WED., JULY 3, 2013 • VOLUME 80 • NO. 46 • 2 SECTIONS
Icing on the cake Currents feature
Burnett Relay for Life
Pat Moore honored as BL grand marshal Page 4
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WEEKEND WATCH
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• Freedom Fest: parade, fireworks, food and more @ Balsam Lake • Music in the Park, bed races, parade, boat parade, pie social and fireworks @ Siren • Fourth of July parade followed by water fights @ Webster • “The Loraxâ€? at Half Moon Lake at dusk with fireworks • Fine art festival, regatta and pie social @ Shell Lake • Lions garage sale @ Luck • Yellow River Folk Music Festival @ the Forts (Danbury) See Coming events Currents section
Northwestern Wisconsin Electric invests a million dollars-plus for new transformer PAGE 20
Siren principal is now SCFalls principal
SCF police seek stolen car suspect
Surveillance video stills show suspect in MarketPlace Foods parking lot PAGE 3
Three NW Wisconsin projects celebrated Including MoTIC trailer Page 2, Currents section
SPORTS It’s North over South in eight-man classic
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Testimony from Polk County Land Information Director Sara McCurdy makes a difference PAGE 7
Departure of Peggy Ryan prompts changes to DGPLQLVWUDWLYH VWDIĂ€QJ PAGE 3
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Top Gun 'DQLHO 0XUSK\ LV Ă€UVW from Unity H.S. to graduate from U.S. Naval Academy by K. Davis Special to the Leader BALSAM LAKE/ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Daniel D. Murphy, who grew up in Polk County, exchanged a big smile and a handshake with President Obama on May 24 when he graduated from the United States Naval Academy LQ $QQDSROLV 0G +H LV WKH Ă€UVW IURP 8QLW\ High School to graduate from the elite institution. Murphy, the son of Patrick Murphy, a Balsam Lake farmer who graduated from Unity High School in 1977, and Murphy McCann of Eagan, Minn., said it was an honor to shake hands with Obama, but what was even more exhilarating was holding his diploma in hand. “It was just a huge relief,â€? he said. His Naval Academy diploma represents years of hard work, determination, focus and commitment to never give up. As a sophomore at Unity High School, 0XUSK\ GHFLGHG KH ZDQWHG WR Ă \ MHWV LQ WKH Navy and he set his sights on going to the best school – the United States Naval Academy. 6HH 'DQLHO 0XUSK\ SDJH
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LIVES LIVED Veronica Solberg Beryl Wilma Johnson Peter C. Anderson Gary James L’Allier See Obits, page 15B
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