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W E EK EN D W A TCH • WinterFest @ Balsam Lake • Family Fun Day @ Danbury • Winter Fun Day @ Frederic • Ice fishing @ Luck, Frederic, Webb Lake • Ski & snowshoe event @ SCFalls • Gospel jam @ Lewis Festival’s 20th anniversary @ TFalls See Coming events, stories

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Investors in former Whispering Pines Camp property seek seek zoning change ... again PAGE 4

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UFE Inc. forced to make temporary shutdowns Texas and Wisconsin labor departments stepped in on unpaid wage issue PAGE 7

Building birdhouses See Currents, page 11

Charges against former deputy dropped District attorney dismisses case “without prejudice” PAGE 3

Frederic Watercross event cancelled for lack of funds Winter camps & dream nets See Currents, page 9

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IWA fee increase cited PAGE 5

Wind farms in Polk County? Just maybe ...

Geronimo Wind representative speaks before county committee

Blizz boys tied for fifirrst in Two Rivers Conference See front page of SPORTS In this section

These cardinals will be singing their sweet tunes sooner than later, but they still have a lot more winter to endure in the meantime. Perhaps it’s too soon to be thinking of spring. – Photo by Marty Seeger

by Greg Marsten BALSAM LAKE – Renewable energy has been a buzzword of sorts for several years. The prospect of unlimited energy supplies at a static price is quite appealing, which is one reason wind turbines have become so popular across the planet.

And now maybe in Polk County, as well.

“Winds in Wisconsin are not quite as good as in Minnesota or the Dakotas, but still good!” stated Kyle Simonson of Geronimo Wind Energy of Edina, Minn.

Simonson spoke before the Polk County Renewable Energy Committee on Jan. 28, outlining the prospects for his firm to move in to the region with wind farming.

Geronimo Wind Energy has developed two large-scale wind farms to date: A 19-megawatt facility near Marshall, Minn., and a 20-MW array near Odin, Minn. They are looking to expand by focusing on midsized projects of between 20 and 100 MW throughout the country, but especially in the Midwest, where it is more feasible.

According to Simonson, wind farming requires three basic elements: Wind, land and transmission.

Those three requirements eliminate many regions of the Midwest for possible locations, either due to lower or less

See Wind farms, page 13

A wind generator towers over a tree in southern Minnesota. - Photo

by Marty Seeger

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Last Thursday, Patricia was welcomed at the Twin Cities airport by (L to R), new cousins Jared and Peter Lund of Frederic, aunt Jill Lund of Frederic, paternal grandmother Marsha Shelton and maternal grandfather, Kyle Wilson (Jill Lund’s father). - Special photo

News is hopeful for adoptive family Haiti releases Philippe and hundreds of other adopted orphans

by Gary King ROSEVILLE, Minn. - Lee and Dawn Shelton were given hope of completing their adoptive family this week when the Haitian government announced late Monday that their new adoption policy would allow 900 children - orphans who had been already matched with adoptive couples in the U.S. – to be released to their new families.

Dawn posted the following message on her Facebook page at noon on Tuesday: “Got word that Philippe & 4 others from his (orphanage) had clearance & were on the way to the airport. Unable to get confirmation that they made the flight but under the advisement of those ‘in power’ I am getting on a 2:00 for Fort Lauderdale. I plan on waiting to see him before I get excited!!”

Last week’s Leader told the story of how the Sheltons were elated to welcome Philippe’s sister, Patricia, to their family.

Patricia arrived Sunday, Jan. 24, in Orlando, Fla., greeted by her new mom.

Philippe, however, remained stranded in Haiti, where the country’s prime minister, amidst the chaos of the aftermath of an earthquake which orphaned tens of thousands of children, declared no other orphans would be allowed to leave until a new adoption policy was in place.

Dawn and Patricia remained in Florida

Siblings Patricia and Philippe were adopted by Lee and Dawn Shelton of Minn.

Roseville, Dawn is the sister of Jill Lund of Frederic, wife of Pastor Greg Lund of the Frederic Evangelical Free Church. Special photo

as American officials worked to expedite the evacuation of orphans who had already gone through the adoption process.

Last Thursday, Dawn and Patricia arrived at the Twin Cities airport where friends and family members - including members of the Greg and Jill Lund family of Frederic - greeted the pair.

“It was a joy to see her (Patricia) run to her daddy!,” noted Jill Lund, who said three television news crews were part of the homecoming - from channels 4, 5 and 11.

The expected arrival of Philippe will bring a dramatic and happy conclusion to a long adoption process, expedited by the U.S. government, which waived visa requirements on humanitarian grounds for Haitian children already in the adoption pipeline.

Sutter performs two concerts

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A joint effort by Frederic Community Education, the Frederic Library and Frederic Arts brought singer/songwriter Ross Sutter to town last Thursday for an afternoon children’s concert at the elementary school. The performance, complete with an array of instruments and audience participation, played to about 125 delighted students ages 4 through sixth grade. A very enlightening evening concert was also held at the Frederic clinic attended by about 70 enthusiastic people of all ages who enjoyed Sutter’s interpretations of Irish, Scottish, Scandinavian and Northern European folk songs. The only admission fee was a donation to the Frederic Food Shelf. Organizers extend gratitude to the Frederic clinic and everyone involved for this successful event. For information about helping to make more programs like this possible: info@FredericArts.org or contact Jack Route at 715327-8073. See Currents, page 13, for more photos. - Special photo

According to the New York Times, Haitian officials were pressured by the White House to let all adoptive orphans in one group of 54 leave the country this week.

A chartered plane was forced to return to Miami before a deal was reached, but late Monday, Haitian officials relented and the children were evacuated on a U.S. military cargo plane to Orlando.

Check the Leader’s Web site - www.theleader.net for any updates on this story prior to next week’s issue.

Feingold on Black History Month WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold released the following statement this week on Black History Month: “Black History Month is a time to honor the rich heritage and remarkable contributions of African-Americans in Wisconsin and across our nation. And, one year after the inauguration of our country’s first African-American president, our nation can reflect on how far we have come, and the civil rights we have successfully fought for, in just one generation.

“But it is also a time to rededicate ourselves to the fight for justice and equality for all Americans. While our nation faces serious challenges at home and abroad, people across Wisconsin and the nation are hurting, and the pain of this recession has been felt by so many African-American families. That just underscores how important it is that every American has access to the same opportunities for employment, education, health care and more. As we honor the tremendous contributions of AfricanAmericans, we must keep fighting to ensure equal access to those opportunities, during Black History Month and throughout the year.” - from the office of Sen. Feingold

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FREDERIC - With an ice-fishing contest, vintage snowmobile ride and show at the depot and a garage sale at the elementary school, the village of Frederic will be a busy place this weekend as it hosts its annual Winter Fun Day, a celebration that’s designed to help make the final months of winter weather a little more fun ... and bearable. (See ad, page 6).

••• WAUSAU - World War II veterans in 19 northern and central Wisconsin counties can apply for free trips to see the World War II Memorial and other sites in Washington, D.C. The one-day all-expenses paid trips leave from Central Wisconsin Airport in Wausau and will be provided by the Wausau-based Never Forgotten Honor Flight organization. The first trip is scheduled to take place in late April if organizers can raise the $90,000 required to charter a jet and cover expenses. The trip is open to all WWII veterans within the group’s designated area which includes: Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland, Iron, Vilas, Burnett, Washburn, Sawyer, Price, Oneida, Polk, Barron, Rusk, Taylor, Lincoln, Langlade, Marathon, Wood and Portage counties.

In accordance with national program regulations, veterans are escorted and cared for by volunteer guardians who accompany them as they visit the WWII, Iwo Jima, Korean and Vietnam memorials.

All expenses are provided at no cost to the WWII veterans. A fundraising campaign is under way.

Contributions are tax deductible. Checks should be made payable to Never Forgotten Honor Flight 2009 and mailed to Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin, 500 First Street, Suite 2600, Wausau, WI, 54403. Online credit-card donations also can be made at neverforgottenhonorflight.org - submitted ••• ROBERTS - Once again the St. Croix Valley Radio Amateurs are hosting a ham radio class for those wishing to obtain a ham radio license in a weekend. The class will be held March 26, 27 and 28 at Roberts. More information is available by visiting www.scvhamradio.com or e-mailing n9upc@yahoo.com. - with submitted information ••• RICE LAKE - WITC Rice Lake continuing education will offer a Traffic Safety for Point Reduction class. This 12-hour class is designed for persons concerned about safe, defensive driving as well as those persons in need of point reduction.

Upon successful completion of this course, a person can have a three-point reduction in any point total accumulated against his/her Wisconsin driving record, if they have not used this option in the past three years. Preregistration is required. Weeknight and Saturday classes are available. For more information, call WITC Rice Lake at 715-234-7082, ext. 5257. - from WITC ••• LUCK – You can support the Luck Community Graduate Fund Scholarship fundraiser and enjoy a lasagna supper, too. The annual event will be this Friday, Feb. 5, from 5 – 7:30 p.m. The meal and raffle are held in conjunction with the doubleheader basketball games featuring Luck and Unity schools.

Tickets for the supper are $5 for adults, and $3 for children 10 and younger. Proceeds are given as scholarships for each Luck senior who graduates and continues their education after high school.

Luck seniors are also selling raffle tickets to raise funds for the scholarships. The grand prize is a handmade quilt given by Donna Pedersen, which is on display at Rural American Bank in Luck.

Many other prizes will be awarded and gift certificates will be raffled off. For more information, call Amy Aguado at Luck Community Ed., 715-4722152, ext. 103. - with submitted information

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Rouillard’s mental competence challenged Victim’s daughter files civil suit against rural Luck man accused in grisly murder

by Greg Marsten BALSAM LAKE – The case against accused murderer Wayne Rouillard of rural Luck has taken a pause of sorts, as the accused man’s mental competence is evaluated.

Rouillard, 62, is accused of first-degree intentional homicide for the Nov. 28, 2009, stabbing murder of his “best friend” Stephen Dahlstrom, 61, at Rouillard’s rural Luck home, after a night of drinking vodka. He stands accused of brutalizing Dahlstrom with as many as six different instruments during the crime, including a Phillips screwdriver, pry bar, hammer, splitting maul, carpet knife and a military knife.

Rouillard’s attorney, Mark Biller, filed a motion challenging his client’s competence, which was granted by Judge Molly GaleWyrick on Jan. 21.

That order for a competency exam puts the whole process in neutral, as the state evaluates Rouillard’s mental competence, and whether the case can move forward in a criminal trial setting or under the guise of mental health hearings. At issue is whether the defendant can assist in his own defense.

“Mr. Rouillard’s attorney has raised the issue of competence,” stated Polk County District Attorney Dan Steffen.

“It’s a mandatory evaluation ... We’re waiting for that state evaluation.”

Steffen explained that the competency evaluation is dramatically different from a so-called “temporary insanity” plea, which could still occur further down the line.

“It puts a stop on the process for now,” Steffen said. “If he can’t assist in his own defense, it does become an issue.”

Steffen explained that Rouillard’s mental competence is better addressed now, instead of after a verdict or during an appeal.

“The burden to make the [competence] motion is pretty low,” Steffen clarified. “But it’s a high threshold to find incompetence.”

There are numerous issues to consider if Rouillard is found to be technically “incompetent,” including whether professionals think he is capable of ever regaining competence, or whether it was caused by chemical

Dahlstrom’s widow, Isabel Dahlstrom of Bogotta, Columbia. That suit was filed Jan. 29 in Polk County Court, with lawyer Tim Sempf representing Kough and Dahlstrom.

The civil suit seeks unspecified monetary damages against Wayne Rouillard, and demands a 12-person jury trial. Rouillard’s Grand Rapids Michigan-based insurance company is also named as a defendant in the suit.

The civil case has not been before a judge or been scheduled for a court hearing.

It is unclear how the pending mental status issues of the criminal charges filed against Rouillard will affect the process or outcome of the civil suit.

Wayne Rouillard, shown at his initial court appearance in December. - Photo by Greg Marsten abuse or injury or whether it is permanent or whether he could truly be charged or convicted at a later date, should he regain his faculties. Even questions of where he would be housed would also need to be considered, whether in a state facility, hospital, jail or even in a secure nursing facility.

Steffen said the evaluation is being performed through the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services and that it would be quite extensive.

Rouillard’s mental capacity has been the source of much speculation since the revelations at the Dec. 15 preliminary hearing about how Dahlstrom was apparently brutalized so severely as to be “unrecognizable.”

If convicted on the felony count, Rouillard faces the potential for life in prison.

Steffen said he was not surprised by Biller’s competence motion, based on discussions with the attorney.

“I wouldn’t say they were unexpected,” Steffen said. “I’m not surprised by it ... but in my position it’s one less thing to be able to appeal from.”

There appears to be no time line on the evaluation, and Rouillard’s next scheduled court hearing is on March 23. He remains in custody at the Polk County Jail, on a $75,000 cash bond.

Victim’s daughter files civil suit Stephen Dahlstrom’s biological daughter, Amy Kough of Shakopee, Minn., has filed a civil suit along with

New construction at UW-Superior

Big Clam is being watched SIREN - In the wake of a few midnight burglaries and ransackings at ice-fishing houses on Big Clam Lake, resident Pauline Peterson is organizing a watch group in an effort to identify and report any future burglars.

“I’m not a vigilante and I’m not going to go after them myself, but I do want to prevent this from happening in the future,” Peterson said. She’s hoping some of her neighbors will take up the cause with her and begin watching the landings and lake at night to report any suspicious happenings.

Peterson is also hoping to get a chapter of the Burnett County Citizens Patrol established on the lake.

Lake residents who wish to help or give encouragement to Peterson may call her at 715349-2959. - with submitted information

UW-Superior campus leaders and supporters on Tuesday, Feb. 2, signed the roof trusses that will span the main entrance of the university’s $32 million Swenson Hall. The signing was part of the traditional “topping off” ceremony that signals that the building’s frame is nearly complete. The final steel beams wait to be erected on the southern portion of UW-Superior’s new Swenson Hall. The 144,000-square-foot building is the largest construction project in the university’s history. It’s located in the northwest corner of the UW-Superior campus. Construction began in summer 2009 and is scheduled to be completed in early 2011. Guests at Tuesday’s ceremony included local UW-Superior Foundation and Alumni Association leaders, Chancellor Julius Erlenbach, members of the chancellor’s cabinet and members of the campus community who participated in planning Swenson Hall. - Special photo

Charges against former deputy dropped Case dismissed “without prejudice”

by Greg Marsten BALSAM LAKE – Polk County District Attorney Dan Steffen moved to dismiss all charges against former Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy James R. Baker of Centuria last week.

Baker, 50, stood accused of two felony counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child - under age 13, for allegedly exposing himself and fondling a young boy. Those charges were originally filed on Dec. 7, 2009.

Baker made one court appearance to the allegations, but the process was delayed due to possible conflict of interest issues with a judge, meaning she had to recuse herself from the proceedings. Washburn County Judge Eugene Harrington assumed the case and held a status conference on Jan. 5.

However, Steffen moved to dismiss the case in court documents dated Jan. 22 before Harrington, who granted the dismissal without prejudice.

Steffen said he was not comfortable saying too much on the case or why it was dismissed, except to say that he wasn’t sure he could prosecute the case fully, with the evidence he had.

He said he is ethically bound to be able to prove that case, and must be confident he can reach a burden of proof.

“When I charge something, through the whole course of the case I must feel I can reach that burden of proof. I’m ethically bound to prove that case,” Steffen said. “Frankly, I didn’t think I could meet that burden.”

Baker was a deputy with the Polk County Sheriff’s Department until Jan. 2004, but no longer works in law enforcement. The two felony counts for alleged sexual assault of a child carried a potential penalty of up to 100 years in prison and $100, 000 in fines.

The case was brought forward after allegations made their way to school officials and the child’s mother last fall, and several agencies were involved in the investigation, including both the Burnett and Polk County Sheriff’s offices. The courts appointed a guardian ad litem to protect the child’s interests in the legal matters, although he stayed in the custody of his mother.

Steffen pointed out that with the charges being dismissed “without prejudice,” it does mean that changes in the situation could bring returning allegations.

“Yes, [charges] could be refiled at any time,” he confirmed.

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Investors in former Whispering Pines camp seek zoning change, again Round two

by Sherill Summer SIREN - Chairman of Burnett County’s Zoning and Information Committee Maury Miller said Tuesday, Feb. 2, that it would have been nice if the Methodist church would have decided to sell the former Whispering Pines camp to a nature conservatory, but they didn’t.

Instead, a group of local investors have purchased the 171-acre, former church camp on Spirit Lake in Trade Lake Township. Two of seven investors were at Tuesday’s meeting to request a zoning change.

This is the second time the investors have sought a zoning change.

As with previous public hearings surrounding the requested zoning changes at the former camp, there were many on hand to speak during the public hearing.

Previously, the investors were before the committee on Nov. 3, 2009, to change the property from the current zoning of F-1 and RR-3 to a mix of RR-1, RR-2 and A-2 that would have allowed a maximum of 38 lots. After reviewing the proposal, the zoning committee recommended that the zoning change be adopted. However, all zoning changes must be approved by the full county board, and the county board decided to send the request back to the zoning and information committee on Dec. 17.

Eunice Early spoke out against the proposed development of the former Whispering Pines camp.

At that time, the Methodist Church still owned the property, and many who opposed the zoning request did so because there might be a possibility that another group could use the property as a camp.

As of late December, however, the investors have purchased the property. This time, investors Kevin Fossum and Mike Ehret requested that a planned residential development be set up on approximately 91 acres near the lake, and two 40-acre lots not be rezoned at all, but remain zoned F1 forestry, which has a minimum lot size of 20 acres. It was explained that there would

One of seven investors that have purchased the former Whispering Pines camp on Spirit Lake spoke during the public hearing for a requested zoning change.

A map of lots around Spirit Lake in Trade Lake Township, including the proposed PRD for the former Whispering Pines camp, drew lots of attention during a zoning and information committee meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 2. be a maximum of 18 building sites in the PRD with 50 percent of the 91 acres being undeveloped green space that would be shared by all 18 owners in the PRD. All lakeshore lots would be enrolled into the lakeshore incentive program that would help protect the lake.

The four 20-acre lots and the 18 PRD lots add up to 22 lots, total.

Miller explained that the committee was only considering if a PRD would be allowed and if the committee would recommend the zoning change. If the county would allow the PRD and the zoning change, the investors would have to come before the zoning and information committee again with specific details such as location of lots and more information on planned septic systems and roads, etc.

Miller also explained that the committee could only recommend or not recommend the zoning change and attach some conditions. The full county board must still pass the zoning request before it goes into effect.

Still opposition Even before the public hearing was opened, the committee received 20 letters in opposition.

Julie Peterson presented the committee more letters against the planned project and a petition with 237 signatures opposed to the rezoning request. She felt the lake was too small and too fragile to support this development.

Also involved with the petition was Kathy Java who said that the response to the petition was overwhelming since it was sent to only 250 property owners.

Eunice Early explained that the lake was considered to be at 93-percent capacity in the ‘60s, but little has been done to control development.

Others pointed out that the investors purchased the property zoned as is, and the investors could still form 11 lots as zoned. There was a question as to why the zoning and information committee should

(L to R): Chairman Maury Miller and Supervisor Chuck Awe during a zoning and information committee meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 2. The investors of the former Whispering Pines camp sought to change the zoning for the second time.

change the zoning to make the property more profitable for the investors.

Still others complained that they did not know that the investors had changed the plans for the property, and that another public hearing should be held after the current proposal has been posted.

Support Not everyone spoke against the proposal during the pubic hearing, however. Current trustee of Trade Lake Township Roger Hinrichs said that he is still behind past support from the township for the development.

Charlie Johnson also spoke out in support as the development would support the tax base and local businesses. He also said, as a former county board member, he hasn’t seen any negative impact from other controversial proposals approved in the past.

Other voices speaking in favor of the development said that property rights of property owners should be considered and that sometimes nearby property owners

are somewhat selfish once they own property since they do not want others to have what they already have.

It was also pointed out that the eventual owners of the proposed development might be great neighbors.

This opinion was shared by Miller who described a similar development on the lake he lives on 10 years ago. He said that now these owners make up a large percentage of the lake association for that lake.

He also said that the committee had approved a proposal that was less restrictive than the current proposal.

Gary Lundberg encouraged other property owners on the lake to enroll in the shoreline preservation because that would benefit the lake as a whole.

After the public hearing, committee members unanimously voted to recommend the zoning change with the condition that the PRD be approved. If the PRD is not approved, the property would remain as it is currently zoned.

As mentioned before, the zoning change must also be approved by the county board.

The latest proposal for the former Whispering Pines camp. A PRD is requested for the property near the lakeshore. Eighty acres away from Spirit Lake would remain F-1, with a minimum lot size of 20 acres. – Photos by Sherill Summer

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Salaries recommended for sheriff, clerk of court Annual pay set before start of election season

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – The Polk County Sheriff and Clerk of Court will each receive a salary increase of 1.5 percent each year from 2011 through 2014 if a recommendation adopted by the Personnel Committee last Thursday, Jan. 28, is approved by the county board. Salaries for elected officials must be set before the start of the election season for the offices and can not be changed during the term of office. The filing period for both offices, which are up for election next November, starts June 1.

The proposed annual increase for the sheriff is lower than the 4-percent salary increase that has been in effect for the years 2007 through 2010. For 2010, the sheriff has a salary of $78,600 per year.

That would increase to $79,779 with the start of the next term.

The clerk of court has been receiving a 2-percent annual increase each of the last four years. That salary for 2010 is $51,958 and would be $52,737 starting in 2011.

The clerk of court salary was the same as the salaries of three of elected officials, the treasurer, county clerk, and register of deeds, in 2007 and 2008. Starting in 2009, those offices were given a 1.5-percent annual raise, causing them to fall behind the salary of the clerk of court.

Their pay for 2010 is $51,450.

The motion to increase the salaries by 1.5 percent was made by Supervisor Patricia Schmidt and seconded by Herschel Brown. The motion passed in the committee by a vote of 4 to 1 with committee Chair Russ Arcand voting no.

Besides the annual salary, the county pays into a retirement fund for each official and offers them health insurance.

The retirement contribution is 13.4 percent of the salary with the county paying 100 percent of the amount. The county pays 90 percent of the health insurance cost or $14,340 a year in 2010.

The salaries of the sheriff and clerk of court are lower than some of the staff working for them. In 2010, the sheriff, at $78,600 per year, earns less than the chief deputy who now earns $91,283. That salary is figured at a 45-hour week. The sheriff is earning about $3,000 a year

more than if he had kept his former position of lieutenant. With his seniority, he would be earning $75,836 for that position this year.

Similarly, the clerk of court is earning $51,958 this year but would be earning $54,620 a year as chief deputy clerk if she had not been elected to head the office.

The offices are presently held by Sheriff Tim Moore and clerk of court Lois Hoff. Their four-year terms end next Jan-

uary and the salaries apply to the persons elected next fall. Neither Moore nor Hoff have announced if they are seeking re-election. No other persons have registered as candidates as of this week, according to county clerk Carole Wondra.

Candidates must file a campaign registration statement with the county clerk “as soon as intent to seek elective office is known” according to election laws.

Actual and proposed salaries of Polk County elected officials [the district attorney is a state employee paid on a different basis] Sheriff

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Clerk of Courk

County Clerk, Treasurer, Register of Deeds

$69,875 $48,960 $48,960 72,670 49,940 49,940 76,577 50,939 50,689 78,600 51,958 51,450 *79,779 *52,737 52,225 *80,976 *53,528 53,005 *82,190 *54,331 *83,423 *55,146 *Proposed salaries. Need county board approval.

Frederic Watercross event cancelled FREDERIC - There will be no 2010 National Championship Watercross race this June in Frederic.

“For reasons unknown, the International Watercross Association has decided it needs to raise the fees they charge for putting on the race,” noted Frederic Watercross publicity director Arlen Peterson.

Peterson said the addition charge by the IWA this year amounts to more than $2,000.

“Because of the fact that the economy is in such poor shape, unemployment is extremely high and no one has extra money to do extra activities, we feel it is not possible to have this year’s race unless we were to come up with an additional $3,000 in donations,” Peterson

The Frederic Watercross event, scheduled to be held again this summer on June 12 and 13, has been cancelled due to a lack of funds. - Photo from www.fredericwatercross.com

said.

He said he’s applied for a grant as a “last chance” effort but doesn’t think there’s much of a chance it will work.

Due to a contract Frederic Watercross signed last year with IWA, it’s not possible for Frederic Watercross to hold a race on its own until the 2011 season.

Peterson said the watercross board has worked very hard over the last five or six years to give back to the community, and over that time has had some problems getting the community to accept the event, held one weekend each summer on Coon Lake.

Ironically, he said, the event has had strong support recently from the park board and others, but now faces financial problems.

“We want to thank all the drivers for all the help and support over the years and hope that each of them continue with the sport to somehow make it grow,” Peterson said. He also expressed gratitude to the loyal sponsors and spectators.

“Maybe somehow we can do this again in the future to continue giving our donations back to the local community,” Peterson said.

More information on the Frederic Watercross group and the IWA can be found at www.fredericwatercross.com and www.iwausa.org. - Gary King with submitted information

Less revenue, more expense – Cut? Borrow? Raise taxes?

Issues for the Polk County election

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – Polk County voters will elect a new county board on April 6.

The 23 supervisors who take office April 20 will face some difficult choices as they govern the county for the coming two years. Many of those challenges involve budgets, a usual issue. But the new board will be adjusting to operating with a county administrator, and it will draw new county board district boundaries. Here is an overview of some issues for candidates in the coming election.

Finances and the 2011 budget will be an issue again. The county may see a continued decline in revenues from sales taxes, investment earnings, property taxes and funds from the state. Much of this relates to the economy and its rate of recovery. The levy cap will still be in place.

The county has few options for raising new revenues. One decision will be whether to borrow and bond. Borrowing would be a way to pay for items with a limited life such as vehicles. Borrowing

is for a shorter period of time. In 2008, the county borrowed $500,000 for capital expenses. Bonding involves large amounts with a longer repayment period. Bonding is used for building projects including road construction. The county raised $3.5 million in bonding in 2008. Of that, $2.5 million was for the highway construction projects and $1 million was to refinance a Golden Age Manor loan.

The present county board, elected in April 2008, has not approved any new borrowing or bonding.

An option for additional revenue is the motor vehicle or wheel tax. This is a tax on all vehicles registered in the county.

This tax has been proposed twice in recent years, with the funds to be used for highway repairs. Each time, the option was defeated. St. Croix County now has a $5 annual wheel tax. The city of Amery had a $5 wheel tax from 1987 to 1991.

While county revenues may not increase, there are several areas where expense increases are identified.

Most county employees will receive a 2.8-percent wage increase in 2011 as part of their union contract. That raise is projected to cost is $515,000, according to a finance department document. The

board may need to consider furloughs, layoffs and reductions in benefits to lower personnel expenses.

The county has a capital improvements plan which identifies major capital expenses for the next five years. The portion of CIP expenses covered by levy funds is $1.8 million in 2010. That is scheduled to increase to $5 million in 2011, a potential levy increase of over $3 million. Most of that increase is to continue funding the six-year highway improvement program. The $2.5 million raised by bonding in 2008 has been spent. Another large increase in the CIP will cover repairs to the highway building.

Two decisions for the new board will be how to fund the remaining projects in the highway improvement plan and what to do with the 70-year-old highway building. The question is how many repairs should be made to a building that might be replaced in a few years.

The board may revisit cutting county programs. The home-care program has been kept from elimination for two years. The finance committee has recommended closing the county library but has taken no steps to start that process.

Most county programs are required by

the state and can not be eliminated.

These questions are financial, how much money should be raised and from what sources, how much money should be spent and for what.

After the results of the 2010 census are announced, the new board will be required to draw new county district lines before the 2012 election. An issue will be how large the board, which now has 23 members, should be.

The new board will be working with a newly hired county administrator. Part of its job in the coming year will be adjusting to that new management style and the new role of the governing committees.

An overview of the Polk County Board election April 6: • 20 incumbents running for re-election / three retiring • No contests for 13 seats including 12 incumbents • Contests for nine seats including eight incumbents • No candidate, as of now, for the Clayton area seat, a write-in election

Winterfest this weekend BALSAM LAKE – Balsam Lake’s 23rdannual Winterfest will be held this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 5 - 7. Buttons for admission are available now at local taverns and businesses. A medallion hunt, the bar crawl punch cards and games will

begin on Friday. On Saturday, a fourwheel-drive truck drag race will be held.

Registration for that runs from 10 to 11:30 a.m., and the race starts at noon. For more information, contact Nick Walton at 715557-0211.

The ice-fishing contest will be held Sunday, Feb. 7, from 8 a.m. To 3 p.m. There will be prizes of $300, $100, $50 and a tip-up.

Tickets for this are $5. For more information, call Brian Masters at 715-554-2091.

There also will be a family tent and fish-

ing event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Balsam Town Beach, with premade fishing holes, games, cash prizes and hot concessions. Other activities will include turkey bowling, sliding and children’s games. — with submitted information

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From furloughs to board roles Personnel looks at broad range of issues

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – Looking ahead to issues for the coming year, the personnel committee of the Polk County Board covered a wide range of topics at its meeting Thursday, Jan. 28. Some of the items on the agenda were a look at staff furloughs, the wages of management, the actual duties of a county administrator, and the salaries of two elected officers (see separate story).

This was the first personnel meeting for new Supervisor Wendy Rattel, just appointed to the county board to replace Keith Rediske. She joined the longest-serving supervisors, Patricia Schmidt and Gerald Newville, as well as Herschel Brown and committee Chair Russ Arcand.

Also attending the meeting were 11 department heads, drawn by an agenda item on setting compensation for administrators. Most of them left the meeting after that topic was discussed.

The compensation topic was brought to the committee

by Supervisor Ken Sample. He said he had met with fellow board members Dean Johansen and Bob Dueholm and the three of them had concerns about how the salaries of the county management employees are established. These employees, about 50 in number, are called the nonrepresented employees in county policies. They are the employees not represented by one of the labor unions and the union contracts.

There are three steps in setting the salaries of the nonreps. A base salary is established for each position and the position, is assigned a ranking or grade on the nonrep pay scale. Second, within each grade there are eight steps representing annual pay increases based on length of employment. Lastly, there are often across-the-board pay increases. These were often called cost-of-living raises but were not tied to the federal cost-of-living scale.

Sample said there was concern about the quality of the market study done to establish the base salaries and about the firm, Bjorklund Compensation Consulting, that has prepared the most recent Polk County studies.

Those studies compare the Polk County wages to the wages of other county governments. One of Sample’s

concerns was that there were too many Twin Cities Metro counties in the comparison and not enough counties between Polk County and the Metro area. He said that more counties like Washington and Chisago should be added. He mentioned that the market study only compared wages and not benefits.

Public Health Director Gretchen Sampson said she needs to find job applicants from the Twin Cities market, and the county needs to offer wages that are competitive for that market. She said Polk County is not competing with rural Wisconsin for good employees.

Employee Relations Director Andrea Jerrick said we are at the verge of a change in the labor market. She said that while the county is now following the public sector in compensation, when the private sector turns around the county will lose jobs to that market. Jerrick said the last market study was done in 2007 and a new study may be due. She added that there is no contract with BCC and a new firm could be hired. The committee will look at the issue at future meetings.

A related issue was raised by Sara McCurdy, land information director. The nonreps were given no pay raise this year while the union employees, under their contract, are getting a 2.64-percent base raise in 2010. McCurdy told the committee that she has two senior employees at the top of their steps who will get no increase in wages in 2010. She offered to give up her step increase and share that raise with her two employees.

She added that this would not increase the county’s expenses. The committee did not respond to her offer.

The state of Wisconsin has solved some its financial problems this year by giving its employees furloughs or unpaid days off. That policy is affecting five-county extension employees who are on the state payroll. Assistant Corporation Counsel Malia Malone gave a presentation on what Polk County will need to do if it decides on that method to help balance the 2011 budget.

She said that furloughs provide less cost savings than layoffs but may allow the county to retain experienced employees.

Malone said it will be the best option to start bargaining with the unions early. Attitude is important, she said.

Jerrick said that the county must show it has looked at everything else first before raising the option of staffing

FREDERIC FREDERIC WINTER F U N DAY D AY W I N T E R FUN Saturday, February 6

cuts. And Brown said there would be no chance of getting any agreement at the 11th hour.

The committee spent the last part of the meeting discussing the new county administrator position, the next county board and changes that might to be made to county policies. Part of the initial talk was about whether the CA will also fill the vacant finance director spot or be an overall manager with a finance head as one of the group of department heads. The issue will make a difference in what skills and qualifications the county looks for as it recruits CA candidates.

Newville said it is best to keep Maggie Wickre as interim finance director until the CA is in place. Sample said that CAs often serve more than one function, and the county does not need to disrupt what is working.

Brown said he wants to see the CA and finance job combined. Arcand said, “I thought we were hiring a CA/finance director, not a CA and finance director. Schmidt said the issue needs to be decided and the entire county board needs to be informed on the discussion.

Newville, who is retiring from the county board in April, commented on the finance committee and the finance department, where the former director was terminated last fall.

“Everyone on the finance committee is being challenged,” Newville said. “The committee members lost face with the county board. The entire committee may be gone. We may not have anybody who knows what has gone on.”

Jerrick said the county is at a crossroad and needs to redefine roles. She said that some supervisor functions, such as the role of governing boards in department head evaluations will change.

Schmidt listed some policy issues she would like discussion on. That includes a policy on supervisors who are married to county employees and how that affects their board functions. (Three present candidates for the board in the April election are married to county employees.) She said there should be a job description for the county board chair. And there should be a look at the automatic committee assignments for the chair and vice chairs.

VINTAGE SNOWMOBILE RIDE & SHOW 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Frederic Area Historical Society GANDY DANCER TRAIL On display at the 1901 Soo Line Depot, downtown Frederic, 715-327-4158

COON LAKE CLASSIC ICE-FISHING CONTEST Friends Of The Park

Host The 2nd-Annual

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Starts Wed., Feb. 3.

Judging Sat., Feb. 6 at Noon At The Coon Lake Classic FREE Registration by Tues., Feb. 2

Call Maria Ammend, 715-327-8785.

BATTING CAGE At Coon Lake

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Proceeds Benefit Frederic’s Baseball Program

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Registration begins at 9 a.m.

All proceeds go toward Frederic’s Softball Program

CROSSCOUNTRY SKIING

At Coon Lake Trail & Trade River Trail 8 a.m. - Dark

GARAGE SALE

8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Frederic Elementary School Proceeds go toward Frederic Junior Class

ICE SKATING

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8 a.m. - 10 p.m.

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UFE Inc. forced to make temporary shutdowns Texas and Wisconsin labor departments stepped in on unpaid wage issue

by Greg Marsten DRESSER – Employees of UFE Inc. were told abruptly on Friday, Jan. 22, that there would be a companywide shutdown, effective the next Monday, Jan. 25.

The closing was part of a forced shutdown that began down south when the Texas Department of Labor forced the facility to close, due to unpaid wages owed to their 115 Texas employees.

“I sent people home on that Friday (Jan. 22), and we were open again the following Wednesday (Jan. 27),” stated UFE Chief Operating officer Dave Molter. “It started in our El Paso, Texas, plant. And then the Wisconsin Department of Labor got involved up here, and we did a voluntary shutdown.”

Molter explained that the closures affected all the company’s operations in both Wisconsin and Texas, and had to do with unpaid wages.

“There was an interruption in our outside financing, so we weren’t able to make payroll through that Friday,” Molter explained.

He said they were making arrangements to pay people the following week instead, but the Texas Department of Labor officials stepped in. “[The Texas Dept. of Labor] did not allow them to continue operations until we could do that [pay employees back wages],” Molter stated. “So we had to shut down until we could make it right with employees in both Texas and Wisconsin.”

The plastics molding company employs 105 people in Wisconsin and has undergone a slow consolidation in the

past year with the closing of a facility in Stillwater in 2009 and the planned consolidation of facilities in Dresser into one facility in Osceola, likely by this spring.

The current Wisconsin operations are mainly in engineering and administration. Most of the actual production takes place in Texas.

“We’ll be a little behind the eight ball in the coming weeks, trying to play catch-up,” Molter stated. “It’ll probably take us a couple weeks to make up for the time we lost.”

He did not go into detail on how the outside financial problem was solved, but said he was confident that the issue would not surface again.

“I think we’ll be fine going forward,” Molter stated, later complimenting their staffers for their patience. “The employees have been great.”

Employees had been given a phone number to call for updates on the progress of the reopening, but the prerecorded message did not disclose details of the reason behind the sudden closures, and left many people wondering if their employment was up in the air.

UFE, Inc. also has manufacturing facilities outside the U.S. in Mexico and Singapore. The closings only took place at all American facilities, as the offshore operations are likely not as closely regulated by labor officials. The company had not made any public announcement on work slowdowns or on the wage backpayment issue, except to a plastics-industry publication. UFE, has been a producer and designer of manufacturing molds for plastics in numerous fields, ranging from automotive, health, consumer electronics, appliances, business equipment, packaging and more. They have high-level engineering certification with sales of over $40 million worldwide, and are one of the largest employers in Polk County.

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U N I T Y ’ S P R E - K B U SY B U G S A ND K I N D E R G A RT E N R E G I S T R A T I O N ATTENTION! Do you have a child who will be four on or before September 1?

If so, it’s time to bring them to our Pre-K Busy Bug Registration at Unity School!

Place: Unity Elementary Library Dates: February 11 & 12 RSVP: Please call the Elementary office at 825-2101, ext. 3500 to set up your two-hour session time!

Come and join the Busy Bug and kindergarten teachers for a fun-filled session! Parents will be “BUSY” registering and children will be “BUSY” having fun at school!

WHAT SHOULD I BRING? * Proof of Child’s Age (Child’s state-issued birth certificate) * Child’s Social Security Card * Child’s Health Records

*If you have a child who will be FIVE before Sept. 1 and entering Kindergarten who did not attend the Pre-K Busy Bug Program, please call to schedule an appointment. Registration for your child will be with the Kindergarten Team on Febraury 11 & 12 as well!

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Assembly speaker says he's not being forced from his post STATE CAPITOL - Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan says there’s no truth to rumors that he plans to resign from his position, or that his colleagues plan to vote him out.

Lawmakers regularly meet privately in partisan caucuses at the Capitol. But rumors were flying that Thursday, Jan. 28, Assembly Democratic Caucus was different, and that Democrats were considering choosing a new speaker.

The rumors picked up enough steam that Sheridan’s office called reporters into his office one by one, where Sheridan talked about what he and his col-

leagues did and did not talk about behind closed doors. He denied talk that there was a possible coup in the works and dismissed rumors to that effect as untrue. Sheridan added he intends to remain speaker, and thinks he has the support of the Democratic caucus.

Sheridan said part of the reason these rumors were flying was that the payday loan industry knows there’s going to be a strong bill coming out to regulate them.

Sheridan says that bill should be before the Assembly in February. - Shawn Johnson, Wisconsin Public Radio

Haiti relief dinner features Caribbean cuisine LUCK - West Denmark Church will be hosting a dinner to raise money for Haitian relief on Friday, Feb. 12, at the Luck School cafeteria.

The dinner will start at 4:30 p.m and go until the queen pageant starts. To add some authenticity to the evening, some of the best cooks in the county will be trying their hands at Haitian and other Caribbean food delights.

The cost for dinner will be a freewill offering with the proceeds going to Evangelical Lutheran Church in America relief efforts in Haiti which has already collected $2.7 million from over 16,000 contributors. One hundred percent of funds collected will go to actual relief efforts.

The idea for the dinner came up dur-

ing fellowship time at West Denmark when Beth Lemieux started thinking out loud about what we could do to help. The time before the queen pageant seemed like a perfect opportunity when lots of people come together and need to eat anyway.

The committee organizing the event invites anyone in the community who would like to help to participate. If there are groups or individuals who have been to Haiti who have photos or perhaps crafts or other items of interest to display please let them know.

For more information or to volunteer contact Beth at 715-472-2399, Barb Kass and Mike Miles at 715-472-8721, or the church at 715-472-4895. - with submitted information 503714 11-14a-ep 22-25r,Lp

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Would you buy a Toyota in light of the recent recall?

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F O R U M Dialogues

Our Currents feature story this week tells of one woman’s journey following the suicide of her father. Michelle Patterson of Frederic wrote a book about her experience and went a step further to organize a local support group for survivors of friends and family members who have taken their own lives.

The story was written and filed for last week’s Leader but pushed back to this week for space reasons. Since that time two suicides occurred locally, claiming the lives of a teenager from Burnett County and a middle-aged man from Polk County. The Leader’s policy is to not knowingly publish the names of suicide victims unless it involves a public incident or a public figure.

Such policies vary from paper to paper, but many editors, perhaps most, will agree that the “starting of a dialogue” within the community about suicide is important. Unfortunately, the dialogue always comes in hindsight, it seems. Better than not at all.

We’re not sure there’s been a dramatic increase in the number of suicides locally, but the overall emotional impact on small communities by just one suicide is enormous.

According to Polk County Sheriff Tim Moore, his department responded to 21 calls involving threats of suicide over the past year, with an additional four that ended in the loss of life. He speculated that with more people unemployed, losing their homes and experiencing financial problems, there are bound to be more threats and with that, the potential for threats being carried out.

Many times the reasons just aren’t clear - and never will be.

For those seeking help or wishing to help someone, aside from emergency situations requiring a call to 911, the Internet provides several resources for dialogue - at the state and national level. One is the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK. Patterson, in talking about her book, says suicide has always been a taboo subject but that it’s important family members and friends - the survivors know they aren’t alone in their questioning and suffering.

That’s another kind of dialogue - one just as important.

Candidate checkbooks compared

Views expressed on these pages or by columnists elsewhere in the paper do not necessarily represent those of the Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Association management or board.

Where to Write

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

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

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

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

Washington, D.C. 20510 (715) 832-8492 senator_kohl@kohl.senate.gov

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

Two men running against incumbent Congressman Dave Obey in the next election this week e-mailed information to media about their candidacies with emphasis on money. Not spending it - raising it.

Sean Duffy, the young Republican district attorney from Ashland County who many remember as an ESPN commentator and MTV reality show star, issued a statement saying he had raised $138,000 for his campaign, for a total of $146,000 (October - December total). That’s $100,000 more than any previous Obey challenger has raised over the last three elections in the 7th Congressional District.

Duffy, a Hayward native and former lumberjack competitor, also points out that 99 percent of his money came from individuals, 90 percent living in Wisconsin. The breakdown for the Obey fundraising shows 40 percent from individuals and 8 percent from PACs, or political action committees.

Obey took in nearly $300,000 in the fourth quarter of 2009.

On the other end of the spectrum is Republican farmer and businessman Dan Mielke of Rudolph who noted, “If an opponent thinks he/she can win against Obey by spending a lot of money, he/she is sadly mistaken.”

Mielke reported having just shy of $2,700 to spend after raising $25,000 in the last quarter.

Mielke says he’s “contributed extensively” to his own campaign, literally putting his money where his mouth is. “Our set budget says I only need $140,000 more to run an effective campaign,” he stated. A sometimes guest speaker at the TEA party meetings this past year, as was Duffy, Mielke said people shouldn’t be voting for those who “spend extravagantly.”

“If you give me a stack of fence posts, host a gathering, pay for a billboard, or offer my wife and I a night’s lodging, I will be grateful for that in-kind contribution,” Mielke said, adding, “Yes, I will also take cash or checks ... but they all are greatly appreciated.”

We all know that big money helps get people elected to office by getting a candidate’s message out, and where that money comes from should be scrutinized. But in the end there’s still a lot to be said about stances on issues - even the issues that can cut either way, such as experience and clout.

A National Review article recently posed the question of whether Congressman Obey can be “Cloakley’d” by Duffy, in reference to Tom Brown’s upset of Martha Cloakley, the former Massachusetts attorney general who took over Ted Kennedy’s seat, a seat held for over four decades by Kennedy, approximately the same amount of time Obey has been in office.

In any other district, Obey might be in trouble, Dave Littig, a political scientist at UW-Green Bay, told Larry Bivins of Gannett’s Washington Bureau. “..Here is this old, hard-line liberal Democrat who had a major hand in writing the stimulus plan that hasn’t had a lot of payoff,” Littig said, adding it’s unlikely voters in the 7th District will turn against Obey in November.

Obey’s experience and clout either work against him or for him, depending on which voter on the street you talk to. He’s the House Appropriations chairman and, according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, President Obama has deferred to him on almost every major domestic policy.

If true, that illustrates the kind of respect and power our congressman receives on Capitol Hill. And again, will that fact work in his favor?

All said, the 7th District race will be one of the more interesting this fall.

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President did not check facts A gentleman from Luck opined in the Leader last week that the Supreme Court made a major mistake in their ruling in the case of Citizens United v FEC. He was clearly wrong so it is my desire to correct his disingenuous claim. The truth is all that is important.

The unfortunate fact is that he was quoting the president, who was wrong. President Obama said the Supreme Court had overturned 100 years of legal history. The statement is not true. But even more egregious is that President Obama taught constitutional law and he should know his facts on the findings of the Supreme Court.

However, he did not fact check his speechwriters. The writer from Luck didn’t check his facts either.

The truth is the following: “On Jan. 21, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Citizens United v. FEC. At issue was a key part of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, better known as McCain-Feingold, that made it a federal felony—punishable by five years in prison—for a corporation to use any of its funds to criticize a candidate for federal office within 30 days of a primary election or 60 days of a November general election.” We know that the McCain-Feingold law did not pass 100 years ago.

The McCain-Feingold law should never have passed because it does not solve the corruption in politics. The answer is term limits for politicians. That is to say, don’t allow them to stay in Washington long enough to be corrupted by lobbyists.

Don Denny Luck

Eyes on the prize It was fun reading the history of Clam Falls last summer in the Leader. Many things have changed and many have stayed the same.

As we read the stories of the log drivers, Tom Kent, a young man from Osceola, was described as talented, athletic and experienced. He was known far and wide as the best log driver. You might say in the 1800s he was the Brett Favre of the upper St. Croix Valley. Perhaps the best in the Midwest.

When a logjam formed below the falls, Tom went down to free it. He was skilled and familiar with the dangers of the area, but after he broke up the logs he made a critical mistake, he reached back for his hat.

He was distracted. Tom was killed in water he could wade in, 10 feet from shore.

Friends, we need to remember the dangers of distraction. We need to walk carefully, avoiding the snares that would confuse or trap us. Distraction can come in many ways – entertainment, material possessions, the need for approval or popularity to name a few.

Much wisdom can be gained through one of the Bible’s shortest verses, Luke 17:32 – Remember Lot’s wife.

We need to pay attention to the warnings. We need to keep our eyes on Jesus.

We need to seek first the kingdom of God. The main theme of the Bible is not self-gratification, but self-denial. Jesus said, “In this world you will have trouble, but do not be alarmed for I have overcome this world.”

Keep your eyes on the prize.

Joe Anderson Frederic

Watching our legislator While the taxpayers of the 28th Assembly District are trying to make ends meet, our Rep. Hraychuck is cashing in on her job salary of $49,943 and is collecting taxfree pay of $13,464 plus mileage reimbursement.

Five Assembly lawmakers that collected the most, which was $13,464 each in claims, were Democrats Kim Hixson of Whitewater, Hraychuck of Balsam Lake, Cory Mason of Racine, Marlin Schneider of Wisconsin Rapids and Leon Young of Mil-

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

One would think she would be working on legislation to help create jobs or reduce tax burdens. Nope, she thinks picking up dead animals from the road (AB-548) and teaching condom use in public schools (AB-458) is more important. Our representative did cast the deciding vote on the state budget that raised our taxes, raised insurance rates and increased government regulations.

Mark Pettis Hertel

Small things As a low-income senior citizen, I enjoy the quality of life afforded me in St. Croix Falls. Many small things add up to make the whole.

Therefore, when we lose one of the small things, it affects some of us.

We lost our small midtown park. It has been leased to Indian Creek Winery & Grille for $1 per year. The fact that it has been leased by them makes it part of their business.

As I understand, Indian Creek claims it is still open to the public for use.

However, it is no longer our park.

Strolling between close-set tables of diners is no longer, at all, like sitting in a calm, small park.

Being approached by wait staff is not relaxing in the least.

Our park, for all purposes, has been given away for $1 a year.

Just one of those small things that some of us valued.

But we weren’t asked.

Rita J. Dahms St. Croix Falls

Keep it alive To the towns of Frederic, Luck, Siren and all the surrounding communities: Please don’t let this fun day of sleighing with our horses die for lack of community involvement or support. To my knowledge, there is no other event such as this within 100 miles of Frederic. Many of our drivers/participants comment that the location of the Frederic parade is one of the best for spectator parking and for sleigh viewing and driving of all of the sleigh rallies that they go to.

Where else can one go to see many vintage sleighs and drivers and passengers dressed in the vintage clothing of a period long gone?

Why not take advantage of a winter fun day and build more community events around it?

Carol J. Makosky Webster

Prayers and letters for Brenton Our grandson, Brenton Thompson from Grantsburg, joined the Army right out of high school in 2007. This past December, while in Afghanistan, Brenton became very ill and was hospitalized. After a couple of weeks, he was transferred to a U.S. hospital in Germany. He remained there for two more weeks and was then flown to the Walter Reed Hospital in D.C. on Jan. 24.

Thanks to the prayers of family, friends and the care of the Army medical teams, Brenton is finally on the road to a lengthy recovery. Many people have asked for his address, and we thought it would be a true blessing for him to receive as many cards and well-wishes as possible.

His address is: Brenton Thompson Walter Reed Hospital 6900 George Ave. N.W. Bldg. 2 Ward 68 Washington, D.C. 20307 Sharon and Doug Panek and Elaine and Marlyn Wedin Frederic and Grantsburg

Unjust portrayal

My early years, through high school graduation, were on a farm north of Spooner. I continue to visit northern Wisconsin on a regular basis to hunt, fish and spend time with relatives and friends who live there. One of these friends is Brad Ayers, who lives on Somers Lake, Clam Falls Township, Polk County. I’ve known Brad and some of his family for many years and began regular visits with Brad at Somers Lake after a reunion with him at his brother David’s memorial service.

I was shocked and dismayed when I read Thomas Mullaney’s malicious portrayal of Brad (Jan, 13 Inter-County Leader letter to the editor). The Brad Ayers that Mullaney so publicly scorned is not the man I know. The allegations are simply not true.

I’ve become familiar with Brad’s activities and motives in his effort to protect and improve the quality of life in your community. As an outdoorsman, I applaud Brad’s continuing efforts. Brad is a man of action, not one to stand by when he sees something amiss or observes wrongdoing. He is ready to challenge, an action not appreciated by those having higher “power” either through office or means. He is highly civilized, well read, intelligent and articulate; he’s dedicated much of his life to encouraging others to reach for their highest and best in all they do.

Image Brad’s frustration with his “apparent” reward for good citizenship and example with the 55-mph speed limit sign on 85th Street (sign since removed). This township road, declared by Palo and Associates, Duluth, in court testimony as “winding, hilly, and narrow,” was unlike any other township gravel road, contrary to Mullaney’s assertion. It had a 55-mph speed limit, the only township road with that distinction.

My hunch is that Mullaney’s motive for his letter has nothing to do with Ayers’ signage dispute. Rather, it relates to Brad’s taking him to court over damages caused to Brad’s property as a result of Mullaney’s home construction on the adjoining lot. Indeed, Brad’s challenges are well founded but irritating, as evidenced by Mullaney’s public lashing of him.

In all of this, Brad’s motives have not been money. Consider his frugal living, his charitable work on veteran’s projects, his animal rescue and his work with his alma mater, Stillwater High School. Consider his self-discipline and his competitive athletic challenges despite his physical limitation. Brad strives to demonstrate, through his writing and other activities, what is good and right. He seeks justice, not money. Courage of conviction, intellectual honesty and intestinal fortitude are qualities that underlie Brad Ayers’ personal and professional behavior. He’s never been reluctant to take on a challenge, even if it meant extraordinary personal sacrifice, public controversy or financial risk. To present Brad otherwise is way off base and grossly unjust.

Roland Buchman Stillwater, Minn.

Time to get to work One year ago at this time I had high hopes. Hopes of things getting better.

Obama won me over with his intelligence, his oratory ability and his promise of hope and change.

I with a lot of progressive Democrats and millions of Americans breathed a collective sigh of relief when he was elected. The left let down its guard and stopped working so hard for change, trusting it would come.

We rested in the “ample arms” of our hero.

I had been won over slowly. Heartened by then-Sen. Obama during the congresssional hearings when he interviewed Gen. Patraeus regarding Iraq. He asked Patraeus how he would measure success in Iraq and reminded Patraeus that Osama did not hope to be victorious on the battlefield, but rather, Osama Bin Ladin hoped that America would “bleed into bankruptcy.” Obama

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suggested that we were doing just that in our war spending in Iraq.

Even though Obama had said in his campaign that Afghanistan was a “war of necessity,” I was won over by him saying “I don’t want to just end the war; I want to end the mindset that got us into war.” I was on board. I had hope. Amazed when he won, I talked to a friend with a young adult son living in Uptown, who called her son on election night. He was in the streets and she could hear over his phone as they spoke the waves of hundreds of people out in the streets singing “America the Beautiful.” Brought tears of joy to my eyes. As a peace activist, I thought I might be out of a job. At the inauguration, I heard Obama say “judge me by what I build, not what I destroy.” He made promises.

One year later: Despite promises of change and hope, Guantanamo is still not closed. Warrantless wiretapping is still in place. We are bleeding into bankruptcy and rather than ending wars, Obama is going to be requesting billions more in supplemental spending bills to increase our presence in Afghanistan – largely increasing our “drone” technology. The U.S., increasingly under Obama, sends unmanned planes armed with bombs into Afghanistan, Pakistan, and now Yemen. In one six-month period since Obama’s been in office, 700-plus civilians were killed and 14 al-Qaeda. Enemy deaths outnumbered 50 to one by civilian deaths.

Kathy Kelly, nominated four times for the Noble Peace Prize, has worked for years as a humanitarian aide worker in the Middle East - most recently in Pakistan and spoke recently in Taylors Falls of eyewitness accounts of horrible civilian deaths due to drone attacks. In a culture that abhors cowardice and has a cultural tradition of generational revenge, our presence in Afghanistan and Pakistan is fueling recruits for al-Qaeda. I’m judging Obama on his criterion: We are destoying not building. Our presence is doing more to destabilize the region than anything else.

Time to get to work. Let’s get busy, start working inside the party and outside the party to demand an end to these ongoing wars. Obama is still our hope. Let’s hold him accountable to his word.

We need to tell Obama and our Congress what we think. Call Obama 202-456-1111.

Leave a message. Demand change. Hold him to his word. Make change.

See PDA (Progressive Dem) site for helpful hints. Also check out the site for United for Peace and Justice, a national peace group. Contact your congressmen and women. Call the congressional switchboard at 202-224-3121. Tell them to do what we mandated them to do when we elected a Democratic Congress. Tell them to get a backbone. End this war by saying no to supplemental funding. Inform yourself and get involved.

For more informationn on Afghanistan and to meet like-minded neighbors, come to a free showing of the documentary, “Rethink Afghanistan” on Friday, Feb. 5, in St. Croix Falls at the new library. Free refreshments. This showing is sponsored by Peace In Action, a local peace group. Call 651257-5904 or 715-483-9566 for more information.

Let’s change the state of our union.

With hope, Delia Jurek Center City, Minn.

Letters to the editor

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Letters t o t h e e d i t o r Good work shows Gratitude is extended to Kenny Hackett, director of public works in Frederic, and your crew of “village people.” The time and labor you invest to keep our streets and sidewalks clean and safe is very appreciated. Working through the night or on weekends does not go unnoticed. You all need to be commended on the incredible job you do, not only during the winter months, but all year-round. Your work ethics and efforts really show.

Joan Sederlund Frederic

Keeping it going, please As a spectator, I’ve enjoyed the Frederic Sleigh Rally for the past several years and would be saddened if it were to be discontinued.

Gloria Johnson Birchwood

Good government shares information Bone Lake Township is putting a monthly news summary in the Leader of what is happening at the township government. Eureka Township has information and meeting minutes online at www.townofeureka.org, Apple River at www.townofappleriver.com, Trade Lake Township at www.tradelakewi.com, Polk County at www.co.polk.wi.us and Burnett at www.burnettcounty.com. There may be others too, however many don’t. All local governments should follow their example.

It is better to find out the public view on quarries, development, rules, industrial parks, etc. before board approval. Congratulations to those who do it. How about the rest of you?

Russ Hanson Cushing

Six month anniversary

PINE CITY, Minn. - Sunday marked six months since Minnesota native Shane Bauer and his friends Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd were arrested in Iran after they crossed the border while on a hiking trip in Iraq. They remain in an Iranian jail.

Bauer’s mother, Cindy Hickey, who lives in Pine City, told Red Rock Radio that little progress has been made since the Americans’ detention on July 31. Hickey says as far as she knows, her son and his friends are only charged with illegal crossing of the border. However, multiple reports from Iran indicate the three are also charged with espionage. Swiss diplomats were granted consular access to the three Americans at the end of October. The 40-minute visit took place at Evin Prison in Tehran and the diplomats told the families that Bauer and the two others were doing fine physically. However, Hickey says that is the most recent information the families have received regarding their loved ones statuses. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said during a press briefing last week, “it’s one of the reasons why we have been concerned about the welfare of the hikers since they crossed into Iran. It’s why we have demanded consular access repeatedly of the Iranian government. And unfortunately, we have not had consular access through our protecting power in three months.” Hickey says the lack of communication only adds to the frustration and describes the situation as a “stalemate.” Hickey also encourages people to continue to send letters to Bauer, Shourd and Fattal. She has been told that they are receiving the letters and said they are important to the Americans’ mental state. Letters can be sent to: Free the Hikers, P.O. Box 15065, Duluth, MN 55815. - redrockonair.com

Supervisor irked at budget error

BARRON COUNTY - An error in Barron County’s 2010 budget has drawn the ire of at least one supervisor who has since called the timing of a subsequent mistake notice

Sleigh bells ring!

Sleigh bells ring! There are horse-drawn sleighs at the Frederic High School field!

For the past nine years I have packed up my sleigh and horse and made the 3-1/2 drive to participate in the wonderful Fredric sleigh parade. I felt compelled to write this letter to encourage community members to keep this event alive.

I understand it might not happen next year due to lack of support. You should know that there are only a few of these events still going on around the United States. To lose even one of these events is a lost opportunity to share such an important historical re-enactment. A horsedrawn sleigh parade brings people of all ages together to enjoy the sport of sleigh driving. It is the sleighs, the bells, the costumes, the people, and most of all, it is to enjoy the splendor of our magnificent equines at work.

If you are interested in helping keep this event alive contact Liz Peterson at 715-327-

4955.

Bobbie Kleffman Grand Rapids, Minn.

Another freedom threatened As we listen to the media and read, does it register in our minds that our basic freedoms are being chiseled away? I wonder.

Is complacency the law of the land?

Another freedom is on the chopping block! Parents, grandparents and concerned citizens: Do we want the state of Wisconsin mandating, ordering and commanding the character formation of our children? Is this what we want - somebody else to do our thinking for us?

Currently, each of our Wisconsin school board members selects the curricula to be used in our schools. The most important is character formation. If we educate, which gives power, then that power must be coupled with good character formation, or else it leads to corruption.

Assembly Bill 458 was introduced Nov. 3, 2009, by our assemblywoman, Ann Hraychuck, and other state Assembly members. It passed by a vote of 48-43.

AB458 and companion Senate Bill 324 are expected to be voted on soon. AB458 will make changes to the requirements for the human growth and development curriculum (comprehensive sex education kindergarten through 12 grades).

Human sexuality is both intensely personal and social in its consequences. Remembering cause and effect, what we teach our children about relationships and sexuality today, has implications for the kind of society we will live in tomorrow. We recognize that opinions differ as to the best way to education children concerning their sexuality in order to reduce adolescent pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Some teach children to avoid unintended pregnancies and STIs by delaying sexual activity until marriage (abstinence). Long-term studies have proven that teaching children delayed gratification, beginning as young as 2 years old, results in those children developing into very well-adjusted young adults. Others maintain that expanding access to contraceptives is the surest way to prevent pregnancy and STIs. I believe that programs such as this will only increase the number of aborted babies. Whatever our position, we have to remember that parents have the first and most important responsibility for education of their children. Public laws and education policies can either support and affirm parents as the primary teachers, or they can undermine parental authority and responsibility.

These bills discount the moral nature of this issue and substitute the authority of the state for that of parents and local school boards. They do so in two ways:

Criteria for funding. The bills mandate that if the department of instruction applies for federal funds for teen pregnancy prevention programs, these programs must, among other things,

demonstrate an increase in contraceptive

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into question. The issue came up at Thursday’s executive committee meeting where one agenda item dealt with a $175,550 contingency fund transfer needed in order to cover a budgeting oversight. County Administrator Jeff French said he had learned of the mistake just as Christmas break was beginning. He then told board leadership about the problem as soon as county offices reopened Dec. 28. The oversight involved a failure to budget for some insurance, an indirect cost study, auditing expenses, uncollectible taxes and personnel administration. Those line items were removed and inadvertently not replaced when officials were weighing options for the 2010 budget. French stressed the fault was his for not catching the budget error sooner, despite the checks that are in place.

“I blew it. It’s my fault. Take full responsibility,” French said. But Supervisor James Stavran pressed the issue, suggesting more was at stake than just the budget’s integrity. “I’ll come right out and say it: Should this have been, for all the people that voted (for a new administrator), should it have been part of ... should the county board have been aware of it?”

Stavran asked. “Is it a factor? Should it be a factor? You know, this is an issue that sounds like it was hidden from the board until after we made the decision on the administrator, and I have a problem with that. Somebody sat on this for over a month, or just about a month. I have a problem with that.” Stavran added that there had been opportunities to notify board members about the budget mistake well in advance of last week’s meeting.

“You know, this is where trust issues can get mixed up,” he said. - Barron County News-Shield

30-year sentence for stabbing

SUPERIOR - A Superior man who stabbed his ex-girlfriend, her mother and stepfather was sentenced to 30 years Monday in Douglas County Circuit Court. Donald Lavail Christopher, 41, in December

pleaded guilty to one count of attempted first-degree intentional homicide, one count of aggravated battery and one amended count of first-degree recklessly endangering safety for attacking the three adults the morning of April 22. Burnett County Judge Kenneth Kutz sentenced him to 30 years – 15 years in prison and 15 years extended supervision – for the attempted homicide charge. The night before the attack occurred, Christopher had been drinking and had smoked marijuana laced with crack cocaine, according to information presented by his attorney, Catherine Canright. He and his ex-girlfriend had exchanged texts through the evening, ending with her telling him to stop at the house and remove his things. Under the belief that his ex-girlfriend’s stepfather had harmed one of his children and facing a final goodbye, Canright said, violence erupted. “This is not something he planned,” she told Kutz. Christopher took a steak knife from the counter and attacked the stepfather with it. When that broke on the second stab, he used a pocketknife to wound the two women – slicing his ex-girlfriend’s neck and stabbing into her right thigh, hitting the bone and slashing her mother’s lip. Kutz told Christopher a desire to protect his child did not excuse his actions. “A crime committed for the best intentions, the best motives, is still a crime,” he said. Douglas County District Attorney Dan Blank said Christopher’s criminal history includes convictions for intimidating a witness, criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and theft. He worked his way up to one of the most serious crimes in the statutes, Blank said. - Superior Telegram

Visit from Vikings

NEW RICHMOND – One local firstgrader is getting national attention, but not for the reasons she wants. Kathryn Glor was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia in September and since then her story has received attention from several media outlets. Earlier this month, all those

use. Such a mandate effectively devalues abstinence as a message to our youth.

Use of volunteers. The bills also privilege a certain kind of volunteer health-care provider to come into the schools to teach human growth and development. Currently, volunteer health-care providers are prohibited from teaching certain subjects regarding sex education in schools. If these bills were to pass, volunteers would be permitted to provide instruction on sex education, though only those who promote contraceptive use would be able to fulfill all the mandatory subject requirements.

Any program or volunteer health-care provider who questioned the “health benefits” of contraceptives for children could be denied admission.

The best education teaches children to develop their unique character and potential, to grow in their capacity for love and responsibility. It helps them to learn from past mistakes and change potentially damaging behavior.

Rather than dictating a uniform approach for all sex-education programs

across the state, the Legislature should focus its efforts on encouraging all parents, educators, health practitioners and other concerned citizens to creative diverse and innovative ways to address the moral and health-care crises affecting our youth.

For all these reasons, I urge you not to advance Senate Bill 324 and Assembly Bill 458.

We can all work together to stop the erosion of our freedoms in this land. Please call yoursenator, Sheila Harsdorf, at 800862-1092, or e-mail sen.harsdorf@ legis.state.wi.us.

Bernadette Tolan Luck

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interviews paid off. When Sidney Rice, a Minnesota Viking, heard Glor’s story, he reached out to the family, inviting them to a day a Winter Park and the Jan. 17 game against the Dallas Cowboys. “It’s really hard to put into words the feelings of this past weekend,” wrote Kelly Nichols, Glor’s aunt, on the CaringBridge site. “The Glors were given a gift of a lifetime because of Kathryn’s brave battle with leukemia and one man’s selfless compassion.” The day before the big game, Glor and her family toured Winter Park in Eden Prairie, Minn., and took pictures with several Vikings players, including Jared Allen, Brett Favre, Adrian Peterson and Sidney Rice. “In our hearts, we know that Mr. Rice didn’t do this for the publicity; however, we would like to publicly acknowledge his kindness and say thank you,” said Nichols.

“What he initiated, by extending his compassion, allowed my sister and her family a much-needed weekend full of fun and excitement. They had a chance to forget about the rest ... if only for a while.” Earlier this month a benefit was held for Glor.

Hosted at Willow River Rod and Gun Club, the Glor family hoped to raise about $3,000 to be used toward medical bills. Rivertowns.net

Kohl’s moves ahead

RICE LAKE - Construction of a new Kohl’s department store could begin in May, with completion about a year later, developer Eric Thom told the Rice Lake Planning Commission on Thursday. Thom said the schedule is dependent on drainage plan approval by the Department of Natural Resources and other factors. The store is planned just east of Menards at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Decker Drive. The commission approved a certified survey map of the site, but an easement question must still go before the city council.

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Putting Wisconsinites back to work In this tough economy, it’s clear that job creation must be a top priority. That’s why I have introduced a proposal to create a temporary jobs tax credit to put more Wisconsinites back to work. I’m pleased that President Obama has expressed support for including a jobs tax credit in jobs legislation the Senate is expected to take up soon. This can’t be the only step we take to create jobs, but it’s a critical part of any effort to boost the economy.

One recent report, from the Congres-

Three Hraychuck bills pass the state Assembly The Legislature was in session this week, and I am proud to announce that the state Assembly passed three of the bills my office has been working on over the past year. Senate Bill 284, Assembly Bill 548 and Assembly Bill 371 all passed with strong bipartisan support on Thursday, Jan. 28. Senate Bill 284 will go to Gov. Doyle to be signed into law, and Assembly bills 548 and 371 now go to the Senate for legislative review.

Senate Bill 284 was a bill that I authored with Sen. Pat Kreitlow, D-Chippewa Falls, that designates U.S. Hwy. 63 as the Gaylord Nelson Highway. Nelson was elected to the offices of state Senate, governor and the United States Senate, and is perhaps one of Wisconsin’s greatest public ser-

sional Budget Office, said that a tax break for businesses, along the lines of my jobs tax credit proposal, would be among the most efficient and effective ways to spur employment. The report estimated that a similar jobs tax credit would get more bang for the buck in boosting

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vants.

Beginning in Clear Lake, the birthplace and final resting place of Nelson, Hwy. 63 moves northeast, ending in Bayfield County where the Apostle Islands are located.

Nelson brought President Kennedy to the area in 1963 to Ann the presiHraychuck convince dent that these isneeded to be 28th District lands protected federally.

Assembly No state funds, other than from contributions from interested parties, may be used for the erection or maintenance of any markers.

economic growth and increasing employment than any of the other tax policies CBO reviewed.

My bill, The Putting Americans Back to Work Act, will create a jobs tax credit over the next two years for businesses that increase their payroll by hiring new employees, boosting employee pay, or expanding working hours. This credit is targeted, and won’t go to firms that only raise the pay of highly salaried executives. And with our nation’s deficit growing at an alarming rate, the cost of my jobs tax credit is fully offset over the next 10 years so it will not increase the deficit. Although we need to do all we can to create more

jobs, we must keep our fiscal house in order as we do so.

While a jobs tax credit wouldn’t fix all the challenges businesses face, it would be an effective tool in helping some firms hire more workers, and provide a muchneeded boost to our economy. I am happy with the positive response my jobs tax credit has received so far. I will continue to work with my colleagues in the Senate to address this pressing need to create jobs and get Wisconsinites, and all Americans, back to work.

Assembly Bill 548, also known as The Road Kill Equity Act, allows a person who has accidentally killed a bear, wild turkey or other small game animal while operating a motor vehicle on a highway, to take possession of the carcass for their use.

Current law only permits you to keep a deer that you hit. Under AB 548, if you hit one of these animals and want to keep it, you simply need to call local law enforcement and they can get you a tag for the animal.

Changing this law will lessen the workload for game wardens who are expected to respond, recover the carcass and dispose of it. AB 548 may also keep our highways cleaner by allowing people to take home and make good use of an animal that would otherwise go to waste.

The final piece of legislation I authored that was passed on Jan. 28 was Assembly Bill 371, commonly known as The Bear

Bill. AB 371 expands the privileges of a Class B bear hunting license to include being a backup shooter, pursuing a bear and participating in dog training during open season.

The Bear Bill allows 16-year-olds and younger to engage in Class B license activities without holding a Class B license.

However, only those 16 and older can be a backup shooter. This bill also creates a free dog training week from the third Saturday in August through the following Sunday. Individuals can engage in all actions Class B bear license holders are permitted without actually holding the license, similar to the free fishing weekend in June.

As always, please feel free to contact my office regarding this or any other state Legislative matter, I can be reached tollfree at 888-529-0028 or by e-mail at Rep.Hraychuck@legis.wisconsin.gov.

Alderman appointed to Integrity Insurance’s Board of Agents GRANTSBURG – Michael A. Alderman, an agent with Jensen-Sundquist Insurance Agency, is joining Integrity Insurance’s Board of Agents.

Integrity’s Board of Agents provides a forum for exchanging information regarding corporate objectives, new products, solving problems and building strong relationships with the independent agents selling Integrity’s products and the company.

“Joining Integrity Insurance’s Board of Agents is a unique opportunity. I appreciate that Integrity wants feedback from agents and wants to interact with us to help bet-

ter serve customers,” Alderman said. “Being on the Board of Agents will allow me the opportunity to communicate directly with Integrity what I’m hearing from my clients regarding what kind of products they are interested in.”

Alderman has been an insurance agent for 13 years and serves clients in the Northwest Wisconsin region.

“Michael Alderman was selected to the Board of Agents because of his dedication, strong partnership with Integrity Insurance and a commitment to providing top-ofthe-line service to their customers,” said Cathy Beaudin, director of Agency Relations for Integrity Insurance. “We

look forward to the continuous communication we’ll receive from agents and anticipate this ongoing feedback will allow Integrity to continue its positive growth.”

Integrity Insurance was founded in 1933 in Appleton.

Integrity continues their focus on profitable growth as a regional property and casualty carrier offering property and liability, auto, workers’ compensation and umbrella coverage to individuals and businesses in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. For more information, please visit www.integrityinsurance.com. - from Integrity Insurance

Jauch, Milroy announce free tax assistance MADISON – Right now, modest-income families and senior citizens can be taken advantage of by predatory loans at tax time. Don’t be one of them.

If you have yet to file your taxes but want a fast refund, don’t use the refund anticipation loans that are heavily advertised during tax season. Instead, use an existing deposit account with a financial institution (or open one) to get a fast, free tax refund via direct deposit.

And if you need help filing, use the free assistance provided by free tax preparation sites around the state. The sites operate in a variety of community settings with coordination from The Department of Revenue, IRS and AARP. Besides preparing tax forms, many sites offer assistance – through credit union volunteers – to open or use existing accounts for direct deposit.

Besides avoiding charges for tax preparation, consumers who receive their tax refunds via direct deposit into a savings account pay nothing to receive their refund – and they get it just as quickly as if they had used a RAL through a paid tax preparation firm.

RALs, which are nothing more than high-cost, shortterm loans secured by an expected refund, are bad for consumers and for Wisconsin. A typical RAL siphons as much as $250 off a typical refund of $2,600 – money that low-income people can’t afford to lose. Douglas County lost a whopping $196,750 to RAL costs in 2006.

What’s more, RALs siphon away from filers the tax benefit they should be receiving in the form of the Earned Income Tax Credit. In 2006, as much as $123,750 in Earned Income Tax Credit benefit was siphoned away from low-

income tax filers in Douglas County using high cost RALs. These costly loans also drain economic activity from local economies – from the businesses where we all work, shop and recreate. It’s estimated that money flowing out of low- and middle-income neighborhoods can have a multiplier effect of 1.5 to 2 per dollar. In other words, the estimated RAL fees extracted from federal Earned Income Tax Credit recipients in Douglas County alone in 2006 actually had the effect of denying Douglas County nearly a quarter of a million dollars in total economic activity.

Even if you plan to use a paid preparation service, or efile on your own, you can still use a new or existing deposit account to get your refund with no additional fees.

Visit www.freetaxrefund.org for more information. – submitted

Understanding property tax surprises STATEWIDE – Questions about property taxes abound every year at this time, but they are particularly plentiful now. Part of the reason is short-term: job losses, a depressed real estate market, and rare cuts in state aid to local governments and schools.

Other reasons for property tax confusion are timeless.

Many taxpayers do not understand how individual properties and entire communities are valued for tax purposes.

And even fewer appreciate how tax changes vary within a county or school district due to local conditions.

Basic concepts To avoid such confusion, it helps to understand a few concepts about Wisconsin: • A municipality is responsible for determining the market value (assessment) of each property within its boundaries.

• Not all municipalities keep their assessments current, although some large ones can, thanks to computers and full-time staff. However, many municipalities update them only when state law requires it.

• With communities doing revaluations sporadically, county and school tax levies cannot be divided up (apportioned) among underlying municipalities using assessed values. To ensure fair apportionment of taxes, the state Department of Revenue estimates the full market (equalized) value of entire communities (not individual properties) each year.

This means that Wisconsin has two kinds of values – assessed values for individual properties and equalized values for larger taxing areas, such as towns, villages, or school districts.

In addition to these “givens,” one additional insight aids understanding of how property-tax increases or decreases can vary among neighborhoods in a single community or among municipalities in a school district or county. The amount of property taxes owed can be understood without mastering assessment, equalization, or the confusing math of tax rates, for the process is similar to slicing and comparing pieces of cake.

Slicing up small-town taxes Suppose small town “A” has five properties, each assessed at $100,000. The total assessed value of Town A is $500,000. The value of property No. 1 represents one-fifth, or 20 percent of A’s total value.

When tax time comes, property No. 1 will pay 20 percent of taxes levied in the town. Why? If owner No. 1 owns one-fifth of Town A’s total assessed value, she pays onefifth of total property taxes.

Slicing up school taxes What happens when a school district (or county) needs to collect property taxes from its multiple municipalities?

•Among municipalities. Suppose a school district contains two towns (A and B), each with an equalized value of $500,000, and one village C, with an equalized value of $1 million. The total value of the school district is $2 million.

When the school district asks for property taxes, it divides its levy among the three municipalities, according to their respective equalized values. Town A, with $500,000 in equalized value, represents 25 percent of total district value. If the total school levy is $100,000, A’s share of that is also 25 percent or $25,000.

•Among property owners. But how does Town A get $25,000 to pay the school district? Taxes within the town are again divided among owners according to their shares of total assessed value. The $25,000 in school taxes is divided up the same way: Owner No. 1 owns 20 percent of A’s assessed value and pays 20 percent of the school tax, or $5,000.

Explaining the unexplainable Slight changes in the original example can result in tax changes ranging from minus 20 percent to plus 100 percent for individual owners in Town A, even though the school levy remains unchanged at $100,000. For example, if Town A’s equalized value is increased from $500,000 to $1 million, while owners’ individual assessments are unchanged. This could happen if the state increased Town A’s equalized value by $500,000 to reflect a large new lakefront development nearby, while the town did not update its assessments. The town share of district school taxes jumps from 25 percent to 40 percent and every owner in A experiences a 60-percent tax increase, from $5,000 to $8,000.

In another example, Town A updates its assessments to reflect development of selected parcels. One owner’s valuation could double, his percentage of the town’s value would increase, and his tax would also double. The value of another house could be less than the previously assessed value, and their school taxes could drop. These examples are extreme, but clearly show that individuals can face large tax increases or cuts, even though the overall situation changes little.

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SCRMC celebrates February Heart Month

a beautiful book of memories. For us, there is the digital scrapbooking concept.

Come and learn about how to put together a professional-looking bound memory book with free computer software. We will have room for six to12 participants to use our library computers.

Personal laptops are always welcome.

Please register ahead of time, so we can be prepared. Contact the library at 715472-2770.

Story hour is every Wednesday from 10 – 11 a.m. at the library.

Knitting group meets Wednesdays from 3 – 5 p.m.

Beading with Wilma is every third Thursday of the month beginning at 3 p.m. Materials are provided and no experience is necessary.

Book club will be meeting Monday, Feb. 22, at the library at 6 p.m. They will be discussing the new Audry Niffenegger book “Her Fearful Symmetry.” The author of “The Time Traveler’s Wife” brings us another powerful, original love story. Jodi Picoult claims it to be, “Haunting, original and so smart it took my breath away.” Audrey Niffenegger’s new novel is an unforgettable ghost story. It is a novel about love, identity, secrets and sisterhood and the tenacity of life even after death. Get a copy of this book and join us at our discussion. All are welcome.

Hours Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.; Sunday, Ancestry.com tutorial only from noon – 4 p.m., library is closed to checkouts and browsers.

Awards to be presented during department stakeholder conference MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking nominations for its WDVA 2009 Annual Veterans Awards, to be presented during a Veterans Stakeholders’ Conference beginning at 10 a.m. on April 2, in Madison, at WDVA headquarters in the Dr. Richard H. Zeitlin Education Center on second floor.

The awards are part of the department’s ongoing efforts to underscore its commitment to recognizing those who advocate for and serve Wisconsin veterans.

WDVA Veterans Awards recognize Wisconsin veterans and citizens who have provided exceptional service for Wisconsin’s veterans. The 2009 awards recipients will be selected from among all nominations received, in six categories: Veterans Advocate of the Year; Mission: Welcome Home Supporter of the Year; Iron Mike, a Government Officials Service to Veterans Award; County Veterans Service Officer of the Year; Veterans Service

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WDVA selects the recipients from nominations submitted by individuals (including family members of the nominee), veterans’ service and other organizations, county veterans service officers and fellow veterans.

Nominations for the awards must be completed and submitted to WDVA by close of business Feb. 15, using WDVA Form 0140. Access it on WDVA’s forms Web page, at www.WisVets.com/forms/#WDVA014 0. Completed nominations should be submitted to: Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Public Affairs, 30 W. Mifflin St., P.O. Box 7843, Madison, WI 53707-7843, or faxed to: 608264-7616.

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All ages are welcome to join us for this educational and fascinating look at the hobby of beekeeping.

Friday, Feb. 12, from 4 – 5 p.m., the Luck Library will be sponsoring a Valentine’s Day card making program featuring our Cricut machine. All supplies will be provided. Come and learn about our Cricut, the available cartridges and how to reserve the meeting room for you and your scrapbooking friends.

Susan Rupp will be giving a demonstration on digital scrapbooking Friday, Feb. 26, from 5 to 6 p.m., at the Luck Library. Let’s face it, not all of us have the time nor the patience to cut and paste all those little embellishments, to pick out the perfect papers and to pack everything up neatly into tidy little storage units when we’re done. But we still want

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Displays and screenings: • High blood pressure and your risk for a heart attack • Stroke awareness • Free blood pressure checks • Cholesterol screenings ($10 nonfasting) or purchase a $20 coupon (Feb. 9

Luck Public Library Luck Winter Carnival will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 12, 13 and 14. The library will be holding its winter book sale on Saturday, Feb. 13, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. All hardcover books, audio books, and videos / DVDs will be $1, paperbacks will be 25¢ and magazines will be 10 cents. After 1 p.m., the prices will be cut in half and from 2 to 3 p.m., it will be a bag for a buck. Now is the time to clean out your garage, basement, spare bedroom or closet and bring those unwanted books and magazines to the library for a tax-deductible donation.

We will be accepting donations until Friday, Feb. 12, at 5 p.m.

Free HeartSaver CPR class Saturday, Feb. 20 — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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The American Heart Association is encouraging everyone to wear something red on Friday, Feb. 5, in support of all women who have been touched by heart disease or stroke. That same day, SCRMC staff will also promote Wear Red to Work by wearing red and providing free heart health information.

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Wind farms/from page 1 Those three requirements eliminate many regions of the Midwest for possible locations, either due to lower or less predictable winds or few available land parcels and transmission lineage restrictions.

“We’re looking at expanding into Wisconsin,” he said. “North Dakota has great wind, plenty of land, but nowhere to take the power!”

Geronimo currently operates several large-scale wind operations in the Midwest, but so far has not done anything in the Badger State. Simonson sees that changing, and said the “three elements” have come together in parts of Polk and St. Croix counties. He showed a map of the region, highlighting prospective wind viability. In general wind turbines require a minimum annual average wind speed around 15 mph, or 6.7 meters per second. The Geronimo map showed several areas that come close to that criteria, including the Hwy. 35 corridor from approximately just south of Centuria to just south of Luck. That corridor would meet the threshold minimum, but land availability may be more of an issue.

However, the most viable wind region of the county is in the far southeast, from west of Clear Lake into far western Barron County, and south into St. Croix County. East Central St. Croix County offers the best wind availability, but is likely lacking in available land tracts, according to Simonson.

There are a number of issues yet to be resolved before the firm starts an active

A field of wind generators in southern Minnesota. - Photo by Marty Seeger effort to locate here, including looking for interest, land, partners and demand.

“Wisconsin has the demand,” Simonson assured, pointing out the state’s renewable energy initiatives and extensive transmission line infrastructure, “Hopefully there are some landowners willing to get in on this.”

The wind turbines can cost up to $4 million each and range dramatically is size, from 184 feet up to 328 feet in height. The turbine blades can reach lengths of up to 162 feet, producing enough power for 500-600 homes each annually, and can last for over a quarter century, producing sizable returns for the landowners and communities.

Payment plans can vary greatly, depending on production, but tend to hover around $9,000 annually in returns to the property owner for each mill.

However, there are issues of adjusted property values, setbacks, access and the like that vary with each property and array.

“The landowners don’t pay the extra property taxes of this $4 million structure,” Simonson said, pointing out that in many states, the company pays the difference in a so-called “production tax,” instead of property taxes.

Due to the extensive construction and infrastructure requirements, wind farms can take a toll on existing road networks for maintenance and construction, which often means a long-term benefit to the community.

“Wind farms, after construction, either redo roads or get them back to where they were before the project,” he said.

Land requirements vary, as well. Simonson said each turbine requires at least three-quarters of an acre for actual construction, but much more adjacent land for various reasons.

“Because wind turbines will affect wind downstream, we need setbacks,” he said, later stating that they would typically look for tracts of land totaling “150 to 200 acres” per turbine. A recent Minnesota project is utilizing dozens of turbines on 6,000 to 8,000 acres.

But that doesn’t limit the land usage as much as some might think. Simonson

said after the arrays are built, it’s “business as usual” for the surrounding land, for crops, hunting, wetlands or residents.

“Most developers stay about 1,000 feet from homes,” he said, noting the noise levels, affected wind speeds and possible “shadow flicker” issue that can arise when a residence is too close to a turbine.

Noise levels are governed by federal standards and are tallied over a halfhour period at night, requiring less than 50 dB at night, and up to 55 dB “bursts” during the day for 10 minutes at a time.

For comparison, a typical home makes more noise with its systems of fans, pumps, furnace or sumps.

While it would be easy to get excited about a wind farm, Simonson assured the renewable energy committee that they are at the “very beginning stages” of a local wind project.

“Comparatively, if this were an 18-hole round of golf,” he stated, “We’re still on the practice tee on this project!”Those three requirements eliminate many regions of the Midwest for possible locations, either due to lower or less predictable winds or few available land parcels and transmission lineage restrictions.

Bill approved to mandate talk of contraceptives in sex education classes

Kyle Simonson of Geronimo Wind Energy (far end of table) discussed the possibility of locating a large-scale wind farm in Polk County. He spoke to the Polk County Renewable Energy Committee on Jan. 28. - Photo by Greg Marsten

STATE CAPITOL - State lawmakers have sent a plan to the governor’s desk that would require schools that teach sex ed to talk about contraceptives.

The plan would not force schools to teach sex education, but if they do, they’d have to teach kids about how to properly use contraceptives. Schools would still be able to teach kids about abstinence, but not exclusively.

Milwaukee Democratic Sponsor Lena Taylor says the plan will help prevent teen pregnancies. And if parents don’t want their kids in class, they can still take them out. Taylor says the bill is about making sure young people have appropriate information about contraception, and parents

can take children out of the class.

Republicans called the plan a huge infringement on local control. Ripon Republican Sen. Luther Olsen said it could backfire. He says telling schools they have to talk about contraception or you can’t teach sex ed at all defeats the purpose.

Olsen says he’s heard from schools who may not teach sex education anymore because they have enough issues they have to deal with.

Assembly lawmakers agreed to the same version of the bill, meaning the whole thing is now on its way to the governor’s desk. - Shawn Johnson, Wisconsin Public Radio

Dollar General opens in Frederic

The Dollar General store opened its doors in Frederic on Sunday, Jan. 31.

The retail store carries many different products ranging from clothes, food and health and beauty to entertainment, pet supplies and housewares. Namebrand products are available, and the store will always carry core products, only changing seasonal products. The store hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Saturday.

(L to R): Nikki Gehrke, Lori Grey, Lisa Kraus, store manager Gloria Berg, Andrea Williamson, Anne Ford and (not pictured): Betsy Gerde are the seven employees of the Frederic General Dollar Store. Berg picked the six employees out of the 85 applications that were received. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

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Osceola School District now saving $32,000 annually OSCEOLA — It’s never too early to teach people about energy efficiency, and in Osceola, students and community members are getting a firsthand education. By adding solar panels and thermal blankets to the middle school’s pool complex, the district has saved taxpayers $32,500 annually.

A prior energy review showed Osceola’s four schools were responsible for more than 70 percent of the energy used by the community’s public buildings.

The solar panels and thermal blankets added to Osceola’s middle school pool complex in 2008 have reduced its energy usage by a remarkable 96 percent, saving $32,500 per year. The thermal blankets also reduced evaporation from the pools, saving 20,000 gallons of water per month. That’s one less day of pumping from village wells each year. Plus, it reduces the amount of pool chemicals used and how long dehumidifiers must run.

“We were pleasantly surprised by the

cascade of benefits and savings from the pool project,” said Osceola energy coordinator and school board President Timm Johnson. “We hope that our experience is something that other schools, YMCAs and other institutions with pools are able to learn from and apply to their particular situations.”

And now, school officials and residents are eager for more. On Jan. 26, the village and school boards met jointly to discuss next steps, including increasing their energy efficiency, renewable energy options and sustainability efforts. Osceola officials also agreed to consider making the village an “eco-municipality.” Nearly 30 communities across Wisconsin have already passed eco-municipality resolutions, which establish a sustainability framework to evaluate and improve policies and practices. The school and village boards are also inviting the public to a Thursday, Feb. 18, meeting, where community members can learn how they

can become involved.

“Officials and community members understand that not only is this the right thing to do, it’s also saving us money,” said Johnson. “In some ways, becoming an eco-municipality would simply recognize the commitment Osceola has already demonstrated to sustainability.

But it would also ensure that we consider all the costs of our actions to maximize the social, environmental and economic benefits for our residents.”

Osceola’s energy efficiency accomplishments have been widely recognized by environmental groups, including Clean Wisconsin and RENEW. The community’s energy planning process was supported by Wisconsin’s Office of Energy Independence, as part of the goal of obtaining 25 percent of the state’s electricity and transportation fuels from renewable sources by 2025.

Focus on Energy, the state’s largest energy efficiency and renewable energy

agency, provided significant technical and financial support to multiple energy-savings projects in Osceola schools.

“We can’t say enough good things about Focus,” said Johnson.

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Dairy air in Dresser still a concern

by Tammi Milberg DRESSER–At the Feb. 1 village board meeting for Dresser, the trustees heard from residents who expressed their concerns over the F&A Dairy pond and the odor issue.

“The smell of Dresser has been profound as of late. F&A Dairy have done some things to help, but it hasn’t worked,” one resident stated. “They are operating outside of their permit restrictions. Our kids complain of headaches and don’t want to go outside because it smells so bad. It is affecting our quality of life.”

Board President Rick Flandrena stated, “We are very well aware of this and know they have had pump problems aerating the ponds. They have had blown pumps and are getting new aerator pumps, which has been in the papers.

The system they have is antiquated and they want to update it this spring.”

“They are a good employer and an asset to the community,” said another resident. “We want this to be corrected sooner than later. We need to keep the pressure on and make sure it gets fixed.”

A representative from F&A Dairy was present, but because they were not listed on the agenda, the item was not dis-

cussed. The representative was able to ask one question and that was asking for the location of the two individuals who spoke.

May is the targeted date for F&A Dairy to have their new aerator system installed and the village is urging the company to make the necessary improvements as soon as possible.

In other business, the board was updated from Trustee Bryan Raddatz on the chlorination of water processes and options. Raddatz said that the options were tablet, gas and liquid form, and liquid is the least expensive and easiest to install. The board consensus is not to chlorinate the water until they are mandated to do so.

The board approved a motion to donate $150 to the Dresser Neighborhood Watch for the Easter egg hunt. The request was for $100, but the board decided to increase the amount to $150 based on how much the event requires and the growing number of families that participate.

The board denied a request to reduce or waive community hall fees for a benefit for Debbie Ellingworth Jones. The board stated they felt the situation was tragic for Jones, but indicated that unless

Osceola kicks off Pennies for Patients

by Tammi Milberg OSCEOLA – The month of February is Pennies for Patients month at Osceola Elementary School. Second-grade teacher Barbara Jorgensen has spearheaded the fundraising campaign for leukemia patients for the past 14 years.

Jorgensen lost her adult brother, Mark, to leukemia, and the Pennies for Patients is a small way to reach out and help others who have family members diagnosed with leukemia receive care, treatment and hopefully find a cure.

“Can a Penny Save a Life? Yes!” is written on posters throughout the school promoting the Pennies for Patients campaign. The kickoff for the fundraiser was held at the elementary school Friday, Jan. 29. Students will be bringing in pennies all month, and persons from the community and surrounding communities can also contribute to the cause.

Jorgensen stated that she has a student in her second grade class with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. His name is Jacob Burns. Diagnosed in December, Jacob is receiving treatment at Children’s Hospital in St. Paul. He receives

treatment each Wednesday and will continue to do so for the next three years.

Jorgensen gets checks mailed from people all over who read about the Pennies for Patients campaign, and from the snowbirds that go south during February. Jorgensen is from the Luck area, and several persons in her community contribute to the Pennies Campaign annually.

“Since we began Pennies for Patients, OES has collected over $30,000,” Jorgensen said. “Students learn the value of helping people by collecting all those pennies.”

Persons who wish to contribute to the Pennies for Patients campaign can do so by sending it with their child to school if they have an elementary grade student at Osceola.

Persons need not be from Osceola to contribute. Contributions can be made through the month of February by mailing them to Barbara Jorgensen, Osceola Elementary School, 250 10th Ave. East, Osceola, WI 54020. For more information on Pennies for Patients, contact Jorgensen at 715-294-3457 ext. 298.

the person who the benefit is for, or the person who is organizing it is a resident of the village, the fee is not waived. “As tragic as this is, we have always done that and if we change it for this one, we’d have to change it for everyone,” said Flandrena. “My sympathies to their family, but the request will be denied.”

The board tabled a decision to advertise in the Polk County Guide for 2010 requesting more information on prices and sizing since the production is being done by a different entity.

The board also heard an update on the waste management contract from attor-

ney Tim Laux. Laux stated that the contract was for two years at no increase, which he felt was “pretty good” for the village and the residents, but he wanted to have the board wait until March to act on the contract because the language regarding a fee surcharge was not clear at this point. The board will revisit the contract at the March meeting.

The board also heard from police officer Ryan Haass who indicated he would like to bring up discussion for a second part-time officer at a future meeting. The board indicated they felt Haass should present the issue at a future meeting.

Live long, die healthy seminar to be presented BALSAM LAKE/ST. CROIX FALLS/AMERY – A free one-hour seminar will be given on Feb. 15 on how to live a long and healthy life. John Shier, R.N., Ph. D., will present. Shier entered the profession of nursing when he was 60, after having two prior careers. He was an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay for 14 years. He then served 18 years as the executive director of the Lake Michigan Area Agency on Aging and executive director of the United Way of Brown County.

Shier says the medical system is not a true “health-care” system. He says it is a “sickness-care” system, as few of the billions of dollars spent on medical care each year go to maintain health. People know how to prevent many of the diseases that cripple and kill, but, according to Shier, they direct the resources instead toward curing rather than prevention.

He points out that the medical system provides no financial incentives for maintaining health.

Shier says the present system isn’t going to keep people healthy, so the challenge of living in good health falls to each individual. Through personal lifestyle decisions, he says each person can take responsibility for preserving their health and improving their quality of life. Shier

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Blizzard boys shut out Mora

Boys tied for the lead in Two Rivers Conference with steady wins

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Blizzard 2, Mora 0

by Greg Marsten MORA, Minn. – The Burnett Blizzard boys hockey squad is hot right now, and continued to play solid, winning hockey in their first year of a new conference, which they also lead now. They took that winning attitude on the road to Mora Feb. 1, where they shut out the combined squad from Mora, Hinckley and Finlayson, Minn.

It was a rare Monday night game versus the hosting Mustangs, which according to head coach Grant Nicoll, was pretty common across the Two Rivers Conference.

“There were a couple of other conference games that went on, as well,” Nicoll said.

Nicoll praised his varsity squad for their play, and said it proved an interesting point.

“They found out that we do not have to score a ton of goals to win, if we play sound defense hockey,” he said.

Goalie Thomas Labatt got his first shutout of the year, and made 28 saves out of 28 shots on goal. “It was a great shutout!” Nicoll stated.

Bryan Bennett scored the first goal of the night in the first period, and it was all quiet on the scoreboard until the third period, when Matt Wood scored a goal to make the it 2-0. That score held on to the end, and gives the hot Blizzard squad a real chance to win their conference, of which they are the rookies.

Adding to the point totals were Jake Langevin and Steven Labatt, who each had assists on the night.

“We added another win to our belt and the kids are starting to sense the momentum build as we head into playoffs in a couple of weeks,” Nicoll said. “Like coach and I tell the kids though, you’re only as good as your next game.”

The Blizzard play at home on Friday, Feb. 5, against Spooner, then an all-important conference match against Meadow Creek on Saturday at Siren, as well.

“We have to come to practice this week

The Blizzard starting lineup skates over to team bench after believing they scored a goal in the first few minutes against North Branch, Minn. The goal was then called no good by the referees. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld ready to work and ready to take it to Spooner for the Northern Cup,” he said.

Next week promises to be a busy also for the fiery Blizzard boys. They travel to Moose Lake on Tuesday for a match and then host Minneapolis East in Grantsburg for a huge match.

“If we can beat Meadow Creek on Saturday and Moose Lake and Minneapolis East next week the worst we can be is tied for first place in the conference,” Nicoll said, noting that the game in Grantsburg next week could be a giant one for the young squad. “That could be the game to determine the conference champs!”

Blizzard 6, North Branch 4 GRANTSBURG – The Blizzard boys took out some aggressions on the visiting North Branch Viking squad on Saturday, Jan. 30, at Grantsburg, beating the conference-leading Vikes, 6-4.

“This was a huge game for the conference standings. We dropped a close one to North Branch earlier this year, along with dropping one to Moose Lake. That gave us two losses in the the conference.

For us to win the conference, we decided that we had to run the table the rest of

Blizzard goalie Thomas Labatt keeps the puck away from his goal against the North Branch, Minn. team with help from teammate Bryan Bennett.

the way out,” head coach Grant Nicoll said. “So far, so good; we have found ways to win all of our games since Moose Lake.”

Nicoll’s overachieving Burnett squad has been playing well enough to beat everyone they’ve played since that Moose Lake game on Jan. 7, and are hoping to keep the momentum rolling.

“The boys have found ways to really come together, and it’s starting to show!”

Nicoll exclaimed.

With their weekend win, and winning six of their last seven games, they have climbed right into a tie for first place in the Minnesota-based Two Rivers Conference, with a conference record of 8-2; they are on top with North Branch, and with only a few conference games left on the season, every game counts.

The North Branch game on Saturday was “very interesting,” according to Nicoll.

“We came out of the gates very strong and at one point we were outshooting North Branch 15-1, but could not put the puck away,” he said.

North Branch scored first, and then continued to stay ahead until the second period, when the Blizzard came back a bit, and put two goals away early, making it a tie game, 3-3, as they headed into the final frame.

“Then we sat back on our heels and let them back into the game,” Nicoll said.

“After an extremely cheap shot and a five-minute major (penalty) with a game misconduct, we scored three goals on our power play.”

Nicoll said the game came down to the wire and said his squad was helped by some great goaltending by Thomas Labatt who saved 32 of 36 North Branch shots.

Scoring for the Blizzard were Matt Wood with a goal and an assist. Joe Engelhart also had a goal and assist. Other scorers included Jake Langevin with a goal, along with Kyle Roberts, Anthony Dietmeier and Jaime Robb. Assisting the Blizzard were Ben Jensen with one assist and Steven Labatt, who tallied three assist for the night.

••• MENOMONIE – Former Frederic athlete Zach Anderson recently completed his first track meet with the UWStout Blue Devils last weekend, and 10 other college schools. The freshman multiathlete competed in the 4x400-meter relay, high jump, shot put Zach Anderson and 55-meter hurdles. He finished sixth out of 22 competitors in the hurdles.

••• LEADER LAND – Registration dates have been set for the AYSO soccer league for athletes from Grantsburg, Siren and Webster. The league is for every player with birthdates between Aug. 1, 1990, and July 31, 2005.

Watch for flyers being sent home from school for more information and cost.

You may register at any location, beginning in the Webster Elementary on Monday, Feb. 8, from 5:30 p.m., to 7:30 p.m., the Grantsburg Middle school commons on Tuesday, Feb. 16, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., or the Siren school commons on Monday, Feb. 22, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The final registration is in Webster on Saturday, Feb. 27, from 9 a.m. to noon, along with an equipment sale. – Marty Seeger with submitted information ••• LEADER LAND – The St. Croix Falls at Siren boys and girls basketball games can be heard on 104.9 FM on Thursday, Feb. 4, beginning at 6 p.m. The Friday, Feb. 5, Unity at Luck boys and girls basketball games can be heard on 104.9 FM beginning at 6 p.m., and the Tuesday, Feb. 9, Luck at St. Croix Falls doubleheader is being broadcast on 104.9 FM beginning at 6 p.m.

••• LEADER LAND – The Amery at Prescott boys basketball game can be heard on 1260 AM on Thursday, Feb. 4, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Osceola at Amery girls basketball game can be heard on 1260 AM on Friday, Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m. The Amery at Durand boys game is on 1260 AM beginning at 7:30 p.m., on Tuesday, Feb. 9.

••• MADISON– The Badger men’s basketball game at Michigan can be heard on 1260 AM on Saturday, Feb. 6, beginning at 2 p.m.

••• LEADER LAND – Local sports tidbits to share? Please contact the Leader by 4:30 p.m. on Mondays to go in Extra Points. – Marty Seeger ••• 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 2010 and hasn’t been mentioned, send us an e-mail or call and we’ll take it from there. – Marty Seeger

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Thirtieth Birkie on the way

St. Croix Falls native racing in her 30th American Birkebeiner

by Janelle Jurek and Carolyn Krampe ST. CROIX FALLS – Think of all the training, planning and logistics of getting to your wave start at the Birkie.

Now think of doing that for the 30th time. That’s exactly what 67-year-old Joan McNaughton has planned for Saturday, Feb. 27, at the 37th American Birkebeiner.

McNaughton skied her first Birkie classic style in 1977. She missed the first four, which began in 1973. She hasn’t skied every race consecutively, but missed for reasons related to skiing. She missed the 2002 Birkie to volunteer at the cross-country ski venue at the Salt Lake City, Utah, Winter Olympics. The year she had surgery, she skied the Kortie.

Amid stories of the early years, McNaughton shared fearsome memories of Valhalla Hill, and arriving to the start area with seconds to spare. It was a good thing she was plenty early the first year, since the race started eight minutes early with a false start. “Once we were in the mass start area putting on our skis and heard someone yell, ‘Turn your skis!’ In the nick of time, we were pointed the right direction or we wouldn’t have had any skis left at all!”

McNaughton worked her way up to Wave 2 and landed on the Birch Scroll cover in fall 1991 in the background behind longtime friend Becky Anderson.

The cover photo created a flurry of inquiries for the Birkie office, “Who are those two women in Wave 2?”

When asked about mishaps over the years, McNaughton claims only to have lost a hat, bent a pole, and had her skis and poles stolen at the finish; which were later recovered. However, getting to bib pickup had some challenges including

Joan McNaughton has had quite a racing history with the America Birkebeiner and is planning her 30th race this year. “These are not the skis I used the first year, but they are the poles and bindings and these are my first skis,” she said about the skis in the photo. – Photo submitted slipping off the “M” road at 8:00 at night.

“1984 was my fastest race classical. It started in Duffy’s Field. There was ice on the whole course. The tracks were cement. You went for it! We used klister with a little bit of blue over it. People cheered for each other every time we made it down a hill upright.”

Many route and grooming changes have occurred over the years. McNaughton recalls, “The first time the Telemark Hills cut off to the right, I could

see three people off into the woods who didn’t make the turn, so I sat down.”

“Before piston bullies, there wasn’t any way to chop up ice on the course.”

McNaughton skated the course for the first time in 1987. She recalls passing skaters in the earlier years when she classic skied because the skaters were still figuring out how to wax. “Some people carried kick wax with them when they skate-skied. But, of course, no wax would stay on.” When asked about

shorty or micro skis, McNaughton says “I never won a race with those things, but I did learn to pick up my uphill tempo.”

“The worse the conditions are, the better I do. I prefer the course northbound. It has a nice flow.” she recalls one race where there was a minus 40 F windchill, “I had a windbreaker under my racing suit.” Normally, McNaughton claims she feels plenty warm while racing. “I rarely got two to three kilometers into races before I took my hat off.”

Wave placement is always nervewracking, but McNaughton says the best thing about turning 65 was getting automatically placed in Wave 3. “The trail is so much better. None of the snow is scraped away.” She started out with no waves, then 2, 3, 4, 5. “Every year I’d be worried I’m going to slip back another wave.” She has finished in the top three in her age group every year with one or two exceptions. Now, her race strategy is “start slow and get slower.” If you can’t get faster, just get older.

In comparing the Birkie to the Chequamegon, McNaughton says being in the back of the pack for mountain biking is easier because “the sand pits have been packed down harder for the later bikers.” “The Birkie is the opposite. The farther back you are, the more scraped away the snow.”

When asked about future Birkies, McNaughton recommends getting rid of the power line and moving the time of the Birchleggings meeting so she can sleep in.

Look for McNaughton on the trail in her Birchleggings gold and purple bib on race day! Good luck going for number 30!

About the authors Janelle Jurek and Carolyn Krampe are both avid cross-country ski fanatics who enjoy skiing with McNaughton as she prepares for her ski races, particularly the Birkie.

Grantsburg falls to Rush City in home meet and ninth on beam with an 8.000. She also scored a 7.825 on floor.

Vault scores: Nikki Ticknor, 8.150; April Campana, 7.500; Jessika Ilgen, 8.050; Breanna Fickbohm 8.250.

Bar scores: Ticknor, 5.900; Ilgen, 7.500; Fickbohm, 6.575, and Haley Johnson, 3.250.

Beam scores: Ticknor, 6.650, Rachel Diffee, 5.850; Ilgen, 7.225; and Fickbohm, 6.650.

Floor scores: Ticknor, 6.875, RuthAnn Pederson, 6.625; Campana, 5.800; and Diffee, 4.975.

Pirates and SCF/Unity compete in Hudson

by Brenda Sommerfeld GRANTSBURG – The Grantsburg Pirates completed several season highs and personal bests during the home gymnastics meet against Rush City, Minn., on Thursday, Jan. 28. They took a total team score of 121.30 to Rush City’s 133.30.

“We reached a season high of 121.30, that was very exciting for us,” coach Kathy Lund stated.

Other season highs were Nikki Ticknor with an 8.00 on the balance beam and 8.05 on the floor exercise. She took fifth place on beam and fourth on floor. Ticknor scored her personal best all-around score of 30.30 for fifth place.

RuthAnn Pederson also scored a personal best, getting a 7.70 on her floor exercise.

Michelle Lund, Jessika Ilgen and Breanna Fickbohm were the others to compete all-around besides Ticknor. Lund took third place with a score of 31.75, while Ilgen scored a 29.85 and Fickbohm a 27.55.

All four all-around gymnasts scored their personal best on their uneven bar routines. Lund took fourth with an 8.25, Ilgen fifth with 8.15, Ticknor scored a 6.80 and Fickbohm a 6.75. Haley Johnson also competed on bars, scoring a 4.10.

“I was really proud of our bar routines,” Lund commented. “The girls kept their routines going, eliminating the extra swings and stops.”

Grantsburg Pirate gymnasts gave home fans a sneak preview of a dance routine they were doing later at a competition in Hudson. They gave the preview after a contest on Jan. 28 against the Rush City combined team. – Photo

by Greg Marsten Beam scores were Lund with a 7.55, Fickbohm with a 7.25, Ilgen with a 6.85 and Rachel Diffee with a 6.05.

“Our beam went a lot better,” Lund said. “Everyone still had at least one fall, but their jumps were high and clean.”

Vault was the highest team score event with Ilgen taking third with an 8.10, Lund fifth with a 7.80, Fickbohm scoring a 7.70, Ticknor a 7.70 and April Campana a 7.15.

On floor, Lund received third for an 8.15, Ilgen scored a 6.75 and Fickbohm a 5.85.

Grantsburg at Hudson HUDSON – Before the Hudson gymnastics meet, the gymnasts competed in a ‘70s and ‘80s dance-off. The Grantsburg Pirates won that competition but fell short during the gymnastic events taking sixth, with a score of 116.125, on Saturday, Jan. 30.

Michelle Lund was the only Grantsburg gymnast to place in the top 10 during the meet. She received seventh in all-around with a 31.875, 10th on vault with an 8.400, eighth on bars with a 7.650

SCF/Unity at Hudson HUDSON – Ashley Johnson scored the highest for the St. Croix Falls/Unity team at Hudson, with a 29.900 allaround score to add to the 113.550 team score on Saturday, Jan. 30.

Vault scores: Johnson, 8.400; Jenna Christensen, 7.850; Kady Meyer, 7.900; Nichole McPherson, 7.650; and Melissa Larson, 7.850.

Bar scores: Johnson, 7.500, Christensen, 5.500; Meyer, 7.100; McPherson, 6.650; and Larson, 7.350.

Beam scores: Johnson, 6.900, Meyer, 5.850; McPherson, 6.400; Larson, 6.625; and Haley Anderson, 5.900.

Floor scores: Johnson, 7.100, Christensen, 7.100; Meyer, 6.525; Alexa Meyer, 6.400; and McPherson, 5.875.

The St. Croix Falls/Unity team will face local opponent Grantsburg in Grantsburg on Thursday, Feb. 4, with a march-in starting at 6:20 p.m.

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Silver Bay girls blank the Blizzard

After !ve wins in a row, girls !nally get tested Silver Bay 4, Blizzard 0

by Greg Marsten GRANTSBURG – The Burnett Blizzard girls didn’t outscore their opponents for the first time in six games.

In fact, for the first time all year, the Blizzard girls didn’t score a single goal in a game, last Saturday, Jan. 30.

“Not many Blizzard highlights from this game,” head coach Tim Bennett admitted. “We came out flat as a team and just could not get the motor running in this one.”

The Blizzard were coming off five straight victories, and some of them by large amounts, so it was odd to have them go without a goal all night, and it ‘s something that Bennett hopes doesn’t happen again any time soon.

“Yeah, the first time we were shut out this year, which was a little disappointing,” Bennett stated. He didn’t have much to highlight from his own team, for the first time in a while, as well. Although he did have some good things to say about their opponent.

“Silver Bay had a nice team, they moved the puck well and deserved the win,” he said. “We had our chances, and we did have some great scoring opportunities, but it was just that kind of game where all the bounces went to the other team.”

Bennett’s girls are hopefully going to get out of their brief funk to climb back into the competitive ring again. They have several big games in the coming weeks, games that will continue to prime them for the upcoming playoffs.

“We’ll see if we can get back on track this week with a win over Superior,” Bennett said of this Thursday’s road opponent.

Blizzard 5, Menomonie 2 GRANTSBURG – Blizzard senior forward Alex Lonetti racked up two goals and two helpers in the Thursday, Jan. 28, win over the Menomonie Indians at home in Grantsburg.

The Blizzard and Menomonie seem to have each other’s numbers, and play pretty hard, according to head coach Tim Bennett.

“It was a tough sectional matchup,” Bennett admitted.

The Burnett girls played Menomonie on Dec. 19 on the road, and tied 5-5 in a tough game where the Blizzard gave up a third-period lead. Bennett did not want the same thing to happen again.

“We knew this was a must win for us to keep our goal of a first-round playoff game at home alive,” he said.

The Blizzard gave up an early goal to Menomonie in the first period to give them a lead, but after that it was a different story.

“They kicked it in gear and played a great game!” Bennett said. “Our passing was crisp and our offensive attack was relentless.”

The Blizzard girls scored three goals

Lady Blizzard’s Brittani Hopkins sends a shot toward the Silver Bay goal during Saturday’s game. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

Feingold Special Olympics

U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold met last Wednesday, Jan. 27, with representatives from the Wisconsin Best Buddies program and Special Olympics Wisconsin.

Shown (L to R) are: Kelly Kloepping, VP marketing and communications of Special Olympics Wisconsin, Victoria Lawrence, Buddy Ambassador of Best Buddies Wisconsin, Feingold, Wendy Walker, program manager of Best Buddies Wisconsin and Dennis Alldridge, CEO and president of Special Olympics Wisconsin. - Photo submitted

Blizzard forward Krysta Laqua (right) battles with Menomonie sophomore Shauna Bollinger (9) at a game in Grantsburg on Jan. 28. – Photo by Greg Marsten on power plays, which has been one of their powerful attributes late in the season. Bennett noted that their power plays have really been successful the last half of the season, and said it has been “a big part of our success.”

“We also played a great defensive game,” Bennett added. “Menomonie has a couple of really talented forwards and we were able to keep them from running up points on us.”

The Blizzard had a first-period goal to match the Indians, then they turned on the burners and shined. Two second-period goals and another three goals in the final fame to keep Menomonie from ever getting back into the game. Besides Lonetti, they had multipoint performances from Brittani Hopkins, who tallied a goal and two assists, as did Cody Crawford. Kassandra Lien also notched a netter, and Nicole Steiner added two points to her total with a pair of assists.

Bennett praised the goal work of Tiffany Meyer, who handled 36 of 38 shots on goal.

“She made many key saves throughout

the game, especially in the third period, to keep the victory within our reach,” Bennett said.

Youth Hockey

Burnett Blizzard Peewee A Saturday, Jan. 30

Burnett Blizzard 10, Hayward 1

Goals: Brett Richison (4), Max Norman (2), Drew Alderman (2), Vinny Larsen, Jenna Curtis.

Assists: Vinny Larsen (2), Audri Larson, Drew Alderman, Brady Mangen.

Saves: Bailey Mangen (10).

Burnett Blizzard 6, Somerset 3

Goals: Vinny Larsen (3), Max Norman, Drew Alderman, Brett Richison.

Assists: Max Norman (2), Vinny Larsen, Keisha Roy. Saves: Bailey Mangen (16).

Sunday, Jan. 31

Burnett Blizzard 7, Iron Mountain, Mich., 0

Goals: Jenna Curtis (2), Brett Richison, Drew Alderman, Steven Holdt, Keisha Roy, Vinny Larson.

Assists: Drew Alderman (2), Andrew Coy (3), Jenna Curtis, Vinny Larsen, Brett Richison.

Saves: Bailey Mangen (8).

Burnett Blizzard 8, Chippewa Falls 4

Goals: Brett Richison (2), Vinny Larsen (2), Drew Alderman (2), Max Norman, Jenna Curtis.

Assists: Brett Richison, Andrew Coy (2), Max Norman, Drew Alderman, Nick Robinson.

Saves: Bailey Mangen (10).

Blizzard Peewee A team wins tourney at Hayward

The Burnett Blizzard Peewee A team won the championship at a tournament in Hayward last weekend by defeating Hayward, Somerset, Iron Mountain, Mich., and Chippewa Falls. Front row (L to R): Bailey Mangen and Drew Alderman. Middle row: Keisha Roy, Audri Larson, Steven Holdt, Jenna Curtis and Andrew Coy. Back row: coach Greg Norman, Nick Robinson, Brady Mangen, Max Norman, Brett Richison, Vinny Larson and coach Mike Alderman. – Photo submitted

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Area wrestlers preparing for conference meet LFG lost two of its matches by pin, over Claire Erickson and Jordan Shaver, and Austin Eskola lost a close match at 125 in a 10-9 decision.

LFG, SCF and Unity wrestle in Cameron this Saturday St. Croix Falls 60, Turtle Lake/Clayton 21

by Marty Seeger ST. CROIX FALLS – Clear Lake’s dominance in team duals this season will likely carry over to the conference tournament in Cameron this Saturday, Feb. 6.

But there’s always room for a few surprises, as things can change with the long wrestling season, which gives teams the opportunity to improve.

Despite losing 54-18 in their first meeting with the Warriors back in December, the Saints have made some nice improvements. They were pinned seven times in that dual meet in December, but have picked up some big dual wins recently, including ones over Osceola and Chetek/Prairie Farm. Their most recent win came against a struggling Turtle Lake/Clayton team last week, but the Saints took advantage of six pins for the win.

Luck/Frederic/Grantsburg wrestler Joe Christensen, 160, defeated Spring Valley/Elmwood's Steven Von Haden in an 8-5 decision last week at Luck. – Photo by Becky Amundson

Unity's Kevin Bystrom, 125, pinned Ben Anderson-Berrier of Clear Lake last Thursday in a dual meet at Unity. –Photo by Marty Seeger Garret Radinzel pinned Craig Lasley in 3:21 at 140, and Jake Rademacher pinned Damian Larson at 152, in 4:57. At 160, Erik Segelstrom pinned Kollin Horn in 1:32, Marshall Dillman pinned Tristan Truttmann in 1:18 at 171. Joe Raygor pinned Skyler Henley in 57 seconds at 189, and Elijah Schaaf pinned Aaron Johnson in 1:35, at 112. The other four Saints wins came by way of forfeit.

The conference is always a nice preview for what’s to come when regional competitions begin in mid-February.

Those participating in Cameron include Cameron, Clear Lake, Bruce, Cornell/Gilman, Flambeau, Luck/Frederic/Grantsburg, Northwood, Shell Lake, St. Croix Falls, Turtle Lake/Clayton and Unity.

Clear Lake 57, Unity 22 BALSAM LAKE – Clear Lake gave Unity a tough dual meet last Thursday, Jan. 28, winning five of their matches by pin and four matches by forfeit.

The Eagles first points of the dual came at 125, when Kevin Bystrom pinned Ben Anderson-Berrier in 3:15. Unity won the next three matches with the first going in favor of Luke Nelson, 130, who won by a 12-2 major decision over Erik Ullrich.

Dustin McKinney, 135, pinned Austin Burke in 2:35, and at 140, Dylan Hendricks had a good match by pinning Josh Morris in 3:26.

Burnett County Bulldogs take third in Amery

Spring Valley 45, LFG 20 LUCK – It’s tough to win a dual meet when you forfeit five of your weight classes and give the opponent an easy 30 points. That’s what the LFG wrestling team had to do last Thursday evening against Spring Valley/Elmwood. There were also two double forfeits on the night, but the seven LFG athletes that did hit the mat ended up on the winning team.

LFG’s Joe Christensen won by an 8-5 decision and earned three team points at 160, and Ray Kurkowski won by pin in 2:56 at 103. Brent Johnson also had a pin at 130 in 5:16. At 140, Ben Ackerley earned five points with his 18-3 technical fall.

The Burnett County Bulldogs wrestled in Amery on Saturday. Amery had about 500 wrestlers at their tournament, and the Bulldogs took third place overall. Pictured back row (L to R): Coach Jake Nichols; Joshua Glover, seventh-grader (didn’t wrestle - sprained thumb); Kyle Ibarra, third grade, third place; Cole Britton, sixth grade, second place; Tristan Brewer, seventh grade, first place; Tony Britton, seventh grade, first place; coach Joel Glover and coach Tory Jeske. Front row: Ryan Ibarra, second grade, third place; Taedon Nichols, kindergarten, first place; Tyrell Brande, third grade, second place and Adam Menke, third grade, third place. Not pictured: Luke Anderson, third grade, third place; Colin Jeske, third grade, second place; Landyn Johnson,second grade, first place; Bradley Lucas, first grade, first place; Brandon Lucas, pre-K, fourth place; Jason Peterson Jr., third grade, third place.

Jacob Phillips, second grade, fourth place; Terrance Spears, second grade, fourth place; Elliot Swenson, third grade, first place; Gavin Fredericks, kindergarten, first place. – Photo submitted

ities within their current conference configuration. Another aspect of an alternative plan is modifying the existing football calendar that will reduce the exposure of student-athletes playing three games in 10 days at the end of the season. Implementation of these considerations is targeted for the fall of 2011.

The board acted on a number of other football recommendations. It passed a coaches advisory recommendation to remove the overall win-loss percentage from the criteria for placing (seeding) teams following determination of the field in 2010. It also approved the Wilson GST as the official 2010 State Tournament ball.

Other action on football topics clarify existing interpretations regarding the playoffs, including affirming availability on the approved site list on an annual basis and counting a voluntarily relinquished opportunity to host when applying hosting criteria for succeeding levels, applicable in 2010.

In volleyball, the board passed several recommendations. In 2010, schools tournament assignments will place the largest 116 schools sponsoring volleyball in Division 1 and the next largest 116

schools sponsoring in Division 2. Current language places schools from within the largest 116 schools, regardless if a school sponsors the sport, in Division 1 and within the next largest 116 in Division 2. Also, the Division 1 sectionals will be seeded in their entirety with the exception of Sectional 1. Other board action permits the highest-seeded team to host through the regional finals, increases line judge fees to $35 per match at the state tournament and creates a discounted ticket package for school teams and personnel for the boys and girls state tournaments.

Two soccer coaches recommendations were supported by the board. Beginning next fall, Divisions 2 and 3 will seed the entire sectional grouping unless 25 percent of the schools in the sectional oppose it. And, a rule was added that would end a game if the goal differential becomes 10 after the 60-minute mark.

The board approved a swimming recommendation that mandates the diving sectionals to be held Friday night prior to the Saturday swimming sectional meet.

In tennis, a coaches recommendation to require a minimum number of singles

Board of Controls rejects football district plan Rati!es other sports recommendations STEVENS POINT – The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control voted not to implement a widely deliberated football district proposal that would have revamped the landscape of football and its postseason playoffs. The board also approved numerous changes to various fall sports at its January meeting.

The board voted 8-2 to reject the football district proposal, but acknowledged the need to address the issues the plan was designed to resolve. The executive staff presented alternatives to the plan that addresses those issues without impacting most conferences in the state and without increasing travel and expenses for many member schools.

Included among the elements of an alternative plan is football-only conference realignment, offering relief to conferences experiencing difficulty in scheduling due to limited conference members, and to schools without a conference affiliation or with large enrollment dispar-

and doubles matches in both divisions in order to be entered in the subsectional meet was approved. Beginning in the fall of 2010, singles and doubles teams in Division 1 must play in a minimum of six matches and a minimum of five matches for singles and doubles teams in Division 2. Action was also taken to remove language that prevented unseeded players or doubles teams from playing their first match against players seeded one through eight.

The only request brought forth from the Officials Advisory Committee received acceptance from the board, allowing football officials crews to wear approved black, cold-weather pants for all levels of competition, provided the pants are adopted by the NFHS. In other action, the Board approved a motion to move the April board meeting from April 16 to Tuesday, April 27.

The WIAA oversees interscholastic athletic programs for 506 senior high schools and 103 junior high/middle level schools in its membership. It sponsors 25 championship tournament series. For more information, please contact the WIAA office at 715-344-8580. – with permission from the WIAA

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Dragon girls stay tough at Unity points in the third quarter on their way to the win. Also scoring were Jamie Fischbach with 11 points, Ashley Guevara with nine, Brittany Coulter with three and Natasha Kosloski with two points.

The Dragons went to the line several times, shooting 19 of 33. – Marty Seeger

Siren maintains perfect conference record with road win Siren 63, Unity 37

by Greg Marsten BALSAM LAKE – It may come as no surprise that the Siren Dragon girls basketball squad is playing pretty well right now. They’ve rolled through just about every local team they’ve played this year, and done their best to get ready for the playoffs about two months early.

With a difficult 63-37 loss Jan. 29 on their home court, the upstart Unity Eagles were the Dragon’s latest victims in that playoff quest, but it’s not like the Eagles rolled over and played dead.

“I felt like we played better than the score indicates,” Unity head coach Chuck Holicky stated. “They do a good job of exposing our lack of offensive skills.”

The Dragons started out hot, with 17 first-quarter points to the Eagles 8. But the quarter scores won’t show how close the game really was in the first frame of the game. Unity played good full-court basketball, testing the Siren backcourt and matching the talented Dragons onefor-one much of the first half. But Siren got into a shooting groove at the end of the first quarter, and converted several fast breaks from Carley Emery and Meghan Baasch that gave Ryan Karsten’s squad the edge going into the second quarter.

“It seemed like we played pretty even for about five or six minutes every quarter, and then they would go on a run,” Holicky said.

Siren started to use their talented guards to best effect. They also had an outstanding night of shooting from junior forward Ashley Guevara, who seemed to be involved in every play on either end of the court. Guevara was the co-high scorer for the night with 18 points, sharing the honor with teammate Emery.

The Eagles had several excellent defensive plays in the second quarter that kept Holicky’s bench buzzing. Sophomore Brittany Thomforda converted two steals into fast Eagle points, briefly bringing the Unity squad within just four points, and leading the large crowd to cheer from a higher altitude as they showed their appreciation from their feet. Thomforda had several impressive defensive plays for the night, registering numerous steals and intercepted passes to keep the Dragons on their toes. She finished the night with eight points, seemingly all on breakaways from converted defensive

Siren’s Ashley Guevara hits a jumper in an earlier game this year. – Photos by Marty Seeger

Dragon Abigail Mitchell sets to pass the ball to an open teammate. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld gems.

Unity’s Crystal Donahue also continues to shine for the Eagles. She came on strong in the third quarter, and was the Unity high scorer with 11 points.

The Dragons led, 26-15, at the half, and the Eagles continued to have third-quarter problems. They gave up 21 points, 11 alone from Emery, but failed to do the same on their end of the court.

“Maybe I need to change my halftime talk,” Holicky speculated. “We just seem to lack intensity in every third quarter we play.”

With a solid 21-point lead in the final frame, Siren was able to spread the ball around and keep the Eagles from ever resting on their heels. The Dragons had scoring from a number of players, including two solid performances from Baasch and Jamie Fischbach, who each finished with 10 points and had great allaround second-half play.

Unity’s deficit allowed Holicky to play his bench, and their play was both surprising and impressive. They had fast points, good defense and fresh legs from several freshman players, including Shay Nelson, Shauna Jorgenson and Hailey Olson, who all scored at least two points in the final quarter.

Siren is a no-holds-barred scoring machine, with several players who can rack up double-digit points on any given night. They play with an intensity few teams in this region can match, and proved it with 37 second-half points on the road Friday. They stayed undefeated and alone on top of the West Lakeland Conference, and once again proved they are going to be a force to deal with for every opponent in the playoffs.

Unity again showed that they are much better than their conference record, and although they lack in scoring prowess, they can make up for a lot of it with scrappy defense, speedy transitions, good perimeter passing and ruthless board work. They just need more scoring to stay in it until the end.

Just don’t let the final score fool you.

Meghan Baasch looks to shoot the ball in an earlier game.

Siren 74, Drummond 53 DRUMMOND – The Siren girls knocked off the 6-5 Lumberjacks on Monday, Feb. 1, with a 31-point scoring effort from Carley Emery and an 18point effort from junior Daphne Hubbell.

The Dragons were down by one point in the first but led 31-26 at the half. Defensively Siren held Drummond to six

Turtle Lake 53, Unity 42 BALSAM LAKE – The Eagle girls basketball team is getting closer each week to pulling out a win against some pretty solid basketball teams. On Tuesday, Feb. 2, The Eagles played a nice game against Turtle Lake, but just couldn’t end the night on a winning note.

“We’re playing some really good basketball and these kids deserve a win. We need to keep working hard,” said coach Chuck Holicky.

Unity kept it close throughout much of the first half by stepping up the pressure defensively and forcing Lakers turnovers into points. Despite being down as much as seven with two minutes to go before the end of the first half, the Eagles got to within two points and the Lakers had a four point lead at the break.

“Our execution tonight was very good.

It didn’t matter if they played zone or man. We were getting the shots we wanted,” Holicky said.

Unfortunately, several of those good looks wouldn’t fall for the Eagles, but their defense and rebounding was stellar. Early in the third they tied the game with a pair of Brittany Thomfohrda buckets. Despite a Lakers 3-pointer and five point lead, the Eagles brought the game back again and were in it until late in the fourth quarter when the game slipped away.

“This was basically a two-point game all night and we came up short,” said Holicky.

Thomfohrda led Unity with 15 points, Crystal Donahue had nine, Katherine Ebensperger had six and Marisa Hacker had five points. – Marty Seeger

Hayla Bader and the rest of the Eagles were just out of reach for a win over the Lakers. – Photo by Marty Seeger

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Pirate boys victorious over Vikings Vikings take win over Prairie Farm Grantsburg 52, Frederic 39

by Marty Seeger GRANTSBURG – The Pirates stepped up the defense in the second half in a win over Frederic on Friday, Jan. 29.

“We got in foul trouble there a little bit in the first half. Our defense in the second half was what won the game,” said Pirates coach Nick Hallberg.

Grantsburg had a one-point lead in the first quarter, but the Vikings retook the lead 22-21 at halftime. Joe Draxler hit two 3-pointers to lead the Vikes with six in the first half, and Brent Myers led the first half for the Pirates with six points.

Then in the third quarter, Myers hit three 3-pointers in the third quarter to lead the team with 15 points, and another great win over a scrappy Vikings team. Trevor Thompson also had 13 points for the Pirates, Connor Myers and Seth Coy each had six, and David Ohnstad added nine.

The Vikings had a well-balanced scoring effort, as Trae Gehl and Adam Chenal each had eight, Ethan Cook had six, Draxler had seven, Tony Peterson

had five, Waylon Buck had three and Will Primm had two.

Braham, Minn. 74, Grantsburg 62 GRANTSBURG – The Pirates took a loss against Braham, Minn., on Monday, Feb. 1, but didn’t leave without a fight.

Despite scoring just six points in the first quarter and allowing the Bombers to get out to a 39-17 lead, the Pirates climbed their way back into the game in the third and fourth quarters. Unfortunately, the Bombers kept the pace and the Pirates fell short.

Trevor Thompson led the purple with 21 points and Brent Myers added 14.

David Ohnstad had eight points, Seth Coy had seven and Daniel Biorn and Connor Myers each had six. The Pirates travel to Webster this Friday, Feb. 5. – Marty Seeger Frederic 49, Prairie Farm 31 PRAIRIE FARM – The Vikings traveled to Prairie Farm Tuesday, Feb. 2, to meet the Panthers in a nonconference matchup. First quarter started off with the Panthers jumping early to a 6-2 lead.

The Vikings answered back to close the quarter notched at eight a piece.

The second quarter was a different story, with Frederic holding Prairie Farm to only one point for the entire quarter.

Frederic’s Joe Draxler dribbles down the court followed by Grantsburg’s Brent Myers. – Photo by Priscilla Bauer

The Vikings shooting came alive, led by senior captain Will Primm, sticking 14 points up to make the score at the half 22-9.

For the start of the second half, the Vikings showed off their aggressive defense, holding the Panthers to only two points for the third quarter. The Vikings put up 15 to close the third to 37-11.

In the fourth quarter, the Panthers showed some signs of a comeback against the Viking bench, scoring 20 points in the quarter, led by Matt Hoff with eight of his 11 points. Prairie Farm closed the gap to 12 points with three minutes left in regulation. Coach Ryan Lind decided to put the starting five back in the game to finish off the Panthers, making the final score 49-31.

Primm led the team in points with 14, seven boards and five assists. Joe Draxler added eight points along with Tony Peterson scoring six.

Next week, Frederic takes on another nonconference foe, the Turtle Lake Lakers. This home game will be next Tuesday night, Feb. 9, at 7:30 p.m. Lind said, “This is a must-win for our squad to gain momentum for the rest of the season. I’m confident in our guys to get it done!”

– Eugene Ruhn

Luck boys hold lead throughout against Webster Tigers win two nonconference Luck 48, Webster 41

by Brenda Sommerfeld LUCK – The Luck versus Webster boys game started a little slow with an 8-2 score in Luck’s favor at the end of the first quarter. Taking that lead was good for the Cardinals because only allowing the Tigers to tie the game three times and never get the upperhand won the game for Luck, 48-41.

“A good win versus a tough opponent,” Luck coach Rick Giller stated.

“Webster’s defense doesn’t always allow you to run your offense as you would like. They make you work from baseline to baseline and there is no weakness on their offense. Definitely the most physical game we’ve played this year.”

The Tigers tied the game twice in the third quarter and once in the fourth.

Webster gave the Cardinals several shots from the free-throw line in the fourth, having 10 team fouls with 2-1/2 minutes

left.

“We got a number of points on the break and 20 for 29 on the line,” Giller commented. “We also got some good play from our bench, plus a good job on the boards.”

Alec Mortel scored 18 for the Cardinals, Cole Mortel and Carson Giller each 10, Logan Hacker seven and Landen Strilzuk three.

Webster’s Austin Elliott totaled 21 points, James Wethern eight, Nolan Kriegel five, Karl Weber three and Tim Sundstrom and Dan Dochniak each managed two.

Webster 61, Birchwood 24 WEBSTER – The Tigers snapped a four-game losing streak with a win over Birchwood last Saturday in Webster. The Tigers defense allowed the Bobcats just 10 points in the first half, and the offense put up 32 points in the first half.

Nearly every athlete was able to sink at least two points in the win, as Austin Elliot and Josh Baer led the team with 12 points. Bryan Krause, Shane Rossow and Nolan Kriegel each had six points and

James Wethern, Karl Weber and Tim Sundstrom each had four. Jud Mosher had three points, and Dan Erickson and Dan Dochniak rounded out the scoring efforts with two apiece. – Marty Seeger Webster 57, Cumberland 51 CUMBERLAND – The Tigers picked up their second-straight win over the Beavers on Tuesday, Feb. 2. Webster led 28-19 at the half and Cumberland outscored the Tigers 12-10 in the third quarter. Cumberland hit their shots in the fourth quarter but Webster shot 12 of 13 from the free-throw line in the fourth, and overall shot 27 of 30 from the line overall.

Austin Elliot led with 17 points, Shane Rossow, 12, Nolan Kriegel seven, Dan Dochniak, six, James Wethern three and Karl Weber 1. – Marty Seeger

RIGHT: Luck’s Landen Strilzuk flies toward the basket for a layup against Webster. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

Tough road ahead for Saints boys Hold Lakers to single digits in Friday! s game St. Croix Falls 57, Shell Lake 25

by Marty Seeger ST. CROIX FALLS – The Saints boys continued their winning ways with a nonconference win against Shell Lake last Friday, Jan. 29. It was the team’s sixth-straight victory, and a nice way to build some momentum heading into some of their toughest competition of the season. The Saints next two games will be at home against Siren and Luck, before heading out on three road games against Clayton, Unity and Webster.

“It is a brutal stretch so we take one

game at a time and do what is working for us. Shell Lake is down this year but we maintained our focus and played pretty well without any major letdowns or breakdowns,” said Saints coach Todd Voss.

St. Croix Falls led 27-11 in the first half and didn’t look back, scoring 20 points in the third quarter and another 10 in the fourth. The Saints were stellar from the charity stripe, shooting 15 of 19 shots.

Kyle Christensen led with 15 points and Austin Whittenberger added 12.

“We will just try and prepare for each team we play, although given only one practce between most games it will be difficult with all the good teams and

players this year. I guess the next two weeks will define our season! I am confident if we play with intensity and purpose things will turn out - there is no room for mental letdowns at this stage of the season,” Voss said.

Osceola 62, St. Croix Falls 41 ST. CROIX FALLS – The Saints boys slipped against their rival Chieftains on Tuesday, Feb. 2, scoring just 13 points in the first half, but allowing Osceola only a seven point advantage at the break.

Osceola outscored the Saints 19-10 in the third quarter, and kept the Saints at bay the rest of the way. Kyle Christenson and Austin Whittenberger had nine points, and Zach Christenson had five LEFT: Saint Cory Gebhard goes up points. for a shot while a Shell Lake player watches. – Photo by Larry Samson

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Siren clamps down on Unity boys Dragons handle Flaherty like few have all season Siren 63, Unity 44

by Greg Marsten BALSAM LAKE – The Siren Dragons came into Friday’s match at Unity knowing they had to reverse direction from their previous meeting with the hot Eagle squad. The match between the two in mid-December went all Unity’s way, and Siren head coach Jon Ruud had several goals in mind, primarily keeping the lid on Eagle scoring machine Brady Flaherty.

“We came into this game with three huge tasks to accomplish in order to be successful: We knew that we had to try to shut down Flaherty. We also had to improve on our horrible turnover performance against Webster, and we had to do a better job rebounding,” Ruud said.

Siren generally seemed to accomplish most of what Ruud was seeking. The Dragons were on fire from the outside for much of the first half. Tallying 18 points in each of the first two quarters, it was obvious that the Eagles had their work cut out for them.

Ruud said his team accomplished two of their three goals: They shut down Flaherty, holding him to just 10 points on the night, which made Unity a wholly different squad.

“That was huge for us,” Ruud said.

“Christian Hall and Luke Bollant both had Flaherty as their defensive assignment at different times during the game that night, and they both did a nice job.”

Even with their primary scoring weapon in check, the Eagles came close to the Dragons early in the second quarter. But Siren responded with great ball movement, outstanding patience and again, great outside shooting.

Unity was coming off a tough, sixpoint loss the previous Monday to Clear Lake, but was still basking in the glow of several outstanding wins over Webster, Prairie Farm and Frederic.

Ruud admitted the Eagles were playing good ball, and it wasn’t just the Brady Flaherty Show. They’ve had out-

Siren’s Luke Bollant lets the ball go in an attempt at a basket in a previous game. – Photo by Marty Seeger

Unity’s Xavier Foeller looks for an open teammate. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

standing evenings on both ends of the court from players like Luke Hilleshiem, Rush Hickethier and others who have stepped up and played their roles exceptionally well, and with their scoring machinery in need of a jump start, they had several people to kick and assist. Tyler Bublitz showed a deft touch on his second-chance shots. Xavier Foeller, Luke Hetfeld and others did their best to keep the Dragons away from their rebounds, and it was one area where the Dragons seemed lacking.

“The rebounding Friday night for our team was not good,” Ruud admitted.

“This is something that anyone can do if they aren’t afraid to position and bang.”

Siren also kept their turnovers low,

with less than 10 in a game for the first time in a while. But you cannot ignore the Dragon shooting. They had a few players who were laser accurate and were deadly across the court. Elijah Hinze had a huge night for Siren, racking up 27 points on the night, on a sprained ankle from the previous game against Webster.

Andrew Brown chipped in 13 points and Christian Hall added eight more points to the Dragon cause. Siren was 9 of 15 from the 3-point line, and was also steady on the freebie line.

“Over the last seven-game winning streak, we have had many different guys step up each night in the scoring category,” Ruud stated. “We still have a long

way to go on offense, but one of these nights we will all show up at the same time.”

Both teams had some good defensive performances, from Hickethier and Flaherty’s stifling Unity defense on the edges - which may have led to so many 3-point shots from the Dragons, to Siren’s Seth Stoner. Ruud praised Stoner’s defensive posturing, in spite of several recent injuries to his back and ankle.

The Dragons held Unity to just 15 firsthalf points, and tried to keep that number in check later with more ball control, movement and Ruud-inspired patience.

Ruud could be heard telling his team that they had two enemies on the night: Flaherty and the clock.

Siren kept both their “enemies” in check. The Dragons galloped to an 18point lead in the third quarter and eventually stretched it out to 21 points before Unity got their land legs again. But it was hard to contain the Dragon shooters and they just kept working the perimeter, passing well and using as much time on each possession as possible. They kept the red-hot Eagles in check like few teams have in the second half of the season, and they did it without getting into foul trouble. But even with a 63-44 win, Ruud thinks there is still some work to be done.

“Right now, we all just want to go into the paint and jump. Great teams rebound!” Ruud said. “Teams that underachieve play small and play scared in the paint. For us to take the next step, we must fix this area of our game.”

Solon Springs 61, Siren 57 (OT) SOLON SPRINGS – The Dragons dropped a nonconference test in overtime at Solon Springs on Monday, Feb. 1, leading much of the way until the fourth quarter.

The Dragons led by eight points heading into the fourth quarter, but only scored eight points in the frame as Solon Springs scored 16 to tie the game. In overtime, the Dragons put up just four points to the Eagles eight in the loss.

Andrew Brown had 20 points for the Dragons, and Elijah Hinze had a 19point effort. – Marty Seeger

Frederic fights through win over Pirates were down 15-10 in the first quarter, but led by six at halftime.

The Pirates kept it close, heading into the fourth quarter down 43-41, but the Vikings got some key buckets from Maria Miller from her offensive rebounds. Miller had eight points in the fourth quarter and 13 total for the game.

Jade Johnson led the Vikings with 20 points, and Chrissy Chenal, “found her scoring touch,” according to Wink, putting up 14 points.

The Pirates were led by Kortney Morrin with 13 points, seven rebounds, three steals and five blocks. Sam Schweiger and Liz Gaffney each had nine points, and Gaffney also had 10 rebounds. Carly Larson added eight points and Haley Larson had three steals.

Four score double digits for the Vikings Frederic 66, Grantsburg 53

by Marty Seeger GRANTSBURG – It was a battle throughout much of the game according to Vikings coach Troy Wink, whose team held the Pirates from gaining any ground in the conference, and gave them their fifth-straight loss. Meanwhile, the Vikings are still in the hunt for a shot at the conference title, with a bunch of basketball still to play. The Vikings final five games of the season are conference games, including battles against Siren, Luck and St. Croix Falls. No game will be easy, as Friday night proved.

“Grantsburg played us very tight as we expected,” Wink said. “We finally got some room to relax late in the fourth with about 40 seconds left.”

Wink said Frederic got into some early foul trouble, and weren’t rebounding well or finishing strong, yet Kendra Wells hit some big shots in the second half with four 3-pointers. She was held scoreless in the first half, and the Vikings

Grantsburg’s Kylie Pewe comes down with a rebound while Frederic’s Maria Miller looks to defend. – Photo

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Frederic 81, Prairie Farm 30 PRAIRIE FARM – Frederic went on a scoring spree in Prairie Farm Tuesday, Feb. 2, in the first half of a doubleheader nonconference game. The Vikings won the opening tip and traded possessions back and forth until the Panthers scored 1:30 into the first quarter. The two teams were tied at 10, with three minutes left in the first quarter, when the Vikings started on a 9-0 run, led by two quick

buckets by Sage Karl, making the score at the end of the first quarter 19-10.

In the second quarter, the Vikings fullcourt press was far too much for the Panthers to handle, causing multiple turnovers, and allowing Frederic to make another big run, 13-2, to finish the half 41-21.

The Vikings really opened up the third quarter, outscoring the Panthers 21-6, with a 14-0 run to enter the final quarter.

The Vikings scoring run continued into the fourth quarter, not allowing the Panthers to score for seven minutes, extending the run to 23-0. The final score was 81-30, tying a school record for most points scored in a single game.

Jade Johnson led the Vikings in scoring with 20 points, Chrissy Chenal had 16 points, Maria Miller with 13 and with 10 each were Kendra Wells and Samantha Nelson. Scoring for the Panthers were Kelsey Wirth with nine and Kaira Tabor with seven points.

Coach Troy Wink told the team before the game, “Challenge and stay focused, even though we are facing a winless team.” The girls answered.

Frederic faces off with Webster a week from Thursday at home, first game of a doubleheader. – Eugene Ruhn

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Luck has one conference loss Luck 49, Webster 33

St. Croix Falls 40, Shell Lake 33

by Brenda Sommerfeld LUCK – The Cardinal girls flew their way to a 49-33 victory over conference opponent Webster Tigers on Friday, Jan. 29, keeping them at a 6-1 conference record.

“It was a close game through three quarters, but a big fourth quarter got us the victory,” Luck coach Marty Messar said.

Webster had a 7-6 lead after the first quarter and stayed ahead until Luck’s Morgan Denny hit a field goal to bring the Cardinals up 10-9. Michelle Gibbs got the game back in Webster’s favor for half a minute but Denny showed some more magic with another two and drawing a foul, one free throw.

Webster was able to take the lead twice more and tie it up once in the second but it was all Luck for the second half of the game. The Cardinals tallied up 27 points during the last two quarters while Webster managed 12 total.

Luck’s Morgan Denny scored the most for her team with 18 points. Taryn Pilz scored 14, Aleah Lemieux eight, Avery Steen six and Bailee Swenson three.

Denny and Lemieux each had eight rebounds and Pilz six. Denny led with three assists, while Swenson and Steen each had two.

Webster’s Mary Johnson led her team with 12 points, Chris Stoll scored eight, Jayme Mitchell five, Michelle Gibbs four and Rachel Salas and Shanna Rein each made two points.

by Marty Seeger ST. CROIX FALLS – Winning has become contagious in St. Croix Falls lately, as the Lady Saints won their fifthstraight game against Shell Lake last Friday, Jan. 29, and moved into third place in the conference. With nine games still left in the season, there’s still a long way to go, but the team is headed on the right track.

It was a pretty close game throughout as the Saints led by just one point at halftime and five heading into the fourth quarter. Natalie Sempf had a big night with eight points and led the team in rebounds with 10. Marissa Campeau had eight rebounds, and led with 15 points, Sarah Petznick had 11 points and Caitlyn Olson had six. Petznick, Olson and Sempf each had two steals as well.

A R E A Hacker’s Lanes

Monday Afternoon Seniors Standings: Nite Hawks 11, Vultures 10, Swans 9, Bears 9, Cardinals 8, Zebras 8, Badgers 5, Eagles 4.

Women’s games: Ruth Sorenson 199, Barb Austad 157, Carol Messer 153.

Women’s series: Ruth Sorenson 449, JoAnn Tyler 420, Carol Messer 416.

Men’s games: Tom Johnson 232, Dennis Bohn 216, Dick Coen 210.

Men’s series: Dick Coen 574, Dennis Bohn 543, Duane Doolittle 536.

Team games: Nite Hawks 790, Vultures 716, Cardinals 630.

Team series: Nite Hawks 2022, Vultures 1987, Eagles 1699.

Men’s Tuesday Classic Standings: Yellow Lake Lodge 36.5, Pioneer Bar 27.5, Great Northern Outdoors 26, Hacker’s Lanes 24, Bottle Shop 23.5, Olsen & Son 18.5.

Individual games: Tom Coen (GNO) & Ed Bitler (GNO) 269, Bryce Daeffler (sub) 255.

Individual series: Ed Bitler (GNO) 700, Tom Coen (GNO) 643, Brett Daeffler (BS) 641.

Team games: Great Northern Outdoors 716, Bottle Shop 661, Yellow Lake Lodge 645.

Team series: Great Northern Outdoors 1942, Bottle Shop 1875, Olsen & Son 1851.

Consecutive strikes (5 or more): Tom Coen 8x – 269; Ed Bitler 8x – 244 & 8x – 269; Bryce Daeffler 7x – 255; Brett Daeffler 6x – 226.

Games 50 or more above average: Bryce Daeffler 255 (+82); Tom Coen 269 (+77); Ed Bitler 269 (+68).

Series 100 pins or more above average: Bryce Daeffler 638 (+119).

Splits converted: 4-7-10: Brian McBroom. 3-10: Dale Gregory, Ed Bitler.

Wednesday Night Early Men’s Standings: Skol Bar 13, Lewis Silo 12, A1 Machine 10, 4 Seasons Wood Products 9, Pioneer Bar 8, Larsen Auto Center 6,

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Luck’s Bailee Swenson goes for a layup against Webster’s Jayme Mitchell. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

St. Croix Falls 42, Clear Lake 39 CLEAR LAKE – The Lady Saints picked up another game on Tuesday against the Warriors. They were down 22-16 at halftime, and by as much as eight points heading into the fourth quarter. But the Saints defense held Clear Lake to eight points in the fourth quarter to pull out the victory.

Sydney Geisness led the Saints with 15 rebounds, and Marissa Campeau and Sarah Petznick each had seven boards.

Petznick led with 13 points, Campeau had 12 and Caitlyn Olson added 10.

RIGHT: Saint Marissa Campeau finds an open opportunity against Shell Lake. – Photo by Larry Samson

B O W L I N G Cummings Lumber 5, Bye 1.

Individual games: Mark Bohn (SB) 256, Curtis Renfroe (SB) 256, Norm Hansen (A-1) 247.

Individual series: Duane Doolittle (LS) 688, Steve Baillargeon (A-1) 659, Norm Hansen (A-1) 657.

Team games: Skol Bar 1117, A-1 Machine 1021 & 999.

Team series: A-1 Machine 2963, 4 Seasons Wood Products 2890, Skol Bar 2882.

Thursday Early Standings: Daeffler’s Quality Meats 25, Hell Raisers 25, Grindell Law Offices 22, K-Wood 22, Fab Four 21, Wikstrom Construction 16, Full Timers 14, Frontier Trails 11.

Individual games: Mike Sullivan (WC) 278, Ed Bitler (KW) 257, Bryce Daeffler (DQM) 243.

Individual series: Mike Sullivan (WC) 693, Ed Bitler (KW) 684, Bryce Daeffler (DQM) 632.

Team games: Daeffler’s Quality Meats 623, K-Wood 616, Fab Four 615.

Team series: Fab Four 1772, Daeffler’s Quality Meats 1750, K-Wood 1694.

Consecutive strikes (5 or more): Ed Bitler 5x (234), 5x (257), Bryce Daeffler 6x (243).

Games 50 pins or more above average: Ed Bitler 257 (+50); Mike Sullivan 278 (+84); Bryce Daeffler 243 (+63).

Series 100 pins or more above average: Mike Sullivan 693 (+111).

Splits converted: 3-10: Leonard Knauber, Brian McBroom, Dan Carlson.

5-10: Laryn Larson, Brandon Ayd. 2-10: Nick Skow. 2-7: Lydell Larson. 3-7-10: Bruce Wikstrom. 3-6-7-10: Mike Sullivan.

5-7: Don McKinney. 4-9: Mark Bohn.

Thursday Late Mixed Standings: Hog Wild BBQ & Grill 11, Fisk Trucking 8, Johnson Upholstery 7, Stotz & Company 6, Hansen Farms Inc. 4, North Wind Arts 4, Rural American Bank 1.

Women’s games: Rita Bohn 225, Kelsey Bazey 171, Amy Goalen 155.

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Women’s series: Rita Bohn 561, Kelsey Bazey 491, Amy Goalen 438.

Men’s series: Oliver Baillargeon 246, Doug Johnson 241, Richard Coen 232.

Men’s games: Oliver Baillargeon 647, Jon Anderson 643, Eugene Wynn Sr. 600.

Team games: Rural American Bank 942, Hansen Farms Inc. 913, Johnson Upholstery 856.

Team series: Hansen Farms Inc. 2633, Rural American Bank 2625, Johnson Upholstery 2517.

Friday Night Ladies Standings: Junque Art 18, Hole in the Wall 18, Pioneer Bar 18, The Pin Heads 16, The Leader 15, The Dozers 15, Meyers Plus 7, Frederic Design & Promotion 5.

Individual games: Karen Carlson 236, Linda O’Donnell 192, Terri Pearson, Marvel Beckman, Pat Traun & Val Lindahl 178.

Individual series: Karen Carlson 544, Jen Carlson 495, Val Lindahl 485.

Team games: Junque Art 690, The Pin Heads 599, Hole in the Wall 580.

Team series: Junque Art 1884, The Pin Heads 1663, The Leader 1623.

Splits converted: 4-7-10: Jeanne DesJardins. 5-10: Jen Carlson. 5-6: Edla Meyer. 5-7: Edla Meyer.

Early Birds Standings: Log Cabin Store 19-5, 10th Hole 14-10, Black & Orange 10-14, Gandy Dancer Saloon 5-19.

Individual games: Sandy Price (LCS) 178, Lynn Toivola (LCS) 174, Star Christensen (GD) 161.

Individual series: Lynn Toivola (LCS) 453, Michelle Lysdahl (10th) 443, Sandy Price (LCS) 407.

Team games: Gandy Dancer Saloon 849, Log Cabin Store 821, Black & Orange 811.

Team series: Log Cabin Store 2406, Black & Orange 2374, Gandy Dancer 2333.

Games 50 or more above average: Sandy Price 178 (+52).

Monday Night Men’s Standings: Glass & Mirror Works 15-5, Larry’s LP 11-9, Black & Orange 7-13, Pope’s Construction 7-13.

Individual games: Larry Johnson (L) 210, Mike Zajac (G&MW) & Jack Witzany (L) 200, Arnie Pope (PC) 196.

Individual series: Larry Johnson (L) 552, Jack Witzany (L) 551, Dean Eytcheson (G&MW) 536.

Team games: Larry’s LP 998, Black & Orange & Glass & Mirror Works 928, Pope’s Construction 886.

Team series: Larry’s LP 2695, Glass & Mirror Works 2670, Black & Orange 2644.

Splits converted: 6-7: Larry Johnson.

TNT Standings: Cashco 16-4, Flower Power 8-12, Larry’s LP 8-12, Hole in the Wall 812.

Individual games: Vicki Sjoholm (HITW) 208, Audrey Pardun (HITW) 203, Vicki Tollander (C) 196.

Individual series: Jennifer Kern (L) 512, Audrey Pardun (HITW) 503, Cheryl Hansen (C) 496.

Team games: Cashco 910, Larry’s LP 890, Flower Power 863.

Team series: Cashco 2637, Flower Power 2512, Larry’s LP 2511.

Games 50 or more above average: Vicki Tollander 196 (+60); Vicki Sjoholm 208 (+68).

Wednesday Night Men’s Standings: Cashco 14-6, 10th Hole 146, Lions 12-8, Northview Drive Inn 12-8, Black & Orange 7-13, Vacant 1-19.

Individual games: Mark Holmstrom (B&O) 213, Jack Witzany (L) 208, Dave Wardean (C) 207.

Individual series: Mark Holmstrom (B&O) 597, Jack Witzany (L) 567, Mike Zajac (C) 552.

Team games: Cashco 988, Northview Drive Inn 959, 10th Hole 934.

Team series: 10th Hole 2729, Cashco 2725, Northview Drive Inn 2680.

Games 50 or more above average: Dave Wardean 207 (+58).

Splits converted: 6-7-10: Mike Young.

Early Risers Standings: Hole in the Wall 17-7, A+ Sanitation 11-13, Gandy Dancer 11-13, 10th Hole 9-15.

Individual games: Gayle Naegeli (HITW) 185, Donna Crain (GD) 175, Lylah Nelson (A+) 170.

Individual series: Lylah Nelson (A+) 478, Gayle Naegeli (HITW) 451, Donna Crain (GD) 445.

Team games: Gandy Dancer 726, Hole in the Wall 714, A+ Sanitation 696.

Team series: Hole in the Wall 2053, A+ Sanitation 2009, Gandy Dancer 1916.

Thursday Night Ladies Standings: Lip’s 20-4, Check Services 13-11, Webster Motel 8-16, Pour House 7-17.

Individual games: Angie Olson (CS) 182, Tooter Barnes (PH) 170, Daphne Churchill (L) 168.

Individual series: Angie Olson (CS) 492, Daphne Churchill (L) 480, Jackie Churchill (L) 442.

Team games: Pour House & Check Services 683, Lip’s 676, Webster Motel 621.

Team series: Check Services 1980, Pour House 1969, Lip’s 1939.

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T.C. Minnesota Twins bear visits Hog Wild, Luck LEFT: Nora, sister Kaylynn and mother Rachel Benny pose with T.C., the Minnesota Twins official mascot, at an event in Luck last week. The bear was part of a Minnesota Twins baseball entourage touring the region. – Photos by Greg Marsten RIGHT: Nora Benny, Luck, gets up the nerve to shake hands with T.C. the Minnesota Twins bear. The baseball mascot joined several Twins players for the morning, Thursday, Jan. 28, at Hog Wild in downtown Luck. It was part of regionwide promotional tour.

Siren sixth-graders win championship

LEADERSPORTS SCOREBOARD BOYS BASKETBALL

West Lakeland Standings Conf.

Team Luck Cardinals 6-2 5-2 St. Croix Falls Saints Siren Dragons 5-3 4-3 Unity Eagles 4-4 Webster Tigers 3-5 Grantsburg Pirates Frederic Vikings 0-8 Scores Friday, January 29 Siren 63, Unity 44 Grantsburg 52, Frederic 38 Luck 48, Webster 41 St. Croix Falls 57, Shell Lake 25 Saturday, January 30 Webster 61, Birchwood 24 Monday, February 1 Braham, Minn., 74, Grantsburg 62 Solon Springs 61, Siren 57 Tuesday, February 2 Webster 57, Cumberland 51 Frederic 49, Prairie Farm 31 Osceola 62, St. Croix Falls 41 Upcoming Thursday, February 4 7:30 p.m. St. Croix Falls at Siren (DH) Friday, February 5 7:30 p.m. Grantsburg at Webster (DH) Unity at Luck (DH) Monday, February 8 7:30 p.m. Webster at Shell Lake Siren at Turtle Lake Tuesday, February 9 6 p.m.

Unity at Grantsburg (DH) Luck at St. Croix Falls (DH) 7:30 p.m. Northwood at Webster (DH) Turtle Lake at Frederic Prairie Farm at Siren Central Lakeland Standings Team Conf.

Clayton Bears 8-0 Cameron Comets 6-2 Turtle Lake Lakers 5-3 4-4 Clear Lake Warriors Northwood Evergreens 3-5 Shell Lake Lakers 1-6 Prairie Farm Panthers 0-7 East Lakeland Standings Team Conf.

Flambeau Falcons 9-0 Cornell Chiefs 6-3 5-3 Bruce Red Raiders Lake Holcombe Chieftains 3-5 Birchwood Bobcats 3-5 Winter Warriors 3-6 Weyerhaeuser Wildcats 2-5 New Auburn Trojans 2-6

GIRLS HOCKEY

Team Lady Blizzard

Scores

Overall 12-8-1

Thursday, January 28 Lady Blizzard 5, Menomonie 2 Saturday, January 30 Silver Bay, Minn., 4, Lady Blizzard 0 Tuesday, February 2 Lady Blizzard at Superior (postponed) Upcoming Saturday, February 6 2 p.m.

Rhinelander at Siren

GYMNASTICS

Upcoming Thursday, February 4 6:30 p.m. St. Croix Falls/Unity at Grantsburg

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Overall 12-3 8-6 9-6 5-9 9-4 7-9 4-11

Overall 14-0 9-5 7-8 10-7 6-8 1-13 0-13 Overall 11-2 6-7 6-8 5-11 3-10 7-8 4-6 3-12

West Lakeland Standings Conf.

Team Siren Dragons 7-0 6-1 Luck Cardinals St. Croix Falls Saints 4-2 4-3 Frederic Vikings 2-5 Webster Tigers 1-6 Grantsburg Pirates Unity Eagles 0-7 Scores Friday, January 29 Frederic 66, Grantsburg 53 Luck 49, Webster 33 St. Croix Falls 40, Shell Lake 33 Siren 63, Unity 37 Monday, February 1 Siren 74, Drummond 53 Tuesday, February 2 Frederic 81, Prairie Farm 30 St. Croix Falls 42, Clear Lake 39 Turtle Lake 53, Unity 42 Upcoming Thursday, February 4 6 p.m.

St. Croix Falls at Siren (DH) Friday, February 5 6 p.m.

Grantsburg at Webster (DH) Unity at Luck (DH) Monday, February 8 7:30 p.m. Unity at New Auburn Siren at Solon Springs Tuesday, February 9 6 p.m.

Northwood at Webster (DH) Luck at St. Croix Falls (DH) Unity at Grantsburg (DH) Central Lakeland Standings Team Conf.

Northwood Evergreens 7-0 Clayton Bears 6-1 5-2 Turtle Lake Lakers Cameron Comets 3-4 Clear Lake Warriors 2-5 Shell Lake Lakers 1-6 Prairie Farm Panthers 0-6 East Lakeland Standings Conf.

Team Flambeau Falcons 6-0 Bruce/Weyerhaeuser 5-2 Winter Warriors 4-2 4-3 Lake Holcombe Chieftains New Auburn Trojans 3-4 Birchwood Bobcats 2-5 Cornell Chiefs 0-8

Overall 12-3 9-4 8-4 10-5 4-9 3-12 1-13

The sixth-grade Siren boys basketball team won a championship at the tournament held in Siren on Saturday, Jan. 30. Siren defeated Rush City 26-13, lost to Northwood 21-16, won against Chetek 32-19 and defeated Washburn 37-34 in the championship. Pictured front row (L to R): Logan Allen, Wyatt Honeysett, Aaron Ruud and Alexi Gloodt. Back row: Josiah Wegner, Doug Krueger, Michael Staples, Neil Oustigoff Jr. and Keenan Cook. – Photo submitted

Overall 12-0 11-2 12-4 3-11 5-10 1-14 0-13 Overall 10-2 7-5 8-5 9-7 6-6 4-9 1-12

WRESTLING

Upcoming Saturday, February 6 9 a.m.

St. Croix Falls at Cameron Unity at Cameron LFG at Cameron Team Blizzard

BOYS HOCKEY

Conf.

9-2-0

Scores Saturday, January 30 Blizzard 6, North Branch, Minn., 4 Monday, February 1 Blizzard 2, Mora/Hinckley-Finlayson Minn., 0 Upcoming Friday, February 5 Spooner at Siren 7 p.m.

Saturday, February 6 5 p.m.

Meadow Creek at Siren Tuesday, February 9 7:30 p.m. Blizzard at Moose Lake, Minn.

Overall 10-8-1

If he wasn’t so humble and unassuming, you can bet the Prediction King would be crowing about last week’s 16-1 record, which raised his overall basketball season mark to 45-9, or 83 percent. Had he not missed the SirenSolon Springs boys game, he would’ve had a rare perfecto.

THE SWAMI “Fans are again skipping games because they figure they already know the future outcome just by reading this column. But they should continue to support our local athletes!” he added plaintively.

This week the Swami eschews his popular one-word summations and returns to his traditional wordy – but clever – format.

He answers all e-mails and can be reached at predictionking@yahoo.com.

The Swami

PREDICTS

This week’s games Girls Siren 53, St Croix Falls 39 – More of a struggle than the Lady Dragons expected.

Webster 50, Grantsburg 44 – Always nice to defeat a cross-county rival.

Luck 43, Unity 37 – Throw out the winloss records when these teams clash.

Siren 60, Solon Springs 34 – The Dragons hammer an inferior opponent.

Unity 39, New Auburn 37 – The Eagles surprise the .500-plus Trojans.

Northwood 73, Webster 37 – The Evergreenettes are the class of the region.

Grantsburg 50, Unity 34 – The Pirates climb back into the W column.

St. Croix Falls 43, Luck 41 – The Saints find a way to win. A minor upset.

Boys St. Croix Falls 52, Siren 50 – The Saints match up well with the Dragons.

Webster 50, Grantsburg 43 – Don’t look now, but the Tigers are building another win streak.

Luck 60, Unity 47 – The Cards want that conference title.

Webster 57, Shell Lake 28 – This won’t be pretty.

Siren 60, Turtle Lake 54 – The youthful Dragons return to their winning ways.

Webster 58, Northwood 38 – “The Mind” and his minions make it five in a row.

Siren 79, Prairie Farm 44 – Every Dragon scores in this rout.

Grantsburg 61, Unity 56 – The Pirates are aiming for a .500 record.

Turtle Lake 51, Frederic 50 – The Vikes are edged in a thriller.

Luck 47, St. Croix Falls 44 – The West Lakeland title is in sight for the Cards.

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I N T E R- C O U N T Y L E A D E R

ATVs • BIRDING • BOATING • CAMPING • FISHING • HIKING • HUNTING • RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

A quick trip; winter reprieve

Pheasants surrounded us like flies as we neared the driveway leading to Pheasant Haven, an aptly named hunting preserve near Kanawha, Iowa. Hundreds of Marty birds could be seen flying or wandering Seeger by the roadsides or feeding in the vast, open fields. The birds The were wild, but there’s Bottom no doubt the 600-acre preserve nearby had Line something to do with their presence. According to Iowa state law, every bird harvested on a hunting preserve must be replaced – plus 20 percent. It makes for a lot of birds as you can imagine, but then again, Iowa is known for its plentiful pheasant population.

It was a cold, windless Saturday with temperatures in the teens – but a welcomed warm-up from the previous night’s bitter cold, and everyone, it seemed, was ready for a ton of shooting and fun.

Tough decision?

A phone call came during our afternoon deadlines early last week. It was my longtime friend Matt Norberg calling to ask if I had plans Friday and Saturday. Typically, my Friday nights are consumed with a basketball game or other sporting event in the fall and winter, but on occasion, I get a chance to break free.

“Wanna go pheasant hunting in Iowa?” he asked.

It took only a second for me to decide that I wanted to go, but it was a busy

Friday night to be missing out on, and I’d need to plan accordingly.

“I’ll need to know by tonight,” he said again.

After some twisting and turning, (asking permission from wife, boss, etc.) the plan was set, and we spoke more the next day.

The general pheasant-hunting season had been closed in Iowa since mid-January, but game preserves are open yearround. I’ve always been a little standoffish when it comes to hunting on a game farm. But since I’d never really been on any type of pheasant hunt before, or a hunting preserve for that matter, it was an easy decision to want to go, and it piqued my curiosity. It grew even more once I found out how we’d be hunting them.

“It’s actually a European style of hunting,” Matt said, and explained it all in a little more detail.

For starters, it wasn’t even considered a hunt at all, but a shoot. According to owner Marvin Stupka, Europeans actually favor this style of shooting over hunting with dogs, because they feel it gives the birds more of an advantage.

The way it works, is that shooters stand at a set of stations numbering one through 10. Each station is approximately 50 to 60 yards from the next, and they’re set in a circle surrounding a 30foot tower set in the center of patch of hardwood forest. About half of the shooting stations offer some pretty wide-open shooting, while other stations wrap around through the hardwoods. The tower can’t be seen by the shooters very easily either, and had there been leaves on the trees you wouldn’t have seen it at all.

Shoot and repeat We arrived at 9:30 p.m. Friday night, but managed to get in a few games of cards in a warm farmhouse near the hunting preserve before bed. Morning came quickly, but Matt, his dad, Roger,

A group of happy marksmen after just one round of a European style shoot in Iowa. – Photos by Marty Seeger chance to shoot. After shooting from each station, we took a break to warm up, grab some coffee and then head back out to do it all over again. By the end, nearly 150 birds were released, and each shooter was able to bring home eight birds, which were also cleaned and packaged by the owners.

To say the entire experience was a treat would be an understatement. I’m fortunate to have such great friends to include me on such a unique experience.

While it lasted just one short day, I’d do it all over again if asked to go. Just another getaway in a long dreary winter.

For more information visit www.ugouhunt.com.

and his business associate, Tats Ishii, of Japan, and myself were well rested and ready for the day ahead.

The owner went through the safety measures before the shoot and afterwards we chatted with fellow shooters, (all from Iowa) and had a hearty meal prepared by the owners at noon. It wasn’t long, and we were spread out among the open fields and woodlands, awaiting the first round of pheasants to be released from the tower.

Before you assume that this is a “canned” hunt, consider this: When the bird is released from the operators in the tower, it comes out cackling at 30 feet, gaining speed and height along the way.

By the time it reaches the shooter, it can be 50 yards or more above your head and flying at full speed. For obvious safety reasons, the shooter must only shoot at the 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock positions. The open fields offer challenging shots, and the hardwoods seemed even tougher. The advantage, it seemed, was for the birds. ?One of the first pheasants of the day came straight toward me, and after three misses I finally downed it with my 870 Express. Then, after about nine more birds were released from the tower, the shooters were directed to move to a different station to ensure everyone gets a

Shooters scan the sky from designated stations, waiting for a pheasant to fly their way.

Bear harvest permits to increase 22 percent over 2009

Turkey permits in the mail or online

MADISON – Wisconsin wildlife biologists have upped the number of available black bear harvest permits by 22 percent over 2009. A population research study cooperative effort between the university, the DNR and the Wisconsin Bear Hunters’ Association indicated that the state’s bear population was higher than previously thought. Accordingly, wildlife officials increased permit levels last year based on the increased population estimate and have done so again for the 2010 bear hunting season.

With a new population estimate of about 22,000 bears, and a current state bear population goal of 13,000 bears, biologists at the Department of Natural Resources have established a 2010 harvest quota of 5,235 bears and will issue 8,910 permits.

The deadline to have applied for a 2010 bear permit was Dec. 10, 2009. The drawing for permits will be conducted this week and successful applicants will be notified by mid-February.

“This level of harvest should begin to nudge the state’s bear population toward established goals,” said Keith Warnke, DNR deer and bear ecologist.

“This is something we want to approach

responsibly and not overshoot until we have had time to run a repeat of the population study to verify the first set of findings and evaluate bear population goals.”

More than 32,000 hunters applied for the 7,310 permits that were issued for the 2009 season. That season resulted in a record harvest of 3,907 bears (based on preliminary harvest numbers).

The permit breakdown is as follows: Zone A 3,470 permits; Zone B 1,440 permits; Zone C 2,430 permits; and Zone D 1,570 permits. The 2010 bear hunting season runs Sept. 8 through Oct. 12. – from the DNR Turkey hunters getting permits The 2010 Spring Turkey permit drawing is complete, and for those who applied for a 2010 Spring Turkey Permit, now is the time you can check your application status online. Visit the Online Licensing Center Web site to look up your status. Notification postcards to permit winners are in the mail this week, and several successful applicants may already have them in hand.

The DNR has issued more than 149,000 turkey permits this year for the spring turkey season. In total, 225,729 permits are available for the spring 2010 turkey season compared to 225,709 in 2009. Hunters harvested 52,581 turkeys

during the 2009 spring season. Final harvest numbers for the 2009 fall season will be published in the 2009 Wisconsin Big Game Hunting Summary in spring of 2010.

The spring 2010 turkey hunting season will run from April 14-May 23. The season is divided into six five-day (Wednesday through Sunday) time periods. A total of seven zones, 15 state parks and

Fort McCoy will be open for hunting.

Leftover permits will go on sale beginning March 22 on a zone-per-day basis.

Information regarding season dates, leftover permit sales and other important spring turkey hunting information can be found on the DNR’s wild turkey Web site at www.dnr.state.wi.us. – from the DNR

Great Northern Outdors Archery League Standings Week 2 A LEAGUE

Points

Bats BS Jensen Furniture Whiz Kids Off Constantly Spam H&H Performance Kill Em Wisconsin Shockers S&L Painting Terrible 2Some Jail Bait

12 12 11 10 10 7 4 4 2 2 2 0 0

B LEAGUE Cousins Merry Men ET Stupid Fox Kittywampus Hallanger XTreme Crash B&B Sliver Slingers Beauty & Beast Wildmen GNO

Points 12 12 12 10 6 6 5 5 4 4 2 2 1

C LEAGUE

Points

Men in Tights Misfits Skinners Broken Arrow Cookies N Cream Skunked Poke N Hope Swamp Busters Litter Runts Cripplers Ramrod Browning Blasters

12 12 10 8 8 6 6 4 2 2 2 0

Spot Shooters M Funk M James K James T Funk P James

Week 1 Score

Spots

Week 2 Score

Spots

300 296 296 287 244

48 35 27 21 7

299 291

48 31

281 242

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Milltown man faces sexual assault charges Allegations include repeated sexual assault of a child

by Greg Marsten BALSAM LAKE – A 43-year-old Milltown man faces up to 60 years in prison if convicted on charges of repeated sexual assault of a child under age 13.

David J. Conley was charged on Jan. 20 in Polk County Circuit Court with repeatedly having sexual contact with a child over a three-year period, during a time when she was living in his Milltown home. The female child was approximately 10 years old when the

alleged sexual assaults began.

According to the criminal complaint, Conley is accused of a battery of incidents, going back to the summer of 2007, when the child was living with him. The report states that Conley repeatedly touched the girl inappropriately on her breasts, backside and genitals, over her clothing. In one incident, cited in the report, Conley is alleged to have forced the girl to use her teeth to retrieve a dollar bill, and later a cell phone, that were inside his pants, but not in his pockets.

He is also accused of performing a sex act on the girl early one morning, and that he forced her to touch him several times, and telling her she couldn’t tell anyone or he would go to jail.

Centuria man arrested after one-way mirror found in bathroom CENTURIA – A 52-year-old man from Centuria was arrested Jan. 29 and charged with invasion of privacy after a woman living in the Jenderny home reported seeing a camera behind the mirror in the bathroom and cables beneath the sink. Police arrested David Jenderny that day after searching the home.

During the search, officers found that a one-way mirror had been installed in the bathroom beneath the sink facing into the bathroom area. There was an open space behind it with room for a camera, and holes in the floor of the cabinet.

There was a cable found in the living room that wasn’t attached to anything,

but it ran through a hole in the floor to the basement. There was a VCR with a blank tape in it. In the basement there was a cable running from the bathroom area down through the floor and going back up into the living room. The cable was cut at one end. There were many VHS tapes with recordings on them with titles of movies written on them.

Jenderny allegedly admitted to installing the one-way mirror and to watching people in the bathroom. He said he was watching for possible drug activity. — with information from the Polk County Sheriff’s Dept.

The girl reportedly told an aunt of the assaults recently, who brought the allegations forward to authorities.

Conley denied any wrongdoing in interviews with investigators, and claimed it was all the result of “wrestling matches” that got “out of control.” He denied all charges of touching the girl sexually, and according to the report, claimed that the girl pinched his chest during a wrestling match, and that he pinched her back, but that it was not in a sexual way.

He also denied ever having exposed himself to the girl and all touching.

However, he reportedly did admit there was a grain of truth to the cell

phone and dollar bill retrieval allegations, but stated that he made her remove the items from his pants with her hands, not her teeth, claiming again that it just went too far, and that he was “seeing how far she would go.”

Conley later claimed that the allegations in the report were entirely false and that the charges surfaced just to get him back for a failed marriage.

His initial appearance is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 8, before Judge Robert Rasmussen in Polk County Circuit Court branch 2. Conley has no local criminal record, and is currently free without bond.

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Tougher restrictions for bringing firewood onto state lands STATEWIDE - Firewood brought onto state land would have to come from within 25 miles of the property, under a rule passed by the DNR Board Wednesday, Jan. 27. It’s another attempt to control invasive species, like the emerald ash borer, Asian long-horned beetle and wood wasps.

When the emerald ash borer started approaching Wisconsin, the DNR said firewood being brought onto state land had to come from within the state and within 50 miles of the property. That was to try to reduce the chance that the pest would hitchhike in from infested areas.

The DNR’s Andrea Diss-Torrance says

the new rule to reduce the allowable firewood distance to 25 miles is a response to changing conditions.

Diss-Torrance said at recent public hearings, some people asked that no firewood from any distance be brought onto state land. But she says it would have been nearly impossible to meet firewood needs from just within a state park or forest.

Diss-Torrance says the new firewood restriction will likely take effect this spring.

She says people who violate the rule will have their firewood confiscated. But she says the DNR has not been ticketing any violators. - Chuck Quirmbach, WHAD-Delafield/Milwaukee

Burnett County circuit court Russell G. Abel, Savannah, Ga., speeding, not guilty plea.

Andrew A. Alden, Grantsburg, speeding, $175.30.

Jerry A. Anderson, Cushing, possess/loan/borrow another’s license, $347.05.

Thomas G. Anderson, Siren, operating while under influence; operating left of centerline, not guilty pleas.

Wallace R. Anderson, Frederic, possess/loan/borrow another’s license, $303.30.

Lisa M. Barber, Askov, Minn., seat belt violation, $10.00; operate while suspended, $200.50.

Nathon D. Bauer, Webster, speeding, $175.30.

Erin R. Bearheart, Webster, nonregistration of auto, etc, $175.30; operated w/o valid license, $200.50.

Jessica L. Benjamin, Sandstone, Minn., operating while suspended, not guilty plea.

Frankie J. Bildeau, Webster, permit unauthorized person to drive, $200.50.

David J. Bishop, Frederic, speeding, $175.30.

David W. Bistram, Grantsburg, speeding, $225.70.

Charles O. Bork, Sandstone, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Jeffrey T. Born, Grantsburg, fail./check traps and remove animals, not guilty plea.

Justin D. Brausen, Grantsburg, underage drinking-possess., 17-20, $263.50; drink open intoxicants in MV, not guilty plea.

Nicholas A. Bredemus, St. Paul, Minn., operate snowmobile w/o trail sticker, $200.50.

Patricia L. Brown, Webster, seat belt violation, $10.00.

Richard Bunce, Waterford, speeding, $175.30.

Gerald A. Charmoli, Coon Rapids, Minn., operating while under influence; operating with

PAC .10 or more, not guilty pleas.

Richard K. Cook, Webster, seat belt violation; speeding, not guilty pleas.

Cheryl M. Covey, Grantsburg, nonregistration of auto, etc., $175.30.

Michael S. Curtis, Webster, failure to keep vehicle under control, $213.10; failure to notify police of accident, $263.50; seat belt violation, $10.00.

Gerald W. Davis, Danbury, fail. to stop/improper stop at stop sign, $175.30; failure to notify police of accident, $263.50; failure to keep vehicle under control, $213.10.

Stephanie L. Davis, Stillwater, Minn., operating while revoked, not guilty plea.

Jacob D. Ende, Big Lake, Minn., failure to obey traffic officer/signal, $183.30.

Doublas J. Folk, Grantsburg, drink open intoxicants in MV, $263.50.

LaVerne Fontaine, Webb Lake, speeding, $175.30.

Nicolas J. Freeman, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., underage drinking-possess., 17-20, $263.50.

Calvin L. Garbow, St. Paul, Minn., drink open intoxicants in MV, $200.50.

Gregory A. Garbow, Sandstone, Minn., operating while revoked, not guilty plea.

Amanda L. Goepfert, Milltown, speeding, $200.50.

Eric J. Goodman, Newport, Minn., operate snowmobile w/o trail sticker, $200.50.

Joseph C. Gutierrez, Siren, operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

John G. Haberkorn, Cumberland, speeding, $200.50.

Marvin C. Halverson, Frederic, speeding, $175.30.

James D. Hanson, Elk River, Minn., illegally construct, use or fail./remove or attach name/address or DNR No. to unattend. tree stand, $162.70.

William C. Harper, Grantsburg, equip motor vehicle with illegal muffler, $200.50.

John W. Heckert, Minneapolis, Minn., speeding, $225.70.

Samantha C. Hogle, Webster, underage drinking-possess., 17-20, license revoked 6 months, attend alcohol class, $389.50.

Rachel M. Holmes, Danbury, driving too fast for conditions; operate motor vehicle by permittee w/o parent, not guilty pleas.

Kaitlyn J. Holt, Spooner, underage drinking-possess., attend alcohol class, $263.50.

Brandon S. Hopkins, Webster, nonregistration of auto, etc., $175.30.

Nicholas S. Hughes, Webster, driving too fast for conditions, not guilty plea.

Dawn M. Johnson, Webster, operating while revoked, not guilty plea.

Nicholas R. Kenney, Eagan, Minn., modify snowmobile to exceed noise emissions, $175.30.

Richard K. Kirtland, North St. Paul, Minn., operate snowmobile w/o trail sticker, not guilty plea.

Aurora C. Kohler, Spooner, speeding, $200.50.

Joseph B. Kramer, Chisago, Minn., operating while revoked, not guilty plea.

Ryan S. Ladlie, Grantsburg, underage drinking-possess., attend alcohol class, $263.50.

Brian A. Lorence, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., operate snowmobile w/o trail sticker, $200.50.

Kenneth K. Mastel, Excelsior, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Lisa M. McCoy, Webster, operating while under influence; op-

erating with PAC .10 or more; operating left of centerline, not guilty pleas.

Mary L. Mendoza, Hayward, operating while under influence; operating while suspended, not guilty pleas.

LouAnn F. Merrill, Luck, operating while revoked, not guilty plea.

Brian D. Moe, Danbury, operating while under influence; operating with PAC .10 or more, not guilty pleas.

Todd L. Moe, Cumberland, operating while under influence, DOT license revoked 7 months, alcohol assessment, $754.50.

Howard W. Olson, Lindstrom, Minn., fail./yield to stop for emergency vehicle, $326.50.

Nicholas L. Olson, Siren, operate unregistered snowmobile, not guilty plea.

Spencer H. Pannhoff, Robbinsdale, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Neil F. Peter, Balsam Lake, vehicle equipment violations, group 3, $175.30.

Carl D. Peterson, Moundsview, Minn., operate unregistered snowmobile, not guilty plea.

Ryan M. Peterson, Brookfield, possession of THC, $150.00; possession of drug paraphernalia, $150.00.

Spencer T. Peterson, Weboperate snowmobilester, fail./comply signs, $175.30.

Jessica C. Petrangelo, Webster, underage drinking-possess., DOT license revoked 1 alcohol assessment, year, $515.50.

Brooke L. Piller, Spooner, underage drinking-possess; violate absolute sobriety law, not guilty pleas.

Timothy J. Pittman, Huntington, Texas, operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Sarah K. Radke, Webster, speeding, $175.30.

Cody L. Reindahl, Clayton, failure to notify police of accident; unreasonable and imprudent speed; reckless driving, endanger safety; bicyclist/EPAMD fail./stop at stop sign; display false vehicle registration plate; operating left of centerline, not guilty pleas.

Ronald J. Reis Jr., Danbury, operating while under influence; failure to keep vehicle under control; driving too fast for conditions, not guilty pleas.

Sean T. Reynolds, Webster, drink open intoxicants in MV, $200.50.

Rick’s Forest Products, Bemidji, Minn., violate Class A Hwy. weight limits; operate vehicle w/o permit, not guilty pleas.

Kathryn J. Riedle, Dairyland, speeding, $175.30.

Eugene T. Roatch, Siren, no tail lamp/defective tail lampnight, not guilty plea.

Richard C. Rognrud, St. Croix Falls, seat belt violation, $10.00.

David V. Rohrer, Rice Lake, interstate record of duty status, $263.50.

Michael Rossow, Appleton, operating while under influence; operating with PAC .08 or more; operating while revoked; fail. to stop/improper stop at stop sign, not guilty pleas.

Timothy C. Schmidt, Laurel, Iowa, operate w/o valid license, $200.50.

Caroline T. Schoch, Eagan, Minn., speeding, $200.00.

Alan J. Schwartzbauer, Grantsburg, underage drinkingpossess., 17-20, DOT license suspended 6 months, alcohol assessment, $389.50.

John J. Shatto, Duluth, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Christopher M. Shute, Grantsburg, speeding, $185.00.

Nicholas Simmons, Grantsburg, underage drinking-possess., not guilty plea.

Don L. Stankevitz, Appleton, speeding, $175.30.

Jeb A. Stewart, Danbury, modify snowmobile to exceed noise emissions, $175.30.

Michael S. Thoemke, Afton, Minn., illegally construct, use or fail./remove or attach name/address or DNR No. to unattend. tree stand, $162.70.

Peter J. Walsh, Danbury, underage drinking-possess., attend alcohol classs, $263.50; driving too fast for conditions, $213.10.

Matthew R. Warwas, Frederic speeding, $200.50.

Kristin S. Webert, Plymouth, Minn., speeding, not guilty plea.

David L. Weller II, Siren, unsafe lane deviation; inattentive driving, not guilty pleas.

Jacob M. Welna, Rush City, Minn., speeding, $175.30.

Randall W. Whiteside, St. Paul, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

Jeremy B. Wikstrom, Siren, operate motor vehicle by permittee w/o authorized person over 21, $200.50.

Brad C. Young, Danbury, fail./validate or attach deer carcass tag, $343.50.

Timothy J. Zalesky, Palmetto, Fla., fraud in obtaining a license, 7 times, DNR revocation/suspension 1 year, $503.50; $503.50; $367.50; $594.50; $367.50; $503.50; $503.50.

Daniel J. Zell, Pine Springs, Minn., operate snowmobile w/o trail sticker, $200.50.

Ernest A. Ziemer, Shell Lake, inattentive driving, $181.40; operating while suspended, $194.00.

Sundance Johnson, 27, Rice Lake, OWI, 110-day jail sentence, Huber release granted, license revoked 27 months, alcohol assessment, $1,231.00.

Mark A. Stoner, 39, Webster, OWI, 18-month prison sentence followed by three years’ extended supervision, provide DNA sample, alcohol assessment, $1,219.00.

Kelly R. Balsley, 38, Danbury, OWI, three-year probation, sentence withheld, license revoked 30 months, 10-month jail sentence, Huber release granted, provide DNA sample, alcohol assessment, must obtaining absolute sobriety, restricted from places that sell alcohol, $1,219.00.

Burnett County criminal court Susan A. Seger, 52, Grantsburg, construct without building permit, $163.50.

Nicholas L. Johnson, 28, Pine City, Minn., speeding, $200.50.

John M. Montgomery, 43, Stillwater, Minn., speeding, $225.70.

Samantha L. Hart, 20, Luck, underage drinking, alcohol as-

sessment, $263.50.

Nichole E. Bearheart, 24, Cumberland, operating with PAC greater than .08-percent, license revoked six months, $250.00.

Roy D. Bester, 27, Mendota Heights, Minn., operate boat while intoxicated, drug and alcohol assessment, $438.00.

Scott A. Wilcox, 25, Danbury, OWI, license revoked seven

months, alcohol assessment, $754.50.

Amy L. Jahr, 26, Cable, issue worthless check, $309.00, Christine M. Buonaiuto, 24, Tigard, Ore., issue worthless check, $243.00.

Patricia M. Emery, 53, Webster, issue worthless check, $323.50.

Paul C. Malone, 22, Bowler, disorderly conduct, 20-day jail sentence, Huber release granted, $100.00.

Jodee J. LaFave, 32, Stone Lake, possession of drug paraphernalia, one-year probation, sentence withheld, alcohol assessment, ordered to obtain GED or HSED during probation, $88.00.

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JOINT MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE TOWN OF SAND LAKE YEAR 2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Town of Sand Lake Town Board and Planning Commission will conduct a joint meeting and public hearing on a proposed ordinance to adopt the Town of Sand Lake Year 2030 Comprehensive Plan. The joint meeting and public hearing will be held on the 8th day of March, 2010, at 7 p.m. at the Sand Lake Town Hall, 5364 County Road X, Webster, WI. The Town of Sand Lake Year 2030 Comprehensive Plan is a policy document that will be used by the town plan commission and town board as a guide for making decisions regarding land use and development in the community. The plan contains background information and goals, objectives, policies and recommendations addressing each of the following nine (9) plan elements required by Wisconsin’s Comprehensive Planning law: 1. Issues and Opportunities; 2. Housing; 3. Transportation; 4. Utilities and Community Facilities; 5. Agricultural, Natural and Cultural Resources; 6. Economic Development; 7. Intergovernmental Cooperation; 8. Land Use; and 9. Implementation.

A “Recommended Plan” of the Town of Sand Lake Year 2030 Comprehensive Plan and plan adoption ordinance will be available for review beginning February 6, 2010, at the office of the Town Clerk and Burnett Community Public Library. The plan can also be accessed on the Town of Sand Lake Web site at http:// www.tn.sandlake.wi.gov (click on “Planning Commission” in the left menu bar). Residents and landowners are encouraged to review the plan and submit verbal and/or written comments at the public hearing. Please contact Peggy Tolbert, Town Clerk, at 715-866-4309 for more information about the public hearing process. Written comments will also be accepted by the town at any time before the public hearing or within 10 days after the hearing and should be sent to the Clerk at P.O. Box 165, Webster or via the comment form located on the Web site.

FOR RENT

WESTSIDE APARTMENTS

475 per mo.

$

Available now.

Water, sewer & garbage incl.

No Pets On-site laundry.

Background check.

First month’s rent and damage deposit.

612-280-7581

(Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY S & C Bank, Plaintiff, vs.

David B. Holmdahl, Teresa M. Holmdahl, f/k/a Teresa M. Johnson and U.S. Bank, National Association, N.D., Defendants.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Case No. 07 CV 649 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on March 17, 2008, in the amount of $226,631.85, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: March 18, 2010, at 10:00 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, Wis. DESCRIPTION: The SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 28, Township 36 North, Range 19 West, Town of Sterling, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2717 250th Ave., Cushing, WI 54006.

DATED this 7th day of January, 2010. /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 Van Dyk, Williamson & Siler, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. If you previously received a discharge in a chapter 7 bankruptcy case, this communication should not be construed as an attempt to hold you personally liable for the debt.

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For Rent - 1-BR Upstairs Apartment Available Now.

380

$

/mo. plus deposit Call 715-327-4471 before 2 p.m. or 715-566-2139 after 2:30 p.m.

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Two-BR Apartment Downtown St. Croix Falls

(Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY ALEXA NELSON Plaintiff, and MID-CENTURY INSURANCE, Involuntary-Plaintiffs, vs.

MIKE A. JOHNSON PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE Defendants.

Case Code: PI Auto 30101 Case Number: 09 CV 981 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TO MIKE A. JOHNSON: You are hereby notified, that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within forty (40) days after January 10, 2010, 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 300 Judicial Center 1005 West Main Street Balsam Lake, WI 54810 and Timothy T. Sempf, Esq. Novitzke, Gust, Sempf, Whitley & Bergmanis 314 Keller Ave. N., Suite 200 Amery, WI 54001 You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the Complaint within forty (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.

Dated this 13th day of January, 2010.

NOVITZKE, GUST, SEMPF, WHITLEY AND BERGMANIS Timothy T. Sempf, (1019141) 314 Keller Avenue N. Suite 200 Amery, Wisconsin 54001 Phone: 715-268-6130

NOTICE Town of Trade Lake

Comprehensive Planning Commission Public Participation Meeting Sat., Feb. 6, 2010, 1 - 3 p.m.

Trade Lake Town Hall Copies of the Draft Version of the Comprehensive Plan and Maps will be on display. Members of the Planning Commission will be present.

Deborah Christian, Clerk tradelakewi@grantsburgtelcom.net 504572 24L

The officer smelled alcohol and administered field sobriety tests.

His breath test registered .11. His previous OWI conviction was in October of 2006. — with information from the Polk County Sheriff’s Dept.

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

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.

Frederic & Siren

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AVON PORCH SALE Sat., Feb. 6 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

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CENTURIA – Joey Hagen, 25, Centuria, was arrested and charged with OWI, second offense, on Jan. 29. He was stopped by a police officer who noticed a defective brake light.

Hagen said the car was recently damaged in an accident and he knew the light was out.

Real Estate

8 miles north of St. Croix Falls on Hwy. 87.

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FOR RENT Albert Skinner Villa

One-BR Apartment In Balsam Lake Available For Persons With Developmental Disabilities.

Rent is based on 30% of the household’s adjusted income.

Comfortable community room with active tenant population.

For more info. or an application, please contact: Impact Seven, Inc. at 1-800-685-9353 or 715-924-4307 impact@impactseven.org 503776 Equal Housing Opportunity

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FOR RENT

2-BR Town Houses Available Now At Harvey Dueholm Villa in Centuria

1-car attached garage, stove, refrigerator, a.c. furnished. Washer/dryer hookups. Water/sewer & garbage removal included in rent.

Available For Sale Or Lease

Brand-new 3-BR, 2-bath home with new kitchen appliances and 2-car attached garage. This home is located just off of 8th Street in Southwest Centuria.

Call Impact Seven, Inc. today for more information at 1-800-685-9353 or 715-924-4307 EHO

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Bruce & Lisa Olson

RE/MAX Northwoods Inc. Experienced, full-time team.

Serving Polk & Burnett Counties.

If you are thinking of buying or selling we can help you. 504328 24L

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ESTATE SALE

1989 Airstream 3-axle travel trailer, with sway bars and ball receiver hitch, 8x34.

1995 Dodge Roadtrek motor home, fully loaded.

1973 Ford Mustang Mach One Fastback, 2-dr. coupe, auto.

1966 T-Bird coupe, auto.

2 BMW motorcycles (1974, 1979), 750-1000cc ?? (fairings and saddlebags with bike).

1955-1960 Allis Chalmers WD, with attachments: splitter, mower, rear blade, front bucket and all front hydraulics. Three-point hydraulic setup and one spare rear tire.

Bedroom furnishings, Select Comfort mattresses, couches, entertainment systems and other household goods.

All items sold as is. Close to Bone Lake Store.

By appointment only. January 16 through February 6. Cash or certified check only.

715-338-4133

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Stein & Moore, P.A. Attorneys for Plaintiff 332 Minnesota St., Ste. W-1650 St. Paul, MN 55101 651-224-9683

Jan. 27: Joe C. Hubbell, 29, Webster, was arrested on a Washburn County warrant.

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(Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY First State Bank and Trust, Plaintiff, vs.

Lynn M. Museus f/k/a Lynn M. Nelson and Thomas G. Museus, Defendants.

Case Code: 30404 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 09 CV 261 Hon. Robert H. Rasmussen Please take notice that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on the 11th day of September, 2009, the Sheriff of Polk County will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: March 18, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to the Sheriff at sale in cash or by certified check. Balance due within 10 days of court approval. Purchaser is responsible for payment of all transfer taxes and recording fees. Sale is As Is in all respects.

PLACE: Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

DESCRIPTION: The North Onehalf of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (N 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4), Section Nine (9), Township Thirty-six (36) North of Range Nineteen (19) West, Town of Sterling, Polk County, Wisconsin.

(FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property address is 2835 275th Street, St. Croix Falls, WI) Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County

Arrests and citations

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Jan. 29: David M. Hood, 50, Lino Lakes, Minn., was southbound on Myrick Lake Drive in Swiss Township when he was unable to negotiate a curve under icy conditions. There were no reported injuries, but two citations were issued.

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(Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union 180 State Street St. Paul, MN 55107 Plaintiff, vs.

Darryl Siebold 115 Cottage Dr. Osceola, WI 54020 Defendant(s).

SUMMONS Case Code: 30301 Case No. 10CV1 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To each person named above as a Defendant(s): You are hereby notified that the Plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

The Complaint, which is attached, states the nature and basis of the legal action.

Within twenty (20) days of January 20, 2010, 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 Lois Hoff, Clerk of Circuit Court, 1005 West Main Street, Ste. 300, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, and to Messerli & Kramer, P.A., Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 3033 Campus Drive, Suite 250, Plymouth, MN 55441. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer within twenty (20) 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.

MESSERLI & KRAMER, P.A. Jillian N. Walker, #1066378 3033 Campus Drive, Suite 250 Plymouth, Minnesota 55441 Phone: 763-548-7900 503763 Fax: 763-548-7922 WNAXLP

Accidents

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Notices

Burnett County sheriff’s report OWI second offense charged

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(Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-CB7, Plaintiff, vs.

JERRY J. JOHNSON; MARILYN JOHNSON, his wife; and ASSOCIATED BANK, Defendants.

Case No. 08-CV-812 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE (Foreclosure of Mortgage30404) By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of said Circuit Court in the above-entitled action which was entered on November 12, 2009, nunc pro tunc to June 24, 2009, in the amount of $176,725.09, 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, Wis., on the 25th day of February, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., the following described premises or so much thereof as may be sufficient as to raise the amount due to the plaintiff for principal, interest and costs, together with the disbursements of sale and solicitors’ fees, to-wit: Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 2179 in Volume 10, page 103 as Document No. 553886, located in the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 9, Township 33 North, Range 16 West, Town of Lincoln, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Tax Key No. 032-00196-0100.

Terms Of Sale: 10% down cash, money order or certified check. Balance due within ten days of confirmation of sale.

This property is being sold as is and subject to all liens and encumbrances. /s/TIMOTHY G. MOORE, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Hersh Law Offices, LLC 10555 N. Port Washington Road Mequon, WI 53092 (262) 241-9339 The above property is located at 1037 State Road 46, 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.

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Wanda M. McFaggen vs. NFN Bemosaakwe, Shell Lake, $3,655.61.

Benson Law Office, vs.

Joseph Sutherland, Grantsburg, $759.43.

(Jan. 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, a Minnesota banking corporation, Plaintiff, vs.

CYNTHIA M. REITMEIER, DAVID R. REITMEIER AND JOHNNIE B. DALTON SALOON & TEX-MEX EATERY, INC. Defendants.

Case No.: 09-CV-22 Case Code: 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on December 7, 2009, nunc pro tunc October 1, 2009, in the amount of $41,412.70 against Johnnie B. Dalton Saloon & Tex-Mex Eatery, Inc., in the amount of $238,199.79, against Cynthia M. Reitmeier and David R. Reitmeier, jointly and severally, and in the amount of $8,417.87 against Johnnie B. Dalton Saloon & Tex-Mex Eatery, Inc., Cynthia M. Reitmeier and David R. Reitmeier, jointly and severally, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 24, 2010, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: Pursuant to said judgment, 10% of the successful bid must be paid to the sheriff at the sale in cash, cashier’s check or certified funds, payable to the clerk of courts (personal checks cannot and will not be accepted). The balance of the successful bid must be paid to the clerk of courts in cash, cashier’s check or certified funds no later than ten days after the court’s confirmation of the sale or else the 10% down payment is forfeited to the plaintiff. The properties are sold “as is” and subject to all liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: In the foyer area of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main St. in the City of Balsam Lake, Polk County.

DESCRIPTION: Lots 3, 4, and 5, Block 18, Original Plat of The Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 305 Main Street, Village of Balsam Lake, WI, no address listed for Lot 5, Block 18, Village of Balsam Lake, WI. Timothy G. Moore Polk County Sheriff MURNANE BRANDT Attorneys for Plaintiff 30 E. 7th Street, Suite 3200 St. Paul, MN 55101-4919 Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1692), we are required to state that we are attempting to collect a debt on our client’s behalf and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.

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POLK COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

Thursday, February 18, 2010, at 9 a.m.

Shoreview Apartments, Balsam Lake Agenda: I. Call to order II. Minutes III. Financial reports IV. Operations report V. Unfinished business: A. CDBG VI. New business VII. Adjourn 504353 24L

Burnett County warrants Erin R. Bearheart, 18, Webster, failure to pay fines, Jan. 29.

Sammy Bearheart Jr., 62, Webster, warrant - failure to appear, Jan. 27.

Sergey V. Naumchik, 21, Burnsville, Minn., failure to pay fines, Jan. 28.

(Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee under Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of March 1, 2007, Securitized Asset-Backed Receivables LLC Trust 2007BR1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-BR1 by: Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc. dba HomEq Servicing, as its Attorney-In-Fact, Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN R. CASTERTON and JANE DOE, unknown spouse of John R. Casterton, and MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., Defendants.

Case No. 09-CV-558 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on September 18, 2009, in the amount of $124,046.28, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: March 24, 2010, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main St., Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: The North One Hundred Thirty & Five Tenths (130.5) feet of the West One Hundred Seventy-one (171) feet of Lot Fifty-four (54) in THE ASSESSOR’S PLAT of the City of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 230 Day Road, City of St. Croix Falls.

TAX KEY NO.: 281-01009-0000.

Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 727-1591 O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

Kiowa S. Staples, 24, Sandstone, Minn., failure to pay fines, Jan. 28.

(Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff, vs.

TESSA M. AUNE and JOHN DOE, unknown spouse of Tessa M. Aune and JANE DOE and/or JOHN DOE, unknown tenants Defendants.

Case No. 08-CV-717 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on January 14, 2009, in the amount of $143,156.44, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: March 10, 2010, at 10 o’clock a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4 NE 1/4), Section Eighteen (18), Township Thirty-Five (35) North, Range Seventeen (17) West, Village of Milltown, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 18, Township 35 North, Range 17 West; thence South 486.50 feet; thence West 448 Feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING of parcel to be described; thence South 150 feet; thence West 115 Feet; thence North 150 Feet; thence East 115 Feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 210 3rd Avenue, Village of Milltown.

TAX KEY NO.: 151-00373-0000.

Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 727-1591 O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

NOTICE

TOWN OF DANIELS MONTHLY BOARD MEETING The monthly town board meeting will be held Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., at Daniels Town Hall.

AGENDA: Minutes & treasurer report; payment of town bills and any other business properly brought before the board. Agenda will be posted at Daniels Town Hall 24 hours before meeting.

Ellen M. Ellis, Clerk 504671 24L

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 Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at 7 p.m.

Kristi Swanson, Village Clerk Frederic, Wis. 504313 24L (Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

MICHAEL J. CURTIS and REBECCA L. CURTIS and JEFFREY M. CURTIS and SYSCO FOOD SERVICES OF MINNESOTA and DISCOVER BANK and BULL DOZIN, INC. and U.S. FOODSERVICE and RESURGENCE FINANCIAL, LLC and STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BUREAU OF CHILD SUPPORT Defendants.

Case No. 09 CV 387 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on August 11, 2009, I will sell at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin on: Thursday, March 4, 2010, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: Part of the SE1/4 of NE1/4, Section 28-37-17, lying East of the right of way of the Soo Line as now located and operated, beginning at a point which is 66 feet West of the Southwest corner of Lot 8, Park Addition to the Village of Frederic and on the South line of land sold to Ketil Stensurd, thence running West to East line of said right of way, thence South along said East side of said right of way to a point at the Northwest corner of piece of land theretofore sold to W.B. Elwell, thence East along the North line of land sold to W.B. Elwell to Northeast corner thereof, which point is 66 feet West of Southwest corner of Lot Q, Block 18, First Addition to Village of Frederic, thence North about 216 feet to beginning, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 126-00491-0000 STREET ADDRESS: 409 Traffic Avenue, Frederic, WI 54837 TERMS OF SALE: Cash DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by cash or certified check.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 7th day of January, 2010. /s/Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

The February meeting of the Village Board of Siren will be held Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, at 2 p.m. at the Village Hall.

Agenda posted.

Ann Peterson 504315 Clerk-Treasurer 24L (Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT BRANCH II POLK COUNTY IMPACT SEVEN, INC. and IMPACT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION 147 Lake Almena Drive Almena, WI 54805, Plaintiffs, vs.

COLLEEN L. MURRAY and JEFFREY M. MURRAY 1093 55th Avenue Amery, WI 54001, and GUINN, SWIGGUM, GILLE & VINOPAL 110 E. Third Street New Richmond, WI 54017, Defendants.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 09-CV-335 30404 Please take notice, that by virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Replevin entered on the 16th day of October, 2009, in the face amount of One Hundred Seventy-three Thousand, Six Hundred Fifty-three Dollars and Ninety-four cents ($173,653.94), the Sheriff or his assignee will sell the premises described below at public auction as follows: DATE & TIME: March 18, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: Ten percent (10%) of the successful bid must be paid to the Clerk of Courts Office at the time of the sale in cash, cashier’s check, money order, or certified funds, payable to the Clerk of Court’s Office.

Personal checks cannot and will not be accepted. The balance of the successful bid must be paid to the Clerk of Court’s Office in cash, cashier’s check, money order, or certified funds, no later than ten (10) days after the Court’s confirmation of the sale or else the 10% down payment is forfeited to the Plaintiff. The property is sold “as is,” is not available for viewing, and is subject to all liens, encumbrances, and unpaid real estate taxes. The successful bidder is also responsible for payment of the real estate transfer tax fee.

PLACE: The Polk County Justice Center at the main foyer area, located at 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

DESCRIPTION: Lot Nine (9), except the North 2 feet 9 inches thereof, and Lot Ten (10), except the South 7 feet thereof; all in Block five (5), original Plat of the City of Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Tax Parcel No. 201-003870000 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The address of the premises under foreclosure is located at 111 Keller Avenue, Amery, Wisconsin.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 26th day of January, 2010.

Tim Moore Polk County Sheriff William C. Gamoke Wolfgram, Gamoke & Hutchinson, S.C. Attorney for the Plaintiff 114 West 5th Street P.O. Box 1178 Marshfield, WI 54449 Phone: 715-387-1155

VILLAGE OF SIREN Notice of Public Hearing

Public notice is hereby given to all persons in the Village of Siren, Wisconsin, that a public hearing will be held on Thursday, February 11, at 1 p.m. at the Village Hall, 24049 First Avenue, Village of Siren, Wisconsin, relative to an application for a Variance to the Village of Siren Land Use Ordinance as follows: Variance to allow construction of a 30’ by 60’ garage to replace the 25’ by 56’ nonconforming structure recently destroyed by fire, at 23845 Fourth Avenue, Lot 7, Block E, Sunnyside Addition, Village of Siren.

All persons interested are invited to attend said hearing and be heard.

Information on the proposal is available at the Village Office at 24049 First Avenue.

Randy Surbaugh, Administrator 504672 24L WNAXLP

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Angela M. Marciniak, town of Lincoln, and Tod A. Johnson, Nehawaka, Neb., issued Jan. 25, 2010.

Kylie Crawford, town of Apple River, and Ryan D. Volrath, town of Lincoln, issued Jan. 27, 2010.

Kayla L. Cross, town of Sterling, and Thomas G. Colombo, New Richmond, issued Jan. 29, 2010.

Judy K. Taft, town of Alden, and Daniel W. Tiedermann, town of Alden, issued Jan. 29, 2010.

Burnett Civil Court

burg Village, Dec. 30.

Terry H. Summeril, 69, Rusk Twonship, Jan. 12.

NOTICE

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Polk marriage licenses

Mable E. Hansen, 98, St. Croix Falls, died Jan. 17, 2010.

Eugene J. Lostetter, 81, Donna G. Bengtson, 45, Mill- Grantsburg Village, Jan. 15. town, died Jan. 19, 2010.

Betty L. Colgan, 77, Grants-

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Dorothy M. Clark, 76, St. Croix Falls, died Jan. 12, 2010.

Mary L. McCormick, 88, Osceola, died Jan. 12, 2010.

Helen M. Berklund, 92, Luck, died Jan. 15, 2010.

Stanley W. Peck, 98, St. Croix Falls, died Jan. 16, 2010.

Notices

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Polk County is accepting applications for the following position:

Social Worker - Child Protective Services $22.77/hr.

NOTICE - TOWN OF LORAIN BOARD MEETING Human Services Thurs., Feb. 11, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Full Time 37.5 hr./wk.

Lorain Town Hall, 252 345th Ave., Cty. Rd. E. Deadline to apply: Open until filled Agenda: Call meeting to order; roll call/verification of meeting noYOU MUST COMPLETE A POLK CO. EMPLOYMENT APPLICAtice; approve the minutes of the last meeting; approve the treasTION TO BE ELIGIBLE. For application, complete job description ury report; motion to pay the bills; discussion & possible motion by and qualifications, please visit our Web site at www.co.polk.wi.us , the Board to Approve the acceptance of grant money for fire equipment with matching funds from the equipment fund; Employment Opportunities, or in person at 100 Polk Co. Plaza, reports: road, fire dept., ambulance; cemetery, Comprehensive #229, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, 715-485-9176. AA/EEOC The Siren School is soliciting for proposals from experienced temPlan Commission; additional meeting items for future agendas; perature control system contractors to implement specific Energy motion to adjourn; adjournment.

Susan E. Hughes, Clerk 504497 24L Conservation Measures (ECMs) into the existing HVAC temperature control systems by installing additional devices. This project will involve the installation of occupancy sensors, carbon dioxide sensors, airflow measuring stations, variable speed drives and reprogramming the existing controllers. To obtain further information, please contact the Director of Buildings and Grounds at 715-3497392 ext. 403. All bids must be submitted no later than 3 p.m. on Forestry Administrator/Parks Assistant $25.10/hr.

Friday, February 12, 2010, in a sealed enveloped marked (Energy Parks Dept.

Conservation Bids). All mailed bids shall be sent Attention: Don Full Time, 40 hrs./wk.

Fleischhacker, Director of Building and Grounds, School District of Deadline to apply: Feb. 11, 2010 Siren, 24022 4th Ave., Siren, Wisconsin 54872.

The School District of Siren reserves the right to accept or reject any YOU MUST COMPLETE A POLK CO. EMPLOYMENT APPLI503855 22-24L 12-14a-e and all bids.

CATION TO BE ELIGIBLE. For applications, complete job description and qualifications, please visit our Web site at www.co.polk.wi.us, Employment Opportunities, or in person at 100 Polk Co. Plaza, #229, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, 715-485504593 24L 9176 AA/EEOC

REQUEST FOR BIDS

TOWN OF LUCK BOARD MEETING Tues., Feb. 9, 7 p.m.

Town Hall

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Agenda 1. Reading of the minutes 2. Treasurer’s report 3. Review and pay bills 4. Patrolman’s report Any additional agenda will be posted in the Luck Town Hall and Clerk’s Office.

Lloyd Nelson, Clerk

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The Polk County Land Information Committee will hold Public Hearings on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, at 11 a.m. in the Government Center (1st floor, County Boardroom), Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. The Committee will call the public hearing to order at 8:30 a.m., immediately recess to view sites and will reconvene at 11 a.m. at the Government Center in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, to consider the following and other agenda items.

Dennis & Cathy Gille request a Special Exception to Article 8D1(a) of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to operate a Tourist Rooming House. Property affected is: 1967 Long Lake Ln., Pt of SW 1/4, NW 1/4, Vol 575/Pg 255 (Lot 5), Sec 25/T35N/R15W, town of Johnstown, Long Lake (class 2).

D. Scott & Jill R. Gille request a Special Exception to Article 8D1(a) of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance to operate a Tourist Rooming House. Property affected is: 1833 Niebel Ln, Lot 29, Plat of Camp Niebel, Sec 31/T35N/R16W, town of Georgetown, Balsam Lake (class 1). 504317 24-25L 14a,d WNAXLP (Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P., as servicer for Countrywide Home Loans Servicing L.P. Plaintiff, vs.

THOMAS C. CREE, et al Defendants Case Number: 08 CV 734 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on March 6, 2009, in the amount of $116,365.89, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: March 9, 2010, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: The Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 23, Township 34 North, Range 16 West, in the Town of Apple River, Polk County, Wisconsin, except the East 20 acres thereof.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 792 150th Avenue, Amery, WI 54001.

TAX KEY NO.: 004-00633-0000.

Dated this 11th day of January, 2010.

(Jan. 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. Plaintiff, vs.

JAMES A. BURNS, et al Defendants Case Number: 09 CV 82 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on August 5, 2009, in the amount of $465,366.28, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: March 3, 2010, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 5273, filed September 19, 2006, in Volume 23 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 180, as Document No. 722502, located in the Northeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 9, Town 32 North, Range 18 West, in the Town of Alden, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 493 213 Street, Star Prairie, WI 54026.

TAX KEY NO.: 002-01107-0000.

/s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County

/s/ Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Benjamin J. Pliskie State Bar #1037985 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. 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. (183019)

Christina E. Demakopoulos State Bar #1066197 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. 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. (184105)

Dated this 8th day of January 2010.

TOWN OF BLAINE POSITION AVAILABLE

The Town Of Blaine Is Currently Seeking Candidates Interested In Filling The Appointed Position Of Clerk For The Town A knowledge of Quickbooks and basic secretarial skills is a must. Must be available to attend monthly meetings and any out of the Town of Blain meetings as required by the position or by the Board.

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(Jan. 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P., as servicer for The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a the Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificate Holders CWALT, Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2006OC10, Mortgage Pass-Though Certificates, Series 2006-OC10 Plaintiff, vs.

CHRISTOPHER J. HEINN, et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 09 CV 442 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on August 25, 2009, in the amount of $438,473.58, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public action as follows: TIME: March 3, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot Four (4) Of Certified Survey Map No. 2677 Recorded In Volume Twelve (12), Of Certified Survey Maps, Page One Hundred Sixty-Four (164), Document No. 581439, Located In The Northwest Quarter Of The Southwest Quarter (NW1/4 SW1/4), Section Twenty-Seven (27), Township Thirty-Two (32) North, Range Seventeen (17) West Together With Easements Located In The South Half Of The Northwest Quarter (S1/2 NW1/4), Section TwentySeven (27), Township ThirtyTwo (32) North, Range Seventeen (17) West, As Described In Volume 518 Of Records, Page 211, Document No. 459339, Polk County, Wisconsin. The Above Property Is Situated In Polk County, State Of Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 152 147th St., Deer Park, WI 54007 TAX KEY: NO.: 002-00705-0400 Dated this 4th day of January, 2010. /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Christina E. Demakopoulos State Bar #1066197 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Blommer Peterman, S.C., is the creditor’s attorney and is attempting to collect a debt on its behalf. Any information obtained will be used for the purpose. (182699)

PUBLIC NOTICE

For information, contact: Dan Dyson, Board Chairman 3240 Big McGraw Road Danbury, WI 54830 715-244-3910

The Board for the Town of Blaine reserves the right to accept or reject any applicants.

(Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24) NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the action of AgStar Financial Services, FLCA v.

Terry L. Sanders, et al., Polk County Case No. 09CV682, I will sell at public auction in the Sheriff Department’s lobby at the Polk County Sheriff’s Department, 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 10:00 a.m. the following described premises, located in Polk County, Wisconsin: Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 3748, as recorded in Volume 17 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 11, Document No. 634233, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin, being a division of Lot 12 of Certified Survey Map No. 944, as recorded in Volume 4 of Certified Survey Maps, Page 190, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, Wisconsin, all being located in the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4, Section 6, Township 35 North, Range 18 West, Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Together with a 30-foot wide easement for ingress and egress adjoining the easterly side of said parcel and going northerly to the town road as shown on said Certified Survey Map Nos. 944 and 3748.

Notice is further given that the successful purchaser will be responsible for the lien of real estate taxes, for the municipal charges, if any, the Wisconsin real estate transfer fee, and is responsible for obtaining possession of the property, which is sold “as is.”

TERMS OF SALE: Cash with 10% to be paid at time of sale.

Sheriff Tim Moore Polk County, Wisconsin James Flory Wiley Law, S.C. 21 South Barstow Street Post Office Box 629 Eau Claire, WI 54702-0629 Phone: 715-835-6171 Fax: 715-835-4222

(Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. Plaintiff, vs.

KERRY L LYSDAHL, et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 09 CV 29 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on April 9, 2009, in the amount of $109,736.42, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 24, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot 2 of Certified Survey Map No. 4134, recorded June 26, 2003, in Volume 18 of Certified Survey Maps, on Page 164, as Document No. 660373, in the Town of Eureka, Polk County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2284 190th St., Centuria, WI 54824.

TAX KEY NO.: 02-00279-0120 Dated this 29th day of December, 2009. (s)Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Christina E. Demakopoulos State Bar #1066197 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to http://www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. 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 this purpose. (182860)

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NOTICE

POLK COUNTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS

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For information, contact: Perry Karl, 715-653-4247 or Brad Olson, 715-327-4614.

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INSTALLATION OF ENERGY CONSERVATION CONTROLS AND EQUIPMENT

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The Clam Falls Township Comprehensive Planning Committee will meet monthly in 2010. Each meeting will be on the second Tues. of the month at 7 p.m. in the Clam Falls Town Hall.

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ATTENTION CLAM FALLS TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS

TOWN OF EUREKA

Monthly Board Meeting Thurs., Feb. 11, 2010, 7 p.m.

Agenda: Call to order; minutes and reports; old business; updates.

New business: Discuss resolution to oppose county assessment; citizen comment time; correspondence; discussion items/announcements. Sign vouchers to authorize payment; 504634 24L 14d adjournment.

(Jan. 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Certificate Holders for Argent Securities Trust 2006-M2, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-M2 by American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc., its attorney-in-fact, Plaintiff, vs.

DARIN A. BJORNSON and TANIA L. BJORNSON, husband and wife; and JANE DOE and/or JOHN DOE, unknown tenants; and LAKES GAS CO. d/b/a Lakes Gas Company #7, Defendants.

Case No. 09-CV-496 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00 Code No. 30405 Other Real Estate NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on August 25, 2009, in the amount of $215,617.75, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: March 2, 2010, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Part Of The Southwest Quarter Of SouthWest Quarter (SW1/4 of SW1/4), Section One (1), Township Thirty-Five (35) North of Range Seventeen (17) West, Described As Follows: Beginning At The West 1/8 Stake Between Sections 1 And 12, Township 35, Range 17, Then In Section 1, Northerly 80 Rods To The East And West Line, Then 31 Rods Westerly, Then Southerly 55 Rods, To The North Boundary Stake Between Lot 5 And 6 Of Crystal Bay Of Pine Lake Subdivision, Then Easterly 150 Links To The North Boundary Stake Between Lot 6 And Lot 7 Of Above-named Subdivision, Then Southerly 45 East, 890 Links To The 1/8 Stake To Beginning.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1283 230th Ave., Town of Milltown.

TAX KEY NO.: 040-00027-0000.

Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 414-727-1591 O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

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POLK COUNTY POSITION N o tANNOUNCEMENT ices/ Employment

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looking to hire

OPTICAL ASSISTANT

* Person needs to be professional, reliable, honest, friendly, efficient and willing to learn. * Computer knowledge necessary. * We are willing to train the right candidate.

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E-mail resume to: smithfamilyeyecare@yahoo.com

NOTICE

TOWN OF MEENON Monthly Board Meeting Monday, February 8, 2010, 7 p.m.

Meenon Town Hall

Agenda to include: Minutes of last meeting; treasurer’s report; chairman’s report; supervisors report; payment of bills; ambulance committee information; ATV ordinance and other town ordinances; road report.

Suzanna M. Eytcheson, Clerk 504632 24L 14a SOUTHWEST QUARTER (E1/2 OF SW1/4), SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 33 NORTH, RANGE 19 WEST, THENCE N. 01 DEGREES 34’W., 214.00 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE; THENCE N. 43 DEGREES 28’E., 175.00 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE WHICH IS THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE N. 67 DEGREES 40’W., 270.6 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE; THENCE N. 43 DEGREES 28’E., 184.0 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE; THENCE S. 66 DEGREES 16’ E., 255.0 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE; THENCE S. 43 DEGREES 28’W., 125 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SURVEY THEREOF. PARCEL 2: A PARCEL OF LAND BOUNDED ON THE EASTERLY SIDE BY THE WESTERLY LINE OF THE LAND HEREINBEFORE DESCRIBED, ON THE NORTHEASTERLY SIDE BY AN EXTENSION OF THE LINE ON THE NORTHEASTERLY SIDE OF THE LAND HEREINBEFORE DESCRIBED, ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY SIDE

BY AN EXTENSION OF THE LINE ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY SIDE OF THE LAND HEREINBEFORE DESCRIBED, ON THE WESTERLY SIDE BY THE ST. CROIX RIVER AT LOW WATER MARK, EXCEPT THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE MINNEAPOLIS, SAULT STE. MARIE RAILWAY COMPANY, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SURVEY THEREOF, VILLAGE OF OSCEOLA. SOURCE OF TITLE: BOOK 848 PAGE 463 (RECORDED 03/12/2001) APN: 165-727-0000 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 421 Ridge Rd., Village of Osceola.

TAX KEY NO.: 165-00727-0000.

Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 727-1591

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(Dec. 30, Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE OF AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC., ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 203-8, UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 1, 2003, WITHOUT RECOURSE, c/o American Mortgage Company, Plaintiffs, vs.

THOMAS C. HUFFMAN II and DOLORES S. HUFFMAN, a/k/a Delores S. Huffman his wife; and S&C BANK, Defendants.

Case No. 06-CV-538 Foreclosure of Mortgage Amount over $5,000.00 Code No. 30404 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on March 9, 2009, in the amount of $826,525.22, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 17, 2010, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Exhibit A File Number 534669 The land referred to herein is situated in the State of Wisconsin, County of Polk, City of Osceola, described as follows: PART OF GOVERNMENT LOT 2 AND 3, SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 33 NORTH, RANGE 19 WEST, VILLAGE OF OSCEOLA, POLK COUNTY, WIS., DESCRIBED AS: PARCEL 1: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST HALF OF THE

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.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed bids for the construction of a retail building and two greenhouse buildings for the Polk County Adult Development Center in one contract, as follows: Construction of a 1,600 s.f. retail building which contains the following: Earthwork, landscaping, asphalt, concrete, concrete and simulated masonry, wood framing and trusses, ceiling tile, gypsum board assemblies, metal roofing, cement board siding, windows, doors, casework, specialties, mechanical, electrical and plumbing; also construction of two 5,810 s.f. greenhouses.

Will be received by the Executive Director at the Village of Milltown, Village Office, 89 Main Street West, Milltown, WI 54858, by 11 a.m., local time, March 4, 2010, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud.

The proposals shall be submitted on the forms furnished with the specifications. Each proposal shall be accompanied by a certified check payable to the owner equal to ten percent (10%) of the proposal or a bid bond of a bonding company duly authorized to do business in the State of Wisconsin in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the proposal. This proposal guarantee shall be subject to forfeiture as provided by law.

Complete digital project bidding documents are available at www.cedarcorp.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $20 (Quest eBidDoc #1036981). Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading and working with this digital project information. An optional paper set of project documents is also available from Docunet Corporation. Contact Docunet at 763-475-9600 for pricing and instructions to obtain a paper copy. Please make your check payable to Docunet Corporation and send it to 2435 Xenium Lane North, Plymouth, MN 55441.

Pursuant to Section 66.0903 Wis. Statutes, Section 103.49 Wis. Statutes, and Chapter DWD 290 Wis. Admin. Code, where applicable, the minimum wage rate to be paid on the project shall be in accordance with the wage rate scale established by State Wage Rates. Federal wage rates are applicable to this project per Federal Labor Provisions (4010). Attention of bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to condition of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under the contract, Section 3, Segregated Facility, Section 109 and E.O. 11246.

This project has American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding, and compliance with all ARRA requirements, including Buy American, is required.

Proposals shall not be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date of opening. The Polk County Adult Development Center reserves the right to reject any or all of the pro504528 24-27L posals and to waive any informalities therein.

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(Jan. 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK Plaintiff, vs.

JONATHAN D. BJORK and PATRICIA A. BJORK, Defendants.

Case No. 09 CV 588 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on September 10, 2009, in the amount of $117,126.25, I will sell the described premises at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on: Thursday, March 11, 2010, at 10 o’clock a.m.

TERMS OF SALE: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. DESCRIPTION: The South 102.8 feet to the West 230 feet of Lot Seventy-eight (78), and the North 35 feet of the West 230 feet of Lot Seventy-nine (79) of the Assessor’s Plat of the Village of Dresser, being a portion of the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4, Section 17-33-18.

PIN: 116-00373-0000.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 330 East Avenue, Dresser, Wisconsin 54009.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 15th day of January, 2010.

Timothy G. Moore. Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

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SIREN EYE CARE PRACTICE

(Feb. 3) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY North Luck Rentals D.B.A. Christi Hendricks 2597 St. Rd. 35 Luck, WI 54853 Plaintiff vs.

Monica Collins 2363 240th Ave. Cushing, WI 54006 Defendant.

Small Claims Publication Summons And Notice Case No. 09 SC 834 Publication Summons and Notice of Filing To The Person(s) Named Above As Defendant(s): You are being sued by the person(s) above as Plaintiff(s). A copy of the claim has been sent to you at your address as stated in the caption above.

The lawsuit will be heard in the following Small Claims Court: Polk County Courthouse, 715485-9299, Suite 300, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, on the following date and time: February 22, 2010, 1:30 p.m.

If you do not attend the hearing, the court may enter a judgment against you in favor of the person(s) suing you. A copy of the claim has been sent to you at your address as stated in the caption above. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law.

A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

You may have the option to Answer without appearing in court on the court date by filing a written Answer with the clerk of court before the court date.

You must send a copy of your Answer to the Plaintiff(s) named above at their address. You may contact the clerk of court at the telephone number above to determine if there are other methods to answer a Small Claims complaint in that county.

If you need help in this matter because of a disability, please call: 715-485-9299.

Christi Hendricks 715-554-0890 504617 WNAXLP February 1, 2010

(Jan. 27, Feb. 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DORAYNE M. PAULSON Order Setting Time to Hear Petition for Administration and Heirship and Notice to Creditors Case No. 10 PR 05 A petition has been filed for administration of the estate and determination of heirship of the decedent, whose date of birth was December 5, 1923, and date of death was January 4, 2010. The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: 1671 250th Avenue, Luck, WI 54853.

IT IS ORDERED THAT: 1. The petition be heard at the Polk County Courthouse, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Room Branch 1, before Honorable Molly E. GaleWyrick Court Official, on March 12, 2010, at 3 p.m. or when scheduled thereafter.

2. Heirship will be determined on the date set for hearing on the final account. You need not appear unless you object. The petition may be granted if no objection is made.

3. Creditor’s claims must be filed with the court on or before April 19, 2010.

4. Publication of this notice shall constitute notice to any persons whose names or addresses are unknown. The names or post office addresses of the following persons interested (if any) are not known or reasonably ascertainable: James R. Paulson.

BY THE COURT: Honorable Molly E. GaleWyrick Circuit Court Judge January 15, 2010 Steven J. Swanson, Attorney 105 Washington St. So. St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787 Bar No. 1003029

(Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. Plaintiff, vs.

JANET K. MELAHN, et al Defendants Case Number: 09 CV 298 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on August 27, 2009, in the amount of $104,087.10, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: March 11, 2010, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: Lot 14, Plat of Harmony Hills, Town of Lincoln, Polk County, Wis. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 997 Harmony Lane, Amery, WI 54001.

TAX KEY NO.: 032-01384-0000.

Dated this 7th day of January, 2010. /s/Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Christina E. Demakopoulos State Bar #1066197 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. 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. (183636)

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The Siren Sanitary District meeting will be held on Thursday, February 11, 2010, 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.

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(Feb. 3) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY North Luck Rentals DBA Christi Hendricks 2597 St. Rd. 35 Luck, WI 54853 Plaintiff vs.

Shawn Phettleplace 309-A Main St. W. Balsam Lake, WI 54810 Defendant.

Small Claims Publication Summons And Notice Case No. 09 SC 835 Publication Summons and Notice of Filing To The Person(s) Named Above As Defendant(s): You are being sued by the person(s) above as Plaintiff(s). A copy of the claim has been sent to you at your address as stated in the caption above.

The lawsuit will be heard in the following Small Claims Court: Polk County Courthouse, 715485-9299, Suite 300, 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810, on the following date and time: February 22, 2010, 1:30 p.m.

If you do not attend the hearing, the court may enter a judgment against you in favor of the person(s) suing you. A copy of the claim has been sent to you at your address as stated in the caption above. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law.

A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

You may have the option to Answer without appearing in court on the court date by filing a written Answer with the clerk of court before the court date.

You must send a copy of your Answer to the Plaintiff(s) named above at their address. You may contact the clerk of court at the telephone number above to determine if there are other methods to answer a Small Claims complaint in that county.

If you need help in this matter because of a disability, please call: 715-485-9299.

Christi Hendricks 715-554-0890 504615 WNAXLP February 1, 2010

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TOWN OF SIREN SIREN SANITARY DISTRICT BOARD MEETING TOWN OF SIREN BOARD MEETING

(Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

ESTATE OF ARLENE J. ELMER RICHARD ELMER, SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR, and WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, Defendants.

Case No. 09 CV 786 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on November 17, 2009, in the amount of $15,141.68, I will sell at public auction at the Main Front Entrance of the Polk County Justice Center, 1005 West Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin on: Thursday, February 18, 2010, at 10 o’clock a.m., all of the following described mortgaged premises, to-wit: Lots 1 and 2, Block 4, Original Plat of Wanderoos in the Town of Garfield, Polk County, Wis. PIN: 024-01213-0000 TERMS OF SALE: Cash DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by cash or certified check.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 29th day of December, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787

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NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

Agenda will be posted at the Town Hall.

Town of McKinley Deborah Grover, Clerk

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The Regular Monthly Board Meeting For The Town Of McKinley Will Be Held On Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, At 7:30 p.m.

NOTICE TOWN OF LAFOLLETTE

The Monthly Board Meeting For The Town Of LaFollette Will Be Held At The LaFollette Town Hall On Mon., Feb. 8, 2010, At 7:30 p.m.

Agenda: Verification of Posting, Clerk’s Minutes, Treasurer’s Report, Resident Issues, Road Items, Cranberry Marsh, Ambulance Service, White Pine Cemetery, Inspector Contract, Pay Bills and Look at Correspondence.

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(Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY MTT FINANCIAL, LLC 4480 Oak Chase Way Eagan, MN 55123, Plaintiff, vs.

JARIS C. JOHNSON 406 220th Avenue Comstock, WI 54826, Defendant.

Case No. 09 CV 231 Case Classification No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Please take notice that by virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on July 7, 2009, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: Time: March 18, 2010, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

Place: Polk County Justice Center Foyer Area, 1005 West Main St., Balsam Lake, Wis. Terms: 1. Ten percent (10%) of the successful bid must be paid at the sale in cash, cashier’s check or certified funds payable to the Polk County Clerk of Courts (personal checks cannot and will not be accepted). The balance of the successful bid must be paid to the Clerk of Courts in cash, cashier’s check or certified funds within ten (10) days after the date of confirmation of the sale or else the ten percent (10%) down payment is forfeited.

2. Purchaser to pay all costs of sale including, but not limited to, real estate transfer fee, title insurance and any recording fees.

3. Property is being sold in AS IS condition, subject to any legal liens and encumbrances.

Description: Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 2525, filed in Volume 12, Page 12, as Document No. 571710, except Lot 3 of Certified Survey Map No. 2656, filed in Volume 12, Page 143, located in Government Lot 4, Section 15, Township 35 North, Range 15 West, Town of Johnstown, Polk County, Wisconsin.

Property Address/Tax Parcel No.: 2195 20th Street, Johnstown, Wis., 028-00336-0000.

Tim Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Lathrop & Clark LLP Attn: Josh Kopp 740 Regent Street, Suite 400 P.O. Box 1507 Madison, WI 53701-1507

The Polk County Land Information Committee will hold a public hearing at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, in the government center (1st floor, County Boardroom), Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, to consider agenda items and the following ordinance amendments, along with subsequent renumeration & revised/effective dates (strikeouts are omissions and italics are additions: Articles of the Polk County Shoreland Protection Zoning Ordinance 4 Definitions, 15D, 17D1-4 Special Exception: Zoning Committee/ Committee/Board Board of Adjustment 11J2+K: Planning and Zoning Committee Board of Adjustment 11J3: Committee Board of Adjustment ... and signed by the Committee chair members of the Board of Adjustment.

8C3(c)(1), 17A6: Zoning Land Information Committee 17D17D2 Special Exception Permits 17D3: zoning Special Exception Permit 17E1(c)(2): For the purpose of this section, an “unnecessary hardship” is present only where, in the absence of a variance, no reasonable use can be made of the property - or would render conformity with such restrictions “unnecessarily burdensome.”

17E2: Appeals to the board Board of Adjustment ... rules of the Board Board of Adjustment ... transmit to the Board Board of Adjustment 17F: Planning and Zoning Land Information Committee; Additional fee: Appeals to the Board of Adjustment 19C: The Zoning Department or the Board of Adjustment may issue an on-site stop work order.

Sections of the Polk County Comprehensive Land Use Ordinance III Definition Special Exception: Special Exception Permit; Zoning Committee Board of Adjustment IVC, VIIC1, XC1, XIIA6: Zoning Committee Board of Adjustment IVA4 Service garages, storage yards and microwave radio relay structures must be approved by the Zoning Committee prior to construction.

VA9: Zoning Board of Adjustment Land Information Committee.

VIB5 Quarrying: and provided that the owner of the premises and the operator shall file an agreement, accompnied by a surety bond or other financial guarantee, for the restoration within one year after discontinuing operations of the site to a condition of practical usefulness and physical attractiveness. Minimum requirements for restoration shall be the elimination of all water holes by filing and grading the side sloping of any area disturbed by the quarrying operation to the minimum angle of repose of the slope material or a 1-1/2 - 1 slope, whichever is the lesser.

VIC: The/the Board County Board; shall may attach binding conditions VIC, XVID: Zoning Land Information Committee; Land Information Committee Sections of the Polk County Board of Adjustment Procedures Ordinance 1.3: At least one member shall be a riparian landowner.

1.5, 5.11, 7.3, 10.0: Zoning Land Information Committee 3.3: Order of Business for meetings that do not have public hearings – 3. Unfinished business. 4. New business. 5. Communications and miscellaneous. 6. Other business that may come before the Board as permitted by law.

3.3: Order of Business for meetings that do have public hearings – 5. Unfinished business. 6. New business. 8. Other business that may come before the Board as permitted by law.

4.12(e): Shall not have the effect of allowing a use or structure which is prohibited in that zone district by the ordinance unless it determines that no feasible reasonable, permitted, legal use can be made of the property without such variance, provided no use variance may be granted in a floodplain or wetland/shoreland district.

4.14 To hear and decide requests for special exceptions from the terms of any land use ordinance that contains such provision.

5.5: Criteria to justify necessary for the Board of granting the variance.

5.81: (6) all property owners within 300 feet of the property affected by the request.

5.82+83, 7.5: variance or special exception 6.3 1: Reading of the reason for denial by the secretary or administrative official 7.7: The Board need give no informal request for advice or on moot questions.

7.9: Copies of decisions on variances and appeals 7.10: Board of Appeals Adjustment 8.4: A decision of the Board may be reconsidered by motion to reconsider made at the same meeting which may be immediately disposed of without further notice. only if a member of the prevailing vote request that the decision be reconsidered. Such a request must be made at the same meeting or at the next scheduled board meeting.

8.6 Procedures for Reconsideration A simple majority vote shall be sufficient to reconsider a previous decision. If reconsideration is refused to an interested party who has requested reconsideration, the Board shall enter on the minutes the basis of the request, the reason why it was refused, and the vote of the Board members thereon.

13.0 Definitions 6) Executive (closed) session: A session closed to the public based on a majority vote of the members for the purpose of deliberating quasijudicial matters or conferring with legal counsel.

9) Moot question: A hypothetical question. A question which does not rest upon existing facts or rights; a question as to which in reality there is no actual controversy existing.

10) Unnecessary hardship: A unique and extreme inability to conform to the provisions of a zoning ordinance due to physical factors, which are not solely related to economic loss or gain. An applicant must prove unnecessary hardship. a. Self-imposed hardship: A hardship created by oneself.

Examples include excavating a pond on vacant lot and then arguing that there is no suitable location for a home; claiming hardship for a substandard lot after selling off portions that would have allowed building in compliance; and claiming hardship after starting construction without required permits or during a pending appeal.

10) Special Exception: A use that is permitted as well as listed by ordinance provided certain conditions specified in the ordinance are met and that a permit is granted by the Board of Adjustment.

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Every page in color in our E-dition Go to: www.the-leader.net (Feb. 3, 10, 17) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY HSBC BANK NEVADA, N.A. 1111 TOWN CENTER DRIVE LAS VEGAS, NV, 89128 Plaintiff, vs.

DAVE J. FRITZ 734 20TH AVE. CLEAR LAKE, WI 54005-3923 Defendant(s).

Case No. 09CV884 AMENDED SUMMONS Money Judgment: 30301 Our File: 729072 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 February 3, 2010, 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, Suite 300, Balsam Lake, WI 54810-4410, and to Rausch, Sturm, Israel, Enerson & Hornik, LLC, 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: January 26, 2010. /s/ James P. Riebe Rausch, Sturm, Israel, Enerson & Hornik LLC Attorneys in the Practice of Debt Collection 250 N. Sunnyslope Rd. Suite 300 Brookfield, WI 53005 Toll Free: (888) 302-4011

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(Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar. 3, 10) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee under Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of March 1, 2006, Asset-Backed Securities Corporation Home Equity Loan Trust, Series NC 2006-HE2 Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series NC 2006HE2 by: Homeq Servicing, as its Attorney-In-Fact Plaintiff, vs.

ROBERT A. TUREK-SHAY and LISA A. TUREK-SHAY, husband and wife Defendants.

Case No. 09-CV-833 Code No. 30404 Foreclosure of Mortgage Dollar Amount Greater Than $5,000.00 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on December 18, 2009, in the amount of $143,041.19, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: March 23, 2010, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. PLACE: Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 4, Block 2 of Riverview Tract Addition to the City of Amery, County of Polk, State of Wisconsin.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 624 Keller Ave. S., City of Amery.

TAX KEY NO.: 201-00632-0000.

Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, WI O’DESS AND ASSOCIATES, S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 1414 Underwood Avenue Suite 403 Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (414) 727-1591 O’Dess and Associates, S.C., is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

If you have previously received a Chapter 7 Discharge in Bankruptcy, this correspondence should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt.

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(Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Donovan Edward Rasmussen, a/k/a Donovan E. Rasmussen Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 10 PR 06 An application has been filed for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was January 12, 1922, and date of death was September 21, 2009. The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: 343 McKenny Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

All interested persons have waived notice.

Creditors’ claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before April 26, 2010.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar January 18, 2010 Alexander A. Crosby Personal Representative/ Attorney 332 Minnesota Street Suite W2610 St. Paul, MN 55101 651-228-0497

(Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, as servicer for HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp.

Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2004-IN1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Plaintiff, vs.

JAMES T. LEISZ, et al Defendants Case Number: 09 CV 454 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on September 3, 2009, in the amount of $138,470.31, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: March 9, 2010, at 10 a.m.

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, Balsam Lake, Wis. DESCRIPTION: That part of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4, Section 4, Township 33 North, Range 16 West, lying Northerly and adjoining Lot 18 of the plat of Rehm’s Riverview.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1173 Birchwood Lane, Amery, WI 54001.

TAX KEY NO.: 032-01672-0000.

Dated this 12th day of January, 2010. /s/ Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Christina E. Demakopoulos State Bar #1066197 Attorney for Plaintiff 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 262-790-5719 Please go to www.blommerpeterman.com to obtain the bid for this sale. 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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EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER POSITION

The following part-time position is available in the Shell Lake School District: Early Childhood Special Education Teacher position for up to 20 hours per week. This position will involve providing services in a variety of settings. DPI license 809 Early Childhood Special Education license is required for this position. This position runs until the end of the 2009/2010 school year with the possibility of extension based on need.

Start Date: February 22, 2010 Description: This is a part-time elementary position with the School District of Shell Lake. Successful applicants will be child centered, flexible and show evidence of collaborative practice. Shell Lake School District is located 80 miles northwest of Eau Claire, WI. Will include some summer hours.

To apply: Interested applicants are to send the following: - Letter of application - Resume - Copy of current WI EC Special Education license - 3 Letters of Recommendation - Copy of official transcripts Must also successfully complete a criminal background check and drug screen.

Application Deadline: February 12, 2010 Submit application materials to: Mr. Michael Werner, Elementary Principal School District of Shell Lake 271 Hw.y 63 S. Shell Lake, WI 54871 503388 21-24r,L Shell Lake Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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North Memorial Ambulance celebrates 20 years service National study ranks North Memorial Hospital No. 1 in cardiac care WEBSTER — North Memorial’s Wisconsin ambulance operations has recently celebrated 20 years of service to the people it serves in Burnett and Washburn counties. “In an effort to celebrate our 20 years of service, we have elected to focus our efforts at educating and informing the people in the communities we serve with regular communications that inform the public about who we are and what it is we do,” stated Joe Walsh, manager for North Memorial’s Wisconsin ambulance operations.

About North Memorial North Memorial has provided more than 50 years of service to communities in the northwestern Twin Cities Metro and currently has more than 5,000 employees.

North Memorial includes North Memorial Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center and North Memorial

Ambulance, which operates 120 ground ambulances and eight helicopters located throughout Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. In addition to being recognized for its outstanding emergency and trauma services, North Memorial is recognized for its heart and stroke care, oncology services, women and children’s services and numerous primary care and specialty clinics located throughout the northwest Metro. For more information visit www.northmemorial.com.

This year, North Memorial Health Care was rated No. 1 in Minnesota for overall cardiac care and is among the top 5 percent in overall cardiac care in the nation for the third year in a row (2008-2010) according to a comprehensive annual study released today by HealthGrades, the leading independent health-care ratings organization. The HealthGrades study annually assesses patient outcomes – mortality and complication rates – at virtually all of the nation’s nearly 5,000 nonfederal hospitals.

The new 2010 HealthGrades hospital ratings were recently posted at www.healthgrades.com, HealthGrades’ public Web site. For a complete listing of

HealthGrades ratings and rankings visit www.northmemorial.com.

Why is the award that North Memorial received important to the residents of Burnett and Washburn counties? According to Walsh, “the excellent quality that North Memorial provides does not end at the doors of the hospital; it extends to the ambulance service and all of our staff. We receive our medical direction, training and structure from one of the highest ranked hospitals in cardiac care and a level-one trauma center which has been in the ambulance business for nearly 50 years.”

North Memorial Ambulance provides ambulance service in numerous rural communities and northern Hennepin County in Minnesota in addition to providing service in northwestern Wisconsin.

If you are interested in more information regarding North Memorial Health Care and or its ambulance service you can visit www.northmemorial.com or contact Walsh, manager, North Memorial Ambulance Service, Wisconsin Region at 715-866-7990. — from North Memorial

Welcome back

ABOVE: Proud father and returning Iraq veteran Pete Hopke is happy to be matside to watch his son wrestle. Dillon is just happy to see his father back home.

PHOTO ABOVE, RIGHT: Max and Annie Bryan have a lot of time to make up after his return from Iraq. “Freedom to Glad to be back from his 10-month tour in Iraq, Don Pashby poses with come and go as I please is one of the things I missed, just his family, Connor, Aimee and Logan, at the potluck held after services at to be able to go for a simple walk,” said Bryan. the United Methodist Church at Shell Lake on Sunday, Jan. 31. Don thanked everyone for the love he received, “You made me feel like a hero.

The love I received from God through you helped me through some difficult times. I really, really thank you for taking care of my family while I was gone.” - Photos by Larry Samson

Holding on to Holden

by Priscilla Bauer

I couldn’t let the death of J.D. Salinger last week go by without writing a few words about his novel, “Catcher in the Rye.” The first thing I did when I heard the news was to text my best friend. The book is a favorite of ours and I knew Salinger’s death would mean we’d be having yet another conversation about his great novel.

I know, the word great is so overused. I try to avoid even saying it, but “Catcher in the Rye” is, in my opinion, truly deserving of the adjective and one apparently shared by many others. National Public Radio devoted several days of commentary to Salinger’s death and clearly readers continue to be fascinated with the story of Holden Caulfield.

People commenting on their recollections of the novel revealed a deep-held devotion to the book. Many said they’ve held on to and cherished their old burgundy-colored paperback copy of the novel, the one they read way back when.

There’s a famous passage in the novel where Holden tells his sister Phoebe about his fantasy of being the catcher in the rye.

“What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff— I mean if they’re running and they don’t look where they’re going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That’s all I’d do all day. I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all.”

Novelguide.com said this of the passage in an analysis of the novel’s theme.

“Here Holden tells Phoebe the basic

Staff Corner Priscilla Bauer theme of the novel. Holden sees himself as a martyr and protector of innocent children. He wants to keep them from falling over the cliff into adulthood.”

How many of us wish we’d had a someone like Holden described, someone to help us hang on to our childhood innocence awhile longer.

A few days after Salinger’s death my friend phoned and even after all these years our own memories of the book still evoked strong emotions, a testament to Salinger’s writing.

Revisiting the effect “Catcher in the Rye” had on me and its many devoted readers left me wondering. Why do the words of some and not others become so meaningful? What makes a memory unforgettable? Why do we “hold on” to a certain book, memento or even a relationship?

Holden Caulfield held on dearly to his memories. And to paraphrase a quote from Kurt Vonnegut’s novel “Slaughterhouse Five,” you have to love him for that, because it was so human.

As for me, I’m keeping my own worn and a-bit-torn burgundy copy of “Catcher in the Rye” and the memories that go with it because some things in life are just like that, worth hanging on to.

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A smash hit!

Catapult shoot-out wows crowd

by Carl Heidel GRANTSBURG - It was almost a full house in the Grantsburg Middle School gym last Friday afternoon, Jan. 29, as the fourth-graders squared off in the annual Great Catapult Shootout. Of course there were plenty of students from other grades at the school in attendance, but the parents of the participants were also there in force, both as spectators and advisors.

This was all part of a class assignment. The students had to construct an instrument, i.e., catapult, that could hurl a tennis ball a prescribed distance and hit the target of plastic bottles.

They had learned about simple machines, and some had had a history lesson in ancient weapons, and this was a chance to use what they had learned.

Checking out the sophisticated hurling machines on display, it was obvious that for many this had become a family project.

Moms and dads both came to help their students, and yes, some of the shots actually did hit the target.

Even if they hadn’t, the enthusiastic crowd enjoyed the show, and cheered the students on.

Mason Spafford, far right with the catapult, scores a direct hit on the target bottles as other students watched with interest.

Isabelle Maslow (R) and her mom Jackie (L) do some lastminute calculations as they plan their strategy for hitting the target.

A row of catapults stretches out into the gym as the students waited their turn at the firing line.

Photos by Carl Heidel

Madison Oachs sights in the monster catapult she and her dad Chris brought to the event. Height on this machine? Eight feet.

Brock Anderson is a picture of intensity as he watched the course of the ball he just fired.

Raven McDaniel (L) tries a little tongue English as she fires off a round. Dad Chad (R) held the machine for the volley.

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News and views from the NW Wisconsin community

Michelle Patterson's "24 Hours"

A local woman’s journey after the suicide of a loved one

by Mary Stirrat FREDERIC — Local headlines over the past few months have included the news of several tragic suicides.

Most people cannot understand the desperation or depression that leads to the act of suicide, and many are fortunate to never have to pick up the pieces after a loved one takes his or her own life.

Michelle Patterson, Frederic, is not one of the fortunate ones, but she is using the devastating suicide of her father in 2007 to bring hope and comfort to others.

In her book, “24 Hours,” Patterson tells of her own journey through the questions, doubt, anger and grief after her life was turned upside down. Her hope is to help others find their way, and also to ask those who are considering suicide to understand that God has a purpose for their life.

••• Patterson grew up in a fairly typical American home, a blended family with two parents who loved and were devoted to each other. Times together as a family, hunting, fishing, camping and storytelling, provided a stockpile of good memories.

Life is never perfect, though, and she experienced the hurts of having a loving but domineering father.

God was an important part of her life, said Patterson, thanks to her mom and grandmother, and she came to love and trust him at an early age. After experiencing health issues, her father also made a commitment to God. As time went on, however, more health problems and troubles at church led her father to drift from his relationship with God. “24 Hours” takes a candid look at these struggles, which began 18 months to two years before he took his life.

“After this,” Patterson writes, “Dad started talking more and more about how he was going to die and how nobody cared that he didn’t feel good.”

He began drinking, after 28 years of sobriety. He talked about leaving his wife.

The two of them were able to work it out, although the relationship was strained. Alcohol continued to get between them.

One night in April 2007, her father came home late, leading to a brief argument with his wife. He went into the bedroom closet, then outside. Patterson’s mother believed he was going out to work in his shop, as he often did.

The next thing she heard was the sound of a gunshot.

Patterson and her husband had built a home next to her parents, where they lived with their three children. She was awakened by the phone, seeing what she thought were ambulance lights outside but what was actually the police using spotlights looking for house numbers.

“I ran to the phone expecting the worse,” she writes. “Never in a million years would I have expected to hear the words,

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Suicide support group meets Feb. 11 The suicide support group will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, at Trade Lake Baptist Church on CTH Z. Come without fear that you will be asked to “share” your story.

Patterson’s book, “24 Hours,” is available through Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and tatepublishing.com Between 2001 and 2006, there were 74 suicide deaths in Polk County and another 16 in Burnett County. According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, suicide was the 10th most common cause of death in Wisconsin in 2006. writes, is that we must not be afraid to

Michelle Patterson ‘Your dad shot himself” in my mother’s frantic voice.”

••• The shot from “Old Betsy,” the rifle that never missed during deer hunting, was off its mark a little, giving the family 24 hours by his bedside. Although her father couldn’t speak, he could communicate with his eyes and through the squeeze of his hand, and Patterson considers those 24 hours a gift from God. Unlike most suicides, her father’s family had the time to gather and say “I love you” one last time, to give and receive forgiveness, and to say goodbye. In the midst of anger, fear, doubt, disbelief and sadness, she said, God gave peace and hope.

“It’s hard for me to understand why Dad thought he had no one, but even here you could see how many people cared for him,” she writes. “I guess it’s just the lies that Satan was telling him, and Dad wasn’t strong enough to break free.

“Satan might have thought that he won this battle, but he was not triumphant.”

God used those difficult hours to bring the family together and to grow their trust in him, she said. She has always been afraid of death, Patterson said, but she gained strength from God to spend time at her father’s deathbed and watch him enter eternity.

“After my sisters came in and said they loved him, Dad wrote down his final words,” Patterson writes, “and those were, ‘I’m ready to see the Lord.'”

As the end drew near, Patterson’s father appeared to be looking at something beyond the family, something that was so beautiful to him it brought a gentle tear down his cheek. Witnessing his peace took away her fear of death, said Patterson, adding that she believes God wanted her at her father’s side at that time to let her know that death isn’t scary, but wonderful.

“I’m no longer afraid of death or dying.

I can’t wait to go home to see my father

“24 Hours,” a journey through the reach out to others. tragedy and healing in the aftermath of “We all need help at different times in a loved one’s suicide. - Photos by Mary our lives,” she says, “and God will guide you to the help you need.”

Stirrat someday!” she says, speaking of her heavenly father.

••• In the days after his death, the family found ways to stay connected with Patterson’s father. They rode to the funeral in his “pride and joy,” a 1957 Chevy. “We cranked the oldies up and sang and cried on the way to church,” she writes. “My brother burned rubber at the stop sign by the church. Dad would have been so proud.”

Over 400 people attended the funeral, more than any other funeral held at the church. Many of those people, said Patterson, had probably never heard the message of salvation before, and maybe some of them will be in heaven because of it.

“Maybe it’s OK for one person to pass,” she said, “when we know where he is going, if others can be there, too.”

Although she knew that God was always there, providing comfort and strength in numerous tangible ways, the days, weeks and months after the funeral were extremely difficult. There were numerous details to care for, like deciding whether or not to stay in the area, and how to combat the feeling they were being judged by her father’s actions.

The family gained strength by going through all of the “firsts” together – birthdays, hunting season, Christmas, and finally the one-year anniversary of her father’s death. Patterson hadn’t been to his grave since the burial, and met the day with trepidation.

“Mom and I realized that the weeks leading up to the firsts are actually harder than the firsts themselves,” she said. “You dread that day coming up, but when it finally gets here, it is just another day.”

••• In “24 Hours,” Patterson struggles through the “what if” questions, God’s place in the tragedy and the role of Satan.

One valuable lesson she has learned, she

Her desire to allow God to use her in the healing process of others prompted her to write the book, said Patterson.

For that reason, also, she and her mom have started a suicide support group that meets monthly at Trade Lake Baptist Church between Frederic and Grantsburg.

“We just get together to talk and to support each other,” she said. “We’re there to offer support and make friends.”

There is no pressure to even speak at the meetings, some of which are simply spent reminiscing and laughing together, some of which are spent discussing the serious dayto-day challenges.

“We just understand each other,” said Patterson, adding that suicide is often a “taboo” subject. “No one talks about it.

We need to know we’re not alone. It’s just getting together and being friends, being there for each other.”

The support group usually meets the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m., but in February will meet the second Thursday, on Feb. 11.

“I want you to know that there is hope and that we can help each other,” she writes.

Her final conclusion, Patterson says, is that God was with her every step of the way.

“God is with each one of you, too,” she continues, speaking to those who are having thoughts of suicide or are suffering the loss of a loved one by his or her own hand. “(God is) holding out his arms and waiting for each one of you to walk into them; he can take away all the pain and hurt and bear it himself.”

He already did this work, said Patterson, by sending his son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins.

“He would do the same thing over and over, even if it was only for one person,” she said.

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Six candidates vie for honor of Miss Luck Girls talents include tap dancing, singing and monologues

by Greg Marsten LUCK – Six young women will compete for the title of Miss Luck 2010 at next week’s Winter Carnival in Luck.

The candidates talents range from vocal solos to monologues, dancing and tap dancing. The six will combine with the reigning queen’s court to bring lots of entertainment to the Pageant on Friday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. The queen candidates can also be seen assisting with a number of Winter Carnival events all weekend, from Bingo at the DBS Lions Hall on Saturday, Feb. 13, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., to the Grand Marshal Reception at the Luck Senior Center from 5-7 on Saturday. The reigning and new queen’s court will be front and center in the Winter Carnival parade on Saturday night down Main Street in Luck, starting at 7 p.m. The candidates will also attend and perform at the dance that night at the DBS Lions Hall, starting at 8 p.m. The queens may also take part in the Big Butternut ice-fishing contest on Sunday, Feb. 14, from noon until 5 p.m.

Lindsey Jo Erickson. Lindsey is the daughter of Tom and Debbie Erickson, and is sponsored by North Central Logging and Louie’s Finer Meats. She is 5 feet 2 inches tall, with light brown hair and blue eyes. She is active in volleyball, FCCLA, and FFA. Erickson also donates her time by teaching Sunday school at her church. She participates in Wednesday youth groups, Girl Scouts, Bible camp and has helped with the Christmas program. Erickson enjoys camping, shopping, four-wheeling, baby-sitting, hunting, fishing, texting, scrapbooking, attending antique tractor shows, and spending time with friends and family.

After graduation she plans to attend WITC to start her career as a day-care provider. Her talent at the show will be a vocal solo.

Lindsey Jo Erickson

Krystal T. Ouellette

Morgan Rae Pullin

Shardae Lyn Garcia

Michelle Jacklyn Tomlinson

Devon Raye Nelson

member of the Northern Wisconsin Painted Horse Club, American Painted Horse Association, and American Quarter Horse Association. Pullin enjoys hunting, basketball, swimming, shopping, reading, baking, horses, fourwheeling and spending time with friends and family. After graduation she

plans to attend college to become a physical therapist. Her show talent will be a monologue.

with brown hair and brown eyes. She is active in softball, FCCLA, FFA, choir and the art club. Garcia volunteers her time with Feed My Starving Children. She has received special honors for receiving a CIA red card. Garcia enjoys reading, listening to music, drawing, painting, photography and spending time with friends and family. After graduation she plans to attend the University of Michigan to pursue a career as a paralegal; she would also like to own her own law firm.

Her talent at the show will be a vocal solo.

Shardae Lyn Garcia. Shardae is the niece of Mike and Bonnie Musial, and is sponsored by Wayne’s Foods Plus and Bella Salon. She is 5 feet 3 inches tall,

Michelle Jacklyn Tomlinson.

Michelle is the granddaughter of Don and Marianne Tomlinson, and is sponsored by Al Nelson and Tomlinson Insurance. She is 5 feet 5 inches tall, with blonde hair and blue eyes. She is active in volleyball, FCCLA, the art club, drama club, softball, choir, forensics and is a teacher’s aide. Tomlinson volunteers her time at the museum, helps clean up the lakeshore and also assists in coaching the younger kids in volleyball. She also helps with Sunday school and Red Cross blood drives. She enjoys scrapbooking, jet skiing, four-wheeling, swimming, snowboarding, snowmobiling, sleeping, tubing, camping, bowling, ice-skating, photography, drawing and spending time with friends and family. After graduation, Tomlinson plans on attending college to be a pharmacist with a minor in photography. She also wants to start a grief and loss support group for smaller communities. Her show talent will be tap dancing.

Krystal T. Ouellette. Krystal is the daughter of Anita Johnson, Eddie Reh, and Mike Ouellette and is sponsored by Jensen Furniture and Napa Auto Parts.

She is 5 feet 7 inches tall, with brown hair and brown eyes. She is active in FCCLA, FFA, basketball, volleyball, softball, soccer, pep band and marching band. She has received special recognition for perfect attendance throughout high school, CIA, and honor roll. She has also received a positive shirt, an academic letter, and the title of Best JV volleyball hitter. Ouellette volunteers her time with Feed My Starving Children, and plays an elf for Santa Days in Rockford, Minn. She also assisted with choreographing the Little Miss Luck dance routines. She also volunteers as a soccer coach and at the Natural Alternative Food Co-op. Ouellette’s hobbies include playing outdoors, reading, gymnastics, listening to music, paintball, writing, hunting, hiking, baby-sitting, snowmobiling, laying in the sun, and spending time with friends and family. After graduation she plans on attending college to pursue a career in the medical field as a pediatrician. Her talent at the show will be dancing.

Morgan Rae Pullin. Morgan is the daughter of Jeff and Sheryl Pullin, and is sponsored by The Bottle Shop and Luck Sport and Marine. She is 5 feet tall, with brown hair and brown eyes. Pullin is active in basketball, CIA with a red card, and is a teacher’s aide. Special honors include qualifying her quarter horse gelding for the world championship show and receiving the paint horse register of merit. She volunteers her time with roadside cleanup and is president of the Little Butternut 4-H Club. She is also a

Six candidates vying for the honor of Miss Luck 2010 take a moment to form a human pyramid during a practice. Pictured top: Morgan Pullin. Middle (L to R): Lindsey Jo Erickson and Shardae Lyn Garcia. Bottom: Krystal Oullette, Devon Raye Nelson and Michelle Tomlinson. - Photos by Greg Marsten

Devon Raye Nelson. Devon is the daughter of Rian and Lisa Stevens, and is sponsored by Flying Pie Pizza and Wilkins Bar and Resort. Nelson is 5 feet 2 inches tall, with brown hair and brown eyes. She is active with FFA, and enjoys helping maintain the school forest. She also works part time at Wilkins. Special honors include lettering in cheerleading, FFA chapter reporter, and an FFA pin.

Nelson likes snowmobiling, hunting, fishing, reading, listening to music, fourwheeling and spending time with family and friends. After graduation, she plans on attending Wyotech to pursue a career in marine and automotive mechanics. Her talent at the show will be a vocal solo.

Free tax assistance available soon

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POLK COUNTY – The American Association of Retired Persons Tax-Aide Program will begin in Polk County in February. This is a free, nationwide confidential service in which trained volunteers assist middle- and lower-income persons, especially those 60 and over, with their tax returns and Wisconsin Homestead Credit forms. Younger persons with lower incomes are also welcome to use the service.

Persons using this free tax opportunity are asked to bring with them all forms W-2 and 1099, plus property tax bills or rent certificates and last year’s returns.

Tax-aide volunteers will be available to give tax assistance at the Polk County sites listed below. The hours are 9 a.m. to noon, and appointments are encouraged but are not necessary. Appointments can be made by calling the site listed. To ask questions about the program, or to schedule home visits for those who are homebound, call 715-268-7884.

Frederic Senior Center, Thursdays, Feb. 4 and March 11 St. Croix Falls Senior Center, Wednesdays, Feb. 10, March 17 and April 7 Luck Senior Center, Thursday, February 25 Osceola (Millside Apts., 403 2nd Ave E.), Thursday, Feb. 18 Balsam Lake (Polk County Aging Office), Thursday, March 4 Amery Senior Center, every Tuesday from Feb. 2 to April 13. – submitted

I have this kid who acts as a gofer for me. He’s eager but not too bright. He had just started working for me and his first task was to go out and get coffee. He went to a nearby coffee shop carrying a large thermos. He holds up the thermos to the girl at the counter and says, “Is this big enough to hold six cups of coffee?” The girl says, “Yeah. It looks like it would hold six cups.” So he smiles and replies, Just for ”Good. Give me two regular, two with cream and two decaf.”

••• My wife and I went shopping last week. I went to look around and later, when I found her, she had a cart full of stuff. I said, “You’re going to buy all of this?” She smiled at me and said, “Yes.” Then waving her arm toward the interior of the store, she added, “But look at all the stuff I’m leaving behind!”

Joe Roberts

Laughs

I never used to do things with women.

all had to sort of sniff me out before I could jump into the pack. I didn’t know I was I was never in women’s groups, either being vetted until I had been accepted, and formal or informal. I had female friends, then I only had two days to read 300 pages but I didn’t do things with women simply on the Black Death. The next book was a because they were women. I thought the macho novella by Faulkner about hunting only reason you would do things excluand male bonding, followed by a Victorian sively with women was because you didstory involving small children who become n’t especially like men. murderous after being captured by pirates.

Yesterday I went out to lunch with three This club required dedication. women, all friends I knew from before I But I am delighted to be a part of a group spent the past few years in Africa. All of us of women with fascinating life stories and have been on personal journeys in the past perspectives. We talk about our struggle to four years, and all the journeys involved raise awareness in the midst of mass media, pain and learning and loss. All of us had raise children in the midst of popular culfound ourselves, through a combination of ture, and raise vegetables in the midst of choice and necessity, reinventing our lives Letters from deer. We talk about yoga and menopause and doing things we had not done before. and home remodeling and decaffeinated But I think we agreed that we are all doing tea. And, somewhat surprisingly, we almost well. We really are doing well. always find time to talk about the book.

One of these friends has just started her Last week we talked about pie, specifically, men own business, the culmination of several years of and pie.

Men really like pie. This is what the women study and planning. We decided this called for champagne and we toasted her success. Then we toasted in my book club decided last week.

One of the women mentioned that she had recently the road we were on and the bridges that we had to made a pie, and how surprised and pleased her huscross on our journeys. All of us were silent for a bit, band had been. Another mentioned the same pheas we remembered our own bridges and the dark waters beneath. Then we toasted our commitment to nomenon had recently occurred in her home, with see each other again soon. And finally (since there her boyfriend.

“Men like pie” I observed. was a bit of champagne left in the bottle) we made “They do!” several women chimed, in a surprised the most important toast of all—we toasted ourselves. We toasted the women we are today and to chorus.

It was a revelation, this fondness for pie. We marbecoming more and more ourselves. in this discovery about men as we would any veled I am also now part of a women’s book group. I was revelation that informed our lives and made our looking for a book club when I moved back from Africa. So, when I met a terrific woman and she told journeys more joyful.

Because we do like men, and men do like pie. me she was part of a group, I asked if I might join and she said she thought I could. Then I waited to Till next time, hear back from her.

– Carrie And I waited.

This is a very close book club, it turns out, and they

Carrie Classon

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American Red Cross classes for new students BALSAM LAKE – The American Red Cross is offering the following classes: Adult/AED CPR – Monday, Feb. 15 - 5:30-9:30 p.m., first aid – Tuesday, Feb. 16 5:30-8:30 p.m., infant/child– Thursday, Feb. 18 - 5:309:30 p.m.

These classes will be held at the Polk County Red

Cross Office located in Balsam Lake. Preregistration is requested.

To register call Terry Anderson at 715-485-3025 or register online at www.scvarc.org. Classes may be canceled due to insufficient enrollment. - submitted

Motorcycle safety traning classes set RICE LAKE - WITC Rice Lake continuing education is offering the Motorcycle Safety Basic Rider course.

The 16-hour class, which is designed to teach the beginner or experienced rider safe techniques in riding a mo-

torcycle, consists of six hours of classroom and 10 hours on-cycle instruction.

Passing the basic rider course waives the driving test when applying for a Class M license at the DMV. They

are also offering an experienced rider course. Preregistration is required. For more information on these classes, call WITC Rice Lake at 715-234-7082, ext. 5409 or 5410. - from WITC

A call for writers and artists A new feature in 2010 will be the Artspage, a presentation of the best works we can gather from the two-county area and beyond. We will accept continuous submissions of photography, drawings, any images that can be reproduced in a newspaper, writings and short prose and poetry, with a mind toward appropriate-

The Crisco Kid

by Joyce Thompson When our eldest son was little he loved to play with the pots and pans in the cupboard. He would spend many happy hours pulling them out, banging on them with a spoon, piling them up and tipping them over, putting them back in the cupboard, then taking them out and repeating the process all over

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 715-349-2761 for more information about the organization.

ness for this publication. Humorous, creative, satirical, imaginative and images that challenge, provoke and enlighten are sought. Give us your best and we’ll do the rest. Depending on the flow of submissions, this can be anywhere from a monthly to a weekly feature. We will need a healthy dose of submissions, so get out

Writer’s Corner again.

He usually only got into the bottom shelf and there was nothing there he could damage or get hurt on, so when he was happily banging away, I never payed too much attention to what he was doing.

One day while I was dusting in the next room, I realized that it had gotten very quiet. Since that usually meant he was into something, I went to see what was happening.

It was a good thing that I checked on

your pencils and pens, cameras and computers, brushes and whatever accoutrements you require to create your art, and get busy, please. This space could also be used for arts news, previews and reviews of arts and literary events, or profiles of/interviews with writers and artists. Only you can ensure the success of

this experiment. Send images in jpeg form, short poetry, prose and bio in the body of an e-mail, to: winterboo@centurytel.net or the-leader@centurytel.net.

him when I did. What I saw made me wish I had checked much sooner. He had pulled himself up so that he could reach the second shelf and had gotten the can of Crisco down, taken the cover off and was in the process of "painting" everything he could reach.

It took some convincing to get him to let me have the can. He was covered with shortening, even had it in his hair.

It was on the floor, the cupboards, the pans, and the seat of one of the kitchen chairs, which I became aware of after I sat on it. It took several washings to get it all off.

After he had a bath and clean clothes, I spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning up the Crisco mess. It took much more time to clean than it had taken him to " paint" everything, and I didn't

have nearly as much fun as he had had either.

You can bet the shortening can was moved to a much safer spot so that it could not be used for "finger painting" again.

PoCo Penners The PoCo Penners meet the second Friday of the month at 2 p.m. in the Conference room, next to the restroom, in the Justice Center in Balsam Lake. Contact Brenda Mayer at 715485-3571 or Iris Holm 715-294-3174 for more information.

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 feature, please contact us at the-leader@centurytel.net or call 715-327-4236. - Editor

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Collected by

Russ Hanson

John Taylor Dunn on John Till is located a t http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cd m4/document.php?CISOROOT=/wm h&CISOPTR=20425&CISOSHOW=2037 5.

Michael Edmonds is deputy administrator of the Wisconsin Historical Society’s library and archives and author of a recent book, “Out of the Northwoods: The Many Lives of Paul Bunyan.”

River Road

Ramblings John Till and his Miracle Plaster

by Michael Edmonds John Till was not your typical doctor.

He wore farmers overalls rather than a white lab coat, and he couldn’t show you a college degree or even a medical license. But at the start of the last century, people came from far and wide to be healed by his miraculous treatment.

Till, an Austrian immigrant, arrived at a lumber camp at Turtle Lake, in rural Barron County, in 1898. He brought with him a unique paste which, when applied to the back, would cure any ailment from bunions to cancer. His theory was that illness is caused by poisons that seep into the body, and that the patient would be cured when the plaster drew those toxins out.

In the autumn of 1905, a farmwife named Melanie Cloutier in the nearby town of Somerset was near death from an infection. Her husband took her to Till, whose treatment appeared to cure her. The news of her recovery spread like wildfire, and before long the little town of Somerset was taken by storm.

There were even reports in northwestern Wisconsin that the plaster had been used to reattach a dog’s severed tail, and that in 10 days the animal was healed and the tail once again happily wagging.

Till soon moved in with Octave and Melanie Cloutier, who built a new wing onto their farmhouse to accommodate the influx of patients (here’s a photo of the extended family in 1905). His fame soon spread far and wide, and before long trains were disgorging literally hundreds of sufferers into Somerset each day. From 6 a.m. until 10 p.m., Till and Cloutier lined them up on chairs in the makeshift clinic, treated them in groups of six, and sent them on their way.

Till’s plaster was a mixture of kerosene and croton oil, which the Encyclopedia Britannica defines as a “poisonous viscous liquid obtained from the seeds of a small Asiatic tree ...” (now considered too dangerous for medicinal use). The mixture was sponged on the back, which immediately began to boil and blister, supposedly lifting the toxins out of the patient’s body.

A local clergyman recalled, “Till would feel the patient’s jugular vein and tell them what their trouble was.

The sufferer’s back was laid bare. Till would take his sponge and smear his

John Till, the famous plaster doctor of Northwest Wisconsin, in his working clothes. croton oil concoction from neck to base of spine. Cloutier in the meantime would sew in the person’s garments some cotton batting. This would soak up the running matter from the skin inflamed by Till’s powerful counterirritant. In time the back would almost be like raw beef. The batting would remain two weeks and then a second treatment might be in store.”

Till never charged for his services, but each patient merely left behind a gratuity. A reporter noted that “each contributed as much as he deemed fit, none less than a dollar, which sums were carelessly thrown into the treasury box to the rear of the thrifty and industrious operator who appeared not to give it a thought.” The local bank reported that Till regularly deposited up to $3,000 per week during the first decade of the 20th century.

Till’s growing popularity and reputation eventually caught the eye of the state medical board, who several times had him arrested and brought to trial for practicing without a license. He brought so much revenue into the small town of Somerset, however, that no jury

On May 11, 1985, I also interviewed John Till's son, John W. Till of rural Cumberland, in connectioin with the Wisconsin Folldife Center's German Music Project. Like his father who, in addition to "doctoring," was the leader of an old-time dance band, the younger Till, raised both in Wisconsin and in central Europe, was a fine traditional musician. He played the Austrian double-necked schrommel guitar, yodeled and led a family band, The Singing Tills, that was recorded in 1975 for the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Folklife Programs. Inevitably John W. Till told me about his famous father, including a few facts not mentioned by Dunn: the elder Till was 7 years old when injured by a horse and wagon; and he spent 21 years with his blacksmith-herbalist mentor before emigrating to Wisconsin, where a brother was living.

James Leary, historian, comments about John Till’s son of Cumberland (died 1989).

of his peers would convict him. After one trial in Hudson, the county seat, “Doctor” Till was greeted on his return to Somerset by a great throng of celebrants headed by a brass band which escorted him triumphantly to his office.

That night there was a joyful demonstration with 1,300 new patients clamoring for consultation. “In the long run,” the local press concluded, “Till is liable to have many more friends than the ... [medical] board which is frantically determined to ding away at the Legislature until they have made it a felony to take a dose of catnip tea or onion syrup without their prescription.”

In 1908, he had a falling out with the Cloutier family, and eventually left Somerset for New Richmond. Till proved too unsophisticated to manage such a popular business, however, and in subsequent years everyone from relatives and assistants to business partners and outright swindlers took advantage of his lax approach to money.

As he moved around northern Wisconsin in search of greener pastures, lawsuits and damage claims followed him, until in 1920 the State medical board finally convicted him. In 1922 he was allowed to return to Austria on condition that he would not practice medicine again in Wisconsin. A quarter century later, after losing virtually all his property first to the Germans and then to the Communists, Till returned to Wisconsin, where he died while visiting friends in Kiel in 1947.

Edmonds, Michael. “John Till and His Miracle Plaster.” Wisconsin Historical site Web (www.wisconsinhistory.org/odd/archi ves/002761.asp), viewed Jan. 12, 2010.

We always like readers to find their way back to our Web site for more information (the Wisconsin Historical Society).

A link to a more detailed 1956 article by

Notes from the Rambler: Stanley Selin started writing an article on Dr. Till, but chose to ask Michael Edmonds for permission to use the above story instead. Stanley says “ I have a little paragraph hand-written by my aunt Mildred that says her mother Alma (my dad’s mother) had a blue-red growth on her neck, for which she went to Till, and he ‘cured’ her. I think the concoction he used was a brownish-yellow oil pressed from the seeds of the croton (mixed with kerosene) which was a drastic purgative and irritant. The theory is that it caused the skin to inflame which caused the body to produce ‘toxins’ which resulted in relieving pain or inflammation elsewhere. Most of the time Till got by the law because he didn’t charge for his cures. People left donations in a jar that kept him afloat. “ My personal opinion of medicine today is that in spite of the scientific approach that most MDs use to diagnose and treat patients and the successes it has brought, there are still many John Tills out there preying on sick and gullible people. Some are charlatans just after money and others are deluding patients and themselves too.

Drug companies advertise their expensive medicines for Alzheimer’s as miracle cures. Mayo Clinic is being overly generous to the drug dealers when they say “Unfortunately, Alzheimer’s medications don’t work for everyone. Some of the most commonly used drugs work in less than half the people tested. For those who are helped, the drugs’ effects often are modest and temporary.“ Research shows that at best in a few patients there might be a six-month delay in the progression— something so subjective as to be practically unmeasurable.

Medicine is such a huge and profitable business with such powerful connections to politicians that the money takes precedence over best interest of the patient. The corruption in the system is not usually overt; it is the daily padding of tests, procedures and charges; it is the drug companies influencing the doctors through rewards; it is the constant advertising direct to the patient insisting that new purple pill is the answer to their problems.

There is no end to the number of people pushing unproven health practices out there today, many with all sorts of licenses and devices and medicines.

The true successes in the treatment of diseases and injuries have come through science and research that gives honest evidence of what works and what fails. Remember what P.T. Barnum said, “There is a sucker born every minute.” There are a lot of people who think we are suckers out there ready to apply a plaster of kerosene to take our attention off of our real problems.

Send your medical or other stories to riverroadrambler@gmail.com, 507-3568877, or Russ Hanson, 15937 Co 27 Blvd, Pine Island, MN. On Feb. 18, if the leg X-ray looks good, I hope to get the OK to begin walking on my broken leg.

Margo and I plan to load up the camper and head south for three weeks before opening the cabin and tapping the maples at Cushing. I want to practice walking where there is no ice!

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Remembering Robert Nathan

The other day I came across

the book “The Enchanted Voyage” written by Robert Nathan and published in 1936. I bought it at a Frederic Library sale years ago because the author was a guest speaker at Macalester College when my husband and I Abrahamzon lived on campus in converted barracks units.

We lived in a four-bedroom unit with a long kitchen room and smaller living room plus bathroom with two shower stalls, etc. We used the bedroom closest to the kitchen as a dining room, and the fourth bedroom for storage. Our two little boys shared a bedroom with twin beds.

The four barracks units formed a square courtyard in the middle. Among us we had quite a few children, nine or 10 as I recall.

My husband and I were looking forward to hearing the poet/author speak. He was a very dapper man, wearing neat trousers, shirt and a checkered vest. He read from his book of poetry, and I especially liked the poem about his backyard. Workers had been working there, and left a lantern to mark a big hole they had dug there so no one would fall into it.

Nathan remarked, “I went out in the yard and found a poem there.”

He was popular at the same time as Robert Frost, and they wrote in the same genre. Ken’s students in one of his English classes bought one of Nathan’s books, personally autographed with an original line drawing as well. We prized that book and it still holds a place of honor next to some of the books written by Jesse Stuart of Greenup, Ky., where he was poet laureate, neighbor to professor Robert Gard of Madison and August Derleth of Sauk City.

I am valiantly trying to give away some of our books and failing mirserably, because books mean something to me. They are like old friends sitting on the bookshelves, waiting to be picked up and reread.

So I read “The Enchanted Voyage” in two days. It’s about a man who builds a boat in his backyard and takes imaginary trips on it. The hero is a little like a Walter Mitty character, forever dreaming. It’s not a complicated plot and highly impossible, yet interesting.

Nathan’s poems were often published in The Ladies Home Journal, not McCall’s or The Delineator.

Those are the magazines I read when I was growing up. When I was in high school, I sent a story to Liberty magazine. It was never printed but at least I tried.

As a child I read The Bobbsey Twins series; the “Five Little Peppers and How They Grew,” the “Five Little Peppers Midway” and the “Five Little Peppers Grown Up,” “Little Women,” “Little Men,” “Black Beauty,” “Adrift on an Ice Pan,” and, of course, Elsie Dinsmore (such a goody-goody girl!).

Bernice

Behind the Signpost

Boys books The other day I found a boys book with my late husband’s name in it. Perhaps it was one of his own early books. It’s one in a series and the titles seem very funny to us now. These books had pseudonyms for authors instead of real names, same as girls books back then.

Ken’s one-time book is titled “Dave Dashaway, the Young Aviator (Or In the Clouds for Fame and Fortune)” by Roy Rockwood (40 cents postpaid).

Others in the series: “Dave Dashaway and the Hydroplane” “Dave Dashaway and the Giant Airship” “Dave Dashaway Around the World” I have to laugh at that name of Dave Dashaway.

Other series were the following: “The Saddle Boys of the Rockies” “The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon” “The Saddle Boys on the Plains” “The Saddle Boys at Circle Ranch” (or) “Tom Fairfield’s Schooldays” “Tom Fairfield at Sea” “Tom Fairfield in Camp” “Tom Fairfield’s Luck and Pluck” (or) “The Speedwell Boys on Motorcycles” “The Speedwell Boys and Their Racing Auto” “The Speedwell Boys and Their Power Launch” “The Speedwell Boys in a Submarine” (or) “Fred Fenton the Pitcher” “Fred Fenton in the Line” “Fred Fenton on the Crew” “Fred Fenton on the Track” (Note: I’m sure my husband did not become a Marine Corps flyer because he read Dave Dashaway. He intended to sign up at the Merchant Marine office that fateful day but it was closed and the Marine Corps office was open).

Good thought A perfect wife is one who doesn’t expect a perfect husband.

And another Itching for what you want doesn’t do much good; you’ve got to scratch for it.

And finally Contentment consists not in great wealth, but in few wants.

Until next week, Bernice

POLK COUNTY - Researching your family tree can be challenging, especially if your ancestors were born Anishinnabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa Indian people). In 2009, however, four cousins of the second, third and fourth degree who traced their families back to Polk County discovered the reward of the search, when they found each other and their Ojibwa ancestors. Now, they want to find more third and fourth cousins for a reunion of the family. It may not be as fun as a powwow, but it will be a great gathering.

The effort began in the 1980s when two second cousins started their search independent of each other.

John (Jack) Hendry of Fridley, Minn., used old notes taken during conversations with his father and grandparents to find Donita Robinson, formerly of St. Croix Falls, his second cousin once removed. Jack’s grandmother, Maud (John) Hendry of the town of Eureka, and Donita’s great-grandmother, Lucy (Will) Robinson, were the daughters of Madeline Nodin and Eli Tuttle of the town of Eureka. Nodin, an Annishinabe, was born at La Pointe, Madeline Island, in the 1830s.

In 2009, their third cousin, James Tuttle of Duluth, and great-grandson of Maud and Lucy’s brother, Henry Tuttle, found the names and birth dates of Madeline’s parents. Joseph Nodin and Angelique Ogagwedakwadokwe had seven daughters between 1824 and 1839, and the entire family was baptized by Father Baraga.

Armed with this information, they found their fourth cousin, Lisa Krause, the great-great-great-

Compiled by Bernice Abrahamzon

50 Years Ago The 1960 Betty Crocker Homemaker of the Year at Webster was Betty Peterson, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Peterson.-Playing at the Frederic Theatre was “Samson and Delilah.”-“Run Silent, Run Deep” was playing at the Webb Theatre, Webster.-A dance was set for Jan. 30 at the Indian Creek Hall with music

by George Shepard and his Hi-Lites.-A March of Dimes dance was set for Jan. 30 at Joe’s Crossroads, Siren, with door prizes and music by Glenn Hunter.The electric co-op now pays more in taxes than total revenue at start.-The census district office opened Feb. 1 at Superior.-The Polk County Sister Kenny drive over the quota.-Jensen Furniture and Appliance, Luck, had a mattress sale with prices starting at $49.50 for a twin or double mattress.-Specials at the Frederic Co-op Store included grapefruit at 10 for 39¢, cabbage at 8¢ lb., skinless wieners at 49¢ lb., beef chuck roast at 45¢ lb.

40 Years Ago A rescue breathing film was shown in Webster.-A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Denotter on Jan. 26, at the Siren Community Hospital.Obituaries included Soren Sorensen, Clifford Richards, Sena Jensen and Gustaf Olson.-The movie “Cast a Long Shadow” was playing at the Grand Theatre in Grantsburg.-“Journey to the Center of the Earth” was playing at the Frederic Theatre.-A dance was held at the Indian Creek Hall on Feb. 6.-The annual ice-fishing contest was held on Devils Lake, Webster.–Contracts were signed for Frederic Elementary School.-The youth camp at Interstate Park was abandoned.-The Frederic Village Council voted to use fluoride in water system.-The Jotblad Music Center, North Falun, advertised pianos and organs.Specials at Les’s Store in South Siren included bacon squares at 17¢ lb., heavy, all-wool men’s shirts at $2.89 and new ski boots at $5.79 a pair.-Specials at Route’s Super Market, Frederic, included pork chops at 33¢ lb., pork sausage at 2 lbs. for 59¢, oranges at two dozen for 69¢, chocolate chips at 19¢ pkg., and McClintochs honey at 5-lb. jar for $1.09.-Mrs. E. H. Ekblad died at Grantsburg.-A benefit was held for the March of Dimes at the Airport Lanes, Siren.-Wisconsin jobless payments during January amounted to $4,149,700.-Burnett County sold timber from Burnett forests.-A massed band concert was set for Feb. 11 at the Siren school.-Paulsen’s Store in Luck had a February clearance sale on housedresses, two for $5, bedspreads at $3.37, plastic drapes at 69¢ and seamless nylons at 77¢ pr.-The movie “Pillow Talk” was playing at the Frederic Theatre with Tony Randall and Thelma Ritter.

20 Years Ago

Picnic planned for Anishinnabe descendants Still looking for some descendants

Do you remember ?

granddaughter of Catharine Nodin, who was the second oldest of the seven Nodin sisters. Catharine married Alexander Bildeau who, in the 1860s carried the U. S. mail on his back between St. Croix Falls and Superior – a 140-mile trek! Catharine and Alex raised their children Madeline (James) Steen, Harriet (Eben) Stone, Mary (John) McFaggen and Alex (Caroline Holmes) Bildeau Jr. in St. Croix Falls and then Balsam Lake. “2010 will be better yet,” said Lisa, “because we want to find many of Joseph and Angelique Nodin’s descendents when we gather to celebrate at the Interstate Park in St. Croix Falls on May 30.”

The families they are trying to find are the descendents of Madeline and Eli’s sixth child, Cynthia Barnett and the descendant’s of Joseph and Angelique’s oldest daughter, Theresse Nodin who married Georgius Millette. They have little information about two of Nodin’s daughters, Julia and Caroline, who also went by the last name Wind, but they hope to find their descents too. Theresse and George Millette were living in Pokegema in 1860 with their children, Harriet, born about 1840, Domitelle and Angelique, born about 1842, Adelayde, born about 1847, Pierre, born about 1849 and George, born about 1850. The other Nodin daughters, Maria and Carolina, died young.

A potluck picnic reunion for descendents of Joseph Nodin and Angelique Ogagwedakwadokwe is planned for Sunday, May 30, at Interstate Park, St. Croix Falls. More information can be obtained by contacting Lisa Krause at 763-972-6593 or Donita O’Donnell at 608-829-2551. - submitted

The four candidates who filed for the Frederic Village Board were James Pearson, Brian Rogers, James Meyer and John Glockzin.-A picture of the snowstorm of 1962 was printed.-Monycor Savings Bank observed its grand opening Jan. 22 – 26, but it was also a new building after being in Frederic for 10 years.-Young men who turned 26 in 1990 had to register for selective service.-Early Oil Co. had its beginning in 1923 in Frederic.-WITI offered classes for expectant parents in St. Croix Falls.-Dr. Rolf Bjornson joined the staff at Amery.-Obituaries included Harold Garmoe, David Erickson, Walter Gutzmer and John Surbaugh.-A new column began in the Leader titled Onward Through The Fog, written by Laura Johnson.-Fuel tanks and monitoring systems were discussed by highway committee in Polk County.-Walleye/bass size limits were exempt on Johnson Lake.-A water-skipping mishap on Yellow Lake took the life of a snowmobiler from the Twin Cities.-Rebuilding Hwy. 70 was still a priority for county.-A one-year subscription to the Leader was only $15.60 a year for Polk and Burnett residents.-A popular column in the newspaper was Burnett Co. Senior Citizens news written by Lois Taylor.-Surplus foods were distributed Jan. 25.-Russ Kiecker, Burnett ag agent, wrote a weekly column for this newspaper titled Browsing in Burnett County.

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Another good jam session is set for Saturday night from 6 – 9 p.m. at the Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church. Coffee and treats will be available along with lots of music and fellowship. Welcome.

Pastor Tom tried something new Sunday at church, opening up the service for worshippers to share experiences when they felt God especially close to them, in celebration or in

extremity. Many different stories were shared.

Assisting the pastor during Sunday’s service were Gloria Chell, organist; Starr Warndahl, pianist; Brad Alden, reader; Robin Peterson, Scripture reader; Marlene Nelson and Nicole, ushers.

Coffee and goodies were served after the service by Phil and Sylvia Schaetzel.

A bake sale is planned for next week, Fri-

day, Feb. 12, at the Bremer Bank at 9 a.m. at Frederic, with the money earmarked for Haiti.

It was iniated by the UMW and has been opened up to include church members, too.

Friday, Feb. 12, is also the date for the next meeting of the Northwest Regional Writers at 1 p.m. at Espresso Cabin located near the Catholic Church, Grantsburg. Food and beverages are available on the menu. The as-

Bernice Abrahamzon signment is “Are You Ready?” Time is given for writers to read their assignments.

Nice to have visitors in church on Sunday including Ann Nelson and Josh from UW-Superior. Nicole Nelson brought Ann’s puppy over to church at coffee time. She is a Jack Russell terrier named Molly. Pretty cute! She was passed from hand to hand and petted.

Siren Senior Center First thing to note is that next Wednesday we are having a potluck dinner at the center.

We will begin serving at 11:30 a.m. in order to make way for the 500 card players who start playing at 1 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come and join us as we celebrate our fiveyears-plus anniversary that we have been in our new center. If you are not up to making something to share come anyway; there is usually plenty of food.

On Feb. 11, we are having our monthly Dining at Five dinner. Please call 715-349-2845 or stop in to make a reservation. This is a week later than usual so keep that in mind.

Tuesday the Ravishing Rubies Red Hatters held their monthly meeting at the center. Cor-

349-2964 Things are getting kind of hairy out in the bird yard in bear country. Seems the turkeys and deer have declared an all-out war on each other. Several days ago, one of the turkeys didn’t relish the thought of the deer coming into the bird yard so it flew at them.

The deer, not to be outdone, took it upon themselves to come into the bird yard at a full trot right into the middle of the turkeys, sending them flying in all directions for the safety of the trees. Then the deer simply clean up all the corn and sunflower seeds available on the ground. Who knows, maybe the tree rats

rine Root, Grace Haines, Gerry Vogel and myself helped collect the nutrition fee and serve and bus the dinners for the ladies. The regular diners who came half an hour early were treated to a birthday cake that Judy Johnson brought to celebrate her mother’s, Marge Nyberg’s, birthday.

We decided that groups are more than welcome to come and join in the nutrition dinner for the usual price of $3.59, but to make things easier they will have to eat at the regular dining time, which is 11:30 a.m. It’s just too confusing for seniors who are used to eating at a certain time to remember to show up earlier than their regular time and the kitchen staff has to put in longer hours serving and

cleaning up.

Gratitude to Cora d’Jong who purchased and donated eight decks of large-print playing cards for our 500 and Spades players.

This will make it easier for our players whose eyes are getting dimmer.

Nona Severson and Fran Oltman are still on our list for get-well wishes. Hopefully Fran will be home from the hospital at this time and Nona will be able to come and join at cards.

Speedy recoveries, ladies.

Winners at 500 this week were Gerry Vogel, Sue Newberger, Arvid Pearson, Marie Van Guilder and Anke Olesen. We finished off Marge’s birthday cake and salad that she brought for treats. Spades winners were Inez

Barb Munger Pearson, Clara Palomaki, Sue Newberger, Marge Nyberg and Gerry Vogel.

The center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dime Bingo is played on Tuesday, Cribbage Wednesday morning, 500 Wednesday afternoon and Spades are played on Friday. All old- and newcomers are welcome to join in all of the activities. For information call 715-349-7810 and 715-3492845 for nutrition dinner reservations. Hope to see a lot of you at the potluck next Wednesday.

Siren squealed on the turkeys for chasing them into the trees.

Those of you who have kids that are or would be interested in playing soccer this summer, there will be sign-up sessions at the schools. This month, Webster Elementary on Monday, Feb. 8, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Grantsburg Middle School Tuesday, Feb. 16, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., Siren School Commons Monday, Feb. 22, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and then again at Webster on Saturday, Feb. 27, from 9 a.m. to noon. You can sign up your kids at any of these schools.

The South Fork Sporting Club is hosting a gun show on Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Lakeview Events Center in Siren from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. There will be lots to see, maybe buy or trade. For more info call Richard Kettula at 715-653-2271. Tickets are just $5.

Sympathy to the family of Eileen (Mascotti) Caliguire who passed away Jan. 21.

LaVonne Brethorst and family attended the funeral of Jerry C. Svoboda, LaVonne’s late husband’s brother, last Saturday in Duluth, Minn.

Well-known comedian Mary Mack will be

Bev Beckmark performing Friday, Feb. 12, at 8 p.m., at the Siren Northwoods Crossing, doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets for this event are $20 per person.

For more info call 715-349-2922. Proceeds go to the Family Resource Center.

Congratulations to elementary student Kaci Tolzman, middle-schooler Breylin Johnson and high-schooler Christian Otto for being chosen Siren Schools students of the week.

All you guys and gals as well, don’t forget your special valentine on Valentine’s Day, Sunday, Feb. 14.

Have a good one yourself.

Birth announcements Born at SCRMC:

A boy, Preston Zachary Winn, born Jan. 17, 2010, to Tim and Heidi Winn, Brooklyn Park, Minn. Preston weighted 7 lbs., 3 oz.

••• Twin boys, Aaron Michael Stroot Jr. and Dion Walter Stroot, born Jan. 17, 2010, to Stacy Spafford and Aaron Stroot, Webster.

Aaron weighed 5 lbs., 3 oz. and Dion weighted 5 lbs., 4 oz.

••• A boy, Cameron Philip Leibke, born Jan. 19, 2010, to Jacob and Anna Leibke, Garden City, S.D. Cameron weighed 8 lbs., 14 oz.

••• A girl, Josie Marie Miller, born Jan. 21,

2010, to Stacy Mante and Dominic Miller, Deer Park. Josie weighed 7 lbs., 12 oz.

••• A boy, Weston George Swenson, born Jan. 21, 2010, to Austin and Alice Swenson, Luck.

Weston weighed 6 lbs., 3 oz.

••• A boy, Samuel Joseph Dargiewicz, born

Jan. 21, 2010, Chantell Thompson and John Dargiewicz, Centuria. Samel weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz.

••• A girl, Kadence Julia Larson, born Jan. 23, 2010, to Katie and Matt Larson, Cushing.

Kadence weighed 7 lbs., 1 oz.

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Academic news MANTAKO, Minn. - The academic high honor and honor lists (dean’s lists) for the past fall semester at Minnesota State University, Mankato, have been announced by Dr. Scott R. Olson, provost and vice president for academic affairs.

The following students were included: Amery Samantha Falck, honors; Frederic Lisa Chelmo, honors; Osceola Natasha Frank, honors; and Kayla Wistrom, honors; Siren Melanie Chenal, high honors. - submitted ••• RIVER FALLS – The UW-River Falls fall semester dean’s list honoring 1,264 students has been released by Registrar Daniel Vande Yacht.

Frederic Tasha M. Larson; Grantsburg Brian M. Byers and Ryan A. Hansen; Luck Kelly J. Johnson, Corbin C. Paulson and Karn Petersen; Siren Christine M. Daniels and Kyle R. Malm; Webster Brittany N. Flatten, Zachary J. Freese and Olivia N. Main. - submitted ••• EAU CLAIRE – The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has named 1,828 undergraduate students to its dean’s lists for the 2009 fall semester.

Amery Lillian Budke, arts and sciences, biology; Karen Hansen, arts and sciences, mass communication; Corey Hartman, business, information systems; Britta Marquand, arts and sciences, French; Cassandra Smith, ed-

ucation and human sciences, kinesiology; Clear Lake Kelia Shafer, education and human sciences, social work; Frederic Traci Lundeen, arts and sciences, chemistry with business emphasis; Grantsburg Sarah Frommader, nursing and health sciences, nursing; Luck Megan Panek, nursing and health sciences, nursing; Osceola Nathan Graf, business, accounting; Adam Parmeter, business, management; Siren Ashley Provo, education and human sciences, special education; St. Croix Falls Teresa Olson, business, management; Stephanie Schmidt, arts and sciences, music; Connie Wroblewski, nursing and health sciences, nursing; Unity Lindsey Graff, nursing and health sciences, nursing; Brenda Rougeux, arts and sciences, biology; Webster Casey Ince, education and human sciences, elementary education. - submitted ••• DULUTH, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Duluth has announced its dean’s list for fall semester 2009. Students on the dean’s list have achieved a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.

Amery Timothy W. Kopp, elect./computer engr.; Christine E. Meyer, undeclared/prepharmacy; Sampson W. Moore, mechanical engineering; Jenna M. Schone, unified early childhood.

Clear Lake Jamie J. Griffin, teaching social studies/teaching life science.

Dresser Joshua Yunker, science and engineering.

Grantsburg Ausha L. Arnold, elementary/middle school education.

Luck Benjamin A. Dinnies, teaching physical science; Hailey J. Giller, health education.

Osceola Scott Kulzer, political science; Molly M. Tomfohrde, prebusiness; Tim J. Whittenberger, prebusiness.

St. Croix Falls Chelsi Hoag, history. - submitted ••• ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State University conducted fall 2009 commencement ceremonies at Halenbeck Hall for more than 770 undergraduates. More than 210 students earned their graduate degrees in commencement and hooding ceremonies held at Ritsche Auditorium, as well. Both ceremonies took place on Sunday, Dec. 20.

Among them are . . .

Amery Kelly J. Olson, communication studies; Grantsburg Kaelyn J. Friese, community psychology; Katherine A. Worrell, ecology and field biology; St. Croix Falls Chelsea A. Kammerud, history. - submitted ••• DES MOINES, Iowa – The following local students have been named to the president’s list at Drake University. This academic honor is achieved by earning a straight-A gradepoint average of 4.0 during the fall 2009 semester at Drake.

Siren Courtney Daniels Drake is a private, independent university in Des Moines, Iowa, with an enrollment of approximately 3,200 full-time undergraduate students from 45 states and 62 countries.

Drake University’s mission is to provide an exceptional learning environment that prepares students for meaningful personal lives, professional accomplishments and responsible global citizenship. The Drake experience is distinguished by collaborative learning among students, faculty and staff and by the integration of the liberal arts and sciences with professional preparation. - submitted ••• ELY, Minn. – Vermilion Community College in Ely, Minn., named the following students to the fall 2009 honors list.

Students must have attained a semester GPA of 3.75 to earn placement on the highest honors list, 3.5 for placement on the high honors list, and 3.0 for placement on the honors list.

Grantsburg Bobbie Durand, honors; LaShawn Nohrenberg, honors. – submitted •••

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LaVonne O'Brien

The Harmony HCE Club met at Adeline Ingall’s home on Tuesday morning.

On Sunday night, the O’Brien family members had a surprise birthday party for Jack O’Brien at the Grant House in Rush City, Minn. They enjoyed the brunch there.

Jack and Jeri Witzany spent the weekend with Mike Witzany in Champlin, Minn., Rick and Judy Witzany are now full-time residents here.

Mark and Deanna Krause attended a conference in the Cities on Saturday. Kent and Fran Krause watched the Webster - Birchwood basketball game, which Webster won.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Hi, everybody! Blacky here from Humane Society of Burnett County. Oooooeee! I’ve got an extra-cold nose and some frosty whiskers after charging around outside. I get pretty excited when I play outdoors, particularly if I think I’m going to go for a walk. I bounce up and down with gusto, which is no small feat when you’re extra large, like me.

Mom calls me Hoppity Horse, after some toy she had when she was little, only I’m a lot heavier ‘cause I’m not full of air. Anyway, when I finally came inside this morning, I placed my cold nose on her exposed skin while she leaned over to pick up my water bowl. Holy mackerel, I didn’t realize what a clatter a stainless steel bucket can make on a kitchen floor, not to mention the shriek that came out of my mom! That was funny. What wasn’t so funny was what I did when I was out in the yard. I was having good times running around and being goofy when I decided it would be a fun thing to lick the shovel that was sitting next to the stairs. It’s metal. My tongue stuck. I panicked and ripped it off, and now I’ve got a raw tongue. Man, how would I know a thing like that was going to

Lizette is a 3-yearold, female bloodhound. This shelter darling is a real gem.

Lizette came to the Arnell Shelter as a stray in December.

She has a gentle demeanor and enjoys all the attention she can get. Lizette isn’t a talker. Her breeding would lead you to think that she barks or brays at everything, but that is not the case. She doesn’t bark any more than a normal dog and significantly less than some of the Lab mixes we have at the shelter.

Lizette is well-marked and well-behaved.

She obviously was an indoor house pet at her previous residence and would appreciate the same in the future. Many people have visited Lizette at the shelter and asked about her. They are all taken with her sweet disposition, but no one has been willing to take her home. Lizette has been at the shelter over a month. Step forward and claim

happen? I think someone should give me some ice cream to soothe me and take the pain away. Yeah, ice cream.

My own troubles aside, I have a couple of new friends to tell you about who’ve lost their way. First there’s Big Red, and he’s no stick of gum. Big Red is an adult retriever with a pretty, reddish He was picked YAPpenings coat. up between Frederic and Grantsburg and is a nice-looking fella. He is about 2 or 3 years old. Next there is Roxette. She’s a cat who was found in the village of Webster. Roxette is gray with some yellow stripes.. At first I thought there was a big bumblebee living in the cat condos, but it was only Roxette.

Whew! Sometimes my eyes play tricks on me. The other day, for example, I was riding

Blacky Shelter

Arnell Humane Society Happy Tails

Await

your prize.

The citizens and animals of Polk County were very fortunate for the forward thinking and generosity of Roy Arnell. As a local Polk County farmer, he had a soft spot for all animals and in his will, provided the funds needed to create and build the Arnell Memorial Humane Society. The doors of the Arnell shelter opened to the public on Feb. 2, 2000.

The shelter has been sheltering, feeding, rehabilitating and adopting animals for 10 years.

The history of humane societies began in

in the truck when I saw the second-craziest thing I’ve ever seen (the first being that spiny rat last week). While we were tooling down the road, I noticed what I thought were four raccoons sitting on top of a car and looking at the sky! I thought, “What in the world are they doing? There’s no food up there.” It turns out they were just big, gray cats, but I still don’t know why they were all sitting on the roof of a car and looking up. Maybe they were cats from another galaxy and were watching for their ride home. Who knows. I don’t know enough about things to keep my tongue off a frozen piece of metal, let alone the motivation of cats.

Do you remember the pup, Nadine, who’s picture I shared with you last week? Well, it didn’t take long to get a flood of applications from people wanting to adopt her. She will be going to her new home real soon. Also, my rott-mix friend, Lux, is going off to be with her new family. I’m glad. Two cats, Sunshine and Camilla, left together and will be roommates in their new home, too. I like when that happens. It’s good to have a buddy, especially when you are beginning a

new adventure. Many of my shelter friends have been with us for a while. I wish they all got snapped up as quickly as Nadine did.

Pals Timmy, Maggie Sue, Rascal, Paws, Jingles, Hailey and Digger have been waiting patiently for someone to come for them, and so has gray cat Grant from Grantsburg.

He’s even gotten a haircut in order to make a good impression! If you are looking for a true companion, won’t you consider one of my furry pals?

While I mull over the fate of my friends, I hear something happening in the kitchen so I’m going to investigate. Do you suppose my mom read my mind and is dishing up some ice cream for my ailing tongue?

I scream, you scream, nothing screams “I love you” like sharing your bowl of ice cream! (Hint, hint) At least, let me lick the bowl ...

Take care, everybody, and I’ll see you here next week!

HSBC is saving lives, one at at time. www.hsburnettcty.org, 715-866-4096.

the early 1860s with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Over the next decade a number of smaller groups and organizations were developed focusing on animal welfare. In 1877, 27 humane organizations banded together to form the American Humane Association, or AHA, with a focus on helping farm animals and to improve the conditions of their lives. American Humane remained the humane society leader for 65 years, improving the lives of countless farm animals and beyond. In 1954, the Humane Society of the United States, or HSUS, was established to focus on legislation and education that would help the animal condition. Both organizations are guiding forces in the fight to do right for the animals of our nation.

It is estimated by HSUS that there are 3,500 animal shelters in the United States. It is further estimated that 6-8 million dogs and cats enter shelters each year. Sadly, only half are adopted into new and loving homes.

Due to temperament, health or the lack of adopting households, 3-4 million dogs and cats are euthanized each year. Having been in existence for 10 years, Arnell is working to

find homes for as many pets as possible. We are not AHA or HSUS but our focus and mission are the same. Our small shelter fits the size of our county. We have the same requirements and available resources of any shelter or national organization in relation to our size. As a nonprofit organization, we rely on our local community for support. Donations made to HSUS or AHA are helpful to Arnell Humane Society in that they are helpful to animals on a global scale. Donations made directly to Arnell Humane Society help us to make a difference in the lives of the animals in our area. It is here that the reality of our mission lives; waiting in kennels and cared for by attentive staff. Consider adopting your next pet from a humane society. If you want to help the animals with a contribution, send your donations to your local shelter. Lizette and her friends at Arnell are grateful for a second chance.

Arnell Memorial Humane Society, 185 Griffin St., Amery, WI 54001, 715-268-7387 (PETS) or online: arnellhumane.org.

Burnett Community Library Federal tax forms are available on the lower level of the library. Hopefully, the state forms will arrive this week.

Preschool story hour

We meet every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.

This is a small, informal story time. Adults are invited to sit in with their toddlers and enjoy some wonderful children’s stories.

The Webster fourth-grade elementary students will be visiting the library regularly, every three or four weeks, to browse and check out books. On Friday, Jan. 29, the class toured the library and applied for library cards.

Adult book club

In observance of the Big Read, the book club will be reading “Our Town” and “The Bridge of San Luis Rey,” both by Thornton Wilder. The book club meets at 10 a.m. on the fourth Tuesday, Feb. 23, on the lower level at the Burnett Community Library. We will have free books this month, available thanks to the Big Read events. Ask at the checkout desk for your copies. Everyone is welcome.

Free Big Read books are available now at our library – “Our Town” and “The Bridge of San Luis Rey.” We are planning a community book discussion on both of these books.

Please let us know if you are interested in participating 715-866-7697.

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be meeting on Monday, Feb. 8, at 6 p.m. for their regular board meeting. A series of special meetings will be held to discuss plans for design development of the new library facility. The first will be held Monday, Feb. 15, at 6 p.m. on the lower level of the library.

New adult fiction books

• The Vampire Diaries: “The Return: Nightfall,” “The Awakening and the Struggle,” “The Fury” and “Dark Reunion,” by L. J Smith • “Treasure Hunt,” by John Lescroat • “Death of A Valentine,” by M.C. Beaton • “The Swan Thieves,” by Elizabeth Kostova • “Days of Gold,” by Jude Deveraux • “The Color of Law,” by Mark Gimenez • “The Wolf at the Door,” by Jack Higgins • “Kisser,” by Stuart Woods • “Cry in the Night,” by Colleen Coble • “The Silent Gift,” by Michael Landon, Jr.

New adult nonfiction books

• “Your Career in Nursing,” by Annette Vallano • “Nursing as Your New Profession,” by Barbara Arnoldussen • “EMT – Basic Exam,” by Richard J. Lapierre • “Principles of Horseshoeing,” by Doug Butler

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Sympathy is extended to the family of Alice Wenthe who passed away last week. She was 84.

Sympathy is also extended to the family of Myrtle Lund who passed away Friday. She was 89.

Karen Mangelsen called on Trudy DeLawyer Tuesday afternoon.

Hank and Karen Mangelsen visited John and Diana Mangelsen Wednesday afternoon, and had supper there, too.

Donna Hines had coffee with Ann Srachta Thursday, and also visited Inez and Arvid Pearson.

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Karen Mangelsen called on Marlene and Bruce Swearingen Thursday afternoon.

Don and Lida Nordquist were supper guests of Marlene and Bruce Swearingen Friday.

Saturday visitors of Hank and Karen Mangelsen were April, Dave, Patty and Mandy Close and Hannah and Grace Mangelsen.

Sympathy is extended to the family of Ben Skinner, who passed away recently. He was 77.

Juvenile books

• “Supersister,” by Ruth Cadena • “Dodsworth in London,” by Tom Egan • “Eidi,” by Bodil Bredsdorff • “Raven Summer,” by David Almond (young adult) • “Leprechaun in Late Winter,” by Mary Pope Osborne • “Leprechauns and Irish Folklore,” by Mary Pope Osborne • All by Neil Morris: “Geothermal Power,” “Fossil Fuels,” “Solar Power,” “Water Power,” “Nuclear Power,” “Wind Power” • “Secret Services,” by Anne Rooney • “How Spies Work,” by K.C. Kelley • “Codes and Codebreaking,” by Andrew Langley • “The Arab-Israeli Conflict,” by Cath Senker • “The Cold War,” by R.G. Grant • “The Holocaust,” by Sean Sheehan • “The War on Terror,” by David Downing •” World War I,” by Stewart Ross • “World War II,” by Nathaniel Harris • “Causes and Effects of the American Civil War,” by G. O’Muhr • “Native American Civilization,” by Andy Mathis • “Flashback History: Inuit,” by Cherry and Bryan Alexander • “Canoeing and Kayaking,” by Lois Rock • “Graphic Dinosaurs: Allosaurus The Strange Legend,” by Rob Shore • “The Creation of Caves,” by J. Elizabeth

Mills • “Taking Action Against Homelessness,” by Kaye Stearman • “Ships,” by Emily Bone • “Seashore,” by Lucy Bowman-Beckett • “Mystery Animal Tracks,” by Kelly Barnhill • “Sign Language: My First 100 Words,” illustrated by Michiyo Nelson • “Clifford’s First Valentine’s Day,” by Norman Bridwell • “Little Quack Loves Colors,” by Lauren Thompson • “Snow Dogs! Racers of the North,” by Ian Whitelaw • “The Truth About Dragons,” by Thomas Kingsley Troupe • “Motorcycle Adventure,” by Susan Amerikaner • “The Wind Raiders of Taloraan,” by John Ostrander • “Wee Little Bunny,” by Lauren Thompson • “Strike Three, Marley,” by John Grogan

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Monday, Jan. 25, Spades was played with the following winners: Norma Nelson in first place, Lillian Murphy in second place and Roger Greenly in third place.

The morning coffee group and pool players keep the morning busy. The coffeepots are always on.

Pokeno is popular on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Due to the weather, we did not have an official 500 card party as there were not enough players.

Saturday mini buffet was enjoyed, cards

followed.

Friday, Feb. 5, our monthly meeting is at 1:30 p.m. Pokeno will be played at 12:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 6, birthdays of the month and potluck, with the following birthdays honored: Lois Sahr, Jean Hinrichs and Eleanore Bonneville.

Did the groundhog see its shadow?

The tax aides will be here on Feb. 4 and March 11. Appointments are necessary. Call Shirley Sandquist at 715-327-4155 and 715327-8623. Tax aide hours are from 9 a.m. to noon. Homestead applications will be on March 11.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER St. Croix Valley Senior Center

by Carol VanBuskirk

Cherish your health: if it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

The last week of January was a cold one, but also a very busy one. It was good to see the sunshine on a daily basis. Did you all see the extra-large and bright moon during the week? It won’t be that way for another 10 years.

On Tuesday, the exercise group had three new participants. They all enjoyed working with the original group and all came back on Thursday. Two tables of Skip-Bo cards were played. Thirty-three members and visitors were in for 500 cards and Dominos. Janice Mevissen, Don Anderson and Jean McIntyre were the top Domino winners. 500 card winners were Elaine Edlund, Ray Nelson, Roger Greenly, Cliff Qualle and John Brown. Roger and Ray won the 9-Bid. Wednesday was a day for cleaning and baking and catching up on local news.

Thursday was another day for exercise.

What fun we had with all the ideas from the new participants. Skip-Bo is always exciting,

especially when the individuals are trying to block their opponents.

Thursday evening 500 winners were Elroy Petzel, Roger Greenly and Ray Nelson.

On Sunday, census testing was held at the center with several individuals from the locale in to participate. They will again be testing at the facility on Feb. 7 and 14, at 1 p.m.

On Feb. 10 and 17, qualified tax aides will be at the center to help individuals with filing their taxes. Please call ahead to the center at 715-483-1901 to reserve a time slot.

Several ladies from the group are planning a new venture for the center by having an indoor flea market, which will start on the second Wednesday of March. If interested in having reserved table space or for more information, please call the center at 715-4831901.

Remember your special valentine this month.

Every new day is a fresh start. Give someone an extra smile today. You’ll both be glad you did.

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Austin Whittenberg (C), from St. Croix Falls High School, is a January 2010 Rotary Club Student of the Month. He is with Terry Hawkins, (L) Rotary president, and Mike Wilson, counselor. – Photos submitted

Cloverton-Markville Not much was on the agenda for the January meeting of the East Pine County Wanderers in Markville last week. Everyone still enjoyed the potluck meal and the chance to visit. Fran and Dave Baker provided the birthday cake and door prize. Mary Schaaf won the basket of homemade maple syrup, pancake mix, frozen waffles and stick of Parkay.

January birthdays are Evelyn Johnson, Patrice Winfield and Leon Berg.

Firefighters who were able to attend the January business meeting of the Duxbury Volunteer Fire Department included Al Wolf, Don Mishler, Glen Williamson, Dave Drake, Joe Vink, Mel Elliott, Ed Carlin, Gary Vink, treasurer Patrice Winfield and secretary Dave Baker. Fire Chief Mike McCullen led the discussion of winter water sources. He has been working with Rick Dunkley, DNR representative, on this matter. He also announced that a renewal training for first responders has been set up for March.

The Super Adults Club met at the Clover church recently with Shirley and Jerry Blokzyl, Darlene Merimonti, Cheryl Wickham, Evelyn Johnson and Clara Lilly in attendance.

After enjoying a meal, they listened to a guest speaker whose topic was “Safety Tips for Women.”

Donald Wickham brought six friends up to his parents home awhile back to enjoy a few days of snowmobiling. Grandparents Cheryl

and Gene baby-sat little Bailey while the children and their friends enjoyed the snow. Their daughter, Diane, and her husband, Brent, joined in the activity also.

The Mishlers continue to enjoy their new puppy, which they have named Tina. Pam and Leon Berg also have a new puppy, a sheltie, at their home. She is named Dottie, is only a year old and has a lovely tricolored coat.

Patty Koehler is a grandmom for the first time. Her daughter, Alyssa Norenberg, had a baby boy on Jan. 23. Little Joseph weighed in at 7 lbs., 11 oz. Congratulations, Patty and Bob. The annual Valentine’s Day party at the Hay Creek Outpost will be held on Sunday, Feb. 14. The crew at the café always does a lovely job with décor and a special menu. Be sure to make reservations. It is always a romantic time.

I’ve had a couple of nice lunch dates with longtime friends recently. At the end of January, I met a high school (class of ’57) friend for lunch at the Golden Inn in Superior. Believe it or not, while we were dining, Al Wolf came in to eat. He had an errand that brought him to Superior. The next week, I met a friend who had been the school counselor in Solon Springs 40 years ago for lunch in Hinckley.

Look up an old friend, wherever you are.

A Waiting Child Michael Sept. 12, 1996 Michael is a handsome young man with a glowing smile. He has several interests including watching and playing sports, playing outside with his friends and enjoying pizza. He also likes to work with computers.

Michael is outgoing and personable. He is also quite active. He has a mentor and a social skills trainer whom he meets with frequently. Michael needs a forever family to encourage and model appropriate social skills and to provide him with consistency, love, safety and stability.

Michael needs a family to support and direct him in a positive direction. Michael has great potential to become a successful young man. He needs an empathetic family who can provide understanding, a family who is committed to being a resource for him.

With the right guidance and forever family who knows what he can achieve!

For more information about Dizaray, or other Wisconsin children waiting for adoptive homes, call Adoption Resources of Wisconsin at 414-475-1246 or 800-762-8063 or visit the Web site at www.wiadopt.org. - submitted

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Megan Tarman (C), from the Osceola School District, is a January 2010 Rotary Club Student of the Month. Rotary President Terry Hawkins (L) presented her the award. They were joined by Josh Robinson, most influential teacher.

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Folle Avoine Chronicles

Back in 1802-05, winter camping wasn’t exactly a novelty – it was a necessity.

Of course, the traders had their cabins, the Indians their wigwams, but com-

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Recycle containers: A simple box, extra plastic trash can or even a few paper bags in the corner of your kitchen or garage is really all you need to hold your recyclables. Remember, we collect single-stream style now so no need to sort and separate your recyclables. I also think a sign or a sticker on the reg-

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Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park is located on CTH U, three miles west of the Hwy. 35/CTH U intersection northwest of Webster in Burnett County’s Yellow Lake vicinity. Besides the special programs noted, the site includes three looped cross-country ski trails open daily.

ular garbage container that reads “We Recycle” is quite effective.

Recyclable items: Virtually all newspapers, magazines, phone books, white paper, school papers and folders, junk mail, cereal/cracker-type boxes, glass, aluminum, steel and tin cans are recyclable curbside. As for plastics, just turn the bottle or jug upside down to look at the number inside

the chasing arrows symbol. Acceptable plastics are those marked with either No. 1 or No. 2. Cardboard drop-off containers are located at most RCC Recycling Sites, please call Jen at 715-635-2197 with any questions.

Recycling locations: If you’re not lucky enough to have a truck pick up your bins, there are still many recycling drop-off locations throughout Washburn and Burnett counties for residents to utilize. The two counties have five full-service recycling sites consisting of services such as: appliance recycling ($15 ea.), tire recycling ($2 and up), fluorescent bulb recycling, including CFLs ($.40-$.60), computer and other electronics recycling ($18 for a complete computer system), as well as special

items such as old tennis shoes and No. 2 and No. 5 garden pots and trays (separated from the regular items in the black two-wheeled carts). The locations of the full-service recycling sites are: Spooner, Minong, Grantsburg, A&H and Oakland. Midtown Transfer Station in Siren offers a wide array of services. The site is not run by RCC but by Allied Waste Services, so please call them for hours of operation and fees charged for items. Midtown Transfer Station’s number is 715-866-4835.

I pose a question for you this week: Where do you see recycling heading in the future? Do you think more services should be offered, and if so what types?

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Doug Friede, better known by his voyageur name, Boucle, will lead a group of re-enactors who will interpret winter fur trade activities for Forts Folle Avoine visitors on Saturday, Feb. 6, 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. at the reconstructed fur trade posts. – Photos submitted

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Hello everyone.

First, we have to do business. I will give you Interfaith Caregiver’s statistics for 2009: We logged 29,384 miles (there are still some mileage sheets that have not been turned in).

We had 2,400 incoming phone calls We were able to refer 1,800 to people who could help them. (An example, we do not drive long distances to hospitals etc. I usually refer those rides to the county. We have helped someone by the referral. I don’t mean to say we turn 1,800 people away.)

We personally helped 541 families (not counting Christmas).

108 trailers of wood were delivered to people who needed wood to heat their homes.

We cut, split and stacked wood for three homes at their locations.

46 families received wood.

571 children were given gifts from Christmas for Kids.

We helped 239 families with food, clothes and gifts.

We were able to raise $18,000 plus for the Christmas for Kids project. This does not include the donations of toys and clothes. With the help of those who donated, we were able to spend about $24 per child and still give everyone a nice Christmas.

We built six wheel chair ramps and four others were taken down. (Those pieces are available to be used for new

ramps that will be going up) We had 19 speaking engagements.

We shoveled snow for 26 homes with the help of Restorative Justice and Northwest Passage.

We raked 20 families yards, again, with the help of Blodgett Restorative Justice and Northwest Passage.

We did light housekeeping and visiting for 28 families.

We are represented on the boards of five different organizations.

There you have it. For a small group of people in a small county with so many needs, I think we did a great job.

Things will only be better in 2010. Oh, a footnote. I have written 1,017 thankyou notes and have 818 to go. I was late for every meeting I attended and that will never happen again barring an act of God. Now to the fun stuff.

I got a call from my grandson from Mexico two weeks ago on a Wednesday night. He sounded terrible. I thought something was not going well with his upcoming wedding (three days from

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be cold here, but to get to a vacation spot and expect warm weather only to have to buy sweaters and warm jackets to go outside is not fair. I envy people who get to go south, west or wherever it is warm for a vacation. I keep thinking, some day. I have a brother and sisterin-law who live in Surprise, Ariz., in one of those houses that is only worth half of what they built it for today. I love Arizona in March. The flowers are in bloom and it is really heavenly.

Maybe next year. I think I have said that for at least 10 years now.

Because my article is late I am going to cut this short. I lost a few days in January. February is here and I can’t figure out what I did with January. I have to slow down. The world is spinning and I can’t keep up. Denny keeps me grounded though. He tries his best to take some of my responsibilities upon himself. Such a sweetheart.

Speaking of sweethearts, don’t forget Valentine’s Day. Surprise someone with a note telling them how much they mean to you. A friend, a neighbor or someone you know will not get a valentine. People always love those surprises.

then) or that perhaps he and Angela had had some second thoughts. They are both 27 and have waited a long time for this. Denny and I didn’t go. Too many responsibilities here. We will attend their reception in Madison in July.

Back to the story. Rob finally advised me that if you are swimming you can swim from one bar to the next and they all have tequila. He felt awful. I later found out it took him two days to get over his tequila flu. The wedding then went off without a hitch, except, the minister could not speak English. They found an interpreter and the ceremony was beautiful. In a hutch on the ocean with a breeze blowing and, well, I cried all the way through the pictures. They went to pay the minister, pastor or judge, whatever they call him, and because of the language barrier Rob could not figure out how much money he should give him. He held up $60 and the minister took it saying. “Hey, 60 bucks, for that I’ll speak English.” Yes, he spoke beautiful English. Rob and Angela are legally married in Mexico. It takes about a month for papers to be transferred from there to here. Guess the mail is slow or like governmental things go, the paperwork takes a lot of time.

We had friends who were in Florida the last couple of weeks. The weather wasn’t bad if you had been in Wisconsin in October. Cool or cold, almost frosty. I feel bad. At least we expect it to

See you all soon.

Spring is coming ... I promise.

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Three days of performing arts events will conclude on Sunday, Feb. 14, with Lou and Peter Berryman in concert for a matinee event at 2 p.m. - Special photo

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Lou and Peter have been friends since 1963 when they met in art class and then began their musical partnership in the first of a long series of musical groups.

They played lots of different kinds of music; folk, jug band and old-time music, with occasional forays into blues and even rock and roll were adapted to a growing repertoire of original songs.

Their friendship survived a brief marriage, and the musical duo as it exists today was formed in about 1975. Since then they have performed in big and little venues across the continent, performing only their original songs.

“Our downtown restaurants are taking reservations to ensure that patrons can leave Festival at 4 p.m. and head down the street for Valentine’s dining,” said Danette Olsen, director. Tickets for this event are $16 each.

Festival Theatre is located in historic downtown St. Croix Falls, at 210 North Washington St. For more information, to order tickets or join the Festival Theatre mailing list, call 715-483-3387 or 888-8876002 or go to the Web at www.festivaltheatre.org. - from Festival Theatre

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With influences as diverse as Gilbert and Sullivan and Edith Piaf, but always with a twist of their own, the Berrymans bring an inventive and intelligent humor to the legacy of theatrical music. They have created their third songbook and recently released their 10th recording of original songs to rave reviews. Berryman songs are being sung around the world, by a legion of professional musicians as

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Polk sportsmen, early learning build birdhouses LUCK — Polk County Early Learning Center children had a parent and child crafts night at the Luck School Jan. 27.

The Polk County Sportsmen’s Club generously donated wooden birdhouses for every child, and had volunteers on hand to help with the assembly process. Polk County Early Learning is very grateful for the Sportsmen’s Club willingness to donate time and materials. All Luck 4-K children will be attending Polk County Learning Center this fall. Please register now to ensure a spot on the bus routes by calling 715-485-3413 or 715-472-2153.

— submitted

The Polk County Sportsmen’s Club donated the materials for children at the Polk County Early Learning Center to build birdhouses last week. Sportsmen’s Club volunteers (L to R) Jason Randall, Roy Zeller, Brian Randall and Joe Mattson donated their time to help the little ones with the project.

A future carpenter, Henry wields the hammer to nail his birdhouse together.

Carson holds his finished birdhouse at the end of the Jan. 27 craft night at Luck School. Polk County Sportsmen’s Club and Polk County Early Learning Center joined together for the project.

Photos submitted

Olivia nails her birdhouse together, with a little help from Brian Randall of the Polk County Sportsmen’s Club.

Hazel and her dad, Justin, pound the nails into Hazel’s birdhouse.

Unity honors band and jazz ensemble OSCEOLA – On Monday, Jan. 11, two groups from Unity High School’s music department participated in the USCVMA Honors Band at Osceola High School from 8:30 a.m. until the concert at 6:30 p.m. The high schools of the Upper St. Croix Valley Music Association who participated in this full day of music were: Frederic, Grantsburg, Luck, Osceola, St. Croix Falls, Siren, Somerset, Unity and Webster.

The concert band worked with Peter Haberman of the UW-Eau Claire. They prepared several pieces for the evening concert. The jazz ensemble worked with Brad Anderson who has toured and performed with many jazz combos and his wife, Aleta Anderson, who is band director at Unity

Middle School. They both perform locally and in the Twin Cities area. They are also members of the Heart of the City Worship Band of Minneapolis, Minn. The jazz group learned many new techniques of improvisation.

The honors concert band students from Unity were Brooke Gillespie (flute); Kayla Johnson, Amanda Brunotte, Alex Davison and Brittany Bublitz (clarinet), Kaitlyn MacKinnon (bass clarinet); Connor MacKinnon (trumpet); Jessica Kutina (French horn); Dawn Michaelson and Ethan St. Amand (trombone); Josh Eaton (tuba); and Jacob Monahan (percussion). They performed five selections in the evening concert: “Suite Provencale,” “Flourish for

Back row (L to R): Dawn Michaelson, Ethan St. Amand, Josh Eaton, Brooke Gillespie and Connor MacKinnon. Middle row: Maddie Anderson, Kaitlyn MacKinnon, Jessica Kutina and Jacob Monahan. Front row: Amanda Brunotte, Alex Davison, Kayla Johnson and Brittany Bublitz. Missing: Katherine Ebensperger. – Photos submitted

Back row (L to R): Steven Krueger, Beau Davison, Tyler Bublitz and Tim Hallin.

Front row: Ben Zahler, Dylan Hendricks, Laura Krueger and Nathan Dorrance.

Wind Band,” “Military Escort,” “At Morning’s First Light,” and “American Riversongs.” The Unity honors jazz ensemble members were: Laura Krueger, Katherine Ebensperger and Tim Hallin (saxophone); Nathan Dorrance and Steven Krueger (trumpet); Maddie Anderson, and Ben Zahler (trombone); Dylan Hendricks (bass); Beau Davison (guitar) and Tyler Bublitz (drums). These students opened the concert with the jazz pieces they had prepared during the day. They played five pieces, which included improvisation by

most of the students on various selections.

They played “Absolutely, Positively,” “Leap Frog,” “Velvet Rain” and “Watermelon Man.” Brad Anderson had written several arrangements for the day’s presentation. He and Nathan Dorrance did an improvised duet during the piece “Velvet Rain.” During the program, Dorrance was presented a plaque for his representing Unity at the state honors band in October.

He and six other students from the area represented the USCVMA area schools well in Madison. – submitted

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Burlingame fishing contest

Danbury Lion Klaus Neider was the emcee for the Doug Edaburn, Grantsburg, was the winner 32nd-annual Danbury Lions Ice-Fishing Contest. in the largest bass category, with this 5-lb., 10-oz. bass.

Travis Maurer, Oakdale, Minn., caught this 9-lb., 4-oz. northern during the contest to win the northern category.

Photos by Raelynn Hunter

Lions club members weigh in this small 1/4ounce sunfish for the smallest fish category for youth 12 and under. Marissa Benjamin was the lucky winner of $25.

Ron Laforge, Grantsburg, was the winner of the GameSpy camera raffled off at the contest.

Dylan Klar, Danbury, shows off this nice northern caught during the fishing contest on Saturday.

Eric Plath, Webster, weighed in this northern during the Lions IceFishing Contest on Burlingame Lake Saturday, Jan. 30.

Brandon Andren, Webster, hopes a little jigging will land him first prize in the contest.

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Luck National Honor Society inducts new members LUCK – The Luck Chapter of the National Honor Society held an induction ceremony for new members on Jan. 19.

The evening began with a meal prepared

by Barb Kass and Mike Miles, followed by keynote speaker Nancy Christiansen, a Luck NHS alumnus and teacher.

Christiansen congratulated the inductees and talked about the four platforms of the NHS: scholarship, service, leadership and character, saying that “it is because your teachers feel you possess these standards that enable you to be a member of this honored society. You have worked hard and you have earned it. Congratulations on a job well done. I hope you continue to succeed.”

Luck National Honor Society members front row (L to R) are: Peter Langeness, Samantha Fenning, Mary MaidenMueller, Carson Giller, Morgan Denny and Megan Moore. Back row: Michael Jenssen, Roger Steen, Ashlyn Petersen, Logan Hacker, Anthony Aguado and adviser Renee Gavinski. – Photos by Lori Nelson

Luck’s 2010 National Honor Society inductees are (L to R): Michael Jenssen, Roger Steen, Ashlyn Petersen, Anthony Aguado and Logan Hacker.

NHS adviser Renee Gavinski watches as Logan Hacker lights his candle from the ones representing service, scholarship, knowledge, leadership and character during his induction into Luck’s chapter of the National Honor Society.

New members are Michael Jenssen, Roger Steen, Ashlyn Petersen, Logan Hacker and Anthony Aguado. Returning members are President Mary MaidenMueller, Vice President Peter Langeness, Secretary-Treasurer Samantha Fenning, Senior member Carson Giller and historians Megan Moore and Morgan Denny.

The Luck NHS adviser is Renee Gavinski. – submitted

NHS adviser Renee Gavinski looks on as Anthony Aguado lights his candle during his induction into Luck’s chapter of the National Honor Society.

Ross Sutter visits Frederic Elementary School FREDERIC – On Jan. 28, Ross Sutter performed at Frederic Elementary for the schoolchildren and visitors from the community. Sutter has performed on the radio, television and at festivals all over the Midwest and works regularly in

schools teaching the songs and folk dances that he has collected over the years. He plays and invites the children to play many interesting instruments, sing and dance to all different songs.

The students had a wonderful time and greatly enjoyed the presentation. Sutter left the elementary with two of his original CDs for the students to enjoy. Gratitude is extended to the Frederic Community Education, the Frederic Arts Board and the Frederic Public Library for sponsoring Sutter to come into the school and the community. – submitted A whole crew of children dancing and having fun!

Kaeley Fisher doing the shark and hula.

Teresa Neely playing a limberjack, or dancing doll. – Photos by Kelly Steen

Shyla Baker, Myca Witzke, Johanna Erickson, Ross Sutter, Greta Johnson, and Hope Goebel perform for the students.

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Special Olympic athletes attend State Winter Games POLK COUNTY – Polk County Special Olympic athletes attended the 22ndannual State Winter Games held in the Wausau area on Jan. 30 and 31.

The athletes competed in snowshoe races at Nine Mile Forest and competed in alpine skiing at Granite Peak Ski Area.

For the athletes, it’s not about winning.

It’s about getting out there and trying their best, giving it their all.

The Athletes Oath is: “If I cannot win, let me at least be brave in my attempt.”

Special Olympics Wisconsin is a statewide organization providing persons with cognitive disabilities yearround sports training and competition.

Individuals who are at least 8 years old and are identified as having a cognitive disability are eligible for participation.

With seven area offices throughout the state, Special Olympics Wisconsin serves nearly 10,000 athletes in nearly 220 comPictured are the Polk County Special Olympic athletes that attended the 22nd-annual State Winter Games held in the munities statewide. SOWI is one of the Wausau area Jan. 30 and 31. – Photos submitted 50 state programs in the nation and the U.S. is one of nearly 130 countries proThe snowshoe team is coached by Crystalynn Fougner viding this opportunity to more than one million athletes worldwide.

Snowshoeing 100-meter race - Silver Unity Middle School Teacher Pat Meier.

Snowshoeing 200-meter race - Bronze The alpine skiing coach is Unity ElemenSnowshoeing 4X100-meter relay tary School teacher Debbie Petzel. ReBronze sults for local athletes are as follows: Ryan Pierce .

Alpine skier received three medals: downhill - bronze; giant slalom bronze and slalom - silver during the State Winter Games held Jan. 30 and 31.

Ryan Pierce - Alpine Skiing Downhill - Bronze Giant Slalom - Bronze Slalom - Silver

Benjamin Olson Snowshoeing 100-meter race - Silver Snowshoeing 4X100-meter relay Bronze

Erin Anderson Snowshoeing 50-meter race - Bronze Snowshoeing 100-meter race - Bronze

Jarvis Warwas Snowshoeing 50-meter race - Bronze Snowshoeing 4X100-meter relay Bronze

Timothy Eggers Snowshoeing 4X100-meter relay Bronze Heather Erickson Snowshoeing 100-meter race - Silver Snowshoeing 4X100-meter relay Bronze

Frederic bell choir performs in Milwaukee

Jordan Warwas Snowshoeing 100-meter race - Silver Snowshoeing 4X100-meter relay Bronze Angela White Snowshoeing 100-meter race – Gold. submitted

Five generations

One of Frederic’s high school bell choirs performed at the Wisconsin Association of School Board’s convention in Milwaukee, Jan. 20. Shown (L to R), back row: Haley Kurkowski, Kendra Wells, Joe Draxler, Samantha Nelson, Calla Karl and Isabel Lexen. Front row: Will Primm, Bradley Knauber, Cathryn McConnell, April Halverson, Alli Anderson and instructor Pat Anderson. - Special photo

Relative Grain Quality Why it matters to northern Wisconsin Farmers SPOONER — The Spooner Area UW-Extension Office is holding its annual Northern Wisconsin Agriculture Safari program on Fridays from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Spooner Ag Research Station.

The final topic of this four-week series, to be held Feb. 5 is titled “Relative Grain Quality: Why it matters to northern Wisconsin Farmers.” Pat Hoffman, UW-Extension dairy scientist from the Marshfield Agricultural Research Station, will discuss the latest research that explains why not all corn grain is created equal when it comes to feeding livestock. For

many years, farmers and livestock nutritionists have recognized that not all corn provides the same energy or nutrition to the animals that eat it. New research has identified a group of proteins called prolamins, which interfere with starch digestion.

Hoffman will explain this research and how it relates to corn varieties grown in northern Wisconsin.

Farmers and livestock nutritionists will also learn how a new relative grain quality test can identify prolamins and improve livestock performance.

There is no cost for these programs. Preregistration is requested but not required. For more information contact Kevin Schoessow or Otto Wiegand at the Spooner Area UW-Extension Office at 715-635-3506 or 800-528-1914. — from UW-Extension

Five generations of women on one side of the family are pictured here from a recent gathering. Great-greatgrandma Viola Halverson turned 100 March 9, 2009. Her great-great-granddaughter Kiara was born March 8, 2009, just one day shy of exactly 100 years apart in the five-generation family. Pictured are Viola Halverson, seated; behind her is her daughter great-grandma Carol Broten; right is her daughter Cheryl Broten-Johnson, left is her daughter Natasha Koslowsky from Siren, and her daughter Kiara.

Viola will be 101 on March 9 and Kiara will be 1 year old on March 8. – Photo submitted

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School of hard knocks

Growing up is a painful process. We suffer through the bumps and bruises of early childhood and the humiliation of the early teen years. We seem to always want to be something other than ourselves. In the preschool years we can’t wait to start school. When you are 12 you want to be 16. When you are 16 you want to be an adult. When you are old you want to be young again. When you are young you start to evaluate and measure your self worth according to milestone accomplishments and years. It often begins with your grades in elementary school.

I was never really a great student but not a bad one either. I was in the half of the class that made the top half possible.

My parents would send out Christmas cards outlining my progress. “Johnny says fourth grade gets easier every year.”

Turning 16 was a big one. Coming of age and independence were defined by obtaining that all-important driver’s license. If you couldn’t drive, having a friend with a driver’s license and a car was almost as good. The other way you tended to evaluate your progress through life was by your own physical development.

Junior high was especially harsh at revealing the differences in kids the same age. I had friends in my eighth-grade class that looked like adults. I cringed in phy-ed class at my own inadequacies.

Each night I would go home and look in the mirror trying to find a chest hair. I looked so long that when I finally found one it was gray. I would use my dad’s electric razor on the blonde fuzz growing on my upper lip. I hoped for a scratch or a small nick so I could explain that I cut myself shaving. I had two strikes against me. I had no chest hair and I rode the school bus until I graduated.

The years from 16-18 were special years. We knew everything and we were planning to do everything. Our parents knew next to nothing and we often compared notes with our peers to confirm our suspicions that our parents were really losing their minds. Even Mark Twain related his own experience. “When I was 16 my old man was dumbest person I had ever met, but by the time I had turned 18, I couldn’t believe how much he had learned.”

High school graduation meant higher education or entering the school of hard knocks. Entering this school was easy,

Growing up &

Growing Old John Ingalls graduating was tough. You just tried to make a passing grade and the teacher didn’t grade on a curve. We learned that our parents really did know what they were talking about. Instead of telling them what to do and where to go, we started asking for advice. We didn’t always take the advice but we were improving.

I have some concern that parents today (myself included) try to soften every blow and protect from every critical word that may be directed at our children. We don’t want our children to suffer. We want them to have it all without having to work hard for it. It doesn’t work that way.

I am very proud of the Webster High School football team for several reasons. I graduated from there so obviously I have a bias. I am happy that they have developed into a good team with a winning record, but the best thing about them is that for years when they had a losing record, the coaches and the athletes kept playing. Every time they got knocked down they got up again. They played every down and every game until the time ran out regardless of the score. They worked and they learned and now they have enjoyed some success, in part because of the character that was built in the process. They received a passing grade in the school of hard knocks.

Shakespeare may have stated that “All the world is a stage…” but I believe the all the world is really a classroom. We need to learn from and appreciate our own inadequacies and quirks. We need to realize that opportunity often comes in the form of adversity. We should view development of character as a milestone equal to the attainment of degrees, positions and bank accounts. Failure is as much a part of life as success. If we fall flat on our faces at least we are moving forward.

I entered the school of hard knocks with my body in third gear but my brain in neutral. I thought I knew everything … until I got married. But that’s another story.

American Red Cross assists Amery fifirre victims POLK COUNTY – The St. Croix Valley Chapter, Polk County Branch, is providing assistance for an Amery family whose home was damaged due to fire.

Disaster response by the American Red Cross provides for food, clothing and shelter for victims of disaster based on emergency needs. So many tragedies

continue to turn people’s lives upside down ... destroying the safety and security they once enjoyed. Red Cross disaster assistance is provided by local trained volunteers, freely given, supported by financial contributions from the people of Polk County. - submitted

Frederic Sleigh Parade donates to food shelf

The Frederic Sleigh Parade donated $614 to the Frederic Food Shelf recently, with funds they raised through freewill donations and a fundraiser at their awards banquet. The ninth-annual Frederic Sleigh Parade was held on Saturday, Jan. 16. On average, the Frederic Food Shelf helps feed 16 to 17 families per week. Pictured (L to R): Food shelf coordinators Anita Peterson and LaVonne Boyer, and parade organizer Liz Petersen. – Photo by Marty Seeger

American Cancer Society celebrates annual Daffodil Days NATIONWIDE — The American Cancer Society is raising money for cancer research, education and patient services through its annual Daffodil Days. Proceeds from Daffodil Days support the American Cancer Society research program that has made a healthy future possible for so many.

With research providing insights and new therapies, the future is bright for many cancer patients. By funding groundbreaking research, the American Cancer Society has contributed to many important discoveries that have led to a better understanding of cancer and cancer treatment. Each year, the American Cancer Society spends approximately $100 million on cancer research.

Celebrating its annual Daffodil Days campaign, the American Cancer Society is offering advance orders now through Feb. 16, with delivery March 16. Individuals may order blooms for friends, family and co-workers to support the fight against cancer. Make a minimum $10 donation to the American Cancer Society to receive a bunch of approximately 10 daffodils.

With a $25 donation, the Gift of Hope is a bouquet of daffodils in a vase delivered anonymously to a local cancer patient undergoing treatment. Volunteers deliver the arrangements to cancer patients in hospitals, treatment centers or churches on the donor’s behalf. Gift of Hope bouquets are not delivered to specific patients, nor are donor’s names attached to a gift. They are truly anonymous gifts of joy!

2010 marks the addition to the Boyds family with the fifth Boyds Bear collector, Birthdays R Hope, a special Boyds Bear™ designed exclusively for the American Cancer Society’s Daffodil

Days. For a donation of $25 the recipient will receive this plush collectible bear and a beautiful bunch of daffodils.

Companies can also spread the joy of spring to clients and customers by contributing to the Sunshine Bouquet program. Perfect for the lobby or living room, the bouquet features 60 daffodils and greenery arranged in a round glass bowl and is available with a $75 donation to the American Cancer Society.

According to Colleen Carter, American Cancer Society staff partner, volunteers are needed who will organize the campaign within their companies, schools, places of worship or other organizations to collect orders for daffodils. Most donations come from Daffodil Days volunteer coordinators who organize the Daffodil Days campaign within their companies or other organizations. To order daffodils or to volunteer your time, please call 800-ACS-2345 or 715-798-2223 or visit www.cancer.org.

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colorectal cancer can often be prevented through screening. If you are 50 or older, get tested and stop colon cancer before it starts.

The American Cancer Society is dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by saving lives, diminishing suffering and preventing cancer through research, education, advocacy and service. Founded in 1913 and with national headquarters in Atlanta, the society has 13 regional divisions and local offices in 3,400 communities, involving millions of volunteers across the United States. For more information anytime, call toll free 800-ACS-2345 or visit www.cancer.org. — from American Cancer Society

What's the buzz about beekeeping?

LUCK – Have you ever wondered what beekeepers find so fascinating about those tiny little insects that pack a powerful sting? Did you read “The Secret Life Of Bees” and romantically imagine a flowing field abuzz with busy little worker bees and jars upon jars of lovely amber honey? Have you ever thought about how important the keeping of bees has been to societies and cultures not only in the ancient world, but in the world today? If so, here is the program for you.

The Luck Library will be hosting a beekeeping program Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 6 p.m. Paul Ekblad, of Grantsburg, will be sharing his passion for bees as well as the equipment and supplies needed to begin your own hobby. Ekblad began keeping honeybees in 1946, while attending Grantsburg High School. There was no one around his home in Trade Lake to mentor the 17-year-old man in this new adventure, so he ventured out with two hives on sheer love and interest alone. At the height of his career he was managing 450 hives in the early 1970s and producing 24 tons of honey, which he sold to the Sue Bee Honey Co. Besides running a successful honey business, he taught beekeeping courses at high schools in Polk and Barron counties for years. Hundreds of people over four decades have benefited from his community work. For 20 years he was president of the Polk-Burnett County Beekeepers Association.

That association is still active, where he is still a member. Ekblad was also president of the WHPA Northwest District for five years and instrumental in starting associations in Barron and St. Croix counties. In 2007, he won the Pioneer Award for 61 years of promotion and service in the art of beekeeping. Ekblad has devoted much of his life to promoting beekeeping and educating others about the joys of bees and their importance to humanity.

Honey is the only food that never spoils. Honey is naturally quite long-

lived: Archaeologist T.M. Davies discovered a 3,300-year-old jar of honey in an Egyptian tomb. To his amazement, the honey was in remarkably good condition. Honey is as old as written history. It has been documented in such ancient cultures as the Sumarians, the Babylonians, the Hittites, the Indians, the Israelites and, of course, the Egyptians.

The Egyptians truly believed in the healing powers of honey. Over one-third of all their medicines were made with honey. It was used as an antibiotic as well as a calming agent and sleep aid. Today, the healing properties of honey are being re-examined. Research is showing that not only does honey have antibiotic properties (honey is powerful even against drug-resistant hospital killer golden staph Staphylococcus aureus), but it really does have a calming effect on the mind, it promotes digestion, it has a positive effect on factors related to heart disease, it reduces scarring on burn victims, and promotes the growth of healthy skin over open wounds. Although Apitherapy (treatment with honey) has been around for thousands of years, there is still so much people don’t know about it. Amid growing concern over drug-resistant superbugs and nonhealing wounds that endanger diabetes patients, nature’s original antibiotic — honey — is making a comeback. More than 4,000 years after Egyptians began applying honey to wounds, Derma Sciences Inc., a New Jersey company that makes medicated and other advanced wound care products, began selling the first honey-based dressing this fall after it was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

So visit the library and see what the buzz is all about. Learn about the fascinating and ancient hobby of beekeeping.

You never know, you might be the next one bitten by the beekeeping bug. - submitted

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Frederic High School honor roll Seventh grade

David Lindberg, Zane Matz, Abeni Lundeen-Brooks, Peter Chenal, Mark Olson, Benjamin Richter, Mya Rivera, Zachary Williamson, Gregory Peterson, Eric Chenal, Bradley Erickson, Olivia Schauls, Kendra Mosay, Tristan Sheldon, Brooke Claeys, Melana Nelson, Kimber Utgard, Jami Siebenthal, Larissa Harlander, Makayla Arthurs, Anna Hochstetler, Isabelle Burton, Irric Erickson and Zachary Schmidt.

Eighth grade

Abigail Pickard, Rachel Thomas, Claire Coddington, Benjamin Kurkowski, Lexi Domagala, Zachary Kuechenmeister, Alyssa Backlin, Jack Tricker-King, Elise Coddington, Destiney Wetzel-Peterson, Carly Gustafson,

Tylyn O’Brien, Rachael Poirier, Sawyer Tietz, Hailey Coulter, Jaryd Braden, Jazalyn Anthony and Trisha Harrison.

Freshmen

Charles Lindberg, McKenna Rognrud, Natalie Phernetton, Vincent Nelson, Ian Lexen, Emily Wells, Kayla Golden, Adam Chenal, Paige Burton, Lisa Moylan, Kendra Mossey, McKenna Cook, Daniel Larson, Kourtni Douglas, Matthew Elrod, Kendra Sheldon and Julia Owens.

Sophomores

Leah Engbretson, April Halverson, Seneca Lundeen-Brooks, Christopher Hopp, Erik Stoner, Kali Otte, Lauren Domagala, Megan Amundson, Corissa Schmidt, Sara Under-

wood, Michelle Jensen, Maria Miller, Allison Martin, Alexandra Lundblade, Waylon Buck, Autumn Schmidt, Danielle Swanson, Michael Tesch, Nicholas Rognrud, Ashley Wendeloe, Alexander Miller, Kristina Marcyan, Breanna Jensen, Brittani Hughes, Nicole Coulter, Dayton Rivera, Jamie Taft, Bryce Williamson, Ray Kurkowski and Kye Kitzman.

Juniors

Sarah Knauber, Isabel Lexen, Allison Anderson, Anthony Peterson, Daniel Halverson, Tanesha Carlson, Samantha Nelson, Josiah Lund, Calla Karl, Krysta Laqua, Waranyoo Saengthaweep, Sage Karl, Kayla Nelson, Vanessa Neumann, Joseph Draxler, Jade Johnson, Jesse Sanchez, Benjamin Ackerley, Ashley Bergeron, Jesse Chouinard, John

Chelmo, Jimmy Richter, Ryan Phernetton, Trae Gehl and Karry Simpson.

Seniors

Kendra Wells, Joel Anderson, Ethan Cook, Adam Hardenbergh, Terri McKinney, Alexsandra Lonetti, Haley Kurkowski, Amanda Runnels, William Primm, Nicole Root, Bradley Thomas, Cathryn McConnell, Amberjean Boyle-Carlson, Cody Hallanger, Camilla Collovati, Greg Puetz, Michael Elrod, Tatyana Abasheva, Joel Knauber, Christine Chenal, Kimberly Jones, Dana Laboda, Eric Christiansen, Mariah Gravelle, Danielle Peterson, Justin Pyke, Sadie Kettula, Chad Chenal, Abby Lindahl, Claire Erickson, Paola Endara and Tommy Thompson.

Siren elementary perfect attendance Kindergarten

Joseph Collins, Ashley Gerhardson, Stephanie Gerhardson, Shanae Keller, Wyatt Lewin, Marissa Maurer, Rylee Nelson, Taedon Nichols, Macy Tollander and David Zirngibl.

First grade

berg, McCoy Maslow and Jalynn Nelson.

Second grade

Gavyn Anton, Russell Cook, Mitchell Daniels, Cordell Fisher, Terrell Johnson, Emily Mulroy, Justine Phernetton, Shawnee Phernetton, Zachariah Richter, Kathryn Taylor and Jordan Webster.

David Kelly-O’Keefe, Brooklyn Koch, Brady Kosloski, James Krenzke, Jeramiah Liljen-

Third grade

Fifth grade

Fourth grade

Sixth grade

Airianna Buechner, Cody Gerhardson, Derek Highstrom, Jade Horstman, Cassandra Maslow, Austyn Morse, Triston Ortez and Daniel Rognrud.

Abby Kosloski, Trevor Larson, Benjamin Lemieux, Garrett Lewin, Leigh Priske-Olson, Grace Tolzman and Mandy Trenter.

Dakota Kaska, Kaci Tolzman, Kaylee Tolzman and Allie Webster.

Health kits for Haiti

Olympic Week at Grantsburg Middle School ance of a former Olympic athlete and a “taste of the world.” Students are preparing for the Olympics by researching their individual country. Their knowledge will be exhibited within the Olympic Village. The Olympic Village will be open to the public on Wednesday, Feb. 10, from 1 – 3 p.m.

The opening ceremonies will begin on Monday, Feb. 8 at 9:30 a.m.; A Taste of the World will be Wednesday, Feb. 10, from 1 – 3 p.m., and the closing ceremonies will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11. All three events are open to the public. – submitted

Mrs. Nelson’s sixth-graders are putting health kits for Haiti together. The middle-school students at St. Croix Falls are collecting items such as soap, toothbrushes, washcloths and other hygiene items, and compiling health kits.

The health kits will travel to Haiti in February with persons from the area who will be going to help people affected by the earthquake. Putting health kits together (L to R) are: Drew Karl, Madison Snyder, Harrison Fickbohm, Paige Wuellner, John Petherbridge, Jocelyn Ornelas, Madalyn Bollig and Dio Aluni.

– Photo by Tammi Milberg

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Students will participate in academic, linguistic, artistic, physical and just plain fun activities that support team cooperation and emphasize good sportsmanship.

Student activities will also include opening and closing ceremonies, four full days of competitions, guest appear-

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St. Croix Falls High School honor roll Seniors

Jessica Adam, Mitchell Alden, Tryn Bryant, Katherine Burns-Penn, Marissa Campeau, Nathan Casler, Crysta Chock, Kyle Christensen, Kristina Cipelli-Stelmalch, Jason Cole, Kayla Cross, Abby Culver, Kim Culver, Jordan Fehlen, Kristina Flandrena, Cory Gebhard, Samantha Grange, Alicha Greenlee, Racheal Hansen, Danielle Heilig, Cassandra Hoyt, Andrew Koch, Gus Koecher, Nicholas Krenz, Mackenzy Kuhlmann, Joshua Larcom, Ryan Larson, Melissa Loomis, Paul Manoppo, Kyle Miller, Daniel Norgard, Gabrielle Nuckles, Dillon Peterson, Michelle Peterson, Cassondra Petherbridge, Cortney Rasmussen, Joseph Raygor, Cory Raymond, Zachary Rintoul, Jamie Rohm, Brittany Rudolph, Sarah Schuler, Angela Sommer, Christopher Stack/Stenberg, Jessica Sve-

back, Matthew Vold, Rhett Werner, Austin Whittenberger, Kelsey Willow, Christian Wolfe, Blake Yunker and Megan Yunker.

Juniors

Ian Anderson, Jenna Bartusch, Justin Becker, Ashley Bollig, Brittany Buss, Marcus Campbell, Mary Chernyaev, Zachary Christenson, Andrew Fontanille, Mitchell Geisness, Heather Gilbert, Nathan Gravesen, Tess Hedrick, Ryan Jaremczuk, Nicholas Johnson, Jessica Larcom, Ryan Leach, Lori Linke, Lauren Lund, Alexandra Lunde, Carley Martin, Mara Martinson, Alaina Mathias, Daniel Nelson, Timothy Roettger, Taylor Sempf, Stephanie Stich, Allison Swenson, Joseph Thayer, Rebecca Wampfler, Kierlyn Ward, Alexandra Wilkinson, Summer Wilson, Emma Wimberley and Margaret Wimberley.

Sophomores

Taylor Ader, Cyrus Aluni, Crystal Anderson, Haley Anderson, Jessica Berganini, Alex Bertram, Sam Blesi, Gabriel Britt, Benjamin Clausen, Chad Cochran, Nicholas DeConcini, Christopher Eisen, Alexander Frey, Elliott Frokjer, Alicia Gravesen, Natasha Helbig, Ahna Hoefler, Emily Johnson, Erin Kessler, Kyle Kinzer, Lauren Koschmeder, Brenna Loen, Alex Mikl, Samuel Nichols, Dylan Norgard, Alissa Norlander, Ryan Nussbaum, Caitlyn Olson, Sarah Petznick, Matthew Rude, Erik Segelstrom, Nicholis Siltberg, Grant Simpson, Erik Swenson, Jenna Van Soelen and Brittany Whittier.

Freshmen

Chernyaev, Braden Chryst, David Cole, Autumn Erickson, Courtney Ewald, Dustin Findlay, Kevin Fisk, Gabriel Francis, Sydney, Geisness, Matthew Gjovig, Jesse Gray, Amyrose Herrick, Alexandra Holmdahl, Nicholas Holmes, Jessica Houliston, Hayley Jaremczuk, Jordan Johnson, Jerrica Jones, Samantha Jorgensen, Andrewa Kaplin, Laina Kaskinen, Nathan Krenz, Cheyanne Krueger, Brittani Krych, JoVonna Leske, Dylan Lynch, Jacqueline Manoppo, Stephanie Melin, Bryan Nelson, Madisen Neuman, Samantha O’Brien, Taylor Orton, Jesse Rich, Nathalie Sempf, Maggie Singerhouse, Jacob Sommer, Anthony Stelton, Madelaine Sullivan, Shane Swanson, Briana Wenell and Taylor Woller.

Paige Appel, Phillip Bayle, Joshua Bibeau, Zoey Carney, Noah Casterton, Michael

Webster Middle and High School honor roll A honor roll Fifth grade

Eighth grade

David Greiff, Jonah Mosher, Sunny Cone, Synclare Stubbe, Logan Grey, Andrew Pavlicek, Jameson Matrious, Allison Mulroy, Tiringo Mosher, Sadie Koelz, Emma Rachner, Andrew Ruiz, Emily Sabatka, Sophie Phernetton, Savannah Varner, Bradley Brown, Jenna Curtis and Victoria Tyndall.

Sixth grade

Daniel Okes, Tate Fohrenkamm, Alec Ralph, Cassidy Formanek, Annika Hendrickson, Samantha Culver, Elizabeth Freymiller, Nicole Hursh, Grant Preston, Tyler Grey, Kyle Matrious, Nicole Moretter and Jonathan Rein.

Seventh grade

Mallory Daniels, Ashley Davis, Marissa Elmblad, Zachary Koelz, William Cooper, Ryan Curtis, Ellora Schaaf, Raelyn Tretsven, Madison Main, Brett Richison, Andrew Schrooten, Sean Martinez, Dade McCarthy, Alexandria Spears, Diana Jennings, Ciarra Lechman, Alexis Frazee, Nathanael Gatton, Carrie Rosenthal, Christina Weis, Alec Gustafson, Kendel Mitchell, Samantha Emberson, Kenna Gall, Taylor Elmblad, Julia Saraceno, Madeline Snow and Daniel Formanek.

Kriegel, Callan Brown, Laura Melzer, Jan (Onwara) Likitworawan, Breeanna Watral, Greg McIntyre, Kayce Rachner, Jenna Anderson, Siiri Larsen, Michelle Gibbs, Annie Kelby, Bryana Andren, Billie Ingallas, Connor Pierce, Samantha Kopecky and Alyssa Main.

AmySue Greiff, Mikayla Hatfield, Jess Petersen, Jack Ralph, Ashley Starks, Kristine Watral, Pagie Young, Evon Maxwell, Aleah Heinz, Alexandria Holmstrom, Lance Preston, Harley Berthiaume, Megan Hophan, Sarah Thielke, William Arnold III, Ashley Dietmeier, Erik Larson, Marissa Elliott, Jalicia Larson, Cullan Hopkins, Shianne Jennings, Cabrina Hopkins, Tamera Quatmann, Alex Spafford, Janie Waltzing, Logan Rutledge, Sydney Stellrecht, Julio Calixto Rosas, Roxanne Songetay, Steven Stoll and Robert Cook.

Seniors

Nolan Kriegel, Allison Leef, Nick Doriott, Chaz Heinz, Nicole Steiner, Byran Krause, Bethany Nutt, Rachel Larson, Andrea (Andrew) Bondanese, Nicholas Koelz, Andrea Yezek, Violet Wilkie, Kevin Packard, Phillip Preston, Ellie Isaacson, Benjamin Shives, Kendra Spurgeon and Judson Mosher.

Freshmen

Amber Davis, Darren Deal, Jacob Hunter, Chelsey McIntyre, Brianna Phernetton, Kaleiah Schiller, Nikkita Emberson, Danielle Formanek, Alyxandria Hatfield, Brenna Nutt, Gabriella Schiller, Samantha Perius and Matthew Smith.

B honor roll Fifth grade

Joseph Moen, Tailor Larson, Darbi Young, Courtney Lunsman, Carolina Calixto Rosas, Gerard McKee, Paige Bird, Jordan Larson and Destiny Inkman.

Sophomores

Matthew Hophan, Mackenzie Koelz, Olivia Kopecky Chelsea Larson, Audrey Mulliner, Mary Arnold, Miranda Burger, Melissa Gustavson, Katlyn Payson, Brittany Maxwell, Joseph Erickson, Joshua Baer and Shauna Rein.

Sixth grade

Juniors

Seventh grade

Darrick Nelson, Paul Sargent, Emma Olsen, Keyaire Guernsey, Max Norman, Connor Raschke, Caitlynn Hopkins, Toni Petersen, Kayla Vantassel, Joseph Clendening and Kaela Lundeen.

Devin Greene, Shaina Pardun, Mason

Thielman, Emilie Pope, Nicholas Robinson, Summer Bjork and Kelly Waltzing.

Eighth grade

Michael Johnson, Lindsay Schilling, Devon Rondou, Cassandra Kilgore, Alexander Hopkins, Emma Robinson, Cybil Mulroy, Whitney Smith, Aaron Dietmeier and Oudy Weber.

Freshmen

Molly Brown, Tessa Schiller, Emma Kelby, Angel Christianson, Charles Mahlen, Tianna Stewart and Victoria Pope.

Sophomores

Kimberly Reed, Leslea Wiggins, Tatyana Pope, Danielle Dyson, Tanya Johnson, Sarah Nyberg, Alyce Deblase, Austin Bork, Bradley Krause and Sharon Zabel.

Juniors

Kayla Duclon, Selina Eichhorn, Elise Windbiel, Akef Elkasir, Nicholas Smith, Austin Elliott and Allison Rydel.

Seniors

Karl Weber, Christina Becker, Joseph Cook, Maegan Fornengo, Daniel Erickson, Ashley Robinson-Madsen, Mackenzie Nordstrom, Adam Eichman, Amanda Kleidon, Trevor Fontaine and John Elmgren.

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LUNCH Cheeseburger, french fries, baked beans, mixed fruit, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, mandarin oranges, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH Pizza dippers, marinara sauce, baked rice, steamed broccoli, pineapple tidbits, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH Spaghetti, meat sauce, garlic toast, lettuce salad, corn, chocolate cake, apples, oranges, bread basket.

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BREAKFAST Cereal/waffles.

LUNCH Turkey gravy, mashed potatoes, peas, fruit sauce. Alt.: Pizza, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/muffin.

LUNCH Taco Tuesday, hard or soft shell, green beans, fruit sauce. Alt.: Hot dog, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/donut holes.

LUNCH Build your own sub, chips, corn, fresh fruit. Alt.: Chicken nuggets.

BREAKFAST Cereal/long john.

LUNCH Mini corn dogs, corn bread, baked beans, fruit sauce. Alt.: Hamburger, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/cinnamon roll.

LUNCH Spaghetti w/meat sauce, garlic toast, winter mix, fresh fruit. Alt.: Hot dog, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, butter noodles, steamed broccoli, veggies, kiwi, oranges. Alt.: Fish.

BREAKFAST French toast sticks, juice and milk.

LUNCH Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, lettuce, carrots, applesauce, dinner roll and Jell-O. Alt.: Turkey/cheese sandwich.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Tuna sandwich, Tostitos, shredded lettuce, corn, pears. Alt.: Pita pocket.

BREAKFAST Cinnamon tastry, juice and milk.

LUNCH Hot ham & cheese, corn chips, veggies, beans, strawberries. Alt.: Orange-glazed chicken.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Taco, lettuce, refried beans, black beans and rice, warm cinnamon slice, Valentine’s treat.

BREAKFAST Cheese omelet, toast, potatoes.

LUNCH Chicken patty, potato wedges, green beans, mixed fruit. Alt. Hamburger.

BREAKFAST French toast sticks.

LUNCH Turkey gravy, mashed potatoes, biscuit, mixed vegetable, peaches. Alt.: Egg salad sandwich, chicken noodle soup.

BREAKFAST Breakfast cookie.

LUNCH Cheeseburger, spicy fries, corn, applesauce. Alt.: Hot ham and cheese croissant.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Chicken fajitas, lettuce, peas, pears.

Alt.: Chili, corn bread muffins.

BREAKFAST Egg, ham & cheese muffin.

LUNCH Sloppy joes, french fries, carrots, pineapple, oranges. Alt.: chicken patty.

BREAKFAST Breakfast bites.

LUNCH Hamburger and fries.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Mini corn dogs and parsley potatoes.

Hot pocket.

Early risers.

BREAKFAST

LUNCH Chicken patty, broccoli/cauliflower, cheese.

LUNCH Corn dog, au gratin potatoes, green beans, pears.

LUNCH Chicken fajita Gordita, salad, salsa OR hamburger gravy, mashed potatoes, corn, applesauce.

WEDNESDAY Tastries.

BREAKFAST

LUNCH Chili/cheese wrap, Spanish rice, corn OR chicken/taco salad.

LUNCH BBQ pork, bun, potatoes, carrots OR homemade cheese soup with veggies, PBJ, fruit cocktail.

THURSDAY BREAKFAST Yogurt/Teddy Grahams.

LUNCH Valentine nuggets, tritaters, red JellO treat OR tuna salad.

Muffins.

BREAKFAST

FRIDAY NO SCHOOL WINTER BREAK

Pancakes.

BREAKFAST

LUNCH Lasagna or ravioli, green beans, garlic toast.

LUNCH Pizza, corn and pasta salad.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, scalloped potatoes, green beans, pears.

LUNCH Mushroom Swiss burger, bun, fresh veggies, fresh fruit.

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CHURCH NEWS One thing is needed

The busyness of our lives can be a good thing—or it can be a hindrance.

I’ve often found myself agreeing with other retirees about being busier than ever. My own busyness causes me to think about Mary and Martha, two of Jesus’ best friends. They both loved Jesus and wanted to serve him with their lives. But their attitudes differed.

One day Mary and Martha welcomed Jesus into their home for dinner. Since he was the honored guest, Martha wanted things to be right. But when Mary didn’t remain in the kitchen to help, Martha was dis- Perspectives tracted and complained, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.” (Luke 10:40) Jesus’ answer to Martha perhaps differed from that of most people and it likely surprised her. He didn’t tell Mary to go and help Martha. He instead told Martha, “…you are worried and troubled about many things: but one thing is needed and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10:41-42) The “one thing needed” that Martha lacked was putting Jesus first. He didn’t put down her service; he confronted her attitude while she served. Mary sat at Jesus’ feet in complete devotion to him while Martha fumed in the kitchen.

In our desire to serve God by helping others, we need to remember that our service must be done with an attitude of love for Christ. Too often we do things backwards. We do some work for the Lord, but ask for his blessing after the fact. He would rather have us come to him first in quiet prayer and meditation on his word so we can learn how he wants us to serve him. His Holy Spirit, in the process, will lend us strength and power to serve with joy and love. One writer stated, “The work of the Lord must never have pre-eminence over the Lord of the work.”

We are to minister to him through our devotion, our time, and our love as we minister to others.

Lord, help us remember that which is needed: to seek you first before we serve. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Mrs. Bair may be reached at www.sallybair.com.

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News from Bone Lake Lutheran Dane Edward LeClair was baptized into the Christian faith at Bone Lake Lutheran Church on Sunday, Jan. 31 by Pastor Mary Ann Bowman. Dane is shown with his parents, Chris and Inger LeClair, and sponsors Doug and Marisa Lindsay.

During the children’s sermon on Sunday, the children Bone Lake at Lutheran learned about the Scripture lesson from 1 Corinthians 13. They were reminded of the importance of love in all they say and do, and that the love Jesus Christ has for them never ends. In closing the kids sang “Jesus Loves Me” to the congregation. – Photos submitted

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Echo was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bob; twins, Ronald and Donald; sister, Beryl; and brother, Henry.

She is survived by her brothers, Merle Newcomb of Vancouver, Wash., Lavern Newcomb of Post, Texas, and Butch Newcomb of Clear Lake; sister, Lucille (Robert) Partridge of Maynard, Iowa; sons, Gary Wenthe of Clam Falls and Steven (Patzy) Wenthe of Grantsburg; daughters, Terre Wenthe of Newington, Conn., Cynthia (Tommy) Sparks of Fort Worth, Texas, Sheryl (Marvin) Edison of Grandview Plaza, Kan., Roberta (Dave) Mell of Killeen, Texas and Kimberly Killeen of Cottage Grove, Minn.; grandchildren, Hans (Nancy) Wenthe, Mike (Wendy) Wenthe, John (Becka) Wenthe, Tanya (Mark) Stone, Anthony Testa, Andrea Perez, Tracy (Frenchie) Shea, Amber Anderson, Alicia Edison, Amanda Edison, Kristine (Clay) Stewart, Jessica Hom, James Killeen, Shannon Killeen and 17 great-grandchildren.

Funeral and interment services were held Jan. 30, at the Clam Falls Lutheran Church in Clam Falls, with the Rev. Gary Rokenbrodt officiating. Music was provided by soloist Becka Wenthe and organist Sandy Hibbs. Pallbearers were Hans Wenthe, Mike Wenthe, Robert John Wenthe, James Killeen, Mark Stone and Anthony Testa.

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OBITUARIES Kenneth Charles Hanson

William Lawrence Lauer

Donna G. Bengtson

William Lawrence Lauer, 17, resident of Grantsburg, Donna Gail Bengtson, 45, Milltown, died Jan. 19, died Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010.

2010, at the St. Croix Regional Medical Center, St. Croix Even before he could speak, the Falls, after a courageous battle with cancer. family all knew that William was She was born on Sept. 14, 1964, in Minneapolis, Minn. the special Lauer. Whether asking Donna grew up in White Bear Lake, Minn., and graduquestions like, “Do potato chips ated from White Bear Lake High School. come from a potato cow?” when he Donna was married to Doug Bengtson and to this was 4, or spouting off facts about union two children, Mercedes and Douglas, were born. the Titanic during dinner, from his Donna also became stepmother to Doug’s daughters, very beginning he had a creative Amy and Crystal. After her divorce from Doug, she and curious mind that was uncontinued to live and work in Milltown. For many matched during the entirely too years, she worked at Wise Guys Bar. She was also inshort 17 years. Will was known volved in food preparation for retail catering. Donna well for his quirky comments, smart remarks, his con- enjoyed spending time with her children. With her tagious smile and laugh, intelligence, and hard-work spirit of adventure, she also enjoyed motorcycling, vaethic. His attitude was contagious and spread like wild- cationing, camping, exploring new restaurants, arts and fire. crafts, knitting and helping those in need.

Will accomplished more in his 17 years than most Donna was preceded in death by her mother, Flohope to accomplish their entire lives. Not only did he rence DeMarre Gilson. succeed academically, maintaining a 4.0 during high She is survived by her children, Mercedes and Douschool, but also started investing his money in sixth glas; stepchildren, Amy and Crystal; ex-husband, Dougrade and took investment class at Edward Jones after glas; five grandchildren; best friend, Laura Fairchild; school. He was a member of the National Honor Soci- and other family and friends. ety at Grantsburg High School, and participated in Celebration of her life was held on Saturday, Jan. 23, many extracurricular activities such as mock trial, at North Valley Lutheran Church, Milltown Township, Forensics, FCCLA, Link group, Scuba Diving/Research Centuria, with Pastor Maggie Isaacson officiating.

Biology club, theater, and in the Immaculate Concep- Donna requested that her ashes be spread in her fation youth group. After high school, he wanted to at- vorite places of Florida, Alaska and Scotland. tend college in Florida and major in hospital The St. Croix Valley Funeral Home and Polk County administration/management.

Cremation Society of St. Croix Falls was entrusted with But more significant than any of his many accom- arrangements. plishments, his greatest achievement was that he was a genuinely great human being. He was so patient with his three younger sisters, despite their many shenanigans. He never made another person feel unwanted or Alice M. Barthman, 97, Clear Lake, died Wednesday, Edward Raymond Molamphy, 89, Georgetown Towninsignificant, and it’s hoped now that he felt he received Jan. 27, 2010, at Riverbend in Amery, where she had ship, rural Balsam Lake, died at his home, surrounded the same in return. been a resident since September. by his loving family and Jake, on William is survived by his mother and father, Joan Alice Mary Barthman was born to Anthony and Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. and Peter Lauer and his siblings Jessica, Elizabeth, Mary (Klinkhammer) Buhr on March 13, 1912, in StewEdward was born on Dec. 31, Sarah, Nicholas, Johanna, Audrey and Victoria; and art, Minn. As a child, Alice eventually moved with her 1920, in Georgetown Township, the grandmother, Mary Marcella Lauer; as well as his ex- family to Clear Lake, where she attended school and son of John C. and Catharine M. tended family and many friends. graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1931. On (Brummel) Molamphy. Edward Funeral services for William were held on Tuesday, May 19, 1934, Alice and William J. Barthman married grew up in Georgetown Township Feb. 2, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church of Amery. They made a and graduated from Milltown Grantsburg with Father Dennis Mullen officiating. home together in Clear Lake, where they would bring High School.

Music was provided by organist Kathy Tweet and the up three children: Jerry, LaVonne and Brian. In addition A proud World War II veteran, Grantsburg High School choir. Pallbearers were Andy to raising her family, Alice spent many years as the Edward served in the United States Falk, Kyle Johnson, Seth Odegard, Tyler Sanvig, Jessica owner and operator of the A. & J. Skogmo Clothing Navy from 1942-1946, aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hoffman and Jessica Banks. Honorary pallbearers were Store in downtown Clear Lake. She was an active Bon Homme Richard, in the Pacific Theater.

Jake Corty, Thomas McAllister, Logan McAllister, John member of the St. John’s Catholic Church of Clear Lake On Nov. 10, 1947, he was married to Mary Ann PearMcAllister, Paul Corty and Mike Corty. and served with the women of St. John’s Guild. In the son in Turtle Lake, and to this union three children were The Rowe Funeral Home of Frederic was entrusted community Alice also served for several years with the born. Edward worked hard as a farmer, and while he with arrangements.

24Lp Clear Lake Library Board and Friends of the Library. was farming he also worked at the Standard Conveyor Alice always loved cooking, baking and spending and Toro Companies. He then worked for 25 years at time at the family cabin in Port Wing. She loved square the Polk County Highway Department, retiring in 1983. dancing and basketball in her younger days; as an Edward was an avid sportsman. From hunting trips eighth-grader she was asked to play with the senior out west, to the deer shack up north, from the lakes and Annie M. Marcyan, 82, a resident of Siren, died girls basketball team and scored 56 points in a single streams and rivers, he passed on his hunting, trapping Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, at her home. game. Family and friends were always the most imporand fishing techniques and talents to his children, Annie was born Oct. 11, 1927, in Chicago, Ill., to An- tant part of Alice’s life. grandchildren and other relatives and friends. drew and Dagmar Christensen. Annie worked as a Alice was preceded in death by her husband, Bill His sense of humor was always evident, no matter waitress for Perry’s and at the Burnett County Dairy.

Barthman; her son, Jerry Barthman; parents, Anthony what the conversation was. Edward took up walking, Annie was preceded in death by her parents; hus- and Mary Buhr; daughter-in-law, Roxie Barthman; and would walk around the section on a regular basis. band; and brothers, Harry, Marvin and Art. brothers, Nick, Nestor, Tony, Ralph and Joe Buhr; sisIt took hours. Not because he was slow, but he visited Annie is survived by her son, Arthur Marcyan; for- ters, Mary Ann Buhr and Elenora (Buhr) Paulson. and had coffee with the neighbors along his route. mer daughter-in-law, Pamela Marcyan; grandchildren, She is survived by children, LaVonne Barthman of Edward was a lifetime member of the Disabled AmerNichole (James) Pettis, Nicholas Marcyan and Kristina; Hudson and Brian (Pam) Barthman of Hudson; daughican Veterans Chapter 66, Webster; VFW Untied Post great-grandchildren, Jasmine and Dante Marcyan; and ter-in-law, Fran Barthman of New Richmond; grand6858, Milltown; and a life honorary member of the special friend, Mike Moser. children, Thomas (Mary) Barthman of Hudson, Barbara Knights of Columbus. He was also one of the original Graveside services were held Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, (Kevin) Sperbeck of Eden Prairie, Minn., Jason (Catherfounders of the Fox Creek Gun Club. at Clam Lake Cemetery. Casket bearers were Nichole ine)Barthman of Hudson, Jeffrey Barthman of Hudson, Edward leaves to celebrate his memory, wife, Mary Pettis, James Pettis, Pamela Marcyan, Tim Kaye, Terry Michael Barthman of St. Paul, Minn., and Patrick BarthMolamphy, Balsam Lake; children, Michael (Anita) MoKaye and Cale Burruss. man of Hudson; six great-grandchildren; brothers and lamphy, Turtle Lake; Patricia (Alvin) Kastens; Clancy The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Homes, Web- sisters, Geneva Gasper of Fridley, Minn., Ruth Storrs of (Michelle) Molamphy; grandchildren, Shannon Arster, were entrusted with arrangements. Online condo- Amery and Jim (Harriet) Burh of Clear Lake; sisters-ingetsinger, Patraic Molamphy, Cullen Molamphy, Shawn lences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com. law, Dorothy Buhr of Clear Lake, Shirley Buhr of Clear Denver, Cole Denver, Michael J. Molamphy, Mimi MoLake and Ellie Buhr of Amery; and many other relalamphy, Brandon Molamphy; eight great-grandchiltives, family and friends. dren; sister, Margaret Paquin; nieces, nephews, cousins Mass of Christian Burial was at St. John’s Catholic and other loving family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents and nine John (JD) Whitaker, former Balsam Lake resident, Church in Clear Lake on Saturday, Jan. 30. Interment was at Clear Lake Cemetery in Clear Lake. brothers and sisters. died Jan. 28, 2010, at Sun City, Ariz.

Celebrant was Fr. Leonard Fraher and organist was Funeral Mass was held on Thursday, Jan. 28, at Our John grew up in St. Croix Falls, graduating from St. Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church in Balsam Lake. Fa- Croix Falls High School. He served in the Army during Christine LaFond. Casket bearers were Jason Barthman, ther John Drummy was the Celebrant.

World War II. He worked in power line construction in Thomas Barthman, Jeffrey Barthman, Barbara SperBurial was at the Northern Wisconsin Veterans many states. He retired as a power line inspector for beck, Michael Barthman and Patrick Barthman.

The Scheuermann-Hammer Funeral Home of Clear Memorial Cemetery in Spooner. Pallbearers will be PacifiCorp of Portland, Ore. Keith Argetsinger, Patraic Molamphy, Cullen MolamHe was preceded in death by his parents, John T. and Lake was entrusted with arrangements. phy, Brandon Molamphy, Shawn Denver and Cole Den- Bertha; brother, Jim; five sisters, Blanche, Helen, Miriam, ver.

Hazel and Rosemary.

To express online condolences for the family, please He is survived by his wife, Roberta; two sons, Dan visit www.kolstadfamilyfuneralhome.com. and Rod; daughter, Vikki, all of Arizona; sister, Alice The Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria was Palmer of Osceola; sister-in-law, Polly Whitaker of CalLUCK - Services are pending for Kyle W. Johnson, 44, entrusted with arrangements. ifornia; brother-in-law, Robert Foglequist of California; who died Feb. 1. For information call Rowe Funeral three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and nu- Home in Luck at 715-472-2444. merous nieces and nephews.

A complete obituary will appear in a future issue of Burial will be at Wolf Creek Cemetery at a later date. the Leader.

Kenneth Charles Hanson, 84, St. Croix Falls, died peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, at the Good Samaritan Home in St. Croix Falls.

Kenneth was born Dec. 14, 1925, in St. Croix Falls, to Hans and Matilda Hanson. He grew up on the family farm in Cushing with his six brothers and sisters, Alvina, Cleone, Burnell, Earl, Harriette and Clyde. Ken attended Bass Lake grade school and later graduated from St. Croix Falls High School in 1943. He married Beverly Fish on April 23, 1949, and to this union four children were born. He ran the family farm until the 1960s and then became a foreman at U.S. Gypsum in the Cities.

Kenneth enjoyed hunting, fishing, growing flowers and taking trips to Canada.

He was preceded in death by his son, Kenneth Dell; parents, Hans and Matilda; sisters, Alvina and Cleone; brothers, Burnell and Earl.

Kenneth is survived by his wife, Beverly; sister, Harriette; brother, Clyde (Irene); children, Renee (Chuck) Svoboda, Scott and Bart (Heidi) ; and daughter-in-law, Marlys Murphy; grandchildren, Michele (Kyle) Green, April (Brian) Smith, Sally (Scott) Williamson, Kandis, Joseph, Clayton (Maria), Cullen, Marley, Hans, Nolan and Macy Hanson; and eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Jan. 30 at the First Lutheran Church in Cushing, with Pastor Dorothy Sandahl officiating.

The Edling Funeral Home, St. Croix Falls, was entrusted with arrangements.

Alice M. Barthman

Edward Raymond Molamphy

Annie M. Marcyan

John (JD) Whitaker

Services pending for Kyle W. Johnson

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CHURCH NEWS

How someone turns out comes from drive within QUESTION: Tell me why some kids with every advantage and opportunity seem to turn out bad, while others raised in terrible homes become pillars in the community. I know one young man who grew up in squalid circumstances, yet he is such a fine person today. How did his parents manage to raise such a responsible son when they didn’t even seem to care?

DR. DOBSON: Neither heredity nor environment will account for all human behavior. There is something else there – something from within – that also operates to make us who we are. Some behavior is caused, and some plainly isn’t.

Several years ago, for example, I had dinner with two parents who had unofficially “adopted” a 13-yearold boy. This youngster followed their son home one afternoon and asked if he could spend the night. As it turned out, he stayed with them for almost a week without so much as a phone call coming from his mother. It was later learned that she works 16 hours a day and has no interest in her son. Her alcoholic husband divorced her several years ago and left town without a trace. The boy had been abused, unloved and ignored through much of his life.

Given this background, what kind of kid do you think he is today – a druggie? A foul-mouthed delinquent? A lazy, insolent bum? No. He is polite to adults; he is a hard worker; he makes good grades in school and enjoys helping around the house. This boy is like

a lost puppy who desperately wants a good home. He begged the family to adopt him officially so he could have a real father and a loving mother. His own mom couldn’t care less.

How could this teenager be so well-disciplined and polished despite his lack of training? I don’t know. It is simply within him. He reminds me of my wonderful friend David Hernandez. David and his parents came to America illegally from Mexico more than 50 years ago and nearly starved to death before they found work.

They eventually survived by helping to harvest the potato crop throughout the state of California.

During this era, David lived under trees or in the open fields. His father made a stove out of an oil drum half-filled with dirt. The open campfire was the centerpiece of their home.

David never had a roof over his head until his parents finally moved into an abandoned chicken coop.

His mother covered the boarded walls with cheap wallpaper, and David thought they were living in luxury. Then one day, the city of San Jose condemned the area, and David’s “house” was torn down. He couldn’t understand why the community would destroy so fine a place.

We’ll talk more about David’s story next time.

•••

Dr. James

Dobson Focus on the Family

QUESTION: Should a college-educated woman feel that she has wasted her training if she chooses not to use it professionally? I mean, why should I bother to go through school to be a professional if I’m going to wind up raising kids and being a fulltime homemaker?

DR. DOBSON: A person doesn’t go to college just to prepare for a line of work – or at least, that shouldn’t be the reason for being there. The purpose for getting a college education is to broaden your world and enrich your intellectual life. Whether or not it leads to a career is not the point. Nothing invested in the cultivation of your own mind is ever really wasted. If you have the desire to learn and the opportunity to go to school, I think you should reach for it. Your career plans can be finalized later.

••• Dr. Dobson is founder and chairman emeritus of the nonprofit organization Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80995 (www.focusonthefamily.org).

Questions and answers are excerpted from “Complete Marriage and Family Home Reference Guide” and “Bringing Up Boys,” both published by Tyndale House. COPYRIGHT 2009 JAMES DOBSON INC., DISTRIBUTED BY UNIVERSAL UCLICK, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. 64106; 816-581-7500

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Men's Ministry donates to Burnett County Kinship and Salvation Army Gerry Potvin, representing Siren Covenant Church Men’s Ministry, presented $400 checks to Deb Haley, Burnett County Kinship, for her organization (photo at left) and also to Lori Heller for the Salvation Army, Siren office (photo at right). – Photos submitted

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Frederic, Wis. - 715-327-4236 Shell Lake, Wis. - 715-468-2314 Siren, Wis. - 715-349-2560 St. Croix Falls, Wis. - 715-483-9008

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Corey T. Arnold, Agent Frederic, Wis. Phone 715-327-8076

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“Your Electric Servant” Serving Polk & Burnett Counties “Use Energy Wisely”

WEBSTER CASHCO BUILDING SUPPLIES Complete Lumber & Building Supplies

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Phone 715-866-4238 Hwy. 35 N. Webster, Wis. Tom & Becky O’Brien, Owners

MEDICINE SHOPPE

HOPKINS SAND & GRAVEL, INC.

Frederic, Wis. 715-327-4475 110 Oak Street Frederic, Wis. 715-327-4208 Monday - Friday 8:30 - 5 Not Open On Saturday Duane Lindh

HAULING

• Gravel • Sand • Rock • Top Soil • Trackhoe 715-472-2717 Mobile 715-491-1861 1065 290th Ave. Frederic, Wis.

LUCK VAN METER’S MEATS

Government Inspected Slaughtering and Processing, Sausage making • Ham and Bacon Cured and Smoked Sides and Quarters of Beef and Pork Available Old-fashioned Fresh Meat Counter Tim Van Meter and Ross Anderson, Owners Luck, WI 54853 Plant 715-472-2141

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CUSHING CUSHING COOPERATIVE SOCIETY Feed Mill - Grain Dept.

Cushing, Wis. 715-648-5215

Hwy. 35 North Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-4157 M.P.R.S. #03059

SWEDBERG-TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME Webster, Wis. Phone 715-866-7131

BRUCE’S AUTO REPAIR & TOWING

Churches 12/09

FREDERIC

Wrecker - Flatbed Air Conditioning & Computerized Car Service - Cold Weather Starts

Webster, Wis. 715-866-4100 Days • 715-866-8364 Eves.

SIREN OLSEN & SON

Your Full-Service Drugstore Siren, Wis. Phone 715-349-2221

Any area business wishing to help sponsor the church listings should contact the Leader at 715-327-4236.

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Church Directory ADVENTIST

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - FREDERIC

609 Benson Road. Pastor Curtis Denney Sat. Worship 11 a.m.; Sabbath Schl. 9:30 a.m.

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE

ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE VALLEY Senior Pastor Bob Morton 1259 Hwy. 35 S., St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship: 8:30, 9:45 & 11 a.m.

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH

Meeting in homes. Elders: Cliff Bjork, Jon Zens, 715-483-1357 and 715-755-3048 Sun. Fellowship - 10 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

LUTHERAN

LUTHERAN

BALSAM LUTHERAN CHURCH

1115 Mains Crossing, 1/2 Mile South Hwy. 8 On 110th St.; Pastor Matt Faarem Sun. Worship 9 a.m.; Sun. School 10:15 a.m.

Wed. Bible Study 8:30 a.m.; Wed. LOGOS 3:20 p.m.

BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN (WELS) Gene E. Jahnke, Pastor, 715-635-7672, Hm. 715-354-7787, Hwy. 70 at 53, Spooner Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School & Bible Classes For All - 10:45 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - BRANSTAD Pastor Jay Ticknor, 715-463-5746 3 miles So. of Grantsburg on Hwy. 87 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - SIREN

Hwy. 35, 1/2 blk. N. Main St. Interim Pastor Andrew Hinwood Pastoral Serv. 715-349-5280 Sun. Schl. 8:15 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.

BETHESDA LUTHERAN - DRESSER (LCMC) www.bethesdalutheran.ws

Pastor Mark Richardson, 715-755-2562 Pastor Mike Winick 1947 110th Ave., Dresser Praise Serv. 8:15 a.m.; Heart Song Serv., Adult Ed & Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Trad. Serv. 10:45 a.m.

BONE LAKE LUTHERAN bllc@lakeland.ws

Pastor Mary Ann Bowman, 5 mi. E. of Luck on Hwy. 48, 1/2 mi. S. on I; 715-472-8153, Office/Kit. - 715-472-2535 Sun. Schl. & Adult Bible Study 9 a.m.; Fellowship 10 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

CHRIST LUTHERAN (LCMS)

Pipe Lake CTH G & T, 715-822-3096 Sun. Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. during schl. yr.; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sun. www.christlutheranpipelake.com

CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 Communion 1st Sunday Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

FAITH LUTHERAN - BALSAM LAKE

faithlutheran@lakeland.ws Pastor Diane Norstad 715-485-3800; CTH I & Mill Street Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:40 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st & last Sundays

FAITH LUTHERAN - GRANTSBURG

Pastor Victor St. George, 715-463-5388 Worship 9:30 a.m.; Sun. School 10:45 a.m.

FIRST EVAN. LUTHERAN

5561 Chestnut St., Taylors Falls, MN 651-465-5265 Traditional Wor. 8:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. & Youth 9:45 a.m.; Adult Learning 10 a.m.; Contemp. Wor. 11 a.m.

FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl, 715-648-5323 or 715-648-5324 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:15 a.m.

FRISTAD LUTHERAN - CENTURIA

ELCA - 501 Hwy. 35, 715-646-2357, Mel Rau, Pastor Sun. Wor. & Holy Communion - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:40 a.m.

GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rt. 1, Balsam Lake, WI (Fox Creek) Pastor Neal Weltzen; GT Office - 715-857-5580, Parsonage - 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wors. Serv. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m.; Holy Communion - 1st Sun. of each month

GRACE LUTHERAN - WEST SWEDEN

Phone 715-327-4340, 715-327-8384, 715-327-8090 Pastor David Almlie Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC

(Missouri Synod) Pastor Jody R. Walter, 715-327-8608 Sun. Schl. - 8:45 a.m.; Service - 10:45 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 3rd Sun.

LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTH. - ELCA

CTH H, 1/2 mi. N. of CTH A & H on H Church Off. 715-635-7791 Roger Pittman, Pastor Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Worship Serv. 8 &10 a.m.; Sat. 7 p.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday

LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl Sun. Wor. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:30 a.m.

LUCK LUTHERAN

510 Foster Ave. E. Office 715-472-2605; Home 715-472-8424 Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN

113 W. Main St.. W., Phone 715-825-2453 Pastor Danny G. Wheeler 9:15 a.m. Worship 10 a.m. Sunday School

NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH

METHODIST

METHODIST

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 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 Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Worship - 9 a.m.; Sun. School - 10:30 a.m.

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

Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “G” Sun. Wor. - 9:15 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

DANBURY UNITED METHODIST

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.

Emory Johnson, Interim Pastor at Siren High School Auditorium Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST GRANTSBURG

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER

Rev. Jody Walter, Interim, Phone 715-327-8608; Church Phone 715-866-7191 Sun. Wors. - 9:15 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

Holytrinity@wisconsinumc.org 1606 165th Ave., CTH I, Centuria Paul Foulke, Pastor, 715-485-3363 Sun. Wor. - 9 a.m.

PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA)

LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL

2355 Clark Road, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2515 Web site: plcdresser.org Pastor Wayne Deloach, Intern Lori Peper Sun. Wor. 8:30 & 11 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:35 a.m.

PILGRIM LUTHERAN - FREDERIC (ELCA)

Pastor Catherine Burnette 507 Wisconsin Ave. N., 715-327-8012 Sunday Schl. 9 a.m.; Sunday Wor. - 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.

ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN (Wis. Synod) 350 Michigan Ave., Centuria Sun. Wor. - 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10 a.m.

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LUCK

1614 CTH, North Luck Office Ph.715-472-2605; Dial-A-Devotion 715-472-2345 Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN

(Missouri Synod) 140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA

10 mi. W. of Cumberland on Hwy. 48 (McKinley) - Pastor Neal Weltzin GT Office 715-857-5580, Parsonage 715-822-3001, TR Office - 715-822-3001 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st Sunday

TRINITY LUTHERAN LCMS, DANBURY

Rev. Jody Walter, Interim Home 715-327-8608; Church 715-866-7191 Sunday Worship Service - 7:45 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN

Hwy. 70 East, 715-689-2271, Pastor: Carl Heidel Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Communion -Every Sunday

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA

300 Seminole Ave. (CTH M) Mark Kock, Pastor, 715-294-2828 Sunday Worship at 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School (ages 4 thru 12th grade), Fellowship, Adult Bible Class at 9:15 a.m.

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN

Pastors Mike & Linda Rozumalski 1 mi. west of Luck on N, 2478 170th St., Luck Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Fellowship 9:45 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

WEST IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - ELCA

Rev. Rexford D. Brandt 447 180th St., Osceola, 715-294-2936 Sun. Wor. 8 & 10:30 a.m.; Sun Schl. 9:15 a.m.

Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN

1/2 mi. W. of Hwy. 35 on U, 715-866-8281, Pastors Douglas Olson and Roger Kampstra Services begin at 9:30 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (AALC)

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 5 mi. E. of Frederic on W, 2 mi. south on I; Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st Sunday

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST

404 Wis. Ave., Amery, 715-268-7717 Father John Drummy, Pastor Sat. Mass 4 p.m., Sun. Mass 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation Sat., 3:30 p.m. or by appt.

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

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

ASSEMBLY

Pastor Jack Starr Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour

ASSEMBLY

LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST Tom Cook, Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m.

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH

Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Wor. 11 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

Potluck dinner 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST

CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Pastor Larry Mederich, 715-294-4332 www.occconnect.org Mtg. @ St. Croix Art Barn; Sun. Serv. - 9 a.m.

Nursery and children church

SIREN ASSEMBLY OF GOD

oumc@centurytel.net 306 River Street, Osceola, 715-755-2275 Pastor Mark Gilbert Adult Class - 8:30 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.; Holy Communion 1st Sunday

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.

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST

EVANGELICAL

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m.

Sun. School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available

EVANGELICAL

TRADE RIVER EVAN. FREE

Pastor Arveda “Freddie” Kirk, 715-327-4436 Early Wor. 8:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. 10 a.m.

Souper service Wed. 5:15 p.m.

Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morning Worship - 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School - 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services

SIREN UNITED METHODIST

APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA)

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC

Tom Cook, Pastor Sunday School 9 a.m.

Worship - 10:15 a.m. (Nursery available)

TAYLORS FALLS UNITED METHODIST

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.

WOLF CREEK UNITED METHODIST

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

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.

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship - 8:15 a.m.

COVENANT

COVENANT

CALVARY COVENANT - ALPHA

Pastor Scott Sagel, 715-689-2541 Sun. Schl. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. 10:30 p.m.; Elevator provided, welcome

SIREN COVENANT

Pastor Dave Guertin 7686 Lofty Pines Drive, Siren, 715-349-5601 Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

UNITED COVENANT - CLEAR LAKE

Pastor Gary Tonn Praise Time 8 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:20 a.m.

CATHOLIC

CATHOLIC

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 255 St. Hwy. 35, East Farmington Mass Friday 9 a.m.; Sacrament of Penance Sat. 3:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH

Pastor - Father Daniel Bodin 490 Bench St., Taylors Falls, 651-465-7345 Sat. Vigil 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:30 & 10:30 a.m.

Tues. - Thurs. 7:30 a.m.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

FREDERIC EVAN. FREE CHURCH

BAPTIST

FAITH FELLOWSHIP

Hwy. 35 and CTH N., Luck Bill McEachern Pastor, 715-485-3973 Sun. Bible study - 9 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - AMERY

131 Broadway St., 715-268-2223; www.fbcamery.org Pastor Charlie Butt, Lead Pastor Sunday Worship: 9 - 10:15 a.m. & 10:30 -11:45 a.m.; Childrens church ages 3-4 Sun. Schl. for Pre-K to 5th; Sun. Schl. for Jr./Sr. high meet in teen center Nursery available

FIRST BAPTIST - FALUN

Pastor Kevin Miller Associate Pastor Roger Inouye Sunday School - (all ages) - 9:30 a.m.

Church Serv. - 10:45 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - MILLTOWN

Pastor Marlon Mielke, 715-825-3186 Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

OUR LADY OF THE LAKES

FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN

Pastor Martin Weigand - 715-294-3489 Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Adult Bible Class 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE

SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY

FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER

PRESBYTERIAN

PRESBYTERIAN

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

Rev. Bruce Brooks - 715-483-3550 719 Nevada St. , (between Simonson & Tower Roads) , St. Croix Falls Worship - 10 a.m. (Nursery provided) Sun. Schl. - Child.- 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - Adults 8:45 a.m.; Communion 1st Sunday

ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC & IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG CATHOLIC MASS SCHED.

Pastor: Rev. Dennis M. Mullen, 715-327-8119 St. Dominic: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m.

Immaculate Conception: Sun. 8:30 a.m.

Call the office for daily & holy day Mass times

ST. ANNE PARISH

Rev. Thomas E. Thompson, 715-247-3310 139 Church Hill Rd., Somerset Mass Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Wed. 9 a.m.

Sacrament of Penance Sun. 8 a.m.

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER

Minister Garret Derouin, 715-866-7157 Musky & Birch St., Avail. in office 9 a.m. - noon, Tues.-Fri.; Sun. Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Worship 10:30 a.m.

WESLEYAN

WESLEYAN

WOODLAND WESLEYAN

Dairyland - Rev. Andrea Wittwer 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. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 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 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship 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 Saturday Vespers - 5 p.m.; Sunday Liturgy - 9:30 a.m.

HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

NAZARENE

2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Willis Christenson, 715-483-9464 Sunday School - 10 a.m.; Worship Service - 11 a.m.

Located across from elemen. school on West St., Pastor, Dr. Kevin Schumann; 651-465-7171 Sun. Morn. - Sun. Schl. for all ages - 9 a.m.

Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.

Pastor David Almlie, 715-327-8384, 715-327-8090 Fellowship - 10:30 a.m., Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m., Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

Pastor Andy McDaniel, 715-327-8402 Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided.; www.tradelakebaptistchurch.org

EUREKA BAPTIST

Pastor David Sollitt 715-857-5411 or 715-268-2651 Worship Service - 9 a.m.; Sunday School-10:15 a.m.

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

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK.

Danbury - 7586 St. Rd. 77, 715-866-7321 Pastor - Father Michael J. Tupa Mass - Wed. 5 p.m. (Summer), Fri. 9 a.m. (Sept.-May).

Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

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 Doug McConnell Youth Pastor Chris Radtke At Grantsburg High School, 715-463-5794 Sun. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

Meeting at Zion Lutheran Church, 28005 Old Towne Rd., Chisago Lakes, MN Fr. Robert McMeekin, pastor hcomm.org Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

BAPTIST

ZION LUTHERAN - EAST FARMINGTON (WELS )

Pastor Tim Faust Worship - 11 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday

LIVING HOPE CHURCH

Church Phone 715-866-4111; Rev. Merrill Olson - Pastor Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Wor. - 10:45 a.m (Nursery Provided)

GRACE CHURCH OF OSCEOLA “The Cure for the Common Church”

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 COMMUNITY

7535 Peet St., Danbury, 715-656-4010 Reverend R.A. Luebke Adult Bible Service 9 a.m.; Services: Sun. 10 a.m.; Sunday School during church service.

NONDENOMINATIONAL

NONDENOMINATIONAL

CENTERPOINT CHURCH “Come as you are”

Pastor Dick Enerson, www.centerpointstcroix.com 715-294-1833, Meeting at SCF High Schl. - Main entrance 740 Maple Drive, St. Croix Falls Sunday Worship 10 - 11:15 a.m.

NEW LIFE COMMUNITY - AMERY Interim Pastor Craig Jorgenson Sun. Worship 10 a.m.; Children’s Church: K to 6th Grade

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

Meets at Dresser Elem. School, Dresser Pastor Michael Brand, 715-417-2468 Adult Class 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Worship Service 9:45 a.m.; Nursery available

NEW WINE CHURCH - CENTURIA

309 5th Street, 715-338-2751 Pastors Randy and Pam Stone Sunday 10 a.m.; Wednesday 7 p.m.

NORTHERN PINES FRIENDS WORSHIP

722 Seminole Ave., Osceola Pastor Dr. Kent Haralson; 715-294-4222 or 715-755-3454; info@gracechurchosceola.com Sun.: Praise & Worship Serv. 9 am., Adult Bible Study 10:45 a.m., Children’s Sun. Schl. 10:45 a.m.

GROUP 715-733-0481 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting.

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG

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.

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.

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN

church directory

ADVENTIST

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Robert L. Nelson New York Life Insurance Company Box 313 Luck, Wis. 54853 Phone

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NEW YORK LIFE

Daily: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

AUSTIN LAKE GREENHOUSE & FLOWER SHOP

• WEDDING BOUQUETS • FUNERAL DESIGNS • CUT FLOWERS • GIFTS • BALLOONS • BEDDING PLANTS • POTTED PLANTS • TUXEDO RENTAL BY SAVVI • ANTLER KING PRODUCTS Hwy. 35 & “FF,” Webster Flowers Phoned Anywhere

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AT THE LODGE 24226 1st Ave. No. Siren, WI Local Movie Line 715-349-8888 Timbers1@starwire.net SHOW TIMES FOR FRI., FEB.5 THRU THURS., FEB. 11

DEAR JOHN Rated PG-13, 107 Minutes.

DALLES HOUSE COMEDY CLUB Highway 35 & 8 • St. Croix Falls

Open EVERY Friday

Fri.-Sun.: 1:00, 3:30, 6:00 & 8:30 p.m.; Mon.-Thurs.: 5:00 & 7:20 p.m.

EDGE OF DARKNESS Rated R, 117 Minutes.

Doors Open At 7 p.m.

Tickets $10

Fri.-Sun.: 1:00, 3:30, 6:00 & 8:30 p.m.; Mon.-Thurs.: 5:00 & 7:20 p.m.

Advance Tickets or Info,

TOOTH FAIRY Rated PG, 101 Minutes.

AVATAR

Rated PG-13, 162 Minutes.

Fri.-Sun.: 1:00, 4:30 & 7:45 p.m.; Mon.-Thurs.: 5:15 p.m.

715-483-3246

SAVE THE DATE

The Burnett County Family Resource Center is proud to announce a fundraising event with nationally known comedian Mary Mack. She will be performing at Northwoods Crossing on Friday, February 12, at 8 p.m.

All shows and show times before 6 p.m. $5.00.

Shows and show times subject to change.

Visit us on our Web site: www.timberstheatres.com

Cinema 8 ST. CROIX FALLS

Doors will open at 7 p.m. with hors d’ oeuvres and a cash bar.

There will also be a 50/50 cash drawing. Tickets are $20.00 and are available at many local locations.

All Stadium/Digital 715-483-1471

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SHOWS AND SHOW TIMES Feb. 5 - Feb. 11

Please call 715-349-2922 for more information. All proceeds will benefit the Family Resource Center.

SHOWS AND SHOW TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL SEATS $6.50 UNTIL 6 P.M.

DEAR JOHN (PG-13)

Fri.: 5:10, 7:10, 9:10 Sat.-Sun.: 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:10, 9:10 Mon.-Thur.: 5:10, 7:10

EDGE OF DARKNESS (R) Fri.: 5:15, 7:20, 9:30 Sat.-Sun.: 1:05, 3:10, 5:15, 7:20, 9:30 Mon.-Thur.: 5:15, 7:20

WHEN IN ROME (PG-13) Fri.: 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 Sat.-Sun.: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 Mon.-Thur.: 5:00, 7:00

South Fork Sporting Club

GUN SHOW Saturday, February 6, 2010 (9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.)

TOOTH FAIRY (PG)

Fri.: 5:10, 7:10, 9:10 Sat.-Sun.: 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:10, 9:10 Mon.-Thur.: 5:10, 7:10

Siren

THE BOOK OF ELI (R) Fri.: 5:20, 7:30, 9:40 Sat.-Sun.: 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40 Mon.-Thur.: 5:20, 7:30

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Antique and modern firearms, ammunition, archery equipment, fishing equipment, trapping gear, sports books, periodicals and lots of other sports equipment.

Fri., Mon.-Thur: 5:00, 8:00 Sat.-Sun.: 2:00, 5:00, 8:00

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Used, new, rebuilt, aftermarket. Downing Tractor Parts, Downing, Wis., www. asapagparts.com 877-5301010. 32Ltfc MORNING SUBSTITUE NEEDED in March/April for Little Loons Preschool in Centuria. Will do a background check. E-mail resumé to thelittleschoolwi@ yahoo.com or call Katy 715553-1548. 24Lp PUBLIC AUCTION Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, Balsam Lake Mini Storage, Balsam Lake, Wis., 800-236-3072, 8:30 a.m. Personal effects, household goods and misc. items belonging to the following: Jeffrey Johnson, No. 02, and Troy and Kim Hochstetler, No. 03. 24-25Lc PUBLIC AUCTION Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, Luck Mini Storage, Luck, Wis., 800236-3072, 10:30 a.m. Personal effects, household goods and misc. items belonging to the following: Keith Bartlett, No. 28, and Mary Degraef, No. 43. 24-25Lc

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Students of the Week GRANTSBURG

FREDERIC

Annalise Keezer has been chosen Frederic Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in first grade and the daughter of Angela Richter and Chris Keezer. Math and music are Annalise’s favorite subjects. She likes reading books to her classmates and helping others. Annalise also loves ice-cream cake, her kittens and playing games with her family. She says that someday she would like to be a children’s doctor.

Lara Harlander has been chosen Frederic Middle School’s student of the week. She is in seventh grade and the daughter of Rebecca and Bradley Harlander.

Lara has good work habits, is friendly and personable around school, is motivated to do well and has good school spirit. She is involved in basketball, volleyball, track, softball and hockey. Lara enjoys sketching and painting. In the future she plans on attending UWEau Claire.

Chris Hopp has been chosen Frederic High School’s student of the week. He is a sophomore and the son of Edward and Laurie Hopp. Chris is a high academic achiever who wants to excel and sets high standards for himself.

He is an excellent school citizen.

Chris is involved in bell choir, golf, football and has a summer job at the school. He enjoys hunting, fishing and weight lifting. His future plans include going to college for accounting.

Kyle Hull has been chosen Grantsburg Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in second grade and the son of Ashly Hull. Kyle is a friendly and polite boy. He is also a very hard worker. Kyle loves math and playing outside. He enjoys playing with his Wii and with his friends.

ST. CROIX FALLS

LUCK

Ben Smith has been chosen Luck Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in second grade and the son of Brian and April Smith. Ben is an excellent worker with terrific work habits. He is well mannered and well liked by everyone. His favorite class is spelling and his favorite activity outside of school is cheering on both the Packers and the Vikings.

Jenni Holdt has been chosen Luck Middle School’s student of the week. She is in seventh grade and the daughter of Brian and Marni Holdt. Jenni is a good student who is always pleasant and has a smile on her face. She is involved in volleyball, basketball and softball. Jenni enjoys fishing, J.O. volleyball, reading and playing sports. The greatest influence in her life is her brother.

Kayla Karl has been chosen Luck High School’s student of the week.

She is a junior and the daughter of Aarol Karl and Jeanie Bobick. Kayla is very dependable and shows excellent work skills at the school store. She does well in classroom discussions and is well liked by her peers. Kayla is the FFA historian and is involved in FCCLA, Forensics, art club, drama club and works at Calderwood Supper Club. She enjoys snowmobiling, building snowmen and driving. Kayla plans on attending college.

Jacob Peper has been chosen St. Croix Falls Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in fourth grade and the son of Adam Peper and Kimberly Lay. Science is his favorite subject because he likes learning about the human body. Jacob also enjoys math and reading. He enjoys snowmobiling and soccer. Jacob collects coins and stamps from around the world. One of his future interests is being a doctor. He is a very pleasant young man.

Alyssa Roettger has been chosen St. Croix Falls Middle School’s student of the week.She is in fifth grade and the daughter of Todd and Jennifer Roettger.

Alyssa is friendly and helpful to everyone. She works hard and is a good role model. Alyssa’s favorite subject is science because she learns how things work and what they do. Her favorite hobby is making jewelry. Alyssa has a brother and four cats.

Sarah Schuler has been chosen St. Croix Falls High School’s student of the week. She is a senior and the daughter of Scott and Roni Schuler and Monica Schuler. Sarah likes to write and is interested in journalism. She is involved in soccer and basketball.

WEBSTER

SIREN

Michelle Dalsveen has been chosen Siren Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in sixth grade and the daughter of Julie and Tony Dalsveen.

Michelle is a hard worker and does well in all her classes. She is always willing to help. Michelle is involved in basketball and is a member of the Wood Creek 4-H Club. She also plays trombone in the band. Her hobbies include playing basketball, ice fishing and playing at the farm. Michelle would like to be a scientist.

Nicole McKenzie has been chosen Grantsburg High School’s student of the week. She is a sophomore and the daughter of Julie and Jim McKenzie. Nicole is respectful to adults, classmates and school property. Her demeanor and attitude are a perfect fit for advanced coursework and she works well with others and completes all lessons on time.

Nicole is involved in basketball and softball. She enjoys sports and art.

Kristen Sexton has been chosen Siren High School’s student of the week. She is a junior and the daughter of Jerry and Rose Sexton. Kristen is a caring, responsible, hardworking student. She is a pleasure to work with and greets everybody with a smile.

Kristen is well respected by her peers and the school staff. She is involved in track, band and choir.

Kristen is truly a leader in the Siren School community.

Madisen Freymiller has been chosen Webster Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in fourth grade and the daughter of Robert and Jessica Smiley.

Madisen has worked very hard this year and has really made lots of gains. She is always willing to work hard and has a smile on her face while she is doing it. Madisen is a joy to have in class. Her teacher, Mrs. Pawlak, is very proud of her.

Destiny Inkman has been chosen Webster Middle School’s student of the week. She is in fifth grade and the daughter of LeeAnna Wertz.

Destiny exhibits good character both in and out of the classroom, in addition to being dependable, responsible and always respectful.

She is a hardworking student with a good work ethic. Destiny is helpful to others and has a good sense of humor. She enjoys reading and playing in band.

Brenna Nutt has been chosen Webster High School’s student of the week. She is a freshman and the daughter of Wayne and Cheryl Nutt.

Brenna is a very well-mannered student who is focused on her schoolwork. She is a cheery person with a positive attitude. Brenna is involved in band, choir, cheerleading and SIGN. She enjoys reading. Future plans for Brenna are to become an elementary teacher. Her parents have most influenced her life.

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Austin Erickson has been chosen Unity Elementary School’s student of the week. He is in fourth grade and the son of Tim and Vickie Erickson. Austin is a hardworking student who uses his time wisely. He shows polite manners and good behavior.

Austin completes assignments with accuracy and uses highlevel thinking skills. He is responsible, shows kindness to others and enjoys playing chess.

Destinie Kobs has been chosen Unity Middle School’s student of the week. She is in seventh grade and the daughter of Tammy Seul. Destinie is a sweetheart and a joy to have in class.

She is kind and has a big heart.

Destinie has a bright smile and she is thoughtful and friendly.

Felicia Glenna has been chosen Unity High School’s student of the week. She is the daughter of Michelle Glenna. Felicia has shown considerable growth and maturity this year. She enjoys hanging out with her friends.

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EVERY MONDAY Clam Falls

• Dirty Clubs at the Clam Falls Bar, 6 p.m.

Siren

• Ruby’s Food Shelf, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

St. Croix Falls

• TOPS meets in the Activities Room of the Good Samaritan Center at 5:45 p.m., 715-4833666.

Coming events

MONDAY/8 Amery

• Blood drive at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Frederic

• Spades played at the senior center, 1 p.m.

Siren

• Tax assistance at the senior center for seniors and low-income taxpayers, 1-4 p.m., 715349-7810.

EVERY TUESDAY

Webster

Luck

• Sign-up for youth summer soccer at elementary school, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

• Take Off Pounds Sensibly WI261, at the senior center, starts at 5 p.m., 715-472-2341.

TUESDAY/9

EVERY WEDNESDAY

Amery

Frederic

• Tax aides at the senior center, 9 a.m.-noon.

Osceola

• Chronic Illness/Disability Support Group will meet at Peace Lutheran Church, 6:30 p.m., 715-755-2515.

EVERY THURSDAY

• Icy Geological History of Crex Meadows at Crex Meadows Education Center, 6-7:30 p.m., 715-463-2739, Alison.Cordie@government.gov, information@crexmeadows.org.

• TOPS weekly meeting at Comforts of Home, 5:30 p.m.

Dresser

• TOPS weekly meeting at Trinity Lutheran Church, 8:30 a.m., 715-755-3123, 715-2943987.

Grantsburg

Siren

• Ruby’s Food Shelf, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Luck

• Paul Ekblad will talk about beekeeping at the library, 6 p.m., 715-472-2770.

FEBRUARY

St. Croix Falls

• Heart Health Mini Fair at the medical center, 4-6:30 p.m., 715-483-0247.

• Exercise 10-11 a.m., Skip-Bo 11 a.m.-noon, 500 and Dominos 12:30-4 p.m., at the senior center, 715-483-1901, 715-483-3443.

THURSDAY/4 Balsam Lake

• Infant/child class at American Red Cross office, 5:30-8:30 p.m., 715-485-3025, www.scvarc.org.

Frederic

• Tax aides at the senior center, 9 a.m.-noon, 715-327-4155, 715-327-8623.

• 500 cards at the senior center, 6:30 p.m.

Grantsburg

• Tax assistance at the library, 8:30-11:30 a.m.

Call for appointment.

Siren

• Marine Corps League meeting at Little Mexico, 7 p.m., 715-327-4882.

St. Croix Falls

• Exercise 10-11 a.m., Skip-Bo 11 a.m.-noon, 500 6:30-10 p.m., at the senior center, 715-4831901, 715-483-3443.

FRI.-SUN./5-7 Balsam Lake

• Winterfest. Fri. medallion hunt; Sat. ice drags, 10-11:30 a.m. registration, noon start. Sun. icefishing contest 8 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-554-2091.

FRIDAY/5 Amery

• Northern Lakes Center for the Arts presents Five Generations: One Artistic Family, 7:30-9 p.m., 715-268-6811.

Frederic

• Pokeno at the senior center, 12:30 p.m., monthly meeting at 1:30 p.m.

Grantsburg

• Tax assistance at the library, 8:30-11:30 a.m.

Call for appointment.

Luck

• Scholarship supper & raffle fundraiser at the high school, 5-7:30 p.m., 715-472-2152, ext.

103.

Siren

• Fish fry at Burnett County Moose Lodge, 5:307:30 p.m., 715-349-5923.

A Nuthatch pauses to keep an eye out for potential competitors at a bird feeder near Frederic. - Photo by Gary King

WEDNESDAY/10 Frederic

• Pokeno at the senior center, 1 p.m.

Spooner

• Northern Wisconsin Ag Safari: Relative Grain Quality at the Ag Research Station, 10:30 a.m.-noon, 715-635-3506, 800-528-1914.

St. Croix Falls

• “Rethink Afghanistan” showing at the library, 7 p.m.

• Bridge 10 a.m.-noon, Bingo 1-3 p.m., at the senior center, 715-483-1901, 715-483-3443.

Webster

• Tax assistance at the senior center, 1-4 p.m.

Call for appointment.

• Potluck and February birthdays celebrated at the senior center, noon, Bingo or Pokeno.

Grantsburg

• Educators workshop on bald eagles at Crex Meadows, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 715-635-8346, ext. 425, register by Feb. 2.

• Free community day at Wood Lake Bible Camp, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 715-689-2411, www.woodlakebiblecamp.org.

• Valentine card workshop at the library, 1011:30 a.m., 715-463-2244.

Lewis

SATURDAY/6

• Bluegrass/country gospel jam session at the Lewis Methodist Church, 6-9 p.m.

• CPR for the Health-Care Provider class at the Red Cross office, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 715-4853025.

• Ice-fishing contest on Little Butternut, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 715-472-2959.

Bone Lake

• Indianhead Sheep Breeders Association Shepherd’s Clinic & Trade Show at WITC. Registration 8-8:45 a.m., 715-268-6286, www/indianheadsheep.com

Balsam Lake

• Haitian Relief spaghetti dinner fundraiser at Zion Lutheran Church, 3-6 p.m.

Clayton

• Official scoring event at Lake Magnor Store, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 715-948-2935.

Danbury

• Family Fun Day at Forts Folle Avoine, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 715-866-8890.

• Ruby’s Pantry at the maintenance shop, $15 donation. Doors open 9:30 a.m., disbribution 1011:30 a.m.

Frederic

• 3-Saturday ice-fishing contest. Register 6-7 a.m. each day, weigh in before 5 p.m. at Great Northern Outdoors, 715-327-4417.

• Winter Fun Day - Coon Lake Classic icefishing contest, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Vintage snowmobile ride and show at the Depot, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 715-327-4158. Garage sale at elementary school, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Siren

• Crib-size fleece class and updates on S.I.D.S. at the Family Resource Center, 10 a.m., 715-349-2922.

• Potluck luncheon at senior center, 5-year anniversary celebration, 11:30 a.m., 715-3497810.

• Parent/Teacher organization meeting in the Siren School Commons, 7 p.m., 715-349-8087.

St. Croix Falls

• Birthday party 12:30-3 p.m. at the senior center, 715-483-1901, 715-483-3443.

• Tax aides at the senior center, 9 a.m.-noon, 715-483-1901.

Luck

THURS.-SUN./11-14

Rice Lake

• Winter Carnival, queen pageant, Fri. 7 p.m.; breakfast, b-ball tourney, parade, Sat.; icefishing contest, bonfire, Sun.

Siren

• South Fork Sporting Club Gun Show at Lakeview Event Center, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 715653-2271.

Taylors Falls, Minn.

• Festival Theatre 20th-anniversary party at Wild Mountain, 715-483-3387.

Webb Lake

• Men’s club ice-fishing contest on Lower Webb Lake at Oak Ridge Inn, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 715-259-7927, 715-259-7844.

Luck

THURSDAY/11 Frederic

• 500 cards at the senior center, 6:30 p.m.

Grantsburg

• Tax assistance at the library, 8:30-11:30 a.m.

Call for appointment.

Siren

• Dining at Five at senior center, 5 p.m., 715349-2845.

St. Croix Falls

• Exercise 10-11 a.m., Skip-Bo 11 a.m.-noon, 500 6:30-10 p.m., at the senior center, 715-4831901, 715-483-3443.

SUNDAY/7

FRIDAY/12

• Cross-country ski and snowshoe event on the Wert property, 1-4 p.m.

• Bake sale at Bremer Bank to benefit Haiti, 9 a.m.

St. Croix Falls

Frederic

• Pokeno at the senior center, 1 p.m.

Modern Woodmen raise funds for Centuria Fire Department CENTURIA - Adult and youth group members of Modern Woodmen of America camp recently helped raise money for Centuria Women’s Auxiliary by holding a pancake breakfast. The event raised $1,500. This includes $750 matched by Modern Woodmen’s home office through the organization’s matching fund program. The money will be used for buying a portable jaws of life for the department.

The matching fund program offers Modern Woodmen camp members nationwide the chance to show their support for a community cause, organization or individual in need by holding fundraisers. Modern Woodmen matches money raised up to $2,500.

These fundraising projects contribute more than $6.5 million to community needs nationwide each year.

Coordinated by local Modern Woodmen members, camps provide opportunities to take part in social activities and community service projects in their communities.

For more information about local camp and how you can get involved or info on matching funds, contact Kirsten at kvbloom@yahoo.com.

Founded in 1883 as a fraternal benefit society, Modern Woodmen of America offers financial services and fraternal member benefits to individuals and families throughout the United States. Visit www.modern-woodmen.org for additional information about how Modern Woodmen improves the quality of life in communities nationwide. - submitted Modern Woodmen youth group and members along with Centuria Women’s Auxiliary and MWA secretary Kirsten Bloom. - Special photo