud Hen Lake with his wife Liz, said the challenge of the position intrigued him.

Knowing that the golf course was being leased by a private group with the intent of making the course economically viable was something that piqued his interest. “Even with the construction at Burnett Medical Center and the adjustments we’ve had to make on the golf course, we’re excited about the golf season,” he said. “The course is in remarkably good shape. Golfers have already complimented the great condition of the fairways and greens.”

Anderson said major changes include lengthening the number eight hole, adding 60 to 80 yards, which makes it a par 4. That hole now plays the full width of the course to the old number

three green. “The number eight is now the same as the original hole 40 years ago when the course was only a six-hole golf course,” he noted.

He also said construction has forced the shortening of both number three and number nine. “We’ve had positive comments from golfers already, and these changes, while shortening the course a bit, have added new challenges for the golfers,” he said. “What I like about this course is that it is not only very affordable but an ideal course for both youth and for senior citizens.” He noted that the weekday rate of nine holes for $9 is attractive. “This course is easy to get on and you can have an enjoyable round of golf in a short period of time,” Anderson added.

He said that several golfers have commented that golfing the course through

small village-owned courses in the upper Midwest. The original land for the course was donated by H.A. Anderson, an early banker in the county, whose house abutted the course. It was originally constructed as a six-hole course with sand greens, lying east of the present Burnett Medical Center facility.

During the mid-1960s, a group of citizens led by E. D. (Gene) Jensen, Walter Jensen, Miles McNally, Jim McNally, Ray Vosz, Dick Elg, Ray Wellner, Russ Satterlund and Lawrence Anderson established a committee to expand the course to the west, adding three holes.

The village board promised to donate $2 for every $1 raised for the project. A total of $17,000 was raise privately and the village added $34,000. The project was completed with a lot of volunteer

labor and, when completed, Jensen and Miles McNally oversaw golf operations for the village. Anderson served as treasurer of the golf commission. Since 1972 the course has been supervised by the parks committee of the village board.

Improvements over the years have included the clubhouse, garage repairs, underground watering system, parking lot with curb and gutter, blacktopped golf cart paths and the organization of various league play.

Throughout this time the land now being utilized in the Burnett Medical Center expansion has been owned by the medical center. Over the years they allowed that land to be used by the course. When the need for expansion came for the medical center, the loss of that portion of the golf course, along with a deficit the past several years, caused the village to seek alternate plans. It was hoped an individual would lease the course and keep it operational, as the village board, responding to a resident survey, chose to no longer operate the course. When the lone person interested in leasing the course backed away from his plan, a new private corporation of interested citizens was formed to operate the course. The village board agreed to lease the course to that group for the price of $1.

Dave Huff, a member of the Grantsburg Golf Course, LLC, said the intent of the corporation is not to make personal financial gain should the course be made to be profitable. “All we are interested in is providing a good golf course, keep it operational, keep it from being a burden on the village and its taxpayers, and retaining this wonderful asset to the community. If there is any profit made from the course, that money will be put back into the course, and a portion will also go to the village.”

Anderson noted that, “Golf is a wonderful individual and family activity. I am excited to be part of this endeavor and I am very encouraged by all of the positive feedback we have received during the past few weeks. The number of volunteers we have had in the quest to spruce-up the course, the amount of memberships we’ve already sold, the excitement in senior, men’s and women’s leagues, and simply looking over the beautiful landscape of the course certainly make this effort worthwhile.” – submitted

There's good news in the Grantsburg schools

by Carl Heidel GRANTSBURG - Good news filled the agenda of the Grantsburg Board of Education when it met last Monday evening. Everything from improved school safety to student accomplishments was part of the mix.

Superintendent Joni Burgin reported that a districtwide safety program review conducted earlier this year has resulted in steps taken to increase safety for students and staff in the schools. In her report she noted that recent threats to school safety in Wisconsin and around the country have highlighted the need for schools to have plans and procedures in place to provide protection and a safe environment in the schools.

The review considered six components: security and staffing, securityrelated policies and procedures, crisis preparedness, education and training, physical security and personnel security. When the review was complete,

Mike Trok of School Securities, LLC, who conducted the assessment, held a workshop aimed at creating a more secure school environment with the principals and superintendent.

All three building principals supported the process. "It was a good process to go through," said Mary Whitrock, elementary school principal.

Brad Jones, principal of the middle school agreed, but he noted that all of the mechanical and technological safety equipment has its limits. "The biggest security," he commented, "is in the type of relationships we have with the kids."

Jeff Bush, high school principal, noted that Trok had remarked about the positive nature of those relationships in the Grantsburg schools during his assessment. "He commented on the positive climate our buildings have," said Bush.

Bush also described some of the recent student accomplishments in the high school. Students in Biology II have been engaged in a research project to

determine species of fish that can serve as hosts for cylinder mussels.

The student research has identified 12 previously unknown host fish for the local mussel species. These host fish carry the mussel eggs on their fins and in their gills until the eggs mature and drop to the bed of the lake or stream where the fish are.

While the results of this study are going to press for publication this summer, the students will begin a new project with the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife that will last through the summer. They will do research to identify hosts for two critically endangered mussel species found in the St. Croix and Chippewa rivers of northern Wisconsin.

Bush also reported student achievements in music. In the recent State Solo and Ensemble contest in Eau Claire, Nathan McConnell received the highest rating possible for a piano solo. Not to be outdone by McConnell, the Ladies

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Swing Choir and the vocal trio of Lenora Benge Briggs, Emily Prazak and Lydia Benge Briggs both received a perfect score from contest judges.

Bush also told the board that Grantsburg High School has been named as the recipient of the 2006-2007 West Lakeland Conference Sportsmanship Award for the third time. "This is the one you want to win to say you are doing a good job," he said.

In other business the board: •Awarded bids for new computers and servers; •Approved a data processing contract with CESA 5; •Accepted the resignation of Mary Whitrock, elementary school principal; •Approved full-time teaching contracts for Bruce Manske (middle school English), Alyssa Notterman (high school art) and Jennie Keenan (high school science).

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County to pick up portion of library cost

by Nancy Jappe SIREN – The first item on the agenda for the May 17 meeting of the Burnett County Board of Supervisors was a presentation by Jim Trojanowski, director of the Northern Waters Library Service. The bottom line for the presentation was that the county will have to pay $53,000 out of their budget to cover county residents who take out materials from libraries in other counties.

“I am having a hard time with this, Mr. Chair,” said Supervisor Chris Sybers. “We have no choice,” answered county board chair Larry Main. “I would rather spend money putting books in our own libraries than have them go anywhere else,” Sybers strongly commented.

Act 420 extends county reimbursement to libraries for residents in adjacent counties that are not living in a community with a library. According to figures presented at the meeting, $16,800 would go to Frederic Library, $11,800 to Spooner Library, $8,600 to Shell Lake Library and $5,100 to the libraries in Rice Lake.

Payment goes only to libraries of over 5,000 circulation. The reimbursement payments cover not less than 70 percent of the library’s cost for circulation.

The state’s joint finance committee passed a resolution by a vote of 13-3 to include Webster and Grantsburg in this reimbursement and, according to Trojanowski, Gov. Doyle has exempted Act 420 from the county library limits.

Gene Olson expressed his concern about keeping residents in the county, and the advisability of encouraging the county libraries to stock items their residents would need. He feels that residents need to know that use of other libraries is going to be a cost to them via the county budget.

Long-term care reform County Administrator Candace Fitzgerald took time to go over the proposed long-term care reform that has been under way for the past five to seven years. “The county will be voting on a resolution to implement the change in July,” Fitzgerald told the board. “We are hoping to manage (long-term care) the way we are now. It’s not going to cost any more money.”

LTC-Reform would bring all the current funding structures under one umbrella organization called Family Care. An aging and disability resource center would be provided that is called “your one-stop shop,” where information and referral, LTC eligibility, service referrals and benefit specialists would be available for all adults with disabilities. Planning for the ADRC is under way now, with clients to be enrolled by

Zoning actions “Meenon is now under county zoning for land use.

Zoning permits are now required,” stressed zoning administrator Jim Flanigan following board adoption of the Revised Zoning District Map 2007-02 for the town of Meenon.

Changes in the Burnett County Non-Metallic Mining Ordinance No. 2001-01 were approved by the board.

These changes were mandated by the state, and follow state guidelines.

Jim Trojanowski, director of the Northern Waters Library Service, presented information to the Burnett County Board of Supervisors Thursday, May 17, on Act 420. This act extends county reimbursement to libraries who serve county residents in adjacent counties. For Burnett County, this means an additional payment of $53,000 to cover patrons using libraries in Frederic, Spooner, Shell Lake and Rice Lake. – Photo by Nancy Jappe January 2009.

More than 1,500 individuals are currently on waiting lists or in need of home- and community-based services in the 11-county Northwest Wisconsin region.

When a regional care management organization would start, that list would be eliminated within two years.

Gov. Doyle is committed to expanding Family Care statewide due to evidence of improved consumer outcomes and greater cost-effectiveness of services.

Eldon Freese pointed out that Wisconsin ranks fifth for furnishing Medicare health care in the nation.

Minnesota ranks 18th, Texas 48th.

Comprehensive planning UW-Extension Community Development agent Mike Kornmann updated the board on the county’s comprehensive planning, which must be completed by Jan. 1, 2010. The county submitted a grant in October 2006 for $114,000, but did not get an award. The county ranked 17th. Twelve grant awards were made.

As of today, comprehensive plans have been completed for the towns of Blaine, Grantsburg, West Marshland and the village of Siren. The town of Swiss plan is almost complete. The towns of Sand Lake, Wood River, Daniels and Lafollette are not required to complete plans. Thirteen townships, two villages and the county have not completed comprehensive plans that will meet the state law. A comprehensive planning committee is to be appoint at the June county board meeting.

Airport lease agreement The draft of a resolution sponsored by the property committee to adopt a newly revised airport lease agreement was given to board members. The vote to adopt this resolution is to come at the June 21 county board meeting.

The new lease agreement was written by attorney Don Hoeft from the law firm of LeVander, Gillen & Miller P.A. in St. Paul, Minn., a firm that specialized in municipal airport leases. The lease has been approved by legal expert Nathaniel Hoffman from the firm of Whyte, Hirshboek, Dudek S.C. in Milwaukee, and by the Bureau of Aeronautics. The recommendation to the county board comes via its property committee.

The lease is currently active and in use, but a group of tenants have not signed it. Fitzgerald mentioned a lawsuit pending against the county by airport tenants.

She is hopeful that the lawsuit will be dismissed, and said that the county will request that the case be thrown out.

County board restructuring For the remainder of its time together, county board members discussed board restructuring, the realigning of power so that it is spread throughout the board.

“There should be more people involved in the budget.

Three people on finance (are) not enough,” Phil Lindeman commented. “The basis of restructuring is to make everybody better informed and have a board that operates better informed,” Emmet Byrne said.

“The structure today is not strong enough to make appropriate changes and address issues to turn this around,” Fitzgerald said in referring to feelings expressed by county department heads. “The department heads felt they never got action when they brought up something … The key is how to make decisions and resolve issues to better the county overall.”

The structure the board seemed to favor called for six committees under the county board, each committee to be made up of seven board members. A model from La Crosse was used, and tweaked to make it fit Burnett County. The committees would include: administration, public programs (or health and human services), public safety, land use/zoning, infrastructure and natural resources. The current structure calls for 12 committees which are covered by the 21 board members.

By motion from Don Chell, seconded by Eldon Freese, the board asked that the personnel committee draw up a final plan (structure) and bring it to the full county board at their June meeting.

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Apartments for senior citizens come to Siren

by Nancy Jappe SIREN – Construction will begin this summer on 14 apartments for people 65 and older. The rent subsidy under Section 8 of the federal rent supplement will be totally based on income and asset qualifications, and that rental amount will include all utilities.

Occupancy for the building at 24145 First Avenue is scheduled for May 1, 2008.

Brian Soland, executive director of Catholic Charities Bureau in Superior, was in Siren Tuesday, May 15, to spread the word about the new housing project. “We talked to members of the Burnett County Housing Collaborative to get the number of people on the waiting list for housing. (The number was) more than they have apartments for,” Soland said.

Knowing that they possessed documentation to establish need in the community, CCB applied for Department of Housing and Urban Development financing. It took three tries to be successful. “Need is an important part of HUD’s willingness to go for (the funding),” Soland went on to say, adding that CCB’s added amenities will help to create a lot of interest in the apartments.

“We expect (the apartment complex) is going to be (in) more of a park-like environment,” Soland said. “There will be a three-season porch with enhanced lighting for safety and security. There will be plug-ins for cars in the winter, and adequate meeting space.”

Additional features include: Just under 560 square feet in each of the one-bedroom apartments, the maximum floor space for HUD-sanctioned facilities. Baseboard hot-water heating and individually controlled air-conditioning. A kitchen with counter space,

“The word to express it is ecumenical.”

- Brian Soland

Brian Soland, executive director of Catholic Charities Bureau in Superior, was eager to talk about the 14-unit apartment complex, Lilac Grove Apartments, that will be built in Siren starting this summer. For the past three years, CCB has sought HUD funding for the project. All the closing paperwork on the project is in, the general contractor bid awarded and the ground breaking will be scheduled soon.

Occupancy is planned for May 1, 2008. – Photo by Nancy Jappe cupboards and new energy-efficient appliances. Full baths with accessibility features for tub, shower, sink and commode. Dining area, living room and closets.

The building will include a laundry, community room with stove and refrigerator and office for the tenant services coordinator. The building is located near shopping, pharmacy, medical services, senior center and senior nutrition program.

Soland stressed one particular point: “Because of Catholic sponsorship, people think the housing is only for Catholics. Catholic Charities Bureau

has men and women of all faiths on their board. Its employees and volunteers are people of all faiths, and the people served are from all faiths. The word to describe it is ecumenical.”

Regarding the length of time, three years, that it has taken to get the project underway, Soland said, “Something worth having is worth staying the course.” He cited Siren’s being the county seat, support from every organization, i.e. health and human services agencies and housing, abundant support services that are available in the community and other support services designed to allow people to stay in their apartments.

The planning for the Lilac Grove Apartments started in 2003. The first application for HUD money was in 2004, with no success. Application was again made in 2005, but the project was turned down because the village had no federal flood insurance. In 2006, application was again made, this time with the award of over one million dollars in funding.

Ten general contractors applied to do construction.

Tradewell the Construction from Rhinelander got the bid, and CCB encouraged them to hire local subcontractors. The architectural work was done by Legend Architecture LLC, Hayward. Landmark Company of Eau Claire did some of the development work.

Soland expressed the gratitude of CCB to Rudy and Ruth Mothes who, in conjunction with Diversified Service Industries, provided the transfer of land on which the apartments will be built. He praised the initiative of Siren Village Administrator/Engineer Randy Surbaugh in getting the village paperwork ready to comply with federal flood insurance regulations and for getting three government agencies to agree.

“This was a masterful accomplishment, something only he could do,” Soland commented. “If it wasn’t for him, this (complex) wouldn’t be going up, and the work will help in getting other federal monies in the future.

There is a complexity in getting local communities through these things that needs people who know what they are doing on the regulations end.

“Catholic Charities Bureau serves those who have less first. It is not some lucrative program,” Soland said. “All our housing projects are for people in the lowest tier of income, people who don’t have anything this nice, modern, safe and affordable. We would like to help people build a better life in their own community. We are not putting up big structures. We go to where people are, close to where home, friends and families are. The way I look at it, if I was going to find and create an ideal situation for my own mom and dad, this is where I would try and build in those kind of amenities for them.”

For more information on or an application for Lilac Grove Apartments, contact Gary Valley, CCB director of housing, or Beth Carlson, associate director of housing, at 715-394-6617. Soland can also be contacted at that number.

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More delay for Woodley Dam removal Apple River and trout groups contest permits

by Gregg Westigard APPLE RIVER – The removal of the old Woodley Dam on Hwys. 8 and 46 has apparently been delayed once again. Two outdoor groups have requested a contested case hearing on three of the four permits the DNR issued to Polk County allowing removal of the dam to begin. Dan Harrington, DNR water management specialist, told the Leader that the request will probably be accepted.

While no time line has been set, Harrington said that August is the earliest a hearing might be held. No construction can start until this issue is resolved.

The hearing has been requested by the Apple River Association and the Kiap-TU-Wish chapter of Trout Unlimited. Charlie Nielsen, president of the Apple River Association, told the Leader that the group is contesting the permits to dredge the river, construct rip-rap on the stream bed and banks, and rebuild a snowmobile bridge on the site. The ARA is not contesting the permit for the dam removal.

Nielsen said his group’s main concern is the effect the dredging, riprap, and geofabric will have on the stream bed upstream from the dam site. He said that they question the extensive stream modifications that Ayres Associates, the engineering firm for Polk County, have included in the plan for the dam removal. Nielsen said that a secondary concern is the planned

height of the new bridge, which is lower than the present structure and a possible navigation hazard for canoeing.

The Trout Unlimited chapter has two concerns, according to Nielsen. They are interested in the restoration of natural springs near the project site and concerned about any obstructions to the free flow of the river.

Polk County took possession of the Woodley Dam, also known as the Country Dam, an entertainment establishment, in 2002 for nonpayment of taxes. The dam was in bad condition and the DNR had previously issued an order to fix the dam or remove it. The county started the process of obtaining the permits for dam abandonment.

After that date, the dam had a washout and the river level is now near its natural level.

Part of the DNR process for granting permits for dam removal is an environmental assessment to study all issues related to the process and determine if an Environmental Impact Statement, a more detailed study, is required. The EA included input from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Department of Transportation, the St. Croix Band of Chippewa Indians, and many divisions of the DNR. The EA was completed in June 2006 and a number of public hearings were held. The DNR studied all comments made at these hearings and issued responses in a 26-page document released April 2, 2007. That cleared the way for the DNR to issue the permits Polk County needs to hire contractors and start the dam removal. That process is now on hold.

The Woodley Dam on Hwy. 8 will be around a bit longer. The old dam, once known as the Country Dam, is now owned by Polk County. The county has been trying to remove the dam since 2002. Topping the dam is a snowmobile bridge which would be rebuilt under present plans. – Photo by Gregg Westigard

Academic news NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Erik Hall, Sally McClintock and C0were among more than 1,500 St. Olaf College students recognized for academic achievement at the college’s annual Honors Day Convocation on Friday, May 4.

Honors Days recognizes St. Olaf students who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.3 or higher.

The convocation also cites students who have been awarded scholarships and fellowships, including Fulbright scholars and senior members of leadership and academic honor societies

including Phi Beta Kappa, the national scholastic honor society.

Erik Hall, Luck, is a senior, majoring in biology. He has also received the Phi Beta Kappa. Hall is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Mark Hall.

Sally McClintock, Frederic, is a junior, majoring in biology and psychology.

She is the daughter of Sally McClintock.

Christopher Ryan, Grantsburg, is a senior, majoring in chemistry. Ryan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Ryan. – from the St. Olaf College

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Last week’s question: Have you ever used your local emergency medical service (ambulance, First Responder, etc.)?

1. Yes 35 (38 percent) 2. No 56 (62 percent) Total votes 91 This week’s question: Do you have any idea of who you may vote for in the 2008 presidential election?

1. Yes 2. No 3. I’ll vote for whoever my party endorses You can take part in our weekly Web poll by logging on to www.the-leader.net and scrolling to the lower left-hand portion of the home page

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At the heart of a great day

eads spin at this time of year. Graduations, school year endings, summer jobs and vacation plans. Things seem to speed up in general.

We celebrate the future’s potential with our young people and remember the sacrifices made in our past by our servicemen and women in protecting our country and what it represents to us all.

Memorial Day represents a myriad of emotions and perceptions by different generations, but the common understanding is there that the day represents an opportunity to remember the ultimate sacrifices made for America. It’s an important part of a young person’s introduction into patriotism. A letter to the editor this week from a young person notes that she gained a deeper appreciation for the sacrifices made for our country by studying World War II. That war, through history books and Hollywood’s portrayal of stories from that time, seems to remain our standard for teaching patriotism. Local Memorial Day services underline that argument with most of the organizers and participants coming from that era – and remaining the epitome of what we know to be active patriots. And looking to World War II is understandable – how defined were our enemies and our freedoms as compared to today?

While freedom can represent a variety of things to different people, the right of free speech and expression has to be one of the more precious gifts we enjoy in America. Criticizing our government, publicly debating issues and beliefs and voting on them, lie at the heart of America – and Memorial Day. That freedom isn’t infallible, and to allow it to fade even a little would be an injustice to those who we remember on Memorial Day. And please, take time Monday to publicly, or privately, remember them.

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ATV respect

here’s good news in the world of all-terrain vehicles.

Despite the fact that the number of ATVs registered in the state has more than tripled in the past decade – from 80,000 to near 300,000 – the number of ATV accidents resulting in death has seemed to have subsided. A focus on safety training in recent years may be making an impact.

The DNR reports there were nine ATV-related fatalities in 2006, down from 22 in 2005. So far this year, nearly halfway through 2007, there have been six. Any deaths are unacceptable, but these numbers are still encouraging.

Still, as the summer recreational season reaches full speed, so does the potential for more tragic news. It doesn’t take alcohol to produce tragic results on an ATV, which critics claim are dangerous due to their tendency to tip, their weight, and because of the terrain they’re driven on is oftentimes unpredictable.

Adults may want to make sure that younger children are kept away from ATVs and that other children are enrolled in ATV safety courses.

It’s obviously a fun machine – one that is becoming our number one recreational vehicle in this state – but one that demands respect.

All editorials on this page by editor Gary King

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My parents have been married for 50 years. The house they bought when I was almost 4 years old is the one Doug and Konnie, the manthey were in when I graduated agers at the Leader, as well as from college. During college, the board of directors, have in 1980, I started working at graciously allowed me to go the Burnett County Historical more and more part time Society, and stayed there until through the years, so I could 1994. I’ve been at the Leader be an at-home mom and home since then. There’s not a lot of school Joshua. Now they have Mary turnaround with me. granted me a year leave of Stirrat But change does come. This absence. weekend we move to Camp Gary has had to juggle things around to accommodate my Forest Springs near Medford and Rib unavailability, yet he has always Lake, where my husband will be in a encouraged me in both my writing and yearlong training program in camping in the things that have taken me away ministry.

I’m excited about the move, excited from it (i.e. parenting, home schooling and a year at camp). The other to see what the year will bring. I’m reporters pick up my slack, and glad that Bill has been able to enjoy 15 Raelynn and Jackie, along with the irre- years at the Science Museum, and is placeable proofreaders, help me look able to move on from there with goodwill on both sides. I’m glad to be alonggood in print each week.

Thanks to them, this has become a side him as we go where God is leading very comfortable place to be. But now us, into a new comfort zone.

The house is stuffed full of boxes, I step out of my comfort zone, out of with odds and ends scattered everymy routine, out of the familiar.

I’m not the kind of person who where. Things half packed up. Books thrives on change. I like routine. I find and papers in stacks that I once thought comfort in the familiar. They are a kind were logical but that no longer make of security for me. It’s the way I was sense to me. Things that I just don’t know what to do with, because I’m brought up. kind of a pack rat and pretty sentimen-

Finding a new comfort zone

here are many things I have enjoyed about this job as a reporter at the Inter-County Leader. One thing is that things get pretty well wrapped up each week, in a nice little box with a nice label that goes on the newsstands and in mailboxes every seven days. There’s not a lot hanging on from week to week or month to month.

So with that in mind, I apologize to those of you to whom I said I would do a story, or check into something, but never did. I apologize for the mistakes I made in my stories, through either errors or omissions.

It’s been a great place to work these past 12 years. This area is filled with people of great talent, intelligence, wit, and perseverance, and I’ve been able to meet and talk with some of them.

I’ve even been able to work with some of them. Taking me on as a reporter with no journalism background, the people at the Leader certainly had no guarantee that I would be an asset to the paper. To say that I appreciate the trust and flexibility they’ve given me would be an understatement.

tal, and I have a hard time getting rid of anything.

In just a few days it will all be sorted out on this end, one way or another.

Either the boxes will be junk boxes or they will have a nice label listing contents that all belong in the same room in our new apartment.

On the other end, I’ll be wishing they had that nice label, so I don’t have to sort through a dozen boxes labeled “junk” in order to find my toothbrush.

Even though we’re thinking we’ll be back at the end of a year, it’s all kind of bittersweet. Time with friends has become very precious. Each moment of laughter, each word of encouragement, each piece of wisdom is a treasure.

Familiar places seem more dear, like they did for George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life” when he found himself back on the beloved streets of Bedford Falls.

“Hello, Building and Loan,” he called (or something like that) as he ran through town, with snow clinging to his hair and coat.

I’m feeling some of that now, but with the fragrance of spring flowers in the air rather than flakes of snow.

It’s a time of new beginnings, and as I say goodbye here I have a whole new world to say hello to. It really is a wonderful life.

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he Park Falls paper mill has plans to become a leader in renewable energy technology. Unfortunately, despite its forward-looking plans, it isn't getting as much help as it should.

A first disappointment came when it failed to receive a federal grant aimed at plants producing biofuels. Now, the state's Joint Finance Committee, on a party-line vote has declined to include in the budget a $30 million renewable energy fund aimed at providing grants and loans to state businesses that develop and produce renewable energy technologies.

Of that $30 million, $5 million was targeted to the Park Falls mill, which wants to power its own plant with waste wood and at the same time create cellulosic ethanol, an ethanol that is less energyintensive to produce than corn-based ethanol.

It's disappointing that as a new opportunity to become a leader in renewable energy technologies is being presented, that there is an unwillingness to invest additional dollars in that technology. Ashland Daily Press

Great success Our gratitude to all the volunteers and those that contributed to the success of Ruby’s Pantry last Tuesday - over 400 attended and more than 1,000 will benefit from the groceries received that day.

Watch the paper for the date and time of the next distribution here in Frederic during the month of July.

Ruby’s Pantry people Anita & Rae Lynn North Branch, Minn.

What a team I would like to extend gratitude to the businesses in Frederic that sponsored Ruby’s Pantry. This was the first one supported by most of the local businesses. It was a big turnout, over 400 people were served. Also gratitude is extended to the Frederic village crew for their manpower and their equipment. Great job everyone.

What a team.

Michael Fristed Frederic

What is right

E-mail preferred The Leader welcomes submitted letters, photos and articles each week and encourages everyone to submit them via e-mail, if possible, rather than typed or handwritten copy. Our e-mail address is the-leader@centurytel.net.

Thank you.

I’m a junior in high school, and this year for part of my home education I chose to study the Second World War. I’ve gained a deeper appreciation for the men and women who have served our country and made sacrifices so that Americans can enjoy the freedom we have today.

I want to thank every serviceman who served our country in the past. Thank you for standing in defense of America and for your dedication to our nation. I

greatly appreciate your loyalty to our country and I want to thank you for the role you played in protecting my freedom.

I’d also like to thank those who are currently serving our country in the military.

For putting your life on the line to protect us at home while bringing liberation to the oppressed. I understand the cost of freedom and I don’t take you for granted.

I’ve noticed that many in my generation seem apathetic toward the sacrifices that have been made to secure their liberty. We are able to enjoy the life we now have because many brave men “gave their today for our tomorrow.” We must realize that freedom is not the right to do whatever we want, but the responsibility to do what is right.

Sara Jensen Frederic

Haunting words

Four long years ago, in April 2003, syndicated columnist Cal Thomas proclaimed “All the printed and voiced prophesies should be saved in an archive.

When these false prophets again appear, they can be reminded of the error of their previous way and at least be offered an opportunity to recant and repent.

Otherwise they will return to us in another situation where their expertise will be acknowledged, or taken for granted, but their credibility will be lacking.”

Yes, Cal, without a doubt the warnings of the protesters, the naysayers, the politicians who warned against Bush’s invasion of Iraq are saved somewhere. But so is the crowing of the cheerleaders of Bush’s War gathered together by an organization “Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting.” Here are a few of them: Charles Krathammer on WUSA-TV,

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4/19/03. “The only people who think this wasn’t a victory are Upper Westside liberals and a few people here in Washington.”

Mission Accomplished? “The war winds down, politics heats up...Picture perfect. Part Spiderman, part Tom Cruise, part Ronald Reagan. The president seizes the moment on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific.” PBS Gwen Ifill, 5/2/03.

Or this: “We’re proud of our president.

Americans love having a guy president, a guy who has a little swagger, who’s physical, who’s not a complicated guy like Clinton, or even a Dukakis or Mondale, all those guys, McGovern. They want a guy who’s president. Women like a guy who’s president. Check it out. Women like this war. I think we like a hero as president. It’s simple. We’re not like the Brits.”

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, 5/1/03.

More of Chris: “Why don’t the damn Democrats give the president his day?

He won today. He did well today.”

4/9/03.

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, 4/9/03: “I doubt the journalists at the New York Times and NPR or at ABC or at CNN are going to ever admit just how wrong their negative pronouncements were over the past four weeks.”

Good ol’ Joe continues, 4/10/03: “I’m waiting to hear the words ‘I was wrong’ from some of the world’s most elite journalists, politicians and Hollywood types...I just wonder, who’s going to be the first elitist to show the character to say: ‘Hey, America, guess what? I was wrong’ Maybe the White House will get an apology, first from the New York Times’ Maureen Dowd. Now, Ms. Dowd mocked the morality of this war...”

And still some more from Joe: “Maybe

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alike, like Daschle, Jimmy Carter, Dennis Kucinish, all those others, will step forward tonight and show the content of their character by simply admitting what we know already: that their wartime predictions were arrogant, they were misguided and they were dead wrong.

Maybe, just maybe thse sell anointed critics will learn from their mistakes. But I doubt it. After all, we don’t call them “elitist” for nothing.

It will be a cakewalk. Ex-communist, now ultra, ultra right wing Christopher Hitchens weighs in, 3/30/03: “This will be no war - there will be a fairly brief and ruthless military intervention. The president will give an order. (The attack) will be rapid, accurate and dazzling...it will be greeted as an emancipation. And I say, bring it on.”

And then there is Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly, 1/29/03. “I will bet you the best dinner in the gaslight district of San Diego that military action will not last more than a week. Are you willing to take that wager?”

And again from Bill on 2/10/03. “It won’t take weeks. You know that professor. Our military machine will crush Iraq in a matter of days and there’s no question that it will.”

There is much more and let us not forget Bush’s brave words, “Bring them on.”

3,500 dead soldiers and Marines ago.

Am I gloating? No, I am sad. I am sad for the man and his wife who will never know the joy of holding grandchildren, the children of a dead son killed in Iraq. I am sad for the child who will never know his brave soldier father. I am sad for the thousands of veterans who must live with the physical and emotional scars of war for the rest of their lives and for the families who must suffer along with them. I am sad for the perhaps up to 300,000 innocent Iraqi civilians, men, women and children, who have been killed. (Collateral damage, I think they are called.) I am sad for the priceless artifacts of a 5,000-yearold civilization lost or destroyed through looting and bombing. I am sad for the more than $450 billion already spent that could have been used for constructive purposes. I am sad for the stupidity, arrogance and incompetence of the people we have put in places of leadership and for the media that cheers them on.

Finally, I am sad, for the loss of respect, the worldwide fear and hatred of a country I was proud to serve in WWII. Edwin Pederson Luck

Bridge facts

Recent claims by Property, Recreation and Forestry Committee Chair Mick Larsen that the Apple River Association is “suing” Polk County over a proposed snowmobile bridge are not accurate.

The ARA is appealing to the DNR, using the DNR’s own procedures, to ask if a review is warranted in regard to the county scheme to remove the Woodley Dam, make permanent changes to the Apple River and stick Polk County taxpayers with a half million dollar bill.

We believe that dam removal is a separate and distinct action from building a bridge, and the long history of dam removals in Wisconsin supports that.

While removing hundreds of small dams, the state of Wisconsin has never had to put new impediments back in the water, nor line the river bottom with geofabric, nor spend anywhere close to a half a million dollars. Typical costs of removing such a small dam are less than $100,000.

The questions we hope the DNR answers: Why is Polk County being allowed to make permanent changes to the Apple River, changes which might make the river unnavigable or degrade aquatic habitat? Are the permits approved by the DNR in fact legal, given the considerable harms this project will cause?

The ARA is not opposed to a snowmobile bridge at this site, but only the permanent damage that is being proposed by the coffer damming, riprap and geofabric.

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Why can’t Polk County simply remove the dam, allow the Apple River to dig its channel and then construct a snowmobile bridge in the most appropriate spot?

And, is it fair to force every county taxpayer to pay for a bridge that benefits a small, special-interest group?

The Apple River Association is opposed to poor public policy - concealing the true costs of a bridge behind the rhetoric of “dam removal” - and allowing one form of recreation to permanently damage a principal natural resource that is the basis for another.

We can do better and we hope that the DNR’s own officials agree with us.

Charlie Nielsen, chairman Apple River Association, Amery

The real CRA This letter is in response to Ms. Glenn’s letter of March 14 and also in support of past CRA staff.

First, I would like to say that CRA and communities have lost some very dedicated advocates in the past weeks. I am writing this letter with a very heavy heart. As a victim of domestic violence I inquired about a position at CRA. I was sure that I would have a sense of what the victims were enduring.

Without the mentoring of these advocates I could not have effectively helped the families. You do not walk in off the street and that day become an advocate. It sickened me that the ad for new employees resembled an office assistant/advocate position. There is a very fine line between helping a victim and putting them in harm’s way. I learned from my mentors (with collectively 60-plus years of experience). I learned from the best!

It concerns me that new employees without mentors may not know what to do when they get the call.

Most of the rest of the world goes on with daily tasks. It is much easier than getting involved. That is when advocates step in, helping the battered and beaten that walk through the door. The dedication and knowledge of these advocates, sadly, will be very hard to replace. It used to be a grassroots get-together with everyone’s ideas and getting things done. Staff did not make decisions, but were heard.

Ms. Glenn – I believe that your letter of March 14, was a bit misleading. You claim your complete support of CRA. : You completely retracted your support for some time because of the past director. Did you also have issues? I do not call that committed support. Through all the chaos then and now, the staff and volunteers continued with their mission. The victims were still more important than personal agendas.

You say staff presumed that you and I were going to get involved. That is what is happening. You feel that staff thinks the shelter exists because of them. Guess what! It does! You feel CRA exists because the sad reality is that the communities need it. Once again, it does! What would it be without the advocates, a business office?

Staff has not lost their perspective. The grassroots advocates voiced their opinions when they thought that what they had worked so hard for was in jeopardy. That does not make them the anti-agency animals that they are being made out to be.

They are taking a stand for what has made them effective for families in need.

Finances has always been an issue for CRA and is with most nonprofit agencies.

The new approach of restructuring does not seem like it is in the best interest of the victims. You claim that the shelter was not a success with past employees. Every time a family is made safe – that is a success!

It does not have a price tag.

If we had worked for monetary gain every advocate’s work space would have been empty. Let’s hire someone for a lesser wage and success will lie there. The price that victims will pay has nothing to do with money. I am curious to know

how you have the information about the operations of the shelter, i.e. finances, efficiencies, how grievances are handled, alleged screening of director’s calls, etc., unless you have a direct line of communication with someone on the board or administrations. Seems a bit unprofessional and fishy to me.

Staff has not gone through director after director. The past director, with which you had an issue/agenda, with was part of the grassroots agency for 20-plus years.

There have been two interim directors.

One very amazing woman appointed by the board because the vacancy had not been filled (may I add that this woman is in complete support of past staff. The other was a CRA staff member asked to fill in. She also is no longer with CRA). I’m sure that you must know of one of the new employees. The very person for which you retracted your support of CRA has been hired. Will your support still be so unwaivering?

I express my complete support of past CRA advocates. They are the strongest, most dedicated women I know along with the amazing volunteers. My employment at CRA was cut short for medical reasons but my heart will always be there. I could only hope that everyone could know what that diehard staff accomplished every day.

I disagree with the suggestion that questions about CRA are directed to the relatively new board of directors. CRA has also lost some very knowledgeable board members. If you see them, ask them why.

The real answers lie behind the walls of the government center. Ask the judges, sheriff, DA, etc. what these women accomplished daily. These advocates were there because they believed that they may make a difference in a life.

Maybe even one of your friends or family.

Several victims have contacted past advocates with sorrow. They would love to express their feelings but unfortunately they would have to identify themselves.

The very thing we all protected them from. The families’ needs are, and should be, the very focus of CRA. A very disappointed past employee, Kathy Johansen Luck

Protect that gas Soaring fuel prices have motorists scrambling to find ways to save money by using less gas. Sure, you can simply stop driving as much, but for many consumers, that’s not an option. But you can fight skyrocketing gas prices by taking control of your vehicle’s unnecessary fuel consumption.

Performing simple and inexpensive vehicle maintenance will not only save gas money, perhaps as much as $1,200 per year, but will also improve a vehicle’s safety and dependability.

The Car Care Council offers these gassavings maintenance and driving tips: Check your vehicle gas cap. About 17 percent of the vehicles on the road have gas caps that are either damaged, loose or are missing altogether, causing 147 million gallons of gas to vaporize every year.

When tires aren’t inflated properly, it’s like driving with the parking brake on, and can cost a mile or two per gallon.

A vehicle can have either four, six or eight spark plugs, which fire as many as three million times each 1,000 miles, resulting in a lot of heat, electrical and chemical erosion. A dirty spark plug causes misfiring, which wastes fuel.

Spark plugs need to be replaced regularly.

An air filter that is clogged with dirt, dust and bugs chokes off the air and creates a “rich” mixture – too much gas being burned for the amount of air, which wastes gas and causes the engine to lose power. Replacing a clogged air filter can improve gas mileage by as

much as 10 percent.

Keep your car properly tuned. A 21st century tune-up can improve your gas mileage by an average of 4 percent.

Fixing a serious maintenance problem, such as a faulty oxygen sensor, can improve your mileage by as much as 40 percent.

These simple vehicle maintenance steps can add up to serious savings. To learn more about how to maintain your vehicle and reduce your fuel expenses, visit www.carcare.org.

Rich White Executive Director Car Care Council Maryland

Honored or ashamed?

Until recently, I was honored and looked forward to serving on the jury panel here in Burnett County. I would be performing a public service and getting to know people of this community.

I had to be dismissed from my first trial because I was a witness in that trial.

Due to the outcome of this trial, my family has been devastated by the jurors who made decisions based on incomplete truths, false info and, worst of all, forming personal opinions of spectators and outside influences that had nothing to do with the testimonies, and letting those opinions sway their verdict.

The closing statement, “Look at the Garrity Clan.” We may not all be nice, neat packages, but what family is? I don’t know of any family that doesn’t pull together for strength and support in a case of this nature (sexual assault of a minor child), regardless of what we may look like.

Now I am ashamed to have to serve with those jurors who didn’t base their verdict on the facts presented during testimonies. They looked outside the witnesses and formed false opinions and impressions.

The responsibility of a jury is to come to a verdict on the facts and testimonies of witnesses who testify and absolutely nothing else.

Can you of that jury panel say you did that?

Rosemarie Garrity New resident of Burnett County and a veteran juror Webster

Inappropriate talk I was told by our city council representative that my family generates the most trash of any family in all of St. Croix Falls.

How this is known is a question only he can answer.

This was told to me during a conversation I had with Darrell Anderson after his comment that the reason we have wild cats in our yard is due to all the trash in front of our house.

When I asked him to be specific, he stated he had received a complaint about our trash container remaining curbside. I suggested that if there was a complaint it would have been more appropriate to speak to us personally, and we would be glad to take care of this issue and not have had to read it in the paper. He said he doesn’t read the paper so had not seen the actual article, but had been told it was there. I was advised by our representative that the cats are attracted to the smell of food in our trash. I told him all the trash is in bags and in the container, and if this was true, every resident of St. Croix Falls would have a garage/yard full of cats.

The comment that we have so much trash in front of our house, which sounds like we have a trash house, is particularly offensive to me as a master gardener. I spend a significant amount of time planting gardens in my yard in an attempt to make it more attractive. Not only that, but

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L e a d e r F O R U M Letters t o t h e e d i t o r make it more attractive. Not only that, but on Saturday I spent six hours of my own time planting the flower beds around St. Croix Falls as part of an ongoing effort to beautify the city.

I find it interesting that these comments were made only a few weeks after this same person made inappropriate comments regarding Woody McBride and the event he hosts each year, the Amateur Psychologists Convention. I thought it was fairly clear that such comments are inappropriate, unprofressional and counterproductive. Maybe if Mr. Anderson would read the paper he would be aware of the public’s feelings regarding these types of comments.

I would like to apologize to the person that voiced a complaint. I can appreciate the fact the container remaining curbside appears unsightly and, in the future, we would be happy to keep the container in the garage. As far as the wild cats, three of the four have been fixed and we hope to keep this issue at bay.

Sharon Foss St. Croix Falls

Part of this town

I would like to respond to comments made by Impact Seven, on May 14, at the Centuria board meeting.

In efforts to promote their ideas on how our town could generate revenue, was to build new homes and market them to the middle class income people. They stated that there was not a need to promote anymore low-income people to be attracted to our town. They stated low-income people do not contribute to the community and did not generate any revenue.

I would just like Impact Seven to know, as a low-income person myself, exactly what I do for my community. I am very active in our Memory Days, our our Crime Watch, Neighborhood Halloween Haunted House, and our Christmas parade. I have given people rides to doctor appointments, and given people too intoxicated rides home. I’ll also, have you know that I have donated my own monies to each and everyone of these organizations.

By the end of their statements, I had to fight back my tears. Even though I do not create revenue to my community, by their standards, I am still very much a part of this town!

Sincerely, Sherry Knutson Centuria

The greatest generation Their numbers are dwindling significantly. Sadly, there are fewer and fewer WWII survivors to remind us of the sacrifices, the heroism and, yes, the brutality of that war … and how each battle, took a devastating toll on our young people.

Bringing Germany to its knees, the magnificent B-17 Flying Fortress played no small part. But on its daily bomb runs, flying into a sky full of flak, proved costly.

When one 17 went down, the entire crew was beaten to death by German civilians, with sledgehammers and shovels.

Another superb airplane was the B-24.

Led by Jimmy Doolittle, its brave pilots were able to reach Japan and punish their war-making ability. The consequence was that airmen shot down were sometimes beheaded. To get close enough to bomb Japan, the Marines had to take a lot of islands including Iwo Jima. Was Iwo Jima costly? Nearly 500 landing craft assaulted the island. The price was high. We lost 6,800 of our finest and 2,600 wounded.

Another turning point in the war was the Battle of the Bulge. It too proved costly.

The Germans were relentless, waging never-ending counterattacks all being fought in freezing temperatures. It was a nightmare. Frozen extremities were the

rule, hundreds of soldiers their feet actually turning black, endless suffering.

Don’t ever forget the Dorchester, a ship carrying troops headed for the European campaign late in the war. It was being stalked by a German sub, which would score a direct hit, instantly killing all who slept below deck. Freezing conditions allowed few lifeboats to be utilized so the troops and personnel had only two choices – stay on the ship and wait for it to sink or jump into 20-foot waves with half-ton ice chunks. The few survivors in lifeboats could only listen in the black of night, to the sounds of the dying. There were 70percent casualties.

July 30, 1945, with the end of the war weeks away, the U.S.S. Indianapolis was heading for its base in the Philippines when the last Jap sub in operation sank the huge ship in just 15 minutes, spilling the crew into the Pacific Ocean. Eight hundred eighty men died, many carried off by sharks, the water red with blood. The survivors could only hear their shipmates’ screams throughout the night.

These are just a very few of the WWII stories of heroism that must be told.

Parents and teachers urgently must bring this home to the younger generation, so as they enjoy this Memorial Day, they will understand that this privilege came with a high price. The hope being, that your grandchildren will constantly be reminded of the monumental sacrifices made by the greatest generation … that generation of young people, that gave us this gift of freedom, that we so appreciate this Memorial Day. Michael J. Murray Frederic

Money the only issue?

We as residents of Polk County, we have so many good things going for us.

We have beautiful lakes and rivers, vibrant small communities, a clean environment and good neighbors. We are also fortunate to have six nursing homes to chose from, and they are dispersed well within the county, so we can be near our loved ones when they need that type of care.

It is so important to their quality of life to have family close to them for their remaining time with us. How then can it be that we continue to find difficulty supporting the one nursing home that the county owns?

It appears that money is the only issue, because the quality of care at Golden Age Manor is excellent. History shows that GAM has been a jewel for the county for nearly 50 years. That anniversary is April 30, 2009.

Before GAM the county supported the Volga Home north of Amery for another approximately 50 years. It shows that Polk County has shown compassion for the elderly and others needing the help of that type of care. This is something to be proud of. The other five homes that have opened have shared in that caring for our seniors and veterans, and are to be complimented for that compassion.

If it is money, then how much is it to each of us? If you average the shortfall of revenue to meet expenses for GAM over the last six years and divide it be the number of persons living in Polk County it comes to about $5 for each of us per year. Five dollars will buy you six candy bars, or two ice cream cones, and now you can’t even buy two gallons of gas to go visit your loved ones at the nursing home where they live and call home.

I hope we as residents of Polk County can make a sacrifice of $5 per year and continue to support GAM and the other nursing homes we have. Our seniors and veterans deserve no less.

Eugene Sollman Clear Lake

Click it

Every 13 minutes in Wisconsin, a man, woman or child is injured or killed in a traffic crash. Nationwide, traffic crashes are the leading killer of children and young people from ages 4 to 34.

During a crash, safety belts provide the most effective protection against being ejected from a vehicle or thrown around violently inside it. That’s why 75 percent of passenger-vehicle occupants who are buckled up survive a serious traffic crash.

To prevent needless deaths and serious injuries, the Burnett County Sheriff’s Department, along with the Grantsburg, Siren, Webster and Webb Lake Police Departments and law enforcement officers from all over Wisconsin will be patrolling in great numbers and for longer hours during the “Click It or Ticket” safety belt enforcement mobilization for May 21 to June 3. Along with intensified enforcement, Click It or Ticket safety belt messages will be broadcast on television and radio stations during the mobilization.

This combination of stringent law enforcement and an effective media campaign has helped increase safety belt use in recent years. A study last year showed that safety belt use in Wisconsin reached an all-time high of 75 percent.

The Click It or Ticket message is clear.

If you’re stopped by an officer and aren’t wearing a safety belt, you will get a ticket whether you’re driving or just a passenger. No excuses will be accepted, and you won’t get a warning or a second chance.

Our goal is not to write more tickets, but to save lives and prevent needless injuries by getting more people to buckle up voluntarily. Therefore, we ask everyone to please help the Burnett County Law Enforcement Officers make this a safe Memorial Weekend and summer by buckling up.

Remember it’s “Click It or Ticket!”

Tammy Chell Traffic Safety Coordinator, Burnett County Sheriff’s Department Siren

Tipping fees I sent out a 2007 Spring Survey to voters in early May, and they are coming back to me in the mail by the hundreds.

Thank you to everyone who responds.

If you did not receive a survey and you want one, you may download and print the questions from my Web site and mail your answers in. The Web site is http://www.legis.state.wi.us/assembly/asm75/news/.

As I go through the returned surveys I am struck by how many people responded with written comments to my question on whether the tipping fee for garbage should be increased to $10.

Studies show that if we raise the tipping free from the current $3 to $10 we could reduce out of state garbage by 50 percent.

Dozens have written that we should raise the fee to $20 or even $100 and many write that the state should accept no out-of-state garbage whatsoever.

Sadly, Wisconsin has no choice but to accept out-of-state garbage.

The Legislature passed a bill years ago to require out-of-state garbage dumped in Wisconsin landfills to comply with our recycling requirements. The federal courts ruled that our law was an infringement on interstate commerce and was therefore null and void. The U.S. Constitution protects interstate commerce, which includes garbage shipments. So the garbage from Minnesota and Illinois has continued to come to Wisconsin. Why? Because it is actually cheaper to haul garbage from the Twin Cities to Sarona than it is to dump it in Minnesota. Minnesota charges higher tipping fees.

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Senate District 70-percent Solution reforms school funding State Senator Sheila Harsdorf, R – River Falls), applauded the introduction of a motion by State Reps.

Kitty R – Rhoades, River Falls, and Robin Vos, R – Racine, that would fundamentally reform Sheila education funding. Last session, Harsdorf had Harsdorf introduced a similar initiative which required that at least 65 percent of all school expenditures be used for classroom instruction. The proposal before the state’s budget writing committee sought to expand the definition of classroom instruction and require that at least 70 percent of tax dollars are used for investments in our kids’ classrooms.

“Wisconsin spends nearly $1,000 more per pupil than the average state,” said Harsdorf. “Our priority should be to invest those dollars in teachers, kids, and classrooms, not in bureaucracy and buildings.”

The “70-percent solution” motion was rejected by the state’s budget writing committee in a 9-7 vote.

“I am disappointed that we measure commitment to education by the amount of tax dollars spent instead of ensuring that we maximize our investment of those dollars,” said Harsdorf.

“Public education is the state’s largest budgetary item, yet there are few standards for how tax money is spent. We need a basic level of accountability to strengthen our schools and build confidence amongst taxpayers.”

Seventeen other states have enacted such reform. In Wisconsin, it is estimated that a benchmark of 70 percent toward classroom instruction would redirect over $250 million into kids’ classrooms. The initiative has drawn bipartisan support throughout the nation. - from the office of Sen. Harsdorf

Because garbage shipments are interstate commerce, we can’t legally enact one tipping fee for the out-of-staters and another for Wisconsin garbage. Everyone pays the tipping fee; Wisconsin residents, too. So raising the tipping fee will increase our dumping costs.

I believe most Wisconsin residents, especially those near a landfill, favor raising the tipping fee, even if they have to pay too. Minnesota garbage dumpers increase traffic and noise in our neighborhoods and cause wear and tear on our roads. Not only that, but landfills are expensive to build and difficult to find sites for. Wisconsin’s efforts at recycling to save landfill space are negated by the flow of out-of-state garbage.

I wanted to make clear that we can’t legislate to block out-of-state garbage and any tipping fee we enact is paid by us, too.

Sincerely, Mary Hubler State Representative 75th Assembly District Madison/Rice Lake

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Science and music shine at Webster

by Carl Heidel WEBSTER - Two presentations at Monday night’s Webster School Board meeting informed board members of recent student accomplishments. Students Trevor Greene and Nick Proulx reported on an independent science research project, and Julie Strang, high school band director gave a presentation on the recent band and choir trip to Florida.

Greene and Proulx gave a PowerPoint report of their study of the effect of adrenaline and caffeine on the body temperatures of mice. Their hypothesis was that these chemicals would cause an increase in body temperature, but what they found was the exact opposite.

The adrenaline dropped body temperatures an average of 5 degrees Celsius, and the caffeine took the temperature down 3 degrees Celsius.

As they concluded their report, both students cautioned against generalizing these results to other such experiments with mice. They said that before their conclusions could be given general validity, the study would have to be expanded to include tests on over 1,000 mice.

Strang’s presentation put together pictures and music from the Florida trip. The Webster High School band and choir visited Florida in April and performed at Walt Disney World Resort as part of Disney Magic Music Days. The choir, directed by Jim Muus, sang at the Galaxy Palace Theater in the Magic Kingdom, and

Strang marched her band down Main Street USA prior to the Disney Dreams Come True parade.

Following Strang’s presentation, the board presented a gift certificate and thanks to Mary and Dan Zimmer who were present. The board recognition acknowledged all the help the Zimmers had given to the choir and band before and during the Florida trip.

In other business the board: •Awarded teaching contracts to Jeffrey Ritger (second grade), Tom Molitor (social studies 9-12), Jovin Kroll (high school English), Mindy Ollanketo (kindergarten) and Tony Bell (social studies 7-8); and a coaching contract to Jeff Roberts (JV baseball); •Approved a youth options request from Cody Mattison; •Received notice that a state audit of student enrollment counts in September 2006 and January 2007 showed the district’s enrollment reports were accurate and without error; •Approved a resolution to insure the district’s buildings and property with the Local Government Property Insurance Fund; •Accepted the resignations of Renee Ones as forensics co-coach, and Sarah Smith as business teacher; •Approved the proposed school year calendar for 2007-2008.

Falun Community to celebrate reunion June 23 FALUN – From all over the country “Falunites” will be gathering again as they share their nostalgia for their hometown of Falun, Wisconsin.

They come to celebrate the 139th anniversary of the early settlers who came to America to take advantage of free land under the Homestead Act of 1862.

President Abraham Lincoln signed the document and it became law on Jan. 1, 1863. Some of the early settlers coming from Falun, Sweden, in 1868 found what they thought was such a beautiful place “with a winding creek, sparkling lakes, open trails and abundant wild game.” It seemed to be just like it was in Sweden, their homeland. Some of the lands acquired under the Homestead Act by these settlers in the Falun area are still owned by their ancestors.

The reunion will be held on Saturday, June 23, at Falun. All Falunites, former and present, are invited to attend. This year the gathering will be at the First Baptist Church, north of Falun on Range Line Road, beginning at 2 p.m. A program of slides, music, sharing memories and coffee will be held. Similar reunions have been held in 2003 and 2005 which turned out to

be well-attended, popular celebrations.

Persons attending should feel free to visit the Falun Settlers Cemetery, located on Hwy. 70 at the west end of Falun. The cemetery now has a pedistal with an engraved plaque listing the names of early settlers who are known to be buried there. There are 28 names listed; 15 babies and 13 adults. Much research has been done by Shirley Rae (Johnson) Nelson, daughter of Fred and Agnes Johnson of Falun, to secure and verify the names of those interred there. A bench in her honor has also been placed there by the Falun Reunion Committee and paid for by Robert Jacobson of West Virginia, a great grandson of John Peter Jacobson and Christina Grip who are buried there.

Come and share memories of the once-thriving community of Falun which was also known for its sports teams of baseball, hockey and softball. A message seen on some caps says it all—“If you haven’t been to Falun, you haven’t been.” Further information is available by contacting Shirley Rae Nelson at 715-463-3625 or Annette Hanson at 715-689-2776. – submitted

Falun Baseball Team Burnett County Champs (W 23, L 5) 1929. Top row (L to R): Timothy Thoreson, first base; Fernie Peterson, center field; Ben Frederickson, manager; Louie Jensen, right field; and Ole Martinson, left field. Middle row (L to R): Herbert Fink, catcher; Rudy Sjolander, shortstop; Ingbert Martinson, second base; and Lester Bakke, third base. Bottom row: (L to R): Harold Fink, pitcher; Gust Peterson, pitcher; and Harry Bergren, coach. –Photo submitted

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Sign variance forwarded to council

New design for Hwy. 8 tourists

by Tammi Milberg ST. CROIX FALLS– The St. Croix Falls plan commission met May 21 to consider a variance for an oversized sign for Hwy. 8. The sign is going to be on the south side of Hwy. 8, near the intersection of Hwys. 8 and 87 as drivers go up the hill from Taylors Falls into St. Croix Falls. A public hearing was held before the commission took any action.

The original Polk County sign is going to be replaced with a sign designed by local artists and community members to denote the historic downtown and the Polk County

Information Center. A space for the Gandy Dancer Trail was also included in the sign, but because that is a state trail, it can’t be combined with a county sign.

Perplexed by this lack of cooperation between government entities on a sign, the plan commission was also disappointed that the Gandy Dancer could not be included on the sign because that is a tourist draw to St. Croix Falls.

The sign placement was also dissatisfactory to the commission who commented most people are past the downtown turn before they see the sign, or they aren’t looking for the sign at all.

Commissioner Dan Meyers said if someone’s destination is not St. Croix Falls, they likely will not stop. He said

the sign should be over the highway so people can actually see it, but DOT rules on sign placement and ownership of lands make the one spot the only spot for the sign to be located.

Commissioner Warren White received a “nice try” comment from the commission when he suggested describing the sign as a work of art instead of a sign and getting it placed on DOT land in a better spot.

The commission loved the sign design and appreciated the efforts of the committee on getting it put together. The only problem is the location is not the ideal place. The commission questioned if giving this sign a variance to be larger than the city ordinance, would it set a precedence for others wanting variances

for larger signs in the city.

The answer was that variances are on a case-by-case basis and this sign is not just for one party, but is for the benefit of all, so there should be no expectation for other variance requests to be approved because of precedence.

The commission suggested drafting a letter to legislators to allow for cooperation with the state and county on the sign as well as advocating for a better placement location.

Following the closing of the public hearing, the commission voted to pass the sign variance to the council for consideration.

the lots, but if it is zoned B1, he is unable to do that.

“It was a mistake when they zoned that B1 commercial and I want to correct that mistake,” said Jensen. “I think it’s to everyone’s benefit to rezone it residential unless it is a big, expensive thing to do.”

It was noted that it is not an expensive thing to do, but there are other properties along that area owned by other people that are also B1 zoning. The commission would like the other owners to come onboard with that rezoning idea as well, to avoid any potential for incongruent zoning.

Commissioner Donald Puffer said he

saw no problem with the rezoning request and he would like to see other neighboring properties get in on it.

“Maybe we can meet with them and explain what we want to do and try to do a whole section,” Puffer said.

Jensen’s property has a home on lot three. Jensen said it was built in 1935 by his grandfather and had a further setback, but when Hwy. 87 came in, it took most of that away and left a small right of way. He said the home he wants to build would be on a lot and would be further back on the property.

After the public hearing was closed, the commission passed a motion to recommend rezoning of Jensen’s property

to the city council for consideration.

In other business, the commission looked over and discussed a draft of renewable energy building standards.

The commission will be discussing it more at the next plan commission meeting. Eventually, the plan is to be able to put enough together for a public hearing date on the draft. The commission also saw a presentation by Bill Neumann on community enhancement and development on eco-housing. The city has already slotted eight acres of land for the development of an eco-village to be developed.

Request for rezoning approved

B1 to R1 to go to council

by Tammi Milberg ST. CROIX FALLS– A request by property owner Charles Jensen to have a portion of his property rezoned from B1 general commercial to R1 residential was discussed at a public hearing May 21 by the St. Croix Falls Plan Commission.

Jensen stated the property, consisting of several lots along Hwy. 87, has been in his family since 1935.

The city recently zoned properties around Jensen’s to conservancy and Jensen wants to build a home on one of

Polk-Burnett to hold annual meeting June 2 in Siren

CENTURIA – Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative will hold its 69th-annual meeting for member-owners at its Siren office, 7298 Hwy. 70, Saturday, June 2, at 10 a.m. A light breakfast, office tours and product displays will take place before the meeting from 8 to 10 a.m.

The theme of the annual meeting will be conservation and renewable energy options, with guest speaker Jeff Springer of Gen-Sys Energy, La Crosse, delivering the keynote presentation.

Emily Pfannes, a 2006 Polk-Burnett

scholarship recipient and Osceola graduate, will also share her experiences as the co-op’s youth tour delegate in Washington, D.C. Other meeting highlights will include recognition of 2007 scholarship recipients and art contest winners, a live power line demonstration, a questionand-answer forum and the results of the co-op’s 2007 board elections for directors in districts 4, 5 and 6.

All members who attend the annual meeting will receive a gift bag with a

Seeking Fairest of the Fair POLK COUNTY – Theresa Piemonte, 2006 Polk County Fairest of the Fair, is seeking participants for the 2007 Polk County Fair Program. Entrants must be former or current Polk County Fair exhibitors who were at least 17 years old as of Jan. 1. Entry deadline is June 12.

The selection event is July 12.

The 2007 winner will receive a $250 cash award and will represent the Polk County Fair at the state contest in Green Bay, Jan. 2008. All contestants receive a plaque provided by The Lockerroom, Amery.

Information leaflets which include an entry form can be obtained from sponsors: Bernick Cos., Dresser; Bremer Bank, Amery & Frederic; Cain/Fennern

Jewelry, Amery; Eagle Valley Bank, N.A., St. Croix Falls; Cahill Studios of Amery; Goldstar Photography, Cooperative and Precision Ag Services, Amery; Rural American Bank-Luck, S & C Banks; The Lockerroom, Amery; WESTconsin Credit Union, Amery; and the Polk County Fair Society. Leaflets are also available at the Polk County UW-Extension Office in Balsam Lake.

Polk County Fair Society Committee Members Sid Bjorkman 268-2446, Vivian Byl 715-472-8439, Brenda Christenson, 715-458-3658, Judy Bainbridge 715-825-2207, or Geralyn Karl 715-268-2051, can be contacted for more information. - submitted

Park host sought POLK COUNTY - Polk County is in the process of creating an new position for a park host at the D.D. Kennedy environmental park, located in central Polk County.

This park has many amenities to view, including a small river running through it, a brand-new educational building, a

1-1/2-mile paved trails, two picnic areas and modern bathrooms, all on 106 acres.

Please contact Darrell Kittlleson by phone 715-483-3979 or e-mail darose@centurytel.net for more information. This is an unpaid position, but free camping is available to the hosts. submitted

free pound of cheese from the Burnett Dairy, a coffee mug featuring artwork from the 2007 youth art contest, and information about energy conservation and Polk-Burnett products and services.

Door prize drawings will also be awarded at the end of the meeting and include can holders with the co-op logo, compact fluorescent light bubs and $50 energy credits.

Breakfast items will include blueberry muffins, cheese sticks, fresh fruit, coffee, milk and juice.

Product displays will focus on the coop’s new EnergyStar® rebate program, electric heat units, propane fuel, PBSS security and home entertainment products. New this year is cell phone and rechargeable battery recycling.

Parking will be available on-site and at the Moose Lodge.

For more information, call 800-4210283, ext. 333. – from Polk-Burnett

Critics question campaign activities during budget deliberations MADISON - The Legislature’s budget panel resumed work Tuesday morning on the state’s nearly $58 billion spending plan. But Monday, a few committee members were working on their own finances, scheduling campaign fundraisers in Madison and Milwaukee.

Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, and Rep. Scott Suder, R-Abbotsford, all planned fundraisers for Monday evening. Taylor’s and Suder’s were scheduled about a half-hour and a city block apart, both just off the square of the Wisconsin capitol building.

Holding a fundraiser during budget talks is completely legal in Wisconsin, although not everyone thinks it should be. Jay Heck, the director of Wisconsin Common Cause, says the problem is that if during the day a lawmaker is making decisions with regard to taxpayer money and where it’s going to go, and in the evening is attending a campaign fundraiser which may be attended by people that have a very direct interest in the budget, it just presents, “a gigantic appearance of conflict.”

Heck isn’t alone on this issue. Gov. Jim Doyle used his 2006 State of the State address to call for a ban on fundraising while the state budget is being considered. But that hasn’t kept the governor on the sidelines. Doyle was listed as a special guest for Sen. Taylor’s Monday night fundraiser. Matt Canter, a spokesman for Doyle, says that’s because the governor thinks it’s important to get his message across at a time when his budget and the lawmakers who are supporting it are under attack. Canter says there are special interests, namely big oil companies and big tobacco companies, that are pouring literally millions of dollars in specialinterest cash against senators, like Sen. Lena Taylor, and against Gov. Doyle.

Canter says the governor would still sign a ban on fundraising during the budget if such a proposal makes it to his desk.

Still, Heck says Doyle ought to set the example by not attending these types of fundraisers in the first place. – Wisconsin Pubic Radio, Shawn Johnson

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Bone Lake Lutheran Church car wash fundraiser

The Bone Lake Lutheran Church youth and parents had a car wash and lunch to raise funds for Luther Point Bible Camp costs, Sat. May 19, at Wayne’s Foods Plus. The car wash, combined with other fundraisers, helped raise more than their goal “borrowing” $6,250 to send 55 youth to camp. — Photos by Sue Buck

Man arrested for ‘borrowing’ truck

Centuria man faces felony OWI POLK COUNTY - A Centuria man is facing a felony charge in Polk County of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

James Fox, 55, was arrested Saturday around 11 p.m. near the Hwy. 46 and CTH H intersection after a Polk County Sheriff’s deputy responded to a call of reckless driving.

According to the police report, Fox was weaving over the center and fog

lines.

Fox’s driver’s license had been revoked because of three prior OWI convictions, so Fox also faces charges of driving with a revoked license.

According to the police, Fox told them that “he had too much to drink” and had been at the Fox Den bar. – Julie Holmquist

ST. CROIX FALLS - A fire destroyed the second story of a house Sunday afternoon at 1770 Hwy. 8. The family was home at the time, and the fire is thought to have started in the chimney, according to St. Croix Falls Fire Chief Dale Anderson.

Balsam Lake, St. Croix Falls and the Dresser-Osceola-Garfield fire departments responded to the scene around

2:30 p.m.

“The owners all got out safe and sound,” Anderson said. “When we got there the flames were coming up through the roof.”

The Red Cross responded to provide help to the family. The family’s identity could not be confirmed by press time. – Julie Holmquist

Fire destroys part of house

POLK COUNTY - An Osceola man faces Polk County charges after he used a truck from the Associated Retreat Center, allegedly without consent.

Brent Measner, 30, told the Polk County Sheriff’s Department that he was just borrowing the ARC’s truck to drive to Ken’s Keyboard in Farmington to buy an 18-pack of beer.

The ARC called authorities around 10 p.m. May 14 telling them that an unknown man had driven off with their 1981 Ford truck full of tools estimated at a value of $2,000 to $3,000.

The ARC, located on 30th Avenue in Farmington Township, is a Lutheran retreat center.

Authorities stopped Measner as he was driving the truck eastbound on 30th Avenue toward the ARC. Police said a new 18-pack of beer was in the truck. He told them he was on his way back to the ARC to return the truck.

Measner faces charges of operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent. – Julie Holmquist

Two arrested in scrap metal theft POLK COUNTY - Two Minnesota men were arrested Saturday night after authorities found scrap metal in the back seat of their vehicle.

Johnathan Kuntz, 23, Wyoming, Minn., and Derrick Denver, 19, Stacy, Minn., both face charges of receiving stolen property.

A Polk County Sheriff’s deputy noticed the Minnesota vehicle with a cracked windshield. After stopping the vehicle on Hwy. 8 near the Menards Store in St. Croix Falls, he noticed aluminum tubes and metal in the vehicle with the name “Schaffer Specialty” written on it.

The owner of Schaffer Specialty Welding in Milltown confirmed with

authorities that scrap metal was stolen from his business.

The estimated value of the scrap metal was $400 to $500.

Kuntz told police that the scrap metal was given to him by a friend in Grantsburg, but could not give the friend’s phone number or describe how to get to his house.

Kuntz also faces obstructing an officer charges and two counts of felony bail jumping. He is already facing two felony cases in Polk County. Charges of theft, receiving stolen property and possession of burglary tools were filed on March 12 and a disorderly conduct charge and bail jumping charge were filed April 10. – Julie Holmquist

PeaceMakers

Following a joint fundraiser, members of Luck Elementary School’s PeaceMakers and Safety Patrol presented a $1,500 donation to Luck Public Library Board members Marty Messar and Tam Howie. Luck’s PeaceMakers and Safety Patrol members — Front row (L to R): Ryan Skow, Tim Wortman, Chasta Giller, Brianne Parsons, Avery Steen, Hannah Karl, Jillian Klatt, Tessa Clemenson, Camille Marsten, Whitney Peterson, Brianna Schaar, Dylan Skow, Austin Hillman-Baker, Logan Hamack, Connor McGinnity, Colton Branville, Patrick Robinson; Row 2: Kylie Rich, Megan Peppenger, Geoffrey MaidenMueller, Nicole Mathews, Taylor Joy, Katie White, Ashlyn Johnson, Taylor Webb, Trishia Harrison, Abbie Otlo, Bella Nelson, Darian Ogilvie, Leah LeMay, Lena Ueke-Foster; Row 3: Kelly Fitzpatrick, Eric Blaser, Gabe Hendrickson, Jan Rozumalski, Dylan LeMay, Coty Melin, Jillian Peterson, Jaimee Buck, Jackie LaDuke, Jordan Bazey, Austin Holm, Samantha Gore, Samantha Harvey, Alecia Sund; Back row: Adviser Vern Longhenry, Marty Messar, Tam Howie, Karsten Petersen, Brandon Clausen, Logan Potvin, Ashley Bottolfson, Christa White, Cole Engstrand, Brodie Kunze, Evan Armour, John Denny, Kyle Hunter, Brendan Fenning, Joe Christensen, Amy Robinson, Ashley Dexter, Kayla Adams; Missing: Tatia Hibbs, Katelyn Dinnies, Megan Bartylla. – Photo courtesy Lori Nelson

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Rally held for FNRC workers

Don Seaquist (photo at right), President of UFCW Local 789, addressed workers of Frederic Nursing and Rehabilitation (FNRC) on Monday. The press conference/rally was held to announce the union will be asking community members and businesses for their support. FNRC employees voted to join UFCW Local 789 last August. The facility is one of 20 owned by Community Care Group from Norton Shores, Mich. “Even though a number of the other homes are union, including one represented by Local 789 in Prescott, CCG chose to fight the efforts of their staff to organize and have continued to drag their feet throughout negotiations,” said a news release from UFCW. UFCW stated that workers have not seen a raise in almost three years and that CCG has spent money instead to hire a “high-priced union busting law firm.” Today, and in weeks ahead, the statement reads, “workers are asking community members to let FNRC know it’s time for a fair contract. - Photos by Marty Seeger

Polk County updates ordinances

by Mary Stirrat BALSAM LAKE — The Polk County Board of Supervisors voted 19 to 3 Tuesday night to solicit proposals to study the needs and determine the options for creating a public works campus for the county.

Cost for the study, which is the first needs assessment in about 10 years, is not to exceed $20,000. The study is not included in the 2007 budget and will be funded from the undesignated fund.

It will focus on the needs of the highway department and recycling center, and possibly the county fairgrounds.

The recommendation to conduct the study came from the public works campus steering committee, created at the April county board meeting. On the committee are county board chair Larry Jepsen, supervisors Mick Larsen, Marvin Caspersen, Gerald Newville, and Neil Johnson, finance director Tonya Weinert, and buildings director Debbie Peterson.

Voting against the needs assessment was supervisor Rodney Littlefield, who said the move was “very premature.”

Littlefield said that the county already has enough debt due to the construction of a new jail several years ago.

“Yes, we have great needs,” he said. “I think we should be very careful of committing ourselves to big spending items until we have our beautiful jail paid off.”

Finance director Tonya Weinert pointed out that the vote is strictly to allow the steering committee to issue a request for proposals for the purchase of professional services to conduct the needs study. The resolution authorizing the solicitation of RFPs also gives the steering committee authority to review and award the bid.

Joining Littlefield in his opposition to the study were supervisors Robert Blake and Stefan Milberg.

By unanimous vote, the board also authorized the department of administration to issue a request for proposal for the purchase of a countywide time and attendance system.

Human resource director Andrea Jerrick told the board that the need for the system is most pronounced at Golden Age Manor, where an “antiquated system” is now in use. Discussion indicated that the board agreed countywide implementation would be the most effective way to handle timecards and payroll.

Currently, said Jerrick, timecards and payroll are done manually, with 15 individuals handling the timecards every two weeks.

“The return on investment is very short,” she told the board, noting that workforce management will be increased, “padding” of time cards will be eliminated, and overtime will be decreased.

Ordinances Changes to three county ordinances were presented to the board, one of which was approved unanimously and two with three supervisors opposed.

The county’s shoreland protection zoning ordinance, last updated in 2002, is required by state mandate, said zoning administrator Gary Spanel.

The main concern with the revised version, raised by supervisor Carl Holmgren, is the size limit on preexisting dwellings. Within 50 feet of the ordinary high

water mark, dwellings can be improved and expanded only if the maximum size does not exceed 750 square feet, including an attached garage.

Preexisting dwellings that are 50 to 75 feet of the ordinary high water mark can be improved or expanded only if the maximum size does not exceed 1,100 square feet, including an attached garage.

Holmgren felt that the emphasis should be on controlling water runoff, not on limiting the size of homes.

He said that, given the size limitations in the ordinance, people who have been coming to the area for years will not be able to remodel and expand their cabins to accommodate their retirement years.

Supervisor Keith Rediske noted that the purpose of the ordinance is to protect the safety and healthful conditions of Polk County’s lakes.

“People are used to sitting on top of the lake,” he said. “They want to continue sitting on top of the lake.

The point is to try and get places back off the lake. I’m against allowing larger structures.”

The ordinance allows for a maximum height of 26 feet, added Rediske, which means that two-story dwellings, or a dwelling over a garage, can be built.

“The lakes are so crowded already,” said supervisor Rodney Littlefield, “and they’re crowding too close to the lakes.”

An attempt by Holmgren to increase the maximum dwelling size to 1,100 feet for homes within 50 feet of the high water mark and 1,500 feet for homes that are 50 to 75 feet from the high water mark was defeated by a vote of 18 to 3.

The revised ordinance was then approved by a vote of 18 to 3, with supervisors Holmgren, Jerry Newville, and Kay Friberg opposed and supervisors Jeff Peterson and William Hughes absent.

There was little discussion on the Lower St. Croix Riverway Ordinance, which pertains to what, in Polk County, is federally-owned lands along the river. The updated ordinance was unanimously approved.

Lastly, updates to the Polk County Comprehensive Land Use Ordinance were considered and approved by a vote of 18 to 3.

During the public comment period of the meeting, town of Clayton residents Paul and Patti Jakupciak both appealed to the board to approve the changes, and even tighten the definition of what constitutes a junkyard.

Few comments were made during the April 4 public hearing on the ordinance, said land information director Sara McCurdy.

Voting against approval of the revised ordinance were supervisors Rodney Littlefield, Russell Arcand, and Kay Friberg.

Budget carryovers Reintroduced in a new form after being voted down last month, three requests to carry over unspent 2006 funds to the 2007 budget were approved.

One request came from the property, forestry and recreation committee to carry over $7,500 of $12,223 in unspent funds in order to carry out reforestation. The planting was to have occurred last year but was postponed due to drought.

A second request from public protection to carry over $78,000 of $175,000 in unspent 2006 funds came from the sheriff’s department, to be used for the

replacement of squad cars, a patrol boat, and an ATV. The final request came from the department of administration to carry over $32,500 of $62,999 to fund the purchase of new office equipment and furniture, and to transfer $3,115 from the 2007 DOA budget to the county board budget for new furniture for the county board chair.

During discussion last month, several board members expressed concern that finance committee rather than the governing committees submitted the requests for the carryovers and determined how the money would be used.

This month, during discussion on the first request, supervisors Robert Blake and Carl Holmgren questioned that “operational savings” was listed as the funding source for the monies to be added into the 2007 budgets.

A motion by Blake to change the funding source to the undesignated fund was defeated by a vote of 12 to 10.

Other business • The board voted to establish a fund to maintain and replace physical exercise equipment in the sheriff’s department, to be funded by voluntary contributions from department staff. No tax dollars are involved, said Sheriff Tim Moore. A total of $15,000 was recovered in this way to pay for the original equipment.

• The board voted to participate in the beginning phases of long-term care reform through an 11-county consortium. The governor is expanding Family Care and is including the 11-county region of Northwest Wisconsin. Pilot programs in five Wisconsin counties indicated reduced costs with increased communitybased long-term care services and decreased nursing home care.

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Art show part of Lilacfest celebration SIREN - The Lilacfest Art Show was held at the Lodge Center Arena in Siren last Saturday, May 19. The art show was sponsored by the Siren Chamber of Commerce and the Burnett Area Art Group. Besides the art and fine crafts for sale,

B.A.A.G. had a bake and lilac sale, a make-andtake table for children and the young at heart, pottery demonstrations and a student art show. – Sherill Summer

Jared Hayden, 18 months old, is getting some help making a collage at Burnett Area Art Group’s make-andtake table.

ABOVE: Linda Kettula–Wells shown with her art.

LEFT: Jessica Strabel from Siren submitted this drawing in colored pencil to the Burnett Area Art Group’s student art show.

Photos by Sherill Summer Jenny Goalen is helping Julia Summer from Webster throw a pot at Siren’s Lilacfest Art Show.

Garden and art sale at Café Wren LUCK – Café Wren in Luck had half of its two-weekend garden and art sale this past Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20. Besides plants and art for sale, there were onsite art demonstrations and master gardeners on hand to answer questions. The garden and art sale will resume this next weekend, Friday through Sunday, May 25 – 27, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Sherill Summer RIGHT: The garden behind Café Wren was filled with plants for sale.

Master gardeners were also on hand to answer questions.

FAR RIGHT: Laura Tiede has a booth filled with art at Café Wren’s garden and art sale. – Photos by Sherill Summer

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Luck, Grantsburg move to team sectionals Extra Points

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by Marty Seeger FREDERIC — The Division three regional held at the Frederic Golf Course on Tuesday presented extreme wind gusts, but that didn’t stop Luck golfer Kody Erickson from crushing the competition. Erickson was the medalist at 71—nine strokes ahead of the secondplace finisher.

Erickson posted four birdies on the back nine and six birdies total, and even with five bogies he was able to keep a solid round. Nerves definitely weren’t a factor.

“I just didn’t want to blow it,” Erickson said. “I was two under going into 17 and 18, and just wanted to par ‘em for the 71.”

With the wind in his face on the 18th hole, Erickson stuck the ball about 20feet from the cup without problem. It just took bit of tweaking.

“It was right in your face and I just bumped up two clubs and let ‘er roll, I guess,” said Erickson.

Noah Thatcher and Carson Giller both shot well on the day, but both thought they could have done a little better, with or without the wind.

“The wind was tough, but I’m pretty happy except for the end, because I bogeyed the last five holes,” said Thatcher.

Giller had similar thoughts. “Wind wasn’t really a factor for me,” said Giller. “I had two out of bounds on the back and could have done a lot better. I missed a couple of short putts that I could have made,” Giller said.

Junior Travis Close pulled in an 85, a score slightly lower that what he’s golfed throughout much of the season, and Dylan Fultz shot 90.

“This is the best team that I’ve coached in the 16 or 17 years, no doubt about it,” said coach Rick Giller who expected his team to score a little better, but was still pleased with how they did.

“Shooting a 318 with the wind is pretty good, we had a goal of shooting about 310 coming in but shooting a 318 is not too bad,” Giller said.

Luck will move on to the Division 3 sectional Tuesday, May 29, at McDonnell, along with the Grantsburg Pirates, who came in at second place.

Pirates moving on The Pirates took the second place spot but not by much, which left coach Bruce Teigen a little worried as the numbers came rolling in.

“I was afraid we weren’t going to go,” said Teigen, who shook his head in relief. But Teigen was also relieved with how Keith Friese and Tony LeMere showed up to play. Both golfers shot an 83 to help Grantsburg move to the sectional tournament at McDonnell Tuesday.

“Putting saved me,” said Friese at the end of the regional. He added that chipping gave him a little trouble but a cou-

Luck Junior Kody Erickson dominated the Regional at Frederic on Tuesday shooting a 71. - Leader file photo by Marty Seeger ple of 10-foot putts saved his game.

David Faulhaber was also at regionals, unfortunately he was unable to play.

Faulhaber broke his toe after jumping into Memory Lake on their recent senior picnic. Although frustrated with the circumstances, Faulhaber was excited that the team was moving on to sectionals, since he still might be eligible to play.

“Yes I’m excited I’m going to get to play, as long as I don’t stub my toe,” Faulhaber said.

Tigers fall short of third The Tigers will be sending Mike Curtis to the Division 3 sectional next Tuesday, but came close to sending the entire team.

When the scores were tallied at the end of the meet, teams gathered outside to watch Webster and Cameron battle it out in a playoff to decide who would take third place, and move on to the sectional meet on Tuesday.

All five golfers on each team played the first hole, but luck was on the side of Cameron, who beat the Tigers in the tiebreaker, 22 strokes to 17. Paul Olesen ended his senior season with an 89, while sophomore Mitchell Elliot ended the day with an 89.

Neumann takes two for Frederic In one of his best rounds of the season, Frederic junior Nolan Neumann shot a solid 80 on Tuesday afternoon, which was good enough for an overall second-place finish and well-earned invitation to he sectional meet in McDonnell on Tuesday.

Neumann was visibly excited with the results, as was coach Kelly Steen.

“This is so exciting,” said Steen. “He’s coming on at just the right time.”

Junior David Harlander was a little disappointed with how he played, and said for him, it was the wind. As it was for many of the golfers, the wind ruined the distances. Harlander finished the day with an 88 and Lucas Anderson

shot 106. Ian Anderson shot a 111.

Siren sends one to sectionals Adam Daniels will make an appearance at the sectional tournament on Tuesday. Daniels said that he was pleased “for the most part” with the 83 he shot.

Four other golfers besides Daniels shot an 83, which filled the third-place spots behind the second place, Nolan Neumann (80) of Frederic and first place finisher, Kody Erickson of Luck.

Ryan Clemmons scored a 95 and Blake Hall was nearby with a 96. Keith Cremin ended his senior year with a 102, and Ben Clasen finished with a 126.

Lakeland Conference Tournament May 17 at Turtleback Golf Course 18 holes, 14 teams Place 1. Luck 2. Grantsburg 3. St. Croix Falls 6. Webster 8. Siren 9. Frederic 11. Unity Individual Statistics Name Kody Erickson Travis Close Noah Thatcher Carson Giller Keith Freise Brad Berner Tony LeMere Derek Sando Blake Yunker Josh Yunker Kyle Christiansen Charles Schmidt Mike Curtis Paul Olesen Mitchell Elliot Karl Weber Adam Daniels Blake Hall Ryan Clemmons Keith Cremin Nolan Neumann David Harlander Ian Anderson Lucas Anderson D.J. Larson Sam Bengston Alec Carlson Derek Jorgenson

Totals 337 337 345 373 376 390 397 School Luck Luck Luck Luck Grantsburg Grantsburg Grantsburg Grantsburg SCF SCF SCF SCF Webster Webster Webster Webster Siren Siren Siren Siren Frederic Frederic Frederic Frederic Unity Unity Unity Unity

••• WISCONSIN RAPIDS – Bryan Johnson’s baseball season with the University of St. Thomas came to an end in extra innings on Saturday, May 19. The one-time Grantsburg student went 0-2 against UW-Oshkosh when they eliminated the Tommies 5-4 in the NCAA Division III tournament regionals. Johnson had started the tournament strong on May 16 against UW-Oshkosh with 1-3 hitting performance with a run and two RBIs. He went hittless in the remainder of the tournament though in games against Ripon, UW-Stevens Point and UWOshkosh. – Matt Blumkin ••• MORRIS, Minn.

– Former Grantsburg student Matt Throngard made the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference all-conference baseball team as a true freshman. Throngard had 14 RBIs and three home runs in conference games for MinnesotaMorris, and he maintained a .377 batting average in conference play. – Matt Blumkin ••• FREDERIC – Correction: Grantsburg runner Sean Kutz won both the 1600 and 3200-meter run at the West Lakeland Conference Meet.

A photo caption had him named Pad Judd. Judd had preceeded Kutz as a dominant distance runner for the Pirates earlier in the decade. – Matt Blumkin ••• Meredith MINNEAPOLIS – Nelson, a former St. Croix Falls volleyball standout, received the University of Minnesota’s Golden Goldy’s Female Athlete of the Year award on April 30. Nelson helped the Gophers volleyball team to the Final Four twice in 2003 and 2004, and she was instrumental in them reaching the Elite Eight in 2006. She also holds the career record for blocks, 536, and is a second-team All-American. – Matt Blumkin Regional Tournament May 22 at Frederic Golf Course 18 holes, 10 teams

Total 76 77 78 79 80 82 85 90 81 87 88 89 90 90 93 100 86 90 98 102 78 81 110 121 86 95 102 114

Place 1. Luck 2. Grantsburg 3. Cameron 4. Webster 5. Glenwood City 6. Siren 7. Clear Lake 8. Frederic 9. T.L.-Clayton 10. Colfax Individual Statistics Name Kody Erickson Carson Giller Noah Thatcher Travis Close Keith Freise Tony LeMere Brad Berner Derek Sando Mike Curtis Paul Olesen Mitchell Elliot Karl Weber Adam Daniels Ryan Clemmons Blake Hall Keith Cremin Nolan Neumann David Harlander Lucas Anderson Ian Anderson

Totals 318 347 354 (22-17 win) 354 365 376 377 385 394 430 School Luck Luck Luck Luck Grantsburg Grantsburg Grantsburg Grantsburg Webster Webster Webster Webster Siren Siren Siren Siren Frederic Frederic Frederic Frederic

Total 71 81 81 85 83 83 90 91 83 88 89 94 83 95 96 102 80 88 106 111

SPORTS RESULTS DEADLINES: WEDNESDAY - MONDAY: 1 p.m. the following business day. TUESDAY: 10 p.m. Missed deadlines mean no coverage that week!

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She will get another shot at going to La Crosse on Thursday, May 24.

Wondra won the triple jump at the Webster regionals and took second in the long jump.

Wondra’s 32-ft., 2-in. jump at sectionals left her just shy in 2006, but she has already surpassed that this year with a 33-3.5 at regionals.

“I just want to get back and get it,” said Wondra.

Candace Buck will also compete in the triple jump, and she’ll run the 100.

Alex Puetz advanced in the shot put, and Megan Anderson will run in the 1600. The Vikings will also have their 4x1 and 4x2 relay at Colfax.

Frederic has 14 of 18 events off to Colfax Division 3 sectionals

by Matt Blumkin WEBSTER – Unity and Webster had dropped the Vikings to third at the conference meet, but the Vikes shined with a first-place finish at the Webster regional meet on Monday, May 21.

“We geared it to try to win it,” said Vikings coach Troy Wink.

The number of events Viking athletes participated in didn’t compromise individuals and relays making sectionals.

Zach Anderson, River Karl, Cody Gruel and Tyler Calabria all advanced in multiple individual events, and the Vikes qualifed in 14 of 18 events for Colfax on Thursday, May 24.

“We still give kids the best opportunity to get to sectionals in as many events as we can,” said Wink.

Gruel stepped up in throwing events after a slump, which helped give the Vikings the win. He had finished eighth in shot at the conference meet and fifth in the discus. At Webster, Gruel went second in the discus at 120 feet, 2 in. and fourth in the shot at 40-1. He will compete in both at Colfax.

“I lost my timing in the last two meets,” said Gruel. “I haven’t thrown that great.”

Todd Miller, who helps Gruel with his throws, gave Gruel the advice he needed at Webster. Miller had coach Gruel in middle school football at Frederic, and Gruel now goes to him for help on his throws at meets.

“Today, he told me to take my left arm around a lot more,” said Gruel.

It worked. Gruel finished second to

Frederic’s Ben Nelson running in the 3200. Nelson took third overall to advance to the sectional meet in Colfax on May 24. – Photo by Matt Blumkin Siren’s Derek D’Jock in the discus, and he threw three-quarters of an inch longer than the next thrower to reach sectionals in the shot.

“He’s very deserving of it,” said Wink about the sophomore thrower. “The future’s bright.”

Wondra to take the jump again WEBSTER – Kelly Wondra competed in the triple jump at Colfax in 2006, but she came short of making state.

Luck sends trio WEBSTER – The Cardinals will have three athletes competing at Colfax on Thursday, May 24.

Peter Rozumalski and Erica Wilson both finished in the top four of the boys’ and girls’ 800 respectively. Nick Morgan earned a trip to Colfax with third-place finishes in the 200 and 400.

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Webster 117 3.

Glenwood City 108 Clear Lake 67 4.

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Webster Division 3 Regional Meet - Boys Individual Results (top four area finishers) 100 METER DASH - 1. Ben Anderson, F, 12.30.

200 METER DASH - 1. Tyler Calabria, F, 24.87. 3. Nick Morgan, L, 24.61.

400 METER DASH - 2. Brian Thill, W, 53. 3. Nick Morgan, L, 54.5. 4. Chaz Heinz, W, 55.

800 METER RUN - 1. River Karl, F, 2:07.1. 2. Peter Rozumalski, L, 2:09.9.

1600 METER RUN - 1. River Karl, F, 4:32.8. 2. Peter Walsh, W, 4:40.8. 3. Nick Krinkie, W, 4:52. 4. Ben Anderson, F, 4:56.9.

3200 METER RUN - 1. Peter Walsh, W, 10:06.3. 2.

River Karl, F, 10:28.4. 3. Ben Nelson, F, 10:50. 4. Bryan Krause, W, 10:52.8.

110 METER HURDLES - 2. Zach Anderson, F, 17.5. 4.

Nolan Kriegel, W, 19.2.

300 METER HURDLES - 2. Zach Anderson, F, 44.3. 4.

Ryan Brickle, W, 46.3.

4x100 METER RELAY - 1. Frederic (Andrew Kurkowski, Peter Carlson, Tyler Calabria, Ben Anderson), 47.5. 4. Webster (Adam Rinnman, Dan Pope, Trevor Fontaine, Kyle Godfrey), 50.1.

4x200 METER RELAY - 4. Siren (Derek D’Jock, Travis Freese, Vince Nasman, Jace Carter), 1:43.6.

4x400 METER RELAY - 1. Webster (Quinton Johnson, Chaz Heinz, Brian Gibbs, Brian Thill), 3:41.6.

4x800 METER RELAY - 1. Webster (Quinton Johnson, Asa Olson, Brian Gibbs, Peter Walsh), 8:37.8.

HIGH JUMP - 2. Brian Thill, W, 6-0. 3. Perry Anderson, F, 5-8.

POLE VAULT - 1. Peter Carlson, F, 12-0 LONG JUMP - 2. Tyler Calabria, F, 18-11. 3. Ben Anderson, F, 18-01.

TRIPLE JUMP - 2. Zach Anderson, F, 39-1.

SHOT PUT - 1. John Anderson, S, 44-3. 4. Cody Gruel, F, 40-1.

DISCUS - 1. Derek D’Jock, S, 143-1. 2. Cody Gruel, F, 122-02.

Dragons to abound at sectionals WEBSTER – Every Siren female track athlete will compete at the Colfax sectional after taking fourth as a team at the Webster regionals.

“We have nine events with Siren girls, which is over 50 percent of the total events,” said Dragons coach Wayne Koball.

Sarah Howe won both the 1600 and 3200-meter run, and Mackenzie Swenson also advanced in both events.

Their 4x1, 4x2, 4x4 and 4x8 relay teams also advanced, and Kendra Jones made it in both shot and discus. Kim Lindberg also qualified for Colfax in the 300meter hurdles.

On the boys’ side, Derek D’Jock and John Anderson repeated their success from conference in discus and shot respectively as they both won again.

The boys team will also have their 4x2 relay team going after they took fourth in the event at Webster.

“We are excited for Thursday and always consider it an honor to escort our finest to Colfax,” said Koball.

Frederic’s Kelly Wondra will take another shot at going to state in the long jump at Colfax. – Photo by Larry Samson

Two for D’Jock. Almost a week after capturing the conference title in the discus, Siren’s Derek D’Jock won the discus at the Webster regional meet. – Photo by Matt Blumkin

The Frederic Vikings with their regional trophy. They qualified for sectionals in 14 of 18 events as they won the Webster regional.– Photo by Matt Blumkin

Tigers well represented WEBSTER – Beth Baer reached new heights in the high jump at regionals with a jump of 4 ft., 8 in. to reach sectionals.

She had not cleared any higher than 4-4 before the meet. Baer and teammates in 15 events between the boys and girls teams will represent Webster at the Colfax sectional meet.

Webster Division 3 Meet - Girls Individual Results (top four area finishers) 100 METER DASH - 4. Candace Buck, F, 14.4.

800 METER RUN - 1. Kathryn Krause, W, 2:35.2. 3.

Megan Anderson, F, 2:42.7. 4. Erica Wilson, L, 2:48.

1600 METER RUN - 1. Sarah Howe, S, 5:54.5. 2.

Megan Anderson, F, 5:57.7. 4. Mackenzie Swenson, S, 6:20.1.

3200 METER RUN - 1. Sarah Howe, S, 13:09.9. 2.

Aimee Rinnman, W, 13:36.3. 3. Mackenzie Swenson, S, 13:42.

300 METER HURDLES - 1. Chelsie Benson, W, 51.1.

3. Kim Lindberg, S, 52.8 4x100 METER RELAY - 3. Frederic (Kelly Wondra, Anna Tesch, Samantha Thompson, Candace Buck), 57.1. 4. Siren (Melanie Shulz, Kelley Wampfler, Megan Baasch, Ashley Maslow), 1:00.9.

4x200 METER RELAY - 3. Siren (Caitlin Flanigan, Courtney Daniels, Jennifer Mitchell, Ashley Maslow), 2:02.8. 4. Frederic (Ana Miller, Samantha Thompson, Yuting Wang, Sarah Lexen), 2:14.7.

4x400 METER RELAY - 1. Webster (Debbie Faught, Kathryn Krause, Beth Baer, Chelsie Benson), 4:28.9. 4.

Siren (Kim Lindberg, Courtney Daniels, Jennifer Mitchell, Ashley Maslow), 4:47.2..

4x800 METER RELAY - 1. Webster (Aimee Rinnman, Kathryn Krause, Debbie Faught, Chelsie Benson), 10:33.4. 2. Siren (Caitlin Flanigan, Sarah Howe, Jennifer Mitchell, Lauren Howe), 10:54.7.

HIGH JUMP - 3. Beth Baer, W, 4-8 LONG JUMP - 2. Kelly Wondra, F, 14-7.5.

TRIPLE JUMP - 1. Kelly Wondra, F, 33-3.5. 2. Chelsie Benson, W, 31-6. 3. Candace Buck, F, 31-5.

SHOT PUT - 3. Kendra Jones, S, 27-8. 4. Alex Puetz, F, 27-6.

DISCUS - 2. Kendra Jones, S, 97-9.

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Unity’s Strilzuk leaps to new record move on.

The Eagles also have their 4x2 relay team of Dustin Bazille, Zach Lehmann, Mike Schmidt and Ryan Flaherty moving on to Colby. In addition, they have a couple of throwers going with Matt Goulet in the shot put and Shane Rucks in the discus.

“This is the largest group in six to seven years,” said Eagles coach Mike Morris, who knows his team will have a tall order in Colby.

On the girls’ side, the Eagles qualified for sectionals in three events – the 4x8, 400 and long jump.

“The girls’ regional was a tough regional with a lot of very good times,” said Eagles coach Mike Bielmeier. “I was very happy on how we did having girls still hurting somewhat.”

Charity Moore took fourth in the long jump with a 16-2.75 jump, and Brianna Schmid earned a sectional spot in the 400 with a 1:04.04 time for fourth. The Eagles 4x8 relay team took fourth to make the trip to sectionals.

Eagles send load of athletes to Colby

by Matt Blumkin AMERY – Unity’s Chad Strilzuk needed one jump to secure a win in the long jump at the Division 3 regional meet in Amery on May 21.

He knew he had to beat a jump of 21 ft., 5 in. in order to win, and he met another goal in the process - breaking a school record. Strilzuk’s jump of 21-11.5 broke a 40-year-old school record in the long jump at Unity.

Saints send four events to Colby AMERY – St. Croix Falls will be represented by four events in the land of cheese on Thursday, May 24.

Allastant Nuckles and Annabel Lindstrom each sprinted to qualify for sectionals in the 100, and Chase Walters pulled out a third-place finish in the 200 to move on.

The 4x1 team of Nuckles, Tom Colombo, Joe Carpenter and Walters continued to make strides this season with a fourth-place finish in 47.84.

Unity’s Charity Moore on the long jump. She qualified for the Colby sectional with a fourth-place finish. The Unity girls’ team will compete in three events at Colby. – Photos by John Reed

Chad Strilzuk of Unity broke a 40year-old school record in the long jump on Monday, May 21. His jump of 21 ft., 11.5 in. eclipsed Ray Tilton’s old record of 21-8.

Ray Tilton, who works with the Unity School District, set the record in 1967 with a jump of 21-8 as a jumper with the Eagles. Jim Abrams had tied it during the 1990s. Strilzuk had set a goal of breaking the record going into the season.

“It was pretty cool,” said Strilzuk about meeting his goal.

Strilzuk also qualified for sectionals in

the 400-meter run, and he ran with the Eagles’ 4x400-meter relay squad, which qualified too. Mike Carlson also advanced in the 400, and he helped the 4x4 get there too.

Nine Eagles will be competing at the sectional meet on Thursday, May 24.

Mike Schmidt also made it in the long jump, and Devin Hoyt advanced in the triple jump. He jumped for 40-3-? to Park Falls Division 2 Regional Meet - Boys Team Results Team Points Spooner 155 Hayward 132 Ashland 96 Northwestern 82 Grantsburg 63.5 Barron 59.5 Cumberland 40 Park Falls 37 Phillips 35

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Barron 18 11 Grantsburg 9.

Park Falls Division 2 Meet - Girls Individual Results (top four area finishers) HIGH JUMP - 2. Megan Finch, G, 5-0.

St. Croix Falls’ Chase Walters running in a relay.

Unity’s Tina Edgell carrying the baton for the Eagles.

Park Falls Division 2 Meet - Boys Individual Results (top four area finishers) 200 METER DASH - 3. Lukas Olson, G, 23.74.

1600 METER RUN - 3. Sean Kutz, G, 4:45.14.

3200 METER RUN - 1. Sean Kutz, G, 10:14.64.

4x100 METER RUN - 3. Grantsburg (Aaron Simmons, Robert Hansen, Brandon Mogel, Lukas Olson), 46.84.

4x200 METER RUN - 3. Grantsburg (Aaron Simmons, Jason Jensen, Brandon Mogel, Lukas Olson), 1:37.74.

HIGH JUMP - Shawn Pavlik, G, 5-10.

TRIPLE JUMP - Jason Jensen, G, 37-9.5

Kutz, Finch and relays move one PARK FALLS – Grantsburg’s Sean Kutz met some competition in the 1600 as he finished third, but he won the 3200 and earned sectional spots for both events.

Megan Finch will also represent the Pirates at sectionals since she took second in the long jump hitting 5 ft. The Pirates will also send two relay teams to Colby as both the 4x1 and 4x2 boys’ teams took third.

Amery Division 2 Regional Meet - Boys Team Results Place Team Points 1.

Osceola 159.5 2.

Amery 144.5 3.

Prescott 94.5 4.

Unity 79.5 5.

Somerset 72.5 6.

Ellsworth 44.5 7.

St. Croix Central 40 Baldwin-Woodville 39 8.

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St. Croix Central 59 7.

Baldwin-Woodville 48 8.

Unity 29 9.

St. Croix Falls 18 Amery Division 2 Meet - Boys Individual Results (top four area finishers) 100 METER DASH - 3. Allastant Nuckles, SCF, 11.84.

200 METER DASH - 3. Chase Walters, SCF, 23.64.

400 METER RUN - 2. Chad Strilzuk, U, 53.24. 3.

Michael Carlson, U, 53.84 4x100 METER RELAY - 4. St. Croix Falls (Allastant Nuckles, Tom Colombo, Joe Carpenter, Chase Walters, Justin Ahlstrand, Steve Kolve), 47.84.

4x200 METER RELAY - 4. Unity (Mike Schmidt, Zach Lehmann, Ryan Flaherty, Michael Carlson, Dustin Bazille, Chad Strilzuk), 1:38.74.

4x400 METER RELAY - 3. Unity (Zach Lehmann, Mike Schmidt, Michael Carlson, Ryan Flaherty, Chad Strilzuk, Devin Hoyt), 3:36.04.

LONG JUMP - 1. Chad Strilzuk, U, 21-11.5. 4. Mike Schmidt, U, 19-8.25.

TRIPLE JUMP - 3. Devin Hoyt, U, 40-3.5.

SHOT PUT - 2. Matt Goulet, U, 42-8.5.

DISCUS - 4. Shane Rucks, U, 121-01.

Amery Division 2 Meet - Girls Individual Results (top four area finishers) 100 METER DASH - 4. Annabel Lindstrom, SCF, 13.24.

400 METER RUN - 4. Briana Schmid, U, 1:04.04.

4x800 METER RELAY - 4. Unity, (Taylor Larson, Brianna Schmid, Briana Bielmeier, Lisa Muller, Tina Edgell, Kelsey Jensen), 10:18.64.

LONG JUMP - 4. Charity Moore, U, 16-2.75.

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Kammeyer back, Pirates pound Lakers Pirates set for Cumberland in finals Grantsburg 11, Turtle Lake-Clayton 0

by Matt Blumkin GRANTSBURG – Miranda Kammeyer returned to catching for the Pirates as they began their tournament quest for back-to-back state titles on May 22.

She helped pitchers Mollie Bjelland and Jamie Lund combine for a three-hit shut out of Turtle Lake-Clayton in the process. Playing with a taped hand, Team TL-Clayton Grantsburg

1 2 3 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 2 x Individual Statistics Turtle Lake-Clayton AB H Graber 2 0 K. Anderson 2 0 D. Reindahl 2 1 B. Paulson 2 0 K. Krecker 2 1 S. Munkelwirtz 2 1 K. Hammond 2 0 E. Pederson 2 0 E. Molls 1 0 Totals 17 3

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Kammeyer catching though she has her right hand taped from her thumb injury. She did not bat in the game despite playing catcher.

Mollie Bjelland, Sarah Wald, Jamie Lund and Lindsey Hedlund celebrating as they shut down the Lakers’ offense.

Grantsburg Mollie Bjelland Michelle Lund Jamie Lund Lindsey Hedlund Melissa Burton Jade Johnson Michelle Davidsavor Sasha Chell Emily Prazak Ashley Larson Alyssa Ryan Totals

R 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 11

BB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2

RBI 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6

Kammeyer didn’t bat, but she may be back in the batter’s box come Thursday, May 24, according to Pirates assistant Steve Johnson.

The Pirates will play Cumberland for the regional title at home for the right to go to sectionals in Chippewa Falls. They beat the Beavers 10-0 earlier in the season, but the Beavers will be coming

fresh off a 2-0 shut down of the Webster Tigers.

In the TLC game, Pirates batters Michelle Davidsavor and Michelle Lund each scored two runs, and Bjelland knocked a home run during the third inning. Seven different Pirates drove in runs during the game.

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Pirates senior catcher Miranda Kammeyer missed the second half of the season with a broken thumb, but she returned to the diamond on May 22 for the playoffs. – Photos by Steve Johnson

Deja vu for Frederic, on to regional finals Frederic knocks out Shell Lake again

Tigers taken out Cumberland 2, Webster 0

Frederic 12, Shell Lake 8 (8 innings)

by Matt Blumkin SHELL LAKE – “It was almost dejavu of Webster,” said Vikings coach Erin Jensen.

In their final regular season contest, Webster had taken a large lead on the Vikings, but the Tigers nearly surrendered the win as they squeaked by the Vikes. Frederic did the same sort of thing to the Shell Lake Lakers on May 22.

That also turned to be an unpleasant dejavu for the Lakers in another way too. The Vikes had rallied against the Lakers to win during the 2006 regionals.

Former Vikings coach Dale Hutton let the girls shave his head following the win. As for Vikings coach Erin Jensen following the Vikes’ 12-8 win this year?

“No, but I did tell the girls they could 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 Individual Statistics Frederic AB H R Melanie Chenal 5 0 0 3 1 3 Julia Haas Erin Schmidt 3 1 2 Lisa Chelmo 5 3 2 Rachel O’Brien 5 4 2 Alex Lonetti 4 1 0 Michelle Owens 5 1 0 Lynnea Chelmo 2 1 0 Anne Lexen 1 1 0 Chrissy Chenal 3 2 2 Totals 36 15 12

8 Total 4 12 0 8 BB 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5

RBI 0 0 3 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 12

Shell Lake Jamme Christ Haack Dunham Schmidt Dahlstrom Juza Evans Keef Clark Totals

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RBI 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4

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Frederic Erin Schmidt Chrissy Chenal Shell Lake Hannah Christ

AB H 3 0 5 1 2 1 4 1 4 2 2 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 28 7 Pitching Statistics W/L INN AB x 3 x W 5 x W/L INN AB L 8 x

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BB 6 6 BB 5

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Alex Lonetti sliding into base for the Vikes. She had a RBI and run in the win.

Frederic’s Erin Schmidt throwing agains the Lakers. She also did some damage offensively with three RBI and two runs on 1-3 batting. – Photos by Larry Samson dye my hair blue if we go to sectionals,” said Jensen.

The Vikings held off a Lakers rally to advance to the regional finals on May 24 at Elmwood, the No. 15 team in Division 4 according to Fastpitch Chronicle. Five Vikings scored multiple runs in the process, and Chrissy Chenal helped hold of the Lakers at the end.

“They’re definitely a hitting team,” said Jensen.

The Vikes bolted out 7-0 in the first two innings before the Lakers rallied with four in the second and third innings. They took advantage of walks

by Vikings pitcher Erin Schmidt, Chenal came in to throw seven strikeouts in the remaining innings.

Yet, the Lakers knotted the game in

by Marty Seeger CUMBERLAND – The Tigers didn’t give much away in the way of runs Tuesday night at Cumberland, but it was just enough to keep them from moving further into the playoffs.

Senior Amy French ended her high school softball career in a big way, pitching to a tough Cumberland team and allowing only two runs on three hits with four walks. French also had four strikeouts, and Webster’s only hit of the game, which came in the form of a double to left field in the seventh inning.

The Tigers were struck out 13 times in 21 at bats in seven innings and only managed to reach base once, in the fourth inning on a walk drawn by senior Mandie Ramstrom. The Tigers end their successful season on a high note, with a total of 12 wins and five losses overall, with a conference record of 64.

Team Webster Cumberland

The Vikings having a team conference at Shell Lake. the bottom of the seventh and threatened to win with a runner on second.

With only one out, the next batter knocked one into right field, and Lynnea Chelmo made a diving grab and flung it to first for the double play. A dropped ball would have ended it for the Vikes.

Then, they scored four in the eighth inning to secure the win, 12-8.

“They pulled together last night and got the job done,” said Jensen.

Now, the Vikes will play for a shot at their first regional softball title at Elmwood.

1 2 3 4 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Individual Statistics Webster AB H R 1 0 3 Amy French Mandie Ramstrom 2 0 0 Katie Thill 3 0 0 0 0 Jessie Petrangelo 3 Shannon Steiner 2 0 0 Jamie Kopecky 2 0 0 Nikki Roedl 2 0 0 Tiffany Quigley 2 0 0 Samantha Hogle 2 0 0 Totals 21 1 0 Cumberland AB H R Romallo 1 0 1 Carlson 3 0 0 Lundquist 3 1 0 Perry 2 0 1 Gotch 2 1 0 Morr 2 0 0 Johnson 2 0 0 Blume 3 0 0 Sorenson 2 1 0 Totals 20 3 2 Pitching Statistics Webster W/L INN AB K Amy French L 6 21 4 Cumberland W/L INN AB K Blume W 7 21 13

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Saints comeback comes short stayed within two runs of the Beavers for four innings of their playoff game, but a big fifth inning by the Beavers sealed Luck’s elimination.

“The girls played well up until that point,” said Cards coach Aimie Jorgenson, whose club earned their second win of the season against Unity the week before.

Melissa Jenssen kept the Cards in the game against the second-seeded Beavers with her pitching. Yet, Cumberland rolled up six runs in the fifth, while the Cards mustered one hit

by Taryn Pilz for the game.

“We struggled this year, but we also learned some valuable lessons that will hopefully find us winning more games next season,” said Jorgenson.

Palmer fans 10 batters, but Lakers have last shot T.L.-Clayton 5, St. Croix Falls 2

by Matt Blumkin CLAYTON – Saints senior pitcher Sara Palmer had a 10-strikeout performance in the first round of the regionals on Thursday, May 17.

Yet, Turtle Lake-Clayton had just enough ammo at the end to escape. The Lakers got two runners on base in the bottom of the seventh, and one batter hit it into the outfield, which brought home the game winner and a couple more.

The Saints seniors embracing each other one last time following the game. - photos by Matt Blumkin

Nichole Cuddihy-Katzmark fielding a hit. She and the Saints’ defense held Turtle Lake-Clayton scoreless through five innings, but the Lakers won in the end.

Palmer had battled all season on the mound for the Saints. She pitched all but three innings during the season after recovering from a herniated disc in her back.

To deal with the injury, she had changed her pitching style by leaning back on her wind up to take pressure off her back.

Besides Palmer’s performance on the mound, the Saints stepped up with their fielding to keep the game 1-0 in their favor through five innings. Jackie Jerrick helped keep the score 1-0 on a throw to first baseman Rachel Hanson for the third out in the fifth, which prevented a Lakers base runner from scor-

ing.

In the sixth, the Lakers took the lead 2-1 with a couple of RBIs, but the Saints then had hitters stepping up for big hits.

SCF’s Nichole Cuddihy-Katzmark dove for first base during the top of the seventh, and the first baseman dropped the ball. Cuddihy-Katzmark went on to steal second, and she advanced to third on a hit by Amanda Larson. Then, Rachel Hanson hit a RBI single to tie the game. Unfortunately, they could get no more in the top half while the Lakers broke the tie and ended the Saints season.

Cumberland 10, Luck 0 CUMBERLAND – The Cardinals

Team Luck Cumberland

1 2 3 4 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 2 Individual Statistics Luck AB H R 2 0 0 Krystal Stage 2 0 0 Jessica Antonson Britta Giller 2 0 0 2 1 0 Taryn Pilz 3 0 0 Ali Lehmann 2 0 0 Melissa Jenssen Aalyssa Holdt 2 0 0 0 2 0 Bailee Swenson Brittney Danielson 2 0 0 Totals 19 1 0 Cumberland Rancllo Carlson Lundquist Perry Gotch Mann Blume Pond Swenson Totals

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Frederic rolls past New Auburn in five Vikings make it look easy over Trojans Frederic 12, New Auburn 0

by Marty Seeger FREDERIC — The Vikings battled the winless Trojans last Thursday night in their first round of regional play.

Despite the fact that New Auburn hadn’t won a game all season, coach Erin Jensen made sure to keep the girls focused before and during the game.

“Those kind of games make me nervous, you know, when the girls go out there thinking they’re going to win, and then sometimes you don’t,” Jensen said.

Jensen gave them a speech before the game to play at their own level, and not to play at the other team’s level.

“You have to stay up there and keep focused, so I think that will be a nice transition into Shell Lake,” Jensen said.

Erin Schmidt set the pace for the Vikings in pitching after retiring the first two batters on strikes in the first inning. Schmidt pitched a solid five innings with nine strikeouts, no walks and gave up only one hit.

Frederic’s first two runs came with hits from Schmidt and Lisa Chelmo.

Alex Lonetti drove in the second run on a fielder’s choice. It took a little time for the Vikings to get their bats going in the first couple of innings due to New Auburn’s slower pitching. Coach Jensen prepared for this in practices before the game to get her team used to the speed.

“It’s a lot harder to hit the slower pitching, because with faster pitching you don’t have to think, you just react,” Jensen said.

In the fourth, the Vikings bats clicked when Chrissy Chenal notched a single.

With two outs and two on base, Schmidt jacked a two-run homer, and Rachel O’Brien, Lonetti and Anne Lexen combined for hits. Nine runs were driven in and the game was in the Vikings hands in short order. Jensen was not only happy with how the girls hit, but was proud on how they handled the game defensively.

“They kept their composure on defense because defense has killed us a lot of times this year,” Jensen said.

Webster 12, Unity 1 WEBSTER — The sixth-seeded Eagles took on the number-three-seeded Tigers in the first round of regional action last Thursday.

As the teams played a scoreless two innings, Unity broke the silence in the third with a single from Cailin Turner.

After stealing second, Turner scored on a single from Megan Johnson.

Webster didn’t stall in the bottom of the inning when they tallied seven runs on five hits. Mandie Ramstrom and Katie Thill started the rally off with singles, and Jessie Petrangelo followed with an RBI single. Nikki Roedl came up huge in the inning and the entire game with a triple that scored three runs with two outs. She had five RBIs in the game. Samantha Hogle also had a hit in the inning and the Tigers took a 71 lead.

“I am very happy for this team, they have accomplished a lot this year,” said Webster coach Scott Hoefs.

Last year the Tigers were dead last in the conference with only two wins. This year the team has won 12 games, which is more than every other year combined.

Their game against Unity was the firstever home playoff game for the team, and their second-place tie is the best finish in Webster high school history for

girls softball.

Amy French pitched a total of six innings and gave up two runs on four hits with eight strikeouts and walked two.

Ramstrom had two hits with two RBIs, and Steiner had two hits and scored three times, while Jamie Kopecky homered once and scored three times.

Two of the Eagles four hits came in the third inning from Turner and Johnson. Cola Hickethier singled in the fourth inning, which eventually led the Eagles second run of the game. Lindsay Turner picked up a single in the fifth inning for the final hit of the Eagles season. Unity finished with an overall Brittney Peters (R) hauls in a softball in a game earlier in the season.

Peters was at centerfield when she made the catch - photo by Marty Seeger 1 2 3 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 9 Individual Statistics New Auburn AB H R Swagel 2 0 0 2 0 0 A. Boggess Bowe 2 0 0 Maidment 2 0 0 0 1 Fields 2 Baldry 2 0 0 L. Boggess 2 0 0 0 0 2 Brandstatter Skuban 1 0 0 Totals 17 1 0 R AB H Frederic Melanie Chenal 3 2 2 Julia Haas 3 0 0 2 2 2 Erin Schmidt Lisa Chelmo 2 2 2 Alex Lonetti 2 2 1 1 1 3 Anne Lexen Rachel O’Brien 2 1 1 Bobbi Jo O’Brien 1 0 1 2 2 3 Chrissy Chenal Totals 21 12 12 Pitching Statistics W/L INN AB K Frederic Erin Schmidt W 5 17 9 New Auburn W/L INN AB K 21 2 4 L Bowe

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Cardinals slip by Saints 10-9 Saints getting closer to a win, but cant close the deal

by Marty Seeger LUCK — The Saints bats exploded in the first inning against Luck on Monday night. Lead-off hitter and first baseman, Gus Koecher started the inning off with the first of four consecutive singles.

Matt Vold, Jake Larcom and Michel Lamirande notched the next three singles, and Jack Werner drove in two runs to give the Saints an early 3-0 lead.

Luck’s Cody Richert singled once in the first inning and was brought home by a Jordan Gross RBI single. Richert singled in the second to bring Luck within one run, and led the team with three hits and one RBI. After holding the Saints to a 1,2,3 inning in the third, Luck bounced back with lead-off singles from a Travis Pilz hit to center and a Gross slap to right.

Harry Severson followed the pair with a single of his own to score Pilz and soon the Cards were back in business.

A walk given up by Saints gunner, Trygve Chinander quickly loaded the

Gus Koecher of the Saints hit a triple over the head of Luck right fielder Kyle Melin in the top of the fourth inning in a big rally.

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Saints coach Paul Randolf then made a pitching change and brought in Vold to try to end the inning. Vold gave up two more runs to walks in the inning, giving Luck a 7-3 lead after three.

“We didn’t like the walks, of course,” said Saints coach Paul Randolph. “That played a large role in this game because we hit the ball really well here.” The hits poured in at the start of the fourth inning for the Saints, which came at just the right time.

After a Dustin Lumsden single to left, Luck retired two Saints batters. With two outs, Koecher hit an RBI triple to right field followed by an RBI single to center from Vold. Jake Larcom, Lamirande and Werner each singled to give the Saints an 8-7 lead.

The Saints escaped the bottom of the fourth after Luck loaded the bases with two outs, but couldn’t get anything done in the fifth.

The Cards big inning came in the bottom of the fifth when Richert led the inning off with a sharp hit to a diving Lamirande at third. A wild throw from Lamirande sent Richert to second. A Klatt walk and wild pitch helped runners advance to second and third. Pilz drove in both runners with a huge single to center field.

throw to Lamirande as Luck’s Letch attempted a steal to third for the final out of the inning, but the damage was done and Luck regained the lead 10-9.

On catching and the way his defense played overall, coach Randolph said the team played “really outstanding on that part,” but is confident that the Saints can still achieve great things this season.

“This is a very young, inexperienced team,” Randolph said. “There’s only two returning starters and they’re (Luck) a veteran team, so this is a good measuring stick.”

Luck has received a bye for the first round in the regional tournament, and will play next Tuesday against the winner of Spring Valley and Glenwood City.

St. Croix Falls will face T.L.-Clayton at Clayton this Thursday in the first round of regional action.

“We’re looking forward to that challenge, They’re a good hitting team, but we’ll see what we can put together,” Randolph said.

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Saints third baseman Michael Lamirande looks for the call after tagging out a Luck runner on a throw from catcher Jake Larcom in the third inning.

Harry Severson doubled to left field on the next at bat, and Derek Letch singled to left. As Severson rounded home on the Letch single, Saints left fielder Corey Gebhard made a nice throw from the outfield to pick Severson off as he wheeled home. Saints catcher Jake Larcom ended the inning on a hard

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total 3 0 0 5 0 1 0 9 1 1 5 0 3 0 x 10 Individual Statistics St. Croix Falls AB H R BB RBI Gus Koecher 4 3 2 0 0 Matt Voldt 3 3 2 0 0 Jake Larcom 4 2 2 0 0 Michael Lamirande 4 2 2 0 0 Trygve Chinander 1 0 0 3 0 Jack Werner 4 2 0 0 1 Dustin Lumsden 4 1 1 0 0 Cory Gebhard 4 0 0 0 0 Ben Anderson 3 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 13 9 3 1 Luck AB H R BB RBI Cody Richert 4 3 2 0 1 Mitchell Klatt 1 0 1 2 1 Travis Pilz 3 2 2 1 2 Jordan Gross 4 2 1 0 1 Harry Severson 4 2 1 0 2 Derek Letch 2 2 2 2 0 Casey Hatten 1 0 1 3 0 Harlan Opitz 3 1 0 1 0 Kyle Melin 2 0 0 0 0 Totals 24 12 10 9 7 Pitching Statistics W/L INN AB K BB H R St. Croix Falls Trygve Chinander x 2 16 2 7 6 7 Matt Vold (1-4) 4 20 1 4 6 3 W/L INN AB K BB H R Luck Derek Letch x 4 24 3 2 12 8 Harry Severson W 3 11 3 1 1 1

Saints taking lumps as season closes Losing streaking has not stopped the Saints yet Northwood 12, St. Croix Falls 3 Somerset 13, St. Croix Falls 3

by Matt Blumkin MINONG/ST. CROIX FALLS – Even the greatest of saints had their falls, but they always got back up.

The St. Croix Falls Saints baseball team has been taking their lumps as of late with an 11-game losing streak, but Saints coach Paul Randolph has hope that better days will be ahead.

“Our youth and inexperience is exposed at times, but to our players credit, they do not get down,” said Randolph. “We consistently tell them that persistent people ultimately do well in athletics and life. Better days are ahead of us.”

Against Somerset on May 17, Gus Koecher scored a pair of runs for the Saints on 2-4 hitting with two stolen bases. Jake Larcom had the Saints’ second run of the game on a RBI double by Michael Lamirande. Though the Spartans’ had their way with Saints

pitcher Jack Werner, he did throw four strikeouts in 3-2/3 innings.

Cory Gebhard had a pair of runs for SCF at Northwood on May 15. Matt Vold also scored a run on an error for the Saints. Koecher had a strong game with 2-4 hitting and two runs driven in.

The Saints had kept on Northwood’s toes trailing 4-3 through four innings.

Then, errors cost them four runs by the Evergreens.

Yet, they still have more opportunities to get back up again, at least this season.

“Patience with this team will pay off in the end,” said Randolph.

Prairie Farm 7, St. Croix Falls 4 Cumberland 14, St. Croix Falls 5 CUMBERLAND – Though the Saints dropped a pair of games at the Cumberland Tournament on May 19, they showed promise against the Beavers.

“I think we saw a snapshot of what the future holds for us,” said Saints coach Paul Randolph.

The Saints had played Cumberland to a 3-3 tie through seven innings, before the Beavers knocked over the dam in the eighth. Then, they poured on 11 runs to runaway with it.

SCF took a 3-2 lead in the first inning with RBI singles by Michael Lamirande,

Matt Vold and Jake Larcom. The Beavers tied it 3-3 in the second, but Gus Koecher of SCF would allow no more on the mound. He gave up just two earned runs on two hits in four innings of action.

“Cumberland is a very good team, Team Prairie Farm St. Croix Falls

1 2 3 4 5 6 2 1 0 4 0 x 0 0 0 1 3 0 Individual Statistics Prairie Farm AB H R Nick Goodermote 3 1 2 Jackson Hinde 2 0 0 Matt Cadman 3 0 0 Stad 1 1 0 2 2 1 Nathan Wirth 1 1 Brandon Guthrie 2 Adam Klefstad 4 0 0 Wiesner 3 2 1 1 0 Martin 3 Thane Antezak 3 2 2 Jake Heil 1 1 0 7 23 11 Totals St. Croix Falls AB H 0 3 Cory Gebhard Ben Anderson 2 0 Michael Lamriande 2 1 1 3 Gus Koecher 2 1 Jack Werner Dustin Raygor 2 0 1 Jake Larcom 2 3 1 Trygve Chinander Josh Larcom 2 1 6 18 Totals Pitching Statistics Prairie Farm W/L INN AB 14 W 4 Jackson Hinde x 0 4 Thane Antezak Nick Goodermote x 1 6 W/L INN AB St. Croix Falls Cory Gebhard L 4 29 Ben Anderson x 1 4

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and we played them tough for eight innings despite the big inning they had in the eighth,” said Randolph.

The Saints had some momentum going from their first game against Prairie Farm where they scored all four of their runs in the fourth and fifth innings despite falling 7-4.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 4 4 0 0 12 Individual Statistics St. Croix Falls AB H R BB RBI Cory Gebhard 3 1 1 1 0 Dustin Lumsden 4 0 0 0 0 Michael Lamriande 4 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 Gus Koecher Jake Larcom 4 2 2 0 0 Trygve Chinander 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 Matt Vold Ben Anderson 3 1 0 1 0 Josh Larcom 3 0 0 1 0 4 2 5 11 33 Totals Cumberland Blake Cifaldi Jordan Erickson Fidt Derrick Zappa Devon Broome Michael Molls Miller Dillon Friskney Ryan Moss Shawn Forestal Steve Drost Totals St. Croix Falls Gus Koecher Ben Anderson Steve Gebhard

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Golf classic to be held June 15 in Frederic FREDERIC - This year, thankfully, spring arrived earlier than usual. By now, however, more than 180 golfers have had time to sweep the dust off their clubs and the rust off their swing— just in time to participate in the seventhannual St. Croix Regional Medical Center Golf Classic. Participants will compete for prize money and have a chance to win new cars (courtesy of

Larsen Auto Center and Johnson Motors) in two hole-in-one contests.

More important, all proceeds from this fundraising event, which is once again sponsored by our friends at the RiverBank Insurance Center in partnership with the St. Croix Valley Healthcare Foundation, are earmarked for the purchase of additional medical equipment for the new Lloyd Olson

Surgery Center coming in 2008.. Making this event possible are each participating golfer, corporate, and hole sponsor, and to all those who are working so hard to plan and organize this event.

Last year’s golf classic participants raised more than $15,394, which was used to purchase colonoscopy cleaning equipment for the Outpatient ICU Care Unit. For information or to register a

W a t e r c r o s s This last weekend was our third week of practice out at Coen’s pond. Everyone should be ready for the first race by now as we have no more practice days before June 2, due to our Burnett County permit. A few people were very satisfied with things at the end of the day and some were not.

Anytime you take a machine and push it to the limits and beyond, problems will show up. It does appear like we have picked up a new local driver for the Beginner Drag class at Milnor, N.D. Paul Malinovsky from the Clam Falls and Indian Creek area is planning on driving my Ski-

team, contact Sarah Heintz at the RiverBank Insurance Center, 715-4839800 or Sandra Williams at SCRMC, 715-483-0247. - submitted

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Arthur (Bud) Coen of Frederic should be a tough contender this year in the semi-pro open class with his modified Ski-doo. - Photos submitted doo to the winners circle next that are on the Internet I am month for that class, if you see seeing that we have a few new sleds coming out this year and him wish him luck.

On the snowmobile forums some new technology in tracks

that will be tried out. That always makes it a very interesting year for everyone. To check out one of these forums go to: http://www.snowweek.com.

Be sure and mark your calendars for June 30 and July 1 to come down to the Coon Lake Park in Frederic to watch the sixth-annual race put on by the SNOWS Snowmobile club.

For more information about this wild and crazy sport, you can go to any of the following three Web sites to see photos, information and a short video about watercross racing. www.iwausa.org www.snowsclub.com -

Paul Malinovsky was not very happy when he sank not far from shore with a borrowed sled. www.kmaracing.org.

See you all at the races, Arlen Peterson #449 Retired

Action at Kopellah heating up CENTURIA – For the first time this season, Mother Nature brought with her temperatures hot enough to match the on-track action at Kopellah Speedway as the mercury hovered close to 80 degrees at race time. The Northern Vintage Stockcar Racers joined the regular mix of Kopellah racers as part of a ninety car field.

In what is becoming a very welcome habit, the WISSOTA Modifieds did it again! All race long, there was an exciting battle for the lead. Tim VanMeter held the point for the first two circuits before Mike Kelley Jr. and Scott Splittstoesser took center stage on lap three. Kelley was out front for laps three through five and the duo swapped positions for laps six and seven. On lap eight, second heat race winner, Jason Schill, and eighth starting Kevin Adams got by Kelley to take over positions two and three. From there, Splittstoesser was able to hold on for an exciting win despite the several charges from the No. 11x of Schill. Adams and Kelley held their spots at third and fourth to the finish and Dave Siercks completed the top five.

As good as the Modifieds were, the WISSOTA Streetstocks were even better!

It took just one lap for first heat race winner Chanda Fjorden-Nord to move from the outside of row two and into the lead. On lap three, tenth starting and hard-charging Jason VandeKamp had already worked his way into the runner-up position. That left twelve laps for the duo to decide the winner, and they used all twelve of them. “Door handleto-door handle” was a common refrain from the track announcer as VandeKamp searched in vain for a clean path around Fjorden-Nord. After three top four finishes so far this summer, Fjorden-Nord finally parked her yellow No. 5 in Victory Lane, just edging out the No. 16 of VandeKamp for the clean sweep. After being charged with a caution on lap two, Jimmy Randall recovered to finish third. Last week’s winner, Jeff Heintz, came home fourth and Tyler Viltz rounded out the top five.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds had 20 laps to decide their main event, but it wasn’t enough for the RED1 of Dan Wheeler to repeat last week’s triumph. The M200 of Tim Swanson started on the outside of row one, the 01 of Bryce Johnson was right behind on the outside of row two, and the RED1 of Wheeler started sixth on the outside of row three. That outside starting trio was 1-2-3 after lap one, and they stayed that way through the first five laps. On lap six, Johnson slipped by Swanson, and Wheeler got past on the next circuit to move up to second. Wheeler, however, could not find a line that would take him around Johnson in the remaining 14 laps and settled for runner-up. Fourth row starters John Remington and Bryan Siercks finished third and fourth, respectively, with the 71s of Tim Siercks crossing the stripe in fifth place.

After finishing second to John Remington in the WISSOTA Superstocks last week, Dan Gullickson was back up front – winning for the third time in four attempts this season at Kopellah. The point-average inversion placed Gullickson eighth on the starting grid, but the 00x was already up to third by lap two. Up front were Greg Alling and Tim Baxter. Gullickson dispatched the X6 car of Baxter on lap four, but it took until the ninth lap to find a path around the No. 6A of Alling. Once out front, Gullickson cruised the last six laps to victory, making it a clean sweep ahead of Alling and Ted Marrs.

Remington came home fourth and the 26X of Luke Strandlund finished fifth.

Seventeen Kopellah Pure Stocks checked in for their 20-lap main event.

At first glance, it appeared as though lucky stars were shining on the entire Lutgen clan, as cousins Tye, Skip and Jesse started 1-2-3 on the grid. But things soured quickly for the Lutgens.

Before one lap was scored, the 17L of Skip Lutgen and the 70L of Jesse Lutgen left the racing surface on the business end of the tow truck. Also caught up in the melee was the No. 13 of Josh Merrill, so all three heat race winners completed

just one-half lap of feature racing. That moved week one winner, Joel Hinrichs, to the front row, from there he paced the field and led from green to checkered.

Great racing behind Hinrichs saw some hard charges by Nathan Fisk and Cooper Berlin. Fisk started the race from the sixth row, and worked his way into the top three on lap seven. By lap ten, he had passed the No. 92 car of T.J. LaMere for second, where he would finish the race. One week after flipping his black No. 33 on the final lap, Berlin was charged with a caution on lap six and sent tail-end. A patient charge through the field, however, saw Berlin running third at the finish. Josh Bazey and LaMere completed the top five.

The Kopellah Hornets offered a scary moment early on as last week’s feature winner, Kevin Bradwell, nearly rolled his No. 35 at the end of the back straightaway. While Bradwell was able to keep his ride on all fours, enough of the suspension was bent to prevent him from continuing. After leading lap one, points-leader, Ben Johnson, gave up the lead to Jason English. English led the rest of the way to make it three different winners in the last three weeks for the front wheel drive Hornets. Johnson recovered to finish second and Steven Johnson was third across the line.

Making the first of two scheduled visits to the speedway this summer were the Northern Vintage Stockcar Racers.

Featuring cars from the model year 1974 or earlier, this club of classic racecar enthusiasts brought 16 old-fashioned hot rods to compete and show-off. Nine entrants were the “full-bodied” racers, along with seven “super-modifieds” – including one dirt track championship car from 1964. Club rules stipulate no bumping or banging, so the appeal is more nostalgia as opposed to the sideby-side competition Kopellah fans are accustomed to seeing. In the Full Bodied class, Rick Birkland won the heat race in his ‘57 Chevy, with the feature going to the 1966 Charger driven by Rick Heber.

In the Super-Modifieds, the heat race checkers went to the 1932 Vicky chassis

of Dennis Olson, and another 1966 chassis – an Edmund’s copy – won the main event, the No. 54 driven by Mark Peine.

The vintage racers are scheduled to visit the speedway again this summer, on August 24.

Up next for Kopellah Speedway will be the Memorial Day Weekend event, as well as Kids Night on May 25. As always, the first green flag is scheduled to fly at 7:30 p.m., for more information visit the track Web site at www.kopellahspeedway.net. – submitted Feature Results: Hornets: Jason English, Ben Johnson, Steven Johnson, Cole Cloutier, Heidi Carlson, Kevin Bradwell Pure Stocks: Joel Hinrichs, Nathan Fisk, Cooper Berlin, Josh Bazey, TJ LaMere, Dustin Scheuer, Travis Jehlicka, Sampson Haseltine, Steve Baker, Gordon Hibbs, Michael Dyrdahl, Amanda Merrill, Cindy Stordahl, Tye Lutgen, Skip Lutgen, Jesse Lutgen, Josh Merrill WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds: Bryce Johnson, Dan Wheeler, John Remington, Bryan Siercks, Tim Siercks, Tim Swanson, Vince Corbin, Frank Soucek , Morgan Crotteau, Sam Nelson, Vernon Arnt, Myles Mcevers, Vernon Lowe, Michael Haseltine, Dan Larson, Ryan Viltz WISSOTA Streetstocks: Chanda Fjorden-Nord, Jason VandeKamp, Jim Randall, Jeff Heintz, Tyler Viltz, Chad Spofford, Steve Lowe, Robert Lowe, Kyle Howland, Jim Miller, Lance Halverson, Tim Baxter WISSOTA Superstocks: Dan Gullikson, Greg Alling, Ted Marrs, John Remington, Luke Strandlund, Dan Preston, Harvey Fjorden, Tim Baxter, Tony Gates, Todd Nelson, Ed Markel WISSOTA Modifieds: Scott Splittstoesser, Jason Schill, Kevin Adams, Mike Kelley Jr., Dave Siercks, Mike Mueller, Owen Grube, Randy Hanson, Andrew Miskowic, Brandon Kallenbach, Tim VanMeter, Tim Alexander, Mark Blood

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Matt Helland earns Orioles first-ever no-hitter and fans 21 Webster 3, Siren 0

by Matt Blumkin SIREN – Webster’s Matt Helland may be a baseball player and civil engineer major at Illinois Tech, but he showed he also can do some steel work too.

Helland no-hit the Siren Steelers and allowed only four balls to go into play.

He had just returned from his season with Illinois Tech. He also struck out 21 batters.

Orioles coach Greg Sears said it was, “about as a dominate pitching performance that you’ll ever see.”

Helland also did damage at the plate with 2-3 hitting including a RBI and run score. Sears also had a couple hits and a run scored, and D.J. Henderson scored and drove in a run. The Orioles had six hits total.

“I look for our bats to wake up in the next few weeks,” said Sears. “It’s nice to get a league win in the first game. We’ll see if we can roll from there.”

They will play the Haugen Knights next on May 27. Siren will host Spooner that day.

Braham, Minn. 7, St. Croix Bandits 0 ST. CROIX FALLS – One might say it rained stars on the St. Croix River Bandits in their first-ever home game on May 20.

The host Bandits had 150 fans to watch them, but the visiting Braham, Minn., Stars and the weather did not cooperate.

The Stars took off and ran away in the first inning with four runs, and they never looked back. The weather had dropped into the 50s on game day, which made playing conditions chilly.

The Bandits’ bats also went cold mustering just four hits in the game.

They have a home-and-home series coming up next with Princeton, Minn.

Joby Davidson pitching for the Braves on Friday, May 18.

Bandits batter Kyle Kahl went 2 for 4 against Braham Minn., Sunday, Grantsburg 6, Spooner 5 May 20. - Photos by Garth Olson SPOONER – Ryan and Ryan put the Grantsburg Honkers up one run over Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total the Spooner Cardinals on May 20.

Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 Nick Ryan drove in his brother, Chris, Steelers 1 0 Individual Statistics for the game-winning run as the Orioles AB H R BB RBI 4 0 1 1 0 Honkers held on for a 6-5 win to open Mike Ryan Greg Sears 4 2 1 0 0 the season.

D.J. Henderson 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 They rallied from a 4-2 hole in the Trevor Thiex Matt Helland 4 2 1 1 1 fourth inning with Bryan Johnson driv- Dan Ries 4 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 ing in a RBI to tie it 4-4. Brian Vilstrup Chad Carlson Seth Pearson 4 0 0 3 0 pitched and helped the Honkers hold Matt Mary 4 1 0 3 0 36 8 3 10 1 on during the seventh when they had Totals R BB RBI H AB allowed two runners on with no outs. Steelers Wes Wagner 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 Chris Ryan closed out the game for the Jason Johnson 0 0 0 0 3 Kevin Schmidt save.

3 0 0 0 0 Josh Engstrand 3 0 0 0 0 Nate Lund The conference champi- Joe Oustigoff 1 0 0 3 0 on Luck Cardinals (left) at Joe Hoffman 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Turtleback Golf Josh Wilson the 1 0 0 0 2 Ryan Schmidt Course. (L to R): Noah Chris Olson 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Thatcher, Travis Close, Josh Johnson 0 0 0 0 1 Jeremy Littlepipe Carson Giller, Kody Totals 28 0 0 1 1 Erickson and Nate Nelson (not pictured). - Photo submitted

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This years All Conference golfers include back row (L to R): Blake Yunker (St. Croix Falls), Kye Christiansen (St. Croix Falls), Adam Daniels (Siren), Brad Berner (Grantsburg), Nolan Neumann (Frederic,) and Keith Friese (Grantsburg). Front row (L to R): Kody Erickson (Luck), Noah Thatcher (Luck), Carson Giller (Luck, David Harlander (Frederic) and David Faulhaber, (Grantsburg).

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Next: @ Dodgers, @ Padres, Vs. Braves At some point in the season, the Brewers were due for a slide in their standings.

Milwaukee had lost seven of their last nine games before eeking out a series-ending win over the Twins and an opening win in their series start against the Dodgers. It was a welcomed sight at the start of a long road series on the West Coast against two quality teams. In their win over the Dodgers, Prince Fielder hit two solo shots that tied him with J.J. Hardy for 14 home runs on the season, which is currently the most in the National League. Francisco Cordero notched his 150th-career save against the Twins on Sunday afternoon. He has been a huge part of the Crew this season. It was his 17th save of the season for the team. Geoff Jenkins also hit his 200th-career homer in the game, and is currently batting .303. Rickie Weeks was a welcomed sight in the Dodgers game after being out the past four games due to a sore wrist. Weeks set a career high with four hits and three RBIs. Just by having Weeks in the lineup, it will help the Brewers with their difficult road trip ahead.

– Marty Seeger

Next: vs. Blue Jays, White Sox Good thing the Twins can reap something from their farm system. They brought up pitcher Scott Baker from AAA Rochester in the past week, and he looked good against the Brewers in a 5-2 win on May 19. Baker struck out five batters, allowed six hits and two runs in 8-1/3 innings of action. He replaced the struggling Sidney Ponson.

Baker and fellow pitcher Boof Bonser both benefitted from Torii Hunter driving in the runs in games one and two of their set with the Brew crew. Hunter drove in four on Friday, May 18 in the Twins’ 8-1 win, which gave Bonser his second win of the season.

Then, Hunter had another three RBIs on Saturday in Baker’s win. Michael Cuddeyer had a big home run for the Twins in the third game on Sunday, but they came up short in a 6-5 loss with Dennys Reyes losing the lead on the mound. The pitching rollercoaster continues. Minnesota’s hitting situation will have to wait for further fire power as Joe Mauer will probably be on the disabled list for about another week. On a positive note, the Twins won their first series since late April. –

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by Marty Seeger SEATTLE – Jarrod Washburn pitched a solid game by many accounts against his former Angels team, but former teammate Vladimir Guerrero got the best of him last Thursday night in Seattle.

Guerrero went 3-for-5 with a double, homer and three RBIs. “He’s a special talent,” Washburn said to reporter Patrick Brown on his former teammate. “Lucky for pitchers, guys like him don’t come around too often.”

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AB H Mike Bergund 4 1 Blake Karas 2 1 Jack Karas 1 5 4 1 Jason Marsh Jon Marsh 5 1 2 0 Matt Plageman 4 2 Billy Shay David Shockman 4 0 4 0 Roy Talberg Totals 34 7 St. Croix Jordan Martell Michael Chelberg Scott Lindholm Troy DeSmet Brian Jacobson Curtis Roebuck Chad Allarm Jesse Hartel Kyle Kahl Sean Weinberg Bob Todd Brandon Jensen Trevor Todd Totals Braham, Minn.

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NAME: Sarah Howe SCHOOL: Siren YEAR: Freshamn COMMENTS: This Siren freshman distance runner has been going strong all spring. Howe most recently won the 1600 and 3200 at the Webster Division 3 regional meet after taking both events at the Sarah Howe West Lakeland Conference Meet on May 15 in Frederic. Next, she will be running to reach state when the Dragons compete at the Colfax Division 3 Sectional on Thursday, May 24. – Matt Blumkin

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“Except for the two pitches he to threw Guerrero, I t h o u g h t Jarrod Washburn Washburn threw the ball really well,” he said. “They didn’t hit the ball exceptionally hard off him.”

Plus, the first-place Angels are a solid team this year and are currently first in the National League West. The Mariners have had difficutly with the Angels this season, posting a 5-1 record. – with information from MLB.com

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NAME: Nolan Neumann SCHOOL: Webster YEAR: Junior COMMENTS: Frederic golfer Nolan Neumann has been golfing well this season, but not quite as well as he did on Tuesday during the regional tournament at the Frederic Golf Course.

Neumann shot an 80 to Nolan Neumann take the second best score among fifty other competitors from 10 different schools . Coach Kelly Steen was thrilled to see that Nuemann has come around at just the right time. “He’s coming on right at theright time,” said Steen. Nuemann will advance to the sectional tournament next Tuesday at McDonnell. – Marty Seeger

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• Wow, what a gem!

The Siren Steelers gave their fans reason for optimism last Sunday, thanks to solid pitching from Ryan Schmidt and Kevin Schmidt, as well as some stellar defensive play including the recording of three doubleplays. But their hitters didn’t have an answer to Webster Orioles’ hurler Matt Helland (see game account elsewhere on these pages).

Helland’s 21 strikeout no-hit performance was a once-in-a-lifetime gem. Only a late walk on a full-count kept the lanky exWebster Tiger from notching an even more rare perfect game. People don’t realize how tough it is to get a no-hitter at any level since there’s always a chance for a bloop, a bunt, or a squib hit, even if the pitcher is throwing splendidly.

According to Helland, it was the first no-no of his long and successful career.

• Another Leader Land connection Spies tell of another southern Polk County high school baseball player with local connections. Amery Warrior standout Brandon Pederson is the offspring of 1980s Frederic Viking multisport star Alan Pederson. Amery tied with Prescott for the 2007 Middle Border Conference baseball championship. Though the elder Pederson dazzled Frederic fans in four sports, he was perhaps best known as a fast and punishing running back, who cracked the 1,000yard rushing mark in a football season, and for holding the school record in the mile run.

• Big baseball weekend on the horizon It’s Ken Staples night at Oakey Park in Osceola on June 1 when the Osceola Braves host the St. Croix River Bandits in game one of what is sure to develop into a great local town ball rivalry. The following day in Grantsburg, the indefatigable Pete Johnson, and a host of able volunteers, will host an eight-team fifth and sixth-grade Little League Extravaganza in conjunction with Big Gust Days. Additionally, coach Johnson’s high school Pirates will be hosting the Braham Legion team for a doubleheader on the same day.

Incidentally, Grantsburg icon Big Gust Anderson was 7-feet 6-inches tall, weighed 360 pounds and once hauled two men to jail with one under each arm. But unlike Wild West psycho John Wesley Hardin, he never shot a man for snoring. Big Gust would be in demand as an offensive tackle if he lived today, though the NFL draft mavens would probably label him as “slightly undersized”.

• All-Star game in the works?

Osceola area informants say tentative plans are being made for a baseball town team all-star game, which will pit stars from south of Hwy. 8 versus the stars from north of 8. The game would be held on July 3 in Osceola. Sight unseen, at this stage one would have to consider this a mismatch and give heavy odds in favor of the

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• Funny, but cruel; No more recipes Presumably it was a machine or a computer program of some kind, which caused all fractional measurements to be changed to question marks (?) in the Fish Cake recipe printed in last week’s column. “Kinda hard to produce a quality product when the recipe says to add ? cup of chopped celery and ? tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce.” said one perplexed would-be chef who opted to fry his fish instead. So ends this columnists’ ill-fated attempt to expand reader’s culinary horizons. Pickle it all or make everything into jerky, for all I care.

• Little did we know An area genealogist has checked in with a report that Luck athlete Landen Strilzuk, who was mentioned in this column a couple of weeks ago, is the grandson of Grantsburg and Luck living legend Stan Miller. Miller has an athletic resume that is lengthier than that of ABC Wide World of Sports host Jim McKay and has several times been mentioned in the trivia section of this column.

• Tenacious teachers take toms Luck educators and hunting partners (and Frederic high school grads) Jeff Brenizer and Toby Carley each scored on nice gobblers on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Carley bagged his bird at 5:40 Thursday morning and in a true show of dedication to his profession, still managed to make it to work on time. “No way would I have gone to work in that case” said one far less conscientious observer. “I would’ve taken my time cleaning the bird, then I would’ve spent the rest of the day talking about it as I toured local bistros.”

• Isn’t it nifty?

Former Frederic multisport athlete and strong-armed quarterback Greg Engelhart turns 50 years old this Friday.

• This week’s trivia Chose the song that was a chart-topping pop music hit when each milestone sportsrelated Leader Land event took place.

1) Brian Jensen scores point number 1,362 for Grantsburg in 1959. a) “Inna Gadda da Vida” b) “Venus “ c) “White Rabbit” d) “Highway to Hell” 2) Greg Engelhart graduates from Frederic high school in 1975 a) “Rock Around the Clock” b) “Love Potion No. 9” c) “Johnny B. Goode” d) “The Hustle” 3) Polk County Teacher’s College (PoCoTeCo), the alma mater of Luck & Siren legend and PoCoTeCo basketball star Mike Murphy closes in 1971. a) “You’ve Got a Friend” b) “Can’t Touch This” c) “Hound Dog” d) “Surfin’ Bird” 4) Webster’s Paul Oleson hits shot in waning seconds to beat Luck in 2007 basketball tournament. a) Theme from “Kojak” b) “This is Why I’m Hot” c) “Beat It” d) “Here Comes the Sun” 5) Erick “Rick” Anderson quarterbacks Frederic to the USCVC football championship in 1968 a) “Hey Jude” b) “Wyoosyoob” c) “Mack the Knife” d) Theme from “Star Wars” Correct Answers: 1) b, by Frankie Avalon 2) d, by some rotten disco group 3) a, James Taylor version 4) b, by something or someone called MIMS 5) a, by some mopheads from England John Ryan can jmr202@yahoo.com

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Thursday, May 17 Division 3 Regionals (#4) Turtle Lake-Clayton 5, (#5) St. Croix Falls 2 (#3) Webster 12, (#6) Unity 2 (#2) Cumberland 10, (#7) Luck 0 Division 4 Regionals (#3) Frederic 12, (#6) New Auburn 0 (#4) Birchwood 9, (#5) Clear Lake 0 Tuesday, May 22 Division 3 Regionals (#1) Grantsburg 11, (#4) Turtle Lake-Clayton 0 (#2) Cumberland 2, (#3) Webster 0 Division 4 Regionals (#3) Frederic 12, (#2) Shell Lake 8 (#1) Elmwood 15, (#4) Birchwood 3

Coming Up

Thursday, May 24 Division 3 Regionals (#2) Cumberland at (#1) Grantsburg, 5 p.m.

Division 4 Regionals (#3) Frederic at (#1) Elmwood, 5 p.m.

AMATEUR BASEBALL

Independent League Standings

Team Webster St. Croix Ravens Grantsburg Brill Cumberland Haugen Knights Seeley Stanberry Weyerhaeuser Haugen Hornets Siren Spooner

League. Overall 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-1 1-2 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1

St. Croix Valley League Standings North Division

Team Ellsworth Plum City Prescott Bay City Elmwood

League. Overall 3-0 3-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-3 1-3 0-2 0-2

Team Menomonie Hudson Spring Valley New Richmond Osceola

South Division

League. Overall 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-2 1-2 0-1 0-1

Eastern Minny League Standings North

Team Mora, Minn.

Hinckley, Minn.

Quamba, Minn.

Isle, Minn.

West

Team Princeton, Minn.

Milaca, Minn.

Nowthen, Minn.

Isanti, Minn.

Team Pine City, Minn.

Braham, Minn.

Chisago Lakes, Minn.

St. Croix River Bandits

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League. Overall 3-0 3-0 2-1 2-3 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0

League. Overall 1-1 1-1 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 League. Overall 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-2

Scores

Friday, May 18 Prescott 3, Osceola 2 Sunday, May 20 Webster 3, Siren 0 Grantsburg 6, Spooner 5 Braham, Minn. 7, St. Croix River Bandits 0 Wednesday, May 23 Princeton, Minn. at St. Croix River Bandits, 7:30 p.m.

Coming Up

Wednesday, May 23 St. Croix River Bandits at Princeton, Minn., 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 26 Princeton, Minn. at St. Croix River Bandits, 2 p.m.

Sunday, May 27 Haugen Hornets at Grantsburg, 1 p.m.

Webster at Haugen Knights, 1 p.m.

Spooner at Siren, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, May 29 Grantsburg at Hinckley, Minn., 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 30 Siren at St. Croix River Bandits, 7:30 p.m.

West Lakeland Conference Final Standings

Team Cameron-x Northwood Luck Shell Lake Prairie Farm Turtle Lake-Clayton St. Croix Falls x-conference champ

Conf.

11-1 7-5 6-6 6-6 5-7 4-8 3-9

Overall 13-4 10-9 8-8 8-9 12-8 4-9 5-13

Scores

Tuesday, May 15 Northwood 12, St. Croix Falls 3 Thursday, May 17 Shell Lake 8, Luck 7 Somerset 13, St. Croix Falls 3 Saturday, May 19 Cumberland Tournament Prairie Farm 7, St. Croix Falls 4 Cumberland 14, St. Croix Falls 5 Monday, May 15 Luck 10, St. Croix Falls 9 Northwood 7, Turtle Lake-Clayton 6

Coming Up

Thursday, May 25 Division 3 Regionals (#5) SCF at (#4) Turtle Lake-Clayton, 4:30 p.m. (#6) Glenwood City a (#3) Spring Valley, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 29 Division 3 Regionals SCF/TLC at (#1) St. Croix Central, 4:30 p.m.

SV/GC at (#2) Luck, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 30 Division 3 Regionals semifinal winners, TBA

BOYS/GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD Coming Up

Thursday, May 24 Division 2 Sectionals at Colby, 4 p.m.

(Grantsburg, St. Croix Falls, Unity) Division 3 Sectionals at Colfax, 3 p.m.

(Frederic, Luck, Siren, Webster)

BOYS GOLF Coming Up

Tuesday, May 29 Division 2 Sectionals at Black River Falls, 9 a.m.

(St. Croix Falls, Unity) Division 3 Sectionals at McDonell Central, 9:30 a.m.

(Frederic, Grantsburg, Luck, Siren, Webster)

MEN’S SLOWPITCH

Centuria Men’s League Standings

Team 10ers Inn Between Dream Lawn Fox Den Complete Auto-Truhlsen Chiro Centuria Parks and Rec. C&H Construction Fat Boy’s Construction C&H Construction Cushing Dewey’s

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

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Wednesday, May 16 Games at Siren Ball Parl Jed’s 18, Pour House 9 Century 20, TNJ 0 Hole in the Wall 11, Hap’s Landing 8 Sundown 28, Gjonnes Const. 3 Thursday, May 17 Centuria Men’s League 10ers Inn Between 14, Hansen Farms 9 Centuria Parks & Rec. 16, Fox Den 17

WOMEN’S SLOWPITCH Scores

Monday, May 21 Games at Siren Ball Parl Skol Bar 15, Coyland 6 Chell Trucking 20, Mauer Power 0 Mauer Power 8, Haightown Girls 3

SCF golf takes fifth

The Frederic middle school girls track team (pictured above) took first place at the conference meet in Shell Lake on May 10. The Frederic middle school boys took second place. - photo submitted

AMERY - The St. Croix Falls golf team took fifth place in Amery at the Division-2 regional tournament Tuesday.

According to coach Todd Voss Kyle Christiansen lost in sudden death elimination for the third and final individual playoff spot.

“Scores were generally higher as the wind gusted to 30-plus MPH making it very difficult to control the ball, especially in the wind,” said Voss.

Christiansen shot 86, Blake Yunker 87, Charles Schmidt 90, Josh Yunker 92 and Dan Roach shot a 98. The Unity Eagles took last place at the tournament - Marty Seeger

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Walleye, crappie and cold fronts This week’s adventure was supposed to be all about the walleye. Weather conditions had been stable for much of the week with the exception of a couple of windy days, Marty and meteorologists Seeger were predicting big changes for the following Saturday.

The If you’re an avid Bottom Line angler or hunter you know that a drastic change in weather can mean big success in the field or on the water, especially when warmer weather drops 40 degrees as it did on Saturday.

Friday evening brought warm south winds that pushed small whitecaps across the murky lake. The wind created a few problems with boat control for my friend Neil at first, after realizing that the trolling motor hadn’t been fully charged. Using the outboard for trolling made the boat a bit too fast for what we wanted, but not long after gaining a rhythm we were able to keep the boat on a narrow path.

In 12 feet of water along a sunken weed line, we trolled live rigs in an area where we’ve produced good numbers of walleye in the past.

All three anglers in the boat opted for live bait, with Neil and Willy trolling a crawler harnesses, while I opted for a Lindy Rig tipped with a fathead minnow. Both rigs are deadly throughout early and mid-summer, especially when fishing gets slow. There’s just something about a slow-moving crawler that walleye can’t resist.

Since everyone else was using

Not big by any means, but fun to see for the future of walleye fishing. Photos by Marty Seeger crawlers, it made sense to throw a little end of the lake, where the wind wasn’t something different at the fish at the as strong.

Despite not having an anchor, the bay start of the evening. Sometimes walleye will only grab a fat crawler, but other was calm enough to hold us near the times only a minnow will do. Plus, it’s a shoreline, and although the shoreline good way to keep an occasional bluegill was out of juice, it had just enough to or crappie from stealing the bait from mobilize the boat to cover a larger area the harness, which can happen a lot to find fish.

Nearly every northern Wisconsin when trolling the edge of a weed line.

Not long after we started trolling, I body of water has a plentiful population of crappie, but as the summer heat slowhooked into our first fish.

“Get the net,” were the first words ly starts to peak, tin mouths get finicky, from my mouth, but it turns out that the and seek deeper water in place of the net was nowhere to be found. I was told shallow spawning grounds where they that it was there the last time they went spent much of their spring.

Now is the time to get out and load up fishing, so there was no need to check a stringer full of these tasty critters that before departure.

With a net I would have been able to before they hit the deeper water and get the walleye into the boat, but after become difficult to catch. For us the trying to hoist him over the side, the action heated up as soon as we made barely hooked walleye sank back to the our first casts. The weeds were visible, it murky bottoms of the lake. My guaran- was roughly 6-feet deep and the crapteed first walleye dinner of the year was pies seemed to be about 100 feet from not to be. The fish wasn’t much over 15 the shoreline. The method that worked inches long, but it would have made for the best was to cast a small crappie minnow over the side of the boat with a tiny a good meal.

After catching a couple of smaller split-shot sinker attached about one foot walleyes, the fishing began to slow from a number 8 hook.

We caught just enough crappie to down. Since we had crappie minnows, we opted to try our hand at the other make a hefty meal before returning back

to trying our hand at more walleye. Just before dark, Willy hauled in a fat 18inch walleye to go with the dozen or so crappies on the stringer.

It wasn’t our most action-packed night of fishing, but being able to catch a couple to bring home is always a treat.

Before the cold front hit the following Saturday, my friends were back on the same water in search of more crappie. I was told later that they caught nearly 60 before the weather started to turn cold.

For them it was just a night of catchand-release. An afternoon of fun on the lake, and another great example of how a major cold front can heat up the fishing action.

Now is the time to load up on crappie before the summer heat sends ‘em deep.

Fishbowl Sportsman’s graduate 21 hunter safety students WEBSTER — Twenty-one students received Wisconsin safe hunter certificates for both archery and firearms in classes conducted by volunteers from the Fishbowl United Sportsman’s Club in Webster.

Under the direction of Warden Paul Martin of the Department of NaturalResources, Brad Peterson conducted the class with the assistance of several other volunteers.

Students participate in classroom instruction, learning proper handling of bows, arrows, firearms and ammunition. They then go into the field for practice and testing in the safe use of the hunting tools. There are also written examinations for each class.

Everyone in the class passed the final tests. Students included Jake

Hunter, Maria Dearbin, Kira Schwendeman, Sarah Thielke, Brianna Phernetton, Jennifer Owczynsky, Brooke Bird, Cullan Hopkins, Sarah Stadler, Greg Hunter and Shawn Bird, all of Webster. Also, Annette Heller, Leslea Wiggins, J. Nikkita Emberson and Forest Dittmar of Danbury, and Brittany Coulter, Carly Good, Hunter Wikstrom, Cassandra Mercer, Jenna Jarrell, Jessica Talbert and Austin Bruss of Siren.

Instructors say that another class will be conducted at the Fishbowl Sportsman’s clubhouse just after Labor Day. News media announcements will provide details when students can register at the DNR Ranger Station in Webster. There will be a fee. – submitted

Jim Meldahl of Webster draws a recurve bow under the watchful eye of Fishbowl Sportsman volunteer Carl Rachner during the hunter safety class.

Meldahl and 20 others graduated.– photos submitted

Shotgun handling is taught by Craig Root to Cassandra Mercer (center) and Jessica Talbert of Siren during the hunter safety class at Fishbowl Sportsman’s Club in Webster. – photos submitted

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Take advantage of the free fishing weekend that is set to take place on June 2-3.

This is a great opportunity to introduce a newcomer to the fun of fishing.

Perhaps you might want to do some fishing on Saturday June 2, and visit one of Wisconsin’s state parks. On June 3 there is free admission to all state parks, forests and trails.

Even sooner is the Muskellunge season that opens this weekend on lakes north of Highway 10. – Marty Seeger

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Plan now to take hunter education classes MADISON — The cool, crisp days of autumn may seem far away as outdoor activities focus on lakes, rivers or easy access to shade. But it will only be just a few months before the paddles and skis are put away and thoughts once again turn to fall hunting seasons. Thousands of people – many of them first-time hunters – will take to the fields and forests in search of feathered or furry prey.

Wisconsin hunters have an outstanding record of safety during hunting seasons, says Tim Lawhern, hunter education administrator for the state Department of Natural Resources.

“They’re knowledgeable and safe thanks largely to the DNR Hunter Education Program and its dedicated group of volunteer instructors,” Lawhern says.

Because each year so many eager, new

hunters plan to take to the woods to participate in the various hunting seasons, hunter education classes tend to fill up in a hurry, Lawhern says.

By state law, anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1973, must have a hunter education certificate in order to purchase a hunting license in Wisconsin.

“By attending or signing up for a class now, you won’t have to worry about getting certified at the time that you should be planning your hunt,” Lawhern says. “Plan now to get enrolled into a hunter education course so you don’t get caught trying to scramble to find a course later.”

Wisconsin boasts more than 5,000 volunteer instructors – the largest corps of volunteer hunter education instructors in the country. Those volunteers held more than 1,200 courses around the state last year, teaching hunter educa-

tion to nearly 30,000 students.

“Demand for hunter education courses increases as we approach the fall hunting seasons and because many of the volunteer instructors are also dedicated hunters, they are out enjoying the sport they love,” Lawhern says.

The basic hunter education course features a DNR-certified curriculum that covers the history of hunting and firearms, firearm safety, hunter responsibility, wildlife conservation, management and wildlife identification. Game care, introduction to bow hunting and other specialty hunting, survival and first aid and water safety also are covered in the curriculum.

Hunter education courses have helped to significantly cut the number of people injured or killed in hunting incidents in Wisconsin, Lawhern says.

In 1966, the year before hunter educa-

tion courses were offered, 44 of every 100,000 hunters were injured while hunting. Today, the rate is approximately four per 100,000 hunters.

To locate a hunter education course near you, call your local DNR service center or check out the hunter education section of the DNR Web site.

A new online version of hunter education is also available. Students who take the class online are also required to preregister for and attend a hands-on field day to test their knowledge and skills before receiving their hunter education certificate. Because field days are limited across the state, prospective students should consult the DNR Web site for the dates and locations of available field days before taking the Internet course.

For more information contact Tim Lawhern at 608-266-1317. - from the DNR

Youth, novice hunters sought for bear hunt in August SPOONER — Youth and novice hunters (those with two or less years of hunting experience) are being invited to participate in a special bear hunt. A total of 23 bear harvest tags are available for lucky applicants selected for the hunt on Aug. 25 and 26 in Washburn, Barron, Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer and Polk counties.

Conservation Warden Brian Knepper said the purpose of this program is to provide hunting opportunities for youth and novice hunters to demonstrate safe gun-handling skills, learn the history behind bear hunting and experience this big game sport.

A mandatory training day will be

held on Aug. 24 starting at noon and ending at 4 p.m. There will be a meal to follow. The event will be held at the Camp Phillips Boy Scout camp near Haugen. Any applicant is invited to the training day whether selected for the hunt or not. Lodging will be provided for participants who can choose between use of bear trailing dogs or traditional bait and sit.

Youth applicants must be at least 12 years of age and a graduate of hunter education. The application includes an essay of what the hunt would mean to the applicant. Prospective applicants should apply online on the DNR Web site at:

dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/hunt/b ear/index.htm. Applicants can also call the Spooner DNR at 715-635-2101 to be mailed an application, or stop by the department’s Spooner Service Center office at 810 West Maple Street between the hours of 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The completed form should be mailed or dropped off to: Warden Brian Knepper, DNR Headquarters, 810 West Maple Street, Spooner, WI 54801.

The application deadline is July 20 by 5 p.m. Applications will be reviewed by department staff and WBHA members.

Those selected will be notified by telephone.

Anyone with questions or who would

like more information about the event should call either: Conservation Wardens Russ Fell at Rice Lake, 715-2348203; Chris Spaight at Grantsburg ,715463-2900; Jesse Ashton at Luck, 715-3278879; or Brian Knepper at Spooner, 715635-4099. The Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association and the Department of Natural Resources sponsor the event. — from WisDNR

Walleye bag limits will increase on some northern lakes MADISON – Daily walleye bag limits will increase May 26 on 89 lakes in the Wisconsin Ceded Territory to reflect spearing harvest results by six Wisconsin bands of Chippewa Indians.

The bag limit for Lac Vieux Desert in Vilas County was increased from one walleye per day to two walleye per day on May 11.

A daily bag limit of one or two will increase to three walleye per day on 45 lakes. In addition, 44 lakes will go from an initial bag limit of two or three walleyes per day to the state daily bag limit of five, according to Joe Hennessy, who coordinates the treaty fisheries for the Department of Natural Resources.

Anglers should consult the 2007-08

Guide to Wisconsin Hook and Line Fishing Regulations, signs at boat landings, and the 2007-08 Revised Ceded Territory Walleye Bag Limits pamphlet for lake-specific information.

“This is good news for sport anglers and for local and state economies” said DNR Secretary Scott Hassett.

“Increasing bag limits after the spring spearing season — the time when Chippewa bands make most of their yearly harvest — gives sport anglers more opportunities and more reasons to head north for a great day of fishing on Wisconsin waters while assuring that the tribes maintain their rights to set quotas and harvest the resource.”

As part of a 1983 Federal Appellate

Court decision affirming Chippewa offreservation hunting, fishing and gathering rights, the six bands of Wisconsin Chippewa set annual harvest quotas for off-reservation lakes in the Wisconsin Ceded Territory. To assure the combined tribal and recreational angler harvest does not exceed a sustainable level, the state sets recreational bag limits in lakes declared for harvest by the Chippewa bands. In April, angler daily bag limits for walleye were set at one, two, or three fish per day for sport anglers in order to accommodate Chippewa spearing harvest goals. The bag limits on these lakes will be adjusted, starting May 26, to reflect actual Chippewa spring spearing harvest totals.

Fish virus still a threat STATEWIDE — People participating in Free Fishing Weekend are reminded that emergency rules are now in place aimed at preventing the spread of a viral fish disease called viral hemorrhagic septicemia or VHS. The emergency rules prohibit anglers, boaters and other recreational users from moving live fish, including bait minnows, and water from the Great Lakes, Mississippi River, and the Lake Winnebago system, including tributaries up to the first dam impassible by fish. The rules also require that people fishing in those waters use minnows purchased only from Wisconsin licensed dealers, or, if harvesting their own minnows, that the bait is used only on the water in which it was caught.

The DNR is asking the public to take precautions to avoid spreading of the virus similar to those used in stopping the spread of

invasive species: • Put your catch on ice and do not move live fish (including unused bait minnows) away from the landing or shore; • Drain all water from bilges, bait buckets, live wells and other containers when leaving the landing or shore; • Use live minnows purchased only from registered bait dealers in Wisconsin or catch it yourself in the same water you fish; and • Before launching and before leaving for the day, inspect and clean all watercraft for visible plants and animals.

VHS is not a public health threat. People can still keep and eat the fish they catch, but it can kill a broad range of Wisconsin’s native fish and was responsible for fish kills in several eastern Great Lakes in 2005 and 2006.

For more information contact Theresa Stabo at 608-266-2272 or Bill Gobin at 715

An administrative rule passed by the state Natural Resources Board in 1998 allows the department to adjust initial bag limits annually to reflect actual spring spearing harvests and projected summer harvests.

Of the 181 lakes still with reduced bag limits, three lakes will have a bag limit of one walleye per day, 55 lakes will have a bag limit of two walleye per day, and 123 lakes will have a daily bag of three walleye per day. The six Chippewa tribes together declared a harvest of 44,813 for 2007 and had harvested 30,734 as of May 18.

For more information contact Joe Hennessy at 608-267-9427 or Steve Hewett 608-267-7501. - from the DNR

Double-bearded tom!

Travis Sellent of Cumberland shot this double-bearded tom on Saturday, May 19. Each beard was 11 inches long and the gobbler weighed 22-pounds 12-ounces, with oneinch spurs. - Photo submitted

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Aunt Babette Did you know that sliced onions in a sick-room absorb all the germs and prevent contagion?

It is a good plan to hang an onion in the nursery. That is what Aunt Babette’s Cookbook, issued in 1889, noted in a chapter headed “Facts Worth Remembering.”

Another fact worth remembering is that lamp chimneys wiped and polished with old newspapers have a better polish than when wiped with a cloth. Also, when putting stoves away for the summer, wet a rag with kerosene oil and rub them all over with it. This will prevent rusting. Also, kerosene was good for harness that had become stiffened from dampness.

Aunt Babette also gave advice on the butchering and dinner preparation of various types of poultry, such as this,

for goose: “After the goose has been picked, take some old newspapers, light them in a coal bucket, hold the goose over the flames in this way: Take the neck in your left Rosemarie hand and the feet Vezina in your right, Braatz swing it back and forth over the blaze until the little hairs are all singed off, being very, very careful that your dress or apron does not take fire. Now wash the goose and take out all pin feathers. Make an incision in the stomach just large enough to insert your hand, take out the fat, loosen the entrails with your forefinger. When

A ST. CROIX TALE

SCRMC salad luncheon June 8 ST. CROIX FALLS - The 41sth Annual SCRMC Salad Luncheon - Bake Sale - Book Fair will be held on Friday, June 8 at St. Croix Falls High School, between 11 AM and 1 PM. It is sponsored by the St. Croix Regional Medical Center (SCRMC) Auxiliary and Staff.

The Salad Luncheon features hot and cold salads, cheese, cold cuts, fruit, rolls, beverages and bars. There is an express line for those coming from work over the lunch hour and take-out orders will be available. The goal is to raise $11,500 to purchase a non-invasive Hand Held Bladder Scanner for use by all patients with bladder issues.

Advance luncheon tickets are $6 adults and $2.50 for children ten and under and are available at Tangen Drug and SCRMC Gift Shop in St. Croix Falls, SCRMC Clinics in Frederic and at Unity, and from all Auxilians. At the door, tickets will be $7 and $3 respectively. Proceeds of the luncheon will be supplemented by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Polk-Burnett Chapter. - submitted

everything is removed, wash out well with salt water; cut off the wings close to the body, also the neck, feet and head. Separate the gall from the liver...”

I think I shouldn’t go on into all the gory details, in this age when many of us prefer to think our poultry is hatched into Styrofoam trays, all nude and cut into handy pieces. (What’s more, Aunt Babette’s readers never dreamt of outlets like Kentucky Fried Chicken.)

Actually, as a child in Milwaukee, I did get a bit of experience in plucking birds that my father brought home from hunting in such places as the Horicon Marsh. I was secretly glad when he returned with an empty bag.

Aunt Babette had some advanced notions about hygiene, advising readers to “always keep a basin of water in your sink in which to dip your kitchen spoons after using; also one to wash

your hands in and put a hand towel on a roller. One has to use it constantly while cooking or baking.” Another good tip still pertinent today is this: In breaking eggs for baking or frying, break each one separately over a cup, it is the safest way; if the egg is bad no harm is done. If you were to run the risk of breaking your eggs all in one bowl you might spoil a whole dozen or more, for it takes but a few drops of a bad egg to do this.”

Reading through the advice Aunt Babette felt necessary to pass on to her readers in 1889, I am reminded of how much the chores of today’s homemakers are simplified in this electronic age.

Aunt Babette’s readers would need to go outside to pump pails of water ... cut wood for the stove ... and possibly start all of this by chopping off the heads of the birds. - Sponsored by the St. Croix Falls Historical Society

Wear a poppy with pride

FREDERIC - Wear an American Legion poppy with pride In November 1918, Moina Belle Michael, “The Poppy Lady” from Georgia, distributed poppies to businessmen and asked them to wear the poppy as a tribute to those who died in battle.

During the early 1920s, at its national conventions, the American Legion and its Auxiliary adopted the poppy as its Memorial Flower. They mandated that contributions received from the distribution of the poppies are used for the sole purpose of veterans and their families, thus the poppy program began.

Today, distribution of the poppy, a beautiful, petite, bright red flower, continues to assist hospitalized and disabled veterans in need of rehabilitation and financial assistance. It still remains as a

symbol honoring those who fought and those whose lives were sacrificed for American’s freedom during the wars. Continued support for the poppy program improves the lives of the veterans who make the poppies. Although the earnings are minimal, the veteran poppy-maker realizes a sense of worth as a wage earner and becomes a part of the program. Veterans benefit annually through financial assistance that helps to defray housing, clothing, education, medical, transportation and many other daily expenses.

Poppy distribution days are held prior to the Memorial Day celebration in May. Thank you for participating in the poppy program and thank you for being a caring citizen. – Paul G. Johnson, American Legion Auxiliary #249, Dorothea M. Jensen, poppy chairman

Burnett County sheriff’s report Accidents Town of Oakland, May 4: Lisa C. Hursh, 40, Webster, was eastbound on CTH C when she swerved to miss a deer and went into the ditch.

Town of Trade Lake, May 10: Sarina L. Rogers, 18, Grantsburg, was northbound on CTH M when she swerved to miss a deer. The vehicle went

into the ditch, rolled and came to a rest on its roof.

Town of Siren, May 13: Tammy L. Gillis, 35, Siren, was westbound on Morse Road on a motorcycle when she lost control in loose dirt on a curve. The driver was thrown. The driver was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

Village of Grantsburg, May

Polk County criminal court Felony Brian L. Johnson, 34, Silver Lake, issue worthless checks.

Arrest warrant issued.

Anthony Scheuer, 51, St. Croix Falls, felon possessing firearm. Signature bond set of $1,500.

Ronald Gehrman, 63, Turtle Lake, disorderly conduct, resisting an officer, posession of firearm contrary to court order.

Adjourned initial hearing set for June 18.

Misdemeanor Tyler Walhstrom, 20, Clayton, sex with a child age 16 or older. Arrest warrant issued.

Cheryl Denucci, 41, Shafer, Minn., retail theft. Arrest warrant issued.

Margaret Conner, 46, Osceola, disorderly conduct. Not in court. Arrest warrant issued.

Jeffrey Cole, 54, Star Prairie, disorderly conduct. Arrest warrant issued.

Sheila Stratton, 44, North Branch, Minn., retail theft. Arrest warrant issued.

Stephen Gall, 38, Chisago, Minn., pled not guilty to failing to obtain a deer license. Signature bond set of $500. Jury trial set for June 13.

Donald Garske, 18, Frederic, theft, criminal damage to property. Signature bond set of $500.

Adjourned initial hearing set for June 18.

Blake Reber, 21, Dresser, pled not guilty to possession of drug paraphernalia. Court review set for Aug. 31.

Christopher Cordie, 19, St. Croix Falls, pled not guilty to possession of marijuana, pos-

session of drug paraphernalia.

Jury trial set for June 21.

Matthew Vance, 20, Balsam Lake, pled not guilty to possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia. Court review set for Aug. 31.

Joseph P. Brown, 18, Amery, pled not guilty to violating a harassment/restraining order, disorderly conduct, bail jumping.

Jury trial set for June 21.

James Brandt, 22, Somerset, pled not guilty to disorderly conduct. Review set for June 22.

Kody Koch, 18, Amery, pled not guilty to retail theft. Signature bond set of $500. Court review set for June 22.

Luke Coquyt, 18, Frederic, pled not guilty to criminal damage to property. Court review set for June 22.

Clayton Burnett, 56, Webster, pled not guilty to possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia. Cash bond set of $993. Court review set for June 22.

Gregory DeLucca, 52, St. Anthony, Minn., pled not guilty to possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia.

Court review set for June 22.

Judy Bakken, 56, Clayton, pled not guilty to resisting/obstructing an officer.

Signature bond set of $500.

Review set for June 27.

Diana Pewaush, 42, Webster, pled not guilty to OWI, operating with a prohibited alcohol concentration of .08 or more.

Review set for July 20.

Donna Taylor, 45, Frederic, OAR. Adjourned initial hearing set for July 9.

14: Northbound Bonnie L. Johnson, 63, Webster, entered the intersection of Hwy. 70 and Hwy. 87 at the same time as southbound Tammy R. Talmadge, 38, St. Croix Falls.

Johnson then turned into the path of Talmadge and caused the accident.

Town of Sand Lake, May 17: The driver of a Taylor Paving, Inc. truck, Laverne R. Schauer, 68, Siren, was eastbound on Hwy. 70 with his signal on, preparing to make left-hand turn onto Big Sand Lake Road.

Loren K. Pallo, 50, Cedar, Minn., thought that the truck was going to make a right-hand turn and passed the truck on the left.

Schauer then turned into Pallo’s path.

Town of Swiss, May 20: A vehicle owned by John E. Zibell, Danbury, went into the ditch of Carters Bridge Road.and hit a tree. The vehicle was reported stolen the evening before. The incident is under

investigation.

Town of Webb Lake, May 20: Jeffrey S. Constance, 36, Superior, was westbound on Long Lake Road. The driver missed a stop sign and went into the ditch. The driver was cited for not reporting an accident.

Arrests Town of Siren, May 14: Lawrance E. Behr, 39, North St. Paul, Minn., was arrested on a Ramsey County, Minn., warrant.

Town of Scott, May 16: William J. Bressette, 26, Spooner, was arrested for breaking no-drink probation.

Town of Daniels, May 17: Reid E. Tjader, 25, Siren, was arrested on a warrant.

Village of Siren, May 18: Ryan C. Belknap, 22, Grantsburg, was cited and arrested for criminal damage to property after destroying a car.

Town of Siren, May 19: Joseph S. Grover, 59, Siren, was cited and arrested for

Burnett County warrants Colt A. Bellin, 23, Stacy, Minn., arrest warrant – complaint, May 16.

James D. Fenstermaker, 65, Wyoming, Minn., arrest warrant – complaint, May 18.

Jason Jensen, Grantsburg, warrant – failure to appear, May 18.

Tom R. Jewell, Grantsburg, warrant – failure to appear, May 18.

Burnett Co. criminal court Tiffany R. Kuehn, 26, Crosslake, Minn., issue worthless check, $243.00.

Leah J. Benjamin, 26, Siren, operate without a valid license, $200.00.

James D. Swanson, 21, Siren, disorderly conduct, $156.20.

Wendy M. Krause, 41, Shell Lake, disorderly conduct, oneyear probation, 60 days’ jail time, alcohol assessment, $88.00.

Ritchard K. Cook, 45, Siren, criminal damage to property, one-year probation, four months’ jail time, $371.18 restitution, ordered to participate in drug court, $88.00.

Brandon M. Madery, 26, Prescott, criminal trespass to dwelling, $75.00 restitution, $249.00.

Stephen J. Stevens Jr., 24, Webster, operating while revoked, 10 days’ jail time, $413.00.

Michael N. Johnson, 43, Danbury, OWI, $856.00, alcohol assessment, license revoked nine months.

Timothy K. Sharatt, 41, Danbury, OWI, $1,000.00, alcohol assessment, 20 days’ jail time, license revoked 16 months; possession of switchblade knife, one-year probation, alcohol assessment, $77.00.

domestic battery.

Other incidents Town of Swiss, May 15: A Northwestern Electric meter reader noticed a break-in at a residence. It is unknown at this time what if anything was taken.

The incident is under investigation.

Town of Trade Lake, May 16: Daniel G. Michaels, 48, Grantsburg, reported a jet ski, trailer and lawn mower taken from a residence. The incident is under investigation.

Town of Webb Lake, May 17: Robert C. Soutter, 54, Spooner, reported two chain saws, tools and a toolbox, air compressor and trolling motor were taken from a residence. The incident is under investigation.

Town of Siren, May 17: Chuck’s Garage reported a radio and fish locator taken from pontoons. The incident is under investigation.

Town of LaFollette, May 17: Margaret L. Scanlon, 33, Shell Lake, reported a 12-foot canoe taken from a residence. The incident is under investigation.

Village of Grantsburg, May 19: Wayne D. Giller, 50, Frederic, reported his windows broken in his vehicle and four packs of cigarettes taken. The incident is under investigation.

Town of Daniels, May 19: Gorden W. Crandall, 68, Siren, reported his golf cart taken from his residence. The incident is under investigation.

Town of Grantsburg, May 19: Wild River Sports reported a 30foot camper taken from the yard.

The incident is under investigation.

Town of Oakland, May 20: Larry M. Windingstand, 70, Danbury, reported someone had pried open a overhead garage door and a walk-in door.

Nothing was reported missing.

The incident is under investigation.

Town of Sand Lake, May 20: Rick Bear, 31, Webster, reported electronic items taken from his residence. Money, alcohol and keys were left behind. The incident is under investigation.

Burnett County deaths Jerry J. Allen, 66, Anderson Township, April 19.

Viola E. Macho, 86, Siren Village, May 8.

Burnett County civil court Hopkins Sand and Gravel, Inc. vs. Michael D. Stark, Centuria, $2,177.45.

Hopkins Sand and Gravel, Inc. vs. Dan Ellefson, Hudson, $687.26.

Bayfield Finacial, LLC vs.

Gerald D. Ensign, Grantsburg, $2,417.93

HSBC Auto Finance Inc. vs.

Michael A. Rowell, Siren, return of 2002 Oldsmobile, $305.00.

Voyager Village Property Owners Association Inc. vs.

Michael Aune, Cottage Grove, Minn., $2,198.43.

Fur, Fins and Feathers Sports LLC vs. Sean Holwell, Webster, $591.97.

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Polk County sheriff’s report Accidents May 10, 3:48 p.m., Black Brook Twp., CTH F, .1 mile south of 60th Avenue, VANCE J. FRIENDSHUH, 17, Clear Lake, was traveling northbound on CTH F. Driver stated he observed a deer in the west ditch. Driver turned the wheel to the east. The rear of the vehicle began rotating clockwise and vehicle entered the ditch and rolled onto its side before coming to rest. Front of vehicle was facing southwest in direction.

May 15, 3:45 p.m., Milltown Twp., Hwy. 46, .5 mile north of 200th Avenue; #1—MARIA A.R. MORALES, 17, Osceola; #2— JEFFREY L. PETERSON, 55, Luck. Unit 1 was northbound on Hwy. 46. Operator of unit 1 did not notice noncontact vehicle slowing. Unit 1 applies brakes, causing tires to lock up. Unit 1 skids into the southbound traffic lane, striking unit 2 head-on.

Unit 2 rolls onto the right side on the west shoulder. Collision stops unit 1’s forward momen-

tum and it begins to spin counterclockwise. Passenger in seat 3 of unit 1 (NICOLAS R MORALES, 14, Osceola) is ejected and comes to rest in roadway. All parties were seriously injured and transported by EMS. Driver Peterson was wearing safety equipment; driver Morales and passenger Morales were not wearing safety equipment. Driver Morales was cited for operating without a valid driver’s license.

Other Incidents April 16, John L. Molamphy, RR Balsam Lake, reported the theft of five pieces of 10’ long 12” PVC pipe from his property.

Sometime between Nov. 30, 2006, and March 1, 2007, someone entered onto the property of ARLEN L. BURKE, Alden Twp., and took a Horse Creek Road Warrior brand trailer, Ryobi disc sander, Black & Decker table saw, Makita 1/4” drill, Ridgid planer, Ryobi router, Ryobi router table/toolbox,

Polk County civil court U.S. Bank, Minneapolis, Minn., plaintiff.

Christine Cavlier, Amery, defendant.

Plaintiff seeking money judgment for $18,838.28.

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Houston, Texas, plaintiff. Kris and Susan Head, Amery, defendants. Plaintiff seeks mortgage foreclosure for payments of $118,389.50.

William Specialty Mortgage, LLC, Orange, Calif., plaintiff.

Jon O. Nelson, Dresser, and unknown tenants at 503 Third Ave., Osceola. Plaintiff seeks mortgage foreclosure for 503 Third Ave., Osceola for payments of $107,797.23.

Roger and Jeannie

Johnson, International Falls, Minn., plaintiff.

General Casualty Co. of Wisconsin, Sun Prairie, defendant. Plaintiff seeking damages for 2004 automobile accident.

Popular Financial Services, LLC, Cherry Hill, N.J., plaintiff.

Vicki and James Gilbert, St. Croix Falls, defendants. Plaintiff seeks mortgage foreclosure for payments of $285,784.82.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Santa Ana, Calif., plaintiff. Jason and Julie Donat, St. Croix Falls, defendants. Plaintiff seeks mortgage foreclosure for property at 1403 210th St., for payments of $155,850.85.

Ridgid radial arm saw, HausfeldCampbell compressor, MVP Super Lift floor jack, two log chains, John Deere pedal tractor and a trunk.

April 23, vehicles belonging to TIFFANY HOLDEN, Centuria; THEODORE DRAEGER, Centuria; and ROY S. DAVIS, Centuria; were entered, located in Balsam Lake Twp. Taken from TIFFANY M. HOLDEN, Centuria, was a portable DVD player and coins; BRENT HACKER is missing a Browning .204-caliber, Ruger A-bolt rifle; and ROY DAVIS is missing his car stereo/CD player.

April 23, PETER R. RUPP, RR Milltown, reported mailbox vandalism.

April 23, DAVID J. LUNDGREN, Amery, reported the theft of his 18” bar Stihl chain saw from his shed located in Lincoln Township.

April 24, JOHN M. BONNEPRISE, RR Osceola, reported the theft of a Reddy brand heater from his property.

April 24, a mobile home owned by KENNETH R. MOL-

GARD, Utah, had been entered and copper wire stolen, Lincoln Twp. April 30, possible burglary to the GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN CHURCH, Georgetown Twp.; nothing apparently noted to be missing at this time.

April 30, WILLIS E. ROBERTS, LeSueur, Minn., reported a theft of aluminum ramps and large amount of lumber from his barn located on 160th Avenue.

April 30, THOMAS M. MAGNAFICI, RR Dresser, reported the theft of copper wire from a construction site.

May 1, GABRIEL N. BRIDGES, Dresser, reported the theft of a large amount of tools (brands DeWalt, Bosch, Bostich, Roto-Zip) from a construction site located in Osceola Twp. May 1, MARK A NEIDERMIRE, RR Osceola, reported the theft of his Honda 50 cc motorcycle from a shed on his property.

May 2, STACY J. YOUNGMAN, RR Centuria, left her vehicle overnight on Hwy. 35 in Milltown Twp. Sometime during

Burnett Co. marriage licences \Jason W. Peterson, Swiss, and Chrystal Merrill, Swiss, May 15.

Thomas J. Bibeau, North Branch, Minn., and Theresa L. Mills, North Branch, Minn., May 21.

Bruce E. Erichsen, Meenon, and Rebecca S. Syring, Meenon, May 21.

the evening a concrete block was used to smash out the passenger side window on the vehicle.

May 2, LUANN A. EVENSON, RR Osceola, reported the theft of her 1998 Palomino pop-up camper.

May 7, LEONARD CARLSON, Minneapolis, Minn., reported theft of copper from his property located on CTH T in Polk County.

May 8, BRUCE E. GREEN, RR Osceola, reported someone had vandalized his vehicle while it was parked outside his residence, Alden Twp.

May 9, SHAWN S. WILKERSON, RR Osceola, reported the theft of her red and white cooler/beverages from inside her garage.

May 9, burglary occurred to the DAWN BERGSTROM (Eau Claire) property in rural Luck.

Nothing noted to be missing at this time.

May 9, ERIC ALEXSON, RR Amery, reported mailbox vandalism, Garfield Twp. May 12, RUTH A HEIM (Oakdale, Minn.) reported the theft of her canoe from her property in Black Brook Twp.

Polk County divorces Divorces filed Christina and Jason Neely, Luck. Married 2001. Two children.

Michelle Kemis, Milltown, and David Kemis, Luck.

Married 2004. Two children.

Divorces granted Paul and Sheila Kohls.

Married 1987. No children.

Blake and Kathryn Benson.

Married 1995. No children.

Robert and Lesalyn Peterson. Married 1969. No children.

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Lonesome Lil’s coffee shop opens in Frederic

Buckwheat Zydeco and Live Earth will perform at the Anathoth Community Farm near Luck on July 7.

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Luck concert on 7/7/07 LUCK - The luckiest day in a hundred years is coming - especially if you are in Luck, like music, and want to save the environment all at the same time.

Anathoth Community Farm is celebrating their 20-year anniversary as a center for nonviolence, community, and sustainable living, so they are throwing a party—but not just any old party.

July 7 – 7/7/07- is the day of Live Earth—a worldwide event of concerts taking place on every continent for 24 hours and is hosted by Al Gore and the people who brought you the Academy award-winning documentary “Inconvenient Truth.” The concerts circle the globe starting in Sydney, Australia; Tokyo, Japan; Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; London, England; Rio de Janerio, Brazil, New York, N.Y. and ending in Luck.

Headlining a full day of music out at Anathoth is the incomparable Buckwheat Zydeco who the New York Times calls, “the best party band in America.” Another legend on the bill is Devon Evons, longtime percussionist with Bob Marley and the Wailers. Rounding out the day will be music of the world, reggae, jam/rock, world beat, Irish, folk and lots of surprises. The most amazing may be a group called Savage Aural Hotbed who describe themselves as “industrial percussion” and will be the closest thing to human fireworks that you will ever see.

Jim and Mike Miles are organizing the weekend and they claim it will be the best concert of the day.

“Sure you can go to Giants Stadium and see The Police and Bon Jovi or you can stay in Luck, dance all day, and tour the eco village to see what the future of energy looks like, and with gas heading up to $4 a gallon I think people would rather be in Luck,” said Mike.

Also available for the weekend will be camping, food and a beer garden, children’s activities, displays and workshops on renewable energy and activism, and the most beautiful bonfire pit in western Wisconsin. There will also be an evening-only admission fee for local people who don’t want to come for the whole day.

“Everyone is getting married that day and having receptions because they think 7/7/07 is lucky,” said Jim. “But the people who know music know where the real party is going to be and they are not going to miss it. “ For more information call 715-472-8797 or 715-472 8721. – with submitted information

by Julie Homquist FREDERIC - Tired of traffic congestion and the corporate world, a couple recently moved from Seattle to open a coffee shop in Frederic.

Dan Minnick and his wife, Kim Bengston-Minnick, were putting the finishing touches on Lonesome Lil’s Coffee Depot Monday in downtown Frederic.

“We’d like to cater to a rural area where we can fill a niche,” Dan said.

Located downtown at 103 Wisconsin Ave., Lonesome Lil’s will begin expressing espresso at 5 a.m. Friday.

Why would two Seattle suburbanites land in Frederic?

“Seattle is saturated,” Dan said. “Too many people, and too little space. It’s just a real good opportunity to start a business here.”

And it doesn’t hurt that Kim was born and raised in Milltown and is surrounded by relatives in the area.

“Frederic is really friendly, and it seems like Polk County is really friendly,” said Dan, who worked as a graphic designer in Seattle.

Kim was employed by IBM in Seattle, but has always dreamed of cooking. She graduated from the culinary program of the Art Institute of Seattle.

Lonesome Lil’s, named to match the spaghetti western theme of the coffee shop, will offer a limited menu.

Muffins, scones, elephant ears, cheesecake, and rusticstyle pizza will all be made from scratch.

“Down the road, we’ll have paninni sandwiches, but it won’t be a full menu,” Dan said.

Lonesome Lil’s will also offer outdoor seating and specially themed evenings. Trivia nights will welcome people to team up on trivia games, while “meet the brewer,” or “meet the wine producer” night will introduce customers to local wine and beer labels. Lonesome Lil’s has a beer/wine license and will begin serving those beverages July 1.

Kim Bengston-Minnick and Dan Minnick Hours are Monday –Thursday, 5 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday from 9 a.m. to will open Lonesome Lil’s Coffee Depot in Frederic on Friday.

– Photo by Julie 3 p.m.

Holmquist The couple makes their home in the Clam Falls area.

More road construction this summer

SIREN – There is more road construction planned for the Siren area.

The Main Street area in undergoing work now and the .73-mile stretch of CTH B from Hwy. 35 to Lind Road will undergo construction sometime this summer.

During the process of reconstruction, the road will be paved 30 feet wide to make room for a paved bike path. Although the stretch of road was not scheduled for work until 2008, the road is deteriorating so badly that the project was moved up to this year. The project is expected to cost between $100,000 and $125,000.

In part to make room for the CTH B project, some of the work that was scheduled this year for CTH G

has been scrapped. Instead of the extensive work to the two-mile stretch, the road will get a seal coating and the intersection of CTH G and CTH H will be redone.

Changes to another Siren area intersection are still being considered. The traffic safety commission met Tuesday, May 15, at the Burnett County Government Center. Highway Commissioner Bob Morehouse gave the commission information on roundabouts, since a roundabout is a possible solution for the Hwy. 35 and Hwy. 70 intersection north of Siren. The DOT will be counting traffic at the intersection this Memorial Day Weekend and the Fourth of July weekend before making any decision on what needs to be done. – Sherill Summer

Noah’s Ark discovered in Grantsburg

by Wayne M. Anderson GRANTSBURG—In the Bible, the Lord commanded old Noah to build an enormous ark. Noah’s Ark came to later symbolize the Lord’s safety for those who trusted in him.

The Biblical symbol is also a dream come true.

“What started out as a dream over a year ago has finally become a reality,” said Julie Christian, a faithful and energetic member of Bethany Lutheran Church of Grantsburg.

She put into motion the plans to build a new, and somewhat smaller version, of Noah’s Ark for the children in her community.

“We must put our faith in our youth for they are the next generation of spiritual leaders,” she said. “Their joy and development are critical to their faith. And as spiritual leaders know, we must give them every opportunity to grow and develop, so as they see what God’s hands have created, they too will some day help the generation to come.”

To the next generation, “our greatest gift is love and to see the smile on a child’s face no matter what age,” she said. “What more could anyone ask for?”

With the architectural help of Craig Selander, Grantsburg architect; and material help of Dean Selander, co-owner of Bass Lake Lumber; and the faithful laborers, Cody Tromberg, Doyle Christian, Paul Hedlund and Dan Kuesel, a new Noah’s Ark rolled out of the shipyard in Trade Lake last week.

It took the team about two months to build the twostory boat. This Noah’s Ark is about 23 feet long (16 cubits) by 8 feet wide (5 cubits) by 11 feet tall (7 cubits) and weighs over 4,000 pounds. “It’s two tons of fun,” said builder Dean Selander.

According to Genesis 6:15 in the Bible, the original dimensions of Noah’s Ark are estimated at 450 feet long (300 cubits), 75 feet wide (50 cubits), 45 feet high

The congregation at Bethany Lutheran Church of Grantsburg stand aboard the new Noah’s Ark, a recreational boat for children, which is in dry dock on the church playground area. - Photo by Wayne Anderson (30 cubits).

Along with the new Noah’s Ark, there will be an adjoining swing set, monkey bars, a slide and two whales on springs to ride on.

“It’s exciting to have a new way to bring the Lord’s word,” said Pastor Jay Ticknor. He said all are welcome to enjoy Noah’s Ark and come for Sunday coffee from 10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. and join the congregation

afterwards for worship at 11 a.m.

All of the members of Bethany Lutheran Church wish to thank the family of Roger Sjolander for the gracious gift of land where Noah’s Ark now rests.

For more information about the new, or old, Noah’s Ark and Bethany Lutheran Church of Grantsburg call: 715-463-5746 or e-mail: blchurch@grantsburgtelcom.net.

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Memorial Day services A&H and Jackson 9 a.m., Sacred Heart Cemetery, A&H 10 a.m., at Jackson Cemetery.

10 a.m., meet at Legion Hall for walk over Memory Lake bridge and military honors for those lost at sea.

Burnett County VFW #1256 9 a.m., Viola Lake Cemetery 9:30 a.m., St. Croix Reservation, Hertel 10 a.m., Lakeview Cemetery; Memorial Day program 11:30 a.m., Danbury Cemetery

Hertel The Memorial Day program at Hertel Lakeview Cemetery is Monday, May 28, at 10 a.m. sharp. All are welcome.

Cushing American Legion and St. Croix Falls VFW 10 a.m., Cushing Cemetery 11 a.m., Wolf Creek Cemetery Frederic 7 a.m., pancake breakfast for Legionnaires, Auxiliary, members and friends, American Legion Post #249 8:30 a.m., Union Cemetery, Trade Lake 8:45 a.m., Zion Lutheran, Trade Lake 9 a.m., Mission Cemetery, Trade Lake 9:20 a.m., Coon Lake, Frederic 9:45 a.m., Zion Lutheran, Bone Lake 11 a.m., Maple Grove Cemetery.

Speaker: Pastor Arveda “Freddie” Kirk, St. Lukes United Methodist Church. Music: Frederic High School band, Patty Burns, director.

Grantsburg Brask-Fossum-Janke American Legion Post #185 and Auxiliary

Indian Creek Post #396 9:15 a.m. at McKinley, 9:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi, 10:15 a.m. at Lewis 10:45 a.m. at Clam Falls, 11 a.m. at Clam Falls Flowage and 11:30 a.m. at Lorain.

Luck The Luck American Legion Post #255 will hold Memorial Days services on Monday, May 28, 10:30 a.m. at the Luck High School. The public is welcome.

Milltown American Legion George W. Melby, Post #254 will remember their beloved at Memorial Day services.

9:30 a.m., South Milltown Cemetery 10 a.m., Milltown Cemetery 10:40 a.m., North Valley Cemetery 11 a.m., New Home Cemetery 11:20 a.m., Pleasant Valley Cemetery 11:40 a.m., Granum Cemetery 12:30 p.m., Bone Lake Cemetery United VFW Post 6856, Milltown, will hold Memorial Day services on Monday, May 28, 2 p.m., at the Post. A

potluck lunch will follow the service.

Siren Military honors will be at the following places: 9 a.m., Burnett County Government Center 9:30 a.m., Mudhen Lake Cemetery 10 a.m., West Sweden Cemetery There will be a Memorial Day program at the Siren High School auditorium at 11 a.m. with Military Honors at Siren Cemetery immediately following the program.

Program participants include the Siren High School band, the Bethany bell choir, the Daniels Four and speaker, Mark Pettis. The 2007 poppies will be put on the grave by Kailey McKnight and Alexi Gloodt.

St. Croix Falls American Legion Post #143 in St. Croix Falls will hold the following Memorial Day programs: Monday, May 28, 9 a.m. at Pleasant Hill Cemetery and 10 a.m. at St. Croix Falls Cemetery.

Taylors Falls Carl Linnell Post 392 American Legion and Chisago County Post #1678 VFW 9 a.m. at Franconia Cemetery, 10 a.m. at Taylors Falls Cemetery, March to Interstate Bridge, 11 a.m. Salute to Maritime Dead, 11:30 a.m. Almelund

Cemetery. Dinner will be served at the Almelund Church. All veterans are urged to take part in these programs.

Frederic honors/ from page 1 for 34-1/2 years until she sold it earlier this year. For nearly 50 years Ruhn has worked in the beauty business, and she is still at it.

Harlander thanked Ruhn for her dedication.

Ruhn, in turn, introduced her brother who was on hand for the banquet.

Next it was Kevin Weinzierl’s turn to be honored. Weinzierl is the Volunteer of the Year. He was thanked for his countless hours helping out at the Frederic Fire Department and St. Dominic Catholic Church. Greg Heine spoke of Weinzierl’s limitless talents and Colleen Draxler commented on his generous attitude and all the building projects he has worked on at St. Dominic.

Weinzierl admitted that his kids have had many wild rides when the pager goes off and thanked his family for their patience when they are left somewhere without a ride after he races off somewhere.

Phil and Marilyn Knuf are this years citizens of the year. Phil was thanked for putting together countless meat raffles that have paid for good things throughout the community, and for the upkeep of the trails at Coon Lake Park. Harlander told of Phil’s genius for teaching biology because he made the kids discover for themselves as he taught the web of life. Harlander also shared humorous stories from Frederic High School when Phil was teaching. He even shared the kids’ very special nickname for him: cheesehead.

The Frederic Lioness came in full force, dressed up and having fun. Marilyn had been a Lioness since 1973 and has served on many committees. She is in charge of the kiddy parade, always sells the most calendars, makes teddy bears for every occasion and is the connection to schoolkids who might need something. She was also complimented on her wonderful attitude that probably helped her become a cancer survivor.

Village clerk, Marilyn Sederlund, emphasized the humor that is a part of the Knuf’s lives by telling funny stories. Knuf’s daughter, Linda West, and neighbor, Diana Edling, told about what really goes on at 309 Pleasant Avenue. Overall, speaker after speaker told of how Frederic is a better place because of everything these outstanding citizens have done.

Kevin Weinzierl was chosen as Frederic’s volunteer of the year.

The Frederic Lioness Club was on hand to honor the better half of the citizen of the year. The many costumes worn by Lioness Club members help tell the story of things Knuf does for the Frederic community.

Where am I? This deer wandered into the village of Luck recently, much to its dismay. Photo by Mary Stirrat

Mary Ellen Ruhn was honored for operating Mary Ellen’s Hairstyling, this year’s business of the year.

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Fire destroys; determination will rebuild

by Nancy Jappe SIREN – “It goes so deep in all of our hearts. It’s just like a death in the family,” commented Siren Middle School teacher Jenny Goalen as she talked about the loss of her family’s cabin. The cabin, built by family members and friends in the mid-1970s, was one of the first four buildings claimed by this year’s Ham Lake fire along the Gunflint Trail in Minnesota.

“This fire just raged,” Goalen continued, adding that it caught everyone by surprise. “They have always protected structures. Luckily, no one was hurt.”

The fire started May 5, allegedly as the result of a campfire, and has thus far destroyed 61 homes and 145 structures.

According to news reports Monday morning, May 21, the fire was about 50 percent contained. The area was not safe enough Sunday, May 20, to permit a site visit by Goalen; her husband, Tim; and her mother, Ardis David, owner of the cabin. They had hoped to be able to sift through the rubble to see if there was anything that could be salvaged.

David’s picture was on the front page of the Duluth newspaper last year. She was standing on her dock, watching a fire burning across the lake, one of seven fires in the area since she has lived on the land. No imminent danger to her cabin came from any of the other fires.

The David cabin was on Sea Gull Lake, about 50 miles up the Gunflint Trail.

Most of the property around the lake belongs to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area; however, there are private properties on the northwest end of the lake, including a Lutheran camp and some private homes.

“My mom is an amazing woman (when you look at) what she has accomplished,” Goalen said. David, a high

Students from Grantsburg came up to the David cabin in 1999 to help clean up after a blowdown had hit the area. school English teacher in White Bear Lake, Minn., raised four children on her own, two girls and two boys. Goalen, her sister, Gerry, and brothers Tim and Dan were practically raised out of doors.

David guided canoe trips out of Ely, Minn. She took Girl Scout troops on two-week canoe trips. And she started looking for her own land on which to build a cabin.

The Blankenbergs owned land at the end of the Gunflint Trail. Russell Blankenberg showed David a place she

could buy for one cent an acre from Weyerhaeuser Lumber Company, something she couldn’t resist in 1970. Five years later, in the summer of 1975, her family came to camp in Army tents and build the one-bedroom loft cabin she had chosen from materials provided by Boyne Falls Cedar Log Homes. They brought along friends and even one of their high school coaches. David cooked breakfast at 10 a.m. every morning. The workers carried every piece, window, nail and grain of cement about one-tenth mile through the woods from the road.

The outside of the cabin was made of prefabricated cedar logs. The peak was of individual boards. The foundation

was figured out by trial and error. Instructions did come with the materials for the cabin.

When David retired in the early 1980s, she lived at the cabin full time, even though it meant a trip of 50 miles each way for grocery shopping. During the last few years, when snow made living there difficult in the winter, she would wait until the very last minute at Thanksgiving or Christmas, depending on the weather, then go to stay with son Tim in White Bear Lake, Minn., until spring.

There was no indoor plumbing at the cabin, but the latest log outhouse boasted See Gunflint Trail, next page

This photograph shows Ardis David, mother of Siren Middle School teacher Jenny Goalen, coming out of her cabin along the Gunflint Trail in Minnesota.

– Photos submitted

This is all that is left of the cabin put up by Ardis David and her family in 1975 along Sea Gull Lake on the Gunflint Trail in Minnesota. David’s son, Tim, has seen the devastation. David and her daughter, Jenny Goalen, have not yet been permitted to go into the area. Their hope had been to salvage something from the fire, but that hope seems unlikely according to those who have seen that nothing is left of the cabin.

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Gunflint Trail, from page 1 a stained-glass window. Running water came into the kitchen faucet until fall, but David would spend the last month or six weeks there without any indoor running water.

Company was always coming to visit.

Burnett County Veterans Service Officer Doug Stubbe and UW-Wisconsin Extension Community Development Agent Mike Kornmann were among those who started canoe trips from there.

David has connections to Burnett County other than through her daughter.

For three winters (about four months each), she lived at her son’s hobby farm on CTH Y and Hanson Point Road in the Grantsburg area. She attended services at Trinity Lutheran Church in Falun.

People in the local area have had the chance to meet and get to know her.

On Sunday May 6, David got a phone call from the sheriff’s office telling her that the cabin had burned. She called Goalen, who was still crying as she called her own daughters, Ahnie (wife of Jeff Johnson from Grantsburg) in the Peace Corps in Africa, Jennah, Kasha and Tessa, a college student in Missouri. “I had to call Ahnie as I wanted her to hear directly from me,” Goalen explained.

She and her mother headed up to the Gunflint Trail. They attended every fire meeting they could to get updates on the fire situation. For the first two days, the meetings were held 40 miles up the trail.

Then the meetings were 25 miles up the trail, and the last meeting they attended

This map put out by the National Incident Management Team shows the path of the Ham Lake Fire in the Superior National Forest in Minnesota. The fire is believed to have started between DP-5 and 7. Ardis David’s cabin was just south of DP-2. It was one of the first four cabins to be destroyed by the fire that started May 5 and was only 50-percent contained Monday, May 21. was right in Grand Marais. All week the only word they heard was that there was nothing left of the cabin.

They stayed at the Bearskin Lodge the first night for a special rate given to property owners in the fire area. The next lodging was at Gunflint Lodge along the trail. From there, they could see the fire consuming Canadian land, unimpeded. The fire traveled five miles in 1-1/2 hours, with the wind blowing all the time. At one point, when safety at the lodge was endangered, they headed for the East Bay Suites in Grand Marais for the last part of their stay.

Photos were available from the assessors Friday, May 11. Only one house out of four on the cabin road was left standing. That home had been protected by a sprinkler system that was left on when the owner evacuated the area. David had at one time considered getting a sprinkler, but the cost (between $6,000 and $12,000) was prohibitive.

Jenny Goalen (L), her daughter Jennah, and Mike Morehouse from GrantsThe chimney wasn’t even left standburg are shown by the fireplace in the David cabin along the Gunflint Trail in ing. Everything that was precious and Minnesota. The cabin was destroyed in the Ham Lake fire which started along sentimental in the cabin was gone. the trail May 5. – Photo submitted Things like the hide from the bear that got into the screened porch one time when David was away from home, and ate a blueberry pie from the table. The bear was trapped by the DNR. A rug from Australia. A round table from Grandma and Grandpa David’s cabin, the burl table her son made, books of pictures, family photo albums and a video Ardis David is shown with her showing all the stages of cabin building. great-granddaughter, 2-year-old Come June 1, the 80-year-old David Maeghan Bloemhof, at her cabin plans on being back on her property along the Gunflint Trail in northern again. That area is her country, and it is Minnesota, a cabin that was dethe only place she can be during the stroyed by the May Ham Lake fire summer and fall of the year. She will along the trail. probably live in some type of camping trailer for awhile. There is talk about a be back on the land, counting on family cabin raising, and people once again and friends to raise a cabin and make it flocking to the area. possible for her to continue to extend Fire has done its worst, the unthinkhospitality to all those who come along able, for now, but Ardis David will not the trail to visit. be defeated. Emotional though the month of May has been for her, she will

Lions present check

Jack Witzany, representing the Webster Lions, presents a check for $936 to fourth-grade teacher Wayne Watral for the fourth-grade trip to visit the state capitol. The children pictured help raise money for the trip by either selling tickets for the Lions chili dinner or by helping serve at the dinner. This is the seventh year that the Webster Lions have helped raise funds for the fourthgrade trip! – Photo submitted

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The Stowaway

by Stan Miller My mind was made up. Running away from home would end the turmoil in my life. Being the son of a tax collector in Judea meant being ridiculed and bullied. It meant defending the accumulation of things and a bigger, better house than most. But things were making my life unbearable.

Packing a few belongings, two loaves of bread and five fishes in a carpetbag, and slinging a wineskin of goats milk over my shoulder, I slipped out of the house before Mother came home from the market.

I took the back way out of town, just in case, and hit the main, dusty road, by the huge sycamore tree.

Peeking from behind the tree, I noticed a knot of people moving towards me. I waited until they passed, before hurrying to the road. Soon another group had overtaken me, and I blended in with them. Listening to them, I understood they were going to hear the man from Nazareth. I decided to accompany them.

About midmorning, our group left the road and followed a trail across a grassy hillside. Just beyond that knoll a small valley appeared. People were gathering, more than I had ever seen in one place. Rocky outcroppings offered some shade. About thirty paces to my left, along a rise, was a barren ledge.

Many people began to sit down. I climbed a small rocky ledge, shaded by an olive tree, so I could see better. A man from the ledge along the rise shouted, “Does anyone have any food?”

Without giving it a thought, I raised my hand. After a short conversation, the man shouted, “Will you share with the Lord?”

Reluctantly I agreed and passed my carpetbag to

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the man on the ledge.

The loaves and fishes were held heavenward, something was said, and then the food was passed out, with plenty left over.

After this lunch, the one called Lord began speaking, gently as a family friend. I could hear him plainly, although the man asking for food had to shout.

“Blessed are,” is how he began and he ended with, “love your God and your

neighbor.”

I wondered who my neighbor was since few people had anything to do with us. And how could I love and respect those who ridiculed us?

About midafternoon, the man from Nazareth began healing all who came to him. It was wonderful how the lame began to walk and the blind could now see.

I climbed down to get closer and recognized one of them as Levi, also a tax collector. I decided to follow them if and when they left this place.

They stopped at the shores of Galilee. Jesus said, “The throng has made me weary. Let me rest while you go to the other side.

While they continued to discuss the situation, I hurriedly climbed aboard the boat and hid myself.

While pondering the words of Jesus and the rocking of the water, sleep claimed me.

Waking to a bellowing voice I heard, “Master, if that’s you, bid me come.”

“It is I. Come, Peter,” came the reply.

Joints cramped, I stretched to see the big disciple walking on the water towards his master. He began to flounder.

“Help me!” he shouted.

“Here’s my hand. Peter, you lost your focus.”

I laughed aloud at the sight of the big man’s struggle, but no one heard me in the excitement.

With helping hands from the rest, Jesus and Peter climbed aboard.

I ducked out of sight and was soon sleeping again.

Soon, it seemed, thunder was piercing the fog in my head, as lightning danced across the sky, revealing ominous-looking clouds swirling around, trying to outrace each other across the sea to the far shore.

Jesus, head pillowed on a coil of rope, was sleeping soundly. Suddenly waves crashed over the top rail, spilling foam and seaweed, soaking all in its path. A sudden gust caused the boat to shudder. Lightning revealed a sleeping man and twelve frightened sailors.

I hoped it hadn’t revealed my green face.

“Master, don’t you care if we perish? This storm is the worst. How can you sleep?” tumbled from the lips of one of them.

“Where is your trust?” the Master asked, rising to his feet.

Making his way to the bow, he matter-of-factly said, “Be calm,” and immediately the wind quieted.

This man who fed the throng with my simple lunch, healed the sick, and spoke of loving one another was Master of the wind.

No longer afraid, I showed myself and managed to squeak out, “May I join your group? I want to learn to be calm when bullied and ridiculed.”

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Forts open for 18th season DANBURY - Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park opens for its 18th season in 2007. The park opens this weekend, May 26-27, and is open Wednesdays through Sundays until Labor Day Weekend.

Opening weekend includes a plant sale and a lawn sale on both Saturday and Sunday. Sunday morning the Fort features its first wild rice pancake breakfast of the season, serving pancakes, eggs and sausage. Tours of the historic site run each hour. The park is closed on Memorial Day. The Forts first event is a gourmet dinner on Friday, June 15. This year’s theme celebrates the summer solstice with wine tasting and a candlelight dinner in the Visitor Center Great Room.

On Sunday, July 1, it’s the county’s most unusual golf tournament at the Yellow Lake Golf Course. This fourperson scramble is a fundraising event for the park’s historic site. Participants dress up and take aim with cue sticks, potato cannons and maybe even golf clubs.

The Great Folle Avoine Fur Trade Rendezvous is the fourth weekend in July. The park fills with fur trade camps and voyageurs showing off their skills. The rendezvous is a family event complete with demonstrations and food.

Speaking of food, the Forts BBQ Fest is becoming the area’s largest growing food event. Area restaurants compete for the “best” title for pulled pork, beef brisket, and of course, ribs. The BBQ Fest is Saturday, Aug. 4.

Forts Folle Avoine Historic Park is a national historic site. In 1802, two British fur trade companies built trading posts along the Yellow River. The park interpreters provide daily tours of these reconstructed posts and a woodland Indian village.

Operated by the Burnett County Historical Society, the park also offers a fur trade exhibit and an exhibit of the history of the St. Croix Tribe. A quilt exhibit is displayed in the newly opened Karlsborg Schoolhouse.

Forts Folle Avoine is located three miles west of Hwy. 35 on CTH U. The park’s phone number is 715-8668890, and their Web site is www.theforts.org.

2007 Calendar of Events May 26 - 27: Opening Weekend. Historic site tours, plant and lawn sale, pancake breakfast June 15: Dinner at the Forts July 1: Golf tournament July 28 - 29: Great Folle Avoine Fur Trade Rendezvous, wild rice pancake breakfast Aug. 4: The Forts BBQ Fest Aug. 23: Garden Tea September 2: Wild rice pancake breakfast, park closes Nov. 30, Dec. 1 - 2: Christmas at the Forts. – submitted

Webster Arts and Crafts Extravaganza this weekend WEBSTER – More than 130 local and regional artists and crafters will showcase their work at the 24th-annual Webster Area Chamber of Commerce Memorial Day Arts and Crafts Extravaganza Saturday, May 26, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Webster Elementary School on Hwy. 35. The extravaganza, held rain or shine, is the largest outdoor arts and crafts event in Burnett County.

Vendors sell everything from furniture, cabin decor, clothes, jewelry, garden art, paintings, carvings, sculpture, photography, cosmetics, pottery, woven items and more. There will also be gourmet foods such as cheesecake, dips, and salsa for sampling and sale.

Applicants are screened to ensure products are handmade and homegrown, not factory mass produced. In addition to vendors from Wisconsin and Minnesota, there are crafters and artists from Iowa, Michigan, and North and South Dakota.

The Burnett Youth Hockey Association will sell brats, hot dogs, coffee, baked goods, water and soft drinks.

The money raised from food sales supports local youth hockey. Booth fees make up the major portion of the Webster Chamber of Commerce’s annual operating budget.

Savvy customers show up early to get the best selection as vendors sometimes sell out of their products.

Parking and admission are free. Please, no dogs (except seeing eye/companion dogs). For further information, call 715-866-4204. - submitted

Cabin décor items such as handmade lamps are popular with shoppers at the Webster Memorial Day Arts & Crafts Extravaganza, set this year for May 26 in Webster. – Photo by H. Rice

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Barron dance team to compete nationally

St. Croix Falls graduate Becky (Johnson) Thayer, took her Becky’s School of Dance team to two dance competitions in the Twin Cities. All team members scored high enough to compete at a national level. Becky’s School of Dance is located in Barron. Thayer is the daugther of Kitty and Larry Coen of Amery, and Scott Johnson of Amery. Granddaughter, Brenna Thayer, also competed in the competition and will be going on to nationals. First row (L to R), Kimberly Robbins and Becky Thayer. Second row: Sarah Robole, Carolyn Queiser, Jolayne Cross, Rebecca Roth, Brenna Thayer (lying down), Lizzy Jutila, Sarah Nichols, Hannah Bailey and Emily Antonson. Back row: Emily Stephens, Jessica Coleman, Jenna Snively, Brooke Babineau, Kailey Tillung, Anna Kurzynski, Emily Yenter, Rachel Robole and Sam Brunslik. – Photo submitted

Nickels count

Webster Elementary Principal Jeff Welsh receives a check for $500 from Chanda Elliott of Wayne’s Foods Plus and Kemps for collecting Nickels for Schools. – Photo submitted

Whittenberger receives first at International Competition ORLANDO, Fla. – Zachary Whittenberger, a member DEX-WMMA, a student organization for Chippewa Valley Technical College, recently traveled to the International Career and Development Conference, which took place on April 21 – 24, in Orlando, Fla. Whittenberger received first-place overall in restaurant and food service management event, which consisted of one written exam and two business simulation role plays. The top 15 finalists all received a medal and asked to compete in another business simulation role play. After compiling the scores, the judges chose 10 finalists, all of which received medals. The final three competitors were rewarded with a plaque.

Whittenberger was a 2005 graduate of St. Croix Falls, and the son of Bob and Kay Whittenberger of St. Croix Falls. – submitted

Zachary Whittenberger

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Calvin Coolidge’s Bum Rap Cal’s got the country booming Down on Wall Street stocks are zooming.

He is so darn unassuming…

He’s our favorite son!

We hope he’ll run in 1928 ‘Cause he’s great, great, great!

–“Keeping Cool With Coolidge”*

cultivated his taciturn image.

Asked at a press conference in 1924 if he had any comment on the presidential race, Coolidge replied, “No.” Would he remark on the world situation? “No.” Was there any news on Prohibition?

“No,” he said.

Bernice “Now remember, don’t Abrahamzon quote me.” According to a 1933 collection of “Coolidge Wit and Wisdom” (a slim volume), one country shopkeeper said: “That young chap Coolidge certainly has more stuff on the shelves and puts less in the show window than any fellow I’ve ever seen.”

Coolidge’s studied minimalism stemmed from his Yankee upbringing and a profound belief in economy of word, deed and government action that he held throughout his public career. He once quipped that it was in the national interest that he napped so much, since he couldn’t do anything when he was asleep.

When he left office he told reporters: “Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.”

Will Rogers remarked that “the country wanted nothing done, and he done it.” Many historians agree.

“The early ‘20s was not a period for an activist president,” says Columbia University’s Henry Graff, an expert on the presidency. Graff also praises Coolidge for “knowing his limitations.” Sensing the coming economic crisis, Coolidge said: “I know how to save money…perhaps the time has come when we ought to spend money. I do not feel I am qualified to do that.”

Ronald Reagan boasts of his Coolidgesque accomplishments, lowering taxes, cutting regulation and busting a public workers’ strike. But aides have lately tried to distance the current administration from Silent Cal’s Coolidge’s decision to send the Marines to Nicaragua “isn’t exactly what we’d like to conjure up in people’s minds today,” said one White House adviser. But Reagan could do worse than to model himself after a president who presided over some of the country’s best old times, an era of peace and prosperity flanked on either side by depression and war.

And as presidential accolades go, H.L. Mencken’s faint-praise characterization of Coolidge may yet prove to be one of the highest: “He had no ideas, and he was not a nuisance.” – Melinda Beck with Nancy Cooper in New York and Bureau reports, Newsweek 1983.

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SIGNPOST

Calvin Coolidge History, unlike musical comedy, has not been kind to Calvin Coolidge. The 30th president is mainly remembered as a do-nothing, say-even-less bumbler–just a spot of comic relief for high school history students slogging their way from World War I to the Great Depression. He slept an average of 11 hours a day, liked to spend evenings rocking on the White House porch and would probably bear more blame for the country’s financial collapse if historians thought he could have actually engineered something so major.

Lately, however, scholars have begun to look again at Calvin Coolidge. “’Silent Cal’ has gotten a raw deal,” says Rep. Silvio Conte, a Massachusetts Republican who persuaded the House to declare last week the first-annual Calvin Coolidge Week, marking the 60th anniversary of his swearing-in after Warren G. Harding’s death by his notary-public father in the family home in Plymouth Notch, Vt. Plymouth celebrated the week in typical Coolidge fashion: no formal events were planned. But Northampton, Mass., held a weeklong hoo-ha for its favorite son and former mayor – including an actionpacked fishing derby and an “I choose not to run” footrace (commemorating Coolidge’s terse announcement that he would not seek re-election in 1928).

Even Ronald Reagan, one of Coolidge’s biggest fans, was expected to participate by telephone in the festival’s Sunday climax. (One unplanned event last week would have elicited a rare smile from the abstemious Prohibition-era president: state police raided a yacht carrying 50 prominent Coolidge buffs and confiscated 80 gallons of alcohol. “The police are finally getting even,” said Northampton Mayor David Musante, recalling Coolidge’s breaking of the 1919 Boston police strike – an event that propelled him to prominence.)

Some historians, including Arthur Schlesinger Jr., have long insisted that that was the only bold action Coolidge ever took, that he was a tool of big business who slumbered while the economic storm clouds gathered. But others argue that Coolidge has been unfairly judged against a liberal presumption that big government is necessarily better. Viewed “without ideological blinders,” says Coolidge scholar Thomas Silver, Coolidge’s record looks pretty good: he balanced the federal budget, cut the national debt almost in half and kept inflation at only .4 percent, all the while presiding over a 17.5 percent growth in the gross national product.

“No public man carried into modern times more comprehensively the founding principles of Americanism: hard work, frugality, freedom of conscience, freedom from government,” writes Paul Johnson in his book “Modern Times.” According to Johnson, Coolidge, in fact, like to mislead people into thinking he was less astute than he was, a sort of early Lieutenant Colombo in the Oval Office. Coolidge certainly

One of Seven Pines’ greatest claims to fame is that President Calvin Coolidge once visited there, fished there and slept there. The year was 1928, when the summer White House was at the high school in Superior. President Coolidge fished the famous Brule, and arrived by train to fish at Seven Pines, on the invitation of Charles E. Lewis.

He not only fished, but reportedly shot a bird that was dining on trout. Owners of fish farms are allowed to protect their investment.

Ladies of the Lewis Methodist Episcopal Church had cleaned the building from top to bottom, anticipating a visit from the famous man, but he didn’t come. That must have been a disappointment.

However, the community of Lewis basked in its day of glory to have an American president arrive in their small town. Spectators came from the surrounding area to catch a glimpse of the presidential party. Flags were flying and Lewis went all out for the occasion.

Tours at Seven Pines include mention of the Coolidge Room. I’m surprised it has no plaque on the door identifying it.

President Coolidge was often called “Silent Cal.” It was reported that at a dinner party in Washington, D.C., a woman gushed to the president, “I bet I can make you say more than two words.” He replied, “You lose.”

At a parade held in Superior, my husband’s cousin, Sherman Groves, got too close to the vehicle carrying the president, and the president’s bodyguards were right there to pull him away. It became an oft-told family story.

I usually save Coolidge stories for Charles E. Lewis weekends, but since fish stories have been printed in recent issues of the Leader, I thought I’d share it now.

Until next week, Bernice.

Do you remember ?

Compiled by Bernice Abrahamzon

50 Years Ago Lack of rain halted the seeding of peas for the Frederic Cannery.-Two Polk County schools planted trees for reforestation with 500 Norway pine planted at Indian Creek School on May 8, and 250 white spruce and 250 Norway pine in McKinley Township.-Windus’s Apparel, Frederic, had a coat sale with prices ranging from $14.95 to $29.95.-Clover Farm Store in Frederic celebrated its fifth anniversary with specials including 10-lbs. sugar at 99¢, 50-lbs. of King Midas flour at $3.25 and Red Cup coffee at 77¢ lb.-A Frederic trombone trio included Nancy Christensen, Meryl Bishop and Nancy Huser, presented a solo number at a Frederic concert.-Mr. and Mrs. Donald Callaway, Frederic, announced the engagement of their daughter, Elaine, to Marlyn Wedin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Wedin, Grantsburg.-Ray Petersen, proprietor of the Ben Franklin Store, Frederic, had a sale, and the first 72 women entering the store on May 17, received a free bar of Woodbury deodorant soap.-The Stoppe Inn on Hwy. 35, on mile south of Siren, was now open, specializing in Southern-fried chicken.-The film “The Spirit of St. Louis” with James Stewart playing the role of Lucky Lindy at the Auditorium Theatre, St. Croix Falls.-Muriel Peterson was valedictorian and Roger Stauter was salutatorian at Grantsburg High School.

40 Years Ago Specials at the Clover Farm Store, Frederic, included Del Monte catsup at 4 bottles for 88, bacon ends and pieces at 4 lbs. for $1 and bananas at 2 lbs. for 25¢.-An ad in the paper for the First Bank of Grantsburg announced “Charlie Spencer just got married. The $1,000 he borrowed for a honeymoon is only the beginning.”-Obituaries included John Stener, Clarence Nelson and Patti Lynn Heely.-Kronlund Motors, Spooner, announced a new car rental service.-Our Own Hardware Store, Frederic had a sale on galvanized steel new U.S. mailboxes at $2.39, 12-qt. galvanized water pail at 89¢ and manure forks at $4.19.-McNally Bros. Machine & Gear Co., Grantsburg, needed help on the day and the night shifts.The Badger Dutchmen provided the music for a May 6 dance at the Indian Creek Hall.-Thirty-one students would graduate at the Siren High School, and the guest speaker was Prof. George Walter of Lawrence University, Appleton.-New steps were taken to promote Burnett County beautification.-The new Dairyland Volunteer Fire Department answered its first call to the home of an elderly resident at Cloverton, Minn.- The Coomer Tavern, operated by Mrs. Charmaline Alden of Siren was destroyed by fire.-Selfhelp training was completed by 14 Siren area adults, conducted by Mrs. Arleth Lexen.

20 Years Ago Luck senior, Jay Gilhoi would represent his school at Boys State the third week of June, and Dawn Holdt, senior, would attend Girl’s State.-Hugo Kettula was re-elected chairman of the township of Clam Falls. Don Byerly Jr. was re-elected supervisor; Larry Jensen would be a supervisor as Everett Chaplin chose not to run. Ruby Kettula vacated the clerk position, and Sandra Rommel replaced her. Jean Hill was unopposed for treasurer, and she drew 219 votes.

Voters in Clam Falls Township gave a majority vote of 126-87 for a state lottery.-Orlan Johnson was selected as Man of the Year at Grantsburg.-A helicopter would now help the DNR battle local fires.-The play “The Diary of Anne Frank” was given at the Webster High School on April 10.-The musical “Hello, Dolly!” was presented at the Grantsburg High School. Highlighted as Business of the Week was Sherry Cadotte, owner of Sun Travel and Tan at Webster.-Warren Swanson wrote the article on the Akermark Heritage, showing the big home on Big Wood Lake.-Siren residents raised questions on changes at Capeside Cove.The Ravnholt familiy offered land to expand the Luck Golf Course.-Manager of the Inter-County Co-op Publishing Ass’n., Frank Gursky, planned to retire after Dec. 16, 1987.

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Come one … come all … play for a cure Relay for Life of Burnett County is June 8 WEBSTER - Mark your calendar - Friday June 8 - for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Burnett County. This large, popular family-friendly community event returns for the seventh year, bigger and better than ever.

Twenty-eight teams of your friends and neighbors will set up campsites around the Webster High School track and settle in for a night of celebrating, remembering and fighting back against cancer.

The teams have chosen game themes and the campsites are decorated. Play games that will test your skills, challenge your physical abilities but for sure, entertain us all. You will be able to play “Deal or No Deal,” “Scrabble,” or participate in a Bunco tournament, casino games, Plinko and get physical with a golf putting green, “Kick the Can(cer)” and many other activities for all ages.

Food, yes, lots of food to keep your energy high; cheese brats, burgers, pizza, popcorn, sweets and much more. Eat your way around the track!

Once again the Relay Dudes will make an appearance this year. Can you guess which Burnett County men are hidden under the wigs, eyelashes, dresses and those huge high-heeled shoes - where do they get them?

They may not be pretty but the Dudes are a lot of fun.

Be sure and cast your vote for the 2007 Relay Dude.

To keep the evening going there is live music and a DJ who will keep the place hoppin’ with lively tunes.

There will also be a caricature artist to capture the very humorous side of you and your family, clowns and face painters to keep the little ones busy. There will be a special area to sit and remember those lost to cancer and a bench where you can have a name wood-burned as a memorial to be placed in the community.

Teams will be selling chances for terrific prizes; knitted, crocheted and quilted blankets, wooden yard windmills, artwork, silent auctions and beautiful arts and crafts for sale. Something for everyone.

At 7 p.m. the games begin with the opening program

and the celebration of survivors first lap, always uplifting and fun for all. As night falls, relay quiets down as the emotional and highlight of the relay begins at 10 p.m. Lights are dimmed, children are hushed and the track is set aglow with hundreds and hundreds white luminaria bags, which flicker in the darkness. Attendees will honor cancer survivors and remember those lost to cancer by reading the message on each and every bag. An inspiring, heart-warming ceremony, not to be missed. Luminaria bags can be purchased at Gandy Dancer Books in Webster, from relay team members or at the relay.

Please support all the dedicated, wonderful teams on Relay night. Come, enjoy, and make a difference.

Making the event possible are the 2007 Relay for Life Burnett County Medical Center, Gold Sponsors: Northwestern Wisconsin Electric, Burnett County Sentinel, Siren Lions Club, Mike Vasatka, Inter-County Leader and Mix #105 Radio. - submitted

Dedication of Simonson Woods on St. Croix Falls Trails Day ST. CROIX FALLS – Simonson Woods, the unofficial name for 400 acres of property recently acquired by the City of St. Croix Falls, will be dedicated and open to the public for guided tours during the St. Croix Falls Trails Day celebration, June 2.

This land features wooded trails, and spectacular rock out-crops. Funds for the purchase of this property were procured through a grant through the Western Wisconsin Land Trust, park dedication fees and private donors. The land represents further establishment in culture of conservation and creates a green border over the northern portion of our city. City administrator Ed Emerson says, “The land holds great potential for our community.”

National Trails Day is sponsored by the American Hiking Association and is celebrated the first Saturday in June in over 3,000 communities across the United States. Now in its third year, St. Croix Falls Trails Day has an expanded list of sporting events that feature

local trails. The mission in celebrating Trails Day encourages people to experience and enjoy nature through the pursuit of wellness and the day’s events are a terrific way to get the community together for healthy, revitalizing recreation on the city’s fantastic trail system.

Trails Day Events Schedule 8 a.m. - Kids One Mile Trail Run 9 a.m. - City of Trails 5K Run/Walk 10 a.m. - Lil’ Hiker Hustle 10:30 a.m. - Family Bike Ride to Luck (free BBQ lunch at Café Wren) noon - Croix Valley Woolly Mountain Bike Race (woollyrace.com) noon - Trails Day Potluck, kickball game and guided hikes at Lions Park 2 p.m. - Simonson Woods Dedication and Community Tour

For registration form and more information, check out www.scfwi.com or contact Amy Klein, 483-9542. – submitted

Please donate: Bloodmobile coming to St. Croix Falls and Cushing POLK COUNTY – The American Red Cross Bloodmobile is stopping in St. Croix Falls Wednesday, June 6, and in Cushing Thursday, June 7. American Legion Post 143 will host the St. Croix Falls blood drive Wednesday, from 12:30-6:30 p.m. The Cushing drive will be at the community center Thursday, from 2-6 p.m.

For more information, call the Red Cross office in Balsam Lake at 715-485-3025 or 1-800-GIVE-LIFE. – submitted

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER St. Croix Valley Dottie Senior Center Adams We had our general meeting on Thursday, following a potluck lunch. Vice president Dianne Nelson opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance. We voted for a new president and vice president. We were lucky to have two real nice guys to say they would take the jobs. Darryl Nelson will be vice president and John Brown will be president.

The Tuesday afternoon domino winners were Ione Meixner in first place, Donna Schlosser in second place, George Meixner in third place. 500 card winners were Don Lund in first place, Pete Schlosser in second place, Roger Greenly in third place, Jack Lund in fourth place and Don Benson in fifth place.

Enhance your life by giving someone a hug. Talk to yourself. Be your own motivator. Be actively involved in your life.

Live your life on your terms. Find your passion. You have to live what’s in you. Live your dream. Say to yourself: I’ve got what it takes to make it. Find the meaning in today. Be aware of being alive. Life is either a great adventure or it’s nothing.

Thursday evening 500 card winners were Bernice Olson in first place, Phil Mevissen in second place, Jeanne Thomfohrda in third place and Cliff Qualle in fourth place.

Have a great day!

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Memorial Day services will be held at Hertel Lakeview Cemetery on Monday, May 28, at 10 a.m. sharp. All are welcome.

Clam River Tuesday Club will meet June 6 at 1:30 p.m. at the home of Sue Mroszak.

Donna and Gerry Hines traveled to the Twin Cities Friday.

That evening they celebrated Mother’s Day with some of their family members. On Saturday, they attended a dance recital of granddaughters, Alexandra and Olivia Hines.

Nina and Lawrence Hines went to Eau Claire Saturday to attend the college graduation ceremony of their grandson, Ryan Hagen. He will now be working in Florida.

Karen and Hank Mangelsen visited Jerry, Rose and Kristen Sexton Saturday evening.

Lida and Don Nordquist went to Osceola Sunday to attend the confirmation ceremony of their granddaughter, Randi Funk. Later they went to the celebration in her honor at the home of Joleen and Richard Funk. Gerry and Donna Hines were guests there also.

Congratulations to Kristen Sexton on her confirmation Sunday at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Spooner. Her parents hosted a celebration in her honor Sunday afternoon at their home.

Open houses were held Sunday afternoon for Kelli Marlow, a Shell Lake graduate, and Matt Lester, a Siren graduate. Congratulations to all the new high school graduates in the area.

Roger and Sue Mroszak visited Marvin and Gladys Knoop Sunday evening.

Frederic Senior Center Monday was a busy day at the center. Hazel and Ardyce planted pots of flowers that were donated by Bernice Kurkowski. The fourth-graders came and interviewed us and asked questions about how it was to attend a one-room schoolhouse. This was from 12:30 to 1 p.m.

Spades were played at 1 p.m. and then at 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Melinda Sorensen and her fourth-grade group came back and did cleaning errands for us. They baked strawberry shortcake that they will treat us to next Monday. They made flower cup decorations and planted a flower in each. We are looking forward to their coming next Monday. They will plant OUR geranium planters, treat us to strawberry shortcake and give us a program.

The winners of the spade game was first – Sylvia Heavy; second - Ed Berdahl, third – Hazel Hoffman and fourth - Arnie Borchert.

Wednesday a happy group of pokeno players joined

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The annual Scramble Golf Tournament, organized by the Luther Point Bible Camp, will be held at the Siren National Golf Course on June 4. For sponsors or for more info call 715-689-2347.

Art and Bev Beckmark visited with Brad and Mitzi Alden and Stan and Erna Lueck Friday evening, and Saturday evening they enjoyed dinner at Madden’s with Barry and Mary Stewart. Sunday found them in Duluth putting flowers on Bev’s relatives gravesites for Memorial Day and then lunch with her sister, Janis, and husband Al Butler, and topped it all off with a short visit to Dick and Julie Sowas, Bev’s cousin, to catch up on family news.

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A reminder … this Friday, May 25, monthly potluck/birthday meeting at 6 p.m. Guest speakers Betty and Richard Benjamin will give a presentation on bus tours. Hope you all can attend as it sounds very interesting!

I taught Pearl Jensen and Ellen Jepsen a new card game. It is called Garbage. My grandkids taught me how to play it. Grandson Alex said “anybody can play this game ‘cause you don’t have to be smart to play Garbage.” I wonder what he meant? Anywho, Pearl beat

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Vogel, Barb Munger and Inez Pearson.

Saturday, Mother Nature cooperated and delivered a beautiful day for the first farmers market of the season.

The center had a very successful day also. We had four tables of baked goods and I believe that there were only two items left after the two hours that we were open for business. The craft room did an outstanding job on their sales and we also sold many of our greeting cards.

To complete our Saturday, a large group of seniors helped Lorraine Haaf celebrate her retirement party given by all her friends of the Moose at the Moose Lodge. Lorraine has volunteered for many years in their kitchen and I really doubt if she will turn her apron in on a permanent basis. I expect to see her checking things out over there just to make sure they are running properly.

The Dining at Five dinner is coming up very soon, June 7, I believe. Shirley is planning on serving meat loaf, baked potato, scalloped corn, salad bar, rolls and fruited jello. Call 349-2845 to make your reservation or stop in anytime from Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

We want to extend gratitude to all of the folks who have remembered us also this week. Char Flystad brought in some beautiful pillows that she had crafted for our craft room. Also Betty Johnson donated six large plastic storage boxes of material, which will be put to good use, and thank you Izzy and Chuck Magnison for the nice articles you donated.

Remember the center is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Friday. Dime bingo on Tuesday afternoon at 1 p.m. and 500 and spades on Wednesday and Friday also starting at 1 p.m. We have a lot of great reading in our lending library, so stop in and check things out.

Have a safe Memorial Weekend and don’t forget to remember our veterans at the various cemeteries on Memorial Day.

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Seems like old Mother Nature can’t make up her mind as to just what kind of weather she wants us to have this year. What with last week’s yo-yo temps, she sure showed her indecisions. Saturday’s temps shot up to the 80s, only to have them drop over 30 degrees in about four hours. This year one doesn’t know if you should go summer clothes or winter clothes, and some days you do both on the same day.

Congratulations to eighth-grader Stephanie Taylor and freshman Holly Mulroy for being chosen Siren School’s students of the week.

Don’t forget on Memorial Day weekend there is a slowpitch tournament at the Siren Ball Park from Friday, May 25 through Sunday, May 27.

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for a good time.

Thursday night 500 cards was well attended. The winners were first – Marie Turek, second – Lola Hinschberger; third – Jim Bly and fourth Arvid Pearson.

Saturday share-a-lunch and a birthday celebration was enjoyed with a roast beef dinner and cake desserts.

Bingo and cards were played with a lunch served at 3 p.m.

Janet Nichols’ birthday party was hosted at the senior center at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 20, with an open house from 2 to 5 p.m.

The fourth-grade students will be planting our red geraniums on Monday. They did such an excellent job last year, so we are looking forward to their giving us a hand with our project.

“It is the sweet, simple things of life, which are the real ones after all.”

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All systems were on go this past week at the center.

The seniors started off the week with their monthly meeting on Tuesday with 27 people attending. We don’t usually have a first peek at things that the organizations which meet at our center are planning, but we hit paydirt during the meeting when Nancy Tamminga, a Siren Lioness, delivered a large amount of beautiful baskets of flowers that the Lioness’ were going to silent auction for their meeting on Tuesday night. As we admired all of her creations, we learned that she had requested that each Lioness bring an artificial flower to the meetings throughout the year. The surprise for all the gals was that she took those flowers, designed and decorated the many baskets of flowers, which they ended up bidding on. We certainly have a lot of creative people in our community.

Thanks to the Lioness’ for letting us share this surprise with you.

After the meeting we had a chance to celebrate Judy Johnson and Don Brand’s May birthdays with our monthly birthday cake.

We received word that our vice president, Grace Haines was scheduled for hip surgery that day in the Twin Cities. Our speedy recovery wishes for you, Grace, hope to see you up and running soon. Good news also from Nona Severson, she is on the mend and trying to catch up on her social activities. It takes a pretty strong arm to keep our seniors down.

The Tuesday afternoon dime bingo players had such a great time in the afternoon that they played four games and didn’t call it a day until after 4. This is a game that if you are tired or out of money after one game, you can call it quits. I believe that our faithful callers will call as long as there are willing players. Notice I didn’t call you gamblers.

Wednesday 500 card winners were Sue Newberger, Don Heavey, Dwaine Bentley and Clara Palomaki.

Friday spades winners were, Arvid Pearson, Gerry

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Ellen too many times to mention! Come on down to the center and I will teach you how to play Garbage.

No lunch signup for this Thursday or Friday at this writing, but that could change, so please call the center to see if we are open. Continue to read Luck Senior Citizens news as next week there might be extra-special news! Until next week, keep smiling and have a great week!

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653-4281 Ann Marie Nelson, daughter of Marlene and Scott Nelson of Lewis, was honored during Sunday’s worship service at the Lewis church. She is a Frederic senior who will graduate this year and she intends to continue her education at UW-Superior.

A committee consisting of Robin Peterson, LaVerne Leep and Bernice Abrahamzon decided to present Ann with a scholarship from her church, where she has been very active and involved. We are proud of her and very happy for her.

Pastor Mike read an essay aloud during the service about the Siren tornado. It had been written by Ann. She has been on a number of mission trips to help out in areas where disasters have occurred, and has assisted in local areas as well.

The Lewis Church has contributed to scholarship funds for years, but this year the church board voted to embark on its own scholarship fund.

Who would think it would be necessary to turn on the heat in area homes? One day it’s in the 80s and the next, 40 degrees lower.

Sylvia and Phil Schaetzel provided the Sunday afterservice treat with coffee with additional treat from Marie Nelson. Karen Johnson was accompaniest for Sunday’s service, a service she once provided at the Wolf Creek United Methodist Church.

The morning book club met at the Frederic Public Library last Thursday, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. to discuss Philip Roth’s book. The June selection is “The Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, set in Barcelona. It is beautifully written with suspense, good characterization and dialogue. It is great fun to discuss a particular book over a cup of coffee and a cookie. In most cases it is not a selection which an individual would elect for himself or

herself. Its not only a challenge, but also mind-stretching.

The community of Lewis has been beautiful the past two weeks with mounds of lilacs in bloom and Hopa crabs and other flowering bushes and trees. The story goes that a tree salesman once made the rounds of Lewis and Frederic and sold many Hopa crab trees and they are now quite large and spectacular.

Others say that Rollie Lundquist had a gorgeous tree and many volunteer roots came from that spectacular tree.

For a brief time, Lewis looks like a flower town.

Good news to report: Roberta Sahr has had successful cornea transplant surgery and is doing well, JoAnn Gibbs underwent cataract surgery last Wednesday and is planning to have a second cataract surgery in June. The marvels of modern science.

The members of the Lewis Church voted to give a Hopa crab tree to Pastor Mike and Candy Ascher. Candy’s father passed away downstate and the tree is a memorial gift, and has been delivered the their new home north of Siren.

It’s amazing what even a little rain can do to green up lawns and fields. Spring is full of surprises!

A new Scrabble player turned up last Monday at the Scrabble Club at Sunrise Apts., Frederic. The time is Monday at 1 p.m., except when Monday is a holiday. Additional players are always welcome. No preregistration required.

Just turn up in the community room. The challenge is issued.

The yard/garage/moving/rummage season is upon us!

Just take a look at the current yellow advertiser. So many sales, so many miles, so many tempting things, such expensive gasoline. Perhaps we only regret the things we didn’t buy.

And remember, the Frederic Public Library is having an-

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Fran Krause attended the fifth- to eight-grade band concert at Webster Thursday evening.

Del Krause went to Stevens Point to bring Allyson home from college for the summer. Sunday they attended the graduation at Grantsburg.

Last Monday, Lavonne O’Brien presented the HCE scholarship to Ben O’Brien at the awards night at Webster High School.

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Births Born at St. Croix Regional Medical Center: A boy, Sawyer Charles Gault, born May 14, 2007, to Paul and Sarah Gault, Osceola. Sawyer weighed 10 lbs., 3 oz. *** A boy, Brady Ray Burton, born May 15, 207, to Megan and Jeremy Burton, Grantsburg. Brady weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz. *** A boy, Forrest Daniel Anderson, born May 12, 2007, to Erik and Tiffany Anderson, Dresser. Forrest weighed 8 lbs., 10 oz. *** A girl, Sophia Mary Haaf, born May 11, 2007, to Megan and Adrian Haaf, Cushing. Sophia weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz. *** A girl, Piper Lee Steckart, born May 9, 2007, to Angela Tenebrini and James Steckart, Osceola. Piper weighed 8 lbs., 3 oz. *** A boy, Michael Todd Williamson, born May 10, 2007, to Andrea and Robert Williamson, Frederic. Michael weighed 4 lbs., 12 oz. ***

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other book sale during Frederic Family Days. Books in good condition are being donated to the library, at this time so they can be included in the sale. Sometimes a book is put on the shelf for circulation if it is not in the current library inventory.

The inter-library service is a wonderful resource for readers looking for a certain book. That book may be available from another Wisconsin library and can be borrowed from one library to another. It really expands possibilities. Inquire at the library desk.

Appreciation to those who took time to answer questions about Hugh Taylor. Yes, he was Nellie Taylor’s husband, and they once lived northwest of Frederic. Most readers were surprised to learn that he wrote poetry. You know what they say about “still waters run deep.”

Most readers are surprised when they read obituaries to learn so many interesting facts about the deceased. Talents, hobbies, special interests catch our attention. Isn’t it too bad we didn’t know about these things sooner?

For those who skip reading letters for the editor, you’re missing a battle of the intellect between Boyd Sutton and Bradley Ayers.

Not long ago we had a challenge going between columnists. Steve Pearson and Wayne Anderson of West Sweden. Talk about creating local interest when writers turn controversial. Everyone enjoys a good fight, even if it’s only verbal.

Apologies for the typos in my column. My thoughts go faster than my pen, and perhaps my copy is hard to decipher. I know what I mean, but perhaps I leave you, the reader, in the dark. The new “q” word is “qi” (no “u” needed with it) and we all know that its possessive does not require an apostrophe any more than his or hers.

Engagement

Tuesday, Fran Krause and LaVonne O’Brien attended the Burnett County HCE Spring Luncheon and Recognition Day at the Pour House in Siren.

The Harmony Club got an award for 61 years of service.

Pat and Nancy O’Brien returned from a week’s fishing trip.

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Mother’s Day always brings a pleasant intermission to the flow of spring activities out here in the little townships of Arna and New Dosey.

The Allen Wolfs spent a quiet Mother’s Day at the Hole in the Wall Casino in Danbury, while Don and Marlene Mishler, accompanied by Pam and Leon Berg enjoyed the luncheon special at the Hay Creek Outpost.

Carol and Gordy Hasledalen joined 30 family members and friends for a Mother’s Day visit to the Como Park Zoo in St. Paul, Minn. Gordy is working full time in Eau Claire these days. Carol spends her time working at East Central School or with her friend May Woyak from Hinckley.

Del and Sue Schirmer brought a lovely bouquet of flowers and returned her little white truck when they came for a Mother’s Day visit with mom Deloris. Her son Don brought a plant the next day. A few days earlier, Rose Graham, a good friend from Stacy, Minn., came to spend

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the day and have lunch at the Hay Creek Outpost with Deloris.

Mother’s Day celebration covered two days for Sandi and Dave Drake. On Saturday, they spent the day with son Tim and his family at their cabin on Big Pine Lake, then the next day they went to the Oak Inn in North Branch to have dinner with daughter, Patti, and her family.

Peter Fornengo II, entertained his parents on Mother’s Day at granny’s home, the home of Emma’s mom on Big McGraw Lake in Wisconsin.

Other activities for Emma and Peter included a visit from Peter III with his daughter Emma, a trip to vote on the school bond and a shopping trip to Superior.

A busy week or so had Mary and Frank Schaaf visiting his sister Louise in Siren, a dental trip for Mary to Hinckley and a haircut for Frank in Superior.

Patty Koehler spent last weekend in Green Bay participating in the annual yard and home work for her mom.

As you may recall, all of her siblings take one weekend each year and get mom’s home ready for summer.

Patty’s daughter Alissa met her in Chipewa Falls and joined in the work. Alissa and her husband, Rick Norenberg, recently moved from Seattle to Eagan, Minn. Jack Frost nipped Bob the other day by getting some of his grapes, but Bob is fighting back.

Trudy Gloe, who lives on Hay Creek Road, would like to thank Jan and Ed Proffit for keeping her place plowed and bringing her firewood this past winter. She says their help was marvelous and helped keep her going on her little place.

Dave and I spent a wonderful Mother’s Day in Ashland with Chuck, Lynn and Tanner. My daughter Elizabeth, who lives on Maui, sent me a beautiful bouquet by way of the floral shop in Sturgeon Lake and my son Bill called from Thailand.

I took Jan Streiff to lunch at the Hay Creek Outpost one day, as a way of saying thanks for letting me use her computer to e-mail Bill in Thailand when I need to.

Two special annual events are forthcoming – the pancake breakfast sponsored by the Duxbury Volunteer Fire Department this Sunday, May 27, at the Duxbury Town Hall and the Kingsdale picnic sponsored by Barbara and John Nelson, Kingsdale weekenders, at their cabin on Sunday, June 3, beginning at noon.

Have fun this summer, wherever you are.

Morse/Imme Ron and Brenda Morse would like to announce the engagement of their daughter, Nicole Morse, to Adam Imme, son of Bruce Imme and Pam Imme.

Nicole and Adam are both natives of Siren. Adam graduated high school in 2001 and Nicole in 2002.

They currently have a home in Coon Rapids, Minn.

Nicole is a radiology assistant at Suburban Imaging in Coon Rapids, Minn., and Adam is an electrician at Vinco of Forest Lake, Minn.

A July 28 wedding is being planned at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Siren. A reception will follow at Coyland Creek.

Happy Corners Mardel Barnette and Shawn went to Eau Claire shopping and for lunch. They visited Vern Catlin in Luther Hospital on Monday afternoon.

Mardel Barnette and Shawn and Madaline Sinclair had a Cumberland ECU party for 26 residents on Tuesday afternoon from the Almena VFW Auxiliary.

Vern Catlin had his hip operation at Luther Hospital in Eau Claire, and now he is in Barron Hospital getting better. If anyone wants to go and see him, he is in Room 7.

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Retiring Siren librarian is honored

RIVER FALLS – Retiring Siren librarian/media specialist Sheila Staples was one of the persons honored at the Media Specialist Spring Gathering in River Falls Wednesday, May 23. The gathering was held at the River Falls High School from 5:30-8:30 p.m.

“The gathering involves several library/media specialists from your area that are retiring – Siren, Amery (Patricia Waterman from Amery Middle School) to be precise,” Cheryl Hoffman, media specialist at River Falls High School, wrote in an e-mail to Gary King, editor of the Leader.

“I was hoping that you could focus on the retirees, but more so on what UWRF is offering students and staff for the high schools in our region. I realize that it is a big step for many students who graduate high school to even think about attending a university. This

partnership creates an opportunity for students to experience a university while learning how to research a paper for a high school assignment with their high school teacher and librarian,” Hoffman continued.

High school students are now allowed to get a university library card at no cost. The university provides class instruction for high school classes that are doing research on the use of reference materials in the library.

According to Hoffman, three states did studies that proved that students who have a strongly supported library media program have higher student achievement. A Wisconsin study in 2005 showed that students in schools with professionally staffed, fully equipped libraries scored up to 19 percent higher on the state achievement exam. – submitted

Model rocketry demo June 3 Chute/Britton Lisa Chute, Grantsburg, and Ralph Britton, Grantsburg, are pleased to announce their engagement.

Lisa is the daughter of Rita Chute of Grantsburg.

Ralph is the son of Tamara Ellefson and Ralph and Jennel Britton, all of Frederic.

The maid of honor will be Vicky Britton and the best man will be Terry Britton. Special attendants will be Shawn Chute, Lea Chute, Lindsy Chute, Nick Britton and Tony Britton.

The bride-to-be is employed at Northern Manufacturing in Grantsburg, and the groom-to-be is employed at Minnesota Stillwater Prison in Stillwater, Minn.

The couple are planning a June 2 wedding at the United Methodist Church in Grantsburg.

The couple plan to honeymoon in Jamaica.

Wedding Cook/Miller Amanda Cook and Benjamin Miller, both of Grantsburg, are pleased to announce their marriage.

Amanda’s parents are Patricia and Kenneth Mitchell and Glen Cook of St. Croix Falls. Benjamin is the son of Shirley Miller of Denver, Colo.

The couple was married on May 1 in Balsam Lake, and are planning a reception at their farm in Grantsburg in September.

SIREN - The Burnett County 4-H Aerospace Project and the Wood River Beavers 4-H Club will host a public demonstration of model rocketry on Sunday, June 3, at the Grantsburg Airport as part of Big Gust Days. The first launch is scheduled for 2 p.m.

Over 20 young 4-H members have been constructing rockets. They will be testing their rockets as well as presenting a demonstration flight lineup that is slated to include launching rockets from 6-inches to 6feet tall.

The public is invited to observe or even be part of the action by helping with tracking, recovery or record keeping. Model rocket enthusiasts are invited to bring rockets and engines and participate by launching them at the state-of-the-art launch facilities. 4-H reHello, Fritz here! Well, it’s already near the end of May. Which means one of my favorite events is just around the corner, the Furry Family Reunion! The angels are having the reunion on Saturday, June 16, this year from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. It’s always a howling good time so plan to attend with your adopted pooch!

Fritz The Furry Family Reunion is when the angels invite all my old NEWS FROM friends from the shelter and their humans to come play games, visit and enjoy lunch together. It’s so good to see everyone again, I can’t hardly wait, aroooo! If you haven’t adopted a dog from the shelter, you can still come visit with us. The angels just ask that you call the shelter and let them know how many humans plan on coming so they know how much

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Webster Senior Center Well, here we are again, another week with another column. The older one gets, the faster time flies. I’m not saying “stop the world and let me off,” I just want things to slow down a little. You know the old term “The hurrier I go, the behinder I get” — it may not be correct English but it sure is true.

My news last week for the Leader is still floating around somewhere out in cyberspace as I did e-mail the column to them but they didn’t receive it. The Ravishing Rubies Red Hat Society met for lunch on Tuesday, April 24, at White Tail Wilderness, with Vice Queen Mother Jeanette Olson in charge. There were only 16 ladies present but they greatly enjoyed their meal and Jean’s hospitality.

They sang with gusto our Red Hat song, not only accompanied by the taped music, but with Judy Reese playing energetically on her kazoo. Members are being encouraged to bring their kazoos or any type of musical instrument to add to the festivities at the May luncheon. There weren’t any members present that were celebrating April birthdays, but Janet Snelson and Janice Lee won door prizes. I have the purple birthday hat if someone would like to wear it in May. Entertaining stories and jokes were told by Janet Snelson and VQM Jeanette Olson. Members received “baby boas,” little red feathers that they were to take home and “nourish so they can grow up to be big boas.” They need to be fed chocolate and wine and be sheltered from the sounds of vacuum cleaners because it will scare the poor little things to death! The next Ravishing Rubies Red Hat Society Luncheon will be held at noon on Tuesday, May 29, at Wild Waters, 7516 Main Street, Danbury. Their private dining room is now completed and ready for use.

The dime bingo players had a good time on Wednesday afternoon, May 2, playing cards and enjoying the homemade goodies at break time. Jane Wardean, Margel Ruck and I were callers and most everyone stayed for the third game. Afterwards, Effie Wester, Margel Ruck, Jane Wardean and I decorated the diner’s tables with a spring theme. On Wednesday, May 9, 16 hungry diners enjoyed Deb’s roast turkey dinner. There were 18 dime bingo players after lunch and Margel Ruck, Mert Kisselburg and

Gladys Beers all furnished refreshments.

The American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Burnett County Survivorship dinner that was held Monday evening, May 7, at Grace United Methodist Church, Webster, was well attended by cancer survivors from throughout the county.

There was a lot of action going on at the center on Thursday evening as eight men played pool and seven ladies played cards. Throughout the evening they all enjoyed the tasty goodies furnished by the gals and had lots of hearty laughter as a side benefit. You all should know that genuine, hearty laughter, every day, is good for the soul and helps you live longer.

Girl Scout Troop 190 rummage and bake sale held on Friday and Saturday at the Webster Community Center was well attended by people from near and far. They had items for sale for babies on up to seniors. The American Legion Auxiliary Otis Taylor Post 96 donated the leftover items from their April sale, in addition to others people from Polk and Burnett counties. Proceeds are being donated to the Women’s CRA Welcome Home Shelter located in Milltown.

Mary Poretti, Kay Moore, Gladys Beers and I attended the Interfaith Caregivers of Burnett County Big Band Gala Night at the Lodge, Siren. The dinner was delicious and the music by Nuto was wonderful. Dan Zimmer was invited to fill in for a few sets at the drums and he sure hasn’t lost his touch. A lot of people were dancing but my toes were only tapping under the table. “My get up and go has just got up and went!”

Don’t forget that our next monthly senior citizen meeting will be held at the center on Monday, May 21, at 12:30 p.m. You are welcome to call Deb at 866-5300 for a reservation to eat first and then attend the meeting. Deb will be serving her delicious spaghetti with meat sauce, lettuce salad, cheesy breadsticks and dessert.

Mark your calendars for the Monday, May 28, Memorial Day Dinner sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary Otis Taylor Post 96, Webster, served at 11:30 a.m. following the ceremony at Oak Grove Cemetery, Webster. The menu is a roast beef dinner with all the fixins.

quests that all models pass range safety officer’s inspection as they will fly under the directives of the National Association of Rocketry.

Many demo flights are planned, including multistage flights, cluster engines, TV camera payloads as well as boost glide and unconventional recovery systems. Adult members will be launching some larger scale rockets powered by F and G engines with flights to a mile high possible. The exact lineup will be dictated by weather conditions. In addition to the show, some common engines will be available for purchase.

Do not miss this chance to learn about this exciting hobby. For more information on the Burnett County 4H Aerospace Project, call Craig Bowman at 715-4632684. - submitted lunch to prepare.

I still have plenty of wonderful friends here with me, including five of the kittens that were dumped at our door! We had one stray black Lab turned in this week from CTH F near Grantsburg. The angels named him Usher. Anyone missing a young black Lab mix?

Our good news for the week is that Harriet, the large wire-hair mix went to a furever family. I will miss her but, woof, was she happy to go! She’ll be a wonderful companion for her new family, I just know it.

That’s the news for the week. We could still use bleach and laundry detergent if you’d add it to your shopping list. The angels need it to keep our house and beds clean. Thank you and hopefully I’ll see you at the Furry Family Reunion!

With your help HSBC is saving lives, one at a time. www.hsburnettcty.org, 715-866-4096.

Mary Klar Because May is Poppy Month, the Auxiliary members will again be out distributing this little red flower that is made by disabled veterans. Members distributing them this year throughout the Webster and Danbury area are Joanne Larson, Dolores Lein, Mary Klar, Rita Peterson, Judy Rother and Marion Johnson. Auxiliary President June Larson, Judy Rother and Ruby Radke will be putting poppies on the graves of deceased veterans and Auxiliary members at our area cemeteries.

Our gratitude is extended to the Duane and Muriel Todd, Bruce and Judy Behrens, Mercelia Studeman and Harold Peterson for donating cash to purchase tomato and green pepper plants for the raised garden beds; and Bob Gleason for two very large bags of aluminum cans.

Our get-well wishes and prayers continue to go out to Norma Martin, Maurey Heyer, Paul Poretti, Dudley Dingmann, Patti Carpenter, Fran Krause, Thelma Klugow, Gladys Packer’s stepdaughter Roseanne Christofferson who is recovering from knee surgery, Millie Hopkins’ brother-in-law Don Peterson who had another stroke and is in a nursing home, Leo Lengyel facing surgery from diabetes complications, and Ray Hammerschmidt who is now residing at the Middle River Health Facility.

Jennifer Rothschild was 15 years old when she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, an incurable degenerative disease that slowly destroys the retina. Over the next 20 years, her light gave way to shadows. She is 43 years old now and can only detect very bright light. However, she has been married for 20 years and has two sons ages 17 and 8. Her husband, Philip, is her manager and she travels around the United States speaking at conferences. Jennifer learned to lean on God as she lost her sight and navigated the worlds of wife and motherhood, and she now travels the country encouraging weary souls and hurting women that “it can be well with your soul even when it isn’t well with your circumstances.” She says that she has a “tenacious faith,” which means she has an unwillingness to quit. “Only those that see the invisible can do the impossible.”-Unknown. “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” — Philippians 4:13. See you at the center!

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POLK COUNTY LIBRARY NEWS Amery Public Library Spring has arrived in fits and starts with cold one day and scorching heat the next. The Amery Public Library is getting ready for summer with some programs ending and some beginning.

The History group concluded its study. The Friends of the Library book group will meet throughout the summer. Their next selection is “One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd,” by Jim Fergus. One reviewer called it “more than a chronicle of the Old West, a superb tale of sorrow, suspense, exultation and triumph.” Pick up a copy of the book at the circulation desk and join us at 7 p.m. on June 18.

The Great Stories group is taking the summer off so will meet again in the fall.

Teens read book group will meet over the summer but haven’t chosen their next book yet. They meet the last Monday of the month from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., which in June would be June 25, unless it is a holiday, for subs and exciting book talk. If you are 13 or older check at the circulation desk for the book title and join them.

Please remember in the summer if you are dropping kids off to use the Internet and they are under 18, they need use signed parental permission on our form before they can us the Internet. We have five public access computers, which have one-hour time limits. Please stop in and sign the permission form so that your children won’t be disappointed.

Special guests at story time on May 30, will be Jason Schneider and Jeff Lang who will do magic and balloon animals.

Story time will be at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday mornings. Everyone is welcome for songs and stories.

Summer Reading Program starts on June 13. We will have the Polk County Search and Rescue dogs for our first program at 10:30 a.m. on that day. You can sign your kids up for summer reading on that day or on any other day throughout the summer. Our theme this year is “get a clue at your library. Kids can sign up for the Read-to-Me Program if they are preschoolers. They can sign up for the Regular Readers for kids who want to count books. They can sign up for the 50 Page Club or the 100 Page Club if they are reading chapter books. Pick up a brochure at the library with all the special programs coming throughout the summer. Join us for great reading and lots of fun.

The Amery Public Library is closed on Memorial Day, May 28, so enjoy your holiday. Otaku Club for kids who like manga and anime will meet on Tuesdays at 5 p.m.

Story Time on the Road will begin on June 18, with stories and crafts at 5 p.m. behind the Twin Pines Apartments on Minneapolis Avenue under the big tree.

Stop in for stories with library staff and special guests. Story Time on the Road will run every Monday from June 18 through July.

Library hours Monday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Luck Public Library Home school families and educators are invited to the Luck Public Library, Thursday, May 24, at 7 p.m. for a workshop focusing on learning styles. Jill Tinman, fourth-grade teacher at Siren Elementary, will discuss how to identify your child’s individual learning style and what kinds of lessons you can plan to take advantage of the unique way your child’s brain works at processing and storing information. Learn how to tailor your lessons and activities to your student so your classroom time can be more meaningful and enjoyable for everyone.

Our container gardening class scheduled for Tuesday, May 29, is filling up fast. Due to space, we need to limit the class to 30. Come in and sign up or call 472-2770 to get your name on the list.

Bring your pot and your soil. We will provide the plants and the experts. If you have plants to share with the class, feel free to bring them as well. We love interesting specimens. See all you gar-

deners at 6:30 p.m. at the library.

Preschool story hour at the library will continue through the month of May. We focus on emergent readers and early literacy skills. Preschool children are welcome every Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m. Join us for great stories, fun activities and a lot of laughs.

June will be an exciting time for the younger readers at the Luck Library. We will be starting our new June Your Readers Club on Tuesday evenings. Children between the ages of 5 and 10 are encouraged to come to the library and read with a partner. You can bring your own partner - maybe a parent, sibling, grandparent or friend, or read with one of our volunteers. This is a great way to brush up on reading out loud and share time with a friend. We have got some cool new books just for this program, not to mention treats and prizes. So come and join us anytime between the 6:30 and 8 p.m., every Tuesday in June.

Osceola Public Library Hours, contact Our hours are Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday from

noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Our phone number is 715294-2310, and our Web address is www.osceolapubliclibrary.org.

Balsam Lake Public Library

Clear Lake Public Library June is busting out all over! Do you remember that song from “Oklahoma?”

The Clear Lake Public Library is busting out with many June activities.

June 6, at 6:30 p.m.: Story time about the Rain Forest June 7, at 10 a.m.: Story time about the Rain Forest June 13, at 4:30 p.m.: Knitting and Crocheting June 13, at 6:30 p.m. Story time about Birds/Make a Father’s Day card June 14, at 10 a.m.: Story time about Birds/Make a Father’s Day card June 20, at 6:30 p.m.: Story time about Bugs June 21, at 10 a.m.: Story time about

Bugs June 22 beginning at 9 a.m.: Friends of the Library Plant and Book Sale June 27, at 4:30 p.m.: Knitting and Crocheting June 27, at 6:30 p.m.: Story time about Butterflies June 28, 10 a.m.: Story time about Butterflies Library hours: Monday: Noon – 7 p.m.; Tuesday noon – 6 p.m.; Wednesday 3 – 9 p.m.; Thursday: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Friday: noon – 5 p.m.; and Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. We can be reached by phone at 715-263-2802 or by e-mail at clearlakepl@ifls.lib.wi.us.

Milltown Public Library Win gift certificates at local businesses, cool T-shirts, and an iPod this summer.

How? By registering for the Summer Reading Program at Milltown Public Library and reading as many library books as possible!

Join us at the library for a kickoff celebration on Saturday, May 26, with clowns, games, art projects, and prizes for kids and adults. People of all ages, kids and adults, can participate and win prizes this summer. The kickoff celebration is your first chance to register for the program and begin recording your time spent reading. If you can’t make it to the kickoff on May 26, you can register anytime afterward, and start recording your reading to be entered into drawings for fabulous prizes and an awesome grand prize, an iPod, at the end of the summer.

Many exciting events are already planned for this summer – check out www.milltownpubliclibrary.org for more information.

Vanished Stop by the library on June 8 between 1 and 4 p.m. to check out a truly remarkable historical exhibit. “Vanished” tells the story of German-Americans detained by the United States government during World War II, and is housed on a unique bus that doubles as a museum. Inside the library we’ll show a special presentation

about German prisoner camps, and offer refreshments and a place to remember stories from the WWII era. Don’t miss this fantastic, free event at Milltown Public Library.

Story hour There will be no story time on May 29, but story time will be offered throughout the summer. Milltown Public Library offers two story times every Tuesday. The morning story time begins at 10 a.m.

Can’t make it in the morning? We will repeat the program at 6:30 p.m. Story times are free and are designed for children under 6 and their caregivers. Each story time lasts 30 to 45 minutes and includes time to browse and check out books.

We are wireless Bring your laptops to the Milltown Public Library and enjoy our new, free, fast wireless Internet access. No more waiting for an open computer! Surf the net from a comfortable chair! No time limits!

Hours Library hours are Monday and Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

St. Croix Falls Public Library Story Hour Listen to stories, create great art and have fun with other kids and parents every Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. at St. Croix Falls Public Library story hour!

Technology Wireless is back. After some policy discussions and budget adjusting, the St. Croix Falls Library is again offering free wireless access to people with laptops.

So stop in and launch onto the Web. Also, visit the library’s revamped Web site to find out what’s happening at the library www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

Hours, contact Our hours are Monday and Wednesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Centuria Public Library Hours The Centuria Public Library is open Monday from noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday from noon to 7 p.m., Wednesday from

Frederic Public Library

noon to 5 p.m., Thursday from noon to 7 p.m., closed Friday, and open 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday.

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POLK COUNTY LIBRARY NEWS Frederic Public Library Still room for you at the container gardening program May 24 Get a head start on your gardening projects by joining us Thursday evening, May 24, when Master Gardener Colleen Gifford will demonstrate container gardening and guide us as we plant our own containers in this makeand-take event. Bring your own container, and the library will supply soil and plants for a $10 fee.

Share the Bounty If you like to grow vegetables, why not share your green thumb with those in need? Share the Bounty is a hunger prevention project that encourages gardeners to plant free seeds which are available at the library and then bring half the harvest to local food shelves, families at WIC clinics and others in need. Stop in to pick up some seed packets and learn more about this program, or you can call 715-485-8520 for more information. Share the Bounty is a great family summer project!

BUS-eum tour coming to Frederic June 7 We have all heard about the JapaneseAmerican citizens and families that were housed in internment camps during WWII, but did you know the same fate also happened to German-American families? Mark your calendars for a very special event Thursday evening, June 7, when the library hosts a traveling exhibit that tells the little-known story of German-American civilian internment in the United States during WWII. The exhibit travels as a mobile museum aboard a retrofitted bus, and it will be in Frederic from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Community Pride Shelter, east of the Depot Museum. In addition, the library will screen a slideshow presentation beginning at 6 p.m. about the German POWs in Midwest camps (many people remember or have heard stories about the POWs working in Frederic and the

surrounding area). Here’s a rare opportunity to learn about WWII history that had a local impact. Plan to attend the exhibit and bring friends and family – we all need to remember and learn from these stories. There will also be a number of books for sale that were written about this period of history. For more information, please contact the library.

We are accepting book sale items If you’re cleaning shelves and closets, please consider donating your gently used books and movies to the library’s annual Family Days Bake/Book Sale.

Profits go to special library projects, and we welcome your donations anytime up to the day of the sale, June 15.

Reading groups meet June 21 The Thursday Morning Reading Group will meet June 21, at 10:30 a.m. to discuss “The Shadow of the Wind”

by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, a novel set in the 1950s in Spain. The 10-year-old son of a widowed bookstore owner discovers a rare novel by an obscure author, and when he tries to find more of his books, he learns about a horribly disfigured man who has been burning every copy he can find of the author’s novels. The evening Book Group will meet the same day at 7 p.m. to talk about “Everything Is Illuminated” by Jonathan Safran Foer.

With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man sets out to find the woman who might or might not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis.

Copies of the books are available at the library for anyone who is interested in joining a reading group.

Library hours at a glance Regular library hours are Mon. 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Wed., Thurs., Fri. 10 a.m. 5 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. The library is closed on Tuesdays.

How to contact the library Frederic Public Library, 127 Oak Street West. 715-327-4979; e-mail fredericpl@ifls.lib.wi.us.

Balsam Lake Public Library Happy Memorial Day and congratulations to all the graduates. Looking for creative ideas for parties and family gatherings? Come and browse the bookshelves at your local library.

Story time Story time is at 11 a.m. every Wednesday here at the library. All ages are welcome to join us for stories, crafts, music and snacks Book club We will meet again on Wednesday, June 20, at 3 p.m. Our selection for June will be “The Education of Little Tree,” a true story by Forrest Carter. “The Education of Little Tree” tells of a boy orphaned very young, who is adopted by his Cherokee grandmother and halfCherokee grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee during the Great Depression.” “Little Tree,” as his grandparents call him, is shown how to hunt and survive in the mountains and to respect nature in the Cherokee Way. Little Tree also learns the often callous ways of the white businessmen and tax collectors, and how Granpa, in hilarious vignettes, scares them away from his illegal attempts to enter the cash economy. Granma teaches Little Tree the joys of reading and education. But when Little Tree is sent to an Indian boarding school run by whites, we learn of the cruelty meted

out to Indian children in an attempt to assimilate them, and of Little Tree’s perception of the Anglo world and how it differs from the Cherokee Way. Favorite book group This book group will meet again Wednesday, June 6, 3 p.m. This group is for people to get together to share their favorite books and authors with each other.

Friends group The Friends group will meet again on Wednesday, May 30, at 3 p.m., this is a change in time. Next project for the Friends group will be the annual book sale during Freedom Fest. Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 30, from 9 a.m. -1 p.m. here at the library.

Events Summer events will be starting in June and the library will be hosting programs twice a month throughout the summer. More details to follow.

Hours Balsam Lake Library, (under the water tower) at 404 Main St., Balsam Lake. Hours are Monday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Email: balsamlakepl@ifls.lib.wi.us Web site www.balsamlakepubliclibrary.org.

Polk County Library Federation Be a summer sleuth at your library. We have started registering kids for the Polk County Library Federation’s Books-byMail summer reading program. If you can’t make it to your local library this summer, we can help. Give us a call at 715-485-8680.

Gratitude is extended to all who participated in the Teen Poetry Contest. Our judges, Virginia Zoncki-Bunker, Debbie Trantow, and Jodi Wolff read and scored 79 poems. Fun was had by all at the Poetry Slam at Goochy Noochy’s Coffee Bar in St. Croix Falls. Gratitude is extended to Bonde for donating the tasty treats.

The winners are as follows: First-place high school - Juliana Inlow, ninth-grade I. Q. Academies Second-place high school - Christine Franzel 10th-grade Luck Third-place high school - Breanna Coleman 10th-grade Amery Honorable Mention - Christine Franzel 10th-grade Luck First-place middle school - Katie Peterson eighth-grade Amery Second-place middle school - Alex Frey seventh-grade St. Croix Falls Third-place middle school - Erin Kessler seventh-grade St. Croix Falls Honorable Mention middle school Jessica Glover sixth-grade Grantsburg.

Laura Roettger, Centuria, is the winner of the 2007 Polk County Libraries Road Trip, having visited all 10 public libraries in the county during a two-week period in April. The road trip was part of National Library Week activities sponsored by Friends of the Polk County Library Federation.

Roettger read 100 books last year and plans to read more than that this year. She just finished “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.” Friends of Polk County Library Federation awarded Roettger with a $50 gas card, presented by Colleen Gifford, director of PCLF, right, and Lynn Schauls, director of Centuria Public Library. — Photo by Mary Stirrat

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A L.E.A.D. event FREDERIC – Frederic fourth-graders were invited to spend three days after school in Intergenerational LEAD activities. The senior center was looking for help in washing all the center’s windows and doors, as well as planting their flowers. Fourteen fourth-graders volunteered to help with this project. On the different afternoons they not only did those jobs, but also prepared strawber-

ries and made shortcake for a seniors strawberry shortcake social. They made decorations for the tables for Mother’s Day and put on a special Memorial Day program. At the program the students sang and played taps on recorder. They then gave each senior citizen that was present a flower in remembrance of a loved one. – Photos submitted

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Kindergarten tours at Burnett Medical Center GRANTSBURG - Burnett Medical Center provided tours of their facility to 65 Grantsburg kindergarten students on May 15 and 16. The children were able to visit the continuing care center, dietary department, laboratory, emergency room and the X-ray and rehabilitation services departments.

Each of the seven groups of students on both days was accompanied by a chaperone (generally a parent) who took them through the facility on a mapped route. Among other things, the kids were able to look through a microscope at blood cells and see how bacteria look on an Agar plate. They were able to sit on the table of the new CT scanner while it raised and lowered. And they also saw the darkroom where X-rays are developed. They also looked at X-rays of a person who had swallowed money.

The children walked the parallel bars

and saw a model of a skeleton in BMC’s rehabilitation department. In the emergency department, the kids had monitor patches placed on them and received their heart tracing printout. They also got to try out a blood pressure cuff and a cervical collar.

The Continuing Care Center at BMC gave kids a tour of the garden and let them try the EZ-lift equipment. Dietary staff spoke to the children about choosing the right foods in order to grow strong and healthy. And North Memorial ambulance was on hand to show the kids the inside of an ambulance and the equipment used for patients.

All children received “goody bags” of pages to color, various treats, and department-specific items from each station they visited. And each also received a nurse’s cap or doctor’s hat. – from BMC

Kindergarteners got a close up look at BMC’s emergency room. – Photos submitted

Kindergarteners viewing the CT scanner at Burnett Medical Center.

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Polk and Burnett County bees are inspected

by Wayne M. Anderson POLK AND BURNETT COUNTIES – A state bee inspector with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, buzzed all around Polk and Burnett counties last Thursday inspecting area apiaries.

State inspector Gordon Waller, Ph.D., traveled more than 10 hours to visit seven bee yards in and around the county areas, examining scores of hives, collecting data and educating area beekeepers on the ancient hobby of beekeeping.

“I was very impressed with the condition of the colonies,” said Dr. Waller.

“Most of them are poised for a honey flow.”

He was also impressed with northwest beekeepers here.

“I was absolutely impressed by the enthusiasm of the people for their bee en(L to R) J.J. Kaelley, Gordon Waller and Chris Lyman prepare to inspect one terprise and for their (bee club) of the nine bee colonies in Lyman’s apiary near Amery. - Photos by Wayne Anassociation.” derson In general, the state’s inspection revealed the colonies here are in good, tire hive must be burned and destroyed. old or have gone out of beekeeping. I healthy condition. However, some disThe amount of disease found in this guess we need to constantly be bringing ease was discovered: varroa mites and area “doesn’t disturb me,” said Waller. up the new and young beekeepers to American foulbrood.

Neither of these diseases have any af- take over the reins.”

Varroa mites are tiny insects, the size fect on the taste and safety of honey.

One local beekeeper, who accompaof a pinhead, that latch onto and feed off Last year the state apiarist, Elizabeth nied the state inspector, was pleased of the bee larvae. If the Varroa mite infes- Meils, invited area beekeepers to contact with the spring inspection. tation becomes too great, it can kill a en- state inspectors for a free inspection. This “I think it was entirely successful,” tire beehive. year was the first time the Polk-Burnett said Chris Lyman of Amery. And after The other disease found was American County Beekeepers Club had a state in- beekeeping for nine years, Lyman disfoulbrood. This is a bacterium that in- spection. covered something new: the taste of fects the brood of the bees and kills the Waller said that not many beekeeper larva. young larvae while still in their cells. It clubs take advantage of this helpful state “I tasted a little brood,” Lyman said. can devastate a colony.

“That is something I had not done beservice.

Sometimes American foulbrood can be “We have some (clubs) now that are fore.” chemically treated. But if the infection is faltering, shall we say,” Waller said. “The Bee brood is considered a delicacy in too great and it cannot be treated, the en- leadership people have either gotten too several parts of the world.

Bees are good and important for Wisconsin, as well as the rest of the country.

Unfortunately, “many states now have eliminated funding for any kind of bee outreach,” Waller said.

Even though a state inspector’s main “function is inspection and law enforcement” the state also wants to educate people on the vital agriculture of beekeeping.

“We need to inform the public the importance that we maintain a healthy, viable (bee) industry because our cranberry industry is the largest cranberry producing state in the country,” Waller said. “And we need thousands of colonies for that.”

Also “the apple growers, cherry growers, and cucumber growers and a few others are totally dependent on the beekeepers to pollinate their crops.”

Although the recent phenomenon of Dick Nelson, of Amery, kneels next to the artistic beehives he built.

Colony Collapse Disorder, or disappear-

These tiny brown spots are killer Varroa mites, which latch onto and feed off bee larva. - Photo by Kevin Karge ing bees, has not yet affected Wisconsin bees, the state is experiencing a shortage of bees.

“At the present time, our cranberry growers are bringing in bees from Michigan and Iowa and Arkansas,” said Waller. “It’s become a matter of we have a shortage of bees available for cranberry pollination within the state.”

So the state has an interest in promoting local beekeeping.

“Obviously it costs more to haul them in from Michigan rather than to bring them over from local beekeepers,” Waller said.

For more information on local beekeeping, call 715-327-5525.

Future beekeeper Leah Lyman, age 8, hugs her dad Chris Lyman outside their bee yard.

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Haaf retirement party RIGHT - A retirement party for longtime kitchen manager/cook Lorraine Haaf, Siren, was held Saturday, May 19, at the Burnett County Moose Lodge. Haaf started cooking at the lodge in 1980, and has provided the food for meetings, dinners and special events since that time. Former lodge administrator Curt Odden said that Haaf surprised him only one time – the day he found her at the top of a ladder, cleaning the ceiling in the kitchen, an indication of just how seriously she took her kitchen responsibilities. — Photos by Nancy Jappe

Lorraine Haaf, kitchen manager/cook at the Moose Lodge since 1980, and lodge member Bill Lang shared memories during a party in Haaf’s honor Saturday, May 19, at the lodge northeast of Siren.

LEFT - Appreciation for a job well done was given to LorHaaf, kitchen raine manager/cook at the Burnett County Moose Lodge for the past 27 years.

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HCE hosts annual Spring Fling POLK COUNTY — More than 100 members and guests gathered at Amery Congregational Church May 7 to celebrate the annual Polk County Home and Community Education Association Spring Fling.

Guest speaker for the evening was HCE member Gloria Bauer, presenting the program, “Mind Maneuvers,” with important, necessary, and fun suggestions to help keep minds sharp and alert.

Scholarship winners for 2007 were introduced to the group. Brita Renstrom, daughter of Mark and Emily Renstrom and granddaughter of member Cecelia Renstrom, received a $600 scholarship. She has been accepted into the nursing program at St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn.

Cassie Olson, daughter Mark and Beth Olson, won the $400 scholarship. She will graduate from college in 2008, and will be pursuing a career in the criminal justice field.

Polk County HCE membership Chairman Lois Olson introduced new members joining the association: Frances Anderson, Shirley Carnine, Marlyene Jahn, Tracye Heidman, Deloris Chartland, Margaret King, Bernadette Tolan, Liza Schweitzer, Ramona Anderson

Cassie Olson receives the Polk County HCE $400 scholarship. Not pictured is Brita Renstrom, who was awarded the $600 scholarship.

Cultural arts winners (L to R) are Gloria Larsen, Vivian Byl, Verneil Johnson, Betty Wilson, Margie Nelson, Joan Manke, Ione Muelhauser, and Pat Willits (for Jerry Willits). Not pictured is Mary Heaney. and Diana Overland.

Seven women who have supported Polk County HCE for 50 years were recognized by Phyllis Seggelke, president of the organization. Awarded with a certificate of honor and flowers were Jean Nystrom, Dorothy Rasmussen, Margie Mattson, Vivian Byl, Muriel Petersen, Marie Lindahl, and Irene Campbell.

An outstanding citizen plaque for exceptional volunteering in many areas in our county was awarded to Marie Bazey.

Winners of the cultural arts competition were announced as follows: Ione Meulhauser and Mary Heaney — writing; Jerry Willits — woodworking; Gloria Larsen — rug making; Betty Wilson — quilting; Vivian Byl — baby afghan; Verneil Johnson — cross stitch; Margie Nelson — crocheted tablecloth; and Joan Manke — pencil drawing. Winners will have their cultural arts entered in the state competition at Reedsburg in September.

The mission team of the Amery Congregational Church, which will be building a Home for Humanity in Wausau this summer, catered the meal.

Polk County HCE was founded 71 years ago. One if its main objectives is to help with needs in the county.

Educational programs are offered to members and the public during the year in an effort to keep people informed of various issues that may be of concern to them.

Polk County HCE members volunteer to make a difference, strengthen our leadership abilities through

Marie Bazey, left, with HCE member Jan Elmquist, received the outstanding citizen. training, and provide service to our communities. For more information regarding membership to Polk County HCE call Betty Zager at 715-822-2602 or the UW-Extension office at 715-485-8600. — Submitted by Polk County HC

Honored for their 50 years of involvement with Polk County HCE (not in order and not all shown) are Jean Nystrom, Dorothy Rasmussen, Margie Mattson, Vivian Byl, Muriel Petersen, Marie Lindahl and Irene Campbell.

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Commencement • Grantsburg High School • 2007

by Carl Heidel GRANTSBURG - Grantsburg High School’s Class of 2007 seemed to swim through a sea of family and friends and well-wishers as they moved up the aisle. Two by two, all 76 of the graduates filed into the gymnasium/auditorium last Sunday to complete their careers as students in the Grantsburg school system. One more thing to do. Graduation.

To a detached observer it was “just another high school commencement,” interchangeable with any such event in any other high school in the midwest. But to the graduates and the crowd this one was special.

These were “our kids” who began kindergarten in what “seemed like yesterday,” and suddenly they were young women and young men celebrated by a community that knew that there was no one like the Class of 2007. To the people gathered, these were special kids, and this was a unique moment.

The photos tell the story.

From the balcony, graduates proceeding to the front of the auditorium seemed to be swimming their way through a sea densely populated by family and friends.

Va l e d i c t o r i a n Lenora Benge Briggs welcomed the graduates and the community to the commencement activities.

Photos by Carl Heidel

The keynote address to the graduates came from Dr. Brad McDonald, MD, a 1984 graduate of Grantsburg High School.

“Don’t wait for things to happen,” he said.

“Make them happen.”

Josh Meyer (L) and David Faulhaber (R) reminised over years of their lives as students, as they reminded their classmates of the fun and crazy experiences they had been through together.

A select group of high school women sang the national anthem in beautiful harmony.

It was a proud moment when Pam Hillman gave her daughter, Michelle, a graduation hug.

Kari Christianson received her diploma from David Ahlquist, president of the Grantsburg Board of Education.

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Commencement • Luck High School • 2007 LUCK - Commencement was held for one of the smaller graduating classes in recent history at Luck last Friday evening.

A total of 38 seniors walked across the stage to receive their diploma.

The traditional ceremony was preceded by a slide show allowing family and friends to reminisce about the preceding 12 years which had led to an emotional ceremony that included laughter and tears.

And laughter is a key word at Luck graduation ceremonies.

Salutatorian Jesse Schallenberger noted “Since I am the salutatorian, I feel I must take time to ‘salute’ some important people - the friends and family in the audience, my fellow graduates, faculty - I salute you - and Chuck Norris - I also salute you.”

“As we leave, we become 100-percent funtional members of society; hopefully, there won’t be any recalls.”

On a more serious note, Schallenberger said, “Everything we have done to get to where we are tonight leads us to a successful future, where ambition is golden.”

Valedictorian Josh Bazey used his passion for race car driving to make his points, noting that while school is like race car driving - “going round and round day after day” it also allows those who work hard to “move up a division.”

Bazey also quoted Vince Lombardi saying, “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”

Administrator Rick Palmer, principal Mark Gobler and school board members Jody Seck and Daryl Bazey greeted graduates as they received their diplomas.

Songs performed by the choir included the class song “My Wish” by Rascal Flatts and “Keep Holding On” by Avril Lavigne, under the direction of Janet Holdt.

Graduates (front) Kristine Clarke, Iqra Mian, Jennifer Roberts; (back) Sam Hochsteler, Chris Valentine and Todd Anderson join other seniors in singing the class song, “My Wish.”

Photos by Gary King

Salutatorian Jesse Schallenberger (L) and Valedictoriain Josh Bazey (R) gave the main messages at Luck High School’s commencement ceremony Friday evening.

Class speakers Jesse Sorenson and Bryce Holm reminisce about the many memories - mostly humorous - they and their classmates made while attending Luck High School.

There were pauses for photo opportunities at Luck’s graduation ceremony, Friday. At left, School board member Jody Seck gives graduate Nick Elert a hug, as well as his diploma.

Seck also had the honor of presenting her daughter, Jennifer, with a diploma.

David Kidder (photo at left) mans the camera and computer which provided a hospitalized Bob Pilz, Luck guidance counselor, with a “live” online view of the ceremony where his son, Travis, graduated.

At right, clutching their diplomas and Community Service Certificates, graduates Sam Hochstetler and Mike Christensen happily leave their seats and begin the march out of the gym at the end of the ceremony.

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Commencement • Siren High School • 2007

An aerial photo was taken Friday, May 18, to show the 2007 Siren High School graduation. When the photo was taken, the graduates were coming onto the field from the sidewalk along Fourth Avenue at the beginning of the ceremony. – Photo submitted Lauren Howe (L), valedictorian of the Siren High School Class of 2007, and Ashley Cummings, class salutatorian, had messages for their class during graduation addresses Friday, May 18. “Do what makes you happy.

Don’t be miserable. Give yourself plenty of reasons to wake up in the morning,” Cummings said. “Nothing has turned out like we planned, but we usually (emphasis on usually) pulled it off,” Howe said as she referred to the class’s efforts to put together a homecoming float each of their four years in high school. “Thank heaven for the class of double-oh-seven,” she concluded.

Siren School Board members Jeff Howe (L), father of 2007 valedictorian Lauren Howe, and Doug Coyour, father of graduate Jena Coyour, represented the board in presenting diplomas to the graduating seniors.

Siren 2007 graduate Hannah Anderson signed the class yearbook of a friend as she waited for the graduation ceremony to get under way.

Photos by Nancy Jappe

At the conclusion of the outdoor graduation ceremony Friday, May 18, the Class of 2007 threw their hats in the air before heading to the gym to watch a slide show of class memories and join their families and friends in a reception.

Siren School hosted two exchange students this past year, Amalie Vestergaarad (L) from Denmark, and Melanie Schulz from Germany. The students will be returning to their countries in June, and took part in the outdoor graduation ceremony at the school Friday, May 18.

As is the custom at Siren High School, a photo of the graduating class was taken prior to the outdoor graduation ceremony Friday evening, May 18. Thirty students (including this year’s two exchange students from Germany and Denmark) walked across the stage to receive their diplomas.

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Burnett County honors fallen officers SIREN – The annual memorial service for fallen officers was held at the Burnett County courthouse last Thursday, May 17.

An honor guard from the St. Croix Tribal Police Department and many police officers from Burnett County and area villages provided the procession for the memorial.

A riderless horse, the classic symbol for a fallen officer, brought up the rear of the procession. Retired deputy Matt Olsen remembered the day officer Allan Albee was killed while on duty as a Burnett County law enforcement officer in his keynote speech. Albee was shot during a standoff in the village of Webster.

Olsen also expressed hope that only three names would ever be carved on the memorial stone for fallen officers that is outside the Burnett County Sheriff’s Department.

Rose Baum sang Lee Ann Womack’s “I Hope You Dance;” “Amazing Grace” was played on the bagpipes and bugle taps all provided moving music for the ceremony.

Towards the end of the ceremony, families of the three police officers that were killed while on duty in Burnett County were presented riderless horse memorials. – Sherill Summer

Retired deputy of the Burnett County Sheriff’s Department, Matt Olsen, was the keynote speaker.

An honor guard from the St. Croix Tribal Police Department stands near the memorial for fallen officers at the Burnett County courthouse. The wreath was placed in front of the memorial by the keynote speaker’s daughter, Emma Olsen.

Photos by Sherill Summer

The classic symbol of a fallen officer, a horse that is riderless except for a boot, was on hand for the memorial.

Judy Albee, widow of slain officer Allan Albee, receives a riderless horse from Burnett County Sheriff, Dean Roland. The family of Paul Gramer and Richard “Dick” Schinzing also received riderless horses.

A crowd of law enforcement officers from Burnett County and area villages are shown in procession at the memorial for fallen officers.

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Polk-Burnett awards $20,000 in scholarships

CENTURIA – Polk-Burnett is proud to announce the winners of its 2007 Cooperative Citizen-Scholar Awards. Twenty graduating seniors will receive a $1,000 scholarship to continue their education. Scholarships are awarded to the sons and daughters of co-op members in recognition of cooperative spirit, commu-

nity service and making a difference in the lives others.

These students will be recognized at school awards nights and at Polk-Burnett’s annual meeting in Siren June 2. Scholarships are funded by unclaimed capital credits and do not affect electric rates. - from Polk-Burnett Amy Cloutier, Osceola High School

Katie Dipprey, Turtle Lake High School

Holly Elkin, Amery High School

Joseph Elmquist, Osceola High School

Amanda Haase, Osceola High School

Lauren Howe, Siren High School

Sherri Iverson, Amery High School

Molly Kalmoe, St. Croix Falls High School

Amy Knutson, St. Paul Central High School

Monique Kurtz, Osceola High School

Brianna Lockie, Woodbury High School

Traci Lundeen, Frederic High School

Erin McCormack, St. Croix Falls High School

Travis Mork, Amery High School

Jessica Narveson, Wayzata High School

Allison Peterson, Unity High School

Dustin Raygor, St. Croix Falls High School

Emily Thayer, St. Croix Falls High School

Nick Wiederin, Somerset High School

Tanner Wilson, St. Croix Falls High School

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St. Croix Falls scholarship winners ST. CROIX FALLS – Awards and scholarships were presented to St. Croix Falls seniors earlier this month.

The following students were recognized: Jessica Ahles – School Store $50/S-club $100, total $150; Jared Anderson – U.S. Bank, Cushing, $250/Glenn Chaffee $300/Strive $750, total $1,300; Sarah Andrewson – DFS, total $500; Jordan Beauvais – Dresser Drift Busters, total $250; Isaac Bont – River Valley Medical Group Carlson-Peterson $1,000/Agnes $500/Principal’s Honor Award/President’s Education Award, total $1,500; Michael Castorena – Lioness Club $250/S-club $150, total $400; Shawn Castorena – Schinzing $100/Strive $1,000/S-club $100, total $1,200; Adam Critton – S&C Bank, total $250; Nicole Cuddihy – Falls Ortho, total $500; Beck Falwell – DFS, total $100; Paige Gutzmer – Inter-County Leader $750/Clowns, total $750; Jeremy Hall – SCF FD, total $500; Sarah Hankel – DFS, total $300; Hans Hanson – S-club/Clowns, total $100; Dan Harrington – ERA $500/S-club $100/Lakeland Academic, total $600; Mark Hendrickson – Trap Rock $250/School Store $50;S-club honorary member $100, total $400; Justin Holmdahl – Wal-Mart Matching $500/S-club $50, total $550; Katie Jacobson – NUE, total $500; Leigh Jaroscak – DFS, total $100; Jacki Jerrick – School Store $50/ Sclub $50, total $100; Mary Johnson – Lewejohn $250/Burnett Dairy $500, total $750; Meghan Johnson – Girl’s booster basketball, total $250; Alyssa Kaiser – A&W $500/SC Valley Hardwood $1,000, total $1,500; Molly Kalmoe – SCRMC $1,000/Miss SCF $500/Arlene Gullickson $300; Rotary SCF/TF $500;Polk-Burnett $1,000/NUE Outstanding Student $500/Drake University $13,000/Lakeland Academic/President’s Education Award, total $17,800; Elle Kaskinen – MarketPlace $1,000/S-club $50, total $1,050; Kody Koch – Donald Yunker $500/School Store $100, total $600; Michael LaMirande – Eagle Valley Bank $500/S-club $50, total $550; Ashley Larson – Chinander, total $250; Amber Larsin – School Store, total $100; Samantha Larson – Chateau, total $250; Becky Liemandt – Mary Fountain-Gaylord $500; Agness Carlson-Peterson $500/North Central University $10,000/North Central Christian Leadership $4,000/Lakeland Academic/President’s Education Award, total $15,000; Annie Lindstrom – A&W $500/Clowns, total $500; Jacob Loen – Amery Farmers

St. Croix Falls seniors took home thousands of dollars in scholarship money during the Awards Night May 7 at the high school. Pictured are the winners of scholarships from the class of 2007.

Union, total $1,000; Dustin Lumsden – Wal-Mart Matching, total $500; Brenna Martens – Women’s Golf $250/Hazeldon $300/St. Croix Regional Medical Center Auxillary $500/St. Croix Valley Health Foundation $500/S-club Care $200/Lenoir-Rhyne College Academic Athletic $36,000/Lenior-Rhyne $5,000/Lakeland Academic, total $42,750; McKenzie Martin – RiverBank $500/Lakeland Academic/President’s Education Award, total $500; Erin McCormack – Women’s Golf $250/Hazeldon $300/S-club $100/Polk-Burnett Electric $1,000, total $1,650; Amanda Metcalf – Trap Rock $250/Clowns, total $250; Jade Miller – Lions Club $1,200/Sclub $100, total $1,300; Max Morley – Bud Jensen $250/School Store $100, total $350; Kayla Norlander – Janelle Fellrath $300/School Store $100/S-club $50, total $450; Jo Oldenburg – ERA $500/S-club $150/President’s Education Award/Clowns, total $550; Sara Palmer – DFS $500/Lakeland Academic, total $500; Danielle Petty – Franz Wilke – Sabel, total $50; Emily Pfaltgraff – Mar-

St. Croix Falls valedictorians and salutatorian were announced May 7 at the Awards Night. St. Croix Falls has two co-valedictorians who are tied with a 4.0 grade-point average. Pictured (L to R): are salutatorian McKenzie Martin, covaledictorian Molly Kalmoe and co-valedictorian Emily Pfaltzgraff. – Photos by Tammi Milberg ketPlace $1,000/S-club $100/Encore-Art

Principal Pete Nusbaum presented Emily Thayer with the female principal’s excellence award. $100/American Legion Americanism $400/Alice M. Stolpe-Art $1,000/Lakeland Academic/President’s Education Award, total $2,600; Dustin Raygor – Dave Nelson $500/NUE $500/S-club $50/Polk-Burnett Electric $1,000/St. John’s University $48,000, total $50,050; Jessica Reddy – DFS $500/North Central Univ. Dean’s $6,000/North Central Univ.

Christian $4,000/Lakeland Academic, total $10,500; Eric Rouch – DFS $500/Sclub $100/Encore-theatre $100, total $700; Mary Ryan – Fred Yarolimek $500/Encore-music $100/S-club $50/Lakeland Academic/Clowns, total $650; Charles Schmidt – Men’s golf $300/Valley View Vet $100/S-club $50, total $450; David Smith – Hansford $500/School Store $50, total $550; Micha Solano – DFS $500/Depsey Scholarship at Mankato $2,000, total $2,500; Tony Sommer – Bishop Fixture & Millwork, total $1,000; Ryan Stark – John Nelson $500/Michigan Tech $36,000/Lakeland Academic/President’s Education Award, total $36,500; Lark Starkey – Rural American Bank $500/S-club $50/San Diego University $40,000/Lakeland Academic/President’s Education Award/Clowns, total $40,550; Laurana Sveback – Roland Krueger $400/Lakeland Academic, total $400; Emily Thayer

Isaac Bont was selected as the male principal’s excellence award recipient.

He was presented with the award by Pete Nusbaum, SCF high school principal.

– SCRMC $1,000/Trollhaugen $500/Sclub $200/Polk-Burnett Electric $1,000/Principal’s Honor Award/Clowns, total $2,700; Eric Thorstad – Laurits Hanson $1,000/American Legion Citizenship $400/S-club $50/Lakeland Academic/President’s Education Award, total $1,450; Ian Virchow – DFS, total $500; Peter Weber – DFS $500/School Store $50/S-club $100, total $650; Katie Wienberg – Paige Bishop $250/ School Store $50/Girl’s Booster Basketball $250/S-club $100, total $650; Alan Wellman – Lloyd Westlund $300/School Store $100, total $400; Jack Werner – Lioness, total $250; Brandon Whittaker – Hansford $500/School Store $200, total $700; Tanner Wilson – U.S. Bank, Cushing $250/Polk-Burnett Electric $1,000, total $1,250; Tonya Zacharias – School Store, total $50.

Lakeland 3.7 or higher, Allison Virchow and Becky LaMirande, $500 each.

President’s Education Award 3.5 or higher, Elise Pfaltzgraff, $500.

Local scholarships amounted to $50,550 and University scholarships amounted to $169,000 for a total of $219,550.

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Grantsburg students receive honors GRANTSBURG – Graduating students at Grantsburg were presented with scholarships and awards earlier this month: Paul Edling and Ashley Fallstrom – American Legion Auxiliary Edna McCann $500; Timothy Josephson and Jon Wick – American Legion Brask-FossumJanke Post $500; Mollie Bjelland, James Johnson, Tyler Larsen, Thomas Olson and Tabitha Van Deusen – Anonymous DFS Scholarship $250; Lenora Benge Briggs – Anonymous Music Scholarship $200; Timothy Josephson and Jon Wick – Badger Boys 2006; Lenora Benge Briggs – Badger Girl 2006; Lenora Benge Briggs and Mollie Bjelland – Bernick’s PepsiCola $650; Miranda Kammeyer – Brenda Fallstrom Memorial $1,000; Timothy Josephson – Buccaneers Club $150; Miranda Kammeyer, Holly Knoepke, Matt Knoepke and Paul Nelson – Burnett Dairy Co-op $500; Sarah Frommader and Cari Skifstad – Burnett Medical Center $500; Ashley Fallstrom – Burnett Medical Hospital Auxillary $250; Ami Cunderla and Tim Josephson – Carlyle and Darlene Sherstad $250; Rebecca Olson and Amanda Huehn – Caspers Scholarship $500; Kari Christianson, James Johnson and Paul Nelson – Clair Erickson, Farmer’s Ind. Phone Co. $500; Jamie Lund – Community Bank Business Scholarship $500; Rebecca Olson – DARE Scholarship $200; Lenora Benge Briggs – DFS Foundation School Leadership $500; Cody Franklin – DFS Foundation School

Shown are the recipients of the 50 $500 scholarships that Dollars for Scholars awarded to Grantsburg graduates. – Photos by Sherill Summer Service Scholarship $250; Lauren Amundson – Dick Peper Memorial $200; Lindsey Hedlund – Earl H. Johnson Memorial $500; Miranda Kammeyer – Earl H. Johnson Memorial $500; Jamie Lund, Senja Melin and Rekha Roelfs –

This past winter, Kleiss Gears, Inc. of Grantsburg announced a scholarship for students in grades 8 through 11 at Grantsburg High School to attend Concordia Language Village in northern Minnesota. The course lasts four weeks this summer, earning high school credit. Rod and Georgianne Kleiss asked that the students interested in the scholarship write an assay stating why they should be awarded the First-Annual Kleiss Gears Language Scholarship.

Simone Workman, a junior at GHS, is the happy recipient of the 2007 award.

Workman has studied Japanese on her own and is looking forward to an AFS Exchange to Japan this fall. She also speaks French and is a talented guitar player.

Kleiss Gears is looking forward to receiving next year’s entries; information will be available from the middle school and the high school counselors in 2008. – Photo submitted

Edling Funeral Home $500; Lenora Benge Briggs – George Carpenter Memorial Scholarship $300; Keith Friese – Grantsburg Fire Association $225; Timothy Josephson and Paul Nelson – Grantsburg Rod and Gun $500; Nicole Paquette – Grantsburg Women Working Together 4500; Brandon Kaiser – Indianhead Credit Union $200; Tracey Nordrum – Inter-Country Cooperative Publishing $750; Kyle Johnson – Johnson Lumber $300; Timothy Josephson – Lions Schinzing Memorial $500; David Faulhaber and Lindsey Hedlund – Lions Scholarship $500; Garett Bennett – Loyle Erickson Memorial $100; Rebecca Olson – Lynn Ryan Memorial Scholarship $250; Rebecca Olson – Mabel Thor Scholarship $1,000; Tracey Nordrum and Rebecca Olson – Mary Ann Erickson Memorial $1,000; Lenora Benge Briggs – Masons Scholarship $500; Andrea Edling – Mudhen Lake Sportsmans Club $750; Jade Johnson – National Wild Turkey Federation Scholarship $250; Nicole Simon – Northern Manufacturing $300; Michael Myers – NUE, Grantsburg Unit College $300; Lauren Amundson – NUE, Grantsburg Unit Education $300; Holly Knoepke – NUE, Grantsburg Unit Technical $300; Lenora Benge Briggs, Amanda Huehn and Miranda Kammeyer – Outstanding Senior Character Scholarship $500; Rebecca Olson – Rotary: In honor of Merlin Johnson $500; Ashley Goepfert – Sally Aldorfer $25; Shawn Swanson – Squirrels Unlimited Brad Oman Memorial $500; Kari Christianson – Squirrels Unlimited Loraine

Grantsburg’s valedictorian. Lenora Benge Briggs, is shown receiving one of her many scholarships and awards at the Grantsburg scholarship and award ceremony.

Rainy Paquette $500; Amy Lindh – St. Croix Regional Medical Center $1,000; Zachary Phillipps and Ashley Goephert – U.S. Bank $500; Lindsey Hedlund, Timothy Josephson and Miranda Kammeyer – Walter & Marion Jensen Memorial $1,000; Paul Nelson – Whitetails Unlimited $250.

Home and Community Education scholarship winners

BURNETT COUNTY – Burnett County Home and Community Education awarded three $250 scholarships to Kelli Swenson and Rachel O’Brien, both of Frederic High School, and Ben O’Brien of Webster. Kelli is the daughter of Rick and Patty Swenson of Frederic, and the granddaughter of Irene Peterson, Frederic (a 41-year member of the Odds ‘N Ends HCE Club in the Grantsburg/Frederic area). Rachel is the daughter of Bob O’Brien, Webster, and Lori McCann, Frederic, and granddaughter of LaVonne O’Brien, Webster (a 43-year member of Harmony HCE club in the Webster/Danbury area). Ben O’Brien, Webster High School, is the son of Tom and Becky O’Brien, Webster, and grandson of LaVonne O’Brien.

Each year the Burnett County HCE members raise funds to support high school graduates who are continuing their education beyond high school.

These high school graduates must have a parent or grandparent who is currently a

member of a Burnett County HCE club.

A letter of recommendation from a teacher, principal, counselor or employer must also accompany each application.

Area high schools receive copies of this application form in the fall and April 1 is the deadline for submission. Applications are also available from the Burnett County UW-Extension office.

Kelli Swenson plans to attend the University of St. Thomas in pursuit of an accounting major with a minor in economics. She would like to become a CPA and eventually have her own accounting firm. Swenson has been very involved in the Frederic community and in high school. She helped with painting a mural and landscaping at the new Frederic Village park.

Rachel O’Brien plans to attend Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College in Superior and will study cosmetology.

O’Brien has been class president which has involved her in many leadership activities. She has also been involved with

Kelli Swenson

Rachel O’Brien

AODA, FACT and in helping in her community to provide fun, safe activities for youth.

Ben O’Brien plans to attend Dakota County Technical College to become an electrical lineman. He would like to return to this area to work for a local electric company. O’Brien has been an honor roll student throughout his high

Ben O’Brien

school career, and has been active in sports, besides working.

For those interested in more information about this scholarship opportunity, contact Marilyn Kooiker, Burnett County Family Living Agent, at 349-2151 or via e-mail at Marilyn.Kooiker@ces.uwex.edu. - submitted

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Unity 2007 scholarships awarded UNITY – Awards and scholarships were presented to Unity students earlier this month.

Valedictorian was James Zahler and Co-Salutatorians were Alisa Eckel and Tiffany Hallin. Senior honor students were: Mike Calrson, Jacob Hauth, Denae Herwick, Cola Hickethier, William Hinshaw, Shila Meyer, Megan Johnson, Lindsay Turner, Jamee Walker and Vicky Weiser.

James Zahler – Academic Excellence Scholarship; Angela Berthold and Amy VanDeBrake – Badger Girls State delegates; Ethan Schmidt – Badger Boys State; Cola Hickethier and Mike Carlson – VFW Citizenship/ScholarshipAward; Cola Hickethier – P.A. Hauge Medical Scholarship; Alicia Szydlo, James Zahler and Jamee Walker – Bernick’s Pepsi Scholarship; Paige Andrews and James Zahler – American Legion Citizenship Awards; Krystal Marek, Dane Olson, Allie Peterson and Lindsay Turner – Milltown Post/American Legion Scholarships; Alisa Eckel and Tiffany Hallin – S & C Bank Scholarship; Cola Hickethier – Milltown Community Club Scholarship; Lindsay Turner – Unity Class of 1965 Scholarship; Alisa Eckel – NUE Outstanding Student Award; Lindsay Turner – Balsam Lake Community Club Scholarship; Paige Andrews, Toya Johnson and Jessica Fehlen – Student Council Scholarship; Allie Peterson – Polk Burnett Electric Scholarship; Paige Andrews – River Valley Physicians Scholarship; Cola Hickethier – NHPA Scholarship; Kevin Schwartz – Calvin Anderson Memorial Scholarship; Cola Hickethier – National Mutual Benefit Scholarship; Dusty Turnquist – Dick Swenson Memorial Scholarship; Jacob Hauth, Rachel Schmid and John Stauber – Unity Education Scholarship; Mike Carlson, Alisa Eckel, Tiffany Hallin, Jacob Hauth, Denae Herwick, Cola Hickethier, Megan Johnson, Shila Meyer, Lindsay Turner, Vicky Weiser and James Zahler – Lakeland Conference Honor Students; Jessica Martin and Rachel Schmid – Unity Lions Club Scholarship;

Seniors who were awarded scholarships at the May 1 Unity Awards Night (L to R) in front are Billy Hinshaw, Jake Hauth, Megan Johnson, Mike Carlson, Alisa Eckel, and Danae Herwick. Second row are Jimmy Zahler, Tiffany Hallin, Shila Meyer, Vicky Weiser, Lindsay Turner, and Cola Hickethier. Row three are Alicia Szydlo, Jennifer Bailey, Nicky Norlund, Jessica Fehlen, Jessica Martin, and Dustin Turnquist. In back are Dane Olson, Krystal Marek, Allie Peterson, Matt Goulet, John Stauber. Students in the first two rows are also honor students. — Photos by Mary Stirrat Nelson, Allie Peterson, Brianna Schmid, Liza Skalicky, Cailin Turner – Explorer Scout/Tutoring Awards; Shila Meyer and John Stauber – U Club Scholarship; Paige Andrews, Tiffany Hallin, Matt Jensen, Shila Meyer, Laura Roettger and Jimmy Zahler – Theater Arts Award; Paige Andrews, Alisa Eckel, Matt Goulet, Tiffany Hallin, Jake Hauth, Cola Hickethier and Lindsay Turner – Unity Education Foundation Scholarship; Lindsay Turner and James Zahler – Honor Athlete Awards; Cola Hickethier and Lindsay Turner – Principal’s Senior Leadership Award; Allie Peterson and Mike Carlson – Balsam Lake Rod and Gun Scholarship; Allie Peterson – NWT Federation Scholarship; Shila Meyer and John Stauber – Margie Bangle Memorial Scholarship; Megan Johnson – Centuria Cola Hickethier receives the National Women’s Club Scholarship; Lindsay Horseshoe Pitchers Association scholarship from Jane Smith. Hickethier, among other awards and scholarships, also received the National Mutual Benefit Scholarship, the PA Hauge Medical Scholarship, the Milltown Community Scholarship, and, with Lindsay Turner, the Principal’s Senior Leadership Award.

Shila Meyer – Unity Leo Club Scholarship; Jennifer Bailey – John Peper Memorial Lions Club Scholarship; Jacob Hauth and James Zahler – Outstanding Math Student Award; Elizabeth Ebensberger, Alisa Eckel, Danae Herwick, Taylor Larson, Tricia Morgan, Kendra

Turner – National Honor Society Scholarship; Tiffany Hallin – Inter-County Leader Scholarship; Megan Johnson – Richard O Klatt Scholarship; Denae Brager, Mike Carlson, James Coen, Alisa Eckel, Denae Herwick, Megan Johnson, Nikki Norlund, Dane Olson, Allie Peterson, Mike Schmidt and Kevin Schwartz – FFA Scolarship; Cola Hickethier – Roundabouts Homemakers Club Scholarship; John Stauber – Kolstand Family Funeral Home Scholarship; Trent McKenzie – American Legion Post-Auxiliary/Adolph Timm; Alisa Eckel – Women’s Club Fundation Scholarship; Dane Olson – Amery Farmers Union Cooperative Scholarship; Dustin Turnquist – Larry Blahauvietz Scholarship; Denae Brager – Mark Palmberg Scholarship; Ben Skinaway – UW-Superior Native American Art Scholarship; Lindsay Turner – College of St. Scholastic Benedictine Scholarship; Jake Hauth – FBLA Award; Paige Andrews – Amery/Luck Regional Medical Center Scholarship; Mike Carlson, Cola Hickethier, Curtis Nelson, Mike Schmidt, John Stauber and Lindsay Turner – Polk County Historical Society Awards; Alisa Eckel and Lindsay Turner – St. Croix Regional Medical Center Auxiliary Scholarship; Paige Andrews and Alisa Eckel – St. Croix Falls Regional Medical Center Health Care Scholarship; Cola Hickethier – Gustavous Adolphus Tuition Grant; Alisa Eckel – Rochester CTC Presidential Scholarship; Alisa Eckel – Winona State Presidential Scholarship; Alisa Eckel – St. Croix Regional Medical Center Honorary Volunteer Scholarship; Tiffany Hallin – UW-River Falls Anderson Foundation Scholarship; Tiffany Hallin – McDonald’s Scholarship.

Unity High School Principal Bill Alleva introduced honor athletes Lindsay and Turner James Zahler.

James Zahler, Unity’s class of 2007 valedictorian, was awarded the Academic Excellence Scholarship. Cosalutatorians are Alisa Eckel, center and Tiffany Hallin.

FFA Scholarships were presented by Jeanne Alling to (L to R) Danae Herwick, Mike Carlson, Dane Olson, Mike Schmidt, Nicki Norlund, Alisa Eckel, Allie Peterson and Megan Johnson.

Luck 2007 scholarship winners LUCK – Scholarships were presented to Luck students earlier this month.

Joseph Adair, Todd Anderson, Theodore Ball, Joshua Bazey, Jerric Bjerke, Michael Christensen, Kristine Clarke, Nicholas Elert, Natalie Gubrud, Peter Hall, Joshua Harvey, Sam Hochstelter, Jarica Hoisington, Bryce Holm, Eric Jenson, Felicia Lane, Brandon Lehrke, Thomas Lobeck, Alexis Lowry, Alexander McCabe, Nathan Melin, Alyssa Mellon, Iqra Mian, Daniel Nentwich, Colin O’Donovan, Brooke Olson, Janny Pairoh, Tanya Pardun, Travis Pilz, Justin Pullin, Jennifer Roberts, Peter Rozumalski, Jesse Schallenberger, Alicia Schleif, Jennifer Seck, Jesse Sorenson, Jacob Steiner, Christopher Valentine and

Adam Wallin – Luck Community Graduate Fund $125; Theodore Ball – Koltunski Memorial Wrestling Award $100; Todd Anderson, Peter Rozumalski and Bryce Holm – West Denmark Lutheran Church $100; Joshua Bazey and Alyssa Mellon – Luck Snowmobile Club $300; Joshua Bazey, Peter Hall, Iqra Mian, Adam Wallin, Natalie Gubrud, Jesse Sorenson, Brooke Olson and Alyssa Mellon – School-to-Work Business Scholarship $500; Sam Hochstetler – VFW $500; Natalie Gubrud – VFW Auxiliary $500; Mike Christensen – American Legion $500; Jenny Roberts – American Legion Auxiliary $500; Chris Valentine and Iqra Mian – Sterling Bank Scholarship $500; Sam Hochstetler and Bryce Holm – Rural

American Bank – Luck Scholarship $500; Jesse Sorenson – Wisconsin Masonic Foundation Scholarship $500; Bryce Holm – Bryce Hacker Memorial Scholarship $500; Peter Rozumalski – Rod Kennedy Memorial Writing Award $500; Alyssa Mellon – Amery Regional Medical Clinic Scholarship $500; Natalie Gubrud and Alyssa Mellon – Luck Lions Club Scholarship $500; Jennifer Seck – Business Education Scholarship $500; Alicia Schleif – Burnett County Sentinal $500; Kristine Clarke – Inter-County Leader Scholarship $750; Jenny Roberts – Terry Van Himbergen Memorial Scholarship $700; Jesse Schallenberger – Andy Dolny Opportunity Scholarship $500; Joshua Bazey – Todd Erickson Math/Sci-

ence Scholarship $750; Joshua Bazey – NUE Outstanding Student Award $500; Adam Wallin and Jesse Schallenberger – Luck Teachers Memorial Scholarship $1,000; Jesse Sorenson – Thelma Aaby Memorial Scholarship $1,000; Peter Hall – Howard Jorgenson Scholarship $1,100; Peter Rozumalski – Harvey and Hazel Dueholm Scholarship $1,000; Peter Hall – St. Croix Regional Medical Center $1,000; Brook Olson – River Valley Medical Center (health related field) in Memory of Nancy Elert $1,000; Jesse Sorenson – Wis. State Telecommunications Foundation Scholarship $1,500.

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Webster students receive honors

by Carl Heidel WEBSTER - Twenty five students received recognition at a special awards ceremony at Webster High School Monday evening. Seventy local scholarships worth a total of $45,000 were given to graduating seniors.

Listed are the awards and the students who received them.

Herb Kohl Initiative Scholarship: Galina Liljenberg; Ingalls Family Medical Clinic: Jessica Anderson, Ben Ries, Nikki Roedl; Band Secretary Award: Aimee Rinnman; Larry Java Memorial Music Award: Greg Stanton; Scott/A&H Lions: Stephanie Bakke; Bernick Cos.: Greg Stanton.

Bremer Bank: Casey Davis; Federated Co-ops, Inc.: Samantha Bump; Grateful Graduate: Nick Proulx; Indianhead Creit Union: Chelsie Benson; Inter-County Co-op Publishing: Sarah Schowalter; Myrtle Ketel Memorial: Casey Ince.

Landmark Masonic Lodge: Chelsie Benson; Matt Erickson Memorial: Rebecca Lewis, Scott Doriott, Kiel Bereiter; Moose Lodge 1194: Casey Ince; BCAHCE: Ben O’Brien; Burnett County DARE: Kristy Echeverria; Danbury Lions: Kristy Echeverria, Greg Stanton.

Dollars-For-Scholars: Stephanie Bakke, Paul Olesen, Kevin Ingalls, Katie Thill, Kiel Bereiter, Kristy Echeverria, Trevor Greene, Tiffani Quigley, Amanda Ramstrom, Nikki Roedl, Ben O’Brien, Casey Ince, Sarah Schowalter, Samantha Bump, Melinda Tyson.

James K. Johnson Memorial: Kevin Ingalls; Jim Baker Memorial: Wendy Kurkowski; Log Cabin Store: Sarah Schowalter; Maser Memorial: Amanda Ramstrom, Kristy Echeverria, Stephanie Bakke; Nexen Group, Inc.: Melinda Tyson, Scott Doriott; Saunders Family Foundation: Trever Greene.

Voyager Village: Samantha Bump;

Webster High School scholarship award winners took time from their celebrating to pose for a group photo. Pictured are (L-R) Front Row: Galina Liljenberg, Chelsie Benson, Casey Davis, Sarah Schowalter, Melinda Tyson, Rebecca Lewis; Middle Row: Nikki Roedl, Scott Doriott, Tiffani Quigley, Jessica Anderson, Stephanie Bakke, Ben O’Brien, Amanda Ramstrom, Kiel Bereiter; Back Row: Trevor Greene, Casey Ince, Kevin Ingalls, Ben Ries, Paul Olesen, Nick Proulx, Greg Stanton, Samantha Bump. Missing when the photo was taken: Katie Thill, Wendy Kurkowski and Kristy Echeverria. – Photo submitted Webster Education Association: Kevin Ingalls, Tiffani Quigley; Webster Lions Club: Samantah Bump, Kevin Ingalls, Ben Ries, Nikki Roedl; Larry Hanson Memorial: Katie Thill; Don Johnson Memorial: Paul Olesen; Blair Family Scholarship: Chelsie Benson.

Webster Lioness: Nikki Roedl, Kevin Ingalls, Paul Olesen; Whitetails Unlim-

ited: Samantha Bump; American Legion Auxiliary: Nikki Roedl, Tiffani Quigley; Zack Zibell Memorial: Kiel Bereiter; Mud Hen Lake Sportsman’s Club: Tiffani Quigley; Wonderland Snow Trails: Kevin Ingalls, Ben O’Brien.

Women-of-the Moose: Jessica Anderson; Diamond Collision: Scott Doriott; St. Croix Regional Medical Center: Ben

Ries; Webster/Siren Rotary: Trevor Greene; Sperling Scholarship: Amanda Ramstrom; Siren Lioness: Paul Olesen.

Danbury Fire Deartment: Trevor Greene, Ben Ries, Nikki Roedl, Stephanie Bakke, Rebecca Lewis.

Awards and scholarships awarded at Siren SIREN - Awards and scholarships were presented to Siren seniors earlier this month.

Valedictorian was Lauren Howe and salutatorian was Ashley Cummings. Lauren Howe – U.S. Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award; Lauren Howe and Robert Smith - WIAA Scholar Award; Lauren Howe, Caitlin Flanigan, Babe Anderson and Derek D’Jock Three Sport Award; Brittany Jaskolka and Keith Cremin U.S. Army Scholar – Athlete Award; Caitlin Flanigan – U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished

Siren honor students receive their honor cords to wear over their graduation gowns .

Athlete Award; Brynn McBroom and Caitlin Flanigan Publications Awards; Lauren Howe, Caitlin Flanigan, Kimberly Lindberg, Robert Smith, Amanda Peterson and Ashley Cummings - National Honor Society Awards; Keith Cremin - National Choral Award; Keith

This years valedictorian, Lauren Howe, received her valedictorian plaque at Siren’s Award and Scholarship ceremony.

Cremin - Semper Fidelis; Ashley Cummings and Robert Smith - John Phillips Sousa Award; Lauren HoweHamiline University Presidential Scholar Award; Ashley Cummings - College of St. Scholastica Presidential Benedictine Award; Ashley Cummings - Meslow First Generation Scholarship Award; Misty Hunter - Swenson Family Trust Foundation Award; Brittany Jaskolka - Carroll College Vorhees Scholarship; Brittany Jaskolka - Hilgar Tradition Scholarship; Brittany Jaskolka - Carroll College Donor-Sponsored Grant.

Photos by Sherill Summer

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Interstate Park Naturalist programs at Wisconsin Interstate Park Friday, May 25 3:30-4:15 p.m. – Meet Aztec the Owl. Stop by the park entrance station anytime between 3:30-4:15 p.m. to meet naturalist Barb Walker and her live owl, Aztec.

Saturday, May 26 2 p.m. – Junior Ranger: Frog Opera. Free booklets with fun activities for parents and their children entering grades K-3. Meet the naturalist at the Ice Age Center.

2:30 p.m. – Wisconsin Explorer: Compass Capers.

Free booklets with fun activities for parents and their children entering grades 4 and up. Compasses are available for this activity. Meet the naturalist at the Ice Age Center.

7 p.m. – In Celebration of Spring: Overhead and Underfoot. Join naturalist Julie Fox to see what’s flying, nesting, growing and blooming over our heads and under our feet at Interstate Park. An illustrated presentation in the auditorium of the Ice Age Center.

Sunday, May 27 1 p.m. – Family Gun: All About Owls. Come to the Ice Age Center to meet Aztec – a live owl, and then bring home a make-and-take owl-on-a-stick. Everyone is welcome!

4 p.m. – Watchable Wildlife Around Lake O’ The Dalles. Join naturalurist Barb Walker for a one-mile walk around scenic Lake O’ the Dalles. Discover what makes the lake unique and watch for signs of the wildlife that live there. Meet at the lake side of the Beach House.

7 p.m. – Sun-Sational Secrets of Eagle Peak. Hike up to the top of Eagle Peak before the sun sets to learn the secrets of the peak. Meet at the Eagle Peak Trail sign in the Pines Group Camp.

Monday, May 28 – Memorial Day 10 a.m. – Molten Lava and Melted Ice: The gee whiz geology of Interstate Park. Meet the naturalist at the Pothole Trail sign.

2 p.m. - Bat & Moth: A Wisconsin Explorer Activity.

Join Naturalist Barb Walker at the Ice Age Center and play a game to see how bats use echolocation to catch moths and other insects. Fun for the entire family!

Upcoming events Saturday and Sunday, June 2 & 3, Free Fishing Weekend. No fishing licenses required in Wisconsin. All other rules and regulations apply.

Saturday, June 2, National Trails Day. Watch for information listing specific events, times and locations.

Sunday, June 3, State Parks Open House Day. Free admission to all Wisconsin States Parks.

Interstate Park is located in St. Croix Falls, on Hwy. 35 just one-half mile south of Hwy. 8. For more information call Julie or Barb at 715-483-3747. – from Wiscon-

GRADUATION OPEN HOUSES

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OBITUARIES Walter Steneman

Bob Weld

Frank E. Koukol

Walter “Walt” John Steneman, 88, longtime resident of Baldwin, died May 8, 2007, at the Appleton Medical Center in Appleton, following a courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Walter was born June 13, 1918, in Arcadia, the son of Emil and Ella (Hertzfeldt) Steneman. Following a move to St. Paul, Minn., where he spent his early years, Walt’s family moved on to Roberts, where he graduated high school.

Walter graduated from the UW-River Falls with a bachelor of science degree in agriculture.

While attending UW-RF, Walt met Dorothy Severson, whom he married on June 8, 1941. Together, they moved to Frederic where, from 1941 – 1951, Walt taught agriculture, science and math at Frederic High School.

Walt served his country during World War II. In 1951, Walt moved his family to Baldwin when he joined his father and brother in the family business, Steneman Concrete Products, located in Roberts. He became a successful business executive, active in both the National and State Concrete Associations as well as the National and State RediMixed Concrete Associations, where he served a term as state president.

Walt’s personal interests included woodworking (a craft at which he excelled), fishing, hunting and boating. Walt and his family enjoyed summers at their lake home on Bear Trap Lake in Amery.

Walt was preceded in death by his parents; wife of 56 years; brother, Roland Steneman; sister, Marjorie (Steneman) DeRoy and brother-in-law, Paul DeRoy. He is survived by his children, Judy (John) Hanson of Appleton, Robert (Mary Jane) Steneman of Aspen, Colo., and Scott (Kris) Steneman of Evergreen, Colo.; seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren; sisterin-law, Ruth Steneman of River Falls and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation was held Tuesday, May 15, at the O’Connell Funeral Home followed by a Masonic service by the Collins Mason Lodge of Baldwin.

Funeral services were Wednesday, May 16, at the First Presbyterian Church of Baldwin, followed by interment at the Baldwin Cemetery.

Memorials are appreciated to the Baldwin Area Medical Center.

The O’Connell Family Funeral Home, Baldwin, was entrusted with arrangements.

Bob Weld, 91, of Hertel, died Sunday, May 13, 2007.

Bob was a proud World War II Veteran, Nabisco salesman and University of Minnesota 1930s football national champion.

He was preceded in death by wife, Marie; and daughter, Mary Liz. He is survived by his children, Susan, Nanci, Ann, Judy, Jill and Paul.

A memorial service was held Thursday, May 17, at the Lakeview United Methodist Church, Hertel. There will be a private family scattering in a woods.

Frank E. Koukol, 90, of Pine City, Minn., died May 21, 2007, at Lakeside Medical Center.

Visitation will be Thursday, May 24, from 5 – 8 p.m. at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster. Funeral services will be Friday, May 25, 11 a.m., at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Webster.

A full obituary will follow in a future paper.

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

Gilbert W. Gibson Gilbert (Gil) Gibson, resident of Trade Lake Township, Luck, died on May 20, 2007, at the age of 77.

Gil was born July 7, 1929, at Maternity Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn., to Ernest and Florence Gibson. He was a service technician for Puroil for many years; then cofounded Petroleum Maintenance of New Brighton, Minn.

He retired in the 1970s, moved to Trade Lake and became somewhat of a handyman and the “Gasoline Pump Doctor.” He will be greatly missed by all.

Gil is survived by daughters, Sandy Peterson (Chuck) and Joy Jerome (James), and son, Mark Gibson (fiance’ Lee); grandchildren, Jeffery Peterson, Angeline Hinkle, Jerry Peterson, Keith Jerome, and Kevin Jerome; and eight great-grandchildren, Brandon, Seth, Sam, Marissa, Kayla, Racheal, Matthew and Casey.

Funeral services will be held Friday, May 25, at 11 a.m. at Rowe Funeral Home in Frederic. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

The Rowe Funeral Home, Frederic, was entrusted with arrangements.

Michael A. Gillquist Michael A. Gillquist, age 61, of Bloomington, Minn., died on May 12, 2007.

He is survived by parents, Stanley and Marian; sister Linda (Roger) Sellner; aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Memorial gathering was Friday, May 18, at the Cremation Society of Minnesota.

Linda K. Noe Linda K. Noe, age 53, resident of Eau Claire, died May 12, 2007, at Syversen Nursing Home.

Linda was born March 30, 1954, to Sadie and Richard Fredricks.

She is survived by two sons, Chad (Holly) Noe and Christopher (Amanda) Noe; one grandson, Blake Noe; brothers and sisters, Dorothy Richter, Orville Cockerham, Donald Cockerham, Shirley Kimes, Clifford Cockerham, Wes Cockerham, Sr., Doug Cockerham, Russel Cockerham, Sandra Colee, Richard Fredricks Jr. and Ronald Fredricks.

Funeral services were held Thursday, May 17, at Zion Lutheran Church, Bone Lake Township, Luck, with the Rev. Larry Juergensen officiating.

The Rowe Funeral Home of Luck, was entrusted with funeral arrangements.

Lonny George Worman Lonny G. Worman, age 58, died Tuesday morning, May 1, 2007 of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

Lonny and RaeDena were married Aug. 10, 2002, in Panola Gardens in Lindstrom, Minn.

Lonny was born in Amery, on June 7, 1948, and lived most of his life in Dresser. He was a 1966 graduate of St. Croix Falls High School. He proudly served his country in the U. S. Air Force from 1967 through 1973.

He attained the rank of SSgt., and was attached to the Overseas Central Command of the Airlift Control Center. He served in Germany and was also part of the last military group that closed out the U.S. airbase in Libya in 1969 as Muammar Gaddafi came into power. Lonny also served in 1982 as a member of the local draft board.

He began his working career in quality control at St. Croix Plastics then in traffic at Northwestern Bell, before he settled into the job for which he was born, that of salesperson. Lonny worked for over 33 years selling hardware, automotive, and personal protective equipment for industry. He started his sales career as an independent manufacturer’s agent working for Halkowski-Worman Sales, then began selling for a manufacturer, American Optical Safety Equipment in 1984. Most recently he was employed as a National Account Manager for Bacou-Dalloz Corp. where he had been employed since 1989.

Lonny was a man with many talents. He was a selftrained expert on computer systems and programs, and shared this talent by assisting his many friends and peers with their computer-related problems. He joined the Masons in 1970, while stationed in Germany. In Stillwater, Minn., he joined the St. John’s Lodge No. 1 and spent many of his earlier years clowning (Looney) with the Osman Shrine Club and other benevelent organizations. He also enjoyed motorcycle riding, travel, and his cabin in the northwoods of Wisconsin.

Lonny was preceded in death by his parents, Kyle and Lillian Worman; and his brother, Dell.

He is survived by his wife; stepchildren Ryan, Darren and Robin Peterson; brother, Neil; and Chris Gapinsky of Hinckley, Minn., who was like a son to him..

Funeral services were held Saturday, May 5, at Peace Lutheran Church in Dresser. Lonny was interred at Peace Lutheran Cemetery in Dresser. Those wishing to contribute in memory of Lonny may send their memorial contributions to either Peace Lutheran Church; 2355 Clark Road, P.O. Box 655, Dresser, WI 54009, or Mayo Clinic, Department of Development, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905-9817. Reference in memory of Lonny Worman, non-Hodgkin lymphoma stem cell research.

Richard A. Pfundheller

Richard A. Pfundheller, 56, Rusk Township, died May 21, 2007,at his home.

Visitation will be held Thursday, May 24, from 5 to 8 p.m., at the Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Siren Chapel. Funeral service will be held Friday, May 25, at 11 a.m., at the Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Siren Chapel.

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

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ST. CROIX FALLS - A brand-new event is starting up in downtown St. Croix Falls - Date Night. Festival Theatre and Goochy Noochy’s are pairing up for the first romantic weekend June 22 and 23.

“This will be a great night out,” said Festival’s events inventor, Melanie Nelson. “By placing one reservation, couples have their entire evening planned. I’m really glad we can offer something like this to couples in the community.”

The evening on the town begins at Gaylord Nelson Park, just two blocks from Festival Theatre. Greeted by live

Romance on the river

music from local mandolin artist Dave Frank, couples will enjoy bistro sandwiches, salad, dessert and a select bottle of lemonade. The elegant picnic is catered by Goochy Noochy’s and couples can arrive as their schedules permit between 5:30 and 6 p.m. In case of rain, Goochy Noochy’s will host the picnic at their indoor café and coffee bar.

After dining, couples will make their way to the theatre for a 7:30 p.m. performance of “Barefoot in the Park” by Neil Simon. In this romantic comedy, newlyweds Paul and Corie Bratter have

just moved into their first apartment.

He, an up-and-coming young lawyer, and she, a free spirit who finds adventure at every turn, don’t always see eye to eye on their new life. The evening will be topped of with a complimentary beverage in the theater’s Mezzanine Cafe.

Date Night reservations are available for two evening performances: Friday, June 22, and Saturday, June 23. Advanced reservations are required by June 19.

Festival Theatre is located in historic downtown St. Croix Falls, at 210 North

Washington Street , directly across the street from Overlook Park . Tickets for the entire package are $72 per couple.

Box office hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday, though closed on Memorial Day weekend. For more information or to purchase tickets call 715-483-3387 or e-mail boxoffice@festivaltheatre.org. Additional concerts and the 2007 Theatre Series can be viewed on the Web site at www.festivaltheatre.org.

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The call to leadership SIREN - “Each of you will answer the call to leadership differently,” said Donna Barnes Haesemeyer, keynote speaker at the Polk-Burnett Leadership Academy commencement. Haesemeyer, a Shell Lake community leader and graduate of the Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program continued, “Doing your part to be a leader will not always require others to follow you. You may also do your part to educate others behind the scenes.”

Elected officials and leadership academy alumni gathered at the Lodge at Crooked Lake on May 9 to congratulate 11 participants of the Polk-Burnett Leadership Academy. Participants in the program met once a month from September through May learning about themselves and others, developing their leadership skills, and learning about issues facing their community. The 2007 participants included Bryan Beseler, Karla Brunberg, Vicky Cichon, Mark Miller, Sara McKristi Vossen, Jennifer Curdy, Mortel–Bergmann, Eric Wojchik, Colleen Gifford, Marilyn Senderlund, and Dianne Connor.

Graduation day also included group project presentations. Gifford, McCurdy, and Beseler presented their project titled,

Back Row (L to R): Kristi Vossen, Mike Kornmann, Mark Miller, Vicky Cichon, Karla Brunberg, Dianne Connor, Eric Wojchik and Bob Kazmierski. Front Row: Colleen Gifford, Marilyn Senderlund, Bryan Beseler and Sara McCurdy.

– Photo submitted Volunteer Organization Resource Guide.

They will develop a Web page that integrates a list of volunteer services and organizations for Polk County. Polk County GIVES (Generating Information for Volunteer Experiences and Services) will promote volunteerism through a Web page called dontalmostgive.org.

Brunberg, Miller, and Vossen’s project titled, Affordable Housing, developed a marketing strategy to promote affordable housing in the region. They devel-

oped a brochure that includes all of the affordable housing programs available.

And they will be working to expand the Fresh Start program into the area. The program helps 17- to 24-year-olds with education challenges get construction training and earn a G.E.D. As part of the program they build a house using a ‘learn-by-doing’ approach. The house is then sold for affordable housing. Cichon, Senderlund, and Connor presented, Restoration of Period Gardens at

the Historical Emily Olson House in Osceola. The garden project will allow visitors to understand the importance of gardens in the 19th century and how they were needed to sustain life. People can be inspired to bring a historic garden back to their own home. Wojchik and Mortel-Bergmann presented the Jorgensen Memorial Field Project – Facilities Development. Located in Amery, the Jorgensen Memorial Field was developed in memory of two people who were killed in a tragic automobile accident on their way to a softball game.

However, the fields are not complete.

They are in need of lights for the expansion of play for people of all ages and gender. The project outlines strategies for the securing of lighting for the field.

The Polk-Burnett Leadership Academy is organized by the University of Wisconsin Extension. Community development educators Mike Kornmann and Bob Kazmierski coordinate the program and also teach some of the sessions.

University professors and specialists from throughout the state teach specific topics. For 2007-08 application information, contact Kornmann at 349-2151 or Kazmierski at 715-485-8600. submitted

CHURCH NEWS Bethany recognizes 2007 graduates The congregation of Bethany Lutheran Church in Siren recognized its 2007 graduating seniors at 10:30 a.m. worship service Sunday, May 20. The graduates received handmade quilts and memory books from Bethany in honor of their accomplishment; when presenting the books, Wanda Flanigan said the gift demonstrates that “you are loved by God and your church.”

Bethany graduates (L to R) are: Ryan Keith, Bobby Smith, Brittany Jaskolka, Amanda Peterson, Caitlin Flanigan, Brynn McBroom and John Anderson; not present was Greg Stanton. Pastor John Clasen’s sermon for the day focused on doing good for Christ’s sake is its own reward. All baptized in Christ were invited to Holy Communion. The choir and children’s bell choir performed, and the graduates assisted throughout the service. All are welcome to worship at Bethany.

Sunday services are held at 8 and 10:30 a.m. For more information, call 715-349-5280. - from Bethany Lutheran Church, Siren

St. Peter’s holds Rogation Sunday Service Dressed in their “work clothes,” members of the St. P e t e r ’ s L u t h e r a n Church Choir sing “How Beautiful” during a special Rogation Sunday service.

Pastor Mark Hall asks for God’s blessing on the soil, seeds, water, as well as the farmers who plant and grow the crops, during a special Rogation Sunday service at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. – Photos courtesy Lori Nelson

Tractors, large and small, could be found in the parking lot outside of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church on Sunday as a part of the special Rogation Sunday service.

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CHURCH NEWS Are you nuts?

Deserters

Squirrels and chipmunks are constantly collecting nuts. Walnuts, hazelnuts, hickory nuts—you name it, they pursue it. And why not? Nuts are a high-energy source of protein. They contain dietary fiber, micronutrients, and little sat- Sally Bair urated fat. They’re beneficial to humans, too, and taste good. Nutritionists recommend that we eat PERSPECTIVES an ounce of raw nuts several times a week.

If nuts are so good for us, why do we label some people as being “nuts”? Those we call nuts are those who try something different, something new—those who go against the status quo.

We all try hard to avoid the stigma of being nuts.

But as we avoid the stigma, we remain in the status quo, afraid to do something different, something new.

Many Christians try to avoid such a label. We don’t want to be labeled “so heavenly minded we’re of no earthly good.” Or “holier than thou.” Or—heaven forbid—“a Jesus freak.”

In reality, we followers of Christ should be holier (but not consider ourselves better) than those in the world because, in fact, Christ called us to be holy, separated from the world. “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will.” (Romans 12:2) In reality, if we truly love Christ above all else, we are Jesus freaks— nuts—and should not be ashamed of that label. In reality, if we’re so heavenly minded we’re of no earthly good, then we’re living according to God’s will. “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” (Colossians 3:2) Christ came from heaven to earth to bring heaven to the people. And he gained a negative reputation for it from the religious leaders. He went against the status quo of the church of the day, bringing something new to the people. As a result he was called a blasphemer and a deceiver, and demon-possessed. In other words, he was thought of as a nut.

Christ asks that we, too, should be willing to lose all popularity, all stature and honor, for the sake of his kingdom. He goes so far as to say we must suffer—gladly—for his sake. As he did for his father’s sake and for ours.

Are you nuts—for Jesus’ sake? Like squirrels and chipmunks, we all should be out collecting other nuts for the kingdom.

Lord, make us willing to endure ridicule and unpopularity for the sake of your Son, Jesus. Amen.

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

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65th wedding anniversary celebrated

The Rev. Orville Falk and Ruth Falk will have their 65th wedding anniversary on May 30. Orville has pastored several churches in this area since 1948. The family requests a card shower from those wishing to express their congratulations. Their home is in Wilcox, Neb., and they can be contacted at P.O. Box 84, Wilcox, NE 68982. – Photo submitted

their time looking for, so they desert the King.

They know every poor decision the elders made, Even after David had finally secured the every botched word the preacher ever uttered, kingdom from the hand of his son Absalom, and every public mistake of every member. Of there were those who did not give him their altheir own faults, they know little. But they are legiance. “And there happened to be there a ready to desert if anyone does not toe their line. rebel, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, However, regardless of the reason, all people a Benjamite. And he blew a trumpet, and said: who desert Jesus, our King, will answer for it.

We have no share in David, Nor do we have inis not necessary to announce your desertion.

Garret AllItyou heritance in the son of Jesse; Every man to his have to do is not show up, not obey, and tents, O Israel! So every man of Israel deserted Derouin not work. When you fail to attend worship, you David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. are missed. Unfortunately, we often expect this But the men of Judah from the Jordan as far as of deserters and do nothing about it. Others stick THE Jerusalem, remained loyal to their king” (2 but contribute little because they lack the PREACHER’S around Sam. 20:1-2). strong tie that loyalty and allegiance would Few today make an announcement about bring. They may not have deserted physically, their desertion as Sheba did, but many are but spiritually they are not with their King. willing to listen and follow his message. Sheba How sad that spiritual desertion has become and the Israelites were responding largely out of jeal- commonplace, and even accepted by many Christians. ousy. If they did not get their way, they were not going to Sheba lost his life for his actions (2 Sam. 20:22), but we have anything to do with the king. This is essentially will lose our souls; “For what is a man profited, if he why there is such religious division today. shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or People, including preachers, do not get their way what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” when they follow what the Bible says, so they desert the (Matthew 16:26). (Written By Kevin W. Rhodes) King, trying to find some way around God’s plan for orIf readers have questions or simply wish to know more ganization, church growth, or any other number of about the Church of Christ, we would like to invite them things. Members become upset because someone is not to call 715-866-7157 or stop by the church building at paying enough attention to them, so they desert the 7425 W. Birch St. in Webster. Sunday Bible class begins King, expecting everyone to pander to them and tell at 9:30 a.m. and worship begins at 10:30 a.m. We also them how wonderful they are. They will then feel won- meet Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. Office hours are derful for a while. Then the cycle begins again. Certain Tuesdays through Fridays 9 a.m. - noon. individuals may look at a congregation and find fault with the people, usually because that is what they spend

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First Holy Communion received The second-graders at Immaculate Conception catholic Church in Grantsburg received their first Holy Communion on Sunday, May 6. Pictured with Fr. Dennis Mullen are (L to R) Camilo Guelle, Cohl Ringler, Madeline Duncan and Austin Olson. – Photo submitted

Luck Lutheran honors confirmands and graduates Seven students from Luck Lutheran Church reaffirmed their baptism by completing their twoyear confirmation program. The celebration was on Sunday, April 22.

The congregation made public their profession of faith with these students, and agreed to assume a greater responsibility in the life of each student in the Christian community and its mission in the world.

Back row (L to R): Carson Giller, Taylor Horsager, Pastor Mark Hall, Gary Ekholm and Alex Smith. Front row (L to R): Peter Langeness, Chris Aldrich and Mary Faye Maiden Mueller. – Photos submitted Also, on Sunday, nine high school seniors received quilts from their friends at Luck Lutheran. The quilts were given in love as an encouragement to continue in God’s way. The hand-sewn heart on each quilt is a reminder that they are being remembered in prayer as their journey after high school continues. Front row (L to R): Erin McCormack, Peter Hall, Alyssa Mellon, Jennifer Seck and Alex McCabe. Back row (L to R): Tanya Pardun, Alicia Schleif, Brooke Olson and Pastor Mark Hall.

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CHURCH NEWS

Child’s destiny not guaranteed by personality 'type' Q: What can you tell us about the differences between Type I and Type II kids? I have one of each and want to understand them.

DR. DOBSON: First, you should know that these characteristics are not highly correlated with intelligence. By that, I mean there are bright children who are at the flighty end of the scale, and there are slow learning individuals who are highly motivated. The primary difference between them is a matter of temperament and maturity, although there are more smart kids in the Type I category.

Second, Type II children are not intrinsically inferior to Type I. Yes, it would be wonderful if every student used the talent he or she possessed to best advantage, but each child is a unique individual. Kids don't fit the same mold nor do they need to. Education is important today, and we want our boys and girls to go as far as they can academically. But let's keep our goals in proper perspective. It is possible that the low achiever will outperform the academic superstar in the long run. There are many examples of that occurring in the real world (Einstein, Edison, Eleanor Roosevelt, etc.).

Don't write off that disorganized, apparently lazy kid as a lifelong loser. He may surprise you.

Third, you will never turn a Type II youngster into a Type I scholar by nagging, pushing, threatening and punishing. It isn't in him. If you try to squeeze him into something he's not, you will only produce aggravation

for yourself and anger from the child.

These attempts can fill a house with conflict. I have concluded that it is simply not worth the price it extracts.

I am certainly not recommending that children be allowed to float through life, avoiding responsibility and wasting their opportunities. My approach to the underachiever can Dr. James be summarized in these suggestions: Dobson • No. 1: He lacks the discipline to structure his life. Help him generate it. Systematize his study hours. Look over his homework to see that it is neat and complete, etc.

• No. 2: Maintain as close contact with the school as possible. The more you and your child's teacher communicate, the better. Only then can you provide the needed structure.

• No. 3: Avoid anger in the relationship. It does not help. Those parents who become most frustrated and irritated often believe their child's irresponsibility is a deliberate thing. Usually it is not. Consider the problem a matter of temperament rather than defiance.

• No. 4: Seek tutorial assistance if necessary to stay on track.

• No. 5: Having done what you can to help, accept what comes in return. Go with the flow and begin looking for other areas of success for your child.

Let me say it once more: Not every individual can be squeezed into the same mold. There is room in this world for the creative "souls" who long to breathe free.

I'll bet some of you parents approached life from the

Skonewood Christian Retreat Center schedule set CUSHING – Musical programs at Skonewood Christian Retreat Center are scheduled. All programs will begin at 7 p.m.

June 10: King’s Countrymen June 17: Sheri DePolis June 24: Blessing Trio July 1: Lee Elmer Family Band and Friends July 8: King’s Trio July 15: The Schimpps

July 22: Jerry Baxter Band July 29: Brad Alzen Aug. 5: Heart Song Aug. 12: Trade River Evangelical Free Church Aug. 19: Foundation Quartet Aug. 26: Northern Lights Sept. 2: Variety Night of Music Every night 15 minutes of prelude piano by accomplished player, Ann Bell.

- submitted

FOCUS ON THE

FAMILY

same direction.

••• Q: Should a college educated woman feel that she has wasted her training if she chooses not to use it professionally? I mean, why should I bother to go through school to be a professional if I'm going to wind up raising kids and being a full time homemaker?

DR. DOBSON: A person doesn't go to college just to prepare for a line of work, or at least that shouldn't be the reason for being there. The purpose for getting a college education is to broaden your world and enrich your intellectual life. Whether or not it leads to a career is not the point. Nothing invested in the cultivation of your own mind is ever really wasted. If you have the desire to learn and the opportunity to go to school, I think you should reach for it. Your career plans can be finalized later.

Dr. Dobson is founder and chairman of the board of the nonprofit organization Focus on the Family, P.O. Box 444, Colorado Springs, CO. 80903; or www.family.org. Questions and answers are excerpted from "The Complete Marriage and Family Home Reference Guide" and "Bringing Up Boys," both published by Tyndale House.

COPYRIGHT 2007 JAMES DOBSON INC. DISTRIBUTED BY UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE, 4520 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. 64111; 816-932 6600.

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Zion Lutheran Church Bone Lake

Outdoor church services at Birchwood Beach set FREDERIC – This Sunday is the first service of 2007 in the shelter up on the hill at the resort.

Diane Brask will be speaking, and Dan Peterson is sharing music. Coffee, juice and a snack will follow with time for visiting. Everyone is welcome.

These services go on Sundays from now through Labor Day. Planners are Wendy Larson, 327-8572, and Irene Peterson, 327-8325. If you or someone you know would like to speak or sing contact them. - submitted

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Students o f the Week SIREN

Sam Vasatka has been chosen Siren Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in sixth grade and the son of Mike and Judi Vasatka. Mrs. Johnson nominated Sam for being a hard worker and a great helper. Sam works hard each day to complete his assignments. Sam’s favorite class is science and his favorite sport is football. He has had a great year and is looking forward to the adventures that middle school brings next year.

Hans Dahlberg has been chosen Siren Middle School’s student of the week. He is in eighth grade and the son of Sheila and Timothy Dahlberg. Hans has found his own beat through middle school.

He is cheerful, friendly and works at his studies. Hans has competed in numerous musical competitions for percussion. At state he won a gold medal in percussion. He participates in marching band and basketball.

WEBSTER

Cory Abbott has been chosen Siren High School’s student of the week. He is a junior and the son of Scott and Tina Abbott.

Cory is a hardworking student with an inquisitive mind. He likes to read and works at Dairy Queen. Cory is involved in band and the library club. He plans to go to college and pursue english literature as a major.

Samantha Emberson has been chosen Webster Elementary School’s student of the week.

She is the daughter of Larry and Barbara Emberson of Danbury.

Sam has proven to be a good student and consistently works to make progress in all areas.

Classmates credit her with being a good friend who is always honest and willing to help.

Matt Thompson has been chosen Luck Middle School’s student of the week. He is in sixth grade and the son of Brian Thompson. Matt is an energetic student with many friends. He is helpful to others, polite to all and eager to do well on all assignments. Matt is involved in basketball and baseball. He enjoys riding his dirtbike, 4-wheeling and go-carting, drawing, hunting and playing video games.

FREDERIC

Ashley Kurkowski has been chosen Frederic Middle School’s student of the week. She is in seventh grade and the daughter of John and Jackie Kurkowski. Ashley keeps up to date with class work and has a good work ethic. She is very likeable, cooperative, well behaved and self-disciplined. Ashley is involved in choir, baby sitting and volleyball. She enjoys riding horses, walking her dog, shopping and getting her nails done.

Jared Jensen has been chosen Luck High School’s student of the week. He is a sophomore and the son of JoAnn and Steven Jensen.

Jared is a pleasant person with a quiet sense of humor and is a hard worker. He enjoys snowmobiling, 4-wheeling, fishing, hunting and being outside. The greatest influence in his life are his family and friends.

Alysa Hankel has been chosen St. Croix Falls Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in second grade and the daughter of Mary and Todd Hankel. Alysa enjoys social studies because she can learn about the world and how people live. She enjoys swimming, riding bike and watching TV. On Friday Fun Night the family enjoys pizza and a movie. Saturday it’s chores, and Sunday is church.

Alysa has a very pleasant personality and a lovely smile.

Charlie Falk has been chosen Grantsburg High School’s student of the week. He is a junior and the son of Mary and Dave Falk. He was nominated for working to make the bloodmobile a success.

Charlie is involved in forensics, class plays, summer research, AODA, jazz choir, solo and ensemble and marching band. He enjoys the outdoors, fishing, hunting swimming and traveling. He plans to major in biology and minor in theater.

Ryan Nussbaum has been chosen St. Croix Falls Middle School’s student of the week. He is in seventh grade and the son of Mark Nussbaum. His favorite pastimes are biking, hunting and golf. Ryan is involved in football, baseball and wrestling. His favorite suject is math because he does well. He enjoys switching classes in middle school.

UNITY

GRANTSBURG

Ben Halverson has been chosen Frederic High School’s student of the week. He is a senior and the son of Wesley Halverson and Barbara Grill. Ben is a good student who takes challenging courses and has a good work ethic. He is curious and likes to learn. Ben is in honors choir, show choir and works at Log Jam Trading Co. He enjoys playing drums in his band Truth in Tragedy and weighlifting. He will attend Brown College.

Avery Pierce has been chosen Webster High School’s student of the week. She is a junior and the daughter of Brenda and Tom Pierce.

Avery has excellent attendance and has been a wonderful office aide this term. She is an excellent student who plans on attending college. She is currently earning straight A’s. Avery works part time at Legacy Farms. She enjoys horseback riding, reading and attending quad races. She plans to study veterinary medicine.

ST. CROIX FALLS

LUCK

Devyn Ellefson has been chosen Luck Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in third grade and the son of Devlyn and Holly Ellefson. Devyn’s favorite subjects in school are spelling and phy. ed. He is a good worker and gets along well with his classmates.

Mary Johnson has been chosen Webster Middle School’s student of the week. She is in eighth grade and the daughter of Teresa and Dick Johnson. Mary is earning a B average in class. Her teachers say she is a pleasure to have in class. Mary has a great personality with a good sense of humor. She is involved in basketball, track and softball. Mary enjoys chatting online and playing with her three Labs.

Sierra Fjorden has been chosen Unity Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in first grade and the daughter of Ted and Karen Fjorden. She is a great role model to all her peers.

Sierra is a very conscientious worker and wonderful listener.

She is a treat to have in class.

Megan Jones has been chosen Unity Middle School’s student of the week. She is in sixth grade and the daughter of Ronald and Virginia Jones. Megan was chosen by the sixth-grade team for her excellent work and positive attitude. She is a pleasant young lady and cares about others.

Megan has a terrific smile and is fun to have in class.

Unity graduates 16 students from Alternative Education Program

Deanna Erickson, Unity’s Alternative Diploma Program Coordinator, congratulated the graduates of the program and challenged them to focus forward on life’s challenges with a positive outlook on life.

Unity High School graduated 16 students from the Alternative Education Program on Tuesday, May 8, with a gym full of family, friends and faculty. Graduates included front row (L to R): Diana Russo and Danielle Lowe.

Row 2: Sierra Merrill, Tiffany Williams, Dannielle DeSpiegelaere, Kristina Erlitz and Bridget Laurenson. Row 3: Nate Fisk, Justin Nelson, Donavon Darnell, Dennis Hannah and Drew CaseAllen. Row 4: Anthony Rositzki Jr., Carlos Mosay and Brandi Blomquist. Missing from picture: Tracie Tucker. – Photos submitted

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MAY

THURSDAY/24 Frederic

• 500 cards, 6:30 p.m. at the senior center.

Luck

Coming events

• Polk County Democrat meeting, 7 p.m., at Hog Wild Bar & Grill. Join us at 6 p.m. for dinner (order off menu).

Coming event items are published as a public service. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. on Mondays to be assured of publication in that week’s issue.

Siren • Free Kids Fishing Contest, Clam Lake Wayside, 8 a.m.-noon.

FRI. - SUN./25-27

Webster

Balsam Lake

• High School graduation, 2 p.m.

• Second Stop of the 2nd-annual United Barrel Racing Assoc., tour at JJ Arena. Call 715-857-6343 or 715-554-3460 for more info.

MONDAY/4 Stillwater

FRI. - MON./25-28

• Vallee de Croix, invites women to guest night at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 6:30 p.m.

Call 715-483-1061 or 651-777-7598 for more info.

Frederic

• Wilderness Family Fun Weekend, at the Wilderness Fellowship Ministries at Spirit Lake, for camping. Call 715-327-8564 for more info.

WEDNESDAY/6 Frederic

• Blood pressure screening at Bremer Bank, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sponsored by Bremer Bank.

Siren • Slow-pitch softball tournament, at the ball park. Call 715-349-2391 for more info.

THURSDAY/7

FRIDAY/25

Cushing

Balsam Lake

• Blood Drive, at the community center, 26:45 p.m. Contact Sharon at 715-825-3733.

• Unity High School graduation, 7 p.m.

Frederic

Frederic • Pokeno, 1 p.m., at the senior center.

• FHS Class of 2002 class reunion, 6 p.m., at Coon Lake Park.

• Traveling history exhibit, Bus-em 2, 5-8 p.m., at the library. Call 715-327-4975 for more info.

Frederic

• Burnett County Officer of the Year picnic, at Crooked Lake Park.

SATURDAY/26

Siren

• Noon potluck lunch, at the senior center.

We’re entering the season where even flip-flops are too much to wear on your Bingo, cards, pool or fellowship begins at 1:30 feet.

- Photo by Raelynn Hunter p.m. Bring a dish to pass or a monetary doSt. Croix Falls nation.

• Destnd Furthr concert, at the St. Croix Luck Falls Festival Theatre, 8 p.m. Call 715-483• 1st-annual Women’s Expo, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Hayward Grantsburg 3387 for more info. at Wilkin’s Bar. Call 715-857-5555 for more • Two pasture walks, sponsored by the North- • Big Gust Days, Garage sales, queen paginfo. west Wisconsin Grazers Network, 9 a.m.-noon. eant, soap-box derby, kiddie parade, antique Webster Milltown Call 715-635-3506 or 715-485-8600 for more tractor show, antique car show, big medallion • 24th-annual Webster Area Chamber of info. hunt and food stands. Call 715-463-2405 for • Traveling history exhibit, Bus-em 2, at the Commerce Memorial Day Arts & Crafts ExCommunity Pride shelter. 1-4 p.m. Call 715more info. travaganza 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the elementary 825-2313 for more info.

Webster school. Call 715-866-4204 for more info.

• American Legion Auxiliary Otis Taylor Webster St. Croix Falls Post 96 Memorial Day Roast Beef Dinner, at • Lioness Annual Rummage & Bake Sale, at • High school graduation, 7 p.m. the community center, serving starts at 11:30 the community center, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. a.m.

• American Cancer Society Relay for Life, at Dairyland the high school, 7 p.m. opening program.

• Poker run & Memorial ride to Veterans Centuria Memorial Cemetery, Spooner, leaving at 9:30 • Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative annual Siren a.m. from Cozy Corner Inn. Call 715-244-3041 • Food & Friends Community dinner, at the meeting, light breakfast, 8-10 a.m., meeting at Barron for more info.

United Methodist Church. Serving from 5-6 10 a.m.

• Aquafest Power Weekend, at the fairDanbury p.m. No charge. Everyone welcome.

Grantsburg grounds. Sat., truck/tractor pull. Sun., demo • Wild Rice Pancake Breakfast, 8 a.m.-12:30 • 2007 Carlyle Sherstad 5K Run/Walk, begin- derby, cars & trucks. 7 p.m. each night. p.m., at Forts Folle Avoine. Call 715-866-8890 ning on Madison Avenue. Registration 6:30for more info.

Frederic Grantsburg 7:45 a.m. Race starts at 8 a.m. Call • Pokeno, 1 p.m., at the senior center.

• AARP 55 Alive classes, at the senior center.

715-463-7311 or 800-293-5353 for more info.

Frederic Contact the Com. Ed. office 715-349-7070 to • Big Gust Day Demolition Derby, 6 p.m., at • High school graduation, 2 p.m. reserve. the fairgrounds.

FRI. - SAT./8 & 9 FRIDAY/8

FRIDAY/1

SUNDAY/27

TUESDAY/29

SATURDAY/2

SAT. - SUN./9 & 10

WEDNESDAY/30

Grantsburg • Pleasant Prairie Church Reunion Service, at 11 a.m. Potluck picnic at noon. Cemetery meeting at 1:30 p.m. Located on CTH O.

Webster • Million Dollar Golf Tournament, 2 p.m. tee time, at the Yellow Lake Golf Course. Proceeds benefit Relay for Life, ACS. Call 715-866-7107 for more info.

MONDAY/28 Balsam Lake

• 22nd-annual Memorial Day Dinner, noon-2 p.m. at the legion hall, Post 278.

Frederic • Memorial Day noon potluck lunch, at the senior center. Bingo, spades following.

THURS. - SAT/ MAY 31 - JUNE 2 St. Croix Falls

• Valley Christian School Annual Gym Sale, Thurs. 8 a.m.-7 p.m., Fri. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sat. 8 a.m.-noon.

THURSDAY/31 Frederic

• 500 cards, 6:30 p.m. at the senior center.

JUNE

FRI. & SAT./1 & 2 Centuria

• Thrift Sale, at Trinity United Methodist Church. Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-noon.

Clean usable items donated by many families.

Beverage & bars available.

Luck

• DBS rummage sale/fundraiser, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at the hall. Call 715-327-8658 or 715-4722803 for more info.

Siren • First-annual Jane Wisse Wellness Walk, at Crooked Lake Park. Registration 9:30 a.m., walk 10 a.m.

Webster • Passport Fair, 10 a.m.-noon, at the post office.

SUNDAY/3 Frederic

• The Bill Bittner Memorial Dixieland Jazz Band to perform, at the 9 a.m. worship service at Pilgrim Lutheran Church. Everyone welcome.

Webb Lake

• ATV safety clinic, noon-4:30 p.m., at the town hall. Call 715-259-7888 for more info.

SATURDAY/9 Amery

• Polk County Historical Society, sponsored bus tour departing from the senior center at 8 a.m. Call 715-268-8353 for more info.

SUNDAY/10 Dresser

• Second half of the anniversary celebration at Bethesda Lutheran Church, 10:30 a.m. start. Call 715-755-2562 for more info.

Spooner • 21st-annual Car Show, Swap, Craft & Flea Market, at the fairgrounds. Gates open at 6:30 a.m. Call 715-639-5114 or 715-635-3740 for more info.

Webster band ranks high at Battle of the Bands DULUTH, Minn. - Webster-area band, The Misses, represented Webster High School in the first-annual Battle of the Bands last Sunday, May 20, at the DECC Arena in Duluth, Minn.

The event drew over 12,000 people to the DECC to see 14 bands from 14 area schools play 15-minute sets. The bands were judged on content, originality, musical ability, stage presence, crowd response and overall impression.

One of the bands, number-one fans reported that she had never heard the band sound so good. The band impressed the judges as well, earning third place out of the 14 bands. The third-place win also qualifies them to play a 45-minute set at Grandma’s Sports Garden in Duluth, Minn., on

Sunday, June 10. The top three bands will all play at Grandma’s, and all three must be almost equally good, since there was only a one-point difference between first and third place.

The band has already caught the attention of recording studios, and Brian Maloney was told that he was the best drummer in the competition.

The band consists of Greg Stanton, Jules Zappa, Bryan Maloney, Richard Morrison and Travis Karrow. Stanton, Morrison and Karrow are all seniors at Webster. Zappa is a junior, and Maloney is already out of high school.

Tickets for the concert at Grandma’s Sports Garden are available at the sports garden. – Sherill Summer

Webster-area band, The Misses, will play at Grandma’s Sports Garden on June 10. – Photo submitted