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Supreme court stops GAM sale Last attempt to complete sale of county-owned nursing home in Amery fails; number of issues remain for county PAGE 3

Brownie’s memory honored with lights Back page

It’s the cheese

R e i n de e r b oo g i e

$90 million in cheese sales helps Burnett Dairy fend off challenging economy PAGE 11

Kutz will have opponent in April Chief deputy honored at retirement party Pa ge 2

Court commissioner Paul Baxter plans to be on the ballot for county judge PAGE 3

Frederic closes pool Demolition planned; school board decision ends long running discussion PAGE 5

Shriners make season a little brighter Currents section, page 16

Clerk’s claim denied Supervisors deny claim from clerk of court to cover legal services in lawsuit involving fellow employee PAGE 3

ATV death lawsuit

County board bids Cathy Albrecht goodbye Page 12

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Family of 19-year-old who lost life in ATV accident in August claims county has liability PAGE 3

Grantsburg second-grader Jonathan Michaels got down as a boogying reindeer during his classes performance of the “Blitzen’s Boogie.” The “Dancing Through the Holidays” elementary school program was presented last week at the high school auditorium.

More photos in Currents section. - Photo by Priscilla Bauer

Ar ct i c a ir m ov es i n

County library federation survives another round

Under scrutiny again during county’s budget process PAGE 14

Petition challenges method of collecting funds 158 signatures presented PAGE 4

Strilzuk interception key in national title victory See SPORTS, page 21

Early copy, please The Leader publishes a day early next week See deadlines in ad, PAGE 5

This photo from the collection of photographer Erik Barstow shows a frigid scene as steam rises from the St. Croix River at the Xcel Energy St. Croix hydroelectric dam at St. Croix Falls.

Temperatures in the area plunged from about 20 above on Sunday to 12 below on Monday with windchills dipping below minus 20 degrees. - Special photo

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by Sherill Summer BURNETT COUNTY – Retiring Burnett County Chief Deputy Don Taylor bids the Burnett County Sheriff’s Department farewell on Friday, Dec. 12.

Taylor has worked in the sheriff’s office for the last 29 years. The last 11 years as chief deputy following eight years as Burnett County sheriff.

Taylor told his well-wishers at the party that he has had a great run at the sheriff’s department, “It is the only place I really wanted to work.”

As will all retirement parties, it was a time of stories big and small and more than likely Burnett County residents have their own stories to tell.

Burnett County is in the process of hiring the next chief deputy. Burnett County Sheriff Dean Roland explained that the pool of applicants has been narrowed to the top three, and the hiring committee had plans to narrow the search to a top candidate this week.

It is possible that a new chief deputy will be on the job by Feb. 1, 2009.

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There were a few trips down memory lane at Don Taylor’s retirement party, including an old photo of a young deputy, taken in 1981. As of 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 12, the only thing left for Don Taylor to do at work was to eat cake.

Retiring Burnett County Chief Deputy Don Taylor received a badge for his retirement from Burnett County Sheriff Dean Roland during a special retirement ceremony Friday.

Milroy retires city council seat; focuses on Assembly work SUPERIOR – Rep.-elect Nick Milroy, D-Superior, announced this week that he will not seek re-election to the Superior City Council. Last month, Milroy was elected as state representative of the 73rd Assembly District with his tenure to begin on Jan. 5. He will be replacing Rep. Frank Boyle, who chose not to seek re-election.

“I want to thank the constituents of the 8th District of Superior for their faith in me as their city council representative,” stated Milroy. “It has been an honor to serve you in this capacity.

“Given the time commitments related to now serving as your state representative, I feel that I must relinquish my seat

on the city council,” continued Milroy. “I look forward to continuing to serve you, as well as all other citizens of the 73rd Assembly District.”

Milroy will serve out his term on the city council, which ends April 21. Even-numbered council districts are up for election this spring. Anyone interested in filing nomination papers for Milroy’s seat should contact the city clerk’s office at 715-3957200.

Beginning Jan. 5, Milroy can be contacted via e-mail at Rep.Milroy@legis.wisconsin.gov or by calling his office at 608266-0640 or toll-free at 888-534-0073. – from the office of Rep. Milroy

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At the Sacred Grove in northern Burnett County, owned by Pat and Lucy Basler, folks hang mementos in trees for many reasons – to honor a deceased loved one, to honor sobriety, to honor spirit or a special occasion. This golden angel has been hanging in a white pine for many years, notes Lucy. The dream catcher (photo at right) was placed by someone who was ill. The grove is located in the town of Scott, across Thompson Road from the Basler residence, which is located in the town of Jackson. – Photos courtesy Lucy Basler

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Briefly Due to a lot of coverage of local school concerts and other events this week, some of our photos and stories have been moved to our next publication date, Tuesday, Dec. 23.

••• DANBURY - According to a report by redrockonair.com, a Danbury woman was among 18 Northwestern College students who found themselves stuck in Thailand after political unrest shut down the airport where they were scheduled to depart. Kristen Scott was part of an eight -week global studies and mission experience led by a Northwestern College professor and staff member. Northwestern College’s Web site stated this week that the students were never in danger. - with information from Northwestern University Web site

ATV death prompts lawsuit against county SIREN – Burnett County has received notice it will be sued by the family of a 19-year-old Minnesota man who died as result of injuries from an ATV accident in the town of Webb Lake in August.

Jake Nichols, the county’s forest administrator, told members of the natural resources committee last Thursday that the family of Robert Clifford Humphrey is seeking to hold the county responsible in the death.

According to the Burnett County Sheriff's Department, the accident occurred Aug. 16 at approximately 10 a.m. on a blind curve on Balsam Lake Fire Lane just east of Webb Lake. The road allows both regular and ATV traffic. Humphrey was northbound on Balsam Fire Lane, negotiating a curve when he struck a southbound Chevy truck driven by Jan Luke, 72, Danbury.

It was reported that Luke was bear hunting at the time of the accident.

According to a family member Humphrey had just finished breakfast and was headed out for a ride with a party of riders, including his parents, Bob and Kathy Humphrey. They were all riding separate ATVs. Robert’s parents were behind their son when the accident occurred and did not see the accident. Robert died before he could be airlifted from the scene to a hospital.

Nichols said there are signs on the road that caution ATV drivers to vehicle traffic, along with other warning signs. Nichols said he believed the maximum amount the family can seek is $50,000. – Sherill Summer

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State Supreme Court stops GAM sale

by Gregg Westigard AMERY/MADISON – The Wisconsin Supreme Court denied Polk County’s petition to review the Golden Age Manor sale issue, in effect stopping the last attempt to complete the sale of the county-owned nursing home in Amery.

The county had asked the Supreme Court to review a decision of the Court of Appeals voiding the sale. The Supreme Court announced its decision late Monday after holding its monthly session where it decides what cases to accept.

A number of issues still remain active regarding Golden Age Manor, including pursuit of the heirs of the property donor to agree to a sale, possible lawsuits resulting from the failed sale, and the future of the home and its upkeep.

The county might still be able to sell GAM if the heirs of Annie Sullivan agree to rescind the donation of the land and a new county board vote approves the sale. The process of contacting the heirs has started. The county needs to follow this course to show that it is

doing everything to complete the sale it approved last January.

If the sale is stopped, lawsuits may be filled against the county to recover damages resulting from an improper sale. Discussion on these legal actions has taken place in closed sessions of the county board. However, it is speculated that damages may be sought by the buyer of the home and by the broker who negotiated the sale. The buyer invested money in buying the nursing home and hiring staff for the original April 1, 2008, transfer. The broker would not collect a commission to cover expenses if the sale is void.

If GAM remains in county hands, the county needs to look at the future of the home. While GAM had a small loss in 2007 and is probably making money in 2008, two big issues are on the horizon.

First is the future status of the federal and state money provided each year to cover operating losses of governmentowned nursing homes. Second is the physical condition of the home. The GAM building is 50 years old and may

need a number of repairs including new windows and roofing.

At issue in the long court case was whether the nursing home property was donated to the county. Opponents of the sale claimed that donated property cannot be sold without permission of the donor or that person’s heir. In addition, the sale of donated property must be approved by a two-thirds vote of the board. The county claimed that the deed did not state that the property was donated and that GAM could be sold by a majority vote of the board.

A petition to stop the sale was filed last January immediately after the county board voted to sell GAM. That case wound through the Circuit Court, which ruled for the county, to the Court of Appeals, which stopped the sale, and finally to the Supreme Court which ruled this week.

More information on the 2008 GAM finances, the physical condition of the building, and the future of nursing homes will be in next week’s Leader.

Claim against Polk County denied

by Mary Stirrat BALSAM LAKE — A claim from Polk County Clerk of Court Lois Hoff to cover the cost of legal services in a lawsuit involving a fellow employee was denied by the board of supervisors at its meeting Tuesday, Dec. 16.

Hoff and Polk County were named in a lawsuit filed by Diane Taxdahl, who worked in the clerk of court’s office under Hoff. The two faced each other in two elections, both of which Hoff won.

Taxdahl filed suit against Hoff and the county, claiming that Hoff, as her supervisor, violated her First Amendment rights to free speech after the elections and claim that she was subjected to harassment in retaliation for running for office.

The case was resolved last summer, with Taxdahl awarded $210,000 and the charges against the county and Hoff dismissed.

Speaking to the Polk County Board of Supervisors Tuesday evening, Hoff said she was not upset about the outcome of the case, but was not happy with the legal representation the county appointed for her.

The county-appointed attorney from the firm Weld, Riley, Prenn, and Ricci of Eau Claire did a poor job of communicating with her, Hoff said, to the point that, on the recommendation of the county’s in-house attorney, she hired her own private lawyer.

According to Hoff, the countyappointed attorney failed to let her know about court proceedings and dates, and was openly rude to her at times. No depositions were taken for her side, said Hoff, and the county was dismissed from the suit but Hoff was not.

Hoff was seeking $3,160 to offset the costs she had because she had to hire her own attorney. In addition to paying for legal services, Hoff found it necessary to make numerous copies to provide information to her attorney.

“I am very upset with the representation I got,” she concluded.

At the recommendation of the claims adjuster with the county’s insurance company, the board denied Hoff’s claim.

The vote was by voice and was not unanimous.

Financial planning A resolution from supervisor Ken Sample to have UW-Extension host a six-hour training session for the board on financial planning and budget development met with some opposition, but after revisions it was approved by voice vote.

While the supervisor who spoke about the resolution seemed in agreement that training in areas of financial planning and budget development are needed, the idea of bringing in a speaker from UW-Extension didn’t sit will with everyone.

Nor did the fact that the resolution calls for the formation of an ad hoc committee that would synthesize the information gained from the presentations, because the county’s financial director would not be included.

The proposal, said supervisor Gerald Newville, disregarded the expertise of the finance director and the finance committee.

“You dishonor the people that work in finance, not even consulting with them,” Newville said. “I really think this is a disservice.”

The training would cost about $3,500, according to the resolution, and Newville felt that neither the money nor the time would be of more benefit than what could be gained from doing the training in-house.

“Thirty-five hundred dollars, a couple of hours, and suddenly we’ll be a lot smarter,” he said. “Don’t think you’re going to learn everything in one day.”

Supervisor Jim Edgell made the comment that he would like to know more

about budget development, but didn’t think six to eight hours would be enough.

“We have the county financial guru right here,” he added, referring to finance director Tonya Weinert.

Supervisors Patricia Schmidt and Dean Johansen said they would like to see the training include a good deal of factual, practical information. Johansen suggested that presenters include Kate Lawton of UW-Extension, Weinert, and supervisor Gary Bergstrom, chair of the county finance committee.

An amendment to the resolution removing the idea of forming an ad hoc committee after the training session was approved by a vote of 14 to eight. The board then voted to move ahead with a training session in February. All county supervisors and department heads will be involved.

Other business • The board voted to transfer a parcel of property the county acquired through forfeiture in the village of Osceola to the village. The village wants the property, said treasurer Amanda Nissen, because it is located adjacent to a conservancy district. The property is located just east of Hwy. 35 along Osceola Creek and is cannot be built on, Nissen said. “It has very little value to the county,” she said.

• More and more polling places are using electronic voting machines, and the programming of each put the election budget in the red. County clerk Cathy Albrecht said that each machine has to be programmed according to specific ballots, and 36 machines were included in the budget. However, she said, another 22 touch screens and seven new tabulators were purchased by local municipalities. The board approved additional funding not to exceed $41,300.

Baxter to challenge Kutz in Burnett judge race

by Gary King BURNETT COUNTY – A judicial court commissioner from Douglas County plans to have his name on the ballot in the April 7 race for the Burnett County Circuit Court Judge seat now held by Ken Kutz.

Paul W. Baxter of Superior is in the process of collecting signatures to allow him to file a nomination for the position. A former private practice attorney who argued cases before Judge James Taylor years ago in Burnett County, Baxter said this week that his wife has family in Siren, and if successful in his bid for the judgeship, they would gladly make Burnett County their home.

“I’ve always thought it was a beautiful county, and my wife and I have decided it would be our preferred place to live as ‘grandparents in waiting,’” Baxter said.

He said he’s enjoyed interacting with county residents during his travels to gather signatures for his nomination.

Baxter, who in his youth raced motorcycles, served 15 years in county government, working in social services as a director at the county level. He ran alcohol and mental health programs in Ashland County.

He then entered law school at UW-Madison.

“I decided the legal system was a better way for me to address the issues I cared about,” he said.

As a court commissioner, Baxter oversees cases ranging from felonies to small claims, including child custody, civil and criminal matters. As a commissioner he does not handle jury trials on felony or civil matters.

He has held that job for the past six years.

He also teaches classes in dispute resolution and

civil and business law at UW-Superior and works with the college’s mock trial program.

More information on Baxter will be published in the future.

Judge Ken Kutz, appointed by Gov. Jim Doyle to fill the seat vacated by Judge Michael Gableman, who was elected to the State Supreme Court last April, is not yet listed on the State Election Board’s Web site of candidates registered for the spring election.

All candidates should file a campaign registration statement or amended statement before circulating nomination papers.”

A call to Kutz’s office confirmed that he is running for re-election even though he is not registered. – Gregg Westigard contributed to this article

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Petition on PFP presented to Webster trustees

Calls PFP collection method “unjust and unreasonable”

by Sherill Summer WEBSTER – Webster resident Mary Klar spoke at the Webster Village Board meeting for the second time in as many months on Wednesday, Dec. 10, to speak out against the public fire protection funds collected on empty lots through the water bill.

This time she presented the board with a petition that had 158 signatures on it, asking the board to rescind not only the public fire protection on empty lots, but the entire decision to collect PFP on the water bill and instead collect it through the levy as before, claiming the current method unreasonable and unjust.

The petition was drafted and circulated by village Trustee Bill Rock, even if he didn’t actually present the petition, and he admitted he had already looked over the signatures beforehand.

Nearly a dozen residents attended the board meeting to voice public comments and hear what the next step would be, but even after an hour-long discussion, it is unclear what that step would be, other than there will be another joint public utility/finance committee meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 17, to work out the next step.

Many of the public comments voiced said that the residents were misled about the levy being reduced by $40,000 since the PFP was going to be raised via the water bill. Other comments expressed the opinion that it is not fair that empty lots have to pay as much as a lot with improvements. Still other comments urged the board to cut expenses since the county is in a recession.

Village President Jeff Roberts and most of the trustees were subdued throughout the meeting except Rock. Trustee Norm Bickford left the meeting early, clearly frustrated.

The 2009 budget has already been set, although it is still possible to amend the budget. Rock is the chair of the finance committee and has already held meetings this fall to trim the budget, and the 2009 budget overall has been reduced by approximately $10,000 from 2008. Many line items were reduced to absorb the

Webster Village President Jeff Roberts looks over a petition with 158 signatures submitted to the village board calling the public fire protection collection method unjust and asking for the collection to be placed back on the levy. Trustee Tim Maloney is in the background. – Photo by Sherill Summer approximately $13,000 increase for ambulance service.

Nonetheless, the mill rate will go up about $5 per $1,000 of value because the equalized value in the village has decreased, even if the levy stayed within the 2-percent freeze.

Trustee Tim Maloney assured the residents at the meeting that the 2009 budget is already “bare bones,” and a chorus of trustees explained that if the decision was rescinded and $40,000 was taken of the budget to pay the PFP, something would have to go.

Trustee Bill Rock responded, “We have to find ways to reduce our costs and budget. If we have to cut back on some services, so be it.”

Some ideas he mentioned throughout the meeting were reduce overtime pay, find energy savings, lower medical insurance premiums and cut back equipment purchases. He expressed confidence that he could find money somewhere in the budget.

At times during the meeting, Rock seemed to back away from the language of the petition and said that the 158 residents that signed the petition are willing to wait, do not expect miraculous results and that the decision could be reversed gradually.

Pictometry grant explained to county supervisors

by Sherill Summer BURNETT COUNTY – A resolution accepting a pictometry grant was not passed during the Burnett County Supervisor’s November meeting in part because of lack of information. Burnett County Sheriff Dean Roland was sick during the November meeting and couldn’t answer any questions.

It seems the Roland is determined that it doesn’t happen again. Throughout December, Roland has presented the information at a committee meeting and a policy and planning meeting to answer any questions that arise.

Anyone familiar with Google Earth knows what a pictometry image looks like. A location is taken from several different angles allowing any location to be viewed in 3D. A four-county, $935,000 grant will pay for all software and hardware needed to operate picotmetry, as well as the actual photography needed to create the picotograph image, and the package includes unlimited licensed use for all county-government agencies for what ever reasons they have to use it.

The information can also be saved to disk and can be used in squad cars.

This four-county grant replaces a seven-county $3,000,000 grant that was killed during cutbacks in 2007 Roland predicts that the information can be used in many different applications. Firefighters can view the property in route to a fire, for example. The information can be used in search and rescue emergencies, and.a helicopter trying to land near an accident can locate power lines, even in the dark. The Cleanup adhoc committee is considering using it to assess junk on a property.

The aerial photos will be taken this spring, before the trees leaf-out and the pictometry images will be avail-

Dean Roland shows a map of Burnett County.

The areas in green will have oblique photos to the four-inch resolution taken next spring. The remaining areas will have oblique photos to the 12inch resolution taken. able by July.

Some of the supervisor discussion mentioned that this might be perceived as big-brother like surveillance, but Roland pointed out that these are photographs only; not a satellite providing minute-byminute images.

The pictometry grant is on the Burnett County Supervisor’s agenda for Thursday, Dec. 18.

Special project will keep dignitaries warm at inauguration GREEN BAY - A Green Bay company that employs the developmentally disabled is working on a special project. Employees are making scarves that will keep dignitaries warm at next month’s presidential inauguration.

The company–called ASPIRO–is used to making wool scarves for the military. But when Joan Pigeon, manager of government orders, looked at a recent order form something at the bottom caught her atten-

tion.

“It’s for the presidential inauguration, and we are making black scarves–4,425–for everyone that’s in the reviewing stand. So we are extremely excited about it.”

Everyone will be keeping a close eye to see if Barack Obama is wearing one of their scarves when he takes the oath of office. - Wisconsin Public Radio (Patty Murray)

Still at other times during the meeting, he talked of adopting a new option from the PSC that allows the empty lots rate to be reduced by half. This would not, however, be rescinding the previous decision, but readjusting how the PFP would be collected and would not necessarily reduce the budget by $40,000, but it may reduce the conflict over the rate for empty lots.

The board has recently learned of the new method that only charges half for empty lots this month. An earlier public utility/finance committee figured two other ways to reduce the rate on empty lots, but the PSC rejected both of these methods.

Further adjustment in the way the rate is calculated may come at a cost. The PSC allowed the first change of method without a PSC public hearing. The village can rescind the decision without a public hearing by the PSC, but any other changes require a public hearing that will cost the village about $900 and the PSC may take the opportunity to readjust the amount of PFP the village pays. The PFP rate has remained the same for many years.

In other business There are new rates for the community center as of Jan. 1, 2009. The office spaces in the basement will rent for $125 per month, and a rental rate for all nonprofits to use the building will be $75 per day. There are some nonprofits that will not be required to pay the nonprofit rental fee because they regularly give support already.

The regular rental rate for the community center will remain at $400 a day.

Patty Meyer is expected to be the new library director, beginning Feb. 2, 2009. She currently is the library director for Fairchild. She plans to relocate to the area with her family.

Despite the village budget uncertainties, Christmas bonuses were approved without a nay voice, costing the village $300, and a motion to trade the old sweeper in and purchase a new sweeper was approved, costing the village $1,000.

Judge Kutz outlines goals

by Sherill Summer WEBSTER – Newly appointed Judge Ken Kutz apparently likes his new job because he’s running to keep the position.

Kutz is no stranger to Burnett County, serving for 25 years in the district attorney’s office, most of them as the district attorney.

Currently, he is serving out the remainder of Judge Ken Kutz is runJudge Michael ning for re-election in April Gableman’s term. He 2009. As a part of his rewas appointed to the election bid, he appeared position by Gov. Jim at the Webster Village Doyle after Gableman Board to talk about what was elected to the he hopes to do in Burnett Wisconsin Supreme County – Photo by Sherill Summer Court in April 2008.

In his re-election bid, Kutz visited the Webster Village Board to describe what he would like to do as a judge in Burnett County.

One problem he would like to address is truancy among county students.

Kutz has commented that many of the people that he must judge have one thing in common; they don’t have a high school diploma or GED. He is hoping that holding truancy count once a week instead of once a month will make consequences for missing school more timely.

He is also hoping a countywide truancy ordinance will be adopted.

Another problem he is looking into is the foreclosure rate in Burnett County. He is hoping that he can bring together lenders and homeowners who find themselves in trouble to see if anything can be worked out before there is a default judgment or sale of the home. He points out that too many times the homeowner thinks there is nothing they can do when foreclosure is filed. It is not always the case. More often than not, the lender doesn’t want the property back either, he said.

Finally, Kutz said that he welcomes suggestions about what he can do as a circuit judge for Burnett County.

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Frederic school board closes pool, discusses football options

Engen takes seat at wide-ranging school board meeting

by Gregg Westigard FREDERIC – The Frederic School Board covered a wide range of topics at its monthly meeting Monday night.

By the time the three-hour meeting ended, a new board member had taken his seat, the board had voted to close and demolish the swimming pool, the calendar had been changed to adjust to the coming band/choir trip, and the future of the football program was discussed.

In addition, the board received the audit report for last year and looked ahead to its January agenda which will include approval of a virtual education policy. It was a busy night.

Frederic School Board acting President Scott Nelson (left) administers the The pool The 50-year-old Frederic swimming oath to new board member Troy Engen. The Lewis resident will serve until pool has been permanently closed and April and is running for a full term. – Photo by Gregg Westigard will be demolished early next year. The unanimous board action ends a long coach Ken Belanger said in explaining enough students, despite its dropping period of talk about the problems at the the makeup of football conference team enrollment, to have enough students for pool, the possibility of making repairs, assignments. The issue of who Frederic field regular 11-person teams and also and the issue of who would pay the plays was part of a long board discus- have a junior varsity program. He costs and what that cost would be. sion that included the possibility of added that if some teams go to the nineThe motion to permanently close the some schools moving to nine-person person option, the conferences would pool was made by Terry Taylor and sec- teams and an option of opening be rearranged but that this would not onded by Becky Amundson. Health and Frederic football to sixth graders. necessarily result in less travel. safety problems at the pool, including Belanger said that football, more than This led to a suggestion that Frederic violations of items in two state codes, other sports, is very physical and there might open its football program to sixth were identified last spring in a report is more chance that a smaller student graders, both to fill the teams and to prepared for the Friends of the Pool and may be hurt by contact with a larger stu- offer a new experience to younger stuin a letter from the Wisconsin Division dent. If school enrollment is used as the dents. of Public Health. A July summary of the determining factor in how teams are “It scares me,” Belanger said in referissues stated that repairs, if possible, assigned to football conferences, there is ence to this idea. He said there is a big could cost up to $100,000 or more. The more chance that school teams will play difference in size between a sixth grader Frederic Village Board reviewed the other teams whose players are the same and an eighth grader. Belanger said this possibility of joining in the repair proj- physical size, with less chance of is a physical contact issue, adding that ect but made no decision. injuries. For example, Belanger told the sixth graders may take contact hits that “The door has been open for the last Leader in a phone call, St. Croix Falls, could stop the kids from every thinking six months for ideas on how to fix the with 360 students, would probably have of playing football. pool,” Taylor said. “No one came for- more large players than Frederic, with a ward.” count of 170 upper-grade students.

Band/choir trip The district will now ask for bids for This has resulted in a splitting of the and a schedule change the demolition and removal of the pool Lakeland Conference into the large and The Frederic band and choir have and for the scrap value of any salvage. the small divisions for football, based on scheduled a trip to Disneyworld in The Friends of the Pool and others will school enrollment. Larger school, April. The trip, which was not arranged be able to identify any items, such as the including Unity, St. Croix Falls, Luck, when the school calendar was prepared pool slide and bricks from the control and Grantsburg are in the Large building, which should be saved. Taylor Lakeland Conference while Frederic, estimates that salvage items such as pip- with fewer students, is in the Small ing and a newer water treatment tank Lakeland Conference. Most of the teams might bring money that could be used Frederic plays are to the east, in places to cover some of the removal expenses. like Bruce, Winter, Minong and Taylor said he favors getting the pool Flambeau. As far back as 2004 there removed during the winter when there have been questions asked about the Each week, kinderis less chance of students being outside travel time and cost of playing these garteners at Frederic during the demolition work. Other teams and not those close by. Belanger Elementary School board members thought the bid selec- says that the conference officials have concentrate on one lettion and removal process might take placed Frederic in the conference that is ter of the alphabet. longer. best for the students to be competitive.

Last week the letter The Frederic pool was opened in July The declining enrollment in many was J. So a special of 1958 and last operated in the summer schools is causing some to look at guest, Brad Knauber a of 2007. The Friends of the Pool group is switching to nine-person football. freshman at the high now raising funds for a new communi- Athletic director Jeff Carley and high school, brought his talty swimming pool. school Principal Ray Draxler said that a ent to the elementary core of five or six conference teams may school. He’s an accomThe football story elect to make that change next year. plished juggler, and his “It’s a safety issue,” Frederic football Carley said that Frederic still has performance for the kindergarteners was “spectacular,” according to librarian Dianna Edling.

He juggled rings, clubs and balls.

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last year, will mean that 70 of the 180 high school students will be gone for a week. Principal Ray Draxler said that there would be little productivity in the school with so many students gone. In addition, teachers would need to repeat lessons they taught during this period to get the missing students caught up.

With this in mind, the board approved a school calendar change for next year that will result in many changes for the students. April 6, 7, 8 and 9 will be vacation days for all students. Those are the days the band and choir will be gone. Jan. 22 has been an early release day and the Jan. 23 a vacation day. Both those days are now full school days. A previous vacation day, March 2, is now a school day. Finally, April 13 is changed from a vacation day to a school day.

All this will result in one less student school day for the year. That loss of day in the calendar must be approved by the state Department of Education. The board passed the calendar change with the stipulation that the loss of a day will not result in a loss in state aid. If approval is denied by the state, the Frederic School Board may consider other options. Some board members expressed displeasure that the trip was not announced earlier in the year and was not planned for last summer.

Other business Troy Engen took his oath of office and joined the board, taking the seat formerly held by Marilyn Sederlund. He and incumbent Shari Matz are the only candidates now registered for the April election when two seats will be open.

Filling for the election ends Jan. 6.

The district is preparing a virtual education policy to serve students who wish to take classes online. There are any issues involved and a policy must be in place before the start of the open enrollment period Feb. 2. The board will have this issue on its January agenda.

The board also received its annual audit report for the year ending June 30, 2008. A full report on the audit and school finances will be in next week’s paper.

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Webster High School to move to modified block scheduling

Change expected to help student test scores

by Carl Heidel WEBSTER - Webster High School students will find themselves in a new schedule pattern when the 2009-2010 school year begins. At its Monday night meeting the Webster School Board approved a shift from the current full block scheduling to a modified block scheduling.

School Administrator Jim Erickson explained that this means that some classes will be taught in 90-minute blocks while others will be offered in the standard 45-minute instruction period.

The change was worked out with input from teaching staff and administration. Data from test results and student achievement were the basis for the brainstorming that suggested the new scheduling format.

“I’m really excited about this,” said Erickson. “It should help us with our test scores.”

According to Erickson the present

block scheduling, which has been in effect for at least 10 years, can be detrimental for students taking standardized tests at regular intervals. If a core subject such as math is taught in a block program, it is possible for a student to go for an entire calendar year between math classes.

This means that a student could take a mandated test in math after being away from the subject long enough to have forgotten important material. By offering some of the core subjects in a modified block, the course subject matter is more evenly distributed over the course of a school year, and the student takes the tests with information still fresh in mind.

“I’m proud of the board for supporting this initiative,” said Erickson.

In a related matter, Erickson announced that the state report on the Webster Schools is now available on the schools’ Web site. By clicking on the link on the schools’ home page, parents or anyone else interested can follow a series of menus that offer information about the various elements of the school system, everything from demographics to instruction information.

“This is important, and our people need to know about this,” Erickson commented. He indicated that access to this information will help communication between the schools and the community.

A matter that had surfaced at the November board meeting received clarification Monday night. In a discussion of a proposed change in the rate of pay for substitute teachers, Erickson had mentioned a figure for staff absenteeism which drew questions from the board.

Erickson explained at this meeting that although the average number of days of instruction missed by the teachers was five per teacher, the actual rate is lower. On an average, teachers miss slightly more than two days a year due to illness or personal leave days, and the other three days of absence from the classroom are due to continuing education or in-service training programs of one kind or another.

In another matter, the board listened to a presentation from Art Sundstrom who asked for a review of the current eligibility requirements for students to participate in cocurricular activities such as sports. To be eligible, students

must maintain a minimum grade average of C. If the average drops below that, a student would not be able to participate fully in the activity.

As an example, if a basketball player’s grade drops below the eligibility level, the current policy is that the student will be ineligible to play in 25 percent of the scheduled games. In a 20-game season, the student would have to sit out five games.

Sundstrom questioned that percentage, and suggested that missing 10 percent of an activity might have the desired effect of encouraging the student to work harder on studies and grades.

The board will consider Sundstrom’s suggestions.

In other business the board: • approved Joe Peterson as JV boys basketball coach, and Mindy Widiker for the second coaching position for junior high basketball; • approved the resignation of Brenda Pierce, half-time school nurse, effective Jan. 1, 2009; • and approved a bid of $1,670 from Bell Pole for thinning the Webster school forest.

Cleanup effort gains momentum

by Sherill Summer BURNETT COUNTY – Since August, an ad hoc committee has been meeting in Burnett County to see if anything can be done with some of the junk on private property in Burnett County.

The committee has already solicited help from the Burnett County Townships to identify problem areas, receiving 15 responses. They then went on a fact-finding tour of the properties to take photos and see the problem areas firsthand.

Next, corporate council and the district attorney’s office were consulted to figure out how to address the problem.

The cleanup committee found out that there are already adequate laws and ordinances to address the problem. All that needs to be done is to enforce the laws through zoning, the sheriff’s office and the district attorney’s office.

All of the costs for the cleanup can be billed to the landowner or occupant and

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the costs can be tacked onto a tax bill if needed.

Burnett County has also set aside $10,000 toward the effort.

The cleanup committee gave a slide presentation to the Burnett County Supervisors to get their input and received positive feedback.

According to the cleanup committee, the challenge will be where to start.

Start they will, if all goes to plan, as of the January meeting when a property will be selected to cleanup.

According to the county chairman, Phil Lindeman, “There might be things we can do to set an example so that other people will realized they should start to clean up.”

A slide show of problem properties was presented to the Burnett County Supervisors to demonstrate the problem of junk on Burnett County properties. – Photo by Sherill Summer

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Roof issues for library/dentistry

In other library business, librarian Sarah Adams gave a report to the council. She indicated that the library received another $100,000 grant last week. “The good news is we got another grant, which put us over our million dollar goal we set last year” she said.

“The bottom line is that we still need to raise money, and we’re doing that.”

The library needs to raise $150,199 for the project, excluding the roof. With the roof cost included, the total money needed to be raised is $345,399, according to the updated paperwork Adams presented to the council.

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by Tammi Milberg ST. CROIX FALLS– The city council for St. Croix Falls briefly discussed an item in old business that took place over the weekend at the council meeting Monday night. It was an informational update, but no action could be taken because it was not on the agenda.

Over the weekend, rain got into the library building. The informational update was that most of the water and damage was cleaned up, but that an insurance adjuster had to arrive yet and do a report.

Dr. Amin Uddin, who is a partner in the library building project, developing part of the building as his dentistry and as condos, addressed his concerns to the council. While the council could hear Uddin, they could not engage in discussion or take any action. Uddin stated that he was concerned about the adjuster and taking proper steps to ensure his interests are protected and that it does not adversely affect his projected operations date.

The council indicated that the insurance adjuster would be out Tuesday.

Uddin planned on being open in the new building Dec. 22, and had anticipated moving into the building beginning this week. Uddin thanked the city for using judgment to call in Archer to help with the cleanup and the city thanked Uddin for being an understanding community partner.

Other business •The council approved a resolution and ordinance to rezone property owned by George and Marianne Fox to be purchased by the owner of Eric’s Bike and Canoe, who will be moving his location from the city hall parking lot to the property, located across from city hall and adjacent to the skate park.

•The council approved the plan commission’s recommendation to authorize Steve Paulson to operate a tourist rooming house (operated as a bed and breakfast) out of his home on Red Fox Trail.

•The council approved the fire department’s restructuring rates for fire calls and runs through an ordinance.

•The council tabled a proposal by Dave Rasmussen dba MSA Professional Services for more information.

City honors students generosity

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PARADISE NEW YEAR’S EVE St. Croix Falls High School Student Council President Carissa Libbenga holds a certificate of appreciation from the city of St. Croix Falls. The student council for the high school, as well as middle school students were recognized at the city council meeting Dec. 15 for their food drive for the food shelf.

Also pictured is St. Croix Falls Mayor Darrell Anderson, who read a proclamation for the students and their food drive. Back row (L to R): are middle school students Maggie Singerhouse, Savannah Stone, Brianna Wenell, Kyle Chapman and Zach Constant. Front row: Travis Feldick, middle school, Amanda Larson, high school student council, Carissa Libbenga, student council president, and Mayor Darrell Anderson. – Photo by Tammi Milberg

by Tammi Milberg ST. CROIX FALLS–The city council of St. Croix Falls and mayor Darrell Anderson recognized members of the St. Croix Falls High School Student Council and members from the middle school for their efforts in a food drive completed recently. A proclamation was read aloud at the Dec. 15 city council meeting.

Suzanne Imhoff, art teacher at the high school, and student council advisor for the high school, explained to the council that the students decided to organize and run a food drive. She said that each class set a goal to inspire friendly competition among themselves. The middle school had a goal to beat the high school and they achieved that goal.

The high school collected over 3,200 items and the middle school collected

over 4,200 items. Imhoff said the students also have been working on other community drives. She said students raised over $400 in donations for Operation Christmas and are in the process of collecting donations for Toys for Tots.

Imhoff stated, “I’m not sure what it is about this year, or if it’s just the students we have, but the students this year are very generous and giving in a time that is not very generous or giving because of the economy. I’m very proud of these kids and the things they have done.”

Imhoff said it took an hour and a half for students to load up food items to take to the food shelf in St. Croix Falls, and 45 minutes to unload all the items.

She said that the students did a wonderful job and thanked the city for recognizing them.

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Another sad symptom

old on tight.”

That may be the headline of our current times.

If your world hasn’t changed in some way due to the recession, count yourself fortunate. Small-town businesses and consumers are realizing they need to turn to each other more and more in order to ride out this economic storm.

While potential business failure captures the front pages, some other symptoms of our tanking economy are being noticed. The Star Tribune’s front page Tuesday tells us that Best Buy will slash jobs due to the “worst retail environment” company officials there have ever seen.

But on the front of one of the paper’s inside sections, writer Kevin Giles brings to light other news. The horse population in Minnesota and western Wisconsin is suffering dramatically, with fewer owners able to afford to care for their horses - resulting in more cases of neglect.

Horses are dying in barns and pastures and wherever they fall, according to the article. Many owners are trying desperately to find homes for the animals they cannot care for.

The scenario relates to all kinds of animals. If someone loses their home to foreclosure - where do their animals end up?

As people suffer hard times – animals may suffer worse, or die.

If you are able to give to those in trouble, keep in mind the humane societies and rescue farms, who do incredible work and are now being asked to do even more.

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Energy project

olk County may be about to become one of 10 Wisconsin municipalities to lead the state's initiative to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, according to Jeff Peterson.

Peterson is a former Polk County supervisor who, while in office, began a Web site blog (http://polk-county-board.blogspot.com/) to keep his constituents informed on the issues. He was defeated in the most recent supervisor election but vows on his site to “maintain this blog as best I can until I’m re-elected in 2010.”

Peterson is still involved with county issues, including as chairman of the county’s renewable energy committee, which is charged by the board of supervisors to explore ways to reduce the county’s use of nonrenewable resources.

Peterson writes that Gov. Jim Doyle made available $500,000 in competitive grant money that will designate five to 10 Wisconsin municipalities as prototypes to demonstrate how local governments could reduce reliance on fossil fuels and electricity by 25 percent by the year 2025.

The committee, partnering with the cities of St. Croix Falls and Amery, is applying to be one of those prototypes. UW-Extension’s Bob Kazmierski, Polk County’s Community Resource Development agent, is playing a key role in the grant application, which was due earlier this week. Awards will be announced in January.

You can’t get much more on the leading edge of alternative energy than that. Congratulations and good luck to those leading the project.

Where to write

Governor Jim Doyle 115 East, State Capitol Bldg.

Mailing address: P.O. Box 7863 Madison, WI 53707 wisgov@mail.state.wi.us

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President George Bush 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. 20500 president@whitehouse.gov

Governor Jim Doyle 115 East, State Capitol Bldg.

Mailing address: P.O. Box 7863 Madison, WI 53707 wisgov@mail.state.wi.us Congressman David Obey 7th Congressional District 2462 Rayburn Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20515 or Wisconsin office: Federal Building Wausau, WI 54401 (715) 842-5606 Rep. Ann Hraychuck 28th Assembly 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. Frank Boyle 73rd Assembly District Room 221 North State Capitol P.O. Box 8952 Madison 53708 E-mail: Rep.Boyle@legis.state.wi.us

Senator Sheila Harsdorf 10th Senate District State Capitol, P.O. Box 7882 Madison, WI 53707 (608) 266-7745 • (715) 2321390 Toll-free - 1-800-862-1092 sen.harsdorf@legis.state.wi.us

Rep. Mary Hubler 75th Assembly District Room 7 North, State Capitol P.O. Box 8952 Madison, WI 53708 or 1966 21-7/8 St. (Hawthorne Lane), Rice Lake 54868 (715) 234-7421• (608) 266-2519 rep.hubler@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

Senator Robert Jauch 25th Senate District Room 19 South State Capitol P.O. Box 7882 Madison, WI 53707 E-mail: Sen.Jauch@legis.state.wi.us

U.S. Senator Herb Kohl 330 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20510 senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov Congressman Ron Kind 3rd Congressional District 1713 Longwirth Office Bdg. Washington, D.C. 20515 202-225-5506 888-442-8040 (toll-free) ron.kind@mail.house.gov

Congressman David Obey 7th Congressional District 2462 Rayburn Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20515 or Wisconsin office: Federal Building Wausau, WI 54401 (715) 398-4426 No e-mail address available Rep. Mary Hubler 75th Assembly District Room 7 North, State Capitol P.O. Box 8952 Madison, WI 53708 or 1966 21-7/8 St. (Hawthorne Lane), Rice Lake 54868 (715) 234-7421• (608) 266-2519 rep.hubler@legis.state.wi.us

U.S. Senator Russ Feingold SDB 40, Rm. 1 Washington, D.C. 20510 or 8383 Greenway Blvd.

Middleton, WI 53562 (608) 828-1200 senator@feingold.senate.gov U.S. Senator Herb Kohl 330 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

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

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Letters t o t h e e d i t o r Difficult decisions I would like to commend the Polk County Board of Supervisors for the very difficult task that has been put before them…to balance the budget and keep the taxes as low as possible in one of the most difficult economies we have experienced since the 1970s.

Polk County has 45,000 citizens. When looking at what programs can be kept, they need to make very difficult decisions to try to minimize the disruption of services as much as possible to as few citizens as possible. Taxpayers cannot afford higher taxes, so cuts need to be made, bottom line. As we all do with our own personal budgets.

Having spent the majority of my career in county government and only recently working back in private industry; I understand the commitment our supervisors make by being elected and serving.

Although they are paid a stipend; the little they are paid is nothing compared to the time and research that is done outside of public meetings to try to do the best they can for the constituents that elected them to serve. It is truly a public service; whether you agree with some of their attempts to keep costs down or not.

The issue of the Golden Age Manor is a very difficult and sad situation. I’m pretty certain that no one wants to “stick it to the residents and staff” of this institution. I can also feel pretty safe in stating that it hurts every one of the supervisors, no matter what side they are on, in the possibly of converting this institution to private industry. What a wonderful gift the donor gave when she donated the land for this purpose. She was truly an angel. Bottom line right now is that GAM houses 100plus residents…remember the county board of supervisors has 45,000 citizens they are responsible to.

I would also like to pose the question that if the current GAM administration could have managed this facility responsibly, not have the unbelievable arrogance to believe they were “above accountability” and did not need to submit the proper paperwork for bills, and did not give good/accurate accounting for this facility for years, perhaps things would be different.

The press is a very valuable public service and as such, has a responsibility to the 45,000 citizens of the county to be careful and prudent in their writings and how they report. We do not need inciting, inaccurate and biased reporting.

Lori Wiese Balsam Lake

Future is now In the last 200 years, four shifts form the birthing-panged process of human civilization as we have it. The first shift in question began at the end of French Revolution and Napoleonic Era. It consolidated mass industrial societies. A multipolar system of competing empires in Europe and Asia, along with America’s unique “republican” imperialism over the Western Hemisphere, governed international relations.

The second shift centered around the American Civil War (1861-1865) and America’s rise to great power status over the next 50 years and an unwanted empire in the Pacific. In this epoch America prepared itself to pose its power to become the key in the struggle between empires, old and crumbling (Russia, China, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian), new (Japan and Germany), the most powerful (Great Britain), and on the fence (France).

The third epoch, humanity’s insane civil war, was the long, interrupted conflict from 1914-1945, the first and second world wars. In this conflict, America and Russia, under Bolshevism, emerged the most powerful, the other empires dead or dying. The world wars were between racist superiority practicing slavery under totalitarian government and were opposed by constitutional liberal democ-

racy and contractual markets.

The Cold War was the struggle was between America’s funny “democratic” imperialism and the Bolshevik/Soviet communist one. It was an often violent and financially costly war between systems and ideas of industrial government.

Nine/11/2001, the true end of the Cold War, was the beginning of the PostHistorical Era, to be a struggle between individuals and their liberty against elite classes ruling for the narrow interests of the few. The moral of this history is that the politics, economics, technology and the very cultures changed. “Chicken and egg” change and conflict entwine.

Historians should witness this era as the defining moment whether humanity is enslaved for the benefit of the few, or whether the rights and laws of nature-life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness-shall endure, apply, and rule our future, for peace and prosperity.

One viable solution to ensure that the positive change happens for the benefit of everyone, and happens peacefully, is to join the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin. A viable option from now and into the future, the Libertarian Party seeks to empower individuals to live their lives as they see fit, for families to prosper free of tax-theft and currency-fraud, for government without corruption, where leaders are accountable and justice is served equally no matter the rank of class or wealth, and to allow communities to find and implement their own best solutions to problems like education, local commerce, without federal and state roadblocks, and appropriate for the local citizens. The Libertarian Party is about free minds and fair markets. Find out more by visiting, and requesting more info, at www.lpwi.org . The future is now. Save your family. Join.

Tim Krenz Centuria

Cheerful cheering We have been longtime fans of the Webster basketball teams, and we have attended most games at Siren. As we watch, we hear the fans of both teams, too.

It is because of the rudeness of some of the Siren fans that this letter to the editor is written. We expect their fans to loudly support their teams, but we are offended by some of them who, when Webster controls the ball or is attempting free throws use discouraging or disgusting words.

Is that a good reflection on your teams and community? Yes, you want to win, but is it necessary or fair to disrupt the opposing team? Why not just cheer your team and trust the better team that night will prevail.

One other suggestion? The play-by-play announcer uses a long drawn-out way of stating the players’ names just before the game begins. We believe he would serve the audience better stating them normally, and loud and clear.

Webster has a younger team, while Siren may go high in the rankings. We wish both teams well.

Two old fuddy-duddies, Wes and Norma Maurer Webster Go Tigers!

Chapter ends A chapter in the abortion and war debate has ended and it’s time to give thanks. Thanks to the Leader’s editorial staff for providing the forum, to Pastor Olson for his courage, passion and tenacity, and to the faiths that guide us to peace and life.

The Leader leads with an outstanding forum for citizens to share varying points of view. Communities contain more diverse points of view than we usually know, and if only one point of view is heard, our democracy suffers. The best answers to our common problems come when all points of view are heard with

respect and understanding. Dialogue and debate in the public square is essential to democracy.

Pastors may encounter more diversity when they preach in the public square. I most certainly meant no disrespect and offer this apology to Pastor Olson for any personal hurt he may have felt. I have no doubt he is an outstanding pastor to his congregation. And I have no doubt which of us knows the Bible better; so although his invitation may be most kind, I’ll not be dropping in for a Bible quiz. Maybe we could share stories of fishing, hunting, or Scandinavian ancestors.

The Abrahamic faiths are so full of wisdom for our human communities. Yet, faith wars continue to be fought, urged on by extremist factions who seem to have more in common with each other than with moderate members of their own faith. Whether Jew, Muslim or Christian, extremists seem to be fearful and ignorant of each other’s faiths with a quick readiness for aggression. What might happen if we sat, listened deeply to each other’s beliefs, hopes and dreams for our futures and those for our children? I predict we’d find so much in common that our differences would pale, our fears disappear and cooperation on the world’s great problems enhanced.

I wish a peaceful Christmas to the Leader staff, Pastor Olson, friends family and all readers of the Leader.

Norman Jensen Siren and Madison

Xcel Energy power line During the summer of 2007, Xcel Energy buried a power line encased in concrete underneath Louisiana Street as part of the city’s street renovation project.

The line ran from the dam over the St. Croix River up to the five corners intersection by the county fairgrounds. This project is part of a much larger regional improvement of the existing power line and a much-needed enhancement to the western Wisconsin power grid that will better prepare our region for any major power outages that may occur in the future.

The second stage of this project is to continue this underground power line from the five corners area by the county fairgrounds south to Maple Street and eventually east out of town through the industrial park. There are two options for running this line from the five corners area to Maple Street. One is to rip up Blanding Woods Road again and bury it there; the other is to run the line east, under the road that runs on the east end of the school property line. Blanding Woods Road was just redone in the last year and a half, and would entail some additional construction concerns because the power line is buried between three- and six-feet below the surface of the road. With the second option of running the line east, under the school road, Xcel Energy would be willing to redo the road and run the roadway straight through from north to south, if the school district so chooses, with access to the road from the high school parking lot, the middle school parking lot and the road that runs just north of the middle school.

This redesign of this roadway would be at no cost to the school district and greatly enhance the traffic flow in front of the middle school. Students from the high school would not have to drive through the middle school parking lot loading zone; they would just go east and access this new roadway. Parents picking up students at the middle school would enter the loading zone via the east end of the middle school parking lot and would not have to drive through where buses are leaving the middle school. This would greatly reduce the congestion just before school and just after school on the northeast end of the middle school and greatly enhance the safety of students.

If you have any questions about this project, please fee free to contact me at the school district at 715-483-9823 ext. 200.

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Glenn Martin, district administrator St. Croix Falls

If we’re wrong, let us know The close of the Wisconsin deer hunting season is upon us and the numbers have been posted. The overall deer kill numbers in the sate were down 19 percent. In the northern zone the numbers were down 28 percent. These numbers are directly from the DNR call-in reports from registration stations. This is a disturbing trend to me as the Wisconsin deer hunting season is one of the most vital economic events of the year.

My question is why are the numbers down almost 1/3rd? This makes it more baffling when the goal was to kill more deer than the 2007 harvest. I am no game manager but I have hunted in the same area for 24 years, and this by far is the worst year for seeing deer I have ever experienced.

Once again, I am no expert other than the fact I am in the woods and see firsthand what is out there, but some possible causes I could come up with are the following: 1. Inaccurate deer herd estimate.

2. Issuing of too many antlerless permits based on inaccurate deer number.

3. Deforestation of large plots of public land for profit from the lumber. This surely must have an effect on the deer patterns, food and cover.

4. Introduction of predatory animals and the unknown effect they could have on the deer population.

This year 31,430 nonresidents purchased licenses to hunt in Wisconsin. I believe this is due to a history of having an abundant deer herd. With the harvest numbers so low and the overall viewing of deer so low I fear that this could have a huge negative impact on future sales and revenue for this state.

I think the DNR needs to explain to the people what is wrong and what the plan is to fix it. If we are wrong in our thinking, then please correct us and explain where we are in error. The deer hunting season is not something that should be taken lightly as it affects us all.

Mike Janke Grantsburg

Support We want to express our sincere gratitude to the Luck community for their support of our Soup and Sandwich Supper last Tuesday night. We are in the process of raising money for championship banners, a football concession stand, and senior athletic awards.

Our gratitude to the basketball parents who brought food and helped in the kitchen. And to Beth LeMieux, who made the soup, and to Julie Christensen, who led us in the kitchen.

We raised more than $600. Your help went a long way in accomplishing our goals.

We still have coupon cards available for the Luck area and donations are always welcome.

The Luck Booster Club Luck High School

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Letters t o t h e e d i t o r Signs needed This is the third accident in this area in three weeks. (See photo at right).

Fortunately, no one was hurt.

The first one was a kid who took off and left his car there, probably under the influence.

The second took out the speed limit sign, which stopped him from going into the river.

This one, however, made it all the way into the river. It took 2-1/2 hours to get him out.

No injuries, but here are the pictures.

Perhaps now the county will put stop signs at this intersection. These accidents took place at the intersection of CTH B and Z in Atlas, visible from my home.

I hope it doesn’t take a death to convince the county of the need for signs.

Krystyn Knights Atlas

Man’s best friend?

As a village inundated with four-footed companions, you would think Frederic would also be filled with dog lovers. Why then would these dog lovers leave their loved ones outdoors all winter in kennels, with doghouses full of old straw or blankets, or on the end of a chain? Can’t they at least let the dogs into the porch overnight? Do they believe that footpads, ears and noses are made of some impregnable material from another planet? Is this some macho thing?

For a village full of dog owners, there sure aren’t many dog walkers. Do these people believe that running circles around a kennel or lunging at the end of a chain constitute exercise for a dog? Do they believe that driving around town in a pickup truck constitutes exercise for a human? A few more hours walking the dog on the streets and a few less all-youcan-eat buffets would put two species of creatures into better shape right quick, don’t you think? Or don’t you?

With friends like these, a dog doesn’t need an enemy in this town.

Kelly Green Frederic

See “Signs needed” letter. — Photo submitted

Now…global cooling Hi, Earthlings! Al Gore here, beaming in from La La Land. Since hell has officially frozen over, and we know this because of the fact that it recently snowed in Louisiana and Houston, Texas, and we have set numerous cold temperature records making the fall of 2008 one of the coldest ever, I can now announce that we have won the war on global warming.

I want to thank those of you who made this religious event so enriching for me personally, by paying to see my movie and buying my book and paying to hear me speak after traveling in gas-guzzling transportation equipment to get to wherever I am. Truthfully, most days I truly don’t know where I am..

However, since the war on global warming is now won, I must warn of the impending doom that will surely befall us if we don’t do something to stop global cooling. I will be writing a book on this impending doom and making a movie.

Hopefully true believers will pay large amounts of money to me to learn more of this looming tragedy. While I don’t yet know where my religious research on this matter will lead, clearly we need to start burning more fossil fuels to create more greenhouse gasses to warm the world up and keep - Earth In the Balance - heh heh - get it? Earth In the Balance?? I made a movie about that…

Anyway, I, personally, will be starting immediately to attempt to reduce my oxygen footprint by continuing my consumptive lifestyle and discontinuing the planting of trees. If we all do this, A. we won’t be turned into little frozen icicles and, B. my life will continue to have meaning.

Merry winter solstice to all believers.

Beam me up, Scotty.

Intercepted and submitted with all due respect by: Bob Blake Frederic

Mandate On Nov. 2 , our father, husband and brother, Jack Lindemann, was killed by a drunk driver – himself. Legally drunk is .08. His blood alcohol concentration was .49 (stupor, blackout). The bartender admitted to serving him at least 10 white Russians. This was over a three- to fourhour period. While we do not excuse the fact that he chose to drink and drive, we do not feel he is, nor should be, solely responsible for his death.

There is an organization called the Tavern League of Wisconsin. Their code of ethics states their members will try to arrange safe transportation home and protect customers from the effects of alcohol abuse. One of their goals is to create goodwill through the community and safety through their safe ride program.

Washburn County has 48 bars that are members of TLW. The bar Jack was overserved at is one of them. Was he asked if he wanted a safe ride home? TLW code of ethics states “We want you to get home safely. If you need a ride, we will try to arrange safe transportation home.” There are several hundred people that would have come to get him – everyone knew him. Even if he had not been exhibiting signs of impairment, he had been served 10 drinks with 2.5 ounces of alcohol per drink. That should have been enough to alert the bartender he should not be allowed to drive. A person with a BAC of .49 is in a stupor. They are not capable of knowing the deep serious danger they are in. If no one was concerned about his safety, what about the safety of those he was endangering on the road that night?

We are extremely grateful that he didn’t injure or kill anyone else.

The TLW of Wisconsin also boasts their biggest accomplishment is securing thirdparty civil liability exemption, saving their members between $8,000-$20,000 in insurance per year. As the civil liability law reads now, a person is immune from civil liability arising out of the act of procuring alcohol beverages to another person.

That means that a bar in Wisconsin can serve a person drinks until they are in a drunken stupor (.49) and not be held accountable. How is that promoting public safety and concern for their customers and the community?

Jack should have been refused drinks and offered a safe ride home. There are minimum, basic standards a bar should be required to uphold. TLW states their members will “refuse to serve and will offer a safe ride through their safe ride program.”

A bar should be held accountable, to some degree, when a customer is overserved at their bar and allowed to get behind a wheel and endanger not only themselves but others. We feel that if the TLW is unwilling or unable to enforce their own code of ethics, it’s time for the citizens and legislators of this state to mandate they do.

The family of Jack Lindemann Sherry Bakko (Lindemann) Glenwood City

Rep. Hraychuck supports infrastructure improvements

Northwestern Wisconsin would benefit under federal stimulus package

BALSAM LAKE – Rep. Ann Hraychuck, D-Balsam Lake, supports a federal economic stimulus package for Wisconsin focused on creating jobs and improving infrastructure. Gov. Jim

Doyle requested a $1.64 billion package for our state and testified before the House Appropriations Committee on Dec. 11 to explain how the of federal assistance would be put to work in Wisconsin.

“This federal assistance will give Wisconsin the funding to make necessary infrastructure improvements such as road work, maintenance on school buildings, and green energy projects,” said Hraychuck. “Our state has many

projects that are ready to go and a skilled workforce that is ready to get back to work—so these federal dollars could be put to use right away.”

Projects benefiting the 28th Assembly District include $250 million for the St. Croix River Bridge, $3.67 million for construction and road maintenance on Hwy. 70 between Siren and Spooner, construction, resurfacing and painting of Hwy. 8 between St. Croix Falls and Turtle Lake totaling $5.86 million, and

also $680,000 for improvements to the Osceola Airport. This request must be approved by Congress “We’re going to have to find ways to cut state spending. But cuts made in a budget that doesn’t begin until July will not help families that are struggling today,” said Hraychuck. “Creating jobs and getting people back to work is a key component to digging out of this economic crisis.” - from the office of Rep. Hraychuck

"# t h A s s e m b l y D i s t r i c t Managing our deer population Like so many other hunters, the deer were scarce where I was hunting this year, but my husband harvested a few, including a nice 8-point buck.

I have heard from a number of constituents that the deer population seems to be low and they had a hard time finding them. However, preliminary estimates show that Wisconsin’s deer population is up by 22 percent this year, while Minnesota’s population is down 9 percent. The Department of Natural Resources will have a final population and harvest count later this

winter.

The number of licenses sold for the nine-day gun-deer season was 642,419—up slightly from last year.

Almost 95 percent of the people that purchased licenses were Wisconsin residents. The highest Ann number of nonresiHraychuck dent hunters came from Minnesota and Illinois.

Women made up 8.2 percent of license holders, and almost half of the women were under 30 years of age. Youth—age 18

and younger—made up 11.4 percent of the total deer hunters. It is exciting that so many young people are participating in this Wisconsin tradition, and I hope we can continue to recruit more youth to join in.

So far this year hunters across the state harvested 276,985 deer, which is down from last year by about 19 percent. I think it is important to review how the Earn-a-Buck, Herd Control, and Chronic Wasting Disease regulations have impacted deer populations across the state, and see if those programs need to be adjusted.

As the chair of the assembly fish and wildlife committee, I believe one of my roles is to collaborate with the Department of Natural Resources,

sportsmen’s groups, and conservation organizations to find a healthy balance in managing our deer population. An oversized deer herd can negatively impact our forests and farms by destroying vegetation and crops, impairing disease control efforts and could also increase the number of deer and vehicle collisions. We need to make sure there are enough deer to maintain our hunting traditions while not allowing the population to grow out of hand.

As always, please feel free to contact me toll-free at 888-529-0028 or by e-mail Rep.Hraychuck@legis.wisconsin.gov.

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Record cheese sales help fend off challenging economy

$10 million increase in cheese sales alone for Burnett Dairy Cooperative

by Gary King BURNETT COUNTY – A favorable cheese market helped Burnett Dairy Cooperative survive higher operating costs and a tough economy to post more than $100 million in overall sales for the second year in a row.

Cheese sales accounted for $90 million of the co-op’s $117 million in total sales in fiscal year 2008, which ended Sept. 30.

Approximately 60 patrons and members gathered Saturday at the cooperative’s annual meeting, and heard a positive financial report.

The cooperative sells propane, fertilizer, feed, fuel and hardware as well as awardwinning, world-class cheeses and other dairy products.

The $117 million in total sales compares to $100 million last year.

Cheese sales alone were up $10 million.

The co-op ended their year with a net Burnett Dairy Co-op margin of approxiboard president Dan mately $2.5 million, compared to $1.7 milStrabel. lion last year.

“There were lots of high prices this past year in the cost of petroleum, fertilizer – and also cheese, but that’s good, because you sell cheese,” said auditor Roger Van Someren of Carlson Highland & Co. He said it was “a pleasure” to present another good financial report for Burnett Dairy.

“It’s the best possible report you can get,” he said.

Manager reports Mark Knoepke, who manages the Alpha supplies/petroleum division, said the closing of the Webster Co-op over the past few years and restructuring of sales, including the dropping of a Kawasaki dealership, is beginning to result in a slow turnaround

Kent Krause and Kevin Knauber were returned as board members at the Burnett Dairy Cooperative annual meeting, held Saturday at the Nelson Elementary School in Alpha.

Dale Olson (R) shakes hands with his successor, Earl Wilson, at Saturday’s Burnett Dairy Cooperative annual meeting. Olson is retiring from the cooperative after spending years as the manager of the cheese plant at Alpha. He was presented with a plaque by co-op board President Dan Strabel, and a gift certificate to a fishing lodge in Canada. – Photos by Gary King of negative numbers.

In 2008, a net margin of minus $353 was much better than the minus $99,641 last year, he said.

“It was better than last year, but we’re not quite there yet,” he said.

Knoepke said the co-op realized a profit on the sale of the Kawasaki building this past year. He reviewed the cooperative’s propane and fertilizer and feed sales, noting the inflationary prices of feed and fertilizer ended up making a strong profit for the co-op, more than its propane sales, which is usually the co-op’s “big money maker.”

That was partially due to the fact the co-op didn’t have enough gallons of propane to contract and cover all the prepaid orders.

On the other hand, the co-op sold 8 million pounds of fertilizers at a cost of $713 a ton, compared to $431 a ton last year.

The hardware store continued to grow, showing a 10-percent increase in sales, and the tire store and small engine shop did better in sales this year, he noted.

The cooperative sold 40 million pounds of feed and 3 million gallons of propane.

“We’re continuing to set (propane) tanks every day,” he said. “We just keep growing in that business.”

Knoepke said the cooperative now has approximately 4,000 propane customers.

Knoepke also noted that the cooperative experienced a very good grain crop this year, saying it went from having the emptiest bins since they were built in 1996 to having so much grain it had to be stored on the ground.

Farewell to Olson Board President Dan Strabel, who presided over the 41st annual meeting, paid tribute to Dale Olson, the cheese plant manager for nearly four decades who made a decision this past summer to retire.

“We wanted to have a party for him,” Strabel noted, “but he’s a pretty simple guy who didn’t want us to do that – and he’s not exactly a ‘watch guy.’”

Strabel presented Olson with a paid trip to a fishing camp in Ontario and a plaque of appreciation.

Olson said his 38 years working for Burnett Dairy had “been a pleasure.”

Auditor Roger Van “I enjoyed it,” he Someren had good news for said. “It was a good patrons and members of challenge, and I have Burnett Dairy Cooperative at to say that when I the co-op’s annual meeting, started a lot of the Saturday. guys and girls stuck with me through the years – some have been here nearly as long as myself.

The staff has always been great and that’s what makes a company great.”

Olson thanked the patrons, customers and all those who served as board members over the years and congratulated the present board on their choice of Earl Wilson as his successor.

Cheese report Giving his first annual report as cheese plant manager, Wilson said that despite experiencing a year of rising operating expenses, the cheese plant had a good year, mostly due to the higher market price of cheese.

“I can’t impress on that enough – the cheese market for us is a make or break thing,” he said. “There are only so many things we can do here to adjust to that.”

The cheese store showed a 7-1/4-percent increase in sales, with more customers visiting the store, he said.

That was encouraging news, he noted, in light of the price of fuel and negative news about the economy.

Wilson said he’s noticed slow but steady growth of sales via the co-op’s Internet site, established to produce online sales of cheese.

“I’m hoping we can develop a lot of sales through the site as time goes on,” he noted.

Wilson also noted that the co-op is completing an upgrade in its wastewater system, under the guidance of the DNR. He said the co-op paid for the project mostly out of capital, a $1 million expense.

Wastewater standards have changed, he noted.

Wilson also noted he hoped to have as good a career with the co-op as Dale Olson.

“We worked very well together,” he said. “He made the decisions about what we were going to do and I found a way to help get it done.”

Elections Board members Kevin Knauber of Frederic and Kent Krause of Webster were re-elected to the board. Other board members are Dan Strabel of Siren, Gary Peterson of Grantsburg, Randy Demulling of New Richmond, John Dodds of Frederic and Matt Takala of Pine City, Minn.

Burnett Dairy Cooperative is a locally owned farm supply and dairy cooperative that distributes profit margins back to patrons at the end of the year, based on the amount of business done with the cooperative.

These distributions take the form of equity credits and cash.

Primary for state education head Contest for Burnett judge, spring election filings at midpoint

by Gregg Westigard NORTHWEST WISCONSIN – The filing period for candidates wishing to run for office in the April election is at the midpoint but already a number of races have surfaced, including a February primary election for state superintendent of public instruction. Burnett County has two persons running for judge. December is the month when candidates for school boards, some village boards, and judicial seats file their nomination papers. The last day for filing is Tuesday, Jan. 6.

State school Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster

has stated that she is retiring at the end of her term.

While she has not yet filed her statement of noncandidacy, four candidates have entered the race for the position. Tony Evers, Rose Fernandez, Lowell Holtz, and Van Mobley had registered with the election board as of Monday. Since there are more than two candidates, a statewide primary for the office will take place Feb. 17.

A race has developed for the Burnett County Circuit Court seat. Incumbent Judge Kenneth Kutz has said he will be seeking election to the seat he was appointed to last summer. As of Monday, he had not registered with the state election board, the first step in gaining a place on the ballot. Paul W. Baxter has registered and an April contest is likely.

Robert Rasmussen and Eugene Harrington, the incumbent Circuit Court judges in Polk and Washburn

counties have no opponents at this time as they seek re-election.

Shirley Abrahamson, chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, has drawn one opponent, Randy Koschnick, as she seeks another term.

School board candidates are filling with the various school district offices. The Leader listed all open seats in the Dec. 3 issue.

While most villages and all towns nominate their candidates at caucuses in January, a few villages have switched to using nomination papers. Filing is now taking place in Clear Lake, Dresser, Osceola and Turtle Lake as well as the city of St. Croix Falls. Open seats in those areas were also listed on Dec. 3.

All caucus dates and a citizen’s guide to caucuses will be in the Dec. 31 Leader.

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County board bids Cathy Albrecht goodbye

by Mary Stirrat BALSAM LAKE — After 31 years of serving Polk County in various capacities, outgoing county clerk Cathy Albrecht was recognized by the board of supervisors at its Dec. 16 meeting.

Speaking to the board, Albrecht said

On of the duties of the clerk of court is to administer the oath of office to board supervisors. Albrecht did that at the Dec. 16 meeting of the county board, when Larry Voelker took the District 22 seat vacated by the resignation of Arthur Gamache.

she has witnessed a lot of transition in her 31 years with the county. She started in the county clerk’s office, working with the first computer the county purchased, then went on to work in the public health and the highway departments before coming back to the county clerk’s office as Polk County clerk. In each department she helped institute new technology.

Current board Chairman Bryan Beseler and two former chairs lauded Albrecht for her dedication and her help. “She will be severely and sorely missed,” said former Chair Bob Blake.

Albrecht and the staff in the county clerk’s office, said former Chair Larry Jepsen, “are the main source of continuity” in the county.

Thanking the current and past supervisors and employees for assisting her in her job, Albrecht also encouraged the board to express appreciation to county employees, and to consider staggered terms, with only half of the board being

A plaque of appreciation was presented to outgoing county clerk Cathy Albrecht by current and former county board chairmen. From left are current Chair Bryan Beseler, Albrecht, and former chairmen Bob Blake and Larry Jepsen. Former Chair Don Getschel was in the hospital and could not attend the presentation. up for election each election cycle. This, she said, would help provide continuity,

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Restorative Justice Community Service: Benefit is “huge”

by Nancy Jappe SIREN – “We are going to make 9,000 hours this year. We wanted 10,000, but will make a little over 9,000. That’s a lot of hours given back,” commented Burnett County Jail Administrator Terry Nesvold about the huge benefit the

Louis Belisle (L) and William Bearhart, two Burnett County inmates who are working through the Restorative Justice Response Community Service Program, spent Thursday morning, Dec. 11, at St. John’s Church, Webster, baking cookies for military personnel. “The RJ gals have done a great job in finding work for them,” commented jail administrator Captain Terry Nesvold.

Mack on tour

Mary Mack ALMA - Folk humorist Mary Mack, aka Webster High School graduate Miki Budge, has announced her annual holiday stand-up comedy show schedule. She’ll appear at the Park Theater in Hayward, Dec. 18, the Old Gem Theater in New Richmond, Dec. 19, the Big River Theatre in Alma and at the Northrup Auditorium in Minneapolis in an appearance with comedian Louie Anderson, Dec. 27.

Mack, who is known for her smalltown stories and occasional, quirky sing-alongs, has been featured on the nationally syndicated Bob and Tom Radio Show, XM’s National Lampoon’s Comedy Network, and Minnesota’s Polka Spotlight. After winning the 2005 California’s Funniest Female contest, she was a finalist in Comedy Central’s Open Mic Fight, and HBO’s Andy Kaufman Awards (2007), and has appeared on Comedy Central’s “Live at Gotham” and NBC’s “Last Comic Standing.” Tickets are available for $10 ($8 seniors) at the time of show. Times and ticket prices vary according to venue. See www.marymackcomedy.com for more info. – with submitted information

“The Kettle Campaign is a good thing because the Salvation Army is able to help many people in our community with needs. I like to serve by ringing the bell because I get to know the public better, and it makes me feel like time goes by faster serving my sentence by being helpful to others,” said Kim Parenteau, Burnett County Restorative Justice Community Service Program volunteer. – Photos by Nancy Jappe Burnett County Restorative Justice Response Program Director Lisa Johnson (center) and Captain Terry Nesvold, administrator of the Burnett County Jail and RJR board member, taste-tested cookies baked by Teanna Emery (L) and three other community service volunteers Thursday morning, Dec. 11, at St. John’s Church, Webster. The cookies will go to military personnel overseas and at home through the Cookie Brigade and also a few to jail inmates. community receives through the Restorative Justice Response’s Community Service Program. Through this program, selected agreeable inmates from the Burnett County Jail are released from jail to work on community projects.

“All the jail personnel are so accommodating and helpful. There’s a great team between the two agencies,” said Lisa Johnson, director of programming for Burnett County Restorative Justice Response.

The latest collaboration between RJR and the jail involved four inmates baking cookies for a day at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Webster. The cookies were sent by Susan Hager, Frederic, founder of the Cookie Brigade, to different military facilities, including the Field Medical Hospital in Iraq, the medical evacuation unit that transfers injured military people from Baghdad to Germany, the receiving hospital in Germany, the Fisher House in Germany and two Fisher Houses in Minneapolis that provide low-cost housing for military families who are staying near injured loved ones.

The goal was to make 50 dozen cookies using four recipes for haystacks, peanut butter balls, luscious lemon snaps and gooey butter cookies that were chosen by Johnson. “The four workers made the cookies. Everybody else taste-tested,” Johnson said.

“This is much more satisfying than having them sit in jail doing nothing,” Nesvold commented. “This will let all the military people away from their families know somebody at home cares,” Johnson added.

“We are communicating the knowledge of the importance of Restorative Justice,” Johnson said. “This is what RJR is all about. It is a good thing,” Nesvold, an RJR board member, added.

The financial picture for Burnett County Restorative Justice Response is starting to look up with the addition of a $20,000 line item in the Burnett County 2009 budget and a $1,000 donation from the village of Siren. The RJR board is looking at doing some additional fundraisers, like the successful spaghetti supper fundraiser held not long ago at the Burnett County Moose Lodge. “We think we will become selfsufficient,” Nesvold said, adding that the county board line item in the budget was a huge help.

In addition to the cookie bakers, Kim Parenteau, a Community Service Program participant who is serving his jail time in the Polk County Jail, has been working with the Salvation Army and their Kettle Campaign.

The Kettle Campaign is important because the funds that come in go to the community to help the needy pay for rent, utility bills, transportation and medication. Last year’s campaign,

Wreaths that make a difference

Richard Rosebrock (L) and Michael Weiss (R) are workers for an adult development program called Community Living Options in Pine City, Minn.

They are pictured holding wreaths they made and are selling to raise funds for the program. Also pictured is their job coach Jason Jensen (C). They were in St. Croix Falls last week. Wreaths sell for $15. For more information contact Wanda at 320-629-1079. –Photo by Tammi Milberg

Burnett County Restorative Justice Response Community Service volunteers Teanna Emery and Tim Mulroy baked four different kinds of cookies for Susan Hager’s Cookie Brigade and a few for the Burnett County Jail.

This is the second year that Community Service volunteers have taken over the church kitchen at St. John’s in Webster for a Christmas cooking-baking effort. according to Duana Bremer from the Salvation Army, raised approximately $72,000, which has already been spent.

The goal for this year is $75,000.

Parenteau’s work consisted initially of assembling all the kettles that are being used in the campaign, assisting with needed repairs at the Serenity Home (temporary housing with opportunities for residents to get involved in job training, alcohol and drug-addiction treatment and educational programs) and ringing the bells for donations.

Parenteau has typically been ringing the bells by the donation kettle for 8-10 hours a day at MarketPlace Foods in St. Croix Falls. “There is no doubt about it.

The Kettle Campaign is a good thing because the Salvation Army is able to help many people in our community with needs. I like to serve by ringing the bell because I get to know the public better. It makes me feel like time goes by faster serving my sentence by being helpful to others,” Parenteau said.

The Salvation Army needs many volunteers to ring at kettles throughout the community this Christmas season.

Individuals or groups who are interested in helping out are asked to contact Shirley at 715-485-1221 to schedule a shift for this important mission.

Another project that will involve RJR community service workers is the clothing giveaway at the Webster Fire Hall Tuesday-Friday, Dec. 16-19, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the gift-exchange called Christmas Wishes for families from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 19 and 20. This effort is sponsored by Burnett County Interfaith Caregivers.

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by Mary Stirrat BALSAM LAKE — The Polk County Library Federation comes under scrutiny nearly every budget cycle, and this year was no exception.

Last month the county board of supervisors approved the 2009 budget that included funding for the library federation, less one employee. At that time, supervisor Brian Masters indicated he would be submitting a resolution at the December meeting to start the process of abolishing the library federation.

Masters kept his word, and at its Dec. 16 meeting the board of supervisors voted 14 to eight against closing the library.

The closing of the county library must follow steps outlined in state statutes.

Masters told the rest of the board that he felt all aspects of the county must be examined to find ways to make budget.

“This is nothing personal,” he said. “I want these services too.”

Masters added that he believes there is some duplication of services between the county library federation and the 10 local libraries that operate in Polk County. He pointed out that most of them have opted out of supporting the county library federation, an option to communities that support their own public library.

As required by state statute, the county would need to prove “maintenance of effort,” which means that it must fund the county library at the average amount of the past three years.

This could be done, said Masters, by giving funds to the Balsam Lake Public Library, which has indicated it would be willing to do Library Books by Mail and Books by Feet, two programs now operated by the county library federation.

LBBM provides books to people in rural areas and to shut-ins, while Books by Feet takes books to the Polk County Jail.

“I’m not saying the services aren’t needed,” said Masters. “I’m just trying to look at the overall picture of the county.”

Supervisors Patricia Schmidt and Kathy Kienholz both opposed the idea of abolishing the county library.

“This is nothing but a lose-lose situation,” said Schmidt.

The Polk County Library Federation has books to browse and check out, she said, but that is about the only service it has in common with the local libraries.

PCLF provides the MORE system, a computerized catalog system that allows materials to be checked out

Larry Voelker was sworn in as county board supervisor for District 22, replacing Art Gamache. – Photos

by Mary Stirrat online from any of the more than 30 member libraries.

The federation has also obtained 22 computers for the local libraries, along with rotating collections and costly equipment to buff CDs and DVDs. The buffer, she pointed out, was purchased jointly by the local libraries for all to use.

Maintenance of effort, she added, means that the county must continue to provide the same amount of money for library services. The money would still need to be spent on library services, yet there would be no library federation.

According to county finance director Tonya Weinert, Wisconsin Act 150 and Act 420 require the county levy $490,000.

Act 150 and Act 420 reimburse the local libraries in Polk County for use by patrons who do not live in the communities in which the library is located.

Weinert also said that the county library’s operating budget is $147,500, which is the amount that is needed to show maintenance of effort.

At the core of the issue, said supervisor Keith Rediske, is Polk County’s identity. The Polk County Library Federation, he said, is a significant part of “who and what we are” and is “central to our identity.”

The majority of the board agreed with Rediske, voting 14 to eight against abolishing the county library. Supervisor Pat Messicci was absent from the meeting.

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Ted Johnson, Farm Service Agency representative on the county’s lime committee, speaks to the board about a proposal to change the committee structure.

Voting in favor of abolition were supervisors Joan Peterson, Dean Johansen, Herschel Brown, Jim Edgell, Brian Masters, Ken Sample, Jay Luke and Diane Stoneking.

Voting against abolition were supervisors Bob Dueholm, Patricia Schmidt, Kathy Kienholz, Marvin Caspersen, Keith Rediske, Russ Arcand, Mick Larsen, Larry Jepsen, Kim O’Connell, Gary Bergstrom, Neil Johnson, Larry Voelker, Gerald Newville and board chair Bryan Beseler.

Lime quarry committee A proposed change in the makeup of the county committee that oversees the lime quarry was defeated by a vote of 22 to two.

The proposed change would have removed the Farm Service Agency representative from the committee, which also oversees the land and water resources department and UWExtension.

Because the committee sets the price for agricultural lime once a year, and because the FSA representative is a farmer, goes the rationale for the change, there is a conflict of interest.

State statute, however, requires that an FSA representative be included on the land and water resources committee, so the proposal would require that the current committee be split into two committees.

One, without an FSA representative, would oversee the lime quarry. The second, with and FSA representative, would oversee UW-Extension and the land and water resources department.

State statute requires that an FSA representative be included on the land and water resources committee.

Supervisor Neil Johnson argued against the change, noting that the FSA representative could abstain from voting on the price of lime just as one of the supervisors last month abstained from a vote in which he had a conflict of interest.

Ted Johnson, the appointed FSA representative, has “a lot to contribute throughout the year,” he added.

Taking the resolution a step further, supervisor Dean Johansen pointed out

that the lime quarry also produces and sells lime used in road construction. He asked if the change would preclude anyone with a construction background from serving on the committee.

Former board Chairman Bob Blake, during the public comment portion of the meeting, said he felt that the change would more appropriately be made by amending the rules and procedures of the county, since this is where the position is established, rather than through a resolution.

Johnson is the appointed FSA representative on the county committee that oversees the UW-Extension office, the land and water resources department, and the lime quarry. He also addressed the board on the proposed change during the public comment period.

“The lime pit has been in operation almost 60 years,” he said. Most of those years, he said, the majority of the committee members were from the agricultural community. This includes Wilfred Kuhl, an active farmer who served on the committee for 30 years, Johnson said.

Agriculture has a big impact on the county’s economy, he said, which is why former county boards felt it important to have agriculture representatives on the committee.

“I find it odd that the resolution should come before the county board when only one member has ag background,” Johnson said.

Johansen, a member of the committee, later said that he, too, has agricultural experience in his background.

Bringing up another argument against the change was supervisor Larry Jepsen, who noted that the proposal would add another committee and another monthly meeting to the county agenda. The additional meeting would carry per diem expenses at $60 per member. With five members on the committee, per diem would total $300 per month.

Not only that, said Jepsen, the change would mean taking a step backward.

Rather than finding ways to combine and cooperate, the proposal would split the committee into two committees, expanding rather than contracting county government.

With supervisor Pat Messicci absent, the board voted 20 to two against the proposal. The two in favor were supervisor Brian Masters and board Chairman Bryan Beseler.

District 22 Larry Voelker took the oath office as board supervisor for District 22.

Voelker takes the seat left vacant by the resignation of Arthur Gamache.

Voelker, who is employed at the veteran’s hospital in Minneapolis, said he has long wanted to be more involved in county government.

“If you want change, if you want input,” he said, “you have to become involved.”

Gamache spoke to the board, thanking the supervisors and department heads for their patience in showing him the ropes.

“I already miss this situation,” he said. “I truly enjoyed it.”

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Webster band and choir perform before fifirreworks

Webster High School Choir members sang holiday favorites downtown Webster Saturday afternoon. The choir stopped in at several area businesses to offer some musical cheer during Webster Santa Day.

Under the direction of Webster High School band director Julie Strang members of the band performed music of the season just before the fireworks display last Saturday on Webster’s Main Street.

Siren K-4 Winter Program

Gavin Benjamin (L) and Kanaan Christianson had fun acting as “Hiphop Reindeers” in the song of the same name during the Siren K-4 Winter Program Thursday, Dec. 11, in the school auditorium.

This photo was taken at the end of the Siren K-4 Winter Program, when the star shone in the sky and all was well again in Share Bear Land. The program was under the direction of music teacher Cora Sower.

Photos by Nancy Jappe

TOP RIGHT - Bailey Bear (played by Max Lindquist) licked his lips as he thought about all the honey he was missing. This was before his friends, The Share Bears, came to his rescue, even draping blankets around his shoulders to keep him warm during the winter winds. They knew that Bailey always shared his honey with his friends, even giving the one pot of honey he had left to his friend, Little Bear.

RIGHT - In the Siren K-4 program number, “Pinata Song,” Karlee Sybers (L) was one of the dancers; Lukas Hunter played the pinata.

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Luck takes Saints into overtime

Unity and Frederic get conference wins

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St. Croix Falls 45, Luck 43

by Marty Seeger ST. CROIX FALLS – The Cardinals nearly spoiled the Saints perfect conference record on Tuesday night, sending it into overtime with .8 seconds left in the game.

Trading buckets for the better part of the fourth quarter, the Saints clung to a three-point lead. As seconds ticked off the clock, Luck junior Aleah Lemieux drove for the basket and was fouled as the shot went in for two points.

Saints coach Angie Maternowsky took a time-out to try and ice Lemieux into missing the free throw, but the ball went in, sending the game into overtime.

Jenny Benoy and Marissa Campeau shot a pair of baskets to help the Saints go up by four points early in overtime, and Sarah Petznick sunk two free throws to give the Saints a six-point lead with just over a minute to go.

Brittney Danielson of Luck brought the game to within four and Luck quickly forced a turnover, eventually sending Danielson to the line. She got the first basket to give the Saints just a threepoint lead, but Saints free throws in the overtime helped seal the deal, and Marissa Campeau’s 25 points, 11 rebounds and five assists kept the Saints in business once again.

Unity 57, Grantsburg 39 BALSAM LAKE – The Unity girls grabbed a nice conference win over Grantsburg Tuesday night at home.

“This was a nice win to get right before Christmas,” said Eagles coach Chuck Holicky. “We had a nice balance in our scoring and came out with the right attitude in the second half.”

Despite the Pirates sophomore Kortney Morrin’s 26 points, the Eagles were able to provide a balance in scoring, with Becca Milligan leading with 13, Cailin Turner with 11, and Samantha Ince and Crystal Donahue providing eight points apiece. Marisa Hacker had nine points for the Eagles.

“I thought Becca, Cailin and Elizabeth Ebensperger really stepped up the second half,” Holicky said. “Crystal finally came out of her shell and showed signs of what she can do for us. It was a nice team win.”

Frederic 51, Webster 39 FREDERIC – The Frederic Vikings Team Luck St. Croix Falls

1 2 3 4 OT F 7 8 9 13 6 43 7 10 12 8 8 45 Individual Statistics Luck 2s 3s FTM/A F TP Morgan Denny 5 2/3 2 12 Melissa Jenssen 3 3/4 2 9 Brittney Danielson 3 1/2 4 7 Aleah Lemieux 2 1/1 1 5 Taryn Pilz 3 1 1/2 1 10 Totals 16 1 8/12 10 43 St. Croix Falls Sarah Petznick Sharanda Whittaker Jenny Benoy Marissa Campeau Amanda Larson Totals

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Jenny Benoy takes the ball past Luck’s Morgan Denny Tuesday night Photo by Marty Seeger

Viking Megan Anderson had a nice game against Webster on Tuesday.Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld girls basketball team has taken their second conference win of the season. The Vikings defeated the Webster Tigers, 5139, on Tuesday.

“I’m happy with our team’s efforts and win,” Frederic coach Troy Wink stated.

Frederic started with a pattern of getting the ball to Megan Anderson underTeam Grantsburg Unity

1 2 3 4 9 16 6 8 12 13 21 12 Individual Statistics Grantsburg 2s 3s FTM/A Sarah Wald 1 0/2 Gabrielle Witzany 1 1/2 Angela Gaffney 0/2 Lisa Gaffney 1 1/2 Kortney Morrin 9 1 5/5 Liz Gaffney 0/2 Gretchen Hedlund 2 1/4 Totals 14 1 8/19 Unity Annie Confer Samantha Ince Crystal Donahue Cailin Turner Becca Milligan Steph Kothlow Elizabeth Ebensperger Marisa Hacker Totals

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neath the basket and her shooting.

Anderson scored eight points in the first quarter. The Vikings team finished the first quarter with 14 points, while Webster scored eight.

In the second quarter, the Tiger defense held the Vikings to only two as they scored 12, taking the lead 20-16.

The second half was where Frederic scored the majority of their 51 points.

They put in 35 points in the second two quarters. Becca Anderson and Ana Miller each added two 3-pointers to tally up points.

The Tigers scored 19 in the second half, but had trouble making free throws throughout the game. The team went 5 for 18 at the free-throw line.

“We were fortunate to win when they attempted 18 free throws to our two,” Wink said, “and our two came with four seconds left.”

Miller stepped to the line, making one of her two shots.

The Vikings Megan Anderson scored 14 points, Miller ended the game with 13 and Becca Anderson totaled 10.

Chrissy Chenal also added six.

Webster’s Rose Kopecky led her team with 10 points. Michelle Gibbs contributed eight and Rachel Salas scored

See Tuesday girls/ page 24 Team Webster Frederic

1 2 3 4 8 12 9 10 14 2 19 16 Individual Statistics Webster 2s 3s FTM/A Chris Stoll 1 1/2 Michelle Gibbs 4 0/1 Chelsey Robinson 1 1/2 Kendra Spurgeon 1/5 Reba Smallwood 1 1/4 Brittany Burrow 2 0/2 Rose Kopecky 5 Rachel Salas 3 1/2 Totals 17 5/18 Frederic Jade Johnson Megan Anderson Ana Miller Anna Tesch Chrissy Chenal Becca Anderson Kendra Wells Terri McKinney Candace Buck Totals

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3s FTM/A F TP - 2 2 14 2 1/2 2 13 2 2 5 6 2 1 10 3 2 2 1 2 4 1/2 18 51

••• DANVILLE, Ill. – Former Webster athlete Cameron Hughes is busy playing hockey this season with the Danville Inferno, a team based out of Danville, Ill., and member of the Great Lakes Junior Hockey League.

The foreward has scored 11 goals since the team’s first game back in September, and currently holds the fourth spot among eight other teams in the GLJHL standings with a 23-13 record. - Marty Seeger with info from www.danvilleinferno.com ••• RIVER FALLS – The Kansas City Chiefs could be moving their training camp from River Falls to St. Joseph, Mo., according to a report by the St. Joseph News-Press. The team has been training in River Falls since 1991, and still plans on holding training camps their in 2009. But according to the report, the team could be moving to their new home at Missouri Western State University as soon as 2010. - with information from St. Joseph News-Press ••• LEADER LAND – The Turtle Lake at Luck boys basketball game is being broadcast on 104.9 FM on Thursday, Dec. 18, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Chetek at Luck boys basketball game on Saturday, Dec. 20, can be heard on 104.9 FM at 7:30 p.m. The Clear Lake at St. Croix Falls game boys and girls basketball doubleheader in on Tuesday, Dec. 23, on 104.9 FM beginning at 6 p.m. The Osceola at BaldwinWoodville boys basketball game on Friday, Dec. 19, can be heard on 104.9 FM at 7:30 p.m.

••• SIREN – The Amery at Siren boys hockey game is being broadcast on 1260 AM on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 1 p.m. Amery at Baldwin-Woodville boys hockey is on 1260 AM at 7 p.m on Thursday, Dec. 11.

••• GREEN BAY – The Packers at Chicago Bears game is being broadcast on 105.7 FM at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 22, at 7:30 p.m.

••• MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Atlanta Falcons at Vikings game can be heard on Sunday, Dec. 21, on 104.9 FM beginning at 3 p.m.

••• LEADER LAND – Local sports tidbits to share? Please contact the Leader by 4 p.m. on Tuesdays 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 2008 and hasn’t been mentioned, send us an e-mail and we’ll take it from there. – Marty Seeger and Brenda Sommerfeld

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

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Luck comes together over tough Saints team Grantsburg and Webster add a win Luck 69, St. Croix Falls 40

by Marty Seeger ST. CROIX FALLS – Luck coach Rick Giller wasn’t overly happy with how his team played last Friday night against Frederic, but the Cardinals got things going on Tuesday night against a tough Saints opponent.

“We had a little letdown in Frederic …

Frederic really played well I thought, so last night in practice we had to step things up,” he said after their win Tuesday night.

Giller said the team worked on their intensity, boxing out, rebounding and executing their offense. With Brennan Olson facing a double team much of the evening, the Cardinals were able to get some of their outside shots to fall.

Harry Severson-Dickinson led the team with 22 points and had five threes, with four coming in the first half.

“They came out and did a really nice job, and Harry sparked up early and really got us going knocking down the threes,” Giller said.

Severson-Dickinson led with 22 points, and Olson provided 20 for the Cards. Carson Giller added 10 points, including two big threes near the start of the third quarter to open up the game. The Saints held a 15-10 lead at the

Saints forward Ryan Larson goes up against Luck’s Brennan Olson in a key conference clash on Tuesday night. – Photo by Marty Seeger

Webster’s Kyle Godfrey goes up against Frederic’s Brent Crandell. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld end of the first quarter, but the Luck defense allowed the Saints to score just three baskets in the second quarter.

“It showed right in that first quarter how tough St. Croix is, they were coming around that pick-and-roll and Ryan Larson can hit some mighty screens,” said Giller.

Larson led the Saints with 14 points and five rebounds, but the Luck defense showed its strength in the second and third quarter.

We stepped up defensively and that’s where I really wanted to see them,” Giller said.

Grantsburg 73, Unity 44 BALSAM LAKE – The Pirates showed some dominance with a big win over Unity on Tuesday night, with Trent Bonneville scoring 23 points and Jason Jensen providing 17.

Brady Flaherty led the Eagles with 17 points, but the Pirates led from the start, taking a 19-13 lead at the end of the first quarter and 39-23 lead at the half.

Saints point guard Cory Gebhard goes up for a shot over Luck’s Derek Letch on Tuesday night. – Photo by Marty Seeger Team Luck St. Croix Falls

1 2 3 4 10 21 16 22 15 3 5 17 Individual Statistics Luck 2s 3s FTM/A Taylor Horsager 1 Derek Letch 1 Harry Severson-Dickinson 3 5 1/1 Cole Mortel 3 2/2 Nick Morgan Brennan Olson 8 1 1/1 Alec Mortel 2 0/1 Carson Giller 2 2 Totals 18 9 4/5 St. Croix Falls Matt Vold Sam Schmidt Cory Gebhard Gus Koecher Josh Larcom Ryan Larson Kyle Christensen Austin Whittenberger Totals

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Frederic’s Ethan Cook gets a nice look over three Webster defenders on Tuesday night. The Tigers won 33-28. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld Team Grantsburg Unity

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1 2 3 4 19 20 13 21 13 10 10 11 Individual Statistics Grantsburg 2s 3s FTM/A Connar Goetz 3 1 3/4 Ben Larson 3 2/2 Tyler Myers Brent Myers 3 1/2 Jake Ryan 1 Jason Jensen 8 1/2 Thane Larson 1 Josh Phillips 11 1/2 Totals 27 4 8/12 Unity Sam Bengtson Seth McKenzie Luke Hilleshiem Brady Flaherty Rush Hickethier Eric Goulet Tyler Bublitz Totals

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3s FTM/A F TP 3 1/2 4 10 1 1 4 5/6 2 17 1 - 5 4 4 1 4 4 6/8 13 44

1 2 3 4 15 8 5 5 8 6 6 8 Individual Statistics Webster 2s 3s FTM/A Quentin Johnson 2 4/4 James Wethern 1 Karl Weber 1 1/2 Kyle Godfrey 1 Austin Elliott 2 2/2 Dan Erickson Mitchell Elliott 1 0/2 Nolan Kriegel 1 Adam Baum 1 Totals 4 6 7/10 Frederic Brent Crandell Trae Gehl Ethan Cook Zach Anderson Will Primm Andrew Kurkowski Ben Nelson Totals

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Webster 33, Frederic 28 FREDERIC – The Tigers move to a 2-1 record after winning, 33-28, against the Frederic Vikings on Tuesday.

Webster quickly took the lead in the first quarter with three 3-pointers, a field goal and Quentin Johnson’s four free throws. The Tigers were up 23-14 by halftime.

Frederic stayed toe-to-toe in the second but couldn’t ever surpass Webster’s score. The Tigers scored 10 points in the second half while the Vikings added 14 to their side of the board.

Webster had six 3-pointers, four field goals and they went 7 for 10 from the free-throw line for their 33 points.

Bryan Krause scored 10 of the Tigers points with two 3’s and 4 for 4 free throws. Austin Elliott socred the teams two field goals and made both of his two free throw attempts, totaling six points. Karl Weber totaled four. James Wethern, Kyle Godfrey and Mitchell Elliott each nailed a 3.

Frederic’s Zach Anderson led the team in points with 10, putting up four under the basket and going 2 for 2 at the free throw line. Ethan Cook scored eight, with two 3-pointers and making two free throws. – Brenda Sommerfeld

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by Brenda Sommerfeld SIREN – Four teams competed in the North/South Shootout tournament in Siren Friday and Saturday, Dec. 12 and 13. On Saturday, Amery/Unity and Baraboo/Reedsburg faced off in the championship game.

Baraboo/Reedsburg took the trophy, 20, over the Warriors.

The tournament on Friday started with Amery/Unity versus Fond du Lac Springs. The Warriors won the game, 41, moving themselves on to the championship game.

Fond du Lac scored their one and only goal in the first period on a powerplay.

Amery/Unity scored three in the second period to quickly take the lead.

Tanner Tryggestad scored two of the three, one unassisted and one assisted

by Anthony Peterson and Steven Thorud. Cody Olson scored the other second period goal on assists by Kyle Schultz and D.J. Dahlberg.

Tryggestad single-handedly scored

Amery/Unity’s Cody Olson goes up against a Fond du Lac player during their game at the tourney on Friday night. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld the Warriors final goal in the last minute of the third period while his team was shorthanded due to a penalty.

Both team goalies had 31 saves.

Amery/Unity’s Patrick Bergan finished the game with a win.

The Blizzard played the next game.

They were up against B a r a b o o / R e e d s b u r g .

Baraboo/Reedsburg won the game, 4-2, sending the Blizzard into the third and Team Fond du Lac Springs Amery/Unity

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Scoring (Time elapsed) First Period – 1 F Joe Mathweg 12:05.

Second Period – 1 AU Tanner Tryggestad 5:40; 2 AU Cody Olson (Kyle Schultz, D.J. Dahlberg) 6:09; 3 AU Tanner Tryggestad (Anthony Peterson, Steven Thorud) 6:17.

Third Period – 4 AU Tanner Tryggestad 16:06.

Goalies Saves – F Andy McDonald (31); AU Patrick Bergan (31).

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David Harlander scored one of the Blizzard’s two goals against Baraboo/Reedsburg on Friday.

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Scoring (Time elapsed) First Period – 1 B Tony Folk (David Harlander) 10:32.

Second Period – 1 BR Zach Downing 4:29; 2 BR Shane Kalepp (Travis Benson) 11:20; 3 BR Shane Kalepp (James D Amour) 13:02.

Third Period – 2 B David Harlander (Jamie Robb, Tony Folk) 0:18; 4 BR Matt Pingel (Zach Downing) 16:35.

Goalies Saves – BR Shane Mollanen (18); B Mike Billings (22).

fourth place game on Saturday.

Tony Folk scored in the first period for the Blizzard on a pass from David Harlander and Harlander scored on assists by Jamie Robb and Folk in the third period.

However, Baraboo/Reedsburg scored three in the second and another in the third period to win the game. Their goal in the third was on an emptynet.

“We struggled offensively,” Blizzard Team Fond du Lac Springs Blizzard

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Second Period – 1 F Joe Mcardie (John Steiner) 2:41; 1 B Anthony Dietmeier (Cody Benedict, David Harlander) 13:45.

Third Period – 2 B Ben Jensen (Tony Folk) 0:12; 3 B Russ Thoreen (Joe Engelhart, David Harlander) 1:28; 2 F John Steiner (Shane Sable, Alex Steffes) 3:00; 3 F Joe Mathweg (Tyson Baughman) 14:56.

Overtime – 4 B Tony Folk (David Harlander, Joe Engelhart) 1:58.

Goalies Saves – F Andy McDonald (27); B Mike Billings (22).

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Second Period – No scoring.

Third Period – 1 BR Brady Palecek (Luke Bjorkland) 4:39; 2 BR Matt Pingel 16:42.

Goalies Saves – BR Shane Mollanen (27); AU Patrick Bergan (22).

coach Greg Sears said. “I thought we played a little timid and didn’t seem to want to get involved in the physical part of the game.”

Blizzard goalie Mike Billings finished the game with 23 saves.

To find who received third and fourth place in the tournament, the Blizzard challenged Fond du Lac Springs on Saturday. During overtime play, the Blizzard took third place, winning 4-3.

“Saturday was fun,” Sears said. “We played well and hustled all game. I think the kids thought it was time to shed the monkey from off their back.”

Fond du Lac started the scoring with the first goal in the second period and scored two more in the third. The Blizzard followed suit, scoring one in the second and two in the third.

The difference was that the Blizzard scored a goal in the first two minutes of overtime to win the game.

Different Blizzard players scored each of the four goals. Anthony Dietmeier had the first, Ben Jensen knocked in the second, Russ Thoreen scored the third and Folk put in the winning one.

“These kids deserved that one,” Sears commented. “They have been working their tails off and after four close games in a row, it was nice to finish with a win.”

The championship came down to the Amery/Unity team and Baraboo/Reedsburg. No one scored until the third period when Baraboo/Reedsburg put two past the Warriors goalie, Bergan, to win it 2-0.

The second goal was put between the pipes on an empty net. Amery/Unity had pulled their goalie in an attempt to tie the game up.

Somerset/Osceola 3, Blizzard 2 SOMERSET – The Blizzard traveled to play the Somerset/Osceola team on Tuesday night, where they fell 3-2.

Both of the Blizzard goals were scored in the second period, while the Somerset/Osceola team scored one in each of the three periods.

Tyler Richison and Tony Folk each are credited for a Blizzard goal. David Harlander and Jordan Sargent both made one assist.

Team Blizzard Somerset/Osceola

Lady Blizzard 2, Edina Green 1

by Brenda Sommerfeld EDINA, Minn. – The Lady Blizzard traveled to Edina, Minn., Saturday.

They won their second game there, against the Edina Green, 2-1. The Lady Blizzard now holds a record of 2-1-2.

The Lady Blizzard scored one goal in each of the first two periods. Brittani Hopkins shot in the first one on an assist from Cody Crawford. Alex Lonetti scored the second on a pass from Hopkins.

Edina Green finally scored in the third period on a power play while Lonetti was in the penalty box.

Tiffany Meyer saved 25 shots from

going into the Lady Blizzard goal, while Edina Green’s goalie saved 27.

The Lady Blizzard will play their next game against Menomonie at the Grantsburg arena on Thursday, Dec. 18.

RIGHT: Lady Blizzard goalie Tiffany Meyer added a win to her record against Edina Green. She had 25 saves. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld Team Lady Blizzard Edina Green

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Scoring (Time remaining) First Period – 1 LB Brittani Hopkins (Cody Crawford) 1:21.

Second Period – 2 LB Alex Lonetti (Brittani Hopkins) 0:58.

Third Period – 1 EG Sarah Fredcejill (Elie Carlile, Alexandra Thrane) 2:26.

Goalies Saves – LB Tiffany Meyer (25).

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Scoring (Time elapsed) First Period – 1 SO Adam Mcmurray 10:54.

Second Period – 1 B Tyler Richison 12:29; 2 SO Isaac Haukom 13:26; 2 B Tony Folk (David Harlander, Jordan Sargent) 16:46.

Third Period – 3 SO Mikal Urhammer (Josh Baillargeon, Sean Conrad) 12:10.

Goalies Saves – SO Dylan Rivard (27); B Mike Billings (22).

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Saints fall in home dual to St. Croix Central Dylan Hendricks defeated Steven VonHaden in an 8-6 decision, and Jared Peper, 160 lbs., won by a decision over Shane Meyers in a 5-4 decision for the final Unity win of the night.

St. Croix Central 49, St. Croix Falls 22

by Marty Seeger ST. CROIX FALLS – The Saints fell in their first home dual of the season to a tough St. Croix Central team last Thursday. Senior Jake Bruns, 130 lbs., won the Saints first match of the night in an 11-3 decision win over Chris Halvorson, and Shaw Amundson pinned Alex Owens in the next match at 135 lbs.

Four of the next five Saints wrestlers were pinned in their respective matches before Joe Raygor pinned Brian Poulin at 171 lbs.

Spring Valley Elmwood 54, Unity 12 SPRING VALLEY – The Eagles wrestled a tough Spring Valley/Elmwood team last Thursday night without at least five starters and surrendering three weight classes to forfeit. Dennis McKinney was the first to get the Eagles on the board with a pin over Conner Sireacki at 140 lbs.

Flambeau 5, LFG 1 FLAMBEAU – Two wrestlers notched pins and one wrestler won by decision for the Luck /Frederic/Grantsburg wrestling team in a dual at Flambeau last Thursday. But that’s all they’d get on the night as the team fell 55-21.

Jesse Harrison defeated Flambeau’s Jose McKittrick by a pin at 125 lbs., and Ben Ackerley defeated Cody Lazar in a 3-1 decision at 135 lbs. Then at 119 lbs., Austin Eskola pinned Mason Gransee in the final match of the night.

Shaw Amundson pinned Alex Owens of St. Croix Central in last Thursday’s dual meet. – Photos by Marty Seeger

Bruns goes 5-0 at Wisconsin Dells of Northwestern in a 6-0 decision. He also defeated Justin Chillman of Badger by a 6-1 decision, but lost to Steve Keely of Glenwood City and Mitch Dulon of Osceola; both by decision.

Austin Eskola and Jesse Harrison both placed sixth at Barron.

LFG, Unity wrestle at Barron invite

by Marty Seeger WISCONSIN DELLS – Jake Bruns of St. Croix Falls went undefeated at the Wisconsin Dells wrestling tournament held last Saturday. Bruns finished 5-0 at 130 lbs., as the team finished 12th overall in a tournament that included 16 teams.

The team was able to beat Spring Valley before losing to Wausau West, New Richmond, Spencer and Portage.

Nick Campbell finished 3-1 at 119 lbs., Taylor Sempf 3-1, at 125 lbs., Shaw Amundson 3-2, 135 lbs., Grant Simpson, 1-4, 140 lbs., Ryan Nussbaum, 2-3 145 lbs., Jesse Wilson, 2-3, 152 lbs., Jake Radamacher, 0-5, 160 lbs., Terrance Klemish, 0-4, 171 lbs. and Brian Backus, 0-4 at 275 lbs.

LFG places four at Barron BARRON –Ben Ackerley took third place at the Barron tournament last Saturday at 135 lbs.

Ackerley received a bye in the first round of the tournament and won by decision over Nik Baumann of Ben Ackerley

Jake Bruns is off to a good start this year. Here he’s shown escaping Chris Halvorson of St. Croix Central last Thursday. – Photo by Marty Seeger Glenwood City 6-1. Dustin Schowalter of Lakeland Union defeated Ackerley in the next match by pin before Ackerley pinned his next opponent, Eric Phelps of Cornell. He won the third-place match over Chris Selkow of Barron in an 11-7 decision.

At heavyweight it was Devin Douglas who placed fourth overall for LFG. Douglas received a bye in the first

round and lost his first match of the day to Stanley Boyd’s Steve Chojnacki by pin. Douglas won by pin in the next two matches over Jordan LaRoche of Osceola and Jason Johnson of New Richmond. Douglas faced Chojnacki again in the third-place match and lost by pin.

Chase Dodds, 112 lbs., placed fourth as well with a win over Mike Naumann

McKinney first in Barron BARRON – Unity’s Dustin McKinney continued to dominate the mat with another tournament victory in Barron last Saturday. The undefeated 130 lb. junior received a bye in the first round and won by tech fall in his next three matches. His first win came over Brentin Bender of Abbotsford-Colby and the next match came with a win over Zak Steinkamp of Glenwood City.

In the championship round, McKinney defeated Wes Snow of Northwestern.

Dennis McKinney, 140 lbs., took second place in Barron with a bye in the first round and a pin over Josh Brantner of Menomonie. In the semifinals he defeated Jamey Simmons by a 11-6 decision, but lost in the first-place match to Cecil Philson of Stanley Boyd in a close 5-4 decision.

Dylan Hendricks placed third for the Eagles on Saturday, Hendricks had two pins on the day and a 9-3 win over Cole Rebhan of New Richmond. His only loss on the day came against Jimmy Benrud of Menomonie by a pin.

Unity wins one, loses two in Cameron on Tuesday night Bloomer 47, Unity 36

Unity 41, Cameron 6 CAMERON – The Eagles managed to get one dual win in Cameron on Tuesday night. It was the only wrestling dual to take place in the area.

The Eagles forfeited their first two weight classes before Matt Schultz won by pin over Jeremy Benjamin. Steven Anderson won by pin over Tyler Wengel and Dustin McKinney won by a tech fal over Zach Rivard by score of 150. Dennis McKinney won by a 4-2 decision over Derek Hom and Dylan Hendricks won by a 10-8 decision over Nick Gavin.

Jared Peper pinned Chase Smith and Joe Swanson grabbed the final victory of the night for the Eagles with a pin over Dexter Crawford.

by Marty Seeger CAMERON – The Eagles traveled to Cameron on Tuesday night and lost two duals, including a close one with Bloomer.

Matt Schultz, Steven Anderson and Dustin McKinney each won by pin in their respective matches.

Jason Vlasnik and Joe Swanson both won by pin as well, but it wasn’t enough to hold off Bloomer in the end.

Maple/Northwestern 56, Unity 15 CAMERON – Unity lost a tough dual against Maple/Northwestern in one of two duals on Tuesday night, with Dustin McKinney and Jared Peper getting the team’s only two pins on the night. Dennis McKinney scored three points for his 4-1 decision win over Maple/Northwestern’s David Snow.

Jason Vlasnik is shown here during the Eagles first dual meet of the season. – Photo by Marty Seeger

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Hudson gymnasts outscore Pirates

Lund takes second overall at Hudson and Superior

by Brenda Sommerfeld HUDSON – The Hudson gymnastics team outscored the Grantsburg team, 133.300 to 109.025, on Tuesday.

Michelle Lund took second place allaround with a score of 30.25. She scored an 8.20 on vault tying with Jessika Ilgen.

Her other scores included 7.45 on uneven bars, 6.70 on the balance beam and a 7.90 on her floor routine. Lund placed fifth on both bars and floor.

Four of the Pirates competed in all four events, Lund, Emily Cole, Jessika Ilgen and Saisha Goepfert.

Ilgen came in fourth, among the Grantsburg and Hudson gymnasts, with a score of 28.25. She received a 7.30 on bars, a 5.70 on the beam and a 7.05 on floor.

Cole placed fifth with a score of 28.05 as an all-around competitor. She took fourth place on floor with an 8.15 and fifth on beam with a score of 7.10. Cole got a score of 7.40 on the vault and a 5.40 on bars.

Goepfert had an all-around score of 22.475. She scored a 6.90 on vault, 4.60 on bars, 4.70 on beam and 6.275 on floor.

Jenna Barenz competed as the fifth for the team on beam and floor and Haley Johnson competed as the fifth athlete on vault and bars.

“It was good for the younger girls to see good competition and not get intim-

Pirate gymnast Saisha Goefert has perfect form as she completes a jump during practice earlier this year. – File photos by Brenda Sommerfeld idated, just do their best,” coach Kathy Lund said. “We made some improvements from Friday’s meet.”

The Pirates will compete next in St. Croix Falls on Thursday, Dec. 18 at 6 p.m.

Grantsburg falls to Superior SUPERIOR – The Grantsburg gymnastics team traveled to Superior on Friday for their first meet of the season.

The Pirate team finished the meet with a score of 104.4, which was not enough to Team Hudson Grantsburg

Vault/Place 31.000 30.700

Grantsburg Individual Scores Michelle Lund 8.200 Jessika Ilgen 8.200 7.400 Emily Cole Saisha Goepfert 6.900 Jenna Barenz Haley Johnson 4.600

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Grantsburg Individual Scores Michelle Lund 8.00/1st Emily Cole 7.15 7.60/3rd Nikki Ticknor Saisha Goepfert 6.70 Breanna Fickbohm 7.75/2nd Haley Johnson Jenna Barenz Marika Grundtner -

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Grantsburg’s Michelle Lund practices a back flip.

Bars/Place 33.850 24.750

beat Superior’s 109.0.

Three of the Pirate gymnasts competed all-around, Michelle Lund, Emily Cole and Nikki Ticknor.

Lund scored the highest of the Grantsburg athletes with an all-around total score of 29.25. She received second place as an all-around competitor under Superior’s Shana Soul.

Lund was the only Grantsburg competitor to score in the eights in any of the four events. She scored an 8.00 on the vault, winning the event. Lund took second place on the bars with a score of 6.85. She took third on beam with a 6.70 and third with her 7.70 floor routine.

Cole totaled a 26.95 all-around score.

She received third place on bars with her 5.80 score and she received second on beam with a 6.90. She did not place in the top three for her other two events but scored a 7.15 on vault and a 7.10 on floor.

Ticknor scored in the top three on the vault. She received a third placing with a score of 7.60. Her other scores were: bars, 4.35; beam, 5.50 and floor, 6.20; totaling 23.65 for her all-around score.

Breanna Fickbohm helped the team total with her second-place tie on vault.

She received a 7.75 score to tie Superior’s Shana Soul. Vault was the only event Fickbohm competed in.

Haley Johnson competed for the Pirates on bars and beam, Saisha Goepfert completed routines on vault and bars, Jenna Barenz performed on floor and Marika Grundtner showed her skills on beam.

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Chippewa Falls meet shaky for Unity/St. Croix Falls Team missing top competitors

by Brenda Sommerfeld CHIPPEWA FALLS – The Unity/St. Croix Falls varsity gymnastics team scored 92, which is seven points lower than their final meet last season.

“Saturday’s meet in Chippewa Falls was a rough meet,” coach Dawn Peer said.

Several of the gymnasts that will be competing for the Saints were unable to perform at the meet in Chippewa Falls, due to many circumstances. Peer hopes to have them all at the coming meets.

The Saints first event was floor.

Sophomore Erin Mabry sprained her ankle during her floor routine.

“With tough judging (on floor) our highest score of 6.40 went to JV competitor Alexa Meyer,” Peer explained.

Nicole McPherson had the only nofall routine on beam for the Unity/St. Croix Falls team. She scored highest with a 7.20.

“Hopefully, Thursday’s meet against Grantsburg will see more success,” Peer said.

Saints gymnast Amanda Brunotie is spotted as she pratices the vault event.

Erin Mabry practices her vault. – File photos by Marty Seeger

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Bulldogs fight their way to the top

Cole Strilzuk gets key interception in the third quarter UMD 21, NW Missouri State 14

by Marty Seeger ST. CROIX FALLS – The University of Minnesota-Duluth football team celebrated the school’s first-ever national title game in any sport with its 21-14 victory over Northwest Missouri State last Saturday.

The Bearcats appeared in their fourth consecutive title game, with the Bulldogs entering their first-ever title game undefeated, and hoping to ride their perfect season into the sunset.

Among those on the team was starting left-corner, and former Unity athlete

Cole Strilzuk, who had a game-changing interception early in the third quarter “We made it a little closer than it should have been at the end, but everybody played good,” said Strilzuk.

Leading just 7-0 at the half, UMD came out on defense in the third quarter, and as the Bearcats started moving the ball across midfield, a Joel Osborn pass was intercepted by Strilzuk, who ran it 42 yards back to the Bearcats 31-yard line.

The interception set up the Bulldogs for their second touchdown of the game, which came on a 5-yard pass from senior quarterback Ted Schlafke to sophomore running back Issac Odim.

Strilzuk said NWMS had a number of key players on offense, so none of the defense keyed in on any one specific player. At halftime, Strilzuk said the

Cole Strilzuk’s 42-yard interception return early in the third quarter led to the Bulldogs second touchdown of the game.

Cole Strilzuk tackles a receiver from Northwest Missouri State during the national title game last Saturday. – Photos by Brett Groehler UMD Athletics

defense picked through a number of the passing routes that the Bearcats had been running in the first half, and in the end it worked out perfectly for the UMD defense.

“We came out in the second half and that was one of the routes we talked about,” Strilzuk said, as he recalled the interception. Although he wasn’t sure if the receivers ran the wrong route or not, it didn’t matter, and Strilzuk put himself in a perfect position to haul in a pass that hit him right in the numbers. Had the Bearcats quarterback not grabbed Strilzuk’s jersey on the return, he might have made it all the way for the touchdown.

The Bulldogs took a 21-0 lead into the fourth quarter before the Bearcats made

a slight comeback, but the game was all UMD for much of the game.

The Bearcats, with 36 scholarship players compared to MinnesotaDuluth’s 24 scholarship players, were going up against a Bulldogs team that now has the second-best turnarounds in NCAA history. Last year the Bulldogs finished 4-6.

Strilzuk is no doubt hoping for another shot at a title again next year as a senior. Although football is over, there hasn’t been a whole lot of time to savor the taste of victory, at least until Christmas.

Strilzuk says he’s in the midst of final exams before the long break.

“It was a nice little reality check when we got back,” Strilzuk said.

Lady Dragons continue winning streak Lakers in the second half, 27-24. Shell Lake had tied it up after the third quarter, 27-27, and took it in the end.

With 19 seconds left, the score remained tied, 49-49. The Dragons had possession of the ball, but a Laker stripped the ball from Siren and made a layup to win it.

Charlie Brown scored 15 points for Siren, Andrew Brown contributed 13 and Elijah Hinze added 11. The Dragon team went 8 for 19 from the free-throw line.

Siren boys fall just short of winning Siren 38, Shell Lake 27

by Brenda Sommerfeld SHELL LAKE – The Lady Dragons accomplished another win, over Shell Lake, 38-27, to keep their perfect record so far this season.

The two teams were tied 19-19 after the first half.

“Good teams find a way to overcome adversity, and that is what we did,” coach Ryan Karsten said.

Ashley Guevara put up six points, Team Siren Shell Lake

1 2 3 4 9 10 11 8 10 9 6 2 Individual Statistics Siren 2s 3s FTM/A Haily Mulroy 1 Carley Emery 1 1 Janey Emery 3 2/2 Meghan Baasch 4 Jamie Fischbach 1 1/2 Ashley Guevara 4 4/4 Totals 14 1 7/8 Shell Lake Ashley Anderson Paula Burton Steph Clark Nikki Scheu Sarah Jamme’ Jennifer Cassel Annie Dunham Totals

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3s FTM/A F TP 1 2/4 - 7 1 1/2 1 4 1 3 3 2 2 2/8 3 8 2 3/6 1 3 3 8/20 12 27

Carley Emery continues to be a big asset to the Siren girls team. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

Elijah Hinze scored 11 points for the Siren Dragons against Shell Lake on Monday.

Carley Emery scored a 3-pointer and Janey Emery put in two free throws to outscore the Lakers in the third quarter.

In the final quarter, Siren’s Janey Emery and Meghan Baasch each scored four points, while the Dragon defense held Shell Lake to two points.

Guevara totaled 12 points, Janey Emery and Baasch each had eight and Carley contributed five.

Shell Lake 51, Siren 49 SHELL LAKE – The Dragon boys basketball team had their second nail-biter of the week when they visited Shell Lake. Siren eventually fell to Shell Lake, 51-49.

“We had a little letdown,” coach Jon Ruud said. “We didn’t execute very well. Basically, we got outplayed.”

Siren held the lead in the first half, 2514, but they were outscored by the

Team Siren Shell Lake

1 2 3 4 15 10 12 12 14 10 13 14 Individual Statistics Siren 2s 3s FTM/A Elijah Hinze 1 3 0/2 Luke Bollant 1/4 Jesse Hinze Charlie Brown 5 5/10 Vince Nasman 1 Brennen Moose 3 1/2 Andrew Brown 6 1/1 Totals 16 3 8/19 Shell Lake Jake McQuade Bob Scheu Jordan Forsythe Brady Marschall Evan Fox Tony Mikula Luke Gronning Totals

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Pirates pass first conference test

Siren turns things, beats Webster Grantsburg 62, St. Croix Falls 47

by Marty Seeger GRANTSBURG – The Grantsburg boys basketball team got off to a great start by winning an important game over the Saints last Friday night, which was the team’s first conference game of the season. More importantly, it was a win over a team that could potentially become a regional opponent.

“You get that head-to-head meeting of a regional team, that’s important down the road,” said Pirates coach Danny Judd.

It was a close battle in the first half as the teams tied the game at 14 after the first quarter, and the Saints took a onepoint lead at the half.

“St. Croix played well, there’s no doubt about that, but we didn’t shoot the ball very well in the first half,” Judd said.

In the second half the Pirates stepped up the defensive pressure a little bit and managed to outscore the Saints by 10 points.

“We played a little better in the second half,” Judd said.

Both Jason Jensen and Trent Bonneville had double-doubles for the Pirates, with Bonneville leading the team with 22 points and 11 rebounds, and Jensen adding 15 points with 10 rebounds.

“We certainly wouldn’t have won Friday night without either one of those guys,” said Judd.

1 2 3 4 14 9 6 16 14 8 18 22 Individual Statistics St. Croix Falls 2s 3s FTM/A 1 Matt Vold Sam Schmidt 2 1 Ben Anderson Cory Gebhard 3 1 0/4 Zach Christenson 1 2 2/4 Gus Koecher Ryan Larson 4 2/9 Kyle Christensen 3 0/1 Austin Whittenberger 0/2 16 2 4/20 Totals Team St. Croix Falls Grantsburg

Grantsburg Connar Goetz Ben Larson Tyler Myers Brent Myers Jake Ryan Jason Jensen Thane Larson Trent Bonneville Totals

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St. Croix Falls Cory Gebhard drives around defending Ben Larson during the Pirates win over the Saints on Friday. – Photo by Priscilla Bauer Both athletes played well with their inside game, and Judd is pleased overall with the teams 4-0 start, but he says there’s always room for improvement.

One of the things eluding the Pirates so far this season has been their 3-point game, which has normally been a strong characteristic of the team in the past.

The team had just one three in their game against the Saints.

“It’s not that we’re trying to avoid that or anything, we’ve had opportunities inside and that’s where we’ve been successful,” Judd said.

The Saints were led once again by Ryan Larson, and with 12 points and four rebounds. Kyle Christensen led the team with six rebounds and Cory Gebhard added 11 points and had two assists and two steals.

“They definitely gave us a good game and I expect an even tougher game when we go to their place,” Judd said.

throughout the game. Siren took the lead in the first quarter, 14-9. Webster came back in the second to tie the game, 23-23.

“I think (Webster coach) Randy is the class act of our conference and he is the master at changing strategies,” Ruud explained. “I would call a time out and he would switch defense. We would do the same back to him. It seemed every move I had, he had another move.”

Siren was able to take the lead back in the beginning of the third, but the Tigers hit a 3-pointer in the last three seconds to take it, 37-35.

Both teams were going back and forth with shots in the fourth. Siren’s Charlie Brown tied the teams up at 50 with 35 seconds to go in the game. Brown was fouled on the shot and got a free throw, which he made, taking the lead for Siren, 51-50.

Dragon Elijah Hinze was fouled twice, while going down the court, in the final 15 seconds. Both teams had over 10 fouls, putting them into double bonus. Hinze put in three of his four free throws to secure the 54-50 win.

“This is a team that in the past they would have folded,” Ruud commented.

“They had many chances where they could have folded and they didn’t. I’m more proud of that than anything.”

Brown was the Dragons leading scorer with 25 points, making 100 percent of his free throws. Hinze scored 13 points, Vince Nasman had two 3-pointers for six points and Andrew Brown and Brennen Moose both contributed four points.

“I’m really proud of the kids,” Ruud added. “My young kids played old and my older kids really stepped up when they needed to.”

Webster had Austin Elliott score 18 points, including four 3-pointers and all three of his free throw attempts.

Mitchell Elliott scored eight, Quentin Johnson had six and Kyle Godfrey added five. – Brenda Sommerfeld Luck 60, Frederic 33 FREDERIC – The Vikings came out physical on Friday night against Luck, but Harry Severson-Dickinson’s shots from beyond the arc provided the cushion the Cardinals needed to keep the game in their favor.

Dickinson had three 3-pointers in the first quarter and Brennan Olson’s nine points on the inside helped to give the Cardinals a 21-4 lead after the first quarter. Luck’s 37-8 lead at the half was enough for the decided victory. Olson finished with 27 points in the game, with Severson-Dickinson adding 11 and Cole Mortel hitting 10 points.

Zach Anderson led the Vikings with 10 points and Ethan Cook added six.

Siren 54, Webster 50 SIREN – The Dragons completed their first victory of the season against conference rival Tigers. Siren won the game in the final 30 seconds 54-50.

“It was exciting,” coach Jon Ruud said. “They (the team) haven’t had a lot of wins in the past. I think the hardest part in changing things is learning how to win.”

The Dragons learned what it feels like to win in a close game.

The two teams were evenly matched

Luck’s Harry Severson-Dickinson works his way past Frederic’s Ethan Cook to the basket. – Photo by Marty Seeger Team Siren Webster Siren Elijah Hinze Luke Bollant Jesse Hinze Charlie Brown Vince Nasman Brennen Moose Andrew Brown Totals

Siren’s Brennen Moose tries to keep the ball in bounds while Webster’s Kyle Godfrey tries not to run into him. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

1 2 3 4 14 9 12 19 9 14 14 13 Individual Statistics 2s 3s FTM/A 2 2 3/4 1 10 5/5 2 2 2 0/2 17 4 8/11

Webster Quentin Johnson James Wethern Austin Elliott Kyle Godfrey Karl Weber Mitchell Elliott Nolan Kriegel Adam Baum Totals

2s 1 3 1 1 1 1 8

F 54 50 F 1 2 2 1 2 3 4 15

Team Luck Frederic TP 13 2 25 6 4 4 54

3s FTM/A F TP 2 2/2 2 6 3 2 4 3/3 1 18 1 2 5 1 2 2 0/1 1 8 2/3 3 2 0/2 2 2 9 7/11 15 50

1 2 3 4 21 16 17 6 4 4 13 12 Individual Statistics Luck 2s 3s FTM/A Collin Svoboda Harry Severson-Dickinson 3 2/4 Cole Mortel 2 2 Nick Morgan 3 1/2 Brennan Olson 13 1/2 Alec Mortel 1 Carson Giller 1 0/2 Totals 19 6 4/10 Frederic Brent Crandell Trae Gehl Ethan Cook Zach Anderson Will Primm Andrew Kurkowski Ben Nelson Totals

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F 60 33 F 1 1 1 2 2 3 8

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Luck invades Vikings territory shooting.

“You’ve got to give them credit, they play good defense,” Roberts commented. “They were in our face and we just didn’t do what we needed to do.”

Karsten gave Webster credit on defense saying, “They played very good defense.”

“I think defensively, it was the best game we’ve played all year,” Roberts agreed.

Siren had Ashley Guevara with 13 points and Janey and Carley Emery each tallied up 10 points.

Many different Tiger players contributed two points to their total of 16.

Chris Stoll scored four. – Brenda Sommerfeld

Dragons hold Tigers to 16 points Luck 51, Frederic 37

by Marty Seeger FREDERIC – The Cardinals grabbed an early lead on Friday night and didn’t look back as they took a key conference victory from a tough Vikings team.

“Beating Frederic at their house was a huge win for us Friday night,” said coach Marty Messar.

The Cards padded a 12-7 lead after the first quarter and stretched the game to a 14-point lead at the half. The Vikings mounted a slight comeback in the third quarter, and then again in the fourth quarter, which got them to within eight points, but Luck wouldn’t budge.

Brittney Danielson led the team with a solid career-high 20 points. She added seven rebounds, and was nearly perfect from the free-throw line by hitting 8 of 10 shots.

“I don’t know what she had for a pregame meal … but it certainly worked,” Messar said.

Taryn Pilz scored 12 points and had seven rebounds as well, with three assists. Aleah Lemieux was the team leader in rebounds with eight, and sophomore Morgan Denny had seven rebounds and nine points.

Messar was pleased with the team’s efforts, particularly with seniors Krystal Stage and Melissa Jenssen, who were relentless on defense all night.

“Our seniors Krystal Stage and Melissa Jenssen played great defense…which doesn’t show up in our scorebook, but is essential for the team success,” Messar said.

Team Luck Frederic

1 2 3 4 12 16 9 14 7 7 11 12 Individual Statistics Luck 2s 3s FTM/A Morgan Denny 2 5/8 Bailee Swenson Melissa Jenssen Krystal Stage 1 6 8/10 Brittney Danielson Aleah Lemieux 4 5 2/4 Taryn Pilz Totals 18 15/22 Frederic Jade Johnson Megan Anderson Ana Miller Anna Tesch Chrissy Chenal Becca Anderson Kendra Wells Terri McKinney Candace Buck Totals

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F 51 37 F 4 2 1 1 4 2 3 16

TP 9 2 20 8 12 51

3s FTM/A F TP 3 4 0/2 1 6 1/2 2 5 - 2 1/6 5 3 1 4/5 - 9 1 6 1 0/2 2 2 1 6/17 15 37

Frederic’s Megan Anderson drives to the basket with Brittney Danielson and Taryn Pilz blocking her. – Photo by Marty Seeger According to Messar his team shot 39 percent from the field and held the Vikings to under 30 percent.

Vikings senior Becca Anderson led the Vikings with nine points, and both Kendra Wells and Megan Anderson added six points apiece.

“We are trying to find our identity a little bit,” said Vikes coach Troy Wink.

“We need to keep working hard to do that.”

The Vikings travel to Glenwood City for a nonconference game this Team Webster Siren

1 2 3 4 2 8 2 4 8 10 10 13 Individual Statistics Webster 2s 3s FTM/A 4/5 Chris Stoll Michelle Gibbs Chelsey Robinson 1 2/2 Kendra Spurgeon Alyssa Main 1 0/7 Reba Smallwood Brittany Burrow 1 Rose Kopecky 2/4 Rachel Salas 0/2 Ashley Matrious 1 Kayla Duclon 0/2 Mary Johnson 0/2 4 8/24 Totals Siren Haily Mulroy Abigail Mitchell Sarah Howe Carley Emery Janey Emery Meghan Baasch Jamie Fischbach Ashley Guevara Totals

2s 1 3 4 1 5 14

F 16 41 F TP 3 4 5 - 2 - 2 1 - 2 - 2 4 2 1 - 2 2 15 16

Thursday, Dec. 18, and host Rush City, Minn., on Friday, Dec. 19. Luck is not scheduled to play their next game until Tuesday, Jan. 6, at home against Unity.

Siren 41, Webster 16 SIREN – During the Siren-hosted doubleheader against Webster, the Lady Dragons beat the Tigers, 41-16.

“Our defense was there,” Siren coach Ryan Karsten said. “We only gave up 16 all night which is a very good thing, but offensively we struggled at times.”

The Dragons got themselves into foul trouble early, sending the Tigers to the free-throw line.

“We got to the free-throw line and we were 8 for 25,” Webster coach Jeff Roberts said. “If we made 10 more free throws, it’s a 10-point game.”

Siren played an aggressive zone defensive keeping the Tigers from

St. Croix Falls 57, Grantsburg 40 GRANTSBURG – The Saints girls held onto their perfect conference record with a win over Grantsburg last Friday night. Marissa Campeau led the team with 22 points and shot 8 of 12 from the line. Amanda Larson had 12 for the team.

Grantsburg’s Kortney Morrin led the Pirates with 24 points. Morrin had all nine of the Pirates first quarter points, but the Saints opened up a 10-point lead and never looked back.

Campeau led the Saints in rebounds with 14, while Sharanda Whittaker had eight total. Jamie Rohm had five of the teams 15 steals, and Sarah Petznick had six assists.

Baldwin-Woodville 30, Unity 21 BALSAM LAKE – The Eagles hosted the Baldwin-Woodville Blackhawks last Friday in a defensive battle that held Unity to under 10 points in each quarter.

It was a 6-2 lead for the Blackhawks after the seconds quarter and a 13-10 Blackhawk lead at the half, but the Eagles couldn’t pull out with the win.

Becca Milligan scored 10 points for the Eagles and Annie Confer added four points.

3s FTM/A F TP 2 2 1 1/2 3 1 4/5 5 10 2/3 2 10 1 3 3 2 2 3/4 3 13 1 10/14 21 41

Pirates Gretchen Hedlund goes under St. Croix Falls Sarah Petznick and Amanda Larson in an attempt at a basket. – Photo by Priscilla Bauer Team 1 2 3 4 Baldwin-Woodville 6 7 6 11 Unity 2 8 6 5 Individual Statistics Baldwin-Woodville 2s 3s FTM/A Kelsey Wahlquist 4 7/10 Katie Wahlquist 1 2/2 Emily Veenstra Jennifer Holle 0/2 Rachelle Veenstra Ellen Hawley 2 1/2 Carley Eggen 3 Mallory Precht Totals 10 10/16

Webster’s Ashley Matrious looks for a teammate to pass to as Siren’s Jamie Fischbach defends her. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

Unity Annie Confer Samantha Ince Becca Milligan Steph Kothlow Elizabeth Ebensperger Marisa Hacker Totals

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F 30 21 F TP 2 15 3 4 1 1 2 2 5 1 6 1 13 30

3s FTM/A F TP 3 4 2/2 1 2 2/4 2 10 3 2 1/2 1 3 5 5/8 15 21

Team St. Croix Falls Grantsburg

1 2 3 4 9 10 10 11 19 12 17 9 Individual Statistics St. Croix Falls 2s 3s FTM/A Sarah Petznick 2 2/2 Sharanda Whittaker 1 Jamie Rohm 1 Jenny Benoy 4 Tashina Martinson 2 Marissa Campeau 7 8/12 Rebecca Wampfler Amanda Larson 5 2/2 Vicky Houliston 1/2 Totals 22 13/18 Grantsburg Gabrielle Witzany Lisa Gaffney Kortney Morrin Jessica Moyer Liz Gaffney Gretchen Hedlund Totals

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F 40 57 F 4 1 1 1 1 1 9

TP 6 2 2 8 4 22 12 1 57

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St. Croix Falls athlete scores big at state tournament MADISON – More than 1,000 Special Olympics athletes, including a Saint Croix Falls Special Olympics athlete, participated in the 2008 Special Olympics Wisconsin Fall Sports Tournament on Dec. 6, in the Milwaukee area.

Athletes kicked off the games with a short ceremony and pledging of the Special Olympics oath. Competition was held from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. There was a small snowstorm that delayed the start of some events, but events were able to continue on throughout the day.

Congratulations to the following athlete: Rebecca L. Anderson, who placed third in bowling.

Hundreds of volunteers and fans joined the athletes for their day of fun and competition. Games took place all day Saturday, with volleyball at Waynz World of Recreation in Big Bend and bowling at AMF Bowlero Lanes, Wauwatosa and AMF Waukesha Lanes.

Athletes qualified for the Fall Sports

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Monday Afternoon Seniors Standings: Cardinals 34, Badgers 31, Bears 29, Zebras 26, Swans 26, Nite Hawks 26, Eagles 24, Bye 0.

Women’s games: Nancy Morten 181, Barb Austad 171, Liz Johnson 170.

Women’s series: Betty Schandorff 453, JoAnn Tyler 441, Nancy Morten 428.

Men’s games: Buster Heinrich 214, Chuck Moyer, Dennis Bohn & Dick Coen 172.

Men’s series: Buster Heinrich 537, Dennis Bohn 487, Dick Coen 483.

Team games: Nite Hawks 630, Eagles 618, Swans 617.

Team series: Nite Hawks 1821, Swans 1771, Bears 1661.

Tuesday Classic Standings: Hacker’s Lanes 125.5, Yellow Lake Lodge 118.5, Great Northern Outdoors 114, Bottle Shop 108, Olsen & Son 91.5, SCVH 73, Reliables 51, Pioneer Bar 48.5.

Individual games: Gene Ackland 248, Ron Skow 242, Dale Gregory 234.

Individual series: Ron Skow 646, Maynard Stevens 624, Brett Daeffler 623.

Team games: Bottle Shop 640, Yellow Lake Lodge 638, Great Northern Outdoors 617.

Team series: Yellow Lake Lodge 1770, Bottle Shop 1769, Hacker’s Lanes 1748.

Tuesday Late Standings: Joe Blow 32, Red Rollers 27, Cushing Rollers 18, LCR 15, Terminators 15, Bye 0.

Individual games: Ron Pitts 210, Rick Hach & Frank Boerbon 177.

Individual series: Ron Pitts 503, Frank Boerbon 480, Rick Hach 473.

Team games: Joe Blow 489, Terminators 446, LCR 411.

Team series: Terminators 1312, Joe Blow 1299, Red Rollers 1079.

Wednesday Night Early Men’s Standings: Larsen Auto Center 33, Pioneer Bar 33, A-1 Machine 32, Cummings Lumber 31, 4 Seasons Wood Prod. 30, Lewis Silo 24, Skol Bar 23, Parker 18.

Individual games: Dave Romanowski (PB) 258, Mark Bohn (SB) 251, Don Hughes (4S) 247.

Individual series: Don Hughes (4S) 683, Brett Daeffler (LAC) 667, Dave Romanowski (PB) 667.

Team games: 4 Seasons Wood Products 1019 and 971, Pioneer Bar 968.

Team series: 4 Seasons 2903, Pioneer Bar 2776, Lewis Silo 2718.

Thursday Late Standings: Bazey Racing 36, Johnson Upholstery 33, Hansen Farms Inc. 31, Stotz & Company 25, Fisk Trucking 24, Hog Wild BBQ & Grill 19.

Individual games: Dale Frandsen 248, Lloyd Swanson 246, Gene Wynn Jr. 225.

Individual series: Gene Wynn Sr. 612, Dale Frandsen 594, Gene Wynn Jr. 592.

Team games: Hansen Farms Inc. 962, Fisk Trucking 921, Hog Wild BBQ & Grill 884.

Team series: Hansen Farms Inc. 2767,

Tournament state games based on their performance at the local, regional or district tournaments.

Three cheers for Green Bay Packer A.J. Hawk, the 2008 official spokesperson for Special Olympics Wisconsin.

Gratitude is extended also to Kwik Trip and the Law Enforcement Torch Run, the mission partners of the organization. Special Olympics Wisconsin holds more than 75 competitions and five state tournaments per year, providing year-round training and competition opportunities through 18 different Olympic-type sports for nearly 10,000 individuals with cognitive disabilities.

For more information, visit www.specialolympicswisconsin.org or call 800-552-1324. - submitted

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Siren 52, Turtle Lake 30 SIREN – The Dragons easily passed Turtle Lake, 52-30, during their game on Tuesday night.

“Overall, we got back to having fun, so we relaxed and just played basketball last night,” coach Ryan Karsten said. “It was fun to watch.” defense Siren’s kept the Lakers in single-digit scoring for the first three quarters. In the fourth, Turtle Lake scored their highest with 13 points.

Dragon shooters made enough to score above 11 in every one of the four quarters. Carley and Janey Emery and Ashley Guevara were the only players to score in the first quarter for the Dragons 12 points.

Meghan Baasch contributed two 3pointers in the second, along with four free throws from Janey and a field goal from Carley for another 12. Guevara and Carley scored the majority in the second half.

Carley ended the game with 17

Fisk Trucking 2601, Johnson Upholstery 2507.

McKenzie Lanes

Monday Night Madness Standings: McKenzie Lanes 62, Peper Tire & Align. 58, Pepie’s Gals 54, Mishaps 52, Alleycats 52, Scottay’s Trucking 48, Ole’s Country Market 44, Bye 14.

Individual games: Linette Erickson 200, Debbie Swanson 177, Julia Delougherty 173.

Individual series: Linette Erickson 532, Julia Delougerty 493, Brenda Garske 473.

Team games: (Handicap scores) Peper Tire & Alignment 605, Mishaps 592, McKenzie Lanes 584.

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B O W L I N G Friday Night Ladies Standings: Pioneer Bar 77, Frederic Design & Promotion 71.5, The Leader 50, Junque Art 48, Hole in the Wall 47.5, Meyer’s Plus 44.5, Skol Bar 41.5, The Dozers 40.

Individual games: Karen Carlson 257, Gail Linke 214, Cindy Denn 209.

Individual series: Karen Carlson 633, Gail Linke 583, Missy Hernandez 525.

Team games: Junque Art 709, Pioneer Bar 641, Skol Bar 633.

Team series: Junque Art 1893, Skol Bar 1848, Pioneer Bar 1812.

Games 50 or more above average: Paula Maslow; Karen Carlson; Nancy Hardenberg; Laur Fisk; Denise Strait; Gail Linke: Cindy Denn.

Splits converted: 6-7-9-10: Paula Maslow; Sarah Shaffer.

Saturday Youth (3 Games) Standings: Army of Two Inc. 36, ? 34, N & L’s 27.5, LA LA LA 21.5, The Odd Balls 20.5, Earth Energy 20.5, Pin People 17, Bye 14.

Girls games: Corissa Schmidt 147, 144 & 143.

Girls series: Corissa Schmidt 432, Julia Owens 368.

Boys games: Logan Hacker 215, Josh Bazey 213, Logan Hacker 198.

Boys series: Logan Hacker 595, Josh Bazey 540, Christian Hall 483.

Team games: LA LA LA 392, 359 & 326.

Team series: LA LA LA 1077, N & L’s 876, Earth Energy 860.

Saturday Night Mixed Standings: Skowl 34, Dead Eyes 33, Generation III 31, CC Lupinos 29, Handicaps 26, GOB 26, Lakers 23, Schmidt House 4 22.

Women’s games: Mona Renfroe (GE) 201, Deb Ingram (SK) 199, Kathy Underwood (CC) 193.

Women’s series: Kathy Underwood (CC) 495, Deb Ingram (SK) 489, Mona Renfroe (GE) 482.

Men’s games: Eugene Ruhn (HA) 236, Ron Skow (SK) 228 and 226.

Men’s series: Reed Stevens (GE) 613, Ron Skow (SK) 607, Jeb Clarin (CC) 596.

Team games: Generation III 758, Skowl 738, Generation III 690.

Team series: Generation III 2088, Skowl 1926, Handicaps 1888.

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Team series: (Handicap scores) McKenzie Lanes 1697, Scottay’s Trucking 1681, Alleycats 1654.

Monday Night Ladies Standings: Milltown Appl. 58, Sam’s Carpentry 51, Edina Divas 49, Wolf Creek Log Furniture 47, McKenzie Lanes 38, Frederic Truck & Tractor 23.5, Metal Products 21.5, Bye 29.

Individual games: Lois Hermanson 223, Linda McCurdy 201, Marsha Guggisberg 189.

Individual series: Lois Hermanson 560, Marsha Guggisberg 501, Shirley Wilscon 493.

Team games: (Handicap score) McKenzie Lanes 1038.

Team series: (Handicap score) McKenzie Lanes 2933.

Tuesday Early Mixed Standings: Kluge 46, Lane Crashers 42, Mom’s Boys 36, Lemon Heads 33, Wild Boys 28.5, Jim’s Flooring 24.5.

Women’s games: Brenda Lehmann 190, Linda Larson 151, Darlene Prose 149.

Women’s series: Brenda Lehmann 509, Janice Berg 408, Linda Larson 396.

Men’s games: Jim Lammert 219, Jeff Lehmann 192, Vic Garbow 182.

Men’s series: Jim Lammert 534, Jim Coen 528, Jeff Lehmann 502.

Team games: Jim’s Flooring 471.

Team series: Lemon Heads 1324.

Tuesday Women’s Day Standings: B & H Builders 13, Custom Outfitter 13, Tomlinson Insurance 10, Kassel Tap 10, Hauge Dental 7, Country Gals 7, Gutter Dusters 4, Bye 4.

Individual games: Eileen Tomlinson 242, Toni Sloper 208, Lois Swenson 201.

Individual series: Lois Swenson 577, Toni Sloper 525, Kelley Hill 498.

Team games: (Handicap scores) Custom Outfitter 841, Tomlinson Insurance 825, Hauge Dental 772.

Team series: (Handicap scores) B & H Builders 2280, Custom Outfitter 2267, Tomlinson Insurance 2241.

Tuesday Night Men’s Standings: Hack’s Pub 63.5, Greatland Transportation 62.5, Steve’s Appliance 62.5, Glass Bar 60.5, The Dugout 59, Dream Lawn 57.5, McKenzie Lanes 57.5, Nel-Lo-Hill Farm 57.5.

Individual games: Rich Fox 279, Roy P. Price 260, Dick Wallis 259.

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“We had balance scoring and had a much better team defense concept,” Karsten commented. “Our pressure and passing was much improved over prior games and that lead to us playing well.”– Brenda Sommerfeld

Team Turtle Lake Siren

1 2 3 4 6 9 2 13 12 12 17 11 Individual Statistics 2s 3s FTM/A Turtle Lake 1 0/2 Alex Tschida Trischia Hanson 1 3/4 Malorie Nyhus 3/7 5/8 Victoria Westlund 5 Ashley Lahti 0/2 RayAnna Blackwell 2 Olivia Westlund 8 1 11/23 Totals Siren Haily Mulroy Abigail Mitchell Sarah Howe Daphne Hubbell Jenna Wambolt Carley Emery Janey Emery Meghan Baasch Jamie Fischbach Ashley Guevara Totals

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F 30 52 F TP 1 3 3 5 1 3 1 5 3 10 2 1 4 12 30

3s FTM/A F TP 5 2 2/2 1 2 1 1 2 3/4 1 17 5/6 1 9 2 4 8 3 2 0/2 - 14 4 10/14 19 52

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Team games: (Handicap scores) McKenzie Lanes 1222, Greatland Transportation 1215, Steve’s Appliance 1167.

Team series: (Handicap scores) Greatland Transportation 3436, Hack’s Pub 3362, Nel-Lo-Hill Farm 3345.

Wednesday Early Mixed Standings: Hendrick’s Motor 78, Holiday StationStores 50, Hack’s Pub 48, JJ’s Club 46, Cutting Edge 46, Top Spot 40, Lite House 40, Suzie Q’s 36.

Women’s games: Shirley Ince 181, Justine Melin 168, Patty Walker 164.

Women’s series: Justine Melin 466, Shirley Ince 462, Kathy Braund 461.

Men’s games: Mike Welling 278, Darren McKenzie 260, Bob Berg 206.

Men’s series: Darren McKenzie 734, Mike Welling 731, Gene Braund 576.

Team games: (Handicap scores) Holiday StationStores 676, Lite House 664, Hack’s Pub 657.

Team series: (Handicap scores) Lite House 1889, Hack’s Pub 1884, Holiday StationStores 1849.

Wednesday Night Men’s Standings: Dalles Electric 36, Tiger Express 34, Reed’s Marina 34, McKenzie Lanes 30, Davy’s Construction 28, Edina Realty 26, Harvest Moon 22, Hanjo Farms 14.

Individual games: Gene Swenson 259, Darren McKenzie 259, Matt Campeau 258.

Individual series: Greg Dick 721, Sam Leggitt 692, Matt Campeau and Darren McKenzie 683.

Team games: (Handicap scores) Harvest Moon 1101, Hanjo Farms 1096.

Team series: (Handicap scores) Hanjo Farms 3037, Dalles Electric 3007.

Black & Orange

Early Birds Standings: Log Cabin Store 5.5-2.5, Gandy Dancer Saloon 4.5-3.5, Black & Orange 3-5, 10th Hole 3-5.

Individual games: Marcy Viebrock (B&O) 170, Carol Gullickson (GD) 157, Rita Tesch (10th) 156.

Individual series: Carol Gullickson (GD) 433, Marcy Viebrock (B&O) 424, Peggy Rodacker (10th) 389.

Team games: Gandy Dancer Saloon 896, 10th Hole 792, Log Cabin Store 781.

Team series: Gandy Dancer Saloon 2408, Log Cabin Store 2259, 10th Hole 2244.

Monday Night Men’s Standings: Bruce’s Auto 35-13, Larry’s LP 29-19, Black & Orange 27-21, Glass & Mirror Works 27-21, Pope’s Construction 21-27, Vacant 5-43.

Individual games: Jack Witzany (L) 215, Chris Olson (L) 211, Ron Staples (B&O) 201.

Individual series: Chris Olson (L) 581, Jack Witzany (L) 547, Dean Eytcheson (BA) 543.

Team games: Larry’s LP 981, Pope’s Construction 929, Bruce’s Auto 904.

Team series: Larry’s LP 2849, Bruce’s Auto 2674, Pope’s Construction 2629.

Games 50 or more above average: Jack Witzany 215 (+61); Ron Staples 201 (+58), Josh Phelps 198 (+55); Matt Strese 175 (+59).

TNT Ladies (End of first half) Standings: Larry’s LP 4-0, Flower Power 4-0, Cashco 0-4, Wild Bill’s 0-4.

Individual games: Jennifer Kern (L) 195, Robin Willard (WB) and Jayne Schwartz (C) 177, Sue Eytcheson (FP) and Evelyn Engebretson (FP) 167.

Individual series: Jennifer Kern (L) 524, Robin Willard (WB) and Jayne Schwartz (C) 474, Evelyn Engebretson (FP) 474.

Team games: Flower Power 912, Larry’s LP 878, Cashco 831.

Team series: Flower Power 2613, Larry’s LP 2531, Cashco 2389.

Wednesday Night Men’s Standings: Cashco 30-18, Lions 26.5-21.5, Northview Drive Inn 24-24, 10th Hole 23.5-24.5, T & P Tree Service 21-27, Black & Orange 19-29.

Individual games: Art Bliven (L) 246, Monte Rinnman (C) 231, Larry Johnson (L) 199.

Individual series: Monte Rinnman (C) 617, Art Bliven (L) 608, Gerry Vogel (10th) 544.

Team games: Lions 985 10th Hole 929, Cashco 925.

Team series: Lions 2784, 10th Hole 2719, Cashco 2707. ames 50 or more above average: Art Bliven 246 (+88); Monte Rinnman 231 (+63); Myron Mansfield 191 (+60).

Series 100 or more above average: Art Bliven 608 (+124); Monte Rinnman 617 (+113).

Early Risers Standings: 10th Hole 7-1, Gandy Dancer 6-2, A+ Sanitation 2-6, Hole in the Wall 1-7.

Individual games: Carol Phelps (A+) 181, Lylah Nelson (A+) 172, Donna Crain (GD) 160.

Individual series: Lylah Nelson (A+) 469, Donna Crain (GD) 439, Cheryl Parkins (10th) 425.

Team games: A+ Sanitation 687, Gandy Dancer Saloon 680, 10th Hole 645.

Team series: Gandy Dancer Saloon 1943, A+ Sanitation 1887, 10th Hole 1880.

Thursday Night Ladies Standings: Lip’s 4-0, Pour House 4-0, Check Services 0-4, Ben Ott Construction 0-4.

Individual games: Jackie Churchill (L) 233, Angie Olson (CS) 187, Daphne Churchill (L) 160.

Individual series: Jackie Churchill (L) 553, Angie Olson 455, Daphne Churchill 449.

Team games: Lip’s 763, Pour House 706, Check Services 662.

Team series: Pour House 2077, Lip’s 2049, Check Services 1882.

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Grantsburg/Burnett U-14 Girls take consolation in Superior tournament

SUPERIOR – The tournament started on Friday night in Superior with Grantsburg/Burnett playing a team from Thunder Bay, Canada.

Grantsburg/Burnett lost that game 7-1.

Sam O’Brien was the goal scorer for that game and Hope Tucker had a workout, with 27 saves.

Saturday morning, Grantsburg/Burnett played a team from Hibbing, Minn.

Grantsburg/Burnett went on to win that game, 8-4.

Youth Hockey Grantsburg/Burnett U-14 Friday, Dec. 12

Thunder Bay, Canada 7, Grantsburg 1 Goals: Sam O’Brien.

Saves: Hope Tucker (27).

Saturday, Dec. 13

Grantsburg 8, Hibbing, Minn. 4

Goals: Ashley Dietmeier (4), Sam O’Brien (3), Kassie Lien.

Assists: Ashley Dietmeier (2), Kassie Lien (2), Paige Johnson (2), Tianna Stewart, Sam O’Brien.

Saves: Hope Tucker (15).

Sunday, Dec. 14

Grantsburg 6, Duluth 5

Sam O’Brien breaking the puck into Thunder Bay’s zone with Kassie Lien right behind her.

Grantsburg/Burnett U-14 girls in a Photos submitted Dietmeier had a tremendous game, with four goals (hat trick plus one) and two assists. O’Brien was right behind with her own hat trick and one assist.

Lien came in with one goal for the game and two assists. Paige Johnson had two assists and Tianna Stewart had one assist. Tucker had 15 saves for the game.

Sunday morning, Grantsburg/Burnett played the Duluth Icebreakers and they went on to win the game, 6-5.

LEADER S P O R T S SCOREBOARD GIRLS BASKETBALL

West Lakeland Conference Standings

Team Siren St. Croix Falls Frederic Luck Unity Webster Grantsburg

Scores

Conf.

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

Overall 6-0 5-1 4-2 3-3 1-5 2-4 0-5

Friday, Dec. 12 Siren 41, Webster 16 St. Croix Falls 57, Grantsburg 40 Luck 51, Frederic 37 Baldwin 30, Unity 21 Monday, Dec. 15 Siren 38, Shell Lake 27 Tuesday, Dec. 16 Unity 57, Grantsburg 39 St. Croix Falls 45, Luck 43 Frederic 51, Webster 39 Siren 52, Turtle Lake 30

GIRLS HOCKEY Scores

2-1-2

Saturday, Dec. 13 Lady Blizzard 2, Edina Green 1

Upcoming

Thursday, Dec. 18 7 p.m.

Menomonie at Grantsburg Friday, Dec. 19 7 p.m.

Lakeland at Siren Tuesday, Dec. 23 7 p.m.

Moose Lake, Minn. at Grantsburg

GYMNASTICS Upcoming

Thursday, Dec. 18 6 p.m.

Grantsburg at St. Croix Falls Monday, Dec. 22 6 p.m.

Chisago Lakes, Minn. at St. Croix Falls

WOMEN’S POOL LEAGUE Team Wise Guys Greg's Gals Glass Bar Hack's Blacksmith Shop JJ's I Suzy Q's Kassel Tap JJ's II Shafer's

Scores

Conf.

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

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

Upcoming

Upcoming

Lady Blizzard

Team Luck Grantsburg Webster Siren St. Croix Falls Unity Frederic

Friday, Dec. 12 Luck 60, Frederic 33 Siren 54, Webster 50 Grantsburg 62, St. Croix Falls 47 Monday, Dec. 15 Shell Lake 51, Siren 49 Tuesday, Dec. 16 Luck 69, St. Croix Falls 40 Webster 33, Frederic 28 Grantsburg 73, Unity 44

Thursday, Dec. 18 7:30 p.m. Frederic at Glenwood City Grantsburg at Rush City, Minn.

Friday, Dec. 19 7:30 p.m. Northwood at Siren Rush City, Minn. at Frederic Grantsburg at Braham, Minn.

Tuesday, Dec. 23 6 p.m.

Clear Lake at St. Croix Falls 7:30 p.m. Cumberland at Unity Webster at Clayton

Standings

BOYS BASKETBALL

West Lakeland Conference Standings

Score 43 43 41 38 36 36 33 31 29 25

Thursday, Dec. 18 7:30 p.m. Northwood at Siren Turtle Lake at Luck Grantsburg at Pine City, Minn.

Friday, Dec. 19 7:30 p.m. Frederic at Clear Lake Saturday, Dec. 20 7:30 p.m. Chetek at Luck Monday, Dec. 22 7:30 p.m. Clayton at Unity Tuesday, Dec. 23 7:30 p.m. Clear Lake at St. Croix Falls

BOYS HOCKEY Standings

Amery/Unity Blizzard

Scores

3-2 1-6

Friday, Dec. 12 Amery/Unity 4, Fond du Lac Springs 1 Baraboo/Reedsburg 4, Blizzard 2 Saturday, Dec. 13 Bizzard 4, Fond du Lac Springs 3 OT Baraboo/Reedsburg 2, Amery/Unity 0 Tuesday, Dec. 16 Somerset 3, Siren 2 Amery/Unity at Baldwin

Upcoming

Thursday, Dec. 18 7 p.m.

Blizzard at Altoona Amery/Unity at Spooner Saturday, Dec. 20 1 p.m.

Park Falls at Amery

WRESTLING Upcoming

Thursday, Dec. 18 7 p.m.

St. Croix Falls at Turtle Lake Unity at Clear Lake Friday, Dec. 19 7 p.m.

St. Croix Falls at Chisago Lakes, Minn.

Saturday, Dec. 20 9:30 a.m. LFG at Robert Mackey

huddle before the start of a game. – In this game, Lien and Dietmeier were both on fire with three goals each. Both girls got a hat trick in the game.

Dietmeier also had 1 assist and Lien had two assists for the game. O’Brien also got one assist for the game. Tucker had another 15 saves this game.

The girls are starting to click together as a team. They all played very well all weekend and all their hard work is starting to pay off for them.

George Briggs is the head coach of the Grantsburg/Burnett U-14 team. Teri

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Goals: Kassie Lien (3), Ashley Dietmeier (3).

Assists: Kassie Lien (2), Ashley Dietmeier, Sam O’Brien.

Saves: Hope Tucker (15).

Blizzard PeeWee A Saturday, Dec. 13

Blizzard 7, Baldwin

Goals: Brett Richison (2), Brian Billings, Max Norman, Vinny Larson, Nick Robinson, Paige Young.

Assists: Jeremy Roy, Brett Richison, Brian Billings.

Saves: Daniel Hunter (11).

Sunday, Dec. 14

Spooner 4, Blizzard 3

Goals: Brian Billings, Brett Richison, Vinny Larson.

Assists: Brian Billings.

Saves: Daniel Hunter (21).

O’Brien and Allison Briggs are the assistant coaches. – submitted

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NAME: Melissa Jenssen SCHOOL: Luck YEAR: Senior COMMENTS: Melissa Jenssen was relentless on defense in the Cardinals big win over Frederic last Tuesday night according to her coach, Marty Messar. Despite losing in overtime to the Saints on Tuesday night, Jenssen Melissa Jenssen showed much the same on defense, and provided nine points, and shot 3 for 4 from the line. – Marty Seeger

NAME: Jake Bruns SCHOOL: St. Croix Falls YEAR: Junior COMMENTS: Jake Bruns has gotten off to a great start to the season for the Saints wrestling team.

Bruns went 5-0 in the team’s tournament appearance in Wisconsin Dells last weekend and Jake Bruns started off the season with a pin over a St. Croix Central opponent in the team’s first home dual of the season last Thursday. – Marty Seeger

A subpar 12-4 performance dropped our eclectic prognosticator’s record to 32-7 or 82 percent. “But that’s still the best in the state and it looks like I’ll continute to have absolutely undisputed supremacy in N o r t h w e s t Wisconsin thanks to personnel THE SWAMI changes in other news organizations,” the Swami added while doing his annual Scandinavian-themed Christmas baking in his rustic wood and solar-heated shack far to the east of the Leader office.

has turned into quite a basketball town.

Frederic 51, Rush City 34 – A tidy and comfortable prevacation victory for our Vikes.

Unity 40, Cumberland 27 – Take note, Unity girls. Here’s a game that should be an easy one, so relax and enjoy the victory.

The Swami

PREDICTS

This week’s predictions: Girls games Frederic 42, Glenwood City 40 – GC alumnus coach Troy Wink makes a triumphant return as his Vikes earn win number five.

Siren 42, Northwood 36 – The Evergreens always give the Dragons fits and this one won’t be easy either.

Grantsburg 40, Rush City 39 – Two struggling teams tangle across the river.

Braham 77, Grantsburg 37 – Braham

Boys games Northwood 53, Siren 44 – Ouch! The Dragons suffer some more growing pains.

Grantsburg 80, Pine City 61 – The Pirates generally thrive on the racehorse style played in the Gopher state.

Clear Lake 44, Frederic 35 – A rare down year for the Warriors. This could be a close one.

Luck 71, Turtle Lake 52 – The Cards keep rolling.

Luck 69, Chetek 49 – Chetek may be a Heart-o’-the-North team, but that doesn’t mean they have a chance Saturday.

Clayton 55, Unity 40 – The Eagles come up short again.

St. Croix Falls 59, Clear Lake 37 – After a couple of West Lakeland Conference pummelings, the Saints earn a nonconference W. The Swami answers all e-mails and can be reached at predictionking@yahoo.com.

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With insulated rubber boots, and a heavy armor of rain gear, I hoisted the auger over my shoulder, and waddled slowly to the lake’s slushy edge. Three Marty cars sat idling nearby, and were positioned Seeger like tanks waiting for battle. The anglers The inside were keeping warm; waiting and Bottom watching for the red Line flag on their tip-ups to spring into action.

“How’s the ice further out?” I asked one of the anglers, who had stepped out of his vehicle for a second to check on his tip-ups.

“You’ll be fine, just stay clear from over there,” he said, gesturing toward an open area where a creek entered the lake.

Just two days prior I was asked a similar question as I sat waiting for something to bite on another lake near home.

Two anglers, one with a small pickup and another with a full-sized rig were eager to pull their shack onto the ice.

Not trusting my resposnse that the ice

was 7 to 9 inches, the anglers drilled a hole to be certain the ice was thick enough. It must have been plenty, as they were seen creeping out on ice moments later without any problems. It was a little too thin for me, and for most people I guessed, and it was pretty clear they were the first of the year to break trail onto the lake.

With the cold snap over the past few days, it won’t be long and many other anglers will be driving on their favored lake. Last Sunday morning, however, might have been a little riskier for driving on the ice.

It’s an eerie feeling to go ice fishing in the rain, but not uncommon. I’ve done it on more than one occasion during the course of the winter seasons, and even sat huddled in a tin shack while lightning electrified the air outside.

I enjoyed the miserable weather on the ice that morning, but mostly because the time on the ice was shortlived due to the fact that fish were biting so well. I doubt I’ll see another bite like it for the rest of the season. The fish weren’t huge, but just right for filleting, and each one would fit in the frying pan nicely.

There’s something to be said about the barometric pressure when it suddenly drops, or an approaching storm is about to blow. It’s a combination that

A limit of bluegills ready to be packed off a slush-covered lake. – Photo

by Marty Seeger can produce some pretty phenomenal tion for the dinner table. fishing.

For now, there’s just enough fish for Being dressed for the weather on at least one more meal, and I’ll probaSunday morning was half the battle, bly need it over the next couple of and fortunately I didn’t even need to weeks in the event that the fishing drill any of my own holes. In the end an slows to a hault. I doubt I’ll hit another easy limit of bluegills was caught in just lucky streak like that again this year, a couple of hours. Before the slush but there’s no doubt that it’ll be fun trycame to an icy standstill that afternoon, ing. Perhaps I’ll try for crappie when I already had them soaking in my the next storm hits. favorite beer batter mixture, in prepara-

Ice anglers urged to follow VHS rules MADISON – With a new statewide poll showing that some anglers aren’t taking all needed steps to prevent spreading the viral hemorrhagic septicemia fish disease, state fisheries officials are asking angler to redouble efforts year-round, including during winter when water temperatures are the coldest and the disease is most active in fish. Information on the pole is available on the University of WisconsinMadison Web site.

“The good news from the Badger Poll results is that the vast majority of anglers and boaters took some steps to prevent the spread of VHS,” says Mike Staggs, Wisconsin’s fisheries director.

“Our sampling in 2008 showed that VHS hadn’t spread beyond Lake Winnebago and Lake Michigan, and that’s a great credit to everybody who followed the VHS rules. But the problem hasn’t gone away, and the survey

First muzzleloader whitetail

Charles Strabel of Siren took his first deer with a muzzleloader, a perfect 8-pointer on the evening of Monday, Dec. 8. The muzzleloader season ran from Dec. 1 until Dec. 10. - Photos submitted

results suggest that we can do better and we must do better if we want to protect Wisconsin’s great fishing.”

Additional analysis of the Badger Poll data by DNR fisheries scientists Andy Fayram and Joanna Griffin revealed that anglers and boaters in the Lake Winnebago area where VHS was first detected in Wisconsin fish did a better job complying with prevention steps than anglers and boaters anywhere else in the state.

Two-thirds of boaters and anglers polled in the 6th Congressional District, which encompasses Lake Winnebago, said they never moved live fish away from a lake or river, compared to 58.6percent statewide. Eighty percent of respondents from this district said they rinsed off their boat and trailer compared to 56.8-percent statewide.

VHS was first detected in Wisconsin in fish from the Lake Winnebago System in early May 2007. Since then, it has not been detected beyond the Lake Winnebago and Lake Michigan systems.

VHS is not a threat to people or pets but it’s a significant health fish health disease and can cause fish to bleed to death. VHS can infect 37 different species of fish, including game fish and panfish favorites including walleye, bluegill, trout and muskellunge. The disease has demonstrated in other countries and Great Lakes states the potential to cause large fish kills, longterm reductions in wild fish populations and severe economic impacts.

transported away live and used again on the same water or any other waters if no lake or river water, or other fish, were added to the container carrying the minnows.

• Anglers may not use dead fish, fish eggs or fish parts as bait. There are three exceptions: • You may use dead fish, fish eggs or fish parts as bait on any waters if they were preserved by a method that does not require freezing or refrigeration; • You may use unpreserved or just frozen dead fish, fish eggs or fish parts as bait on the water from which they were collected or on Lake Michigan or Green Bay (and connecting waters upstream to the first barrier impassible to fish); • Live minnows that die during a

fishing trip may be used during that fishing trip (they may not be used on later trips unless you meet the two conditions above).

A full listing of permanent VHS rules approved earlier this year can be found online. Printed copies of “Minnows as Bait, a brochure explaining the rules are available in DNR service centers and regional offices, and DNR customer service representatives are available to answer questions about VHS rules in English, Hmong and Spanish seven days a week from 7 a.m. -10 p.m. Call toll-free 888-WDNRINFo 888-936-7463 or open a chat session via the DNR Web site.

For more information contact Staggs at 608-267-0796 or Simonson at 608-2665222. – from www.dnr.state.wi.us

Musky madness on Bone Lake

Key VHS rules aimed at protecting fish and fishing in Wisconsin include: • Anglers may not transport any live fish or live fish eggs away from any state waters. There is an exception for minnows purchased from a Wisconsin bait dealer. These minnows may be

Derek Steele of Frederic caught and released his first musky while ice fishing on Bone Lake last Saturday morning. The fish was approximately 30-35 inches long. Muskie fishing season closed Nov. 30 – Photo submitted

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ed." The nonprofit news organization ProPublica has been tracking the bailout program, Bush administration. The reporting details that remain Post reported, "The change shrouded by the Treasury. As stipulated that the penalty of Tuesday, 202 institutions had would apply only to firms obtained bailout funds totaling that received bailout funds by close to $250 billion. selling troubled assets to the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi government in an auction." said recently, "The Treasury Read the fine print. Of the Department's implementation TARP bailout funds to be disof the TARP is insufficiently bursed, only those that were Amy transparent and is not accounttechnically spent "in an auc- Goodman able to American taxpayers." tion" would have limits Barney Frank, D-Mass., chair of imposed on executive pay. the House Financial Services But Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Committee, said earlier, "Use of these and his former Goldman Sachs col- funds ... for bonuses, for severance pay, league Neel Kashkari (yes, pronounced for dividends, for acquisitions of other "cash carry"), who is running the pro- institutions, etc. -- is a violation of the gram, aren't inclined to spend the funds terms of the act." in auctions. They prefer their Capital Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Purchase Program, handing over cash Iowa said of the loophole, "The flimsy directly. Recall Paulson's curriculum executive-compensation restrictions in vitae: He began as a special assistant to the original bill are now all but gone."

John Ehrlichman in the Nixon White Put aside for the moment that these House and then went on to work for a three all voted for the legislation -- the quarter-century at Goldman Sachs, one law clearly needs to be corrected before of the largest recipients of bailout funds additional funds are granted. and chief competitor to Lehman The sums these titans of Wall Street Brothers, the firm that Paulson let fail. are walking away with are staggering.

The Government Accountability In their annual "Executive Excess" Office issued a report on TARP Dec. 10, report, the groups United for a Fair expressing concerns about the lack of Economy and the Institute for Policy oversight of the companies receiving Studies reported 2007 compensation for bailout funds. The report states that Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman "without a strong oversight and moni- Sachs (Paulson's replacement), of $54 toring function, Treasury's ability to million, and that of John Thain, CEO of ensure an appropriate level of account- Merrill Lynch, a whopping $83 million. ability and transparency will be limit-

Workers laid off, executives paid off The global financial crisis deepens, with more than 10 million in the U.S. out of work, according to the Department of Labor. Unemployment hit 6.7 percent in November. Add the 7.3 million "involuntary part-time workers," who want to work full time but can't find a position. Jobless claims have reached a 26-year high, while 30 states reportedly face potential shortfalls in their unemployment-insurance pools. The stunning failure of regulators like the Securities and Exchange Commission was again highlighted, as former NASDAQ head Bernard Madoff (you got it, pronounced "made off") was arrested for allegedly running the world's largest criminal pyramid scheme, with losses expected at $50 billion, dwarfing those from the Enron scandal. The picture is grim -- unless, that is, you are a corporate executive.

The $700 billion financial bailout package, TARP (Troubled Assets Relief Program), was supposed to mandate the elimination of exorbitant executive compensation and "golden parachutes." As U.S. taxpayers pony up their hard-earned dollars, highflying executives and corporate boards are now considering whether to give themselves multimillion-dollar bonuses.

According to The Washington Post, the specific language in the TARP law that forbade such payouts was changed at the last minute, with a small but significant one-sentence edit made by the

Merrill has since been sold to Bank of America, after losing more than $11 billion this year -- yet Thain still wants a $10 million bonus.

Paulson, Kashkari and their boss, President George W. Bush, might not be the best people to spend the next $350 billion tranche of U.S. taxpayer money, with just weeks to go before the new Congress convenes Jan. 6, and Barack Obama assumes the presidency Jan. 20.

As Watergate leaker Deep Throat was said to have told Bob Woodward, back when Paulson was just starting out, "Follow the money." The U.S. populace, its representatives in Congress and the new Obama administration need to follow the money, close the executive-pay loophole and demand accountability from the banks that the public has bailed out.

••• Moynihan contributed Denis research to this column.

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T r y o u r E - e d i t i o n - o n l i n e n o w @ w w w . t h e - l e a d e r. n e t Polk County sheriff’s report Accidents Nov. 22, 2:30 a.m., Balsam Lake Township, Peterson Trail, 100 feet north of CTH I, DAVID C. EVANS, 23, Balsam Lake, was southbound on Peterson Trail, lost control of his vehicle while negotiating a curve, left the roadway and struck a utility pole. He sustained a minor injury (not wearing seat belt/unknown EMS). Driver was cited for operating a vehicle after revocation.

Dec. 5, 11 a.m., Garfield Twp., CTH Y, 100 feet north of CTH M, DANIEL A. OSTLUND, 17, Dresser, turned northbound on CTH Y from CTH M, when his vehicle slid sideways, entered the ditch and rolled onto its driver’s side. Driver was cited for speeding.

Dec. 6, 9:10 a.m., village of Frederic, Lake Avenue, 400 feet north of Ash Street; SHIRLEY A. JOHNSON, 78, Frederic, was northbound on Lake Avenue in Frederic. It appears the driver lost control on the icy road, drove off the east side of Lake Avenue and sideswiped a tree.

Driver sustained injuries (wearing seat belt) and was transported by EMS. Dec. 6, 11:38 a.m., Lincoln Twp., 60th Avenue, .1 mile east of 85th Street, DAWN M. HAWKINSON, 39, Clayton, was westbound on 60th Avenue when it went into the ditch on the north side of the road and struck a tree.

Dec. 6, 9:50 p.m., Alden Twp., Hwy. 65, .40 mile north of Random Drive, CASSANDRA K. DULON, 16, Star Prairie, was

southbound on Hwy. 65. The vehicle went onto the right shoulder, at which time the driver overcorrected. The vehicle impacted the left ditch and rolled onto its roof.

Dec. 7, 1:30 p.m., village of Luck, Hwy. 35 at CTH N (Butternut Avenue); #1—JUDY L. LARRIEU, 61, Spring Valley; #2—DEBRA A. ST. MARTIN, 51, Luck; Unit 1 was northbound on Hwy. 35 when it struck unit 2, which was westbound on CTH N, off of Butternut Avenue. Unit 1 went under the bumper of unit 2, causing moderate damage to unit 1. Unit 2 driver claimed unit 1 driver was signaling to go right, so unit 2 driver pulled out to go west.

Dec. 7, 2:36 p.m., Eureka Twp., Hwy. 35, .1 mile west of 180th Street, CAROL M. LEWIN, 37, Siren, was southbound on Hwy. 35. Driver of unit 1 lost control of the vehicle after striking ice on the road. Unit 1 began spinning counterclockwise after entering the northbound lane. Driver re-corrected the vehicle to the right. Unit 1 began spinning clockwise and entered the north ditch, eventually striking several trees. The passenger, BRUCE S, CARR, 37, Clayton, sustained a minor injury (wearing seat belt/no EMS).

Dec. 7, 4:16 p.m., Lincoln Twp., 85th Street at 80th Avenue; #1—BRAD L HOLTER, 47, Deer Park; #2— JOSEPH D. SMITH, 24, Luck; unit 1 was westbound on 80th Avenue, approaching the stop sign at 85th Street. Unit 1 slid

into the intersection due to snowy roads. Unit 2 was northbound on 85th Street and struck unit 1. Passenger JOSEPH D. SMITH, 1, Luck, sustained a minor injury (in child safety seat/transported by EMS).

Driver of unit 1 was cited for driving too fast for conditions.

Dec. 7, 6 p.m., Farmington Twp., County Line Avenue, .25 mile west of 280th Street, MARK A. BARRITT, 49, Somerset, was westbound on County Line Avenue, lost control of his vehicle, striking a PolkBurnett Electric utility pole. The pole was snapped off. Driver was cited for failure to notify police of a traffic accident.

Dec. 9, 2:35 p.m., Garfield Twp., CTH K, 125 feet west of 140th Street, JORDAN G. OHMANN, 17, Amery, was traveling westbound on CTH K/60th Avenue at 140th Street, unit 1 began negotiating a curve. Unit 1 began sliding on some slush.

Unit 1 tried to correct the sliding and entered the north ditch, striking a tree.

Dec. 10, 9 a.m., Luck Twp., 240th Avenue, .4 mile west of Hwy. 35, RACHELLE J. TACHENY, 29, Luck, was traveling westbound on 240th Avenue. At that time, a male was snowblowing the area around his mailbox. As unit 1 approached the male began crossing 240th Avenue moving northbound. The roadway was covered with packed snow and was slippery. The driver of unit 1 stated she began to slow as the male continued to cross.

The male, upon observing the

Polk County deaths Donald L. Darnell, 70, died Nov. 21, 2008, Cushing/Sterling Township Donna M. Dolny, 83, died Nov. 23, 2008, Luck Robert E. Glunz, 77, died Nov. 26, 2008, Amery Muriel D. Nielsen, 84, died Nov. 26, 2008, St. Croix Falls Janice M. Palmersheim, 55, died Nov. 29, 2008, Frederic Wayne F. Ford, 70, died Nov. 30, 2008, Amery

Russell R. Rische, 72, died Dec. 1, 2008, St. Paul, Minn.

Esther C. Heacock, 82, died

Dec. 2, 2008, Clayton Ermagene M. Kuhl, 85, died Dec. 2, 2008, Amery

Polk County marriage licenses Vicki Lucinda Fultz, Eureka, and Brian William Taylor, Frederic, Dec. 9.

impending crash, left the snowblower and jumped into the north ditch. Unit 1 then struck the snowblower as she pulled left, avoiding a collision with the male. There was no physical evidence on the car or the male, indicating the car struck the pedestrian.

Dec. 12, 1:43 p.m., Alden Twp., 180th Street, .7 mile north of 45th Avenue, MICHELLE L. HOLMBERG, 18, St. Croix Falls, was driving southbound on 180th Street, coming out of a curve, drove over loose gravel, overcorrected, spun around and came to rest against a tree, facing north. Driver cited for a seat belt violation.

Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Twp., CTH H (south) at 125th Avenue, DANIEL A. SHELBY, 39, Dresser, was southbound on CTH H from Hwy. 8. Unit 1 swerved to miss a deer, crossed the center of the road, hit trees in the east ditch and came to rest. The driver left the scene because he was drinking. Unit 1 driver left his wife at the scene and he went home. The wife did write a statement that her husband was driving and was drinking alcohol at the bar before the

accident.

Dec. 14, 12 a.m., village of Balsam Lake, Pleasant Avenue, .4 mile east of Hwy. 46, DAVID A. OSBORNE, 55, Balsam Lake, was negotiating a curve on Pleasant Avenue. Unit 1 entered the east ditch and struck a fence. Unit 1 then left the scene. Driver was cited for nonregistration.

Dec. 14, 11:10 a.m., Osceola Twp., CTH F, .2 mile west of 200th Street, GARY W. VANNELLI, 52, Coon Rapids, Minn., was eastbound on CTH F. While coming out of a curve, his vehicle hydroplaned, crossed the centerline and came to rest facing west.

Dec. 14, 11:20 a.m., Lincoln Twp., 110th Avenue, .1 mile east of CTH H, FELICIA R. BAILLARGEON, 17, Amery, was traveling east on 110th Avenue when the operator lost control on the ice-covered roads. Unit 1 drove off the south edge of the pavement and overturned. Unit 1 was moved prior to the officer’s arrival. Driver sustained injuries (wearing seat belt) and medically transported.

Dec. 14, 5:11 p.m., Garfield Township, CTH Y, .5 mile south

of 120th Avenue, ASHLEY N. JOHNSON, 18, New Richmond, was traveling northbound on CTH Y when she lost control of her vehicle due to the ice and wind coming across the lake.

Her vehicle came to rest in the east ditch.

Other incidents Dec. 1, a vehicle owned by MARK A. HOBBS, RR Osceola, was vandalized while it was marked with a “For Sale” sign and parked near the side of Hwy. 35, at 4th Avenue.

Dec. 1, 15 gallons of diesel fuel were stolen from a Lull machine owned by Dawes Rigging and Crane Rental, out of Chippewa Falls, while the machine was in the rural Dresser area.

Dec. 4, JENNIFER RANDALL, Luck, reported that her 1996 Lincoln Continental, cream in color, had been stolen from her residence sometime on this date.

Sometime during the evening of Dec. 13 and Dec. 14, someone burglarized the St. Croix Floral business in St. Croix Falls Township.

An undisclosed amount of cash was taken.

Polk County traffic court Benjamin J. Berg, Duluth, Minn., operating while suspended, $186.00.

Eric B. Bowers, Centuria, fail/stop at stop sign, not guilty plea.

David B. Brownlie, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Shelly M. Campeau, Turtle Lake, speeding, $160.80.

Kathleen J. Cherrier, Balsam Lake, speeding, $160.80.

Kenneth L. Christensen, Dresser, passing in no-passing zone, $312.00.

Joseph A. Friesner, Luck, operating while under influence, not guilty plea.

Cletus N. George, Union Grove, place, use, hunt wild animals with bait, $530.00.

Richard Hart, Luck, inatten-

tive driving, $173.40.

David T. Heuring, Star Prairie, fraud in obtaining a license, not guilty plea.

Yasin M. Jama, Barron, speeding, $160.80.

David A. Kaczmarski, Deer Park, possess/loan/borrow another’s license, $288.80.

Gregory A. Kaczmarski, Deer Park, possess/loan/borrow another’s license, $288.80.

Ellen S. Kromrey, Osceola, speeding, $160.80.

Rene N. Lafaurie, Moab, Utah, speeding, $186.00.

Jason R. Lammers, Dallas, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Jerald W. Lowe, Luck, speeding, $160.80.

Brian J. McMahon, Stillwater, Minn., speeding, not guilty plea.

Dale M. Olson, Prior Lake,

Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Bradley A. Peterson, Balsam Lake, fail/validate or attach deer carcass tag, $329.00.

Sasha M. Potvin, Almena, nonregistration of auto., $186.00.

Adam W. Spicer, New Brighton, Minn., speeding, not guilty plea.

David B. Stellmach, Mahtomedi, Minn., fail/validate or attach deer carcass tag, $329.00.

Chad W. Swager, Osceola, nonregistration of auto., $160.80.

Travis D. Trumble, Osceola, nonregistration of auto., $160.80.

Clifford J. Wilson, Oakdale, Minn., speeding, not guilty plea.

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Burnett County criminal court

Arrests or citations Dec. 11: Sada A. Ostrowski, 30, Hinckley, Minn., was arrested for disorderly conduct.

Dec. 13: Jason T. Olson, 38, Grantsburg, was arrested for domestic disorderly conduct and a warrant.

Siren police report Minn., was cited for speeding on Ellis Avenue near the North States property at 9:23 p.m.

Jessica L. Peterson, 21, Webster, was cited for speeding on Hwy. 70 and Hanson Avenue at 9:49 p.m.

Dec. 12: Toni M. Dakins, 46, Barron, was cited for inattentive driving at 1:30 p.m. The officer on duty followed her, with lights

and siren on his vehicle after clocking her speeding, from Crooked Lake Park to east Main Street. Dakins apparently didn’t see that he was following her.

She got out of her vehicle, “almost walked by me without noticing that I was there,” said the officer, and went into a business. She was cited when she came back to her vehicle.

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Dec. 4: Yonsey J. Karasek, 71, Hayward, was cited for speeding at 12:40 p.m. on Hwy. 70 and Hanson Avenue.

Dec. 11: Michelle Marie Hancock, 39, White Bear Lake,

Kristina F. Alwine, 26, Shell Lake, disorderly conduct, oneyear probation, alcohol assessment, $88.00.

Patrick J. Eibert, 22, Rosemount, Minn., disorderly conduct, 309.00.

Dale R. Hawkinson, 72, St. Paul, Minn., improper parking

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

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

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Siren, OWI, $677.00, license revoked six months, alcohol assessment.

Burnett Co. warrants Christina L. Aune, 28, Litchfield, Minn., warrants - failure to appear, Dec. 10.

Richard A. Wylie, 19, Webb Lake, warrant - failure to appear, Dec. 10.

Notices / Employment (Dec. 17) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK P.O. Box 862 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 Plaintiff(s) -vsBRANDON S. JONES 20117 E. River Road Grantsburg, WI 54840 Defendant(s) Small Claims Publication Summons and Notice Case No. 08 SC 767 Publication Summons and Notice of Filing TO THE PERSON(S) NAMED ABOVE AS DEFENDANT(S): You are being sued by the person(s) named above as Plaintiff(s). A copy of the claim has been sent to you at your address as stated in the caption above.

The lawsuit will be heard in the following Small Claims court: Polk County Courthouse, 715485-9299, Room Number: Ste. 300, 1005 W. Main St., P.O. Box 549, Balsam Lake, Wis. 54810, on the following date and time: Dec. 29, 2008, 1 p.m.

If you do not attend the hearing, the court may enter a judgment against you in favor of the person(s) suing you. A copy of the claim has been sent to you at your address as stated in the caption above. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law.

A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

You may have the option to Answer without appearing in court on the court date by filing a written Answer with the clerk of court before the court date.

You must send a copy of your Answer to the Plaintiff(s) named above at their address. You may contact the clerk of court at the telephone number above to determine if there are other methods to answer a Small Claims complaint in that county.

If you need help in this matter because of a disability, please call: 715-485-9299.

Amber Chapman Plaintiff/Attorney 715-483-5190 Date: Oct. 15, 2008

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through the intersection and into the ditch, striking a tree. No injuries were reported.

Dec. 12: Tina M. Dewey, 36, Webster, reported hitting a deer while on Hwy. 70 in Wood River Township. No injuries were reported.

Dec. 14: Adam R. Eichman, 17, Siren, was northbound on Hwy. 35 in Siren Township when he swerved to miss a deer and lost control on the slippery road and entered the ditch.

The vehicle tipped onto the driverís side. No injuries were reported.

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with Hwy. 70 when Martha A. Gatten, 44, Webster, attempted to cross the highway to go east on Hwy. 70 and pulled out into the path of Woodrich. Two injuries were reported. The Woodrich injury was described as incapacitating.

Gatten received on citation for inattentive driving.

Dec. 10: Robert A. Buck, 42, Shell Lake, was eastbound on Hwy. 70 in Dewey Township when a deer ran out in front on him. He struck the deer and the bumper from the vehicle entered the eastbound lane where it was hit by Marjorie M. Trawn, 71, Siren. No injuries were reported.

Dec. 11: Maurice F. McAllister, 90, Webster, was southbound on Leef Road, approaching the intersection of Mallard Lake Road, when it was reported that the brakes did not work.

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Burnett County sheriff’s report Accident Dec. 7: Karen S. Davis, 46, Hinckley, Minn., was northbound on Old 35, near the intersection of CTH FF in Meenon Township when she hit a ice patch and went into the ditch. No injuries were reported.

Dec. 8: Gloria M. Merrill, 63, Danbury, was northbound on Hwy. 35 in Swiss Township, attempting a right-hand turn onto Minerva Road when she slid off the road and struck a guardrail.

Dec. 9: Jessie C. Petranglo, 19, Webster, was southbound on Old 35 in Siren Township when Diane M. McGrane, 53, Siren, pulled out of a driveway too far and into the path of the Petranglo vehicle. There were no injuries reported.

Dec. 9: Jeremy K. Woodrich, 22, Menomonie, was northbound on Hwy. 35 in Siren Township near the intersection

JOB POSTING

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIAN/DIRECTOR FULL-TIME POSITION with BENEFITS SALARY NEGOTIABLE with EXPERIENCE Qualifications: Knowledge of: Windows and Apple client and server operating systems; network and endpoint security; current communications devices and protocols; Server and desktop technologies; and backup scheduling and testing.

Ability to: Administrate a medium-sized network including firewalls and switches; support networked printers and photocopiers; manage multiple projects, activities and tasks simultaneously; and supervise technical support personnel. Postsecondary Degree in Computer Technology and three (3) years of experience preferred.

Closing Date: January 6, 2009.

Send Letter Of Application And Resume To:

Glenn Martin, District Administrator School District of St. Croix Falls 740 Maple Drive St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-9823 (ext. 200)

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Village of Siren Thursday, January 8, 2009, 2 p.m.

Village Office 24049 First Avenue • Siren, Wis. Notice is hereby given to the electors of the Village of Siren that a caucus will be held on Thursday, January 8, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Village Hall for the purpose of placing in nomination candidates for the following offices to be voted on at a spring election to be held on April 7, 2009: Three (3) Village Trustees to succeed Dave Alden, Josh Henry and Joan O’Fallon and One (1) Village President to succeed 474825 17L WNAXLP Janet Hunter whose terms expire.

Ann L. Peterson, Clerk/Treasurer, Village of Siren

HELP WANTED SECRETARY/BOOKKEEPER

Webster Area Catholic Churches will be hiring a qualified Secretary/Bookkeeper to be responsible for all clerical, secretarial and bookkeeping duties for our TriParish cluster.

Candidates must have a H.S. diploma or equivalent, some post H.S.-related courses and a minimum of two years’ general office/secretarial experience which includes bookkeeping functions. The individual must be proficient in Word, Publisher and QuickBooks Pro. This is a full-time position with competitive salary and benefits. We are an equal opportunity employer.

Send resume by e-mail to sjoffice@centurytel.net or by mail to Father Michael Tupa, P.O. Box 7, Webster, WI 54893.

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COACHING POSITIONS AVAILABLE SIREN SCHOOL DISTRICT High School Head Football Coach Send letter of application and resume to:

Siren School District Attn: Ryan Karsten, Athletic Director P.O. Box 29 Siren, WI 54872

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BURNETT & POLK COUNTY

Burnett & Polk County is declaring December 31, 2008, as the last day that wildlife crop damage assessments can be requested for the 2008 crop year under Wisconsin’s Wildlife Damage Abatement and Claims Program. This date is based on the counties policy for crop damage claim payments on late harvested crops.

The policy states: All wildlife damage claims on row crops filed after 90% of the County’s harvest for that crop has been completed, will be denied. Anyone seeking additional program information may contact Cindy at the Tri-County Wildlife Damage Program office at 715-349-2186.

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BUSINESS MANAGER FOR THE DANBURY SANITARY DISTRICT POSITION

Approximately 20-30 hours per week. Duties include set up and maintain utility accounts and customer records, accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, collections, delinquent and shut-off notices and financial reports. Knowledge of Quickbooks software is helpful. Please mail resume and cover letter to:

Marshall Hill, Chairman P.O. Box 8 Danbury, WI 54830

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(Dec. 10, 17, 24, 31, Jan. 7, 14) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

MICHAEL J. ANDREN and SHANNON M. ANDREN, husband and wife, and COUNTRY HOME LOANS, Defendants.

Case No. 08 CV 290 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on July 22, 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, January 27, 2009, at 10 o’clock a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: The East 124 feet of the West 621.5 feet of the South 214.5 feet of the SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 27, Township 35 North, Range 16 West, Town of Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 026-01164-0000 Street Address: 889 190th Avenue, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin TERMS OF SALE: Cash.

DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by cash or certified check.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 2nd day of December, 2008.

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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(Dec. 17, 24, 31, Jan. 7, 14, 21) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. Plaintiff, vs.

RELAN K. GROVE, et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 08 CV 1 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on February 25, 2008, in the amount of $206,842.05, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 4, 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 1 OF CERTIFIED SURVEY MAP #4662 RECORDED IN VOLUME 20 OF CERTIFIED SURVEY MAPS, PAGE 214, AS DOCUMENT #689837, BEING A PART OF N 1/2 OF THE NE 1/4 OF THE SE 1/4 OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 34 NORTH, RANGE 16 WEST, TOWN OF APPLE RIVER, POLK COUNTY, WISCONSIN. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1345 60th Street, Turtle Lake, WI 54889.

TAX KEY NO.: 0004-006860100.

Dated this 11th day of December, 2008. /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 Bloomer Peterman, S.C. is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained with be used for that purpose. (136161)

(Dec. 10, 17, 24, 31, Jan. 7, 14) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY EAGLE MORTGAGE & LOAN LLC, Plaintiff, vs THOMAS L. SANFORD, MUDGE PORTER LUNDEEN & SEGUIN, BRILL STATE BANK, Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 07 CV 507 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above action on September 27, 2007, the undersigned Sheriff of POLK County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction at the main entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, in the City of Balsam Lake, State of Wisconsin on Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at 10 a.m., the following described premises: Lot 3 of Certified Survey Map No. 5180, recorded in Volume 23 CSM, Page 87, Document No. 717574 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin, being located in the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4, Section 9, Township 37 North, Range 16 West, Town of Clam Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin.

TERMS: Cash, subject to all unpaid property taxes, special assessments, penalties and interest. Buyer to pay transfer fee and costs of sheriff’s sale.

DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by certified check BALANCE DUE: Within ten (10) days of confirmation of sale PROPERTY ADDRESS: 921 340th Ave., Frederic, WI 54837 Dated Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on December 8, 2008.

Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff Kenneth Wm. Jost Jost Law Office P.O. Box 54, Chetek, WI 54728

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(Dec. 3, 10, 17) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK Plaintiff, vs.

BRENT M. NIEMAN, and JOLENE L. NIEMAN, and WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, and KATHLEEN M. GIONIS, and CAPITAL ONE BANK, Defendants.

SUMMONS Case No. 08 CV 799 TO: Jolene L. Niemann P.O. Box 362 Luck, WI 54853 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within forty (40) days after December 3, 2008, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the Court, whose address is: Clerk of Court Polk County Justice Center 1005 West Main Street Suite 300 Balsam Lake, WI 54810 and to plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is: Steven J. Swanson 105 Washington Street South P.O. Box 609 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper Answer within forty (40) days after December 3, 2008, the Court may grant Judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Complaint and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Complaint. A Judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A Judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

Dated the 1st day of December, 2008. /s/ Steven J. Swanson #1003029 Attorney for Plaintiff 105 Washington Street South P.O. Box 609 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

(Nov. 19, 26, Dec. 3, 10, 17, 24) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC., ASSET BACKED PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-R7, Plaintiff, vs.

LISA A. HOUX; and PAUL M. HOUX, her spouse, Defendants.

Case No. 08-CV-224 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE (Foreclosure of mortgage 30404) By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of said Circuit Court in the above-entitled action which was entered on July 11, 2008, in the amount of $124,867.89, 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 13th day of January, 2009, at 10 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: Lot 2 Certified Survey Map No. 2043 recorded in Volume 9 Certified Survey Maps, Page 191, Document No. 543428, located in the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 33 North, Range 15 West, Town of Clayton, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Tax Key No. 016-00148-0200 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 State Bar No. 1016890 Velnetske The above property is located at 530 105th Avenue, Amery, Wisconsin.

Hersh Law offices, LLC, is a law firm representing a creditor in the collection of a debt owed to such creditor, and any such information obtained will be used for that purpose.

(Dec. 10, 17, 24, 31, Jan. 7, 14) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, acting through Rural Housing Service (RHS), successor in interest to the Farmers Home Administration, Plaintiff, vs.

ADRIAN E. DAVIS, LISA M. DAVIS, and WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY, INC. Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 08 CV 599 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered in the above action on October 22, 2008, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell at public auction in the Sheriff’s Department lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, in the City of Balsam Lake, State of Wisconsin, on Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at 10 a.m., the following described premises: Part of Lot 16, Section Addition to the Village of Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as Lot 1 of the Certified Survey Map No. 2945, filed in Volume 13, Page 199 as Document No. 593016 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin.

TERMS: Cash; subject to all unpaid property taxes, special assessments, penalties and interest. Buyer to pay transfer fee and costs of sheriff’s sale.

DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by certified check.

BALANCE DUE: Within ten (10) days of confirmation of sale.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 304 2nd Avenue South, Frederic, WI 54837.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on December 8, 2008.

Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff Kenneth Wm. Jost Jost Law Office P.O. Box 54 Chetek, WI 54728

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(Dec. 10, 17, 24, 31, Jan. 7, 14) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Trustee for the Certificate Holders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2007-OPT4, AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2007-OPT4, Plaintiff, vs.

LONNIE ALLAN HANSON and ANETTE N. HANSON, husband and wife; and JANE DOE and/or JOHN DOE, unknown tenants, Defendants.

Case No. 08-CV-554 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on November 20, 2008, in the amount of $208,204.83 the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: January 20, 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, Wisconsin DESCRIPTION: LOT 4, PLAT OF ROLLING HILLS, TOWNSHIP OF GARFIELD, POLK COUNTY, WISCONSIN. EXCEPT A PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 4; THENCE NORTH 00° 40’ 13” WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 4, 14.95 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89° 59’ 51” EAST, 241.98 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 4; THENCE SOUTH 00° 40’ 13” EAST, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 4, 16.15 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 4; THENCE NORTH 89° 43’ 06” WEST, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 4, 242.00 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 4 AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1898 98TH AVENUE, Town of Garfield.

TAX KEY NO.: 024-013000400 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.

Esther C. Heacock, 82, died Dec. 2, 2008, Clayton Ermagene M. Kuhl, 85, died Dec. 2, 2008, Amery

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Donald L. Darnell, 70, died Nov. 21, 2008, Cushing/Sterling Township Donna M. Dolny, 83, died Nov. 23, 2008, Luck Robert E. Glunz, 77, died Nov. 26, 2008, Amery Muriel D. Nielsen, 84, died Nov. 26, 2008, St. Croix Falls Janice M. Palmersheim, 55, died Nov. 29, 2008, Frederic Wayne F. Ford, 70, died Nov. 30, 2008, Amery Russell R. Rische, 72, died Dec. 1, 2008, St. Paul, Minn.

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WANTED E x p e r i e n c e d Aveda Tr a i n e d H a i r S t y l i s t With Wisconsin License

MENAGERIE

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704 6th Ave. W. Shakopee, MN 55379 475149 952-445-6355 WNAXLP

Aveda Concept Hair Salon 115 N. Washington St. Croix Falls

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We pay higher than average commission.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar December 15, 2009

HELP WANTED Unity Area Ambulance Service Is Taking Applications For EMT Basic And EMT IV Tech We are a paid-on-call volunteer service.

Call Linette Erickson at 715-825-4444 for more 475121 information and an application.

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REQUEST FOR PRICES

The Burnett County Highway Department will receive sealed prices until 8 a.m., Monday, December 29, 2008, on the following items: SINGLE-AXLE TRUCK CHASSIS TANDEM-AXLE TRUCK CHASSIS Please mark on the outside of your envelope: SINGLE-AXLE TRUCK OR TANDEM TRUCK. Complete specifications can be obtained from Steve Washkuhn, Shop Foreman, Burnett County Highway Department, 8150 Highway 70, Siren, WI 54872.

Telephone number: 715-349-5345 (ext. 1457).

The Burnett County Highway Committee reserves the right to reject any or all of the prices or to accept the price they deem most advantageous to Burnett County and to waive any irregularities in the proposal 474803 17-18L process.

By order of the Burnett County Highway Committee.

ST. CROIX DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAM 24663 Angeline Ave. • Webster, WI 54893 715-349-2195 Ex. 5250 or 715-645-0260

POSITION AVAILABLE

Position:

Location:

Salary: Status:

2 Part-time Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Advocate Positions St. Croix Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Program Youth Center 24663 Angeline Ave. Webster, WI 54893 Expect to work in the 4-county areas and in all 7 communities.

Starting $8.00 - $10.00 depending on experience and qualifications.

One part-time position will become full time, other will remain part time.

Offered

Benefits: Description: * Work with victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, elder abuse. * Provide legal, medical, educational, personal, social services and housing advocacy. * Help with community education and public relations. * Assist with information and referrals, safety planning. * Case Management. * Attend monthly and quarterly meetings at local and state level. * Practice strict confidentiality.

Qualifications: * High school diploma, GED or equivalent. * Have reliable source of transportation, a valid Wisconsin Driver’s License and be eligible for Tribal vehicle insurance. * Computer Skills and experience. * Knowledge of statewide resources for victims of violence. * Ability to travel, possibly overnight at times. * Must be able to practice strict confidentiality.

Native American Preference according to P.L. 93-638 Please send applications or resumes by December 31, 2008, to St. Croix Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Program, Attn. LeAnn Mulroy at 24463 Angeline Ave., Webster, WI 54893. For more information all LeAnn Mulroy at 474772 16-17L 715-349-2195, Ext. 5250.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW TEAM MEMBERS

CMA/LPN: Casual positions available in clinic setting.

(Prior casuals were hired to benefit positions.) Able to multitask, have strong computer skills and excellent customer service skills. Have appropriate certification or licensure.

Phlebotomist: Casual position in clinic lab; varied days/ shifts. Can be Medical Assistant or Nursing Assistant with phlebotomy training or certification as Phlebotomist.

Apply Directly To SCRMC: Online: www.scrmc.org Fax: 715-483-0508 Mail: 235 State Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-0286 An Equal Opportunity Employer

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(Dec. 10, 17, 24, 31, Jan. 7, 14) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC., ASSET BACKED PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003AR3, Plaintiff, vs.

LYNN A. PETERSON, a single person; JOHN M. ANDREWSON; and MICHELLE L. ANDREWSON, his wife, Defendants.

Case No. 08-CV-403 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 August 1, 2008, in the amount of $95,262.58, 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 3rd day of February, 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, towit: Lot 27 and the South 1/2 of Lot 26, Block 52, First Addition to the City of St. Croix Falls, according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Polk County, Wisconsin. Tax Key No. 281-00074-0000.

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 State Bar No. 1016890 Velnetske The above property is located at 408 N. Washington, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin.

Hersh Law Offices, LLC, is a law firm representing a creditor in the collection of a debt owed to such creditor, and any such information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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(Dec. 10, 17, 24, 31, Jan. 7, 14) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 2006, GSAMP TRUST 2006-HE1, Plaintiff, vs.

DAVID A. PACE; and HELEN M. PACE, his wife, Defendants.

Case No. 08-CV-277 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 July 28, 2008, in the amount of $170,325.58, 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 29th day of January, 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 North Half of the West Fractional Half of the Northwest Quarter, Section 7, Township 35 North, Range 17 West, Town of Milltown, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said section; thence running South 79 rods; thence East 54 rods and 10 feet; thence North 79 rods; thence West 54 rods and 10 feet to the point of beginning. Tax Key No. 04000179-0000.

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 State Bar No. 1016890 Velnetske The above property is located at 2290 180th Street, Luck, Wisconsin.

Hersh Law Offices, LLC, is a law firm representing a creditor in the collection of a debt owed to such creditor, and any such information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Shift Supervisor - .7 FTE. Day/evening shifts (most evening).

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An application has been filed for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was March 25, 1953, and date of death was Nov. 29, 2008. The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: 3294 County Road W, Frederic, WI 54837. All interested persons have waived notice.

Creditors’ claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before March 25, 2009.

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(Dec. 17, 24, 31, Jan. 7, 14, 21) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY C.U. Mortgage Services, Inc. 500 Main Street, Suite 100 New Brighton, MN 55112, Plaintiff, vs.

Andrew E. Buss and Melissa J. Buss 500 Wisconsin Avenue Frederic, WI 54837 and, J. DOE I-V and XY2 Company IV, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case No. 08CV86 Honorable: Robert W. Rasmussen Foreclosure of Mortgage 30404 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure made in the above-entitled action on May 27, 2008, in the amount of $98,813.88, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: Pursuant to said judgment, 10% of the successful bid must be paid to the sheriff at the sale in cash, cashier’s check or certified funds, payable to the clerk of courts (personal checks cannot and will not be accepted). The balance of the successful bid must be paid to the clerk of courts in cash, cashier’s check or certified funds no later than ten days after the court’s confirmation of the sale or else the 10% down payment is forfeited to the plaintiff.

The property is sold “as is” and subject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Foyer Area, Polk County Justice Center, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin 54810.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 7, Block 2, Park Addition to the Village of Frederic, excepting therefrom the East 150 feet thereof, Polk County, Wisconsin. Said plat being located in the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 27, Township 37, Range 17 west, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 500 Wisconsin Avenue, Frederic, WI 54837, being abstract property.

Peterson Fram & Bergman, P.A. By /e/ Steven H. Bruns Steven H. Bruns Attorneys for Plaintiff 55 E. 5th Street, Suite 800 St. Paul, MN 55101 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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Case Number: 08 CV 188 AMENDED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on June 30, 2008, in the amount of $205,399.15, the sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: January 20, 2009, at 10 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 1, Certified Survey Map No. 1847, recorded in Volume 8, of Certified Survey Maps, Page 195, as Document No. 529806, being a part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 28, Township 33 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Lincoln, Polk County, Wisconsin, reserving the Easterly 33 feet of said Lot 1 for driveway easement, together with an easement for driveway purposes over and across the North 1 rod of the North 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 27, Township 33 North, Range 16 West. ALSO DESCRIBED AS: All that certain parcel of land situated in the County of Polk and State of Wisconsin, being known as Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 1847 as recorded in the Register of Deeds Office in Volume 8 Page 195 of said maps, in the Polk County, Wisconsin, Courthouse, reserving the Easterly 33 feet of said lot 1 for driveway easement purposes for heirs and assigns.

Together with an easement for driveway purposes over and across the North 1 rod of the North 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 27, Township 33, Range 16 West.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 799 85th Street, Amery WI 54001 TAX KEY NO.: 032-007670100 Dated this 12th day of December, 2008. /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. (136770) 475029 WNAXLP

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“Dancing Through the Holidays”

Second-graders Cody Nelson and Ben Johnson sang “Go Tell It On The Mountain” with their classmates at the Grantsburg Elementary School program on Dec. 12.

Cindy Olson, Connor DeTienne and Jacob Phillips were posing penguins during the first grade’s number called the “Penguin Polka.” The elementary classes grades one through three presented a program for family and friends on Dec. 12 at the high school auditorium.

As their antlers were a flopping, Cody Nelson, Mckenzie Rombach and Linda Harmon had fun a bopping to the “Jingle Jive.” The Grantsburg second-graders performed the dance routine with their classmates during the elementary school’s program held in the high school auditorium.

Timothy Gadwa gave a big finale as the Grantsburg second-grader and his classmates ended their Dec. 12 holiday program at the Grantsburg High School auditorium with the upbeat number “We Wish You A Swingin’ Holiday.”

While performing the “Turkey Tango,” Grantsburg first-graders Caley Reichstadt and Raisa Jensen got the giggles waiting to dance with roses in their teeth.

The humorous number got lots of laughs from those attending the elementary school program.

The Grantsburg Elementary School hit bright holiday notes in the musical production, “Dancin’ Through The Holidays.” The children performed two shows last Friday to good attendance in the high school auditorium. The repertoire included both religious and traditional songs, accompanied by several dance numbers.

The performance ended with a sing-along with the audience. The production was directed by Shana Josephson, and the accompanist was Angela Brahm. Photo by Wayne Anderson

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Nathan Starks tried his A trophy was presented to Richard Bierman, winner of the snowblower best to get his machine race in Webster Saturday afternoon. The race was held during Webster’s moving faster in the annual Santa Day activities. Other contestants were Tony McCain and Webster Santa Day race Nathan Starks, both of Webster. last Saturday.

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Tree lighting honors memory of Brownie Sears WEBSTER - Brownie Sears died at the age of 83 on Jan. 29, 2008, but not even her passing could stop the awards given to her for her involvement in the Webster community.

In May of 2008, the Webster Chamber of Commerce announced that Sears was their Citizen of the Year.

To say that she was involved in her community is an understatement.

She was president of the woman’s bowling association for many years.

She served on the Central Burnett County Fair Board, cemetery board, Woman’s Auxiliary and helped with the village elections. She volunteered at the library and was involved with Little League baseball. She donated nine gallons of blood through the years to the bloodmobile. And she helped with the Relay for Life and was active in her church.

Besides the many committees and board she helped with, Sears was an inspiration. She didn’t quit playing baseball until she was 69 years old. She still found time to laugh and play with great-grandchildren.

The tradition in Webster is that the citizen of the year has the honor of lighting the Christmas tree on Webster’s Main Street and about 15 members of her family, including four of her six children gathered in Webster to carry the tradition of lighting the tree in her honor.

Daughter-in-law Linda Sears called the experience “awesome,” adding that the chamber does a good job with the celebration.

The family was given a photo of Brownie with Santa taken last year, about two months before she passed away. – Sherill Summer

Connie Bushey, daughter of Brownie Sears was overcome with emotion as her brother Randy Sears and sister Ruth Ann Johnson pull the switch at the Webster Tree Lighting Ceremony last Saturday night. Family members also present for the ceremony were Marilyn Sears and Vern Bushey. It is traditional for the Webster Citizen of the Year to light the trees just before the fireworks at the close of Webster Santa Day. Brownie Sears was chosen as the 2008 Citizen of the Year posthumously and her family was asked to light the trees.

Holiday Art Sale this Saturday Due to bad weather, the Café Wren Holiday Art Sale is being rescheduled to this Saturday, Dec. 20, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Café Wren on Hwy. 35 north of Luck. The sale offers gifts by 25 local artists – including pottery, jewelry, handmade soaps, copper creations, stained-glass, mosaics, fiber arts, funky knitwear, puppets, caramels, paintings and more.

Some of the items on sale shown here include pottery by Sarah Dudgeon, Gypsy Moon Body Care products by Nancy Buley and Judy Alverson of Frederic; copper art by husband-and-wife team Dave and Judy Hedblom of Danbury and slate candles by Frederic artist Ed Schmidt (Mood Glo Candles). Most items are priced between $2 and $25. – Special photos

Members of Brownie Sears family stand together and watch the fireworks display which began just after they pulled the switch to light Webster’s Christmas trees. The honor of lighting the trees is given to Webster’s Citizen of the Year. — Photos by Priscilla Bauer

Just prior to throwing the switch to light Webster’s Christmas trees Brownie Sears family was given a framed photo of Sears with Santa taken at Webster’s 2007 Santa Day. Webster Area Chamber of Commerce representative Priscilla Bauer presented the gift to family members as a remembrance of Brownie.

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Sophie's Manor

Offering assisted living options

by Tammi Milberg CENTURIA–An option for people over the age of 60 who need some assistance living on their own, but do not require the round-the-clock care of a nursing home, opened in Centuria in June. Sophie’s Manor provides assisted living options for up to 20 residents at its location of 300 Michigan Ave. in the village of Centuria.

Some people may remember the facility as a hospital. Later, it became Bethany Nursing Home. When it closed its doors as Bethany, people from the area missed the need the facility filled. That is when Scott and Rhoda Davey and Jon and Lisa Hoadley purchased the property in 2007. After much renovation and a new heating system and other needed upgrades, they opened the doors to Sophie’s Manor in June 2008, to help fill the need. They currently have seven residents who live there.

They employ 11 part-time persons and have a 24hour on-call nurse. The assisted living home offers residents their own bedroom, a community kitchen/dining area, community living room and gathering place, and a beauty parlor.

This Sophie’s Manor is the second such living facility operated by the Daveys, who operate a Sophie’s Manor in Pine City, Minn.

“We wanted to provide the community with a service. We look at all types of income levels and we do take county and private pay,” said Rhoda Davey. “We offer 24/7 staffing and have a cook who prepares three meals a day, and who takes pride in making home-cooked meals for our residents.”

The facility offers a community kitchen/dining area for residents to make their own snacks during the day.

There are activities, health monitoring, and day trips planned also. One of the things for the residents is a weekly visit from a hairstylist.

Lisa Hoadley said she was able to find some beauty parlor supplies that were slightly used online, including a sink, barber chairs and hairdryer station. During the renovation, they made a closet area into a beauty parlor. Kim Bainbridge, of Simply Elegant in Centuria, comes once a week for residents who want to have their hair done, but don’t want to go out to have it done.

“We thought it would just be something neat and convenient for our residents and Kim is so great for coming in to do this for us,” said Hoadley.

Sophie’s Manor handles housekeeping and laundry services. It also arranges for transportation for residents, making use of the county transportation. “We know that county funding for assisted living is not great right now, but hopefully it will improve,” said Davey. “We want to be flexible and help anyone who needs it. We also have four larger rooms for married couples who may want to reside here.”

Sophie’s Manor strives for a personal touch, individualized attention, and making their facility a homey comfortable atmosphere. “We are like a family here,” said Darlene Nahkala, administrator. “We try not only to get to know our residents, but also the families of our residents to better serve our residents and to let the family know that their loved one is taken care of here.”

The mission statement for Sophie’s Manor is “to provide quality care and services in a home-like setting that nurtures the spirit, protects privacy, enables freedom of choice, encourages independence, preserves dignity and involves family and friends.”

Hoadley and Davey said the village of Centuria and the county are very supportive of having Sophie’s Manor in the community.

“We welcome the public to come in, take a tour, or just say hi, and we want them to know we are here,” said Hoadley. For more information on Sophie’s Manor, call 715-640-3330, or visit www.sophiesmanor.com.

Administrator Darlene Nahkala and co-owner Lisa Hoadley are pictured in the community kitchen/dining area of Sophie’s Manor.

RIGHT: The lobby and one living room area of Sophie’s manor is pictured here.

Photos by Tammi Milberg BELOW: Sophie’s Manor, an assisted living facility in Centuria, opened its doors in June. The facility is licensed for 20 residents and currently serves seven.

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Christmas in Downtown Frederic

The Frederic Royalty helped Santa out during his library visit by handing out candy to the children. Pictured (L to R): First Princess Anna Tesch, Santa Claus, Second Princess Kelly Daeffler and Miss Congeniality Bobbi Jo O’Brien.

Maddie, Ellie and Joey Duncan took turns telling Santa Claus what they wished to receive for Christmas. Santa was at the Frederic Public Library on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. Over 100 children had the chance to see Santa while he was there.

While Santa was at the Frederic Public Library, the Frederic Arts Board asked people to take a survey. The Frederic Arts Board is trying to establish a center for the arts in Frederic. They asked people which types of programs and events they would like to see in Frederic. The board is also searching for people to volunteer in any capacity. If interested you may contact co-chairs Jack Route at 715-327-8073 or Kelly Green at 715-327-8181. Shown (L to R) are Kelly Green, Nancy Buley and Megan Pierce.

Mary and the three wise men are made out of pop cans in this scene. There were many different artistic displays of angels and nativities to look at throughout the fundraiser. There was also a Christmas concert held on Sunday by the St. Croix Valley Community Choir.

– Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

This young lady was not sure what to think of Santa but she never cried (or smiled, actually) as several people took her picture.

Several different people loaned nativity scenes and angels for the No Room at the Inn fundraiser. Julie Baryluk loaned this particular nativity scene.

The Frederic Depot was open on Saturday to host a community Christmas. The pictured group spent time looking around before enjoying coffee, apple cider and cookies. Pictured (L to R): Host William Johnson IV, Ralph and Barbara Pelle, Raine and Mikhaila Lampert, Mitchell Paquette and Tina, Dan and Madeline Kuesel.

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Keeping the Spirit

by Bob MacKean It had been a long night and morning couldn’t come soon enough for eight-year-old Robert. The long wait was finally over; it was Christmas Eve at last. He knew what to expect tomorrow morning. The stockings he had helped hang on the edge of the dresser drawers would be heavy with treats for him and his sisters—the apple, orange, peanuts, candy, and hopefully a quarter way at the bottom.

The gifts his mother had already bought and hidden were hardly a challenge to find. He would have carefully opened them but the boxes felt light, like clothing. What excited him most were the gifts Santa would leave.

Robert was disturbed by what some of the boys in his third-grade class at school had said about there being no Santa Claus. His mother always assured him that there was and she made sure that milk and cookies were waiting for Santa when he came. Now he wondered if his mother ate the cookies and drank the milk to fool him. He couldn’t ask her but he would try to find out for himself tonight by staying up until the mystery was solved.

The morning hours seemed to drag by until his mother told him they needed some fuel oil for the heater that warmed their second-floor apartment

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The cranky oil heater was started and they all warmed by it for a while.

Robert’s mother made lunch, then prepared to leave for work. She was a waitress at a downtown restaurant and tonight would be a busy one. Before leaving she put a small table by the door where they were to place Santa’s treats and told them to be sure to go to their aunt’s apartment across the hall if there was a problem.

Robert’s two younger sisters played in the front room with their dolls while he read some comics from his stack. He found some Christmas programs on the radio that were fun to listen to, then his aunt Marie came over. She had fixed a big supper so they all went to her apartment to eat and play with their cousins until it was time for his sisters to go to bed.

Robert couldn’t sleep and couldn’t just sit around the apartment so he put on his coat and mittens to go outside for a while. It was after ten and the normally busy streets were creepy-quiet except for the occasional streetcar. The saloon on the corner seemed to vibrate with the sounds of music and raised voices coming through the walls. The snow left along the curbs from last week’s storm appeared black under the streetlights from the accumulation of soot.

Getting cold and bored again, Robert returned to the

apartment. He put the treats by the door, then wrapped himself in a blanket as he curled up on the couch to wait.

When his mother came home it was after two in the morning. She found him sound asleep. With a knowing smile on her tired face, she brought a pillow and tucked him in with loving hands, wondering how long he had been able to stay awake.

Robert woke with a start, realized he was on the couch and that someone had turned on the Christmas tree lights. It was still dark outside but the glow from the tree revealed a pile of boxes beneath it. Some he recognized, others were new. A chalkboard easel stood by the tree with a bow on it. Written in white chalk on the board were the words, “To Robert, Barbara, and Jane from Santa.”

Robert went to the door to find the cookies gone and the empty milk glass. On the linoleum by the small table were two large, wet boot prints. It was too early to wake everyone up and his eyelids were getting heavy. With a relieved smile on his face and the vision of Santa standing by the door eating cookies, he stretched out on the couch and fell asleep.

In the bedroom, a caring mother slept with the hope that the wonder and magic of the Christmas season lived within her young son for another year.

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Sharing the spirit of Christmas St. Croix Casino Gifts from the Heart toy drive benefits area charities DANBURY/TURTLE LAKE – Ever since 1993, the St. Croix Chippewa of Wisconsin have helped to bring Christmas cheer to thousands of children through their Gifts from the Heart toy drive. During this year’s drive, co-hosted by the St. Croix Casino in Turtle Lake and the Hole in the Wall Casino in Danbury, 3,300 casino guests donated more than 5,000 toys.

Sharing the Christmas spirit through the Gifts from the Heart toy drive is a cooperative effort. Casino guests, who donate the toys; the casinos, which give $5 to each guest donating a toy; and countless casino staff, who box and deliver toys, all work together to make the toy drive a success.

But the ultimate success of the casinos’ toy drive depends on the most important people of all—the staff and volunteers at Turtle Lake area charities. Without their dedicated service, none of the toys collected in the Gifts from the Heart drive would ever reach a child.

Area Moose clubs, Lions clubs, school organizations, civic clubs and charities mobilize to make sure that every child in their community receives a toy or gift for Christmas.

“We’re privileged to be a part of such a worthwhile community effort,” said Dino Oustigoff, casino general manager. “We hope that in some small way we can lighten the load of all of the community volunteers who work together to bring Christmas cheer to area families.”

St. Croix Casino personnel delivered the donated toys to 15 charities in Barron, Burnett, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, St. Croix and Washburn counties on Dec. 8 and 9. Over the past 16 years, more then 80,000 toys have been collected and distributed to charities in northwestern Wisconsin through the Gifts from the Heart toy drive. submitted Alberta Olson of Operation Christmas is pictured with Chad Rondeau of the St. Croix Casino. Operation Christmas received several boxes of toys from the Gifts from the Heart toy drive. – Photo submitted

Biggest Loser discovered in Grantsburg More challenges after holidays

by Brenda Sommerfeld GRANTSBURG – After 12 weeks of competition and classes, personal wellness coach Brenda Minder has announced a winner of the weight loss challenge.

In September, Minder started two Biggest Loser competitions in Burnett County. One was held every Tuesday morning in Webster and the other in Grantsburg on Wednesdays.

Grantsburg’s competition was held from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. at Gin Ricky’s. Eight competitors signed up, but only seven made it to the final week, due to schedule conflictions.

Wednesday, Dec. 10 marked the final of the 12 weeks.

Contestants celebrated fellow member Candy Johnson’s birthday that night. Johnson received a nice birthday present, discovering she had tied with Amanda Byers for first place in the most-inches-lost category.

Both lost 19 inches.

Byers was the sole winner of $96 for losing the most body weight, percentagewise. She was followed by Johnson for second and Patzy Wenthe.

This was Byers’ second competition. She has lost four sizes since she started with Minder back in April.

“It’s changed my life,” Byers said. “Everyone can see that. I went out with some of my friends and everyone said,’You look really good.’”

Byers has been called the poster child for Minder’s challenges. She is on posters that hang all around Polk and Burnett counties.

“She is someone from the community,” Minder explains. “Everyone knows Amanda.”

Together the seven Wednesday challenge group members lost over 83 pounds and 80 inches throughout the last 12 weeks with the help of Minder.

“Brenda’s very supportive and not judgmental, always a cheerleader,” member Connie Engblom Three of the seven competitors in the Biggest Loser competition that commented. “She helps you to took place in Grantsburg posed for a picture at the end of the 12 weeks. look at the bigger picture instead of Pictured (L to R): Amanda Byers, Robyn Gorkiewicz, Candy Johnson just the scale.” and their personal wellness coach, Brenda Minder. – Photo by Brenda Minder has another challenge Sommerfeld running right now that she started two weeks ago. It is on Tuesdays at a challenge or just need help to lose weight, give me a her home and people who would like may still join in. call,” Minder says.

After the holidays, she will begin three additional “I guess what I’m trying to do is do whatever I can to competitions. Mondays at 6 p.m. will be at Minder’s help people and get the obesity rate down,” Minder home. Tuesday mornings at 9 a.m. will be in the base- added. ment of the Webster Community Center. Wednesdays You may contact Minder at 715-463-3975 if you have will once again be held at Gin Ricky’s in Grantsburg. questions or would like to join an upcoming competi“If these times don’t work but you would like to start tion.

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Chicken pox Christmas

by Russ Hanson “Mr. Sazma says his kids have chicken pox” said mom at the dinner table as she dished out some handpacked Sterling Ice Cream she had picked up at the Cushing Coach. “I suppose it’s going around.”

“I hope the boys don’t get it over Christmas vacation. It would be hard on them having to spend vacation cooped up in the house,” replied dad.

We four boys didn’t pay any attention to them.

“How can we get chicken pox when we don’t go in the chicken coop?” stated Everett authoritatively.

It was already the week before Christmas vacation. We were too busy studying our pieces for the school program and “being good” to worry about the neighbor kids being sick if they were too dumb to leave the chickens alone at their place.

Sterling Ice Cream was made in Dresser and was the best we could buy.

It had local farm eggs and cream in abundance and with a little canned strawberry sauce from the basement, made a dessert that, a half-century later, I still think can’t be improved upon.

The storekeeper, Sazma, had wrapped the ice cream in newspaper from his attached home, to keep it cold on the trip home.

The last week of school was over with the Friday night program at Wolf Creek School. We had a big spruce Christmas tree that we had decorated with red and green paper chains, cranberries strung with a needle and thread, and cutout snowflakes, stars and tinsel. We painted the school windows with Santa Claus, reindeer, snowmen and Christmas trees, with bright-colored tempera paint. We learned how to paint Merry Christmas in reverse on the entrance windows so it would read right from the outside.

The program night came and the firstgraders stumbled through their poems and the older kids with skits and songs.

After thunderous applause from the room crowded with adults, a local pianist sat at the piano bench and led the whole crowd in Christmas songs ending in “Silent Night.”

The kids picked up their small paper sack treats; an apple, some hard and soft candy and a handful of peanuts. The adults each got an apple – all supplied by the school board, out of their own pocketbook, as a return to the community from their small salaries.

Everett had complained that Friday to his brothers, “I itch all over,” but didn’t say anything to Mom, so he wouldn’t have to stay home from the program.

Well, on Saturday we all itched all over including the youngest, Byron, a firstgrader. Mom looked at our spots, consulted with grandma, and gave us the diagnosis –”You all have chicken pox.”

“It’s good they all get it at the same time,” commented Grandma, “it’s a lot less work to have them all down at once.”

In those days, measles, mumps and chicken pox were all childhood diseases that had to be gotten over sooner or later. No one ever wasted a doctor’s time about these diseases. You just comforted the patient, got out the home remedies and waited a week or two to get over it.

Chicken pox were treated by making dire threats to the sick one about what would happen if you scratched the pox.

“You will leave big holes in your skin that won’t heal if you scratch.”

We had seen the results that small pox had left on our neighbor, Raleigh, so we thought that must be what we would get.

Home remedies included “mix vine-

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Looking at the four Hanson brothers, you would have a hard time seeing them as the cutthroat, scheming, Monopoly players they became over the Chicken Pox Christmas Vacation in 1958. Everett, Marvin, Byron and Russell photographed by Alberta Hanson, their patient mother. – Special photo gar, baking soda, and mineral oil and apply it to help stop the itching” or “rub wet oatmeal on the pox” or “wash with a weak boric acid solution” all while making dire predictions of what would happen if you scratched. Another trick was cutting the scratcher’s fingernails so short they couldn’t scratch. Kids really don’t feel very sick with chicken pox, so it is a hard disease to have to be stuck inside for a week or two waiting it out. In those days, you made sure you didn’t have visitors or go anywhere, because it was so contagious – and if an adult got it, they could get very sick.

“What are we going to do with the kids stuck in the house for the next two weeks?” asked mom.

Grandma thought we could play games. She always loved playing games with us, but had to be at her own home for Christmas. We had Chinese checkers and regular checkers and an old game of Grandma’s called Bring Home the Bacon. We quickly tired of these. Mom went to the store and bought a game she had heard of called Monopoly. A neighbor, Lloyd Westlund, told her “the games last hours and it teaches you arithmetic!”

“If you behave, I will give you one of your Christmas presents early,” mom told the four of us. “We’ll be good!” as we clamored for a Christmas present.

We knew that our relatives gave us some presents in addition to those coming from Santa, who only gave his out on Christmas night. (We found out Santa Claus didn’t exist when, one June, we found a bunch of Christmas presents hidden and forgotten in the old piano, labeled “from Santa.” Santa wouldn’t be hiding presents in our piano, we reasoned, so it must be Mom, who we knew could have hidden and forgotten them.)

The Ben Franklin store in St. Croix Falls had wrapped the game for mom.

We tore off the wrapping and saw the game. Marvin, the oldest, said he had heard of it before. We cleared the big dining room table, unfolded the board and got out the parts. Marvin, always a stickler for following every rule, carefully read the instructions: “Pick someone to be the banker. Shuffle the Chance and Community Chest cards and place on the board. Pick your own piece to move around the board. Throw the dice and move ahead from Go the amount you throw. If you land on a property, buy it from the bank...”

There were lots of rules, but that didn’t bother us. Marvin read more rules as we ran into new conditions. We learned how to buy houses and hotels and to charge rent. Marvin knew percents and quickly taught me, whose favorite subject was arithmetic, to use paper and pencil to calculate everything exactly.

After a few learning games, Byron dropped out – it was too hard for him.

Mom gave him another Christmas present, a big yellow road grader that steered and had an adjustable blade.

She cleared an area on the floor for him to play. “I need some dirt to grade,” he complained. Mom took a big 25-cent cylindrical box of Quaker Oats and dumped it on the floor for him to grade.

“Yuk!” complained Everett, who liked oatmeal. “It will be all dirty to eat.”

“The chickens can have it when he is done,” replied Mom. “I have more in the pantry.”

It seemed to me that the oatmeal was a little gritty later that week, but mom assured us the chickens got the stuff Byron graded. Maybe some of it ended up soothing our pox scabs.

Marv, Ev, and I got down to serious Monopoly. We followed all the rules, no matter how hard the math – by Marv’s insistence. We learned the strategy of trying to get the right group of houses and stick hotels on them. We understood that Park Place was really for the rich people; railroads were useful to have; sometimes it was better to sit in jail than pay rent, and all of the interesting twists to the game.

Games lasted at least three hours, and if we happened to get evenly matched properties, could last from one day to the next. Sometimes we ran the bank out of money and printed our own.

Sometimes the banker was tempted beyond his self-control to help himself from the till. Sometimes, with shifting alliances, one player would offer wildly favorable terms to another to keep him in the game and run the third out of business. Cheating was rare, but often enough that we watched the banker like a hawk to keep him honest. Everett preferred to have lots of money, Marvin lots of property, and I liked a few properties fully loaded with hotels and the rest mortgaged to the hilt.

Christmas came and went and still we played Monopoly all day and into the evening—only stopping when dad brought out ears of popcorn for us to shell and him to pop. He was fussy; making popcorn was a carefully followed ritual. He shook only freshly shelled popcorn in a dry frying pan over the stove burner turned on high. He watched the kernels plumpen and turn golden brown as they rolled back and forth on the skillet bottom. When the first kernel popped, he stuck on the lid, turned it to medium, and continued to shake the pan vigorously to the final pop, holding the pan off he burner near the end to keep it from burning.

“Only three old maids in the whole batch!” exclaimed dad, one of the few things we ever saw him boast about during his life. When he had made a whole dishpan full, he melted lots of

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Cushing Creamery butter and poured it over the popcorn, salted and stirred it and gave it to us boys, but not before he filled the frying pan, coated thick with melted butter, with popcorn for himself.

“The person who pops it gets the extra butter!” he stated, relishing it as much as I might like the cleaning the fudge kettle.

As a dairy farmer, Dad thought lots of cream, butter, whole milk, and real ice cream were as important to our physical health as going to church was for our spiritual life. He was blessed with low cholesterol, low blood pressure, and a long life in spite of doctors railing against people consuming dairy fat. He particularly liked cream skimmed from the top of his own cows’ raw milk on his cereal.

Finally, with only two days of vacation left, mom said “You boys are all well again. You can go outside and play.”

We bundled up for the cold weather, and got out the sleds, skis, skates and our dog Lucky, and headed for the big hill above the swamp to make up for lost time. Most Christmas vacations were spent almost entirely outside on the hills or skating on Bass Lake.

We went down the hill a few times and struggled back up, finding out that we were not up to all that exercise. We headed to the barn to help throw down the hay and slide down the hay piles, pat the cats, climb into the silo and watch dad chip off the frozen edges before straggling back into the house and setting up the Monopoly game for the rest of the day.

School started soon, and with homework and chores, we didn’t have time for games except on some weekend evenings. We still played Monopoly on occasion, but it seems to me that after playing it almost all of the time for two weeks, we sort of wore out our interest in it. Sometimes we played with other school chums, but they never like playing with us.

“Those Hanson boys don’t understand it is just a game!”

••• Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you from Russ and Margo Hanson. With the water frozen up at the cabin, and Margo complaining about going to the biffy at 10 degrees below, I have reluctantly moved us to Pine Island until maple syrup season in March. Thanks to all of you who have sent stories to share for the column, and especially to Stan Selin who has put in every other column now for two years.

We are hoping to get more local stories from you for the next year to share. Our winter address: 15927 Co 27 Blvd, Pine Island, MN 55963, 507-356-8877, russhanson@grantsburgtelcom.net A few friends who have shared stories with us in the past year are ailing.

Please remember them in your thoughts and prayers. Don Davidson, who shared stories with us about Trade Lake and his family resort recently had a stroke and is recovering at the Samaritan. Vernon Peterson’s wife, Gwen, from Siren, fell and broke a hip and is in Frederic at the home. Lavonne Nelson of Atlas who passed along several family stories, is under treatment for cancer.

My Cushing School friend, Ed Wilson, finished a set of very difficult cancer treatments and is improving.

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Do you remember ?

Grade school memories

Compiled by Bernice Abrahamzon

Christmas often makes us think about home, and home is where we grew up. We lived in a big white house in the country, shopped in nearby Okauchee, got our mail through the Nashotah Post Office and I attended the twostory stucco Pabst State Abrahamzon Graded School, housing all eight grades.

The school was provided by the Pabst family of MilwaukeeOconomowoc. The same Pabst of Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, Pabstette cheese and prize Holstein-Friesen dairy herds. There were five Pabst farms. The farm closest to my home featured a dairy herd, fine horses and hounds to run with them on fox hunts and a grandstand for summer horse shows.

Mr. Fred Pabst sent his own children to the school he had donated to Summit Township. The state superintendent. of schools was Mr. Arthur J. Tews.

The school had three large classrooms, first, second and third in the primary room; fourth, fifth and sixth grades in the intermediate room; then up the flight of stairs to the upper room with seventh and eighth grades.

We had 12 pupils in our class, and we started together in first grade and had eighth-grade graduation together in 1936.

We had a big playground with many trees, a baseball diamond, slides, swings, a merry-go-round and giant strides. When I was little, I thought they were called giant strikes because they hurt if they happened to hit you. Usually we grabbed hold of the metal handhold, and after hanging on and running in a circle, our feet left the ground and we were more or less airborne. Yes, if you hit the center metal post, it hurt.

Sometimes we wove two of the handholds together, forming a seat, and a friend could push you around in a circle. Look out or you’ll hit the center post.

It is hard to describe the last piece of playground

Bernice

Behind the Signpost

50 Years Ago equipment, but it was certainly dangerous and we sometimes ended up with bruises and tears.

The girls would often play house among the evergreens. We’d scoop up pine needles to outline rooms, walls and doors, and the boys would tease us by destroying what we had created.

This time of year we made cut-out Christmas trees, jolly old Santas with cotton beards, striped candy canes and glued them to school windows. We made Christmas gifts for our parents. Usually calendars for fathers.

One year we made pictures for our mothers in silhouette. We put a rectangle of glass over a selected silhouette, and duplicated the picture with black enamel on glass. It required very careful work. When it was dry we framed it with black masking tap, holding the glass and a heavy tag-board backing together.

The most important step was adding milkweed fluff behind the silhouette to look like silky white clouds.

It was quite pretty and an ambitious project that required a number of days to complete.

Another year we wove baskets of reeds woven in and out. That, too, was an intricate project. Each pupil brought money from home to cover the basic materials.

Alas, my basket had a decided dip in it as I didn’t hold the tension right. Still, my mother oohed and aahed over it and used it for her open sewing basket.

At Christmastime we were asked to sell seals for tuberculosis. I took 10 seals to sell, and walked over to our neighbors’ house. A retired teacher, Phoebe Booth, lived there with her widowed sister, Mary Schwaab, and their brother, George Booth. Lovely, gentle people, and I visited then on every trip home long after I was married.

That day so long ago when I asked them if they would like some Christmas seals, they bought two seals for two pennies.

Remember that the Great Depression was upon us.

My parents and relatives bought the other eight seals.

Until next week, Bernice

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All contest entries received by the Jan. 5, 2009, deadline will be considered for grade-level prizes of $25, and all winners will have their artwork published on Polk-Burnett’s Web site. Visit polkburnett.com to see winning artwork from 2008.

Contest entry forms are available online at polkburnett.com and at Polk-Burnett offices in Centuria and Siren. Forms were also distributed to area elementary schools in early October.

“The youth art contest is fun, challenging and educational,” said Joan O’Fallon, communications director for Polk-Burnett. “It asks young people to express their creativity through color and design by drawing an original picture that demonstrates how electricity improves their life at home or school.”

“When children take the time to think about this question, they realize the importance of electricity,” said O’Fallon. “It powers our homes, farms and businesses, our computers, alarm clocks, electric toothbrushes and blow dryers, our dishwashers and microwaves, our TVs and radios, and of course, our lights when doing homework around the kitchen table.

Quite simply, electricity powers the world around us, and Polk-Burnett believes art is a powerful way to express this ideal.”

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Frederic Schools were cited in tax equalization review.-The Leader was back to using black ink, after experimenting with green ink for several weeks (Thank goodness!).-Dick’s Mobile Service, Milltown (Phone 1) was urging readers to invest in a second car, i.e. a 1953 Packard 4 door, a 1952 Olds, a 1951 Ford Victoria, a 1950 Mercury or a 1944 International truck.-Rudey Motor Co. at Frederic also had used trucks for sale.-Specials at Route’s Super Market, Frederic, included cube steaks at 60¢ lb., fresh cranberries at 2 lbs. for 35¢, sweet potatoes at 10¢ for a 16oz. can or coffee at 2-lb. tin at $1.39.-A full page was devoted to a Christmas devotion and listing of all local churches. The message was, “A Holy Babe lying in a manger … angels singing … shepherds watching a wondrous sight … wisemen bearing gifts … and the story of the first Christmas shines like a bright star across the years. May all its joy be yours.”Santa Claus planned to visit Siren on Dec. 19.-A Christmas concert was held at Siren on Dec. 18.-A Sunday fire damaged the home of the Clifford Tucker. It was evidently caused by an overheated stove.-V.E. Hawley, 87, Grantsburg civic leader died.There were elaborate Christmas decorations on Webster streets.

40 Years Ago A wedding dance was held Nov. 23 at Joe’s Cross Roads, Junction 24 and 70, Siren, for Mr. and Mrs. Stan Abbott (Pat Adamietz).-A wedding dance was held at Joe’s Cross Roads on Sunday, Nov. 30, for Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Anderson (Martha Cane).-The Lewis Bar advertised “We have whole chicken, ranch roasted,” and asked customer if they had a dinner party to notify them in advance so they’d be prepared.-Willis Erickson was elected director of County Agent’s Association.-Keith Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Nelson of Luck, was awarded the Air Medal of the U.S. Navy for meritorious service.-The Frederic United Fund drive was “over the top.”Snowmobile races were held Dec. 8 at Siren on Crooked Mile Snowmobile Track with oval-end drag races.-S & L Chevrolet wanted a whole batch of used cars as they had prospective buyers for a 1968 Chevy Impala, 1967 Chevy Impala, 1967 Chevy Bel Air, 1967 Buick and others.-North States Wood Products, Siren, wanted to buy 50 poplar bolts.-Six were killed in a car-train crash at Harris, Minn.-Sixteen hi-lo beds were donated to the Frederic Hospital. A plaque was put on each bed to specify the donor’s name.-The Christams party for the LaFollette Homemakers Club was held at Dee’s Café at Luck.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER

Hi, everybody! Blacky here from Humane Society of Burnett County. I’ve put down my box of tissues and am ready to get back to work. Boy, I underestimated my eldest brother - a lot. Here I thought he spent most of his days in some faraway place, but I guess he’s got more on his mind than I give him credit for. Sorry, dude!

I don’t know about you, but winter hasn’t even officially begun yet and I’m climbing the walls. Oh, sure, I get walked and YAPpenings stuff, but I still am spending more time indoors than I’d like to. I got spoiled when the weather was nice and I could roar around outside all day. Now, it’s cold and I gotta pick up my feet if I’ve been out even just a short while.

You’d think big pegs like mine wouldn’t be so sensitive, but they are. I have energy to burn, and I think I must have made my mom a little exasperated with all my bouncing around the house; I heard her tell someone the other day that she was going to “hog-tie Blacky’s kangaroo legs.”

Yikes! Thankfully, she didn’t, and instead started playing a new game with me. I guess you can tire us dogs out mentally just about as well as you can physically, so we’ve started playing the sniff-sniff game.

You should try it if you have a dog who’s cooped up with some pent-up energy! Here’s how it goes: We walk all over the house and my mom picks up objects and tells me “sniff, sniff.” I sniff ‘em, and we move on to the next item. It might sound boring to you humans, but using my nose keeps my head busy and after awhile I need a nap. I’ve sniffed books, pens, paper clips, some kind of nut, a wallet (no money in it, I determined), mail, gloves, etc. The last time we played it I almost ate a book of matches and was told “no.” Eating things isn’t the object of the game, apparently, but a good rawhide will keep me out of trouble for a bit, too. We try to play for at least 15 minutes.

Mom is also teaching me the names of all my toys.

I’ve learned “rubber corn,” “squeaky peas,” and “pink bone.” I’d like to know who bought me a fluorescent-pink bone, anyway. Just what do they think I am, a girl? Currently, I have it jammed in the couch cushions. My favorite toy is still my blue ball that lost its squeak to the lawn mower blades. It shot like a

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Things have been unusually quiet at the shelter the last few days. Casper told you that Santa’s helpers, Lanny and Riley, were adopted.

So was Dezzy and one of the pit pup girls. Also, two cats went home last week - Case and Clive! Two newcomers arrived, however.

Shep is a shepLanny, Riley and Santa at herd/rott mix, and is Christmas at the Fort. about 2 to 2-1/2 years old. Shep was found on CTH X in Sand Lake Township, near Hertel. Shep is an energetic, nice-looking boy with some real expressive eyes. I bet if you pointed him at your car he could look at it and melt the ice off your windshield so you wouldn’t have to scrape it. The other new arrival is Zeppelin. Zeppelin was picked up by the authorities at the intersection of CTH M and Hwy. 70 near Alpha. He is a Border collie mix and estimated to be around 4 years old. He has a longer black coat with a white chest, white feet, and white muzzle with a few black freckles thrown in. He’s pretty cute for being named for a kind of dirigible.

The shelter is still seeking monetary donations to help pull them through the winter. Also, the shelter will gladly accept your old cell phones, printer cartridges and aluminum cans. You can toss the cans in the bin outside the gate, but please bring other items in to the office. Somebody asked me once if that bin was put out there to put stray animals in! Honestly...

Well, folks, I have some last-minute holiday gifts to go dig up out in the woods yet, so I’ll say so long for this week. My mom was so surprised by the dead skunk we left on the doorstep for her one Christmas morning that she let out a scream! That’ll be hard to top, but I’m sure my brothers and I will find something. Stay warm, everybody, and I’ll see you here next week!

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Judy Albee went to a Christmas party Monday at the home of Emma Hall. It was for ladies from the women’s Bible study groups at Faith Lutheran Church of Spooner.

Lawrence and Nina Hines visited at the home of their daughter, Sue Harrison, in Richfield, Minn., Monday. They enjoyed time with great-grandchildren, Aubrey, Ashley and Joshua.

Donna and Nina Hines, Marlene Swearingen, Lorri McQuade, Ruth Rydberg, Judy Albee and Karen Mangelsen were guests at the home of Lida Nordquist Tuesday afternoon. They enjoyed a time of visiting and playing cards.

Wednesday evening Kay Krentz, Dixie Andrea, Judy Leonard and Judy Albee were supper guests of Beth Crosby.

Hank and Karen Mangelsen were busy attended programs during the week. Thursday afternoon they went to the Siren Elementary School program to see granddaughters, Hannah Mangelsen and Mandy and Patty Close.

Thursday evening, they traveled to River Falls and attended the Christmas program of grandson, Baxter Mangelsen, at his day care. Sunday morning, they went to Siren United Methodist Church to enjoy the Christmas program there, which included Mandy, Patty and Dave Close.

Afterwards, they were lunch guests of the Close family.

Friday afternoon visitors of Karen and Hank Mangelsen were Mike, Mandi and Matthew Bytnar and Penny and Dave Doskey.

Judy Albee visited Don and Charlene Strabel Friday evening. Also visiting there were Tim, Sheri, Jed and Jonah Marcus from Raymond, Minn.

A number of people came to the open house Saturday at the home of Dixie and Chuck Andrea, to see the large snow village display. Chuck and Dixie appreciate all who donated money and items for the area food shelf.

Lida and Don Nordquist visited at the home of Joleen and Richard Funk Saturday. They helped granddaughter Randi Funk celebrate her birthday.

Mark Hines had lunch with Gerry and Donna Hines Sunday.

Judy Albee and Don Schleiss visited Beth Crosby Sunday afternoon.

Weekend guests of Maynard and Ronda Mangelsen were Ronda’s sister, Diane and Jerry Stieb, from Big Stone City, S.D. Sunday visitors were Mike, Dylan and Ethan Longhenry and Hank and Karen Mangelsen. Hank and Karen had supper there, too.

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Grandparents are Ruth Ann Thiel, Frederic and Sandy and David Johnson of Maplewood, Minn.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER A & H via Illinois

by Joyce Kirchhoff

I was really looking forward to Thanksgiving this year because I was born on Thanksgiving day at noon. My mom said when they brought me to her they said, “here is your little turkey,” and I have tried to live up to that all my life.

This year, we gathered at my daughter Cindy’s house.

She has two children and my son came with one of his, so I had three of my six grandchildren there. That means lots of presents. More would have been nice. Two relatives were vegetarians. What a bummer. Try carving a turkey out of tofu. Speaking of which, I once had a party where I made a tofu dip with chives yet. I thought it was cool for an older person to be so hip. Afterward, I was unanimously told it tasted like wallpaper paste and had to promise never to try such a dirty trick on friends again.

The following Friday, I went to a friend’s house in Joliet to play bridge. I take Route 30 - which was Rt. 66 (remember, get your kicks on …). It runs right through downtown. Just before I got that far, traffic came to a halt.

Fireworks started, many marching bands were playing, lots of people - on hayrides and hanging out. Police everywhere redirecting traffic. I was really touched by all this, but I kept talking to people. To anybody, I said, “Really guys, this is way too much. Besides, my birthday was yesterday.”

My son, the engineer, and grandson, the math teacher, figured it out – my having a birthday on Thanksgiving happens every 28 years, so I certainly don’t expect this momentous occasion to happen again in my lifetime.

Going back to Halloween - down memory lane which I do a lot of late, the weather was beautiful so I expected lots of waifs. I bought two large bags of chocolate bars.

Be prepared was my motto. Unfortunately only three fairies or pirates came which didn’t put much of a dent in my supply. The only reasonable thing to do was for me to eat the rest, right? I smile a lot.

I sort of cringe to think of how I trick-or-treated as a kid – remember it was long ago, before we became civilized.

We (my gang) didn’t carry soap to rub on windows should the victim fail to give us anything. We used paraffin. Try getting that off a screen. I guess I’ll go straight to hell on the day of reckoning, but at least I’ll have my “gang” along.

Janet Mclnroy told me Irene Wagner tripped over her dog and broke her arm. Those critters can do damage.

My kitty likes to walk back and forth in front of my feet, so I wait her out. Sooner or later she goes to sleep. That’s when I make my move. Since I’m retired, time means nothing to me.

I must apologize to my one-time partner of couples Bridge for misspelling his last name in my last column. I write of William McNelis, who I incorrectly called Bill Mcln-

Joyce Kirchhoff nis. My special apology to all the McInnises out there. As the three envelopes slipped through my fingers, designated for the three newspapers which print this stuff, into the slot of the mailbox at the post office, I had the strong feeling all was not right. Could I have made a mistake?

Yeah - I think so, but I couldn’t knock down the mailbox right there in front of postal employees to retrieve the dastardly deed. I’d be arrested and tossed in jail. You know how touchy some of those tenured people can be.

Anyway, Bill would never read my unworthy article.

Wrong ... I got caught. Sorry Bill. Thanks for the letter bringing this to my attention. Also for the few bucks so I can buy my own meals and not sponge off Lakeside Lutheran .

I suppose all your whimpy snowbirds are gone. That’s too bad. They will not know the beauty of winter in Wisconsin. I know I loved the peace and quiet. When I looked out at my lake and it was still I found that very calming. And, of course, skipping stones on the frozen water before the first snowfall was a sound I’ll never forget. Also the booms of a lake freezing. Sure beats the trucks I hear going by on I-80, which I am near.

So take care of each other. Keep warm and prepare for Christmas. I’ll be in Denver with daughter Val.

Lewis

653-4281 LaVerne Leep had a very busy week last week as the Good Cheer Club enjoyed lunch at Oakwood Inn one day as a Christmas party. On another day she entertained another group of longtime friends at her home in Lewis. She, Carol and Lee spent the weekend at the home of Jenny and Krist Midbrod so they could attend the children’s Christmas programs at church. Ethan’s program was held Saturday and Emmy’s on Sunday.

The weather cooperated with forecasters and brought the predicted snow on Sunday. A few hardy souls took a chance and attended church services at Lewis. Pastor Tom based his message on “What are we thankful for?”

The choir sang a beautiful number. Gloria Chell and Starr Warndahl had worked out a very unique, beautiful prelude.

No one had signed up for special treats after services, but it was OK as we resorted to cupboard cookies, coffee or juice.

The Nelsons visited Jessica and Brian Ford at Boyceville

on Saturday.

Members of the Northwest Regional Writers met on Friday at Cam Rohn Bay, Grantsburg (formerly Jade Dragon). They reported the food was good, but the dining area was a bit cool. The January meeting will be held the second Friday of the month at 1 p.m., Community Room, Sunrise Apts., Frederic. The assignment is to write something on Almost on Empty. 2009 dues will also be collected. Welcome to anyone interested in writing.

Bernice Abrahamzon recived the Foley, Ala. Newsletter from Bev McNair and husband, and enjoyed it as always.

Bev also sent a book written by a real Southern woman with a recipe following almost every chapter. Delightful reading.

Remember that next Sunday’s church service at Lewis with feature the children’s Christmas program at 8:45 a.m.

Welcome! Treats for all!

Received this week, a musical Christmas card. It came

Bernice Abrahamzon through the mail just fine all the way from Monticello, Ind., to play “Deck the Halls” and lots of Fa, la, las.

Remember when shopping that the Leader office, Frederic, has a good selection of Wisconsin books for sale.

There also are local books written by regional authors.

Also, plat books, stationery, home office supplies. Don’t forget the tape.

The Frederic Scrabble Club chose Monday, Dec. 15, at the day to share Christmas cookies and coffee. They meet at 1 p.m. on Mondays at Sunrise Apts., Frederic.

Get-well wishes to Jody Murrt of Danbury, Josie of Lewis, plus others in need of healing.

Christmas baskets will be packed this Friday at the Lewis Church. Needed: Baskets, ice cream pails, small boxes, fruit, etc. Welcome if you would like to participate.

Siren

349-2964 Old Man Winter sure came in showing his stuff last weekend, makes me remember all the storms of Duluth, Minn., where I grew up. If you got a nor’easter off good old Lake Superior you could be snowed in for days. Santa shouldn’t have any trouble this year using his sleigh and reindeer. How about it kids, have you been good this year?

Just a few more days and that jolly old elf in the red suit will be coming through with his bag of toys and things for good little girls and boys. If you ask this old grandma, I‘ll tell you all kids are good kids.

Congratulations to elementary student Casey Halver-

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son, middle schooler Jessica Strabel and high schooler Mike Hunter for being chosen Siren Schools students of the week.

Congratulations to Janey Emery for being chosen Leader prep of the week.

Those of you who enjoy taking in some of the holiday programs, make sure you put the Siren Assembly of God Church’s program “The Night Before Christmas in Syren” on your list as a must-see. The musical will be held on Sunday, Dec. 21, at 6 p.m. Then stay after the program and enjoy the refreshments they have.

Sympathy is extended to the family of Mavis Klucas, who passed away Dec. 3.

Do you remember my problems last winter with trying to keep those pesky squirrels out of my bird feeders? I had tried everything I could think of, but to no avail, they were continually getting into them and enjoying the free meals, leaving my poor birds with little or nothing at all. Well, not this year, at least not so far. We found that a simple 12inch section of stovepipe attached about an inch from the bottom of the feeders keeps them out, at least so far, so good. There are several that try almost every day only to have to turn around and come down. You can outfox a squirrel.

Siren Senior Center

by Ardyce Knauber

Spades was played Monday with the following winners: Arnie Borchert in first place, Carmen Marek in second place, Donald Danielson in third place and Ed Berdal in fourth place.

No Whist was played on Tuesday.

The morning coffee group enjoyed their morning coffee club. The pool players had a good time in the morning.

They are really good at their game.

Wednesday Pokeno group always enjoys themselves, visiting and refreshment time.

Wednesday was Mavis Klucas’ memorial service at Siren Methodist Church. Several of our members attended the service and sympathy was extended to the family on behalf of the center. We enjoyed having Mavis as a member.

Thursday night 500 cards were played at 6:30 p.m. with the following winners: Arvid Pearson in first place, Norma Nelson in second place, Arnie Borchert in third and Mickey Kilmer in fourth place.

Friday Pokeno was played and cards for those who chose another game.

Saturday food and fellowship and games. We seniors enjoy Santa Claus too.

Happy holidays.

Bev Beckmark

We had some disturbing news this week. Our president, Don Brand, had foot surgery on Wednesday and we understand that he had a slight stroke after surgery. He was going to be in the hospital in Eau Claire and then was going to be transferred to the hospital in Shell Lake on Monday. I know that cards and visits will be appreciated.

Speedy recovery Don, we need you.

Good news is that Gladys Mansfield, who suffered a heart attack two weeks ago and had been in a coma since then, is now slowly becoming conscious again. She is at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis and I know that she would also like to hear from you folks.

Nona Severson brought in a box of books for our library that were donated by her cousin, so come in and check our new additions out. I am happy to say that we have a lot of new Westerns.

Millie has a lot of Christmas present items in the craft store that should be checked out while you are doing your last-minute shopping.

Our two boxes for donations are getting filled. This will be the last week for the kids for Interfaith. Our box for the Humane Society donations is an ongoing thing and they will continually need all of the help they can get to take

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good care of their charges. When you are out and about pick up a little something for them, as they really appreciate all our efforts for them. They can also use your used ink cartridges from your computers so just stop by with them and put them in the donation box.

Considering the cold and snowy weather this week, we had good turnouts for dime Bingo and cards.

Winners at 500 this week were: Arvid Pearson, Anke Oleson, Tom Knopik, Marie Van Guilder and Barb Munger.

Winners at Spades on Friday were: Marie Bentley, Arvid Pearson, Clara Palomaki, Barb Munger and Darlene Groves.

A speedy recovery to Eloise Anderson, who had knee surgery last Monday at the hospital in Rice Lake. She will be staying with her daughter in Siren after she is released and I will try and get that address so you can remember her with cards also.

Thanks to all the folks who have been bringing in Christmas cookies and goodies for our coffee people. Remember we are open every day Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., so stop in for a cup of coffee and something sweet. Until next week stay healthy and warm.

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866-4334 Thirty congregate diners enjoyed a baked rib meal on Wednesday and then participated in a surprise retirement party for the site manager/cook Deb Korhonen.

Other friends surprised her by stopping in for cake, ice cream and coffee. Deb’s sister, Judy Baker, and Carol Berglind furnished the decorated sheet cake, Gladys Packer made two pans of bars, Carol supplied the ice cream and Gladys Beers donated a 5-pound box of chocolate candy.

Yum Yum! Did you know that a chocolate in the mouth is worth two on the plate?

Deb was also surprised to have nephew, Jeremy Gronski, and his children, Tiffany and Sidney, joined us for lunch. Deb received a number of cards and gifts of which she was very appreciative.

Three tables of ladies enjoyed playing dime Bingo in the afternoon and also enjoyed the refreshments furnished by Margel Ruck and the plate of cake Deb donated to the group. Everyone was happy to have Margel back into the fold as she had been AWOL during the past three weeks while her daughter Tammy and Mark Rempel and children from Palmer, Alaska, were visiting her and other relatives. Margel and I stayed after cards to put out more Christmas decorations.

Sixteen members of the Webster Lioness Club had their annual Christmas party at the Whitetail Wilderness in Webster, on Thursday evening and enjoyed the beef and chicken buffet meal. “Happy Birthday” was sung to Louise Coston, Marcy Larson and Paulette Sahir for their

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December birthdays. Members made individual cash donations to the local food pantry instead of having their usual gift exchange. A Christmas card was signed by all to be sent to our charter member Alyce Foote and husband Bill at Grantsburg Continuing Care Center where they reside.

Everyone played a fun game of guessing scrambled Christmas songs and Mary Poretti won the prize, donated by Jean McLaughlin, for having all ten of them correct. Mary made out like a bandit because she also won the 50/50 drawing, and the door prize furnished by Judi Reese.

After the Lioness party was over, Theresa Gloege and I went to the center to play cards with Carol Berglind, Margel Ruck and Bernie Boeltler and enjoyed quite a few laughs with them. Pool players Dave Wardean, Pat O’Brien, Harold Peterson and Earl Boelter were happy to have enough men there so that they could play partners. Everyone enjoyed snacking on the frosted Christmas cookies donated by Wayne’s Foods.

I almost missed out on the Cookie Walk sale at Grace United Methodist Church on Saturday morning because after I turned off the alarm clock, I closed my eyes “for a few minutes” and went sound asleep again. However, I did make it in time, and after making the rounds to see what was available, I made my selections of frosted cookies and goodies that cried out “Eat Me!” It was also great to sit and drink coffee and sample a few of thembefore heading home. Into the freezer they went so I

Amery Senior Center

by Susan Shachtman, assistant director

I hope all of you who attended our December birthday/Christmas party enjoyed it as much as I did! The meal was delicious and The Right Reverends sounded amazing. We are so grateful for their participation in this event and look forward to seeing them here again next year. Congratulations to all of those lucky people who won door or raffle prizes. We could not have accomplished feeding such a large crowd without the help of our volunteers: Judith Alles, Lois Lovgren, Lois Lovegren, Ginny Anderson, Wendell Anderson, Mary Leslie, Jerry Fisher, Mary Fisher and Amy Johnson. A special thanks to Santa Claus, who took some time out of his busy schedule to spread some holiday cheer.

For those of you who are looking to share a wonderful meal on Christmas Day in the company of others, join us at Centennial Hall on Dec. 25, at 1 p.m. The menu consists of roasted turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, veggies, rolls, cranberries, desserts, relishes, and beverages. A freewill donation will be greatly appreciated as well as food donations.

Contact the senior center to make a reservation. If you are interested in donating food, contact Donna at 715-268-7092 to see what is needed.

Please note that the senior center will be closed Dec. 24, 25, and 26 for the holidays.

Our German Club has really taken off and we are always looking for new members. We meet the fourth Monday of the month at 1 p.m. and dues are $5 per year.

Every gathering has included sharing treats, histories, and stories so we encourage you to come and try it out.

We are starting another new group called Conversational Spanish. It is a group for people who are learning Spanish or want to brush up on the language. We will have coffee and cookies available. Starting Jan. 14, we will meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays at 1 p.m.

Thanks to Wendell and Ginny Anderson for hosting the 500 Card party with the help of Rich Hustad. Paul Seidel won first place, Barb Johnson won second, and Fay Norlander won the door prize.

The winners of Monday’s Bridge were Ron Schmid in first place and Marion Christensen in second. Wednesday’s Bridge winners were Bev Vetter in first, Dorothie Mueller in second, Maybelle Berikley in third, and Shirley Turek in fourth. The pool tournament winners were Val Hansen in first, Carl Johnson in second, Mary Fisher in third, and Art Butler in fourth. The Wii bowling tournament winners were Mary Fisher in first, Carl Johnson in second and Paul Seidel in third. Congratulations!

Have a safe and wonderful week.

St. Croix Valley Senior Center Last week’s Tuesday Dominos winners were: Janice Mevissen in first place, Deloris Benson in second place and Martha Lundstrum in third place. The 500 card winners were: Phil Mevissen in first place, Mary Lou Lund in second place, Ray Nelson in third place and Leone Montgomery in fourth place. Thursday night 500 card winners were: Ray Nelson in first place, Cliff Qualle in second place, Roger Greenly in third place and Phil Mevissen in fourth place.

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 10 a.m., an exercise session is held. At 11 a.m.

Skipbo is played. Both of these activities are free. Every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m., Dominos and 500 cards are played. Both of these games cost $2 to play. Every

Thursday evening 500 cards are played at 6:30 p.m. The first and third Friday, at 1 p.m., we play 12 games of social Bingo.

You get two cards for 12 games for $2.

There is a 100-percent cash prize payback for Bingo. Every Friday at 10 a.m., Bridge is played. It is free. All activities are open to the community regardless of age.

A genealogy meeting will be held on Monday, Dec. 22, at 7 p.m. Anyone interested is invited to attend.

Stop by the senior center for a monthly calendar of events or a cup of coffee and a treat. Come and join the fellowship and fun. The senior center is available for private rentals for a very reasonable fee and community events. Call 715-483-3466 for more information.

wouldn’t be tempted.

Members and parents of the Wood River 4-H Club went caroling on Saturday afternoon at the Shady Knoll Rest Home, Grantsburg, and also at Burnett Medical Continuing Care Center. While at BMC Continuing Care, Heather Stahl, Ricky and Gaby visited Heather’s uncle, Stanley Smith, who is a resident there.

Great-grandma Lily Gleason and Grandpa Bobby Gleason are ecstatic over the arrival of baby girl, Keon Sook Lynn Chapman, born to her very proud parents, Michelle and Justin Chapman of Bloomington, Minn., on Saturday at 5 p.m., at Fairview-Southdale Hospital. Mother and baby are doing fine and our congratulations go out to the very happy families!

Our special thanks go to Berenice Quernemoen for her donation of Christmas decorations; Sandy Wohletz and Gladys Beers – candy; and Margel Ruck for donating two bags of Alaskan homegrown carrots from her daughter Tammy Rempel.

Our thoughts and prayers continue to go

Mary Klar out for Bob Kellberg, Eloise Anderson, Sharon Menke and for Don Brand, who is recovering from a recent stroke. Our sympathy and prayers also go out to Kevin Klucas in the recent passing of his grandmother, Mavis Klucas.

There is so much uncertainty in our world. Wars continue, the economy struggles, and people are tempted to lose hope and fall into despair. The trials of this world can feel like a great burden. However, no burden or significant challenge is too great for our God. Our God loves us so much that He gave His only Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, as our most precious Christmas gift. This awesome gift lasts long after the wrapping paper and Christmas tree are gone. Our difficulties and trials are only temporary because our joy in Jesus is forever. “God sent His Son to die for us, no other life would do; So why not trust in Christ today, accept His gift to you.” – Branon. “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.” – 2 Corinthians 9:15. See you at the center!

Luck Senior Center

by Kathy Mueller

Well, winter arrived with a blast on Monday – you didn’t need to be reminded, did you?

We had our holiday party last Saturday evening. About 20 people had a meal of their choice at the Oakwood. We wound up music boxes and listened to Christmas songs along with visiting. We had fun exchanging recycled gifts and Bob Kreutzien now has an assignment to write a book report on the book he received. We finished our party enjoying treats of Christmas cookies and chocolates brought by some of the diners.

On Tuesday, Marlene Denissen worked her first day at our center. (In last week’s letter, I wrote Marilyn, not Marlene.) Since I am writing this letter on Tuesday, I cannot tell you how her day went. But as I write, my plan is to go in to the center sometime

today for coffee or lunch – even if it does not warm up! We will be open Tuesday through Friday now from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., except on Christmas and New Year weeks, we will be open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and be closed the Thursday and Friday.

Trudy, who does foot care will continue to be at the center the second Wednesday of every month. Call Trudy, 715-327-4423, for an appointment – or call the center.

That is the same day we have our monthly board meeting, and it is also the day the Luck Rural American Bank brings all those homemade goodies.

Many thanks to Jim and Jacquie Hutton for putting up our Christmas tree and decorating it so beautifully, and also for putting out many other Christmas decorations.

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Sally is a gorgeous longhaired, mitted brown tabby, spayed female. She is loving and gentle and in need of a home that will treasure her.

She is a gem of a companion and hopes to be home for the holidays.

The death of an owner is a precarious time for pets. They have provided unconditional love to their caretaker and their bond is as individual as the pet or owner. That special love is not usually shared by other family members and what to do about a pet’s care after the death of a loved one is an issue better dealt with before rather than after the fact.

Pet owners want to make sure that even if they can’t take care of their companion animals someday, those animals will still be well-looked-after once they are gone. Many people make informal arrangements with a friend, neighbor or relative to care for their pets. Sometimes this is enough, but not always.

Choosing a new owner for your pet is the most important thing you can do to make sure your pet is taken care of after your death. Ask the person you want to be the new caregiver if they are ready and able to care for your pet. You might consider leaving a sum of money aside or written provisions in your will that will go to the care of your pet. To avoid prob-

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lems and be assured that your pet will be cared for after you die, consider making more formal provisions for your pet’s care.

You can’t just leave money in your will to your pet.

The law treats pets as property, and you can’t leave property (money or other things) to property (your pet). It is imperative that you choose an individual you trust to care for your pet; someone you trust to use funds provided in your will for their intended purpose. Purchasing a pet medical insurance policy is a good way to insure that your pet will receive proper veterinary care.

If you are unable to find anyone to care for your pet after you die, there are options. Breed rescue groups can provide temporary care for pets until a “forever home” can be found. These groups usually specialize in a particular breed. Humane Societies are available to take care of purebreds as well as the loveable mutt. Contact your local Humane Society in advance of your passing and discuss the surrender of your pet upon your death. It is not unusual for an owner to feel certain that a family member will automatically give a relative’s surviving animal companion a good home. Such beliefs; however, end up placing the pet at risk, with a happy future anything but guaranteed.

A much-loved pet will receive a second chance to bloom in a loving household with the help of the adoption process at the Humane Society.

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POLK COUNTY LIBRARY NEWS St. Croix Falls Public Library Movies, music, stories, and more!

Come on in to the library or go onto the MORE Web site - 46 libraries strong – you’re bound to find something you like! www.more.lib.wi.us The Big Read is back!

Our Big Read selection is the 1903 classic “The Call of the Wild,” by Jack London. Jerked from his comfortable home and sold as a sled dog, Buck’s harsh journey through the Klondike wilderness leads him back to his instinctual roots. Adventure, perseverance and survival play prominent roles in this unforgettable tale, a familiar parallel to the profit-seeking fur traders, lumberjacks and settlers of the St. Croix Valley. Mark your calendar for the Klondike Kickoff Event, Jan. 24, 1-4 p.m., at the Wert Family Nature Center and the St. Croix Scenic National Riverway Visitor Center.

Featuring: Guided Tours, Literary and Folk Arts Activities, Sled Dog Demos and a Program.

One in a Hundred – Win a gift certificate for a Traditional Rug Braiding Class at In the Wool. This one-day class will teach you how to make a traditional braided rug from wool fabric. Class includes instruction, braiding clamp, lacer, lacing thread, wool for 2-by-3 oval rug or a 3-by-3 round rug. A $195 value.

Tickets are $1 at the library. Only 100 tickets will be sold! Buy a ticket for a yourself, or a friend – it’s worth a chance.

Consider a holiday gift to the library in the name of someone dear to you. A great way to say best wishes for the season! When a memorial contribution or honor gift is received, we will send an acknowledgment card bearing your name to whomever you designate. All contributions are tax deductible. Donate online, pick up a form at the library or contact Sarah Adams, library director, for more details or to make gift arrangements.

Technology Free wireless is available at the library.

Also, visit the library Web site www.stcroixfallslibrary.org to get information on the building project, programs at the library and much, much more!

Story hour Listen to stories, create great art and have fun with other kids and parents every Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.

Hours, contact The library is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day, except Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Closed on Sunday. 715-4831777. E-mail: scflibrary@ifls.lib.wi.us.

Online: www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

Holiday hours The library will be closed Wednesday, Dec. 24; Thursday, Dec. 25; Friday, Dec. 26 and Thursday, Jan. 1.

Milltown Public Library Rescheduled event Terry Fisk, the co-author of “Wisconsin Road Guide to Haunted Locations,” has rescheduled his presentation at the Milltown Public Library. Please join us on Saturday, Jan. 10, at 7 p.m., for this hair-raising event.

Book club Calling all bibliophiles! The Milltown book club will gather again on Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. No assigned books, no stodgy questions. This will be a time for book lovers to gather, share and inspire. We’ll post all the discussed books on our Web site.

Gamers club Play with the new Wii until 7 p.m. on Thursdays. This is only open to high school and middle school teenagers who have a library card with under $10 in fines.

We are wireless Bring your laptops to the Milltown Public Library and enjoy our free, fast wireless Internet access. No library card necessary.

Story hour Milltown Public Library offers story time every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. yearround. Story times are free and are designed for children under 6 and their caregivers. Each story time lasts 30 to 45 minutes and includes time to browse and check out books. There will be no story time on Dec. 23 and Dec. 30 for holiday vacation.

Perk up We now proudly offer Wren Blend coffee at the Milltown Library all day, every day we’re open! This organic, fair trade coffee tastes fantastic. Meet with friends in our coffee lounge which now has extra seating, or surf the Web on your laptop while watching the hustle and bustle of Milltown’s Main Street. Our goal is to make your library the living room of the community – please check out and support this newest effort!

Friends of the Library Take your love of the Milltown Library to the next level by joining the Friends of the Milltown Public Library.

Learn more about this new group at their next meeting, open to the public, on Thursday, Jan. 8, at 7 p.m. This group can use as much or as very little of your time and talents as you care to give. A friends group will benefit the library by assisting with fundraisers, advising the director on library programs, and making the library eligible for more grants.

Please call the library at 715-825-2313 if you are interested in the Friends of the Milltown Public Library.

Happy holidays The library will be closed Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 24 and 25, Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.

Hours The library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Sunday closed.

Frederic Public Library Talk and eat To celebrate the season, the evening Book Group will meet Thursday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m., to talk about “A Christmas Carol,” by Charles Dickens. Copies are available at the library, and everyone is welcome to join us for lively discussion and Christmas goodies.

Holiday schedule The library will be closed Dec. 24, Dec. 25, and Jan. 1. Special New Year’s Eve hours will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 31. The library staff extends greetings of the season to all!

Movie time at the library The library will show movies during school vacation, and everyone is invited.

Cut out this schedule and post it on your refrigerator: Friday, Dec. 26, 3 p.m., “Prince Caspian,” rated PG, 149 minutes; Monday, Dec. 29, 3 p.m., “Horton Hears a Who,” rated G, 86 minutes; Tuesday, Dec. 30, 3 p.m., “Evan Almighty,” rated PG, 96 minutes; Friday, Jan. 2, 3 p.m., “Little Mermaid – Ariel’s Beginning,” rated G, 77 minutes.

Do you have extra yarn to donate to Operation Warm and Toasty?

Operation Warm and Toasty is a secondary project of the Cookie Brigade, an area nonprofit organization that sends homemade cookies to our servicemen and women. Words of gratitude have been recently received from military personnel who are using the knitted and crocheted hats and legwarmers for wounded soldiers being flown from Iraq to Germany. You can become part of this worthwhile program by visiting the library to pick up pattern information for the projects, or by contributing yarn for

Story time resumes Jan. 7 After a short break, story time begins again Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 10:30 a.m., when preschoolers and their caregivers are invited to attend an hour of stories crafts, and music. If you’re interested in being an occasional reader at story time, please let us know – we’ll provide the books, and you’ll provide the voice.

Giving a gift to the library ‘Tis the season when many people generously give to their favorite charities and nonprofit groups. Consider the library when you make your year-end contributions – it’s as easy as writing a check, and we can give you a receipt for tax purposes. A gift of $100 or more will provide you the opportunity to have a leaf engraved in memory or in honor of loved ones and added to the donor tree plaque in the library entrance as a lasting remembrance. If you are interested in creating a donor leaf, please contact the library director to discuss your wishes.

Wireless Internet access available The library offers free wireless Internet access for those who bring in their laptops, and the fresh, hot coffee is free, too.

Hours and information Frederic Public Library, 127 Oak Street 715-327-4979, e-mail frederWest. icpl@ifls.lib.wi.us. Regular open hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; and Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Amery Public Library “The Tales of Beedle the Bard,” by J. K. Rowling.

Harry Potter fans will enjoy these dark tales of wizardry by J. K. Rowling published just before the holiday season.

The book’s publication will benefit a charity called High Level Children’s Group which helps abandoned children who are poor, disabled or minorities in many countries of the world.

The volume is slim but has riveting stories such as: “The Wizard and the Hopping Pot,” “The Fountain of Fair Fortune,” “The Warlock’s Hairy Heart,” “Rabbitty Babbity and the Cackling Stump” and the “Tale of Three Brothers.”

Stop at the Amery Area Public Library and pick up this newest J. K. Rowling for a little holiday entertainment.

Library notes Story time will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning on Dec. 17, but we will be closed on Dec. 24, and on Jan. 31, so happy holidays and see you kids in the new year.

Teens Read meets on Dec. 22, to discuss “The Andromeda Strain,” by Michael Crichton. We meet from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., for a snack and book talk. Pick

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Operation Warm and Toasty. The yarn basket is empty, and we would like to fill it up.

Osceola Public Library

up a book at the circulation desk and join us.

The Otaku Club won’t miss any meetings over the holidays because we will be open on all the Tuesdays. They meet at 5 p.m. for teens and older who love manga, gaming and anime.

Friends of the Library meet at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 12. Everyone is welcome to attend. Friends of the Library Book Group meets also on Jan 12, to discuss “The Tortilla Curtain,” by T. Coraghessan Boyle at 7.p.m. Pick up a book at the circulation desk and join us.

Gratitude is extended to everyone who donated to the Amery Area Public Library shelving, time, magazine subscriptions and monetary donations this year, and also to everyone who remembered the library staff with greetings and goodies.

Library hours Hours will be Monday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holiday hours: Closed Dec. 24 and 25 and Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. So stock up before the holidays.

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POLK COUNTY LIBRARY NEWS

Balsam Lake Public Library Holiday Hours The library will be closed Dec. 24 and 25. We will open at 10 a.m. as usual on Friday, Dec. 26.. We will close at 4 p.m. on Dec. 31. Happy holidays to everyone.

Story time No story time on Dec. 24 or 31. Story time is at 11 a.m. every Wednesday here at the library. All ages are welcome to join us for stories, crafts, music and snacks.

Book club Our selection for January is “Raising Hell for Justice,” by David Obey.

“A stirring memoir of a political warrior who has spent four decades fighting for social justice. But Obey’s book is also indispensable reading for those of all political persuasions who wish to understand how Congress has functioned and sometimes not functioned - in modern times. Wisconsin Badgers will also relish the light Obey casts on the politics

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of his state and his elegiac memories of student life at its university.” - Graham K. Wilson, chair, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin – Madison.” Book club meets Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 3 p.m.

New books “Scarpetta,” by Patricia Cornwell, “Your Heart Belongs to Me,” by Dean Koontz, “Good Woman,” by Danielle Steel, “Tis the Season,” by Lorna Landvik and “Small Town Christmas,” by Debbie Macomber.

Hours The library, (under the water tower) at 404 Main Street, Balsam Lake. Hours are Monday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. E-mail: balsamlakepl@ifls.lib.wi.us Web site http://www.balsamlakepubliclibrary. org

Luck Public Library Luck Library Knitting Club has a new name. We are officially called Stuff With String. This name change was made to encourage all string crafts. If you needlepoint, crochet, knit, tat, or embroider, come to the Luck Library Wednesdays from 3 – 5 p.m. We will be working on our holiday craft projects. Come and get some good ideas. We will have experts there to help and answer questions and we will have beginners there to make the experts look good. Come and join us for a relaxing time.

Food for Fines Food for fines has started at the Luck Public Library. Bring in one canned item or nonperishable food item for the food shelf and reduce your overdue fine $1.

Food for Fines applies only to overdue fines, fines for replacement costs cannot be covered by this program. This is a great way to help the food shelf and start the new year with no fines. We will be running this program throughout the Christmas season.

Story time Preschool story hour is held every Wednesday from 10 – 11 a.m. Join us for an exciting hour of stories, games, fingerplays, puppets, activities and lots of wiggling and jumping.

We need you Do you have an idea for an exciting library program? Let us know. We are always looking for new programming ideas.

Luck Library is taking a survey concerning their open hours. If you would like to see different hours, please stop in and take the survey. We need your input.

Hours Monday 1-5 p.m., Tuesday 1-8 p.m., Wednesday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday 1-8 p.m., Friday 1-5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-noon.

Polk County Library Federation The director is Colleen Gifford, assistant director/youth services is Molly Kessler and the library clerk is Stephanie Fansler. Please call the Polk County Library Federation for more information,

715-485-8680.

The Polk County Library Federation is open Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Clear Lake Public Library Knitting classes Knitting classes are now being offered on every Monday beginning at 5 p.m.

Monday Movie Madness Come join us for lemonade and popcorn as we watch “Santa Clause 3” on Monday, Dec. 22, 6:30 p.m.

Regular library hours Monday: Noon - 7 p.m.; Tuesday: noon - 6 p.m.; Wednesday: 3 - 9 p.m.; Thursday: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.; Friday: noon 5 p.m.; and Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. We can be reached by phone at 715263-2802 or by e-mail at clearlakepl@ifls.lib.wi.us.

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Library closed/early closing The library will be closed all day on the following dates: Wednesday, Dec. 24, Thursday, Dec. 25, and Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. The library will close at 5 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 31.

Have a fun and safe holiday.

Wireless Internet The Osceola Public Library now has wireless Internet available for patrons.

Bring in your laptop or other wireless devices and take advantage of our highspeed server.

Family story times Story time is held on Wednesdays at 6 p.m., and Encore family story time is Saturdays at 11 a.m. Toddlers through second-graders and an accompanying

adult are invited to join Tiffany every Wednesday evening and Saturday morning for a themed half hour of fun, songs and stories.

Preschool story time Preschool story time is Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Preschoolers and an accompanying caretaker are welcome to join director Nate on Thursday mornings for a half hour of stories, fun and songs.

Hours, contact Our hours are Monday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Our phone number is 715-294-2310, and our Web address is www.osceolapubliclibrary.org.

Centuria Public Library New services at the Centuria Public Library Recently, the Centuria Public Library has had the equipment necessary to offer wireless Internet services to the public installed. If you own your own laptop and wish to log onto the Internet, you can do it right from the library. No library card is needed.

In addition to the free wireless Internet access, the Centuria Public Library has been given through the support of the Unity Lions Club, a CCTV reader machine, which enlarges print for indi-

viduals with vision problems. This machine is available to be used by anyone that requires the magnification of print free of charge and without the use of a library card. Gratitude is extended to the Unity Lions Club for providing this reader machine to the Centuria Public Library.

Regular library hours Monday: Noon - 5 p.m.; Tuesday: noon - 7 p.m.; Wednesday: noon - 5 p.m.; Thursday: noon - 7 p.m.; Friday: closed; and Saturday: 10 a.m. - noon.

Dresser Public Library Library hours Monday 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Tuesday noon–5 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m.–noon and 1–7 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Three Internet computers You must physically present a MORE library card to library staff and library fines must be under $10 to use a computer. We are experiencing sporadic difficulty with our public access computers. Please be patient as we try and determine the problem and alleviate it.

Coming up Story time will take a break for the Christmas holiday. There will be no story times Dec. 18, 25 or Jan. 1.

Crochet class for beginners is held each Tuesday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. New

members of all ages are welcome!

Cell phone policy: The Dresser Library Board of Trustees adopted a cell phone usage policy on Oct. 27. Cell phone use is prohibited in the library.

Please set your cell phone to vibrate rather than ring, then step outside to conduct your conversation.

Great news! We are now wireless!

Log onto the “Public Library” icon on your laptop’s desktop to access the Internet.

Contact us 715-755-2944 telephone and fax number, e-mail us at dresserpl@ifls.lib.wi.us, or visit our Web site, www.dresserpubliclibrary.org, which has information about story time, days closed, reference links, library policy and community information.

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Area artist’s bronze eagle “soars” in SCRMC lobby ST. CROIX FALLS - The sight of a bald eagle soaring over the St. Croix Valley is always a thrilling and majestic sight. Look up as you enter St. Croix Regional Medical Center’s new lobby and you’ll see a magnificent bronze-cast bald eagle sculpture “soaring” above the atrium. This unique and remarkable piece was created for the Medical Center by Osceola artist Wally Shoop at the request of the Medical Center’s CEO, Lenny Libis.

As you might guess, Shoop draws his inspiration from his observations of the natural world and from his Native American heritage of respect for nature and the almost spiritual qualities of animal life. His realistic bronze sculptures clearly demonstrate his creative ability as well as his intent to capture human feelings within natural forms.

While he began bronze casting professionally in 1970, Shoop actually started expressing his artistic creativity as a young child. “I remember carving sandstone rocks I found in the creek near my home in the Badlands near Rapid City, South Dakota,” he said.

“It was an odd beginning. I had just seen Mount Rushmore and I must have been impressed, because I got a rock and carved Teddy Roosevelt’s face. I was always carving something, and leaving sand all over the house and porch.” One day, Shoop’s mother had had enough, and tossed all his carvings into the neighbors

Bronze casting innovator and famous sculptor Wally Shoop uncovers a new set of eagles at his15,000-square-foot design/production facility in Osceola. – Special photo

compost pile.

A few years later, a neighbor found one of Shoop’s carvings and called the local papers.

“Because of the moustache, some people from the local mining company thought the piece was an early Indian representation of one of the first whites to come to the area,” said Shoop with a laugh. “Someone also noted that it ‘strongly resembled’ Teddy Roosevelt!”

Today, without any formal training, Shoop has become a well-known artist. His American Bronze Casting, Ltd. is one of only a few artist-owned foundries in America. “The lost wax process of bronze casting is an ancient art that first appeared nearly six thousand years ago,” Shoop explained. “The basic principle of the lost wax method of casting remains unchanged, although new techniques have been developed.” Shoop’s 15,000square-foot facility is located along the St. Croix River in Osceola.

Shoop was also blessed with musical talent. He taught himself to play guitar at the age of thirteen and went on to play for years in various rock bands, touring throughout the Midwest, He has written many songs, has a number of albums, and just finished recording his newest CD. To view samples of Shoop’s work, go to www.bronzes.com/index.html. - from SCRMC

Coats for kids collection sites announced NORTHWEST WISCONSIN - All WESTconsin Credit Union Offices will be collection points for Operation Coats for Kids. Donations of gently used coats are being accepted now through mid-January, and will be distributed to human services agencies to assist families in need throughout western Wisconsin.

SHARE Wisconsin I took part in something new for me anyway.

At the laundromat (back in the suburb, we had the requisite washer and dryer in their own labeled room - the laundry room, complete with shelves for cans and jars and boxes of food), I picked up a printed newspaper full of ads, and ads and ads.

This one was completely SHARE Wisconsin. No ads for chiropractors, or used cars or the Steve pooper pumper. I was about to Flattem toss it but decided to look it over.

My laundry wasn’t even into the New to spin cycle yet and the magazines I the County brought to read and leave, I actually had already read once…so…

ShareWisconsin is a really good deal.

Now, I don’t work for them (although I might volunteer when things settle for me). I feel I can safely promote them. They offer assorted foods either in packages or a la carte.

WESTconsin Credit Union has been serving members since 1939, and membership is open to anyone who lives or works in the Wisconsin counties of Barron, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Rusk, St. Croix, Sawyer, Trempealeau or Washburn, or the Minnesota counties of Chisago,

Dakota, Goodhue or Washington, with a $5 minimum deposit in a membership savings account.

Credit unions are financial institutions owned by their accountholders, and member funds are federally insured by the National Credit Union Administration up to at least $250,000. – from WESTconsin

The packages are basically family or couple (or single like me), priced at $25 or $15. I thought I would give it a try. Went online (you can also mail or phone orders in). The delivery day was a few weeks out, on a Saturday.

Fast forward to SHARE Wisconsin delivery day.

I ran a few errands and stopped at the community center to pick up my order. Still not used to the time frame up here, we (dawg) and I went to my storage units to retrieve a snow shovel, broom (I hear you get snow up here) and a few other items.

I drove through town, actually mapping it out on paper, to be later entered into my computer so I have a good idea what and where everything is.

As mentioned, the time factor left us at the community center about a half an hour early. So we waited.

I read my mail. Buddy took a nap.

A semi-tractor/trailer drove by and I thought, “WOW…JIT (just in time) delivery,” a popular business concept in the suburb. But the truck kept going down a couple of blocks and turned.

Wrong again.

Then, the same truck came from behind, made the wide swing around the corner and pulled in front of the community center. Yup, I was right after all…JIT. It pulled in about 12;45 p.m., unloaded and pulled out at 12:56 p.m., heading south, probably to the next desti-

nation, I imagine.

Quiet efficient. I like that, no “RAH, RAH, we’re No. 1 on time” neon laser light in the air. Just quietly doing it.

The suburb has something similar, called Sam’s Club.

Well, not exactly. Their workers are paid, and SHARE Wisconsin has volunteers. Sam’s requires a paid membership, and SHAEREWisconsin has neither membership nor qualifications.

It’s not exactly charity or a food shelf, because you pay a discounted price. If fact, according to their paper, SHARE is “a nonprofit food buying club that offers good, nutritious products at reduced cost through a volunteer-run community-based distribution system” in which anyone can become a member of SHARE. There are no membership fees or eligibility requirements.

My guess was that the customers with me were probably in similar financial situations, fixed income, looking for good food at a savings of 30 to 50 percent.

Look for their brochures or go online to www.sharewi.org, or call 800-548-2124. You can also write them at Burnett County SHARE, P.O. Box 219, Webster WI. 54893 (715-866-4191). In Polk County, call 715-485-3363 (leave message) or write to Holy Trinity UM Church 1606 165th Ave., Centuria, WI 54824.

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Webster K-4 Christmas program

The kindergarteners sang four songs during the Webster Christmas program held on Friday, Dec. 12.

Students performed a couple of songs with these boomwackers. Shown are Taylor Loomer, Emily Stewart and Callie Nyren.

The third-graders sang three songs and added some movements to the song "Pinata."

Photos by Raelynn Hunter

Shown are second-graders performing the song "Look Out The Window," during the Christmas program held at Webster on Friday afternoon.

First-graders sang selections including "Up On the Rooftop" and "All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth."

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream"

“He’s the duke - that’s right.” Max Lindquist of Siren held the power over the land in the recent production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” at Siren School. The weeklong Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre residency was sponsored by Moms For Kids. - Photos by Becky Strabel ABOVE: “Bob” played the RIGHT: Lysander, Lucas part of the “hole in the wall.” A Stiemann, and Demetrius, surprised Amanda Bachman Ryan Damman, fight in a was selected from the audislow-motion sequence that ence at Friday’s performance. brought many laughs from the audience. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” inLEFT: Jessica Tills portrayed cluded more than 55 Siren Quince, who was the director students from grades two of the play, in the play “A Midthough high school. summer Night’s Dream” that was performed this past weekend at Siren High School.

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Webster Santa Day Savannah Staples got the giggles as she visited with Santa at Webster Santa Day last Saturday at the Webster Community Center.

Photos by Priscilla Bauer

Santa told everyone to shhhhhh as 2-month-old Hunter Sears slept during his visit with Santa at the Webster Community Center last Saturday.

Santa and his elves greeted over 160 children during his visit to the Webster Community Center Saturday. The Webster Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors Webster Santa Day.

Santa was all smiles as Webster’s royalty surrounded him. Miss Webster Alyssa Payson, Little Miss Morgan Mulroy, Little First Princess Jenna Ruiz and Little Second Princess Savannah Bearhart were Santa’s helpers during his visit to the Webster Community Center last Saturday.

Darwyn Brown, who had his horses and wagon all decked out for the holidays, was busy giving free rides around town last Saturday. The Village of Webster sponsored the rides as part of Webster’s annual Santa Day activities.

Miss Webster Alyssa Payson enjoyed a ride with friends through Webster last Saturday during the town’s annual Santa Day.

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Shriner Christmas

Mike Haaf was greeted by Sweet Tooth the Clown and Santa at the annual Wild River Shrine Club Christmas, held Saturday at the Moose Lodge in Siren. Haaf, along with dozens of other area patients and former patients of the Shriners Hospital, are treated to a party and gifts every Christmas, courtesy of the Shriners. At right, Brianna holds on tight to one of the presents she received. Shriners Hospitals for Children is a one-of-a-kind international health care system of 22 hospitals dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing specialty pediatric care, innovative research and outstanding teaching programs. Children up to the age of 18 with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate are eligible for admission and receive all care in a family centered environment at no charge – regardless of financial need. If you know of a child Shriners Hospitals might be able to help, please call the toll-free patient referral line 800-237-5055. - Photos by Sandy King

Frederic concert Frederic Middle School music students presented their annual holiday concert Monday evening, under the direction of Greg Heine (vocal), Pat Anderson (bell choir) and Patti Burns (band). Kathy and Kyle Lexen were accompanianists on piano and guitar, respectively.

At right, Jaryd Braden plays “Winter Wonderland” with the concert band. At left, Charlie Lindberg took a break from playing trumpet to accompany the band on bass guitar. Above, the middle school choir sings “Carol of the Angels.”

Below, the bell choir performs “O Holy Night.” Photos by Gary King

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Luck Honors Choir

Hopkins honors employees Recently three longtime employees of Hopkins Sand & Gravel of rural Webster were presented with new jackets. Shown (L to R): Sonny Lunsman, Danbury (35 years of service), Ernie Tetrault, Spooner (36 years of service) and Harold Hills, Danbury (38 years of service).

– with information from Hopkins Sand & Gravel

Luck’s Honors Choir participants this year are: front: Jerod Buck, Derek Letch and James Longhenry. Back row: Jennifer Roettger, Grace Jenson, Alyssa Lehmann and Ashley Valentine.- Photo submitted

Free health seminar talks about sleep apnea

"Sing Noel" is Sunday at United Methodist

OSCEOLA - Poor sleep quality, snoring and daytime sleepiness and fatigue could be an indication of sleep apnea, a common ailment that affects more than 12 million Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Left untreated, sleep apnea can cause job impairment and motor vehicle accidents, as well as high blood pressure, other cardiovascular disease, memory problems, weight gain and headaches.

Sleep apnea is the topic of the next free health seminar at OMC on Tuesday, Jan. 6. The seminar takes a look at the seri-

ST. CROIX FALLS - The St. Croix Falls United Methodist Church will present the cantata “Sing Noel,” by Joe Parks, on Sunday, Dec. 21, at the 10 a.m. service.

The church is located on 300 North Adams Street in St. Croix Falls. The choir is under the direction of Barbara Mettler. Everyone is invited. After the service a group of volunteers will be caroling at the Good Samaritan Home in St. Croix Falls. – submitted Barbara Mettler will direct the cantata “Sing Noel,” this Sunday at the St. Croix Falls United Methodist Church. – Special photo

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The Polk County Chapter of Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity is seeking a family for a 2009 build in Amery, Wis. If you are interested in partnering with Habitat for Humanity, please attend an orientation meeting on January 13, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. at the Amery City Hall. Information will be shared, questions answered, and members will be available to help you fill out the application on that night.* Eligibility requirements for a Habitat Partner Family: • Present home inadequate or substandard.

• Can’t obtain conventional home loan from another lender.

• Have lived in Polk County at least one year.

• Willing to partner with Habitat for Humanity.

• Annual income requirement is based on family size but must be at least $1,500/month or $18,000/year. *The application form asks for all sources of income (wages, food stamps, child support, Social Security, disability payments, etc.) and debts (credit cards, courtordered liabilities, previously unpaid utility bills, school or car loans, child support, alimony payments, liabilities, auto insurances, and other debts that are paid monthly). Please bring this information with you to the meeting.

For additional information, contact Marilynn Nehring, 715-646-1444; Pastor David Sollitt, 715-268-2651; or Pastor Paul Foulke, 715-485-3363.

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Everyone is invited to stop by and cheer on the dogs. If you have any questions contact Ann at 715-349-8377.

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The club sponsored a pull last spring in Spooner with a great turnout. The spring pull was on wheels, this pull will be on sled runners.

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All seminars are open to the public. Registration is recommended by calling 715294-4936.

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The Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin appoints the members of the District 11 Committee of the Office of Lawyer Regulation. This committee investigates and reports on attorney conduct to ensure the ethical and competent practice of law by Wisconsin attorneys. I am honored to have been selected chairman of that committee.

I have successfully handled injury and death cases since 1977. Home, hospital and office appointments are available. Cases are handled on a contingent fee basis, such that if there is no recovery, there is no fee. When you, a relative or a friend, need an attorney, you should contact John Grindell at Grindell Law Offices, S.C., Box 585, Frederic, WI 54837. Telephone: 715-327-5561.

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Shooting Stars 4-H donates

The Shooting Stars 4-H Club held their December meeting and instead of having a gift exchange between themselves, they donated to Operation Christmas. Also, some of the members rang the bell for the Salvation Army on Nov. 26. – Photo submitted by Club Reporter Kayla Bramsen

Try a gift from Interstate Park ST. CROIX FALLS – Almost every Wisconsinite has someone on their shopping list who enjoys camping, swimming, hiking, biking, skiing, or wildlife watching.

The gift of a Wisconsin state park admission sticker or state trail pass can provide those people with a year’s worth of access to some of the best recreational opportunities and most scenic areas in Wisconsin.

The 2009 admission stickers and trail passes to Wisconsin State Parks, Forests and Trails are available now at park, forest and trail offices and Department of Natural Resources service centers. In St. Croix Falls, the 2009 admission stickers to Wisconsin State Parks and Forests can be purchased at the Ice Age Center at Interstate Park, located just one-half-mile south of Hwy. 8 on south Hwy. 35.

For $25 for Wisconsin residents or $35 for nonresidents – the same prices as last year – a park sticker provides vehicle admission to 60 state parks and forests across Wisconsin. A family with more than one vehicle registered to the same household may purchase additional state park stickers at half price. A senior citizen annual sticker for $10 is available for Wisconsin residents 65 years of age and older. The stickers and passes are valid from the date of sale through Dec. 31, 2009. Camping fees are separate from park admission fees and informa-

tion on camping fees for existing and new facilities can be found on the DNR Web site.

In addition to park and forest offices and DNR Service Centers, stickers may be purchased by phone at 608-266-2181 between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday using a MasterCard or Visa, or by sending a check or money order (payable to Wisconsin DNR) to DNR Parks and Recreation, PO Box 7921, Madison WI 53707-7921.

In addition to the 2009 admission sticker to Wisconsin State Parks and Forests there are also nature-oriented holiday gifts available at Glacier’s Gifts shop in the Ice Age Center at Interstate Park. Nature field guides and books, wildlife posters, wildlife T-shirts, sweatshirts and other items are offered for sale by the Friends of Interstate Park. Other gifts available are a limited edition print of the Dalles of the St. Croix River signed and numbered by local artist Mary Pettis or a paid annual or lifetime membership to the Friends of Interstate Park. Proceeds from all sales and membership dues benefit the Friends group, a nonprofit organization that helps support the education programs at the park.

Interstate Park is located in St. Croix Falls on Hwy. 35 just one-half mile south of Hwy. 8. For more information call the park at 715-483-3747. – from Interstate Park

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Frederic Eastern Star supports “Bear Hugs”

FREDERIC – Even bears that dance visited at Frederic chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, in December just before beginning their journey to link up with a kid or a kid-at-heart. Fifty-nine soft, fuzzy bruins frolicked about prior to joining their person where ever bear hug might be appreciated: in the St. Croix Valley Good Samaritan Center at St. Croix Falls, Welcome Home Shelter in Milltown, the Monroe Manor in Barron or a squad car in either the village of Frederic or the sheriff departments in Polk, Burnett, or Barron counties Lucille Christensen, a member of Frederic OES, had the pleasure of delivering some teddy bears to the Monroe Manor in Barron. She reported the residents were thrilled and greeted them with hugs, kisses and smiles.

Bear Hugs is a project generated by Wisconsin Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star and carried out by Star Chapters throughout the state of Wisconsin. Members of Frederic Eastern Star enthusiastically participated in this project by donating bears of all shapes and sizes. This was another way to continue Eastern Star’s goals of charity and loving kindness. - submitted by Mary Norgard

Grantsburg handbell choir performs

Members of the Grantsburg hand bell choir rang “Silent Night” at Bethany Lutheran Church of Grantsburg on Sunday, Dec. 14. The unique version of the traditional Christmas song was enjoyed by those who braved the ice and snow getting to church. The choir is composed of students of Grantsburg High School, who perform a variety of songs from traditional to pop. Director Angela Brahm said the choir is available for performances. For more information call 715-463-3654, ext. 115. - Photo by Mike Java

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Cookies for Christmas Wishes SIREN – Twenty members of the Siren School staff and their families spent long after-hours time Wednesday, Dec. 10, baking cookies for the Burnett County Interfaith Caregivers-sponsored Christmas Wishes gift-giving event scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Dec. 19 and 20.

The goal, according to school dietary manager Deb Jaskolka, was to make 1,500 cookies.

Jaskolka spent a lot of time organizing and planning the event.

“This is going for a good cause. I am glad we can do it. Everybody pitched in,” she said.

Jaskolka credited Burnett Dairy Co-op, Rich’s Products, Holiday Station, Wayne’s Foods Plus and Four Winds Market for their donations to the project, as well as everyone on the staff who helped with the effort. – Nancy Jappe (L to R) front row: Heather O’Brien, Bobbi Jo O’Brien, Brady Kosloski and Jessica Sandberg. Back row: Elementary Principal Jason Wilhelm, dietary director Deb Jaskolka and Rylee O’Brien. These hardworking cookie bakers/decorators stopped long enough for a photo at Siren School Wednesday, Dec. 10. The result of their efforts will go to participants in the Burnett County Interfaith Caregivers Christmas Wishes celebration Friday and Saturday, Dec. 19 and 20.

Photos by Nancy Jappe

(L to R) Jessica Jackson and Abby and Kristen Kosloski enjoyed conversation as they prepared cookies in the Siren School kitchen Wednesday, Dec. 10. The goal was to bake 1,500 cookies for the upcoming Interfaith Caregivers Christmas event.

This is just a sample of the many trays of cookies that were prepared in the Siren School kitchen W e d n e s d a y, Dec. 10. The cookies were given to Burnett County Int e r f a i t h Caregivers for their gift-giving event Friday and Saturday, Cheryl Turnbull (L) and Janice Schott show the Dec. 19 and 20. cookies they prepared for families who will take part in the Interfaith Caregivers Christmas Wishes event this coming weekend.

Siren High School/Middle School Principal Joe Zirngible showed his skill at rolling out cookie dough as his son, Vladimir, watched during the cookie-baking evening at Siren School Wednesday, Dec. 10.

'Tis the season … to beware of lead paint STATEWIDE – Christmas lights contain high levels of lead paint in the cords.

Light sets were tested recently by Cornell University.

All of the lights tested regardless of age or manufacturer had lead levels beyond the EPA limits. Children should not handle Christmas lights, and anyone who does should wash their hands after handling to prevent ingestion of lead.

Two children’s toy items that were found to contain excess levels of lead paint were recently recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Army Figures distributed by OKK Trading and Groovy Fashions Sassy Jammies Doll Clothing Sets manufactured by

Manhattan Group have been recalled.

These items join an ever-growing list of toys, jewelry, and clothing that contain lead paint in excess of the EPA standards.

Parents should remove these items immediately and return them to the place of purchase. A complete list of recalled items is available at the CPSC’s Web site at www.cpsc.gov.

Removing recalled toys and products that contain lead from your home is only part of protecting your child from lead poisoning. The prime source for childhood lead poisoning continues to be deteriorating lead paint in older homes and day cares. Prevention of lead poisoning can be accomplished by eliminating all

lead paint hazards.

Homes or buildings built before 1960 may contain lead paint. Almost all homes built before 1950 contain lead paint. When this paint deteriorates due to age or renovation, it spreads a lead dust that falls on surfaces where young children (especially toddlers) play. This age group tends to explore and learn by placing objects in their mouths.

As a result, they ingest the lead dust through play.

Follow these tips to protect your child from lead poisoning: 1. Evaluate your home for signs of paint deterioration such as peeling, cracking or flaking. Look closely at win-

dow sills, doors, floors, porches and other surfaces that are exposed to friction and/or weather.

2. Repaint or encapsulate painted surfaces. Replace windows if necessary.

3. Clean painted surfaces with a HEPA vacuum and wet mopping to control lead dust. Wash toys frequently.

4. Always have your child wash his hands before eating.

5. Learn about lead-safe work practices before you renovate/remodel an older home.

6. Remove all recalled products from your home. - submitted

Love Light Ceremony held ST. CROIX FALLS - The Chamber Singers of St. Croix Falls, under the direction of Shawn Gudmunsen, were on hand to provide several musical numbers for the annual Love Light Ceremony.

The new lobby of the St. Croix Regional Medical Center was the perfect backdrop for the event as guests were ushered in with the holiday sounds of

the Valley Brass.

Guests from the community were welcomed by Carolyn Ward, president of the SCRMC Volunteer Partners, who introduced Lenny Libis, CEO of SCRMC, who also extended a welcome and thank-you to everyone in attendance.

Pastor Bruce Brooks of the First Presbyterian Church reminded us that God is the light of the world, and the signifi-

cance of the lights on the Love Light Tree, which are to remember and honor loved ones in their lives, and the yellow ribbons to honor our military. Wanda Brown spoke of the importance of this Love Light event in raising money to fund scholarships for students entering the health care field.

The honorary tree lighters this year were Carolyn Ward, Mickey Gephard,

volunteer services manager, and Mary Werran, manager of the gift shop. They were chosen to signify and honor the merging of the three organizations to unite as volunteer partners.

Anyone interested in learning more about the Voluntary Partners may contact Gephard at 715-483.0331. – from SCRMC

Stotz & Company announces alliance with H & R Block GRANTSBURG/SIREN - Stotz & Company is pleased to announce an alliance with the professional team at H & R Block.

This alliance will bring additional re-

sources, value-added benefits and expertise in the field of taxation.

“Our clients can still count on the same reliable team of professionals as they always have, along with additional re-

sources and quality, to service you even better,” noted Larry Stotz.

Stotz welcomes Lee Perlock, Kris Perlock-Campeau and the team of tax professionals from H & R Block. Also,

joining their team will be David Switalla, bringing 20 years of finance and accounting skills to Stotz & Company – from Stotz & Company

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Grade 12 Alexander Anderson, Ryan Andrie, Kaitlin Asp, Shelby Ayde, Jennifer Benoy, Brittany Bess, Brittany Brenholt, Chase Bushweiler, Ashley Chapman, Leif Chinander, Thomas Colombo, Alexandra Confer, Shelby Emerson, Cassandra Gary, Jessica Hall, Thomas Hansen, Stephan Hoag, Matthew Jacobs, Chris Johnson, Zachary Johnston, Ashley Kes, Kourtney Koch, Tyler Koonce, Michelle Lamb, Amanda Larson, Carissa Libbenga, Paige Marek, Tashina Martinson, Kaisha Merrick, Mason Millermon, Tyler Nelson, Derek O’Brien, Erin O’Brien, Adam Offerdahl, Jessica Rohm, Jacob Sandgren, Sam Schmidt, Meghan Smith, Katherine Standing, Mara Swanson, Abigail Swenson, Laura Swenson, Samantha Wheeler, Sharanda Whittaker, Katherine Wright and Joshua Yunker.

St. Croix Falls Honor Roll

Grade 11 Jessica Adam, Mitchell Alden, Nicole Berganini, Cecilia Binkley, Jenna Brousil, Katherine Burns-Penn, Nicholas Campbell, Marissa Campeau, Nathan Casler, Josiah Casterton, Crysta Chock, Kyle Christensen, Kayla Cross, Abby Culver, Kim Culver, Jordan Fehlen, Cory Gebhard, Samantha Grange, Alicha Greenlee, Racheal Hansen, Danielle Heilig,

Cassondra Hoyt, Alexander Huttner, Gus Koecher, Ashley Kolve, Nicholas Krenz, MacKenzy Kuhlmann, Ryan Larson, Paul Manoppo, Daniel Mewes, John Mikl, Kyle Miller, Josiah Mortenson, Daniel Norgard, Gabrielle Nuckles, Sarah Perszyk, Michelle Peterson, Cassondra Petherbridge, Cortney Rasmussen, Joseph Raygor, Zachary Rintoul, Jamie Rohm, Brittany Rudolph, McClayne Rydeen, Candice Saunders, Emily Scheuermann, Sarah Schuler, Angela Sommer, Christopher Stenberg, Jessica Sveback, Rhett Werner, Austin Whittenberger, Kelsey Willow, Meghan Wilmar, Christian Wolfe and Megan Yunker.

Grade 10 Jenna Bartusch, Bailey Bergmann, Zackory Blume, Ashley Bollig, Alora Breault, Kellie Brown, Brittany Buss, Marcus Campbell, Alicia Chelberg, Mary Chernyaev, Zachary Christenson, Jessica Derrick, Andrew Fontanille, Mirielle Francis, Lauren Frokjer, Mitchell Geisness, Heather Gilbert, Simon Grange, Nathan Gravesen, Marissa Haroldson, Tess Hedrick, Ryan Jaremczuk, Nicholas Johnson, Jessica Larcom, Ryan Leach, Lori Linke, Lauren Lund, Alexandra Lunde, Carley Martin, Mara Martinson, Alaina Mathias, Katelynn Meyer, Daniel Nelson, Zachary Newell, Samantha Peterson, Timo-

thy Roettger, Nathaniel Seifert, Taylor Sempf, Garrett Shelby, Jared Spreiter, Stephanie Stich, Justin Stone, Taylor Stowell, Allison Swenson, Joseph Thayer, Spencer Walters, Rebecca Wampfler, Kierlyn Ward, Summer Wilson, Emma Wimberley, Margaret Wimberley and Richelle Wood.

Grade 9 Taylor Ader, Crystal Anderson, Ethan Anderson, Haley Anderson, Nathan Barry, Jessica Berganini, Alex Bertram, Benjamin Clausen, Chad Cochran, Nicholas DeConcini, Christopher Eisen, Alexis Erickson, Samantha French, Alexander Frey, Elliott Frokjer, Alicia Gravesen, Kalea Gustafson, Robert Heilig, Natasha Helbig, Ahna Hoefler, Zachary Horn, Emily Johnson, Erin Kessler, Terrence, Klemish, Lauren Koschmeder, Carlee Libbenga, Brenna Loen, Nichole McPherson, Alex Mikl, Samuel Nichols, Alissa Norlander, Ryan Nussbaum, Caitlyn Olson, Sarah Petznick, Jake Rademacher, Joseph Reddy, Lauren Richter, Matthew Rude, Erik Segelstrom, Nicholis Siltberg, Grant Simpson, Samuel Sizer, Erik Swenson, Jessica Theroux, Jenna Van Soelen, Brittany Whittier and Haley Yunker.

Frederic Community Education

Computer: Photoshop. Tuesday and Thursday, Jan. 6 and 8, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructor: Bryan Knauber. Fee: $28.26/$4 age 62+.

Cross-country skiing. Saturdays, Jan. 10, 17 and 24, 10 a.m. to noon, beginners – intermediate; 1 to 3 p.m. – intermediate – expert. Instructor: Ian Karl. Fee: $18.56/$4 age 62+.

Gypsy dance. Mondays, Jan. 12 – Feb. 16, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Instructor: Jenn Ramautar. Fee: $37.60.

Jack London: Work and Life. The event is part of The Big Read. Mondays, Jan. 12 – Feb. 16, 4 – 6 p.m. Instructor: Dr. Carolyn Wedin. Fee: $42.82/$4 age 62+.

Write Right Now! Tuesdays, Jan. 13 – Feb. 17, 4 – 6 p.m.

Instructor: Dr. Carolyn Wedin. Fee: $33.12/$4 age 62+.

Movement to Music: Tiny Tots Clogging. Mondays, Jan. 19, 26, Feb. 2, 23, March 2 and 9. 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. at the senior center; 6:15 – 6:45p.m. at the elementary school. Instructor: Sheryl Keller. Fee: $35/6 weeks.

Country Line Dancing and Clogging. (Low impact). Mondays, Jan. 16, 26, Feb. 2, 23, March 2 and 9. 10:15-10:45 a.m. p.m. at the senior center. Instructor: Sheryl Keller. Fee: $35/6 weeks.

Beginning Clogging. Mondays, Jan. 19, 26, Feb. 2, 23, March 2, 9. 6:45 – 7:30 p.m. at the elementary school. Instructor: Sheryl Keller. Fee: $45/6 weeks.

Beginning Yoga. Tuesdays, Jan. 20 – Feb. 24, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Instructor: Sandy King. Location: TBA. Fee: $18.56/$4 age 62+.

Yoga for Seniors. Tuesdays, Jan. 20 – Feb. 24, 11 a.m. – noon. Instructor: Sandy King. Location: TBA. Fee: $18.56/$4 age 62+.

Yoga to Restore and Calm for beginners. Tuesdays, Jan. 20 – Feb. 24, 6 – 7 p.m. Instructor: Sandy King. Fee: $18.56 /$4 age 62+.

Knitting Mittens and Gloves. Mondays, Jan. 26, Feb. 2 & 9, 6 – 8 p.m. Instructor: Konnie Didlo. Fee: $18.56/$4 age 62+.

Star Gazing. Instructor: Mike Lynch. Watch for information.

Drivers Education. Classroom course with Safe Start Driving School begins Feb. 23.

Adult Basic Education - earn your HSED. Instructor: Kessea Karl. Call: CE at 715-327-4868.

Ice Skating. Frederic Park Board maintains the rink NE of the elementary school. Warming house is open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Contact for volunteering: Brad Harlander, 715-327-4836.

Weight Room is open every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning from 7 – 8 a.m.

Walking at the Birch Street Elementary School. MondayFriday, 7 – 8 a.m. and 4 – 6 p.m. No fee.

For more information on any class or to register for Frederic Community Education classes call Ann Fawver 715-327-4868 or e-mail fawvera@frederic.k12.wi.us.

UW-Milwaukee announces grads MILWAUKEE –The following individual from your area is among the more than 1,800 prospective candidates for degree attending University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee commencement exercises Sunday, Dec. 21, in Milwaukee.

The following local student will be graduating: Luck Matthew David Rosendahl, School of Information Studies, MLIS. UWM is the second-largest university in the state of Wisconsin, with more than 29,000 undergraduate and graduate students. – submitted

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH???

LOCATION

Menu

FREDERIC GRANTSBURG

MONDAY

DECEMBER 22 - DECEMBER 26 TUESDAY

BREAKFAST BREAKFAST Uncrustable, cereal, juice, milk.

Breakfast pizza, cereal, juice, milk.

LUNCH LUNCH Chicken crispito, assorted toppings, Pizza dippers with sauce, winter mix, green beans OR ham salad. ice-cream treat OR beef taco salad.

WEDNESDAY CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL

CHRISTMAS BREAK

CHRISTMAS BREAK

CHRISTMAS BREAK

NO SCHOOL

NO SCHOOL

NO SCHOOL

LUCK

BREAKFAST Cereal/bagels.

LUNCH Taco salad, tortilla chips, green beans, fruit sauce. Alt.: Chicken patty, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/long john.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, rice, hot vegetable, fruit sauce.

CHRISTMAS BREAK

SIREN

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal, toast served with juice and milk.

LUNCH Tacos - hard or soft shell, shredded lettuce, refried beans, Mexican rice, warm cinnamon apple slice. Alt.: Cook’s choice.

BREAKFAST Pancake and sausage on a stick, juice and milk.

LUNCH Pizza, whole-kernel corn, veggies, fruit, snowmen treat. Alt.: Cook’s choice.

ST. CROIX FALLS

BREAKFAST Pancakes and sausage.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, french fries, corn, apple slices, Christmas cookie. Alt.: Bread stick, beef stew.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Pepperoni pizza, lettuce salad, carrots, fresh fruit, ice-cream bar.

UNITY

BREAKFAST French toast.

LUNCH Barbecues and hash browns.

BREAKFAST Cinnamon rolls.

LUNCH Pizza and corn.

Each building will have their own breakfast menu.

EARLY RELEASE

WEBSTER

LUNCH Bacon cheeseburger, bun, sliced potatoes, carrots, pears, banana.

LUNCH Chicken patty, bun, fresh veggies, chips, fresh fruit.

EARLY RELEASE

NO SCHOOL

CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL

CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL

CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL

CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL

THURSDAY MERRY CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL MERRY CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL MERRY CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL

MERRY CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL

MERRY CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL

MERRY CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL

MERRY CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL

FRIDAY CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL

CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL

CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL

CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH CHRISTMAS BREAK Cheese dogs w/toppings, baked NO SCHOOL chips, cinnamon applesauce baked beans. Alt.: Veggie beef barley, turkey sandwich.

CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL

CHRISTMAS BREAK NO SCHOOL

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CHURCH NEWS Peace on Earth People remark about the peaceful setting at my home. Most times it is peaceful, both inside and out. Sometimes, though, we hear wild critters putting up a fuss outside, and we know there is no peace for a certain animal. But that’s part of the world of nature.

We’d all like peace to reign inside our homes. Sadly, it doesn’t and strife among family members brings stress. Like an uncontrolled wildfire, strife can jump the walls of a home or office and skip down Perspectives the road or through the telephone and Internet lines until it reaches others. It penetrates the boundaries of nations, causing war.

This isn’t news to any of us. Nor was it news to the people living in Israel when Jesus was born—during a time of cruel Roman tyranny. Nothing has changed.

Throughout many nations today, people still face tyranny and persecution.

But even in the midst of such conditions, there is an insurmountable, indescribable, inner peace for those who have chosen Jesus Christ as Lord of their lives.

The Bible promises it.

Jesus is called the Prince of Peace. At his birth, the angels proclaimed peace on earth and goodwill to all men. Yet, Jesus himself said, “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth … but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother … a man’s enemies will be those of his own household. He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me … he who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.” (Matthew 10:34-39, in part) So which is it? Is he a peacemaker or not?

The word peace means rest, wholeness, or “set at one again.” Jesus came that he might set us at one— at peace—with God again. But he knew that his good news of salvation would bring division and strife among families and nations because some love darkness rather than light.

The Israelites of old freely offered a peace sacrifice to God. We too can offer ourselves—all that we are, have, and do—when we enjoy God’s peace through Christ. “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:2830) Lord, fill us with your peace so we can bring peace to others, in Jesus’ name, amen.

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

Sally Bair Eternal

BONE LAKE LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA) Pastor Mary Ann Bowman

JOIN US FOR CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICES & HOLY COMMUNION Wednesday, December 24 474883 17L

5 and 10:30 p.m.

1101 255th Avenue, Luck (5 miles east of Luck on Highway 48, then 1/2 mile south on County Rd. I)

715-472-2535

You are Invited

‘ Tw a s t h e N i g h t b e fo re C h r i s t m a s i n O l d S y re n To w n

SUNDAY , DEC. 21, 6 p.m.

Presented by

Siren Assembly of God Church

Located south of the stoplight in Siren on Hwy. 35.

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A Musical

REFRESHMENTS FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE

Only two masters The teachings of Christ are simple and plain. Our problem is in the doing of them. We make excuses for them. Real meanings are twisted and mixed with human wisdom and feelings. Then, the true teachings of Christ are clouded and hard to understand. It is difficult to determine the truth after it has been so twisted and abused. There is now so much religious confusion in the world, which nearly takes a lawyer to figure out. However, it does not have to be that way. God is not the author of that confusion.

While Jesus was here, He taught many times about following Him, doing His will, and not listening to the “wolves in sheep’s clothing” who would do damage to the flock. He taught us to “watch” and not be “led away” with their smooth and fair speech. It was also made plain that a follower of Christ would be “hated of the world.” He equates following Him with “taking up of a cross.” Those not willing to do that were said to be “not worthy” of Christ. In following Christ, we must teach the same things He taught.

And therein lies the trouble.

Jesus taught that we do not have a wide berth of choices of ways to heaven that we hear mentioned today. Men tell us that in this “age of enlightenment” we don’t have to be so narrow-minded! They tell us we don’t have to be so exclusive, and that “everyone who believes is just on a different road to heaven.”

“Live and let live,” is one of the most popular statements made today concerning religion. Those who hold to the old path of God’s truth are harshly criticized for being so “bold, “ “judgmental,” and “unloving” when they point out what Jesus taught about the way others live.

What did Jesus teach that makes it so hard to follow? Listen to His words: “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon” (Matt.

6:24). Satan is said to be the “prince of this world.”

He is in direct opposition to God. Just as God and Christ (being one) have followers, so does Satan.

Satan and all his “angels” are “of this world” and are

described as “mammon.” Jesus said that He was not of this world (John 8:23). These are the two masters in the world today — the One from heaven, or the one from earth.

We have the choice of serving either, but we can only serve one.

Here’s one way we serve Satan instead of God: We profess to be Christians and follow Christ, but when we see our fellow man in sin, we refuse to tell him what Christ taught for fear that we will “make him mad.” He is living in adultery and we excuse him. He is a member of a church Jesus did not build and we excuse him. In other way he is unfaithful Preacher’s some to God and we know it, but we refuse to show him the way of Christ. Jesus said, “I am the way,” (John. 14:6) — not just a way. When we fail to do that which we know is right, “it is sin” (James 4:17) and we are serving Satan.

The saving “salt” is desperately needed in the earth today. It is time to stand up and speak up for the Master. Even if we are beheaded, we are in good company. “Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” (Luke 6:46) Who is the master you are serving — Christ or Satan? We cannot serve both. Make the right choice and be “faithful unto death.” The friend of the world is the enemy of God (James 4:4). (Written by Alton Fonville.)

If readers have questions you would like answered in this weekly column or simply wish to know more about the Church of Christ, we would like to invite you to call 715-866-7157, visit our Web site at www.burnettcountycofc.com or stop by the church building at 7425 W. 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 Tuesdays through Fridays 9 a.m. - noon.

Garret Derouin

The

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Christmas services announced Yellow Lake Lutheran DANBURY – The Yellow Lake Lutheran Church announces its Christmas Eve services will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 4 and 7 p.m. The church is located one-half mile west of Hwy. 35 on CTH U. ••• Christmas Mass for St. Francis Xavier and St. Joseph Catholic churches FRANCONIA/SHAFER, Minn. – Mass times for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are as follows: St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Franconia/ Shafer, Minn.

Christmas Eve, 4 p.m. Mass Christmas Day, 9 a.m. Mass St. Joseph Catholic Church TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – Christmas Eve, 10 p.m.

Mass; Christmas Day, 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

••• St. Peter’s Lutheran LUCK – Please join St. Peter’s Lutheran Church members for their Candlelight Christmas Eve service on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 10:30 p.m.

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, the Little White Church on the Hill, is located on CTH B, two miles north of Luck.

••• Bone Lake Lutheran services set LUCK – Bone Lake Lutheran Church announces Christmas Eve candelight service and Holy Communion schedule: 5 and 10:30 p.m.

••• Taylors Falls United Methodist Church TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – A candlelight service will be held Tuesday, Dec. 23, 7 p.m., at the Taylors Falls United Methodist Church located on Angel Hill. The River Valley Brass will play starting at 6:30 p.m.

••• Pilgrim Lutheran Church services set FREDERIC – Pilgrim Lutheran Church of Frederic announces the Christmas Eve candlelight service schedule: Wednesday, Dec. 24, 4 p.m.

••• Peace Lutheran Church services set DRESSER – Peace Lutheran Church of Dresser announces the Christmas Eve candelight service schedule: Wednesday, Dec. 24, at 2, 4 and 10 p.m.

••• Central United Methodist Church GRANTSBURG – Central United Methodist of Grantsburg announces the Christmas Eve candelight service schedule: Wednesday, Dec. 24, 7 p.m.

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Zion Lutheran and Grace Lutheran services set TRADE LAKE/WEST SWEDEN – Zion Lutheran of Trade Lake and Grace Lutheran of West Sweden announce Christmas eve service schedule: Zion Lutheran, 10 p.m. on Christmas Eve and Grace Lutheran, 3:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve. ••• Christmas Eve service at Webster Baptist WEBSTER – A Christmas Eve candlelight service will be held at First Baptist Church of Webster on Wednesday, Dec. 24, at 4:30 p.m.

••• Our Redeemer Lutheran and Trinity Lutheran services set DANBURY/WEBSTER – Trinity Lutheran Church of Danbury announces the Christmas Eve service schedule: Wednesday, Dec. 24, 4 p.m.

Our Redeemer Lutheran Church of Webster announces the Christmas Eve service schedule: Wednesday, Dec. 24, 6 p.m.

••• Bethesda Lutheran Church DRESSER/SAND LAKE – Bethesda Lutheran Church of Dresser announces the Christmas Eve service schedule: Wednesday, Dec. 24, children’s worship at 3:30 p.m.; worship with communion at 5 p.m. and candlelight worship with communion at 10:30 p.m.

••• Bethany Lutheran Church GRANTSBURG – Bethany Lutheran Church of Grantsburg announces the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services schedule: Wednesday, Dec. 24, 4:30 p.m. – service of lessons and carols; Thursday, Dec. 25, 10 a.m. – Communion service.

••• Atlas United Methodist Church ATLAS – The United Methodist of Atlas announces the Christmas Eve service schedule: Wednesday, Dec. 24, 9 p.m.

••• Fristad Lutheran Church CENTURIA – Fristad Lutheran Church of Centuria announces the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day service schedule: Wednesday worship, Dec. 24, 4 and 9 p.m.; Thursday worship, Dec. 25 at 9:30 a.m.

••• St. Dominic Catholic Church FREDERIC – St. Dominic Catholic Church of Frederic has announced its Christmas Mass scheduled: Wednesday, Dec. 24, 7:30 p.m. and Thursday, Dec. 25, at 10:30 a.m.

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CHURCH NEWS/OBITUARIES Local broadcast times set for “A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols” POLK COUNTY - Broadcast times have been set for the showing of the Ecumenical Choir’s 2008 “A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols,” a service of Advent and Christmas songs and carols with scripture readings relating to the season.

Arrangements have been made with Lakeland Communications Channel 3 and Amery Telecom Channel 6.

Following are the Lakeland times: • Sunday, Dec. 21: 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

• Monday, Dec. 22: 2 p.m.

• Tuesday, Dec. 23: 10 a.m.

• Wednesday, Christmas Eve: 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

• Thursday, Christmas Day: noon and 7 p.m.

Following are Amery Telecom times: • Saturday, Dec. 20, through Sunday, Dec. 21: Continual looping with other programming.

• Monday, Dec. 22: 11 a.m.

• Tuesday, Dec. 23: 5 p.m.

• Wednesday, Christmas Eve, and Thursday, Christmas Day: Continual looping with other programming.

– submitted

Rosenthal performs at Frederic Evangelical Free Church FREDERIC – Come and enjoy an uplifting time and be renewed with “real hope” as Christian music artist Carolann Rosenthal brings encouragement through music, humorous stories and the Scriptures on Friday, Dec. 19, 9:15 – 11:15 a.m., at the Frederic Evangelical Free Church. The church is located on Old CTH W and Churchwood Lane in Frederic. Please call 715-327-8767 for more information. - submitted

Celia M. Leehe

Vartone Bovee

Celia M. Leehe, age 54, of Danbury, died Friday, Dec. 12, at home, following her courageous battle with cancer. Celia was born May 17, 1954, daughter of Clinton and Lila Furuholmen in Manhatten, Mont., where she lived throughout her childhood.

Celia and Lyle A. (Bud) Leehe were married on Sept. 27, 1986, at Wilson Lutheran Church and lived in rural Danbury. Celia enjoyed spending time with family and would often have a new recipe to share. She was a wonderful cook – not only for the family, but also at restaurants and camps. She enjoyed reading and playing cards. Bowling was also a favorite pastime; making friendships and traveling with her league. Celia enjoyed the outdoors and would often share stories of fishing with her siblings in Montana. She was very fond of pets, and they were also of her.

Celia is preceded in death by her parents; and infant sister.

Celia is survived by her husband, Lyle “Bud” of 22 years; Lyle’s son, Steven (Tessie) Leehe of Jacksonville, Fla., Lyle’s daughter, Brenda James of Lincoln, Calif.; grandchildren, Nathan, Derrick, Sean and Emily; mother-in-law, Clarice “Toots” Leehe of Wilson; brother, Brian Furuholmen of Ada, Okla.; sisters, JoAnne Brown of Webster and Diana Furuholmen of Manhatten, Mont.; brother-in-law, Sam (Janet) Leehe of Blountville, Tenn.; sister-in-law Linda (Dean) Rambo of Spring Valley; many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Memorial services are planned for Saturday, Dec. 20, at 1 p.m., at the Wilson Lutheran Church, rural Wilson, with Pastor Bert Schultz officiating.

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

Vartone D. “Dodd” Bovee, 95, Stillwater, Minn., died Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008, at the Golden Living Center – Linden, in Stillwater, Minn.

Dodd was born in Climax, Minn., on March 8, 1913, and grew up in Bain, Minn. During the Great Depression, he was forced to leave school to find work and “rode the rails” out to Washington state for a brief period of employment. He later learned telegraphy from his brother and began work with the Soo Line railroad. He became a station agent for the Soo Line in 1936, following in the footsteps of his father and two brothers.

Dodd married Ethel Hartzberg Nov. 1, 1940. Dodd worked in Minneapolis and at various other locations in Minnesota and Wisconsin with the Soo Line, and a short time for the Great Northern, until they moved to Centuria, in 1944, when Dodd became the station agent, a position he held for 14 years. He subsequently worked as the Soo Line agent at St. Croix Falls, and finally at Amery, until his retirement in 1975.

Dodd and Ethel continued to reside in Centuria until they moved to Osceola in 1999. Following Ethel’s passing in November of 2000, Dodd moved to the L.O. Simenstad Nursing Care Center in Osceola until it closed in July of 2008, forcing his relocation to the nursing home in Stillwater, Minn.

Dodd boxed and played baseball as a young man.

He enjoyed music and played the piano and harmonica and sang in the Fristad Lutheran Church choir for many years as well as the Community Chorus and the Indianhead Barbershop chorus. Dodd and Ethel were both active in the Fristad church and Ethel taught in the Unity School system for many years. Dodd also taught English to some of the foreign immigrants in the Centuria area. Dodd and Ethel were able to travel to Europe to visit with educators and students they had hosted during visits to Centuria. Dodd and Ethel enjoyed dancing and Dodd also enjoyed playing golf and hunting with both bow and rifle.

Dodd was active in various community affairs in Centuria and was a charter member of the Centuria Lions Club, which began in 1957.

He was preceded in death by parents, Walter and Lena Bovee; brothers, Kermit, Walter, Kenneth, Robert and Forrest; sister, Maxine; and loving wife, Ethel.

He is survived by children, Nancy (Jerry) Viebrock of Osceola and Warren (Patricia) Bovee of Stillwater, Minn.; grandsons, Seth Viebrock and Sean Bovee; and sister, Gloria Thoreson of Buena Park, Calif.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Fristad Lutheran Church in Centuria.

Dodd was laid to rest next to his wife, Ethel, at the Fristad Lutheran Cemetery.

The Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria was entrusted with funeral arrangements.

News from pews at Pilgrim Lutheran Church FREDERIC – This past Sunday was the third Sunday of Advent and also the second Sunday of the month for the contemporary worship services. Becky Amundson lit the Advent candle while daughters Megan and Emily did the reading to go along with the lighting of the candle.

The Frederic School bell choir played several Christmas songs for the congregation under the direction of Pat Anderson. Steve and Terri Stoner were our contemporary song leaders for the service. Steve did a fine job on the closing song titled “Amen.”

For the children’s sermon, Kinzie Matz and Hannah Erickson put on a skit for the children. They were Mary, mother of Jesus, and Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, and their conversation was all about the coming birth of their sons.

The public is invited to join the youth group, their friends as well as adults, as they will be doing an oldfashioned Christmas caroling on Wednesday evening,

Dec. 21, and they will be meeting at the church at 6 p.m. The carolers plan on stopping at Comforts of Home, the Frederic Care Center, Golden Oaks Apartments, Sunrise Apartments and some individual homes. Please come join us in giving joy to other people through music since it is the season for giving. We will be caroling for about an hour and a half and then back to church for hot cocoa and treats.

Pilgrim will be having a Christmas Eve candlelight service on Wednesday, Dec. 24, at 4 p.m. and everyone is invited.

Beginning in January, the Card Club at Pilgrim will again be playing 500 and anyone who likes to play cards is welcome to join them. Call Joan at 715-3278393 and tell her you would like to join or want more information.

Check out their Web site www.pilgrim lutheranfrederic.org or call the church office at 715-3278012 for more information.

Follow the Leader Health officials push CPR alternative MADISON - Dane County wants to get more laypeople to do hands-only CPR, officially called Cardio Cerebral Resuscitation. Last week, some county workers got instruction on how to do it.

With a metronome clicking in the background, employees pushed on a dummy’s chest 100 times per minute. Dane County’s medical director Paul Steigler assured students they could not push too hard, that one should see and feel the chest move. The handsonly technique is catching on. First used in Arizona, it’s been practiced successfully in Rock and Walworth counties. Now Dane County and parts of Milwaukee are adopting it.

The Badger Chapter of the American Red Cross is teaching it, even though its parent organization is not ready to recommend it. The American Heart Associa-

tion has given it equal status with traditional CPR. Stiegler expects the organization to fully endorse it by 2010, adding the medical evidence is there. Moreover, it might result in more help for heart attack victims from people squeamish about resuscitation.

“People will do CCR in the field,” asserts Stiegler.

“The lay public will do this. They won’t do the old CPR.” One study done by the American Heart Association showed bystander-initiated CPR remained low in most U.S. cities, somewhere between 27 and 33 percent. The hands-only technique is expected to increase participation. And medical reviews in Rock County showed it increased survival rates anywhere from 15 to 48 percent. - Wisconsin Public Radio (Shamane Mills)

Peace Lutheran Church ELCA 2355 Clark Road, Dresser

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Peace Choir Christmas Cantata Sun., Dec. 21, 8:30 & 11 a.m.

Service of Remembrance, Sun., Dec. 21, 1;30 p.m.

This service will focus on remembering our deceased loved ones and the blessings they brought to our lives.

Live Nativity, Sun., Dec. 21, 5 - 6:30 p.m. at Peace.

View the Nativity from outside or from the warmth of our Fellowship Hall. Chili, beverages and cookies served.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Services Wed., Dec. 24, 2, 4 & 10 p.m.

Everyone Welcome!

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OBITUARIES

Thelma G. Petersen

Genevieve M. Shostedt

Carl Elija Cook, 90, died Dec. 14, 2008, at Lakeview Convalescent Center in Rice Lake.

Carl was born to Ernest and Frances (Fannie Hill) Cook in Lisbon, N.D., on Oct. 15, 1918. He graduated from Technical High School in Indianapolis, Ind. He served in the U.S. Army from 1944-1946.

Carl married Marie Evangeline Scanlon from Spooner and together they raised their children: son, Robert (Bob) C. Cook; daughters, Carleen (Cook) Thomas and Pamela (Cook) Fortunati.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Marie; infant son; son, Bob; daughter, Carleen; his parents; and three brothers, Lloyd, Max and Dale.

Carl spent his entire career working for General Motors in their parts and services division of Flint, Mich., where he resided for much of his life. He married Josephine (Riegel) Cook in 1981, and they lived in Spooner, until their move to Rice Lake in 2006.

Carl is survived by his wife, Josephine; daughter, Pamela Cook (Vincenzo) Fortunati, Italy; stepdaughters, Judith (John) Neste of Spooner, Georgene Riegel of St. Paul, Minn., Cheryl (David) Steinburg of Cumberland and Patricia (Marsh) Hanson of Superior, plus many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and greatgreat-grandchildren. He is also survived by a sister, Dorothy Des Jardins of Britton, S.D., and grandson, Mike Cook of Trego.

In accordance with his wishes, there will be no visitation. A graveside service and interment will be held in the spring at the Spooner Cemetery.

The Scalzo-Taylor Family Funeral Home, Spooner, was entrusted with arrangements.

Genevieve Marie Shostedt, age 80, a resident of Margaret S. Parmly Residence in Chisago City, Minn., died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008.

Genevieve “Gen” was born Aug. 22, 1928, in Siren, to William and Esther Burnikel.

In 1947, she married Freddy Shostedt, and to this union was born son, Gary. They lived in Stillwater, Minn., all their married life; Fred passed away Dec. 18, 1979. Gen continued to live in Stillwater until 2000 and then moved to Wyoming, Minn., to be closer to her son, Gary, and wife, Bonnie.

After several surgeries she moved to Margaret S. Parmly Residence in Chisago City.

Gen was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Freddy; and infant daughter.

Gen is survived by her son, Gary (Bonnie); grandson, Zachary (Shannon); great-grandsons, Derek and John; granddaughter, Siri (friend Jeff); sisters, Ardyce (Cleo) Sandberg of Columbia Heights, Minn. and Maxine (Leslie) Lindquist of Siren; brother-in-law, Wesley (Myrtle) Shostedt of Virginia, Minn.; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were Wednesday, Dec. 17, at Bethany Lutheran Church, with Pastor John Clasen officiating. Music was provided by Fran McBroom, Corrine Root and the Harmonic Balance. Interment was at Lakeview (Mudhen) Cemetery in Daniels Township.

Casket bearers were Bob Wendel, Jeff Bailey, Kent Lindquist, Kyle Lindquist, John Johnson and Roger Sandberg. Honorary casket bearers were Allen Shostedt and Greg Shostedt.

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

Thelma G. Petersen, formerly of Luck, resident of the Good Samaritan Society in St. Croix Falls, died Dec. 14, 2008, at the St. Croix Regional Medical Center at the age of 95.

Funeral services will be held at North Valley Lutheran Church in Centuria, on Thursday, Dec. 18, at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Maggie Isaacson officiating.

A full obituary will follow at a later date.

The Rowe Funeral Home of Luck, was entrusted with funeral arrangements.

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Marilyn Sund, 63, Centuria, died Dec. 11, 2008, at Good Samartian Home in St. Croix Falls, after a lengthy illness.

Marilyn was born Sept. 12, 1945.

She is survived by her husband, Gerald Sund; daughters, Annette S. Christensen, Madison and Susan M. (Jesse) Swenson, Woodbury, Minn; sons, David R. Christensen, Milltown, and John C. Christensen, Balsam Lake; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; sister, Linda Buschur, Florida; brother, Steven Gruner, Iowa; and many nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Evelyn Gruner; and her first husband, Richard A. Christensen.

Funeral service were held at Redeemer Lutheran Church in St. Croix Falls on Tuesday, Dec. 16.

St. Croix Falls

In Memory Of

VIOLET MAREK March 7, 1925 - December 14, 2007

IF ROSES GROW IN HEAVEN If roses grow in Heaven, Lord please pick a bunch for us, Place them in our mother’s arms, And tell her they’re from us.

Tell her we love her and miss her, And when she turns to smile, Place a kiss upon her cheek, And hold her for awhile.

Because remembering her is easy, We do it every day, But there’s an ache within our heart, That will never go away.

We Love & Miss You Mom!

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Barbara L. (Iwaszlo) Chaplinski, 82, of St. Croix Falls, died peacefully on Dec. 10, 2008.

Barb graduated high school in Chicago, Ill., and continued her education at Northwestern University. After college, she started her career at Honeywell, Inc. from where she retired 32 years later. Barb was very active in the community and was a full-time volunteer after retirement. She was involved with the board of directors of the St. Croix Regional Medical Center, St. Croix Valley Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, St. Croix Community Education, Wisconsin State Community Education, River Valley Arts Council, American Legion Auxiliary and Sanitary District of St. Croix Falls Township.

She was preceded in death by parents, John and Estelle Iwaszko; son, Steve Chaplinski; brother, Bert Iwaszko; sisters, Margaret Hanson and Wanda Schult.

She is survived by loving husband of 61 years, Ray; daughter, Connie (Eric) Rud; grandchildren, Jennifer (Matt) Holson-Chaplinski, Angela (Craig) Hurwitz, Crystal (Tim) Lusk and Aaron (Courtney) Bracht; great-grandchildren, Andrea, Katrina, Samantha, Payton, Emily, Logan, Tadjah, Tim Jr., Sebastian, Gavin and Harris; brother, Richard (Kay) Iwaszko; and many more relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 19, visitation will be from 9-11 a.m., with a memorial service starting at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred.

The St. Croix Valley Funeral Home, St. Croix Falls, was entrusted with arrangements.

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Edna Elise Petersen, 87, Park Falls, died Dec. 2, 2008.

Edna was born June 7, 1921, at Luck, to Kristine and Peder Gjerning. She was baptized and confirmed at the West Denmark Lutheran Church. She attended grade one through four at the North Star Country School. Her family moved to a farm north of Milltown and she continued her education at the Milltown School.

At the age of 12 her mother passed away, leaving Edna with huge responsibilities – housework, learning to cook, sew and help care for her three younger siblings. This was during the Depression and it was very hard times.

On March 15, 1946, she married the love of her life, Ray Petersen. To this marriage, two children were born.

They lived at Luck and moved to Portland, Ore., for a short time and moved back to this area. She was a stayat-home mom until her children moved on and then worked at various jobs.

After the death of her husband, she moved to Glidden, where she found much joy and contentment living in a wooded area and enjoying the outdoors. At this time, she was employed as a supervisor for the youth conservation corps and received many certificates of appreciation from the Department of Agriculture – also for leadership. She remained in contact with many of her students.

Edna was a very private person. She never stopped learning about things that were important to her. She was an avid reader and also painted in watercolors.

When her health became a problem, she moved into the Hillside Apartments in Glidden. She was a resident there until October when she moved to the Park Manor Home in Park Falls.

She was preceded in death by husband, Ray; parents, Kristine and Peder Gjerning; brothers, Fritz, Arne, Woody and Harold; and sister, Herdis Bach.

She is survived by daughter, Nancy (Bill) Easley of Port Angeles, Wash.; son, Dean (Donna) Petersen of Cendarville, Ark.; granddaughter, Michelle; brother, Bob (Sylvia) Gjerning at Luck; sister, Elin Dunlap of Harris, Minn.; sister-in-law, Margaret Gjerning at Farmington, Minn.; many nieces, nephews and a host of friends.

Burial will take place at a later date.

THANK YOU

The family of Charles Campbell wishes to thank all who remembered us with cards, flowers, memorials, food, phone calls and prayers following the death of our husband, dad and grandpa.

God bless you all.

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CHURCH NEWS Children can be at their worst on family vacations

of those adolescent experiences. I suggest you give your daughter plenty of emotional support, keep her talking and do what you can to help her cope. I think she’ll get her legs under her when the pressure of these years has passed.

Let me address the larger issue here. When we see our children struggling with the teen experience or other frustrations, it’s natural to wish we could sweep aside the problems and obstacles.

Sometimes we have to be reminded that the human personality grows through adversity. “No pain, no gain,” as they say. Those who have conquered their problems are more secure than those who have never faced them.

I learned the value of hard times from my own experience. During my seventh and eighth grades, I lived through the most painful years of my life. I found myself in a social crossfire that gave rise to intense feelings of inferiority and doubt. And yet those two years have contributed more qualities that are positive to my adult personality than any other span of my life. What I learned through that experience is still useful to me today.

Though it may be hard to accept now, your child needs the minor setbacks and disappointments that come her way. How can she learn to cope with problems and frustrations if her early experiences are to-

Q: Why is it that children are often the most obnoxious and irritating on vacations and at other times when parents specifically try to please them? On those special days, you’d think the kids would say to themselves, “Wow! Mom and Dad are doing something really nice for us, taking us on this great vacation. We’re going to give them a break and be really good kids today.” Isn’t that reasonable?

DR. DOBSON: Sure it’s reasonable, but children just don’t think that way. In fact, many boys and girls misbehave even more at these times. Why is this? One reason, I think, is because children often feel compelled to re-examine the boundaries whenever they think they may have moved. In other words, whenever the normal routine changes, the tougher kids often push the limits to see if the old rules still apply.

••• Q: Our 15-year-old daughter is getting some rough treatment at the hands of her peers these days. She wasn’t invited to a party given by a girl who had been her best friend, and she cried herself to sleep that night. It’s just tearing me up to see her hurt like this. Will this experience leave lifelong scars on her mind?

DR. DOBSON: It’s all a matter of degree. Most teenagers experience a measure of rejection like your daughter is experiencing. They typically roll with the punches and eventually get beyond the discomfort.

Others, however, are wounded for life by the rejection

Dr. James

Dobson Focus on the Family

“The Longest Night” service set for Dec. 21 OSCEOLA - At 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 21, the Osceola United Methodist Church will host a special Christmas service of remembrance and hope for anyone for whom the season is difficult because of the loss of loved ones or because of other losses or changes in their lives.

Those present will have an opportunity to light a candle in remembrance of loved ones or to mark a transition time in their life. A time of prayer, meditation and quiet music, all are welcome.

The community is invited to a candlelight service on

Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, at 4:30 p.m. at the Osceola United Methodist Church, Third and River Streets. The service of Lessons and Carols is in celebration of the light Christ gives to all of life. All in the community are welcome.

The church will host a candlelight service at 4:30 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. The service, traditionally called the Watch Night Service, will conclude with lighting individual candles celebrating the Light God brings into our lives.

Everyone is welcome. - submitted

tally without trial? Nature tells us this is true. A tree that’s planted in a rain forest is never forced to extend its roots downward in search of water. Consequently, it remains poorly anchored and can be toppled by even a moderate wind. By contrast, a mesquite tree that’s planted in a dry desert is threatened by its hostile environment. It can only survive by sending its roots down thirty feet or more into the earth, seeking cool water. But through this adaptation to an arid land, the well-rooted tree becomes strong and steady against all assailants.

Our children are like the two trees in some ways.

Those who have learned to conquer their problems are better anchored than those who have never faced them.

Our task as parents, then, is not to eliminate every challenge for our children, but to serve as a confident ally on their behalf, encouraging them when they are distressed, intervening when the threats are overwhelming, and above all, giving them the tools they need to overcome the obstacles.

••• Dr. Dobson is founder and chairman of the board of the nonprofit organization Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, CO 80995(www.family.org). Questions and answers are excerpted from “Solid Answers” and “Bringing Up Boys,” both published by Tyndale House.

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Christmas musical at Webster Baptist WEBSTER – The musical, “The Christmas Country Spelling Bee” will be presented at First Baptist Church of Webster on Sunday evening, Dec. 21, at 7 p.m.

Kindergarten through high school will participate in this program. The public is encouraged to attend.

(Note: there will be an extra rehearsal on Saturday, Dec. 20, from 10 a.m. to noon for all performers.) – submitted

Church listings sponsored by the following area businesses: BREMER BANK, N.A. Full-Service Banking Member FDIC Frederic - Danbury - Siren

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Corey T. Arnold, Agent Frederic, Wis. Phone 715-327-8076

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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.

LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastors Julie Brenden & Nanette Hagen Hinck Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

LUCK LUTHERAN

510 Foster Ave. E.; Mark E. Hall, Pastor Office 715-472-2605; Home 715-472-8424 Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

113 W. Main St.. W., Phone 715-825-2453 Pastor Danny G. Wheeler 9 a.m. Prayer & Praise Service 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:40 a.m. Worship Service

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

Meeting in homes. Elders: Cliff Bjork, Jon Zens, 483-1357 and 755-3048 Sun. Fellowship - 10 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

NEW WINE CHURCH - CENTURIA 309 5th Street, 715-640-1450 Pastors Randy and Pam Stone Sunday Service at 10 a.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 - 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws

Pastor Mark Richardson & Pastor Rob Lubben 1947 110th Ave., Dresser, 715-755-2562 Sun. Contemp. Wor. 8:15 a.m.; Folk & Gospel Wor., Adult Ed & Sun. Schl. 9:30; Trad. Wor. 10:45 a.m.

BONE LAKE LUTHERAN bllc@lakeland.ws

Pastor Mary Ann Bowman, 5 mi. E. of Luck on Hwy. 48, 1/2 mi. S. on I; 472-8153, Office/Kit. - 472-2535 Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Adult Bible Study 9:15 a.m.; Fellowship 10 a.m.; Worship 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 Larry Juergenson - 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 Arthur Bruning, 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

Pastors Julie Brenden & Nanette Hagen Hinck; 648-5323 or 648-5324 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:15 a.m.

FRISTAD LUTHERAN - CENTURIA

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

Pastor John Siedschlag, Phone 866-5406; Church Phone 866-7191 Sun. Schl. - 8:30 a.m; Sun. Wors. - 9:30 a.m.; Adult Bible Study 11:00 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. 8:30 & 11 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:40 a.m.; Confirmation Wed. 6 p.m.; HS Youth Wed. 6 p.m.

PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA) Pastor Catherine Burnette 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sun. Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org

REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN

(Wisconsin Synod) Pastor Gene DeVries 200 N. Adams St., St. Croix Falls Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 8:30 a.m.

(Missouri Synod) Pastor Jody R. Walter, 327-8608 Sun. Schl. - 8:45 a.m.; Service - 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 3rd Sun.

LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTH. - ELCA

CTH H, 1/2 mi. N. of CTH A & H on H Church Off. 715-635-7791Roger Pittman, Pastor Sunday Schl. 9 a.m.; Worship Serv. 10 a.m.

Communion 1st and 3rd Sundays

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.

Pastor: Rev. Dennis M. Mullen, 715-327-8119 Sat.: 4:30 p.m. St. Dominic; Sun.: 8:30 a.m. Immaculate Conception; 10:30 a.m. St. Dominic 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

TRINITY LUTHERAN LCMS, DANBURY

Pastor John Siedschlag Home 715-866-5405; Church 715-866-7191 Sunday Worship Service - 8 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN

LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST

ASSEMBLY

Tom Cook, Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

Pastor Bruce Stunkard 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 Sun. Worship - 10 a.m.; Child care available during service 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

COVENANT

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA

Pastor Dave Guertin 7686 Lofty Pines Drive, Siren, 715-349-5601 Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

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

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 Larry Juergensen - 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

Pastor Scott Sagel, 715-689-2541 Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome

SIREN COVENANT

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 Larry Hendry Worship - 11 a.m.; Sun. School - 11 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

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE

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

1289 160th St. (Hwy. 65), St. Croix Falls Phone - 715-472-2258 Bible Study - 9:30 a.m.; Wor. - 10:45 a.m.

WESLEYAN WOODLAND WESLEYAN

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

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST CHURCH OF CHRIST

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

Pastor Marty Nolet Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour

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

Communion -Every Sunday

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.

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

LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL

ASSEMBLY

CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m.

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH

SIREN UNITED METHODIST

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

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST

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.

Holytrinity@wisconsinumc.org 1606 165th Ave., Centuria Paul Foulke, Pastor, 715-485-3363 Sun. Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

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

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA

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.

CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER

EVANGELICAL

140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

LIVING HOPE CHURCH

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.

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN (Missouri Synod)

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.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

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.

1614 CTH, North Luck; Mark E. Hall, Pastor Office Phone 472-2605 Dial-A-Devotion 472-2345 Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC

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

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LUCK

GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA

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

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC & IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG CATHOLIC MASS SCHED.

350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Wor. - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10 a.m.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod)

ELCA - 501 Hwy. 35, 646-2357 Mel Rau, Pastor Sunday Worship & Holy Communion - 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School - 10:40 a.m.

GRACE LUTHERAN - WEST SWEDEN

PRESBYTERIAN

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

Rev. Rexford D. Brandt 447 180th St., Osceola, 715-294-2936 Sun. Wor. 8:00 & 10:30 a.m.; Sun. School 9:15 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month

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

PRESBYTERIAN

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 Mtg. @ Osceola Elementary School Sun. Service - 9:45 a.m.

SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD

EVANGELICAL

TRADE RIVER EVAN. FREE

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. Pastor David Sollitt 715-857-5411 or 715-268-2651 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl.-10:15 a.m.

EUREKA BAPTIST

2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Gary Merchant, 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 Sun.: 8:15 a.m. Adult Sun. Schl.; 8:30 a.m.

Sun. Schl. for Pre-K to Sr. High; 10 a.m.

Morning Worship.

FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN

Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Wor. 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - OSCEOLA

Pastor Dr. Kent Haralson; 715-294-2572 Brodie Schock, Youth & Outreach 722 Seminole Ave., Osceola Doc_Haralson@Centurytel.net 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

Loc. across from elemen. schl. 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.

FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER

Church Phone 715-866-4111; Rev. Merrill Olson - Pastor Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Wor. - 10:45 a.m (Nursery Provided)

FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN

Pastor Kevin Millen Associate Pastor Jim Carmon Sunday School - (all ages) - 9:30 a.m.

Church Serv. - 10:45 a.m.

WESLEYAN

Dairyland - Rev. Jack Martiny 715-244-3649 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

FULL GOSPEL

FULL GOSPEL WOOD RIVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Pastor Dan Slaikeu 4 mi. SE of Grantsburg on Williams Rd. Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Wor. 10:30 a.m.

HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET

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 715-220-5111/hcomm.org Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

NAZARENE

NAZARENE

CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 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.

FAITH COM\MUNITY

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.

MERCY FELLOWSHIP

26390 Lakeland Ave., Webster (Hwy. 35 across from Wayne’s Foods & DNR) Pastor Doug Quenzer, 715-866-7006 Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.

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 715-733-0481 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting.

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

INTERDENOMINATIONAL RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN

1289 160th St. (Hwy. 65), St. Croix Falls 715-483-5378 Pastors Dan and Claudia Denissen Asst. Pastor Ken Janes Sun. School 9 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.

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SHOWS AND SHOW TIMES December 19 - December 23

SHOWS AND SHOW TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL SEATS BEFORE 6 P.M. ARE $6

EMT BASIC CLASS

SEVEN POUNDS

(PG-13) Sorry, no passes or reduced admission tickets.

Fri.: 4;45, 7;05, 9;25; Sat. - Sun.: 1:25, 4:45, 7:05, 9:25; Mon. - Tues.: 4:45, 7:05, 9:25 Thurs.: 1:25, 4:45, 7:05, 9:25

Happy Holidays from all of us at Timbers Theatres

THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX (G)

Sorry, no passes or reduced admission tickets.

Fri.: 5:00, 7:00, 9:00; Sat. - Sun.: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00; Mon. - Tues.: 5:00, 7:00, 9:00; Thurs.: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00

YES MAN (PG-13)

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Fri.: 5:10, 7:10, 9:10; Sat. - Sun.: 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:10, 9:10; Mon. - Tues.: 5:10, 7:10, 9:10; Thurs. 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:10, 9:10

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (PG-13)

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Fri.: 5:20, 7:20, 9:20; Sat. - Sun.: 2:20, 5:20, 7:20, 9:20; Mon. - Tues.: 5:20, 7:20, 9:20

AUSTRALIA

(PG-13) Fri.: 5:00, 8:00; Sat. - Sun.: 2:00, 5:00, 8:00; Mon. - Tues.: 5:00, 8:00

FOUR CHRISTMASES

(PG-13) Fri.: 5:05, 7:05, 9:05; Sat. - Sun.: 2:05, 5:05, 7:05, 9:05; Mon. - Tues.: 5:05, 7:05, 9:05

TWILIGHT

(PG-13) Fri.: 5:00, 7:15, 9:30; Sat. - Sun.: 2:15, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30; Mon. - Tues.: 5:00, 7:15, 9:30

BOLT

(PG) Fri.: 5:05; Sat. - Sun.: 2:05, 5:05; Mon. - Tues.: 5:05

QUANTUM OF SOLACE (PG-13) Fri. - Tues.: 7:25, 9:25

Unity Area Ambulance and Northland Ambulance Services are hosting an EMT Basic Class in Luck, starting the middle of January. If interested in helping your communities, please call Greg Carlson at WITC for an application. Phone #1-800-243-9482 Ext. 4202 or go to the WITC Web site.

For more information, call Linette Erickson at Unity Area Ambulance, 715-825-4444 or RaeAnn Allen, 715-472-2388 at Northland 475120 17-18L Ambulance Service.

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YES MAN

Rated PG-13, 104 Minutes.

Fri.-Tues.: 1:00, 3:30, 6:00 & 8:30 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 24.: 1:00 p.m.

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL Rated PG-13, 110 Minutes.

Fri.-Tues.: 1:00, 3:30, 6:00 & 8:15 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 24: 1:00 p.m.

QUANTUM OF SOLACE Rated PG-13, 105 Minutes.

Fri.-Tues.: 6:00 & 8:15 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 24: 1:05 p.m.

AUSTRALIA Rated PG-13, 165 Minutes.

GIRLS ALUMNI BASKETBALL GAME(S)

On December 30, a basketball game or maybe games, will be held for former Siren female basketball players.

If you have ever wanted to try your skills against people younger, older, or even others you graduated with, now is your chance. The tournament is open to all female graduates of Siren. The number of games will depend on how many people are interested. There will be a small fee of $20. That fee will cover a T-shirt and a meal. The deadline to sign up is December 19. The game will be played in the afternoon or early evening before the high school against Drummond. If you have any interest in playing or need more information, please contact Mr. Ryan Karsten. He can be reached at 715-349-2277 ext. 310, or also by e-mail at karsten@siren.k12.wi.us. (preferred 474689 16-17L way of contacting is e-mail).

Fri.-Tues.: 1:05 p.m.

FOUR CHRISTMASES Rated PG-13, 89 Minutes.

Fri.-Tues.: 1:05, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 24: 1:05 p.m.

Daily: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Students of the Week GRANTSBURG

FREDERIC

Cole Britton has been chosen Frederic Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in fifth grade and the son of Terry and Vicki Britton. Cole enjoys participating in all sports, but especially wrestling. His favorite subject is math and his favorite food is macaroni. Cole recently worked backstage at our holiday musical and was responsible for operating the light board for the show. Fantastic job, Cole.

Alyssa Backlin has been chosen Frederic Middle School’s student of the week. She is in seventh grade and the daughter of Lisa and William Backlin. Alyssa is a good student who enjoys school, is friendly, personable, cooperative and has a good work ethic.

She is involved in volleyball.

Alyssa enjoys volleyball and music. In the future, she plans on becoming an artist.

Anna Tesch has been chosen Frederic High School’s student of the week. She is a senior and the daughter of Dr. Steve and Brenda Tesch. Anna is an honor student who is pleasant, courteous, works well with others and is motivated to do well. She is involved in bell choir, National Honor Society, AODA, student council, track and basketball. Anna enjoys snowboarding, watching movies and spending time with family. She plans on attending UW-Stout.

Megan Rod has been chosen Grantsburg Middle School’s student of the week. She is in fifth grade and the daughter of Michael and Debra Rod. Megan’s favorite class is gym and she loves her CCD activities.

Megan was nominated because she comes to school with a positive attitude and an eagerness to learn. She is a great example for her peers.

ST. CROIX FALLS

LUCK

Alex VanSickle has been chosen Luck Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in kindergarten and the son of Leigha VanSickle.

Alex loves coming to school. He is always eager to try new things, and he takes pride in his work.

Alex likes to play “alien” at recess time with his friends.

Gena Pearson has been chosen Luck High School’s student of the week. She is a sophomore and the daughter of Eric and Heidi Pearson. Gena is helpful to others and very polite. She is involved in FFA and softball. Gena enjoys hanging out with friends, hunting, ice fishing and shopping. Her future plans are to attend college.

Jamie Prenier has been chosen Luck Middle School’s student of the week. She is in sixth grade and the daughter of Nan and Jeffery Prenier. Jamie is a very talented student. She can play guitar and flute and is extremely caring towards her fellow classmates. Jamie does excellent work and is very organized. She is involved in Girl Scouts, basketball, softball and baby sits. Jamie enjoys skating and drawing.

Breana Frenette has been chosen St. Croix Falls Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in second grade and the daughter of Gary and Lisa Frenette. Art is Breana’s favorite subject. Breana has a collection of dress-up clothes and likes to play dress-up with her sister. Her favorite food is corn on the cob, favorite color is purple, favorite animal is the elephant and favorite book is “Green Eggs and Ham.” She wants to be an art teacher.

Mathew Wampfler has been chosen Siren Middle School’s student of the week. He is the son of Warren and Deb Wampfler.

Mathew is involved in football and basketball. He is a hardworking student who gives it his all in everything he does. He also made the B honor roll for first quarter.

Heather Bearheart has been chosen Siren High School’s student of the week. She is a freshman and the daughter of Dawn Stoner. Heather is on the honor roll and is a conscientious and responsible. She is willing to help out and is a good role model for peers and younger students. Heather is involved in AODA, student council, SHE Club and helps with youth, plays volleyball and basketball.

Aiden Vix has been chosen Webster Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in kindergarten and the son of John Vix and Vanessa Johnson. Aiden lives in the woods. The likes being the line leader, is a good listener and is kind to his classmates. Aiden’s favorite color is red and he likes macaroni and cheese. He enjoys playing outside, playing Wii, coloring and reading books.

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Chris Eisen has been chosen St. Croix Falls High School’s student of the week. He is a freshman and the son of Eugene and Wendy Eisen. Chris is always willing to go the extra mile and help out in any way he can. He is involved in cross country, yearbook staff and is a member of the choir. Chris enjoys running, photography and singing Christmas songs on the bus with the little kids.

Kaela Lundeen has been chosen Webster Middle School’s student of the week. She is in fifth grade and the daughter of Pam Ott and Roger Lundeen. Kaela is a wonderful person to have in class.

She is very diligent and has good study habits and organizational skills. She is considerate and a quiet worker. Kaela’s interest include swimming, riding and driving the jet ski, reading and playing percussion in the band.

Niels Van Vliet has been chosen Webster High School’s student of the week. Niels is a foreign exchange student from Belgium. He is a senior and being hosted by Roger Leef. He is very impressive in his A.P. English calls. Niels works hard to improve his reading, writing and vocabulary skills.

He signs at First Baptist Church in Webster, is involved in soccer, track and is the school mascot. Niels enjoys piano, music and computer graphics. He plans to go to the University of Antwerp in Belgium.

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Cheyanne Krueger has been chosen St. Croix Falls Middle School’s student of the week.

She is in eighth grade and the daughter of Robert and Debbie Krueger. Cheyanne is a creative genius. She works hard and her creativity and effort always shines through. Cheyanne enjoys showing her horses. Her favorite subject is science because she likes doing experiments and learning about the periodic table.

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Justus Christianson has been chosen Siren Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in pre-K and the son of Jeramie and Casey Christianson. Justus is always very polite and follows the classroom rules. He is very helpful in the classroom when his friends need help. Justus is a hard worker when given a task.

He is always pleasant and full of smiles.

Matthew Swenson has been chosen Grantsburg High School’s student of the week. He is a freshman and the son of Dallas and Patti Swenson. Matthew has been a positive role model by helping students. He has maintained good grades and is involved in many activities in school. Matthew is also in church choir. He likes to swim, play games and lift weights.

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Jett Kobs has been chosen Unity Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in fourth grade and the son of Tammy Seul. Jett is a very well-rounded young man. He works very hard on his academics along with interacting in a positive manner with peers and adults alike. Jett has a very positive attitude, shows great leadership skills, citizenship and cooperation with teachers.

Scott Bever has been chosen Unity Middle School’s student of the week. He is in eighth grade and the son of Adam and Julie Bever. Scott has a super personality and is hard working. He has a positive attitude and puts forth a great effort. He usually has a smile on his face and is kind to everyone.

Shane Bailey has been chosen Unity High School’s student of the week. He is a freshman and the son of Gerald and Pam Bailey.

Shane is always willing to lend a hand. He enjoys skateboarding, snowboards, snowmobiling and hunting. His future plans are to become a heavy-equipment operator.

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DECEMBER

THURS.-SUN./18-21 St. Croix Falls

• “A Christmas Story,” at Festival Theatre.

Thurs. 2 and 7:30 p.m., Fri. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., 715-483-3387, www.festivaltheatre.org.

THURSDAY/18

Coming events

Balsam Lake

WEDNESDAY/24 Frederic

Luck

• Pokeno at the senior center at 1 p.m.

• American Legion and Auxiliary #255 Christmas party at Paul & Joyce Bille’s home at 6 p.m.

THURSDAY/25 Amery

St. Croix Falls

• Christmas dinner at Centennial Hall, 1 p.m., 715-268-6605.

• Monthly meeting at senior center, potluck dinner and free blood pressure checks, 11:30 a.m., 715-483-3466.

Frederic

• No cards at the senior center.

Siren

FRI.-SUN./26-28

• Fifth- & sixth-grade winter musical program, 2 p.m.

• Regular meeting for American Legion Post 132 is canceled.

St. Croix Falls

• “A Christmas Story,” at Festival Theatre. Fri. & Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., 715-483-3387, www.festivaltheatre.org.

FRIDAY/19

FRIDAY/26

Frederic

Amery

Frederic

• Pokeno at the senior center at 1 p.m.

This gingerbread house can be seen at the Thirsty Otter in Balsam Lake. It was made by Vonda Prine who is the pastry chef at the Thirsty Otter. The house is very detailed and everything on the display is edible.- Photo by Kim Talmadge

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SUNDAY/21

Frederic

• Open house at St. Peter’s Community Church, 3-6 p.m. Christmas Concert of Prayer at 6 p.m.

• Peace Lutheran Church will hold a Service of Remembrance at 1:30 p.m., 715-755-2515.

• Santa’s back, the American Legion Post 269 will be delivering Santa to the community center, noon to 3 p.m.

• Food and fellowship at the senior center at noon. Games to follow.

Luck

• Holiday art sale at Café Wren, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Shop locally for last minutes stocking stuffers and gifts. 715-472-4700.

St. Croix Falls

• Holiday concerts, Monroe Crossing, at Festival Theatre, 2 & 7:30 p.m., 715-483-3387, 888887-6002, www.festivaltheatre.org.

Star Prairie

• Santa Day at the community center, noon-2 p.m.

Trade Lake

• Swedish Mission Church Christmas program, refreshments 6 p.m.; program 7 p.m.

Luck

• Take off pounds sensibly, at senior center, 5:30 p.m., 715-472-2341.

Amery

Frederic

• Author open house for David Cysewski, James Rutledge and Steve Holten at the library, 11 a.m.

TUESDAY/23

• Senior center closed for Christmas.

• 500 card night, at the senior center at 6:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.

SATURDAY/20

Siren

• Middle and high school concert at the auditorium, 7 p.m.

WED.-FRI./24-26

• Red Cross infant/child CPR at the Red Cross office, 5:30-9:30 p.m., 715-485-3025, www.scvarc.org.

• Pokeno at the senior center at 1 p.m.

• “Real Hope” with Christian music artist Carolann Rosenthal at Frederic Evangelical Free Church, 9:15-11:15 a.m., 715-327-8767.

• Frederic Food Shelf new days during holidays, 2-6 p.m. Same time and place.

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Frederic

• Pilgrim Lutheran Church goes Christmas caroling. Meet at the church, 6 p.m., 715-3278012.

Milltown

Siren

• Musical at Siren Assembly of God, “Twas the Night Before Christmas in Old Syren Town.” 6 p.m., 715-349-5750.

St. Croix Falls

• American Legion Post 143 Sunday breakfast, 8 a.m. to noon.

Webster

• “The Christmas Country Spelling Bee” at First Baptist Church, 7 p.m.

MONDAY/22 Amery

• Live nativity in front of Milltown Lutheran Church, 6-8 p.m. Sunday school Christmas program, 5 p.m.

• German Club at the senior center, 1 p.m., 715-268-6605.

Osceola

• Support group for people with bipolar disorder and depression at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 7:30 p.m. Call 715-327-4436 for more info.

• Spades at the senior center at 1 p.m.

• “There is Peace in the World Tonight” cantata at the high school, 6:30 p.m., 715-2944775.

Frederic

SATURDAY/27 Frederic

• Food and fellowship at the senior center at noon. Games to follow.

MONDAY/29 Frederic

• Support group for people with bipolar disorder and depression at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 7:30 p.m. Call 715-327-4436 for more info.

• Spades at the senior center at 1 p.m.

• Frederic Food Shelf new days during holidays, 2-6 p.m. Same time and place.

TUESDAY/30 Amery

• Stamping & scrapbooking at senior center, 6 p.m., 715-268-6605.

Luck

• Take off pounds sensibly, at senior center, 5:30 p.m., 715-472-2341.

Siren

• Girls alumni basketball game at the high school, 715-349-2277, ext. 310, karsten@siren.k12.wi.us.

Eighth-annual Frederic Sleigh Parade set for Jan. 17 FREDERIC – Billed as “a nostalgic afternoon you won’t forget,” the Frederic Sleigh Parade is set for Jan. 17, 2009, at the Frederic High School, with sleighs on parade beginning at noon, and judging to get under way at 1 p.m.

Organizer Liz Peterson encourages everyone to bring their camera to the free event, which offers a unique look at “vintage sleighs, furs and beautiful horses.”

Peterson said that again this year, 50 percent of the freewill donations will go to someone in need. John Gurtner of Cumberland was chosen this year for that honor. He has been a 4-H youth leader and trainer for

John Gurtner of Cumberland has been chosen to receive 50 percent of the freewill donations at this year’s Frederic Sleigh Parade. Gurtner, a 4-H youth leader and trainer, is recovering from a severely broken leg. – Special photo

nearly 50 years. He suffered a severely broken leg last month when he was kicked by a horse.

Gurtner, who is selfemployed, has no income when he is unable to work. He has a plate as well as pins in his leg and is undergoing therapy.

“He has helped many youth in Barron and Polk counties,” Peterson noted.

“Many of the kids in the Polk County 4-H program have taken lessons from John through the years.”

Drivers come from all around the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota to drive and Many of the sleighs on display at this year’s Frederic Sleigh Parade, to be held compete. Most drivers Jan. 17, 2009, at the Frederic High School campus, are of vintage condition, with are wearing vintage original paint and upholstery. Some have been stored for years in great-grandpa’s furs and hats, along barn. – Special photo with vintage robes covering their laps.

Awards are given the parade. The meal cost is $7 in advance only. Perfor best-costumed male and best-costumed female sons may call 715-327-4955 or e-mail petersencardriver. In addition, an award is given for the best an- riage@centurytel.net for information and reservations. tique overall. There will be light horses, draft horses, The event is sponsored by the Frederic Chamber of large and small ponies, driven single and sometimes as Commerce. – Gary King with submitted information two or more together.

Awards will be presented at a special meal following