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HAPPY 2010!

A look at the Top 10 local news stories of the past year • Page 8

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Serving Northwest Wisconsin Cold cross country Nightmare in Mexico

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SCFalls man shot after harrowing highway chase PAGE 3

First to arrive...in 2010 See Back page

“If it ain’t broke ...”

Local veterans protest moving of Burnett veterans office PAGE 12

SWAT defuses standoff with no injuries

River Road Q & A See Currents, page 4

SPORTS

Webb Lake incident will result in charges against Pardeeville man PAGE 3

Board balks at wording of police “contract”

Ann Kerska was bundled up against the cold as she cross-country skied on a trail at the Voyager Village Golf Course, Tuesday, Jan. 5. A serious cold snap continued this week in Burnett and Polk counties, as well as much of the country, with low temperatures dipping to 20 below and colder in some areas. - Photo by Priscilla Bauer

Uncomfortable relationships with past police chiefs make some trustees gun-shy PAGE 6

Two more sentenced in tribal drug case

Women from Webster, Shell Lake, among 13 now sentenced PAGE 3

Packer fan chases opportunity of a lifetime Inside this section

County administrator selection process begins Time line could be an issue PAGE 11

Snowfall, New Year’s celebrations, subzero temperatures and a rare “blue moon” hint that the last evening of 2009 may be interesting for Deputy Nate Ferris of the Polk County Sheriff’s Department. - Photo by Greg Marsten

Midnight witness New Year’s celebrations combine with a full moon for a ride-along

by Greg Marsten BALSAM LAKE – The full moon glowed like a million-watt, warm azure night-light above us as Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Nathan Ferris slipped the Dodge Charger police

cruiser into drive and slid into the night.

It was two hours before the New Year, 2010. And while the moon glow gave the subzero landscape a surreal trace of shadows, it also is a traditional trigger for all sorts of bizarre behavior.

Yes, it really was a “blue moon” – meaning the second full moon of the month - but it was also the traditionally biggest drinking night of the year

See Midnight witness, page 4

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Santa brought quite the gift to Justin and Crystal Otto of Shafer, Minn. They are the proud parents of twin girls, Emily and Katelyn, delivered Dec. 29, 2009. Dr. Marsha Beyer delivered the twins in the evening at St. Croix Regional Medical Center. - Photo from SCRMC

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Few contests for Polk County Board

No candidate in Clayton area; one primary, 13 unopposed

by Gregg Westigard POLK COUNTY – There appears to be little drama in the coming election for the Polk County Board. While there is no candidate in one district and three in another, leading to a primary, 13 of the 23 county board seats will be uncontested at the April 6 spring election. The candidate filing period for the election closed Tuesday, Jan. 5, at 5 p.m.

The open seat is in District 12, the Clayton area, where Craig Moriak announced in November that he would not run for re-election. Since no one has filed for the seat, voters will select a supervisor by a write-in election. Whoever wins will be the fifth person to represent the district since October 2007. That history started when supervisor Gerald Newville moved out of the district. Duana Bremer was appointed to the seat and then defeated by Patricia Messicci who later resigned. Moriak was appointed to replace her.

Three candidates have filed in District 6, the Milltown area. A primary Feb. 16 will narrow the field to two names. Incumbent Kathryn Kienholz is being challenged by Les Sloper and Lynn Dahn. A second primary, in Amery, was averted when one of the three registered candidates, John Mayer, did not complete the filing process.

There are four open seats. Besides Moriak, Bob Dueholm in District 1 and Gerald Newville in District 23 have announced their retirement. In addition the St. Croix Falls District 8 seat has been

Polk supervisor districts

vacant since the resignation of Keith Rediske in December. Two candidates are contesting the District 1 seat. Single candidates have filed for the open seats in Districts 8 and 23 and may join the board uncontested.

There are nine contested districts besides District 12 with no candidates. Eight of those nine involve incumbents and five of those eight are members of the finance

See Few contests, page 12

Brown announces re-election bid

POLK COUNTY - Polk County Supervisor Herschel Brown has announced his bid for re-election.

Brown represents District 5 which includes the towns of McKinley, Georgetown and Johnstown. Herschel, his wife, Mary, and 11-yearold daughter, Tiffany, reside in the town of McKinley.

Herschel serves on the Herschel Brown

highway and personnel committees and represents Pipe, North Pipe, Big Blake and Round lakes on the county board.

In 2008, Brown ran as a fiscal conservative write-in candidate and was successful. He is pleased the county board passed the 2010 budget without borrowing or bonding. He believes with 20 percent of all levy dollars going to debt payment, the county “should not take in $1 and spend $1.20, common sense tells you this is unsustainable.”

Brown said he is proud of the fact he voted no in the effort to borrow $19 million and the wheel tax for the 2010 budget. He hopes the new county admin-

istrator position will be filled around midyear and thinks it will be a positive for Polk County.

Brown has done ride-alongs with the sheriff and land and water departments to have a better understanding of their functions and needs. He has attended dozens of nonrequired committee meetings without per diems or mileage reimburstments to gather information.

“I’m proud of my service to District 5 and Polk County and hope to serve another term.” – submitted

Briefly The last time such a cold wave moved across the nation was in 1985, according to accuweather.com meteorologist Joe Bastardi, who says this winter will “be like the great winters of the ‘60s and ‘70s.”

Is that great as in good? Well, snowmobilers and other winter sports enthusiasts are smiling, with, perhaps, the exception of deer hunters, who may be worried about losing more numbers. Those of us who rely on the winter tourism economy are smiling. Thinking about heating bills might create a frown, however. Question of the week: If it stays this cold for another month will the groundhog even want to come out on Feb. 2?

••• STATEWIDE - Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a count of everyone living in the U.S. It’s an important job, and you can be a part of it. These temporary, part-time jobs offer good pay, flexible hours, and the chance to work near home.

Job testing will be conducted Jan. 6 at Frederic Village Hall, 5 and 7 p.m. and the Burnett County Government Center. 1 p.m., Jan. 7 at the Polk County Government Center, 5 and 7 p.m., Jan. 8 at the Amery Public Library, 6 p.m., Jan. 9 at Shell Lake City Hall, 11 a.m. and Osceola Public Library, 11 a.m., Jan. 11 at Spooner Job Service, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Jan. 12 at Grantsburg Village Hall, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and Balsam Lake Job Service, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Jan. 13 at Frederic Village Hall, 5 and 7 p.m., Jan. 14 at Luck Municipal building, 6 p.m., Jan. 15 at Polk County Government Center, 5 and 7 p.m. For more information on job testing locations and acceptable forms of identification needed, call 866.861.2010 or go to www.2010censusjobs.gov. submitted

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POLK COUNTY - The St. Croix Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross is providing assistance for families from St. Croix Falls and Amery who recently lost their homes to fire. Disaster response by the Red Cross provides for food, clothing and shelter for victims of disaster based on emergency needs. Red Cross disaster assistance is provided by local trained volunteers, freely given, supported by financial contributions from the people of Polk County. - from the Red Cross ••• MADISON - Tailgating with friends and family in a stadium parking lot before a big game is a Wisconsin tradition. But on highways and streets, tailgating can be disastrous. Drivers who tailgate cause countless crashes that could be avoided if they would just leave sufficient space between their vehicle and the one ahead of them, according to Captain Jeff Frenette of the Wisconsin State Patrol Northwest Region. According to state law, drivers “shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent” based on the speed of the vehicle, road conditions, and traffic. A violation of the law costs $200 along with three demerit points. - from DOT ••• STATEWIDE - Wisconsin ended 2009 with 545 traffic fatalities, which is the lowest annual total since 1944, when 526 people died in traffic crashes, according to preliminary statistics from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. State traffic deaths in 2009 also were down 42—approximately a 7-percent reduction—from 2008 when 587 people died and 131 fewer than the five-year average of 676 deaths. Traffic fatalities were down last year in every category, including motorcyclists and pedestrians as well as drivers and passengers. “There is no single factor we can identify as the primary reason for this significant reduction in traffic fatalities,” says Dennis Hughes, chief of safety programs for the WisDOT Bureau of Transportation Safety. “It would be easy to attribute the decline to the economic recession, which reduced vehicle miles traveled. But that’s certainly not the whole story. Most crashes are caused by bad driving habits and irresponsible decisions, so motorists deserve a great deal of credit for saving their own lives and lives of others by slowing down, paying attention, buckling up and driving sober.” - from DOT ••• AMERY - Red Rock Radio Station, The New Mix 105, is pleased to announce that Michelle Streich of Amery is the winner of their holiday contest, Live Free for a Month. As the Live Free for a Month grand-prizewinner, Streich, who is employed by Larsen Auto Center-Amery, will have her house or rent payment paid for a month, her car payment paid for a month, her utilities paid for one month, and she also gets $300 in groceries from Dick’s Fresh Market, Amery and Osceola. Streich’s name was drawn out live, on the air, on Thursday morning, Dec. 31. Listeners could qualify by registering at participating area businesses and then listening for their name to be read off on the air. Red Rock Radio Station is owned by Red Rock Radio based in Fargo, N.D. Red Rock owns 19 radio and three TV stations in the Upper Midwest. - from Red Rock Radio

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Nightmare in Mexico

SCFalls man shot after harrowing highway chase

ST. CROIX FALLS - Al Thill said he felt like he was in a bad movie when he realized he and his wife were being chased by a car on a desolate highway in northern Mexico on New Year’s Eve. Thill, a construction worker, and his wife, Susan, were making their annual drive to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, when one car, and then another, attempted to run them off the road, the driver of the first brandishing a gun, shooting into the air and at the Thill vehicle.

Al said he slammed on the brakes after the first car pulled up alongside his vehicle and showed a gun. He said the other driver then stopped in the middle of the highway and fired four or five rounds into the air.

The Thills sped back toward the border of Durango and Chihuahua, as the gunman fired at the couple’s vehicle. That car disappeared behind them, but another car soon picked up the chase. Al said he pulled into a border station to get help from one of the

Al and Susan Thill of St. Croix Falls were happy to be home - and alive - at the Minneapolis International Airport, Sunday evening. Photo courtesy KARE11.com station’s inspectors, but when he got out of his car, the assailant grabbed him and put a gun to his head, pushing him to the ground.

“He put a gun to my right arm and shot - I don’t know why he did that, but I’d rather have that than shoot me in the stomach or something,” Al said.

The shot left a hold in his arm between his elbow and hand, blood pooling on the ground.

The attacker then put a gun to Susan’s head as she was sitting in the car. She handed over the keys and got

out of the vehicle, and the attacker sped off with their car and belongings.

A border inspector applied a tourniquet to Al’s arm as Susan flagged down a passing truck, who gave her and her husband a ride to meet an ambulance, already enroute.

The Thills ended up at a hospital in Hidalgo del Parral, where doctors set his broken arm and closed his wound.

Their story made the front pages of local newspapers. Locals and expatriates alike came to the hospital to offer help.

According to the U.S. State Department, “robberies, homicides, petty thefts and carjackings” have seen an increase in Mexico over the last year.

The Thills received help from the U.S. Consulate in Juarez to return home. They were greeted at the Minneapolis airport Sunday evening by their son and daughter in an emotional reunion.

They are considering finishing their trip if they can get replacement passports in time - but they would fly to their destination this time. - Gary King with wire reports

Truck versus house

Jade C. Helene, 26, Webster, lost control of his truck on Yellow Lake Road in Union Township at about 4:55 p.m., New Year’s Day and slammed into a home owned by Kathleen Martin. The road was snow covered and slippery, and Helene was on a hill at the time of the accident. There were no reported injuries, but Helene was issued four citations: one citation of inattentive driving by the Burnett County Sheriff’s Department and three citations, operating after revocation, criminal damage to property and an additional inattentive driving citation, by the Siren Police Department who was assisting the Burnett County Sheriff’s Department with the accident.

- Photos from Burnett County Sheriff’s Department

Burnett County SWAT responds to barricaded man No injuries reported as SWAT team defuses tense situation

by Sherill Summer JACKSON TOWNSHIP - A Burnett County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team was called to Jackson Township on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 3, to assist the Webb Lake Police Department because a 46-year-old Pardeeville man was reportedly armed and potentially suicidal.

Upon arrival, officers discovered the subject, later identified as Roy Anderson, barricaded inside a garage.

He told officers that he was armed with a firearm and refused to open the door or speak further with officers. As officers were attempting to negotiate with Anderson, he fired a single round through the roof of the garage, but eventually, the SWAT team was able to enter the building and remove Anderson without incident.

There were no reported injuries to officers or the suspect, but Anderson was transported to the hospital in Spooner for evaluation and was later transported to a Duluth, Minn., hospital under emergency detention.

Charges are pending against An-

derson in Columbia County for intimidation, reckless endangerment of safety – both felonies – and disorderly conduct.

Webb Lake Police Chief Paul Johnson said he appreciated the assistance of the Wisconsin State Patrol and the Burnett County Sheriff’s Department.

The incident remains under investigation by the Webb Lake Police Department. - with information from a Burnett County Sheriff’s Department press release and a Webb Lake Police Department press release

Two more sent to prison in tribal drug case Women from Webster, Shell Lake among 13 sentenced BURNETT/POLK COUNTIES Two more area residents have been sentenced to prison as the result of a St. Croix tribal drug investigation involving local, state and federal authorities, bringing the total being prosecuted and sentenced to 13 with another dozen facing prosecution.

Shaleah F. Reynolds, 22, Webster, and Ericka J. Reynolds, 22, Shell Lake,

were sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Barbara Crabb.

Shaleah received a sentence of two years in prison without parole and Ericka one year, six months in prison without parole.

Six additional defendants have pleaded guilty and await sentencing.

Five were indicted Dec. 2 and await trial. One who was indicted Dec. 2 remains a fugitive.

Shaleah and Ericka conspired with Michael Hammond, Shannon Corbine and others to obtain and distribute crack cocaine on St. Croix Tribal

lands from approximately December 2007 to June 2008. Crack cocaine was obtained from sources in the Twin Cities area and then sold to customers on tribal lands in northwestern Wisconsin.

Agencies involved in the investigation included the Wisconsin Department of Justice, the FBI, sheriff’s deputies from Burnett and Polk counties and the St. Croix Tribal Police Department. - Gary King with information from office of U.S. Attorney, Western District of Wisconsin

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Midnight witness/from page 1 in America.

That collision of asterisks on the calendar should mean it would be an interesting night on the road for Ferris. With over a decade of law enforcement behind him, he is just starting his third year with the PCSD. He is at the front line of law officers on this night, and his duty on Dec. 31, 2009, was to make sure drivers in Polk County ring in the new year as safely as possible. He was also asked to do that with an overdressed, coffeeswilling writer beside him, asking questions.

The pulsing growl of the Hemi V-8 weaves a staccato poem around us. The motor becomes an old friend by the end of the night - a 368-horsepower security guard, ready to pounce at a moment’s notice, but wound up in its cage like a furloughed lion at the zoo.

Ferris’ Charger is among the newest in Polk County’s stable of six ‘08 and ‘09 Dodge police cruisers. With less than 8,000 miles on its certified 160-mph speedo, the brown interceptor is akin to a fighter jet cockpit: Cool glowing lights of humble yellow, soft blues and “take note of this” red, accompanied by the light background noise of coffeehouse jazz on the satellite radio, squealing radar tones and constant scanner chatter.

The Dodge is Ferris’ mobile office, and he praises the machine’s stability at speed, V-8 power and “excellent brakes.”

While the front seat is an admittedly tight fit for all the electronic equipment, laptop computer, security cage and the like, the engineers have found creative ways to fit everything in. I am reminded this when Ferris asks me to lean forward so he can unlock something in my headrest, which does double duty as a computer printer for tickets, warnings and with the fighter-pilot reference, maybe airline e-tickets.

“Everything is within an easy reach,” he states, as my left elbow brushes the business end of a rifle clip.

I joke that he almost got an “accidental sunroof,” but he doesn’t seem concerned, as the cruiser interior, and the rifle, seem pretty secure.

Saturation effort Ferris is on a team of about a dozen law officers across Polk County in the waning hours of 2009. Several municipal officers plus county deputies and even an investigator and a high-ranking administrator join the tarmac patrol, in search of partyers who go too far. The saturation effort comes courtesy of a grant to help with intoxicated-driver enforcement and seat-belt compliance. The federal award is administered by the Bureau of Transportation Safety and encourages occasional saturation efforts, such as the New Year’s Eve sweep, according to Lt. Steve Smith of the PCSD. But the sociology at New Year’s seems to have changed in recent years, according to Smith, who admits that more and more people are planning ahead, and using the free Tavern League transportation provided for barhopping, or using designated drivers.

“New Year’s is not traditionally the big DUI night anymore,” he said with a shrug, adding later that there is still “plenty of drinking and driving,” and that during his stint that night on the road he was the officer behind the “last drunk driving arrest of 2009.”

That arrest occurred on Ferris’ shift, less than an hour before midnight on Hwy. 8. It was also Ferris’ only real contact with a suspected drunk driver all night, as Smith’s unmarked patrol truck has no security cage for prisoner transport. The call goes out for arrest assistance, and Ferris responds to the request with verve, wheeling the Charger around from several miles away, zipping the squad quickly up to speed to assist the lieutenant, who is working the sus-

Deputy Nate Ferris uses his mobile laptop to “write” a warning ticket for inattentive driving. The computer precludes the need for traditional ticket books and ensures that the infraction will go into the state data system. Photo by Greg Marsten pected intoxicated driver into a set of cuffs as we arrive.

Ferris helps the suspect into the back of his Dodge, warning him to watch his head while he secures the man into the seat belt. Ferris must bite his tongue on occasion, as the admittedly intoxicated man lets loose a volley of cuss words when told he’s going to be processed through the county Justice Center in Balsam Lake.

“Now come on. You know the routine,” Ferris says kindly, after the county dispatcher confirms that the suspect has two previous DUI convictions on his record. “You know we’ve got to follow a list of procedures.”

Ferris arrives at the Justice Center sally port and must immediately lock up his 9-mm handgun before entering the jail with the suspected drunk driver. The massive jail doors slide open smoothly, as if controlled by some invisible puppeteer. The gates stop on the track with a metallic clunk, proving their weight and friction.

Inside, the man begins the procedures for arrest, which include the typical paperwork, interviews, tests and pat downs for contraband. His piercings are then removed after he is secured and frisked, in preparation for a night in the county jail. The jailers wear rubber gloves, talk slowly and deliberately, following a set line of procedures with a detailed warning of what they are going to do and why they are going to do it.

The jailers are respectful and seem somewhat jumpy, possibly in preparation for a typically “busy” night.

“Full moons mean you don’t know what to expect,” one of the jailers says, matter-of-factly. “You just never know what’s going to happen.”

After about 25 minutes, Ferris is free to get back on the road. He retrieves his sidearm from the security vault and slides back behind the seat of the Charger, exiting the sally port and back into the sapphire moon glow of the final moments of 2009.

No noisemakers or champagne corks pop when the digital readout strikes midnight on the Dodge’s dash.

“I think that clock is a little fast,” he said quietly, as moments later he gets a Happy New Year text confirming the cruiser’s clock is, indeed, a few minutes fast. “Now it must be the new year!”

But Ferris is all business – no time for a Dick Clark exclamation or “no junk food” resolutions. Within minutes, he has his eye on a wayward Chevy van with a wacked-out left headlight and bare turn signal bulb. Ferris slides the Dodge around and follows the van for a spell, running the plate on his laptop to look for open warrants. With nothing active and no blatant intoxication clues, he

leaves the Astro van behind and turns back onto the highway, heading toward the city of Amery.

“Not enough there to stop them,” he admits, adding that the van driver was doing just fine, in spite of the headlight that seemed to be aimed at the left ditch.

That seems to be one of the reasons that Ferris or many of the other officers pull drivers over on this night. They follow several basic, simple commonalities: Equipment violations, speeding, wandering out of your lane or not signaling turns. Erratic driving will get you pulled over anytime, and while you may only get a warning, it means Ferris will “run” your license plate for validity, and then stare you in the eye, smelling your breath and looking up close at what is in your vehicle.

“It’s all about making contact,” he states, admitting later that most drivers “seem to be paying attention” to the well-publicized warnings of added enforcement on this New Year’s night.

“Good for us,” he said jokingly. “Bad for your story, I’m guessing.”

More than DUIs But the evening is about more than DUI’s and human weakness. Over the course of the evening, Ferris used the speed radar on probably 80 to 100 cars and trucks, approaching and passing. He closely followed at least half a dozen drivers, pulling over just a handful for various reasons, ranging from a burnedout headlight on a Pontiac Grand Prix, to a Chevy pickup driver who couldn’t stay in her lane. Both were issued warnings, printed from behind my padded headrest and sent off to the state for reference, something that didn’t always happen before the new mobile data laptop system.

In the old days, unless the PCSD physically mailed the warning or equipment violation to the state, that person could get stopped multiple times by numerous agencies for the same infraction, none of them ever aware of previous stops, or only aware days later when it showed up in the mail in Madison.

Technology Most deputies, including Ferris, have praised the mobile laptops as a wonderful tool, giving them access to the state records immediately for safety and realtime access and silent communication with other officers. It also takes much of the constant license checking tedium away from dispatchers, allowing them more time for actual emergency response work and assistance.

However, like any tool that works like it is supposed to, it is easy to get used to it. Ferris admits that he “felt a little lost for a while” recently when his laptop was being repaired.

Global positioning systems in each squad car shows their exact location on Ferris’ laptop, with color variations indicating their “status.” As the night moves ahead into morning, fewer officers remain on the laptop’s screen. The evening’s safety is slowly becoming the responsibility of just a handful of officers, potentially spread quite wide across the county.

By 3:30 a.m., Ferris is put in charge of an even wider area, as other officers either check out for the night or respond to calls, pull over drivers or assist other agencies. We quickly feel the effects of distance, and how large the county is. A call comes in for a truck that slid deep into a snow-filled ditch, many miles away. A St. Croix Tribal deputy responds to make sure the occupants are OK, but has to leave it at that, since a recent state’s attorney general opinion severely limits the scope of jurisdictional power for Tribal Police off reservation lands, allowing only “Good Samaritan” protections for rescues or assistance.

By the time we arrive at the ditched truck, there are two sets of footprints in the snow, leading out to a set of summoned car tracks, meaning Ferris will never know if the driver was impaired.

[Pending legislative action may better clarify the Tribal Police/Sovereign Nation issue off reservation land, but must be respected for now.]

The snow begins to fall on the first morning of 2010, and Ferris responds as a backup to several other mutual aid calls: A drug bust by Minnesota authorities on their side of the Hwy. 243 bridge in Osceola pulls the village authorities away from their post for a spell. Ferris responds to several calls of intoxicated bar patrons who won’t leave, and another call for assistance to a village officer who is trying to wake a young woman passed out behind the wheel of her running Buick. He leaves that to the officer, but attends to the report of a possibly intoxicated driver in another running car nearby. That driver is sober, but his girlfriend is trying to celebrate in ways best practiced in private.

Throw in a possible domestic assault case that leaves Ferris searching for a particular car near St. Croix Falls, and the New Year falls into the more “typical” swing of any normal weekend night.

“You know, we were actually quite lucky,” Lt. Steve Smith said later of the New Year’s Eve quiet. “Very few accidents and arrests, really. By this time last year, we’d already had several fatalities.”

Winding down As Ferris’ shift winds down, he runs the numbers and notes that he put over 260 miles on the rumbly Dodge. He tallies the night’s reports on the laptop which include everything from a busted gate at a local implement dealer to an assist for a man with a flat tire and a sticky spare off Hwy. 8 - and returns back to the Justice Center in Balsam Lake.

By 6 a.m. the night-light blue moon had drifted eight hours westward into the next day, and the snow had tapered off and turned into a sort of subzero hoarfrost that seemed to paint everything crystalline that wasn’t already snow.

Ferris pulls the cruiser up to my truck, and wishes me a happy New Year as I slide out from under the laptop. Then he shakes my hand and apologizes for the “lack of excitement” on the night.

“It’s not like we didn’t try!” He half jokes, noting the car’s mileage.

If that was less than exciting, I’ll take it. In fact, maybe it is because of people like Nathan Ferris that the excitement level was so low.

Regardless of the reasons, there are plenty of weekends, parties and full moons left in 2010.

You never know what to expect.

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B U R N E T T

C O U N T Y

H E A D L I N E S

Tensions in the ELCA: A follow-up story

Overall impact of churchwide actions limited

by Carl Heidel (Editor’s note: As a follow-up to the earlier series on tensions in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, The Inter-County Leader has asked the Rev. Carl Heidel to report on the present situation in the ELCA relative to those tensions. Heidel is pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Falun, an ELCA congregation, and also a reporter with the Leader.)

Last August, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America met in its national assembly, and passed a series of four landmark resolutions dealing with matters of human sexuality. Because of the controversial nature of elements of these resolutions, long-standing but latent conflict within the ELCA became overt, and tensions rose throughout the church.

By the beginning of 2010, however, it appears that repercussions from the assembly action were less than some had feared, and others had hoped. Some congregations and their members and some clergy are taking steps to leave the ELCA, but their numbers at this time are too small to have any significant impact on the church as a whole.

Data from the end of last November show that of the nearly 10,500 congregations nationwide in the ELCA only 92 have voted formally on resolutions to leave the ELCA. Of those, only 61 were able to muster the votes necessary to proceed with the withdrawal process of a second vote.

According to ELCA constitutional law, a congregation that wants to leave the ELCA must call a special meeting for the purpose of voting on a resolution to withdraw from the denomination. A two-thirds majority must approve this resolution.

If the necessary majority votes for withdrawal in that first vote, a minimum 90-day waiting period follows before a second vote is taken. During that time, the bishop serving the church meets with the congregation for consultation and counsel. After that period a second vote ensues, and if a minimum two-thirds majority approves withdrawal, the congregation will officially leave the ELCA. Presently Idaho, Montana, the Dakotas, Texas, Florida and east central Wisconsin are the places where there is most activity with regard to resolutions to leave the ELCA. ELCA congregations in Polk and Burnett counties are part of the Northwest Synod of Wisconsin, one of 65 such ELCA synods or regional divisions in the United States. Of the 212 congregations in that synod, five have taken a first vote to leave the ELCA. Of those five, three decided to remain with the ELCA, one of them Faith Lutheran in Grantsburg.

According to the Rev. Duane Pederson, bishop of the NSW, another four or five synod congregations may deal with resolutions for withdrawal by the summer of 2010, and between four to 10 pastors of the synod may leave the ELCA. “In the grand scheme of things, this is a relatively small group of congregations given the number of churches in our synod,” he commented.

“What does surprise me,” said Pederson, “are the number of congregations (throughout the ELCA) who take a vote, but can’t muster enough to leave the ELCA ... It appears that in a third of the votes taken thus far, loyalty to the denomination or satisfaction with the CWA (churchwide assembly actions) decisions is stronger than anticipated.”

Other congregations in opposition to the ELCA assembly action have elected to remain within the church but are considering withholding financial support for synods and the national body. Congregations through-

out the ELCA support the overall mission of the church with voluntary contributions distributed through the synods.

Opponents of the assembly decisions claim that a current decline in such contributions across the ELCA is the result of the recent church actions. While church financial records show a decline in offerings locally and across the nation, these records also indicate that the downturn in revenues began earlier with the general turmoil in the American economy.

In correspondence with congregations in the NSW last spring, Pederson commented that the economic downturn had “caused significant cutbacks and layoffs across the church.” The decline in contributions that he noted preceded the assembly and its problematic decisions.

He noted that so far only one congregation in the NSW has voted to withhold this voluntary mission support, and that is St. Peter’s Lutheran in Luck.

Pederson noted that there is a definite pattern in congregations where there is conflict over churchwide assembly decisions: “Everything on the surface seems peaceful; the pastor says little about CWA decisions ... a small, conservative group gathers info from separatist groups and is often coached by such groups; they then demand forums and a congregational vote.

“Pastors and councils are surprised by the anger and consent to hold forums rather than think through more effective ways to deal with discontent,” Pederson continued, and “forums are held and separatist groups are brought in to present information and ‘alternatives’ to the ELCA ... I begin hearing from the pastors ... who are under significant stress because they’ve not dealt with such conflict, and I begin hearing from congregational members who are angry that their church is being hijacked by conservatives.”

He concluded, “A vote is scheduled and conservatives are surprised that there isn’t widespread support to leave the ELCA ... some conservatives resign their memberships, causing broken relationships ... in the congregation left behind.”

Pederson noted that as the tensions have broken relationships, persons on both sides of the issue are accusing their opponents of illegal and unethical behaviors. But the charges and countercharges are not only being leveled between supporters and opponents of the church’s actions.

Some of the conflict is within the conservative group itself between those who advocate leaving the ELCA and those who support remaining with the church.

“I’ve heard from conservatives who have concluded that they want nothing to do with the separatists because of the mean-spirited, untruthful way they behave,” Pederson said.

And while Pederson notes a certain level of anxiety in the NSW, he says that it is “highest among pastors who can’t get angry folks to slow down and be part of a deliberate discernment time/process.” He continued, “These pastors tend to be good caregivers and are at a loss as to how to lead in the midst of disagreement.

Nor are they effective at reining in a relatively few loud voices in their midst.”

At the same time, Pederson noted that the emotional “temperature” of the NSW is going down to a more normal level overall. “It is difficult to keep anger at a high level for a long time. Those who aren’t wildly passionate have gone back to being the church rather than continuing an angry crusade,” he said.

The ELCA is now about five months out from the difficult choices it made in August 2009. While that may be too early to gauge the full impact of those decisions on the church as a whole as well as locally, the negative effects appear to be minimal.

The numbers of disaffected congregations and pastors leaving or withholding financial support are low, and in the NSW the intensity of the tension appears to be stabilizing and perhaps even lessening. Whether this is the calm before the storm or the beginning of a time of cooling down will only become evident over the next several months leading into the summer.

Misconceptions continue Two major misconceptions continue to cloud the issues in the disagreements within the ELCA. The first centers on the terminology used to describe the most contentious of those disagreements, the matter of rostering clergy.

Most of the media reports on the ELCA tensions begin by making reference to an ELCA decision at its national “convention” to “ordain” homosexual clergy living in a same-gender relationship.

First, the ELCA does not hold “conventions” but “assemblies.” At a convention there are “delegates” who represent a certain constituency, and they cast votes on behalf of that constituency that are intended to reflect the wishes of that constituency.

At an assembly there are “voting members” who represent only themselves. The votes they cast are intended to represent their own personal thoughts, wishes and judgments. Since these voters are selected by members of their area churches, however, the decisions they make frequently reflect the thinking of the “folks back home.”

Second, and more important, the ELCA decision was not to “ordain” but to seek a way to “roster” homosexual persons. Ordination is a process or act that qualifies an individual to hold a specific position within the church, that of ordained clergy. Ordination says that the person has fulfilled certain training requirements successfully, and is now consecrated for the role of ordained clergy.

Ordination does not, however, permit an individual to take up a clergy position within the ELCA. That permission comes through the process of rostering. The ELCA maintains four rosters, lists of persons who may hold a specific ministering position. The process of rostering admits a person to one of those rosters where she or he may act as ordained clergy, an associate in ministry, a deaconess or a diaconal minister. Only the position of ordained clergy requires the act of ordination.

What the ELCA assembly approved was a resolution that committed the church to find a way to roster homosexual persons in a same-gender relationship. The ELCA is now committed to finding a way to permit such persons, some ordained and some not, to be placed on the official list of persons who may be called to specific rostered roles in the church. The ELCA did not vote to “ordain” but to “roster” these persons.

A second major misconception centers upon the nature of the problem itself. Conservatives claim that the ELCA decision with regard to homosexuals means that the church does not regard the Bible as the final authority in matters of faith and doctrine.

In actual fact, persons on both sides of the present tension regard the Bible in this way. Neither side has abandoned the constitutional principle of the ELCA which accords the Bible this authoritative position.

The problem is that the two sides disagree as to how to interpret that Bible. The more conservative group stresses a literalistic interpretation, and the less conservative group uses a more contemporary historical-critical approach. The differing approaches reach differing conclusions about the meaning of certain key sections of the Bible relating to sexual matters, but each approach admits to the authority of the Bible.

Local mother and son survive being part of fatal head-on crash PINE COUNTY, Minn. - A mother and son from Frederic survived an accident on New Year’s Day in Pine County, Minn., which claimed the life of a husband and wife from Pine City, Minn.

Pat Denn, 59, received minor injuries and her son, Matthew, 25, Duluth, was apparently uninjured after the van she was driving was sideswiped by a truck driven by Scott Heckel, 44, Pine City. According to the

Minnesota State Patrol, Heckel was eastbound on Hwy. 70 a few miles east of Hwy. 35 when he attempted to pass the Dodge Caravan driven by Pat Denn in a nopassing zone at the crest of a hill. Heckel’s pickup truck struck a westbound 1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue head on.

Michael Moris, 50, was the driver of the Intrigue and his wife, Robin, 48, was a passenger. Both were killed in the 5:45 p.m. accident. Heckel’s pickup sideswiped the

Denn van as it was passing, sending the van into the ditch.

Heckel faces charges of causing the accident while drunk driving.

A Mass of Christian Burial for the couple will be held Friday, Jan. 8, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Sandstone, Minn. - with information from Superior Telegram

Man dies in apparent snowplow accident CUMBERLAND - The body of a 53-year-old Cumberland man was discovered last Wednesday, Dec. 30, pinned beneath the back blade of a tractor he had apparently been using to plow snow with, according to the Barron County Sheriff’s Department.

John B. McDonald had not been seen or heard from in two days, according to one of his friends, who contacted authorities.

A deputy responded to McDonald’s home on 23-1/4 Avenue, and as he approached the residence he observed no foot tracks in the fresh snow and the garage door open with a Ford truck parked inside. There were no lights on in the house. He then observed a tractor with a back blade down a small hill with small saplings which had been run over. He saw an individual pinned beneath the back blade and covered in snow.

The initial investigation shows McDonald had been run over by the tractor. The city of Cumberland cleared the driveway and the Cumberland Fire Department assisted in removing the tractor.

The incident remains under investigation by the Barron County Sheriff’s Department - with information from the Barron Co. Sheriff’s Department

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Board balks at wording of police “contract”

by Mary Stirrat BALSAM LAKE —Uncomfortable relationships with past police chiefs have caused some Balsam Lake trustees to be a little gun-shy about creating too formal an agreement with members of the police force.

In particular is the use of the word “contract” in relationship to the lead officer in the village, Jennifer Hanson. At its regular meeting Monday, Jan. 4, the village board discussed an agreement between the village and Hanson developed by the public protection committee, balking at the term “contract,” and even the word, “agreement.”

“This thing sounds like a contract,” said Trustee Jim Broome, who asked Hanson to join the board for the discussion. Hanson has the title of officer in charge, with the board having dropped the position of police chief after former chief Sheryl Gehrman resigned last March.

“I feel that this is an at-will sort of position,” continued Broome. He said his comments were not being made to indicate dissatisfaction with Hanson’s performance, but simply to allow the board the flexibility it needs.

“This is something that will be policy for the board from now on,” he said.

Broome said that the policy should include a job description, the job duties and responsibilities, and an outline of the benefits that go with the job, such as days off, sick time and vacation.

“We didn’t want a contract again,” agreed Trustee Mike Voltz. “I do believe that simpler is better.”

“It hasn’t worked in the past,” said Broome, regarding contracts with the police chief.

Rather than having the public protection committee look at the document again, said Voltz, he would prefer that the entire board be involved in the process. Given the history, he added, the full board should come to a consensus.

“I really feel this should be a full board decision,” he concluded, “not just the three of us on the law enforcement committee.” The committee consists of Geno

Jennifer Hanson, officer in charge at Balsam Lake, with members of the village board. Trustee Jeff Broome, second from left, questioned the wording of the village agreement with Hanson, wishing to avoid a binding contract. Other trustees shown are Dave Knutson, at right, and Mike Voltz. – Photo by Mary Stirrat D’Agostino as chair, Voltz and Chris Sondrol.

The board will meet in closed session Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 6 p.m.

“You’ve done a terrific job,” Williams said to Hanson at the end of the discussion. Broome concurred, saying once again that he has a problem with the wording, not with Hanson’s job performance.

Grant application The village will again seek a Department of Transportation grant for building hiking and biking trails along and to CTH I, along with some street improvements.

At the recommendation of the streets committee, the board voted to hire Cedar Corporation at $1,000 to rewrite the grant application. The last application was made through Short Elliott Hendrickson, at a cost of $10,000, and Cedar Corporation will be using materials and data collected by SEH during the last

round.

The grant is very competitive, said streets committee member Jeff Reed, and consists of 80-percent funding from the DOT and 20 percent from the village. If received, the grant dollars cannot be used solely for street repairs, but for “enhancement” projects such as trails, benches, lighting and trash receptacles.

Trustee Dave Knutson said that the village will be responsible for garnering letters of support from legislators, civic organizations, and other interested parties. There is a lot of work involved, he added.

“The more political grease we lay down the better our chances,” said Knutson.

“If we get the (grant),” said Broome, a member of the committee, it’s sure worth the money we spent on it.”

The village will be notified this fall whether or not the application is successful, said Reed. If successful, the funds will be available in 2011 and 2012.

Industrial park Last fall the board began discussions on how to better promote the industrial park in order to fill vacant lots. An ad hoc committee was formed, consisting of village President Guy Williams and Trustees Voltz, Reed and Broome, and met Dec. 9.

Reporting on the meeting, Reed said that the committee was seeking approval to spend $1,000 to include the industrial park on the village Web site.

“We’re looking for the board to approve spending in order to create a Web site to advertise the industrial park,” he said.

Jolene Jones, Web page designer, will add the page to the current site, he said, but the village will need to come up with the text. Several topics have been identified to be included.

In addition, the committee has produced and framed maps of the industrial park for display at the village hall and the business center in downtown Balsam Lake.

The $1,000 is included in the 2010 budget, designated for the industrial park, said Reed. The board voted to go ahead and have Jones make the additions to the Web site. The committee will meet Wednesday, Jan. 13, to develop text for the page.

Other business • The board accepted the lone bid for a new blower at the sewer plant. The bid includes $17,950 for the blower plus $5,500 for the control, both from C. Emery Nelson, and $4,000 for installation by Dalles Electricians. Work will commence in spring and will take 60 to 90 days to complete, said Jim Duncan.

• The board approved a lease agreement with Nellie Rogers for the sign on Hwy. 8, at $250 per year.

• The village caucus will be next Tuesday, Jan. 12, 7 p.m. at the fire hall.

Trustees whose terms expire are Jim Broome, Jeff Reed and Chris Sondrol.

Village seeks answers regarding shared revenue, pending legislation

by Mary Stirrat BALSAM LAKE — In mid-November the Balsam Lake Village Board sent letters to Rep. Ann Hraychuck and Sen. Sheila Harsdorf seeking answers to questions about pending legislation and the low amount of shared revenue received by the village.

At its regular monthly meeting Jan. 4 the board discussed the letter, along with the response from Harsdorf. An e-mail from Hraychuck indicated she was seeking information from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau, and a full response will be made once the information is received.

Shared revenue The first question raised by the village asked why Balsam Lake will receive only $22,491 from the state in shared revenue in 2010, a decrease of 14 percent from 2009. “For 2009 we received the lowest amount of any village or city in the state,” the letter says. “Every village around us received $200,000 or better.”

In the bill approved by the state, states the letter, the city of Milwaukee will receive a decrease of only 1 percent, versus the 14 percent Balsam Lake will see. The letter goes on to ask what can be done to get the formula changed so the village receives more from the state.

Harsdorf responded that she did not vote in favor of the bill cutting state shared revenue, now called county and municipal aid. She voted against the budget bill that included a $30 million reduction in aid, approved in July by the governor, adding that the cuts were distributed to municipalities and counties based on their share of statewide equal-

ized property value.

The aid is based on the prior year’s aid, Harsdorf said, and was intended to offset differences in property value between municipalities.

Water protection The second issue raised by the village is pending legislation regarding groundwater protection, which will require mandatory disinfecting of public water supplies. The mandatory chlorination, said the letter, will cost $10,000 each for the three village wells, and will cause “great hardship on the people and water utility.”

In addition, states the letter, chlorination will cause “serious concerns” with the levels of manganese and iron in the village wells. “Chlorine oxidizes manganese,” according to the letter, “which changes it to a form with undesirable characteristics such as brownish-black staining of fixtures and clothing and an unpleasant taste.”

A new water treatment plant would cost the village approximately $2.9 million, the letter states, adding, “We hope the state has lots of money to help in this cost.”

According to Harsdorf’s response, the DNR is in the process of changing state regulations relating to disinfecting public water supplies. The public comment period on the rule change, she said, ended last month, and the DNR will be submitting the rule to the Natural Resources Board in 2010 for further consideration.

Once approved by the NRB, she said, it will be referred to the state Legislature for review.

Harsdorf said that, after receiving the comments from the village, she contacted the DNR for more information.

She was told that chlorination is not the only option, but it is the least expensive.

Because the public comment period is closed, she said, she encouraged the village to share its concerns with the NRB, including the board members’ names with her letter.

“Also, she said, there may be an opportunity for additional comment if the legislative committees hold public hearing when the rule changes come to the Legislature.” Harsdorf said she would let the village know if a public hearing is scheduled.

Emergency services funding The third item in the village’s letter concerns a recent change in state law that prohibits a municipality from decreasing the amount it spends on emergency services below the 2009 level without approval from the Department of Revenue.

“What was the legislature’s reasoning for such a change,” asks the letter. “Does the Legislature or Department of Revenue know the needs and wants of the village better than its own counsel?”

Harsdorf again responded that she voted against the budget bill that includes this act. “Given our challenging local and state budgets,” she said, “this is a time to refrain from additional state mandates and empower local governments with the tools to save money.”

Final points The two final points of the letter sent to the legislators relate to a bill that limits the collection of utility arrearages

from landlords, and the erosion of home rule powers.

AB 404 would curtail the ability to use the tax roll as a method of collecting unpaid water and electrical bills on rental properties. “This bill will cause the village water and sewer department to suffer thousands of dollars of losses a year,” says the letter. “Once the property owners of rental properties find out they are not responsible for these utilities they may stop being so diligent in making sure the utilities are paid.”

According to Harsdorf, the bill was introduced Aug. 31 and referred to the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities. No further action has been taken, she said.

Finally, the letter notes how the court and legislation have “whittled away” constitutional and statutory home rule powers. “The village would like to see the home rule more protected and some legislation enacted to do so,” it states.

“I recognize your concerns with legislation that impacts home rule provisions for local governments,” responded Harsdorf. “As you may know, I have supported legislation seeking to end unfunded mandates on local governments by the state. However, these efforts have been vetoed by Governor Doyle.”

Visit In conclusion, Harsdorf said she would “be happy to visit the village board to discuss these and other issues.”

The board agreed it would be a good idea.

Taylors Falls approves reduced levy and budget

by Tammi Milberg TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – The city council for Taylors Falls met at a special meeting Dec. 21 for a budget workshop.

At the regular city council meeting Dec. 28, the council approved a reduced budget and levy after the workshop. The proposed budget and levy was presented at the first December council meeting.

The council made the decision to do a workshop and cut the numbers once again in order to keep from increasing the tax rate on the city taxpayers. Mayor Michael Buchite stated that due to the hard work of cutting the numbers more, “The budget is brought down to 80.945 percent for the 2010 budget from 81.155 percent in the 2009 budget.”

The levy is down as well, resulting in a $71,294 decrease making the levy a total of $621,506 for 2009 payable in 2010. Buchite added that the city’s aim is to reduce the tax rate for the residents, “The goal is to find some revenues. It’s not all about cuts and we will continue to work on that.”

In other business, the council approved designating the Bullard Owens House at 537 Bench St. and the Wall Porter House

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at 573 Bench St., as Historic Preservation District sites.

•The council also approved a training request for Bill Neska, public works, to attend a wastewater operator’s conference at a cost of $300 plus and lodging or meal expenses to come from the sewer fund.

•The council also amended the sand and salt agreements with an increase of $75 per time rather than $50 because now the city must purchase its sand and salt by the truckload.

•The law enforcement contract was tabled because there was not enough information.

•The council approved authorization of application for a grant to pay for an audiovisual tour of the city with a historical presentation downloadable to computers, smartphones and MP3 players.

The grant submission is for $6,750 with no required match, but an in-kind match has been made for $2,178 from local residents.

•Wal-Mart donated $1,000 to the Friends of Taylors Falls Parks to be used in the spring.

Aerator pump on order

by Tammi Milberg DRESSER– Residents of the village of Dresser have lodged complaints about smells in the village and outside the village that are unappealing, according to the village board meeting of trustees Monday night. Village President Rick Flandrena states he has received many phone calls and so has the village hall with complaints about the smell. F & A Dairy is currently upgrading their waste management system but it won’t be installed until May, stated Mike Breault, plant manager. “We’re putting in a fine bubble system and we know our system is old and not good, and it will cost us $400,000 to $500,000 to do this and we are waiting on DNR approval before we can put this new system in.”

In the meantime, Breault stated that the aerators can get clogged in cold weather and this week’s cold temperatures haven’t been helpful to the smell factor and the pumps not working. Flandrena stated that he would like something to be done as soon as possible because the residents are getting restless and his cell phone minutes are being chewed up by upset residents. Breault stated he has not received any calls or complaints, but would entertain persons contacting him when they have issues.

“It smells really bad,” said Bryan Raddatz, board trustee. “I smelled it at different times of the day driving in and out of the village. The complaints are not just coming from one area, it’s the entire village.”

Breault stated that the dairy is purchasing a new aerator for $30,000 to $40,000 that will be used as a backup to keep the air moving even in cold weather. “It will take six to eight weeks once we get that ordered. There’s not much else we can do in the meantime,” he said.

“Anything you can do as soon as possible is what the village wants,” said Flandrena. No action was taken on the matter, as it was put on the agenda for an update on the situation.

In other business, the board tabled action on the employee handbook and waste management contract until the next meeting, citing the reason as waiting for more information. The board approved a liquor license to the Lions Club to sell beverages at the fire department’s annual spaghetti dinner at the DOG fire hall on April 17.

Officer Ryan Haass reported that he purchased a computer for the police vehicle and installed it. He is waiting for the county to activate it.

The municipal court issue was discussed briefly with trustees indicating that the court will operate four months more and may dissolve. The possibility of joining St. Croix Falls Municipal Court was mentioned. The trustees agreed to keep their options open and not lock in to one agreement or another until they determine what is best for the village.

Nomination papers for trustees were filed with one vacancy reported on the board for the April election. Anyone interested in filling the seat as a write-in candidate should contact the village hall at 715-755-2940.

Audit on Wisconsin virtual schools misses deadline

MADISON - Wisconsin’s chief education official is hoping a review on the costs and benefits of virtual schools comes soon, as its official deadline passes.

Tony Evers, superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction, says Dec. 30 was when the Legislative Audit Bureau was to have finished its study on Wisconsin’s virtual schools. This included findings on student achievement, quality of teacher-student interaction, and a cost-analysis comparison of students attending virtual schools versus public schools.

Evers says the audit was part of the

legislative compromise reached last year that permitted virtual schools in the state. He says the sooner the report comes the better, as there’s always legislation regarding virtual schools that he’s reluctant to back without information on their efficiency and cost. He says it’s also important to have the audit report so policy makers can make good decisions.

Evers is hopeful the audit will be done sometime in January. More than 3,600 students are enrolled in Wisconsin’s virtual schools. - Wisconsin Public Radio (Brian Bull)

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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

F O R U M Some good news survived 2009

More rain.

More jobs. Continued compassion.

It doesn’t hurt to send out a few wishes for 2010, even though we’re already a week into the new year, a year everyone hopes will make everyone’s pursuit of happiness ... a little easier, perhaps?

Each time this year we scour 52 previous issues of “weekly Leaders” to remind ourselves of the local headlines that stood out from the rest. Much of the news from our small corner of the world reflected what was going on nationwide and worldwide - an economic descent.

Much of it was unique to our audience.

So here are the top 10 stories of 2009 that made an impression on one local editor, no more, no less. They are published here - in the editorial section - for that reason.

And to allow some observations along the way: 1. Gathering food. One of the most basic necessities of life was the focus of 2009, globally and locally, with many of us – from local government officials to church members – getting involved in making sure the neediest among us didn’t go hungry. Efforts locally didn’t result in a perfect system of gathering and giving away food but the struggle was immense, intense and inspiring. It included the formation of a task force in Burnett County and countless, innovative ways of getting everyone involved, or at least thinking about the need.

2. The death of Harvey Stower. Northwest Wisconsin - and the entire state - lost a thoughtful statesman with the death of Harvey Stower in September. Even his most ardent political foes must have recognized the significance of the loss. Stower, who was the mayor of Amery when he died, left a legacy as an effective legislator and advocate for community in general. He was a profound speaker and good father, husband and person.

3. Polk County government. Polk County’s government was a headline-making machine in 2009, from a jaw-dropping county budget miscalculation, to investigations of wrongdoing, to questions of open meeting violations. There were headlines about lawsuits, a lime quarry and about leadership. Using the “glass is half-full” theory, the county board and agencies were transparent enough to allow us to discover and report some of these disparaging stories. And there were a few shining moments by county supervisors who pushed to keep everything aboveboard and open. But from the cynic’s corner, some of the headlines signaled widespread miscommunication among county leadership and a lack of knowledge of how open government works.

But all with the potential for wiser representation in 2010, of course.

4. Rose Bly disappearance. There was serious crime news to report in Burnett and Polk counties in 2009, including a kidnapping and a homicide, but perhaps the most shocking story cannot be categorized because there are few clues as to whether it was foul play or simply a disappearance by choice. Nearly six months into the investigation into the sudden disappearance of 21-year-old Rose Bly, there’s not much hard evidence left to investigate, according to authorities. And every sighting, rumor and theory has been followed up on, as recent as this past weekend. With two infant children at home with her ex-husband, friends and family feel Rose’s vanishing was not of her own choice. They hope 2010 will bring a conclusion to this story.

5. Battles to save Iver’s Mountain, Whispering Pines. Local grassroots efforts were mounted in 2009 in two separate cases – one to preserve the 50-year-old Methodist church camp, Whispering Pines, on Spirit Lake near Frederic, as a church camp – and one to save the pristine Iver’s Mountain land in the town of Laketown from a mining development, creating a nature preserve instead. The Whispering Pines issue may be history, but the Iver’s Mountain battle against development very well organized - is sure to carry into 2010.

6. Tensions in the ELCA. Four landmark resolutions dealing with matters of human sexuality passed in August by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America created controversy nationwide that led some ELCA congregation members - including approximately 80 in Burnett and Polk counties - to break away from their churches, citing the church was “moving away from Scripture.”

7. The H1N1 flu story. Sorting out information regarding the seriousness of the H1N1 flu pandemic, who should and who could get the vaccines and all related information, was consuming for local health officials in 2009, and they stepped up to meet that challenge. From August to December there were 8 confirmed cases of H1N1 in Burnett County and 99 in Polk. As of Dec. 30, all public health regions in the state “are in a state of decline for the H1N1 virus.” There has yet to be an emergence of the seasonal flu, but cases of the garden-variety rhinovirus - common coldare growing in number, say officials. Let’s hope H1N1 stays at bay.

8. Chrysler dealerships pulled. The nationwide economic downturn resulted in Chrysler pulling its franchise contracts with dealers across the U.S., including local dealers in Osceola, Frederic, Amery, Spooner, New Richmond and St. Croix Falls.

One of the most discouraging news stories of 2009.

9. Four-day workweek trial. Polk County government voted to give the four-day, workweek a try, something that’s catching on nationwide in an effort to reduce energy and other costs. In a time when everyone seems to be working more hours than ever - feeling lucky to have a job - state and local governments are experimenting ... and will probably stick with the experiment.

10. Maintaining, growing of local arts communities. There seemed to be a flourishing of local arts groups and efforts in 2009, from new and revitalized events sponsored by BAAG - Burnett Area Arts Group and the Earth Arts Group, efforts to preserve the Auditorium Theatre building - home to Festival Theatre in St. Croix Falls - to the establishment of the Frederic Arts Inc. group. The year 2009 kicked off with a successful Big Read literacy project, thanks to a valuable core group of volunteers.

In the also-ran category there were sobering stories noting the foreclosure on the $3 million Bierman housing development in St. Croix Falls, the failing of the Siren School referendum, the tragic death of a State Trooper following a traffic accident south of Frederic, a serious drought which caused ongoing wildfire in Burnett and Polk counties and a suitcase bomb scare on Hwy. 8 But there were also other positive headlines in 2009 besides the few noted in the Top 10, like the donation of a building by Terry Larsen to the Webster community for use as a new library, the trip by four Siren teens to New York City, a reward for their award-winning writing skills, continued efforts by a committee in Frederic to build a new community swimming pool, organizations, individuals and churches donating to the needy and recognition of those who helped others in 2009.

And, oh yeah, those electric linemen on vacation who dug in to help resort owners restore electricity and clean up after an August storm.

In fact, we think our pages, in a year’s time, carry more good than bad news.

Here’s to a growth in that trend in 2010.

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Words are powerful Years ago I enrolled in a class for assertiveness as I had a tendency to let people walk all over me or ignore me. The teacher said, “Ask for what you want or need. People are not mind readers.”

I remembered those words this past holiday season, as I was saddened by all the deaths in our local community and also all the deaths in our immediate family through the years. I shared some of my stories closest to my heart and wondered if you read them.

Writers are nothing without readers.

Sometimes we need validation. Sometimes we need encouragement. I was starving for a compliment, and I told you so in my column. I needed to know you are out there.

And you came through with phone calls, notes and hopes that I’d keep on writing.

Many of the notes came from strangers until now, and I appreciate your responses.

The women of our church sent a certificate saying they had made a gift to Missions in my name. Little did they know that when I was a teenager I wanted to be a missionary. The problem was that I didn’t want to leave home. On a recent Sunday I thanked the United Methodist Women for their gift, saying, “I guess we can be missionaries no matter where we live” and Pastor Tom Cook said, “Bernice, you are.”

Wonderful words of encouragement and I thank all of you. You gave me what I needed so I have the inspiration to write on.

Words are powerful!

Bernice Abrahamzon Lewis

Repeating a mistake Apparently the DNR’s memory is as short as their future outlook.

I was raised in and around Frederic and started deer hunting in 1949 when there were lots of deer available for harvest.

At about that time the state started “either-sex deer hunting.” By the mid 1950s it

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was very difficult to harvest a deer as we had killed most of them. Now they are on their way to repeating that atrocity. Let’s use sensible harvest and save some for future hunters as it is a great outdoor sport.

Oregon has done the same and whenever a hard winter hits we lose a good share of what is left and then hunting deteriorates drastically, resulting in fewer licenses sold and less $$$ for the state.

Dave Doherty Lebanon, Ore. formerly of Frederic

Why do we put up with it?

Mark Pettis can do better. He previously represented us in the Wisconsin Assembly.

Perhaps he wants the job back. He has a political point of view like everyone else.

So what’s wrong about his letter last week?

He’s been a Republican and claims there is no such thing as a moderate Democrat, that recent health insurance reform initiatives are “socialized medicine,” and blames Democrats for increasing the size of government.

Mark Pettis knows that current health insurance reform proposals do not represent socialized medicine but rather a regulated competitive marketplace for private insurers much like the German system. He knows there are moderate politicians in both parties. He knows Republicans have increased the size of government as much as Democrats. He knows taxes pay for government services few would give up.

And he said, “I would rather lose an election by being honest than win by not being truthful.”

It’s not just Mark Pettis. Politicians are citizens with a desire for public service. It’s a demanding job, sometimes with low pay.

They are socialized into the culture of a political party. If they closely toe the party line, they are supported for re-election.

They learn to use ambiguous speech so they can reinterpret later. It’s not really lying, it’s just not telling the whole truth clearly. And if they do otherwise, they may not be re-elected. I sympathize. I expect

they don’t like it either.

Politicians seem more interested in ideology than solving problems, bickering like children while citizens lose homes, jobs and health care. Why do we put up with it?

Norman Jensen Madison and Siren

Open letter to DNR Secretary Matt Frank Time to turn off the faucet that has created a flood of permits and overgenerous regulations, causing many areas to become bankrupt of a century-old resource.

You must stop playing Santa Claus to all those more than willing to accept your gift to them, that being the green light to kill, kill, kill. Although deer numbers should have been addressed right after the tremendous harvests of ‘06 and ‘07, none of the so-called experts in your department could see what was right before their eyes – an upcoming downturn.

As a result, there now is even more trepidation by sportsmen, as we enter 2010, fearing that mistakes will continue to be made. Trouble is, you already have set us back a decade with your policies (with a winter kill looming).

The only solution in my view is that there be a wholesale change in personnel to turn this around. To accomplish this, we will need legislators with the guts to step forward because most of the loyal license buyers, are frustrated as none of you presently are listening.

The genius (maybe more than one) that instituted that earn-a-buck disaster (causing a doe slaughter) should be fired. Also let’s remove the one that created the $2 doe tags in 2008. Slap down a $100 bill, then kill 50 doe … you had willing takers.

Even now, another mastermind is determined to install a 16-day season. That person(s) should also be removed. It becomes hard to stomach.

Let’s review: To open the season in midSeptember and run it through December is absolutely repulsive. Special this, special

that … stop it, stop it, stop it! The only special season should be for the disabled, period. Also bow season is too long. Gives participants more than generous opportunities for big antlered deer and the advantage of the rut while ruling out those same benefits for the regular opener. The youth hunters would be better served joining in the regular opener. More input, more camaraderie and more rapport with the elders, gaining experience and memories in the true deer-camp atmosphere. Next, the donation program has simply become an excuse for many, to get more use out of their rifles and kill excess deer. No denying the benefit to those in need … but the program encourages overkill. Needs some fine tuning.

In 2009, 13,500 antlerless permits were issued from zones 10 and 15. Again obscene.

That’s where most of the complaints are coming from. Take a close look at those doe-elimination hunts.

To summarize: Every one of the above complaints listed have been reiterated by every hunter in every sporting goods shop and every registration station that I have interviewed, along with the unending letters and phone calls I’ve received … close to unanimous.

Conclusion: Unless change is forthcoming, your policies are jeopardizing this sport for the generation that will follow us.

Michael J. Murray

Frederic

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Area Ne ws at a Glance LCO Tribe buys Hide Out

HAYWARD - Chippewa Valley Bank closed on the sale of Al Capone’s Hide Out property north of Couderay to the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board on Dec. 21. The sale price was $2,750,000. According to bank President Gary Gerber, the sale encompasses 385 acres south of CTH CC, including all of Capone’s Hide Out buildings and the private Cranberry Lake.

The tribe reportedly is studying possible uses of the property, including redeveloping the Capone tourist attraction. Ideas that have been mentioned have been horse trails and a stable, selling cabin sites on the lake and reopening the restaurant, as well as harvesting timber on the property. Al Capone’s Hide Out property was acquired

by Chippewa Valley Bank in a sheriff’s auction on Oct. 8 for $2.6 million. The bank foreclosed on the property in September.

The Hide Out has been closed this year.

Previously, it was a historic tourist attraction for nearly 50 years, operated by the Houston family. The property was built in the 1920s by Capone, the famed organized crime figure and gangster who trafficked then-illegal alcohol during the Prohibition era of the 1920s and 1930s. The estate was reputedly used as his Northwoods retreat and some say a “liquor smuggling headquarters” where Capone spent his summer months between 1925 to 1931. The cost to build it at that time was $250,000. - Sawyer County Record

Band donates $36,000

ONAMIA, Minn. – In November, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe donated $36,433 in both monetary and in-kind contributions to a variety of nonprofit organizations and other charitable causes. Every month, the Band contributes to community programs in Minnesota and nationwide.

The Mille Lacs band was proud to donate $3,000 to the Confidence Learning Center, a year-round outdoor education and recreation center for persons of all ages with developmental disabilities, for a water conditioning system. Additionally, the Mille Lacs Band donated $1,000 to the Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettle Campaign in Roseville, Minn. Other notable contributions included those to food shelves in Little Falls and Princeton, Caring Rivers United Way, and Green Lantern’s Toys for Tots. “The Mille Lacs Band takes its promise to support organizations and causes that are beneficial to our community very seriously. We are proud of our ongoing commitment to our neighbors,” said Deron Dunkley, commissioner of corporate affairs for the Corporate Commission of the Mille Lacs Band. The band donated to organizations and causes in Aitkin, Anoka, Barron, Blue Earth, Burnett, Carlton, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Cook, Cottonwood, Crookston, Crow Wing, Dakota, Douglas, Eau Claire, Hennepin, Isanti, Itasca, Kanabec, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Nicollet, Otter Tail, Pierce, Pine, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, St. Louis, Stearns, Todd, Ward, Washington and Wright counties. - redrockonair.com

Woman claims sexual assault in jail

HUDSON - A former inmate in the St. Croix County Jail has filed a lawsuit against the county and its sheriff, alleging she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a jailer, who later killed himself. Jackie L. Peterson, 32, currently an inmate in the Robert E. Ellsworth Correctional Center, Union Grove, claims that on Nov. 4, 2008, Deputy Darren Hyland, who supervised cleaning activities, took her to an unoccupied dormitory to clean and while there used cleaning equipment to touch her

breasts and drenched her jail uniform with water. Then, says the civil complaint, Hyland confined Peterson in a maintenance closet where he made further sexual contacts. Hyland made repeated sexually graphic comments that “harassed, intimidated and offended” her. The complaint also says that before the sexual contacts on Nov. 4, Hyland “engaged in a pattern of providing extra favors, food and privileges to female prisoners including Peterson and requesting/ intimating sexual favors were desire(d).” Peterson says that six days later she cooperated with sheriff’s department investigators and told them in detail about Hyland’s conduct. She said that on Nov. 14 jail administrators told her that Hyland had killed himself. The suit alleges that jail administrators violated Peterson’s constitutional rights and were negligent by failing to follow safety policies and procedures that would have protected her and by failing to provide appropriate personnel to prevent male jailers, such as Hyland, from “secreting (Peterson) away, holding her, detaining her and sexually assaulting her while in custody.” Hyland, 28, who joined the St. Croix County Jail staff in May 2007, was on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into alleged acts of misconduct at the time of his death, said Sheriff Dennis Hillstead in a news report at the time. - New Richmond News

Layoffs expected

HAYWARD - With a $680,000 budget shortfall forecast in 2010-11, the Hayward School District will eliminate approximately six teaching positions in grades K12 next year and will lay off five other certified staff, according to Superintendent Michael Cox. Most of the teaching positions cut will be from retirements which

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will not be filled, Cox advised the Board of Education on Dec. 21. It will not be known for certain until March 1 which individuals will retire, he added. The six teaching positions that won’t be filled will save about $420,000, Cox said. The reduction of five certified staff will save about $100,000, he added. Principals have been asked to reduce the nonpayroll budgets in their buildings by a total of $110,000, Cox said. One section in fourth and fifth grades may be reduced. With the low numbers in junior kindergarten and 4-year-old kindergarten, junior kindergarten may be eliminated.

The middle school at-risk teacher may be moved into the regular classroom. Administrators also are looking at physical education, art and music class sizes. Also being reviewed are the number of librarians, computer aides and aides in general. The board and Cox are looking at reducing one worker in the maintenance department, a reduction in a secretarial position at the middle school and a coordinator position if there is a retirement. The technology budget may be able to be reduced through the use of Microsoft settlement money.

Also, there will be a consolidation of administration functions due to staff retirements, for a savings of $20,000. “Life as we know it at Hayward High School won’t be the same next year,” Cox said. “With the decrease in students, we’ve got to find ways to cut costs there. Class sizes will have to increase. There will be fewer sections in a lot of different disciplines. There will be some reduction in staff in that building. There will be courses not offered that we’ve offered in the past. - Sawyer County Record

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Wisconsin's Top Ten of 2009 This year, 2009, was difficult and challenging for our nation’s economy. Wisconsin was not spared, as state budget shortfalls exploded and job losses mounted.

Politically, Wisconsin’s long-standing split-party governance in the Legislature and governor’s office was replaced with one-party domination, as Democrats now fully control both branches of state government.

Here are the top 10 significant events from state government in 2009 as I saw it: Job losses: Unemployment in Wisconsin approached 10 percent, and state unemployment and safety nets, such as

BadgerCare, were maxed out.

End of income tax reciprocity: In September of 2009, Minnesota pulled out of the 40-year-old income tax reciprocity agreement with Wisconsin.

Car insurance mandates: The state Sheila budget bill now reHarsdorf quires every driver 10th District to have auto insurance, while premiSenate ums increased dramatically to account for new mandates that increase and expand coverage.

Drunk driving crackdown: DUI laws were strengthened, with new penalties, new treatments and prevention options, and the expanded use of ignition interlock devices.

Deer hunting debacle: Wisconsin DNR is now in public hearings concerning their questionable herd management that left many hunters skunked during the fall gun deer hunt.

Health insurance mandates added: Autism coverage, dependents up to age 27, cochlear implants and contraception were added to the list of insurance mandates in Wisconsin.

Property tax alarms: The budget bill included a repeal of cost-control measures for school districts and doubled the allowable property tax increases for municipal and county government.

Stillwater bridge allocation: A budget provision now designates state-funding sources for a new St. Croix River crossing.

Statewide smoking ban enacted: The Legislature passed a ban on smoking in enclosed public places of employment that goes into effect July 5, 2010.

Budget bill passed: Starting with a historic $6.6. billion budget shortfall, state taxes were increased by $1.9 billion. In addition the state received $3.2 billion in federal stimulus dollars, and the projected 2011-13 structural deficit stands at over $2.2 billion.

What should the state Legislature be focused on for 2010? Visit my Web site, www.harsdorfsenate.com, to offer your comments, read blogs or participate in online surveys. You can also call me toll free from Wisconsin at 800-862-1092.

A step up or a step in the right direction

GRANTSBURG - If you have ever been hospitalized away from home, you know how great it is to get back home.

Sometimes, just returning to the area is a step in the right direction. It can lift spirits to be in a place where faces are familiar and family and home are near, which, in turn, boosts physical recovery.

As a critical access hospital, Burnett Medical Center in rural Grantsburg often hears their Medicare patients say that they wish they could stay in the area for treatment. While this is not always possible, they do have the option of offering a continued stay or a return to Grantsburg under Burnett Medical Center’s swing bed program.

What exactly is a swing bed? The Social Security Act permitted certain small rural hospitals to enter into a swing bed agreement. Under this agreement, hospitals can use their beds, as needed, to provide acute or skilled nursing care to a patient. As defined by federal regula-

tions, a swing bed hospital is a hospital or critical access hospital that participates in Medicare that has approval to provide posthospital skilled care and meets certain requirements.

Swing bed programs are available for Medicare patients who undergo relatively uncomplicated and short (at least three consecutive days) hospital stays. The patient may remain in the same hospital, usually in the same room and bed. Patients may also transfer from other hospitals that do not have swing beds; many transfer to Burnett Medical Center because they desire to be closer to home and/or family.

Swing beds fill a void for discharged patients who still need medical care by focusing on care immediately following an acute condition, such as a serious illness or surgery. A patient may need skilled nursing interventions such as IV therapy, wound care, or learning how to manage a new colostomy or feeding

tube. Patients with hip or knee replacements often use swing beds to increase strength, function and mobility with physical and occupational therapy.

Medicare Part A covers posthospital skilled care services given by a swing bed hospital. Swing bed stays can last a few days or several weeks. Medicare A will cover up to 100 days, 100 percent of the first 20 days, and 80 percent for day 21-100, as long as the patient is making substantial progress toward recovery.

Many people have supplemental insurance or Medicaid to help with costs not covered by Medicare.

A swing bed at a hospital like Burnett Medical Center can be a lifesaver, especially if it allows a patient to remain in the community, or return to their home community, and participate in a program that will allow time for recuperation and rehabilitation. It’s a popular discharge option for people who may not want to go into a nursing home, although many

nursing homes, including the Continuing Care Center, have the ability to provide Medicare skilled or swing bed services, as well.

A recent swing bed patient stated, “I loved coming to Grantsburg to recuperate after my surgery. My son and daughter-in-law live close, and the staff take such good care of me.”

While sudden illness and/or surgery, planned or otherwise, can change life drastically, a swing bed can be a wonderful transition for recuperation, a program geared toward a patient’s specific needs. Upon discharge from swing bed, a patient should be better equipped to function safely at home.

If you have questions about Burnett Medical Center’s swing bed program, call the social services department at 715463-7279 or 715-463-7278. - from BMC

Grantsburg man pleads guilty to first-degree sexual assault

by Sherill Summer SIREN - Robert W. Koser, 51, Grantsburg, pleaded guilty to repeated first-degree sexual assault of the same child at the Burnett County Courthouse on Tuesday, Dec. 29. Koser could be sentenced up to 60 years for the class B felony.

Seven other charges against Koser will be dismissed in a plea bargain, including a separate 2009 charge of sexual assault of a child under 16 and child enticement that involved a different victim.

Koser’s sentencing hearing has not been scheduled yet, but it is expected to be held after the completion of a presentencing investigation by the department of corrections.

After Koser’s guilty plea, his bond was revoked, and he remains in custody awaiting his sentencing.

Koser has been facing this charge of repeated first-degree sexual assault for over Robert W. Koser three years after a 2006 interview of the now 13-year-old victim alleged that Koser repeatedly touched her

inappropriately in 2003 and 2004.

The charges were first scheduled for trial in August of 2007, but a new witness emerged shortly before that trial date.

Since then, the trial date was pushed back six addition times for a variety of reasons, although at times it was scheduled as a backup trial. Usually more than one trial is scheduled to take advantage of jurors if one case settles shortly before a trial date.

By the time the final trial was scheduled for Dec. 2009, one of Koser’s former

wives was on the witness list and was expected to testify that she was underage when she started her relationship with Koser.

Usually alleged misconduct in the past in not allowed as evidence, but the Burnett County District Attorney Bill Norine successfully argued in a March 2009 motion that there was enough similarities in some past conduct and this charge that some incidents should be used to prove Koser’s intent.

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2010 election year for attorney general STATEWIDE - The election is still 10 months away, and the incumbent hasn’t even officially announced he’ll run again.

But the issues in the race for Wisconsin attorney general are already well marked out.

Incumbent J.B. Van Hollen says he will seek re-election, and will announce sometime in the near future. His declared opponent, former Department of Natural Resources Secretary Scott Hassett, has a campaign Web site up with a list of issues on which he differs from the state’s current top cop. Hassett says Van Hollen has let partisan ideology guide his actions too often during his tenure.

He points to a lawsuit filed before the 2008 presidential election that challenged the voter registration process in Milwaukee. Hassett calls it a “national Republican strategy to discourage voting in urban democratic areas.”

The suit was dismissed, but Hassett says it was an example of using the attor-

McKenna Meyer, Amery Intermediate School student, had her poem, “A Mother’s Hug,” published in an anthology called “A Celebration of Poets.” She is the granddaughter of ney general’s office for political reasons. Roger and Darlene Miller of Frederic Hassett also says Van Hollen sided and a former student at Frederic with social conservatives when he re- Schools. - Special photo fused to defend a challenge to the state’s new Domestic partner registry. But Van Hollen says that was not an example of partisanship but rather loyalty to the constitution. He says he “looked for every possible way to defend” the case, but he couldn’t square it with the constitution, so he declined.

That case will likely be decided before the November election and will be one of ST. CROIX FALLS – Alan Payne Snyseveral issues the voters will weigh in deder, 22, died on the morning of Dec. 28, ciding whether to keep Van Hollen as at2009. A memorial service was held at his torney general or choose Hassett to parents home in St. Croix Falls on Jan. 2, replace him. - Wisconsin Public Radio (Gil 2010.

Halsted) Alan was born on April 18, 1987, in Fort Collins, Colo., Alan moved with his family throughout his childhood and lived in some of this country’s most beautiful and wild spots, including Grand Teton National Park, Wyo.; near the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, Md.;

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and at the foothills of the Colorado Rockies. His family settled finally in Wisconsin, where he attended and graduated from high school.

He is survived by his parents, Kathleen and Joseph Snyder; his brothers, Connor Wood and Evan Snyder; his partner Abigail Saturday; his grandfather Joseph Snyder; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins; and Henry, his beloved kitten.

A complete obituary will appear in next week’s Leader.

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County administrator selection process starts

Time line could be an issue

by Gregg Westigard BALSAM LAKE – The county administrator selection committee met for the first time Monday, Jan. 4. The committee members talked about the process they will use and who will be involved in that process as they start the work leading to Polk County hiring an administrator. But a main focus of the hour-long meeting was a discussion on timing, how rapidly they can bring a hiring recommendation to the county board.

The CA selection committee was established at the Dec. 15 county board meeting as part of a resolution to establish the office of county administrator for Polk County. That resolution gave the charge of finding a candidate for the new position to a committee composed of the county board chair, Bryan Beseler, the first vice chair, Patricia Schmidt, and the second vice chair, Ken Sample.

The timing issue has a mixture of factors. On the one hand, there is a perceived desire among some county board members and others to get an adminis-

Man arrested for animal cruelty

HUDSON - A man has been arrested in connection with an animal cruelty incident that occurred in the town of Hudson New Year’s Eve. Michael J. Wondra, 25, Hudson, was booked into the St. Croix County Jail Jan. 1 on one count of intentionally mistreating animals.

Michael Wondra Wondra is a 2002 graduate of Frederic High School.

Sheriff Dennis Hillstead said the man

was arrested after deputies investigated an incident when neighbors became concerned about a yelping dog.

Hillstead said the dog was found with an 8-inch plastic spoon in its rectum that caused a serious injury. The dog was taken to a veterinarian and euthanized because its intestine was punctured.

The sheriff said Wondra was released Sunday on a $2,000 cash bond he posted.

Charges in the matter had not been filed by the district attorney’s office as of Tuesday morning. - with information from Hudson Star-Observer (rivertowns.net)

trator for the county as rapidly as possible. That desire for haste was reflected in the supervisors’ action on Dec. 15 to pass the CA resolution by voice vote without any discussion. The desire for rapid action is balanced by the time it will take to finalize the job description, advertise for the position, screen and interview candidates, and bring a recommendation to the board.

A possible complicating factor is the coming county board elections in April, followed by the reorganization of the county board. The three committee members serve because of their positions as board officers. Each of those positions could be reassigned at the April board meeting.

“The process could be turned upside down in April,” Beseler said.

That issue aside, Sample said he could see the process taking five months.

Schmidt said she wants the administrator in place by the end of summer. She wondered if it might be possible to start interviews as soon as April.

The meeting started with a question and comment from Robert Blake, a former supervisor. Blake was county board chair during the time when the county terminated its administrative coordinator, Frank Pascarella. After that action, the executive committee headed by Blake spent many months looking at the

options for county management.

“What problem are you trying to fix?”

Blake asked. “I have not heard what you want to do. Is it oversight of department heads? Is it board leadership? This action could cost a couple hundred thousand dollars. Identify the problem.”

The committee did not answer Blake’s question but it did discuss the role of county department heads in the selection process. The county board resolution said the committee should involve at least two department heads in its work as it develops and implements the selection process.

Beseler said that five department heads had expressed an interest in filling that roll. They were Debra Peterson, buildings; Sara McCurdy, land information; Todd Demers, information technology; Gretchen Sampson, public health; and Sherry Gjonnes, human services.

The committee decided to include all five in the initial steps of reviewing the job requirements and the hiring process.

Employee relations director Andrea Jerrick and corporation counsel Jeff Fuge will also be part of the working group.

The committee will hold its next meeting Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 11 a.m. at the government center. The agenda for that meeting will be to review and finalize the job description and to review the search-process options.

Dissident Lutherans: Bullying over gays

Tensions rising in synod split

by Wayne M. Anderson STATEWIDE – A decision to ordain actively gay clergy has caused deep fissures in the nation’s largest Lutheran church group, with some traditional Lutherans saying they have been subjected to threats and retaliation as they consider breaking away.

Several disaffected members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America say the decision made at the church’s national convention in Minneapolis in August could prompt a major exodus from one of America’s biggest Protestant denominations.

“I wouldn’t even begin to tell you how many thousands [of calls] I’ve gotten,” said Paull Spring, chairman of Lutheran Coalition for Renewal, or CORE, a national coalition based on traditional values. His group said last month that it cannot remain inside the 4.7-millionmember ELCA and will form a new synod.

He is not alone.

“I am receiving every single week dozens of phone calls, e-mails, from pastors of the largest Lutheran churches in ELCA,” said the Rev. Walter Kallestad, senior pastor of Community Church of Joy in Glendale, Ariz., who left the synod after having been “rostered” as a minister with the ELCA for 31 years. “I’ve answered hundreds ... from congregations looking to transition out of the ELCA.” For reasons of church structure – Lutheran congregations retain their property as long as they are affiliated with a Lutheran synod – the fallout from the ELCA’s decision isn’t likely to lead to the kind of court fights that followed the U.S. Episcopal Church’s 2003 ordination of an openly gay bishop.

But the splits within the ELCA, which is more than twice the Episcopal Church’s size, are getting ugly in their own way. Pastors taking their churches out of the ELCA are making charges of “unethical, immoral and in some cases, illegal” acts by bishops and other officials, Kallestad said.

“I’m talking to some pastors and leaders from many states around the nation, whose [ELCA] bishops are becoming very hostile,” Kallestad said.

The Rev. Mark Gehrke, of Faith Lutheran Church in Moline, Ill., said that “if you do not agree with the direction of the ELCA, you are ... bullied or ostracized or threatened. The threat has been

to even remove me and suspend me from ministry,” he said.

In early September, he said, he was leading meetings and seeking ways to leave the ELCA. His bishop heard of this and sent a three-man team to address the problem.

“They spent their first 10 to 12 minutes bashing me and the leadership,” Mr. Gehrke said. “Quoting things out of context, just totally humiliating me in front of the entire congregation.”

Gehrke said other pastors have been bullied into silence.

“In Illinois, I’m one of the only few pastors that have taken a stand,” he said, noting there are others who are too frightened to openly criticize the denomination’s position on homosexuality.

“They are afraid for their jobs,” he said. “They are afraid of standing against the church, the bishops.”

In November, his church voted not to leave the ELCA but to compromise by joining Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ, an independent conservative Lutheran association.

The ELCA denies threatening or bullying anybody.

“I would deny that completely,” said Bishop Gary Wollersheim of the ELCA’s Northern Illinois Synod. “That’s not happening in northern Illinois. I’m sure that’s not happening anywhere in the country.”

More than that, the bishop said, the denomination has taken the opposite approach toward those who back traditional sexual morality.

“I have done the exact opposite,” Bishop Wollersheim said. “I have assured clergy, rostered leaders, that hold different opinions on the decisions that [neither] the synod nor I will discriminate against them in any way. The last thing that I would do as pastor of the synod would [be to] bully somebody or threaten them.”

Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson, the head of the ELCA, also denies that the synod is engaging in intimidation and questions reports of any split.

“I think some of the characterization of polarization is a simplification,” Bishop Hanson said. “To be brutally honest, it seems to me media can only tell stories about polarization and fragmentation.”

The head bishop recently met with subordinate bishops from across the country, and told The Washington Times that he is not aware of “any allegations” of improper or illegal acts by ELCA officials – or even that an exodus is taking place.

Through the end of October, the church estimates that “50 of the ELCA’s 10,396 congregations have taken first votes to leave,” said ELCA spokesman John Brooks in an e-mail. “Five such votes have failed.”

To leave the ELCA, a church must conduct two votes, 90 days apart, with both votes attaining a two-thirds majority.

Bishop Hanson also questions pastors who are making accusations of wrongdoing by officials.

“It saddens me when any descriptions by those who are in opposition to our actions or those who support them are less than what I would call a faithful Christian witness,” he said.

Hosanna Lutheran Church in St. Charles, part of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod, does not agree with that assessment and voted overwhelmingly on Nov. 8 to leave the ELCA. In that case, according to the church’s senior pastor, the threat was financial, against a pastor’s pension.

“It was threatened to me by a representative of the synod,” the Rev. John Nelson said. “We have defined-contribution pensions ... we are the owners of them. I just looked at him and said, ‘You know that’s illegal. You can’t do that.’”

Nelson declined to name the synod representative but said the motive for these threats is rooted in fear.

“The ELCA is scared,” Nelson said.

“They are making decisions out of fear.”

Bishop Wayne Miller, of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod, declined repeated requests for specific comment about the Hosanna situation and the pensionthreat charge.

Instead he sent The Times a general “pastoral letter” written to synod members, asking people to “give time for conversation and reflection” during this time.

“Bishop Miller stated that he had no more comments to give you,” Mary Richardson, executive assistant to the bishop, said in an e-mail. “And [he] would appreciate it, if you would stop calling him.”

Lutheran churches are leaving across the nation, not just in the Midwest.

“I, too, have talked with both lay and clergy people around the country who tell some pretty horrific stories,” said the Rev. Mark Graham of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Roanoke, Va. These are stories of “duplicity and deceit and outright mean-spirited action - even illegal action.”

His church voted to leave the ELCA shortly after the controversial gay vote,

though no one in “Virginia has acted” in an untoward manner, Graham said.

Some pastors say a Lutheran exodus has been going on for some time.

Kallestad was head of one the largest ELCA churches in America. But he said his congregation decided to leave two years before the gay vote at the national convention.

“We started the process before the convention because it was clear that the vision, values and direction of the ELCA was totally opposite of where we believe that the New Testament church was destined and designed to be,” Kallestad said.

The bone of contention is not “strictly about sexuality,” he said, but a fundamental view of Scripture. “Either the Bible is the final authority or it is not.”

According to Kallestad, disaffected Lutherans are also closing their wallets in protest.

“I do know financially the ELCA revenue is down,” Kallestad said. “I’ve heard figures between 20 percent and 40 percent.”

Bishop Hanson called such reports of massive declines unsubstantiated, acknowledging a “drop” in offerings but “certainly not 20 percent to 40 percent.”

He did not provide exact figures.

Some supporters of the decision to ordain openly gay clergy say they are homosexual Christians who love God and feel called to service. And some churches encourage and celebrate this act of faith.

“For this place, it was a celebration in August when the church voted to make it possible for clergy who are in committed same-sex relationships to be open about that,” said the Rev. Pam Fickenscher of Edina Community Lutheran Church in Edina, Minn.

There, no one is heading for the exit door.

“We’re actually seeing more life and people coming instead of leaving,” she said.

Robert Gagnon, New Testament scholar at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and author of “The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics,” called the whole debate surreal for a church named after one of the principal leaders of the Protestant Reformation.

“It is impossible to imagine ... how [Martin Luther] would have reacted to a church endorsing homosexual practices.

It’s off the charts.”

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“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it …”

Veterans protest the decision to move the veterans service office

by Sherill Summer SIREN - Veterans opposition to moving the Burnett County Veterans Service Office into the ADRC was consistent for months prior to the Dec. 21 decision by the administration committee to move the office.

And veterans are not finished speaking out against the move.

On Thursday, Dec. 31, a total of 14 veterans and spouses of veterans gathered at the Burnett County Government Center to protest the administration committee’s decision. “It is like being spit on again, but this time it is our elected officials doing the spitting,” was one veteran’s summary of the situation.

Frustrated protesters wondered why anyone should speak up at public meetings when the public is not listened to, and all seemed to agreed they would have more respect for the decision, even if they didn’t like it, if the supervisors were more straightforward that the

Veterans service office secretary Linda Anderson (L) and current Burnett County CVSO Chris Sower (second from right) spoke with a group protesting the decision to move the veterans service office.

The informal discussion by veterans and spouses of veterans at a protest held at the government center moved beyond reasons why not to move the office. The structure of county government and individual supervisor’s votes were analyzed as well. primary reason for moving the office was to fix the budget.

The sincerity of the administration committee supervisors was questioned, especially since they still insisted there would be a new handicapped-accessible door and more handicap parking spaces near the veterans office in the ADRC, even after another committee had already voted not to install the handicap door and add handicap parking.

Burnett County’s current veterans service officer, Chris Sower, told the group that as far as he was concerned, the decision to move the office was probably permanent, and he is now focused on making a good transition into the new space.

Delores Lien spells out her viewpoint for all to see at a protest of the administration committee’s decision to move the veterans service office into the ADRC. - Photos by Sherill Summer Some veterans have vowed to continue the opposition to how county government was conducted, however, and there was general discussion on getting veterans elected to the county board.

Eau Claire paper pushes subscription rates for full access to online news EAU CLAIRE - Many newspapers have been giving away their news to online readers. But in Eau Claire that just changed.

The so-called “pay wall” went up at the LeaderTelegram’s Web site this month. Local news editor Gary Johnson says it became apparent that giving away news that costs a lot to gather didn’t make sense. So now unless you subscribe to the paper seven days a week or pay around $8 a month for online access, the paper’s Internet

news content will be limited.

By comparison, newspaper industry studies show that print readers bring in $500-$900 a year in ad revenue, while Web readers bring in less than $35 a year. Executive director of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, Peter Fox, says many of state’s 230 newspapers are still trying to convince people there’s value in buying a paper. He says many people who claim to read The New York Times or others online, are actually skimming highlights, but do

not experience the total newspaper on a given day.

But whether that argument will satisfy the younger generation – who don’t seem to be very interested in sitting down in the easy chair to read the newspaper – remains to be seen.

Meanwhile, the Leader-Telegram still provides free coverage of breaking news stories online, but access to full regional reporter stories will not be free. – Wisconsin Public Radio (Mary Jo Wagner)

Some tax relief for job-seekers, low-income residents STATEWIDE - Due to layoffs and decreased work hours, many people in Wisconsin will find themselves in a lower tax bracket this year. And while there are some tax savings to be had for the unemployed, it’s not a lot.

For the roughly 240,000 residents who are currently out of work or have had their pay and work hours cut – every dollar right now counts. Eric Lammert of the Appletonbased National Association of Tax Professionals says for those on unemployment, the first $2,400 of it is exempt

from federal income tax this year. He says there may be people who may qualify for the earned income credit as well.

Lammert says while the rules about who qualifies are rather complex, the credit is worth looking into. He adds job hunting expenses like employment agency fees, resume services, related travel expenses, postage, typing and printing are all deductible for those who itemize.

However, Lammert says there’s one important caveat:

while the costs of searching for a new job in the same trade or business are deductible, the costs of searching for a job in a new or different trade or business are not – even if the search is successful.

To be safe that you’re deducting what you should be, Lammert advises working with a tax professional. Both the IRS and the state Department of Revenue will be offering free tax help soon at locations around the state. Wisconsin Public Radio (Kristen Durst)

Five OWI third-offense arrests made this week POLK COUNTY – Polk County police officers made five OWI third-offense arrests this week. Judi Yerkes, 47, Turtle Lake, was arrested and charged after a rollover accident on CTH A. According to the arresting officer’s report, her car left tracks in the snow of about 195 feet from where it left the road, rolled 1-1/2 times, landing on its hood. Yerkes was not injured. She apparently got out of the car, got a ride to a gas station, where she was seen buying hot chocolate and chips. She re-

ported to the officer that the accident had occurred when she reached over to answer her cell phone. Yerkes was also cited for inattentive driving.

Other OWI third-offense arrests were: George York, 40, Amery, on Dec. 31 after being stopped for speeding on Hwy 8. He was clocked at 69 in a 55-mile-per-hour zone; Dean Marinelli, 57, Dresser, on Jan. 3; Bradley Thorp, 28, Osceola, on Jan. 1; Eric Youngman, 38, Lino Lakes, Minn., on Dec. 29.

OWI first-offense arrests made this week included Karen Livingston, 24, Centuria, on Jan. 3. Livingston had gone in a ditch and was also charged with possession of THC and paraphernalia; Martin Tepole, 21, address unknown. His Breathalyzer read .153; Jamie Fjorden, 47, Milltown, on Jan. 1; Jaimie Vick, 53, Milltown, on Dec. 30; and Colin Schickling, 22, St. Croix Falls, on Jan. 3. — with information from the Polk County Sheriff’s Dept.

Polk County contests, by district Primary Feb. 16 6 - Kathryn Kienholz (I), Les Sloper and Lynn Dahn.

No candidates/Write-in elections 12- no one filed for the seat of retiring Craig Moriak

No contests 3 - Dean K. Johansen (I) 4 - Patricia M. Schmidt (I) 7 - Marvin C. Caspersen (I) 8 - Wendy Olney-Rattel / Keith Rediske has resigned.

9 - James S. Edgell (I) 11 - Ken Sample (I) 13 - Russell E. Arcand (I) 15 - Jay Luke (I) 16 - Diane Stoneking (I) 18 - Larry Jepsen (I) 19 - Kim O’Connell (I) 22 - Larry Voelker (I) 23 - Gerianne Christensen / Gerald Newville retires.

Few contests/from page 2 committee. That committee became involved in problems during the budgeting process last fall that ended with the termination of the county’s finance director.

Each finance committee member, Kathryn Kienholz, Brian Masters, Mick Larsen, Bryan Beseler and Gary Bergstrom, faces an opponent.

There will be no contests in 13 of the 23 districts.

Eleven incumbents face no opposition. While write-in candidates may emerge (six persons ran as write-ins in 2008 and two of them defeated incumbents), the Polk County Board elected next April might have the most returning members since 2000.

Contested districts 1 - Harry Johansen and Robert A. Blake. Bob Dueholm retires.

2 - Joan K. Peterson (I) and William F. Johnson IV. 5 - Herschel Brown (I) and Jeff Peterson.

10 - Brian Masters (I) and James Drabek.

14 - Mick Larsen (I) and Warren Hanson.

17 - Bryan Beseler (I) and Kristine Kremer-Hartung.

20 - Gary Bergstrom (I) and Lowell C. Enerson.

21 - Neil Johnson (I) and Joe Demulling.

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Changes in state law will affect commercial driver’s licenses

DMV encourages CDL holders to familiarize themselves with the changes

MADISON - The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently reviewed Wisconsin’s commercial driver’s license program and found a number of discrepancies between Wisconsin statutes and federal regulations.

In an effort to address these discrepancies, and improve Wisconsin’s compliance with the federal regula-

tions, Wisconsin’s biennial budget bill included several legislative changes related to commercial driver’s licenses. All changes took effect Jan. 1. It is important that all CDL holders are aware of these changes as they are, in some cases, quite substantial.

“One of the biggest changes,” notes DMV Citations and Withdrawals Section Chief Erin Egan, “is that Wisconsin CDL drivers will be subject to a two-year disqualification of their CDL if the DMV receives notice from another jurisdiction for failing to appear to contest a citation, failure to pay a judgment entered against the person or failing to comply with the penalties im-

posed by a court.” She noted that disqualifications will be reduced to 30 days when notice of compliance is received. “This is a change that drivers must be aware of as it would affect their ability to hold a CDL.” Egan stressed that there are other changes regarding the areas of administrative suspensions, out-of-service orders and some that would affect new residents applying for a CDL. More information about the changes in store for CDL holders can be found at the DMV Web site. - from DOT

Drive under way to help low-income plaintiffs defend themselves STATEWIDE - Legal services attorneys in Wisconsin are hoping to capitalize on a new California initiative that may help low-income people defend themselves in civil cases.

Current law mandates a court-appointed attorney for anyone facing criminal charges, unless they can afford to hire one themselves. But that’s not the case for civil cases like home foreclosures, job dispute or child custody cases.

John Ebbott of Legal Action of Wisconsin says lowincome people in need of legal services are like a pa-

tient with appendicitis who can’t afford an operation, but is told to use tools and a handbook on how to do it on themselves.

“And that’s exactly what it’s like now,” says Ebbott.

“People lose their kids and their homes because they can’t afford to represent themselves.”

Ebbott is circulating a petition for a judicial rule to take to the State Supreme Court in May, which would require the courts to appoint counsel under certain circumstances where a lawyer is needed to protect a litigant’s rights to basic human needs, but gives the trial

courts some leeway to decide when counsel should be appointed.

California has launched a pilot project for the same purpose in several counties to see how much it costs and how well it works. Ebbott says he believes the state has the money to do it, citing it found $680 million for fixing the Marquette Interchange.

Ebbott estimates it could be paid for by increasing income taxes by about $7.50 per person in the state. Wisconsin Public Radio (Gil Halsted)

No-smoking law takes effect later this year STATEWIDE - By the time the statewide smoking ban takes effect later this year, workplaces, taverns and other public places will have had a year to prepare.

Some establishments are ready; others are still fighting for an exemption, which now is only allowed for cigar bars, retail tobacco stores and private residences.

Some are eagerly anticipating a statewide smoking ban; others are resigned. Dick Johns is mayor of Rhinelander, where local voters three years ago rejected limits on lighting up, whether it be at work, in a restaurant or bar. But come July, all those places, in Rhinelander and elsewhere around the state, will be

smoke-free. Johns says “the law’s going to be the law.”

Rhinelander tavern owner Pat Deau is prepared for the ban; he already has an outdoor patio area for customers. But he still thinks business owners should be able to determine for themselves if they allow smoking.

Deau says predictions are it will affect a business’ profits by 5 percent, but he says “5 percent is a lot of money.”

Thirty-eight communities in Wisconsin now have some sort of smoking restrictions. SmokeFree Wisconsin director Maureen Busalacchi says the health benefits to smokers and those around them make a statewide

ban necessary. She says, “the more that we learn about the damage secondhand smoke does to us, the more we realize how important these laws are – there are decreases in heart attacks that are measurable.”

The statewide smoking ban does not exempt hotels but that could change. The Wisconsin Innkeepers Association supports a bill sponsored by lawmakers worried about competition from Illinois, Minnesota and Iowa. The legislative proposal aims to allow a percentage of smoking rooms in hotels. The new law takes effect July 5, 2010. - Wisconsin Public Radio (Shamane Mills)

Looking back at 2009’s flu scare and lessons learned STATEWIDE - The H1N1 flu pandemic hit kids hard in 2009. And a third wave is expected to follow the outbreaks which occurred last spring and fall. However, overall deaths and sickness in Wisconsin were on par with the seasonal flu.

In preparing to ward off H1N1, state health officer Seth Foldy says they couldn’t be sure how bad the flu virus would be. It mutates almost more than any human disease, leaving health officials guessing from one pandemic to the next about its severity.

Polk Co. death notices Doris V. Pederson, 89, Frederic, died Dec. 4, 2009.

Mary A. Webster, 53, Somerset, died Dec. 11, 2009.

Ruby M. Teske, 80, Somerset, died Dec. 12, 2009.

John L. Webb, 69, West Sweden Township, died Dec. 13, 2009.

Gladys S. Olson, 83, Milltown, died Dec. 15, 2009.

Boyd I. Duncan, 82, West Sweden Township, died Dec. 11, 2009.

Richard E. Bruss, 77, St. Croix Falls, died Dec. 17, 2009.

John T. Waldoch, 92, Chisago Lakes, Minn., died Dec. 18, 2009.

Glenn W. Cherry, 63, Clear Lake, died Dec. 19, 2009.

Audrey J. Stensvold, 78, Black Brook Township, died Dec. 19, 2009.

James W. Lowery, 55, Lincoln Township, died Dec. 20, 2009.

Vernon H. Albertson, 83, Amery, died Dec. 21, 2009.

James T. Peterson, 68, Luck, died Dec. 21, 2009.

Siren police report Dec. 18: Ryan Petersen, 17, Brookfield, was issued a citation for possession of THC and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Dec. 18: Dennis Mahalla, Siren, reported two snowmobiles taken from his residence. The snowmobiles were recovered in the village of Siren the following day and returned to the owner.

Dec. 20: Mitchell R. Larson, Siren, reported a bicycle found at their resident.

Dec. 23: Chelsea R. McFarren - Cain, 24, Spooner, was issued a citation for speeding.

Dec. 24: Charles N. Kurkowski, 42, Webster, was arrested on a Burnett County warrant.

Dec. 27: Two trespassing citations were issued to Matthew J. Sanders, 24, Siren.

Dec. 27: Jared R. Denotter, 27, Siren, was arrested for OWI and operating while revoked.

Dec. 29: Lawrence D. Pfarr, 46, Minneapolis, Minn., was issued a citation for speeding.

Dec. 31: Siren Police Department issued three citations to Jade Helene, 26, Webster: operating after revocation, inattentive driving and criminal damage to property.

Jan. 2: Brent E. Reynolds, 26, Webster, was arrested and cited with disorderly conduct, bail-jumping and operating while revoked.

Jan. 3: Bradley D. Froyum, 20, Wanamigo, Minn., was arrested and cited for underage drinking, obstruction of a police officer and attempted petty theft.

Jan. 3: Dale Emberson, 19, Danbury, was issued a citation for disorderly conduct with a motor vehicle.

Jan. 3: Sally J. Wierstad, 62, St. Paul, Minn., was issued a citation for speeding.

Fearing this pandemic might be as deadly as the one in 1918, communities were prepared to keep the virus from spreading. Douglas County health officer Deb Clausen says for the most part, commerce and education continued as usual. She says businesses were pretty much able to stay open even with compromised staffing. And not a single school closed in Douglas County.

The initial supply of H1N1 vaccine was less than expected and Foldy advised communities to target those most vulnerable until more supplies arrived. He says

the world’s scientists and governments need to develop a more reliable and faster vaccine production process that doesn’t rely on a huge amount of a natural resource, such as chicken eggs.

Forty-seven people in Wisconsin died from H1N1 last year. Foldy says flu does come in waves, and they’re not sure if they’ve seen the last one.

“There’s still considerable H1N1 in the community today,” he says.

And now, the supply of vaccine is plentiful. - Wisconsin Public Radio (Shamane Mills)

Milk producers hoping for a better year STATEWIDE - Dairy producers in Wisconsin muddled through a year of low market prices. But, 2010 may prove to be a better year.

Wisconsin producers enjoyed record-high milk prices in 2007, but by late 2008 prices dropped catastrophically low. They weren’t much better in 2009. UW- Extension dairy market specialist Bob Cropp says this was one of the toughest years since the early 1970s. He says as milk prices dropped, feed costs continued to rise.

Cropp predicts a better year for dairy farmers in 2010. Milk market prices Ronald L. Anderson, no date of birth given, Grantsburg, warare again on the rise. He rant - failure to appear, Dec. 28. says as production is up

Burnett Co. warrants

Burnett Co. sheriff’s report Accidents Dec. 30: Richard G. Johnson, 63, Isle, Minn., was northbound on Hwy. 35 in Meenon Township when he lost control and entered the ditch. The vehicle then overturned. The driver reported a minor injury. No citations were issued.

Dec. 31: Gerald Rogers, 65, Luck, was northbound on Spencer Lake Road in LaFollette Township, negotiating a curve, when he was unable to avoid hitting southbound Chelsey M. Brown, 24, Frederic. There were no reported injuries, but Rogers was issued one citation because tracks showed that he was traveling in the middle of the

road prior to the accident.

Jan. 1: Larry E. Peterson, 52, Grantsburg, was westbound on Hwy. 70 in Grantsburg Village when Austin F. Fleischauer, 17, Grantsburg, attempted to cross Hwy. 70 and travel on Woods Road. Peterson was unable to avoid hitting the Fleischauer vehicle. There were no reported injuries, but Fleischauer was issued one citation.

Jan. 2: Danielle V. Kitley, 24, Webster, was westbound on CTH A in Scott Township when she lost control negotiating a curve. The vehicle left the roadway and overturned. There were no reported injuries.

too, producers set a new record in milk production, over 25 billion pounds, in 2009, which is something Cropp says farmers can look forward to.

Cropp says profits from the record-high prices of 2007 and most of 2008 kept many dairy producers in the business.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture sent direct payments to dairy farmers across the U.S. to help finish the year. The funds come from the dairy economic loss assistance payment program. Wisconsin producers received $57 million, or on average, $4,500 per dairy farmer. - Wisconsin Public Radio (Steve Roisum)

Burnett Co. civil court Midland Funding LLC vs.

Jean Coen, Frederic, $1,894.39.

Julie Haines vs. Galen Vandervelden, Grantsburg, $1,534.50.

Midland Funding LLC vs.

Christopher Baker, Grantsburg, $4,663.92.

Diagnostic Radiology Associates vs. Rosalyn Hedrick,

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Webster, $2,566.95.

Main Store Inc., vs. David Madsen, Webb Lake, $1,418.08.

Voyager Village vs. Maria Sanchez, Miami, Fla.,$1,347.29.

Capital One Bank vs. David Carlson, Barronett, $2,620.43.

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dad, Olof Borup, worked at the Trade Lake Garage. They called him and he came home with the news. We had packed candy and cookies and mailed to Leroy and Curtis. Curtis’ box was returned, stamped missing in action.

In 1952, his grave was moved to the Ardennes Cemetery in Liege, Belgium.

The family at that time made the choice not to bring his remains back to the United States.

His memorial service was held Sept.

3, 1946, at the Mission Church, north of Grantsburg on CTH D. I went with my grandma Roberts and my uncle, Howard Roberts. My mother, Fannie, and my aunt, Harriet Roberts, were sick.

My older sister, Nina, stayed home with my younger sister Sena and my cousin, May Roberts.

It was a military funeral. The honor guard, in full uniform was lined up on each side of the steps to the church. We walked in family groups. I walked with Grandma Roberts, Uncle Howard and he carried his son, Lee, age 2-1/2 years.

Geriane Johnson, daughter of Clarence and Myrtle Johnson, sang this song:

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Canada O. Arten, 27, Minneapolis, Minn., resisting or obstructing an officer, 38-day jail sentence, $39.79 restitution, $106.99.

(Dec. 23, 30, Jan. 6) ST. CROIX TRIBAL COURT In The Matter Of A Change Of Name For: Charles Dustin Coon (current name) an Adult NAME CHANGE NOTICE OF HEARING ADULT Case No. 09CV02 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at the following date, time and place, Charles Dustin Coon (current name) will petition the St. Croix Tribal Court for a change of name to Dustin Charles Rhodes.

Date: January 7, 2010 Time: 10:00 a.m.

Place: St. Croix Tribal Courtroom, St. Croix Tribal Center Webster, Wis. 54893 Anyone wishing to object to the name change must appear at the date, time and place given above.

Date: December 9, 2009.

Charles D. Coon, Petitioner

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Agenda: Call meeting to order; roll call/verification of meeting notice; approve the minutes of the last meeting; approve the treasury report; motion to pay the bills; motion to approve resolution 10-2010 allows the clerk to reduce the number of election inspectors S. 7:32 Wis. Stats.; reports: road, fire dept., ambulance; cemetery, Comprehensive Plan Commission; additional meeting items for future agendas; motion to adjourn; adjournment.

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A boy bravely died for this country, For honor, for justice and right; What more could he do for the red, white and blue, That was threatened by tyranny’s might?

But, no mother can claim all the sorrow, Nor the pride when his story is told, He belongs to us all, not in vain did he fall, Or the little blue star turns to gold.

Sgt. Curtis Earl Harmon in 1943.

Marriage licenses Jessica A. Jones, Luck, and Kevin J. Meeds, Luck, issued Dec. 30, 2009.

Brian C. Jorgensen, Swiss, and Nichole R. Brown, Swiss, Dec. 29.

“When the Little Blue Star in the Window Has Turned to Gold”

by Paul B. Armstrong

A Service Star Flag with two blue stars was hanging in front of the church. One for Curtis, and one for his brother Leroy.

When Gerianne was singing this song, Fred Wilson walked forward and pinned a gold star over one of the blue stars.

It was my 10th birthday. I was wearing my new dress that Grandma Roberts had sewed for me out of feed sacks. It was yellow with green leaves and trimmed with green rickrack and tied in the back with a sash.

A boy bravely fights for his country, A fond mother kneels down in prayer; He’s fighting foul wrong as he forges along, While for him she prays God’s tend’ rest care.

There’s a little blue star in the window, And to her it’s a treasure untold, But she watches afraid, for she fears it may fade, That its color might change into gold.

Chorus: What star is that high in the heavens, That shines with a strong, steady light?

‘Tis the soul of someone, his duty well done.

And all for his country and right.

Another name written in glory, With other great heroes enrolled, When the little blue star in the window has turned to gold.

APARTMENTS FOR RENT Frederic & Siren

Sgt. Curtis E. Harmon inside his B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber.

Burnett County deaths Lloyd J. Roussin, Jr., 77, Oakland Township, Dec. 15.

Allen J. Van Elsberg, 67, Union Township, Dec. 13.

Albert A. Blume Jr., 80, Rusk Township, Dec. 4.

Vivian Salzmann, 90, LaFollette Township, Dec. 23.

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Grave of Curtis Earl Harmon, Ardennes American Cemetery, Leige, Belgium. – Photos submitted

Cpl. Leroy P. Harmon in 1942.

TOWN OF LaFOLLETTE

The monthly board meeting for the Town of LaFollette will be held at the LaFollette Town Hall on Mon., Jan. 11, 2010, at 7:30 p.m.

Agenda: Verification of Posting Clerk’s Minutes Treasurer’s Report Resident Issues Road Items Cranberry Marsh Election Workers Pay bills and look at correspondence Linda Terrian, Clerk

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by Annette Borup-Hanson My first cousins Leroy Harmon and his brother Curtis both served in the U.S. Army during WWII. They were the sons of Clem and Sarah Harmon of Grantsburg. They had two younger daughters, Edith and Gladys.

Cpl. Leroy Percival Harmon entered the U. S. Army on Aug. 7, 1942. He served in the 40th Engineer Combat Amphibious Engineers, stationed in Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Austria.

His company liberated the Dachau concentration camp and helped bury thousands of dead prisoners. Leroy was discharged on Nov. 9, 1945.

Sgt. Curtis Earl Harmon entered the Army Air Forces in 1943. He was the left-waist gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. His plane was shot down over Muenster, Germany on Sept.

30, 1944. He was interred in a common grave, No. 11, Prisoner of War Section, Haus Spital Cemetery, with nine other crew members, in Muenster, Germany, on Oct. 4, 1944. He received both the Purple Heart and the Air Medal. Curtis was 21 years old.

In 1944 we didn’t have a phone. My

Memories of WWII

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This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-6699777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1800-927-9275.

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Pursuant to Section 174.052, Wisconsin Statutes, notice is hereby given to all owners of dogs in Polk County that rabies vaccinations and dog licenses are required under the statutes.

Vaccination by a veterinarian against rabies of all dogs is required (Section 95.21(2)) within 30 days after the dog reaches 5 months of age and revaccinated within one year after the initial vaccination.

Older vaccinated dogs must be revaccinated when the certificate expires or within 3 years of the previous vaccination.

All dogs 5 months of age or older require a license. The minimum license fee for neutered males or spayed females is $3.00, upon presentation of evidence attesting to the same and $8.00 for the unneutered male or unspayed female dog. Multiple dog licenses are $35.00 for the first 12 dogs and $3.00 for each additional dog. Dog licenses can be obtained from your local Treasurer.

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Exchange skates

Lady Blizzard exchange students have more frequent-flyer miles than most pilots

by Greg Marsten SIREN – The Burnett Blizzard girls hockey team is loaded with talented young women, but people may not realize how truly “international” the local hockey squad really is, sporting more worldly addresses than most NHL teams. Three foreign exchange students from three different nations on two different continents wear the black-andblue Blizzard jersey, and make for what can only be described as a true melting pot on the shiny ice of Siren and Grantsburg.

“I feel like I could run all day!” stated Frederic senior Paelo Endava, who hails from La Paz, Bolivia. Her home city is not only the capital of Bolivia, but is the highest national capital in the world at over 12,000 feet above sea level.

Paelo is attending Frederic High School for a full year, and is playing hockey during her American-exchangeprogram stint, in spite of the fact that she had never skated and had “never really seen snow before!”

Her fascination with snow and the cold is well founded, as is her Frederic classmate and fellow Blizzard senior Camilla Collovati’s, a forward who hails from a small town in Italy, where hockey is about as common as a cheeseburger and fries.

“I miss ‘my’ pizza!” Collovati declared when asked about the quality of American food, with Endava nodding in agreement.

Rounding out the international Blizzard trio is Siren forward Selina Eichorn, a 16-year-old junior from Frankfurt, Germany. Like the other two exchange students, she had never played ice hockey before; but has played field hockey for over a decade.

“Ice hockey is quite popular there,” she said of her famous home city, where they have both men’s and women’s ice hockey teams. “Sometimes we go skating. I’d always wanted to play, thinking it maybe was fun.”

Eichorn is actually looking forward to showing off her improved skating skills back home, and thinks she may try to play ice hockey upon her return later this month.

But the three international girls are familiar sights on their high school athletic rosters. It is not unusual to see any one of the three playing a host of sports: They’ve all tried volleyball, and still plan on playing other sports for their respective school districts.

“I wanted to try everything,” Collovati said, making the announcement that she will be attempting to play softball this spring, as well, in spite of “never playing before.”

Endava is also excited about athletic opportunities, and is officially the backup Blizzard goalie. She has seen some playing time, but her “true sport” back home, she said, is soccer. In La Paz, soccer (their “football”) is a true challenge due to altitude. She has become a

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Three Burnett Blizzard players are from different countries. Pictured (L to R): Camilla Collovati (Italy), Selina Eichorn (Germany) and Paelo Endava (Bolivia). – Photos by Greg Marsten respectable backup goalie in her short schooling on the ice, and admits that she “loves the game!”

“Back home in Bolivia, we can’t play hockey,” Endava stated. “So being here, I had to try it! It’s the best!”

Ice hockey is known for the cocoonlike protection equipment, but the potential for injury is still there on the ice. Eichorn just laughs about her hockey injuries and sore muscles, while Collovati jokes that she has fallen “about a thousand times” while skating. But Endava has a host of “goalie bruises” to her credit, which she can point out across her body.

“And sometimes, my feet are just hurting like really bad,” she adds with a giggle, noting that being a goalie has given her a new taste of soreness. “I get bruises like every single practice, I think.”

Bolivia, Germany and Italy are literally worlds apart. In spite of that, these three young women have ignored their national differences, language barriers and geographic distances to become close friends and ambassadors of sorts for their home nations. They all mention a desire to visit the other’s homes, and promise to stay friends after their American stint is complete.

As any exchange student must do, the three girls have immersed themselves in American culture, language and teen issues. They all admit to being shocked by some of the differences, and have grown to love the country they only knew on maps or in stories before. They especially love the shopping and the clothes, which ironically, have adjusted their standards in a good way.

“Back home, you have to be dressed, like, perfect, all the time,” Eichorn said, mimicking an hourglass figure with her hands. “If you don’t, they don’t let you fit in.”

They all concurred, and seemed pleased that they weren’t judged as much by their shoes, hair, pants or accessories.

“If they saw us wearing sweatpants, they would be shocked!” Endava exclaimed, jokingly mimicking her friends in South America: “What are you doing wearing those out of the home? You crazy!”

The international trio is quite popular in their host schools and homes, even more so in the Blizzard organization.

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International agents or exchange students who play hockey? You decide.

Pictured (L to R): Selina Eichorn (Germany), Camilla Collovati (Italy) and Paelo Endava (Bolivia).

••• LUCK – The Frederic/Luck soccer organization is looking for coaches, referees and board members. An informational meeting is being held on Tuesday, Jan. 12, in the commons area of the Luck High School beginning at 6 p.m. Contact Brenda at 715-472-4062 for more information.

••• BALSAM LAKE – Unity athletes from ages 5 to 18 who are interested in playing soccer this spring and fall can sign up at a meeting held in the Unity Elementary cafeteria Tuesday, Jan. 19, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Registration is for Region 1556, and part of the American Youth Soccer Organization. Coaches and volunteers are needed. For more information contact Kim Butler at 715-825-3926 or e-mail at kimb@visi.com.

••• OSHKOSH – UW-Oshkosh is holding softball clinics for softball players. Interested students in first through eighth grade or senior high may visit the Titans Web site, www.titans.uwosh.edu or call 920424-3236 for more information.

••• LEADER LAND – The St. Croix Falls at Luck boys and girls basketball games on Friday, Jan. 8, can be heard on 104.9 FM starting at 6 p.m.

The Tuesday, Jan. 12, Unity at St. Croix Falls boys and girls basketball games are being broadcast on 104.9 FM beginning at 6 p.m.

••• LEADER LAND – The Amery at Ellsworth boys basketball game is being broadcast on 1260 AM at 7:30 p.m., on Friday, Jan. 8. The Hayward at Amery boys basketball game can be heard on 1260 AM on Tuesday, Jan. 12, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

••• MADISON – The Purdue at Wisconsin women’s college basketball game can be heard on 1260 AM beginning at 6 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 7.

The Badger men’s basketball game with Purdue at Wisconsin can be heard Saturday, Jan. 9, beginning at 12:30 p.m., on 1260 AM. Also on 1260 AM is the college hockey game between Wisconsin and the U.S. under 18 team, beginning at 7 p.m., on Saturday, Jan. 9.

••• GREEN BAY – The Green Bay Packers at Arizona Cardinals game is being broadcast Sunday, Jan. 10, beginning at 3:40 p.m., on WXCX 105.7 FM. ••• 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

SPORTS RESULTS DEADLINES: WEDNESDAY - MONDAY: 1 p.m. the following business day. TUESDAY: 7 a.m. on Wednesday. Missed deadlines mean no coverage that week!

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Luck boys manhandle Cumberland Frederic 40, Northwood 34 MINONG – The Viking boys took a nice win over Northwood on Tuesday, Jan. 5, which will give them some momentum heading into their next conference matchup at Webster this Friday, Jan. 8.

The Vikes were led by Will Primm in a well balanced game of scoring. Adam Chenal had eight points, Ethan Cook had six, Joe Draxler had five, and Tony Peterson and Trae Gehl each had four points.

Waylon Buck also had three points. Frederic led by five after the first quarter, and maintained the lead until the end. Their defense held Northwood to single digit scoring in the first three quarters, and Frederic rolled to their third nonconference win of the season. – Marty Seeger

Cards return from holiday break on a roll Luck 55, Cumberland 33

by Greg Marsten LUCK – The Luck Cardinals boys basketball team sprinted out of the gates faster than a Kentucky thoroughbred Tuesday, Jan. 5, at home, cruising to a 5533 victory over the Cumberland Beavers and showing no signs of sluggish postHoliday play.

“It was nice to get going fast,” Luck head coach Rick Giller said after the win.

The Cardinals worked the paint well, spreading the ball around well, and making most of their first attempts.

However, they fell a little flat all game on second attempts and several under-thebasket gimmes, but still hung on and led by half a dozen at the end of the first quarter.

The lead stretched out pretty dramatically in the second frame, with Luck senior Carson Giller using the fast break and layup to great effect, allowing the Cardinals to pull away from the Beavers and run up a 31-15 halftime score. Giller finished with 18 points to lead all scorers, including two downtown bombs that swished cleaner than soap on Sunday.

“I was happy with how we played the boards, also,” coach Giller said.

Luck junior Brady Klatt grimaces as he drives inside for a bucket against the Cumberland Beavers Tuesday in Luck. – Photo by Greg Marsten

Jared Mork dribbles the ball in an earlier game this season. – File photo

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Luck had solid offense and defensive production form both Alec and Cole Mortel, who racked up 12 and 16 points respectively. They also had several quality minutes form senior Gary Ekholm, whose playing time has increased of late, as well as his offensive prowess and free throw shooting.

The Cardinals never looked back in the second half, and started with a 20 point lead, 42-22, and stretched it out even further for a spell, before the Beavers got back on track and had better luck from the field on shooting.

Other Cardinal bright spots included junior Logan Hacker, who had just two points, but made his presence known defensively and as a lay maker. Also fitting in well are juniors Roger Steen and Brady Klatt, who’ve made their minutes count and become solid compliments to the Mortels and Giller.

In spite of a long holiday break, the Cardinals played as good or better than

they did before the break, which will be important as they work into the meat of the season.

Chetek 59, Unity 50 CHETEK – The Unity boys basketball team bolted out to a 26-13 lead after the first quarter against Chetek on Monday, Jan. 4, but couldn’t hold onto the lead in a nonconference loss.

The Eagles scored four points in the second quarter to 16 points put up by the Bulldogs. Despite scoring 12 points in the third quarter, Unity put up just eight points in the fourth quarter. Brady Flaherty scored 17 points for the Eagles, and Rush Hickethier added 10. Tyler Bublitz scored seven points, and Luke Hilleshiem added six.

The Eagles will have another tough challenge this Friday, Jan. 8, when they host Grantsburg beginning at 7:30 p.m. – Marty Seeger

Tony Peterson hits a jump shot in an earlier game this season. – File photo by Marty Seeger

Webster knocks off winless Lakers Tigers host Frederic Vikings this Friday, Jan. 8 Webster 44, Shell Lake 36

by Marty Seeger SHELL LAKE – The Tiger girls basketball team handed Shell Lake their seventh loss of the season on Monday, Jan. 4.

The Lakers are still looking for their first win of the season, but a well-rounded scoring effort from the Tigers got the job done.

Rachel Salas led Webster with 12 points, and Mary Johnson had 10 points, while Michelle Gibbs had nine. Alyssa Main had five points on the night, and Jayme Mitchell and Kendra Spurgeon each had four points.

The Tigers led 24-20 at halftime, and the team shot 8 of 16 from the free-throw line. The team’s next conference game is this Friday, Jan. 8, when they host Frederic beginning at 6 p.m.

LEFT: Webster’s Alyssa Main goes in for a layup against the Shell Lake Lakers on Monday, Jan. 4. – Photo by Larry Samson

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Siren and Frederic pick up wins at Clayton tourney while Stoner added 16 points. Christian Hall and Murdock Smith each had two points apiece.

Clayton Bears hand both teams crushing losses Clayton 60, Siren 39 Siren 70, Lake Holcombe 54

by Marty Seeger CLAYTON – Coming off a 60-39 loss to Clayton the day before, the Siren boys basketball team pulled out a nice 70-54 win over Lake Holcombe to finish off the holiday tournament at Clayton last week, Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 28-29.

The Bears came and went quickly in Monday’s game against Siren, but Andrew Brown led the Dragons with 14 points and Elijah Hinze added 11. Siren played tough against the Bears, falling only by five points at halftime and trailed 36-30 going into the fourth quarter. But the Bears scored 22 points in the fourth quarter to Siren’s nine for the win.

The following night against Lake Holcombe, Siren was hot from the start with a solid effort from both Hinze and Brown, who scored 13 and 12 points respectively in the first quarter. Hinze drained the team’s first 3-pointer of the game shortly before the buzzer signaled the end of the first quarter and Siren shot out to a 27-15 lead.

It was another great effort by the Dragons in the second quarter as Seth Stoner got into the scoring mix with six points, and Siren jumped out to a 43-29 lead at

Siren's Andrew Brown powers up for a layup against Lake Holcombe during the holiday tournament in Clayton last week. Teammate, Elijah Hinze had a team leading 30 points.

Frederic junior Robert Kirk gets an easy look at the basket against Clayton last week during the holiday tournament. – Photos by Marty Seeger

halftime. Stoner opened up with two points at the start of the second half but Lake Holcombe answered, and managed to cut the Dragons 14-point lead at halftime to five points. Despite the comeback

effort by the Chieftains, Siren kept their lead at nine going into the fourth quarter, and powered through with the win.

Hinze was consistent with a teamleading 30 points and Brown had 20,

Frederic 60, New Auburn 46 Clayton 71, Frederic 34 CLAYTON – The Vikings grabbed their second win of the season at the Clayton holiday tournament last week, with a dominating win over New Auburn. The Vikings led by as much as 10 points at the half before breaking the game wide open in the third quarter, outscoring the Trojans by 19-9 and taking a 20- point lead into the fourth quarter.

Ethan Cook led the Vikings with a great game both on offense and defense with 23 points. He had nine rebounds, two blocks and two steals, and shot 5 of 6 from the free-throw line. Several other Vikings contributed to the win with Will Primm adding 10 points, and Waylon Buck and Robert Kirk with eight points apiece. Kirk led the Vikings in rebounds with 12. Joe Draxler had six points. Ian Anderson and Adam Chenal each had two points and Tony Peterson had one point.

It was a bit of a tough night for the Vikings against Clayton the following Tuesday, as Clayton shot out to a 12-2 lead in the first quarter and didn’t look back. Primm led the Vikings with 11 points and Ethan Cook added 10. The undefeated Bears had a 59-22 lead going into the fourth quarter for the win.

Grantsburg competes in Glenwood City tourney on to win the next day against Glenwood City, 38-36, in a nail-biter, to win the tourney.

Grantsburg recovered well the next day against Bayfield. The Pirates dominated the entire match, and saw good nights for both Trevor Thompson and Brent Myers, who scored 22 and 25 points, respectively, in the Bayfield win.

Grantsburg racked up 53 first-half points against the Trollers, compared to just 25 for Bayfield.

“We played better than we did yesterday,” stated Pirate coach Nick Hallberg.

“Shot the ball well and played with some energy on defense - two things we haven’t done in some time.”

Falls to South Shore, defeats Bayfield Grantsburg 87, Bayfield 50 South Shore 59, Grantsburg 53

by Greg Marsten GLENWOOD CITY – The Grantsburg Pirates boys basketball team had some success and some hard knocks in the holiday tournament in Glenwood City last week.

The Pirates fell to a solid South Shore squad, 59-53, after an outstanding performance from South Shore’s Derek Jurdine, who racked up 23 points against the Pirates on Monday, Dec. 28.

The Pirates fell short after leading at the half by a point, 30-29. But the Cardinals of South Shore came back and outscored Grantsburg, 30-23 in the second half, to win, 59-53. South Shore went

Trevor Thompson makes his way up to the basket in an earlier game.

LEFT: Grantsburg’s Daniel Biorn looks for a teammate to pass to during a previous game this season. – File photos by Brenda Sommerfeld

Pirates and Tigers battle in GC Holiday Tourney

Grantsburg victorious Grantsburg 53, Webster 31

by Greg Marsten GLENWOOD CITY – The Grantsburg Pirates girls basketball team took out some aggressions against their rival Webster Tigers in the annual Glenwood City Holiday Tournament on Tuesday, Dec. 29, with the Pirates emerging victorious, 53-31.

Webster had real problems scoring in the first quarter, with just a lone Mary Johnson bucket to show for all eight minutes. They got a bit on track in the second quarter with a Chris Stoll 3-pointer and a few free throws for 11 first-half points.

The Pirates, however, were able to slowly build momentum and rally for nine first-quarter points, and 12 more in

the next frame, making it 21-11 in favor of the Pirates at the half.

Grantsburg kept riding their wave of success, and rallied for a 53-31 win, due to evenly spread offense and a balanced attack. Webster could never recover from their first-half problems, and the Pirates capitalized.

The Tigers had lost a close match the previous day in the tournament to hosting Glenwood City, 56-50, but played a solid match against the Hilltoppers.

Grantsburg finished the tourney in third place overall after falling to Baldwin-Woodville on the first day of the tournament, 42-38.

LEFT: Webster’s Mary Johnson looks to the basket over Grantsburg defenders in a previous game this year. – File photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

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Packer fan chases opportunity of a lifetime Needs help from online voters

by Marty Seeger FREDERIC– Some can only dream of going to a Super Bowl someday, let alone being part of the coin-toss ceremony at the start of the game. But former Spooner native, Aretina Trepczyk, could get a chance to do just that, and much, much more as part of Monster.com’s NFL Director of Fandemonium Sweepstakes.

In November, Trepczyk found out she was one of 32 finalists chosen from 200,000 applicants for a chance at becoming the next Director of Fandemonium.

The winner will have several duties throughout the year, which include participating in the coin-toss ceremony at Super Bowl XLV, selecting a play at the 2011 Pro Bowl and announcing a pick at the 2010 NFL draft. There’s also a $100,000 signing bonus.

“Really, the experience is more of what I’m interested in,” Trepczyk said by phone Monday from her home in Portland, Ore. Trepczyk graduated from Spooner High School in 1995, and attended college at UW-Eau Claire before moving to Portland, where she’s a systems implementation auditor. Her parents, Gerald and Kim Trepczyk, reside in Webster, which allows Trepczyk to hold onto her Wisconsin roots and her love of the Green Bay Pack-

Aretina Trepczyk has roots in northern Wisconsin and needs your help in becoming the next Director of Fandemonium. Find out more at www.nfl-monster.com. – Photo submitted ers, who she is representing in the contest.

As part of the contest, the eight contestTrepczyk initially found out about the ants were flown to the NFL headquarters contest through her sister, who thought in New York City, to compete against she’d be the perfect candidate for the job. each other in quirky competitions.

“I’ve been just a huge Packer fan my Trepczyk was also interviewed by NFL entire life, actually my whole family, and Monster.com executives, as well as we’re just huge fans and my sister was Jerome Bettis and former Packer great like ‘you have to do this,’” said Trepczyk. Sterling Sharpe. That alone had The application process was simple Trepczyk’s family excited. enough. Answer a few questions such as: “When they found out I was going to why you’re a fan, what a normal game be interviewed by Sterling Sharpe they day was like for you, as well as submit- went crazy,” Trepczyk said. ting a profile photo. Originally she was an On day two of her stay in New York, alternate candidate, but they liked the the eight contestants were outfitted with profile so much they selected her to be a duffel bag stuffed with various items one of 32 finalists. The competition has like a football, penalty flag and a subway been narrowed to just eight contestants pass. For nine hours that day, Trepczyuk through online voting by fans. was followed by a camera crew as she

tried getting NFL fans to do various stunts in order to spread Fandemonium.

The video clip of that day and her interview can be found at www.nfl-monster.com.

“That was really cool, just to go out there and be crazy with the fans,” Trepczyk said.

Although Trepczyk is miles from home, she still calls her family after every Packer game and comes back to the area three or four times a year. She still remembers the many Sundays her family shared in front of the television watching Packer games.

“It’s just really cool because it’s been a way for me to connect with my dad,” Trepczyk said.

If she wins, she wants to use the extra ticket to bring her dad to the Super Bowl, but before she does, she needs help from online voters, who also get a chance to win a trip to the Super Bowl.

On Monday, Jan. 11, the elimination of the finalists begins, and two contestants will be eliminated each week. At press time, Trepczyk was in sixth place on the leader board. The only way to move up in the standings is with more votes, and anyone can vote once per day.

“I really need to get people from Wisconsin on board with this,” Trepczyk said.

To vote, and enter for a chance to win a trip to the Super Bowl, go to www.nflmonster.com.

Raygor champions Northern Badger tournament

Underclassmen step up in popular wrestling tourney

by Marty Seeger RIVER FALLS – With a tournament featuring 38 different teams from northwestern Wisconsin, St. Croix Falls coach Dan Clark says one of the first goals is to get as many wrestlers to the second round as possible.

Of the 11 Saints wrestlers competing at the Northern Badger tournament last week in River Falls, five athletes made it to day two, and one made it all the way to the top. Last year Joe Raygor wrestled his way to the top at 171, and this year he won five matches at 189 to win first place. In the first round he pinned Coleman Roskam of Baldwin-Woodville and defeated Gabe Sima of Cornell/Gilman by an 18-3 tech fall. His next two wins came by 8-2 and 5-2 decisions, before he met up with Dan Schoen of Neillsville in the championship round, and won in a

Joe Raygor earned his way to the Northern Badger title last week. – File photo by Marty Seeger

close 3-2 decision.

Clark said Raygor did what he and the coaches expected him to do, but there were also several positives in his other wrestlers, including Shaw Amundson at 135. Amundson took third place, defeating two state-ranked wrestlers in the process with one being a returning state qualifier.

“He was a nice surprise and wrestled well for third place,” Clark said, adding that he has been making the right steps toward his goal of a trip to state.

“He’s given himself a chance by what he’s doing, he’s wrestling well,” Clark said.

At 152, Jake Rademacher took sixth place overall, which was a huge improvement after he went two and out at last year’s tournament. This year as a sophomore, Rademacher has a 14-6 record and last year finished at around 500.

“He’s also got a goal of making it to state so if he continues to get better, at least he knows he’s in the ballgame,” Clark said.

Ryan Nussbaum wrestled well at 145,

winning his first two matches before getting beat by the eventual Northern Badger champion. In eighth place, Nussbaum wrestled well, Clark said.

Freshman James Klassen got off to a good start at his first Badger tournament with a 10th-place finish at 119. Klassen finished with a 4-3 record at the tournament, which included one pin and an overtime win over Tyler Norby of Mondovi.

“To make it to the second day as a freshman, it kinda gives us a snapshot of where they’re at at this point of the season,” Clark said.

With five weeks to go, Clark said the focus will be on getting better at what they’ve learned in the first half of the season, and continuing to get in better shape before the conference meet. He says his younger kids are starting to step up the way the team needed them to do.

On Thursday, Jan. 7, the Saints travel to Unity for a dual meet beginning at 7 p.m., and wrestle at a tournament in Chetek on Friday, Jan. 8. Wrestling begins at 4:30 p.m.

McKinney finds his way to the top Four others wrestle day two

by Marty Seeger RIVER FALLS – Senior Dustin McKinney nearly walked his way to the top of the Northern Badger tournament last week, receiving a pin in his first match of the tournament and winning by tech fall in his next three matches. At 135, McKinney won by a 13-1 major decision over Zac Weyer of Baldwin-Woodville in the championship match.

In his previous three tech-fall wins, McKinney defeated Cody Henderson of Phillips 18-3, Eric Ullrich of Clear Lake 16-1 and Eric Gunderlach of Cornell/Gilman 20-5.

After winning his first two matches of the day by 5-0, and 8-6 decisions against Glenwood City’s Luke Lefifering, and Chris Halvorson of St. Croix Central, Luke Nelson finished eighth overall by the time the tournament ended for his matches at 130. Nelson lost a tough match in the quarterfinal to Laric Henderson of Boyceville in double overtime, and lost his next three by two close decisions and a pin.

At 140, Dylan Hendricks took 10th place overall, with two preliminary matches featuring an 8-6 loss and 7-1 win over Grant Simpson of St. Croix Falls. Hendricks wrestled six more matches after the preliminary round, and won his next three before losing a 50 match to James Shafer of Clear Lake.

Also coming in 10th place was Alex

Lennartson at 215. He won his first two matches of the day before losing by pin in his final two matches of the day.

Josh Eaton also placed at Northern Badger by coming in 12th. Eaton received a first-round bye but was pinned

by Clear Lake’s Nick Lientz in his first match of the tournament. Eaton rebounded in his next two matches with pins before getting pinned two more times in his final two matches.

The Eagles host St. Croix Falls this Thursday, Jan. 7, before wrestling in a tournament at New Richmond Saturday, Jan. 9.

Dustin McKinney made it look easy at the Northern Badger tournament after he went 5-0 in his matches at 135. – File photo by Marty Seeger

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Blizzard beats Mora, Minn., in glass-popping game Bryan Bennett scores game-winning goals Blizzard 4, Mora, Minn., 3 OT

by Brenda Sommerfeld GRANTSBURG – There are many phrases that could be used to describe the Blizzard hockey team’s 4-3 overtime win over Two Rivers Conference opponent Mora, Minn., on Tuesday, Jan. 5.

The one that sticks out most is glass popping, due to the fact that during the third period a check into the glass sent that piece of glass out of its frame and into a spectator.

The spectator was shocked but relatively unharmed, and the glass did not break, so it was quickly inserted back into its spot to continue the aggressive, fast-paced hockey game.

The game started in Mora’s favor, with the Mustangs scoring within 25 seconds of the start, taking and holding a 1-0 lead through the first period.

The Blizzard’s Chris Olson and Joe Engelhart each scored one goal for the Blizzard’s second period against the Mustang goalie to put the Blizzard team up 2-1. Burnett’s lead did not last long with a Mustang knocking in an unassisted goal past Thomas Labatt before the clock ran out.

Mora received their third goal in the third period while there was a mess of players in front of the Blizzard’s goal.

Mustang Darin Erickson slipped the puck through everyone’s legs on an assist from Derek Graves.

In the last two minutes, the Blizzard’s Bryan Bennett flipped the puck into the Mustang’s goal, scoring not only his first goal of the season, but also the team’s game-tying goal.

An eight-minute overtime period started and over five minutes passed

Anthony Dietmeier skates the puck down the ice as a Mora Mustang defender tries to intercept it. Dietmeier assisted in the Blizzard’s goal in overtime to win the game on Tuesday, Jan. 5. – Photos by Brenda Sommerfeld with the teams racing up and down the ice. Bennett took his adrenaline from scoring minutes before and used it when he knocked in another, with help from Anthony Dietmeier and Russ Thoreen, to win the game 4-3 for the Blizzard.

Hayward 6, Blizzard 2 Madison Memorial 4, Blizzard 0 Rice Lake 7, Blizzard 1 HAYWARD – The Burnett Blizzard boys hockey team had a hard time getting their engines started in Rice Lake last week for a three-day tournament that never seemed to go their way.

The blizzard fell to the Hayward Hurricanes on Monday, Dec. 28, by a 6-2 score. Joe Engelhart tallied two points in

the loss, but few bright spots seemed to emerge otherwise for the game.

Tuesday, Dec. 29 at Rice Lake proved to be even more difficult, as the Blizzard got skunked, 4-0 by a strong Madison Memorial team.

The local boys finished the tournament on another difficult note Weds., Dec. 30, falling hard to hosting Rice Lake, 7-1, and coming away with a lot of bruises and little positive.

“We had a really tough holiday break as a team,” head coach Grant Nicoll admitted. “On the positive side, it looks like we will have our whole team back and ready to go in the new year.”

Nicoll said the whole team is being “reevaluated” after the difficult tourney

Blizzard girls finish third in Winter Blast tourney A tiebreaker formula was needed to be used

by Greg Marsten SIREN – The Burnett Blizzard girls hockey team hosted the so-called Winter Blast holiday tournament last week, with teams from across the region and into Minnesota, finishing with an impressive 3-1 record, tying for first place with East Range and Superior, but falling in their final match.

“It turned out to be a close, wellplayed competition. All the teams in the tournament were pretty even, which really made for some great hockey games,” stated Blizzard head coach Tim Bennett.

In reality, the championship could have gone either way, to any of the four teams.

“I really thought we were the best team at the tournament,” Bennett said.

The Blizzard girls lost the championship in their third game against Superior, which went into overtime, with the Superior girls winning, 3-2. Bennett called the finish “disappointing,” and felt his squad played as well, if not better, than any team that played.

“We really dominated the game the whole way, outshooting Superior by a large margin,” he said of the final match against Superior. “We just couldn’t put the puck in the net.”

Losing that game on Wednesday, Dec. 30, put the Blizzard into a three-way tie with the East Range Knights and Supe-

Bryan Bennett, No. 11, races the puck down the ice. Bennett scored his first goal of the season to tie the game and he scored the game-winning goal. break, and is hoping to find some new sparks to invigorate the squad.

“Things are going to change. Everything from the inside out will change, hopefully giving everyone a little needed spark,” he said. – Greg Marsten

Youth Hockey Burnett Blizzard Peewee A Saturday, Jan. 2

Burnett Blizzard 17, Amery 0

Goals: Max Norman (4), Brett Richison (3), Andrew Coy (3), Vinny Larson (2), Jenna Curtis (2), Drew Alderman, Keisha Roy, Steven Holdt.

Assists: Drew Alderman (7), Brett Richison, Max Norman, Brady Mangen, Vinny Larson, Jenna Curtis, Nick Robinson, Andrew Coy. Saves: Bailey Mangen (3).

Sunday, Jan. 3

Burnett Blizzard 4, Altoona 0

Goals: Vinny Larson (2), Andrew Coy, Drew Alderman.

Assists: Max Norman.

Saves: Bailey Mangen (9).

Burnett Blizzard 5, Spooner 1

Goals: Vinny Larson (3), Drew Alderman, Max Norman.

Assists: Drew Alderman, Andrew Coy. Saves: Bailey Mangen (11).

rior with total points and wins. They had to go to a tie-breaking format, and ended up using the third formula of the tiebreaker - “goals against” - to determine the winner.

“It was bizarre. I have never been in a tournament where we had to use the third tie breaker to find the winner!”

Bennett said, pointing out that if the Blizzard had at least tied their last game, they would have taken first place.

Bennett praised his squad’s play and said the competition was strong across the board.

“I was proud of our team, and how well they played,” he stated. “It was a great tournament, and all the games were well played.”

Lady Blizzard 3, New Richmond 1 NEW RICHMOND – The Lady Blizzard faced New Richmond for the second time this season on Tuesday, Jan. 5.

The Lady Blizzard took revenge on the Tigers with a 3-1 win after being defeated 2-1 back in November.

Kassie Lien scored on an assist from Samantha O’Brien for the Lady Blizzard in the first two minutes. New Richmond followed with a goal of their own seconds later in the first period to tie it up, 1-1.

Alex Lonetti seized a second and knocked the puck past Tiger goalie Megan Peterson, on another assist by O’Brien. O’Brien made her third assist in the second period helping Tianna Stewart score her goal and the Blizzard’s third

Kassie Lien looks to the goal while bringing the puck down the ice in an earlier game this year. Lien scored against New Richmond. goal of the game.

Lady Blizzard goalie Tiffany Meyer saved seven shots on goal, while New Richmond’s had 13 shots she blocked.

The Lady Blizzard faces Hudson at the Siren arena on Friday, Jan. 8. – Brenda Sommerfeld Lady Blizzard 4, Ashland 1 ASHLAND – Ashland fell victim to the Lady Blizzard in the Lady Blizzard’s 4-1 victory over them Saturday, Jan. 2.

Danielle Pardun works hard to bring the puck toward the Lady Blizzard’s opponents goal during a previous game this year. – File photos by Marty Seeger Samantha O’Brien, Kassie Lien, Tianna Stewart and Alex Lonetti each put a goal past Ashland’s goalie.

Assists were by Lien, O’Brien, Krysta Laqua and Danielle Pardun.

Lady Blizzard goalie Tiffany Meyer blocked eight shots.

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Viking girls handle the Warriors Frederic uses a fast start and steady final quarter to hold off Clear Lake Frederic 49, Clear Lake 40

by Greg Marsten FREDERIC – The Frederic Vikings girls basketball team is one of the truly pleasant surprises in the West Lakeland Conference this season.

Never overwhelming, but always tough and steady, the Viking girls hung on and defeated the scrappy Clear Lake Warriors just before the New Year, Dec. 29, by a 4940 score, giving them a solid hold on the top of their conference and a chance to revel in a fine 2009 finale.

The Viking girls cruised through the first quarter like they were possessed and late for a holiday bash. Racking up 20 points in less than eight minutes, the Vikings spread the scoring duties among just two Vikings: Starting senior Kendra Wells and junior Calla Karl, who came off the bench with fire in her eyes. Each of the duo racked up an even 10 points and turned the Warrior starters every which way, defensively. Their play opened the court up for cross-court passes and easy Wells layups to rally the Viking bench. Wells forced the Warriors to foul early and often, and was perfect from the free-throw line to get her squad rolling. Karl buried two 3-pointers, drained a field goal and was perfect from the line twice - all in the first quarter - for one of her best performances so far.

“Nice start to the game from Kendra Wells and Calla off the bench,” Frederic head coach Troy Wink said, adding compliments to the defensive play of Tara Anderson and Vanessa Neumann, as well, who played strong in that critical first half, Wink said, “when the fouls added up for us.”

Clear Lake had plenty of mental errors

Frederic senior Kendra Wells (44) had an outstanding first half in last week's match at home against the Clear Lake Warriors. She tallied 10 first-quarter points, and was her squad's high scorer, finishing with 13 points in the 49-40 victory. – Photo by Greg Marsten in the first quarter: Over and backs, traveling calls, and several turnovers, before they got back into the groove and warmed up for the second frame.

Frederic was forced back into a tighter defense for the second quarter, as the Warriors adjusted offensively, and got back into the game, courtesy of some inside moves by Jenna Lee and senior standout Katie Weiss. Lee finished with 16 points as the Clear Lake high scorer, and carried her squad offensively for a spell. She scored nine first-half points, and finished 6 of 8 from the charity stripe. Weiss was also solid, finishing with 12 points and forcing the boards often for rebounds. Weiss got the Warriors back into the game as the first quarter wound down, or it was beginning to look like they would need to warm the

bus up early. But mental errors continued for the Clear Lake girls. They had a tough time with travel calls, and were lucky that Frederic wasn’t rebounding or shooting as well from the floor as they were to start the game.

Frederic flattened out a bit in the middle frames. Scoring just three lone points in the entire third quarter, thanks to a lone field goal by Chrissy Chenal and a Samantha Nelson freebie. Otherwise, it was the Warriors who were steady and consistent inside, following up every shot with another attempt, and getting very aggressive on both ends of the court. That aggressiveness paid off for the Warrior girls, who actually tied the game at 31-31 with less than 30 seconds remaining in the third quarter.

Suddenly, the game was anybody’s

call.

Clear Lake ran into foul trouble early in the fourth quarter, and the Vikings responded with steady free- throw accuracy, converting 8 of 12 opportunities, and assuring they never lost the lead.

Frederic has had numerous players step into their varying roles all season, assisting the team where and when needed, and that is exactly what happened in the final minutes against the Warriors. They had solid offensive production from juniors Samantha Nelson and Sage Karl, assisting Jade Johnson. Ironically, after fantastic first-half performances from Wells and Calla Karl, neither of the two scored again in the second half. But the depth of the Vikings became apparent, as players like Nelson and Chenal stepped up on both ends of the court, allowing their Vikings to regain and stretch out their lead to the final 49-40 score.

“We had a nice game, coming off of 12 days off,” Wink stated. “We played extremely hard, got a big lead and never gave it up. We had a strong finish in the fourth quarter.”

Northwood 79, Frederic 31 MINONG – It was a rough night on the court for the Frederic girls basketball team as they fell hard at Northwood Tuesday, Jan. 5.

“It was a very difficult game,” said Vikings coach Troy Wink. “One where Northwood’s defense was very strong and our passing decisions were not. But we will learn from this and move onto our next challenge.”

Northwood held the Vikings to just two points in the first quarter and 12 total in the first half. Northwood maintained a 61-22 lead heading into the fourth quarter and didn’t look back.

Chrissy Chenal was the leading scorer for the Vikings with 13 points.

The Vikings will travel to Webster for their next game this Friday, Jan. 8, beginning at 6 p.m. – Marty Seeger

Dragon girls snuff out the Comets

Carley Emery tallies 25 first-half points on way to win Siren 57, Cameron 47

by Greg Marsten SIREN – For a spell on Monday in Siren, it seemed like Carley Emery couldn’t miss. The Dragon senior was shooting, and making, every shot she took.

Layups, 3-pointers, two-point set shots, it didn’t matter. She was in a zone, and made it seem like the basket was made for laundry, not a basketball. Emery smothered the Cameron defense, putting down 25 first-half points, including five shots from beyond the arc.

But the other Dragons were also putting on a defensive clinic, forcing turnovers, steals and missed passes like the Comets were playing by different rules. While the Siren squad racked up 23 second- quarter points, the Comets had a hard time getting anything to fall, at all. They were lucky to have 16 points at the half, compared to Siren’s 36 firsthalf points.

But as so often happens, the Comets recovered well after the halftime break, getting back on track by shutting down Emery’s outside 3-point shots, playing tighter defense and making smarter passes, limiting their steals. They also had better luck shooting from the out-

Siren senior Sarah Howe saves a ball from going out of bounds against the Cameron Comets in Monday's game in Siren. – Photo by Greg Marsten side, outscoring the Dragons, 13-7, in the third quarter, and 18-14 in the final

frame.

With Siren up by 20 points to start the

second half, the Comets must’ve found some source of inspiration, because they were able to shut Emery down, and limit the easy looks by the Dragon front court.

They spread out their offense, limited the Siren outside shooting, and got back in the game by outscoring the hosting Dragons, 13-7.

Siren coach Ryan Karsten got his squad fired back up for the final frame, and both teams made valiant efforts to score, but the Dragons emerged with a solid, double-digit lead to wind down the clock. He gave his bench some play time and let the Comets run the court for a spell, but the outcome was set, and the Dragons continued their winning ways, with a 57-47 victory.

Emery finished with 30 points, and sits at 962 for her career. She cooled off for the second half, but showed how deadly she can be offensively when tested. But she and the rest of the Dragons also played stellar defense for much of the game, cutting off passes for steals, smothering the Comet paint, and making it very hard for their opponent to ever have a set play go as planned. Ashley Guevara finished with 10 hardearned points, and Abigail Mitchell played steady on both ends of the court, as well as scoring eight points against a normally stingy Comet defense. Siren has many tools in their toolbox; some of them continue to sharpen as the season progresses; others, such as Carley Emery, are pretty sharp already.

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USA and Canada play final game before Vancouver Local fans attend game at Xcel Energy Center Canada 2, USA 1 Canada 3, USA 2 ST. PAUL, Minn. – Several local fans attended a USA versus Canada hockey game at the Xcel Energy Center last Wednesday, Dec. 30, to root on Team USA and Siren native, Molly Engstrom.

Unfortunately, Team USA lost the game by a 2-1 margin. It was the team’s third loss against Canada, which was part of the Qwest Tour that began in late September of 2009, but it wasn’t a loss that was too much of a disappointment according to head coach Mark Johnson.

“It was one of our better games against Canada in the recent past,” said Johnson in a press release on usahockey.com. “A lot of encouraging, positive things came

A R E A Hacker’s Lanes

Monday Night Ladies Standings: House of Wood 7, Chicks 7, AnchorBank 5, Hacker’s Lanes 2, The Bottle Shop 0, Mane Attractions 0.

Women’s games: Rhonda Bazey (HW) 207, Barb Morgan (AB) 205, Kelsey Bazey (HW) 195.

Women’s series: Linda Giller (AB) 548, Kelsey Bazey (HW) 538, Rhonda Bazey (HW) 517.

Team games: AnchorBank 689, House of Wood 617, Hacker’s Lanes 562.

Team series: AnchorBank 1860, House of Wood 1741, Hacker’s Lanes 1638.

Men’s Tuesday Classic Standings: Great Northern Outdoors 132.5, Hacker’s Lanes 119, The Bottle Shop 114, Yellow Lake Lodge 109, Pioneer Bar 76.5, Olsen & Son 73.

Individual games: Ron Skow (GNO) 290, Reed Stevens (BS) 254, Gene Ackland (YLL) 249.

Individual series: Ron Skow (GNO) 728, Reed Stevens (BS) 700, Ed Bitler (GNO) 694.

Team games: Great Northern Outdoors 772, Hacker’s Lanes 674, Yellow Lake Lodge 650.

Team series: Great Northern Outdoors

Several fans from the area attended a game last week at the Xcel Energy Center in support of Molly Engstrom and Team USA. – Photo submitted out of tonight’s game, especially in the final two periods.”

On Friday, Jan. 1, Team USA played another game against Canada but lost

B O W L I N G 2080, Hacker’s Lanes 1855, Bottle Shop 1799.

Consecutive strikes (5 or more): Ron Skow 11 x = 290; Tom Coen 5x = 214 & 6x = 248; Gene Ackland 5x = 249; Ed Bitler 5x = 246; Rick Bradway 5x = 223.

Games 50 pins or more above average: Ron Skow 290 (+86); Reed Stevens 254 (+62); Tom Coen 248 (+57).

Series 100 pins or more above average: Reed Stevens 700 (+124); Ron Skow 728 (+116); Jim Wickstrom 575 (+113).

Splits converted: 5-10: Dale Gregory. 67: Dale Gregory. 3-10: Dale Gregory. 2-7: Jim Wickstrom. 3-10: Dave Grindell.

Wednesday Night Early Men’s Standings: Skol Bar 44, 4 Seasons Wood Products 41.5, Pioneer Bar 39, A-1 Machine 35, Cummings Lumber 35, Larsen Auto Center 33.5, Lewis Silo 27, Bye 1.

Individual games: Mark Bohn (SB) 246, John Ellefson (A1) 245, Bryce Daeffler (LA) 244.

Individual series: Curtis Renfroe (SB) 703, Brett Daeffler (4S) 686, Dave Romanowski (PB) 681.

Team games: 4 Seasons Wood Products 1033, A-1 Machine 997 & 975.

Team series: A-1 Machine 2927, Lewis

Exchange skates/continued “I think it is quite inspirational what the exchange students have meant to our team!” Blizzard head coach Tim Bennett stated warmly. “Paelo, Camilla and Selina have such great attitudes about being a part of the Blizzard squad. Before joining us, none of the three had ever played hockey and didn’t know how to skate, let alone know the rules and conditions of the game.”

Coach Bennett heaps praise on the three girls often, complimenting them for their improved play or assistance at other team tasks.

“Their bright and sparkling, positive attitudes are amazing,” Bennett said.

‘They knew they would not get much playing time over the course of the season, yet they show up at every practice, work hard and help the team wherever they can.”

The three girls relish actual playing time, in spite of their own skating foibles.

All three mention their personal highlights on the ice, and also quote their coaches - word for word - during a game when the Blizzard quickly jumped to a 2-0 lead after just a minute of play, leading the staff of Bennett and assistant coaches Allen Steiner and Darren Lien to promise they would make sure to have playing time.

“The coach said, ‘OK girls, we’ll do everything possible to let you play,’” Collovati recalled with a wary grin. “We

Silo 2884, 4 Seasons Wood Products 2825.

McKenzie Lanes

Monday Night Ladies Standings: Frederic Truck & Tractor 60, Milltown Appliance 58.5, Bogus Pumpkins 56.5, Wolf Creek Log Furniture 55, Sam’s Carpentry 49.5, McKenzie Lanes 49.5, Metal Products 42.5, Edina Divas 36.5.

Individual games: Marsha Guggisberg 201, Jane Smith 192, Kelley Hill 188.

Individual series: Marsha Guggisberg 509, Jane Smith 498, Marie Sogge 481.

Team games: (Handicap score) Sam’s Carpentry 828.

were all three like, ‘You don’t have to!’”

But the trio does not sit idle, waiting for playing time or brooding about their bench warming. They love their teammates, inclusion on the team, and learning hockey from the inside. They speak warmly of their Blizzard teammates, coaches, families and parents who tend to become a “second family” of sorts in high school hockey. Those relationships also seem to help alleviate any homesickness they may have.

“When I came here, after a few weeks, I started missing everyone,” Collovati admitted. “And now sometimes it’s sad, but it’s fine!”

That sentiment was common among the three, and while they all admit to a certain amount of trepidation for their families, traditions and homes, they seem to be keeping quite busy .

“I miss them, but I am never sad, because I was really looking forward to having this experience,” Endava said.

“And now I am living as fast as I could ...

I’m fine!”

All three girls have come to adjust to America, Northwest Wisconsin and even their second language quite well, with Eichorn admitting that it was one of the reasons for her exchange adventure was to learn English more fluently.

“I really have to think about it what is it in German now,” Eichorn said, recalling a conversation recently with her family, where she needed to “think in German” again. “When I talked to my

again in a 3-2 shootout played in Ottawa, Ont., in front of over 16,000 spectators.

This game was not part of the Qwest Tour schedule.

It was a great preview for what’s to come, as this was the last time the two teams will be meeting before the 2010 Olympic games in February.

The Qwest Tour resumed again on Sunday, Jan. 3, where Team USA defeated the ECAC Hockey All-Stars by a score of 8-2. They also shut out the Wisconsin Badgers 9-0 on Tuesday, Jan. 5, and will be playing another game closer to home on Tuesday, Jan. 12, against the University of Minnesota at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. The game begins at 7 p.m., and tickets are available at usahockey.com. Their final game before the Olympics will be played against Finland on Thursday, Feb. 4, at the World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo. – Marty Seeger with information from usahockey.com

R E S U L T S Team series: (Handicap score) Sam’s Carpentry 2282.

Monday Night Madness Standings: Triple Threat 16, Mishaps 16, Radio Shack 14, Alleycats 12, Pepie’s Gals 10, Balsam Lake Market 10, McKenzie Lanes 10, Scottay’s Trucking 8.

Individual games: Barbara Benson 198, Julia Delougherty 187, Peggy Larkin 173.

Individual series: Barbara Benson 535, Debbie Swanson 468, Julia Delougherty and Heidi Carey 453.

Team games: (Handicap score) McKenzie Lanes 623, Triple Threat 619.

Team series: (Handicap score) Triple Threat 1792, Mishaps 1739.

Tuesday Early Mixed Standings: Wild Boys 65.5, Lamar Stars 64, Lemon Heads 60, Lane Crashers 56.5, Jim’s Flooring 49.5, Mom’s Boys 40.5.

Women’s games: Brenda Lehmann & Linda Larson 156, Jancie Berg 135.

Women’s series: Brenda Lehmann 457, Linda Larson 433, Darlene Prose 378.

Men’s games: Jeff Lehmann 225, Tim Lehner 220, Glen Minnick & Zach Gurtner 214.

Men’s series: Tim Lehner 620, Jeff Lehman 587, Glen Minnick 583.

Team games: Wild Boys 520.

mom, I always need some time to say something. I told her, ‘slow down!’”

Collovati thought she was “good in English” before she came to America, but realized almost immediately that her confidence was unfounded.

“I came here and I was completely lost!” She admits. “I couldn’t understand anything and talking was really hard ... now it’s a lot better.”

Endava speaks primarily Spanish at home, but also some Portuguese, and had taken numerous English classes in Bolivia since the third grade. But she was still a bit lost when she first arrived. She has tried to learn at least two to four words per week, and thinks writing in English is “super easy” compared to her primary languages.

The trio have all had their fair share of American travel, visiting several large cities, and they all hope to return to America after they return home and finish school, especially now that they are much more fluent in English.

“The only thing I have a problem with is the cold,” Endava said. “And I’m adjusting!”

However, the conversion from Centigrade is a bit confusing for Endava and Collovati. While driving around, Endava routinely calls out the bank-thermometer temperatures in Fahrenheit to Collovati, who uses a conversion program on her cell phone to figure out the “real temperature.”

Endava shudders and shivers in place,

Team series: Wild Boys 1492.

Tuesday Night Men’s Standings: Nel-Lo-Hill Farm 102, Glass Bar 92, McKenzie Lanes 84, Centurview Park 82.5, Hack’s Pub 78, Dream Lawn 75, The Dugout 68, Steve’s Appliance 58.5.

Individual games: Kim McKenzie 279, Gene Braund 239, Darren McKenzie 237.

Individual series: Jim McKenzie 695, Darren McKenzie 663, Ken Williams 652.

Team games: (Handicap score) McKenzie Lanes 1253.

Team series: (Handicap score) Centurview Park 3535.

Wednesday Night Men’s Standings: Tiger Express 50, Edina Realty 40, Davy’s Construction 35, Hanjo Farms 35, Harvest Moon 30, Dalles Electricians 28, Reed’s Marina 24, McKenzie Lanes 14.

Individual games: Gene Braund 279, Brad Hacker 246, Craig Willert 237.

Individual series: Gene Braund 722, Brad Hacker 699, Darren McKenzie 648.

Team games: (Handicap score) Tiger Express 1031, Hanjo Farms 979.

Team series: (Handicap score) Tiger Express 2931, Hanjo Farms 2872.

noting that her home city rarely gets down to freezing, let alone subzero. She also admits to being a little shocked by the snowfall recently, and stood in amazement as she saw a “storm or something bad” happening on the road, as all the snow seemed to be “flying up in the air.”

One of her Blizzard teammates laughingly pulled her aside and told her not to worry, it was just a snowplow clearing the highway.

“I thought, ‘Oh no, this can’t be good!’” she said with a grin. “I felt kind of relieved then.”

The trio’s stories of new friendship, American educational differences, teen issues and yes, even ice hockey, are genuinely refreshing to most people who meet them. It’s hard not be impressed by their adjustment to the culture, and even their adjustment to one of the most difficult, fast and physical sports played in America. Their list of supporters continues to grow as their influences spread beyond the Webster or Frederic school districts, and past the ice of Blizzard hockey.

“They have taken stats, videotaped games, been a backup goaltender ... and most importantly they are the greatest cheerleaders and supporters of the team!” coach Bennett exclaimed of his international hockey trio. “I love having them around!”

That seems to be a pretty common sentiment.

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His team may be struggling with three losses in four games, but no one will say it’s been a rough week for Grantsburg boys basketball coach Nick Hallberg. The ex-Unity Eagle star was married over the holiday break to Kim Nelson, who made her mark as a Grantsburg athlete in years past. Spies working the social THE SPORTS beat say that the post-wedding festivities were a virtual “Who’s who?” of current and former Leader Land sports icons from around the area. In fact, unconfirmed reports say that the entire raft of Unity’s legendary Strilzuk boys was on the scene along with professional baseball player (and ex-Unity Little Leaguer) Mark Hallberg.

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Mayer, Anderson, hot cocoa, basketball and a crackling fire Many local hoop fans found it too cold to venture out Tuesay night, so some stayed home, muted the sound on the Iowa-Georgia Tech Orange Bowl game, fed the woodstove, and turned up the local radio station to listen to the crackerjack broadcasting team of Kurt Mayer and “Downtown” Dennis Anderson work their magic. Listeners at home could almost smell the popcorn in the gym as the duo casually but descriptively announced Luck’s impressive win over Cumberland. According to the picture they painted, it seemed like the brothers Martel (i.e. Cole and Alec) showed signs that they are ready to become a force for the Redbirds.

And we don’t know if Mayer or Anderson choose the post-commercial tunes which segue listeners back to the broadcast, but whomever is responsible has an ear for music. The instrumental Muzak version of “The Tighten Up” by Archie Bell and the Drells nearly drove me out of my chair every time it came on (nearly).

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Twin Cities region is Mr. Favre’s Neighborhood. Brett bashers quiet lately.

The Swami wasn’t the only one (see column elsewhere on these pages) who was dead wrong about Brett Favre when he signed with the Minnesota Vikings last August. Couch potato “experts” like the Swami from throughout the state were trumpeting the fact that Old Number 4 was washed up and should stay retired.

One could find the Joel Heller “Cash for Clunkers” cartoon posted on office bulletin boards throughout the region (thought they had mostly disappeared by mid-October). Following are some fun facts about Brett Favre’s 2009: 33 TDs; seven interceptions, QB rating of 107, 12-4 record, NFC North Division Championship; “Stuck it” to Packers twice; Firstround playoff bye; Undisputed team leader, adored by his Viking teammates .... Even some of the most deluded Cheeseheads (like the Swami) are admitting they were wrong about things they said about Brett back in August. (And for the sake of full disclosure and common sense, some

P O R T S Viking fans have changed their minds about Aaron Rodgers in recent weeks.

Maybe he will be a successful NFL quarterback.)

Cougar worries unfounded.

Most outdoors people merely snicker and scoff if they encounter a harmless sow bear and cubs in the springtime woods, but some of those same folks are apprehensive about the documented presence of cougars (or mountain lions) in Northwest Wisconsin. But after reading the blurb on these sports pages last week, there is no need to worry. Most readers found the advice “Fight back if attacked” to be both empowering and comforting.

“Until I read that, it was my intention to ‘play possum’ if attacked by a cougar as I navigated a remote trout stream. Now I know better,” said one local trout fisherman who says he has on occasion imagined a crouching mountain lion waiting for him on the stream bank as he makes his way upriver. Cougars? Bring ‘em on!

Trivia returns next week.

John Ryan may be reached at jmr202@yahoo.com

The Minnesota Twins coming to Luck!

LUCK – Once again in 2010, the New Mix 105 will be the exclusive radio home of the Minnesota Twins in Western Wisconsin.

Because of their exclusive association with the Minnesota Twins, FM 105 is inviting area baseball fans to Breakfast

With The Twins at Hog Wild in downtown Luck, on Thursday, Jan. 28, starting at 8:30 a.m. As part of the 2010 Twins Winter Caravan, will be players Jesse Crain, Jason Kubel, Twins broadcaster and legend Dan Gladden and mascot TC Bear will be there. You can hear all about

LEADER SPORTS SCOREBOARD BOYS BASKETBALL

West Lakeland Standings Team Conf.

Webster Tigers 3-0 Luck Cardinals 2-1 2-1 Grantsburg Pirates St. Croix Falls Saints 1-1 Unity Eagles 1-1 Siren Dragons 0-3 Frederic Vikings 0-2 Scores Tuesday, December 29 Grantsburg 87, Bayfield 50 Siren 70, Lake Holcombe 54 Clayton 71, Frederic 34 Monday, January 4 Chetek 59, Unity 50 Tuesday, January 5 Frederic 40, Northwood 34 Luck 55, Cumberland 33 Upcoming Friday, January 8 7:30 p.m. Grantsburg at Unity Frederic at Webster St. Croix Falls at Luck Monday, January 11 7:30 p.m. Webster at Clear Lake Tuesday, January 12 6 p.m.

Siren at Frederic 7:30 p.m. Luck at Grantsburg Unity at St. Croix Falls Team Blizzard

BOYS HOCKEY

Conf.

3-1-0

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Overall 4-0 7-2 5-3 2-4 1-6 3-5 3-5

GIRLS HOCKEY

Overall 4-7-1

Scores Tuesday, December 29 Madison Memorial 4, Blizzard 0 Wednesday, December 30 Rice Lake 7, Blizzard 1 Tuesday, January 5 Blizzard 4, Mora, Minn., 3 (OT) Upcoming Thursday, January 7 7 p.m.

Moose Lake, Minn., at Grantsburg Saturday, January 9 3 p.m.

Blizzard at Meadow Creek Christian

WRESTLING

Upcoming Thursday, January 7 7 p.m.

St. Croix Central at Unity Clear Lake at Frederic Saturday, January 9 9 a.m.

LFG at New Richmond Unity at New Richmond

West Lakeland Standings Team Conf.

Siren Dragons 2-0 Luck Cardinals 2-0 1-0 Frederic Vikings Webster Tigers 1-1 St. Croix Falls Saints 0-1 Grantsburg Pirates 0-2 Unity Eagles 0-2 Scores Tuesday, December 29 Grantsburg 53, Webster 31 Frederic 49, Clear Lake 40 Monday, January 4 Webster 44, Shell Lake 36 Siren 57, Cameron 47 Tuesday, January 5 Northwood 79, Frederic 31 Upcoming Friday, January 8 6 p.m.

Grantsburg at Unity Frederic at Webster St. Croix Falls at Luck 7:30 p.m. Siren at Northwood Tuesday, January 12 6 p.m.

Siren at Frederic 7:30 p.m. Luck at Grantsburg Unity at St. Croix Falls Team Lady Blizzard

Overall 7-6-1

Scores Tuesday, December 29 Lady Blizzard 4, Ely 3 (OT) Lady Blizzard 3, Northland Pines 2 Wednesday, December 30 Superior 3, Lady Blizzard 2 (OT) Saturday, January 2 Lady Blizzard 4, Ashland 1 Tuesday, January 5 Lady Blizzard 3, New Richmond 1 Upcoming Friday, January 8 7 p.m.

Hudson at Siren Saturday, January 9 2 p.m.

Lady Blizzard at Tomahawk

GYMNASTICS

Upcoming Thursday, January 7 6:30 p.m. Grantsburg at Rush City, Minn.

Friday, January 8 6 p.m.

St. Croix Falls at Superior

Overall 5-2 4-3 5-2 3-5 2-3 2-7 0-5

the Twins 2010 upcoming season in the new Target Field and you can ask questions as well!

There will be a small charge for breakfast. There may be a limited time for autographs and pictures during the event but because of time constraints this may

not be possible.

The New Mix 105 hopes to see everyone on Thursday, Jan. 28, to experience the event with the Minnesota Twins and the home of the Twins in Western Wisconsin. – submitted

FOLLOW THE LEADER FOR COVERAGE OF FREDERIC, GRANTSBURG, LUCK, ST. CROIX FALLS, SIREN, UNITY & WEBSTER HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS! The Prediction King stumbled to a 5-2 record in his opening week of prognostications. “I was tripped up by Unity and Frederic boys, but at least in a good way by the Vikes, who pulled off a nice victory at Minong,” the Swami said. “But 5-2 ain’t so bad.

Heck, I remember THE SWAMI a day back in August when I was 0 for 6. That day I predicted that Brett Favre was washed up, that he wouldn’t be an MVP candidate, that the Packers would split with the Vikings this season, that the Bears would win the division, that the Vikings would not get a first-round playoff bye, and that Favre would throw 15 interceptions.

How wrong I was!” he added with characteristic humility.

The Swami

PREDICTS

This week’s predictions: Girls games: Northwood 63, Siren 55 – This is the year for the Evergreens.

Frederic 59, Webster 29 – The Vikes bounce back with a convincing win.

Unity 40, Grantsburg 35 – The Eagles finally break into the win column.

Luck 48, St. Croix Falls 34 – The Cards can be tough and the Saints have difficulty scoring.

Siren 58, Frederic 47 – A good game, but the Dragons prevail.

Luck 57, Grantsburg 39 – Count it four in a row for the Cards.

St. Croix Falls 39, Unity 32 – No matter the records, this matchup is always a battle.

Boys games Webster 60, Frederic 39 – Sensing that the Vikes will be playing a deliberate style, The Mind (coach Randy Hedrick) orchestrates a more up-tempo game plan.

Luck 66, St. Croix Falls 44 – Tuesday night the Cards looked as good as they have all year.

Grantsburg 67, Unity 52 – Reeling from losing three of four, the Pirates recover nicely.

Clear Lake 47, Webster 43 – A heated nonconference battle between two well-coached teams.

Frederic 47, Siren 46 – The Vikes really want this one, and I think they’ll get it.

St. Croix Falls 55, Unity 52 – It will be an exciting night of hoop action in the SCF gym.

The Swami answers all e-mails and can be reached at predictionking@yahoo.com.

O UTDOOR S

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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

Fishing just fine at 20 below

Ice fishing has had its ups and downs this season, but it hasn’t stopped several anglers from enjoying a plethora of great fishing. Up until the New Year’s holiday, I’d Marty missed every one of those “would be great” Seeger outings, but I finally found myself on the ice The for the first time during some of the coldest Bottom days of the year.

It’s not easy fishing Line in the cold weather, and the most challenging aspect can be finding someone willing to share the experience. New Year’s Day was just my second day on the water this winter, and with temperatures hovering at around zero, it was no surprise that I’d be a loner.

Not that there’s anything wrong with fishing alone – I’ve made many excursions by myself in the past, and those who couldn’t go, or didn’t want to go, missed out on some fast-biting bluegills.

Their loss turned into my freezers gain, yet I don’t blame them for wanting to stay inside.

It would have been a crime to fish outside of a portable ice shack last Friday due to the extreme cold, but the bright sun offered extra warmth in my portable shanty, and along with a small lantern it added nearly the comforts of home – that is, if it were 30 degrees and you were wearing 10 layers of clothing. The 200yard walk back to the car seemed less than pleasurable, but before long I was

nestled into the basement near a fire and a pile of fish to clean.

Buddies this time It took me till noon the following Saturday before finally making the decision to go with two friends to a lake near the Chetek area. Temperatures seemed worse, yet my wife, Laura, insisted that I go – no doubt tired of my endless whining about nobody wanting to go fishing, and sick of me wandering the house in search of things to do.

The weather really had nothing against ice fishing on Saturday evening. It was already 2 below zero on the drive east on Hwy. 8 that afternoon, but the invite was hard to pass up. We’d be fishing from a small, yet luxurious heated camper, which nearly promised decent fishing, and would feature fried venison and cold beer – as well as some pretty good socializing.

I met up with friends Josh and Neil, and Josh drove his truck to one of the landings on Prairie Lake. Josh’s boss, Steve, who owns the shack and invited us for the evening, led the way onto the ice. Unfortunately, Steve zipped across the lake in a full-sized Dodge, leaving us near the landing and with the “to drive, or not to drive” questions one might ponder before driving on the ice for the first time of the season.

After nearly a half hour of debate and a no-service cell phone call from Steve wondering what the heck we were doing, we unloaded the 4-wheeler for less weight, and Josh followed Steve’s lead onto the ice.

“If you go through you’ve got three minutes before the truck sinks,” Neil said sarcastically. “No seriously, I just watched it on a show.”

The joke wasn’t well received by Josh, and it didn’t help that I added that he should save my camera and ice-fishing

Josh Miller fries up a batch of his famous venison steak last weekend from a camper on the ice. – Photo by Marty Seeger gear if the truck indeed started to sink.

But before long we were on our way, and Neil and I followed behind on the 4wheeler. (I was still too chicken to ride in the truck on the way to the shack).

The ice popped and groaned on the way out as I pressed my face into my jacket to escape from the biting cold, yet, we pressed on anxiously and were met with laughter and good company.

“Hey, the ice can’t get any worse, right?” commented one man, trying to ease any worries about the ice’s thickness.

His was one of several other ice shacks scattered nearby, and the fishing hadn’t been good at all. But it didn’t appear that

those on the lake were interested in the fishing, nor did they seem swayed by the below-zero temperatures that burned at the face.

At last light, we made time to quickly set out a few tip-ups and settle into our surroundings.

Throughout much of the evening, and in between biting crappies and even bluegills, a white and frigid whoosh of cold air burst into the shack as nearby anglers visited and wondered about the bite. The space heaters and body heat seemed to keep everyone comfortable as endless chatter about work, deer hunting stories and dirty jokes circulated the camper.

Outside, the night air was nearly nonexistent, and slow, steady streams of wood smoke crept lazily toward a sky from a few of the nearby icehouses, as a blazing white moon hung high in a brilliant starlit sky.

We called it a night early as the fishing began to slow, and thanked Steve for his hospitality. Feeling comfortable about the strength of the ice this time, all three of us rode back to the landing in the comfort and warmth of the truck.

Perhaps it goes without saying, but before heading onto any lake this winter be sure you know the ice can withstand the weight of your vehicle. Not every lake is safe to drive on even in the most ideal conditions, so be sure to use caution.

Even with the recent cold weather, people are still being hesitant to drive on the lakes, and for good reason. But there’s still plenty of walkable ice out there, and most of it can withstand a 4-wheeler or snowmobile. Just don’t be afraid to go if the weather dips below zero. You might be missing out on something fun.

Keep your firearm new with proper cleaning MADISON – Wisconsin hunters in search of a meaningful New Year’s resolution might consider pledging to keep their valued firearms in tip-top shape with proper and effective cleanings twice each year of the new decade.

“The holidays are over and most of the state’s hunters are done for the season.

Now is the time to clean your firearms,” says Tim Lawhern, Department of Natural Resources conservation warden and administrator of hunter-education programs. “That means a series of steps that will ensure your firearm is ready for the next hunt or a practice shooting session.”

Lawhern says he, as is the case with many hunters, learned gun-cleaning techniques by watching others. That’s good and bad, he says.

“I have heard stories about unintended firearm damage inflicted by gun owners who learned their methods from others who thought they were doing the right things,” he says.

Lawhern points to a series of what he calls basic maneuvers to protect your firearm investments. “A good practice is to clean them twice per year – even if you have not fired them. This will prevent rusting and keep them in working order.”

Do not store your firearms in the cases you use for transport to and from hunting excursions. “Those cases often hold moisture which is not your firearm’s friend for storage. You need a safe or closet you can lock.”

Before you begin, gather all the proper equipment in one place. This will help

guide you through the steps without having to remember.

The equipment needed includes: • Gun vise or cradle to support the firearm • One-piece cleaning rod, sized to fit the firearm • Bore guide, sized to fit the firearm • Jag tip of proper caliber for rifles and handguns, or correct bore brush for shotguns • Powder solvent to remove residue by burning powder • Copper solvent to remove copper left by jacketed bullets • Cotton patches (cotton does not melt when burned, synthetic patches react with solvents) • Gun oil Unload and clean the barrel The first step is to unload the firearm.

“Don’t take anyone’s word for it. Look for yourself,” Lawhern said.

Next, always clean the barrel from the breech to muzzle when possible, he said.

Place the firearm in the vise or gun cradle and install the bore guide so the cleaning rod runs down the center of the bore. Install the proper-sized jag tip on the rod.

For shotguns, Lawhern said, the slotted patch tip is fine.

If your firearm is equipped with a scope, make sure you leave the lens caps on or provide some sort of protection like a cloth to cover them.

“It’s important to note here the proper

technique while cleaning the bore,” Lawhern said, adding all patches should go only one way down the bore. “Do not push a patch down the bore and then bring it back in. All that does is return the dirty patch along with its grit into where it came from.”

Also, he said, the motion of the rod should be one smooth stroke. Do not push a few inches in and then stop and push some more. The first patch down the bore should be a dry one to wipe out the large crud. Place newspapers on the floor or table to catch the debris as it falls.

Patches – get the right size “If you need a jackhammer to get the patch all the way through the bore, offcenter the patch by placing the jag tip halfway between the center of the patch and one corner,” Lawhern said.

But if still too tight, Lawhern says turn to a smaller patch.

Next, alternate a wet patch with powder solvent and then a dry patch down the bore. Repeat until you no longer get gray or black on the patches. After that, switch to the copper solvent.

“Read, understand and follow the manufacturer’s recommendations for copper solvent,” Lawhern said. “The vast majority of copper solvent has ammonia as a base component. Left in your bore too long and it will cause pitting. You won’t be happy if that happens. When you no longer get green or blue on your patches, you are almost done.” For shotguns copper solvent is usually not necessary.

Bore brushes may not be necessary For rifles and handguns a bore brush is not needed, Lawhern said.

“For shotguns, a bore brush should be used to remove stubborn spots,” he said.

“Bore brushes should only be nylon or bronze bristled. For the average person that takes care of their firearms properly you don’t need them.”

Next, soak a single patch with gun oil and run it down the bore, remove it from the jag tip and use that patch to wipe down the outside of your firearm. No additional oil will be needed. Remove the bore guide and clean the action, including the bolt and chamber area with either patches or cotton swabs.

Be sure to lightly oil the inside of the action when done. Clean work area and tools.

You’re almost done!

The final steps are to return all components to their proper storage area. Wipe off your cleaning rod with a dry patch and toss the used patches along with the newspaper. Wash your hands to remove solvents, oils, powder residue and lead.

“Firearms cost a lot of money,” says Lawhern. “It is wise to protect your investments by maintaining them with a good cleaning twice per year.” For more information contact Lawhern at 608-2661317. – from the DNR

(Jan. 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF VINCENT MENKE Order Setting Time to Hear Petition for Administration and Heirship and Notice to Creditors Case No. 09 PR A petition has been filed for administration of the estate and determination of heirship of the decedent, whose date of birth was February 7, 1918, and date of death was November 11, 2009. The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of Good Samaritan Center, 750 East Louisiana Street, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

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 February 2, 2010, at 8:30 a.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 9, 2010.

4. Publication of this notice shall constitute notice to any persons whose name or addresses are unknown.

BY THE COURT: Molly E. GaleWyrick Circuit Court Judge/Court Commissioner Honorable Molly E. GaleWyrick January 4, 2010 Steven J. Swanson Attorney 105 Washington Street South St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787 Bar No.: 1003028

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(Dec. 30, Jan. 6, 13) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRED T. MOLINE Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 09 PR 19 An application has been filed for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was Dec. 28, 1940, and date of death was Jan. 5, 2009. The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: Good Samaritan Center, 750 E. Louisiana Street, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

All interested persons have waived notice.

Creditors’ claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before March 31, 2010.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar December 21, 2009 Roseanne Olsen Personal Representative/ Attorney 125 Kusilek Street River Falls, WI 54022 715-821-6741

(Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Jan. 6) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK Plaintiff, vs.

JEFFREY G. SWANSON and HILLS SUPER VALUE and, REMINGTON LAW OFFICES, Defendants.

Case No. 09 CV 188 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on July 14, 2009, in the amount of $139,561.47, 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: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, at 10:00 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: Lot 8 of Certified Survey Map No. 587 recorded in Volume 3 of Certified Survey Maps on page 79 as Document No. 390001, being located in the SW1/4 of the SE1/4 and W1/2 of SE1/4 of SE1/4, Section 33-36-17, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 036-00831-0000 STREET ADDRESS: 1529 240th Avenue, Luck, WI 54853 Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 19th day of November, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson Bar 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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(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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(Dec. 16, 23, 30, Jan. 6, 13, 20) 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.

CARLSON PARTNERS GROUP, LLC D/B/A/ STERLING DESIGN 325 Farm Hill Green Stillwater, Minnesota 55082, and KEVIN C. CARLSON and PATRICIA J. CARLSON 325 Farm Hill Green Stillwater, Minnesota 55082, and LAMPERT YARDS, INC. 1850 Como Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, Defendants NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 09-CV-511 30404 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on the 12th day of November, 2009, in the face amount of Six Hundred Eightyone Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-six Dollars and Thirty-five cents ($681,856.35), the sheriff or his assignee will sell the premises described below at public auction as follows: DATE and TIME: February 17, 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 Courts Office in cash, cashier’s check, money order, or certified funds, no later than ten days after the court’s confirmation of the sale or else the 10% down payment is forfeited to the plaintiff. The property is sold “as is,” is not available for viewing, and 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: Foyer area at the Polk County Justice Center, at 1005 West Main Street, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

DESCRIPTION: Lot 4 of Certified Survey Map No. 1748, recorded in Volume 8 of Certified Survey Maps on page 96, as Document No. 523148, except the South 125 feet thereof, being part of Lot 4 of Certified Survey Map No. 1171, recorded in Volume 5 of said maps on page 162, as Document No. 446043, located in the SE1/4 of the SW1/4, also known as Outlot 146 of the Assessor’s Plat of the City of St. Croix Falls, and part of the NE1/4 of the SW1/4, also known as Outlot 130 of the Assessor’s Plat of the City of St. Croix Falls, Section 29, Township 34 North, Range 18 West, City of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 281-01158-0400.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: The address of the premises under foreclosure is located at 931 Pine Street, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

Dated at Balsam Lake, WI, this 14th day of Dec., 2009.

Tim Moore Polk County Sheriff Attorney William C. Gamoke Wolfgram, Gamoke & Hutchinson, S.C. Attorney for Community Bank of Central Wisconsin P.O. Box 1178 Marshfield, WI 54449 715-387-1155

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(Dec. 23, 30, Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR TO JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-CB6, Plaintiff, vs.

RONALD C. BECKWITH; and TAMMY M. BECKWITH, his wife, Defendant.

Case No. 08-CV-496 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE (Foreclosure of Mortgage30404) By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of said Circuit Court in the above-entitled action which was entered on September 3, 2008, in the amount of $118,788.50, I shall expose for sale and sell at public auction in the Foyer of the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main Street, in the Village of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on the 18th day of February, 2010, at 10 a.m., the following described premises or so much thereof as may be sufficient as to raise the amount due to the plaintiff for principal, interest and costs, together with the disbursements of sale and solicitors’ fees, to-wit: The West 5 ac. of the NW1/4 of NW1/4, Section 24-35-18, Polk County, Wisconsin. Tax Key No. 020 00630 0000 Terms Of Sale: 10% down cash, money order or certified check. Balance due within ten days of confirmation of sale.

This property is being sold as is and subject to all liens and encumbrances. /s/TIMOTHY G. MOORE, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Hersh Law Offices, LLC 10555 N. Port Washington Road Mequon, WI 53092 262-241-9339 The above property is located at 2088 190th Street, Centuria, Wisconsin.

Hersh Law Offices, LLC, is a law firm representing a creditor in the collection of a debt owed to such creditor, and any such information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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(Dec. 23, 30, Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

BRIAN L. TRIEBOLD and MICHELLE R. FALSTADTRIEBOLD Defendants.

Case No. 09 CV 471 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on August 6, 2009, in the amount of $99,301.89, 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 Wednesday, February 10, 2010, at 10:00 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 West 400 feet of the North 785 feet of the Southwest Quarter of Northwest Quarter (SW1/4 of NW1/4) of Section 17, Township 34 North, Range 17 West, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 006-00499-0000 STREET ADDRESS: 1556 170th Street, Centuria, Wisconsin 54824.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 3rd day of December, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson / #1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787 502276 WNAXLP

(Jan. 6) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ARLENE E. PETERSON Summary Assignment Notice to Creditors Case No. 10 PR A petition has been filed for summary assignment of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was July 2, 1942, and date of death was November 14, 2009, who died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: 2121 150th Avenue, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

The right of a creditor to bring an action terminates three months after the date of publication of this order.

Creditors may bring an action by: 1. Filing a claim in the Polk County Circuit Court before the property is assigned.

2. Bringing a suit against the assignee(s) after the property is assigned.

The property may be assigned to the creditors and persons interested on or after February 8, 2010.

Steven J. Swanson, Attorney for Penny Rowland 1450 South Wasson Lane No. 23 River Falls, WI 54022 715-629-7222 Steven J. Swanson P.O. Box 609 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787 Bar No.: 1003029

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(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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(Dec. 9, 16, 23, 30, Jan. 6, 13) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY LANDMARK COMMUNITY BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

BRUNFELT PROPERTIES, INC. Defendant.

Case No. 09 CV 49 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on October 21, 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: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, at 10 o’clock a.m., all of the following described mortgage premises, to-wit: Lots 6 and 7, Block 32, Original Plat of the City of St. Croix Falls, located in Government Lot 1, Section 30, Township 34 North, Range 18 West, City of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 281-00617-0000.

STREET ADDRESS: 123 Washington Street South, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash.

DOWN PAYMENT: 10% of amount bid by cash or certified check.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 23rd day of November, 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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(Dec. 30, Jan. 6, 13) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LUANN M. CLARK Notice to Interested Persons and Time Limit for Filing Claims (Informal Administration) Case No. 09 PR 81 An application has been filed for informal administration of the estate of the decedent, whose date of birth was February 3, 1956, and date of death was September 6, 2008.

The decedent died domiciled in Polk County, State of Wisconsin, with a post office address of: 1761 165th Avenue, Centuria, WI 54824.

Please take notice that: 1. The application will be heard at the Polk County Courthouse, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, Room 1034, before Jenell L. Anderson, Probate Registrar, on February 2, 2010, at 10 a.m. or when scheduled thereafter.

You need not appear unless you object. The application may be granted if no objection is made.

2. Creditors’ claims must be filed with the probate registrar on or before March 31, 2010.

3. Publication of this notice shall constitute notice to any persons whose names or addresses are unknown.

Please check with attorney below for exact time and date.

Jenell L. Anderson Probate Registrar December 22, 2009 George W. Benson Attorney at Law Benson Law Office LLC P.O. Box 370 Siren, WI 54872 715-349-5215 Bar Number: 1012978

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(Dec. 30, Jan. 6, 13) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. Plaintiff vs.

Jason Richard Richter Unknown Spouse of Jason Richard Richter Defendants SUMMONS Real Estate Mortgage Foreclosure Case No. 09 CV 924 Honorable Molly E. GaleWyrick Case Code: 30404 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To the following party named as a defendant herein: Jason Richard Richter/Unknown Spouse of Jason Richard Richter 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 on you, states the nature and the basis of the legal action. Within 40 days after December 30, 2009, 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: Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court, Polk County Justice Center 1005 West Main Street Balsam Lake, WI 54810-9071 and to J. Timothy Lovett/Blommer Peterman, S.C., plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is: Blommer Peterman, S.C. 13700 W. Greenfield Avenue Brookfield, WI 53005 You may have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not provide a proper answer within 40 days from the date stated above, 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 8th day of December, 2009.

J. Timothy Lovett / Blommer Peterman, S.C. State Bar No. 1019525 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 that purpose. (180898)

TOWN OF SIREN SIREN SANITARY DISTRICT BOARD MEETING TOWN OF SIREN BOARD MEETING

The Siren Sanitary District meeting will be held on Thursday, January 14, 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.

Mary Hunter, Clerk 502725 19-20L 715-349-5119

Plan Committee members.

Looking for residents who would like to be a member of Plan Committee.

Contact the clerk’s office at 715-825-2494 or come to the meeting on Monday, January 11, 2010, at 7 p.m. at the Milltown Fire Hall.

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Virgil Hansen, Clerk

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, Jan. 11, 2010, at 7 p.m.

Kristi Swanson, Village Clerk Frederic, Wis. 502892 20L (Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Jan. 6) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY THE RIVERBANK, Plaintiff, Vs. LARRY F. HANSON and KATHLEEN R. HANSON, and REGIONS HOSPITAL, and TARGET NATIONAL BANK, Defendants.

Case No. 09 CV 400 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on July 14, 2009, in the amount of $178,698.73, 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: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.

TERMS OF SALE 1. 10% down in cash or certified funds at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeiture of deposit plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax. DESCRIPTION: Lot One (1) of Certified Survey Map No. 3228 recorded in Volume 14 of Certified Survey Maps, page 250 as Document No. 604660 located in part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4 of the SW1/4) of Section Twenty-four (24), Township Thirty-two (32) North of Range Eighteen (18) West, town of Alden, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 002-01591-0000 Street Address: 225 185th Street, Star Prairie, WI 54026 Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 19th day of November, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson Bar No. 1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787 501099 WNAXLP

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(Dec. 16, 23, 30, Jan. 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY U.S. Bank National Association ND, Plaintiff, vs.

James D. Gaudette and Cara L. Gaudette, Defendants.

Case Code: 30404 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Case No. 09 CV 407 Hon. Robert H. Rasmussen PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered on the 25th day of September, 2009, the Sheriff of Polk County will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: DATE/TIME: January 28, 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: That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NW1/4 SW1/4) and the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (SW1/4 NW1/4) of Section Twenty-five (25), Township Thirty-five (35), North, Range Fifteen (15) West, Town of Johnstown, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the East and West Quarter line of said Section Twenty-five (25), 324.0 feet East of the West One-Quarter corner of said Section Twenty-five (25); thence South parallel to the West line of said Section Twenty-five (25), 67.4 feet; thence South 78 degrees 15 minutes East 93.9 feet; thence North parallel to the West line of said Section Twenty-five (25) to the high-water mark of Long Lake; thence Westerly along the high-water mark of Long Lake to a point North of the point of beginning; thence South parallel to the West line of said Section Twenty-five (25) to the point of beginning.

(FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property address is 1943 Long Lake Lane, Comstock, WI) Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County Stein & Moore, P.A. 332 Minnesota St., Suite W-1650 St. Paul, MN 55101 651-224-9683

PUBLIC NOTICE

Monthly Board Meeting Monday, Jan. 11, at 7 p.m.

Milltown Fire Hall

TOWN OF LUCK BOARD MEETING

The Regular Monthly Board Meeting For The Town Of McKinley Will Be Held On Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, At 7:30 p.m.

Tues., Jan. 12, 2010, 7 p.m.

Luck Town Hall

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Agenda will be posted at the Town Hall.

Town of McKinley Deborah Grover, Clerk

(Dec. 16, 23, 30, Jan. 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BOUNDARY WATERS BANK 2230 Eagle Creek Lane, Suite 1 Woodbury, MN 55129, Plaintiff, vs.

HAROLD SHARP 2225 West Orleans St., Apt. 323 Stillwater, MN 55082 KATHLEEN SHARP 2225 West Orleans St., Apt. 323 Stillwater, MN 55082 MICHAEL J. KOCH 2114 210th Street Centuria, WI 54824 PAMELA M. KOCH 2114 210th Street Centuria, WI 54824 AND JOHN DOE AND MARY ROE, Defendants.

Case No. 09-CV-476 Case Type: Foreclosure of Mortgage 30404 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order for Default Judgment and Summary Judgment dated Oct. 22, 2009, the undersigned Sheriff of Polk County, Wis., will sell at public auction on the front steps of the Polk County Courthouse in the City of Balsam Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin, on the 11th day of February, 2010, at 10 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises located in Polk County, Wisconsin, directed by said Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order for Default Judgment and Summary Judgment, to be sold and described as follows: The West Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 15, Township 35, Range 18, Polk County, Wisconsin.

(Street Address: 2114 210th Street, Centuria, WI 54824; PIN: 020-00366-0000) Terms of Sale: Cash or 10% of amount bid by certified check with the balance to be paid upon confirmation of sale. Sale subject to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any, actually paid by the mortgagee, on said premises and the costs and disbursements, including attorney’s fees as allowed by law.

Dated: December 11, 2009.

Timothy Moore Sheriff of Polk County, Wis. 502149 WNAXLP

(Dec. 23, 30, Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P., as servicer for Bank of New York as Trustee for the Benefit of the Certificateholders, CWALT, Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2007-18CB MortgagePass Through Certificates, Series 2007-18CB Plaintiff, vs RONALD JAMES SANOSKI, JR., et al.

Defendants.

Case Number: 08 CV 687 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 $253,098.32, the Sheriff will sell the described premises at public auction as follows: TIME: February 10, 2010, at 10:00 AM TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash or money order at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens and encumbrances.

PLACE: Front Entrance to the Polk County Justice Center located at 1005 W. Main St., Balsam Lake, Wisconsin.

DESCRIPTION: THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (S1/2 OF NW1/4 OF NW1/4), SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 33 NORTH, RANGE 18 WEST, TOWN OF GARFIELD, POLK COUNTY, WISCONSIN. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 882 190th St., Dresser, WI 54009.

TAX KEY NO.: 024-00853-0100.

Dated this 14th day of December, 2009.

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. (181338) 502273 WNAXLP

Virgil Hansen, Clerk

This project will involve the replacement of seven fiberglass roof panels in the commons area of our building. To obtain further information, please contact the Director of Buildings and Grounds at 715-349-7392 ext. 403. All bids must be submitted no later than 3 p.m. on January 21, 2010, in a sealed envelope marked (Roof Panel Bids). All mailed bids shall be sent Attention: Don Fleischhacker, Director of Building and Grounds, School District of Siren, P.O. Box 29, Siren, Wisconsin 54872.

The School District of Siren reserves the right to accept or reject any 502570 18-20L 8-10a-e and all bids.

Thursday, January 14, 2010, 6 p.m.

Trade Lake Town Hall

Agenda: Minutes of last meeting; treasurer’s report; payment of bills; resident issues: Ordinance regarding the issuing of fireworks permits; town road maintenance; set February meeting date and agenda.

Deborah L. Christian, Clerk www.tradelakewi.com 502935 9-10a 20-21L PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Immediately following the Monthly Board Meeting

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Every page in color in our E-dition Go to: www.the-leader.net

Agenda Reading of the minutes, treasurer’s report, review & pay bills, patrolman’s report.

Any additions to the agenda will be posted in the Luck Town Hall and Clerk’s Office.

503138 20L Lloyd Nelson, Clerk (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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POLK COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING Thursday, January 21, 2010, at 9 a.m.

Shoreview Apartments, Balsam Lake

Agenda: I. Call to Order. II. Election of Officers. III. Minutes. IV. Financial Reports. V. Operations Report. VI. Unfinished Business: A. CDBG. VII. New Business. VIII. Adjourn.

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Polk County Highway Department Pursuant to Section 348.175, Wisconsin Statutes, the Polk County Highway Department declares that all county highways are eligible for increased weight limitations effective December 20, 2009, at 12:01 a.m. The frozen road declaration will remain in effect until a suspension is published in early spring.

Steve Warndahl 503034 20L WNAXLP Polk County Highway Commissioner

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Notice is hereby given to the electors of the Village of Luck, in the County of Polk, State of Wisconsin, that a Village Caucus for said Village will be held at the Luck Village Hall in said Village on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, at 7 p.m., prior to the Village Board Meeting, to nominate candidates for three Village Trustees to be voted on at the Village Election to be held on the first Tuesday of April, 2010.

Dated this 29th day of December, 2009.

502996 20L WNAXLP Kathy Hanson, WCMC, CMTW, Village Clerk

Polk County is accepting applications for the following position: Receptionist/Secretary Child Support Agency Limited Part Time, Limited Term 8:30 am. -12:30 p.m. Monday - Friday Deadline to apply: January 11, 2010, at 4 p.m.

$12.03/hr.

YOU MUST COMPLETE A POLK CO. EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION TO BE ELIGIBLE. For application, 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, 715-485-9176. AA/EEOC 503115 20L

The Monthly Town Board Meeting Will Be Held Tues., Jan. 12, 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 503133 20L (Dec. 16, 23, 30, Jan. 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY The RiverBank a Minnesota banking corporation, 2183 U.S. Highway 8 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024, Plaintiff, vs.

FICEK INVESTMENT COMPANY, LLC a Minnesota limited liability company 1255 Gun Club Road White Bear Lake, MN 55110 David E. Ficek 884 Fox Hollow Circle Pines, MN 55014; LaVerne J. Ficek 884 Fox Hollow Circle Pines, MN 55014; Lake Area Bank a Minnesota banking corporation 1400 East Highway 96 White Bear Lake, Minnesota 55110 John Doe, Mary Roe, and XYZ corporation Defendants.

Case Type: 30404 Case No.: 09-CV-269 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered in the aboveentitled action on September 18, 2009, the Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real property at public auction as follows: TIME/DATE: January 27, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in certified funds, with the balance due and owing on the date of confirmation of the sale by the Court.

PLACE: Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center 1005 W. Main Street Balsam Lake, WI 54810 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: The Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (NE1/4 of NE1/4) of Section Thirty-three (33), Township Thirty-four (34) North, Range Eighteen (18) West, except the following described parcel: commencing at the Northeast corner of said Section 33; thence South 00 degrees 31 minutes 14 seconds East, along the East line of said Section 33, 99.62 feet to the South R/W of U.S. Highway “8”; thence Westerly 84.72 feet along said R/W, being a curve concave to the North, having a central angle of 1 degree 38 minutes 22

seconds, a radius of 2,960.51 and whose chord bears North 89 degrees 55 minutes 56 seconds West, 84.71 feet; thence North 89 degrees 06 minutes 45 seconds West, along said South R/W, 170.07 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 89 degrees 06 minutes 45 seconds West, along said South R/W, 1,058.42 feet to the West line of said NE1/4 of the NE1/4; thence South 00 degrees 30 minutes 31 seconds East, along the West line of said NE1/4 of the NE1/4, 1,217.86 feet to the Southwest corner of said NE1/4 of the NE1/4; thence South 89 degrees 07 minutes 03 seconds East, along the South line of said NE1/4 of the NE1/4, 1,313.48 feet to the Southeast corner of said NE1/4 of the NE1/4; thence North 00 degrees 31 minutes 14 seconds West, along the East line of said NE1/4 of the NE1/4, 711.82 feet; thence North 89 degrees 09 minutes 19 seconds West, 109.45 feet to the beginning of a curve concave to the Northeast, said curve having a radius of 367.00 feet, a central angle of 51 degrees 57 minutes 28 seconds and whose chord bears North 63 degrees 10 minutes 35 seconds West, 321.52 feet; thence Northwesterly 332.81 feet along said curve; thence North 37 degrees 11 minutes 51 seconds West, 49.56 feet; thence North 52 degrees 48 minutes 09 seconds East, 43.65 feet to the beginning of a curve concave to the Northwest, said curve having a radius of 333.00, a central angle of 39 degrees 45 minutes 53 seconds and whose chord bears North 20 degrees 43 minutes 05 seconds East, 226.50 feet; thence Northerly 231.11 feet along said curve; thence North 00 degrees 50 minutes 08 seconds East, 36.90 feet to the point of beginning, Polk County, Wisconsin.

(FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property address is 2102 U.S. Highway 8, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin) Dated this 14th day of December, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY: ANASTASI & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 651-439-2951 DCA/14148 502229 WNAXLP

NOTICE

The January meeting of the Village Board of Siren will be held Thursday, Jan., 7, 2010, at 2 p.m. at the Village Hall.

Agenda posted.

Ann Peterson 502865 Clerk-Treasurer 20L

Notices/Employment www.the-leader.net JOINT MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Ordinance to Adopt the Burnett County Year 2030 Comprehensive Plan

The Next Meeting Of The Meenon Town Board Will Be Held On Monday, January 11, 2010, At 7 p.m.

At The Meenon Town Hall Agenda to include liquor licenses, ambulance contract discussion, road discussion and building permit process.

503088 20L 10a Suzanna M. Eytcheson, Meenon Town Clerk VILLAGE OF FREDERIC SNOWMOBILE OPERATION RESTRICTED

Snowmobile operation restricted in the Village limits of Frederic per Ordinance 7.10 of the Village Code. 7.10 (4) “No person shall operate a snowmobile upon any public street within the Village at a speed in excess of the posted speed limit.” 7.10 (5) “Except on a designated trail, no person shall operate a snowmobile within the Village between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. except for returning home via the most direct route.” 7.10 (7)(b) “It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any snowmobile on private property not held open to the public without the express written consent of the owner.”

7.10 (10) “No person shall operate a snowmobile upon any public right of way, in any public park or on any public property in the Village, except upon snowmobile routes and trails designated by the Village Board which shall include all platted Village streets presently certified by the State and all platted alleys that have been improved and are presently open for vehicular traffic.”

Kristi Swanson Frederic Village Clerk 503025 20L WNAXLP 12/30/09 (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

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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NOTICE OF CAUCUS VILLAGE OF LUCK RESIDENTS

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.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Burnett County Planning Committee and Burnett County Land Use & Information Committee will conduct a joint meeting and public hearing on a proposed ordinance to adopt the Burnett County Year 2030 Comprehensive Plan. The joint meeting and public hearing will be held on February 9, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. in Room 165 of the Burnett County Government Center, 7410 County Road K, Siren, WI 54872.

The Burnett County Year 2030 Comprehensive Plan is a policy document that will be used by the County Land Use & Information Committee and County Board of Supervisors as a guide for making decisions regarding land use and development in the county. The plan contains background information and goals, objectives, policies and recommendations addressing each of the following nine (9) plan elements required by Wisconsin’s “Smart Growth” comprehensive planning legislation: 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 Burnett County Year 2030 Comprehensive Plan and plan adoption ordinance will be available for review beginning January 8, 2009, at the Burnett County Government Center in the UW-Extension and County Clerk’s offices and all public libraries located in Burnett County. The plan can also be accessed on the comprehensive planning Web site. Just go to www.burnettcounty.com/ compplan and the documents will be available for review.

Residents and property owners are encouraged to review the plan and submit verbal and/or written comments at the public hearing. Please contact Mike Kornmann, Burnett County UWExtension Agent at 715-349-2151 for more information.

Written comments will also be accepted prior to the February 9 meeting by hard copy or e-mail at the Burnett County UWExtension office located in the Government Center or at mkornmann@burnettcounty.org.

503209 20-21L WNAXLP (Dec. 16, 23, 30, Jan. 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY The RiverBank a Minnesota banking corporation, 2183 U.S. Highway 8 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024, Plaintiff, vs.

FICEK INVESTMENT COMPANY, LLC a Minnesota limited liability company 1255 Gun Club Road White Bear Lake, MN 55110 David E. Ficek 884 Fox Hollow Circle Pines, MN 55014; LaVerne J. Ficek 884 Fox Hollow Circle Pines, MN 55014; Lake Area Bank a Minnesota banking corporation 1400 East Highway 96 White Bear Lake, MN 55110 John Doe, Mary Roe, and XYZ corporation Defendants.

Case Type: 30404 Case No.: 09-CV-269 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on September 18, 2009, the Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real property at public auction as follows: TIME/DATE: January 27, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in certified funds, with the balance due and owing on the date of confirmation of the sale by the Court.

PLACE: Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center 1005 W. Main Street Balsam Lake, WI 54810 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: All that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 33, Township 34 North, Range 18 West, Town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin,

described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast Corner of said Section 33; thence S. 00º 31’ 14” E, along the east line of said Section 33, 99.62 feet to the south R/ W of U.S. Highway “8”; thence westerly 84.72 feet along said R/W, being a curve concave to the north, having a central angel of 1º 38’ 22”, a radius of 2,960.51 and whose chord bears N. 89º 55’ 56” W., 84.71 feet; thence N. 89º 06’ 45” W., along said south R/W, 170.07 feet to the point of beginning; thence N. 89º 06’ 45” W., along said south R/W, 1,058.42 feet to the west line of said NE-NE; thence S. 00º 30’ 31” E., along the west line of said NE-NE, 1,217.86 feet to the Southwest Corner of said NE-NE; thence S. 89º 07’ 03” E., along the south line of said NE-NE, 1,313.48 feet to the Southeast Corner of said NE-NE; thence N. 00º 31’ 14” W., along the east line of said NE-NE, 711.82 feet; thence N. 89º 09’ 19” W., 109.45 feet to the beginning of a curve concave to the northeast, said curve having a radius of 367.00 feet, a central angle of 51º 57’ 28” and whose chord bears N. 63º 10’ 35” W., 321.52 feet, thence northwesterly 332.81 feet along said curve; thence N. 37º 11’ 51” W., 49.56 feet; thence N. 52º 48’ 09” E., 43.65 feet to the beginning of a curve concave to the northwest, said curve having a radius of 333.00, a central angle of 39º 45’ 53” and whose chord bears N. 20º 43’ 05” E., 226.50 feet; thence northerly 231.11 feet along said curve; thence N. 00º 50’ 08” E., 36.90 feet to the point of beginning.

Dated this 14th day of December, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, Wis. THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY: ANASTASI & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 651-439-2951 DCA/14148 502228 WNAXLP

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LUCK HIGH SCHOOL

The School District of Luck is looking for a candidate interested in coaching varsity softball for the 2010 season. A candidate should possess a vast knowledge of softball principles and game strategies, along with an awareness of safety.

Deadline: January 20, 2010 Apply to: Mark Gobler, Principal, AD. 810 7th St. S. Luck, WI 54853 503175 20-21L 10-11a

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE

Application for Class B Retail License to sell Fermented Malt Beverages and intoxicating liquors.

To the town board of the Town of Meenon, Burnett County, Wisconsin. The undersigned: A & J’s Lakeside Bar And Grill LLC Tami M. Boese, Agent 6699 State Road 70 Siren, WI 54872 Hereby makes application for Class B Retail License to sell Fermented Malt Beverages and intoxicating liquors to be used from January 12, 2010, to June 30, 2010, at the place of business located at: 6699 State Road 70 Siren, WI 54872 Dated: December 31, 2009 Suzanna M. Eytcheson Town Clerk 503090 20L 10a Town of Meenon (Dec. 16, 23, 30, Jan. 6, 13, 20) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY The RiverBank a Minnesota banking corporation, 2183 U.S. Highway 8 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024, Plaintiff, vs.

FICEK INVESTMENT COMPANY, LLC a Minnesota limited liability company 1255 Gun Club Road White Bear Lake, MN 55110 David E. Ficek 884 Fox Hollow Circle Pines, MN 55014; LaVerne J. Ficek 884 Fox Hollow Circle Pines, MN 55014; Lake Area Bank a Minnesota banking corporation 1400 East Highway 96 White Bear Lake, Minnesota 55110 John Doe, Mary Roe, and XYZ corporation Defendants.

Case Type: 30404 Case No.: 09-CV-269 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure entered in the aboveentitled action on September 18, 2009, the Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin, will sell the following described real property at public auction as follows: TIME/DATE: January 27, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

TERMS: 10% of successful bid must be paid to Sheriff at sale in certified funds, with the balance due and owing on the date of confirmation of the sale by the Court.

PLACE: Lobby of the Polk County Justice Center 1005 W. Main Street Balsam Lake, WI 54810 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: All that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SE1/4 of NE1/4) of Section Thirty-three (33), Township Thirty-four (34) North, Range Eighteen (18) West, Town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Section 33; thence South 00 degrees 31 minutes 14 seconds East, along the East line of said Section 33, 1,318.58 feet to the Northeast corner of said SE1/4 of the NE1/4, being the point of beginning; thence

North 89 degrees 07 minutes 03 seconds West, along the North line of said SE1/4 of the NE1/4, 1,313.48 feet to the Northwest corner of said SE1/4 of the NE1/4; thence South 00 degrees 30 minutes 31 seconds East, along the West line of said SE1/4 of the NE1/4, 528.15 feet; thence South 89 degrees 18 minutes 10 seconds East, 286.34; thence North 00 degrees 34 minutes 28 seconds West, 318.69 feet; thence South 89 degrees 18 minutes 13 seconds East, 853.42; thence South 00 degrees 35 minutes 25 seconds East, 79.98 feet; thence South 89 degrees 18 minutes 34 seconds East, 173.93 feet to the East line of said SE1/4 of the NE1/4; thence North 00 degrees 31 minutes 14 seconds West, along the East line of said SE1/4 of the NE1/4, 285.18 feet to the point of beginning.

Lot Twelve (12) of Certified Survey Map No. 3996, recorded in Volume 18 of Certified Survey Maps on page 26 as Document No. 650286, located in the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SE1/4 of NE1/4) of Section Thirtythree (33), Township Thirtyfour (34) North, Range Eighteen (18) West.

Together with rights of ingress and egress in common with the abutting property owners, their heirs and assigns, over and across the 66 foot access easement as described and shown on Certified Survey Map No. 379, recorded in Volume 2 of Certified Survey Maps on page 108, as Document No. 378754; Certified Survey Map No. 380, recorded in Volume 2 of Certified Survey Maps on page 109 as Document No. 379003; Certified Survey Map No. 381 recorded in Volume 2 of Certified Survey Maps on page 110 as Document No. 379004; and Certified Survey Map No. 717, recorded in Volume 3 of Certified Survey Maps on page 209 as Document No. 399750.

(FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY: Plaintiff believes that the property address is 2102 U.S. Highway 8, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin) Dated this 14th day of December, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore Sheriff of Polk County, Wisconsin THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY: ANASTASI & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 14985 60th Street North Stillwater, MN 55082 651-439-2951 502230 WNAXLP DCA/14148

(Dec. 23, 30, Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27) STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT POLK COUNTY MTT FINANCIAL, LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

JARIS C. JOHNSON, and DENNIS DIRKS, and GARY PEER, and COUNTRY COMFORT, Defendants.

Case No. 09 CV 231 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of and pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above-entitled action on July 7, 2009, in the amount of $617, 885.52, 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, February 4, 2010, at 10:00 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 Parcel 1: The Southwest one-quarter of Northwest one-quarter (SW1/4 of NW1/4), of Section 16, together with an easement for access over the existing driveway located on the Northeast one-quarter of Northeast onequarter (NE1/4 of NE1/4), and Southeast one-quarter of Northeast one-quarter (SE1/4 of NE1/4) of Section 17, all in Township 35 North, Range 15 West.

PIN: 028-00396-0000 Parcel 2: The Northeast one-quarter of Northwest one-quarter (NE1/4 of NW1/4), and the Northwest one-quarter of Southwest one-quarter (NW1/4 of SW1/4), of Section 16; The entire Northeast onequarter (NE1/4) and the Northeast one-quarter of Northwest one-quarter (NE1/4 of NW1/4), except a parcel in the Northeast corner thereof more fully described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the NE1/4 of NW1/4, Section 17-35-15; thence South on the quarter line a distance of 25 rods; thence West parallel with the North section line a distance of 35 rods; thence North parallel with the quarter line a distance of 25 rods; thence East on the section line a distance of 35 rods to the point of beginning, of Section 17; The Southeast one-quarter of Northwest one-quarter (SE1/4 of NW1/4), and the Northeast one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter (NE1/4 of SW1/4), of Section 17; and The entire Southeast onequarter (SE1/4), of Section 17; All in Township 35 North, Range 15 West, Town of Johnstown, Polk County, Wisconsin.

PIN: 028-00394-0000, 02800399-0000, 028-00406-0000, 028-00407-0000, 028-004080000, 028-00409-0000, 02800410-0000, 028-00414-0000, 028-00415-0000, 028-004190000, 028-00420-0000, 02800421-0000 & 028-004220000.

Dated at Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, this 7th day of December, 2009.

Timothy G. Moore, Sheriff Polk County, Wisconsin Steven J. Swanson / #1003029 Attorney at Law P.O. Box 609 105 South Washington Street St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 715-483-3787 502274 WNAXLP

(Dec. 16, 23, 30, Jan. 6, 13,20) (except lots in which structures 60.00 feet; thence northwestexist) erly, along the arc of a curve STATE OF WISCONSIN concave southwesterly, the CIRCUIT COURT PROPERTY ADDRESS: long chord which bears POLK COUNTY No property address listed, N25º59’41”W, 10.17 feet and St. Croix Falls, WI THE RIVERBANK, having a radius of 170.00 feet; Plaintiff, MB Development Mortgages thence S52º00’00”W, 164.26 vs.

Parcel #1: A Parcel of land feet; thence N62º00’00”W, Biermann Investment, LLC, a located in the NE1/4 of the 88.87 feet; thence Wisconsin limited liability NW1/4, SE1/4 of the NW1/4, N27º00’00”W, 383.74 feet; company, NW1/4 of the NE1/4 and thence N49º00’00”E, 136.46 M.B. Development, LLC, a SW1/4 of the NE1/4, Section feet; thence S81º14’45”E, Wisconsin limited liability 33, Township 34 North, Range 78.74 feet; thence northwestcompany, 18 West, City of St. Croix Falls, erly, along the arc of a curve Polk County, Wisconsin, being concave southeasterly, the Mark P. Biermann, an individual, further described as follows: long chord which bears Gregory R. Palen, an individual, Commencing at the West N32º42’49”E, 235.53 feet and Michael J. Seeland, an Quarter corner of said Section; having a radius of 290.00 feet; individual, thence N00º14’54”W, along thence northerly, along the arc Kirtland C. Woodhouse, an the west line of said section of a curve concave northwestindividual, 1,322.39 feet; thence erly, the long chord which S89º21’18”E, 1,316.24 feet to bears N32º33’49”E, 179.73 Sammon Heating & Air the southwest corner of said feet and having a radius of Conditioning, Inc., NE1/4 of the NW1/4; thence 220.00 feet; thence Plummer Concrete, Inc., N00º22’04”W, along the west N08º27’14”E, 104.33 feet; T. Kroll’s, Inc., line of said NE1/4 of the thence N41º41’21”W, 30.71 Merchants Bank, NW1/4, 36.63 feet to the point feet; thence westerly along the of beginning; thence continarc of a curve concave Biermann Amery, LLC, uing N00º23’04”W, 540.93 southerly, the long chord which Homes by Biermann Amery, feet; thence easterly, along the bears S86º25’23”W, 18.26 feet LLC, arc of a curve concave and having a radius of 300.00 Biermann Homes Amery, LLC, northerly, the long chord which feet; thence northwesterly, Biermann Contracting, Inc., bears N74º41’25”E, 143.99 along the arc of a curve Homes by Biermann St. Croix feet and having a radius of concave northeasterly, the Falls, LLC, 300.00 feet; thence easterly, long chord which bears along the arc of a curve N62º16’21”W, 381.75 feet and Biermann Homes Turtle Lake, concave southerly, the long having a radius of 350.00 feet; LLC, chord which bears thence S62º00’00”W, 192.54 Bernco, a Division of United N84º43’19”E, 283.80 feet and feet; thence S24º11’15”E, Building Centers, having a radius of 350.00 feet; 149.28 feet; thence Simon Electric Const. Co. Inc., thence southeasterly, along the S66º11’06”W, 84.32 feet; Arrow Building Center, arc of a curve concave thence S06º25’45”W, 229.81 southwesterly, the long chord feet; thence N85º29’20”W, Consolidated Lumber Company, which bears S47º33’09”E, 143.68 feet; thence Defendants.

305.40 feet and having a N45º57’46”W, 306.18 feet to Case No.: 09-CV-04 radius of 378.28 feet; thence the point of beginning. ConCase Code: 30404 southeasterly, along the arc of taining 32.28 acres more or FORECLOSURE OF a curve concave northeasterly, less and being subject to MORTGAGE the long chord which bears existing easements, S51º28’02”E, 339.58 feet and EXCEPT Lots 1, 2, 3, 21, 47, 48 NOTICE OF having a radius of 365.00 feet; FORECLOSURE SALE and 49 of the Plat of Glacier thence southeasterly along the Ridge.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by arc of a curve concave virtue of a judgment of forePROPERTY ADDRESS: No southwesterly, the long chord closure entered on August 31, property address listed, St. which bears S70º34’02”E, 2009, in the amount of (a) Croix Falls, WI. 220.30 feet and having a $6,644,381.73 against Biermann Parcel #3: Lots 1, 2, 9-30 and radius of 734.73 feet; thence Investment, LLC, in the amount outlot 1, Whispering Waters, southeasterly, along the arc of of (b) $3,321,283.89 against MB City of Amery, Polk County, a curve concave southwestDevelopment, LLC, and in the Wisconsin, EXCEPT lots with erly, the long chord which amount of (c) $4,983,739.79 structures, each of which bears S55º45’51”E, 158.54 against Mark P. Biermann, the should be a separate parcel. feet and having a radius of Sheriff will sell the described PROPERTY ADDRESSES: 219 736.26 feet; thence southeastpremises at public auction as Greenview Lane, 215 Greenerly, along the arc of a curve follows: view Lane, 216 Greenview concave northeasterly, the TIME: January 27, 2010, at Lane, 220 Greenview Lane, long chord which bears 10:00 a.m.

224 Greenview Lane, 228 S57º53’41”E, 163.43 feet and Greenview Lane, 300 Greenhaving a radius of 565.30 feet; TERMS: Pursuant to said judgview Circle, 304 Greenview thence N34º07’22”E, 159.86 ment, 10% of the successful Circle, 308 Greenview Circle, feet; thence N68º47’02”E, bids must be paid to the sheriff 312 Greenview Circle, 316 450.09 feet; thence at the sale in cash, cashier’s Greenview Circle, 320 GreenS90º00’00”E, 256.33 feet; check or certified funds, payview Circle, 324 Greenview thence S73º26’32”E, 276.24 able to the clerk of courts (perCircle, 328 Greenview Circle, feet; thence S69º50’22”E, sonal checks cannot and will 332 Greenview Circle, 336 225.71 feet to the east line of not be accepted). The balance Greenview Circle, 340 Greensaid NW1/4 of the NE1/4; of the successful bids must be view Circle, 344 Greenview thence S00º30’28”E, along paid to the clerk of courts in Circle, 348 Greenview Circle, said east line and the east line cash, cashier’s check or certi352 Greenview Circle, 356 of said SW1/4 of the NE1/4 fied funds no later than ten Greenview Circle, 239 Green244.95 feet; thence westerly, days after the court’s confirview Lane, 235 Greenview along the arc of a curve conmation of the sale or else the Lane, 231 Greenview Lane, cave northerly, the long chord 10% down payment is forfeitNo. Address listed for Outlot 1, which bears N82º53’41”W, ed to the plaintiff. The properAmery, WI. 315.52 feet and having a ties are sold “as is” and subradius of 1,538.44 feet; thence Parcel #4: Unit Numbers 5-28, ject to all liens and encumwesterly, along the arc of a brances.

Whispering Waters Condomincurve concave southerly, the ium, City of Amery, Polk CounPLACE: In the foyer area of the long chord which bears ty, Wisconsin, EXCEPT condoPolk County Justice Center, N78º29’07”W, 49.78 feet and minium units which have been 1005 West Main St., in the City having a radius of 966.01 feet; constructed, each of which of Balsam Lake, Polk County. thence S22º49’17”W, 115.93 should be a separate parcel.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERfeet; thence S51º10’39”W, PROPERTY ADDRESSES: 211 TIES AND MANNER OF SALE: 140.38 feet; thence Coves Court, 213 Coves Biermann Investment, LLC S10º02’35”W, 145.83 feet; Court, 215 Coves Court, 217 Mortgage thence S42º20’43”W, 96.68 Coves Court, 221 Coves Parcel #1: The East One-Half of feet; thence N75º22’44”W, Court, 223 Coves Court, 225 the Northwest Quarter (E1/2 of 326.77 feet; thence Coves Court, 227 Coves NW1/4) and the West One-Half N33º22’59”W, 231.85 feet; Court, 366 Coves Court, 364 of the Northeast Quarter (W1/2 thence N88º20’56”W, 117.84 Coves Court, 362 Coves of NE1/4) of Section Thirtyfeet; thence southerly, along Court, 360 Coves Court, 346 three (33), Township Thirty-four the arc of a curve concave Coves Court, 344 Coves (34) North, Range Eighteen (18) westerly, the long chord which Court, 342 Coves Court, 340 West, EXCEPT Lot 1 of Certibears S24º34’09”W, 44.51 feet Coves Court, 314 Coves fied Survey Map No. 1587 reand having a radius of 239.98 Court, 312 Coves Court, 310 corded in Volume 7, on page feet; thence southwesterly, Coves Court, 308 Coves 166, as Document No. 506531, along the arc of a curve Court, 306 Coves Court, 304 located in the N1/2 of NW1/4 concave northwesterly, the Coves Court, 302 Coves and EXCEPT that part of the long chord which bears Court, 300 Coves Court, NE1/4 of the NW1/4 and S73º38’06”W, 172.86 feet and Amery, WI NW1/4 of NE1/4 deeded to the having a radius of 125.00 feet; Timothy G. Moore State of Wisconsin, Departthence S30º56’29”W, 22.60 Polk County Sheriff ment of Transportation in the feet; thence N67º00’00”W, Quit Claim Deed, dated Janua44.37 feet; thence MURNANE BRANDT ry 10, 1984, and recorded in S57º00’00”W, 172.03 feet; Attorneys for Plaintiff Volume 464 on page 82 as thence S35º23’32’W, 124.54 30 E. 7th Street, Suite 3200 Document No. 424367 and feet; thence N42º00’00”W, St. Paul, MN 55101-4919 FURTHER EXCEPTING Land 14.95 feet; thence Pursuant to the Fair Debt as described in Warranty Deed S27º00’00”W, 157.74 feet; Collection Practices Act (15 to MB Development, LLC, datthence southeasterly, along the U.S.C. Section 1692), we are ed May 12, 2005, and recordarc of a curve concave south- required to state that we are ed May 31, 2005, in Volume westerly, the long chord which attempting to collect a debt on 971 on page 934 as Document bears S34º20’33”E, 80.36 feet our client’s behalf and any No. 699388, all property is loand having a radius of 230.00 information we obtain will be cated in Polk County, Wis. feet; thence S65º43’09”W, used for that purpose.

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MINUTES OF THE

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the position of Forest Administrator/Parks Assistant is established as a regular full-time position, with salary and benefit computations based on a work schedule not to exceed two thousand eighty (2,080) hours per year, that this position be under the direction and supervision of the Parks, Buildings and Solid Waste Director, and that this position be assigned to the appropriate job classification and pay grade as determined pursuant to Policy 390 - Nonrepresented Employees Compensation Management.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the budget for the Forestry Department remain an independent budget as established for 2010, becoming a departmental budget within the Parks, Buildings and Solid Waste Budget, with authority over such budget transferred to the Parks, Buildings and Solid Waste Director, and any merger of funds be managed through the 2011 Annual Budget Process.

Funding amount: $14,700.00.

Funding source: Forestry Budget.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: December 15, 2009.

County board action: Adopted by voice vote.

Submitted with recommendation of the Polk County Personnel and Property Committees: Mick Larsen, Bryan Beseler, Russell E. Arcand, Joan Peterson and Larry Jepsen.

Res. 86-09 - Reorganization Of The Forestry Department By Merger Into The Parks, Buildings And Solid Waste Department. Motion (Jepsen/Larsen) to approve. Andrea Jerrick addressed the resolution. Motion to adopt Resolution 86-09 carried, by voice vote.

POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DECEMBER 15, 2009

Chairman Beseler called the meeting of the Polk County Board of Supervisors to order at 3:05 p.m. in the West Conference Room of the Government Center, for the purpose of holding a 2-hour presentation and panel discussion on the development of a County Administrator and Administrative Coordinator.

Supervisors in attendance were: Mick Larsen, Craig Moriak, Ken Sample, Joan Peterson, Pat Schmidt, Herschel Brown, Brian Masters, Jim Edgell, Dean Johansen, Kim O'Connell, Jay Luke, Neil Johnson, Jerry Newville, Gary Bergstrom, Russ Arcand, Larry Jepsen, Kathryn Kienholz, Diane Stoneking, Bob Dueholm, Larry Voelker and Bryan Beseler, with Marvin Caspersen arriving 15 minutes later. Department Heads were: Sara McCurdy, Todd Demers, Kari Flom, Sherry Gjonnes, Gary Taxdahl, Steve Warndahl, Colleen Gifford, Debra Peterson, Tim Moore, Maggie Wickre and Carole Wondra. Several members of the local press as well as members of the public were also in attendance. The presenters were: Jeffrey Fuge, Corporation Counsel; Andrea Jerrick, Employee Relations Director and Robert Kazmierski of the University of Wisconsin Extension Office. The panel discussion, moderated by Chairman Beseler, consisted of: J. Thomas McCarty, County Administrator for Eau Claire County; Candace Fitzgerald, County Administrator/Human Resources Director for Burnett County, and Philip J. Lindeman, County Board Chairman for Burnett County.

Chairman Beseler called for a recess at 5:00 p.m., and the meeting to reconvene in the County Boardroom at 6:00 p.m.

Regular Business Session resumed 6:00 p.m.

County Clerk informed the chair the notice of the agenda was posted in three public buildings, published in the county's legal paper, the Tri-County and Indianhead Advertisers, and posted on the county's Web site the week of December 6, 2009, and the amended agenda posted December 8, 2009. The second amended agenda was sent to the media and posted in the Government Center on December 11, 2009; however, it was not posted in the 2 other public buildings at that time. Corporation Counsel verified that sufficient notice of the meeting was given as to the original agenda and the first amended agenda, but not as to the second amended agenda.

Supervisor Johansen led the prayer. Chairman Beseler led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Roll call was taken by the Clerk, with 22 members present. The seat of District 8 Supervisor was vacant. Chairman Beseler declared the vacancy and noted that District 8 Supervisor, Keith Rediske, had moved out of the Supervisory District and submitted his resignation. Chairman Beseler stated that the seat of the District 8 Supervisor District would remain vacant at the request of the constituency of District 8 and that the seat would be filled in the course of the Spring Election in April 2010.

Chairman Beseler appointed Patricia Schmidt to the position of interim First Vice Chair, leaving the Second Vice Chair vacant at this time. Supervisor Schmidt will continue to serve and fulfill her current committee duties.

Chairman Beseler requested a suspension of the rules in order to accept the amended agenda which requires a 10-day notice. Motion (Larsen/Masters) to suspend the rules. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote.

Chairman Beseler requested a change in the order of the agenda, striking Resolution E, to a later date; moving Resolution H to immediately follow Resolution A; and moving up the Closed Session to follow the Finance Director's Report.

Motion (Masters/Larsen) to approve the amended agenda. Motion to approve amended agenda carried by a unanimous voice vote.

Motion (Sample/Johnson) to approve Minutes of the November 10, 2009, County Board Meeting. Motion carried by a unanimous voice vote.

Public comments were given.

Finance Director's Report was given by Interim Finance Director, Maggie Wickre.

Motion (Sample/Masters) to convene into closed session pursuant to Wis. Stat. Sec. 19.85(1)(g) for the purpose of conferring with legal counsel for Polk County who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by Polk County Board of Supervisors with respect to counteroffer of Rice Partnership and Golden Health Care and Rehabilitation to settle pending litigation. Roll call vote, unanimous to move into closed session.

Closed Session. Motion (Masters/Larsen) to return to Open Session, motion carried by unanimous voice vote.

5-minute break called by Chairman Beseler.

County Board reconvened into open session at 7:20 pm.

RESOLUTION 87-09

TO AUTHORIZE AND ADOPT A CONTRACT FOR MEDICAL EXAMINER SERVICES WITH ANOKA COUNTY, MINNESOTA WHEREAS, the Polk County Medical Examiner has previously administered contracts with the Anoka County Medical Examiners Office for the provision of medical examiner services.

WHEREAS, through such contracts, the Polk County Examiner has received the expertise and professionalism of the Anoka County Medical Examiner for the provision of forensic autopsy services and other related medical examiner services.

WHEREAS, on November 5, 2009, the Office of Corporation Counsel has submitted the proposed 2010 Contract for Medical Examiner Services to the Wisconsin Attorney General for a determination of proper form and compatibility with the laws of the State of Wisconsin and said determination remains pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Polk County Board of Supervisors authorizes and adopts on behalf of Polk County the Contract for Medical Examiner Services, attached hereto and incorporated herein.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Medical Examiner shall administer said contract in all respects for Polk County.

BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to Wisconsin Statute Section 66.0303(3) (a), that said contract is effective conditioned upon a determination of the Wisconsin Attorney that the contract is in proper form and compatible with the laws of the State of Wisconsin.

Funding amount: $34,000.00.

Funding source: County Levy as Authorized in 2010 Budget for Department of Medical Examiner.

Date Finance Committee Advised: 2010 Budget Process.

Finance Committee Recommendation: Passage.

Effective date: Upon passage, conditioned upon determination by the Wisconsin Attorney General, as noted above.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: December 15, 2009.

County board action: Adopted by unanimous voice vote.

Submitted upon recommendation of the Polk County Public Protection and Judicial Committees: Jay Luke, Joan Peterson, Kim A. O’Connell and Neil Johnson.

LEGAL NOTE The Resolution to Authorize and Adopt a Contract for Medical Examiner Services with Anoka County, Minnesota, involves a proposed agreement which is authorized pursuant to Wisconsin Statute Section 66.0303, Municipal Interstate Cooperation. Pursuant to law, the resolution contains a condition precedent. The condition precedent is that before the agreement becomes effective the Wisconsin Attorney General shall approve the agreement as to form and compatibility with state law.

Under law, the agreement will be approved unless the Wisconsin Attorney General provides a finding that the agreement does not meet the statutory conditions. The finding of the Wisconsin Attorney General must also detail the specific respects in which the proposed agreement fails to meet the requirements of law. The failure of the Wisconsin Attorney General to disapprove a proposed agreement within 90 days of submission constitutes approval. In the event that the Wisconsin Attorney General provides no response, the agreement will be deemed approved and the effective date of the resolution will relate back to the day on which the resolution was adopted by the Polk County Board of Supervisors.

The Corporation Counsel submitted the proposed agreement to the Wisconsin Attorney General on November 5, 2009. The approval process remained pending when the resolution was presented on December 2, 2009, to the County Clerk for distribution in advance of the December 15, 2009, meeting of the Polk County Board of Supervisors.

Anoka County Contract No. 09 - 2180

RESOLUTION 85-09

TO RE-ELECT STEVE WARNDAHL TO A FOUR-YEAR TERM AS THE POLK COUNTY HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER WHEREAS, the current term for the Polk County Highway Commissioner expires December 31, 2009; and WHEREAS, the Polk County Highway Committee has seen improvements in the management of the Highway Department during Mr. Warndahl's current term as Highway Commissioner; and WHEREAS, the Polk County Highway Committee recommends re-electing Steve Warndahl to a four-year term as Polk County Highway Commissioner.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors re-elects Steve Warndahl to a four-year term as Polk County Highway Commissioner.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the term of re-election of Steve Warndahl as Polk County Highway Commissioner will commence on January 1, 2010, and expires on December 31, 2013.

Funding amount: N/A. Funding source: N/A. Date Finance Committee Advised: N/A. Effective date: Upon Passage.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: December 15, 2009.

County board action: Adopted by voice vote.

Submitted with recommendation by Polk County Highway Department: Marvin Caspersen, Herschel Brown, Larry Voelker, Jay Luke and Dean Johansen.

Res. 85-09 - To Re-Elect Steve Warndahl To A Four-Year Term As The Polk County Highway Commissioner. Motion (Caspersen/Brown) to approve. Motion to adopt Resolution 85-09 carried by voice vote.

RESOLUTION 86-09

REORGANIZATION OF THE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT BY MERGER INTO THE PARKS, BUILDINGS AND SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT WHEREAS, Polk County has adopted a Position Administration Policy which provides for and regulates the reorganization of county departments; and WHEREAS, there is currently a need to revisit the structure of the County's Forestry Department and County Forestry Program; and WHEREAS, the Property, Personnel and Finance Committees have reviewed the various cost benefits of each option fulfilling the Forestry obligations and Forestry Plan of Polk County; and WHEREAS, the Property Committee, as the governing committee for the Forestry Program and Parks, Buildings and Solid Waste Department, and the Personnel and Finance Committees, have identified this option as the most cost-effective measure to the continuation of the Forestry Program and have given their approval to this proposed reorganization.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Forestry Department be merged into the Parks, Buildings and Solid Waste Department effective January 1, 2010.

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Contract for Medical Examiner Services This CONTRACT is entered into by and between Anoka County, Minnesota, 2100 Third Avenue, Anoka, MN 55303, and Polk County, Wisconsin, 1005 West Main Street, Suite 700, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

RECITALS: 1.) Anoka County has appointed Dr. Janis Amatuzio, who is a doctor of medicine licensed to practice medicine in the state of Minnesota and a forensic pathologist certified by the American Board of Pathology, as Medical Examiner for Anoka County pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 390.33.

2.) Dr. Amatuzio, with assistance of county staff in the Anoka County Medical Examiner's Office, provides Medical Examiner services as set forth in Minn. Stat. Chap. 390.

3.) Anoka County is willing to provide autopsy services to other counties upon terms and conditions as authorized by Minn. Stat. § 390.252.

4.) Polk County wishes to contract with Anoka County for the provision of autopsy services to Polk County.

THEREFORE, IT IS MUTUALLY AGREED: 1. TERM. 1.1 This Agreement will commence on January 1, 2010, and will terminate on December 31, 2010.

1.2 This Agreement may be terminated early as provided in Section 6. TERMINATION. 2. SERVICES. 2.1 Anoka County will provide autopsy services as described in Attachment A, which is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement.

3. COMPENSATION. 3.1 Polk County will pay Anoka County, as compensation for autopsy services provided during the term of this Agreement, the amount of $34,000.00, to be billed and paid quarterly in the amount of $8,500.00.

3.2 If a catastrophic event occurs that requires significantly more than the normal services, Polk County will reimburse Anoka for the actual cost of additional expenses incurred in performing the duties herein.

Catastrophic event shall be defined as one where multiple deaths (5 or more) occur from a single event. If the parties dispute the amount of additional expenses, they hereby agree to (1) use mediation to resolve their difference, and if that fails, (2) to submit in binding arbitration in accordance with the practices and terms of the American Arbitration

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Association. Mediators and Arbitrators shall be picked by agreement, or failing that, each party shall choose one, who shall then meet and choose the actual arbitrator or mediator. Each party shall pay one half the cost of the entire process.

4. AUDITS, REPORTS, RECORDS, DISCLOSURES AND MONITORING. 4.1 Anoka County will maintain appropriate records related to services provided under this Agreement.

4.2 Anoka County agrees to allow Polk County, the State Auditor or legislative authority, or any of their duly authorized representatives at any time during normal business hours, and as often as they may deem reasonably necessary, access to and the right to examine, audit, excerpt and transcribe any books, documents, papers, records, etc., and accounting procedures and practices of Anoka County that are relevant to this Agreement, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 16C.05, subd. 5.

5. STANDARDS AND LICENSES. 5.1 Anoka County will provide services only with those personnel who are properly licensed by the State of Minnesota (or other regulatory authority).

5.2 Anoka County will comply with all applicable federal and state statutes and regulations as well as local ordinances now in effect or hereafter adopted.

6. TERMINATION. 6.1 This Contract will terminate under the following circumstances: 6.1.1 by the parties' mutual written agreement; 6.1.2 upon at least 3 months’ written notice specifying the termination date, given by either party, with or without cause; 6.1.3 if a party is in breach of a material obligation under this Agreement and has not cured the breach within 15 days of written notice specifying the breach, this Agreement will terminate immediately unless the other party consents to extend the cure period, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld so long as the breaching party has commenced cure during the 15-day notice period and pursues cure of the breach in good faith.

6.1.4 automatically without notice on December 31, 2010.

6.2 Termination of this Agreement shall not limit either party from pursuing any other remedies available to it, including injunctive relief, nor shall termination relieve Polk County of its obligation to pay all charges that accrued prior to such termination.

6.3 The parties' rights and obligations under this Agreement shall survive termination of this Agreement.

7. DATA PRACTICES. 7.1 Anoka County is required to comply with the provisions of the Minnesota government data practices act, Minn. Stat. Ch. 13, in collecting creating, receiving, maintaining, disseminating, or using data for any purpose in the course of its performance of this Agreement.

7.2 The parties both agree to abide by applicable statutes, rules and regulations related to data privacy and as they may be amended.

8. NONDISCRIMINATION. 8.1 The parties agree to comply with applicable federal or state laws and regulations and county policies related to affirmative action and nondiscrimination.

9. INDEMNIFICATION. 9.1 Anoka County agrees that it will defend, indemnify and hold harmless Polk County against any and all liability, loss, damages, costs and expenses which Polk County may hereafter sustain, incur, or be required to pay by reason of any negligent act or omission or intentional act of Anoka County, its agents, officers or employees which causes bodiIy injury, death, personal injury, property loss or damage to another during the performance of services under this Agreement.

9.1.1 This duty to defend, indemnify and hold harmless by Anoka County shall exclude any and all negligent or intentional acts of Polk County, its employees, servants or agents.

9.1.2 Nothing in this Agreement waives any limitation on liability provided by Minn. Stat. Chap. 466 or Minn. Stat. §§ 3.732 et seq. or any other applicable law.

10. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. 10.1 Nothing in this Agreement is intended or should be construed in any manner as creating or establishing a co-partner relationship between Anoka County and Polk County or as constituting Anoka County or its employees as the agent, representative or employee of Polk County for any purpose.

11. MINNESOTA LAW. 11.1 Minnesota laws govern all questions related to the Contract.

11.2 The parties will venue any proceedings related to this Agreement in the Anoka County District Court, State of Minnesota.

12. NOTICE. 12.1 Notice is to be given in writing and either sent by mail or delivered in person.

12.1.1 Notice for Polk County will be directed to Jonn Dinnies, 1005 West Main Street, Suite 700, Balsam Lake, WI 54810.

12.1.2 Notice for Anoka County will be directed to Jerry Soma, Human Services Division Manager, 2100 Third Avenue, Anoka, MN 55303.

12.2 Notice served by mail is deemed received 3 days after mailing.

13. MODIFICATIONS. 13.1 Material alterations, modifications or variations of the terms of this Agreement, shall be valid and enforceable only when they have been reduced to writing as an amendment and signed by the parties.

14. MERGER. 14.1 It is understood and agreed that the entire agreement of the parties is contained here and that this contract supersedes all oral agreements and negotiations between the parties relating to this subject matter. All items referred to in this contract are incorporated or attached and deemed to be part of the contract.

The parties have entered into this Agreement as of the date first written above.

County of Anoka, Minnesota County of Polk, Wisconsin By: Jay Luke Chair, Public Protection Committee

AUTHORIZING FUNDS AND APPLICATION FOR STATE FUNDS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED WHEREAS, the Polk County Board of Supervisors believes that providing specialized transportation services improves and promotes the human dignity and self-sufficiency of the elderly and the disabled; and WHEREAS, Section 85.21 of the Wisconsin Statutes authorizes the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) to make grants to the counties of Wisconsin for the purpose of assisting them in providing specialized transportation services to the elderly and disabled; and WHEREAS, each grant must be matched with a local share of not less than 20% times the amount of the grant.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of Polk County hereby authorizes the Polk County Council on Aging to prepare and submit to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation an application for assistance during 2010 under Section 85.21 of the Wisconsin Statutes, in conformance with the requirements issued by that Department.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors also authorizes the appropriation of county funds in the amount of $23,087 in order to provide the required local match, to be combined with the state grant of $115,434 for total transportation monies to Polk County of $138,521. These funds have been appropriated in the 2010 County budget.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of Polk County authorizes the County Board Chairman to execute a state aid contract with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation under Section 85.21 of the Wisconsin Statutes on behalf of Polk County.

Funding amount: $138,521.00.

Funding sources: DOT Revenue Acct. #43566 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $115,434 General Property Tax Acct. #41110 . . . . . . . . . $23,087 Effective date: Upon Passage.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: December 15, 2009.

County board action: Adopted by unanimous voice vote.

Submitted by: Neil Johnson.

Res. 88-09 - Authorizing Funds And Application For State Funds For Transportation Of The Elderly And Disabled. Motion (Johnson/Brown) to approve.

Kari Flom, Aging Programs Director, addressed to resolution. Motion to adopt Resolution 88-09 Carried by unanimous voice vote.

RESOLUTION 89-09

TITLE OF RESOLUTION CANCELLATION OF OUTSTANDING ORDERS WHEREAS, The Polk County Treasurer’s Office is holding the following outstanding checks that are two years old and have not been redeemed: DATE PAYEE AMOUNT CHECK NO. 40972 10-03-06 Patricia Leveen 35.20 102686 12-20-06 William H. Olson 1.00 102734 12-20-06 Erik Dunn 34.00 102989 12-27-06 Erica Rush 21.80 103123 12-29-06 Matthew J. Savoy 37.75 106216 03-09-07 Daniel Gullickson 13.10 106674 03-20-07 Christopher L. Tiffany 31.38 107479 04-12-07 Jeffrey B. Simmon 26.40 107730 04-18-07 Polk County Clerk of Court 50.00 107942 04-23-07 Danny L. Kelley 3.40 108309 05-02-07 Jennie Ahlin Estate 1.86 109907 06-14-07 American Red Cross 59.00 110447 06-25-07 Kathy R. Kuntz 20.00 111817 07-25-07 WWLT 10.00 112431 08-09-07 Autism Resource Network 23.90 115423 10-22-07 Eric Palmer 50.41 115548 10-23-07 Steven Cleveland 22.00 115554 10-23-07 Theresa Chicilo 26.00 10-23-07 Lana Swenson 26.00 115556 116826 11-20-07 James D. Hutton 34.35 116887 11-27-07 SMT Health Systems 170.25 116929 11-27-07 Carl Volgren 8.00 116935 11-27-07 Charles A. Johnson 8.00 117783 12-14-07 Walter Bowe 154.80 118025 12-20-07 Foundry Networks 992.43 WHEREAS, Wisconsin Statutes 59.64 gives the County Board permission to cancel these orders.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board gives the Polk County Treasurer permission to cancel and destroy these orders.

Funding amount: $0.00.

Funding source: N/A. Date Finance Advised: December 9, 2009.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: December 15, 2009.

County board action: Adopted by unanimous voice vote.

Submitted at the recommendation of the Polk County Finance Committee: Bryan Beseler.

Res. 89-09 - Cancellation Of Outstanding Orders. Motion (Masters/Larsen) to approve. Motion to adopt Resolution 89-09 carried by unanimous voice vote.

RESOLUTION 90-09

Attachment A Autopsy Services to be Provided 1. Reliable and issue-focused forensic autopsy services on a timely basis.

2. Autopsies performed by forensic pathologist.

3. Compliance with Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals Organization, College of American Pathology, National Association of Medical Examiner guidelines for autopsy procedures. Accreditation by the National Association of Medical Examiners.

4. Assistance in special techniques for positive identification.

5. Toxicology performed by an accredited forensic toxicology laboratory.

6. Record maintenance of photographs, toxicology and basic radiographs.

7. Weekday, weekend and holiday coverage.

8. Timely communication with family, including notification of legal next of kin and notification to identified attending physician.

9. Notifying next of kin when an autopsy is performed; sending a personalized letter to family to accompany the autopsy report on noncriminal cases.

Res. 87-09 - To Authorize And Adopt A Contract For Medical Examiner Services With Anoka County, Minnesota. Motion (Masters/Luke) to approve.

Motion to adopt Resolution 87-09 carried by unanimous voice vote.

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COMPENSATION OF COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS AND CITIZEN COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHEREAS, the Personnel Committee has reviewed the compensation of county board members and citizen members to county committees and administrative boards; and WHEREAS, the Personnel Committee has recommended that the Polk County Board of Supervisors consider a Resolution setting the compensation for county board members and citizen members to county committees and administrative boards.

THEREFORE, NOW, BE IT RESOLVED, that beginning with the terms of office starting in April, 2010, county board members shall be compensated at the rate of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars for each county board meeting.

FURTHERMORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that beginning with the term of office starting in April 2010, county board members and citizen committee members shall be compensated at the rate of Seventy-Five ($75.00) Dollars per day for attendance at one scheduled meeting of a standing committee or administrative board of which he or she is a member.

FURTHERMORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that beginning with the terrn of office starting in April, 2010, county board members and citizen members shall be compensated at the rate of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars per day for attendance at special committee meetings and any other at any other scheduled meeting of a committee of which he or she is a member, or any conventions or seminars approved by the county board chair.

FURTHERMORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that for purposes of computing per diem payments to county board members, meetings of the Board of Health and Council on Aging, as well as meetings of the Land Conservation, Lime and Age Committees scheduled on the same date shall be considered one (1) meeting.

FURTHERMORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in addition to the per diem amounts listed above, the compensation of the county board chairperson shall be set, and include each of the following: 1. A salary in the annual amount of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars per year, beginning with the term starting in April 2010; and 2. Notwithstanding the mileage provisions of Policy 512, mileage reimbursement at the IRS rate per mile for any travel needed to carry out the duties and functions of the County Board Chairperson, including, but not limited to, those responsibilities pertaining to the designation of Administrative Coordinator.

PAGE 30 - INTER-COUNTY LEADER - NEWS SECTION - A - JANUARY 6, 2010 FURTHERMORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in addition to the per diem amounts listed above, the compensation of the 1st Vice Chair of the county board be set at One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars per year beginning with the term starting April, 2010.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: December 15, 2009.

County board action: Failed - roll call vote 3 Yes/ 19 No. Submitted at the request of the Personnel Committee: Herschel Brown.

Res. 90-09 - Compensation Of County Board Members And Citizen Committee Members. Motion (Schmidt/Arcand) to approve. Motion (Arcand/Sample) to amend Resolution 90-09 by: in the first FURTHERMORE, BE IT RESOLVED, paragraph, changing the word "day” to “meeting," changing the word "one" to "any." In the second FURTHERMORE, BE IT RESOLVED, paragraph, striking "any other," and changing the 4th line to read: "other scheduled meeting of a standing committee or administrative board of which he or she is a member.”

Adding an additional "FURTHERMORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a county board member or citizen member of a standing committee or administrative board may only be compensated for two (2) meetings in any one day." Motion to approve the amendment to Resolution 90-09, The chair declared the voice vote carried. A division of the house was called and a roll call vote was taken. Result of roll call vote was a tie. Motion failed. 11 Yes votes and 11 No votes. (Voting Yes: Supvrs. Schmidt, Brown, Moriak, Arcand, Larsen, Luke, Stoneking, Jepsen, Bergstrom, Newville and Beseler. Voting No: Supvrs. Dueholm, Peterson, Johansen, Kienholz, Caspersen, Edgell, Masters, Sample, O'Connell, Johnson and Voelker). Motions to amend Resolution 90-09 by Supvr. Johnson and Arcand were ruled out of order by Chairman Beseler. Motion to adopt the original Resolution, failed by roll call vote, 3 Yes, 19 No. (Voting no: Supvrs.

Schmidt, Moriak and Arcand.)

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TO CREATE THE COUNTY OFFICE OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WHEREAS, the Polk County Board of Supervisors has received information regarding the options toward the establishment of a permanent county office of either County Administrator or full-time salaried Administrative Coordinator; and WHEREAS, the Personnel Committee has made the recommendation that the development of a county office of County Administrator is the interest of Polk County that Polk County Policy 881, Staffing, Budget Planning and Position Administration, should be suspended in this specific instance.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to Wisconsin Statute Section 59.18, the Polk County Board of Supervisors creates county office of County Administrator.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Polk County Board of Supervisors creates a three- (3) member selection committee, consisting of the County Board Chairperson, First Vice Chairperson and Second Vice Chairperson, which is directed to develop and implement a process which would include a minimum of 2 Department Heads for candidate selection and recommendation of the County Administrator, notwithstanding the provisions of Polk County Policy 103, Employee Recruitment, Selection and Status.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors shall appoint the County Administrator after receipt of the recommendations of the selection committee, and the County Board Chairperson shall continue to serve as designated Administrative Coordinator until the County Administrator, as created herein, is so appointed and confirmed by majority vote.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors shall supervise the County Administrator; and may remove by majority vote the County Administrator at any time that the conduct of the County Administrator becomes unsatisfactory; and said removal action shall be final.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Polk County Board of Supervisors creates an advisory and oversight committee for the County Administrator composed of the 3 Chairs, which shall also conduct the performance evaluations of the County Administrator which shall be submitted to the County Board for consideration and modification as necessary.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the job description of the County Administrator, as attached hereto and incorporated herein, is approved.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Policy 881 is suspended for the purposes of this resolution.

Effective date: Upon Passage.

Approved as to form: Jeffrey B. Fuge, Corporation Counsel.

Date Submitted to County Board: December 15, 2009.

County board action: Adopted by voice vote.

Submitted upon recommendation of the Polk County Personnel Committee: Russell E. Arcand, Herschel Brown, Patricia M. Schmidt, Gerald W. Newville and Keith Rediske.

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OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Performs work related to administrative role as necessary, advisable or directed by the County Board.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE • Bachelor's degree in business or public administration or closely related field required, Master's degree preferred.

• Minimum of five years of executive level administrative experience in business, industry or government; financial management experience in a large organization required; experience in county or municipal government preferred.

• Equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired will be considered.

• Competency and demonstrated experience in developing and monitoring large budgets.

• Demonstrated effective oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.

• Must become a resident of Polk County within one (1) year from date of hire and remain a County resident during employment.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES • Considerable knowledge of County Government operations.

• Thorough knowledge of budget preparation, supervision and revision.

• Ability to be visionary and creative in a key management role.

• Considerable knowledge of State and Federal laws, rules and regulations pertaining to County Government.

• Demonstrated competency in leadership and team-building relationships with County department heads and employees.

• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with County officials, employees and the general public.

• Ability to plan, coordinate and lead others in the accomplishment of work.

• Possess initiative for coordination of County functions and dedication to County administrative teamwork and leadership.

• Ability to exercise independent judgment, have consistent management style and be a creative problem solver.

• Ability to prepare and edit concise, accurate fiscal and administrative reports.

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing and to address a variety of audiences.

Polk County Wisconsin Job Description Job Title: Department: Reports To: Prepared By: Prepared Date: Approved By: Approved Date: Revised Date: Revised By: Salary Level: FLSA Status:

County Administrator Department of Administration County Board

Nonrepresented Pay Scale DB Rating Exempt

PHYSICAL DEMANDS and WORK ENVIRONMENT The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Large percentage of time talking, hearing, using judgment and near vision performing work inside. Occasionally tours County or other facilities outside the office. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Res. 91-09 - To Create The County Office Of County Administrator. Motion (Newville/Peterson) to approve. Motion to adopt Resolution 91-09, carried by voice vote.

Chairman Beseler called for a suspension of the rules. Motion (Brown/Peterson) to suspend the rules requiring the Second Vice Chair (currently vacated) to sit on the GAM Governing Board. Motion to approve, carried by unanimous voice vote.

Nominations were opened for filling the position of Second Vice Chair.

Nominated were: Ken Sample, Mick Larsen, Larry Jepsen and Brian Masters.

Ken Sample was declared second Vice Chair by majority vote, receiving 12 votes, Mick Larsen - 3, Larry Jepsen - 6 and Brian Masters - 1.

Standing Committees Reports were given.

Supervisors’ Reports were given.

Chairman/Administrative Coordinator's Report was given by Chairman Beseler.

Motion (Sample/Larsen) to adjourn. Motion carried. (9:00 p.m.)

SUMMARY Under general direction of the Polk County Board, the Administrator serves as the county's chief administrative officer under State Statute 59.18, and is responsible for directing all managerial and administrative functions of the county, except those functions vested in boards, commissions or other elected officers. The Administrator meets regularly with the Administrative Advisory Committee who serves in an oversight and advisory capacity to the Administrator.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned by the County Board.

1. As Chief Administrative Officer, the person in this position serves as a role model for all County employees and meets or exceeds all requirements or expectations of County employees. Acts as a leadership mentor.

2. Administers and enforces County ordinances, and State and Federal law administered by Polk County and sets administrative policy to that effect.

3. Appoints the members of all boards and commissions where the statutes provide that such appointment shall be made by the County Board or by the board chair. All such appointments shall be subject to the confirmation of the County Board.

4. Provides coordination of all County functions within the framework of a single, efficient, governmental unit and recommends reorganization, development of new functions or abandonment of old functions to the County Board as appear advisable to coordination of County functions. Responds to situations or complaints which indicate lack of coordination.

5. Directs all administrative and management functions of County Government by management skills, administrative order or otherwise, except those functions vested in Boards, Commissions or other elected officers.

6. Appoints and supervises, in accordance with County ordinances, the heads of all departments of the County, whether previously appointed by board or commission, County Board or Board Chair, except those elected by the people, or where statutes provide that appointment shall be made

by elected officers. Any appointment by the County Administrator requires the confirmation of the County Board.

Supervises appointed department heads and evaluates their performance as needed but at least annually. New department heads shall be evaluated at least quarterly during probation.

Administers such appropriate and timely discipline through county processes when necessary for all appointed department heads. Any department head appointed by the County Administrator may be removed at the pleasure of the Administrator in accordance with County ordinances.

Communicates monthly and annually, and when otherwise advisable, to the County Board of Supervisors the condition of the County and shall recommend such matters to them for their consideration as deemed necessary or advisable for expedient administration and coordination of County functions.

Shall be responsible for coordination, preparation, submission and administration of an annual County Budget, with recommendations, which shall be presented to the County Board. Approves appropriate budgeted department financial requests as delegated by the County Board.

Shall be the chief administrative spokesperson for the County, which role shall be coordinated with the County Board Chair, who acts as the chief elected spokesperson.

Coordinates the transaction of all County administrative business with Federal, State and local officials.

Serves as an ex officio member of standing committees of the County Board and attends meetings when necessary or appropriate or as requested.

Coordinates, prepares and researches reports for the County Board as necessary or requested by the County Board.

Serves as resource person to the County Board and Committees and shall prepare material or data as requested for public hearings, investigative reports, etc.

Attends County Board meetings and contributes in a manner appropriate with the role of an Administrator.

Takes the initiative to propose to the County Board such actions as will contribute to efficiency, productivity and overall improvement of County operations.

Exercises vision and creativity in approaches to County planning, coordination and problem solving.

Executes the orders of the County Board and supervises compliance thereof.

Drafts resolutions pursuant to County Ordinance for consideration by the Board and instructs Corporation Counsel to draft necessary ordinances for the Board's consideration.

Creates an atmosphere that builds positive, professional and businesslike relationships.

Builds trust and image of Polk County with other units of government.

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I, Carole T. Wondra, County Clerk for Polk County, do hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the County Board Proceedings of the Polk County Board of Supervisors' Session held on December 15, 2009.

Carole T. Wondra Polk County Clerk

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Frederic 7-8 Holiday Concert

The Frederic 7-8 Holiday Concert featured performances by the junior high concert choir, under the direction of Greg Heine, the junior high bell choir, under the direction of Pat Anderson, and the junior high concert band, under the direction of Patti Burns. The concert ended with the band, choir, bells and audience members taking part in performing “Joyful and Triumphant.” Photos by Shari Matz

First 2010 baby born at St. Croix Regional Medical Center

Red and robust

Shown in their birthing suite at St. Croix Regional Medical Center are (L to R): Provider Kelly Schmidt, Natasha Baker, baby boy Lin, brother Hunter and Mitchell Root. - Special photo

A cardinal provides a welcome bright spot during this season of little color and sunshine. - Photo by Becky Amundson

Cold, eh?

A Webster reader snapped this photo of an outdoor thermometer which read nearly minus 30 degrees on the morning of Saturday, Jan. 2. “It was minus 30 at 7:15, but I didn’t think about taking a picture until it ‘warmed up,’” noted the photographer. - Photo submitted

ST. CROIX FALLS – Natasha Baker and Mitchell Root of Frederic had something very special to celebrate during the first week of the new year: the birth of their son, Lin Harper Root. Provider Kelly Schmidt, certified nurse midwife, delivered him on Jan. 3, 2010, at 10:40 p.m. Lin is the first baby born at SCRMC in 2010. Lin weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and measured 20 inches long at birth.

“Lin is our first son born at St. Croix Regional,” said Natasha. “The medical center in St. Croix Falls is wonderful!

Kelly Schmidt, our provider, and Dawn Brandt, our OB nurse, were extremely helpful during labor and delivery. The care we received during and after the birth was so thoughtful. Everyone was able to answer all our questions and provide help when needed while still meeting our wishes for privacy. We received

excellent care and really appreciated the little extras, like the special meal and birthday cake we enjoyed to celebrate Lin’s birth.“ As the parents of the first child born in 2010 at St. Croix Regional Medical Center, the proud and happy couple received a gift of a monogrammed pastel baby swaddle from the medical center, a $50 gift basket for mom and baby from the SCRMC Volunteer Partner’s gift shop; a gift certificate for their choice of baby or family pictures from JB Studios; a $50 gift certificate from MarketPlace Foods; a $50 savings bond from Eagle Valley Bank; a $50 Visa card and $50 savings bond from The RiverBank; and a $50 Wal-Mart gift certificate. Gratitude is extended to these merchants for generously offering these gifts for the baby and family of the first child of 2010. - submitted

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Local woman creates contest-winning recipe

by Brenda Sommerfeld LUCK – Luck resident Laura Stonesifer recently created a recipe she titled nacho pizza. The recipe earned her a monetary prize of $300 when she took second place in a Taste of Home recipe contest.

In order to keep an updated list of recipes, Taste of Home posts several different contests on their Web site each month and they give out prizes for the top recipes in each category.

While looking for a new recipe to try, Stonesifer came across a pizza contest for Taste of Home’s Simple & Delicious magazine. Upon seeing the contest, she decided to submit her newly created recipe for nacho pizza.

“I love Mexican food and I love pizza,” Stonesifer said in her Taste of Home recipe submission. “People seem to just love it … especially my brothers and other guys.”

Stonesifer’s recipe is made with pizza crust mix for the crust, the sauce is a mixture of sour cream and salsa and the top-

Laura Stonesifer, Luck, received a prize of $300 for a recipe she sent into a contest held by Taste of Home. – Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

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pings are beef, onion, tomato, olives and some spices. It is then topped with cheese and crushed tortilla chips.

Her recipe is appearing in the January/February issue of Simple & Delicious magazine and is also showcased on the Taste of Home Web site.

Stonesifer said that cooking is a newfound hobby which she enjoys.

“I think I finally learned how to boil pasta my senior year in college,” Stonesifer said. “Now I look online at recipes.

I’m pretty much just figuring things out on my own.”

She does, however, call her mom whenever she is unsure of what to do.

“My mom’s an awesome cook, so I learn a lot from her,” Stonesifer commented. “I call and ask her probably pretty dumb questions.”

With the success of her recent entry, Stonesifer is sure to send in more recipes to contests as she gets more and more experienced in her cooking.

Nacho pizza is made with pizza crust, topped with sour cream, salsa, ground beef, onion, tomato, olives, cheese and crushed tortilla chips. – Photo submitted

First baby of the new year at Burnett Medical Center

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Kerissa Morrin and Jeremy Paulson pose with newborn baby Derick Lyle Paulson. Derick was born at 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 3, making him the first baby born at Burnett Medical Center in 2010. – Photo submitted BURNETT COUNTY – Derick Lyle Paulson, born Jan. 3, 2010, at 4:30 a.m., to Kerissa Morrin and Jeremy Paulson, Grantsburg, was Burnett Medical Center’s first baby of the new year. Derick weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and was 201/2 inches. Debra Hammer, certified nurse midwife, delivered Derick Sunday morning.

“It was very nice,” Morrin said of the experience at the Burnett Medical Center. “All of the nurses were awesome.”

Derick and his parents received a basket full of gifts from the hospital as the reward for being the first baby born in

2010. The basket was filled with clothing, diapers, toys and blankets. The family also received gifts from many of the local businesses, including savings bonds from U.S. Bank and Indianhead, a gift certificate for baby’s first haircut and baby’s first birthday cake from the Dairy Queen.

Derick’s grandparents are Bill and Dana Morrin, Grantsburg and Scott and Janet Kinch, Grantsburg. Great-grandparents are Don and Chick Anderson, Bayfield and Louise Reisewitz.

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POLK/BURNETT COUNTIES–This week features part two, the final chapter, of the year 2009. As the new year is ushered in, we look back at moments and photos from the last half of 2009. - compiled by Tammi Milberg

July Teens Julia Larsen and Johanna Alling were named the Freedom Festival grand marshals for Balsam Lake. •Ron Handberg, former news director of WCCO, was the speaker for the annual author’s luncheon at the Burnett Community Library.

•Siren Summerfest was held and Jennica Kosloski was crowned Miss Siren. •Clam Falls held a Fourth of July parade. •Balsam Lake held Freedom Festival and Naomi Williamson was crowned Miss Balsam Lake. •Danbury held a Fourth of July parade. •Webster held a Fourth of July parade. •A flag dedication ceremony was held at the St. Croix Casino. •Retired Air Force Col. Dean Dversdall, Luck, was featured in the Currents section for promoting his son, Air Force Col. Duncan Dversdall, at a ceremony held May 29 at the Ohio Air Force Base. •A truck and tractor pull was held at Indian Creek. •The Willis Erickson elevator was dedicated at the Polk County Museum in Balsam Lake.

•Twenty-three young women were featured as contestants for Miss St. Croix Falls. •The third-annual Tug Across the St. Croix was held during Wannigan Days.

•Balsam Lake raised their water and sewer rates. •The Music in the Park series started in Siren for the summer. •Lewis Taylor was sworn in as the tribal chairman for the

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Tysen Wink of Frederic chomped his way around a juicy ear of corn at the Frederic Farmers Market in August. The Leader featured reviews of area farmers markets in 2009, written by Colleen Draxler. - Photo by Colleen Draxler

St. Croix Tribal Council. •Comedian Mary Mack, Webster graduate Miki Budge, performed at Madden’s Steakhouse in Siren.

•A 17-year-old from Turtle Lake, Rhonda Hellstern, lost her life in an accident. •The governor vetoed monies for Burnett County’s communication project but the county indicated the project would move forward with other finance options. •Luck celebrated Lucky Days. •Alicia Chelberg was crowned Miss St. Croix Falls. •Leland and Delores Rivard were the grand marshals in Taylors Falls for Wannigan Days.

•Dr. Arne and Miriam Lagus were grand marshals for St. Croix Falls for Wannigan Days. •The Central Burnett County Fair was held in Webster. •Centuria celebrated Memory Days and Jessica Raboin was crowned Miss Centuria. •Unity Schools received stimulus monies and used them for funding online learning. •Wayne’s Foods Plus in Luck was denied a liquor license for the third time by the Luck Village Board. •Gene Ludack, retired Unity math teacher, was the grand marshal for Memory Days in Centuria. •Larsen Auto in Webster offered to donate their former dealership building for the location of the Burnett Community Library. •Residents in Luck voiced their opposition to an industrial park in the Little Butternut Lake area.

•A mission trip to help the people of the Blue Ridge Mountain area of Virginia was made by 30 youth from Peace Lutheran Church in Dresser. •Stimulus funds in Burnett County helped the senior meals program. •Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Whittier, 38, St. Croix Falls, passed away after a battle with cancer; Whittier was an honorary

A military plane performed a low-level flyover at the Military Vehicle Preservation Show at Trego in September. - Photo by Larry Samson

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2009 - The local year in review/from page 1 chair for the Polk County Relay for Life years ago when he was first diagnosed with the rare form of brain cancer. • Lack of rain was a major factor in ongoing wildfires in Polk and Burnett counties. •Pastor Ray Reinholtzen, Yellow Lake Lutheran Church, was recognized for 50 years in the ministry. •Phase one of the remodeling of the Natural Alternative Food Co-op in Luck was completed. •The Burnett County Board approved the zoning for Trade River Winery. •Hope Cottages in Milltown, housing services for disabled persons, opened. •Webster schools called back teachers who were on layoff notice. •Governor Doyle approved a $2,248,580 project at Burnett County Airport. •Polk County supervisors rejected the proposal of a

mileage reimbursement cut. •The Frederic plan commission recommended expanding the TIF District. •The school board of Frederic voted not to hire a new ag teacher, sparking protest from those in attendance.

•A listening session was held at the Siren School Board meeting in the media center.

•An 18-year-old Minnesota male was killed after falling from rocks at Minnesota’s Interstate State Park. •A St. Croix Falls man was arrested for having a motorized marijuana-growing system in his pole shed. •A TEA Party rally was held at Siren.

•Polk supervisors rejected adding a $20 vehicle registration fee to help with highway maintenance. •A fly-in breakfast was held at the Burnett County Airport. •The Rendezvous was held at Forts Folle Avoine.

•Eagle Valley Bank in St. Croix Falls celebrated 90 years. •St. Croix Regional Medical Center celebrated its 90th anniversary.

•The Polk County Fair was held the last weekend in July. •The Polk County Board was deadlocked in the budget process.

•Xcel Energy was in the hot seat when the school board for St. Croix Falls majority was not in favor of granting an easement to the utility company at the request of the city’s mayor Darrell Anderson to make the construction convenient for Blanding Woods residents. •The Siren/Webster Rotary Club presented awards to 2008-2009 President Mike Kornmann and secretary from 2003-2009 Nancy Jappe. •Kathy Kelly, three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, spoke in Luck about her recent visits to the

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Scenes of the skies over Burnett and Polk counties often served as calendar photos in the Leader during 2009. Above, Larry Samson, photographer for the Washburn County Register and Inter-County Leader, captured this early-morning scene at Crex Meadows in October during a special outing with members of the Northern Lights Camera Club. At left, photographer John Reed captured a glowing fall sunset. At right, a spring sunset was captured by the late Ed Berdal of Frederic, whose photos often graced the pages of the Leader.

Middle East and Gaza Strip. •Ed Berdal, Frederic, known for submitting his wildlife photos to the Leader, passed away at the age of 90. •Lynn Lauritsen, 52, Turtle Lake, lost his life in a deer/motorcycle accident.

•A case against Polk County Sheriff Tim Moore filed by a former deputy was dismissed. •The release of the movie “Public Enemies,” depicting events in John Dillinger’s life, sparked a story from a reader about Polk County housing one of Dillinger’s henchmen, Thomas E. Gannon, for five months in 1943-44. •Amanda Haase was crowned 2009 Polk County Fairest of the Fair. •April Herschfield Johnson, Osceola food service director, was

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Events offer introduction to Girl Scouting HUDSON/MARINE ON ST. CROIX, Minn. - All girls who are not currently a registered member of the Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys and their families are invited to come out to explore camp and get a taste of what Girl Scouting is all about.

Girls will get a chance to play games, make crafts, sing songs and make s’mores. Parents can find out about all the great leadership opportunities offered for girls.

Whether you join an existing troop in your area, form a new troop or become an independent Girl Scout, they have tons of options for girls. The event is on Saturday, Jan. 16, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Camp Lakamaga in Marine on St. Croix and on Saturday, Jan. 23, at Camp Rolling Ridges in Hudson. This event is free. Contact Chelsey Foeller at 800-313-0718 or chelsey.foeller@ girlscoutsrv.org for details, directions or if you have any questions. - submitted

Public invited to Frederic Arts annual meeting FREDERIC - The public is invited to attend the Frederic Arts Inc. annual meeting, to be held Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 6:30 p.m. at the Frederic Public Library.

You don’t have to be an artist to attend.

Whether you are cautious, just curious or crazy about the arts, you’re invited to come and say hello. Meet new board members. Find out what’s happening and what plans are being considered for your community.

Simply ask questions or get involved. Refreshments will be served.

More information is available by e-mailing info@fredericarts.org or visiting www.fredericarts.org on the Web. - with submitted information

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The other night I had pumpkin pie for

photo taken at church and being offered the “Photoshop package” to remove the lines dinner—and nothing else. from my face.

One thing that people never tell you Yesterday I was chatting with Lanni. about growing up, never mind growing There is a seven-hour time difference, but old, is that there are very few rules. The Lanni is usually at her best in the middle of older you get, the fewer there are, and the the night. ones that remain are held in place almost “What we are afraid of has already hapentirely by habit or guilt. pened,” she informed me.

As the winter progresses, in addition to “What do you mean?” I asked. sometimes eating desserts for dinner, I “Think about it,” she said. “At our splenhave made less and less of an effort to look did age, other than medical emergencies, civilized. Instead, I have adopted the phiworst has happened. I am still fragile bethe losophy of my cat, Lucy, who will allow cause of the future of my boys, but for the nothing to stand in the way of keeping rest, it is full steam ahead and damn the torwarm. pedoes.”

After living nearly four years in Africa, I Letters from It is true, I noted. Our hearts have already seem to have lost all resistance to the cold. broken—and healed. Our careers have alOr perhaps it’s just that I am getting older ready been made, lost, and made again. and less self-conscious. Robes, sweaters “A mere bagatelle,” says Lanni. and outdoor clothing all comingle and Our family has either washed their hands of us enlayer until I am swaddled in the day’s accumulation tirely or given up and embraced our lunacy. And of clothing.

By the time the sun goes down, I occasionally take now? Our romantic relationships will never carry the note of the absurd costume I have slowly acquired in weight of “happily ever after.” We have lost the fear an attempt to ward off the chill. I add an orange-and- of the unknown because we have seen what was not turquoise scarf to my red sweater and green Polar known, and found it was not so scary after all.

“Of course, I am getting lines on my face,” I point fleece vest, on top of a long-sleeved T-shirt, fleece pants, long underwear, two pairs of wool socks and out. “And your boobs are undeniably sagging.”

“How dare you!” Lanni types back furiously. sheepskin slippers. I put an apron over the top of it “But fortunately we have acquired a few things we all, and serve myself another piece of pie.

Fortunately for me, (and what little remains of my value, and these more than compensate for our vanity) many of my wonderful women friends live in losses.”

And it is true. This far-flung network of friends, other countries. I keep in touch with them by way of some close and some far away, are a strange accumumy computer, and I have no intention of ever enlistlation perhaps. But I keep them close, and draw them ing the assistance of a webcam.

My friend Margareta tells me that Sweden is also closer still in the dark winter months. I hold them cold, and that her aging mother is growing more close because, like Lucy, I have learned the imporquerulous. Lanni worries about her two teenage tance of keeping warm. boys, in the custody of her ex-husband, but never out Till next time, of her thoughts. I relate the humiliation of having my Carrie

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Blood drive Jan. 18 at Frederic High School FREDERIC - The Frederic High School is hosting a blood drive at the high school for the American Red Cross. The event, to be held Monday, Jan. 18, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the performance area, is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary 249.

The school is located on the northeast edge of Frederic at 1437 Clam Falls Drive and donors will be welcomed upon arrival.

Donating blood is an extremely important gift this time of year as the number of donations usually declines with weather and illness. Many people do not know that blood has a shelf life of only 42 days, and the

blood banks must constantly be replenished. One donation can help to save up to three lives, and the gift of life is the most precious gift anyone can make.

Individuals need to be at least 17 years of age, 16 years with parental permission, in good health, and weigh at least 110 lbs. to donate blood. Donations must also be done at least 56 days apart, so if you have recently donated, please take this into consideration. The American Red Cross also encourages you to practice healthy eating and good nutrition prior to giving blood to improve the quality of your donation and your own health. Maintain a healthy iron level in your diet. Hy-

drate – drink an extra 16 oz. of liquid before and after your donation. Have a healthy meal before your donation – avoid foods high in fat just prior to donation. Remember to bring your ID. The actual process of donating your blood only takes about 10 minutes, however please allow for at least an hour for the entire process of registration, medical history, donation and for refreshments.

In order to best facilitate you, they ask that you call ahead for an appointment. For more information or appointments please contact Ethan Bergstrom at 715-3274223. - submitted

Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity celebrates its part in reaching milestone Thrivent announces a new commitment to affordable housing in 2010 – home to be built in Burnett County LUCK – Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity was part of an international milestone celebrated Dec. 4 in Minneapolis. A partnership between Habitat for Humanity International and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, called Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity, has resulted in 2,000 homes for families in just four years.

WRHFH’s recently completed Amery home was part of that effort.

At the Dec. 4 event, Thrivent Financial announced a 2010 commitment of $15 million to Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity and its home-building program, continuing its support of Habitat’s mission for a fifth year. This funding will make the construction of 181 additional homes in 37 states possible. WRHFH has re-

ceived word that it has been awarded $56,550 for the construction of another Thrivent Builds home in 2010, this time to be built in Burnett County.

“The Thrivent Builds partnership has helped us increase the number of families served in our community,” said Pastor Cindy Glocke, president of the board of WRHFH. “We were able to build two homes this year instead of one. We are so grateful for Thrivent’s support of our efforts to provide decent, affordable homes in partnership with families in need.”

While Thrivent Financial provided at least 65 percent of the funding for each of the 2,000 homes, local volunteers—many of them Thrivent members and members of area Lutheran congregations—assisted with construction and helped raise additional funds.

The four-year Thrivent Builds alliance was announced in September 2005 and has helped construct approximately 6 percent of Habitat homes built in the United States from 2006 through 2009. Ongoing in 2010,

the Thrivent Builds partnership continues to make Thrivent Financial one of the largest nongovernment supporters of Habitat for Humanity International.

About WRHFH Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, with the goal of eliminating homelessness and poverty housing. They have been building homes for and with needy families in the local area since 1997. They completed their 17th and 18th homes this fall, having built two homes this year with the help of Thrivent. WRHFH recently moved their office from Siren to Luck. If you are interested in joining them in this challenging and rewarding work, call 715-472-6080, e-mail wrhfh263@gmail.com or visit www.wildrivershabitat.org. - from WRHFH

Winery expands programs and services in 2010 ST. CROIX FALLS - After celebrating five years of business in August 2009, the Chateau St. Croix Winery & Vineyard is expanding programs and wine purchasing services in 2010.

Effective January 2010, the Chateau will begin administering an Auto-Ship Wine Club program. “We’re excited about the new program. Wine enthusiasts locally and throughout the country can now enroll to receive bimonthly or quarterly shipments of award-winning Chateau wines—wines produced right here in rural Wisconsin,” says Troy Chamberlin, Chateau owner. Enrollees can select from three quantity and four wine type options.

Also new for 2010 is a Barrel Adoption program. Participants select a barrel of wine to adopt from a variety Chateau offerings and then participate in a barrel dedication reception, annual spring tasting events and the bottling of their adopted wine. Their name is engraved on a brass plaque that is affixed to the wine barrel, which is then prominently displayed in the cellar for tour guests to see. They also receive a case of wine an-

nually as well as other exclusive benefits.

The new Chateau Prestige program is the Chateau’s way of thanking loyal patrons. The program provides several benefits including special discounts on wine purchases and facility rental, as well as invitations to members-only events. Participants of the Barrel Adoption program, Case Club and Auto-Ship Wine Club are automatically enrolled in Chateau Prestige.

The Chateau St. Croix Winery & Vineyard opened in 2004 and is located at 1998A Hwy. 87 in St. Croix Falls. Approximately 120,000 bottles of wine are produced annually at the Chateau. For more information about becoming a Chateau Prestige member contact the winery at 715-483-2556, or e-mail: prestige@chateaustcroix.com - submitted

Effective this month, the Chateau St. Croix Winery & Vineyard will begin administering an AutoShip Wine Club program.

Shown are owners Troy and Laura Chamberlin. Special photo

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by Russ Hanson After five years and over 260 columns, we are going to pause and catch up with reader's questions: What do you think about the new health-care plan from Congress?

This is not an opinion column. We steer clear of anything that is controversial and likely to offend any part of our readership, from the nuts on the far right to the kooks on the far left and the rest of the wishy-washy people between. I worked 25 years in the medical field and am wondering how a broken leg can cost $70,000 to repair. I probably should have bought a Ferrari and just driven around for the next 20 years.

What did you do when you were working at the Mayo Clinic?

I helped them move to computers in medicine. When I started at Mayo in 1980, computers were almost nonexistent in medical practice and research.

When I left 25 years later, medical people couldn’t do anything without a computer, MRI, CT or other high-tech device. When you are in the hospital surrounded by machines beeping and flashing with all sorts of buttons to push and screens to watch, and the doctor or nurse comes in and ignores you and only looks at the screens, thank people like me!

What do you remember about Y2K? Ten years ago, the world was in an uproar about what might happen when computer dates moved into 2000. In the early days of computers (the 1960s 1980s) when memory and disk space were very small, dates were stored in the form 12/10/46, using two digits for the year. When the year became 2000, the year would be 00, and all sorts of date calculations for interest, age, end of loans, billing dates, would fail. Without computers working correctly, people speculated we would be knocked back to the dark ages!

All sorts of consulting companies, who stood to gain huge amounts of money in new work, hyped the issue to amazing levels. It was picked up by the press and by 1995, most of the world’s businesses were paranoid enough not pay attention to programmers like me who said, “it is a minor problem – we can check and fix the stuff with a few month’s work.” Managers formed committees, and CEOs and boards all got enthused about “getting on top of the problem.” What it ended up meaning to those of us who really knew the small extent of the problem and had to fix it, a blank check was available to solve Y2K. So Y2K let us dump old computers, get the latest technology, operating systems, software release, hire some extra people to go through our old programs and do all the new changes our users wanted.

All of these things were very hard to do in normal times because they cost money, but with the Y2K blank checks and paranoia, we only had to say “IBM won’t certify their old PCs for Y2K, we have to buy the new model.” Of course the hardware and software vendors had also realized that a few minor fixes to their old systems would make them fine, but why do that when you can sell new stuff! Anyway, Y2K did not arrive with problems. What it did do was bring most companies up to date with their technology. For programmers like me it was our Camelot; we brought our company into a new century fully up to date, something we never could have done in normal times. Everyone won from this including the top managers who could claim – “it cost us a lot of money and a great deal of effort, but

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Ramblings cultural renaissance of Polk and Burnett counties. Fame is sometimes hard to handle, but we are learning from Tiger Woods.

Are you as cheap as you appear to be?

I prefer “thrifty.” Cheap means you don’t buy a new pair of shoes when your old ones have holes in them because you don’t want to spend the money. Thrifty means you are getting your money’s worth out of the $10 Velcro shoes from Bigmart by wearing them another year. By the way, did you know that you can turn lace-up shoes into Velcro ones by taking the ripe burr of the burdock plant and sticking a bunch of them on your shoes and shoeMargo and her first husband stand by her 1947 2N Ford tractor. Her strings? Spray a little black or brown grandpa taught her to drive it when she was 7 years old and it was part of her paint on them so they match the shoes dowry. – Photo submitted or try a contrasting Christmas or Halloween color for a festive appearance. look how successful we were.” For peo- dynamiters at Dresser set off one of their Sandburs work too and are less conspicple like me, the thrill of new equipment regular quarry blasts. The shock waves uous. and programs made me work twice as rolled up the St. Croix River Valley hard as I would have just fixing the old basalt ridges to Iver’s Mountain; shifted Do you really make your wife, Margo, stuff. Ten years later, many companies to the Jordan clay layer of the Cushing work as hard as it appears in your are still coasting on the changes brought loams and headed west; then amplified columns? about by Y2K! Sadly, the next date that as they hit the Wolf Creek sand fault I found Margo in a backwoods Gercomputers will fail is not until 2038. along the River Road. This shook the man settlement north of Milwaukee ground under my ladder for 20 seconds nearly 40 years ago and rescued her.

How many people read this column? causing it to sway and jump and toss Coming from a farm where she had to We have no actual count of readers, so me off like Kong on the Empire State work hard, I showed her a new life of we have to do an estimate. Assume the Building. My right leg caught between cultural refinement: fine dining, music, Leader subscriptions and sales are 7,000 steps and my fibula and tibia were shat- art and fashion. But she just didn’t take on an average week. If we assume that tered like a bamboo fishing pole run to it; the cultural shock of McDonald’s, those papers are read by two people and over by a snowmobile at 40 below. The TV and stockings were too much to hana parakeet, that makes 21,000 readers. doc called it a tib and fib. After reading dle. This winter, I have her taking TracThen there are those, like Mom, who cut this, Margo says the fib is probably tor Mechanics 101 at the local technical out the column and send it to friends worst. college so she can take over keeping our across the U.S., as well as those who are fleet of six pre-1950s tractors running. If so thrifty that they don’t subscribe, but What are your New Year’s resolutions? she graduates with a B or above, I have go to the local public libraries and read Leave climbing ladders to Margo. promised her a set of end wrenches it; let’s estimate another 1,000 in these from 1? down to ?. “My adventures of groups. Since we have 52 columns per Are there any new local history books living almost 40 years with Russ have year, we multiply readers by columns in the works? certainly been unique,” says Margo and round it off, we get over 1 million Stanley Selin and I are trying to get wistfully, “I sure hope that I will be rereads each year. Of course, there are a “Stories of the Trade River Valley, Part warded in the hereafter appropriately.” few dolts who might skip the RRR col- 2” ready for the printers this spring. If umn, but they probably wouldn’t admit you have some stories or pictures, pass How can I tell if you are stretching the to skipping culture for sports or the them along and we will give you a truth in your columns? sheriff’s reports. major discount on the book price! The This column is for the entertainment book will have some new material and of the readers. When given the choice What have you done to help the envi- many of the columns from the Leader of an interesting lie and a boring truth, I ronment in the past year? and lots of old photos. It will be our always go with the boring truth, unless I changed from paper to electronic fourth local history book. Look for it I think you might believe the lie. subscription to the Inter-County Leader. next spring!

I get the newspaper a day ahead of the Were you really a scientist? paper version; get to see all the pictures What stories are going to be in the Of the 25 years I worked at Mayo in full, bright color online; can save the RRR column in 2010?

Clinic, the 11 years in the Digestive Reparts I want to keep forever on my own We have a couple from Nina Malmen search Center at Mayo were the most computer and print them out if I choose; nearly ready to go, Stanley says he is fun, challenging and exciting time of my and I don’t have to have a forest cut cutting back, but will contribute occa- life. The research doctors wanted somedown each year just so I can read my sionally, and of course, we welcome one to bring them into computerized repaper. My subscription fee to the Leader your stories to share! The Rambler says search, and I was lucky enough to get goes for reporters rather than printers that he will continue to contribute the job. I was honored to have worked and distributors. It takes a little getting highly educational and sophisticated for so many brilliant doctors, and in a used to, but even Margo has learned to cultural articles in an attempt to raise small way, helping them improve paread Bernice’s column online. Maybe the overall tone of the Leader and all of tient care, and in getting computers this year she will read RRR too.

Northwest Wisconsin, while using his closer to taking over the world.

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Rules or suggestions?

Life’s Little Instruction calendar lists rules for living, but many of them are questionable.

January’s rules are the following: 1. Remember other people’s birthdays. (You have to be organized for this. On Jan. 2, I told Abrahamzon my sons, “Today is Marjorie’s birthday. She died in 1984.”)

2. Be the first to say “Hello.”

(That’s common courtesy but these days, alas, courtesy is uncommon. When a “Hello” brings no response I feel snubbed. On the other hand, perhaps that person didn’t hear me, heaven forbid, or chose not to respond.)

3. Never buy a house without a fireplace. (Builders are not that sold on fireplaces as they may pose a hazard with soot buildup in the chimney. We have visions of cozy fires on a cold winter’s night. At one time we lived in an old house in Ashland, with a fireplace in the original living room and a fireplace in our bedroom as it was the remodeled dining room in an earlier era.)

4. Buy whatever kids are selling on card tables in their front yards. (That’s encouragement! One time my sons tried to sell wild blackberries they’d picked that morning in the woods. That was a disappointment even if I turned them into pies the next day.)

5. Once in a lifetime, own a convertible. (That will give you a real lift and give the impression of being young again.)

6. Donate two pints of blood every year. (Nobel cause.)

7. Put the cap back on the toothpaste. (What’s so hard about that?)

8. Take out the garbage before being told. (Tuesday are our times to recycle and to discard. Big kitchen appliances, TVs and electronics pose a real problem, calling for a special disposal site and extra outlay of money.)

Those are January’s rules. It is surprising however how many of my friends are cleaning out closets this time of the year.

You’ve heard that expression “A new broom

Bernice

Behind the Signpost

sweeps clean.” Take a look at your broom. Perhaps it is time to buy a new one, and there are lots of choices out there.

Some of my friends prefer carpeting in their kitchens, but not on a farm, thank you.

Winter Ice underfoot, Ice overhead, The long sharp teeth Of winter, Hanging from the eaves.

Point of new One day a wealthy family man took his son on a trip to the country, so he could have his son see how poor country people lived. They stayed one day and one night in the home of a very humble farmer. At the end of the trip, and when they were back home, the father asked his son, “What did you think of the trip?” The son replied, “Very nice dad.” Then the father asked his son, “Did you notice how poor they were?” The son replied, “Yes.” The father continued asking, “What did you learn?”

The son responded, “I learned that we have one dog in our house, and they have four. Also, we have a fountain in our garden, but they have a stream that has no end. And we have imported lamps in our garden … where they have the stars! And our garden goes to the edge of our property. But they have the entire horizon as their backyard!”

At the end of the son’s reply the father was speechless. His son then said, “Thank you, for showing me how poor we really are.”

Isn’t it true that all depends on the lens you use to see life? One can ask himself what would happen if we give thanks for what we have instead of always asking for more. Learn to appreciate what you have.

Wealth is all in one’s point of view.

Until next week, Bernice

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Frederic grad sworn in as postmaster at Westby

by Dorothy Jasperson Editor of the Westby Times WESTBY – The Westby Post Office has a new smiling face to greet customers. Postmaster Jamie Tricker was sworn in on Oct. 30, replacing Bill Reardon, who transferred to Bangor in 2008.

The oldest of six children, Tricker grew up in Frederic, a small rural community in the northwestern corner of the state with a population half the size of Westby. Tricker never imagined herself as a postmaster, but fell backward into a career with the postal service and is pleased to be in Westby.

Referring to herself as a “seat of the pants” kind of girl, Tricker is learning the ropes in Westby and has appreciated all the kindness she has been shown since her arrival. Tricker moved to the La Crosse area 10 years ago and has been employed with the postal service for the past five years.

For Tricker, being in the right place at the right time paid off when she entered the management sector of the government business and landed a supervisor position in La Crosse shortly thereafter, a position she held until being temporarily placed in Winona and Sparta, before her permanent placement in Westby.

“I always thought being a small-town postmaster would be fun and in only five years I ended up where I wanted to be. It all just fell into place for me,” Tricker said.

Tricker is hoping people are patient with her, since she had not previously worked a front counter position before coming to Westby and is still learning the ropes and is short staffed at the present time. The Westby Post Office serves 2,014 customers, plus 75 post office boxes. Tricker will oversee Westby’s three rural and one city carrier, who she admits are helping her more than she’s helping them at the present time.

The front desk is short staffed with the retirement of Wanda Aird on Nov. 30, making Tricker’s job just a lit-

Frederic native Jamie Tricker is the new postmaster at Westby, in southern Wisconsin. She is the daughter of Al Tricker (Mona) of Atlas and Sandy King (Gary) of Frederic. She is a 1993 graduate of Frederic High School. - Photo courtesy Westby Times tle trickier as she tries to do the work of two people during the busiest time of the year.

“Everyone has been so kind since I came to Westby.

Be patient with me. I’m still learning and shorthanded as well,” Tricker said.

The city of Viroqua also has a new postmaster, Corey Reppe, who was sworn in at the same time as Tricker and worked with her in La Crosse.

Do you remember ?

Compiled by Bernice Abrahamzon

50 Years Ago Andrew Alm, Luck, completed 40 years of banking in community.–Frigid blast of -22 degrees bit the local area.–The 1960 National Census headquarters was in Superior.–A prospective groom disappeared with loot from widow. Intrigue! Mystery!-Bids for Frederic School construction were opened.–A fire destroyed a granary and garage at the Healy farm.–A turkey dinner was served Sunday, Jan. 10, at Manning’s Café, Frederic.–McCullogh chain saws were said to be torture tested.–The Siren Coin Laundry was open seven days a week, equipped with Maytag machines.–Elmer Haumant wrote a sports column.–Nine out of 10 deer bagged during season were 31 years old or under.–Route’s Super Market, Frederic, had specials on 2 lbs. carrots for 19¢, 6 grapefruit for 49¢, sweet potatoes at 2 lbs./25¢, Flame Room coffee at 2 lbs. for $1.29, 10 lbs. sugar for 99¢, and pork liver at 2 lbs. for 35¢.–Shoholm Produce, Frederic, paid cash for eggs Monday through Friday.–Wisconsin paid out $5.5 million for public aid.–Open house was held at the new Siren addition.–The January special at Our Own Hardware, Carlsen’s Hardware, Frederic, was a file chest for $1.49.–A dance was held Jan. 9 at the Indian Creek Hall.

40 Years Ago

A 12-year-old son lost is life in a fire at the McCurdy farm, in Eureka Township.–Russell Almquist, Frederic, left his position here at Stokely’s for a similar position at Dallas, Texas.–A roast beef dinner was served Jan. 12 at the Frederic Country Club starting at 6:30 p.m.–A Frederic man, Stanford Gustafson Jr., 23, was the first traffic fatality in 1970, when he had apparently fallen on Benson Road, and a car ran over him.–Cattlemen met at Siren Fire Hall.–The deer harvest of 60s reached nearly a quarter of a million in this area.–Worthy West, rural Frederic, filed for permit to excavate pond adjacent to Spirit Creek.–The complete West Sweden tax list was published in this newspaper.–Gustafson’s specialized in blueberry gems ice cream.–The film “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave” was playing at the D’Lux Theatre, Frederic.–The film, “Alice’s Restaurant” was playing at the Auditorium Theatre, St. Croix Falls.–Big news was that insurance on your deposits was increased to $20,000 at Farmers State Bank, Frederic.–The Luck Winter Carnival planned a queen contest with candidates Mary Stenberg, Patty Krey, Marlys Berg, Jan Larsen, Joyce Jackson, Jill Erickson, Sandy Giller, Carolyn Conrad, Kathy Harvey and Claire Cook, 10 in all.–Fatality No. 2 for 1970 was Mrs. Emily Strandberg, 64, St. Croix Falls.

20 Years Ago

Obituaries included Mabel Heintz, Martha Erickson, Una Cook, Grace Johnson, Carl Woodrich, Relvin Lindroth and David Swanson.-The margin doubled for Frederic Farmers Co-op.-The Social Security date may vary.-Eagle-watching days were set for Jan. 13 – 24.-The Salvation Army campaign was falling behind.-David Dueholm won Hudson mayor office over Tom Redner, 1,302 over 1,188.-The Siren Village Board set its budget at $377,869.-Kris Oman resigned from the youth ministry.-Carl and Lil Witteman settled on Spirit Lake.-Burnett Dairy Co-op sales were up.-Potato and corn production were up in Wisconsin.-Charles Tollander predicted another 10 years of treaty debates.-Polk County Sheriff Craig Benware was preparing for spearfish protests in April.-Roy Tibbetts intended to withdraw from the Polk County Board.-The ambulance service may not locate in Milltown.-A new doctor, Dennis Deziel, began practice at Frederic.-The Luck School Board reviewed curriculum needs.-A fifth verse was sought for “O Lutefisk.”-Dennis Bohn’s mink farming in Frederic came to an end.-Additional obituaries included Roy Blomberg, Vincent Sprague, Einer Holdt, Richard Zahnow and Alvina Melby.-WITC will start a new agribusiness program.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER

Hi, everybody! Blacky here from Humane Society of Burnett County. I finally got to go for a walk today. Yay! I had been cooped up indoors all weekend because it was so cold out, but today the temperature was on the plus side of zero. Not much, but I'll take it.

You know, it's probably a good thing that I'm neutered, or else I'd freeze my you-knowwhatzits off! Mom says they should change the name of the town to Coldernell, because that's what it is. We have a cat at the shelter right now, Snow White, who's ears got frostbitten while she was out being a stray. She will lose the tips and wind up with mouse ears. Man, that's gotta be hard for a cat.

She's still a cutie, though, and is very sweet and gentle.

Blacky Shelter YAPpenings

I don't have any new friends to tell you about this week, but that doesn't mean the shelter is empty. I've got 10 canine friends and five feline pals who are all awaiting new homes.

There's got to be someone out there who made a New Year's resolution to adopt a dog or cat, isn't there? That sounds a lot better than going on a diet, if you ask me.

Some of my friends are puppies, and they eat a

lot of food. Our supply of puppy food is running a bit low, so I'm asking for donations.

We still need some black, 33-gallon garbage bags, too. Hmmm, I wonder how many gallons I am? And how come my feet smell like corn chips in the wintertime? Can you tell I've spent too much time on the couch lately? I'm getting a bit stir-crazy, and it's only January!

Some nice guys came to the shelter last weekend with their snowmobiles and made tracks around our walking trails. My friends are used to going for walks every day, like me, but the snow was too deep on the trails and walking was difficult. Now they've got a smooth path and can go for a proper walk again. So, my thanks to these two for being

thoughtful and helping out.

There's a great, big truck pulling in the yard, and it's my duty to run outside and bark at it. It's bringing us gas to heat the house, but I have to bark just the same. I'm an equal-opportunity barker! I'm just glad I'm not low to the ground. Brrrr!

Stay warm, everybody, and I'll see you here next week!

HSBC is saving lives, one at a time. www.hsburnettcty.org, 715-866-4096.

Siren Senior Center What a strange feeling to type 2010. Whoever in their wildest dreams would imagine that we would be around when that year came along? Now we have to aim for 2020.

That might take some healthy doing.

Things were a little slower this week with the only activities, dime Bingo and 500, but we did manage to start undecorating on Sunday afternoon. Ralph and Nona Severson said they couldn’t make it on Monday, the official day to take everything down, so Ralph volunteered to come and haul all of the boxes in from the shed and take the hanging decorations off the wall. The rest of the crew

hopefully will be able to finish the job on Monday morning so we will be able to officially greet January.

This Thursday, Jan. 7, Dining at Five will be served. Make your reservations now by calling 715-349-2845.

We want to extend gratitude to everyone for all of the Christmas treats that were shared with the center and the Holiday StationStore for a generous supply of milk to share with the seniors.

Activities to mark on your January calendar are: the foot lady will be here Monday, Jan. 18, and a sign-up sheet is out for your reser-

Birth announcements Adam and Emily Greener Erickson would like to announce the birth of their son, Elliot George Erickson, born Dec. 23, 2009, at Gunderson Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse.

He weighed 6 lbs. and was 19 inches long.

Grandparents are Randy and Donna Erickson and Glenn and Kathy Greener. Greatgrandparents are Lola Bording, Arlene and Kenneth Kakac and great-great-aunt Harriet Gerber.

A son, Parker Jay, was born Dec. 19, 2009, to Brandon and Jessica Fingerson, Spooner.

Parker weighed 8 lbs., 13 oz.

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F O L L O W the Leader.

Academic news Amanda Swanson, daughter of Lloyd and Debbie Swanson, was named to the honor roll for the summer 2009 quarter at Brown

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St. Croix Valley Senior Center

by Carol VanBuskirk

Taking a long look back on the past year, the last two weeks of December were very busy ones.

Tuesday, Dec. 22, had 34 seniors in to play 500 cards and Dominoes. Card winners were Ray Nelson, Elaine Edlund, Vern Lundstrom and Helen Love. John and Phil were nine-bid winners. Domino winners were Olga Young, Jean McIntyre and Ione Meixner.

Many of our seniors enjoyed their Christmas holiday with families and friends. Some were even lucky enough to be out of town.

Several members enjoyed the complimentary turkey dinner at Indianhead in Balsam Lake on Christmas Day. Long-distance telephone lines were kept busy for those of us that have family at a distance.

Tuesday, Dec. 29, winners of Dominoes were Martha Lundstrom, Ione Meixner and Don Anderson. Card winners were a tie for first, Ray Nelson and Phil Mevissen and a tie threeway for third of Helen Love, Artis Brown and Bren Nel Ward, who was also the ninebid winner.

On Thursday, New Year’s Eve, the aroma of turkey, dressing, salads, desserts, etc.,

vation. The monthly senior meeting will be held on the Tuesday, Jan. 19, and it would be nice to see a good attendance. If you expect the center to run with high expectations you must attend and add your input. We do not have a membership fee and everyone who is a senior in the community is welcome to come with their suggestions and help. We are excited to announce that the Ravishing Ruby Red Hats are tentatively planning on having their next meeting at the Center on Tuesday, Jan. 26. If these plans are finalized the ladies that are planning on coming that day should call in their reservation to the center a few days in advance and relay the message that they are going to be with the Red Hat group.

Our diners will eat at the usual time, 11:30 a.m., and the Red Hat ladies will be served at noon. This is the day that we also have dime Bingo, but that shouldn’t be a problem and perhaps when their meeting ends they may

greeted our guests from near and far. Dave and Pat Apold of the Twin Cities area, and friends of Ron and Elaine Edlund, again joined us for the evening. After our potluck supper and cleanup, 500 cards were enjoyed. Winners for the ladies were Carol Van Buskirk, Donna Lindh, Arlys Petzel and Elaine Edlund. Men winners were Roger Greenly, Rich Hustad, Dave Apold and Phil Mevissen.

January birthdays for 2010 are Delores Benson, Don Benson, Evelyn Podezwa, Janet Len Rios, Olga Young, Ron Flostrand, Peg Frey, Jeanne Thomforhda and Ruth Flostrand. The December/January birthday party will be on Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 12:30 p.m. at the center.

Our get-well thoughts go to Delores Benson who recently fell and fractured her shoulder, which required extensive surgery.

Our regular schedule will start again this week and our center will again be open from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily for coffee, treats and good conversation. Stop in and check us out.

Wishing everyone a very happy and prosperous new year.

decide to try their luck at dime Bingo.

Winners at 500 this week were Carl Link, Anke Olesen, Sue Newberger and Darleen Groves. Anke Olesen, Marie Bently and Dorothy Cronquist treated the players to snacks, fudge and cookies.

The volunteer tax preparers will be coming again to the center in February and March.

The actual dates and times will be announced later or you may obtain that information by calling the center at 715-349-7810.

The center is open from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Dime Bingo is played on Tuesday afternoon, Cribbage on Wednesday morning, 500 Wednesday afternoon and Spades on Friday. Congregate dining is served Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday beginning at 11:30 a.m.

Dress warm and walk carefully, hope to see you at the center.

Engagement

Born at Burnett Medical Center:

A boy, Hayden James Brozek, was born Dec. 27, 2009, to Stephanie and Donald Brozek, Pine City, Minn. Hayden weighed 8 lbs., 7 oz. and was 22 inches long.

Grandparents are Cheryl Palmer of Pine City, Minn., Michael Bock of Pine City, Minn. and Shannon Brozek and Rodney Brozek of St. Paul, Minn. Great-grandmother is Susan Wilde of Pine City, Minn.

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Zenzen/Turner Patricia Zenzen and Charles Turner, both of Centuria, are pleased to announce their engagement to be married June 19, 2010, at Fristad Lutheran Church, Centuria.

Patricia went to WITC and is currently employed at St. Croix Regional Medical Center. Charles is employed at Steve Martell Well Drilling.

Patricia is the daughter of the late Arthur and Mary Zenzen. Charles is the son of Charles and Lorraine Turner, Centuria.

The couple will make their home in Centuria.

Fran Krause

Orange

Sympathy to the family of Edith Mortson Hansen who grew up in the area and passed away. Her funeral was Jan. 4, in Minneapolis, Minn.

Fran Krause went with the Mark Krause family New Year’s Eve to the soup supper at the Baptist church. New Year’s Day, Dee Krause went with her family to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to visit relatives. They returned on Sunday.

Visitors at John and Reeny Neinstadts

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LaVonne O'Brien

over the New Year’s holiday were daughter Sandy and family from Cadott.

A week ago Sunday Jack and LaVonne O’Brien met Tom and Becky O’Brien, Teresa Childers, Mary Herman and Mike and Bob O’Brien for an after-Christmas lunch at Maddens in Siren.

Saturday visitors at Pat and Nancy O’Brien’s were the Tony O’Brien family and Steve O’Brien and Patrick.

Dewey - LaFollette

Donna Hines called on Marlene and Bruce Swearingen Monday. Karen and Hank Mangelsen visited them Wednesday.

Lida and Don Nordquist hosted a party New Year’s Eve at their home. Guests were Roy and Dee Nordquist, Donna and Gerry Hines, Jack and Kay Krentz, Marlene Swearingen, Lorri McQuade and Hank and Karen Mangelsen. They all enjoyed a time of visiting and playing cards.

New Year’s Day visitors of Don and Lida Nordquist were Joleen, Richard, Rick and Robb Funk and Robb’s friend, Beth, and Jan, Jim, Caleb and Hannah Schott. Rick’s birthday was celebrated.

Karen and Hank Mangelsen celebrated Christmas Saturday with their family at the home of Jake, Holly, Hannah and Grace Mangelsen. Others there were Larry, Heidi, Celie and Baxter Mangelsen and April, Dave, Patty and Mandy Close.

Karen Mangelsen

Saturday visitors of Maynard and Ronda Mangelsen were Jean, Terry, Justine, Brin, Bria and Brice Williamson. They had supper there.

Lida and Don Nordquist traveled to the Twin Cities Saturday. They visited Sue and Colin Harrison in the morning. After that they had lunch with Bunny and Kim Johnson.

Gerry and Donna Hines were lunch guests of Inez and Arvid Pearson Sunday.

Dylan Longhenry visited Ronda and Maynard Mangelsen Sunday.

Hank and Karen Mangelsen had supper with April and Dave Close and family Sunday evening.

Congratulations to Sarah and Chad Brown on the birth of a son, Jackson, on Thursday, Dec. 31. Maternal grandparents are Nancy and Mike Longhenry, and Ronda and Maynard Mangelsen are great-aunt and greatuncle to the new little fellow.

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TOWN TALK/COUNTRY CHATTER Cloverton-Markville

320-242-3933 The East Pine County Wanderers met last week and Don Mishler was the big winner of the door prize – a winter globe photo frame and little ceramic winter house. Cheryl and Gene Wickham brought the desserts, Santa Claus cupcakes, and the door prize. A special feature of this annual holiday meeting was the gift exchange.

Everyone still wanted to report on holiday events in their lives, so let’s take a look.

Darlene Merimonti left early the day before Christmas Eve to beat the storm to her daughter’s in Willernie. She enjoyed crab legs and steak with her son Frank, daughter Barb and her husband Pat. A second Christmas celebration then took place at her granddaughter’s, and then she went to an Italian Christmas dinner with the rest of the family.

After losing both house and car keys, she did eventually make it home on the Monday after Christmas.

Pam and Leon Berg celebrated a late Christmas on Jan. 2 with daughter Kyara, her husband, Mike, and son Derek from Hudson.

Their son Daniel, his wife, Ann, and children Tony and Maisie from Beroun joined them.

Mike Lilly came and got his mom, Clara, on the Wednesday before Christmas and took her to his home. Clara had a wonderful time

with her family.

Sandi and Dave Drake went to daughter Patty’s home in Anoka, Minn., and had a good time with all of her family. She and Dave celebrated his 70th birthday on Dec. 28.

Cheryl and Gene Wickham journeyed to Minot, N.D., to visit their son Ron and his wife, Jenny, for a New Year’s celebration.

Their daughter Diana and her family were able to be there also.

Patty Koehler and Bob Brewster flew to Winter Spring, Fla., for a three-day Christmas celebration with his sister and her husband.

Last Monday, they took Bob’s son, Luke, and his family from Isanti, Minn., to the I-Max Theatre in the Cities to see “Avatar.”

Marlene and Don Mishler had a good time with Sharon (Nolan) and Doug Panek at their home in the Webster area.

Dale and Jenny Carlin and Jenny’s parents, Laurie and Ron Jorgenson, all from Askov, came to the Beverly and Ed Carlin home for Christmas dinner.

The following Monday, Bev’s dad, Chester Whaley, 89, and her sister, Carol Whaley, came to the Carlin home to join Bev’s aunt Irene Hills and her husband, Bill. Bill, Benny and Dale Carlin were also able to be there.

On the home front, Dave and I went to

Siren Not too much going on the last week of 2009, it just kind of slipped quietly out of town, so to speak, as the New Year blew in. Sure hope this coming year’s weather is lots better than the last year’s. Even though the black bears are peacefully in dreamland there still is lots of activity going on here in bear country.

Lots of cardinals, blue jays, goldfinches, chickadees, juncos and, of course, the woodpeckers visit the feeders daily. Even the huge pileated woodpecker knows where the suet is. Can’t forget all the usual critters as there are plenty of those tree rats, deer and even five large tom turkeys coming to the feed yard for the corn and sunflower seeds that fall on the ground.

How many of you have made New Year’s resolutions and usually break them? If you are planning to quit smoking this year there is a program coming up to help you achieve that goal. Coming up on Monday, Jan. 11, at the Burnett County Family Resource Center, is a program on smoking cessation. For more info or to sign up call 715-349-2922.

The snowmobilers are in hog heaven these days and even nights, you can hear the whine of machines as they ride the trails. This is the first year after years of little snow. One thought though, as you ride the trails, make it a safe ride.

It was nice to see Collin Tewalt back in the area; he is now at Colorado State since he graduated Siren. He was back visiting his grandparents, Larry and Diane Tewalt.

The St. Croix Valley Music Association Conference honors band will be at the Osceola High School on Monday, Jan. 11. There are about 90 band students from the area participating in this event. Students from Siren School are: Traci Williamson, Alix Bertch, Rachael Gloodt, Samantha Will, Meghan Baasch, Evan Oachs, Nate Larson, Jacob Stiemann and Hans Dahlberg. This year’s director is Dr. Peter Haberman from UW-Eau Claire. All are welcome to attend the evening concert at 6 p.m. Tickets are $3 for adults and $2 for students. If you are planning on attending as a family the cost is $6.

Rusty is a 4-year-old beagle mix neutered male. He has a short copper coat and a winning personality. Rusty gets along with kids and dogs. He has never met a cat, but will take it under consideration for a biscuit. In his spare time, Rusty likes to play tug-of-war,

fetch and chase the squirrel. He is house trained and crate trained. A happy fellow, Rusty would do well in most any home in need of a dog for companionship.

Our cat room is full of kittens. Longhair and short, all are adorable.

We were lucky to have a record number of adoptions in December, but new strays arrive daily and our kennels are full again. Available are: St. Bernard, German shepherd, dachshund, Yorkie mix, bloodhound, chocolate Lab mix, rottweiler and two young black Labs. Happy New Year! Arnell Memorial Humane Society, 715 268-7387 or online: arnellhumane.org.

Arnell Humane Society Happy Tails

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Lewis The first jam session of the new year was held Saturday night at the Lewis church. Cold weather cut down on attendance.

It was Communion Sunday on Jan. 3, at the Lewis church. A special skit was presented by the three wise men, and the cast included Mackenzie Erickson, Whitney Yambrick, Courtney Fischer and Cheri Fischer, all of Siren.

In a different light, three modern wise women included LaVonne Boyer, Alice Ford and Bernice Abrahamzon who spoke on Do Good, Do No Harm and Love God. Coffee and goodies were served after the service in the church fellowship room.

No church board meeting was held in December so one will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday night at the Lewis church. It will be preceded by a 6 p.m. potluck meal. The meeting will be conducted by 2010 co-chairmen LaVonne Boyer and John Glockzin.

Get well wishes to Myron Peterson in the Twin Cities who fell and broke his hip. He is doing fine and will be taking therapy.

Get-well wishes to Carol Bohn who also fell and bruised her ribs so she has been uncomfortable.

Members of the Lewis church have been invited to sign up for ushering or serving coffee, reading Scripture, etc.

Hungry for the best pancakes in town? The UMM will serve pancakes next Sunday when the church service is over at 10 a.m. Come and enjoy along with visiting. Good with syrup or as roll-ups with sugar.

Members and friends of the NW Regional Writers will meet this Friday at 1 p.m. at Sunrise Apts., Frederic. Assignment is to write on “It was so cold that ______.”

A candlelight service was held at the Lewis UM Church Christmas Eve with a good turnout. Pastor Tom Cook officiated. All candles in the Advent wreath were lighted.

Rain, melting, more snow headed the weather over the holiday weekend. Some family events were cancelled to be rescheduled for a later date.

Lake Minnesuing a while back for the annual bonfire party given by good friends Martye Allen and Dave Mason. A flurry of different holiday activities for Dave and me culminated

Fran Levings in a visit from his daughter Leda and her family, followed by an overnight with his son Nic. OK, let’s make 2010 a great year, wherever you are.

Burnett Public Library Poet LaMoine MacLaughlin visited us Tuesday evening, Dec. 15, with readings from his new book of poetry “A Scent of Lilac and other poems.” MacLaughlin is the first poet laureate of Amery, and held us spellbound as we listened to an hour of his poetry.

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.

Adult book club

On Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 10 a.m., the group will discuss “Driftless,” by David Rhodes.

Everyone is welcome at book club meetings.

You do not have to complete the book. Just be interested in discussing it. If you need a copy, please contact the library and we will be glad to get a copy for you!

Milwaukee Bucks Reading Program: Six-week library reading challenge

Jan. 2 – Feb. 13, 2010. This is a project of the Milwaukee Bucks in cooperation with the Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee County Federated Library System and Northwestern Mutual Foundation. It is open to all Wisconsin children in third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th grades.

• You score one point for each page you read from a book, magazine or newspaper.

• Write the names of the books, magazines and newspapers and the number of pages you read on the scorecard provided when you register.

• You will receive a Milwaukee Bucks sticker for each 125 pages you read.

• When you reach 500 pages, you will receive a voucher good for a free-ticket offer to a Bucks game.

• Available at the Burnett Community Library.

2009 building project accomplishments

• April 13 – MSA preapplication to CDBG • June 25 – Professional service agreement with MSA • June 26 –Library board meeting with MSA • July – Terry Larsen offers to donate former dealership building • July – CDBG grant applied for by village board • July – Preliminary design done by MSA architect • July 6 – Cost estimates for project given to library board • July 8 – Public hearing • Aug. 5 – Proposal for Phase II environmental site assessment • Aug. – Nexen Group Inc. $50,000 challenge grant • Aug. – Soil borings to determine extent of petroleum contamination • Oct. 5 – Award of $360,000 CDBG grant

New adult fiction books

• “Driftless,” by David Rhodes • “Too Much Money,” by Dominick Dunne • “The Paris Vendetta,” by Steve Berry • “Evil at Heart,” by Chelsea Cain • “LA’s Orchestra Saves the World,” by Alexander McCall Smith • “Love and Summer,” by William Trevor • “Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand,”

by Fred Vargas • “Murder on the Cliffs,” by Joanna Challis

• “Shanghai Girls,” by Lisa See • “Peony in Love,” by Lisa See • “Have Mercy on Us All,” by Fred Vargas • “A Lineage of Grace,” by Francine Rivers • “Though Waters Roar,” by Lynn Austin

New adult nonfiction books

• “Prevention: The DTOUR Diet Cookbook,”

by Barbara Quinn • “Stones into Schools,” by Greg Mortenson • “The Diabetes DTOUR Diet,” by Barbara Quinn • “The Monuments Men,” by Robert M. Edsel • “Is This Thing On? A Computer Handbook for Late Bloomers, Technophobes and the Kicking and Screaming,” by Abby Stokes • “I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye,” by Brook Noel • “Remarkable Creatures,” by Sean B. Carroll • “American Passage: The History of Ellis Island,” by Vincent J. Cannato • “Whole Green Catalog,” by Michael W. Robbins • “Eiffel’s Tower,” by Jill Jonnes

New DVDs

• “John Adams,” HBO miniseries • “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” • “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” • “Monsters vs. Aliens” • “Up” • “Taken” • “Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix” • “500 Days of Summer” • “Julie & Julia”

Juvenile books

• “Stuck in the Mud (Thomas & Friends),”

by Britt Allcroft • “The Treasure,” by Susan Yost-Filgate • “Minerva Louise & the Colorful Eggs,” by Janet Morgan Stoeke • “123 I Can Build,” by Irene Luxbacher • “Isabel and the Hungry Coyote,” by Keith Polette • “The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean,” by Alexander McCall Smith • “The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean,” by Alexander McCall Smith • “Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats,”

by Alexander McCall Smith • “Beyond Spiderwick: The Wyrm King,” by Tony DiTerlizzi • “Bug Butts,” by Dawn Cusick • “Odd and the Frost Giants,” by Neil Gaiman • “Birchbark Brigade: A Fur Trade History,”

by Cris Peterson •”Przewolski’s Horses,” by Kristin Van Cleaf • “Miniature Horses,” by Kristin Van Cleaf • “Star Wars” • “Ready Set Podrace,” by Simon Beecroft • “What is a Wookie?” by Laura Buller • “Journey Through Space,” by Ryder Windham • “A Queen’s Diary,” by Simon Beecroft • “I Want to Be a Jedi,” by Simon Beecroft • “Galactic Crisis,” by Ryder Windham • “Star Pilot,” by Laura Buller • “Beware the Dark Side,” by Simon Beecroft

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Rangewood Memorial Poker Run presents check A check for $2,108.00 was presented to Arnell Memorial Humane Society from the Rangewood Memorial Poker Run. The annual fundraiser is in memory of Nikki Nyquist, Josh Lynum and their beloved dog.

(L to R): Troy Nyquist, Ken Franklin, Jeff Young and shelter manager, Mary Bruckner. – Photo submitted

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Dave Wardean and Lee Pomerleau have been busy replacing kitchen countertops and they look great. Good job, guys!

Over 100 people attended the party at the center on Sunday, Dec. 20, to help Elva “Suz” Hughes celebrate her 90th birthday. Her actual birth date is on Jan. 5, but daughters Pat Pope, Fern Gomulak, Nancy Peterson and Sharon Hughes had it early so that more family members could attend.

Twenty-six diners attended the congregate Christmas party on Tuesday, Dec. 22, and enjoyed the roast beef dinner prepared by Nicky and served by Janice and Sherman.

Twenty-two door prizes were given out, that included two cash prizes of $5 donated by the center, six packages of baked goodies from Nicky, and the remainder as individual donations. In addition to Nicky’s meal, the diners also enjoyed eating a variety of baked goodies, chocolate candy and, of course, Margel Ruck’s famous homemade fudge.

Fourteen ladies from the Ravishing Rubies Red Hat Society met on Tuesday, Dec. 29, at

Wild Waters Restaurant in Danbury and enjoyed a Christmas luncheon. Margel Ruck attended and brought her granddaughter McKenna Smith of Baldwin who looked very fetching dressed as a future red-hat wannabee. She even enjoyed spending time with our group of “golden girls.” We didn’t sing our red hat song because we didn’t have the music and we couldn’t sing “Happy Birthday” to Janice Lee and Helen Sellman because they weren’t there, but we send them our best wishes anyway. The traveling purple birthday hat was taken home by Janet Snelson to wear for her January birthday. Jokes were told by Janet Snelson, Mert Kisselberg and Queen Mother Mary Martin. Door prizes were won by Jeannie Wagner and Marie Van Guilder. The next RRRHS luncheon will be held at noon on Tuesday, Jan. 26, at the Siren Senior Citizens Center. The regular congregate diners will be served first, and then the Red Hat ladies.

Bob Gleason celebrated his birthday on Wednesday by dining at the Hole in the Wall Loose Change Restaurant with his mother Lily Gleason and Sandy Wohlitz.

Oh man, Nicky’s liver and onions meal was over the top on Wednesday. Oh sure, I can hear all the liver haters shuddering, but it was yummy. Jane Wardean was one of the 11 ladies that came after lunch to play dime Bingo. It was good to have her back in the

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Spades was played Monday, Dec. 28, with the following winners: Stub Ruhn in first place, Ellis Erickson in second place, Jim Bly in third place and Lillian Murphy in fourth place.

Tuesday the usual cards were played.

fold again and feeling much better after a long recovery. Refreshments were furnished by Gladys Beers.

Chuck Peterson will be teaching a AARPsponsored 55 and Alive class at our Webster Senior center on Friday, March 26, from 1 to 6 p.m. The fee is $12 for AARP members and $14 for non-AARP members. Chuck states that he needs at least six persons registered to be able to have the class. If interested, you can call 715-866-8602 to preregister, and the fee can be paid at the time of the class.

A number of our seniors attended the New Year’s Eve soup and sandwich supper at the Baptist church where a variety of games were played in addition to a movie being shown.

Eleven ladies and gentlemen also showed up at the senior center where they played pool and cards. They made an early evening of it but they all enjoyed the fellowship, fun and food.

Margel Ruck accompanied her daughter, Sheryl and Dave Smith, Logan and McKenna of Baldwin, on New Year’s Day to visit her daughter, Lynn and Jim Shaw, at their new home in Roscoe, Ill., where they will stay through Sunday.

Our gratitude goes to Gladys Beers’ daughter, Bonnie and Bruce Werner of New Richmond, who recently made a $500 donation to our center to go toward operating expenses; Peggy Kearns for her donations of

Canasta

Wednesday Pokeno was played.

Thursday the center was closed.

Friday was the New Year’s Day potluck and cards.

Saturday birthdays of the month were celebrated.

Hope your new year will be joyous.

Polk County Aging Program receives donation Amery American Legion Cmdr. Dick Pelc presented a check to Kari Flom from Polk County Aging Programs, and Adjutant Walt Boerum presented a check to Karen Krupa from Interfaith Caregivers.

Between the two organizations, over 140 trips for veterans to V.A. hospitals were provided.

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After school, she would have me play cards in her spot while she prepared lunch.

There were usually three card tables set up and I was often next to my Aunt Mable or Grandma Bambi. All these ladies were pretty old, somewhere between 35 and 50.

Some of the ladies couldn’t shuffle the cards very well so they would spread them face down on the table and mix them (two decks are required).

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Mom always had something good to eat; my favorite was a lemon gelatin with tomato juice and sliced green olives and celery in it. I think she called it tomato aspic. She also tested new recipes for Betty Crocker, so we would get to taste a bunch of new things.

Everything was served on nice china with things called doilies on the plates.

Aunt Mable and Grandma Bambi were the oldest of the group. They always had a fancy hanky stuffed in the sleeve of their dresses. If I got crumbs or frosting on my face, they would whip out the hanky, wet a spot with their tongue and proceed to dab the stuff off my face. I got to be pretty careful about eating so they wouldn’t use their hankies.

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playing cards; Gladys Beers - canned goods; Nicky Quernemoen - a large box of spring and summer table centerpieces; and Dave Wardean for putting up a new cork bulletin board and score board for the pool players.

Our prayers and get-well wishes continue to go out to Pauline Hagen; Laverne Nack; Joyce Olson, who suffered a stroke; Joyce Smith, who is recovering from injuries received in a fall; and Margel Ruck’s brother, Robert Gehrke of Minneapolis, whose health is deteriorating due to prostate cancer. Our sympathy and prayers also go out to the family of Richard (Dick) Bruss, in his recent passing; and to the family of Irene Fosha of Balsam Lake who passed away on New Year’s Eve. Irene was the aunt of Margel’s late husband, Leroy, and had been a resident of the St. Croix Falls nursing home for quite some time.

I think that the only New Year’s resolution I shall ever make is to never say never. My recommendation is to “Watch your nevers! Nevers are ‘me’ oriented and God is ‘He’ oriented.” Let’s keep our focus on God which is where it belongs. “I to Christ my life have given, ever His alone to be; Oh, what peace and blessed assurance, that He has a plan for me!” - Thiesen. “A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.” Proverbs 16:9. See you at the center!

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elected vice president of the Wisconsin Chapter of the School Nutrition Association. •Holiday StationStore in St. Croix Falls celebrated 35 years of business by serving up brats and hot dogs to patrons.

•Dennis Frandsen, Frederic/Luck, was inducted into the Minnesota Business Hall of Fame.

August The Woodley Dam on the Apple River in Polk County was demolished. •Polk and Burnett counties remained at 10 percent or above in unemployment figures. •Balsam Lake Village Board discussed the possibility of a municipal court. •The master plan for the Straight Lake State Park and Wildlife Area in Luck was presented to the Natural Resources Board for approval. •Elementary principal for Webster, Jeff Walsh, announced he was leaving the district to accept a position in Cadott. •A cabin on Pine Lake in Burnett County was destroyed after a natural gas explosion occurred; the home was under reconstruction from a lightening strike fire a year earlier.

•A benefit was held for Jenna Frenette, a 14-year-old student at St. Croix Falls, who will travel to China for stem cell treatment to help her see; Jenna was blind since birth.

•Charles E. Lewis Days was celebrated in Lewis with a parade. •Former pastors of the First Baptist Church in Falun spoke about memories of ministry during the church’s 100th anniversary. •News of a mini-golf and drive-in business coming to Grantsburg came up at the village board meeting. •A seized Porsche by the St. Croix Falls Police Department was put up for sale by bid and the winner purchased the 1997 vehicle with a bid of $8,156. •Mark L. Pettis Jr., 34, Hertel, was airlifted after a deer/motorcycle accident with an anticipated long recovery ahead. •St. Croix Falls School Board officially denied an easement to Xcel Energy. •A 24-year-old Minneapolis, Minn., man was killed in a motorcycle/van accident near CTH F and Hwy. 65.

•The Burnett Community Library in Webster received $360,000 with state representatives and local dignitaries on hand to deliver the news. •Hazel Bohn, Frederic, turned 102. •The annual Lamar Music Festival took place at the Lamar Schoolhouse grounds in rural St. Croix Falls. •Danbury hosted Oktoberfest. •Polk County approved a trial four-day workweek.

•Frances Decorah retired after 24 years as a tutorial coordinator with the American Indian Education Act at Siren Schools.

•The Country Store gas and convenience store opened on Grantsburg’s north end.

•Dusty Ryan, Grantsburg, took his oath during his Eagle Court of Honor. •A fire at the Church Furniture Store in Luck resulted in departments from Milltown, Luck and Frederic responding to the blaze.

•Susan Hager of Frederic received the Patriotism Award from the Enlisted Association of the National Guard. •Heather Johansen opened Bella Salon in Grantsburg. •Gene and Pat Olson, Siren, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. •The 10thannual Pink

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•An antique tractor parade took place from the Chateau St. Croix Winery in St. Croix Falls to Almelund, Minn., for the annual threshing show event. •A 36-year-old Cottage Grove, Minn., man was discovered in shallow water by a dock near his parents’ home on Horsehoe Lake after he went out on a personal watercraft and was pronounced dead at Cumberland Memorial Hospital. •Essie Eibs, St. Croix Falls, turned 107. •The St. Croix Chippewa Tribe hosted the Wild Rice Powwow in Danbury.

•The Burnett County Agricultural Society Fair was held in Grantsburg. •Bill Beattie and Jim Solum were named the St. Croix Falls recipients of the 2009 St. Croix River Valley Stewardship Award. •Amy Klein was recognized by the St. Croix Falls City Council for her years of service to the city’s park and rec. committee. •Polk County closed the lime quarry. •A 37-year-old Luck man, Travis Webb, was killed after stopping along the roadside to assist a vehicle in which his wife was a passenger when a third vehicle struck the stranded vehicle and pinned Webb. •Rose Marie Bly, 21, was reported missing from her rural St. Croix Falls home and is still listed as missing.

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by Barrack Obama. •The Burnett Library Aug Huust location in Webster was found to have con.tamination in the soil. •A moose was sighted and photographed at Crex MeadLost she e ows. •Frederic’s citizen/volunteer banquet front of Je p: The inflatable S nsen’s Fu erta shee honored Carol and Ray Thompson, Linda p rn was stole n in Augu iture in downtown in st Luck .

- Special p Hoff and Kathy Meyers. •The Immaculate hoto Conception Catholic Church in Grantsburg held a harvest festival. •The FiberSmith Farm in rural St. Croix Falls held an open house during National Alpaca Farm Days. •St. Croix Falls held Autumn Fest and the grand opening of the new St. Croix Falls Public Library. •An armed robbery ix Falls occurred at the f St. Cro ug. 26.

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“I am delighted to announce Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative as the newest partner with Focus on Energy and am even more pleased that its members will be able to benefit from the growing number of services the program offers,” said Eric Callisto, chairperson of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, the agency that manages the state’s Focus on Energy program. “As energy efficiency and renewable energy investments continue to be wise choices for Wisconsin residents and business owners, we are happy progressive electric providers like Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative look to Focus on Energy as a trusted resource to help improve the environmental and economic condition of their region.”

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The Dec. 19 trip included attendance at a matinee performance of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” at the Guthrie and an opportunity to view the Holidazzle parade in downtown Minneapolis in the evening. After the parade, a St. Croix Casino bus returned the students to Turtle Lake.

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Both vaccines are available for anyone over 6 months. The H1N1 flu vaccine is free. The cost of seasonal flu vaccine is $25. We can bill Medicare, Badger Care and some health insurance providers for seasonal flu vaccine. Please bring your insurance card with you.

There are walk-in clinics and subject to vaccine 502856 9-11a,d 20-22L availability.

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SUITABLE for framing

Some of our favorite images of 2009 July to December

Some of the images published in the Leader in 2009 included (upper left) a young man at the St. Croix Tribe’s annual Wild Rice Powwow in September (by Carl Heidel), Luke Thoreson (above) was the blond with the pitching arm in a kickball tournament at Grantsburg’s Grantoberfest in October (photo by Priscilla Bauer), school spirit (upper right photo) was obvious on the faces of three young girls at Unity School’s homecoming (photo by Jeanne Alling), a fun Halloween display (middle right photo) at the Roberts residence on Hwy. 70 (photo by Priscilla Bauer), early-morning light and fog (photo at right) created images of a fading summer season near Siren in September (photo by Gary King) and a father and daughter (photo at left) danced to live music at the sixth-annual Lamar Music Fest in rural St. Croix Falls in August (photo by Gary King).

2009/from page 9 armed robbery occurred at the Riverview Conoco in Taylors Falls. •James Houghdahl, 54, Deer Park, was killed in a motorcycle accident. •Polk County supervisors still struggle with a $3 million shortfall. •A large group discusses options to save Whispering Pines camp. •Webster voted to keep the Danbury ambulance open.

•Homecomings were celebrated in Leader Land. •The Frederic police car got a video camera. •Three suicides were reported in Polk and Burnett counties. •The lime quarry in Polk County reopened after it was noted the state did not advise closing it. •Cory D. Louis, St. Croix Falls, was killed in a vehicle rollover accident. •Memory Lake was drained to search for Rose Bly. •Jan Carlson, Webster, was pictured with a 27-pound cabbage from her vegetable crop. •Roger Steen, Luck, recieved his Eagle Scout Award. •Siren held a harvest fest celebration. •Uptown Floral and Gifts opened in St. Croix Falls. •Clayton Hardware in St. Croix Falls celebratd its 110th year of business. •Polk County Treasurer Tonya Weinert resigned after a $2 million mistake was found in the 2010 budget. •Luck trustees Gene Cooper and Marsha Jensen faced a recall petition.

•Harvey Stower, retired teacher, ordained

minister, mayor of Amery, state legislator and Inter-County Leader Board of Directors member, passed away at the age of 65.

October The Centuria Fire Department held a pancake breakfast and educated youth on fire safety during Fire Prevention Week.

•Students at the Dresser School enjoyed a new gazebo on the playground after community members donated dollars, labor and materials to construct the gazebo.

•Siren Lions donated $500 to the Restorative Justice program. •A Clear Lake man was arrested for having a marijuana manufacturing growth factory with the potential to produce 16 pounds per year. •Siren native Erick Simonsen and his wife, Melissa, and their two daughters, now living in American Samoa, experienced a tsunami after an earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale hit approximately 100 miles from American Samoa; the family and home were OK and on high ground.

•The Otto Bremer Foundation donated $15,000 to the Restorative Justice program for 2009, making their total contributions since the start of the program five years ago $150,000. •The village board of Luck

decided not to purchase property on the west side of the village for business and industrial-park use. •Unity Lions donated a brailler (a typewriter that creates Braille letters) for student Edward Freer to type letters and learn to read and write in Braille.

•A barn owned by Tom Quimby, Trade Lake, was lost to a fire; the fire was detected by Jeff Burnham on his local mail route and his quick alert to the owner and a call to 911 made his daily delivery a bit more than just the mail. •Leader columnist Sally Bair, Washburn, hosted a book-signing event in her former hometown of Frederic. •Frederic Nursing Home had three residents celebrate their 100th birthdays in October: Hilda Peterson, Ethel Peterson and Lila Rowe. •Webster firefighters taught fire safety to elementary students.

•Jackson Fire Department hosted fire demonstrations. •October was co-op month. •The Wood River Garden Store on Hwy. 70 in Grantsburg hosted a Great Pumpkin Contest and Whitney Oachs took the first-place trophy with her 307.5 pound pumpkin. •Siren Village Administrator Randy Surbaugh informed the village board he would retire in June 2010.

•Grantsburg School Board members voted to go under the revenue cap authority for

2009-2010. •Milltown Village and Township boards were negotiating a border agreement initiated by the town in order to preserve boundaries due to annexation.

•Two-thirds of the signatures needed to recall trustees Gene Cooper and Marsha Jensen for the village of Luck were obtained and an update was given at the board meeting; reasons for the recall indicated the trustees were not listening to their constituents regarding an industrialpark development. •Unity Middle School Principal Elizabeth Jorgensen held up the Exemplary Middle School certificate at the Unity School Board meeting; the certificate is from the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators. •Frederic School Board member Becky Amundson and daughter Emily were at a Twins game to receive a $500 match donation for the school’s Fields For Kids to the village and school. •Larry Huset, Alpha, a veteran milk hauler for 35 years, had his odometer hit the 1 million mile mark. •A Turtle Lake man who shot his girlfriend and killed her and then shot himself in the face and survived in 2002 was in prison and the state was paying for

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They left us in 2009...

BURNETT/POLK COUNTIES - Transitions in 2009 included the deaths of loved ones and friends for many in Burnett and Polk counties. More than 500 deaths were reported in the Leader in 2009. Following are the names of people who left, listed by the month they were in the paper, along with photos of a handful of perhaps some of the more familiar faces.

January

Gene Early

Ruth M. Stuart, Patricia Elizabeth Margret Hammerschmidt Stage, Lenore M. Springer, Robert “Bob” Oscar Reynold Spafford, Emmett (Bud) O’Connor, Harris G. Johnson, Douglas I. Fouks, Mary E. DeTar, Merna Estella (Glaubitz) Corty, Rayburn Boyd, Myrtle B. Bierbrauer, David A. Benson, Edward “Eddie” S. Baker, Leif R. Amundsen, Verone Pratt, Ivan Donald Petersen, Kenneth Matthew Bording, Katherine A. Quitter, Dorothy Elenora Olson, Lyle E. Monty, Anna Marie (Hand) Rich, Linda L. Voll, Laura Luella Sumpter, Steven D. Schramski, Theodora (Teddy) Ruth Sahr-Alden, William “Willy” R. Pike, Gladys L. Mansfield, William F. Johnson III, Harley H. Hansen, Goldie Vernice Carlson, Neal L. Erickson, Judith Ames, Robert (Bob) William Schweitzer, Gordon G. Gardner, Sandra “Sandy” Samuels, Grace (Gracie) Mae (Fosha) Reed, Marion E. Howe, Henrietta Alvina Anderson and Alyce Ione Foote.

February

Marilyn Sederlund

Paul Beven Wickman, Bertha Lois (Rainey) Stevens, Alice Hallen Schneider, Ernest “Ernie” Murl Schaaf, Beryl E. Rydberg, Marie R. Rossman, Alfred Milton Proffit, Loren A. Olson, Robert J. Humpal Sr., Howard E. Proffit, Dott E. Ellson, Esther L. Proffit, Donald A. Baker, Dorothy Fern Anderson Hagen Foss, Elmer Kenneth Wicklund, Eugene H. Smith, Mae R. Rossman, Nellie K. Pardun, Vincent M. Morten, Jon (Jake) Lysdahl, Victoria “Vicki” Lee, Joseph Eugene Kirchner, Lois Marie (Sauerbrey) Hughes, Marlin B. Gerlach, Larry Fox, Richard J. Fabbrini, Irene Virginia Welk, Alma May Uhrhammer, Duane Andrew Thompson, Carman F. Swanson, Thomas Norlin Sullivan, Mildred K. Otto, Byron M. Eliason, Laura “Sissy” Mae Coulter, Marie Catherine Shobak, Benjamin Quincy Pierre-Johnson, Betty J. Neidermire, Russell McKenzie, Wesley N. Kuhn, Virgil Charles Jensen, Delaine Jeanette Johnson Glunz, Carol “Doc” C. Cogswell and Zachary Thomas Foeller.

March

Marty Niles

Shirley Mae Clark, Robert L. Thompson, LaSarah D. “Sally” Steffen, Isabelle Annette Shinler, Ralph C. Selvig, Marilyn Adelaide Bengtson Sederlund, Shirley L. Petersen, LaVerne H. Loescher, Gregory Carlton Coffin Jr., Doris Charlotte Marek, Florence Marie Rasmussen, William C. Randt, Wanda L. Pratt, Melissa Kaye Martinson, Lawrence M. Mandalke, Tina Marie Lowe, Donald R. Kagigebi, Stanley Edward Huber, Ardyce M. Haworth, Barbara E. Hall, Eunice A. Faurot, Thelma Leone Bainbridge, Carolyn I. Axman, Myrtle L. Emery, Albert W. Will, Agnes Helene (Bakken) Thorstad, Sandra J. Orfei, Dorothy M. Majsterek, Iris O. Lumsden, Agnes JoAnn Lee, Vernon E. Hutton, Mildred Alvina Holen, Dennis Charles Goossen, Wallace Eugene Early, Stuart D. “Sam” Bottolfson, Rosella Dversdall-Alhgren, Bianca E. Stenner, Ruth Marjorie Prose, Harold L. Berglund, Thelma Wang, William C. Randt, Kenneth J. Potting Sr., Mary Jean McKenzie (nee Carlson), Eleanor Freeberg and Shirley Mae Clark.

April

Vernon Peterson

Dorothy Mae LaDoucer, Lewis C. Ewert, Eugene MacDarmid, Mercelia M. Studeman, Aloha Lee (Starzl) Schuur, Steven Allen Simonson, Jean Rowe McFarland, Lois Heffner, Mildred Loretta Hanson, Geraldine “Geri” L. Brule, Doris “Jean” Brown, Carol Ann Yerke, Lois Elaine Hinck, Gerald M. Durand Sr., Elaine M. Reynolds-Westerman, Joseph (Joe) M. Taylor, Jeffrey R. Stoffels, Norman Palmer Skow, Roger S. Reid, Joyce Cleo (Gernett) Penkert, David J. Montpetit, Fred Jepsen, Elvin John Le-Roy Linder, Debra Kay Marie Eagleman, John J. Wright “Junior”, Jerry W. Kesler, Charlotte R. Probst, Harold Adrian Peterson, Rose Marie Schwan, Elaine L. Nelsen, David F. “Rebel” Myers, Michael E. “Mickey” McClelland, Boyd H. Junkans, Fred Willard Jepsen, Richard “Esiban” Hart, James Conrad Engstrom, Robert Behling, Wendell (Wendy) Edward Huro, Imogene Heimer (Ball), Michael Bruce Shute, John Karlton Dahl and John R. Clayton.

May

Alora Breault

Harley C. “Putter” Petersen, Virginia Mary Frances Dennis (nee Peck), Mary Lee Olson, Lienwood Lienden Louden, Joseph C. Matrious, Clarice Leone Lindahl, Evelyn I.A. Hutton, Ronald (Ron) E. Hansen, Randall L. Greene, Terrence Fowler Sr., Nick R. Elwood, Dorothy R. Thompson, Robert D. Smiley Sr., David P. Rice, Arlie Mae Randall, Donovan “Ole” James Olson, Donald H. Johnson, Manuel C. “Hank” Larson, Jeanette Leone Olson, Elverna E. Anderson, John H. Paffel, Betty Smith, Ruth G. Trout, Elnora Jeanette Root, Evelyn Viola Peterson, Clem M. Hickman, Robert V. Hansen, Marjorie C. Zack, Carolyn Ruth Maack, Elaine G. Tjader, Dr. Meredith H. Moore, Marion Petersen, Iona R. Kelly, Fern Bernice (McBurney) Edaburn and Willard E. Billy Bohn.

June

Ted Berkland

Roy Andrew “Bud” Wikstrom, Traci Dawn Sandgren, Ruth H. Johnson, Dale H. Nelson, Dennis Merle Mattson, Douglas J. Mariette, Joseph James Bloom, John Joseph Hickey, Iletta E. Blomgren, Gregory R. Johnson, Harold Pugh, Harold “Shorty” Frost, Marion Jean Benjamin, Sidney B. Teigen, Gloria (Bennett) Syring, Martin Henry (Hank) Runburg, Leslie W. Rodrigues, Anna Marie Rand, Ken Kamish, Vicki L. (Nelson) Holdt, LeRoy Gordon Jensen, Katherine Louise Hanson, Raymond A. Cottor, Colette L. Campbell, Theresa “Terri” Bechtold, Jacqueline Louise Ulick, Alvin J. Schommer, Hannah R. Johnson Newburgh, Eugene “Geno” Joseph Lowe, Sherry Gail Leske, Vernon C. Koshatka, Nancy C. Hughes, Hazel Gretchen Herwick, Amber M. Glienke, Marvel M. Fossum, Jorge Ronald Dimas, Ann Briese, Ralph O. Boucher, Dorothy Lucille (Hartwig) Anderson, Everett H. Tonnar, Karen Jean Swenson, Boneta “Bonnie” M. (Pardun) Smiley, (Legros) Lundgren, Eva Mae Hexum, Donald K. Gillum, Steven (Stephen) Flattem, Eleanor Elliott, Victoria M. Boyesen, Theodore (Ted) Andrew Berkland, Clinton M. Belle-

Isle, Ann L. (Otis) Briese, Brigid A. (O’Connell) Ball, Lyle R. (Wally) Nelson, Theodore L. Pittman Jr., Roxanna Marie (Knutson) Peterson, Dorothy Ann Engelhardt, Herbert F. Peck, Alfons C. Pundys, James Lloyd Bailey, Mildred Lucile (Fleming) Bayliss and Hartley C. Pennison.

July

Dorothy Ward, Margaret Viebrock, Dwight “Ike” E. Olson, Donald Dean Lounsbury Sr., Henry I. Gabrielson, Lorena Florence Hanson, Rita E. Heideman, Ada M. Toombs, Bonnie Curry Wolf, Ewald Jerome “Jerry” Johnson, Jason R. Whittier, Blanche R. (Kuhn) Nelson, Nellie (Smith) Martinsen, Joseph G. Hudalla, Elsie Ann (Berg) Hacker, Jacob William Ernst, Dorothy (Kaegbein) Ward, Susann (Sue) M. Blair, Rosella Dversdall-Alhgren, Brent Mason Roux, Shirley J. Paquin, Irene M. Nelson, Clarence H. “Chuck” Larson III, Becky Lynn Getschel Dombrock, Ernest Edward Burger, Joseph E. Adams, June K. Mensen, Lynn L. Lauritsen, John Andresen, Marion M. Melin, Gale Neoma McKnight, Lee E. Jerome, Robert L. “Bo” Christensen and Doris A. (Neitzel) Buie.

Ruby and Hugo Kettula

August

Scott G. Treichel, Edward Theodore Berdal, Paul Solberg, Kyle R. Hoffman, Barbara “Bonnie” J. Hilke, James “Jim” A. Hatlestad, Gwendolyn (Gwen) C. Peterson, Harold A. Daeffler, Robert L. Chivers, Kenneth J. Burton, Bertha A. Boyer, Timothy Sharratt, Quentin John Weinzierl, Theresa Marie Swanson, Stanley (Bud) Larson Jr., Mary J. (nee Wrobel) Phernetton, Steven Carl Mishler, James J. McMahon, Wilma Larson, Delores Koolmo, Patricia (Pat) A. Knutson, Carol J. Kelley, Dorothy M. Jones, Sylvia Jeanette (Skow) Gjerning, Jacqueline “Jackie” K. Frost-Fricke, Carol Ann Larsen, Maxine M. Stone, Ione Marie Spafford, Ronald D. Porell, LeRoy E. Peak, Leona M. Maassen, Patsy (Pat) A. Knutson, Doris Jean Larson, Wilma Baldish, Thomas P. Poladian, Earling H. Oleson, Colleen “Kelly” Rosa Piel, Sanay Julia Hemingway, Ella V. Ferdon, Joy Cooke and Ruby Aichele.

Bob Gjerning

September

Travis M. Webb, Raymond L. Smith, Leonard James “Jim” Ryan Jr., Melvin ”Jake” Peterson Jr., Charles Jens Freeberg (Charlie), William Patrick Foley III, David A. Carlson, Mabel M. Buhler, Arthur Edward Bork, Eldora Pitcher, Peggy Lea Hansen, Betty A. Rand, Marty J. Niles II, Lois Petersen, Mary C. FitzSimmons, the Rev. Orville Lavern Falk, Fred G. Christensen, Marilyn Kay (McCoy) Braaten, Juanita Bentley Olson, Agnes T. Baillargeon, Gladys M. Powell, Earl Preston Sigler, Darrell James (Jim) Karl, Allen Leroy Pierce, Curtis R. Olson, Alvin E. Lindstrom, Cynthia Jean (Haley) Larson, Arlyce Jewell, Gary D. Holden, Rosemary H. Goodrie, Mary C. FitzSimmons, John R. Chamberlain, Clara Jen Burke, Alton E. Berg, Janice Young, Marjorie “Jeanne” Wright, Virginia K. Carlson, Donovan Edward Rasmussen, Dan Ellis Potter, Harley Gene Lund, Cory Duane Louis, Betty Lagoo, Dr. LaVernia M. Jorgenson, Herbert “Joe” Hunt, Larry Grow, Lorraine S. Scheltens, Marilyn J. (White) Brenizer, Denise Brenne, David A. Ball, Elaine L. Palmquist, Thomas Parnell Jensen, Gary C. Measner, Lauritz (Bud) Jensen, Bessie L. Hoverman, James Allen Hougdahl, Marvin F. Heuer, Donna J. Burger, William N. “Bill” Briggs and Linnea A. Birkholz.

Sanay Hemingway

October

Nels Volgren Jr., Lorraine S. Scheltens, Gladys Lucille Peterson, Susan A. Peper, Anthony “Tony” Moline, Douglas Jay McKenzie, Larry W. Marlett, Lanny Erlitz, Stan Cutler, Mildred Clarice Comstock, Fred Leo Tietz, Quentin O. Borg, Pharis Harvey Stower Jr., William Shires, Patrick E. Schulz, Kathryn Carol Reinholdt Flom, John Andrew Okerstrom, Joe Cycenas, Irene L. Crane, Byron (Buck) Freeman Cooper, Evelyn Brathall, Donald W. Amlee, Arnold O. Anderson, Terry Allen Schmid, Ralph A. “Curly” Moskal, Donald Ernest McLeod, Gary R. Mariette, Roger S. Knudson, Evald (Bob) Emil Gjerning, Faye M. (Hovda) Espeseth, Florence Marion Clausen, Merlyn Leroy Alden, Thomas R. Brown, Sandy L. Morrison-Christianson, Donald E. (Smokey) McLeod, Ina Ella Koch, Kay E. Kettula, Daniel John Casey and Kenneth Grant.

Jeanette Olson

November

Keith A. Van Wyhe, Inez Paulson, LaVone Victoria (Peterson) Olson, Agnes E. Mallery, Richard E. Macho, Michael John Krentz Koelsch, Dorothy J. Heilig, Shirley Mae Cook, Ronald R. Christianson, John Burchard, Dr. Raymond R. Biller, Deo D. Anderson, Doris June Isabelle VanPelt, Marie Leona Stetler, John M. “Jack” Steffen, Edna T. Richison, Hilda Idella Junetta Johnson Peterson, Larry Ronald (Mudshark) Norlund, Linda T. Long, Paul S. Johnson, Gordon Clark Anderson, Carl Volgren, Ruby Irene (Halverson) Johnson, Arlene E. Peterson, William J. Miller, Vincent C. Menke, Allen W. Johnson, Kaleen E. Grewell, Marion R. Fritz, Crystal Ann (Dahlquist) Bentley, Darlene Mae Jensen, Gary Harold Gjonnes, Morris Blomgren, Mary Janet Fleming (nee Tobin), Edmund E. Ellis, Dorothy E. Dahlstrom and Joan Linnea Anderson.

Ed Berdal

December

Arlin P. Zuech, Rose E. Weissmann, Vernon W. Peterson, Esther Olivia Tverberg, Charles Trittelwitz, Stewart Swanson, Cheryl Alen Stock, Arlene E. Peterson, Jimmy Mosay, Jason Dean Montagne, Jeanne Meeds, Marion L. Peterson, Ruby J. Kettula, Hugo W. Kettula, Beverly Claire (Herron) Hoff, Stephen E. Dahlstrom, Alora Rae Breault, Russell M. Allen, Marcella Eunice (Shinler) Zempel, Patricia Irene “Pat” Tobeck, Mavis Elizabeth Sundby, Sandra E. McPheeters, Martha Mary Howard, John Layton Webb, Allen (Bud) James VanElsberg, Mary A. Webster, Ruby M. Teske, John Edward Sears, Rose A. Lee, Doris V. Pederson, Nettie Frances Otis, Irene L. Johnson, Harold I. Hills, Boyd I. Duncan, Dorothy M. DesJardins, Shirley Mae Cook, Oceil Marjery Burtt, Michael Bruce Burns, Gladys Stella Olson, Gerald “Gondi” Marvin Beauchamp, Rodney D. Leisch, Douglas A. McKee, Myron Dahl, Richard (Dick) Emil Bruss, Glenn Walter Cherry Sr., Viola Muriel Olson, Eugene E. Albrect, Roy L. Hinze, Roger Odell Lebakken, James T. Peterson, Robert W. Carlson, Charles Sherwin Carlson, Arthur J. Matson, Edna A. Sorensen.

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The Marathon County Bomb Squad was called in to handle suspicious-looking suitcases abandoned at two businesses on Hwy. 8 in Polk County in October. - Special photos

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Kyle James played Officer Tito in the Luck School play “Odd Jobs” presented in November. James is shown as he tries to break up wrestling sisters, Peg (Sarah Elert) and Libby (Katie Gutzmer). - Photo

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Kathy Marlow, twin sister of Kay Kettula, prepared to release “Kay the Eagle,” during a special ceremony held in November north of Danbury. The release of the eagle was to mourn and honor Kay, who died earlier in 2009. - Photo by Carl Heidel

face, sparking controversy. •An Earth Day “Gaylord Nelson Day” project involving activities and a play was presented to the St. Croix Falls City Council for consideration for Earth Day 2010. •A Superior man appeared in Burnett County Court suspected of an unsolved sexual assault in which his DNA linked him to the 2006 incident. •Evald “Bob” Gjerning, Frederic, passed away after an 11-year battle with Parkinson’s disease; among Gjerning’s roles in his life, he was a member of the board of directors for the Inter-County Leader. •Fire Safety and Prevention Week was observed at Frederic Elementary.

•Susie Lenz retired from Frederic CenturyTel after 37 years and five months. •Alliance Church of the Valley in St. Croix Falls broke ground for a new facility. •Kim Hilleshiem, Balsam Lake, organized a team trip to Kenya to help people there with basic necessities. •Holly Mangelsen, Acorn Pantry in Siren, and employee Kim Jewell visited London and Paris and followed in the footsteps of Julia Child as they toured the countries. •Crex Meadows was designated one of 100 Wisconsin Wetland Gems by the Department of Natural Resources. • Polk County’s budget shortfall was noted at $134,000 after a $2 million error was detected in September and corrected in October. •Burnett Moose Lodge presented a check to the Restorative Justice program for $1,222. • The city of St. Croix Falls council supported keeping the historic Auditorium building and approved a Way Forward document. •Frederic Library Director Chris Byerly was recognized by the Indianhead Federated Library System for 30 years of service. •The student count for Frederic was reported down 50 students from two years prior. •A pet beagle owned

by Balsam Lake family was shot and paralyzed and put to sleep after a random shooting. •Ground was broken in Frederic for a Dollar General Store. •Local Lutherans, some 80 members in Polk and Burnett counties, indicated they were breaking away from the ELCA, indicating the church was “moving away from Scripture.” •The first H1N1 vaccinations arrived in Polk and Burnett counties.

•October was noted as one of the most unseasonably cold months the area has experienced in years. •Frederic’s Angie Chelmo, who had been experiencing kidney failure for three years, walked in the National Kidney Foundation Walk in St. Paul, Minn., and she was the second-highest individual fundraiser, bringing in $2,700 to go toward research. •The city council for St. Croix Falls held their regular meeting at the new library location downtown and got an official tour of the new facility. •St. Croix Falls Middle School Principal Kathy Willow was presented with the Exemplary Middle School Award by the Wisconsin School Administrators.

•The city of Taylors Falls, Minn., in an attempt to reduce the expenses of city government, decided to close city hall on Fridays. •Osceola Youth Football hosted a haunted-house fundraiser the Friday before Halloween. •A 19-year-old Minnetonka, Minn., man was sentenced in Burnett County Court to 90 days in jail for his role in an August 2008 bank robbery in Danbury. •Unity taxpayers voted down the tax levy leaving the district with an unset budget, which was later approved at a special meeting. •The bomb squad from Marathon County was called in to investigate seven briefcases left at the Super America convenience store on Hwy. 8 in St. Croix Falls; the suitcases were all empty and no one knew who left the cases there or why. •State legislation to bring the state into compliance with regulating alcohol shipments forced the Trade River Winery, a family business, to close. •Halloween parties were held in Leader Land communities providing a safe place for the kids to have fun in their costumes. •Ani Home Crafts in Siren was a new business that opened. •Danielle Asper and Terri McKinney, Frederic students, were headed to the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind. •Grantsburg High School students participated in a personal finance workshop to help teach students life lessons.

•Webster Elementary and Middle schools received the New Wisconsin School of Promise Award for the 2008-2009 school year.

November Veterans Day was observed in schools in Leader Land. •Grantsburg Pirates volleyball headed to state. •Frederic Vikings football was headed to the playoffs.

•Amanda Jensen became the new executive director for the Community Referral Agency, Milltown, where victims of domestic violence can go for help. •Webster High School inducts three new honors society members: Phillip Preston, Callan Brown and Nicholas Koelz. •Kate Stower and Liz Stower, sisters and daughters of the late Harvey Stower, accepted an honor from the state Legislature on behalf of their father as the assembly passed a resolution noting his accomplishments. • Enough signatures were collected for a recall of Luck trustees Gene Cooper and Marsha Jensen, once certified, a recall election was set for Dec. 22. •Whispering Pines Camp in rural Frederic closed its doors with a deconsecration ceremony. •Luck High School drama presented “Odd Jobs.” •St. Croix Falls High School drama presented “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” •Grantsburg High School drama presented “Dirty Works in High Places.” •A rural Frederic man, Jason King, 31, was shot by police after reports of the individual armed and suicidal were called in, and the matter was under investigation. • Burnett and Polk combined totals of H1N1 cases was near 100. •An abandoned container with a gallon of anhydrous ammonia, used in the process of manufacturing methamphetamine or as farm fertilizer, was abandoned near Balsam Lake and the Chemical Assessment Team from Eau Claire responded.

•Brent Braunshweig, Grantsburg youth, was a film star in the Coen Brothers newest film, “A Serious Man.” •Frederic Middle School sports were pulled from the WIAA after a proposed conference realignment by the WIAA was made. •Luck residents Pam Peterson and Holly Bergstrom were featured on WCCO-TV in a segment about their fight to save Iver’s Mountain from being developed for mining. •Taylors Falls held the 25th-annual Lighting Festival with Marlys Breeden selected as the Royal Lady of the Village for 2009. •Kay the eagle was released after being treated for injuries in Danbury. •National Community Education Day was celebrated at Luck. •Cassie Blaser became the new Siren postmaster.

•Luck Schools were in favor of the new WIAA realignment. •Luck Schools looked at a proposed dress code outlining the limits of shorts and skirt length, pajamas and low-cut tops for school attire. •Polk County Board Supervisor Keith Rediske, St. Croix Falls, resigned from the board indicating he was moving out of the area.

•Theodore W. Schneller, 64, Webster, was killed in a vehicle rollover near Meenon.

•The city of St. Croix Falls indicated its dissatisfaction with the timing and delays by the Army Corps of Engineers regarding the wastewater treatment plant facility upgrade. •Vernon Peterson, 91, Daniels town chairman from 1976 to 2004 and participant of the annual Frederic Mineral and Gem show, passed away; Peterson and his wife, Gwen, were featured in the Leader earlier in the year for celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary. • Wayne Roulliard, 62, rural Luck, appeared in Polk County Court for the murder of his friend, Stephen Dahlstrom, 61, Bogata, Colombia; Roulliard claimed the brutal attack on Dahlstrom was in self-defense; Roulliard pleaded not guilty in December. •A 42year-old St. Paul, Minn., woman was killed in a car crash in Clear Lake.

December A Christmas tea was held at the United Pioneer Home, Luck. •Santa visited several Leader Land communities. •Funding was obtained for the Amery to Dresser Trail, which will be a designated nonmotorized recreational trail. •The Serenity

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Three vacationing power linemen from Iowa and Illinois quickly restored power after a freak storm knocked down utility lines and a tree at Stoffel’s Shady Oak Resort on Little Clam Lake, Siren, in August. Owners Tom and Karen Stoffel (R) were grateful.

- Photo by Nancy Jappe

Larry Huset, a 35-year veteran milk hauler, saw his truck hit 1 million miles in 2009. Photo by Priscilla Bauer

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2009/from previous page House in Balsam Lake celebrated its first year of operation helping persons stay drug and alcohol free and learn to live independently. •Polk County Deputy Mike Seversen, St. Croix Falls, was featured in a WCCO-TV segment about his participation in the Polk County disability hunt. •St. Croix Falls junior Alora Breault, 16, was killed in a car accident on Hwy. 8 near Deer Lake. •Former Polk County Board Supervisor Ruby Kettula, 78, passed away Nov. 25, and her husband Hugo Kettula, 87, passed away Nov. 27; a joint memorial service was held; the Kettula’s daugher, Kay, passed away a month earlier. •Christmas was celebrated at the Forts. •Honors Choir was held at Frederic for students from the conference. •Frederic graduate Vanessa Gabrielson traveled to New York City with her mother and sister and took in a special production of

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“Sesame Street.” •The Inter-County Co-op posted a reduced profit for the year 2009, for the first time in its 76 years of operation. •Polk County looked at the possibility of hiring an administrator. •Milltown’s village board approved a mill rate increase of 11 percent due in part to reduced property valuations in the village of $2.9 million.

•A panel ruled the shooting of a 31-year-old Frederic man by an officer was justified after an investigation. •Former Trade Lake Camp director, Peggy Hjelseth, pleaded guilty to charges of abuse of an individual at risk when a 50-yearold woman staying at the camp died after receiving medication meant for another individual, administered by Hjelseth; sentencing is scheduled for January 2010. •Holiday concerts were held at Leader Land schools. •Cris Peterson, local author of “Birchbark Brigade: A Fur Trade History,” was featured. •Polk County’s first death from H1N1 was recorded; an adult with underlying health conditions was the victim. •Eunice Kanne celebrated her 102nd birthday at the Grantsburg Continuing Care Unit.

•Ladies from the Webb Lake community made baskets to distribute to persons who are alone for the holidays.

•Luck Pharmacy changes owners as Kyle Johansen and Eric Dueholm take over the business. •Cindy Stimmler was selected as the Falls Chamber of Commerce executive director. •The new library project in Webster moved forward. •Craig Hokanson, Siren native, was named the regional president of Johnson Bank. •Polk County supervisors voted down a pay raise for supervisors in a 19-3 vote. •The home of Elmer and Sue Eliason was destroyed by fire; the home was in the family since 1910 and there were plans for the celebration of 100 years in March 2010. •St. Croix Falls American Legion donated to the St. Croix Food Shelf. •Grace Shebo, RN, retired after 36 years in nursing at St. Croix Regional Medical Center. •Charges of sexual assault of a child were filed for former Polk County Deputy James Robert Baker. •A trail groomer

buried in an ice bog in Siren was recovered. •A Chippewa Falls bus crash trial was noted to be moved to Polk County as the venue and will take place in Jan. 2010. •Frederic High School choir performed at Mall of America. •Siren’s Rita MacDonald’s “Winter Tree” Christmas card design was selected for the 2009 Christmas card catalog put out by the Courage Center in Golden Valley, Minn; the Courage Center card sales raise monies for adults and children with barriers in life. •Unity Lions welcomed the newest member, Johanna Alling. •Frederic Lions donated to the Frederic Library. •Burnett County Medical Center announced its offering of a swing bed program that helps persons who need rehabilitation to recover and safely return to their previous living situation. •The barn of Blake Scribner, Grantsburg, was destroyed by fire. •Siren Lions donated money to the Siren Schools for books. •Siren junior and senior high schools were noted for the third year in a row as being among U.S. News and World Report’s best schools in the nation. •Three Polk County districts have no candidates filed for the board of supervisors; the filing period ends Jan. 5. •Convicted murderer Clint Mosay’s appeal was denied; Mosay is serving 15 years for a 2005 stabbing death of a woman at which time Mosay was under the influence of methamphetamine; the court ruled on the appeal that because of the voluntary use of the meth, the insanity the drug may have caused was not involuntary. •Webster graduate and comedian Mary Mack kicked off her winter tour in New Richmond; Mack was scheduled to perform in the metro area with comedians Louie Anderson and Scott Hansen. •Burnett County Judge Ken Kutz was appointed to the Board of Bar Examiners.

•A truck fire at the Wal-Mart intersection in St. Croix was quickly put out, and there were no injuries but the vehicle was a total loss. •No change on the Luck Village Board after a recall election was held and voters supported incumbents Marsha Jensen and Gene Cooper.

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Beadology 101 Folle Avoine Chronicles

Beads, their history, function and even how to construct your own, will be the topic of a special program at Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 10.

Al Johnson, a veteran “beadologist,” will share his knowledge of historic beads and offer the public supplies and instructions at cost (usually from $2 to $6, depending on how fancy) for fashioning their own beads and/or jewelry.

He’ll also have some of his vast collection on hand. “Most of my pieces,” he says, “are imitations but I have a few originals dating back to the 1600s.” The program will thus combine historical insights with practical hands-on experience, offering visitors a unique look at an often-missed aspect of history.

More often than not, it’s the ordinary, seemingly mundane objects of everyday life that end up telling a story, in turn contributing to an overall tale we call history. Such is the case with beads.

Casting an eye beyond the headlines of history, one could determine a lot about various eras in time by studying the types of beads available. And they were numerous—over the ages, there are written records of all sorts of beads

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being used by various peoples. And archaeology has in turn added to the story, unearthing millions of beads (they were easily lost or dropped!) at historic locations. This “beadology,” as it were, helps decipher details that might be missed otherwise.

But beads do tell a huge story, especially those that were used in the North American fur trade. While in northeastern North America certain beads functioned in a currency system known as wampum, here in the Folle Avoine country their purchasing power was used to procure furs and pelts from the Ojibwe hunters and trappers. Beads ranging from tiny seed beads to cylindrical and conical styles of varying col-

ors were found during the archaeological dig at Forts Folle Avoine and are on display in the site’s visitors center museum. Interestingly, many turquoise blue beads decorated with black dots were recovered in the North West Company compound, but in the XY Company’s area beads of a purple-pink shade were found. Without this physical evidence, it’s easy to assume that both trading companies would have been trading the same type. This holds true with other finds, such as differing shapes of silver rings found in each trading post’s area.

Many of the fur trade beads originated in Italy, and were highly attractive to North American Indians. Previous to the fur trade, many natives fashioned beadwork using stones and porcupine quills. The trade beads eliminated the labor needed to produce the older styles, were easy to transport, and along with cloth and woolens constituted a large share of any trader’s stock of merchandise used to barter for furs, hides and foods from the Indians.

There is a point about Folle Avoine history made during our last visit in this space that I’d like to clarify now. While discussing the pronunciation of Folle Avoine, I noted that the double L’s are

not necessarily pronounced. There actually is a healthy debate about this. Certain historians are of the opinion that those using the old French Canadian term (literally meaning “wild oats” in referencing wild rice) definitely did not pronounce the double L’s. Yet others indicate that in modern French, they would be heard. Point being, there is some question as to the exact usage, one of those conundrums that drive historians hysterical. Actually, several languages were in use at the original Forts Folle Avoine—for sure, they included Ojibwe, French, English, perhaps even some Gaelic and Dakota as well. However one chooses to say it, Folle Avoine was a significant cultural meeting ground.

Meanwhile, back to the present, the cross-country ski trails at the site are available at any time—just park at the front gate and follow the directional signs to the ski trails. Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park will also be open for the beads presentation on Sunday, Jan. 10, from 2 to 4 p.m. The site is located on CTH U three miles west of Hwy. 35 northwest of Webster near Big Yellow Lake.

Signed, Woodswhimsy

Winter Rye: New Uses for an Old Crop kicks off Safari series Crop. Jason Fishbach, UW-Extension agriculture agent, will discuss how this versatile crop has profit potential for farmers. Research has shown that winter rye harvested in the early boot stage makes quality spring forage, and as a cover crop it helps reduce soil erosion and suppresses fall and early spring weed growth.

The Northern Safari features University of Wisconsin and other specialists who address agriculture topics in programs presented across northwestern

Wisconsin. The Spooner Ag Research Station will be the site for these four weekly series starting on Fridays, Jan. 15 through Feb. 5.

Upcoming topics and dates include: Taking Charge in Challenging Times, ways to improving your farm’s financial strategies and working with your lender, Jan. 22. Working Lands Intiative: What it means to farmers. Explore your options to protect farmland and expand tax credits on qualified farmland, Jan. 29. Relative Grain Quality: Not all corn is created

Hole in the Wall Casino to host Food Drive BURNETT COUNTY – Food pantries in Burnett County will receive needed help during the winter season, thanks to the Hole in the Wall Casino. The Danbury casino will host a six-day food drive Sunday, Jan. 10 through Friday, Jan.15.

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Hours are 8 a.m. to closing each day of the drive. Donated food items will be distributed to food pantries in Burnett County. For more information, call Mary Kay Merrill at 800-238-8946. - submitted

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LDP benefits are earned when the regional posted prices for ungraded wool are below the loan rate. Recently LDP rates have been 29 cents per pound of wool. Unshorn-pelt rates are calculated based on the size and age of the animal.

Producers must have control, risk and beneficial interest in the commodity. If the commodity has been marketed the established LDP rate on the sale date will be used to calculate a payment. Producers will need to complete a request for an LDP and provide production evidence by the Jan. 31 deadline.

If producers will be producing wool or unshorn pelts during 2010 they are encouraged to complete the LDP agreement prior to loosing beneficial interest. Contact the FSA office at 715-485-3138 to complete a 2010 LDP agreement.

Additional information regarding the LDP program is available at the Polk County FSA office or online at www.fsa.usda.gov. - submitted

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Hello again.

First and foremost! The donations for Christmas for Kids was overwhelming. Thank you is never enough to say, because we mean so much more. You allowed us to do so much for so many, at the final count 571 children, and all we really did was put the final touches on a gift that you gave to everyone. We can't take credit. Without your donations we would not have made it and would still be wondering if maybe next year we should not do Christmas for Kids, but the outpouring of generosity is so great we can only look forward to 2010 Christmas for Kids.

We forget the anxiety of not knowing if it can happen and only feel the warmth coming from the hearts of the people who gave. And to the man who gave us $2 and a Matchbox car, and the people who gave us so many donations of toys and money, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Bearing anything unforeseen, Interfaith will have another Christmas for Kids in 2010.

I am tired of the cold. It is only Jan. 4 and I am already tired of winter. If I had been able I would be on the way to Mexico and my grandson's wedding. If I had been smart I would be on my way to visit my brother in Arizona. If I had been smart I would be on my way anywhere but here. But as the slogan used to go, "We love it here.” If my uncle hadn't coined that phrase, I would be smart and say, someone was out of his mind or never stepped outside when it was below zero. I know, when we lived in North Dakota I could not believe that people would be out buying cars when the weather was 40 below zero. That was a normal thing to do when you live in North Dakota. Nothing stops just because it is 40 below zero.

Actually, it isn't me that really hates the below zero

weather, because I can always put on more clothes, but my little dogs feet can't stand below zero. It is odd.

When it is zero they can go out and not be bothered for quite a while.

When it is below zero, they know.

They know it is too cold to stay out more than a few minuets. With all of the sniffing and goofing off they never get the job done and come in looking at me as if it were my fault.

I saw a dog indoor grass thing so they would not have to go outside.

Blodgett If it were up to me, I would buy it in a minute and if it were up to the dogs they would think I was crazy.

What? Why? When I have a perfectly good carpet to go on.

Speaking of snow, and how can you not speak of it these days, I thought I would be really helpful and shovel the deck off.

The snow was wet and heavy so I took the broom and pushed it off. Great idea! The deck was clear of snow and soon turned to ice. I had already missed the bottom two steps of the deck and sprained my ankle so I was really careful to walk slowly and watch my footing. Boy was I proud of my accomplishment until I tried to get out of bed the next morning and could not stand up straight.

I looked like an S from the side. The top went one way and the bottom another and I could not do anything about it because the pain was horrible. I refused to tell Denny because he had warned me not to shovel. Still, walking like a 108 year old sort of gave me away. Off to the chiropractor for correction. It worked for a while, but I had really done a job on my back and I tried the hot and

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cold thing. I still suffered for days and even now if I sit or lie down too long, I can't get up right away. A still-painful ankle, fibromyalgia, a very sore back and I am a hurt'n lady. I try to tell myself there are so many worse off than I am, but feeling sorry for myself seems to be a habit.

What a baby I am. Speaking of which, this will all be over soon, and although I am in pain, it is not like giving birth and I won't have an 8-pound child when it goes away. I guess this isn't so bad.

Speaking of snow again, when we had that last big snowfall, you know the heavy wet one that started out beautifully soft and turned to ugly mush, Denny and a volunteer and some of the guys from Restorative Justice shoveled 23 walks and driveways in two days. And I complain. He stood in the shower for 20 minutes trying to thaw out. Still, they got everyone on the list. I am proud of them. Just goes to show you, what would we do without our volunteers and Restorative Justice. Usually Northwest Passage helps, but it was a weekend and they were short of staff to take the boys out.

I can't go on without saying something about 2010. Besides I love typing that number. I don't even have to think about it, I can't make a mistake. It just comes naturally. I hope you got to see the "blue moon." It was beautiful and made the night look almost like day because it was so bright. So, 2010 is here and I look forward to this year. I keep thinking nothing can be as bad as last year was and then I remember all of the good things that happened last year. I resolve to be more positive and think of the good things. Bad things are done and gone, but good things have a future. I like that Until next time. Happy New Year and think good things.

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LUNCH Nachos, refried beans, corn OR Oriental salad.

LUNCH Sloppy joe, baked potato or potato wedges, steamed broccoli, mixed fruit, apples, oranges, bread basket.

LUNCH Lasagna, garlic toast, lettuce salad, peas, peaches, apples, oranges, bread basket.

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LUNCH Chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, winter mix, fruit sauce. Alt.: Hamburger, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/waffles.

LUNCH Taco Tuesday, hard or soft shell, green beans, fruit sauce. Alt.: Hot dog, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/long john.

LUNCH Build your own sub, potato chips, corn, fresh fruit. Alt.: Chicken nuggets, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/pancake stick.

LUNCH Meatballs and gravy, mashed potatoes, peas, fruit sauce. Alt.: Chicken patty, 7-12.

BREAKFAST Cereal/cinnamon rolls.

LUNCH Chicken noodle or tomato soup, grilled cheese, fresh veggies, fresh fruit. Alt.: Hamburger, 7-12.

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BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Chicken nuggets, butter noodles, steamed broccoli, veggies, kiwi, oranges. Alt.: Barbecue ribber.

BREAKFAST French toast sticks, juice and milk.

LUNCH Cheeseburger casserole, garlic bread, lettuce salad, carrots, applesauce. Alt.: Turkey/cheese sandwich.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Grilled cheese and ravioli, Tostitos, shredded lettuce, corn, oranges.

Alt.: Pita pocket.

BREAKFAST Cinnamon tastry, juice and milk.

LUNCH Spaghetti and meat sauce, garlic bread, lettuce, peas, peaches. Alt.: Scalloped potatoes and ham.

BREAKFAST Assorted cereal and toast, juice and milk.

LUNCH Pizza, corn, carrots, pineapple, mandarin oranges, apples and oranges.

Alt.: Cook’s choice.

BREAKFAST Waffle and sausage.

LUNCH Chicken patty, bun, spicy potato wedge, peas, mixed fruit. Alt.: Hamburger, spicy potato wedges.

BREAKFAST Pretzel and cheese.

LUNCH Mini corn dogs, tater tots, baked beans, pineapple, oranges. Alt.: Pizza dippers, marinara sauce.

BREAKFAST Breakfast pizza.

LUNCH Spaghetti with meat sauce, lettuce salad, garlic toast, broccoli, pears.

Alt.: Chicken Alfredo.

BREAKFAST Scrambled eggs and toast.

LUNCH Hot turkey sandwich, mashed potatoes, green beans, peaches. Alt.: Ham and cheese sandwich.

BREAKFAST Cinnamon roll, fruit cup.

LUNCH Sloppy joe, bun, french fries, corn, mixed fruit. Alt.: Brat, french fries.

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LUNCH Tacos or fajitas with fixings, soft shell or chips.

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LUNCH Beef stew, dinner rolls and pudding.

BREAKFAST Cinnamon rolls.

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CHURCH NEWS The Real Aftermath

The Kingdom of God

Do God's Will! classes set SIREN - Great Commission Ministries will host a Do God’s Will! complimentary seminar class series every Saturday from now until the last of February, except for Jan. 16.

Classes will be held at the Siren Assembly Church, three blocks south of the traffic light on Hwy. 35, from 10 a.m. to noon.

Every church and all people of good will are welcome. Materials will be provided. Dr. John Roy Bohlen, traveler and author of 10 books on various aspects of God’s kingdom, of the Great Commission Ministries, will be teaching. For further information, call 715-8664060. - with submitted information

New Bible study begins at First Baptist TAYLORS FALLS, Minn. – Are you looking to begin, renew or refresh your spiritual life? Have you ever felt that there’s got to be more to the Christian life? Have you felt defeated by demands to “Make sure you’re in the Word,” “Have a quiet time every day,” “Rededicate yourself,” “Make a commitment,” “Just stop sinning!”?

Your frustration may be the catalyst God wants to use, right here, right now, to give you a new understanding of the Christian walk. As you relax in Jesus and delight in his love and friendship, you’ll find that he will do more through you and in you than you could ever do for him or for yourself. Today is the day to let go of doing and start being who you are. Today is the day to start experiencing the grace walk and to discover your identity in Christ.

Readers are invited to join in eight weekly, interactive, small-group discussions, beginning Tuesday, Jan. 12, at 7 p.m., at the First Baptist Church, 661 West St. (across from the elementary school) in Taylors Falls. Call Pastor Kevin at 651-465-6792 for more information or directions. This is a study that could transform your life.

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A friend’s Christmas card quotes a verse by Howard Thurman. It says that after the angels and the star and the kings and shepherds have returned home, the real work of Christmas begins. It is then time to find the lost, heal the brokenhearted, feed the hungry and free the prisoner.

We rejoice in Jesus’ humble arrival on Earth, knowing that it brought us God’s love and salvation. That, however, is just the be- Perspectives ginning. Like Jesus, we are to share that same message of love and salvation with those who need it. Like Jesus, we are to show compassion to our fellow man.

Compassion. It’s an important theme of the Bible worthy of contemplation during the aftermath of Christmas. How compassionate are we? How closely do we follow Jesus’ example of mercy to the needy?

Are we ready to help a sick neighbor or lonely widow or friend who lost his job? Do we look for excuses to avoid expressing the compassion of Jesus? Is our to-do list more important than a neighbor’s need for help?

Do we ignore people’s misfortune – whether debt, illness, or loss of family or home – because we believe they deserve what they receive?

There are other reasons we may lack compassion, too. Self-centered or insecure people may believe that by giving to others, their own needs or wants won’t be met. And of course there are some who simply don’t understand that God has promised to reward our merciful deeds with such blessings as protection, prosperity, good health and life.

Jesus, the perfect example of a good samaritan, is to be our example of compassion. He made sure his days weren’t so filled with activities – even seemingly worthwhile ones – that he had no time to minister to the needs of others.

As the Bible says in 1 Peter 3:8-9: “Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.”

Lord, in the aftermath of this Christmas, fill our hearts with compassion for the needy. Make a way for us to honor You by our acts of mercy toward others. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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members of His kingdom (I Peter 2:5, 9).

Those who have not yet been saved are yet Six hundred years before Christ came, in the kingdom of darkness, not in the Lord’s Daniel prophesied of a coming day when kingdom. To be added to the kingdom, one God would set up his kingdom on earth must be born of water and the Spirit (John (Daniel 2:44). Christianity, the church specif3:3-5). This occurs when a sinner repents and ically, is that heavenly kingdom (Matthew is baptized in the name of Jesus for remis16:18). The church is that kingdom which sion of his sins (Acts 2:38-42). cannot be shaken (Hebrew 12:28). The KingChrist’s spiritual kingdom is governed by dom is variously referred to as the kingdom righteous laws. David wrote that “The ordiof heaven (Matthew 3:2), the kingdom of nances of Jehovah are true, and righteous alGod (Matthew 12:38), and by inference the together” (Psalms 19:9). “The law of the kingdom of Christ (Colossians 1:13).

Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made (us) free To understand the kingdom of Christ, we from the law of sin and death” (Romans 8:2). must realize that it is a spiritual, not a temThe law of Christ (Galatians 6:2) is His new poral, entity. To Pilate, Jesus answered, “My and better covenant (Hebrews 8:6-13). It is kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom Preacher’s “the perfect law of liberty” (James 1:25). were of this world, My servants would fight, Citizenship in this kingdom brings many so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; valuable privileges. In the kingdom, we but now My kingdom is not from here.” have “redemption, the forgiveness of our sins” (John 18:36) The kingdom of Christ controls no land (Colossians 1:13-14). We have every spiritual blessing mass. Its territory is the hearts of His disciples. “The in the heavenly places in Christ (Ephesians 1:3). For kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:20-21). This citizens of the kingdom, Christ lives in them and is is why it is called “the kingdom of heaven.” Heaven their hope of glory (Colossians 1:27-28). Eternal life is its origin, heaven is its destiny. Its mission is to will be theirs to enjoy (II Peter 1:11). gather and prepare citizens for the heavenly realms The most important questions facing mortal men (Philippians 3:20). are: Have you been born of water and the Spirit so The kingdom of God is ruled by a divine sovereign. you can enter the kingdom of heaven (John 3:3-5)?

God gave Jesus all authority in heaven and on Earth Are you living for and serving the King as a faithful (Matthew 28:18). Thus it is the kingdom of God’s dear citizen? These questions are essential because only Son (Colossians 1:12-13). He is King of kings and Lord those who are faithful will receive the crown of life of lords (I Timothy 6:14-16). No man or body of men (Revelation 2:1). (Taken from an article written by have the right to rule over his church on Earth, for John Waddey) Christ alone is head of His kingdom/church (EphIf readers have questions you would like answered esians 1:22). in this weekly column or simply wish to know more Citizens of Christ’s spiritual kingdom are those about the Church of Christ, we would like to invite saved by His blood and added to His church. When you to call 715-866-7157, visit our Web site the heavenly Father delivers a sinner from the power (www.burnettcountycofc.com) or stop by the church of darkness, He translates him into the kingdom of building at 7425 W. Birch St., in Webster. Sunday Bible His Son (Colossians 1:13; Acts 2:47 KJV). John reclass begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship begins at 10:30 minded the Christians in Asia Minor that Jesus “made a.m. We also meet Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. Ofus to be a kingdom, to be priests unto his God and Fafice hours are Tuesdays through Fridays 9 a.m. - noon. ther” (Rev 1:6). Christians are priests now and thus

Ethel Vianna Anderson was born July 20, 1922, to Fred and Vera Lunsmann in Georgetown, WI. The first of six children, she was a caring, nurturing older sister to Gene, Fred, Edwin and her sister Dolores.

She attended East Bone Lake and Bunyan Schools and graduated from Milltown High School in 1939. At the LaCrosse Business School, she learned to be a savvy businesswoman. Ethel married the love of her life, Charlie Anderson, in 1943. Together Charlie and Ethel worked hard to establish the Anderson Furniture Store in St. Croix Falls. While building a business, they lovingly raised their children, Scott and Carol. As the family grew, they were blessed with four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Dancing, playing cards and horseshoes, and being involved as a member of Bethesda Lutheran Church were just a few of the many interests Ethel enjoyed and shared with those around her. Caregiving came naturally to Ethel. She shared her loving, good nature with her friends and extended family at Good Samaritan Society, where she resided the last years of her life. Ethel passed away December 31, 2009.

Ethel lived the kind of life that God would want everyone to live and her giving spirit will be greatly missed by all.

Her funeral took place Monday, January 4, 2010. She is buried next to her husband, Charlie, at the Bethesda Lutheran Cemetery in Dresser, WI. Ethel would’ve liked memorials to go to Bethesda Lutheran Church and Good Samaritan Society. 503126 20L

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OBITUARIES Arthur J. Matson

Eugene Ulbricht

Benny Skinaway Jr.

Arthur J. Matson, 79, Siren, died Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, at his home.

Arthur was born on May 2, 1930, in Helena, Mont., to Arthur J. and Alice Matson. Arthur married Janet on Sept. 27, 1950, in Minneapolis, Minn. Arthur worked as a truck driver for 37 years for Marshall Concrete Products. After retiring, they moved to their retirement home which Arthur had built by hand. Arthur enjoyed being outdoors. He was an avid fisherman and hunter.

He was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church and a past church council member.

Arthur was preceded in death by his parents.

Arthur is survived by his wife, Janet; children, Brian (Kathy) Matson of New Brighton, Minn., Vicky (Dirk) Lehmann of Hutchinson, Minn. and Cindy Matson of St. Cloud, Minn.; grandchildren, Emily, Corinna and Jake; great-grandchildren, Heath and Ashtyn; brothers, Clarence (Meredith) Matson of Maple Grove, Minn. and Herb (Jill) Matson of Zimmerman, Minn.; and his yellow Lab, Kelta.

Memorial services were held Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010, at Bethany Lutheran Church with Pastor John Clasen officiating. Music was provided by Fran McBroom.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Homes, Webster, was entrusted with arrangements. Memorials are preferred to Bethany Lutheran Church. Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

Eugene E. Ulbricht, 81, a resident of Centuria, died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009, at his home surrounded by his family after battling cancer.

Eugene was born on Dec. 2, 1928, in Horicon. He was a member of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Centuria.

Eugene leaves to celebrate his memory his wife, Marie Ulbricht; sister, Betty Franke; four children, Eugene Ulbricht, Roy Ulbricht, Ellyn Young and Merry Ann Barnhart; five stepchildren. He also is survived by 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Centuria on Saturday, Jan. 16, at 11 a.m. The family will greet visitors one hour prior to the service at the church. Eugene will be laid to rest a the Riverside Cemetery in Superior.

To express online condolences to the family please visit www.kolstadfamilyfuneralhome.com.

The Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria has been entrusted with funeral arrangements.

Benny Skinaway Jr., 56, a resident of St. Paul, Minn., died Dec. 31, 2009, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn.

Benny was born Oct. 31, 1953, in Siren, to Benny Sr. and Marion (Bearhart) Skinaway. He received his education in St. Paul, Minn. He then was employed as a welder in various companies in the metro area. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends.

He leaves to celebrate his memory, mother, Marion Skinaway; children, Theresa, Rita, Rosey, Monica, Sam, Ben and Greg; 16 grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Melissa (Russ), Darryl (Jolene), Kim (Shawna), Willie and Tracy; several nieces, nephews, cousins and other loving family and friends.

Services were held at the Round Lake Community Center in Round Lake, rural Luck, on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010. David “Maabin” Merrill officiated the service.

Benny was laid to rest at the Johnstown Township Cemetery following the service. Pallbearers were Darryl Skinaway, Kim Skinaway, Greg Garbow, Bill Nelson, Tracy Skinaway and William Skinaway.

To express online condolences for the family, please visit http://www.kolstadfamilyfuneralhome.com.

The Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria was entrusted with funeral arrangements.

Edna A. (Wicklund) Sorensen Edna A. (Wicklund) Sorensen, 92, died Dec. 25, 2009, at the United Pioneer Home in Luck after a short battle with cancer.

Edna was born on April 18, 1917, in Bottineau, N.D., to Albert and Christina (Aronson) Wicklund. At the age of 5, she moved with her family to live on the Aronson family farm near Grantsburg. She graduated eighth grade from the Alpha School. After she graduated, she stayed at home to help care for her younger siblings. In her young adult years, she worked as a housekeeper and attended the Minneapolis Vocational School of Practical Nursing. She worked for several years at a hospital in Hastings, Minn., before returning to her home in Grantsburg to care for her mother and continue her nursing career at the Grantsburg Hospital.

On April 7, 1945, she was united in marriage to Axel Sorensen. Edna and Axel built their home and farm in Cushing where they raised their two children, Robert and Karen. They lived on the farm until 1971, when they built a house nearby where Axel pursued his carpentry work and Edna returned to nursing as a home health nurse. Edna spent the majority of her life caring for family, friends and strangers. Caring for people was in her heart.

After retirement, they moved to Cushing where Edna spent many hours making quilts for her family, friends and church. She loved working outside in her garden and baking bread and cookies. After Axel’s death in 2004, she continued to live on her own in Cushing until she recently became a resident of the United Pioneer Home in Luck.

She was preceded in death by husband, Axel Sorensen; parents, Albert and Christina; six brothers; two sisters; and daughter-in-law, Renee’ Sorensen.

Edna is survived by her son, Robert (Julie) Sorensen of Luck; daughter, Karen (Martin) Johnson of Centuria; grandsons, Scott (Jackie) Sorensen of Balsam Lake, John (Star) Sorensen of Luck, Jeremiah (Shaila) Johnson of St. Croix Falls, Joshua (Jennifer) Johnson of Mankato, Minn.; granddaughter, Monique (David) Schaffer of Bowdle, S.D.; 12 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Helen Johnson of Grantsburg and Elsie Berg of Luck.

Funeral services were held on Thursday, Dec. 31, at the First Lutheran Church in Cushing, with the Rev. Dorothy Sandal officiating. Music was provided by organist Carol Medchill and soloist Karl Wicklund. Her four grandsons and two great-grandsons were pallbearers: Scott Sorensen, John Sorensen, Jeremiah Johnson, Joshua Johnson, Reed Sorensen and Kyle Sorensen.

Burial was in the Cushing Cemetery next to her husband, Axel.

The Rowe Funeral Home of Luck was entrusted with funeral arrangements.

THE FAMILY OF NETTIE OTIS

Would like to thank Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, Pastor Diana B. for the lovely service, Fran McBroom for playing the organ, Barb Friese for the special music, everyone that brought food, sent flowers, cards and prayers. Your thoughtfulness is much appreciated and will not be forgotten.

Diane Otis Sue & Brad Fougner & Family John Otis Ken & Tyann Otis & Family Laura & Dennis Formanek & Family Jim & Judy Menke & Family 503032 20Lp

Otis Arthur Glenna Otis A. Glenna, 94, Georgetown, died at his farm on Dec. 31, 2009.

Otis Arthur Glenna was born in Rushford, Minn., on July 5, 1915, the son of Alfred and Mary (Tuftin) Glenna.

When he was 4, the family moved from Rushford to Gilman. Otis began working on the family farm at a young age, and at 14, he began to work hauling milk.

Soon after, he left to work the river bottoms as a sawyer for several years with his brother, Alvin.

On Oct. 2, 1939, he was united in marriage to Lena Pleska and to this union seven boys were born. In 1947, Otis and Lena bought their farm in Georgetown. It was there that they raised their family, farmed until the early 1980s and lived out their retirement.

He enjoyed fishing year-round, deer hunting, many fishing trip to Canada, picking berries, gardening and visiting with neighbors, friends and family.

Otis was preceded in death by wife, Lena; sons, Everett, Ronald and Donald; his parents, Alfred and Mary; brothers, Norman, Roy, Alvin, Merle and Clifford; and sister, Evelyn.

He is survived by four sons, Jerry (Julie) Glenna of White Bear Lake, Minn., Bob (Rita) Glenna of Amery, Dennis (Carol) Glenna of Balsam Lake and Jim (Judy) Glenna of St. Croix Falls; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; sisters, Flora Olin and Grace Robinson; brothers, Vernie Glenna and Arden Glenna; sisters-in-law, Ann Etten and Wanda Pleska; along with many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Jan. 5, at Georgetown Lutheran Church with Pastor Neal Weltzin officiating. Interment was at Georgetown Cemetery.

The Williamson-White Funeral Home, Amery, was entrusted with arrangements.

Please visit www.williamsonwhite.com for more info.

Robert W. “Bob” Carlson Robert W. “Bob” Carlson, 78, Center City, Minn., died peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009, after a short illness at Burnett Medical Center.

Bob was born on Dec. 19, 1931, to Robert and Alice Carlson in Osceola, where he also grew up.

After graduating from high school, Bob joined the Navy and served for five years during the Korean War era. He met and married Virginia Hullen during this time. His working years consisted of operating cranes in heavy construction and owning/operating a dairy farm near Center City, Minn.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Alice.

Bob is survived by his wife, Virginia; sons, Gregory and Eric; daughter, Kristina; along with his four grandchildren and several cousins.

A memorial service is being planned for a future date and announcements will be made with the assistance of the Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Homes, Webster.

Online condolences can be made at www.swedberg-taylor.com.

THANK YOU

Thank you to family and friends of Charles Sherwin Carlson for your kind words, cards and prayers following his death.

Thank you to St. Luke’s Methodist Church for the funeral and lunch at noon.

Audrey Carlson Lee Carlson

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Irene Nellie Fosha Irene Nellie Fosha, 88, Balsam Lake, died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in St. Croix Falls.

Irene was born on July 16, 1921, in Blue Earth, Minn., to Winfield and Sarah (Nutter) Ryel. At the age of 9 her mother passed away. She then lived with her grandmother, Mary (Dehaven) Nutter. Irene was 14 when her grandmother passed away.

After her grandmother’s death, she lived with her aunt, and then her sister for a while.

Irene attended Traprock School. After her education, she worked for Fred and Edna Fosha. There she met the love of her life, Roy. Irene and Roy were married, and to this union one daughter was born, Isla Irene.

Irene lost her husband, Roy, when she was 45 years old. She did a variety of jobs after that, but none more important then entertaining her nieces. She played softball with the girls as well as many other activities.

She was a big kid at heart and had so much fun playing tricks on her family.

Irene loved flowers. She became a master at gardening and received a special plaque in recognition of her volunteer work as the museum gardener. She knew her Lord and Savior and will be taking care of the flowers in heaven.

Irene leaves to celebrate her memory, daughter, Isla (Robert) Lennartson of Balsam Lake; grandchildren, Randy and Mary Jo Lennartson of Moundsview, Minn., Leann and Merlin Nelson of Balsam Lake, Donald and Rae Ann Lennartson of Balsam Lake; 6 great-grandchildren; her sister, Elsie Lundquist of Shoreview, Minn.; nieces, nephews and other loving family and friends.

Irene was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert Leroy (Roy) Fosha; sisters, Margaret McCurdy, Gladys Bier and Florence Schnagl; sisters-in-law, Grace (Fosha) Ruck and Dorothy (Fosha) Heilig.

Funeral service were held at the Holy Trinity United Methodist Church in rural Balsam Lake Tuesday, Jan. 5.

Irene was laid to rest next to her husband, Robert, at the Balsam Lake Cemetery following the funeral service. Pallbearers were her great-grandchildren, Justin, Joshua, Alison, Austina, Alexander Lennartson and Chase Nelson.

Visit www.kolstadfamilyfuneralhome.com/ to share online condolences for the family.

Kolstad Family Funeral Home of Centuria has been entrusted with funeral arrangements.

THANK YOU

The family of Viola Olson wishes to express sincere appreciation for those many acts of kindness and messages of sympathy during the recent loss of our mother. We especially wish to thank Pastor David Almlie and the management and staff of the Rowe Funeral Home. We wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to Susie and her staff at Comforts of Home for the care given to our mother and their support for our family during her illness. We also wish to thank the soloist and organist for their music during the service. Mother loved the music of her faith and it meant so much to us. We would like to thank the many friends and family who visited us at the funeral home and shared in the serv503028 20Lp ice at Grace Lutheran Church.

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OBITUARIES Liz Olson

Vivian Salzmann

Rosalie Wander

Lois Elizabeth Olson, 75, died Jan. 4, 2010, after a courageous battle with many illnesses.

Liz was born on April 6, 1934, in Chicago, Ill., to the Rev. K. Bertil and Lois Eklund. She was the eldest of eight children. Liz was raised in a strong Christian faith, and her childhood was rooted in church and her father’s ministry. Liz graduated from high school in Deer River, Minn., and began training to be a nurse. She moved with her dear friend, Nancy, to Bremerton, Wash. It was here that she met the love of her life, Lawrence (Ole) Olson. Liz and Ole were married on Dec. 1, 1956. They moved several times during their early years of marriage while Ole served in the U.S. Navy. Ole retired from the Navy in Chula Vista, Calif., and in August of 1970 they made their home in Frederic, to be near family.

Liz worked for the Inter-County Leader, designing ads from 1972-1975. In 1979, she began selling Princess House Crystal and was very successful. Liz has always loved kids, and in 1985, she began her ideal job, serving as secretary to the Burnett-Polk Youth Ministry.

Liz was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Barbara.

She is survived by husband, Ole; two children, Lawrence Olson, Eau Claire and Lynda Olson, Eau Claire; special friend Anne Montgomery, Eau Claire; two grandchildren, Heather Olson and Leroy Olson; six siblings, Karl (Betty) Eklund, Phoenix, Ariz., Ann (Paul) Lindblad, Tomah, Sylvia (Jim) Martins, Iowa City, Iowa, Karen (Craig) Vote, Harcourt, Iowa, Marge (Les) Eldeen, Tucson, Ariz., John (Liz) Eklund, Pomfret, Conn.; 20 nieces and nephews; many extended family members, including special cousins, Bob (Darlene) Nelson, Webster.

In lieu of flowers, Liz has asked for memorials to Pilgrim Lutheran Church Youth Fund for scholarships to Luther Point or Lutheran Bible Institute of Seattle.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 7, at Pilgrim Lutheran Church. A celebration of life will be held on Friday, Jan. 8, 11:30 a.m., at Pilgrim Lutheran Church, with visitation one hour prior to the service from 10-11 a.m. and graveside services at 11 a.m., at Maple Grove Cemetery.

Vivian Salzmann, 90, died peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009, at her home on Viola Lake, in the township of LaFollette.

Vivian was born near Danbury to Edgar and Josephine Miller on Aug. 30, 1919. She grew up there on the farm, attending school at Pansy and graduated from Webster High School.

Vivian and LeVoine Culbertson were married on Oct. 15, 1938. They had three children, Kermit, Janice and Carole. Vivian worked for many years at Nelson’s Store in Siren.

LeVoine died in 1967. At that time Vivian went to school at Polk County Normal and became a teacher.

She loved her little second-graders at Spooner Elementary School. Later she continued her education at UWSuperior and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in education.

On March 15, 1974, Vivian married Roland Salzmann.

They lived on Viola Lake until the time of her death.

Vivian will be remembered for her spunk, determination and great love of family.

Vivian was preceded in death by her parents and her first husband, LeVoine Culbertson.

She is survived by her husband, Ron; son, Kermit (Jeanne) Culbertson, Chippewa Falls; daughters, Janice (Darrell) Olson, Grantsburg and Carole (Guy) Hansen, Rhinelander; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and brother, Quentin Miller, Falun.

Funeral services were held Monday, Dec. 28, at Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Homes, with Pastor Tom Lindberg officiating. Music was provided by Fran McBroom and Janelle Tollander. Interment followed at Viola Lake Cemetery. Casket bearers were Randy Culbertson, Dina Brennan, JD Olson, Brian Hansen, Tara Jacob, Janelle Tollander, Brett Olson and Matt Hansen.

The Swedberg-Taylor Family Funeral Homes of Webster was entrusted with arrangements.

Rosalie “Rosie” Wander, Grantsburg, died Dec. 28, 2009, at the Grantsburg Continuing Care Center.

Rosalie was born in Waubun, Minn., on Oct. 22, 1913, the middle child of 11 children of Mary (Winter) and Leon Wander. In her midteens, Rosie’s mother developed Parkinson’s disease and Rosie began running the household and caring for the younger siblings.

Rosie began dating Carl Nelson while in Waubun.

She later moved to the Twin Cities and began domestic work. Rosie and Carl were married March 27, 1939, and had three children, Doris, Janet and Gerald (Jerry). She continued domestic work for the same families until they moved to Grantsburg upon Carl’s retirement in 1974.

Rosie and Carl enjoyed gardening and processed the produce by canning and freezing. She was known for her baking and cooking and could be counted on to share her treats with others. After Carl’s passing Rosie continued to maintain a large garden until she began living at the care center in 2006.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl; children, Doris in 2000 and Janet in infancy.

A memorial service was held on Saturday, Jan. 2, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Grantsburg. Interment was held at Riverside Cemetery in Grantsburg.

The Edling Funeral Home, Grantsburg, was entrusted with arrangements.

Dyan Marie Cooper

Charles Sherwin Carlson

Dorayne Paulson Dorayne Paulson, Luck, 86, died peacefully with his family at his side in St. Croix Regional Medical Center on Monday, Jan. 4, 2010.

He was a longtime mail carrier in Luck.

Memorial services with military honors will be held at a later date.

Marilyn Marjorie Schulz Marilyn M. Schulz, 72, Mequon, died after a courageous battle with liver cancer on Jan. 4, 2010.

Visitation will be held Sunday, Jan. 10, at Calvary Covenant Church, Grantsburg, from 1 - 2:45 p.m. with funeral service beginning at 3 p.m. The Rev. Scott Slagle will officiate. Private interment will be at Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial cemetery in Spooner.

A complete obituary will be published in an upcoming edition of this paper.

Charles Sherwin Carlson, 86, resident of West Sweden Township, Frederic, died on Friday, Dec. 25, 2009, at the Burnett Medical Center in Grantsburg.

Sherwin was born to Mathilda (Erickson) and Charley Carlson on Nov. 25, 1923. He attended West Sweden Grade School and high school in Frederic. He then went into the Army during World War II. Sherwin was preceded in death by his parents; son, David Carlson; and sisters, Charlotte and Joyce.

He is survived by his wife, Audrey; son, Lee; sister, Marjorie Boughton; daughter-in-law, Cindy Carlson; granddaughter, Cassandra, and two great-grandchildren, Annabelle and Gavin; and granddaughter, Jennifer, and three great-grandchildren, Justin, Evanna and Trevor.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, Dec. 30, at St. Luke United Methodist Church in Frederic with the Rev. Rich Hutchison officiating. Music was provided by organist Betty Amundson and soloist Kordi Kurkowski.

Pallbearers were Don West, Bob Weinzierl, John Glockzin, Rick Fox, Alan Benson, Scott Greening and Doug Upton. Burial followed the service at Maple Grove Cemetery in Frederic.

Rowe Funeral Home in Frederic was entrusted with funeral arrangements.

Arnold “Arnie” R. Heller, 85, Siren, died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009, at Indianhead Medical Center.

Arnie was born on May 28, 1924, in Waushara County to Alfred and Fredaricka Heller. Arnie married Lila on Dec. 9, 1950, in St. Paul, Minn. Arnie worked hard providing for his family. He farmed, drove semi truck for a while and helped his brother-in-law in the fields.

Arnie was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Raymond; his sisters, Theresa and Evelyn; and two grandchildren, Janet Heller and Shaun M. Clark.

Arnie is survived by his wife, Lila; his children, Judy (Roger) McKenzie, Ronald (Lori) Heller, Jeanne (Virgil) Irons, Gloria (Andy) Clark, Donald Heller and Lora (Ken) Nispel; his 14 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 11 stepgrandchildren; along with sisters, Bernice Anderson and Beatrice Simenson.

IN MEMORY OF He is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Memorial service was held Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, at 1/19/06 - 1/3/03 Swedberg-Taylor Family FuYou left behind broken neral Homes, Siren Chapel hearts that you loved so with Pastor Steve Ward offisincere. Loving and kind ciating. Honorary pallbearin all your ways, true ers were Jason Heller, and upright to the end of Raymond Heller, Shane your days. You never Irons, Michael Clark, Stevie failed to do your best.

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Myrtle Irene Trumble Myrtle Irene Trumble, 93, Eau Claire, died at the Clairemont Nursing Home in Eau Claire on Dec. 26, 2009.

Myrtle was born Sept. 1, 1916, in Burnett County, to Frank and Sarah (Isack) Trumble.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Sarah; brother Clarence and his wife, Celia.

She is survived by brother Ralph (Arlene) Trumble; sister Fran (Orville) Brown; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Jan. 5 at Smith Funeral Chapel with Chaplain Anne Marie Swanson officiating.

Burial will be in Shell Lake Cemetery.

The Smith Funeral Chapel, Eau Claire, was entrusted with arrangements.

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Dyan Marie Hansen Anderson Cooper, longtime resident of White Bear Lake, Minn., died surrounded by family and friends on Dec. 22, 2009, at the age of 41. Dyan was living in Milltown at the time of her death.

Dyan was a loving mother to Matthew Anderson; she was the daughter of Gerald A. Hansen and Judith Mattson. Dyan was a writer and a lover of the written word. She enjoyed her collection of books and the writings of Poe. Her dream was to one day publish her own work. She was a friend to anyone in need and a selfless giver of loving care to the sick or dying.

Dyan is survived by her son, Mathew Anderson; mother, Judith Mattson; brother, Mark Hansen (Dawn); sisters, Denise Tebbe, Dawn Keller; brother-in-law, Joe Tebbe; nephews, Scott Hansen, Joe Tebbe Jr., Chris Tebbe and Jeremiah Lord; niece, Jennifer Reichow (Taylor); grandaunt to Aiden, Damien, Daulton and Skyler; aunt, Betty Swim; significant friend, David Chapin and his daughters, Natalee and Chelsee; and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her father, Gerald A. Hansen; grandparents, Wilbur and Fern Hansen and Starr and Christine Patnode; uncles, Bob Swim and David Patnode; grandniece, Christine Tebbe; grandnephew, Joshua Hansen.

A memorial service and visitation were held Tuesday, Dec. 29, at St. Stephen Lutheran Church in White Bear Lake, Minn. In lieu of flowers memorials are preferred.

The Rowe Funeral Home of Luck and the Northwest Wisconsin Cremation Center of Milltown were entrusted with arrangements.

Arnold “Arnie” R. Heller

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CHURCH NEWS

Parents must make time for their rebellious teens QUESTION: Teenage rebellion has hit our home at last. My 15-year-old son’s rotten attitude just went from bad to worse! How do I get him through the “rapids” of adolescence without rocking the boat any more than absolutely necessary?

DR. DOBSON: First of all, you need to recognize that the trial you’re facing is “common to man.” Adolescent revolt is hormonally driven and occurs in the best of families. When hostility and rebellion begin to appear, how do you keep your boys (and girls) from blowing up and doing something stupid?

I’ve addressed that subject in the past, but let me offer a recent finding that I haven’t shared before. The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health surveyed 11,572 teenagers to determine which factors were most helpful in preventing harmful behavior, such as violence, suicide, substance abuse, early sexual behavior and teen pregnancy.

Here’s what the researchers found: The presence of parents is beneficial at four key times of the day –– early morning, after school, dinnertime and bedtime.

When that regular contact is combined with other shared activities between parents and kids, the most positive outcome is achieved. The researchers also observed that adolescents who felt a sense of connection with their parents (feelings of warmth, love and caring) were least likely to engage in harmful behavior.

Some of my readers might be asking, “How can I be with my teenagers morning, noon and night? I have altogether too much work to do.” Well, you simply have to decide what is most important to you at this

time. It won’t matter as much a few years down the road, but your availability right now could make the difference for your child between surviving or plunging off the cliff.

••• QUESTION: I have great fear that my baby will die when I put her in her crib. What is known now about sudden infant death syndrome? Have researchers figured out what causes these tragic cases where seemingly healthy babies die while sleeping?

DR. DOBSON: Sudden infant death syndrome is still a major concern, killing about 2,500 babies each year in the United States alone. We do know more, however, about the circumstances that are often associated with this terrible event. A study was conducted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission with the collaboration of researchers at the University of Maryland and the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo. The results were presented at a meeting of the Society for Pediatric Research in 1996.

The epidemiologist who directed the investigation, Dr. N.J. Scheers, said, “We have not found a cause of SIDS, but our results show that specific items of bedding used in the U.S., such as comforters and pillows, were associated with an increased risk for death to prone-sleeping infants whose faces became covered, compared to infants on their sides or backs without

Dr. James

Dobson Focus on the Family

soft bedding under them.”

It was concluded that babies placed on their stomachs in soft bedding are more likely to rebreathe their own carbon dioxide that is trapped in the blankets and pillows around them. In about 30 percent of the 206 SIDS deaths in the research project, babies were found with bedding pressed against their noses and mouths.

Most of them were under 4 months old and could not extricate themselves.

Advice now being offered by doctors is that parents place their infants on their backs, not on their stomachs, and that a minimum amount of loose bedding be kept in the crib. Experts also recommend that pregnant women avoid smoking for a host of reasons; one of them being that prenatal smoking is a major risk factor for SIDS. In addition, secondhand smoke may also put infants at risk for SIDS. For a number of reasons aside from the danger of SIDS, children should not be exposed to smoke. Following this advice won’t eliminate all cases of SIDS, but it could save thousands of lives every year.

••• Dr. Dobson is founder and chairman of the board of the nonprofit organization Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80995 (www.family.org). Questions and answers are excerpted from “Solid Answers” and “Bringing Up Boys,” both published by Tyndale House. COPYRIGHT 2009 JAMES DOBSON INC., DISTRIBUTED

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Woodland Church presents "Fireproof" DAIRYLAND - The Woodland Wesleyan Church invites everyone to a free showing of the popular movie “Fireproof,” starring Kirk Cameron. Statistics show that almost half of the people in the United States will divorce at least once in their lifetime. “Fireproof” is the story of a young couple facing the end of their marriage because a firefighter’s life is so focused on his job. His wife has already found someone else to replace the emptiness in her life.

In the movie, when firefighter Caleb Holt tells his father that he is about to get the divorce, Caleb’s dad asks him to wait 40 days before moving forward. His dad’s challenge?

Work one day at a time through his handwritten book he calls “The Love Dare,“ a dare that will teach us all the real meaning of marital love.

One man wrote: “’Fireproof’ has taught me that love is an action and a daily decision I must make. Thanks for the movie.” Another wrote: “I’ve always had a good marriage, but I sure didn’t feel like I was cutting it as a husband. While my wife was out of town with the kids one weekend, I watched the movie alone. When it was over, I was in tears.

The biggest thing I learned was just how selfish I’d always been, just like Caleb. I’d loved other things instead of my wife.”

Don’t miss the movie at the Woodland Church at 6 p.m. on Jan. 23. It is sure to touch your heart. Free popcorn and drinks are available for moviegoers. Call 715-558-6789 (Pastor Andrea Wittwer) for more information. - submitted

Christian Women’s Club to meet GRANTBURG – The January meeting of the Grantsburg Christian Women’s Club will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the Grantsburg Senior Center. The meeting starts at 9 a.m. Jean Peterson from Forest Lake, Minn., will be the speaker. Her topic is “The Power of One.” Please call 715-463-5953 or 715-463-5207 for reservations. - submitted

Church listings sponsored by the following area businesses: BREMER BANK, N.A. Full-Service Banking Member FDIC Frederic - Danbury - Siren

DAEFFLER’S QUALITY MEATS, INC. Wholesale & Retail Meats Custom Butchering & Processing Phone 715-327-4456

INTER-COUNTY CO-OP PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION Printers & Publishers Office Supplies

Frederic, Wis. - 715-327-4236 Shell Lake, Wis. - 715-468-2314 Siren, Wis. - 715-349-2560 St. Croix Falls, Wis. - 715-483-9008

STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES

Corey T. Arnold, Agent Frederic, Wis. Phone 715-327-8076

BEAN’S COUNTRY GRIDDLE Hwys. 35 & 48 Downtown Frederic Phone 715-327-5513

NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN ELECTRIC CO.

“Your Electric Servant” Serving Polk & Burnett Counties “Use Energy Wisely”

WEBSTER CASHCO BUILDING SUPPLIES Complete Lumber & Building Supplies

CARLSON-ROWE FUNERAL HOME

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

Sand, Gravel, Ready-Mix, Concrete, Black Dirt, Dozer Work, Landscaping & Septic Tanks Installed

ALPHA BASS LAKE LUMBER • Complete Line of Building Supplies & Lumber • Cabot’s Stains Grantsburg, Wis. 715-488-2471 or 715-327-8766

BURNETT DAIRY CO-OP 1988 World Champion Cheesemaker Earl Wilson, Cheese Plant Mgr. Clif Gipp, Ag. Supply Mgr. for Feed, Propane & Fertilizer Alpha, Wis. 715-689-2468 • 715-689-2467

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.

MILLTOWN LUTHERAN

METHODIST

NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST - GRANTSBURG

Emory Johnson, Interim Pastor at Siren High School Auditorium Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

NORTH VALLEY LUTHERAN

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

Pastor Maggie Isaacson, 715-825-3559 3 mi. W. of Milltown on “G” Sun. Wor. - 9:15 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

WORD OF LIFE CHURCH

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN, (LCMS) WEBSTER

BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

Meeting in homes. Elders: Cliff Bjork, Jon Zens, 483-1357 and 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.

Rev. Jody Walter, Interim, Phone 327-8608; Church Phone 866-7191 Sun. Wors. - 9:15 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

PEACE LUTHERAN - DRESSER (ELCA)

2355 Clark Road, Dresser, WI, 715-755-2515 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)

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.

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

BETHANY LUTHERAN - BRANSTAD

REDEEMER EV. LUTHERAN

BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN (WELS)

Pastor Jay Ticknor, 715-463-5746 3 miles So. of Grantsburg on Hwy. 87 Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

BETHANY LUTHERAN - SIREN

Hwy. 35, 1/2 blk. N. Main St. Pastor John Clasen; Pastoral Serv. 349-5280 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.

(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.

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.

DANBURY UNITED METHODIST

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN - ELCA

TRINITY LUTHERAN LCMS, DANBURY

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

LAKEVIEW UNITED - HERTEL

Pastor Jack Starr Wor. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - during worship hour

LEWIS MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST Tom Cook, Pastor Worship 8:45 a.m.; Sunday Schl. 10 a.m.

McKINLEY UNITED METHODIST

Pastor Annie Tricker Sun. Wor. 11 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

Potluck dinner 1st Sunday

OSCEOLA UNITED METHODIST

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 Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship Service - 10 a.m.

Sun. School is at 9 a.m., Nursery available Pastor Arveda “Freddie” Kirk, 327-4436 Early Wor. 8:30 a.m.; Sun. Wor. 10 a.m.

Souper service Wed. 5:15 p.m.

SIREN UNITED METHODIST

Tom Cook, Pastor Sunday School 9 a.m.

Worship - 10:15 a.m. (Nursery available)

TAYLORS FALLS UNITED METHODIST

290 W. Government Street, 715-294-4436 Reverend Dr. Rolland Robinson Sunday Service - 10 a.m. with nursery Sunday School - Sept. - May at 10 a.m.

Rev. Mike Weaver Sunday Worship - 8:15 a.m.

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

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl, 648-5323 or 648-5324 Sun. Wor. 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 10:15 a.m.

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

FRISTAD LUTHERAN - CENTURIA

YELLOW LAKE LUTHERAN

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.

Rt. 1, Balsam Lake, WI (Fox Creek) Pastor Neal Weltzen; GT Office - 857-5580, Parsonage - 822-3001, TR Office - 822-3001 Wors. Serv. 10:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m.; Holy Communion - 1st Sun. of each month

ZION LUTHERAN - BONE LAKE (AALC)

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.

GRACE LUTHERAN - WEST SWEDEN

ZION LUTHERAN - EAST FARMINGTON (WELS )

FIRST LUTHERAN - CUSHING

ELCA - 501 Hwy. 35, 646-2357 Mel Rau, Pastor Sun. Wor. & Holy Communion - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:40 a.m.

GEORGETOWN LUTHERAN - ELCA

1/2 mi. W. of Hwy. 35 on U, 715-866-8281, Pastors Douglas Olson, Roger Kampstra & Ray Reinholzen Services begin at 9:30 a.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday 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

CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

Danbury - 7586 St. Rd. 77, 866-7321 Pastor - Father Michael J. Tupa Mass - Wed. 5 p.m. (Summer), Fri. 9 a.m. (Sept.-May).

Reconciliation as per bulletin & by appt.

Phone 327-4340, 327-8384, 327-8090 Pastor David Almlie Worship 9:15 a.m.; Sun. School 10:30 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 2nd Sundays

Pastor Martin Weigand - 715-294-3489 Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Adult Bible Class 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN - FREDERIC

Pastor Tim Faust Worship - 11 a.m.; Sun. School - 10 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st & 3rd Sunday

Balsam Lake - Rev. John A. Drummy, Pastor - 405-2253 Mass: Sat. eves. 6 p.m.; Sun. 8:30 a.m.; Tues. 5:30 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m.Sacrament of Reconciliation 7:30 a.m. Sun. or by appt.

ZION LUTHERAN - TRADE LAKE

SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY

(Missouri Synod) Pastor Jody R. Walter, 327-8608 Sun. Schl. - 8:45 a.m.; Service - 10:45 a.m.

Communion - 1st & 3rd Sun.

LAKESIDE COMMUNITY LUTH. - ELCA

CTH H, 1/2 mi. N. of CTH A & H on H Church Off. 715-635-7791 Roger Pittman, Pastor Sun. Schl. 9 a.m.; Worship Serv. 8 &10 a.m.; Sat. 7 p.m.; Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

LAKETOWN LUTHERAN - CUSHING

Pastor Dorothy Sandahl 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.

ZION LUTHERAN - MARKVILLE

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

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. JOHN THE BAPTIST

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC

Holytrinity@wisconsinumc.org 1606 165th Ave., CTH I, Centuria Paul Foulke, Pastor, 715-485-3363 Sun. Wor. - 9 a.m.

COVENANT

WEST DENMARK LUTHERAN

Pastor Father Daniel Bodin, 651-465-7345 25293 Redwing Ave., Shafer, MN Sunday 9 a.m.

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METHODIST

TRINITY LUTHERAN - FALUN

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.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

Cindy Glocke, Pastor, 715-866-8646 Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m.

WOLF CREEK UNITED METHODIST

TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN OSCEOLA

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.

GRACE UNITED - WEBSTER

Rev. Jody Walter, Interim Home 715-327-8608; Church 715-866-7191 Sunday Worship Service - 7:45 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays Hwy. 70 East, 689-2271, Pastor: Carl Heidel Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10:15 a.m.

Communion -Every Sunday

ST. ANNE PARISH

Pastor Michael J. Tupa, 715-866-7321 Cedar & Muskey Ave. - Webster Mass Sun 10:45 a.m., Wed. 5:45 p.m. (SeptMay), Fri. 9 a.m. (Summer) Sat. 8:15 p.m. on Sept. 1

ST. LUKE UNITED - FREDERIC

CHRIST LUTHERAN

Pastor Gary Rokenbrodt - 715-653-2630 Communion 1st Sunday Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 9 a.m.

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Worship - 9 a.m.; Sun. School - 10:30 a.m.

SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN (Missouri Synod)

1614 CTH, North Luck Office Ph.472-2605; Dial-A-Devotion 472-2345 Sun. Worship - 9 a.m.

10 mi. W. of Cumberland on Hwy. 48 (McKinley) - Pastor Neal Weltzin GT Office 857-5580, Parsonage 822-3001, TR Office - 822-3001 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:15 a.m.

Holy Communion - 1st Sunday

CLAM FALLS LUTHERAN (AALC)

Pastor Carolyn Saunders, 715-463-2624 Sunday School - 11 a.m.; Worship - 11 a.m.

ST. CROIX FALLS UNITED METHODIST

BONE LAKE LUTHERAN bllc@lakeland.ws

Pipe Lake CTH G & T, 715-822-3096 Sun. Serv. 10:45 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 9:15 a.m. during school year; Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sun.

ATLAS UNITED METHODIST

ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN - LUCK

140 Madison St. South, St. Croix Falls Pastor Mark K. Schoen Sun. Service - 9 a.m.; Sun.School - 10:30 a.m.

Pastor Mary Ann Bowman, 5 mi. E. of Luck on Hwy. 48, 1/2 mi. S. on I; 472-8153, Office/Kit. - 472-2535 Sun. Schl. & Adult Bible Study 9 a.m.; Fellowship 10 a.m.; Worship 10:30 a.m.

Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays

METHODIST

113 W. Main St.. W., Phone 715-825-2453 Pastor Danny G. Wheeler 9:15 a.m. Worship 10 a.m. Sunday School

OUR LADY OF THE LAKES

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

ASSEMBLY

CENTURIA ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Pastor Don Wiltshire, 715-640-6400 Centuria - Phone 715-646-2172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m.

OSCEOLA COMMUNITY CHURCH

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

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.

EVANGELICAL

EVANGELICAL

TRADE RIVER EVAN. FREE

Pastor Dale VanDeusen, 715-488-2296 or 715-488-2653 20296 Hwy. 87, Grantsburg Morn. Wor. - 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. - 10:45 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services

716 S. Robert St., Grantsburg, 715-463-5699 Sr. Pastor Brad Moore David Ahlquist, Assoc. Pastor Sun. Wor. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

LIVING HOPE CHURCH

Pastor Doug McConnell Youth Pastor Chris Radtke At Grantsburg High School, 715-463-5794 Sun. Serv. 9:30 a.m.; Sun. Schl. 11 a.m.

TRADE LAKE BAPTIST

Pastor Andy McDaniel, 715-327-8402 Sun. Schl. - 9:15 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 10:15 a.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Bible Study; Nursery provided.; www.tradelakebaptistchurch.org

CHURCH OF CHRIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST CHURCH OF CHRIST - WEBSTER

Minister Garret Derouin, 866-7157 Musky & Birch St., Avail. in office 9 a.m. noon, Tues.-Fri.; Sun. Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Worship 10:30 a.m.

WESLEYAN

WESLEYAN WOODLAND WESLEYAN

Dairyland - Rev. 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. Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Wor. 10:30 a.m.

HOPE FELLOWSHIP OF SOMERSET

231 Bluff Drive, 715-247-2435 Services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

Call Pastor Darryl Olson at 715-755-3133 for information and directions

CHRISTIAN CENTER

CHRISTIAN CENTER EL SALEM/TWIN FALLS CHRISTIAN CENTER

1751 100th Ave., Dresser Sun. School 9:30 a.m.; Morn. Wor. 10:30 a.m.

Evening Services Sun. 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

APPLE RIVER COMMUNITY (EFCA)

CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX

FREDERIC EVAN. FREE CHURCH

HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

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.

Pastor Greg Lund, 715-327-8767 700 Churchwood Lane; 505 Old CTH W Sun. Schl. - 9 a.m.; Morn. Worship - 10:15 a.m.; Nursery provided for all services BAPTIST

BAPTIST

EAST BALSAM BAPTIST - BALSAM LK. Pastor David Sollitt 715-857-5411 or 715-268-2651 Wor. Serv. - 9 a.m.; Sun. Schl.-10:15 a.m.

EUREKA BAPTIST

2393 210th Ave., St. Croix Falls Pastor Willis Christenson, 715-483-9464 Sun. Schl. - 10 a.m.; Wor. Serv. - 11 a.m.

FAITH FELLOWSHIP

Hwy. 35 and CTH N., Luck Bill McEachern Pastor, 715-485-3973 Sun. Bible study - 9 a.m.; Sun. Wor. - 10 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - AMERY

131 Broadway St., 715-268-2223; www.fbcamery.org Pastor Charlie Butt, Lead Pastor Sunday Worship: 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 Sun. Schl. 9:45 a.m.; Wor. 11 a.m., 7 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST - TAYLORS FALLS, MN

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 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.

FIRST BAPTIST - WEBSTER

ST. DOMINIC - FREDERIC & IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - GRANTSBURG CATHOLIC MASS SCHED.

GRACE CHURCH OF OSCEOLA

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

GRACE BAPTIST - GRANTSBURG

Church Phone 715-866-4111; Rev. Merrill Olson - Pastor Sun. Schl. - 9:30 a.m.; Wor. - 10:45 a.m (Nursery Provided)

“The Cure for the Common Church” 722 Seminole Ave., Osceola Pastor Dr. Kent Haralson; 715-294-4222 or 715-755-3454; info@gracechurchosceola.com Sun.: Praise & Worship Serv. 9 am., Adult Bible Study 10:45 a.m., Children’s Sun. Schl. 10:45 a.m.

523 1st St., Clayton, 715-948-2493 Fr. Christopher Wojcik, Pastor Sat. Vespers - 5 p.m.; Sun. Liturgy - 9:30 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.

NAZARENE

NAZARENE

CALVARY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 510 S. Vincent, St. Croix Falls Pastor Lori Ward, 715-483-3696 Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Worship 10:45 a.m. & Wed. 6:30 p.m.

FAITH 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 Pastor Timothy Barnes Sat. 7 p.m. prayer; Sun. Worship 10 a.m.; Children’s Church to 6th Grade

NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

Meets at Dresser Elem. School, Dresser Pastor Michael Brand, 715-417-2468 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 GROUP 715-733-0481 or 715-733-0480 for time of meeting.

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN

1289 160th St. (Hwy. 65), St. Croix Falls 715-483-5378 Pastors Dan and Claudia Denissen Asst. Pastor Ken Janes Sun. School 9 a.m.; Worship 10 a.m.

church directory

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Students of the Week GRANTSBURG

FREDERIC

Samantha Penberthy has been chosen Frederic Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in sixth grade and the daughter of Rick and Josie Penberthy.

Samantha is a very caring and helpful student. She always does her personal best at everything.

Sam is active in Girl Scouts. She plans on going to college and either becoming a mechanic or working for the DNR.

Benjamin Kurkowski has been chosen Frederic Middle School’s student of the week. He is in eighth grade and the son of Ray and Kordi Kurkowski. Ben has a lot of energy and enthusiasm for school. He works well with other students in groups and also is an independent learner. Ben is involved in basketball, football and baseball. He enjoys snowmobiling and hanging out with friends.

Amanda Runnels has been chosen Frederic High School’s student of the week. She is a senior and the daughter of Karen Hill and Peter Runnels. Amanda is a motivated student who participates in school activities and is a good leader. She works at Dairy Queen, is a library aide and is involved in NHS, drama, Forensics and yearbook. Amanda enjoys reading, writing and hanging out with friends. She plans on attending WITC Rice Lake for criminal justice/law enforcement.

Simon Bunting has been chosen Grantsburg Elementary’s student of the week. He is in first grade and the son of Scott and Sue Bunting. Simon is very kind and courteous. He is always willing to help someone else. Simon is a good student and has lots of friends. He loves math and reading. Simon enjoys playing Wii and loves to play basketball.

Felicia Fisk has been chosen St. Croix Falls Middle School’s student of the week. She is in seventh grade and the daughter of Val and Roger Fisk. Felicia is involved in basketball and enjoys softball, volleyball, 4-H and hanging out with friends. Her favorite subject is science. Felicia is a very fun person and a great student. She works hard and always does her best. Felicia is creative and has a good sense of humor.

Alecia Ouellette has been chosen Luck High School’s student of the week. She is a senior and the daughter of Anita Johnson. Alecia is a caring student who is fun to be around. She will do anything for you and she works hard in her classes. Alecia is involved in FCCLA, NHS, church youth group, student council, yearbook, volleyball, soccer, gymnastics and babysits. She enjoys listening to music, playing outside and reading. Her future plans are to attend college.

Whitney Petersen has been chosen Luck Middle School’s student of the week. She is in eighth grade and the daughter of Kent and Rachel Petersen. Whitney is a very good musician and takes time to practice her music. She is involved in choir, student council, volleyball, basketball, softball, track and dance. Whitney enjoys snowboarding, singing, drawing and playing sports.

Dylan Lynch has been chosen St. Croix Falls High School’s student of the week. He is a freshman and the son of Michelle and Geary Lynch. Dylan’s hobbies are video games, running, swimming and reading. He is involved in band, choir, football and baseball.

WEBSTER

SIREN

Riley Anderson has been chosen Siren Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in fifth grade and the daughter of Bryn Anderson and Kraig Anderson. Riley is a focused student who loves coming to school and participating in basketball and softball. This year she was the manager of the volleyball team. Music is an important part of Riley’s life. She plays the trombone and has been taking piano lessons for several years. She enjoys sewing, reading and cooking.

Allen Lindus has been chosen Grantsburg High School’s student of the week. He is a senior and the son of Don and Yvonne Lindus. Allen is a solid student in class who participates in discussions and is a role model for other students. He is involved in football. Allen enjoys deer hunting and fishing, but he likes pheasant hunting the most. He plans to go to college, but is undecided as far as a career choice.

ST. CROIX FALLS

LUCK

Elizabeth Godden has been chosen Luck Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in second grade and the daughter of Kristopher and Linda Godden.

Lizzy comes to school with a bright, positive attitude and ready to learn. She is an excellent worker and fun to be around.

Lizzy’s favorite subject is music.

She enjoys playing with friends and building snow forts.

Bill LaMere has been chosen Grantsburg Middle School’s student of the week. He is in eighth grade and the son of Anthony and Suzette LaMere. Bill has been working hard to develop great study skills and puts in the extra time to do things right. Bill is always helpful, respectful and polite; he accepts responsibility and can be counted on to help out. Bill’s favorite class is math, and he is also active in middle school choir.

Sophie Vasatka has been chosen Siren Middle School’s student of the week. She is in seventh grade and the daughter of Mike and Judy Vasatka. Sophie’s favorite subject is English. She enjoys dancing tap and jazz, playing the piano and reading. She plans to pursuing a career in cosmetology. Sophie’s role model is her mom. She likes her classmates and teachers as the best part of Siren Middle School.

David Tomberlin has been chosen Siren High School’s student of the week. He is a junior who is new to Siren School District. He is a nice student who is always willing to help out others. David has a positive attitude toward school and always tries his best.

His favorite class is meal management. David enjoys fishing, hunting, camping and being outdoors.

Abby Towle has been chosen Webster Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in kindergarten and the daughter of Jeremy and Melissa Towle. Abby has an infectious love for learning. Her spirit lights up the classroom, and she loves making friends. Abby is a natural reader, and her favorite story to read is “The Mitten,” by Jan Brett. Abby’s Christmas wish this past year was for a Dora coloring set and a snow globe.

Annika Hendrickson has been chosen Webster Middle School’s student of the week. She is in sixth grade and the daughter of Sarah Hendrickson. Annika is an enjoyable student to have in class. She is very interested in learning and has come out of her shell. Annika is liked and respected by her classmates. She is a great role model and student. When she grows up she would like to become a teacher.

Rachel Larson has been chosen Webster High School’s student of the week. She is a senior and the daughter of John and Wendy Larson. Rachel is kind, compassionate, hardworking and always a standout in the classroom. She is very respected as a person and a student and always seems to make the right choices. Rachel is involved in student council and is football manager. She enjoys shopping. Her future plans are UW-Stout for business management.

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Allyse Davison has been chosen Unity Elementary School’s student of the week. She is in second grade and the daughter of Ryan and Renae Davison. Allyse always has a smile on her face. She is the first one to jump up and help others. Allyse is a shoulder to cry on for her friends and is very caring for those around her. She is a very positive little spirit. Allyse wants to help others all the time.

Emma Moore has been chosen Unity Middle School’s student of the week. She is in sixth grade and the daughter of Tim and Paula Moore. Emma is a conscientious student and is a respectful young lady. She comes to class with a smile on her face every day and loves to participate in class.

Jenny Vlasnik has been chosen Unity High School’s student of the week. She is a sophomore and the daughter of Wayne and Pam Vlasnik. Jenny enjoys volleyball, hunting and snowmobiling. She is always willing to help out others and is a joy to have in class.

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JANUARY

THURSDAY/7 Frederic

• 500 cards at the senior center, 6:30 p.m.

• Auditions for community members for “Bye Bye Birdie” at the elementary school, 6 p.m., Kathy Lexen, 715-327-4223.

Coming events

New Richmond

• Bridal Showcase 2010 at the R&D Events Center, noon-4 p.m., 888-825-2243.

MONDAY/11 Frederic

• Spades played at the senior center, 1 p.m.

Osceola

Luck

• Upper St. Croix Valley honors band to perform at the high school, 6 p.m.

Siren

• Stop-Smoking class begins at Family Resource Center, 715-349-2922.

• Snowmobile safety class begins, 6:30 p.m., 715-472-2041.

Siren

• Dining at Five dinner at the senior center, 5 p.m., 715-349-2845.

St. Croix Falls

TUESDAY/12

• 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.

Frederic

• Snowmobile safety class beings, 6 p.m., 715-485-8300.

FRIDAY/8

St. Croix Falls

Amery

• Chili cook-off and silent auction at the high school, 5-7:30 p.m., 715-483-9469.

• 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.

• Northern Lakes Center for the Arts presents A Student Art Exhibit, opening night, 7:30-9 p.m., 715-268-6811.

Frederic

WEDNESDAY/13

• NW Regional Writers meeting at Sunrise Apartments, 1 p.m.

• Monthly meeting at the senior center, 1 p.m.

• Pokeno played at the senior center, 12:30 p.m. due to monthly meeting.

Frederic

• Pokeno played at the senior center, 1 p.m.

• Become a part of the 2010 Census Team, testing at 107 Hope Rd. W, 5 & 7 p.m., 715-833-6870, 866-861-2010, www.2010censusjobs.gov.

Siren

• Fish fry at Burnett County Moose Lodge, 5:307:30 p.m., 715-349-5923.

St. Croix Falls

• Bridge, 10 a.m.-noon at the senior center, 715-483-1901, 715-483-3443.

SATURDAY/9 Amery

• Rabies clinic, no office fee, at NW Wisconsin Spay/Neuter and Wellness Clinic, by appointment, 715-268-6226, www.northwestwisconsinveterinary.com.

Balsam Lake

• Baby-sitting training course at the Red Cross office, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 715-485-3025.

Frederic

• Mini buffet, cards and games at the senior center.

St. Croix Falls

• Free introductory yoga class at the medical center, 9-9:45 a.m., 715-483-5158, 715-4830431.

The ninth-annual Frederic Sleigh Parade on Jan. 16 at Frederic plans to be one of snow. “In years past, we have been in want of snow at this point,” noted organizer Liz Petersen. The decision has been made to donate 50 percent of the freewill offering at this year’s event to the Frederic Food Shelf. “In these difficult times that many are facing, the parade organizers felt that this would be of great help to the community,” Petersen noted. Sleighs will be seen on the field behind the Frederic High School from noon till parade time at 1 p.m. Admission is free. Parking to view the sleigh parade is behind the Frederic High School on Hwy. 35 north of Frederic. Handicap parking is available for the elderly and handicapped people. Bring warm clothes and a camera. Questions and reservations can be made to Petersen at 715-327-4955 or petersencarriage@centurytel.net. - Special photo

SUN-FRI./10-15

SUNDAY/10

• Burnett County Food Drive at Hole in the Wall Casino, 8 a.m.-close daily, 800-238-8946.

• Beads of the Fur Trade event at Forts Folle Avoine, 2-4 p.m., 715-866-8890.

Danbury

2009:

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St. Croix Falls

• Birthday party 12:30-3 p.m. at the senior center, 715-483-1901, 715-483-3443.

THURSDAY/14 Frederic

• 500 cards at the senior center, 6:30 p.m.

Luck

• Become a part of the 2010 Census Team, testing at 401 Main St., 6 p.m., 715-833-6870, 866-861-2010, www.2010censusjobs.gov.

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.

FRIDAY/15

Danbury

look

Amery

• Potluck dinner for members and prospective members of Friends of the Library, at the library, 5 p.m., 715-268-9340.

back

A crowning year Communities choose their 2009 representatives

MISS LUCK ASHLYN PETERSON. Daughter of Kent and Rachel Peterson. - Photo by Priscilla Bauer M I S S S I RE N J E N N I C A K O S L O S K I .

Daughter of Ron and Wendy Kosloski.

Photo by Brenda Sommerfeld

MISS GRANTSBURG CARISSA SKIFSTAD. Daughter of Glen and Terri Skifstad. - Photo by Priscilla Bauer

M I SS B A L SA M L A K E N A OM I WILLIAMSON. Daughter of Brad and Denise Williamson. - Photo

by Mary Stirrat

MISS CENTURIA JESSICA RABOIN. Daughter of Ray and Deborah Raboin. - Photo by Marty Seeger

M ISS M ILLTOWN BRANDI LARSON. Daughter of Mike and Janis Larson. – Photo by Gary King

MI SS FREDERIC MARISSA NELSON. Daughter of Jessica Olby and Rich Nelson.

- Photo by Priscilla Bauer

MISS ST. CROIX FALLS ALICIA CHELBERG. Daughter of Larry FAIREST OF THE FAIR AMANDA HAASE. and LuAnn Chelberg. - Photo Daughter of Bill and Opal Haase. - Photo

by Tammi Milberg

by Mary Stirrat