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WE EKEN D WA TCH : • Threshing show @ Almelund, Minn.

• Charles E. Lewis Days @ Lewis • Bluegrass and gospel fest @ Amery • Battle of the Bands fundraiser @ Milltown • Kids carnival @ Webb Lake • BBQ Fest @ Danbury • Pancake breakfast @ Jackson • Gandy Dancer Days @ Webster See Coming Events, stories inside

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Special meeting will cost $2,300

County board chair says money could have been saved PAGE 3

Benefits of proposed business park listed

Community forum set for Aug. 6 PAGE 12

The real life of a private investigator Currents feature

Burnett County cabin destroyed by explosion Natural gas leak suspected; under investigation PAGE 2

Satisfaction and sadness as Walsh leaves Webster’s elementary school principal accepts position at Cadott PAGE 5

A bit of history on display at Lewis Page 15

Washburn becomes a Tiger again

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The 105 tractors that left Chateau St. Croix Winery on Hwy. 87 Sunday morning, Aug. 2, were joined by another dozen along the route to Almelund, Minn., for the 53rd-annual Almelund Threshing Show this weekend. About 350 people took part in the tractor caravan.

More photos elsewhere in this issue. — Photo by Mary Stirrat

Benefit will help 14-year-old reach for her dream: To see Stem cell treatment holds hope for St. Croix Falls family ST. CROIX FALLS – Jenna Frenette is a 14-year-old girl from St. Croix Falls who is hoping to make her dreams a reality.

She has been blind since birth. Her father, Gary, said her friends are talking about getting their driver’s licenses, and Jenna, of course would love to be able to do that also.

She may have that chance.

Gary stated that there is treatment for Jenna that could restore her sight. The family is raising money to send Jenna to China for stem cell treatment. He stated that there are other young people like Jenna who have been born blind, have had the treatment and can see.

“There is a real possibility that Jenna’s

Jenna Frenette dreams will not come true without sight.

Please help us make our daughter’s dreams a reality,” he said.

Jenna’s dreams are to get married, have children and a career of working with animals. She is the daughter of Gary and Lisa Frenette. One of the fundraising efforts the family is doing for Jenna is a dinner/carnival at Balsam Lutheran Church, located at 1257, 110th Street, CTH H, in Amery, on Saturday, Aug. 15. The event is from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Carnival attraction tickets are 10 for $5.

Donation raffle tickets are $5, first prize is an autographed 2008 Green Bay Packers football, second prize is an autographed Minnesota Vikings picture, third prize is Minnesota Twins memorabilia, and fourth prize is a one-night stay with two dinners at the Turtle Lake Casino.

Dinner tickets are $9 for ages 13 and up, $7 for children ages 12-5, and children 4 and under are free. Dinner is ham and scalloped potatoes, green beans, turkey salad, rolls and dessert. - with submitted information

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Rain gushed off the roof of the Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association’s roof in Frederic last week, marking the arrival of serious precipitation after a very dry summer - and several months of drought. Burnett, Polk and Washburn counties received anywhere from 1 to 3 inches recently.

Small rain cells produced spotty storms as they moved across the area.

While the rain is badly needed, the corn is also short on heat units. According to Phil Holman, manager of the Spooner Research Station, the area is running 300 heat units short, “There is no mathematic way to make up those units, and this week is forecasted to be cooler.” The weather will have a direct effect on the corn yields this fall, and while the corn looks good, it has a long way to go. - Photo by Gary King

Four school districts to share in sparsity aid

by Sherill Summer POLK AND BURNETT COUNTIES - Four area school districts will share in the $3.5 million in sparsity aid to help educate students in less-populated, lower-income areas of Wisconsin.

A total of 115 districts qualified for the aid in that they enrolled less than 725 students, have less than 10 students per square mile of district territory, and have more than 20 percent of their students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. The sparsity aid was first distributed to districts who qualify last fall.

This year the allocation was cut by 3.5 percent, or $127,500, to close budget gaps. The state hopes to allocate $300 per student from qualifying districts, and if all the districts that qualify received that much, the sparsity aid would pay $15.3 million to districts around the state.

Area schools that receive the aid and the amounts received are: Frederic $37,259, Luck $36,983, Siren $34,430, and Shell Lake $41,123.

For the 2010-11 school year, $14.9 million in state funds will be available for sparsity aid.

Cabin destroyed by gas explosion

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A cabin on Pine Lake in Burnett County, west of Frederic, was destroyed by what authorities believe to be a natural gas explosion on Friday morning, July 31. The damage to the home, owned by Dr. Buddy Ide, went unnoticed until Monday, Aug. 3. A painter hired to do work at the house arrived at the residence and discovered the damage. A neighbor reported hearing an explosion on Friday morning at about 6 a.m. A fire marshal was investigating the cause of the explosion on Tuesday. A bunkhouse near the home reportedly escaped serious damage. Ide’s cabin was destroyed by fire last summer after being struck by lightning. It was rebuilt, and not quite finished, when this explosion occurred. Frederic Fire Chief Bryan Daeffler had no comment, noting it was still under investigation. - Photos by Matthew Denn

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POLK COUNTY - Two domestic partnerships were registered at Balsam Lake this week as the new state law granting gay and lesbian couples more than 40 of the 200 legal rights allowed heterosexual married couples went into effect Monday.

Mercy Weber and Stacey Willis of Osceola, both over-the-road truckers, made sure they were the first couple to register in Polk County. Burnett County had yet to register any partnerships as of Wednesday morning, Aug. 5. - with information from St. Paul Pioneer Press ••• No local post offices have been earmarked for possible closing at this point in time, according to media sources. Many urban area post offices across the country are targeted to close as the Postal Service is facing the prospect of closings or consolidation of services amid a sharp decline in business due to e-mail. The Postal Service may register a loss of nearly $7 billion this fiscal year, according to Associated Press.

To see a list of proposed post office closings, go to www.usps.com. - with information from Associated Press ••• FREDERIC – A read-a-thon will be held at the Frederic Depot and Museum on Saturday, Aug. 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with proceeds going to the Frederic Public Library. The event, hosted by the Frederic Eastern Star, will be held during the Frederic Arts and Crafts Fair and the North Land Ambulance chicken dinner and pie social. Bring the kids, grandkids or come because you love Dr. Seuss books. Enter a chance drawing for a Cat In The Hat stuffed animal – one drawing every hour.

– with submitted information ••• HUDSON - The board of directors of the St. Croix Valley Community Foundation formally changed the foundation’s name at the July 14 board meeting according to Jane Hetland Stevenson, the foundation’s president. The new name is the St. Croix Valley Foundation. The decision to change the name is the result of the last two years of work by the foundation’s branding task force. The idea behind the name change came from the fact that the St. Croix Valley Community Foundation has five active affiliate foundations, or operating divisions, in Hudson, River Falls, Amery, Afton and the Chisago Lakes area.

Each of these affiliates has the word “community” in its name, and it often was confusing to donors and the general public as to which organization was which. – from St. Croix Valley Foundation

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Texting while driving is being blamed for a head-on collision between this van and motorcycle at 850 85th St. at approximately 9 p.m., Friday. - Photos from Polk County Sheriff’s Dept.

Texting blamed for head-on crash

AMERY – Robert La Bathe, 30, Amery, was charged with OWI and second-degree reckless injury after the van he was driving collided with a motorcycle on Friday, July 31.

His 7-year-old son was in the car with him at the time of the accident. Police officers arriving at the scene, which had been reported as a “head-on” collision, said it looked odd, as if the vehicles had been traveling in the opposite lanes at the time the accident occurred.

La Bathe had apparently been drinking and was given a blood alcohol test which registered .10. The motorcycle driver, identified as Pete Stack, as well

as the 7-year-old and La Bathe were all taken to the Amery Emergency Room.

At the hospital, a police officer interviewed the child with his mother’s permission. According to the child, his father was texting on his cell phone and was in the wrong lane. The boy said he told his dad that a motorcycle was coming at them and that his dad swerved to get back in the right lane. The motorcycle apparently swerved to avoid being hit at the same time and the two collided. The police officer allegedly spoke with a party at the hospital who stated she had been texting with La Bathe up until the accident.

Special county board meeting will cost $2,300 Board chair says money could have been saved

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – “All they had to do was ask me,” county board Chair Bryan Beseler said. “I would have scheduled the time.”

Members of the personnel committee said they were not being given enough information about the county’s projected $2 million capital projects revenue needs. They expressed their frustration at their July 23 meeting as they considered a request from the finance commit-

tee to start looking for ways to cut $1 million in personnel expenses in the 2010 budget.

“We don’t know what the shortfalls are,” said Russ Arcand, personnel committee chair. “They (finance) think we should deal with the shortfall. We are not buying it. Give us the real numbers.”

The personnel committee then proceeded to draw up a petition, with the help of corporation counsel Jeff Fuge, calling for a special meeting of the county board to focus on the capital needs of the county. Twelve supervisors signed that petition and the capital im-

provements forum is to be held at 4 p.m. on Aug. 18, preceding the regular county board meeting that Wednesday.

Beseler says the way the petition reads, he must call a meeting of the county board at 4 p.m., adjourn it a few hours later, and call the regular meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Each meeting will be separate, and the 23 supervisors will need to be paid a $100 per diem for each.

There were other ways to achieve the result without having to pay the extra $2,300 expense Beseler says. He could have found a way. All they had to do was ask him.

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Juvenile beaten near fairgrounds ST. CROIX FALLS - A juvenile male was hospitalized and suffers from short-term memory loss after being jumped and beaten at the Polk County Fair on Friday, July 31.

Arrested and charged in the incident was Tyler R. Chute, 18, St. Croix Falls.

According to a Polk County Sheriff’s report, a witness told authorities that a person he knew as “Shooty” came running across a paved area, struck the juvenile in the side of the face and continued to strike him while he was on the ground and appeared to be knocked out. The witness said he had to pull “Shooty” off the juvenile.

A deputy spoke with the father of the juvenile at St. Croix Regional Medical Center and was advised that the juvenile had received a broken jaw and had been taken to a metro area hospital. The deputy spoke briefly with the victim and noted that when he spoke with the victim again the following evening, the victim could not remember speaking with the officer the previous evening.

The officer attempted to call Chute, leaving messages on Chute’s cell phone but was not able to arrest him until Chute turned himself in on Saturday on the advice of his attorney.

Chute is charged with battery. - with information from Polk County Sheriff’s Dept.

Stack was severely injured and was taken to Regions Hospital. La Bathe and his son were both treated and released from the hospital.

There were a number of other OWI first-offense arrests made this past week: Jeffrey Anderson, 25, Balsam Lake; Chad McKnight, 39, Chisago City, Minn.; Pamela Pearce, 43, Deer Park; Kevin Flores, 18, Amery; Shane Brekke, no age given, Clayton; Darrell Fierro, 28, Amery; and Nancy Kurtz, 49, St. Croix Falls. — with information from the Polk County Sheriff’s Department

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Local car dealerships are experiencing a jump in sales due to the Cash for Clunkers program. Members of the U.S. Senate are expected to approve further funding for the popular program this week. Larsen Auto Center of Frederic pulled out the stops in advertising the program, which offers a tax rebate of up to $4,500 to people who turn in a car that gets under 18 miles per gallon.

- Photo by Gary King

Cash for Clunkers vote this week STATEWIDE - The government’s Cash for Clunkers program has been so popular it’s practically out of money. Last week, the House of Representatives approved an additional $2 billion to get gas guzzlers off the roads. Now car dealers are waiting to see if the Senate will also vote to extend the program, which promises a tax rebate of up to $4,500 to people who turn in a car that gets under 18 miles per gallon.

Cash for Clunkers was supposed to last until November, or until the $1 billion ran out. It ran out last week. Jeff Gustman runs dealerships in northeastern Wisconsin. He says the news last week created confusion, and they’re still

waiting for official verification that the program is going to continue. He says he’s sold roughly 50 Cash-for-Clunkers cars. Curiosity about the program has brought in customers who have bought new or used cars even if their old ones did not qualify.

U.S. Congressman Steve Kagen, DWis., says he can’t understand why some senators are criticizing Cash for Clunkers by saying it puts the government in the used car business. Kagen sees it as an economic stimulus. Ford Motors credits the program for bumping up its sales by 1.6 percent over the same month last year. - Wisconsin Public Radio (Patty Murray)

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Services Friday for Sylvia Gjerning Sylvia J. Gjerning, 80, resident of Luck, died on Aug. 4, at the Fairview University Medical Center in Minneapolis.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, Aug. 7, at 11 a.m., at the Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Frederic with the Rev. Catherine Burnette officiating.

Visitation will be on Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Rowe Funeral Home in Frederic. Full obituary will be in an upcoming edition of the Inter-County Leader.

The Rowe Funeral Home in Frederic assisted the family with arrangements.

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Benefit option might help save jobs, keep services Personnel costs are a major part of budget

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – Employee costs are a major part of the Polk County operating expense. County government exists to serve the public and most of that service is personnel related. Snowplow drivers, deputies on patrol, nursing home aides and restaurant inspectors are some of the persons who deliver those serv-

ices. It is often stated in budget discussions that 70 percent of the levy goes for personnel costs.

Many of the ideas for deficit reduction have been focused on personnel as the county tries to close a projected $3 million shortfall. Those ideas include a fourday/ 10-hour-per-day week, an option that might please many employees while serving the public better saves possibly $60,000. Furloughs or unpaid holidays are an option the state is using. Consolidation of departments works if the

county plans on eliminating managers.

The ultimate, staff layoffs, would probably require the elimination of some as yet unspecified services.

One option has not been mentioned in the many hours of discussion at the county. Polk County pays 90 percent of the employees’ health-insurance premium and all of their retirement contribution to the state retirement fund. That contribution is 12.3 percent of gross salary for most employees and 17.4 percent of gross salary for public protection

workers.

If the employees paid 15 percent of their health-insurance premium instead of the present 10 percent, the county would have a cost savings of approximately $171,000 a year according to information by employee relations.

Employees paying 1 percent of their retirement contribution would yield a cost savings of approximately $150,000 a year. These options would not cut jobs or hours, just reduce take-home pay.

GAM probably getting new carpets Low bid was double estimated cost

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – The terms “however,” “on the other hand,” and “but” are sometimes useful in covering Polk

England hired to oversee next phase of Ice Age Trail work POLK COUNTY - Work on the Straight Lake segment of the Ice Age Trail has shifted into a next phase.

The planning is done, now the volunteers put on their gloves and pick up their tools. Over the next five weeks, the trail corridor will be cleared of brush, trees and deadfalls, with the work all done with volunteer and community-service hours.

One exception, there is a professional leader on the job. The Ice Age Trail Alliance has hired Pete England locally to be project crew leader. He comes well suited to the task, with a great background and professional leadership qualifications. It is estimated that 15,000 hours in donated time will accomplish the task of constructing 5.5 miles of new trail.

Funding conditions require that the project must be completed before Sept.

30 of 2010. Just getting the work done is not the only thing; volunteers safety is a priority and so is enjoyment. When attending a workday, it is obvious that people really enjoy working together in the woods. There is lots of conversation and laughter; everyone feels welcome, and there always are brownies.

After the five weeks of preparatory work is done, the stage will be set for the big event, the alliance’s mobile skills crew event, Sept. 8 through 13.

The mobile skills unit brings the expertise, equipment and supplies to support the volunteers from all over who will converge on Straight Lake Park to do the pick-and-shovel work, moving rocks, filling holes, building bridges if needed and the “cutting of the tread,” as they call the walking surface.

All who work will be fed hearty camp food and given a place to camp.

Some will come for a couple of hours, some for days. There is no shortage of work. It is expected that the area will give all a hearty welcome.

The Straight Lake Park section will be a showcase achievement for the IAT Alliance and an asset to the area.

Want to participate? Show up any Saturday (see event calendar). To work on any day, call Dean at 715-4722248. To sign up to be part of the mobile skills crew, go to iceagetrail.org.

To make a donation call Cora at 715472-2248. - Marie-Anne Westigard, IAT

County committee actions and decisions.

Things do not always come out as it seems they were intended to. Final decisions sometimes take a new life. Records of events sometimes do not seem to reflect what was observed. It can make following the county government a bit confusing.

Golden Age Manor has had new carpeting on its needs list for many years.

Since GAM made a profit in 2008 and the home’s 50th anniversary is coming in August, the county board approved the carpet purchase at its April meeting. The original resolution, “to proceed with GAM capital improvements,” included new windows and a new bathing system as well. Action on that resolution in the April 21 board minutes takes up a page and a half and includes 13 motions to amend the resolution or postpone action.

Eight of those motions required roll call votes. The final form of the resolution authorized “the GAM Board of Trustees to proceed with the acquisition of flooring, using 2008 GAM surplus funds as a funding source.”

Jump ahead to the Wednesday, July 22, meeting of the finance committee. The agenda item was GAM facility bids. Finance director Tonya Weinert told the committee that the low bid was $82,900, which she told the committee was double the expected price of $40,000 the county board approved in April. (The April resolution and minutes do not mention a cost). Weinert said the cost in-

crease was due to the need to pay the prevailing wage, a requirement of state projects. She asked the finance committee members how to proceed.

“Just do it,” said county board Chair Bryan Beseler. “Don’t take it back to the county board. We would need to wait a month. Don’t drag it on.”

Brian Masters asked if the committee could start the bidding over and was told no.

Mick Larsen moved to move forward and accept the bid. The motion passed on a 3-1 voice vote with Larsen, Beseler and Gary Bergstrom voting yes and Masters voting no. (The minutes for the meeting say the motion carried by unanimous voice vote).

That finance committee action on July 22 led to a long series of e-mails involving Weinert, GAM Chair Bob Dueholm, Beseler and corporation counsel Jeff Fuge. Weinert, in an undated memo, states that the finance committee made the recommendation for GAM to proceed with the carpeting. On Monday morning, July 27, Dueholm sends Weinert an e-mail questioning the cost and asking why the GAM board had been excluded from the process. Weinert responded an hour later saying that she has expressed her discomfort about the higher cost and said she had suggested going back to the county board. She said the finance committee chose not to. She referred Dueholm to Beseler for followup. Beseler, in an e-mail to Dueholm the

following day, summed up the confusion and stated that the intent, in his mind, was to move forward with the carpeting.

Fuge then entered the e-mail exchange, on Tuesday morning, July 28. He said that the April county board resolution says that the GAM board had the authority to approve the bid; finance could only review the bids, and no funding limits were set. He said that neither the resolution nor county policy authorizes finance to approve the bids.

The GAM board met that afternoon, July 28. Copies of the e-mail exchange were presented and the GAM board went into its own discussion of costs and timing. Bob Blake made a motion to accept the bids and proceed with the low bid. Gerald Newville and Dave Ollman voted for the motion. Patricia Schmidt voted no, saying the windows are a bigger need. Dueholm voted yes but expressed reservations because of the funding.

That vote was immediately followed by a discussion of the role of the buildings and grounds department (property committee) regarding improvements in all county buildings. There has been statements that all county buildings come under the authority of property.

The issue came up at a special meeting of the executive committee. But the role of property in the carpet purchase issue was never raised, even though two of the supervisors involved in this debate are also on the property committee.

Board does U-turn on CTH I project

by Mary Stirrat BALSAM LAKE — After finding out Monday evening that the project could possibly be done without taxpayer money, the Balsam Lake Village Board voted to pursue engineering and design of a larger culvert on CTH I at the Mill Pond.

Carl Holmgren, resident of the Mill Pond, has been asking the board to consider a project that would enlarge the culvert between Balsam Lake and the Mill Pond, allowing larger boats to pass through. He has indicated that the project will not necessarily cost taxpayers any money, but the board has been hesitant to consider his request.

This month, however, the board received information that the Balsam Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District has offered to pay the cost for design and engineering of the project and bidding it out.

Not only that, said trustee Jeff Reed, the board’s designee to the district, but it may have funds available to pay for the entire project.

According to trustee Jim Broome, the village received an estimate of $9,086 from the Polk County Land and Water Resource Department to design and engineer the project. Another $6,564 will bring the project to awarding of the bid.

“It wouldn’t cost the village anything to go out and bid the project,” Reed told the board. The rehab district has about $400,000, he said, but some of it may be designated to specific causes. The

$10,000 for design and engineering, he said, has already been committed to that purpose.

Reed said that the village would have no obligation to proceed with the project, but felt it would make sense to allow the rehab district to move forward with design and engineering.

“If they’re paying for it,” agreed trustee Mike Voltz, “and it isn’t costing us anything, let them go ahead with the engineering.”

Taxes on the Mill Pond are expected to increase if the project goes through.

Reed said that assessor Barb Zempel estimated that the taxes per foot of water frontage would increase from $600 to

$1,200. About 25 percent of the increase would go to the village, said Reed.

Polk County, he said, is going to be working on CTH I within the next two years, and this may be the best time to look at enlarging the culvert. Village President Guy Williams said he would approach the highway department to find out their timing on the project.

The board voted to approve the bid for design and engineering from the county, with the condition that the rehab district write a letter saying they will pay for it.

“I won’t go along with hanging village taxpayers on the hook for anything,” said Voltz.

Arnell addition

An anonymous donor is making possible this addition at the Arnell Memorial Humane Society animal shelter in Amery. The $50,000 donation is being used to construct an area with six isolation kennels, with adjacent outside space, for newly acquired dogs to be kept until they are available for adoption. There will also be a large room for training. — Photo by Mary Stirrat

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Satisfaction and sadness mix as Walsh leaves

by Carl Heidel WEBSTER - As Jeff Walsh talked about leaving his position as elementary principal of the Webster schools, there was a great deal of satisfaction in his comments. But there was a touch of sadness, too.

After teaching for a number of years in the Birchwood schools, Walsh came to Webster in 2004 because he saw some interesting challenges for a principal in Webster. After five years, he feels that he has successfully met many of those challenges. That’s the satisfaction.

“I had a great staff,” he said, “and wonderful students.” He continued, “Jim (Erickson, superintendent) and Tim (Widiker, high school principal) and I formed a great team and became really good friends.”

Walsh recalled his accomplishments, and he had a great many. He worked with his staff to develop a new math program. “I enjoyed the process,” he said, “and it was exciting to take it all the way through.” This new program is one factor in the improved student math scores in standardized testing.

Then there was the 4-year-old kindergarten that began under Walsh’s leadership. There were information meetings for the parents and lots of planning. It was an “up-from-the-bottom” program that would build skills in the children that would be the foundation for their success in their later school years.

In addition to praising staff and parents in this project, Walsh commented that the various day care centers had been a very strong support in establishing the program.

The Measurement of Academic Progress program was another big step.

Walsh noted that this standardized testing program gave the schools actual data that they could use to identify areas of success and difficulty for each student.

That data then helped to develop the classroom instruction.

But there were some “hot-button” programs that Walsh had to sell. One of

them was a change in the way classes were taught.

When Walsh arrived in 2004, large numbers of students at the fifth- and sixth-grade levels were failing in their classes. As many as 40 and 50 children were posting failing grades in the core subjects such as math, reading and writing, science and history.

Walsh attributed the problem to the fact that students were being moved from classroom to classroom for each class, and teachers couldn’t build good relationships with them. He changed the process to self-contained classrooms in which these core subjects were all taught in the same classroom. Students still left the room for other subjects such as art, computer and physical education.

Staff members weren’t happy with the change at first, but they used the change to build solid relationships with the students, and the students benefited. By January of this year, the failure rate had dropped to only five students failing.

And then there were the free bicycles.

One of the Webster district’s goals has been to improve student attendance.

Studies show that the relationship between attendance and student achievement is positive. Better attendance leads to better grades.

So Walsh created a program to reward good attendance. For three years, every elementary student with perfect attendance (never late, never leaving class early, no absences) has received a free bicycle. Yes, free.

“The first year only three kids got bikes,” said Walsh. But that was enough to catch the student‘s attention, and in the second year, 16 of them got the free bikes. By the third year of the giveaway, 24 kids got free bikes, and for a few of them this was the second time they’d registered perfect attendance.

And for those who were “near misses”? Well, Walsh saw to it that they got some prizes, too, and there were seven or eight of them who took those prizes home this year.

But as Walsh recounted all these satisfactions for his years in Webster, he acknowledged what he is leaving behind.

“It’s difficult to leave,” he said. “These are great people, and I hate to leave.”

And there’s the sadness. Walsh commented on the pleasure of working with a good staff, and he noted successes that he’d enjoyed as he watched what the district as a whole was doing.

He mentioned the state championships that the track and cross-country programs had brought home. And he talked about the way Jeromie Voeltz, the football coach, has turned the football program around. “He is teaching the players character,” he said.

But the largest share of Walsh’s praise fell on Erickson. “The district is lucky to have him,” he said. “He is forward thinking and has made important changes in the schools.”

Walsh pointed to the changes in the schools’ use of new technologies in teaching, and the professional development of the staff as examples of Erickson’s impact. “It’s tough to leave that,” he said.

But he feels the time has come to leave.

He’s moving on to the Cadott schools.

Why? “Two reasons, there are new challenges there, and I like a challenge,” he said.

The second reason is that this brings him closer to his family. He commented that when the holidays came, he has always driving south from Webster to see his family in the Eau Claire area. “I was that one car going south while everyone else was coming north,” he said.

So with a mix of satisfaction and sadness, Walsh moves on.

And for the Webster schools? Martha Anderson, currently the pre-K-6 guidance counselor, has been appointed interim elementary principal while the district carries out the search for a permanent successor to Walsh.

Says Walsh, “She will do a really good job for Webster.”

Participant creates DOC sign Perry Staples, one of the Burnett County Drug Court participants, made this new DOC sign.

He is a self-employed contractor, and the drug court allowed him to do the sign to meet some of his court-ordered community service hours. - Photo submitted

Grantsburg Chamber welcomes new business The Grantsburg Chamber of Commerce welcomed a new business to the community on Friday, July 31. Shown (L to R) are Ashleigh Olson of the Burnett County Sentinel and Ronda Taber, chamber president, welcoming Penny St. Germain and Korey Mane of Penny’s Peddlers during a special ribbon-cutting ceremony. - Special photo

Webster schools lose elementary principal Walsh accepts Cadott position

by Carl Heidel WEBSTER - In a special meeting Tuesday evening, the Webster School Board accepted the resignation of Jeff Walsh, elementary school principal, who has accepted the position of K-6 principal in the Cadott school system.

The board appointed Martha Anderson, Webster’s pre-K through 6 elementary guidance counselor, as the interim elementary principal.

Jim Erickson, Webster’s superintendent, explained that Anderson’s appointment is intended to give the board time to work carefully through the process of finding a permanent replacement for Walsh. Anderson has served the district as elementary school principal in the past, and Erickson commented that the district is fortunate to have someone with her credentials and experience to fill the position on an interim basis.

“Jeff did a lot of good things for our kids,” said Erickson. “He was completely centered on the students’ achievement and what was important for our children. We were fortunate to have him.”

In moving to Cadott, Walsh will be closer to Chippewa Falls where he grew up. He still has family members living in that area.

Grant awarded for American Indian teaching program DULUTH, Minn. - The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth has received a new four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support its Ojibwe Language and Culture Education program.

Only 11 such grants were awarded nationally in 2009.

The $1.28 million grant is administered by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Indian Education. It will support 12 American Indian students who are interested in teaching and working in the American Indian community. Students will major in elementary or secondary education and in Ojibwe language and culture education. The grant will provide students with tuition support as well as a monthly living stipend.

Applications for participation in the project are being accepted for fall 2009 enrollment.

The project is open to undergraduate students with previous postsecondary education. Students will earn their bachelor’s degrees and receive teaching licensure within three years.

“The purpose of the project is both to increase the number of fully licensed American Indian teachers available to serve schools with native populations, and to prepare them to provide highquality education to American Indian youth,” said Valerie Tanner, OLCE program director and assistant professor of education at St. Scholastica.

To apply for enrollment under the new grant, or for more information about the OLCE program, contact Valerie Tanner at 218-723-6014 or 800-447-5444, ext. 6014 or vtanner@css.edu. Program information can be found at http://www.css.edu/OLCE.xml. - submitted

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C O U N T Y

H E A D L I N E S

Straight Lake Park plan heads for board ap-

The final plan for improving the public area at the east and south end of Straight Lake includes a parking area and trail to eight rustic campsites above the south shore of the lake. A parking and picnic area and a canoe access area will be added to the spot between the two lakes.

An earthen dam will be added at the outlet of Straight Lake to protect the old manmade dam and allow hikers to cross the Straight River. from the DNR

Last changes preserve natural state

get across the river without getting wet feet. The surefooted can still make it over the old dam at the mouth of the lake, but for now, many people will need to enjoy the area from the south side of the river.

The entire Straight Lake area is open to public use.

There are a number of parking areas around the

If you don’t put your two cents worth in, you can’t expect change.

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perimeter and many unmarked walking trails. A trail circling Rainbow Lake starts just north of the entrance area at 120th Street and 270th Avenue a mile north of Hwy. 48. People are carrying in canoes for fishing. With the dry summer, the insects are few. Enjoy.

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by Gregg Westigard BONE LAKE/LUCK – The master plan for Straight Lake State Park and Wildlife Area will be presented to the Natural Resources Board for approval next Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the board’s meeting in Hayward.

This approval will mean that DNR officials can start developing access areas and campsites in the 2,800-acre park three miles east of Luck Village. The actual improvements and developments will take place over several years.

The final draft includes few changes from the version presented at an open house in Luck last April. The most noticeable change is the removal of a proposed road to reach the cart-in campsites along the south shore of the lake. There will now be a slightly longer trail from the parking area to the rustic sites and a pond in the area will not be disturbed. The DNR has been listening to and responding to comments since the first public meeting in 2005.

While the planners have been working to finalize the master plan, much has been happening on the ground.

The route for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail through much of the park has been marked and approved. Beginning this week, volunteers working with the local Indianhead Chapter of the trail have started clearing ground cover and logs. There should now be a visible path along the route through hiker Chet Anderson crossed last week with local guides. The Indianhead crew is preparing for the arrival of some 200 volunteers in September to complete work on this section of the trail.

Another new project is well under way this summer.

Beaver have built a long new dam just east of the point where the Straight River flows out of Straight Lake. A pond now exists where once it was almost possible to

NORTH MEMORIAL AMBULANCE announces an upcoming

EMT CLASS

North Memorial Ambulance is currently recruiting people who may be interested in becoming an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and working for the local ambulance service. With ambulances located in Grantsburg, Webster, Danbury, A & H and Spooner, we hope to recruit additional EMTs to fill open positions. North Ambulance currently has both paid and “on-call” positions available.

North Memorial Ambulance will reimburse 100% of the expenses of the course upon successful completion of the class and subsequent employment with our service.

IN ADDITIONAL, North Memorial will give a $1,000 bonus to each new EMT employee that elects to work as an “on-call” EMT at either our A & H, Danbury or Grantsburg ambulance stations upon completion of 500 hours of “oncall” time (subject to need and available funding).

For those who may be interested in becoming an EMT, the following EMT basic course will b e held in the area: Siren Area/Location TBA: Starting Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, finishing Jan. 14, 2010 Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6 - 10 p.m.

To register contact WITC at 1-800-243-9482, extension 4202.

If you have questions regarding North Memorial Ambulance, please call 715-866-7990, ask for Mark or Joe.

Come and join our team!

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Municipal court explored at Balsam Lake

Owner may have to move cabin built without permits

by Mary Stirrat BALSAM LAKE – A cabin on Big Island in Balsam Lake is believed to be in violation of county and village regulations, and some members of the village board would like to see it removed from the property.

As part of a report on the July 14 meeting of the zoning board of appeals, the village board learned at its Aug. 3 meeting that a cabin built by Robert Wiesner was constructed without a building permit or a sanitary permit, is built closer to the lakeshore than ordinances allow, and has probably not been fully taxed.

Wiesner’s cabin was possibly built as long ago as 2002, said public works director Darryl Ince, but the fact that it was built without a building permit first came to light just less than a year ago. In September 2008 village assessor Barb Zempel asked then-police Chief Sheryl Gerhman for a boat tour of properties on the lake and islands.

Wiesner’s cabin was noticed, and a $223 citation was issued for building without a permit. In December he was sent a letter explaining that he violated the ordinance requiring all structures to be set back 75 feet from the lake. His cabin is about 61 feet from the lake and is on stilts rather than a permanent foundation.

When Wiesner met with the zoning board in July he was seeking a variance that would allow his cabin to be closer to the lake than allowed by ordinance.

According to the minutes of that meeting, there was discussion on why Wiesner had not applied to the village for the building permit and variance, or to the county for the sanitary permit, before he built the building.

The minutes say that Wiesner told the zoning board that he paid the fine for building without a permit, and that the sanitary permit from the county is pending. He also said that the reason he didn’t set the cabin back farther was to avoid taking down two large trees.

“This just irks me to no end,” said Trustee Mike Voltz, “that people think they can build something and not have a permit. And how can he occupy that place without a sanitary permit?”

Trustee Jim Broome, mentioning the $223 fine paid, said, “It’s the premise that it’s easier to ask forgiveness than permission.”

“Why do we have the rules if these guys are going to violate them?” Voltz asked. “There’s no question. (He should) move the thing.”

Both Broome and Trustee Jeff Reed commented on the fact that it’s an entire cabin built out of compliance, not simply a deck. Then Broome asked if, since no one really knew it was there, adequate property taxes have been paid on the cabin.

“Can we have it assessed for back taxes?” Broome asked. “I think he’s getting off pretty lightly.”

The board voted to direct village attorney John Schneider to write a letter to Wiesner saying that the cabin must be moved back 15 feet to meet the 75-foot setback or else be removed from the property. Should he obtain a sanitary permit from the county, the board may consider issuing a building permit.

Police officer Jennifer Hanson was directed to find out if there are unpaid property taxes, and Schneider will be asked to determine how far back the village can collect back taxes.

“If this thing’s been there since 2002,”

said Voltz, “he’s been pulling a fast one.

You let this guy do it, and the next guy is going to do the same thing to us.”

Municipal court The village of Balsam Lake has decided to explore the option of establishing a municipal court, according to discussion at the Aug. 3 meeting of the village board.

The topic came up as the board was finalizing a new bond schedule, setting citation penalties that incorporate new court costs regulated by the state, when Broome asked whether the village had ever considered a municipal court.

In the past, said village President Guy Williams, there has been some discussion of a joint municipal court with Milltown and Centuria. Both a judge and a court reporter would be required, said police officer Jennifer Hanson, but the judge can be a retired police officer or someone with similar experience.

Currently, all citations must be handled at Polk County Circuit Court. There were 11 traffic citations issued in July along with 12 municipal citations, all of which will go through the circuit court process and be affected by the state costs.

Hanson said that establishing a municipal court would not save the village any money, nor gain it any, but the amount a violator would pay for a citation would decrease because the state-determined court costs would not be charged.

As an example, said Hanson, the cheapest speeding she can issue is $175, due to the court costs. A community that has a municipal court can reduce the fine to about $88. For each, she said, the municipality retains $30 of the fine.

In addition, a municipal court can more easily order community service.

Hanson pointed out that criminal charges would still need to go through the circuit court system. A second offense or more of operating while intoxicated, or an operating after revocation related to an operating while intoxicated, are both criminal charges, she said.

In some communities, said Hanson, the municipal court meets one afternoon a month, with one time set for adult violators and another for juveniles.

“It’s something we should look into,” said Voltz. “It will be interesting to see if we can do something about it.”

He suggested the idea be referred to the public protection committee for study at its Aug. 17 meeting. Hanson said she would find out what qualifications are required for the judge.

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Other business • Police officer Jennifer Hanson reported that the Balsam Lake Homeowners Association donated money for the police department to purchase a digital camera and memory card, and a life vest and spotlight for the water patrol boat.

• The board approved a temporary beer license and a fireworks permit for the fire department’s demo derby Sept.

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Amplified device permits were approved for Angler’s Inn for live music Aug. 21, and for Evelyn Jones at the Legion Hall Aug. 22.

• The board voted to opt out of funding the Polk County Library Federation, an option available to the village because it has its own public library.

• At the recommendation of the planning commission, the board voted to allow AT&T to relocate its telecommunications equipment to Verizon’s tower west of the village and to allow construction of a 12- by 20-foot building on Verizon’s property.

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L e a d e r Results from last week’s poll:

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This week’s question:

I use the local post office: 1. As much as I ever have 2. Less these days 3. More these days 4. Only for package mailing 5. Not at all To take part in our poll, go to www.theleader.net and scroll down to the lower left part of the screen

J o e H e l l e r

F O R U M Extend the clunker program T

he U.S. Senate votes this week on whether or not to approve funds to continue the Cash for Clunkers program. They likely will - and they should.

In fact, the program, which offers up to $4,500 in credit for consumers trading in their old clunker for a new vehicle or lease, should probably be extended past its deadline of Nov. 1.

Here’s a program that seems to be hitting on all cylinders - stimulating the economy, getting higher-mileage vehicles on the road and helping out car dealers, to boot.

Newspapers can take a bit of pride in knowing that it was an op-ed piece in the New York Times a year ago that helped popularize the idea of a scrappage program. Economist Alan Binder, a Princeton prof, wrote the piece, hoping to stimulate the auto industry, and based his editorial on the German scrappage program.

There are some unusual aspects to the program, spelled out for auto dealers in a ridiculously long (130-plus page rule book). Guzzlers traded in need to be shredded and their engines disabled. Critics say that not only removes vehicles that low-income citizens could afford but adds insult to injury to the already hurting used car and parts industries.

How about allowing a percentage of those vehicles to be donated to worthy causes?

Other criticisms say that only a relatively small percentage of dealer inventory qualifies for the program.

Nevertheless, car dealers must be happy with the results, and it’s good to see the free market in action.

But it’s all because consumers recognize what they see as a true deal.

Fact checking

Views expressed on these pages do not necessarily represent those of the Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association management or board

Where to Write

President Barack Obama 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. 20500 www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ Governor Jim Doyle P.O. Box 7863, Madison, WI 53707 wisgov@mail.state.wi.us

Congressman David Obey (7th District) 2462 Rayburn Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20515 or Federal Building, Wausau, WI 54401 (715) 842-5606 Rep. Nick Milroy (73rd District) Room 221 North, State Capitol P.O. Box 8952, Madison 53708 E-mail: rep.milroy@legis.state.wi.us

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Rep. Ann Hraychuck (28th District) State Capitol, P.O. Box 8942 Madison, WI 53708 Phone: 608-267-2365 • Toll free: 888-529-0028 In-district: 715-485-3362 rep.hraychuck@ legis.state.wi.us Rep. Mary Hubler (75th District) Room 7 North, State Capitol P.O. Box 8952, Madison, WI 53708 or 1966 21-7/8 St., Rice Lake 54868 (715) 234-7421• (608) 266-2519 rep.hubler@legis.state.wi.us U.S. Senator Herb Kohl 330 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20510 senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov

Senator Robert Jauch (25th District) Room 19 South, State Capitol P.O. Box 788, Madison, WI 53707 E-mail: Sen.Jauch@legis.state.wi.us Senator Sheila Harsdorf (10th District) State Capitol, P.O. Box 7882 Madison, WI 53707 (608) 266-7745 • (715) 232-1390 Toll-free - 1-800-862-1092 sen.harsdorf@legis.state.wi.us U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold SDB 40, Rm. 1, Washington, D.C. 20510 or 1600 Aspen Commons Middleton, WI 53562-4716 (608) 828-1200 senator@feingold.senate.gov

During the 2008 presidential campaign, more newspapers and media outlets across the country enacted fact-check departments.

Fact checking is the “new cool forefront,” blogged Emily Baltz, in a wellconstructed investigative piece she wrote for The Ticket, a Web site dedicating to analyzing news coverage of that campaign.

At least one major news outlet, she wrote, had file baskets labeled “True,” “False,” “Almost true,” “Pinnochio” and “Pants on fire.”

We’re not sure why “Almost true” doesn’t qualify as “False.”

Baltz writes that Heather Collura, a journalist who worked for USA Today during the election season, didn’t necessarily fact-check everything candidates said during a speech or press conference before writing an article. Collura said it was her job to report on what the candidates were saying and let the public draw its own conclusions, not to evaluate the truth of candidates’ statements.

She occasionally looked into glaringly inaccurate information and had never intentionally reported anything inaccurate, but had generally left fact checking the candidates to “truth squads.”

Truth squads are operators of Web sites like factcheck.org, snopes.com and politifact.com.

The term can also be applied to astute readers who take the time to do the research. Recently a few discerning Leader readers claimed to have found factual errors in at least three letters we published in one issue. Most dealt with the political issue of the day - health care.

We want letters we publish to be truthful and accurate, particularly concerning statements about others but also about the information relating to budget figures, as nebulous as they can be at times.

Letter-writers are usually more than happy to take personal ownership of their words but sometimes aren’t prepared for the response. We try to avoid publishing falsehoods but we can’t always guarantee letter-writers won’t be called out to defend their position or facts in our follow-up issue.

Editorials on this page often quote sources such as larger newspapers in our state, or nation. But folks don’t need to be reminded that the New York Times published news that turned out to be entirely fictitious, the product of a writer wanting to create a good story. It’s obvious that information is only as good as that publication’s fact-checkers.

We encourage every letter-writer to back up facts they cite with a source.

And many do, either in the text of their letter, or as a side note to the editor.

There are other issues with letters to the editor - tone, content, focus, length - but factual content needs to take precedent. The Leader can’t follow the lead of large newspapers by adding a fact-checking department but we’ll be requiring all writers to provide sources for their facts in the future - and it will have to be a source acceptable to us.

Obviously, everyone chooses their favorite sources and chooses what to believe in cases of political ideology and speculation. All of us naturally want to believe the truth squads - after all, Web sites devoted to checking facts must be right - right?

But if you want to perpetuate the search for truth, you might ask, “Who’s fact checking the fact-checkers?”

Letters to the editor The Leader welcomes letters to the editor. Diverse and varied opinions are encouraged.

Letters are subject to being edited for length, taste and/or clarity, and we urge writers to be brief and limit their letters to 500 words. Sources for facts cited in letters should be included in the text of the letter or as a side note. Thank you letters and/or thank you language will not be published. Writers must provide their name and give their hometown and phone number.

Only the letter writer’s name and address will be published, plus an e-mail address if requested. Content that will cause letters to be rejected include: Crude language, poor taste, disrespectful comments regarding a group’s or individual’s ethnicity, gender, religion, culture, sexual orientation or race; other incendiary language or personal attacks. Letters deemed unfit for publication on our opinion page shall not be printed elsewhere in the newspaper, including as a paid advertisement. Frequent letter writers will be published no more than once a month and will be allowed one rebuttal letter, at the discretion of the editor. Political letters pertaining to candidates will not be published in the issue prior to election day, however letters from candidates themselves may be published that week to clarify any misinformation that may have been published the week before.

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Letters t o t h e e d i t o r Focus on Energy

A call to action to my fellow members/owners of the Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative! We have a unique opportunity to influence the outcome of an important decision currently under consideration by PBEC’s elected board of directors. The question before the PBEC board is whether we should join Focus on Energy, a statewide program that provides a broad array of services and incentives for renewable energy projects and energy-efficiency improvements. Focus on Energy incentives are already available to customers of Xcel Energy and Northwestern Electric Company, but so far Polk-Burnett has chosen not to participate.

Money from ratepayers across Wisconsin flows into Focus on Energy and joining this program will give every member of PBEC access to some of the state’s best experts in the field of renewable energy and we’ll be eligible for cash rewards that are in many cases far more attractive than those currently being offered by PBEC. To give an example, PBEC’s current cap on incentives for solar and wind electric systems is $3,000, whereas Focus on Energy offers up to $35,000. If you’re considering solar water heating, Focus on Energy will return 25 percent of the cost of your system. Polk-Burnett offers no incentive for solar hot water. To find out more about Focus on Energy, visit their Web site at http://www.focuson energy.com/.

If you agree that Polk-Burnett should sign on with Focus on Energy, please contact your board representative soon and let them know. If you’re not sure who that is, you can go to PBEC’s Web site at http://www.polkburnett.com/, or you can call them at 800-421-0283.

John Bailey Grantsburg

Sick of political correctness Every day on my drive home from work I listen to the cable news channels on the radio. I like to keep up with current world news, as our oldest grandson is now serving with the 3rd Marine Battalion in Afghanistan. As are many Americans, I am appalled at the undue attention the media gives to stories like Michael Jackson’s unfortunate passing and the ranting of a college professor whose property the police were trying to protect!

I continue to wonder why we’re not hearing about the body counts for the murders that occur each day in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Why isn’t there outrage about the state of our education system resulting in record-low high school graduation rates? What does it say for us as a people when we continue to elect and re-elect politicians who have proven to be corrupt both legally and morally?

Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ballgame.

I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, which is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! Are you listening, Martha Burke?

I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion.

I have the right not to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird or tick me off.

I don’t think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, governmentsponsored bank loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store or any other business. We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend

their freedoms so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document and open to their interpretations.

I don’t hate the rich, I don’t pity the poor, I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That doesn’t stop me from watching them. I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that’s better, and put your name on the building.

I am sick of political correctness. I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa; so how can they be African-Americans? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don’t go around saying I am a European-American because my great-great-great-grandfather was from Europe. I am proud to be from America and nowhere else.

“I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all!”

It is said that 86 percent of Americans believe in God. Therefore I have a very hard time understanding why there is such a problem in having “In God We Trust” on our money and having God in the “Pledge of Allegiance.” Why don’t we just tell the 14 percent to be quiet!

Please say a prayer every day for all our men and women in our armed forces – they are working hard to protect our freedom! Be proud of being an American – hold your head high and stand up for all the things that have made this land of ours so great.

Sharon Kelly St. Croix Falls

Health-care reform Visiting my folks over the weekend, I read your paper and the letters to the editor about health care. The question is not whether we want health-care reform, it’s: Do we want this health-care reform? Here are some highlights from the current bill in the House of Representatives: They say that if you like your current health care, you can keep it. The truth is on page 265, where the government mandates and controls productivity for private health-care industries. In other words, the government will tell your health-insurance company what coverage you get!

And there’s no exemption for those like me, who have chosen not to have health insurance. I, along with over 50,000 other Christians, have chosen to join a group where we share each others’ medical needs. We will be forced into a public plan, where we will be forced to pay for elective abortions.

They say they don’t want to take over health care. On page 16 the bill states that after the first day of the year when the bill takes effect, no employer will be able to enroll new employees in any private plan.

On page 50 of this bill, it requires that illegal aliens be covered, while exempting them from taxation on page 170. And page 91 requires appropriate translation services for them.

On page 58 we find a national ID health card as well as real-time monitoring of finances by Washington bureaucrats, while page 59 allows the government access to our bank accounts for electronic funds transfers.

Page 65 includes a special deal for retirees and their families, if they retired from a union or a community organization such as ACORN. On page 268, the government will regulate the rental or sale of all power-driven wheelchairs.

This section title from page 354 needs no commentary: Sec. 1177. Extension of Authority of Special Needs Plans to Restrict Enrollment.

They say they want to control the costs

Lessons from Woodstock 40 years later

Americans love anniversaries. It doesn’t matter if it’s young lovers celebrating the two months they’ve been together since they met at a Harry Potter matinée, 20 years since we graduated from high school, or 200 years since the founding of the nation. We like to look back and ponder what we were doing when certain things happened and where it has all gone since.

One of my personal favorites is fast approaching and has me both reminiscing and wondering what it all means.

Aug. 15 marks 40 years since 400,000 young people gathered on Max Yasgur’s farm in upstate New York for the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. This massive gathering of humanity so surpassed the promoters’ expectations of 50,000-100,000 that they completely overwhelmed the area’s ability to deal with food, sanitation, housing and traffic control. Throw in a thunderstorm that turned the 600-acre festival site into a sea of mud, and before you knew it the whole thing was declared a disaster area.

The remarkable thing is that in spite of all the adverse conditions it was generally acknowledged that the crowd remained peaceful, and local residents joined in the overwhelming task of feeding everyone.

In what had overnight become one of the largest sites in New York state, only two people died (one from a heroin overdose and one who was run over by a tractor as he slept under a pile of blankets).

As Max Yasgur observed in his benediction to the crowd, “a half-million young people can get together and have three days of fun and music and have nothing but fun and music, and I God bless you for it!” (He was wrong about the largest group of people ever assembled in one place. That goes to Kumbh Mela–a religious pilgrimage in India every 12 years where people gather to purify their sins by washing in the Ganges River. 60 million people took part in the ceremony in 2001.)

So where was I (and where were you)? I was a 16-year-old high school sophomore living in the Chicago suburbs. I only learned about it through a picture in the Chicago American of the traffic jam on the New York State Thruway. Two years later I got my introduction to the Woodstock Nation at the Chicago premiere of “Woodstock: The Movie.” It was a memorable experience, especially the cloud of reefer that was completely ignored by the proprietors of the Chicago theater. I went out and bought my David Crosby leather fringe jacket (which I still have) and I began stocking up on my stash of tie-dyed everything. When I left home for college I grew my hair long and had become (gasp!) a hippie.

Fast-forward 40 years and what have I done with my vision of Aquarian idealism? I live on a farm (which by the way, is all I ever wanted to do even before Woodstock), am married for 31 years to the only love of my life ( who needs a sexual revolution when you meet your soul mate?), I get accused of growing pot in my greenhouses (no) and gardening in the nude (you’ve got to be kidding–deerflies and thistle), we of health care, which they can only do by mandating what treatments you can get!

And if you’re on Social Security, they’re going to control the cost of health care by counseling you on stopping your treatment so you can die more quickly. After all, you’ve lived a good life, why prolong it? (pages 425-430) And the coup de grace is that they have not read this bill that they are campaigning for! As a matter of fact, John Conyers (one of the representatives most responsible for this bill) said there’s no reason to

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Community Voices Mike Miles live simply so that others may simply live, and I am a lifelong peacenik who still believes it is a really bad idea to kill people who aren’t like us when we can’t think of a better way to get what we want.

Now the flower children are old enough to retire and they can’t because their 401Ks have crashed, and they can’t pump any more equity out of their McMansions with their mortgages under water. Somehow the Baby Boomers thought they were less materialistic than their parents because they would rather smoke hashish and go snorkeling in Barbados than drink bourbon and play croquet at their summer place in the Hamptons. In fact, the Me Generation of the ‘60s just happened to be born into the beginning of the biggest economic bubble in history which just popped with a vengeance.

The free ride is over. Tickets that sold for $18 in 1969 would cost $75 today and there was no free food at Woodstock 1999 (the 30-year anniversary) where a single slice of pizza cost $12 and bottled water sold for $4.

The peace and free love of Woodstock ‘69 turned into rioting, looting and raping at Woodstock ‘99. I find that very disturbing. The problem as I see it has to do with one’s definition of freedom. Freedom is not being able to do anything you want to do. There are plenty of idiots out there doing just that and look where it has gotten us.

No, freedom is having the power to do the things you know you ought to do.

Like loving unlovable people, sharing all you have with those less fortunate even if it means you will never have enough to retire and growing food the hard way, by hand, because using 10 calories of petroleum to grow one calorie of food is not sustainable.

In spite of all the current craziness, I love my life. I love love, I love peace, I love music, I love my family, and I love being idealistic and doing good even if it amounts to nothing more than re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic. So there. And with only 45 days left until the first possible frost date, I have “got to get mysellfff back to the gaaaaardennnnnn!”

Mike and the love of his life Barb Kass have lived in Polk County since 1984 where they raised three children on a small farm just east of Luck. He has always been curious about why things are the way they are. His curiosity has brought him all over the globe including several trips to Iraq and other Middle East hot spots such as Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel. His educational background is in science and theology with degrees from Iowa State University and North Park Seminary in Chicago. Mike has worn a lot of hats-teacher, farmer, contractor, coach, activist, bus driver, cook, musician, to name a few.

His greatest accomplishment is that his children still like him. He doesn't have many answers but hopes that by now he at least knows how to ask the right questions.

read the bill because it would take two days to read and then another two days with a lawyer to understand what you read! They don’t know the details. And the reason they’re pushing so hard for this to be voted on so fast is that they know that if “we the people” actually read this bill (which takes time with over 1,000 pages) we will find the “devil in the details.”

Jeff Tyberg Wisconsin Rapids

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A coup for lobbyists at the White House Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, ousted in the middle of the night just over a month ago, enjoys global support for his return, with the exception of the Obama White House. While Barack Obama first called the Honduran military’s removal of Zelaya a coup, his administration has backpedaled. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Zelaya’s attempt to cross the Nicaraguan border into Honduras “reckless.” Could wellplaced lobbyists in Washington be forging U.S. foreign policy?

Lanny Davis was special counsel to President Bill Clinton from 1996 to 1998, functioning as lawyer, crisis manager and spokesman through Clinton’s various scandals. Davis has developed a lucrative specialty as a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, offering a “unique ‘Legal Crisis Communications’ practice,” helping people embroiled in investigations or scandal. According to recent congressional filings, Davis is lobbying for the Honduran chapter of the Latin American Business Council.

Zelaya had recently increased the Honduran minimum wage.

Davis testified before Congress on

Cap and Trade issue not dead Just in case you thought Cap and Trade was a dead issue, think again. Obamacare has taken the forefront, but Cap and Trade is alive and well. My letter to the editor about Cap and Trade was soon followed by rebuttals and conversations with, you guessed it, die-hard environmentalists.

The Cap and Trade bill is currently in the Senate and is losing support from any American that remotely understands what these morons in Washington are trying to do. The Congressional Budget Office has determined that Cap and Trade will cost American industry $846 billion over 10 years. Remember, business does not pay taxes; they pass that expense on to us, the consumer. If this bill is passed it is only the beginning for the taxpayer.

Every time Washington needs a few hundred billion dollars they will revisit this energy tax and increase it. Cap and Trade is not about the environment, it’s about more tax revenues for out-of-control spenders like David (Wisconsin’s pride and joy ) Obey. I looked it up and yes, (I’ll look out for you ) Obey voted yes; what a shocker, huh?

There is no ironclad way to measure the impact this tax will have on America’s working families. Cap and Trade will add cost to virtually everything in everyone’s life. Don’t let anyone tell you differently.

Polk-Burnett Electric says it will increase power bills by $10 to $60 per month. My guess, it will be closer to the $60. This is the increase just for your home. There

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July 10, saying his clients “beviser to the coup leader lieve the best chance for a soluMicheletti during the Costa tion is the dialogue between Rica negotiations. According Mr. Zelaya and President to Ratcliff’s firm’s bio, he “cre(Roberto) Micheletti, mediated ated TV and radio advertiseby President (Oscar) Arias, that ments for President Bill is now ongoing in Costa Rica.”

Clinton’s 1992 and 1996 PresiThat is, until the Arias sessions dential campaigns.” Firm resulted in a call for the return partner Melissa Ratcliff of Zelaya. Coup spokesman “worked as communications Cesar Caceres said, “The medi- Amy strategist for he White House ation has been declared a failduring the Clinton AdminisGoodman tration.” ure.”

Their firm promises Davis continued before Con“access to key decision makers gress, “No one wants bloodshed, and and influencers.” nobody should be inciting violence.” Yet With similar anti-Zelaya goals comes a number of Zelaya supporters have lobbyist Roger Noriega, George W. been killed, and there has been a crack- Bush’s assistant secretary of state for down on independent media, making Western Hemisphere affairs and former information hard to obtain. staff member of Sen. Jesse Helms. NorI reached Zelaya by phone in iega is lobbying on behalf of the HonNicaragua, near the Honduran border, duran Association of Maquiladoreas, and asked about Obama’s reluctance to owners of low-wage factories that exuse the word “coup.” He told me, port goods, principally to the U.S. “Everyone in the world - governments, Both Noriega and Davis represent international organizations, all the business interests that benefit from “free lawyers and judges in the world - have trade” with the U.S. Zelaya, elected called the fact of capturing a president originally with the support of the Honat 5 a.m. without trying him, shooting duran business community, has shifted arms, that’s a coup d’etat. No one to more populist policies. He recently doubts that that’s a coup d’etat.” joined the emerging Latin American Bennett Ratcliff, another Clinton trade bloc ALBA, organized by counWhite House connection, was a key ad- tries like Venezuela and Bolivia to

counter the economic dominance of the United States.

During Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, Davis repeated the charge that Obama would not be capable of handling a crisis “call at 3 a.m.”

As he recently visited Africa, Obama declared the importance of democracy.

Yet here in his own backyard is a genuine coup d’etat that his administration has done little to reverse. Obama will be in Mexico to meet President Felipe Calderon and Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada on Aug. 9. Honduras is expected to be on the agenda. The 3 a.m. call has come - who will have Obama’s ear? Democracy, or the special interests hired guns, against whom Obama promised change?

••• Denis Moynihan contributed research to this column.

••• Amy Goodman is the host of “Democracy Now!,” a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on more than 750 stations in North America. She is the co-author of “Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times,” recently released in paperback.

Letters t o t h e e d i t o r will be increased cost involved for anything that is transported by truck, train and airplane. All this cost will be passed to the consumer and will amount to several thousand dollars per year per household.

Cap and Trade will cost this country millions of jobs and cause industry to look for more favorable business climates in other countries that have little or no restrictions. Our farmers will not have this option. The impact on American farmers will be devastating. The (farmers) will not be able to compete in the world market. You would be hard-pressed to find anyone in business or farming that would support this harebrained idea, although there are always a few nutcases around.

The Tennessee State Senate recently passed a resolution declaring not to participate in a federally mandated Cap and Trade system. This is a Strong message being sent to Washington. My hope is Washington will listen. This issue is already showing signs of dividing the country.

If anyone tries to convince you that Cap and Trade is good for the environment and country, just remember these are the same people saying charging you more for energy will cause you to conserve and in turn will save you money in the long run. Huh. These are the same people that mismanaged our Social Security, Medicare and a long list of other tax-producing programs.

I am convinced that Obey must go. He is a poster boy for term limits. He has shown time and time again ... well, he does not remember ... he thinks he is the boss.

Please contact your senators and tell them you will work to put them out of office in the next election cycle that they run in if they vote in favor of Cap and Trade.

Maybe they will understand. Cap and Trade should never have made it to the floor of Congress. It’s a dangerous place for any tax and spend decisions to be made.

Herschel Brown Frederic

Open letter to Congressman Obey Editor’s note: This letter was presented to Congressman Obey by the author during the congressman’s appearance at the Polk County Fair this past weekend.

Congressman Obey, I am writing to express my most adamant opposition to the socialized medicine programs now being considered in both the Senate and the House. I see absolutely no logical reason or constitutional power vested in the government that gives them the authority to affect my personal medical care.

The issue of constitutional power aside, the legislation under consideration in both houses is intended solely to solve the cost of entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare. It totally ignores the health care costs incurred by illegal immigrants. Yet you would attempt to solve these problems by reducing the senior population by depriving them of necessary health care while doing

nothing about stopping illegal immigration and deporting illegals already here who also add to our education deficits as well as health care. I view this as nothing more than government-sponsored genocide! I pray that every senator and representative that votes for any such legislation will be haunted by the guilt of the consequences of their actions for the rest of their lives. The legislation also denies or limits health care to other people (men, women and children) who the government deems “unworthy” of help, because it would cost too much money for their necessary medical care.

There are elections in 2010 and every two years thereafter (that is until a dictatorship is firmly in place). It is our solemn vow to work tirelessly to defeat any senator, representative or any other elected official who supports or votes for this type of legislation.

America is becoming the Germany of the 1930s and early ‘40s? It sure looks like history is repeating itself. First you take over the banking system, then the auto industry and now health care. God only knows what’s next and how long before the “brown shirts” show up at our door.

If you want to change health care its simple just give us the same plan you have. And by the way, if this legislation is so good, why aren’t the members of Congress required to be covered by this plan?

You folks get a Cadillac lifetime plan paid for by the already overtaxed citizens.

Bill Blair Osceola

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Wide range of salaries for Polk County department heads Many factors determine actual pay

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – The many divisions of Polk County that deliver services to the public are run by some 20 departments with over 50 employees and an annual budgets of over $9 million.

The group includes persons with degrees in law and nursing. All in the group are salaried and most, the nonrep group, are on a sliding pay scale. The exceptions are the six elected officials whose salaries are set before the start of their terms. These are the people who are now preparing the budgets and staffing plans for the county for the coming year.

Notes about the group The nonrep employees are about 60 county employees who are not represented by one of the unions. While these are mostly managerial workers, the group includes about nine hourly workers who are excluded from the union because their jobs give them access to confidential wage information. The nonrep group includes division heads and specialty workers. Over half the group works at Golden Age Manor, the Human Services Department or public protection.

The recent practice in Polk County has been to give the nonreps the same costof-living increases and benefits that the represented or unionized workers receive. However, while the union contracts now set wages through 2011, the nonrep pay is determined annually.

The salaries are determined by a combination of factors including size of department, qualifications for the position and market demand for persons with the skills. The requirement of a law degree, a nursing degree or a master’s degree increases the base compensation. There are eight steps or grades at each pay level. If a person starts at the base pay, the top salary level would be reached after eight years.

The salaries for the six elected officials are set, year by year, for the entire term the person is elected to. The wages are set before the election season begins and can not be raised or lowered during that term. For instance, the sheriff and clerk of court were elected to four-year terms in November 2006. Their salaries for each year of their term were set in the spring of 2006 before the start of the fil-

ing period for the offices. The district attorney is a state employee. That salary is determined by the population of the county they serve, so the Polk County district attorney receives a higher salary than the district attorney in smaller Burnett County and much less than the Milwaukee County district attorney.

In 2006, the clerk of court received the same salary as the other three elected office heads. That changed when terms were increased from two years to four years, with the salaries for the county clerk, treasurer and register of deeds set in 2008 for the period through 2013.

The sheriff, who holds a job that must be reapplied for each four years, is paid less than the chief deputy at present. The person holding that position is at the top of the pay scale. The salary gap is over $5,500 a year.

Employee benefits increase county employment expense Workers get health insurance and retirement

by Gregg Westigard POLK COUNTY – All Polk County employees, the union members and the nonreps including department heads and elected officials, receive the same benefit package. That includes health insurance and payment into the state retirement fund. The county pays 90 percent of the health insurance cost and

Examples of total annual employment costs

Gross pay FICA (7.65 percent) Retirement (12.3 percent) Health (family plan) Total county cost

Hourly Worker ($15 per hour) $31,200 2,387 3,838 13,630 $51,055

Department Head $80,000 6,120 9,840 13,630 $109,590

all of the retirement contribution.

The annual health insurance premium for the county-funded plan is now $15,144 for the family plan and $5,892 for

an individual. The county pays $13,630 per year for each employee on the family plan.

The retirement contribution to the state

fund is a percentage of the gross earnings. There are three categories of employees: public protection workers, elected officials and all others. The rate for the first group, including deputies and jail workers, is 17.4 percent of the gross pay. For elected officials, the rate is 13.4 percent. The county pays a retirement cost of 12.3 percent for all others.

In addition, the county pays the same 7.65 percent Social Security and Medicare match that all employers pay.

The total of the wages and these benefits determines the county’s employee expense.

Levy dollars concentrated in five departments

Other revenue support three largest budgets

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – Polk County has six departments that account for most of its nondebt service budget.

Those six vary greatly in their funding sources and how their funds are used.

Two departments, law enforcement and buildings, are almost totally funded by levy dollars. (This report uses the department designations used in the 2009 budget summary). Three, human services, health and highway, receive most of their funds from nonlevy sources. One, Golden Age Manor, used no levy dollars in 2008 or 2009 after several years of losses.

Personnel costs account for most of the expenses in several of the departments, but the breakdown of wages versus operations and capital costs requires more explanation. The table shows the levy sources for these six departments, listed in order of levy dollars budgeted for 2009, and budgeted expenses for 2009 in

Department

Law Human service Highway Buildings Health Golden Age Manor

Levy

$6,238,000 3,638,000 3,116,000 1,577,000 945,000 none

Nonlevy 477,000 5,602,000 5,047,000 617,000 1,183,000 7,361,00

Total

6,715,000 9,240,000 8,162,000 2,194,000 2,128,000 7,361,000

Revenue 5,600,000 4,408,000 1,463,000 891,000 1,827,000 5,354,000

Personnel Operations Capital Expense 929,000 4,920,000 5,920,000 1,137,000 289,000 1,570,000

Total 2009 budgets for the next 13 highest departments

Clerk of court Information technology Land information Corporation counsel/child support Land & water resources Administration District attorney Register of deeds Employee relations Treasurer Extension County clerk Veterans services Total three categories.

The figures are taken from a report, 2009 Annual Operating Recap as of June 2009, prepared by the finance office in July. All numbers have been rounded.

$957,000 681,000 673,000 620,000 569,000 506,000 425,000 260,000 258,00 254,000 253,000 207,000 145,000 $5,808,000

Some notes on the expense breakdown: Capital is high for departments that have high vehicle expenses (patrol cars, highway trucks). The highway operations cost includes road projects.

County’s renewable energy committee meets BALSAM LAKE – Polk County’s renewable energy committee held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, July 16, in the government center in Balsam Lake. The main agenda item was a discussion of how the committee might assist county leaders in developing a plan to reduce energy consumption consistent with the county board’s previous adoption of a resolution endorsing a 25-percent reduction in energy use by 2025 – the so-called 25 X 25 plan. Committee members decided to focus on reducing vehicle fuel consumption across departments but did not arrive at a recommended percentage or target date.

186,000 62,000 780,000 166,000 12,000 none

In other business, the committee reviewed the results of a solar-heating assessment conducted at the Polk County Recycling Center in May by a representative of the Rural Renewable Energy Alliance of Pine River, Minn. The building appears well suited for a wall-mounted active solar thermal system, but grant money will need to be secured before the project can move forward.

Committee Chair Jeff Peterson was authorized to draft a letter of support for a prospective anaerobic methane digester at Lake Country Dairy in Turtle Lake.

The committee also reviewed the content of its new Web page, which is accessible

through Polk County’s home page – www.co.polk.wi.us.

Polk County’s renewable energy committee was created by a resolution of the county board in April of 2006. Its mission is “to research, evaluate and promote sustainability with a focus on renewable energy systems for Polk County residents, businesses and public agencies.”

The committee, which includes three county supervisors and six citizen members, meets monthly on the third Thursday at 3 p.m. in the government center in Balsam Lake. - with submitted information

(average: $447,000)

Human services must contract for a large amount of professional services. The buildings operation expense includes utilities for the county buildings.

Battle of the Bands to support skate park MILLTOWN - The Hall on Milltown’s Main Street this Friday night, Aug. 7, 610 p.m., will be the site of a rock band contest to raise money for a skate park fund. Three-person bands are invited to enter the contest for a chance to win $50 and the title of rock band winner. There will be $1 drawings for a chance to win cool stuff as well. There will be a $5 cover at the door.

For more information, contact Ben at 715-553-0212. - submitted

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Benefits of proposed business park outlined

Community forum scheduled for Aug. 6

by Mary Stirrat LUCK — Several Luck residents and business owners have responded to comments reported on at the July 8 village board meeting regarding the purchase of land for a business park, noting that the discussion was one-sided from those opposed to the idea.

To accommodate additional comments from the public, a community forum on the land purchase will be held Thursday, Aug. 6, at the village hall at 7 p.m. Village President Nancy Webster Smith is urging community members to attend and voice their opinions on the subject.

“We are encouraging people to come and talk about their thoughts and what they would like to weigh in regarding the land purchase,” she said.

During the July 8 meeting, opposition to the purchase of 109 acres just west of Luck fell into categories including environmental concerns, cost and taxation issues, and whether there is a need for business/industrial land in the Luck area.

Village residents, businessmen and/or planning commission members John Klatt, Ed Seck, Mark Jensen, Charvey Spencer and Al Ormson, along with village Administrator Kristina Handt and Rural American Bank owner Dennis Frandsen, addressed these concerns.

As a preface, both the village board at the July 8 meeting and several of those making comments for this story said that the process is still in its very early stages.

Because it is so early in the process, complete facts and information are not yet available.

“I hope that the residents of Luck Village and Luck Township will be patient and wait to get more facts and information as that becomes available,” said Klatt, “before they put out a protest sign to not support this project.”

Spencer agreed with Klatt, saying, “It is my hope that the taxpayers of the village don’t make decisions based on hype and emotion, but rather on facts.

“As we make those decisions, I believe that we need to envision what the village of Luck will be in 10 or 15 years if we don’t do something to attract businesses to our area.”

Environmental factors The 109 acres being pursued for purchase, at $218,000, is located across CTH N from Little Butternut Lake. A number of the comments at the board meeting addressed concerns regarding lake and watershed quality.

County, state, and federal regulations all affect the property and what can be done with it, said Handt. The county’s shoreland ordinance governs all land within 1,000 feet of a navigable lake, and a portion of the property under consideration falls into that range.

In addition, the Department of Natural Resources has strict regulations that control water runoff from development.

These regulations determine the ratio of impermeable surface, such as roofs or pavement, to green space and outline the necessary steps to prevent the runoff from affecting lake and groundwater quality.

“The village isn’t going to able to just do whatever we want,” Handt said. “We still have to follow the county, state and federal regulations.”

Prior to consideration of the present site, said Klatt, the village approached the DNR about a parcel south of Butternut Avenue, and it was recommended to find a different site due to wetland mitigation issues.

“The DNR has demonstrated their expertise in protecting wetlands around the Luck area in a number of cases,” said

Klatt, “as Luck is blessed with a fair amount of water and wetlands. They have done a very good job in our area and across out state to protect and promote wetlands, and I trust they will in this case, too.

“The possibility does exist that an improvement of the watershed may exist through management and settling ponds, similar to the project that was done on the north end of Big Butternut.

“If this project was to proceed,” he said, “the sewer and water access to the general Little Butternut area may help improve the lake ecosystem.”

Jensen echoed these thoughts, noting that in all likelihood the use of the property will eventually change one way or another.

“A business park may indeed have less impact than if the property would be developed for residential use by adding the number of homes that 60 buildable acres could support,” he said. “Homeowners would potentially have lake access, adding additional watercraft traffic and competition for lake use.

“I am sure the planning commission and village board are not insensitive to the concerns of our friends and neighbors in the Little Butternut Lake area. I doubt that any of them would willfully ignore the quality of the lake or the surrounding area.

“Let’s pursue economic development in the spirit of a future benefit for our area,” Jensen said.

According to Handt, the department of commerce has indicated that “clean technology” businesses are interested in locating in this area. In June, she said, she received information from one such industry seeking five to 10 lots in an “ecoindustrial site” or a “green business park.”

“Our governor wants to make Wisconsin a leader in renewable-energy manufacturing,” she said, “and this is a way we can be apart of that. There are businesses out there that are green businesses, looking to locate in Wisconsin.”

For those concerned about noise, pollution or traffic, said Spencer, the existing businesses in Luck and the industrial parks in Milltown, Frederic and Centuria can offer some reassurance. The air is clear and green grass is common.

“Stand on the 14th tee box at Frederic Golf Course,” he suggested, “and look to the north. It’s hard to tell where (the golf course) ends and (the industrial park) starts. And my dogs make more noise when I come home from work than you’ll hear outside most businesses.”

Need for space Another question raised at the July 8 board meeting was whether the village really needs more space for business or industrial development, or if Luck can benefit just as much by industry locating in the neighboring communities.

Citing a recent story in this newspaper, Klatt pointed out that Milltown has just filled the last lot in its business park, and it is an environmentally friendly greenhouse and birdseed business.

“Milltown is a success story in that their business park is now full,” he said.

“The community has some residential growth, too.”

At the end of 2008, said Klatt, the Polk County Economic Development Corporation was contacted by a business looking for space to build and employ several hundred people. The business was referred to Frederic, he said, adding, “It’s great that the northern Polk County area benefits from this type of job and business creation.”

Spencer said he believes that people would rather live close to where they work and shop close to where they live.

“What are the odds that someone who works and lives in the southern part of Polk County will ever come to Luck to

buy what our current businesses offer?” he asked. “Not good enough for me to put my money on it.”

While other business parks in the area are filling up, there have been no vacancies at Luck’s existing industrial park for a number of years. The comprehensive plan adopted by the village board in May, said Handt, states that the top liability for the village is that there is no room for industrial or business expansion.

“Except for expansion of existing businesses,” said Seck, “no new business has come into our present industrial park because there hasn’t been any room. Looking at the towns around us, those who have created business parks in the last 15 years have seen significant growth.”

The planning commission, said Klatt, has been approached by an existing business that may need to “look at different options” if it cannot acquire additional space.

“That indicates another reason why we need to consider a new business park or stagnate at our own peril,” he said.

Spencer appeared before the board several months ago to encourage village trustees to “be aggressive in their search for new land for a potential business park.”

Taxpayers should be concerned about taking action to attract new business, he said, but it is necessary to have land available for them.

“Developing such a piece of real estate can be a fairly lengthy process,” he said, “so time is of the essence.”

A number of contingencies remain to be met before the land purchase can be finalized. “If this site fails,” said Klatt, “I really hope the village and community does not waste time to find the next-best site.”

Cost, taxes and benefits Although not reported at that time, Luck’s county board representative Patricia Schmidt provided a breakdown of property taxes at the July board meeting.

This information, said Klatt, can help residents put the village tax impact in perspective.

The tax bill, said Schmidt, is split roughly as follows: 52 percent to the school; 30 percent to the county; 10 percent to the village; 7.3 percent to WITC; and 1.5 percent to the state.

“All residents are typically concerned about tax impacts,” said Klatt. “I would submit to impacted residents that it’s a wise investment for the long-term benefit of our village to help support more business and job growth in Luck.”

The village board has a number of ways to manage and finance a potential business park, said Klatt.

“There are many ways to manage (the costs) once we get to that point,” Handt said. “At this point the village is just looking at acquiring the property.”

Right now is an attractive time to purchase, she said, but development of the property may not occur until the economy improves.

Among the options to address costs are community-development grants, tax increment financing districts, programs through the United States Department of Agriculture, and the state and federal departments of commerce.

Creation of a TIF, said Handt, allows the village to capture all taxes generated on improvements for 20 to 27 years. This means that the additional tax revenue will all be used to fund the development project rather than be distributed to the county, school, state and technical college. When the 20 to 27 years expires the property taxes are distributed to all taxing entities.

Each business that comes into the business park will enter into a developers agreement with the village, said Handt, which will outline the benefits and re-

sponsibilities of both parties.

For example, she said, the village may sell a lot to a business at minimal cost, with the business agreeing to help pay for infrastructure.

Already, she said, Polk-Burnett Electric has agreed to pay for one-third the cost of upgrading the single-phase electric currently available at the site to phasethree power that would be needed for industry. In addition, Polk-Burnett will allow the village to recoup half of the remaining amount as each lot is developed.

“Most prospective employers are looking for good infrastructure, no road restrictions, and incentives already in place for them to invest in a site,” said Klatt.

Citing the Wisconsin Economic Development Institute at http://www.wiedi.org/ED-Benefits.html, Klatt said that the creation of economic development in a community has a “multiplier” effect, where the total community impact of new dollars or jobs can be up to double the original amount.

“Additionally,” he said, “the jobs that it protects from moving or promotes may help sell or rent more homes in our community.” This, in turn, can promote or maintain the enrollment in the local school, while bringing more people to Main Street to buy local goods and services.

An example Dennis Frandsen, formerly of the Luck area and owner of Rural American Bank, has farm property in the town of Luck.

He was an integral part of developing the industrial park at Rush City, Minn., a city of about 1,500 people located 50 miles away.

Forty years ago, he said, as a member of the Rush City Development Corporation, he was involved in purchasing a farm adjacent to the city for development purposes. Forty acres were developed into a business park and the rest into a housing development of 40 to 50 homes.

There are now eight to 10 businesses of different sizes in the park, ranging from office furniture restoration to plastic injection molding, and from a sprinkler system manufacturer to the headquarters for a trucking company. Between 600 and 700 people are employed.

Studies show, said Frandsen, that payroll dollars generated at the industrial park turn over three to four times in the community, as salaries purchase groceries, homes, pay property taxes and support other businesses.

The city offered businesses a good price on the purchase of a lot, he said, and put in water, sewer and a blacktopped street. Industrial revenue bonds, at no liability to the city, financed the project. The street was later improved, and the businesses were assessed for that.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes are now being paid on the property, said Frandsen, with millions of dollars worth of buildings. The people of Rush City are very happy with the development, and there have been no noise or pollution problems. A storm sewer system takes care of the runoff, and there is no issue of drainage into Rush Creek.

“There’s certainly no pollution or noise,” he said. “It’s absolutely not the case.”

In fact, he added, the pollution from the business park is less than when the property was in farmland.

However, he said, the initial investment has to be made, because the money must be generated from the outside. The land must be purchased and improvements made. Once that happens, Frandsen feels, Luck will be able to bring in the businesses.

“Luck is a very desirable place to live,” he said. Companies looking to locate or

See Benefits, page 13

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Area churches help Serenity House A variety of items to meet everyday living needs were donated to the Salvation Army’s Serenity House in Balsam Lake last Thursday, July 30, by area United Methodist Church pastors. The Salvation Army put the challenge out to UMC congregations last March to see if they could help meet needs of the shelter. Each church took one or two items off the shelter’s wish list and challenged each other to see who could bring the most of that one item. “I challenged the pastors to bring in pillows, as when a resident leaves the home they are allowed to take their bedding with them and so they run out of pillows very quickly,” noted Pastor Freddie Kirk of St. Luke United Methodist Church in Frederic. “It has been a fun project and we have decided to do another challenge through October to help them with the rest of their wish list.” Pastors shown with unidentified residents who accepted the donation are (L to R), back row: Pastor Freddie Kirk, St. Luke’s, Frederic; Rick Stage, Wolf Creek; Paul Cunliffe, Danbury; Pastor Mike Weaver, St. Croix Falls/Wolf Creek; Pastor Paul Foulke, Holy Trinity, Balsam Lake; LeRoy Miller, St. Luke’s and Pastor Tom Cook, Siren/Lewis. Front row: Serentiy House receptionist Meryl Walsten, Atlas; Pastor Cindy Glocke, Webster/Danbury. Not pictured is Pastor Carolyn Saunders, Grantsburg/Atlas. - Photo by Gary King

Benefits/from page 12 relocate look at the community and would find Luck attractive.

“But the site must be available,” he said. “It’s up to the community. In my opinion, it’s a huge benefit, long term. Short term, there’s a price to pay.”

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Regarding whether the timing is right, he said, “We’re not always provided the luxury of knowing the ‘right time.’”

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Osceola woman charged with animal abuse and neglect

Severely injures dog with clippers while intoxicated OSCEOLA – Teri Thompson, 39, Osceola, was charged with animal abuse and neglect on Thursday, July 30. Police were called to Thompson’s home on that day by a woman who said she wanted to report animal abuse.

The woman told police that she had given a dog to Thompson as a pet on Monday, July 27. She said she had also

brought cans of dog food and given them to Thompson that day, and had fed one of the cans to the dog before leaving the dog. The woman said she had received a call from Thompson’s son that the dog had been injured and she went to the home.

The woman said she knew the dog hadn’t been fed because all of the cans of food she had brought over were still unopened. The dog had a number of injuries. Thompson’s 17-year-old son allegedly said she had been drinking heavily at 3 a.m. on Thursday, July 30, and had decided to shave the dog. She

used a clippers intended for humans, and apparently due to intoxication, cut the dog so badly that it “bled all over the floor and a chair in the living room.” The son said it took a half hour to stop the bleeding with paper towels and that the dog was shaking and very afraid to be touched, and that the dog had not been that way before.

The officer went to look at the dog, and it started “shaking severely.” The officer reported finding “large wounds” on its head, stomach, neck, face and ears. A chunk of the dog’s ear was cut off, as was one of its nipples. The officer asked to see

the clippers that were used, and it had a large amount of blood on it as well as chunks of skin and hair.

The woman who had called the police took the dog home and said she would take it to a veterinarian if needed.

Thompson had been arrested for OWI that day out of state and was in jail overnight. On Friday, July 31, the officer found her at home, arrested her and took her to jail. — with info from the Polk County Sheriff’s Department

Insight School of Wisconsin educators honored GRANTSBURG - Insight, Inc., one of the nation’s leading networks of public online high schools, has named John Jacobs of Grantsburg and Ann Pearson of Cadott as Operations Manager and Teacher of the Year, respectively. The award winners were selected from among their peers throughout the Insight system.

“Ann is an important component of our Insight team,” said Billy Beesley, principal of Insight School of Wisconsin.

“She demonstrates confidence, skills and innovation in delivering instruction to her students.” Pearson serves as one of Insight School’s national subject area specialists for science.

“This recognition truly reflects the

strong team at ISWI, which contributes to the success of our students and our operational excellence,” said John Jacobs.

“Thanks to all, this recognition is truly an affirmation of how ISWI has been a critical component in the development of all schools within the Insight organization.”

Insight School of Wisconsin is a fulltime, diploma-granting online public

Burnett, Polk remain at 10 percent or above unemployment

by Sherill Summer POLK AND BURNETT COUNTIES Released this week were the local unemployment rates for June. Although the state gained about 25,700 nonfarm jobs during June, the unemployment rate still jumped a half a percent to 9.2, up from 8.7 percent in May. Department of Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman explained that there is usually a bump in the unemployment rate in June because student and seasonal workers enter the

job market to find summer employment.

The national unemployment rate also saw a jump in June, up to 9.7 percent from 9.1 in May and dramatically higher than the 5.7 of a year ago.

This sort of bump was not found in Burnett County at all since the unemployment rate stayed the same, and there was only a slight bump in Polk County; up 0.1 percent.

Even without a bump, the unemployment rate in both counties is 10 percent or higher. Burnett is 10.5 percent and

U.S. Bank donates $1,000 to Friends of the Pool

Penny Bistram of U.S. Bank (R) presents Friends of the Pool President Maria Ammend with a check for $1,000. Friends of the Pool is raising money for a new outdoor pool in Frederic. - Special photo

Polk is an even 10 percent. The counties join 21 other counties out of the state’s 72 counties that have an unemployment rate of at least 10 percent.

Compared to other counties, Burnett has the 16th highest unemployment rate, and Polk County comes in at number 23.

high school made possible through a partnership between Grantsburg School District and Insight Schools, Inc. To learn more, call 866-800-0027 or visit www.insightwi.net. - from Insight Schools

Community picnic set TAYLORS FALLS – A community picnic will be hosted by First Evangelical Lutheran Church on Sunday, Aug. 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The event, supported by Thrivent Financial, Chisago County Chapter, will feature a meal of pork, turkey and corn on the cob.

Everyone is invited to attend. – with submitted information

County fair facilities not handicapped-friendly ST. CROIX FALLS/ BALSAM LAKE - Not everyone had the same good times at the Polk County fair. Rodney May found out that the fair is not an easy place to visit if you are bound to a wheelchair. Many, maybe most, bathrooms are not accessible, he told the property committee, Monday.

When he wanted to sit in the handicapped area at the grandstand, he was told that his family could not be with him. May also noted that the small area was not shaded like the Rodney May told the county property committee rest of the spectator area. how difficult the Polk County Fair can be for a perMay, a veterans rights ac- son in a wheelchair. - Photo by Gregg Westigard tivist who formerly ran a computer service in Balsam Lake before moving the committee she is aware of May’s to St. Croix Falls, said he and his fam- concerns and will follow up with fair ily finally gave up and went home. officials. - Gregg Westigard Property director Debra Peterson told

Judge says Cockroft suffered no damages

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – A year of uncertainty for Polk County Sheriff Timothy Moore ended last week when Federal Judge Barbara Crabb dismissed a suit filled against him by Jared Cockroft, a former Polk County deputy.

That suit had been filed July 15, 2008, and the court record shows that the period up to the dismissal on July 27, 2009 was the legal work that precedes a trial.

That trial would have started Monday,

August 3rd, at the Federal Court House in Eau Claire.

Judge Crabb, in a 24 page opinion that examined every point raised by Cockroft, said that he had suffered no loss or damages and no deprivation of free speech. The Judge granted a summary judgment in favor of Moore and dismissed Cockroft’s First Amendment retaliation and due process claims.

The issue started after the 2006 Sheriff’s election where Cockroft cam-

paigned Moore’s opponents in the primary and general election. Cockroft claimed that a re-assignment after that election caused him harm in various ways. The Judge disagreed, stating that in his new assignment, Cockroft “received an increase in his base pay and weekends off and was not stripped of his previous responsibilities”.

This is the timeline for this case. On November 16, 2006, the Sheriff holds a department meeting where he asks if

any deputies who said they could not work with him would like to resign.

Moore also announces some new assignments. Cockroft starts a new assignment as school liaison officer on January 15, 2007. Judge Crabb describes this as a lateral transfer. Cockroft resigned from his Polk County job on March 12, 2007 and takes a job with the St. Croix Falls police department. Over a year later, on July 15, 2008, Cockroft files the suit that was just dismissed.

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Dam demolished this week

After many years of legal fights, a washout, and more years of environmental disputes, the Polk County-owned Woodley Dam on the Apple River at Hwy. 8 is being removed this week. The county took possession of the former Country Dam supper club in a property tax case. It took many years to get approval from many parties to get to this point. In the first day of demolition the entire spillway was removed. - Photo by Gregg Westigard

Main Street medallion found

Lewis history on display

The fishing tackle box of Charles E. Lewis, the millionaire grain broker who lent his name to the village of Lewis around 1910, will be on display during the annual Charles E. Lewis Days, set for this weekend. Shown holding the tackle box are the caretakers of the tackle box, Dan and Beth Graf and their children Deron and Ethan, owners of Trout Haven Retreat, adjacent to Seven Pines, the complex built by Lewis in 1903. A story on Seven Pines can be found on page 11 of the Northern Currents section. - Special photo

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Jennie Carlstrom, Brittany Coulter and Kyaisha Kettula a.k.a the Medallion Discovers, found the Siren Main Street medallion early Friday morning. Their motto, “Quitters never win,” won them the prize package valued at over $300.

This package was provided by the following Main Street businesses: Tom’s Bar, Jenneman’s Hardware Hank, Peggy’s Fashion Rack, Brian’s Barber, Main Street Cafe, Siren Floral and Gifts, O’Fallon Photography, Kemp’s Taxidermy, Mane Attractions and Kris’ Pheasant Inn. This was the first year for the medallion hunt, but plans for next year’s is already under way. - Special photo

Leader reporter Priscilla Bauer got about 15 seconds of fame on KQRS Radio last week when the morning show crew mentioned her and the Inter-County Leader by name on their early-morning broadcast. Bauer had taken a photo of on-air personalities Bryce Crousore and Brian Zepp at the Grantsburg World Championship Watercross Event a couple of weeks ago, which the crew posted on the KQ Web site. They decided to thank Bauer on the air and then proceeded to comment on her great sense of humor and that she was such a good sport about taking the photo of the crew with one of KQ’s “smoking hot” listeners, Jackie Herman. The crew, which often mentions Grantsburg on their broadcasts, said it was great to see the photo published in the Wisconsin newspaper. This week, Bauer received a photo taken of her with on-air personality Crousore at the watercross. Crousore told Bauer he wanted a photo with his “official” reporter, notebook in hand. Perhaps this one will also get posted on KQ’s Web site, and Bauer may get another 15 seconds on the air. - Special photo

Bull versus the law

Polk County K9 Deputy Nick Bryant stares down a bull that escaped from his pen at the Polk County Fair last Friday, a duty he probably didn’t expect as he began the day as a sheriff’s deputy. About 20 people helped round up the bull, which momentarily escaped into nearby woods. - Photo by Gary King

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A Heroes Tribute Ride

The Miller family came to the memorial to honor their brother and uncle who died in WW ll. As a pilot, Henry Miller was shot down while trying to help General Patton who had overextended his supply lines. Making the trip to the Spooner Memorial Park is back row (L to R): Hugh Miller, Miles Miller and Fred Bengs. Front: Drew Miller, Devan Miller, Maxine Miller, Mikayla Davis, Amanda Davis and Lauren Davis. The Davises, Fred Bengs and Maxine Miller came from California to be there.

Photos by Larry Samson

Tom Kingsbury takes time to rest on a stop as he plans to make New Richmond by nightfall. He had pedaled his bike from Ashland that morning. His 1,500-mile journey will take him through Wisconsin as he works to raise awareness for those serving our country today.

The second purpose is to raise money for a Persian Gulf Memorial.

Joseph A. Rich shares with his grandson, Noah Mott, information about his uncle, James Rich. Brothers Joseph and James served in post-war Korea in 1954 and ‘55.

Gary Christman, Hailie Christman, Mariann Lee and Beth Christman attended the Heroes Tribute Ride held Saturday, Aug. 1, in honor of their brother and uncle that they lost in a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon on Sept. 6, 1983.

The years have helped heal the wounds of their loss. They remember brother, Randy Clark, who liked the outdoors, playing football for the Northwood Evergreens and had dreams of attending college.

In 1967, while on patrol in the jungles of Vietnam, with only 28 days left in that country, Jim Hamlet stepped on a land mine. On that day, Vickie Hanson, Janice Petz and Ellen White lost their brother. “We wish our children would have had the opportunity to know their uncle. He would have been a good father. We missed those relationships that would have been.” On the day of his funeral, their mother told them to “walk with their head high.” To this day they follow their mother’s wish.

Sgt. 1st Class Jesse Albrecht made the ultimate sacrifice when on May 17, 2007, he lost his life in Iraq. That sacrifice is shared by family and friends; back row (L to R): Heidi Stoetzel, Gold Star Mother Denise Albrecht and James Albrecht. Front: Austin Hough and Josh Sylte. The Albrechts of Winter know that their loss is not in vain but serves a greater purpose, a reminder that the cost of freedom is not free.

People milled around the black granite monuments with the names of those from the Spooner area who had served, answering the call of duty. When you look at the names on the wall you will see the reflections of the mothers and fathers, the sisters and brothers, the grandmothers and grandfathers and the grandchildren who have benefited from their sacrifices. You will see yourself in a reflection, a fitting reminder.

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Bass league seeing success

There’s a league for just about everything these days. Whether it’s a game of pool, darts or a bowling league in the wintertime, or horseshoe pitching and softball leagues in the sumMarty mer, you can pretty Seeger much take your pick.

Fortunately, for the outdoors enthusiast The there’s a choice there Bottom too. Trapshooting is popular in several loLine cations in the summer and bass fishing leagues and tournaments abound nearly every weekend.

With such an abundance of lakes and bass in Polk and Burnett counties, it’s no wonder that a bass league should also be part of the summer fun, and for the first time this summer, the Great Northern Outdoors Bass Fishing League has embraced the competitive side of bass fishing. For 13 weeks, area anglers have engaged in friendly competition with those who simply like to fish bass, no

Anglers weigh their catch at the end of an evening of fishing.

An angler approaches the end of a night of fishing on Mud Hen Lake during the Great Northern Outdoors Bass Fishing League. – Photos by Kathy Erickson matter what skill level.

“It’s been a good turnout, and it’s a great group of guys, we just all have a good time,” said Tony Peterson, of Great Northern Outdoors in Frederic, who weighs the fish after every Thursday outing, and handles the weekly results.

Peterson is also part of the competition.

He credits Al Briese for coming up with the idea of throwing the bass league together during the archery league last winter.

Every Thursday evening the competition begins at 4 p.m. at a nearby lake in either Polk or Burnett county and anglers cast for bass until dusk before coming in to weigh the day’s catch. Whether Wisconsin’s daily bag limit of five fish is in effect on the lake or not, each angler is allowed only two fish to weigh in, and all fish must be the proper length according to the DNR regulations. There are 11 boats in the league this year and two anglers in each boat. Each person tallies up their own individual weight at the end of the night. Anglers may use live bait, but Peterson said almost everyone uses artificial lures.

At least a half dozen of the anglers

participate in larger tournaments over the weekends and several other tournaments out of the area, but most are the average angler looking for an excuse to get out on the water, and share in a few laughs at the boat landing. At least two anglers have managed to soak themselves in the water while unloading or loading their boats.

Even though all of the anglers are catching fish, Peterson said it’s been a tough year for catching bass. He says the more-seasoned anglers tend to outfish the rest of the competition, but there’s only about 9 pounds separating

the first-place and fifth-place participants.

“Then there’s the guys that don’t do very well, and I don’t know what the deal is with that,” Peterson said with a laugh. He’s currently in 18th place in a field of about 23 other anglers, but that doesn’t seem to bother him or any of the other league anglers. That’s because out of 17 weeks of fishing, only 12 of top weigh-in weeks will be counted. Those who have recorded weights in all 17 weeks will actually lose weight, so Peterson said it will be interesting to see who comes out on top.

At the start of the year, anglers paid an entry fee of $50, and that money goes toward the prize money for the top-three qualifiers, as well as a picnic near the end of August. Anglers also have a chance to win some money for the heaviest bass caught each Thursday night. If an angler hauls in the biggest bass that night it could win enough to pay the entry fee for the entire summer.

Several other anglers have voiced their desire to participate in the area’s bass league for next summer, and Peterson expects to see more than the 11 boats they’ve had this year. The limit on the amount of boats is going to be less than 20, due to permit restrictions by the DNR. Leagues or tournaments with 20 or more boats must go through a long process of applying for permits, as well as other restrictions. For now, it seems that the bass league is happy with what they have, but there’s certainly going to be more room for next year.

Great Northern Outdoors Thursday Bass Fishing League Week 13 1. Aaron Bistram, 4 lbs., 7 oz.

2. Troy Olson, 3 lbs., 15 oz.

3. Adam Memmer, 3 lbs., 8 oz.

4. Al Briese, 3 lbs., 6 oz.

5. Rob Buchholz, 3 lbs., 2 oz.

6. Aaron Long, 2 lbs., 8 oz.

7. Bryan Cox, 1 lbs., 9 oz.

Standings 1. Aaron Long, 44 lbs., 5 oz.

2. Rob Buchholz, 39 lbs., 8 oz.

3. Troy Olson, 38 lbs., 7 oz.

4. Adam Memmer, 36 lbs., 7 oz.

5. Al Briese, 35 lbs., 6 oz.

6. Tim Hutton, 22 lbs., 10 oz.

7. Bryan Cox, 21 lbs., 15 oz.

8. Shawn Hutton, 21 lbs., 12 oz.

9. Aaron Bistram, 21 lbs., 4 oz.

10. Vern Knauber, 19 lbs., 10 oz.

11. Marc Wiehl, 18 lbs. 10 oz.

12. Kirk Miller, 17 lbs.

13. Jamie Magnuson, 14 lbs., 15 oz.

14. Bruce Dau, 14 lbs., 10 oz.

15. Adam Bistram, 14 lbs., 7 oz.

16. Cory Meyer, 13 lbs., 2 oz.

17. Dean Clontz, 8 lbs., 3 oz.

18. Tony Peterson, 7 lbs., 6 oz.

19. Micheal Clontz, 5 lbs., 13 oz.

20. Rebecca Hutton, 3 lbs., 5 oz.

21. Kathy Erickson, 3 lbs., 3 oz.

22. Ralph Britton, 0 23. Rick Hutton, 0 Big bass weekly winners Week 13: Aaron Bistram, 2 lbs., 8 oz.

Four bear hunting dogs killed by wolves from July 19-27 PARK FALLS – Four new hound-training caution areas have been identified in northern Wisconsin in response to the recent killing of hounds being trained to hunt bear.

During the past two weeks, wolves have killed four dogs and injured one dog that were being trained for bear hunting in Bayfield, Burnett, Clark and Oneida counties, officials with the state Department of Natural Resources report.

Investigators from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services confirmed the wolf attacks. They took place south of Port Wing in Bayfield County, south of Rhinelander in Oneida County, northeast of Riverside in Burnett County and west of Neillsville in Clark County. Adrian Wydeven, DNR mammalian ecologist, said wolves have pups in rendezvous sites at this time of the year. It is probable that the wolves were protecting their young.

On July 21, Wildlife Services verified that wolves from the Riverside Pack in Burnett County had attacked and killed a 9-year-old redtick hound while bear training on Burnett County lands. The attack occurred on July 19. The pack contained two wolves last winter, and prob-

Hunters are urged to exercise great caution if they intend to use this area in Burnett County, and should use the caution-area maps to help reduce conflicts during this year’s bear dog training season. This map can be found on the DNR Web site. – from www.dnr.state.wi.us

ably had pups this spring. The caution area is bounded by Hwy. 77 along the south, Hwy. 35 on the west; Big McGraw Road, Rocky Brook Road, and the county line on the north; and Dry Landing Road, St. Croix Trail, and Namekagon Trail on the east.

“We ask bear hunters to exercise greater caution and avoid training or hunting near sites with concentrated wolf activity – hunters should be familiar with caution-area maps on the DNR wolf Web site,” Wydeven said. All packs involved with dog incidents likely produced pups this spring.

Hunters may train dogs by pursuing bear from July 1, to Aug. 31, each year.

The gray wolf is currently listed as a federally endangered species and persons convicted of killing a wolf are subject to possible jail time and fines. More information and a listing of all the caution areas and maps can be found on the DNR Web site at http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/mamm als/wolf/dogdepred.htm#Caution. – from the DNR

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Honkers founder ending career after season

Unsure if team will play next year

by Brenda Sommerfeld GRANTSBURG – Ted Gerber founded the Grantsburg Honkers amateur baseball team in 1999. Gerber had moved to Grantsburg but continued playing with a men’s baseball league out of the Twin Cities because he enjoyed playing. The league required Gerber to travel to several different places, usually more than once a week.

“I was missing too much work,” Gerber said.

Gerber wanted to continue playing but not have to travel as far, so he formed the Grantsburg Honkers team with 12 other guys.

This year’s team is currently made up of 11 guys, including four of the original players. Gerber, Dan Hinrichs, Ben Peterson and Lloyd Winchell started with the team but have decided this will be the year to throw in the towel.

Gerber said that he had to convince Hinrichs and Winchell to return this season because they had wanted to quit after last year’s season. Peterson made the decision with Gerber to quit this year.

“Ben and I had always known we would go out together,” Gerber said.

Nick Hetfeld is also retiring this year after playing with the Honkers, leaving six players to decide if they should keep the team going.

“The younger guys are deciding if they want to do it or not,” Gerber stated. “I think they’d like to keep it going. It’s just a matter of finding enough reliable guys to do it.”

Without the Honkers, Gerber will still fill his time up next summer with baseball. He will continue to help coach high school, his oldest son is playing Little

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While not on the field, Grantsburg Honkers founder Ted Gerber watches from the dugout with his son. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer League and his youngest will be starting T-ball.

“I’ll have plenty of baseball to keep me going,” Gerber commented.

Before the team members retire, the Grantsburg Honkers will face the Merrill

Rangers on Saturday, Aug. 8, at 6 p.m. at Bob Young Field, Ellsworth.

“My scout report is that they hit the ball pretty well,” Gerber said. “That’s a pretty good league. We’ll have our hands full.”

••• RIDGELAND – Former St. Croix Falls cross-country coach Craig Broeren was spotted recently at Alfalfa Fest, an annual fundraising event held near Ridgeland in Barron County. Broeren took the job as principal at Prairie Farm High School last year. He and other Prairie Farm teachers took part in a dunk-tank fundraiser, which was one of several activities during the event. Students from the school were able to dunk teachers, and raise over $200 in the process. Alfalfa Fest is in its sixth year, with all proceeds going toward N.W. Wisconsin Hospice Care and other needs in the local community.

••• STEVENS POINT – The summer baseball season came to a close last week at the 45th-annual WIAA summer baseball state championships, which took place July 29-30. The tournament was whittled down to just eight teams in one division in a singleelimination tournament held at Bukolt Park in Stevens Point. Teams included Homestead, Franklin, West Salem, Marquette, West Bend West, Arrowhead, New Holstein and Muskego. Arrowhead ended up winning its first state title since 1979 by defeating the defending champion, Marquette, 5-4. Frederic, Grantsburg, Siren, Unity and Webster all played summer league baseball before moving competition to the spring in 2007.

••• MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee Brewers games being broadcast on WXCE 1260 AM can be heard on the following dates and times. The Brewers at Astros series on Aug. 7-9 begin at 7 p.m., 6 p.m., and 1 p.m., respectively.

The Padres at Brewers games on Aug. 11 and 12 begin at 7 p.m. both nights.

••• MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota Twins games broadcast on WLMX 104.9 FM can be heard on the following dates and times. Twins at Indians game on Aug. 6 begins at 11 a.m. The Aug. 7, 8 and 9 series featuring the Twins at Tigers begin at 6 p.m., 6 p.m., and noon respectively. The Royals at Twins games on Aug. 11 and 12 begin at 7 p.m., both nights.

••• LEADER LAND – Local sports tidbits to share? Please contact the Leader by 4:30 p.m. on Mondays to go in Extra Points. – Marty Seeger and Brenda Sommerfeld ••• LEADER LAND – Leader Sports strives to follow the college careers of area athletes. If you know of an athlete who will be playing collegiate sports in 2009 and hasn’t been mentioned, send us an e-mail or call and we’ll take it from there. – Marty Seeger and Brenda Sommerfeld

This season’s Honkers team has 11 players. Pictured front row (L to R): Adam Olson, Dan Hinrichs, Ben Peterson, Ted Gerber, Lloyd Winchell and Nick Hetfeld. Back row: Kevin Johnson, Bryan Johnson, Michael Johnson, Travis Chell and Bryan Vilstrup. Hinrichs, Peterson, Gerber, Winchell and Hetfeld are all retiring at the end of the season.

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Washburn becomes a Tiger again Pitching debut with Detroit a bit shaky DETROIT – Webster High School graduate Jarrod Washburn was traded from the Seattle Mariners to the Detroit Tigers just prior to the trade deadline last Friday, July 31, for two lefthanded pitchers, Luke French and Mauricio Robles.

The veteran lefthanded hurler is curJarrod Washburn rently in one of the best

seasons of his career and was recently awarded the American League’s pitcher of the month for July. The first-ever monthly honor of his career featured a 4-1 record with an ERA of 1.44 in 42-2/3 innings.

However, Washburn’s first start as a Tiger on Tuesday night went a bit differently, as he pitched 5-1/3 innings, allowed six runs on six hits, with two walks and two strikeouts. Two of those six hits came on home runs.

“There’s no excuse. I didn’t do my job.

I didn’t have command,” Washburn told reporter Mike Scott after the game. “I wanted to start out on the right foot and give everyone a good first impression.

But what happened was the exact opposite of that.” Washburn has a chance to get back on track in his next start this Sunday against the Twins in Detroit.

Washburn slipped to 8-7 on the year and posts a season 2.93 ERA. Despite the loss, the Tigers are still in good shape in the AL Central standings and remain one game in front of the second-place White Sox. The Twins are currently 2-1/2 games back.

Washburn will be turning 36 years old on Aug. 13, and has had an exceptional major league career. He was drafted by the California Angels in the second round of the 1995 Major League Draft and played there for 10 seasons. He won

18 games for the Anaheim Angels in 2002 and the team went on to win the World Series against the San Francisco Giants.

His 10-year career with the Angels ended after the 2005 season, and he signed a four-year deal with the Mariners for $37.5 million.

Washburn will be with the Tigers for the next two months, but Scott reported for mlb.com that Washburn had hinted toward retirement at the beginning of the year. Scott wrote that Washburn was “99 percent sure” that he was going to retire at the end of this season. - with information from mlb.com and wikipedia.com

TAKKLE is facebook for athletes

by Brenda Sommerfeld NATIONWIDE – Facebook is a social networking utility for anyone to connect with people in their lives. TAKKLE.com is more specific to athletes, coaches, college recruiters and fans to connect through their interest in sports.

“TAKKLE is the largest high school sports community,” the Web site states.

“TAKKLE provides one place for all athletes, coaches, recruiters and fans to come together in a web-based community.”

TAKKLE.com is a place where athletes can make a profile and post their favorite pictures, video and stats for the sports they participate in. Through TAKKLE,

many coaches can post their practice and game schedules and other important information for their players. They can also scout out the teams they will face.

College recruiters have started to use TAKKLE in order to find athletes.

TAKKLE provides complete game stats for many teams and individual players, saving the recruiters time from having to look through tons of local newspapers.

Recruiters will soon be able to search through the members based on certain criteria.

The site is not just for athletes. Fans are also welcome to make profiles to keep up with their favorite teams and players throughout the seasons.

History repeating itself ST. CROIX FALLS – Moderate conditions welcomed fans and racers on Friday, July 31, to the 12th scheduled event of Kopellah Speedway’s 2009 race calendar. The pleasant weather turned sour later in the evening, but thankfully not until the program had been completed and the majority of teams had their mounts loaded up for the trip home.

Chad Ogilvie and Center City’s, Skip Lutgen shared the front row for the start of the Pure Stock feature. Ogilvie quickly established himself at the point and held the position until a midrace caution. Back under green, the top spot was Lutgen’s, and he refused to relinquish it for the duration. After battling sometimes four wide early on with the likes of Nathan Fisk, Lutgen and Nathan Swanson, Krysta Swearingen came up short in her bid for a second career victory, settling for runner-up behind Lutgen. Fisk came home third ahead of Swanson with 11th starting Mike Olson making a late charge to garner fifth. “Once I got out front, I didn’t look back,” the grinning Lutgen remarked afterwards, “and the car felt really fast. This is only the second trophy I’ve won – and the last one was a clean sweep too!”

WISSOTA Amsoil Dirt Track Series action kicked off with Josh Amans and Sampson Haseltine leading the way to the green flag. Amans got the jump on the field, holding veteran racer Tim Swanson at bay for the first two laps.

Once Swanson got to the point, he held off all challengers – even through numerous caution periods that marred the race. With just over a lap remaining, Josh Bazey took a bite out of the turnfour wall to bring out the final caution and set up a green-white-checkered two-lap dash to decide the thing. Unfortunately for Swanson, the final caution proved to be his undoing, as heat race

Terry Lehnertz winners Jason VandeKamp and Curt Myers both managed to slip by. VandeKamp went on for his track-best eighth feature win of the season ahead of Myers, who sliced through the field after being charged with a midrace caution. Swanson came home in the third spot ahead of “The Rev” Mike Haseltine. Mike Mueller made his 2009 debut at the speedway with a top five finish.

Attrition was the name of the game in the WISSOTA Street Stock division as just barely half the field managed to finish in what was already a sparsely populated lineup. Behn Mensen and James Vought paced the field for lap one with Vought holding top honors for the first handful of laps. While Vought was up front holding off the advances of fourthstarting Scott Walker, ninth-starting Sam Frankhauser was quietly working his way through the field. By the halfway point, Walker was leading the procession and Frankhausr was on his tail. Despite his best efforts (and lack of a few body panels courtesy of an early race caution), Frankhausr was unable to solve Walker, who went on to claim his second Kopellah sticker of 2009. Current division points leader and defending track champion Chanda Fjorden Nord crossed the line in third place ahead of Mensen with Kim Korstad rounding out the top five.

The attrition theme continued for the WISSOTA Super Stocks, as only four cars were still under power at the finish.

Pole starter Doug Fisk managed to hold off defending track champion Dan Gullikson for the first circuit, but by lap two, the seemingly inevitable happened. Once out front, Gullikson

There are several other ways TAKKLE is used. Some athletes are even chosen from TAKKLE by Sports Illustrated to appear in issues of the magazine.

All members also have access to forums.

“The TAKKLE forums are a place where high school athletes can sound off and voice their opinions about sports subjects in which they’re interested,” TAKKLE.com states. “Whether it’s a rumor about an anticipated basketball recruit or proper technique in archery, the TAKKLE forums provides its users with an outlet to discuss their interests.”

Like all networking Web sites, TAKKLE tells you to take safety precaustretched his lead throughout and further tightened his stranglehold on the 2009 points battle with his fourth trophy of the season. Jimmy Gullikson started seventh on the grid and came home in the runner-up spot ahead of Fisk with Marcus Berget the final runner at the checkers.

WISSOTA racing action wrapped up with the ground-pounding Modifieds and a field full of throttle stompers.

Keith Tourville and Steve Lavassuer were at the head of the field for the start, but Rick Kobs quickly shot from the inside of the second row and into the lead.

Tourville managed to hold off the reigning national champion Kevin Adams for two laps before Adams slipped by and set his sights on Kobs and the top prize.

Tim VanMeter started seventh on the grid and spent the bulk of the race working to find a path around Tourville for third. Up front, Adams searched in vain for a line that would close the gap Kobs had opened up over the field. At the checkers, Kobs nabbed a fourth trophy for his 2009 Kopellah collection ahead of Adams, Tourville, VanMeter and Lavassuer.

The Kopellah Hornets got feature racing of the rolling start, literally. Just past halfway, Justin Rick rolled his No. 63 onto the hood of Jason Christianson’s car. Both drivers were uninjured and Christianson was even able to continue racing afterwards. Pole starter James Miller led most of the event but a late race bid for the lead by Jesse Tripp led to contact between the top two drivers.

The tangle between Tripp and Miller opened up the bottom half of the track for seventh-starting Doug Fick to jump into the top spot. Tripp emerged from the tussle with a cut right front shoe on his hot rod and a subsequent drive to the pits, while Miller recovered to hold onto second. Fick and Miller went on to finish first and second, respectively, ahead of second-heat race winner Ben Kaphing, Kevin “Rocketman” Bradwell and Josh Bruckridge.

Racing action resumes on Friday, Aug. 7, at 7 p.m. with the seventh

tions when using the Web site. They tell you to never put too much information on the Web site to put you in a bad situation, never to give out your password, report and block members being inappropriate and many other pieces of advice to read before signing up for a profile.

scheduled appearance of the wildwinged monsters of the Upper Midwest Sprint Car Series tour. Along with the Sprint car special, there will be racing in all six regular classes – WISSOTA Modifieds, Super Stocks, Street Stocks and Midwest Modifieds, along with Kopellah Pure Stocks and Hornets. Sprint car fans should note that the UMSS event was not officially added to the calendar until July 17, so it may not appear on many schedules. More information on the UMSS can be found at www.umsprint.com. For more information about Kopellah Speedway, please visit the track’s Web site at www.kopellahspeedway.net.

Summary: Hornets, Feature: Fick, Miller, Kaphing, Bradwell, Bruckridge, Jon Wigchers, Brandon Davis, Steve Sutton, Christianson, Thomas Rusk, Daemieon Hart, Tripp, Rick, Brandon Fischer, Rex Lutgen.

Pure Stocks, Feature: Lutgen, Swearingen, Fisk, N. Swanson, Olson, Steven Johnson, Steve Baker, Dusty Brown, Julia Stordahl, Olgilvie, Tyler English, Zach Manley, Josh Back (DNS).

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, Feature: VandeKamp, Myers, Tim Swanson, M. Haseltine, Mueller, Travis Swanson, Robbie Franklin, Ryan Johnson, Greg Arnt, S. Haseltine, Ben Johnson, Josh Amans, Bazey, Vince Corbin, Corey Fogleson, Bryce Johnson, Ryan Johnson (DNS).

WISSOTA Street Stocks, Feature: Walker, Frankhausr, Fjorden Nord, Mensen, Korstad, Adam Delfosse, James Vought, Todd Rieken, Marcus Simonson (DNS) WISSOTA Super Stocks, Feature: Gullikson, J. Gullikson, D. Fisk, Berget, Lyle Archambeau, Doug Merrill, Mike Dyrdahl, Jeff Heintz, Andy Grymala.

WISSOTA Modifieds, Feature: R. Kobs, Adams, K. Tourville, VanMeter, Lavassuer, Bruce Tourville, Scott Kobs, Kevin Marlett.

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Football practice to begin; First games 22 days away Local high school football teams will already have a week’s worth of practice under their belts when the Leader hits newsstands next Wednesday. Webster will be the first area squad to hit the field for real when they take on Lake Holcombe on the artificial turf at UW-Stout on Aug. 27. Other opening-week matchups are Osceola at St, Croix Falls, Northwood-Solon Springs at Siren, Grantsburg at Spooner, Frederic at Flambeau, Prairie Farm at Luck and Unity versus Shell Lake, also at Stout.

The coming season will hold a great deal of intrigue as fans are eager to see if Webster can sustain their 2008 magic, if Frederic can finally end the Shell Lake title stranglehold, if Grantsburg can turn it around after last year’s disastrous and winless campaign, if Siren’s new coaching regime can right the Dragon ship, and if

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Luck football empire builder Don Kendzior will have a successful return to the head-coaching ranks. Even though it’s been a frustratingly chilly summer (oldtimers say it’s the worst since 1993) the thought of a cool night at the local gridiron is a pleasant one indeed.

Packer and Viking fans join hands in solidarity For the past year or so many Green Bay Packer fans who once revered Brett Favre have taken to describing him with unkind terms such as “arrogant,” a “publicity hound” and “childish.” Now Minnesota Viking fans are agreeing with those Cheeseheads, since Brett jilted the Vikes last week with his stunning reretirement announcement. “I always disliked the Packers, but I always liked Favre,” said one local Viking fan, “but now I not only hate the Packers, but I also hate Brett.” Stay tuned for Favre’s next unretirement announcement, which will likely occur midway through the coming season.

Deer season to return to reality Have the days of seeing trailer loads of does and fawns being hauled into the deer registration station come to an end? Apparently the 2009 white-tailed deer “harvest goals” have been down-

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Frederic’s Johnson easily outpaces Grand View competitors Longtime local silent sport icon Daniel Johnson stormed to a comfortable firstplace finish in his age category in last Saturday’s Grand View Firehouse 50 bicycle racing event up in Bayfield County. Johnson outdistanced 11 competitors – the closest by nearly seven minutes – as he averaged a lofty 21.4 mph in the grueling 33-mile Fantasy 50 race.

Hurray! It’s good to be legal This summer, locals are seeing a bumper crop of rabbits, all of which seem bent on spoiling the efforts of gardeners. In my case, the normally plentiful and easy-to-grow green beans seem to be the targeted fare of the cottontailed denizens.

So after five bunnies of varying sizes had been shot and neatly quartered and pack-

P O R T S aged for the family freezer, my hands were shaking as I tentatively paged through the hunting regulations to see if landowners may still, in fact, harvest rabbits on their own property, year-round and without a license. (Yes, they may!)

So in this rare case it turned out to be OK to shoot first and ask questions later.

Hasenpfeffer (a traditional rabbit recipe) is always a tasty dish, but it sure wouldn’t be the same if it were to be tainted by guilt.

This week’s trivia exercise is the alwayspopular “Name the college football team for which this local athlete plays or once played.”

1) Siren’s JimmieJaye “Bogart” Wells 2) Luck’s Cory Danielson 3) Frederic’s Jake Schmidt 4) Frederic’s Ben Chenal 5) Siren’s Gary “Kozmo” Kosloski 6) Unity’s Andy Jepsen 7) Unity’s Ryan Fisher 8) Luck’s Eric Castellano 9) Frederic’s Bobby Lindberg 10) Luck’s Jon Gronski Correct answers: 1) UW-Superior 2) UW-River Falls 3) Bemidji State 4) UWEau Claire 5) UW-Superior 6) UW-Eau Claire 7) UM-Duluth 8) UM-Duluth 9) UW-Stout 10) Bemidji State

Pro basketball in Frederic for one night only when we can help provide funding for a Habitat for Humanity house or new computers for the school library, and that feels great.”

Advance tickets will be affordably priced for families at $5 for kids, students and sen-iors, and $8 for adults. At-the-door

Harlem Ambassadors to play local team FREDERIC - The internationally acclaimed Harlem Ambassadors professional basketball team will be in Frederic for a game at the Frederic High School gym on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m.

Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity is partnering with the Ambassadors as a fun and exciting way to raise funds to build another home for a local family in need.

Habitat has formed a team of some of the best local basketball players, along with local celebrities, to play the Ambassadors.

The Harlem Ambassadors offer a unique brand of Harlem-style basketball, featuring high-flying slam dunks, dazzling ball-handling tricks and hilarious comedy routines.

The Ambassadors deliver nonstop laughs and express a positive message for kids wherever they play. “At our shows, we want the kids to know that they’re part of our team too,” coach Ladè Majic said.

“We invite as many kids as we can to come sit on the bench, have a front-row seat during the show and get involved in all of the fun stuff we do.”

The Ambassadors have worked extensively with organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Boys and Girls Clubs, and many others throughout the U.S. They

LEFT: The Harlem Ambassadors will be playing a team of local players and celebrities on Tuesday, Sept. 22. – Photo submitted

Lund, Twin City Twisters challenged at ASA fast-pitch nationals perform more than 200 shows a year. Those shows have helped raise millions of dollars – an accomplishment of which Ambassadors President Dale Moss is very proud.

“It feels good to be able to provide quality entertainment and create memories that the fans will take with them,” Moss explained. “We’re able to give even more

LEADER SPORTS SCOREBOARD MEN’S SLOW-PITCH Standings

Team Overall Sundown 16-2 Chell Well 15-3 Century 21 13-6 God Squad 13-6 Grantsburg Sanitary 12-7 Pour House 12-7 Fur, Fins & Feathers 10-9 Lake Lena 5-14 Shooters Bar 1 4-14 Shooters Bar 2 3-15 Da Crew 1-18 Scores Wednesday, July 28 Pour House 13, Da Crew 6 Chell Well 14, Lake Lena 1 Grantsburg Sanitary 19, Fur, Fins & Feathers 9 Pour House 13, Century 21 11 Sundown 24, Shooters Bar 2 4 God Squad 14, Shooters Bar 1 1

prices will be $7 and $10. Children 4 and under admitted free. Tickets are available for sale at Bremer Bank and U.S. Bank in both Siren and Frederic, and at Community Bank in Siren.

Don’t miss this fun and exciting event, and help raise funds for a great cause! Get your tickets today before they sell out.

Habitat is currently building a home in Siren, their 17th, and is looking for volunteers. For more information, call 715-3497477. – submitted

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The question that coach Don Bjelland of the Grantsburg Pirates fast-pitch softball team asks when his players participate in summer leagues is “Are they being challenged by the competition?” For Michelle Lund, senior pitcher for coach Bjelland’s Pirates, the answer for her and her U18 Twin City Twisters summer team would be yes.

Lund and the Twin City Twisters competed with 44 teams in the ASA Class A Northern Nationals in Bloomington, Ind., July 28 to July 31.

Lund faced two challenges at the tournament. First, the pitching rubber for U18s was moved back to the college distance of 43 feet from the high school distance of 40 feet. Second, she got to face

Monday, August 3 Pour House 6, Century 21 3 Sundown 29, Lake Lena 11 Chell Well 23, Shooters Bar 2 8 God Squad 19, Grantsburg Sanitary 9 Shooters Bar 1 11, Fur, Fins & Feathers 2 Lake Lena 18, Da Crew 10

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Final Standings Team Overall Falun Churches 8-1 Siren Assembly 7-2 Trade Lake Baptist 7-2 Siren Covenant/Bethany 7-2 Webster Baptist 5-4 Calvary Covenant 4-5 W. Sweden/Zion Lutheran 3-6 Frederic Free 2-7 Trade River Free 1-8 Faith Lutheran 1-8

Michelle Lund steps up to the plate against the Missouri Lookouts. – Photo submitted

some of the best batters and pitchers from Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky.

The Twisters suffered a series of onerun losses that eliminated them from the tournament. Scores and game summaries for Lund are below: TCT vs. Indiana Daredevils, win 4-3, Lund made a game-saving catch in left field in the bottom of the ninth for the third out and knocked in the winning run with a double in the top of the 10th.

TCT vs. Missouri Lookouts, loss 4-3, Lund started the game and was ahead 32 after four innings when she was hit by a pitch on her pitching arm. After being hit by the pitch she did score a run. She had three strikeouts and was moved to center field at the top of the fifth. She threw out a player at home with a perfect strike from center field in the bottom of the sixth for the third out.

TCT vs. Cincinnati Static, win 3-1, Lund had a single, RBI and a walk.

TCT vs. Avanti’s Angels (Bloomington, Ill.) 6-0 loss. Pitched the sixth inning, allowing one earned and two unearned runs.

TCT vs. Southern Express, loss 4-3, Lund knocked in the first Twister run in the third inning to tie the game 1-1. She came on in relief in the sixth inning with the Twisters trailing, 4-1. She set the Express down 1-2-3. In the top of the seventh, Lund got on base with an infield single and was out at second on a fielder’s choice. – submitted

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2009 Showdown in Yo-Yo Town results

Dave Tshumperlin, Elmwood, took first place with an Allis Chalmers 200 in the 9,500-lb. farm stock class.

Deere 4440; and Myles Fehn, Albertville, Minn., took third place with an International 1486.

King of the Hill: Gordy Hibbs, Frederic, took first place with a Steiger PT225; Joe Chouinard, Frederic, took second place with a Versatile 835; and Bruce Hendricks, Frederic, took third place with a John Deere 7810.

Jay Thompson, Amery, took second place with a Case 1570 in the 15,000-lb. farm stock class. – Photos submitted LUCK – There were over 1,000 in attendance at the 2009 showdown, with 155 entries. Following are the results of the competition: Tractor class results

4,500-lb. farm stock: Carl Benck, Somerset, took first place with an Allis Chalmers WD; Clifford Thompson, Shell Lake, took second place with a Massey Harris 44; and Jack Harrington, Shell Lake, took third place with a John Deere A. 4,500-lb. hobby stock: Rod Mondor, Forest Lake, Minn., took first place with an Allis Chalmers WC; Jon Hawkins, Cushing, took second place with an Oliver 88; and Toby Schachtner, Somerset, took third place with an Oliver 77.

5,500-lb. farm stock: Curt Johnson, Oak Grove, Minn., took first place with a Minneapolis Monline UTS; Dan Schafer, Shell Lake, took second place with a Minneapolis Moline U; and Nick Murphy, Balsam Lake, took third place with a John Deere G. 7,000-lb. farm stock: Mike Holub, Rice Lake, took first place with an Allis Chalmers 6070; Curt Johnson, Oak Grove, Minn., took second place with a Minneapolis Moline UTS; and Mark Berglund, Amery, took third place with a John Deere 4000.

9,500-lb. farm stock: Dave Tshumperlin, Elmwood, took first place with an Allis Chalmers 200; Eric Most, Prescott, took second place with an Oliver 990; and Richard Eggers, Indian Creek, took third place with an International 1206.

11,000-lb. farm stock: Ben Thurmes, Hastings, Minn., took first place with an International 1066; Chad Skifstad, Star Prairie, took second place with an International 1206; and Dean Johnson, Luck,

took third place with a Case 1175.

13,000-lb. farm stock: Kelly Johnson, Luck, took first place with a Case 1175; Jay Thompson, Amery, took second with a Case 1570; and Ben Thurmes, Hastings, Minn., took third with an International 1066.

15,000-lb. farm stock: Ryan Peterson, Osceola, took first place with a John Deere 7810; Jay Thompson, Amery, took second place with a Case 1570; and Pat Murphy, Balsam Lake, took third place with a John Deere 4450.

6,500-lb. modified tractor: Josh Swanson, Siren, took first place with a Functional Junk.

9,500-lb. super stock: Al Becker, Almena, took first place with a John Deere 4055; Don Wohlk, Almena, took second place with a John Deere 6030; and Myles Fehn, Albertville, Minn., took third with an International 1486.

10,500-lb. improved farm: Mitch Fehn, Albertville, Minn., took first place with an International 1486 and Seth Olson, Milltown, took second place with a John Deere 4430.

12,000-lb. improved farm: Mike Fehn, Albertville, Minn., took first place with a Case IH 7140; Tyler Moore, Milltown, took second place with a John Deere 4430; and Tyler Lenmeman, took third place with an International 1486.

11,500-lb. hot farm: Al Becker, Almena, took first place with a John Deere 4055; Adam Delander, Roberts, took second place with a John Deere 4440; and Mike Fehn, Albertville, Minn., took third with a Case IH 7140.

12,500-lb. hot farm: Al Becker, Almena, took first place with a John Deere 4055; Adam Delander, Roberts, took second place with a John

Truck class results

5,500-lb. stock truck: Albert Betterly, New Richmond, took first place with a 1977 Ford; Kerry Shilts, New Richmond, took second place with a 2008 Ford; and Hank Smith, New Richmond, took third place with a 1977 Ford.

6,200-lb. stock truck: Jason Scharr, River Falls, took first place with a 1983 Chevrolet; Rich Shelby, Star Parairie, took second place with a 1983 Suburban; and Hank Smith, New Richmond, took third place with a 1977 Ford.

4,000-lb. modified truck: Kelvin Stockwell, Spring Valley, took first place with a 1936 Ford; Rob Buchholz, Luck, took second place with a 1991 Chevrolet; and Cody Jones, Ellsworth, took third place with a 1969 Jeep.

5,500-lb. modified truck: Travis Krueger, Clayton, took first place with a 1977 Chevrolet; Rob Bucholz, Luck, took second with a 1991 Chevrolet; and Jon Humphrey, Turtle Lake, took third place with a 1976 Chevrolet.

6,200-lb. improved truck: Josh Raffesberger, Clayton, took first place with a 1976 Chevrolet; Doug Cook, Cameron, took second place with a 1973 Chevrolet; and Zach Paulsen, Clayton, took third place with a 1983 Chevrolet.

Stock diesel truck: Eric Pfeifer, St. Croix Falls, took first place with a 2002 Chevrolet; Dan Meyers, Rice Lake, took second place with a 2004 Chevrolet; and Joey Meng, Tony, took third place with a 2002 Chevrolet.

8,000-lb. diesel open truck: Eric Pfeifer, St. Croix Falls, took first with a 2002 Chevrolet; Scott Timney, Osceola, took second place with a 2003 GMC and Dan Meyers, Rice Lake, took third place with a 2004 Chevrolet. – submitted

Caravan to Almelund Johnny Johnson from Eureka Center and Sophie Lindo from Center City, Minn., were ready to leave for the threshing parade.

— Photo submitted

Duane Symbal of Turtle Lake gets a little help as he takes his Farmall 400 around the corner from Hwy. 8 to Hwy. 95 in Taylors Falls. — Photos by Mary Stirrat In a scene that seems almost from another era, more than 100 tractors met at Chateau St. Croix Winery to begin the journey to Almelund, Minn., for the threshing show. — Photo submitted

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Osceola food service director VP for SNA OSCEOLA – Osceola Food Service Director April Hershfield Johnson was elected vice president for the School Nutrition Association. SNA is a national, nonprofit professional organization representing more than 55,000 members who provide high-quality, low-cost meals to students across the country. The Wisconsin Chapter of SNA has nearly 1,250 members, over half of which are certified.

SNA-WI, in conjunction with the national office and industry partners, have been working to advance the availability, quality and acceptance of school meal programs as an integral part of education. The organization is in constant contact with congressmen, senators and representatives to influence important nutrition legislation.

“In January 2009 I was asked to run for the position of vice president SNAWI,” said Johnson. “My name was on the ballot with voting during the SNA-WI 52nd-annual conference in Wisconsin Dells in July 18-22. Members were allowed to vote by mail if they were not attending the conference. During the opening general session on Monday, July 19, each candidate was given four min-

April Hershfield Johnson, Osceola food service director, was elected vice president of the Wisconsin Chapter of the School Nutrition Association July 20, at the conference in Wisconsin Dells. – Photo submitted utes for a campaign speech. There were no other forms of campaigning allowed.

The voting booths were open throughout

the conference and closed at 5 p.m., Tuesday, July 20, with the winners notified that evening. SNA-WI headquarters is in Madison. The term is four years.”

Installation of officers for the new executive board was held on Wednesday morning by Marilyn Hurt, former SNA president, SNA-WI president and director of child nutrition for the La Crosse School District. The executive board consists of the vice president, president elect, president, past president, and industry member, director of DPI Food and Nutrition Services, and various committee chairs, legislative, education, and marketing.

“It is really an honor to have won the election,” said Johnson. “I have been with the Osceola School District for four years and prior to Osceola I was with the Unity School District in Balsam Lake for eight years. I am very involved with the farm-to-school program, the Polk County physical activity and nutrition committee, commodity task force and the CESA 11 food-bid committee. I have a very supportive family as this will be quite a time commitment.”

Johnson said there have only been two other members on the executive board

from this side of the state, Eau Claire and Baldwin-Woodville. “I am very excited about this opportunity which will include some travel, but I have a dynamic staff so operation will continue at its best at the school. I feel I have a lot to bring to the table and look forward to the new ideas I will gain to bring back as well.”

SNA-WI strives to be the recognized school food-service resource for child nutrition information in the state of Wisconsin by providing opportunities for professional growth and development for school food service personnel. There are many education events offered to members. The executive board will do a lot of conference calls and physically meet four times throughout the year.

“I will bring new energy from Northwest Wisconsin. My strong organizational and leadership skills coupled with my passion for healthy children will assist in achieving the goals set forth by SNA-WI,” Johnson said. “I will continue on the work that has been done to provide training and education opportunities throughout the state for all members to enhance our school meal programs.”

–Tammi Milberg with submitted information

SCRMC now offering therapeutic shoes for diabetics

ST. CROIX FALLS - SCRMC’s therapeutic shoe program is Medicare coverage for footwear (shoes and shoe inserts) for those with diabetes who meet certain qualifications, such as foot deformities like bunions, hammertoes, neuropathy, numbness in the feet and poor circulation.

“Shoes play an extremely important role in managing diabetes-related foot complications,” says SCRMC podiatrist,

ST. CROIX FALLS – The city of St. Croix Falls Autumn Festival is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 26.

The festival will once again feature booths at the Overlook Deck with a focus of sustainable communities including the St. Croix Falls Buy Fresh-Buy Local initiative, booths on solar and wind power, and demonstrations on self-reliant techniques, such as raising your own chickens. Children’s activities will include games sponsored by the Lions Club and senior center. Free carriage rides through downtown and along the Gaylord Nelson Riverwalk will also be offered. Highlights of this year’s festival will include: Grand opening of the new St. Croix Falls Public Library: The grand opening

Danielle Redburn, DPM. “Even the best care possible will fall short if an individual is wearing a substandard shoe.” Over 50,000 foot amputations – often caused by incorrect or poorly fitting footwear – occur among those with diabetes each year.

“This valuable program can help those with diabetes protect their feet from such complications as calluses, ulcers and amputation,” Redburn pointed out, “be-

cause therapeutic shoes are deeper and wider than regular shoes and, most importantly, they are custom fitted for each individual’s feet.”

“While buying these specially made shoes can be very expensive in the general market,” noted Redburn, “Medicare will help pay for one pair of shoes, orthotics and/or shoe modification each year.”

Obviously, getting a correct fit is criti-

Autumn Fest plans announced

celebration of the new public library and public plaza will take place at 1 p.m. with a keynote address by internationally renowned artist Mary Pettis. The new library will include the Gaylord Nelson Environmental Center, St. Croix Riverway exhibit and new community room. Tours of the library will take place immediately following the grand opening celebration which will also include a welcome by Mayor Anderson and remarks of other dignitaries. The library grand opening will be a true community celebration as the community raised over $1 million. Following the dedication and tours will be music and a fundraising dinner.

There will also be tours of the hydroelectric dam. Xcel Energy will be open-

ing the hydroelectric dam to the community, allowing tours of this immense facility. The last time such dams were offered was in 2006 for the 100th anniversary of the facility. The whole family is able to tour the facility, which includes going down under the water’s edge to view the huge gear shafts.

Natural Step Study Circles: Elected officials from throughout Polk County are invited to join people throughout the county who participated in the monthslong Natural Step Study Circles. The purpose of this gathering, which will be held at 10 a.m. in the Gaylord Nelson Parkway, will be to explore relocalization initiatives to be implemented county wide to make the communities sustainable models of self-reliance.

cal, and it’s generally recognized in the medical community that podiatrists are unsurpassed at providing lower-extremi t y / foot care for people with diabetes.

For more information about this program, contact Danielle Redburn, DPM, at 715-483-3221 or 800-828-3627. - from SCRMC

In addition to music and art booths, Saturday’s activities will conclude with a performance by Alice Peacock, local gal made famous musician, at Festival Theatre.

In conjunction with the Autumn Fest, Friday Dr. Steve Bont will be celebrating 23 years in business and hosting a grand reopening of his remodeled chiropractic office. Bont will be hosting a free community pig roast from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25.

On Sunday, Autumn Fest concludes with the annual community chili contest featuring local ingredients. Last year’s grand pooh-bah chili winner was Wayne’s Café. For more information on Autumn Fest please visit www.scfbuylocal.org – submitted

35 years of business celebrated Employees Nancy Fenton and Rick Wiemer tend to the grill outside the St. Croix Falls Holiday StationStore on Friday. The store celebrated 35 years of business with brats and hot dogs for lunch and specials in the store throughout the day on Friday, July 31 and Saturday, Aug 1.

St. Croix Falls Holiday StationStore celebrated 35 years of business on Main Street in St. Croix Falls. – Photos by Tammi Milberg

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Grantsburg Area Chamber urged to create “A Tornado of Enthusiasam”

by Priscilla Bauer GRANTSBURG – Cris Peterson, moderator at Grantsburg Area Chamber’s annual meeting called for members to join together to create a tornado for Grantsburg.

Speaking figuratively, Peterson said a catalyst is needed to bring about change and improvement for the Grantsburg community.

“In Grantsburg we can create a ‘tornado’ with our enthusiasm,” Peterson told the large group of people attending the July 31 gathering, themed the “Past, Present and Future of Grantsburg.”

To illustrate her suggestion Grantsburg needs to find a means to generate their own re-birth Peterson talked of how the people of Siren came together in the aftermath of their real tornado.

Peterson used Siren as an example of how a community can persevere after a disaster to rebuild and flourish. “Siren took their disaster and re-invented themselves.”

Peterson also expressed the need for communities to work together instead of competing with each other for the benefit of all. “We can complement each other,” said Peterson.

“We need to set some goals for Grantsburg, Peterson told members, starting with finding that “tornado” which will bring about change and growth for Grantsburg.”

Peterson said creating context, building and sharing the story of Grantsburg, should also be a goal, along with building momentum, which comes through increasing chamber membership, and the commitment and enthusiasm of members.

Peterson gave a Power Point presentation with photos provided by the Grantsburg Historical Society detailing Grantsburg’s rich history beginning with the founding of the Grantsburg Chamber in December of 1966.

As photo of Grantsburg’s Main Street filled with Syttende Mai Race runners was projected on the screen, Peterson spoke of how someone with a dream can a make a difference for their community.

Carlyle Sherstad, the event’s founder believed if he held a 17-mile race each May 17, Norwegian Independence Day, runners would come and they did, by the hundreds Peterson told the group.

Sherstad was an enthusiastic runner who not only encouraged fellow community members to take up running but

Approximately 120 people attended the Grantsburg Area Chamber’s annual meeting, held July 31. Cris Peterson, moderator, called for members to join together to create a figurative tornado for Grantsburg. “In Grantsburg we can create a tornado with our enthusiasm,” Peterson told the July 31 gathering, themed the Past, Present and Future of Grantsburg. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer

in 1973 followed through with his plans for a Syttende Mai race. Sherstad’s dream for hundreds of runners from all over the Mid-west to come to Grantsburg and race came true.

Sherstad directed the annual Syttende Mai race, which over the years gained a reputation and following as one of the best races in the area, until 1988 when he suffered a stroke.

Sherstad’s death in 1998 ended an era, and the Syttende Mai race was eventually discontinued and replaced by the Carlyle Sherstad 5K Race run during Grantsburg’s Big Gust Days and sponsored by Burnett Medical Center.

Peterson asked members to remember Sherstad’s dream for the community in finding inspiration for their own dreams for Grantsburg.

Peterson’s slide presentation showed the Grantsburg of the past and the Grantsburg of the present with new buildings and businesses replacing the old as the community has evolved over the years. Peterson said Grantsburg could continue to grow and improve if it has the commitment of community members.

Pointing out all that Grantsburg has to offer, Peterson talked about the area’s two big natural resources and how easy it is to become complacent about them.

“The Crex Meadows Wildlife area and The St. Croix National Scenic Riverway are unique natural resources to our area we shouldn’t take for granted but should promote,” Peterson noted.

Peterson also mentioned Burnett Med-

Dr. Bont of Bont Chiropractic shared the story of his decision to reopen the Grantsburg Fitness Center with those attending the Grantsburg Area Chamber’s annual meeting on July 31. “I had a vision. I felt it was really important to bring a fitness center back to Grantsburg,” said Bont, who purchased, remodeled and reopened the Grantsburg Fitness Center building one year ago. Bont recalled all the support he had received from the community. “Darlene Sherstad sent me a note of encouragement which I have kept up at the center since I opened it,” Bont said. “Grantsburg is all about the people.”

Tracey Finch, owner of Darrell’s Hardware, and Pete Magnuson, DVM at the Grantsburg Animal Hospital, along with at least 116 other community members, came to the July 31 Grantsburg Chamber Area annual meeting, themed the Past, Present and Future of Grantsburg, to hear and share ideas about how to improve and make the community grow.

State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf posed for a photo with Cris Peterson just after Peterson’s presentation urging the large group attending the Grantsburg Area Chamber annual meeting to get enthused about Grantsburg. Peterson is a longtime Grantsburg resident who with her husband, Gary, and son Ben, owns and operates Four Cubs Farm, a large dairy operation just east of Grantsburg. ical Center, Grantsburg Schools, Burnett Dairy and the area’s growing industries and agricultural operations as very important community assets offering quality services and goods for residents and visitors.

“But our most important asset is our people,” Peterson stressed to members.

Dr. Bont, of Bont Chiropractic, then came forward to share the story of his decision to reopen the Grantsburg Fitness Center. “I had a vision. I felt it was really important to bring a fitness center back to Grantsburg,” said Bont, who purchased, remodeled and reopened the Grantsburg Fitness Center building one year ago.

Bont recalled all the support he had received from the community. “Darlene Sherstad sent me a note of encouragement which I have kept up at the center since I opened it,” Bont said. “Grantsburg is all about the people.”

Peterson asked members to think of where Grantsburg is today and where they see it in the future, urging those in attendance to get enthused about their community and to work together for a better Grantsburg.

“I hope you will all embrace the idea of improving Grantsburg,” said Peterson as she challenged them to find their own visions for their community. “Together we can do this.”

Former Grantsburg mayor and current Grantsburg Village Board member Mark Dahlberg enjoyed a visit with Burnett County Supervisor Brent Blomberg and state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf at the Grantsburg Area Chamber annual meeting held on July 31 at the Crex Convention Center in Grantsburg.

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Joint meeting a sharing of ideas

Agree to solve capital spending first

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – A joint meeting of the finance and personnel committees, was held Wednesday, July 29, to try to define the capital needs of Polk County.

The meeting had been called by the personnel committee. That group had objected to looking at staff reductions in the county to solve a $2 million deficit in the 2010 budget without knowing the details

of that deficit. The finance committee had said that the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), a list of project and equipment needs projected for the next five years, was $2 million short in the funds needed for 2010.

The two committees met for an hour and a half. All five members of personnel were present and four of the five finance members. Finance Director Tonya Weinert presented an updated projection of the estimated decrease in revenues for the coming year. Several of the supervisors had a discussion about the state of

the economy and the role of the county.

After a long debate, the nine supervisors agreed that the county board needs to decide, first, what services and projects the county will provide next year. It can then set staffing and budget goals.

The nine agreed that the county board needs to set time at its August meeting to review all the CIP in detail and approve projects spending for the coming year. With the CIP approved in August, the rest of the budget could be worked on.

Personnel Chair Russ Arcand said the

employees and his committee need to understand the CIP shortfall before negotiations start on cutting personnel costs.

“The whole county board must make this decision,” finance Chair Gary Bergstrom said. “The board must decide what the county provides. We need something firm that we agree on.”

It was not mentioned during the discussion that a petition was being circulated to make that Aug. 18 CIP discussion a special meeting of the county board. (See separate story.)

Property director moves forward with budget Peterson presents staffing and projects plans

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – Debbie Peterson is moving forward with the 2010 budget for her department despite the lack of clear guidelines from the county. The director of the buildings, parks and solid waste department presented a staffing plan and a capital improvement plan to the property committee at its meeting Monday, Aug. 3. The staffing plan included projections on what some personnel reduction options might save. The

CIP included justifications for the requests. These were possibly the first requests from a department that included this detail.

Peterson’s staffing plan for the buildings division is an example of her presentation. The nine employees provide maintenance and cleaning for most county buildings. The total position costs for this staff for 2010 is projected to be $486,266. All but $23,000 is paid by levy dollars.

The savings from several possible staff reduction options are presented. Eight day of furlough or unpaid holidays would save $12,975 for this staff, Peterson predicts. Forgoing the 3-percent wage increase in 2010 would save

$10,923. Laying off a half-time position would save $18,852 but unemployment benefits could reduce that savings. Finance Chair Gary Bergstrom has proposed that unemployment costs from staff reductions should come from the county’s reserve fund.]

Peterson also presented justifications for her section of the 2010 CIP. She is responsible for the most items in the CIP, over three pages of the plan, since her department is now, officially, in charge of improvements in all county buildings (except for Golden Age Manor possibly).

The initial CIP from the finance office includes 26 items for her department with a total cost of $419,949. Peterson has started the work of determining which

projects can be delayed and justifying the projects she feels should be done next year.

The property committee went over the list with Peterson, delaying some items like furniture until a later time and approving others. Much of the discussion focused on the highway building and how much money should be spent on the aging facility. Peterson said that some of the items at highway that need immediate attention involve safety and code violations.

Peterson’s entire CIP request will be presented to the county board at its special meeting Aug. 18.

No incidents reported during Hells Angels ride

by Regan Kohler MINONG – Hundreds of law-enforcement officials patrolled northwestern Wisconsin from Tuesday evening, July 28, until Sunday afternoon, Aug. 2, to ensure public safety during the Hells Angels Motorcycle USA Ride and Rally.

The motorcyclists were expected to ride through northern Wisconsin to Duluth, Minn., specifically Carlton County, for a rally July 28-Aug. 2, on their way to the annual Sturgis, S.D., motorcycle event. A press release issued by the Washburn County Sheriff’s Department last week said that the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, based out of Illinois, were also going to be in the area. According to the press release, they have had conflicts in the past, and there was “a significant potential for violence, which places the public in danger,” due to high tension

The Minong command center vehicles included the Wisconsin Emergency Management’s Mobile Command Center, the Department of Justice’s mobile center, in which analysts from the criminal investigations department worked, and armored vehicles from Marathon, La Crosse and Eau Claire counties. – Photos submitted between the gangs after a shooting at the Sturgis rally in 2006, and potential federal or state violations.

Wisconsin law enforcement assisted Minnesota’s throughout the time for

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public safety, creating the Northern Wisconsin Motorcycle Law Enforcement Group with both local and state agencies involved to respond to any incidents involving both motorcycle organizations.

Just north of Minong was a command post, where Washburn County Sheriff Terry Dryden said hundreds of officers patrolled from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. There were eight or nine cars per patrol and air officials who sent a live video feed of any large groups of motorcyclists to the command center.

“We knew exactly where they were,” Dryden said.

Dryden said that law-enforcement officials saw over 100 of the Outlaws come through northwestern Wisconsin, and many of the Hells Angels, as well. He said that they only stopped some of the motorcyclists for minor violations, and there were “no incidents” that he knew of in this area.

“We did well,” he said. “I was really

happy with it.”

Dryden said it took months before the rally to prepare for the level of enforcement needed. Costs were not high at all for Washburn County, he added, as they were mainly assisting Douglas County and happened to have the area north of Minong as the most logical place for a hub.

Dryden thanked the following for their involvement with the event: the Washburn, Douglas, Polk, Burnett, Barron, Marathon, Pierce, Jackson, Clark, Dunn, St. Croix, Price, Bayfield, Sauk, Sawyer, Iron, Ashland and La Crosse counties sheriffs’ departments; the Wisconsin State Patrol and Department of Natural Resources; the Spooner, Turtle Lake, Ashland, Hurley and Hayward police departments; the state Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigations and its analysts; the state’s Emergency Management and Police Services; ATF; and other various agencies and assets.

Friday, reports from Channel 6 in Duluth said that the bikers felt they were being unfairly targeted, and that business owners saw it as a boost for their economy in that area.

An online news brief taken from the Minneapolis Star Tribune said that there were few problems in Carlton County during the event. According to the report, only 33 Hells Angels were ticketed for things like drunken driving and one who was riding a stolen motorcycle, out of 322 people stopped last week in Carlton County.

Celebrate National Lazy Day at Little Turtle Hertel Express Demolition of the old Spooner High School continues, as the halls that connected the Horace Mann classroom building to the small gymnasium are down completely. The spray-painted portion is formerly part of the backstage area, where after a play performance, students would write on the walls. – Photo by Regan Kohler

HERTEL - Is summer making you feel lazy? Then the Little Turtle Hertel Express is where you’ll want to be on National Lazy Day, Monday, Aug. 10.

The Hertel casino will be giving away prizes that are every lazy person’s dream – hammocks, outdoor lounge chairs, a gas grill, a spa ticket, four tickets for tub-

ing on the Apple River – and more.

Pick up one free entry for the drawings starting at 9 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 10.

Earn additional entries for your slot play.

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LUCK - A reunion of the former Centuria High School classes, from 1950 through 1958, was held at Hog Wild, Luck, on Saturday, July 25. The former Centuria School merged in 1958 with Balsam Lake and Milltown to become Unity School at Balsam Lake.

Over 70 former Centuria alumni and guests attended the event, which was facilitated by Jim Morton, Class of 1954, with assistance from his wife, Nancy; Jean (Johnson) Maach, Patty (McCloud) Schmit and others.

June Fossum, an English teacher for many years at Centuria also attended with her husband.

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Standing (L to R): Geraldine (Johnson) Kelch, Standing (L to R): Joe Peterson and Don Eder, Rice Lake and William Grubbs, Class of 1956. Seated: Jean (Johnson) Maach, S o m e r s e t . class of 1954 and Carol Eder.

Seated: Peggy (Handlos) JohnBrenda son, Centuria ( J o h n s o n ) and Phylis (An- Franzen and derson) Bastian, C h a r l e n e White Bear Lake, ( M a r l e t t e ) Minn., Class of S c h u s t e d , 1955.

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Burnett County criminal court

Polk Co. marriage licenses Deborah J. Elmer, Wakefield, Mass., and Bryce A. Christopherson, Amery, issued July 27.

Kristine R. Skinner, Dresser, and Matthew J. Gregory, Dresser, issued July 27.

Sarah L. Mellen, Shell Lake, and Karl N. Knutson, Clayton, issued July 28.

Linda L. Clark, town of Lincoln, and Jeffrey A. Clark, town of Lincoln, issued July 28.

Callie D. PaStarr, St. Paul, Minn., and Roscoe F. Sopiwnik, St. Paul, Minn., issued July 31.

Kari J. Polzin, Luck, and Paul S. Montpetit, Luck, issued July 31.

Polk County deaths Bonnie Wolf, 82, July 11, 2009, Luck Mildred E. Johnson, 96, July 14, 2009, Amery Clarence H. Larson III, 56, July 17, 2009, Eureka Township

Robert L. Christensen, 59, July 23, 2009, Amery Edward T. Berdal, 90, July 25, 2009, Frederic Lynn L. Lauritsen, 52, July 25, 2009, Beaver Township

Burnett Co. marriage licenses Nicholas J. Peterson, Osseo, Minn., and Tara C. Amendsen, Osseo, Minn., July 29.

Burnett County civil court Midland Funding LLC, vs.

Delayne Barnes, Siren, $2,189.53.

Capital One Bank vs.

Pamela S. Owens, Grantsburg, $1,426.95.

Capital One Bank vs. Paul G. Howland, Danbury, $1,279.00.

Burnett Medical Center vs.

Harley Mangen, Siren, $1,124.25.

Amery Regional Medical Center vs. Connie A. Magnuson, Webster, $2,442.59.

Polk Burnett Electric Co-op, vs. Austin Kroll, Grantsburg, $1,863.86.

Burnett County warrants Cody J. Coleman, 21, Grantsburg, arrest warrant complaint, July 30.

Barbara A. Larsen, 46, Duluth, Minn., warrant - failure to appear, July 30.

Burnett County deaths Lee E. Jerome, 84, Siren Village, July 23.

Brent M. Roux, 33, Siren Township, July 18.

tion, $88.00; possession on THC, one-year probation, alcohol assessment, $88.00; open intoxicants in motor vehicle, $186.00.

Cody R. Gunderson, 18, Chippewa Falls, possession of

THC, no consumption of alcohol and no possession or consumption of alcohol, alcohol assessment, $88.00.

Bevis G. Walters, 32, Oak Harbor, Wash., criminal trespassing to dwelling, $500.00.

Burnett Co. sheriff’s report Accidents July 20: Daniel M. Newby, 54, St. Croix Falls, reported hitting a deer while on St. Croix Trail in Blaine Township. He was on a motorcycle, but neither he nor an occupant on the bike reported any injury.

Aug. 1: Gabrielle E. Lindgren, 18, Eagan, Minn., was operating a moped on W. Des Moines Lake Road in Webb Lake Township when she lost control. She was transported to Spooner Hospital for her injuries.

One citation was issued.

Aug. 1: Nicole M. Davis, 18, Grantsburg, was northbound on CTH Y in Trade Lake Township, attempting a turn onto Assembly Road when she turned into the

path of southbound Kerri A. Oachs, 33, Grantsburg. Davis reported that she did not see the other vehicle. Davis was issued one citation for inattentive driving. Two injuries were reported.

Aug. 2: Jennifer L. Towle, 22, Webb Lake, hit the brick wall at the Main Store after she was unable to stop while parking.

She reported recent repairs to the brakes on the vehicle and was unsure why she was unable to stop. Minor damage to the vehicle and no injuries were reported.

Other incidents Aug 2: Leo Maslow reported that someone hit a 6-month-old calf on Lynch Bridge Road in Siren Township.

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Siren police report July 27: Anton D. Mentele, 51, Shell Lake, was cited for having expired tabs on his vehicle at 10:40 p.m. on CTH B and Third Avenue. If Mentele provides proof of registration by Aug. 4, the citation will be void.

Roxanne S. Moore, 56, Balsam Lake, was cited for speeding at 5:01 p.m. on Hwy. 35 at Tewalt Road.

July 26: Lance Johnson was arrested on a felony warrant at a Siren residence. No time was given.

July 25: Ann A. Miller, 27, Pine City, Minn., was cited for speeding at 6:50 p.m.

July 23: Melissa J. Mortenson, 43, Eden Prairie, Minn., was cited for speeding at 6:21 p.m. on CTH B and Third Avenue.

July 22: Leona K. Sauder, 50, Zimmerman, Minn., was cited for speeding on Hwy. 70 and Hanson Avenue at 9 p.m.

Barbara E. Grossman, 59, St. Paul, Minn., was cited for speeding on Hwy. 70 and Hanson Avenue at 5:44 p.m.

July 18: Katlin J. Schmitt, 19, Hastings, Minn., was cited for speeding at 12:16 a.m. on Hwy. 70 and Hanson Avenue.

Trisha M. Plath, 24, Isanti, Minn., was cited for speeding on Hwy. 70 and Hanson Avenue at 7:41 p.m.

July 17: Michael G. McCarthy, 45, Hugo, Minn., was cited for speeding on Ellis Avenue and East Doctor Lake Trail at 7:31 p.m.

Terry R. Fish, 17, Webster, was cited for speeding and operating after revocation at 7:58 p.m. on Ellis Avenue and CTH 70.

William E. Davis, 59, Miami, Fla., was cited for speeding at 5:36 p.m. on Hwy. 70 and Hanson Avenue.

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Michael M. Madsen, 29, Danbury, disorderly conduct, $950.00 restitution, 30-day jail sentence if restitution payments not made, $139.90.

Beverly J. Pitts, 60, Grantsburg, disorderly conduct, $309.00.

Joshua S. Lyman, 28, Andover, Minn., possession of drug paraphernalia, one-year proba-

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Timothy M. Gorman, 46, Siren, fail to stop at stop sign, $160.80; OWI, $868.00, license revoked eight months, alcohol assessment.

Carol J. Allers, 47, Siren, open intoxicants in motor vehicle, $123.00.

Allen J. Mosay, 19, Rice Lake, possession of switchblade knife, $520.00.

Bryan C. Thalin, 21, Luck, issue worthless check, one-year probation, $88.00.

Wesley J. Rogers, 50, Stanley, issue worthless check, $334.00.

Claudette L. Matrious, 30,

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Job Title: Future Farmers of America Club Advisor H.R. Contact: Raymond Draxler, 7 - 12 Principal Telephone: 715-327-4223 Job Description: This is a part-time position to advise the FFA organization.

Qualifications: Wisconsin agriculture certification required.

How to Apply: Send letter of application, resume, and credentials to: Raymond Draxler, 7-12 School Principal, Frederic School District, 1437 Clam Falls Drive, Frederic, WI 54837. Telephone: 715-327-4223; Fax: 715-327-8655.

Employer: Frederic School District 1437 Clam Falls Drive Frederic, WI 54837 Closing Date: August 14, 2009 The Frederic School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY GRANTSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT

Job Title: Special Education Aide at Nelson Primary.

Job Description: This person will assist students at Nelson Primary and perform office duties as assigned.

Hours: This is a full-time position to begin August 28. Hours will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday during the school year.

Qualifications: State certification as a Special Education Aide. A two-year degree and experience is preferred.

Rate of Pay: Per Contract Schedule.

Requirements: The ideal candidate for this position will be highly professional, confident and possess a great deal of patience. He/she must have the desire and ability to work with young children. The person will have a studentcentered approach; being able to perform a wide array of duties while establishing a nurturing learning environment. Must be able to work collaboratively, follow written and/or oral directions and maintain good work habits. Computer skills are essential.

How to Apply: Complete a district application and submit a letter of interest by August 19, 2009.

Contact: Katie Coppenbarger, Principal Grantsburg Elementary School 475 East James Avenue Grantsburg, WI 54840 The School District of Grantsburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, 492656 50-51L color, national origin, sex, religion or handicap.

JOB OPPORTUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR FREDERIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

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Job Title: Health Education Instructor H.R. Contact: Raymond Draxler, 7 - 12 Principal Telephone: 715-327-4223 Job Description: This is a part-time position to teach Health five days per week for one period each day (.125 FTE).

Qualifications: Wisconsin certification required.

How to apply: Send letter of application, resume, and credentials to: Raymond Draxler, 7 - 12 School Principal, Frederic School District, 1437 Clam Falls Drive, Frederic, WI 54837.

Telephone: 715-327-4223; Fax: 715-327-8655.

Employer: Frederic School District 1437 Clam Falls Drive Frederic, WI 54837 Closing Date: August 14, 2009 Description: K - 12 School District in Frederic, Wis., which is located in northwestern Wisconsin on Hwy. 35. The Elementary School and 7 - 12 School have a combined enrollment of 560 students.

For further information on the Frederic School District, please visit our Web site at www.frederic.k12.wi.us The Frederic School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Date: July 31, 2009 Title of Position: AmeriCorps Volunteer Member 50% Responsibilities: Tutoring students grades K-3 Recruit and manage volunteers for tutoring and service-learning activities Coordinate service-learning projects Hours: 900 hours during the 2009-2010 school year, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. M-F. Rate of Pay: AmeriCorps members are paid through the Department of Public Instruction and will receive approximately $287.39 every two weeks. Upon successful completion of service the full-time member will also receive an education award of $2,362.50 which can be used for tuition at a qualified institution of higher learning or to pay off qualified student loans. Basic single health insurance is available.

Requirements: H.S. diploma is required, additional education is preferable. Experience working with children is preferred.

Closing date for applications is Wed., August 19, 2009.

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Board Meeting Tuesday, August 11, 7 p.m.

Town Hall Agenda: (1) Reading of minutes. (2) Treasurer’s report. (3) Review and pay bills. (4) Patrolman’s report. Any additions to agenda will be posted at the Luck Town Hall and clerk’s office.

Lloyd Nelson Clerk 492602 50L

HELP WANTED Caregivers 3rd Shift

Apply In Person

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480 E. James Ave. Grantsburg, WI 54840 NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Grantsburg Elementary School and Nelson Primary

343 McKinney St. Croix Falls, WI

Background Checks Required

MARKETING ASSISTANT Immediate Opening

Durex Products, Inc. is seeking a full-time Marketing Assistant to work at our Luck facility. The successful candidate will provide marketing and communications support for North and South America. Responsibilities includer creation and maintenance of marketing materials, trade show activity support, development and maintenance of Internet marketing presence and creation of internal documents that relate to the sales department. Also assist with market research and competitive analysis, maintenance of customer database and preparing reports as required.

Requires a Marketing Degree or 3-5 years of experience in marketing.

Requirements: Graphics designing and technical writing skills. Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Word, Outlook and in Adobe CS3 Design Package. Need excellent communication and organization skills, with good mathematical aptitude. Spanish and/or French desired. Skills will be tested.

Salary commensurate with experience. Durex Products, Inc. offers an excellent benefit package.

Please send your resume and salary history by 8/18/09 to:

Durex Products, Inc.

The monthly meeting of the Clam Falls Town Board will be held at the town hall, at 7 p.m., Wed., August 12, 2009.

Agenda will include minutes of last meeting; treasurer’s report; operators licenses; comprehensive land use report; public participation plan comp. land use; street dance Aug. 29, 2009 (Shooter’s Bar, Lewis); Bradley Ayers lawsuit; any other business to legally come before the board. A full agenda will be posted.

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APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

Application for Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and malt beverages. To the town board. Town of West Sweden, Polk County, Wisconsin. The undersigned: Bremer Bank Glenn Meier, Agent 3720 State Rd. 35 Frederic, WI 54837 Hereby makes application for Class B Intoxicating Liquor and Malt Beverages Liquor License to be used from August 11, 2009 to June 30, 2010 at the place of business located one mile north of Frederic, Wis. on Hwy. 35, Sec. 22T 2N R17E. Dated August 3, 2009 Andrea Lundquist, Clerk 492673 50L WNAXLP

HOME CARE RN Burnett County & Polk County

Full-time salaried position with benefits. Supervision of personal care and supportive home care.

Burnett County: Clients throughout Burnett County.

Office located in Siren Polk County: Clients throughout Polk County.

Office located in Luck

Indianhead Home Health/Home Services Call personnel at 715-532-5594, TDD 715-532-6333 Or fax resume to 715-532-7808 Or e-mail: georgetteb@indianheadcaa.org Office Hours are Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

We are an equal opportunity employer operating under an approved Affirmative Action Plan. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply.

JOB OPPORTUNITY TITLE 1 RESOURCE TEACHER GR. K-6 SIREN SCHOOL DISTRICT Job Title: Job Category: Job Description:

Title 1 Resource Teacher Gr. K-6 Education - K12 The Siren School District has opened a search for an elementary Title 1 teacher who will provide remedial services for all students in reading and math in grade K-6. This is a permanent, full-time position.

Qualifications: Minimum requirements include elementary education teacher certification in grades K-6. Special consideration will be given to candidates with a language arts or math minor. Preference may be given to candidates with a reading teacher or reading specialist license.

Requirements: Coaching/extracurricular opportunities may be available.

How to Apply: NO ONLINE APPLICATIONS PLEASE. Interested candidates should send letter, resume, copy of license and letters of recommendation to: Scott Johnson, District Administrator, School District of Siren, 24022 4th Ave. N., Siren, WI 54872. This position will be filled as soon as possible.

Desired Start Date: July 28, 2009.

H.R. Contact: Scott Johnson Contact Title: District Administrator Description: The Siren School District is located in northwestern Wisconsin surrounded by lakes and wooded area.

The community is virtually brand new having rebuilt nearly all businesses and many residences following a tornado in 2001. The district serves approximately 500 students in grades Pre-K through 12.

The Siren School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Attention: Human Resource Dept.

112 1st Avenue W. • P.O. Box 354 Luck, WI 54853 Or e-mail us at jobs@durexproducts.com E.O.E. 492409 39a,c,d,e 50L

MEETING NOTICE

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NOTICE TOWN OF LUCK

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF GRANTSBURG

Monthly Board Meeting Monday, August 10, 2009 At 7 p.m.

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TOWN OF EUREKA

Monthly Board Meeting Thurs., Aug. 13, 2009, 7 p.m.

Agenda: Call to order, minutes and reports, old business, updates. New Business: U.S. flag for Town Hall, job description for crewman, citizen comment time, correspondence, discussion items/announcements. Sign vouchers to authorize payment.

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YOU’RE INVITED TO A TOWN HALL MEETING AT WHISPERING PINES CAMP Saturday, August 15

2 - 4 p.m. Fun with the EcklundBrancel Family 5 - 6 p.m. Town Hall Meeting Purpose: To discuss the uncertain future of Whispering Pines Camp Organizer: Fred Brancel Moderator: Harvey Stower Come One - Come All Now is the time to let your voice be heard!

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The School District of Siren is taking applications for a part-time (3-1/2 hours per day) cook’s helper/office work.

The duties will be helping/serving meals, cleaning, dishes, understanding of operating kitchen equipment, maintain a clean work area and ability to get along with co-workers and students. Able to follow directions from supervisor and be able to work alone. Able to lift 50 pounds. Some office work will be included. Persons interested in this position can apply by sending a letter of application to Deborah Jaskolka Food Service Manager or stop by the office and pick up an 492459 50L application. Deadline is August 10, 2009.

VILLAGE OF FREDERIC

(July 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12, 19) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AnchorBank, fsb, Plaintiff, vs.

Roy Peckman and Mary Peckman, as husband and wife Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No: 08 CV 823 Case Code: 30304 Judge: Molly E. GaleWyrick PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on the 9th day of February, 2009, in the amount of $122,523.45, the Sheriff of Polk County will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: September 1, 2009, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to the Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified check. Balance due within 10 days of court approval.

Purchaser is responsible for payment of all transfer taxes and recording fees. Sale is AS IS in all respects and subject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Polk County Sheriff’s Office, 1005 West Main St., Suite 900, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin 54810.

DESCRIPTION: A part of Government Lot 4, Section 3, Township 34 North, of Range 17 West, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the north-south quarter line in said Section 3, that is 325 feet North of the 1/4 post between Section 3 and 10; thence West at right angles 488 feet; thence North parallel to the 1/4 line 125 feet; thence due East 488 feet to the 1/4 line; thence South 125 feet to the point of beginning. Said land being in the Village of Balsam, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 109 Idlewild Drive, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 /s/Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff ECKBERG, LAMMERS, BRIGGS, WOLFF & VIERLING, P.L.L.P. Nicholas J. Vivian #1047165 Attorney for Plaintiff 1809 Northwestern Avenue Stillwater, MN 55082 (651) 439-2878 Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.

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JOB OPENING

PUBLIC NOTICE

JOB OPPORTUNITY FFA CLUB ADVISOR FREDERIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

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Bid #1

– Concrete slab 105’ x 20’ at the Middle School playground.

– 45’ x 5’ sidewalk at the front of the high school. * Form and pour 6 bag mix, remove sod, clean up and haul away.

Bid #2

– Blacktop 105’ x 20’ at the Middle School playground.

Bid #3

– Residing of press box at athletic field. Approximately 42’x16’x10’ vinyl siding, trim and finish. May include removal and repair of some sheeting material.

All bids are to be sealed and submitted no later than 4 p.m. on August 14 to the School District of Webster, P.O. Box 9, Webster, WI 54893. Please direct any questions to Brian Sears at 715-866-4281 or bsears@webster.k12.wi.us.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any part 492078 of a bid or all bids.

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INVITATION FOR BIDS ON TIMBER STUMPAGE

Sealed bids will be received by the Department of Natural Resources for timber stumpage on the following properties: Governor Knowles State Forest; Crex Meadows, Fish Lake, Amsterdam Sloughs, Danbury, McKenzie Creek, and Rice Beds Creek Wildlife Areas; and Snake Creek Fishery Area.

Sealed bids will be received by the Department of Natural Resources at the DNR Ranger Station, 325 State Road 70, P.O. Box 367, Grantsburg, Wisconsin, until 1 p.m., August 26, 2009. A timber sale prospectus, bid forms, sample contracts and detailed information on each timber tract can be obtained by calling 715-463-2897.

There are 13 tracts of timber for sale on state lands covering 1,146 acres in Burnett and Polk Counties. Total approximate volumes are as follows: Oak - 10,890 cords, 194 MBF; Jack Pine - 898 cords; Aspen - 4,357 cords; Red Pine - 128 cords; Mixed hardwoods - 1,194 cords, 35.8 MBF; White Pine - 290 cords; Balsam Fir - 42 cords; and Basswood - 12.2 MBF. Worker’s Compensation Insurance and Certification to the Wisconsin SFI Training Standard are required. The Department of Natural Resources reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Bids will be opened publicly at the Grantsburg DNR Ranger Station at 1:00 p.m. on August 26, 2009.

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SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE

There will be a special meeting of the Town of Meenon on Monday, August 10, 2009, at the Meenon Town Hall, at 7 p.m., to discuss the purchase of a truck wing for the town truck and a possible change of fund line items for the 2009 budget.

Suzanna M. Eytcheson Meenon Town Clerk

MEETING NOTICE

The next meeting of the Meenon Town Board will be held on Monday, August 10, 2009, immediately following the special meeting. Agenda items to include: Clerk, treasurer, chairman and supervisor reports, road report, Gopher Bounty, discussion of new application for operator’s licenses, budget discussion, building maintenance, ATV Ordinance, pay bills, closed session per Wis. Stats.

19.85(1)(f) and adjournment.

Suzanna M. Eytcheson Meenon Town Clerk 492576 50L 40a

NOTICE OF FREDERIC SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL MEETING Monday, August 10, 2009, 6:30 p.m.

Frederic 7 - 12 School, Room 107

1. Call to order 2. Opening ceremonies A. Approve agenda B. Welcoming remarks 3. Waiver hearing regarding S.A.G.E. A. Classroom enrollment in elementary classes X New business 4.

A. 2009 - 2010 Bid approval B. Personnel 1. Contracts: Guidance Counselor 2. Resignation: Assistant Volleyball Coach 492702 50L 5. Adjourn

(July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. Plaintiff, vs.

CLAYTON R. HENSCHKE, et al Defendants.

Case Number: 08 CV 769 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on February 18, 2009, in the amount of $433,985.50, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: August 20, 2009, at 10 a.m.

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

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

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Parcel 1: Lot 6 of Certified Survey Map No. 1813 recorded on February 28, 1995, in Volume 8, Page 161, as Document No. 527587, being part of Government Lot 4, Section 7, Town 35 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Parcel 2: An Easement for the benefit of Parcel 1 for ingress and egress over that part of Government Lot 4, Section 7, Township 35 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as Outlot 1 of Certified Survey Map recorded February 28, 1995, in Volume 8 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 162, as Document No. 527588.

Parcel 3: A 66-foot-wide private roadway easement for the benefit of Parcel 1 for ingress and egress as shown on the subject Certified Survey Maps over Government Lot 4, Section 7, Township 35 North, Range 16 West and Government Lot 1, Section 18, Township 35 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2222 117th St., Milltown, WI 54858.

TAX KEY NO.: 026-00246-0060.

Dated this 25th day of June, 2009. /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Chaz M. Rodriguez State Bar #1063071 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. (158444)

Agenda will be posted at the Town Hall.

Deborah Grover, 492580 50L Clerk (Aug. 5) NOTICE IN REPLEVIN STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Case Code 31003 Case No. 09-SC-307 To: BRENDA PETERSON 412 S. MAIN STREET LUCK, WI 54853 You are hereby notified that a summons and complaint has been issued to recover possession of the following described goods and chattels, to wit: 2003 FORD WINDSTAR, ID#: 2FMZA51453BA90554 of which I, the plaintiff am entitled to the possession, and which you have unjustly taken and unlawfully detain from me.

NOW THEREFORE, unless you shall appear in the Circuit Court of Polk County, located in the Polk County Courthouse in the City of Balsam Lake, State of Wisconsin, on August 20, 2009, at 1:30 p.m. before the calendar judge or any other judge of said court to whom the said action may be assigned for trial, judgment will be rendered against you for the delivery of said property to the plaintiff and for damages for the detention thereof and for costs.

Dated at Milwaukee, WI, this 29th day of July, 2009.

AMERICREDIT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. Plaintiff By: Jerome C. Johnson, Attorney State Bar #1016307 839 N. Jefferson St., #200 Milwaukee, WI 53202 Tel.: 414-271-5400

(Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

THOMAS C. COTTELEER, and VILLAGE OF DRESSER, and CAPITAL ONE BANK, Defendants.

Case No. 08 CV 653 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on March 10, 2009, I will sell at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin on: Thursday, September 17, 2009, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: Lots 19 and 20, Block 6, Village of Dresser, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 116-00112-0000 STREET ADDRESS: 136 East Main St., Dresser, WI 54009 TERMS OF SALE: Cash DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by cash or certified check.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 20th day of July, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin

(July 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

GERALD R. WONDRA, JR., and ROYAL CREDIT UNION, Defendants.

Case No. 08 CV 422 AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on November 25, 2008, I will sell at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at 10 o’clock a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: The East 67 feet of Lot 3, Block B, Peterson’s Addition to the City of Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 201-00503-0000.

STREET ADDRESS: 218 South Street, Amery, Wisconsin.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash.

DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by cash or certified check.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 21st day of May, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin

Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

BONE LAKE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ANNUAL MEETING Saturday, August 8, 2009, at 9 a.m.

Wilkins Resort AGENDA: Election of Officers Commissioners Reports Proposed Budget (2009-2010) Old Business New Business

BONE LAKE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PROPOSED BUDGET

Commissioners

Robert Murphy Chairman Bill Jungbauer Vice Chairman

Revenue/Receipts Town of Georgetown Town of Bone Lake Rural American Bank Newsletter Ads Checking Balance (6/30/09) Plant/Water Grant AIS Grant

Mary Delougherty Treasurer/Secretary Total Revenue Dick Boss Bob Boyd Ron Ogren Georgetown Twp. Brian Masters Polk County Wayne Shirley Bone Lake Twp. Ex Officio

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Expenditures: Lake Improvements Aquatic Plant/Water Consultant Fees AIS (CBCW) Program Lake Monitoring Program Lake Management Plan WAL Dues Bus Meeting/Workshops Advertising Buoy Maintenance Mailing List Newsletter/Postage Office Expense Insurance Bone Lake Mailing WI Corporation Filing Fee Aquatic Plant Permit Donations Bone Lake Web Site Funeral/Get Well Accounting Fees Expenditures Balance Forward Total Expenditures

09/10 Budget $65,065.92 7,334.08 300.00 1,635.00 106,830.13 3,000.00 3,500.00

09/10 YTD Est. Rev./ Exp. 09/10 Budget Proposal $56,783.84 $29,127.86 $56,160.00 6,184.77 3,373.75 Combined 239.26 80.00 300.00 905.00 1.00 121,095.46 149,901.07 3,750.00 2,500.00 10,476.95

$187,665.13

$199,435.28

$18,140.00 4,300.00 6,500.00 500.00 25,000.00 350.00 2,500.00 1,500.00 1,000.00 100.00 6,000.00 500.00 3,500.00 1,000.00 10.00

$10,938.95 111.60 3,549.58

500.00 1,000.00 72,400.00 106,830.13 $179,230.00

$35,081.61

$206,362.07

15,218.82 330.00 1,558.36 574.67 2,260.00 38.20 3,339.80 251.15 2,170.00

1,000.00 330.00

125.00 901.00

$20,000.00 5,000.00 6,500.00 500.00 5,000.00 350.00 2,500.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 200.00 8,000.00 500.00 3,500.00

10.00 720.00 500.00 727.50 50.64 100.00 42,449.27 121,095.46 $163,544.73

10.00

10.00

100.00 500.00

600.00 1,500.00

1,500.00

125.00 1,500.00 35.00

150.00

$6,276.00

56,160.00 149,901.07 $206,061.07

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SCHOOL DISTRICT OF WEBSTER INVITATION TO BID

The Regular Monthly Board Meeting For The Town Of McKinley Will Be Held On Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, At 7:30 p.m.

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**Dietary Aide - Part Time $10.38/hr.

43 hr./pay period - must be available for various shifts plus replacement hours Position open until filled YOU MUST COMPLETE A POLK COUNTY EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION TO BE ELIGIBLE. For application, complete position requirements and details, please visit our Web site at www.co.polk.wi.us, Employment Opportunities, or in person at 100 Polk Co. Plaza, #229, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, 715-485-9176 or Golden Age Manor, 220 Scholl Ct., Amery, WI, 715492594 50L 268-7107. AA/EEOC

The following has applied for Renewal Combination Class B beer and liquor license from July 1, 2009, thru June 30, 2010, in the Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wis., with application now on file at the clerk’s office: Marc A. Porath The EdgeTown Tavern, Inc. 2087 State Road 35 Milltown, Wis. Application will be considered at the regular monthly town board meeting on Thursday, August 13, 2009, at the Eureka Town Hall. 492634 50L 40a,d WNAXLP

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POLK COUNTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS

NOTICE

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

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Check out the Leader’s e-edition @ www.the-leader.net

BID REQUEST

The Town of Laketown is requesting bids for reroofing the town hall, either shingles or steel. Sealed bids can be sent to Dan King, 2773 185th Street, Luck, WI 54853 and should be marked “Roof Bids.” Bids are to be received no later than August 21 and will be opened August 25 at regular board meeting. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. For questions about the project, call Melle at the town shop at 715-648-5557.

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Agenda: I. Call to Order. II. Minutes. III. Financial Reports. IV. Operations Report. V. Unfinished Business: A. CDBG. B. 492631 50L Shingle Warranty. VI. New Business. VII. Adjourn.

PUBLIC NOTICE BURNETT COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public input is being sought for the 2010 Department of Health & Human Services Plan and Budget. The public is invited to attend two Health & Human Services Board Meetings to provide input. We are seeking comments from clients, providers, interested citizens and community agencies as to the adequacy and need for services in such areas as services to juveniles, child protective services, services to the elderly and handicapped, mental health services, substance abuse services, services to the developmentally disabled and any other services being or needing to be provided in the community.

The first meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, at 1:30 p.m. in Room 165 of the Burnett County Government Center, 7410 County Road K, Siren, WI 54872.

The second meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at 1:30 p.m. in Room 165 of the Burnett County Government Center, 7410 County Road K, Siren, WI 54872.

Written comments may also be submitted prior to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 30, 2009, addressed to: Burnett County Department of Health & Human Services Attn: Katherine Peterson, Director 7410 County Road K #280 492167 Siren, WI 54872 39a 50L The meeting site is accessible to the physically disabled.

ORDINANCE 2009-02 TOWN OF SWISS ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE ROUTES AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE ROUTES AND REGULATING THE OPERATION OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES SECTION I - INTENT The Town of Swiss adopts the following all-terrain vehicle ordinance/routes for the operation of all-terrain vehicles upon the roadways listed in Section III. Following due consideration of the recreational value to connect trail opportunities and weighed against possible dangers, public health, liability aspects, terrain involved, traffic density and history of automobile traffic, this ordinance has been created.

SECTION II - STATUTORY AUTHORITY This route is created pursuant to Motion of the Swiss Town Board authority under NR 64.12 as authorized by 23.33 (8) (b), Wis. Stats.

SECTION III - ROUTES The following roads are designed as routes: A. That part of Lake 26 Road, as marked for ATV use only, from the Junction of Highway 35/77 to Trail 8. Said route is further described and identified by the attached map.

B. That part of North River Road located in Town of Swiss.

C. St. Croix Trail - from North River Road to Broeffle Road.

D. Broeffle Road - in its entirety.

E. Center Street - from County Road F to South Sixth Street.

F. South Sixth Street - from Center Street to Peet Street.

G. Peet Street - from South Sixth Street to South Second Avenue.

H. South Second Avenue - in its entirety.

I. North Second Avenue - from State Highway 77 north to the alley.

J. Alley - from North Second Avenue to North Glass Street.

SECTION IV - CONDITIONS As a condition for the use of this route, the following conditions shall apply to all operators (and passengers where applicable): A. All ATV operators shall observe 20-mph speed limits.

B. All ATV operators shall ride single file.

C. All ATV operators shall slow the vehicle to 10 mph or less when operating within 150 feet of a dwelling and when in Danbury.

D. Route must be signed in accordance with NR 64.12 and NR 64.12(7) c.

SECTION V - ENFORCEMENT This ordinance shall be enforced by any law enforcement officer authorized to enforce the laws of the State of Wisconsin.

SECTION VI - PENALTIES Wisconsin state All-Terrain Vehicle penalties as found in s.

23.33 (13) (a) Wis. Stats. are adopted by reference.

SECTION VII - SEVERABILITY The provision of this ordinance shall be deemed severable, and it is expressly declared that the Town would have passed the other provisions of this ordinance irrespective of whether or not one or more provisions may be declared invalid. If any provision of this ordinance or the application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance and the application of such provisions to other person’s circumstances shall not be deemed affected.

SECTION VIII - EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance becomes effective upon passage and publication.

Approved this 14th day of July, 2009.

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Due to a conflict of schedules, please note that the date is the first Thursday of the month.

Thursday, August 6, 2009 - 7 p.m.

Trade Lake Town Hall

NOTICE is hereby given by the Burnett County Land and Water Conservation Department, Burnett County, Wisconsin, that it will receive sealed bids for the purpose of supplying materials and installing a Grade Stabilization Pro-ject in eastern Burnett County. All bids will be received for the project until 4 p.m. local time on August 11, 2009, at the Burnett County Land and Water Conservation Depart-ment, 7410 County Rd. K, #109, Siren, WI 54872. Bids will be publicly opened and read at the Burnett County Land and Water Conservation Office in Room 21, on August 12, 2009, at 10 am. Bids must be date stamped by the soliciting purchasing agent on or before the date that the bid is due. Bids date stamped in another office will be rejected. If bids are mailed, you must write “Official Bid” on the exterior of the sealed envelope.

Estimates of material quantities and installation specifications can be obtained by contacting Paul Cook, Con-servation Specialist at 715-349-2186.

The Burnett County Land and Water Conservation Department reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any technicality in any bid submitted.

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Agenda: Minutes of last meeting, treasurer’s report, payment of bills, resident issues, discuss a town ordinance allowing ATVs use of town roads, open bids for painting town hall, town road maintenance, set Sept. meeting date and agenda.

Deborah L. Christian, Clerk 491520 38-39a 49-50L www.tradelakewi.com

BIDS WANTED Town of Anderson Burnett County, Wisconsin

The Town of Anderson is seeking sealed bids for the following roadwork projects: Each bid listed is a separate bid. Please mark and submit your bids separately.

Bid 1: Pulverizing 1.1 miles of Oletjen Road from East River Road to Jimmy Carter Road. Cutting a hill located near fire #13960 approximately five-tenths of a mile west of East River Road. Filling low spots and ditch work along 1.1 miles of Oletjen Road from East River Road to Jimmy Carter Road.

Bid 2: Paving 1.1 miles of Oletjen Road from East River Road to Jimmy Carter Road finished 2 inches thick and 20 feet wide, 2 feet of shoulder on each side. Hot patch and cold patch options.

Include a finished 2-1/2 inches thick option.

Sealed bids can be sent to the Town of Anderson, 2773 185th Street, Luck, WI 54853 and should be marked “road bids.” Bids are to be received no later than August 28, 2009. All bids will be opened and reviewed August 31, 2009, at a town board meeting.

The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

For questions on the road bid or specifications contact: Jeremy Gronski, Town Chairman at 715-491-1351.

Jessica King, Clerk 492138 49-50L (July 29, Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COMMUNITY BANK OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN f/k/a BRILL STATE BANK Plaintiff vs.

THOMAS H. NONEMACHER a/k/a THOMAS H. NONEMACHER JR., JULIE A. NONEMACHER, RODNEY KELLER JR., U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, N.D., ASSOCIATED MILK PRODUCERS, INC., CEMSTONE READY MIX Case No.: 09CV44 Case Code: 30404 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of a Stipulation and Order entered by the Court in the above-captioned matter on July 20, 2009, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County will sell at public auction at the Polk County Courthouse in the City of Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on the 17th day of September, 2009, at 10 a.m., the real estate and mortgage premises directed by the Stipulation and Order to be sold and therein described as follows: The Northwest Quarter of Northeast Quarter (NW 1/4 of NE 1/4); that part of the Northeast Quarter of Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4 of NE 1/ 4) that lies North and West of railroad right of way (n/k/a The Cattail Trail); and the North Half of Northwest Quarter (N 1/2 of NW 1/4); Section 13, Township 33 North, Range 15 West, Polk County, Wisconsin.

The South Half of Southwest Quarter (S 1/2 of SW 1/4); Section 12, Township 33 North, Range 15 West, EXCEPT Certified Survey Map No. 1664, recorded in Volume 8 CSM, Page 12, Document No. 514693, Polk County, Wisconsin. The East Half of Southeast Quarter (E 1/2 of SE 1/4); Section 12, Township 33 North, Range 15 West, EXCEPT railroad right of way (n/k/a The Cattail Trail) and EXCEPT parcel described in Volume 211 Records, Page 437, Document No. 290499, Polk County, Wisconsin.

AND The Southwest Quarter of Northwest Quarter (SW 1/4 of

NOTICE OF HEARING

NW 1/4), EXCEPT that part thereof lying North and East of the centerline of the town road crossing said 40-acre parcel as said road is currently laid out and traveled; the Southeast Quarter of Southwest Quarter (SE 1/4 of SW 1/ 4); the Southwest Quarter of Southeast Quarter (SW 1/4 of SE 1/4) EXCEPT the East 300 feet of the North 500 feet thereof; all in Section Thirtyfive (35), Township Thirty-four (34) North, Range Fifteen (15) West, Polk County, Wisconsin; AND That part of the Southwest Quarter of Northeast Quarter (SW 1/4 of NE 1/4), Section Two (2), Township Thirty-three (33) North, Range Fifteen (15) West, Polk County, Wisconsin, lying north and West of the former Soo Line Railroad right of way. That part of the Northeast Quarter of Northeast Fractional Quarter (NE 1/4 of NEfr 1/4), Section Two (2), Township Thirty-three (33) North, Range Fifteen (15) West, Polk County, Wisconsin, lying North and West of the former Soo Line Railroad right of way. The Northwest Quarter of Northeast Fractional Quarter (NW 1/4 of NEfr 1/4), Section Two (2), Township Thirtythree (33) North, Range Fifteen (15) West, Polk County, Wisconsin, lying North and West of the former Soo Line Railroad right of way.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 981 U.S. Highway 63, Clayton, Wisconsin.

THE TERMS OF SALE: Cash.

DOWN PAYMENT: A deposit of 10% of sale price to be deposited in cash or by certified check with the Sheriff at the time of sale; balance to be paid by cash or certified check upon confirmation of sale.

Dated this 27th day of July, 2009. /s/Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff Christine A. Gimber Weld, Riley, Prenn & Ricci, S.C. P.O. Box 1020 Eau Claire, WI 54702-1030 715-839-7786 Attorneys for Plaintiff This is an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Shoreview Apartments, Balsam Lake

OFFICIAL NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BURNETT COUNTY LAND & WATER CONSERVATION DEPT.

NOTICE TOWN OF TRADE LAKE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING

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POLK COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

The Polk County Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at the Government Center in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. The Board will call the public hearing to order at 8:30 a.m., recess at 8:45 a.m. to view each site and will reconvene at 10:30 a.m. at the Government Center in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. At that time each applicant will inform the Board of their request. The Board may go into closed session under Wisconsin State Statutes, S.19.85(1)(a)(g), deliberating concerning a case which was the subject of any judicial or quasi-judicial trial or hearing before that governmental body. (THE APPLICANT MUST APPEAR AT 10:30 A.M. WHEN THE BOARD RECONVENES AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.) KEITH THOMAS requests a variance from Article 11E3 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to build a storage shed which will be closer than 63’ from centerline of a town road. Property affected is: 1825 45th Ave., Pt. of NW1/4, SE1/4, Sec. 12/T32N/R18W, Town of Alden, Church Pine Lake (class 1).

CAROLYN J. TERRANOVA requests a variance from Article 11C, Table 1 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to build a retaining wall closer than 75’ from the ordinary high-water mark. Property affected is: 1266 Marina Dr., Lot 16+17, Florence’s Park Add., Sec. 24/T33N/R17W, Town of Lincoln, Lake Wapogasset (class 1). 492685 50-51L 40a,d

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Plan Commission of the Town of West Sweden, Polk County, Wisconsin, will be conducting a public hearing to discuss the Town of West Sweden Comprehensive Plan 2009-2029 and the proposed ordinance to adopt the Comprehensive Plan. The Public Hearing will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 9, from 6 until 8 p.m. at the West Sweden Town Hall. Comments on the plan will be heard and discussed and any necessary updates will be made to the Comprehensive Plan prior to adoption.

Comprehensive Plan Summary: The Town of West Sweden has been working on the development of the state-mandated comprehensive plan for well over a year now. The comprehensive plan covers 9 statutory elements: Issues and Opportunities, Housing, Transportation, Utilities and Community Facilities, Agricultural, Natural, and Cultural Resources, Economic Development, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Use and Implementation. Each issue was discussed by the plan commission and the attending citizens at meetings open to the public.

The residents of the Town of West Sweden were also given a survey to fill out and send back on issues related to the development of the Comprehensive Plan. The survey results as well as the meeting input were used to formulate goals for the Town in each of the 9 elements. The end result is a proposed plan that addresses the required elements by the State of Wisconsin and the views and opinions of the residents of the Town of West Sweden. The majority opinion according to the above sources is for the Town of West Sweden to remain rural for the foreseeable future.

Copies of the Draft version of the Comprehensive Plan and comment forms are available at the Frederic Public Library, West Sweden Town Hall, and from the Town of West Sweden Plan Commissioners: Scott Wilder, 3096 170th St., 327-8951 Rich Potvin, 1677 350th Ave., 327-8550 William Didlo, 1428 345th Ave., 653-2619 Pam Freese, 327-8258 Andrea Lundquist, 1535 345th Ave., 327-8650 A digital copy of the Town of West Sweden’s Comprehensive Plan is also available on Polk County’s Web site at the following address: www.co.polk.wi.us/landinfo/ pdfs/Planning/CompPlanTWestSweden.pdf Comment forms will also be available at the following Web site: www.co.polk.wi.us/landinfo/pdfs/Planning/ CommentFormTWestSweden.pdf Additional copies (duplication fees may apply) or more information may be requested by contacting Tim Anderson, Polk County Planner at 715-485-9225 or tim.anderson@co.polk.wi.us. All written comments will be reviewed to the public hearing. There will be public comments time held at the public hearing as well. Please submit all written comments to Tim Anderson at least one week prior to the public hearing date to the contact information above.

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MINUTES OF THE

BE IT FURTHER RESSOLVED, that Policy 512 is not otherwise amended and county employees shall receive the full IRS rate of mileage reimbursement as therein provided.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the authorized reduction of the rate of mileage reimbursement shall take effect on September 1, 2009.

Date Finance Committee Advised: N/A. Finance Committee Recommendation: N/A. Effective date: September 1, 2009 Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: July 21, 2009.

County Board Action: Failed - roll call vote: 10 Yes, 11 No. Submitted by: Robert Dueholm and Ken Sample.

Res. 51-09 - To Reduce The Mileage Reimbursement Rate To Members Of County Administrative Boards And Standing Committees. Motion (Brown/ Edgell) to approve. Discussion followed. Motion to adopt Resolution 51-09 failed by roll vote: 10 Yes, 11 No. (Voting yes: Supvrs. Dueholm, Johansen, Brown, Edgell, Masters, Arcand, O’Connell, Voelker, Newville and Beseler.

Voting no: Peterson, Schmidt, Caspersen, Rediske, Moriak, Larsen, Luke, Stoneking, Jepsen, Bergstrom and Johnson.)

Chair called a 5-minute break.

POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS JULY 21, 2009

Chairman Beseler called the meeting of the Polk County Board of Supervisors to order at 6:30 p.m.

County Clerk informed the chair the notice of the agenda was posted in three public buildings, published in the county’s legal paper, the Tri-County and Indianhead Advertisers, and posted on the county’s Web site the week of July 13, 2009. Corporation Counsel verified that sufficient notice of the meeting was given. Roll call was taken by the Clerk, with 21 members present. Absent: Supvrs. Sample and Kienholz.

Supervisor Edgell offered prayer.

Chairman Beseler led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Motion (Masters/Brown) to approve the agenda. Motion to approve agenda carried by a unanimous voice vote.

Motion (Rediske/Dueholm) to approve Minutes of the June 16, 2009, County Board Meeting. Motion carried by a unanimous voice vote.

Public comments were given.

Brooke Whitley did a presentation on Restorative Justice.

Steve Tracy from Larson/Allen presented the 2008 Polk County Audit Report.

Finance Director’s Report was given by Tanya Weinert.

Chair called a 10-minute break.

RESOLUTION 52-09

TO AUTHORIZE PROPOSALS AFFECTING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ALL POLK COUNTY 2009-2011 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS WHEREAS, revenue sources available to fund Polk County programs and services have been reduced as a result of economic conditions and statutory budgetary restrictions; and WHEREAS, it is appropriate to consider modifications of all aspects of county government, including personnel costs that are presently defined in the various 2009-2011 collective bargaining agreements, so as to lessen the adverse impact to the current budget caused by economic conditions and budgetary restrictions, to timely prepare and plan for the budgets of future years, and to continue the provision of county programs and services; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors authorizes the Personnel Committee to meet with the respective representatives of the various unions for the purpose of making and considering proposals that would affect the terms and conditions of all 2009-2011 collective bargaining agreements.

Date Finance Committee Advised: N/A. Finance Committee Recommendation: N/A. Date Personnel Committee Advised: July 9, 2009.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

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

Date Submitted to County Board: July 21, 2009.

County Board Action: Adopted by unanimous roll call vote.

Submitted by: Herschel Brown and Patricia M. Schmidt.

Res. 52-09 - To Authorize Proposals Affecting Terms And Conditions Of All Polk County 2009-2011 Collective Bargaining Agreements. Motion (Brown/ Schmidt) to approve. Discussion followed. Supvr. Bergstrom proposed amending the resolution, by adding “NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Board authorized concessions to nonrepresented employees equal to those made by the represented employees with the same effective date.” Upon direction from Corp. Counsel, Supvr. Bergstrom withdrew his amendment. Motion to adopt Resolution 52-09 carried by a unanimous voice vote.

RESOLUTION 49-09

TO AUTHORIZE ONE COUNTY INTEGRATED COMPUTER NETWORK SYSTEM WHEREAS, technological advances allow all county departments and county-owned facilities to be connected through one integrated computer network system that increases computer security and results in efficiency and reduced costs in the operation and delivery of county programs and services; and WHEREAS, Polk County recently purchased a countywide timekeeping system and adopted an e-mail system that optimize computer security, efficiency and cost reductions through one all-inclusive computer network system for all Polk County facilities, including, but not limited to, the Golden Age Manor Nursing Home, the Lime Quarry and the Polk County Recycling Center.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors authorizes and recognizes one county integrated computer network system for any and all county department and county-owned facilities.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors directs the Information Technology Department to create an all-inclusive county computer network that integrates and serves all of the county departments and facilities through one county computer system.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors directs the county administrative boards, standing committees and departments to cooperate with the Information Technology Department in completing the directive of this resolution.

Funding amount: N/A. Date Finance Committee Advisted: July 8, 2009.

Finance Committee Recommendation: Passage.

Personnel Committee Advised: July 9, 2009.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

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

Date Submitted to County Board: July 21, 2009.

County board action: Adopted by unanimous voice vote.

Submitted at the recommendation of the Finance Committee: Brian Masters, Mick Larson and Bryan Beseler.

Res. 49-09 - To Authorize One County Integrated Computer Network System.

Motion (Masters/Brown) to approve. IT Director Todd Demers addressed the resolution. Motion to adopt Resolution 49-09 carried by a unanimous voice vote.

RESOLUTION 53-09

TO AMEND POLICY 881 TO INCLUDE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION WITH BUDGETARY PROPOSALS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WHEREAS, Policy 881, Staffing Budget Planning and Position Administration, requires departments to submit proposed departmental budgets, but the policy is silent with respect to the submission of information that would substantiate those proposed departmental budgets and that would allow the County Board of Supervisors, the Finance Committee and respective governing committees to make informed and reasonable decisions in the approval process of the county budget.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors amends in pertinent part Policy 881, pages 881-6 and 7, Step 6, as follows:

RESOLUTION 50-09

APPROVING FARMLAND PRESERVATION APPLICATIONS WHEREAS, the Polk County Board of Supervisors did by Resolution 103 of their 1977 Board proceeding designate the Polk County Land Conservation Committee as the review committee for applications under the Farmland Preservation Act; and WHEREAS, the Polk County Land Conservation Committee has reviewed applications pursuant to the procedures and criteria set forth in Section 91.13 of the Wisconsin Statutes and has recommended approval of the renewed application hereafter set forth.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to Section 91.13 of the Wisconsin Statutes, the Polk County Board of Supervisors does hereby grant approval of the following applications for farmland preservation agreements:

6. Department Heads and Governing Committees review the Personnel Committee staffing recommendations and Finance Committee budgetary guidelines. Department Heads develop budgets with Governing Boards/ Committees and revisit staffing plans. Proposed departmental budgets shall include supporting documentation when submitted to the governing committees. Supporting budgetary documentation shall include, at a minimum, a position paper on proposed capital improvements projects that addresses the need to immediately initiate the project; a cost-benefit analysis of delaying the project; and the advantages and disadvantages of commencing the project immediately in contrast to delaying the project to future budget years. Updates to staffing plans are submitted to Employee Relations and initial budgets with such supporting documentation are submitted to the Department of Administration and distributed to the Finance Committee and to the County Board of Supervisors."

Leonard E. Swenson of 2106 County Road X, Star Prairie, WI 54026 And Merle L. Swenson of 339 202 ND County Rd. M, Osceola, WI 54020 - 10-year agreement - 199.74 acres - Sec. 15 T32N-R18W - Town of Alden - Sec. 16 T32N-R18W - Town of Alden

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Policy 881 is not otherwise amended.

Date Finance Committee Advised: N/A. Finance Committee Recommendation: N/A. Effective date: Upon Passage.

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

Date Submitted to County Board: July 21, 2009.

County Board Action: Adopted by unanimous voice vote.

Submitted by: Herschel Brown.

A complete copy of the amended Policy 881 is available at the clerk’s office.

Res. 53-09 - To Amend Policy 881 to Include Supporting Documentation With Budgetary Proposals - Capital Improvement Projects. Motion (Peterson/Brown) to approve. Motion to adopt Resolution 53-09 carried by a unanimous voice vote.

Arnold J. and Rebecca Berquam of 116 140th St., Deer Park, WI 54007 - 10-year agreement - 212.76 acres - Sec. 24 T32N-R17W - Town of Alden - Sec. 26 T32N-R17W - Town of Alden - Sec. 35 T32N-R17W - Town of Alden Funding amount: N/A. Funding source: N/A. Date Finance Committee Advised: N/A. Effective date: Upon Passage.

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

Date Submitted to County Board: July 21, 2009.

County Board Action: Adopted by unanimous voice vote.

Submitted by: Kathryn Kienholz.

Res. 50-09 - Approving Farmland Preservation Applications. Motion (Johnson/Jepsen) to approve. Land & Water Director Tim Ritten addressed the resolution. Motion to adopt Resolution 50-09 carried by a unanimous voice vote.

RESOLUTION 54-09

RESOLUTION 51-09

TO REDUCE THE MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT RATE TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND CITIZEN MEMBERS OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE BOARDS AND STANDING COMMITTEES (EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2009) WHEREAS, revenue sources available to fund Polk County programs and services have been reduced as a result of economic conditions and statutory budgetary restrictions; and WHEREAS, it is appropriate to consider modifications of all aspects of county government, including mileage reimbursements to persons who serve on the County Board of Supervisors and various county administrative boards and standing committees, to lessen the adverse impact to the current budget caused by economic conditions and budgetary restrictions and to timely prepare and plan for the budgets of future years.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors reduces the mileage reimbursement rate payable to members of the County Board of Supervisors and citizen members of county administrative boards and standing committees to seventy-five (75%) percent of the IRS rate that is otherwise available to county employees pursuant to Policy 512.

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POLK COUNTY ANNUAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE ORDINANCE WHEREAS, building and maintaining highways and bridges are essential to sustaining the quality of Wisconsin's highway infrastructure, which is vital to the state, counties and municipalities to support commerce, tourism and the safe transportation of people and goods; and WHEREAS, the Polk County property tax appropriation and other revenues have not been able to keep up with increases in the cost of materials needed to maintain the county highway maintenance goals and programs; and WHEREAS, Wisconsin Stats. Sec. 341.35 gives a county the authority to enact an ordinance imposing an annual flat registration fee on all motor vehicles customarily kept in the county; and WHEREAS, Wis. Stats. Sec. 341.35 defines "motor vehicle" as an automobile, or motor truck registered under Wis. Stats. Sec. 341.25(1)(c) at a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds; and WHEREAS, a $20.00 annual county vehicle registration fee would become a designated revenue source for the core service of highway maintenance in Polk County that comes directly from the users of highways; and WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation collects the fee and remits the moneys collected to the county less an administrative fee, currently $0.10 per motor vehicle; and WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Polk County Board of Supervisors in adopting this ordinance that annual vehicle registration fees shall be collected for a period of five (5) years and be utilized by the Polk County Highway Department.

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Notices

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(July 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12, 19) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP Plaintiff, vs.

RUTH M. SCHADEWALD, et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 06 CV 57 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on February 24, 2009, in the amount of $179,104.22, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: September 1, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified Check. Balance to be paid upon confirmation.

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 3 of Certified Survey Map No. 4217, recorded in Volume 18 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 247, as Document No. 666504, locate in the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 7, Township 35 North, Range 18 West, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 22852285A 230th Street, Cushing, WI 54006 TAX KEY NO.: 020-00177-0300 Dated this 9th day of July, 2009. /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Deborah A. Blommer State Bar # 1000749 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Blommer Peterman, S.C. is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. (160961)

The August meeting of the Village Board of Siren will be held Thursday, August 6, 2009, at 2 p.m. at the Village Hall.

Agenda posted.

Ann Peterson 492298 Clerk-Treasurer 50L (July 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

COLIN D. MUELLER, and CAROLYN M. MEYER f/k/a CAROLYN M. MUELLER, and VILLAGE OF LUCK, and STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BUREAU OF CHILD SUPPORT, and DAVID R. MUELLER and KATHRYN A. MUELLER, Defendants.

Case No. 09 CV 222 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on June 19, 2009, in the amount of $89,745.62, I will sell the described premises at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wis., on: Thursday, August 20, 2009, at 10 o’clock a.m., TERMS OF SALE: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit plaintiff.

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. DESCRIPTION: A parcel of land in the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4, Section 28-3617, described as follows: Beginning at a point 255.4 feet East and 105 feet North of the Quarter Post of Sections 28 and 33-26-17, thence East 153 feet, thence North 73 feet, thence West 153 feet, thence South 72 feet to the point of beginning, Village of Luck, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 146-00552-0000.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 24th day of June, 2009.

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

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(Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY INDYMAC FEDERAL BANK, FSB Plaintiff, vs.

STEVEN K. HOWELL, et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 08 CV 780 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on March 3, 2009, in the amount of $237,355.20 the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: September 22, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified Check. Balance to be paid upon confirmation.

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 4 of Certified Survey Map No. 3646, recorded in Volume 16 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 159, as Document No. 629820, being located in Government Lot 1, of Section 21, Town 33 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Lincoln, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 996 85th Ave., Amery, WI 54001 TAX KEY NO.: 032-00565-0110 Dated this 3rd day of August, 2009 /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Christina E. Demakopoulos State Bar #1066197 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. (164671)

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Application for Retail Class B License to sell intoxicating liquors and malt beverages. To the town board. Town of West Sweden, Polk County, Wisconsin. The undersigned: Jacquelyn M. Highstrom Keith B. Highstrom 3415 Hwy. W Frederic, Wis. Hereby makes application for Class B Intoxicating Liquor and Malt Beverages Liquor License to be used from August 11, 2009 to June 30, 2010 at the place of business located in Pcl. SE 1/4 Sec. 8-37-17.

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Application for Retail “Class A” License to sell intoxicating liquors and “Class C” License to sell wine. To the Town Board, Town of Sterling, Polk County, Wisconsin. The undersigned: Edward M. Seck, President Jody K. Seck, Secretary Stop-A-Sec 2460 Old State Road 87 Cushing, WI 54006 Polk County, Wisconsin Hereby applies for a Retail “Class A” License to sell intoxicating liquors combined with a “Class C” License to sell wine.

Dated June 6, 2009 Julie Peterson, Clerk Town of Sterling

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STATE OF WISCONSIN COUNTY OF POLK

NOTICE

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

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LICENSE APPLICATION

7. Administrative Costs: WisDOT shall retain a portion of the moneies collected equal to the actual administrative costs related to the collection of these fees (currently $0.10 per motor vehicle). The method for computing the administrative costs will be reviewed annually by WisDOT, as provided in Wisconsin Statutes §341.35.

8. Effective Date: This ordinance shall be effective on passage, publication and appropriate notice to WisDOT. 9. Publication and Notice: Upon adoption, the County Clerk shall cause this ordinance to be published and provide the WisDOT with notice of the same in a manner consistent with §341.35(4).

Funding amount:N/A. Funding source: N/A. Submitted/sponsored by: Gerald W. Newville.

Res. 54-09 - Polk County Annual Vehicle Registration Fee Ordinance. Motion (Newville/Arcand) to approve. Discussion followed. Motion to adopt Resolution 54-09 failed by roll call vote, 2 Yes, 19 No. (Voting yes: Supvr. Arcand and Newville.)

Standing Committees Reports were given.

Supervisors’ Reports were given.

Chairman/Administrative Coordinator’s Report was given by Chairman Beseler.

Motion (Newville/Luke) to adjourn. Motion carried. (9:40 p.m.) ) )

I, Carole T. Wondra, County Clerk for Polk County, do hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the County Board Proceedings of the Polk County Board of Supervisors' Session held on July 21, 2009.

Carole T. Wondra Polk County Clerk

NOTICE TOWN OF WEST SWEDEN

A special meeting of the town board will be held Tues., August 11, 6:30 p.m.

West Sweden Town Hall This meeting will be held to review and liquor license applications.

Andrea Lundquist, Clerk

NOTICE

NOTICE

Monthly Board Meeting Will Be Held Tues., Aug. 11, 2009, At 7 p.m. At The Cushing Community Center

Monthly Board Meeting Monday, August 10, at 7 p.m.

Milltown Fire Hall

TOWN OF LAKETOWN

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Agenda: Review plan. Public welcome.

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(July 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY HSBC MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff, Vs. CLIFFORD HARPER and DARLA DIXON HARPER, husband and wife and JANE DOE and/or JOHN DOE unknown tenants; and BENEFICIAL WISCONSIN, INC., and LAMPERT YARDS, INC. Defendants Case No. 08-CV-233 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on June 3, 2008, in the amount of $170,927.96, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: August 25, 2009 at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

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

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

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot 7, Block 8, Original Plat of the City of Amery, Polk County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 224 Harriman Avenue South, Amery.

TAX KEY NO.: 201004240000 Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue, Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 414-727-1591 O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

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(July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. Plaintiff, vs FORD G. FRIDAY, et al Defendants Case Number: 08 CV 731 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on February 13, 2009, in the amount of $139,579.20, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: August 18, 2009, at 10 a.m.

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

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

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Outlots 93 and 94 of the Village of Clayton, a part of the Southwest 1/4 Southeast 1/4 of Section 24, Township 33 North, Range 15 West except: a) Records 212-529 b) Records 351-166 c) Records 384-385 d) Records 426-304 e) Records 441-530 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 239 E Clayton Avenue, Clayton, WI 54004.

TAX KEY NO.: 112-00255-0000.

Dated this 24th day of June, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Chaz M. Rodriguez State Bar #1063071 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Blommer Peterman, S.C,. is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. (158231)

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NOW, THEREFORE, the Polk County Board of Supervisors does ordain the Polk County Annual Vehicle Registration Fee Ordinance, as follows: 1. Authority: This ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authority granted

by Wisconsin Statutes §341.35.

2. Purpose: The purpose of this ordinance is to provide the Polk County Highway Department a source of funds in addition to other funding sources currently being utilized to maintain highways and bridges.

3. Definition: In this ordinance "motor vehicle" means an automobile, or motor truck registered under Wisconsin Statutes §341.25 (1)(c) at a gross weight of not more than 8,000 pounds, that is registered in this state and is customarily kept in Polk County.

4. Exemptions: The following motor vehicles are exempt from the annual vehicle registration fee: A. All vehicles exempted by Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 341 from payment of a state vehicle registration fee.

B. All vehicles registered by the state under Wisconsin Statutes §341.26 for a fee of $5.

5. Replacements: No county vehicle registration fee may be imposed on a motor vehicle which is a replacement for a motor vehicle for which a current county vehicle registration fee has been paid.

6. Annual Vehicle Registration Fee: A. At the time a motor vehicle is first registered or at the time of registration renewal, the applicant shall pay a county vehicle registration fee of $20. This fee is in addition to other fees required by Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 341. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) shall collect the fee.

B. The annual fees authorized herein shall be collected for a period of five (5) years and shall be utilized by the Polk County Highway Department.

TOWN OF MILLTOWN

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(July 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-CB6, Plaintiff, vs.

RONALD C. BECKWITH; and TAMMY M. BECKWITH, his wife, Defendant.

Case No. 08-CV-496 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE (Foreclosure of Mortgage30404) By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of said Circuit Court in the above-entitled action which was entered on September 3, 2008, in the amount of $118,788.50, I shall expose for sale and sell at public auction in the Foyer of the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, in the village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on the 15th day of September 2009, at 10:00 a.m., the following described premises or so much thereof as may be sufficient as to raise the amount due to the plaintiff for principal, interest and costs, together with the disbursements of sale and solicitors’ fees, to-wit: The West 5 acres of the NW 1/4 of NW 1/4, Section 24-3518, Polk County, Wisconsin. Tax Kay No. 020 00630 0000 TERMS OF SALE: 10% down cash, money order or certified check. balance due within ten days of confirmation of sale.

This property is being sold as is and subject to all liens and encumbrances. /S/ TIMOTHY G. MOORE, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Hersh Law Offices, LLC 10555 N. Port Washington Road Mequon, WI 53092 262-241-9339 The above property is located at 2088 190th Street, Centuria, Wisconsin.

Hersh Law offices, LLC, is a law firm representing a creditor in the collection of debt owed to such creditor, and any such information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Burnett Arts Festival

The exhibit of Jens Rasmussen drew local residents in droves who knew the painter during his many years in the Siren area. Sixty paintings were on display during the event. Some of the paintings remain on display in North Wind Arts. There are still prints and 2010 calendars featuring Rasmussen’s art on sale at North Winds as well.

Bronson Fischer created a chain saw sculpture on-site at the Burnett Arts Festival in Siren on Saturday, Aug. 1.

Photos by Sheryl Summer

As is the tradition of Burnett Area Arts Group events, there was a makeand-take activity for children at the Burnett Arts Festival. Nearly 120 creations were made on Saturday, including the one shown above.

Dr. Ruth Olson gave two presentations during the Burnett Arts Festival in Siren on Saturday, Aug. 1. She read from letters that Rasmussen wrote, highlighting his humor and attention to detail, concluding that his artist’s eye became a writer’s eye as well.

Olson also pointed out that as in touch with the past as Rasmussen was, he was also aware of the present.

There were two opportunities to acquire an original Jens Rasmussen oil painting. There was a silent auction and a drawing for the painting shown above. There is still time to enter the drawing for the painting. Tickets are on sale at North Wind Arts in Siren until Saturday, Sept. 5. The drawing will be at 3 p.m. Perry Kaase won the silent auction.

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Syren Area Garden Club Tour

Barry and Mary Stewart have almost 200 varieties of hosta plants in the gardens surrounding their home east of Siren. They spray the hostas with a mixture of one egg per cup of water blended in a blender to keep the deer from eating them. “We’ve had no problem because of that,” Barry commented.

Barry is responsible for planting the trees and bushes; Mary takes care of the rest of it. “(Their gardens) are still a work in progress,” Mary said, adding, “There is a lot to do.”

LEFT - Trish Berquist pointed out her tea-rose garden during the Syren Area Garden Club Tour Sunday, Aug. 2. “These are my pride,” she said. Berquist practices Minnesota tipping, burying the roses with the tips into the ground, to protect the delicate plants during the winter. She has also enclosed them with an electric fence to keep out the deer. Berquist and her husband, Bob, plant ornamental trees, lilies, hosta, heirloom plants, plants in containers and vegetables in raised beds on their property east of Siren. It’s “a challenge turning sand and pine needles into something lovely and fruitful.”

White woodchuck

An albino woodchuck found its way into a live trap near Balsam Lake recently but was returned to the wild by the trap’s owners. - Special photo

Photos by Nancy Jappe

Feeders on pulleys (to preserve the feed only for the birds) are used at the Sandy and Bryon Wickman home along Hwy. 70 east of Siren. The Wickmans’ garden is on several levels formed by walled terraces opening down to the lake, featuring seating areas, shade plants, arbors and garden ornaments. This was their first time on the Syren Area Garden Club Tour.

Sherry and Richard Estensen follow the Burnett County Land Use Plan guidelines in keeping their portion of shoreline along Warner Lake in its natural condition. Besides several other gardens, the Estensens have planted a hosta garden along the way down to the lake.

Their home, on the 2009 Syren Area Garden Club Tour, features a small backyard in creative and artistic solutions to small spaces.

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T h e rea l l if e o f a pr iv at e ey e

by Priscilla Bauer WEBSTER – Jumping into his red Ferrari convertible, Magnum, P.I. was the ultimate private detective. In every episode of the action-packed ‘80s television series, this flashy fellow handled beautiful women and dangerous situations with ease, always coming out the hero in the end.

He had a crew of quirky sidekicks who helped him solve crazy cases. His days were a combination of driving around in his sports car, having drinks with his buddies at the local club or taking a swim in blue Hawaiian waters.

Magnum’s job was always unpredictable and glamorous. Ah! the life of a private investigator, so adventurous, so exciting!

Well, first of all, here in northern Wisconsin, changing seasons make the drive time in a convertible short-lived. And as for looking flashy, that’s exactly what real-life private investigator Eric Van Guilder does not want to be.

You won’t find this P.I. wearing a bright Hawaiian shirt dashing around Burnett County in a Ferrari. Van Guilder opts for wearing inconspicuous attire and driving a black pickup truck. Not drawing attention to himself is what he prefers and is exactly how he likes it.

P.I. image “I would say middle-aged people have the image of a private investigator as one of someone living the ‘fast and furious’ lifestyle, like a Magnum,” said Van Guilder. “And the younger generation has no idea what a P.I. does. They think we live in a mysterious world sort of like the Secret Service. They get their view from current TV shows.”

The idea of what a P.I. does and looks like makes Van Guilder laugh. “We’re very normal people. We don’t want to stand out, we have to blend in. Our job depends on flying under the radar,” explained Van Guilder. “You want to dress like everyone else in the community you are working in.”

V a n Guilder’s black Dodge Ram extended-cab truck doesn’t display any Many people relate unique stickers the job of private de- or a decal with tective to TV detec- his logo. When tives such as Van Guilder is Magnum PI, played on a case the by actor Tom Sellect. last thing he - Special photo wants to do is

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through referrals from work with attorneys and insurance companies.

You won’t find Eric Van Guilder wearing a bright Hawaiian shirt dashing around Burnett County in his Ferrari like the fictional TV character, Magnum, P.I. Van Guilder prefers wearing inconspicuous attire and driving a black pickup truck. – Photos by Priscilla Bauer advertise he’s around.

And he’s actually much more savvy than Magnum and a much better manager of time.

More likely to be surfing the Net than surfing in the ocean, Van Guilder is not wasting his time or gas driving around looking for clues but instead spends hours on the phone tracking down leads.

And unlike Magnum, who did lots of favors for his clients and then ended up without getting paid, Van Guilder gets a retainer (20 percent of the total) from clients before he starts a case. Van Guilder says he is more than willing to work with clients on a budget and says he has set his hourly rate to fit within the area where he mainly works, northern Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan.

Background While Van Guilder says he wasn’t fulfilling a childhood dream of becoming a private investigator, and didn’t get hooked watching Tom Selleck playing the detective, he admits he was always interested in P.I. work. “I mean you always heard about P.I.s,” said Van Guilder, smiling.

An interest in the law and in working with the public led Van Guilder toward a career in law enforcement and, in 1992, he became a licensed Wisconsin Law Enforcement Officer.

Van Guilder worked for a variety of police and law enforcement departments and the jump from full-time police officer to private investigator, though a natural step, didn’t happen overnight. In fact he first leapt right into a totally different career, real estate sales, where he

enjoyed a very successful 10-year career.

“My background led me into the private investigations business. Most people going into that business have a background in law enforcement. Very rarely do you find a person coming into the field with no background,” noted Van Guilder, who says he recently worked with a New York man who used to be in the Secret Service.

Van Guilder says that law enforcement background has served him well in his P.I. work.

“You meet a lot of unique and unstable people and my police work really helps in dealing with all the situations you encounter.”

Combining talent It was during his time in the business world Van Guilder said he began thinking of how he could combine his 17 years of law enforcement experience with a business that would allow him to work one on one with people.

“I think the change came when the focus shifted from being a full-time police officer to being in the business world.”

Van Guilder, who still enjoys working as a part-time police officer for local departments, did his research before starting his P.I. business in 2007. He talked to attorneys to see if they could use his services and they told him there weren’t many resources in the area.

Van Guilder seized the opportunity, hitting on the perfect mix for his talents, starting Van Guilder Private Investigations and Protection Services Agency.

He says he gets most of his business

Tools of trade Surveillance can be challenging, especially in rural communities, as there isn’t as much traffic as in the Twin Cities to hide among when following someone; and Van Guilder uses all the tools of the trade to keep an eye on people, including binoculars, multiple cameras, recording devices and GPS tracking devices.

Television private eyes often resort to using disguises, something Van Guilder says really is true about the job. “You sometimes have to take on an identity of someone else, say a delivery person, to get the job done,” explained Van Guilder, who says it is all perfectly legal. “The only person you couldn’t impersonate is someone in the government, like the FBI.” He is quick to point out he must obey the law when doing his surveillance work. “For example, you can’t trespass, you have to get permission before going on someone’s property.”

Legwork “I think the biggest mark people miss about being a P.I. is that we are information gatherers. People pay me to gather facts supported by evidence. I gather information out there that hasn’t been found,” Van Guilder said of the public’s misconception of the work he does.

Gathering all that information can be tedious and time consuming. Van Guilder’s wife, Angela, often spends hours at the computer searching databases.

All the information the Van Guilders find for a case is documented.

Van Guilder is frequently called on to locate people and relies heavily on information he gets off the Internet. “There’s just a ton of information you can get on people,” Van Guilder remarked. I can get personal, civil, employment, real estate, and bank records.”

He said finding someone from a younger generation is generally easier than from an older one. “Younger people use social networks such as My Space and Facebook. The younger generation gets their info out there for anyone to retrieve while people of an older generation don’t use them.”

Van Guilder says locating someone is generally easy.

“We all leave a trail. Everything we do leaves a paper trail whether it’s employment or criminal, there are records.”

The cases “My agency tends to have 15-20 active/pending cases a week on the average,” said Van Guilder. Some of the more common cases the Van Guilder Agency handles include sexual assault, child and

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Private eye/from page 1 domestic abuse, cheating spouses, insurance fraud, accident and harassment investigations, workers comp claims and court case violations.

Van Guilder does a lot of civil work, which includes lawsuits and serving people with legal papers.

He also handles domestic cases involving cheating spouses. GPS tracking systems make doing this kind of surveillance much easier. Van Guilder can put one of the devices under a vehicle to keep tabs on someone. Expensive systems are called aggressive and work like a cell phone sending text messages with a person’s whereabouts, thereby eliminating the need to follow them. With less-expensive passive systems information can’t be gathered until the device is retrieved.

Van Guilder likes the fact each case brings new challenges. “In its own way each case has some exciting moments,” he says.

Long hours The long hours a private investigator puts in once again illustrate this is no glamour job. Van Guilder says his 40- to 60-hour workweek usually breaks down this way: 50 percent out of office investigate/field work, 30 percent writing reports, 10 percent research, and 10 percent office work.

Not exactly the exciting P.I. lifestyle portrayed on television or the movies.

Van Guilder says he spends 70 percent of the time doing old-fashioned handson surveillance. “It’s more of a lifestyle.

When you’re in this business you have clients to answer to and they want to know you are always available to them.

It’s always unpredictable. All of the unexpected things and complications that come up in a case take time,” he says.

Van Guilder’s black Dodge Ram pickup truck doesn’t display any unique stickers or a decal with his logo. When Van Guilder is on a case the last thing he wants to do is advertise he’s around. – Photo by Priscilla Bauer A private investigator has to be ready at a moment’s notice. “It’s never a 9-to-5 job,” says Van Guilder.

His work often takes him away for long stretches. “You spend lots of time on the road, sleeping in motels or your vehicle,” said Van Guilder. “I spend so much time camped out in the summer I use an RV.” Picking the right P.I. Van Guilder is licensed in Wisconsin and Minnesota, and says within the last 10 years, stricter licensing rules have been applied in the U.S. He will also soon be licensed in Michigan as he is getting more cases there.

“You have to meet certain requirements such as taking classes and then

Eric Van Guilder’s interest in the law and in working with the public led him to a career in law enforcement and in 1992 he became a licensed Wisconsin Law Enforcement Officer. Van Guilder says his law enforcement background has served him well in his new career as a private investigator. exams. The state’s goal is to have competent individuals so it can feel comfortable giving a license,” Van Guilder said, who warned there are some unlicensed P.I.s out there.

For someone needing the services of a private investigator, Van Guilder advises a good check of the person you hire. “If you are looking for a P.I., rather than looking in the firm they work for, focus on the investigator. Big firms often have a lot of investigators and it is important for the client to look at the individual’s experience. It is not the firm out there in the field, it’s the individual hired by the firm.”

Meeting expectations Van Guilder’s business is growing. He closed 225 cases in 2008 and says he will exceed that number by the end of August 2009. “It has been bigger than I expected.”

So much so, Van Guilder says he may soon have to consider giving up his parttime police duties. “Juggling my police work with my P.I. work is starting to become difficult.”

Though the title and description Van Guilder gives his job is not the least bit the TV image, Van Guilder doesn’t hesitate to express his view of what a real P. I. is. “It is the important piece of what a P.I. really is, said Van Guilder.” We are information gatherers and we deliver facts.”

Van Guilder may not drive a red sports car, but it’s a sure bet he could beat that Magnum character when it comes to the insightful, deliberate and intelligent manner with which he approaches his cases.

As he drives away in his truck, off on another case, it’s clear he will be leaving no piece of information unturned, for Van Guilder is a real P.I., one who does his job and does it well.

Writer’s note: Van Guilder and his wife, Angela, live in Danbury. For more information on the Van Guilder Investigations Agency go to www.ericvanguilder.com, ehim at investigamail tions@ericvanGlider.com.

SIREN SUMMERFEST CAR SHOW 2009

Kathy Okonek, shown here, and her husband Dave, Spooner, took fourth place in this year’s Summerfest Auto Show held on Main Street, Siren, Saturday, Aug. 1. The car owned by Okoneks is a 1930 Rio.

This super-clean 1955 Chevrolet owned

by Jim Price, Danbury, took third place among viewers choice in the Summerfest Car Show on Main Street, Siren, Saturday, Aug. 1.

Rich Hutchison, Siren, is shown standing beside one of his favorite models, a threespeed stick-shift 1958 Ford Fairlane owned

by Jim West. This Fairland is a model with a retractable roof.

Bob Gideo, Siren, restored this 1959 Ford Thunderbird, with help from his friend Skip Nelvik, Webster (shown taking refuge from the wind and Saturday morning coolness inside the passenger side of the vehicle).

Diamond Collision Center, Webster, did the painting. This was one of two vehicles Gideo brought to the Summerfest Car Show.

Best of Show, the favorite among viewers at the 2009 Summerfest Car Show in Siren, was this 1950 Mercury Custom two-door, with a 383 Stroker engine and 700 R4 transmission. The car is owned by Wayne and Linda Englund, Hinckley, Minn. Standing in for the Englunds, accepting their first-place plaque, was Dale Kissner, Webster.

Seventy vehicles were entered in this year’s Summerfest Car Show sponsored by the Siren Area Chamber of Commerce and Bremer Bank. The owners of the car chosen as tops by viewers, Wayne and Linda Englund, Hickley, Minn., were not on hand for the award presentation. The other winners are (L to R starting with second place): Roy Snowbank, Cumberland, vehicle No. 9; Jim Price, Danbury, No. 15, a 1955 red Chevy two-door; Kathy Okonek, Spooner, with her 1930 Rio No. 24; Mike Stewart, Siren, with vehicle No. 33; and show organizer Larry Koch, Siren.

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New cap

by Alberta Hanson My husband was given a new red farmer’s cap for his birthday. He put it on, saying, “I’m going outside to relax in my shaded lawn chair.”

Soon I heard him holler, “This hat is too hot!”

“OK,” I said, after taking the new red hat off my husband’s head. “I’ll cut several holes in the front of the cap to let more air in.”

Then I went into the house, cut some holes in the front of the cap, and took it back out to my husband. “There, that should make it cooler.”

Later I heard my husband yell, “Ouch, ouch, the hummingbirds are Summer is here. We would like to run favorite summer memory stories throughout the summer. Submit your story to the Leader by mail or e-mail.

Writer’s Corner pecking through the holes in my cap into my bald head!”

I grabbed the cap off my husband’s head and declared, “I know how to solve this problem.”

A few minutes later I came back outside after exchanging the new red hat with his old blue one.

Who came to dinner

by Shirley J. Christenson My sister, Rose, and I had just opened our home to Marta, a Maine Coon kitten, from Morrie’s farm. We were in the throes of teaching her the manners of the house. Don’t tear the curtains. Stay off the counters. Use the litter box.

Don’t claw the davenport. You get the picture. We thought we were doing a fine job raising Marta, until . . .

One evening we invited our two nephews, their wives and children for dinner. Each family had cats and gave considerable attention to Marta. She loved this and stayed close to us as we seated ourselves at the table—beautifully set, I might add, with a roast beef entree and all the trimmings.

When everyone was seated, ready for the prayer, out of nowhere came a furry form, Marta, leaping straight up from the floor, landing on the beef roast with all fours legs flailed out, ready to capture this aromatic treasure.

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Everyone looked with wide-eyed amazement at her audacity and agility, and I saw her determination to eat the entire roast in one gulp. Having stared for two seconds, I snatched her from her captive target, my beautiful beef roast.

I laughed nervously and they laughed hilariously, saying it was perfectly OK to serve the meat. They didn’t think the cat touched it that much.

So, after putting Marta in a secure place upstairs, I made a feeble motion of brushing off the roast, said the prayer and passed the food.

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Discover giant waterbirds at Crex seminar Saturday, Aug. 22 GRANTSBURG - The cry of the loon and sandhill crane pierce the early morning hours, while graceful, white-hued trumpeter swans glide through fogladen flowages. This feast for the senses is so commonplace at Crex Meadows that it’s easy to forget the survival struggles of these charismatic species.

To reveal the inspiring stories of these giant waterbirds and to celebrate Crex Meadows role in conserving these species, the Friends of Crex is hosting a Giants of the Waterbird World seminar for the general public at Crex Meadows Wildlife Education Center on Saturday, Aug. 22, from 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The seminar will feature presentations by waterbird experts from Wisconsin and Minnesota, a catered lunch, and an afternoon field trip with the experts.

Keynote speaker Carrol Henderson, supervisor of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ Nongame Wildlife Program, will open the seminar. During the past 32 years, Henderson has developed a statewide program for the conservation of nongame wildlife; helped plan and restore peregrine falcons, bald eagles, eastern bluebirds, river otters and trumpeter swans in Minnesota; and authored eight wildlife books including “Woodworking for Wildlife,” “Landscaping for Wildlife,” and “Wild About Birds: the DNR Bird Feeding Guide.”

Henderson’s presentation will reveal the amazing science behind bird flight. During seminar breaks, Henderson will also sign copies of his newest book, “Birds in Flight: the Art and Science of How Birds Fly” as a fundraiser for the Friends of Crex Endowment Fund. Books will be

available for purchase through the Bog Shoe Gift Shop.

Dr. Jim Pavruk is researcher and assistant professor at Northland College in Ashland. He’s published numerous research papers on the behavior and ecology of the common loon, including nesting behavior and the role of foot waggling. He is also on the LoonWatch Advisory Council. At Northland College he teaches ornithology, animal behavior, animal physiology, ecology, and field ornithology. His students rave about his lively, enthusiastic lectures, so seminar participants can expect to be entertained during his presentation on the ecology of the common loon.

Swan buffs are most likely familiar with Pat Manthey. Pat has been an avian ecologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Endangered Resources since 1991. Manthey manages statewide population surveys of peregrines, eagles, osprey and trumpeters swans. As field coordinator for the trumpeter swan project, at Crex Meadows Manthey coordinates volunteers and WDNR staff in “swan roundups.”

During roundups, trumpeter swan cygnets are captured in wetlands by canoe or kayak with the help of a WDNR pilot overhead who finds the cygnets and directs the teams. The birds are given health checks and outfitted with neck collars and leg bands to allow biologists to track their movements and survival. Manthey will lead participants on a visual tour of the Wisconsin Trumpeter Swan Success Story.

Ron Crete’s wit and sense of humor are guaranteed to delight seminar atten-

dees during his presentation, Crex Meadows’ Cranes: the Old Days. Crete is a retired wildlife biologist, formerly with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services.

He studied sandhill cranes at Crex Meadows from 1976-1978. His master’s thesis (1980) is titled, Greater Sandhill Cranes in Burnett County, Wisconsin.

Crete lives on a little farm in northwestern Minnesota near the town of Callaway, where his interest in sandhill cranes continues—his 35 acres of marsh is used by a pair of young cranes who are considering setting up a territory.

Waterfowl research biologist Dr. Mike Zicus recently retired from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Wetland Wildlife Populations and Research Group. He studied the resident giant Canada geese nesting on Crex Meadows while earning his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in wildlife management from the University of Minnesota. Zicus has published more than 35 papers on the biology and management of Canada geese, mallards, wood ducks, hooded mergansers, common goldeneyes and ring-necked ducks, and has extensive experience with cavity-nesting waterfowl and prairie-nesting mallards. His presentation will focus on the history of Canada geese at Crex Meadows. Former Burnett County resident, Andy Paulios, a wildlife biologist with the WDNR stationed in Madison, will wrap up the speaker portion of the seminar. Andy is also the state coordinator for the Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative, a partnership of organizations coordinating bird-based conservation projects that emphasize voluntary stewardship.

Paulios spent two years teaching high school right down the road in Webster and has enjoyed vacations to his cabin on Yellow Lake since 1984. He fell in love with Crex on a visit after college and hasn’t looked back. Paulios’ presentation is on the new marsh bird monitoring program in Wisconsin.

One of the day’s highlights will be a 3 p.m. car pool field trip into Crex Meadows with the experts. With a little help from the weather and the birds, attendees will rub elbows with the experts and experience waterbirds, big and small, in action.

This seminar was partially funded through a generous donation from a Crex Meadows volunteer. Proceeds will be donated to the Friends of Crex Endowment Fund. The fund was established in 2002 to provide a perpetual source of funding for the wildlife education and management programs at Crex Meadows.

Please join them for this very special day of discovery, exploration, and socializing at Crex Meadows Wildlife Area.

The seminar cost is $30 per person and includes lunch and the afternoon field trip. Auditorium seating is limited; to reserve your space call Cindy at 715-4632739, e-mail cynthia.bertalan@wisconsin.gov, or download the registration form on our Web site at www.crexmeadows.org/events.htm and mail to: Crex Meadows – Giant Waterbirds, 102 E. Crex Ave., Grantsburg, WI 54840. Please include payment with your registration. - submitted

Farmers market to host programs by park rangers ST. CROIX FALLS – What’s the connection between local food and beautiful scenery?

National Park Service rangers from the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway will set up educational exhibits among the vendors at the St. Croix Falls Farmers Market (scenic overlook, downtown St. Croix Falls on Washington Street) Thursday, Aug. 13, from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

The rangers are making this one-time summer visit to the market to talk to the public about the scenic and recreational assets of the St. Croix River and explain how citizens can help protect its water quality and beauty by, among other

things, supporting a sustainable, local food system.

“A river is a reflection of the landscape from which its waters flow,” said park ranger Dale Cox. “One of the great benefits of purchasing locally grown foods is the knowledge that you are supporting a cleaner St. Croix River. Local farms are usually smaller and tend to take a less chemically intensive approach to agriculture, thus fewer pesticides and fertilizers flow through the watershed to the river. We hope that our attendance at farmers markets helps the public better understand this connection and further enhances the relationship between the

park and communities that support these endeavors.”

The farmers market park ranger program is co-sponsored by the local St. Croix River Buy Fresh Buy Local chapter and the farmers, businesses and farmers’ markets that are partners in its campaign to promote fresh, healthy, local foods as part of community economic development. The St. Croix chapter is one of 74 local Buy Fresh Buy Local chapters in the United States. One of its major goals is to educate the community about protecting the ecological and scenic resources of the St. Croix River Valley through the stewardship of sustainable farms.

Aug. 2-8 has been declared National Farmers Market Week by U. S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Buy Fresh Buy Local urges consumers to shop for the freshest, most delicious local foods at farmers markets in the St. Croix River Valley. For a listing of farmers markets, see www.landstewardshipproject. org/pdf/st_croix_farmers_markets.pdf.

For more information on Buy Fresh Buy Local, contact Dana Jackson at 612-7226377 or danaj@landstewardshipproject.org. Details are also available at www.landstewardshipproject.org/bfbl. submitted

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First U. S. government land surveys

Ramblings

A map of Wisconsin showing the east-west baseline and the fourth principal meridian from which the locations of all townships are determined.

– Diagram courtesy of Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records 1847. This crew had been marking exterior survey lines for townships in Ashland and Iron counties. Wiltse writes: “I was fully aware that it would be impossible for one man to carry more than enough provisions for his own consumption. Each member of the party was restricted to the clothes on his back and a single blanket, that he might be able to carry the most provisions, which consisted of pork and flour. No tents were allowed. The amount of swamp that must be travelled through was about 175 miles, of which a considerable portion was over windfalls. During four consecutive weeks, there was not a dry garment in the party, day or night.

Consider a situation like the above, the dreadful swamps through which we waded, and the great extent of windfalls over which we clambered, the deep and rapid creeks and rivers which we crossed, all at the highest stage of water.

We were constantly surrounded and constantly excoriated by swarms of mosquitoes and still more troublesome insects. All the while, we were confined to a line, we had no choice of ground, and so you can get some idea of our dismal working conditions. Our principal suffering, however, grew out of the exhaustion of our provisions, coarse as they were. We were worn out by fatigue and hardship, and nearly destitute of

The direction of section lines was established using an instrument similar to this. After peering at a landmark through the slots, the surveyor noted its bearing in degrees by reading the needle on the compass. - Photos submitted.

Linked iron chains were used to measure the section lines. They provided accurate measurements of distances between posts since they did not stretch when pulled tight. They could also be bunched together for easy transport in a pouch.

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marks. They also recorded features of the landscape, especially trees and vegetation, in their field notes. The work proved to be difficult, since it was necessary to follow a straight line over the land and forests, taking them across rivers, through swamps and up and down hills. It had to be done in all kinds of weather, through heat and humidity, and usually being accompanied by a variety of flying insects.

The following grim account, written

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The starting point for the original public land survey in Wisconsin is located on the Wisconsin-Illinois border.

This is known as the Initial Point and it marks the intersection of the baseline with the fourth principal meridian. The east-west lines that cross the principal meridian every six miles are known as township lines. The north-south lines that intersect the baseline every six miles are known as range lines. Each township is numbered corresponding to how far north it is located from the baseline, and how far east or west it is located from the principal meridian. For example, Trade Lake Township in Burnett County is located 37 townships north of the baseline, and 18 townships west of the fourth principal meridian (T37N,R18W). Within a 6-mile square township are 36 1-mile square sections, numbered 1 through 36.

The system of measurement was based on the statute mile. It was divided into chains and links. A chain is 66 feet long, so that 80 chains equals 5,280 feet, or one mile. Each chain was composed of 100 links, each link being 7.92 inches in length. Ten links equals 6.6 feet. A compass with peep slots was used to sight a distant landmark, and a bearing direction could then be recorded. An example of an entry in a survey field notebook would be, “N 32° W.” This would be read as “32 degrees to the west of true North.” When the surveyors encountered a lake or river of significant size along the section line, they set a post at the shoreline. This was known as a meander point. Once these meander posts were completed on the section line, the shoreline was surveyed by connecting the meander corners by tangential lines.

In the course of the survey, permanent points were established at each corner of the square sections. These were called section corners. Half-way points on the section lines were called quarter-section corners. All the section corners were marked by wooden posts driven into the ground. They were about 4 inches square and 2 feet tall. As a reference to the corners, two nearby trees, called bearing or witness trees, were marked with the township, range and section numbers in which they were located.

The field notes listed the species and diameter of the bearing trees, and the direction and distance of those trees.

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The Congressional Land Act of 1796 and legislation of 1804 provided a method whereby western lands could be subdivided for sale and settlement.

At this time, a variety of Native American tribes lived on the land. The U. S. government had acquired most of the tribal lands through a series of land cessions and treaties. The township surveys usually did not begin until the government acquired title to the land.

The 1796 legislation provided for dividing this territorial land into square townships, each 6 miles long by 6 miles wide. The townships were further subdivided into 36 sections, each section being 1 mile square. This effort became known as the U. S. Rectangular Land Survey. The land area that is now the state of Wisconsin, for example, was surveyed by the U. S. government between the years 1833 and 1866.

The federal government contracted with private surveyors to set out on foot to measure distances and mark section corners with wooden posts, stones, or mounds of dirt. The surveyors carried their own food, camping equipment, measuring chains, compasses, notebooks and axes. They made careful entries in their field notebooks of observations taken with the compasses, and of the sighting of distant land-

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A dish of raspberries Do you ever stop at roadside stands along a country road?

Many of them operate on the honor system, with the price clearly marked.

A good friend stopped at such a stand the other day and bought four pints of freshly picked red raspberries. She Abrahamzon gave us two of the boxes.

The first thing I noticed was the wonderful fragrance of the berries. I popped a berry into my mouth. Sheer ambrosia that took me back to my childhood in downstate Wisconsin.

When raspberries were ripe we ate raspberries, all the time, on our cold cereal in the morning for breakfast, in a sauce dish at noon with good country cream on them, and possibly in a fresh pie at night, oozing with juice and sweetness.

Of course, we made raspberry jam to enjoy all winter long on toast or biscuits. Oh, so good!

One summer we spent all three months in a house in the country, alongside a trout stream with plenty of trout tempting us.

We did not have a kitchen stove and I cooked all our meals on a two-burner hot plate. It’s surprising how satisfying a one-kettle stew or hotdish can be.

That summer we picked many small pails of wild raspberries. I often cooked them with a little sugar and we enjoyed the sauce over pancakes. I learned how to cook just enough, as we had no refrigerator or icebox either.

We have always remembered it as one of our happiest summers, never feeling at all deprived. In those

Bernice

Behind the Signpost

years, teachers were not paid year -round so my husband, Ken, had a summer job with an insulation company. He’d come home each weekday with his arms all prickly with fiberglass and say, “Don’t touch me.”

Once he got cleaned up and washed, he felt much better.

He spent three days chopping salt out of the hold of a ship moored at nearby Ashland. Many of the men quit after the first day but Ken stuck it out all three days. And that was with the hot sun beating down on the workers.

All these memories come flooding back. All these memories crowding in as I savor fresh raspberries in a crystal bowl with a little milk added. A spoonful at a time, memories surfaced and I sat and smiled.

We recalled, too, how Ken left us in early October, and after his funeral we picked Autumn Gold raspberries in our garden.

Here on the farm, we once had currant bushes, raspberries and gooseberries, but they gradually died out and we did not replace them.

Alongside one barn we once had a row of hollyhocks. Japanese lanterns took over and crowded them out, and the big, clumsy geese wandering around didn’t help the situation.

Out in our woods, the tree wreathed with wild bittersweet fell in a storm. That was the bittersweet that lent its name to the name of our farm.

Isn’t it amazing how a small dish of fresh raspberries can open up the floodgates of memories?

Until next week, Bernice

Shawn Colvin to perform at Festival Theatre ST. CROIX FALLS - When Shawn Colvin takes the stage at Festival Theatre on Aug. 21, her presence will usher in an entirely new era for the 1917 vaudeville performance hall that was built by the municipality of St. Croix Falls specifically for touring shows. Colvin is the first musician presented by Festival Theatre who is a three-time Grammy Music Award winner as well as the first to have been at the top of the Billboard Music Charts in the Adult Top 40 category. That’s right. Number one.

The year was 1997 and the song was “Sunny Came Home.” That track went on to win Song of the Year and propelled the album (A Few Small Repairs) to Record of the Year in the 1997 Grammy Awards. Now with ten albums to her credit, this Vermillion, S. D., native has proven that talent, passion, and good old hard work can take a young girl with insatiable interest in the guitar to points across the globe with her music.

Colvin was born in South Dakota and raised in Illinois, where she began playing guitar when just 10 years old. Her first public concert was at age 15 on the campus of the University of Illinois-Carbondale.

Colvin cites Joni Mitchell as a primary music influence.

In the late 1970s, Colvin began working in the music scene in earnest, first in Austin, Texas, and then nationally. She moved to New York City in 1980 and has performed with an amazing array of musicians (John Hiatt, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Bruce Hornsby to name a few), but has also performed on television – even on “The Simpsons,” and singing “I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon” with Ernie on “Sesame Street.”

Once called an “archetypal folkie” by People Magazine (1996), that reviewer went on to say “In today’s pops world, populated by cartoonish rappers, grunge rock posers and annoying techno-dweebs, a lone woman with an acoustic guitar can sound downright innovative.”

“We’re very pleased to be presenting Shawn Colvin,” said Danette Olsen, Festival Theatre’s director. “Festival’s season-ticket holders had the first opportunity to purchase tickets in the front five rows and now we’ve opened ticket sales to the general public.

Compiled by Bernice Abrahamzon

50 Years Ago The Polk County Fair ran Aug. 7, 8 and 9, in 1959.Stokely-Van Camp wanted help for the corn pack Aug. 12 to Sept. 20.-The August Special at Carlson Hardware, Frederic, Our Own Hardware Store, was a covered cake pan with see-through cover for 79¢ apiece.-There were 115,000 cases of beans from onethird of acreage at the Stokely-Van Camp Plant at Frederic.-A Grantsburg Hospital Auction was set for Aug. 15.-A bolt of lightning knocked out Lewis Telephone System.-The school lunch programs were now big business.-Soil Bank sign-up would begin Aug. 24.-Stolen pigs were found at South St. Paul market.

The three brood sows had been stolen from the Joy Jensen farm, Osceloa.-A black bear was seen in an orchard north of Frederic.-The Frederic Auto Co. was tops in Chevrolet auto sales.-Les Alden’s Power Saws & Sporting Goods in Siren had specials on Alumacraft boats.-Windus Apparel, Frederic, had a special sale on girls Sassy-Suzy plaid dresses at $2.98 and up.-Specials at the Clover Farm Store, Frederic, included sugar at 10 lbs. for 99¢, sweet corn at 2 dozen for 49¢, potatoes at 10 lbs. for 39¢ and bacon at 39¢/lb.-Route’s Super Market had specials on bacon at 2 lbs. for 98¢, Jell-O at 6 pkgs. for 45¢ and Kool-Aid at 12 pkgs. for 45¢.

40 Years Ago A Webster grad, Larry E. Lindquist, was hired as a phy. ed. teacher at Amery, after an August graduation from the college in Superior.-New teachers hired at Webster included Jack Neurer, Mary Jane Ramstrom, Dale Spafford, Thomas Stendall and Jerome Wilson.-A one-day free rock show was held Sunday, Aug. 17, at the gym in Webster, with Lester Beal, show chairman (Surprisingly, no relation to Dan Beal).-Readers were urged to listen to WCCO on Sundays at 8:30 a.m., for all the news.-Specials at the Frederic Dairy Queen included quart of ice cream at 45¢ plus a foot-long hot dog at 35¢ and a malt at 65¢.The 16th-annual threshing party was set for Sunday, Aug. 17, east of Almelund, Minn.-Kronlund Motors, Spooner, had cars to rent.-Frederic teachers would begin Sept. 2.-Laketown Lutheran Church would celebrate its 90th anniversary on Aug. 31.-The Urdway Liquor Store, Frederic, was sold to Willy Holmberg.Minnesota and Wisconsin Girl Scouts were camping at Lewis, belonging to the Lewis Archery Club.-Specials at Route’s Super Market, Frederic, included pot roast at 57¢/lb., cake mixes at 3 for $1, bananas at 9¢/lb. and fresh peaches at $2.49/crate.-Specials at the Frederic Co-op Super Market included precooked fish sticks at 59¢/lb., round steak at 89¢/lb., oranges at 79¢/lb. and pork sausage at 65¢ for 1-lb. roll.-The new Cushing Discount Store had specials on clothes.

20 Years Ago

Grammy winner Shawn Colvin will take the stage at Festival Theatre on Aug. 21. - Special photo We have about 100 great seats still available since the back row is only 70 feet from the stage! This is sure to be a stellar concert event.”

Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin will perform at St. Croix Festival Theatre on Friday, Aug. 21. The concert will begin at 8:30 p.m. and tickets $55 per seat. Arrive early to downtown St. Croix Falls and enjoy Music on the Overlook and a performance by Gene LaFond and the Wild Unknown starting at 7 p.m. Outdoor dining is available at Grecco’s on the St. Croix and Indian Creek Orchard Winery & Grille.

For more information or tickets call the Festival Theatre box office at 715-483-3387 or 888-887-6002. Tickets can be purchased at the Festival Theatre Web site www.festivaltheatre.org. - from Festival Theatre

Pioneer schooling in Balsam Lake BALSAM LAKE - The Polk County Historical Society is offering three days of pioneer schooling to be held at the rural Landesdale School in Balsam Lake.

Go back in time to experience reading, writing and arithmetic lesson as taught 100 years ago. The goal is to provide children, first through sixth grade, with an understanding of the history of education in one-room schoolhouse but also to have fun, so there will be lots of old-fashioned games, stories and music. Student

Do you remember ?

are asked to dress as children in the 1900s, lunches in buckets, and re-enact the past of the golden years; what seem to us now as “How did the teachers do it?, how many miles did one walk to school, and the games like Annie, Annie Over.

Please call the Polk County Historical Society at 715485-9269 any day between noon and 4 p.m. for more information. - submitted

Municipal officers in Burnet County voted to form an ambulance association.-The Bob and Kathy Carlson family entertained a couple thousand people at their farm north of Lewis as they hosted the annual dairy breakfast. Alice in Dairyland, Rebecca Weiner of Ladysmith attended it, too.-Siren Steel Co. would handle recycling at Grantsburg and Siren.-An InterTribal dance club would perform at Forts Folle Avoine.-Wildlife damage payments were announced.-The store in the Trade Lake community was still the center of things. Ed and DiAnn Clendening ran the Trade Lake Valley Store.-Congressman Dave Obey announced his approval of rural health programs.-The In and Out of Luck race was held July 15.-An Eau Claire cyclist won the Frederic Family Days race.-A recreational trail was a step closer to realty with discussion of the purchase of the railroad property from Dresser to Danbury.-The St. Croix Falls theater may become an arts center.-In 1947, the Ag census showed more than 2 million farms in the U.S.Ann Helin of Frederic was the executive vice president of Ultimate Lifestyles, recently formed to provide image improvement.-Mika Rantanen of Finland was living with the Klawitter family at Wilderness Fellowship near Spirit Lake and wanted most of all to learn English. He had already graduated in Finland.

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Congratulations to Gladys Beers for being honored as a Burnett County Senior on the Move this past week. Gladys is a very special lady and friend and she deserves all of the recognition and praise that she receives.

Carl Nordquist stopped by the center on Tuesday and donated a supply of veggies from his abundant garden patch. Thanks Carl!

The family of Belva (Rand) Olliken visited her on Tuesday at the Frederic nursing home to help her celebrate her 84th birthday. I have known Belva all of my life and she is a sweet, kindhearted lady. I was one of her faithful Avon customers for all of the years she was in the business. I hope she had a wonderful birthday with family and friends.

Dime Bingo count was down on Wednesday; however, the 10 ladies playing had a great time and also enjoyed the refreshments furnished by Nancy O’Brien. Nancy is always baking up something new and tasty where everyone wants to get a copy of the recipe.

Harold Peterson, Ken Hayes, Dave Wardean, Chuck Lehman and Pat O’Brien had a great time playing pool on Thursday evening while Bernie Boelter, Gladys Beers, Theresa Gloege, Nancy O’Brien and Donna Lehman played cards. They all enjoyed treats furnished by the ladies.

There was a nice turnout for Friday’s congregate meal at which Nicky served birthday cake for dessert. Mert Kisselburg was the only one present celebrating a July birthday. Happy birthday Mert. It was great to have Thelma Klugow join the group again for lunch.

Gladys Beers was happy to have her brother, Eddie Kraft, and niece, Sharon, of Waupaca, visiting her on Friday, as they have been in the area a few days visiting other family and friends.

I have a confession to make. For all the times my friends and family heard me say I would “never get married again, no way, no how,” well, I did it! I had a wonderful Christian man by the name of Leland (Bud) Martin, who I have known for 35 years, change that mindset, and we were married in a simple, private and romantic ceremony on Friday afternoon.

So now my new name is Mary Martin. So, if anyone says, “What was she thinking?” I guess my reply has to be “Whatever!”

Burnett-Polk Transportation Summit is a one-day conference that is being held on Wednesday, Aug. 19, at the Oak Forest Center located south and east of Frederic on

130th Street. This will be presented by the Burnett County Transportation Task Force with funds provided by WisDOT to help Burnett and Polk counties explore ways that transportation services might work together to provide more and better public transportation between the counties. The task force is inviting people to join them. The public can call 800-924-1220 or 715-392-9118 to receive additional information and register.

I just want to remind you again that the Webster Lioness Club is having their annual Gandy Dancer Days bake sale on Saturday, Aug. 8, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lions Shelter on Main Street. They will also be serving hot pork sandwiches with chips and pickles from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. They are a

Engagement

Dahling/Halverson Christina Rose Dahling and Samuel Joseph Halverson, both of Frederic, would like to announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.

Christina is the daughter of Richard and Ann Dahling of Frederic, and Samuel is the son of Wesley Halverson of Bemidji, Minn., and Barbara Grill of Frederic.

The bride-to-be will be attending Brown College in Mendota Heights, Minn., for a bachelor’s degree in digital photography.

The groom-to-be is attending Brown College in Mendota Heights, Minn., for a bachelor’s degree in computer science and media design.

The couple will be united in marriage on Aug. 8, 2009, at the Luck Golf Course.

St. Croix Valley Senior Center

by Carol Van Buskirk

The last week of July 2009 ended a month with no 90-degree temperatures. This was especially welcomed by fair-goers and show animals at the fair.

Tuesday exercise and Skip-bo groups were smaller this week due to several of us who worked at the fair. Skip-bo winners were Marian, Ione, Verna, Resser and Gladis.

Twenty-nine people played 500 cards in the afternoon, with Phil Mevissen, John Brown, Ray Nelson, Olga Young and Roger Greenly as winners. Nine-bid winners were Bernice Olson and Ray Nelson.

Ten Domino winners included Jean McIntyre, George Meixner and Ione Meixner.

Thursday had eight members for exercise and all stayed to play Skip-bo. Twenty members came for evening 500 cards. Winners were Rita Boyle, Roger Greenly, Shirley See and Bob Norlander. Bren Nel Ward and Jan-

ice Mevissen were the lucky 9-bid winners.

Everyone was treated to birthday cake and coffee in honor of Rich Hustad’s birthday.

Anyone walking around the fair could see a great representation of our local senior group. These included workers, ticket sellers, Bingo players and honorees. The wide smile on one of our centenarian member’s face far surpassed the happiness when our very own Dale Evans was given her purple ribbon.

On the other side of the river, Junior Lindh and his tractor were seen along with many others making their way to Almelund, Minn., for the large threshing bee to be held next weekend.

Don’t ever let it be said you have nothing to do. When you live in an area as rich as ours your imagination could just run wild with different ideas.

Good things come to those who wait!

Spades was played at 1 p.m., July 27, with the following winners: Jean Bonneville in first place, Jeanne Thomforon in second place, Margaret Ulick in third place and Shirley Sandquist in fourth place.

Tuesday Whist or cards was enjoyed.

Wednesday’s Pokeno group is a joy to see playing their game. Other cards are also played and coffee time together.

Thursday 500 cards was played at 6:30 p.m., with the following winners: Larry Anderson in first place, Nina Vold in second place, Myrna Veik in third place and Arvid Pearson in fourth place.

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Our prayers and get-well wishes continue to go out to Maxine Stone, Mabel Bhuler, Bill Foote and John and Sharon Okerstrom. Our sympathy and prayers also go out to the families of Lee Jerome and Doris Buie in their recent passing.

Our special gratitude goes to Nancy O’Brien for refilling our ever-empty candy dish and Carl Nordquist for his donation of fresh garden produce.

Several weeks ago I wrote about God having a sense of humor and laughter references in the Bible, and then I started thinking about what gives God pleasure and what makes him smile. God smiles when we love him supremely, trust him completely, obey him wholeheartedly and praise and thank him continually. “God takes pleasure in those who honor him; in those who trust in his constant love.” – Psalm 147:11. “May the Lord smile on you.” – Numbers 6:25. “Smile on me, your servant; teach me the right way to live.” – Psalm 119:135. God smiles when we use our abilities. Every human activity, except sin, can be done for God’s pleasure if you do it with an attitude of praise. “The steps of the godly are directed by the Lord. He delights in every detail of their lives” – Psalm 37:23.

“God has shaped each person in turn; now he watches everything we do.” – Psalm 33:15. God also gains pleasure in watching you enjoy his creation. “God … generously gives us everything for our enjoyment.” – I Timothy 6:17. “O’ the wonder of all wonders as we live from day to day, knowing that we have a father who is with us all the way.” – McClain. See you at the center!

Anderson/Oft Bryan and Debbie Anderson of Grantsburg, and Larry and Marya Oft of Luck, would like to announce the engagement of their children, Chris Anderson and Melissa Oft. Chris is a 2007 graduate of WITC Rice Lake and is employed at West Wisconsin Telcom in Menomonie. Melissa is a 2008 graduate of UW-Stout for early childhood education. She is currently employed as a general manager of McDonald’s in St. Croix Falls. A May wedding is being planned for 2010. - Photo submitted

Birth announcements Born at Amery Regional Medical Center:

A girl, Ellie Rae Benson, born July 8, 2009, to Krystal Goltz and Brian Benson, Clayton.

Ellie weighed 7 lbs., 11 oz.

••• A boy, Kemper Ray Lundgren, born July 11, 2009, to Nichole Bauer and Ray Lundgren, Amery. Kemper weighed 8 lbs., 7 oz.

••• A boy, Robert Warren Merrill, born July 15, 2009, to Celeste Larsen, Luck. Robert weighed 6 lbs., 15 oz.

••• A girl, Emelia Rose Yeske, born July 15, 2009, to Michelle Neeck-Yeske and Rawson Yeske, Amery. Emelia weighed 7 lbs., 6 oz.

••• A girl, Mylee Marie Pittman, born July 21,

2009, to Paula and Tracy Pittman, Turtle Lake. Mylee weighed 9 lbs., 2 oz.

••• A girl, Isabella Rose Wright, born July 21, 2009, to Rebecca and Jeffrey Wright, Turtle Lake. Isabella weighed 8 lbs., 2.5 oz.

••• A boy, Owen Michael Larry Gould, born July 25, 2009, to Jodyne and Anthony Gould, Baldwin. Owen weighed weighed 8 lbs., 3 oz.

••• A girl, Ellaina Yvonne Kuhn, born July 27, 2009, to Jennifer Kuhn, Clear Lake. Ellaina weighed 7 lbs.

••• A boy, Darius Lloyd Freitag, born July 27, 2009, to Molly Johnson and Jeremy Freitag, Luck. Darius weighed 6 lbs., 11 oz.

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Follow the Leader

WHEN:

Friday, August 7, 2009 WHERE:

The Hall - 22 Main St. • Milltown 54858 DESCRIPTION:

Frederic Senior Center

by Ardyce Knauber

Engagement

Mary Klar

Lola Hinschberger and Vi Luke are convalescing and we miss them at the center.

Friday our center was represented at the fair. A time to visit with other seniors, see the display boards of the other senior centers and nutrition centers. The coalition on aging has informational handouts that give ways to help our seniors through these tough economic times and they represent us to help keep funding for senior programs. We are thankful for the wonderful job they are doing.

Morning coffeepot is on early and the pool table invites you to play.

Have you laughed today?

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Win $50.00!! Sign Your Team Up Now! Tons of $1.00 Drawings, lots of cool stuff!

New skateboards, even an autographed picture of Tony Hawk! All proceeds to this event go to support the Milltown Skatepark Fund!

6 - 10 p.m.!

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Lewis Many birthdays were celebrated Sunday at the Lewis church including those of John Glockzin, Carol Bohn, Gloria Chell, the Lenz twins and Rick Abrahamzon. Birthday cake, fruit and beverages were also enjoyed after the Sunday service.

It was also Communion Sunday on Aug. 2 at the Lewis church.

Prayers for Kerry Brendel who is facing surgery on his neck, and prayers for Ethel Lane who is facing some tests at the Amery hospital.

Everyone is gearing up for the three-day celebration of Charles E. Lewis Days and the Tent Revival on Aug. 7, 8 and 9. See full-page ad in the Indianhead Advertiser with schedule for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

All events including the 8:45 a.m. Sunday service are scheduled to be held outside under the pine trees. Please remember to bring chairs for yourself and family. Pray for nice, warm weather, too.

Where is summer? It must be somewhere. And have you noticed the days are gradually getting shorter too?

This year’s scheduling will showcase local talents and you will find many of the performers are among your favorite people. See front page of Indianhead Advertiser.

Clayton Jorgensen will display several local artifacts. The Lewis scrapbooks will be displayed in the Lewis church.

Some nice items will be offered on silent auction until Sunday afternoon when they will go to the highest bidder. Just write your name (and address if from afar) on the bidding sheets. Some wonderful handcrafted items to be bid on plus all new items too.

Charles E. Lewis Days buttons are $1 a piece and may win a prize for you. Some cash prizes. The Lewis church is donating a number of prizes including tickets for free harvest suppers in September.

Last year your correspondent won a nice prize from Greinke Auto Body and wrote a thank-you to Ed. He was sur-

Bernice Abrahamzon

prised to receive a thank-you. (A gentle reminder to other winners.)

It will be a full weekend of music, groups, duets, solos, history, stories to move the heart and inspiration.

Games for children and the Little Miss and Mr. Lewis drawing/contest. And the parade. As recalled, one year the parade was a bit small so it went around the blocks two times instead of just once.

Do you remember when some viewers became concerned because they thought it was cruelty to animals to have the chicken pulling the parade unit? Actually, the unit was motorized so the chicken wasn’t pulling anything.

Remember when Lewis silo had a manure spreader in the parade (empty) with the sign, “We do not stand behind this machine.”

Remember when Main Avenue blossomed forth with a bright new yellow stripe down the middle, courtesy of one of Lewis’ remaining businesses.

We’ve been missing the kazoo band in recent years but we remember. You don’t hear many kazoos these days.

A lot of people are preparing for the big weekend, proving many hands make quick work. Watch for the tent to appear on the front lawn of the church.

Fun and games and food all over town. In the year 2009, we lost T.J. Lon’s Salon, but our loss was Mud Hen Lake’s gain.

Remember when sidewalks fronted on real businesses in the early days? Lewis was an up-and-coming community with its own post office, feed mill, barber shop, grocery stores, gas stations, telephone office, bank, mortician, even a restaurant where Chubb Peterson now lives.

What happened? The problem that hit all small towns. People became more mobile. From school to sorghum mill, from locker plant to hatchery, from town hall to lath mill, from convenience store on Hwy. 35 to Rolite trailers, Lewis slowly turned into a community of private homes. The original People’s Church was built in 1915-1916, and a few homes were

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349-2964 The first of August has come and gone, and July flew by with a 50th class reunion and a family reunion, both mine.

Time seems to be slipping by so fast. We still haven’t seen the traditional hot and muggy days with the temps in the 90s and maybe this year we simply won’t. Soon school will be back in session and then follows the snow and cold of winter.

Maybe this will be a year where summer just doesn’t happen.

If our weather continues to be one of little moisture will we see

Bev Beckmark

little snow this year also? Let’s hope not. Cold temps and little snow can bring about many more problems.

Those of you who knew, or just remember, Bill Bittner and his musical talents, mark your calendars for Thursday, Aug. 13. There will be a memorial Dixieland band concert at the Crooked Lake band shell from 7 to 9 p.m. I, for one, remember him most with his talents of playing the bagpipes. Come bring your chairs or a blanket and enjoy an evening of music

Cloverton-Markville There have been some interesting and worthwhile group activities out here in the little hamlets of Arna and New Dosey recently.

First of all, having served 102 people at their annual smorgasbord, the Zion Lutheran Church has every reason to be proud. Everyone who attended enjoyed the delicious food and the pleasant conversations.

The Duxbury Volunteer Fire Department had a business meeting last week at the Duxbury Store. Cloverton and Markville firefighters Don Mishler, Dave Baker, Dave Drake, Dave Fornengo Jr., Mel Elliott and Tracy Erickson attended.

Chief Mike McCullen, Gary and Joe Vink and Patrice Winfield were there also. Patrice was appointed as the new treasurer of the group and gratitude is given to Pat McCullen, outgoing treasurer, for her many years of service. Grant applications and prioritizing of equipment and materials needed were the topics of discussion.

It was election time when the East Pine County Wanderers met last week. Patrice Winfield was elected vice president to the seat vacated by Ruth Ament, who chose not to seek reelection. Cheryl Wickham was elected secretary to replace Mary Schaaf. Mary had been secretary for six years and did not seek re-election. Darlene Merimonti and Marlene Mishler were elected to the board of directors, replacing Leon Berg and Gary Ament, whose terms had expired. Gratitude is extended to Ruth, Mary, Leon and Gary for their service.

Rosie and Jim Yaekel provided the birthday cake and door prize. The prize was won by Dave Drake, so he and Sandi will be going to the Yaekel cabin on Big Island Road for dinner in the near future.

Cheryl Wickham was the only July birthday.

Planning committee Sandi Drake, Darlene Mermonti and Cheryl Wickham are busily setting up the Markville reunion, which will be held on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Arna Town Hall. It is a potluck affair beginning at noon. This reunion is open to the entire community – Wilma, New Dosey and Wisconsin folks are all invited. Karaoke is planned for the event also.

Megan Hughes, granddaughter of Antoinette and Ron

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built before then.

Before we know it, Lewis will be 100 years old. When is our centennial? 2012? Anybody’s guess. When the Soo Line pushed north from Frederic?

This year’s celebration offers a car show, ballgame, dunk tank, fishpond, sawdust pile with coins and a cooking contest.

See the schedule.

Plus, a chance to relax and visit with friends.

The Northwest Regional members and guests will meet on Friday, Aug. 14, at 1 p.m. at Espresso Cabin is Grantsburg.

Assignment is, “It’s beginning to heat up.” (Summer? The Kettle? The argument? What?)

Thank goodness for recent rains. Now the corn needs some hot weather and a long, pleasant fall.

Saturday’s farmers market had a lot to offer at Frederic. Big, solid heads of cabbage, raspberries, jams, zucchini, etc. Hope you are reading Colleen’s columns about various area farmers markets and recipes. She is giving a good boost to what people are selling and what they are buying.

Bob and Marie Nelson have volunteered a great many hours to work on the Lewis church lawn, including pruning bushes, mulching flower beds and Bob touched up the flame on the church wall facing Main Street. (The woodpeckers have been pecking at the so-called flame and it needed attention.)

Do you know from the air or from a plane, the church is built in the shape of a cross?

Lots going on this week. Come and be a part of it at Lewis.

Sympathy is extended to the family of Gwen Peterson (Mrs. Vernon Peterson). Visitation on Monday evening at Swedberg’s and the funeral on Tuesday afternoon. Gwen has recently been a resident of Continuing Care, Grantsburg.

Sheila Staples and Rick Abrahamzon enjoyed dinner at the Platter in Ashland to celebrate Rick’s birthday. (Whitefish is served on a wooden board.)

Kern, traveled to Washington, D.C., last month with a group from Webster High School. They took a chartered bus. One of the places they toured was Ellis Island and they were at the Holocaust Museum the very day before the shooting occurred. They enjoyed the trip very much.

Peggy Coveau celebrated her 50th-birthday party early this year when Cozy Corner Inn hosted a big party for anyone in the area who turns 50 this summer. Happy birthday, Peggy.

Weekenders Mary and Ron Moser butchered their first batch of chickens last weekend. Mary is also enjoying the company of grandson, Holden, age 12, this summer.

An update on Julie Yaekel-BlackElk, who was injured in a motorcycle accident last month. She has been home now for three weeks and hopes to return to her counseling job at the Lac Court Orielles Reservation in Hayward in a couple of weeks.

She and her family had a good time with her sister Jennifer and her three teenagers who came up from New Athens, Ill., to stay at the cabin with Mom and Dad, Rosie and Jim. Activities included a visit to the Rendezvous at Forts Folle Avoine.

Cheryl Wickham recently had the pleasure of driving a 1914 Model T. A friend from California spent time in the Superior area with the Classic Car Tour. Cheryl and Gene met him in Walker, Minn., and that was where the Model T experience happened. It was the highlight of her day.

Pam and Leon Berg had their first social outing in several months when they spent two days with daughter, Kyara, and her family in Hudson awhile back. Kyara’s husband is Mike, and their two sons are Derek, 17, and Dustin, 15.

The Bergs want to thank everyone for all of the care and support shown to them during Leon’s struggle with cancer.

His surgery was very successful and he is continuing to improve at home now. We wish him the best.

On the home front, my husband, Dave Baker, is now a grandfather in his own right. Evelyn Iris Zelent was born on July 23, daughter of Dave’s daughter, Leda, and her husband.

We trekked right down to North Memorial Hospital on July 25 to meet Evelyn.

Kiss the babies, wherever you are.

Dewey - LaFollette

Sympathy is extended to the family of John Andresen who passed away July 25. He and his family used to live in LaFollette. He was 85.

Hank and Karen Mangelsen visited Nina and Lawrence Hines Wednesday evening. Thursday evening they called on Sue and Roger Mroszak.

Nancy and Steve Hagen, Emily Hagen and Josh Hennagir were weekend guests of Nina and Lawrence Hines. On Saturday morning, Sue and Colin Harrison joined them for breakfast at the Hines home.

Congratulations to Donna and Gerry Hines who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Aug. 1. An open house was

Karen Mangelsen

held in their honor at Timberland Lutheran Church on Saturday afternoon. About 160 relatives and friends attended.

Saturday afternoon visitors of Karen and Hank Mangelsen were April, Dave, Patty and Mandy Close and Jake, Hannah and Grace Mangelsen. Sunday morning, Randy and Arlene Schacht called on Hank and Karen.

Don and Lida Nordquist visited Marlene and Bruce Swearingen Sunday morning. They enjoyed a time of playing cards.

Special music was provided at Lakeview United Methodist Church Sunday morning by Liz Ruhn on the piano and the organ. She is Connie Quam’s mother.

and just remembering the memories of Bill.

Those of you who worked at the former Capeside Cove nursing home, there will be a reunion on Thurs., Aug. 6, at the Crooked Lake Park at 5 p.m. Bring a dish to pass plus your memories and enjoy an evening of getting together once again with your past co-workers.

Sympathy to the family of Gwen Peterson who passed away last week.

Sympathy to the family of Lee E. Jerome who passed away July 23.

If you enjoy arts and crafts, stop in this Saturday at the Siren senior center for an arts and crafts market from 1 to 5 p.m.

Art and Bev Beckmark enjoyed visiting with Sofia Rydell and Linnea Green, two of the young people of the group of Swedish fiddlers who performed in the area this past week.

They arrived on Sunday and left on Tuesday afternoon. When asked what they enjoyed the most, they said it was the evenings after their performances down at Rudy and Pat Solomonson’s and the bonfires with singing and playing their fiddles and, of course, the s’mores.

If you have children ages 3 to 12, take them out to Coyland Creek on Saturday, Aug. 8, and make a day of it out there.

Coyland will be hosting a youth in the outdoors with all kinds of things to see and do. For more info call 715-653-4273. This is a free event.

Interstate Park news Friday, Aug. 7

Snakes! 3 p.m. at the amphitheater on the back side of the beach parking lot. Snakes are some of the most misunderstood and feared creatures on earth. Stop by and visit with naturalist Barb Walker to learn more about these amazing reptiles. You will also have an opportunity to meet two live snakes!

Saturday, Aug. 8

Molten Lava and Melted Ice, 2 p.m. at the Pothole Trail sign.

Join the naturalist for a relaxing hike around the Pothole Trail and learn about the Gee Whiz Geology of Interstate Park.

Secrets of Eagle Peak, 4 p.m. at the Eagle Peak Trail sign in the Pines Group Camp. Join the naturalist for a hike up the trail to learn the secrets of the peak and see a beautiful view of the St. Croix River Valley.

Owls: Silent Hunters of the Night, 7 p.m. at the Ice Age Center. Owls are among the most successful predators of the night because of their wonderful adaptations. Learn all about them with naturalist Barb Walker and enjoy a close encounter with Aztec, her South American spectacled owl.

Wednesday, Aug. 12

What’s Fluttering: Butterfly or Moth? 10 a.m. on the lake side of the beach house. A fun program for children and their parents, learn how to tell the difference between a moth and a butterfly and take home your very own crafted butterfly pin.

Thursday, Aug. 13

Nature storytime, 10 a.m. Join naturalists Julie Fox or Barb Walker for a story and activity chosen especially for children pre-K through kindergarten and their parents. Check at the park office upon arrival for program location.

Look for upcoming information about the Fly-Fishing Workshop on Aug. 15, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Arnell Humane Society Happy Tails

Bowie is a 2-yearold, neutered male German shepherd mix. This tall drink of water stands 28 inches at the shoulder. He has a slender frame with classic shepherd coat and markings, wiry black and tan.

Bowie is a surrendered pet looking for a better chance the second time around.

He is good with kids, dogs and throwing discs. Bowie behaves with manners and knows some commands. He is a gentle shepherd waiting at the shelter for a forever home.

The kittens of “Kitten Season 2009” are becoming young adults at three and four months of age. Rescued kittens in the shelter and individual households around the county are exerting their natural instincts to explore, investigate and hunt. All of this activity is fun to watch but if your leg or arm becomes the target of your kitten’s prey drive, evolving from peek-a-boo to professional wrestling in a matter of seconds, you could be reaching for the first-aid kit.

It’s not easy for cats to draw the line between acceptable play and overly aggressive behavior, so play-motivated aggression is

Await

Hi, everybody! Blacky here from Humane Society of Burnett County. This week I’ve got more news for you, friends to tell you about, and my e-mail is working just fine.

Last week, the Internet People told me that my column might not reach the paper, so I kept it short. These are not people in my head, but on the other end of my Blackyberry, just so you know I’m not making that up.

I was thinking about kind of a strange coincidence between me and one of my furry new pals at the shelter. I’ll explain. Recently, my mom blew the cobwebs off of her bicycle, and now she’s got me trotting down the road like a darn horse. I like it, though, and so does my brother. I run alongside her on one side, and he on the other - now that he knows he’s not supposed to run in front of the tire and then stop abruptly. I think he was just trying to be funny. Anyway, we’ve been doing this a lot lately and, let me tell you, it can wear a dog out! We went on an extra-long ride one day, and I thought I was going to trip over my tongue by the time we got back home. Well, fast-forward a couple of days when I arrive at the shelter only to hear the amazing story of a dog who embarked (ha!) on a long journey following a person on a bike! His name is Charlie, and he is a golden retriever. Evidently Charlie came all the way from Prarie du Chien on foot before he was picked up by the authorities in Webster. When I first met him, I thought he was a lot older because he seemed real tired. Now I know why. Charlie is only about 2, but he’s got a few miles on his aching feet already. I asked him what in the world was he thinking, but his only response was, “Zzzzzzz...” I guess I’ll wait to talk to him when he’s all recovered and rested. Boy, I hope my mom doesn’t ever decide to make me walk that far. Sometimes she says she wants to run away from home, but if we do, I hope we take the car.

I have another little friend to tell you about as well, but you might want to go grab a hanky. Felix is a dog, not a cat; and he’s real, not a cartoon character. Felix is a 5-

common in young, active cats less than 2 years of age and in one-cat households.

Kittens learn to inhibit their bite from their littermates and mother. A rescued kitten or a kitten separated from her family too early may play more roughly than a kitten who has had more valuable cat-family time. (Another good reason for keeping a family of kittens together until at least eight weeks of age.)

If humans play with a young kitten using their hands and/or feet instead of toys, the kitten is liable to learn that rough play with people is OKy. In other words, a kitten must learn that your hand is not a chew toy. Redirect your kitten’s aggressive behavior onto acceptable objects like toys and stuffed animals. By initiating play with a toy, you will be teaching your kitten the proper outlet for kitten energy. Drag or throw a toy away from your kitten. Some kittens will bring the toy back to be thrown again. Stuffed animals are great for the “pro wrestler” in your kitten. She

month-old black Lab mix who was brought in after he was found tied up and left behind at his house when his owners moved away. I cannot imagine how sad that must have made him feel! It’s no wonder why he wants attention so badly. He’s a sweet, smart little pup, and with some loving care and training, he will YAPpenings grow into a happy adult dog - I just know it.

In the shorty department, there’s Grizzly, or Grizz. (He’s too small for more than one syllable.) Grizz is a male, tricolored Pom mix who is about 2 years old. He’s pretty quiet for a little guy, and very sweet and affectionate. I’m not sure what his story is; he was too busy twirling around in excitement because someone was coming over to pet him when I was there.

Even though my column was brief last week, I managed to stick my paw in my mouth. I asked for bleach, not knowing that a generous soul donated a ton of it to the shelter. Sorry. I got my whiskers crossed, I guess. A couple of things we do need yet are copy paper and some yard spray, to keep the bug population down in the play yard. I love summer, but I’m almost looking forward to fall when all those pesky flies and ticks disappear. They’ll drive you nuts!

Well, that is about all I have for you this week. I have big sticks in my yard that need twirling and some dirt that needs rearranging, and it appears as though my brother isn’t going to be of any help at all. I said to him, “Hey, let’s go move some dirt!” but like million-mile Charlie, his only reply was, “Zzzzzzz...” I guess I’m on my own.

Take care, everyone, and I’ll see you here next week. www.hsburnettcty.org 715-8664096.

Blacky Shelter

can grab one with both front feet, bite it, and kick it with both back feet. This is one of the ways kittens play with each other but should not do with human feet and hands.

Punishing your kitten for rough play by tapping, flicking or hitting is sure to backfire.

Your kitten could become afraid of your hands or interpret these actions as a cue to play even more roughly. It is best to withdraw from the rough play by walking to another

room and closing the door long enough for her to calm down. If you pick her up, you are continuing play with your hands and rewarding her with your attention.

It is important for your kitten to have an outlet for her energy and by providing appropriate toys and games your kitten will develop behavior you can live with.

Arnell Memorial Humane Society, Amery, 715 268-7387 or online: arnellhumane.org.

Siren Senior Center Just for the record, I would like to apologize for a misunderstanding on my part which I was graciously made aware of last Saturday during the coin show.

A few ladies from the Lilac Grove Apartment complex discussed having a bake sale and wanted to know if it would be permissible to have it in a corner of the senior citizen parking lot.

These gals have donated their time and talents recycling our greeting cards for many months and have created a large number, so due to my stupidity I thought it would be all right. They have justified their error and have paid the going rate for rental on the center for the few hours they were in the parking lot.

Sorry, lesson well learned.

Thanks to Lou Jappe’s kitchen crew for sandwiches and also everyone who donated bars and cookies to be sold during the coin show on Saturday. According to the cars in the parking lot they had a good attendance, but I haven’t any numbers on how much revenue was taken in.

Lots of activity at the center this week, with 35 people coming out to dine on Thursday, also a good attendance at our card games and dime Bingo The Dining at Five dinner will be Aug. 6 at

5 p.m. Warning! They usually start at 4:45 for the salad bar to avoid congestion. CeCe is planning on serving her roast beef dinner w/mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetable, rolls and apple pie for dessert. A donation of $5 is suggested.

We would like to express our sympathy to the family of Ed Berdal, of Frederic, on his passing. Ed was a regular card player at our center practically every Wednesday and Friday and he will be missed.

Winners at 500 this week were Tony Rutter, Marie Van Guilder, Millie Hartshorn, Inez Pearson and Candace Doriott. Spades winners were Flo Antiel, Candace Doriott, Dale Sicord, Dorothy Cronquist and Hub Andren.

Gratitude has been expressed by the humane society to the seniors that regularly contribute to the box at the center.

The center is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with dinner being served promptly at 11:30 a.m. If you have any questions on the breakfast program you may call the nutrition department at 715-3492845 for information.

For center information call 715-349-7810 and for inquiries on renting our facilities you may contact Judy Johnson at 715-349-5316.

A Waiting Child LaQuasho December 30, 1993 A typical teenager in many ways, LaQuasho is an attractive young lady who enjoys having fun and doing girl stuff like nails, hair, shopping and cooking. She says she cooks better with a cookbook in hand but likes anything food-related. LaQuasho has passion for many things including singing, dancing, basketball, hopscotch and drawing. However, her favorite activity is skating. Although LaQuasho says she does not play many sports, she would like a family who enjoys being active and who can participate in other activities with her. She also likes going to church and would like to become involved with some church-related activities.

LaQuasho describes herself as optimistic and talkative. She is a very inquisitive, friendly, engaging child who loves hugs and attention. She also possesses the added bonus of having a huge sense of humor.

LaQuasho is a natural-born leader who is good with younger children. She has a huge heart and a naturally giving nature, which makes it easy for her to take on the role of big sister.

For more information about LaQuasho, or other Wisconsin children waiting for adoptive

homes, call Adoption Resources of Wisconsin at 414-475-1246 or 800-762-8063 or visit the Web site at www.wiadopt.org. - submitted

Bella Salon and Day Spa is opening another location downtown Grantsburg this

Thursday, August 6 We are happy to announce the addition of Megan Hacker and Sarah Petersen to our staff, both recent graduates of Aveda.

Stop by Grantsburg to meet Megan and Luck to meet Sarah.

All Aveda products at the Grantsburg location will be 20% for the next two weeks (thru Aug. 20).

In addition, any-all over color or foil service with Megan or Sarah will receive a complimentary haircut ($18 value) We look forward to creating a fresh new look for you!!

207 E. Madison Ave., Grantsburg, WI 17 E. First Ave., Luck, WI

715-463-2222

mailto:bellasalon2@grantsburgtelcom.net

715-472-4222

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Barb Munger

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Burnett Community Library

Academic news MENOMONIE – The following are students from the area who are currently employed through the Cooperative Education Program at UW-Stout. This program integrates college studies with work experience in industry, business, government or public service, according to director of career services, Amy Lane.

Students who participate in the program develop employment contacts, interpersonal skills and career goals in addition to experiencing an active and applied focus on learning in their professional field. As participants in the co-op program, students leave campus for a period of up to one year to work nationally or internationally. The success of the program is based on a framework of collaborative partnerships between employers, students and the university.

Amery Mathew Tryggestad, golf enterprise management: Outside service assistant, Rock Creek Cattle Co., Deer Lodge, Mont.

Patrick E. Wears, applied science: Co-op student research technician, ERDC Eau Galle Aquatic Ecology Lab, Spring Valley.

Luck Jacob Stonesifer, business administration: Summer co-op position, Polk County Parks, Buildings and Solid Waste, Balsam Lake.

Siren Brynn McBroom, hotel restaurant and tourism management: Summer co-op position, Kalahari Resorts, Wisconsin Dells.

Spooner Terry W. Sather, golf enterprise management: Management co-op position, St. Charles Country Club, St. Charles, Ill.

My public library is important to our community because “it gives people who don’t have a chance to buy books a chance to borrow them.” This is another patron’s response to using our community library.

The Burnett Community Library Garden Tour fundraiser will be on Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $5.

The tour will include nine gardens of many varieties in the Webster, Siren and Voyager Village areas. A list of the gardens is available at various local businesses. Information is available at the library or at 715-866-7798.

This week 13 children attended our summer reading program, which meets at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays for children ages 4 and up. The toddler’s story hour meets at 11:30 p.m. It’s been a very busy library this summer.

The Burnett Community Library Book Club will be reading “The Senator’s Wife,” by Sue Miller, to be discussed on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 10 a.m. If you need a copy, please call the library at 715-866-7697 and we will be glad to order one for you.

The Friends of the Library will be having their monthly meeting on Thursday, Aug. 6, at 9 a.m. on the lower level.

Their book sale will be held Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Burnett Community Library from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. We gratefully accept donated books for our sales at the library.

New juvenile books

• “There Was An Old Man Who Painted the Sky,” by Teri Sloat • Magic Tree House #42: “Good Night for Ghosts,” by Mary Pope Osborne • “The Word Snoop,” by Ursula Dubosarsky • “Mike Mulligan and More,” by Virginia Lee Burton

• “What Color is Your Parachute? for Teens,” by Richard Nelson Bolles

New adult books

• “Fire and Ice,” by J.A. Jance • “The Real Messiah,” by Stephan Huller • “Beyond This Moment,” by Tamera Alexander • “This Side of Heaven,” by Karen Kingsbury • “A Dream to Call My Own,” by Tracie Peterson • “Twenties Girl,” by Sophie Kinsella • “The Piano Teacher,” by Janice J.K. Lee • “Complete Personal Legal Guide,” by the American Bar Association

New books to help with job searching

• “5 Necessary Skills to Keep Your Career on Track,” by Richard S. Pearson • “Can I Wear My Nose Ring to the Interview?” By Ellen Gordon Reeves • “Complete Guide to Writing Effective Resume Cover Letters,” by Kimberly Sarmiento • “Acing the Interview,” by Tony Beshara • “How to Say It On Your Resume,” by Brad Karsh • “Cover Letters for Dummies,” by Joyce Lain Kennedy • “Knock ‘Em Dead: The Ultimate Job Search Guide 2009,”

by Martin Yate • “Best Jobs for the 21st Century,” by Michael Farr

Hours

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Joseph and Dian Bergman of Centuria are proud to announce the marriage of their son, Jacob Bergman, to Charlene Johnson, daughter of the late Stewart and Arlene Spengler of St. Croix Falls.

Their marriage will be held at Wilkins Resort on Bone Lake on Aug. 8. - submitted

Fran Krause

Orange

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Written for this week Susan and Larry Mattson of Austin, Texas, attended a Mattson family reunion at Fargo, N.D. They spent two days with her parents, Jack and LaVonne O’Brien and family on their way home.

The Harmony HCE club enjoyed a picnic at LaVonne O’Brien’s home on Tuesday. Special guests were Marilyn Kookier, Mrs. Flatten and Nancy Krause.

Elaine Scott, Edna Greeson, Ethel Daniels and Fran Krause attended the pie and ice-cream social and book sale at Bethany Lutheran Church, Siren on Friday.

Brianna and Brendon Bray spent Saturday night with John and Reeny Neinstadt. On Sunday they met Sandy Johnson at Rice Lake to pick up their twin grandsons, Jared and Blake Johnson, who will spend the week with them, Natalie and the Bray cousins.

Congratulations to Dayna Doriott and Clint Peterson who were married Saturday at The Lodge in Siren.

Mark and Deanna Krause and family spent Thursday night through Sunday canoeing and camping out from Trego along the Namekagon River.

Sympathy is extended to the family of Scott Treichel who passed away over the weekend.

Orange residents were among the large crowd who attended the Burnett Arts Festival at Lakeview Events Center on Saturday. Jens Rasmussen’s oil paintings were one of the impressive art displays there.

Written for last week The Orange 4-H Club spent Wednesday through Friday at the camp at Lake 26.

Fran Krause attended the quilters monthly lunch at From the Grind Up. Two quilters who had moved away joined the group for lunch.

Harmony HCE had a good turnout for their annual sale at the Orange Community Center.

Fran Krause and LaVonne O’Brien attended the HCE executive board meeting on Tuesday, and after worked on the centerpieces for the state convention.

John and Reeny Neinstadt attended the union picnic at Coloma and after spent a couple of days with family in Cadott.

Thursday evening Anita, Sharon, Kathleen and LaVonne O’Brien and Fran Krause attended the play, “The Foreigner,” at Voyager Village Community Center.

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Putting the “fun” in fundraiser Oops ... that was a wild ride I just took; hitched a flight with a bat circling the Forts Folle Avoine Visitors Center, ended up smashed into a wall in the director’s office, fell off the dizzy critter, and ... noticed a paper on the desk, listing plans for some fundraiser of sorts coming up at the historical park. Only this sounds neither historic nor especially brainy, with more emphasis given to the “fun” part of fundraiser.

Oops again; now I remember writing about this last week, mentioning the rib festival coming up at the Forts. Only my scribbles came out with the wrong date attached—so here, let me boot the oops—the correct time and date is Sunday, Aug. 9, from 10 a.m. ‘til 3 p.m., on the grounds just off the parking lot by the visitors center.

Wait a minute? Did I say fun? Umm, then I’m not sure where “Madame Zier” comes into the picture.

Says she reads palms, foretells the future by revelations gleaned from your handprint? I mean, I’m only 6 inches tall to begin with (eight if you add my red, pointed hat). Anyway, it says Madame will be waiting to read your palm (for mine she’d surely need a magnifying glass–of course, we gnomes lead more predictable lives than you humans anyway). And

Folle Avoine Chronicles Woodswhimsy the gnome

Madame Zier knows whereof she speaks, having studied her art for several years.

Well now, perhaps you’re just on the prowl for a good time? Or if, after having your future determined, you just want to live it up in the present, there’re all sorts of alternatives going on at the Sunday event, dubbed “Barbecue at the Fort.” Starting with—barbecue! This summer’s epicurean delights will be anchored by folks from Hog Wild BBQ and Grill of Luck featuring specialties ranging from mouthwatering ribs to pulled pork (no gnomes are on the menu, thank

goodness) and other tasty treats. Washing it all down will be easy—just visit the beverage tent for a beer, wine, or soda. Or wander around a bit and you’ll find the ice-cream-area servers ready to scoop up cones floats, or sundaes.

After satisfying the palate, perhaps you’d enjoy a look at Jim Mckeown’s wildlife photography displays, take in a chain saw carving demo presented by Charley Potter of Hudson, or listen to the countrywestern rhythms of the Older Than Dirt band. While that much activity would scare off us shy gnomes, I’m told you humans will greatly enjoy the afternoon, rain or shine, as large tents will shelter food and people.

And, of course, you can always escape to the fur posts down the hill and take in the sights, sounds, and people of the early 1800s, when the food craze was for wild rice and beaver tail, amongst other delicacies.

And, as anyone who’s taken the tours before knows, Folle Avoine’s guides delight in creatively combining accurate historical detail with imaginative presentation to bring this part of history to life for those of you stuck in the 21st century.

Those tours are also available each week, Wednesday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park, located on Burnett CTH U, three miles west of Hwy. 35, north of Webster in the Yellow Lakes region.

Woodswhimsy

Judd one of 12 featured quilters at exhibition U.S. Bank donates to CRA CUSHING – Local textile artist Jean M. Judd is one of 12 featured art quilters in the Elk River Area Arts Alliance exhibition “Not Your Grandmother’s Quilt Show.” This exhibit runs through Aug. 30 at the Arts Alliance Gallery on Main Street in Elk River, Minn. Half of the gallery is dedicated to revolving exhibitions every six weeks and the other half has artworks for sale ranging from glassware to pottery to jewelry to silk scarves, ironwork and photography and much more.

Included in this exciting new installation are the works of 12 artists: Theresa Bemis, Yvonne Curan, Nicole Hahn, Janet Harvey, Winnie Johnson, Judd, Linda Poisson, Nancy Rainbolt, Bette Slag, Loretta Stacy, Cindy Wilson and Judy Wood.

Each textile artist has a number of pieces in the show ranging from wall art to wearables such as jackets and vests, to home décor including a fiber piggy bank.

Judd’s pieces in the exhibition include both recent and older work. Included are: “Scribble #1 (Dream Weaver)” (2009), “Royal Pinwheels” (2004), “Autumn Charm” (1995), “Twirling Leaves #1” (2008) and “Isn’t It Coffee Time?” (2005).

The artist reception July 16 was overflowing with art collectors and 10 of the artists, including Judd, were in attendance. Some of the artwork sold that first night and other pieces are still available for purchase.

Currently, Judd also has textile art on display at the Amery Medical Center in Amery. Currently on display there is “Hummingbirds in the Garden.” The medical center has a community art hallway just off the atrium area which features paintings, photography, pottery and textile art. Much of artwork is available for purchase directly from the artists.

Judd’s piece, “Butterflies in the Dark” is on display at the South Arkansas Arts Center in El Dorado, Ark., through July 30, for the 2009 juried art competition featuring paintings, sculpture, photography and other fine-art works.

Another of Judd’s pieces, “Blue Angel,” has been juried into the World Quilt Competition XIII and will be on exhibit Aug. 13-16, in Manchester, N. H. Winning quilts from this show will then travel to the grand finale exhibition at the World Quilt Show in Florida Nov. 13-15. - with submitted information

DANBURY – A donation from U.S. Bank to the Community Referral Agency, was made Monday, Aug. 3, morning at the bank’s Danbury branch.

The staff and board of directors of Community Referral Agency extended their gratitude to U.S. Bank in their decision to have CRA be a recipient of a grant from their organization.

“CRA’s foundation is build on community support; we would not be where we are today without our communities. We sincerely thank U.S. Bank for their generosity!” stated a news release from CRA. - submitted

Bachmann to speak at Reagan Day Dinner ISANTI, Minn. - Michele Bachmann will be the keynote speaker at the third-annual Reagan Day Dinner set to be held Friday, Sept. 11, at Spectacular Events, 1001 CTH 5 N.E., Isanti, Minn. The event is sponsored by the Chisago County Republicans and will include a 6 p.m. social hour, 7 p.m. dinner and 8 p.m. program.

Rob Eastlund, Minnesota State House representative for District 17A, is among several dignitaries expected to attend.

Tickets are for sale for $35 if purchased before Sunday, Aug. 16, or $40 if purchased after that date. This event is open to all who are interested in a smaller, more responsive government. For additional information or to make reservations go to: reagandaytickets@gmail.com. - submitted

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WEBSTER/SIREN - The Webster/Siren Area Christian Women’s Club After 5 invites all women and girls ages 6 and up to attend a dinner meeting on Monday, Aug. 17, at 6:30 p.m. This meeting will be held at Luther Point Bible Camp at Wood Lake, rural Grantsburg. Adults and girls from 10 up: $9; girls 6-9: $8. Take Hwy. 70 west from Siren to Hwy. M south, just east of Alpha; watch for Luther Point Road sign on right—follow to end.

Special music will be provided by a talented young singer, Alexis Stellrecht, Grantsburg.

With the theme Teddy Bear Picnic, there will be a special feature by Karla Kolle, St. Cloud, Minn., who will also be the special speaker.

Kolle’s message for the evening is titled “Life’s Journeys.” She says, “Sometimes we run into bumps and roadblocks on our life’s pathways. I will share how to make your pathway smooth. I am a wife, a mother of two sons, have two grandsons, and one great-granddaughter. I like to travel, read, make crafts and collect teddy bears.”

Kolle encourages you to invite girls 6 and up. Bring your teddy bears.

Tickets will be sold at the door but reservations are desired. For reservations call Jane at 715-566-0081 or Carol at 715-349-7006. If unable to attend, please cancel. Please, no last-day cancellations. After 5 is affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries. - submitted

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Collected by

Clayton Jorgensen

Clam Falls area

152 years Seven Pines

LEWIS – Seven Pines was the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Lewis.

They purchased the property from Oscar Knapp in 1900 and started to develop it in 1903 by building the main lodge. Lewis hired three carpenters to build the house, and when they were done they left, but all their tools stayed at the site. Seven Pines property grew to over 1,500 acres.

Over the years the lodge has not changed much, and more recently has been used as a special restaurant. The lodge is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

Two other early buildings were the carriage garage and gatehouse.

Lewis was the first person to drive an automobile into northern Polk County and probably was the first to have a car garage.

Lewis had a very nice pool built with a glass enclosure. This pool was the first of its kind in the area. The Lewises would invite others to come and enjoy a swim. Soon the area had so many water needs that an underground water pipe system and water tower were built to service Seven Pines.

Lewis developed the Knapp Creek near the lodge by building a bridge, guest house that extended over part of the creek and a parklike setting around the lodge. The guest house burned down, but the large guest house is still in use.

To honor one of his longtime employees, Lewis had a statue of him built in the park area, but it disappeared a few years ago.

Lewis enjoyed nature and the outdoors, especially fishing. One of the reasons Lewis bought the Knapp area was for the fishponds. He continued to build fishponds and a fish hatchery in 1909.

He also built a fish feed building and caretaker house near the hatchery.

Dairy farming was another one of his interests. He developed a large dairy farm on Seven Pines with purebred Holstein animals. This became a very wellknown herd of cattle and farm.

The old Knapp School, located on what was Seven Pines land, was called Seven Pines School.

An airport was also being planned for Seven Pines. The area was cleared, but the airport was never built.

Seven Pines had many famous people stay there; the most famous was President Coolidge in 1928. It almost became a state park twice, but both Gov. Zimmerman, in 1927, and Gov. Kohler, in 1929, vetoed the plan.

Lewis went broke after the stock-market crash. He lost most of his property and died a few years later. Seven Pines has had several owners since that time.

After 106 years, it is hopeful that Seven Pines will return to its grandeur and remain a special place in the history of the area.

Be sure to attend Lewis Days Friday – Sunday, Aug. 7, 8 and 9. This event is held annually in honor of Charles E. Lewis. – Rick Abrahamzon and Clayton Jorgensen.

The main lodge of Seven Pines, built in 1903.

The old stone bridge.

The fish hatchery, built in 1909.

Charles E. Lewis of Minneapolis build Seven Pines Lodge in 1903. His photo was included in a program outlining a special church service in his honor in 1919. Lewis built a church in Lewis as a gift to the community.

Fish hatchery caretaker’s house.

President Calvin Coolidge fished during his stay at Seven Pines Lodge in 1928.

The water tower.

The large guest house at Seven Pines.

The 1890s fishpond.

The Seven Pines gatehouse, built in 1903.

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Festival’s Featured Artist Jaclyn Johnson is the absolute epitome of the tough, working-class actors who audition tirelessly on (and off) Broadway, so it’s no wonder she’s been cast as the frisky, playful, and earnest canine in Festival Theatre’s upcoming production of “Sylvia,” which is set in New York City.

“I performed in ten productions at Cornell College, completed an acting internship at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City, experienced the rigors of rotating rep during an acting apprenticeship at Creede Repertory Theatre in the Colorado Rockies, and have toured with both CLIMB Theatre and the National Theatre for Children,” said Johnson. “I love the energy I both get and give in making stories come to life through theater!”

Johnson comes to Festival Theatre from Eden Prairie, Minn., and her journey as a theater a r t i s t started as a young child in church Jaclyn Johnson plays and throughout high school. Originally a psychology major at Cornell, she found herself getting cast in all the shows and soon found herself switching majors. Undoubtedly, that psych major has contributed greatly to character study and

script analysis!

Though Johnson won’t be singing in her role as Sylvia, she is a mezzo-soprano with many years of vocal training under her belt. She has also studied dance with an emphasis on swing.

Johnson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a theater major at Cornell College and has studied improvisational theater at the Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis.

Some of Johnson’s favorite roles include Belinda in “Noises Off” and Titania in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” but she’s quite certain that the opportunity to play Sylvia in her Festival Theatre debut will become a favorite as she is so looking forward to performing with such a great cast in a play that most actresses have solidly on their shortlists of dream roles.

“As a dog lover and animal enthusiast, I have loved this play since the day I first read it about seven years ago,” says Johnson. “In fact, since high school I have been waiting for the opportunity to dig into the role and express my canine instincts through one of the most lovable and genuine of characters. It is desperate fun navigating the canine perspective and creating a character deep enough to see why Greg, Kate and others consider Sylvia as a person, not only a dog.”

“Sylvia” opens on Aug. 13, and runs for two weekends only (including both Thursdays and Sundays at 2 p.m., Thursdays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Friday, Aug. 14, at 7:30 p.m.) through Aug. 23.

The Ekaterinburg Trio to perform at Amery AMERY – Joyful is the word that audiences use to describe the Ekaterinburg Classical Trio’s presentation of classical, inspirational and pop standards.

Thursday, Aug. 13, at 7:30 p.m., the Kat Trio will perform in concert at the Northern Lakes Center for the Arts, 113 Elm St., Amery. Freewill admission to benefit the Northern Lakes Center for the Arts and local public radio station, WPCA FM 95.7. For reservations call Northern Lake Center at 715-268-6811 or WPCA radio, 715-268-9722.

The Kat Trio has toured the U.S. five times, performing more than 400 concerts in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Jose, Calif.; Chicago, Ill.; Dallas, Texas; St. Louis, Mo.; Little Rock, Ark.,;Shreveport, La.; Branson, Mo.; Denver, Colo.; Lincoln, Neb.; Des Moines, Iowa; Milwaukee and Madison, and numerous small communities, impressing audiences with their exceptional arrangements, artistic interpretations and captivating technique.

When not found in concert venues, college or high school auditoriums, or in classrooms doing master classes, the trio

is frequently performing for Sunday services or presenting concerts in churches. The Kat Trio has made three special appearances and performed a benefit concert at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove for Dr. Robert Schuller’s Hour of Power telecast, where they’ll return Oct. 18.

The three world-class musicians, who comprise the violin, clarinet and piano ensemble, formed the trio in 1998 in Ekaterinburg, Russia. They are doctoral students at Arizona State University and are presenting concerts as their study and teaching schedules permit. They bring to the stage unique Russian arrangements and transpositions of timeless melodies.

The trio’s concert performances feature classical works, well-known inspirational songs and even American pop standards, including Scott Joplin’s rags.

The Ekaterinburg Trio, www.thekattrio.net, is Victoria Gorbich, Vladislov Gorbich and Mauricio Arias.

Victoria and Vlad are graduates of the Ural State Music Conservatory in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Arias, originally from Bogata, Columbia, is a graduate of Fundacion Unversitaria Juan N. Corpas. –

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POLK COUNTY FAIR • 2009• FAIREST OF THE FAIR

Amanda Haase crowned 2009 Polk County Fairest of the Fair

Four young women were seeking the crown of 2009 Polk County Fairest of the Fair. From left are Kelly Johnson, daughter of Lyle and Darlene Johnson; Ashley Hall, daughter of Richard and Holly Hall; Allison Peterson, daughter of Robert and Debra Peterson; and Amanda Haase, daughter of Bill and Opal Haase.

Amanda Haase is crowned 2009 Polk County Fairest of the Fair by Greta Nelson, 2009 Fairest of the Fair. The coronation took place at the fair Sunday, Aug. 2. In addition to the fun and excitement of being Fairest of the Fair, Amanda receives $250. When her reign is complete she will also received the $100 Sid Bjorkman Memorial Scholarship.

Photos by Mary Stirrat

Ashley Bloom, daughter of Robert and Kirsten Bloom, was crowned Junior Fairest of the Fair. The 10-year-old is from Balsam Lake. Her crown is put in place by 2008 Fairest of the Fair Greta Nelson.

Nine little girls from around the county took part in the Junior Fairest of the Fair program.

Each was asked what they liked best about the fair and why.

State Fairest of the Fair Melissa Ploeckelman of Marathon County shared the challenges and rewards of being Fairest of the Fair.

Outgoing Fairest of the Fair Greta Nelson is presented with the $100 Sid Bjorkman Memorial Scholarship by pageant emcee Eric Peterson.

Bjorkman, a leader in organizing and promoting the fair and the Fairest of the Fair pageant, passed away earlier this year.

Visiting royalty from communities around Polk County filled the stage for introduction during the Fairest of the Fair coronation Sunday, Aug. 2.

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POLK COUNTY FAIR • 2009

The line for the wristband-ticket midway special was long Thursday night with many enthusiasts ready to get their fill of rides for one price from 4 to 10 p.m.

Time for these kids to fly, as fair midway riders get set to jet off in this ride Thursday evening.

Jayden Eckstrom, St. Croix Falls, gets an airbrush tattoo of a wolf and a half-moon on her arm at one of the fair booths.

Two cute calves were on display by Polk County FFA in the education tent.

A popular spot at the fair for humans and bovines alike is the washing station.

Photos by Tammi Milberg

LEFT: This boy brings his calf to the exhibit barn.

And the ribbon winners are...

Wayne Brabender, a Wisconsin 4-H photography specialist from Madison, judged over 600 photo entries in all classes at the Polk County Fair this year.

He judged on five composition principles: get close; simple background; rule of thirds for subject position; natural frame for subject; leading lines to subject. The technical quality of the photo must show good focus and lighting. He likes slightly softer contrasts and somewhat muted colors. The picture must be appropriately mounted. Creativity, subject matter and presentation are all important.

Margo Hanson, inside the butter and eggs cooler, beams at her grand champion ribbon for salted uncolored homemade butter.

“Very fresh cream from Molly the jersey cow, with two teaspoons of salt beaten counterclockwise in a century-old Daisy churn with the help of Alberta Hanson, my motherin-law, was the key,” she said.

Geralyn Karl, certified foods judge and master of food preservation, from Amery, closes her eyes as she samples a cranberryorange scone at the open-class food-judging competition.

Nearly half the points are on eye appeal of the food. Does it make you want to take a bite, and then follow through with flavor and mouth texture?

Are the chips, nuts or raisins evenly distributed? Is the texture and moisture appropriate for the product (flakey, crumbly, etc).

Butter wins over shortening for taste. Subtle flavors and sweetness are often better. Even the consistency of the sizes of the individual pieces is taken into consideration. Flowering and foliage plants are very carefully examined for any flaws in the petals, stems and leaves. The freshness, eye appeal and perfection of the bloom are key. Even the water in the clear vase must be clean and fresh to get a blue ribbon - Photos/text by Russ Hanson

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POLK COUNTY FAIR • 2009

Hypnotist Norm Knight had this young woman convinced she had 11 fingers during a show at the main stage on Friday at the Polk County Fair. Volunteers from the audience were put to sleep and told to act out a variety of skits, including one in which they were members of the Blues Brothers band. This woman was the lead singer in that skit. - Photo

by Gary King

4-H Horse Project costume class winner Leprechaun Cara Erickson, 12, of Dresser with her "Shamrock" pony had the judge on her knees laughing at the Polk County Fair Friday morning. - Special photo

Western and riding gear, such as these spurs on display at the Luck Saddlery and Outfitters booth, were on display during Friday’s horse show at the Polk County Fair. Entrants in the show were judged on a variety of criteria, including the barrel event in which riders maneuver their horses through three barrels in the arena (photo at right). - Photos by Gary King

For four days, the main office of the Polk County Fair keeps fair society members and volunteers very busy. This sign was meant to remind them to keep a happy face. - Photo by Gary King

The walkway at the Redwood Deck was shut down Friday afternoon for the annual kiddie tractor pull. - Photo by Gary King

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Webb Lake Men’s Club hosts Learn About Fishing Day

Rules for the day were laid out by Bill Whyte, member of the Webb Lake Men’s Club, who brought the idea of a Learn About Fishing event to Burnett County from Florida, where he had been involved in a similar successful event for 90 kids. The Webb Lake Men’s Club was organized in 1982. Proceeds from its fundraising events support Burnett County needs such as local fire departments and first responders, local food shelves and other community organizations such as Kinship of Burnett County, youth ages 5-16, who took part in the July 28 Learn About Fishing event in Siren.

Webb Lake Men’s Club members involved in the Learn About Fishing Day at Crooked Lake Park, Siren, included: Bill Whyte, Bob Wirtz, Ed Olson, Al Strff, Jack Klebba, Ben Keup, Paul Cunliffe and Chuck Gagnon. The men divided up into three stations, teaching 15 Kinship of Burnett County youth on a rotating basis about lake ecology, casting (which they are doing here) and knot tying.

Webb Lake Men’s Club member Ed Olson showed Anthony from Kinship of Burnett County how to cast out his line. Fifteen youth, girls as well as boys, received new rods and reels to take home and a free lunch because of donations from Wal-Mart (Rice Lake), the Webb Lake Men’s Club, the Webb Lake Fire Department and Wild Bill’s in Webster. “It doesn’t do much good to teach them to fish and not leave them anything to fish with,” Paul Cunliffe commented. – Photos by Nancy Jappe

Paul Cunliffe ran one of three teaching stations for youth learning how to fish, this station dealing with how to preserve the ecology of the lake. Three stations were set up Wednesday morning, July 28, on ecology, casting and knot tying, with the youth spending time at each station. The youth then went down to the pier on Crooked Lake to try their luck at catching a fish. A lunch with hot dogs and all the trimmings was on the schedule before the event concluded.

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Women Ecopreneurs seminar offered ST. CROIX FALLS – A seminar will take place Wednesday, Sept. 2, in St. Croix Falls from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The title of the seminar is See Jane Grow, with Lisa Kivirist. Kivirist is the director of MOSES Rural Women’s Project, author, innkeeper and organic grower.

The See Jane Grow: How Women Ecopreneurs are Leading America’s Rural

Renaissance seminar brings together various tools, resources and networking opportunities for women interested in launching green businesses and leading sustainable revitalization within their community.

See your business, or potential business, as a tool to transform both local communities and the world; as a means

to emphasize cooperation over competition and meaning over simply earning a living; and an opportunity to integrate children and family into your livelihood. Learn about this rural women ecopreneur movement through inspiring stories, business start-up and marketing tools, and opportunities to network and share ideas and resources.

Polk-Burnett Retired Educators to meet

VBS Safari at Webster Baptist WEBSTER - Boys and girls ages 4 through grade six are invited to vacation Bible school at First Baptist of Webster, Aug. 10-14, beginning at 6:30 p.m. This fun-filled week centered around a safari

BURNETT/POLK COUNTIES – Retirees and prospective retirees covered by the Wisconsin Employee Trust Fund are invited to attend the program following the Polk-Burnett Retired Educator’s meeting to be held Thursday, Aug. 13, at the Fristad Lutheran Church in Centuria. Sari King, a representative for the ETF, will address the group at 12:45 p.m. Current legislation and key initiatives of the ETF department will be her topic. She will discuss demographics

and statistics, understanding your annuity payment statement, tax and legislative changes that have occurred recently, what are the annuity projections for the future, and survivor benefits. A question-and-answer session will follow, providing an opportunity to have further questions covered. Handouts will be available.

If interested in attending, please contact Muriel Pfeifer, 715-268-6578. - submitted

service dogs with individuals with disabilities, train therapy dogs and provide search and rescue dogs to assist law enforcement.

For more information and registration, LUCK - The National Active and Recontact Lori at 715-857-5095. - submitted tired Federal Employees, Chapter 1581, will hold a dinner meeting at noon on Thursday, Aug. 13, at The Hog Wild in

Luck. All federal and retired federal employees are welcome. Reservations may be made by calling 715-327-8658 by noon on Monday, August 10. - submitted

theme will include stories, songs, crafts, games and snacks. Interested parents may call First Baptist at 715-866-4111 or Jan Olson at 715-866-8106. - submitted

Charity golf tournament to raise money for service dogs LUCK - Sunshine Service Dogs will host their fifth-annual charity golf tournament at the Luck Golf Course on Monday, Aug. 10 (rain date is the following Monday, Aug. 17). The event starts at 1 p.m., and tickets includes 18 holes of golf, a golf cart, dinner and prizes.

The proceeds will help train and place

The seminar, materials, and a light vegetarian dinner are provided free.

For more information or to reserve your spot in this seminar contact Katelin Holm at 715-483-3929 ext. 15 or kholm@cityofstcroixfalls.com –submitted

NARFE to meet

Frederic High School Class of 1952 The reunion for the Frederic Class of 1952 was held at the Pour House in Siren on July 23 for lunch. Those attending were as follows: Back row (L to R): Reynold Peterson, Herb Lundberg and Ken Java. Middle row: John Jorgensen, Laurie Halberg, Alan Larson, Janet (Kammer) Larson, Hila (Jeffery) Domagala, Virginia (Huser) Elken, Jean (Anderson) Hill and Lavone (Krumm) Pratt. Front row: Grayce (Dinger) Peterson, Lois (Anderson) D’Jock, Betty Jo (Anderson) Johnson and Carol (Jensen) Hadrits.

– submitted

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Polk County Fair 2009 winners Some of the winners at the 2009 Polk County Fair were: Exceptional exhibits Shooting Sports Cody Brackee, Damin DeRosier, Mitchell Dulon, Cole Garvey, Weston Gray, Jack Ince, Tanner Johnson, Anthony Kreft, Kyle Knauber, Joshua Kreft, Luke Krueger, Kaitlin Lutsey, Justin Moore, Adam Offerdahl, Brianna Palmsteen, Danielle Palmsteen, Derek Rennicke, Zeb Rivard, Dakota Schultz and Jesse Tallent.

Music, Drama and Dance Revue Kylee Olson Flowers and Houseplants Taylor Hiljus, Kaitlin Lutsey, Haley Yunker and Zachary Rintoul.

Child Development Jennifer Pederson Clothing Elizabeth Novak, Jessica Raboin, Emily Byerly, Maria Novak, Alicia Sund, Paige Christensen, Emma Moore and Claire Eckert.

Exploring Richelle Gillman, Alliana Hoyer, Samara Brylski, Dylan Clausen, Marie Haase, Elliot Swenson, Jonah Tretsven, Collin Arvold and Cole Jakupciak.

Photography Kaitlin Lutsey, Kendra Bramsen, Emily Swanson, Hannah Germain, Kara Herr, Sarah Lowe, Taola Swenson, Nicole Larsen, Jessica Rivard, Nathan Burke, Lindsey Stapel, Alyssa Swenson, Tyrone Rivard, Katelyn Mewes (State Winner), Britney Mullenbach (State Winner), Amanda McKinney, Abigail Swenson and Brett Nelson (State Winner).

Cultural Arts Karie Bartlett, Hailee Newman, Kaitlin Lutsey – Reserve Grand Champion, Caitlin Ploszay, Mollina Stevens, Alyssa Swenson, Kelly Mitzel, Cailin Turner, Marley Doolittle, Christina Letellier, Hannah Germain, Katie Petzel, Heather Wirth, Alicia Swanson, Nicole Larsen, Hannah Salami, Lauren Pittman, Brett Demulling – Grand Champion and Anna Molls.

Home Furnishings Kaitlyn Krueger, Erica Hatella, Abigail Anderson, Rebecca Garvey, Hannah Ince, Kathleen Nelson, Madeline Smith and Haley Yunker.

Knitting and Crocheting Abby Culver, Anne Ramin, Cassandra Dulon and Haley Yunker.

Vet Science Stephanie Cran Mechanical Sciences Anthony Kreft, Christian Hoyer – Champion, Brandon Johnson, Justin Moore, Karenna Boettcher and Linnaea Wallis.

Woodworking Tate Johnson, Tanner Johnson, Ben Nelson, Justin Smith, Luke C. Johnson, Joshua Feyen, Neil Kline, Kurt Greene, Cole A. Andersen, Anna M. Larsen, Oliver J. Raboin, Cole Garvey and Haley A Yunker.

Electricity Christopher King.

Plant and Soil Science Vegetables Brianna Cran, Zachary Rintoul and Austin Swenson.

Field Crops Aurora Williams, Emily Petzel, Ben Miner, Joshua Roos and Jarica Roos.

Natural Sciences Michael Jenssen.

School Exhibits Carl Oman, Stephanie Cran, Jessica Raboin, Malena Larson and Dylan Broome.

Aerospace Anthony Kreft.

Speaking/Demonstrations/ Creative Writing Stephanie Cran, Jillian Jensen, Lily Lenk, Zachary Hite and Jessica Raboin.

Foods and Nutrition Bailey Ebert, Brandon Johnson, Kaitlin Lutsey, Mollina Stevens, Christian Hoyer, Caleb Gearhart, Leah Lowe, Terri McKinney, Rebecca Garvey, Joseph Novak and Linnaea Wallis.

Youth Leadership/Self-Determined Justin Moore, Jessica Rivard, Kevin Denver, Jenelle Larsen and Luke Christensen.

Cultural Heritage Jenelle Meyer, Grand Champion and Brendon Gearhart, Reserve Grand Champion.

Junior Division Junior Division Dog Reserve Champion Agility - Nicole Webert, Lucky Horseshoe Champion Agility - Emily Bull, Forest View Reserve Champion Obedience - Olivia Bull, Forest View Champion Obedience - Tiffany Willey, Cascade Falls Reserve Champion Showmanship - Emily Byerly, Indian Creek Champion Showmanship - Allison Swenson, Cushing Reserve Champion Rally Obedience - Megan Swenson, Cushing Champion Rally Obedience - Nicole Webert, Lucky Horseshoe Reserve Grand Champion of Show - Megan Swenson, Cushing Grand Champion of Show - Nicole Webert, Lucky Horseshoe Best Groomed, 8 – 12 - Linnaea Wallis, Pleasant Lake Best Groomed, 13 and over - Stephanie Cran, Beaver Brook Badgers Junior Division Llama/Alpacas Llamas Reserve Champion Female (light/medium wool) - Lauren Pittman, Beaver Brook Badgers Champion Female (light/medium wool) - Kolton KjesethZinn, Deronda Diplomats Reserve Champion Male (light/medium wool) - Kylee Olson, Beaver Brook Badgers Champion Male (light/medium wool) - Lauren Pittman, Beaver Brook Badgers Champion Female (heavy wool) - Kristin Wyss, Knotty Pine Champion Male (heavy wool) - Kolton KjesethZinn, Deronda Diplomats Reserve Grand Champion – Overall - Kolton KjesethZinn, Deronda Diplomats Grand Champion – Overall - Kristin Wyss, Knotty Pine Alpacas Reserve Champion Female - Cody Olson, Beaver Brook Badgers Champion Female - Cody Olson, Beaver Brook Badgers Reserve Champion Male - Cody Olson, Beaver Brook Badgers Champion Male - Cody Olson, Beaver Brook Badgers Reserve Grand Champion - Cody Olson, Beaver Brook Badgers Grand Champion - Cody Olson, Beaver Brook Badgers Junior Division Cat The Polk County Fair Junior Cat Show was held on July 11 at the fairgrounds in St. Croix Falls.

The cats were judged on grooming, health, physical condition and disposition. There was also a cage decoration competition that is voted on by the competitors.

Grand Champion - Tyrone Rivard, Deronda Diplomats Reserve Grand Champion - Alicia Cran, Beaver Brook Badgers Honorable Mention - Bailey Ebert, Green Acres Best Longhair - Leslie Peterson, Shooting Stars Best Shorthair - Bailey Ebert, Green Acres Best Kitten - Abigail Anderson, Deronda Diplomats Best Groomed - Kailynn Ebert, Green Acres Best Decorated Cage - Brianna Cran, Beaver Brook Badgers Junior Division Poultry Chickens Reserve Champion American Varieties - Tanner Johnson, Pleasant Lake

Dairy cattle judging took place on Friday at the Polk County Fair at St. Croix Falls. Several 4H members took part in the judging. - Photos by Gary King Champion American Varieties - Madeline Heilmann, Forest View Reserve Champion Mediterranean Varieties - Mitchell Dulon, Forest View Champion Mediterranean Varieties - Danielle Palmsteen, Forest View Reserve Champion Crossbred Chicken - Jonah Tretsven, Cushing Champion Crossbred Chicken - Lily Lenk, Shooting Stars Reserve Champion Asiatic Varieties - Tate Johnson, Pleasant Lake Champion Asiatic Varieties - Logan Arvold, Lakeside Reserve Champion English Varieties - Mitchell Dulon, Forest View Champion English Varieties - Mitchell Dulon, Forest View Reserve Champion Miscellaneous Varieties - Mitchell Dulon, Forest View Champion Miscellaneous Varieties - Logan Arvold, Lakeside Reserve Champion Game Varieties - Bailey Ebert, Green Acres Champion Game Varieties - Mitchell Dulon, Forest View Reserve Champion Bantams - Logan Arvold, Lakeside Champion Bantams - Mitchell Dulon, Forest View Ducks Reserve Champion Duck - Nikeisha Gillman, Joel Jets Champion Duck - Karenna Boettcher, Pleasant Lake Geese Reserve Champion Goose - Cody Larson, Northern Lights Champion Goose - Cody Larson, Northern Lights Pigeons Reserve Champion Pigeon - Kristine Wortman, Cushing Champion Pigeon - Cody Larson, Northern Lights Guinea Hens Reserve Champion Guinea Hen - Megan Swenson, Cushing Champion Guinea Hen - Nikeisha Gillman, Joel Jets Reserve Grand Champion of Show - Karenna Boettcher, Pleasant Lake Grand Champion of Show - Mitchell Dulon, Forest View Showmanship Senior Showmanship, ages 15 and older - Jesse Tallent, Lakeside Intermediate Showmanship, 12-14 years old - Madeline Heilmann, Forest View Junior Showmanship, 8-11 years old - Sophia Hendricks-Loehr, Little Butternut Junior Division Swine Grand Champion Market Hog (QM) - Isaac Christenson, Deronda Diplomats Reserve Grand Champion Market Hog (QM) - Beau Helin, Deronda Diplomats Grand Champion Market Hog (Non-sale) - Lucas Elwood, Deronda Diplomats Reserve Grand Champion Market Hog (Non-sale) - Johanna Alling, South Milltown Purebred Grand Champion Sow, Duroc Breed - Spencer Elwood, Deronda Diplomats Purebred Grand Champion Sow, Yorkshire - Amy VanDeBrake, Unity FFA Grade/Cross Female Reserve Grand Champion Sow - Amy VanDeBrake, Unity FFA Grade/Cross Female Grand Champion Sow - Mitchell Johnston, Shooting Stars Showmanship, Senior – 18 and older - Amy VanDeBrake, Unity FFA Showmanship, Senior – 16-17 - Hannah Johnson, Forest View Showmanship, Intermediate – 14-15 - Colten Maassen, FFA Showmanship, Intermediate – 12-13 - Hunter Dodds, West Sweden Showmanship, Junior – 8-11 - Hannah Peltier, Northern Lights Junior Division Beef Beef Breed Champion Market Steer - Shallena Davison, Balsam Evergreens Beef Breed Reserve Champion Market Steer - Brady Aasmundrud, Knotty Pine Beef-Dairy Crossbred Champion Market Steer - Beau Helin, Deronda Diplomats Beef-Dairy Crossbred Reserve Champion Market Steer - Kaija Newman, Pleasant Lake Dairy Breed Champion Market Steer - Taylor Heathman, Jolly Milltown Dairy Breed Reserve Champion Market Steer - Justin Peper, Cushing Reserve Grand Champion Market Steer - Brady Aasmundrud, Knotty Pine Grand Champion Market Steer - Shallena Davison, Balsam Evergreens Purebred Junior Champion Male - Beau Aasmundrud, Knotty Pine Purebred Junior Reserve Champion Male - Josh Goglin, Deronda Diplomats Purebred Grand Champion, Hereford - Josh Goglin, Deronda Diplomats Purebred Grand Champion, Limousin - Brandon Aasmundrud, Knotty Pine Purebred Grand Champion, Shorthorn - Beau Helin, Deronda Diplomats Purebred Grand Champion, Simmental - Josh Goglin, Deronda Diplomats Purebred Reserve Grand Champion, Hereford - Josh Goglin, Deronda Diplomats Purebred Reserve Grand Champion, Limousin - Ryan Peterson, Forest View Grade Grand Champion, Angus - Colten Maassen, FFA Grade Grand Champion, Hereford - Josh Goglin, Deronda Diplomats Grade Grand Champion, Limousin - Ryan Peterson, Forest View Grade Grand Champion, Any Other Recognized Breed - Kristin Wyss, Knotty Pine Grade Grand Champion, Crossbred - Lyssa Christensen, FFA Grade Reserve Grand Champion Angus - Anna Larsen, Green Acres Grade Reserve Grand Champion, Hereford - Jonah Tretsven, Cushing Grade Reserve Grand Champion, Any Other Recognized Breed - Colten Maassen, FFA Grade Reserve Grand Champion Crossbred - Brady Aasmundrud, Knotty Pine Showmanship Senior Division – Ages 17 years and older - Brady Aasmundrud, Knotty Pine Senior Division – Ages 15-16 – Ryan Peterson, Forest View Intermediate Division – 13-14 years old - Colten Maassen, FFA Intermediate Division – 11-12 years old - Shallena Davison, Balsam Evergreens Junior Division – 8-10 years old - Jarett Davison, Balsam Evergreens Cow-Calf Pair Reserve Champion - Nicole Johnson, Cushing Cow-Calf Pair Champion - Josh Goglin, Deronda Diplomats Hereford WPHA Pollettes Intermediate Division 11-12 years old - Josh Goglin, Deronda Diplomats Junior Division 8-10 years old - Jonah Tretsven, Cushing Junior Division 8-10 years old - Jarett Davison, Balsam Evergreens Junior Rabbits Reserve Champion (Best of Breed) American – Sable - Katelyn Mewes, Lucky Horseshoe Reserve Champion (Best of Breed) Dutch - Dani Meyer, Deronda Diplomats Reserve Champion (Best of Breed) Mini Lops - Tiffany Willey, Cascade Falls Reserve Champion (Best of Breed) Mini Rex - Britanee Hallen, Forest View Reserve Champion (Best of Breed) Netherland Dwarf - Emily Byerly, Indian Creek Reserve Champion (Best of Breed) Polish - Jena Alling, South Milltown Reserve Champion (Best of Breed) Any Other Breed - Crystal Fougner, Lincoln Wildcats Reserve Champion (Best of Breed) Flemish Giants - Anna Larsen, Green Acres Reserve Champion (Best of Breed) New Zealand - Andrew Byerly, Indian Creek Champion (Best of Breed) American Sable - Katelyn Mewes, Lucky Horseshoe Champion (Best of Breed) Dutch - Deanna Meyer, Deronda Diplomats Champion (Best of Breed) Harlequin - Megan Swenson, Cushing Champion (Best of Breed) Havana - Kayla Johnson, Jolly Milltown Champion (Best of Breed) Holland Lops - Alec Eckert, Joel Jets Champion (Best of Breed) Mini Lops - Heather Larsen, FFA Champion (Best of Breed) Mini Rex - Britney Mullenbach, Little Butternut Champion (Best of Breed) Netherland Dwarf - Rylee Black, Eagle View Champion (Best of Breed) Polish - Hailey Olson, Jolly Milltown

Champion (Best of Breed) Rex - Anna Larsen, Green Acres Champion (Best of Breed) Silver Marten - Katelyn Mewes, Lucky Horseshoe Champion (Best of Breed) Any Other Breed - Sophia Warner, Knotty Pine Champion (Best of Breed) Flemish Giants - Anna Larsen, Green Acres Champion (Best of Breed) French Lops - Brittani Hughes, Friendly Corners Champion (Best of Breed) New Zealand - Mitchell Johnston, Shooting Stars Reserve Grand Champion of Show - Tiffany Willey, Cascade Falls Grand Champion of Show - Britanie Hallen, Forest View Showmanship Explorers, 8-9 years of age - Elliot Swenson, Cushing Junior, 9-11 years of age - Rylee Black, Eagle View Intermediate, 12-14 years of age - Brianna Cran, Beaver Brook Badgers Senior, 15 years of age and over - Katelyn Mewes, Lucky Horseshoe Junior Division Sheep Purebred Champion Male, Hampshire – Isaac Christenson, Deronda Diplomats Purebred Champion Male, Suffolk - Haley Yunker, Northern Lights Purebred Champion Male, Any Other Recognized Breed - Kylee Olson, Beaver Brook Badgers Purebred Reserve Champion Male, Hampshire - Isaac Christenson, Deronda Diplomats Purebred Reserve Champion Male, Suffolk - Kevin Glunz, Deronda Diplomats - Cody Purebred Reserve Champion Male, Any Other Recognized Breed Olson, Beaver Brook Badgers Purebred Champion Female, Dorset - Isaac Christenson, Deronda Diplomats Purebred Champion Female, Hampshire - Isaac Christenson, Deronda Diplomats Purebred Champion Female, Suffolk - Haley Yunker, Northern Lights Purebred Champion Female, Any Other Breed - Cody Olson, Beaver Brook Badgers Purebred Reserve Champion Female, Hampshire - Isaac Christenson, Deronda Diplomats Purebred Reserve Champion Female, Suffolk - Kevin Glunz, Deronda Diplomats Purebred Reserve Champion Female, Any Other Rec. Breed - Kylee Olson, Beaver Brook Badgers Grade Champion Female, Corriedale - Stephanie Hunter, Shooting Stars Grade Champion Female, Suffolk - Madeline Smith, Knotty Pine Grade Champion Female, Dorset - Rebecca Pfannes, FFA Grade Champion Female, Commercial Breed (Crossbred) - Nicole Larsen, FFA Grade Champion Female, Wether Style Breed - Haley Yunker, Northern Lights Grade Reserve Champion Female, Suffolk - Emily Petzel, Northern Lights Grade Reserve Champion Female, Commercial Breed (Cross) - August Swenson, Beaver Brook Badgers Grand Champion – Over All Breeds (Male) - Nicole Dittbrenner, McKinley Vikings Reserve Grand Champion – Over All Breeds (Male) - Isaac Christenson, Deronda Diplomats Grand Champion – Over All Breeds (Female) - Haley Yunker, Northern Lights Reserve Grand Champion – Over All Breeds (Female) - Rachel Mullendore, Beaver Brook Badgers Quality Meats (Sheep) Grand Champion Market Lamb (QM Program) - Rebecca Peterson, FFA Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb (QM Program) - Joe Larsen, South Milltown Grand Champion Market Lamb (Non-Sale) - Haley Yunker, Northern Lights Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb (Non-Sale) - Kevin Glunz, Deronda Diplomats Showmanship Senior Showmanship, 15 years and over - Emily Petzel, Northern Lights Intermediate Showmanship, 13-14 - Haley Yunker, Northern Lights Junior Showmanship, 9-12 years old - Alex Wirth, Knotty Pine First Year Showmanship, 8-11 - Colten Snyder, Cushing Junior Division Goat Junior Champion Female (Alpine) - Peter Hite, Knotty Pine Junior Reserve Champion Female (Alpine) - Zachary Hite, Knotty Pine Senior Champion Female (Alpine) - Zachary Hite, Knotty Pine Senior Reserve Champion Female - Jill Jasperson, Eagle View Grand Champion Female - Zachary Hite, Knotty Pine Reserve Grand Champion Female - Peter Hite, Knotty Pine Grand/Reserve Grand Champion Recorded Grade - Bailey Ebert, Green Acres Junior Champion Saanen - Bailey Ebert, Green Acres Junior Reserve Champion Saanen - Kailynn Ebert, Green Acres Senior Champion Saanen - Kailynn Ebert, Green Acres Senior Reserve Champion Saanen - Bailey Ebert, Green Acres Grand Champion Saanen - Kailynn Ebert, Green Acres Reserve Grand Champion Saanen - Bailey Ebert, Green Acres Grand Champion Sable – Kailynn Ebert, Green Acres Reserve Grand Champion Sable - Kailynn Ebert, Green Acres Junior Champion Unrecorded Grades - Jillian Jensen, Lucky Horseshoe Junior Reserve Champion Unrecorded Grades - Cody Brackee, Joel Jets Senior Champion Unrecorded Grades - Jillian Jensen, Lucky Horseshoe Senior Reserve Champion Unrecorded Grades - Cody Brackee, Joel Jets Grand Champion Unrecorded Grades - Jillian Jensen, Lucky Horseshoe Reserve Grand Champion Unrecorded Grades - Jillian Jensen, Lucky Horseshoe Grand Champion Overall Dairy Breeds - Jillian Jensen, Lucky Horseshoe Reserve Grand Champion Overall Dairy Breeds - Zachary Hite, Knotty Pine Grand Champion Overall Meat – Male - Tatum Kline, Jolly Milltown Grand Champion Overall Meat – Female - Tatum Kline, Jolly Milltown Junior Division Horse Showmanship, Horseless Horse Project Member - Jessica Houliston, Beaver Brook Badgers Showmanship, Exhibitors, grades 12 and 13 - Brittany Gray, Forest View Showmanship, Exhibitors, grade 11 - Britney Mullenbach, Little Butternut Showmanship, Exhibitors, grade 10 - Hannah Brackee, Joel Jets Showmanship, Exhibitors, grade 9 - Morgan Pullin, Little Butternut Showmanship, Exhibitors, grade 8 - Hannah Ince, Deronda Diplomats Showmanship, Exhibitors, grade 7 - Mykayla Getschel, Forest View Showmanship, Exhibitors, grade 6 - Shallena Davison, Balsam Evergreens Showmanship, Exhibitors, grade 5 - Emma Schreck, Forest View Showmanship, Explorers, grades 3 and 4- Camerson Fouks, Knotty Pine Pole Bending, grades 7 and younger - Garrett Kerkow, Cushing Pole Bending, grades 8-10 - Shannon Krueger, Beaver Brook Badgers Pole Bending, grades 11-13 - Ashley Mork, Deronda Diplomats Cloverleaf Barrel Race, grades 7 and younger - Madison TornioBelisle, Forest View Cloverleaf Barrel Race, grades 8-10 - Shannon Krueger, Beaver Brook Badgers Cloverleaf Barrel Race, grades 11-13 - Ashley Mork, Deronda Diplomats Flag Race, grades 7 and younger - Damin DeRosier, Forest View Flag Race, grades 8-10 - Jessica Rivard, Deronda Diplomats Flag Race, grades 11-13 - Sara Jensen, Indian Creek Lt. Special, grades 7 and younger - Garrett Kerkow, Cushing Lt. Special, grades 8-10 - Lauren Szenay, Pleasant Lake Lt. Special, grades 11-13 - Ashley Mork, Deronda Diplomats Plug Race, grades 7 and younger - Garett Kerkow, Cushing Plug Race, grades 8-10 - Shannon Krueger, Beaver Brook Badgers Plug Race, grades 11-13 - Ashley Mork, Deronda Diplomats

AUGUST 5, 2009 - INTER-COUNTY LEADER - NORTHERN CURRENTS, SECTION B - PAGE 19 Junior Division Dairy Purebred Division Holstein Junior Champion Female - Marley Doolittle, Cushing Junior Reserve Champion Female - Leah Christenson, Deronda Diplomats Senior Champion Female - Katie Peper, Cushing Senior Reserve Champion Female - Katie Peper, Cushing Grand Champion - Katie Peper, Cushing Reserve Grand Champion - Katie Peper, Cushing Guernsey Junior Champion Female - Jillian Jensen, Lucky Horseshoe Junior Reserve Champion Female - Chelsey Jensen, Beaver Brook Badgers Senior Champion Female - Laura Jensen, Lucky Horseshoe Senior Reserve Champion Female - Lance Peper, Unity FFA Grand Champion - Laura Jensen, Lucky Horseshoe Reserve Grand Champion - Lance Peper, Unity FFA Jersey Junior Champion Female - Michelle Owens, Indian Creek Junior Reserve Champion Female - Jessica Owens, Indian Creek Senior Champion Female - Julia Owens, Indian Creek Senior Reserve Champion Female - Michelle Owens, Indian Creek Grand Champion - Julia Owens, Indian Creek Reserve Grand Champion - Michelle Owens, Indian Creek Brown Swiss Junior Champion Female - Hannah Johnson, Forest View Junior Reserve Champion Female - Hannah Johnson, Forest View Senior Champion Female - Hannah Johnson, Forest View Grand Champion - Hannah Johnson, Forest View Reserve Grand Champion - Hannah Johnson, Forest View Milking Shorthorn Junior Champion Female - Katie Rydeen, Forest View Junior Reserve Champion Female - Lisa Rydeen, Forest View Senior Champion Female - Lisa Rydeen, Forest View Senior Reserve Champion Female - Kasey Johnson, Bone Lake Beavers Grand Champion - Lisa Rydeen, Forest View Reserve Grand Champion - Kasey Johnson, Bone Lake Beavers Ayrshire Junior Champion Female - Tess Hedrick, FFA Junior Reserve Champion Female - Tess Hedrick, FFA Senior Champion Female - Tess Hedrick, FFA Senior Reserve Champion Female - Tess Hedrick, FFA Grand Champion - Tess Hedrick, FFA Reserve Grand Champion - Tess Hedrick, FFA Grades Holstein Junior Champion Female - Jonathan Erickson, West Sweden Junior Reserve Champion Female - Chris Rassier, Forest View Senior Champion Female - Hunter Dodds, West Sweden Senior Reserve Champion Female - Kristin Solum, Deronda Diplomats Grand Champion - Hunter Dodds, West Sweden Reserve Grand Champion - Kristin Solum, Deronda Diplomats Guernsey Junior Champion Female - Katie Christensen, Jolly Milltown Junior Reserve Champion Female - Luke Christensen, Jolly Milltown Grand Champion - Katie Christensen, Jolly Milltown Reserve Grand Champion - Luke Christensen, Jolly Milltown Jersey Junior Champion Female - Jasimine Hase, Joel Jets Junior Reserve Champion Female - Kelsie Boettcher, Beaver Brook Badgers Grand Champion - Jasimine Hase, Joel Jets Reserve Grand Champion - Kelsie Boettcher, Beaver Brook Badgers Brown Swiss Junior Champion Female - Abby Culver, Balsam Evergreens Junior Reserve Champion Female - Kim Culver, Balsam Evergreens Senior Champion Female - Abby Culver, Balsam Evergreens Senior Reserve Champion Female - Kim Culver, Balsam Evergreens Grand Champion - Abby Culver, Balsam Evergreens Reserve Grand Champion - Kim Culver, Balsam Evergreens Milking Shorthorn Junior Champion Female - Adrian Spores, Bone Lake Beavers Grand Champion - Adrian Spores, Bone Lake Beavers Ayrshire Junior Champion Female - Summer Johnson, Bone Lake Beavers Senior Champion Female - Summer Johnson, Bone Lake Beavers Grand Champion - Summer Johnson, Bone Lake Beavers Reserve Grand Champion - Summer Johnson, Bone Lake Beavers Showmanship Senior Division – 18 and over - Hans Johnson, Forest View Senior Division – age 17 - Danielle Palmsteen, Forest View Senior Division – age 16 - Katie Peper, Cushing Senior Division – age 15 - Bethany Dado, Beaver Brook Badgers Intermediate Division – age 14 - Brenna Loen, Cushing Intermediate Division – age 13 - Hunter Dodds, West Sweden Intermediate Division – age 12 - Trent Dado, Beaver Brook Badgers Intermediate Division – age 11 - Marley Doolittle, Cushing Junior Division – age 10 - Jonathan Erickson, West Sweden Junior Division – age 9 and under - Dylan Peper, Cushing Supreme Showman - Katie Peper, Cushing Open Division Open Division Dairy Products Reserve Grand Champion Dairy Product - Margo Hansen, Cushing Grand Champion Dairy Product - Sylvia Markham, Clear Lake Open Division Llama/Alpacas Llamas Reserve Grand Champion (light/medium wool) male- Donald Dipprey, Comstock Grand Champion (light/medium wool) male - Donald Dipprey, Comstock Reserve Grand Champion (light) female - Donald Dipprey, Comstock Grand Champion (light) female - Weston Belz, Turtle Lake Alpacas Reserve Grand Champion - Roger Feist, Amery Grand Champion - Roger Feist, Amery Champion (Best of Show) - Donald Dipprey, Comstock Open Division Cultural Arts Champion Watercolor Painting - Kathleen Hite, Osceola Champion Acrylic Painting - Gloria Larsen, Centuria Champion Oil Painting - Carol VanAmber, Amery Champion Pastel Painting - LaVohn Josten, Amery Champion Sketch - Becky Hagen, Amery Champion Painted or Dyed Article - Sandy Anderson, Amery Champion Holiday Craft - Susan Bergren, Amery Champion Doll and Toy - Bonita Leggitt, St. Croix Falls Champion Craft - Chris Brylski, Star Prairie Champion Creative Writing - Kelly Hansen, Star Prairie Champion All Other Arts and Crafts - Brenda Rivard, Somerset Reserve Grand Champion Cultural Arts Exhibit - Bonita Leggitt, St. Croix Falls Grand Champion Cultural Arts Exhibit - Chris Brylski, Star Prairie

Overall Champion Clothing - Marguerite Walsten, Cushing Reserve Grand Champion Clothing - Charleen Carlson, St. Croix Falls Grand Champion Clothing – Marguerite Walsten, Cushing Open Home Furnishings Champion Quilt - Marguerite Walsten, Cushing Champion Linens - Raylene Anderson, Amery Champion Rugs - Raylene Anderson, Amery Champion Room Accessories - Carol VanAmber, Amery Reserve Champion Champion Home Furnishings - Tim Ryan, Dresser Grand Champion Home - Carol VanAmber, Amery Open Foods and Nutrition Champion Yeast Bread - Olga Schwartz, Centuria Champion Quick Bread - Amy Corbett, Amery Champion Cake - Elizabeth Ziegler, Clear Lake Champion Decorated Food - Connie Riemenschneider, Star Prairie Champion Cookies - Matt Campeau, Milltown Champion Pastry - Marigen Kastelle, Luck Champion Candy - Kellie Lindquist, Amery Champion Condiment - Megan Ritterpusch, Clear Lake Reserve Grand Champion Food Exhibit - Marigen Kastelle, Luck Grand Champion Food Exhibit - Olga Schwartz, Centuria Reserve Grand Champion Food Preservation - Megan Ritterpusch, Clear Lake Grand Champion Food Preservation - Shane Jones, Luck Open Photography Champion Color Exhibit - Chad Strege, Luck Reserve Champion Color Exhibit - Chad Lutsey, Amery Champion Black/White Exhibit - Chad Hoag, St. Croix Falls Reserve Champion Black/White Exhibit - Emily Flatten, Amery Grand Champion Photography Exhibit - Chad Strege, Luck Reserve Grand Champion Photography Exhibit - Chad Hoag, St. Croix Falls

Open Clothing Champion Infant’s Garment - Sharon Johnson, Luck Champion Child’s Garment - Sharon Johnson, Luck Champion Youth Garment - Bonita Leggitt, St. Croix Falls Champion Adult Garment - Marguerite Walsten, Cushing

Open Division Rabbits Champion (Best of Breed) Mini Lop - Brenda Brandt, Osceola Champion (Best of Breed) Mini Rex - Brenda Brandt, Osceola - Stephanie Larsen, Centuria Champion (Best of Breed) Rex Champion (Best of Breed) French Lop - Milda Gustafson, Osceola Champion (Best of Breed) Satin - Milda Gustafson, Osceola Reserve Champion (Best of Breed) Mini Lop - Brenda Brandt, Osceola Reserve Champion (Best of Breed) Mini Rex - Rebecca Larson, Star Prairie Reserve Champion (Best of Breed) Satin - Milda Gustafson, Osceola Reserve Grand Champion of Show - Brenda Brandt, Osceola Grand Champion of Show - Brenda Brandt, Osceola Open Division Horse Show Grand Champion Purebred Stock-type Horse - Morgan Pullin, Luck Reserve Grand Champion Purebred Stock-type Horse - Jeff Pullin, Luck Grand Champion Purebred Pleasure Horse - Gerald Hagstrom, St. Croix Falls Reserve Grand Champion Purebred Pleasure Horse - Gerald Hagstrom, St. Croix Falls

Open Division Flowers and Houseplants Champion Cut Flower - Maggie Petersen, Luck Champion Floral Arrangements - Patricia MacDonald, Luck Champion Houseplants and Containers - Mary Hackett, Star Prairie Reserve Grand Champion Flower/Houseplant - Maggie Petersen, Luck Grand Champion Flower/Houseplant - Patricia MacDonald, Luck

Open Division Goat Show Reserve Champion Goat – Unrecorded Grades - Adrienne Gillman, Clayton Champion Goat – Unrecorded Grades - Adrienne Gillman, Clayton Champion Goat – Meat - Tammy Brackee, Amery

Open Division Antiques Champion Colored Glass/Clear Glass - Gordon Hibbs, Frederic Champion Stoneware and Pottery - Britta Ammermann, Osceola Champion China or Porcelain - Becky Meyer, Osceola Champion Paper Articles - Linda Cords, Star Prairie Champion Advertising - Steve Swenson, St. Croix Falls Champion Photography - Holly Hall, Luck Champion Home - Becky Meyer, Osceola Champion Handwork - Bonnie Hagen, Amery Champion Clothing and Accessories - Judy Wester, Centuria Champion Sports - Marigen Kastelle, Luck Champion Metal - Ken Johnson, Luck Champion Miscellaneous - Rick Carufel, Osceola Reserve Grand Champion Antique - Rick Carufel, Osceola Grand Champion Antique - Linda Cords, Star Prairie

Senior Division Senior Division Photography Reserve Grand Champion Photography - Harvey Nelson, Luck Grand Champion Photography - Jim West, Osceola Senior Knitting and Crocheting Reserve Grand Champion Knitting/Crocheting - Helen Lunzer, Luck Grand Champion Knitting/Crocheting - Mavis Offerdahl, Balsam Lake Senior Division Home Furnishings Reserve Grand Champion Home Furnishings - Violet Handy, Amery Grand Champion Home Furnishings - Nancy Hahn, St. Croix Falls Senior Division Antiques Reserve Grand Champion Antiques - Virginia Bergstrom, Luck Grand Champion Antiques - Darryl Nelson, St. Croix Falls

Open Division Farm Crops Champion Threshed Grains - Roger Thompson, Frederic Champion Ripe Grain Sheaf - Douglas Owens, Frederic Champion Hay Sheaf - Douglas Owens, Frederic Champion Cornstalk Exhibit - Dick Waterman, Amery Champion Ear Corn Exhibit - Wilfred Owens, Frederic Champion Shelled Corn Exhibit - Steven Owens, Frederic Champion, Any Other Corn - Wilfred Owens, Frederic Champion Hay Exhibit - Douglas Owens, Frederic Reserve Grand Champion Farm Crop - Douglas Owens, Frederic Grand Champion Farm Crop - Steven Owens, Frederic

Senior Division Flowers and Houseplants Champion Cut Flower - Marvin Sorenson, Luck Champion Houseplant - Mavis Offerdahl, Balsam Lake Champion Arrangement - Lorna Jones, Luck Reserve Grand Champion Flowers/Houseplants - Mavis Offerdahl, Balsam Lake Grand Champion Flowers/Houseplants - Lorna Jones, Luck Senior Division Plant and Soil Sciences Reserve Grand Champion Plant and Soil Science - Mabel Jenssen, Cumberland Grand Champion Plant and Soil Science - Duane Hughes, Frederic

Open Division Woodworking Reserve Grand Champion Woodworking - Dale F Bliese, Amery Grand Champion Woodworking - Scott Roberts, Luck

Senior Foods and Nutrition Reserve Grand Champion Foods/Nutrition - Judy Randall, Luck Grand Champion Foods/Nutrition - Judy Randall, Luck

Open Division Fruits and Vegetables Champion Potato - Lee Erickson, Clayton Champion Standard Cultivar - Mike Garvey, Centuria Champion Herb Exhibit - Mary Hackett, Star Prairie Reserve Grand Champion Vegetable Exhibit - Mutt Wilson, Centuria Grand Champion Vegetable Exhibit - Lee Erickson, Clayton Reserve Grand Champion Vegetable Box - Patricia Hughes, Frederic Grand Champion Vegetable Box - Deana Cran, Amery Champion Plate of Apples - Wilfred Owens, Frederic

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Driver safety program instructors BALSAM LAKE - The Holy Trinity United Methodist Church is sponsoring an AARP Driver Safety Program course to be held at the church located at 1606 165th Ave., CTH I, between Balsam Lake and Centuria.

The class will be held on Tuesday, Aug.

18, from 1 to 5 p.m. AARP developed a new streamlined four-hour course to replace the former eight-hour refresher.

The class will help drivers 50 years and older to improve their skills and prevent crashes. The course covers age-related physical changes in perception and reac-

tion time, rules of the road and local driving problems.

There is no driving test. AARP volunteer instructors Joyce and Jay Bergstrand will be presenting this course through a combination of group discussion and videotape. To sign up for the course

please call the Bergstrands at 715-2689523. The fee for this course is $14 for non-AARP members and $12 for AARP members who must present their membership card at class registration. - submitted

Building communities with people power BURNETT COUNTY – Interested in developing your leadership skills or networking with important people from Burnett and Polk counties? The third year of the program begins in September and applications are being accepted through Aug. 15. Interested applicants should contact Mike Kornmann at 715349-2151 or visit http://burnett.uwex.edu. The goal of the innovative Polk-Burnett Leadership Academy is to develop leaders to strengthen communities. In order to meet community challenges and recognize opportunities, our communities

need leaders who show initiative, listen intently, understand the breadth of perspective on issues, assume responsibility and exercise sound decision making.

UW Extension Burnett and Polk counties developed this program to provide communities, businesses and organizations with leaders; leaders who have a broader vision, an understanding of themselves and their communities, as well as a clearer appreciation of the interdependence of issues that impactthem.

Participants will meet once a month for nine months. Topic titles are: Understanding Yourself and Others, Civic En-

Additional performances of "Underneath the Lintel" Patrick O’Brien is returning to Festival Theatre with two more performances of his production “Underneath the Lintel” on Saturday, Aug. 8, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 9, at 2 p.m.

Written by Glen Berger, “Underneath the Lintel” is a story about the depth of curiosity and conviction that bring to life obsession in an otherwise quiet, self-controlled librarian who, on an inauspicious morning, makes an unexpected find in the overnight return box – a much mistreated Baedeker’s guidebook 123 years overdue. Even without compound interest, this tardiness merits a tidy fine and the librarian hero determines to track down the offender. “Patrick is such an extraordinary talent,” said Danette Olsen, executive director at Festival Theatre. “Whether it’s a small character role in ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,’ a wellmeaning but racially insensitive neighbor in ‘Raisin in the Sun,’ or the

process of learning about Polk and Burnett counties, how it functions and what roles we might be able to play in its future.” Graduates of the Polk-Burnett Leadership Academy include Coleen Gifford, Erick Wojchik, Jennifer Bergmann-Mortel, Bryan Beseler, Karla Brunberg, Marilyn Sederlund, Kristi Vossen, Mark Miller, Vicky Cichon, Sara McCurdy, Dianne Connor, Todd Cichon, Michael Schaar, Sue Mathews, Gerry Boucher, Amy Kelsey, Marsten, Tim Gerber, Jeff Bush, Kelly Gross and Bob Zank.

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frenetic Internet dating novice in ‘Dates with a Nut,’ Patrick is spot-on with his portrayals.” For more information, to order tickets or join the Festival Theatre mailing list, call 715483-3387 or 888-887-6002. - Special photo

Rock club winners announced FREDERIC – The July 25 – 26 Gem and Mineral Show held in the Frederic High School drew visitors from a wide area according to club President Dan Beal.

Member Carl Jensen packaged and mailed door prizes to this year’s winners.

They are as follows: Crazy Lace Agate: Bruce Robb of Birchwood Mexican Sagenite: Jeff Walker of Rice Lake Hematite necklace: Jake Jacobs of Hertel Crystal geode: Gary Salmonson of

gagement and Leadership, Organizational Development, Conflict Resolution, Local Government Finance, Economic Development, Community Development and Planning, and Natural Resources. Each person will also work in a group on a community service project.

Past projects have focused on affordable housing, intergenerational education, exotic species, the arts and many others.

Graduate Greg Marsten (Group I) said, “A person very rarely gets the opportunity to be a member of a program that brings together so many resources, from the county and state level, to facilitate the

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Brazilian Agate bookends: Bruce Madison of Barronett Condor Agate: Max Cruthers of Luck Petoskey stone: Nathan Maack of Cushing Over 50 members now belong to the Indianhead Gem and Mineral Society.

The organization meets the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Luck Senior Citizens Center. A program, potluck lunch and fellowship are enjoyed at every meeting. – submitted

Bremer Bank’s fourth-annual Taking Action Against Hunger campaign during the month of June raised $1,128.43 for the Frederic Food Shelf. Throughout the month, Bremer served hot dogs, popcorn and cheese and crackers to raise money. They also had a bake sale, employees donated what they could and matching donations were also given. Pictured front row (L to R): Bank employees Deanne Moravitz and Dan Siebrasse. Back row: Food shelf worker LaVonne Boyer, bank employees Missy Rapp, Cherrise Miller, Ana Smith, Glenn Meier, Eileen Ottney and Tracey Nooner. Not pictured: Food shelf worker Anita Peterson. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

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Rural Development sets community office days SIREN - A USDA Rural Development representative will be in your area to provide information about the many loan and grant programs that are available to Wisconsin’s residents, communities and businesses.

Sue LaPorte, area specialist from the Rural Development Office in Spooner, will be at the Burnett County Government Center, Room 160, Siren on Tuesday, Aug. 11, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, to conduct these special community outreach meetings.

For more information about Rural Development and the programs available or

to schedule an appointment to meet with LaPorte on Aug. 11, please call the Spooner office at 715-635-8228 ext. 4.

Rural Development provides a wide variety of loans, guaranteed loans and grant programs to rural residents in the areas of housing, community facilities and infrastructure, and business development.

Further information on programs available through USDA Rural Development is available by visiting the agency’s Web site at www.rurdev.usda.gov/wi. from USDA

Shooting Stars 4-H Club will again represent Polk County on the Ag Oasis Stage at the Wisconsin State Fair. The group will perform their 4-H Dance-a thon, a ‘50s dance review on Sunday, Aug. 9, at 9:20 and 11:40 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. They were chosen at the Polk County Talent Explosion in February to represent the county at both the district and state levels. - Photo submitted

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CHURCH NEWS Without counseling, chances of marital failure much greater

response I say: don't use them if you are philosophically opposed to the concept. It is unfortunate however, that one of our most effective teaching tools is often rejected because of what I would consider to be a misunderstanding of terms. Our entire society is established on a system of rewards, yet we don't want to apply them where they are needed most: with young children. As adults, we go to work each day and receive a paycheck every other Friday. Getting out of bed each morning and meeting the requirements of a job are thereby rewarded. Medals are given to brave soldiers, plaques are awarded to successful businesspeople, and watches are presented to retiring employees. Rewards make responsible effort worthwhile.

The main reason for the overwhelming success of capitalism is that hard work and personal discipline are rewarded materially. The great weakness of socialism is the absence of reinforcement; why should a person struggle to achieve if there is nothing special to be gained? This system is a destroyer of motivation, yet some parents seem to feel it is the only way to approach children. They expect little Marvin to carry responsibility simply because it is noble for him to do so. They want him to work and learn and sweat for the sheer joy of personal accomplishment. He isn't going to buy it!

Consider the alternative approach to the "bribery"

QUESTION: If you were a counselor who was helping someone manage a crisis situation, your recommendations to exercise tough love could potentially kill the marriage. Doesn't that make you nervous? Have you ever regretted taking a family in this direction?

DR. DOBSON: Before I answer that question you need to understand how I see my situation. My role is similar to that of a surgeon who tells a patient that he needs a coronary-artery-bypass operation. The man sits in his doctor's office, hearing the probabilities of success and failure. "If you undergo this operation," the doctor says, "research shows you'll have a 3 percent chance of not surviving the surgery." Wow! Three out of every hundred people who submit to the knife will die on the table! Why would anyone run that risk voluntarily? Because the chances of death are far greater without the surgery.

The "love must be tough" confrontations and ultimatums are like that. They may result in the sudden demise of a relationship. But without the crisis, there is a much higher probability of a lingering death. Instead of bringing the matter to a head while there is a chance for healing, the alternative is to stand by while the marriage dies with a whimper. I'd rather take my chances today, before further damage is done. A blowout is better than a slow leak.

••• QUESTION: I am uncomfortable using rewards to influence my kids. It seems too much like bribery to me. I'd like to hear your views on the subject.

DR. DOBSON: Many parents feel as you do, and in

Dr. James

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I've recommended. How are you going to get your 5year-old son to behave more responsibly? The most frequently used substitutes are nagging, complaining, begging, screaming, threatening and punishing.

The mother who objects to the use of rewards may also go to bed each evening with a headache, vowing to have no more children. She doesn't like anything resembling a bribe, yet later she will give money to her child when some opportunity comes along. Since her youngster never earns his own cash, he doesn't learn how to save it or spend it wisely or pay tithe on it. The toys she buys him are purchased with her money, and he values them less. But most important, he is not learning self-discipline and personal responsibility that are possible through the careful reinforcement of that behavior.

Yes, I do believe the judicious use of rewards can be very helpful to parents. But – they're not for everyone.

••• Dr. Dobson is founder and Chairman Emeritus of the nonprofit organization Focus on the Family, ColSprings, Colo.

80995 orado (www.focusonthefamily.org). Questions and answers are excerpted from "Complete Marriage and Family Home Reference Guide" and "Bringing Up Boys," both published by Tyndale House. COPYRIGHT 2009 JAMES DOBSON INC., DISTRIBUTED BY UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. 64106; 816-581-7500

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Nearly 50 children take part in Living Hope Church VBS GRANTSBURG - The children of Living Hope Church in Grantsburg participated in Vacation Bible School this past week.

A total of 48 children were in attendance to visit the Jerusalem Marketplace each night.

The boys and girls had penny wars to see who could bring in the most pennies for the offering. A total of 535-1/2 pounds of change was collected, totaling $1,167.57. There was a $500 match added to the offering. The offering will be divided between two missions

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CHURCH NEWS True religion

God's dwelling place

Part 1 (Revelation)

Bluebirds have a tough time finding a good home, sometimes. I’ve seen barn swallows take over bluebird nests, often even after the bluebirds have started their spring housekeeping, leaving the bluebirds to frantically search for another safe haven for their family.

This happens in the human world, too. An unkempt, disreputable house or building often invites unkempt, disreputable characters to move in and the reputable tenants Perspectives leave. The same thing occurs when we don’t take care of our stuff. An unclean kitchen cupboard or a dirty, dilapidated sofa invites mice and roaches, and the cycle of destruction begins. If it’s bad enough, the owners may be forced out to search for another safe haven for their family.

The Israelites had trouble with their house, too—that is, God’s house, the tabernacle. Ever since they left Egypt and Moses led them to the Promised Land, God guided them by a cloud or by fire, which rested on the tabernacle. Later, they turned from God and refused to obey him and eventually their enemy, the Philistines, easily defeated them and took the ark of the tabernacle. Suddenly, they were left without God’s presence, causing a domino effect. The high priest’s two sons died, he died, his daughter-in-law died.

“The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.” (1 Samuel 4:22) God’s glory is the very essence of himself: his attributes and power, his righteousness and reputation.

We live in a time when God’s presence resides in us, his followers. “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.” (1 Corinthians 3:16) Sometimes we Christians allow the enemy to steal God’s presence from our lives. Our enemy may be a bad habit, a bad attitude, or a bad relationship. It may be our stubbornness in forgiving someone. It may be our focus on worldly pursuits. Or it may be apathy.

Whatever it is, it requires us to cleanse our “temple” through repentance, turning our life around until we once more face God rather than our enemy so he can bless us with his glory.

Lord, we don’t want to let our foolish ways steal your glory from our lives like the barn swallows steal bluebird nests. Give us a hunger and thirst for your righteousness and the strong desire for your presence. May we always be needy of you. May our heart be your home. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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Sally Bair Eternal

The World Book Encyclopedia says the following about religion: “Every religion includes ethics, or codes of conduct. But religion is more than ethics.

Ethics asks, ‘How should we behave toward other people?’ Religion asks, ‘How should we relate ourselves to the greatest power in the universe?’”

The word “religion” is a powerful word. It comes from the Latin religio and is formed from the prefix “re” meaning “again” and the root “ligio” meaning to bind together. It means to bind together again—and it is not talking about uniting men with one another to form some sort of society. The word religion means to restore a lost relationship with God. But, do all religions proposed by man today do that? True religion, one that effectively makes man acceptable in the eyes of God, has several requirements. In school, there were the Three R’s: Reading, ’Riting, and ’Rithmetic.

In religion, there are the Four R’s of True Religion: Revelation, Righteousness, Repentance and Redemption. Let us for a few moments consider only the first of these.

True religion requires revelation. This is such a simple truth. Yet, a drifting away from this simple truth has been the downfall of many religious groups today. Let me ask you three questions about things that are absolutely fundamental to religion. First question: Where is the acceptability of our worship determined? In our worship assemblies, we offer actions in worship to God, actions which must be accompanied by the right attitude in our heart. But, in the final analysis, where is its acceptability decided?

The answer is: In the mind of God. Remember the admonitions of Jesus to the Jews that their actions offered, apparently with a real desire to worship God, were vain (empty and meaningless) to God. Why? Because they were offered according to the precepts or commandments of men and not the doctrine or teaching from God. (Matthew 15:9) Second question: Where does forgiveness occur? The answer is the same: In the mind of God. For us to satisfy God so that our forgiveness is obtained, we must know what is in the mind of God about forgiveness. (John 5:34, I Timothy 2:4) Third question: Where is acceptable living determined? Same answer: In the mind of God. We must have revelation from God to know what behavior is acceptable to Him and what is not. (Titus 2:12) Without revelation, we simply cannot know any of these—all of which are essential.

For example, suppose I walk into a restaurant.

There is a waitress there. It is her function to bring me the food that I want to eat. But, how will she know

what I want to eat? Will she look into her own heart and say, “I will bring this man split pea soup and raw fish.” If she brings me pea soup and raw fish, there will be neither a tip nor a return visit, because I don’t like split pea soup, and I don’t want to eat raw fish. By bringing me those items, she showed that she wasn’t interested in pleasing me. She was interested in pleasing herself.

Religion can only perform its essential function of putting man in an acceptable and pleasing condition God if there is revelation.

Preacher’s before True religion requires revelation.

Christianity has revelation!

And, how blessed we are that our God has given us revelation—in abundance. God has indeed revealed His mind to us so that we do not have to hopelessly and haplessly guess what we must do to please Him. Paul assures us that God has revealed the things that God has in His heart for us— He has revealed them in words: “…The things which God hath prepared ... God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit ... not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth ...” (I Cor. 2:913) God’s message is recorded in the Scriptures. We must know and follow those Scriptures to do all things pleasing to God: “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” (II Tim. 3:16-17) If the Scriptures provide all this, we must have them, and we do not need anything else.

If men do not rely solely on God’s revealed will (found in the Scriptures), they are trying in vain to please God, because they are not listening to what God has said pleases Him. They may have found something that satisfies them, but it will not satisfy God. They do not have true religion, because true religion requires having and following revelation. (Next week we will examine the next 2 R’s, Righteousness and Repentance) If readers have questions they would like answered in this weekly column or simply wish to know more about the Church of Christ, they are invited to call 715-866-7157, visit the Web site at www.burnettcountycofc.com or stop by the church building at 7425 West Birch St. in Webster. Sunday Bible class begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship begins at 10:30 a.m. We also meet Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. Office hours are Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m.

- noon.

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News from the pews at Pilgrim Lutheran Church FREDERIC – Area children are invited to attend vacation Bible school, which starts Sunday, Aug. 9, beginning at 5:30 p.m. and ending at 8 p.m., and will continue on Monday and Tuesday evenings with the final night being Wednesday, Aug. 12. Everyone is invited to the potluck supper on Wednesday evening when the students will perform the songs and skits that they have learned. All children in the Frederic and surrounding area, pre-K through sixth grade, are invited to join the students at Pilgrim for this fun event. There is a suggested donation of $10 per student or $20 per family, but this donation can be waived. The theme will be Spark Your Faith, where the children will have a great time singing, creating crafts and playing games and the many activities will be designed to help the students grow in their faith and service to God. Snacks will be provided and preschoolers will have the option of being dismissed at 7 p.m. each night. Call the church office for more information or to let them know you are coming - or just come.

Mark your calendars and join Pilgrim on Sunday, Aug. 16, at 9 a.m., for their contemporary worship service with special music by Brad Knauber and friends and Holly Stoner and Candace Buck. On Sunday, Aug. 23, special music will be presented by Hanna Daeffler.

The public is invited to Pilgrim’s third-annual harvest dinner, which will be held on Saturday, Aug. 22, serving from 4 to 7 p.m. The committee is working hard on finalizing the plans to serve a meal of roast pork loin and gravy, mashed potatoes, fresh buttered corn, coleslaw, tomatoes and cucumbers, pickles, roll and homemade apple as well as pumpkin pie. The

menu has been such a success in the past so it is being repeated again this year. A freewill donation will be accepted with 5 percent of the proceeds going to the Frederic Food pantry and 5 percent going to the ELCA World Hunger Appeal. Matching Funds by Thrivent

Financial for Lutherans has been applied for.

Pilgrim invites all to attend Sunday morning worship services, which begin at 9 a.m. For more information, call the church office at 715-327-8012 or go to their Web site www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org. - submitted

Peace Lutheran Church awards scholarships

When John S. Larson passed away, he left a monetary gift to Peace to be used for educational purposes. The money was invested, and the proceeds from that investment are used each year to award scholarships. To be eligible to apply, you must be a member of Peace Lutheran Church, Dresser. The recipients of this year’s award were the following students of Peace, six of whom are pictured above: Ashley Blattner, Hannah Haley, Hannah Koehler, Janelle Meyer, Stephanie Nelson, Abby Swenson, Mallory Swenson and Olivia Wilson. The main criterion for selection is active involvement in the work and mission of the church. Applicants write a scholarship application that includes a list of activities they have been involved in as well as a personal faith statement. Scholarships are not renewed automatically, but recipients are welcome to reapply each year. – Photo submitted

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Kenneth J. Burton, 73, Deer Park, died suddenly early Friday morning, July 31, 2009, at the Hudson Hospital in Hudson.

Kenneth Jerome Burton was born on Sept. 15, 1935, in Eleva, the son of Henry and Ethel (VanBlaircom) Burton. He grew up in the Downing area of Dunn County, and later moved to the Twin Cities. Jerry graduated from Mechanic Arts High School in St. Paul in 1954. On Jan. 5, 1955, he was married to Margaret S. Lange of Clear Lake. They lived for a short time in North Dakota and in southern Wisconsin, before moving to the Deer Park area in 1957.

Over the years, Jerry worked as a union carpenter on many large-scale building projects in the Twin Cities.

He and Margaret also operated a small dairy farm in Deer Park, and together they raised seven children, Mark, Dawn, Linda, Julie, Kelly, Gail and Glenn.

Jerry enjoyed spending his time in the outdoors. He (J.B.) was an avid hunter and loved nothing more than listening to his hounds as they chased their game. Jerry was affectionately known as the “Wise One” as he could remember every dog and every hunt he had ever been on, and he loved retelling the stories. He was also an inventor and could find a new purpose for most anything.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Margaret; two sons, Mark and Kelly Burton; parents, Henry and Ethel Burton; brother, Merlin Burton and sister, Arvilla Smith.

She is survived by daughters and son, Dawn (Duff) Harper of Deer Park, Linda (Kevin) Johnson of Clear Lake, Julie (Rance) Hilton of Clear Lake, Gail (Keith) Leslie of Cumberland and Glenn Burton of Deer Park; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; brother, Hughie (Phyllis) Burton of Rush City, Minn., brother and sisters-in-law, Paul (Nancy) Lange of Cumberland and Isabelle O”Connell of Clear Lake; and many other relatives and friends.

Funeral service was held at United Covenant Church in Clear Lake on Aug. 4, with Pastor Gary Tonn officiating. Music was provided by Margaret Peterson and Rebecca Schaffer.

Honorary casket bearers were Ron Boe and Tom Boe and anyone that went hunting with J.B. Casket bearers were Russ Arcand, Ray Lutz, Anthony Fisher, Ryan Nelson, Bob Gilbertson and Todd Pietz.

Interment was at the Mound Cemetery in Downing.

The Scheuermann - Hammer Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Clear Lake were entrusted with arrangements.

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Harold A. Daeffler, 80, Clyde, N.Y., died Friday, June 29, 2009, at the Newark Manor Nursing Home, following an extended illness.

Harold was born in Daniels, on Oct. 23, 1928, the son of John and Amanda Kolander Daeffler. In 1950, he married Delyghte Daeffler. Harold lived in Clyde, N.Y., for over 30 years before moving to Lyons, N.Y. Harold had been employed by the Parker Hannifin Corp. of Clyde, N.Y., and after retirement he also worked for HMI Mechanical Systems of Lyons, N.Y., and Granny Chambers of Ontario, N.Y. He loved farming and animals, but mostly enjoyed being with his family.

Harold was preceded in death by his parents; wife; brothers, Edward and Wilmer; and sister, Eleanor (Curtis) Baston.

He is survived by daughters Patti (Ervin) Powers, Newark, Corinne (Mark) Keagle, Lyons and Bonita (Mark) Fratus, Lyons; sons, John (Shirley) Daeffler, Jamestown, Marlin (Linda) Daeffler, Waterloo, Kevin (Diana) Daeffler, Auburn, Lance (Lisa) Daeffler, Gananda and Jody (Sandy) Daeffler, Palmyra; 12 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; sisters, Louise (Bob) Scheffer, of Minnesota, Eileen Wikstrom of Wisconsin and Helen Johnson of Wisconsin; many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held on July 1, at Christ Community Church, Cyde, N.Y., with the Rev. Dana Rattray officiating. Memorial contributions to Lifetime Care, Hospice of Wayne County or to the Newark Manor Nursing Home would be appreciated.

Edward Theodore Berdal, 90, died at the St. Croix Medical Center, St. Croix Falls, on July 25, 2009.

He was born Dec. 31, 1918. the son of Andrew and Julia (Maslanka) Berdal in Stanley.

Ed married June Irene Johnson in 1940 and farmed in the Stanley and Thorp area until they retired in 1972.

June died in 1977. He married Marge Denn in 1979 and moved to Frederic, they later divorced. Ed lived in Frederic until his death. Ed enjoyed telling jokes, endless stories, playing cards and taking pictures, which was his lifelong hobby.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, June; one daughter, Millie; four brothers, Paul, Albin, Lawrence and Walter; and sister, Albina.

Ed is survived by his five children, Kitty of Chicago, Ill., Barry (Merry) of Frederic, Randy (Judy) of Waukesha, Rod (Donna) of Eau Claire and Dennis (Pam) of Wausau; 12 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; sisters, Irene (Ed), Helen (Alex) and Mina (Gordon); and brother, Ray. Visitation will be held at the Thorp Funeral Home in Thorp, at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15, with the service starting at 10:30 a.m. Interment of the cremated remains will immediately follow the Thorp Funeral Home Services at the Black River Cemetery, located approximately halfway between Thorp and Withee, within a very few miles of the Ed Berdal farm, where he and his wife, June, spent 30 years of their lives.

There will be a small, informal, memorial service in Frederic, at the Golden Oaks Apartments, Tuesday.

Aug. 11, at 11 a.m.

James “Jim” A. Hatlestad James “Jim” A. Hatlestad, 86, Bella Vista, Ark., died Sunday, July 19, 2009, at Northwest Medical Center, Bentonville, Ark. Jim was born April 20, 1923, in Marshall, Minn., to Andrew and Olga (Forsberg) Hatlestad. They moved to Wisconsin, and he attended Lamar School. He went to St. Croix Falls High School and graduated in 1942.

He joined the U.S. Air Force and was a navigator during WWII. He retired as a major in 1966, and later was a flight service specialist for the FAA in Rochester, Minn.

In 1987, he moved to Bella Vista, Ark., and in 1991, he married Lorraine Janzen in Rosevilla, Minn. He enjoyed playing golf, reading and anything electronic.

Jim was preceded in death by his first wife, Shirley; son, Robert A. Hatlestad; six brothers and three sisters.

He is survived by his wife, Lorraine; son, James (Diane) Hatlestad, E. Moline, Ill.; daughter, Kay Hatlestad, South St. Paul, Minn; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and step-grandchildren; brother, Ralph (Dee) Hatlestad, Ephrata, Wash.; sister, Corinne Duncan, Amery; and many nieces, nephews and friends.

A memorial service was held July 28, at the United Lutheran Church in Bella Vista, Ark., with Pastor Fred Nelson and Fred Schaap. Burial will be in the Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.

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Kyle R. Hoffman Kyle R. Hoffman, 83, Rice Lake, formerly of Poskin, died Thursday, July 30, 2009, at his home.

He was born Sept. 15, 1925 in West Sweden Township, Polk County, the son of Fred and Elizabeth (Ambrose) Hoffman. He attended West Sweden grade school and also Frederic High School. He was drafted into the U.S. Army and served during World War II having attained the rank of private first class earning a Medal of Honor for good conduct.

He was discharged on Dec. 8, 1946. On Dec. 2, 1950, Kyle married Florence Stafne at Balsam Lake. He worked as a journeyman lineman for a number of electric companies, retiring from NSP in 1970. He and his wife moved to Poskin in 1960 and were residents there for 45 years. Kyle and Florence owned and operated the Coach Bar in Poskin from 1970 to 1975.

Kyle enjoyed hunting, fishing and camping.

He is survived by his wife, Florence Hoffman of Rice Lake; children, Steven (Mary) Hoffman of Cameron, Laura Sackett-Hoffman of Lucerne Valley, Calif., Betty (Roger) Teschler of Rice Lake and Melody (Mark) Ricci of Cumberland; 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Fred; sisters, Mabel and Pearl; and his half sister, Hazel.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Aug. 4, at 2 p.m., at Rausch & Steel Funeral Home in Barron with Pastor Arvid Moin officiating. Burial will be in the Bone Lake Cemetery in Bone Lake Township, Polk County.

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OBITUARIES

John Andresen, age 85, a resident of Spooner, died July 25, 2009, at Indianhead Medical Center. John was born on Nov. 8, 1923 in LaFollette Township to Hans and Minnie Andresen. John married Geraldine on Nov. 6, 1954.

He was a truck driver for Yourchuck Garbage Company for many years. He was an active and life long member of the VFW Post. John enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing pool and bowling.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Geraldine (Gerry); parents; son John; granddaughter Jade; brothers Hans, Louie, Martin, and Frank, sister, Christeina, and nephew Robert.

He is survived by his daughter Janet Andresen; grandchildren Nathan, Michelle, Jessica, Michael, John Jr., and Sophia; great grandchildren Evan, Daemon, Spencer, and Preston; sisters Marie, Agnus, Rose, Anna, and Betty; John helped in raising his nephew, George Mason, and niece, Melissa Mason. John is also survived by numerous other nieces, nephews, great nieces, and nephews; other relatives and special friend, Ethel.

Funeral services were held Friday, July 31, at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home with Pastor Carl Heidel officiating. Interment followed at Lakeview Cemetery, Hertel. Casketbearers were Nathan Talbert, Michelle Dusick, Eric Anderson, Rocky Phernetton, Jim Tinman, John Tinman and Jessica Talbert. Arrangements were entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster.

Scott Treichel Scott Treichel, 55, Webster, died July 31, 2009, at his home.

A visitation will be held Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, from 58 p.m., at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, Aug. 8, at noon, at the family home with a visitation/gathering prior from 11 – noon, at their home. A full obituary will follow in a future edition.

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

Bertha A. Boyer Bertha A. Boyer, 72, of Danbury, died Aug. 2, 2009.

Private family services to be held.

A full obituary will be published in an upcoming edition.

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

Timothy Sharratt Timothy Sharratt, 43, of Danbury, died July 30, 2009.

Private family services will be held.

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Gwendolyn (Gwen) C. Peterson, 87, a resident of Siren, died peacefully on Aug. 1, 2009, at Burnett Medical Continuing Care Center.

Gwen was born in Minneapolis, Minn., to Hilda Johnson.

On March 14, 1939, Gwen and Vernon drove their 1935 Ford truck to Pine City, Minn., in the middle of a snowstorm to get married.

Gwen and Vernon had the farm. She took care of the farm when the children were little while Vernon was on the road working to help put food on the table.

Gwen always had a big garden to help feed the family of eight. She was a homemaker, taking care of the housework, cooking and baking many loaves of bread at a time. She even made many of her own clothes. In between the housework and the farmwork, she would go berry picking, freezing the fruits for winter treats.

She loved gardening, having both a vegetable and a flower garden. Later in years, she was given the name “Orchid Lady” which is quite an accomplishment for this part of the country,<None> to have orchids.

Gwen loved to paint pictures of the great outdoors.

Gwen was a master of all trades. When she felt the grown-up kids needed a picnic table, she would bring out her tools to commence the building of a new table.

She enjoyed music immensely and loved to play the organ, piano and guitar by ear.

When Vernon retired, they traveled to the southwestern part of the United States. Vernon was seeking artifacts and Gwen flowers. Then Vernon joined Indianhead Rock and Mineral Society and the Northwest Gem and Mineral Society, Gwen joined also.

Gwen was preceded in death by her parents; son, John; granddaughter, Jeannie Potvin; grandsons, David Peterson and Keith Peterson; great-granddaughter, Heather Potvin; brother, Harland; and sister, Inez.

Gwen is survived by her husband, Vernon; children, Larry (Lynn) Peterson, Maynard Peterson, Carol (Ron) Potvin, Niles (Marge) Peterson and Brian (Mary) Peterson; 17 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; sister, Leone Erickson and Arden Erickson; special niece, Brenda; along with numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Aug. 4, at Bethany Lutheran Church with Pastor John Clasen officiating. Music was provided by vocalist Mark Potvin and Michelle Lysdahl and organist Fran McBroom. Interment followed at Siren Lakeview Cemetery. Casket bearers were Dan Peterson, Dale Peterson, Mark Potvin, Matt Potvin, Mike Potvin and Richard Peterson.

Honorary casket bearer was Eric Peterson.

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

Paul Solberg Paul Solberg, 88, Luck, died peacefully on July 30, 2009. He was a resident of the United Pioneer Home in Luck.

He was born in Buxton, N.D., on Dec. 25, 1920, to Peder and Mabel Solberg. He was confirmed in the Honeyford Lutheran Church in North Dakota. He graduated from Gilby High School in 1938; received his bachelor’s of art degree from Mayville Teachers College in 1942. After teaching two years in Mayville, he served as an aircraft instructor in the Navy. Then he became the senior high principal in Warren, Minn. In 1949, Paul received his master’s degree in school administration from North Dakota University, and took additional graduate work at Denver University and the University of Minnesota. After serving 30 years as a school administrator in Minnesota, the last 11 as Superintendent of Schools in Sauk Centre, Minn., he and his wife retired in 1977 and moved to Milltown. He spent this time going to auctions, collecting Cracker Jacks items, playing cards and enjoying his family.

His parents, one sister and five brothers preceded him in death.

He is survived by his beloved wife, Veronica; daughter, Sandra (James) Fox; grandson, Jon (Ashli) Fox; granddaughter, Carrie (Andrew) Mattson; great-grandbabies, Isabelle Mattson and Connor Fox; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Memorial services will be held at Milltown Lutheran Church in Milltown on Friday, Aug. 7, at 2 p.m. This service will be preceded by a visitation time beginning at 1 p.m. and will continue until the service begins.

Pastor Danny Wheeler will be officiating. Music will be provided by Priscilla Fjorden as organist.

Interment will be held at Milltown Cemetery following the service.

Rowe Funeral Home of Luck and the Northwest Wisconsin Cremation Center in Milltown were entrusted with arrangements.

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Barbara “Bonnie” J. Hilke Barbara “Bonnie” J. Hilke was born on Sept. 24, 1939, in South Bend, Ind., to Clyde and Betty Gaw. Barbara is survived by children, Mick Pugsley of New Richmond, Richard Pugsley of Milltown, Lisa (Robert) Carsley of St. Croix Falls, Clayton (Shelly) Pugsley of Osceola and Brenda Fortier of North Carolina; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and brother, Clyde (Dorothy) Gaw. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter, Connie; and granddaughter, Keri.

Graveside service was held at Milltown Cemetery in Milltown on Monday, Aug. 3.

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Robert L. Chivers, 82, Luck, died Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009, at St. Croix Regional Medical Center in St. Croix Falls.

Robert was born Aug. 13, 1926, in Dresser, to Roy and Amy (Benton) Chivers. He served as a sergeant in the United States Army during World War II in the South Pacific theater as a medic.

On April 22, 1950, he was united in marriage to Arlene Jensen. To this union two sons were born. Robert graduated from Dunwoody Baking School and was a baker for 37 years. He and Arlene owned and operated a bakery in Ripon and Manitowoc. They then moved to Las Vegas where they were apartment managers until retirement.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Raymond and Norman; and sisters-in-law, Leona Chivers and Dorothea Chivers.

He is survived by his wife, Arlene of 59 years; sons, Larry of Green Bay and Ronald (Kathy) of Two Rivers; grandchildren, Kyle, Ashley and Nicholas Chivers; two step-grandchildren, Diana and Brittani Brugger; one brother, Russell (Bernice); and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, Aug. 5, at Luck Lutheran Church with Pastor Mary Ann Bowman officiating. Full military honors immediately followed the service. Music was provided by Sheila Brom as vocalist and Margie Nelson as organist. Casket bearers were Maynard Stevens, Aaron Chivers, Richard Chivers, Duane Chivers, Joel Chivers and Kendall Petersen. Honorary casket bearers were Roger Sandstrom, Elliot Olsen, Jerry Larson, Dick DeRouchy, Hank Kriha, Robert Gerhke and Frank Gursky.

Interment will take place at Milltown Cemetery.

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Church Directory ADVENTIST

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - FREDERIC

609 Benson Road. Pastor Curtis Denney Sat. Worship 11 a.m.; Sabbath Schl. 9:30 a.m.

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY Senior Pastor Bob Morton 1259 Hwy. 35 S., St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship: 8:30, 9:45 & 11 a.m.

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH

Meeting in homes. Elders: Cliff Bjork, Jon Zens, 483-1357 and 755-3048 Sun. Fellowship - 10 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

LIFE 24/7 - CENTURIA

309 5th Street, 715-640-1450 Pastors Randy and Pam Stone Saturday 6 p.m.

LUTHERAN

LUTHERAN

BALSAM LUTHERAN CHURCH

1115 Mains Crossing, 1/2 Mile South Hwy. 8 On 110th St.; Pastor Matt Faarem Sun. Worship 9 a.m.; Sun. School 10:15 a.m.

Wed. Bible Study 8:30 a.m.

Wed. LOGOS 3:20 p.m.

BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN (WELS)

Gene E. Jahnke, Pastor, 715-635-7672, Hm. 715-354-7787, Hwy. 70 at 53, Spooner Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School & Bible Classes For All - 10:45 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - BRANSTAD

Pastor Jay Ticknor, 715-463-5746 3 miles So. of Grantsburg on Hwy. 87 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - SIREN Hwy. 35, 1/2 blk. N. Main St. Pastor John Clasen Pastoral Serv. 349-5280 Sunday Worship - 9:15 a.m.

BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws

Pastor Mark Richardson, 715-755-2562 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Sun. Contemp. Serv. 8:15 a.m.; Trad. Serv.

9:30 a.m.; Outdoor Wor. Sched.: May 31, June 28, July 26 & Aug. 30, 9:30 a.m.

BONE LAKE LUTHERAN bllc@lakeland.ws Pastor Mary Ann Bowman, 5 mi. E. of Luck on Hwy. 48, 1/2 mi. S. on I; 472-8153, Office/Kit. - 472-2535 Adult Bible Study 8:30 a.m.; Worship 9:30 a.m.; Fellowship 10:30 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

CHRIST LUTHERAN

Pipe Lake CTH G & T, 715-822-3096 Sun. Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. during school year; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sun.

CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 Communion 1st Sunday Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

FAITH LUTHERAN - BALSAM LAKE

faithlutheran@lakeland.ws Pastor Diane Norstad 715-485-3800; CTH I & Mill Street Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:40 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & last Sundays

FAITH LUTHERAN - GRANTSBURG

Pastor Victor St. George, 715-463-5388 Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

FIRST EVAN. LUTHERAN

5561 Chestnut St., Taylors Falls, MN 651-465-5265 Traditional Wor. 8:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. & Youth 9:45 a.m.; Adult Learning 10 a.m.; Contemp. Wor. 11 a.m.

FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl 648-5323 or 648-5324 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:15 a.m.

FRISTAD LUTHERAN - CENTURIA

ELCA - 501 Hwy. 35, 646-2357 Mel Rau, Pastor Sunday Worship & Holy Communion - 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School - 10:40 a.m.

GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rt. 1, Balsam Lake, WI (Fox Creek) Pastor Neal Weltzen; GT Office - 857-5580, Parsonage - 822-3001, TR Office - 822-3001 Wors. Serv. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m.; Holy Communion - 1st Sun. of each month

GRACE LUTHERAN - WEST SWEDEN

Phone 327-4340, 327-8384, 327-8090 Pastor David Almlie Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC

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

Communion - 1st & 3rd Sun.

LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTH. - ELCA

CTH H, 1/2 mi. N. of CTH A & H on H Church Off. 715-635-7791 Roger Pittman, Pastor Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Worship Serv. 8 &10 a.m.; Sat. 7 p.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING Pastor Dorothy Sandahl Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

LUCK LUTHERAN

510 Foster Ave. E. Office 715-472-2605; Home 715-472-8424 Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN

113 W. Main St.. W., Phone 715-825-2453 Pastor Danny G. Wheeler 9:30 a.m. Worship

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN

Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “G” Sun. Wor. - 9:15 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:30 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER Rev. Jody Walter, Interim, Phone 327-8608; Church Phone 866-7191 Sun. Wors. - 9:15 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA)

2355 Clark Road, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2515 E-mail: peace@centurytel.net Pastor Wayne Deloach, Intern Bob Sinclair Sun. Wor. 9 a.m., Wed. 7 p.m.

PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA) Pastor Catherine Burnette 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sunday Worship - 9 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org

PRESBYTERIAN

PRESBYTERIAN

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

Rev. Bruce Brooks - 715-483-3550 719 Nevada St. , (between Simonson & Tower Roads) , St. Croix Falls Worship - 10 a.m. (Nursery provided) Sun. Schl. - Child.- 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - Adults - 8:45 a.m.; Communion 1st Sunday

METHODIST

METHODIST

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST - GRANTSBURG Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Worship - 9 a.m.; Sun. School - 10:30 a.m.

DANBURY UNITED METHODIST

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.

ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC & IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG CATHOLIC MASS SCHED. Pastor: Rev. Dennis M. Mullen, 715-327-8119 St. Dominic: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m.

Immaculate Conception: Sat. 6:30 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m.

Call the office for daily & holy day Mass times

ST. ANNE PARISH

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 139 Church Hill Rd., Somerset Mass Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Wed. 9 a.m.

Sacrament of Penance Sun. 8 a.m.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

Pastor Father Daniel Bodin, 651-465-7345 25293 Redwing Ave., Shafer, MN Sunday 9 a.m.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST

Pastor Michael J. Tupa, 715-866-7321 Cedar & Muskey Ave. - Webster Mass Sun 10:45 a.m., Wed. 5:45 p.m. (SeptMay), Fri. 9 a.m. (Summer) Sat. 8:15 p.m. on Sept. 1

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST

404 Wis. Ave., Amery, 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation Sat., 3:30 p.m. or by appt.

LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

Holytrinity@wisconsinumc.org 1606 165th Ave., Centuria Paul Foulke, Pastor, 715-485-3363 Sun. Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-294-2243 255 E. 10th Ave., Osceola Masses: Sun. 10:30 a.m., Tues. 5 p.m.

Thurs. at 10 a.m. at Osc. Nursing Home

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST

ASSEMBLY

Pastor Jack Starr Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour Tom Cook, Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

ASSEMBLY

FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN

Pastor Kevin Millen Associate Pastor Jim Carmon Sunday School - (all ages) - 9:30 a.m.

Church Serv. - 10:45 a.m.

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG

716 S. Robert St., Grantsburg, 715-463-5699 Sr. Pastor Brad Moore David Ahlquist, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

LIVING HOPE CHURCH

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

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST

Pastor Andy McDaniel, 715-327-8402 Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Bible Study; Nursery provided.; www.tradelakebaptistchurch.org

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER

Minister Garret Derouin, 866-7157 Musky & Birch St., Avail. in office 9 a.m. noon, Tues.-Fri.; Sun. Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Worship 10:30 a.m.

WESLEYAN

WESLEYAN WOODLAND WESLEYAN

Dairyland - Rev. Jack Martiny 715-244-3649 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

FULL GOSPEL

CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD

FULL GOSPEL WOOD RIVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m.

Pastor Dan Slaikeu 4 mi. SE of Grantsburg on Williams Rd. Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Wor. 10:30 a.m.

oumc@centurytel.net 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor Alan J. Hagstrom, 715-294-3195 Adult Class - 9 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH

HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET

1614 CTH, North Luck Office Phone 472-2605 Dial-A-Devotion 472-2345 Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Andrew Bollant Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Morn. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Supervised Nursery; Wed. Evening - Worship Serv. 6:30 p.m.

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN (Missouri Synod)

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC

REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN

(Wisconsin Synod) Pastor Gene DeVries 200 N. Adams St., St. Croix Falls Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 8:30 a.m.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod) 350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Wor. - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LUCK

140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA

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

Holy Communion - 1st Sunday

TRINITY LUTHERAN LCMS, DANBURY

Rev. Jody Walter, Interim Home 715-327-8608; Church 715-866-7191 Sunday Worship Service - 7:45 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN

Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Wor. 11 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

Potluck dinner 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m.

Sun. School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available Pastor Arveda “Freddie” Kirk, 327-4436 Early Wor. 8:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. 10 a.m.

Souper service Wed. 5:15 p.m.

SIREN UNITED METHODIST

Tom Cook, Pastor Sunday School 9 a.m.

Worship - 10:15 a.m. (Nursery available)

TAYLORS FALLS UNITED METHODIST

290 W. Government Street, 715-294-4436 Reverend Dr. Rolland Robinson Sunday Service - 10 a.m. with nursery Sunday School - Sept. - May at 10 a.m.

WOLF CREEK UNITED METHODIST Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship - 8:15 a.m.

COVENANT

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

Communion -Every Sunday

COVENANT

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA

SIREN COVENANT

300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sunday Worship at 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School (ages 4 thru 12th grade), Fellowship, Adult Bible Class at 9:15 a.m.

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN

Pastors Mike & Linda Rozumalski 1 mi. west of Luck on N, 2478 170th St., Luck Worship - 9:30 a.m.; Fellowship after service.

WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rev. Rexford D. Brandt 447 180th St., Osceola, 715-294-2936 Sun. Worship June 7 to Sept. 13 - 9 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN

1/2 mi. W. of Hwy. 35 on U, 715-866-8281, Pastor Ray Reinholtzen, Douglas Olson and Roger Kampstra Services begin at 9:30 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sun.

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 5 mi. E. of Frederic on W, 2 mi. south on I; Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA

Pastor Scott Sagel, 715-689-2541 Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome Pastor Dave Guertin 7686 Lofty Pines Drive, Siren, 715-349-5601 Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

UNITED COVENANT - CLEAR LAKE

Pastor Gary Tonn Praise Time 8 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:20 a.m.

CATHOLIC

CATHOLIC

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 255 St. Hwy. 35, East Farmington Mass Friday 9 a.m.; Sacrament of Penance Sat. 3:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH

Pastor - Father Daniel Bodin 490 Bench St., Taylors Falls, 651-465-7345 Sat. Vigil 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:30 & 10:30 a.m.

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

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

Danbury - 7586 St. Rd. 77, 866-7321 Pastor - Father Michael J. Tupa Mass - Wed. 5 p.m. (Summer), Fri. 9 a.m. (Sept.-May).

Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

OUR LADY OF THE LAKES

Pastor Tim Faust Worship - 11 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday

Balsam Lake - Rev. John A. Drummy, Pastor - 405-2253 Mass: Sat. eves. 6 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Tues. 5:30 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m.Sacrament of Reconciliation 7:30 a.m. Sun. or by appt.

ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE

SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY

Pastor David Almlie, 715-327-8384, 715-327-8090 Fellowship - 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

Pastor Father Michael J. Tupa CTHs A & H - 715-866-7321 Crescent Lake Voyager Village area.

Mass Sun. 8:15 a.m., Thurs. 11:30 a.m.

Reconciliation as per bulletin and by appt.

Pastor Larry Mederich, 715-294-4332 www.occconnect.org Mtg. @ St. Croix Art Barn; Sun. Serv. - 9 a.m.

Nursery and children church

SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD

EVANGELICAL

EVANGELICAL

TRADE RIVER EVAN. FREE

Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morn. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services

APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA)

Pastor Bruce Tanner, 715-268-2176 942 U.S. Hwy. 8, Amery Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m.

FREDERIC EVAN. FREE CHURCH

Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W Sun. Schl. - 9 a.m.; Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services BAPTIST

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK.

231 Bluff Drive, 715-247-2435 Services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

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

CHRISTIAN CENTER

CHRISTIAN CENTER EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER

1751 100th Ave., Dresser Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Morn. Wor. 10:30 a.m.

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

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX

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

HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church, 28005 Old Towne Rd., Chisago Lakes, MN Fr. Robert McMeekin, pastor hcomm.org Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

NAZARENE

NAZARENE

CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

Pastor David Sollitt 715-857-5411 or 715-268-2651 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl.-10:15 a.m.

510 S. Vincent, St. Croix Falls Pastor Lori Ward, 715-483-3696 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:45 a.m. & Wed. 6:30 p.m.

EUREKA BAPTIST

FAITH COMMUNITY

2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Willis Christenson, 715-483-9464 Sun. Schl. - 10 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 11 a.m.

FAITH FELLOWSHIP

Hwy. 35 and CTH N., Luck Bill McEachern Pastor, 715-485-3973 Sun. Bible study - 9 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - AMERY

131 Broadway St., 715-268-2223; www.fbcamery.org Pastor Charlie Butt, Lead Pastor Sunday Worship: 10 - 11:15 a.m.

Sunday School for Pre-K to 5th; Sunday School for middle and high school 8:30 a.m. at teen center; Nursery available

FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN

Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Wor. 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

GRACE CHURCH OF OSCEOLA

“The Cure for the Common Church” 722 Seminole Ave., Osceola Pastor Dr. Kent Haralson; 715-294-4222 or 715-755-3454; info@gracechurchosceola.com Sun.: Praise & Worship Serv. 9 am., Adult Bible Study 10:45 a.m., Children’s Sun. Schl. 10:45 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN

7535 Peet St., Danbury, 715-656-4010 Reverend R.A. Luebke Adult Bible Service 9 a.m.; Services: Sun. 10 a.m.; Sunday School during church service.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

NONDENOMINATIONAL

CENTERPOINT CHURCH “Come as you are”

Pastor Dick Enerson, www.centerpointstcroix.com 715-294-1833, Meeting at SCF High Schl. Main entrance 740 Maple Drive, St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship 10 - 11:15 a.m.

NEW LIFE COMMUNITY - AMERY Pastor Timothy Barnes Sat. 7 p.m. prayer; Sun. Worship 10 a.m.; Children’s Church to 6th Grade

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

Meets at Dresser Elem. School, Dresser Pastor Michael Brand, 715-417-2468 Sun. Schl. 8:45 a.m.; Adult Class 9 a.m.; Worship Serv. 9:45 a.m.; Nursery available

NORTHERN PINES FRIENDS WORSHIP GROUP

Located across from elemen. school on West St., Pastor, Dr. Kevin Schumann; 651-465-7171 Sun. Morn. - Sun. Schl. for all ages - 9 a.m.

Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.

715-733-0481 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting.

FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER

1289 160th St. (Hwy. 65), St. Croix Falls 715-483-5378 Pastors Dan and Claudia Denissen Asst. Pastor Ken Janes Sun. School 9 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.

Church Phone 715-866-4111; Rev. Merrill Olson - Pastor Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Wor. - 10:45 a.m (Nursery Provided)

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN

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Sat., Aug. 8, 2009, 10 a.m. to Midnight Osceola Fairgrounds • Oakey Park

Food

Raffles

10 a.m.: Breakfast Osceola Lions Club

Noon: Lunch

Osceola Valley Sno-Goers

4 - 7: Spaghetti Dinner

Raffles Silent Auction Live Auction Raffle winners

St. Joseph Catholic Church announced at 8 p.m.

Live Music 3 - 7 p.m.

Gel

8 - Midnight

82nd Street Band

Osceola Rod & Gun Club Beer Stand

AT THE LODGE 24226 1st Ave. No. Siren, WI Local Movie Line 715-349-8888 Timbers1@starwire.net

SHOW TIMES FOR FRI., AUG. 7 THRU THURS., AUG. 13

G. I. JOE: RISE OF THE COBRA

Rated PG-13, 120 Minutes.

Fri. - Thurs.: 1:00, 3:30, 6:00 & 8:30 p.m.

FUNNY PEOPLE Rated R, 146 Minutes.

Fri. - Thurs.: 1:15, 4:40 & 8:00 p.m.

HARRY POTTER AND THE

HALF-BLOOD PRINCE Rated PG, 153 Minutes.

Fri. - Thurs.: 1:00, 4:30 & 7:45 p.m.

ALIENS IN THE ATTIC Rated PG, 86 Minutes.

Fri. - Thurs.: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.

All shows and show times before 6 p.m. $5.00.

Shows and show times subject to change.

Visit us on our Web site: www.timberstheatres.com

Phone 715-268-2004

Cinema 8

Daily: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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ST. CROIX FALLS

All Stadium/Digital 715-483-1471

LUCK FIRE DEPT. CORN FEED Saturday, August 15 2 p.m. - 8 p.m.

At the Luck Fire Hall All The Boiled Corn You Can Eat For $2 Hamburgers, Brats, Hot Dogs, Potatoes, Pop and Beer will also be available.

Proceeds used to purchase 491985 equipment.

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SHOWS AND SHOW TIMES

AUSTIN LAKE GREENHOUSE & FLOWER SHOP

• WEDDING BOUQUETS • FUNERAL DESIGNS • CUT FLOWERS • GIFTS • BALLOONS • BEDDING PLANTS • POTTED PLANTS • TUXEDO RENTAL BY SAVVI • ANTLER KING PRODUCTS Hwy. 35 & “FF,” Webster Flowers Phoned Anywhere

Call 715-866-7261

Aug. 7 - 13

SHOWS AND SHOW TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL SEATS $6.50 UNTIL 6 P.M.

G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA (PG-13)

Sorry, no passes or reduced admission tickets.

SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING THUR., AUG. 6, AT 11:59 P.M. Daily: 2:15, 4:30, 7:00, 9:15

JULIE & JULIA (PG-13)

Sorry, no passes or reduced admission tickets.

Daily: 2:05, 4:25, 6:45, 9:05

FUNNY PEOPLE (R) Daily: 2:10, 5:10, 8:10

G-FORCE

(PG) Daily: 2:45, 4:45, 6:45, 8:45

THE UGLY TRUTH (R)

• Commercial Printing • Office Supplies • Daily UPS Pickup • Fax & Copy Service

• Frederic, 715-327-4236 • Siren, 715-349-2560

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Eye health exams, glaucoma checks, foreign body removal, full line of street wear, safety and sport wear, contact lenses

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Bill Chantelois, owner of Bill’s Ace Hardware in Osceola, was severely injured in a snowmobile accident on Feb. 28, 2009.

Amongst all of his other injuries, Bill has lost both of his legs and the use of his left eye. He will need extensive therapy and prosthetics.

Bill has always been there to help out the Osceola Community.

Now is our chance to give something back to Bill.

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SIREN SUMMERFEST 2009

Previous pie-eating-contest winner Kyle Hunter, 14, Luck, won out over 14 challengers in the 11-15 contest at Acorn Pantry Saturday afternoon, Aug. 1. Hunter ate almost the whole pie before the 1-minute time was called and, despite drawing blood from his nose hitting the side of the pie plate, kept going to the end.

This young lad paused for a breath during the crowd-pleasing pie-eating contest at The Acorn Pantry, Siren, during the 2009 Summerfest activities Saturday, Aug. 1.

The prize for the winners in each category was a bag of goodies, a gift put together by the sponsoring business.

Seventeen-year-old Jake Brekken (L) from Lake Mills, Iowa, had the fastest time in the adult category Summerfest PieEating Contest put on by Acorn Pantry, part of The Shops at the Lodge, Siren. His competition included John McArthur (R) neighbor to Brekken’s grandparents, Donna and Bob Brekken, on Mud Hen Lake, along with Len and Jennie Carlstrom, Siren. –

Miss Siren Jennica Kosloski, and her royal court had their own pie-eating contest during the Summerfest competition Saturday, Aug. 1. It started out with the queens hurriedly wolfing down their own pies, then, at the apparent instigation of Abbie Mitchell, broke out into a pie-throwing fight, leaving the queens covered with goo. Little Miss Siren, 6year-old Jalynn Nelson, was declared the winner because her pie was left intact.

In Summerfest royalty with pie, the girls are (L to R) Little Miss Siren Jalynn Nelson, Princess Christina Luna, Princess Samantha Rosado, Miss Siren Jennica Kosloski, Princesses Abigail Mitchell and Kristen Sexton.

Photos by Nancy Jappe

Members of the Siren Area Lions Club (L to R) Jason Nutter, Ken Nelson, Joe Durand, Paul Johnson, Walt Thurber, Don Carlson, Barry Hafecker and Les Lindquist, are shown around the chicken cookers early Saturday morning Aug. 1. The Lions were responsible for the Chicken and Rib Fest at Crooked Lake Park, part of the 2009 Siren Summerfest celebration.

Sidewalk sales along Main Street started at Peggy’s Fashion Rack and Jenneman’s Hardware Hank Thursday, July 30. Several other Siren businesses joined them Saturday, Aug. 1. These items were offered in front of Syren General Store, part of The Shops at the Lodge.

Siren Area Lions (L to R) John Carlson, Zeke Saugestad, Bob Gideo, Rick Aadalen, Lyle and Ken Nelson and Don Carlson got ready for the Chicken and Rib Fest that started around 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, in Crooked Lake Park.

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EVERY Monday

• Grantsburg Farmers Market at the village offices/library, noon-2 p.m.

Thursday

• St. Croix Falls Farmers Market next to Overlook Deck, 3-6 p.m.

Friday

• Balsam Lake Farmers Market at the grocery parking lot, 3-5:30 p.m.

• Eureka Farmers Market, in salt/sand building, Eureka Center, 3-7 p.m.

• Milltown Farmers Market 3-7 p.m., north of town on Hwy. 35.

Coming events

Luck

• Sunshine Service Dogs 5th-annual charity golf tournament, 715-857-5095.

TUESDAY/11 Dresser

• Chronic Illness/Disability Support Group will meet at Peace Lutheran Church, 6:30 p.m., 715-755-2515.

THURS.-SAT./6 & 8

Luck

Danbury

• Music in the Park, Dixieland Band, in Triangle Park, 6:30 p.m.

• Guest potter Marty Pearson at Cabin Fever Pottery, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY/12

THURS.-SUN./6-9

Frederic

• Pokeno at the senior center, 1 p.m.

Days,

Grantsburg

• Burnett County hazardous waste and medications collection at fairgrounds, 3-4:30 p.m., 715-635-2197.

THURSDAY/6 Frederic Siren

• Dining at Five dinner at the senior center, 5 p.m., 715-349-7810.

• Former Capeside Cove employees picnic at Crooked Lake Park, 5 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

• Chef at the Market! event at the farmers market, 3-6 p.m., 715-483-3929.

FRI. & SAT./7 & 8 Grantsburg

• American Legion Auxiliary garage sale at the Legion Hall, Fri. 2-6 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.-noon, 715-431-0365.

FRI.-SUN./7-9 Almelund, Minn.

• 53rd-annual threshing show.

Amery

• Bluegrass and Gospel Fest, 1272 44th Ave., www.geocities.com/littlefallschurch, 715-2687864.

Some brown-eyed Susans brightened the grounds at Forts Folle Avoine during the annual Rendezvous held in late July. – Photo by Kayla Hatfield

Milltown

• Battle of the bands fundraiser at the hall, 610 p.m., 715-553-0212.

St. Croix Falls

• Music on the Overlook, Indianhead Chorus, 7 p.m.

SAT. & SUN./8 & 9 St. Croix Falls

• “Underneath the Lintel” at Festival Theatre.

Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. 715-483-3387, 888887-6002.

SATURDAY/8 Atlas

• Atlas United Methodist Church annual thrift & bake sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

• Kids at the park, noon start.

Burnett County

Lewis

• Turf & Tundra ATC Club Poker Run, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 715-821-1000.

Webster

• Light buffet luncheon at the senior center, noon. Cards, Pokeno or Bingo after dinner.

• Charles E. Lewis Days and Tent Revival.

See front page Indianhead Advertiser.

• Gandy Dancer Days.

FRIDAY/7 Balsam Lake

• Lake-Friendly landscaping workshop on design, tour, at Polk County Business Center, 2-5 p.m., 715-268-9992, harmonyenv@amerytel.net.

Frederic

• Pokeno at the senior center, 12:30 p.m. due to monthly meeting at 1:30 p.m.

Frederic Lewis

AUGUST

• 500 cards at the senior center, 6:30 p.m.

MONDAY/10 • Hunters safety class starts at South Fork Sporting Club, 715-653-2544.

• Frederic Farmers Market at the Leader parking lot, 8 a.m.-noon.

• Siren Farmers Market at senior center, 1-3 p.m.

• Jack Pine Savage www.jackpinesavagdays.com.

Turtle Lake

• 12th-annual Cars in the Park car & craft show at the village park, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., 715986-4680.

• Spades at the senior center, 1 p.m.

Saturday

Spooner

Siren

• Burnett County GOP ice-cream social at the senior center, 2 p.m.

Frederic Osceola

• Bill Chantelois Benefit, 10 a.m. to midnight, fairgounds, Oakey Park. 10 a.m. breakfast, noon lunch, spaghetti dinner 4-7 p.m.

Siren

• Arts and crafts market at the senior center, 1-5 p.m., 715-349-5226.

• Cookie Brigade cookie-baking contest at Northwoods Crossing Event Center. Drop-off 9-11 a.m., 715-327-4532, www.cookiebrigade.com.

• Youth in the Outdoors at Coyland Creek, 9 a.m.-3 p.m, 715-653-4273.

• Burnett County hazardous waste and medications collection at county highway shop, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 715-635-2197.

Webb Lake

• Kids carnival at the fire hall, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Webster

• Lioness Club Annual Gandy Dancer Days bake sale at the Lions shelter on Main Street, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., lunch from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

• Book sale at Burnett Community Library, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

• Burnett Community Library garden tour fundraiser, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 715-866-7798.

• WHS Class of 1985 reunion at Ike Walton Lodge. DJ at 9 p.m.

SUNDAY/9 Cushing

• The Shimmps family will put on a musical at Skonewood Christian Retreat Center, 7 p.m.

Danbury

• BBQ Fest at The Fort, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 715866-8890, www.theforts.org.

Frederic

• Jane Wisse Open Golf Tourney. Shotgun start at 11 a.m., 651-260-4770, 715-491-5200, www.janewisseopen.com.

Jackson

• 3rd-annual Jackson Fire & 2nd Alarm pancake breakfast at the fire hall, 8 a.m.-noon.

Luck

• Annual pie & ice-cream social at United Pioneer Home, 2-4 p.m., 715-472-2164.

Luck

• Organic dairy cow pasture walk at Oakhill Grassland Farm, CTH B, 10 a.m.-noon 715485-8600, 715-268-8778.

Siren

• Neighborhood Mass at Siren park, 6 p.m., 715-327-8119.

Webster

• Burnett County hazardous waste and medications collection at fairgrounds, 10 a.m.noon, 715-635-2197.

THURS.-SUN./13-16 St. Croix Falls

• “Sylvia” at Festival Theatre. Thurs. 2 & 7:30 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. 715-4833387.

THURSDAY/13 Amery

• Kat Trio performs at Northern Lakes Center for the Arts benefit, 113 Elm St. Freewill admission, 7:30 p.m., 715-268-6811, 715-268-9722.

Centuria

• Polk-Burnett Retired Educators meeting at Fristad Lutheran Church, 11:30 a.m., 715-2686578.

Frederic

• 500 cards at the senior center, 6:30 p.m.

Luck

• Howard Mayberry featuring gospel & folk music at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 7 p.m.

• NARFE meeting at Hog Wild, noon, 715-3278658.

St. Croix Falls

• National Park rangers at farmers market to promote protecting the water quality of the river.

At the scenic overlook, 3:30-6:30 p.m.

"Sylvia" opens Aug. 13 at Festival Theatre ST. CROIX FALLS – Festival Theatre opens its third production of the season with the Broadway smash hit “Sylvia” by A.R. Gurney. On stage from Aug. 13 through Aug. 23, for nine performances only, “Sylvia” stars Jaclyn Johnson in the title role.

While the play may seem to be about a dog named Sylvia, it’s actually a hilarious commentary on midlife angst and the role pets play in our lives. Greg and Kate (played by James Walker and Marilyn Mays) are city dwellers who are adjusting to life after children. Kate’s career as an academic is taking off, while Greg is being transferred to ever more meaningless and unsatisfying work. On a walk in the park, Greg finds an adorable Labradoodle with a tag indicating her name is Sylvia.

Perhaps she finds him. He brings her home, fleas and all. Sylvia immediately establishes herself as Greg’s constant companion. She does what pets do: she loves him unconditionally, for a dog. She’s frisky and playful, tireless, loves to be petted and scratched, and hangs on his every word. Soon Greg is avoiding work so he can bask in her delightful company. Kate sees a rival for Greg’s affections and a threat to her marriage, and tries to get Greg to give Sylvia up.

Walker not only plays the role of Greg, he is also directing the production. When asked about the dilemma Greg faces when Kate feels so threatened by Sylvia, Walker said: “I think the most admirable thing about Greg is that he doesn’t settle for what he has. He could easily let Sylvia go, take her to the pound, but he recog-

Jaclyn Johnson plays the title role of “Sylvia” at Festival Theatre. – Photo submitted

nizes that something about Sylvia has struck a chord in him. The easy path would be to say goodbye to Sylvia and ignore that inner resonance, but he has the fortitude to embark on the more difficult path to see what discoveries he can make. He has a quiet sort of strength.”

The cast of “Sylvia” is completed by Shawn Boyd who is quickly becoming one of the most popular actors in Festival’s recent history. Boyd performed in “Crimes of the Heart” as the attorney Barnett Lloyd and just completed the run of “Four by Two,” where he played four roles in four short plays. Now, in “Sylvia,” Boyd gets stretched once again in the roles of Phyllis (Kate’s friend from college), Tom (another dog owner), and Leslie (a rather unusual psychotherapist).

“Sylvia” is sponsored by Chateau St. Croix Winery & Vineyard. Tickets for “Sylvia” are $26 for adults and $13.50 for youth. Subscribers get a deep discount through the purchase of Flex Pass packages which are bundled with either six seats or ten seats. Packages range in price from $111 to $195. To receive a 2009 season brochure, stop in at Festival Theatre or request one by phone or e-mail. Festival Theatre is located in downtown St. Croix Falls, at 210 North Washington Street. For more information, to order tickets or join the Festival Theatre mailing list, call 715-483-3387 or 888887-6002. You may use the theater’s Web site www.festivaltheatre.org to purchase tickets or for additional information. - submitted