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Hundreds apply for jobs

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Pellet plant under construction in Centuria

Judges announce

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Th e T an n e nb a um s

County judges Rasmussen, Kutz announce candidacies in spring election PAGE 3

Leigha Horton

Festival Theatre’s featured artist of the week PAGE 9 Currents

Two die in crash

Minnesota men were in Polk County for hunting PAGE 2

“Frightening night” Hunter lost near Grantsburg is found by searchers PAGE 2

GAM case drags on

Building on a dream

No date for possible Supreme Court review PAGE 5

Currents feature

Food shelfs are waiting Info listed by town

PAGE 13, Currents section Radio on the farm River Road Ramblings Page 4, Currents

“Huge value”

Burnett supervisors defend county’s funding of trip

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Boys basketball begins, nonconference action inside

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This couple was a big hit with the children at the annual Taylors Falls Lighting Festival parade, held last Friday evening on Main Street of Taylors Falls. More photos of the parade inside. - Photo by Tammi Milberg

F r e d e r i c g r a d m a d e m ar k a s i n v en t o r FREDERIC - Services are being held today, Dec. 3, for Don Wadia Moses, 66, a Frederic graduate who went on to become an inventor who advanced sound technology and helped create the company Wadia Digital.

Moses, who began his career working on the Cray-1 Super Computer for the “father of super computing,” Seymour Cray, worked for 3M for years and started companies of his own. In 1988, he and other 3M engineers created Wadia Digital, one of the original companies dedicated to high-performance digital audio reproduction.

“If you listen to CDs, use a cordless phone, get your Internet via DSL or use a wireless sound system, then you owe a debt to Don Wadia Moses,” reads the first line of a story on the death of

Moses, published in Monday’s St. Paul Pioneer Press.

It was one of Moses’ six patents that is credited with “smoothing out” the sound of music recorded in digital format, something he created not long after compact disc format came out in the 1980s.

His son, Bob Moses, of Seattle, said his father set a long history of groundbreaking inventions, things other people took to the mainstream.

Moses, described by family and friends as an unassuming man with a “love for discovering new things,” died Saturday, Nov. 29.

He had been taking antirejection drugs since receiving a heart transplant seven years ago and the drugs had weakened his immune system. He had recently

See Moses, page 3

Don Wadia Moses Special photo

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Two die when truck strikes guardrail Men were in Polk County on hunting trip POLK COUNTY - Two men died Sunday morning when their truck hit a bridge guardrail on 165th Avenue, east of CTH H, north of Amery.

Pronounced dead at the scene were driver Richard Klimek, 38, Lowry, Minn., and a passenger, Matthew Baumann, 27, Alexandria, Minn.

According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Department, Klimek was driving the 2001 GMC truck, registered to Klimek Brothers Well Drilling of Alexandria, east on 165th when he failed to negotiate a curve and struck the bridge guardrail, causing the truck to overturn and land upside down in Fox Creek.

The accident, although reported at 7:53 a.m., is believed to have happened several hours earlier and remains under investigation.

According to a story in the Echo Press of Alexandria, Minn., the men were in Wisconsin on a deer hunting trip and were driving back to their cabin when the crash occurred.

They not only hunted together. They worked together at Klimek Well Drilling.

Klimek owned the business, along with his brother, Don Klimek, while Baumann was a serviceman for the company for six years. The Klimek brothers also own Advanced Irrigation in Alexandria.

Klimek was deeply committed to both businesses, according to Don. “You couldn’t find a better business partner,” Don said. “He took care of his customers no matter what time of the day or night…he did a million things.”

The two built Klimek Well Drilling from nothing back in 1996 into a successful business with seven employees.

Klimek, and his wife for 16 years, Jennifer, have two children – Haley and Derek.

Don described his brother as hardworking, kind-hearted but direct and stern when he needed to be. “He’d tell

Richard Klimek (L) and Matthew Baumann lost their lives in Sunday’s accident. - Photos courtesy Echo Press

Two Minnesota men lost their lives when a pickup truck struck the guardrail on a bridge north of Amery, Sunday, Nov. 30. – Photo by Polk County Sheriff’s Dept. you like it was,” he said.

He was also a big fan of the Dallas Cowboys – so much so that he and his brother selected the team’s blue and silver colors for their well drilling logo. “It represented a winning team,” Don said.

Baumann, according to those who knew him best, deeply enjoyed spending time with his two children, Nathan and Karlee, and his wife of seven years, Brandee. “To sum it up, his life was his family,” loved ones told the newspaper.

Baumann graduated from Jefferson High School in Alexandria in 1999.

Tony Carlson, the auto extraction captain for the Garfield Fire Department, emailed the Leader to say he was Baumann’s best friend and has known him for 10 years since they worked together at Thoennes Transmissions in Alexandria.

“He would give you the shirt off his back in any situation,” Carlson said of Baumann. “He was a man of few words but once you got to know him he had an amazing personality. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen him mad.”

Carlson said he plans to erect a stainless steel memorial cross at the scene of the accident.

A joint funeral service is set for this Friday, Dec. 5, at the Lake Geneva Christian Center in Alexandria.

Responding to the accident were the Apple River Fire Department, Amery Fire Department, Amery Ambulance Service and the Polk County Sheriff’s Department.

The accident remains under investigation.– Gary King with information from the Echo Press and Polk County Sheriff’s Dept.

Thankful to be out of the woods Lost hunter and volunteers who found him grateful for successful rescue

by Priscilla Bauer GRANTSBURG – When Tom Hawk was rescued in the early hours of Nov. 29, it was a time to be thankful.

Thankfulness came for the efforts of those searching for the missing 60-yearold Knapp man after he went missing Saturday afternoon in a wooded area off Phantom Lake Trail on Crex Meadows.

And on this Thanksgiving hunting weekend, thankfulness came, too, from the searchers for a successful outcome.

A day of hunting on and around the islands on Phantom Lake didn’t end as expected for Hawk, who later told authorities he was separated from his hunting group.

"Those islands can get you confused," said Hawk.

Hawk said he was on the edge of the big island on Phantom Lake and got turned around in the woods.

"I didn't have a light and communications with my buddies got mixed up,” he said.

Hawk ended up finding a place to sit down and then fell asleep. When he failed to return to his vehicle at the close of the hunting day, and the rest of his hunting party was unable to locate him, they called for help in locating their hunting buddy.

Grantsburg Fire Chief Derek Zeiler said the call came in about 8:30 p.m.

“It took a little while to get people in

Grantsburg firefighters helped in the search for Tom Hawk, a hunter who got lost in a heavily wooded area near Grantsburg. Hawk had been hunting with friend, Ray Nelson of River Falls, who has a cabin on CTH F. - Photo by Priscilla Bauer place and start the search,” reported Zeiler, who said personnel from the Burnett County Sheriff’s Department, Grantsburg and Siren Fire Departments and North Ambulance were all involved in the search.

Sunshine Service Dogs search and rescue dogs and Polk County Deputy Tamara Larson and her tracking dog were also on the scene. Landowners surrounding the search area also joined in the search taking to the trails on foot and on ATVs. There were about 35 people involved in the search according to Zeiler.

Hawk was found around 3:50 a.m.

Sunday by Department of Natural Resources Warden, Chris Spaight.

“He was resting and waiting for it to get light,” said Spaight. “Instead of wasting energy and getting anxious, he did just exactly what he should have done.

He stayed put.”

Hawk was happy to see another per-

son.

"When they (rescuers) came up to me and said ‘Is it Tom?’ I said ‘Praise the Lord,’” said Hawk. "I was very grateful for all the volunteers searching."

While Hawk said he didn't get cold during his ordeal he was anxious for it to get light to get his bearings.

"It was a very frightening night and I was ready to get out of there."

Spaight said Hawk, who was dressed for the weather, was talking and was in good condition.

He said he found Hawk while he and another volunteer were on a foot search of the area. “We got lucky,” Spaight remarked, noting the evening’s snowy and windy weather made for poor visibility.

Zeiler said it took 30 minutes or so to get Hawk out and then additional time to get all the searchers out of the woods.

“We had to make sure all the searchers were accounted for, too,” said Zeiler.

Thankfulness could also be heard in the words of DNR Warden Spaight for all those coming out to search. “It is important to recognize that search and rescue operations are truly a team effort starting from the incident commander to the person getting coffee for the searchers,” said Spaight.

Zeiler echoed thankfulness for the success of the rescue.” It went well. We found the guy. It was a good night.”

Hawk said after he was found he shared some hunting stories with rescuers some of which were hunters themselves.

"I was very appreciative," he said. "It was hunters helping hunters.”

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Judge Rasmusen announces candidacy for re-election

POLK/BURNETT COUNTIES Looking for that last-minute gift for bike riders, skiers and horse riders on your list? The 2009 State Annual Trail passes are on sale at the Polk County Information center in St. Croix Falls. The passes are required on the Gandy Dancer Trail, specific equestrian trails and some ski trails in northwestern Wisconsin, by users 16 years of age and older. An annual State Trail Pass opens up the whole network of state trails. Trail pass sales generate about $5,000 a year for Polk County that becomes part of the county’s revenue that offsets the tax levy to lower taxes. This area’s primary state trail - the Gandy Dancer Trail, is a limestone surfaced recreational trail that stretches 47 miles from St. Croix Falls to Danbury. It is operated by agreement with the DNR, as a nonmotorized trail in the summer, and a snowmobile trail in the winter. For more information call 800-222-POLK or visit the Web site www.polkcountytourism.com. - from the Polk County Tourism and Promotional Council ••• AMERY - The Northern Lakes Center for the Arts will present “Joy to the World,” its annual concert of favorite readings and sing-along carols, with music by the Northern Lakes Chamber Orchestra. The event is Saturday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. at The Northern Lakes Center for the Arts at 113 Elm Street, Amery. Admission is $5 for adults and $1 for children. - submitted

POLK COUNTY – Polk much left to be done. I trust Count Circuit Judge Robert that my record demonstrates H. Rasmussen has the fairness, common sense, announced his intention to courage, commitment and seek re-election in the April compassion which the people 2009 election. of Polk County expect and “It has been my honor and deserve from their judges. I privilege to serve the people believe that during my time of Polk County and the state on the bench our courts have of Wisconsin as a circuit been effective and efficient in judge for over 17 years,” developing programs and Rasmussen stated. “Much practices which protect and has been accomplished dur- Judge Rasmussen preserve public safety and ing that time – but there is provide for fair resolution of

Judge Kutz announces candidacy BURNETT COUNTY Burnett County Circuit Judge Kenneth L. Kutz issued a press release announcing he will run for election as the circuit judge in the April 7, 2009, spring election.

Kutz was appointed to the bench by Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle on June 27 to fill the vacancy created by the election of former Judge Michael Judge Gableman to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the spring election of 2008. Prior to his appointment as judge, Kutz had served for 25 years in the Burnett County District Attorney’s office.

The press release lists Judge Kutz’s activity in the community, with previous service on Burnett Medical Center and Community Referral Agency’s boards of directors, Grantsburg Youth Hockey Association fundraising and PPC committees. Currently he is on Restorative Justice’s board of directors and presides over the Burnett County Drug and Alcohol Court.

Kutz The judge resides in Grantsburg with his wife Pat and three sons, Brian, Sean and Brendan. – with submitted information

Salvation Army seeks donations POLK COUNTY – According to local coordinator Duana Bremer, the Salvation Army of Polk County has been bringing holiday joy and hope for over 100 years.

The Salvation Army provides people help with rent, utilities, transportation and medical assistance. With the economy slowdown, the demand for this type of help has increased.

Bremer says that she is usually out of money by the 15th of each month, but that many of the people who had been receiving help have now found jobs.

The organization also operates Serenity House in the former Polk

County Jail in Balsam Lake. Bremer said that the halfway house accommodates 34 people and filled up within 21/2 weeks of opening its doors.

Another special program the Salvation Army provides is for lowincome elementary students in Amery.

Each Friday, anywhere between 59 and 72 students receive a backpack full of food to eat over the weekend when school food service is not available.

Bremer said this program alone costs $12,000 a year.

Bremer’s hope is to raise $75,000 in donations over this holiday season in order to keep up with the needs of the

people in the area.

Anyone willing to serve as bell ringers through Dec. 24 may call Shirley at 715-338-9393.

Sites include: Wayne’s Foods Plus, Luck; Wal-Mart and MarketPlace, St. Croix Falls; Nilssen’s Market, Clear Lake; St. Croix Casino, Turtle Lake; Ole’s Country Market, Balsam Lake; ALCO, Amery, contact Ginny Ormsby at 715-268-9674; Dick’s Fresh Market, Amery; Osceola Super Valu, Osceola, contact Cory Matson at 715-755-3288.

“You can show you care by helping continue this time-honored tradition,” Bremer says. – submitted

Fire strikes Georgetown home TOWN OF GEORGETOWN — A home near Bone Lake sustained heavy smoke and water damage as a result of a fire Saturday morning.

The Milltown Fire Department was called to the scene on CTH I in the town of Georgetown around 8 a.m. Luck was called for mutual aid, and the two

departments fought the fire for about 21/2 hours.

Owner LuAnn White said the home was built in 1910 by her grandfather with timber he cut from the property.

“Everything in it is a treasure,” she said.

Early estimates from the adjuster put the damage at about $80,000, she said.

According to Dan Olesen, Milltown fire chief, the fire started in the wiring in an upstairs closet. White said that her son, Jeremy, was asleep in the downstairs of the home when his dog, affected by the smoke, woke him and the other occupants. — Mary Stirrat

More funds for Friends of the Pool Frederic Elementary School Climate Committee member Stacy Cox presents a check for $168.50 to Friends of the Pool President Maria Ammend. This year the Frederic Elementary Climate Committee is donating money it raises from its inkjet/cartridge recycling fundraiser to The Friends of the Pool. Community members and businesses can contribute to this project through dropping off their recyclable cartridges at the Frederic Public Library or at the Frederic Elementary office.

Cartridges may also be sent to school with students. - Photo submitted

disputes.

“I have three times taken an oath as circuit judge in which I promised to handle cases fairly and impartially and to uphold the constitutions of the state of Wisconsin and the United States of America. I trust that my record confirms that I have been true to that oath.”

Prior to serving as circuit judge, Rasmussen was in private practice (1972-74), served as Polk County District Attorney (1975-79) and was in private practice in Amery (1979-1991). – with submitted information

Moses/from page 1 been in a Twin Cities hospital to receive chemotherapy treatments and was unable to fight off an infection.

Not long before his death, Moses was approached by the people putting together President-elect Obama’s inauguration. They were looking to use Moses’ expertise in wireless sound systems for the event.

Moses grew up in Frederic, son of Wadia (Bill) and Grace Moses. His father was part owner and manager of the Frederic Independent Telephone Company. In the 1950s, during his teens, Don worked as a telephone lineman for his father’s telephone company and discovered his interests leaned toward science and technology. One year he built a closed-circuit television system for a school science-fair project.

The project went on to win first place at the Wisconsin State Fair.

“I bought my first transistor radio from King’s TV & Radio in Frederic,” he recalled in a recent conversation, “I remember the owner, Bruce King, played in a band. To work with electronics all day and play music all night - I thought that was the perfect life.”

Moses would be able to incorporate both music and electronics into his own career.

Clayton Jorgenson of Grantsburg said he and Moses were good friends in high school and Moses, a tackle on the Vikings football team, would throw the blocks for him (Jorgenson), a running back.

“He was a very academic type of person but the type of fellow who had lots of friends from both the country and town,” Jorgenson recalls. “He felt comfortable with everyone and everyone felt comfortable with him. The type of person you want to have as a friend.”

Moses, who was on a donor list for 13 years before getting a heart in 2001, spent time following his transplant sharing his story with a variety of audiences, working with LifeSource, a nonprofit group that manages organ and tissue donation in western Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakotas.

In 1998 he wrote about his experiences in a self-published book called “The Onion,” the title coming from his belief that humans have to keep peeling their layers until they arrive at a state of “being completely aware.”

The Web site caringbridge.org/visit/donmoses offers testimonials from friends who remember Moses not only as a scientist and inventor but as a mentor, role model and good friend.

“He was a proud papa, a loving husband and amazing spirit, with a huge brain and an even warmer soul,” Jessica Eide wrote. “This world will be a little less without him.”

A brief obituary appears elsewhere in this issue. - Gary King with information from St. Paul Pioneer Press

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Grantsburg Village trustees make adjustments to 2009 budget

by Priscilla Bauer GRANTSBURG – Prior to approving the village 2009 budget at a special board meeting held Monday, the Grantsburg Village Board held a lengthy discussion on the issue of keeping the village pool open.

“The pool has always run at a deficit since it was built 30 years ago,” said village board President Mark Dahlberg.

Annual expenditures for the pool’s seasonal operation are $45,000 with $15,000 in revenue creating a $30,000 deficit. The board has been struggling the past several months with how to keep the pool open given the deficit.

Dahlberg read a letter addressed to the board from John Sauerberg in which he expressed his interest in keeping the pool open. Sauerberg’s letter cited a village-taxpayer-supported referendum for the pool’s renovation. Sauerberg stated he felt it would be poor stewardship to abandon the dollars spent and noted the referendum also showed public support for the pool.

In his letter, Sauerberg also said the pool gave kids something constructive to do as well as giving them the opportunity to learn to swim.

“People want the pool open,” commented board Trustee Glenn Rolloff.

Rolloff questioned if any further cuts could be made in pool expenditures such as cutting pool hours. “Wages are the pool’s highest expenditure,” Rolloff stated, asking about staff hours.

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Village treasurer Sheila Meyers said the hours of operation and staff time are managed very carefully. Meyers said the pool doesn’t open until mid-June, closes before the end of August and is closed during poor weather conditions.

Meyers went on to say state regulations require a certain number of lifeguards to be on duty, but the staff is kept at a minimum. All staff is part time and start at minimum wage.

“It’s a pretty bare bones operation,” said Meyers.

Dahlberg said Kristopher Schmid of Legacy Solar in Lewis has been hired to prepare a report on the feasibility of heating the pool water and also the Memory Lake bathhouse. Both the pool and bathhouse currently use natural gas for heating. Dahlberg said grants from Focus on Energy might be available for the project.

Board member Roger Panek said the pool’s yearly maintenance is costly but is required and regulated by the state.

Panek said the pool needed to be maintained.

“We don’t want to end up like Frederic with no pool,” he said.

The board then voted to approve the 2009 general fund budget. By law the village is allowed to raise the levy by 2 percent or the net new construction percentage, which was 3.439 percent. The board voted for the 3.439-percent increase. The levy was set at $406,564.61 with a mill rate of .01952 which is $19.52 per thousand of assessed value and a 1.6-percent increase in the total village mill rate.

Changes to the budget prior to its adoption reflect $92,665 in savings and include a plan agreed on by the village crew, which would reduce overtime by 60 percent. The plan asks employees to

take time off later for hours worked which would otherwise have been overtime.

Deferred loan payments for one year from Community Bank, NW Regional Planning Economic Development and SIB Wisconsin Department of Transportation also helped budget savings.

The adopted budget will leave the pool deficit at nearly $28,800, some of which will be covered with village funds with the remainder, $10,715, needing to come from contributions from other outside sources.

The adjustments made to the adopted budget will allow the village pool to remain open and will keep the budget balanced.

The board also approved water, sewer and storm water utility budgets all of which are not funded by taxpayers.

In other business: • Len Chute appeared before the board with a request for a conditional use permit to have residential apartments in the rear and upstairs of his 227 N. Oak Street property. Chute plans to have his business located in the building. Board members asked Chute if he would provide off-street parking for his tenants and if Chute’s business customers would be parking on the street across from his building.

• A discussion on the bike path in front of Chute’s building led to the board voting to remove the mostly unused path, which runs from Olson to Benson. Removal of the path would allow for parking in front of Chute’s building.

• The board approved Chute’s request with Dahlberg stating he would like to see Chute provide off-street park-

ing. The board also reminded Chute there is no overnight parking in the winter when there is over 2 inches of snow, and it would be his responsibility to inform his tenants. Chute asked the board about the possibility of adding a streetlight near his building. Dahlberg said the public works committee would look into the need for the streetlight.

Other board action included: • Renewal of custodial contract with Hank Java.

• Adoption of final resolutions No. 0815 N. Pine Utility and Street Improvement Project, No. 0816 Centennial Street Project, No. 0817 Sidewalk Replacement Project on S. Pine Street and S. Oak Street which will allow for levying special assessments to benefited property.

• Northwest Regional Planning Commission has notified the village it now has the ability to fulfill a commitment to demolish the old facilities. The work will be done in two phases starting with the east block first. The demolition of the second block will follow and but will take longer due to temporary space needed by McNally Industries and testing and excavation necessary to satisfy DNR requirements for remaining petroleum contamination beneath the buildings.

• The Grantsburg Fire Association has indicted an interest in the east property for a new fire station once the buildings are demolished and the property graded.

• The board postponed action on getting an appraisal of the east side of the old enterprise center property until all buildings have been taken down.

Jackson Fire Department receives $84,000 grant BURNETT COUNTY - U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold announced this week that the Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department received a 2008 Assistance to Firefighters Grant of $84,128.

This grant is provided by the United States Fire Administration, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Domestic Preparedness, to support training, wellness and fitness, firefighting equipment, personal protective equipment and

modifications to fire stations and facilities.

“This grant program has been an unqualified success in getting muchneeded resources directly to local firefighters,” Feingold said. “I have been and continue to be a strong supporter of this program, in no small measure because of the advocacy of Wisconsin firefighters. The members of both volunteer and career fire departments put their lives on the line on a daily basis for

Courts may now impose new conditions of supervision MADISON – Wisconsin law permits circuit courts to sentence criminal offenders to prison terms, followed by extended supervision in the community.

In a precedent-setting decision, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals held that a circuit court may impose new conditions of extended supervision on a criminal offender rereleased into the community after his original supervision was revoked.

A Milwaukee County circuit court convicted Rodney O. Harris of substantial battery. Harris served a prison term and re-entered the community on extended supervision. He then violated the conditions of his extended supervision in several ways, including physical abuse of his female companion. Harris’ extended supervision was revoked and he was returned to circuit court for a recommitment sentence. The court recommitted him to prison but provided for a second period of extended supervision. The circuit court ordered Harris not to have contact with his former companion as a new condition of supervi-

sion when he was released after serving the recommitment prison time.

The circuit court’s authority to impose the new no-contact provision became the key issue in Harris’ appeal. The court of appeals concluded that Wisconsin law permitted the circuit court to fashion new terms of extended supervision “to reflect new needs and new dangers.”

Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen praised the court of appeals’ decision. “Some criminal offenders just become more dangerous over time,” said Van Hollen. “Combating domestic violence remains a top priority of my office. I am pleased by the court’s decision and the protection it will offer to Wisconsin’s citizens.”

The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office litigated the case in the circuit court.

Assistant Attorney General Warren D. Weinstein represented the state of Wisconsin in the court of appeals. – from the office of State Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen

others and at virtually every meeting I have with Wisconsin firefighters, they tell me about the vital importance of these grants and how these grants allow them to get needed equipment and training they would otherwise be unable to afford. ” Wisconsin communities have sent 713 applications to USFA, requesting a total amount of almost $100 million. In April 2008, Feingold sent a letter pressing the ODP to strongly consider all Assistance

to Firefighter Grant applications from communities across Wisconsin.

ODP serves the American public and the nation’s fire services through training, data collection and analysis, public fire education, and fire protection technology research. This grant program is designed as an opportunity for the U.S. Congress to work with ODP to support firefighting departments across the country. – from the office of Sen. Feingold

NABA announces board of directors HAYWARD — The Northland Area Builders Association announces the installation of its officers and board of directors. Don Esposito, Wisconsin Builders Association secretary, swore in the president, officers and board of directors at the annual installation dinner Nov. 4 in Hayward.

The 2008 – 2009 officers are Jon Jaderborg, Jon Jaderborg Designer Builder, president; Russ Smith, Russ Smith Construction, president elect; Scott Chapin, RJF Agencies, secretary; Rick Harder, Northern Paradise Homes, treasurer; and Linda Okonek, OK Construction, Inc. and Shell Lake State Bank, past president.

The 2008 – 2009 directors are Kevin Miller, Northland Recreational Homes; Jack Sjostrom, Sjostrom Construction;

LaNell McGuire, Floor to Ceiling; Joe Gendrich, Culligan Water Conditioning of Ashland; and Todd Knutson, Johnson Bank.

The Northland Area Builders Association is a nonprofit trade association serving Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Sawyer, and Washburn counties in Northwest Wisconsin. Chartered in 1989, the Northland Area Builders Association is comprised of industry professionals united and dedicated to preserving and promoting safe and affordable housing for the people of Northwest Wisconsin. For additional information, please contact Jennifer Johnson, executive officer, at 715-2593486 or naba@centurytel.net. — from NABA

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Hundreds apply for jobs at pellet plant in Centuria

by Mary Stirrat CENTURIA — On the first day that High Quality Shavings in Centuria was accepting applications, 300 people put their name in for a job, even though the plant isn’t expected to open for another two months.

That was Monday, Dec. 1. In just 10 minutes on Tuesday morning, at least 10 applicants came to the job trailer at the industrial park. Co-owner Mike Feist anticipates upward of 1,000 applicants all together.

When the wood pellet plant opens in early February, Feist, High Quality Shavings will employ 50 to 55 people.

By the fall that number should be between 85 and 100.

Under construction is a 47,500-squarefoot facility that will produce wood pellets and shavings for heating and animal bedding.

The plant will utilize both hardwood and softwood, supplied by area loggers, the Department of Natural Resources, and other parties.

Oak, aspen, and pine logs will be put through shavers and then driers. The oak will go to the pelletizer and made into wood pellets for wood burning stoves, which will be sold locally, nationally and internationally.

The softwood shavings, said Feist, will be sold in bulk to poultry farms and

Three of the six owners of High Quality Shavings, under construction at the Centuria Industrial Park are (L to R) Mike Feist (lead sales), Rod Wilcoxson (plant manager) and Jerry Weiss (inside accountant). — Photos by Mary Stirrat bagged for the horse and pet industry.

Feist, a horse owner, said he had difficulty finding shavings for his horse farm, which prodded him to consider a

High Quality Shavings, a 47,500-square-foot facility under construction in Centuria, will shave, dry, and process area timber for wood pellets and animal bedding. The plant will open next February.

developing a plant like High Quality Shavings.

The plant, he said, will be operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, about 360 days a year. He anticipates that one-half to two-thirds of the pellets produced will be shipped overseas, where use of pellet stoves is far ahead of that in the United States.

In Italy, for example, 90 percent of the homes use pellet stoves for heat and hot water, and the pellets are imported. ”We’d like to have all our product stay here,” Feist said, “but right now the demand is overseas.”

He believes the demand here will increase, as emphasis on green energy and cheaper fuel increase.

There is no waste product from the production or use of pellets, according to Feist. There is no residue like that left by some of the other fuel products. As an added bonus, High Quality Shavings will eventually be harnessing the steam from its four large driers and converting it to electricity. The driers, said Feist, will produce about 48,000 pounds of steam an hour.

“The country is going to go green,” he said. “Schools are getting grants to switch from fuel oil. Everybody is switching to wood pellet.”

Statistics show that more than 1,000 pellet stoves are sold each week.

Companies that already have pellet stoves are having a hard time finding pellets to burn. The reason, he said, is because there is little new construction going on, so there is little byproduct to make into pellets.

Heating with a pellet stove is much cheaper than just about any other option, said Feist, with pellets at about $300 a ton.

Feist is working with five other owners to develop the plant. One of the owners is in the Twin Cities, but the other five are all within 40 miles of Centuria, he said.

Locating the plant in Centuria, said Feist, was appealing because of the abundance of wood and lack of competition in the area. “There are enough logs that we can be here forever,” he said.

As incentives, the village provided 13 acres and access to TIF funds for development of the facility.

“This is something the area needs,” Feist said. With 300 people applying for a job on the first day that applications were being accepted, it is apparent that there are many seeking employment.

The average applicant, he said, is between the ages of 35 and 50. In some cases, whole families are applying.

Some have been unemployed for more than a year.

Current plans to bail out big corporations will not really improve the economy, Feist believes. Fostering and supporting development of businesses that will create jobs, especially when the businesses are good for the environment as well, will go a lot farther to improve the financial situation of the nation.

“We’re fighting the banks right now,” said Feist. The bail out dollars should be divided among the states on a percentage basis, he said, allowing the states to decide how best to bring the economy back on track. It could then be used it for projects like Quality Wood Shavings that will create jobs and provide alternative fuel.

“That’s just my opinion,” he added.

Meanwhile, construction of the facility continues, and the applications continue to pour in Those that are hired should be poised for long-term job security.

High Quality Shavings will be paying competitive and above-competitive wages, said Feist, and will offer good benefits, profit sharing and other incentives.

“We want to be the company of the old days,” he said.

GAM court cases drag on

No date for possible Supreme Court review

by Gregg Westigard AMERY – The Golden Age Manor story is evolving on several fronts. The sale of the Polk County nursing home in Amery is on hold while a suit blocking that sale winds its way through the courts system.

Meanwhile, the county is seeking an alternate method of completing that sale, possibly in an attempt to avoid lawsuits.

The sale of GAM was to have been effective last April 1 but a lawsuit to block the action has been winding its way through the courts since the suit was filed in January. The Circuit Court upheld the sale and the Court of Appeals reversed that decision and blocked the sale. Polk County has petitioned the Wisconsin Supreme Court to review the Court of Appeals ruling.

A decision on if and when the Supreme Court might review the issue is on hold. That court meets once a month to consider what cases it will accept. Jeff Fuge, Polk County Corporation Counsel, has found out that

no action by that court on the GAM issue took place at its Nov. 17 meeting. The Supreme Court might make a ruling at its mid-December meeting or at some time next year. If the Supreme Court grants the Polk County petition to review the issue, that review could take many months as briefs are filed.

Meanwhile, the county is taking an alternate action to complete the sale by tracking down the heirs of Annie Sylvester, the woman who owned the property where GAM was built 50 years ago. This stems out of the basic issue in the lawsuit to block the sale. The sale opponents claim that Sylvester donated the property to the county, and the county board would need approval of Sylvester’s heir to sell the property. The county claims that the property sale was according to restrictions in the deed.

The county is attempting to locate Sylvester’s heirs and gain their approval of the transfer in a possible attempt to avoid lawsuits for damages as a result of an improper sale last year. While much of the discussion on this issue has taken place at the county board in closed session, it appears that the county’s legal counsel has advised that if Polk County does not take every action to complete the sale, it may be sued. Those suits

for damages might be placed by the buyer who has invested time and money in the pending purchase and the broker of the sale who gets no commission if the sale stops.

An interesting side light to the county board’s actions came up at the last meeting of the GAM governing committee on Nov. 25. Two of the five members of that board are public members who are not county board supervisors. One of them, Fred Grimm, stated that the GAM board members should be advised of all county board closed session information that affects GAM. He was advised by Malia Malone, assistant Corp. Counsel, that the county board has the responsibility for the sale of GAM and that Grimm would need to talk to Bryan Beseler, the county board chair, about access to closed session information.

It was then noted that Eugene Sollman, the other public member of the GAM board, is one of the persons who filed the suit against the county to stop the sale and his presence in the closed sessions might be a conflict of interest.

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Board supervisors tour deemed to be of huge value

by Nancy Jappe SIREN – “The trip was of huge value,” commented Burnett County Board Supervisor Mary Falk when she was asked about the six-day, three-state tour she and fellow supervisor Brent Blomberg made out east in October.

Authorization for the two Burnett County supervisors to take the UWExtension-sponsored land-protection information tour to New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland came into question at a recent county natural resources committee meeting. Several committee members expressed their concern over the cost and authorization for this non-budgeted expense.

The travel was authorized, on short notice, by County Board Chairman Phil Lindeman, with payment to come out of the board’s discretionary fund.

Lindeman was out of the area and unavailable for comment at the time this article was written. According to Falk, Lindeman had heard a high recommendation for the education provided by the tour from Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, who had taken the tour herself.

Falk chairs the county board’s comprehensive planning committee, and Blomberg is its vice chair. They feel that the learning they got from the tour can influence the direction of the county’s comprehensive planning.

At first it was hoped that Grantsburg Village President Mark Dahlberg, a long-standing active citizen who is president of Northwest Wisconsin Electric Company, and Burnett County Conservationist Dave Ferris would accompany Falk, but neither were able to do so.

The goal was to involve people to represent the county who have differing backgrounds and viewpoints. “I didn’t want anybody who thinks like me,” Falk said. “Agriculture and tourism are the top two forms of economic development for our county. Agriculture products bring in a lot of money,” she pointed out. Some financial support for the trip came from the Burnett Dairy Cooperative in Alpha, and other entities were talked to in regard to sponsorship of the tour.

In addition to their travel expense, estimated to cost between $950 and $1,000 a person, the two supervisors were paid only their $50 per diem rate for out-of-the-county travel. They left Burnett County Tuesday evening, Oct. 14, and arrived back in the county at 2 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22.

The two supervisors drove down to Mosinee Airport to join 48 other Wisconsin representatives – city and county planners, city officials, county officials, the president of the Wisconsin

Farm Bureau and the farm union – a wide range of people.

The group flew to Baltimore, Md., then boarded a chartered motor coach, and started talking business right away.

Falk made a point of sitting with different people as often as possible, to learn from their personal experiences and to share viewpoints.

They spent five days in the coach, 12 hours a day, visiting farms and seeing different land-use projects in Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. They toured three places a day, and stayed in five different hotels. They were educated on ways to protect farmland, how to align housing and, as Falk put it, “how to get the best for the buck.”

The trip was a grueling one, with the education going on from early morning, with seminars held during breakfast, to bedtime at 10 or 11 p.m. each day.

One project they toured in Maryland had been in operation for over 20 years.

It featured moderate, low-income and high-income housing together in sideby-side townhouses. “It was beautiful,” Falk said, “with a lot of established history of success.”

The goal for Burnett County through the trip was not only to see how agriculture and open land can be preserved, but to provide a creative means to incorporate housing and land, coming up

with an atmosphere, what Falk saw as an atmosphere with the “joy” of neighborhoods again.

The important thing to remember, Falk said, is that you have to learn how to fund the things you plan on doing.

“You don’t talk about funding until you have a plan in place,” she commented.

“The biggest fault in most communities, that prevents them from (moving) forward, is pushing things without (a funding plan). You put the plan in place first, create the scenario, then figure out how to fund it.”

Falk also mentioned the problem that comes with depending on continuing funds from the state, which will be there at the beginning, then disappear. “(State funding) is great for the first year or two, but you have to figure out how to fund without that,” she said.

Falk and Blomberg are at work on a power-point presentation describing what they were exposed to during the tour, which they plan to present at the county board meeting Thursday, Dec. 18. For them, the time and energy spent on the tour provided them with ways to make an investment in the county so that everybody benefits, and more jobs and happy, healthy living is the end result.

Zoning change recommended for Capeside Cove property

by Nancy Jappe SIREN – At its meeting Tuesday, Dec. 2, the Siren Plan Commission approved a recommendation that the zoning change be made for the former Capeside Cove property on Fourth Avenue from R-1 (single dwelling) to R2 (multiple dwelling including a rest home). The commission’s recommendation now goes to the village board for final consideration Thursday, Dec. 4.

The zoning change had been requested by Tradition Management LLC, Burnsville, Minn., the entity that is planning to use the property as a senior citizen assisted-living/memory-care home.

No one from the outside was present for the public hearing that preceded the plan commission’s recommendation vote. Village Administrator Randy Surbaugh said that he hadn’t heard from Tradition Management since receipt of an e-mail from their vice president/general counsel, Neal J.

Members of the Siren Plan Commission, (L to R): Bill Hunter, Rick Engstrom, Jack Hedlund (shown with village Administrator Randy Surbaugh), village President Janet Hunter, Rick Anderson and Dave Alden, voted to recommend a zoning change for the Capeside property on Fourth Avenue from R-1 to R-2 (which includes provision for a rest home). The recommendation goes to the village board for final approval Thursday, Dec. 4. – Photo by Nancy Jappe Blanchett, Nov. 17.

In that e-mail, Blanchett said that the prospective owner of the property is to be Diversified Lands, LLC, the landbuying entity for Traditions Management. Traditions Management has fully-occupied buildings operating now in Owatonna and Waterville, Minn. and West Union, Iowa. They

have recently purchased the Good Samaritan facility in Preston, Minn., for modification to their use.

According to Surbaugh, the new Siren facility would be operated for profit, and the property will stay on the village’s tax roll.

Surveyor Doug Crane, who was at the meeting for another reason, mentioned

all the needs that have to be met for banks that are involved in big transactions like this. “You can knock one more hurdle out of the way (referring to the zoning change) if you want to see this happen,” Crane commented. “It won’t hurt to make this change. It might make (the transaction) happen.”

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by Regan Kohler WASHBURN COUNTY – Two people suffered from gunshot wounds in Washburn County last week, during the opening of deer hunting season.

The first incident occurred Sunday, Nov. 23, at a Chicog residence on Burian Place Road, around 11:30 a.m. James A. Frasheski, 50, was trying to unload a jammed bullet in his rifle and it accidentally hit his son-in-law, Thomas R. Davis, 32, Trego.

Frasheski said he had exited the living room, where Davis and other people were, to try and get the jammed bullet out of his Remington gun. Frasheski told the responding authorities that the gun accidentally went off, with the bullet traveling through the wall and outside siding and bouncing off Davis’ forehead.

A deputy and investigator, Department of Natural Resources warden and emergency medical technicians responded to the call. Davis was alert, and Frasheski’s wife said she was in the living room when the accident occurred, and as Davis was working on the television, they originally thought it was an electrical blowout. She said Davis was bleeding in the head, so she quickly grabbed a blanket to cover it.

The report said Davis didn’t seem too badly injured, though he was taken by ambulance to the Spooner Health System, and then airlifted to a different hospital.

The investigator studied the scene and found the empty cartridge ejected, with the bullet on the windowsill and the holes consistent with Frasheski’s

statement.

Monday, Nov. 24, an out-of-town woman accidentally shot herself in the hand around noon on Nancy Lake Road at the Totogatic Bridge, Bass Lake.

Sheila K. Ambrose, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., was unloading a Smith & Wesson 357 handgun when the incident occurred. According to the report, and a statement from her husband, Ambrose had the hammer cocked while she was putting in the cylinder. When she de-cocked the gun, her thumb slipped and a round went off as her hand was around the cylinder. Gases escaped from the gap between the cylinder and the barrel, too. The report said Ambrose’s thumb was severed and hanging by muscle, and she suffered third-degree burns on three fingers.

Ambrose, a nurse, said in the report that before the sheriff’s department, DNR and Minong Police Department responded to the incident, she put her hand in the Totogatic River to stop the bleeding and ease the burn.

Ambrose was taken by Lifelink helicopter to Region’s Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., to see a hand specialist.

The deputy made contact with Ambrose when she came home Nov. 27, and was told the bones had been shattered in her hand, so they reattached her thumb. Ambrose and her husband both said she was a professional shooter, though hadn’t used the Smith & Wesson before, and that her glasses had slipped when the incident occurred. – Regan Kohler, with info. from the Washburn County Sheriff’s Department

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Controversial timber issue still smoldering ASHLAND - A dispute over a major proposed timber sale in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest is apparently still burning.

The forest service wants to allow the harvesting of more than 5,000 acres of timber in Ashland County near Clam Lake. Three years ago, Federal Judge Lynn Adelman in Milwaukee said an analysis of what’s known as the Cayuga Project did not look closely enough at the cumulative impact of timber sales.

But Chequamegon-Nicolet forest supervisor Jeanne Higgins says a newly released final environmental impact statement does a better job of protecting the forest. Higgins says it also better protects the habitat of an endangered member of the weasel family, the pine

marten.

Under its revised plan, the forest service would delay logging on about 40percent of the Cayuga Project for four years, while the agency works with the state to put more pine marten into the Chequamegon-Nicolet.

But the revised analysis doesn’t satisfy David Zaber of the Environmental Law and Policy Center. He says if the additional pine marten are just put into the forest where too much logging will occur, it’s a recipe for disaster. The release of new forest service document kicks off a 45-day comment period before Adelman takes another look at the timber harvesting plan. – Wisconsin Public Radio (Chuck Quirmbach)

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A little warmer

ith tough economic times upon us – most of us – the thought of sticking together brings new meaning to community.

An article submitted from the Polk County Tourism Council recently reminds local residents to “Shop Locally – Reduce Your Taxes.”

Polk – and in fact, Burnett County – are among the majority of counties in the state with a half-percent sales tax, or so, that ends up in the county coffers which, in effect, helps reduce the burden on local property taxpayers.

The message from the tourism council is good in that it encourages to at least keep our spending within the county, if not our local communities.

“Why help build a new stadium for the Vikings?” asks the council, referring to those who venture into Minnesota in search of bargains.

Point well taken, even for our local Viking fans.

In the sense of giving, community also plays a larger role these days in that there are food shelves (see separate story elsewhere in this issue) organizations like the Salvation Army (see separate story), along with programs like Operation Christmas and countless church activities.

All of them key in making our communities a little stronger, a little warmer.

Shop locally. And consider giving locally.

He met the challenge

The humbleness that comes with growing up in a town of several hundred people doesn’t always translate into a humble life.

Perhaps the life of Don Moses illustrates that in a way that can inspire us.

Moses, who grew up in Frederic, died this past weekend at the age of 66.

You may not recognize his name, but in the world of digital technology he was a rock star. He’s a hometown native who not only enjoyed success in his career – but who touched more lives through his work than any other local son or daughter that we can think of.

You owe a debt of gratitude to Moses if you listen to CDs, use a cordless phone, get your Internet via DSL or use a wireless sound system, noted a story in Monday’s St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Besides being a warm human being, he was “a Waring blender of ideas,” according to one friend who left a message on a CaringBridge Web site established for him by family.

Besides the moving testimonials on that site of what kind of person he was, there’s always one more story of how he thought.

In a call to the Leader this past year, Moses said he wanted to see his company, Wadia Digital, establish a satellite office of sorts in downtown Frederic.

A practical move, as employees own homes in Northwest Wisconsin. And there was the obvious but unspoken intent of giving back to the community in which he grew up in. It was in the thinking stage only and may not come to be - but he was thoughtful in his investigation of the possibility.

That in itself reflects a generous nature.

The Frederic High School yearbook in 1960 – the year Moses graduated – had a preface which noted, in part, that “Things change so rapidly. But an education such as we have in America – and in Frederic – which relates to the abilities of the individual, which relates to his/her personal and special interests…seems most likely to meet the requirements embodied in the ‘Challenge of the Future.’”

Small towns, strong families and community can be one impressive launching pad for young people. Don Moses wasn’t the only boy or girl from a local small town to go far and do great things – but his legacy – including that of meeting the “challenge of the future” - is obviously something his home community can be very proud of.

Table scraps

A lot of finger pointing and not a lot of insightful analysis.

W h e re t o Wr i t e

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

That’s our political system at times, and particularly as we all try to make sense of how we got ourselves in this recession.

But if you want to put political loyalty aside and listen to some insightful bluntness from a politician, the following words might hit home, whether you count yourself as Blue or Red or an Independent.

“The lion’s share of income growth has gone to the top 10 percent of people in the economy – those making more than about $100,000. That means that 90 percent of Americans (some 271 million people) are fighting for table scraps, and family income for average Americans has been essentially flat for almost a decade. In order to keep their heads above water, those families tried to shore up their living standard by borrowing. They borrowed more for houses; for cars; to send their kids to school; and to pay for ever rising health care costs.

“At the same time, the wizards on Wall Street were trying to find new ways to make an extra buck. So they developed new kinds of financial instruments – like credit default swaps and mortgage backed securities – which very few people understood.

They were high risk investments and now the entire economy is paying the costs of those risks.”

Whether you agree with it or not, it’s tough to argue the facts that the Grand Canyon of disparity between the wealthy and poor keeps widening in this country. And while we rail against the big box stores going up every 25 miles, it comes down to the simple formula of spending power and a “Merry Christmas,” as in we all want one for our families.

Oh, and the words in the quotations above were spoken by our Congressman Dave Obey.

Just in case you want to affiliate the words with a political party and agree with them more…or less.

In a perfect world, it shouldn’t matter who spoke them.

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Letters t o t h e e d i t o r

Cheerleading coverage Your coverage of the Luck Cardinal Cheerleaders was wonderful!

Cheerleading doesn’t always get credit as a sport. What other sport gives you the opportunity of a lifetime - to go to Australia!

These girls along with their coach have worked very hard, their hard work has paid off. We as a community should support these girls in every way we can.

They deserve it. Way to go girls.

Proud mother-in-law of coach Heidi, Kathy Greener Luck

Bailout money to Brazil?

If U.S. automakers are to be given more bailout money, we must be assured that jobs will not be sent abroad, as is the case with the Ford production plant in Brazil.

One billion dollars of bailout money has already been earmarked for a General Motors production facility in that country.

We need to resuscitate our economy, not stimulate Brazil’s. We need those jobs here in the U.S.A. Massive changes need to be made in our tax code, tariffs, trade and import/export laws. And, most importantly, something must be done to reverse the flood of outsourcing jobs and the resultant loss of employment and tax revenue.

Paul G. Jaehnert Vadnais Heights, Minn

Legitimate?

I was home for Thanksgiving and read your paper over the weekend. One of the letters to the editor was so ludicrous I just had to laugh. I hope the writer doesn’t believe what he wrote, and I really hope no one else does, either.

He wrote that people complained about the “legitimate registration of voters by ACORN.” Well, I guess it must have been legitimate for the offensive line of the Dallas Cowboys to be registered in at least three states, including Minnesota, huh? And Daffy Duck and Mickey Mouse are legitimate voters in several states, right? Then again, there was the fine gentleman who made the nightly news admitting that he’d been paid (by ACORN) to register some 72 times. Oh, yes, and that 7-year-old out in New England was very legitimate...yeah.

As for voter suppression, well, a Black Panther in full uniform standing at the door of my polling place wouldn’t intimidate me, although the billy club in his hand might have. But I would guess that there were some whites, and even conservative blacks in those Philadelphia neighborhoods who didn’t feel like walking past them to exercise their right to vote.

Republicans are not trying to suppress the vote; it was the Democrat Party down south that tried to keep blacks down. But we do believe that you should have to be at least18 years old and a U.S. citizen (and alive) to vote. If we as a nation cannot guarantee one citizen - one vote, then we are no better off than those who “vote” for Castro or Chavez every couple of years.

Maybe I shouldn’t have been laughing maybe it’s already too late.

Jeff Tyberg Wisconsin Rapids

A farmer’s plea Dear President-elect Obama: Please when you are picking people for your agriculture cabinet, remember the time you spent talking to me in Eau Claire. I explained to you that farmers have suffered tremendously ever since Ronald Reagan was president.

We have had total jokes for Secretary of Agriculture even under President Clinton.

We need someone other than politicians

or executives of large firms to have oversight of our farmers. We need someone from the Midwest who has real farming experience other than growing up on one.

The person should be actively involved in farming now.

I told you in Eau Claire that we became a milk deficit nation in 1997. It’s been over 20 years since we have had enough domestically grown cattle to supply our red meat needs. It’s time that farmers are guaranteed a decent profit margin, so we can go back to not only feeding this country, but the world.

Farmers exported products used to balance the federal budget. Not anymore.

Too many farmers have been forced out of business.

I hope you pick someone like Tom Buis from the National Farmers Union, or someone like him. You should be talking to Farmers Union, Family Dairies USA, Family Farm Defenders, National Family Farm Coalition, National Farmers Organization, plus Latino Farmers and ranchers for advice. We will point you in the right direction.

I worked hard on your campaign, and I hope you will make a difference and actually help out struggling farmers.

Please don’t let me down.

Jan Morrow Cornell

Deer harvest

I don’t know about you, but most of the hunters I talked to said the deer population is so low, why are all these tags out there?

Last year, the comment I heard from hunters was “By gosh, the DNR wants the deer herd cut, I’m going to do my part,” and they bought six doe tags and filled them all, whether they needed the meat or not.

Well, there you go, that’s where your deer went – that doesn’t take a rocket scientist. With all these special seasons and deer hunting open September through December, that really hurts the deer numbers.

I think we are mixed up this year, the deer numbers are low and the bear numbers are up. The wildlife biologists are mistaken, and those of us who just love being in the woods know what really is going on.

I think we should call our conservation Congress reps and change things.

Tamara Larson Clam Falls

Hearing differently When a message is repeated, the messenger may believe it was not understood.

I understand Pastor Olson’s point on abortion; it is killing, immoral, sinful and unjustified almost all the time. No one I know is pro-abortion. It is legal only because it is sometimes the lesser of two evils – tragically then, the fetus becomes “collateral damage.”

If Pastor Olson’s proposal to make abortion illegal is one he seriously wants made into law, he must say whether he’d go so far as to let a pregnant girl or woman die simply to avoid an abortion. Is his belief as strong as the Jehovah’s Witness who chooses death rather than blood transfusion? Will he kill or imprison doctors who make the agonizing choice of killing a fetus to save the life of a mother?

It’s easier to propose an extreme policy if the consequences don’t hit close to home. Or is this another example of what Eric Hoffer, the longshoreman philosopher, was referring to when he said, “Radicals should have everything but political power.”

But what really bothers me is Pastor Olson’s blithe acceptance of war as inevitable and ordained by the God of Abraham, citing his Holy Word.

If I understand, humans are blameless, powerless, and condemned to fulfill Biblical prophesy. Would Pastor Olson normalize street and domestic violence too, or only violence on a mass scale initi-

ated by politicians? Does he not believe in pastoral counseling to promote understanding, tolerance and forgiveness?

Does he not believe in deep listening, dialogue, conflict resolution and diplomacy?

Many good and bright people study the Bible seriously. Some say the words are divinely inspired with timeless literal meaning. Others say the words originated in ancient times and that it is not the words but the wisdom that’s timeless and must be interpreted for each time and place. That debate itself seems timeless. I read the words Pastor Olson cites as history more than prophesy.

Biblical journalists saw violence as part of human nature and warned of the consequences, destruction and damnation – if that wisdom is not eternal, what is? I hear the God of Abraham not condemning humans to violence, but to offer the alternative: “… seek peace and pursue it.”

(Psalms 34:14 & I Peter 3:11) “… the work of righteousness shall be peace …”

(Isaiah 32:17) “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.” (Matthew 5:9) “For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world but that the world through him might be saved.” (St. John 3:17). “But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou incline towards peace, and trust in God: for He is One that heareth and knoweth.”

The Qur’an, Surah 8:61.

So, God’s good people are diverse and hear his words differently. It has been said that interpreting the Bible is like a Rorschach (inkblot test); one’s interpretation may say more about him or her than it does about God. Social psychologists observe that the way we talk about things influences our behavior toward those things. How may it affect the way we live together if we hear God say “war will always be” or if we hear him say, “blessed are the peacemakers …”

As no one is pro-abortion, let no one be pro-war. Let us all be pro-life. Let us always seek every alternative to abortion and war.

Let us kill as a last resort and only as the lesser of two evils.

Norman Jensen Siren and Madison

How lucky we are I just finished reading an article in the December 2008 Reader’s Digest. The article was called, Hello, Everybody, and was written by Joe Kita. The author related how he had, for an entire month, greeted everyone in his path, and what he had learned from that one small change.

Well, Mr. Kita apparently works or lives in a large city, and the concept of greeting anyone you see on the sidewalk or in public buildings is a foreign concept. He certainly never lived in Frederic, or surrounding environs. When we moved here, we were amazed that everyone you met on the street would acknowledge your existence and most often would smile or make a comment such as, “Nice day.” My response would be, “That’s a fact,” and smile back.

When driving a vehicle in this area, it took my husband a little while to figure out that the two-finger salute on the steering wheel when meeting another vehicle, was “Hello.”

The caring and friendliness of our community is shown not only in the recognition of those we meet, but in how we treat the people among us. In reading the Leader, I notice that not a week goes by that there is not a fundraiser for someone who has a serious illness and could use help with extra medical expenses, etc. All over town, the churches and businesses collect for the food shelf. There are clothing drives, Christmas gift drives, Ruby’s Pantry, and many other charitable endeavors throughout the year, all on an organized basis.

It appears that Frederic always has had a plan for the needy in the community. In the very earliest village board meetings, a small tax was assessed on saloon revenue for the purpose of caring for those in

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Back to what Mr. Kita learned—he listed 11 items, but the ones that really stand out are, “Friendliness is so rare nowadays, it’s disarming,” “Respect begets respect,” and “It’s a form of universal health insurance.” He says it’s not easy doing this, but then he’s never seen our community.

We have much to be thankful for—to be able to live among people who respect and care for each other. We can all say, and mean it, “best wishes of the season and for the coming year.”

(Among Mr. Kita’s previous writings is the book, “Another Shot,” where he takes another shot at reliving 20 year’s worth of regrets in his life.)

Mary Ellen Bechtel Frederic

House cleaning

With most everything I write posted on these pages, negative responses are fully anticipated.

Most of what comes back is in the vein of personal attacks that have little to do with the fundamental issues raised and do nothing to expand or contribute to a serious, focused debate on the critical, timely, controversial subject at hand.

Trying to open that door is the sole purpose of my writing. To this reaction, in the spirit of Pink Floyd’s (David Gilmour) iconic lyrics and music, I’ve become “comfortably numb.”

Thus, I cut to Lorraine Hoefs’ letter titled “Thank You Teachers.” (Leader, 11/25/08) in response to my published letter titled “The Education Dilemma” which appeared in the Nov. 19 paper.

My letter reflects a personal point of view. However, as a nonfiction writer, I wouldn’t think of submitting anything for publication absent legitimate, reasonable research. My recent letter was preceded by lively discussions with a score of teachers, school administrators and board members across the country, some of whom are personal friends. I spoke with National Education Association and Parent Teacher Association national staff people.

The opinions and conclusions in my letter are my own hardnosed analysis and distillation of this discourse, including personal observations and inquiry.

This should answer Hoefs’ question as to my sources. That aside, I believe her letter to be grossly irresponsible in that she puts forth assumptions relative to my experience in the field of education without knowing my background or even confronting me in person.

Hoefs’ argument paradoxically reinforces the essential theme of my 11/19 viewpoint: no matter how dedicated and professionally well prepared K through 12 teachers may be, they’re not getting the job done.

1. Teachers are caged between delinquent, irresponsible parents and bureaucratic, policy dogmatic, self-serving administrators who place demands (on them) having little or nothing to do with the essential teaching process.

2. With the difference between teaching and social work blurred, the traditional role of the teacher has been transformed.

The teacher has been financially coerced and intellectually manipulated into satisfying the ever-increasing burdens being placed on them.

3. Teachers are admittedly frustrated by the role they’ve had to assume or been persuaded to fill. In private, they speak of having to deal with parents who “are dumber or more spaced-out than the students they teach.” They talk of the huge amounts of money for team sports activities, especially at the high school level, to the detriment of essential academic programs.

If your professional responsibility is being compromised or jeopardized, why don’t you speak out, rebel or resign?

4. The present elementary and secondary school curriculums typically do not

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Tutu points to the outgoing Israeli prime minister. In September, Olmert made a has criticized Israel over its stunning declaration to blockade of the overcrowded Yedioth Ahronoth, the largest Gaza, home to close to 1.5 Israeli newspaper. He said that million Palestinians. The Israel should withdraw from United Nations Relief and nearly all territory captured in Works Agency is warning the 1967 Middle East war in that Gaza faces a humanitarireturn for peace with the an "catastrophe" if Israel conPalestinians and Syria: "I am tinues to blockade aid from saying what no previous Israeli reaching the territory.

Amy leader has ever said: We should The sharply divided landGoodman withdraw from almost all of scape of Israel and the occuthe territories, including in pied territories is familiar East Jerusalem and in the ground for South African Archbishop Golan Heights."

Desmond Tutu. He won the Nobel Olmert said that traditional Israeli Peace Prize for his opposition to defense strategists had learned nothing apartheid in South Africa. Tutu was in from past experiences and that they New York last week to receive the seemed stuck in the considerations of Global Citizens Circle award. I sat the 1948 War of Independence. He said: down with him at the residence of the "With them, it is all about tanks and South African vice consul. Tutu reflect- land and controlling territories and ed on the Israeli occupation: "Coming controlled territories and this hilltop from South Africa ... and looking at the and that hilltop. All these things are checkpoints ... when you humiliate a worthless." people to the extent that they are being Olmert appears to have come closer – and, yes, one remembers the kind of to his daughter's point of view. In 2006, experience we had when we were Dana Olmert was among 200 people being humiliated – when you do that, who gathered outside the home of the you're not contributing to your own Israeli army chief of staff and chanted security." "murderer" as they protested Israeli Tutu said the embargo must be lifted. killings of Palestinians (Archbishop "The suffering is unacceptable. It does- Tutu was blocked from entering Gaza n't promote the security of Israel or any in his U.N.-backed attempts to investiother part of that very volatile region," gate those killings). Ehud Olmert he said. "There are very, very many in recently resigned over corruption alleIsrael who are opposed to what is hap- gations, but remains prime minister pening." until a new government is approved by

Tutu, Obama and the Middle East As President-elect Barack Obama focuses on the meltdown of the U.S. economy, another fire is burning: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

You may not have heard much lately about the disaster in the Gaza Strip.

That silence is intentional: The Israeli government has barred international journalists from entering the occupied territory.

Last week, executives from the Associated Press, New York Times, Reuters, CNN, BBC and other news organizations sent a letter of protest to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert criticizing his government's decision to bar journalists from entering Gaza.

Israel has virtually sealed off the Gaza Strip and cut off aid and fuel shipments. A spokesman for Israel's Defense Ministry said Israel was displeased with international media coverage, which he said inflated Palestinian suffering and did not make clear that Israel's measures were in response to Palestinian violence.

A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, the group that won Palestinian elections nearly three years ago and controls Gaza, broke down after an Israeli raid killed six Hamas militants two weeks ago. More Israeli raids have followed, killing approximately 17 Hamas members, and Palestinian militants have fired dozens of rockets into southern Israel, injuring several people.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Hraychuck leads charge for SeniorCare renewal MADISON - Rep. Ann Hraychuck, DBalsam Lake, and Rep.-elect Kristen Dexter, D-Eau Claire, have co-authored a letter that will be sent to Presidentelect Obama seeking renewal of the federal waiver for the Wisconsin SeniorCare program which is scheduled to sunset at the end of 2009.

Joining Hraychuck and Dexter in a bipartisan effort are 55 legislators who have signed on supporting this prescription drug plan that to date has over 87,000 Wisconsin seniors enrolled.

“Increasing access to affordable healthcare has been an important objective of mine since being elected to the Assembly and SeniorCare has been a big

part of that effort,” said Hraychuck.

“Not only does SeniorCare save our seniors money on their prescriptions but it also saves our taxpayers money. It is crucial that the Obama administration renews this program.”

A majority of eligible seniors end up saving more money through SeniorCare than they would by enrolling in the federal Medicare Part D plan. Not only does SeniorCare save Wisconsin’s seniors more money, but the average annual federal subsidy for a SeniorCare participant is about half as much as the federal government spends to subsidize a Medicare Part D participant. - from the office of Rep. Hraychuck

A R E A Secret shopper scam alert

An increase in secret shopper scams has prompted a warning from Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald.

According to him, residents have reported receiving offers from secret shopper research agencies to make additional income on a part-time basis.

The offer generally includes a letter and a check, which turns out to be counterfeit. The recipient is asked to deposit the check into his or her bank account and immediately wire money from the account to an account outside of the United States before the check clears the bank. “Do not cash the check or follow the instructions on the letter,” said Fitzgerald. Those with questions about a check are asked to call the sheriff’s department, local law enforcement agency or a financial institution. – Rice Lake Chronotype

Wind power pushes port in new direction

DULUTH/SUPERIOR - In 2005, a ship called the Bavaria arrived in Duluth-Superior from Europe with a visually stunning cargo the gritty taconite and coal port had never seen: gargantuan yet somehow slender blades, hubs and shafts meant for towering wind turbines. Since then, America’s increasing embrace of wind power has brought the port a windfall, with shipments surging to make the

head of the Great Lakes a major funnel for turbines destined for the Upper Midwest and parts of Canada. Jason Paulson, operations manager for Lake Superior Warehousing Company, which transfers turbines from ships to specially designed semi-trailer truck caravans, said the port is on track to handle a record 2,000 windmill components this year for several manufacturers, most bound for wind farms in Montana, Oklahoma, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota. Shipments of wind turbines through the port shot from 34,080 freight tons in 2005 to 307,000 freight tons last year. The Duluth Seaway Port Authority reported this year that transportation of wind turbines was the single largest factor in making fiscal year 2007 its most profitable. “The growth is explosive,” Paulson said. “There were times this season when we were moving 12 windmills a day. It’s become the major portion of our heavy-lift business.” Most components are imports from large manufacturers such as Siemens AG, a German conglomerate that this year shipped 76 turbines from its factory in Denmark through Duluth to a wind farm under construction in Adair, Iowa, west of Des Moines. The delivery required six ships and more than 500 semi-trailer trucks. But the port also is seeing growth in exports of windmill components from companies such as LM Glasfiber, a Danish firm that shipped a load of turbine blades this

parliament.

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki criticized Olmert for waiting until now to call for an end to the settlements: "We wish we heard this personal opinion when Olmert was prime minister, not after he resigned. I think it is a very important commitment, but it came too late. We hope this commitment will be fulfilled by the new Israeli government."

Israel is a top recipient of U.S. military aid. Archbishop Tutu says of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, "When that is resolved, what we will find (is) that the tensions between the West and ... a large part of the Muslim world ... evaporates." He said of Obama, "I pray that this new president will have the capacity to see we've got to do something here ... for the sake of our children."

••• Denis Moynihan contributed research to this column.

••• Amy Goodman is the host of “Democracy Now!,” a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on more than 700 stations in North America. Her column’s appearance in the Leader is sponsored by the local group, The Gathering, an informal group of people of diverse ages, experience, and philosophies who meet every other week at a member's home for silent meditation and lively discussions about peace, justice, spirituality, religion, politics, environment, global cultures and humanity.

Letters/from page 9 encourage or accomplish the essential teaching objective: to make the student an effective, functioning, productive, morally conscious member of society, one capable of dealing with the challenges of the human predicament.

5. Computers, calculators, electronic information devices in the classroom do not foster an understanding of the underlying theory, logic and evolved physical basis for information and the knowledge that should be gained from that.

If the student is not receptive (or “doesn’t want to be there” as Hoefs states), the effective teacher must create an incentive for learning. Early identification of a child’s interest(s), aptitudes and aspirations, and exploiting (teaching to) that

interest is one way this can be done.

The K-12 educational system in America is failing. Throwing more money at the problem is not going to help. What is required is a no-holdsbarred review by a panel at the highest level of our government, independent of the academic community, to evaluate every level of the existing institutional structure and expose its weaknesses and strengths.

The findings may result in some long overdue housecleaning and return to the true test for learning: to know, understand and apply.

Bradley E. Ayers Frederic

N E W S year from its Grand Forks, N.D., factory to a wind farm in Brazil. – Minneapolis Star-Tribune/Superior Telegram

hard orders.” This, he said, means about $5 to $6 million in repeat orders over the next year. – Sawyer County Record

Wood pellets in record time

Dream vehicle stolen

HAYWARD - With only seven months between groundbreaking and production, Hayward wood pellet and bedding manufacturer Great Lakes Renewable Energy has come online in possible record time. GLRE sales and marketing manager Jerry Brown said most pellet plants take from 10 months to a year to begin production, but efforts to complete Hayward’s plant were stepped up when preproduction orders began piling up.

“We are expected to begin making pellets this week,” Brown confirmed. “They should be running product through, and I expect a call anytime that they are coming out the other end.” Aside from producing wood pellets for home and commercial heating applications, GLRE will be producing a high-quality animal bedding as well. “It’s super dry, sterilized bedding,” Brown explained. One truckload of the bedding has been sent out already. Brown estimated that construction of the plant was completed in record time. Brown said the wood pellet industry has “exploded” over the last year.

“The demand out there is somewhere over 200,000 tons in our region. And we’re supplying 65,000 to 85,000 tons of that,” Brown said. “We were literally swamped with orders before this plant’s opening — well in excess of $1 million in

RICE LAKE – Nick Suckow of Dallas had pursued his dream of restoring his 1968 Dodge Charger for more than a decade. After investing a lot of time, effort and several thousands of dollars in the project, he had come away with a showroom beauty of an automobile – a set of wheels that routinely won car show events and even got exposure a year ago in a national hot rod magazine.

Just this year the car brought home another six trophies from across the state. But Suckow’s longtime dream recently turned into a nightmare when thieves broke into his residence and stole his prized, custom car while he was away on a trip. Barron County law enforcement believes Suckow’s purple car, which has a Wisconsin license plate reading “68 CHRGR,” was loaded onto a trailer at the time of the heist. As of late Monday, Nov. 3, Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said there were still no solid leads about the stolen car, valued at more than $200,000. Anyone with information about the car’s whereabouts is encouraged to contact the sheriff’s department at 537-3106. Anonymous tips can be phoned in at 800-532-9008.

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Area news/from previous page Anonymous tips can be phoned in at 800-532-9008. Suckow said he had been on a six-day vacation to Las Vegas, Nev., when the burglary took place. He had won a seat at a Texas hold ‘em poker tournament, and he was less than five hours away from home on his way back when he received the bad news about his car. Despite the shocking theft, Suckow said he’s very optimistic that his car will be returned. In fact, he hasn’t entertained the notion that his prized hot rod might not be found. - Barron News-Shield

20-year sentence

RUSK COUNTY – Roy Beaulieu showed no emotion in a Rusk County Courtroom recently when he was sentenced up to 20 years in prison for a murder that happened 32 years ago. Judge Frederick Henderson could have sentenced Beaulieu to a maximum of 25 years for the 1976 murder of Laura Luella Bruce, who was 63 years old when she was found dead along a railroad track in Ladysmith. Family members, investigators and law enforcement officers hugged in the courtroom after the sentencing. Wearing orange prison clothing and handcuffs secured to his waist, Beaulieu was led by deputies back to jail.

“We are very satisfied with the sentence after all these years, especially since he has showed no remorse. Definitely,” said Mel Bruce, the victim’s son. “We’ve suffered a long time.” A jury found Beaulieu, 65, guilty in August of seconddegree murder in the strangulation death of Bruce. A routine medical autopsy performed shortly after death revealed she died of unknown causes. A more extensive forensic autopsy on her exhumed body in 2005 found injuries showing she may have been strangled. A former janitor at Mount Senario College, Beaulieu was charged two years ago with killing Bruce after the forensic autopsy revealed the additional evidence. Beaulieu, who pleaded not guilty, faced between five and 25 years in prison. He has been held in the county jail since his preliminary hearing in January 2007. He was sentenced under state laws in effect at the time of the murder, permitting him to begin petitioning for parole in a little more than three years after factoring in the time he has already spent in jail.

Attorney Robert Ferg said his client would appeal. He added the sentence was not surprising due to the nature of the conviction. “I think it was basically to be expected in a crime of this nature,”

Ferg said. “I am not shocked by it.” Rusk County District Attorney Kathy Pakes expressed satisfaction with the sentence.

“I think the judge gave an appropriate sentence in this case,” Pakes said. Before the sentencing, Pakes called one more witness. Ladysmith Police Lieutenant Al Lobermeier said he interviewed Beaulieu seven times during the investigation.

Mel Bruce read from a prepared statement during the sentencing hearing. He called his mother a kindhearted person who enjoyed spending time with her family. He also noted she had five children, 19 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren and 26 great-great-grandchildren. He asked for a maximum sentence.

Beaulieu gave up his right to address the court to relate his side of the story, as he had during the trial. The state’s presentencing investigation recommended a sentence ranging from 15 to 20 years.

Pakes asked for 20 years. Ferg requested eight years. Pakes noted Beaulieu never expressed remorse at any time during the investigation or trial. She added the defendant, who was 33 years old at the time of the murder, took advantage of an elderly woman.” Beaulieu also was ordered to pay $1,190 restitution to the Bruce family for funeral expenses and a headstone. - Ladysmith News

Andersen lays off 52

MENOMNIE - Fifty-two workers at Andersen Corporation’s Menomonie assembly plant were told recently their jobs have been eliminated and were sent home. The plant currently had 245 employees and had a workforce of about 275 at its peak. The jobs that were cut were production workers and office support staff. “We’ve taken the cuts we need to take for now, based on what we know,” said Maureen McDonough, Andersen’s director of corporate communications. She said no jobs are being eliminated at the company’s Bayport, Minn., plant. McDonough said the Menonomie facility makes windows specifically designed for large production builders who build new, midrangepriced homes. “They’re simply not building right now,” she said of the segment of the home construction market. New housing starts have declined from well over 2 million in 2005 to about 800,000 in 2008, and industry experts are forecasting a further decline of 9-15 percent in 2009 for new construction, said McDonough. “Companies that were

building hundreds and even thousands of homes in this price category just a few years ago continue to deal with excess inventory of unsold homes,” she said.

“Because of these factors, Andersen is in a position where we have more capacity to produce this product than we need for the foreseeable future.” She said former workers will receive two weeks’ pay along with a severance package, but said the company considers the details of the packages confidential information. In 2007, early in the housing market slump, Andersen laid off 40 workers at the Menomonie plant and 400 at the Bayport plant. McDonough said Andersen has 22 plants nationwide and announced that it will close its plant in Durham, N.C., and lay off 450 workers there. - Hudson StarObserver

Election mistake

PINE COUNTY - On Thursday, Nov. 6, Pine County announced they had made an election night mistake— something that happens commonly and is fixed in the following days by the county’s canvassing board. But due to the closeness of the race for U.S. Senate, the error caused more drama that it normally would have. On election night, Partridge Township reported their results correctly.

Al Franken had received 129 votes in the township. Because of a county data entry error, only 29 votes were reported to the Secretary of State’s Office. Another 100 votes added to Franken’s total means he is within .011 percentage points— 236 votes— of Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman. Coleman received 143 votes in the township. Pine County Auditor Cathy Clemmer said the mistake was nothing out of the ordinary. It’s up to the canvassing board to take care of any discrepancies in the days following the election. “This is the normal process— this is usual,” Clemmer said. “It’s nobody’s fault. That’s why we have in place in what we do in the state of Minnesota.”

Canvassing involves printing out abstracts of the voting results, and the canvassing board compares the numbers that were reported to the secretary of state with the numbers that were reported to the county by the townships and cities. Changes are frequently made, and this process is what changes the results from “unofficial” to “official.” With or without Franken’s forgotten votes, a recount would have been necessary.

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Student in custody

RICE LAKE - Michael M. Millermon, 17, of Rice Lake is being held at the Barron County Jail after he was found Monday, Nov. 10, with a .22-caliber handgun at the Rice alternative school site at Bethany Lutheran Church. The site at 35 W. Messenger St. is an extension of the Rice Lake High School. Other students at the site were removed from the basement classroom. No one was harmed in the incident. Charges are pending in the Barron County District Attorney’s Office. - Rice Lake Chronotype

Soldier featured in new book

SUPERIOR - A new book, “In a Time of War,” tells the story of West Point’s class of 2002 and their roles in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of those soldiers is Capt. Tricia LeRoux Birdsell, who was born in Superior and spent the first 10 years of her life in the Northland.

Birdsell’s parents, Superior natives Jim and Col. Pat LeRoux (the former Pat Girzi) along with her brothers Chris and Jim left their hometown in 1990. Pat was a nursing instructor at the College of St. Scholastica when she was offered, and accepted, a commission as a nurse in the U. S. Army. After they left Superior, Birdsell and her brothers grew up on Army bases in Hawaii and Washington.

When it came time for college, Tricia, a competitive swimmer since she joined the Superior YMCA Whaler team at age 5, was recruited to swim for West Point.

In 1998, she followed her mother into the Army, enrolling as a student-soldier in the historic 200th class of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The intensity of the combined military and academic training at West Point creates strong bonds among the cadets. This was searingly true for the group of soldiers who became Birdsell’s closest friends.

Then the tragic events on Sept. 11, 2001, of their senior year shattered their dreams of peacetime roles in the Army.

At their graduation, President George W. Bush told them America would “take the battle to the enemy” and they would be on the front lines in the war against terror. - Superior Daily Telegram

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Public weighs in on proposed sign ordinance

by Sherill Summer BURNETT COUNTY – The county’s land use and information committee has been working on a sign ordinance for nearly a year.

The work is nearly complete, and a committee vote is scheduled on the ordinance early next year, Jan. 6, 2009. It then goes before the full board of supervisors for a vote if it passes the committee vote.

On Tuesday, Dec. 2, there was a public hearing on the sign ordinance as it now stands, and there was a small audience for the sign ordinance discussion.

Chairman Maury Miller gave three main reasons the committee is working towards an ordinance. The primary reason, he said, is the preservation of Burnett County’s scenic beauty and northwoods character, which in turn Charlie Altstatt stated that he didn’t would protect the tourism industry in think the existing ordinance left the county.

Another reason, closely related to the enough room for innovation. first, is to preserve the property values in the county, since the prime reason lic hearing. Many of the comments people live and move to this area is the were concerned about specific circumscenic beauty. stances. For example, Mark Dahlberg of Finally, some of the issues with signs Northwestern Wisconsin Electric that the sign ordinance addresses, flash- Company was concerned that the warning signs for instance, are public safety ing signs that the electric company is issues. required to put on power poles would Miller also explained that Burnett not be allowed because there is a line in County chose to adopt most of St. Croix the ordinance that restricts signs on County’s sign ordinance that went into power poles. Since there are other seceffect in that county in June 2007. The St. Croix County ordinance was drafted by attorneys who specialize in sign ordinances.

Burnett County did change some aspects of the St. Croix County ordinance. For example, portable signs that are found in front of businesses and churches will be allowed in Burnett County up to 32 square feet of message board. They are not allowed in St. Croix County.

Also allowed will be temporary signs, such as election signs and for sale signs, and on-premise signs are allowed with some size limits. Miller described both instances as being similar to what is already found in the county. Directional signs will also be allowed with some size restrictions.

Not allowed is off-premise signs that are not in front of a business, usually billboards. The ordinance would not Tasha Olson, marketing director of allow any new off-premise signs, but it the Burnett Dairy Cooperative, wordoes not require the removal of existing ried of a traffic hazard along the highsigns. way in front of the dairy cooperative if there is not adequate advance Public comments warning of the dairy cooperative’s There were six comments in the pub- location.

tions of the ordinance that allow these signs, the ordinance was modified to make it clear that these types of signs are permitted.

Diane Gravesen, president of the Burnett County Historical Society and volunteer at Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park, was concerned about a highly visible directional sign for the Forts to replace the sign removed during Hwy. 35 reconstruction last year. A sign is needed to direct visitors towards the Forts approximately 2-1/2 miles from the highway.

Gravesen pointed out that the Forts large directional/off-premise signs do keep the northwoods flavor since they are made of log.

Tasha Olson, marketing director for Burnett Dairy Cooperative, was also concerned that there would not be adequate signage. Because the dairy cooperative is along the highway, the concern is not to direct visitors off the highway, but to alert travelers that the cooperative is coming up or to expect the cooperative to come up in so many miles or it could create a traffic hazard, especially with the numerous driveways to the difference cooperative buildings.

Olson also questioned the ordinance in general by commenting that even though most people will say that they don’t like billboards, it may not necessarily speak to the overall welfare of the county since studies show that travelers

Dave Caithamer, owner of Rainbow Bay Resort, was happy to see that the sign ordinance protected the dark sky needed for stargazing, even if the ordinance might be more confusing than necessary.

Rick Engstrom voiced his opinion that there is not a problem in Burnett County with signs and warns that uniform signs do not fit the needs of businesses that are trying to create income. find billboards beneficial.

Rick Engstrom had a similar type of statement when he said that he didn’t think Burnett County had a problem with signs and didn’t think it was a good idea to fit all needs for signs into a neat little package and make it what northwestern Wisconsin should look like because it doesn’t fit the needs of businesses that are trying to create income.

Charlie Altstatt added that people want to know what to do when they get here, and the sign ordinance tightens things up too much and leaves no room for innovation.

Not all of the views of the sign ordinance were negative. While Dave Caithamer, owner of Rainbow Bay Resort, felt that the sign ordinance was confusing and could be simplified, he said that none of his clients had ever come here to see signs. They all came to see clean environments, lakes and natural ecosystems. He also was happy to see that all signs will be required to be lighted from above since that helps protect the dark skies needed for stargazing.

The sign ordinance will become a part of the land use ordinance and will be posted on the counties Web site. The same procedure for zoning variance will apply for sign variance and it is possible to receive permission to erect signs prohibited under the sign ordinance.

Economy and markets endanger horses

STATEWIDE – A refuge farm in western Wisconsin says more and more horses are being abandoned in the state.

“It’s a quiet day at Refuge Farms if the phone doesn’t ring with at least one unwanted horse every single day,” says Sandy Gilbert, executive director of Refuge Farms in Spring Valley. She’s rescued 150 horses already this year – she’s able to keep a few, but looks for foster homes for the rest, or recommends

euthanasia.

Gilbert says there are new reasons for this surge – owners are losing jobs or a bank finds horses are left behind after a home foreclosure. ”We now have auctions for horses where we can’t get a bid – we have teams of horses that can work in a harness being sold for $35.”

As much as she loves animals, Gilbert opposed the national anti-slaughter law

that’s been in effect a year. It bans the slaughter of horses. Before, a nearby processing plant offered an option for horses that couldn’t be taken care of – the practice once meant the meat, hide, tail and bones could be put to use.

“And now that animal faces being dropped off or being turned loose in the swamplands up by Ashland and left to fend for itself or being left in the pasture to die of starvation or to freeze to death.”

A study done at UW-River Falls estimated there are 620,000 horses in the state – and horseback riding is one of the top four outdoor recreational activities.

The study also found the costs to own a horse vary but can go as high as $20,000 a year. – Wisconsin Public Radio (Mary Jo Wagner)

University adminstrators explore cost-cutting options

STATEWIDE - The UW-System is looking for ways to save money. This involves restricting travel for faculty, and could include letting some students earn a degree in three years,and possibly cutting some programs.

Last month, the UW-System ordered chancellors to selectively approve new hires, as one way to accommodate the state’s projected multibillion dollar budget shortfall. Now chancellors are being directed to monitor and approve all out-of-state travel if it involves state money or tuition.

UW-System spokesman David Giroux says administrators understand that faculty use such travel to do research and network.

“We don’t want to cut that off entirely, but we do want to look for every opportunity we can to save every dollar, in ways that might ultimately cushion the impact of what will likely be some type of budget cut to the university,” he says.

Professors are being encouraged to use videoconferencing and other information sharing options that don’t require travel.

Giroux says another option for the UW-System is the creation of a threeyear degree program. He says faculty at each of the system’s 26 campuses would have to determine the design and requirements of such an offering, and which majors would work best for it.

“We know we have some motivated students out there, who come to college trying to save every dollar they possibly can,” explains Giroux. “This could be an opportunity for them to sign up for and benefit from an accelerated degree program that ends up saving them and

their families money, and also makes the university a more efficient, more effective place of higher learning.”

One more possibility is ending courses and programs with limited interest or poor enrollment. Giroux says nothing is definite yet, and the UW-System will do what it can to insulate students from lean times the university hasn’t seen since the 1930s.- Wisconsin Public Radio (Brian Bull)

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Cameron escapes with win over Unity First game of the season comes down to the wire

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Cameron 41, Unity 37

by Marty Seeger BALSAM LAKE – The Eagle boys gave everything they had in their first nonconference game of the season Tuesday night, but fell just short in the final seconds of the game. Both teams traded buckets in the low scoring game, with Cameron coming out with full court pressure from the start, but Unity controlled it nicely early on and held on to a 10-8 lead after the first quarter.

Luke Hilleshiem was a presence under the basket as he led the Eagles in the quarter with six points. Sam Bengtson started the second quarter with a fast break for two and a Seth McKenzie jumper gave Unity a quick 14-8 lead. But the Comets responded with a key 3-point bucket with under two minutes to go in the half, and eventually inched their way to a 19-16 halftime lead.

Cameron hit another three toward the end of the third quarter to make it a 2620 Cameron lead, but it didn’t last long as Brady Flaherty drew a foul and hit the free throw near the start of the fourth quarter to help get the Eagles back in the game again, and eventually pull to within one point. Flaherty was fouled again with just over six minutes to go in the game and sunk both free throws. He shot 3 for 3 from the line.

Junior Tyler Bublitz had the team’s only other two free throws in the game and came around in the second half with a total of six points, with one of his key buckets just prior to a Cameron 3pointer with under three minutes to go.

Rush Hickethier hit an easy two on a fast break and Bublitz drew a foul to go to the line, eventually hitting both free throws and tying the game at 37. But with just over a minute to go Cameron regained control of the ball, eventually getting a quick two points on a Unity turnover, and with 10 seconds to go, a steal by Cameron’s Taylor Seeger led to an easy layup, and a sealed victory for the Comets.

Luck 59, Clayton 32 CLAYTON – The Cardinal boys opened up the season with a win over Team Luck Clayton

1 2 3 4 9 12 12 26 6 8 9 9 Individual Statistics Luck 2s 3s FTM/A Derek Letch 2/2 Harry Severson-Dickinson 5 2/2 Cole Mortel 1/2 Nick Morgan 1 Brennan Olson 9 4/6 Carson Giller 1 2 1/3 Alec Mortel 5 2/6 Totals 19 3 12/21 Clayton Schaffer Bergman Stesniak Young Klatt C. Anderson Ketz Dayton B. Anderson Totals

2s 4 1 1 2 2 3 13

F 59 32 F 1 3 3 1 1 9

TP 2 12 1 3 22 7 12 59

3s FTM/A F TP 1 0/1 5 11 2 3/6 4 5 - 2 0/2 1 2 4 - 4 1 6 2 1 3/9 17 32

Unity's Luke Hilleshiem goes up for a key layup during the fourth quarter of a thrilling game against Cameron Tuesday night. - Photo by Marty Seeger Clayton Tuesday. The Cards ended the Bears season as last year’s regional championship opponent. According to coach Rick Giller it was a “typical first game” that highlighted what the team will need to work on in the coming weeks. “[It] showed we need to work on offense,” Giller said.

Defense, however, was something Giller was pleased with. Giller said senior Brennan Olson controlled the boards and led the team with 22 points. Luck didn’t allow Clayton a lead at any point during the game after taking a 9-6 lead into the second quarter, and a 21-14 lead at the half. Luck’s 26 points in the fourth quarter opened the game. Harry Severson-Dickinson and Alec Mortel added 12 points apiece in the Cardinal win.

See Tuesday boys/ next page Team Cameron Unity

1 2 3 4 8 11 7 15 10 6 6 15 Individual Statistics Cameron 2s 3s FTM/A Jared Metropulus 1 Tanner Linsmeyer 1 2/4 Ben Harm 3 0/2 Taylor Seeger 4 Joe Spanel 2 Levi Borstad 4 5/7 Totals 14 1 7/13 Unity Sam Bengtson Seth McKenzie Luke Hilleshiem Brady Flaherty Rush Hickethier Eric Goulet Alec Carlson Tyler Bublitz Totals

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F 41 37 F TP - 2 1 5 1 6 3 8 3 4 1 13 9 41

3s FTM/A F TP - 4 3 2 2 10 3/3 4 11 - 2 2 2 2 2/2 2 6 5/5 15 37

Luck's Alec Mortel fought through Clayton defenders during the Cardinals first win of the season Tuesday night. - Photo by Sue Tolan

••• ALLENDALE, Mich. – The UMD Bulldog football team advanced to the Division 2 playoff semifinal game with the biggest win in school history over Grand Valley State. The 19-13 double overtime victory leaves the Bulldogs the only undefeated Division 2 team in Cole Strilzuk the nation.

Starting left corner and former Unity athlete, Cole Strilzuk had one of the team's three interceptions for a 14yard return along with two broken up passes and five tackles. The team plays California University of Pennsylvania at Adamson Stadium in Pennsylvania this Saturday, Dec. 6. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN Classic at 11 p.m. CST. ••• LEADER LAND – Cameron at St. Croix Falls boys basketball can be heard on 104.9 FM at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4. The Friday, Dec. 5, Ellsworth at Luck game is on 104.9 FM at 7:30 p.m. The Tuesday, Dec. 9 ,girls and boys Siren at Luck basketball games are on 104.9 FM beginning at 6 p.m.

••• SIREN – The Blizzard girls hockey team is hosting a tailgate party on Saturday, Dec 6, at the Lodge Center Arena beginning before the game versus Ely/Babbitt. Sloppy joes, chips, beans and bars will be served to benefit the Blizzard Blue Club.

The cost is $5 per plate. The game begins at 1 p.m.

••• AMERY – Amery at Altoona boys hockey can be heard on Thursday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. Osceola at Amery girls basketball is being broadcast on Friday, Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Prescott at Amery girls basketball can be heard on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. All games are on on 1260 AM ••• GREEN BAY – The Houston Texans at Packers game is being broadcast on 105.7 FM at noon on Sunday, Dec. 7. at noon.

••• MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Vikings at Detroit Lions game can be heard on Sunday, Dec. 7, on 104.9 FM beginning at noon.

••• 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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Tigers take win over Turtle Lake on Tuesday Luck, Unity fall; Pirates lose first game of year Monday Webster 40, Turtle Lake 30

by Brenda Sommerfeld TURTLE LAKE – The Webster girls played their second game in Turtle Lake on Tuesday, Dec. 2. They ended this game winning 40-30 with new coach Jeff Roberts.

The Tigers took the first half with a 10 point lead, 23-13, and held it all the way throughout the rest of the game.

Michelle Gibbs finished the game as the leading scorer with a total of 12 points. Gibbs scored two field goals in the first, third and fourth quarters.

Rachel Salas totaled seven points with two field goals and a 3-pointer. Reba Smallwood and Rose Kopecky each scored six points and Chelsey Robinson totaled five.

Clayton 47, Luck 28 CLAYTON – The Luck girls lost to a tough Clayton team on Tuesday night, as the Bears set the tempo from the start Team Luck Clayton

1 2 3 4 6 12 6 4 13 15 11 8 Individual Statistics 2s 3s FTM/A Luck Morgan Denny 2 0/1 3 Brianna Rooney Bailee Swenson 1 Melissa Jenssen 2 1/2 Krystal Stage Brittney Danielson 2/2 1 0/1 Aleah Lemieux Taryn Pilz 3 1/2 13 4/8 Totals Clayton Lindsey LaBlanc Ashley Grossenbacher Shelby Reindahl Dani Reindahl Annie Grossenbacher Clariann Thompson Totals

2s 1 1 2 6 3 3 16

F TP 3 4 - 6 1 2 1 - 5 - 2 1 2 1 7 7 28

3s FTM/A F TP 2/2 - 4 1 1 5 2/2 3 6 2/2 3 14 1 1/1 4 10 2/4 - 8 2 9/11 11 47

by Brenda Sommerfeld SOMERSET – The Grantsburg Pirate boys basketball team started their season out strong with a 67-51 win over Somerset on Tuesday, Tues. 2.

They were behind after the first quarter, 19-14. Trent Bonneville, Connar Goetz and Brent Myers each scored a few field goals in the second to pull the Pirates ahead by 10, 37-27.

Grantsburg continued to hold the lead throughout the second half, to finish the game several points ahead of Somerset.

Bonneville led the team with 19

Somerset C. Cloutier B. Kieckhoeffer B. Weise L. Buerkley D. Moulton P. Vanasse B. Witzmann J. Hansen Totals

2s 2 2 1 4 3 3 1 16

F 67 51 F 2 1 1 1 4 3 12

1 2 3 4 10 8 9 6 12 6 8 20 Individual Statistics Unity 2s 3s FTM/A Annie Confer 1 Samantha Ince Crystal Donahue 1 Cailin Turner 2 Brittney Petznick 0/1 Becca Milligan 2 3/8 Stephanie Kothlow 3 1/2 Elizabeth Ebensperger 3 Marisa Hacker 1 3/4 Totals 13 7/15 Cumberland Natalie Gagner Jamie Lundequam Sarah Mann Emma Buckley Taylor Nyhus Maryssa Whitman Hillary Zummer Totals

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F 33 46 F TP 4 2 2 3 2 - 4 1 - 7 - 7 1 6 4 5 15 33

3s FTM/A F TP 2/3 1 2 1/2 5 3 1 5/8 - 18 1/3 5 5 1 2 1/2 - 10 2/2 5 6 1 12/20 17 46

points. Tyler Myers totaled 12 points, Jason Jensen had 10 and Ben Larson finished with nine.

Grantsburg 67, Somerset 51

1 2 3 4 14 23 16 14 19 8 9 15 Individual Statistics Grantsburg 2s 3s FTM/A Connar Goetz 2 1/2 Ben Larson 4 1/3 Tyler Myers 4 4/4 Brent Myers 4 Jake Ryan 1 Jason Jensen 4 2/2 Thane Larson 1 0/1 Trent Bonneville 8 3/5 Totals 28 11/17

Cumberland 46, Unity 33 CUMBERLAND – It was a great effort by the kids according Chuck Holicky, about the Unity girls game at Cumberland on Tuesday night.

Unfortunately, the team gave up a lead they held until four minutes remained in the game.

“We were down by six with 1:30 to go,” Holicky said. “We took some chances, fouled, and the score ballooned.”

In the end the game came down to shots at the free-thow line. Cumberland shot 7 of 11 from the line in the fourth quarter alone.

Becca Milligan and Stephanie Kothlow led the team with seven points apiece. - Marty Seeger Team Unity Cumberland

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Team Grantsburg Somerset

with a layup five seconds after the tipoff according to coach Marty Messar.

“Their defense intensity really took us out of our offense,” Messar said.

Clayton held a 13-6 lead after the first quarter and held that lead for the rest of the game. Aleah Lemieux led the team with nine rebounds and Brittney Danielson had six. There were no Cardinals in the double digits in scoring, but Taryn Pilz led the team with seven, and Brianna Rooney added six points. - Marty Seeger

TP 5 9 12 8 2 10 2 19 67

3s FTM/A F TP 4 4 1 1 - 7 1/2 2 3 2 6/6 3 20 2/3 1 8 1/4 5 7 0/2 1 2 3 10/17 17 51

Frederic 39, Weyerhaeuser 34 WEYERHAEUSER – The Vikings took a 39-34 win over Weyerhaeuser Wildcats on Tuesday, Dec. 2.

Weyerhaeuser pressed Frederic throughout the game. The Wildcats scored 29 points in the first half but was held by the Vikings in the second to only five points.

“Our defense really settled down and stopped giving up easy ones,” coach Ryan Lind said.

In the fourth quarter, Claire Erickson received a full court pass and put in a Team Webster Turtle Lake

1 2 3 4 7 13 9 12 8 9 11 16 Individual Statistics Webster 2s 3s FTM/A Bryan Krause 1/2 James Wethern 2 1/1 Austin Elliott 3 Quentin Johnson Mitchell Elliott 1 Dan Erickson Karl Weber 1 Kyle Godfrey 1 2 1/2 Chaz Heinz 1 Nolan Kriegel 2 Adam Baum 3 4/6 Totals 14 2 7/11 Turtle Lake D. Mollzer M. Connell N. Roemhild J. Rush J. Vanone A. Lindsley R. Molls M. Flanngen D. Sollman Totals

2s 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 11

F 41 44 F TP 1 1 2 5 2 6 4 1 2 1 1 2 2 9 2 2 1 4 5 10 22 41

3s FTM/A F TP - 2 2 2 12 2 2/4 2 2 - 4 2/4 3 6 2 2 6/8 2 8 6/8 1 8 2 16/24 14 44

New Auburn 40, Grantsburg 35 NEW AUBURN – Grantsburg sophomore Kortney Morrin led the Pirates with 16 points at New Auburn on Monday, but it wasn’t enough to help the team win in their first game of the season. Morrin also had four steals and three rebounds.

The Pirates were held to just 10 points in the first half but got back on the scoring track in the second half with 25 points.

“We came around in the second half,” said coach Lisa McKinley. “The first half we were dealing with first-game jitters, but started to come around and get things moving a little better at the end of the game.”

Abbey Vaksdal had six points for the team, which all came in the fourth quarter, while Megan Finch and Valerie Jensen added five points apiece. Jensen led the team with 10 rebounds on the night.

“Valerie gained confidence as the game went on and helped us out with defensive rebounds,” McKinley said.

The Pirates play host to Siren this Thursday, Dec. 4, in their first conference game of the season. - Marty Seeger Unity's Becca Milligan had seven points against Cumberland Tuesday night. - Leader file photo by Marty Seeger Team Grantsburg New Auburn

1 2 3 4 5 5 11 14 11 4 16 9 Individual Statistics 2s 3s FTM/A Grantsburg Abbey Vaksdal 3 Sarah Wald Megan Finch 1 3/4 7 2/4 Kortney Morrin Jessica Mayer Valerie Jensen 2 1/2 3/4 Gretchen Hedlund Totals 13 9/14

New Auburn Megan Farrell Dani Goodremote Sara Pope Marrissa Baldry Tabatha Baker Ashley Butterfield Totals

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F 35 40 F TP 4 6 2 4 5 - 16 1 2 5 1 3 14 35

3s FTM/A F TP 2/2 - 8 1/2 4 5 1/2 2 7 0/1 4 18 0/2 3 1 2 2 5/6 13 40

lay up for Frederic’s first lead of the game. The held on and won their first game with their new coach.

Zach Anderson and Ben Nelson both scored 11 points. Anderson had 10 rebounds. Nelson eventually fouled out and was replaced by Trae Gehl.

“Trae Gehl had some big plays off the bench,” Lind commented.

No stats were available to complete a box score at press time.

Turtle Lake 44, Webster 41 TURTLE LAKE – Webster had a close game with Turtle Lake, eventually falling, 44-41, on Tuesday, Dec. 2.

The score gap was never more than three points at the end of each quarter.

The first quarter ended with the Lakers up, 8-7. The second, Webster took a three point lead, 20-17.

The second half, Webster kept their Team Siren Solon Springs

1 2 3 4 10 9 5 24 18 11 8 17 Individual Statistics Siren 2s 3s FTM/A Christian Hall Elijah Hinze 1 2 Jesse Hinze 1 2/2 Charlie Brown 4 6/10 Vince Nasman 2 Brennan Moose 4 2/2 Andrew Brown 3 1/2 Totals 15 3 11/16 Solon Springs Alex Rowe Tyler Carose Nick Grubbe Andrew Armstrong Phil Larson Ryne Slivensky Tyler Luebbe Totals

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TP 8 5 14 4 10 7 48

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1 2 3 4 10 13 6 11 6 7 7 10 Individual Statistics Webster 2s 3s FTM/A Chris Stoll 1 1/2 Michelle Gibbs 6 0/2 Chelsey Robinson 1 1 0/2 Kendra Spurgeon 1/2 Reba Smallwood 3 Rose Kopecky 2 2/2 Rachel Salas 2 1 Totals 15 2 4/10 Turtle Lake Alex Tishda Tricia Hanson Malorie Nymphis Krystal Hammond Sara Yeske Ashley Lanti RayAnna Blackwell Olivia Westlund Totals

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F 40 30 F TP 1 3 1 12 - 5 - 1 2 6 - 6 3 7 7 40

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lead by one point, 29-28. The Lakers took the final quarter with their own three-point lead, 44-41, to win the game.

The Tigers only returning starter, Adam Baum, led the team with 10 points. Behind Baum, Kyle Godfrey scored nine, Austin Elliott six and James Wethern five.

Solon Springs 54, Siren 48 SOLON SPRINGS – The Siren Dragons boys basketball team played their first game under new head coach Jon Ruud. They traveled to Solon Springs, where they fell to the Eagles by six points, 54-48.

By halftime Solon Springs had a 10point lead, 29-19, but Siren came back in the second half.

Elijah Hinze got a broken nose in the third quarter but went back in the game to help the Dragons tie it up in the fourth with one minute to go.

“We had a look at a 3-pointer but missed it,” coach Jon Ruud said.

Siren scored 29 in the second half, compared to the Eagles 25, in order to stay within six points of Solon Springs winning score.

Most of the Dragon points were scored in the fourth quarter with several players contributing.

Charlie Brown led the team with 14 points, followed by Brennan Moose’s 10, Hinze’s eight and Andrew Brown’s seven.

“Charlie Brown had a great game for us,” Ruud commented.

Brown played the entire game while not feeling well.

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Hayward/Spooner shut out Lady Blizzard both. Lonetti put the first one in without anyone assisting. The second was passed from Crawford to Brittani Hopkins and then to Lonetti who hit the goal in.

New Richmond came back in the second period to take the lead, 3-2.

The Lady Blizzard put their third goal in during the third period. Hopkins put one past the New Richmond goalie during a power play with the help of Crawford. New Richmond had a girl in the penalty box for cross-checking.

The Lady Blizzard had six of their own penalties but New Richmond didn’t capitalize on the power plays.

During overtime, neither team was able to score, ending the game in a tie.

Lady Blizzard tied New Richmond Hayward/Spooner 2, Lady Blizzard 0

by Brenda Sommerfeld SIREN – Lady Blizzard took a loss, 20, to Hayward/Spooner for their first home game on Tuesday, Dec. 2.

Lady Blizzard goaltender Tiffany Meyer played a good game stopping 39 of 41 shots with the help of her defensive players. Together the team stopped 95.2 percent of all shots.

Hayward/Spooner put their first goal past Meyer in the first period with just under four minutes left. They started the second period with another goal.

The Lady Blizzard skated hard and Team Hayward/Spooner Lady Blizzard

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Scoring (Time remaining) First Period – 1 HS Melissa Briggs (Samone Skweres) 3:56.

Second Period – 2 HS Alyssa Ahlgren (Kelly Ahlgren) 16:04.

Third Period – no scoring.

Goalies Saves – HS Amberly Norton (10); LB Tiffany Meyer (39).

Cody Crawford and several others fight for the puck during the Lady Blizzard’s game against Hayward/Spooner. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld shot 10 at Hayward/Spooner’s goaltender but couldn’t get the puck in between the pipes.

The Lady Blizzard will travel to Moose Lake on Thursday, Dec. 4, and Saturday, Dec. 6, they play East Range Lady Knights in Siren.

Lady Blizzard 3, New Richmond 3

NEW RICHMOND – The Lady Blizzard started out their season on a high note. It wasn’t a win, but a tie is better than a loss. The Lady Blizzard tied New Richmond, 3-3, after overtime play.

Two goals were scored by the Blizzard in the first period. Alex Lonetti scored

Team Lady Blizzard New Richmond

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Scoring (Elapsed time) First Period – 1 LB Alex Lonetti 4:19; 2 LB Alex Lonetti (Brittani Hopkins, Cody Crawford) 10:01.

Second Period – 1 NR Chelsea Singershouse 2:51; 2 NR Chelsea Singerhouse (Shelby Melby) 10:23; 3 NR Dani Edin (Caitlynn Singerhouse, Rachel Mullendore) 11:48.

Third Period – 3 LB Brittani Hopkins (Cody Crawford) 16:00.

Goalies Saves – LB Tiffany Meyer (27); NR Ellie Tylee (33).

Menomonie fights through Blizzard up seven minutes later with an unassisted goal of his own, tying the game 2-2.

“I thought once we settled down I saw some good things,” Sears commented.

Menomonie’s Matt Pearson was able to get the puck past the Blizzard goaltender, Mike Billings, in the last 30 seconds to take the lead back.

Blizzard’s Folk single-handedly scored in the first minute of the third to tie the game back up 3-3. Freshman Anthony Dietmeier, assisted by Russ Thoreen, put in the goal that gave the Blizzard their first lead of the game.

Menomonie didn’t let them hold onto the lead for long, as they scored another goal to tie it once again. The Blizzard held Menomonie off for 10 minutes, including one minute where they only had three players on the ice against Menomonie’s five. The other two

Tony Folk scores two of Blizzard’s four Menomonie 7, Blizard 4

by Brenda Sommerfeld SIREN – The first game started out a little rocky for the Blizzard boys hockey team. They eventually fell to Menomonie, 7-4, on Saturday, Nov. 29, after being outshot by them 45-22.

During the first period the Blizzard was not able to score as the Menomonie team put in their first two goals. This was the first varsity experience for many of the Blizzard players.

“We only have one senior so I’m looking to young guys to step into certain roles this season and I think we are going to be OK down the road,” coach Greg Sears said.

After a break the Blizzard came back onto the ice for the second period. Jamie Robb was the first to put in a goal, on either team, with an assist from team captain Tony Folk. Folk then followed it

A R E A Hacker’s Lanes

Sunday Afternoon Mixed Standings: Chippewa Checks 61, Mark’s Girls 55, The Gutter Busters 54, Sandbaggers 51, Spare-Us 47, Hole in the Wall 39, Hot Shots 28, Gold Rush 27.

Women’s games: Cheryl Matrious (CC) 210, Gail Linke (MG) 201, Lori Linke (GB) 180.

Women’s series: Gail Linke (MG) 534, Cheryl Matrious (CC) 519, Lori Linke (GB) 467.

Men’s games: Jim Loomis (SU) 214, Anthony Ricci (GB) 194, Gary Barfknecht (GB) 192.

Men’s series: Jim Loomis (SU) 561, Scott Morrison (GR) 528, Anthony Ricci (GB) 518.

Team games: Spare-Us 870, Chippewa Checks 813, The Gutter Busters 810.

Team series: Spare-Us 2401, Chippewa Checks 2357, Sandbaggers 2264.

Games 50 or more above average: Cheryl Matrious (+52).

Splits converted: 2-8-7: Edla Meyer. 510: Edla Meyer. 3-6-7-10: Gail Linke. 5-7: Cheryl Matrious. 4-5: Larry Matrious. 610: Rick Benjamin.

Monday Afternoon Seniors Standings: Cardinals 27, Zebras 26, Bears 25, Badgers 25, Eagles 22, Swans 21, Nite Hawks 20, Bye 0.

LEFT: Blizzard Tony Folk races with a Menomonie player to get to the puck during their game on Saturday, Nov. 29. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

B O W L I N G Women’s games: Karen Wiemer 188, Joan Anderson 159, Barb Austad 158.

Women’s series: Karen Wiemer 426, Barb Austad 410, Betty Schandorff 391.

Men’s games: Tom Funne 206, Roger Messer 189, Dennis Bohn 188.

Men’s series: Dennis Bohn 543, Roger Messer 507, Tom Funne 493.

Team games: Nite Hawks 655, Swans 620, Bears 611.

Team series: Nite Hawks 1842, Bears 1667, Cardinals 1658.

Thursday Early 3-Man Standings: Hell Raisers 46, Full Timers 45.5, Wikstrom Construction 42, Frontier Trails 37, Grindell Law Offices 33.5, Fab Four 25, K-Wood 23, Bye 8.

Individual games: Joshua Henry (FuT) 255, Brian McBroom (FuT) 246, Dave Grindell (GLO) 236.

Individual series: Joshua Henry (FuT) 701, Brian McBroom (FuT) 631, Michael Sullivan (WC) 604.

Team games: Full Timers 733, Grindell Law Offices 609, Fab Four 575.

Team series: Full Timers 1882, Grindell Law Offices 1684, Fab Four 1616.

Consecutive strikes (5 or more): Joshua Henry 255; Brian McBroom 246.

Games 50 or more above average: Joshua Henry 188+ = 255.

Splits converted: 5-10: Laryn Larson x2.

9-10: John Hickey. 6-7-10: Blake Douglas.

Friday Night Ladies Standings: Pioneer Bar 68, Frederic Design & Promotion 61.5, Junque Art 41, Meyer’s Plus 40.5, Hole in the Wall 40.5, Skol Bar 38.5, The Leader 38, The Dozers 36.

Individual games: Missy Hernandez 205, Gail Linke 202, Dorothy Barfknecht 187.

Individual series: Gail Linke 531, Missy Hernandez 522, Jen Carlson 520.

Team games: Skol Bar 731, Junque Art 647, Meyer’s Plus 619.

Blizzard players were in the penalty box.

In the last four minutes, Menomonie secured their win with three more goals.

Team Menomonie Blizzard

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Scoring (Time remaining) First Period – 1 M Derrick Palm (Isaac Hoagland) 10:25; 2 M Jason Zerbian (Matt Pearson) 5:10.

Second Period – 1 B Jamie Robb (Tony Folk) 8:31; 2 B Tony Folk 1:11; 3 M Matt Pearson (Drew Otto) 0:36.

Third Period – 3 B Tony Folk 16:09; 4 B Anthony Dietmeier (Russ Thoreen) 14:41; 4 M Matt Pearson (Drew Otto, Isaac Hoagland) 13:07; 5 M Drew Otto (Tanner Dahl) 3:28; 6 M Tyler Buckley (Mike Swanson) 2:35; 7 M Drew Otto (Derrick Palm) 1:16.

Goalies Saves – M Treyson Vavra (18); B Mike Billings (38).

Youth Hockey Grantsburg/Burnett Girls U-14 Saturday, Nov. 29 Blaine 5, Grantsburg 1 Goals: Haylie Samuelson Assists: Kassie Lien Saves: Hope Tucker (25)

R E S U L T S Team series: Skol Bar 2020, Junque Art 1878, Meyer’s Plus 1760.

Splits converted: 4-10: Tammy Lindberg. 6-7: Sheila Hanson. 3-10: Sam Otten. 4-9-7: Gail Linke.

Saturday Night Mixed Standings: Skowl 34, Dead Eyes 26, Generation III 24, CC Lupinos 24, Lakers 23, Handicaps 23, GDB 22, Schmidt House 4 20.

Women’s games: Kathy Java (LA) 215, Deb Ingram (SK) 211 & 199.

Women’s series: Deb Ingram (SK) 577, Kathy Java 551, Kelly Schmidt (SC) 459.

Men’s games: Ron Skow (SK) 255, Jeb Clarin (CC) 247, Ron Skow (SK) 228.

Men’s series: Ron Skow (SK) 682, Jeb Clarin (CC) 642, Maynard Stevens (GE) 578.

Team games: Lakers 774, Skowl 772 & 768.

Team series: Skowl 2192, Lakers 2059, Generation III 1938.

Black & Orange

Early Birds (End of 1st half) Standings: Black & Orange 31-17, Gandy Dancer Saloon 24-24, 10th Hole 23-25, Log Cabin Store 18-30.

Individual games: Kay Casey (10th) 180, Michelle Lysdahl (10th) 178, Marcy Viebrock (B&O) 169.

Individual series: Michelle Lysdahl (10th) 498, Kay Casey (10th) 463, Marcy Viebrock (B&O) 433.

Team games: Black & Orange 833, Gandy Dancer Saloon 832, 10th Hole 828.

Team series: Gandy Dancer Saloon 2456, Black & Orange 2446, 10th Hole 2396.

Games 50 or more above average: Michell Lysdahl 178 (+54).

TNT Ladies Standings: Cashco 34-18, Larry’s LP 27-25, Flower Power 27-25, Wild Bill’s 16-36.

Individual games: Jennifer Kern (L) 199, Vida Sears (C) 157, Sue Eytcheson (FP) & Jean Bickford (L) 152.

Individual series: Jennifer Kern (L) 453, Sue Eytcheson (FP) 419, Jean Bickford (L) 403.

Team games: Flower Power 839, Cashco 831, Larry’s LP 801.

Team series: Larry’s LP 2327, Flower Power 2323, Cashco 2281.

Consecutive strikes (5 or more): Jennifer Kern.

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Viking girls sink Shell Lake Lakers ship gain enough ground after that, losing to the Bulldogs, 47-35.

“We played good as a team,” coach Angie Maternowsky said. “We were within four points a couple of times.”

Marissa Campeau scored for the Saints first with 1 of 2 free throws.

Racheal Hanson made the Saints first field goal. Amanda Larson and Jenny Benoy each scored one field goal in the first quarter.

After the first half, Chetek had a 24-18 lead. The Bulldogs never let St. Croix Falls get the lead over them once throughout the entire game.

“Chetek has a very good group of girls,” Maternowsky commented.

Chetek got into foul trouble in the first half, but the Saints couldn’t take advantage, as they had trouble making their free throws. St. Croix Falls made 9 of their 21 free-throw attempts.

Campeau led her team with 12 points, Benoy totaled nine and Larson scored five. Hanson ended the game with four points.

Cardinals fly past New Auburn Frederic 49, Shell Lake 43

by Brenda Sommerfeld SHELL LAKE – The Vikings are 2-0 after their second game on Tuesday, Nov. 25, after winning 49-43 against Shell Lake.

“Shell Lake was a good defensive team, really made us work hard,” coach Troy Wink said.

The first quarter gave Frederic a jump start with their 13-6 lead. Frederic actually outscored the Lakers in every quarter except the fourth, where Shell Lake brought the score pretty close, scoring 18 to the Vikings 13.

Seven of Frederic’s 13 points in the fourth were free throws. Chrissy Chenal made 4 of 6 and Becca Anderson completed 3 of 4.

Chenal led the team with 14 points, followed by Anderson with 12. Kendra Wells had seven points for the team.

Megan Anderson led the Vikings under the boards with nine rebounds.

She also scored six points.

“We improved from our first game to second which was our main goal,” Wink commented. “We still have a lot to improve on, but our passing was better and we shot a little better.”

Team Frederic Shell Lake

1 2 3 4 13 9 14 13 6 7 12 18 Individual Statistics 2s 3s FTM/A Frederic Jade Johnson 1 Cathryn McConnell Megan Anderson 3 0/2 2 0/1 Ana Miller Anna Tesch 2 Chrissy Chenal 5 4/8 3 6/8 Becca Anderson Kendra Wells 1 1 2/2 Candace Buck Totals 17 1 12/21 Shell Lake Ashley Anderson Paula Burton Steph Clark Julie Simpson Nikki Scheu Sarah Jamme Jennifer Cassel Annie Dunham Totals

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Team Chetek St. Croix Falls

1 2 3 4 15 9 10 13 6 12 8 9 Individual Statistics Chetek 2s 3s FTM/A Emily Christensen 2 0/1 Lindsay Hassemer 1 Kirsten Bowers 2 1 1/2 Beth Fijalkiewicz Melissa Meister 0/1 Heather Jahn Christina Swangim 5 2 0/1 Alexis Schaaf 7 1 Totals 17 4 1/5

F 49 43 F 2 1 3 1 2 4 1 2 2 18

TP 2 6 4 4 14 12 7 49

3s FTM/A F TP 1 4/9 3 13 1 2 3 1 2 5 2/2 2 6 3 1/1 3 7 2/2 2 2 3/4 3 7 3 12/18 20 43

Vikings Chrissy Chenal goes up for a shot against a Shell Lake Laker during their game Tuesday, Nov. 25. – Photo by Larry Samson Cardinal defense to score enough to catch Luck.

The senior leadership showed throughout this first game in the three starting seniors. Jenssen was the second-leading scorer, totaling eight points. Krystal Stage was a strength for the team on defense, along with Brittney Danielson. Both Stage and Danielson scored four points for the Cardinal team.

This was the first game that Denny

has started. She led the team with 10 points and seven rebounds. The other starter, Pilz, totaled six points and had three assists.

Lemieux didn’t start the game, but came off the bench to score seven and get four rebounds.

Chetek 47, St. Croix Falls 35 ST. CROIX FALLS – The Saints fell behind Chetek right away in the game on Tuesday, Nov. 25. They couldn’t ever

Luck 39, New Auburn 27 NEW AUBURN – The Luck Cardinal girls team started their basketball season with a bang on Tuesday, Nov. 25.

Their 39-27 victory over New Auburn puts them on the right track over the next months.

“It was nice to start the season off with a victory,” coach Marty Messar said. “There were indications of these girls having the potential to be a good basketball team. Its a great team win!”

The Cardinals took the lead during the first quarter, 10-6, with senior Melissa Jenssen scoring four, juniors Aleah Lemieux, two, and Taryn Pilz making her two free throws.

Sophomore Morgan Denny also scored two points.

Luck continued to widen the gap throughout the next three quarters.

New Auburn was never allowed by the Team Luck New Auburn

1 2 3 4 10 14 11 4 6 9 2 10 Individual Statistics Luck 2s 3s FTM/A Morgan Denny 3 4/5 Melissa Jenssen 4 Krystal Stage 2 Brittney Danielson 2 Aleah Lemieux 3 1/3 Taryn Pilz 2 2/2 Totals 16 7/10 New Auburn Megan Farrell Dani Goodremote Sara Pope Marrissa Baldry Tabatha Baker Ashley Butterfield Totals

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Saints point guard Sarah Petznick guards one of the Chetek players. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

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3s FTM/A F TP 1 2 3 2/2 1 2 1 0/1 - 9 4/11 3 12 0/3 3 4 3/4 1 5 2 9/21 10 35

1 2 3 4 4 3 3 7 10 18 5 7 Individual Statistics Unity 2s 3s FTM/A Annie Confer 1 1 Samantha Ince 2/2 Crystal Donahue Brittany Petznick 1 Becca Milligan 1/2 Stephanie Kothlow 1 1/2 Elizabeth Ebensperger 1 Marissa Hacker 1 0/1 Totals 5 1 4/7

F TP 2 10 4 8 4 4 2 4 3 7 3 6 18 39

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Clear Lake 40, Unity 17 CLEAR LAKE – Unity’s first game was against Clear Lake on Tuesday, Nov. 25. They found the Warriors to be tough, with a 40-17 loss.

“It was very disappointing the way we played,” coach Chuck Holicky said.

“Physically, they just beat us up.”

Holicky said his team handled the full-court pressure very well, they just had too many unforced turnovers in their half-court sets.

Clear Lake scored 20 in the first half, while they held the Unity shooters to seven points.

The closest quarter for points was the fourth, with both teams scoring seven points. The Eagles points were made by Annie Confer with a 3-pointer and Brittany Petznick and Elizabeth Ebensperger each scoring a field goal.

Confer led the team in points with five and Stephanie Kothlow followed with three.

Team Unity Clear Lake

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3s FTM/A F TP 2/2 3 6 1/2 4 5 - 4 2/2 5 6 1 2 - 6 2 5/6 13 27

St. Croix Falls Sarah Petznick Jamie Rohm Jenny Benoy Marissa Campeau Racheal Hanson Amanda Larson Totals

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Clear Lake Katie Weiss Hailie Steinberger Bethany Campion Rachel Nordby Chelcie Stemberger Taylor Olson Meghan Stack Lindsey Peterson Kristin Wyss Hillary Friendshuh Totals

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F 17 40 F TP 4 5 0 2 1 2 2 4 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 15 17

3s FTM/A F TP 0/3 - 4 2/4 4 10 1 2 2 3/6 - 7 2 2 1 4 1 1/2 1 1 0/3 2 10 6/18 14 40

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“There ain’t any deer around” say some locals Other than the Swami (see his column elsewhere on these pages) most local hunters are lamenting the dearth of deer sightings during the tradition-laden n i n e - d a y Wisconsin firearm season, which con- THE SPORTS cluded last Sunday.

One old-timer, who first chased whitetails while armed with a 20-gauge shotgun back in 1969 when he was 13 years old, says the 2008 season was easily the most sparse in deer sightings in all of the intervening 40 years.

Armchair managers are citing an increase in bow-hunting and crossbow hunting efficiency and popularity, the youth hunt, the T-Zone hunt, Earn-A Buck, tree-stand hunting and deer feeding (both of which discourdaytime deer moveage ment) and zealous doe shooting by diehard meat hunters and the Quality Deer Management community as reasons for the decline in the quality of the firearm hunt of 2008.

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Maybe we’re heading back to the days of the 1960s and 1970s, when shooting a buck was a big deal, and now-familiar comments such as “I passed up five bucks waiting for a big one,” or “ I filled eight tags this year,” or “What? You’ve never hit a deer with your car?” were nowhere in the local vocabulary. That wouldn’t be all bad, of course.

Some have said that the cumulative effect of what others have called insanely liberal tag allocations is finally paying off for those entrusted to manage Wisconsin’s deer herd.

Fun fact about new Frederic coach New Frederic boys varsity coach Ryan Lind, who debuted at the helm last night over at Weyerhaeuser in his team’s 39-34 victory, played varsity basketball at Ripon College.

Hallberg goes Hawaiian Ex-Unity Eagle star and current Grantsburg Pirate assistant hoop coach Nick Hallberg reports that his cousin and former Unity Little Leaguer Mark Hallberg is playing winter baseball for the West Oahu Canefires in the Aloha State. Mark Hallberg—an Arizona Diamondback farmhand—was hitting .366 at last report while continuing the process of rehab from an injury that shortened his 2008 minor league season.

Follow the Leader GIRLS BASKETBALL

Team Frederic Siren St. Croix Falls Luck Webster Unity Grantsburg

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Tuesday, Nov. 25 Luck 39, New Auburn 27 Frederic 49, Shell Lake 43 Chetek 47, St. Croix Falls 35 Clear Lake 40, Unity 17 Monday, Dec. 1 New Auburn 40, Grantsburg 35 Tuesday, Dec. 2 Webster 40, Turtle Lake 30 Clayton 47, Luck 28 Cumberland 46, Unity 33

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Upcoming

Thursday, Dec. 4 7 p.m.

Lady Blizzard at Moose Lake, Minn.

Saturday, Dec. 6 1 p.m.

Ely/Babbitt, Minn. at Siren

WRESTLING Upcoming

Overall 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0

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Monday, Dec. 1 Solon Springs 54, Siren 48 Tuesday, Dec. 2 Luck 59, Clayton 32 Grantsburg 67, Somerset 51 Frederic 39, Weyerhaeuser 34 Turtle Lake 44, Webster 41 Cameron 41, Unity 37

Thursday, Dec. 4 7:30 p.m. Siren at Grantsburg St. Croix Falls at Webster Clear Lake at Luck Friday, Dec. 5 7:30 p.m. Frederic at Unity Tuesday, Dec. 9 6 p.m.

Siren at Luck Unity at Webster 7:30 p.m. Frederic at St. Croix Falls Grantsburg at Ladysmith

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BOYS BASKETBALL

West Lakeland Conference Standings

Team Frederic Grantsburg Luck Siren Unity Webster St. Croix Falls

Thursday, Dec. 4 7 p.m.

Shell Lake at Unity Saturday, Dec. 6 9 a.m.

St. Croix Falls at Ellsworth Unity at Ellsworth LFG at Rush City, Minn.

Tuesday, Dec. 9 6 p.m.

Triple Dual at Frederic

Thursday, Dec. 4 7:30 p.m. Cameron at St. Croix Falls Webster at Somerset Friday, Dec. 5 7:30 p.m. Ellsworth at Luck Amery at Grantsburg Saturday, Dec. 6 12:30 p.m. Unity at Somerset Tuesday, Dec. 9 6 p.m.

Frederic at St. Croix Falls 7:30 p.m. Siren at Luck Unity at Webster Turtle Lake at Grantsburg

BOYS HOCKEY Blizzard

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Blizzard at Wausau East Saturday, Dec. 6 2 p.m.

Blizzard at Park Falls

WOMEN’S POOL LEAGUE Team Greg's Gals Blacksmith Shop Glass Bar Wise Guys JJ's I Hack's Suzy Q's Kassel Tap JJ's II Shafer's

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In other St. Croix Falls news, ex-Saint star Katie “The Kid” Weinberg is playing quality minutes and contributing for the 5-0 UW-Eau Claire Blugolds. Last Saturday night Weinberg and her teammates upended Britta Petersen and her UWStevens Point Pointers 60-54 in holiday tourney action at UWEC. Broadway Brett stumbles but Jets hold division lead.

Broadway Brett Favre of the division-leading New York Jets was outplayed last Sunday by Denver’s youngster quarterback Jay Cutler in a surprisingly easy Broncos victory. Brett’s Jets hope to bounce back next Sunday at San Francisco. Some fans are envisioning a “Subway Super Bowl” with the Jets meeting the Giants in the big game.

Meanwhile the Packers – who kicked Favre to the curb last summer after he had led our Pack to a 13-3 season in 2007—are struggling with a 5-7 record as their playoff hopes fade to a faint glimmer.

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1) Considered the dean of Leader Land assistants, this longtime Webster assistant coach is a Luck alumnus and also is well-known for his prowess in hunting and fishing.

2) This highly successful Luck boys assistant is also a Luck alum.

He’s also well-known for his stellar annual Christmas light display. 3) He’s served as a Unity hoop assistant at several levels and even had a stint as varsity head man when Dennis Anderson was out of action due to illness. 4) This Webster girls basketball assistant holds the distinction of having served as a head coach in football and baseball. 5) He is best known as the head volleyball coach at a school in a Polk County river town but also serves as the girls basketball assistant at the same school.

Answers: 1) Jim “Sorno” Sorenson 2) Alan “Al” Tomlinson 3) Rory “The Rocket” Paulsen 4) Scott Hoefs 5) Scott Petznick John Ryan may be reached at jmr202@yahoo.com.

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NAME: Brennan Olson SCHOOL: Luck YEAR: Senior COMMENTS: Brennan Olson got the basketball season off to a great start as he led the Cardinals in rebounds and 22 points over the Clayton Bears in the teams first game of the season on Tuesday, Dec. 2. “Brennan controlled the Brennan Olson boards and earned his 20 points,” said coach Rick Giller. Luck defeated Clayton by one point in the regional championship game last season, but the Cards won handily Tuesday 59-32. –Marty Seeger

NAME: Tiffany Meyer SCHOOL: Grantsburg YEAR: Sophomore COMMENTS: With the help of her defensive team, Lady Blizzard goaltender Tiffany Meyer has blocked several shots in the last two games. Meyer has a tie and a loss for this year’s record but has Tiffany Meyer worked hard in both games. The loss was to Hayward/Spooner on Tuesday night. Meyer blocked 39 of 41 shots during the game and in the tie against New Richmond she blocked 27 of 30 shots. –Brenda Sommerfeld

The Swami was in a great mood when he dropped off this week’s predictions. “Not only did I have the best deer season I’ve ever had, but I also went 61 in my first week of prognosThe ticating,” he Swami said. He also gushed about the THE SWAMI number of deer he saw during the just-completed nine-day hunt. “Deer seemed to be everywhere, and I plan to go out and shoot a few more in a couple of weeks during the late season,” he added.

This week the local legend will pick both boys and girls games, as he will until regional finals are complete next March.

Frederic 36, Unity 26—The Vikes are off to a 3-0 start.

Clear Lake 45, Luck 30—The Warriorettes are always tough.

Webster 31, Unity 30—This will be a real dogfight.

Siren 52, Luck 32—This won’t be a real dogfight.

Ladysmith 44, Grantsburg 40—A tough nonconference test for the Pirates.

St. Croix Falls 44, Frederic 39—This might be the best game of the week.

PREDICTS

Girls games: St. Croix Falls 45, Webster 30—A nice road win for our Saints Siren 44, Grantsburg 34—An early statement as the Dragons embark on their title quest.

Boys games: Webster 45, Somerset 43—The newlook Tigers find a way to win.

Grantsburg 55, Amery 47—Step one for the Pirates who are looking to reclaim West Lakeland supremacy.

Luck 60, Ellsworth 50—Step one for the Cardinals who will probably maintain West Lakeland supremacy.

St. Croix Falls 58, Cameron 48—The Saints figure to be in the title mix.

Webster 52, Unity 38—The Tigers win comfortably.

Luck 72, Siren 44—Siren has some young talent but can’t match up with the Cards.

Grantsburg 74, Turtle Lake 50—A real yawner.

St. Croix Falls 66, Frederic 40—The Vikes will struggle.

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A busy outdoor season still to come

With a little more time on Monday evening, I might have taken my first few baby steps out onto the ice in search of a fresh meal of fish.

Instead, the waning Marty light hindered my plans and a grumSeeger bling stomach had me searching for lastminute dinner ideas. I The managed to find the Bottom last frozen pack of fish stashed near the Line bottom of the chest freezer. It was dated Sept. 22, 2007.

In frozen fish terms that’s pretty old, but I forged ahead in an effort not to waste the 20 perch fillets frozen solid in a block of ice, and it worked. After thawing in lukewarm water and frying them up in a beer batter they actually tasted pretty good – not nearly as good as fresh fish but edible in a pinch. Now with a freezer void of any fish at all, it’s time to start thinking about an outing on the lake. Several people have forged onto some of the smaller bodies of water and many have been successful already. Early ice, although dangerous, can produce some pretty awesome fishing.

But with so much season left to fish, you may want to consider other outdoor ventures, and prepare for the seasons ahead. Don’t blame me if you forget the Dec. 10 application deadline for

spring turkey and bear hunting permits. You may also want to get in a lateseason pheasant hunt before it closes Dec. 31, or even a last-minute Canada goose hunt before they come to a close.

There’s still plenty of time for a grouse hunt, or an old-fashioned squirrel hunt to fill the slow cooker on a cold winter day. Or, if you need just one more deer for the freezer, the muzzleloader season is on right now, a four-day antlerlessonly gun season is set to run Dec. 11-14, and the late archery season doesn’t close till Jan. 4.

Deer numbers down at seasons end There’s still a lot of opportunity to tag out on a deer if you haven’t already, but some folks may still be sour with what they experienced with the nine-day gun-deer season last week. At least where areas of Polk and Burnett counties are concerned. Many area residents reported seeing fewer deer, and preliminary numbers released from the DNR Tuesday evening indicate several areas with low harvest numbers for the nineday gun season. Of the 18 northern counties, which include Burnett, Polk, Barron and several others further north, preliminary counts show 100,736 registered deer in 2007 and 70,351 in 2008. Burnett county shows 6,287 in 2007 and 4,468 in 2008, with Polk County down as well, with 9,463 registered deer in 2007 and 7,797 deer this season.

“Hunters have been doing a good job, and deer populations may be moving toward healthy goals,” said Keith Warnke, DNR big-game biologist in a press release Tuesday night. “Their commitment and involvement are having a positive effect and will help to ensure a healthy deer herd in the future

Too many geese to count lined the west bay of Balsam Lake last week, just a few days before freezing over completely with its first thin layer of ice. – Photo by Marty Seeger for them and for a younger generation of hunters who are coming up through the ranks.”

Warnke went on to say that they need to look at all numbers from other deer seasons before anything is certain, since the harvest numbers do not include archery, the October antlerless deer hunt or hunts still planned in the coming weeks.

“We still need to look at all the numbers from all deer seasons before we can say anything for sure,” said Warnke, “but it looks like our estimates of winter mortality and fawn production may be off, which, if it proves true, would lead to overestimation of the pre-hunt population.

“Preliminary counts seem to indicate a lower than predicted deer population. That may indicate that deer populations could be moving toward healthy population goals.”

Wildlife managers say that fawn pro-

LEFT: Father and son Mike and Andy Olson of Cushing took these bucks on Nov. 15 during the regular bowhunting season. The buck on the left is a 12pointer and the other is an 8-pointer. Photo submitted

duction was the lowest it has been in 15 years because of a late cool spring, which is one factor that may have contributed to the lower numbers. A later than usual deer season, which caused many areas of the state to miss rutting activity, also may have contributed.

Making deer movement minimal.

Not all areas of the state had fewer registration numbers. The south central region increased 3 percent and the southeast region was steady, only dropping 4 percent, according to the press release. Other areas further north and east have experienced a number of herd-reduction and Earn-a-Buck seasons, which appear to be working, according to wildlife managers.

“In the final analysis, once all the numbers are in, it is possible that there will be fewer herd-control and Earn-aBuck units in the coming season,” Warnke said. – with information from www.dnr.state.wi.us

Scott Domagala of Frederic took this 8-pointer on opening weekend of the nine-day gun deer opener. – Photo by Marty Seeger

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Sara Anderson took her first buck, a 10-pointer, which was taken on Nov. 25.

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Unity freshman Cassie Sturgul took a nice 11-point buck at 10:15 a.m. on opening day of the rifle season. – Photo submitted

••• George Meyer, executive director of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, and former DNR secretary, was recognized in this month’s issue of Outdoor Life for the national magazine’s second-annual top 25 most influential persons in hunting and fishing. Meyer is a lobbyist for sportsmen’s issues and an attorney who Outdoor Life quoted as possibly “one of the most influential sportsmen’s advocates you’ve ever heard of.”

He has worked at the state capitol on important issues from keeping invasive species out of Wisconsin’s waters, to protecting public access for hunters and fishermen. In December of 2007 Meyer was a special guest at the Polk County Sportsmen’s Club meeting, where he spoke about some of the most important issues in conservation. - Marty Seeger ••• Spring turkey and bear hunting permit applications are due on Wednesday, Dec. 10. A third-annual youth spring turkey hunt is scheduled again for April 11-12. There are 221,034 permits available for the 2009 spring turkey season. Applications for special turkey hunts for hunters with disablities are also due on Dec. 10. The bobwhite quail and muzzleloader season closes on Dec. 10, and the ruffed grouse season closes in the eastern zone on Dec. 8. The southern zone duck season closes on Sunday, Dec. 7.

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Obey says root of economic crisis is inadequate family income

FREDERIC – At the Polk County Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson-Dueholm dinner Tuesday night, U.S. Congressman Dave Obey said that the top priority for Congress and the new president must be the economy.

As chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Obey has been working to put together a large part of the proposed economic recovery package.

“We’re facing the most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression in 1932. If we don’t deal with it imaginatively and aggressively we’ll see millions of additional people unemployed, thousands of businesses closed and we’ll be facing five to 10 years of economic recession that would ruin the economic security of millions of families,” said Obey. “That’s why we’ve got to take firm and aggressive action to do whatever is necessary.

“These problems are not going to be solved by nibbling around the edges. Even with firm government action, we’re in for a rocky ride, because it’s taken us a decade to get into this mess and it will take years to correct. There is no quick fix. But with balanced and skillful action we can limit the damage and hasten the day of recovery.”

To understand what needs to be done to rebuild a decent economic future, we have to understand what caused the mess in the first place, Obey said.

“Republican politicians tend to say the problems started with the housing market, and Democrats tend to say they started on Wall Street. They’re both wrong.

Those are trigger points that produced the economic

slide, but the cause of the problem is far deeper. The reason that the economy has run into such trouble is the collapse of purchasing power. Since the Reagan era, the lion’s share of income growth has gone to the top 10 percent of people in the economy – those making more than about $100,000. That means that 90 percent of Americans (some 271 million people) are fighting for table scraps, and family income for average Americans has been essentially flat for almost a decade. In order to keep their heads above water, those families tried to shore up their living standard by borrowing. They borrowed more for houses; for cars; to send their kids to school; and to pay for ever rising health care costs.

“At the same time, the wizards on Wall Street were trying to find new ways to make an extra buck. So they developed new kinds of financial instruments – like credit default swaps and mortgage backed securities – which very few people understood. They were high risk investments and now the entire economy is paying the costs of those risks,” Obey added.

The No. 1 job of government is now to restore people’s confidence in the economy, Obey said. “President Bush tried to do that with his $700 billion bailout package, which was aimed mostly at Wall Street and the banking system. We now have an obligation to try to focus our efforts on improving things on Main Street.

That’s why we’ve been pressing the administration to do more to stabilize the housing market and why we must do something to try to salvage the auto industry.

We’ve also tried to get the president to support an economic recovery package that would stimulate the creation of additional jobs; but the White House has been resistant. So my committee is now working to develop a recovery package that we can present to the new president as soon as he is sworn in on Jan. 20.”

Obey noted that the focus of that recovery package is to create at least a million jobs by: • Rebuilding infrastructure, such as bridges and roads; • Helping states avoid cutting services and massive layoffs; and • Investing in energy research.

“In the short term, we hope to see that recovery package blended with tax reductions for middle income people,” Obey said. “In the long term, we have to redo our tax system to reduce the burden on average families, and recognize that, while we have a huge federal deficit – which will not get smaller as long as the economy doesn’t grow – we also have large education deficits, health care deficits, energy deficits and scientific research deficits, and we need to commit ourselves to the long-term strengthening of investments in order to retool and rebuild the workforce and American industry. It will take a long time and steady effort, but that’s the only real way to grow our economy.” – with information from the office of Congressman Obey

Somerset man and woman may face meth charges

POLK COUNTY - A Somerset man and woman face meth-related charges following a traffic stop on Thanksgiving Day. Ryan Joseph Lee, 22, and Terri A. Demarrias, 39, face possible charges of possession of meth and possession of meth paraphernalia. Lee is also wanted on a warrant out of Ramsey County, Minn.

According to a Polk County Sheriff’s report, a sheriff’s deputy was monitoring the intersection of 240th Street and 50th Avenue when he observed a vehicle

drive through the intersection, neglecting to stop for a stop sign, traveling approximately 40 miles per hour.

The deputy made a traffic stop and discovered Lee was wanted on a warrant and arrested him. He issued a citation to Demarrias for failure to stop at a stop sign.

A search of the vehicle produced a small, zippered bag stuffed in the arm rest of the front passenger door.

The bag contained a pipe wrapped in cloth and a small, tied-off cellophane bag containing what the officer recognized as being methamphetamine.

Demarrias stated she had no knowledge of the bag or its contents. Lee denied it was his.

Demarrias was placed under arrest.

A text message on Demariass’ phone, found in her possession, from a person named Tami, stated “Do you still got - if so is it good and how much for a half.”

- with information from the Polk County Sheriff’s Dept.

Community creates own stimulus package ST. CROIX FALLS - Realizing the importance of supporting locally owned businesses in improving the economic vitality of a community, the Business Improvement District of downtown St. Croix Falls, St Croix Regional Medical Center and Good Samaritan Society, along with others, will be gifting Buy Local Bucks to spend during the holiday season. The BID will be giving $7 Buy Local Bucks to each homeowner in St. Croix Falls, and the businesses will be giving $5

Buy Local Bucks to their employees.

It’s anticipated that when Buy Local Bucks are used, shoppers will exceed the minimum purchase amount and do additional shopping and dining while downtown, bringing in many times the $7,519 in Buy Local Bucks being distributed. Buy Local Bucks will begin distribution in time for Thanksgiving and continue until the end of December, with a list of eligible downtown businesses listed on the back of the coupon.

Approximately 80 percent of each dollar coming into a local business stays in the community versus 40 percent or less at a large chain store, so the positive impact to the businesses and community in this promotion will be felt. As Steve McCormick, DDS, has said, “I realize that I probably won’t see any of the Buy Local dollars. But I understand that when the community does well, I do well.” - submitted

Dresser sets mill rate

by Tammi Milberg DRESSER–The village of Dresser held a budget hearing Monday, Dec. 1, for the 2009 budget. The board approved the budget and levy.

The levy is $278,315. The mill rate for village taxpayers is $7.11 per $1,000 of assessed value. The mill rate is down from last year. The 2008 mill rate was $7.25.

In other business, the board authorized officer Ryan Haass to move forward on a grant award through Homeland Security for radio upgrades. The grant will

assist in the cost of upgrading radios from analog to digital, improving communications.

The board will hold a public hearing on the draft comprehensive plan in January. The public hearing is a formality before the final approval of the comprehensive plan can take place.

The board also approved the joint operating agreement for the municipal court for Dresser, village of Osceola, town of Osceola and Farmington.

The board also approved a motion for Janet M.

Sandberg to act as agent for Dresser Food and Liquor, Inc. The board approved operator’s licenses to Gary A. Zahler and Patricia Mae Peterson.

The board approved the resignation of Grace Bjorklund from the Osceola Area Ambulance Board and approved Rick Flandrena to serve on that board with a term to end in April 2009.

St. Croix Falls trick-or-treat food drive The St. Croix Falls tradition stood strong this year as a group of high school students went trick-or-treating for canned goods on Halloween night. Each group split up to nearby neighborhoods and collected as much as they could. Residents are usually prepared for this event and set aside an item or two just in case a knock at their door asks for cans instead of candy.

Altogether the group of 12 ladies collected over 500 items, which were all donated to the St. Croix Food Pantry. Pictured are front row (L to R): Jasmine Jones, Abby Swenson, Emily Scheuermann and Kelsey Willow. Back row: Brittany Buss, Jessica Derrick, Mara Martinson, Nicole Krych, Emma Wimberly, Summer Wilson, Kierlyn Ward and Becca Wampfler. – Photo submitted

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Filing period starts for spring election

December is nomination papers deadline for many offices

by Gregg Westigard BURNETT/POLK COUNTIES – December is the time when candidates for offices from local school board to the state Supreme Court start the process of getting on the ballot for the April 7 nonpartisan spring election. Up for election next spring are seats on every

school board, every village board and most city councils. Every town board elects its officials. There will be elections for Circuit Court judges in Burnett, Polk, and Washburn counties plus seats on the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals. Finally, the office of Superintendent of Public Education is open this year.

Candidates for many of these offices get on the ballot by filing nomination papers during December. The process starts with registering with the election clerk for the office being sought, whether it is at the school district office or the state election board. Once registered, candidates except for those running for school

boards get signatures on their nomination petitions.

The nomination period started Monday, Dec. 1, and ends Tuesday, Jan. 6.

Town board candidates and candidates for most village councils are nominated at caucuses in January.

The dates of the caucuses will be set in December. A list of those dates plus information on how caucuses work and what seats are open will be published later this month.

At least one seat open on every area school board

Fifteen school districts serve Burnett and Polk counties

by Gregg Westigard BURNETT/POLK COUNTIES – There is at least one school board seat up for election in each of the 15 school districts serving Polk and Burnett counties.

School board members serve three-year terms with a third of the board up each year. Most of the school districts have five-person boards, although a few have seven members. People register as candidates for the April election at their school district office. School board candidates do not need to collect nomination paper signatures to get on the ballot.

Listed below are the names of present school board members whose terms expire in April 2009.

Frederic – Two open seats including the seat held by Shari Matz and the vacant seat formerly held by

Marilyn Sederlund. The school board may appoint a person to complete the term of Sederlund, who resigned recently, but that person would need to file as a candidate in order to run for the full term.

Luck – Two seats now held by Jody Seck and Daryl Bazey.

Grantsburg – Two seats held by Christine Erickson and Jason Burkman.

Siren – Three seats held by Douglas Coyour, Dayton Daniels and Dave McGrane.

Webster – Three seats held by Chuck Macke, Scott Treichel and Brenda Bentley.

Shell Lake – Two seats held by Brian Dosch and JoAnne Olson.

Spooner – Two seats held by Philip Markgren and Deb Shipman.

Unity – There are three open seats on the Unity board, two for full three-year terms and one to fill the last two years of Steve Glaim’s term. Glaim resigned last summer and Kelly Kamish-Bakke was appointed

to fill his seat until the election. The terms of Sheryl Holmgren and Harley Lund are also up in April. The two candidates with the most votes will serve threeyear terms while the third-place finisher will serve for two years.

Osceola – A single seat held by Rosanne Anderson is open in April.

St. Croix Falls – Two seats now held by Bruce Paulsen and Mona Schmidt.

Clear Lake – Two seats held by Tom Aasumundrud and Mark Monson.

Clayton – Two seats held by Jerry Fall and Marlin Klatt.

Amery – Two seats held by Sidney Bjorkman and Darren Van Blaricom.

Turtle Lake – Two seats held by Linda Flottum and Sally Gores.

Cumberland – Two seats held by Don Horstman and Jim Froehlich.

Village presidents and half of trustees up for election City race in St. Croix Falls but not Amery

by Gregg Westigard POLK COUNTY - The villages of Clear Lake, Dresser, Osceola and Turtle Lake are starting the spring election process now. While all other villages in the area nominate their candidates at January caucuses, these four villages have adopted the nomination paper process of gaining a place on the ballot.

Prospective candidates register their campaigns at their village office and collect at least 20 signatures on their nomination papers.

In 2009, all village presidents are up for election along with three of the six village trustees. These are the incumbents whose terms end in April.

Clear Lake – President Jeffrey Johnson and trustees Dean Tronrud, Michael Flaherty and Leigh Witthoft.

Dresser – President Rick Flandrena and trustees Greg Andrie, Neil Gustafson and Bryan Beseler.

Osceola – President Gary Beckmann and trustees

Ken James, Carrie O’Connell and Purnal Tracy.

Turtle Lake – President Laurie Tarman and trustees Dennis Becker, Jeff Outcalt and Jeff Merrill.

The city of St. Croix Falls elects two alderpersons in 2009. The Ward I seat is now held by Brian Blesi, while Arnie Carlson holds the Ward II and III seat. The mayor is not up for election until 2010.

Amery alderpersons serve four-year terms and that city has no contests in 2009.

At least one judicial seat contested in 2009, seats up in three area counties and Supreme Court There will be at least one contested race among the five judicial seats up in April. Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson is being challenged by Randy Koschnick as she seeks another 10-year term on the state’s highest court. Michael Hoover is seeking another term on the Court of Appeals for the district serving northern Wisconsin.

The seats of three Circuit Judges in the local area are up for election, and all three incumbents are running for their seats. They are Polk County Judge Robert Rasmussen, Washburn County Judge Eugene Harrington and Burnett County Judge Kenneth Kutz.

‘Tis the season to be cautious of unsafe air STATEWIDE - Health officials warn that the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning is greater during wintertime. People spend more time indoors where faulty furnaces can fill enclosed spaces with the gas, or portable generators are used more.

When gas, oil, wood, or charcoal are burned in poorly ventilated areas, the odorless, colorless gas that is produced can be poisonous. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says nationally more than 500 people die from carbon monoxide poisoning each year.

Chuck Warzecha is the director of Wisconsin’s Environmental and Occupational Health Bureau. He says even low amounts of exposure cause symptoms

like headache, nausea, and fatigue.

“So there are a lot of close calls going on out there,” he warns. “People don’t maybe realize how close they are to a tragic situation.”

Warzecha adds because the gas is hard to detect, the best defense is a battery-operated carbon monoxide detector. Also, furnaces should be checked to make sure nothing is blocking ventilation. Devices like portable generators and gas and charcoal grills should only be used outdoors.

Last year in Madison, four people died after their trailer was filled with carbon monoxide from a gas space heater. - Wisconsin Public Radio (Christina Clarkson)

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Kutz was appointed to his seat in August and will be seeking his first full six-year term.

Education head retires, Elizabeth Burmeister is retiring after serving two terms a Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction. Two persons, Tony Evers and Van Mobley, have already filled for the open position.

Election notes and filing updates Incumbents not running for re-election must file a Declaration of Noncandidacy by mid-December.

If more than two candidates file for any position, a primary Feb. 17 will narrow the field to the required number of candidates. For example, if there are two open school board seats and five people file for the offices, the February primary will decide which four will be on the April ballot.

The Leader will report the names of those filling for these offices during December.

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18th-annual Siren Community Thanksgiving Dinner

Ready in the kitchen for the community Thanksgiving dinner to begin Thursday, Nov. 27, were (L to R) Judy Aadalen from Siren Assembly of God Church, Abby Brand from the Siren Senior Center, the location of the meal, and JoAnne Kuha, St. John’s Church, Webster.

Everything ran smoothly this year, the 18th, that a community Thanksgiving meal was served to anyone who wanted share this special day with other people. The food was all donated, and everyone invited to join in on this national holiday celebration. No money changed hands this day. The goal was to get people together to share a common meal, just as the Pilgrims did on the East Coast so many years ago.

Photos by Nancy Jappe

Full plates of turkey and all the trimmings, including pumpkin (and other choices of) pie, were served to 322 people Thanksgiving Day at the Siren Senior Center. That total included 198 meals eaten at the senior center plus 33 for the volunteers who were there to help and stayed to eat, and 91 carry-outs (the majority prepared by a volunteer crew at Siren United Methodist Church).

Dick Blaker, Siren, and Mary Doll, Webster, were among the volunteers who gave their time to preparing, serving and cleaning up after the community dinner in Siren Thanksgiving Day, during which a total of 322 meals were consumed.

Pastor Tom Cook from Siren United Methodist Church had time to sit and eat his Thanksgiving meal, grateful that so many people had stepped up and worked together to put on the community Thanksgiving dinner for its 18th year in Siren.

This was Cook’s first year heading the dinner effort, which was supported by other churches and individuals in the area.

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No water, sewer without annexation

Water tower needs repair or replacement at Balsam Lake

Parking ordinance Two changes were approved for the village’s winter parking ordinance, one regarding night parking restrictions in winter and one regarding parking on the “green space” triangle between CTH I, Park Ave., and Park Drive.

Last month trustee Geno D’Agostino discussed concerns about winter parking restrictions that do not allow parking on any village street between 2 and 7:30 a.m. from Nov. 1 until April 15. He noted that the bars are open until 2:30 on Saturdays, and that parking on the streets should only be an issue if there is snow to be removed.

At the recommendation of the street committee, the board voted to change the “no parking” hours to between 3 and 7:30 a.m., if snow is in the forecast. If it snows and cars on the streets, village crew doing the snow plowing will take license numbers to turn in to the police department. The vehicles could be subject to towing and the owners fined.

The board also voted to remove the section of the ordinance that prohibits parking on the triangle of land where CTH I, Park Ave., and Park Drive merge.

by Mary Stirrat BALSAM LAKE — Resolving an issue that has created heated discussion at past village board meetings, the Balsam Lake Village Board voted Monday night to adopt an ordinance prohibiting the extension of new water and sewer lines outside the village limits.

The board also voted to prohibit hookup to water and sewer lines that currently extend outside village limits unless the property owner agrees to being annexed to the village.

The issue came to the forefront in recent months as the village board sought special assessments to cover costs of a sewer bypass needed to serve residents on the east side of the village and into the township. The village water and sewer utility fund is paying the assessment, at $964 each, for the residences located within village limits, but users outside the village must come up with the money themselves.

The two unanimous votes should “curb the baloney,” said trustee Mike Voltz, of non-residents wanting to tap into water and sewer services without having to pay property taxes to the village.

“Maybe this will put an end to it,” he said.

Water tower issues According to a study of the water system in the village conducted by the consulting firm Short Elliott Hendrickson, the water tower located by the village hall must either be upgraded or replaced.

SEH engineer Jana Nyhagen has met with the sewer/water committee to provide information, said committee chair Dave Evans, recommending that the tower be replaced.

“We asked her to prepare a complete report,” said Evans, “which we will have sometime this month.”

He said that the committee wanted additional information on the cost of removing the old tower, possible acquisition of land for a new tower, and other items before any decision can be made.

Ideally, according to public works director Darryl Ince, the tower should be raised to increase pressure.

The second village water tower located near the Polk County Justice Center would also be more effective if it was raised accordingly.

Ince commented that he would like to see the current tower at the village hall recoated and brought up to code rather than build another.

The Balsam Lake water tower, shown from the south side of the village, is in need of repairs and upgrades. The village board is working with a consulting firm to determine if it will be better to make the repairs or erect a new tower. — Photo by Mary Stirrat Although just a rough estimate, it is anticipated that refurbishing the old tower will run about $350,000, while building a new one will run about $500,000.

Updating the existing tower would make it usable for another 20 to 30 years, said Ince, but this would be dependent on how fast the village grows.

“We’d like to have the project set for this spring or summer,” Ince told the board.

Other business • Fire chief Jim Moore reported that the fire department just purchased a new computer with funds raised at the demo derby and other events, to replace the 10-year-old computer currently in use. The department is looking at getting Internet hookup so that reports can be filed electronically.

• The board voted to purchase Christmas decorations for three light poles, at a total cost of about $1,000. There are now 20 poles in the village, said public works director Darryl Ince, but there are decorations for only 17. “Some of our new poles don’t have decorations on them,” he said. “It’s just a thought. It’s up to you.” Said trustee Jim Broome, “I think we’ve got to keep the town spruced up.”

• A request from Jennifer Solon for an extension into 2010 of her variance to build on Big Island was denied by the board. Last month the board granted an extension into 2009, but decided not to grant any additional time.

• A caucus date of Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m. was set, with seats held by trustees Mike Voltz, Geno D’Agostino, Dave Evans, and village president Guy Williams up for election. The caucus will be held at the fire hall.

Polk County sheriff’s report Accidents Nov. 15, 2 a.m., St. Croix Falls Township, 220th Street, .2 mile west of 140th Avenue, Darien M. Schifsky, 22, Arden Hills, Minn., states he was southbound on 220th and missed a driveway. Ice marks showed that the vehicle entered northbound, possibly in reverse.

Driver then stated he dropped his two passengers off at a different driveway. He then stated both passengers were in the vehicle when it entered the ditch. He stated the accident occurred at approximately 2 a.m. He stated he didn’t know accidents had to be reported.

The tow company called the accident in at approximately 2 p.m. The vehicle had damage to the fender, front cowl, front bumper, A/C condenser and radiator. Plastic parts from under the motor had been broken off.

Nov. 20, 4:30 a.m.,

Johnstown Township, CTH G, 200 feet west of CTH T, Shelby J. Benjamin, 16, Luck, was traveling eastbound on CTH G. As the driver was negotiating a curve to the left, the right wheels of her vehicle left the pavement.

The driver steered to the left, overcorrecting. The vehicle began to spin out, traveling left.

The vehicle crossed both lanes of travel and entered the south ditch. Upon entering the ditch, the vehicle tripped and began to roll. The vehicle came to rest on its roof, facing south. The driver was not wearing a seat belt and sustained injuries.

Nov. 21, 6:15 a.m., Milltown Township, 140th Street, .6 mile north of 190th Avenue, Luke S. Hilleshiem, 16, Balsam Lake, was traveling northbound on 140th Street when a deer entered onto the road from the east ditch (right). The driver swerved left. The driver then overcorrected to the right. Unit 1

began to spin out as it entered the east ditch. Upon entering the ditch, unit 1 tripped and began to roll. Unit 1 then struck a large tree, sending the vehicle back onto its wheels. Unit 1 then came to rest facing northwest.

Nov. 21, 8:46 a.m., Balsam Lake Township, CTH I at 180th Street, unit #1, Harlene M. Fitzpatrick, 32, St. Croix Falls; unit #2, Steven J. Jorgenson, 49, Luck; unit 1 was traveling northbound on 180th Street, approaching CTH I. Unit 2 was traveling eastbound on CTH I. As unit 1 approached the stop sign at the intersection, the driver missed the stop sign. Unit 1 then entered the intersection while unit 2 was entering it as well. Unit 1 struck unit 2 in the right front side. After being struck, unit 1 was pushed onto the southeast road edge, coming to rest facing east. Unit 1 was pushed into the westbound traffic lane. Due to the damage

to the right front, unit 2 was pulled back to the right and entered the south ditch, coming to rest, facing southeast. Driver of unit 1 was wearing seat belt but sustained a minor injury.

Unit 1 driver was cited for failure to stop at a stop sign.

Nov. 24, 3:25 p.m., West Sweden Township, Hwy. 48, .5 mile east of 160th Street, Orianna M. Tesch, 17, Frederic, was eastbound on Hwy. 48, negotiating a curve.

The driver lost control, sliding and rolling. Unit 1 stopped, facing north on its roof. Driver was cited for unreasonable speed.

Nov. 24, 6:21 p.m., Apple River Township, CTH H at 175th Avenue, Michael R. Wulf, Balsam Lake, slid through the intersection and entered the ditch line on the east side of CTH H. Unit 1 rolled over and came to rest on its roof. The intersection was icy.

Nov. 26, 5:30 p.m.,

Polk County arrests POLK COUNTY - A 40-yearold Osceola man was arrested Nov. 24 and charged with OWI, third offense.

Troy S. Stanhope was driving a truck on 3rd Avenue in the village of Osceola when an officer pulled him over after noticing the truck’s loud muffler and after Stanhope started “spinning out” in the driveway of an apartment complex.

Other arrests by Polk County law enforcement this week included: • Roxanne M. Stipe, 50, Osceola, arrested Nov. 29 for

operating after revocation, first offense (OWI related).

• Joshua D. Shervey, 26, Spooner, arrested Nov. 26 for operating after revocation (OWI related).

• Brent K. Marek, 25, Rice Lake, arrested Nov. 26 for operating after revocation.

• Joshua M. Ayde, 21, Cushing, arrested Nov. 27 for probation hold.

• Kenneth D. Schulte, 45, St. Croix Falls, arrested Nov. 27 for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.

• Shane A. Kurtz, 27, St. Croix Falls, arrested Nov. 24 for possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Nine Dodge, 27, St. Paul, Minn.,arrested Nov. 29 for resisting an officer.

• James John Dodge, 20, Minneapolis, possession of marijuana.

• Jane Kathleen Myhre, 47, Balsam Lake, battery domestic abuse.

• Jose Galvez-Juarez, 23, Amery, arrested Nov. 27 for domestic disorderly conduct.

\• Kevin L. Goins, 32, Clayton, arrested Nov. 26 for disorderly conduct.

• Howard Hill Jr., 34, Coon Rapids, Minn., arrested Nov. 30 for domestic disorderly conduct.

• Jason R. Diers-Leske, 21, St. Croix Falls, Minn., arrested Nov. 29 for disorderly conduct warrant and resisting arrest.

• Michael James Constantine, 41, St. Paul, arrested Nov. 30 on a Polk County warrant.

• Matthew J. Olson, 21, Eau Claire, arrested Nov. 26 on a Polk County warrant.

Georgetown Township, Vincent Lake Lane, .1 mile east of CTH I, Kayla A. Bruss, 17, Amery, was westbound on Vincent Lake Lane. The driver lost control in a set of curves. The road was very icy. The vehicle then slid off the road on the north side, spinning the vehicle 180 degrees. The vehicle ended on its driver’s side, facing east.

Nov. 27, 12 a.m., Clayton Township, CTH JJ, .1 mile north of 110th Avenue, Kirsten L. Porembo, 21, Amery, was northbound on CTH JJ. Operator told the officer that she had been drinking. Unit 1 left the roadway and crashed into a ditch. Operator was able to continue driving to the area of 110th Avenue. At that point, she called her roommates and they took her and her vehicle to her residence. They tended to her injuries for over an hour until 4:30 a.m., when they called her mother to take her to the hospital. Driver was cited for failure to report an accident to police and for a seat belt violation.

Nov. 27, 12:29 p.m., St. Croix Falls Township, Hwy. 87 at River Road; unit #1, Bradley R. Rassmussen, 34, Dresser; unit #2, Connor D. Nelson, 16, Cushing; Unit 1 was northbound on Hwy. 87. Unit 2 was also northbound on Hwy. 87. Unit 1 was attempting to turn and go north onto River Road. Unit 2 was not able to stop in time and struck unit 1.

Nov. 27, 5:57 p.m., Osceola Township, CTH F, 1 mile west of 210th Street, Diane M. Tinney, 47, Osceola, struck a deer on the roadway.

Nov. 28, 12:05 a.m., Balsam Lake Township, Hwy. 65, .5 mile

south of Hwy. 8, Billy Vang, 51, Minneapolis, Minn., slowly went off the roadway and struck a tree at a relatively slow rate of speed.

Driver stated he swerved to miss a deer. The driver and a passenger Yang Chang, 36, St. Paul, Minn., were wearing seat belts and received minor injuries.

Nov. 28, 3:50 p.m., Balsam Lake (village), 101 Main Street/Holiday Station and Hwy.46, Gerald L. Boucher, 67, Amery, was westbound on Hwy. 46 and made a left turn into the Holiday Station parking lot. The driver stated he was not paying attention and struck a power pole head on. There did not appear to be any damage to the pole.

Other incidents Nov. 20, Carolyn Gulbertson, Beldenville, reported the theft of a 100-pound LP tank from her property in RR Comstock.

Nov. 22, Donald Allee, RR Amery, reported that a bullet had shot out two windows on his residence this date. Through an investigation, it was determined that a deer hunter’s bullet had caused the damage.

Nov. 24, Peter Silbernagel, St. Croix Falls, reported his mailbox had been vandalized.

Nov. 24, Richard L. Eisenreich, RR Osceola, reported his checkbook was taken from him while he was in the village of Osceola (unknown exactly when this occurred).

Nov. 24, Barbara Henck, RR Amery, reported the theft of two wooden memorial crosses (painted white), which were located by Hwy. 8, near 15th Street.

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Sasha M. Potvin, Almena, nonregistration of auto, $186.00.

Jennifer A. Ramautar, Osceola, speeding, $186.00.

Adam J. Reed, Balsam Lake, speeding, $160.80.

Ernest D. Renn, Brainerd, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Amy L. Riemenschnieder, St. Croix Falls, disorderly conduct, $248.00.

Bradley A. Rikucki, Andover, Minn., hunt Canada goose without valid permit, $301.10.

Dionna L. Rivas, Clear Lake, speeding, $160.80.

Steven L. Rognholt, Deer Park, speeding, not guilty plea.

Jeremy D. Rosenberg, New Richmond, speeding, $211.20; nonregistration of auto, $160.80.

Carley M. Russell, Turtle Lake, speeding, $160.80.

Jacob W. Sandren, Luck, speeding, $160.80.

Dallas W. Schauls, Luck, hunt/fish/trap after revocation, $731.00; operating while suspended, $186.00.

Susan K. Schmuck, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Kari M. Schnell, Clayton, speeding, $186.00.

Tara M. Schulta, Eagle River, speeding, $186.00.

Chad G. Schultz, S. St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $186.00.

David L. Severson, Clear Lake, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Donna M. Shellito, Siren, speeding, $160.80.

Jesus M. Sisneros, Roberts, operating while suspended, $186.00; nonregistration of auto, $160.80.

Carol J. Skow, Luck, speeding, not guilty plea.

William A. Souder, Stillwater, Minn., harvest reporting requirements, $168.20.

Kelly R. Stage, Centuria, operating while under influence, operating with PAC .10 or more, nonregistration of auto., not guilty pleas.

Jodi L. Stauner, Anoka, Minn., harvest reporting requirements, $168.20.

David J. Stenger, Waterville, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Cynthia E. Stewart, Ottawa, Ill., speeding, $186.00.

Wayne M. Storch, Brook Park, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

David A. Suggs, Lino Lakes, Minn., speeding, $186.00.

Tad D. Swanson, West Lakeland, Minn., speeding, $280.50.

Tiffany J. Swanson, Somerset, speeding, $160.80.

Daniel G. Swenson, Brooklyn Center, Minn., speeding, $186.00.

Jenna R. Taber, Milltown, operating while suspended, $186.00.

Paul J. Talbot, Anoka, Minn., speeding, not guilty plea.

John W. Thatcher, Amery, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Trailwood Transportation Inc., Mounds View, Minn., fail to equip door missing, $168.80.

Joshua M. Tretsven, St. Croix Falls, improper registration/license overload, $186.00.

Audrey M. Twite, Lindstrom, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Elizabeth R. Ullrich, Clayton, disorderly conduct w/motor vehicle, $156.20.

Amy L. VandeBrake, Amery, speeding, $160.80.

Yahye A. Waberi, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, not guilty plea.

Thomas J. Wesle, Turtle Lake, speeding, $160.80.

Brandon J. Whittaker, St. Croix Falls, cracked/damaged vehicle windshield, $160.80.

Amanda L. Willey, Hurley, speeding, $160.80.

Willow Express Ltd., Melrose, Minn., violate Class A Hwy. weight limits, $336.56.

Jonathan J. Wilson, Osceola, operating while suspended, $186.00.

Mark D. Wimmer, Beaver Dam, speeding, $211.20.

Stacey T. Wright, Cambridge, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Jonathan R. Zimmerman, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $211.20.

Siren police report Nov. 25: According to the police report, at 1 a.m.

Christine M. Onchiri, 25, Coon Rapids, Minn., gained entry to a residence near Siren through a window facing east off the deck.

Onchiri allegedly inflicted damage to items inside the residence as she came, without permission, to pick up her belongings. Onchiri was issued three citations: criminal property damage, disorderly conduct and trespass at a residence.

At 10:45 p.m., the Siren officer dispatched a deer that was

lying in the intersection on Hwy. 35 and Anderson Street. A local resident was issued a tag to take the deer.

Nov. 30: At 12:56 a.m., the Siren officer on duty was dispatched to assist the sheriff’s department at the scene of a one-vehicle rollover on Tower Road just north of Minerva Road in the town of Swiss.

The vehicle, which was unoccupied, had struck a 10-inch tree, knocking it over, gone up an embankment and rolled over onto the driver’s side.

The vehicle was registered to Davin Gene Tyler, 42, Webster.

There was no evidence of the driver or any witnesses at the scene. The report stated that a state accident report will be filed by a deputy at a later date, if needed.

Nov. 27: Sadie Mae Jurik, 30, Jordan, Minn., was cited for speeding at 10:02 p.m. on Hwy. 70 and Ellis Avenue.

Nov. 30: At 1:09 p.m., Kirby R. Stewart, Frederic, reported that the lock on his storage unit on Hwy. 70 and Railroad

Avenue was missing and several items had been taken. The owner of the storage complex reported that the locks on nine of the units had been cut. No items, other than what was owned by Stewart, were reported missing.

At 5:55 p.m., the officer on duty dispatched an injured deer on Hwy. 70 one-quarter mile east of Peterson Road.

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Loretta W. Mikula, Gorda, Fla., speeding, $160.80.

Rita M. Mitchell, Clear Lake, speeding, $160.80.

Cindy J. Moe, Clayton, nonregistration of auto, $160.80.

Jeffrey L. Moen, Cameron, speeding, $186.00.

Jacob T. Monahan, New Richmond, speeding, not guilty plea.

Patricia L. Moore, Saskatoon, SK, speeding, $160.80.

Richard W. Morgan, Chippewa Falls, speeding, $186.00.

Dale T. Mounce, Boyceville, speeding, $186.00; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Robert R. Neal, Bloomington, Minn., speeding, $211.20.

Chris E. Nelson, Balsam Lake, speeding, $160.80.

Jason R. Nelson, Dresser, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Alexis F. Ness, Spring Valley, speeding, $160.80.

Robert L. Newell, St. Croix Falls, drink open intoxicants in motor vehicle, not guilty plea.

Andrew R. Nick, Milltown, speeding, $160.80.

Terry W. Nooner, Eagan, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Cary D. Olson, speeding, $160.80.

Donald L. Olson, Rush City, Minn., speeding, $186.00.

Duane R. Olson, Frederic, seat belt violation, $10.00.

James A. Olson, Cannon Falls, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Mary K. Olson, Cumberland, operate after rev/suspension of registration, $160.80.

Robert D. Opaleski, Chicago, Ill., speeding, $160.80.

Daniel E. Osterbauer, Rice Lake, speeding, $160.80.

Thomas G. Panek, Lake Elmo, Minn., speeding, $211.20.

Rodney G. Peterson, Almena, speeding, $160.80.

Chad O. Phillips, Amery, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Rebecca L. Pollock, Centuria, speeding, $186.00.

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Brian R. Koderl, Minneapolis, Minn., hunt Canada goose without valid permit, $301.00; waterfowl gun capable of more than 3 shells, $168.20.

Amanda L. Kordosky, Bloomington, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Steve G. Kruse, Cumberland, seat belt violation, $10.00; speeding, $160.80.

Barry A. Kunze, Star Prairie, speeding, $160.80.

Peter L’Allier, Eden Prairie, Minn., listing false information on land use permit, $501.00.

Anthony J. Larson, Centuria, shine wild animals between 10 p.m. – 7 a.m., $208.40.

Donald W. Larson, St. Croix Falls, auto following too closely, $186.00; operating while suspended, $186.00.

Laurali L. Lauritsen, Almena, speeding, $160.80.

Linda M. Leidle, Osceola, speeding, $160.80.

James J. Letourneau, Hammond, speeding, $160.80.

Karl E. Liljenberg, Osceola, hunt without license, $252.15.

Steven W. Lozier, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $160.80.

Ernest Luera, Balsam Lake, speeding, $160.80.

Tasha M. Luster, Amery, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Nicolas Majeno Pena, Frederic, speeding, $160.80.

James P. Marz, Frederic, speeding, $160.80; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Roxanne E. Matthys, Cumberland, speeding, not guilty plea.

Mitchell A. Mattson, Balsam Lake, speeding, $160.80.

Daniel G. Maxwell, Taylors Falls, Minn., operator motor vehicle without adequate muffler, $160.80.

John E. McCann, Eagan, Minn., operate large vehicle after rev/suspension of registration, $160.80.

Jon R. Mctaggart, Maplewood, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Jaimes R. Meyer, Eagan, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

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Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Jeremy W. Ekstrand, Osceola, speeding, not guilty plea.

Judith L. Erdman, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Robert E. Facklam, Siren, speeding, $160.80.

Mark P. Forster, Luck, nonregistration of auto, etc., f a i l / m a i n t a i n spring/shackle/torsion bar, not guilty pleas.

Debra K. Fritz, Hudson, construct/or fail to remove elevated device on state lands, $186.00.

Michael R. Galep, Cumberland, speeding, $160.80.

Kayla A. Gall, St. Croix Falls, auto following too closely, not guilty plea.

Antero R. Garcia, St. Paul, Minn., possess fish in excess of daily bag limit, $248.00.

James J. Gervasi, Lodi, Calif., speeding, $160.80.

Gibson Transfer Inc., Montevideo, Minn., violate Class A Hwy. weight limits, $1,022.26.

Stuart J. Gish, Sunfish Lake, Minn., speeding, $211.20.

Leeland F. Gohlike, Stillwater, Minn., improper disposal of domestic waste, $753.00.

Monique S. Gooch, Amery, disorderly conduct, not guilty plea.

Georgeann Gore, Luck, speeding, $160.80.

Ronald G. Gullickson, Clayton, speeding, $160.80.

Amanda M. Gustafson, Amery, speeding, $160.80.

Blaine A. Hackett, Roseville, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Randy P. Hall, Grantsburg, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Susan M. Handlos, Centuria, speeding, $186.00.

Mark A. Hanson, Grantsburg, speeding, $160.80.

Eugene L. Heath, Forest Lake, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Dorene E. Hendrickson, Balsam Lake, speeding, not guilty plea.

Scott E. Herman, Milaca, Minn., speeding, $168.80.

Corrine C. Hill, Shell Lake, speeding, $186.00.

Luke A. Hohlfeld, Turtle Lake, speeding, $186.00.

Steven Holt, no town given, burn without permit, not guilty plea.

Melissa K. Hubred, Amery, speeding, $160.80.

Jeffrey D. Hulett, Luck, speeding, $160.80; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Susan L. Imme, Webster, speeding, not guilty plea.

Carl B. Jackson, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, not guilty plea.

Larry L. Jarvis, Stone Lake, speeding, $160.80.

Jonathon W. Jenneman, Cornell, disorderly conduct w/motor vehicle, disorderly conduct, not guilty pleas.

Amberlee H. Johnson, Blaine, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

James E. Johnson, Grantsburg, speeding, $168.80.

Justin J. Johnson, Balsam Lake, inattentive driving, $173.40.

Bruce A. Junker, Stillwater, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

Dylan J. Kadrmas, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $160.80; seat belt violation, $10.00; operator fail to have passenger seat belted, $10.00 – 3 counts.

Alicia E. Knutson, St. Croix Falls, speeding, $160.80.

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James R. Albee, Key West, Fla., seat belt violation, $10.00.

Mandy J. Albee, Key West, Fla., seat belt violation, $10.00.

Kelly A. Appel, Frederic, speeding, $160.80.

Keri L. Aquino, Clayton, issuance of worthless checks, not guilty plea.

Peggy A. Arnold, Osceola, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Bradley A. Baber, Foley, Minn., speeding, $168.80.

Kyle E. Bakkestuen, Clayton, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Norbert T. Ball, Luck, speeding, $160.80.

Robert G. Bates, Barron, operating a junkyard w/o proper permit, not guilty plea.

Travis E. Beauvais, Balsam Lake, operate motor veh. w/o adequate muffler, $160.80.

Charles A. Bentz, Luck, cracked/damaged vehicle windshield, $160.80.

James T. Bibeau, Centuria, speeding, $186.00.

Michael D. Birkenmayer, Somerset, speeding, $160.80.

Kayla M. Bixler, Osceola, speeding, $186.00.

Holly M. Boettcher, Osceola, speeding, $160.80.

Michael T. Breed, Clintonville, speeding, $186.00.

George F. Brown, Duluth, Minn., possess/loan/borrow another’s license; group deer hunting violation, not guilty pleas.

Valerie Brown, Frederic, possess/loan/borrow another’s license, not guilty plea.

Steven W. Bruns, St. Croix Falls, seat belt violation, $10.00; possess open intoxicants in MV, $249.00.

David L. Cahoy, Hudson, speeding, not guilty plea.

Shelly M. Campeau, Turtle Lake, speeding, $211.20.

Kathleen M. Carlson, Balsam Lake, speeding, $160.80; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Micheal P. Carlson, Turtle Lake, obstructed driver’s vision w/unauth. sign, $160.80.

Robert C. Carlson, Balsam Lake, speeding, $160.80.

Kevin G. Cedergren, Chaska, Minn., speeding, $186.00.

Paul J. Colbeth, Clear Lake, speeding, $160.80.

Joanna M. Coleman, Rice Lake, speeding, $160.80.

Briana K. Coombe, Plymouth, Minn., speeding, not guilty plea.

Steven A. Cooper, Frederic, speeding, $160.80.

Vivian M. Courture, Luck, speeding, $160.80.

Craig A. Cousins, Milltown, speeding, $160.80.

John F. Daczewitz, Salem, Ore., speeding, not guilty plea.

Henry G. Delcastillo, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $160.80.

James A. Deneen, Lindstrom, Minn., seat belt violation, $10.00.

Ray J. Despiegelaere, Centuria, speeding, $186.00; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Donald D. Douglas, Milltown, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Douglas J. Drew, Cadott, speeding, not guilty plea.

Andrew J. Driessen, Champlin, Minn., molest, destroy, etc. state property, $186.00.

Karen E. Eckert, Balsam Lake, speeding, $186.00.

Brett J. Eekhoff, Mankato,

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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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Burnett County sheriff’s report

Notices

1847 100th St./Cty. Rd. H

BOARD MEETING TO FOLLOW (Dec. 3, 10, 17)

Case No. 08CV741 AMENDED SUMMONS Money Judgment: 30301 Our File: 574708 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, to each person named above as Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. The complaint, which is also served upon you, states the nature and basis of the legal action.

Within 40 days after 12/11/ 2008, you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the complaint. The court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the requirements of the statutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the court whose address is 1005 W. MAIN STREET, BALSAM LAKE, WI 54810 and to William C. Sturm, Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is shown below. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer to the complaint or provide a written demand for said complaint within the 40-day period, 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: November 13, 2008. /s/ Brandon E. Bowlin RAUSCH, STURM, ISRAEL & HORNIK, S.C. ATTORNEYS IN THE PRACTICE OF DEBT COLLECTION Attorneys for Plaintiff 2448 South 102nd Street Suite 210 P.O. Box 270288 Milwaukee, WI 53227 (414) 328-1900

Garfield E. Feske, died Nov. 15, 103, Osceola Larry D. Moody, died Nov. 15, 54, Clam Falls Phyllis Wilson, died Nov. 16, 86, St. Croix Falls Helen Clark, died Nov. 17, 91, St. Croix Falls William C. Rutledge, died Nov. 17, 94, Lincoln Township Charles Campbell, died Nov. 23, 88, St. Croix Falls

Burnett County criminal court

TOWN OF MILLTOWN

STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC ASSIGNEE OF CAPITAL ONE P.O. BOX 12914 NORFOLK, VA 23541 Plaintiff, vs TIMOTHY J. WARD 499 SIMMON DR., HANGER R1 OSCEOLA, WI 54020 Defendant(s).

Edward C. Jensen, died Oct. 22, 81, St. Croix Falls Leona Matilda Robs, died Nov. 3, 93, Amery Oscar O. Plihal, died Nov. 11, 96, Lincoln Township Leone M. Alden, died Nov. 13, 88, Frederic Retamarie C. Seidl, died Nov. 13, 64, Sparta Susan J. Gust, died Nov. 14, 62, Luck

Sundance Johnson, 25, Shell Lake, forgery, 360-day jail sentence, Huber release granted for outpatient treatment and employment, consecutive to Washburn County sentence.

Monthly Board Meeting Monday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m.

Milltown Fire Hall

Polk Co. marriage licenses Treva Janelle Snelson, Tulsa, Okla., and Gary Lester Hornstein, Tulsa, Okla., Nov. 24.

Virgil Hansen, Clerk 473634 14-15L 4-5a,d

(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.

Burnett County warrants Darren D. Erickson, 39, Barronett, arrest warrant – complaint, Nov. 28.

(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

Christopher P. Knoll, 39, Grantsburg, arrest warrant – complaint, Nov. 25.

(Nov. 5, 12, 19, 26, Dec. 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY AnchorBank, FSB, f/k/a S & C Bank, Plaintiff, vs.

Diana L. Morrison, f/k/a Diana L. Buhler, Cavalry Portfolio Services, Resurgence Financial LLC and Portfolio Recovery Associates Defendants.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S Case No. 08 CV 257 Case Code: 30304 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on June 27, 2008, in the amount of $74,416.41, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: Jan. 6, 2009, at 10 a.m.

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

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

PLACE: The front lobby of the Polk County Judicial Center located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: A parcel of land in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, (SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4), Section Nine (9), Township Thirty-six (36) North, Range Sixteen (16) West, Town of Bone Lake, Polk County, Wis., described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said forty acre parcel, thence North along the East line of said forty 300 feet, thence West at right angles 300 feet, thence South 300 feet to the South line of said forty, thence East 300 feet along the South line of said forty to the point of beginning.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 903 280th Avenue, Frederic, WI 54837.

DATED this 24th day of October, 2008. /S/ Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff Ronald L. Siler VAN DYK, WILLIAMSON & SILER, S.C. Attorney for Plaintiff 201 South Knowles Avenue New Richmond, WI 54017 472163

Sat., Dec. 6 9 - 11:30 a.m.

Georgetown Hall

NOTICE

nailer and bolt cutters taken from a garage. The incident is under investigation.

Nov. 27: David Engstrand, camp host at Memory Lake Park, reported the office door of James McNally Camp damaged.

There was nothing reported missing from the office.

The incident is under investigation.

Polk County deaths

WNAXLP

MEETING NOTICE BONE LAKE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE

vehicle reported stolen on Nov. 16, 2008.

Nov. 26: Randy E. Knoll, Grantsburg, reported a trail camera stolen from private property. The incident is under investigation.

Nov. 27: Donald G. Swanson, Wyoming, Minn., reported gas from various gas cans and a tractor, a framing

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(Nov. 19, 26, Dec. 3, 10, 17, 24) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. Plaintiff, vs.

JANE KEARNS, et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 08 CV 188 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 6, 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 11th day of November 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.

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22, Grantsburg, was arrested on a Burnett County warrant.

Nov. 25: Tamara A. Rutzen, 40, Siren, was arrested on a Burnett County warrant and citied for possession of drug paraphernalia.

Other incidents Nov. 22: David J. Niedenfuer, Siren, reported two deer stands and pegs taken from private property.

The incident is under investigation.

Nov. 22: A burnt, SUV-type vehicle was found near the Namekagon River on River Road off East Adams Lake Road in Blaine Township. A license plate was found at the scene was registered to David J. Carlson of St. Paul, Minn. The

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Board Meeting Tues., December 9 - 7 p.m.

Town Hall Agenda: (1) Reading of the minutes. (2) Treasurer’s report.

(3) Review and pay bills. (4) Patrolman’s report.

Any additional agenda to be posted in the Luck Town Hall and the clerk’s office.

Lloyd Nelson, Clerk 474252 15L

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other vehicle left the scene of the accident, traveling north on Hwy. 35. There was only minor damage reported on the Quenette vehicle. No injuries were reported.

Arrests and citations Nov. 22: John R. Freese, Webster, reported tires dumped off of Three Mile Road in Jackson Township. The tires were traced to Grant E. Lamont, 49, Hayward, and he was cited for illegal disposal.

Nov. 23: William Armstrong, Danbury, reported a trespasser on his property. The individual also had outstanding warrants.

Kevin L. Jordan, 48, Danbury, was warned about trespassing and arrested on his warrants.

Nov. 23: Cory T. Peasley,

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(Nov. 19, 26, Dec. 3) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, 4425 Ponce De Leon Boulevard 5th Floor Coral Gables, Florida 33134, Plaintiff, vs.

GARY W. ZEIDLER and PENNY-JO T. ZEIDLER husband and wife 2791 30th Avenue Osceola, WI 54020 JOHN and/or JANE DOE, unknown tenants, 2391 250th Avenue Cushing, WI 54006 KEVIN L. JONES and ANDREA G. JONES husband and wife 2320 Beede Lake Trail Saint Croix Falls, WI 54024 Defendants.

Case No. 08-CV-694 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00 Code No. 31003 Replevin FORTY-DAY SUMMONS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO: GARY W. ZEIDLER and PENNY-JO T. ZEIDLER husband and wife 2791 30th Avenue Osceola, WI 54020 You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. The complaint, which is also served upon you, states the nature and basis of the legal action.

Within 40 days after November 19, 2008, you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in Chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the complaint. The court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the requirements of the statutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is: Clerk of Circuit Court Polk County Courthouse 1005 West Main Street Balsam Lake, WI 54810 and to O’Dess and Associates, S.C., Plaintiff’s attorneys, whose address is: O’Dess and Associates, S.C. 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys For Plaintiff By: M. ABIGAIL O’DESS Bar Code No. 1017869 POST OFFICE ADDRESS: 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.

24, Littleton. Colo., was northbound on Couyer Road when he ran the stop sign at the intersection of CTH B, entered the ditch and struck trees. The driver left the scene of the accident, but the vehicle was found at a nearby residence. One citation was issued.

Nov. 27: Shawn S. Swanson, 33, Siren, was backing out of a driveway in Siren Township when he backed into a legally parked vehicle owned by Kristi M. Day, Webster. No injuries were reported.

Dec. 1: Steven C. Quenette, 36, Spooner, was eastbound on Hwy. 70, following another vehicle closely and hit that vehicle at the intersection of Hwys. 35 and 70 in the village of Siren. The

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Accidents Nov. 24: Jamie M. Robb, 17, Grantsburg, was northbound on CTH Y when he lost control negotiating a curve, entered the south ditch and overturned. Icy road conditions were a factor in the accident. The vehicle was severely damaged. No injuries were reported.

Nov. 27: Jordan A. Dailey,

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Notices / Employment

The Inter-County Leader:

HELP WANTED

Bringing you the local news for75 years

Agenda will be posted at the Town Hall.

Deborah Grover, 474163 15L Clerk

TOWN OF EUREKA

Plan Commission Meeting Mon., Dec. 8, 2008, 7 p.m.

Eureka Town Hall 474211 15L

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF WEBSTER PART-TIME COOK

The School District of Webster is currently taking applications for a part-time cook, three days per week (Tues., Wed., Thurs.), three hours per day (9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.). Starting salary is $11.52 per hour.

Please direct applications to Jim Erickson, Superintendent. Applications are available at the Administration Office or www.webster.k12.wi.us.

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INVITATION FOR BIDS ON TIMBER STUMPAGE POLK COUNTY FOREST

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Sealed bids will be accepted by the Polk County Property, Forestry and Recreational committee for timber stumpage on the Polk County Forest.

This bid offering includes 10 tracts with a combined acreage of 604 acres and the following estimated volumes: 3,300 cords OAK 2,900 cords JACK PINE 2,000 cords ASPEN 600 cords MIXED HARDWOOD 100 cords RED PINE 37 MBF RED OAK 35 MBF MIXED HARDWOOD Specific information may be obtained by writing to the Polk County Forest Administrator at: 100 Polk County Plaza Suite 40, Balsam Lake, WI 54810 or calling 715-485-9265.

The bids will be opened at 1:30 p.m., Dec. 15, 2008, at the Polk County Government Center, Balsam Lake, Wis., in the county boardroom.

INVITATION TO BID

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The School District of Webster is soliciting bids from interested parties for the purchase of a used automobile with the following specifications: • newer model • low miles • midsize • four door • 6 cylinder • mechanically and cosmetically sound, with no rust Sealed bids shall be received on or before 4 p.m., December 19, 2008, and mailed to: Attn: Brian Sears School District of Webster P.O. Box 9 Webster, WI 54893 bsears@webster.k12.wi.us 715-866-4281 The School District reserves the right to accept or reject any, or all bids, and to waive any defect in form. The School District also retains the right to evaluate the quality of the automobile to make an award to that supplier whenever, in the Board’s opinion, the car represents the best value to the District, regardless of price.

TOWN OF ST. CROIX FALLS Polk County, Wisconsin www.townofstcroixfalls.org

PLAN COMMISSION NOTICE OF HEARING December 10, 2008

The Town of St. Croix Falls Plan Commission will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, at the Town Hall at 1305 200th Street & U.S. Hwy. 8, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. At that time the applicant will inform the Commission of their request. (THE APPLICANT MUST APPEAR AT 6:00 P.M. WHEN THE COMMISSION CONVENES AT THE TOWN HALL.) Written evidence, testimony, or comments, if any, must be delivered in person or by mail to the Town Hall.

Michael and Janice Grinyer, Robert and Janice Rintoul, Brent and Sara McCurdy and Michael and Julie Ward have applied to rezone five adjacent parcels of land and therefore have applied to amend the Town Zoning Map. The applicants are proposing the zoning change from Residential to Transitional. The parcel identification numbers are 044-00166-0000, 044-00168-0000, 044-001690000 044-00170-0000 and 044-00171-0000. The properties are located in Section 7, T. 34N., R.18W. The addresses of these parcels are 1630, 1636, 1636 A, and 1636 B River Road, St. Croix Falls.

James Alt, Zoning Administrator 473578 14-15L WNAXLP

POLK COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, at 9 a.m.

Shoreview Apartments, Balsam Lake

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The Regular Monthly Board Meeting For The Town Of McKinley Will Be Held Tues., Dec. 9, 2008, 7:30 p.m.

At The Town Hall

Agenda: I. Call to Order II. Minutes III. Financial Reports IV. Operations Report V. Unfinished Business: A. CDBG VI. New Business VII. Adjourn

NOTICE OF SPRING ELECTION TOWN OF LaFOLLETTE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at an election to be held in the town of LaFollette, April 7, 2009, the following offices are to be elected to succeed the present incumbents listed.

All terms are for two years beginning on May 1, 2009.

Office Incumbent Town Board Chairperson Robert Stage Town Board Supervisor* Douglas Coyour Town Board Supervisor* Darwyn Brown Town Treasurer Karen Mangelsen NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that a town caucus for the purpose of nominating candidates to appear on the spring election ballot for the above-listed offices will be scheduled at a regular town meeting on December 15. The caucus will be held on a date not sooner than January 6, 2009, and not later than January 27, 2009.

Done in the Town of LaFollette On November 25, 2008 473987 15L 5a WNAXLP Linda Terrain, Clerk

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LUCK NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION

Ss. 120.106(6)(b) Ss 10.01(2)(a) Notice is hereby given to qualified electors of the Luck School District that a school board election will be held April 7, 2009, to fill the following board positions: One at large, 3-year position.

Incumbents: Daryl Bazey Jody Seck An elector desiring to be a candidate for a position on the school board must file a “Sworn Declaration of Candidacy” at the Luck School District office located at 810 7th St. South, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., on Monday through Friday, mailed to the address noted above, or filed personally with School District Clerk, LeRoy Buck, prior to 5 p.m., January 6, 2009.

Notice is further given, that if a primary is necessary, the primary will be held on Tuesday, February 17, 2009.

Dated this 2nd day of December, 2008.

LeRoy Buck District Clerk 474295 15L WNAXLP

Private Home Care Position - Flexible Hours

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Monthly Board Meeting

Mon., Dec. 8, 2008, at 7 p.m., at the Town Hall

Full agenda posted Dec. 5, 2008, at the Town Hall, Town Offices, Crow Bar and Voyager Superette.

For the Town Board 474070 15L 5a Lorraine Radke, Clerk

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SIREN

VAN FOR SALE The School District of Siren is accepting closed bids on the following vehicle:

1999 Dodge Grand Minivan

Green, 123,800 miles, newer tires, good condition.

This vehicle is being sold as is.

Interested parties may call the district office to make arrangements to see the vehicle. 715-349-2290, extension 403.

Title, registration, and insurance shall be the bidder’s responsibility. Full payments in the form of cash or money order is due at the time of pickup.

Sealed bids are due in the school district office no later than 3 p.m. on Friday, December 12, 2008. The school district reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

Attn: School Van Bid School District of Siren P.O. Box 24022 473659 14-15L Siren, WI 54872

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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POLK COUNTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS

Polk County is accepting applications for the following positions: Home Care Supervisor $27.22/hr.

Full Time 37.5 hrs./wk.

Deadline to apply: Dec. 18, 2008 **Golden Age Manor** RCNAs - In-House Pool - All Shifts $14.00/hr. weekday/$15.00/hr. weekend Shift differential .40/p.m. shift - .50/night shift Questions call Jeanne, 715-268-7107 Deadline to apply: Open until filled JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND APPLICATIONS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM POLK COUNTY’S WEB SITE AT: www.co.polk.wi.us, or Polk County Dept. of Employee Relations, 100 Polk Co. Plaza, #229, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, 715-485-9176, or Golden Age Manor, 220 Scholl Ct., Amery, WI, 715-268-7107. AA/EEOC **PLEASE SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR GOLDEN AGE MANOR 474322 15L POSITIONS DIRECTLY TO GAM*

READY FOR A NURSING CHALLENGE AT A TOP MEDICAL CENTER?

ACUTE CARE SHIFT SUPERVISOR

opportunity is now open to qualified registered nurses.

Regular Part Time, .7 Position Working Day And Evening Shifts.

Position requires a minimum of two years’ acute care experience, ability to supervise the emergency department on day and evening shifts. Previous supervisory experience preferred. Full benefit package and competitive salary based on experience.

Apply Directly To SCRMC: Online: www.scrmc.org Fax: 715-483-0508 Mail: 235 State Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024

An Equal Opportunity Employer 474193 15L

NOTICE

Interested persons are invited to comment on the wireless telecommunications facility proposed to be constructed south of 8070 County Road FF in Webster, WI 54893, with respect to impacts on historic properties located at or near this facility, if any. The facility will consist of associated wireless communication equipment positioned on a 250-foot self-support tower.

Comments regarding potential effects to historic properties should be submitted to: Compliance Project Manager at 5613 Gateway Dr., Suite 500, Grimes, IA 50111, or by calling 515986-5151. Questions about this facility or this notice may also be directed to that address or phone number. This note is provided in accordance with the regulation of the Federal Communications Commission, 47 C.F.R. Part 1, Subpart I and Appendices B and C. 473594 14-15Lp

RN Or LPN, Ventilator Certified Or Willing To Become Certified

TOWN OF JACKSON

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The Siren Sanitary District will hold a meeting on Thursday, December 11, 2008, at 6:30 p.m., at the Siren Town Hall.

Immediately following the Sanitary District Meeting the Town of Siren will hold a Board Meeting at approximately 7 p.m. If you wish to be on the agenda, please call Mary Hunter, Clerk, at 715-349-5119.

474210 15L Mary Hunter, Clerk

MAINTENANCE MECHANIC

Plastech Corporation, a custom injection molding company located in Rush City, Minn., is seeking a Maintenance Mechanic.

Essential duties include, but are not limited to, performing injection molding machine installations, preventive maintenance and troubleshooting, interfacing with OEM technical personnel regarding installation, problem solving and maintaining building services, including cooling tower, chillers, air compressors and fire-sprinkler systems, etc. A high school diploma or GED is required plus 2 yrs. of practical injection molding maintenance experience is preferred. Applicants must also understand PLCs and be able to do programming and understand three-phase power. The ability to keep proper documentation and records is required as well as the ability to manage your own time with minimal supervision and interface with other departments.

Plastech offers a complete benefit package that includes, health coverage, dental, short-term disability and life insurance, paid time off and a 401(k) plan.

Please send your resume and salary history to:

Heather Olson

PLASTECH CORPORATION 920 Field Ave. S., P.O. Box 7 Rush City, MN 55069 heathero@plastechcorporation.com Equal Opportunity Employer

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF AN AIR POLLUTION PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW

Facility Description Northwestern Wisconsin Electric Co., 106 Ash Street, Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin, FID 649013860 submitted to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) a permit application, including plans and specifications for operation of an existing facility to generate electricity.

Air Pollution Permit No. 649013860-F20 Renewal, Synthetic Minor, Non-Part 70 Operation Permit Application Review.

DNR has made a preliminary determination that the application meets state and federal air pollution control requirements and that the permit should be approved. You can review the permit application, the DNR’s analysis, and draft permit prepared by the DNR at the Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Air Management Headquarters, Seventh Floor, 101 South Webster Street, Madison, WI 53703; the Northern Regional Cumberland Service Center, 1341 2nd Ave., P.O. Box 397, Cumberland, WI 54829, and the Frederic Public Library, P.O. Box 786, 107 Oak St., Frederic, WI 54837, or contact Phyliss J. Holmbeck, 715-392-0801 or by e-mail at Phyliss.Holmbeck@wisconsin.gov. This information is also available for downloading from the Internet at: http:// dnr.wi.gov/air/permits/permitsearch.html.

Public Comments Interested persons wishing to comment on the application or DNR’s review of it or wishing to request a public hearing should do so by January 3, 2009, or within 30 days of publication of this notice whichever is later, and send comments or requests to: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Northern Region Service Center, Superior Area Office, 1401 Tower Avenue, Superior, WI 54880. Attn.: Phyliss Holmbeck.

If a hearing is requested, the requester shall indicate their interest in the permit and the reasons why a hearing is warranted. Information on the public commenting and hearing process is available at: http://dnr.wi.gov/air/citguide.htm Reasonable accommodation, including the provision of informational material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.

Dated at Rhinelander, Wisconsin, November 24, 2008 STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES for the Secretary By: Neal Baudhuin Air Team Supervisor, Northern Region, Rhinelander 474296 15Lp WNAXLP

Opportunity For Employment Looking for a new and meaningful career?

Join our attendant staff at Riverbend.

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Frederic Village Board will meet, at the Village Hall, 107 Hope Road W., in the Village of Frederic, for the purpose of conducting general village business.

This meeting will be held on Mon., Dec. 8, 2008, at 7 p.m.

473870 Marilyn Sederlund, Village Clerk/Treasurer, Frederic, Wis. 15L

Immediate position that requires working weekends and weekday afternoon shifts.

Please stop in to pick up an application

Riverbend Assisted Living

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Polk County Land Information Committee will hold public hearings on Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at 8 a.m., in the Government Center (2nd Floor, West Conference room), Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. The committee will recess at 8:30 a.m. to view sites and will reconvene at 12:30 p.m., at the Government Center, in Balsam Lake, Wis., to consider the following and other agenda items: RECONSIDERATION - TROY LEE requested a Special Exception Permit to Article 8D5 of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to operate a sporting goods shop.

This request was heard by the Land Information Committee on September 3, 2008, and granted on October 15, 2008. Evidence will be limited to the Town of Alden’s Comprehensive Plan.

Property affected is: 134 206th St. and 10th Ave., pt. of Govt.

Lot 3, Sec. 27/T32N/R18W, Town of Alden, Horse Creek.

ALLTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. / Jose & Joan Melendez, land owners, request a Conditional Use Permit for a wireless telecommunication facility (monopole tower, within the 200’ maximum height allowance). Property affected is: 71 St. Hwy. 46, pt. of the SE 1/4, NE 1/4, Sec. 31/T32N/R16W, Town of Black Brook.

SCOTT LOFGREN requests a Special Exception from Article 8D1(a) of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to operate a tourist rooming house. Property affected is: 2043 231st St., Lot 3, CSM #2949, Vol. 13/Pg. 203, NE 1/4, SE 1/4 & NW 1/4, SE 1/4, Sec. 19/T35N/R18W, Town of Eureka, Big/Center Lake.

WAPO RENTALS, LLC request a Special Exception from Article 8D1(a) of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to operate a tourist rooming house. Property affected is: 764 130th St., pt. Lot 11, Blk. 9 & pt. vacated Prospect Ave., Wapogasset Beach, Sec. 26/T33N/R17W, Town of Garfield, 473752 15-16L 5a,d WNAXLP Lake Wapogasset.

475 Golfview Lane Amery, WI 54001

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Be part of an organization that believes everyone deserves to feel valued and treated with dignity, both residents and staff alike.

FOR SALE BY SEALED BIDS:

ITEM A: 1980 International Plow Truck, with 11’ universal plow and 10’ dump box (needs shut-off cable). Good condition. Mileage: 66,496.

ITEM B: 1991 Ford F-150 Pickup Truck, 4WD, needs work.

Mileage: 41,956.

ITEM C: 3-pt. Hitch John Deere Model 676 Rear-mount Snowblower, 6’6” wide, good condition.

ITEM D: 3-pt. Hitch John Deere 8’ Back Blade, Model 65, good condition.

ITEM E: 8’ John Deere Snow Bucket, good condition.

ITEM F: John Deere 246 Steel/Nylon Rotary Snow Brush, 5’ wide, 2’ diameter; brush angle 0/15/30 degrees right or left, fair condition.

ITEM G: 8’ Sander, good condition.

Interested persons may contact Dewey Strilzuk at 715-8253515 to view items. All items sold “as is,” no warranties. Bids must be sealed and clearly marked, “ITEM A” or “ITEM B” etc. Address sealed bids to: Brandon Robinson, District Administrator, Unity School District, 1908 150th St./Hwy. 46 North, P.O. Box 307, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

Bids are due Mon., Dec. 15, 2008, noon. Bids will be opened Mon., Dec. 15, 2008, at 2 p.m. in the Unity Board of Education room. The District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids which it feels is in the best interest of the District per 474280 15-16L 5-6a,d Board of Education policy.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS PROJECT:

TOWN OF EUREKA

Monthly Board Meeting Thurs., Dec. 11, 2008 7 p.m.

Eureka Town Hall Agenda: Call to order, minutes & reports.

Old Business: KJ’s parking, Eureka property sale, Unity Area Amb. contract. New Business: Set date for January caucus, recycle monitor, gravit pit reclamation. Correspondence, citizen comment time, discussion items & announcements. Authorize payment of vouchers. Adjournment. 474243 15L 5a,d

NOTICE

TOWN OF LINCOLN BURNETT COUNTY

The Monthly Board Meeting will be held Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 7 p.m., at the Lincoln Town Hall

Agenda: Review minutes from last month’s Budget Hearing and Regular Meeting, monthly Treasurer’s Report, Road Maintenance Report, discussion of old business, House of Wood UDC Ordinance discussion, Comprehensive Plan discussion, discussion of new business, correspondence looked over, payment of bills, and any other business properly brought before the town board.

Respectfully Submitted 473859 Patrice Bjorklund, Clerk 15L 5a

NOTICE OF SPRING ELECTION TOWN OF DANIELS April 7, 2009

State of Wisconsin Town of Daniels County of Burnett NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at an election to be held in the Town of Daniels, on the first Tuesday in April, the following offices are to be elected to succeed the present incumbents listed. The term for offices is for two years beginning on the second Tuesday in April, unless otherwise indicated.

Incumbent Office Town Board Chairperson Daniel Peterson Town Board Supervisor Timothy Tjader Town Board Supervisor Edward Fisher Town Clerk Ellen Ellis Town Treasurer Emma Kolander NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that a town caucus for the purpose of nominating candidates to appear on the spring election ballot for the abovelisted offices will be scheduled during the month of December. The caucus will be held during the month of January. Notice of the scheduled date of the caucus will be given at least five days before the caucus.

Respectfully Submitted Ellen M. Ellis, Clerk 474189 15L 5a WNAXLP

Rebid-Woodley Dam Abandonment Apple River Polk County Parks, Buildings and Solid Waste Balsam Lake, Wisconsin BID DEADLINE: Monday, December 15, 2008 2:30 p.m., Local Time Sealed bids for the above project will be received by Debbie Peterson, Director, Polk County Parks Department, 100 Polk County Plaza, Suite 10, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, until the Bid Deadline. Immediately thereafter, the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the County Boardroom.

In general, the project consists of removing a 100-ft. long concrete and masonry dam including overflow spillway, primary spillway, abutments and wooden bridge; stabilizing the banks and channel by excavating, grading and placing riprap; and replacing the wooden bridge with prefabricated steel truss bridge, including constructing abutments and grading a trail to accommodate snowmobile/ATV traffic.

A single prime bid will be received for the work.

Bids must be accompanied by bid security in the amount of 10% of the maximum bid amount. Bid and bid security may not be withdrawn for a period of 45 days after the Bid Deadline.

Bid security will be retained if the Bidder is awarded the Work and fails to execute the Agreement and furnish 100% Performance and Payment Bonds.

State prevailing wage rates are applicable to this project.

If requested, the apparent low bidder will be required to submit evidence of qualifications to the Owner prior to award of contract.

Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities in any bid.

Bidding documents may be examined at Builders Exchanges in Eau Claire, La Crosse, Wausau, Duluth, St. Cloud, Minneapolis and St. Paul; at the MEDA & AGC of Minnesota Plan Room in Brooklyn Center, MN; at Dodge Plan Room in Minneapolis; and through the electronic plan rooms at McGraw Hill Construction Dodge and Reed Construction Data.

Bidding documents may be obtained: • In Adobe Acrobat® electronic format by download from the Quest Construction Data Network Web site, http:// www.questcdn.com, for $10. Enter eBidDock™ #777951 on the “Search Projects” page.

• In paper format from Ayres Associates, 3433 Oakwood Hills Parkway, Eau Claire, WI 54701-7698, 715-8343161, upon payment of $50 per set. Payment will not be refunded.

473681 Published by authority of: Polk County, Wisconsin.

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NOTICE

The December meeting of the Village Board of Siren will be held Thurs., Dec. 4, 2008, at 2 p.m. at the Village Hall.

Agenda posted.

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NOTICE TOWN OF LAKETOWN

Comprehensive Planning Meeting Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, 7 p.m.

Cushing Community Center Public Welcome Patsy Gustafson, Town Clerk 474254 15L

MEETING NOTICE The Next Meeting Of The Meenon Town Board Will Be Held On Monday, Dec. 8, At 7 p.m. At The Meenon Town Hall

Agenda to include the following: Clerk’s report; treasurer’s report; road report; set Caucus date, renewal of Pawn Broker license, discussion on Gopher Bounty, UDC contract, ATVs and road usage and pay bills.

Suzanna M. Eytcheson 474148 Meenon Town Clerk 15L 5a

SEEKING PROVIDING ESSENTIAL PEOPLE

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Jobs for People.

An International Human Resources Company that provides staffing solutions to customers worldwide.

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Call for additional openings and prequalification or check for job postings @ Westaff.com Openings Change Daily Contact our office for details.

715-485-3076 or 1-877-WESTAFF

215 Main St./Hwy. 46 Balsam Lake, WI 54810

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TOWN OF SIREN SIREN SANITARY DISTRICT MEETING TOWN OF SIREN BOARD MEETING

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Ladies Day at Grantsburg Fitness Center GRANTSBURG - Ladies were invited to enjoy a day of relaxation and fun at the Grantsburg Fitness Center on Saturday, Nov. 29. The women attending were treated to food, gift bags, health screenings, free workouts, chair massages, tips from a personal fitness trainer, ballroom dance and Tae Bo demos and vendors offering makeup, jewelry and personal care products. — Priscilla Bauer

The Grantsburg Fitness Center was filled with women last Saturday, all coming to enjoy the food and fun at the center’s Ladies Day event.

Carol Ann Hatton showed granddaughter, Kelcie Ann Smith, one of the exercise machines at the Grantsburg Fitness Center. The 10 month old was one of the youngest attendees to the Ladies Day event held at the center last Saturday.

Eileen Tomlinson gave chair massages to visitors to the Ladies Day at the Grantsburg Fitness Center last Saturday, Nov. 29. Tomlinson, who is employed at the Bont Chiropractic St. Croix Falls office, was kept busy at the daylong event with a steady stream of massage seekers.

Frederic honors choir participates in district honors program Wendy Thomas visited with Mary Ann White and other women she gave hand massages to on Saturday at the Grantsburg Fitness Center Ladies

Dr. Bont was on hand at the Grantsburg Fitness Center Ladies Day to give those attending very happy feet with his free foot massages.

Photos by Priscilla Bauer

Frederic High School honors choir was one of the 10 schools to participate in the district honors choir program presented by the Upper St. Croix Valley Music Association on Monday, Dec. 1, in Amery. Dr. J.W. Park, UW-River Falls assistant professor of music, was the guest clinician. Amery High School, Osceola High School and Somerset High School choirs performed. Frederic honors choir members pictured, back row (L to R): Haley Kurkowski, Kendra Wells, Adrianna Otte, Calla Karl, Isabel Lexen, Megan Anderson, Sarah Lexen and Candace Buck. Front row: Daniel Halverson, Josiah Lund, William Primm, Bradley Knauber, Joel Knauber, Brett Williamson and Erik Stoner. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

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Looking good and feeling better The Wig Diva is here to help cancer patients

by Mary Stirrat MILLTOWN — The message of a special speaker in Milltown earlier this year changed the life of a local woman, and now she brings hope, encouragement and a new look to cancer patients in this area.

Michelle Sherrard, stylist at Hair’s The Thing in Milltown, has opened The Wig Diva, where she consults with men and women to select, purchase and style wigs. A private nook has been added to Hair’s The Thing, where she can consult with clients, but she also makes home and hospital visits.

Sherrard’s life took this turn after hearing inspirational speaker Gayle Zinda at her church, Milltown Lutheran, in March. Over a 10-year period, Zinda provided services such as breast prostheses, wig selection and styling, and makeup tips to about 10,000 cancer patients in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.

The business went into a holding pattern when Zinda moved to Wisconsin in 2001 and began working on her first book, “Pink Lemonade.” After her own diagnosis and surgery for lung cancer, Zinda went on the road to raise awareness about lung and breast cancer.

Zinda’s visit to Milltown was part of a yearlong, nationwide tour to inspire, encourage and educate.

Her story touched Sherrard’s heart, which was already filled with compassion for cancer victims and held a strong desire to help.

“When Gayle was finished I went up to her and said, ‘I want to do that,’” she said.

Sherrard stayed in contact with Zinda, and in May purchased the wig portion of the business.

The purpose of The Wig Diva, said Sherrard, is to provide specialized care to people who have or are going to lose their hair, particularly through cancer treatments or other medical conditions.

The Wig Diva Michelle Sherrard, professional stylist, offers a free consultation to people who have lost or will lose their hair due to cancer treatments. “My services are offered so you are able to endure these times with dignity,” her brochure states. – Photo by Mary Stirrat

Privacy, respect, and a life-affirming attitude are paramount, she said, helping clients endure the situation with dignity.

Sherrard offers a free consultation to each client, helping determine what color and style might be best, both for looks and for lifestyle. She measures for a proper fit and, once the wig arrives, styles it and shows how to care for it.

“I can also help with eyebrows and skin care,” Sherrard added. “Skin becomes more sensitive during cancer treatments, and I have a variety of lotions and other products to help.”

During what for many is an extremely difficult time, Sherrard is also available when it comes time for a cancer patient to shave her head, either by doing the shaving or by offering moral support.

“I wanted to do something that supports people who are facing cancer,” she said. “This is a way that I can do my part to help.”

Helping cancer patients feel better about themselves makes it easier for them to go through the treatments with dignity, she said.

A number of Sherrard’s clients at Hair’s The Thing have been touched by cancer, and many have been surprised to find out that a service like The Wig Diva exists.

“It’s an awesome experience to be able to help,” she said. “It kind of lightens things up. You can see something positive.”

Sherrard has catalogs full of wigs and is able to help clients find one in the right price range (many insurance companies will cover the cost of a wig for cancer patients). She also has access to a wide selection of turbans, hats, scarves, and products for cleaning and styling the wigs.

Doreen Gustafson, owner of Hair’s The Thing, is very pleased to have a trained professional and a space to help people with cancer.

“Not having hair makes you feel different,” she said.

“Having a professional hair stylist to fit and style a wig, and thin it out, is a big plus.”

When discussing the sale of her business, Zinda came to Milltown to look over the shop. She took the time to get to know Sherrard, said Gustafson, wanting someone who would carry on the work in a compassionate, understanding and loving way.

Sherrard’s caring personality makes her the perfect candidate for helping people with cancer, according to Gustafson.

“She understands if someone wants to talk about what they’re going through, and she understands if they don’t want to talk about it. Either way it’s OK,” said Gustafson. “She just knows what to say.”

Sherrard has walked the Breast Cancer 3-Day, a 60mile walk to raise funds and awareness, and has helped with local cancer fundraisers. Gustafson describes her as “passionate” about helping cancer patients.

“She offers a 24-7 service. If someone calls, she’s on it right away. She can go to the house or she has a secluded place here if people want privacy.”

Sherrard can be contacted at 715-825-3194 or 715553-0554.

Fire at Barronett residence Monday

Monday, Dec. 1, the Shell Lake Fire Department responded to a structure fire at the Van Avery residence in Barronett. The home was fully engulfed when the firefighters arrived on the scene. According to Fire Chief Dave Schraufnagel firefighters were on the scene about two hours and used about 4,000 gallons of water. — Photo by Diane Dryden 474206 15L, 5d

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‘Follow the Leader’

Using “green architecture,” Jim Landreth transforms 1887 church into a unique home … and he’d like to give you a tour

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News and views from the NW Wisconsin community

Building on a dream

Editor’s note: Architect Jim Landreth of Almena, near Turtle Lake, has drawn a lot of interest with the use of his “green” approach to architecture in transforming older buildings, such as the 1887 church in Cumberland he saved from demolition and moved to a lot on Sand Lake. He offers insight to his technique of offering a “new home within an old shell” in this story.

Jim Landreth

by Jim Landreth ALMENA – I don’t deny that I have unusual dreams.

In this project, I brought one to reality in hope of sharing my attraction for “green” architecture with others.

You see, several years ago I returned to school and earned my master’s in architecture. My practice, BLDGART, is not yet fully established and so I have time to design for myself.

I had some vacant land by Sand Lake that I was planning to build a spec home on, to demonstrate some of the newer “green” practices of which I am an advocate. Then along came this unwanted church, built in 1887, which they told me was destined for demolition.

That just didn’t sit right.

The surface was admittedly a bit forlorn looking, but the bones, the structure, stood straight and serene beneath several ill-favored “re-muddles.” I figured if I did something really neat with it, that might inspire others to imagine new possibilities for underestimated buildings.

The most environmentally sound choices possible begin with consideration of the option not to build. In my ex-

The 1887 church, before, at its location in the city of Cumberland, and after its transformation, at a lot on Sand Lake, about four miles away. – Special photos ample, it would admittedly be only the shell that was not going to be built new and thereby prevented from adding to our landfill burden. However, I figured that could amount to over half the volume of trees needing to be cut, sawn and hauled as lumber to the site. This was how my practical self justified allowing my romantic self the liberty to save a piece of our common history and discover where this dream would lead.

I am not inclined toward historical preservation. I have little interest in restoring buildings to their original but totally outmoded configurations. My particular fascination is the process of converting old buildings into something totally new.

Not new in the sense of reproducing the contemporary vernacular, but new in the sense of novel. Not strange or odd, but rather innovative and familiar in concert, a harmonious instinction of old

Glass cabinet doors and fiberglass window sashes ensure longevity.

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and new. Having been involved in similar projects, I knew the first step was to clean house…literally.

One begins by stripping out all that is obsolete. Century-old lath and horsehair plaster cannot practically be salvaged and it had to go, along with all the superfluous additions and modifications. I knew the men for the task were the Walthers Brothers out of Balsam Lake.

They are fearless, quick and not afraid to get extremely dirty.

About a week into the job, they had the cheaply paneled partition walls and drop ceilings down and into the dumpsters provided by C and C. Next, they tore into the plaster. That’s when I first saw that gorgeous barrelvault ceiling. It was like opening a very big Christmas present. Nothing had prepared me for this. I have been involved

with some fairly elaborate carpentry over the years, but to see that sort of work, done in 1887 Cumberland, just astonished me!

If I am guilty of any exuberance in my designs for the remodeling, you should consider it but humble homage to the work and skills of those original craftsmen. Not that my contractor, Mike Houser of Hillcrest Construction out of Long Lake, is any less an artisan, but he has the advantage of numerous power tools. Looking at these photos of the same space before and after, I think you will agree, both are capable of very impressive work.

The factors My plans for the redesign of this building began with careful study of its new site. Architects feel that every building’s design must be singular because every site contains a totally unique set of determining factors. For the resultant compo-

Flexible, open-plan loft space faces east.

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Building on a dream/from page 1 sition to be amicable, the site’s particular environment, views, topography and neighboring features must be considered.

The location I chose for this project holds fundamental attraction for a “green” architect, or for that matter, any of the old-knowledge northern builders like the Swedes and Norwegians who originally built this structure. Most importantly, there is ample solar access, which would allow the sun to bestow beneficial daylight and warmth. The building’s long side need only be faced slightly east of south to assure the future occupants of the joy of winter sunbeams.

Then there was that beautiful, wooded hillside. With the building nestled against that north/south running ridge, the prevailing winter winds would be thwarted. Not withstanding modern house wraps and excellent window construction, it is these winds that buffet through the framing and sweep across the glazing, causing air changes that increase the fuel bill and generating uncomfortable drafts. Once the building’s orientation was established, planning of the interior and its relationship to the exterior could begin.

It takes study and analysis to become aware of the unique opportunities any existing structure offers. Daylighting diagrams can help determine which shape and wall location is the most desirable for windows. When I discerned that windows located high on this building’s unusually tall east side would allow morning sunbeams to traverse its entire length, I became excited. I particularly love east light because it is gentle and welcome as it warms and wakens you, unlike west light, which can be harsh and brutish, tiresome at the end of a hot summer day, notwithstanding its eventual beautiful crescendo. East light arrives at a low inclination and penetrates far into a space when given the opportunity and so I provided.

The Venice connection During the early design process, I referred to this project as the “Light of the East.” Then I began to design a series of intertwined spaces for outdoor living and the relationship with one of Italy’s ancient cities forged itself in my mind.

This might seem irrelevant, if I did not explain that, for most practitioners, architecture involves a complex string of decisions that must center around some single unifying concept for the outcome to satisfactorily resonate as a harmonious ensemble, rather than a jumble of dis-

A bridging walk to a screened gazebo on the hill. - Photos submitted

Like morning sunlight, gold metal courses across ceiling into the great room. jointed parts.

For this project it was the city of Venice, which I had visited and come to love several years back. I remember it as an intriguing series of bridges between captivating destinations awash in exhilarating light reflecting off the canals.

I named the building “La Serenissima,” which translates as “The Most Serene.” This Italian phrase was often used to refer to the Republic of Venice during its thousand-year golden age of peace and prosperity, when it held a rich monopoly on trade with the East. Here it was used to focus my design decisions toward creating a home for its eventual occupants of immense calm and peace, intricately connected to its natural surroundings and awash in invigorating light.

Although it does not make the headlines of popular periodicals, to be “green,” a building needs to be durable

BEFORE: Contemplating the potential of the space.

and flexible. Materials must be selected for their ability to beautifully withstand the ravages of time, weather and use.

Construction practices must be rigorously informed by the lessons of the past and employ state-of-the-art techniques and components. Spaces need to be less rigidly defined to accommodate changes in occupant needs over time. For example, in the main level there are three distinct areas that could serve as a location for either a formal or informal dining room. The point is that a home should both last and remain suitable for a variety of occupants over time for it to go “green.”

Some might inquire how this can truly be a “green” house without the touch-

stone of bamboo flooring. As a result of the widespread coverage this important topic has generated, there are now several materials assumed to be universally correct choices. I cannot contradict selections made by those producing shows and publications on the west coast, but the answer here in northern Wisconsin is that we have a sustainably grown crop some 7,000 miles closer than China’s bamboo fields. In fact, the mill this red oak flooring came from is Valley Moulding in Milltown, just twenty miles away.

For me, the appropriate “green” choice was both obvious and beautiful.

There are other notable features of this dream of mine, not the least of which is the earth-friendly and cheap-to-operate geothermal heat.

For more detailed information and additional photos, please visit www.bldgart.com, or call me, Jim Landreth, at 357-3950. I would prefer, however, to let the building speak for itself.

Toward that purpose, the doors will be open and I will be giving tours to anyone interested in sampling the pleasures of “green” architecture this weekend, Dec. 6 and 7, from noon to 3 p.m.

Follow Hwy. 48 west out of Cumberland four miles, then north on Second Street for two miles and right on 2-1/4 Street for one-half mile to No. 2616.

I hope you will agree that “green” deserves your full consideration and similar to the refrain from the John Lennon song, “Imagine”: “You may say that I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us….”

Sunbeams and chambered-corner views at the sink.

AFTER: The great room revolves about a three-sided fireplace.

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Christmas

Writer’s Corner

by Joyce Thompson Christmas is coming, that busy time of year.

Children are excited, waiting for Santa to appear.

There is shopping and baking and cards to write, It gets so hectic, we can’t sleep at night.

Suzie needs something special to wear and Mom needs a cut and perm in her hair.

Tommy went to see Santa, ten things on his list, Gave his address twice, afraid he’d be missed.

Dad hasn’t said much, but we know that look.

He’s worried about the balance in his checkbook.

Three parties to attend, a program at school and the kids are invited to the neighbor’s new pool.

Thirty people are coming to dinner tonight.

Nerves are becoming more and more uptight.

Not one present wrapped, haven’t been home, Need to stop and see Mildred, who lives all alone.

PoCo Penners The PoCo Penners meet the second Friday of the month at 2 p.m. at the county boardroom in the government center in Balsam Lake. Contact Brenda Mayer at 715-485-3571 or Iris Holm 715294-3174 for more information. - submitted

Have to decorate the house and trim the tree, How will I get it all done? Oh my, oh me...

I look at this all and I’m sadly afraid, We forget the reason for Christmas is the birth of the Babe.

In a humble manger, a long time ago, With a star shining brightly on Bethlehem below, Christ was born and is the real reason That we should celebrate the Christmas Season.

Northwest Regional Writers The Northwest Regional Writers meet at 1 p.m. the second Friday of the month either in Frederic or Grantsburg. Call Mary Jacobson at 715-3492761 for more information about the organization.

So I would like to suggest, if I may, We set aside some time each day, Forget the hurry, worry and fuss, And ponder this precious gift, God gave to us.

Submissions should be typed, double-spaced on one side only of 8 -1/2 x 11 white paper, leaving a minimum of 1-inch margins all around. Handwritten submissions will not be accepted. Submissions should be no more than 800 words.

Submissions may be delivered to The Leader’s offices in Frederic or Siren, mailed to Box 490, Frederic, WI 54837 or e-mailed to the-leader@centurytel.net. We prefer e-mailed copy.

If hand-delivered or mailed, please write "Writers’ Corner" somewhere on the front of the envelope. If e-mailed, please use "Writers’ Corner" as the subject and include the submission as body text of the e-mail. No attachments, please. Your submission to Writers’ Corner grants The Leader one-time rights to publish the item in the weekly newspaper. The author retains the copyright and all future publication rights. The Leader may edit submissions for grammar and punctuation, clarity and length. If you have any questions about this new feature, please contact us at the-leader@centurytel.net or call 715-327-4236. - Editor

First and foremost. From the Tuesday, Dec. 16 through Friday, Dec. 19, there will be a clothing giveaway at the Webster Fire Hall. The hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Most of us are walking around thinking how we overate on Thanksgiving.

I always do and I always feel awful after I can’t get my belt back to where it was. Then I think of those that didn’t get Thanksgiving this year. That didn’t have turkey, dressing and all the trimmings. Thanks to those who do the community dinner on Thanksgiving, many people get to eat a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Without knowing specific numbers I think they served somewhere near 300 people.

Then there are those who have fallen though the cracks. Those who are too proud to ask and those that could not get there for one reason or another.

Suddenly I don’t feel so good about the meal we ate on Thanksgiving Day. I guess we are having the same problem with Christmas for Kids. There are so many who could really use gifts for their children and so many who will not ask because they think they are not needy enough and so many who will ask because they always have and just take it for granted that Interfaith Caregivers will be there every Christmas.

We have come to a point where we may only be able to give one or two gifts per child this year. We simply don’t have the money to buy the computers, Wiis or Wii games kids are asking for. If the money isn’t there, some kids will have to go without. Last year we gave away 47 bikes, this year we can give away none. We simply don’t have the money.

Next year, there may not be a Christmas

for Kids. I am sure you have all ready heard or read that all charities are in need because of the economy. We are no different.

Money, this year is surely a factor.

Now, on to more positive things. So far not much snow to speak of. ReBlodgett member 1991? October it snowed 36 inches and stayed all winter. I remember one year it showed in March and that left 8 feett of snow on our roof. Maybe I made that up, but I remember it was an awfully lot. About 1991, I am not sure of the year, but I am sure there was a lot of snow. My memory is slipping and it slips further all the time. By the way, why do we say our memory is “slipping”? Where does it slip to? Something to think about.

I have noticed lately that I am related to more people than I ever thought I was. Maybe I’m not directly related, but by some long line with twists and turns. I also find that I am running into people who know people who knew people that my parents knew and I have heard about, or maybe even someone that I knew at one time or another.

Read that a couple of times and it might make sense. The truth of the matter is you have to be careful who you talk to or about, because you never know, you may be related or they may know someone you know. I have noticed too

Barb

Caregiver's

Gifts

that I am running into the game we use to play as kids. You tell the child to your right something and he tells the one to his right and by the time it gets back to you it is completely different from the original thought. I wrote a story told by an old and dear friend about her Christmas years ago. As late as yesterday I was told the same story with a whole different story line. They said a friend had read about it in my column. I am convinced that we each read what we want into something.

Just like we always hear what we think we hear and not necessarily what was said.

One of my long running arguments with Denny and my kids when they were younger is that they hear me but do not listen to what I am saying. Don’t we all do that? Denny can start a sentence and I will finish it in my head without really hearing what he is saying. He insists he doesn’t do this, but I would “beg to differ” with him (my mother always used that term). We also have the problem of saying something and days later being told we never did say it. One of our excuses is that we are both so busy that we have one minute, 14 seconds between the time we get into bed and before we fall asleep to talk about anything at all. You have to say a lot to get it all said in such a short time. Another factor, during that time we are usually nearly unconscious from fatigue that even if we could hear, comprehension is completely lost. This brings me to marriage.

I was single for 25 years before I met Denny. My concept of marriage was pretty distorted and I fantasized about

what would be perfect. We would always agree, never argue, always be there for each other and everything would be like a fairy tale. What is really odd about this is that I was a grown-up, had raised three kids, put them all through school and was having perfect grandchildren. I was also a psychologist and had things pretty well figured out. What a joke. I was never going to get married and was pretty being single. satisfied Wham....suddenly I was married to an career Air Force man. What a shock to my system. I had to change my ways of doing things and I was no longer in charge of everything. Kids who get married thinking everything will be honky dory have some real-life awakenings a head of them. For some reason it is becoming harder and harder to stay married and easier and easier to not stay married. Something about that just doesn’t seem right.

Once again I have rambled on. My mind has a habit of running ahead of my mouth and my thoughts become disjointed. Can you tell? Do you have stories to tell? Call me at 866-4970.

One more column before Christmas for Kids. Please don’t forget the kids this year. They depend on us and we depend on you.

See you soon, God bless.

Barbara Blodgett Director of Interfaith Caregivers of Burnett County icburnettcounty@centurytel.net

UW fundraisers feel pinch STATEWIDE - With the bleak economy hitting people in the pocketbooks, many are scaling back on contributions and gifts to organizations, including the UW-system. The outlook is mixed for two of the system’s larger campuses.

Sandy Wilcox is president of the U-W Foundation in Madison, which is its official fundraising and gift-receiving organization. He says the foundation brought in 4 percent more financial contributions than last year already – but there’s also bad news.

“We’re down significantly in the number of gifts,” he says. “It’s down approximately 10 percent from the pre-

vious year.”

Wilcox says December is typically the U-W Foundation’s biggest month, because it’s a tax-driven period for giving. But he says they’re already down 11,000 donors, so it won’t be a record month this year.

Meanwhile, the head of the U-W Foundation in Eau Claire says things are going well. Kimera Way says while the economy dominates the conversation between her office and current and potential donors, its phone-based donor drive – Telefund – is projected to hit its $500,000 goal by the end of the academic year.

“They’re at $200,000 now,” reports Way. “We fully ex-

pect that they will meet their fall semester giving goals.

Some people are extending pledges, that’s going to either defer it for a period of time or stretch it out a little bit longer. This is just an awful time for everybody, and what we appreciate most of all are those people who are truly philanthropic in their hearts are continuing to make that a priority.”

Way says many alumni and friends of the U-W system donate because they also want to help out students during these hard economic times. – Wisconsin Public Radio (Brian Bull)

NARFE to meet LUCK - The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Chapter 1581 will hold their Christmas dinner meeting at noon on Thursday, Dec. 11, at the Hog Wild

Restaurant in downtown Luck.

All federal and retired federal employees are welcome. Reservations may be made by calling 327-8658

by Monday noon, Dec. 8. - submitted

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Radio on the farm

by Russ Hanson We four Hanson boys always pestered dad and mom to let us take apart anything that looked interesting.

We especially liked mechanical things. Because we were already used to dressing and butchering steers, deer, squirrels, chickens and cleaning fish, we had ample opportunity to study biology close up. However, cases that contained motors, springs, tubes and gears were fascinating and harder to come by. Our parents knew that whatever we were given was destined for the dump after our “repairs,” so only passed along things that had no possibility of being fixed or needed in the future (now they would be valuable antiques).

Old windup alarm clocks, an old battery radio that ran off of the wind charger on the roof, old appliances, motors and almost anything that needed radical surgery fell into our repair shop.

As we got older, our tools changed from hammers and crowbars to screwdrivers and wrenches and, amazingly, we actually started getting some things to work again, or at least to understand what was wrong with them.

The Sterling Dump was a wonderful place to find things to take apart. We tried to make a weekly trip and scavenged for everything mechanical and electronic. As our reputation for an occasional miracle repair grew, our relatives and neighbors passed along things for tinkering.

Uncle Lloyd said he had a crystal radio that he had gotten as a soldier during World War II. He used the clothesline in the barracks for an antenna and his metal cot for a ground. It didn’t use batteries or plug into the wall current. It had an earphone. He said, “Don’t take it apart, just try it out. It worked the last time I tried it in the barracks 20 years ago.”

In those days, we had two radios: the barn radio, entertaining dad and the cows with WCCO Cedric Adams, Joyce LaMont and Halsey Hall and the house radio playing Eddy Arnold and “Mairzy Doats.” The idea of having our own radio was exciting!

Dad helped us hang an antenna wire from my upstairs window to a nearby tree using electric fence insulators and the old wire from the yard-light pole.

We pounded a rod into the ground and ran another wire, the ground, from that to my window and into my room upstairs.

Lloyd’s radio had four connectors: two for the small earphone and one for the antenna and one for the ground.

Lloyd had told us the sound would be very faint. On the top of the case was a knob with several metal points to tune it and something he called a cat’s whisker crystal. It was an adjustable, tiny, spring

"The Boys' First Book of Radio and Electronics." The Wisconsin Free Traveling Library sent this book to the Hanson boys on building radios. – Photos by Russ Hanson wire that you poked into a galena crystal trying to find a hot spot. All of this was totally new to me, but Lloyd had demonstrated how it worked so I followed his instructions.

I could just barely hear a faint hint of a radio station on the earphone. I wasn’t sure if it was real or my imagination.

Lloyd said it worked best at night. Late one night I managed to poke the cat’s whisker into a hot spot and got clear channel stations from Little Rock, Chicago, along with WCCO; stations fading in and out. Then it quit totally. I thought “maybe it is just a loose wire inside the box.” I carefully took the four screws that held the black Bakelite top to the small wood box and carefully lifted it off. I knew better than to do anything more than just look with Uncle Lloyd’s radio. I saw only a coil of wire wrapped around some cardboard tubing, with some of the wrappings having come loose. I guessed that might be what was wrong.

I carefully put the top back on and gave it back to Uncle Lloyd on our next visit. I just told him I couldn’t get it working, not wanting to admit to looking inside the box for fear he would think I wrecked it. He said, “It worked pretty good. They didn’t let us have a radio when I was in the Army, but this little one let me hear the news and helped me get through some long nights. I suppose the crystal is bad.”

I was fascinated by the idea of a radio that didn’t need any power. I looked in the Sears Christmas catalog and, sure enough, there was a plastic crystal radio kit for $8. That amount was in the range for a Christmas present – so I said that I would forgo all the underwear, socks, and clothes and just wanted this radio

Sears Roebuck crystal radio that Russ got for Christmas on his 10th birthday.

kit. Mom and Dad were always encouraged when they saw their sons wanted something other than just toys, so sure enough, on Christmas morning, the kit was under the tree.

It was a blue, plastic molded box about the size of two matchboxes made to look like a little radio. It had some fine enameled copper wire, something called a diode and a small earphone that poked into your ear.

I followed the instructions. Wrap the wire very tightly and carefully around the coil form sort of like wrapping the fish line on a casting reel, only one layer deep and perfectly coiled. Then use a little sandpaper and sand one narrow band along the coil cleaning off the enamel insulation. Then assemble the radio so a little, round metal ball slid along the bare wire of the coil to tune the radio. Screw in the diode to one end of the coil and the other to an earphone connector. Connect the antenna and ground and the earphone and then listen carefully as you slide the tuner back and forth slowly.

Miraculously, I heard faint music immediately and as I tuned it I found several different stations! I found WCCO radio out of the Twin Cities was the loudest. I got my brothers in and each listened in turn and was amazed too.

But they left soon to go back to Marvin’s room where he was listening to his brand-new plastic four-tube GE clock radio that he had gotten for Christmas.

Bill Diehl was playing songs on WDGY from that nice young Ricky Nelson, approved of by the pastor (unlike that wriggly Elvis).

I wanted to learn more about radio.

The school library had nothing. Mrs. Irving (Marie) Olsen, my teacher, said that we could write to Madison to the Free Traveling Library that mailed out books to rural areas not served by libraries. I wrote a letter and asked for books on crystal radios.

A couple of weeks later, a book named “The Boys' First Book of Radio” came in the mail. It told all about crystal radios and how to build one yourself and suggested where to get the parts. Everett and I got enthused about the radios and over the next few years worked our way through building radios with tubes into radios with transistors - each time getting more advanced books from Madison. We mail-ordered parts from Modern Radio Labs, Allied Radio and Philco. We put up longer antennas going from the house to the barn. We set up a telegraph to send Morse Code from my room to his room (poking only a very small hole through the plaster walls). We had to learn electronic circuit

A homemade crystal radio.

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Ramblings diagrams and soldering to build radios, burglar alarms, timers and all sorts of electronic items. We knew we needed better radios.

We had seen some of the old floor model radios from the ‘30s and ‘40s that had shortwave bands in neighbors living rooms. Everett put an ad in the local paper “Wanted: Old floor model radio with short wave band.” He got many replies often like “Help me get it out of the attic and it is yours.” We collected several and with our extra supply of Sterling Dump radio tubes, soon each had a good radio working. Later Marvin and Byron also got into old radios too – so we each have a few too many now!

My favorite was a Zenith table model that came from the Cushing Feed Mill through uncle Maurice. It had quit working and was one-half-inch deep with feed dust. A thorough cleaning and a replacement tube and it worked great. Everett liked his Airline 25 tube model that had magic eye tuning and used so much current the whole house dimmed as it started up. We still have have them.

With the shortwave bands, we could hear radio from across the whole world.

We could listen to Radio Netherlands, the BBC, Canada and if we were feeling particularly adventurous, Radio Moscow, to get the latest Communist propaganda. We continued to collect old radios as we got older, only quitting when they got up to the exorbitant price of $10 each.

At a garage sale a year ago I ran across a “The Boys' First Book of Radio and Electronics” and paid a quarter for the well-used copy. It is fun to reread the book that helped move me to a career in science. I wonder if I can trade two No. 80 rectifier tubes to Everett for the 20 feet of double cotton covered copper wire and a cat’s whisker to build the "Boys' First Radio." The tubes are pristine—haven’t been used since retrieved from the dump in 1956.

Send your stories of yesteryear to: riverroadrambler@gmail.com or Russ Hanson, 2558 Evergreen Ave., Cushing, WI 54006, 715-488-2776.

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The Advent Wreath

Compiled by Bernice Abrahamzon

The Advent wreath is a meaningful symbol of the season of expectation of Christ’s birth.

The circle of the fresh green boughs represents life under God as a continuing, constantly renewing process.

The purple candles are the color of penitence and call for Abrahamzon periods of deep soul-searching and self-examination.

The flames stand for the eternal light of hope in Christ.

The Advent wreath is an old custom in many European countries, and in the United States it has been long-established in the liturgical denominations of the Christian faith. The wreath is now an accepted part of the preparation for Christmas in many homes.

The lighting of the candles, Sunday-by-Sunday in the church or home, brings a whole new dimension to the traditional preparations for Christmas. It serves as a reminder to children and adults alike that Christmas is more than a round of shopping expeditions, letters to Santa Claus, cookie baking and tree trimming.

What we are preparing to celebrate is the greatest event in human history, the coming of Jesus Christ as one among us to show us the nature of a loving God. The only preparations needed are a receptive mind, an open heart, and a willing spirit.

In quiet reverence, in penitential self-evaluation, in the assurance of divine forgiveness, let us make ready for that holy moment when we know beyond the shadow of a doubt that he is born in us.

This is a time of anticipation, expectation and hope.

Bernice

Behind the Signpost

"Billy Boy" Several weeks ago when I was writing about apples, I asked readers if they remembered the words to the song “Billy Boy.” When I ask a question, it is not rhetorical. I really want to know, and I look forward to receiving answers. Well, I wasn’t disappointed because two of you remembered the words for four verses. I had remembered the final verse and I had also changed the pie from cherry to apple pie. (So much for total recall!)

The Internet knows just about everything and one of those who answered double-checked there. I should have remembered that, as I asked a Leader reporter, “What is couscous?” The word was used in a recipe and I didn’t know what to buy. It turned out to be a type of pasta according to the Internet. Why didn’t the recipe say that? My French didn’t cover couscous.

But, I digress (one of my bad habits!) So let’s get back to "Billy Boy." The Internet version is a tune from 19th-century England and was based on Willie Lad and Charming William. (Let’s not get into their relationship!) It could also be a variant of Lord Randall. There are both English and Irish versions, and know the Irish, I would guess that version is more bawdy.

Oh where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh where have you been, charming Billy?

I have been to seek a wife, She’s the joy of my life, She’s a young thing And cannot leave her mother.

Did she bid you to come in, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Did she bid you to come in, tell me Billy?

Yes, she bade me to come in, There’s a dimple in her chin.

She’s a young thing And cannot leave her mother.

Did she set you a chair, Billy Boy? Billy Boy? Did she set you a chair, tell me Billy.

Yes, she set for me a chair, She has ringlets in her hair, She’s a young thing And cannot leave her mother.

50 Years Ago Can she bake a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Can she bake a cherry pie, tell me Billy.

She can bake a cherry pie, There’s a twinkle in her eye.

She’s a young thing And cannot leave her mother.

A version received from a good friend at the Leader office goes like this. She remembered it from school days.

Oh where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh where have you been, charming Billy?

I have been to seek a wife, she’s the joy of my life She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

Did she bid you to come in, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Did she bid you to come in, charming Billy?

Yes, she bid me to come in, but she stuck me with a pin She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

Did she offer you a chair, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Did she offer you a chair, charming Billy?

Yes, she offered me a chair, but the bottom was not there She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

Can she bake a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Can she bake a cherry pie, charming Billy?

She can bake a cherry pie, but she stuck it in my eye She’s a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

(Note: I am surprised. The one version from the Leader friend is a bit mean, with practical jokes, while the Internet version is more about a Billy Boy attracted by dimples and ringlets.)

How did we come across "Billy Boy" in the first place? The verse may have been in an English anthology.

I wonder if today’s children know nursery rhymes.

We all knew: Georgie Porgie Pudding ‘n pie Kissed the girls And made them cry And when the girls went out to play Georgie Porgie ran away.

(Pity any boy named George!) Back in the ‘20s and ‘30s, girls wore dresses to school, and when they swung on the swings, it was nothing unusual to hear the chant: “I see London I see France I see somebody’s Underpants.”

I wish I could remember some of my lessons as well as I remember silly verses.

Pastor Tom Cook, in Sunday’s sermon, mentioned the game of “Ollie, Ollie Oxen Free.”

I have seen it spelled several ways, and I wonder if anyone plays that game anymore? Or Red Rover, Red Rover, Why don’t you Come Over, or Red Light, Green Light.

Does anyone play Statue anymore? I think that rules varied in different parts of the country.

I never did know the rules for Hopscotch as I was not a city girl. We had sidewalks in the country but we only walked on them.

In the country, we did more risky things. We climbed trees. We walked the ridgepole on buildings until my father said, “You, kids, get down from there.” And we did!

Pastor Tom did mention the book “Everything I Need To Know, I Learned in Kindergarten.”

Until next week, Bernice

Citizen Volunteers needed POLK COUNTY – Citizen volunteers are needed to serve on a citizen advisory committee of the Land and Water Resources Department. Citizen input will be used to generate the Polk County Land and Water Management Plan.

The committee will meet three or four times for approximately two hours starting in January 2009.

The land and water management plan identifies Polk County concerns and establishes goals for the protection of natural resources. If you would like to participate in the planning process, please contact the Land and Water Resources Department by Friday, Dec. 12. - submitted

Tom Moore, son of Mrs. Jessie Moore and the late Dr. Robert Moore, underwent heart surgery at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Minneapolis. He was a high-school freshman at the time.-Art Gross ran the Flying Mallard Taxidermy Studio in Osceola and was taking orders for mounted ducks and pheasants.-Specials at the Frederic Co-op Supermarket included dried prunes at 2 lbs. for 65¢, Florida grapefruit at 6 for 59¢, homegrown cabbage at 15¢ per head, round steak at 79¢ lb. and sirloin steak at 89¢ lb.-A wedding dance was held at Joe’s Cross Roads on Nov. 16 for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krauss (Carol Myers) with music by Glenn Hunter’s Orchestra.-A wedding dance was given Nov. 16 at Indian Creek Hall by Dennis Anderson and Lynn Bean.-The grand opening was held at Fish Bowl Inn on Nov. 15 and 16 with a free Dutch lunch, drawings and prizes and free beverage, 7 – 9 p.m.-A donkeyball game was set for Webster on Nov. 18, as a VFW event.-Siren planned to open a medical clinic in December with Drs. Moen, Welder and Flagstad of Shell Lake in charge.-Specials at the Clover Farm Store, Frederic, included bananas at 10¢ lb., Imperial margarine at 2 for 88¢ and Hills Bros coffee at 2 lbs. for $1.33.

40 Years Ago The Dec. 3, 1958, issue was printed with green ink (hard to read!).-The Polk County Fair Society set its annual meeting for Dec. 8, at the city hall in St. Croix Falls.-A poultry meeting was set for Dec. 10, at the Amery City Hall.-Arvin L. Anderson, Frederic, bought, sold and repaired electric trains. He also negotiated trade-ins.-It was estimated that the deer kill for the 1958 season might reach 100,000.-Christmas trees were for sale at the North Luck Cash Store.-Specials at Route’s Supermarket, Frederic, included ground beef at 2 lbs. for 95¢, pork chops at 43¢ lb., oranges at 39¢ dozen, soda crackers at 19¢ lb. and coffee at 2 lbs. for $1.39.-V.E. Hawley slashed prices on hardware, stoves, refrigerators, paints, toys, sporting goods and farm supplies for Christmas shopping, with the store open until 9 p.m.-Carlson Hardware, Frederic, had an inventory of platform rockers, reclining chairs, step tables, cocktail tables, Speed Queen washers and King Koil mattresses.-The December special of the week at Carlson Hardware, Frederic, was an instant coffee maker and server for $1.49.-The Frederic High School choir was rehearsing for the Christmas program to be presented Dec. 14.

20 Years Ago The Siren School Board reduced the tax levy by $25,000.-Webster reviewed its budget and agreed to new route to athletic field.-A clothing center opened at Siren next to the Auto Parts Store.-A small building to house a television signal translator was erected on Tower Road, just off CTH D in the town of Lincoln.

The tower was 395 ft. tall.-Bob Becker’s column focused on Hattie Lubben, 88, a Stone Lake pioneer.Business of the Week was Penta Wood Products.-The Webster band trip to Iowa was approved.-Obituaries included Stanley Swerkstrom, Crystal Hines, Ruth Lundquist, Ronald Kern, Lloyd Nyberg, Aurelia Welck, Lydia McLeod, Curtis Johnson and Leonard Heuer.-The Frederic Village Board faced the prospect of a higher budget.-Dump hours for the town of Bone Lake, November through April, were 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays only, for residents only.-Kinship seeks to match lonely kids to caring adults.-A countywide ambulance service association was proposed for Burnett County.-Business of the Week featured Fiedler Ford, Grantsburg.-Marina Peacock was hired as youth director for two churches, Pilgrim Lutheran Church and St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, both in Frederic.-Additional obituaries included Harry Gatten and Inez Johnsrud.-State milk production was up.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER

Blacky Shelter

Fran Krause

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Last weekend Mark, Dee and Bryan Krause went to the Wisconsin/Minnesota game at Madison. On the way they picked up Alyson. Brad Krause came over to Fran’s.

The Sarah circle met at Marge Skinner’s.

The fall H.C.E. meeting was held at the government center on Tuesday. A luncheon was enjoyed, and the lesson was “Who Moved My Cheese.”

The Orange 4-H met Friday after school at the Webster Elementary School for Christmas crafts and dinner.

Dean Peterson and Mike Schanke joined the Brad Petersons for a successful hunting weekend.

Nancy O’Brien’s son, Matt, from Colorado, is spending the week here hunting.

Tim O’Brien spent Saturday at Jack and LaVonne O’Brien’s.

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work one night. I missed her, and when she sat down I nearly took the skin off her face, so she says, kissing her cheek!

Good grief, what’s next!?

Am I going to start liking cats, too? Forgive tree rats that taunt me? I don’t know what’s going on, but I think maybe I’m just happy. Errr, there I went rambling again and I wasn’t done telling you about my new friends yet.

Puppies. Lanny is a handsome lad, about 12 weeks old, who arrived with his maybe-sister, Riley. They were picked up together in the area of Moline Road and Old 35 near Webster, and the jury is still out on their heritage.

The folks at the shelter surmise them to be boxer-Dane mix, but no one really knows. Lanny is a light brindle color, while Riley is white with reddish-brown spots.

They are both fine-looking pups. Last, but certainly not least, is Misty. Misty is not a puppy, but 5 or 6 years old and was picked up in Jackson Township near CTH A. Misty is a beautiful dog. She is believed to be a shepherd/husky mix and has a grayish-black coat, white chest, and mostly gray face. Misty is calm and sweet, and loves attention. She is next on my kiss-me list, for sure.

I guess as long as the needle on my Sap-O-Meter is in the maximum zone, I may as well tell you about Tippy, our resident shelter office cat. That poor fella has been at the shelter for so long, and I cannot understand why.

I’m not a huge fan of felines, but I have to admit he is a pretty nice cat. He’s handsome as far as cats go, loves to be close to people, and has the most rumbly purr I think I’ve ever heard. I can’t help thinking that there must be somebody out there who would appreciate having a nice guy like Tippy as their house cat.

OK, I think I am ready to stop dancing in my high heels and get back to being my big-boy self. (Hey, sometimes my my job isn’t so easy, and I crumble a little bit.)

Anyhow, I was thinking of ways to help out my shelter friends and, now that it’s December and the holiday season has been foisted upon us once again, it made me stop and think: Do you have that certain someone on your holiday list that has everything and you don’t have a clue what to give them as a gift? Well, I have an idea for you. How about making a monetary donation to the shelter on their behalf? It doesn’t necessarily have to be a lot, and I bet they would get the warm fuzzies knowing they’ve helped the warm fuzzies, and you can avoid the potential mayhem of walking into a store full of crazed shoppers! I think it’s a great idea, myself. I know the shelter could sure use the assistance, too.

Before I go, I want to remind you all that my friends, weather permitting, will be at Christmas at the Forts this Saturday at Forts Folle Avoine, between Webster and Danbury. They should be arriving in the Waggin’ Wagon around 10 a.m. if it’s not too cold outside, so stop out and say hi to them. If you can’t make it there, you can always come and see them at the shelter; it is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon until 5. The dogs and cats are always happy to have someone come in and spend a little time with them - you can see it in their faces!

Well, it’s time for my face to hit the sack for the night.

I’m thankful for my warm bed and full belly, and I’m grateful to the shelter folks who make sure that my pals have the same until they find their permanent place. Take care, everybody, and I’ll see you here next week!

HSBC is saving lives, one at a time. www.hsburnettcty.org 715-866-4096

Harmony HCE Club met at Cedarwood Manor Tuesday morning with Karen Brooks and Pat Johnson as hostesses.

Allyson Krause and friend from Stevens Point and Kathryn Krause from UW-River Falls were home for Thanksgiving vacation.

The Lamar Johnson family spent last weekend hunting here. Reeny Neinstadt spent Thanksgiving with John in Illinois.

Bob and Heather O’Brien entertained the O’Brien family for Thanksgiving. Tim and Vikki spent Thanksgiving in Dallas, Texas, with her relatives.

Pat and Nancy O’Brien’s Thanksgiving guests were the

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Tony O’Brien family and Matt Lindberg and Cooper from Colorado, who also hunted with Pat. Mike, Travis and Pat O’Brien were successful deer hunters.

The Gravesen family had their traditional Thanksgiving get-together Thursday at the Methodist Church in Webster.

Marvel Merriam’s grandson, Brad Freeborn, was a finalist in the Pass, Punt and Kick contest in Wisconsin. He competed at Lambeau Field Sunday morning, winning first place in his age category. He and his family attended the Packer-Carolina game following the contest.

Jack and Jeri Witzany spent Thanksgiving at Big Lake, Minn., with Patty and Mike Kringen and family.

The Brad Petersons entertained 20 guests for Thanksgiving. Mike Shanke, Dean and Mallory Peterson returned to their home after spending the week here.

Iola Rachner spent a few days at the Burnett Medical Center in Grantsburg.

Thanksgiving Day guests at Kent and Nancy Kraus’ were Tom and Marge Ammend and Fran Krause.

The Mark Kraus’ entertained the Glover relatives and Fran Krause Thursday evening.

Travis Helland and Brad Krause were successful deer hunters.

Birth announcements Born at St. Croix Regional Medical Center:

A girl, Bria Lynn Mattison, born Nov. 18, 2008, to Shannan Monacelli and Casey Mattison, Webster. Bria weighed 7 lbs., 3 oz.

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Nettie Otis is home again after having surgery in Eau Claire and spending a few days in the hospital there. She is wished a speedy recovery.

Lida Nordquist and Nina Hines returned Tuesday from the Twin Cities where they visited relatives and did some shopping.

Tuesday afternoon Judy Albee visited Beth Crosby.

A number of relatives and friends gathered at the home of Hank and Karen Mangelsen Thursday to celebrate Thanksgiving.

Judy Albee and Don Schleiss delivered Thanksgiving dinner to Irv and Eleanor Kuehn Thursday.

Dick, Shirley, Angie, Ashley and Seth Quinton enjoyed dinner together Thursday at The Dinner Bell in Trego.

Beverly Brunclik, Donald Albee, Duane Albee and Don Schleiss were guests of Judy Albee for Thanksgiving supper Thursday.

Gerry and Donna Hines’ grandson from Florida, Mark Hines, visited them Friday and Saturday.

Judy Albee and Charlene Strabel spent Friday together, visiting and shopping. That evening, Judy and Don Schleiss were guests at the chili feed hosted by Chad Crosby, at the home of Gerry and Beth Crosby.

Earl Joslyn, nephew of Don and Lida Nordquist, returned to Milwaukee Saturday after spending the week with them, visiting relatives and deer hunting.

Karen and Hank Mangelsen went out to eat Saturday evening with Gene, Carlotta, Wayne, Marie and Carol Romsos, and Ron and Juliann Jensen to celebrate Thanksgiving. They spent some time visiting together at the Romsos Farm afterward.

Lawrence and Nina Hines were supper guests of Donna and Gerry Hines Sunday.

Al McCann from Milwaukee was a guest of Dick Quinton during the week. He did some deer hunting in the area.

Other visitors days were Angie Quinton and family, Art and Barb Hephner and Hank and Karen Mangelsen.

Judy Albee visited Greg and Judy Leonard Sunday evening.

Frederic Senior Center

by Ardyce Knauber Written for last week

Monday Spades was played with the following winners: Norma Nelson, Margaret Ulich and Carmen Marek.

Tuesday Whist was enjoyed.

Wednesday was Pokeno group, which is always a happy time.

Thursday 500 cards with the following winners: Marlyce Borchert, Hazel Hoffman, Rich Hustad and Arvid Pearson.

Friday Pokeno group enjoyed playing together and visiting at coffee time.

Saturday was food, fellowship and games with afternoon refreshment time. We even had two gals playing pool.

We enjoy our early morning coffee table.

Hope you had a blessed and Happy Thanksgiving!

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Spades was played at 1 p.m. with the following winners: Roger Greenly in first place, Stub Ruhn in second place, Willis Williams in third place and Shirley Sandquist in fourth place.

Tuesday Whist was enjoyed.

Wednesday, Pokeno was played and visiting enjoyed.

Thursday the center was closed.

Friday, a noon meal of chili was shared, as the nutrition center was closed. We always enjoy eating and visiting together. Executive meeting was held at 9:30 a.m. Pokeno at 1 p.m.

Saturday, food and fellowship, games and afternoon coffee time. We really enjoyed Clareese’s pumpkin cake.

Our month meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5. Pokeno starts at 12:30 p.m. All members urged to attend and help us have a successful center.

Mother Teresa said, “There is no greater sickness in the world today than the lack of love.”

Birthdays for December are: Ethel Christensen, Violet Luke, Larry Visegaa and Betty Schmietendorff.

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Hi, everybody! Blacky here from Humane Society of Burnett County.

I owe you readers an apology for not having my column in last week’s paper. I did not realize until it was too late that I had an early deadline.

I was snoozing when I should have been working! Some herald I am. I did a lot of sleeping last week, actually. With deer hunters all over the place, my brothers and I were mostly kept indoors. Boy, is it good to get back to my daily walks and romping around outside again! I got so stir crazy that I found myself bouncing up and down whenever YAPpenings my mom would put her boots on.

She chuckled at me, but I also saw her eyeing the clattering dishes in her dining room hutch and saying something about a Richter scale. After that, she decided it would be a good idea to take us on short walks in the evening when it was safer to go out. I thought it was a good idea too; she’s lived on kringles since she brought hers home from the shelter. It was out of control! I finally started following her around making tuba noises as a not-so-subtle hint. She didn’t like that too much, but it got us out the door.

At the shelter, I waved an awkward goodbye to my little buddy, Chance. My miniature look-alike found himself a new home, and the people who adopted him came a long way to get him. I’m so happy he has a new home, but it was hard to see him go. I hope his new family sends us pictures of him as he grows up.

The other puppies at the shelter are getting adopted right and left, too. Crush, who was the last of a litter of four black Lab pups, was on a weekend pass with her soon-to-be new family. She has a date with the vet to get spayed before she leaves us permanently, but her people wanted to spend some time with her and introduce her to her new sister. She said she had a blast going for walks and getting acquainted with everyone.

The doxy-mix pups are spoken for, as are most of the pit pups. Don’t be alarmed, though, if you are thinking about a new puppy and assume we’re all out - there are plenty of new arrivals that I’m going to tell you about right now! Four 3-month-old Lab-mix pups came to join us.

Not all at once, mind you, but we think they may still be siblings. Lola came along first. She looks like a little bear cub, and is a sweet, mild-mannered pup. She was pretty timid when she first came to the shelter, as were her sisters, but she and the others are learning to trust people.

She will now crawl up on your lap and snuggle. Sisters Pokey and Molly are coming along, and Dezzy gave me a kiss the moment I met her!

You know, I think I’m turning into a big sap. I have never been big on giving kisses, yet I’ve caught myself doing just that lately. I don’t know what’s come over me. Last week, I was watching my elderly brother sitting on the floor with a faraway look in his eyes (I think he’s convinced the “flying saucers” he barks at have landed and dropped off orange-clad aliens around the woods), and I just felt compelled to walk over and lick his face. He looked up at me through his cloudy eyes and smiled.

Later, I tried that on my other brother, the one who’s full of nonsense (and gas) most of the time, and he didn’t even make fun of me or give me some other retort! The final incident took place when my mom got home from

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Cloverton-Markville Written for last week.

Every so often, a piece of news is somewhat troubling out here in the little townships of Arna and New Dosey.

Such was the case when the cute little cabin with the Swedish horse on it, located on Rutabaga Road, owned by weekender, Mike Johnson, was broken into and robbed. The break in occurred within the last month. The thieves took household items including a bed and spices.

Johnson’s family has owned this property since 1946, and have had no problems since the new cabin was built seven years ago. We don’t need this type of activity out here.

A little rundown here on some deer-hunting activities: Alex Drake, age 17, and granddaughter of Sandi and Dave, shot a big doe last weekend. The group of Mishlers, who hunted in the Squib Creek area, were successful in getting four deer. Grandson Briar, son Jason and their friend, Randy, and his son each shot one. However, the little group hunting with Don over on his land had no luck.

Deloris Shirmer’s step-grandson Matt, who just turned 18, also got his first deer. He hunted with dad Del and his brother “Little Josh.”

In other news, Tuesday was a big day for the members of the Zion Lutheran Church in Markville. The Men’s Group met at 9 a.m., with Dave Drake serving breakfast and leading the Bible study. Then, at 11 a.m., the Dorcas Circle had their meeting. Jo Masters provided a lunch, which was preceded by their business meeting and followed by a Bible study session. Interim Pastor Tim Faust attended both events.

On the homefront, it is a sad time for me. My 58-yearold sister, Lois Wolden, died of cancer in Fridley, Minn., on Nov. 8. She only lived for two weeks after being diagnosed. Too young.

Watch your neighbors homes, wherever you are.

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From all accounts, Thanksgiving Day was a wonderful occasion for the residents of the little hamlets of Cloverton and Markville. Let’s take a look.

Jan and Ed Proffit picked up her mom, Alice Erickson, in Mora, Minn., and headed down to New Hope, Minn., to

celebrate the day with her sister, Dee Irish, and lots of family members. In addition to the big turkey dinner, a main attraction was spending time with nephew, Ben Raskin, a police officer who will be going to Iraq in March.

Many locals will remember Ben from the many summers he spent at Alfred Proffit’s farm when he was a youngster.

Because she had to work, Beverly Carlin couldn’t make the turkey dinner at son, Jim’s, home in Isanti, Minn., but she did stop at son Dale and Jenny’s home in Askov, Minn., for a nice meal on her way home from her job.

Ed enjoyed the day in Isanti, Minn., with other family members.

Because Jerry Blokzyl wasn’t feeling too well, he and Shirley had to turn down two invitations to Thanksgiving dinner this year. They did, however, have a cozy little turkey meal with just the two of them at home.

Mary and Frank Schaaf went to the Hole-in-the-Wall cafe in Danbury for its annual turkey dinner and enjoyed it as usual.

Deloris Schirmer cooked a turkey with all of the trimmings for son Don and his girlfriend, Marge. She said that everything turned out really well, especially the stuffing.

Another highlight of the day for Deloris was getting lots of phone calls from son Del and several of her grandchildren.

Vicki and Todd Elliott also cooked a big meal. It was a special treat to have oldest son David come up from Isanti, Minn., to spend the day with them.

Julie Vanesse and her two children came up from Milltown to share the meal at the home of her parents, Eleanor and Mel Elliott. Her husband, Jason, was hunting in Wisconsin that day, so he missed the fun.

Four days in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan was the game plan for Marlene and Don Mishler. Son Brian and his wife, Robin, picked them up on Wednesday to take them to the home of granddaughter, Samantha, in Marquette. They had a wonderful time.

It was a double-decker of events for Ruth and Gary Ament on Thanksgiving Day. The first stop was at the home of son Brian and his wife, Michelle, in Rosemont, Minn., where they all attended a preschool program for their grandchildren. Then it was off to the home in Scandia of son Chris and his wife, Abby, for a Thanksgiving dinner.

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653-4281 Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Imhoff recently had a party for Nolan’s fourth birthday. The party had a cowboy theme, which included horseback rides for the children. Darrell’s family came from Wausau, Suzanne’s from Rice Lake and the Twin Cities, Shannon Webster, Allie, Jordan, Nicholas, Shannon’s sister Heather, Derrick, Jenna of Gilman, Sheila Staples and Rick Abrahamzon.

Sheila Staples and Rick Abrahamzon went to New Ulm on Saturday to attend the Brown County Bird Exhibition at the fairgrounds.

A spur-of-the-moment potluck supper was held at the home of Sheila Staples Monday evening. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Wade Erickson and girls, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Swanson, Renae Peterson, Rick Abrahamzon, Bryn and Riley Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Imhoff and children

and Mr. and Mrs. Brian Webster and children.

Volunteers packed away Thanksgiving decorations and found Christmas decorations and decorated for December.

LaVonne Smith and JoAnn Gibbs ushered the whole month of November. JoAnn had the honor of lighting the first candle in the Advent wreath at Sunday’s service.

Volunteers served coffee after the service using cupboard cookies.

Congratulations to Alice Ford who won the Christmas Memories contest in the Evergreen Advertiser sponsored by the Spooner Advocate. Last week’s issue contained a number of Christmas stories and you may recognize other familiar names.

The monthly church board meeting will be held Wednes-

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349-2964 The 2008 deer season is history, and it sounds like the deer harvest was down this year. Maybe there just isn’t as many deer as the DNR says there are in our area.

Christmas is right around the corner with a new year right behind. Let’s hope 2009 will be better than the last year. As the snow falls outside my window, it looks like we just might have a traditional holiday season this year, the kind you see on some of the Christmas cards we get with lots of snow piled up. Santa can really get the sleigh going in it this year.

Thanksgiving guests at the Art and Bev Beckmark’s home this year were Mike and Gidget Bell, their two kids, Tucker and Abby, as well as Mike’s mom, Sue Bell, all of the Bayport, Minn., area.

Those of you who enjoy great music, come to the Lewis Methodist Church on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 6 p.m., for the music of Brad Alden and his band.

The Siren Methodist Church will hold their Christmas Sunday school program on Sunday, Dec. 14, during the 10:15 a.m. service. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy the program.

Congratulations to elementary student Gavyn Anton, middle schooler Carly Good and high schooler Ashley Bjornstad for being chosen Siren schools students of the week.

The Christmas concert for Siren’s middle and high school will take place on Monday, Dec. 22, at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium. Come and enjoy the talents of our kids.

This is a free program.

Sympathy to the family of Don Deering who passed

away Nov. 21.

Don’t forget parents, Santa will be at the Siren school this Saturday, Dec. 6, at 11 a.m. This event is put on by the Siren Lioness. So bring the kids as Santa arrives by the fire truck. They can tell Santa what they want for Christmas, have their pictures taken with him and get a little treat to boot.

Why not take a step back into time on Saturday, Dec. 6, with a carriage ride at Crooked Lake Park. Rides will be

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In other news, Jan and Ed Proffit returned recently from their annual elk-hunting trip to Pagasa Springs, Colo., where they got four bulls and two cows. Ed had to haul them out of the woods with horses. It was a really good trip, which lasted about two weeks, coming and going.

Some of you may have caught our own Jan Streiff being interviewed on one of the Twin Cities TV channels last Friday. The topic was the TV digital switching, which is coming next February, and Jan’s concern about how those of us who live “off grid,” yet still have battery-operated televisions, will make out with this change.

On the home front, my husband, Dave Baker, and I entertained 12 people here at our home in the woods. Everyone brought food, and we cooked the turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, squash and sweet potatoes. Our guest list included my son, Chuck, and his family from Ashland; my niece, Stephanie Love, and her two teenagers from Menomonie; my sister, Jane and Ron Burger, from Klamath Falls, Ore.; and my sister, Alice Miller, and her son, Wes, from Superior. While Dave and I see most of these relatives quite frequently, many of them had not seen one another for a very long time. That’s what makes holidays so wonderful - a chance to see each other and catch up on our lives.

Speaking of holiday calls, Dave heard from daughter, Sara, in Los Angeles, Calif.; and brother, Don, in Spokane Valley, Wash., while I had a call from son, Bill, in Las Vegas, Nev. The Hay Creek Outpost registered 339 deer this season. The Outpost was also the site of a very well-attended Tupperware Party hosted by Mandy Fornengo a few days ago.

Reminder of the all-community Christmas Party at the Cloverton Town Hall on Saturday, Dec. 6. Beginning at 6 p.m., it is potluck, and everyone is asked to bring three to five inexpensive prizes. It would be nice to have the prizes wrapped and labeled either adult or child.

CORRECTION! The Wisconsin Christmas Party will be held at the Dairyland Town Hall on Saturday, Dec. 6, (not at the Northland Community Center as previously reported).

Get together with friends, wherever you are.

Bernice Abrahamzon day night at the Lewis church at 7:15 p.m. (Note the unusual hour.)

Many things going on at church this week. Volunteers will set up for this Saturday’s Christmas bake sale, craft sale and new gifts sale at the Lewis church from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Good chance to shop for homemade baked goods plus pretty and useful things. Take a little time to visit with your neighbors and friends over the coffee cups.

Next Sunday is Communion Sunday and a surprise follows the service courtesy of the Methodist Men. Bernice Abrahamzon worked on the “Do You Remember” column last Friday at the Leader office. It was open house so she enjoyed apple cider and cookies, too, and visited with a number of friends.

Bev Beckmark available from 3 to 7 p.m. While there, take in the live nativity in the Siren Park band shell from 4 to 6 p.m. See the true meaning of Christmas.

As we enter this holiday season, let’s take time out to remember those in our neighborhoods who are suffering a serious illness or those who are stressed out with just trying to get through the days of making ends meet.

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866-4334 There wasn’t much happening at our center this week, it was fairly quiet, with only the regular diners on Monday through Wednesday, and no dime Bingo was played on Wednesday afternoon. Also, due to Thanksgiving being on Thursday, evening pool and cards were cancelled too.

Nicky Quernemoen filled in as sub-cook this week as Deb was using up vacation days because she will be retiring on Dec. 20, with her last day of work being Dec. 19.

Fifteen ladies of the Ravishing Rubies Red Hat Society met for lunch on Tuesday at Ike Walton and enjoyed the meal made

Webster Senior Center

by Marion Obzarny. It was nice to have Anita Hickey from Buffalo, Minn., join us as she was visiting her sister, Jane Tomnitz, for a few days. “Happy Birthday” was sung to Judi Reese for her birthday on Nov. 23, and she was very resplendent, attired in her purple birthday hat and red clothing.

Amusing stories and jokes were told by Queen Mother Mary Klar, Vice QM Jeanette Olson, Jeanine Bickford, Elva Hughes and Mary Poretti. VQM Jeanette gave a report on the adventures of our mascot, Ms. Hattie, during the month of November. Ms. Hattie will be going into hibernation for the winter so we won’t be

Amery Senior Center

by Susan Shachtman, assistant director

I hope you all had a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving holiday!

Our 21st-Annual Bazaar and Bake Sale was a huge success this year. We had more vendors and baked goods than ever and there was a steady stream of people coming through all day. We are so grateful to our vendors and especially to all of you who donated baked goods. We couldn’t have made this sale so successful without the help of our loyal volunteers: Judith Alles, Darlene Wood, Madeline Mickelson, Sandy White, Helen O’Neill, Verneil Johnson, Pat Stokes and Irene Christiansen.

We are already accepting table reservations for next year’s bazaar and bake sale.

If you are interested, contact us at 715-2686605.

Our Memories Dinner will take place at Centennial Hall on Thursday, Dec. 4, from 4 – 7 p.m. We will be serving Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetable, salad, rolls, dessert and a beverage. The cost is $7 for adults, $3.50 for children under 10, and is open to the pub-

lic. We hope to see you there before or after the concert.

If you really want to get into the holiday spirit, join us for our December birthday/Christmas party on Thursday, Dec. 11, at 11:45 a.m. Besides enjoying a meal, the “Right Reverends” will entertain us after the meal, and we will have the drawing for raffle prizes. I wouldn’t be surprised if a certain ‘jolly old soul” showed up as well! If you would like to attend please call the senior center by Tuesday, Dec. 9.

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 Thursday, 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.

Have a safe and wonderful week.

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Last week’s Tuesday Dominoes winners were Janice Mevissen in first place, Martha Lundstrum in second place and Jean McIntyre in third place. The 500 card winners were: Ron Flostrand in first, Donna Lindh in second, Mary Lou Lund in third, Ray Nelson in fourth and John Brown in fifth.

Thursday night 500 card winners were Jeanne Olson in first place, Jo Gerloch in second place, Kim Rosen in third place and Olga Young in fourth place.

A pork chop dinner and game day was enjoyed by senior members and their guests on Sunday. Sunday’s Dominos winners were Martha Lundstrum in first, Jean McIntyre in second, Ione White in third and Deloris Benson in fourth. The 500 card winners were Elaine Edlund and Artis Brown tied for first, Laurice Lambert in second, Cliff Qualle in third and Roger Greenly in fourth place.

The next dinner-and-game event will be held on New Year’s Eve at 6 p.m. It will be a potluck.

A holiday tea was held Monday, Dec. 1, for senior members and their guests.

“Cliff’s Day” was held Tuesday, Dec. 2.

U Care will have information available on Friday, Dec. 5, 9 a.m. Other dates that U Care will be at the senior center are Jan. 16, 9 a.m., Feb. 6, 9 a.m. and March 6, at 9 a.m.

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 for community events. Call 715-483-3466 for more information.

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Last week’s Tuesday Dominos winners were Martha Lundstrum in first place, Deloris Benson in second place and George Meixner in third place. The 500 card win-

ners were Phil Mevissen in first place, Ray Nelson in second place, Alice Darrall in third place and Roger Greenly in fourth place.

December birthdays are Elroy Petzel, Lawrence Hines, George Meixner and Dorothy Jensen. May you all experience many more enjoyable birthdays.

On every second Wednesday at 1 p.m., senior center members participate in making greeting cards for the Good Samaritan Nursing Home. This activity is held at the nursing home. Everyone is encouraged to come and join this activity.

The senior center has monthly health seminars. Diabetes in particular is the main project for the center since so many of its members have the disease. In this endeavor a book is being put together with diabetes information in it for anyone to view.

If you have any information or articles you would like to include in this book please drop them off at the center. Thank you.

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.

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 community events and private rentals (birthdays, anniversarys, etc.) for a very reasonable fee. Call 715-483-3466 for more information.

hearing about her for a while. The doorprize winner was Jeanine Bickford. The next RRRHS luncheon will be held at noon at the Yellow Lake Lodge, northwest of Webster.

Quite a number of our seniors attended the Community Thanksgiving Dinner at the Siren Senior Center on Thursday, and the food was delicious, and I know that for a fact as I went there too. There were so many kinds of pie for dessert that it was hard to make a selection. If anyone didn’t get enough to eat there, it was their own fault.

Gladys Beers was happy to have all of her family at her home for Thanksgiving dinner; Darlene and Roy Rogers of Menasha, Bonnie and Bruce Werner of New Richmond, Peggy and Steve Gomulak of Superior, Butch and Ranae of Webster, and grandson Allen Rogers of Bayfield.

Mark you calendar for Christmas at the Fort on Dec. 5-7; the Grace United Methodist annual cookie-walk on Saturday, Dec. 13 (be there early as they sell out fast), and the library book sale on Dec. 13 sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Residents interested in voicing their concerns about the Webster Village Public Fire Protection Plan, that charges multiple lot owners an additional $14.65 fee on their quarterly water and sewer bill for all multiple vacant lots in the village in addition to the lot their residence is on, should attend the village board meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 6 p.m. hopefully to be held at

Mary Klar the Webster Community Center.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Bob Kellberg who recently had a kidney and liver transplant. I’m sure that he would appreciate receiving cards of cheer and encouragement at the University of Minnesota – Fairview Hospital, Patient Care Unit 6 B, 500 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.

Many people think they can believe in Jesus while accepting unbiblical teaching.

Although they say they have a relationship with Jesus Christ, some feel it’s OK to also pick and choose from all the various belief systems, or create their own ‘tailor-made r e l i g i o n . ’ They embrace reincarnation, astrology, numerology, and communication with the dead. This is treading on dangerous ground. The true believer knows that Jesus Christ is the only way to God, and that the Bible is God’s inspired work and the only true source of instruction. “The Holy Scriptures … are able to make you wise for salvation through faith.” – 2 Timothy 3:15. “When the great, busy plants of our cities, shall have turned out their last finished work; When our merchants have sold their last order, and dismissed every last tired clerk; When our banks have raked in their last dollar, and have paid out their last dividend; When the Judge of the earth wants a hearing, and asks for a balance – What Then?” – Nathaniel Carlson. “But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.” – 1 Peter 4:7. See you at the center!

Luck Senior Center

by Kathy Mueller Written for last week

Thanksgiving is here and it’s a good time to express appreciation to organizations and people who have been especially helpful to our center. Let’s start with the Luck Rural American Bank. For several years now, the bank employees have been our hostesses the second Wednesday of every month, and they contribute all of the donations made that day to our center. The food is all homemade by employees or former employees of the bank. Margie Nelson is the creator of those caramel rolls. Gratitude is extended to the Luck Rural American Bank. Thanks too, to Betty Bond for her donation to the senior center. Eiler Ravnholt and Marlys Pedersen have also been making a generous donation every month when they act as hostess/host for the day. Have you noticed our grass is always neatly cut and snow is always shoveled in front of our building? Thanks to Fred Sampe who has been donating his time and hard work to keep our place looking good. And also, a rather late thank-you to several people who spent one entire day last summer cleaning and organizing our office, storage closet and utility room.

Edna Lawson, Silpa Ogren and Marlys Pedersen worked hard all day. (I know because I was there too – boy, what a sense of accomplishment.)

Our place was busy last Wednesday when our bank was acting as host/hostess.

The food was good, and the company and visiting were even better, if that’s possible.

My sister, Joan Kowalchyk, and her 4-yearold granddaughter, Hailey, came to the center with me. They are from Ellsworth, and were visiting me for the day. I love seeing little children at our center. Got a little one visiting you for the day? Bring them to the senior center with you!

It’s been a while since I have updated my birthday list, but I do have one November birthday – Lois Anderson had a birthday on the 13th.

Just a reminder of upcoming events again, there will be a birthday party for Dorwayne Paulsen at the center on Saturday, Dec. 6. And the senior center Christmas party will be held at the Oakwood on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 5 p.m. Please sign up for the party at the senior center. Everyone is welcome to attend, not just members.

Bring a recycled gift to exchange. Also, we will be having our “creative people” meeting on Dec. 4. That’s on a Thursday at 2 p.m. Bring your knitting, cross-stitch, or whatever you are working on, show it off and have some fun.

Remember, Trudy does foot care at the center on the second Wednesday of every month. Her telephone number is 715-3274 4 2 3 .

You could make an appointment directly with her or call the center 715-472-8285.

We are open every Wednesday and Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., come and visit.

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Oops! I sent the news in a little late last week – forgot about the holiday deadline.

So you will be reading two newsletters this week.

We were open just one day last week – on Wednesday. I was hostess for the day and was pleasantly surprised by more visitors than I expected. It was nice that people took a little time out of their busy holiday schedules to spend a pleasant coffee break or lunch hour with us. It’s great to see people laughing and having a good time at our place. I almost sent Dave home for another pumpkin pie, but we did have enough in the end. We will be open the usual two days a week (Wednesday and Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) for most of December. There will be some closed days around Christmas and New Year’s.

Just another reminder about our Christmas party, which we will have at the Oakwood in Luck this year. It will be at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13. Please sign up at the Senior Center. Everyone is welcome.

Our next board meeting is on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 1 p.m. All members are welcome to attend. We do not have regularly scheduled general meetings, but minutes of board meetings are always posted on the bulletin board. Suggestions are welcome.

Our building is available for rent for social gatherings, either for a single occasion or for regularly scheduled meetings.

Please call the center at 715-472-8285 on Wednesdays or Fridays or me at 715-4722474 for more information. Our rates are very reasonable.

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Mariah is a 6-year-old, spayed female, black Lab. She is made of sturdy, classic Lab stock. She has a large head and soft eyes. Mariah is a wellbehaved family pet. She is good with kids and other dogs.

Mariah is a lovely Lab. Her family moved and was unable to take her with them. She is looking for her second-chance home.

The Arnell dog kennels are full of great dogs. Calvin is a young male Brittany spaniel, liver and white. He is a gentle, quiet dog. Emily is a black Lab/shepherd mix. She has manners and enjoys a walk.

Tinder is a 2-year-old German shorthair. Not only is he handsome, but he is well-behaved and works for treats.

Malcom is a 6-year-old toy poodle. He is friendly to everyone and is good with kids.

Malcom deserves a family that will shower him with love and affection.

Diego is a happy, Border collie mix, neutered male. He is a go-getter and ready to chase the squirrels from your bird feeders. And we have a puppy. She is a 9-week-old, black Lab mix pup, active

in all the right puppy moves and smart too.

December is our annual Membership Drive month. Newsletters with membership renewal forms will be arriving in the mail for all current members. Membership donations represent 8 percent of Arnell’s annual budget. They are fundamental to our ability to care for the homeless animals in our community.

Anyone not currently a member and wishing to receive our membership newsletter should call the shelter with their name and mailing address. In these tough times we are counting on our memberships more than ever. Memberships range from $20 – individual to $100 – supporting.

All membership donations are tax deductible and make you feel good. Not everyone has the time to walk our dogs or cuddle our cats.

A membership donation is a great way to support your local shelter.

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ST. CROIX FALLS – Once audience members hear the rich, expressive voice of Leigha Horton, they’ll realize why she’s so busy with voice-over work in addition to her work on the stage. During the rehearsal process for “A Christmas Story” at Festival Theatre, Horton distinguished herself as being able to share a wide range of human emotions in a very small world.

“Whether it is cajoling a picky eater into consuming his oatmeal, defending her innocence over a broken (albeit tasteless) lamp, or sharing her shock and horror at her son’s accidental profanity, Leigha’s vocal characteristics add elements of humor, drama, and love to a story that seems to be about a BB gun – at first,” said Horton’s director Danette Olsen. “By story’s end, we all want to have a mom just like the one who belongs to Ralphie Parker, and I think that was an important part of the original tale.”

Horton received abachelor's degree in theater art from the College of St. Catherine (now St. Catherine University); and she also studied improvisational theater with the Brave New Workshop. In fact, Horton loves learning so much that most of her special skills reveal the eagerness she has in living life to the fullest: Irish step dancing, tae kwon do (seventh-degree yellow belt), and horseback riding are among her many talents. Her hobbies include cycling, camping, hiking and gardening (where she’s been known to battle squirrels that pursue the tasty Roma tomatoes growing in her garden).

As a member of a unique satirical theater company, the Ministry of Cultural Warfare, Horton has performed in hilarious shows such as “Unveiling/WASP,” “Slaughter House Warming,” and “Like Water for Talent,” going on a North American tour that included performances in Nashville, Columbus, Ohio, and Montreal. Some of Horton’s favorite roles include: the busybody, Ms. Ina Shaw, in “Tale of a West Texas Mar-

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Growing up, Horton spent her school years in San Diego, and summers in St. Paul. Her earliest performance-art memories involved her very active imagination, lots of free time, and a two-tone-brown Fisher-Price tape recorder (any wonder she’s performing in a show originally written by a radio personality?).

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Happy holidays goes out to all faithful readers of the Earth Notes column, and for those visiting family and friends. ‘Tis the season to give, celebrate and renew. It may seem like a monumental task for one to do alone, but in reality, it really only takes a small, conscious commitment to protect the environment. Below are some simple ways you can make a difference this holiday season.

Bows, bags, fabrics, string, newspaper comics, magazines and decorative boxes can be used to package gifts.

These items can also be reused every year. I also use old calendar pictures to wrap gifts in. Try using a timer on your house and tree lights this Christmas to avoid keeping lights on all night. This year, use washable plates, cups and silverware for parties and family gatherings instead of disposable products. To avoid wasting food, cook only the amount of food necessary, or make up an extra plate for an elderly neighbor and bring it over as a surprise. Lower your thermostat a bit when you are sleeping or at work and save energy.

Give CFLs — compact fluorescent lights — this year to those who may not be fully aware of the benefits, both environmentally and monetarily, these bulbs can bring. Remember, spent CFLs must be treated responsibly and taken to one of five recycling sites located in the region for safe disposal.

Compact fluorescent bulbs cost 40¢ to recycle; please call Jen for locations and hours of operation at 715-635-2197, or check out our Web site at www.nwrpc.com. This year, try to use rechargeable batteries in toys, flashlights and remote controls. You can save $200 a year by using rechargeable batteries instead of disposables in one CD player used two hours a day, wow!

Use a real camera instead of disposable ones. If you take 24 pictures each month you will save $144 each year. Better yet, think about getting a digital camera and stop paying for pictures that didn’t turn out. Try using an electric razor or hand razor with replaceable blades instead of disposable razors. Also, save to buy high quality/long-life tires, they

cost less per mile traveled and provide for better gas mileage. To reduce all those disposable cups, use a washable commuter mug for your morning coffee and eliminate a foam or plastic cup every day.

That one should be a nobrainer. Why not bring your own bags to the grocery store, either cloth or your old used paper and plastic bags from a previous trip, many stores will credit your bill for using your own bags. Also, when buying only a few items, don’t take a bag.

To preserve the life of your appliances, computers, tools and cars, keep them clean and serviced. That way they will enjoy an even longer life before you will have to replace them. Consider sharing equipment, or renting items from rental stores that may be used infrequently — such as hedge clippers, pruners, weed whips or chain saws.

Did you know that a family of four can save $3,000 a year simply by buying products in the largest size they can use and by buying long-lasting reusable items. Think about the effect of your purchases on the environment when you shop. Items with excess packaging and products that need to be discarded after only a few uses cost more money, use up valuable resources and create more waste. This is all just stuff you don’t really need. Some good examples of this are: individually packaged servings of applesauce, string cheese and chips.

It is also important to familiarize yourself with what types of containers and items can be recycled or reused in your local recycling program or at home. Once you know what you can recycle, look for products that come in the containers that you know you will be able to recycle when the products are all used up, after all, your buying the packaging, too. Please remember to recycle all those cardboard boxes that will pile up over the holidays. If your curbside garbage hauler does not take cardboard, call Jen for directions to a dropoff box near you.

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POLK COUNTY LIBRARY NEWS St. Croix Falls Public Library Friends of the Library Friends of the Library will be serving hot coffee and home-baked goods throughout the day this Thursday, Dec. 4. Come early for coffee and goodies and stay late to join us for our monthly meeting of the Friends of the Library at noon.

There may even be some baked goods and holiday treats for sale!

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. Check out the library Web site and the links – go to explore www.stcroixfallslibrary.org.

Milltown Public Library 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, Dec. 4, 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 715-8252313 if you are interested in the Friends of the Milltown Public Library.

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.

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!

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.

Happy Holidays The library will be closed Dec. 24, Dec. 25, 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.

Clear Lake Public Library Holiday open house On Saturday, Dec. 6, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., the Friends of the Library will be having their semiannual book sale. They will also be serving hot apple cider and desserts of all kinds. The Moe Lutheran Church women will be selling lefse to raise money for the local food pantry.

You can also sign up to win a turkey, compliments of the Clear Lake Area Community Club. Other businesses will also be having open houses as part of the Clear Lake Third-Annual Holiday Stroll.

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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Frederic Public Library Happy birthday, Andrew Carnegie Americans owe much to Mr. Carnegie, an industrialist whose benevolence built libraries across the nation. In an article posted Nov. 24 on Townhall.com, author Burt Prelutsky salutes Carnegie by noting that “in his final years of life, he gave away a third of a billion dollars to good causes, with about 20 percent going to Britain and the rest to his adopted country, America. A part of that generous legacy was the endowment of nearly 3,000 libraries across the entire country.

Talk about a gift that keeps giving.”

Andrew Carnegie was born Nov. 25, 1835, and died Aug. 11, 1919. Happy birthday, Mr. Carnegie!

Santa Claus is coming to town Mark your calendar for a visit with jolly old St. Nick and the Frederic Royalty at the library Saturday, Dec. 13, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Bring your camera for photo ops with Santa during this event sponsored by the Frederic Area Chamber of Commerce.

Story time programs in December Preschoolers and their caregivers are invited to story time Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 10:30 a.m. for stories and activities.

Story time will also be held Dec. 10 and Dec. 17 this month.

Holiday open house at the library Make plans to visit the library the week of Dec. 15 for hot cider and Christmas goodies. Take a breather from your busy life and spend a few minutes in one of the most relaxing spots in town.

Let’s talk about Scrooge 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.

Are you knitting or crocheting for Operation Warm & Toasty?

Operation Warm & Toasty is a secondary project of the Cookie Brigade, an area nonprofit organization that sends homemade cookies to our servicemen and women. There is an immediate need for knitted or crocheted hats for our wounded personnel who are being flown on Medivac flights from Iraq to Germany. If you would like to help by using your knitting or crocheting talents, or would like to contribute yarn for this worthwhile project, stop by the library for more information. The library is also a drop site for the completed hats.

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.

Stop in to learn what libraries are all about, and what we can do for you.

Hours and information Frederic Public Library, 127 Oak Street West.

715-327-4979, e-mail fredericpl@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 “Esther’s Inheritance,” by Sandor Marai A telegram arrives in Hungary announcing to Esther that her former lover Lajos is arriving with an entourage to visit her. She is both in a panic and excited. Lajos, a pathological liar, deserted her and ran off with her sister, 20 years ago. The sister has since died, and Esther has made a humble life for herself as a piano teacher with an almond grove, which provides extra cash. She has retained her house with the help of some of her friends and an elderly relative. She has never married although she has had offers.

“Esther’s Inheritance” is both a tragedy and a comedy. It delves into the meaning of truth and love and the powerful personality, which can make us believe the impossible. Sandor’s book is a tiny one, but it packs and emotional wallop beyond its size.

Library notes Story time will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday mornings. Join us for songs and stories. Everyone is welcome. Join us in the new story time room and meet other parents of young children.

Teens Read Book Group will meet a week early to discuss “The Andromeda Strain,” by the recently deceased Michael Crichton. We meet from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. with a snack so stop in for exciting book talk if you are a teen.

Otaku Club meets every Tuesday from 5 to 6 p.m. for teens and older who love manga, anime and gaming. Stop in and

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check it out every Tuesday.

Friends of the Library Book Group will meet on Jan. 12, 2009, to discuss “The Tortilla Curtain,” by T. Corregesson Boyle. They meet at 7 p.m. for book talk.

Pick up a copy at the circulation desk around the middle of December.

The Amery Area Public Library Board met on Dec. 1, at 6:15 p.m. for their regular meeting.

The Amery Area Public Library has some gifts available for sale at the library.

Friends of the Library Book Bags for $7, T-shirts with The Amery Area Public Library - The Next Chapter on them, and the Ameryopoly games for $25, which benefit the library move.

We are still getting settled at the new space with more shelves arriving tomorrow. We are still in need of more shelving if anyone would like to buy the library a holiday gift.

Gratitude is extended to everyone who has been helping to ready shelves and move books, including Paula and Walt Richey, Ellen Forrest, Jan Bergren and Gary Fredrickson.

We now have a bin available to collect nonperishable food items for the Amery Area Food Shelf opening in December on the other side of our building.

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.

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POLK COUNTY LIBRARY NEWS Stamping fun Make your own Christmas cards, bookmarks or name tags. Stamping class taught by Barb Hammerstad and materials will be provided. Join us at the library Saturday, Dec. 6, at 10 a.m. All ages welcome, bring the whole family.

Join Chaz and his pet turkey, Happy Feet Join Chaz and his pet turkey, Happy Feet, at the Balsam Lake Public Library on Saturday, Dec. 13, 1 p.m. Happy Feet is a Lilac turkey.

Free wireless Internet access Bring your laptop and use our free, wireless Internet connection. No library card is needed.

Story time Please join us for story time at 11 a.m. every Wednesday here at the library. All ages are welcome to join us for stories, crafts, music and snacks.

New books Here is a list of a few new books. “Salvation in Death,” by J.D. Robb, “Divine Justice,” by David Baldacci, “Cross Country,” by James Patterson, “Dewey the Small Town Library Cat,” by Vicky Myron, “Irish Country Christmas,” by

Patrick Taylor, “Your Heart Belongs to Me,” by Dean Koontz.

Book club December’s selection is “The Christmas Box,” by Richard Paul Evans. The story relates how a young couple, Richard (who narrates) and Keri, accept a position to care for a lonely widow, Mary Parkin, in her spacious Victorian mansion. As Christmas draws near, Mary becomes anxious about Richard’s obsession with success and his failure to make time for his family. She urges him to reconsider his priorities, but he is always too busy to heed her advice. It is only when Mary is on her deathbed and her secret sorrow is revealed through the letter-laden Christmas box of the title that Richard realizes what she has been trying to tell him. Book club meets Wednesday, Dec. 17, 3 p.m.

Hours Balsam Lake 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 Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons.

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 Knitting has become a popular hobby for anyone to do. It is so portable you oftentimes see knitting needles working on a project at all kinds of events. Knit children’s items have been fashionable for most knitters to pick up, knit quickly and go on to another project. Are you a knitter? Do you want to learn to knit something small and quick?

Many knitters knit for a charity, check the web for “knitting for charity” and see what items are needed. Polk County Libraries have been active in knitting as well; most have knitting groups that meet formally or informally. Check out your local library to see if you can get involved.

Here are some kids knitting books to get you started: “Knitting for Babies and Kids,” edited by Jeanne Stauffer; “Knitting Sweaters for Kids: 30 Classic and Contemporary Patterns,” Angela Kennedy; “A Heart for the Dropped Stitches,” Janet Tronstad; “Knitted Critters for Kids to Wear: More than 40 Animal-themed Accessories,” Jean Adel;

“Nifty Knits for Kids: Fun Wearables for Kids on the Go,” Catherine Ham; “Not Your Mama’s Knitting: The Cool and Creative Way to Pick Up Sticks,” Heather Dixon.

Upcoming Brown Bag Library Lecture: Note this lecture will be held at the government center on Wednesday, Dec. 17, noon – 1 p.m., in the conference room A & B (between Aging and Public Health offices.) Join us as dietetic intern Michelle Jensen shares healthy tips for the holidays; to avoid tipping the scale upward. Recipes, exercise ideas and stress reduction tips will be included.

Call to register @ the Polk County Library Federation, 715-485-8680.

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.

Osceola Public Library Special holiday story time/Light Up Osceola Before meeting the jolly elf at the Light Up Osceola lighting event, come to the library on Thursday, Dec. 4, 5:30 p.m., for a cup of cocoa and some heartwarming holiday tales.

Family story time Story time is held on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and 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.

Book discussion “A Christmas Memory,” by Truman Capote will be discussed on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 6 p.m. “A Christmas Memory” is the classic memoir of Truman Capote’s childhood in rural Alabama.

Until he was 10 years old, Capote lived

with distant relatives. This book is an autobiographical story of those years and his frank and fond memories of one of his cousins, Miss Sook Faulk. Pick up a copy and join in the discussion.

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 individuals with vision problems. This ma-

chine 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.

Great news! We are now wireless!

Log onto the “Public Library” icon on your laptop’s desktop to access the Internet.

Coming up Story time will take a break for the Christmas holiday. There will be no story times Dec. 11, 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!

Book club will meet Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 1 p.m. to discuss “The Great Gatsby”

by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Copies of the book and readers guide are available at the library. New members are welcome.

Cell phone policy: The Dresser Library Board of Trustees adopted a cell phone usage policy on Oct. 27, 2008. 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.

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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The following article appeared recently in the publication of the Polk County Historical Society, reprinted with permission of the editor, Judy Wester.

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In 1875, the villages of Taylors Falls and St. Croix Falls were all excited about the prospect of having a canal built. Early 1680 pioneers told of paddling their canoes from Lake Superior and using the Mississippi River for their journey to New Orleans. Little did they know how many obstacles stood in the way.

The elevation of Lake Superior, compared to the hills in between, made it necessary to pull canoes up some streams to gain elevation necessary to paddle down different streams.

In 1875, the Minnesota legislature voted $2,380.62 to pay for surveys. R.R. David, F.L. McKusick and Joe McKennon started out in October 1875, but froze in as winter grew colder.

The following surveys were made for this canal: one up the St. Croix to the Namekagon, thence to the White River, a little over 100 miles; one route up the Kettle River and another using the St. Louis River. Because water does not travel uphill, a series of dams and locks would be made, thereby doubling the length of the canals.

The surveyors were very careful in their reports. They measured every foot of the way, noting where streams were wide and narrow, and types of soil in each section. Elevations were very important. Canal builders find

Fang I always wanted a big dog.

It had to be a retriever – friendly, good with children and capable of protecting our property.

When our last dog died, I was so upset that I told my wife we absolutely were not getting another dog until I was so old that I would croak before the dog did. I was adamant. I put my foot down – absolutely no new dog now!

Two days later we went to Lake City, Minn. to look at puppies.

One of the cuddly puppies picked me out.

One long month later, we went back to get Fang.

We started to train her right away. In no time at all, she would only potty in the living room. When I instructed her to “sit,” I think she thought I was say-

extra streams useful in building and filling locks and dams. The route up the Namekagon to the Brule was the shortest and perhaps the best Rosemarie route.

The next probVezina lem was for the legislatures to provide funds for building canals.

There was a very poor harbor at the head of the Brule.

Sponsored by It just seemed the the St. Croix expense of buildFalls Historical ing was far too Society great for their budgets. Would there be enough freight moved along any one of these canals to make it worth the money?

The decision was made that the project would be too expensive because there would probably not be enough freight to move along these canals to make it worthwhile.

Today the Kettle River is one of the best white-water rivers in North Central United States, and the St. Croix and Namekagon rivers provide 252 miles of clean water, gliding past lush green landscapes and a wealth of scenic views surrounded by wooded bluffs and abundant wildlife.

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ing something else.

I put up signs on our property to warn people about Fang; stuff like Beware of Dog and Survivors Will Be Prosecuted.

She is 5 years old now.

She didn’t get as big as I expected.

She’s smart as a rock.

She’s the cutest shih tzu you ever saw and I really do love her.

Update: My wife just came home with another puppy. I think I’ll call this one Einstein.

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Burmaster commends exemplary middle schools STATEWIDE - State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster recently commended more than 80 middle schools for being named to the Association of Wisconsin School Administrator and Department of Public Instruction’s Exemplary Middle School list.

“Success in middle school builds on the foundation for success in high school and beyond,” Burmaster said. “The Exemplary Middle School recognition program lets us show support for schools that are preparing our students for fu-

ture accomplishments.”

The list names schools showing high growth in reading or math scores in the past school year; reading or math scores in the top 10 percent in the past year; or high growth in scores in reading or math for schools comprised of a high poverty population.

Among local middle schools recognized are: Amery, Clayton, Birchwood and St. Croix Falls. - with information from the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction

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FREDERIC – On Tuesday, Dec. 9, the fourth, fifth and sixth grades will present their annual holiday concert. This evening with be full of great performances. The fifth-grade band and bell choir will make their debut performances. The sixth-grade will be performing in band, on handbells, percussion instruments and vocally. Fourth-grade students will play handbells on a song called, “Merry Christmas Bells.” The

evening will conclude with fourth and fifth grades presenting a musical called “Survival Santa.” The musical is loosely based on the popular TV series “Survivor.” Come and see who is voted off the show. The program will be held at 7 p.m. at the elementary school, and is open to the public and free of charge.

Baked goods will be sold by the high school band and choir following the concert. - submitted

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T.R.A.I.L.S. to host 25th-annual conference HERTEL – The annual St. Croix T.R.A.I.L.S. Youth On the Red Road youth conference will be held Friday, Dec. 12, with a powwow to be held Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 13 and 14, in Hertel.

This year will mark the 25th anniversary of the conference, sponsored by St. Croix T.R.A.I.L.S and the St. Croix Tribal Council. The conference will be held at the St. Croix Tribal Center gym, located just off of Hwy. 70.

T.R.A.I.L.S. stands for Traditions Respecting Native American Life Styles.

The name of the conference, Youth on the Red Road, is a reminder to Native American youth to keep on the “Red Road” by learning traditional ways and not being drawn into the circle of alcohol or drugs.

“The beginning of the road is following traditional values,” said Mark Soulier, the St. Croix T.R.A.I.L.S. coordinator. “Having strong moral values in your families leads to a healthy lifestyle which enables you to travel the ‘Red Road,’” he said.

The one-day conference brings together Native American youth from many schools, including Unity, Cumberland, Spooner, Shell Lake, Webster, Siren, LCO schools and the LCO Boys and Girls Club.

Soulier recounted the first T.R.A.I.L.S. conference in 1983.

“Hazel Hindsley, now our tribal chair-

man, started the first youth conference.

She used her insights to help educate our youth about the disease of alcoholism.”

The program has grown tremendously since that time under the early leadership of Sandy Churchill and Angie Stoner. Soulier was asked to take over the T.R.A.I.L.S. program in 1989.

“I had the experience of many people to help me,” said Soulier. “My father, Merv Soulier, and good friends and coworkers Clarence Butler, Gloria Merrill, Stuart Decorah, Hazel Hindsley, Betty Jack and Sandy Churchill were my mentors. They taught me about native traditions and the ways of life here of the St. Croix reservation.”

“There is a sense of community among the youth that they are facing many of the same problems…and there is strength in that,” continued Soulier. “The problems are getting more common.

Problems like mom and dad fighting and drinking have become more of the norm.

Seeing a relative using and perhaps misusing prescription or even over-thecounter medicines is more common today, too. Therefore, kids are getting mixed messages thinking this is normal because everyone is doing it in the house.” Soulier noted.

Full day of activities The conference has a full day of activities planned. Kids arrive between 8 and 9 a.m. Jenny Ingram, St. Croix AODA

Webster Santa Day is Dec. 13

counselor, will talk about prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse. Brent Belisle and Doug Merrill, AODA Prevention Specialists, will lead a discussion on the traditional use of tobacco. Talking circles will be held for girls and boys on traditions in today’s world. Betty Jack, a Lac du Flambeau tribal elder and Sean Farlander, Mille Lacs Ojibwe U.S. Navy Gulf War veteran, will focus on life-skills stories.

St. Croix Tribal Judge Gloria Merrill, one of the organizers of the conference, added, “The youth conference helps to get the word out to the kids that drugs and alcohol are not the way to go. This message has to be told to them often – there are other kids not doing drugs and alcohol.”

Powwow This year, the powwow will be a twoday event, with the help of local fundraising, WISCAPP and donations from U.S. Bank in Siren and St. Croix Check cashing in Siren. The St. Croix Tribe cordially invites everyone to attend the powwows on Saturday, Dec. 13 and Sunday, Dec. 14. The powwow begins at 1 p.m. on both days and continues until 10 p.m. on Saturday and 5 p.m. on Sunday. The powwow is a family celebration. There will be no alcohol or drugs allowed on the premises.

“This is a traditional powwow that we hold every year in honor of our youth,”

said Soulier. “The crowning of the new T.R.A.I.L.S. princess and brave will take place at the powwow on Saturday. Traditional dancing and singing will envelop the day. Your children will enjoy watching the traditional St. Croix Tribal Descendants Royalty contest. Native American clothing, craft and custom Native American jewelry will be for sale.

Authentic Native American foods will be available.”

A master of ceremonies will introduce a full regalia of women dancers in traditional buckskin, fancy-shawl, jingle and ribbon dresses. Traditional male grass dancers will perform as well. The grass dance is based on a tradition of men knocking down tall grass to provide a place to gather. Trick dancing and fast dancing will captivate the crowds. Little Otter and Midnite Express are the host drums.

“What a great way to spend a family day together and experience all the richness of Native American traditions so close to home,” noted Soulier.

Elders and children under 5 will be admitted free. Raffle tickets will be on sale during the powwow. Top prizes include a 32” LCD TV, a digital camcorder and a Pendelton blanket. For more information contact Mark Soulier, the St. Croix T.R.A.I.L.S. coordinator at 800-236-2195, ext.5310. – from the St. Croix Tribe

Siren 1946-1948 class reunion held On July 31, the Siren High School classes of 1946-1948 held an all-class reunion at the Pour House in Siren. Thirteen classmates and their spouses attended.

Shown (L to R): are Corrine (Tjomsland) Root, Gilbert Bosak and Connie (D’Jock) Hunt. There were 18 in the graduating class of 1946 and nine are still living. – Photos submitted

Sleigh rides will be offered between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13, on Webster’s Main Street. – Photo submitted WEBSTER - It just wouldn’t be Christmas without the Webster Area Chamber of Commerce’s Santa Day. This year, Santa comes to town for a day packed with family activities and fun on Saturday, Dec. 13. It all happens on Main Street in Webster.

The action starts at 11 a.m. at the Webster Community Center where children in grades kindergarten though fourth can visit with Santa, have their photos taken, participate in a coloring contest and receive a free treat bag full of sweets and surprises.

Vendors will sell holiday gift items in the center so adults can shop while the kids have fun. Stay for lunch and enjoy Tex’s famous homemade chili and hot dogs, served all day or until gone.

Outside on Main Street, hop aboard for a sleigh ride between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., then at 3 p.m. watch as the fastest snowblower operators in and around Webster gather for races down the street.

As evening comes, members of the

Webster High School choir “a-caroling will go” to businesses on Main Street after 4 p.m., and the Webster High School band performs traditional Christmas music at 5 p.m., just before the Tree Lighting Ceremony at the west end of Main Street.

At 5 p.m., the winner of the 50/50 Holiday Cash drawing will be announced, and after the tree lighting, there will be a spectacular fireworks display.

Tickets for the 50/50 Holiday Cash drawing are on sale at Webster area businesses. Proceeds are used to fund the fireworks. The winner need not be present to win.

All activities on Main Street are free and open to the public. Santa Day is organized and sponsored by the Webster Area Chamber of Commerce. For additional information, call 715-8667332 or 715-222-2195 or visit www.websterwisconsin.com for a complete listing of all the Webster Santa Day activities. – submitted

Shown are back row (L to R): Forrest Root, Glenn Nordin and Donald Daniels.

Front row: Rae Carol (Selmyhr) Root, Virginia (Bushey) Martin and Eldora (Hanson) Brown. There were 22 in the graduating class of 1947 and 14 are still liv-

Shown (L to R): are Jim Tobias, Karoline (Kolander) Stoner, Louis D’Jock and Chuck Hagen. There were 13 in the graduating class of 1948 and 8 are still living.

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Area food shelves are open and ready

BURNETT & POLK COUNTIES – Area food shelves are looking for your donations, particularly during this holiday season.

Following are listings of food shelves that can be found in Burnett and Polk counties.

Recently three food shelves in Amery combined into one food shelf, the Amery Area Food Pantry.

The Amery Regional Medical Center has donated their old medical center for the pantry’s use.

Volunteers for the new food pantry went through training on Monday, Nov. 24, with Melissa Wyss, the food access and research manager of West CAP. The Amery Area Food Pantry will be opened on Thursdays from 2-6 p.m., at 230 Deronda Street. It will, however, be closed during the holidays. For more information call 715-268-8999. – Brenda Sommerfeld

Burnett County Grantsburg Food Shelf 316 S. Brad Street Grantsburg WI 54840 Phone: 715-463-2405 Open: Accepts donations, Tuesdays, 911 a.m.; Distributes, Thursdays, 9-11 a.m.

Indianhead Community Action Agency 7471 Main Street W/P.O. Box 480 Webster WI 54893 Phone: 715-866-8151 Open: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-noon, 12:45-3:30 p.m.

Polk County Amery Area Food Pantry 230 Deronda Street Amery WI 54001 Location: Former Amery Regional Medical Center building.

Phone: 715-268-8999 Open: Thursdays, 2-6 p.m.

Area of service: Amery School District.

Food Harvest Distribution (not a traditional food shelf) Congregational Church 210 Harrison Avenue Amery WI 54001

Contact: Pastor Barry Schaefer, 715268-7390 Open: Second and fifth (when applicable) Saturdays of month, 9 a.m.

Cost: $10 contribution Area of service: No restrictions.

Frederic Food Shelf P.O. Box 247 Frederic WI 54837 Location: Behind the clinic through the alley entrance by CarQuest.

Contact: LaVonne Boyer, 715-327-4915 Open: Thursdays, 2-6 p.m.

Area of service: Frederic addresses only.

The Open Cupboard 402 2nd Avenue/P.O. Box 541 Osceola WI 54020 Location: Behind Super Value.

Contact: Rosanne Anderson, 715-2944357 Open: Mondays and Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-noon; Thursdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Area of service: All of Dresser and the Osceola School District.

Lifeline Food Pantry 560 5th Street/P.O. Box 86 Clear Lake WI 54005

Location: In the community center previously known as the old Clear Lake High School building.

Contact: Audrey DeTar, 715-263-3846 Open: Mondays, 8:30 a.m.-noon; Thursdays, 2-6 p.m.

Area of service: Clear Lake and Clayton areas.

Loaves and Fishes Interfaith Food Pantry 400 South Main/P.O. Box 554 Luck WI 54853 Location: In the Luck Mutual Insurance building.

Open: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Area Of Service: Luck and Unity school districts.

St. Croix Falls Food Shelf 809 Pine Street St. Croix Falls WI 54024 Location: Under the blue water tower in the industrial park.

Contact: Eloise Anderson, 715-4839494.

Open: Mondays, 9-10 a.m.; Thursdays, 4-5 p.m.

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Grantsburg Elementary enjoys special Thanksgiving

Happy pilgrims could be found at Grantsburg Elementary as second-graders Linda Harmon, Bryce Roufs and Jada Hecte enjoyed their very own Thanksgiving feast with classmates last week.

LEFT: Grantsburg Elementary second-grade classes enjoyed a special Thanksgiving feast on Tuesday, Nov. 25, just before their Thanksgiving break. Wearing her best “Little House on the Prairie� dress, second-grader McKenzie Rombach was ready for the early Thanksgiving feast.

Tyler Java straightens her pilgrim hat, as she and other Nelson School kindergarteners get ready for their Thanksgiving feast last week.

A bonneted Linda Harmon smiled as she waited to feast with other second-grade friends at Grantsburg Elementary last week.

Photos by Priscilla Bauer

Sarah Covey and Christina Johnson volunteered last week to prepare and serve cornbread and fruit salad to Grantsburg Elementary second-grade classes for their special Thanksgiving feast.

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Taylors Falls Lighting Festival

Chisago Lakes Girl Scouts made their way down Bench Street in a hay wagon.

Dr. Bill Young presented a proclamation to the Royal Lady of the Village, Jeanette Dahlquist, at the Taylors Falls Lighting Festival Nov. 28.

Taylors Falls Mayor Michael Buchite and wife, Vicky, looked festive walking in the parade.

Holiday lights were strewn on this automobile.

A reindeer was a sight for kids to see at the Lighting Festival parade.

Photos by Tammi Milberg

A new animal addition to the parade this year was this sheep. Also included in the parade were goats, dogs, a donkey and a reindeer.

One of the highlights of the parade was Santa Claus in his sleigh. Santa visited with youngsters who braved the chilly weather following the parade Friday night.

Trees will thank you: The Leader e-edition @ www.the-leader.net

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Decorating Crooked Lake Park SIREN - Many people turned out at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29, for the lighting ceremony at Crooked Lake Park, Siren.

In previous years, the Siren Area Lions Club had put up Christmas displays in the park, adding more and more items each year. During the past year, the Lions set aside $10,000 to add electrical hookups to 28 sites in the park, making it possible for other businesses, individuals and organizations to put up displays.

This year, nine businesses and individuals brought in displays, which were lit, for the first time, one at a time. “We wanted to open (the displays) up to the community,” commented Zeke Saugestad, chair of the Lions lighting committee. Saugestad added that the Lions hope that many more groups will take advantage of this opportunity for next year. — submitted

Members of the Siren/Webster Rotary Club were responsible for adding lights to four holiday trees that were brought in to the band shell for this year’s Christmas display.

Siren Telephone display.

Forts Folle Avoine display.

The Siren Area Lions provided hot chocolate and chocolatechip cookies for the people who came to the lighting ceremony at Crooked Lake Park Saturday evening, Nov. 29.

Photos by Nancy Jappe Siren Area Lion Zeke Saugestad threw the switch that turned on the Lions displays at Crooked Lake Park Saturday night, Nov. 29. Representatives of each of the businesses/individuals/organizations that had the other displays lit up their display for the first time. The displays will be lit at 5 p.m. each night until Christmas.

RIGHTFern’s Upholstery display.

LEFTLittle Mexico display.

Bremer Bank display.

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“One-woman Art Show” debuts Saturday SPOONER - CJ Conner, nationally famous artist based in Chetek, but formerly of Hayward, will debut her latest works on Saturday, Dec. 6, at Black Iris Gallery & Custom Framing in Spooner.

“I want people to see what I’ve been doing since returning from Tennessee this summer,” says Conner, featured artist on several Wolf Awareness Week posters, a nationally juried competition.

Famous not only for her ultra-realistic wildlife artwork, Conner also depicts what is called the art of nostalgia. “I loved Norman Rockwell when I was learning to paint,” says Conner. “So once in awhile I do a piece that reminds me of his work. I have one called “Circus Parade,” and it shows two small children watching the elephants trumble by.”

Conner is famous for her ability to capture life’s important moments in extreme detail. New and longtime fans recognize Conner’s work immediately for that reason. However, many of her followers don’t know that Conner often paints using another name.

“The work CJ signs with her pseudonym is very different from what her collectors are used to,” says JoAnn Martin, owner of Black Iris Gallery & Custom Framing. “It’s very different and very

The Circus Parade, by CJ Conner. beautiful. Her works are some of the best selling work I have here at Black Iris,” continues Martin.“ And it’s because so

many people connect with her images of nature and places, myths and moments.”

In a rare public appearance, Conner will be at Black Iris Gallery & Custom Framing in Spooner from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6. Conner will sign prints, answer questions and greet customers. Black Iris Gallery & Custom Framing will provide refreshments Showing concurrently with Conner’s “One-Woman Art Show” will be Andrew J. Savas, custom jeweler and designer, of Shell Lake. Savas’ annual jewelry sale and open house is the same day, in his new studio next to Black Iris

Conner’s work “Daughter Red Queen.”

Photos submitted Gallery. Both Black Iris Gallery and Savas Designs are located below Kegler’s Pub & Pin on Hwy. 63 in Spooner.

For more information about “CJ Conner: A One-Woman Art Show,” please visit www.BlackIrisFraming.com or call 715-635-4548. Free parking is available on Oak Street in Spooner. – with submitted information

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Conner’s latest work.

Christmas open house this weekend at the Luck Museum LUCK - It gives one pause to remember that one year ago, the Luck Library and Museum was little more than a hole in the ground and today the building is complete and operating.

For many, 2008 will be a year to remember fondly.

The Luck Historical Museum will end its first season with a holiday open house on Dec. 5, 6 and 7.

Help celebrate this holiday season by visiting the museum that will feature special exhibits of holiday decorations, trees and antique toys.

Holiday treats, coffee and cider will be served on Saturday. Hours are Friday, noon to 4 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. There is no charge to visit the museum.

Following the holiday open house, the museum will be closed until spring, when it will again be open regular weekly hours.

Individuals or groups can always request special showings anytime throughout the year by calling Chuck Adleman at 715-472-4378 or Marianne Tomlinson at 715-472-2368. - with submitted information

Historic house open for Christmas tours

The Luck Historical Museum will end its first season with a holiday open house on Friday through Sunday, Dec. 5, 6 and 7. - Special photos

TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – The 1855 Folsom House Museum in Taylors Falls is decorated for Christmas and open to the public this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 5, 6 and 7, between 1 and 7 p.m. This large home is decorated by professional designers using the theme of the bridge crossing the St. Croix River.

Each year the house has a new theme, so every year the decorations differ.

Designers from A & A Collections, St. Paul, Minn., Women’s Civic League, Heaven & Bechtold LLC and WID Enterprises from Taylors Falls, Minn., Picket Fence Gals and Mary Berg Design of Lindstrom; and The Millionth Monkey and St. Croix Floral & Greenhouse of St. Croix Falls, have created charming and inviting rooms with holiday trimming. Visiting the house at this season is like coming to a party. You will go through the house at your own pace to enjoy the unique decorations of each room.

Over the years, families visit the Folsom House Museum as part of their holiday tradition. The house itself is reminiscent of New England style homes familiar to the town’s early Yankee settlers. Five generations of Folsoms lived in the house between 1855 and l968. The Minnesota State Historical Society acquired it for one of its 25 interpretive sites. The house is located at 272 W. Government Street one half block up the hill from the old railroad depot Memorial Community Center.

The Taylors Falls Historical Society manages the house on a day-to-day basis. Daryl Wangen chairs Christmas at the Folsom House, which is a fundraiser benefiting the society and house. Admission is $3 for adults, $1 for students ages 6 through 12. For additional information, please call 651-4653125. – with submitted information

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Ann Reed with Dan Chouinard in concert at Festival Theatre ST. CROIX FALLS - Singer-songwriter Ann Reed performs Saturday evening, Dec. 6, at St. Croix Festival Theatre.

Show time is 7:30 p.m., with the Mezzanine Café open before and afterward. Reed is well-known in the Upper Midwest and has performed at world-renowned folk festivals including Bumbershoot and the Winnipeg Folk Festival. She’s also gathered a wallful of plaques and trophies from Billboard Magazine and the National Association of Independent Recording Distributors.

“Reed kicks off our holiday concerts that complete the 2008 Music Series,” said Festival’s director, Danette Olsen. “We’re thrilled that Dan Chouinard will join Reed for this concert and it was her sold-out 2006 concert at Festival that began a conversation about ‘next time.’ “ Reed has collaborated with Chouinard quite often over the years, but it was his piano accompaniment of Reed’s CD “Telling Stories,” that captivated Olsen. One song in particular, “Holiday Lake,” is Reed’s tribute to her father as she remembers childhood memories ice skating with him. “Chouinard’s performance on that track is magical,” said Olsen.

Having grown up in the Chisago Lakes area and attending college at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn., makes Chouinard quite well-known in the St.

Ann Reed

Dan Chouinard

Croix River Valley. Yet it’s his work with Minnesota Public Radio and Television that is quickly making Chouinard a virtual Midwest treasure.

Reed grew up in Minneapolis, and if you had to pinpoint the time when her music career really began, you could look back to when she was 12 and borrowed her brother’s guitar and taught herself to play. The die was cast. Since then, there have been 15 albums, countless concerts, festival dates at world-renowned venues, and television and radio appearances, including "Good

Morning America," "A Prairie Home Companion," and Minnesota Public Radio’s Morning Show, "where she occasionally fills in as co-host. Reed has been honored with enough awards to fill a couple of walls and a ton of shelf space. These accolades from the likes of Billboard magazine, the National Association of Independent Recording Distributors, the Minnesota Music Academy, and the Girl Scouts reflect a satisfying career by anyone’s measure—made even more so since Reed combines her artistry with community involvement.

She donates about 25 percent of her time to the support of nonprofit groups that primarily benefit women and children.

Festival Theatre subscribers may use their Flex Passes for the Ann Reed and Dan Chouinard concert event, otherwise tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the door.

2008 subscriptions are good through the end of the year, offering great savings with Flex Pass seating for both the Music Series and Theatre Series.

Early reservations are highly recommended as concerts often sell out at Festival Theatre. For more information, to order tickets or join the Festival Theatre mailing list, call 715-483-3387 or 888-887-6002. Tickets can be ordered on the web at www.festivaltheatre.org.

Festival Theatre is located in downtown St. Croix Falls, at 210 North Washington Street. – submitted

Numbers and costs are rising for Humane Society of Burnett County Donations needed BURNETT COUNTY – The Humane Society of Burnett County continues to gain positive recognition since its start as a functioning shelter in 2002, and the number of animals being brought to the shelter has steadily increased. So far, the numbers for 2008 indicate an increase at all levels over last year. The total animals taken in to date this year are 314 – of which 224 were strays, 78 were surrenders and 12 were impounds. Of these, 146 have been adopted, 66 have been redeemed by owners, 74 have either been placed in breed rescues or taken to Twin Cities humane societies for adoption, and the remaining euthanized due to health or temperament issues.

On admittance, each animal is given an initial exam, administered Frontline for fleas and ticks, given medication for internal parasites, given distemper vaccinations and a bordetella vaccination to help prevent kennel cough. Subsequent to being adopted, animals are also given fecal exams and treatments if needed, rabies vaccinations, dogs are tested for L y m e / E r l i c h i o s i s / Anaplasmosis if symptomatic and tested for heartworm if over 2 years old, cats are tested for feline leukemia if over 4 months old, spayed or neutered and microchipped. Adoption income barely

covers these services, not to mention food and board for the (sometimes lengthy) stay at the shelter.

State law requires a seven-day hold for stray dogs before they can be put up for adoption. With the rising costs of kennel and medical supplies, payroll (one fulltime plus part-time for weekend feeding and cleaning), vet care and heat and utilities, coupled with the rising numbers of animals being admitted to the shelter, HSBC needs your help. Since HSBC is not financially supported by the county,

the shelter relies solely on donations from the public and the townships.

Many townships have supported the shelter through dog license fees that are left over after licensing expenses are taken out.

Some have contributed generously beyond that, and others have contributed nothing, not even the dog license fees.

With much needed financial help from the community which it serves, HSBC can keep its doors open and continue to provide quality care to the dogs and cats

coming through those doors.

If you would like to donate to the HSBC, send checks to HSBC, 7347 Midtown Road, Siren WI 54872. Any amount will be appreciated. Volunteers are needed to help with cleaning kennels and the exercise yard, staffing the office, computer entries, and general handyman work. Please call HSBC at 715-8664096 or e-mail at hsbc@centurytel.net if you’d like to become involved in this personally rewarding service to animals and the community. - submitted

Fifth-grader wins school’s Peace Poster Contest Mackenzie Merle of Oakdale, Minn., daughter of David Merle, Danbury, and granddaughter of Marv and Nancy Merle of Danbury, shows prize-winning poster in her school’s Peace Poster Contest. – Photo submitted

DANBURY – Mackenzie Merle, Oakdale, Minn., daughter of David Merle, Danbury, and granddaughter of Marv and Nancy Merle, Danbury, won first place with her entry in her school’s Peace Poster Contest.

Mackenzie’s entry competed against approximately 100 other fifth-grade students at Castle Elementary School in Oakdale. She took home the first-place prize of $25.

Earlier this year another piece of Mackenzie’s artwork depicting school spirit was pictured on the school’s calendar which was distributed to the more than 300 families that make Castle Elementary their home. – Information submitted

CHRISTMAS GIFTS!

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Frederic Booster Club Has Frederic Viking Apparel At The Bremer Bank And The U.S. Bank In Frederic.

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Centuria to celebrate 10th Cozy Country Christmas hayrides from the barber shop area around the town to see Christmas lights in town sponsored by the Unity FFA. Following the parade the Harvest Moon will be having live music by Intensive Care from 8 p.m. to midnight.

McKenzie Lanes will be having their regular, mixed-double league starting at 6:30 p.m. Jill and Mike from the Glass Bar invite people to stay in town to enjoy the felllowship of our Cozy Country Christmas.

It really does take an entire community to come together to put together an activity like this Alling said. Tucker added that she wanted to thank the people who come to town to stand in the cold to watch the short parade. - Submitted

Centuria’s Royalty invites everyone to Centuria’s 10th-annual Cozy Country Christmas on Saturday, Dec. 6. Laura Krueger, Queen Brooke Gillespie and Amanda Brunotte will be hosting a Royalty Bowling Tournament for the area royalty at McKenzie Lanes starting at 1:30 p.m.

Among other things the royalty is also sponsoring the medallion hunt and snow sculpture event (snow permitting). “It should be a great time for the youth in our community to get ready to be in the holiday spirit!” commented the royalty. - Photo by Jeanne Alling holiday Bingo at the Glass Bar for the adults. There should be plenty of things for the kids to do says Johnson. She also was thankful of the volunteers who will be coming in to assist.

Queen Brooke Gillespie has been shining her bowling shoes for the Royalty Bowling Tournament at 1:30 p.m. at McKenzie Lanes. Area business are sponsoring the event for area royalty to come and bowl from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

Princesses Laura Krueger and Amanda Brunotte are challenging area princesses to come to town and see who can bowl the “perfect” game, with pizza too. The royalty is also sponsoring a community medallion hunt with clues posted at the library every half hour until found from 2-5 p.m. From 2-4 p.m., there will be snow sculpture creations made on the lawn of Sophie’s Manor at 300 Michigan Avenue (behind the gas station) this is

hristmas Open House C Friday, December 5.......................................9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Wild River Flags Our Best Nylon USA Flags On Sale

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FREDERIC – A choir reunion and performance will be held Saturday, Jan. 3, at 7 p.m., at the Frederic 7-12 performance center to help raise money to send choir members to Disney World this coming April.

“Swinging Through the Years,” is the title of the concert. It is open to all former Frederic High School choir or swing choir members, who are invited to join in the fun and fellowship to create this once in a lifetime opportunity for FHS Choir members to travel to Disney World.

Further information is available by contacting Greg Heine at 715-3274223, ext. 133 or by e-mailing him at heineg@ frederic.k12.wi.us. – with submitted information

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What would Christmas festivities be without Santa and Mrs. Claus? Santa will be at the barber shop/beauty shop from 2-4 p.m. Lefse will be sold at the barber shop by Carol Bengtson (in case Santa needs some nourishment). The Unity Leo’s Club will be collecting canned food items for the food pantry, from 2-4:30 p.m., outside of the barber shop as people come to see Santa. This the season of giving, and a canned food item could really help those in need this year, Alling commented.

The highlight of the evening is the lighted Christmas parade. Entries for the parade will be meeting in the McKenzie Lanes parking lot, they will line up behind the Centuria float, first come first served, with Santa bringing up the rear.

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CENTURIA - “It’s hard to believe that this is our 10th parade and festivities for Centuria’s Cozy Country Christmas,” comments Jeanne Alling.

Alling and Amanda Aherns, who was a senior at Unity High School back in the fall of 1999, had come up with an idea for an activity “by kids for kids” and presented it to the Centuria Community Club to sponsor the event.

Miss Centuria 1999 Kristen Livingston, came up with the name Cozy Country Christmas as a way to bring the downhome atmosphere to the event.

“So many people have helped to keep the dream alive,” said Mary Jo Tucker.

Tucker has been a strong supporter of the event for all 10 years, coordinating many of the festivities in the past. Tucker said that Sheri Smith at the Centuria Barber Shop has helped with the Santa and Mrs. Claus display the past couple of years at the barber shop. In the past Heidi Johnson and her girls had decorated Ernie’s place for Santa before moving Santa to the barber shop.

The Christmas tree, which stands in the intersection of 4th Street and Minnesota Avenue has been coordinated by Tammy Young and Brad Kobs. “It takes the whole community to help with the tree, it is the community’s Christmas tree,” commented Tucker. “Someone told me that when the lighted parade takes place, it’s like an Irving Berlin Christmas card with the floats going down the street,” added Tucker.

Decorating of the village Christmas tree will take place on Main Street at 10 a.m. with pine cone ornaments made by students at the Unity School. “The tree ornaments are by kids for kids,” says Alling. A Holiday House activity center is being set up in the old McKenzie Building downtown from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a minimal $2 fee. Jill Johnson is coordinating the Holiday House and said that children can make crafts, decorate cookies, get hot chocolate, watch movies, color and enjoy a bake sale of holiday treats. Movies include “The Grinch” and “Polar Express” at 1 p.m.

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Unity Booster Club receives donation

NABA scholarship applications being accepted HAYWARD— Northland Area Builders Association is now accepting applications for its 2008-2009 scholarship program. Scholarships are awarded annually to graduating high school students. These annual scholarships were established to benefit high school graduates who will attend an accredited college, university or technical college and major in a building-industry-related field. Scholarship applicants must reside within the counties of Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Sawyer or Washburn counties and have applied for acceptance into a

college or trade school curriculum within the home building industry or related fields. Scholarship applications can be located online at www.northlandareabuilders.com or by calling the NABA office.

The Northland Area Builders Association is a nonprofit trade association serving Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Sawyer, and Washburn Counties in northwest Wisconsin. For additional information, please contact Jennifer Johnson, executive officer, at 715-259-3486 or naba@centurytel.net. — from NABA

The Unity Eagle Booster Club was presented with a $500 donation from Farmers Insurance Group. John Volgren, Farmers Insurance Group, presents Scott Donahue, booster club president, with the check that will be used to help support the athletic programs of Unity Schools. Pictured (L to R) are Jill Traynor, Unity Eagle Booster Club vice president, John Volgren, Farmers Insurance Group and Scott Donahue, Unity Eagle Booster Club president. – Photo submitted

Food drive competition

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This year’s St. Croix Falls student council is starting out strong. They just recently completed a food drive for the local food shelf, the St. Croix Food Pantry. However, that is not where the thinking stopped. In order to get the maximum amount of food, the students decided to have a competition between grades to see who could collect the most items. Each item had a different point value, and the more items you got on the list the more the point value raised. This created intense competition, especially between the juniors and seniors, which led to the most food they have ever collected in a food drive. Within the high school alone, they collected 2,959 items, and a total of 8,569 items as a district. Those numbers gave many families more of a reason to celebrate on Thanksgiving. In the end, the juniors ended up with a win, and for their extraordinary efforts, they will receive candy bars funded by the student council. Gratitude is extended to all of the students who participated in the 2008-2009 food drive, your efforts will not go unrecognized, because no matter if the competition, was won or lost, the hearts of a family less fortunate have been touched. – Photos submitted

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Career Day at Frederic Schools FREDERIC - It has become a tradition at Frederic, and this is the first year Frederic School District invited another school to their Career day.

There were 17 speakers total. Juniors and seniors from both Luck and Frederic attended the Tuesday, Nov. 23, career day. The keynote speaker was Dennis Frandsen, who believes in a little pluck and a little luck when it came to building his career as an entrepreneur. He also told students to do things step by step - “Inch by inch it’s a cinch.” The advice he offered for success was to further your education post high school and to stay debt free. The closing speaker, Christi Roshell, talked about what 10 average students do after high school and reminded students that currently only four students will finish college. She added that more schooling usually means less chance of unemployment as you get older.

Some of the speakers were Steph Fall, athletic trainer; Sheriff Moore; Jessica Edmond, tattoo artist; Kris Schmid, solar; Cynthia Boykin, neuropsychologist/psychologist; Vicki Jenson, medical professions; Bob Elrod, mechanic; LuAnn Ackerly, interior design; David McConnell, wildlife biologist; Mike Noreen, organic farmer; Raeann Allen, emergency medical technician; Tamara Larson, animal rescue; Mike Route, metal artist; Aaron Hopkins, taxidermist and Eric Peterson, Legislative director.

Polk County Sheriff Tim Moore explained the requirements and duties of his job as the county’s lead law enforcement officer at Frederic Schools Career Day, held Nov. 23. - Photos by Kelly Hopkins

Mechanic Bob Elrod addresses students curing Career Day.

Jessica Edmond addressed students on the job of tattoo artist.

Students followed Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Tamara Larson as she demonstrated how she uses a tracking dog in her job.

Ecumenical choir to present "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" CENTURIA – Joseph, the foster father of the Messiah and possibly the most overlooked person on the Christmas scene, will take center stage in this year’s version of “A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols” when the Ecumenical Choir performs its annual Advent/Christmas program on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 7, at 4 p.m., at Fristad Lutheran Church in Centuria.

The choir, composed of over 50 voices from surrounding area churches, will perform traditional Advent and Christ-

mas carols and coral selections interspaced with scriptural readings appropriate to the season. Joseph-themed selections include the carol “Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine,” an alto/soprano a cappella selection “As Joseph Was AWalking,” and a solo, “The Cherry Tree Carol,” sung by student Tyler Bublitz.

Also in the program will be Benjamin Harlan’s "Fairest Jesus," a blending of “Fairest Lord Jesus” and “Jesus, Joy of Man’s Desiring.” The Fristad Handbell choir will perform “He Is Born, this Child Devine.”

Congregational singing will include the well-known carols “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” “Come, Though Long-Expected Jesus,” “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” and “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.” Organ prelude music will begin at 3:30 p.m.

Choir members represent nearly 20 congregations in the central Polk County areas of Amery, Balsam Lake, Centuria, Cushing, Dresser, Frederic, Luck, Milltown, Osceola and St. Croix Falls and Taylors Falls, Minn. Clergy from more than a dozen area congregations will also

participate in the service, with local residents as lay readers. Directing the choir is Brenda Mayer, retired vocal music director at Unity High School.

A coffee-and-cookie social will follow in the church hall. An offering will be taken to help defray the cost of music and performance expenses, proceeds in excess will be donated to the local Operation Christmas program to buy food and gifts for needy individuals and families. - submitted

Girl Scouts celebrate with Festive Fun event

Last Tuesday, Nov. 25, Frederic Girl Scouts of all ages got together for their Festive Fun event. The girls made ornaments and wrapping paper, and baked and decorated cookies. – Photos submitted

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Christmas Card Village lighting winners announced of Santa, reindeer and carolers of the Michael Bent family at 637 River Street.

Honorable mention goes to Dr. Bill and Barbara Young’s house, on the corner of Basil and Plateau streets, with their familiar figures on the side porch and front yard, and house lights.

The Chisago House Restaurant receives first place in the commercial category. The elf figures and many lights on the building welcome all who come to Taylors Falls. Rocky River Bakery takes best commercial window. – with submitted information

Amery American Legion Commander Dick Pelc and Amery VFW Commander Dan Gillespie presented a plaque recently to state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf in appreciation of presenting the 2007 Memorial Day speech. Sen. Harsdorf gave an appropriate tribute to veterans, and was not given recognition until now for her efforts. – Photo submitted

Sign up for conservation program Dec. 1 - Jan. 30 BALSAM LAKE - The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has announced that the Wisconsin sign up for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program will be Dec. 1 through Jan. 30 for 2009 funding.

Laura Bratz, of Soil Conservation for NRCS in Balsam Lake, said there are a number of new practices and priorities available this year. EQIP is the primary program available to provide assistance with farmland conservation practices.

“This year, a number of exciting new technology conservation practices will be offered, including manure digesters and incinerators, in addition to the more than 50 other practices that have been eligible in the past,” said Bratz. “EQIP offers flat-rate payments based on a schedule for each particular practice, so farmers know up-front what the payment will be.”

All eligible applications received by Jan. 30, will be evaluated and ranked for funding. Farmers can sign up at the NRCS office in USDA Service Centers statewide. NRCS anticipates over $13 million in funds for Wisconsin. Of the $13 million, about 60 percent will go toward animal waste concerns.

New practices and priorities for 2009 Manure storage: Prior to applying for manure storage, farmers should develop a comprehensive nutrient management plan for their operations to aid in the

Field borders for bees: Pollinators are an area of emphasis this year in EQIP and a field border practice with special seeding mixes beneficial to pollinators will be available to eligible applicants.

Forestry: Good woodland management practices, including tree and shrub establishment, forest stand improvement and others, continue to be offered in EQIP. Private nonindustrial forestland, though not commonly considered “agricultural land,” is eligible for EQIP if it has a forest management plan.

For more information, see www.wi.nrcs.usda.gov under Programs, or contact the NRCS office at the USDA Service Center in Balsam Lake, 715-4853138 ext. 6. – from USDA

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Applicants for manure storage that have completed a CNMP receive additional points when applications are ranked.

The backlog of applications for manure storage was significantly reduced in last year’s EQIP sign-up, creating opportunities for new applicants.

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Bonnie Raymond of Wonderland Snowmobile Club presented Muriel Anderson, president of the Burnett County HCE with a gift of $500 for Wisconsin Bookworm. It is a program where HCE volunteers lead by Mary Poretti read to children. They give the children a bag to keep their books in along with a book every month. There are 97 children participating in this program. The volunteers read to children at the Burnett County and Grantsburg libraries, and the Hertel, and Mina Copeland Head Starts. Fritz Martin, treasurer of Wonderland Snowmobile Club, said he felt like Santa Claus as he also delivered $500 checks to Danbury Area Holiday Drive, Webster Food Shelf and Webster Chamber of Commerce for their Christmas party. – Photo submitted

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Luck fifirrst-quarter honor roll and CIA card earners

Seniors Adam Anderson – G, Maraya Anderson – R, Cody Borresen – R, Aushleana Branville – G, Shane Buchholz, Melita Ericksen – R, Christine Franzel – G, Jamison Gross – G, Jeff Holmes, Sierra Hulett, Jared Jensen – R, Grace Jenson – R, Melissa Jenssen – G, Kasey Johnson, Tim Kowalik – R, Brett Larson – R, Alyssa Lehmann – G, Derek Letch – R, James Longhenry – G, Hannah Melin – R, James Mellon – R, Nick Morgan – G, Brennan Olson – G, Ashley Overby – G, Ross Petersen – G, Jennifer Roettger – G, Chantalle Rowley – R, Marnie Rozumalski – G, Harry Severson –Dickinson – R, Krystal Stage – R, Ariel Thompson – R, Ashley Valentine – G, Andy Wortman – R. Juniors Derek Buck – R, Bryson Clemenson – R, Samantha Fenning – R, Arnold Gore – G, Taylor Horsager – G, Kassi Ingram – G, Diana Kufalk – R, Peter Langeness, Mitchell Larson – R, Aleah Lemieux – R, Elie Lewis – G, Mary MaidenMueller – G, Rachel Virkus – G. Sophomores Bryce Amlee – R, Karie Bartlett – R, Morgan Denny – G, Sarah Elert – G, David Franzel – G, Karissa Giller – G, Logan Hacker – G, Kyle James – G, Kayla Karl – R, Brady Klatt – G, Nick Leal – R, Megan Moore – G, Max Musial – R, Gena Pearson – R, Ashlyn Petersen – G, Tabitha Pilz – G, Adrian Riedman – R, Lindsey Stapel – R, Landen Strilzuk, A. J. Walsh-Brenizer – R, Kristine Wortman – R. Freshmen Tony Aguado – R, Taylar Anderson – G, Brett Bartylla – R, Alysha Dalbec – G, Jesse Erickson, Julie Franzel, Brandon Holdt – R, Michael Jenssen – G, Summer Johnson, Laurie Jorgenson – G, Maia Lehmann – G, Morgyn McGinnity, Spencer Nelson, Krystal Ouellette – G, Jake Schrock – G, Andrew Sund, Michelle Tomlinson – R, Nick Tronrud.

Honorable mention Seniors Dakota Krout – R, Christian McCabe – R, Glenn

Mishler – R, Justin Virkus – R. Juniors Dana Ericksen – R, Carson Giller – R, Katie Gutzmer – R, Jordan Hall, Alex Smith – R, Eryn Taber.

Sophomores Alec Mortel – R, Devon Nelson – R, Kasey Ouellette – R, Roger Steen – R, Alex Wilkinson – R. Freshmen Chad Adams, Lindsey Erickson – R, Shardae Garcia – R, Jake Gerlach, Taylor Hacker – R, Ben Kufalk, Danielle Nelson – R, Morgan Pullin, Jesse Rennicke, J. P. Richey.

Additional RED Cards Seniors Jerod Buck, Brittney Danielson, Jake Meyer, Joe Thompson.

Juniors Gary Ekholm, Alecia Ouellette, Collin Svoboda.

Sophomores Paige Hacker, Alyssa Hutton, Matt Lindberg, Neal Mellon, Devonte Morales, Cole Mortel, Jade Schrock.

Cardinal Cards Seniors John Larkin.

Juniors Chris Aldrich, Sarah Goneau, Jake Hamack, Tiffany Oft, Taryn Pilz, Lakeysha Schallenberger, Aaron Sorenson.

Sophomores Devin Douglas, Connery Johnson, Brandon Skow, Chris Spencer, Kelly Stokes, Ethan Thomas.

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Cardinal Intelligence Agency attempts to promote this goal by recognizing students’ perfect attendance and by requiring that positive behavior be one of the cornerstones of the C.I.A. program.

Luck High School is a community – a community where every student can and will learn, where every student can and will graduate, where every student can and will celebrate excellence as he/she climbs the ladder toward academic success.

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LUCK – The Cardinal Intelligence Agency was created at Luck High School 17 years ago as a program to recognize and reward academic excellence and student achievement. As a part of this, Luck have created a student achievement incentive program. Its concept is to recognize students with short-term, tangible incentives; just as is done in the world of business with employees. The incentives are earned on a quarterly basis. For example, after the first-quarter grades come out, students who are a part of the program can be enrolled to be members in one of the four following groups: GOLD CARD = This full-time regular education student has earned an A- (3.666) or above grade point average during the preceding quarter, has one or fewer disciplinary notices, has no failing grades or incompletes, has no unexcused absences or unserved detention time, no extracurricular code violations, and no suspensions.

RED CARD = This full-time regular education student has earned a B- (2.666) or above grade point average during the preceding quarter, has two or fewer disciplinary notices, has no failing grades or incompletes, has no unexcused absences or unserved detention time, no extracurricular code violations and no suspensions.

CARDINAL CARD = This full-time regular education student has earned a C- (1.666) or above grade point average during the preceding quarter, has three or fewer disciplinary notices, has no failing grades or incompletes, has no unexcused absences or unserved detention time, no extracurricular code violations and no suspensions.

C.I.A. CARD: Students earning this card are fulltime regular education students who have earned less than a C- (1.666) grade point average; however, they have improved their quarterly grade point average by 0.5 or more from their previous quarterly average. In addition, they can have no extracurricular code violations, no unexcused absences, no suspensions, and no unserved detention time.

Levels of membership in the cardinal intelligence agency fluctuate from quarter to quarter; however, once a student chooses to enroll in the C.I.A., his or her eligibility to retain membership ceases only upon the student’s graduation from Luck High School. This program offers recognition and serves as an incentive for all of the students at Luck High School. History has shown that the majority of students who are currently earning Cardinal or C.I.A. Cards will move up to RED and/or GOLD Cards in the future. This program seeks to move all students toward the pursuit of academic excellence.

According to the district motto, Luck Schools Prepares Lifelong Learners and Responsible Citizens. The

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BREAKFAST Uncrustable, cereal, juice, milk.

LUNCH Chicken patty on a bun, calico fries OR ham salad.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza, cereal, juice, milk.

LUNCH Roast beef sandwich, potato salad, raw veggies, fresh fruit OR turkey salad.

BREAKFAST Cinnamon roll, cereal, juice, milk.

LUNCH Chicken a la king, biscuit or rice, peas and carrots OR chicken strip salad.

BREAKFAST Breakfast bites, cereal, juice, milk.

LUNCH Sub sandwich, assorted toppings, raw veggies, chips OR beef taco salad.

BREAKFAST Hot pocket, cereal, juice, milk.

LUNCH Tacos, assorted toppings, corn OR Oriental salad.

LUNCH Pizza dippers, baked rice, golden corn, peaches.

LUNCH Ham stacker, vegetable soup, mini carrots, lettuce salad, pears.

LUNCH Chicken fajitas, baked rice, fresh veggies, peaches.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, gravy, applesauce, green beans.

LUNCH Rib tickler, HS - sloppy joes, oven potatoes, steamed broccoli, mandarin oranges.

BREAKFAST Cereal/bagel.

LUNCH Baked ham, cheesy potatoes, peas, fruit sauce. Alt.: Hamburger, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/pancakes.

LUNCH Taco Tuesday, soft or hard shells, green beans, fruit sauce. Alt.: Hot dog, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Build your own sub, potato chips, corn, fresh fruit. Alt.: Chicken nuggets, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/French toast.

LUNCH Baked potato bar, ham/cheese/sour cream, broccoli with cheese, fruit sauce. Alt.: Chicken nuggets, ALL.

BREAKFAST Cereal/cinnamon roll.

LUNCH Hot dogs, macaroni & cheese, creamed corn, fresh fruit. Alt.: Hamburger, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal, toast served with juice and milk.

LUNCH Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, lettuce, corn, dinner roll, mixed fruit.

Alt.: Baked chicken.

BREAKFAST Cheese omelet & toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Shaved hot ham & cheese sandwich, tiny pretzel, baby carrots, beans, apple & oranges. Alt.: Mexican rice casserole.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal, toast served with juice and milk.

LUNCH Tater tot hotdish, Tostitos, shredded lettuce, peas, peaches. Alt.: BBQ pork on a bun.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza, juice and milk.

LUNCH “Lunch Brunch” - French toast sticks, cheese omelet, sausage, baked beans, veggies, applesauce, banana. Alt.: Mashed potato/chicken bowl.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal, toast served with juice and milk.

LUNCH Mini corn dog, pretzel, steamed broccoli, carrots, pears. Alt.: Cook’s choice.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH California burgers, potato salad, green beans, applesauce. Alt.: Sub sandwich, chicken wild rice soup.

BREAKFAST Egg & cheese muffin.

LUNCH Taco salad, fixings, peas, pineapple, cinnamon roll. Alt.: Egg salad sandwich, chicken noodle soup.

BREAKFAST Yogurt parfait.

LUNCH Pizza dippers, lettuce salad, corn, fruit. Alt.: Chili and corn bread muffin.

BREAKFAST Scrambled egg & sausage.

LUNCH Chicken stir fry, steamed rice, broccoli, pears. Alt.: Ham & cheese sandwich, Wisconsin cheese soup.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

Waffles & strawberries.

LUNCH Cheese Mini corndogs dogs,w/toppings, tater tots, baked chips, cinnamon applesauce beans, chocolate pudding. baked Alt.: beans. Alt.: Veggie beef barley, turGrilled cheese sandwich, tomato key sandwich. soup.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pockets.

LUNCH Chicken a la king with biscuits or potatoes & peas.

BREAKFAST Bagels and cream cheese.

LUNCH Salisbury steak sandwich and waffle fries.

BREAKFAST Eggs and sausage.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets and rice.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Spaghetti, green beans and bread sticks.

BREAKFAST French toast sticks.

LUNCH Sub sandwich, chips and cottage cheese.

LUNCH Corn dog, baked beans, carrots, pineapple, banana.

LUNCH Pizza patty, sliced potatoes, green beans OR beef stroganoff, noodles, corn, pears, fruit cocktail.

LUNCH Chicken tetrazzini, salad, corn OR cheeseburger, bun, tater tots, peas, mandarin oranges, applesauce.

LUNCH Nachos, taco meat, cheese sauce, salad, salsas, peaches, mixed fruit.

LUNCH Sub sandwich, chips, fresh veggies, fresh fruit.

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CHURCH NEWS Hindrances

Raking the yard is a never-ending chore for me because of all the cedar trees that surround my home. If I don’t rake them, I end up with bare spots on the lawn because they’re toxic. What a hindrance! The cedar leaves even fall in early winter.

Everywhere we turn, there are hindrances. Weeds and drought hinder the growth of plants and vegetables. Weather hinders our travel plans. Pain and disease hinder our mobility and comfort.

Our spiritual lives can suffer Perspectives from hindrances, too.

Often, they’re of our own making. Our relationship with God is directly affected by the way we treat others and obey God’s Word. For instance, married men are told to honor their wives, who are physically weaker, “realizing that you are joint heirs of (God’s) grace … in order that your prayers may not be hindered and cut off. Otherwise you cannot pray effectively.” (1 Peter 3:7) This verse can apply to any relationship.

There’s a song that asks, “More of you, Lord.”

There may be moments when we feel like he’s left us and we need him back. But if we earnestly make him Lord of our life, then we are already complete in him—he is our total sufficiency. Instead of asking, “More of you, Lord,” we should be praying that we will let nothing hinder us from making him Lord of our life. That’s not easy, for we’re all guilty of allowing hindrances to lead us away from an abiding, obedient relationship with Christ.

Paul the apostle commended the Galatians for running the spiritual race well. But he knew they had allowed non-Christian teachings into their church and needed to be reminded to stay on course. “Who hindered you from obeying the truth?” he asked. (Galatians 5:7) We could ask the same question of ourselves. Who or what is hindering us from staying on course in our daily lives with Christ? Is he our focus, the very center of our lives? Or have we set our sights on someone or something other than him?

The best example of staying away from hindrances is Christ himself. He set his course on the task God set before him. He never wavered. He showed love to the unlovable, spoke harshly against those who used God’s Word for their own benefits, and willingly went to the cross that we might be reconciled with God. Lord, help us not to waver in our love and obedience to you. Help us to follow Jesus’ example of love for all others without putting hindrances in our way. We ask this in Jesus’ name, amen.

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“DivorceCare: Surviving the Holidays” seminar scheduled POLK COUNTY – “DivorceCare: Surviving the Holidays” is a helpful, encouraging seminar for people facing the holidays after a separation or divorce. The seminar will be held on Saturday, Dec. 13, from 1 to 3 p.m., at Apple River Community Church. Child care provided through fifth grade. There’s no charge for this event.

The “Surviving the Holidays” seminar features practical suggestions, guidance and reassurance through video interviews with counselors, experts in divorce-related care and people who have experienced the holidays after separation or divorce. Topics to be discussed include “Why the Holidays Are Tough,” “What Emotions to Expect,” “How to Plan and Prepare,” “How to Handle Uncomfortable Situations” and “Using the Holidays to Help You Heal.”

Those who attend will receive a free book with over 30 daily readings providing additional insights and ideas on holiday survival.

Call Apple River Community Church at 715-268-2176, or Gary and Dianne Alexander 715-268-2174, or e-mail BTanner568@yahoo.com for details. - submitted

Janice Marie Palmersheim Janice Palmersheim, 55, died Nov. 29, 2008, at her home in West Sweden.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, Dec. 13, 9:30 a.m., at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Waconia, Minn.

Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m.

Memorial preferred to the Frederic Library.

Spiritual contentment The apostle Paul was not one to worry about social status or financial stability. To the Philippians he wrote, “I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content” (Philippians 4:11). Modern society has most certainly not learned what Paul had. Most people are constantly striving not only to “keep up with the Joneses,” but to surpass the Joneses in their “standard of living”—materially, that is. It seems that virtually no one is physically content. However, spiritual contentment can be found everywhere one looks. There are a number of different ways this contentment is seen.

“I believe I’m fine, so don’t waste your time.” Very few people today believe that they are lost. Recent polls taken reveal that while most people in the United States believe in heaven, they do not believe in hell. The designation “lost soul” no longer refers to one condemned to hell, but to one simply going through a period of uncertainty. Even religiously active people generally believe that there are “many roads to heaven,” although the Bible conclusively teaches that there is only one (Matthew 7:13-14; John 14:6; Acts 4:12). With such a state of affairs, it is difficult to express to a person the importance of securing the welfare of his soul. Even though a person may be lost, others have told him that he is certain to go to heaven. Such a person will generally want to remain comfortable, rather than be urged to make drastic changes in his life.

“I’m outwardly whole, but devoid of soul.” Some have obeyed the Gospel in years past and continue to attend worship services regularly. However, this is the full extent of their spiritual activity. They have no prayer life outside of the worship assembly; they have no time spent in Bible reading or study other than the prescribed times the church meets for this purpose; and they do not put into practice Biblical principles of living. Their motivation is not to please God; but to show respect to godly parents, to maintain friendships, or such like.

“I’ve done sufficient, to do more is not efficient.”

There are some who feel that they have done their duty in times past. They may have previously been very involved in the work of the church, but now feel that it is the responsibility of younger Christians to

accomplish. Some even quit attending services altogether, arrogantly determining that they have “done enough” for a lifetime of service to the Lord. This is practical “once saved, always saved” doctrine. The apostle Paul said, “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do . . . I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13-14). There is probably not a Christian living today whose devotion to the Lord could be compared to Paul, yet he had not yet “attained unto the resurrection of the dead,” nor unto perfection (3:11-12).

Preacher’s Yet he continued to strive that he might attain these things.

“No matter whether all else seems to fall apart, I do the will of God from the heart.” There is a sense of spiritual contentment that can be genuinely achieved. “Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6-7). One who does not focus on the physical things, which can never satisfy, but on the spiritual, can find contentment in both (2 Corinthians 4:18-5:1). When one is committed to fulfilling the will of God, he no longer has any need for worry: “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens” (2 Corinthians 5:1). (Written by Lee Moses) 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.

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News from the pews at Pilgrim Lutheran Church FREDERIC – This past Sunday was the first Sunday of Advent and also the first Sunday of the church’s new year. The first Advent candle of four, on the Advent wreath was lit by Roger and Carol Lanza Hillman and their children. The tradition of the Advent wreath probably comes from a time when wooden wheels were hung indoors during winter to keep them from warping in the frosty weather. The four candles are for the four Sundays – the “brightest lights” – of the season.

The worship and music committee had a hymn sing Sunday for worship. It was so popular last year that the committee decided to do it again. Various hymns, young and old, all the way from a spiritual to a Swedish folk tune were sung and a history of the hymn along with some background information on the composer was given.

The congregation is looking forward to a special visit next Sunday, Dec. 7, from Bishop Duane Pederson of the Northwest Synod of Wisconsin. Service is at 9 a.m., as usual and afterward he will have a special forum to learn more about the synod.

The children are busy practicing their parts and rehearsing their songs making ready for the Christmas program which will be presented on Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. All church members plus the public are invited to see and hear “The Grumpy Shepherd.”

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 join in giving joy to other people through music since it is the season for giving. Caroling for about an hour and a half and then back to church for hot cocoa and treats.

Pilgrim invites all to attend Sunday morning worship services at 9 a.m. Sunday school starts at 10 a.m. and all children from pre-k through sixth grade are welcome to come.

Check out the Web site www.pilgrimlutheranfrederic.org or call the church office at 715-327-8012 for more information. - submitted

St. Joseph, St. Anne and Assumption worship times set OSCEOLA/SOMERSET/EAST FARMINGTON – The worship service times are set for Christmas.

Dec. 24: 4 p.m. – St. Joseph in Osceola 5 p.m. – St. Anne in Somerset 10 p.m. – St. Anne in Somerset Dec. 25 8:30 a.m. – Assumption in East Farmington 10 a.m. – St. Anne in Somerset 10:30 a.m. – St. Joseph in Osceola Dec. 31 7 p.m. – St. Anne in Somerset and St. Joseph in Osceola

Jan. 1 9 a.m. – St. Anne in Somerset and Assumption in East Farmington Regular Masses are Saturdays 4 p.m. at St. Joseph in Osceola and 5 p.m. at St. Anne in Somerset. Sundays are 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. at St. Anne in Somerset; 8:30 a.m.

Assumption in East Farmington and 10:30 a.m. St. Joseph in Osceola.

Sacrament of Penance St. Anne in Somerset on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

Assumption in East Farmington on Sunday at 8 a.m.

St. Joseph in Osceola on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. – submitted

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OBITUARIES Patricia C. Johnson

Donna Dolny

Robert Elmer Glunz

Donna Dolny, 83, Luck, died Nov, 23, 2008, at the United Pioneer Home in Luck.

She was born on March 27, 1925, in Montevideo, Minn., to Albert and Martha Hegstrom.

Donna graduated from Montevideo High School as well as the Minneapolis College of Business. She was married in Minneapolis, Minn., to Andrew Dolny on Aug. 24, 1945. They moved to Luck in 1951, where Andrew became a teacher and coach at Luck High School.

She was a great fan of high school sports, attending every basketball game that her husband coached in over 30 years. She continued to be a fan right up until this past March following the Luck Cardinals through the sectional tournaments. Donna enjoyed watching football, playing word games and card games with her friends and family, and traveling to area casinos.

Donna worked for many years as a medical secretary at the Luck Clinic and the Polk County Public Health office.

Donna was preceded in death by her two brothers; one sister; and her husband Andrew.

Donna is survived by daughter, Mary (Brian) Dosch of Shell Lake; daughter, Marty Dolny of Siren; and son, Michael (Linda) Dolny Templeton of Calif.; grandchildren, Mya Dosch, Jenna Dosch, Chad Dolny, Ry Reule and Kara Dolny; one great-grandchild, Andy.

Memorial services were held on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at Luck Lutheran Church with the Rev. Mark Hall officiating.

Robert Elmer Glunz, 77, Amery, died in his home on Nov. 26, 2008.

Robert (Bob) was born Sept.

25, 1931, in Trap Rock, which is in the township of Eureka. His parents, Herman and Alma Glunz, were farmers. Bob grew up on the farm, working alongside his parents and siblings.

Bob went to school in Trap Rock and graduated from Milltown High School in 1949.

After high school, he hauled milk for Eureka Center for four years, and then served in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956. Following his tenure with the Army, Bob resumed hauling milk from 1956 until 1961.

On Jan. 26, 1957, Bob took Delaine Jeannette Johnson to be his wife, whom he was married to for almost 52 years until his passing. The couple raised three children together: Greg, Gary and Geri. In April of 1961, Bob and Delaine purchased a farm about one mile west of Balsam Lake, after living in Centuria since their wedding. The family ran a dairy operation while residing on the farm, not selling it until 1978. When they sold the farm, they decided to keep 16 acres and build a new home here. In October of 1982, after seeing their children off on their own, Bob and Delaine moved to Edina, Minn., where they managed and ran maintenance for an apartment complex. After 16 years, the two retired in 1998 and moved back closer to family in Amery.

In his retirement, Bob delivered for Precision Agriculture, mowed lawn at the Association Retreat Center, and finally drove a van for Polk County Aging Transfer until unable to do so.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Herman and Alma, brothers Vernon, Donald, Alvin and Roy, and sisters Marjorie Sampson and Dorothy Anderson.

He is survived by his wife, Delaine, two sons Greg (Shelby) and Gary (Maureen), daughter Geri Webber (Scott), along with nine grandchildren and one greatgranddaughter, and brother, Leslie.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. at the Fristad Lutheran Church in Centuria.

Visitation will be Friday, Dec. 5, at the Kolstad Family Funeral Home in Centuria from 5 to 7 p.m. and continue at the church on Saturday at noon until the time of service.

Burial will be at St. John’s Cemetery in rural Centuria following the funeral service with full military honors.

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Patricia C. Johnson, 83, Superior, died Nov. 26, 2008, at Golden Living Center.

Patricia was born in Minneapolis, Minn., on March 6, 1925, the daughter of Mabel (Hansen) and Peter Voyer.

She was an active member of Darrow Road Wesleyan Church. She enjoyed gardening, knitting, socializing with friends and Scrabble.

Patricia was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Don “Shell Lake” Johnson on May 5, 2005; sister Nancy Smyth; and grandchildren Peter and Paul Johnson.

She is survived by daughters Peggy (Ken) Moen, Foxboro, and Barbara (Arnie) Holcomb, Danbury; son Randy (Missie) Johnson, Solon Springs; grandchildren Norman Anderson Jr., Connie Nelson, Nicole Holcomb, Jeremiah and Joshua Johnson, and Ariel and Ryan Johnson; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Dec. 1 at Darrow Road Wesleyan Church, with Pastor Mark A. Holmes officiating. Pallbearers were Norman Anderson Jr., Cody Anderson, Nicole Holcomb, Ariel, Ryan, Jeremiah and Joshua Johnson and Connie Nelson.

Downs Funeral Home, Superior, was entrusted with arrangements.

Ronald T. Hoverman Ronald T. Hoverman of Osceola died Nov. 27, 2008, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn. He was 65 years old.

He was born May 25, 1943, to Lawrence and Bessie Hoverman Sr. at Brule. He graduated form Osceola High School in 1962. After graduation he served in the U.S. Navy. He worked at Dresser Trap Rock and Strauss Knitting Mills. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, sports, especially the Packer, Brewers, Badgers – and, most importantly, his family.

He was preceded in death by his father, Lawrence Sr., and sister, Dorothy. He is survived by his children: Vincent, Kate, Beth, Tim, Brian; mother Bessie Hoverman, eight grandchildren, former wife and friend, Cathy Hoverman, brothers Larry, Duane, Donald, Jim, Ken, sister Nancy Clark, numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Dec. 3, at the Osceola United Methodist Church with the Rev. Alan Hagstrom officiating. Interment was at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Osceola. The Grandstand Funeral Home, Osceola, was entrusted with arrangements.

Don Moses Don Moses, Eagan, Minn., formerly of Frederic, died Nov. 29, 2008, surrounded by family. Don was a scientist and inventor.

He was preceded in death by son, Perry; parents, Grace and Wadia.

He is survived by loving wife, Eileen; children, Bob (Anne), Jennifer, Kessea (Ryan), Maybeth and Elissa; six grandchildren; three sisters and other relatives and friends. Memorial service was held Wednesday, Dec. 3, at St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Frederic.

Memorials preferred. www.caringbridge.org/ visit/donmoses

In Memory of

Jim Walsten 8/6/34 - 12/7/03

It has been five years since you’ve been gone. You are and always will be with us in many special ways.

As family and friends gather around summer bonfires, many stories are told about the good times when we were all together. As eagles soar, flocks of geese fly and cardinals sing in the old pine trees, you are there.

You so would enjoy your Grandsons. Jonathan, seven years old, and James Walsten, your namesake, twenty months old. How proud you would be.

Your honesty, integrity and sincerity will live on always.

“If you leave footprints in the sand...wear work boots.”

Meryl Renee & Mark Patti & Tim Mark & Amy Grandsons Jonathan & James Family & Friends 473907 15Lp

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OBITUARIES Charles Duncan Campbell, 88, of St. Croix Falls, died Nov. 23, 2008, at the Osceola Medical Center.

He was born Oct. 23, 1920, in Nova Scotia, Canada, to John and Katie Campbell. At the age of 2, he and his family moved to Centuria. Charlie attended Centuria High School where he graduated in 1939. He married Irene Skoog on April 14, 1944, entered the United States Navy the following month and served his country on the USS Hancock before returning home in 1946. They made their home in Centuria, while Charlie did carpentry work with his dad. Three children were born during this time: Roger, Rodney and Rhoda. In 1950, Charlie and Irene moved to Sand Lake where they began farming. They were blessed with another child, Robert. They continued farming for 30 years. Many of the Campbell kids, nieces and nephews enjoyed spending time at the farm.

After many years of dedicated work farming, they sold the big farm and bought a hobby farm a mile away. They lived just two miles from their church, Bethesda Lutheran, being active members to this day.

They served as janitors at the church for 17 years where Charlie spent more time socializing than cleaning.

They also read seasonal meters for Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative for 10 years before modern technology took their job. In 1989, Charlie made his first and only trip back to his birthplace in Nova Scotia, along with Irene, and sister-in-law Angie and brother-in-law Roland Bender. He was able to meet his only living aunt and several of his cousins. In 2005, grandson Eric bought the hobby farm, and he and Irene moved to their apartment in St. Croix Falls.

As his outings became limited due to his health, he still loved visiting with his family and friends. They continued to garden at Eric’s so they made many trips to the hobby farm to enjoy the summer sun and tilling the soil. Where his love for others was concerned, he could never give enough. While at home, sitting in “his chair” became his comfort zone and home is where his heart was. He was able to remain at home because of Irene’s unconditional love and care. He was a quiet man and didn’t have much to say in his last months, but he never lost his sense of humor, right up until the day he died.

He was preceded in death by his son, Rodney; his parents, John and Katie Campbell, his sisters, Tena Chinander and Effie Olson and his brother Murdock, who was killed on Iwo Jima; also niece, Tomma Campbell.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Irene; son, Roger (Arlene); daughter, Rhoda Jensen (Steve); son, Robert (Karen); daughter-in-law, Diane, grandchildren David (Jackie); Dan (Sarah); and Brian Campbell; Andrea Kier; Charlie (Amy) Campbell; Todd (Lisa) Jensen, Robb (Sarah) Jensen; Eric, Scott and Nick Campbell; Heidi (Russ) Bullis; Miaja (Brendan) Cassidy; 24 greatgrandchildren; sister-in-law Lorraine McKenzie; nieces, nephews and special friend, Rick Nelson.

Donald (Don) Deering Sr. Donald (Don) A. Deering Sr., 76, a resident of Siren died Nov. 21, 2008, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn.

Don was born on Sept. 29, 1932, in St. Paul, Minn., to Frank and Lillian Deering. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Don enjoyed hunting, fishing, golfing and playing Cribbage.

He loved traveling to Branson with his wife, Gerrie.

Don was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Allen; son, Frankie; and daughter, Lisa Marie.

Don is survived by his wife, Gerrie; children, Michele Deering, Robyn (Terry) Bjornstad, Donald (Debbie) Deering Jr. and Randy (Jean) Deering; grandchildren, Shaun, Jamie, Amber, Faith, Adam, Joshua, Donielle, Jennifer, Calli, Brittany and Kaci; two great-grandchildren; brother, Loren (Betty) Deering.

Memorial services were held Saturday, Nov. 29, at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Siren Chapel, with Pastor Carl Heidel officiating. Military honors were accorded by the state honor guard, Spooner Detachment.

Interment will be at Fort Snelling National Cemtery in Minneapolis, Minn.

The Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements.

Andrew E. Gorski

Muriel D. Nielsen

Andrew E. Gorski of Osceola died Nov. 27, 2008, at Osceola Medical Center at the age of 87.

He was born at Leavenworth, Kan., on Oct. 12, 1921, to Andrew and Antoinette Gorski. He graduated from Leavenworth High School in 1939. He served in the Army in the Philippines during WW II and again during the Korean War. On Feb. 14, 1944, he married Barbara Paduch at Fresno, Calif.

After 34 years at International Harvester, he retired as parts manager.

He enjoyed fishing, golfing, cards, his family, watching his grandson play sports and had become an avid walker after his retirement.

Andrew was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara; brothers, John, Tom, Frank, Stephen and Anthony. He is survived by his daughter, Monica (Brian) Whittenberger of Osceola, son, Jeff (Betsy) Gorski of Oakhurst, Calif., and grandchildren, Nicholas Fonseca of Brooklyn, N.Y., Timothy Whittenberger of Osceola and Nicole Gorski of Oakhurst, Calif.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Tulare, Calif. Interment will be in the Tulare District Cemetery. The Grandstrand Funeral Home, Osceola, was entrusted with arrangements.

Muriel D. Nielsen, most recently of the Good Samaritan Society Home in St. Croix Falls, died Nov. 26, 2008, at the age of 84.

She was born Nov. 9, 1924, to Victor and Cora Gregersen in the township of Bone Lake. She married Everett Nielsen on June 3, 1944. She spent the majority of her adult life on a family homestead, known to all family members affectionately as, “the farm” in Luck.

After her husband’s death in 1978, Muriel found herself joining the workforce after being a loving, supportive housewife for 34 years.

Muriel will be remembered for her love of nature, finding rare agates, bird-watching and gardening. She enjoyed taking care of her family and being involved with their lives. She also enjoyed traveling, whether it was to visit her son in Washington, her daughter in North Carolina or even driving to the Grand Canyon with her friend.

In 1998, she moved to Osceola to be closer to her youngest daughter, Sue. She eventually moved to the L.O. Simenstead Nursing Home and spent her final days at the Good Samaritan Society Home. She was known at Good Samaritan as the spunky woman with a great sense of humor.

Muriel was preceded in death by her loving husband of 34 years, Everett; her son Roger; her mother and father, Victor and Cora Gregersen; her brothers, Gordon and Jerome Gregersen; her sister, Doris LeValley and grandson, Joel Nielsen.

Muriel is survived by her four children, Wayne (Patricia) Nielsen, Kathy Weigel, Alan (Ann) Nielsen, and Susan (Harlan) Bach; 10 grandchildren, Laurie Johnson, Julie Bowman, Scott Nielsen, Tammie Nielsen, Kerri Seemann, Josh Nielsen, Ben Nielsen, Jennie Weigel, Andrew Bach and Matthew Bach; six greatgrandchildren, Zachary Johnson, Alex Bowman, Reid Bowman, Isabelle Bowman, Natalie Nielsen and Jorgen Nielsen; sisters, Ardyce Kiekhoefer, Vivian Schilling, Irene Dahlquist and Beverly Berlin, and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, North Luck, on Nov. 29, with the Rev. Mark Hall and the Rev. Mark Shane officiating. Organist was Margie Nelson. Pallbearers were Scott Nielsen, Josh Nielsen, Ben Nielsen, Andrew Bach, Matthew Bach and Zach Johnson.

The Rowe Funeral Home, Luck, was entrusted with arrangements.

Don Murphy Don Murphy, formerly of Centuria, died Nov. 24, 2008. He was 87 years old.

Don was born April 21, 1921, in Centuria. He was a retired teacher/av. director from the Columbia Heights High School.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m., with visitation one hour before at the Messiah Lutheran Church, 2848 CTH H2, Moundsview, Minn. Burial will be on Monday, Dec. 8, 11 a.m., at the St. Croix Falls Cemetary in St. Croix Falls.

The Edling Funeral Home, St. Croix Falls was entrusted with arrangements. Memorials to Augsburg College Scholarship Fund or Columbia Heights High School Scholarship Fund preferred.

Roger O. Gronlund Roger O. Gronlund, of Edina, Minn., formerly of the Atlas area, died Nov. 17, 2008, at the Highland Chateau Care Center in St. Paul, Minn. He was 87 years old.

Roger was born Nov. 10, 1921, in Luck, the first of three children to Oliver and Violet (Akerlind) Gronlund. He was baptized and confirmed at the Laketown Lutheran Church, and he graduated from Luck High School in 1940. After graduation, he went on to study art with Paul Van Ryzin, a well-known artist in the Duluth-Superior area.

He entered the Army in October 1942 and served during WWII with the 76th Infantry Division of Patton’s Third Army in the European Theater of Operations. He was honorably discharged late in 1945.

After his military service, he studied at and graduated in 1949 from the Minneapolis School of Art. He became a noted Twin Cities area artist, specializing in watercolor paintings, but he spent much of his working life as a designer in the graphic arts departments of Super Valu Corporation and Honeywell.

At Honeywell he was instrumental in developing visuals of possibilities for space travel equipment.

Roger and Bernadette Crowley were married in September of 1963.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Oliver and Violet, and by wife Bernadette. He is survived by stepson, Jack (Marlene) Crowley of Green Bay, by stepdaughter, Pat Stevens, of Annapolis, Md., by sister, Jane (Arthur) Keckeissen of Seven Lakes, N.C., brother Sherwin (Leaon) Gronlund of Amery, by step-grandchildren, and by numerous nieces and nephews, cousins and friends.

Funeral services were held at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Edina, Minn., Nov. 21 with Fr. Matthew Ehmke presiding. Old and New Testament readings and family prayers were given by Roger’s brother, Sherwin, and family eulogies were offered by stepchildren Jack and Pat. Interment with full military honors was at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. The Washburn-McReavy Edina Funeral Chapel was entrusted with arrangements.

Anna Mae Knutson Anna Mae Knutson, age 79, of Elgin, Ill., died Nov. 20, 2008, at Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Ill. The former Anna Mae Fitch was born in Walworth County, the daughter of the late Harry and Irene Sietzer Fitch. She lived in Pell Lake, before moving to Elgin in 1950.

On Dec. 2, 1967, she was united in marriage to Roger Knutson of Frederic. They spent many of their vacations over the years in their little red cabin near Clam Falls.

She worked in assembly for the Revcor Corp in Carpentersville, Ill., for many years. She was involved in many organizations for the deaf including the senior citizens in Chicago, Joliet and Rockford areas. She was also involved with the Southern Lakes Association for the Deaf in Delavan.

Anna Mae was preceded in death by her parents and by three brothers, Lyle, Clarence, and Ray Fitch. She is survived by her husband Roger; three sisters, Agnes Giller of Delaven, Alice (Dale) Thompson of Elgin, and Doris (Don) Meunier of Schererville, Ind.; one brother, Harold, of Pell Lake.

Funeral services were held Nov. 24 at Haase-DerrickLockwood Funeral Home and Crematory in Genoa City.

In Memory Of

Don Hokanson Gone 6 Years

Dear God, We saw an Eagle flying high, And knew that Dad was dropping by.

He tipped his wing and said hello, While we all watched from far below.

Yes, when we’re feeling down and sad, The Eagle sightings make us glad.

While some believe and others scoff, We love that bird that flies aloft.

Sadly Missed by Wife and Kids

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CHURCH NEWS Child’s slower development is likely biological

and uncoordinated may be neurologically unprepared for the intellectual tasks of reading and writing. Reading, particularly, is a highly complex neurological process. The visual stimulus must be relayed to the brain without distortion, where it should be interpreted and retained in the memory. Not all 6-yearold children are equipped to perform this task.

Unfortunately, however, our culture permits few exceptions or deviations from the established timetable. A child of that age must learn to read or he will face the emotional consequences of failure. This is why I favor either holding an immature child out of school for a year or homeschooling him or her for several years.

••• Q: What is the most difficult period of adolescence, and what is behind the distress?

DR. DOBSON: The 18th year is the time of greatest conflict between parent and child, typically. But the 13th and 14th years commonly are the most difficult 24 months in life for the youngster. It is during this adolescent period that self-doubt and feelings of inferiority reach an all-time high, amidst the greatest social pressures yet experienced.

An adolescent’s worth as a human being hangs precariously on peer group acceptance, which can be tough to garner. Thus, relatively minor evidences of

Q: We have a 6-year-old son who is a late bloomer and is having trouble learning to read. Even though he is immature, I don’t understand why this would keep him from reading.

DR. DOBSON: It is likely that your late-maturing youngster has not yet completed a vital neurological process involving an organic substance called myelin.

At birth, the nervous system of the body is not insulated. That is why an infant is unable to reach out and grasp an object; the electrical command or impulse is lost on its journey from the brain to the hand. Gradually, a whitish substance (myelin) begins to coat the nerve fibers, allowing controlled muscular action to occur.

Myelinization typically proceeds from the head downward and from the center of the body outward.

In other words, a child can control the movement of his head and neck before the rest of his body. Control of the shoulder precedes the elbow, which precedes the wrist, which precedes the large muscles in the hands, which precedes small muscle coordination of the fingers. This explains why elementary school children are taught block letter printing before they learn cursive writing; the broad strokes and lines are less dependent on minute finger control than the flowing curves of mature penmanship.

Since visual apparatus in humans is usually the last neural mechanism to be myelinated, your immature child may not have undergone this necessary developmental process by his present age of six years.

Therefore, such a child who is extremely immature

Dr. James

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rejection or ridicule are of major significance to those who already see themselves as fools and failures.

It is difficult to overestimate the impact of having no one to sit with on the school-sponsored bus trip, or of not being invited to an important event. Or of being laughed at by the “in” group, or of waking up in the morning to find seven shiny new pimples on your forehead, or of being slapped by the girl you thought had liked you as much as you liked her. Some boys and girls consistently face this kind of social catastrophe throughout their teen years.

The late Dr. Urie Bronfenbrenner, eminent authority on child development at Cornell University for many years, once told a Senate committee that the junior high years are probably the most critical to the development of a child’s mental health. It is during this time of self-doubt that the personality is often assaulted and damaged beyond repair. Consequently, said Bronfenbrenner, it is not unusual for healthy, happy children to enter junior high school, but then emerge two years later as broken, discouraged teenagers.

••• 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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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Hwy. 35, 1/2 blk. N. Main St. Pastor John Clasen; Pastoral Serv. 349-5280 Sunday Worship - 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

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faithlutheran@lakeland.ws Pastor Diane Norstad 715-485-3800; CTH I & Mill Street Worship 8 & 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 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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Students of the Week GRANTSBURG

FREDERIC

Mason Woods has been chosen Frederic Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in third grade and the son of Tom and Lisa Woods. He enjoys the outdoors, hiking, climbing trees and riding his bike. He is an excellent reader and enjoys challenging math problems. He is also a good big brother, helping to take care of his brothers and sisters.

Matthew Elrod has been chosen Frederic Middle School’s student of the week. He is in eighth grade and the son of Bob and Marlys Elrod. He enjoys playing basketball. His interests include trains and race cars. He is an excellent student academically and gets work in on time, works well individually and in groups. He is very respectful of others and has a positive attitide. He plans to attend college to become a math teacher.

Allison Anderson has been chosen Frederic High School’s student of the week. She is a sophomore and the daughter of Pat and Dave Anderson. She is involved in bell choir, band, piano, vollebyball and track. Interests include horseback riding, music and art. She is an honor student, who excels in the classroom. She has earned an academic letter.

She has excellent work habits and is a positive and personable student.

Cloey Johnson has been chosen Grantsburg Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in second grade and the daughter of Michelle and Scott Johnson. Cloey is a very hard worker, great classroom helper and someone that always brightens your day with her presence.

Her favorite thing about school is that she has tons of friends and she likes everything about the classroom. She likes spending time with her friend, Jada.

Steve West has been chosen Luck Middle School’s student of the week. He is in eighth grade and the son of June Bottolfson.

He is a student who is kind, considerate, pleasant, a hard worker and has a great outlook on life.

He is a pleasure to have in class.

In his spare time, he enjoys riding bike and horses and spending time with his parents.

Alex Wilkinson has been chosen Luck High School’s student of the week. She is a sophomore and the daughter of Linda and Larry Glenn.

She is part of the CIA program and signed the Wisconsin Covenant.

She is a fun-loving young lady who takes the feelings of others to heart.

She sets goals for herself and is willing to work hard to achieve them.

She is involved in FFA, FCCLA, cheerleading and softball. She enjoys being outside, dancing and singing.

Nathan Murtaugh has been chosen St. Croix Falls Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in kindergarten and the son of Kate Murtaugh. Nathan's favorite things about school are hearing stories and checking out books from the library. At home, he loves to play outside with his little brother, Joe. Nathan is a thoughtful and considerate part of the our school.

Jade Merrill has been chosen Siren Middle School’s student of the week. He is in seventh grade.

He is kind to his peers and teachers, and perhaps the greatest tribute to anyone's integrity. He shows through frequent questioins and his actions of completing and then improving assignments that he wants to succeed. Students like Jade make teaching and learning a sacred activity.

Logan Wallace has been chosen St. Croix Falls Middle School’s student of the week. He is in seventh grade and the son of Jim and April Allace. He enjoys hunting and camping. He is involved in youth group and archery league in January. His favorite class is F.A.C.E. because it is fun. Logan is a great kid with an awesome smile. He is very polite and a real joy.

Emily Scheuermann has been chosen St. Croix Falls High School’s student of the week.

She is a junior and the daughter of Mary Beth and Mark Peterson of St. Croix Falls and David Scheuermann of Clear Lake.

She is involved in volleyball, softball, S-club, SOS, DECA and yearbook. When there is an activity going on at the high school, you'll see Emily there.

WEBSTER

SIREN

North Hinze has been chosen Siren Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in first grade and the son of Travis and Terri Hinze. He is kind and attentive, has a postive attitude and his willingness to help others makes him a leader in the classroom. He enjoys reading and Legos. He hopes to be a zookeeper when he is older. North admires his father and enjoys playing computer games with him.

Lauren Stavne has been chosen Grantsburg High School’s student of the week. She is a senior and the daughter of Paul and Kris Stavne. She comes into class every day with a smile on her face and a positive attitude. She is friendly toward her teachers and peers. She is involved in NHS, FCCLA, AODA, youth group, soccer. She is employed at Espresso Cabin. She enjoys camping, fishing and playing ice hockey. She plans to attend college.

ST. CROIX FALLS

LUCK

Autumn Hermansen has been chosen Luck Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in fourth grade. She is a friendly girl who loves to make people laugh.

She is very responsible and has good study habits. Autumn is a hard worker in school and also takes care of her horses and other animals at home. She is a good writer and producers interesting articles.

Cooper Berreth-Doran has been chosen Grantsburg Middle School’s student of the week. He is in seventh grade and the son of John Doran and Kelly BerrethDoran. His favorite class is gym and he loves football and basketball. He is very respectful of others and he conducts himself in a positive manner throughout the school day, setting a good example to others.

Chase Old Chief has been chosen Siren High School’s student of the week. He is a great person, who has a great attitude towards life. He is very friendly and enjoys socializing with others.

He likes to joke around and make people laugh. He is an avid Vikings fan and enthusiastic about politics. He enjoys photography, phy. ed, homeroom, foods class and lunch.

Serena Peck has been chosen Webster Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in kindergarten and the daughter of Jode and Jodie Peck. She is a great role model, an excellent student and helpful to her classmates and teacher. She likes art and recess the best and loves to read. At home, she likes to watch cartoons and play with her 24 chicks, one hen and Blackie, her cat.

Ashley Davis has been chosen Webster Middle School’s student of the week. She is in sixth grade and the daughter of Kris and Brande Davis. She is very polite and respectful to her classmates and teachers and has a positive attitude toward her school. She has good attendance, is prepared and works hard every day. Ashley is involved with Girl Scouts, band, volleyball, softball and loves shopping.

Breeanna Watral has been chosen Webster High School’s student of the week. She is a sophomore and the daughter of Wayne Watral. She is on the honor roll and has the top grade in English 10. She is a passionate Shakespearean scholar. She takes every assignment outside the box and to an extreme. She is involved in church group, piano, forensics, tap and jazz dance.

She loves reading and writing.

UNITY

Langdon O'Geay has been chosen Unity Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in fourth grade and the son of Larry and Marty O'Geay. Langdon displays outstanding performance in his academic classes. He shows cooperative behavior, a good work ethic, polite manners and a positive attitude. Langdon enjoys learning and is a responsible student.

Mercedes Kobs has been chosen Unity Middle School’s student of the week. She is in eighth grade and the daughter of Tammy Seul. She is polite and kind to others and her teachers.

She works very hard to do her best and she is a pleasure to have in class. She is a sweetheart and is involved in many school activities.

Brady Flaherty has been chosen Unity High School’s student of the week. He is a sophomore and the son of Dan Flaherty and Angie Nelson. He is employed at the Hardware Hank. He is a class leader and involved in student council. He enjoys hunting, snowmobiling and fishing. He plans to attend college for communication or physical therapy. He has a great attitude and is an asset to have in class.

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DECEMBER

THURS.-SUN./4-7 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/4

Coming events

Amery

• Memories Dinner, at the senior center, open to public, 4-7 p.m., 715-268-6605, www.ameryasc.org.

TUESDAY/9 Frederic

• Holiday concert, grades 4-6, 7 p.m.

Luck

• Take off pounds sensibly, at senior center, 5:30 p.m., 715-472-2341.

• Winter Warmup Soup & Sandwich Supper, at high school, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY/10 Frederic

• Pokeno at the senior center at 1 p.m.

Siren

Frederic

• Sen. Feingold’s representative to hold office hours at the government center, 8:30-9:30 a.m., 715-848-5660.

• Holiday concert, grades K-3, 7 p.m., at the elementary school.

• 500 card night, at the senior center at 6:30 p.m.

Siren

THURSDAY/11

St. Croix Falls

• December birthday/Christmas party at the senior center, 11:45 a.m., 715-268-6605 by Tuesday, Dec. 9

Amery

• Building Family Traditions presented at the Family Resource Center, 7 p.m., 715-349-2922.

• Love Lights Ceremony at the medical center, 4 p.m., 715-483-0331.

• Friends of the St. Croix Library meets at noon at the library.

Frederic

• 500 card night at senior center at 6:30 p.m.

Luck

FRI.-SUN./5-7

• NARFE Chapter 1581 meeting at the Hog Wild, noon, 715-327-8658.

• Christmas at the Fort, Fri., 4 to 7 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Ladies Night Out at the Shops at the Lodge, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 715-349-8995, apantry@sirentel.net.

Siren

Danbury Luck

THURS.-SUN./11-14

• Museum open house. Fri. & Sun. noon-4 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

• Holiday art sale at Café Wren, Fri. & Sat. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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.

Rice Lake

• “Farndale Christmas Carol” at the Northern Star Theatre, Fri. & Sat. 7 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., 715-736-4444.

FRI.-SUN./12-14 Luck

Taylors Falls, Minn.

• Holiday art sale at Café Wren, Fri. & Sat. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

• Folsum House Museum open with eight rooms decorated for Christmas, 651-465-3125.

FRIDAY/5 Frederic

• Pokeno at the senior center starts at 12:30 p.m. due to monthly meeting.

Danbury

• Glad Tidings dinner at Luther Park Camping & Retreat Center, social hour 5 p.m.; dinner at 6 p.m., 715-656-7244, www.lutherpark.com.

Siren

• Ladies Night Out at the Shops at the Lodge, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 715-349-8995, apantry@sirentel.net.

• Burnett County VFW Post 1256 tree lighting on the corner of Main Street and Hanson Avenue, 6 p.m., 715-349-8087.

St. Croix Falls

• Winery benefit for the school at Chateau St. Croix Winery, 6-9 p.m., 715-483-2556.

• A U Care representative will be at the senior center, 9 a.m. 715-483-3466.

SATURDAY/6

Signs of Christmas are beginning to appear, including this lighted Santa which greets motorists as they come into Frederic from the north. - Photo by Gary King

Grantsburg

• 24th-annual Christmas craft & gift sale at the community center, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-4632603.

Lewis

• Christmas bake, craft & new gift sale at the Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

• Bluegrass, country, gospel jam session at the Methodist church, 6-9 p.m. Call Brad Alden at 715-349-2573 for more info.

Luck

• 4th-Annual Cookie Walk at the West Denmark Lutheran Church, 8 a.m.- noon.

Osceola

Amery

• Cookie Walk, at Balsam Lutheran Church, 9 a.m.-noon or sold out.

Centuria

• Holy Trinity United Methodist Holiday Auction, 5 p.m. sharp.

Dairyland

• Cozy Corner Trails, Inc., will hold their regular December meeting at Moose Junction Lounge, 9:30 a.m., 715-656-3855.

Frederic

Rice Lake

• Potluck and birthdays celebrated at the senior center at noon. Games to follow.

• St. Croix Valley Orchestra concert at the Methodist church, 7:30 p.m., www.scvorchestraorg.

Siren

• BAAG arts and craft sale at North Wind Arts, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 715-349-8448.

• Santa at the Siren School with goodies, pictures, lunch, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

• Holiday concert, Ann Reed with Dan Chouinard at Festival Theatre, 7:30 p.m., 715483-3387, www.festivaltheatre.org.

Shell Lake

• Holiday Saturday Craft Fair at the school, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-468-1205.

SUNDAY/7 Centuria

• Ecumenical Choir presents - “A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols” at Fristad Lutheran Church, 4 p.m.

Dresser

• Dresser & St. Croix Falls VFW Post #4186 and The Ladies Auxiliary All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast at the VFW Hall, 8 a.m.-noon.

Luck

• Christmas tea and raffle at United Pioneer Home, 2-4 p.m., 715-472-2164.

Osceola

• “Farndale Christmas Carol” at the Northern Star Theatre, Fri. & Sat. 7 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., 715-736-4444.

FRIDAY/12 Frederic

• Pokeno at the senior center at 1 p.m.

• Spaghetti dinner fundraiser at the high school, 5-7:30 p.m.

SAT.-SUN./13-14 Hertel

• Powwow at St. Croix Tribal Center gym, just off of Hwy. 70, 1-10 p.m. Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun., 800-236-2195 ext. 5310.

SATURDAY/13 Alpha

• Burnett Dairy Co-op annual meeting at Nelson Elementary, 1 p.m., 715-689-2467.

Amery

• Real Hope At Christmas Concert featuring Carolann Rosenthal & Steve Gamble, at the Hope E. Free Church, 6 p.m., 715-294-4494.

• Heartsong Quartet in a Christmas concert at Balsam Lutheran Church at 7 p.m.

MONDAY/8

• Breakfast with Santa at Luther Park Camping & Retreat Center, 9:30-11 a.m., 715-656-7244, anna@lutherpark.com.

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.

Webster

• Annual Christmas dinner and concert at the school cafetorium, 4:45-6:30 p.m.

Danbury

Falun

• Christmas Cookie Walk at Trinity Lutheran Church, 9-11 a.m.

Frederic

• Merry Christmas Cookie Walk at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 8-10 a.m. or ‘til gone, 715-327-4954.

• Food and fellowship at the senior center at noon. Games to follow.

Burnett area artists to host art and craft sale SIREN – If you are looking to buy reasonably priced, one-of-akind gifts, the Burnett Area Arts Group, or B.A.A.G., will be holding an art and craft sale on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at North Wind Arts in Siren.

There will be a special sale of handmade ornaments created by B.A.A.G. artists that will be priced between $1 and $15 each.

Also on sale will be booths full of locally produced watercolors, pottery, jewelry, cards, paintings and other art. Don’t forget to browse the gallery as well. It has just been reorganized and is filled with the best of local art.

B.A.A.G. continues to provide opportunities for children to get involved with art making with this event. Kids of all ages can create their own pinecone ornament for free.

Finally, B.A.A.G. reminds you not to miss out on their wonderful bake sales. Stock up on baked goods to carry you through the holiday season.

For more information, contact North Wind Arts at 715-33498448, or Chris Erickson at 715-349-7661. – submitted

Handmade ornaments created by B.A.A.G. artists, priced between $1 and $15 each, will be on sale at the art and craft sale on Saturday, Dec. 6, at Four Wind Arts. – Photo by Sherill Summer